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NO. 5404 ' WASHIiNGTON7~b. C.. MONDAY.' AUGUST 22, 1921.-FOURTEEN PAGES ^ ?? ONE CENT
ARMY ECONOMY
HAS SAVED U.S.!
FORTY MILLION
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Weeks' Reorganization!
Program Cuts Force
To 157,883 Men.
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WAR DEPARTMENT
DROPS CIVILIANS
Will Ask Congress to Sell
Cantonments to Increase
Revenue.
Reorganization of the army la
being carried on with a view to
applying the lessons of the world
war. Secretary of War Weeks has
informed Chairman Kahn of the
Houw Military Affairs Committee.
The steps that have been taken
by the War Department In the reorganisation
plans were set fortn
In detail by Secretary Weeks. The
whole organisation of the army has
been changed, with resulting savings
of large amounts, the Secretary
said.
saved no.oao.ooo.
The War Department already has
made actual financial savings of
more than 140.000.000 since March
4. the Secretary declared. He sal#
the more Important measures of
economy which have been put Into
force are the following:
Reatrlctlons placed upon the
transportation of personnel and supplies,
and the use of motor and water
transportation, as well as the substitution
for civilian employes of
qualified enlisted men wherever possible.
A general reduction of the civilian
personnel on duty In Washington
and In the field service; the
former amounting. In the period
from March 1 to August 1. to 33.1
per cent, and the latter to 13.7 per
cent, a total reduction In Ave
months of 14.153 employee on the
War Department civilian payroll.
During the same period a complete
urvey was made of the rate of
pay of all civilian employes to aai11?t
this rate to correspond with
the rate paid In the vicinity for
similar work.
Mar Sell Real Estate.
The War Department soon will
sk Congress for authority to dispose
of vast real estate holdings
for which It no longer has use, the
Secretary told Mr. Kahn. These
tracts of land were formerly used
as site* tar cantonments and other
Only three cantonment#?Camps
Dl*. New Jersey: Travis. Texaa and
Lewto, Washington, are to be kept
n operation Since the new administration
the following cantonments
have been ordered closed:
Camp Devens. Massachusetts; Camp
Sherman. Ohio; Camp Pike. Arkansas;
Camp Grant. Illinois; Camp
Jackson. South Carolina: Camp
Bragg. North Ca-'ollna, and Camp
Meade. Maryland.
All surplus mules, horses and
other equipment and supplies that
are In excess vf the needs of the
150.000 men to which the army has
been reduced, are being sold. Travel
ordel* for officers have been revoked.
and officers who have had
changes In assignments within two
years are being refused further
changes.
Lengthen lasalar Bnllstasnts.
Troops Will hereafter be stationed
In the Insular possessions
for three years Instead of two. and
officers will not be permitted to
change their locations for two
years.
The basic allowances for officers
and enlisted men also are be'ng
revised, and In the future
many things that were supplied
free to officers during the war.
must be purchased by the offlcera
themselves.
Raducttona In the regular army
organization have been as follows
according to Secretary Weeks:
Infantry regiments have been reduced
in strength from 1,420 to
1,313 and In number from 65 to 45.
Cavalry regiments have been reduced
In strength from 818 to 341
and In number from 17 to 14.
R?daee Field Artillery.
Field artillery regiments have
not been reduced in strength but
hava been reduced In number from
33 to 13.
Engineer regiments have not
been" reduced in strength, but have
been reduced In number from 13
to 7.
Coast artillery railway and tractor
regiments have been reduced
in strength from 1.033 to approximately
329 and 723 respectively anjl
In number from 7 to 2.
All auxiliary branches have been
reduced In similar proportion.
One regiment of infantry will be
withdrawn from the Philippines
as the result of the reduction in
the slxe of the army. One 'egimant
of Infantry and one regiment
of cavalry will be withdrawn from
Hawaii, and one regiment of infantry
from Panama.
Th* total strength of the army
today la 157,333 officers and men,
including the Philippine constabulary
The reduction in the sise of the
regular army Is being offset rapidly
by Increased enlistments In the
National Guard. Mr. Weeks said
On January 1 of this year there
were 74.384 men In the National
Guard. The present strength of the
Guard la now estimated by Weeks
to be 134.00<l. The full authorised
strength of the Guard la 323.300
TWENTIETH VICTIM
SLAIN IN NEW YORK
NEW TORK. Aug. 31.?Following
last week'* round-up of seven Camorra
s us pacta In different parta of
the elty. members of the New Tork
police force expressed hope that an
end would come te the sequence of
Sunday killings In the Italian dlairtcta.
That they were overaanrniae
was shown shortly after
noon today in the killing of i*atay
Aurto. a lodging house proprietor
la Ike >ln>?Mil m? section.
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No Way at All to Srook<
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FOCH HANDS OWN I
WAR DECORATION i
TOIEGION CHIEF
Dramatic Incident Stirs
Veterans as French
Honor U. S. Soldiers.
FLIREY. Muerthe-et-Moselle. Aug.
21.?Removing his own Croix de
Guerre from its place on his tunic
beside the American Distinguished
Service Medal. Ferdinand Foch,
Marshal of France, stepped up to
Maj. John G. Emery. National
Commander of the American Legion,
and pinned It on Emery's lapel, as
the climax of the ceremonies of
unveiling the ramous Fllrey monument
to the American soldier here
this afternoon.
With great formality Emery had
received a short time before the
order of Commander of the Legion
of Honor from Louis Barthou, minister
of rvar but no other Incident
I of the entire tour of the American j
Legion delegation so stirred the j
members as the marshal's dramatic
| action in giving his own decoration. 11
won at peril of his life, to the peace- J
time leader of the A. E. F., then j
embracing Emery. i|
-Cant on Cs? Said Perslita*. ]
"When dissensions arose November
8 1918. during the dlscus|
slons of the armistice which wab i
| signed three days later." said Foch.
I telegraphed to Gen. Pershing, j
who wired back: Count on us; we
advance. From this point a power- |
ful attack was due to start on
November 14. ?lx American divisions
attacking toward Meti and the
Sarre Basin. Therefore, we owe vie- (
tory to the enthusiasm of all. We (
(will trake the victory of peace (
(time bv the same means. Our cause f
j h Just. Now we need a peace of |
reparations and security. We will
be victorious if the masters of our t
forces do not count on the weak- ]
ness of the enemy.' I
The mayor of the battered little ]
I town conferred honorary citlsenship ,
| of the city on President Harding, (
Gen. Pershing. Ambassador Her- i
I rick, Maj. Emery. Marshal Foch
I and Minister Barthou. The crowd 1
cheered as Herrick bestowed the
ceremonial kiss on both cheeks of <
I the mayor. i
"The end of wars should not be i
considered an impossible dream," 1
said Emery in his speech. "We hope i
there will arise some point of under- 1
standing that all wars may oease. l
Let the French and American vet- a
erans turn all their energies so as >
to guarantee peace." i
"Miss Washington*
Will carry with her to Atla
be guest of honor, die beat
the sincere hope that the *
beautiful young woman in th
Only a few more days
a photograph to The Herald
competition.
There is no expense ol
soliciting.
For particulars, tea pagt
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?a Peace Pipe,
Delicate Task
Faced in Picking
Lucky Aspirant \
Five Citizens to Make
Long and Careful Study
Before Selection.
UealBC akead of fl?c bu?y
clttaeas Friday la a taak
that, while pleaaaat* will noae
the leaa require the moat careful
study and probably occupy
them through the alfht and lato
the next day.
It la a problem of looking
er a bare atack of photograph*
to determine the moat
promlalng candidate for the
dlatlnctlon of being aclccted na |
the moat beautiful yoang woman j
In the Dlatriet to have the caadldatea
thua ehoaen appear In
per?ok and from theae aeleet one
who will be known aa **Mlaa j
Waahlagtoa." Thla yonag
woman maat not only be beantlftil,
bnt must poaaeaa a wealth
of polae aad culture, for ahe la
to repreaeat the Capital at Atlantic
Clty'a great fall pageaat.
CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE.
RECRUITING STARTS!
FOR FAMINE RELIEF
Doctors, Nurses and Welfare
Workers to Go With Supplies
of Food.
Relief workers are now being re- ;
sruited for service with the Amer- I
can Relief Adminstration mercy I
jattalions in the famine-stricken
listricts of Russia. Several hundred
>ereons will be sent from the
United States.
Former war nurses will be given i
Itrst place, it was said at Herbert1
Hoover's offices. Aside from wel- I
[are workers, the ui-gent need in I
Russia is for skilled nurses and
loctors. Great care ~ls being extrciud
so that no radicals creeo
nto the ranks of the relie' wor'-e?*s
The doetora, nurses and other*
Mil be sent from New A>r
ihips loaded with food and m ?
:ines. according to the plans. How
toon the first ship will leave has
lot been determined. Action will
Je speeded, however, In accordance
ivlth the announcement of M-.
Hoover and President Hardin* r^.
elief work Is to start immediately,
is the Soviet commissioners have
greed to all demands made by the
American commissioners.
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ntic City, where the is to
. wishes of die District and
rill be adjudged the most
? United States.
remain in which to submit
in the "Miss Washington"*
F any kind, no voting, or
s 3.
ARMS PARLEY
SHRSHOPEOF
TRADE BOOMS
British Diplomats Expect
Its Actions May End
Depression.
URGED TO TAKE UP
EUROPE'S PROBLEMS
Silesian Muddle Held
Fit Task for Harding
Conference.
LONDON, Aug. 21.?British diplomats
are hoping, and ioroe of
them are predicting, that the Washington
conference will infinitely
exceed the Paris Peace Conference
in the imnortarice of the decisions
and agreements renched. and that
It wfll lay a foundation for "a real
settlement of international quarrels,
thereby hastening a worldwide
economic rehabilitation' and
putting an end to Industrial depression
now throttling a majority
of the nations."
In Italian circles it Is pointed out
that *f President Harding plans to
put through such a far-reaching
1 understanding between the nations
I involved, there la no question that
every Invited power will send both
its foreign minister and its premier,
capable of giving a decision "on
the spot" without endless communications
between the delegates and
their respective governments.
May Be Lukewarm.
If, on the other hand, the scope
of the conference is to be limited to
a few semi-strategic questions, Europe
probably will retain a lukewarm
attitude toward the affair.
Officials are apparently anxious,
for example, to see the Sllesian
muddle taken tip at Washington,
and they stress the desirability of
American statesmen acting as arbitrators
in this delicate question,
in spite of the fact that Washington,
far from showing any desire
to act ns mediator, has reiterated
Its wish to remain aloof from all
questions which are of primary European
Importance, and also In
spite of the fact that the whole
problem has been turned over to
I the league of nations for settle'
ment.
j Certain diplomats who are In close
'touch behind the scenes in the supreme
council believe that the Silesian
problem will be found too.
difficult foi* the league council to
solve, particularly as the rtnternational
line-up !n the lattet organ!-'
zation will be England Japan and
Italy, against France. Belgium and
China, leaving Brssil and Spain to
cast the deciding votes.
Oil May feme fp.
"It is not probable that the powers
are In favor of permitting those
two members to solve Europe's most
delicate and most important political
Issue," one of these officials
I aid to me. "But if America, with .
er immense political prestfge.
could be induced to arbitrate, such
CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO.
GOMPERS PLANS
WAR ON PAY CUTS
Declares Labor Asks Wage
That Insures More Than
Bare Existence.
ATLANTIC CITY. Aug. 21.?Samuel
Gompers, who, with other officials
of the American Federation
of Labor, has arrived for the open- !
ing of the week's session of the
executive committee tomorrow, said
today that all wage reductions wilt
be bitterly opposed.
Coming at a time when an effort
Is being made all over the country
to regulate labor wages, and when
nearly 6,000,000 men are ut?-,
employed throughout tne tand, the
executive committee's meeting ?e
regarded as one of the highest importance.
"Certainly we are going to flgnt
to our utmost the reduction of
wages," President Gompers stated.
"Everyone knows that the cost of
'Ivlng has been lowered but little,
and the 'cost of living' as regarded
by capital is too cruel. A hog gets
its swill, a horse gets feed, and
both are given shelter: but food and
shelter alont must not ?e regardel
as the basis of the cost of living
for the alth producing American
workman. The workman must not
be put on the same strata as the
lower anl.nali The workmen need
a wage that Insures something
more than enough to barely exist.
The workmen need some of the
worth-while things at life?some of
the little luxuries and the finer
things of life?and we are going to
flght to see that they get more than
a bare existence."
TRUCE IN ULSTER
BROKEN BY BOMB
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Six Persons Injured in
s First Outbreak for
Several Weeks.
BELFAST, Ab*. n. ? n?
peace of Belfast wti krekea
practically '?i tke #tat tlaae
Ian the Itlik trace kec??e
effective, wkea fc.ab was
tarM late a crewded atreet
Imtar ead expiate*,
- all. Oae ?( tke we He a Tlcthaa
waa a* eerie e*l7 lajared that
eke will 4k.
The erifle ef tke keaak kae
aet keea dleeoeered, aa* Mk
fectleae Medal aar fcaewledae
ef tke act. Mace tke tew eperadle
eatkreake wkirk eecarrtd
la vlater twe er tkree dare
after tke trace waa a*ree? apea.
Belfast kaa keea utteihilT
?By J. N. Darling.
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MONDELL PRAISES
ACTION OF HOUSE
"OR MA JOR TASKS
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To Clear Up Important
Bills Before Taking
Month's Recess.
Congress. on the eve of a month's
recess, finds Itself with many of its
major tasks completed, and work
*WI begun on others.
New tariff and tax laws, for the
enactment jf which the special session
was primarily ca'Ied April It.
hwe been passed by the House and
sent to the Senate. The peace resolution.
another important reason
for the special session. Is In effect.
I A beginning nag t>een made toward
administrative economy and
reorganisation through creation of
urea bureau and other measRepublican
leaders profess satisfaction
with the record made and
assert that few Congresses have
disposed of Co much important legislation
In such a short period of time.
Moadell Praise. Work.
"Congress has been in almost
continuous session and It has passed
moie Important legislation than has
even ueen enacted or considered In
the same time under similar circumstances."
said Representative Mondell.
Republican leader.
Democrats, 0n th0 other hand, assail
the record, and condemn the
tax and tariff bills and the peace
resolution.
"Congress has fallen so short of
expectation as to excite universal
criticism from *11 except the most
hide-bound of the Republican press,
and the knee-benders among Individuals,"
said Representative Finis
J. larrett, of Tennessee, acting leader
of the nlnorlty.
Mat of Bills Passed.
Mondell mentioned numerous laws
as attesting ?he commendable results
of the session, among them
these:
The emergency tariff bIHr
The Immigration restriction bill.
The bill providing for a budget
system.
The peace resolution.
The army and navy appropriation
bills, cut below the figures of last
session, and reducing the army to
160.004.
The bill providing for a Treasury
depoal of $25,000,000 for tha
Farm Loan Bgard.
The bill facilitating organization
of corporations to promote export
trade.
The bill establishing a veterans'
bureau and consolidating soldier relief
agencies. .
The b'll for Federal supervision
of the pacatlng Industry.
Meaaares la Ctaftnsn.
Mondell mentioned other measures
which are In conference or na>t
passed one or the other of the
Houses. These Included a good
roads bill, lr conference; the antibeer
bill. In conference; Hie bill to
extend farm credits through the
War Finance Corporation, enacted
by the Senate and shortly to be
paaaed by <h? House.
Important administration measures.
it now seems, must go over
until the ->sston is resumed. The
railroad funding ?111 la due to ome
up tor consideration tn the House
this week, but because of opposition
to it, final action is not expected,
rhe administration's bill empowering
the Secretary of the Treasury
to fund the debts of allied governOX
PAQ9 TBtKl.
Briand Picture
Figure at Ari
Saloonkeeper's Son Whi
i
ognized as Most Pic
Europe's Po
mr Ht dso.N* hawley.
PARIS. Aug, 21.?It is regarded
as practically certain. In via*- 01
official announcement# during the
past week, that Premier Ar.stidi
riand will be one of the figures?
nd a brilliant one?among the
dtatesmen who part cipate in the
Washington Far Eastern and disirmament
conference In person.
Brland's decision to attend fie
neeting. in the face of some determined
opposition on the part of
^Htical enem es, will take t>
Arufiica one of the most facie
n x pulators of parliamentary m tjonties
that French political 1 fe
has ever produced ana an orato- !
who does not yield the palm even j
to the noted Vlvlanl.
Briand has the Roosevelt gift of ,
handling a hostile ^rowd. He w II
;>lay one faction off a*ra nst another. I
shooting a thrust at the right of his ;
tudience and then, before it has the
chance to recover, shooting another ,
it the left. No heckler ever leave* !
him embarrassed, in fact he even
FARMERS FACING^
CRISIS AS PRICES
MOVE DOWNWARD
Stagnant Market Adds to
Worries of Debt-Ridden
Producer.
CHICAGO. Aug. 21.?The debtladen
American farmer is between j
the devil and the deep-blue sea.
On one hand he is being warned j
from the market centers of the
country, "don't ship." His markets
are demoralised.
On the other, the country bankers
and mere!.ants are urging him to
"pay up." _
Not since the disastrous crisis of
a year ago has the situation confronting
the agriculturist and stock
grower been as menacing to his
peace of mind and pocketbook as it
is today.
Relief la Sightr
His markets, livestock sad grain,
are recording tremendous prit* declines
with no immediate prospects
Qt a favorable reaction.
Cattle values have dropped II per
hundred weight and are now at tnti
lowest marie since 191?.
Hogs and sheep are on the toboggan.
Wheat futures are at the lowest
level of the season.
Corn is the lowest since 1908.
Oats is the lowest since 1906 toi
1 September
I The average trader at the market j
centers does pot know what to make
of such markets. A certain amount 1
of stagnation had been anticipated.!
due to business depression and unemployment
with its resultant retrenchment
on the part r>{ the buying
public, but nothing like what is
happening had been expected. There
j is In their opinion only one immediate
remedy and that is to slow
up coming to the markets. Thus
| the buck has been passed to the
farmer
Will Restrict Shipping.
The effect of an unprecedented
appeal sent broadcast by the Chi- j
cago Livestock Exchange asking
raisers to restrict the shipment of
cattle to the packing centers will
be felt this week. The result, how- ,
ever, is not expected to help the!
farmer beyond the point of preventing.
if possible, further price declines
as the warehouses of the East
are loaded with dressed beef and
very little will be needed for some
time to come.
An Idea of how the cattle situation
is hitting the farmer can be
gleaned from the following figures:
Average price of cattle today
$8.76.
One year ago today. $14.85.
Corresponding time, 1919. $15 95.
Corresponding time. 1918. $15-<0.
Retail Pric*? the Same.
Although farmers are being
forced to accept sharj) drops in
prices, the cost to the consumer for
meat remains virtually the same.
Increased cost of operation, according
to the Secretary of United
Master Butchers "f America. Is one
reason. He says overhead expenses
have quadrupled in the Isst 5 years
The sto^k grower# and farm rs
generally speaking are not in a
position to hold up their products
They have been slowly recovering
from 'sst year's sttack of economic
sickness and need money to pav off
he doctor Theirs is a dllems They
cap't afford to run up a new bill.
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MONDAY MORNIN'
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are offered by the 'followii
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d as?hief
ns Conference
? Rose to Premier Recturesque
Leader of
i:tical Life.
welcomes them. catching their
iuestjons barehanded and "throw
.ng to the plate** always In ( me to
.lip off the opposition's runner.
Thrives n Opposition.
The French premier rarely lets
challenge He, handling "Interpellations"
immediately and without
g-loves. And the noisier the cham
oer is. the more he enjoys It anc
the better form he shows. He ?
one of tiose men who thrive et I
PPOSitlAJk
Bri. nd got his training *a th'
rough and tumble school of 8'>ctalis?
won?ressei>. He wai an ardent 8 ejlist
In his younger days, de
fended his cofrades free of charge
n the courts and pleaded their
cases In both prov nclal and metro
politan Journalism. Of receni
years hosever, he has grown away
from his earlier faith. In fact he
was read out of the party for having
accepted office under a nonSoclalist
ministry some years agc.
But he still remains a liberal in
thought and action, even !f his col eagues
In the present cabinet incline
to the conservative right.
Coupled . with his courses In
meeting attack more than half w*y
Briand is gifted with a marvellous
weapon In his voice. "Ah." say his
enemies, sneeringly. as he mounts
the tribune, "here comes Brlsnd to
plsy on his 'cello.** But to me his
CONTINUED ON PAG I THREE
RUSSIAN" POPULACE
CAREFREE DESPITE
EXTREME POVERTY
"Americans Coming" Is
Known in Remotest
Famine Districts.
BpscUl Calls to Th# Withl'gtos Kmr*M
sa4 Urltod V?vs.)
By JOHN GRAIDF.M.
MOSCOW. Aug. 21.?Moscow, the
Bolshevik cspital. is seedy but gay.
The Inhabitants, for the most
part, wear patched and darned
clothing and plainly *how the effects
of undernourishment. but
they are as carefree as la the old
days. # ^
When I arrived here the dtv's
I 1.600 churches were open In celebration
of a high Russian holiday
Shons and government offices were
Hosed to permit people to attend
the servicer.
I inquired the cause of this sttltude.
which contrasted with reported
communist principles.
Majority Deeply Rellglsss.
"Russians are not all communItss."
I wss informed. "We have
eranted a number of the more Important
church holidays, in addition
to the communist holidsys. so
I *s to respect the feeling of the
j pious population.**
' Tt was plainly evident that the
ereat m*?iorlty of the peonle are
! still deeoly religious I saw manv
oommunists. especially girls. paas!
Inc Into the packed churches. The
I boulevards were congested with
j thrones attired In shabby but neat
ciothlne Many wore s*nd-?ls or
were unconcernedly barefooted No
rfeso?ir was evident. Their faces
were happy. Some m*ere humminc
ray songs. Many of the beautiful
[" iris, of which Moscow boasts,
flirted frankly with fl-shine eyes
[ The tramways were overcrowded
! in spite of the fare of 2.000 roubles
jThis Is only about 7 cents In Amer
lesn money but still represents a
i considerably sum in Russia because
| of the low wages.
Gay Bst Sober Holidays.
Old-timers contrasted this ga?
but sober holiday?not a drunker
nerson could be seen?with prewar
Moscow's tottering, vodkasoaked
fetes.
The greatest Interest Is now
manifest in the arrival of Americans.
Everyone knows relief
workers are coming. The news ha*
soread to the most remote district*
of the famine reelon. And Americans.
too. are aoparent'> hlehl*
reanected. 1ud*1n* from exnreaalon*
that are heard whenever the we'd
Is passed identifying "American
correspondents.**
Moscow Is a city of 2.000.?no poni*latl?n.
There sre not enouati
houses. In the ooorer sections th?
congestion Is terrific.
Wealth Bst Wst Food.
Moscow may well be characterised
as a twentieth-centwrv wonderland:
a land In which all that
aneaks of wealth and poverty ar*
atraneely intermingled.
In the churches sre dlspiavs ot
silver, gold and other valuables
beneath the eround Rnsal* hat
more silver and gold?enouch tc
for all she mleht care to pur
chase from th- outside world An<1
vet Russis needs evervthlng from
needles to s**-m en~?nes.
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MARINES SENT
TO HELP aOSE
BOUNDARY ROW
Will Back Up Decision flf
U. S. in Costa RicaPanama
Fight.
FORMER ADVISED
TO SEIZE REGION
Huphes Tells Panama It
Can Hold Disputed
Land No Longer.
The American government haa
virtually authorized Coata VUc* to
seise and exercise its jurisdiction
over disputed territory In Central
America now tn the possession of
?ansma government troops.
For the purpose of maintaining a
watchful control orer developments
which may follow. American armod
forces, some of them now being
rushed from this country, will take
up advantageous positions In the
troubled sone.
Marines May Uatf.
A battalion of Marines, ordered
from Quantico. Va. Saturday night,
was scheduled to bo-ird the U. 8. S.
j Pennsylvania at the Delaware
' breakwater yesterday en route to
"anama. The battalion, at foil war
atrength and fully equipped for
! field service, will he sent through
i the Psnams Csnal so ss to bo
available. If ner?-?aary. for service
I on tho Pacific side, where the Coto
region, the present seat of trouble,
is located.
It was tndicsted In official quarters
yesterday that the Marines
might not be landed, defending
upon deve'opvnents. and that their
dispatch was merely for purpoaes
rt maintaining order while Costa
Rican forces proceeded to take
over Jurisdiction of the Coto territory.
I Transport of the Marines feli
'owed discstch of a note last
j Thur*day by Secretary Hughes to
Panama. clearly revealing that
American o?tience with Panama
vad been exhausted. T>n May 2 Mr.
Hughes sent a note to Panama upholding
the right of Costa Rica to
, the region In queatlon. In thla
same note. too. he stated that a j
limited time would be given Pan- .
jama to negotlste with Coata Rica
;* to the manner in which Coata. n
( Rica was to take over Jurisdiction
**Fime Glvea.**
At that t me. it was Mr Hughes'
, opinion, that sixty days would be
sufficient. Much more time wss
finally given, however, so hit note
, sent last Thursday, rtada:
"Inasmuch ss a reasonable time
for reaching an arrccment has al- |
ready been afforded, there seems to 1
i ^ re"son why the government
! of the United States should, ss the !
friendly medistor between the two
' vovornments. or by virtue of its I
i snecial relations to the aovernment
of Panama, feel compelled to suggest
to the government of Costa
i Rica that it de'ay longer taking
, Jurisdiction over the territory
j which is now occupied by Panama
j and which was ad'udced to belong
to Coata Rica by the terms af the
tx?*?bet award.**
One slnvu'ar thine about 'he
n resent trouble between rananJh
and Costa Rica is that the United
States, while exercls'ne a special
orote^torate over Panama. la In the
position of assisting Coata Rica.
Another odd feature of the trouble
's that the Coto rerlnn is not and
''ever has heen denied bv Panama
-s he'oneire to Costa Rica, although
Panama has held that territory
for years. Meantime Coata
Rl^an forces moved Into and took
Jurisdiction over territory awarded
It bv Chief Justice White on the
Atlantic side, sn award to which
Manama alnce has refused to subscribe.
I'pholda White Award.
Panama, therefore. ha* been In
the position of hoMing Indisputably
Coata Rlc*n territory, as a retails
' torr measure %aerainst Cost* Rtcan
i aelrure of territorv awsrded It b>
i White but claimed by Pans ma.
When Coata Rlcan forces at emntod
to take the Coto region
i also in the spring, fighting beI
fween Costa Rica and Panama
on^ned. onlv to be checked bv Secretary
Hughes In a note demsndIner
that h^atiMtlea ce?se. He
, *?rtK?r tnstn'cfd *hst Panaman
forces be withdrawn from the
Coto reeion. but th?a Pan-ma rei
fvsed to do Hueh^s has conalatent'y
unhe'd the White sward
wh|r>h ea*ahllahed a boundary betm#*en
Panama and Coata Pica, g|v[
r,>?ta Rica add^d territory.
H's final note on the nueatlat
'ost made ??"b'lc and n**co?nn* ried
hv a troon *M~?n?nt to the troublo
( ?o?? is as follows:
( '-The eovemwnt of the United
^tatea has received the note adI
*reea<?d bv the rov*mm?nt of Pan(
" ns on Ancuat ?. to the America*
Vnlater In P*n?ma reviving To
t*e communication handed by tha
Minister on A nenat ? to the rov-enment
of P-nama bv InetrncttoM
"?f the eove^nment of the T*nlte4
States, in whi^h were trnt?n!ttfi
wo requests of the r^vemment Of i
R?ea relatlne to t?*e Ko?n|tf)r I
<"snwte h"tve#n the Vtepubllca 0(f 1
"anama and Costa Rica.
AnmmeaU A*aweved.w
"After the moat oarefnl rnna'dor- 1
?t|on of the statements c^ntaM
in the note of the government of
?*an*ms shove referr* d to. thla
averment hss reached the eon~'uslon
that the arguments advanced
In this communleatlog have
already been fullv answered In previous
notes addressed by the gov rnment
of the United States tt J
the government of Panama
It Is greatly regretted that It
has been Imoosslble for the govern- ?
mants of Panama and Co* la Rica
to come to s direct agroement
the delimitation of that "fcortlop
the boundary between the two republtca
Inld down by the White
award. In view of the fart thaf
the government of Panama s^rearj
COKTIXUSD OX FAGt EIG*X.
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