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?Cohan Heads
New Union to
Fight Equity
Continued from pair? 1
-ill invite nil the striking actors to
?0in its ranks, assuring them of the
?ompbance b>' the managers with all
their demands, except the recognition
of the players' union.
The first steps for the establish?
ment of the new body followed a re
eital by non-Equity players of the
alleged "tyrannous methods" of the
Equity organization. Louis Mann sent
fcr Mr. Cohan, and the assembled
ittgefolk asked him to assume the
?g?dership in a new organization.
P?vid Warfiald, Howard Kyle, Amelia
gingham, Janet I?cecher, ?Joe Weber,
${r. ?mi Mrs. Coburn, IUtrr Mclntosh
and scores o? other notable players
joined in acclaiming Mr. Cohan their
BCw leader.
Governor Smith was not able to
tome to New York to attempt to act
as mediator in the strike. It was
stated in Albany that, although he
is greatly interested in efforts to bring
about a reconciliation, he has no ap?
pointment with representatives of
either side to the controversy, and
that in any event his activities in
connection with the high cost of liv?
ing situation would prevent his leav?
ing Albany at present.
Room Too Small to Hold ?Actors
Louis Mann, who called the after?
noon meeting, expected, he said, an
attendance of about one hundred. At 2
o'clock so many had appeared that ho
hsa to open negotiations for the general
assembly room at the Biitmore. Fully
TOO players were pies nt when Alan
Dinehart. as temporary chairman,
opened the meeting.
Howard Kyle blamed the striking
actors for not putting the strike to a
referen/.."-. The actors, he said, never
could fohow their profession inde?
pendently of the managers. Independ?
ent attractions, tent shows, etc., he
said, never could take the place o?
proper'.;. ai.I theat res.
Tranquility had pervaded the meet?
ing thus .??-. 'i he first ripple of excite?
ment ci me ??? ? n Mr. Kyle, referring to
the eig ' rule which gov?
erns the Engl sh actor, reminded the
play? ilaries in England are
nothi . : sa' n ie's here."
"And neither is the cost of living!"
shouted Lawrence Grant, an Equity
member argument is faulty."
Mr. K . ??. way to Mr. Grant, but
_ot before he had been handed a note
from ;.:'. equity supporter whose name
was net r vealed. ".ludas!" road the
missive. "And you look the part!"
"Do nol ne the writer of that
note," said Mann. "He is a good actor,
..- ; he has a highly emotional
nature winch prompts him in this as
well as in his art."
Experience of Musicians Cited
If Vic* i Herbert, Fritz Kreisler and
other mus cians found their artistic
su ? ,ed from contact with
? lal .. 11, the acting professional
should ? r to suffer from unioni?
sation, wa: Mr. ?it-ant's principal point.
Unioni: : ecessary to protec?
tion, he maintained. OnTy recently a
theatrical company had been left
atran le . bj a prominent New York
man . Da as, Tex., he said;
salarie- ha be? n cut ruthlessly and
great di had been visited upon
the mei ? of the company through
the he; r.ess or' the manager.
"We .- tection in the Actors'
Fund r us by the managers
thi ? ! Mr. Mann. "If
Mr Grai frit Is ivere stranded it's
if lu ; : n it know the game,
Mr, 1 uld have taken care of
' ': ? . ? ? "
charity for the
se '? . ' reji irted M r. Grant to
of hi 'Equities' scattered
thi thi room.
Mr, M ? n disclaimed the thought
and proceeded to give vent to his in?
dignai -. the thought of unioniza?
tion which would "level the profes
si< n."
"You would put me on a par with a
manual worker buck sta?re when by the
very essence that constitutes biology
he cou' i r i\ be my equal. You would
' to a form alike." he said,
! : ng M r. Grant.
"?A ' ' : lize salaries!" put in
An ?
that uni n left
?usici ? u Kreisler
_. . ?.. y
?hi calling, v ere ab e
'? - rmance alone, something
*v',; ? h? -? actor c uld do. he said.
As .imura salary provision
advoca! by I ? E [uity Association, he
?aid - ? ? present arrangement of
leav.-.,; the salary question to indi
vid.-', c nsideratioD was satisfactory
>nd i ted the case of his niece, who
play? with him in "Friendly Enemies."
"Although a beginner she did quite
well, if I'do say so," said Mr. Mann,
"and I was able to point this out and
get her an increase. Now, would that
have been possible under your union
plan?"
"Pi ly," put in Mr. Grant, "if
similar ii r' lei ce could be used."
l?en Johnson's Sense of Shame
Ben ,!ol : - n ' egged Mr. Mann to
Put a c rb i ?-. t : e vo lu bi lity of the
Equ - present '1 he theatre, said
Mr. , ? had been ti ipped of its
las! ? .... ,,: dignity. For the first
til career he was ashamed
1 ? a 1 bat he was ari actor.
? a resolution deploring
B nt should recognize
quity. A ruler to the motion
pro. the employment by
*nj ? , t any "Equity." The
rider was met with a storm of "noes."
"It has come to such a pass," said
Mann, "tl at a I oy was throttled in the
lack r<? ?ra <?:" Equity headquarters by
Biembi ?; r ir organization."
"I'll join this body 'if you can prove
that!" ' ,ui ri Alfred Mahlin, who de?
scribed : self as "the $30 actor who's
' at bj you 'stars,' and who's
proud of not be tig a 'star.' "
on!" r? piled Mr. Mann.
Br ? . ? | at boy!"
"Yes, bring on the boy'" yelled the
equities." "We defv you to bring on
that b y!"
A b as pushed on to the platform.
It was not the boy involved; it was
?" brother. Jeers from the Equities
?'-t the boy's attempts to talk. He said
he was ,\ bert James, that his brother
v'as a member of the "Crimson -Alibi"
company and that his brother had been
?nt for by Harrison Hunter, of the
?ompany. When he entered the actors'
?trike headquarters, at 160 West Forty
tit t h Street, he had been seized and
throttled in order to induce him t?*
?plained managerial in
jormation. Albert James was not in
the least flustered by the jeers which
greeted his story.
A Call ?for Mr. Sparkes
111 te!I you who did the throttling,
too,' hv shouted, "It was Ned Sparkes."
Miss Kingsley set out to tind Mr,
? parkes to have his version of the in?
cident before the assemblage, but she
?m no', return.
Henry Leiftwich, a stage manager for
i>an;e] Prohman, related another
tyrannous" attempt of the Equity or?
ganization to force him into it? ranks
?k "cruel'y mistreating" his wife. At
Jhe conclusion of his recital Miss
Catherine Hagan moved that an or?
ganization be formed to protect the
profession from the wile? of the
S*tt,ty. Thereupon Mr. Mann spoke of
?r- Cohan's willingness to support,
nnancially and morally, such an or
?anization of players. Mr. Cohan was
??nt for. He wat given an ovation. He
expressed his willingness to devote his
life and fortune to the establishment
of an organization which should re?
store harmony between the managers
and players.
"I've been called cutthroat, scab and
highwayman the past three weeks," he
said, "but I dont believe I was ever
so much the friend of the actor as I
am this minute. I want no more of
the limelight. 1 mean that, folks. Dave
Belasco said the other day that if
the wind blew n certain way he'd never
produce another play. I guess which?
ever way the wind blows I never will
produce another, either."
Cohan With Actors Till Final Curtain
"Yes, you will, G?orgie," shouted the
crowd. "We know you will."
"I don't believe I will," Cohan re?
sumed. ? "I have no plans. I'll do all
I can for you. I'm with you in any
movement at all for the benefit of the
theatre. I am not much good. I know
how to get on and off the stage; I
know a little about fixing up a play
and maybe a few other little things
like that. Anyway, I'm with you until
the grand finale."
Mann wanted to make Cohan presi?
dent of the new organization by accla?
mation.
"This is too big a thing to railroad
through," said Cohan. "You know, I'm
n member of the Producing Managers'
Association, and I will have to get them
to agree to let me resign. Let's give
this at least a few hours' thought. Let's
all get back here by 8 o'clock, and then
we will fix everything up."
Speed On Injunction Suit
Justice Hendrick in the Supreme
Court this morning will seek an answer
to n question he propounded yesterday
to attorneys for tire managers and
actors in the injunction suits instituted
by the former against the Equity. The
question is:
"Can you compel an actor to act?"
Overruling objections by counsel for
the actors, Justice Hendrick decided
that the applications to make the in?
junctions permanent must be heard at
?*nce. Tb? court said he did not deem
the question so complicated it could
no* be passed upon without delay.
Bainbridge Colby, Charles H. Tuttlc
and Na??.an Burkan, attorneys for the
managers," said they were willing to
proceed at once. Justus Sheffield, o?
counsel for the actors, who have been
enjoined, declared there were two suit
cases of affidavits bearing on the con?
troversy he had had no time to ex?
amine and pleaded for further time.
M. E. Harby, representing the en?
joined Equity officials, favored limit?
ing proceedings at present to a dis?
cussion of the validity of the temporary
injunctions.
"The applications upon which the in?
junctions were issued are grotesque,"
he said.
Injunctions Violated, Tuttle Says
Mr. Tutt!e argued for speedy action
on the ground that "abuses and viola?
tions of the injunctions are constantly
occurring."
"Justice Lydon," continued Mr. Tut?
tle, "said htr went to a theatre the
other night and found a condition of
riot outside."
, "Why didn't he call the police?"
i asked Justice Hendrick.
Mr. Sheffield wanted the court first
to hear argument on the application of
the Shuberts for an injunction restrain?
ing Ed Wynn from appearing at the
Equity benefit in the Lexington Theatre.
Justice Hendrick decided, however, :o
heai all the eases together.
"1 do not think it would be right
to dissolve the injunction against Mr.
Wynn," said Justice Hendrick, "when
the man on the street could see noth?
ing more therein than a victory for the
actors over the managers. This entire
matter is one the court should hold
firmly in hand until it his been finally
de tor mi nod.''
Alien?* To Be Allowed
To Acquire Oil Leases
Amenclment Put* Restrictions
on Operations on Fields
Owned by Government
WASHINGTON, Aug. 22.?To obviate
possible retaliation by foreign govern?
ments should oil land leasing legisla?
tion discriminating against aliens be
enacted, the Senate late to-day, with?
out a record vote, adopted the Smoot
amendment modifying the leasing bill
to permit aliens to obtain leases to
govi rnment lands under restrictions.
Trie amendment provides that no
alien shall own any internst in a ?ease
acquired under the leasing bill except
with :r provision authorizing the Presi?
dent, :a his discretion, to take over
and operate the lease, paying just com?
pensation *o the owner l'or the use of
tools, appliances, machinery and for
! the products. The Sccreta'ry of the
Interior also might require the sale
i for consumption in the United States
I of any portion of the products of any
leased property in which any alien has
an interest by stock ownership or
otherwise.
Strikes Paralyze Rail
Traffic in California
Suotbern Part of State Hit by
Tie-l p of Several
Lines
LOS ANGELES, Aug 22. -A genera!
and almost complete paralysis o? trans?
portation in Southern California ex-i
isted to-day. Strikes' in progress on
the Pacific electric and Los Angeles
railwaj systems were supplemented by
a walkout of members of the four great
railroad brotherhoods, who quit their
jobs on the Southern Pacific, Santa F?
and Salt Lake lines.
No cause for the walkout of the rail?
road men has been announced. The
switchmen employed at the yards of
the three companies quit first and were
followed by some of the engineers,
firemen and conductors.' The latter, in ]
several instances, walked off their
trains a*, way stations, leaving their
passengers to reach their destinations
us best they could.
According to T. H. Williams, assist
ant general manager of the Southern !
Pacific, trains were departing on time |
to-day. He said, however, that many
freight trains were tied up.
The strike came as a surprise to the
railroad companies. It was said that
a copy of ;m order from Warren S.
Stone, of the Brotherhood of Railroad
Engineers, had been found ordering a
general strike to-day.
Officials of the Salt Lake and Santa
F? lines were out in the yards to-day,
according to reports from their offices,
but it was said that both roads ex?
pected to move nassenger trains and
possibly some freight.
Calls Treaty Foes 'Imbeciles'
"Wretched Creatures of Senate"
Assailed by dimming*
RYE. N. Y., Aug" 22. Homer S. Cum
mings, chairman of the Democratic Na?
tional Committee, addressed the Wom?
en's Democratic Club of Rye this even?
ing on "The Duties of a Voter."
The Republican Senators opposing
the league of nations he called "Sena?
torial imbeciles" and "wretched creat?
ures of the Senate." They were so low
minded, he continued, that "they would
need a stepladder to'see into the sub
cellar of President Wilon's mind."
Mrs. J. Bishop Putnam was chairman
of the meeting. Among those who at- ;
tended were Mrs. Daniel O'Day. Mrs. J. !
Lawrence Poole, George H. Arne, Cap?
tain and Mrs. J. S. Riley, Mrs. RosweU
i Tripp. Mrs. William H. Graham, Mr. ,
| arul Mrs. S. C. Harrimans, Lansing
1 Powers and Arthur W. Sherman. I
40 Per Cent Shoe Raise
Called Profiteering
WHOLESALERS and jobbers aro
" charging that the price list of
shoes received from manufacturers
this week indicates profiteering on
the shoemakers' part. According to
the new schedule there has been an
advance of 40 per cent in price.
Men's shoes that sold for $7 a few
weeks ago are now quoted at $0.80.
Women's tan viel kid, quoted at
18.50 on August 4, have been ad?
vanced to $11.25.
Dealers say the 40 per cent in?
crease is unnecessary. Managers say
that it has been necessitated by re?
cent wage increases and the higher
cost of leather. To this wholesalers
and jobbers reply that the shoes now
quoted were made long before the ad?
vance in wages and leather.
Von Bernstorff I
Tells How to!
Win America!
Continued from pnce 1
tween the two. One could, therefore,
speak with greater justice of the two
fpld character of German policy than
of its "duplicity." The one party
wanted to begin the U-boat warfare
even if the United States would bo
forced thereby to break with us; the
other wanted to accept President Wil?
son's policy and thus to reach a peace.
The fight between the two parties be
, gan with the Lusitania incident p.nd
ended with the defeat of the civilian
party through the declaration of un?
restricted U-boat activity.
Civilian Party
Opposed Course
As one of the men most actively in?
volved in this struggle, I can assert
most positively that the German civil?
ian policy was consistent throughout
in holding steadfastly to the same
course. It did not, as many Americans
still think, carry on negotiations mere
' ly for the purpose of making prepara
i tions, meanwhile, for the U-boat war
? fare. Neither did it hatch any "coti
i spiracies" in ?America. The German
? civil administration had no knowledge
| whatever of the worst things that the
? military-naval party put through over
| ther; for example, like the mission of
? Rintelen. The two cardinal sins with
' which we are reproached tinder the
! heading of "duplicity"-?the dinner in
'honor of Ambassador Gerard at the
Hotel Adlon and the Mexico dispatch
were not committed till the Berlin
civil administration had struck its sails
to the military-naval party. Like the
?\strologist in "Faust," the German
government after that gave forth only
such declaration:-' as were whispered
into its ear by the military-naval Me?
phisto. That moment was the cul?
minating point in the German tragedy.
The intermediation inaugurated pre?
cisely at that moment by Mr. Wilson
was spoiled by our own fault, and Lh<
war was lost. All the attempt made
from Washington at the last, moment
to change the decision at Berlin failed,
as is well known, owing to "technical
difficultic s."
' The tart in one raMi mement spurred,
All eternity bItos not again."
In November, 1018, we expected that
Mr. Wilson would guarantee to a Ger?
many completely beaten what he had
voluntarily offered us in the winter of ;
1916-'17. Whereas formerly our public ;
opinion had continually insulted Mr. ;
Wilson, he was now praised as the Mes?
siah. Salvation was to coir.e through
him. As we had formerly underrated
his power, we now overrated it. T'n?r
disappointment that prevails among us j
with the peace of Versailles is compre- i
hensible. If we want, however, to come !
into good relations with the United I
States again we must not nurse anger '
iti our hearts, but endeavor, without ?
prejudice and prepossession, to un- ?
derstand the American policy of the '
past few months.
The key to the apparent riddle is to
be found in the best of Mr. Wilson's j
speeches. In developing his peace pro- |
gramme, in his speech of January 22, !
1917, the President said it was a pre?
requisite for realizing his ideal plans
for a league of nations that a peace ;
without victory be concluded. At that
time the two groups of powers still '
confronted each other as equals. How
differently the world looked in October,
1918! Germany lay in the dust and j
offered no further resistance. Through ,
that fact Mr. Wilson lost all his power.
It is not worth while arguing to-day j
whether we could or should have of- ;
fered resistance during the armistice j
or peace negotiations. By abandoning
all resistance we robbed Mr. Wilson of
all authority against the overweening
demands of the victors. He had to
struggle alone and against his own al?
lies, drunk with victory, who were su- !
perior to him in their exact knowledge '
of European affairs.
Mr. Wilson could have achieved more
if he had not gone to Paris, where he |
succumbed to the influence of the i
milieu, and if he had not surrendered
at once the first of his fourteen points.
In agreeing to secret negotiations he
lost his last support?public opinion?
which called for a real league of na?
tions and a peace of justice. If Mr.
Wilson had relied for support upon the
opposition parties in the Allied coun?
tries, that would have been indeed a
policy of "flectere si nequco, Achrronta ?
move bo" (If I, cannot bend the will of j
the gods, I will move Hell); and the t
A Nutritious Diet for All Ages
Quick Lunch at Home or Office
Ami Jfl-iUti?M ttd SobUiUlw
feeling in his own country was not
such as to warrant that policy.
President's Course
Forced Upon Him
Public opinion there bad again
dropped into its old indifference to
European affairs. The people were
content with having Drought about the
victory over autocracy and militarism;
and they wanted nothing more?or, at
most, the league of nations from ideal
motives. The American troops were
clamoring to go home; and finally, the
feeling/against us was still so strong
in tlic United States that nobody there
would have understood Wilson's course
if he had on our account caused a
breach with his allies. And so tho
President was compelled to content
himself with little. He still honestly
believes to-day that wc should have
got a far worse peace if he had not
tenaciously defended his fourteen
points. He still believes in the future
of the league of nations, which, for
the present, indeed, has a fatal resem?
blance to a "holy alliance" against
Germany. To us it seems almost gro?
tesque that our situation is still so
misunderstood abroad as it really is.
The idea of an alliance to protect
France from the poor, starved, demoral?
ized Germany of to-day appears to us
quite absurd.
These considerations about past and
present suggest their own application
for the future. The peace has been
signed and the war has been ended
with a degree of injustice that more
than expiates all our faults. The
account has been squared. Are
we now to adopt a sulky nttitude? On
the contrary, the German people must
go to work again and try to obtain
a revision of the peace treaty. Such a
result can bo secured only through
the treaty and in the league of nations.
Our foreign policy must in the future
consist of an unremitting struggle for
the further development of the league.
When we ?ire taken into it equality and
reciprocal treatment will be guaranteed
to us through our membership. Then
we can hope for an order in the world
which shall Check tho imperialism of
individual powers and shall bring into
being a world economic system, which,
reaching across the borders of states,
I shall bind the people to one another.
| Such a world economy might make us
I feel compensated for the losses of ter
| ritory suffered.
i 1 scarcely need to point out that a
, German policy of that description
; would of itself cause us to range our
! selves alongside of the United States.
; There the idea of a genuine, peaceful
; longue of nations is a living force,
i There alono can the money be found
- with which to give vitality to such
a world economy. There the chief rep
rescntntive of the idea of a league of
| nations still has twenty months at the
; head of the government. In view of
Mr. Wilson's character it is to be ex
\ pected with certainty thai he will con?
tinue with the greatest energy to carry
on the fight for a genuine league of
I nations.
We must no:, however, deceive our
I selves on one point. In the republican
i United States people have a concep?
tion of democracy somewhat different
from ours. S? cialism is there in ill
favor, and our "planned-out community
business" repels every American. It
was not by accident that the peace
of violence imposed upon us shows in?
dividualistic-capitalistic features. It
goes without saying that, true to the
democratic principle, we must set in
orrler our own house, as the majority
of the German people wish; and they
will ever demand that our new Ger?
many be anointed with copious drops
of social oil. It does not follow from
that, however, that we need to use so?
cialism for export purposes, if we are
not cautions in that regard the league
of nations will become a conservative
"holy alliance" directed against Ger?
many. We .must not forget how deep?
ly we shall in the future be dependent
upon the league of nations.
Presumably the league will proceed
in such a way that great credits will
be extended by American private cap?
italists, banks, etc., to similar German
persons and institutions; but no ade?
quate loan will be allowed for the Ger?
man Empire. Such a procedure would
deal a deathblow to our "community
business."
This question will lead to many a
hard light inside our government and
in the National Assembly. It is
enough to refer here to the problem
which might disturb our relations with
the United States, and for which a
satisfactory solution must be found. If
we wish to reestablish friendly rela?
tions with the citizens of the United
States we must convince them that the
old militarist Germany is dead and
buried, and that our new Germany
has no intention of assuming the r?le
of apostle for a socialistic world revo?
lution. Without American help it
would hardly be possible to set German
business upon its feet again. I doubt
not that, if we pursue the right policy,
we shall get that help.
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Federal Control
Of Packers Gains
Few Supporters
Stock Feeder? Are Satisfied
With Conditions; Fear
Change Would Be Dan?
gerous to Everybody
._
WASHINGTON, Aug. 22.?Federal
regulation of the. packing industry
proposed in the Kenyon and KcndricV
i bills now on hearing before the ?Senate
i Agricultural Committee, fc-und neithei
I friends nor advocates in the loiii^ lisi
i of witnesses who aired their views to
| day. The packers, all insisted, shoul?
? be let alone. Inference with them, th
I tenor of the statements ran, would b
: dangerous to the consumer and every
| body else.
"We've had governmental control o
! railroads and telephones and tel<
I graphs until we're plumb worn ou
i and we don't want any more." W. 1
I Carpenter, stock feeder,of Tarkio, Mc
| assured the committee. "I'm in favt
' of the man who can produce tl
! cheapest going ahead as far as he ca
: That's the way to cut down the coi
; of living."
I Thomas Dunn, a St. Louis me,
j denier, aired an unusual view of tl
situation when he ?aid. "People want
to pay high prices because they think
they are getting better stuff.
"These hearings will help jget the
fool ideas out of their heads," he j
added, while the committee laughed. J
"That's the only good they will do."
All of the feeder? insisted thRt com?
petition was keen in stockyards, said I
they spoke from long experience in j
selling there, and were inclined to
scoff at assertions that the packers ,
dominated the market?. Proposals in
the bills to take away the packer.-' re- ;
frigerator cars, J. P. Lynn, a stock fee ?
er of Tarkio, Mo., snid "were as r?-as
onablc ns proposals to take away pack?
ers' butcher knives."
C. T. Caldwell, for the Moultrio, Ga.,
Chamber o? Commerce, also spoke for
a delegation.
"We've got ?Swift & Co. down there
and they've helped more than any?
thing else to get our farmers to diver?
sify, he said. "The livestock busi?
ness needs their national distribution."!
State Troops Disperse
10,000 in Strike Parade
HAMMOND, Ind., Aug. 22.?State
troops dispersed a mob to-night which
attempted to parad past the plant of
the Standard Steel Car Company, whose I
employes are on strike.
Officer? estimated that there were one j
thousand men in the crowd, which
scattered when approached by the !
troops.
The disorder was the first since the
arrival of ten militia companies yes- j
terday. ,
I Dutch and Belgians
Still in D e a d lock
On Scheldt Control
Holland's Reply to Claim*
for Revision of Treaty Is
Filed at Paris; Concord
Said To Be Far Away
PAP?IS, Aug. 22.?The reply of th
Dutch government to the statement of :
Belgium In connection with the -
vision of the treaty of 1K39 was pi??- 1
before the commission charged with
the revision on Wedl Jonk
heer van Swinderen, farmer Dutch
Minister to the United Stati-s and fur?
nier Minister of Foreign Affairs.
No statement was issued, b'it it is
learned on good authority that an
ngreement is a? remote as ever. 'Th?
viewpoint of thf L_.;eh, it Is sait?, is
firmly against the desires of I .; . ??
Full possession i.r the ? dl, by
another power, th" Belgians corrteno,
lia- a stilling effect upon the del
ment of the port of Antwerp a ???' of
Helgian prosperity generally, ni'jeh as
would control of New Orleanf by a
foreign power have an unfavorable
effect upon American commc-r r
The Allied powers, .it is understood,
are favorably inclined toward the
idea of opening up the S'beldt, but
they are nrveettag with d fF.-uiti? n
rtnding taw? mr?r,.? t?-> pit ih* ri'-a
.r.tu i fTtict without ?ton* UtrriU rial
transfer, whirr, the Dutch are firmly
oppoaiag.
The s i tua Von h? i' i? pn??*nt#d to
?iay may o,,n f,,r a rejoinder by tha
Helgiar .. '>r<"?ast
the He'glans wili appeal especially ta
the At)
The ?;r.al drafl of w *u*?t'iaa
pea*-'' has
?Ven completed _nd probably will be
hanl sd over to m del? ga
".or M< r.day.
made ?ith
or.t pub ? rvmony.
A i? ? by
.?
Mobiri . ? ;
? has arr.vea
in 1'i.r ?8 ' r ? -
1 be by the
their
vi*-w ?if the ?-.-??e of Syria. They will
.' Prance be g.ven the
mandate for i ?
??;.tii< Robber? Gel *M).000
Ni;V. ? r h For -in?
ipbei of
the First toa
' to He downward,
S bai ? to
. : I ? ?"?
I he rol . i
ir? a mol r car.
"' and La ?Mivjorf^
A Sensible Cigarette
o
20 for 23c
oAfact:
New York surely doe? like Fatima, Tt ,%
thr* best seller at faahionable club?, at the
Stock Exchange and even at Leading b?tela
Buck as these:
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Bel mont Me.il fun
Diltmore JSril.t rUiruln
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