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Davier Denies
Platt f or Europe
"Pall Mall Gazette's" Stories
Regarding Enterprises
Connected With Finan?
cier ?)ec?ared Groundless
Trade Concern Rumored
London Paper Asserts Mor?
gan and Guaranty Trust
Co. Will Back Project
LONDON, Feb. 19.?The promotion
of important financial and commercial
enterprises.is one of the objects of the
present visit to- Europe of Henry P.
'i'avison, of J. P. Morgan 4. Co., accord?
ing to "The Pali Mali Gazette."
Two plans are to be promoted by Mr.
Davison in Europe, -the newspaper de
ciares. The' ft^st i* for the establish?
ment pfa great money combine, with
the object.q? fina'nuing great national
and private enterprises In Europe,"The
Gazette" asserts, while the second is
the establishment of a great interna?
tional tradng company backed by the
resources of the Morgan house and the
Guaran-ty Trust Company.
Under the projected plan, says the
i-ewspsper. American banks wouid en?
ter a great money combine for financ
. fr enterprises to supply necessities
occasioned by the war. For example,
uio ne"WSpaticr explains, if Belgium,
franco er Austria were in search of
meens for rehabilitation, the concern
Mr. Daviaon is declared to have in
mind vyould be able, purely from a
business viewpoint, to aid and encour?
age -any sound enterprise In this con
TH-i"tion.
"The Gazette" adds it is said Mr.
Davison has met with the greatest en?
couragement and welcome, both in
England ard France.
Mr. Davison, when asked about the
article, said: "Ordinarily I should pay
no attention to this and like articles,
but. under the conditions existing to?
day, it seems to me that the public
would be better served with facts than
with fiction. Happy as I should be to
devote myself to any comprehensive
p.ans which would be in the common
?r.ter??: of Europe and America, I am
const.alned to say that statement No.
I is entirely without foundation. I
have seen no one on any financial plan,
ana do not contemplate doing: so while
in Europe, for I have no such plan in
mind."
Mr. Davison added that statement
Xo. 2 probably was based on the fact
of the organization of the Foreign
Commerce Corporation of America,
owned by the Morgan firm. Lieutenant
' olcnel Gravson M. P. Murphy, who is
chairman of the' corporation, will re?
main in Europe for developing the
company's business, Mr. Davison said,
but he himself will act only for the
Red Cross.
On Sunday Mr. Davison will go to
Paris and then proceed to Geneva.
Michigan Democrats Put
Bryan on Primary Ballot
Sufficient Number Si^n Petition
to Insure Neb:a?kan Chance
for Presidential Nomination
Special pisvatoh to The Tribune
LANSING, Mich.. Feb. 19.?The name
of William Jennings Bryan will appear
on the Democratic primary ballot April
5 among candidates for the Presiden?
tial homination. Petitions bearing
signatures of 114 citizens of Detroit,
Bern ton Harbor and Jackson were filed
wi^h the Secretary of State to-day by
'aines II. Lee, a former State Senator
arj8 now Assistant Corporation Counsel
of Detroit, and were canvassed and cer?
tified as sufficient.
"The purpose < f putting Mr. Bryan's
name on the primary ballot was simply
to give the rank and file of Democrats
?n this state a chance to Indicate their
choice," said Mr. Lee. "We believe
Bsjyi n is the leader of the party an i
that his poMcios are the policies of its
.?:?<?? ibers. The petitions nave been cir?
culated by men who have written to me
from various parts of the state for
them. All work has been and will be
voluntary und done on the worker's
own initiative."
Petitions containing a sufficient num?
ber of signers to give Eugene V. Debs
a p'aoe on the ballot as a Socialist
candidate for President have also been
received by the Secretary of State, it
was announced to-day.
Women!ujured in Fire
One Seeks Child. Another Trous?
seau, as Cam? Dix Hotel Burns
CAMP DIX, N. J., Feb. 19.?Three
women were injured, perhaps fatally,
at noon to-day when tire destroyed the
Salvation Army Hotel here, the largest
building of that organization at any
cantonment. One of the women, Eliza?
beth Tucker, a negro maid, was burned
while searching rooms for guests that
were thought to be missing. The oth?
ers, white women, were injured, one in
an attempt to save her child, and the
other her trousseau.
There were ninety persons in tho
hotel, most of them relatives of so -
diera. Mrs. II. II. Porter, tho matron,
assisted courageously by Elizabeth
Tucker, the negro maid, got every one
out safely, although the fire spread
through the four-story frame structure
with great rapidity.
Mrs. Ellen A. Barbash, however,
rushed back into the flames in the be.ief
that her four-year-oid son still was
inside. She wan cut off by tue fire,
jumped from a third floor window and
broke her back. Mrs. Frank A. Nichols,
who was married to a soldier Satur?
day at the hotel, fought her way back
:eto the bunding to hunt for her trous?
seau. She ran the gan.et of a blazing
stairway and staggered out severely
burned and clutching the charred rem?
isants ot some garments.
Ihe lire is thought to have started
from a carelessly dropped cigarette.
Holland to Delay Reply
League Debate Holds Up Answer
to Note on Ex-Kaiser
THE HAGUE, Feb. l9.-~Tho activity
of the Dutch Cabinet members in con?
nection with the present league of na?
tions debate in tho Dutch Parliament
may delay somewhat Holland's answer
to the second Allied note with regard
to,the former German Emperor.
Tho first Allied note montionad only
Wilhelm himself, but as the second
nofe rofcrs tp former German royalty
in tho plural form it is considered
probable that Holland may ask guar?
antees of the ex-Crown Prince similar
to those to be demanded of the former
Emperor.
Meat Paeking Dissolution
Case Up on February 27
WASHINGTON, Feb. 19.?Attorney
General l'a!m< r announced to-night
that February 27 has been fixed as the
date for the filing of the government's
bill; the answers of the defendant? <
and the final decree in the meat pack- '
In* dissolution case.
*he jurisdiction in which the pro?
ceedings will take placa was not dis- >
closad.. but* is exepeatad to b* Chi- j
?ago ?* U?w York. j
Offer Irish Home
Rule Bill To*day
LONDON, Feb. 19.?Andrew
Bonar Law, the government
spokesman in the House o? Com?
mons to-day, said that it was
hoped to introduce the Irish Home
Rule bill to-morrow.
The second reading of the bill,
he added, would be taken as soon
as the House had time to digest
the bili.
League Calls Financial
Parley for Next Month
Conference of International
Scope To Be Held Either in
Br?ssel? or The Hague
From The Tribune's fluropean Rurcau
(CopyrlRht. 1020. Now York Tribune In?;.)
LONDON, Feb. 19.?-An international
l financial conference under the auspices
, of the league of nations v.111 be held
next month, either In Brussels or nt The
Hague. Invitations to the various gov?
ernments are being sent this week.
' These invitations suggest that the gov?
ernments send representatives of capi?
tal and labor as well as experts on
financial and economic questions.
Supporters of the scheme believe that
no lasting good can come of tho con?
ference unless an exhaustive study la
made of the economic position of the ;
whole of Europe. Instead of trying to
adjust exchanges by huge loans or tho
extension of gigantic credits, it is
thought ndvisable to lay down a mod?
erate program which is certain of ful?
fillment.
It is believed that the very fact that
the nations are meeting will have a
beneficial effect on exchange rates.
?
U. S. Should Nurse
World Till Peace
Comes, Says Baker
Economic Marriage Between
America and Europe Binds
Us to Help All, Secretary
Tells Dry Goods Retailers
Secretary of War Newton D. Baker,
! in an address at the dinner of the Na
j tional Retail Dry Goods Association
: at the Hotel Pennsylvania last night,
i pleaded for America "to be brave
! enteugh" and "lead the world back to
peat? and order through the league
of nations." Mr. Baker asserted that
the United States cannot return to its
state of "sp?endid isolation," and that
it is dependent upon other nations and
the other lands are dependent upon this
country.
Saying that "probably not since Noah
has the world known a state of des?
olation as great and wide as the one
prevailing," Mr. Baker urged that the
United States assume the r?le of nurse
of the world and help lead it back to
economic and political stability. The
alternative to the league of nations,
Mr. Ba^er said, is world anarc'iy. This,
he added, is particularly true "because
men ..e very where seem to have lost their
faith in government and the institu?
tions of men."
All Nations Interdependent
"The idea of ? hermit nation has
passed from the world," said Mr. Baker
"and there is not one nation which if
not dependent lor its life upon some
other nation. All are economically
bound together into one indissoluble
union." .
Describing the cost of the war in mer
and treasure, Mr. Baker said that th<
countries of Europe, are in a state o:
hopelessness and despair, and cannot
get their economic processes read'
justed without the direct aid of th<
United States.
"It is our duty in a brave spirit t?
solve our problems, to set our owi
; house in order and then help the worh
to set its house in order. We hav
married the world economically and th
obligations of that marriage tie us t
the nations everywhere."
The Rev. S. Parkes Cadman, of th
1 Central Congregational Church c
Brooklyn, also pleaded for the leagu
? of nations and assailed Senator Lodg
| for his stand on the peace treaty.
I The second day of the association'
convention was devoted to discussion
of etlucational problems pertaining t
business.
Samuel W. Rayburn, speaking at th
morning session, gave an h;storici
r?sum? of the retail trade in Americi
He ?poke of the origin of retail trad
from the time when dealers handle
only commodities, and money was nc
known, down to the present period.
Relations Changed by War
The afternoon session was devote
to a discussion of the principles t
personal work and their app?catio
particularly in department stores. Wa
ter Scott Dill di.-cussed the first phai
of the subject and Michael Scha-p, <
L. Bamberger & Co., of Newark, col
corred himself with the latter phas
Mr. Schaap emphasized the point thi
one of the effects of the war has bet
to change the attitude of the respoi
sible business man toward his er
ployees.
The day's proceedings were co:
eluded with an address on "Industri
Democracy," by John Leitch, of Ch
cago. Cooperation between employe
and employees must be the keynote <
all modern business, said the speake
The association elected a new boa:
of directors, on? for each of the fi
districts embraced within it, and thr
at large. Those chosen follow:
First District?Felix Vorenberg, G
chri?t Ti Co.. of Boston.
Second District?S. F. Rothschil
Abraham & Straus, of Brooklyn.
Third District?P. J, Paxon Da\
son, Paxon & Stokes, of Atlanta.
Fourth District?D. S. Kelly, Mand
Brothers, of Chicago.
Fifth District?Marshall Hale, Ha
Brothers, of San Francisco.
At Large?Samuel Rayburn, Lord
Taylor, of New York, H. Wallace j
Forbes & Wallace, of Springfield, Mas
and L. C. Nash, Nash-Burgess Coi
pany, of Omaha.
Lew Hahn, executive secretary ai
treasurer, was re?lected, but the tit
of his office was changed to managii
director.
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Phone Earnings Increase
Profits Larger Under Private
Than Government Control
WASHINGTON, Feb. 19.?Telephon?
companies earned more last November
under private control, than during th<
same month the year before undei
government control, according to fig
ures made public to-day by the Inter
state Commerce Commission. Ne
ope-ating revenue for sixty-four com
nanies in November were $8,1)50,424, ai
increase of $939.308 over the net oper
ating revenue in November, 1918.
Gross revenues for November totalei
$26,570,181, an increase of $6,821,08:
over the preceding November. Oper
ating expenses aggregated $27,625,75'!
compattd with $21,744,082 in Novem
b?r, IBIS.
Wilson Drafts
Reply to Allies
On Frame Issue
Continued from pace 1
! thing like 4.000 words?about the same
1 number as was in the Allied communi?
cation.
Administration Senators, eager to
get some information1 with which to
meet opnopition attacks, which aro ex?
pected in the Senate as soon as the
treaty discussion is resumed, were un?
able to get any more details than news?
paper men. All they could do was to
get confirmation of the fact that the
President had told Great Britain and
France he would have to consider, the
question of withdrawing the peace
treaty from the Senate unless hie
wishes with regard to tho Fiume set?
tlement were acceded to by the Allies.
It was officially announced at the
State Department that there was no
postscript to the note of warning dis?
patched by this government on Febru
; ary 10. It was said that the statement
I that this government would consider
j the withdrawal of the peace treaties
I in the event that the Allied premiers
had definitely determined the Fiumo
dispute was a part of the text of the
official note and could not be termed
either a "postscript" or an "after?
thought." It likewise was pointed out
that the President never signs com?
munications to other governments, but
instead such correspondence is always
signed by the Secretary of State, act?
ing for the President.
Wilson Accused
Of Inconsistency
BUENOS AYBES, Feb. 19?A sum?
mary of the mail points in the Allied
reply to President Wilson's Adriatic
note, cabled by the Rome correspondent
of "La Naci?n," discloses that Presi?
dent Wilson threatened to withdraw his
signature from the British-French
American treaty, establishing secur?
ity for France, to which the Allies re?
ply that such action would destroy ab?
solutely the "new French policy," for
which President Wilson invited pro
lection.
The fundamental points of the reply
to President Wi.son. according to the
correspondent, are:
First?The Allies answer the ac?
cusation of having prepared a con?
vention for the annexation of Fiume
to Italy, which presupposes bad j
faith on the part ol Italy, by saying
that President Wilson is unable to i
demonstrate this.
Dalmatian Problem Foremost
Second?The Italian petition for
tho establishment of territorial con?
tiguity with Fiumo is a very small
thing compared with the cession of
Dalmatia, which the whole world is
able to prove by merely examining
the map of Europe.
Third?The Al ies observe that the
project of President Wi son, which
comprehends the creation of a buffer
state, has been rejected by the Jugo?
slavs, and the Allied--niions have
been unable to insist jipo.n it.
Fourth?The strip of .territory nec?
essary to establish the contiguity of
Fiume with Italy has not sufficient
value to justify procrastination m
reestablishing the peace of Europe.
Fifth?Italy entered, the war in?
spired by ideals at a rryjnttnt at least
as critical as that when 'the United
States entered. She .suffered sacri- '
fices in blood and money incompar?
ably more serious than those of the
Unitbd States.
Point fci Danger In Threat
Sixth?The President, in threaten?
ing to withdraw his signature -from
the Treaty of Versailles, which es?
tablished the security of France,
grave.y injures the very new French
policy, for which he invited protec?
tion. ...He not only destroys the
value ?of his first and most ?mpjrtant
act, but annihilates it abso utely,
sin.ee he shows that engagements
contracted in accord with this policy
I can be destroyed lightly.
In drawing up the note "La Nacion's"
? correspondent says the British dele?
gates prepared the technical form in
I collaboration with the Italians, while
?the political sense of the document is
that of the French delegates, who ex?
pressed 'themselves in terms of great
sympathy for Ita.y.
Senate to Discuss
Adriatic Problem
From The Tribune's Wa^hivgfon Bureau
WASHINGTON, Feb. 19.?The Adri?
atic situation will bo thoroughly dis?
cussed in the Senate in tho next few
j days, when consideration of the peace
ti?aty is resumed.
Senator Borah, of Idaho, leader of the
"irreconcilab'.es," said to-day that ho
I plans to disjcuss the exchange of notes
! between President Wilson and the Brit
? ish, French and Italian governments
and the President's threat to withdraw
I the peace treaty and the Franco-Brit
ish-American alliance pact from the
Senate when the' treaty again is called
up
The Senate spent the entire day dis- '
cussing other matters, and there is no
! indication that the treaty will be called
', up for several days. Senator Sherman,
! of Illinois, attacked Henry Ford and
: Edsel Ford for three hours, and then
I the Senate resumed consideration of
! the urgent deliciency bill.
Senator Lodge returned to his desk
to-day, but said that he does not intend
to have the treaty interfere with the
consideration of appropriation biils or
the railroad legislation. The treaty,
cannot be brought up in the Senate ex?
cept upon his motion to have the Sen?
ate go into open executive session.
The Democratic Senators are willing
to let tho treaty drop for the time
being. They see no hope Of ratifica?
tion on the basis of their own com?
promise plans, and Senator Hitchcock,
Administration leader, declared the
Democrats will prevent ratification on
the basis of lbs Lodge reservations.
British Editors Demand
Ponce Congress Publicity
LONDON. Feb. 19,-VThe Provincial
Newspaper Conference, which met here
to-day under tho chairmanship of Vis?
count Bernham, adopted -a resolution
urging the necessity of greater pub?
licity regarding the work of the peace
conference. The resolution proteste!
against the facilities granted fin
French press,, which were withheld
from the British. A copy was hande?i
to Premier Lloyd George, with the re?
quest that he present it to the con?
ference.
I It is considered more likely to-nighs
that the Supreme Council will ncrree to
the publication of President Wilson's
Adriatic note and the Allied reply, al?
though whether here or at Washington
has not yet been decided. The news?
paper pressure in England, France an I
the United States for publication of
the documents, in order to s&ppress
erroneous reports and rumors consid?
ered harmful, was discussed in the
council to-day, but, so far as has been
ascertained, a definite decision was not
reached.
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Bill Makes Cabinet
Judge of Disability
Of the President
Measure by Representative
Madden Meets the Issue
Raised by W?Hon in Dis?
missal of Secretary Lansing
WASHINGTON-, Feb. 19.?Another
bill to deal with a situation arising
from the inability of a President to
transact his duties was introduced to?
day in the Housv representative
Madden, Republican, Illinois, offered a
measure empowering tho Cabinet to
determine when a President is inca?
pacitated to perform the duties of his
office. Like othor similar measures
introduced yesterday it would not be
applicable to President Wilson, as it
would not become effective until March
4, 1921.
Mr. Madden's measure proposes that
after a President has been unable for
six weeks, through physical disability
or absence from the country, to per?
form his duties, the Cabinet could de?
clare the disability and call upon the
Vice-President to act. The Vice-Presi?
dent would remain in the office until
the Cabinet should declare the Presi?
dent's disability ended.
Mr. Madden said he was moved to
introduce his bill because Mr. Wilson
had established a precedent in con?
tending Cabinet, meetings could not be
hela without his order and chat definite
lav on the subject w^re desirah e.
"Suppose the President should be?
come insane," said Mr. Madden in a
statement, "under the existing condi?
tions how would the executive branch
of the government function? His pri?
vate secretary might sign his name, but
the people would ix!bel against such
presumption, if aware of it."
Mr. Madden declared that if the
country at the time President Gar
field was incapacitated had been pass?
ive through a cii.is similar to that of j
to-day "the whole machinery of the j
government would have been par-;
alyzed."
?'?resident Wilson has established a;
precedent to the eiVect that Cabinet
meetings cannot be held in the absence
or inability of the President," the lili-j
nois member added. "Thus the ab- !
sence or incapacity of the President !
would render the executive branch of
the government functionless. No '
future Secretary of State will be likely j
to c;.ll the Cabinet together, even in- I
formally, whatever the crisis, without
direct authority of law. This act aim- '
ply makes it his duty to call it."
"Packy" McCabe Resigns
Democratic Leader Quits to
Avert a Primary Fight
ALBANY, Feb. 19.?Patrick E.
("Packy") McCabe, Democratic lender
of Albany County for the last twenty
I years, to-night announced ho had re?
signed as chairman of the Albany Coun?
ty Democratic Executive Committee.
Mr. McCabe said ho decided to resign
in order to "avoid a primary light
which would wreck the D?mocratie
party in Albany County on the eve of
victory."
Teeth Makers May Strike
Dental Mechanics Demand Wage
Increase and Closed Shop
Wailing and gnashing of gums will
greet the announcement made last
night by the Dental Mechanics' Unifcn
that all false teeth makers in the city
will go on strike Thursday unless the
Dentdl Laboratory Association grants
their demands. They want a 40 per
cent wage increase, a forty-four-hour
weekj the closed shop and emplo.\ ment
for life unless there is reason for dis?
charge of which a grievance committee
approves.
Samuel A. Stodel, organizer of the
union, declared that if the strike were
successful all the false teeth makers
in the country would be organized and
a ubiort label would be required on
every false tooth in tho United States.
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Dream Locates Lost Youth
Carbolic Acid Bottle Is Found
Near Dewey Marion's Body j
NEWTON, N. J., Feb. 19.?Mrs. Eli
Barber, a neighbor of Mrs. Charles
Marion, whose son, Dewey Marion, ?
twenty-one years old, had been missing!
for three weeks, called on Mrs. Marion .
to-day to tell hrr about a dream. For j
three successive nights, Mrs. Barber
said, she had dreamed of seeing Dewey
in the judges' stand at tho racetrack.
So insistent was Mrs. Barber on the
significance of her dream that search?
ers visited the snow-drifted track. In
the judges' stand they came upon the
young man's body. Beside it wa3 a
bottle labeled carbolic acid. j
Benny Kauff Indicted
Giants' Star Center Fielder Is
Charged With Grand Larceny
Indictments charging grand larceny
[and criminally receiving stolen prop
| erty were handed up to Judge Wad
! hams, in General Sessions, yesterday
| aganist Benny Kauff, star centerfielder
? for the Giants. A bench warrant for
Kauff, who already was under $2.000
' bail for appearance in the West Side
court, was ..-suet. He wiil be ar?
raigned this afternoon.
Kauff was arrested Tuesday night,
charged with the theft of an automo?
bile from James F. Brennan, of 788
West End Avenue, Assistant District
Attorney Ryttenberg presented evi
dence to the grand jury yesterday.
Mexicans Free American
Kidnaped Mine Superintendent
Released, Wife in ?. S. Hears
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 19.?William
Welsh Adams, American mine super?
intendent, reported kidnaped in ?aca
Lecas, Mexico, February 13, has been
released, according to messages which
his wife said to-night she had received
from the American Metals Company,
which has offices in Now York and
Mexico, and the American Consul at
?Monterey, Mexico.
Martial Law in Saar Area
LONDON, Feb. 19.?Martial law has.!
been proclaimed in the Saar region";'1
now occupied by French troops and !
under control of an Allied commission,
in consequence of new disturbances, ,
according to an Amsterdam dispatch to j
the Exchange Telegraph Company.
fcankl?n kimona So.
Fifth Avenue, 37th and 38th Streets
By exploiting the possibilities of
Polo Cloth
the Misses' Coat Shop made new
discoveries for its use in
Ever y we AR Coats
?HEN Polo Cloth first came ...
into the erices of fashion,
its use was limited to travel
coats and sports topcoats. The pos?
sibilities of the fabric had not yet
been fathomed. Then the Misses'
Coat Shop went on a venture of dis?
covery and exploration for the de?
velopment of Polo Cloth, genuine
camel's hair, and SQ?>presents
Twelve New Models for
Sports Wear? Utility Wear?Evcrywcav
They are smart, swagger and youth?
ful, short to the hips or long to the
hem of the skirt, belted or beltless,
with ragl?n shoulders or mannish
sleeves. By way of newness there
are pipings of leather, notched collars
of black velvet, unusual pockets.
Sizes 14 to 20 Years.
48.00 to 125.00
MISSES' COAT SHOP -Second Floor
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Commons Asks
Voice in Turk
Peace Terms
Continued from pace 1
ill-placed in London a year later, and
this feeling is being reflected unmis?
takably in Parliament and in the press.
The British Premier is reported to be
greatly annoyed by the sharp criticism
leveled at the methods of the confer?
ence. - - ...
Alarming reports of Turkish mas
cacres of the Armenians have also had
a disturbing effect on the conference,
i and any decision whiarj. does not give
the Armenians freedom under the pro
tcction of some power or the league
of nations will certainly arouse a storm
, of indignation.
Premier Millerand of France, who
i reported to-day to the Senate Commit?
tee on Foreign Affairs, will return to
London Monday with Marshal Foch.
i Since his departure for the week-end
' the situation has grown much less
! favorable for France.
The following extract from a long
editorial in "The Manchester Guar?
dian" is illustrative of British ?Liberal
opinion on the position of the United
States in the present negotiations:
"We can only hope earnestly for his
! (the President's) speedy recovery.
| Meanwhile we must take all possible
! means which good sense and patience
I can suggest to prevent a small breacn
i from becoming a large one. Amer
I ica played a great and splendid
part in determining the issue of the
greatest conflict of history, a conflict
not merely of arms but of ideals, and
she saved her own and ours. Her in?
fluence is needed to help the world
through a difficult time which may be?
come moro difficult. We cannot allow
any trivial or temporary difficulty to
interrupt our fellowship in a common
cause."
CONSTANTINOPLE, Feb. 11 (De?
layed).?Turks living in Anatolia are
greatly puzzled bv the word "mandate"
as applied to the future government of
their country. The sound of this word
is very similar to the Turkish word
meaning "buffalo," and therefore con?
fusion reiens in the minds of the Ana?
tolians as to the real significance of
the term. This curious fact was the
subject of remark to-day by Reour Bey.
Turkish Nationalist leader and former
Minister of Marine.
Reour Bey confessed that he him?
self, was somewhat hazy as to the ex?
act meaning of the words "mandate"
and "mandataries." "Seriously," he
seid. "I do not know what a 'mandate'
means, for it is nebuious and has been
defined differently by various powers.
Moreover, as the league of nations'
doesn't really exist as yet, it is impos?
sible to discuss 'mandates' and 'manda?
taries' intelligently."
As Mustapha Kemal's chief assistant
in organizing the government of Ana?
tolia and as delegate to the Turkish
Parliament from Sivas, Reour Bey is
considered the mouthpiece of the Na?
tionalists in this city.
Gernian Debt 51 Billions
BERLIN, Feb. 19.?The national debt
is expected to reach 204,000,000,000
marks ($51,000,000,000) bv the end of
March, 100,000,000,000 marks ($25,000,
000,000) of which comprises non-interest
bearing treasury notes. The Finance
Ministry Valuta Commission and the
Finance Ministers of the Federated
States will confer on the situation on I
Thursday.
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Mexico's Charges
Against Jenkins
Reach Washington
Puebla Prosecutor Says Con?
sular Agent Was in U. S.
Month Before Kidnaping:
Letter to Hfc Wife Stolen
WASHINGTON, Feb. 19.?An ex?
tensive review of the charges brought
against William 0. Jenkins by the au?
thorities of the State of Puebla, Mex?
ico, is contained in a statement by
?Julio Mitchell, Attorney General of
the state, published in Mexico City
papers, copies of which have reached
'.he State Department. While all the
previously reported accusations of con?
spiracy with the bandits who kidnaped
the consular agent, inciting rebellion
in Mexico, furnishing funds to the reb?
els and others, are reviewed, some
phases of the case as presented by
Mitchell are new.
Among other things, the Puebla of?
ficial asserted that Jenkins was in the
United States a month before he was
kidnaped, where he "belonged to a
arroup of interventionists wbo reside
in the metropolis."
Mexico needed to vindicate Itself,
Mitchell asserted, "and it now has been
vindicated" by means of the investi?
gation in Puebla, which would show, he
added, "that there was no such kid?
naping, but. everything was a plot
olanned in the United States by wicked
persons."
"In the event that justice is meted
out to Jenkins, as it must necessarily
be," the statement said, "the sentence
must be a heavy one, since we have ar,
accumulation of grave crimes, . . ,
all of which wiil entail a long impris?
onment."
Most of the statement is devoted to
the incident of two letters from Jen?
kins to his wife, which were seized in
the postofiice at the time of the kidnap?
ing. Mitchell said that when it finally
was determined to s? nd the letters tc
the Foreign Affairs Department undo?
his own seal and that of the Amer?
ican Embassy, G. Woodward, "who calls
himself a representative of the Amer?
ican Embassy," sought to obtain them
in such a way as "may be interpreted
as bribery."
One letter, presumably from the
bandits and warning that efforts at
pursuit by the American authorities
would endanger Jenkins's life, M?*'';!"!1
said, finally was given to Woodward or
agreement to surrender it on demand.
When the demand was made, the tmi
ba8sy complied, he said, adding: uB?t
great was our surprise when we oh!
served that the letter was not the
same as that of which record had bees
taken in the initial proceed;ri{?s"
The original letter, Mitchell at
serted, had been established by ?T
perts to be in Jenkins'.- handwritin?
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^_ - Consular
?Vgent in that city, is agiin before the
Supreme Court. Following the arrest
? f Jenkins last November on various
* h arges, including aiding rebel forces
'.i that district, it was decided by the
'upreme Court that the Federal court
in Puebla had authority to try the case
Judicial investigation, however, was
.mshed by Julio Mitchell, state prose?
cutor of Puebla, in the Criminal court
'.ha prosecutor in the meantime gfcfc
ing in several issues that Jenkins was
?rullty of crjmes charged against him
it was recently announced that Jen?
kins's authorization to act provision?
ally as consular agent had been re?
voked and that he probably would be
expelled from the country if convictsd
?n court. ' 4
g??NC?_
Book ends?Pair 17.59
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