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Civilians Flee
Besieged Frame
To Obtain Food
Several Members of Regency j
Disagree and Desert,
? D'Annunzio After Dee-:
laration of War by Leader
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Early Peace Is Predicted
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Italian Army and Fleet Cut
Off City; Commander Asks
Populace to Surrender j
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LONDON", Dec 23.?The evacuation J
?>f Fiume by civilians has begun, ac?
cording to a dispatch from Milan to '
The London Times. Already one hun- ?,
?ired refuges have arrived at Can
? rida. The food situation at Fiume
is considered almost desperate.
The population numbers 52,000, and
the food supply will not provide for
them for more than a fortnight. The
.-.luation in the islands of Arbe and
veglia is considered even worse.
A majority of the population of
Fiume, says the correspondent, oppose
any encounter involving bloodshed.
Even some members of the Regency
disagree with D'Annunzio. His
Finance Minister, Professor Pantale
oni, has resigned and left Fiume. Fif?
teen men have deserted from his army.
Deputies Suzi and Deambris have
left Fiume for Rome to submit a pro?
posa] that Italy recognize the Regency
with Rarros, Arbe and Veglia, while
the Regency renounce the immediate I
annexation of Fiume to Italy, which
would be a subject for future negotia?
tions, and also renounce further action
in Dalmtitia.
D'Annunzio Declares War
An official dispatch from Fiume an?
nounce D'Annunzio has proclaimed that
a state of war exists, and has forbidden
the population of Fiume to leave the
pity, say- ;? Rome dispatch to the Ex
changc Telegraph under Wednesday's
date.
; D'Annunzio's proclamation of a state
of war adds that any one speaking
?against him will be liable to be shot,
ea>s the Central News Rome corre?
spondent.
TRIESTE, Dec. 23 (By Courier to
Iodine) (By The Associated Press).?
Fiume is surrounded by government
Torces. The approaches are htavily
guarded en the north, east and west by
?powerful patrols of carabineers and
*nlpini Every road and lane is under
surveillance. Nothing is being allowed
to go into the town, but exit is per?
mitted to those who wish to withdraw
rather than to face a siege. By sea the
SSeet oflf Pola is not permitting the
pas s ape of any craft.
Throughout last night Fiume ap
leared to be a city of darkness.
Trans are not permitted to proceed
eyrnd Abhazia-, where all passengers
? ne? for Fiume must get out.
?lav? r Gigai te of Fiume has been noti
' . '. by General Caviglia of the steps
?' intends to take in en?
forcing .he bl ?okade. As yet there has
beer i ? ?I ?ci.si m announced as to the
attitude the commander of Fiume will
take toward the withdrawal of the resi
?er-ta there. There was no marked
?i-iarw, ifj the .number of deoartures
from the city to-day. All leaving will
have tn I ? '?> on foot.
Poet's Troops Hurl Bnmbs
One carabineer was killed and two
thcrs were wounded by bombs thrown
to-day by the poet's legionaries on the i
West city of the city, Tne legionaries;
mad; their escape.
General vaviglia gave Captain
d'Annuhzio until 6 o'clock Tuesday
night to reach a decision to accept
the Treaty ?V Rapallo, but the poet
soldier permitted the time limit to
>:pi e,when ne replied that the pact
w< uld not be accepted and he wou'd
resist its enforcement. Following the
issuance of orders to establi h a clos
blockade. Genera] Caviglia directed
; hat foreigi citizens and civilians in
Fiume be given forty-eight hours to
leave the city,
ROME, D c. 23- Serbian officers have
assumed command of the troops of Gen?
eral Wrangel, former commandei of the
anti-Bolshevik forces in South Russia,
who recently landed at Buccuri, six
miles southeast of Fiume, to operate
against Fiume in case of a conflict with ]
the Quarnero regency, says the Idea!
Nazi a nale's Trieste correspondent.
According to the Giomale d'ltalia the
regency has issued a decree which ex?
tends to Aibe and Yegiia the P'iume
constitution. The newspaper adds that
*.h;s means virtually annexation and
d'*trovs thi last hope of thr>se persons
?who had expected that D'Annunzio
would evacuate tne islands.
Premier Giolitti, speaking in the
Chamber of Deputies concerning the
situation in Fiume, begged Nationalist
Deputy Federzoni, who had interro?
gated the government, to consider the
Fiume question from all points. The
Premier assured the Chamber that the
government was doing all that was
possible to settle the question in the
best manner and was hopeful of reach?
ing a peaceful solution. But he re
i that the government could not
allow civil war to be unchained in the
name of patriotism.
L?nine Forbids Private
Ownership of Any Book
LONDON, Dec. 23.-A wireless dis
patcl rece ved here from Moscow says
that Nikolai Lc-ninc, the Bolshevik
Premier, aidressing the All-Russia
.? - Soviets, dealt in detail with
ires for the conomic restoration
oi the country, l.'e declared that the
at on of tra: -portation and of
t ira! and industrial production
,'ly possible if the government's
program for electrification was real?
iza d.
"An electrification plan," said L?nine,
"has been elaborated, the financial cost
esl ? ated at 1,500,000,000
rubles. We cannot cover this with
t- <? gold at our disposal and we have
no great stocks of provision? for sale.
Therefore we mu?t provide the cost of
>'? b) concessions to foreign
cap "al and exports of timber."
The dispatch quotes the Moscow
new papers a- saying the Soviet gov
ernm? -. resolved to abo,ish the
right to private ownership of books.
All existing libraries will be appro
pi ted bv the i t?te In ?he future it
?rill be illegal for private individuals
to acquire or continue to own a book.
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T?eaeh?ers' Union H?*a<l Quits
School? to Make Invr-Htigation
Henry R. Linvi le, president of the
N>w York City Teachers' Union, who
announced several werke ajjo that he
?rot -I resign as a teacher In the Ja
School to give his full time
to the uni',.';'* proposed Investigation of
school '-,.-..- >,;: h<-f, tendi.-r'-d nil
tion to the secretary of the
Board ,,! education yesterday, to tak*
effect ?'?!.? uary .''..
In hli lettei Mi Lini lie ?ay? that
??????? ". applied f',i a y -iir'i: leave of
absence i-'.'i bas been denied th* privl
Uf. by the iJoar* of Superintendents
without any rcaxon .feein;; given.
Negroes Suspected of
Mississippi Lynching
Preacher of Their Own Race
Had Been Accused of Attack?
ing Colored Girl
PtJRVIS, Mi?s., Dec. 23.?Following
the linding to-day of the body of Cole
man Brown, an nged negro preacher,
hanging from 11 tree and riddled with
bullets shortly alter his release on
bond in connection with the murder of
a fourteen-year-old negro girl, Sheriff
Williamson iniouneed to-night he be?
lieved negroes were responsible for the
lynching.
Sheriff Williamson stated Brown had
been admitted to bail Tuesday, after an
investigation had shown he knew little
if anything of the murder. Feeling
ngainst the preacher, among the ne?
groes, however, he said, had been very
bitter. The body of the girl was found
suspended by a clothesline from a
tree.
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Mother Tosses Two Boys
From Window in Fire
Neighbor Catches One, Breaks
Fall of Other and Saves
Woman From 2-Story Leap
Mrs. Harry Mozelewsk", who livaa on
the second floor of a two-family house
at 194 Hinsdale Street, Brooklyn, awoke
earlv this morning to find her roosns
tilled with 83iioke. When she opened
the door to the stairway an overpower?
ing gust swept in.
Seizing her son, Albert, two years old,
plie ran screeming to a rear window,
flung jt open and tossed him out. Then
she dragged her elder son, Norman, to
the window and pushed him over the
sill. She was ?m the sill ab.'ut to jump
when a voice spoke at her elbow,
"Just a minute, lady," it said. "I've
got a ladder here, and if you'll wait
until I can take your hand you can
step across to it easy."
The voice was Henry Lensky's, a
neighbor, who had heard Mrs. Moze
lewsky's screams and reached her back
\ ard just in time to catch Albert as
he was tossed out. He was bending
over beneath the window for a ladiiYr
that was kept there when Norman
ensue tumbling down on his back. As
soon as he could scramble to his feet
he raised the ladder, and was just in
time to keep the woman from jusnping.
Albert escaped without a bruise, so
deftly was he caught. Norman bruised
one leg in his fall. Mrs. Mozelewsky
was unhurt. Lensky was somewhat
lame from the isnpact of the older boy.
Experts Warn U. S. Not to
Give Credits to Germany
Don*t Believe Enemy Will Be
Able to Offer Any Security
for Advances
Front the Tribune's Wushinpton. flureau
WASHINGTON, Dec. 23.-?American
economic experts who served as ad?
visers to the Asuerican Peace Commis?
sion at Paris and specialized in the
matter of what indemnity Germany
should pay, said to-day that the Ameri?
can government would not be justified
in advancing credits to Germany, as
suggested by the Brussels coi3ference
on reparations.
Qi-.e hi'th official, who served with
the American econo3Tiists at Paris, said
that Cermany would be unable to offer
my security for American credit un?
less it was agreed that the financial aid
that might ho given by this country
would be considered a prior claim tc
:il! other reparation amounts that the
Brussels conference might determine
the enemy nation was to pay. The
suggestion that the property seized ir
?l-is coi-ntry from a'iens during the
war be held as security for a Germar
credit here was dismissed by the state'
nient that this property is not worth
more than $300,000,000, whereas th(
sum needed ly Germany will amount
to $l,000,Ci'0,000.
Financial experts l?ese do not be?
lieve that Germany will be able to paj
a greater sum then $15.000,000,000 ir
reparations and they hold that unies?,
the enemy nation is permitted to re
lain an adenuato supn'y of ships fo;
its own export business it will be un
able within a rb;;scnat>le time to mee'
a sum greater than $5,000,000,000.
Reds Pian to Wipe Out
The Republic of G?orgie
Allies Consider Sending War
ships to Guard Missions as
Soviet Forces Gather
TIFLIS, Dec. 21 (By The Associate?
Press).?Russian Bolshevik forces ap
pear to be olannine a campaign whic
will elirmnate the Repub'ie of Georgi
from the map. Heavy Soviet forces hav
been concentra*ed at Tuapse, on th
east siiore or the Black Sea, and a
Gagri, near the Georgiati frontiei
Other Bolshevik detachments aro re
potted at Kazak, southeast of Tifli.?
while the Bolshevik Tenth Army, whic
has been operating al4ig the Armenia
fro3itier, is said to have pased throug
Karaklis, movinb toward Georgia.
It is understood the Allies regard th
situation so serious that they hav
| considered t3ie dispatch of warships t
ensure the evacuation of Allied mission
' in Georgia.
| CONSTANTINOPLE, Dec. 22.?Georg
i Tchitcherin, Bolshevik Foreign Minii
; ter, has sent a note to Greece, Human!
: i.n?i Jugo-Slavifi protesting against th
sale by General Wrangel of propert:
, including merchant vessels, which I
; says belongs t? the Russian people.
! Charles D. Seymour Jr.
Held on Bigamy Charg
, SALT LAKE CITY, Dee. 23.?Charle
I D. Seymour jr., said by Federal o
1 ficial.s to be a member of a wealtl
| farnil ? of New York and Gary, Ine
and the owner of mines in Nevada,
being hud here by the Federal burei
of investigation on the complaint
i Baltimore agents of the Department
! Justice. He is charged with higan
j and violation of the Manr: act. He w
arraigned before United States Coi
j missioner H. V. Van Felt to-day ai
j held in $5,000 bond.
Seymour is alleged to have a wi
I and child in Los Angeles. He is sa
( to have met Miss Heien F. Wilz at A
| laritic City, N. J., and to have, tak?
'. her to Washington, Philadelphia ai
! Baltimore and to have married her
] Elllcott City, Md., June 4, 1919.
Seymour was arrested at Lynn, Ne
' a few flays ago. The Federal oilicia
j .?-aid that Seymour admitted the douh
? marriage, but denied violation of t
Mann act.
Mrs. Laura J. Witz, mother of Mi
Witz, had Seymour arrested in N<
York in June, 1019, leas than thr
weeks after he is sa.d to have marri
; her, on a charge of abandonment. T
girl wan then ?11 in a hospital in Cl
ltaK''- : >"? i? Mfw twenty years old.
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Collieries Are Fired Upo
In W. Va. Strike Distri?
WILLIAMSON, W. Va., Dec. 23.?T
Howard Collieries Company mine
i Chattaroy, near here, was fired up
to-night by unidentified person?, ?
cording to information received by t
i Williemuon Coal Operators' Associ?t)
from H. V. Lignum, superintendent
the mine. No casualties were reporte
The ir?.? was returned by Fedei
?? lera on duty there, the advic
/an).
Military headquarters received wo
of the shooting:, and an officer w
ordered to Chattaroy to Investlgi
and t.fike charg?) of the detachment
that point.
King Applauds
Work of Crown
Forces in Erin
Tells Parliament That
He Deplores Efforts of
a Few Subjects to Sever
Ireland From the Empire
Sees Hope in Home Rule
Points to Unemployment as
"Darkest Cloud"; Wants
Trade With Russia Begun
LONDON, Dec. 23 (By The Associated
press).__The King's speech on the oc?
casion of the proroguing of Parliament
at midnight to-night, after reference
to the continued friendly relations with j
foreign powers, alluded to the Greek j
difficulty, and declared that the gov-j
ernment would, in conjunction with the
Allies, endeavor to reach a solution
compatible with their joint responsibil?
ities.
The situation with respect to Russia
was described as still unsettled and j
obscure, and the King expressed the
hope that trade would shortly recom?
mence with Russia and lead to an era
of peace, greatly needed by the suffer?
ing people of Eastern Europe.
Puts Hope in the League
"It is of the highest importance," the
speech contii.ued, "that Poland and her
i.eighbors should compose their politi?
cal differences and devote their undi?
vided energies to producing internal
stability and to the task of economic
reconstruction."
The distribution of the mandates and
other work of the Assembly of the
League of Nations were taken up, and
the Aseembly was declared to have
"shown its sense of the importance of
including all nations in its membership
by admitting two late enemies."
"It is my earnest hope," added the
King, "that the spirit of harmony and
good-will manifested at the Assembly !
is an augury of the value of the league .
as a force making for conciliation and ?
peace throughout the world."
?The King referred with gratification I
to the succ?s of the Prince of Wales's I
imperial tour and regretted that the
prince was not able to inaugurate new I
councils in India. The promise was i
given that the government would make
every effort to reduce expenditures.
Conditions in Ireland
Dealing with the subject of Ireland? j
the King said:
"The state of affairs in Ireland \
grieves me profoundly. I deplore the ;
campaign of violence and outrage, !
whereby a small section of my subjects ;
seek to sever Ireland from the empire ?
and I sympathize with the loyal serv?
ants of the Crown who are endeavor- I
ing to restore peace and maintain order '.
under conditions of unexampled dim- j
culty and danger.
"It is my most earnest hope that all j
sections of the people of Ireland will |
insist upon a return to constitutional :
methods, which alone can put an end !
to the terrible events, which threaten i
ruin to that country, and make possi- ;
ble reconciliation and a lasting peace."
Then, announcing briefly the passage!
of the home rule bill, the King con-1
tinued:
"I sincerely hope that this act, the!
fruit of more than thirty years of
ceaseless controversy, will finally bring
about unity and friendship between all
the peoples of my kingdom."
The King concluded by recounting
the measures passed during the course
of the Parliamentary session. He re?
ferred to unemployment as the darkest
cloud on the horizon, springing less
from internal causes than from con?
traction of the export trade, arising
out of the poverty of other nations and |
their inability to secure credits. The;
government, he said, was giving unre?
mitting attention to this problem.
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Commons in Continuous
Session for 22 V Hours
??'rom The Tr-bune's European Bureuu
Copyright. 1920. New York Tribune Inc.
LONDON, Dec. 23.?The House of i
Commons had been in continuous ses- ,
sion for twenty-two and one-half hours j
when it adjourned at 1 o'clock this j
afternoon to meet again at 3:45 o'clock. j
All through the night the. debate on ;
the agricultural bill had been carried
on. The measure had come back from
the House of Lords loaded down with
amendments and these were under con?
sideration. 'The sess'on was the long?
est since the Campbell-Bannerman
regime when tne House once sat twen?
ty-seven and trie-half hours.
The government had all the best of
j the debate. The opposition was small
in numbers, but the government's crit?
ics showed powerful determination,. The
long session was decided on in conse?
quence of the government's desire to
I finish current business before the
; Christmas adjournment.
Miss M'Swiney ExplainsLoan
! Says De Valera's Critics Can Sell
Bonds if Dissatisfied
i Mary MacSwiney, sister of the late
Lord Mayor of Cork, gave out a state?
ment yesterday in reply to ?hose who
I asked Hamon de Valera to u e (he
1 money subscribed in America for
| bonds of the "Irish republic" for the
! relief of suffering in Ireland.
The money was under the control
; of the "Irish Minister of Finance," she
! said, and if any of it was sent to Ire
? land it had to be done with the utmost
| secrecy to prevent confiscation The
! money was a loan, she said, and the
1 lender had no right to a voice as to
, how it should be used.
"In conclusion," she, said, "I would
suggest that any one who has sub
I scribed to the Irish loans and feels dis?
satisfied that he cannot direct, its con
; trol may easily write to the Irish bond
office and express his desire to sell his
bond certificates.*
British Admiral Causes
Greek Premier to Resign
Refused Decoration From Con
stantine; Former Mrs. Leeds
May Visit America
ATh.FNS, Dec. 23.?Premier Rhallis,
it is understood, has definitely tend?
ered his resignation as a result of the
refusal of Admiral Kelly, head of the
British Naval Mission here, to accept
the Grand Cordon of the Royal Order,
of the Saviour.
\dmira! Kelly was summoned unex?
pectedly by Constant;ne on Monday
ar.d the decoration was presented to
him, but in conformity with the in?
structions of his government the Ad?
miral informed the Greek government
he was unable to accept the decora?
tion, which he returned.
Edward Capps, United States Min
ister to Greece, and Major Martin C.
Shallenberger, military attach? at the
American Embassy, called at the King's
palace yesterday and signed their
names on the visitors' book. Tney
were accosnpanied to the palace by the
Brazilian Minister and it was explained
that their action was inspired by
politeness and was not. the result of
instructions from Washington.
Dr. Sicillianos, aged forty and head
of the political bureau of the Foriign
Office, said to-day he had been nom?
inated Minister to the U33?ted States.
He said he would go to America early
in January and possibly would be ac?
companied by the Princess Asiustasia,
who before her marriage to Prince
Christopher of Greece war Mrs. Wil?
liam B. Leeds, of New Yo'k.
Massacre of 386
Coreans, Burning
Of Towns Alleged
Reported Japanese Razed
?32 Villages, Murdered
Women and Children,
Drove Million Into Exile
WASHINGTON, Dec. 23.?A state
ment charging Japanese' military
authorities with deeds more "frightful
and barbarous" than anything ever al?
leged to have occurred in Belgium dur?
ing the war was issued here to-day by
the Corean commission, l*ased, the com?
mission said, on authentic reports from
Manchuria.
The Japai3ese punitive expedition
sent to the Hunchun-district following
the clash last November between Jap?
anese ti'oops and Corean insurgents
was alleged to have burned thirty-two
villages, "killed all the male inhabi?
tants of the district" and "massacred
145 peaceful inhabitants" in one towss,
where one house was burned, it was
added, "with women and children in?
side."
"AuthenCc reports received by the
Corean commission in Washington,"
the statement said, "show a total of !->o?3
non-combatants arrested and executed
of \vho3n eighty-six were wives and
twelve were mothers, who ans*.v( red
'odoro kaso' (gone somewhere, we do
not know) to questio3is s to the where?
abouts of their husbands and sons."
The Japanese government's "reign of
terror in Corea," the commission as?
serted, had now been carried into
southern Manchuria, where "some
mill.on Coreans" reside under Chinese
rule. "driven out of their i3ative land
by the Japanese."
Belgian Tapestry on View
A tapestry woven during the last
thirteen years by Mademoiselle Dubois
is being exhibited at the American Ait
Galleries under the patronage of King
Albert and Queen Elizabeth of Belgium.
At the opening of the exhibition yes?
terday afternoon Baron de Cartier,
Belgian Asnbassador to the United
States, made a short address upon tap?
estry weaving and its significance as
related to Belgium. Following his
speech Geor?e Lclund Hunter spoke on
tapestries, ancient and modern, and
their influei3ce on art anil Industry. Tea
was served after the addresses.
Other patrons and patronesses be?
sides the King and Queen of Belgium
and the Belgian Ambassador, wore
Baroness de Cartier, .Mr. and Mr?.
Robert W. de Forest. Miss Flsie do
Wolfe, Mr. and Mrs. C. Oliver Iselin,
Mr. and Mrs. Whitney Wr.rren, General
and Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt, Mr. ami
Mrs. Otto Kahn, Mr. and Mis. Gustavus
Kirbv and Mr. and Mrs. Thomas F.
Kirby.
Father Duffy Made Pastor
Of the Holy Cross Church
The Rev. Frai3cis P. Duffy, who went
with the 09th Regiment to the bordei
as chaplain ana accompanied it in the
same capacity when it went to France
as the 165th Infantry, has become
pastor of Holy Cross Church, in West
Forty-second Street, a permanent pas?
torate, it was announced yesterday.
The post became vacant on the death
of its former incumbent, Father F an
nery, ai3d Father Dutl'y was appointed
following the usual examination for
irremovable pastorates, which was held
at S?. Patrick's Cathedral December
15. He had been pastor of the Cnurch
of Our Saviour, in the Bronx, since In*
established it in 1912.
Bell Announces New Invention,
But Refuses to Divulge Nature
ST. JOHN, N. P., Dec. 23.?Announce?
ment of a new invention by Alexander
Graham Bell, inventor of the telephone,
was made upon his arrival here to-day
from Scotland, when* he visited his na?
tive city of Edinburgh. He declined
to divulge the nature of his latest dis?
covery.
Professor Bell, accompanied by Mrs.
Bell and his grandaughter, Miss
Grosvenor, ?,f Washington", will go to
1 Baddeck, Cape Breton, to pass part of
: the winter.
Japanese Emperor Recovers
? TOKIO, Dec. 23.- Emperor Yoshihito,
who has been ill a long time, presided
at a Privy Council yesterday for the
first time? this year. He appeared al?
most restored tV his former health,
and his complete recovery is expected
shortly.
Britain to Put
Check on Black
And Tan Raids
Regular Army Forces Being
Sent Into Cork and Gov?
ernment Will Prosecute
Breaches of Martial Law
Opens Way to Parley
?Irish Prefer It to Terror
Reign: Maurice Condemns
It as Blow at Crown Forces
From The Tribune's European Bureau
Copyright, 1920, New York Tribune Inc.
LONDON, Dec. 23.?The governmenl
is developing it3 policy of employing
strictly military methods in the pad
! .'".cation of" Ireland, while the chance:
. for an immediate ?pace are steadilj
diminishing. Lloyd George's reply t<
i-atner O'Flonagan, that it was lm
possible to consider recognition o
the Irish Republic, and the first orde
cf General Sir Nevii Macready, unde
innrtial law, make ?. definite declara
t-ion of this policy.
After the Premier's speech, in whic
he extended to Ireland the oliv
branch in one hand and the sword i
j the other, no one across the Irish Se
harbored much hope for the eventui
fruition of the truce negotiations. Als
at every stage of the peace converss
tions there was doubt expressed ?
?o the extent to which any Irishma
'?ould claim to speak for the whole (
South Ireland
While there can be only one endir
if the military lenders in Irelar
carry their present policy to its logic
..ocuision?the extinction of Sir
F?ir. as a military organization?it
noteworthy that both Ireland and En
land prefer a straight military car
paign to the r?gime of the last fe
months, wherein the greater part
the Crown forces' work wa? earn'
out by the Black and Tans and t
constabulary forces.
Directed Against Crown Forcea
Major General Sir Frederick Mauri?
commenting recently in The Daily Ne
on Genera! Macready's Saturday pre
, lamation, taid: "This first order und
j martial law is directed not against t
?Sinn Fei'i, but against the Cro'
| forces. General Strickland has order
' the auxiliary division from Cork sir
! then and reinforcements of regui
i troops have been sent there. The ai
; iliaries were ordered out of Cork 1
I cause they had shown themselves
', I heir conduct to be a danger to 1
| cause of order. Next we have the i
I der to all the Crown forces that any c
j committing an offense against 1
property or person of any inhabiti
. or who breaks into any house or ot]
place in search of plunder is liable
the death penalty. No general e"
issues such an order unless
I has very strong evidence that '
offenses against which the order is
rected have become very prevalt
This order is a public admission
what every well-informed person i
! long known to be the case, nami
j that the Crown forces have been gui
! of offenses against persons and pr
i erty and of plundering."
General Maurice foresees the c
banding of the Hlack and Tans and
auxiliaries by General Macready i
. intrusting the entire task of pac if:
t.oii to th- military.
Hailed as Right Step
The leading editorial in The Til
on the same morning was of si
!ar tenor. It said: "Sir N
Macready's warning is a long step
the ri:rht direction. If the Premier
his colleagues bring the auxiliary d
*,ion under resolute control and cone
trate it in legitimate work their p:
ent optimism may not be unfourn
i Hut passing the government's Irish
. will not itself bring a respite. Ii
rather the duty of the governmenl
redouble its efforts so as to make
Irish bill the basis of a lasting set
ment."
An example of what a difference n
tial law will make is seer, in the oi
? ?rom the commanding general
County Kerry that Irish republic a
officer: ind leaders in military cus.1
will be taken as hostages with
?irrned transport forces of the Crow:
martial law areas. This renders
bushes far less likely; consequent'
lessens the occasions for reprisals.
James B. Ryan, Hotel Man,
? >f Connecticut, Is 1)
HARTFORD, Conn., Dec. 23. ,i;
1-i. Kyan, proprietor of the Elm
Inn, in Farmington, where member
numerous Harvard football teams
'?? I".I prnpin ?oiy to the game
Vale at New Haven, died to-day ;
.111 illness of several months.
He had conducted hotels in this
, 'nd in Massachusetts for mane y
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Santa Showers Harding
With Chewing Tobacco
From a Staff Correspondent
MARION, Ohio, Dec. 23.?
Chewing tobacco and orchids were
the principal gifts deposited each
day of this holiday season on the
Harding front porch. Many peo?
ple seem to have been obsessed
with the idea of providing the
President-elect with tobacco and
Mrs. Harding's fondness for
orchids is likely to be overcome
through satiety.
Turkey, opossums, capons, wild
ducks and geese by the hundred?
weight have been delivered in pro?
fusion and one of the backyard
apple trees fairly bends under the
weight of featherless birds hang?
ing from its limbs.
Brazilian Praises
? Monroe Doctrine
In Hailing Colby
i ? .
Senator .Says Americans Pre- !
fer to Maintain Defensive
Po'icy, Instead of Ac?
| cepting European League
RIO DE JANEIRO. Dec. 23.?Speak
! ing at a reception given here to-day by j
the North American Chamber of Com- |
jmerce, Secretary of State Bainbridge ;
! Colby of the flnited States declared ?
i that the c^cTiange question is a world- :
i wide problem which confronts the j
1 united States as well as the countries
?. of South America. The reception was
, attended by many representatives of j
i Brazilian commercial associations.
Secretary Colby said that the ques?
tion of exchange had grown out of con
i ditions of the World War and was a
! matter of economic equilibrium which
?could not be solved in a day. He rie
| ciared this problem, which is agitating*
Brazil at present, is also presenting
j difficulties in the continent to the
i north.
Senator Alfredo Ellis,, in his address
| of welcome to Mr. Colby, when the lat?
ter visited the Senate yesterday after?
noon, made special reference to the
Monroe Doctrine.
Indorses Monroe Doctrine
"To your great nation as the older
brother of the" seventeen republics of
the New World was reserved the hard
task of watching over the liberty ami
safety of the whole family," Senator
Ellis said. "That program was de?
fined and known throughout the world
as the Monroe Do.'trine. Even now,
faithful to the old doctrine, the Amer?
ican people continue to maintain it in?
stead of accepting the rules and statutes
jot' the league of the European na
i tions.
"Many think that the Monroe Doc?
trine means the whole continent is ti?
be considered as 'a hunting ground for
the Americans, on account of their
i power and preponderance over their
i weaker brothers Luckily, your great
| President, Mr. Wilson, speaking to the
j Mexican people, defined recently and
?clearly the spirt and true signiiicanc*
; of the doctrine?"it is a doctrine of de- !
i fense.' '' ,
Deputy Benito de Miranda addressed '
j Secretary ?Colby in behalf of the Cham- i
I ber of Deputies, and Mr. Colby re-'
? sponded.
Uruguay Plans Welcome
MONTEVIDEO, Dec. 22.-Secretary !
i Colby is expected to arrive here Mon
; day. Foreign Minister Bii'sro will meet
| the battleship Florid,), on which Sec
| retary Colby will arrive, outside the
i port aboard the cruiser Uruguay, to
i which Mr. Colby will be invited to ;
i transfer from the Florida.
| The honors of an ambassador will
j be given Secretary Colby by the garri
I son. President Brum will receive him
j in the Government House immediately
after his arrival, and an official ban?
quet will be tendered him the same
night,
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Solovei Charges Attacked
- j
Judge Hand Hears Argument on
Demurrer to Indictment
Max D. Steuer, counsel for Joseph
Solovei. Assistant Corporation Counsel.
? now under suspension, argued yester?
day before Judge A. N. Hand in the
| United States Court on a demurrer in
tersposed to the indictment returned
'about a month ago charging Solovei
with having bribed an agent of the i
Special Intelligence Bureau of the De?
partment of Internal Revenue.
Mr. Steuer contended that the indict- |
meat was insufficient and failed to
show corrupt intent on the part of i
Solovei. Assistant. United States At
1 torney David V. Cahill responded that
the indictment was in proper form and
[fully stated the circumstance* sur?
rounding the giving of the bribe.
Judge Hand reserved decision.
IL S. Wi?l Ask
British Explain
Letter on Cable
Breach of Diplomatie Cour?
tesy Seen in Action of Em?
bassy in Dealing With
Kellogg on Censorship
Davis Requests the Note
Britain Believed to Have
Reasonable Explanation
for Method of Procedure
WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 (By The As?
sociated Press").?Official cognizance
was taken to-day by the Stf.te Depart?
ment of the action of the British Em?
bassy in writing directly to Chairman
Kellogg of the Senate committee isi
vertigating cable communications, de?
fying testimony of witnesses that the
British authorities imposed a censor?
ship on cable snessages coming to the
United States from Great Britain.
At the department's request, Senator
Kellogg sent to acting Secretary Davis
a copy of the Embassy's letter, together
with a transcript of the testimony of
officials of American cable cosnpanies
that a censorship was imposed. Mr.
Davis, who returned to his office lato
to-day after an absence of several days
on account of illness, conferred with
AssistaBit Secretary Merle-Ssnith, in
charge of Western European affairs,
and Solicitor Fred K. Neilson. At that
time, however, the letter from Senator
Kellogg had not reached the de?
partment.
Officials declined to discuss the inci
| dent, but it was indicated that the Em
i bassy would be asked for an explana
| tion of what was regarded as a breach
? of diplomatic courtesy. A similar
course was followed recently when r.
| Julio Biai3chi, the Guate3ualan Min
I ister, took up directly with Senator
Moses, of New Hampshire, u discussion
of the Senator's resolution asking the
State Department for ?3vformation con?
cerning the detention of ex-President
Cabrera by the present authorities in
Guatemala.
May Have Reasonable Excuse
It was made clear, however, that the
two incidents were not regarded as
within the same category as one dealt
with contemplated action by the legis?
lative branch of the government
whereas the other had oi3ly to do with
aB3 effort to correct what was regarded
by the Embassy as eri'oneous informa?
tion yhich had been given to a Senate
co3i3333ittee in the course of a hearing.
Officials also indicated their belief
that there was some reasonable ex?
planation of the Embassy's action ii3
dealing directly with Senator Kellogg
instead of through the State Depart?
ment us in the usually accepted pro?
cedure.
Neither the embassy's letter nor that
written by Senator Kellogg to Mr.
Davis was ii3ade public. The former
was understood to have been signed by
R. Leslie Craige, first secretary of the
embassy, and it was dispatched after a
public statement had been made at the
embassy that such a communication
would be sent. Inclosed with the em
bassy's letter was a newspaper dispatch
printed in this cou33try quoting a high'
official of Scotland Yard ns denying
that there was a ceBisorship on cable?
grams originating in the British Isles
for the United States.
Wanted Answer on Charge
Despite this denial. Senator Kellogg
in his letter to Secretary Davis asked
the State Department to inquire of the
embassy whether a censorship existed
as testified to by Newcomb Carlton,
president of the Western Union Tele
graph Company, and John Goldham
mer, secretary of the Commercial
Cable Company.
While this incident was under con?
sideration by department officials, an
nouncement was made that the inci?
dent of the call of Dr. Bianchi on
Senator Moses had been closed, "?bi
view of the Minister's explanation and
apology."
In a communication to the depart?
ment Minister Bianchi sad it had been
his intention when he called upon Sen?
ator Moses merely to explain the policy
of his government in the imprisonment
of Dr. Cabrera and to exonerate him?
self. He said he had not commented
upon the pol cy cf the United States
nor that of th? American Legation in
Guatemala, adding that he regretted
the incident and promised that it would
not be repeated.
Arraigned in Camp boil Death
Truck Driver Held for Grand
Jury on Homicide Charge
Theodore Such, of 764 Tenth A*?
nue, the truck driver who was ar
rested following the death of Ar'o f>
ampbell, of 490 Riverside Drive
week ago, pleaded not guilty to' &
charge of homicide yesterday in Vor'-*
ville police court and was" held fo?
the action of the grand iury
Irma Louise Flower, of the Huckin?
ham Hotel, who said she was a re'ati ?
f the late Governor Roswell P Fiowo*
was in the- autom am . ^
when he struck a pillar of the Thin
Avenue e!< . -. ng to ave/"
r. collision with Bus ..;-. gla
said that Campbell got out of t?!?
car and got in a fight with
who knocked him down. She coul?"
not identify the man, she sad j
woman of the ?? { .*
had seen Campbe ! . . .,.? ,,*
could not identify 1: ?] ?t ' *
Dr. Charles Norris, medical ei
aminer, said that he ; ir*i%
bell died from a blow with a bac<.
jack. k"
'Normal Railway,
Service h\ Ireland
Promised on Jan. 1
Workers ?o Handle All Goods
and Government Agrees
to Restore ?!l S : pikers:
2 More Deaths Reported
From The Tribune' :n Bureau
Copyright. 1920, New V .. rribun? lag
LONDON, Dec. 2:.l. As the outcome
of correspondence which James Ilenrv
Thomas, secretary of the National
- Union of Railwaymen, has been carry!
: ing on with Sir El c Ge Ides. Minister
cf Transport, it was announced to?
ri ig't that service on Iway? of
Ireland would be ri . norms!
'' January 1. Thomas t there
j should be no dis< rii to goods
j handled or passengei . and the
government agreed ' ite with
cut discrimination all workmen who
struck as a protest against currying
troops or munitions.
The only deaths reported to-day in
Ireland were two mi to bava
| been shot while atte - to escape
| from the military. One ? 9 at Ennls
i and the other near ?. The po
| lice were ambush?- , ? terday
i near Teroplemore, bul thi I rown forces
had no casualties. Two ? the Sinn
F?iners aro be i have been
won m led.
Chief interest in Ireland now centers
in Cork, wl i * police
cadet s are being tried theft o"'
money from civilians. A general ?tour:
martial at V-".-' : rday re?
served judgment :i the case of Ewen
Bruce, a temporary major in i he tank
corps, and Edwi rd 1 ".phew,
who is a temporary : ey were
| charged with ta ci m a Kil?
kenny creamery Octo 11. Major
Bruce has been dei ted al times,
He lost an ai m i 1917. An?
other cadet who recentl* was removed
to Dunmanway from < arrested
to-day on a char ?? ? ; a Cork
merchant to si n a i he poin;
of a revolver.
DUBLIN. Dec. 23.?O? f the lar?
gest seizures of armi
of recent months wa the
military to-day in a ra d : ir Fermoy,
County' Cork, where there . ;' g gil
troop
and shotguns, live revolvers, twelve
bombs nnd 'J.'i'iO rounds o
were takeM, in addition to a
.?: military equipment, expl * es and
documenta.
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