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would hav? consultations resisting
future movements on their retwrn t.i
London. The long adjournment o? the
Lloyd Gcorge-De Valera conference
until Thursday was believed to indi
cato that the republican leader had a
stellar intention of ?oing to Dublin
<W a\ consultative mission. But in reply
t? a question after the conference he
?aid it was not hia intention to re?
turn to Ireland. He declined to dis?
cuss the day's events.
General Jan C. Smuts, the South
African Premier, who had a prominent
part, in the early negotiations, reap?
peared to-day as a factor in the dis?
cussions.
Lloyd George had 'noon in Downing
Street only a short time this forenoon
atter his return from the-country when
Viscount Fit/.alan, the Lord Lieutenant
of Ireland, called and had a twxg talk
with the Premier. They wer? joined by
General Smuts in a conference contin- ;
uing more than an hour. That General j
Smuts is continuing his moderating in- j
fluence in the negotiations is considered
a favorable sign.
Sinn F?iners in Cheerful Mood
From The Tribune's Europ?en Bureau
Copyright. 1021, Now York Tribun? Inc.
LONDON, July 18.--De Valera am!
his Sinn Fein ministers hope to he able
to return to Dublin by Thursday eve
ring and hold further conferences
there.
Several facts can bo reported with a
considerable degree of confidence:
First, Dc Valera has won full recog?
nition as the chief spokesman for
Ireland.
Second, Ulster has been strongly ad?
vised to recognise the position of Sinn
Fein as the majority political party.
Third. De Valera and Lloyd George
have limited their conversations to,
fundamental issues and no details will
be discussed now.
After this evening's meetings all the
Sinn Fein delegation seemed in a par?
ticularly cheerful mood, even I he stern
faced De Vsdera breaking into a smile
when asked whether negotiations were
geing satisfactorily.
Sir llamar Greenwood, Chief Secre?
tary for Ireland, who saw Lloyd George
along with the Ulster Ministers, ap?
peared exceedingly optimistic.
The Situi Feiner appear to be wor?
ried that tli ? public will gain the im?
pression from certain newspaper re?
ports that they are making great con?
cessions and abandoning principles.
The whole situation narrows down to
ar interpretation of words and phrases,
and such matters as taxation und tariff.
ere not vital to the discussions at this
stage? Dominion home rule, concentra?
tion of political authority in Dublin
and Great Britain's guaranty of se?
curity are the fundamental questions :
around which the conversations have
turned.
If a preliminary understanding is ar?
ranged on Thursday, the next step will
be the release of Sinn F?in members
of Parliament, of whom forty-five have
been imprisoned. A meeting of the
Dail Firearm v.1',1 bo ht Id immediately,
and De Valera will report to it.
Restrictions on Irish
Fairs and Markets Lifted
Sinn Fein Leader Calls on Citi?
zens to llepair Bridges and
Remove ?load Obstructions
DUBLIN, July IS (By The Associ?
ated Press). -Commandant.Barry,chief
Republican liaison officer ia the mar?
tial law area, announced to-night that
General Sir Nevil Macready, British
military commander in Ireland, had
agreed to remove all restrictions on j
fairs and markets and permit closed
creameries to reopen.
Commandant Barry said that there?
fore he desired all citizens to assist in
the work of removal of road obstruc?
tions, filling in trenches and the re?
pairing of bridges to such an extent as
is urgently required.
E. U. Duggan, Sinn Fein member of
Parliament, who ?3 chiaf Republican
army liaison officer, and Commandant
Barry visited General Macready and
complain?."! of a non-observance of the
truce in the martial lav area.
They said that the crown forces and
patrols still wore currying arms. Major
General Sir Edward Strickland, the
martial law commander, they added,
had refused requests for the appoint?
ment of Sinn F?in iiaison officers for
his area because there was no chief
liaison officer in that area.
Commandant Barry has now been
appointed to that post, and Mr. Dug?
gan reports that General Macready
has given him satisfactory assurances.
There is a noticeable reduction in
ordinary crime everywhere. In Dub?
lin this is due to the fact that the city
now is policed by the metropolitan
police. In the country districts the
Sinn F?in police have resumed activi?
ties without interference, and ordinary
criminals are said to he more afraid
of them than they arc of the crown
forces.
Pari* Irish Conference
Likely To Be Called Off
A proposed world conference of the
Irish race, to bo held in Paris early
next year, probably will be canceled if
the present negotiations between Prime
Minister Lloyd George and Eamon de
Valera are successful, Harry Poland,
representativo of De Valera in the
United States, announced yesterday.
The Irish Self-Determination League
of Great Britain had begun the organi?
zation of the conference on the sug?
gestion of the Irish Republican Asso?
ciation of South Africa. Irish repre?
sentatives from every state of the
United States, Canada, Australia, South
Africa, South America, Spain and
France were to attend.
Irish Freedom Certain,
Miss MacSiviney Asserts
ATLANTIC ( ITV, July IS.?Miss
Mary MacSwiney, sister of the martyr
Lord Mayor of Cork, said to-day that
the outcome of the conference in Lon?
don between Premier Lloyd George and
Eamon de Valera, president of "the
Irish republic," would be recognition by
England of the Irish republic or u re?
sumption of warfare in Ireland. There
would be no compromise, she declared.
No matter what the outcome of the
conference is. Miss MacSwiney said,
the independence of Ireland is an as?
sured fact of the not distant future, for
if Ireland does not win recognition as
a republic at the conference table she
will on the battlefield.
Brothers Have Battle
For Control of Paper
Court Disperses Detectives
Seeking Possession of Mont?
real La Presse Plant
MONTREAL, July IS.?Justice I.o
ranger to-night terminated hostilities
between the forces of detectives em?
ployed by rival factions of the Bcrthi
aume family for possession of the of?
fices of La Presse, one of the leading
French-Canadian dalies.
His lordship ordered both sides to
call off their forces, which had oc?
cupied different floors of the building
since morning. Counsel for each fac?
ile-!] agreed when it was promised that
both would have a hearing to-monow
on the merits of their applications for
writs of injunction.
Eugene and Edouard Berthiaume, ar?
rayed against their brother, Arthur,
have entered suit for $50,000, alleging
interference with their entrance to
their off icesj,
London Times
Decadent* Says
Lloyd George
House of Commons Told
by Premier Why Special
Privileg***'*? Have B-een De
nieel Northcliffe Paper
Observer Also Onsured
Report King Arranged to;
Let Harding Take Disarm- ;
ament Lead Called Fiction
- I
e'rom The Tribune's European Pwrau
CopyrlRht, 15)21, Now York Tribuno Inc.
LONDON, July 18.?Premier Lloyd;
George struck back at. Lord Northcliffe
in the House of Commons to-day and
publicly asserted that The London
Times, owned by Northcliffe, had lost
its old position as the journalistic repr
1 resentative of education and official
; opinion.
In answering a query from the floor
of the House in regard to the official
| news boycott imposed on the North
; cliffe press following Its attach on the
: Premier and Lord Curzon, Secretary
far Foreign Affairs, the Premier said
that while the general run of Foreign
Office news had not been withheld,
"special favors-, afforded The London
Tim; s in the past by tradition had beep.
entirely withdrawn." The Times's at?
tack was in opposition to the proposal
' that Lloyd George and Lord Curzon >
represent Great Britain at the disarm?
ament conference in Washington.
Lloyd George also took a fling to-day
at another journal, The Observer, char- !
acteriaing as "nure invention*' it,; story
implying that King George had inter?
vened in a diplomatic entanglement!
ever the proposed disarmament confer?
ence and aryaaged that President Har- .
ding should be allowed to take the
initiative in it.
Th.e Premier rxnlained that Foreign
OfBce news was h'sucd in two forms
through news agencies and to repre?
sentatives of individual newspapers.
Lloyd GeQrge assorted thnt agency !
new* ?till was available to The London
Times.
" i'ourtoty beeret-- courtesy," the Pre?
mier declared, "but in view of tho par- |
ticutarly offensive ant! mischievous at-1
t.'.ck on the Foreign Secretary, special ,
facilities have been withdrawn from ;
The London Times.
"Such an attack as The Times made
night easily have imperiled delicate !
negotiations on which the Foreign Sec- I
retary. was engaged on behalf of the ;
empire.
"In many circles abroad The London ?
Time?? ?s still supposed to represent
educated and official public opinion in ?
this country. We in this country know j
it has long since ceased to hold this !
position, but. that U only gradually be- i
coming known abroad. It is essential !
that the British government should j
mark with streng disapproval so gross i
an attack and one which passed the lim?
its of fair criticism."
In answering another query from the ?
floor whether the government had not
taken the wrong course Lloyd George
; reiterated that the attack of The Lon?
don Times was too grave to be allowed
| to pass unnoticed.
For several days The London Times
has given ne space to the campaign it i
started against the selection of Lloyd !
George and Lord ?urzon to go to
Washington.
-r. - ? l
New Giuseppe Varotta
Born to Solace Parents
'Little Slranger Named for Five-i
Year-Old Brother, Who Was
Stolen and Slain
A tiny bundle of olive skin and white
lace?that was the caw Giuseppe Va?
rotta, who arrived on Saturday night
! to take the place of five-year-old
i Giuseppe, who was kidnaped in the
j spring and whose body was found in
j the Hudson River off Piermont, after
tho police had hunted for him for
1 days.
"I have a little Giuseppe, now, in?
stead of a big one," the father began
proudly yesterday, then his voice
quivered?"but the big one, he still
is here," pointing to his forehead.
Baby Giuseppe was attired in robes
of gorgeousness to match the import?
ance of his estate -wide lace, dotted
with pink rosebuds?but he slop peace?
fully while the neighbois tiptoed in
to admire him in his home at 85-1 East
; Thirteenth Street. It wan a most sc
j lect party, only '..hose who pleased the
censorious eye of Patrolman Mc?
Caffrey, who has had the Varottas
under his care since the kidnaping and
now has taken Baby Giuseppe under
his competent blue wing.
I Jeweler Arrested Alter
j Charging $65,000 Theft
?Chicago Police Refuse to Be?
lieve New Yorker's Story of
Hotel Robberv
CHICAGO, July 18.-Harry Preston.
j said to be a member of the firm of
i Preston Brothers, wholesale jewelers
: in New York, and John Zuckerman, Chi
I cago representative of the firm, were
i arrested here to-night, after Preston
' hod declared he had been robbed of $65,
? 000 worth of jewelry in the Hotel Sher
| man.
Police and private detectives refused
! to believe Preston had told tho truth.
Preston declared tho jewelry, incjud
ing 1,000 wrist watches set with dia
? monds and pearls, had been taken from
i his grip while, he was in the barber
shop.
The police said nobody was seen to
i enter or leave the room during Pres?
ton'- absence, and declared if any one
had gone into the room the floor clerk,
whose desk is near by, would have
! seen him.
The bellboy who took Preston's
grips into the hotel said the "empty"
suitcase felt just about as heavy as
when he took it from Preston to carry
it in. He said that if it contained 1,000
wrist watches it was "a deceptive bag."
| I: felt very light, he declared.
New Repnblic Proclaimed
Belgrade Sends Force to Put
1 Down Move in I'ppcr Albania
BELGRADE, Jugo-Slavia. July IS.-?
! An independent republic has been pro?
claimed by the Mirdites, a Christian
, tribe inhabiting upper Albania. A
President, Marco Djoni, has been
?named. Troop? are being sent to put
down the movement, the chiefs of
which are said to be preaching a holy
war.
Italy to Ask Root to Serve
As Representative at Geueva
ROME, July 18. Elihu Boot, former
United States Secretary of State, will
be chosen by Italy as one of the for
i eign members of the Italian delegation
I to the International Court of Justice
at Geneva. If Mr. Boot is unable to
? accept, Italy, through Signor Tittoni,
! President of the Senate, will ask the
American government to choose a for?
eign .representative for Italy.
i"*
Britain United
For Disarming,
Asserts ?rvre
_al
Only One Opinion in Nation,
and Time for Universal
Agreement Ik Now, Says
Ex-Envoy, Arriving Herei
Building Rivalry "Folly"" ;
Visronnt to Sec President,!
but Purpose of Visit Is
Scries of Lectures on Law
All England is in favor of disarma- !
ment, Viscount. Jamos Bryce, former
British Ambassador to the United
States, said at the Hotel Belmont yes?
terday.
Accompanied by hi* wife and his
nephew, Roland L'E. Bryce, who served ;
with Die British Foreign Office in vari?
ous po3t3 during the war. Lord Bryce
arrived on the Celtic earlier in the
day.
He denied that he was hero on any
political mission, and said he would
grant, no interviews during his two
months' stay. He, nevertheless, spoke
briefly on disarmament. On other ques
tiens of an international or domestic
nature he was reticent, saying that his
residence in a small country town in
England had kept him out of touch
with his nation's affairs.
No Dissenting View on Problem
"There are no two opinions in Eng?
land to-day regarding world disarma?
ment," said the Viscount. "The entire
nation is for it, and now is the time,
if ever, to put it into effect.
'It is folly to go on building war?
ships and supporting large armies
when the trend of international opinion
)?? ....? !?,.??,?<?. Khjirthermore, no nation
with the exception of the United States
can araorci to go to w<:r. They have
not got the money. America has more
money, probably, than all the other
nations together.
"This is the time to discuss the
matter of disarmament and to _et the
world to agree to it. The people are in
the mood for it. No one wants war
and its after effects of strikes and re- i
construction. It is horrible to think
of the lives that were lost and tho
damage that was done by the late con- j
fiict. There never should ho a recur?
rence of such a war, and disarmament ,
.voukI prevent it."
"What is the condition of the mer?
chant marine of England to-day? Is it \
in the same position as the United
States so far as the tie-up of tonnage j
is concerned?" ho was asked.
"I cannot answer that question j
fully," said Lord Bryce, "because I live j
hi a country town and 1 am not ?amll- ?
iar with the shipping status of Eng- ;
land, but I do not believe as many of j
our vessels are tied up as yours." :
"What is the purpose of yov.s Visit j
here?"
H?3 Lectures Exclude Politics
"I am going to deliver a scries of :
addresses at a conference of the Instl- \
tuto of Politics, which will meet at ;
WiUiataatown, Mass., from July 28 to I
August 27. I have been invited to .
talk on the relations of nations and I. j
will religiously exclude politics from ;
my lectures, confining myself to inter- j
national law and its phases. I am here ;
merely as a private individual." _ j
"When will you go to Washington?*'!
"I shall probably go there to-morrow
and s':op at a betel. Lord Geddcs, the
British Ambassador, I understand, is out i
of that city for the summer and I do
not blame him, as I recall the summer j
that I was forced to spend in Washing
ton. The thermometer never registered '
less than 86 degrees in my room." J
Viscount Bryce's stay in the capita1, j
will be brief' and ho will pass the
greater part of his time while here
in the hills of Western Massachusetts, j
He will call on President Harding and ;
Secretary of State Hughes, but they !
will be courtesy visits.
When Lady Bryce joined her hus- !
band in the lobby of the hotel she was |
asked if rhe would ?ive her views on ;
woman suffrage in ?his country.
"I am too wise to do that," she an- I
swered with a smile. "I am obdurate |
on that matter and I will not speak for
cr against suffrage. You must rcmem- '
her that I spent six years in the United ,
StPit.es."
John W. Davis, former Ambassador \
to Great Britain, placed his ci.r at the
disposal of the Viscount's party and j
i they left the hotel after luncheon for ;
! a ride and to call on old friends.
! Disarmament Urged by
F. W, Hirst on Arrival
! -
\ British Authority on Finance
Hopes the time h Piear
When l\'alion3 Will Confer
Francis W. Hirst, British authority
on finance, arrived here yesterday from
Liverpool on the White Star liner
Celtic on his way to Washington to
visit friends.
Mr. Hirst said that most of his
time Was given over to the problem
of disarmament cf the nations of the
1 world and he expressed the hope that
: the time would soon bo at hand when
j the big powers would get together and
, stop building engines of destruction.
! Mr. Hirst said that much of the great
? national deficits were caused by the
I enormous expanses of militarism? As
i soon as these great financial drains
: upon the people were removed the
j people would be relieved of the irksome
1 burdens of excessive taxation.
Among c;thers on the Celtic were the
I Duncan sisters, who returned from a
: aea&op of six weeks in London; the R?v
! W. L. Kipsolving, Colonel E. J. Parker,
- the Rev. William Hogan and Fred G.
I Latham.
The steamship Gut Djemal, of the Ot
toman-American Line, arrived yesterday
i on her first round trip from Constan
! tinople. She had made many trips to
j this port a:-- the White Star steamship
Germanic. According to the ship's of?
ficers and some of ihe passengers, the
I trade out of Constantinople is under
! the control of the British, but the con
! ditions !\r?> agreeable to the Turks.
j They .raid that the adherents of the old
? Turkish government and the Nation
: alistg ave d?sil'oqs of developing a big
i Hade with the United States and have
j promised cooperation to help develop
the commerce between the two
I countries.
I Among the passengers who arrived
! here yesterdaj from Antwerp, Cher
; bourg and Southampton on the Red
; Star liner Finland were Mr. ami Mrs.
i E. D. Roth, Gregory McLoughlin and
j Alexander Fisher, of Knoxville, Tenn.
?Rob Ohio Bank of S7,000
Bandits Carry Off President in
Car, Then Throw ?Sim Ont
WARREN, Ohio, July 1*.? Five
masked automobile bandits to-day held
i up the Oraneeville Banking Company
j at Orangeviile. twenty-five miles east
1 of here, and escaped with $7,000. The
j bandits forced the president of the
j bank to enter their automobile and ear
j ried him five miles from Orangeviile
and then threw him from the machine.
Souvenir Seekers Pull
Famous Sl?p to Pieces
GLENS FALLS, N, Y., July
18.?The hull <>f the old Royal
Savage, on? of Benedict Arnold's
famous fleet, hasj been destroyed
??y swvenir seekers who visit
Fort Frederick, at Crown Point,
according to Charles Sannders,
caretaker at the fort.
The Royal ?Savage was a sister
ship of the Revenge. She was
raised several years ago and
placed in iront of the restored
ruins of the old fort.
J
Paris Discerns
End of League
i-i
sarmameiit
Harding9? initiative Held
to Have Reduced Viviani
Commission to a Mere i
Dead Shell of Influence.
Svaoial Cable to The Tribun?
Copyright, I'1-!. New "forlj Tribune Inc.
PARIS, July 18.?There is a feeling]
in various well informed circles here;
thai the disarmament commission of|
the League of Nations, which is de?
liberating here in an effort to bring
about a reduction in world armaments, ?
figuratively is a dead shell. The cause j
for the disaster to this body, which i s j
headed by Rene Viviani, former Pre-'
micr of Prance, is held to be the liar-j
ding proposal for a disarmament con?
ference, which has completely stolen
the league's thunder.
The Harding move toward disarma?
ment so far overshadows any possible
league activities in this direction that
there is no enthusiasm for a venture
which is regarded as lost motion.
The commission was convoked ?Sat?
urday with a flourish of speeches by
several delegates, each notably wel?
coming- President Harding'? initiative
and expressing the hope that their
labors in Paris might contribute to
the success, of the Washington con?
ference.
Enthusiasm Lacking
Sessions of the commission occupied
all day Saturday, Saturday evening
and Sunday, and to-day found the
commission divided into three sub?
committees assigned for detailed study
of various problems and the collection
of exhaustive data, which will be sub
n itted to the full session of the com?
mission and later laid before the
League of Nations assembly at Geneva
September 5.
The outstanding feature of the
meetings already held, however, has
been the lack of enthusiasm, both in
official circles and in the press.
M. Viviani, in a statement adjourn?
ing the session to-day, said that
the members had demonstrated their
fidelity to the ideals of pence, but he
did net speak of any concrete results
which were expected to result from the
ground werk.
The newspaper La Libert? perhaps
best sums up the blunt opinion ex?
pressed in many places.
It says:
"The League of Nations does not
consider itself incapable of handling
the question of limitation of ?rma?
menos. It; remains standing ready to
enter into combination with the origi?
nators of that other sociciy now being
created on the banks of the Potomac.
The work of the 'Paris commission has
no other object than to save its face.
''Visibly tho League of Nations, after
a short existence and without glory, is
dying. It is in difficulties from the
blow the President of the United States
has delivered it. It is for this reason
that, the success of tho Washington
conference will be certain."
Tiliord Trust Fund Earns
$2,269,982 for Heir
Hunt T. Dickinson, 21 and Un?
married, lo Ge! Tliia Now and
Principal of 4 Millions at 3,>
Application for a judicial settlement
of the accounting of the Farmers Loan
and Trust Comnany, as a trustee of a
trust fund of $4,000,000 created for the
benefit of Hunt Tilford Dickinson, of
15 West Fifty-fifth Street, in the will
of his great-uncle, Wesley Hunt Til
fovd, discloses that accumulated income
of more than half the principal is ready
to be handed over to the young man as
soon as the court passes on the mat?
ter.
Wesley Hunt Tilford, who formerly
was a vice-president of the Standard
Oil Company, died in 1009. According
io the will, Hunt Tilford Dickinson was
to receive the accumulated income from
the trust fund on his twenty-first birth?
day and the principal on his thirty-fifth
birthday. Ile became of age on Novem?
ber 4, 1020. He is unmarried. The
amount of the accumulated income he
will receive is $2,2.69,982. The Farmers
Loan and Trust Company, in the appli?
cation, asks for instructions regarding
certain securities purchased by the late
Henry ?>I. Tilford, also a great-uncle,
and, until his death, trustee of the
trust fund.
Germans Fear Poles
intend to Invade Silesia
Berlin to Look Into French
Complaint That Protective
?Jnits Are Functioning
BEPvLIN, July 18 (By The. Associated
Press.)??The German government an?
nounced to-day it will investigate the
charges of General Lerond. French head
of the Inter-Allied Commission in Up?
per Silesia, that the German protective
organizations in Upper Silesia still are
functioning, constituting a danger to
the Allied authority.
The verbal protest of M. Laurant, tho
French Ambassador to Germany, to Dr.
Rosen, the German Foreign Minister,
which carried a veiled threat of French
militai y action against the German or?
ganisations in Upper Silesia unless they
are promptly dissolved and disarmed,
will he passed without notice, the belief
being entertained in official and un?
official circles here that the French
action was made without the knowledge
of France's allies and does not meet
with the approval of Great Britain and
Italy.
German newspapers interpret the
communications of Ambassador Laurant
and Goneral Lerond to mean that the
Silesian situation again is acute and
that the Poles are preparing for another
inroad against the Germans.
Bull Kills Bov Matador
Youngsters Play a Dangerous
Came, With Fatal Result
VALENCIA, Spain,, July 1S.-A boy
was tossed and torn to pieces by a bull
here to-day while playing at bull fight?
ing with some companions.
In imitation of the bull fighters the
boy.- waved their caps in front of the
animal, which became enraged and
charged the group.
Wilson Insisted
Britain Must
Pav War Debt
Opposed Suggestion From,
Lloyd George lo Cmiee? It;
Lette** of Oct., 1930, Read!
into Congressional Record
Explain'MKlouiitry'sStanclj
Borah Criticizes Payment by
Government Po England
of $32,000,000 Claims
From Thn Tribune's Washington Hurra*:
WASHINGTON, J?|y is. .A letter
written by former President Wilson to
Premier Lloyd QeorgO of Great Britain
October, 1 '?"? a>:(ing the cancella-;
tion of the British debt or of (he Allied !
debt, was nut into the Congressional'
Record to-day by Senator Lodge, chair?
man of the Foreign Relations Com?
mittee.
Senator Lodge a! o put into the
Record a letter from formel Secretary
of the Treasury Houston to Austen
Chamberlain, Chancellor of the British
Exchequer, opposing the cancellation of
the intergovernmental war debts.
Secretary of the Treasury Mellon
appeared before the Finance Commit- ;
tee further to explain the Pcnrosu bill
to give the Secretary ef the Treasury
comprehensive power ii: th.: refunding
and conversion of foreign obligations, j
He opposed I he reference cf the agree?
ments made with respect to refunding
to Congress or the. Senate for ratifica
tion.
Protests Paying British Claims
The fiscal policy of the government
toward foreign nations came in for dis?
cussion on the Senat" flcor. Senator'
Borah criticized the action of the g >v- '
eminent in paying Great Britain more
than $32,000,000 recently in settlement
of claims when Great Britain owes vast
sums to the United St fes.
The letter of Mr. Wilson was sub- !
mitted to the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee at the last session of Con- j
gress by Mr. Houston, then Secretary
of the Treasury. The letter of Secre- .
tary Houston to Austen Chamberlain '
vas also submitted last session to that!
committee and to the Senate Judiciary
Committee.
In the letter to Lloyd George Pr?s-j
ident Wilson said:
"it is desirable that our position ;
he clearly understood in order to avoid
any further delay in the constructive ;
Settlement of reparations which arise
from the hope that the debts of this
gov ?rnment can form a part of such
settlement. The Secretary of the Treas?
ury is authorized by United States law
to arrange for the conversion of the
demand obligations of the British gov?
ernment into its obligations having a
fixed date of maturity, in accordance
with the agreement of the British gov?
ernment to make such exchange on de?
mand contained in its existing obliga?
tions. No power has been given by ;
Congress to any cue to exchange, remit
or ?-ancel ?mv part of the indebtedness
of tho Allied governments to the Unit
en State. ... It is highly improbable
that either the Congress or popular
opinion in this country will ever per?
mit a cancellation of any part of the
debt of the Allied governments as an
inducement toward a practical settle?
ment of the reparations claim.
Wilson Outlines U, S. Attitude
"You will recall that suggestions
looking to the cancellation or exchange
of the indebtedness of Great Britain
to the United States were made to me
when I was in Paris. Like suggestions
were again made by the Chancellor of j
the Exchequer in the early part of the j
present year. The United States, by
its duly authorized representatives, has |
promptly and clearly stated its un?
willingness to accent such suggestions !
each time they have beer, made, and has j
pointed out in detail the considerations
which caused its decisions. The view
of the United States has not chv.rged, !
anil it is not proposed to aonsont to !
tho remission of any part of the debt
of Great Britain to the United Stater;, j
Any arrangements the British govern- j
inent may make with regard to the!
debt owed to it by Prance or by the :
other Allied governments should be :
made in the light of the position now i
and heretofore taken by the United. '
States, and the. United States in malt- :
ing any arrangements with other Allied I
governments regarding their indebted- !
r.ess to the United States (and none j
are now contemplated beyond the fund- ;
ing of indebtedness and the postpone-i
ment of payment of interest) will do'
so with the conftdent expectation of
the payment in due course of the debt
owed the United States by Great Brit-!
ain. It is felt that the funding of
these demand obligations of the Brit- ?
ish government will do more to
strengthen the friendly relations be- j
tween America and Britain than would I
any other course of dealing with the |
same.
"The United States entirely agrees j
with the British government that the
fixing of Germany's reparations obliga- '
tion is a cardinal necessity for the re?
newal of the economic life of Europe :
and would prove most helpful in the ?
interests of peace throughout the '
world; however, it (the United State-, i
fails to perceive the logic in a sug?
gestion in effect that the United States
slu.ll pay part of Germany's reparation,
or that it shall make a gratuity to the
Allied governments to induce them to
fix such obligation at the amount with?
in Germany's capacity to pay.
Fears Dangerous Misunderstanding
"This government lias endeavored
heretofore in a most friendly spirit to
make it clear that it cannot consent to ;
linking the reparations question with, ;
that of inter-governmental indebted- !
ness. Tho long delay which has Recurred,
in the funding of the demand obliga
tions is already embarran .ing the
Treasury, which will find itself com- ;
Belled to begin to collect back and cur- j
rent interest if speedy progress is not ?
made with the funding. Unless ar- ;
rangements are completed for fundipg ,
such loans, and in that connection for '?
the deferring of interest, in the pr?s- I
ent state of opinion here, there is like- I
i ly to develop a dangerous misunder
| standing. I believe it to be highly im- '
j portant that a British representative
with proper authority proceed to Wash
ington without delay to arrange to
carry out the obligation of the British
government to convert its demand obli- !
gatiens held by our Treasury into long- I
time obligations.
"The United States governm?nt
recognizes the importance, in the in?
terests of peace and prosperity, of
?securing the restoration of financial
'and industrial stability throughout
Europe. The war debts of the Allied
governments, the treaty obligations of?
Germany under the reparation clauses i
of the Treaty of Versailles and ' the |
annexes thereto, and of the other!
enemy and ex-enemy countries neg?-J
tjated with them, the administration
of countries under the mandates pro-!
; vided for by such treaties and the ex-1
?sting arrangements between the gov-1
ernrqenta of various countries have orj
?may have an important bearing in
; making plans to accomplish such res
; toration. It is the view of the United
States government that in accrediting
a representative to Washington for the
purpose mentioned it might prove ex?
pedient that tho British government
should authorize him to enter into dis-|
eussions of all those matters with the !
proper representatives of the United,
S ta toe."
Mr. H?r.::iton, in his letter to Austen ,
Chamberlain, held that n general can i
collation of inter-goyerVjmentul war I
(b'bts would be "o? advantage to Great
Britain" a???! probably wouhl not In?
volve any !" ses on hep pa ft, wher ia
it. would involve "?> contribution, main-|
ly by thu United Statea."
Mellon Parks Pcnroec Bill
?n the. (louring before the Finance i
Committee Secretary Mellon advocated i
th Pcnrosc bill, giving him broad |
powers in refunding and conversion of j
foreign obligations. He opposed re?
view of agreements by Congress and ;
said it would make it difficult to come j
to anv kind of a conclusion.
Senetor La Follottc naked if there :
H-;?? any suggestion of substituting
Turkish bonds for French bonds,
"We have no notice of any such
plans," said Assistant Secretary of the j
'I'?-' asury Wadsworth.
Senator Heed asked whether there
was any correspondence or suggestion .
of this governn ent accepting German
reparation bon'1 after they had been
turned over to !'ie Allied governments.
Mr. Wadsv th could not recall any
official lean communication from any
government in regard to that except ?
the tentative agreement made by ?
Rngland, France and tha United State.?:
that possibly each government would
take German bond:; in payment for the !
amounts Belgium had borrowed yp to ,
i rmistioe day.
There are no plans f'-- -ubstitufion-.
of securities, Secretary Mellon said, in
response to questions by Senator La
Follette. However, he thought au?
thority should he given in case it
proved necessary to accept, bonds in '
substitution. The Secretary insisted!
that broad powers should be given to !
forestall any possibility of reopening
refunding, once the negotiations have
been concluded.
Senator renrose proposed o limita?
tion to five years of the blanket au
thority which' the bill under consider?
ation 'would give the Secretary of the
Treasury. Secretary Mellon did not j
oppose this limitation. He thought I
refunding would be completed in that I
time.
Senator Reed broutrht up in commit- i
lee the payment of ?3'2,000,000 to Great
Britain i'"' settlement of claims for;
transportation of troops. Secretary:
Mellon said he had simply acted as dis- !
btirsing officer, as the claims had been
allowed by the War Department and ?
sanctioned by the Attorney General.
Master Fit Faker Lands
In Jail on Third Throw j
"Welcome Bark," Says Court,
and Imposes Twelfth Sentence
on Sympathy Panhandler
"So you're here again,': magistrate
Max Levine, of the Jefferson Market ;
court, remarked genially as Robert Me- j
Mahpn, sixty years old, was brought be- ?
fore him yesterday, walking stifl legged [
with the aid of a cane, as tnough para- j
lyzed, and gazing at the court in a !
terror-sticken manner.
"Welcome back," his honor continued. !
"Little Johnny Lookup junior at his old |
tricks again." *
McMahoh straightened up and smiled ;
a return greeting.
"I guess you know me all right," he ?
admitted gracefully.
This was not surprising, as, accord- !
ing to Patrolman Robert Bauerschmidt,
of the West Twentieth Street police |
station, who arrested him for throwing !
fits to win the sympathy of a crowd of
working girls, McMahen has been con- I
victed of similar offenses eleven times
in the last eight years.
"He was getting away with it fine j
when I came up," the patrolman we:it:
on. ''Three fits in twenty minutes was:
what he had gulled off for the edifica-!
tion of West Fourteenth Street, and all ;
the stenegs fell for it hard. When the j
crowd around him got big enough he
would recove sufficiently to explain that !
lack of food had reduced him to this j
pitiable state and then force his feeble j
body around, passing the hat. Some of ]
the girls were so affected that they \
gave hiin their own lunch.es when they I
found that they did not have any moiu-y |
handy."
Magistrate Levine made sure of not
receiving another visit from McMahon
for some time by sentencing him toi
four months in the workhouse.
Mrs. Harding Gets Film '|
With President as Hero
WASHINGTON, July 18.?Mrs. WarJ
ren G. Harding, wife of the President, !
has received from the National As- j
socintion of the Motion Picture In- '
dustry an animated pictorial record of
the Presidential campaign which re- i
suited in the electron o? her husband. I
It is a two-reel picture, in which the '
President and Mrs. Harding are the j
star performers in a series of scenes, |
which star, with Mr. Harding's nomina- i
tion and ends on the White House
lawn.
As spokesman for the motion picture !
industry, William A. Brady, president i
of the national association, formally i
presented the film to ?Mrs. Harding in '
Washington to-day, and conveyed to i
her and to President Harding the good j
wishes of the men who furnish motion
picture amusement to 20,000,000 per- j
sons daily in this country.
The screen review will be preserved
by the President and Mrs. Harding as a
family record of the historic events
whieh led to their occupancy of the
White House. There is one print only
in existence?the one prcsnted to Mrs.
Harding. In it Mrs. Harding and the I
President share star honors, while
eminent statesmen play the "character
r?les."
Both the President and Mrs. Harding
screened well. The. scenes were as?
sembled into a continuous two-reel film
story from the screen libraries of the i
news reel companies. Several thousand
leet of film were carei'ully chosen fpr
the Harding picture, assembled and .
"boiled down" to a footage that is full
of action and human interest.
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Gives Vanderlip Chance
To Buy Another Saloon ;
Nick Sellazzo is back in Sparta, N. Y.,
andall the Spartans believe that Frank
A. Vanderlip's checkbook is due to have
another relapse jn cop.- squence.
Nick is the saloonkeep-r who refused '
to sell when the banker bought up the !
entire village with the intention of;
making a model community out of it. I
Eventually Nick did sell his saloon to'
Mr. Vanderlip, but not, it is said, until i
the latter's bid rose to ?19,000.
It was learned yesterday that not
only had Nick returned, but he had1
bought the house across the street
from his old .aloon, the only piece of.
property in the village title to which
had not yet passed to Mr. Vanderlip.
Nick's saloon, ostensibly a soft
drink shop, is said to have been one of
the compelling reasons for the pur- '
chase of Sparta by Mr. Vanderlip. win
thought that the character of Nick'i
customers had much to do with the bad
name Sparta had among the summer
colonist.3 whose estates border on Mr. :
Vanderlip's Beechwood. Nick is fitting
up his pew house as a soft-drink sa?
loon.
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Captain Moffet Named
Navy Aeronautic Chief
WASHINGTON, July 18. ?Captain!
William A. Moffett was nominated by j
President Harding to-day to be chief i
of the Navy Department's bureau of!
fronautica with the rank of rear
admiral.
Peril in Open
Debate on Arms
Seen in Japan
Opinion Expressed Certain
Questions Would Have an
It! Effect Upon Basic
Design of Conference
Leader Favor? Council
Ozaki Declarer Response
to Harding Ca?! Would
Clear Mi ^understandings
TOKIO, July 1? (Sy The As: -
Press). -Tho Aahai to-day in a spec ul
editorial concerning the coming Wash?
ington conference predicts that a
the receipt of the Washington govern?
ment's reply to Japan's req -?
defining of the scope pf thi I :
crn questions, Japan vi.i expound her
views to the following eifect:
First Supp .. ing th
conference considers que;::
?nul Shantung. The confej ic
partake of the nature of the Versai
?enference, in thai it will again -
cuss matters already decided at Ver?
sailles.
Second Both Yap and Shanti g are
special problems affecting th?
tries eoneerned, and they shoul ! be re?
garded as questions limited to the par?
ticular states interesl
of such a nature are submit' ?'
conference is; liable, in the opinion o?
th Japanese?, to bring about an ucde
['irable result by unnecessarily sti
lating the mind of the public : i
countries concerned, give rise to p
udice and suspicious between nal
snd niFi.-r opportunity for a'l kind?
intrigue and other unjust practices
calculated to estrange nations.
"In such a case." the newspaper con?
tinues, "although the Pacific c mf? t
was promoted for 1?.-- purpose of ac
celerating the realization of permanent
peace, it not only would result in fail?
ure, but would produce a bad effe<
the cause of the preservation of v.
peace. In short, the desire of the Jap?
anese government is to localize and
minimize the nature and scope of the
subjects to be discussed, believing this
will best serve the cause of inter?
national amity."
The Asahi expresses the opinion that
the insistence of some American ; 'or
the inclusion of the questions of
and Shantung in the conference is due
to a prejudiced notion that Japan is a
nation of militaristic ami aggressive
designs.
"If such practical and concrete prob?
lems are incorporated in the pro?
gram," the newspaper continues, "Jap?
anese emigration may have to be pre?
sented, and this would be certain to
cause serious complications."
The Asahi forecasts that an under?
standing will be reached if the United
States will withhold such questions
from the conference.
The well informed Jiji Shimpo agrees
that Japan will frankly explain her
views, but it says it is convinced Japan
will participate in the conference, what?
ever the tone of the American reply.
KARUIZAWA, Japan, July IS (By
The Associated Press).?Yukio Ozaki,
the Liberal leader, discussing President
Harding's call for a conference on dis?
armament and the Pacific Situation,
said to-day:
"I am convinced the conference will
be able to clear up mutual misunder?
standings to the greatest good to the
powers concerned. Remember that an
American invitation to .Pipan to enter
into the comity of nations over six
years ago was the chief cause for the
birth of the new Japan. 1 earnestly be?
lieve the American invitation, this time
for disarmament, may become the chief
cause of the birth of a new era for
modern Japan."
Ris "DyingBaby^Myth,
Speeder Sent to Prison
_.._.
Earns Suspended Sentence Un?
til Court Finds There Is
No Grave in Cemetery
"That, yarn of yours about speeding
to save the life of your dying baby
would have got you off '! right if ;
had struck a green ,iv.' >,," Magistrate
Frederick R. Hous- , ./ the Traffic
Court, told Leon ' ' '.abrie!, twenty
six years old, of l'Jii? Crotona Avenue,
the Bronx, as he sentenced him yes?
terday to five days in the city pri
"But an oldtimer knows that 00
per cent of the excuses handed out by
motorists are lies," the court con?
cluded.
Gabriel was charged with speeding
at 1 Hi th Street and Riverside Drive,
July 8.
"I plead guilty of speeding." he
told the court at that time. "It was
to get a doctor for my little daughter."
His frame shook with emotion as he
added:
"My baby died before I could get
back to her."
Magistrate House suspended sen?
tence and then told Probation Officer
William J- Moelroy to investi;.; i
Gabriel made the officer go all *'~
way to the cemetery where the child
was supposed to be buried befi ???? ?
roy could get the evidence upon \yh
the motorist was sentenced vest :rday
Forner Aid to Osborne
In Sing Sing Once More
One of Welfare League Organ?
izers Who Forged Warden's
!\Taitie Returns to Prison
OSSINING, N. Y., July 18.?Samuel
L. Richards, the incorrigible convier,
who helped organize the Mutual W !
fare League and was its first secrotary
under Warden Thomas Mutt Osbo
in 1915-1/1, was taken to Sing Sing
prison to-day to begin a term for for?
gery.
Because of his past performances
Richards'? lot in Sing Sing ia not apt
to be happy. He has been assigned to
do hard labor. To-day he was engaged
in .shoveling coal.
In 1916 Richards was Warden Os
borne's right hand man. At that t
he was forty-two years old. Twain ty
seyen of those years had been spent in
orison or reform school. He earn
ilis.av'or with his fellow convicts wl
he forged a check with the name of Mr.
Osborne, his benefactor, and brought
di :graee to the Welfare League.
Bis present conviction follows his
release from prison in Maryland,
charge v.-a- an old c\3 made against
him in New York County, alleging for
gery.
Fieldston Has Curfew
Law to Check B?rgin
Police and ijVfpclJvea su
Auto? After 10 o'Cloek I?!
Manv Recent Robberie^T'
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