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tint before the syndicate undertook the
transaction it communicated *wlth the
American State* Department and with
French ?uthoriti*??-. and was assured
that there would bo no objection to the
?tea-posed investment.
Purchase Confirmed
By Charles H. Sabin
Munsey Also Reveals More De?
tails of a Hutse Financial
Deal frith Austrian Family
The report from Paris that an Amer?
ican syndicate nad taken over the hold?
ing? of the Austrian Archduke Freder?
ick and his ?on, the Archduke Albrecht,
was confirmed here last night.
Charles H. Sabin, president of the
Guaranty Trust Company of New York,
who was reached at his country place
at Southampton, L. L, admitted that the
negotiations had been carried on, but
referred inquirers to J. Leonard Re
plogle, the steel man, who is associated
with the American group. Mr. Replogle
was out of the city, and up to a late
hour could not be reached.
Frank A. Munsey. publisher of "The
New York Herald." who recently .re?
turned from abroad, and who also ?3
m the group, was interviewed by tele?
phone at Elizabethtown, N. Y. Mr.
Munsey said that he believed the Paris
dispatch to be substantially correct,
although he had not personally read it.
Additional Details Given
Mr. Munsey revealed additional de?
tails of th? huge international trans*
*eti?n between aristocrats of Ameri?
can finance and former royalty of Eu
?ope. He declared that a trust com?
pany had been formed in Geneva,
Switzerland, for the exclusive purpose
of taking ovar the properties of the
Archduke Frederick, and that the arch?
duke retained a large interest in the
new company, in which Mr. Sabin, Mr,
Replogle and Mr. Munsey represented
the managing syndicate. Mr. Munsey
explained that h? and his associate?
had a financial interest in the trust
company.
In reply to a question as to the pro
tram of the managing syndicate, in re?
spect to business ventures, Mr. Munsej
replied that he and his associates had
not got that far yet.
The financial and business world wil
await With unusual interest an an?
nouncement of the plans of the syndi
cate Which turned the largest, deal ir
Europe in Which Americans were inter?
ested since the war. In 1919 Eugene
Schcider, head of the Creusot stee
?ortos, ?*>? France, and the most im
portant ironmaster in his country, ac
?fuired large steel holdings and munitioi
Works in Austria. In recent month.?
Huge Stinnes, German capitalist, ha?
gained possession of various importan'
industrial properties throughout the ole
H&psburg empire.
May Develop Mineral Lands
The presence of Mr. Replogle in th?
American group led to the assumptioi
that exploitation of mineral lands wa
contemplated. Mr. Replogle is regard?e
?? one o? the ablest practical stee
a?n in this country.
Mr. Sabin, whose connections extern
into various industrial and bankini
corporations, is closely associated wit]
th? Morgan group in the financial dis
trict.
Hr. Munsey, though primarily
newspaper and magazine publisher, ha
wide financial interests in other lines.
? dispatch to "The New Yorl
Herald" from its Paris correspondent
says:
"Prior to the war, Archduke Fred
erick Was generally regarded as on
of the richest land and industrial own
erf of Europe. His holdings were dis
trlbuted throughout Austria-IIungan
Czecho-Slovakia, Jugo-Slavia, Polane
Rumania and Italy. They included th
world renowned steel works and mine
at Teschen, which is now partly i
Poland;, vast working forest landi
?mo'tinting to hundreds of thousand
of acres, scattered over several cour
tries, and numerous other industries
including dairies which supply mil
and butter to Vienna, sugar plantation
and factories, palaces, apartmen
houses and other private properties i
Vienna and elsewhere, historic castle
in various parts of the continent an
the great Albertina Museum in Vienni
whie?n is said to contain more valuabl
art treasures of its kind than any i
the" world, there being ne?r?y 1,000,0G
objects in the collection.
Transfer in 1919
"An arrangement was made in Oi
(ober, 1919, whereby the archdul
transferred his various properties a*d
interests, except those in New Hui
gary, to a corporation organized i
Switzerland to take over their a?
ministration. Mr. Felder was to for
a syndicate in America to acquire su'
?tantlal interests in the new compan
He obtained the necessary capital at
interested some of the most prominei
men in America in the enterprise.
"The American syndicate will pr
teed to enforce its rights against se
ral governments which are withhol
ing possession of estates from the Swi
i orporation. The syndicate is pa
?icularly anxious to get prompt r
'.urn of the Teschen works, and vai
'tis lands and other industries, so
'o resume their operation and intt
duce American methods."
Prominent in Banking World
Mr. Sabin has been president of t
(?uaranty Trust Company since Jan
. 7 y, 1915, and since that time has be
one of the most prominent figures
r.e financial and banking world. ]
is interested in a large number of ra
voad and industrial corporations as
?netnber of the board of directors, i
iludihg" the International Mercant
Marine, the Inspiration Consolid?t
'?opp?r Copnny, the Midvale Steel a
Ordnance Company, the St. Louis-S
Francisco Railroad Company, the Se
hoard'Air Line Railway, the Texas
I'aeific Railroad and Interoontinen
I'ubbor Company. Mr. Sabin was c
of the organizers of the Chiba Ca
i-'ugar Company and was prominent
"he formation of the Midvale Steel a
ordnance Company, of which Willi;
B, Corey is chairman.
Mr. Replogle, who is president of i
Vanadium Corporation of America,
tain?d prominence during the war wl
he was appointed by President Wilt
director of steel supply for the ^
Industrial Board o? the'Council of 1
tiorial Defense. In this capacity
had charge of allocating to war use
?steel mills of the country. In addit
to being on the roster of a number
nrominent clubs he is a merdber of
American Iron and Steel Institute.
Munsey Owns "New York Herald
Frank A. Munsey is the publisher
'The New York Herald," which re??
-jius a con-eolidation of the old morn
Sun and Herald, the.? latter having b
r?Hired from the estate of the 1
James Gordon Bennett.
Samuel Untermyer is one of
reading lawyers of the United Sta
having represented in his earlier d
many important industrial corpc
liona and assisting in their organ
tion. One of his chief sccomplishme
wat the formation e?f the Utah Cop
Company, with which were merged
Boston Consolidated and Nevada C
a?elidated companies. He has b
identified with many celebrated ca
As counsel for James Hazen Hyde
the struggle of James W. Alexandei
oust Mr. Hyde from control of
Equitable Life Assurance Society
activities brought on the great in?
timations of the life insrance compat
and led to passage of reform laws
many statt-s. Before leaving
?vurope early in the summer Mr. I
ermyer was counsel for the Lockw
committee investigating conditions
sJM kuildine industry.
Soviet Offers
Concessions to
Help Business
After Foreign Aid to Revive
Manufacturing; Plant of
Westinghouse Electric
Operated by Agreement
Singer Factory Is Seized
American Ownership of the
International Harvester
Co. Is Not Reco.gnizcd
MOSCOW, Sept. 11 (By The Associa?
ted Press).?Leonid Krassin, Soviet
trade representative, said to-day that
the V?,restinghouse Electric factory on
the Volga River was the only American
property in Russia that had not been
nationalized by the Soviet government.
He said the exception was made in that
case because the managers did not
abandon the factory, but entered into
an arrangement with the Soviet gov?
ernment which amounted to practically
the same thing as nationalization.
Concessions are now being offered to
the manufacturers of other countries,
M."Krassin said, in an effort to revive
manufacturing in order to utilize raw
materials. He said that the Soviet
government takes Westinghouse prod?
ucts and pays money to the concern,
which in turn pays the Soviet govern?
ment a percentage on production.
Singer Plant Taken Over
He said the International Harvester
plant had not exactly been nationalized,
but that the Soviet government did
not recognize American ownership of
the plant, which he said was still op?
erating. He declared that the Singer
? sewing machine factory was takeln over
j by the old Russian government and con
1 verted into a factory for the manu?
facture of arms before the Soviet
regime. Consequently, the Soviet gov?
ernment recognizes no American prop?
erty rights in the factory, he said.
He said also that the interests of the
New York Life Insurance Company and
the National City Bank of New York
were regarded as the property of the
Soviet government. However, he con?
tinued, while the Soviet government
recognized no legal right of any for?
eigner to property held in Russia be?
fore the revolution, yet for purposes
of negotiation in an effort to better
the international situation and to re?
establish industries and trade, the
Soviet government was willing to make
foreign property and even foreign debts
a basis for negotiation.
When asked if the Soviet government
would give former foreign owners of
property in Russia preferences in
granting concessions in lines formerly
controlled by certain interests in Rus?
sia, he said:
"Naturally we consider the special
knowledge of former factory owners.
It is our desire to get industrial con?
cessions into the hands of men who
know their business thoroughly."
One Foreign Concession
A Swedish concern has been granted
a concession to establish a ball bearing
factory in Russia, which, M. Krassin
said, is the. only foreign concession
actually signed up.
Under the new economic policy con?
cessions will probably be granted
shortly to Leslie Urquhart to take over
certain mining properties formerly
owned by him. There are also negotia?
tions pending with Norwegians and
Swedes for the manufacture of matches
and paper and with German financiers
for the mining of iron ore in Kurska,
where there are valuable deposits of
magnetic ores.
M. Krassin said the persons to whom
concessions would be granted would be
allowed to deal individually with work?
men, through unions, and that the gov?
ernment Would not interfere. He de?
clared that the Soviet government still
adheres strictly to the principle of
state monopoly in export and import
trade, although recognizing domestic
free trade both in retail and wholesale
dealings. Special arrangements, he
said, will be made for the exportation
of the products manufactured by for?
eign concerns, but these foreign firms
desiring to sell to Russians must deal
through the Soviet co-operatives or the
Soviet government on a cash or credit
basis.
?
Burgenland Reoccupied
By Hungarian Troops
VIENNA, Sept. 11 (By The Associated
Pre;ss).?Regular Hungarian troops have
reoccupied Burgenland, the strip of
territory between Hungary and Austria
which was awarded to Austria by the
treraty of St. Germain. Many towns
along the Austrian border are crowded
with refugees.
Italian troops, which detrained last
Eriday at Wienej-NeuStadt, have re?
ceived orders to proceed to Upper Si
? lesia.
Signor Torretta, Italian Foreign Min?
ister, is expected to arrive here to-mor?
row to confer with Austrian government
officials to determine how far Austria,
without violating the recent mandate
from Paris, can go toward the protec?
tion of Austrian interests. The situ?
ation seems to have become more grave,
and it is known that the government
fears that partisans of former Emperor
Charles of Hungary may attempt an?
other coup d'etat.
6,000 Navy Yard Men
Assail Cut in Wages
WASHINGTON, Sept. 11.?Resolu
I tions protesting against "injustices
i which are being imposed upon navy
I yard employees in tho guise of
! economy" were adopted to-day at a
! mass meetitng of 6,000 workers from
| the Washington Navy Yard, who met to
j consider the reduced wage scales re?
cently approved by Secretary Denby.
The department's scale of 73 cents
an hour for basic trades was declared
to be an "arbitrary reduction" from a
; scale of SO cents an hour recommended
by the yard authorities and by the
I local wage board. Under the new
, sche'dule, the resolution asserted,
; weekly earnings of a skilled mechanic
? would be $29.20, "which is $14.48 a week
j less than the minimum required to
i support a family of five in health and
, decency as determined by the Depart
i ment of Labor."
Copies of the resolution will be sent
? to President Harding, each member of
1 the Cabinet and to members of Con
i gross, it was announced.
Veteran Kills Deputy
Special Dispatch to Th? Tribune
CALEDONIA, Mich,, Sept. 11.?
! Charles Forward, a sp?cial deputy
! sheriff, was shot and instantly killed
I to-day by Herbert Delaney, "an ex
I service man, as Forward was about to
|arrest him. Pursued and surrounded
by a posso of American Legion mom
? bers, Delaney turne? a gun upon him
, self and fired. The bullet grazed his
! skull. He will recover.
Delaney is said to have stolen a
war trophy, a .45 automatic revolver,
at the American Legion fair Saturday.
Members of the posse, all of whom
were ex**ervlce men, were equipped^
with war trophy guns*.
Russian Crops
Fit Only for
Cattle to Eat
Former Fertile Region on
Bank? of the Volga Now
Torrid Wilderness; Soil
Baked as Hard as Brass
Plow Fields for Seed
Bread of Coarse Flour and
Grass Believed Responsi?
ble for Increasing Deaths
By
C. E. Bechhofef
Special Cabla to The Tribune
Copyright, 1021, New Yorlt Tribun?? In.-.
MOSCOW, Sept. .11?Three days ago
I drove out from the Suizrnn district
down the right bank of the Volga, in the
Simbirsk Province, to a village in the
heart of the country to study the fam?
ine situation in plaoes rather remote
from tho railway and river. The most
striking evidence of tho terrible
drought, was afforded by the oondition
of the countryside, where the/formerly
fertile region is now a torrid wilder?
ness.
Dust clouds arose as we drove, re?
minding one of the Indian plains in tho
height of summer As we left Suizran
we passed a camel cart?no rare sight
in the Volga provinces, where they
come from tho neighboring Asiatic
country?and felt that the illusion of
the desert was complete. The usually
soft country road was baked us hard as
if the top were of brass.
Crops Good Only for Pasture
My horse, lent by the local Soviet,
was a poor, underfed animal and we
moved very slowly. The land had been
cultivated in the usual Russian system
in long, narrow strips, but now It looked
monotonously barren, for over great
areas there was not a sign of grain.
In other places it was stunted, and
puny cornstalks, only four or live
inches high, pierced the hard soil. The
peasants told me that it was a waste of
time t? try to harvest the crop, its only
value was as pasture for cattle. The
cattle were in a horrible condition
after a year in which only one-fifteenth
of the ordinary rain supply had fallen.
Peasants had been forced to sell most
of their cattle for food, with the result
that only a few cows were to be seen
in this district. All the other crops
have suffered similarly?tho potatrj
vines are shrivelling and yellowing be?
fore the potatoes are grown, while even
the sunflowers have been affected by
the lack of rain.
Travelling ncross this area we passed
the carcasses of several animals whose
bones had been picked clean, either by
birds, men or both. The little village
Sad at the first sight the same deserted,
esolate appearance, and there -?.as
hardly a person moving in the street.
We went to a building where a little
white flag hanging from a pole identi?
fied it as the village Soviet headquar?
ters. The secretary, who had been a
soldier in the Czar's army before he
was appointed to his present place,
said all the men were out in th? fields
plowing.
Smell of Bread Nauseating
"Unless we plow the fields we won't
get seed," he explained, "and if there
is no seed the peasants will have noth?
ing to cat." He seemed to want to
convey the information that the peas?
ants wanted the seed to eat rather
than to plant.
Looking into several houses, we saw
women, children and old men Bitting
about listlessly, some working as if
with a great effort, all plainly showing
that they were suffering from lack of
food. 1 asked one old man what he
was eating and he handed me a nasty
looking lump in the shape of a half
loaf of bread. He explained that it
was made from a modicum of coarse
flour crushed up with leaves of grass.
Close inspection showed it to be
fibrous, with??Httle greenish lumps, not
unlike a piece of lava. When I put
a small piece into my mouth it seemed,
as if I was biting into soft clay and
the smell was nauseating.
When I handed it back the peasant
took a big mouthful and chewed it as
if he relished his horrible bread.
My presence in the village aroused
little interest, though I was the first
stranger in many months. The inhabi?
tants apparently had reached the stage
where they had become indifferent and
listless. They looked at me as if I
were a queer sight which carried their
minds back to another time, but th<y
were too weak to investigate or talk.
Indifferent to Their Fate
The sample of bread that 1 tasted
the food that is being given to me
women and children, and that it
worse than nothing is proven by the
palling number of death? in the d
trict. Apparently it causes intestiij
troubles, for most of the victims se
to be frightfully bloated before th
deaths and suffer extremely ff
cramps.
Many of these people have reac!
the point where they are totally inc
ferent to their fate, but there are o
ers who have still enough strength and
determination to try to get away.
Everything is unbelievably dirty, neg?
lected and disorganized, though the
Soviet is attempting to distribute mea?
ger supplies equitably.
These place* off the main lines of
communication frequently suffer the
most, but strangely some are not af?
fected so severely from the drought as
others. Those 1 have seen are unbe?
lievably squalid, and the inhabitants
are pathetically broken in body and
mind.
i
Election Law Violators
Face Swift Prosecution
Attorney General Newton
Pledges Careful Guard at
Polls as Fraud Rumors Start
ALBANY, Sept. 11.?Vigorous prose?
cution of any violations of the election
law at the primaries on Tuesday was
promised by Attorney General Charles
D. Newton to-night. His declaration
followed the receipt of charges by
several candidates in New York City
and upstate that fraud would be at?
tempted at the polls by their op?
ponents.
"Complaints have been made by a
number of candidates that they feared
'being counted out' or otherwise de?
frauded of votes at the primaries on
Tuesday," Attorney General Newton
said. '? trust their fears aro not well
grounded and that there will be no
violations of the law.
"It will be my duty under the law
vigorously to prosecute any person
guilty of fraud, and I am determined
to do my duty.
"With the abolition of the office of
State Superintendent of Elections,
under a law passed by the last Legis?
lature, the impression went out that
the polls would not be as carefully
guarded as heretofore. This impres?
sion is false. Careful check will be
kept in every polling place in the
state."
"The Tiger' Asks Only
That lie lie Left Alone
MARSEILLES, France, Sept. i
*1_?Georges Clemenceau, War
Premier of France, arrived here !
to-tlay from Corsica, where he I
has been on a brief vacation. Re?
plying to questions concerning
his reported re-entrance into
active politics, "The Tiger" re?
pli?e!:
"Have I told any one I -wished
to re-enter politics? I ask only
one thing?to be left alone."
Harding Would
Help Impaired
Veterans First
(Oeintinutrd fr?m n?0? ?"*>
greater part of the afternoon in its
rooms on the fifth floor of the hotel.
At 5 o'clock, despite a light drizzle,
President Harding, followed by enthu?
siastic throngs that, pressed arour.el
him on all sides, walked for more than
u mile on the Boardwalk. He halted
frequently in the course of his stroll
to greet children.
One of the little children that the
President encountered in the course of
his tramp offered him a piece of taffy.
In eleclining the sweetmeat the Presi?
dent said* "Thank you for your
thoughtfulne&s, but candy makes m?
fat."
Vislt Mrs. Upham in Hospital
On his return to the hotel the Presi?
dent and Mrs. Harding called upon Mrs.
Fred W. Upham, of Chicago, who is re?
covering from a recent illness in a
local hospital. President Harding had
expected to see Mr, Upham, who is
treasurer of the? Republican National
Committee, but he was recalled to Chi?
cago yesterday.
To-night President and Mrs. Harding
were the guests at dinner of Mr. ami
Mrs. Alexander P. Moore. Other guests
at the dinner, in addition to the Presi?
dential party, were Mr. and Mr?. Liv
ermore, of New York City, and Mrs. M.
A. Martin, a niece of Mrs. Moore.
President Harding during the early
evening visited a dinner given by the
hotel to the newspaper correspondents
in the Presidential party. He made a
brief address to his "fellow crafts?
men."
An informal reception was held later.
Probably 200 Atlantic City residents
and guests were introduced to Presi?
dent Harding, Mrs. Harding, Mr. Hoover
and George Christian, tho President's
secretary.
Daugherty Demands
Fullest Inquiry in
Fitzpatrick Death
Affairs of Narcotic Agent,
Who Killed Himself After
Drug and Liquor Raid on
Greek Ship, To Be Probed
Colonel O. G. Forrer, head of the
Government Narcotic Division, Internal
Revenue Department, Washington, who
came to New York to investigate the
death of Frank J. Fitzpatrick, head of
the New York division, who committed
suicide Friday following the drug and
liquor raid on the Grecian liner King
Alexander, continued the investigation
yesterday.
Although all evidence points to sui?
cide as the cause of death, Colonel For?
rer said that the Attorney General's of?
fice in Washington would not be satis?
fied with any but the fullest report of
the case and that he would examine into
every phase of the mystery and the af?
fairs of Fitzpatrick.
Medical Examiner Wuest, of Brook?
lyn, conducted an inquest following the
finding of Fitzpatrick's body in a
waterfront washroom with a bullet
through the heart. This investigation
has been closed. In the mind of the
medical examiner there is no doubt that
Fitzpatrick shot and killed himself and
that the cause was continued ill health
and loss of sleep. He has so recorded
the case.
The second death as a result of the
raid was momentarily expected at Long
Island Hospital, where seven wounded
of the crew of the King Alexander are
held. The most seriously injured of
these is Antonio Pappas, Greek coal
passer, shot in the abdomen. At 8
o'clock last night Pappas's name was
put on the "danger list" at the hospital.
Wallace D. J. Collins, United States
District Attorney, will decide to-day
what action to take in the case of the
King Alexander, the owners of which
desire the boat to leave port to-day.
The boat will depart unless a libel is
filed by the United States District At?
torney's office. If Mr. Collins finds
he has sufficient evidence to warrant
filing a libel he may decide to prevent
the ship leaving port. The ship is of
British registry.
Two Slain in Gun Duel
After Jealous Quarrel
Youth, Who Interferes on Be?
half of Brother-in-Law, and
Husband Are Victims
BINGHAMTON, N. Y., Sept. 11?
Raym^id Green, twenty-three years
; old, ?eflft Chester Eldred, twenty-two
; years "Old, both of Preston Park, Pa.,
] southeast of here, are dead as a result
| of wountls received in a gun duel early
i Saturday morning. The shooting occur?
red shortly after Mrs. Green returned
from a dance with Ray Knapp, also of
Preston Park, and is said to have been
the result of a jealous quarrel between
Green and Knapp, which ended fatally
when Eldred interfered in behalf of
Knapp, his' brother-in-law.
Eldred, with four bullet wounds in
his body, died in a hospital at. Carbon
dale Saturday morning. Green disap?
peared foi- a time after the shooting
I and was found by searchers in a barn,
j badly wounded. He was "rushed to
I Honesdale, but died Saturday night.
?
Grain Crop Helps Poland
Conditions Much Improved
After Increased Harvest
? From The Tribune's Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, Sept. 11.?Consider?
able improvement in conditions in Po?
land has 'taken place since peace was
established with Soviet Russia in Octo?
ber, 1920, according to a summary
given out by Secretary of Commerce
Hoover to-day. It is said that the ex?
cellent crop of this year makes it prob?
able that there will be a still further
improvement this fall in the exchange
value of Polish money.
Poland is primarily an agricultural
country, and the increased crop is a
funda-mental factor in the economic
situation. The grain crop just har?
vested is niuch larger than that of
1920, and it seems probable, therefore,
that food imports no longer will be
necessary.
Allied Cabinet
Heads to Sit in
Arms Council I
American Selections Insure;
Presence of Lloyd George j
and Brtaud, for Time at
Least, Washington's Viewj
- I
Assistants Must Be Able!
.>
Work Will Pass to Them if
Conference Lasts Three
Months, as Now Forecast
_
By Carter Field
WASHINGTON, Sept. 11.?The cali?
ber of the American delegation in the
armament limitation conference hns
made it practically certain, according
to well informed diplomats here, that
Britain, France and Italy will send ?
"heads of states," to use the Versailles
term, instead of men who merely rep?
resent the heads of states.
Thus, it is assumed here to-night,
Lloyd George will now almost certainly
come here himself, and that, despite
the various conflicting reports from
Paris, Briand will also crime. As to
others in the British delegation, there
is much speculation here ahd little
real information. A. J. Balfour is
thought to be the most likely man
after Lloyd George himself, though
Lord Curzon, Secretary. *f State for
Foreign Affairs, muy be here in Bal
four's place. It is scarcely thought
likely, for various reasons, that both
Balfour and Curzon will make the trip.
Official Washington would be de?
lighted if Earl Grey, who, as Ambassa?
dor, President Wilson would never re?
ceive, should be sent over. He built up
a wide circle of close friends and ad?
mirers here during his brief tenure of
office, and it is felt that he has a
more sympathetic understanding of the
American point of view and of the
ramifications of American politics than
almost any man in British public life.
Geddes May Be On? of Big Four
Sir Auckland Geddes, the present
Ambassador, may readily he named as
one of the four. His qualifications are
of the highest and his value to the
British delegation undoubted. In his
case, however, Lloyd George may rea?
son that, inasmuch as Sir Auckland will
be here anyhow, constantly advising
with the BrHish delegation, it might
well be advisable to give some one else
the advantage of the official designu
tion, so that an additional brain co lid
be added to the British aggregation.
There is believed to be a possibility
that th? British dominions will seek
separate representation in the confer?
ence, though it has been assumed until
the last few days that they would be
represented through the British dele?
gation, probably by having at least one
of the dominion premiers included in
the British Big Four. The presence in
Washington of the dominion premiers
has been assumed from the first, ?S has
their influence on the British official
delegation. The only question is the
status tho premiers will have, not their
presence or influence. If only one of
the dominion heads is named on tho
British delegation it is assumed here
that the choice will be Premier
Meighen, of Canada.
The assumption that Lloyd George
will come in person has intensified in?
terest in the probable duration of the
conference. No one here has the
slightest idea of how long it will last.
It is known that the State Department,
frankly confessing that this is only a
vague guess, has made arrangements as
though it would extend over a period
of tWo months. It is assumed that the
meeting will run on for at least that
long, and some estimate had to be made.
Tt is taken for granted that Lloyd
George and Briand will not be able to
remain in Washington for any such
length of time.
According to estimates here Lloyd
George and Briand will not be able "to
stay in Washington longer than a
month at the^ outside. This would
mean an absence for both of approxi?
mately six weeks from their own cen?
ters of government, allowing a week
each way for travel. Even this, espe?
cially in the case of the French Premier,
would be straining affairs a bit.
Lieutenants Must Be Able Men
This does not mean that the confer?
ence of necessity would have to con?
clude its business in one month. No
such happy result is expected by even
the most optimistic prognosticator. But
it would mean that the conference
would have to be carried on after their
departure by their lieutenants, which
carries with it the assumption that the
second men of these delegations will
be the best men that can be picked, ac?
cording to the judgment of their chiefs.
"I am figuring on one month for 'he
heads of states, another month during
which their chief lieutenants will carry
on the work, and then perhaps a tying
in of loose ends during a third month,"
said a usually very well informed
diplomat to-day.
All of which carries the assumption
that the big problems will be attacked
and solved if possible immediately af?
ter the council convenes and that the
lines of the final agreement will have
been broadly sketched before the end
of the first month.
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I Washington Records Earth
Shocks 1,700 Miles South
WASHINGTON, Sept. 11.?An earth?
quake, described as very severe, was re
i corded early to-day at the Georgetown
University seismographical observatory.
The tremors began at 11:21 last night
and continued until 2 o'clock. The ob?
servatory estimated the center of the
disturbance to be about 1,700 miles
<?')'? th of M'T^him'ton.
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From pail to palate, the
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Japan to Drop
21 Demands if
Given Territory
New Proposal Provides for
a 99?Year Extension of
its Lease in Port Arthur,
Dairen and Manchuria
Seeks to Hasten Action
Wants Deal Closed Before
Arms Conference, Tints ?
Anticipating Its Program
TOKIO, Sept. 10 (By The Associated
Press).? Reports from China thnt
Japan is disposed under certain con- 1
ditiohs to discard her famous "Twenty- '
one demands" made upon China in 191 f>
nre considered to-day in an article in ;
the "Nichi Nichi Shimbun."
The army favors a partial cancella?
tion of the demanda, says this news?
paper, provided Japan is permitted to ;
purchase rights and interests at Daire-n, [
Port Arthur arid in southern Manchuria ??
by extending Japan's lease in these re- I
gions for ninety-nine years, and ?iro- j
videel this arrangement can be com- ;
pleted before the; opening of the Wash- '
ington conference? on limitation of at- |
manient?. Such a lease was provided |
for In the "Twenty-one demands" !
treaty.
Part of Conference Program
The "Nichi Nichi" says this will con- i
stitute one feature of the recommenda?
tions on Japan's program at the Wash?
ington conference, and that upon the
successful carrying out of this part of
tfie Japanese program will be predi?
cated Japan's willingness to withdraw
her garrison from North and Central
China, provided China will open the
interior of the country for foreign
trade. The newspaper continues that
the general staff anel other influential
elements in the army arranged this
program after extensive deliberations
and afterward submitted it>to the For?
eign Office as representing Japan's
guieling principle at the conference.
The allegeel program also includes
the evacuation of Siberia after this con?
clusion of a RusSo-Japanese commer?
cial treaty. _ Adhering to views on the
pfoject previously announced, the army
is said to favor inutual reductions or
even tRe dismantling of fortifications
in the Pacific. Japan will advocate ?t
the conference, the newspaper says,
the maintenance of an army of twenty
one; divisions, as provideel for in Japan'?
recomrrtehdatlons to the League of da?
tions, belt if other powers faveir greater
mutual reductions Japan will follow
suit, taking into consid?ration Japan'*
belief In the? sincerity of other nation?
to the extent of thejir actual curtail?
ment.
The?re ire still a possibility that
Premier Hara may attend the Novem?
ber* conference in Washington, tA least
for n f/3W we-piks. Hfl wattle he obliged
to return, however, before the- opening
of the? Japanese Diet tit January, it is
saiel. Moreover, his going at all is
sniel to flepefld largely upon whether
Premiers Lloyd George of England
and Briand of France: decide to at?
tend.
Kato Likely to Jl>ad Delegation
Still, it j.-r ?.aid, pressing internal
economic matters may prevent Premier1
Hani's leaving the country, in wiiic-h
casi; Minister of Marine Kato is likely
to be maele Japan's chief delegate,
M. Shidehara, Japanese Ambassador at
Washington, belfig assigned thee hand?
ling of the purely diplomatie- problema
arising at the confereru?
Another plan being considered, ac?
cording to the: "Jiji Shimpo," is to iit
clude Viscount Chinda, formel' Ambas?
sador to Great. Britain, i.nd former
Minister of War Tanaka among th?
chief delegates. A definite announce-?
merit of the personnel of thn de'egn
tion is expected about September 20.
If Foreign Minister Uchida should
not be among the delegates', ii. '** con?
sidered probable that the Viee-Foreign
Minister, Masano Hanihara, who has
spent much time in Washington as sec?
retary to the Japanese Embassy there,
will have a place in the delegation,
This would be in accordance with the
favored idea of sending young diplo?
mats who aro thoroughly famili?r with
America.
The armv contingent of the delega?
tion has been definitely named, and is
headed by Major General Tanaka. He
will
cl
ill be accompanied by hit, ??-, ^"
uding Major General Harar? k
sven other officer?. ra*oa<-?b? ?*,,
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Mother Visits Police and S*.
Body of Auto Victim^
Mrs. Samuel Z?,-->Hr.skv o* yip
Street, Brooklyn, rent |,M ?Jj*
the Brownsville poli?- statt* b
about her nine-year-old sot,, Rok.V
was 8ii8?in?f. She to!r] thi fa?Kr
tenant that he had left home b
morning to go to the Hebrew ?"
,-U-hool at ?Stone Arenar. He h*i **
returned. :"
She described the e?otheg k, ?
worn when he left the house. F
fastened a locket from her -mi? J1
a picture of him in it and gave ?
the lieutenant. ' '??
A patrolman escorted her .
garage in '?if rea" of the station. Tr? "
was the bod? of an unidAi??? v*
there who had bi-f-n killed by .? ^
mobile. Mrs. BVclinsky looked T
boy and col1ap?ed. He was het wV'"
Park Idler From Mexico 1$
Arrest?! us Pur?? SnaflAfr
Timoce* Palacio, who carh? !<
two months ago ?? n Mexico and v.
been living in parks evor since *"'
arrested last night after a cha?? i*w
started in front of the Hotel Aster
a purse snat?-fter who had tried'f
seize a woman'.7- handbag,
Patrolman Twillati, who took bin
the West Forty-seventh Street w?
station, said hi?! priaonrr had an or?
penknife in his hand when he ?2S
him- uf-;
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