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XV' H 37M ?? fiur*. OKB CECT WASHINGTON, D. C.. The Weather Fair today; tomorrow cloudy and unseitled. Details on Page 8. Your Neighbort Appear in "In Your Neighborhood." Do you? See Page 9. 1 Representatives to Over ride it 4 to 1; Senators . To Sustain. HARDING OPPOSES CASH PATRIOTISM Sees Fearful Drain on the Treasury With Pensions And Rehabilitation. I'xercising his veto power in em- | phatlf nanner. President Harding j JcHurdj-y dealt the soldiers* bonus j bi'?l what happens to l>e a death I blow. He not only rejecteO the bill, j but in his message questioned the i policy of regarding patriotic serv ice with cash. Nothing: short of a political mir- | j acle can save the bill. Its sup porters practically have given up ' hope of miracles. p The House undoubtedly will over ride the veto by a wide majority tcday. but *n the Senate anti-bonu* forces appear to have control by two or three votes. Only thirty-three votes are needed to sustain the veto and the canvass yesterday indicated there would be thlrty-flve or thirty-six votes to support the President. PmNeat Explains Actios. The President in explaining his action said: "I confess a regret that I must sound a note of disappointment to the many former service men who have the impression that it is as simple a matter for the government to bestow billions in peace as it was to expend billions In war. I regret to stand between them ana the pitiably small compensation proposed. I dislike to be out of ac cord with the majority of Congress which has voted the bestowal. The simple truth is that this bill pro poses a government obligation of mora than $4.090.000.000 without a provision of funds for the extraordi nary expenditure, which the execu tiTs branch of the government must f Usance in the face of difficult finan cial problems." Ha farther declared "a peace be ?tawal to the former service men. I ?? tfcough the supreme offering could he paid for with cash, is a perversion of public funds, a re- j ?srsal of the policy which exalted patriotic service in the past, and ? aggests that future defense is to he inspired by compensation rather than consciousness of duty to flag and country." Mr. Harding took occasion to call attention again to the money spent on disabled veterans which he said In the course of time would exceed f 25.000.000.000. He predicted in years to come Congress would be called upon to appropriate money for pensions to world war veterans and added that this would cost "more billions than I venture to suggest ." The government's ability to meet this prospective outlay would be seriously impaired, he argued, if the bonus bill became a law. V. S. Faces Deficit. # To mphasize further his conten tion that the Treasury cannot bear the additional burden of the bonus, the .President stated that the gov ernment was confronted by a de ficit of $630,000,000 for the current fiscal year and "a further deficit for the year succeeding, even after counting upon all interest collec tions on foreign indebtedness which the goverment Is likely to re ceive." "To add to our pledges to pav." he added, "except as necessity compel, must seem no less than governmen tal folly." The House heard the message in silence. There was a feeble ripple of applause, principally fror the Republican side. It was plain the House was ready to pass the bill promptly over the veto, but upon motion of Representative Mondell of Wyoming. Republican leader, ac tion was deferred until today to give members an opportunity to study it and to enable absentees to return." Mondell announced the question 'Imply be: "Shall the bill become a law. notwithstand ing the Presidential veto'" a two-thirds vote will b? necessary, but in spite of the fact that many members are absent it was esti mated that the vote will be 4 to 1 in favor of overriding the veto. Mmy Choke Debate. Debate may be shut off by r Leader Mondell. but this will not b? necessary, it was understood. Some time will be given to the Democratic leader. Finis GarrettJ an opponent of the measure after which the bill will be voted upon' and sent to the Senate within an hour and a half after the House has met. Proponents intimated that noth ing will be done to alter the meas ure in the House to provide means It was admitted the Presidential objection might be partially re moved by providing payment through the operation of a sales tax. but no such expedient will be considered, it was said. The present bonus bill was re ported to the House from the Way* and Means Committee March 1?, and passed -March 23 by a vote of 333 to 70. It reached the Senate June 8 and was passed August 31 by a vote of 47 to 22. BR IT AI Nl?R E PARES TO DISCUSS DEBTS LONDON, Sept. 19.?Great Britain! *111 begin negotiations at Washing :on regarding the repayment of her sar debt late next month. This was Jiselosed by the announcement that i Sir Robert Hr?rn?\ chancellor of the >xcheq?jer. will sail for the United tatee October 18. head of the Brit ish debt funding commission. He impes to return to London for the toening of 1'arliament in November. p ? What Are You Going to Do When a Fellow That Wat Called Out On First Insists On Stealing Home?By J. N. Darling. OHIO LIQUOR ISSUE ' TO BE BIG FACTOR IN FALL ELECTON State Supreme Court Rul ing for Referendum Stirs Factions. COLUMBUS. Ohio. Sept. 19 -r-Thc j decision of the State supreme court I that voters this fall will have an op- j portunity to express themselves on a constitutional amendment legal- j izing light beer and wines means j that Ohio will probably stage the | | biggest fight over prohibition of the ! year. Feeling has been general that ; Senator Pomerene's natural Demo- ; cratlc strength, coupled with a strong support of Republican busi- j ness interests, would carry him over i despite President Harding's 400.000 j margin over Cox in 1020. Now. how- i ever, the wet and dry issue promises j to become a tremendous factor in ) the whole political situation here. ; Representative Fess. the Republi- j | can nominee, is an out and out dry | 1 and has always taken the position | that he would act exactly as the j ' voters of the State dictated when | ; passing upon the prohibition issue, j j Pomerene's position has been that of j [ a wet when Ohio was wet and when | j Ohio voted dry he has voted dry. The Anti-Saloon league of Ohio. ' one of the strongest organizations j of its kind in the country, has ac- j | cepted the challenge made by the J : wets to test out public sentiment i ! on beers and light wines. The last | I time the State held a referendum j on the question it voted dry. Ohio therefore this fall will be I j th? foremost, if not the only State, to register the actual reaction of j the people during recent years on complete prohibition. J. A. White, superintendent of 'the Ohio Anti-Saloon League, j opened the fight of the drys im j mediately after the court's decision j to put the question on the ballot. "The decision of the supreme j court." White declared, "will give ] . the outlawed brewers and bootleg- I | gers an opportunity to undertake | to legalize in Ohio what the Fed ! eral law prohibits. It will also 1 have the effect of breaking down j law enforcement in Ohio. "We call upon the loyal citizens ! of the State to help repel at the i | polls this attempted nullification j ! of the supreme law of the land." j OCTOBER 29 FIRE PREVENTION WEEK pistrict Commissioners will issue a proclamation setting aside the week of j October 1 to 9 as Fire Prevention ? Week. The committee to be appointed will | be the same as that serving last year ! with the addition of the name of David M. I-ea. representing the U. S. Chamber of Commerce. Other mem- j bers are Charles W. Da it, chairman. Chamber of Commerce: Frank P. T-eetch, Board of Trade; Eugene Young, Merchants and Manufacturers Association; W. P. Rayner. City Club; ; Ford E. Young. Kiwanis Club; C. P. < Benn?. Underwriters Club; Ralph W. I L*ee. Rotary Club; E. B. Henderson, ' Federation of Citizens Association; j Dr. W. A. Warfield, Freedman's Hos pital; Dr. Emmet J. Scott. Howard University; Bishop I. N. Ross; George j S. Watson, chief engineer of the fire j department; and L. V. Seib, fire mar- ( ? shal. i STRIKE ON N. Y. C. ENDS WITH PACT No Reference Is Made in the Agreement to Seniority Rights. Home-making BEATS POLITICS Twenty-two Per Cent in Woman's Party Lack Other Occupation. "Home-making" still is the chief occupation of women, the National Woman's Party announced yesterday after completing an occupational census of its members. More than 22 per cent of the members gave their profession as "home-maker;" govern ment workers are next with 12.5 per cent: business wo men, 11 per cent; teachers. 9.9 per cent; and after these, in the order named, come doc tors, writers, social workers, lawyers, librarians, nurses, dentists, musicians, journal ists, singers, actresses, scien tists. farmers, politicians and architects. NEW YORK. Sept. 19?The rail road shopmen's strike on the New York Central lines was formally ended with the signing of an agree ment between the company officials and representatives of the shop crafts union here late today. The settlement conforms with the Baltimore agreement and provides that the men are to be returned as fas as positions can be arranged. Nothing is said about seniority. Twenty-five thousand striking em ployes are affected. "Employes now on strike will re turn to work as rapidly as positions can be arranged for them," said a formal statement. "All will be re turned within thirty days from the date of this agreement. Arrange ments for their return are to be worked out locally between their representatives and officers of the company at the various points." Hitch in Agreement Halts Strikers' Return CHARLOTTE, N. C.. Sept. 1?.? Ninety striking shopmen here and 1,700 at Spencer, refused to return to work in the Southern shops today. Union officials claim there is some hitch in the agreement which they de mand be cleared up before they will allow the men to return to work. They refused to state th? nature of the "difficulty. Would Bar Injunction*. Representative Thomas D. Schall, the blind Congressman from Minne sota. has introduced a bill to amend the Clayton Act so as to make such injunctions as the Daugherty rail strike injunction illegal. COMRADES IN ARMS OF DR. BRYSON ARE BARRED FROM JURY Mystery Woman in Court room Arouses Curiosity I Of Spectators. HUNTINGDON. Pa.. Sept. \9.?'The jury which will decide whether Dr. Herbert Bryson. former Washing ton physician and war hero, must die for the murder of Mrs. Helen Irene Haines, has been completed. All women jurors called to the stand were peremptorily challenged | by the prosecution. One man was challenged after it was learned he ; had been overseas two years ana had served In some of the five en- ! gagements in which Dr. Bryson's ; division participated. Every man who entered the jury box was on j oath that he was in no wise i prejudiced against a defense for murder based on insanity. Dr. I Bryson's counsel fought for half an j hour before the court finally ruled that such a question was not ob jectionable. flrj*on llrokrn Man. Dr. Bryson for the first time in several months was led from his j cell. As he entered the court room | he appeared a broken man. He 5 dragged his left leg slightly, his face was inscrutable, his eyes with out expression He sat beside his mother. Mrs. Elizabeth Bryson. of Washington, who. although 71 years old. Is tak ing an active interest in the fight for her boy's life. She was the only person seated between Dr. Bryson and the "woman of mys tery," who entered this morning, a few moments before the trial be gan. The latter is a blonde of about 30. possessing a fragile beauty which was displayed when the in tense heat forced her to throw? aside her veil for a short time. Wnmnn fa Mywtery. Attorneys for the prosecution said they did not know this woman. If attorneys for the defense know her Identity they guarded their se cret closely. She Is accompanied by an elderly woman, dressed in gray and black The two registered at a hotel here as Mrs. McCleary, bf Ohio. An in vestigation disclosed, however, that they came tQ Huntingdon from the East. ARRESTED ON VISIT TO FRIEND IN JAIL Roger Driver, colored. 21 years old. 1531 Eleventh street northwest, was arrested yesterday while visiting a friend in the District Jail. Driver is said to have been seen to hand over some obscene pictures to his friend. A call to the Fifth precinct, brought Policeman George North, who arrested Driver on a charge of violating sec tion 872 of the District code. He was locked up in default of $600 bond. Arrest Alleged Bookmaker. Charged with making handbooks on the races. Robert Lee Cisell, 48 years old. 503 Eighth street southwest, was arrested yesterday afternoon by De tective Messer. Cissell was released oa bond (J* S3.000. Last Moment Error Pre vents Transmission To President. ADAMS DEFENDS NEW SCHEDULES Denounces Talk of "Rob ber Rates"?Predicts Prosperity. The Fordney-McCumber tariff bill will become law at midnight tonight. The Senate by a vote of 43 to J* yesterday approved the conference report and If there had not been an unexpected complication In connec tlon with a minor correction in the engrossed copy of the bill. It would have been taken to Ihe Prealdent last night and the new duties would have become effective at midnight. The bill will be signed by the Speaker of the House and the Presi dent of the Senate today at noon,, immediately after the two houses convene. It will reach the President early in the afternoon. The under stand^ is that he will sign It at once. The 1*111 provides that the new duties shall become effective the day following Its enactment. Importers who are making eleventh-hour efforts to get their (roods through the customs houses before the new law becomes ef fective. will have a final day of grace. Five Republican* Vote X*. Five Republican* voted against the conference report. They were: Senators Borah, of Idaho; Cameron. : of Arizona; Cummins, of Iowa; and j l^enroot and LaFollette. of Wiscon sin. It was announced that Senator | Norris. jjf Nebraska, also would have voted against it if he had been present. Tw0 Democrats. Senators Brous sard and Ransdell. of Louisiana. voted for the bill. During the final debate on the measure. It* provisions were de fended by Senator Smoot, of Utah. Republican, and assailed by Sena tors Underwood, of Alabama, and Harrison, of Mississippi. Democrats. Senator Smoot expressed rcgr-t that th? bill will not be on th^ jttau^fe I&oks long enough to prove Its value to the American P?*p1c In advance of the November elec tion. ?Thirty-eight per cent or Mie Democratic Senators have voted for amendment* which would increase rates of duty." said Senator Smoot. "Forty-two per cent of them have voted against amendments which would lower rates o* duty." I'ndenvood Flays Rates. "You propose to put a tax on for the benefit of special interests that In most cases more than double the existing rates." said Senator Underwood . who denounced tfle bill in unsparing terms. "The rates in the bill are higher than in the Ding ev bill and higher than in the Payne-Aldrlch bill, which the Amer ican people repudiated.' The bill is based, generally, on foreign, valuation as the basis for determining duties. Dyes, however, are based on American valuation and in the "elastic tarlfT provisions" of the bill, authority Is granted th* President to raise or lower rates not more than 50 per cent, and to change from foreign valuation to American valuation if he deter mines this course essential to dif ferentiate between costs of produc tion here and abroad. Most of the rates on the so-called basic commodities of the bill are higher than in any previous law. Adam* Defend* Law. John T. Adams, chairman of the Republican National Committee, issued the following statement re garding the new tariff law. "The enactment of a permanent protective tariff marks the begin ning of another era of good times in the United States. It guarantees to employer and employe, alike, se curity from destructive foreign competition. It affords protection to all sections of the country and all classes of producers. It has been correctly styled an all-Amer Ican protective tariff. "The principle of protective tarifT has been known as the 'American policy' since the days of Henryf Clay. The Republican party from the date of its birth has been tho constant advocate of that policy. Whenever it was in power it saw to it that there was a protective tariff in operation. "The newly-enacted tariff law* like all protective tarifT laws, has met with denunciation and misrep resentation. There never has been a protective tariff enacted which the opposition did not characterize a 'robber* tariff. There never has been a protective tariff enacted thai the opposition did not brand it as ?the most iniquitous.' Yet there never has been a protective tariff that did not bring good times in the form of steady employment and good wages to the working people, which was instantly reflected in prosperity to all branches of busi ness and commerce. There never has been a protective tariff th?t closed a factory or threw a work ingman out of a job. "The newly-enacted tariff has met with the chage that it will increase the cost of living. The cost of living is determined by the amount of money there is left in the pay envelope after all the expenses of the household have been met. Under a protective tariff this amount has always been greater than under free trade. There can not possibly be any higher cost of living than that of being out of a job. It little matters to the working man how cheaply he may buy commodities if he has no money wherewith to buy. "The operation of the law will Im mediately check the flood of foreign imports which has been steadily in creasing during the past, year to the injury of American Industries and the impairment of the prosperity of all tha neonlA.** RUMANIANS FIGHT RUSSIAN INVADERS; TURK CHIEF ADVANCES ON NEUTRAL ZONE; BRITISH GUNS READY TO BLOCK KEMAL ? : ?? SLAVS CROSS RIVER Open Fight on Right Bank Of Dniester With Border Patrol. REFUGEES CROWD INTO STAMBOUL Nationalists Predict At tack Before Greek Army Can Reorganize. I CONSTANTINOPLE. Sept. If.?A large band of Rofiiaiu crossed the Dniester River Saturday night and took up a position on the right bank, i where it was engaged bv a Rumanian border patrol the following day. At last report?, the fight continued. No further details are available. Kemal Near Nentral Zon?v 'Copyrifht. lMt.) CONSTANTINOPLH Sept. It.? Mustspha Kemal. commander of the Turkish Nationalist armies na* left ! Smyrna and Is going to Nicomedjia. [near Ismid J He thus approaches the neutral sone about the straits, which th*? allies I have warned must be respected. Kemal's movements are taken to ( Indicate that he is preparing to deter- i mine whether to seek peace, or bring ? on war through an attack directed .ijcainst Constantinople. Meanwhile, thousands of Greek refu gees and Bolshevist elements are fill in* the city. Disorders and plllaginc are feared, and authorities are taking j precautions to preserve order. Greek Troop? Mutinous. Reports reaching here tell of muti : nies among the Greek troops in i Thrace. Fearintr a reign of terror and atrocities in event the Turks re gain Constantinople, either by iorc? or negotiation. Christians are fire- J ine the city ki lame numbers. One thousand Greeks besieged Greek consulate today seeking passport visas. They said they would fall fall victims to the Turks i If Kemal enters the city. B>U?r memories *u|v.n? Jit ] the hands of tho Turks is reapor.si ! ble for the terror of the <"*hr?*tlans. i ' Tales of outrages which have heen handed by word of mouth '"or gen ; orations are rising to frighten ihe ! I Christ ans as the spectre of a new ! i Turkish recime appears. Predict Ssldfn Attnek. There would be a panic if Kemal should attack Constantinople. Un. official nationalist circles here are : convinced that he will attack ss j quickly as possible to prevent the j ; Greeks from reforming a strong j front in Thrace. Reports are in circualtion here that the Turks here ha\> serrerly organized and are ready for an up rising when the signal is given. j Meanwhile the allied high com- 1 missioners have renewed their 1 warning to the Aneora government in a note to the local Kemallst rep resentative advising him that a vlo. I lation of the neutrality of the j Straits or Constantinople will serl- I j ous prejudice future peace negotia j tions. Italy See? W?r la Few Daya. ROME. Sept. If.?Italy s&ees a war in the Near East within a few days, with England Rumania and Jugo-Slavta fighting Turkey, Bul garia and Russia. A high personage in the Ttalianj foreign office today, said: "England is playing with dangerous fire. She will not listen to Italy's urging* fori a conference to settle the Near East , i question amicably. She did not even! answer our last note, which was j sent five days ago. Kemal's victo-J , rious army will not wait indefinite- , ly. The Turkish army in Thrace is 4ft.000 strong. It formerly was un der Giafar Pasha, is well equipped and can be mobilised in Eastern Thrace at one month's notice. Runklfl Ready t* Fight. "Altogether Turkey can mobolire 200 000 or 300.000 men. It can read ily occupy Gallipoll. Adrianople and Constantinople. The allies have only 40.000 men at Constantinople. In the event of conflict Italy will take away its own men on Italian war vessels. It has already served notice on England that she will not fight Turkey. "The conflict will spread, for Rus sia. besides aiding the Turks, will fall on Rumania and Poland, settle old scores and regain territory lost by peace treaties. This being the great immediate danger, we are at a loss to understand England's game at refusing a peace confer ence." District Accepts Air Convention's Invitation An invitation to attend the Aero nautical Convention in Baltimore Fri day and Saturday was received yes ' terday by the District Commissioners and accepted. Paul Henderson, aecond assistant postmaster general, and Carl F. Egge. general superintendent of the Air Service, were appointed to represent the District. The convention will be attended by officials from Pennsylvania. Virginia, Maryland, and from the District. Firemen Will Stage Consolation Dinner The District's flre-flghtlng force has arranged a "get-together" banquet ' for Saturday night at which those present will give and receive condo lences for the defeat by the police In the recent interdepartment game. Several prises will be distributed > The District Commissioners have an ! nounced they will attend. The ban quet will be held at the N?w Ebbltt ?t t a m. Labor fights BRITISH POLICY Regards Lloyd George as Menace to Peace of The World. LONDON. Sept. 1 J?A mo lution will be offered at Labor*! anti-war demonstration tomor row condemning Premier Lloyd George. "We regard him a* a public dancer to the peace of the world and demand an immediate elec tion In order to rive the elect ors an opportunity for ending his disastrous goTernment." says the resolution. It expresses the view that the Turkish crisis. threatening Britain with war. Is a direct re sult of the foreign policy of the Premier. Bones of Early N. Y. Settlers Dumped in Sea Remains of Revolutionary Heroes Unceremoni ously Handled. NEW YORK. Sept. 19.?Two mo tor trucks loaded with human bones, the remains of several hun dred of New York's early settlers. ' some of them possibly Minute Men heroes of the American revolution and American soldiers of the war of 1812. were ingloriously and un ceremoniously dumped into the ocen today from a city rubbish scow. Workmen employed by a con struction company axcavating a cellar dug up the ancient church yard. Old brownstone tombstones with naxm>* and dates, the latest of which was 1t29. were unearthed In one comer of the plot when a brick vauM was broken open ft?#* excavator* discovered human skulls and other bones. It was evident that there had been a reinterment, possibly some sixty years ago when a public school was erected on the spot. The foreman of the construction ! job called up police headquarters and asked what to do with the human remains. "Oh. throw 'em down on the dump." he was instructed, he say*. So a gang of Italian workmen with shovels loaded the bones of many of Manhattan's pioneer citi xens into the trucks and dumped them on a scow in the river. JACKSON TRAGEDY LAYS BARE STORY OF WOMAN'S LOVE Dead Miner's Wife Comes Back .and Number 2 Tries Suicide. JACKSON. Cal.. Sept. 1??The bodies of the forty-seven Argona.ut miners are coming out of the ground. Arrangements are being made for inquest and for funerals. 1 The story has been told. j There is but one thing left to tell j?the love story of Charley Fitz jgerald, one of the forty-seven. and Emily Brown. Fitzgerald lived for many years in Jackson with his wife. They j had two children. One day Mrs Fitzgerald left her husband and !Vi ??n7T*B^ 11 was ? ,on* ,lm* un til Emily cfcme to mother them. Emily fell ln love with Charley, he braved everything, that she might care for him and his chil dren. The neighbors treated her kindly and calld eer Mrse Fits ierald. Si* months they lived thus. Then the fire broke out ln the Argonaut mine and trapped Fitagerald and his forty-six comrades. The charity workers came to Jackson. They, too. treated Emily as though she were Mrs. Fitzgerald?until the real Mrs. Fitzgerald came back to Jackson. Her coming made a difference In Emily's position. The pay check that was to have gone to Emily did not go to her. The money to be awarded by the State Industrial Accident Commission will not go to Emily. Mrs. Fitzgerald made It clear that she wanted the money, r.ot for herself, but for her children. Incidentally, she took the check away from Emily. Emily began to treated as an outcast Only Mrs. Murphy, next door, saw anything of her during the last few weeka of the search for the bodie*. Mrs. Murphy and Emily weer out at the mine last night when the news came ln. Mrs. Murphy* hus band. coming op from the sepulchre broke the news gently Emilv went home without a word. She had hoped that Charley would come back from the dead. But with Charley gone from her and Char leys children and even hla name taken from her?she felt the end had come. She swallowed a bottle of lyaol. Mrs. Murphy had suspected Emily would try suicide and arrived Just In time <o get a doctor and save the girl's life She will recoven tha doctor say*. i I Eight Battalions Are En trenched at Chanak,* Aided by Artillery. SHIP BATTERIES OUTRANGE TURKS Nationalist Leader Lacks Transports and Guns To Protect Them LONDON. Sept It-?With Ores' Britain ready for any eveattiaHty the next move In the Near East situation depend? on whether K? mal Pasha gives aasurances that h' Intends to respect the neutral ?nn? around Constantinople or under takes to advance Into the neutral district In defiance of the alii d warninft If assurances are received that no advance is contemplated. s movement for a Near East peace ronference will be started at owee. Rut If the Turks advance. run? from the British fleet anchors it the Dardanelles will provide tU? answer. S?? far there is no ?"rr tainty which path the Turks will lake. Traaps Kalrearked at Ckaaak. Great Britain's situation in thr Near East Is made stronger by thr fact that no offensive operation inland are contemplated. Britain will rely almost entire?\ on the big runs of her fleet t? keep the Turk* from attempting t? cross the straits to the European aide though troops are being ??.?? - cent rated In the rerlon "f r-bs*ta\ or tbe Asiatic side. Eight 1st talions of infantry, a brigade ?? fleld artillery and a regim-nt ??* cavalry are already entrenched *t Chanak. while additional battalion* and heavy howitxers arc on the way. This la a small fore* to send against kemala 100.006?whbh probably will be doubled In a fe\ meeks?but tbe Brit lib stragei i position tr so strong that numh?-r? Can be defled The (treat Britiah battleship* have runs which far outclass a?> - thing: Kemal haa. even admitting he captured huM qtiantities of ordnance from the Greeks. Gasa Caver 2*-Mile Raage. The big batteries of the l^n Duke. Kin* OtoTft. Ben hew. Marl borough. Ajax and Centurion?ea?h mounting fifteen guns of 1 Z.~* inches caliber?can cover a rsnge of twenty miles. Kemal has noth ing larger than 5.2-inch runs, so far as is known, and he will And it exceedingly difficult to transport them with facility, owing to the nature of the terrain Smaller British craft are hand to work closer to the shor? The air craft force is being hea\?4? strengthened and will be an excep tionally valuable aid in detectiar Turk troop concentration*, Kemals' weakest point Is tn his lack of transport and protection for It. The few carriers he ha* been able to collect could b? smashed up like top ships by the powerful British runs, should th* Turk leader attempt t0 ferry his troops across the Dardanelles. Cabinet Deflea Critics. Meanwhile the government's trtr plans threaten to precipitate % crista at home. In face of the smashlnr campaign against the government's Near East policy which the Northcllffe pr<*at and the laborites are conducting, the cabinet is not only standing if* ground, but Is strengthening fts determination to fight the Turks if persuasion fails to hold back Kernel This Is seen in the emphatic, declaration following today's cabf. net meeting to the effect that In no case will the Kemallsts be allowed to cross the Straits until the terms of peace have been agreed upon. The government, it was stated, is satisfied that any attempt tn crass the Straits can be stopped, if neces say. by naval action alone. Defends Ita FoIHm. The cabinet asaumed full re sponsibility for the declaration made laat Saturday in which tbe dominions were called on t? aasist in a Near East military campaigr. should one be necessary This last stroke was aimed t0 ailence the charge that the government has de cided the Saturday statement w&a a blunder and was rylng t0 bark down. . Lord Cunon s trip to Paris is be lieved to have been decided upon to preaerve at least a semblance of al lied unity, despite tbe derision of the French cabinet to remain aloof The British foreign minister also is expected to discuss peace terms with Polncare and attempt to ar range some basis for eventusl ne gotiations France and Great Brit ain are not only divided regarilnr defensive measures, but are driftine into a split regarding the ultimate aettlement. Italy Withdrawn Troop*. Official notice from France of the withdrawal of French troops from Chanak. on the Aa'.atlc side ??f the Dardaneilea, has been received by the foreign office. Italy has also withdrawn her small force and sta tioned it temporarily at Constan tinople. Great Britain deprecates this re. luetance of France and Italy to pro vide a ahare of the military forces that are guardlnc the Straits against violation by the Turks There is a feeling in government circles here that France and Ttal* are over-chary about the danger ??f losing a few soldiers In event Kemal precipitate* a clash Mili tary authorities have succeeded In reviving confidence in Great Ret ains ability to hold the Par*s? Coaftaaed m Page Ttsa.