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The Weat/tcr Partly cloudy today; fair tomorrow. Full details on page 2. NIWBF.R. I7M WASHINGTON. D. C.. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21. 1922. ? Your Neighbors Appear in "In Your. Neighborhood." Do you? See Page 11. House Decisively Overrides President, 258 to 54. ACT TO ADJOURN TOMORROW AT 2 Special Session in No vember Likely?Coal Bill Passed. The Soldiers' bonus bill Is dead. President Harding's veto was sustained In the Senate yesterday by a rote of 28 to 44 after it had been overriden In the House by the decisive majority of 258 to 54. Re-enforced by the defection of Senator McKinley of Illinois, and Senator Cameron, of Arizona, both Republicans, and aided by the ab sence of three "unpaired" support ers of the bill. the anti-bonus forces mustered more than they needed to uphold the President. Seventy-two Senators were pres- j ent and voting. To have obtained the necessary two-thirds to over ride the President's veto, the bonus advocates would have had to cast 48 votes. They fell four short of the mark. Finaj defeat of the bonus, ending a three-years' struggle to enact it into law came with dramatic swift ness. Home Repudiation 5 to 1. Immediately after convening, the House, without debate, proceeded ta vote on the question of pasaing the bill over Mr. Hardlrfg's objection. The resolution was an emphatic and overwhelming repudiation of the Executive's veto. The vote was nearly five to one, exactly the same ratio by which the bill passed several months ago. The measure was then rushed to the Senate where after a few hours' debate it Vaa killed. Only tw0 changes In thl Senate line - up were brought about by President Harding's veto. An nouncement was made that Senator McKinley now in Europe, if pres ent. would have voted to sustain the President. He was paired with Senator Caraway, of Arkansas, and Senator Jones, of New Mexico. Democrat, who, if present would have voted to override the veto. Senator Cameron who favored the bill when it passed the Senate several weeks ago. was on hand to cast his vote in favor of the veto. Thirty-flve Republicans and nineteen Democrats voted to sus tain the veto In the House while I 1*8 Republicans and sixty-nine j Democrats voted to override It. I President Harding's support came j largely from the East. He received j some aid from the Southern Demo- j crats. In the House, only seven ' votes were cast in favor of the veto ' by Republicans from States west of the Allesrneny Mountains and north j of the Mason and Dixon line. The Vote In Detail. The vote in the Senate which ! killed the bonus was as follows: To *n*taln the veto: nrpiih'k mx?Hall. Rorah. raider, fa me ro?. Dillingham. DuPont. Kdjce, j i:rn*l FersaM. France. Here*, ".lone*. \e|9M?aa. >en. \ewherry, pep per. Pfeipp*. Heed of Penn*yKanla. Smoot. Sterling and Wadnuorth. Demorraio Dial. Glami. tlyera. ' "wr>. shield*. I ndemood and ! W illiam*. To override (he veto: Pepnblican*?llrnndejcee. Rurauin. j * apper, C olt. Cummin*. Curtl*. Good ing Dale. Ilarreld. Jnaea of \Va?h. Intr toM. Kelloacs. I.n Follette. I.en r?oi. I'Odee. XcCormlck. NcCumber, Hel.ean. McNarv. \irbol*on, Nor heek. Oddle. Kawnon, Shortrldce. *fat*fleld. Sutherland. Town*end and at*??ri of Indiana. Democrat*? V*hur*t. Rronnntrd. ?'alher*on. Fletcher. Kerry. Ilarrl- ' *on. llefTIin. Hitchcock. McKellar, j ICan*deli. Deed of >1 i*.*our|. Robin- I *?". Sheppard. Simmon*. Smith. Trammel| and Ual*h of Mamiachn *ett*. Heed %**ail* President. Senator Reed. of Missouri, bit- j terly assailed the President's veto 1 message. * "The President." he said, "is al ways a humorist, unconsciously perhaps, but always a humorist. J He fj:lis this class legislation. At this very moment lie is prepared to j sign t:?e tariff bill which sticks th-j hand of the profiteer into the pocket J of every American. "It taxes everything from the swaddling clothes of the baby to the | lining of the coffin in which old age ! is laid away. Why can't we have j some legislation for the class that | lino of battle in the world %'arT* The galleries burst into loud ap plause and doorkeepers were busy for a few moments restoring order. Julius II liarnes, president of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, sent to President Harding a telegram saying: "Every uninjured veteran should 'lank you that his patriotic service is not stamped with the dollar mark. -Every disabled veteran should thank yo-i that hv this action better j care and support are assured to him.'* llon*e to Adjourn Tomorrow. The House, after overriding the veto, agreed to adjourn sine die at 2 o'clock tomorrow. The Senate, bavin*.? passed the coal commission bill without a record vote, immedi ately following its action on the bonus veto now hopes to quit about the sam? time. Despite a marked disinclination j Continued, .n page Tico. i Dry Men Defied By British Ship; Up to Diplomats English Captain, Outside 2-Mile Limit, Denies Right of Search. NEW YORK. Sept. 20?May pro hibition agents board and search a, vessel flying a foreign flag beyond the three-mile limit? This question, asked many times recently, has been put squarely before the American and British governments. This was evident Wednesday when Ca*>t. Shear, of the yacht On ward. flying the British flag, refused to allow agents to come aboari. and actually tore the hands of one agent from the guardrail of his boat. ? . Throwing his own searchlight on the Union Jack when the yacht was a few miles ofP Long Branch, the captain tolc^ the agents they would take their liver in their hands if they made the search. No attempt was made by the agents to commit suicide, but a lensrthy report was fl'ed In Wasn ington and a duplicate copy sent to London by Capt. Tawes of the pro hibition cutter "Hahn," the would be raider in Wednesday's escapade. DAUGHERTY PLEA FOR STRIKE BAN UP FOR DECISION Final Arguments on Re quest for Injunction In Chicago Today. CHICAGO. Sept. 20.?Whether the Daughertv injunction is to stand cr be quashed may be known tomorrow. The hearing on the government's petition for a permanent restrain ing Injunction against striking rail- < road shopmen, many of whom have now returned to work, will be con cluded Thursday and Judge Wllker son's decision i8 expected to follow almost immediately. Donald R. Rlchberg. attorney for the strikers, will stress his charge that the strike was "framed b.v Wall street to break the unions" In his final argument to the court Thursday morning. Blackburn Esterllne. assistant so licitor general, will then present the government's argument in re buttal and the case will be in the hands of Judge Wllkerson. May Ignore Defease Charge. Estedlne charged Wednesday that the violence occurring since the strike began showed a "nationwide conspiracy on the part of the strikers to destroy interstate commerce." ,n rebuttal to Rlchberg's denials of the conspiracy and countercharges of conspiracy by the railroads he may ignore the second item In adherence to the course ha has thus far pur sued. Sensational charges by Rlchberg I featured Wednesday's hearing. The railroads have gone to undreamed- j of lengths to "break" the show men's union, he declared. Affidavits and exhibits purporting to prove this were Intoduced. Individual roads were charged with: Forcing all employes to Join the new "company unions." Deducting dues for these organi zations fr0 memployes' pay by the "check-off sytem." Forcing every emplo? to sign an agreement to his discharge im mediately upon his joining any i other lafcor organization. Shops Almost Normal. Officials of railroads who have I adopted a stancf-pat attitude to-| ward the striking shopmen, and who remain outside the so-called j Baltimore agreement. announced; today that their mechanical de partments arc now running 75 to loO prP cent normal. It was also announced today that the Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad had definitely aligned itself with the standpatters. President W. J. Jackson, of the <"hicago and East ern Illinois, declared his road did not recognize any former employe who went on strike as having any rights and declined to negotiate with any committee. It Is estimated that SO.000 men! have returned to work on the va rious roads in the Baltimore agr??-_ J ment. Officials of roads west ?.f the Mississippi River are due to' mcet here October 2 for a confer ence with representatlvs of the big four brotherhoods to negotiate new agreements. 1 ntermyer ftnpx Committee. Announcement that he will be un able to act as chief prosecutor in the impeachment proceedings against Attorney General Daugherty be cause of the postponement of hear ings was made yesterday by Samuel Untermyer. noted New York lawyer, in a telegram to Representative Kel ler. Republican, of Minnesota, au thor of the impeachment resolution. Untermyer said that when bear ings are held in December he would be tied up with a legislative pro gram to be presented to the New York legislature, on behalf of the Lockwood investigating committee, and probably could not get to Wash ington. He assured Keller, however, that he would give such assistance as he could "from a distance." and suggested that Keller get some other attorney as chief counsel. Charge* **Parfl*an Reanons.** Untermyer charged that the judi ciary committee postponed hearings until December "for purely partisan reasons" and "because they did not dare permit a public hearing." "Mr. Daugherty's presence in Chicago." Untermyer declared, "is a flimsy pretext. That the At torney General would be anxious to meet these charges now and that the committee would have at least appointed a subcommittee to hear evidence during the recess, instead of ignominously taking to their heels. "If Innocent. Daugherty should be unwilling to remain under this cloud." Replying to criticism against the judiciary committee. Chairman Vol stead. declared the committee will be glad to give the case the fullest nvestigation at the proper time. Wonder How Many Times the Village Will Have to Burn Down Be fore They Will Organize Something Besides a Volunteer Fire Department.?By J. N. Darling. "BUDDIES" TRY TO AID BRYSON IN FIGHT FOR LIFE Declare Washington Sol dier-Physician Changed Since Days in France. HUNTINGDON. PA.. Sept. 20. ? Overseas war veterans from var ious parts of the United States ral lied hero Wednesday to testify on behalf of a broken, gray haired man, who a few years ago was an active soldier and an Idol (0 Amer ican fighting divisions. Testimony of these former "Bud dies" featured the first day of the trial of Dr. Herbert Bryson, former Washington physician and medical officer of the 117th Ammunition Train in France, now charged with the slaying of his pretty "love captive." Mrs. Irene Haines, wife of a Washington chauffeur. "Dr. Bryson was known as an efficient and intelligent officer, a broadminded and splendid soldier." testified Col. George F. Graham, of Boston, who knew him on the fir ing line. "I haven't seen him since April 1919. until today. He Is a total wreck physically since I saw him last. There appears to be a mental change." Wiliam Paddock, deputy gover nor of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston was another witness called by defense in an effort to pro^e an alibi of Insanity. "I have never seen such a .change in a man" said Paddock. "I talked of our friends and he seemed to brighten up some. Then he would lapse off into unintelligible remarks." The most important l'act devel oped by the prosecution was that Mrs. Helen Irene Haines tired of the monotony of the simple life of the village to which they fled. This fact was part of an ante mortem statement which Mrs. Haines made. GERMAN WORKMEN TO REBUILD FRANCE TAftlS. Sept., 20.?German work men will be imported by France to help rebuild devastated regions under the important agreement be tween the Brice group in France and the Lehrer-Yonsiemens group in Germany, it was announced to day Following on the heels of the Stinnes-Loudersac agreement in which Hugo Stinnes, German finan cier. contracted to supply at a good profit an enormous amount of material to the French devastated provinces, it is significant that in the new agreements large use will be made of German workmen and materials, which will reduce the Allied demands for cash repara tions and thereby lessen the pros pect of a future reparation crisis. "PRAY FOR PEACE," ORDER IN BRITAIN LONDON. Sept. 20.?The Federal Council of Free Churches in England has directed that prayers be offered in all free churches Sunday for peace and an escape from war in the Near East. Aims at Red Tape Tying Up Shoals Rep. Hull Would Let War Sec i retary Have Property, Re gardless of Congress. To break the deadlock In Cong j ress over the Muscle Shoals prob j lem. and permit development of the government water power and nitrate plants there for the benefit of the country. Representative Hull, Iowa, introduced a resolution yesterday authorizing the Secretary of War j to lease the properties under certain i conditions, without further consent of Congress. Representative Hull, a member of i the Military Affairs Committee. | favored the Henry Ford proposal to | lease the Muscle Shoals property i from the government, but he now j realizes it is unlikely that this | proposition can get anywhere. He j will press for action on his resolu I tion early in the next session of j Congress. HARDING WILL SIGN TARIFF BILL TODAY; FFFECTIVE TONIGHT President Postpones His Reception of New 'Pro tective" Measure. President Hardtnp will sign the i Fordney-McCumber tariff bill at 11 o'clock this morning in the pres ence of the Representative and Senator whose names are attached to the measure and a few others. This will make the duties of the new law effective at midnight to night. All preparations had been made for the signing of the bill yester day. The final formalities were dis. posed of in the Senate early in the afternoon and the bill was signed j by the Speaker of the House and | the President of the Senate im | mediately afterward. Roth Senator McCumber (N. P.), chairman of the Senate Finance Committee and Representative Fordnev (Mich.) chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee were anxious that it should bf signed yesterday and become ef fective at midnight. Representative Fordney tele phoned to the White House to in jure at what hour it would be con venient to bring the bill to the President. He proposed taking it down himself in order to be on hand when the President signed it. , He was informed, however, that it j would be more convenient for the i President to receive the tariff del- I egation at 11 o'clock this morning than to do so latle yesterday after- I noon as planned. Upon receipt of this w-ord from i the President. Mr. Fordney made arrangements for the ceremonies in connection with the signing of the bill today. He invited Senator Mc Cumber and the clerks of the com mittee of the two houses to ac company him. TIERNAN OFFERED TO SETTLE WITH POULIN FOR $200 | Wronged Husband Tells Of Deal Over Expense Of Child. SOUTH BEND. Ind.. Sept. 20 ? John P. Tiernan late thin afternoon j told the court how he had charged i Harry Poulin with the paternity t of his wife's third child and how Poulin had acknowledged his fatherhood, but begged for twenty, four hours in which to arrange a financial settlement. "I said 'Harry. Gus has told me everything.* And he said. 'Yes. it's I all true, but let's be friends. John.' and I said. 'No. we'll always be bitter enemies.' Offered to Settle for SUOO. "Poulin wanted to know how , much I would settle for and I said i it would be somewhere in the neighborhood of $200. hnit Mrs. I Tiernan would have to deride as she knew more about the bills for ! the birth of the child. He said, j 'Give me twenty-four hours to j think it over.' and he agreed to meet me at the same time and place the next day." Q. Did he meet you? A. H0 did not. Q. Did you hear from him? A. I did not. Almost as dramatic as the story of Poulin's admission of the pater nity of Mrs. Tlernan's child was Professor Tlernan's testimony re garding the time he informed Harry Poulin that "We have a baby " "I was just going to board a street car when I met Poulin going I to lunch. I called to htm. 'We've got a baby.' He said excitedly. 'Is it a boy or a girl?' I said, 'It Is a boy.' and he hung his head and walked away." Karlier in the afternoon Tiernan recounted the series of little things which, with cumulative value, are now recalled to emphasize the "friendly relations" between Mrs. Tiernan and Poulin. Hut the profes sor. intent on academic duties and the preparation of a legal treatise, did ,not r^ad the handwriting that primitive passion was writing on the '.vail. Recall* Bathing l'arty. He recalled his wife danced with Poulin four times to every time she danced with her husband. But. he said "I always had the first dfence with her." Tiernan had net altogether blot ted from memory, however, recol lection of a bathing party at Barron Lake in August. 1921. He had received his invitation "In directly" from Poulin to Mrs. Tier nan to himself. The party left at one In the afternoon, but he had official business to transact at the university. He ate supper at home and hurried out to the lake just in time to find Poulin acting as chef, assisted by the professors wife. And at the conclusion of the meal, said Mr. Tiernan. "Poulin walked around the table and kissed all the ladies, including Mrs. Tiernan." Names New Diplomat. ? President Harding yesterday sent to the Senate the nomination of Fred erick W. B. Coleman, Minneapolis, to be Minister to Ksthonia, Latvia and Lithuania. U.S. MAY SEND GEN. MARCH TO STAMBOUL; BRITAIN AND FRANCE AGREE TO PARLEY; KEMAL PUSHES ARMY CLOSE TO STRAITS Anglo-Turk Negotiations In Secret Aim to Find Basis for Peace. BRITISH ATTACKED ! IN MESOPOTAMIA Other Troops in Northern Irak Surrounded by Hostile Tribes. CONSTANTINOPLE. Sept. iO?Ad vance patrols of the Kemallst army i ar? reported to have reached Ezlne. I twenty-three miles from the Darda- I nelles A good German-built road con- i necta with the coaat, ao that the | Turk troops will have easy going' In case they plan to push on across | the neutral zone. Informal Anglo-Turk negotiations ] have started secretly. It Is learned. ' with a view of arranging the pre liminary basis for peace terms. It la understood that Great Britain Is' seeking assurance from Kemal that I he will respect the neutral zone ' An efTort Is also being made to! learn Kemal s real Intentions re-j I garding further military operations i and his minimum peace terms. CONSTANTINOPLE. Sept. 20._An j Anatolian agency announces a com- I munique from Mardln on the fron- : " of Irak several uprisings in j northern Mesopotamia, which are I rapidly becoming general. Abul Kert Bey. chief of the Hema- i *end tribe, has declared war against the British and has taken over j Sulalmanieh. ,Chem-Chemal and other nearby villages. The flrst en counter \vas In the locality of Inde- \ mlr. where his nfen killed a British I major, two captains *nd several bardment proved ineffective twenty f Inferred by the tribes of Slngehue and Dixane and attacked Allah!, de-I feitins a British g*rr1son and cap. | turing their arms, ammunition and twenty machine guns. Surrounded in Northern Irak. It is claimed that all the other British forces in northern Irak have j been surrounded or cut ofT from one I another and that an aeroplane bom bardment proved ineffective, twenty j planes having been brought down 1 I there lately. It Is claimed that the British are preparing to evacuate ' Mosul. Emir Feisal has been warned I j that if he accepts the British man | date for northe rn Irak he will meet , a worse fate than he got at Dam- I asevs. Lurking In the background of the Kear East crisis is the red army and the probability of an attack bv j j the Bolsheviks through Rumania. ) The skirmish between a Russian j band and a Rumanian border patrol, coupled with Foreign Minister Tchitcherin s hasty departure for Moscow has brought out in sharp i relief the Russian menace to Great! j Britain s position In the Dardanelles. Bulgaria Adds to Danger. The spirit of unrest In Bulgaria I adds to the danger of the situation, j If Kemal insists on carrying I through his threat to attack Con stantinople. none but British troops j will take the field. This Is a posi j "on ltl which Russia and other na- 1 I tiors have hoped for many vears to 1 And Great Britain. | In the meantime the tone of all! . the proclamations published in the I interior of Anatolia Indicates that ' the Nationalists are readv to carry j | through to a finish. (Copyright. lMt.1 Trotsky s Chief Denies Army Will Be Sent to Aid Turks MOSCOW. Sept. 20.?No Russian I army will be sent to Asia Minor or I elsewhere to help the Turks. The | ninth Russian or Caucasian army. about which there has been con siderable speculation abroad, will be I held to guard the Russian frontier* j especially the Baku oil fields. Rus- [ sian headquarters is informed that I | the Turkish army Is adequately' j equipped and strong enough to cap I ture Constantinople. These statements were made bv I , Leon Trotsky's chief of the general j staff, Gen. Danlloff. who Is chief commissar of the Red army staff Gen. Danlloff declared that it is more important for Russia to keep I the Caucasian army guarding the oil | field's against an outside attack than to help Turkey. (Copyright 1922.) Moslems in India Denounce British Policy in Near East CALCUTTA. Sept. 20?Demon strations in honor of Kemal 1'asha continue to take place throughout India. Moslem feeling is being ex cited to a higher ai d higher pitch as the Briti.f rov Inment still re fuses to accede to ihe demands of the Moslem world. Thousands of Moslems gathered at the city hall here last night and wildly cheered speeches denouncing the British policy in the Near East, and asserting that 7.000.000 Moslems in India are being angered to the point of emi*rating en masse to fight against the British. The stories of Turkish massacres are attributed to British propa ganda. while reports alleged to have been received from Greek prisoners stating that the fire In Smyrna was started by Greeks are accepted as the truth. "Great Britain seems to be pre paring to declare war on Islam/* shouted an orator. "But this time it Continued on Page Two. Bets premier WONT RESIGN Lloyds Accepts 4 to 1 on Lloyd George Sticking To Year's End. LONDON. Sept. 20?Odd* of 4 to 1 against the resig- I nation of Premier Lloyd George before the end of the year are now being: accepted by Lloyds. For a 10 per cent premium Lloyds guarantees against Turkish occupation of Con- ' I stantinople by force before October 1. VISCOUNT GREY PROTESTS POLICY OF LLOYD GEORGE Separate Action in Near East May Lead to Disaster, He Says. LONDON, Sept. 20.?Separate ac tion by Gr-at Britain in the Near East may lead to disaster. Viscount Grey, former foreign minister and Ambassador to the United States, de clared in a letter to the London Times protesting against the ag gressive. single-handed policy which IJremier Lloyd George hag been fol lowing in dealing with the Turkish crisis. Lord Grey pleaded for unity be tween Britain and France as the only couxpe that will avert serious dangers and possibly war. Among leaders of the Liberal party. In which the viscount is in fluential. a policy hat been formu lated which will result in further attacks on Lloyd George. Liberals consider the situation so gravs at present that (hey desire to refrsin from further embarrassing the gov ernment. Peril In Separate Anion. "If the government contemplates separate action In the Near East wo may be heading for disaster." Lord Grey said In bis letter. Pointing out that the Immediate question in the Near East is "one of safety and avoiding war." Lord Grey declared, "the situation will be lost bv sepa rate action; It may be saved by a real concert between Britain and France in which Italy would prob ably join." The Liberal leader asserted that the issuance last Saturday by the government of a scheme of action apparently without consulting France "was & terrible mistake - 'The reply of France." he added, "has be*n the withdrawal of the French flag from Chanak. If our mistake proves fatal to FYsnco-Brit ?ish co-operation the consequences may be more disastrous than thought can measure or words express. Mast Realise Common Danger. "But r.nw the one thing urgent Is that the British and French govern ments should be so dominated by a sense common danger and need for union that they should each forget to reproach the other. Almost any pol icy that is the outcome of union and confidence between the western allies may avert the m-orst dangers and save at any rate something." I^ord Grey recalled that the separate action with respect to Egypt In 1882 resulted in bad blood between Britain and France which "poisoned interna tional relations for twenty-two years."* | "A repetition of the situation at the I present time in the present circum stances will endanger everything which we hoped had been saved by ! the allied efforts and sacrifices in the i great war." the Liberal leader as ! serted. His Pen Mightier Than Holdup Guns Writes "Call the Police" on Check, and Causes Arrest Of Robber. SEW YORK. Sept. JO?"Call the police. Hold up!" This indorsement Instead of the usual signature on a check frus trated a holdup at the Hotel Com modore today and led to the ar rest of one of the gunmen. Byron Johnson was asleep In his room when tw0 men entered and demanded money at the point of a revolver. Johnson explained he had no funds in his room. They threatened to kill him. He suggested they go down to the lobby with him to cash a check. He wrote the alarm message on the back of the check. The holdup men kept him covered with guns | held tightly In their coat pockets | on the way to the desk. The clerk saw the written warn I ing. While the gunmen waited I for the check to be cashed he quietly called the police. One man escaped through the crowd as the 1 police appeared. Cave-In Kills Three. RICHLAND CENTER. Wis.. Sept. 20.?The three young daughters of Arthur Beatty. of Woodstock, were killed today when the root of an old root-cellar in which they were play ing. caved in. The girls were Lucille. 8; Marjorie. 6; and Clara. 4. ? REPORTS TO WEEKS Former Chief of Staff of Army Would Act as Observer. RUSSIA EXCLUDED: 6 NATIONS INVITED ? , Poincare Gives Assurance Kemal Will Postpone Attack on Allies. LONDON. Sept. ??.?Tho ?*n1te? States probably will have a ape clal. though unofficial, military ob server at Constant In op]* *hortly in ; tha person of Gen. Peyton C. ( March, former Chief of Staff of ' the United States army. Gen. ' , March In now in Londop and ia j . expected to go to Constantinople | aoon. His mission would he to act as j unofficial military?and to extent Political?observer for the I American government luring the I ; N*,%ar East crials. Has Hees T?H?g Farope. Since his retirement from the j *rmy a few months ago G-n. March has been touring Europe i submitting extensiva reports ??> | both President Hardin* and ?<*cr. ; tary of War Weeks regard.ng tae post-war militant and political s.t ustions in the vano ,? | had expected to proceed !r,;.ute ly to Constantinople within re j next month, but since the ;.ir. ut of war developed in the N#-ar i *-t he has been in cable . onimwni a - tlon with the War I?e.>*rtme-,t .t V* ashlngton. and as a result he may be ordered directly to Con- " j stantinople at once. The United States alread> is rep resented in the Near East bv \d miral Mark Bristol at Smyrna and | In Consul General Horton and Vies ; Consul Karnes at Constantinople Dispatches give the highest pra I to the efforts of the*e Aaseri<an j officials In relieving distress amon* ; tha refugees. ?rtt?|? nnd Kranre Afree. PARIS Sept 20.?Great Britain ? nd France have agreed to convene ; a Near East peace conference oulckly as possible to decie< whet} , r j Turkey shall be given a new foot* I hold in Europe. Japan will be invited to psrtic' also Italy. Greece. n>im>r"*_ j Jugo-Slavia and rej.r.-S'-rt-t: v# s .f Turkish Nationalists at Angora. Soviet Russia will be excluded -ie spite the decision of Kemal Fas.a that he will acree to no settlement formulated nlthout Russ'a. This conference prr.bablv w1P he held at Venice. Neither the Time nor tha place has been definite y ' fixed ? KeaaaalUts PMtfnsr Atffeeft. The decision to hold such a pes * meeting at once was reached duri < the first day of the convereat i..t,e between Premier Poincare and l?.?? d curxon. the British foreign minis ter. Poincare. 1t If learned, presented assurance* ->om the Kemalists th;,t they would make no effort a* perc ent to seise the straits but w.??.!? await the outcome of the p. ace con ference. The French premier e\ , pressed the hope that Great Britain would hold her war nlans in al*ev. snce until the alliea could fin* a common ground on which t? me. t the Turks with a peace pr?po?s' it is understo-vd that Poireare als^ at tempted to convince V?ord CUr7n that the continental bloc lncltj?l ? <? France. Italy. Rumania and Ju??. Slavia. is solidly against the Brlt , ish military policy in th^ Near Fast. Hear. Met Mmmmtm Tr??r?. Frsnce was spurred In her deVr* for esrly peace In the Near East l.e information that Soviet troop* *,?. now massed at certain frontier-, ready to move against Rumania ai.d Poland. Further, the government is 1n | formed that a secret treaty has heen negotiated between the 6o%i*-;? ! and Bulgaria. The omis?lon of Rutsla from f.a , list of nations invited to oon^. r aroused considerable diplomatic comment, and In some Quarters t j w** f?*srcd this might cause a h ? The Kemallats. it -as tfc?u?l. . miirht he disposed to insist tt it Russia be consulted about the <\ pos.tion of th- straits. Accord c to information r<-achtnit the K.n.r; mentf. the Turks are not dlspo- 4 to confer until (riven some sort f (assurances ln advance as* to ?h,t they may expect to derive In c. n i cessions. Poincare and Curxon will confer again Friday. Meantime the Brit. Ish minister will consult hi? govern ment and both Britain and Fran. ? ! will have an opportunity to sound ( out the Anrora government. Patches I p Ksteste. Poincare is not expected to par. I tidpate personally in the peace con ference. The decision to summon the inter I national conference is recarded as auguring a greater degrer of m operation between Franca a: I Britain. French opinion as reflected In of ficial circle* and in the prtes U tfcat the most important problem bef..ra Premier Poincare and Lord Curtns Is to repair the damage done to tlie Franco-British entent? and hrMtt the chasm between the two nati? us csn*ed by Llovd George's recent a? tlons. Tilt* Is regarded as even more iw I portant here than the settlement of j the Near Eastern problem Ucrai -?? ? I It concerns the entire trend nd ' ? ' ture of European diploma*-: '* French public now is more I. toward IJoyd George than it been at any time.