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WILMINGTON, DELAWARE, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1022
THIRTY-FIFTH YEAR. NO. 172
FRANCE MAY BAR INTERVENTION IN EUROPE;
U. S. READY TO CALL ECONOMIC CONFERENCE
TO ORGANIZE
LEGISLATURE
BN TUESDAY
Democrats Have Already
Made Most of Nomina
tions for Clerkships
fO INSIST ON BILLS
GETTING IN EARLY
Member* of the Legislatue will go
•o Dover Monday afternoon to make
final plana In caucus that night for
organising both branches of the
timers] Assembly on Tuesday. The
Democrats, having a majority In
both the Senate and House wl!l or
ganize both branches and name the
various clerks. Most of this pr*-1
Ilminary work was attended to two!
ago at a conference of the
Democratic members-elect in Dover,
weeks
when Senator Charles D. Murphy, of
Harrington, was elected for Presi
dent pro-tem of the Senate and Rep
résentative Samuel X. Culver, of
Delmar. for speaker of the House.
Practically all the clerks of both
•ranches have also been agreed on.
ut the Democratic members in cau
• us »Monday night will probably
name an attorney for each branch.
William Bauliburjr, of Wilmington,!
-Hid to h- a candidate for attorno
of either the Senate or House. F
j*ome years it has been customary
tor both thp president pro-tem and
lit# speaker to have a clerk, but
there ha.s been talk of eliminating!
»hat office this session on the ground
that it is a needless waste of money,
Those, however, who arc familiar
with the work of the Delaware leg
islature in recent years, contend that
the presiding officers of each branch
reed a clerk to keep various records
of bills for him, and it is predicted
that such clerk» will i*e named next
Tuesday. W. Truxton Boyce, of
Stanton, chairman of the New Castle
Continued on Paga Nine.
ASK MONEY AID
FOR CITY NEEDY
Associated Charities Appeals
... «
for Money to Carry on j
W/ or l»
WU,K
BUDGET IN HAND
LESS THAN HALF OF
Urgent need for financial aid for
(»»it by the officers of that organiza
ti
It depends on public contributions
to meet the expenses of Its loud
able work, but the money is not
forthcoming as generously as
neceaaary to carry on the various
relievîng Buffering* ' *"
Thus far the contribution« *
.hand equal only 45 per cent of the|
budget requirements. am ' ,| n' ,>s,
there Is a quirk and substtnt .il rg
«pense the Associated Charities will
not be able to meet many intpera-;
live and deserving demands upon,
•h. organization. The following let-1
«r ha» been i«.«ued:
"To Our Friend.«: If you
have not xent u« your contribu
tion for this winter's work w#
will appreciate it if you will do
xo xoon a# you can conveniently.
"Juxt now the demand« on us
are greater than ever before, ex
cept last year, and the auffering
ix intensified by the fuel ehort
12.91 r. M. .33
1.00 P. M..34
....7.22 A. M
P. S;.
9.45 P. M.
5.00 r. M.
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age.
"Tour asslsatnce is our only
means of support.
"Please make your cheek—or
Associated
pledge—payable t
i"harltles and send !t to 602 West
street.
"Very truly yours.
"Charles I„ Patter«'
President.,
".irlan G. S. ott.
"■"'-—an Finance Com."
Tty., .. • Tl.MPUIt.Vn RE
At Tile Evening Journal Olfire.
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SUN AND TIDE.
Sun rises ...
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Sun set.« .
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High water. ,9.25 A. M.
Low water..4.20 A. M.
I.OST—A tweed belt, between Fifth «11141
Market and Ninth and Orange Bta
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T'iling all their worldly good« In ox-car:*, the Chriftianx of western Thrar#» started to leave the country
when news reached them that the Mudania agreement iiad permitted the Turks to occupy their country.
Here is a picturesque group hound for the Greek border.
Holds Woman Clerk Off
v
While He Takes $100
From Drawyer
ESCAPES AFTER
DEATH THREAT
Entering the otfle* of the Haniil
Company. Eleventh and
I 'oa 1
to
Church streets, yesterday afternoon.
a lone bandit at th# point of a re
volver. held the clerk. Mix# Aurelia
D- Ludwig, at hay, while h# rifled
.the rash drawer of ahour $100. then
mad# Wa escape, although chased
for more than .a mile by other em
ployee of the company and a num-l
her of hoys.
While they did not bring the man
to a halt they got a gond description
of the bandit which may lead to his
Instead of the bandit RTSTfing for
the open country he started in a
arrest.
southerly direction from the
darting In and out of alleys, making
many turns and finally eluding his
pursuers in the neighborhood of Sec
*"nd and King streets Despite th#
fact that th# man wa« armed and
thought to he a desperate character,
hia pursuers were at time# very close
to him. One of the young men who
wa " * ilhln » 1 'ü 0 b " nd jH
in the neighborhood of the B. F.
Shaw plant at Second and Lombard
fContinued on Page Two.)
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CHARGE PREACHER
WITH RUM THEFT
DES MOINES. Iowa. Dee. 39
Mterir^îToYk^ounty'^ '.nd K 'fnrmer
, preacher, wa* arrested today eharg-i
Pd ^ ith ] arc .» ny an( , Hlepal disposal
!of liquor.
George Robb, a deputy and broth
! „ of the ,. h p rlrri , VOH a , so arrested
on tbp 8amp charge.
"j.j, p , w0 arp accused in eonnec-.the
tion with the alleged disappearance
j of ,30 ' 00n ! worth of liquor front the
I county jail.
I Mr. Robb became nationally known
j w ten he sprang the trap hangtngj
two men convicted of murder.
The arrest rame on the eve of the|
sheriff's retirement from office.
He planned to go on the lecture
platform after January 1 to speak on
"New Evangelism."
George W. I.Illy, attorney, today
filed a petition in the Vnltsd States
District Court asking that the Biril
; Transfer Company, of this city he
I adjudged a bankrupt. The
tion was signed by Thomas I'. Mar
tin. the Hearn Oil Company and
James H. and Henry White, trad-)
| hK !> s White Brothers Company.
The petition sets forth that the dc-|
fendont company owes more than
$1000 and is insolvent.
Judge Morris Ist4ued a rule re
tamable on January 12 for the de
fendant company to show cause
why it should not be declared a
bankrupt. Owing to th» court ac-I
tion today, the sheriff sale of the
company's effects scheduled for this
morning, was called off
U. S. COURT ACTION
STOPS SHERIFF SALE
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D, g. |, ^ DANCE I
Tonight, 9 to 12. Pythian Castle.'mer,
[Prize». The KIMMET ORCHESTRA
•— Adv. 4
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637 MORE I RRESTS; EIRE
LOSS <3 T / \ HALF; GAIN l\
MM III ILDLYGS J \ 1923
Record Shows 623 Arrests for Drunkenness
During Year. Deerease of 9—Police Am -
balance Handled 1886 Cases—Damage
by Fire Estimated at $230.000—Gain
of
$o90,334 m Building Over Previous Year
LESS RAI\ FEU. IN YEAR. WITH
MiRCIf W ETTEST. XOVEMHER DRIEST
Police for the year of 1922,
The
P'Tts of the Bureau nf
flth a
'day and a holf yet to run. show*
an Increase In arre.ts over 1921 nf
#37. The arrests by months were as
follows:
January. 217; February. 2S8:
March. 349: April. 380; May. 42S;
.lune. 431; July. 409: August. 414:
office.{September. 395; October.
November. 495: December. 359 This
make* a total for the vear of 4.525.
Of thi# number about 400
women nnd girls.
The highest number
for
tot ai
rests for drunkenness for th#
-
year 1921.
The
489;
report
were
of
orrests
e month was in October, with
f 480. Th# number of ar
year
623. compared with 629 for the
police ambulance
ghow.t that 1RS6 patient.«
were
TO ARREST 40 FOR
MER ROUGE MURDERS
i MER ROUGE, Ij«.. Dec. 30 (United
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r,,n *' reni Ç n . e» r.ans ave
,,lannet1 the " ext ,,roke in ,he war
. hooded teirotists.
Arrest of more than 40 men.!
, '"any of Jhem prominent, impends,
a* a result of disclosures made inj
investigation into deaths ofj
Major watt Daniel* and Thomas «
Richards, who were beaten, tor-1
| lured and thrown into I.ake Ha j
i p- ourche by a masked hand. !
Thp w j, 0 | 0 hooded organization is
'expected to he torn open and Its |
exposed at a hearing In
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UKSERVES AND SCOUTS' P \RTV 1
secrets
Bastrop. Ua., starting January 5.
Special to The Evening Journal.
CHAT MONT. Dec. 30.—The Girl j
Reserves and Boy Scouts of Clay
mont enjoyed a party In the com
mun'.ty hail at Overlook last even-!
ing. The time was spent in playing
games and foik dances. Both groups j
caV e demonstrations of their codes,
at i d slogans.
ap P ear in , ,
'»«rnlng. to answer a charge of be
* n S in arrears on a nron-s pp
•'> nd a capia " was i!wued for
h' 1 "
!
A
af-r
*'*th j
There were 17 girls
and 14 boys in the party.
The Rov. and Mrs. Walter
Hearn have returned home
having spent the holidays
friends and relatives in Wilkes
Barre.
CAPIAS ITIR BAYLOR.
Preston Baylor, Negro, failed to
Municipal Court this
SENATOR BAYARD TO ATTEND
Senator Thomas F. Bayard has ac
cepted an invitation to attend the
memorial servie for M B .Plum
late warden of the New Castle
.County Workhouse, at St. Paul's M.
E. Church tomorrow evening.
handled during th* year of
#59 were accident ca.se», and 1227
sink cases. In making these runs the
ambu:«nr* traveled #,n#7 miles
which
The police patrol
hauled 3.8071
wit-j
Mlleage made by all police car*,
t Including the ambulance, was!
persons. including prisoners.
nesses and sick.
41.117 miles.
The Bureua of Fires report ft. to
tal loss by fir# of approximately
$250.000. lev# than half that for th#
previous year: number of calls to
which they responded. 005: chemi
cal« used. 5000 gallons; water
pumped. 2 non non gallon.«.
The Street and Sewer Department
laid 107.19« square yard* of new
paving during Ihe year and reaur
fared 13.189 square yards of other
fContinued on Page Nine)
C. R. CHURCHMAN IS
PNEUMONIA VICTIM
Charles R Churchman. vloe
pr "" ient and dir<>c,or of the ront '
Iterday afternoon from pneumonia,
((fr onp wpek . g H „ was 4I
ypars o(d Qn Decpmber
hrpp VPars a whcn he moved to
K!d | ejr ,, ark . He was associated
wlth the continental IJf P Jnsurance
Company about 14 year.«, almost
rince its inception. He was'flrst ent
ployed as a clerk and rose to secre
tary, actuary and vice-president,
which office he assumed three years
He was elected a director ofj
the company last summer.
Mr. Churchman Is survived by his
The fullers'll |
nental IJfe Insurance Company, died
at his home in Ridley Park. Pa., yes
Mr. Churchman wa« born in Wil
mington and lived here until about
a go.
wife and four children.
will take place from hia late home
Monday afternoon with interment
In Wilmington and Brandywine |
Cemetery,
—
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Duties Of parent* toward theT
children formed the theme of an:
address by C. M. Spargo to member
of , he Consistory Cub. at its weekly
luncheon-meeting yesterday after
l'RGIvS BICTTKR < ITI/il NSlflP.
He declared more attention
noon.
should be given to inculcating light
ideals pf citizenship.
WoNtenholme was chairman of the
George V.
meeting.
TO DISCUSS LAWS IXJK CITY'.
Proposed changes in the Work
men's Compensation Act. so that it
will apply to city qtnployes who do
not now benefit by Its provisions, will
he discussed at a meeting of the
Mayor's advisory' hoard next Wed
nesday afternoon. The proposed new
city charter also will he considered.
For Clover Dairy ,**af# Milk phon#
1546-1541.—Adv.
TURKS ASK
PLEBESCITE
1
.Pasha. However, Fails to
Answer Allies as to
Guarantees
NEAR EAST WAR
CLOUD STILL H ANGS
I»AT "SA VNE. Dsc .10 (United
PrMf, I—Turkey ho» met one of the
•wo "breaking" polm« of the lau
-ann* conference—dispute over Mo
janl oil field»—with propnaala for
piobeaclte to If th* rich iand«|
shall be Turkish or British. On Ihe
question or gu»r»ntee» to replace
< apittilations. Ismet Pasha ha« yet
to reply.
from capitulation« and on the aub
Ject of Moaul con.ern ng which th-
Kenia.:« «
I'n.hi , s.iggee.lon ha'
"OT . leare.l MIC II. the, »a,1 Ho,,.,
of winding up the conference by mid-|
January has practically vaniahed.
Marqui* Cunton, head of the Brit
l«h delegation. I» Koine to Parla
confer with Premier Bonar La» oa
.. . nr | nv rftn
||[[ KtAU Y lUK
KING ST. FROLIC
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Mummers to Make Merry
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Monday Night Under
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New Lighting
MAYOR HARVEY
TO BE SPEAKER
'
Everything i« ready for the King
street celebration on Monday night
by the King Street Merchants' Asso
elation. Final plans were completed
last night hy the executive commit
tee, for the affair, which will mark
the official turning on of the new
lights on King street.
Th* program for the evening was
adopted last night. It will open with
an address hy Frank W. McCoy,
president of ihe King Street Mer
chants' Assorlati >n. lie will Intro
^ u< <> L' »lohneon. president of the
Street and 8ewer Directors, who will
spevk of Ihe Improvements to King
Mayor Harvey, the principal
«peaker of the evening, will follow.
Upon the completion of his ad
dress, Mayor Harvey will turn off
the old light*. There will he a mo
ment of darkness, during which
patriotic air will b# played. Then
the new lights will be turned on.
The parade will then begin. It will
form at Tenth and King streets, un
der the direction of Colonel Stover
who Wi " bf m |? h « 1 ' an<1 wI " be
Spqrlal to The Evening Journal,
NEWARK. Dec. 30.—Students of
Delaware College. University nf Del
aware, have aided materially thej
foreign fund raised by students of
colleges and universities of this
country for the starving students of
various foreign countries.
mont * 1 lh * Delaware students did
without three meals to assist the
nided with a number of assistants.
The parade will march to Front
and King streets and then counter
(Contlmicd on Page Nine.)
GO WITHOUT MEALS
TO HELP STUDENTS
I-ast
In this way $135 was
movement,
saved and Business Administrator
A. G. Wilkinson, of the University of
Delaware, has Just forwarded
check for that amount to the head
,h '*
' _j_jmret
, orR ....... „RFD ki iio<»i «
and ,n«ur.n^ "Ä
for four npw co , orpd * c !,ool build-i
ing». built hy the Delwara. School
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Auxiliary, with money from the P.
,. . »y . .
S. duPont Education Fund. have,;.
been sent by the Auxiliary to the
State Board of Education, Two of
the Schools are located at Berrytown
and Jones' Neck. Kent county. amlj
two at Blocksom and Frankforl .
Susscx county.
a
BOY' FALLS TWO 8TORIKS.
John Bolont. 14, 302 South Adams
street, fell from a second story win
dow at his home yesterday after
noon, sustaining severe bruises to
hi« head and »houlder».
removed in the polie» ambulance to
the Delaware Hosp t»l.
He wxx
BRITAIN APPROVES U. S.
PLAN FOR NEW DEAL ON
REPARA FIONS QUESTIONS
What Europe Thinks About Suggestion
•o geeretftry Hugh*«* propo«*'
tlonal repara
Kurope in\e * mixed rerepi!
of un intern« tlonx ! roniniixeinn »o conxid#r Ime
tion*. »«cording to exclusive 1 nlt#d Pr#xx dixpatohex:
Welcomed the plan; government circle«
enthuxiaitira'ly. It wxx Indicated
fï R K AT BRITAIN
rere i v #d It Wft
Honxr Law would ftdof>t it if the Pxrlx conference of tilled premlerx
xgftin faiie
ly. the pre
FRANCK. Objected xt once to the Hughe« propoxxl. Semi
official word wxx «ent out from the Qua! P'f>nxx\ that It wouldn't
work: that Germany wouldn't pxv reparattnnx. that It wax unfair to
France, who wax moxt Interested to propoxe that a mixed commix
ad on conxider the quextlon.
OKRMAN'T. While welcoming the propoxal. wa* bu«T with x
reparation! plxn nf her own which ehe will offer to the al'ied pre
The Cuno government offen to pav forty bll
nilerx nxxt Tuxxda.v.
lion gold markx. provided th# ailla# or anyone #lx* will loan her
twenty billion first.
REPARATIONS
HUQHESPUTS
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Secretary Intimâtes U. S. Is
Willing to Aid World
Reconstruction Flan
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LAYS TROUBLES ON
EUROPE'S POLITICS
WASHIKGTOV, D»<*. S#— t l'nl*
t*d Pr»»*i.—The long looksd for
\m*rir»» pl.n for mt.rv.ntion u.
; K'limps finally ha» b»»n odlrhilh s»
l,.:,l»d by Pr«id»nt Harding,
! through B»rr»tarv of B tat» Hugh»»
| in * n .,ddr»s» at N»W Haven last
I n<gh' snd .«»notorial d»l>atr
Its outsiamting f»atur« Is a com
mission of husinsss m*n snd
p*it« r*pr*»rntlng the prin. ipal
|rop*an gov*rnm*nt and th* Uni
lt*d States which shall make an *x
study of th* reparations
problem. This commission which
would b» fr»* from Instructions bv
premiers and secretaries of Stale in
order to take the problem out oil
politics would recommend a revtaed
reparation figure up to the limit of,
Germany's ability to pay Thi* rec
haustive
business and financial expert* would
be selected for the commission Ini
the hope t « : the people« and goy
ernment* cu the world would favor
acceptance of their finding*. I
Should this he successful th» ad
Page Fotirieen
! nmmendatlon then would be sub
mitted to Ihe respective
ment'* for approval.
govern
Outstanding!
"I
(Continued
Berlin II mild Rnv Out of
Loan; Objects to Troops
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<U. P. Staff Correspondent)
'(Copyright, 1 922. by United Pre«*.)
BERLIN, Dec. 30.—(United Press)
Chancellor Cuno's business govern
met has a business proposition to
I lay before the allied premieis who
j meet in Paris Tuesday to discuss rep
j «rations. If Germany can get a loan
I of $20.909.000,090 gold marks at five
i per rent, with 1 per cent, amortiza
tion, she will pay the Allies the lump
sum of 40.000.000.000 gold mirks,
j Dr. Karl Gerggman, who made tin
I successful overtures to the allies!
! when the premiers met at Ixmdor
is going to Paris to present this new
plan in person to the conference.
Among conditions the Germans
would propose if such an offer were
accepted, however, are withdrawal
! of allied troops from Düsseldorf,
Duisberg and Ruhrort and a gradual
reduction of allied troops along the
Rhine.
The Cnno government, of course.
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!
offpn , cuarant and jt on , h|a
Poim that the present proposal may
the fate of it» predecessors.
The srhrm *' *» one J-'Ised by the
° f Jhe «oci.li.t.
Weranot lakf " int0 tl.e_cWel.or.
i° n , ft , d : n " d * 2
fpentful and would not mix# an op
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iportunity, it ix believed, to sabotage
. , ... * ..
th * wbo,< l Propos ition Th,s they
COU,d do by °' ln * * ov " n ;
1 m *"' ln ,he R 1 #, f hala * * h * n . tbat
bodv f a ' ar ' [,Pa f d CEi " r aU °, n
!'» make guarantees asked by the al
h ' e! '
i
If the entire 29.000,000.000 gold
marks asked by Germany, cannot be
floated at once, It was stated, the
balance could wait five year*. Ger
many herself would undertake to
sell a portion of the loan to the Ger
man people, but would use part of
the funds thus rased to effect ata
blligarinn of th* mark.
Officiai cir
OPPOSE WAR
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KuUal MombeiTthip on Repa
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rations Body One Reason
for Objection
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FEAR BORAH MAY
BREAK OUT AGAIN
(
WASHINGTON. D»r. 30 fUnltsd
Pr»««)—The admlnl.trstlon's plsn
' for d.H:In* «rlth th. world »ronomle •
<•«■4» saU» A*. UlMtrly- JougtaL ln C-tty
gr»**.
Though th» Hardlng-HughOs pro
1 posai for an lnt»r.AI!l*<1 romm sslon
[of **p*ris to »o!v* th» rrparatlons
probl*n, a« r*v*al*d by SMMtary
*x-!Hugh»s In his N*w Havrn apocch
by Mr. Harding himself, doe» j
not ront»mplat* any roquent to »lth»r j
houae of 1'ongrmis within th* near
futur* for further legls.ativ* author
Itv In both houses, th* p'an will he !
criticised in a way calculated to a
»roue* public opinion again«! It :
Inevitable. In the opln.on of ed-Ieible
ministration spokesmen In the Sen-|
ate. Mr. Harding must a*k for
broader grants of power from Con j
gress before hs plan can he fully!
carried out.
ministration leoders admired today , j
unless In the. meantl^^^^H
th»
I
propaganda comparable I
When he does this
wil fare probable defeat, ari
he
e the country
has been won over to his plan as
ly poaalhle solution,
n the meantime a
of j
battle
the de
» Continued on Pag# Fourteen»
re
garding the plan They felt the
French would not approve and that
this in add iion to Internal difficul
tés, promises failure of the latest
reparations scheme.
( «'*» descending Fourth street hiil
from West to Tatnall this morning.
; , n „ Ford th „ car upsp( „
|
CAR OVERTURNS,
DRIVER UNHURT
While F. .«. Phllli»-. of Brack-Ex.
Elisabeth Hend ev. Negress, who
was arrested yesterday bv Detectives
he attempted to turn north into
Tatnall street. -Phillips was unin
jured. but the glass windows of the
auto were shattered,
helped Phillips to r ght the car and
he drove on his wav.
Passersby
HOI.I) MAII* AS THJF.F.
Gamble and Cook fifteen
minutes
after complaint had been made that
wearing apparel valued at $#5. had
been stolen from the home of Mr*.
Marne Giest, 1923 -Madison street,
was held In $300 ball for court ort
a charge of larceny by Deputy Judge
Uynn In Municipal Court this morn
ing. The Negre*« was a maid for
Mrs. Giest.
I I N I AI G I SI IN DIX I..MB1.R.
Charged with trespassing on the
property of the Pennsylvania Rail
road. August Tulowakl was fined #5
and en* * hy Deputy Judge I.ynn, in
Municipal Court this morning.
XFAY Y'EAR'S DANCE
12.95 Y. M. to « Y. M.
s.arhoro* Hall. 13th and H*a!d.
Harmon « 8-piec» orchestra.—Adv.
Tired of Waiting for
Paris to A n n ou n re
Pa rley, 11 ash ihgton
Suggests Com m ission
of World Business Ex
perts to Find Out
How Much Germany
Can Pay
LOA\ FOR BERLIft
PART OF PLAN
PARIS. Dec. SO.—(Unittd Prexxl
—French ofTlcialdom today charaQ
jierixed the epeech of Secretary of
'state at New Haven latt
forthcoming premier'»
without taking any responsibility.
The proposals contained In tho
irne yjn Secretary of State's ad
dr.-»- will he discussed here January
,
change Kranca'a poaltlon.
It la expected In French circle*
'hat Kngland will use the outlined
attitude of the United States to bol
efTort to influence the
conference
ater up its own policy.
It lx an injustice to put a question
In which France has a PftpOHjBB
Interest in the hands of an interna»
unofficial commission, how
competent. the French claim.
tional,
ever __
The guarantees France wants to take
are not sufficient to drive Germany
to ruin as some make out. it was de
;cl«r»d.
Th» Hughs« suggestion w*» riow-d
with rmphattc disfavor in some r r
!el«» U wa» seml-offlclally empha
. h h l dimrultv „ „
i»"? 1 » wno * a T ' ., ^
forr» O.rmanj to »X.rut« hr or,
xation». f,»rntany do*» noi <trs
»»habilitation. It I« rhargsd.
'brought hrrself to a «tat» of rhaon
|voluntarily in order to avoid paying
rsparatlons.
Th* American srh»m* ther*foro is
basically impractical, ths
*«>'•
rated from political questions,
Hughes' »p.-ech admittedly Inject*
new element Into the conference,
hut France does not believe It po*i
to change the eituatlon now,
French
Reparation* cannot be sepa
BV A.
I,. BRADFORD.
l\ P. Staff Correspondent.
(Copyright. 1 922. United Preea.)
WASHINGTON, Dee. 39. —France
now stands in the way of American
n ,ervemion in Europe,
Great Britain. Germany and soma
other nations roncerned. It was
learned from a high administration
official today, already have Infor
mally indicated their willingness to
accept the American intervention
proposal—an international commis
sion of bueiness men and financial
I experts to recommend at Just and
j practicable revision of German repa
! ration». The United State» would be
repreaented on the commission.
The official revelation of the
American pian for bringing Europe
out of its present chaos was made
by President Harding here and by
Secretary of State Hughes ln an ad
dress at New Haven last night to
force "« show down ' as to whether
the I'nitad State« can aid Europe.
France has not rejected the pro
posai hut for some time haa been
withholding ts attitude regarding it.
Tired of waiting for the French
attitude, this Government decided
to force the Issue by making the
proposal public, according to the
administration official. It was learn
ed that negotiations on the proposal
have been carried on for nearly two
months.
The American plan follows a con
vlction on the part of this govern
ment that the reparations question
must be divorced from polities If It
is to be seltled. Another reason for
the proposal to have financial au
thorities recommend a reparations
sum Is that It is planned that these
authorities In presenting their eon
elusions can also come forward wltlx
; „ project for a loan to German' .
which American bankers stand
ready to float, and the word oil
I th«se men will carry the weight of
authority and confidence to the in
| vesting world,
While it lias not been finally de
cided. President Harding at pres
ent doe.s not contemplate calling th.
conference or commission of Inquiry
(Continued on Page Nine.)
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