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JT&Ql . , CL j r r w Fair and warmer tonight; portly cloudy and warmer:
in thc ihadow of Death. FEARLESS INDEPENDENT PROGRESSIVE NEWSPAPER p"'b'y now ln northwest port.cn. ;
,r,th vaar-No. m Prnv OGDEN CITY. UTAH, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 22, 1919 LAST EDITION 4 P. M t
Treaty Ratifications to be Exchanged Before Christmas M
SECOND
i LEAVE
(
k Government to Deport
I Another Batch of Alien
Undesirables
h
I I NETVV YORK, Dec 22. Tlie loyiel
k I "ark." Lkiford, which Balled for an un-
I earned Russian porl esterdaj with 24u
3 radical deportees mi board "ill DC foi
I L 'ovfrd before -.) has an opportunity to
land ry a r.".Tond "ark" load of "n fin,'
BJ according to tin- 1 Ht information oh
I lulnoblo today.
It wns stated that a second batch of
deportees pr t -i t -I : would In- .'inbnl;i I
I Biome time this week as tin government'
I I second drastic ttp .iKunst aliens who
f have sought to bring about the overthrow
r of constitution "I pDvr nun' nt. The d-
pirtmcnt of Jiiftlee ha sixty t In u nd
1 p,j- ,i - ,1. I-..V nwnv of tip w'U
K follnv; their ' red" leaden on enforced
I rorC' - ,0 their home lands has not been j
t made known
L The Buford. which crept out of New .
I I York harbor with n hear puard In the j
Idirknrf.s yesterday mornlnc carriea
Alcxr.n-.- , r-;m.n find F.i.i.-na Goldman.
two of the most notorious anarchist leaa-
ors the I nlted States over bns harbors 1. '
together with 247 other radicals of van-
I ous degrees of 1
I Department of Justice agents said the '
Buferd r iafs.-ni.vr li t comprised the
I"bra.in3" of the radical movement in tl-
United St'it-.
I Led by a woman who declared bcr hur
I hand hr.d l ' i orted lo Russia yes
lurday on the l I arl Buford, o moo
lt ISO "red" todco attacked thc entrance
to the Ellis Island ferry In an effort to
Imch fellow radicals still awaiting de
portation. A riot mil turned In be
f fore the police ould r tore ord r
The mob formed around the gate keep
I trs' ..,- '..iii nutes b for thc at- I
luck was launched Then the woman,
boclalmln.; hersell an anarchist, ' i
forward and drove both fists through the
glar? v. in. low.
I As piece? of pi lu crashed to the pav -Iment.
thc rowd I gan t banting the "In-
Itnu t Ion Ic."
I "Down with this dirty, rotten govern
I mfnt " - d 'h" woman. "Th" y
have taken m husband and re taking!
Hie husbsndp. brothers and fathers of us ,
ill"
I Unable to nutct tV.c mob. A.a Mitchell.
Bniptrintondrnt of the barge office located
I at th tip of M.ml.. ttan turned !n i
I call foi roiice reserve!
Mob Turns on Police
I I The mob turned on the first policemen ,
no answer the rnU and beat him, hut
I Rrhcn more reserves with drawn clubs
I land a detail of coast guards with fixed
I Btyonrts arrived the crowd suddenly be-
! ram d... i ' i d i ol M expli In I
I mbty had come to inquire about relatives
I Ivho hid sailed on the Buford.
I I A younr Russian woman who gvc
I nam' of Clai Krool 1
I th rir.Kh ,iuer.
Buforda' Oeftlnartlon Secret
I WASHINGTON'. Dec 22- Anthony Cam
I . Incttl, commissioner general of lmmltrrn
1 Uon. sold lo-dn h. .'id iul l;nov t'e
I Bejtlnuiior. of thc tinnsport m.iord whlcti
Deft New York : . r.terda with a cargo
I 0f deport- d .n . ;
I "i do not know th- ship't dostlnatloti."
I p said, "-and If I did I would feci It my
I I duty as an American to protect tho lives
of til.- n'ncan soldiers and citizens oti
INjard no', to re.-i it. 1 do ur.t km
I Inhere the vessel Is polnp ami 1 feel prr
I fi'ctb sure that no one els does at this
f Twenty-two anarchists remained at El
I lfinnn toda) awaiting deportation.
MTli.) vt!1I be .'ont to Rxissla with others
I ''Otn Detroit and Chicago whom the
H pirtr.f tit of 1 ibm was unable to have
Iranspoi ted o ck '..ik In time to snll
the Buford. At rrn semen ts for tbe
tdcpartui . of the next "soviet ark" have
1 I not twin toni'. t.d. according to Byron
I IH. flit. acting ommlf-slonci at the
0 laland.
1 f A f w married anarchists are held in
prion? cities awaiting Lhe decision f thc
I I suthoriti.-p as to whether lo send their
'amine? with them. No anarchist of
hofo m.irrlcpe there was official rccor1
M sent on the Buford. but ciKhl of
them had requested that their sweet
larta be ji nt on the ship also.
Clora Brooks later was arraigned on
Hr-trharv.e of dioi derly conduct, found
mRmity and committed to the Tombs
Kr 8 hours pending an investi,n(lon
' a probation officer She gave her
?2 a-- 2 years and told thi magie
Slate that she had gone to the EUIb
FIGHT
It C, L
Kaiisans Call on Nebras
ka Housewives to Wa?e
Active Campaign
LINCOLN, X'b.. Dec. 22 Women
of Nebraska are being called upon by
the Lincoln Woman'? dub to vr;ii an
active campaign atramsi the bigh coal
of living
This wns announced here toda- bj
Mrs. N. E. HUdreth, head or the
1 1 ' department of ibe club, who do
clnred that throucli a boycott on egga
the women of this city had forced
prices from 9.7, to irnis a dozen in
approximate! two weeka' timo Tho
ban on eegs has now been lifted
Effort- to induce- all voruon of the
state lo enlist in tho fipht on Inch
prices. Mrs Hildretb said, are being
made through correspondence with
all Nebraska women's clubs which
have a membership of about 12,000
and other articles would be boycotted.
"Our fight." she said, "will not be
confined to Nebraska women alone
All women are Invited to join the
movement. Wo have to do it in self
defense to counteract the campaign
from trade centers that prices are go
ing lo be lucher in the spring."
"We were disgusted with high cost
of living investigations," she added
"They all Tell flat' "
Speaking of lhe boycott hre on
eegs, Mrs. I!i!dr.nh said the women
had learned (hat "the gTOcer ill paid
the same price while lhe sale price In
.ome cases wa; 65 cents and in others
as high as S5 and 90 cents "
"We knew it wasn't right," she de
clared, "so we started in to boycott
i lum
American Steamer
Barns While Off
Coast of Peru
NEW YORK, Dec. 22. The Amer
ican steamship Firewood, owned by
tho Pacific American Fishing cpm
pany, woa burned while off the coat-t
of Peru and her crew rescued by the
Holland-America line steamer tfor
redyk, according to wireless advices
received here today by agents of tho
Dutch steamer.
The Gorredvk is en route to Rotter
dam from Chilean ports and she ad
visfd that tho Amolepn sailors would
be landed at one of the Panama canal
ports.
The latest report of the i Forewood 1
Shows her arrival at Callao, Peru,!
from San Pedro, December 2.
. - ' w
Island ferry In an effort to see her
husband on the island, but that "they
, not let me go "
As she said this she began to weep
!anJ a dozen other women who had
j accompanied her to court also wept.
.Sai'.inc orders now in the hands of
i the master of the "soviet ark," deliver
ed to him to be opened twenty-four
hours from this port, will permit him
to use his discretion as It what one of
several Russian or Finnish poits his
consignment of deported reds may be
landed, it was reported here today
The flexibility of thee orders, It wa--aid.
was provided so that the captain
may be able to met unfoieseon con
1 dihons of Ice and baj weather oi pos
sible relusal of officials at any om
i port to permit Emma Goldman, Alexan
der Derkman and the others to land.
i'ho supplies on the Hutord are suf
licn m foi sixty to ninety days and re
gardlesa of the time ii takes the pas
se ifr will be landed somewhere 1
Is also believed in naval circles here
that an escort of one or more cestroy
ara now in North sea waters will be
provided for 'he Buford as soon as she
leaves the Atlantic. This protection is
to minimize the danger of striking a
mine and to provide rescue craft
should anything happen to Buford. as
well as to support the ship's guards
should there bo any demonstrai ions of
revenge made against her by those on
board, or by any friends of the anarch
lists at the port of debarkation.
Naval officers, famlllnr with the
! routes and winter weather conditions
in the country to which the Buford un
IdOUbtedly Will hoad. said today that it
will be at lea?! three and possibly
four weeks before a landing can bj ef
I fected
I " "
Lloyd George Gives
Details of the New
Irish Home Rule Bill
LONDON. Dec. 22. Premier Lloy-J
Ceorpe was read) at the opening of par
liament today to announce the details
of tho government's home rule bill. Thi.
measure, it Is believed, which will e.v
a larce Amount of autonomy to Irclanv i
i has. according lo recent statements, been
modelled after tho state Rovernmor.tcil
system of tho United States.
Two legislatures, one for Ulster and
one for southern Ireland, would he pro
vided and the way is left open for u
union of thc two sections, should they
decide to take this, step Fullest possible
freedom would he given the legislature In
administering the affairs of Ireland whi:
In matters affecting the empire Irclnicl
would have the fullest representation In
the riritlsh parliament.
Comments In this morning reflect that
no better situation will likely result. No
body expects the government's proposals
will be a"erpted by Irish home nilfTS,
while Plr Edward -irson and his follow
SrS will arrept the plan for a separa'
parliament for Ulster but this is IlkeP
DANIELS URGES
INCREASES PAY
FORTH?
WASHINGTON. Dec 21 Passage
by congress of a joint resolution pro
tiding for pay increases to na y per
sonnel, as recommended by him in
November, was urged by Secretary
Panic Is in a letter today to Speaker
Gillette of the house, in wlreh the
tecretary declared that due to the loss
Of its skilled men the navy now was
una bio to operate the number of ships
that "should be kept in commission."
Emphasizing the necessity of irome
di .to ri'iun bv congress, Secretary'
Daniels asserted that while total en
listments now wero about 102,000, tre
great majority of these were boys un
der 19 years of age, entering as ap
prentice seamen. He added that, bas
ed on the diminishing number of war
rant and petty officers in the service,
the navy has in fact an effective enlist
ed personnel of only 45.000.
Dun to the rapid loss of nun in the
killed grades because of the higher
wages obtainable in civil life, Mr.
Daniels said, it will be necessary un
less congress takes prompt action, to
. nable the navy to secuie an af'cquati
number of these men. to send the
eight dreadnoughts of the Atlantic
fleet to Guantanamo. r-jba, for wiu
tor maneuvers, with reduced crews
and also to reduce thc number of de
stroyers and auxiliary craft which it
was planned to send w.th the bailie-:-h:p
Tin secretary explained In conncc
;ion with his message to Speaker Gil-!
lottee that his recent .issuranr?- that
.he navy t.s ready fo- any erne r
gency and that the winter maneuvers
would be fu!l participated in bv -hip-of
the Atlantic licet were predicated
on the belief that congress by tho pres-l
ent time would have granted tho pay.
Increases recommended.
Pay inci nses advocated by Secre
'arv Daniels before the house naval af
fairs eommiuee in November, called
for a fiat increase to officers, rum ns
from $1000 for admira's vice admirals
and rear a irrlrals, lo ?1M for cnxignitj
:nd warrant officers, u fifty p -r cent
increase for all petty officers and a
30 per cent advance for nnpren'" seamen.
Major Orchard
j Commits Suicide j
in Dakota Hotel
I
BISMARCK, N. D.. Dec. 21 The!
body of Major E. R. Orchard, clothed
In an army uniform, was found in his,
room nt a local hotel (oday with a
bullet hole through thc heart. At his
side lay a .38 calibre revolver. A cor
oner's inquest found that death ap
pi rently was due to a bullet wounds
1 srif inflicted. No reason for the nctl
'could bo assigned by relatives.
Orchard served two years with the!
American expeditionary forces and
I since his return here seevral months,
i ago had been engaged in a paving
'project Prior to the war he was i
I state deputy bank examiner. He sras
I instrumental in recruiting the second j
North Dakota infantry to war strength
land advanced from battalion adjutant
I to a majorship.
The dead man was a son of Rev.
'.lohn orchard, a pioneer Congregation
' al minister of Dickinson, N. D.
to antagonize rather than reconcile the
rest of Ireland
It is conceded even by opponents of
the government that the attempt agalnt
thc life of Viscount Frendj on Friday
will not affect the government's attltu-i
or induce in any way to alter thc scnen:''
which has already been framed, but it
Is said that this ill not he counted as
frencroslty by the enemies of the Irish
proposals.
Unknown persons last night entered
the office of the Dublin Dally Indepen 1
ent. a newspaper which sharplj crltlcl;:'d
the nttack on Viscount Frem-h. wreck
ing the typesetting machine.- jmd eripp'
Ing the sterotyplng plant. The raldcrn
escnped.
The men who attempted to assassinate
Lord 1 leutenant French continue at lit.
erty and so far as known, no furthei
c'.ues to their Identities have been ol -talned.
A Dublin dispatch to Ul Dally
.'fail says:
"A man hunt for Sinn Feiners will o.
made in Dublin this week."
DETAILS OFTHE
'FRENCH GIVEN
! DUBLIN. Dee. 22 The state s attorne
rrav.- details of the attempt to assassin-
j ate Viscount French, lord lieutenant oi
Ireland when the Inquest over the holy
of Saxago tin young grocer's Clerk who
was shot and killed while running from
the scene 'of the attempted murder, was
! resumed here tod.iy
The first -nt carrying Viscount French
passed Qulckl) iy the spot from which
the shots were fired the testimony de-
! veloped Two bombs were then hurled
in quick succession Both of them struck
a car which was empty, the second bomb
exploding Inside the vehicle.
Sergeant Bumble, who was a niemb. r
of the escorting party, was said by the
tate B attorney to have fired and killeri
?'iv i:. while the latter was In the act
of throwing a bomb.
Noithci of lhe automobiles was nrmot
cd. the testimony showed.
The state's attorney said Savage had
'.'ikon part In thc rebellion on Easter
Sunday, 191C, In Inland and that later
lie was removed to England.
U' I
Cash Prizes to be
H by the
American Flying Club
NEW YORK. Dec 21. Cash prizes
totalling S6.150 will be awarded to
morrow by the American flying club to
the thirteen leading contestants in the
recent army transcontinental air race
Ten of the prize winners flew American-built
de Ha-'ilaml four planes, two
others flew in British S. E.-5 scout
machines, while th? thirfeenth winning
aviator piloted a captured German
Knkker. There wero sixty -seven air
planes entered in the race.
The winners of the air derby were
chosen by experts of United States war
service board and the American flying,
club. Points were awarded for elapsed
time of complete flight; actual flying
time and general all-around efficiency
Awards were made as follows:
Lieut. B. W. Maynard. $1,025; Lieut.
Alexander Pearson. $1,025; each hav
ing b. n .raided four points Lieut.
R. S. Worihington. $769; Captain John
O. Donaldson, Captain Lowell R.
Smith, apd Lieut. Col H E Hartm-v.
1513 each: Major Spatx, Lieut R IV
Bagby, Lieut. H. H. George. Lieut. R.
8, Maughau. Lieut. E. H. Manzelman,
Lieut. D. B. Clsh, and Captain F.
Stcinle. $256 each.
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THOUSANDS PAGE 1 . . nderlllll-a
Thousands of Moslem
Children to Pray to
American Santa Claus
CONSTANTINOPLE. Monday, Dec. ?
Abraham, Sheik-ITl-Islam, Is sorely puz
led m r ii hing a decision where Moslem
children may pray to the "American
Santa Claus" for Christmas present. The
question was submitted by children in
the Aidin -ind Dlurhekr districts, who
asked the shlek. in his capacity as su
preme interpreter of Moslem law If sucn
prayers would be Impious.
American missions In Asia Minor ire
preparing Christmas id-brations ior
thousands of children, ,
. 4. 4
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4 PERSHING IN ROME.
4 4
4 ST LOUIS. Mo., Dec. 22. Gen- 4j
4 eral Pershing today paid his tirsl
4 visit 10 his native state since he
returned from France He arrived 4
iruin Chicago at 8 10 o'clock and 4
was given an enthusiastic ova- 4
tion by a largo crowd. 4
"Sergeant" W arren Pershing
his 10-ear-old son, greeted hlni
as he stepped from the (rain, and
' the coujLuander-in-chief lifted lhe
boy in his anus and kissed him
Tlio boy, accompanied by his 4
4 aunt. Miss May Pershing, came 4
1 4 here from Lincoln, Neb , to meet 4
; 4 the general After a day crowd-
, ed with entertainment, General
' Pershing will depart for Laclede, 4
4) Mo, his birthplace, following a 4
mass meeting at tho Coliseum e
4 night.
4
SUPREME COURT
DECISION
WASHINGTON, Dec 22 The supreme
court today recessed until January T
without handing down an opinion on tc
I constitutionality sections of the VolsteaJ
' prohibition enforcement act affecting tne
alcoholic content of b er
The supreme court today ordered the
coernment to show cause on January "o
why orl(rinal proceedings should not b:
1 instituted by the states of Rnode Island
j and New Jerse retail liquor dealers to
have determined the eonstllutionality ol j
I the national prohibition constltutlonaj
, amendment.
Applications for permission to con
test the amendment's alldit and seek
Injunction against its enforcement in
jth. iso slates were presented last week.
both instances the amendment was
alleged to conflict with the stnt. po
I lice powers and with the federal con-
1 stltution.
In ordering lhe government to show
1 ause, the court, according to govern
ment attorneys, followed an unusual
pn redure as ordinarily In such in
stances, permission to bring such pro
I ceedings is given and a date fixed
when they are returnable. The court.
however, was generally believed to
havt been prompted by the fact as thc
: amendment becomes effective on Janu
ary 16, nert. the procedure followed
would expedite matters.
I uu
Senator Lodge
Refuses to Comment
on Hapgood Affair
Washington, Dec 22. Senator
Lodge, chairman of the foreign rela
tions' committee, declined today to
I discuss a published report that Nor
iman Hapgood. minister to Denmark.
I deckled toreturn to tho United States
after the stato department learned
I that the committee was prepared to
.make public information which ex
pected to show activities and synv
pathles lor the Russian soviet govern
ment.
Thc only comment from Senator
Lodge was that Hapgeod's nomination
died with the last session of congress
and that no recess appointment had
been mad Th. committee secured
information several months at;o thai
provoked such determined opposition
to confirmation of Mr Hapgood that
Secretary Lansing was informed the
appointment would not be approved
Members of the committee, it Is said,
wete prepared, if necessary, to present
thif informal ion to the senate, and
posslblv to the public.
The Information obtained from
Paris, New York and other places, is
said reliably to bo similar to reports
published that Hapgood interested
himself toward fostering commerce
between American export interests
and those of soviet Russia. The com
mittee also secured several articles
written by Mr. Hapgood
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New Artificial
Light Surpasses
Any in World
LONDON, Dec. 15. A light which
far surpasses any existing arrange
ment ol artificial light and Is the clos
est approximation to actuaT daylight
ever accomplished, is understood by
the American chamber of commerce in
London to have been perfected here.
The apparatus consists of a high
power electric light bulb, fitted with a
cup-shaped opaque reflector, the sil
vered inner side of which reflect:- the
light against a parasol-shaped screen
placed above the light, Tho screen is
lined with small patches of different
colors, arranged aa to a formula work
ed out by a Mr Sherrlngham. the In
ventor, and carefully tested and per
fected in (he Imperial College of Sci
ence and Technology
The light thrown down from the
screen is said to show colors almost
as well as in full daylight.
CREW OF
IN IRONS
" !
Two Petty Officers and
Nine Men of Transport
Facing Trial I
NEW YORK. Dec 22 Two petty
i officers and nine of the crew of the
1 Qiti d States army transport Amer
ica charged with mutiny on the high
seas and other crimes, faced an offi
Clal investigation todaj on board the
ship at her pkr at Hoboken. Unofficial
reports aid the trouble was fomented
by an 1 W W agitator.
When the America docket yesterda)
after having landed the United states
peace delegates al quarantine undav
nigln the accused men were taken
ashore in irons and the story of the
mutiny was revealed in part. It is
charged thai the men attempted to
have the ship without permission, let
! the fires die out. Imperilled her safe
jty by cutting off the electric lights
lcommitt.fi potty robberies, frightened
women passengers and gambled in de
fiance of the officers.
I W. W. a Ringleader.
One 01 the ringleaders Is said to be
William Calkins, an ordinary seaman,
(reputed to be a member of the Indus
1 trial Workers of the World. He had
been arrested at sea but escaped the
armeij guard until the transport was
researched before d e king.
Special attention was given at the
Investigation to Calkins' ease He Is
said lo have joined the ship ten min
utes before she sailed from Hobokeu
!on the round trip which ended yester
: day and to have announced that he
I had been "sent'' lo join the crew. The
I investigators are seeking to determine
I if a en w recruiting agency or profes
slonal agitator "sent" him.
Secrecy was thrown around the in
vestigation, but it was said a formal
statement might be issued later In the
I day It was said, however, that six
men had died on the voyage five
from pn umonia and one from drowning.
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Daily independent
S Wrecked by the
Dublin Sinn Fein
DUBLIN, Dec 21. Unknown per
sons tonight forced their way into the
building 01 the Daily Independent and
smashed all the machint r of the newa-
paper With crowbars. The raiders arei
said to have meen Sinn Feim r-
Some of the men entered the edi
torial room and overawed the staff
with revolvers When leaving they
caid. "You can consider yourself sup
pressed for some lime"
The incident is attributed to un
friendly comment on the inn Fein
movement by thc Independent.
It was about 10:20 o'clock when
some forty armed men pushed their
waj into the Independent building in
in Middleberry street about 100 yards
from Sackville street, Dublin's main
thoroughfare. Some members of the
party cut the telephone and telegraph
wires and secured the doors The oth
ers with drawn revolvers held up lhe
staffs in all departments
Nobody was injured. In the lino
type and machine rooms the invader,
wrecked tho outfit with crowbars and
hammers and took away vital parti
ol the stereotyping machinery
After occupying the premises for
about twenty minutes the raiders de
parted, their leader handing tho edi
tor the following note:
"This will remind you, first, ihat
your country suffers under a tyranny
which, within the life of living men,
has reduced the population b upwards
of four million, second, that this
tyranny was planned by definite per
sons and carried out by definite oth
ers; third, that in passing over and Ig
noring the persons who planned this
wholesale taking of life to brand the
name of assassin on a high souled
youth who risked his life and gave It
in an endeavor to rid his country of
ono of these tyrants, you have out
raged sensibility and endeavored to
misrepresent tho sympathies and opin
ions of the Irish people. This sup
pression will intimate to tho Irish peo
ple that you have been reminded."
No arrests were made
The. Independent is a moderate con
stitutional nationalist newspaper. Ii
TREATY
TO BE
SIGNED ji
Supreme Council Plans j!
Exchange of Ratifica- .
tions Before Xmas
I
PARIS, Dec. 22 The supreme counc!., ft '
jit became known today. Is making overj
effort to reach an agreement with Get '
I miny on the question of reparation fo- r
the linking of the Gorman fleel at Scan
I Flow so that the protocol may he slgr.ci IL, J
and ratifications of the trenty of Vc.- IN
snilles exchanged before Christmas- j
The terms of the note replying to th. t" 1
last communication cf the German reprO M J
tentatlyes wero considered by the coun'" J 1
j this morning. It was planned to hold a 1 t, I
other resslon this evening. It Is believe' k
! that the note will he banded during th. L !
evening to u.-iron Kurt von LCrsner, hea4 Ik
Of the nilSl li 111 Mi
Few details now remain to be dispose' pi '
of by the council to clean up the work j
the peace conference, with the cxceptlo, ?
of the Hungarian and Turkish trc-atle
land the Russian situation. It w.c B; '
1 thought today lhat all else might b p,
disposed of In time to permit the c.:e l?1
bratlon of Christmas in n state of effcel
Ive peace with Germany unless that n 1
tlon maintained certain of her objectoni j
to tho final terms, after receiving tin
council's note. '"
Demand for Priority
Qerbla's demand for priority to thi
amount of $2 50O.Onn iifjn In reparation: ;
on tho same footing as that accorded
Belgium, was discussed by the counci, .
but no dccis'.cn was reached. It appeared
to be the feeling that this was a nucs-
tion for reparations' commission to dls- "
pose oi after th.' treaties had been puf
into effect
All the powers interested except Rp
mnnla having concurred In tho allotment
I for distribution of thc rolling stock of th ji
railways of the old Austro-Hung.u lan em
pire, the council decided to send a note. I
to Rumania asking her to signify her ac
ceptance, j"
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Brit sh Plan Abandonment.
PARIS, Dec. 22. (Haras.) Aban
donment of the British plan guaran-
j the neutrality of Belgium for L
five ears on the part of the allies,
is reported by the Petit Parlslen,
Which he French and British H
'governments are seeking to reach an n
greement which will give entire sst
ial id ion to Belgium.
In French peace conference circles, V
it is reported, sentiment is favorable i
to the maintenance of the Turkish em
pire under certain guarantees. Gen
eral Berthelot, who has gone to Lon- 1
iloi, will discuss this question during J-
I his stay.
Japane.se Are Anxious.
PARIS, Sunday, Dec. 21 Japanese
government officials are most anxious
about the situation at Irkutsk. Siberia
according 10 information reaching yL
peace conferenco circles.
They would like to send troops Cc
there, it Is said, but do not desire to do M
so without having reached an under- K
standing with the United State.-; ana Lj
the various allied governments. It is fic
un lerstOOd the Washington cabinet h
not particularly favorable lo this sug v
gestlon.
L
Soldiers Freeze to Death.
LONDON, Dec. 22. Seven hundred
soldiers of the army commanded by I
Admiral Kolchak, head of the all-Rus-Blan
covet nment In Siberia. hae froz
en to death in a hospital near Omsk, nf
according to a wireless dispatch from r
Moscow.
Severe nchtins is going on in the
Narva, Kiev and Kharkov region", tSa
statement declares. 31
Cabinet Will Not Resign.
ROME, Sunday, Dec. 21. The small
majority obtained by the government
in the chamber of deputies today when w
the order of the day expressing confi
dence In the ministry was carried by a
vote of 242 to 21G, will not, it is be
lieved, cause the NItti cabinet o 10
sicn It is considered, however, that
the narrowness of his margin will
cause tho premier to make changes m J
the personnel of tho cabinet
headed Saturday's editorial comment
ing on tho attack upon Viscount -
French: "A Deplorable Outrage," and
said :
"Murders and attempts at murder
are appalling and revolting deeds. fr;
The- are immoral, unchristian and ab
horrent to tho communjl."