Evening Star Newspaper, April 28, 1921, Page 1

tle Temperature for twent: ded at 2 p.m. today: H WEATHER. Cloudy tonight; tomorrow fair; lit- change in temperature. y-four hours ighest, 69, at p.m. today; lowesi, 55, at 5 a.m. to- Qay. Full report on page 21. ~ Closing New York Stocks, Page 24. Entered as sec post office Wa. 28.123. ond-class matter shington, D. C. eni &m{ SUNDAY MORNING EDITION n Star. credited to it | [ | | paper and also il ' Member of the Associ The Associated Press is exclusively tie use for republication of all mews Jispatches All rights of publication of special QGispatches berein are alse rescrved. ed Pre: atitled | | or uot vtherwise crodited in the local news pubiisied here iv | i { | Yesterday’s Net Circulation, 95,959 WASHINGTON, D. (., THURSDAY, APRIL ~ FLEET RETURNING HOME IS REVIEWED BY THE PRESIDENT. Atlantic Armada, Steaming Into Hampton Roads, Sa- lutes Its Chief. SHIPS STILL IN WAR GRAY PRESENT STIRRING SIGHT Secretary Denby and Many Officials Also See Force Returning From Cuba Practice. - By the Associated Press. HAMPTON ROADS, Va, April 28—The United States seeks no territory, no pay- ment and no tribute, President Harding today told the officers of the Atlantic fleet on the quarter deck of the flagship Pennsylvania here, but, he said, “this country seeks that that is righteously its own, and, by the eternals, we mean to have it.” OLD POINT COMFORT. Va. April 28.—The Atlantic fleet, bringing back a new record of accomplishment from 1ts southern drilling grounds, passed fn ceremonial review before President Harding today as it entered home waters in Hampton roads. More than sixty ships of war, led by the flagship Pennsylvania, were in the long line that filed by to pay a com- mander-in-chief's honors to the Presi- dent, as he stood with the Secretary of the Navy and a party of officials on the bridge of his yacht Mayflower. A low cloud curtain screened the sunlight from the pageant, softening the grim lines of deck and turret, but 8dding a harmonious hint of near ‘dusk to the somber picture, For the| fleet was not in gala dress; it wore | the serious gray now used for the first time in peace and war alike, and the decks were cleared almost as for action, a precaution always taken at sea. It was a few minutes past 9 o'clock when the Pennsylvania, passing the reviewing ship, opened up the thun- der of her presidential salute, and be- fore the twenty-one guns had been epent the next ship in line took up the firing, while the Mayflower's lit- tle batteries were speaking in ac- knowledgement. The cannonade con- tinued in an almost unbroken roar until the review was ovew: < All Naval Honprs. From each vessel the President 5o received all the other naval hon- ors that can be paid to the highest! officer of the Army and the Navy. On the battleships “man the rai order. The life r all | i | the way around the ships were living walls ! i of blue. On the quarterdeck of each| of the cleven battleships the marine guards snapped to “present arms” op- posite the Mayflower, and the bands played the opening bars of The Star Spangled Banner. In return the presidential yacht paid the proper honors to the senior officer on each passing ship. firing a salute, how- ever, only to the Pennsylvania. | It was Mr. Harding's first review | of any part of the nation's sea power 1 | probable that any scheme of reclas- Twenty-four hLours after the Na- tional Academy of Sciences had ended its annual meteing here, Dr. Wesley Wait of Newburgh, N. Y., arrived in | Washington today to claim the credit now accorded Prof. Einstein for dis- covery of the theory of relativity. Disappointed in his plans to con- ‘l('.~t before the academy the laur worn by Dr. Einstein, Dr. Wait sought officials of the Smithsonian Institu- jtion and laid before them charts and other documents tending to prove he had worked out the relativity theory in 1901. Only he called it by a diffe | ent name—“the unity of universal ;rxh‘ll-l)(‘e 4 Dr. Wait Unfolds Theory. Before calling upon the Smithso- nian scientists, Dr. Wait offered to unfold the theory to The Star reporter Hi Tviewin, him. will start wtih the origin of the ac | universe and end with human per- sonality and creative thought, and {ask that you take paragraph after | paragraph ‘and fully digest them.” he | said. The reporter expr 1 appre- iation of this offer, but uggested ! Dr. Wait could {in explaining er employ the time n discovery to Dr. Walcott, secretary of the Smithsonian. But the scient insisted ne explain | the underlying principle of the theory | which is that universal space is rel |tive to the aggregate conception of |one’s mind; a trained mind, he point- CLERK CLASSFYING INPROBABLE LY 1 Cannot Be Put Through for Fiscal Year Start Under Normal Conditions. Reclassification legislation is goinz| his |to receive the earnest consideration|a substantial saving by the provision | Miltee of thec s | by the House committee on reform in}of the new the civil service at once, but it is im-| sification can be put through so to go into operation at the beginning| of the fiscal year, July 1, according to Representative Lehlbach of New Jersey, chairman of the House com i I mittee and author of one of the re.|Sumed in Washington,” said Mr. Rob. classification bills, Other Measures Involved. Unless both houses of Congress| chould decide to jam through a bil: without giving other proposed meas. ures careful consideration and with out getting the views of the parties| at-interest, reclassification legislation before July 1 is impossible, Mr. Lehls bach said. Chairman Lehlbach returned to the Capitol today, determined to put through a censtructive measure at this session of Congress which will ! ibe of benefit both to the govemmmlj and to the employes. H ference today with Itwpru—s»nlzlwni Wood of Indiana, who is author of another reclassification bill awaiting | action by Mr. Lehlbach’s committe Mr. Lehibach has agreed to confer- ences with Herbert D. Brown, chief | of the United States bureau of efli- ciency, and with legislative leaders, in regard to the reclassification legis- lation and how it will fit in with the program of the administration. Hearings Expeeted. He had a con- mince he assumed office, and it was ve Navy's first opportunity to salute ip Penn- | him. From the proud flags evivania down to the humble “beef: boats” and from admiral down to| biuejacket, ships and men were sleek | and alert for the occasion. Before the fleet had entered the Virginia capes the Mayflawer. w!‘;l(‘h‘\ st came down from Washington night with President and Mrs. Hard- | ing and their party, was at anchor ! off Trimbl carby was the | naval b ch Secre- | tary ‘members of the Jiouse naval committee came to Hampton roads, while private yacht reion boats and ferries clustere nd the reviewing party. Roonevelt on Flagship. exc aro fiy the The Pennsylvania did not 1o tarred flag of Admiral Wilson com r-in-chief of the Atla i In its place there flattered from the flazship's main the blue-and-white flag of Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt, who | made the cruisc from Guantanamo | with the fleet and was on the fla p's bridgze when she passed the yflower. wing the battles Arizona. U North Dako lina and Co fieet forces. the Pennsylvania_can s Oklahoma. h. Florida, Michigan, € cticut, the Utah f the flag of Vice Admiral H. P. Jone: commanding the battleship force. Close behind the battle s was the tender Black Hawk leading three divisions of six destroyers each and thirtec submarines of the O and K classe They were followed by a numb ne force vesscls and ships of the supply train. headed by the cruiser Columbia, flagship of the train s as they sij of the The destro along astern re forced to content h less elaborate honors thin paid the President by the darge sels. The greater part of their crews were below decks in the heat of en- « nd boiler rooms or busy on the bridge and, lacking the luxury of a band they “manted the rail” at at- tention and let it o at tha On the rines a littlc group of rien on the wash stood 3.z1dly at attention he submersi- | bles slipped by the reviewing party. aft Fly Overhead. Throughout the the naval base Langley $iead while thre over the pag Tne roview an hour and line past the ard headea vut put the Preside little less than last of the long er Lifted s th Pennsyl- gathered fo As th Army ntin wrore se tne 4 recepti acht passed Fortress Monroe pard its honors to th twe Presi- from a y-one-gun salute o neared the fleet at yis anch the war craft dressed £hip in multi-colored flags, which add- ed a picturesque touch to the sce The war craft were sirung out ig two 1o es stretching from the fort far down toward Newport News. Alongside the Pennsylvania the Mayflower dropped anchor. ind Ad- ral Wison went aboard formally to pay the respects of the fleet 1o the Presi- nony over, Mr. Hard- ross to the flagship launch, and was g another ute of iwenty-ome guns as he c.imbed the gangway. At the same time the big superdreadnaught hoist- “~ gContinued on Page 2 Columa 5.) {HOUSE REJECTS MOVE s of the fleet had | Hearings will doubtless be held, | | Representative Lehlbach said, and at | ¢ as early a date as possible. There is | n effort on foot to have joint hear- | ings on reclassification, and a confer- ence has been arranged with Senator | Smoot for this afternoon on this sub- ject. It is gencrally believed that such hearings should be made as brief as possible, giving all divergent views an opportunity to be heard rather than to get “stimulative testimony | along: any one line. i | TO HALT NAVY SHIPS; Defeated Amendment Would Await | President’s Call of Nations to i Discuss Disarming. H | The House rejected today by an! overwhelming vote an amendment to| the raval appropriation bill providing| that no funds should be used for con-| tinuing warship construction until| President Harding had called an in- ternational conference to consider dis- armament. —_— INQUIRY ON SOLDIER AID. Bill Covers Compensation, Treat- ment and Insurance. A searching ‘investigation of all bureaus and agencies of the govern- ment dealing with the compensation, treatment and insurance of the vet- erans of the world war, will be made by a select committ if a resolu tor David I Walsh of Massachus ix adopted The resolution calls for the appoint- ment of five senators to make the in- vestigation — three republicans and two democrats. PRESIDENT’S THEME, WAS GRANT’S ADVICE, “LET US HAVE PEACE” ted Press. , April 2S.—A hope that - United States would soon be to effect real progress to- ward a substantial peace was ex- pressed by President Harding in a letter which was read at the an- nual dinner of the Middlesex Club last night. He referred to present conditions as constituting a nom- inal peace and Jacking many bene- fits of a_real peace. “Gen. Grant's advice, ‘Let us have is a_peculiarly proper theme,” the President wrote, in taking notice of the fact that the occasion was a Grant anniversary observanc “The world has had nominal peace for a considerable period now, without many of the advan- tages and benefits of peace,” he continued. “It never needed the xubstance of truth and peace more than it does today. T have no more earnest hope than that in the not very distant future gmr govern- ment may be able to effect real accomplishments in {his direc- I AURELS OF EINSTEIN Dr. Wait of Newburg, N. Y., Asseris He Worked Out Theory of Relativity Twenty Years Ago. |the trade for many years have been {over the continued hostile attitude of 28, 1921—THIRTY-FOUR PAGES. THOROUGH PROBE OF SCHOOL NEEDS ed out, can conceive of a greater uni- versal expanse than an untrained one. cannot Give Special Study to "~ New Buildings. Space, universally speaking, Le considered a vacuum, nor can sub- | starce likewise be considered with- out space. | Another illuminating point brought | out was that the stratum of matter| in which the earth moves is in a semi- Hrmonions. of disearaant condition, | CAPPER SAYS SYSTEM und thede qualities are perfectly equal in their tensity or force, or the law of perfect organization would not complete to the various subdi sional units and there would be a sub- unive: al tendency to abnormalitics. Book Not Published. Dr. Wait, who says he is a son-in- pansion May Be Started law of Gen. John A. Rawlins, filed!| with the Library of Congress, in 1901, | at Once. in manuscript form and has never |public schools of the district, par- been published. but, according to the ticularly with refercnce to additional author, is built upon the principles o 4 A laid down by Dr. Einstein. The manu- -PUildings and other facilities, is to <eript was shown to the Smithsonian |be undertaken almost immediately by | offic N {the subcommittee on schools of the 3 has a few questions which he would like Dr. Einstein to answer. He will send them to the Swiss scien- tist in a few ds He wants to know particularly w Dr. Einstein will answer to this: Did not chemical affinity come into existence when the universe environ- ment influence began to concentrate he friction into physical matter all from one source under varying ten- | Senate District committee. | Senator Capper of Kansas, chairman {of the subcommittec. announced to- {day that he planned to go thoroughly {into the school situation. He sent t !schools. telling him what the sub- {committee proposed to do and asking sity creating the density of theatom?" | {0F @ conference. convinced that the schools here are “I have become more and more | of Columbia should be a model for the rest of the country and the world,” said Senator Capper. brought to my attention which de imand immediate action. 1t is the | purpose of the subcommittec | dertaking this investigation to get to | the ‘bottom of the entire school sit- {uation and to make rec [to the Senate as to what improve iments should be made. Particularly | do we desire to have this information | for the use of th tions committee, which must provide New Law Provides for Sale by Weight—Past Losses = | the money needed by the schools. Are Cited. ‘l mu:nu ’l':o ll:iu:“l)eln‘:ed. “As a member of the select com- Washington housewives will effect ate which investi- 3 gated conditions rilating to the law which requires that|ministration of the all fish be sold by weight. George|interested in Lhe entire school prob- Roberta, sealer of weights and meas- | 1em here. The e w ischieol] = & | buildings has d far too ures, predicted today. The new|iong Adequate appropriations should weight-and-measures law becomes be made for new schools as soon as effective June 4. possible, 80 that the work may be i begun on them with little de | Senator Capper has the support of Chairman Ball of the District com- and the methods prevailing in mittec in the proposal to go thor- | oughly into the school situation. ator Ball himself has given consid- the cause of waste. It hus been the . plo thought to the needs of the practice heretofore to sell many | public schools, and in appointing Sen- species of fish, especially shad, at so | ator Capper chairman of the subcom- much each. In'that way the consumer | mittee on schools urged that steps be who purchased a four-pound shad|taken looking to the betterment of sometimes paid as much as the man | the schools. U. S. SHIP OWNERS AGREE TO BENSON’S DEMANDS “A large quantity of fish is con erts, dealers have adopted voluntarily the practice of selling by weight.” The superintendent also pointed to the waste which occurs when fish is sold by the barrel, packed in ice. In' such sales, he said. the quantity of fish in the barrel depends largely on | Association Announces Readiness | the amount of ice used in packing. “Sometimes,” he continued, o to Cut Wages Only 15 Per who had bought a barrel of ‘fish to sup ply his trade would find a large portion Cent May 1. of the contents to be ice, and he would | wpwr v > necessgrily have to sell at a loss or pass: BV YORK. April 28.—The Amer- the 1o on to the consumer. When the ican Steabship Owners' Association new law goes into operation only the announced today it was ready to com- actual weight of the fish will figure in | ply with the wishes of Rear Admiral the transaction. 3 5 Shi & Another provision of the law states|Denson of the Shippihg Board and hat a draler in oysters who includes in | cut wages 15 per cent May 1, instead a sale more than 10 per cent of ovsteriof approximately 25 per cent, as first liquor or other liquid substance shall be oo oo deemed guilty of selling short measure. hagec . The District has never before had any: While asserting that this cut would not be sufficient in view of the pres- nt cost of operation, the steamship law limiting the quantity of liquor that’ might be included in the sale of oyste A survey made last fall of a large num. OWners said that, neverthele: th ber of dealers in oysters showed that Wished to follow the suggesiion of in some instances 40 per cent of liquor Admiral Benson made at the joint nference of owners and workers in shington. This conference had been called after marine engineers had proclaimed a strike for May 1, and firemen and {seamen had rejected the wage cuts was included in retail sales, and 1t w: unusual for the percentage to be less|™ than 20. PANAMA STAND ALARMS. |first proposed Fomenting General Central Ameri can Conflict, Is Charge. {HOLY ROLLER WINS CASE. N JOSE, Costa R April 28. — Rev. Luther McFarland Was Held dents of this country are uneasy in Contempt of Court. S. Re: Panama. on the situation, dec} ing to “create a general conflict in Con. tral America by refusing to recogniz the boundary decision handed down by Chief Justico White of the United States Supreme Court in 1914.” [l aih Sl e e American warships are stationefl. at| pulsory education law in refusm; to each end of the boundary betwéen Costa | send his children to school, has colla Newspapers, in commenting | re Panama is try- | Special Dispateh to The Star. WINCHESTER, Va., April 28. — The ase of the commonwealth against Rev. Luther McFarland, the Pentecostal Holy Roller”) preacher, who was psed Rica and Panama to guard against un- | in court, and the defendant has b, toward incident dismissed. et i | When Mr. McFarland was tried in a SHOOTS HIMSELF AT ALTAR. | Masistra urt recently he was | ordered to send his children to the vil- {laze school. He said he would not B it , giving as his reason that the Lord had Ingiacithejaltasinithe chapeliof Metn -l S7 Pl o i Nimitolicen them i unsyatton ity Episcopal Church here yesterda¥, from the world.” The magistrats held Wal F sm&-nn:.n;‘ aged twanty !hf»; | him in contempt of court. himself above the heart in an attembt’ “\ypop the case was called at the pres- at suicide. Ho was rushed to a hos- |\ " e (ISE was called at the pres. pital, where he said to be in & whiting dismissed McFarland, holding dying condition. | that violation of the state school law carried only a fine, and that McFarland had not been given an opportunity Lo pay.a fine. Today’s News in Paragraphs 1,000 FLYERS T0 COMPETE Representative Lehlbach has returned | to the Capitol determined on con- Huge Air Service and Navy Meet structive legislation fo ecl lcation | s oy g EiEEcRaacallcr Assured By Entries. COLUMBUS, Ohio, April 28.—Kneel- Page 1| Dr. Wesley Wait of Newburgh, N. Y..| npzwp iy ! claims he worked out (negry of rel.| NEWPORT NEWS, Va, April 28— ity twenty years ago. Page 1)Ma). William N. Hensley, copmand- Postmaster General n Hays outlines {ing officer at Langley field, today of- department program. Page 1! ficially announced that 900 men, 96 Four men executed today for making!oncers and 70 cadet fiera will come ar on crown forc Page 2i{o the big flying statian sy Muy o to ! Daniels tells how bombardment of Nine hundred German: is. Page 3|the air service and the Navy during to go on trial | the eariy part of June . for alleged brutalities during war. | Maj. Hensley said he had been ne- Page 4| tified by the War Department that Manufacturers’ official promises to rec- | the officers. cadets and men will be at ommend trade practice change. t Page 7| fo take care of them when they Mob violence against negroes in another | 10 tako care of them w < Georgla county l’hargf-d. Page 7! The exact dates for "‘;’ maneu W. G A. outlines world program | L0 determine the superiority of either L PIORTAM | (he Navy oF air service has not been and loca - Page announced, but the present plans call Reserve board head will review farm | for the credit situation. Page 12| New schedule of quick mail conmwunns! here prepared. Page 13 Viviani predicts collaboration of France| T0 MOVE ALLEGED EVADER. and America. Page 13| SAN ANTONIO, Tex., April 28.—Linn Big new school decmed vital to relieve | A- Gale, recently deported from congestion in Mount Pleasant. Mexico and turned over to military Page 13| authorities at' Fort MelIntosh. near S . vo | laredo, April 22, charged w e- Encalfont Mikes N yiinjenorts }?,l",‘j“l‘:k ing a draft evader, will be brought 2 S Ak 17| pere it was said at the Sth Bankcr witneszes heard in conspiracy case against five men here. Corps area headquarters here. In- ANt Page 18| gtructions ash to transportation of nite es workers told LV N & | of benefits] Gale, which jwere expected from Pago ashington, not- 3 ¥ second week in June. IND.C.ISPLANNED {Senate Subcommittee Will| | HERE SHOULD BE MODEL | | Urges Sufficient Funds So That Ex- | |a letter today to Supt. Ballou of the | in un- | mmendations | nate appropria- | ad- | schools 1 became | aval guns stopped ' take part in the campaign between | | the flying field between now and May | and that plans were being made | ampaign during the first or! Army | | i | CLEVE LANp | | NEWwW Yar ST cacis | | | ' | | Talkative Women Can Dent Prices, Says Mr. Daughert. Women “with positive con- versational powers” can make a bigger dent In retail prices | than the whole Department of 0K PEACEPLAN SEORED N SEMATE 'Mr. Nelson Attacks Resolu- | | | | | Justice machine Atiorney General Daugherty declared to- | day. | A wquad of women o equip- ped could do more with a dealer tion as “Unusual, Halting | | Siifas™ use veean " pricen rec | | mained up dewptte the slump in wholexale figures, leaving profits in which he could see no reaxon in meats and other houschold comodities. houschold commoditiex. i x and Piecemeal Work.” The first attack the Knox peace res day from the republic ator Nelson of Minnesota, chairman of the Senate judiciary committee, | characterizing the resolution as “un- usual, halting, cquivocating and only la partial and piece work.” His | oppositicn shattercd hopes of lead- ers for a solid republican line-up for adoption of the resolution. ither Senator Knox of Pennsyl-| vania, author of the resolution, nor Senator Lodge. chairman of the for- cign relations committee, which urged its adoption, was prepared to open the the resoluticn came up today, and Senator Nelson procceded with the delivery of his prepared ad- dress. the Senate lution to- n side. Sen- in came SPURNS CENSORING Mr. Hays Promises Publish- ers Closest Possible Co-Operation. By the Associated Press. The Minnesota senator was in the| ~NEW YORK, April 28.—Postmaster mild_reservationist group of republi- | Jeneral Hays, in an address today at ns during the treaty ratification |the annual luncheon of the American fight in the Senate. He'argued today | Newspaper Publishers' Association, out- that the Knox peace plan omitted im- | ; atti i 5 portant essentials for a just, perma. | ined the attitude of his department to | i | newt and lasting peace—reparations | Ward the press: {and disarmament—and that its p “There are two things in connection sage would encourage (iermany 1o |with our relation which I would state | continued resistance of ‘allica rep- | and re-amphasize. First, it is no part j arations demands. of the primary business of the Post i 2 Office Department to act as a censor .0 Flays Selfish Motive. of the press. This should not and e By th resolution.” said Senator; will not be. | Nelson, “we insist upon full repara-| “Second, we are going to get along tion for ourselves, but are wholly ob-! together and do the right thing in {livious as to whether our allies, bylall of these matters of classification, | whose side and aid we vanquished the | common cnemy, secure any reparation at all. We are also by this resolu- | tion wholly oblivious to the disarm- ament of Germany—a most vital mat- ter to the future of the world. So long as we get reparation for our- i selves, as long as we get our pound| rates, etc, and I want it distinctly understood there will never be ang kind of a grievance is not thrice wel- come to sit down with the head of the department and work it out.” Will Study Mail Service. lof JMlesh, we have no concern for| He promised Lo give the question of | bleeding’ Franc ccond-class mails hi ses 5 | e mator: Noloan asserted that he|Second-class mails his closest atten | would be willing to reach peace with |tion, saying that the one unpardon- | Austria by resolution. but mot withiablo sin of the post office is not to | Giermany. With Austria disintegrated, st i | thve Benaton sald, seeos dlointegrated | qeliver. the daily: newsnaper on time. “The newspaper is pre-eminently a thing a man wants when he wants it. and if he can’t have it when he wants Tabama, it he doesn't want it at all.” he said. Alabama. | UM Hays brought a personal mes- armament in her c much concern. se were not of so Senator Underwood Opposed. Senator Underwood of | | | democratic leader, followed ; ! i > sge from President Harding. The D Gl RO '2lu- | President told him yesterday, he said. | ifinal scene of a great tragedy,” and | '0, t°1l the Dublishers “we expect your help in bringing this republic and _its varied interests into straightforward track again.” Mr. Hays told the publishers he was | determined to put the entire postal | service upon a purely business basis ‘3o serviceable and sound that no political party will ever again dare | the ending of the war as far as the | United States is concerned, “and we | will have washed our hands of the | transaction,” Senator Underwood add- | ed. HOWAT REFUSES TO SEND the | | ! attempt fo ignore or evade it ul- i STRIKING MINERS BACK N ontal lentabliphment V5 wiost i —_— certainly not an institution for |International Board’s Ultimatum Regarding Dean Company's Men Sent Yesteraay. PITTSBURG, Kan. April 25— Alexander Howat, head of the Kansas Miners’ Union,s has rejected the de- mand of the International Union that he put back to work the striking employes of the Dean Coal and Min- gz Company. The demand, in the form of an ul- timatum, was delivered to Howat yes- terday by the committee of the in- ternational executive board sent here iby John L. L . international presi |dent of the United Mine Workers of. | America, to investigate the strike at {the Dean min. ! profit nor politics,” he said, “but an 1 institution for service. You can't ex- | pect men and women to mive service if they are to be shuttlecocks of politics.” New Money Order Scheme. He outlined plans for improving the condition of the employes through the agency of a new welfare depart- ment in_the service. Outlining a comprehensive system for bettering the service generally, he recounted steps that have bee taken to facilitate foreign and air- plane mail. As an adjunct to the campaign for increasing trade between the United States and South America, Mr. Hays said, international money orders may now' be exchanged with many of the South and Central American coun- tries, and negotiations are being con- ducted with the postal administra- tions of all the others. i | {in Joseph Conrad and Irvin S. Cobb “vo of the world’s great writers of fiction, contribute excellent stories to Next Sunday’s Star “THE BULL CALLED EMILY,” by Irvin S. Cobb. P “THE BRUTE, A DESPERATE TALE,” by Joseph Conrad. i | | Order Your Copy of The Sunday Star Today. BY POSTAL RULES occasion when a publisher with any! TWO CENTS. BERLIN STILL HAS | Can Alter Terms and Method of Collection to Suit Allies. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. Germany still has an opportunity to modify her reparation proposals and {make them satisfactory to the allics and thus prevent occupation of the ! Ruhr. Although the United States govern- ment is not taking the initiative or adopting any course that might be jconstrued as an cffort to persuade jGermany to cnange ner proposals. !Germans know their offer | ceptable. i {and Germany does not center on the 1 and method of collection. An error in | the cabled text has been discovered | which puts a different light on at| Ik'a. one important paragraph of the {German proposal. that which relates to_“unreproductive outlays. The first version made it appear I that the German government wanted 110 ba rid of these outlays, which are intcrpreted to mean the funds spent [ ismaniogiaeatieaiarmicsiofive; cupation, but the German govern- | ment's official statement now says the Inote should have read that derman business must be rid of “unrepro- ductive outlays” and that the phrase refers to d ntageous trade rangements. Removing Penalties Objectionabl In any event, the most objection- able clause in the German proposal is that which declares as a condition of ipavment that all penalties or “sanc { tions™ must be removed. The Ger- mans declare officially in a_supple- mentary statement made after the | German proposal was made to Wash- ington that this means only the pen- alties imposed by the recent London conference and does not involve in any way the sanctions provided by the Versailies treaty. Should these two important points be made in an official communicatjon to the United States it may be t when the allies examine the entire proposition it may fall into the cate- gory of a “suitable basis” for dis sion later on. For the moment the French are de- termined to occupy the Ruhr. and talk about modifications in the Ger- {man proposal afterward. The French ibelieve they will be better able to | force German acceptance when the | French troops are in possession of the i i than now. when French public opin- ion would be indignant over anything that resembled dillydallying on the part of the Briand ministry. U. S. Pursuing Wary Course. The Germans have approximated the sums asked by the allies, but. as indi- cated by the British counter ques tions, everything depends upon the details of the proposal and not the general principles or vague promises | of the German note. | Meanwhile the United States gov- ernment is pursuing a wary course, i fascinating. indeed, in its disingenu- {ousness. The American government | does not want to close the door to a settlement of the reparation problem which it realizes means so much t the economic condition of the whole world. And the Washington govern- ment, on the othsr hand, doesn’t pwant to adopt any course that would encourage Germany to believe Amer- ica has deserted her associates in the war. Secretary Hughes has the whole situation “well in hand. President Harding has so much confidence in him that he went off to Hampton roads to review the Atlantic flcet and gave the Secretary of State complete authority to go ahead without further reference to him. The last cabinet meeting on Tuesday gave Mr. Harding an opportunity to get the advice of his colleagues and a course of action was determined upon. Coples Given to Ambanxsndors. The various moves in the situation have been taken partly in secrecy and partly with public knowledge. The German note did not arrive in Wash- ington until-about 5 o'clock Monday afternoon. ~ Within an hour, the French and British ambassadors here had unofficial copies for the informa- tion of their governments. As stated in The Star and now confirmed by a cablegram from Bdwin L James, Paris correspondent of the New York the allled diplomats had a e to say informally to Mr. Hughes what-they thought of the Ger- man proposal. Mr. James cables to- day, for instance: “French diplomats-are very pleased ith the graceful manner in which cretary Hughes permitted the Paris goyernment to place a vetg On' the German proposals and lh*&lh ‘them.” 4 I i i HOPE TO SAVERUHR nevertheless the cables and radio have | conveyed to Berlin within the last! ircl v to have twenty-four hours enough newspaper | Said in official circles today dispatches and official utterances from Paris and London especially to let the is unac- The difference between the allies amount to be paid, but upon the terms ar- | | valuable resources of the Ruhr valley | o | ENGLAND RELECTS GERMANPROPLSAL AS UNACCEPTABLE :Pledged to Seizure of West- phalian Coal Fields, Says Lloyd George. lNEXT MOVE IS EXPECTED | FROM SUPREME COUNCIL | France Will Insist on Ruhr Occu- pation, But Briand Will Not Act Without Allies. By the Associated Press BERLIN, April 25.—A semi-of- ficial statement was issued here today suggesting that the German Zovernment was willing to modify itx reparations proposals if asked by Washington to do o, and that by auch action a basix of agree- ment could be reached. By the Associated Press. LONDON, April 28.—The prime min- ister, Mr. Lloyd George, declared in the ‘house of commons today that the Brit- | ish government was committed to ac- tion, so far as the Westphalian coal !fields were concerned, if the German | reparation proposals were unsatisfac- tory. He added “It is not for me to whether an- other opportunity will be given Germany or not. “I very much regret to say that the proposals are thoroughly unsatisfactory, and 1 wish it had been possible for me to xay that they alter the situation. They are being examined very care- fully, with the other proposals at this moment by the financial experts of all the allies ‘who are in London,” contin- ued Mr. Lloyd George. herefore, T would be very Sorry 1o express a definite opinion. but I am afraid there is general lete inadequacy v the German government. Examine Occupation Plans. The prime minister said that detailed plans for the occupation of the West- phalian coal fields were being examined by the conference of allied cxperts, and that the reports of these experts would ! be laid before the interallied conference | to be held Saturdax | Mr. Llovd George added that he doubt- {ed whether a decision by the supreme | council would be taken before Monday | or Tuesday of mext week. | Germany's attempt to clarify cer- |tain of her reparation proposals, in | compliance with the request of the British foreign office vesterday, was resulted in even greater confusion. Great Britain has asked for further explanatio; ¢ As the outgrowth of the British query of yesterday, Germany,’ it is stated, now suggests that the annu- ities extend over a period of from fifty to seventy-five years, or even longer, instead of the forty-two vears originally mentioned. This is | declared in official circles to be a sam- I ple of the “evasive methods” of Ger- many. which cannot be allowed to continue. 5 | Great Britain has requested infor- | mation in regard to the proposed in- ternational loan, which, it is declared, could not be floated at 4 per cent, ac- cording to the German terms. NEW CONFERENCE HERE. Geddes and Baron de Marchienne See Secretary Hughes. ] Iy the Associated Press Sir Auckiand Geddes. ambassador {from Great Britain, conferred with [ Secretary Hughes today. arriving at |the State Department shortly after noon. The Belgian ambassador, | Baron de Marchicnne, arrived at the department before Auckland left. They w voys to see Mr. Hughes since he laid the new German reparations Propo- | sals before them informally last Tues- | day. i I Chala | b i | v re the first of the allied e i was understood that Prince de . counselor of the French em- had an engagement to see Mr. ghes during the day. He has to {act for Ambassador Jusserand. who {is absent from Washington, and was | expected to communicate the decision lof his zovernment that the German | offer was unacceptable. | COUNCIL TO ACT NEXT. {U. S. Expected to Be Invited to H Send Envoy. By the Associated Press ! PARIS, April 28.—The next devel- opment regarding the German prop- ositions on the reparations question is expected to occur in London, as | according to the best information ob- | tainable, here today no further steps ! will be tuken in this situation until | the allied supreme council, which is {to meet in Lomdon Saturday. has 'h(’l('d. American participation in the Lon- {don deliberations is hoped for in | French circles, where it is stated an {invitation will be sent to Washington | to have a representative of the United States present. The discussion in tke supreme coun- cil, it is indicated, will be opened by | presentation of the French case, with the details of Germany's defaults in | the execution of the treaty of Ver- | sailles. Her failure to pay the bal- ance of 12,000.600.000 marks on her 20,000,000,000 marks debt, due May 1; iher refusals to disarm, her failure to bring to trial ofticers accused of war crimes and her resistance to the pro- |posed methods for payment of in demnities will be set forth as justify- ing further penalties and the taking of further pledges. g After this the German propositions {just transmitted to Washington will ‘be taken up. | France Will Insist. France will insist that, nothing should arrest the pressure of the | fulfillment of Germany's obligations | shoul darrest the pressure of the {allies. ~The first actual beginning. it | is suggested, might be the delvery of 11,000,000,000 marks in gold from the reichsbank reserve, as demanded by the reparations commission. This would be considered as tangible evi- jdence of intention to execute the treaty, in default of which the French delegation will resist the considera- tion of mere promises as justifica- tion for further delay in the appli- eation of new pen The tracing of ne tween Poland and lesia_will, be_discus: boundary lines erman Upper by the su-