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THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, DECEMBER 19, 192L DEFENE FINISHES | . INEASTLAKE CASE ‘ Jury Expected to Start Con- ! “sideration of Fate of Ac- i i.; cused Husband Tonight. From a Staff Correspondent. MONTROSS,* Va., December 19.— ‘Without calling the defendant to the stand, the defense of Roger R. East- Jake, charged jointly with Miss Sarah E. Knox, Baltimore trained nurse, with murdering his young wife at Colonial Beach In the early morning hours of September 30 last, rested its case at 10:52 in the trial of the naval petty officer here today. Tt is now expected that the case will &4 to the jury tonight. Rebuttal testimony was immediately ‘bbgun by the prosecution, and it is ‘thought that this will not last more than two hours. The argument of opposing counsel to the jury, it said, will take eight hours in’all Judge Scores Reporters. Preceding the continuation of the trial, Judge Joseph W. Chinn de- nounced certain press representatives for methods resorted to in reporting the case to thelr respective papers. He said that after reading many ac- counts of the trial he thought some of them were not only unjust and without foundation, but were “ma- lipious lies and an insult to the citi- zens of this section of Virginia.” The case today was opened with A. R. Crothers of Ocean City, N. J.. on the stand. The witness identified the handwriting of Miss Knox. Judge Chinn then allowed the ad- mittance as evidence of the letters of Miss Knox to Eastlake, read on Saturday. Several letters from Mrs. Eastlake to her husband were read to the jury. but not allowed as evidence by Judge Chinn. Denired to Leave Beach. She seemed most solicitous about his return home from the Dahlgren proving ground, detailed what the children were doing, and in_ the last one she showed evident desire to laave Colonial Beach, as she wrote “ar i hate this damned dump and everybody in it more and more each day 1 stay here. Be good and be sure to come home tomorrow night.” The letters were signed “Bunny.” In the letter to her sister-in-law. “Mrs. Eastlake referred to her husband as “the best man in the world,” “they ate not all perfect, but I would not glve up my husband and children for apything in the world.” the A The first witness called by prosecution in rebuttal. Mrs. C. A. Faineken of Colonial Beach, was the cause of heated arguments between oppesing counsel. She was called to testify as toithe attributed attitude as: to relations existing between East- lake and his wife. Zudge Chinn finally permitted the witne: to testify in part, and she tald of a mysterious appearance of Miss Knox at her home when the Eastlakes were there for supper. ‘At this juncture the witness asked the-opposing counsel and Judge Chinn to’ go into an adjoining room with her, as she desired to explain what she had to tell. When they returned Judge Chinn allowed her to testify. Mrs. Heinekin then told of her ac- companying Mrs. Eastlake to John B. Foster, a Colonial Beach lawyer. to discuss divorce proceedings. ~Later, the witness said, she saw Mrs. East- Jake and that the latter told her she was living happily with her husband again. as she thought the divorce threat had a good effect on him. Church Considered Expulsion. The witness sald also that the church which Eastlake attended dis- cussed the question of expelling him at one time because of his alleged im- morali The gist of this testimony was to offset the intent of the defense to show that the Eastlakes were living happily together during the imme- dide months preceding the murder. Following the announcement made | Saturday night that the trial of Miss | Sarah E. Knox, charged jointly with Fastlake with the crime, would be held the last week in February, Judge | Chinn said that the venermen for the case would in all probability have to| be: drawn from another county, as! practically the entire male popula- | tion of Westmoreland county had at one time or another attended the Eastlake trial. . JEWS TO CELEBRATE. Observance of “Feast of Lights” to Begin Next Sunday. The festival of Chanukah, also known as the “feast of lights,” in commemoration of the deliverance of the Jews from the King of Syria in 163 before the present era, will be oelebrated by orthodox Jews in ‘Washington and in various parts of the world for eight days, beginning nekt Sunday. The deliverance of the Jews was ‘brought about by Mattathias, a priest, who revolted against Antiochus Epiph- anes, King of Syria, when he en- forced an order requiring the same ;lhz\mge and religion among his sub- ts. [dols were erected in the temple and Greek religious practices were introduced. After the successful in- sufrection the temple was rededicated, hence the name Chanukah, which ns dedicated. 'he holiday is celebrated both in tHé home and the synagogue by the kindling of lights. Presents are ex- changed also at this time of the year a$ a token of good will. i i —_— REND SUES HIS PARENTS . FOR $350,000 IN STOCK G.,hmdson of Wealthy Chicago Coal Magnate Charges Fraud in i Securities Deal. By the Assoclated Press. @HICAGO, December 19.—James E. Rend, jr., twenty-two-year-old grand- m of the late William P. Rend, wealthy Chicago coal dealer, has filed suit against his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jimes E. Rend, for the recovery of $350,000 worth of stock in the W. P. Rénd Company, it is announced. Young Rend charges he was defraud- eigut of the $350,000 by his parents. *William P. Rend died in 1915 and in . his will, according to the bill filed here, created a “spendthrift fund” far his son. This fund consisted of the stocks in question and it was provided that James E. Rend could nét obtain them or dividends accru- ing from them until he was fifty years old. If he attempted to sell or eyén negotiate the sale of the stocks it: was provided that they would at once become the ‘property of the grandson, James E. Rend, jr. Young Rend charges that a year ago his parents schemed to violate the will, place him in possesion of the bonds, then have him sign over the bonds to his father, so that the father might have the stocks before h¢' is fifty years old. he néw about forty-five. plished, young Rend says in his . Mrs. Rend, one of the defend- ants and mother of young Rend, has a3suit for diverce against her hus- band pending in the courts. She ex- mlled fullest confidence in her son, pite the fact that he is bringing suit against her. —_— :GIVEN NEW NAVY DUTY. 3& Admiral Casey B. Morgan has | H Been detached from command of the Wpecial service squadron and assigned to oourt-m: duty at Hampton Toads . (D Bad Year Ahead Seen As Mercury and Mars Come in Conjunction By the Associated Press. LONDON, December 19—The year 1026 is destined to shake e world o its foundation, both physically and politically. It fs 1o be a auccession of plagues, famine, floods, shipwrecks, riot- & and revolution. So s British Journal of Astrology, which has drawn the horoscope for that year, when the planets Mars and Mercury will be in conjunction. Six years lIater the great Armageddon ix to take place. It will be a 1 Moham; Dol edanism, ism, against the united 0-Saxon wo It will end “universal peace” in 1832, “but there will be %o few of us left and we shall be so tired that peace should happen any- Rhow,” the horoscope says. BUREAU EXPENSES 14,076,004 IN YEAR Uncle Sam’s Engraving Cost Exceeds by $3,000,000 Any Previous Record. Uncle Sam’s engraving plant cost $14,- 576,004.02 to operate during the last fiscal year, according to the report of Director James L. Wilmeth of the bu- reau of engraving and printing made public today. This Is almost $3,000,000 more than the highest single year's operation in the past. The last high mark was established the year previous with a figure of $11,854,171.45. The total number of sheets of en- graved matter, including currency, bonds, stamps and similar ftems de- livered from the bureau was 438,694,824, which record was beaten only during the war rush of 1919, when 447,464,105 sheets were gotten out there. Reduction of Personnmel. The personnel has been reduced also from a maximum of 7,427 on January 24, 1921, to 6,204 on September 27, 1921, ex- cluding those on indefinite furlough. One thousand six hundred and twenty appointments were made during the year and 1,460 terminations of service were listed. During the year eighty-one em- ployes were retired. under the act of May 22, 1920, sixty-five on account of ‘age and sixteen on account of total disability, while eighty efficient employes who had reached the age of retirement were retained in the service for two years longer. Work Period Discontinued. The third or midnight shift of em- ployes was discontinued at the com- pletion in April of the liberty loan bonds. The work of the bureau, however, is 50 per cent in excess of pre-war work and both day and early night shifts will be continued in- definitely. Fifty power plate printing presses of an improved type were purchased during the year as additional equip- ment and to replace worn-out power presses. GERMAN FOLK AROUSED BY INFANT MORTALITY Widespread Movement by Civic ‘Welfare Associations to Bet- ter Living Conditions. BERLIN, December 18.—Infant mor- tality, which Is increasing through- out Germany, principally in cities, has impelled a widespread movement by civic welfare associations mothers’ leagues to alleviate living conditions by securing municipal or co-operative construction of small dwellings in the suburbs. “Colonies” of cement houses, rapidly built by use of molds, have appeared by thou- sands in the last few months, the oc- cupants being assured of abundance of light and air. While Germany has, properly speak- ing, no such thing as “slums.” the slowing up of construction during the war produced insanitary and crowded conditions among the poorer classes. Half a million homes are required to relieve the congestion in Berlin, and reports from Hamburg say there are 1,000 families, with an average of six children to the family, living in on room apartments. Sanitary inspecto of a number of cities report as many as ten persons living in a single room, “being born, living, eating, sleeping and dying in a space which only two persons could healthfully in- habit.” The mortality among children in these crowded centers has been found to be vastly higher than with the children of peasants, who have the advantages of space for playground, open air and sunlight. Meanwhile, a disinclination to increase the size of apartment buildings is evident among the promoters of the “healthier chil- dren” movement. It is pointed out that adjacent to every German city there are large tracts of untilled lands which ought to be donated to charity by the own- ers, many of whom are non-resident or rich and who hold the lands for speculative purposes. 30,000 CUBANS PROTEST FORDNEY TARIFF BILL Proposed Duties on Sugar and To- bacco Would Ruin Cuba, + Leaders Declare. By the Associated Press. HAVANA, December 18.—A dem- onstration was held heré today against the Fordney tarifft bilL Thirty thousand persons took part and paraded through the heart of the capital. The demonstration was orderly. Carrying Cuban flags and bearing banners on_ which were inscribed, in Spanish and English, demands for a “square deal” and the warning that the propose tariff would mean “Cuba’s ruin,” the marchers made their way to the presidential palace, where they disbanded. A statement presented to President Zayas and Maj. Gen. E. H Crowder after the demonstration, by L Arango, president of the Association of Sugar Mill Owners and Planters, which arranged the parade, declared: “The United States must not de- stroy the fruit of its own work in Cuba by enforcing ruinous tariff rates against her sugar and tobacco.” The statement Suggests that the remedy be sought in a new, perma- nent commercial treaty to be negoti- ated at as early a date as possible. Similar manifestations, although on a smaller scale, were held in the larger towns throughout the island, according to press reports received tonight, and in many cases statements of the motives that actuated the pa- raders were delivered to American consular officials. At Ciego de Avila 1,500 horsemen, mostly from sur- rounding plantations, were in line. ASSIGNED TO WARSHIP. Commander Wiliam S. Bye of the office of naval operations, Navy De- ent, has been assigned to the battleship Pennsylvania as executive officer. REAR ADMIRAL RETIRES. Rear Admiral Harry A. tionad at San_Francisco, tired for age December 31. ’ Field, sta- will be re- and i u { ™ 3 63 oy As a result of the conference on ment. Photograph shows finished guns of various calibers, intended fo: g t;- limitation of armament, this spot SECRETARY DENBY MAKES TOUR OF INSPECTION OF WASHINGTON the Washington navy yard may become the “graveyard” of the ttleships yet to be built by Uncle Sam. The Secretary is accompanied by 'y Depart- Admiral Coonts, chief of naval operations; Admiral MeVay, chlef of the bureau of ordnance, and other Navy officialx. UPPER GRADE PUPILS SHOW INTEREST IN STAR CONTEST Principal Haycock of Third Division Be- lieves Competition Will Stimulate Study of Arms Parley. FIVE GIRLS PUT IN JAIL, CHARGED WITH MURDER Free-for-All Fight Results Death of Man and Fatal Wounding of Anocther. HUNTSVILLE, Ala., December 19.— ‘Will Ricketts, proprietor of a local cafe, is dead; Fred Mauterer, son of a local merchant, is in a dying condition, and five girls are In jail charged with mur- der and assault with intent to murder, as a result of a fight here last night. Ricketts and Mauterer were shot in what was described by the police as a free-for-all fight in a house in tae suburbs and came as the climax to a gay party in which there were a dozen participants. The police reported the discovery of evidence that whisky flowed freely. —_— DELEGATIONS IN RECESS FOR STUDY OF PARIS MOVE (Continued from First Page.) in was presented with the backing of the French government, notwith- standing a belief prevalent in other quarters that it was not. Drawn up in Washington under the supervision of Admiral de Bon, chief French naval adviser, the 350,000-ton plan appeared to many of the arms delegates to be only a general staff idea and not the matured program of the French government. That sup- position is understood to have led to the exchanges which took place be- tween Ambassador Harvey and Pre- mier Briand, which itself followed an effort by Secretary Hughes to get in touch with the French premier direct. Confusion Over Ratlo. The French delegation appeared to attach considerable significance, how- ever, to the reference of the dis- patches to submarines, and there was | a growing belief everywhere that other considerations besides the capi- tal ship question had entered into the conference between the American ambassador and the French premier. Although never made public, the {American capital ship proposal for: France and Italy is known to have been in the shape of actual proposed tonnage not reduced to the form of an expressed ratio. As a consequence there was some confusion over to- day's unofficial dispatch from Paris quoting ratio_figures. One particular point of apparent divergence related to Ttaly’s strength, stated in the Paris advices as fixed at a ratio of 1.68 as against 1.7 for France. Equal Tonnage Plan. As understood by the Italian dele- gates, at least, the plan proposed here equal tonnage, and_the Iltalians are would have given France and Italy understood to have accepted on that basis. Furthermore, the ratio of the French and Italian navies on that schedule would be something less than 1.7 as compared to the American and British five. The tonnage allow- :nces for the five powers thus would e: Great Britain, 525,000; United States, 525,000; Japan, 315,000; France, 175,- 000; Italy, 175,000, Although Great Britain has already indicated officially the desire of her delegation to state publicly at a plen- ary session of the conference the Brit- ish desire that submarines be abol- ished as naval weapons, even the Brit- ish, however, have little hope that the conference will take such action. This_would leave to the confersnce the fixing of the relative tonnage of each power in underwater craft and also the total amount of submarine tonnage each power to be retained. Original U. S. Proposal. Under the original proposal, the Under the original American proposal, the United States and Great Britain ‘would retain 90,000 tons each in subma- rines, Japan, 54,000 tons, and the other two powers their proportionate tonnage under the capital ship ratios finally established for them. The British have indicated, however, a purpose to seek reduction of as much as 50 per cent in the retained submarine ton- nage of all powers, while the French are understood to desire a very much Jarger submarine tonnage than the fleet ratio derived from present exist- ing ship tonnage of the French navy would permit. Conference officials anticipate ex- tended debate in the committee of fifteen on the submarine tonnage al- lotment problem. They expect that debate to begin immediately after French acceptance of the capital ship tonnage suggestions of the United States has been communicated by the French delegation. Could Work Out Details. Details of the capital ship matter, it was said, probably could be worked out quickly with authority provided for both France and Italy to build “post-Jutland” ships as replacement for existing, but obsolete dread- naughts if they so desired. It is not anticipated that there will be necessary any important revision of the ten-year naval holiday plan otherwise than has already been made in granting the British authority to build two post-Jutland ships and ex- tension of similar authority for France and Italy. Nor is it believed that the airplane carriers allotments will cause difficulty, although Japan has indicated a desire for more ton- nage under this heading than the 5—5—3 ratio plan would contemplate. Other elements of the naval plan as to cruisers and destroyers and gun- boats and other like ships are regard= ed merely as matters of detuil. It is not believed that their adjustment for incorporation in a five-power treaty of limitation will'take much time. —— CAPT. TIMMONS ASSIGNED. Capt. John W. Timmons has been assigned to the command of the U. 8. S. Blackhawk. He relieves Byron A. Long, who is assigned to duty in the third naval district. COMES TO ANACOSTIA. Lieut. Harold J. Brow at the Waval air station, Hampton roads has been | transferred to the naval air statiom, ‘Anacostia, D. C., for duty. ! Many pupils in the upper grades of {the public schools of the third di- vision are expected to enter The Evening Star's prize essay contest on the ‘topic, “The Arms Conference and 1ts Significance,” it was said today by Robert L. Haycock, supervising prin- cipal of the divislon. Mr. Haycock said, in his opinion, the contest will have the desired effect of stimulat- ing an intensive study by school children of the conference proceed- ings. “Boy Scouts returning to their rooms after service at the arms con- ference are being asked by their teachers to report to their classmates the impressive things they have heard and seen,” said Mr. Haycock. “Un- doubtedly a very live interest is de- veloping. especially among the eighth grade pupils, who take up for the first time the study of our government. Upper-Gra Pupils Interested. “Our seventh grade teachers. while teaching the countries of Europe and Asia, refer to the great conference and emphesize its importance in con- nection with the future relations of those countries. This general interest in the conference will bring out a large number of participants among Besides Christmas, one of thoughts uppermost in the minds of thousands of Washington public school children today is the essay jcontest. According to reports re- ceived by school authorities, virtually j every public school ‘will be represent- ted in the contest. ‘While awaiting formal announce- ment of the rules of the contest, the school pupils, at the direction of school officials, will devote as much time as possible to an intensive study of the conference developments. Con- sequently, when the time arrives for writing the essays the pupils, it is be- lieved, will be fully prepared to write inteligently on the subject selected. Rules to Be Announced. The rules and names of members of the board of judges will be an- IBRIEFLY (The Star is publishing each day & sum- marized story of the developments of the armament conference. By reading it each day you will keep in touch with the out- standing events of the historic meetlng.) The meeting of the committee of fifteen on limitation of arma- ment, scheduled for 11 a.m. today, was postponed so that the French delegates would have more time to receive communications from their home government regarding the NOTED GERMAN WAR | | | nounced soon. Cash prizes amount- ing to $1,000 will be awarded the prizes, and numerous additional awards for essays showing superior merit. According to present plans, the con- test will be divided into two separate classes. Contestants in one class will be limited to students in the senior high schools. In the other class, con- testants will be pupils of the junior high schools and the upper grades of the elementary schools. BUREAU OF STANDARDS COMPLETES MANY TESTS The _bureau of standards, during the past_fiscal year. confined its activities to the more urgent research problems and testing, according to the annual report of Director S. W. Stratton, made public today. Close co-operation with the industries and other government departments has been continued with satisfactory re- sults, the report said. The number of tests completed during the year was 167.398 for the government and 26,638 \for_the public. ~During the year the !staft of the bureau has been Composed on an average of 342 statutory employes and_ 508 employed in special research | work. This is a total of £50, as compared with 931, the average for last year. New specifications for incandescent lamps purchased by the government were pre- pared during the year, as the old speci- fications were out of date. Important work, the report says, has been done on whys and means for conserving our supply of natural gas and investigation {of airplane and automobile engines has | been continued. Co-operation with the bureau of en- graving and printing has been continued |and a satisfactory electrolytic plate h i been_developed, which is being used by the bureau. A fpactroscopic metbod of analyzing goid akd other precious met- als was succes\fully developed und turned over to the Treasury epart- ment for its use. i | i TOLD STORY OF ARMS CONFERENCE naval ratio. The committee is to meet at 11 o'clock tomorrow. By that time, it is expected, the French delegates will be ready to proceed. Unofficially it is reported from London that Premier Briand has informed Ambassador Harvey that France will accept the capital ship ratio proposed for France by the United States, 175.000 tons. The Japanese and Chinese dele- gates will meet this afternoon to consider furher the matter of the return of the Kiaochow railroad in Shantung to Chin: COMMANDER VISITING | NATIONAL CAPITAL. winners. This will include six large! PLAN TO RAISE $2,125,000 OF JEWISH RELIEF FUND District Embraced in Zone—Simon Lyon Chairman of Committee. Total of $14,000,000 Needed. PHILADELPHIA, December 19.— Plans for launching a campaign to raise $2,125,000 in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland and the District of Columbia for the relief of {the Jews in Europe was outlined last | night at a meeting under the auspices |of the American Jewish committee. The campaign, which is a part of the nation-wide movement to raise $14 000,000, will start on or before Feb- ruary 4 and end March 1 The meeting was_presided over by Dr. Cyrus Adler of Philadelphia. Ad- dresses were delivered by Louis Mar- shall, chairman of the American Je ish committee, and David A. Brown of Detroit. A letter was read from Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover wishing the committee suc- cess in the drive. ~ Dr. Adler was named chairman for the zone and state chairmen were ap- pointed as follows: Pennsylvania — Jules Mastbaum, Philadelphia. Delaware—Dr. I Kreshtoll, Wil- mington. Maryland—Eli Frank, Baltimore. New Jersey—Felix Fuld, Newark. District of Columbia—Simon Lyon, Washington. SUBMARINE NEXT CONFERENCE ISSUE (Continued from First Page.) possible, is readily understood when it is remembered that Germany very nearly succeeded in cutting off the British Isles by its submarine campaign. paign. Limit on Size. The British also will ask that the conference put a limit upon the size of submarines. If this can be done, the submarine, the British say, will be reduced more to the status of a defensive weapon, and will not be able to make the long cruises against commerce that were made by German submarines in the war. In his original proposal for the lim- itation of naval armament of the United States, Great Britain and Secretary Hughes proposed United States and Great should be 90.000 tons ecach and that Japan should have 54,000 tons. To this Great Britain has seriously ob- jected. Mr. Balfour has suggested In_conversations that puis. tonnage should be cut in half, or¥o 45,000 tons Ifor the United States and Great Brit- ain, with proportionate reductions for other nations. The submarine tonnage of the United States, Great Britain, Japan, France and Italy is as follows: Great Britain—Submarines first line, 64, 49,177 tons: submarines, second line, 59, 23,743 tons; fleet submarines, first line, 14, 26,320 tons; second line, , 7,200 tons; cruiser submarines, 1, 2,014 tons; monitor submarines, 4300 tons; building, submarines, first line, 5, 4,590 tons. United _States — Submarines, first line, 57, 34,641 tons; second line, 44, 16,735 tons; fleet submarines, 3, 3,- 318 tons; buildin, submarines, first line, 37, 32,118 to! tleet submarines, first line, 3, 4,950 tons. Japan—Submarines first line, 15, 11,500 tons; second line, 3, 1050 tons: building, submarines first line, 12, 10,368 tons (details of the Japanese submarine program not known, but it is reported £“~ ~lans to have 127 submarines by 1927). a4 France—sSuomai.ucs first line,” 18, 13,449 tons: submarines second line, 47, 18,536; building, submarines first line, 12, 13,200 tons. Italy—Submarines first line, 11, 7,- 656 tons; second line, 12, 4,312 tons; 3 building, submarines first line, 6, 3,120 tons; submarines second line, 2, 788 tons. WILL BE REAPPOINTED. President Expected to Continue Two I. C. C. Members in Office. It is understood that President Harding will late today or tomorrow reappoint to the Interstate Commerce Commission Henry C. Hall, democrat, of California and Clyde B. Atchison, republican, of Oregon. terms on the Interstate Commerce Com- mission expire the last day of this month, and it was intimated at the executive offices today that President Harding, having made up his mind in the matter, has determined to lose no time in sending these nom- inations to the Senate, in order to obtain confirmation before the Christ- mas holiday recess. , GLEE CLUB TO ENTERTAIN. Eastern High Pupils to Give Three Performances. The Eastern High School Glee Club will give its annual fall entertainment in the auditorium of the school tonight, tomorrow night and Wednesday night. It will gxc‘l}xge a joint program by the Dboys an 8. The girls’ part of the show will con- sist of a Japanese operetta, “Chrysan- themum.” ‘“The Eastern High School Follies” {8 the title of the Mgl' plece de resistance;, which is divided into three The first portion of the. boys' enter- tainment is entitled ‘“The More Than American Foot Ball Team,” which will be directed by Charles Guyon. The sec- ond part is called “The Dear, Delightful Debutantes,” and the third part a dra- matic farce, “The Crimson Cocoanut.’ Members of the faculty in charge of the entertainment are Miss Ella Monk, Miss O. Taylor and . Schwarts. The school orchestra, under the direc- tion, of_Mrs. Frank. Byram, will furnish the music for: Ehe Dlays. 2 NAVY YARD.|TREATY DENOUNCED 3,1 BY DE VALERA, WH DRAWS NEW PACT (Continued from First Page.) clared. “I am against the treaty be- cause I am for peace, not war.” He argued that the Irish people would never be reconciled to the agreement. Mr. De Valera vigorously denounced the treaty as “subverting the public.” He dwelt at length upon the alle- giance feature of the documet, speak- ing in impassioned tones against what he declared would be the ignominy of the Irish people taking the oath of allegiance to the British king. He paid tribute, however, to the delegates who sign: the pact, saying what they did “ s in their excess of love for Ireland. Mr. De Valera, continuing his argu- ment for rejection, declared: “If King George came over to open the Irish parliament you would se back flags in the streets of Dublin.’ He likened the treaty to the act of union, declaring it would lead to end- less strife. Summing up, he asserted the treaty was entirely inconsistent with Ire- land’s position and that if it were ratified Ireland would continue sub- servient to England. Cries of “No” from supporters of the treaty followed this declaration. Austin Stack secondgd President De Valera's motion, sayii he stood for “complete independence, and nothing short of it.” Count Plunkett also spoke in sup- port of the motion for rejection. Raps Grifith and Collins. During his address President De Valera sald if a provisional govern- ment were set up by Griffith and Collins in Dublin Castle it would be regarded by the people as a usurpa- tion. They had been chosen by British power as the authority in Ireland, he declared. Mr. De Valera sald this was the moment when & “grand peace” was possible, and under it King George would come to Dublin. (Cries of “No, no,” from his supporters.) He meant, he said, as the presidents of America or France should come, as the heads of friendly states. There were loud cries of “No,” when Mr. De Valera said the Irish army would be his majesty's army, and the Irish ministers. his majesty’s min- e thi 0 this Mr. De Valera responded that time would tell. 5 o The republican president asked if the dall representatives had been “liars” when they said the people at the election had demanded a republic. He was against the treaty, he de- clared, because it did not reconcile Irish national aspirations with asso- clation with Great Britain and it did not satisfy the national sentiment. Perhaps the supporters of the treaty, Mr. De Valera said, might “snatch” (an election and secure a majority, be- because a war-weary people could take anything, but the people would be dissatisfled and would start up again as they did after the union, and Mr. Lloyd George would undergo the Eame experience at Pitt. Prefers Slavery to Treaty. The treaty, Mr. De Valera argued, {was signed under duress. Rather |than sign a document which woula | give the British authority in Ireland {the Irish people should be ready to 80 in slavery until their oppressors were blotted out. What he wanted was peace for the people and not for the officials. Mr. De Valera concluded by saying ithat the signers of the treaty, so far as they could, had tried to do what Pernell refused to do—to set boun- daries to the march of the nation. This statement evoked cheers. The republican president’s speech was in a heated vein, in contrast with the quiet address of Grifith. Joseph McBride, member from Mayo, brother of Maj. John McBride, who was executed after the Easter week | rebellion in 1916, supported ratifica- tion of the treaty. After McBride had spoken i adjourned for luncheanp. ihetaail “Down Witk Communists.” As the dail assembled, demonstra- tion favoring ratification were more in evidence than previously, and painted on fences and bulletin boards was the exhortation: “Down with the { communists; vote for ratification.” | A 1arge number of newspaper cor- jrespondents were in attendance, Brit- _American, Prench and Italian publications being represented. The council room in which the dail met is a long apartment. The dail {sat in one section and the repre- sentatives of the press in the other, the parliament being so faced that Prof. John MacNeill, the speaker, sat with his back to the correspondents. ! CIVIL WAR FEARED. By the Associated Press. LONDON, December 19.—Civil war in Ireland, arising from Ulsters op- position to the proposed revision of her boundaries under the Irish peace treaty, is seriously threatened, ac- cording to the political correspondent jof the Westminster Gazette. Ulster is determined that “not one loyalist shall be sacrificed against his will to the Sinn Fein,” he says, and adds: “She (Ulster) will cer- tainly not appoint a representative to the boundary commission, and if the commission operates without her consent and allocates any part of her territory to the south there will be civil war before she parts with it. ‘The correspondent does not believe that Ulster is bluffing and says she fears that, if the commission insists, a considerable tract of territory w be taken, leaving Ulster only about four counties. The most stubborn of all the cov- enanters, he says, live in the counties of Tyrone and Fermanagh, and it is their appeal that they be not deserted by their fellows that may light the flames of civil war. The correspond- ent reports a meeting of these stalwarts, at which they swore sol- emnly to die rather than pass under the government of the south. Recalling that the boundary com- mission was made a vital issue by the Sinn Fein delegates at the peace con- ference, the correspondent says they would never have signed the treaty without the clause providing for the commission. “To drop this clause would at the last moment imperil the whole settle- ment,” he writes. “This is what ren- ders the situation so serious.” Ratification of the Irish peace treaty by the dail eireann was predicted by the Dublin correspondents of London newspapers as the dail assembled for today’s public session. Most of them expressed the belief that the majority favoring ratification was small, but sufficient to prevent an upset when the vote came. Some of the correspondents last night declared that an informal poll had already been taken in the dail, re- vealing seventy-four treaty advocate: The British parliament will be pro. rogued this afternoon till Janusry 31, it was announcad by Austen Cham- berlain, government leader in the house of commons. The original un- derstanding was that prorogation should not occur until the dail eireann had acted on the Anglo-Irish treaty. Explaining the earlier prorogation, Mr, Chamberlain said the government had expected to have the result of the Dublin discussion in hand today, but it now appeared possible that the debate in the dail would continue un- til Saturday, and it was not desirable to keep parliament sitting to await the result. King George's message proroguing parliament said his majesty had “re- ceived with deep satisfaction the as- surance of your approval of the arti- cles of the Irish agreement and of your readiness to give effect to its provisions.” Alluding to ratification of the Irish treaty by parliament in adopting the reply to the address from the throne, the king said he prayed that “this agreement will mplish gpeedily aoco complete reconciliation of the people veat Dritaigand In . o [FINAL TRIBUTES PAIDW. M. SHUSTER Funeral Services Today, Fo!- lowed by Interment in 0ak Hill Cemetery. Funeral services for William M. gan Shuster were conducted at I late residence, 1722 Q street, at ! o'clock today by Rev. C. Ernest Smit’ of St. Thomas' Church. Interment was in Oak Hill cemeter: Honorary pallbearers were Juds James F. Smith, former governor . the Philippines; Judge Charles Rols John Joy Edson, Theodore W. Nove Francis H. Duchay and J. Holdswor Gordon. A large number of friends and a~ sociates of the deceased attended the funeral. Mr. Shuster was assistani secretary of the Board of Trade ani was well known in business circle in the city. He is survived by hi widow and a son, William Morgi: Shuster, jr. Memorial Resolution Adopted. A memorial, in the form of a minut of a meecting, was adopted Saturdu by the trustecs of the National Train- ing School for Boys in commemori- tion of the work of Mr. Shuster. The resolution depicts his death ax “a great loss to our entire commu- nity and an especial and personal loss to his associates of this board.” In part it reads: “Born In the District of Columbia of a highly esteemed family, he In- herited a keen sense of honor and faithfulness to duty. He entertained for his native city that ardent love and pride that every true man cher- ishes for his ‘home. “As a citizen he lived up to the full measure of his duty as such, and in all the relations of life did his part. He has left behind him a name hon- ored and esteemed—a heritage be- yond price—to those who loved him while living and who cherish his memory now that he has left us. Long at Head of Board. “For many years he was president of our board and in that capacity we have learned to know him and to love him. Ever courteous and considerate in his dealings with his fellow members, he has awakened in our hearts an affection and regari more than usual among men in bu ness affiliation. We have all felt tk in William Morgan Shuster we had a real friend. He was upright. con sclentious and above all a sincere bi- liever in the Great Leader, in who he placed his trust and whom truly loved. ¥ “We, his associates, desire 10 plice on record this inadequate, but loving tribute to his worth, and we also sire to express our Sincerest sy pathy for his widow, in this hour of her deep distress. CHINA SEEKS FUNDS FROM CONSORTIUM Foreign Minister Yen De- nounces Attacks of B. L. Putnam Weale. By WILLIAM R. GILE: By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily N\ o Copyright, 1921. PEKING, China, December 19. g official overtures have been made Lo the international consortium for loan to cover the purchase of th: Kiaochau-Tsinanfu railway in accord- ance with the Japanese terms of sal according to information which reached this correspondent. This important. considering B. L. Putnan: Weale's attacks on the consortium Foreign Minister Yen has cabled i, the Chinese minister in Washington | denouncing these attacks and inform- jing him that he can make What us: he likes of the statement. 1t is considered here that these at- ltacks by Weale and others are un- iwise. They bring embarrassment to {the government. the difficulties of | which are further increased by the { published explanation by the repre- | sentative of the consortium that the |real alms of the banks represented are not of a monopolistic nature. Intellfgent Chinese realize that only through a consortium can sufficient money be obtained to overcome China's financial difliculties and p; i her feet. ’he'rrhfn real opposition to the con- !sortium comes from certain influen- | officials who fear that loans from {a consortium would make it impos- Sible for them to collect further com missions such as they have collecte: !in the past. They are the only sur { porters of Mr. Weale. His stateme: {ihat the consortium intentionaliy iforced China to default an American loan is officially denied. The co: sortium made every effort to as China commensurate With the safety of the bondholders. MAJ. GEN. J. F. MORRISON TO RETIRE TOMORROW the jOfficer Received Distinguished Service Medal for Training Troops for Overseas Duty. Maj. Gen. John F. Morrison, who distinguished service 'recelved a medal for efficient service in the lnrepénuon and training of troops in s country for duty in the world . Will'be pluced on the retired list of the Army tomorrow by operation {of law on account of age. He is a inative of New York and was =rad- uated from the Military Acagem: June, 1881. From that time he serv ed in the infantry in Indian cam- paigng on the frontier, in campaign: DA ba during the Spanish War and later in the Philippine insurrectio and the Boxer campaign in Chin: until he was made a brigadier ge: eral in November, 1915. : From 1902 to 1903 he was militar: attache with the Japanese army. li the summer of 1917 he commandec the 30th Division at Camp Sevicr S. C., and made a special trip t Europe to obtain military informa tion. He returned to the Uni States in December, 1917, and servc ibl:B!lehi! city as director of ailitar: training until the foilowing Feb Tuary, when he was placed in com mand' of the Sth Division at Cam; ont, Calif. Frem o uently he commanded suc cessively the Western Department i San Francisco, the Southeastern D (partment at Charleston. S. C. Phe 4th Corps Area at Fort McPherso: &2 *He was made a major general i iy, 1917, and is now the senior oi ficer of that grade. REPORT. ON CONVENTION Friends of Irish Freedom Fave: Complete Independence. Indorsement of the declaration of the national convention of the Friend- of Irish Freedom was given at a meeting of the Padraic H. Pearsy branch of the organization last night in the Typographical Temple. Reports of the delegates to the rc cent national convention, which went on record as favoring complete inde- ndence for Ireland and o ng fitln‘"n‘ foreign alllances for the United States, were made Rev. James A. Geary, P. 4. R 3 Jo.: seph Dunn an¢ Tooal attended the convention as sssreszatatives. 5