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' ‘Temperature ended at 2 p.m. teday: today. Fuil réport on page 7. No. 28,522 STERLING ASSAILS BROWN PLAN FOR RECLASSIFICATION Three-Cup Game of Now You See It, Now You Don't, He Chargeg. WILL BITTERLY FIGHT EFFORTS FOR ADOPTION Declares Standard of Efficiency Sufficiently Elastic to Pre- vent Promotion. Characterizing the réclassification scheme for government employes de- vised by Herbert D. Brown, chief of the bureau of efficiency, as a “three- cup game of ‘now you see it and now you don't; " Senator Sterling of South Dakota, chairman of the Senate clvil service committee, annoynced to the Senate today that he would re- sist the efforts of Mr. Brown to have his reclassification plan adopted through executive order, as has been suggested. Senator Sterling made it clear that the legislation which would nece sarily have to follow an executive order establishing the classifications and ratings proposed by Mr. Brown would be bitterly fought in Congress. He did net mince words fn discussing Mr. Brown and his work as head of the bureau of efficiency. He said that the Brown plan. In the shape of the Smoot and Wood bills, had been Introduced in the Senate and House, and that they had been re- jected by the civil service committees of both bodies, and then by the House itself, which had voted down the Wood bill when it was offered as a substitute for the Lehlbach recla fication bill, which in amended form has been favorably reported by the Senate committee on civil service and is now awaiting the consideration of the Senate appropriations committee. Started Work in 1919. The South Dakota senator declared that the congressional joint commis- sion on reclassification had started out its work in 1919 with the idea that the bureau of efficiency would be its laboratory for the detailed work and that its chief, Mr. Brown, would be its technical adviser. Senator Sterling said that the com- mission had found that Mr. Brown objected to the commission's giving the employes an opportunity to pre- pare a statement of their dutles to be considered in classifylng the positions. He sald further that Mr. Brown, the commission found, was not proposing a modern, up-to-date classification, but “a half-way salary, classification such as had been proposed many years ago by the old Keep commission, made up of government -dmt‘nlllmotg' “The commission decided, ™ #anid Sen- ator Sterlin “that it wo ql! its expert advice from Mr. n. and the commission parted company.” Senator Sterling charged that Mr. rown then beégan a campaign against the work of the congressional com- mission. “Examination of the printed reports of his testimony,” said Senator Ster ing, “before the appropriations co: mittees discloses that in this cai paign. intentionally or unintention- ally. he gjossly misrepresented the facts. Again and again he or his congressional classified employes on the ba: their tities and not on the basis of the actual duties of their positions. Nothing could be further from the fact. Based on Actual Duties. The truth is that the classification proposed by the congressional com- mission and that is planned for-in the Lehlbach bill is based on the actual dutles and responsibilities of and the qualifications for the tions. The bureau of efciency schem is a elassification on the basis of the bureau of efficiency’s idea of the value of the duties and not on the duties themselves. Senator Sterling sald that after Mr. Brown had-Been climinated from the work of the congressional com- mission he began spending thousands of dollars, his organization’s time and the time of the department officials and employes in “furthering his own scheme, which would be run by the bureau of efficlency and thus give it an excuse for being and keep it from absorption into the budget bureau.” Senator Sterling charged, too, that Mr. Brown and former Representative Good of Towa, at one time chairman of the House appropriations commit- tee, had fallen out over the increase of Mr. Brown's salary as chief of the bureau of efficiency from 36,000 to $10,000 and that upon Mr. Good's insistence it had been reduced to $7.500. The bureau of efficlency’s scheme of reclassification, Senator Sterling said, provided for classification by analog: “presenting wonderful opportunities to a skillful manipulator.” Z Attempt te Sell Scheme. “Inspection of the salary scale pro- posed,” continued Sendtor Sterling, “and of the administrative positions of the proposal has led some people to an opinion that there has been a deliberate attempt to sell the scheme to the upper administrative officers the expense of the routine work- 5. “The salary scale In the bureau or efficiency proposal is its own handi- work. The reclassification commis- sion proposed to show the Congress what the salary would be for each of the more than 1,700 classes of posi- tions it found in the service, and to get congressional approval for them. The bureau of eficiency proposes to g0 to the other extreme and not to bother Congress about the salaries at all. It will ix the whole matter u@. quietly without any . fuss' and fasthers by ‘adjustments’ with ad- ministrative officers. Why let Con- ml as a whole pass on such an , authority over which updér a reasonably good modern Constitution would undoubtedly be vested in the United States bureau of efficiency, at least so long as it is continued under its present head? - Sees Joker fm Plan. The salary ‘écale on its face ap- pears reasonably generous to upper administrative officers and a bit nig- rdly_in dealing with the rank and & e say “on its face” because the Brown efficiency rating system - joker in it whereby for che rak and file of employes the upper m“ntu in his u}‘:'ry scale are T rather in reaHzat . ler his -fllefi:n’ scheme an :2— ploye’s salary rate within the range scribed for the gride t hi !'n: position is allocated .'fl? d:pca 1 on < ey t neces- far_ twenty-four Hig 2"pm. yestorday; lowest, 61, at'3 Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 28 t second- Post ofoe Washingt ‘hou: 5, at am. matter lass on, D. C. CONGRESSMAN’S WIFE OUSTED FROM THEATER BY MUNICH EXTORTIONER By Wireleas to The Star 224 Chicage Daily News. Copyright, BERLIN, June 1.—The wife of Representative Fred A. Britten of Illinols was the latest victim of the “soak the Americans” spirit prevailing in Munich, Mr. Britten told the writer last night upon his return to Berlin. Mrs. Britten bought two box seats for the opera from. the clerk in her hotel, who charged her the regular price of 200 marks each. She and another American woman were admitted to the performance without diffi- culty. Somebody, however, over- heard them talking to each other in English and, approaching them, asked-them to show their tickets and passports, When ~ they = presented their American passports they were told to pay 1,000 marks more because they were foreigners. Not having ;he ready cash they were told to eave. IFISCAL RELATIONS 'PROBE APPROVED House Committee Acts on Resolution Providing U. S.- D. C. Investigation. Investigation of the fiscal relations between the federal and District gov- ernments is favored by the House rules committee, which today reported for privileged consideration in the House, a concurrent resolution, which has already passed the Senate. This resolution points out that the people of the District of Columbia have paid into the Treasury of the United States” during the past few years nearly $5,000,000 more than they had been required to pay toward the expenses of the District. It also emphasizes that the use of this money for the District develop- ment is denled for the reason, with others, that advancements have been made without interest from time to time during the last fifty years by the national government for the ben- efit of the District and that revenues which in equity belong to the United States have gone to the credit of the District. $5,000,000 Debt Claimed. For these reasons and others, it is claimed that the District of Columbia instead of being entitied to a credit of nearly $5.000,000 is in equity in- debted to the United Stat. The concurrent resolution reported out by the rules committee today proposes for the purpose of ascer- taining and determining the amount, if any, to which the District is en- titled from the United States, or the amount, If any, which it m owe to the United States, an investiga- tion shall be made. The resolution calls for the ap- &olnlmenl of tl oint committes of ree senators to appointed . President of the Senate and h& representatives to be appointed by the Speaker of the Housé, to ascertain lnld"d n‘n.ltne what tlte |ll“=. fiscal relations :bstween the Uni immt'nlnm*&unfi& which owes the other monéy. The question of whether the District gov- ernment owes the federal govern- ment or vice versa grows out of transactions and relations existing llfl viha passage of the organic aot of 5 Report Due in January, 1923, The resolution directs that the committee in re: ng a conclusion shall consider not only legal but equitable claim# and obligations and shall report (its conclusions and recommendations to each house on or before the first Monday in January, 1923. ‘This legislation would authorize the committee to send for persons and papers, to take testimony under oath and to employ such clerical and stenographic help and expert ac- countants as.may be necessary and to pay f0r such assistance, one-half respectively from the contingent fund of each house. ‘This joint committee is also author- ized to avall itself of the services of the bureau of efficiency d such experts and legal help of the Treas- ury Department, and the District gov- ernment as it may deem practicable. KEY BRIDGE READY ~ NEW YEAR DAY Piers and Arches Now Com- pleted for Structure '° Across Potomac. New Year day, 1923, will find the Francis Scott Key memorial bridge spanning the Potomac open to traffic, according to Maj. Max C. Tyler, en- gineer officer in charge of the $2,000,- 000 concrete structure. The piers and arches aré completed and the remaining concrete construc- tion will be finished by September 1, after which the deck of the bridge will be paved and the underground electric rallway system installed. Terminus to Be Changed. The Old Dominion Railway Com- pany, operating to Bluemont a Great Falls, it is underatood, has de- cided to abandon its Wi terminus at M street and u‘t.:b'll:fio: orn e and the Capl e a tween 34th and 35th Bolpsbe the new bridge, with a loop at the Ro_lc_;lyn nnldA " e station of the ‘Rosslyn branc! of the “’llhl:(ton and Vh!:lnl- rall- road is located near the eastern side of the proposed leop,-and the. new station of the Old Dominion line will be located on the western side. Ap- (p:llutlnn :f th: san‘llll ‘Traction 'ompany to extend its tracl Rosslyn has been made to e “War [Department and the Public Commission of the District. Maj. Lunsford E. Oliver, Corps of Engineers, who personally supervised the construction of the Key brid; has been rel of further duty in that connection, to take effect. June 30, and ordered \& s‘:. Louis, Mo., to assume charge engineering district. Gen, that Beach, ehtet - neers, sal aJ. 0# o d that M iver's transfer eers, said that Maj. Oliver's transfer to St. Louls ia-4 promotion to more responsible fl:ug and was made. fop of the H0Od WOk, formed him i buildy; = (e < g g _com; on ’nta:':mu!cen( to n. No relleve SEE G.0.P. SPLIT AVERTED THROUGH - CHIEF EXECUTIVE Nationally Prominent Repub- licans Confident of United Party. | | | PROGRESSIVES MAY ACHIEVE CONTROL Developments' at Primaries Cause No Alarm as to Ultimate Unity. BY N. 0. MESSENGER. Republican politiclans of national prominence do not apprehend a split in the party as between progressives and the so-called old guard. Many of them, however, do expect to see the progres- sives obtain control of the organiza- tion. Recent developments in the primaries, the awakened interest of women voters and other considerations induce to this expectancy. And at the head of the party will be Warren G. Harding, the connecting link between the two elements, progressives and old guard, it is predicted by ob- servant leaders who are keeping In touch with affairs whichever faction ]comroll the organization. At the out- set of his administration, President Harding was, in the popular impres- sion, affiliated rather more prominent- ly with the conservative wing of the party. That perhaps was due to the fact that his nomination was brodght about principally by men who had been identified as belonging to the old guard. At the time of his nomination, which of course was made possible only by the acquiescence of the pro- gressives, it was predicted that he would be found acceptable to both factions. The prediction has been and is being fuifilled, it Is said. It is “understood among republicans in Congress, who include many of the potential leaders, as the President's aim to be first, the President of a the people; and in a. political partisan sense, to be the titular head of a united republican pafty which shall take cognizance of and give equal recognition to both the ultra- conservative and the so-called pro- ive elements making up a re- d G. 0. P. [ 4 unit Hopes for Solidarity. The President, it is understood, cherishes the hope of being able to maintain the solidarity in the party ranks which brought about the vic- tory of 1920 and the unprecedented plurality of seven millions. One con- dition-which argues well for the alixstion of this hope 1s sald by: tional leaders here to be- that ghe. progreasive wing of 1922 1s mot as oft on & road leading to certain party destruction if thcy can not realize everything in sight. ‘That there is visible foundation for the hope of the old guard and the progressives working together in party unison is said to be shown by the primary results in Pennsylvania and Indiana. Whether the national organization hereafter is to be con- trolled by progressives or old guard, will remain to be worked out, with the Indications, as stated, believed to be in favor of the progressives being, numerically the stronger. H In Pennsylvania the nomination of ! Gifford Pinchot was made possible by the old guard units in several impor- | tant instances falling Into line behind | him. At the same time, in the re- nomination of Senator Pepper by a large majority, the old guard appar- ently held their lines intact, and some of the progressives are believed to have gone for him. The old .u‘rdi and the others appear to be al to work together in Pennsylvania, they will attend to their party machinery later, with the end in view of pre- venting a split, and it is hoped they can work together nationally. | Situation in Indiana. In Indiana, where Mr. Beverdige won the senatorial nomination, the[ old guard, in November, will face the alternative of supporting the| ticket or losing the state and a seat; in the Senate. President Harding, 1t is sald by national leaders, will use ! all his influence to secure a united party in November. H To lose Indiana, as the result of factional friction, would be highly discouraging to the broad-minded plan of keeping the party intact for the great presidential contest of 1924, Massachusetts is at present the most tender spot in the republican reets across | pen the War | Utllitles situation, Jue to the suggested entry: of . McCall in the cam- paign, which Senator Lodge is mak ing for renomination and re-election Mr. McCall was in Washington this week in connection with the Lincoln morial ceremonies and talked with many friends. - 'i!pyto the moment Mr. McCall'd §0- sition is said to be thjs:' In point of fact, he not décided whether will ente; e primaries a con- h testant for Senator Lodg t or not. He resents the rumor, which . , thathe ‘un as an independent candi- date against Mr. Lodge in Novem- ber, should the iatter od, and assure the e crat. It is explained that under the husetts law, Mr. McCall alifies imary contest for nomination, f de. d, run in November on an ‘in nt ticket. He still has unde; consideration, it is said, the question of going into the primarie: l’"“fl to be obtained to force (A\\h;‘ — ‘ SATISFIES LEGION Changes in House Measure Unobjectionable to Veter- ans—Passage Expected. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. The American Legion's legislative committee is thoroughly satisfled with the bonus bill as reported by the Senate finance committee. The changes made in the House bill are unobjectionable. The next step is to insure enough votes to give the measure right of way over the tariff. This is admit- tedly a hard proposition for, while the Legion has enough votes pledged, to pass the bill itself, there's a compli- cation involved In getting the tariff displaced. Some members of the Sen- ate who favor the bonus may be found voting. u!g;l 4 motht the tarift. the tim Lengion's representatives get throush thplx, campaign of persuasion—and a‘mn pretty effectiyé ¥bout it thus faf—snough votes are ex- a vote onrthe bonus. Speech-making on the bonus 1a inevitable—those who are to nst it being as anxious to vot tell their constituents the reason therefore as the senators who favor it are anxious to demonstrate how actively they fought to put the meas- ure through. ~ No Filibuster Expected. But no filibuster is expected. The sentiment of the Senate is In favor of disposing of the Issue this session one I way or the other. Undue delay is not | moment considered, though, lo| for a be sure, there may be some prolonged argument on the motlon to take the matter up and lay the tariff aside. The issue is not partisan. The fact that three democrats voted with six republicans to report the measure to the Senate is taken to mean that the bonus bill will receive democratic support when it reaches a vote. The democrats naturally will try to im- pose all sorts of amendments which would appear to be even more favor- able to the soldiers, but individually they will not assume responsibility for defeating the main bill. American gion headquarters here feels assured of sixty afirmative votes. In response to a questionnaire by the legion, sixty senators, including republicans and democrats, stated positively that they would vote for the pending bill, though several eserved the right to offer amend- ments. Only thirteen senators have told the legion that they would vote against the bonus. { This leaves twenty-three who have not answered, and it is predicted by the legion men that at least a half dosen more will climb the dband wagon when the vot- only forty-nine affirmative vot needed. To pass it over a presiden- tial veto, sixty-four votes are needed. No Veto Looked For. Curiously enough, the legion rep. resentatives are confident Rresiffent Harding will Hot veto.th6 Bill. Sena- tor James W'M Indiana, an in- timate friehd and political adviser of ePfésident, publicly has predicted t Mr. Harding would reverse him- 1f and sign the measure. Much sig- nificance is attached to the fact that, although the President hinted that he would send a leétter to- Chdirman McCumber of the finance committee expressing opposition to the bill, he fitled to do so. It is conténded that if Mr. Harding intended to do any- thing about the bonus bill he would have acted while the measure was in committee. The op%uulu impreasion is held by Others who believe Mr. Harding is really anxious to the measure out of committes and on the floor of the Senate, where he again can make an address urgin tponement. _The (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) - % 4 SUPER ZEPPELINS WILL TRAVEL .FROM U. BERLIN, June 1.—It will take ,only about three lo travel " from the United Btates to Munioh, Germany, in new Zeppelins, which have already been designed, ac-. S. TO MUNICHIN 3 DAYS magination. ' They are based on ‘mmr:(.o ml’dlntln: mathematical calculations. The new airships will have x capacity of ters (130,790 cublc yards) an 'v.l.ll l"(drl by ‘several motors taling 3,000 Norsepower. Al t'1s necessary to make ng in these * Ze) as ‘WASHINGTON, D. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 1, 1922—FORTY-FOUR _PAGES. CORPORATION COUNSEL Corporation Counsel Francis H. Stephens within a few days will begin to draft regulations o gov- ern the flight of airplanes over the District of Columbia. Mr. Stephens expressed the belief today that the act of Congress of 1892 giving the Commissioners power to make police regulations contains ample authority for the control of aviators. The corporation counsel pointed out, however, that planes «f the Army and Navy would probably be exempt from any regulations adopted, just as government build- ing operations in Washington are not subject to local builuing reg- ulations. He indicated that he might rec- ommend the licensing of aviators as well as their regulation while fiying. He sajd that the time might come when the District would specify the route by which airplanes should iy across the city, so as to avoid crowded thoroughfares. Department Heads Will Not Aiter Present Daylight- Saving Plan. Suggestigns for a return to standard time hours for the government de. partments will have to come from the President and not from the heads of departments, a number of the lat- ter indicates today. It was pointed out that, since the matter was done by executive direction, the cabinet should not make any move for further changes. It was reiterated today at the White SENATE BONUS BILL| "Wt “a<"sarves =+ (WAR FRAUD PROBE -~ BYHOUSE KILLED Rules Committee Revokes Approval of Johnson- Woodruff Move. vote of seven to four rescinded to- day its action in giving privileged status to the Woodruff-Johnson reso- laxity of government prosecution war fraud c: . Chairman Campbell and Representa- tive Schall, republican, Minnesota, who voted originally to report the resolution, reversed themselves and supported a motion by Representative Rodenberg. republican, of Illinois, to rescind. Representative Pou, North Carolin: ranking democrat of the committee, made a point of order against m% . but Chairman Campbell oveéfrul %‘f Mr. Pou snd Bepresentatives Garrett, Tennessee, and Riordan, New York, democrats, and Johnson, republican, Sputh Dakota, Joint suthor with Rep- résentative ‘oodruft, republican, of the resolution callin; The eommittee’s action means that the resolution will never reach the House and ends all agitation, so far as the House is concerned, for a con- lznnlon-l nquiry. as the resolution cannot be takem up without a rule. Representative Garrett, the demo- cratic leader, declared that according to his information Attorney General Daugherty had induced Chairman Campbell to change his vote and pre- vent investigation of the Department of Justice. 4 —_— PEACE PLEDGE GIVEN BY CHILEAN PRESIDENT —_— I any change of House that so far as is known the| President has no intention of sug gesting to cabinet officers that they return to the normal hours of work in the departments. In Hands of President. Judge Edward C. Finey, first assisi- and secretary of the interior, stated that daylight-saving in the opinion of officlals of the Interior Department, was in the hands of the President. Since the President had i an or- der establishing the new system in the executive departments, Judge Fin- ney sald, he saw no other course for departmental heads to taks, bur to wait further disposition of the sub- ject by presidential order. Officials at the Post Office and Agri- cultural departments today took & similar view. Secretary Weeks says that s noticed from The Star’s llt onl;; mall rtion o employes o the . %:l‘n to be taking in the vote for day- .saving, and that so far as he Personally was concerned, he thought the system was working very satis- factorily and that there is no occa- sion fof any change. He said, how- ever, that the President and other members of the cabinet might take a different view and that there was nothing in the situation to prevent the return to the old system if it were found desirable. No Chasge Favored. Secretary of Labor Davis was said to favor no change In the day- light-saving system unless President Harding should see fit to order a re- turn to the old hours. The matter, Mr, Davis was understood to feel, rested with the President. Officials of the Treasu Depart- ment also took the view that the mat- ter was entirely in the hands of the President, and that cabinet officers should do nothing further than to continue. on_ present hours. It was sald at the Tréasury Department that the new hoitrs there are working sat- isfactorily #nd that a change should not be made unless the President so desires. ‘ ‘MOVIE GOERS OPPOSED. Crandall Poll Shows 2,465 Disap- “prove of Any Change.. The vote of n:llnu of all of wmm:?.un. ho. thelr ference. in sontucted ter o the referen- th . Crandall to-an gt e e e By the Associated Press. SANTIAGO, Chile, June 1.—Presi- dent Alessandri, in his message to congress today, said the Chilean gov- ernment’s policy was to work for peace, solidarity and co-operation among all the nations of the Ameri- can continent. The pj sident reiterated confidence that th¢ Tacna-Arica conference at Washing.dn between Chilean and Peruvian representatives would be successful and that a way would be found to settle the long-standing provincial dispute within the pro- visions of the treaty of Ancon, paid tribute to the plcmc_?p!fl(;flch Jed President Har, o take the inftiative in_cglng the conference at Waghis he de- vernment, e red, mental respect for international law, no matter whether its provisions are favorable or unfavorable to us.” Prohibition enforcement officers +working along the northern boundaries of the United States have reporfed that an interna~ tional convention of bootleggers recently was held “across the line” and that members of the “profes- sion” from the principal cities of Cansda were present. The eon- vention lasted thres days and one of its conclusions was a slight.in- crease in the price of the real im- ported “stuff,” despite the fact that it is recognized that white liquor ftom the southern part of the United States is proving a real competitor even in the Scotch fields of the north. The international convention ine cluded rum-runners, “high-jacke & sprinkling of moon- -:hrrcr.: z ‘rho“"hlgh-):cn " are the real “bad men” of the whisky profession. They break into resi- Er Lo ki o ‘The ! | the dry officers, was to methods of cont AT, 35 ‘CURFEW AT MIDNIGHT, | The House rules committee by a| lution for investigation, of alleged | the situation as so grave that he has o¢ | Postponed his holiday trip to Cric- ( l tavorable orustaverableto wa’. L S(Conpmwed oo Pl SPuma ) BOOTLEGGERS HOLD CONVENTION AND RAISE PRICE OF REAL “STUFF” BAN ON DANCE CLINCH, FLAPPERS’ ‘BLUE LAWS’ By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, June 1.—Parents in Brooklyn have inaugurated their own “blue laws” against their flap- per daughters, and, through the Parents’ League, hope to spread their edicts throughout the city. They have instituted & curfew law with- midnight as the hour for festivity endings, and have set the following rul Parties to be held only on Friday and Saturday mnights. Simple, refined clothe: age-stamp skirts. Chaperons must be present at all parti and accompany girls hom Parents to censor all plays and movies. Improper dancing forbidden; no clinching. No refreshments to be served after dances. The parents have fixed these rules to apply to girls between fifteen and eighteen years of age. “Girls older than eighteen will be left to the rules of their own parents,” says Mrs. A. Affeld, president of the league. LLOYD GEORGE PUTS OFF TRIP AS IRISH | BATTLE ON BORDER British Premier So Alarmed by Present Crisis He Will Not Leave Londan. By the Associated Press. LONDON, «June 1.—Today's cabinet meeting for consideration of the Irish situation was attended by Gen. the Earl of Cavan, chief of staff of the Eritish army, and Sir Laming Worth- ington-Evans, the secretary for war. It is understood one of the chief points of discussion was the military | situation in Ulster and its possibili- ties. According to the Evening News, Prime Minister Lloyd George *egards no pos cieth indefinitely. ‘Craig May See Dublin Leaders. Hope of a meeting between repre- sentatives of the Ulster government and the government of southern Ire- land was expressed after a confer- ence held today between Premier Sir James Craig and Lord Londonderry of the Ulster cabinet with Prims Min- ister Lloyd George. The conference lasted an hour and & half, and it is| understood the conferees will meet again tomorrow morning. Premier Craig informed an inter- vidwer that he was not hers to meet the Irish delégates now in London, but amicably to discuss the Irish situation with the British premler. It is understood, however, that the principal object of the conferences is to place before the Ulster leaders the British government's views on the Collins-De Valera pact, and despite Sir James Craig's reiterated deelara- tion that he will not meet Michael| Collins and Arthur Griffith, official circles express the hope that he will alter his decision. It is this possibility, it w: indi- cated, which today was delaying the departure of Mr. Collins for Dublin. | Churchill Causes Sensation. Colonial Secretary Churchill’s state- | ment on Ireland in the house of com- mons has made a deep impression. The serious emphasis which he Jaid upon the extreme gravity of the situa- tion and the suggestion of the possi- bility of Great Britain reoccupying | Irish territory are featured by today’s newspapers as opening an ugly vista | leading to incalculable trouble.. The hopeful note which he sounded in conclusion receives some recogni- tion and the editorial comment s divided between these two aspects of | the position, one section ofcthe press laying chief stress qpeffie menacini outlook on the of BYEing the need for patience an@-deprecating the as- sSumptioni - that the tangle must be stfaightened out by the application of force. ““The speech leaves the prospect of Irish peace overcast with impene- | trable darkness” says the Time: “The arrangement which Griffith ang Collins have proposed, and which thl government has apparently accepted, offers only the faintest -hope of any (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) | i Canada itself and across the inter- national boundary. 3 The elegates” to the conven- tion all were vouched for by “rep- of the profes- sfon and the discussions were quite frank and free. The dry oflicess are now endeavoring to discover just what new methods of con- cealment were adopted for ship- ment both by rail and motor. The convention also proved a clearing house for new formulas for the manufacture of synthetic and other filicit liquors. ‘There was even discussion of government fines and the neavy penaities naw being assessed be pooled ‘among co-work- Fund Propesed. One of the most interesting re- ** Yesterday's Net Circulation, 88,673 TWO CENTS. ALLIED APPROVAL OF GERMAN REPLY BRINGS LOAN NEAR Practical Revision of Finan- cial Clauses of Versailles Treaty Is Evolving. FRANCE IN NEED OF CASH; LIKELY TO FALL IN LINE Bankers’ Conference Expected tb Have Moral Effect—Berlin Granted Moratorium. By the Associated Press. PARIS, June 1.—Approval by the reparations commission of the Ger- man reply to its ultimatum and the decision to grant Germany a pro- visional moratorium for the year 1922 have cleared the way for consid- eration of a loan by the international committee of bankers meeting here. While in reparations circles it s thought there will be no disagree- ment, and that a loan of probably more than $1.000,000,000 will be ar- ranged within a few weeks, there is a tendency in some quarters to fear that the bankers will be unable to find a solution reconciling the eco- nomic and political elements of the problem. The bankers’ committee meets this afternoon. MEETING BEARS FRUIT. Poincare Ready to Accept to Get Cash for French. BY PAUL SCOTT MOWRER. By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1822, PARIS, June 1.—The meeting of bankers to advise the reparations commission regarding the terms on which an international German loan could be floated has elicited many indications that French opinion is now evolving definitely toward the idea of some practical revisien of the financial clauses of the treaty of Ve: illes. Premier Poincare himself, it is said, is ready to accept this re- vision provided France gets a suffi- clent share of the proposed $1,000,- 000,000 as reparations. There are two theories abroad re- garding the French policy. One is that France really wants to be pal the other, which is prevalent in Ge: many and Italy and aiso among Brit- ish Ifberals. is that France wants to maintain the reparation schedule on an impossible basis as an excuse for Il'l"l:lrlll(l;e and separate a action against rmany. Preseat internal evidences are ail to the effect that [rance wants 1o be paid and s will- ing t definite sacrifices of rrl-- ciple to this end. Thus evén if the loan proves impossible for the time being the banker's meeting will prove useful morally. France Alse in Need. Its moral influence has already been felt both in allaying the tension of May 31 in France and in persuading Germany to accept the reparations commission’s last terms. When its final report is made, however, its in- fluence is bound to be very great, per- haps decisive, on opinion not only in France and Germany, but in Brit- ain and the United States. Everybody hopes that the bankers will find = {loan practicable. Germany has exhausted her stocka and cannot replenish them with her depreciated marks and needs forelg: credit. France has been bitterly dis- appointed at the present breakdown of the reparations payments, both in cash and in kind, snd needs real money badly. The success of recent foreign state_ and municipal loans in the Lon and New York markets indicates-that there is now plenty of .fghe capital and, as business and financial inter- ests everywhere ase tired of the Tep rations crisis &nd realize that some- thing eftacfive must be done, if world prosperity is to be secured it is un- dérstood that the bankers are willing to do everything in their power to facilitate the success of a Tepara- tions loan. Seerecy About Deliberatigns. Close secrecy still surrounds the bankers' deliberations and nothing (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) CET OUT OR FIGHT, REBEL ULTIMATUN Paraguayan Executive Giv- en 24 Hours to Turn Over Office. By the Associated Press. ol BUENOS AIRES, June 1.—A twenty- four-hour uiltimatum demanding the handing ‘over of the government has been delivered to President Ayala of Paraguay by Col Chirife, leader of the forces of former President Schaerer, says a dispatch to La Nacion from Asuncion today. Should the ultiamtum not be coms plied with, Col. Chirife threatens ‘to take the capital and declare himself dictator. Desultory fighting between the rival factions has occurred at Encar- ports. coming out of the counven- ' tion is to the effect that a proposal ‘was made to set aside a sum among ‘the organized bootleggers to as- sist in the eral campaign for the legalizat| of light wines and beer. This brought about a discus- sion whi lasted virtually throughout the convention, some of the :I:,nu contending that & wine beer modification of jon, on the Parama river, mites southeast of Asuncion, m message states. The newspaper Juventud asserts thneox-l’ulidont Schaerer has ul“ refuge in German legation @ Asuncion. A dispatch from Buenos Aires Wed- nesday night announced that Presi. juested of congress 'w _for thirty t t Schaerer, wWas at mmufl. thirty-three miles houth- east of Asunciom, TS Are b at the- t was also re- that the Schaererist depuf ‘met at Paraguari and estab provis onal government with the sr.d., of deposing President - i