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. Former French High Commi: TTegaT sales of tax-free liquors. The gov- t WRONG VIEW TAKEN - OF“TIGER'S" TOUR menceau Sought Only Psy- chological Effect. POLITICS HAD NO PART French Statesman Also Says Eu- ropean Reconstruction Plan Must Precede U. S. Plan. BY ANDRE TARDIEU, to the United States. Special Dispateh to The Star, PARIS, December ‘I went Havre to greet Clemenceau and re- turned to Paris to find the press full of vague solutions which the United ates is supposed to plan concerning parations. This coincidence aftords an opportunity to make clear certain distinctions which can't help being useful. Clemenceau did not go to America with political object, much less nuancial, in v The object was ps: £ and moral. He thought ded to know the French better and that he could 1 something on that subject. He went and talked. as he does ever. tiing. frankly and squarely. He ob- tained the results sought for—Ameri- uns found it worth while listening him, just as he found it worth while to talk to them. Tiaving a clear, definite plan, he nevel for a moment departed from it. He asked nothing and proposed noth- g resemoling a positive solution, which s solely an affair for the go srnments themselves. He wanted to pare the ground for subsequent conversations. Whether tares or wheat is sown in this ground by others does sot depend on him. His task is fin- ished. to a Only Aids Germam. I emphasize this because there have heen attempts to establish a reltaion- #hip between Clemenceau's trip and politico-financial projects with press of both continents Such a relationship does will now ~ubjeet, the § pit namely. i 10 quite a different this matter which i the American plan. n was first presented to the public as official, but the mistake was quickl Next. it w at- tributed to eminent financial person- ages. but Jlorgan’s prompt denial dis- . S0 today the plan is Though first ahnounced as a method for KEuropean reconstruction, it is r only a method to help German: n France do not see any objec- tion to aiding Germany if we thought #he could or would be helped. but her ¢ Of the last three vears has been f always choosing the worst, and othing indicates a change of heart. Moreover—I hope this will not be alled imperialism—if aid is to be ven Germany we would like the iditions to be such that our just reparations will not be excluded. The rian which has caused such a great ensation does not fulfill either of nditions. Must Provide Payments. Tf you in the United States th that some day vou can do lomelh:‘l’.‘l‘fl" for the financial peace of Europe, with which political peace is 8o close. i¥ bound. we ask you to remember there is no peace without jus- and any restoration of Europe with the invaded paying for the in- cader would be the worst of injus- is highly desirab!s> to put - in order. but dangerous to without subordinating this to the execution of the engagements solemnly contracted by Germany and which is based not only on treaties Tt auity. The sugsested plan recognize this necessity. > competent judge as J. P. Morgan declares that a loan to Ger- - is unthinkable so long as Eu- does not_solve the reparations yself have written this times and now restate: body pretends a final absolute per- solutivn is possible without the tates, for when the solution is agreed upon the United 1 be needed to act as bank- and to mobilize the needed ele- ients. This point has not been reached nor is anything like it ev dent in the present state of disor- sanization and 1. myself, do not see what the United States could pos- sibly do. Need European Plan. appealing to the the European powers on what basis they are agreement. In other words, must in e fore te iyt have a European plan. The lat. tor, of course. is insufficient without th former. but is necessary as a hasis. . .“AWhat wiil the conference of January ve us in this direction ows and 1 fear Bonar Law and incare are not better informed than he others, The conversations will be siuned where they broke off on De- dember 12, Will they understand one \pother better in 1923 than in 19227 1+hope So. but it does not seem that wieh imigination has been used on cither side in that direction. misunderstandings 5 kLt realize the importance of the Fmtente. But will they? Let's hope The mew year will bring pleasant sur- priges (Copyright, 192271 CHECK ON HOME BREW " OPPOSED BY FRENCH Peasants Resént Proposed Govern- ment Curtailment of Pri- vate Distilling. Ry the Ansoclated Press. PARIS, December —France's peasants are in an unhappy frame of Jind owing to the recent nroposal in Xhe chamber of deputies either to take away their ancient privilegs »f making their own opplejack, prrne andy and other hard drinks or else reduce the quantity f such liquors ~a mermittea to distill tax-free. Qistilling is allowed, provided it nne on each farmeér's own prem- ixes. the liquors being made from his own fruits and for private consump- tion gnly. The propasition to curtail or do way with thia privilege fs ascribed « peasants to the distillers, who laim inroads are being made on their through illicit distilling and - B i srnment is also annoyed over the loss wfrevenue occasioned by these sales. 4 ko“!h there is a serious disincli- tidn 10 -désturh the distilling rights of the farmers. which have existed since the ‘middle ages, the members of the government have, asked the .peasants not to place thémselves on a plane with American moonshiners and not to exceed their limit of two-and e-half galions of hard liquors for each membér of the family for a vear. " The government holds that this quantity. is sufficient for the needs of any family, an ‘members” Labes-in-arms count is allowed a full-grown man’s ration under the law 1t has been- figured that each of the 2,000,000 farmers sells on the average ten or more gallons of liquors on which no tax has been paid. R G R T * Manila. has the most wonderful woman lapidaries - and gem setters in the world. ° 5 fouer | Suffer:ing Huma nity World Over Given Only Succor by Red Cross WINTHROP D. LANE. Member of the American Red Cross Relief Tnit In Greece. ATHENS, December 6 (By mail).— Suppose 100,000 people should sud- denly present themselves at the out- skirts of Albany, Minneapolis, New Orleans or any other good sized Ameri- | can city and ask to be received given shelter. Suppose they should be old men, women and children—driven from their homes by an earthquake or flood. made wretched wanderers over night. They would arrive In pitiable destitution, of course. ‘Their feet | flood, made wretched wanderers over- journey. They would be without food, i without clothes, without money, with nothing but the rags on their backs and such miserable bundles as they had been uble to gather in the haste | of their flight. They would choke | i every entrance to the city. The old | men” would be bending over canes: the young people would be heavy-laden: the terriied children would be crying and tugging at their mothers' skirts: the babies would be carried in ex hausted mothers' arms. What would the city do in this emergency? It would throw open the public buildings, the schools, the churches, and try to find shelter for the despairing throng wherever it would be weary and sore with the could. Tt would house them in the mar- ket place, possibly a occupled houses. When the buildings it would probably that some were still without shelter. Much Sickuess and Humger. The city would be unable to feed =0 many on ‘such short notice, and . there -would be hungry stomachs. Many would become sick, and lie where they fell. Some of the women would be about to become mothers, and the corridors of public buildings | would be the scene of births. There | would be deaths, and unless the bodies | were removed promptly the threat of pestilence would be a very present one. | find made at once to count the numbers. Even the western seaports had re- celved theirc thousands. The {islands of the Aegean, lying thick in the path of the boats that had raced to the res- cue and being the first points reached by the rescuers, were filled with scores of thousands. The country was choked and bursti with {ts horde of_helpless, pennil people. They remained substantlally where | they had been first deposited, and there they are today. Thousands lie on the cold stone floors of public bulldings. Other thousands sit on the floors of schools, churches, mosques, Syna- gogues: \on bare ground under the leaky roofs of warehouses; in fa tories, cinemas, cafes, rallroad sta- tions, buildings not completed. Crowding of Familfes. In the buildings each family has marked off a few square feet for self. drawn a line or put down a ceat ax a boundary, and settled itself to it a new hubitation. On all sides djoined by other familiex. Dur- the day some of the people & open air. At night the 1 masa of bodies. The ies cry incessantly and Epidemics of scarlet al onfusio | tever and other diseases have start- {ed. | dying. daily In Saloniki a hundred people are Suicides are becoming more frequent. Under the arrangement that has been made between the Greek gov- ernment and the American Red ! Cross the housing of these refugees has been left to the Greek govern- ment, the Red Cross assuming re- sponsibllity for getting food and clothing for them. So far no suitable Shelter has been found for the greater number. There have been five waves of mis- nd migration as a result of the acle in Asia Minor. First came several hundred thousand who fled before the advancing Turks as the Greek army was chased through Anatolia toward Smyrna and other Aegean ports. Next the refugees from the neutral strip on the south of the Dardanelles and the Sea of Marmora. Then came the rush of Greeks from eastern Thrace. The This, on a much enlarged scale, was | fourth wave was the flight of Greeks the situation found by the American |from Constantinople and its suburbs, Red Cross when it arrived in Greece. | and the fifth was the terror-stricken Every seaport on the eastern coast | epic escape of untold thousands from 1 in; i United > before | Weicah accept any American plan we | i |(he memory of thousands of Amer- Nobody | of the country had seen its harbor entered by ships carrying refugees from Asia Minor. In Saloniki, with a population of 150,000, there were | 140.000. Athens. Piraeus and other places were full. No attempt could be the interfor of Asia Minor. These ar esome of the conditions that co: front the American Red Cross in its effort to help Greece emerge success- fully from one of the most difficult situations of modern times. Christmas Spirit Softens Hearts of Grieving Germans BY GEORGE \"I'I'I'E. (By Cable _to The Star and Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1922.) BERLIN. December 23.—Though this Christmas, according to the ma- jority of Germans, is the gloomiest they have experienced. not even e cepting the war years, most of them | still have senfiment left and are will- | ing to forgive almost any crime com- mitted at this holiday season except | murder. Take one instance— “My horse was starving. The man next door, who has four overfed trotters. has so much horse feed that it iy rotting in his vard. I did not| have enough money to buy sufficient | food for myself and none at all with which to buy fodder for the horse. So I climbed over the fence and 100 enough hay to keep my horse alive.” Hollday Spirit Rife. This was the story told by a Ber-| lin street peddler who was up in a| Berlin criminal court today chlrked_y with petty larceny. The courtroom was decorated with branches of evergreen. and everybody, including the judge and prosecuting attorney, veemed to feel the Christmas spirit. The prose- | cuting attorney. usually one of the severest in the German capital, turn ed to the wealthy complainant and asked: “Don’t you think we ought to dismiss the cave, in view of the ap- proaching Christmas holidays™" The complainant reddened as a wave of approval manifested itself among the men on the jurors’ bench and the assembled crowd. “Wh, ves.” he replied, g Then. despite the fact that a court- “VENICE OF GERMANY" | hesitat- Spreewald to Be Drained Off and Ground Devoted to Agriculture. By the Associated Press. BERLIN, December the Venice of German: ~Spreewald, | . cheriraed in | | jcan and other tourlsts, is doomed to disappear. The Brandenburg pro- | vincial board, actuated by economic | i considerations, has decided to dry up After ; On this . marshy, wooded beauty spot| which, located about fifty miles from the capital, has for decades pust been | e of the chief sources of pride of | rman nature worshipers. The de-| cision wiarks the climax of an eight- Year cuntroversy | itants Oppose Plan. Alrejdy the inhabitants of the sec- | ition are opposing the plan. on eco-| {nomic as well as sentimental grounds. {They have lodged a protest and final iword rests with the president of the | provinte. The agitation for dralning | the Spreewald has been promoted {primarily by the town of Luebben. Whose inhabitants are interested in i{ruck gardening. Those who oppose {the scheme declare that to carry out {the project in the lower region would {result in drying up their lands, above Luebben. The drying-up process would be ef-, ferted by lowering the dam at Leub- ben, the idea being to remove the 3igh water of the summer for the| ake of the crops and to keep thei iwater high during the winter. by closing sluices throughout the dis- trict. 1 Would Ruim Spreewald. 1 Naturally this would ruin Spree- wald for sightseers, as one of the principal attractions has been !h.‘ imanner in which boats ply the | “streets” and “roads.” It is feared also that street pavements and other modern improvements would change the quaint customs and appearance of the Spreewalders, which attract tourists. Yet the board is convinced that those- who raise wheat and ‘other crops are justified in demanding that the land be dried, though-there -are somie ‘agriculturists who clalm that the present water means to them what the Nile means to. Egyptian landowners. ‘STOP’ AND GO’ IN PARIS. PARIS, December ' 23.—Tlie. Puris police made their first test.of the American ‘stop’ and ‘go’ flluminated traffic -l'fi:ll at & busy levard inter- section week, & a chair operating four el Ny nected signal posts on the corners of the crossing. . Officials said the dfi; tion of many of the! the details must be bell signals and whisties wera doom- ed by the nolse of the traffic, so they are seeking something that can be seen. : 5 I ice was a’solu- problems. but ects | thoroughfare. | othe: ‘Their | bes room attendant swung his gavel with all his might. the spectators sang one verse the old German Christ mas song, “Stillenacht, Hefligenacht. The judge, prosecuting attorney and defendant were all so affected that | they shed tears. This is one instance showing how emotional and senti- mental the average German feels today. Here is another story. The scene Friedrichstrasse, Berlin's main Scores of street vend- ers are selling jumping jacks and toys of every kind. candy, Christmas cake and every other cheap article one can imagine. Leniency for Thi They are yelling at the top of their voices. The stores are empty, but there are crowds around these curb Suddenly a wild shriek ‘Stop thief! Somebody has 1" shouts one of the vend- ers as a woman comes dashing along the street, pale and breathle: She is stopped by a couple of men. Policemen come aiong, .take hold of the woman and demand. to know what the trouble i teddy bear from m a woman vepd- er complains. When the policemen tighten their grasp on the shabbily dressed prisoner. the crowd star ‘Let her alone! She a You must not touch She wanted it for her children.” In a minute a mob of several hun- dred persons has gathered. They surround the two lone policemen. whe ispered conversation an- We will let the woman go | 1f she promises to restore the stolen ert. e and return home at once.” oman promises, and in an- minute both she and the police- men have gone their way. PRIEST TURNS CALVINIST prop: Th, DOOMED TO DISAPPEAR AND I3 DECLARED INGANE| Guardian Asked for Noted Com-! poser of Religious Mausic. (By Cable to The Star and 'Chi News. " Copyrignt, 1020 o0 ROME, December 23.—Dom Loren- zo Perosi, a Roman priest, who is considered by competent critics the greatest living composer of church music and who has composed numer- ous works for orchestra and voice, has been deelared irresponsible by the courts in Rome, and his family requests the appointment of a guar- dlan for him. Persons here declare that he has lost the mental faculties necessary to protect him and his property against destruction. One of the symptoms of his alleged mental unsoundness is the fact that he now says his music is old-fashion- ed and warthless. During the last five years Perosi's thoughts have been concentrated more and more on re- ligious problems. KFrom Catholicism he passed to the advocacy of Plato's doctrines and then to the study of “alvinism. He spends most of his time in libraries studying the works of Calvin, and has become a member of the Waldensian church. This change in the greatest com- poser of sacred music, who has lived in the shadow .of the Vatican, has caused much gessip. Church and legal authorities declare that there is no doubt of the maestro's lack of mental control. They say he has forgotten the year of his birth and has manifested religious exaggera- tions of a pathological nature. Often. however, Perosi shows no signs of erratic tendencies. en I satw. him last at the coronation of the ne while he was directing his latest compositions, he spoke with perfect, Iucidity. On the other hand. it is claimed that the exaggeratios credited to him are common to ri ligious gealots. . it is certain that if Perosi’s men- tal faculties are gorie the world has lost one of it -greatest composers and exponents of sacred harmony. FAMOUS CHEESE IN PERIL. Drop in Price of Ewes' Milk En- dangers Roguefort. - PARIS, December 23.—Uiiless some- thing: done qnle\d‘ Roquefort cheese seems doomed to become noth. ing but a pungent memary. cheese is made mostly from ewe milk, and from time immemorial itspeo] manufacture has been the industry of ‘the region known as Aveyron. . The price of ewes' milk has di to such & fi principal T to rear the hitherto sacrificed for the cheese. An- other factor in the situation is that mutton Is now bringink- = higher price than other meats. " E 3 - “She stole al i '| Histg‘»fic Meeting of Allied Premiee:l's, ‘Where - Reparations £ % B ¥ Were Discus These four—thc premiers of France, Kngland, Italy and Belglum—will eventually decide Germany's fate. The photograph shows them around t economie councll table at No. 10 Downing street, London, oficial home of the British premier, for the recent conference on German reparations and nllies’ debts. Left to right: Premier Raymond Poincare, France; Premier Andrew Bomar Law, England; Premier Beaito Mussolint, Italy, and Premier Theunis, Belgiu POLITICAL SHAKE-U PLEASES BRITONS Skeletons Laid Away as Peo- ple Prepare for Enjoyment of Holiday. BONAR LAW GAINS FAVOR Defeat of Lloyd George Considered Victory for Clean Politics. BY A. G. GARDINER, Britain’s Greatest Liberal E Special Cable Dispatch to The Star. LONDON, December 25.—The in- domitable spirit of Christmas spreads over the land. London never h been more cheerful. Never has- it seemed apparently more prosperous. The streets are full of people laden with parcels. The shops are jammed. Theaters are overcrowded: hotels are falL. All skeletons have been put away for the season. The Turkish skele- ton is securely buried at Lausanne, doubtless with the pr spect of an early resurrection. The Ruhr skele- ton has been put in the cupboard until Christmas is over. The unem- ployment skeleton—most nister of all facing England—is not to be per- mitted to cast feast. The entire nation is determin- ed to enjoy an old-fashioned Christ- mas, despite these skeletons in the | various closets. Indeed, we have got 80 accustomed to skeletons that we almost have ceased to be afraid of them. They seem to belong to the very nature of things. tor. : Undoubtedly one cause of the gen- | €éral cheerful feeling throughout the country Is_the recent political ex- plosion. Everybody seems relieved at the disappearance of coalition and the return to straight, clean politics. The public, realizing the evils of the late political dictatorship, rejoices in the restoration of parliamentary gov- ernment. Lloyd George Blamed. Even the liberals agree that I're- mier Bonar Law is acting with mod- eration and wisdom. disposition to imitate the |methods of his predecessor or make himself & sort of a Barnu showman. Moreover. Law's quiet. decent method of gaining prestige by a suc- cession of disclosures which ix mal ing havoc of the remnants of Lloyd George’s reputation has won the ap- proval of the country. Almost daily new light is thrown on the former premier’s responsibility for the Greek disaster. There is a deepening reali aation that this country has been in- volved up to its neck in one of the most deplorable tragedies of histor: The attempt of Lloyd George and {Birkenhead to_throw the blame on Curzon has ended in_a grotesque flasco and apologies. Never was an lengineer so completely hoist with his own petard. But the public always is more in- terested in comedy than in traged It is rocking with laughter over the priceless pantomine staged by Llovd George in collaboration with a sec- tion of the press in the United States. 1t is agreed there is a serious aspect to the matter. Brifish statesmanship never before has been mixed up in an affair of this sort. But the comedy aspect commands the chief interest. The circumstances in which Lloyd George first contracted for publica- tion of his memoirs at a fabulous price and then, after public criticism waxed warm, announced his intention of giving the . proceeds charity, afterward entering into this new un- dertaking, has resulted in his action being mercilessly criticized - by united press here. The plea of the former prime min- ister that he is a poor man and must earn a living has not helped him. Even poor men, especially. former prime ministers, are expected tp ob- serve certain traditions. Moreover. it is being pointed out very plainly that he is not.entitled to call himself a poor man. Apart from anything else he received an anpual income $10,000- under the Carnegie will. This is not % great fortume, but enough to keep the wolf from the door. This incident has done more than anything else to complete the amazing dis- credit under ‘which the light of the late premier has been eclipsed. His prospects of political resurrection are rapidly ‘reaching zero. He still ap- parently clings to the hope of re- storing his personal party, but now the loaves and fishes of office are no longer in his gift and there iz a marked tendency on the part of his followers to fall away. - . Hands-Of Rukr Policy. His attacks on French policy are unappreciated, even by ‘those who de- lore-the attitude assumed by France. e is ndC In a powition to make them, for he was more Tesponsible ‘tham anybedy else for :Ivinx France the impression that England would sup- port her_in extravagent demands on Germany.. .. 3 It has beem left to- his successors to disibuse France of that idea. This now is being done, wi hat_effect the next few weeks will indicgte. It is the “impression here t while military occupation of - the Ruhf will not be attempted, economic occupa- will. - This {s ‘the same thing under a_disguise. France cannot work the Ruhr without bayonets or without the good will of the German 5 It cannot control German customs or. forests without the same England will dave noth- stunt | of mean 'the bankruptcy of Europe and the bankruptcy of England as well. tical days Wre before us. If Poin announced policy the L 52y wha S e a shadow over thej GOING INTO WILDS FOR AMERICAN MUSEUM English Expedition to Invade In- | dia in Recognition of U. S. Hospitality. LONDON, December 23.—The expe- dition organized by two Englishmen, which will collect mammals, reptiles and birds in Indla as a gift to the American Museum of Natural History in New York city, in recognition of the hospitality shown by Americans i to British officers during the war, is going into the Indian wilderness in January. The party is being organ- \ized by Cél. Faunthorpe, British com- i | i | { i | 1 | | { i 1 He displays no | 2|part in the Investigation. of{ 1 i I¢ missioner at Lucknow, who was In the United Ftates on British war mission, and Arthur S. Verney, an art connoisseur, who lived in America for twenty-two years. Mr. Verney sailed for India this week, where he will be joined by K Faunthorpe. a cinematographer and a taxidermist. The latter has !been sent by the museum, The expedition will first go to Nepal {10 hunt a horned rhinoceros and a tiger: it will then travel to the united provinces in search of swamp deer, and later to Bhopal for black buck and to Mysore and Sambur for gaur. The specimens will be plaged in Roosevelt Memorial Hall of the mu- seum. Mr. Verney said that as a result of the “expedition Americans would see that “this country appreciates the al- most ipcredible ‘things America did during the war for every Englishma; whose duty took him to ghat count: BRAND PEKING TALE INSHOOTING FALSE Foreign Commerce Bodies in China Denounce Attack - on U. S. Citizen. WOULD PUNISH SOLDIERS Investigation Fails to Show Colt- man Fired or Was Trying to Smuggle. BY WILLIAM R. GILES. to ..,Lu_r Cable_to The Star and Chicago Daily News. Copsright, 1922.) PEKING, December 23.—While for- eign chambers of commerce through- out China are urging that the strong- t possible action be taken in the case of Charles Coltman, American bueiness man, who was shot down by Chinese soldiers at Kalgan. Chinese authorities are trying to evade re- sponsibility, and are blaming Colt- man with having fired on the soldlers and with refusing .o halt when com- manded to do sc. It also is being charged that Coltman was trying to smuggle silver out of China into Mon- golia at the time he was shot dow: Phe correspondent of The Star theroughly investigated the entire in- -:lgem and has ascertained that the statements made by Chinese officials are absolutely untrue. Representations Made. Representations already have been made to the Peking government in the Coltman case by Minister Schur- man in Peking, and the State Depart- ment in Washington also has been in- formed of all of the facts in the case. An investigating committee com- posed of Chinese was sent to Kalgan and to Peking to probe the shooting, but no American was allowed to take This is causing much dissatisfaction here, as Chinése commissions in such cases generally decide in favor of local Chinese officlals whenever foreigners are concerned. British residents of Peking are wholeheartedly supporting the Amer- jcans in their protests over the Colt- man shooting. The Tientsin Chamber of Com- merce has just passed a strong reso- lution condemning Charles J. Fox editor .of the only American new paper in north China, for taking up the Chinese side of the Coltman case and -belleving _their statements against those made by Samuel Soko- bin, American consul at Kalgan, who was with Coltman when he was shot down. The Tientsin chamber also praises the British press In north China for its assistance and attitude in protest- ing against the shooting. Seldiers Become Unruly. Soldiers throughout China are daily becoming more unruly and showing scant Tespect for foreigners, and un- less they are shortly pald the wages long due them are likely to become worse. While government. officials at Peking have announced that all foreigners held by: brigands in Honan rovince have been reieased, this b [ig accomplished by the bandits be ing paid to free them, many thou- sands of brigands still are roaming over Honan and nearby provinces and still are a menace to foraign life and property, ‘and will continue so un- less some form of strong intern tional interference is taken. At this time it is impossible to see how order can be restored. as no gov- ernment really exists, politics are ent s 'a nd the president helpless. Btriked of judges, teacher: and industrial workers are the order of day use of the non- paynient of ‘wage: < The Peking government requires $9,000,000 to meet the expen: Chinese new year and it is not known these funds can be obtained. wm:m ~credit either at roa HOME RULE MOVE WAKENS SCOTLAND Irish Example Stirs Discus- sion -and Nature of Autonomy Is Issue. REPRESENTATION IS CUT Withdrawal of 102 M. P.’s by Free State Establishment Hits Sisterhood. | By Cable 10 The Star and Xew ¥ Copyright, 1oz, Loe Trivume: GLASGOW, Scotland, December 23. —England’s settlement of the Irish Question by the grant of home rule to the Irish Free State and the estab- lishment of two Irish parliaments has provoked much discussion in Scot- l.;nd as to the desirability of estab- lishing a similar body to legislate for Scotland. The movement for Scottish home rule antedates the founding of the Irish Free State by a number of years, but a new impetus has been given it by the turn of affairs in Ireland. It has long been contended that the parliament in London cannot deal properly with Scotland. It has off 1 been pointed out in addition that the dominions are allowed to legislate for themselves. Finaliy, the argument has been made that in the imperial parliament the Scotch representatives are in a hopeless minority—74 Scots as against 492 Englishmen. Representation Weakened. This last consideration has been : thrown Into particular prominence by the fact that under the new Free State constitution the 102 Irish members of the commons will no longer go to Westminster. The Irish M. P.'s tra- ditionally have voted with the Scotch bloc on legislation affecting Scotland, and their absence in the future, in the eyes of the Scotch home rulers, makes the Scotch parliamentary representa- i tion a negligible quantity. This point iis at present perhaps the strongest { weapon in the Scottish home rule armory of propaganda, for while the | people of Scotland have #o far shown | themselves apathetic toward _the jmore theoretical reasons why they should have a greater measure of | governmental autonomy. they are |showing a fairly lively appreciation of the minor position to which their | interests have been relegated by the new alignment of the London parlia- ment. The tangible result of the sentiment for Scottish home rule has been the formation of the Scottish Homé Rule Association with headquarters in Glasgowl. “to secure self-government ‘(or Scotland.” The Scottish home rulers are advocating not only the formation of a Scotch legislative body, but also of a Scotch executive organ- l!:x‘lon to carry its decrees into ef- ect. Autonomy Scope Doubtful. The exact scope of the local auton- ony which the S. H. R. A. desires England to grant Scotland along these rather general lines is not yet clear. Among the things in which home rulers want a free hand. how- ever, are the regulation of education in Scotland, the imposition of taxes, of which they assert Scotland bears too great a share in the imperial quota; the power to make local improvements, the amalgamation of municipalities and the development of the backward districts in the highlands. It is interesting to note, also, that one of the chief grievances of the S. H. R. A. centers around the large proportion of the area of Scotland de- voted exclusively to deer forests and grouse moors that are owned by Eng- {lish sportsmen and kept from agri- cultural users, when land-hunger, an acute housing shortage and great congestion in the cities exists in the country—a condition which it is felt will never be remedied by English legislators. {WHITE REFUGEE FLEET | SPURNS SOVIET OFFER {3,000 Men, Women and Children ; Discredit Amnesty Promise and May Go to Cochin China. 1 BY JAMES L. BUTTS. }(By Cable_to The Star and Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1922.) SHANGHAI, December 23.—The au- thorities in Moscow have telegraphed to the wandering white refugee fleet of sixteen nondescript craft, carrying more than 3,000 men, women and children, offering full amnesty to all white officers and men, provided they return to Viadivostok before Janu- ary 1. The offer was transmitted to “Admiral” . Stark thé white fleet through the soviet's China mission. The fugitives discredit the offer, and probably will safl soon to the South sea for a baven. They may go to Saigon, in Cochin China. The Chinese authorities have offered fuel and food for the cruise on condition that the ships: do not touch’ at any other Chinese port. . D The biggest problem in- connection with the wandering squadron is 'th: presence of 350 Stberian orphans. Ef- {oru are being made here to cars for em. More units of the fugitive fleet from Vladivostok are expected here. ses of ‘the | . War Regulations Are Delayed by Aviation Growth BY LEOPOLD ALETRINO. By Cable to The Star and the Chicago Dally News. Copyright, 1922, THE HAGUE, December 23—"We have been working for ten days but have made no headway,” said Baron Matsui, head of the Japanese dele- gation to the con- ference of jurists i here, to the writer }i today. “But you must not forget that our task is an extraordinarily delicate and com. plicated one. Avi- ution s develop ing so rapidly that it is difficult to draft definite rules of warfare at the present time. I presume, there- fore, that the con- ' BARON MATSURL ference delegates i will confine themselves to the study of regulations which will be valid for a certain period only, let us say four or five years. Then it is likely that they will have to be modified or ac- commodated to the latest technical developments in aviation. “The conference has adjourned until January 22, but in the meantime two subcommittees composed of experts in aviation and wireless telegraphy will discuss the technical questions which will be dealt with at a plenary meeting.” Baron Matsui expects that the con. ference will be a long one. So far only Americar and British proposals have been submitted. —_— CHRISTMAS GIVES BRITAIN 3 HOLIDAYS Festivities to Include Box Giving by Lardlords in Yule Aftermath. By the Associated Press. LONDON, December 23.—Englan Christmas will be ideal this year, for it falls on Monday, thus giving nearly every one three successive holidays. The day after Christmas—Boxing day—is observed as a holiday 2s strictly as Christmas itself. The day gets its name from the custom whereby land- owners were expected to hand out boxes of Christmas gifts to their ten- ants, retalners and servants. Post- men and milkmen, as well as news. paper carriers, canvassed their routes religiously for annual tips, while even the patrolmen on the beat seldom re- fused a largesse. The postmen now haves union, which this year opposes pa. For many of the city workers in the factories, shops and offices there will really be four days of rest, because a large proportion of these establish- ments closed before lunch today and will not reopen until Wednesday aft- ernoon. No newspapers appear Mon- day and Tuesday. Tradesmen report that the Yuletide business has been the most prosper- oy since long before the war. They the timely rise in sterling and general feeling that England is on the verge of better times as the reamons for the Jarge volume of trade. The Christmas spirit has also been reflected in the large number of Lon- doners who have left for the country d the continent, and the railway coampanies have carried more passen. gers than in several vears. Almost as astopishing has been the influx of country folk, who always take the Christmas season as the occasion for {seeing the sights of the city. These {visitors, dressed in their best, pay itheir respects to all the hotels, r taurants and theaters. The theaters are booked to capacity Particularly popular are such hardy perennials as ed. has seen in many yvears. These unfortu- nates attempt to make few pence by singing and playing in the streets, while the curbs of the downtown shopping centers are almost lined with men—the majority of whom wear war medals—wearily holding out a handful of matches or shoe- strings to the passerby. - | sal | EGYPT'S GREA ISepuOcher of Tutankhamen | Reveals Splendors of 1550 to 1090 B. C. . | | | has enabled him to devote himself 1o he costly hobby of Egyptology. and t | Howard Carter, perhaps the finest liv - | ing archeologi¢al draughtsman, read« like a romance. The Valley of the Tombs of the Kings, where the.find was made, is a desert ravine lying be hind the barren cliffs and hills which form the mighty walls of tI Nile valley, on the western bask of th: river, some 450 miles above Cair. Sepulckers Cut in Hifis, Here the Pharaohs of the eigh!- eenth, ninetcenth and twentieth dv nasties, covering the period from: about 1550 to 1090 B. C., were laid 1o rest in sepulchers cut into the sidex of the hills, and burial chambers be- ing deep down in the solld rock, ap- proached by flights of steps and co:- ridors, generally ornamented by rici wall paintings and bas-relfefs. existence of these tombs has been the common knowledge of all the cer turies, though the precise location o each has not been known. For tw: or three thousand years robbers ha been busy with their treasures. - But_for more than & generati past Mr. Carter's saith that tourisis in Thebes were stepping over Price less treasures in the bowels of th- earth has not faltered, despite all that is known of the past rifiing o the famous site. The beginn! the story of the discovery goe: thirty-three years,- when he beg. searching the Theban necropolis for : key to ancient Egypt. During tha® period -he found a number of minor prize: but since Lord Carvaron joined forces with him seventee: years ago, the discovery of the Hyk ®oe tablet was their greatest rew —aup to the present. Amnother Step Unearthed. Recently after four days' work the heart of the small sacred bus-.n |he and his party unearthed a step. Continued digging resulted in the ex- cavation of a statrway = which led !right beneath the tomb of Rameses IX, an unimportant king who d DISCOVER KING’S THRONE Collection Unearthed Will. Briny $15,000,000 on Any Market. BY WARREN B. WELLS. : By Cuble to The Star and New Yotk Falbuu- Copyright, 1 Z LONDON, December 23.—That 1 i: recent unearthing of a royal tomb near Luxor is the greatest areheo logical discovery in Egypt in modes times already is certain. How great. in the light which it throws on the vanished civilization that has made the wisdom of Egypt proverbial down all the ages the discovery may Brove to be—this remains for the secret of the =till unopened inner chamber '« reveal. The story of the discovery, made by the Earl of Carnarvon., whose wealth some 3,000 vears ago. At its feet wax a_ door inscribed with the protoco! of another Pharoah, Tutankhamen. one of the most important kings of Egypt. It was the one remalning tomb of which there had been any hope of finding in the Valley of the Tombs of the Kings. But the opening of the tomb show - ed that the excavators had stumbled upon a discovery of unprecedented importance. No other royal tomb that has been opened in Egypt has contained such treasures as the tomb of Tutankhamen revealed. The lights of the searchers shown upon an age- {old collection of gems and gold and | alabaster—a collection which would fetch upward of $15.000,000 in any esroom. But the value of the dir- | covery was not to be stated in terms {of money. The tomb was a treasury of the giories of the Egyptian court of 1350 B.C. There were gilt couches inlaid with ivory and jewels; there was the d.q ying's throne and the king's robes Two statues showed him in his habit as he lived. Chariots were tl e for the dead Pharoah’s riding, m: food for his eating, musical instru- ments and documents. —_— Asparagus is sald to have the dix- i tinction of being the oldest of all plants used for food. | To All Our Friends— Ciristmas Breetings! At the close of th son in the store's history we wish to extend to our thousandu of customers and _fridnds our sincere thanks along with our heart- felt good wishes for'a Merry Christmas, “and hope that you may be blest throughout: the ‘New Year with Good Health and Prospérity. e busiest holiday sea- L PEREVELRVLDVLLVEVEVEVEVELRLUD