Evening Star Newspaper, January 2, 1923, Page 1

WEATHER. Increasing cloudiness tonigh est temperature ne: freezin; morrow unsettled, probably rain, Temperature for twenty-four hours ended at 2 p.m., today. ' Highest, 45 at 2 p.m., yesterday; lowest, 25 at 7:20 a.m. today. Full report on page 10. “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system covers eve city block and the regular edition delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. low- to- The Foening . WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 24 Yesterday’s Net Circulation, 73,528. No. 28,736. post cflice Was Entered as second-class matter shington, D. C. FRE WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, JANUARY 2, 1923 -THIRTY-TWO PAGES. NCH CUT DEMANDS; PREMIERS FAR APART: U.S.REVEALS MEDIATION 50 Bifiion Marks New Estimate by Poincare. CLASS “C” BOND PLAN REVIVED Exacts Productive Guarantees for a Moratorium. Br the Associated Press. PARIS, January 2.~Prime Min- ister Bonar Law and Premier Poln- care appeared to be farther apart in the opening session of the reparations conference today than they were at the end of the Lon- don meeting in December. Each presented the carefully considered plans of their respective govern- ments, and these were being studied thix evening in comparison with the Italian plans, which e deavors to reconcile the two e tremes., PARIS, January 2.—Premier Poin- care of France offered at today's con- ference of allled leaders a proposal for a reduction of German repara- tions to 50,000,000,000 gold marks. The French plan offers a two-year moratorium, but it exacts productive guarantees to insure the resumption of payments later by the Germans. Under the French plan the class C bonds would be used to extinguish the interallied debts. Approved by Cabinet. The French cabinet in a two-hour session this morning under the chair- manship of President Millerand heard and approved the reparations plan which Premler Polncare will submit to the premiers’ conference. Premier Poincaire held a preliminary conversation with Prime Minister Bonar Law at the Crillon Hotel this morning. They discussed the near east siuation and the reparations questions. Although the visit was characterized as_ a courtesy call, M. Polncare re- mained at the hotel for thirty-five min- utes. Lord Curzon joined the minlisters, spending twenty-filve minutes with them. He left later to take a train for Lau- sanne. Unite Against Turks. Tt is understood that the premiers agreed that France and Great Britain should maintain a united front at the near east conference in the face of the Turkish attitude. The Germans made formal request today that Karl Bergmann be permit- ted to make an oral statement before the premiers on the new German propositions. Premier Polncare was expected to make a full statement of the French viewpoint at the opening of the con- ference. Dr. Bergmann left The Hague_this morning and Is due to reach Paris late this evening. Request Likely to Be Ignored. There seemed little likelihood, as the meeting of the premiers was about to start, that the German re- quest for an oral hearing would be granted, as the allles are generally of the opinion that a written propo- sition is far better than an oral vresentation, because the terms are more precise and can be referred to in_subsequent discussions. French circles interpreted the re- quest as an attempt to feel out the allfes. Prime Minister Bonar Law saw Mar- quis Della Torretta, head of the Italian delegation, after the prime ministers’ conference with Lord Cur- Zon on near eastern affairs was over. The British premier and the Itallan dejegate discussed the Italian repara. tions plan for half an hour. The mar-. quis said Italy was most anxious there should be unity In the decision reached, and that Italy accordingly was ready to meet any proposals halt way. American Observers Arrive. Myron T. Herrick, American am- bassador to France, has arrived in Parfs from Cannes, and, with Roland W. Boyden, the American representa- tive with the reparations commission, will watch developments closely dur- ing the premiers' conference, and keep Secretary of State Hughes well informed of the progress made. Although the United States is with- out an observer at the premiers’ meeting, it is in close touch with the French foreign office and the visiting delegations and will be kept informed through the usual diplomatic chan- nels and the reparations observers, so that the State Department, in ac- cordance with the instructions given, will be able to follow events closely. It is reiterated today that, although the attitude of the American govern- ment would be one of watchful wait- ing, any definite indication that the conference was breaking up might provoke some expression from Wash- ington. It was said in American circles just before the opening of the conference that the indications were some com- promise would be reached, preserving the allied accord on reparations. SN LIQUOR STOCK LOOTED. Thieves Get Away With Part of $1,000,000 Supply. NEW YORK, January 2.—The theft of an undetermined quanity of liquor from a $1,000,000 store in an internal revenue warehouse on East 47th street was reported today by the police. The robbery was discov- ered Saturday after the police halted a truck on which about $40,000 of the store had bedn placed. The robbers uclred. They already had taken several truckloads from Lhe warehouse, it was reported. 21 HURT IN WRECK. CALGARY ALBERTA, January 2. Twenty-one passengers were injured, none seriously, when the Canadian Paclfic railway's train No. 2, the ‘Vaucouver-Montreal Express, left the rails one mile west of ‘Bassano, Alberta, early today. Three cars, commerce, first class, and tourist, igopled lnto the ditchy Bonds Mentioned In French Plan Are Described The class C bonds mentioned in the French reparations plan are part of a serles provided for under the London ultimatum to Germany issued by the allies on May 5, 1921, when the total of German repara- tions was fixed at 132,000,000,000 801d marks. It was provided that Germany create three classes of reparations bonds, based on para- graph 12 of annex 2 of part 8 of the treaty of Versailles. The first class of bonds, or class A, for 12,000,000,000 gold marks, were to be delivered by July 1, 1921, The class B bonds, for 38,000,- 000,000 gold marks, were to be de- livered by November 1, 1921. The class C bonds, for 82,000,- 000,000 gold marks, were likewise to be dellvered by November 1, 1921, but to be issued by the repa- rations commission “as and when it is satisfled that the payments which Germany undertakes to make in pursuance of this agree- ment are sufficient to provide for the payment of interest and sink- ing funds on such bonds.” All the bonds were to bear in- terest at 5 per cent per annum. TENSION IN PARIS REFLECTED HERE Although U. S. Is Not Repre- sented Anxiety Is Be- ing Felt. NEW BALANCE OF POWER With Whom Shall America Cast Anti-War Pact Sounded Out to France. DROPPED AFTER ADVERSE REPLY Germany’s Proposal Provided America Guard Peace. The State Department announced today that the German proposal for an agreement under which France, Great Britain, Italy and Germany should “solemnly agree among them- selves and promise the government of the United States” not to resort to war for the period of one generation without the authority of a plebiscite had not been transmitted to the French government formally by Secretary Hughes, as an informal in- quiry brought out the fact that it was not acceptable to France. Department’s Statement. The department issued this state- ment: “The German ambassador, on be- half of his government, recently sub- mitted to the Secretary of State a proposal to the effect that the pow- ers interested in the Rhine—to wit, France, Great Britain, Italy and Ger- many—should ‘solemnly agree among themselves and promise the govern: ment of the United States that they will not resort to war against each other for a period of one genera- tion without being authorized to do 50 by a plebiscite of their own people.’ French Sounded Out. “It was deemed inadvisable to trans- mit the proposal to the governments named unless it appeared that it would be favorably considered by the French government. On making in- Lot? Is Question Likely to Develop. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. Although -the United States govern- ment Isn't represented and the confe: ence of premiers is taking place at Paris, there is just as much tension here and anxiety about the outcome as if the sessions were being held at the ‘White House itself. Critical decisions involving definite re- sponsibilities for the future which the United States government recognizes as {nevitable are in the make at Paris. But, broadly speaking, the crisis involves a new balance of power in the world. Shall the United BStates join Great Britain and even Germany as against France? That's one course of action which nobody In official quarters would like to see develop, but which in the event of an uncompromising attitude by the French may be advocated by the allfes. Opposition to France Velled. Heretofore every reference to France's persistent policy of exacting the maximum from Germany has been thinly velled. There has been no out- spoken opposition to Frante, al though privately the French have been held up as blocking not only world peace, but economic progress. European problems are being more carefully studied today than three years ago, and the very people who used to act indifferently towarl mat. TContinued on Page 2, Column 8.) formal inquiry of the French govern- ment the Secretary of State was in- formed that that government could not view the proposal with favor, as such an arrangement could not be made under the provisions of the French constitution.” The announcement is the first word 31‘2 Department officials have per- itted to escape them in any way in regard to the German propo: ey would add nothing by way of com- ment today to the statement of facts contained in the announcement. U. 8. Would Have Been Guardian. Disciosure by the department of the fact that the German proposal would have made the government of the United States the guardlan or trustee of the peace pact is the first intimation of an official character that the plan thus sought to bring the welght of American influence to bear on the European prob- lem. There was nothing to indicate Wwhether the Washington administration would have refused to accept such re- sponsibility had the French government found it desirable to enter into the pact. In some quarters there was a dis- position to believe, however, that the action of Secretary Hughes in sound- ing out French “opinion informally was an evidence that the Washing- ton government was at least deeply interested in the proposal. Full Text Not Revealed. ‘The full text of the German pro- posal was not glven out here and of- ficlals would not say to what extent the Washington government would have been committed had it been ac- cepted in Paris. Chancellor Cuno in his Hamburg speech, which first dis- closed the peace pact plan, however, indicated that the power acting as trustee would be no more than the depository of the promises of the sig- natory governments, and, presumably, would not be required to take any steps for enforcment of the agree- ment. Reticence of American officials on NEED OF EXTENDING JATH STREET SHOWN Congressmen Conducted on Inspection Trip by Trade Board Committee. Necessity of the extension of 14tk etreet to' the District line was pointed out to members of Congress on a per- sonal inspection trip taken today under auspices of a subcommittes of the com- mittee on streets and avenues of the Washington Board of Trade. Lack of streets in certaln sections of the city, and lack of proper rcpairs to Streets and avenues in other sections were shown to the four members of Congress who were taken on today's tour, one of a series of such inspections. Representatives Stuart F. Reed of West Virginia, Guy E. Campbell of Pennsylvania, Addison T. Bmith of Idaho and W. B. Oliver of Alabama accompanied the members of the committee on the trip, which took in 14th and 16th streets extended, parts of Chevy Chase, out North Cap- itol street, Brookland, Eckington and Dparts of the northeast and southeast. Out for Three Hours. The trip started at 9 o'clock from 14th and Ingraham streets, and ended at noon near the Eastern !glvth School. George C. Shinn, Harris Barnum apd Jonn C. Harding of the Board of Trade committee piloted the mem- bers of Congress. The trip was one of a number of such tours being conducted by the committee from time to time to ac- quaint members of Congress with the condition of the streets and avenues of Washington. Conditions between 1éth and 16th streets, north of Park road ware espe- clally pointed out by the committce, and also the need of new streets ncar the Eastern High School. Necessity of extending 14th street to the District line was especially l l J the plan up to this time presumably has been due to the pecuilar situation in which the government found itself in dealing with a proposal which re- quired even passive participation by this government in the tangled affairs of Burope. - FOUR MEN DIE, FIVE HURT, IN IRON WORKS ACCIDENT 600-Ton Hydraulic Press Col- lapses at Masury, Ohio, Bury- ing the Workers. SHARON, Pa., January 2.—Four men were killed and five others injured at the Petroleum Iron Works at Ma- sury, Ohio, one mile from here, this morning when they were ght under a 600 ton hydraulic press. Two of the bodies have not been recovered. The nine men were working under the press when it collapsed. Five succeeded in getting ont before ths mass of steel settled. They were in- Jured by falling debris. Two of the men were caught under under a 600-ton hydraullc press. Two others, knocked down by a steel beam, were unable to get from under the press before it crushed them to eath. WALTER S. WARD FREED OF PETERS’ DEATH CASE Judge Dismisses Indictment, Rul- ing State Invaded Rights of Ac- cused by Delay. By the Associated Press. ‘WHITE PLAINS, N. Y., January 2. —Supreme Court Justice Seeger today dismissed an indictment charging first degree murder against- Walter S. Ward, wealthy Baker's son, hold- ing that the prosecution had invaded the defendents rights in delaying trial of the case. ¥ ‘Ward was_indicted for the slaying of Clarence Peters last may. — . VALUE NORTHCLIFFE ESTATE. g ey o B Lord Northcliffe is valued at £6,500,000, v o et HIS IDEA OF STARTIN FREESTATE VNS CONSULATEFIAT Victorious in Battle for Goth- am Office—Flying Wedge Routs Rebels. REPUBLICANS LAY SIEGE Official, Barricaded in Office, to Stay Till Issue Ends—“It'll Be a Long Time,” Is Retort. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, January 2.—Forces of the Irish Free State and of the Irish republic clashed in lower Nassau street todey In a renewed strugsle for possession of the consulate sur- rendered by Daniel J. McGrath after his life had been threatened by an andnymous letter writer using the name of the Irish republican army. Victory perched on the banners of the Free Staters. who gained posses- sion of the consuiate and locked aboyt sixty man and woman adherents of the republican cause out in the hall. The indignant losers charged foul play, declaring at least one of their number—Mrs. ~ Murfel MacSwiney, widow of the late lord mayor of Cork —had been roughtly handled by a city detective alding the Free State. The Tival factions, who began their contest for possession of the consulate last week, when each began trying to sit the other side out, had agreed to a truce over the holldays, having the offices locked by the neutral su- perintendent of the building. The truce ended at 9 o'clock this morning. At that hour a_ delegation of Irish republicans, about sixty strong, and of both sexes, descried Lindsay Crawford, the Free State's appointee to succeed McGrath, coming down the narrow hall with Theodore Smiddy, Free State envoy to Washing- ton. Lively Scuffle Follows. ‘Witnesses say the rEpublicans barred the passageway, seeking to prevent the two men from entering. The Free State men are said to have tried to push their way through, and a lively scuffie ensued. Then police were summoned by Crawford and Smiddy, and the of- ficers, organizing a flylng wedge, bored a passage through the crowd and landed Crawford and Smiddy in- side the consulate, where they promptly barricaded themselves be- hind locked doors, refusing to admit any one, even reporters. The republicans clamored vainly for admittance, Finally, according to their clalm, a detective seized Mrs. MacSwiney roughly by the shoulder and hustled her toward the elevator. The republicans immediately appoint- ed a committee, headed by Mrs. Mary Collins and Mrs. Vera Finnerty, to walt on Mayor Hylan with a protest. Among the republicans standing in the hall was Michael O'Brien, who, according to Arthur Briscoe, Irish republican army -officer, has been ap- pointed Irish republican consul by Laurence Gjnnell, Eamonn de Valera’s representative in America. Turned Office Over. Briscoe further declared that Mec- Grath, whose withdrawal precipitated the trouble, had altered his position, putting into writing the statement that he refused to turn the consulate over to Free State agents, but was ready to turn it over to republicans. McGrath, who insisted he was not consul, but was merely acting in that capacity, resigned as a protest against executions by the Free State govern- ment. When_he left, however, he turned the offices over to Crawford. The siege then started, a detail of republicans arriving about the same time to keep vigil in the office in hope Crawford would tire and de- camp. Crawford held the consul's chair for a long time unaided, send- ing out for food. Finally ald arrived and when it became apparent he was not to be tired out, the holiday truce was arranged. Says We'll Stay. Mr. Crawford, reaching behind his barricade by the telephone, declared his intention to remain in the office “yntil this matter is settled one way or another.” He sald he had no I tention of taking any legal action, a! serting he was content to hold the office against all comers. The repub- lican forces answered that if Mr. Crawford adhered to his intention, he would -remain behind the locked of- fice doors “for a long, long time.” - As the crowd of republican sympa- thizers in the hall grew to unman- proportions, the police issued an edict that all save two members of the Irish republican army, detailed as guards, must leave the bullding. On three occasions before noon it was necessary for police, led by De- AContizuad ou Page 3. Colucma 2 Cabinet Officer Who Will Retire SECRETARY ALBERT B. FALL. MRS. GIBSON WEDS FOR THIRD TIME Washington Divorcee Be- comes Wife of Capt. Cart- wright in Paris. By the Associated Pres PARIS, January 2.—The Paris Her- ald learns that Mrs. Beatrice Benja- min Gibson, daughtes of Willlam Ev- arts Benjamin of New York, and Capt. Charles Aubrey.Cartwright of the royal navy were married here last Saturday. NEW YORK, January -Mrs. Be- atrice Benjamin Gibson, who was married to Capt. Charles A. Cart- whight in Paris last Saturday, is a granddaughter of the late H. H. Rogers, one of the organizers of the Standard Oll Company.- This is her third marriage. Her first husband was Alexander D. B. Pratt, prominent in soclety at Newport, R. 1. After their divorce she became the third wife of Preston Gibson of Greenwich, Conn. This marriage was opposed by her parents. She went abroad a year ago and announcment recently was made of her divorce in France. She has two children, Cynthia Pratt and Dallas Bates Pratt, 2d. 2,000 HOMELESS IN FIRE. 400 Nipa Shacks Destroyed by Flames Near Manila. By the Associated Press. MANILA, January 2.—Fire in the municipality of Navotas, a suburb of Manila, today destroyed 400 Nipa shacks, leaving 2,000 natives homeless. The flames spread by a strong wind, nearly wiped out the town, but were checked by the Manila fire depart- ment, aided by constdbulary. Site for Summer W hite House Is Ofifered as Gift Special Dispatch to The Star. HAGERSTOWN, Md., January 2.—A site for the summer White House for which a sum of $200,000 was provided in the will of J. Wilson Leakin, Balti- more attorney, was 'today offered as a gift to the United States government at Indian Springs, near this city, by John G. Bower, sr., of Hagerstown. The site is near the scene of the Ford-Edison-Firestone camp, west of Hagerstown In one of the most pic- turesque . spots. in. the Blue Ridge wmountains. President Harding spent a week end at the camp during the summer of 1921, and during his so- journ remarked about its beauty. Sufficient ground for a private golf s_m‘u:u‘uA included ln.,tb‘o mr,, e l THE NEW . YEAR RIGHT. FALL QUITS CABINET EFFECTIVE MARCH !White House Announces Res- ignation of Secretary of the Interior. PERSONAL AFFAIRS PRESS Desire to Take Charge of Business Interests Given as Reason for Action. Secretary of the Interior Fall will retire from the cabinet of President Harding, effective March 4, it was of- ficially announced today at the White | House. Secretary Fall's personal affairs and his desire to devote more attention to them were given as his reasons for resignation. There was sald to be no “quarrel” or any disagreeable feature connected with the retirement of the Secretary, but only the fact that he wished to return to private life to take personal charge of his extensive business in- terests in the southwest. This constitutes the second change in the President's cabinet, Postmaster General Will H. Hays having resignea to become head of the amaigamated | motion picture industry. A successor to Secretary Fall, it was officially stated by a White House spokesman, has not been selected. No Intimation was given as to whom the new Secretary might be. President Harding has the highest regard for Secretary Fall, it was sald at the White House, and had en- deavored to obtain the Secreary's ac- ceptance to a place on the Supreme Court bench of the United States, but had been unsuccessful. Rumors of Secretary Fall's retire- ment have been prevalent for several days, but_the official pronouncement from the White House today was the {Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) Precedent Is Set As New Supreme Justice Is Sworn After a three-week recess the Supreme Court met today and be- gan the delivery of opinions as soon as Associate Justice Plerce Butler had been inducted into of- fice. Although he had taken the “iron-clad” oath to support and defend the Constitution before Judge Booth at St. Paul on De- cember 26, Justice Butler was sworn in today by Chlet/ Justice Taft with a combination “iron- clad” and “judicial” oath. Ordinarily the court proceedings cover only the administering of the judicial oath to do equal jus- tice to the rich and poor and to faithfully and impartially admin- ister. justice, the “iron-clad,” gen- erally taken outside, not being repeated. Mosul Revolters Reported Seeking Turk Annexation Py the Associated Press. CONSTANTINOPLE, January 2.— Official announcement that an in- surrection had broken out at Mosul, in the kingdom of Irak, was recelved here from Angora to- day. The telegram sald that the inhabitants of the entire oll-pro- ducing region were demanding an- nexation of the territory to Tur- key. Dispatches from London yester- day, chronicling the revolt in Mosul, reported that the hangars of the British alr force had been burned. The British government, through its spokesman at the Lausanne conference, has insisted upon its right to the rich Mosul oil fields, jurisdiction over which is claimed by Turkey. Discounted in London. LONDON, January 2—It was stated in official circles this aft- ernoon that no confirmation of the report that an uprising had taken place in Mosul had been received. Mosul is in constant touch with Bagdad by wireless, it was com- mented, and any disturbances would be reported to London im- mediately. MORE TROOPS SENT 10 GUARD BASTROP Jennings, La., Cavalry Boosts Militia Units to Four in Morehouse. SEEK MISSING OIL MAN Detectives Declare Harold Teeger- strom Was Kidraped From Carbon Plant. | By the Assoctated Press. JENNINGS, La., January 2—The Jennings cavalry of the Louisiana| National Guard was ordered today to entrain for Morehouse Parish. Shortly after recelving the orders the troops, under command of Maj. Miller, left for Bastrop. This will bring the National Guard units in Morehouse to four, the oth- ers being the Monroe and the Alex- andria infantry and the New Orleans Machine Gun Company. The movement is in connection with the investigations and hearings in the Morehouse kidnapings and murders. The troop is composed of three officers and forty enlisted men, with thelr horses and equipment. ' They were expected to reach their destina- | tion tomorrow morning, two days before the beginning of the open hearing at the Bastrop courthouse. In the absence of official informa- tion it was understood here the men would be used In augmenting the forces now encamped at the court- house and jail and probably also in making arrests. Another Mystery Faced. Troubled Morehouse, hardened to thrills by its series of tragic happen- ings, started the New Year with an- other mystery to solve—the disappear- ance of Harold Teegerstrom, a wealthy gas and oil field operator, {acting timekeeper at a Spyker, La. carbon plant. He was regarded as prospective witness in the forthcoming investigation into masked band depre- dations which culminated in the recent kidnaping. and slaying of two citizens of the village of Mer Rouge, Watt Danlels and Thomas Fletcher Richards. Department of Justice agents, sen into Louislana to join forces with state officials in_ solving the mystery of the disappearance of Danlels and Richards and other masked band operations, ceg- tered their energies today in an effort to locate the missing man. Thus far the trall has not been fruitful, and whatever they may have learned as to [ the reasons for his disappearance has not been disclosed. Declares Evidence in Hand. One of the investigators who had charge of the inquiry into the dis- appearance of Teegerstrom _stated last night to newspaper men that he had positive information that the car- bon worker was kidnaped. Teegerstrom disappeared from the company plant Friday night immedi- | ately after he responded to a mys- terious summons from outside. Sun- day, according to information brought to the sheriff's office here, he appeared at'the home of a friend, Henry Jones, wmill operator, borrowed 340, left a watch to be turned over to a brother who lives at Lamkin, and the keys to the company’s offices, and announced he was “leaving.” Since then all trace of him has been lost. Teegerstrom [ did not tell Jones a reason for his leaving. he plant where Teegerstrom was working is that in which T. J. Bur- nett, now in jail on a charge of mur- der,’ was_employed. Burnett is al- leged to have been implicated in the killing of Danfels and Richards. Other Phases Overshadowed. The disappearance of Teegerstrom overshadowed other phases of the in. vestigation, which s expected to reach a climax with the opening next Friday of an open hearing to (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) { 1 Advertising Total Advertising, This tremendous Gain in Display Activity in Business As Reflected by , 1922. .. 21,659,650 lines Total Advertising, 1921... 21,032,405 lines lines for. the year was divided as follows: Gain in Classified Advertising, 354,990 lines Total Gain, 627,245 lines in The Star Gain, 627,245 lines increase of 627,245 y 272,255 lines e TWO CENTS TURKS SPURN PEACE ON ALLIES' TERNS; MOVING ON STRAITS Angora Assembly in- Secret Session Orders Ismet to Yield on Nothing. KEMAL VIEW DEFEATED IN STORMY MEETING Military Leaders See Peril to Brit- ish Garrison Left in Con- stantinople. BY CONSTANTINE BROWN. (By Cable to The Star and Chicago Dally News. Copyright, 1923.) CONSTANTINOPLE, January 2.— After long debates the national as- sembly has decided that Ismet Pasha is to be authorized to sign peace only on the basis of the instructions given when he left Angora for Lausanne. The instructions were that the allies must accept the whole of the nation- alist peace program. The Turks will try to split the al- lies at Lausanne, because they have told Ismet Pasha that “in case he meets serious difficulties he should get in touch separately with such powers as have shown friendliness toward Turkey.” Sesslon Is Stormy. The sitting of the assembly was secret and was sald to have been 2 stormy one. Mustapha Kemal Pasha and his followers favored peace, while the extremists, led by Kiazim Kara- vasslv, deputy from Erzerum, said that further concessions on the part of Turkey were impossible and that it was up to the allies to accept or reject the Turkish terms. The extremists succeeded in having passed a resolution to the effect that “the assembly will not discuss again any point in the nationalist peace pact because all possible con- cessions have already been made.” on the other hand, Kemal Pasha's foi- lowers tried to convince the national assembly that a concillatory policy was possible without endangering the nationalist terms. . Moving Against Chanak. News has been recelved from An- gora that the Turkish army is pre- paring to resume hostilities by con- centrating against the Chanak posi- tions. The 4th Army Corps from Brusa has been moving since Friday to occupy the line Bigha-Chanak Kalessi, where it will meet the 3d Army Corps from Ismid, which start- |ed a southward movement a week ago. Besides these concentrations against the British at Chanak military move- ments have been discovered In the Diarbekir region. 'Kiazim Pasha, the nationalist minister of war, left An- gora with two reserve divisions and established his headquarters in the town of Diarbekir, where one or more divisions from the Caucasian front are expected soon. British Would Bear Brunt. The British, who will bear the brunt of the attack, aro not much worried about the Chanak positions, which are strongly fortified, and they be- lieve that wtih the assistance of the fleet they will be able to defend themn- selves successfully. Military leaders among the allivs are much concerned over Constanti- nople, where the British garrison alone will have difficuity in checking an uprising of thousands of Mussul- mans well armed and led by nation- alist officers. Bluff, Diplomats Think. In spite of the seriousness of the situation, the allied diplomats do not seem to believe in the possibility of & resumption of military operations The general impression among Ital- ian, French, and even British diplo- mats, is that the Turks are trying to bluff, and that as soon as they dis- cover that this plan will not work they will give and compromise on the various disputes at issue in Lausanne. This belief is not shared by mili- tary men, who think that the major- ity in the nationalist assembly is com- posed of ignorant and dangerous men, who do not realize the danger in- volved in starting a new war, and who are influenced by the Russians, who will not shrink from plunging Eu- rope into anarchy once more. NATIONAL PACT UPHELD. Turkish Assembly Insists on In- tegral Maintenance. By the Associated Press. CONSTANTINOPLE. January 2.—The Turkish national assembly has unan. imously decided to uphold ti tional pact, according to a dispatch from Angora, the capital. It is also reported, but not con- firmed, that Ismet Pasha, head of the Turkish delegation to the Lausanne conference, has been instructed to in- sist upon integral maintenance of the pact and that he has been authorized to sign a separate peace with such powers as are willing to subscribe to its terms. The national pact, which Mustapha Kemal Pasha has repeatedly declared should be fulfilled, provides, among other things, that the Mosul district of Mesopotamia shall be Turkish ter- ritory. It s this district, containing soms of the richest oil wells in the world, that is one of the chief bones of con- tention between the Turkish and Brit- ish_delegates, the latter cluiming it to be a part of the kingdom of Irak, a British mandatory state. Calls for Plebiscite. Another article of the pact calls for a plebiscite to determine-the ju- ridical status of western Thrace. This plebiscite was one of the first de- mands made by the Turks after their arrival in Lausanne. The pact declares for abolition of the capitulations, or extraterritorial rights granted to nationals of for- eign countries under treaties with Turkey, and guarantees the right of the minority populations in Turkey “on the same basis as is established in other countries by conventions hitherto concluded between the pow- ers of the entente, their adversaries and certain of their associates.” The straits of Durdanelles and the Bosporus would be open “to werid commerce and international commus nication” under the terms of the p&u& <