Evening Star Newspaper, January 14, 1923, Page 4

' THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, HOW PUBLICISTS OF THREE POWE. MOST INVOLVED VIEW RUHR SEIZURE FRENCH BRITISH French Will Solve Britain Is Advised the Impossible, Says Tardieu. BY ANDRE TARDIEU, By Cable to The Star, PARIS, January 13.—At the very moment the French government was proceeding with the seizure of the Essen reglon, America let it be known that she was withdrawing her re- maining troops from the Rhineland. The coincidence emphasized the di- vergence of views which mnobody Jonger can doubt, The course, after the refusal to ratify the treaty of Versailles, was perfectly logical, but the time chosen gives a meaning which telegraphed comments of the American press further accentuate, Friends, always, but not in agree- ment. Such is our situation. You have too much respect for honest opinion to be surprised if I speak frankly. For four years an effort has been made to keep together the combina- tion which began disintegrating im- mediately after the armistice. 1ts failure today is obvious, This does not mean that our good feclings and good relations are not to be preserv- cd, but it means a waste of time to pretend to agree, where we do not. The Americans and the English eriticize us for considering only poli- tics and neglecting economics, Where- in they preach solidarity. But when your two great countries, immediately ‘witer the armistice, brusquely de- stroyved the w nizations which controlled coal, exchange and trans- portation, were the: thinking of economic’ eolidarity? No, they were thinking perhaps, rather narrowly, of their own interests. We, with cven more reason, now are doing the same thing, in declaring that after three years of continual concessions we won't go bankrupt and are tired of paving billions every year for Ger- many, for the ruins she caused, Valn Efforts to Convince, You vourself do the same thin if you were in ace. But ¥ are_not in our not us. It scems all expended to con- vince the English and vourselves has been completely fruitiess. It seems also that, with Germany and the poviets excepted, all Lurope ugrees with us, which fact seems worthy of arresting your attention. You ma reply, we are all mistaken, but we say the same of you and the English and we think vour indifference con- cerning the treaties a formidable cause of anarchy, not alone puhll(‘a'l. but economic. Thus, as you can't change our conviction any more than e can yours, 1 say again we must change our methods. For myself 1 have tried every way by voice and pen for three years to réconcile our_viewpolnts. I have not succeeded. Nobody has succeeded. When you exploit a mine and find no more coal there vou don't keep digging. At the present moment it Would be vain to hope to get anything out of that allied and associated mine, which, nevertheless, was so rich durlng the war. So we are going to try alone to ut some order into the old continent. e Will cease annoying you by ask- ing vour opinion on questions which do not interest you, as vour domestic Questions do not 'Interest us. We will try to apply those fnternational contracts _whil you refused to ratify atter signing and the English refused to cxccute after ratifying; fnternational contracts which cannot be abandonéd without condemning to death of all of those central European states which T myself heard vou ac- claim so often when it was a question of liberating them from the German, Austro-Hungarian and Russian voke. We will try to do our own business ourselves, gently. if possible, other- wise, if compelled. ‘Words Misundersiood. Tt wasn't we who invented the phrase “Speak softly, but carry a big stick.” Our honeved words have been misunderstood. Therefore we turn to the stick. The future will show which is best. We are doing what the English and Americans have done in other times. If it was right for you, then why is it wrong and unjust when coming from us? You will watch us as we watched vou at the time of Cuba and the Philippines and as you watched England at other times. You will be witnesses of results and we'll cease vain, irritating dis- putes. Whether we or you like it or not, & new epoch is beginning which will last many vears. If we succeed vou'll see we will be good payers and remain good friends. It is the way of wisdom and the only way to guar- antee the future. The other method, which in 1918 saved the right and liberty, had my preference. It s not France's fault 1f it became impracticable. (Copsright, 1923) REICHSTAG BACKS GERMAN ATTITUDE (Continued from First Page.) expression by a well known demo- cratic leader, who said tonight: Enters “Dark Tunnel.” “Germany has arrived at the en- trance to a dark—a very dark—tun- nel.” He referred not only to po: sible reaction from Paris to the Ger- man official attitude, the German government considering the treaty of Versailles abrogated, but also was of the opinion that the internal situa- tlon was fraught with grave danger. Since the coal syndicate eliminated itself from the further control of the Ruhr miney output the independ- ent owners and operators have tacit- 1y agreed to supply France and Bel- glum against cash payments, as they are no longer able to hold Germany financially accountable for their de- liveries. Official quarters are not in- tervening in this situation, inasmuch as it was not certain in Berlin to- night that the French authorities in the newly occupied area would enter into such an agreement. Just now the government is giv- ing serious consideration to the adoption of emergency economic measures calculated to meet the sud- den turn in the situation throughout Germany without anticipating diplo- matic and foreign economic ratifi- cations which may become urgent is- sues at an early date. Session in Deep Gloom. Today's session of the Reichstag took on an aspect of pronounced gloom as the chancellor's statement failed to strike the Inspiring note which the deputies and crowded gal- leries expected. Chancellor Cuno 1ib- erally amplified his previous state- ment on the present invasion and its relation to the treaty. The party leaders who followed him also failed to lift the debate out of the atmos- phere of perfunctory protest. Chancellor Cuno sald France's ex- tremely costly military action had oatensibly been undertaken for the small arrears in the deliveries of coal and timber, but the economic grounds ave often said you'd! to Adopt Waiting Policy on Ruhr. BY A. G. GARDINER. By Cable to The Sta LONDON, January 13.—France is in the Ruhr, and England awalts the developments in the drama anxiously but calmly. The effect of the breach with France is beginning to operate powerfully in the public mind. Hith- erto the hypnotism of the war has obscured = the realities of French policy. Criticism of France has been regarded as a sort of blasphemy, The tide of this feeling has turned solldly, but without anger and with- out hesitation. Not since the days of the war has the voice of the press been so unanimous in support of the government. Today all events since the armistice are being reviewed in {the light of this crowning act of spoliation. What course should England pursue |in the light of this challenge? That | question is occupying all minds. In | some quarters it is urged that our continuation in the occupied territory | 1= impossible in view of the action of France, which is not indorsed by us, and is declared to be contrary to i the provisions of the peace treaty. Says Troops Should Remal It is maintained that the presence of British troops on the Rhine is in- consistent with the attitude of the government, and renders us lable to grave complications. On the other hand, it is argued that withdrawal of the troops at this stage would be premature. It would accentuate the breach beyond all hope of accommo- {dation, and deprive England of the power to exercise a restraining in- fluence on the course of events. 1t T think the latter view Is the wiser. thing now can check the adventure, and withdrawal would inflame France to wilder courses. The prevailing opinion is that France must be al- lowed to burn her fingers in the Ruhr furnace until she recovers her sanity. True. this may mean the final ruin of Germany, already on the brink of the abyss, and with Germany goes the last fragment of the central nave {of Europe. "But France will only be cured by the discovery that her policy doesn't 'pay and that Germany is as empty as was Mme. Humbert's safe. Moreover, the plain fact now is be- ing realized that France is the mili- tary dictator of Europe and that no power exlsts to resist her adygmtures. She and her allies have disarflied Ger- many almost to her last man and her last ‘gun. France has a lurger army than at the beginning of the war and is more powerful than all of the other nations west of the Vistula. She commands a practical monopoly of the manufacture of armaments in Europe. Half a milllon black troops are in reserve with which to hold white Eu- rope by the throat. All this is due to the policies of the last four years, but England refused to recognize this significant fact. Now the significance s plain to all. It is the governing factor ot the situation, and France is conscious that her unchallenged power can turn the screw without fear of effective interference. Advises Walting Polley. A confldent feeling prevails that France will experience a speedy dls- illusionment in the face of the passive resistance of the German industrials and that when she finds the cupboard is bare and the franc begins to tumble she will be more disposed to listen to reason. Perhaps the wish is father to_the thought. No action is possible. We can only wait and see. Meanwhile Nitti's new book on the decadence of Europe is creating a tremendous impression His somber and terrific indictment of French policy and his powerful anal- ysis of the catastrophe of the peace of revenge is the first time that the British public has been presented with the full case against France, and coming at this critical moment the effect is terrific. Especial feellng has been aroused by his dlsclosure of the infamies associated with the use of black troops in the heart of white European civilization. indignation. It Is felt to be an out- rage not on Germany alone but on the whole of European society. Nitti's appeal to America generally Is echoed here. England has done her best to check Europe’s plunge to barbarism, but now is reduced to the role of an idle spectator of the catastrophe. The moral and material power of Amer- ica now is the only influence left to save the wreck of the eontinent. English opinion agrees with Nitti that America is justified in refusin help which only ‘would be employe: in preparing armaments for a new war. England, now_free from en- tanglements, shares Nitti's views that Anglo-American co-operation in a policy of peace, with a revision of the treaty, solution of the reparations and restoration of sane economic con- ditions in Europe is the only hope of alving anything from the wreck of the old world. (Copyright, 1923.) — for the invasion of the Ruhr, he add- ed, were equally as small as the legal grounds. Continuing, he sald: “As long as the present situation lasts, Germany will not be in a po- sititon to carry out her obligations to the powers who brought about the situation. Outwardly, we can offer but little opposition to this act of violence, but inwardly we can do more—namely, by a display of will and determination. “The German nation is manifestly stirred. The depth of its emotion ma¥ not perhaps be fully realized, because the nation is accustomed to carrying its burden with unvarying patience. Not one among us but shares this feeling of suffering.” Urges Vigilant Prudence. Herr Cuno urged the necessity for vigilant prudence and self-restraint, lack of which would bring most disastrous consequences for the community. He ap- pealed to all Germans to stand together, during the coming distressful days. “Injustice, misery and deprivation are our fate today,” he exclaimed. “Free- dom of life is our aim, and unity our path.”” After the chancellor finished his #peech, Gustav Stresemann, in behflif of the non-socialists, dendunced the ‘Ruhr invasion. He supported the gov~ ernment’s attitude and appealed for unity. ‘Then, Deputy BMueller, speaking fof the soclalists, also denounced the French, but aroused the non-socialists by recalling what he termed “Germany’, own imperial adventures in the past, especially the expedition China. Several of the richist 'deputies, to show their disapproval of these marks, left the chamber. = B S CHILE GETS GERMAN PROTEST SANTIAGO, Chile, January 13.— The German minister today present- ed to the Chilean government the German protest against the occupa- This iniquity now is arousing deep | miracles to perform. GERMAN Germany Bayonet Driven, Avers Harden. BY MAXIMILIAN HARDEN, By Cable to The Star. BERLIN, January 13.—Dark days, indeed, have come to Germany. But France's march Into the Ruhr should not surprise the world. She has had her eyes on that productive valley ever since the armistice was signed and the ridiculous treaty of Versallles was negotiated. Germany signed the treaty under protest. Now she protests against the breaking of that treaty by the latest French aggression, But who is to heed the protest? Germany, Impotent, has been wait- ing for some one to come to her res- cue, but no one comes. The govern- ment has thought the United States would act—has frankly said that it expected economic aid from the United States. A few weeks ago this expecta- tion sent the mark salling upward. But now, in the darkness, the mark has gone’ deeper into the cellar. Germany, like a_toothless old dog, is driven into her kennel at the point of the bayonet No one can say as yet just what will e of the occupation of the Ruhr Germany has for months been racing | toward the abyss. Epgland Stands Alone. But to the world at large there is perhaps a more important and cer- lttnly a more definite development. England no longer is a European power. She stands in isplation It is now the continent for ftself. kngland looks fi friendship and possible fu- ture al ce across the broad waters of the Atlantic. Her influence no ionger prevalls across the narrows of | the channel. France has broken away from Brit- | Ish control. France, with her power- | ful army and submarine fleet, her air- | planes and bombs and torpedoes of a destructive power hitherto undreamed, seems to all opponents of a brutal | military spirit a hindrance today to | peace, progress, eclvilization and | dr*wm'ram, | _Tomorrow can threate Lngla"d, life as well as man\"sn England told her she ought to dis- arm, especially if reparations in kind were approved by all the Versailles Signatories and a foyr-powe pact were arranged whereby England, France, Germany and Italy would agree not to make war on each other Wwithout a plebiscite. Such was the thought of the commercial mind. British Plan Hejected. But France rejected the British plan, which would give her a maxi- mum of thirty billion gold marks, and would remove the protecting fence of Versailles. She mocks at a pact which could not prevent a pro-war plebixcite in Germany nor prevent Germany invading Poland, the Bel- glum of Czechoslovakis, and won't sacrifice a single bayonet to such a phantom, for her army seems indis- pensable on the Rhine and at Pas de Calais, without which she would be helpless against British despotism and caprice. The engagement rings exchanged under the Christmas mistletoe are broken and England, which wanted to give France a choice between a free hand on the Rhine with oriental concessions or be isolated and pil- loried as a disturber of the peace, now sees herself isolated. Belgium, Italy, the little entente, Poland—all are on the side of France. Ehgland's isolation, the first since Salisbury's time, is truly splendid. She has the dominions and America on her side. She can lure Russia to her net b: recognizing the soviets. She can try to split Islam by re-establishing the former sultan in Mecca, but the wise ones in the forelgn office doubtless realize that all these trumps cannot win dominant power on the con- tinent. So out goes England. But how will France use her new power? Willi she, too, be greedy, or will her people | at iast see that Europe must create a new order from her own strength, according to her own mneeds, and no longer endure the guardianship of a | great power which really has been more strongly interested in and for other continents than for KEurope? United States of Europe? God moves in mysterious ways His What if there should ensue from the Jatest seemingly untoward happenings in Lurope that dream of all far-seeing people, & United | States of Europe? { The first dawning recognition that England no longer is a European power is more important than any of the | latest phases of the reparations quarrel, { and & race now Is beginning in Paris for { an agreement with the Russia of tomor- row. England, worthy of the greatest | admiration as' an unsurpassed model state and the center of history as the most powerful 'empire, ehould realize that a united Europe could guarantee her an open door for her exports and free access to her territorial possessipns in Asia and the North sea, and would do so if she would promise to abandon all_interest in Europe's internal affairs, For the time being it is only the in- | stinct of the people which is stirring | but soon reason will be awakened and will show both French and Germans the way of collaboration. The exchange of | rings then will be unneceasary, but the third party, who publicly advocates | union while secretly desiring dissension and preaches resignation when his own | pockets are full, must finally abandon | the authority of guardian and the plea: ures of the gallant friend of the house. (Copyright, 1923.) —_— WOULD INVITE CANADA TO PAN-AMERICAN PARLEY Argentine Paper Says Congress | ‘Will Not Be Complete With- out Dominion. By the Associated Press, BUENOS AIRES, January 13.—The fact that Canada has not been in- vited to participate in the Pan-Amer- jcan conference ‘fs criticlzed by La Nacion in an editorial article today. The exclusion of the country that had done so much toward the common progress of the American nations Is unjust, the editorial argues, particu- larly in view of the fact that Canad is engaged in drawing closer her re- ations with Latin America. “The legal scruple” that Canada lacks soversignty is no g0od reason for barring her out, contends' the newspaper, which notes that Canada is & member of the league of na- tions and also participated in the in- ternational labor conference in Wash- ington in 1918 and had delegates in the Washington armament oonfers ence la: year. The term ‘“Pan-American.” it are gues, s hostile to any omission and extremely 8o in the case of & coun- try with the prestige of Canada. BANKERS T0 CONVENE HERE. ‘Washington has been selected for the annual convention of the Invest- ment Bankers’ Association, which will be held in_Octobér, according to_a message received yesterday by Joshua Evans, jr. vice president of Riggs Natlonal Bank and presi- of the District Bankers' Asso- n, from Bugene C. Thomas, mem- ber of they board of governors of the Investment Bankers' Association. The convention will bring to Wash- in| nhl’.:out lll.ooo énambers‘:bnd their ves from all sections of the United States and Canada. % B Modern Japanese girls do not look with favor upon the suggestion of thelr parents that they marry military men. France | twen { twelve FRENCH WILL PA FOR RURR OUTPUT Mine Owners Agree to Re- sume Deliveries After Cash Is Promised. ASSURE WORKERS’ WAGES Authorities Hopeful That Ship- ments of Coal Will Be Started Monday. By the Associated Press. ESSEN, January 13.—M. Coste, French inspector general of mines and head of the industrial mission in the Ruhr, today assented in principle to the German mine owners' demand for cash payments on coal deliveries to France and Belglum, and the own- ers expressed their readiness to re- sume deliverjes Monday if satisfac- tory terms were arranged Wwith the individual mines. The mine owners demand $0 per cent advance cash payments every ten days, the balance being payable within three days after accounts for deliveries are rendered. The situation was discussed at a conferen at which approximately five directors, representing mines on both sides of the were present, as well as the allied commissioners and civilian engineers, No military officers at- tended the conference. Rhine, Agree on Cash Payments. Obviously referring to the removal of the coal syndicate, M. Coste opened the sitting by asking why the mine opera- tors had changed a system of long years standing. The question was not an- 'swered and Fritz Thyssen, brother of August Thyssen, speaking for the dire tors present, called attention to C Devigne's announcement at yester conference that the orders of the Be lin government no longer applied 1o the Ruhr district. Herr Thyssen deelared that the rman law still governed the Ruhr, and as the federal commissioner had ordered that no more payments should be made by Germany for repara- tions the coal mines could not make de- liveries. M. Coste replied that he was not cm- powered to discuss the question o7 rights, and demanded resumption of the ship- ments. e it would m- possible to make deliveries, unless pa; ments were provided 5 wages, but the Germans were ready to discuss deliveries on cash payments. o2, Coste suid they would be paid or ‘4 cussion on the signiticance of this phrase ensued. The directors then presented a statement in which they announced their readiness to make de- liveries to France and Belgium if paid in cash. according to the sales prices fixed by the national coal a s heretofore,” and a long dis- | D. C, JANUARY 14, 1923—PART 1. BIG TRADE IN AUTOS PUT AGAINST CLAIM OF GERM AN POVERTY Despite Germany's alleged poyerty it is interesting to note the great increase in privately owned automo- biles In Germany during the past year over the figures for 1921. July 1, 1923, according to figures just issued in Berlin and forwarded to the Department of Commerce by Commercial Attache Charles E. Her- ring, there were 166,315 automobive vehicles of all kinds in Germany, compared with 118,640 on July 1, 1921. ‘The Increase In the year amounted to 39.3 per cent. Out of this total 82,505 were tour- ing cars, 43,687 motor trucks, and 37,941 motor cycles. The remainder were other types of motor-run vehi- cles, such as tractors, street clean ing ‘and fire-fighting apparatus, etc. The 1922.census of automotive vehi- cles shows & ratio of one automotive vehicle to each 380 of population, or one touring car to each 720. The corresponding ratio in 1921 was one to 500 and one to 1,000, respectively. sociation, providing no conditions to the contrary were prescribed by the federal coul commissary. Deliveries Planned. M. Coste agreed in principle to cash payments, but insisted that the past deficit in’ Germany's deliveries must be made up. A second statement by the directors was then presented, declaring that the marking of the deficit in dellver- fes was out of the question. It was explained that this was due to the removal of the syndicate, and (ndivid- ual mines could not enter into a wholesale delivery agreement. It was tadded that because of the occupation a reduction In the output of the mines must b looked for. The directors’ statement announc- ing the above terms of payinent ex- pressed readiness to begin deliveries Monday if satisfactory arrangements ould in the meantime be made by the commissfon with the mines. Thus it appears that the commission’s next step will be negotlations with the owners individually with reference tq specific agreements. Deny Pay W The population of Essen continues quiet, while the extension of the French occupation is gradually pro- ceeding. A majority of the rooms in the leading hotels and the whole or part of elx schools in the greater city have been requisitioned by the French and Belgians, who have also been provided on demand with quar- ters for the establishment of a French bookshop. Pay day at the Krupp works passed without incident, but the workmen warmed to a report in circulation 1o the effect that next Satunday when the first full week of work under the -occupation will be com- pleted, no money would be forthcom- ing, the management referring them to the French mission for their cages. The Krupps Stop. There also has been much propa- ganda among the working classes that the French would increase the working day to ten hours. Gen. Degouette, however, issued a pro- clamation today informing the coal miners and working men generally that the French occupation authorl ties have absolutely no intention of interfering with the ejght-hour day. of the Netherlands, vho will celebrate her jubilee on the throne next August, is the only woman in the world who is'a reigning sovereign in her own right,'a position she has held since 18595, Queen Wilhelmi S. Kann Soof “THE BUSY CORNER" Pefina. Ave. 8th and D Streets Store Hours, Daily 9:15 A.M. to 6 P. WIZARD Housecleaning Requisites Il W2ARD Floor Polisher Set $4.00 Wizard Floor Polisher .75 Can Wizard Wax $4.75 value. Special —$2.00 Polish— Half Gallon Wizard —$1.00 Wizard Furniture Duster— —$3.00 value.... 2ARD $1.95 Combination $1.25 Wizard Polish Mop .60 Bottle Wizard Polish $1.85 Value $1.50 W2ARD Dust Mop. Special C | @EZARD Institution Mop FOR ALL LARGE FLOOR SPACES covered surfaces. in one operation, $2.50 Polish | I | | seTe’e’ee Kann's—Third Floor. Offi; Public Buildi Dance H Hospi Stores, Offices, c u&a:uh-“ alls, Hospitals, Made of the best yarn—mop head 14 inches wide—pol- ished wood block center—frame padded on all sides. Treated with Wizard Polish for varnished and linoleum Picks up dust, cleans and polishes, all H (Bullt Like a Floor Brush) i I $ | reportea from management | {late today denied any such intention. NEW PARLEY HINT CAUSES INTEREST State Department Advices From Europe, However, Fail to Mention Report. Unofficial intimations from Paris that the Poincare ministry is consid- ering a call for a new reparations conference created wide interest In government circles here, although it was said definitely that no hint of such a development was given in State Department advices. The Paris dispatches referring to the possibility of a conference came on the heels of an authoritative dis- closure here that administration offi- cials viewed the Hughes' commission suggestion as still allve and before the French and other allied govern- ments. Whether unofficial talk in Paris points to a possible resort to the principle advanced by Mr. Hughes is not known. It is generally as- sumed, however, in view of the tone of yesterday's report from the Ruhr as to the difficulties surrounding the task before the French technical forces there, that economics rather than politics must be the basis of any new conference approuch to the crisis. That would be wholly the Hughes' suggestion. Depends on Events. Tt goes without %aying that the na- ture and scope of any future stepk to restore allied solidarity as to the course to be followed with respect to Germany depends almost entirely on the turn of events In the Ruhr re- gion. This has been emphasized in all reports reaching the Washington government from its own agents abroad. There can be no question that fears of the gravest nature have been en- tertained both here and in London that violent disorders might accom- pany the French occupation. As time passes without such complications, coupled with action of the repara- tions commission In extending the moratorfum to the end of the month and the Franco-German agreement gen for resumption of coal deliveries, presumably inter- in line with| |SOVIET EXPLORERS FIND BIG COAL VEIN AMERICANS MAY DROP RUSSIAN RELIEF WORK IN ARCTIC SIBERIA Col. Haskell on Way to Athens for By the Associsted Press. LONDON, January 13.—The Ruselan trade delegation here made it known today that the Russian mining eurvey expedition to northern Siberia has re- turned home after an eighteen-month investigation, reporting it has located huge coal deposits to the extent of about ten thousand square versts, (A verst is about two-thirds of & mile.) The members of the expedition de- clared they had found it possible to work the mines under polar conditions. They discovered what they belleved to be & new island 200 versts from the mouth of the Yenisei river, and reported also that they found a mail bag which had belonged to the arctic explorer Amundsen. In_the ~Yenisel region, they said, graphite seams were found fifteen meters in diameter at no great depth. to foster hope for a new underatand- ing among the powers. Interest in U. 8. Attitude. Should France determine to call an alljed _conference, and, as suggested from Paris, invite American partici- pation interest will center in the American attitude. In advance of such an Invitation, it only can be re- iterated that the administration has steadily refused to become involved in any discussion of a political nature relative to European conditions, has strongly supported on many oc- casions the {dea of exchanges of views by international experts in eco- nomic matters. Decision of the Washington gov- ernment as to participation in Brussels onomic conference, pro- Jected before the break-up of the p miers’ council in Paris. never v made, because no invitation ever waus extended. 1t can be said, howev that there was strong inclination here to join in the conference, provided it was held strictly to economic mat- ters. If another conference emerges from the present crisis, pr sumably the American attitude would Dbe determined by the scope and pur- pose of the meeting. —— TEUTONS ORDER BOYCOTT. Hamburg Brokers Act Against France and Belgium. HAMBURG, January 13.—The Ham burg bourse and grain brokers have adopted resolutions not to trade either directly or indirectly at the cecupation of the Ruhr. | but | named Mueller, { I The | form, yesterday a8 | Preidrichstrasse several h Proposal | marks several day | with | of age, French or Belgian firms. in protest ! Sherrytown, Pa., Anatolian Aid Cam- paign. By the Assoclated Press. LONDON, January 13.—It has prac- tically been decided to withdraw tie / American Relief Administration from Russia by the next harvest unless some unforeseen development cccurs in the famine situation, it was stated today by Col. Willlam N. Haskell, di- rector of American relief in Russia. Col. Haskell is on his way to Athens to assume the directorship of the special emergency relief for the Ana tolian refugees, instituted by the American Red Cross. He will go to Lausanne early next week to confer with Rear Admiral Bristol and others conversant with the near eastern sit- uation. ‘ BERLIN POLICE ON TRAIL OF TWO IN NOWAK DEATH ¢ One of Men Suspected in Case of New York Buyer, Found Dead, Believed to Be Chemist. By the Associated Press. BERLIYN, January 13—Two for- eigners, Herman Belin and a man alias Wl]acfln'sl\l,lxr!e being sought by the police in their rvestigations into the death of Rob- ert Nowak, a New York buver, who was found dead in_his room. ap- parently from the effects of chloro- Nowak is k n to have had husi- neis transactions with both men 1 was seen in Belins company i aspe nevord nurried erday. Be funds. h denth. Both to the police, mad @ parture from Beriin y reported hard pre: d 1 deeming & watch on whic broker ~ had advanced him previonsly. The ofticial chem quarters claims th traces were found on Nowak is same as the highly scented mixt discovered in the lodgings occupied by the suspects. 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