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FRENCH STRENGTH | MENACES ENGLAND “Uncomfortable Position Dic- tates Move Toward Ger- many, Is Harden View. SITUATION IS ANALYZED i Says Britain Stands Helpless in Face of Vast Military Power in France. BY MAXIMILIAN HARDEN, Germany's Foremost Publiciat. By Cable to The Star. May 5.—Three C's domi- | nated European affairs this week— Chester, Cuno and Curzon. Only one of them wears the uniform of the warrior, 50 how can one doubt mili- tarism is disappearing and the peace of the world is assured? Curzon's speech in the house of Tords had for its obvious purpose the construction of a bridge of gold over which the Berlin government could escape from the tempest in the Ruhr. The question, now that it is over, is whether the Continental powers, par- ticularly France, will be of the opin- fon that this gold will replace the paper of Berlin and thus make the bridge passable. All depends on how this eventually will be answered. Curzon View Changes. As was the case when Secratary Hughes made his noted New laven address. the Cuno attempt to salvage the situation which followed the Cur- zon speech was the result of an un- derstanding between London and Ber- Jin. Of course, Curzon never was the friend of Germany Our former im- perial diplomats regarded him a most dangerous for Germany England’s coming statesmen ever, since he has abandoned his all- absorbing occupation with Oriental affairs, he has realized how utterly unwise would be the disarming of Germany while leaving nce and Turkey all of their weapons and| armament possibilities. 1 Curzon naturally would wish, inas- much as England’s immediate worries have to be with Calais, Brest, Ze: brugee and French submarines and airplanes, that France and Germany, from the latter of which nothing need be feared from the sea, shall reach a solution of peaceful pavment of debts which would permit demilitarization of the entire continent and the resto- ration of a sort of a balance of power. He realizes that with Lenin out of actual control of Russian affairs, that nation is a definite military factor in the situation: that Harding's America exhibits no desire to protect Luro- peans from Furopeans: that against Europeans nd would stand alone tod s indisputable and eventually 1, the Little Entente rorc e. knows England is in & most uncomfortable position. Made Sttuation ‘Plain. Rerlin realizes and proper | flanked by 2nd T than : i this was him to illum of the entire Curzon to be from German man in_the street could ‘not help seoing behind the and the French prose was able ise the British lord with being rman. This compelled Curzon publicly to announce he had no inten- tion.of becoming arbitrator between France and Germany. The Cuno offer followed and then the watchword was given out in Ger- many that Curzon had created a new situation. This {s false. Doth Brit- ish premiers of past years have often said the same thing. France demands guarantees of reparations payments and security against German attack in the future. Germany publicly maintains she has offered all she can. The chancellor, who, through his un- scrupulous methods, dictated by his love for the Vavarfan people, has caused the German people to believe France only damaged herself by the Ruhr invasion and must soon retire, now needs a pretext for breaking his solemn promise not to negotiate be- fore the Ruhr occupation is relfeved and at the same time keep his royal- ist supporters from rebelling. Failure Held Certain. The entire situation bears an alarming llkeness to that Germany experienced during the war and armi- stice. Today, as then, the battle is being conducted with the most plous earnestness and the greatest sacri- fices,. paid for with the ruin of all national wealth—a struggle whose falluro was certain from the first moment &nd whote certain failure could be denied only by those suf- fering from self-deception or fooled by lies. The only outward difference between then and now 1s the 6,000.000 Germans killed or crippled then and the six to eight trillion paper marks now being sacrificed. The third C aidn’t keep the reins’ tight enough on the second. And the first C 1 mention? Well, while civ- illans still were suffering a relapse from the war sickness, Admiral Ches- ter, Ifko a shrewd business man, and without bothering his head about politiclans, secret treaties or anything elsc has secured for American enter- prise a general mortgage on the best part of Turkey. Europe hasn't got over worrying and wondering about it. (Copyright, 1023.) BRITISH MAJESTIES SET OUT FOR ITALY By the Associated Press. LONDON, May 5.—King George and Queen Mary, with a suite of eight persons including Admiral Sir Charles Madden, the king's first and principal naval alde de camp, and Gen. the Earl of Cavan, chief of staff of the army, left for Rome this afternoon for their visit of state to the Itallan court—the longest forelgn tour they have undertaken since the war. The king in an admiral's uniform and the queen in a dress of blue drove in an open carriage to Victoria station amid cheers from the crowds on the streets. Lord Curzon, the for- elgn secretary, and the Eari of Der- by, secretary’ for war, bade their majesties farewell at ' the _station, where a detachment of London fas- cisti saluted them in the Roman fashion. CLARA PHILLIPS HAS FLED PRISON, REPORT Rumor of Murderess' Escape From Honduras Lacks Con- firmation. SAN SALVADOR, May 5.—It is re- ported from Tegucigalpa, Honduras, that Clara Phillips, the California ham- mer murderess, being detalned there, had escaped. The report has not been confirmed. 1.0S ANGELES, Calif., May 5.—Off- cers of the sheriff's office will leave late today for Tegucigalpa to fetch Clara Phillips to Los Angeles. No word of her reported escape has been received and should the report be confirmed the herif’s representatives will depart as ~scheduled, for so strong! world. Cuno praised so sources that the used hl i i fand HE SUNDAY Cuno Offer Climax of German Coming at End of Fou Arrogance, Declares Tardieu r Months of Ruhr Occupation, It Shows French Control Too Weak, BY ANDRE TARDIEU, Former French High Commissioner 1o America. By Cable o The St PARIS, Ma long-awaited note was an extravagant proposal practically to abrogate all of the essential clauses of the treaty. Judge for your- selves: Cuno apparently does not know that article 232 of Versailles fixes Germany’s llabilities at the total of the damages suffered by persons and property, or, according to the deci- sion of 'the’reparations commissiou, thirty-three billion dollars; Cuno of- fers four billfon plus the ‘possibilit of seven and one-half billion more And that's all! “uno apparently article 248 glve, a fir; the German empire and demands there be no more talk of mortgages Coerclon Authorized. Cunbd apparently does not paragraphs 17 and 18, annex thorize the respective creditors take any steps they decm necessary in case Germany does not fulfill her financial engagements; he demands immediate evacuation of the Ruhr estoration of what he calls the refch’s administrative unity. Cuno apparently does not that articles 42, 44 and 428 ( authorize the allfes to occupy th bank of the Rhine and the b heads so long as Germany has falthfully fulfilled all of her treaty obligations; he proposes substituting for occupation, what? A Franco- ncellor Cuno's nothing but does not know German's creditors know au- to man pact. one more signature after 80 | have been foresworn. Cuno apparenti does not know articles 264 to 31° im for a certain period the indus countries attacked and devast rmany against competi rmany left in he de medlate economi procity. Treaty Revolt Charged. zht proiong this catalogue, but I think the foregoing will suffice Never has Germany's revolt againkt the treaty which r ervd her defeat been more complete, and this calls for two comments. KRUPP DIREGTORS FIGHT IF CONVICTED many signature ies of ed by on from ot nds tm- One m Will Carry Case to Highest Court, Contending Against French Authority. By the Ass a Press WERDEN. May 5—The rectors of the Krupp works plan to carry the case to the highest court of appeal in France if they are con- victed by the prseent court-martial, it was announced today by their Swiss attorney, M. Moriaud, chlef counsel for the defense. The appeal, he said, would be based on interna- tional law and would take the ques- tion of the legality of the French commander's order, which the Ger- mans are charged with violating. The appeal also would contend that the French have no right in the Rubr and will plead, as in the present trial, that the directors are not criminally responsible for the acts of the Krupp workmen. The defendants apparently are hopeful that they will have a bet- ter chance on appeal should the court- martial find them guilty than did the Thyssen group, whose conviction at Mayence was quickly confirmed by the high court of cassation. Additional Counsel. M. Moriaud, whom the Germans re- gard as the highest S authority on International law. will be rein- forced in such appeal by Dr. Grimm of counsel for the defense which pleaded for Thyssen. He is professor of international law at Muenster. The court-martial’s progress on the second day of the trial indicated that the case would continue until Wed- nesday without the holding of a Sun- day session. The prosecution tried to bring out the menacing attitude of the workmen prior to the firing by the French soldiers. Witnesses testi- fled that one group had revclvers and another sticks and hammer han- dles. Some of the workmen testified that many in the crowds were ex- cited because they believed that the French would requisition the trucks used for the purpose of bringing them from their homes, a considerable dis- tance away. The prosecution was pleased at the admission of a Krupp official that the workmen had asked him for authority to blow the siren. which, however, was already sounding. The president of the court pointed out that the offi- cials must have had control of the! sirens. or the workmen would have asked permission. ECUMENICAL COUNCIL TO BE HELD IN ROME Many Doctrinal Matters Will Be Discussed, According to Vatican Plans. not BY EDGAR ANSEL MOWRER. By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1925, ROME, May 5.—The first ecumenical councll since the Itallans occupied Rome in 1870 will be hel@ here in 1925, if the plans of Pope Pius are realized. These plans include the discussion of certain doctrinal matters. It is possible that the Protestant churches or some of them may be invited. The difficulty is to find a hall to seat the large number of dele- gates expected. No hall within the Vatican is spacious enough and hence it is considered pos- sible that the council may have to be held outside. But as the Pope's pres- ence is absolutely necessary he would have to leave the Vatican in that event. In the same year—1925—there will be held in Rome what may be called an exposition of missionary activitles. In this, the church authorities, growing modern, will exhibit with all the skill of present-day advertisers the work ac- complished throughout the world by more than 400 missions. CLUBWOMEN GATHER. ATLANTA, Ga, May G5.—Repre- sentatives of two million American club women continued arriving here today for the niid-blennial coumcil of the GQeneral Federation of Women's Clubs, which will open Monday with a_meeting of the board of directors of state presidents at the .Atlanta Women's Cluh house, lien on all of the resources of | t protecting ! Is Charge. First, concerning the amount of reparations Germany offers, a sum ! which represents aimost seven and | one-half billion dollars at the most, and $3,750.000,000 at the worst. Granting that in various ways some two and one-half billions has been {paid, Germany would be quits after | paying ten billlons at the maximum, {or approximately six billlons at the | minfmum. Such figures are ridiculous. At the | peace conference the American ex- perts estimated Germany's paying powers at a maximum of sixty-five Dbillions at the most and a minimum of forty-five billions. The repara- tions tommission fixed the debt at thirty-three billions. Baruch. La- mor other competent Americana recently agreed the figures should be between fifteen and twenty bil- {lions. Cuno's proposals bring it down to from six to ten, and without the slightest guarantee for payment. It (i3 a pure joke. Divide With Belgians. Under this proposal France. the Helgian priority is cared for, | would get per cent of the rest. somewhere between two and one-half and four billions, whereas she al- has spent seven billions for pstruction, pensions and occupa- 1d must spend six more. without counting the six and one-half billlons she owes Rritain and the United States and the ten billlons which the t her. These figures empha- how unacceptable the German offer really fs The secon after comment_concerns the reliation between the Ruhr occupa- tlon as carried on by the Poincare ministry and these proposals. Never has Germany been more arrogant, and Cuno's note, coming on the heels of four months of occupation, can only dered as a Franco-Belgian set-back. It conclusively proves the Ruhr occupation never has been car- ried out with proper firmness. Poin- care declared the Ruhr a productive gage, but nothing has been or is be- thg done to develop its productivity. Former re: tions and a more effi- cient poli might even now chicve this result and compal the capitula- tion of the reich. The question is whethe the Poincare government 1 decide to follow such @ policy. hall soon see. (Copsright, 1023.) ‘Supposed Skull Of Early Period ! Merely a Stone ! By the Associated Pres BUENOS AIRES, May 5.—The supposed skull of the tertiary pe- riod found In Patagonia is simply a curiously shaped stone and of no fentific value, according to an announcement made by & commit- tee of sclentists of the Buenos Atres and La Plata museuir natural history, which have fully examined it. l The supposed skull was discov- 1 cred some time ago by Prof. J. G. Waolte of La Plata University while agonia. It was in the pos- on of a settler, who said he found it near the sea and ken it with him to the interior of atagonia. Prof. Wolfe 3 panied by Dr. Elmer S. Riggs the Field Mureum, Chicago, start- ed for Patagonia recently to re- examine the object, with the pur- pose of determining whether or not it was the skull of a human of the tertiary period. Its owner, Jean Venria, however, learning of the interest that had been taken in his find, brought it to Buenos Afres and placed it in the hands of Prof. Clementi Onelli, director of tha Buenos Afres Zoological Gardens, for examination. He told Prof. Onelli there were fossilized Lones in the piace where the skull was found. SOCIETY MATCH OFF AFTER TIFF IN . . Dorothy Brooker Sues Fiance, Boston Writer, for $50,000 Heart Baim. Special Dispatch to The Star. BOSTON, Mass, May 5.—What promised to be an international | match of unusual interest came to an end when Miss Dorothy Lilllan Brooker, daughter of Maj. G. H. | Brooker of the noted Inniskilling fusileers, at present a guest at an exclusive Boston hotel, started a $50,000 breach of promise suit against Charles Albert Merrill, Harvard graduate, war correspondent, world traveler and writer. The suit was filed almost immediately after the public announcementof the engagement. Itsfiling was caused, ac- cording_ to Miss Brooker, by a quarrel at the Hotel Willard at Washington, which followed a difference of opinion on_ religion. Merrill and Miss Brooker met dur- ing the peace conference. Merril] was assigned by a Boston newspaper to cover the situation in Dublin aris- ing from the British treaty. Miss Brooker, who has always taken an intense interest in Irish affairs, dined at the same hotel. It was there they were introduced and that the romance started. Merrill returned to America and to Boston, Miss Brooker continued with her work in the theater, having signed & contract with the Anglo-Norwegian Film Company of London. A few days ago Miss Brooker met Merrill in ‘Washington by appointment. She had arrived at New York but two days previously and an announcement of the engagement had been made in Boston that very day. The couple lunched at the Hotel ‘Willard at the capital, the finer de- tails of the wedding ceremony being the sole topic of conversation. It was then, according to Miss Brooker, that Merrill demurred because of the insistence of the former in declar- ing that the ceremony must be preformed in the Catholic Church Merrill, according to her, emphati- cally refused. —_———— $150,000 RESORT FIRE. Luna Park, Charleston, W. Va., Is Partially Destroyed. CHARLESTON, W. Va, May 5.— Fire, which started from a torch in the hands of workmen repairing a swimming pool at Luna Park here today, destroved amusement buildings valued at $150,000. While firemen were fighting the flames, fire broke out in the plant of the Yellow Pine Lumber Compan: in another part of the city. and b cause of the delay in getting the company to the scene spread so that lumber ‘valued at $75,000 and fifteen loaded freight cars werg dastroyod. | STAR GIRD T0 AID RUSSIA Independent Party Organiz- ing to Prevent Breaking Off of Relations. By the Assoclated Pres: LONDON, May 5.—The ‘independent labor party is organizing this week A movement among the workers of Great Britain to prevent the govern- ment from breaking off relations with Russia, including cancellation of the trade agreement. Since the ministry recently stated in the house of commons that the question of Rus- slan relations was under considera- tion reports of an impending breach have been strengthened and this la- bor group has announced that it is rrepared to invoke, If nece “di- rect action” by the workers to fore- stall such a step. Stern Note Expected. The Daily Herald, labor organ, says today there {s good reason to Lelleve the government has decided to send a stern note to Moscow com- plaining of Russia’s treatment of the priests, the seizure of British traw- lers on the Murman coast, the tone of communlcations to the British agent and alleged breaches of the trade agreement. “As it stands at present,” the newspaper suys, “it appears to be de- Ilberately calculated to force a quar- rel and compel a rupture of both ‘po- litical and commercial relation at Moscow, Preparing to Act. Clifford Allen, chairman of the in- dependent lubor party, says in & statement that labor must be pre- pared “to act again with the same promptitude and the same determi- nation as when it took effective steps through an emergency council of action to prevent a new war at the time Great Britain was inclined to participate in the Polish attack on Russia in 1920 “As a prellminary to further ac- tlon.” the statement continues, “we have called upon every hranch of the independent labor party to make this question the pivot of all meat- ings and demonstrations this nd. A hostile note from ou ment may prove to be the sig embrofling the whole of I3 dare not allow our count its shame by bringing even further suffering upon Russta. We alread bear a heavy responsibility for hay ing prevented the people of Russia from achieving their freedom.” CANADA SEEKING NEW FISHEfiY AGREEMENT Tariff on Fish Changes Sentiment Toward U. S.—Whole Question May Be Reopened. Special Dispatch to The Star. OTTAWA, May 4—The whole mat- ter of the international fisheries be- tween Canada and the United States again may be thrown open for dis: cussion as Maritime Province mem- bers of the house of commons are pressing tor further discussion and negotiation Under old regulations a charge of $1 per ton had been imposed on American ships entering ‘anadian ports to purchase jce und supplies. Nova Scotla merchants in particular have maintained that this should be bolished and it was reduced to the merely nominal fee of $1. Since the Fordney tariff came into force and sh on Canadian fish from the United Stat the attitude of Cana- dians on this matter has undergone a very marked change. Canadians Hoxtile. Discussion now hinges on what ac- tlon shall be taken in view of the hostility toward Canadian fishermen It is underst that it was agreed that unless negotiations were opened up between the two countries dealing with the whole question of the fish- erics before July 1 of this year the existing privileges will he suspended About one_million pounds of fresh fish from Roston and Portland been coming Into the markets Montreal competing with Canadian fish some extent on those markets. The duty at present is only 1 ent a pound and it is suggested that this Dbe raised to 3 cents Tt is probable that no sent to the United States govern- ment at Washington that unl is ready to open negotiations on the question the modus vivendi will be terminated on July 1. If the arrange- ment is terminated it will have a particularly serious effect on the fisheries from Prince Rupert and elsewhere on the Pacific coast: but it is belleved here that the United tates will be willing to come to some mutually satisfactory agree- ment. to add to of to ice will be —_— PRIEST IN TIKHON CASE ~ MADE RED ARCHBISHOP Father Vedensky's Elevation With- out Precedent—Bishops Ask to Remain Unwed. By the Associated Press. MOSCOW, May sky, who yesterday acted as prosecu- tor 'in the church trial which result- ed in the unfrocking of former Patriarch Tikhon, has been invested by the All-Russian church conclave with the dignity of Archbishop of Moscow. This extraordinary elev tion from ordinary priesthood was made on motion of the Presidium in recognition of Vedensky's service in the Tikhon case, but it was carried over gome opposition and amid cries of “no, no.” The conclave tonight declded to abolish all sacred relics, declaring they but serve to foster superstition. As a result of the conclave's de- cision tht Bishops may marry, a group of about thirty-five of these digni- taries has presented a petition asking that they be allowed to remain single. Previously bishops were chosen only from celibate monk The conclave has also ruled that ordinary priests may marry a second time, as opposed to the previous rule that' they could be married before ordination, but could not remarry, Two Helicopters Make Successful Flights in France By the Assoclated Press. PARIS, May 0.—At almost the same hour, but on different fields, two helicopters accomplished the feat of rising vertically and flying horizontally in a complete circle. The first machine to do the stunt was that of Etienne Oehmichen, the JFrench inventor, .Jt covered one dlameter of 120 yardsat Valen- tigney, Department of Doubs. The second performance was done by the helicopter invented and pilated by Marquis Raoul Pes- cara, the Argentinian, which made one dlameter of forty yards at the Issy flying ground near Paris. This feat was accomplished in the pres- ence of government air experts. Marquis Pescara next Monday will compete for the 10,000-franc prise which the Aero Club has of- Zered for a circle of one kilometer, —Father Veden- Y ASHINGTON, D IBRITISH LABORITES (Sey= has nd Toronto each vear, and | it | C, MAY 6, 19 A. G. Gardiner, Briti 3— PAF France Wants Germany In “Perpetual Subjection 2 sh Publicist, Sees No Surprise in England Over Rejection of Latest Reparations Offer. BY A. G. GARDINER, Britain's Greatest Liberal Editor. By Ca to The LONDON, May 6—French indigna- | tion, apropos of the latest German reparations offer, creates no surprise | here. It was known beforehand no matter what offer was made it would be rejected. The question of repara- tions now is definitely subordinated in the French mind to the idea of keeplng Germany In a state of per- petual subjection. On_this rock all proposals involv- Ing withdrawal from the Ruhr and the concession of reasonable terms of economic existence to Germany are_doomed to break. Opinion here in England {8 unanimous in regard- ing the offer, coupled as it is with a readiness to submit to revision by a | commission of international experts, as pointing a way to settlement, if settlement were desired. | Hritain's Cou e Quentione: H But will the Britisl government have the courage to declare this opin- | fon? The motive of Premler Bouar | Law and his associates has heen (o | avoid an open break ith France. He would not indorse the Ruhr ad- | venture, but he accepted without pro- | test uil of the consequences, includ- ing the scrapping of the Vers: es treaty and the climination of tland from any effective control events. | The expectation hae been that the | economic. failure of the invasion of the Rubr would bring a change of | mind to the French government. We | realize now that Poincare had com- mitted himself so deeply to the pol- icy of the political suppression of Germany that it is impossible for him to withdraw. If he fails to main tain his policy unchanged his own fall is certain. There is no evidence | of any powerful movement in France for a reversal of the present methods. Thera are outside indications of pos. sible unexpected development 1 {Italy and Belgium are disquite | stalemate in the Ruhr. Moreover. while the chief consequence of the eco- 3 Ruhr falls on AIning A heavy the cecupation du 8- of | —One of history's | little mysteries, “who blew the trum- | pet signal for the charge of the Light | Brigade at Balaklava appears to have been brought no nearer to a so- Tution by the publication of some of the reminiscences of W. H. Penning- | ton, a survivor of the charge, who died here last Tuesday at the age of ninety. The Irish newspaper on 27 announced the death at Droghe of Thomas Finlay. “who blew the charge on the trumpet for the Light Brigade at_Balaklava.” and only last eck the Dublin press printed a no of the passing of an old resident ohn MeNelll. an fnstrument maker. who claimed that he had m trumpet_on which Maj the charge for the Light Brigade at Balak EVIDENCE PERIURY, ' FOSTER CHARGES Tells Mass Meeting U. S. Agents Gave False Testi- mony at St. Joseph. February By the Associated Pre NEW YORK, May Foster, branded as perjurers the De fled against him at St. Joseph, Mich,, the state syndicalism law, at a mass | meeting last night under the auspices {of the 1abor defense council. ! Charles E. Ruthenberg, convicted | by @ jury at St. Joseph of the same | charge, after the jury had tried Fos-| ter had failed to agree, arrived at| the hall unexpectedly and also spoke. Ruthenberg was freed on bail. Foster sald that the law under| which he was tried and under which | Ruthenberg was found guilty was| “the rawest attack ever made on the Iiberties of the people.” He asserted | that the Michigan syndicalist law | pecificd assemblage with and not actual membership in the communist party, as sufficient grounds for con-| viction. | “Do you hear any of the good peo- ple getting excited over Mussolini's revolution in Italy? No. they consider him probably the greatest statesman in the world. The counter revolu- tionists in Italy wear black shirts. The supreme court, their counterpart in this country, wear black gowns. “The evidence against me was pre- sented by perjurers, employed by the department of Justice.’ Ruthenberg ‘charged the prosecu- tion at his trial was attempting to arouse feeling among the jurors to prejudice them agalnst him by read- ing excerpts from a Russian writer opposing religion. He declared that an appeal would be carried against his conviction to the supreme court of the United States. HOWAT RENEWS FIGHT FOR CANADIAN ENTRY Leaves Houlton, Me., for New York to Resume Effort to Force Change in Decision. HOULTON, Me., May 5.—Alexander ‘Howat, deposed president of the Kan- sas dlstrict of the United Mine Workers of America, who has been refused permission to enter Canada, left here tonight for New York with the avowed purpose of renewing there his fight for admission to the Dominion. Howat, while on his way to address meetings of coal miners in_Cape Breton, was detained at Mc- Adam Junction, N. B., by the Canadian immigration authorities, and later the department of immigration at Ottawa ruled he could not be ad- mitted. Howat sald his appeal from the Canadian immigration ruling was filed with the gent at McAdam Junction April. 2. He sald that in spite of efforts made in his behalf by the Kansas state department and by scores of mine workers’ unions the commissioner of Imrlerl.Uon at Ottawa steadily_refused to state.the grounds why dntulon ‘was refused. ! the Dally Ch partment of Justice agents who testi- | in his trial on the charge of violatini | try is collapsing because of lack of co from the Rubr. Finally, the military position presents a serious problem with 100,000 armed men in the midst of a hostile population of 6,000,000 people, far from their base and dependent for supplies on communications through an enemy country. Military Position Discussed. To strengthen the military position adequately would demand such man poner from France, such as might ring the nation to the brink of rebel- llon. In the circumstances it is the clear duty of the powers. especially England, to declare the time has a rived to e the facts and insist th reparations be made the subject of i1 dependent arbitration. If France is more concerned in maintaining her political stranglehold than in securing payments, we had better face all that this {nvolves frankly. Iurope never can escape from the morass in which she i sinking until plain speaking begins and the inexorable truth is recognized. The German offer is sufficlently near the figure suggested by Bonar Law last | January to deserve consideration on its | merits ‘apart from the arbitration pro- posal. In_the circumstances the reply of Earl Curzon to the German state- ment_is anxfously awalted. 1t is ve unfortunate that the Turkish situation drags on and gives France a powerful diplomatic counter at this time. Hostile Over Alcohollc Declsion. The decision of your Supreme Court on the alenhol question has provoked a very hostile discussion in the press, where the right of any country to im pose a municipnl law of such a far- reaching character in substitution for international high seas rulings is qu tloned. It is not denied that the bold smuggling of llquor was provocative. Amerfca should be entitled to take teps to make her internal Te- £pected, but it is hoped this can be done without fmposing unneceseary hardships on forelgn shipping. The triumph of the American golf amateurs in carTying off the St. George's cup at Sandwich caused sensation and even dismay in sporting circles. This is the most valuable golf trophy in the world, and the fact that taree Americans headed th amazed Brit- iwh crities who are loud in their_praise of the great play of Ouimet, Willing and Gardner. The approach play of the Oregon physician was surprisingly bril- lant. (Copsright Death Complicates Mystery Who Blew Balaklava Bugle Pennington often thrilled audiences | at Balaklava day celebrations by sounding the *charge” call on the trumpet. He did not contend that he had done 80 on that memorable day in the Crimea; on the contrary, says nicle, he asserted that when “The Six Hundred” went into he valley of death they moved at a | verbal command, without the sound of & bugle. i “In spite of the accepted theories. Pennington used to say, “I maintain hat no trumpet note was heard on | that day % After leaving the army Pennington attalned distinction as an actor. ~He piayed at the Old Hay Market as far back as 1868, and was the favorite gedian of Gladstone. Pennington fred many years ago. and has been Tiving in_obscurit, theater world. until death was published Yank and Poilu Stand United on War Monument By the Associated Press. PARIS, May notice of his 5.—The figures of an American machine gunner. a grenadicr and a French light in- fantryman will be the consplcuous features of a monument to be erccted on the Ferme de Navarine, the seene of rome of the bitterest fighting of the world The monument Is to be dedicated “To the Dead of the Armics of the Champagne. The committee in charge of the memorial _announces that the Amecrican soldier wiil be included | in the group in “homage to the gallantry of the soldi of the great American regublic.” The monument is to be the work of Maxime del Sarte. a sculptor mutilated in the war. It will stand on a pyramid upon the sides of which will be inscribed the names and numbers of the French regi- ments and American divisions that participated in the Champagne battle: The 42d Division took a promi- nent part in the conflict on July 15. 1918, while scveral American units fought in the Champagne from the offensive of September 26, 1918, to the armistice. GOMPERS OPENS FIGHT ON RADICALS By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, May 5.—Samuel Gom- rers today launched what labor leaders interpreted as a fight to drive from the American Federation of La- bor the radical movement repre- sented by the Trado Union Lduca- tion League, including W. Z. Foster and C. E. Ruthenbers. Denouncing the one big union. as the ideal of men whose slogan was “Amalgamate or annihilate,” Mr. Gompers said: “If these men had all the gold of the capitalist class in their pockets they could not better serve the capi- talists to the detriment of the work- ing man than by doing just what they are doing.” Despite their efforts, he said, the American Federation of Labor was going to maintain the labor move- ment along the logical, rational, nat- ural and historical lines denoted in the progress of its development. Mr. Gompers’ address was delivered before the biennial convention of the United Cloth Hat and Cap Workers of America, an organisation which was thrown out of the American Federa- tion of Labor in 1917 during a juris. dictional fight with the United Hat- ters' Union of America over who should be permitted to organize the milliners. Although Mr. Gompers mentioned no names in his denunciation of “oliques within labor organizations” and declined later to discuss the pro- gram of the American Federation of Labor drive against what was termed the radical menace, the labor leaders sald they hed been given to under- stand unmistakably that the effort was to be directed against the Educa- tion League. . Just before Mr. Gompers took the platform a resolution generally con- demning radical organisations.within uniofis was voted unanimousiys % forgotten by the | IDENIES EXKAISER | | NERVOUS WRECK Baron von Loene, Marshal at| : Doorn, Says Foes Spread False Reports. BY LEOPOLD ALETRINO. By Cable to The Rtar and (hicago Daily News. Copyright, 1923 AMSTERDAM, May Please say that all the sensational reports pub- lished recently in tWe American and British newspapers about his majesty tho emperor, are downright thumping lies,” said Baron von Loene, the marshal at the Doorn court, when the writer called upon him to ask about the story that the former kaiser had become a nervous wreck. Declines Interviews. “His majesty cn principle declines interviews with correspondents,” con- tinued the marshal, “as he promised the Dutch government on his arriv in Holland that he would abs from any publi: statement or act He enjoys excellent health physicall and nientall Her majesty, the em- press, who is now staving on her ate in Silesla, is cxpected here with her children in about three weeks.” Jt is natural, of course, (hat the court marshal should deny prejudical reports about his “foverelgn,” but his etatement seems to ho true for L9thing s known in Doorn bout the d sensational events h exiled ruler's family. s s It will be remembered that Princess | Hermine «tipulated in her marriage | contract that she was 1o have the Tight to stay six weeks in Germany | twice a vear to visit her two elder | i;‘““( who are attending school atl | irelz. Thuringia, and to leook after her Silesian property. Boran von Stechow Blamed. 1t is believed at the house of Donrn | that venomous tongues epread the re- | ports about the failure of the ex- kalser's gecond marriage and the man chlefly responsible is said to be {Baron Henning von Stechow, a closa friend of ex-Crown Frincess Cecilie, Wwho cannot forgive her father-in-law for replucing ex-Empress Augusta so £oon after her death. {, Before Hermine 1eft Doorn the ex- kaiser was seen walking with her {daily. or arranging tea or supper | partics with the noble families i the neighborhood i AVilliam lives in silent Y‘llrfimfinv,, ending the greater part of each day | his workroom in the “little tower.” | Although his memoirs wer: not a striking sguccess and comparatively ! few copies of the book were sold,| he intends to write another book on | Germany’'s po! during _the w ' Nationally Advertised PAINTS Sale Wartwick Lodae Sport Suits \ING BLACK Dyed Within 24 Hours CARMACK DRY CL 2469 158th S Dupont Cirel and VARNISHES Geo. F. 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