Evening Star Newspaper, May 24, 1923, Page 2

[ e - y THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON \ o D. THURSDAY, MAY 24, 1923. HOPE FOR EUROPE'S RECOVERY REVIVED . |7 Morgan Efforts for Austrian Loan and Baldwin Appoint- ment Good Signs. BY DAVID LAWRENCE, “fwo events of the last twenty-four ! $ours have done more to awaken hope for a real start on lfiurny\x-:«n’ reconstruction than anything in !he[ Jast two monthe. One is the an-| nouncement that J. P’ ‘Morgan & Co.| decided to go along with the bankers of Gr Britain, France, ”n\lund.i DPenmark, Sweden, Switzerland, Spain, | Belgium and 4taly and float ‘“k erica $23,000,000 of the sxso‘m;'u,f o ! a Austri: The R T ne Sevation of Sir Stantey Baldwin to be prime minister of Great Britain <t means that central Europe | abilitated by all countries gether and that if the| former enemy country | the Unitel States. nds of Ger- ko some day may the bonds many be floated too. France will watch with deep interest {he succes of the tr on. Baldwin ¥ The fi to be working t bonds of one can be flon pular. {ly changes in the personnel | ate more than passing interest in Washington ‘The .\f‘lm‘lun‘\ |l\{ “'e“‘r. 1dw however, has created SO e- B P thusiasm. President Hard- | ing himsell has let it bhe known that the choice is a matter of greal sat- the United States. Th s that the government here fee T assurance ut its future officisl Telatlons vith Great Eritain which it} has not always feit in dealing with i i« s in London. Mr, {afaction to Spknown personalith with the President and the cabinet.! They feel they know his tvpe—a practical man who deals directiy and | P Sibiv with sovernmental affairs as | he would with business matters.. | Most all of the probiems affecting A a s problems. Most 1ches the policy of vernment also af- An understanding fects Great Britain i refween two countries helps toward | sett agreement with .nlh'r.. | America and Great Britain \Amt‘l(x-nvx close ther can be of more m.u(. 5 al b in solving the r-’phrdl\’n v;( tangle and widing iy to h-;‘ m“ than any other combination of nu- ans Any plan that Prime Minister Raldwin prope witl have a better chance of American co-operation he he proposed it—for he has won cause won e confidence of the American gov P ® to the European situation onnection there ara ramors Robert Cecil, who has just to Great Britain after a suc- United States, may v under Prime returnes cessful visit to the Un become foreign secretar e Baldwin. Lord Robert won, s b particutar friend of the; Taiaa \'Y’“Z- s 1t wae his skill and | oy which managed to keep} Flations between the Depart- | the British foreign ! office in the ticklish days of neutral-{ e i ford Robert was in charge | of the Buitish blockade policy. Tt wisdom of cul- opinion trom the | start. and b pressions galned in: :x.laxre(‘vhl visit Will be of incalculable | VAlue to him if he is chosen foreign secretary i Betters Relation i The accident of Bonar Law's illnes which brought Sir Stanley Baldwin t the head of the British government. | means closer rel negotiations on questions between was he who saw th tivating An; | | many European | America and Great i The aim of the new British ; El’l‘r‘nae,nmln ster is practical business co-operation between nations, for he cancedes he is not a diplomatist or a pélitician. The effort of the several | nations which are sponsoring the new | loan to Austria is to promote buslnyess co-operation between world powers for the betterment of business condi- tions everywhere. President Hard- ing has a deep interest in whether busintss conditions grow better or | worse—his re-clection depends to no smail extent on Whether prosperity rontinues. America followed the collapse of the Buropean demand and the drop in Buropean purchasing power through | the depreciation of her currencies.! If “the precedent established by the ! unity of action of the bankers of the world in helping to restore central| Europe gets substantial backing b | ATTORNEY SUMMONED IN CASE AGAINST CULT Inquiry May Halt for Two Weeks After Testimony, It Is Indicated. ST. JOSEPH, Mich., May 24—H. T. Dewhirst. attorney for the House of David colony, was summoned to the stand today in the one-man grand Jury investization of charges of im- morality against the cult. Indications today were that a two weeks' adfournment would follow the close of the present week's session. Whether additional witnesses will be calied to clarify conflicting testi- mony thus far adduced will depend upon a review of all the testimony offered during the flve weeks the hearing has been in session. Yesterday's session Is sald to have developed little of major importance, four witnesses having been question ed regarding the whereabouts of dorpha Smith, alleged to have been spirited away from the colony when it became known efforts were to be made to question her concerning the paternity of a child born to her at the colony GEARE LOSES POINT IN THEATER SUIT First_Page.) ctively constructed theater col- s und kills and injures scores of ons then in the building De sent trons?" Tae court points out that it is dif- fleult to distinguish between negli- gence and nuisance for the reason that the same act not infrequently cons:iitutes both negligence and a nuisance. in the present case, the court’ declares, the demurrer must be overruled whether the action is deemed to be one of negligence only, not in volving the element of nuisance or whether #s one of negligence em bracing well the element of nuisance Attorne As g Daniel Thew Wright and Philip Ershler for Mr. Geare will ask the Court of Appeals for a_ special appeal from the order overruling the demurrer PRESIDENT PLEADS NATION REVERT TO AIMS OF FOUNDERS achieving them in practice is of major usefuluess to the country’s educa tional system Power of Voters. « methods now provided for op- g the government will work perfoctiy if the peopie will use them,” celared Dr. C. R, Mann, chairman of the civilian_advisory board the general staff the War Depart- me “The unsound agita of radicals srafting poiftical r the accomplishment of the ad: needed by each community can lone through the present method Lallot,” he stated. He cited instances in various cities where grafting politicians, in power because oniy 37 per cent of the people were voting, were driven out when per of the voters cast ba Mann stressed the need of driv of the ballo voters ue the he duties of an to es be of Dr ing the peaceful power home to the coming first requirement of American citizen The organization of the Federal Council of Citizenship Training, under executive order of the President is lations and practical |sued last January, and the work so| far undertaken by that council was discussed by Commissioner Tigert of the bureau of education. He ex- plained that the ten executive de- partments of the government, plus two independent bureaus, the Vet- erans’ Bureau and the bureau of vo- | cational education, were represented in the council. The council, he said, had attacked the problem of bringing {about government aid in the better training of citizenship. An analysis of the federal govern- ment's activities to show exact where they touched the citizens of the country Fad been made as a pre- | liminary step. and a chart had been prepared showing this relationship. Mr. Tigert laid emphasie on the fact that no attempt was being made to bring about federal control or dic- tation toward the thousands of na- | tional, state and local organizations | which now exist for social and civie improvement of the citizens. The purpose of the federal government is the investors of America, the r02d|merely to co-operate to bring &bout {0 larger financial operations for the i the best results. benefit of Germany directly and! Jle sald that the council had divided France indirectly will be made easier. | the citizens whom it was desired t Next in importance to the settlement {aid into various groups for bette of Am ‘s debt Qquestion with!and more cffective work. It was Great Britain is the announcement of | proposed to (ackle the problem of the Austrian loan. The next stepibetter citizenship through five chan- \indoubtedly will be a practical plan |nels, mental and educational, health ffom Prime Minister Baldwin where- |and physical improvement. vocational by America will be invited to join in |and technical training. patriotic at- the seitlement of the Ttuhr contro-|titude, and moral and social condi- versy and the reparation mlx-ul\."hl:ll-“i‘l"“lf"'“':f m{;“;%;‘{ fEsmpE The atmosphere is distinctly one of & S, X improve home life. elevate raised hopes s a result of the change in prime ministers at London and the significant willingness of worldl bankers to co-operate for the benefit of a former ememy country (Coprright, 1928.) | KU KLUX WIZARD SUES | _ EMPEROR FOR $100,000| ‘LITTLE ROCK. Ark., Mav 24.—H.! ans, imperial wizard of the Ku Klan, filed suit lere today against William J. Simmons. emperor of the 1 askinz $100.000 damages tor alleged libelous statements said 1o have come from Simmons The ctatements were printed in a} local newspaper RAINS FLOOD VALLEY. By the Associated P PKLAHOMA CITY, Okla.. May 24.— Virtually every section of Paul’s val- lay, Okla, with the exception of a/small area on the eastern side, was flooded last night when waters from Rush creek broke through a dyke as a result of heavy rains lasting sev- cral days, according to a report re- ceived by the Western Union Tele- araph Company here from their of- fioe manager at Paul's Valley. The waters stood in some places seven reet deep, but have receded today, the report s No lives were Jost. | gasoline exploded & and work, ete. An_afternoon ion was held be- ginning at 2 o'clock, at which ad- dress was delivered by President Vanderlip. and a number of other na- tionally known speakers were heard. FIREMEN AVERT DISASTER AFTER GAS TANK BURSTS 80,000-Gallon Container Explodes in Center of Grouv of 71 Hold- ing 2,000,000 Gallons. By tlie Associated Press BIRMINGHAM, Ala, May 24.—One an was killed and Norwood, a fash- ionable suburb, was threatened early today when an 80,000-gallon tank of in the center of seventy-one other tanks containing 2,000,000 gallons of gasoline and crude ofl, at the plant of the Wof- ford Ofl Company. The blast rocked Birmingham, and thousands of per- sons hurried to the fire, but fled when they realized their danger. Working in terrific heat, firemen played streams of water on the tanks about that which exploded and saved the situation. They placed the los at approximately $40,000. Frank Willlams, negro,.was said to have been working on a pipe line leading to the tank which biew up, and it was sald a spark caused by caulking the pipe might have caused the explosion. His body has not been recovered standards of liv D. C. HORSE SHOW WINNER PROVES BLOOD TELLS IN STABLE BLAZE 'That Sandbar I, winner of the Tock Creek hunt annual at Arlington ;‘frk last Saturday, can use his head when put to the test as well as his 1dgs when taking jumps, was clearly dgmonstrated early today when fire swept the stables at>the "Arlington Horse Show grounds, where the fleet- footed racer and eight of his com- panions were being housed. Philip Everhart, owner of the thor- oughbred, had just left the stahle with another of his racers for a morning workout, when flames, of un- khown origin, started in a Btall at the western end of the building occupied by Sandbar II. So fierce was the fire apd so rapid its spread that all Mr. Fiverhart could do was let his mount ran wild and rush to the burning stable, where much to his surprise, he found his great racer patiently wait- ifg for some one to unfasten the doors of his stall. Jwr is_quite contrary. to the usual aétions of members of the horse family when hemmed in by fire. Horse owners, without ex- ception, dread @ burning stable more than any form of catastrophe, for, as a rule, it is most dificult to persuade the cornered animals to leave certain death. At the approach of his owner Sandbar II, highly elated, affection- ately rubbed his nostrils against Mr. Everhart's cheek and walked quietiy and sedately out of the burning building. Willing hands also rescued eight other thoroughbreds from the flames, included among which were four be- longing to C. M. Feltner, thres the property of Leith brothers and one other a stablemate of Sandbar II. Two fire companies from Wash- ington respomded to the alarm, but Ly the time they arrived on the scene 1:0thing was left 57 the build- ing but a pile ~f smoulder.ug ruins. The destroyed bullding is the property of the Washington Horse Show. Association. = . | WOMEN PROMINENT IN CAPITAL . WILL BE PRESENTED AT COURT MRS CHARLES S. HAMLIN. i * PHOTOS BY RARRIS 5 EWING | I I3 Several on Lists to Meet | Royalty in London. Others to Be Given Audi-| ence on Day Fol- lowing. e Byiihs A otiama oress | MRrs.HARRY NORMENT LONDON, May 24.—A bevy of .m.‘»,.{ icans will be presented at court with- STORES T0 WATCH FOR SHOPLIFTERS Photographs of Profession- als May Be Furnished to Merchants.. Plans are being made by the Mer: chants’ and to assist in ferreting out professional shoplifters who might come to Wash- ington during the Shrine convention o take advantage of the large crowds. Brig. Gen. Anton Stephan, president f the aseociation, said he would take up with Inspector of Detectives Grant today the question of having each de- partment store furnished with copies of in persons who have police records as shoplifters. The problem was brought to Gen. Stephan’s attention by an official of one of the department stores, who said he had information such persons were in town. He suggested that the associa- tion take up with the police department the question of getting their pictures and placing them on view in the store for identification by floor managers and others. He said he believed the depart- ment stores would be willing to bear the expense of furnishing the photographs. SIX REPORTED KILLED IN TEXAS TRAIN WRECK One Engineman Probably Fatally Hurt in Collision Between Cisco and Putnam. ABILENE, Tex., six persons were negro porter and five men said to have been riding the “blind” Laggage, one engineman prob- ably fatal injured and two or three May killed, 24.—At least including a unidentified others less seriously hurt, when two Texas and Pacine passenger trains collided early this morning midway between Cisco nd Putnam, Tex ernment, We have set up an elab- orate organization to insure this, the federal and state judiclal sys in a fortnight, it was made known on the list include Mrs. Ira C. Copley, | of sas City: Miss Helena tems. But the GONEts CADROL ti {today in the announcement of the|wife of the former --]nvsen(.\ll\o‘(‘;‘1""'_"'(‘y“ ",f,u:,"l‘f,”:.‘: lae fure :-_qua'l justice 1o all the com- lists. Mrs. Post Wheeler, wife of the [from Illinols; Mrs. Charles 8. Hamlin, | 1iq, [y oludes Mre. Cyrus 31 1 Strive’ for special peiviienss. tor lcounselor of the American embassy,|wife of the Federal Reserve Board|Mrs. Harry Norment of Washington, themselves, or seel to establish with the wives of the other members |member, and their daughter, .\st‘flr - T e '1 d. u;i“l‘x-, = Allr() ]furn.s f," ié:_yr\(lh);v ;M spe- 1 e By p ot | Miss Elsie. c umbus, Ind., and €8 | o cifically prohibited by t etter of {of the embassy staff. will be present|Anna; Mrs. Frederick Mannink of | §i\¥ia Luthrop of London, fo et aw Tl e e at the court to be held May 30. Others |Bryn Mawr. Pa; Mis¢ R. L. Abernathy {San Francisco. { be difficult, slow. sometimes im- | mpossible, unless citizens subject to 7 o otmihon. Eoot s el e eir jurisdiction are sincerely d \TEXT OF PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE | sy tite iy ity | s i S s | D ! A ave not chunged with the return | e - = | of peace, hut undeniably we have e affairs of day-by-day URGING RENEWING OF IDEALS| iy'friita it boiivt | G Cuitindst o [ toy Pl P R ey & opportunity for every citi- ! e : | iy. the cagerneas for simple serv- | to Teontribute toward the | titade. Plainly, it is becaus it of this particular ob- = - j Utuds TEIGinly 1tHe Decaus | Jectiv the nation as a whole. | The text of President Harding's| of their evoiution. we desite 10 | (ha comnlixity of our time und site lies in so guiding one’s personal {address betore the National American| hold them everlastingly secure. In | uation. No one great dom Confnts wiih tale L Nmet a2 | Council. today. follows: | some s Americans are a very | and appealing causr hus b iy iy It is not only a pleasure, but a ative people in others, | 1(;,“‘“. 3 an m‘\“ on. ‘“ & b Ave If we sincerely wish to leave a great reassurance to greet this quite the reverse. Having be | > svered any single. all-al be a p“r'--xxt'r n‘,‘r(:‘:.“q\(:‘; the lig compelied for generations, n enterprise capable of com- eration. to bequea in- body of earmest and intelligent el o ttations: nited i TG LGS stitutions better adapted to achieve men and women, who have come | ¢ ¢l have larg Praan | the great aim of social organiza- | together, so to speak, as co-ordi- lost the fear of experimentation. | find such a commanding and domn Oons ne Snall accomipilan P | nators for a great group of or- Some of them are quite too willing | nating national interest, and I L b e e o nator. 5 to experiment without first stop- ! lieve it would be found if we could | GoPduct to the rule of eceking a ganizations devoted to the com- { ping to think out clearly the p | sontrive means to set before | d“‘rf“ juatice. £ Xo ]:h .s-p"d',”": mqn purpose of bettering Ameri- cedure on which they would enter. | the people the full meaning federal government has imporiant Qouflintat srivne diferine eonts. | imolics h L 5 | contributions to make. Many of can citizenship. . It is one of the onflicts among g group implication of t fisgle etate- | CONERUCIONS Lo MARE b 3 % hat there | #nd 0Pposing programs have com- | ment about the aims and purposes o T e prcau o best eigns of eur times that ther monly prevented disastrous re- | of our government. which is o GO L T exists a widespread realizat’on of sults: but there is danger in plar"i tained in the preamble of the Con- | “‘(:‘s":“rflAg‘r“_‘GflJ;‘;‘» llnzor*v‘e;‘r' - e d determined ing too much reliance on this kin stitution. In that preamble 1lie - . Aiied i sl < need for orsanized and hierriines oF ot T T e fathers of the republic set forth :\m’\l-u’\“..!lv( g, every lm‘;f"xr:trmr' effort to recall the peop lock the whole mechanism of prog- | the objective of this great democ- fhe Thetter fonhs f ey high ideals which inspired our re- rese. That would be as great a racy We, the people of he P‘,‘j“]g‘ 16 W:]“"'ll?o“'ml,‘z‘c‘:;,“‘-‘" publican institutions. It Is a com- aster as to give ourselves ove United States, in order to form firaining hah beon det tis wieh. the | mon observation nowadays. some- to an- era of ill-assorted. un more perfect Unfon. establish juz- AELobe of helohie to 0 To-orat { times, I think. altogether too eas- thought social and economic ex- tice, insure dome eeananility, | e O e el it ! jly and lightly made, that democ- periments, Somewhere between provide for the common defense. they may be imore effective. it racy is on trial. 1 think we have | thesc two undesirable —courses promote the general welfare and | A<V WaY 2o Moze cteecive. - need to make some distinction at our country has need to chart | Secure the blessings of liberty to | Nas been studving r;,de}al‘a"‘;“, | tnis point. The unquaiified and | a route of sane, construc- ourselves and our posterity. do or- s Taihe ot thy possible iy | not infrequently pessimistic dec- ! tive, genuine progress, which may dain_and establish this Constitu- 3 b 3Eh { laration that democracy is on trial command the sincere support of is calculated to suggest that per- the overwhelming majority. Thus, haps there is need to search for an and only thus we shall assure alternative to those democratic- | continuing institutional evolution republican institutions which we q without revolution: steady ad- have erected in this country, and vancement, without avulsion. which have spread in the last cen- It seems fair to say that two tury and a half to a great part of conditions must be met if our T misgiv- the world. have some quorum of democratic institutions ings about whether democracy is | are to continue improving and on trial, but I am very sure that in | adapting themselves to the re these times it is experiencing quirements of an increasingly com- good many trials. Further. we | plex social order. Every govern- will be quite safe in admitting | mental unit must be so nearly as that many of the institutions | possible a miniature of the ideal which have been set up in the | state which all hope to realize, ca- pable of standing on its own bot- tom and managing its affairs as nay best serve the public welfare, But, since such a collection of in- hope that through them the best aims of democracy might be real- ized, are on trial. We will make no mistake if we confess that®the attitudes and conduct of many dependent, self-governing com- poople who profess devotion to munities does not form a nation, democratic _institutions are on there must be also some potent trial. But all this may be admit- bonds of sympathy, interest and ted without implying that any im- common _purpose, binding these communities into a great united commonwealth Pointy to War Unity. Our national experience during the war afforded illustration of how a great common purpose, in- tense and universal, would weld the nation into a true unity. The inspiration to forget personal in- terests, for the sake of the com- mon cause; to sacrifice individual animosities, to work without stint and without ouestion. to give up, if necessary, even life itself—these enabled us to achieve a conscious- ness of solidarity and of power that this nation had not known be- portant part of soclety is seeking an_alternative to democracy. There is much questioning of ways and means and institutions, but as to the fundamentals it cer- tainly can be said that never was our country more firmly commit- ted to the broad ideals and pur- poses of democracy, and never be- fore wera so many other countries and peoples seeking to establish like commitments. Human society has never faced & more complex or difficult situation: and it is, there- fore, of first importance that all Americans be brought to under- stand the underlying purposes of this commonwealth, and to fix firmly in their hearts the determi- nation to maintain institutions capable of progressive evolution and development. along the lines fore. It grandly demonstrated of our fundamental principles. what magnificent results a reat people can achieve if they have a [ sSsEvianting A5\ Neeton: definite common_objective which To this end the need is to edu- | all sincerely wish to attain, = i That great release of nationa cate all of us to understand what e e liuti Y e it our fundamentals are, what they % showed how far this people will mean, and whether, in the process go in service and sacrifice for the tion for the United States of Amer- ica.” Must Face Responsibility. There is the complete statement of our nation's aspiration. and a noble aspiration it k re is the chart of our course. There is the inspiration to every effort to make one and all of us better citi- zens. Following that statement of a general purpose, the Constitution sets up a mechanism and the laws enacted by the nation, and states have added to that mechanism from time to time. We should not, contemplating tthe details and haps imperfections of *he machin- ery, allow ourselves to forget tie great underlying plan and pur- pose, the supreme objective of it all. "There is nced to cultivate in citizen a sense of responsi- , of personal concern for the operation of this mechanism in a fashion harmonious with the pur- poses of its founders. The nation at its best will not be better than the aggregate of all its citizenship. The national ideal stated in the preamble will be attained by us as 4 nation in no greater degree than we shall attain it as an aggregate of individuals. To the extent that the individual strives to realize the objective in his life and conduct, communities composed of these in- dividuals may achieve them, but no farther. The preamble, then, defines the objectives and uims of training for citizenship. Seek to Co-ordinate Work. No doubt the working implica- tions of this thesis will be devel- oped in your discussions. But one brief suggestion may be of- fered, Consider one phrase in the preamble “to * * * establish jus- tice.” 'In our mechanism of gov- is of communication with the states and the people, preparing to co- operate with them in every enter- prise for the betterment of citizen- &hip. Know Truth, Point Way. Along the lines the state and municipal governments have important duties. They directly control the educational esifblish- nents of the country. Beyond them, every citizens has a perconal responsibility in this business of training better citizens. The citi- zen is an example to all with whom he comes in contact, a parent with direct responsibility for his chil- dren. Without his fullest co-oper- ation the utmost efforts of ‘ed- eral, state and local governments can at most be of small avail. So we may well unite in inviting a. citizens, all of the many organiza- tions which look to encourage bet- ter citizenship, to unite in _this fine co-operation of effort. With the preamble of the Constitution as a definition of our objective, we will find that we have a com- mon aim and purpose, quite as at- tractive as any that has boan set up before us under the nrgencica of war. Here is a sound platform on which to build democratic insti- tutions. Toward the realization of such aspirations as these we may confidently place our lives, our fortunes and our sacrei honor. The result of individual and col- lective effort to make this demo- cratic program a moving force in our lives and conduct will extand Leyond our own borders. The na- tion which knows the truth and which. amid the turmoil of this age, has discovered how “in- suré domestic tranquility,” can point the way to world peace; not by force of arms, but by living the precepts of representative democracy’s true platform in all its dealings with manXkind. to Plan of East Potomac Park, Course A The mew nine-hole golf course in East Potomac Park was o] the public yesterday, and with the formal opening Tue: y of the new nine-l course-in Rock Creek Park, the patrons of the public courses in b District are now afforded eighteen ndditional holes for the coming. scason. In making this announcement Col. C. 0. Sherrill, charge of public buildings d grounds, made P schedule of prices, effective at both the Rock Creek Park Park courses: ‘ “Fifteen cents for mine holes, week days, except Saturday afternoqns, Suadays-and holdnys. “Twenty-five cents for eighteem holes, week days, except Saturday _Afternoons, Sundays.and-helida 20 .—""‘/‘“V‘ B, pAwews o .k" Z., < &r»,,: holidays. Az & v & cents for nine holes, Saturday afternoons, Sundays and “Twenty dollars for n season ticket, entitling holder to a permanent locker and unlimited play on week da Saturday afternoons, S ny ti ¥ e holex can be pluyed on one coupon. If it ix dexired to play only nine holes week days, and one round of min ne of the coupons, plus 5 cents, will be exchanged for two nine-hole (15-cent) tickets. “Winter rules will be enforced on the mew golf courses m motice.” ti? further Manufacturers' Association | !Ambassador Geddes Suffers »With Affliction to Left Eye | | i | | i 1 i No Serious Result Expected From His Illness. Debt Negotiations Are Likely to Be Delayed. Sir Auckland Geddes, the British ambassador, has been confined to his room for the past few days suffering from an acute condition of the eye, it was learned todav. While the condition of the dinlomat was said to be gerious. those in close contact with him at the embassy stated he Is “doing very nicely”; that yesterday and today he was “doing very much better than expected,” and there was no doubt of his recovery from the attack Dr. W. Holland Wilmer, the eye specialist, who was called to the as- sistance of the ambassador when the optical trouble appeared, issued a statement today as follows: “The patlent is suffering from an acute condition of one eye (the left), which will oblige him to lie by for several weeks."” Eyes Straimed. From time to time in the past Auckland has suffcred from optical trouble, and the close study he has been obliged to give to the British war debt refunding agreement has imposed additional strain upon his eyes. the present attack is the outgrowth of a gas attack he received in France, left | Sir | The theory was advanced that | | | only step said to be necessary for 1 | | selor of th. but this could not be given as the! pesitive cause. The ambassador had intended to saill from New York last Saturday to join Lady Geddes and their chil- dren at theiy summer home in south of England, but was detained by the debt funding negotiations. N prediction_could be made today jus when he would be able to leave his confining quarters, which will depenc on the judgment of Dr. Wilmer Ordered to Rest. Orders that he shall see no one engage in any duty that will require the use of his eyes. may prevent A bassador Geddes from signing tl papers in the British debt settlement s early as had been anticipated negotiation to be brought to a cor clusion is for exchange of papers & tween the ambassador and memb of the debt commission Should his condition remain seri for any length of time the task putting the finishing touches on thr nal debt *settlement may be turned pver to Henry Getty Chilton. « embassy. and who ranks the ambassador in th nest to the | country —_—mm - U. S. ENVOY SAYS CHINESE POLITICIANS AID BANDITS (Continued from Fi t Page.) the foreign captiv who would be of no value to them in that case, but the lives of the foreigners would be endangered should the bandits b, fiercely or continuously attacked b. the Chinese forces or if an attempt were made to starve them out Although Americans and | | (Maj | sengers employed Euro- | tail peans in China are greatly stirred up| over the situation, being made for direct with the bandits and for foreign troops to effect the release of the captives, the minister continues to be of the opinfon that the foreign representatives must work through the Chinese authorities with the con- stant pressure of insistent demands. “The minister has suggested that the diplomatic body at Peking should send such an international com sion of Investigation as was estab- lished last autumn in the case of capture of certain missionaries cap- tured in Honan, but negotiations the use of case has suggested that the commis- | sion should be composed of the com- | manders of the several foreign mili- tary forces which maintain headquar- ters in Peking for the purpose of keeping open the railway from Pe- king to the sea, in accordance with the boxer protocol of 1901." TROOPS WITHDRAW. Bandits Puzzled at Cessation of Negotiations. | By thie Associated Press. TIENTSIN, May 24.—The Chinese government troops which had sure rounded the Suchow train bandits and their foreign captives in the Paot- zuku Mountain stranghold have fallen back six miles, according to advices received today from Lincheng. The brigands’ outposts are following the troops as they retire. The bandits, apparently puzzled at the recent cessation of negotiations for the release of the foreign prison- ers, sent messengers to the rellef workers at Lincheng demanding that newspapers be sent up to them. The newspapers were sent, but the rellef party carefully deleted all matter pertaining to the kidnaping. Captives Are Well. In reply to a message from his family in San Francisco, transmitted to him through the Asscciated Press, Maj. Roland W. Pinger, one of the captives, sent out the following: “I am with Allen and Solomon in the present | and demands are| | | Robert A. Allen and Lee Solo mon), confined on the summit of Paotzuku. Am perfectly healthy. but hope for an early release. Thanks for the kind message. Maj. Pinger added that he wa writing further details to the Assc ciated Press to be delivered by senger at Tsaochwang Blames Movies. the bandits' coolie in taking suppl to the Paotzuku stronghold told t relief workers at Tsaochwang tha: the brigands got their idea for de railing the Shcnghai-Peking expres One of train. May 6, from a serial motion picture. The picture showed in de- how an express train was wrecked. One or more of the bandits saw the thriller. the messenger sai and imparted the details to the out laws, with the resultant derailment and kidnaping of the foreigners. POWELL RELEASED. Bandits Paroled to Take Part in Conferences. By the Associated Press SHANGHAL May 24.—J. 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