Evening Star Newspaper, August 9, 1923, Page 2

2 FUROPE DISPUTS INURE TANGIERS African Port Suffers From Conflict of Interest of Three Larger Powers. BY PAUL Cable to The SCOTT MOWRER Star and ihe Chicago Daily News. ny (Following ix the 1l les on the Fran of the Mediterrunean. ) PARIS, Frax coutrol of wi ' France, G is perhaps the rican town on th a4 of Mr. - shirivaley tro for con ce, August 9.—Tangiers, h is ut present contested it Br and most picturesque Mediters e 18 never been Europeanized ars tween ain Spain, nean It wy both regards had in no famous but from standpoint it offers opportunity for the tour- the stra ons it has never advertised by the travelers today much the areh which sume aspect, as ure and a: it must There Population, have, liddle are art to be visited, purely human wonderful fu1 ay T and, as it les on ts, well marvel that ter been agen- The King Jort D hillside ove iy, but the < no smallest ste Seenes in St tre l i Tang { biehin Furopean but £ m gatew residents, uropean clothes be immediately AT Cobbles are throngs garments and Americans ean 1 Moslems in and yellow fezzes or white ews in cap men, shrouded with gaudy women with fore- »f hay in top rs of | naked carriers slung wild men At the supply hairy ler foc tr [ Meichants in Doors, ways of tur 1 awl the t muiste forth Koran armed casiona Iy of ha from hand to hand. | s, after twisting ately, end nowher one or two rise . 0 government . inside hich is the high v outsid under an h- a judge “sittng in the gate” 18 in biblical times, hears petty com- plaints from the numerous and het- ero supplicants who stand iting their turns The main street leads acr and out the gate to the * pluces” where the cam 1y deposit their i truck, fish and meat. 1 have scen few more curious sights this same market place of an ng, when most of the ving and ended Accompanied ap- dramatic or sentimen- moments by a reedy flute and a tam-tam drum, the professional story- ller then dramatically retells his -old tales to the never-tiring eir- of swarthy faces. 1 heard a Moor, h much sticulation and solemn macing idering the 2,000- ear-old stor. the three sheckel Nearby droll old negro pa miming funny stories, But mo. ular of all was the young, quee magician To each of the Wwho composed most of his numerous | audien he would give three or four 1ch would then put his arm magician’s neck and whis his ear his heart's de- magician, on receipt of a{ would whisper back, after ilting the beans, whether the r's wish would gratified or And =0 on, all und the dense king pil pass st hish in bl hie Hildir court s the t kevs d 1oads of embi : pov- | burnishing the calm bay, f shutlling et in the market place, the monotonous rhythm of the Yam-tam, distant shouts of donkey drivers, the muezzin's clear invita- | ion prayer floating from the tow- of the great osque, the swish of ' ! Veiled woman, i cyes, hostile prouvd faces, closed souls—Tangler, | —another world! strange row Africa Dipl vears, prior torate at F this town of inhabitants was almost the int_ of contact between Mo- rocco and the outside world.: It was, and is, the residence of the foreign diplomatic corp: The climate is! ild, healthful and agreeable. If the | wort were properly developed, if the | 3 ted railway into the interior to be completed, it ought once to become Moroceo's chief com- | ercial eity and the chief port of call | nd fuel station in the nelghborhood the straits. Theoretically its fu- ire is brilliant, for Morocco, by its ate and its potential agricultural mineral wealth, is a “white ntry.” Practically, how- ever, it has fallen upon evil days, and i< passing into a rapid decline. The ravans which arrive from the wuth, the ships which put into the bay, are ever less numerous. Its eommerce is dwindling, its popula- tion stagnates. The causes of this decline are ob vious. The conference of Algecira: in 1906, supplemented by the Franco- Spanish treaty of 1912, and the treaty of Versailles, have given most of Mo- rocco to France as a protectorate. The northern strip, however, along the straits and the Mediterranean, hecame the “Spanish zone” and with- in_this Spanish zone, Tangier and 140 square miles of the surrounding territory, while left nominally under the soverelgnty of the sultan, were placed actually under, the adminis- tration of the foreign diplomatic corps. The French, by a remarkable effort, have pacified nearly all of Morocco and are rapldly developing its com- merce. But as they have not a free hand In Tangler, and as this zone. moreover, is cut off by the unpacified and disorderly Spanish zone, they have directed most of Morocco's com- merce to the Atlantic port of Casa atie Center. For to the 50,000 French Blanca. As for the “diplomatic” gov- ernment of Tangler, it is, of course, wholly Ineffective, for the Interests of the countries represented are op- posed, and one continually blocks ane other. Broadly speaking, there is now neither trade nor administration in the “international zone.” There will o none until the present dispute be- | tween France, Great Britain and! Spain over the future status of Tan- xier is finally and reasonably set- tled. Meanwhile, like so many other Mowrer's | {of his administration. | anthracit {late j{Beneral understanding tha -gToes, |8 Mediterranean ports—Fiume, Triest, Saloniki; Dedeagatch, Constantinople which are cut off from their natural economic hinterlands by political frontlers, Tangier, whioh, in other clroumstances might become one of the great ports of the world, is 1it- srally dying of inanitiony DAUGHERTY AMONG LOOMING EVENTS| With the depurture of the funeral train bearing President Harding's body vesterday afternoon the new administration assumed forthwith the heavy respongibilities and manifold duties of the government—to be halt- ., however, tomorrow, the natlonal day of mourning. Iivents are expected to move s Iy in the next few days. resignation at least is looked for soon. Attorney General Daugherty had a long conference with President Coolidge terday afternoon death of President Harding bears more heavily on Mr. Daugherty than on any other man In the publle life They were intimate political friends for 3 He was the Havding pre-con- vention manager in 1920 and his ap- tas Attorney General in the was more widely criticized at the time and since than any appoint- ment of great imporiance the late President made during the two years t- One cabinet of the couniry personal and believed that Mr. Daughert. sked to be relleved on a of his health and that his resignation is not perfunctory—in other words, Mr. Daugherty is serious in his o llru"L t huul of the cabinet. ppearance, Seems bre grief and broken in spirit Resignation rected Soon. orrespondents the fi time them that matters would of Presi 1t Harding. 1t 1ld not be surprising if th nv‘rn nt that the resignation Yaugherty had been ace ed 1. . within a week of the time Coolidge took the oath of of- the 'nited States coa! cormission urging Congress to give to the Presi- dent increased authority and power in the matter of strikes in the coal mines. The commission recommends that the President be advised of the fail- ure of mine operators and miners to &el together on any point in contro- versy. and that he shall thereupon Appoint 4 person or persons to in- auire into the reasons for the failure and to make a public report, The threatened coal st ficlds and the coal fami to be the ma \lic concern £ will be oty news- met “stand as interment in prospect b reat- new the of another 1y est Presid | n a th rial of th, like which the ympelled to ns from Ohio afte te President Hard- The coal situation brought to the atie Coolidge by day was specifics]ly tion of President W0 of his callers yester- afternoon. former Senator Wil- i Calder of New York and Repre- sentative Allen T. Treadway of M achusetts Urged Special Session, will be recalled that Mr. Tread- within a few weeks wrote to the it «lled wurn the sudering session of " Congress immediately follow iential trip, for the legislation to of “the mines. chusetts cities and Part of the state fs 1ge's home country—suffered severcly in consequence of the | shortage last winter. Mr. Tread hen very e in behalf irious communities in his He m ns and colle rmation r 1acy of the coal imunity and individual distres ount of the scarcity of fuel. The Massachusetts " representative very apprehensive that the coal famine of o year ago will recur if there a strike. There s u ver President is at present not in favor Congress in speclal session WORLD PAYS RESPECTS TO PRESIDENT COOLIDGE WHEN DIPLOMATS CALL & the re- party from purpose of insure the Western President ed a large amount of to the inade- ot on is is Coolidge of calli vania was minded the President President Harding to hold a confer- of governors of states on pro- »n enforcement, a plan that had postponed from time to time, ause of the late President’s ab- nee from Washington and the fact t @ number of the governors had n unable to attend such a con- ‘nce at the dates first suggested. Pinchot, it is understood, urged he advisability of calling such a con ference at as early a date as possible, caller. He re- of the plan of Many Other Callers. Among the others who called to {pay their respects to the President | today were Senator Greene of Vers mont, Gen. Pershing, Elliott Wads- worth, Istant secretary of the Treasury; Senator Warren of Wyo- ming, Clarence D. Clark, Senator Mc- Cormick of Illinois, Senator Moses of New Hampshire, Senator Sheppard of Texas, Senator Shipstead of Minne- sota and delegations from Illinois and Indiana. President Coolidge will leave Wash- ington on a speeial train at 10 o'clock tonight to Ko to Marion for the serv- ices for the late President Harding, which are to take place at 3 p.m. to- morrow. His train will reach Marion about noon. After the services in Marion. the President will return to Washington, reaching here Saturday morning. On the President's leaving for Marion will Coolidge, Mrs. Coolidge, dent’s military aide, Taft, Gen. Pershing, Senators Francis . Warren, Frank B. Willis, Selden E. Spencer, Simeon D. Fess, Furni- fald E. Simimons, A. A. Jones, Morris Sheppard, Nathaniel D. Dial, Gens. Bullard, ' Shanks, ~Muir, ~ Brewster, O'Ryan and Ricketts, Admirals Eberle, Rodman, Wiison, Stitt, Potter, Gen. Lejeune, Edward T. Clarke, private secretary to the President; Mrs. Clarke, ' Mr. and Mrs. Frank W, Stearns of Boston. intimate friends of the President; Miss Randolph, MaJ. Coupal, Mr. Butler, Carmi Thompson, Louis Brush and Michael Galligher. Senators and members of the House will g0 to Marion for the services, but there will be no official committees, meeting the wishes of Mrs. Harding that everything in connection with the services there be as simple as pos- sible. special train be President the Presi- Lodge Returns Home. Senator Lodge of Massachusetts, the republican leader, left Washing- ton early today to return to his sume mer home, at Nahant, Mass. It is un- derstood that Mr. Lodge has assured the President he is at his service at any time he wants him, and that he will return to Washington later to discuss policles with him. Representative Nelson of Wiscon- ain, a membex of the progressive group, called to pay his respeots to the President. He discussed with the President legislative matters, - ticularly some of the measures which the progressives are urging. ‘When the President returns to Washington Saturday it will be to take up his abode again in the New Willard Hotel temporarily. He will not move Into the White House until Mrs. Harding has had full oppor- tunity to return and pack up.all ths eftects of the late President and her- self. It is not expected that Prei dent Coolidge will go to the White House to live for another week or two. Senator Shipstead, farmer-laborite from Minnesota, urged upon the President the necessity of calling an The | ount | of | is received from is meet | Harding, urging that | be | towns—and , of condi- | Chief Justice | THE EVENING RESIGNATION | | for any purpose, if it can ve avolded; most assuredly. several of the more | influential members of the republi- can party have sought to dissuade him from doing so, and it is under- stood that he has been wholly in isympathy with their views. Mr. Treadway made no mention jof a special session of Congress to {consider the threatened coal strike {to President Coolidge. He is to see |the President later on the matter, jut he is not likely to press any suggestion so ecarly in the Coolidge administration which may be unde- sirable or embarrassing, Urges PPublicity Plan. Former Senator Calder of New York, who also discussed the coal situation with President Coolidge. is anxious to have ! the new administration ge behind the measurc which he has advocated in the past providing for continuous and the widest publiclty as to costs, wages and nings the capital invested 1n coal mining. Mr. Calder belic 1he federal Fovernment #hould. In the coal mining industdy, ex- cocise the same measure of regul ti in ar as the cost of pr duction is concerned, that th: gov- ernment has through the Interstate {Commerce Commission In the regu- lation of raflroad rates. When Calder was In the United States Senate he got through the first order of its kind calling for an investigation of the coal mining in- dustry and as a result of the report {of his special committae a regulatory | bill was drafted and presented to Con. [Bress, but failed of passage. I'resident Coolidge declined. so it is said, to pledge the administration “t th time to legis on of any character, and Mr. Calder left the conference with the understanding jthat he was to see the President again in about ten 4 Mr. Calder { 0 is | | | xpressed the belief thut the threatened coal strike would be prevented: through the efforts and mediation of the administration, al- though he was carerul to say that this was only his personal opinion and was not based on anything which the Prestdent had said to him and with- out knowledge of what the President might have in his mind on the subject. Importance of Bay State, TVers in the hotel corridors in Willard, where the temporary executive offices of the White House are now located, are constantly re- minded that Massachusetts has dis- placed Ohio in the order of impor- tance in the national administration It seemed today us if every other mun Who entered the folding doors behind which President Coolidge was recelv- ing visitors was 4 Massachusetts man. This might have been on account of the large number of men from Mas- sachusetts who were in Washington the funeral of President ing. but the fuct remains that most of those who are acknowledwed to be closest o the new President are republicans who are or who have been in the past afliliated with polities or business in the President’s home state _Besldes his close personal friend, Frank W. Stearns, who has never wavered in his interest and faith, President Coolidge has had with hin &ince he came to Washinkton, a short Week ago. William M. Butler, publican national committeeman tutler has b called | presidentfal suite frequent days and the President lim on many matters ymewhat significs during the conference Fresigon idge had with Samuel Frank Morrison of the Amerit eration of Labor Mr. Butler sat with the President and if he did not par ticipate listened in on the conference, Mr. Butler and “Sam” Gompers are by no means unacquainted They have often met on opposite sides in (labor matters Iu which Mr. Butler { was interested. and in addition they served together on war committiey |during the world war. Mr Butler tand Mr. Gompers may not think alike In some of the controversies between capital and labor, but the former does |not conceal his ‘nigh opinfon of the fability and force of character ¢ labor chieftain, i Ol the during extra session of Congress immedi to help relieve the distressing condi- tions existing in the agricultural northwest. He talked with the Presi- dent regarding these conditions, Sen- | ator Shipstead recently had a confer- ence with Senator Brookhart and Senutor Magnus Johnson, recently clected in Minnesota on the farmer. labor ticket, in regard to the need of calling a speclal session. Senator Shipstead made it clear that he does not desire the government to guar- antee to the farmers permanently & minimum price for crops, but that he does think the government should |step in and do something for the |farmer at ‘this time. The wheat |farmers are particularly in worse condition than any others, he pointed |0 The advice of Senator Shipstead was in contrast to the views of Represent. |ative Nelson of Wisconsin, who said, after his talk with the President, that he did not belleve a special session of Congress waa needed at this time, | Assistant Secretary W. dsworth dis- cusseq with the President the loans of |the government to raflroads, which | run into many millions of doljars. He | said afterward that the President had |8hown a keen grasp of the railroad i problem. | The transportation problem is e: o s ex- ‘f(‘U:QL} to be t;‘ne of the most impor- | tant issues when the next C | assembles. i R | Haynes In Confident. | l Former Gov. Lowden of Ilinois, a prominent contender for the repub- |lican nomination for President at the ‘lasl national convention, in 1920, called jupon President Coolidge to pay his respects. Ex-Gov. Lowden said after- |ward that “every good American will : co-operate wholeheartedly with | President Coolidge to make his ad- | ministration a success.” i ’rohibition Commissioner Ha: nes, Who had come here from Ohio to at. tend the funeral services for the late | President Harding, was In conference | With _President Coolidge also. Later Mr. Haynes said that he expected the same ‘wholehearted co-operation from President Coolidge’s administra- tlon In the enforcement of the pro- hibition laws that had been given hy the late President Harding. Mr. Haynes sald that he expected the pro- posed conference of state governors on prohibition, proposed by President Ha_rdlng, would be carried out. He said that he was heartily in favor of such a conference. ANTHRACITE STRIKE HELD SURE UNLESS U. S. TAKES ACTION (Continued from First Page.) tely the adoption by each member organ- ization of resolutions declaring op- position to the granting of the check-off and the clesed shop to the United Mine Workers of America, and asking that the federal government “immediately start legal proceedings to prevent the United Mine Workers of America from conspiring to tle up commerce in anthracite coal for the pur,ose of enforcing its demand for the check-off and the closed shop monopoly. The letter says that informution ob- tained from all parts of Massuchuset: shows that anthracite is moving to the consumer in unprecedentcd quan- titles, that householders have placed thelr orders earlier than ever before and dealers have been unable to ac- cumulate ‘ reserves against the de- mands of the winter. MISS ALDRICH REACHES U. 8. SAN FRANCISCO, August 9.—Miss Lucy Aldrich, sister-in-law of John D. Rockefeller, jr., and who was captured b; the Shantung train bandits in ina geveral weeks ago, arrived here last night aboard liner President Lincoln. STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €., THURSDAY, AUGUST 9, 1923. brigade” vain fight vallant to property. UNREPAIRED BRIDGE HALTS FIRE FIGHT stove b « of at Capitol Explosion of damax an o caused rty several nd dollars Heights, today the four-room bun Berr: and liam T on adjoining residence of W badly damaged Firee apparatus Hoights, Pl responded to the lock, but was delay washout on Berryman gine succeeded in ome of Mr. Doome planks the firemen ves were forced to lay. Another engine final got across the bridge later, but be- came mired in the roadwey The blaze was checked the quick action of F. W who tore plaster board off ing of his house, next to Mr. home, and managed reading of the flames. The fire was at last put out by a bucket brigade, but not until after Doome's home was razed. M avenue, was destroyed the from Seat asant and Renning aft d by a brid avenue. On getting by themsel alarm shortly 8 o' to m somewhat Roberts, the cell- Tabler's to prevent Doome escaped injury and man- aged to save most of his furniture. His wife was at Chesapeake Be at the time. It was stated that this was th ond loss by fire Mr. Doome has had in the last two years. The first one destroyed his home and fur- niture. Indignation was expressed todny by the citizens of Capitol Heights, The flood that almost completeiy washed away the bridge. causing t delay of the fire companies, hap, last” April, and repairs have ne been made. It is stuted by citizens that mon has been appropriated for the restoration of the bride the improvement of the roadwa Berryman avenue. A mass meeting will be held by the | Motley Throng Sadly Passes Bier of Beloved President citizens tonight in consider methods prompt action. It is reported a horse fell in the washed-out portion of the bridgs twe days ago and was buried within ten fect on the side of the road BELGIUM HAS NEW PLAN FOR ALLIED AGREEMENT ON OCCUPATION OF RUHR the town hall to of obtaining (Continued from First Page.) stinacy of the French governmen he added, “would have fo be sealed with a document which would be worse than the treaty of Versailles, which weighs like a curse upon the peoples of Europe.” Herr Cuno sald he was only cer- tain that there was no reason for great hopes and that Germany must believe and help herself. “If there is 1o light on the horizon which promises us speedy help,” he declared, “then it is for us to keep alive. by means of our own, our iron determination.” Civil war or disorder could have no place in Germany at the present time, the chancellor declared, adding that such outbreaks would pressed by the government. “It is not our business” declared Herr Cuno, “to expatiate on what England considers her interests. We are not o foolish as to Imagine sym- pathles for Germany where there are none.” Emphasizing the danger and the futility of conjectures pending the publication of the British documents, the chancellor said that the German government cannot abandon the be- Iief that economic common sense and & sense of justice will eventually prevall in foreign countries. “The world knows we are ready to take into account French prestige if France ceases to impose humiliation merely for the sake of humiliation, but what we cannot and will not do is to abandon our German land and betray our fellow countrymen.” Wil Continue Resistance. Alluding to France's demand for cessation of passive resistance be- fore she is willing to open negotia- tions or say what she wants, the chancellor emphatically declared that it was impossible to ask the people of the Ruhr and the Rhineland to abandon their sole weapon uncondi- tionally. And. he contended, even were the German government to at- tempt this _impossibility, would be achieved, because one impossibility there would soon arise an endless chain of other {m- possibilities by which French policy blocks the way to understanding.” “The Ruhr is only to be freed when the last pfennig is paid. We are to make impossible payments when the most vital instrument for the realiza- tion of such payments—namely, the Ruhr, remains severed from us.’ We are, despite these impossible pay- ments, to restore our credit, stabilize our currency and balance our budget while France knowingly and openly by her action in the Ruhr has done everything to offset Germany's entire economic and political organization. “Germany must collapse, but she be sup- | Capitol | the ! Much time was loxt in getting fi due to the almost i fire. The bridge, it was said, v and has not heen repaired. In seemingly endless procession, ,000 Washingtonians and visiting mourners walked through the rotunda of the Capitol, past the bier of Presi- | dent Harding. vesterday afternoon before the lines were cut off by the police, at 4:10 o'clock, leaving 10,000 to find that the wait of hours had been fruitiess. A study in contrasts was that crowd. Some in shirtsleeves, some in sum- jmer silks, some dressed in the height of style and others clad in frayed materials, white and colored, old and | young, men and women, boys and girls. ' | Two Loug Lines. From lst and B streets southwest, | up the south border of the Capitol grounds, past the public health serv- | fce bullding at New Jersey avenue and B street, on to the Congressional | Librar; ain a sweeping turn north to Ist and East Capitol strects, was | one line, two abreast. Starting at the foot of Capitol Hill, on the north side, up past the government hotels, the | Senate office building, and in a broad | turn south to 1st and East Capitol streets, where it converged with th south line, was another siring of peo- | must pay, and If she does not pay as | a result of her collapse she Is to be | accused of fresh failures and {s to be | exposed to new persecutions until | the work of destruction has been completed. | Reject British Proposal. : ‘The British draft reply suggests | that Germany should withdraw its orders and regulations regarding pas- | sive resistance, thereby giving the | occupation authoritles the possibility | of altering the occupation rexime and re-establishing the normal economic | life of the occupied regions. “This proposal also, which practi- cally sacrifices the German stand- oint to the French standpoint, has een rejected by the ruler and de- stroyer of Europe.” The chancellor asserted that France was receiving only one-fifth the coal and coke which she formerly received, and declared that France could not hope for better deliveries, as the workers and employers refused to work at the point of the bayonet for the benefit of the oppressor. He counseled his hearers to have nothing to do with civil war, and an- nounced that the government would suppress with the strongest hund any civil disorder or rioting. He pleaded for open discussion as a means of saving the nation, and said that he himself was ready to resign when it was felt the people had lost confi- dence in him. At the opening of the sitting Presi- dent Loebe paid tribute to the late President Harding, the members and the occupants of the public galleries standing during Herr Loebe's ad- dress. | form | 8tud; e apparatus to the burning building, this bridge, the only route to the Iy destroyed by storm last Apri} ple waiting for the chance to pay final homage to their late President. Police and marines, working smoothly co-operation, closed the lines. That started a flood of ap- peals, protestations. pleadings, threats and murm gs from the crowd out- slde the lines Pasx Quietly By. The line. now four abreast at 1st and East Capitol streets, approached the Capitol from the east. Slowly it moved up the steps. Into the rotunda it wound between the statues of Jef- ferson and Washington, the first Presidents of the nation, who looked upon the late one’s catafalque, be- tween lanes of flowers and wreaths, numbering almost 410, past the still of Warren Harding, and on through the south doors where Grant, the conqueror, and . Lincoln, the martyr, in statues, looked past the mourners to the « The stilluess o tomb impr itself on people. Only the scuffie of leather on marble as they passed could be heard While that crowd was get In. during the early afternoon approximately eighty-five fell out of line on account of the heat. Not all of these needed hospitai treatment Most were revived by first-aid mea ures. a wait - BELIEVES D. C. SAFE FROM DEVIL’S GRIP (Continued from First Page.) thorit! sulted cial o s, according to Dr. Fowler, re- in the appointment of ommi ke a thor of the committee, upon the complet: Investigation. will make its report to the Virginia Academy of Medicine The victims are first stricken with pains in the abdominal region, which spread to the chest and ribs and cen- ter in the ninth rib. As the diseas spreads through the system the pains increase in severity and opiates huve to be administered to the patient Although the disease has some of the symptoms of both Infantile par- alysis and influenza, the physicians do mot belleve it is associated with either. Save for a stuporous and weuk- ened condition the victims are mnot serlously affected umon recovery. There has been only one fatality since the outbreak of the plague in Virginia. Dr. Fowler is of the opinion that the disease may be caused by an in- fection of some kind resulting from un_ingect bitc. The majority of the victims of the plague in Virginia are persons under twenty years of age, particular small children. A few adults, ow- ever, have been stricken. 'This di- scase or one comparatively similar cropped out in Virginia in 1888, and wasg described at that time by a professor cf medicine at the Unive: sity of Virginla as the “devil's grip. {the jha | 11e j fix Soapstone Canoe Relic Unearthed | In Ancient Grave SANT gust Assaciated Pross BARBARA, — Investigators of the Smithsonian Institution of Wash- ington, led by J. P. Harrington, Lave uncarthed in anctent e on Burton's mound in this city, the prow of what was once a soapstone « find is said to b the history of American logical research. and indicates, the opinion of the itists, th gtone boats were used by the cient aboriginals of this distr STAKE ALL ON ONE BOLD THROW FOR RUHR PEACE, ! URGES ' AUTHOR| Callf., Au- an in canoe. unique in archeo- in irst_Page.) (Continued from Baldwin | pretty confident that Mr. | is pre- | will do nothing whatever; h | parcd to be reasonably polite with} the object of spinning out the con-| versation for the requisite two| months, but he has no intention making the slightest real concession Why should h own pre- | suppositions. Sees Two Mistakes. mistakes. that the | Y bis ad- appreciated | i | M. P first two namely. is makes ke, m widely Neverthele of it hr is fed i expense and | only by the exerc of the t‘ln(rflli authority of Berlin. If this authority whether by the collapse at | center or by the capitulation at| Ruhr_circumference, the organ- of food supplies will fall. uppose that 10,000,000 people D their hands, submit to France « , “We'll do whatev you :1'».&"".’ but feed us.” What will M. Poincare | do then? The value of the net surpius | f the Ruhr in full prosperty is not normous: at the present time it ix! certain, less than nothing. If France | were to have the Ruhr thrown on her | ds she would not know what to do with it. If Germany breaks down | it is then in fact that M. Poincare's difficulties will begir i nd mistake 1 il ter all. Mr. Baldwin's re gard for French susceptibilities, the torious divisions within the British cabinet, the Morning Post and Rother- Press, even the speeches of Lord | . d to persuade M. | t €at Britain 1 cling! at all costs and that | nothing at all to fear from long as he keeps his h caleulates that the final break- down in ¢ many will find the strong silent ma in Downing street still talking. car mista of collapse to out-| one im- | Frane pect ucdiate a is worth men- tioning, th the rest| of Germa is broke the and | ay not be a| | he to her Baldwin Fools Self. Who 2 M. I purpose say that he is win partly {s fooled but mat fools himse has no idea what ‘e he stops fooling. ndeed problems of extra- people would do the by £ M Ba cause he to do next w These ordinary Mr. Baldw same as are difficulty ost in s position does. Nevertheless, the problem would be vastly simplified if the British cabinet could make up its mind which of the three broadly alternative poli means to pursie If we are going to do notl! sooner we say so the better Mr. Chamberlain pointed house of commons, our prese cision merely prolongs the agor If we wish to defeat M. Po poliey of producing a breakdown Germany. no half measures could useful. We must break the ente encourage Germans 1 get busy up the new diplomatic combin tions. This is what M vd would probably do if he we power. 1 see no prospect of Mr win's cabinet adopting such a cour: in te to Proposes New Plan. The remalning alternative make one more attempt to not against France, but on France, by offering her something which she pre- fers to her present prospects. Per- haps this is impossible. Nothing but offer of extreme could have a chance. Let me outline what I would offer France, not because T like it but because if one is to play at all the great game of world politics one must fling big stakes on the table, Let us tear up all the correspondence to date and propose openly before the world, as follows: If France would agree (1) to evac- uate the Ruhr; (2) to fix the nominal German lability at fifty (3) to allow the rate at liability is to be discharked determined by u committee of the reparations commission, on which would sit an American representa- tive with a vote along with the Brit- ish, French. Italian and Belgian rep- | resentati Then Great Britain would agree (1) to cancel all intcrally debts; 2) to allow the claims of other allies an absc priority over her own on future receipts from Germany. to act. an holdness which to be Situation Desperate. Fuiling acceptance of this by France, Great Britain would proceed (1) to withdraw her troops from the Rhineland and leave France alone, with no aid or sympathy from Great Britain, to work out her present poliey to its bitter concluslon: (2) to preserve in thelr entirety British rights to that share of sums col- lected from Germany: (3) to require | the payment of France's debt to Great Brtain up to 100 per cent of France's receipts from Germany from time to time The situation is an almost desper- ate one, in which, as a result of the British foreign policy having lacked strength and wisdom for the past five years, M. Poincare holds nearly all the cards. Unless Mr. Baldwin is more of a man of action than he has shown himself so far, he has not a dog's chunce. (Copyright, 1923. Tubiished hy arrangement with the New Republic AUTO RACER ASKS DECREE. 10S ANGELES, Calif, August 9.— Bdd Heurne, automobile racing driver, flled suit in the Los Angele county superior court vesterday against Zola Hearne. charging de- sertion. Mrs. Hearnc is sald to be in Chicago aml Hearne is in Kansas City, Mo. t PAPERS IN NEW YORK: TO SUSPEND IN TRIBUTE Evening Editions to Be Given Up Tomorrow in Memory of Presi- dent and Publisher. ated Pross YORK, August 9.—FPub- of New York evening news- papers, at a meeting today, de cided to suspend publicatiol to- morrow as a tribute to their late President and fellow publisher who is to be laid to rest tomor- row afternoon at Marion, Ohio. The newspapers which will not appear are the Evening Post, Eve- ning World, Sun and Globe, Ive- ning Telegram, Mail, Journal, Brooklyn Baglo and the New Yorker Herold, By the Asso NEW lishel ifor fwe u tve {her to COURT OVERRULES APPEAL FOR KRUPP Plea of lllegality of Court- Martial Rejected by Paris Judge. the Associated Press. PARIS, August ssation )t Baron h 9 —The refected Krupp von B Krupp plant diectors of from the sentences ipon them by the tial at today r ny the contention of the that the ted in enemy territor Counsel Germa before the which is th €8t French eriminal court of ' i al court of appea that the Ruhr could not he construs as the ene itry and that co sequently a French court-martial competent 1o try civillans f d offenses there The defense argued th pation of ‘the Ruhr vided for in the treaty of which explicitly stated ti oceupation not be « act of hos tion being : treaty w high rney seque the ¥ that was'a quently perfectly KEPNER’S SECRET NOTE READ AT MURDER TRIAL throw | _ crowded courtroom s finished was so of the court | outed Miss udibie that the women ew of clerk the des was restor Mixs figur witness I hands and the black from har quie dresss. On her Erbd s at 4 fder ide Lri tof « Testin rney An mpted Attor The girl ption c months deseri ner nine began to take au Tells of Trysts. ping fro hour. 1 often stopped bridge, on t 16 rou had d kissed 1 fection for Asked if her fr d cver gone told how F t watch money totalir Ricketts t her the @ how bouquet on June 1% shot to dei prisoner v she was confined t toothachs had ited her engazer Miss Ricket n He ment i ing for a g said, he expected and asked me never promised ad bought me $500 but he never gave prove the truth of often spoke of him. noon taking n Men “Sometimes wife thought abou away from home at no questions were eve say on several « wife's family I s nugged him, e Eleanor, but he did not mer wife. Once he said: ‘1 a1 tired of the nagiing. Some are going to wake up and fir body gor i little to cach othe day of his funeral, w e into the At this p State’s Attorney rs again wrung from the witl new testimony when he persuade tell how Kepner had visite occasion n afte his wife's death and asked to see her left he He carcrully examined the jewelry on her { s and remarked *Is that all of vings vou b When the answered in affirmative Kepner drop tis wi waf her o the ped i said id " None ents from 8 Ricketts added Kepner had ever mentis death, Misy | etts affirmative. Shooting Believ “I said he usual hour t upon going in her lying on asleep. When he raised t he saw that she was dead me it was his opinion th been sitting on the bed pl: his pistol. It must have B said, because he didn’t think ske anything about a gun.” This, too, was brand new and created a stir. Man three judges— Chief Jud, the had day, 0 his wife's room fc the bed He ing Knew testimony times the Hammond i Urner and Associated Judges G Worthington and G terrupted the witness to ed questions. Her alxwers we but nervous until she bare the secret herself and K Kepner's death Tells of Buying Pistol. Immediately preceding Mis on the stand was Charles who reiterated how Kepner had come him seversl days before his wite s found shot to death and asked hin to explain the use of the pistol with which she was slain Benjamin Blehl, a clerk in the hardware store, corroborated the Les- timony that Kepner had been in the store, and told of seeing Mr. Seeger with the weapon. Mr. Seeger was a parently talking about the gun, he said. Osborne Price, a customer 1 about the game thing. He was store buying a paint brush time, he xaid John “T. White, the city lector, was used by the state fort to show that Kepner's condition was bad at_the time fife's death. Mr. White said Kepner had paid his 1921 taxes 1922, and that his 1922 taxes, whic were due last September 14, have n yet been paid. The witness sad, how- ever, that Kepner had asked for his bill this apring, promising to pay it immediately. The collector aid, in view of subsequent events, he had not delivered the bill. war Betw after Mr Rickett at tax co in an ef financis of b .