Evening Star Newspaper, January 14, 1927, Page 4

4 * THE EVENING ARMS FOR SACASA 'BORAH STATES HIS NICARAGUAN POLICY IN ADDRESS TO SENATEl BOUGHT |N AMERIEA;pleBiscite to De;ermine Wishes of Pcople: Records Bare Picturesque and Arbitrati Story of One Shipment Cited by President. [l e e | dress on the policy of States in Nicaragua 14, Recoras | “Mr. President, I v brought teithe opportunity is now pr discuss in the open what is known the Nicaraguan situation. This subject which has been hefore Senate in one way and another but there has never heen Borah's ad the.. United Spental Dispatch to The Star follows NEW YORK, January on file in New York Cit light vesterday the picturesque siory | of one of the shipments of s io]d8 Nicaragua cited by President toolidge | I8 # in his message 1o Congress last Mon- | the " since 181 “1".} the story appears a strong indi ' opportunity hevetofore afforded of cation that the shipment which is de- | discussing the matter in open sex- clared to have been the largest sing’'e | Sion. When the treaties were lere delivery 10 the Racasa party was consideration the Nenate, in made possible by American money declined to permit open dis- The evidence is ull to the effect hat | cussion. 1 am pleased that al the project was conceived and exe-!the matter may he discussed where ted in the United States and that!l think all these questions which in- Mexico and Mexicans had only an in- | volve a question of policy should be cidental part in ft. although it is said | discussed this expedition was the one referred | I wm also vatified that the to by the President ax having heen ! ministration has had the oppor commanded by a Mexican naval re-|of presenting in full the facts serve officer {orinciples upon which it hases Early last Spring Dr. T u..~|mvw It was entirely proper, ot Philadelphia. personal representa-}ii was certainly satisfactory to me tive in the United States of Dr. Juan| (o have the matter presented b B. Sacasa, Liberal opponent of Adolfo | those who are immediately responsi- Diaz, who has been recognized by the | ble prior to the discussion her United States as President of imy ragua, began making inquiries amons | “This is not a personal controversy arme dealers in the United States as|between the President and i 1o availability of rifies, machine guns, { between the amall field pieces and ammunition. 1e | myself. As [ view it. it involves pro- was told they were to be had in prac-jfoundly a guestion of national policy. tically any quantity. but that « in advance was the invariable vule Pays $100,000 for Arms. Dr. Vaca didn’t have the money. ie | what talked terms, but dealer after dealer— | principles there are only four houses big enough | icy we 10 handle such an order as he had inaffairs not only mind—told him he was wasting their | Central America. time and his own. ‘The inquiries cov-{ sred a period of some weeks, and Dr. Vaca came to be well known among the dealers in Philadelphia and New York. In June Dr. Vaca paid another visit to one of the New York dealers. He bre was all emiles—and money. He laid | POWer that sented 1o wisdom, d ity and its = and 1 { particular individual. but must neces circumstances and under in Nicaragua. but In passing. I want to say that I do not see at this time the application of the Monroe doctrine to the situation. There is at this time no hon-American no European power, seeking its | Lasil upon | part i eIt nor | stary of State and| It is not to be confined to the mere| {question of recognition of this or that| sarily take on the problem of under| what | and according to what pol- | hould proceed to deal with | Sees No Foreign Menace. | down on the dealer's desk approxi- mately $200,000 in bills, with a memo- randum of what he wanted. The prin- to acquire territory in Central Ameri- ca. There is no foreign power, non- American power, seeking in any way 1| to overthrow the government of Nica- cipal item was 5,000 rifies of the modi. ragua, G fied Enfleld, or 1917 United States i . ; 3 know that it is often claimed that Army model, chambered to take the i, ") .56 matters in Central America Springfleld cartridge. He pald $20{,., o peculiar concern to us. I do each for the rifles, a total of $100,000. {,,,; chajlenge that proposition at all. The rifies went to Philadelphia, |y gre of peculiar concern to us, where they were ‘‘conditioned” in ai, by reason of the Monroe doctrine, well known North Philadelphia fac- |pot B TRa8C0, 08 FOLERE Qe ot tory. ‘There they vwere turned over 10 {i}ge ‘countries to the United States. Nicaraguan agents after having been g, ynder the Monroe doctrine we boxed in small quantities and started |1 "N Tiont to interfere with the for the Mexican border. intendments of any Central American on of Mexican stputc Advocated. t to maintain a certain a rd’ those American i humble effc poliey justice and ¢ helpless. poweriess Centra countries.” Takes Up Sacasa Incident down to the present w Borah pointed out that . new contesting for | power was Vice President | under the last previous constitutional government and was “driven out of the country” when that government psed. The ldaho s Ator got into a ussion with Senator Bingham lean. Connecticut. over the proper Granslation of a passage in the Nicarug constitution provid ing for selec of a new President when both President and Viee Presi dent had ceased to funciion. Finally I Mr. Borah ended the dispute by say- ing situ | col | “Let me go ¢n in my humble and irvegular way. 1 do not care whether it is ‘absence.’ ‘falto.’ ‘default’ or ‘de- | faulto.” What 1 mean to say is th: t only covered the temporary con tions, whatever those conditions were, If the President was temporarily in default, or temporarily absent. the designado could act. If the Vice Presi- dent was temporarily absent or tem- porarily in default the designado could act. He could not act at any other time. “I say there that asa is no possible doubt k was elected Viee Pr dent by an overwhelming major that recognized him when vecognized the government of which e was a part. If he was out of the country he was out of the country by force. And now we are under- taking to seat a man who was a part of the conspiracy which drove him out of the country Cites Letter of American. “l have a letter from an American business man who has been in Nica- ragua since 1910, has a large busi- ness there, and was in the United States untli a day or two since, when he returned to Nicaragua. He said: *“‘In_October, 1925, Gen. Emiliano Chamorro™conspired with Adolfo Diaz and several others to capture the Fort Tiscapa. This fort overlooked AR. | mittee, defended the course of the administration as follows: “The Senator from ldaho and many others say the Monroe doctrine nothing to do with this case. course, it has not directly, and ¥ séems to me that everyone must realize and appreciate that it has a very important indirect application. If we do not protect the lives and property rights of Kuropean coun- tries in Nicaragua and other Central American States, we must permit those countries to do o for themselves. We deny to European countries the right to_enforce protection of prop- erty and personal rights by force. The United States will not tolerate | the landing of troops by European | nations in Nicaragua or elsewhere [ in an attempt to enforce their rights. | Taking that position, it necessarily | follows that it we -will not permit | them to enforce their rights we must ourselves assume a duty in that re- gard o the Monroe doctrine does apply in that sense—that if we are to take the position that we have no interest in Central American affairs, that they are no concern of ours, that they may have revolution after revolution, { that they may violate all thelr in- ternational obligations and fail to protect the rights of nations of other countries—if we take that position. we must say that Great Britain and Italy and Belgium, three countries now directly concerned. have the right to land their forces in Nicara- gua and protect their nationals for themselves. “It seems to me the Senator from Idaho must be driven to the posi- tion that we should sit silently by, allowing Great Brituin and these other countries to land their forces in Central Ame in the enforce- ment of their rights, or else that we must assume the duty of that protection. And, if it be granted that we do owe that protection under the Monroe doctrine, is there any Sena- tor who would say that we owe a greater protection to the nationals of Great Britain, of Italy, and of Belzium than we owe to the na- tionals of the United States? Shall we sacrifice American lives to pro- tect Britons and ltalians and Bel- gians, but not protect the lives and the property of citizens of the United State: CONGRESS DEBATES “RED” INFLUENCE IN CENTRAL AMERICA (Continued from First Page) Catholic papers had been tipped off to go after Heflin.”" “They are against me hecause 1 de- clared against Al Smith for Presi- dent,” he said. “I mention this to the city of Managua.’ “I have not any doubt, Mr. Presi- dent, that at the present time the peo- ple of Nicaragua are opposed to Chamorro, and, Diaz. The best evi- dence of .it is that when Chamorro was a' candidate against Solorzano Shipped as Machinery. country or the integrity of any gov- ernment in Central America. Part of them went to El Paso. “I understand perfectly, of course, rest went to Ban Diego, Calif. In piano [ not-only the right, but the duty: of boxes and in crates that bore theithe United States as any .other flfih of agricultural machinery that | power to protect the rights of its citi- had formerly been packed therein, the | zens or their property, at.whatever El Paso shipments were started by |place they may find themselves. or| ., rail for Puerto, Mexico. - The San|their property may be located. It is Diego shipments moon were lost, for |only when that doctrine is used for they were:capturiid by troops under|{the purpose of establishing a ‘policy. Gen. Estrada soon after they had been | which reaches far beyond the mere smuggled across the border. ‘While the rifles were being ‘“‘con- ditioned” in hia other equip- ment was being bought. This con- sisted of eight machine guns and two 37-mm. field pieces, commanly known as one-pounders. Although the money for these was paid over in New York, this artillery was got in Philadelphia. ‘With the rifies, machine guns and fleld pieces went several hundred thousand rounds of ammunition. All was paid for on the dot with the money that came into the possession of Dr. Vaca after the lean weeks dur- ing which he had been seeking to make the purchases on credit. Trawler Is Purchased. ‘When this had been done Ten Eyck Beardsley, an attorney, representing Dr. Vaca, formed the Amernic Cor- poration. This company bought from McAllister Bros. 1 trawler Foam, which had beén used'some time be- fore by a group of New York capi- talists and sportsmen in the unsuc- ceasful search for the treasure of the sunken steamship Merida off Cape Charles, Va. The Foam was provisioned, an American c¢réw was-signed on during protection of the rights or the prop- erty, and which interferes with the sovereignty of a people, which results in carrying on war against the people,| that T find myself in discord with some of those who are responsible for construing these polic < . Reviews Nicaraguan Events. The Senator took up a chronologi- cal discussion of Nicaraguan events, beginning with the dictatorship of Ze- laya in 1909 and the revolution of that ar, which ended with the election of President Estrada and Vice Presi- dent Diaz. The American Minister there at the time, Thomas C. Moffitt, advised the State Department that the Estrada government was friendly to American interests. “I ask those who may be interested in this history,” contimued Mr. Borah, “to go into the details as they are now to be had, and they will arrive at the conclusion that Mr. Moffitt alded and abetted the revolution of 1909; that he advised our Government in ad- vance of it; that he had helped to se- lect the men Who were to be at the head of it, and that he was from the beginning to the end a part of the movement. This -Government in- dorsed them to overthrow their gov- the day and night of July 28, and the ernment trawler cleared ht for San Diego, Calif., July 30. g:d ¢ o Off the Carolinas the Foam develop- od wireless and chonometer trouble, by the design, it was said, of persons aboard, and she put in at Morehead City, N. C. Here further provisions were taken aboard and a passenger, a man of apparent Latin-American origin, shipped for Puerto, Mexico. Soon after the El Paso shipment of | arms had been transferred by railroad 1o Puerto, Mexico, the Foam there ar- rived August 12. ' The crew was ordered to make ready the hold for eargo, and during the night of the 12th, 25 soldiers went aboard and be- #an loading cases of rifies, catridges and four machine guns and one field plece. Becomes War Vessel. A one-pounder was set up on deck. The Foam, used by the British navy as 2 mine trawler during the World War, again had become a vessel of | war, The American seamen say they tried t0 leave the ship when they saw the munitions coming aboard, but were compelled to remain by the military. The next port of call was Progreso, Mexico, where more food was shipped. Laaving this port the American flag was lowered and the Nicaraguan colors were holsted. The soldiers swore allegiance to the Nicaraguan A handful of soldiers debarked at rinzapolca, the first port reached on the eastern coast of Nicaragua and captured the place. Sunday, August 22, the expedition captured Rio Grande, not far to the South and left a mmall garrison force with a small supply of arms. ‘Two officers went aboard at Ria Grande, joining an officer the sailors understood was a Mexican The Foam proceeded to Bragman's RIuff, where Jarge mahogany conces- sions are held. The one-pounder was brought into action and after a briet hut epirited engagement the point was [ The Foam returned to Rio Grande for supplies and then attacked San Juan del Norte, where again the jarge gun was used and the place cap- ured. Troops Start Overland. The troops, by this time numbering around 100, then started overland to Bluefields and September 7 the Foam sailed to attack from the sea. a small xroup of soldiers remaining with her. Near Blueflelds the Foam went on a veef. The soldiers and the remain- ing munitions were taken off by em;, vloyes of an American fruit company #nd landed, but the American crew left aboard, without food. They od there until September 22, get- ting only coconuts, rice and beans from shore, but not daring to land. They finally were taken off by the I'nited States cruiser Galveston and returned to the United States. Apanly the original plan was for the Foam, after landing the muni- tionm, to proceed through the canal to J.ower Calitornia, for early in August 1116 guns sent to San Diego were neized Gen. Estrada’s troops in Lower “‘alifornia, - where they were being irueked from San Diego. e it. “We landed the Marines in Nica- ragua and began that practice of de- claring neutral zones, and declared the neutral zones where they would interfere with the forces with which we were not friendly. “The first business transaction upon the part of these people was to a.:;ly for a loan. I trust that the Senate will also note the appearance for the first time of Diaz in the his- tory of Nicaragua. Diaz at that time was clerk of an American corpora- tion at $1 a year. He contributed some $1,000 to the revolution of Estrada. Minister Asked for Warship. “Estrada soon got into trouble, however, and resigned, whereupon Diaz became President. The Ameri- can Minister represented that the loan negotiations were in danger, because the people opposed the plan. The Min- ister asked for a warship. “That loan was obnoxious, as our own representative stated, to 80 per cent of the people of Nicaragua. I do not care whether it was beneficial or detrimental; the only people who couid determine that fact were the people of Nicaragua themselves. It this means that we are to establish a protectorate over the Ceentral American countries and force upon them loans which they do not desire for economic policies which they think unwise, then let us have it out in the open, and, before we adopt the policy, let the American Congress speak in regard to it. “We made the loan treaty, and we made the canal treaty with ourselves. Diaz would not have remained in Managua over night—he owed his po- litical life, if not his physical life, to the presence of the force supplied by the United States—and while that force was there we made a loan which he approved, and we made a canal treaty. That transaction is as pro- nounced and unconscionable an act of imperialism as ever disgraced any na- tion with whom we have in the past been willing to exchange criticisms. Wants People’s Judgment. “Mr, President, until we take the judgment of the Nicaraguan people, and get their judgment upon what has happened, and their approval, we will never be able to come out of Nicara- gua with our Marine forces. We en- camped upon the White House grounds of Nicaragua for 13 years. We will camp there for a hundred years unle we go back and secure the judgment of the Nicaraguan peo- ple upon these transactions. “After the canal treaty was ratifled, Costa Rica and Honduras, claiming that the treaty was in contravention of their rights and in violation of a treaty which they had with Nicaragua, took the matter before the Central American Court. The Central Ameri- can Court had been set up under the auspices of this Government. And that court, 4 to 1, decided against the validity of the treaty. We ignored the decision, and the Central American Court tumbled into oblivion. “S8o my views upon this matter are of long standing, not in opposition to this President or that President or this administration or {that. Mine is g he was defeated nearly 2 to 1. The opposition s equally strong appar- ently at the present time, “Now if we are going to intervene in Nicaragua, it does seem to me that we ought to make an.effort to prop up and sustain the expressed will and purposes and wishes of the people of ragua. “The act that Sacasa was out of the. country at that particular time, just across the line in Guatemala, driven . out by force, ought not to change the great national policy. It has been said that it was not the duty of ‘this Government to take an army and carry Sacasa back to Nicaragua. I am not so sure about that. But there: can' be no doubt, it seems to me, that we ought not- to have recog- nized. and. . not now to recog: nide those“who drove him out of Nicaragua. ‘ Fayors Vole in, Nicaragua. “Jt has been said, Mr. President, and properly said, that we are in, and what should we do about it? I have already expressed myself in regard to the recognition of Sacasa, that if it be thought unwise to do that or if other - personal reasons interposed which would make it difficult to do that, then it does seem to me that we are under the highest obligation to call upon Diaz and those who are there by virtue of our recognition, to give the people of Nicaragua an op- portunity of popular choice to select their ruler. It seems to me that t ‘s up to us as a Government to again call for an election and to conduct it as we did practically in 1925 and give the people of Nicaragua an op- portunity to pass upon the question of who ehall be their ruler. “Never in the world can we have peace in Central America if we force upon the people of Nicaragua or the people of other South American coun- tries those who are not supported by the popular rule. The people of a na- tion are imbued with a national and independent spirit. You cannot shoot it out of them; vou cannot orush it out of them. It is there. It may be submerged today by force, but in years to come it will return, and we of all people in the world ought not to undertake to impose upon the peo- ple of another nation a government which they do not want. “I would also add to that, M. Presi- dent, that, while we seem to think that the Mexican shadow envelopes the situation, I will propose to the Mexican people that the controversy in reference to land there should be submitted to arbitration. “Inaugurate a campaign of peace; abolish the idea of force; try friendly relations; seek to establish amity; seek to get in touch with the masses, with the people themselves, and we can es- tablish a policy in Central America which will protect our interests and respect our rights and which will do that which we ‘are entitled to do— receive special consideration from thexe people.” Lenroot Defends U. S. Policy. After Mr. Borah's speech, Senator Lenroot of onsin, Republican member of the foreign relations com- rml"wuuu B 1 I i fl»t n i l D | M‘H!i* Mi’ . ”a‘flh‘« 810,000 T Ll '1 RIRES ) |th.'shunil{uhithmmimniiu M I ’> ot show what it costs a man to oppose the program of the people who have made Al Smith governor, and want to plunge us into war with Mexico.” Senator La Follette attacked the memorandum charging that Mexico was the center of a. bolshevist move- ment against the United States pre- sented to the Senate foreign rela- tions committee by Secretary Kel logg. . Charges Propaganda to Kellogg. He characterized the memorandum ut out by the Secretary as the “fiimsiest sort of propaganda.” He said that if it had come from any source other than the Secretary of Stat it would have gone into the waste basket instead of into the col- umns of the metropolitan press. Sena- tor La Follette stated that the memo- randum proved nothing against the government of Mexico. Many of the newspapers of country, he sald, published memorandum, with a story accom- panying it indicating that Mexico was taking the lead in a Bolshevist move- ment in that country. Some of the newspapers had been led to com- ment editorially upon it. He quoted in this connection from an editorial in The Washington Star. “I do not know how many Senators have read the documents presented by Secretary Kellogg,” continued Sen- ator La Follette, “but I do not believe that any member who did read it would consider that such an inference was justifiable or that it presents evi- dence of a bolshevist government in Mexico.” Held Mere Warning. Senator Edge of New Jersey, a member of the foreign relations com /mittee, called attention to the fact that Secretary Kellogg in presenting the memorandum to the committee said that it came from various reports to the State Department. Sen- ator Edge sald that it was merely in- ded as a warning of possibilities. “I recall that names were given of men sent to Mexico to spread Com- munistic doctrines,” said' Senator the the ge. Benator La Follette replied that his criticlsm was directed mostly to the fact that Secretary Kellogg's appear- ance before the foreign relations com- mittee to discuss the Nicaraguan sit- uation had been widely advertised and that the newspapers were all anxious to obtain the facts about the Nic- araguan situation, and yet the only part of the evidence given by the Secretary which was made public was this memorandum on bolshevist ac- I I I il fuotsied Ay | i i a’ OMM | A | I TANBANK gl T i‘!{!!;‘;h mmln};\}a\\mmmu;!”l”d;w e WASHINGTON, 5, tivities America. You could not FRIDAY., JA in Mexico and convict the gov- ernment of Mexico of bolshevist tend- | encies from this memorandum,” tinued Senator La Follette. Senator La Follette quoted from the now famous, dispatch in the St. Louls Post-Dispatch in which the charge was made that Assistant Secretary Robert I. Olds of the State Depart ment had called in the representatives of the press associations here and had asked them to publish a report of Bolshevist actlvities in Central Amer. ica and Mexico, without placing the responsibility for the story on the State Department. “I hope that the foreign relations committee will investigate the charges made in this dispateh of the St. Louls Post-Dispatch,” said Senator La Kol lette. Mr. Eaton in his speech told the House that the “real danger” in Mex- ico is bolshevism and ‘that America “cannot and will not stand idly by." _ Referring to a previous statement in the House by Mr. Huddleston, Faton said he wanted to protest against “the attempt now helng made by certain politicians, in and out of the ouse, to create a partisan issue out of the present situation.” The country has a right, he said, to ask both parties these questions “Are vou with Russia in Mesico, with America in Mexico?" “Are you for the President Mexico, or for the President of the United States?” Reviews Past Relations, Eaton reviewed the history of the Washington Government's rvelations with Central America, said they had not brought war ir the past, would not “mean war now” and added that “no sane American wants war with Mexico—least of all our President.” “But if the Mexican government and people surrender themselves to the control of European revolution- ists whose avowed purpose is to em- broil the whole New World, Latin and axon alike, in strife and ruin, con- or Central | of | NUARY 14, 1927 action in While fean there. landing ¥ the United States cannot and will . it was withowt not stand idly by.” he continue lere is the new Imsue of which Mexico is but the symb hall the wo civilizations, American and Latin, continue o Work out their destinies v alde in this New World in peace and amity, or shall we perm# ourselves to become a voleano of un rest, hate and strife In accord with Russian ideals and methods?"” ment officils plainly showed they anticipated casa in the nes nference: Conmervativ following helwees w14 n Pence Proposals Made. e Peace appeals and other moves look- Ing townrd re-establishment of tran quil conditions In Nicarugun and more cordial relations between the United States and Mexico developed both I and abroad and have se #t least to temper the tense g phere surrounding the Central Amer- an situation by supplanting talk of ible war. hat the U'nited States inaugurate | & campalgn of peace and “abolish the idea of force” in dealing with the Cen- can nations was urged in 88 in the Senate yesterday iairman Borah of the forelgn re- lations gommittee. Dispatches from Costa Rica say that Liberal and Conservative resi. | dents there have set up a committea to aid President Jiminez of that coun- try in working for peace in Nicaragua, where the American recognized Presi- dent, Adolfo Diaz, is opposed in war- fare by Juan B. Sacasa, Liberal, with Mexican recognition They are expected to ask the con- | tending factions whether they would agree to peace negotlations and acoept Ramirez Calderon, former [the United States, as a c | candidate for President | President Jiminez already has of- fered his services to mediate the Nicaraguan dispute, which, he says, have been accepted by sa. The American State Department an- nounced yesterday that it approved of the Costa Rican move and hoped it would be successful Another angle on the situation was given in unconfirmed réperts circu- jated in Managua that Sacasa was ving Puerto (‘abezas, his seat, be- lieving it hopele: to continue his op- i position to Di: n view of the Amer-| portunity preseuts 1tself al wllence, Bengt the Nicaraguan controversy. questioned the propriety of the ternal foan and intervoeanic the United States, law step, | ernment. controversy'’ a question of national policy.” uation, to interfere ereignty. indirect application because ol forcas by word in this connection, State Lepesi Tk sch & move by Se future, with pesis i - Indications today were rhat debwis ongress Would not Verminate wilk Henator Moreh's sddress, even Yurigh House forelgn wflalrs commiiies indefinitely puspended sessions wfter refusing to call Becretary ke logk. Beveral merbers have prepired speechen 1o deliver whenever s op In w drusnatio speech, dolivered with o membership sitting in unisus Borsh attacked the administration’s policy in dealing with He da clared the conservative goverument of ,Diaz had been illegally installed, in canal treaties negotiated with Nicarague by and proposed & special election to allow that country’s people to choose their own President. He also urged submission to arbi- tration of the controversy with Mex- ico over its new petroleum and land President Calles recently told a delegation of Americans at Mexico City that he might approve of such a but no suggestion has been made by him to the Washington Gov- Senator Lenroot, Republican, Wis- consin, a member of the foreign rela- tions committee, disputed this conten- tion, declaring tRe doctrine had an if the | nitan Siates @14 not land armed fiwca 44 roiast the lves and props ity of i Amarioan and other foreign | sstfsoms, ethar pations would tag I wshivn e protect their muon.u: TRAMSFERS ARE SOUGHT. Capitsl mid TAbrary Employes Ask Intercompany Change. Kanpiayse of the Capitol, Library of Cangress, fenate and Office Build. 1ngs w14 ipher Government offices ressbaf by way of the Brookland line of the Weshington Rafiway and Fle. trie Co yesterday petitioned the Pui, ies Cornmisson for 1.cent tercompany transfer privileges North Capitol street and Massach selle o venye, near Union Station A petition. wigned by 38 emploves pointsd out that infrequent service on the Wa tric line r -’ur::n“ ; mlndirnppod them in reach nelr plae e Bl piaces of employment on An alternative plan suggested wis that service over this cross lina b. improved Letween the hours of 3 and 9 am. It is expected the commission wiil :]old @ public hearing on the propos 8. 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