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'FRAMEWORK TO FiX 'REPARATIONS RISES Young Steers Delegates of Seven Nations From Dan- gerous Topics. BY LELAND STOWE. By Radio to The Star and New York Herald “Tribune. PARIS, March 11.—For a full month now the best business and financial brains of seven nations have been at grips with the problem of revising the Dawes plan and fixing Germany reparations for the future. We have seen gradually arise a practical frame- work for a new and non-political system of payments which today only requires the insertion of the commonly accepted figures for Germany's future annuities to make it a living and un- precedented international financial structure The revised plan is virtually ready. The spirit of mutual concessions and , if it can triumph during ions immediately at hand, will insure & final drafting of a re- vised plan for presentation to the gov- ernments concerned. The American reader may, therefore, be justified in asking what America's unofficial but highly qualified delegates have con- tribufed to this evolution of the new reparations regime. Somehow and surely in part due to the inherent modesty of the United States chief delegate, who is also chairman of the second Dawes committee, little has crept into the news columns of the American dele- gates’ activities during these extremely important opening weeks of reparations negotiations. i Sessions Are Secret. All the sessions have been secret and none but official members of the dele- gations have seen the second Dawes committee in action. As a result news of these mectings has been largely bereft of personalities, and each gov- | ernment’s spokesman has been restrict- cd to the most concise statements of fact. Nevertheless it would be a grave fallacy to suppose that personalities t have not played a large part in all the delicate, complicated discussions to date. Nothing has contributed more toward keeping the experts in harmonv and at work over the past four weeks than the extraordinary characteristics ,of the men here assembled. And it {may be stated that no personality has "exercised a more powerful influence for continued co-operation and confidence than Owen Young. Elected against his own preference to the most difficult , role of chairman, Young's tact, patience | and striking open-mindedness have been the dominating factors from the days the experts first sat down at the i Jong table in the salon of the George V Hotel. . Young Steers Proceedings. 1t was Young principally who deftly steered the early sessions away from the dynamite-filled %uestion of how i much Germany should pay. It was Young who conjured up one side of an issue and then another and then stimu- lated his associates to conjure up more until the experts’ table was almost lit- tered with suggestions, some of which could not fail to appeal to the various nations represented. . These “counters,” as Young himself has called them, have been the keynote of the experts’ success to date. There are counters for Germany—things which Germany wants, such. as transfer of protection and opportunity to gradually reduce this protection. There are counters for the French, such as the ! provision for continued deliveries in kind. Thanks to Young's rare knowl- edge of human nature, there are “counters” for everybody—something to bargain with and exchange. In addition to this he has refused steadfastly to at- tempt to exercise a_directive authority over the delegates. In every session his methods have invariably been to seek the advice of all his colleagues, to leave the path open for them to choose, or perhaps to drop a mere suggestion which almost inevitably has been followed. No one as yet knows how much he has ac- complished by his quiet side talks with ‘Schacht, Moreau, Francqui and others, but if the truth were known, that, too, 'would represent a vast contribution to the experts’ progress. Morgan Sits Near Young. At Young's left hand during the plenary sessions is seated the United States second delegate, J. P. Morgan. All the world knows the king of Wall Street's gift for saying little and saying much, and Morgan has been first of all { himself throughout the negotiations. Te speaks seldom. When he does speak it is with the voice of a great banking | executive—makes brief, straightforward statement of his position. His opinions are direct; every one knows where he stands and why. Beyond that every one present knows that his opinion reflects with rare accuracy those of America’s greatest financiers. Hence Mr. Morgan fulfills a function which no other Ameri- can could accomplish quite as well. Next to Morgan sit Thomas W. Lamont and Thomas W. Perkins. Lamont, whose discretion is so ingrained he even neglected to inform the American correspondents that he himself was in- cluded in Revelstoke's subcommittee of big bankers, has contributed another highly important characteristic of the House of Morgan. For it is Lamont | Who is thoroughly versed in financial and banking details, All the bypaths of commercialization and mobilization are familiar ground to him, and in yecognizing the far-reaching work of Revelstoke’s group in assembling the framework for the plan full account must be taken of Lamont’s work in helping to unsnarl the knots of inter- | naticnal finance. Perkins Extremely Modest. Like Mr. Young, Mr. Perkins is ex- tremely modest. Like Mr. Young, too, | he has the rare gift for mediatorship and co-operation. For two years as president of the arbitral tribunal ‘of interpretation, which was set up to ad- judge the disputes that might arise between Germany the allies over the Dawes plan execution, Perkins so ably neutralized all the opposing opinions in every controversy that never once he forced to resort to the chairman' rightful prercgative and cast the de- ciding vote. In that. in fact, you have the kevnote of Perkins' personality. In ddition, he has thorough first-hand knowledge of the reparations commis- sion’s machinery and such problems deliveries in kind. It was due to this that Mr. Perkins was chosen head of the second subcommittee on deliveries id and his name will be heard more frequently as the negotiations advance. ery member of the American n occupies an important niche . Pirelli, K to whom grez but this must be post- ther time. (Copyright, 1929.) - — o Many Apartments for France. * the benefit of the new “Lou- nce, the prefect of the s construction gram of 80.0 cheap dwelling houses, artments of menial rental val 1h> next five years. Of thes ther> will be erected in Paris 18.000 cheap habi- 1ations and 20000 of m-~diu rental value, and for the city’s suburbs, 18.000 cheap habitations and 5,000 of m>d,um rental value. T < expected i i 10 cost approximately $4,100,000. | four wives but the Hadhrami is usually The New Orleans-Cincinnati limited of the L. & N. railroad was wrecked near Franklin, Tenn., when a driving rod on the second engine of the train broke and derailed eight coaches. None was seriously injured. MIDCLASS ARABS HAVE 00D TRATS The Hadramaut Picturesque Land of Contrasts, With No Harems. “Secreting a few coffee berries in his | turban before paying a call is a delicate | little attention on the part of a guest in the Hadramaut, a country in South- | ern Arabia,” says a bulletin from the | Washington headquarters of the Na- | tional Geographic Society. “The polite | guest in the Hadramaut always carrie his own coffee berries with him because | it is too much to expect a host to supply coffee as well as conversation,” | the bulletin continues. “Every one familiar with the map of | Arabia knows that the Hadramaut’s southern border lies on the Gulf of Aden and the Arabian Sea but nobody | knows just where its northern, eastern | and western borders are. True, the great Arabian desert lies to the north but the exact line where the Hadramaut leaves off and the desert proper begins has never been defined. Likewise, Oman lies on the east but no custems officer could ever tell when a traveler had one foot in Oman and the other in Hadramaut. No proper boundary line divides the Hadramhut from Aden and the upper Aulaqui territory on the west, but this fact does not disturb the Had- hrami. It is only hard on map makers. Land of Contrasts. “Geologically and socially speaking, the Hadramaut is a land of contrasts. For 10 miles in from the coast lies a strip of bleak, sandy plain. Following this comes a strip of high, arid plateau. North of the plateau lies a zone of high mountains and deep wadies or rivers, which make it an agricultural paradise. Farther north lies the great desert. Even the Bedouins of the Hadramaut contrast with the Bedouins of the rest of Arabia. They live in mud huts or caves and are but mediocre horsemen. “In contrast with other Arabians, the Hadhrami are ‘skyscraper builders.’ In the towns, their houses average four and even five stories in height. The upper stories are painted gleaming white and against the intense blue of the Arabian sky form a striking but rather hard-on-the-eyes picture. Also in contrast with some other parts of Arabia, the houses are clean and well ventilated. The windows are not glazed | but shuttered and on cold days little braziers of wood give the only artificial warmth. Picturesque features of the | houses are the huge entrance dcors, decorated with painted arabesques and | iron nails and heavy knockers of polish- ed brass. Taking a bath in such houses is apt to be an impromptu affair, al- though a bathroom may be found on each floor. The would-be bather must stand in the corner of a room where there are drains to carry off the waste water, and douse himself from a vessel suspended above him. One Wife for Hadhrami. “The Koran allows the taking of satisfied with one. When a husband divorces his wife he risks his reputation unless the divorce takes place for a very good cause. Women in the Hadramaut veil their faces but they are compara- tively free. There are no harems. The wife not only shares one quarter of the house with her husband but she re- serves another quarter solely for the entertainment of her woman friends! “Cooking and housework are usually done by the wife or her daughters, as only. the extremely rich have slaves. Dinner guests in the Hadramaut sit on | the floor around a large mat or flat table, whereon is spread the dinner. A flickering light is provided by hang- ing lamps of petroleum or sesame oil. A modern dietitian would delight in the menu: Salads, green vegetables, roast sheep or chicken, eggs, dried dates and bread of maize or wheat flour. The health of the average Hadhrami depends not alone on his menu, for he abstains from opium, pork | and alcohol.” U. S. Motor Cycles as Taxis. Motor cycles from the United States have caused a reduction in_taxi in Prague, Czechoslovakia. When pas- sengers complained about the taxi rates, which are mong the highest in Europe, |an imported of American motor cycss |'put_into service 20 machines equipped | with | cabs at lower re two-passenger sidecars as taxi s. The idea took, and now 80 motor cycle taxis are operating. | Alarmed, local motor cycle manufactur- iers prevailed upon city authorities to | bar any more foreign motor cycles from | operating, which has stopped the in- | crease of cars from this country. | Man Cycles 15,000 Miles. ! Completing a 15.000-mile bicy | A de A. Lima re bon, Po; 1 Portugu on er He then trav- through the then by Jugoslavia rance_and Spain to Although his route lay mps, bush country and nd mountains his ma- ve any trouble, he says end Tur cled by of Croece, wilds of Albonia, Italy, Belgium. Fortugal. through #eross de chine never Metal-Coated Cement Shown. Cement cbicets that had been sprayed vith metal were recently shown in Ger- ruany. The proeess was developed by a scientist wh elaims that it renders the | study of her husband’s, the book-lined | no one. 'aterial weterproof. Molten tin, zinc | er lead was sprayed over cement and | coneret tanks and pioe, and is <aid © been succsssful a'sa in cov- ering all other forms of artificial sione. Seeing London Ideal Home Exhibition Her- alds Spring in London. Geo. Moore Writing Book. BY JOAN LITTLEFIELD. Staff_Correspondent of The Siar and the North American Newspaper Alliance. LONDON, March 11.—Spring in Lon- don would not be complete without the famous “ideal home exhibition,” which lightens the hearts of women and the | pockets of men every March. This, vear is the twenty-first in which the exhibition has been held, and it prom- ises to be more popular than ever. One of its chief features is a series of | “ideal” rooms designed in accordance | with the views of certain famous people. | These provide interesting clues to the characters of their creators. Lady Oxford's room is inspired by a | room where a prime minister took ref- | uge from the world’s discords, read and | meditated “in quiet.’ Sir William Orpen has, of course, de- | signed a studio. It is without the ac- cepted trappings, however, and has been reduced to the simplest terms—much light, little furniture and a rubber floor for complete quiet. Edmund Dulac’s room is silver and ashen gray, while that of Sir William Arbuthnot Lane is so shaped that there are no corners to mar its smoothness. Other features of the exhibition in- clude “bedrooms through the ages,” howing the development of bedroom furnishings from the days of prehistoric cavewomen to modern times; “the vil- lage of welcome in,” where seven full- sized houses and a week end cottage tempt would-be purchasers, and, of course, the wonderful gardens of the Sunny Hours which include a tea in- closure, which is a panorama of the Vale of Dedham, old millwheel and all, made famous by the paintings of Con- stable. George Moore’s Last Book. George Moore, the famous novelist, who recently passed his seventy-seventh birthday in “meditating and remem- ' is now rewriting what he says be his last book, “Aphrodite in Aulis.” He begain it last year and it was almost finished when he discovered he had “missed the architecture.” So he burnt it and started again and now he hopes to finish it in three months, after which he intends to live in France. The book concerns & young Athe- nian who lived in the days of Pericles, and the only portrait in it drawn from personal knowledge is that of a wolf. Mr. Moore once owned a wolf, which he says was more devoted than any dog or cat. One day, when the wolf was about half grown he was taken to the 200. ‘* ‘He did not like the keeper,” said Mr. Moore, with a chuckle, “but when I went to the zoo to see him his joy was overwhelming. The keeper told me not to go in to him, but I did and the wolf threw me down. People shouted—but he only wanted to lick me.” Mr. Moore is a delightful person to talk with, with his slow speech and puckish wit. For, ever voung, he loves to spring conversation surprises. And what delights him more than anything is to shock his hearers—mildly. He is himself shocked, however, by the man- ners, or lack of them, of modern youth. ‘The other day, when he heard a son address his father as “Tom,” his wrath knew no bounds. He looks back long- ingly to the far-off days when young people used to call their fathers “sir” and he deplores the fact that this little word of respect is now almost defunct, “Save the Countryside!” An exhibition intended to draw at- tention to the plight of rural England, which is gradually tending to become a night mare of gaudy petrol stations, shrieking advertisements and hideous houscs, has been opened in London. It is called the “Save the Countryside Exhibition,” and is a panoramic sur- vey of rural Britain at its worst and at_its best. Every picture tells a story and every story points a moral. The display be- gins with Kipling’s poem, “Our Eng- land Is a Garden,” and a study of lit- ter which produces a shudder. Then there is *“Leafy” Warwickshire suffer- ing from a very bad attatck of petrol, bicycle, cigarette. and tea signs; the line of the Soush Downs being over- come by “bungalitis” and borderings disfiguring an old Sussex_ highway. ‘The organizers have shown fear of They castigate with equal frenzy the small shopkeeper who plasters his store with enamel signs, the rich company that distorts the country with boardings and the cor- poration that builds ugly houses on beautiful sites. ‘The exhibition is a veritable chamber of horrors and it is a relief and pleasure to turn to the photographs of beauty spots preserved for the nation, pictures that will delight the hearts of all lovers of natural and historic beauty. Cubist Rugs on Display. F. McKnight Kauffer and his wife have been giving an exhibition in Lon- don of their cubist rugs. These, like first editions, are strictly limited in number, there being only 10 copies of each design. Mr. and Mrs. McKnight Kauffer, who are Americans, have a flat in the Adelphi, which is decorated in an en- tirely Cubist manner, with low, rec- tangular furniture and sharp angled screens for the electric lights. Mr. Kauffer, whose greatest success has been as a poster artist, is tall, with aquamarine eyes and beige hair. He was once employed as a scene designer in American theaters. He came to England on a visit and fell so deeply in love with is that he established him- self as soon as possible in London. The Cubist rugs, which are intended for roems with plain walls and the low furniture now so fashionable, have been a tremendous success. Stock-Taking at Zoo. ‘The annual stock-taking at the Lon- don Zoo has been completed and its “contents” have been valued at ap- proximately $175,000. The most valu- able asset is the Indian “rhino,” worth about $5,000. Next on the list come “Bobby” and “Joan,” a pair of breed- ing hippos, together valued at about $9,000. The Marsupial wolf from Tasmania is considered cheap at $500, though probably not many people would wish to own him at any price. The king penguins are worth $375 a head, while 10 birds of paradise are marked at $200 each. An amusing item which tells a sad story of discarded pets is one of 211 as- sorted parrots at $10 each. Snakes and crocodiles are valued at so much per foot run, while tortoise are sold by the pound, the price varying according to rarity. Fainting Pickpockets. i ;flble latest feint of pickpockets is the aint. g A well known writer was visiting his barber the other day and saw a man in a chair suddenly collapse while the at- tendant was out of the room. The novelist rushed to his assistance and hurriedly loosened his collar. ‘The man recovered and was advised to go home, which, with many apologies, he did. It was not until the novelist came to pay his bill that he discovered that his note case and his cigarette case had gone. Now a double danger awaits us in our rush to and from our work. We must not only beware of the fainters who may give us 'flu, but also af the feinters w}}u :im qull‘g;x plossibly rob us of our valuables. e in these days is ve complicated! o =y Revolution is rife in our theaters Just now; in fact, it seems to have taken the place of crime in the affection of audiences, During the last few weeks no fewer than four plays dealing with revolutions and their effects have been produced. True, one, “peace, war and revolution,” translated from the Polish of Waclaw Grubinsky, was given for one perform- ance only, but the others are all hold- In[s the boards in the West End. “Peace, War and Revolution,” which featured Diogenes and Alexander, Helen of Troy and Lenin, was so full of sar- donic comedy that one wondered if a name like Waclaw Grubinsky could really be true, and if it did not hide the identity of a certain well known, benevolent white - bearded Irishman, noted for his wit. The presence of Bernard Shaw in the audience, however, combined with the fact that the play certainly had dull patches, did much to prove that this rumor was without foundation, (Copyright, 1929. by North American News- paper Alliance.) Hot-Bed Sash New 2'x6’ with glass, §2.75 3 BRANCHES 674 C.Sts SW S*&FlaAeNE 5921 Ga Ave NW. FOUNGATION 70 ROOF. ((ROCKBOTTOM PRICES. 3 [CHANG NOW BASE FOR.S. GUNBOATS Chinese City, 1,000 Miles Up Yangtze River, Headquar- ters for Unique Patrol. Ichang, China, 1,000 miles up the Yangtze River, will be one of the princi- pal bases for the six new gunboats of Uncle Sam’s Yangtze patrol that are just_going into commission. “The boats of this flotilla of the Navy, situated half around the world from the United States, will probably never anchor in a port of the land whose flag they fly," says a bulletin from the National Geographic Society. “They were built in Shanghai; are of shallow draft suitable only for river uses; and will probably wear out as their predecessors of the Yangtze River h‘a\-e, in service on China’s greatest river. Compared fo Mississippi River. “If the political and economic con- ditions were completely reversed,” con- tinues the bulletin, “one could under- stand the relations of the Yangtze cities and the Yankee gunboats to the sea by substituting the Mississippi River for the Yangtze, and by imagining a flotilia of Chinese gunboats plying the Father of Waters. New Orleans would stand approvimately in the place of Shanghali, the great doorway city to the river, Memphis would represent Han- i kow, huge industrial center, while St. Louis would stand about as far from the sea as does Ichang. “Continuing up the Missouri River one would find Kansas City about in the relative position of Chungking, while Omaha, 1,500 miles from the sea, would stand for Suifu, an equal dis- tance from the mouth of the Yangtze. In the imaginary American Yangtze, the visiting Chinese gunboats would look to St. Louis (Ichang) as their chief base, but would spend most of their time patrolling the river above that point, ascending, during high water, as far as Omaha (Suifu). Gorge Adds to City's Importance. “Ichang will be, as in the past, one of the most used bases for the boats of the patrol. The city maintains its commercial importance on the river be- cause of the great Yangtze Gorges that extend from just above the city for a distance of more than 125 mil Above the gorges the great, river flows through China’s richest province, Szechwan, a region teeming with people, producing much material for shipment and de- manding great quantities of the prod- ucts of the outside world. “No railroads tap Szechwan, all its exports and imports must move along the Yangtze, and because of the rapids in the gorges, Ichang takes a toll from all this busy river traffic. For Ichang is head of navigation for good sized river steamers, Every bale and pack- age of freight for Szechwan must be unloaded at Ichang and transferred to { small, specially constructed steamers or to junks for transport through the gorges. Trade Highway for Years. “For ages the Yangtze has been the trade highway into Szechwan, and un- til 1901 all traffic was carried on in junks, laboriously hauled up the rapids Dy trackers who walked along the slip- pery rocks and tugged at great hawsers. Even in those days Ichang was im- portant as_the gateway to the gorges. In 1901 steam first began to compete with the junk men. Specially built, small, light-wraft boats, fitted with powerful steam engines, were put into commission. Such steamers are now operated through the gorges by British, American, Japanese and other foreign countries; but the junks are still in operation, too. Since the advent of the gorge steamers Ichang has grown from 30,000 to 55,000 in population. “The little city seems to be perched high on a bluff during the low water of the Winter months, but when the great river is in Summer flood, city and stream are on nearly the same level. At times parts of the city have beem flooded. “Although 1,000 miles inland, Ichang WE PAY earn money, OR MORE on your Savings @he Foening Ftar Rikcy orfl Left to right: Henry Ford, Maj. Tien Lai Huang and Thomas A. Edison at the inventor’s home at Fort Myers, Fla. Maj. Huang, one of China’s leading aviator’s, is planning to fly across the Pacific. FLAME INCREASES MAGNET STRENGTH Realization of Inventor’s Dream Explained at Meet- ing of Scientists. NEW YORK (#).—The story of an inventor’s thrill at the sight of a dream coming true before his eyes was told with demonstrations at the science din- ner here of the American Institute and the Museums of the Peaceful Arts. At-the dinner a man's weight was is one of the first citles not on a dead level to be encountered in sailing up the Yangtze Valley. Behind the town hills roll upward, and still farther back tow- er mountain peaks. It is in forcing its way through this mountain range that the river has foymed the great gorges. “The United States and the other powers have been patrolling the Yangtze as far as Ishang since shortly after that port was opened to trade in 1877. When steamboats began to as- send the rapids in 1901 the gunboat patrol to the upper river followed. In recent years only two United States gunboats, the Palos and the Monocacy, have been engaged in the up-river patrol, while the lower river was pro- tected by sea-going cruisers. “The six new American gunboats are the Guam, the Tutuila, the Palay, the Oku, the Luzon and the Mindanao. Three of them will have a draft of 5 feet 3 inches, and three a draft of 6 feet. All six will be able to pass through the gorges at high water, and the shallower draft vessels even at low water. 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Klopsteg of the development laboratory, Central Scientific Co., Chicago, some time ago set out to verify a belief that he could produce a powerful force in this type of heat magnet, which had been a laboratory toy for many years, but never before had been capable of hold- ing more than a few pounds. Klopsteg worked on the idea that shape and position of the magnetic and electrical circuits held the secret. When he hit upon the successful design, he did not at first realize that he had He began hanging weights upon the small armature. When at 48 pounds they showed no sign of pulling the magnet apart, he took them off and applied his own strength. His pull lifted his own weight, 190 pounds, clear of the floor, and he knew then he had solved the riddle. He attached a standard machine, built to test the breaking point of electro- magnets, and watched its indicator creep up past 400 pounds before the armature parted from the magnet. Radios Good-Night to “Dad.” When Eddie Jaye, playing the part of the baron in a pantomime in Leeds, England, recently said “good night” to Cinderella, he added “and good night to my old dad, who I know is listen- ing to me. Good night, dad.” The pantomime was being broadcast, and Jaye sent the message to his 70 year-old father, S. Jacobs, who was listen: in at his home at Blackpool. Jaye had not been able to get home for a long time, and his father had asked him to send some message. It was heard by thousands of radio fans. NOTHER PLIOCENE AGETYPE SOUGHT Andrews Hopes to Find Fos- slis of Spade-Jaw Elephant. By the Associated Press.’ NEW YORK, March 11.— A gigan- tic elephant that had a lower jaw like a spade is one of the fossils for which the Roy Chapman Andrews expedition will search in Mongolia this season. ‘This jaw stuck out several feet beyond the mouth, and ended at its outer tip in gigantic, flat teeth. Though the struc- ture outwardly resembled a pair of lower tusks so much that the animal was dubbed a shovel-turser, studies at the American Museum of Natural History indicate that it actually was a jaw. De- scribing the one discovered last Sum- mer by Dr. Andrews, Dr. Henry Fairfield Osborn, president of the museum, says: “They exposed what proved to be a complete lower jaw, 8 feet in length, very slender in the middle portion, and expanding in front into the most astounding pair of lower teeth 14 inches in breadth. The two lower teeth are closely pressed together in the middle line, broadened and flattened at the sides, so that together they exceed the dimensions of the typical Irishman’s shovel. In place of the shovel handle is the long, relatively slender lower jaw, by which the shovel tusks were 'pushed into the sand, or more prob- ably used to uproot nutritious tubers.” Dr. Andrews says of the discovery: “No one in our party had dreamed of finding such an animal. Long experi- ence in search for these prehistoric types does not, strange as it may seem, prepare one to forecast what new forms may be discovered. From what we know now it seems probable that this masto- don used his trunk to push the food back along the lower jaw into his mouth.” _ ‘The Mongellan shovel-tusker was found in earth of the Pliocene age, which ended a million and a half years ago. A smaller mastodon of this type was _discovered before the Andrew find by Prof. Erwin H. Barbour. in Western Nebraska. Postman Composes Hit. Inspired on his way home from the bedside of his father, Richard D. Orton, a Tottenham, England, postman, com- posed a song that has become a hit. It was his first effort. as a song writer. He cannot read music, and was help- ed in this respect by his wife. After a sudden call to Romford, where his father was very ill in a hospital, Or- ton and his wife cycled back through Epping Forest at 4 o'clock in the morning. 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