New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 6, 1919, Page 6

'w Britain erald. HERALD PUBLISHING COMPANY, 3 Proprietor: wed daily (Sunday excepted) at 4:15 . m., at Herald Building, 67 Church St. 0 2 Year. 2.00 Three Months. 75c a Month. ered at the Post Office at New Britain | es Second Class Mail Matter. [ TELEPHO! ness OfMce itorial Rooms CALLS e only profitable advertising medium in the city. Circulation books and press room always open to advertisers. Member of the Assoclated Pross. he Associated Press is exclusively entitled 0 tbe use for republication of all news redited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and also local news published hereln. oUrRr PROIFITEER. informed that the ty has a profiteer in its midst, one| We are credibly tho has taken advantage of the sugar ortage jound he name Jhd the ation of the Chamber of Commerce 0 has knowledge of the deed and > perpetratar. It will interesting | follow events, to see what action | and charged sitteen cents a Mayor Quigley of the alleged extortionist | Grocers and Butchers' asso- | for it knows b §ll be taken on the first instance of Btual gncy by a retailer, to be shown what has the profit taking in stress of emer- Mayor or the associatian wer to do. .'\1 is a small matter, this. }a a limited supply of sugar and was Bt anxious to dispose of it, probably. herefore he asked abaut one-third pre than the goods, upon he | eady had a profit, would sell for.| to three | The man | which e whole thing amounted n’ts, meore or less, to the cansumer, hd was of little consequence, viewed | this light. But the fact remains hat one merchant was ore for his wares than was proper, he man was taking advantage of the bmmon need and practising extortion, he retailer was destroving the confi- ce of the public in himself and in charging s fellows, at a time when confidence ould not be lacking. The remainder | the merchants should upon be act as an affront to their kind, as of trade for their estab- accordingly. look destroyer Ehments, and act “Oh, sugar,” is not the expression it ! Its expressiveness has been used the i hce was. st. Formerly lords wished to convey a thought of| jality. Now it has become the bat- cry of the hame, and of the grocer o cannot sell his perishable goods ¥ the lack of sweetness with which to A public utterance o? one who reserve them. pe phrase might lead to the supposi- n that the speaker was advertising mob scene In say “Oh, solemnly | wares—with a when now, it the same as the So, we means, we ksure you, erstwhile pression, “Sic 'im.” Providing every merchant acted the me as one of their higar would soon be nearly unobtain- ble, for the man of ordinary means. number has, rice boosting would bring enormous ofits to the merchants, for a tim= e dear people would pay, but more an is right. And on top of that they lould pay more and still more. There no end to profiteering once it gets hder way. The lone example we have hould be thoroughly rebuked and, if| 6 persists, prosecuted. There Is no | er way to treat profiteers, large or | nall. . So, Mr. Mayor, and Grocers of New ritain, we respectfully = and ost hopefully lend our humble voice b the roar of the muititude of anti- rofiteering crusaders, and, mutter, Oh, sugar,” which. as we have dem- nstrated, means most im. c HAIL TO THE Aboard H. M. S. ince of Wales, heir PRINCE. Renown, the to the throne the British empire, is on his way b pay to the United States a friendly sit. Hail to the Prince, he ave a thoroughly enjoyable time in hatever section of this he He is a good fel- | may country hay desire to tarry. bw, well liked by his father's people, d, like his father, a thoroughly lemocratic individual. 3 Rumors were current tter the signing of at the Prince was merican girl. The method g the between two the marriage of their royalty 1s ap- roved by the British. They ee this carried out with the tates, though it has worried H’\cn\i omewhat that we have ere, with which to attract His High- €8s into matrimony. Still, an Ame an girl may become his bride. We h him luck this respect. May e obtain one. The Prince of Wales §s one of the jnost interesting ters abroad. a Britain, armistice, in the to marry of countries an seal- bond wish to United na rovalty in among royal He is nathing more less than a big, healthy boy, despite he trappings of rank which surround im. Dancing and the theater appeal him, and his escapades are often he cause of anxiety to his mother, ust as a growing youth in an Ameri pan family turns the hair of his ove IXlaus parents prematurely grey with phiecessary worry. His greatest pleas- fe is in escaping from the military ‘ who surround him, and going ‘8n expedition “‘on his own.” Parls, char- | Congress, we are told. during the this modern Haroun Al-Raschid many times after war, saw he had escaped from his quarters, and his the rain-pipe. sometimes to the of the clothes which He preferred,’at all times, the company of the who were about his own age ta that of men with whom his demanded he ate. state occasions he be after formaliti pensed with, in the company of junior officers, laoking a little “fun.’ He was very popular among them in spite of his volumes companions, by way af con- ventional detriment he wore. officers rank associ- would 0s were Upon found, dis- for high rank, for his character. We hope that which speaks his stay here will be untrammeled by unnecessary affairs of and that able furnish truly American “good time.” appreciate it. great formality, his Thosts may be to him with a He will We note that a Federal board, after inquiry the the e of shoes, the conclusion, ha that the is due to extensive profit- taking by large cerporations connect- ed with the leather industry, from the packer, who sells the an into| reasons for high pr has come to and s0 reported, rise hides, through the tanner and down to the retailer, not including him, however. We suspected that might trouble. be the It takes Sherlock Holmes to figure it out that way. no But, a discovery has been made in Congress, Now what are we going to do about Human hide is cheap, anyhow. Untanned. The dark withhold of and willainous plot informatioh on the League Nations from The President I the Senate thickens. | will not appear before | The Senate has | the Treaty of Veu | hard, illes, for which it fought so and the pact of the League. But President Wilson still has *th papers.” When deliver Senate forces him —if it goat. the to those does—it will try to get his Which after all. is the thing it is afte With about, of moment think and noth ng about to spealk write or about ‘ other than politics the ligh Price of Living, life is becoming a monotonous proposition. We start almost wish somecone would another war somewhere. Maybe the Senate could tell us how it. | to run It is pretty good at pointing out mistakes. = i But politics | in. we're getting hack on ag We don’t dare discuss the weathesr. So we'll quit. FACTS AND FANCIES. Parliament is asked whether Rob- ert Bridges, British poet laureate, has | written any peace poem in return for | his salary and annual cask of Canary | wine. Some war poems would sug-! gest gratitudo to ane poet who is si- | lent.—New York World. Congress, like a good many of the rest of us, will forego its vacation and stick at work for the purposec of com bating the high cost of living.—i3o: ton Transcript. A thirsty generation is coming appreciate more and more the com- pelling motive that inspired the cele- brated governor of North Carolina to give expression to his immortal re mark to the movernor of South Caro- lina.—Greenwich News and Graphic. | | e | | The Prince of Wales will he the subject of interested attention in his| tour of this country. But the public will not be half as curious to see him | as they would be to have the e kaiser make a national tour in an iron cage.—Baltimore American. Representative Gould of New Yark declares the state department is keep- ing the facts about the Mexican situa- tion hidden. But not very successful- Iy we should sav—quite a number; seem to have got out.—Kansas City Times. New dances are announced for the coming season. No information is available as to whether they are (o be more decorous or more impudent. A reversion toward the proprieties is profoundly to be desired, as the police of the large cities have quite enough on hand at the present moment.— Washington Star. The opponents of the league of nations are heavily reinforced by Gen. Von Bernhardi, who takes no stock in it and who still belleves in the “next war.”—Springfleld Republican. French profiteers in necessities are| | is not enough. | each side of the masonry and at the BR AIN DAIL to be imprisoned. Evidently France is still in the rudimentary stages of civil tion. We do better than that in Canada—we make them commiis- sioners.—Winnipeg Telegram. little difference what in these grand U. S. A. now- do anything league.—Co- It makes very you do or do not do and glorious little old adays just so you don’t to rile the -Anti-Saloon lumbia State. * The old tradition about New Eng- land being the most intellectual part of America can hardly survive the spe: tacle that Senator Lodge is making of himself.—Charleston News and Cour- ier. It is a bold move.for President Wil- san to go to the Pacific coast for the burpose of convincing the California public that Hiram Johnson is an un- reliable orator.—Washington Star. Army orders prohibiting bands from playing “How Dry 1 Am” is reported. Substituting “Shail We Gather at the River” has nat yet been suggested.—Brooklyn Kagle. military “Strike “for your altars and your fires.” They're about the only things someone isn't strikifg for nowadays.— Chicago Evening Post. the surplus army supplies abaut to be sold to the public is an item severely reflecting on the psy- chology of the army purchasing agent: 491 tins of curry’—to put pep into doughboys and found entirely need- less!—Boston Transcript. A cynic asserted that we were be- ing governed “by old wamen of both xes” was found, on being challeng- ed, not to have voted in 135 years. New York Herald. Among Say the-w: siv “war prices” no more. ‘“‘After- -prices” is much more cxpres —Portland Oregonian. Some pressing work 1 needed done Instanter, on the quick, And so a man, an idle one, [ sought to do the trick; Weeks passed and into months ran, Until in dire dismay The job I gave a busy man, And it was done next day. they A “touch.” sought wealth little loan, a friendly I wished to make and A friend of mine whose such ‘Twould seem to him as naught He hemmed and ‘hawed, and said, quite vexed, His taxes he must pay, asked a struggling poet And got it right away. —William Wallace in New York a was next Whitclock, Sun. Stackers and Skulkers. (Providence Journal.) The navy department does not tell the whole of the depressing story in its lates: report of the investigation into the charge that some “millionaire bluejackets,” enlisted for the war, ob- tained soft billets, promotion or other favors by bribing certain commission- cd and petty cfficers of the personnel branch. What it does narrate, de- seribing the punishment of the graft- agreeable to hear. The court- | martial has imposed heavy sentences on seven men found guilty of demand- i money for this fla- sm. It appears that ev- ery one pleaded guilty, and the de- partment indicates that others to be brought to trial will be faced with e dence as overwhelming. Apparently no punifive procecdings have been, or arc to be taken against the paving beneficiaries of this mise able graft, nor are their names to be made public. Why not? They were slackers and skulkers of a singularly mean character. And there is no honest reason for the rank discrimi- nation that permits them to go free. At the Culvert. (Meriden Record.) With the people who frequently usé | the highway between New Haven | and Hartford the piece of masonry | which spans the,road at Yalesville i known as THE culvert, rather than A culvert. It has acquired an tation because of the near tragedies which there. To those acquainted with the grim possibilities, owing to the situation of the culvert, there was ghastly humor in the motto “Prepare to meet thy God,” which once adorned the stone foundations. Those who know of the conjunc- tion of the roads and the peculiarly unfortunate angles produced by the position of the culvert, are, in a way, | protected from danger. No precautions, due to their own knowledge, however, can insure them against the ignorance and care- lessness of others. As we remember ing sign some little the culvert. In our humble opinion this one sign unsavory repu- tragedies and have occurred there is a distance warn- from The warning should be repeated on intersecting roads a sufficient number of times to make an impression even on a stolid driver. “The writer has in mind a certain sign reading “Dead Man's Curve.” Now that sign is not conducive to comfort. It tends to create quivers up the spine or to raise the hair on one's head. i But it has a wonderfully good | psychological effect Not many autoists are callous! enough to drive carelessly or to specd with the memory of such a sign. There is more excuse for accidents at the cuivert than any other place of which we have knowledge. The arrangement of roads and masonry Is such that unless there is a multiplicity of preventives, in the way of warnings, there is opportunity for all sorts and degrees of accidents. Some communities consider it good business, to protect as far as possible, travelers who come within their cn- virons. Sometimes states or automobile as- sociations adorn the highways with 25 YEARS AGO | (From the Herald of that Date) | Monday, August 6, 1894, Saturday evening Constables Raw- lings and Officers Coffey and Nelson raided Patrick McMahon's celiar on Lasalle street but found no liquors. Conductor Alonza Hart has resigned his position with the Central & Electric Co. and will return to former position at P. & F. Corbin's. M. C. North has been appointed a special member of the board of street commissioners to appraise and award benefits for the North Stanley - street sewer in place of Charles Peck, who is disqualified. W. Lines is visiting in Pennsyl- vania. E Patrick McMahon of Lasalle sailed for Ireland Saturday Mrs. G. W. Corbin and family start for Westbrook shortly for weeks' vacation. Thomas Farrell has returned his outing at Block Island. Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Abbe are spend- ing a few days at Madison. James Duffy, clerk at the Hotei Russwin, is spending his vacation at Bangor, Me. his street from National Happenings, Cenflict off Korea—Japan reported to have captured three ships—Vessels torbidden to fly American flag. Spurious money found—rich haul made by Uncle Sam’s detectives—$13,- 000 in counterfeit $10, with plates they were printed from found in garden. the means for preventing ¥or some unknown culvert is left a: difficult to There accidents reason THIE a menace which it is overestimate. no way of eluding for this ve: reason it ought “‘tagged” in such a way dangerous characteristics reduced to a minimum. It would cost a little. money to erect adequate signs or to illuminate the stone work at night but it would immeasurably increase the seif- respect of the communiti which feel a sort of responsibility for the accidents which will continue until practical measures are taken to pre- vent them it to that would and he its be Gas For Mobs. "tHartford Times) It’s a mere licutenant in the United States army, revealed to the rest of us by no more than initials, who télls through the New York Times his be- lief that the forces of iaw and order would well deal with the mobs which defy them by the application of some effectual lachrymatory gas. the idea is borrowed from e> with those efficient warmaker: Germans. The writer does not favor fatal strength. He simply would substitute the mode modern gas boml for the riot gun, in either case the purpose being to confound and dis- pers> rather than slaughter the cne- my. If any of the victims did becom subjects for the hospital, obviously they would be neater patients than those mussed up with Luckshet ov bullets or backjacks. Perhaps the requiren.cnts we call civilized warfare, tations luid down at Tke Hague, need not be considered as restraining the treatment of mobs. Anyw it probabe that the comparative judg- ment of the humanity of warfare by gas as compared with warfare by seventeen-inch guns and the like has vet to be sattled. Until such time, as ihe mob is a condition immediately confronting us, we might be warrant- ed in administerivg gas. But why not Jead up to it gradually” Might it not be more practical to apply the common gang of Lolshevists, or the verage anti-negro mob, a strong dis infectant a preliminary? 1If that did not serve, probakly some descrip- tion of “lachrymatory gas" might well be considered. T0 PRESENT CLAINS co to Pay Damages to Americans a of what or the limi- is to Mes Suffered During Revolution—Com- m n Appointed for Purposc. Mexico City, Aug. 5.—Louis brera ,secretary of the treasu ed today that should the state department pr nt claims Americans for damages suffered dur- ing the revolution they would be placed in the hands of a coimission for investigation, according to papers here. He added that the find- ings of the commission would be sub- mitted to the Mexican government as a basis for negotiations. Senar Ca- brera, secretary of the treasury, stat- claims would not be presented through diplomatic channels but would be turned over to the recently organized commission for reclamations Investi- sations. Senor Cabrera’s statement w in connect vices' recei Ca- of s made scussion of ad- ving that the American state department would present claims against the Mexican government for about 27,000,000 pe- sos. OMPSON EL Man Is St 0. 8. of A Local ¢ Treasurer of the 1so Is Delegate. Aug. 6.—The annual convention of the Patriotic Sons of America was held terday. It was voted to hold state conventions hereafter on the last Tuesday in August and the next be held in Bridgeport August 1920. Officers were elected as follow. President, A chipke, Meriden; vice-president, Ver New Britain: master of arms, Can- dee, Waterbur: secreta M. Hosley, New Haven; treasurer, A. 1. Thompson, New Britain; conductor, George Dodge, Bristol; inspector, C. $. Bennett, Torrington; guard, H. M. Grilldy, Waterville; trustees, Edward 1. Cake, New Britain; Harold Smith, New Haven; H. Gleason, New Haven. Dejlegates to the national camp to be hild in Florida: A. L. Thompson, F. A{ Evarts and S. A. Pickett. state Order of here yes- w. Railway | damages | will | a three, | precious tes | put buried | | Height 'y, stat-| American | news- | | season RALD, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 6, 1919, CITY OF PETRA HAS INTERESTING STORY Rack Palaces Are' Centered Historical Spot i shington, D. e Aug. “Though Turkey will be dismembered and pushed out of Europe, the Oito- man empire probably will continue in control of some of the sacred shrines and most precious history spots of Asia,” says a bulletin from the Na- tional Geographic society. “I'or example, there is the Rock City of Petra, known as the ‘safe de- posit’ of caravans enroute with wares to Tyre and Sidon, which also contains ‘Pharaoh’s Trea upyit e The bulletin quotes raunication by Franklin deseribing Petra “The highlands e: river are strewn the rise and fall 6.— from E. follows st of the Jordan with ruins marking of successive civili zations—Semitic, Greek, Roman, Christian, Mohammedan, Crusa- ders. These ruins have been pre- scrved for the modern explorer by tiie tides of nomadic life, which have swept up from the desert; at the southern end of this no man’'s land, deep in the moun- tains of Edom, lies one of the strang- esi, most beautiful, and most en- chanting spots upon this ecarth—the Rock City of Petra. Its story car- back to the dawn of human A com- Hoskins and Arabian story “In the days of Petra became the which the caravans of Arabia, Persia, laden with all the precious commo- dities of the Fast, and from which these commodities were distributed through Egypt, Palestine, Syria, and all the countries bordering on the Mediterranean for even Tyre and Si- don derived many of their precious warcs and dyes from Petra. “The Rock City was always to these regions and peoples what Rome w: tc the Romans and Jerusalem to the Jews. Horites, Edomites, Nabath- cans, and Romans, have all rejoiced and boasted in the possession of tl unique stronghold and most remark- able city of antiquity. “The entrance ‘to the Rock City is the most striking gateway to any city on our planet. It is a narrow rift or defile, bisecting a mountain of many- hued sandstone, winding through the rock as though it was the most plas- tic of clay. This sik, or defile, is nearly two miles long. Its general contour is a wide semi-circular swing from the right to the left, with in- numerable short bends, having sharp curves and corners-in its general ccurse. “The width twelve feet at 5 or 40 feet the Nabatheans, central point “to from the interior and India came e of the sik varies from its narrowest point to at other places. Where the gloomy walls actually overhang the roadway and almost shut out the blue ribbon of sky, it secems narrower and perhaps at many points above the stream the walls do come closer than feet. The heights of the perpen- dgicular side cliffs have been esti- mated at from 200 to 1,000 feet. like distances, in this clear Cesert air are deceptive, but after many tests and observations we are prepared to say that at places they are almost shecr for 300 to 400 feet. ““Seen ut morning. at midday, or at midnight, the sik, this matchless en- trance fo a hidden city, is unques- tionably one of the great glories of ancient Petra. Along its cool, gloomy sorge file the caravans of antiquity— from Damascus and the East, from 5 from Egypt and the heart Kings, queens, and con- all marveled at its beauties and its strangeness. Wealth untold went in and out of it for cen- turies, and now for over thirteen hun- dred years it has been silent and dcserted. “Carved in the face of the cliff, half revealed, half concealed in the grow- inz shadows, is one of the largest, most perfect, and most beautiful monuments of antiquity—Pharaoh’s treasury. Almost as perfect as the Cay it came from bencath the sculp- chisel, fiftcen hundred or two sand years ago; colored with the natural hues of the brilliant sand- stone, which added an indescribable clement to the architectural beauty nked and surmounted by the cliffs which had been carved and tinted in turn by the powers of nature; ap- by the mysterious defile— proached it is alinost overpowering in its ef- BIG SUGAR CROP Harvest Is Africa. querors have Expected to Be hat Has Ever Been Cut That Country. New York, Aug. 6.—The sugar crop Cuba this year is expected to break all records according to Ga- briel D. Menocal, brother of the pres- ident of Cuba, who arrived here to- from Havana on the \Ward liner ico, accompanied by members of family. Mr. Menocal asserted because of abundant rains this the crop next also will large. of that year be very REBEL LEADER SURRENDERS Guillermo Meixueiro, Mexican Insur- rectionists, With Seven Licutenants, Gives Himself Up. Mexico City, Aug. 5.—Unofficial ports received here today stated Guillermo Meixueiro, a rebel who has been carrying on an insur- rection in the State of Oaxaca for more than five years had surrendered, with séven of his principal lieuten- ants. It was reported that he had surrendered to forces under General Pablo Gonzales but there has been no confirmation of the rumor as yet. re- that leader THOUSANDS FORC T0 WALK TO WORK Car Service in Néwwiork Tied Up hy Strike of 13,000 Employes York, subways, elevated and the Brooklyn Rapid New Aug. 6.—Service on the trolley lines of Transit the rush the strike 13,000 set system was demoralized at early today by of part of employes. m. did proportions until thousands of commuters on ay to work in New boroughs across waited in vain for cars. The East River bridges were filled with processions of automobiles, motor trucks and other pr ed into service to throngs to Manhattan. | the subway trains which were oper- ated on limited scale, was most marked. Trains on the elevated roads ran desultorily, and the surface cars gave only partial service owing to the activity of pickets. Police Protection Non-union their cars the company's The walkout for 5 a. not assume serious 8 a m. when their w arious the river carry the Congestion in Asked. operators began into the barns at 7:30 a. m. saying they were afraid to run their cars because of threatening at- | titude of st s. Meanwhile ad- ditional police protection was asked for and while surface cars on a few lines were running about as normal every car was jammed. A number of minor disturbances oc- curred in the early hours, due prin- cipally to strikers and pickets board- ing cars and urging the crews to quit The greatest congestion was in South Brooklyn, where thousands of persons were forced to walk or hire automobiles and other vehicles to reach the docks, shipyards and the 39th street ferry, running to Man- hattan. Concy pulling Island Isolated. Coney Tsland lated su far as “L” cerned, few of the trains reaching there. No tickets were sold and guards were stationed to keep the people out at the beach side resort depot. The Norton’s Point cars turned their passengers out before reaching their destination. Three thousand persons were outside the depot at 6:30 o'clock and many hired auto- mobiles, taxicabs and carriages to take them to New York paying from $3 to $5 for the transportation practically was iso- trains were con- Cars Are Stoned. Shortly before noon, according to a statement by the company, the sur- face cars on two lines were stoned by strikers and several conductors in- jured. Car windows were brokeh, it id, trolley poles pulled off the wires and wires cut in suburban tions where there was scant police protection. . Recciver Garrison issued a state- ment in which he said the company had enough men to operate its surface cars if given adequate police protec- tion. Louis Frieborg, union, declared at reported to him five had been stabbed in one of the com- pany's yards. He said he intended to {ake up the question at police head- quarters. GOVT. SLEUTHS ON PROFITEERS’ TRAIL Prosecutions Expected—Cut in Bread Price Coming sec- attorney for the noon it had- been of the strikers Washington, Aug. the department of ju 6.—Agents of throughout to the attorney that and stic the country the order late are already of yesterday at work carry out issued and general profiteers other hoarders of food be tracked and prosecuted under the Lever food control act. Recommendations for additional legislation necessary to ef- fcet a reduction in the cost of living, formulated by the special sub-com- mittee of the cabinet, were in Pres- ident Wilson's hands and he was e: pected to make these recommenda- tions the subject of an early message to congress. The country today faced the definite promise of some cut in bread prices following the announcement yester- day by Director Julius Barnes the grain corporation that an imme- diate effort would be made to place on sale in every community where prices are found improperly high standard export flour at $10 a barrel. The ruling price during the last four months, he said, has been at least a dollar above that figure The n- nouncement was made at the same time however, that the grain cor- poration has decided to maintain the government’s guarantee on wheat $2.26 a bushel. A prospective world wheat supply, Mr. Barnes said, dic- tated this action as a ‘‘reserve pro tection against a higher price later. In a statement contending that the price of wheat would rise if the guaranteed price was not maintained, Mr. Barnes predicted a shrinkage in North American wheat production from the June forecast of ‘‘probably 400,000,000 bushels” with 250,000,000 bushels applying to the United States crop and also a shrinkage of 300,- 000,000 busheis in Europe’s rye and wheat production outside of Russia. The grain director however promised a readjustment in flour prices if later developments hold promise of a world price for wheat below the guar- antee figure with the national treas- ury to bear the expense. necessaries down | middle hour York from | soon | vehicles | ED MEXICANS CONSIDER OIL LEGISLATION Question to Be Discussed by Ex- traordinary Session This Month [ Oil legis« up ahout tha by the extr: Mexican its the November to Asso- acting industry of the Senior s his ques~ Mexico lation will of ordinary which of the to congress President Carranza statement made today ciated l.eon head of the department and commerce and chief oil hureau of that department Salinas declared that far department was concerned the tion of new oil legislation was closed, saying that the department in suing provisional permits for oil terests to sink had turned whole question to congress final dispositfon Discussing the reports that ese interests are securing oil the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of Mexico, Senor Salinas declared that his department had no official recerd of such transactions and that Japs antse oil men had made no in- quiries at the department. He ad- mitted however “that it would be possible for them to seecure holdings from private individuals that his department would not advised as to these dea: Since most of the oil territory along the Atlantic coast is held by American, British or other, interests, Senor Salinas said it seemed hardly probable that any newcomers could acquire important holdings byl purchasing small tracts from Mexis cans. City, be this session will subject last August taken month of the base cor gress, considera- tion sent on mess according the Salinas, of to Press by also in so is= in- the for wells over Japans lands on and be Circular Explained. Referring to “Circular No. 9" giv- ing permission for the sinking of oil wells. which was issued under date of August 1 by the direction of President Carranza. the acting head of the department saic “This circular is intended to a temporary solution of the fuel prob- lem. Oil companies have complained that their supplies were running low and that they could fill their contract because they were not.,pers mitted to drill wells as a result of the non-compliance with the provis- ions of the degree of July 31, 1918 The Mexican government for the pur- pose of showing helpful disposi- tion. gives permission for companfes to drill wells. providing they subject themselves to the law which will enacted the Mexican copgress. Commercial Problem. the companies do not the regulations which down they will show unreason- obstinacy The government has always been disposed to listen to their appeals when appeals did not attack legal principles which the government is under strict obligation to keep and to enforce upon others The immediate commercial problem of the companies having contracts for supplying fuel oil is solved by this circular. Senor Salinas said to the message sent November by the were special reports sideration by the gress which will ject. There is, not its be by “ar to obey laid able agree will be such that in addition to congress last president there ready for con- committees of co deal with the sub- " lition, a special report from the senate commssion which visited the petroleum fields a few months ago which combined with other data, was, he said ficient for framing new Attitude of Of1 Nothing “is yet available regard- ing the attitude which oil companies will take with regard to “circular No. 9" which was given out to meet ob- jections made by oil companies which declared that compliance with decrees would result the rights for which +they have fighting. It is understood they have contended that if they accepted the conditions contained in the decrees prior to the i of circular No, 9 they would. in effect the natonalization of their property. The decrees have provided for the payment of royalties on produetion and such payments would be, it held, substance recognition nationalization. Millions to Oppose Mexico, Senor Salinas declared that during his recent visit in New York, Alberto Pani, present Mexican minister to France. was informed by an officials of an oil company that “the oil com- panies had not cent for Mexicc but millions to oppose Mexico.” Senor Salinas said the Mexican ernment had full knowledge conerning oil companies which “leading a campalgn against Mexican government” but that pite this fact the Mexican govern- ment is not using this knowledge to honor the companies’ operations. al- though this could be easily done.” He drew a comparison between Mexican legislation and the al- leged ‘confiscation of property In connection with prohibition legisla- tion in the United States, affecting foreign investments there." in “amply suf- legislation.” Companies. recent loss of been in suance accept is in a of a gov- con were the “des- oil PREFECT REINSTATED. Was Not to Blame for Demonstration Against Germans. Paris, Aug. 6.—M. Chaleil the Pre- tect of the department of Seine-et- Oise, who was dismissed because of his supposed negligence in having permitted the demonstration against the members of the German peace delegation from Versailles at the time of their departure after the signing of the peace treaty, has been rein. stated in his office The official conclusion the result of an inquiry was that the demonstration was not due to any lack of precaution by the French of- ficials but that it was brought on by the provocative attitude of the Gese mans. reached as