New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 22, 1922, Page 9

RUSSIAREADT 0 REDUGE HER Ak Trotsky and Kaenell Repeat Pre- vious Assurances in Addresses Moscow, Dee, 28.—Minister of War Trotzky and Leo Kameneff, president of the Moscow Soviet, In recent pub- lic addresges in this city, repeated previous assurances as to Russl readiness to reduce her army provi ing. other states would do the same thing. 'he occaslon was a gathering of elegates to the Third Internationale. rotzky announced that the Soviet government ‘s ready and eager to eut its armed forees in half, or even to one-tenth of the present strength, providéd other countrjes would agree to similar reductions.”” The war min- ister expressed the hope that the out- come of the dlsarmament conference to be held in Moscow within a month ~ would result in a reduetion of the armies of the Balkan ptates. Kameneff sald ho had a message to the world. “Rugsia,” he declared, “is indeed eager for peace and is pre- pared at any time to reduge her fight- ing forces, if given gunrantees by other countries. But In making these proposals,” he continued, “it must he undérstood that because of our strength we would refuse any pro- posals which might tend to humiliate Soviet Ruyssia.” “This is no idle bodst and day by day we are showing greater strength in Communism, greater constructive ability in reorganization of the coun- try and in re-establishing ourselves.” A review of the Red Army fol- lowed these speeches. The troops de- filed , past a large reviewing stand. The Moscow garrison headed thé pa- rade and included cavalry, heavy and light artlllery, machine gun outfits, tanks, armored cars and anti-alrcraft guns; then there followed droves of factory andwsailroad workers armed ‘with rifles, thousands of trade uniom- ists and many children. The parade has béen described as the greatest military turnout ever at- tempted by the Soviet government, It . is estimated that over half a million persons passed in review. LIGHTER AMUSEMENT FOR PARISIAN FOLK Pcople Spend a Quarter of a Billion Francs Yearly on Theaters and Movies Paris, Dec,, 22.—The people of Patls spend a quarter of a billien francs yeurly on theaters and motien pletures und do not care to do much heavy thinking during the process. Government statistics on last year's receiptS of every playhouse in Paris warrant thése statements, and at the same time supply interesting infor- mation abeut what pleases the tired @1l Steel-Paneled coupe 1835 FOB.Lonsing Plus federal Tax New BRALAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, DECLMBER 22, 1924, business man of France and his nnl\vl voting wife, Motion pleture houses, which out- Aumber the regular theaters three to one, took in 66,000,000 franecs in 1019, rather more than did the theaters, and a third of the total amusement recelpts, Last year, however, the theatérs took first places with receipts of 86,000,000 franecs, 11,000,000 mors than the movies, This Increase seems to be due largely to the fact that the- atergoers have modified thelr opposi- tional attitude toward high prices ot admission and alse by a revival of the typleally light and racy play, The government.subsidized opera, and the Opera Comique, headed the list with the largest recoipts, each taking in mere than 9,000,000 francs last year, and the serlous Comdele Francalse did well with 6,000,000 tranes, but those institutions are vir- tually without competition in their fleld, and they represent a big por- tien of the money paid for the classies The. I"olies-Bergeres, where the big seenes always hinge on the presenta- tion of a group of handsome show glrls, tops the list of theaters, exceed- ing even the famous Comedie Fran- calse. The next In line among the dramatic houses is the Palais Royal, which always pursues a policy of giv- Ing highly spiced comedies of family lite. TRADE CONVENTION FOR NEW ORLEANS % National Foreign Council to Hold Annual Conference on April 25, 26, 27, 1923, in the South. New York, Dec. 21.—The Tenth National Foreign Trade Conventioh of the Nationa| Foreign Trade Coun- cil will be held in New Orleans on April 26, 26, 27, 1923, according go announcement of O. X, Davis, secre- tary of the council. “The selection of New Orleans as the convention city,” said Cr. Davis, “4s peculiarly fitting in vifw of the development of the city as a great center of American foreign trading activity. In 1921 New Orleans was the second Port of the United States, importing coffee, sisal, burlap, ba- ndnas, crude oil, and sugar; and ex- porting corn, rice, wheat, cotton, glu- cose, steel rods not wire, iron pipes, | steel platés and sheets, lard, cotton- seed eake, meal and oils, tobacco and lumber. “Of special interest to foreign traders in all parts of the Mississipp! Valley has been the development of shipping facilities at the Port of New Orleans, and the consequent increase in steamship services. Since the Third National Foreign Trade Convention was held in New Orleans in 1916, this progress has been particularly marked, and has beén accelerated by the increasing proportion of American foreign trade carried on with the West Indies, Central America, Mexi- co, South America and Asia, much of it passifig through gulf pqrts. “As ir’former years, leading for- eign tradérs from every part of the Unitedthtes and every line of in- dustry, as well ‘as a considerable numn- ber of Biisiness men from forelgn countrlés, ‘will be in attendance at the convention.” i ki UNDEVELOPED FIELD | A GREAT RESOURCE Peat Occurs Widely in This Country, Report Shows Washington, Dee, 22.~+Coal of high quality is of such widespread oceur- rence in this country, and #o - ible to most fuel consumers, that mention of the word ‘“peat” means little in the United States other than memories of its use in Europe, How- ever, according to a publication of the United States Geological Burvey, peat occurs widely in this country and is a_valuable commodity. The' United States ocontains 12,000 square miles of unused peat lands, the Survey declares, or an area more than ten times that of Rhode Island, which is capable of ylelding 14 billion tons of fuel at a cost of $6.00 per ton. These desposits are found on the sur- face and lie in the New England, At- lantic Coast and Great Lakes States, mostly remote from coal mines, A bulletin lssued by the Geological Sur- vey points out thousands of such de- posits, owned by farmers and other land-owners. Fifty million tons of peat are used annually in Eurepe, it was said, but it is suitable also ay a fertilizer and in promoting intensive growth of truck erops, both in greenhouse and in open field. Manufgcturers of com- mercial fertilizers pay as much as $10 per ton for good peat, it was added The present output is about 100,000 tons annually. country the yearly proceeds from the intensive culture of peat and muck | @ #oil for'lettuce, celery and onions amounts to more than $500 an acre. However, It was pointed out by officials of both the Survey and the Department of Agriculture, the value of peat as a fertilizer by itself is not high, the peat being used as a filler | § or body for the manufactured or mix- ed fertilizer. In some parts of the | {Globe i .. House We Wish to 'REMIND YOU B NOT TO OVERLOOK MUFFLERS FOR XMAS PRESENTS—ATTRACTIVE DESIGNS AT PRICES THAT ARE RIGHT. YOU WILL FIND HERE IN OUR LINE OF SHIRTS A WiDE CHOICE AT $1.00 TO $6.00. ~ e | N SULPHUR SOOTHS UGLY, ITCHING SKIN The First Application Makes Skin Cool and Comfortable, If you are suffering from eczema or | g some other torturing, embarrassing skin trouble you may quickly be rid of it by using Mentho-Sulphur, de- clares a noted skin speclalist, This sulphur preparation, bécause of its germ destroying properties, sal- dom fails to quickly subdue itchin even of flery eczema. The flrst appll- cation makes the skin cool and com- | § fortable, Rash, and blotches are healed right up. 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