Weather
Showers Today; Fair
Tomorrow
FOUNDED A. D. 1867.—VOL. CX.—No. 115.
WILMINGTON, N. C., MONDAY MORNING, JANUARY 8, 1923.
World, State and Local
News Daily
OLDEST DAILY IN THE STATE.
FRENCH TROOPS ORDERED
CONFINED TO QUARTERS;
FEAR CLASH IN COBLENZ
7: ■ 'l _\y y ^ :;-v v. • •
All Duties of Occupation
Are Left With Americans;
French Mobilize on Rhine
Preparing to March When Premier Poincare
Gives Word for Carrying Out His Secret
Plan for Seizing Rhur and Rhineland
. __ .
AMERICANS IN GERMANY XCCEPX'
RESOLUTION AS BEGINNING OF END
Occupational Forces Believe Movement Started by Senator
Reed Wiil Mean Their Departure Within 60 Days; General
Feeling of Depression Exists;Poincare Continues to Guard
His Secret Regarding When he Expects to Advance
COBLENZ, Jan, 7.—(By the Associated Press).—French
troops under the command of Major General Allen in the Ameri
can area have been ordered confined to quarters to prevent clashes
between them and the Germans.
The American forces here, numbering 107 officers and 1,080
men, are carrying on all the duties of the occupation.
Today there was a general feeling of tension and depression
among the Americans for the resolution of Senator Reed, passed
in Washington Saturday, which was quickly accepted as meaning
the beginning of the end of the American occupational forces on
the Rhine. The men arfe giving themselves 60 days more of life
here, with their incomes of three million marks a year and up
ward. - ,
There are 208 officers and 1,423 men m the French forces at
Coblenz under General Martin who reports to Major General Allen.
The orders for-the French troops to remain off the streets came
from General De Gputte, the allied commander-in-chief at
Mayence.
PARIS, Jan. 7.—(By the Associated
Press. )_France’s Rlyne army , is gath
ering. to be ready to march when
Premier Poincare gives the word for
the carrying out of his still secret
plan fo,r seizing the. I.iu^r.
rtwi'Q6cf
night with officers and men, hurried
ly recalled from leave, returning to
their posts, and M. Poincare conferred
this afternoon with M. I<e Trocquer,
minister of public works, on'final ar
-angements for the transportation of
the civil and military forces.
The French troops on the ( Rhine
have been ordered by General De
Goutte, to remain in their quarters
where there appears to be any danger
of clashes with the Germans and every
precaution will be taken to avoid de
monstrations. There are several times
the number of French forces in the
Rhineland as are likely to be required
for the Ruhr operations, but all the
troops will be held in readiness for
instant service, although there »
nothing yet to Justify the assumption
of immediate action.
The detail of the French plan re
main a mystery, but M. Poincare has
repeatedly described the proposed en
trance into the Ruhr as chiefly the
work of engineers and custom collec
tors. This is the nucleus but the mili
tary support required necessarily de
pends upon the French estimate of
what resistence the Germans may of
fer. It is known also that the Prem
ier's original idea was modified to
make it attractive to the British, but
now that Franco is going in alone
she is under no' such restraint. Many
of the French- newspapers- speak pi
action this, week, but the government
asserts that only the highest
know when and in exactly what man
ner the operations will begin.
1 .*
Jury Kecommenaauun
in Capital Cases is^ -
Provided For in
BY BROCK BARKLEY
RALEIGH, Jan. 7.—Representatives
Gaston, of Gaston, and If,win,
Burke, will Introduce a bill In the
house tomorrow night .providing, -tor
h jury recommendation in capital
rases. They would allow the -jttrjr t
recommend life imprisonment -in
oft he death sentence now earned ex
clusively In capital offenses.
This bill would also serve as; an -ei
fectivc compromise In measures ex
pected to be introduced almedt at vtn
abolition of capital punishment.-T.-.
Owens, the Republican representa
tive of Sampson county, has already
introduced a bill to do away wi h
electric, chair and others Mfi-; expected
to follow. Gaston and- Irwin would
keep tho electric chair for extrem
offenses but permit the jury to •
turn a verdict that would carrx a uie
sentence rather than electrocut •
Under existiting laws there Is no Pr
vision for a sentence to life in pr so
Urges Cashing
Savings Certificates
WASHINGTON, Jan. 7.—The treasury
•oday again called attention to the fact
that interest on the 1918 issue Ut wa
savings certificates stopped- January'
and urged the holders Of such secur -
ties to present them tp P osto {flogs o
hanks where they will be redeemed tn
i ash, or exchanged. The' JKfJJSSs??
may be made without 1WS of lnter^St tO
WASHINGTON, Jan. 7.—A plea for
the recall of American troops from Ger
many was made public today In an
open letter addressed fo Senator Bo
rah,. Hepublican, Idaho, by Plerrepont
h com
mission.
Mr. Noyes pointed out that Marshal
Foch appealed to General Pershing
during the armistice negotiations for
the retention of American soldiers in
Germany. At that time, the latter said
Marshal Foch asked that a battalion
be stationed there, if the American
government was unwilling to maintain
a larger force, adding that “If you only
leave lone soldier with our army, we
know'that in case of trouble you will
come £o his aid.”
“Toi one who has seen at close range
the- details of the German ‘occupation’
and has sensed the ambitious intrigues
which continually hover around this
army so strategically placed for mili
tary aggression.” Mr. Noyes said, “it
is hard to conceive an ‘entanglement’
with Europe more inconsistent wivhr.it
refusal to support t ny association or
ganized to improve chances of peace.
It is equally hard to conceive any en
tanglement more likely to drag us
ivlllv-nlllv into the next war.”
Delegation of Indians
En Route to Washington
WASHINGTON, Jan. 7.—A delegation
of Pueblo Indians Is understood to be
en route to Washington to appear be
fore the senate public lands commis
sion In opposition to the Bursum bill
to validate the claims ot settlors on
lands.originally granted to the Pueblos,
They contend that encroachments of
alleged "squatters” upon lands obtain
ed under Spanish grants and assured to
them, by .President .Llpqqln.. and appro
priation of their irrigation water Have
reduced the surviving Pueblos to prov
erty and that passage of the Bursum
bill which has the approval of Secre
tary ‘Fall’ 'of the’ ijitfefibf 'department
will destroy them through starvation
and disease.
' The delegation is said to be the first
to come to the national capital on
such a mission since the days of Lin
coln.. ■•,'■■■_.
Soviet Spokesman
Serves Ultimatum
Menacing Parleys
L4.TJp*?i;VEI, . jap., L—(By the
Associated Press )~-«After a silence
of many days the Russian delega
tion.
M. Tchltcherln sent a communi
cation to three presidents of the
conference setting forth his aston
ishment at learning that a straits
settlement, was -being elaborated
and would be sent to the Russians
jm due time. He was amaxed, he
said, that the Russians had ■ not
^*n permitted to participate la
the framing ,of this project.
«A detailed examination of the
various proposals touching p« the
Straits has been carried on with
out us, despite our multitudinous
£ter«.i«.” said M. Trhltcherln.
<‘nad we' have practically been .
eliminated.- The delegation repre
senting Hussla and Ukraine now
wishes to affirm that if a final
straits precept Is presented to the,
conference without previous sub
mission to all the powers It 1*
doubtful It it will futftlsh the ha-!"*
sis of an accord with Russia. _
FEDERAL AND STATE
AGENTS VISIT LAKE
LAFOURCHE SUNDAY
Photographs and Measurements
Taken; Section Explored With
Grappling Hooks
DANIEL AND RICHARDS
INHUMANELY TREATED
Pathologists Say There is Noth
ing in Technical Torture
to Compare
BASTROP, La.. Jan. 7.—Federal and
state investigators today visited Lake
LaFourche, resting place up to 18 days
ago, of the mutilated bodies of Watt
Daniel and Tliomas Richards, masked
band victims. Photographs and' meas
urements were taken by the party, a,nd
a.lthouc'h if was Tfctinrf.fli? a small spp.
tion of th6 Iakb was explored with the
aid of grappling hooks, this could not
be verified; This was the only surface
activity today iii connection with the
open hearing into masked and hooded
band depredations in Morehouse parish
instituted OS' Governor John M. Parker,
Who implicates the Ku Klux Klan.
The proceedings so far have not re
vealed the names of any one suspected
to have , been members or the hooded
mob of\ 15 or 20 men/ who kidnaped
Richards and Daniel, but J£?L. Daniel,
father of Watt, testified that his son
had named Capt. J. K. Skipwith, ex
alted cyclops of the Morehouse klan;.
Dr. B. M. McKoin, former mayor of
Mer Rouge, charged by Governor Par
ker With being a klansman, and Laurie
Calhoun, deputy sheriff of Morehouse,
as men he recognized In the band that
held him up and questioned lTlm short
ly after the (reported attempt to assas
sinate Dr. MCKoin on'August 2 and
before the'fatal kidnaping of August
Discussion of the testimony at^
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also kiinaped.iihd flogged !the night his
son and Richards ' were tortured to
death, and a report' Of pathologists,
who examined the bodief, which had
been recovered from LaFourche after a
mysterious dynamite explosion.
Amplifying the report of the pathol
ogists who performed autopsies over
the bodies of Daniels and Richards. Dr.
Charles W. Duval, of New Orleans, an
nounced that he has performed 6,000
autopsies during his professional ex
perience; but never before, had a case
in which the subjects had been so bru
tally tortured. He said the manner in
which the men were put to death was
.unparalleled in medical history.
Daniel’s body was mutilated an!
parts removed before the other torture
was inflicted, in the opinion of the phy
sician. This mutilation was performed
by a man who has had surgical expe
rience, and a sharp knife or razor was
used, Dr. Duval stated. After that
Daniel's clothing was rearranged.
"The evident torture to these two
men was beyond believing, and there is
in 4 anhninol t r\ r-t uro r»r\rr» _
pare with it,“ he added. Both he and
Dr. 'John Lanford agreed that death
I was Inflicted after the bodies were »ub
! jected to some specially _ constructed
device designed for inflicting punish
ment. Their autopsies revealed the
hearts were drained of blood and that
the manner of torture -produced a slow
death. The pathologists submitted as
exhibits crushed and broken bones
taken from the two bodies in support
of their conclusion.
It was learned here today that in
vestigators for some time have been
seeking- to locate the instrument of
torture. Many opinions have been ad
vanced. as to its construction. One
opinion was that two wide boards
were hinged together at one end and
on the Inside were 18'"teeth.” The men
Were placed inside this and the boards
were slowly pressed down upon them.
The parish prison,, although free of
its line prisoner charged by the state
with complicity in. the murder, was
still patrolled-* by state troops today.
T. J. Burnett, former deputy sheriff,
facing a murder charge, was removed
from the jail yesterday by soldiers and
taken to Shreveport, where he lies to
night facing death from Pneumonia.
Dr. B. M: McKoln, second arrest, al
though he stated at Baltimore when
fighting extradition that he would
rather die 40 times than be taken back
to Morehouse, as he knew he would be
assassinated when he touched More
house soil, attended yesterday’s ses
sions and listened closely to the pro
ceedings and appeared jovial.
Dr. McKoin laughed aloud when
Daniel testified as to the time his son
had been held up by hioded men pre
vious to the tragic night.
Dr.- McKoin, charged with murder,
yet at liberty on bond, makes his home
with his family at Monroe, but motors
to Bastrop to attend the sessions. He
is also in company of his friends when
making these trips.
There will be no- session tomorrow,
because of a Louisiana holiday, the An
niversary of the Battle of New Orleans.
The hearing will be resumed-Tuesday
morning. '
UNEMPLOYED DEMONSTRATES . !
LONDON, Jan. 7.—(By the, Associa
ted Press.)—London today was the
scene of one of the-largest’ demon
stration .of unemployed witnessed in
recent years. It was held under/fthe
auspices of the labor party and’the'
trades anions;’ ‘There1’ also wCfe rZOO
various parts of the country, . ' i
REMAINING TWELVE
NEGRO ROUSES IN
ROSEWOOD BORNEO
All Buildings i Are Deliberately
Fired Ona,at a Timeby J
Crowd White Men
BURNING WITNESSED
BY A LARGE CROWD
But no One Was Found Who
Would Admit Seeing Any
of the liouses Fired
ROSEWOOD, Fla., Jan. 7.—(By The
Associated Dress).—Twelve houses, all
that remained of the negro section of
Rosewood, following the clash between
whites and black# Thursday night, in
which seven were,killed, were fired by
a crowd of whttflvimen here this after
noon and burned >to the ground.
*The houses were fired one at a time
while* a crowd Of between 100 and 150
men looked on without making any ef
fort to extinguish the:flames. Accord
ing to Levy county authorities, all of
the negroes were 'hiding, in the woods,
where they went late Thursday night
after the clash. -
The burning of the houses was car
/-vnf rlf*1 Ihprnt#>lv n.nrl. a.lthomrli the
crowd was present all the time, no one
could be found who would say he saw
the houses fired.,' Six houses and a
negro church wiere burned Thursday
night immediately after a crowd of
white men, advancing on a negro
house, had been fired on from the house
and two of their ntimber killed.
The negroes escaped from the house
after two of them had. been shot to
death by the whites, who rained bullets
on the structure until their ammunition
was exhausted. A> negro woman was
killed as she was leaving her burning
dwelling, another negro was slain
about 20 miles from the scene of the
trouble and yesterday a fifth negro was
shot to death in fhjmner on the graves
of. his' mother and^brother and one of
the other negro victims when he is
said to have refused to tell his white
captors the names of those in the
house who fired on the white men.
In the opinion of the officers, the fires
l"ere today mark the end of the racial
disturbance which was precipitated
When the white mej» went’ to the negro
house in search rf0f Jesse Hunter,
wanted for alleged*, Implication in an
attack on a .young white woman at
Sumner. Monday, Hunter has not yet
been captured. Several <?f the negroes,
who were barricaded^In the house have
crested,
1 -- ‘ 1 *■“' ^ for safe
r keeping. The prisoners are aa»a ^
| have admitted that there were 18 ne
I groes present at/• the time of the
trouble.
At Sumner, all the negroes are kept
in the ouarterg when not at work in
the lumber mill, a deadline having been
established between the negro and
white sections. ’
An unusual incident Thursday night
while the barricaded negroes were fir
ing at tfie whites was reported today.
One of the attacking cordon with an
electric flash light worked his way
across the open space between the
crowd and the hou^e. climbed through
a darkened window, switched the
lights on the crouching negroes and
shouted to his friends to shoot. One Of
the negroes shot him, the bullet lodg
ing in his head and Inflicting a serious
wound. He Tell through the window to
the ground and was rescued.
German Deliveries of
Coal Are 89 Per Cent
\ ' .
BERLIN, Jan. 7.—(By The Asso
ciated Press)_Germany delivered 89
per cent of the 13,COO,01)0 tons of coal
demanded for French reparations -last
year, or 4.6 per cent more than claimed
in the memorandum France submitted
to the reparations commission in Paris
relative:- to Germany’s alleged default
In deliveries under the peace treaty,
according to an official reply to that
memorandum.
It is pointed out,)n the reply that the
peace treaty stipulated maximum de
liveries, and these were to be made
only Insofar as compatible with Ger
many’s own requirements in providing
her people with the pecessaries of life.
It is declared that, the deficit, such as
has occurred, is .due primarily to the
I refusal of the French to accept certain
qualities of fuel, especially coke, and a
demand for a better .quality than even
German consumers used.
Other causes, given for lack of ful
fillment are strikes, transport difficul
ties, and frost. . • ■ ' •
SHOULD CONFERENCE BREAK
TURKS WILL GO HOME AND
A WAIT ALLIED CONCESSION
.
J : IiAlSAIN iHn. 7.—(By The
^vA*sociate^^; )^-Ferld Bey, the
Turkish "Jj' ® Alist representative
at Parlr Is at present in Lnu
“ uiinne,/^ ^ soldi
_ the conference break !
I will return home and j
r the alAes agree to our
1 pr : term*. Vie will thereby 1
| 4/ y reduce the national debt
1 /<.'-iont* save money that would
I ^ Arise be spent in commerce.”
■; Asked if it was true that France
was prepared to slam a separate
treaty with Turkey in case of a
rupture, he replied*
“If so, I am not aware of It. But
Jt is to be remarked that we still j
have an accord with Fmnce, signed
in October, 1921.
“We are quite willing to sign
separate treaties with any country;
we are most anxious to sign a com
mercial agreement with the United
States, although the attitude of
Ambassador Child at Lausanne so
far has run counter to what ap
pears to us for the interests of the
United States. While w© like
Americans above all others in cer
tain respects, it would seem to us
by Ambassador Child’s declaration
regarding the open door that, the
American oil interests have suc
ceeded in getting a promise of part
of Mosul from the British. The
Americans are satisfied with this,
whereas it is not at nil certain that
the British will get Mosul,” t
Lausanne Conference Enters
The Most Critical Stage of
Near East Peace Negotiations
SECOND WEEK OF
ASSEMBLY OPENS
IN CAPITAL TODAY
Members Look Forward to Gov
ernor’s Address; Review of
Past Week’s Sessions
RALEIGH, Jan. 7.—With the .begin
ning of the second week of North Car
olina's 67th general assembly sched
uled for tomorrow, and with the assem
bly’s members looking forward to the
contents of the governor’s biennial
message on Tuesday, today presented
a quiet aspect in leigslative circles.
A summing up of the opening daya
of the session shows the bills introduc
ed to regulate masked gathering and
tax revision as the principal features.
Predicted surprises have not yet put
in appearance. Contemplation of the
legislative recommendations which the
governor is expected to set forth on
Tuesday brought from members of’the
■assembly nothing but vague specula
tion.
v,.Tb® eliip- proposal.. was>ou£>t*uitiii>g- i»
firfg. With The exception of the state
ment Issued by Representative E. W.
Pharr, of Mecklenburg county, no mem
ber has ventured anything definite
along this line. An open minded course
| seems to have been adopted, and mem
Oers are Keeping lu me peuc.y ul
watchful waiting. •
While the senate committees have
all been appointed, and certain new
additions have been announced, none
of the committees is weady to report,
principally because o! the fewness of
bills which have been laid before that
body.
In the house the rules committee is
the only one which has been announc
ed and its report has been made. Speak-'
er John G. Dawson, of Lenoir, however,
has announced that the remaining
committees will be appointed at Tues
day's session. One reason for no oth
er committees having been brought
fourth was credited to. the illness of
the speaker, Mr. .Dawson is regaining
strength slowly and still appears weak.
The forthcoming week is expected
to see both houses, however, swing into
full action when a heavier run of bills
will be introduced and committees will
begin to settle" down for the long
grind.
Judiciary Committee
to Exonerate Daugherty
WASHINGTON,. Jan. 17.—The house
judiciary committee at a meeting Tues
day, members said' today, will formu
late a report to the house holding there
were no grounds for the impeachment
charges filed by Representative Keller,
Republican, Minnesota, against Attor
ney General Daugherty. ’
Til® committee also is expected to
adopt a report by^a sub-committee de
claring Mr. Keller was not exempt
from obeying its subpoenae. directing
him to appear after he had withdrawn
from thp case while the hearng was
in progress. ■ ■
Members - indicated, however, that
, this report, if adopted by the,full com
1 mittee, would be presented to the house
| “jvithout recommendation.”
Charges Anti-Saloon League
With Buying the Volstead Act
WASHINGTON, Jan. 7—Charges that
the anti-saloon league Jias "bought”
the 'Volstead 'act with congressional
patronage and that the federal prohi
bition enforcement service-is "corrup
ted from top to' bottom by a set of
depraved political officials' appointed
by the spoils system” are made in a'
letter , written, by William ,JD. .Fpulke,
vice president of the National Civil
Advice league, to S. E. Nicholson, sec
retary of the Anti-Saloon league, made
public today by Mr. Loulke.
• Mr. Nicholson, according to Mr
Foulke, recently declared that ap-,
plication of the' civil service system
to the prohibition enforcement ser
vices, established Under the Volstead
.act "Would have been to'. • Jeopardize'
the passage of the enforcement MU" j
when it was before congress. ' In an
swer,'Mr. Foulke continued: • 1r■]
“That means'that you have vbo-.titht
the bill ‘ with congressional patronage !
and paid for* it nbt* with youl* own
money but far worse, with offices', paid
inr out of taxes levied upon the peo
pie. I do not at all suppose you un
derstood the immorality of the act,
put in any reasonable system of ethics
it was far more indefensible than op
posing: the ciyil service law.”' /
Referring to the prohibition enforce
ment service, Mr. Foulke's letter.said:
“The service is corrupted from top
to bottom by a set of depraved poli
tical official,' apponted under the
spoils system which xyou promoted.
Even those who, seem' anxious to en
force the law are so ignorant and in-"
efficient that they make illegal
searches and arrests in violation of
the fourth amendment to the consti
tution as recently decided by one of
our federal- courts.: I cOuld go on for
hours with" the dettfilg but why do' so?
President Harding: himself ’ announced
In- hiB message that they* had become
announced in his message that they
Mid become a national scandal and
called upon'' the governors for help
IB that for which- the national-force,
.it decently administered, ought *to:'be
adecuate. f .V
Despite Disappointing Collapse
Saturday Allies Are Push
’ ing Forward With Their
Program
ISMET’S PROBABLE
PROCEDURE PUZZLING
Question is Asked on All Sides: i
“Doek Turkey Want War
or Peace?”
LAUSANNE, Jan., 7.—(By the Asso
ciated Press).—Notwithstanding: the
disappointing: ^>llapse yesterday of the I
negotiations between the allied repre-j
sentatives^ and the Turks concerning
special judicial privileges, for^oreign
ebs in Turkey, the allied delegations
are pushing forward the preparation
of a peace treaty which they still are
hoping- may be signed at Lausanne.
Everybody engaged in the stupend
ous* task of trying to reconcile the
orient and the Occident with their, in
tricate. problems of peace, religicm,^pa
!• 1T^i.t»i^o-ftatto>rat7' &ensitfvenc:is’' and
j ambitions, realize the disastrous af
fects on Europe of a break at Laus
anne after the collapse of the pre
miers' conference in Paris, and it is
clear this realization is causing all to
pause and consider.
The questions asked on all sides
“Does Turkey want peace or war?”
“Will Ismet Pasha, knowing the des
perate need of his people for a genera
tion of peace, barter or yield in the
end?"
Ismet Pasha yesterday pointed out
to the allied chiefs the Turkish road
to peace. He made it clear that Tur
key would never consent to comtnit
ting- to a public document, which all
the world might read, any engagements
that would cause the Turkish people
to stand before the world as an infe
rior race; he would never agree to
foreign judges cpming to Turkey to
administer justice', because that would
be a humiliation and an evidence of
Turkish incapacity and ignorance. Is
met suggested special arrangements
between Turkey and the other powers
and separate treaties whereby foreign
residents would receive ample 'protec
tion.
The danger of a break at Lausanne
comes from allied insistence oh a pub
lic commitment by Turkey in the Laus
anne treaty. M. Barrere is due here
front Paris Tuesday, perhaps with
fresh instructions from Premier Poin
care; but there is not' evidence of any
ranting between the French and’ the
British so far as this conference is
concerned. Both M. Barrere and Lord
Otvrzon appear to be doing their best
to reconcile -the orient and the Occi
dent, just as Secretary Hughes did his
best at the Washington conference to
bridge the gulf between the west and
east and remove from Japanese hearts
the fear of American aggression in the
Ambassador Child is contributing in
important measure to the near eastern
settlement by outlining America's po
sition on vital problems, but Ambas
sador Child is limited; he is at the
conference, but not of it.
The straits problem is practically
settled as there remains only the fram
ing of a suitable* formula for an in
ternational pact of non-aggression
against Turkey. The experts spent to
day trying to elaborate this formula
which the Turks admit will not likely
endanger the success of the conference.
The supreme difficulties on the eve
of the forthcoming ci.ritical week are
the Mosul oil 'area, which England
holds, but Turkey claftns, failure to
agree on the customs tariff and in
ability to find some form of judicial
guarantees-for foreigners resident in
Turkey, which will relieve the anxiety
of foreigners and at the same time
not wound the pride-of the Turkish
nation
Racer Killed in Wreck
on Houston Speedway
HOUSTON, Texas, Jan. 7.—Earl Grey,
23, race driver, Of Flint, M.lch., was
killed at the Ululf Coast speedway this
afternoon on the last lap of the second
race. Grey had ' hit the - Inside fence
in the previous lap but' continued to
drive with a piece of the .fence wedged
between his left front wheel and the
steering gekr. As he tried to come out
of the turn ‘onto the home stretch in
the last iap,“ the board caught his
steering apparatus, causing him to
turn over. He was'-caught under the
car and Crushed, He died, instantly,
NEGOTIATIONS OPEN ¥
TODAY ON BRITISH
WAR DEBT FUNDING
British and American Experts ^
to Endeaver to Fund Eng
land’s Debt to U. S.
VISITORS TO SEEK
THE EXTREME LIMIT
Considered That American Com
missioners Will be . Asked .
to go as Far as Possible
WASHINGTON, Jan. 7.—The Ameri
can and British commissions named to
negotiate a funding arrangement for
Great Britain's war time debt to the
United States, will meet tomorrow for
the first time in their efforts as describ
ed by Governor Norman, of the Bank of
England, a British delegate, to "break,
the vicious cycle” of world debts. Each
commission Is entering the initial con
ference without having made a public
pronouncement as to its views or in
tentidns and there is little indication
thfit tomorrow’s meeting will carry the
negotiations further than a formal ex
change of opinion.
Members of the American commis
sion are bound within the limits of the
law which extends the privilege of,
funding: the war obligations Into so-'
curities of a maximum maturity of 25
years and establishes a minimum of '
four and one-quarter per cent, interest.
It is accepted as obvious in most offi
cial quarters that the foreign delega
tion will ask for application of the ex
treme limit both as to .the term and
interest rate. It may be assumed that
even before Chancellor Baldwin, of the
exchequer,' and Governor Norman, - the '
British commissioners, make any in
formal suggestion as to the many is
sues, they will attempt to establish
their government’s ultimate ability to
take care of the obligations. " It has
been hinted in several ways that the
British would seek to show, to the sat
isfaction of the ■ Americans Just how
much could be paid and when it would
be best'to pay it, or, in other words,
how much money can- be withdrawn .
from England and from Europe annual
ly without adding to economic dis
turbance of continental conditions.
Reports as to probable suggestions
by the British delegation for the fund
ing settlement have been appearing
daily since the comml.5Kjon-.came and
bggan the routine pi courtesy calls on
government officials. - ' ; , . .
Rbga-riMess -of whether tentative of
fers have been or will-be made tomor
row many officials here are watching
developments intently declaring that
.the arrangement .fre.qultitig. from the
conference is going to bear directly on
world affairs. These officials point to
‘the possibility of establishment of a
precedent in' future world debt fund
ing settlements in as much as the
countries owing Great Britain also owe
the United States. The British gov
ernment, It is believed, will not care
to provide, easier terms for its cerdi
tors than are permitted by the United
States because of the disadvantage it
would face in its own fiscal operations.
Some members of the American com
mission have said that whether this
government will or not, it will domi
nate world affairs to the extent it de
mands rigorous terms of the British.
The belief has prevailed, however, that
the American commission will be mag
nanimous to the extent It is allowed
by foreign debt funding act and thus
indirectly will lend a helping hand in
solving the world problems founded on
the “vicious cycle” of debts.
Governor Norman’s expression to the
effect that Washington'appeared to be
the best place to break the cycle i»
believed to indicate he pins his hpoe
for better world progress economically
oil the forthcoming conferences here
rather than on an immediate solution
qf reparations questions. He said Eu
rope had been “peeking away” at re
parations problems without results and
hoped for a new start in negotiating a
funding arrangement here.
Establishment of
Civil Aeronautics
Bureau Advocated
WASHINGTON, Jan. , 7.—Establish
ment of a bureau of civil aeronautics
in the department of commerce to co
ordinate the "air activities of the
United States will bte’ proposed in a
bill to be introduced by Chairman
W.inslow, of the hbuse commerce com
mittee. ' The measure would provide
for inspection and licensing of air
craft and pilots, establishment and
certifying of air routes and terminals
and would piake rules to govern avia
tion.
Chairman Winslow announced to
day he ' would introduce the bill to
morrow and said it was the result oi
months of study and conferences, par
ticipated lh by representatives of tl||
war, navy, treasury, pdstoffice, labor
and commerce departments, as well as
many ' organizations i Interested in ths
development of flying.
“We believe,” •' said- Mr. 'Winslow,
“that■ aviation is perhaps, the, most
significant mechanical development ol
this generation, contributing, as - it
does, 'to the. speeding, up „of transpor
tation and forming the key. of our
national defense on land and sea. In
his Inaugural message, President
Harding urged legislation for regula
tion, relief and; encouragement of
aviation. The establishment and de
velopment of civil aeronautics has the
indorsement of the administration.”
STORM WARNING IS8CKD.
. WASHINGTON, Jan. 7,—Warnings, ot
a southeast storm between Delaware
Breakwater arid Cape Hatteras and of
a northeast storm on the New England
ebast' north ■ of -Boston were ordered
Ubisted by the weather bureau tonight.
Strong shifting winds becoming west
and northwest-with rain were predict
ed between DelAw'are Breakwater skid
Cape Hatteras,