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CIRCULATION: DAILY MORE THAN DOUBLE, SUNDAY MORE THAN THREE TIMES THAT OF ANY OTHER WILMINGTON PAPER. Cloudy and Probably Rain$ Today. Full Day and Night Servies of the Associated Press, 100 PER- CENT AMERICAN FOUNDED A. D. 1867*—VoL. CXI*—No. 84. WILMINGTON, N. C .SUNDAY MORNING, SlAY 27, 1923. TARIFF the banshee that looms before TWO MAJOR PARTIES Something Has Gone Wrong Not in Accord With Politi- ) cal Tradition democrats blame it t or all high prices Republicans on Other Halid Point to the Figurines. With Great Pride IIt ROBERT M. SMALL. , sj.c.-iJi I Correspondent Sunday Star) WASHINGTON, May 26.—Of all the mini1'led situations that confront the uoliticians as they daw their lines for Ihe next presidential fray .there Is none H> compare with the tariff. Something has gone wrong with the tariff It is not acting according to po litical tradition. But it is, nevertheless ln'the forefront of every political dis • cussion; the press agents of the two old i,allies! are hammering away on .the subject even this early In .the .campaign iml there is every reason to believe that despite the wet and dry issue, >de • spite Hu contention as to to the world court, despite the difference, i* demo cratic and republican conceptions of a proper international policy, the old tar iff veteran of many a hard fought mat tic will be found doing business at ihe " tame old stand on the'hustings when the ideas of 1924 issue m the uuadrea* tiial scrimmage for the suffrage of a ’free people. • • - » The tariffs represents one of the few fundamental differences between' the l>,.ratio and Republican parties. It V,almost lost, .sight of In the '1920 campaign. keen was the Issue over tin. league of nations. Many persons thought the tariff was dead. The re publicans slighted it in their platform, bo did tlie democrats. But now as 1924 $]ipr ach. s and battle fronts are being forme,i. the tariff looms Up once more as the great bone of contention. Blaming the Tariff. The broad claim of the democrats to day is that the tariff is to blame for all the high prices prevailing. . .. The broad elatro af the republicans isi •■feat the tariff is bosiMHi^RTfor nn hl must unprecedented wave of prosperity sweeping the greater part of the, na tion. ’ Tin remarkable part of the situation' is that figures just made public by.the department of commerce seem to cor roborate both claims. The more the politicians study the figures the more muddled they become and to the In nocent bystander it would seem that you can take absolutely the same set of figures and make therefrom a per fectly consistent speech.in behalf of either ihe democratic or the republican coniention. In such’ clroumstances then: is not much hope for the votec. When the Fordney-McCumber tariff bill was'enacted it was stated that It Imposed the highest duties levied in a third of a century. It was said .that tin duties were so high that they would constitute a tariff wall, shutting out all foreign products and thereby deflating one of the purposes of the biil—the raising of revenues to help support the government and ; bring down domestic taxes. instead of falling off with the levy ing of the new high duties, imports have been steadily climbing until at last they have outbalanced the exports from the United States by something t like $60,000,000 a month. This is the i first adverse trade balance the Unite® States lias faced in many years. The Republicans naturally are point ing to the figuies with pride. They say that the new tariff act has proved a wonderful succes as a revenue pro. dtucr and has brought more exports into the country than ever before. The Democrats, arguing from the same premise, ask where there is pro bation to American industry in an.act which brings in more foreign goods (Continued on Page Two) PROHIBITION CHIEF NEAR BREAK MELLON AND BLAIR OVER DRY ■:A By H. D. C. BRYANT WASHINGTON, May 28.—A break be tween Prohibition Commissioner Haynes and Secretary Mellon Is brewing. What’ Mr. Haynes thinks of Secretary • Mellon.and Internal Revenue Collector Blair could not be spoken in one of his Sunday lectures on prohibition enforce ment. . . ' . ■ ■ , , ,■■■ - He would write Into treasury regu lations laws never enacted ,by con- . gress. Ever since he was appointed he has been fudging a little to enforce his dry vlew.s. Now he feels that Messrs., Mellon and 1 Blair are permitting technicalities to interfere with his work. They have had him to the law. Druggists from all sections pf. the. country have com- , plained that Haynes kept them from getting liquor they were entitled - to for medicinal purposes. .Recently a committee was appointed to see that ; sufficient alcohol foe Industrial ..and, medical use was allowed. ’ This was a little check on Haynes. Mr Haynes has conducted’a propaganda campaign that lulled the Rublic, to deep. He has asserted fr#G.J Gy to lay that prohibition was iifilg§|§hg. In svery way. One day he made 'ns/state nent for the press to that effect arid :he President declared an hour later that the failure of the campaign igalnst < bootleggers was a menace to' :he morals of the nation. While,Haynes has placed better con- < lltions, things have grown worse.-In stead of taking the peopled into his ;onfldence, and stating facts . he has caused many good prohibitionists in :he state £o loaf on the Job. feeling ;hat the federal government was con luering the foe. Now It looks as If Mr. Haynes was rbout ready to “blow” on Secretary Mellon or, Commissioner JHair. or. both, ind'make a very embarrassing 'situ ation for the President. who, would avoid any wet and dry mln-up. Sev ■ral times President Harding has been appealed to by Haynes, and Secretary Mellon has been asked to deal gently with the prohibition commissioner. • Mr. Harding is like the two-horse rider it the circus,- he Is having a hard time lolding his position. ' AGREEMENT REACHED IN TURKISH AND GREEK REPARATIONS DISPUTE Peace Instead of War in Near East follows Dramatic Ses sion at Lausanne LAUSANNE. May 26.—(By Associated Press.)—Peace instep of war in the near east was the wfelcome result of a dramatic session of the Lausanne con ference held today to settle the Tuiko- > Greecfe reparation controversy. Com plete agreement was reached and, as this was the only remaining problem between the Greek* and the Turks hus tUitteS..4bica>. it was teal** Ml*** <»-':■ ,yo)y.e..-tho^a.l)Wi-«e!tntries» have beenv < .The United States, through"Joseph, C. Grew; the minister to 'Switzerland,/ played an Important part in the settle ment. Mr. Grew’s efforts for peace ■ which ‘continued throughout the night and today are regarded by the confer- ■ ence delegates as having; helped con siderably in p/eparing. the agreement which the European powers have been seeking for a fortnight. ■*„ ■ . The happy ending, of-the'war is expected favorably to influence the remaining near eastern negotiations and force an accord on the points still disputed.: Incidentally, It will further the proposed revision of the Turkish- ■ American treaties, which are still’ in the stage"' of informal conversations. The essential points in today’s agree ments are. . Greece admits she owes indemnity to Turkey, while Turkey renounces en forcement of payments; the two pow ers agree* to rectification of the boun dary between eastern and western! Thrace and to the restoration of ships seized from one another since the ar mistice; the Tuks agree to waive in- - demnlty in view of Greece’sc preca rious financial condition, and Greece . consents to the cession to Turkey of Karagateh, and the railroad from Ka ragatch to the Bulgarian frontier. The settlement followed a long de bate, after which Ismet Pasha and M. Venlzelos shook hands and sat |own, and chatted In the most friendly jnan n*M. Venlzelos thanked all the plenipo tentlafies as well as the American minister foy their efforts toward peace. Ismet Pasha remarked that he hoped Turkey’* conciliatory -attitude would help to influence the settlement of the remaining problems between Turkey and the allies. Machine Guns Rifles Menace Brigands; General Chung- Yu In Action PEKING, May 2«.-*(By Assoclat- | ' '1 Press)—Machine gun's and rifles '"night are attempting tP fiMrce- t^ie f j release of fourteen foreigners, ln •lurlisix Americans, ljeld hr' I'Miiieseobandits In the hills above Linclterg, Pur three weeks crowds of ofti eial negoltators have labored in rain to free the captives who were kidnapped from, the Shanghal i'eking express near Buchow May ! six. Now the mountain paths that for^lays have been filled with run ners carrying terms back and forth between Paotzuku fortress and the neogitators below, are being put to other uses. ‘ . • Oi>l 'Tien chung-Yu, tucihuii • or military governor, of Shantung, is Having his way, andfthree brigades,, his troops, with machine guns nnd two scouting airplanes, have . “hinged into the hill defiles to “dig r the bandits out." Already . the soldiers have .had v two brushes with the outlaws with natalities on both, sides. General \ 1 ten has thrown his troops ,ln wide ; eircle about the bandits hot bed ■ 'id he ig gradually, tightening his ■ “tranglehold,. cutting the outlaws’ itrimunications and hoping finally * '“lata the gang that is holding he 14 Foreigners 1 ar above the clouds in the. *<uuw*ta prtfsn, a crisis la.be lieved to be approaching;. The out* • laws are Said to be eager to make f •terms,' but they fear the promises ' " of Peking;. ■ Also, they know Gen eral Tien, whp has a reputation ■ for separating the heads of brl grands fronf'their bodies. In what they declare is a final ef - fort to come to an agfreeipent, the brigands yesterday sent out a . i spokesman, accompanied by J. B. Bowell, of Shanghai, ' one Pf the .American prisoners. -Hitherto -all overtures have failed, owing to the V kidnapers’ demand that-any agree-.. ; ment with the Chinese officials must have an official foreign guar antee. , . . . , ’ ■- -The captives . are reported ta • be ’ generally - in • good health, except the wealthy Italian attoreny, G D Musso, who Is suffering from an1 injured leg- * Their Clothing Is poor living conditions in their prison are bad and food is non* too plen tiful, but In spite of all, they are j said to be standing the strain well. OUTBREAK EGYPT \ 1GNDON, May M —A Revolutionary outbreak, in Bulgarians reported In * Bucharest dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph company by wya of Carls-, bad. The premier. Alexandria Stara boullsky. la said to have,fled, having been sentenced to death, by the revo mtlonaHes Vny , of the r/volutlon cu-ies are reported to. have Veen killed The Situation is joriticuL ■i 2v'-; i, 'v', i ..-v * ' 1 ‘ t’1 . * Debs (. ' ,, " . i'v'v; - (1 ' This is the latest photo of Eugene5 V.. Debs. , / . ; ALLEGED PURCHASING AGENT OF RUM FLEET NOW IN NORFOLK JAIL Rex. D'. Sheldon Attested In Yir ; ginia City by Federal Officers NORFOLK, Va., . May 26.—Rex D. Sheldon, of New York;' alleged pur chasing agent of the Atlantic coast rum funning fleet, was-ln jail here to night in default of *10,000 bond. Wil liam E. Baker, alias William L. Bur well, suspected oif being one of the partners in the international syndi cate controlling the .liquor fleet, and his wife, Elisabeth Brfker, mother of three small , children, were realeased today.under joint bond of *6,000. Burwell or Baker and his wife .ex pect to go to New York tomorrow. They gave their home address as Der by, Conn., but skid they maintained an apartment in New York on Seventy sixth street, near Columbia avenue. Sheldon is wanted in New York, .ac cording to the authorities tinder 'an in-! dlctiiient for alleged rum running ac-‘ tlvities. .. Two men indicted with' him were convicted, the authorities assert, but Sheldon forfeited bond and failed! to appear for trial. He is said to be a member of the gang of smugglers . .that operated under the direction of the Montague brothers in New York. While Sheldon and the two Bur well’s are believed to be important factors in the rum running combine, federal authorities do pot believe they constitute the "power behind the throne.” They have- the names of two men they are seeking. 'Both, however, are believed to have escaped. Dire of the men sought, Intercepted messages indicated, has gone to Eng land, while the; other is thought to be a refugee, in Bermuda, while the other one or mote .members of the rum squadron nave hastened for supplies whloh could not be procured through the coast guard blockade here: ■*.. While federal ofliolals place much value on statements made , by tneir prisoners they have gathered en'ough Information to form convincing evi dence that the rum fleet that made its appearance . off the Virginia coast about ten dfcys ago constitutes one of the most powerful and most complete ly financed enterprises of its kind In the history of outlawry .Burwell, the most talkative of the trio arrested here, said he \ was new to the business c>f rum smuggling. Ho. appeared, somewhat awed by the enor mous proportions of the business in which he said he had Invested‘his cap ital. If what he skys Is true, the rulp fleet is managed and financed by men of means who hold high positions and who take little if any of the risk in volved in the enterprise. V . CREED BAR LOWERED ' ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., May 2« — The bar of creed was lowered by the Northern Baptlat conventlpnv today When It was voted that the president of' the. .University of Chicago need not hereafter 'be a mamber of thp.t de-: spacUnatibn. . / ' {?’ , .' *!■> IVERNOR’S CHOICE F HERIOT CLARKSON FOR JUSTICE POPULAR Believed Thai Appointment of : Charlotte Men Will please W - . ■ the State; _ MANAGED MORRISON CAMPAIGN IN 1920 Mr. Nash, Assistant Attorney General, Announces For Manning’s Place , . Star New* . Bureau. 812 Tucker Building. ' By BOCK BARKLEY RALEIGH, May 28.—Governor Morri son’s appointment of Herlot Clarkspn of Gharlotte as- the successor to .Asso ciate Justloe Walker on tne supreme court bench Is one executive act that apparently has the. approval of all shades and tinges of Tar Heel politics as represented in,the capital. ’ ' The governor made the selection with , a feeling of great ’ obligation towards bis campaign manager of the 1920 pri maries, with deep appreciation of the bond of close friendship that has ex isted between the two for many years, and above all, with sincere confidence in the ability of the man as a lawyer and in -’his honest? of morals and thought as a citizen. Clarkson Popular Mr. Clarkson' is unusually- popular over the state as was evidenced by the great flood of telegrams ,that,cande in yesterday and last night.urging, his ap pointment and by today's flow of con gratulatory messages from every sec tion. Indoraemehts for him were not confined to lawyers, ,but: hundreds of lay'citizens telegraphed the governor urging his selection, and closely drawn political. lines,, lfcinay be. Judged from local' oplnloiK hiv|,.b.eani,merge4. long Chough to„ express satltfaotlon at- the governor’s decision. . •> /■The Charlofte lawyer Was informed bf his appointment by the following telegram which the governor sent him shortly before’noon: , ' • “I have the honor to send you by to day’s mall a commission for the posi tion of associate justice of the supreme court of North Carolina to.succeed As sociate Justice Walker, deceased.” ; <To this message Mr. Clarkson re plied as follows: ; : “I am deeply appreciative of the hon or you have conferred upon me. the more especially as coming' from you, and with the help of a kind Providence I: will ever strive to justify the trust apd confidence you have-placed in me.” ' It is as natural for.Mr. Clarkson to .confess his -dependence in- a providence as for him to express his appreciation of- the. high judicial lfbnor that has Come to him. It betrays one of the strong components of an exceptionally strong character. - - - •• , - 1 It was assumed , here Mr. Clarkson, would oome to Raleigh.- next week 'to take the oath of office, the supreme court -is sitting now, but the spring term is scheduled- to be concluded shortly. Wash Announces | Assistant Attorney General Frank Nash makes announcement tnat to will be a candidate for promotion to Judge Manning’s position In.the primaries of next year and he thereby throws some 1 cold water into the lineup of proba ble candidates. Judge Manning will not seek re-election, and besides Mr. Nash there are three othpr likely ap plicants for - fhe place. They are Charles Ross of Llllington, who man aged Congressman Bob Page’s .guber natorial campaign: former Speaker Dennis Brummitt, of Oxford, and Rep resentative H. Gt. Connor/ Jr., of W11-, Bon. ’ How Mr. Nash will fare In the race with a strong triumvirate against-him 1 a matter .of conjeoture, but if he can make the people see the manner In which he has performed his duties as assistant attorney general he ought to . haVe a big chance. No person drawing pay from the state has conducted ’his duties with greater diligence and.sin cerity than has Mr. Nash; and he has set an example for earnestness and giv ing of real value for the salary;. re ceived .that can be found in a tew de partments of tlje state government. There has :been no disposition on Mr. Nash’s part to run the working day on the lighter side of the working hours or to observe every memorial that car ries a holiday. And he certainly ha* betrayed no disposition to reel tnat a .state job Isn’t like a private job In that work counts, the less. . - ' . , ’ , - > ' ’ : 1 New Bern Baby Die? When Hit by Auto *■ - » .... - V '(Special to the Star) iriBW BBM> May 36.—HI* skull crushed when run down by anauto noblle driven by Guy Gaskins. . white, Robert AUison Waddell, dve year-old son of Mrs, Alberta Ulrich Waddell, died in a'local hospital nt noon thday, an hour alter the acci dent, near the vfctUn's home • on Johnson street,, ' Witnesses, who attached no blame to Mr. Gaskins, said the chfld stepped ont icob behind 'an ice uapon' directly in the path of the machine which was drawing: a trailer loaded with brick and was running? at a low r'ate ot Speed, Buffering from ;the shock of the tragedy* Mrs. vW»«l*«iI sail* this was her third child to he run down hy automobiles, the other two having recovered, f ' v. f t ’ . . - v____J Lieut. Crocker Completes Gull-to-Canada Air Dash In Less Than 11 1-2 Hours •'~-f •’ - /• -t MT. CLEMENS, Mich., May,26.—(By Associated Press)—Lieutenant Harri son G. Crocker landed at Selfridge field here at:6;15 o’clock tonight completing a non-stop Gulf to Canada flight. Lieu tenant Crocker left Ellington field, Houston. Tex., at ,6:21 this morning. ' The flight of 1400 miles was made In 11 hours and 64 minutes. The actual gulf-tb-Canada flight occupied 11 hours and 29 minutes, the rest of the time be ing consumed In reaching the landing field. Lieutenant Crocker flew over Cana dian territory oppisite Trenton, on the final lap from Toledo, O., to the Self ridge field. The officer said his engine performed perfectly; except for- a few minutes as he passed over part of Louis iana. ' . ■ The greater part of the distance was flown at a height of 100 .to 600 feet be cause, of low hanging clouds. At one point, Lieutenant1 Crocker said, he was flying so low that he feared his plane would crash into the tree tops and he was forced to rise through and above j the clouds to a height of 3,000 feet. [Me was obliged to maintain this altl j tude for about one hour before he I found a rift in the clouds that per j mltted him to get in sight of the I earth again. The gasoline supply of 240. gallons | was exhausted when the plane was 20 j minutes away from Selfridge field, and [ the remainder of the trip was made | from emergency fuel. [ Two sandwiches were all 'Lieutenant I Crocker ate on his record.making trip. ! He said he had coffee but did not have [ time to drink it. General^ William Mitchell, assistant chief of the air service was at Selfridge field, and was One of the first to wel come Lieutenant Crocker, s "This flight” said General Mitchell “coupled with that of Lieutenants McReady and Kelly from coast to coast demonstrates conclusively • that the United States can put an air force in the center of country and move it to any border—north, south, east or west within IX hours. FIVE POWERS SEND VIEWS ON U. S. RUM LAW TO WASHINGTON Britain, France, Spain, Italy and Bolland- All Transmit Their Opinions WASHINGTON,. May 26.—The ' views of five foreign governments with re ference to the recent supreme court de cision prohibiting liquor on foreign ships In American territorial waters tyere before treasury officials tonight for their consideration in framing re gulations for application of 'the de cision. The substance of the repre sentations ; by - thh fiver.-''pbiwilsr* WCfe transmitted by the state 'department which- had received from Great Brit ain and Spain written communications and from France, Italy and the Neth erlands verbal statements of »their Views. - _ Course Not Apparent Whether the course of treasury .of ficials in framing ’ regulations would materially be modified by the represen tations was not "apparent, but it was indicated , that before final approval was given and draft there would pro bably . be discussions with state de partment officials and with represen tatives of foreign governments- In Washington in the hope df meeting the wishes of all concerned as nearly as possible. The hope that the Unit ed States would discuss the matter witly the maratlme powers was ex pressed In the British note . received late yesterday. BALDWIN TAKES HELM |AT CRITICAL PERIOD OF BRITISH HISTORY Nation’s Influence and Prestige in Europe at Lowest Ebb in Centuries < Special cable to the Sunday Star) (Copyright 1923. by the Wilmington - Star Co.) . (Baldwin takes over direction of the British affairs at a time when England's influence and prestiege in .Europe Is-at its lowest ebb. Mr. Gardiner believes only a strong policy of opposition fo French militaristic aims apd to the destruction of Germany, coupled with a plan of lntermotlonallsm will save the situation. .Europe, lip says, must be restored.) . ' C’-tt, ' - -.li’.-V. LONDON, JtTay ' 2«.—Stanley Baldwin took over dominance of thfe govern 'ment at the moment when Great Brit ain’s influence and prestige In 'Europe I was at the lowest ebb in history. Eco nomically and otherwise the Empire no longer in a factor there. The task be fore the new premier is grerft. Only time can tell whether he can win out. At the very outset »he must deter mine whether England desires the de struction of Germany and the creation of a permanent military despotism by France over Europe. This question cannot be evaded. The longer Is is unanswered the worse the situation be comes. . . Then comes Russia. Curzon's heavy handed dealings are in startling con trast to England's meek subjection to Poincare and his aides. Russia’s reply (Continued op page two) EVENTS IN LONDON IN POWDER PAN OF F By^NDIlKTAKDIEC (Special. Cable Dispatch to the Sunday Star.), (Copyright 1923, Wilmington Star Co.) (The Poincare gesture of Resigning and withdrawing • his offer is over shadowed in-M. Tardleu’s opinion by the British cabinet changes. ’He de clares responsibility for the present misunderstandings between France and England rests squarely at Lloyd George's door and asks whether Stan ley Baldwin, aB a new man, "Willhave daring enough to . open conversations on a general common policy, without which there can be no salvation.”,) ■ PARIS, May 2«.—The Poincare ges ture has come and gone. His resigna tion. submitted in a moment of pique on a question foreign to politios, was speedily withdrawn and for the time being no crisis exists. • As a matter of fact the developments in London are of far greater moment to France just now than" any internal question. France ' whole-heartedly sympathized with Bonar Law whose untimely withdrawal is due entirely to his health. He was a true friend of France In direct contrast to’ Lloyd George Who keeps Insisting the French are showing the blackest ingratitude toward'Great Britain. Lloyd George said the other day that no Frenchman since peace had men tioned the great part Britain played m the war. This simply is ridiculous. On the platform, In the press, in; every way, France' has rendered the fullest justice to Britain’s part. Moreover, the man in the street remembers it with! the deepest emotions and that account* for ' the tribute noW being paid to] Bonar Law. The last three years of course has covered our memories with a eoatlng of toe. Maybe it's dangerous, but it is the work oi Lloyd George. The day that Clemenceau was deprived of th« presidency by the Immoral coalition of iha extreme left and the extreme right Lloyd George, after, a few words of pp-' llta regret, said to ] me With a trium phant look, this extremely egotistical' phrase. "I am the only one left.” ' ’ 'From 1926 until'his fall Lloyd George elaborated these six, words into a se ries pf acts inspired by hla autocratic will 'to' rule Europe to suit himself without regar/d to the most solemn of. engagements. Consistency never haa been his forte. Without mentioning his attitude during the Boer war he changed his mind "several times regard ing Germany. Me made a devastating OVERSHADOW FLARE RENCH CABINET GUN speech against her during the Agadir crisis of 1911,.whereas, in 1914, he was among those who .could not see that German aggression menaced the whoiei world. In 1918 he declared for a maxi mum exploitation of victory, wanted to hang the Kaiser and squeeze Ger many out of her last pfennig. But’la ter we found he wanted to spare the, conquered at the expense of the con querer. So long as- French ministers de nounced this policy his methods were annoying, but not dangerous. But when French ministers began imagin ing they could improve on their prede cessors’ work by destroying it Lloyd George readily imagined the era of his omnipotence had begun. From 1920 until the autumn of 1922 he opposed France on every question whether se curity, reparations, Russia, Poland, the Orient or. the Occident, even when French thesis and French interests were in perfect agreement with the treaties signed and ratified by. Great Britain. That’s what created the antir Brttish feeling in France, covering as with ice the glorious war memories although not destroying them. This psychological problem is the gravest the new premier of England faces. I do not know Stanley Baldwin personally. He was a former collabo rator with Lloyd George and later of Sonar Law. Which direction will he take? Time alone will tell, but In any case two different mistakes must be avoided by any British government wanting to contribute to the recon struction of the entente oordial. The , first is not to under estimate the graVe discontent produced among the Prench masses by the, last three years of Brit ish policy. The second Is believing this discontent has effaced confidence and ■friendship engendered by tile long struggle side'by, side. . - , However ready the world seems to he to Stand by the policy Of marking time, .it cannot last forever. Tremen dous decisions must be made in the months soon to come. If statesmen prove Inferior to these then the events will have their revenge. The British and Frencjh,^-whose collaboration is necessary if European order is to be restored, do not seem to realize that the responsibilities of this situation entails complete mutual understanding. Will Baldwin, us, a new -man, have enough daring to open conversations on a general common policy? ’With out this there Can be no salvation. A large part of the/conservative party think he will, trat We can only r. wait unripe.' : * r> ' Vi ^ ^ v EFFORTS OF CHINA TO ' FREE CAPTIVES BEING CLOSELY OBSERVEO Military Commission of Foreign Officers Watch Behind the % Government Lines Will file reports TO DIPLOMATIC CORPS Freely 'Admitted That Politico, Are Involved in Kidnap ing Spree PEKING. May 26.—(By Associated Press.)—Behind the Chinese lines at Tsa^chwang, is a military commission of foreign officers, headed by Brig. Gen. William D. COnnor, of the Ameri can army, which is investigating rneas-; ures being taken by the Chinese gov ernment for the release of the prison ers. The commission will report' its findings and make, any recommenda tions for action it sees fit to, the diplot, matip corps' at Peking. The movement of troops toward the outlaws’ retreat followed on the heels of. Statements in diplomatic circles that It has been definitely established that policies and not theory banditry was, behind the holdup of the Shanghal-Pe king express. 1'■ _ •' ■ It was freely intimated that one po litical faction hoping to embarrass the other, had Instigated the raid. It was hinted further that the diplomatic carps, was considering taking steps to ' : seize the real and persona] property of certain high Official plotters tn’an ef fort to fosce action out of the PekTnig ' : government. The next- day, General Tien’s • troops began 'to file Into*the s hills in the direction of the Paotzuku stronghold. .. . ■' V: Demands have been made at yarloux. tinies during tire, past two week*’ by foreign} circles , In Shanghai, that ?,the \ 'power* undertake -the release of 'the.;,,' capti ves either by direct negotiations - w,ith the bandits or by the use of >, foreign droops. : * The diplomatic corps, however, main- ; tains that to_ deal directly with the bandits would relieve Pekipg of its re sponsibility for the safety of. the foreign prisoners and so far has re frained from initiating such purposes. ; As to a foreign military drive on the j outlaws' stronghold, it is generally .be- ' lieved in Peking and Tientsin, a belief ’s whieh the captives themselves have ex- - pressed, that such action would en- ^ hgnee the danger of the prisoners' : death at'the hands of their captors. Moreover, foreign quarters at Tient sin point out that there are not 8,000 - foreign 'troops in the international . compounds there; *a force entirely in adequate to undertake operations in V the treacherous hill country of Shan? tpng against gangs said to aggregate, 10,000 men. , The close of the third wOek since the 14 were captured' comes with less tension thatl- prevailed last Saturday. ' At that time the bandits had threat ened to kill some5 of their prisoners if • their demands were nbt met by Tues.-. • day. May 22. But Tuesday came and went and no executions followed. . There is no death threat abroad to night and hopes arq Held out that all the prisoners will be spared, but with General Tien’s troops launching their • ‘ drive against Paotchuku there is con siderable anxiety in foreign quarters- ! for the safety of the imprisoned 14. , t --«-_ FARMER-LABOR UN ill! MEETS OPPOSITION FROM MR. CUNNINGHAM Dirt Fanner Member . of Re serve Board Thinks it Bad 1 Politically m 1 DE8 MOINES, Iowa, ‘ May 26:—E. H. Cunningham, appointed as "dirt farmer" of the federal reserve hoard. Is Opposed to a,farmer-labor combine in politics, he said at a luncheon griven . in his honor before leaving for Wash-. > Ington. Althoughhe will represent farmer groups or. the reserve board, he said he would seek no more advantage ' for agricultural interests than they deserve. - ‘‘Are we, aif loyal Americans; going to; disintegrate into classes?" asked Mr, Cunningham. The future of our coun- : try depends upon the answer. “We are npt going to have an in- > fluential farmer-labor combine in this country unless It . comes through some one’s' carelessriess. The laborer does not buy pork because he is especially ■ friendly to the farmer, but because he ‘ Is hungry and wants pork. (The land owner can help block any farmer-la bor combine by giving proper encbuf-; agement to his' tenant and doing bed- : ( ter' by him than ' the farmer-labor, • crowd can do. - '1 don’t want my friends to expect,. it because I go to Washington as that the representative of the farmers that I go’ there to get for the farmers mors-- : than their. Just. share., This federal reserve board must function for every individual ln the country. \ f , “The . heart-beat , of agrioultura should be In harmony with business interests of the country and we are’ . approaching that state of affairs grad#'' natty.” . • 'i I.;'
Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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May 27, 1923, edition 1
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