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VOL CX. NO. 52.
FORTY PAGES TODAY. RALEIGH, N. C, THURSDAY MOItKtNG, AUGUST 21, 1919. : FORTY PAGES TODAY.
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President James A. Gray De
livers Annual Address To .
Bankers' Convention . -
CORDIAL WELCOME GIVEN
VISITORS TO TWIN-CITY
Secretary of The Treasury Oar.
ter Glass and General 8. L.
' Falson Will Be Speakers at
Annual w Meeting of North
Carolina Association in Win.
aton-Salem " Today ; Large
Attendance at Opening Ses
sion; Colonel Fries Reviews
. Kemarkable Growth of To
bacco City During The Last
" Tourteen Years
By FRANK BMETBL'BST.
(Special Staff Representative.)
Winston-Salem,' Aug. 20. The exten
. sion of credit at a fair interett rate
to every legitimate borrower upou
food security up to the limit of safety,
' ia one of tho most effective mean of
keeping down Bolshevism in this coun
try, said President James A. Gray, of
tho JJorth Carolina Bankers' Associa
tion, in hit address before the annual
convention which met 'in' Winston
Salem tonight
Two hundred and fifty banker from
all part of North Carolina had as
sembled for the opening in the. Zinxen
dorf hotel, with more expected to
morrow. Preceding President Gray's address,
. tho brief formalities of welcome and
- response wcro gou through with,
Bishop Edward Bondthnlcr, of Winston
Solera, offered the invocation, and
Mayor Robert W. Oor'rell followed with
a welcome on the part of Wlnston
Kalem'i people, recognizing at tho tame
time the magnificent service which the
bankers of tho State have rendered
during the last few years and re
minding his hearers that npon thm
a class, tho destiny of the State de
pends now as upon no others.
Given Cordial Welcome.
, rrs of Winston-Salem,' CoL W A. Blair,
president of tho Peoples National
Bank, greeted the guests ns about the
only body of gentlemen who hav not
in some way or another been connected
with strike.. ' ;, ; l,t ;
Col IV H. Fries taking up tho wel
com for th bunking Interests of the
city and particularly for the Wachovia
Loan and Trust Company, of which he
la tie 'president, (panned with a few
figures the fourteen years of progress
oince the last meeting of tho associa
tion in Winston-Salem. "Then," said
Col. fries who was president of that
convention, 'North Carolina had 257
banking institutions, and only 209 of
1 them wcro enrolled in the nssoeintion.
Now therefore 652 banks and 530 are
enrolled ' in the- organisation. In the
meantime, with the number of bank
doubling their resources have quad
rupled. As for Winston-Salem the city
has jumped from 20,000 to about 50,000
ia population, and increased its wealth
five . times, it tobacco industries ten
times, its pay rolls fifteen times and
its revean receipts fifty time.
. The response to the addresses of
welcome was delivered by Mr. W. O.
Oalther, of Elisabeth City. Then am
the president's Address which will be
followsd tomorrow by a full day's ses
sion, including group meetings, and ad
dresses in .the evening by Secretary of
the Treasury Carter Glims, ami Uen-
. 1 II I' 1 . . M
crai o. u. Iliwn, cumaiuncirr ui mo
30th division in Franco.
Presidential Addresa.
Alludink to the opportunities and re
sponsibilities of the changing time of
reconstruction. President Grav com
mented warmly on the progress of the
banking institutions of the Stat and
referred to tho increase of on hun
dred in the membership of the asso-
itttlA Aurtntr the war. hrimriaff the
total to fiv hundred. Then he -sailcd
certain definite problem facing
the banker of th 8tat and nation.
With war-stricken Europe far from
a position to pay ia gold for th igoodi
which America is in. prim condition
t! oll, Mr. Gray pointed out th ne
cessity "for American investors to pur
chase foreign, securities and to purchase
' them ia liberal amounts in order to
create credit ia exchang so that our
foreign friend may hav th funds
with which to pny u for our goods."
, Average Cltiien Should Bay,
,H immediately relieved any imprci
sion that be was talking for th ben
fit of capitalists, and tho comfortably
Hied. .He laid the burden npon the
averng eitisen, who shouldered tb
, immense' war -loans' of th American
government.
"Thcs sam millions," he Mid,
"should bvy foreign securities, and must
do so if they want America to continue
to l piosperou. In helping to eon
. Unu in fore the (feat prosperity which
, th nation ba ia recent years enjoyed
inch investor will in turn ntinue his
r her prosperity. Without this general
ind wid cupport of the foreig-ue!Uri-tic
market. America will fiad 'hat she
asao foreign trade of consequence
ilthouah w hav ship to carry our
trad which w did not hav prior to
- lb war, and without .Jorelgr trad, 1
to not e how America1! prosperity
saa continue a w wih it.
v : J - Callroad Extension.
Tb (xteaiioa of railroad', too, cam
within th rang of th 1 resident's die
tnssion. '
"Now when there is such a question
a jo th futur ownership and manage
ment of th railroads. he said, "w
must net forget th n.ient seed 'or
- railroad development ia fact, oar coun
try' development cannot go forward
iContlnned on fag Two.) '
CREDIT AT A
RATE URGED
LEADER OF 30TH TO '
- TALK TO BANKERS
o
Major General 8. L. Falsoa, native
North CarqlminM, who led th famous
Thirtieth Division, when it smashed
the Hindonburg line, lias accepted an
invitntinn to speak tg th 8tat Bank
er at Winston-Sntcm tonight.
1
E
Administration Democrats Ask
For Series of Interpreta
tive Rsservations
REPUBLICANS REFUSE
TO ACCEPT SUGGESTION
League Opponents Adhere To
Their Positions That Beser-
vations Must e Made Part
of JPeace;Treaty; Senator
Pittnian, Who PreseRts Bes
olutions, Speaks in Support
.Washington, Aug. 20- Th first open
mov for a compromise ia .th League
of Nation, fight cam from administra
tion quarter today embraced in a pro
posal that tb Senate adopt interprets
tiv'c reservation bot that they be kept
apart from th actual ratificatioa of tie-
treaty.
Tb overture met with no' immediate
suceesa on the Republican sid of th
chamber, Sena'ora of th Republican
reservation groip declaring they could
not recede f-otu tiiuir position that to
be effective the reservation must (o
into tl-e ratification itself.
Compromise Proposal Made.
Senator J'it'man of Nevada, a )e-n
erotic member of tliCnForoign Relations
committed, presented th compromise
proposal in the form of absolution
embodying in ertert Its lour reserve
t ions agreed on by seven Republic
Senator and declaring them to consti
tute the Senates understanding of dis
puted point in the covenant.
In the Republican draft, however, tt
i expressly provided that the reserve
tion "bo made a port of the treaty by
the Instrument of ratification, a pro
vision, which Senator MeNary, of
Oregon, and other of the, group of
seven Republicans said they considered
absolutely necessary if enough Bepubli
can vote are to bo gained to secure
ratification of tho treaty.
To overcome this objection Senator
Pittman proposed in a speech in the
Senate that the resolution be adopted at
one and submitted to th other power
who will be represented oa the league
council. A general debate developed dur
ing which Senator Borah, Republican,
Idaho, and others took exception with
President Wilson's distinction between
moral and legal obligation under th
covenant aa expressed In yesterday'
Whit House conference between tb
President and th Foreign Eolations
eouimitte.
Represent Wilson' View.
Although Senator Pittman said be
had not submitted hi resolution for the
President's approval, he asserted thatSt
carried into effect Mr. Wilson viw
on th cubject of reservations a et
pressed to tb committee yesterday. He
indicated hi firm belief that th ad
ministration would go no further toward
compromise becans it feared that
Inclusion of the reservation in th rati
fientlon would reopen tb negotiations
with Germany. .
Leader of th MeNary group, never
theless, insisted they had information
that in th end their plan would hav
Democratic support. An attack oa the
Shantung provision of tb treaty was
made k the Senat by Senator Me
Cormiek, Republican, Illinois, who as
serted that by accepting th provision
th United State would become a party
to on of th most utrageous xhibi.
tiont ol "hypocrisy and vlolsne" la
tb world history. ..(.;
xat snantang provision also was
nnder consideration before th Foreign
Re' tion Committee, which was told by
Or. J. C. iergusoB, adviser t th Chi
act president, that . China regarded
American acceptance of th ettlomnt
as a acviatioa from th traditional Pol
icy ef Americaa friendship to tb Chi.
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OPEN
IV
FOR COMPROMIS
e government and poopla. : '
Helping Tkfe Banks To Help Tte People;
Patriotic CoOperation of Botk Asked ;
By Secretary of Treasury Carter Glass
By HON. CARTER LASV
Secretary of th Treaoary.
No group of men in the
United States measured up to
th test of the great war more
admirably than did the bank
era. The success of the United
States Treasury Department in
floating over $21,000,000,000
in liberty Bonds arid Victory
Notes during the past two years
was due tn no small measure to
the patriotic co-operation of
the banks. They took a most
active part in each of the loan
campaigns . They subscribed
generously for themselves.
made loans to their customers
in order that they migh' buy
bonds and sold bonds on install
ments to accommodate - those
having small savings. In other
words, the banks did every
thing possible to promote the
sale and distribution of govern
ment securities. The banker
can render an equally great
service in reconstruction co
operating with the government
in its movement to teach the
people of the United States the
lessons of sound finance and of
wise investment In promoting
this cause the banker will aid
his institution and the ft ancial
situation in general at the same
time.
Now that the war is over, the
people should be impressed
with the wisdom of holding
their government securities and
also of purchasing more, from
time to time. The more gener
ally the people of the United
States absorb our government
securities the greater will be
the ability of the commercial
banks to devote practically all
After a Trying 36 Hours of
Campaigning Soldiers Go
Into Camp
AVIATOR TELLS ABOUT
KILLING ONE BANDIT
Reports From Chase On Bor
der Are Meager, Only Short
Cryptic Message Having
Been Received By Airplane;
Major General Dickman Is
On Tour f Inspection
Marfa, Texas, Aug. 20. The Ameri
can punitiv expedition that raced Irto
Mexico ia search of Jesus Rnateria's
band of bandit who held Lieutennnts
Peterson aud Davis for ransom went to
the enmp ia the mountain tonight nfter
a trying thirty-eix hour of campaigning
through rugged country.
Sine th troops crossed he Kio
Grand early Monday morning they
have been riding constantly during day
light hour in pursuit of the b .dits.
Tb only reported contact with tb ban
dit resulted in th killing of on of
three Mexicans who fired on aa Ameri
can airplane yesterday. Accoiding to
the aviators' report upoa returning
from th field the' fight lasted twenty
minutes. Th aviators were unharmed.
Reports from the field were meager
Th broken country south o' th border
compelled tb cavalry troop to scatter
and follow auch trail a they can pick
up. Th conatry below the Big Bend
border is too rough for airplanes to ef
fect a landing without great danger.
A cryptic message, "still following
trail," brought to the border by air
plan today, was the only definite word
from the expedition. No officer eou
manding troops in the field have yet
returned to the field bases oa the river.
Major General Joseph T. Dickman.
commander of the Southern Department,
ia expected to reach her tomorrow
morning on an inspection of posts and
eainpa along the border between Saa
Antonio and Marfa.
While hi visit here at this time is
not believed to be inspired by th local
Mexican situatioa. the commander un
doubtedly will go over the entire situa
tion with Colonel Langhorne, district
commander. It i aot known whether
h will go to the border while here.
Report from Presidio, Texas, (pld ef
movements of Mexican Federal cavalry
nnder General Antonio Pruned today
Gen. Pruneda left Ojinaga last sight
rmarehiag toward Cuchillo Parado, 40
mile up th Concho river.. -Yorkshire
Coal Strike Off.
London, Aug. 20. (By Tb Associated
Press.) Th strike of the Yorkrhire
coal miner, which ha beea ia progress
for many weeks, baa beea settled. All
tb Torkshir pita will return work
aoot a practicable.
of their, resources to furnishing
adequate credit to the com
merce and industry of the coun
try. Providing short time credit
to commerce and industry is
their normal peace timo func
tion. The sale and movement
of farm crops, manufactured
products, and all other com
modities; as well as the contin
uous and efficient employment
of labor, in fact, the whole in
dustrial process will be pro-
HON. CARTER CLASS.
moted by permitting the com
mercial banks to devote all
their resources to this function
The people of the United
States should therefore be en
couraged .to save and pay off
their installments and borrow
ings on bond collateral as rap
idly as possible and also to pur
chase additional government
securities as issued from time
to time or in the market If
this is done this people of .this
MEXICAN GENERAL NOTIFIES
WASHINGTON THAT I'OROt
IS SENT AFTER BANDITS
. Washington, Aag. 2. Mexican
Consal Beagooehea at Praaldlo, Tx,
la a telegram to Ambassador Benil
M, mad pabllc tonight at th Em
bassy, reported that General Pre
neda, commander of the Federal
troop U tk portion of Mexico
acroo th border freaa Cnndslarla,
Texan, had, gon In pursuit of tho
bandits. Tk consul raid he had no
tified Col. Lnagbore that Gene-al
Pranadn was snaking pnraalt so that
th Americaa commander might "or
der th return of his forcea." Am
bassador Bonilla waa asked to. ob
tain aa order from th War Depart
meat her for th withdrawal of th
Americaa fore, bat when th de
partment closed today no each re
quest so far a coald be learned had
been received.
OF
98 Per Cent Voted in Favor of
Walkout, Says Commit
tee Spokesman
Youngstown, O., Aug. 20. Ninety
eight per cent, of the steel workers
voting on the question of a national
strike, voted in favor of a walkout, it
was announced hero this afternoon by
W. Z. Foster, seeretary-treasnrer of
the American Federation of Labor's
committee on organization in the steel
industry which ennvsssed th" vote to
day. Mr. Foster said that tb committee
now is taking up th matter of setting
a date for the strike. The committee
did not giv out th number of rote
cast.
Th matter of setting n dats has been
referred to a conference committee, Mr.
Foster said, which includes Samuel
GompcTS, president of the Amerienn
Federation of Labor; John Fitzpatrick,
president of the Chicago Federation of
Labor i D, J. Davis, of the Amalgamated
Association of iron, Steel and Tin
Worker; E. J. Evan, of the electrical
workers; William Hannon, of the In
ternational Machinists' Union, and Mr.
Foster himself, who is head of the rail
way carmen' onion and spokesmaa for
(he committee.
Whether tb eonferenre committee
will proceed without Mr. Compere, who
it on ti way horn -from Europe, re
main to be determined,' Mr. Foster
said. Th strike question will not be
referred again to the-'lnternationals, it
was stated, as their rote give th ex
ecutive committee full power-to act.
Whether a nation-wide strike of Iron
and Steel Worker will be called de
pend upon a conference which the
union leader hope to obtain within
the next tea day with representatives
of th United State Steel Corporation.
If tho corporation officials refuse to
meet th union representative a con
ference committee of sis representing
STEELWORKERSIN
FAVOR
STRIKE
, ' (Continued m Fag Eleven.)
country will be benefited in a
two-fold way. In saving to pay
their loans and t installments
and also in order to buy addi
tional Liberty Bonds and notes,
they will refrain from waste
and unnecessary expenditures
and thus free material;, and la
bor, for the production of com
modities which are now so des
perately needed the w-rld
over. At the same time they
will be strengthening them
selves financially. Nc one can
do better than to make a sub
stantial proportion of govern
ment securities the foundation
of his investment fund. Noth
ing elte 'will give such, sound
and unfailing support to bis en
tire financial structure and at
the same time yield such ex
cellent returns. The less one
can afford to risk his funds, the
ess time he has to devote to his
investments, an1 the less expe
rience he has had in the things
which are daily affecting the
values of ordinary bonds and
stocks, the larger should be the
proportion of his funds invsted
in securities which need practi
cally no attention, which are
acknowledged by all to be ab
solutely safe, and which yield
a satisfactory return.
Therefore, on account of the
direct flnantial benefits to the
investors, on account of the in
direct assistance which it will
give the government and on ac
count of the effects in bringing
about normal financial, 'idus-
trial, and living conditions, I
bespeak the co-operation, of all
the people and especially of all
saving and investment institu
tions In the promotion of na
tion-wide saving and the dlstrl
bution of United States securi
ties, among ih people. - .
G
Attorney General Palmer Says
Prices in Many Lines Begin
ginning To Ease Off
LAW OF SUPPLY AND
DEMAND STILL HOLDS
Government Can Only Make
Machinery of Distribution
Naturally Instead of Artifi
cially; Difference Between
Stored food and Hoarded
Food Explained
Washington, Aug. 20. Attorney-General
Palmer said today there was evi
dence that th government campaign
to rcduee th cost of living nlrendy
was bearing fruit. A prominent vege
table packer of Marylaad wrote Mr.
Palmer that price in many line were
beginning to esse off ns it became evi
dent that the Department of Justice
meant business in announcing that
erimlnnl prosecution against homders
and profiteers would be instituted wher
ever the law was violated.
"We want to make clear, however,"
the Attorney-Genernl said, "that noth
ing we can do enn change the immu
table economic lnwa on which prices
depend. If we can inercase the oupply
by greater production and lessen de
mand by greater saving on the part of
the people, then tho cost of living
should com down. We can help that
along by forcing hoarders to put on
the market food held out for an' ad
vance in prices and further by holding
up to public scorn or by prosecuting
if Congress gives us the criminal
amendment to the food control law,
those who are guilty of trying to osact
a greater profit than is reasonable and
just. We are going to make the mar
ketthat Is the law of supply and de
mandoperate normally instead of ar
tificially." Th Attorney General and Judpe
Ames, hi ssitant, drew distinction
which they said th public diould recog
nize between hoarding food and stored
food. The former is held out of the
market in greater quantities than re
quired for the owner's business for the
purpose of forcing up th market. The
latter is surplus being husbanded from
the horvvpt to the lean eaon.
"Not all stored food is hoarded by
any menns," Mr. Palmer Mid, "sad wc
are going to be very eireful not to
do any body in injustice or to joopar
lite' the winter supply by forcing on
th market th surplus of th summer
lesson.- W hav libelled great quanti
ties of food which w believe to be
hoarded and it disposition after th
case ar nettled by th court will de
pend oa th aatur of th commodities
aad tk plae af torg.
CIPAI
mm-
GETTING
RESULTS
KOREA GRANTED LOCAL SELF-
GOVERNMENT BY JAPAN AND
OTHER REFORMS PROMISED
bankers to hear 1
overman Friday
United State Senator' Ie 8. Overman,
of Salisbury, will deliver aa addresa
oa Th League of Nations" before
the State Banker Association in
Winston-Salem tomorrow. Senator
Overman left Washington last night
to SU this engagement.
Too Many Employes For Work
Required, He Contends, In
Letter To Senator
AN INVESTIGATION IS
SUGGESTED BY WRITER
Secretary of War Baker Tells
V of . Oreat,-Achie?emest ia
Bringing Soldiera Home
""from Overseas aid Getting
Them Mustered Out of Serv
ice; Gives Comparisons
Tho News aad Observer Bureau,
903 District National Bank Bldg,
, By a a. WINTERS
(By Special Leased Wire.)
Waahlngton, D. C, Aug. . TTpoa
examinatioa today of th file of Sena
tor Simmon nnder th beading of th
diaeuaalona relating to th railroad
problem, a letter was uncovered which
approaches the subject from a fresh and
Interesting angle. The communication
was written by a level beaded business
mnn of Rocky Mount and addressed to
Frank Hampton, privet secretary to
Senntor Simmon.
"I believe that it eaa be shown that
there are now in the employ of th
road forty per ecnt more men thnn are
needed to do tho work, observes th
Nash county citizen who has made
first hand investigation na to railways
operations in Boeky Mount.
'I have com to thi conclusion after
talking with the employees,'' eommcuts
the business ma who proceeds to gite
concrete evidence rather than depend on
glittering generalities. "Ilere is a sam
pie," be indicates, ''there are fourteen
ear inspectors, six colored -ad eight
white, at South Bocky Mount. It
tated on good authority that if the
train ran systematically cne man could
do all the work, but a they com in at
different times four men ar needed
Too Many Inspectors Used.
'So here we have a ease where four
teen men are doing the work of four,
Ibelieve that thi condition prevails
throughout the entire system of all
roads. It ought to b known and con
sidered in any plan that has for it ob
ject the proper solution of th rsllroid
question. We hop Congress will see
th public' (id of th railroad sitna
tion and not permit threat of striking
or anything ls to (way them ia this
Important matter.
"The whole country is just now be-
ninnins to set a view of th ugly
looking railroad problem. It may be of
interest to you and Senntor Himmons
to know how th people in thi section
feel about it. I can say without exag
gerating that except for the railroad
employe and their families th senti
ment is against any concessions of any
kind icing made to them.
"The public fed that they are al
ready being paid tnore than they arc
earning, and regard their demaads in
the nature of a hold-up. 1 hav taken
same little trouble to sound out and
Ind out the views of men iu different
callings. 1 find n grim determlnatioa
mid it .ef , pu rpose to resist to the limit
anything that may seem like a surrrn
riertt tbe-nggretsive and unreasonable
demand of the railroad employes.
"Seem to me that while Congress
Investigatiug other things it might be
profitable to find out to what extent
the railronds are being efficiently man
aged and operated."
Captain Daniels Mastered Oat.
Capt. Josephus Daniel, Jr of th
United States Marin Corp, the ton of
the Secretary bf Navy, who last .week
returned to thi country from France,
i new out of the service. Hi resig
nation from the Marin corps was ac
eepted today. Captain Daniel will go
to hi horn at Haleigb ia a few days,
(Coatlaaod an Pag Two.)
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ROCKY MQUNT MAN
TALKS ON RAILWAYS
Military Rule Has Been Dis
placed and Succeeded By
Civil Government
KOREANS GIVEN SAME :
RIGHTS AS THE JAPANESE
Gendarmerie, Which Has Beea
Severely Criticised, .WiD, Be
Replaced By Civilian Police
force Entirely , Under Civil
ian Control ; System of Vil
lage and Town Municipal
Government Based On Pop
ular Suffrage Will Be Under
taken; Present Government
In Korea Will Be Entirely
Changed ' r -
Wsshlagtoa, Aag. 80. Local . self-.
government for Korea aad ? reform
looking toward bom rule, are an
nounced ia aa Imperial rescript issned
yesterdsy ia Tekio aad received her
today at th Japaaes embassy,-
Th military . government w im
displaced and ncceeded by a eivQ on.
Th military gendarmerie, so much bu
der criticism of Into, la to b replaced
by a civilian police fore, ntirely nn
der civilian control. A ytem of vil
lage and towa mnnlcip! government
baaed oa popular snffrsg also is to b
undertaken. ...,,....,,....,.
Poeeibly moat important of all, from
th Korean point of view tb rescript
by th Emperor of Japan provide that
Koreaat shall hav th tn privilege
and legal right aa Japaaese. Hereto
fore Japanese have beea a privileged
class. ."-!-.
Japaaos Kmperor'a Rescript. '
Baron 8aito, former Miatater of Stat,
aad on of th beat knows of Japan
tnteamea become Governor General
succeeding Marshal Fasegawa. . Kir.
Midznmo, former - Minister of Iattrlor
In th Kato Cabinet succeeds Director
General lamagata la administration,
The m-ntiv orders earrrlne lata ef
fect he Emperor' rescript were Issue 1
today ia Tokiq,bnt hav apt yet beea
received here. They at tliaed, how
ever, la a atntomcnt by Premier Man,
cabled tc- tbj trT..Tk Emperor
rescript follow i
"Wa bar am mad it tar In t
promote the mwarity ad welfare of oar
territory of Korea and to xtend to the
native populatloa af that territory a
our beloved. rabjeet a fair aad impar
tial trcarvat ia all reepeete, to th
nd that they may without distinction
of persons lead their Urea in peae
tad la contentment We art persnadad
that tb stage of development at which
the general situatioa has now arrived,
call for certain reform la th ad
ministrative organisation ef th gor-ernment-genernl
of Korea aad w laraa
nor imperial command that nek re
forms b put Into operation.
The measures thus takes ar solely
designed to facilitate th working af
adminiatratioa and to secure good aad
enlightened gjvernment ' in pnmuses
of onr settled policy aad ia fulfillment
of tb altered requirements f tha
country. Especially ia view of tha
terminntioa of the wnr la Europe and
of mpi'l efts ages in tn affair or xna
world w consider it highly desirable
that every effort should b mad for
th advancement of tha national re
sources and th well being of tha
people. . ' ' . . .V,
Premier Ban's Ststossent, '
"We eatl npon all th pvhli fnne
tionariea concerned to exercise thir
best endeavor ia obedience to tag
wishes ia order that a benign ral nay.
h assured to Korea aad that th peo
ple, diligen', and happy ia attending?
to their respective voeatioat, may en
joy the blessing of peae sad con
tribute to th growing prosperity ol
the country."
Premier Ham' atatement follow: -"Nearly
tea year hav elapaed siaea
Korea wa incorporated into th Eaa- -
pi re of Japan aad ia new of aigaiSeaat
change which hav meaawhil pr-
sented themtelveo in th condition af
the country, a plan of varion reform
in th Korean ndministrntioa ayatoaa
ha for some time beea ngsglnf my
attention. .
"Unfortunately ia March last dis
turbances broke out in several parts af
the peninsula which for obvious reason
. . . al- . i . : . At.
nv rernrneu in iniroaumon oi snw
contemplated reform. It will aot ba
necessary at this moment to fiv a fall
sccou vt of those disturbance. It la
much to 1e regretted that a is gener
ally the east under Ilk cirenmstaneaa
they gave birth to wild and baseless
representations tome of which vs
went ao 'far aa to make new stories sot
of old incidents untedatiug th aaaeaa
tion. Present Coverament Bcrgsaltd. -1
"Being determined t be perfectly
just and fair in the conduct of affair .
connected with the recent uprising the
Covernment will admit so lcos for
any culprit whether i b a government
official or a private citiaen. Tnk th
Suige occurrence, for instance. Thr
th government hid caused ,thrV
sponsible officer who had already bees
subjected to sdmioistrative censure ts
K- ...miirlit fnr trial hefora a tour I
martial. . a.
"Ia proceeding to th reorganization
of th system of the government general
of Korea, 1 regret to nnomee th res-
ignatloa of Marshal Hasegawa, gover
nor general, nnd of Yamagata, director,
rearral of idminjft ration, both of whom
hnv rendered eminent service to th
Stat at th importaat post which they
hav occupied for several year. Ta
fill th vacancies caused by their retire-
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