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RALEIGH, N. G, MONDAY MORNING, JULY 1 1 1 92 1 .
.VOL. CXIV. NO. II.
EIGHT PAGES TOD AY
EIGHT PAGES TODAY W PRICE: FIVE CENTS
LOAH TO GROWERS
P0IS0UII1S
TO SECURE RELIEF
Five Million Dollars Loaned Jo
One Co-operative Marketing
Association - :
X W. M'LEAN READY TO
HELP NORTH CAROLINA
Organization Of Cotton and Jo
bacco Growers Makes It Pos
T sible To Secure Money Tor
Exporting: Raw Material;
Democratio National Com
- - snittee OaQi For Fundi
The Newe and Observer Bureau,
. 003 District National Bank Bldg.
. j By EDWARD B. BBITTON, .
. (By Special Leased Wire.)
Washington, July 10.- The announce
eat iad by the War Finance Cor
poratioa thit it las given a live million
. dollar hat-kin to the co-operative as-
ocUtinn handling large bulk of the
long staple cotton of the Mississippi
Detta haira bearing upon the general
serious condition of the cotton pro
dueer which should be recognized
throughout th South, and it is a matter
that should be given attention by cotton
. producers, eotou xportera and financial
lattreMs ronrrrned in cotton in North
Carolina, for it seems that in this way
aione i there a present day prospect
of Lc't.riug conditions which have in
tlitm the threat of absolute ruin to
-the- firmer, affecting the entire eco
nomic situation.
i Nothing what ever had been done
by the War Finance Corporation in the
lone staple cotton matter, I called
upon A. W. McLean, the North Caro
linn banker, cotton producer, and busi
ness man, who is a member of the cor
poratioa and for a considerable tune
ita managing director. Mr. McLean is
the only , man on the board of. the
corporation who comes from the colt in
and tobacco j.roducug section of the
country, and as a member of the beard
be has given the most earnest considers
tioa to pitas which might tend to aid
in securing bettor conditions for agri
cultural .interests, especially those hav
ing to do with cotton and tobacco
Knowing both the practical and the
theoretical side of the matter his view
of the situation 1 one that should have
weight with all who seek to better exist
ing conditions.
- Practical Baseness Plan.
Mr. McLean, expressed tbt opinion
that tbt pan adopted by the atapo cot
ton growers' assoesstioa could well be
followed is North Carolina, this plan,
he stated, being the Brat example of a
practical organization of any group of
1 cotton farmers of tho Booth, upon the
I to-operative marketing plan. The mem
Ibort of the Mississippi association, some
! eleven hundred or more of the lnrgoct
. cotton growers of the Delta section,
bave an agreement by which the rcpre
eentativrs of tho association have the
exclusive control of the marketing of
the cotton for a period of five years
beginning in 1921. In tho eonsumma-
-tioa of the pan an association of this'
kind most be able to (nance the growers
'to the extent of at oaat fifty per cent
f the market valut of tho cotton 'a the
way of advance, pending final sale of
tho cotton. Tso association must ar
tango for tho selling agencies both la
tats too a try and abroad, all cotton in
.1. .... L . : i i..
,aeld through tho association, it beina
Allowed in warehouse the ectton in th's
country for furore export. This plan
Being adopted me war Finance Corpo
ration will make an advance on a basis
f approximately one half the market
vain of tho cotton, tho advance for
a maximum period of one year.
The War Finance Corporation, I am
assured by Mr. McLean, atanda ready
to assMt ia financing , reasonable
assoaats of cotton oa a sound business
basis, aader any proper plaa by whlcb
tho eo-ope ration may have definite as
eeraaeo that ita advances will be repaid
through the export of the cotton, this
within a year. The need ia for the for
mation of aa association ia North Caro
lina by cotton producers, not tenants
aad I naneial interests, so that the sol
vtney of tho orgaaisation may be as
: sured aad tho co-operative marketing of
eottoa, or tobaeeo, bo assured. -When
this ia done the other necessary financial
sapport cam bo assured from the War
. Finance Corporation. It will take work
to set the plaa going, for the truth
that there baa not beea shews any con
siderable asaoaat of interest from North
Carolina ia opportunities for assistance
offered by tho War-Finance Corpora
tion, But hero ia a practical plaa which
Mr. McLeaa bold' eta bo pat ia opera
tioa ia North Carolina aad which be
wilKbe glad to oxplaia is fmUir detail
' to a ay set of men ia North Carolina
who will make aa eadeavor to see that
it ia pat lata ope nation. , Certainty
present disastrous conditione are each
as te lead to the hope that aome ia the
Btate will tab advantage of aa epper-
tsnity which ia being embraced by men
la ether parts of the eoaatry. i
Urge Prepared a a Caaspalta
' Tie DeatOeratie National Committee
le aeadiag eat a call to Demeerata
tkreagboat the eoaatry calliag ,apoa
. them te aire financial aid ia a pre-
: paredaeee campaign for the elections
which came ia 1923 aad ia 192. I
. nrged that tow u toe time to got
affaire ia shape for these elections and
the call la to every member of the party
to kelp ia am oasts" email or large as
: may be possible. If eaeeeea ia to some
to the party ita fighting forces meat be
organised, aad there eaa bo ne organ!
nation withowt money ia bead with
, which to organise. The committee puts
the ease straight with ita detlaratioa
the "prepnrodaeee ie one half the bat
tle." The financea of the Kepnblica
party are reedy at band from the
" special Utoreets which enjoy the special
privileges handed eat by the Bepubli
(CewHaaed oa page fear.)
leaders of Nation Mourn for
War Dead at Hoboken Piers
. f -
Memorial Services Held For Seven Thousand Men Who Made
' a, . a, fj
Supreme Sacrifice In France; deneral Pershing. And
Senator Lodge Pay Tribute to Their Spirit of Devotion -
Hoboken, N. J, July 9. Loaders of
the nation mourned the country s
war dead today at memorial services
aa the Army piors here where lay the
bodies of 7.264 men who made the su
preme sacrifice on the fields of France.
Congress sent a Joint committee
headed by Senator Henry Cabot Lodge,
who spoke at the services. The Army
was represented by Assistant Secretary,
of War Wainwright and; General Per
shing. The bodies of those -who fell lay In
row upon row or ting arapea comnt
within the massive piers, from which
many of them embarked for France.
Many Gold Star Mothers
Scores of gold star mothers and hun
dreds of war veterans attended. Every
unit that saw active service in France
was represented among the dead. Di
rectly in front of the speakers were
the rasketi of the first three United
States soldiers to die in bsttlo against
Germany Corporal Herbert James D.
Gresbam, of Evansville, Ind.; Private
Thomas F. Enright, of Pittsburg, Pa.,
and Private Merle D. Hay, of Glidden,
Iowa all "members of the Sixteenth
Infantry, First Divition, and ail killed
In November, 1917, in the Loneville
section of Lorraln.
They fought for eternal right and
justice, as did the founders of this
great Republic," said General Pershing.
The - freedom of mankind wae their
battleery.
"I saw them go forward wearied of
body, yet intrepid, resolute and cheer
ful of spirit. Scornful of danger, they
advanced with undaunted courage to
save a well nigh lost cause. Only those
who fought with them can ever know
the heights of religious devotion and
patriotism to which they rose."
Lodge rays Tribute
Senator Lodge said that ''to a few of
us there is a peculiar poignancy In this
silent array of the dead, because we
were among those upon whom felblffc
grievous responsibility of declaring
the wsr in which these prMo" Uvea
were lost. No one who hfiKjiet suf
Five Killed And
By Plane Crashing Into Autos
Two Army Officers Lose Con
trol Of Martin Bombing Plane
In Starting Off
ATTEMPTED TO THROW..
PLANE INTO THE RIVER
Sixteen Automobile Burned
After Being Set On Fire
By An Explosion
Moundsville, W. VaH July lO.-Five
persons are known to be dead and ap
proximately fifty injured at Langin
Field here today when a Martin bomb
ing plane crashed into a group of
automobiles parked on the grounds. An
explosion followed, setting fire to the
machines. The dead were all specta
tor a7LIeuIe nan 1" Cr.-rTvTSTjffeT,
and Lieutenant T. H. Dunton, assistant
pilot, were rescued by Carl Miller,
eosch of Bethany College.
The dead are: Carl Petitt, Fred Edge,
Ralph Hartael, Mrs. George Long-, age
65, and unidentified child. Most of the
injured were taken to the Glendale hos
pital, where it was reported five were in
a serious condition. A physician's of
fice nearby also was used as an emer
gency hospital, where it was reported
two had died.
The known dead were of Moundsvllle,
with the exception of Edgo, whose home
wst at Bound Bottom, W. Va.
Lieutenants Mclve and Dunton were
taking off in the government plane from
Langin Field, starting from the south
side of the field, with the Ohio river
oa their left. They bad risen about 30
feet, according to tho reports, when
the plane swung sharply to the left
and seemed about to hit a hangar. An
apparent effort' was made, It was said,
to throw the plane Into the river, but
it was flying too low, and crashed into
a line of automobiles linea along me
river bank.
Sixteen automobiles were burned, and
the dead, in most instances, were trap
ped ia the machines.
The pilot's arrived at Mouhdsville
Saturday afternoon with the bomber
from the Martin factories at Cleveland,
and were leaving Langin Field here for
Lan'gley Field, where the plane was to
be put into service.
TWIN CITY MOTOBMAN
ATTACKED BY NEGROES
Winston Salem, July 10v-While walk
ing home early this morning after he
had finished bis night s work as motor-
an for the street ear company, L. D
McMi.Uaa waa attacked by three negroes,
btClr boa tea, stabbed la Us throat aad
chert, aad robbed ef $23 and a watch.
Ne Agreement Wltk TJaloa.
! Charlotte, July 10. "There bae beea
no agreement made aad ae conference
held hetweea aaloa representatives and
tke mill authorities," said a statement!
sent -the Charlotte Observer today by
the Lancaster Mills Compear of Lea
caster, South Carolina, aaaeaaelnf that
the-miDa will, resume operations Mow
day -
attetio. TumtaTst
Are yoa wondering. Mr. Student
how you will anaka ends meot aoxt
year In fclsb echool, or eollcge? It
yo are. why doa't yon let the Want
Ada solve the problem tor yes?
Yoa eaa ret tots ot pupils to ta
tor in the braaekoe yoa are proa
clent la this summer or yoa may
tally secure other pleasant aad
proAtablo employment ky sting tke
Want Ada.
It win set yoa a neat sum, too.
and yoa need only work a few tours
a day. Trr It thla July anyhow,
and tken. If it works, tell your
friends what tho Want Ado did for
ion.,, ,. '
fered that experience can realize th
Da in and distress it brings. .
"Be eastrral," he continued, "that
there are no men in this country who
so dread, so bate war as the Senators
and Representatives in Congress upon
whom is imposed the duty of declaring
war, if war must come.
Funeral hymns aad the National
anthem were aung at the service and
prayers were said by a protectant
clergyman, a Catholic priest and a
Jewish rabbi, General Pershing and,
Maurico Casenave, French high commis
sioner, laid wreaths on the coffins of
Corporal Gresham and Privates Enright
and Hay,
When the solemn speeches and the
songs of mourning had ceased, a bugler
played 'taps. As the last note sound
ed pent-upon emotions Of hundreds of
men and women were released in sob
bing.
Search for Coffins
And then the relatives and the friends
of many of those whose bodies had been
brought back from the milttary eeme
terlee of France, began to look for the
eofflai "that bore" the bodies of their
loved ones. Each casket was numbered
and attendants directed kin and friends
to the section of the pier which was the
temporary tomb of their deed.
Always when the sought-for coffin
was found, there would be a scene of
pathetic tenderness. A grey-haired
mother dressed in the black of sorrow
would look along the floor for the num
ber which Identified the coffin of her
loved one among the thousands.
Finding it she would gently lift the
flag that veiled the name and rank
Sometimes the mother would break down
upon finding the casket of her boy;
sometimes she would bear up in silence
Often those who looked for the coffins
were veterans of the war and these
could be heard to say as they found the
pine box they sought, he was my
buddy."
Fifty Hurt
State Anti-Saloon League To
Make Strenuous Fight On
Salisbury Man
The North Carolina Anti-Saloon
League has opened fire on the proposed
nomination of B. A. Kohloss with every
indication of being successful in pre
venting his appointment unless lorn
miesioner Dave Blair wishes te run
counter to the wishes of the great
majority of the people of North Caro
profoundly interested in
law enforcement.
The Morehead machine has een able
to put Commissioner Blair in despite
the strenuous fight made by Hiram
Johnson and will no doubt be sole to
put Linney through despite the protest
of the negroes of the State, but it is
running into opposition of a far more
respectable ahowing when it undertakes
to put Kohloss over as Federal prohi
bition director in North Carolina.
"The American Issue," the organ of
the Anti-Saloon League, in its issue of
Saturday contains a long editorial in
which, it is pointed out that the chief
qualieation that Kohloss can offer f ir
any job is that he has been a faith
ful and loyal worker for the Bj;iublican
party." .
. Open Strennoaa Fight
Lettera bave been addressed to Con
greasmen from North Carolina by B,
Davis, secretary of the North Carolina
Anti-Saloon League, acquainting tliem
with the lack of a record that Kohloss
lias and suggesting that there are enough
Republicans in North Carolina who have
a reeord for law enforcement from
which to select without having to select
a man of the calibre of Kohloss.
Here is the editorial from the Anti
Saloon paper attacking the appointment
of Kohloss:
" 'Who will be tho Federal prohibition
director for the State of North Caro
lina T Much depends upon this appoint
meat. Under the reorganization, each
State will be made a anit and over
thia will be placed a Federal Prohibl
tioa director. Mr. Boy Eayaes, the
Prohibition Commissioner for tho na
tion, in a letter he ia sending out to
the State directors at soon as they ere
appointed, says ia part, Under ear
new plaa of organisation, all of the
enforcement and permissive work cores
aader the Btate director. There baa
thue beea a centralisation of power an
autaonty, bringing with it added re
rponsibilitiee. Ia the perfect
"'I ot Tr State -organization nothing
mast guide yea if the eeloctioa of the
personnel except the aetermimitioa
develop the highest pomiblt degree of
emeieney. in ether words, real remits
mast be produced or necessary; changes
wiu do maae w proa tee tnom. Yenr
permit division will pern tpon permit
applications for manufacture, a so aad
withdrawals. "
Tee only high grade, thoroughly de
pendable mea. Ope each man will pro
duce more resalta thaa a half doxea of
mediocre - caliber. Make ae appoint
mesne er requests ror aiea Inst to all
possible quota, for the Probibitioa
enforeeauat organization ie aot Jn any
sense aa agency which to be ased
primarily te pay political ebligitioas
it te a great goverameat departmeat
intended to junction for one purpose
to carry est the provisions ef the Eirh-
teenth A mead meat, and to effectively
OPPOSE KOHLOSS
FORFEDERAL JOB
Coetlneed ea Page Fear.)
DAN HUGH Ml
DIES AFTER LONG
AND HOME LIFE
"Silver Tongued Orator Of
The Cape Fear" Passes At
Home In Lillington
'ROMINENT IN PUBLIC
AFFAIRS FOR 40 YEARS
Enlisted As Touth At Out
break pf War-Between-The.
States and Served With
Credit Throughout Conflict;
Remainder Of Eventful Life
Spent In Native County
Lillington, July 10. The sturdy Scotch
spirit of Colonel Dan Hugh McLesn,
leading lawyer, publio epirited citizen,
and "silver tongued orator of the
Cape Fear," broke under the burden
of yeara and declining health today.
He died this morning at 7 o'clock. Com
ing unexpectedly, hi end has csst
gloom over the entire community,
where he lived the full span of his
75 years and where he had done alt
of his life's work.
Later years have brought Colopel
McLean into the life of his community
and bis State, end citizens whose mem
ories run back twenty and thirty and
forty years remember better the stir
ring times in which be was a leader
in the thought and life of the people,
not only in Harnett county, where he
was. born, lived, and has died, but!
throughout the length sud breadth of
the State. Though still actively en
gaged in the practice of law, he bad
i-ot for several years entered into po
litical fields.
Vetersn of Civil War.
Though but a lad of 15 when the War-
Between-the-tStates broke . out,. Colonel
McLesn enlisted, and served through
put the entire four bloody years, mostly
with tho armies in lrgmia. He was
wounded once at the battle of Cold
Harbor by an exploding shell, but not
seriously. Ho returned to lillington
after the battle of Appomattox, still
not yet attained of hit' majority and
studied law under his father, Alexander
D. McLean, and with him began the
practice of his profeislin.
The turbulent years that followed
the war called Colonel McLeaa into
politics, and lie was active in the ranks
ef the Democratic party from that day
until the last days ot bis life. He de
veloped into one of th ablest orators
in the Btate, aad then was not a cam
paign sinee he became of age but be
took the stump for the party. Debates
in which he took part rre still remem
bered among the elastics of the Cape
Fear country.
Never Sought Office.
Colonel McLean never sought office
for himself, but in 1876 and again in
1890 his county elceted him to the
North Carolina Oeneri.1 Assembly. H
was elector at large the first year Wil
liam Jennings Bryaa was a candidate
for president. In 1W1, Governor Ay-
cock named him BPfretacjjndreowiroT
of the North Carolina Reilrond. Colonel
McLean bad reached the xemth of hii
oratorical abilities in 'he Aycock cam
paign tho year before, and toured the
entire Btate on behalf of the Demo
cratic candidate.
Colonel McLean was born January
12. 1847. the son of Alexander Duncan
McLean, who in his day wee one of the
lendinr lawyers in ths Btate. He waJ
married to Miss Mary Gilmore" Mc
Doua-ald. member of tno of the old
est families in the Cspe Fear section.
She died more than a year ago. 8ul
viving are two sons, Alfred M. McLean,
private secretary to united o'.aics oeuv
inr B. Overman : John Tyler McLean,
Birmingham, Ala.; Mrs. W. F. Marsh,
Ralc irb: and &nJ anrgarct u,
Lilllnirton.
rnnnral services wilt be held from
tho Presbyterian Church here thia after
noon at 3 o clock, conducted py we pas
tor. Rv. G. F. Kirkpatrick. assisted by
Ber. J. K. Hall, former pastor of the
church here. Interment will take puce
at Summerville, three milee from Lil-linn-ton.
where generations of the Me
Leans aad other leading neoien ramiiies
have been laid to rest.
TO ORGANIZE EMPLOYES
OF POSTAL DEPARTMENT
National and Local Councils
To Consider Working Con
ditions In Postoffices
Washington, July 10. OrganixaUoi
among Postal employes' of National aad
local councils for the considerstioa ef
matters affecting their working eondi
tious. hcalt'j. aad general welfare will
be undertaken la the near future, the
Postofflce Department aanoaneed today,
Postmaster General Bays, the aaaos set
meat said, baa approved the plaa which
was suggested by Dr. Lee K. Fraakel,
ia charge of the depertmeaU welfare
work.
It ie planned to have employee ia the
various braaehee ef the Foetal service
elect representatives ta the Netioae)
council which will meet monthly ia
Washington. Ia cities ef eufficiest'sixe
te 'justify local organisations according
te the aaaoaaeemeat, eoaacilt composed
of the postmaster, or a svpemeery affi
einl. appointed by him, and repreeea-
tativee ef letter carriers, postal clerks
aad ether employee groups, which or-
tanized. ..
The aaaoaaeemeat quoted Mr. Hays u
declaring, ia eommeatlar aa the plant
ef the welfare depertmentr
"A consequent improvement ef the
roetel service ef greet public bead!
is ecrtaia to result from these get
tigcihcr, meetings ot officials aad eat
1-lrjTS. Through the deliberations of
these coaaeils ef officiate aad employes
eieck eaa be aeeosaplished without the
aid ef lefislatioa,"
IS
HOT ALTOGETHER
DEAD ASjT SEEMS
Greene County, "and Others,
Make Inquiry About Its .
Condition
WANT TO GET BACK
THEIR LOST VALUES
sssasMSWastesi
Reduced Valuations With Maxi
mum Tax Rates Will Not
Produce Revenues To Run
Government and Schools;
Want To Know If It Is Yet
Too Late To Change
Repentance over the scuttling of the
Revaluation Act reached the second
stage during the past wck when repre
sentatives of the official family la
Greene county, in the heart of the sec
tion where deflation hit hardest, rams
to Raleigh to inquire if it would be
possible for that county to r -cons! Jet
He previously approved cut of 80 per
cent in property values. Othei roun
ties in the State are said to be preparing
Similar overtures to the Revenue Com
mission.
Inability to make the tongue of tax
ratea meet the bet of reduced property
vslues is Mid to bave impelled Greene
county to take steps toward going back
to the value of the Revaluation Act
Lett year the county levied np to the
hilt and had no money to spare. This
year with valuea reduced by half, and
no furthe hope in the way of - a tax
rate, the County Commissioners se
nowhere to go but bark to Revaluation
t'p Against Rett Limit,
Fifteen ceats is as high as the county
may levy for general expenses, sad
Greene levied approximately that much
last year and was not too free from
financial cramps. Thirty cents ia the
ttniitir''''eVbo"purp)ees." and Greene
levied that much last year and had no
surplus left wver. And on top of that
Greene wanted property value lowered
and the Revenue Commission did not
pet any hindrance is the way of therr
desires.
Week before last the Green com
mistioners got Superintendent E. C.
Brooks letter about raising as much
money this year as waa raited last year
for echoed purposes, regardless of how
the property values had beea altered.
Oreeaa had already- raised aa tnaeb as
it could under the legal rate ef tax
tioa, aad coald have need more. No
higher rate etn be levied, and with
values eat half in two, the school fund
and the general expense fund this
year will shrink accordingly.
Similar tales are beginning to reach
Raleigh from other sections of the
State, particularly since the Brooks
letter waa aeat out advising the county
authorities that school monies must be
kept np to the standard set by the
State Board of Education. The State
school fund fell short nearly seven
hundred thousand dollars during the
past year, and the General Assembly
provided only $400,000 to be used ss an
equtlmag fud thx year,
School Faad Worries.
Thia latter fund will go not far to
ward making up for such reductions ss
impend in the echool funds in Greene
and other coantics which cat their
values so sharply whea the bars were
lowered by the General Assembly. The
counties apparently realize that they
must look to themselves fed the major
portion of the money that will run
their schools this year. Other funds
ire materially diminished, and ae way
has beea found for reducing the cost of
county government, or eliminating any
of the demands that are made npoa
them.
High revenues and not high valoa-
tioaa -appear to be the basis of the
troubles that confront- many of the
coantics.. Greene, for. instance, bad a
valuation ot 13010,002, which yielded
a school income of approximately $50,
000 aad a general purposes fund ef
JOOO last year. The twenty million
cut to ten million also cuts the income
square in the middle, leaving only 115,-
000 for genera purposes and 130,000 for
schools.
Apparently it isn't enough. When
the General Assembly raised valuations
it cot the maximum rate. The new rate
on the old valuatioa can't produce the
revenues required by the counties, Sod
therein lies their discomfort. No in
timatioa baa come from the Revenue
Department es to the ruling that will
be made. It is seders tood that the
delegation from Greene was directed
te produce the law, aad that It would
then be carefully studied.
17 PERRONS TO RECIIVB
SENTENCES FROM COURT
Maeoa, Ga., July 10 Seventeea per
sons who were convicted aad teats nets
to prison er fined by Judge Beverly D.
Erase ia coaaoetioa with alleged thefts
from the American Railway Express
Compaay will appear ia Federal eourt
here tomorrow afteraooa whea motions
for aew trie la will be argued.
FIFTEEN KILLED IN
. ; RIOTING IN B ELF AS
Belfast. Jely 11 By tke
REVALUATION
.elated Frost ) FlfUe a perse ae) hsd
bora killed aad acarty eae aaadred
' weeadsd ap to tost 'clock toalgat
l cosmeaasttco at ta rioting which
. kffa tost Bight aad esmtlaaed
thrtagboot the atr.
Tke military bad to be aammeaed
to r settle are.
According to police aecsmato the
ring at patrele by reeabitcane
pswetortated the) eejtbreak. After
Ihsc la absetlag was almost eaeW
lisMsm ta the falls district.
The Carries: HlH aad Mill sWU
. areaev aatUtutllat at res (tales, tmst
were afeeted. The firing here
'won latesMO, alteraatlag with the
arraaate of the ctwwde aa they led
. freea te asf aoae,
HARDING MOVES TO
HAVE CONFERENCE
ON DISARMAMENT
RIGHT HOPES FOR
IRISH SETTLEMENT
. - (; --
Premier Lloyd George and De
varera will Probably Meet
Some Time this Week .
London. Julv 10. (Sv
Press.) The British prime minister,
Mr. Lloyd George, and the Irish repub
lican leader. Eamonn Tin Vln -;n
probably mee some day thla week to
aiscuss a basis for a general confer
ence on an Irish settlement. Mr. Lloyd
George has asked Mr. De Valera to
name the day, and has added a further
invitation to any colleagues whom you
with ta hrinir wltk -
Ireland's struirele for freeitnm t,..
been a long history of baffled hopes;
omerwise tne present situation would
be full of promise for a final peaceful
settlement. But while nat ,
Hot afford' food for over-eon Bdcnce a
point emphasized in the way of warn
ing ry jur. ue valera himself in a man
ifesto to the Irish nennle Ke,
some aspects which differ entirely from
any previous peace effort.
first, the whole British Tialion now
la waetkellT vrilHnn- to
lominion status, it Trelamt I.
- - , .-
10 arop tne aemand for a republic.
- w u n, mimm ma premiere now
in London are retdv Ia unnAvt
ing to all. Indications. Iralnmt'a Uim
for dominion itatm with
omy and a voice in foreign affaiit, the
latter being an important aspiration
of the dominions thnmtelvet AWSt
help from the outside as that afforded
oy a statesman of the ealiber of Gen
eral Smuts, the Smith Afri
who adm ittedlr hat much infl-ini i
me government policy, is an asset which
ireiand naa never before enjoyed.
Third, this ia the first time that V,
Wyd George jii.. any, peace negotla
iiona nat iraDosea no condition! what
ever.
FinallT. S truce baa been
for nn indefinite period. No date has
Deen Died or bint of any notice re
quired te denounce it The whole
surrounding elrcnmitinret In thl la,..
peace effort would seem to prove that
oota sides are deeply in earnest in de
siring success.
On the other aid nf tha nlMnra
attitude of tht evtre lata an,n V,k
Sins Falnera
doabts bto expressed W hew far lhry
eta oe coniroiiaa oy tne leaders. There
1. .la. Vrltall tt.B m 1 . 1. - . 1
- "Mm hh wj, i. vt" i( uai ii I Caen
the Irreconcilable attitude of Mr. De
Valera and hit anllaae-na inlnrf tha
partition ef Ireland, and the apparently
rquai aeterminauon in luster that the
present ttatut of the six counties under
the ome Rule act shall not be dis
turbed. Ulster is smarting under the serious
trade boycott exercised by southern
Ireland, but hopes are still high that
this and other difficulties will be
smoothed out once the conference is in
being.
It is suffirattftd at a eomnrnmlaa on
the question of chairman for the con
ference that Mr. Lloyd George be chsir-siaa-
end General -fimutt depHty-chalr---
maa, in which ease General Smuts would
preside over the earlier meetings.
t ne government naa .eeasea recruit
ing in England for the Irish eohstabu-
lar-r lhfoafta-h t?a nn tha ,nn,A,,li .1
the, twelfth of July, "Orangeman's
Day, serious rioting, with many per
sons killed and wounded, haa broken
cut at "Belfast' '- "
CHEER APPEAL TO
ORGANIZE LEAGUE
Christian Zndeavorers Oive
Tremendous Demonstration
For "Warless World"
New Fork, July 10 More than six
teen thousand delegates to the sixth
world's Christisn Endcjvor convention
today gave a tremendous demonstration
to an appeal for a "warless world," and
a demand that the United States join
some international association to pro
mote world peace.
They eherred Fred B. Smith, chair
man ot the commission on Inter-church
Federation, Federal council ot tho
churches of Christian America, as he
nrged all Christian churches to bring
pressure to bear upon the authorities
at Waahingloa to make" America a
member ot the League of Nations er
some other guild.
"It is the Cbristiaa duty of this
country, without further deity, to join
some League or guild that will promote
world petce,' he deelS-ed, .adding "Jit
isolation from other nations comes J it
will be the saddest hour in the history
ef Uo Vaite-dStatee.
The spesker said be bad made a
three months tour of Europe, and t
careful study of conditions had foreeH
hint to realise that aerer ia its his
tory did the entire world rest npoa a
more volcanic economic footing.
Germany, he asscTd, wee the only
country ia the world whoee basic power
to secure. Every aatioa, lie added,
ttrae te America for hope, and Ameri
ca tnaet be the salvation of the world.
"Those who declare it the doty ef
America to look eat for Itself aad make
'oaraelvrs secure while we tan,' be eatd
'souad the voice of pagan brat.' -
The speaker la urging tha Christisn
Eadearor to ate its " arttaixatiosr for
the preveatloa at war,, said be be
lieved that a company of taea bad or
ganised ia this country te briag abouf
conflict with' Mexico, for their own eel
fithlatereets.
Prior ta Mr. Smith-'s speech reprise a
tttiree of foreign lands made brief
addressee of groctiag.' : - ; ' .
National Caard EacasapeseaL ' .
Maeoa, Ca Jury 10 The first regi
ment, Georgia ..National Guard, ' aa
trained toaight aad ie ea route to
Camp) Coaey, St. Bimoae Island, for
fifteea days saram patent w
'resident Approaches - Great -Britain,
France, Italy and
Japan On Limiting
Armaments
:AR EASTERN PROBLEMS
ARE ALSO SUGGESTED AS
TOPIC FOR DISCUSSION
Action, Of Amerkio Presidents.
Will Be Received In Eng
land With Intense Satisfae
tion As Promising Relief
From Tremendous Taxation;
Also Looked forward To As
Offering Solution To "Anglo
Japanese Alliance; Chin In
vited To Take Part In Con. -ference
On Far Eastern
Problems ; " t
Washington, July KXT resident Herd
ing hss taken definite steps looking to '
a conference in Washington of the prin
cipal allied and associated ppwerjLia
discuss limitations of armament. He
also has suggested to the interested na
tions that there be at the same time
a discussion of Pacific and Far Eastern
problems with a view to reaching a
common understanding with respect ta
principles and policies in the Far East
inis announcement waa made tonight
by the Btate Department by direction
of the President in the following Stat,
ment : .
"The President in view of tha f. -
reaching importance of tha nueattno
limitation of armaments, has approached
wnn inrormai but definite Inquiry tha
group ot powers heretofore known sa
ine principal allied and associated
powers, that is: Great Britain, France,
Italy and Japan, to ascertain whether
it w-Ould be agreeable to them to take
part in a eonferenee on this subject to
bo held in Washington at a tint to ha
mutually agreed upon. If the proposal '
ivuuu iv o BceepiBDie, normal inv .
tations for each a eonferenee will be
issued. ; ; v
"It is manifest that the questioa ac
limitation of armaments have a close
relation to Paelflo and Far Eastera
problems, and the President hss sag- '
gested that the powers especially Inter
ested in these problems should nnfler
kn tn eomiectlB till! Ul SotUerenee,:
the eonsideratioa of all matters bear
Inf upon their solution, with a vie ta
reaching a eommoa understanding with
respect to principles and policy la tha '
Far East. This haa been eomn-tjaiested
o uis powers roneerned and China baa
also been invited to take pert ia the die.
eussioa resting to Far Eastern prob.
ems." ,
8arprise In Washington.
The Departments statement was made
public without comment and the fact
that the President bad suggested to
the interested nations a joint discus
sion of the Far Eastern and Pacific
probems came aa something of a sur
prise in Washiigon. The department's '
statement did TrotTBkrTcar wbai aa-
tions had been approached on these
particular subjects but aside from
China, which was specifically named, ft
was assumed that Japan wae amoeg
them.
Renewal of the Anglo Japanese alli
ance is a subject before the British
end Japanese trvrrriffiinti. bilt whathae
this is eonsidored by Mr. Harding aa
nom me scope of the proposed con
ference on Pacific and Far Eastera'
problems hss not been di
Lloyd George, the British Premier, an
nounced recently in the House of Com
mons that he expected to have soma
statement to make with regard to the -alliance
tomorrow, but that thia was
dependent upon "the replies i received -from
the United Slates, Japaa -aad '
China." . . ,
Part of Def finite Prograsa
Mr. Harding's move , with regarj to
limitation of armament was described,
by some of his advisers as the second'
atep in the working out of bis inter '
national program adoption ef the petefi
resolution having been the flrat. Be- ,
fore that resolution was put through
Congress he sent out informal "feelerV
on the subject of disarmament. Ef
now has gone a step forward ia the
development of this program.-
Proposals for conference on world
disarmament were . made in Congress
months ago and a resolutioa by Sena
tor Borah, Republican, Idaho, at king :
the President to invite Great Britala
and Japan to confer with the United
States on tho question of limiting aatat
construction hss been saade a part of
the naval appropriation b,in and aa- ,
eepted both by the Senate and HoW
The President, Cowsver, appareatly .
has gone much farther thaa tne euggea. '
tion in the Borah resolution. His ia
quiries have been addressed to France
and Italy ea vK." and there ia nothing
ia the State Department announcement
tonight to suggest that the limitation
of armaments be confined solely ta
aavil construction. . ,
Many Prtpetele Dlecaeeed
Whea the disarmament qaestiea was '
discussed ia Congress various proposals
were made that any eoafeteaea oa thla
subject contemplate a reduction of
armies at well ae navies,' bat aome
Senator! and representatives opposed
including - Frarea a-ad Ifaly oa the '
ground that Fraace could aot be ea-
pected in the then stats ef affaire la
Europe to contest to any material re- -duetioa
of Ita laad forces. ' .
80 far ae bae beea atede knowa Prvei.
dent Harding offered ae objection te
tha addptiea by Congfirets ef the Borah
resolution, bet aome ef those close to
the President eppoeed ihe measure ea
the groaad that it would limit the con
ferences to three power aad also to
the subject ef naval disarmament.
Senator Borah said tonight that he
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