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THE ASHEVILLE CITIZEN THE WEATHER WASHINGTON, Dc. .10. rorocait for Nerth Carolina! Mostly cloudy Monday and Tueaday, with slowly rltlng temperatures. WATCH THE LABEL On yeue pp. ' II wilt toil yeu whm yeue subscription empires. Renew tlva flay berere sxslratlen, and yeu wont miaa an latue. "DEDICATED TO THE UP-BUILDING OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA" ESTABLISHED 1868. , ASHEVILLE N. C, MONDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 11, 1922. PRICE FIVE CENTS v- Chmi) Terr i fm - (( Restored To Chinese (' n n w vouernmeniDy japan SEIZED I HOWEFrfOPOSES ZATION "ENOUGH SAID, WALK RIGHT IN!" JAPANESE TERRITDRY FROM GERMANS IN WAR Chinese Flag Above Gov ernment Building First Time in 24 Years. JAPANESE DELATING DELIVERY OF ARMS Not Accusing Japs of jjouoie Dealing but Cir cumstance Pointed to. f IT8ING-TAO, Shantung. Dec. 10. I JBy Th0 Associated Press.) J ha territory of Klao Chow was restored to China at noon today "I'll a striking: lark of ceremony. 1h Phlnf floor Cn lha fi .- t .1... . . "n iiiv utoi iiiiitr in '24 years was raised ovfcr ihe s'lminisUation building whicli had heen Germany's and later occu pied by the Japanese who .seized ihe territory during tbe arid war. A small' group of Japanese and I f hinese officials exchanged formal addresses and drank mutual toasts before handing over the final doc uments which completed the transfer. A Chinese gunboat ihe bay fired a calute at noon and then the Japanese police head carters were taken over by the Chinese. General Tuhl. Japanese governor-general of. Klao Chow and the lemafning Japanese troops in the territory will depart December 14. The staffs which have been on the docks and wharves will remain Hn days longer, then be replaced uy Chinese. A thousand Shantung troops ar rived here before the territory was taKen over. Wang Cheng-Ting, foreign minister, who received the territory from the Japanese, said lie 'was confident there would be no trouble .from the bandits. He ileclared that now the only possl liilfty of danger Is from Japanese roughs. J Minister Wang In an Interview repeatedly expressed his Inability o, understand why the anna promt a oy me Japanese tor me po- Cre had not arrived. Japan, he thn arms three times. ' 'He said hfi ity ajia 10,000 troops . on the 1 noundary. He said he did not wish to ae . use Japanese authorities of dou- hle dealing but ha asserted rela tions existed between the Japanese subordinate and the bandits. Wang rlenled there was friction, between himself and the Shantung tuchun. CHINESE BANDITS ARB DECLARED APPEASED PEKING, Dec. 10. (By The sociated Press.) -The ' Govern ment announces that tt nns ar- terted.an arrangement by which Hi" bandits In the Province of Shantung have been temporarily Jlipeased. The bandits have re vived lino, 000 on condition, tnat hey refrain from violence after withdrawal of the Japanese. One thousand bandits have been Incor porated In the Tsingtao ponce force. The central government, b ithout1 military power, was com- '.elled to make (his compromise it) order to avoid .tne appearance "f heing unable to administer tne restored territory. E ORGAN OF FEUERAL WORK Would Regroup Import ant Agencies, Each Under Assistant Secretary. SCHEME TO REPLACE BONDED WAREHOUS Believes Stabilization Will Cut U. S. Coal Bill by One Third. WASHINGTON, Dec. 10. He organization of the government dealing with commerce, minins, manufacturing, shipping, fisheries and transportation facilities hito three groups, each under an as sistant secretary, was recommend ed by Secretary Hoover today in hia annual report to Congress! Whether these groups, which would concern themselves respec tively witn industry, trade and navigation, should be brought into the Commerce Department, he de clared was aeco'ndary to the neces sity ror the grouping itself in or der to obtain concentration of purpose to eliminate overlapping. A direct saving of upwards of $1, 000,000 a year in administration would be possible under the plan, he estimated, while many '' times that amount given to the public In increased values and services. Administration of these '. func tions at present, Mr. Hoover ex plained, now is divided among seven different departments of widely different major purposes, with the result that there is "in evitable overlap, duplication and lack of purpose." The secretary report, except for an appendix containing a re cital of the work of the various departmental . bureaus during tht l ast fiscal year, consisted of a din cussion of important domestic problems facing the country, with suggestions for solutions and four teen, specific rejommendationa for new legislation directly affecting his department. Beside .the plan of regrouping of government tivitie his recommendations were: Would Replace' Warehouses Wltb Trade Zone. J BY BILLY BORNE ' Skw Oo you flm- ) I- seventi rwswoeetr SV m I Co while 8ts m mff' SM0" cwrrct pv irfM WUBUCMrtcKeroticeo fill! ; ( "M KHicKcneocxeis of spats Wlmm ! ffv , A'X l S 1 ANdalwaysoo ai rym. W II S CHRISTMAS CT i MORRISON POINCAR French Determination To Have Military Guarantees Throws Gloom Over Premiers9 Session Russian Efforts To Secure Turkish Affiliation At The Expense Of Europe Futile Blight of Bolshevism Al-i ready Lays on 30 Mil lions of Turks. TURKISH TREND IS j TOWARD OCCIDENT ! Child and Others Try toj Show Turks They Can i Trust the West. TO HALF " MILL FOB FISHERIES Is Now Preparing Mater ials for This Recommen dation in Message. CA R GAB REFER GES A GA MET MEMBER iVolstead Believes Some JTharerato Aorainst Tlailfrh- erty Not Impeachable., vy-ASKIMJTON, Dec. 10.-Jck. ' sin H. Ralston, counsel for Bep r-sentatlve Keller, Republican, .Minnesota, who has brought lm peachment proceedings against Attorney r General Daugherty. "rote Chairman Volstead of the House Judiciary Committee today that he may find It necessary to place before the committee addi tional charges of high crimes and misdemeanors. Mr. Ralston said these charges might be "of equal, -or greater im portance" than tbtwe oontainea in ihe 14 counts recently filed with the committee, hearing on which will begin before the Judiclliary committee Tuesday. In connec tion with Mr. Ralston's letter, Mr. Keller made public a number of letters. Including ons from Chair' man Volstead to Mr. Kaiston say ing the committee desired to in vestigate all charges and wanted to know what witnesses re to be used in considering the first spec Iflration. relating to prosecution of anti-trust suits. Mr. Volstead said this was nec essary "because aa to some of the charges the committee may desire to hear you as to whether they are impeachable before incurring the expensa of sending for witness es to substantiate them." - ' Referring to a conversation ith the Chairman. Mr. Ralston said the former had suggested hs Wtta In Ja,4 wkA.hMl the cnarge renting to ins appoint ment of Win. J. Burns, as Chief of the Department of Justice Bti- peachable offense. . ; Mr. Ralston replied that h could not personally conceive; the "lightest room for doubt on the subject. Mij, Keller corn-plained j to Mr. Volstead about the failures of the committee to print the full ; t lCmHt4 -f TX. (1ST IR L CITIZBV NSWa SUBSAO YAkHoaoooa mnwu (My IHOCE BAMilbt) RALEIGH, Decy 10. A half million dollars ishe amount Gov ernor Morrison will ask the Legis lature to appropriate' for his pro gram of develop! ngflsh and oys ter possibilities of Eastern waters. He is "how engaged In preparing material for the presentation of this recommendation in his bien nial message. When the Governor completes his brief on the program for East em wafer development he will have a mass of faots and figures Establishment of foreign trsW)rf'lfcn the Ueqsral Assembly i"iioiRt ja um wiaiuig unit geological experts and practical fishermen of thr Bast. Dr. Jo seph Hyde Pratt, State Geologist, has been in conference with him during the week concerning phases of the project. Dr. - Pratt is en thusiastically behind the plan. While the Governor has not made public a detailed account of the scheme for developing the fish and oyster fields. It is known that' he will Insist upon the opening of inlets, thereby opening a gateway through which fish can come Into the sounds from their Journey up the Atlantic. The closing of In lets by the steady rise of the sand bars has been the chief contribut ing factor to a decrease in the amount of fish. The planting of many thousands of barrels of oys ters will be another important part of the project. An able organization Is at work on the steamship line proposal and this too will be ready by the time the General Assembly meets nfpr presentation in a comprehen sive and practical lorm. Gover nor Morrison finds the scheme more and more practical as its possibilities are investigated, and he expects to. put the full power of his influence behind it. Sentiment over the State appar ently continues to grow for the boat lines. Twenty-four Cham bers of Commerce havs endorsed It. these being located in cities not only In Eastern Carolina but in the West. Norman T. Cham- 'bliss, of the North Carolina Com mercial Secretaries' Association, is enthusiastically supporting the Governor by presenting the pro-J posal to individual, Commerce bod lea, and these Institutions ars ex pected to rally behind the Execu tive when the plan goes before the Legislature. , jones lu . the ports of the United States as a snosuiuie ior me pres ent system ef bonded warehouses, to be undertaken as a contribution to the American merchant marine in increasing the volume of trade carried in American ships. Radical reduction Of the rees now charged for passports and vises and revision of the formali ties required of travellers, because of retaliatory . measures abroad which now handicap American merchants and travelling salesmen. Adequate definition of the lia bility of ocean' '--arga carriers tor inn or damage to goods-an a rem edy for much needless and tlme- wing litigation. rnriiflcatinn and revision of the navigation laws, including simpli fication of the administration of the supervisory work of the gov ernment agencies in cnarge 01 shipping. Enactment of a lode-line law similar to the laws of the mari time powers of Europe. Modification of tne present aou- ble inspection system or ocean MESTY FOR B2 PRISONERS L BE SOUGHT Political Row May Result in Military Control in Astoria Relief Plans Hone of Con tention; Cutters and Destroyer There. ASTORIA. Ore., Dec. 10. Political controversy has arisen in Asto.ria and threatened to disrupt all local control of re lief and rehabilitation work and may result in the placing of the city under military control. Tho difference seems to have arisen between Mayor Breemer and O. H. Setters, Mayor-elect, when the latter refused to give his approval to the former's plati for perfecting a relief commit tee. A meeting will be held with members ol the incoming com mission as well as the Council men now in office, to - try to reach an agreement that will permit the carrrtngjto of Vym. essential work or relief. It is pointed out that If a deadlock occurs military control la inevi table. Two revenue cutters, the Al gonquin and the Snohomish, are In the harbor, the destroyer Tarbrough is on its way and Commander Church, In charge of the construction work of the naval" base at Tongue Point, has sent a request to Bremer ton for another destroyer. I ANNEXATION PROG 'T GE AM AFOOT STATES Public Meeting at Wash ington Wants Christmas Gift for. Prisoners. WASHINGTON, Dec. 10. Reso lutions calling upon President Moriiinar in rrant a Christmas am nesty to prisoners held for viola tion of itho war-time espirnage act were approved hers today at ni.hll,- meeting; arranged ny m inint omnestv committee. Speak' ers Included Representative Wln nlfred Mason Huck, of Illinois; m-. trnri-ie.f Stanton Blatch, of New Tork; Professor Paul Brls nt Columbia University, and Dr. John A. Ryan, director of the Department-oi aociai of the" National Catholic Welfare Council. Mrs. Huck said that aa a rep resentative at large from Illinois, it was her privilege "to stress tho wbman's point of view, to repre sent the mother, the alitor, the - if. ,i the daughter as a definite PROTEST TO HARDING . ON FRENCH ADTAXCE ESSEN, Germany. Dee. 10. '(By the Associated Press.) Represen tatives of skilled and of unskilled labor from all sections of occupied territory-In the Rblneland at a meeting here today drafted a pro test to the United States against further occupation reported to have been threatened by France. The protest will be transmitted to President Harding through Alan son B. Houghton, the American Ambassador, In general tenor the protest is the same aa those protests raised in various parts of Germany since the French threats were reported. The document emphasises the nat ural affiliation of ths reglax with Germany. It asserts that It Is in SHIPPING BILL FIGHT TO OPEN IN SENATE TODAY Parties to Battle Measure Strength and Keep Their Plans Secret. WASHINGTON, Dec. 10.--Sen-ate supporters and opponents of the Administration shipping bill today measured their strength and laid their plans preparatory to the beginning tomorrow of debate on the measure. Everything pointed to a hard and long fight possibly con tinuing with Interruptions until the end of the session next March. Opponents o , the legislation neither on the Democratic side nor among the Republicans propose to show their hands prior to the mo tion Is be to made tomorrow by Chairman Jones, of the Commerce Commission to take up the meas ure. The general belief la that fil ibustering tactics, perhaps similar to those employed so effectively by the Democrats recently against the Dyer antl-lynchlng bill will be utilized but no definite announce ment has com from either party group or opponents. Senators in discussing the matter today re called, however, that Senator Un derwood, of Alabama, Democratic leader, declared during the Dyer bill filibuster that he personally would not participate In any move to delay a vote on tne snip dui Clemenceau Has Never favored the Rhine Boun dary, He Declares. PITTSBURGH, Dec. ' 10. (En j Route with Clemenceau to Chica go.) (By The Associated Press.) Refreshed by a day of leisure spent in the crisp air at the crest of the Allegheny mountains, ai Cresson. Georges Clemenreau Js on his way to Chicago tonight to make a brief address here tomorrow be fore a convention of farmers The war premier of Franca took two brisk walka with members of his party: one being a hike of i more than a mile alujog" tha Lin coln Highway, with Bernard M. Paruch and Colonel Stephen Bonsai. Scores of motorists whiz zed by and on several occasions when the Tiger stopped in the middle of the road to engage in animated discussions, the secret service man with the party (was obliged to act aa a traffic officer and "detour the machines. The statement of Lloyd George touching upon the charge that France sought secretly to obtain the left bank of the Rhine was discussed this afternoon by M Clemenceau In his private car at the second extended Interview that he has giants. I newspaper corre spondents. ''I know of no party in France wishing to annex German tetri tory," he said. "We never claim ed German territory and thai shows we never meant to." Reiterating that he nad no means to know whether the terms of the guarantees offered Premiers Krlsnd and Polncare were satis factory since he had never seen them, he exolalnfd: "Do you think a guarantee of fered by. Bonar Law would be siin liar to one offered by Lloyd George? Certainly not. The Tiger is due to arrive In Chicago at a. m. He plans to remain in his car until 10:80 leaving Just in time for hia ad dress. The speech will consume about 30 minutes and will deal chiefly with foreign markets for farm producls. He 1 ti star: for New Tork In the n'.'jrnoon M. Clemenceau insisted that ho, personally, had never favored Rhine , boundary, because there was an area between France and the Rhine whose regulation favor ed Germany. He had proposed military occunstlon not annexa tlon because It seemed the only mesne of safety, he said. "When Lloyd George offered me the BriOsh guarantee at ths peace conference. I took it with very great pleasure, you may be sure," said the Tlaer. Aa to the terms of the guaran tee offered France at the Cannes conference M. Clemenceau aeciar ed: "I know nothing and cannot an swer because I was not in omce. it iImi not follow that every thine Lloyd George offers should Illegal and unjustified as Is the present occupation of DUeelflorf and Dulsburg. ' , " - ,...titntinn nf mv I separaoie irom tne iatnenana ana duty in my representation of m. I ... imrm would be state. And It is from that woman s angle that i want 10 theae political prlaonera." she con tinued. "And, remember. 0 am not pleading from the P'J?n" angle. His angle la individual, personal, an although I as an in dividual would gladly plead the Individual cases, I am ner tooay to speak ,for humanity and urge that these prisoners be freed, not ... .v-). .. tvobut tor tha aake of our people that we might clear the way of obstacles that our road t wrid Pc may ba awler to n'was Mrs. Blatch. on of the leaders in the suffrage movement, k. nmnoaed general amnesty before Christmas for the J men still in Federal prison. At her suggestion, a number of those who attended the meeting later march ed to the Whits Houss -whsre a copy of the resolutions was left at the executive office. j EASTERN CAROM! A EXPOSITION PliAISTfKD WILSON. N. C. Pec. 10. Plans for the Western Carolina Chamber of Commerce Exposition here, beginning March 19, 1921, are being completed by N. O. Bartlett, manager of tbe organisation. "This erposKton U being promoted for the purpose of advertising this sWlon nt tb mate and ita resour ces." one ef the officials stated., Wilson mad the highest bid for tha 'exhibition and was decided upon as the site. The large tobacco ware houses here will be used to house the exhibits. "A soeech br Governor Cameron Morrison win open the week of fee-') ttvities ana a paraoe win ioiiott. There will be other addresses during the exposition by speakers of national reputation. Attendance prises will be given and many sventa la connection with toe exposition 'are being plan ned," It was stated. Senator Borah, of Idaho, one of the Republican opponents early, b. "t,,, wItn ,hut eyes," said ment. to tha 'measure, including iSJ-. "SSSKrtioS"1 E2P?tf" SLJJS: ' u and death" f Canal - an road rates by mere. Commission on a long and short haul basis. Senator LaFol- nremler. He added was a matter or for France." and 2'7Lthfi!!,f "f-Tithat tha French government, nec d for regulation of rail- h d t ,can clo,siv any is by the Interstate Com- li... ' offer made. Clemenceau declared he "had . In RAMI1 T W Ietta. of Wisconsin, who Is looked B , , pr,mler, ,,, believed upon as ons of th strongest Re- "uoyd P Georges successor publican opponents. Is expected toj ---..m th. heM, he could" to come Torts before tne aeta gets fc , - n arrling.ment with far under way with a number of PTC. . AiM ,hat if Bonar otner legislative propose s in ns.jj ot lni0 any trouble" WVk r a!!!L h would do everything he could The supporters of the measure , h ' "h. " " t plan to,flra tha openlnir shot in the to "'P " form of an extended speech by RAvirnT-pT rRV OOODS Chairma Jones explaining Jh. j groS AREPt'RCHASEl) measure In detail, outlining the chances made by his committee npnsvnnon 11) Max and presenting the necessity, as Temko. local men, has bought the seen br the administration tor Its , three bankruot drrxoods stores) or passage. Fleischer Brothers, one here, one at Durham and the other at Fayette- Tills, paring taO.OOO for them, of wnTOAT, niilif -li' u cwor . SEEKING AGENTS SLATER I JjWoh liOOJO was cash apot . the remainder being secured 'by four MOUNT STBRLrNO. Ky . Dee. 1V notes, of 17,600 each, payable in one, WUhin a fw -yards of the spot in wo.-tnree and four mo-ms. Menifee .County where' Prohibition The order directing the sale was Agent Robert q. Duff was shot to made by Judge James K. Boyd, of death toy alleged meon-trinee Satur- Western North Carolina Federal D's- riy afternoon. Dews Treedway. M, trlct eonrt, after It was presented to Federal oirioer and mcmbo of a him by Mason Oant. who was ehoaea posse seeking ths slayers of Duff, was by the creditors to handle their hot from ambush and Instantly killed claims. Tha Fieiaher brothera were tnis afternoon. aajuaged bankrupt a few weeks ago. UAUSANXK. Dec. 10. I By The' Associated Press.) Inmet I'UNha Is not worried over the attempts of j George Tchltclierln. the soviet for- j eign nilniHter, to turn Turkey away! from Riirope and America and I plunge her Into the arms of soviet llusnia. He retimed to influence j Turkish correspondents againxt I sending to their home newspapers I full accounts of Tchltcherin s : statement of yestrrdsy that Tin - I Key, by opening the Dardanelles, was exposing both Turkey and RuHsia to future destruction by the great powers. Unmoved by the bol- ! shvelk blast Ismet tranquilly went to Geneva today as a guest of: honor at a dinner arranged by the I Ottoman Society. ! A leading Turkish publicist, cabling to Constantinople, Intro- , dured his narrative of Tchltrherln's j warnings to Turkey by relating the story of the grand vizier, who, I when in doubt as to how to rule I his realm Invariably decided upon a policy the reverse of that de sired by Russia. "That grand vlr.ler was right," declared the Turkish correspond ent, "because Russia is our hered itary enemy. "Tchitcherln prates' about affin ity and community of interests be tween the Russians and Turks, but we are not forgetting that there are today In Russian Turkestan 30,000.000 Turks, who, It they dwelt formerly under the oppres sion of cuarism are today ruled by an Iron hand under the blight of bolshevism. "The closing of the fourth week of the conference hss been marked by a distinct disposition on the part of the Turks to accept Occi dental Jdeas and reject Russian polioisa, particularly aa regards the gtraits problem. This was due. In a considerable measure, to the tact and wisdom ihown by Ambassa dor Child. M. Barrere and Lord Ourzon. who have tried to make the Turkish leaders see that they could trust the Occident. American Delegation Keeping j In Background The American delegation is keeping in the back ground, care fully avoiding any attempt to thrust American policies on Eu rope and restricting Its efforts to statements of the poistlon of the United HtaUtes as subjects arise in which the United States Is Justi fiably Interested. But as the con ference progresses there are Indi cations that the Turkish leaders are leaning more and more on America for guidance, believing America will strive to give Tur key the largest possible sovereignty over Turkish affairs and Turkish territory without vexatious control from without. Difficulties are being met In the laying down of the status of foreign ers, but It was said today that there were good prospects for settling the entra territorial problems, particularly those involving special courts for for eigners. The Turks are holding out strongly C'tur m fep. 'tfaj Intimate Fascisti In Bavaria Kept Up On American Coin Leader Regards Taking of Jews as Hostess Part German Programs Mt.'.Mi'H. Bavaria. Dec. 10. ( fly The Assocluted Press.) American money is helping to finance the fascisti movement in Bavaria, led by llerr Hitler, according to references made at public gatherings here, but no mention h is been made of the. vohjnie of this aid. Thj funds from overseas are declared 'tu he confined to private donations by lierman-Americun antl-Se' mites and friends of the Bava rian national socialists. In some quarters it is asserted the con tributions from the United States, which are arriving weekly, amount to only a few dollars. Herr Hitler Is report ed to have given certain inter views In which he aald hia pro gram regarded it essential that large misses of the Jews In Ba varia be taken as hostages in order to influence tbe Interna tional financial and business worlds in favor of Germany. E TAKES SUFFER STAND REPARATIONS MAD PEN TURKS LIKE DOG IS 'S ADVICE Bishop Lays Blame for Christian Slaughter at Door of France. GA N NON-AGGRESSION PACT ADOPTED MOSCOW MEETING Russia Agrees to Polish Proposals on Reduction of Her Army. MOSCOW. Dec. 10. (By the Associated Press.) A non-aggres sion pact, providing for an arbitra tion board, has oeen tuny agreed upon by tha limitation of arma ments conference here, attended by delegatea of Russia, and the border states of Russia. Details of tha form of arbitration have been left 'to be worked out after ratification of ths pact. The conference now haa turned Ita at tention to the matter of army re ductions. At Saturday's session Prince Ferdinand RaduswllI, representing Poland, tentatively proposed cut ting his country's srmed forces to 280,000 within a year with plans far further reductions annually along lines worked out by a board of army experts of the signatory countries. Maxim Lltvinofl". however, con tended that more drastic reduc tiona were decided especially In the interests of the budgets of the states represented. He asserted that Russia was eager to make the conference a success and aa a means of meeting the Polish pro posals, finally agreed to a reduc tion in tha red army to 600,000 along the lines of Prince Radlz will's suggestions. Plans for cutting the armies or the Baltic states were not gone into In detail. M. Lltvinoft holding to tha point that the conference was called primarily to consider limitation of armaments. Aa matters stand. It Is limitation of armaments upon which the fat of ths conference hinges, ss Rus sia continues to urge that this point be Included in the pact be fore It would be satisfactory to Russia and -ready for signature. NEW ORLEANS, Pec. ;i Violation by France ot its -agreement to protect ArmehlarurV-as re sponsible In a large measure for the slaughter of Christiana in Tur key, aocording to Ulatvop James Cannon. Jr., of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, who ad dressed a mass meeting here today i at the First Methodist Church lu the interest of Near East Relief. "There never was ' a . more shameless desertion of a people than that of the Armenians by France," RUhop Cannon said. "When the Turks were defeated in the World War, the French told the Armenians that if they Joined them In defeating Germany that when the war was over France would see that they bad protec tion. "Instead. France slipped in the back door and signed a treaty with the Angora Government of which no other nation had any knowl edge until it was completed. Then, without notice, the French army evacuated and lett the Armenians nt the mercy of th Turks. The abandonment of tne Greeks by France was bad enough, but the abandonment of the Armenians 1 too horrible to be long thought of.' Bishop Cannoa has Just return ed from the ivear t;ast wnere ne went to Investigate conditions as Chairman of the Near East Relief Committee of his church. He was in Constantinople at the time of the burning of Smyrna. The Bishop quoted M. Briand, at the time premier of France as saying that France would take a mandate over the territory as a matter of duty to the Armen ians and also quoted M. Poincore, the President of France, as pledg ing protection to them. He also read de-coded official messages to the Turkisti government ordering the "white massacre" of 1015 in which one million Armenian men, women and children were driven up and down the Mespotamian desert until 800,000 perished of starvation and exhaustion. "The Turks should be penned up like any other mad dog," Bishop Cannon said. "The Chrla tlon nations of the world should have told Mustapha Kemal Pasha when he telegraphed the confer ence In Geneva he could not be responsible for any massacres, that the world would not permit further massacres of Christians. "I am not a fighting man. I do not believe in wars, but if this country had invited the other na tions to Join us with their war ships and marines, not to fight the Turks, but to protect the Chris tian population, the Turk would have understood and the slaughter of Smyrna would not have occur red." Bishop Cannon arraigned not only the policy of the United States In regard to the Turks but of tha other Allied nations aa well. He aald that International law had become so Infused with commer cialism that humanity and human life were matters of last consider ation, giving way In all negotia tions before concessions for rail roads, oil and other privileges. FIRST SUPPLY BILL PASSES IX THE HOCfcE Chance of Settlement Anything but Bright Talk New Conference. 6krmansTitalians both have scheme Poincare Says Germany Insists on Being First : Saved in Europe. LONDON, Dec. 10. (By Tha Associated PreBs.) The possibility ' for the four premiers reaching an agreement which will enable tha Brussels conference to assemble . with any prospect' of success, seems tonight to hang on an ex tremely tenuous thread. A with all previous attempts to solve ths reparation problem, the main diffi culty lies in French determination to secure penalties or guarantees of a military character for the fuU J niltnent of German obligations. ;; The new British government is considered more favorable toward! France than the previous adminis tration, 4)ut Mr. Bonar Law In the present conference has shown V himself to be aa warmly opposed to any occupation of the Rhur as was' his predecessor, while the Italian, premier. Slgnor Mussolini. still an unknown Influence In Eu ropean coferences, also opposed anything except what he terms economic and productive guaran tees. . ( Premier Ponicare asserted today that France would demand tha oc cupation of the Ruhr as a funda mental guarantee for any morato rium and the stiffening of the French Premier's attitude changsd the hopeful view of the Frencli delegation to one of gloo..i. M. Pioncare reasserted his demand for the Ruhr after receipt of ad vices from Paris that his attitude in London had been Interpreted In the chamber of deputies and by, a portion of the presa aa a weak ening In the face of Mr. Bonar Law. . ;J. M. Poincare went to the pre miers' -meeting today in a determ ined mood and informed the oth ers that France flatly - rejected Chancellor Guno'a new proposals,' Lat Thinks Proposals At Least Worth DIcu!dnK Mr. Bonar. Law, on the other hand, told M. poincare he thought the German proposala were at least worth discussing at greater length, but M. Poincare insisted they were vague and were in tended as a maneuver to forestall action by the Allies, rather than a serious proposal for settlement. adding that Germany had made a similar move st nearly all prevloua ' Allied meetings dealin- with re parations, i The chances of a settlement were anything but bright tonloht. since the British prime minister. with emphasis equal to that of the ' French premier said that the oc cupation of the Ruhr and Saar and the exploitation of the RhineJand ' would be penalties and not ' eco I nomlc guarantees," aa the latter contended. England could not con sent to the imposition of such ' penalties,- and Mr. Bonar Law urged that some other way must be found toward Allied unity. i Belgium in the meantime has i again assumed the role of medi ator having In mind her success . j -tCmMSHS" M ff gMW) CONSTAN MAY WASHINGTON". Dc. 10. JVr In advance of the usual time, the House Saturday passed the Treasury appro priation bill, tha flrct of the blar sup ply measures. It carrlss SIK.OM.AOO. of which I9.000.00i) Wiq be for prohi bition enforcement. NARTTOWKV, IS MADE PRESIDENT OF POLAND WARSAW.' Deo. 10. (Br The As. soclatod Press) Gabrlele Karutowloa minister of foreign affairs, wss elec ted president of Poland, by the na tional assembly today. TINOPLE NEVER BE CAPITAL AGAIN Angora Always Defeats Rival Claims Because of Its Safety. LAUSANNE. Dec. 10. (By Tha Associated Press.) Constantinople has probably ceased to be Turkey's capital for all time; It remains tha seat of the caliphate and the re ligious center of the Turkish and the Moslem world, but the Turk ish delegates at Lausanne ssy Mustapha Kemal Pasha and his helpers in the construction of Na tionalist Turkey have no thought of re-establishing Turkey's political heart within range of foreign war ships which may enter the Darda nelles and the Bosporus. After centuries of world Import ance as the capital of the Byzan tine and Ottoman empire, Constan tinople will be relegated to a place of secondary Importance as Petro grad has given way to Moscow. Angora has provided a safe refuge for Mustapha Kemal's national' as sembly, Just as Moscow afforded the aovlet government protection from the on-sweeping , German army and the Allied warships, and it will probably become the perm anent capital. The national assembly at An gora has discussed the advisability of movinur to various other places j in Anatolia, but Angora always de- J feated all other rival applicant.!, i Smyrna cannot be considered M.-i cause of the danger of a sea t' f tack. Eakie-Shehr and Afiura-KaA ahissar have been rejected becauseNi both were seised by the Greeks, end are regarded as too accessible to Invading armies. Brusa, Tur key's ancient capital and the bur ial place of many famous sultans, has also been rejected, because It is within range of great guns a the Sea of Marmora. Life will be dull at Angora for the foreign rlio- icmismi m rw r-4 I
Asheville Citizen (Asheville, N.C.)
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