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THE ASHEYILLE CITIZEN V THE WEATHER WASHINOTON, Dm, tt.rwa far North CereHns: Inereatln dead. inm with slowly rtsln tsmpsratur COMPLETE Rf porta of The Aaaociated Press Supplemented by Many Spe cial Correspondents. aturaayl Sunday unarttled warmer) probably run. DEDICATED TO THE UP-BUILDING OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA" ESTABLISHED 1868. ASHEYILLE, N. C, SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 30, 1922. PRICE HVE CENTS INDEPENDENT MISSION FROM U. S. SUGGESTED i 1 !orak Withholds His Amendment, Assured Of Hindering Program BORAH'S ACTH1N VTS PRECEDED BY A WARM DEBATE J f?(Tia.t.nr Not t.n PrfiHfl His Amendment. Negotiations not r iTHE PRESENT PLAN , 3orah Says He Will Not "uner Amendment jnow, But He May Later. f' WASHINGTON. Dec. 23. The :ght over the proposal of Senator Borah that Preaident Harding call an economic conference rame to a sensational climax in the Senate today when the Idaho Senator an- Vnounced that he would withhold his proposed amendment to the Naval Appropriation bill on admin istration assurances tlvf n by Senator Watson, of Indiana, that the President already waa sounding cut the situation in a way which might lead to somo movement which would aid the adjustment of condltlona prevailing in Europe. Senator Borah made known his decision during the . debate after Senator Watson, one of the ad ministration spokesmen, who was instrumental In lining Up the ad ministration forces in opposition to the proposal, appealed to the I'aho Senator not to press his pro posed resolution for substantially the same reasons outlined in President Harding's letter of yes terday. - , - " Senator Watson disclosed that kdroinist ration "feelers" had -been- nut a 16 European policy and re- Mwrrodvto th .statement In Iresl- nent liardlng s lettar that It was necessary first to aacerjain whether overtures for a conference would be welcome." ; , ' "i'. 4i Adiaiitt'-ftenator sald.'ths th Va bMn dona and that the things V Wat nave been undertaken, if suc cessfully continued, go o far as to result In the holding of a con- ltrence In the future.' Senator Watson then suggested that Senator Koran withhold his amendment, on the ground that the administration's course rould be embarrassing. Senato Borah asked whether the administration a "negotiations" were for the purpose of calling "this conference." Differentiates Between Feelers And Negotlatioiin "No, not negotiations," Senator Watson replied. "What I said was that 'feelers' had. been put out; that th foreign nations were now being sounded with a view to find ing out whether the United States nay be helpful and that In my pinion it might lead to a confer ence; that I had no authority whatever to say that. I speak purely for myself ag an individual snd give my itrsonal views, renre- sentina- the opinions of nobody in authority. At the same time I am t entirely ignorant of the fact at these feelers have been nut ut lust .18 the President in his letter states." Senator "Watson added that the situation was not one of "negotia tions" but of diplomatic, "conver- sations." Senator Borah, pressing or more definite information. sked if the administration course might "ultimately lead to a con ference covering the question of he economic! conditions?" Or to some gathering for the GRADE 0 TONPLANTIN ED DEVELOPED eriments Conducted State Since 1915 Tield Favorable Results. JALEIGH. Dee. V9. A series 'experiments in cotton seed de terment dating; from 1918 tough the 1922 season by the rth Carolina Experiment 8ta i and a few co-operating farm fha resulted In the improve bt of planting seed, to a point r they now are yielding a k grade of cotton, according to Announcement tonight by R. Y. iters, plant breeder of the sta- One of the eerrces of our sta t" said Mr. Winters, "is the fovement of seed anc supply , Information to -growers who f to improve their seed. Since in Is one of our principal s. considerable time 1ias been I In studying: the many va s and later Improving he that was available, en the : work was started year ago, two standards of e were considered and re it a variety before It could I to be a proper starting or further Improvement, t all. It must' be a good iA variety of cotton may ny good qualities, but If K ;h yield bo one wants to ' Next to high yield, one nust furnish a good quai nt whp-h can be used W h Carolina cotton mills, are two Important quail . (Caufcra m rw 'l HIGL : W lit I I I i Gallivan Says Next House Speaker Not To Be a Klansman Goina to Watch Ku Ktux Democrats From South Says in Statement. WASHINGTON, Deo. 29. Rep resentatlve Galllvan, Democrat, Massachusetts, declared In a state ment today that Democrats who go before candidates i.ic i.ari.t r.uim for Speaker of the House in the new Congress will bs i.aiicu uuuu oy .-orinern utmo- cratia Kepresentatlves to say where they stagd on the question of the Ku Klux Klan. "Mark you,"" said Mr. Galllvan, "we are going to watch Ku Klux Democrats from the Southland whether they come from Texas or any other State and they will get no support from Democrats In the North unless at the caucus which will be called to select the partv candidate for the Speakership these men pronounce their abso lute and unequivocal opposition to the infamous organization which at present holds the front page in our dally newspapers.". Mr. GaJllvan declared that while he had no candidate of his own, he would not support Representa tive Garrett, Tennessee, acting Democratic? leader, because of his vote against the soldier bonus. He said he also oposed Mr. Garrett because he voted for an amend ment to the retirement act "which would prohibit any Federal em ploye from receiving the benefits thereof if he had at any time been 11t..a , . ., , '""u v mi any icuuor union or any j organisation of such a character." DELAY OPENING COUNTY SCHjJOLS Postponement Authorized! for Week 150 New Cases " in City in Week. Delay of one week in the re opening of the Buncombe County Schools because of the prevalence of influenza, was authorized in an order promulgated by Frank Wells, County School Superintend ent, yesterday, following the advice of Dr. R. G. Wilson, County Health Officer, who asserts that ISO new cases have been reported by phy sicians this week, exclusively of the city. Th County Schools, scheduled to open January 1 or 2, will not reconvene until Monday, January g. Since the malady has started this Wfnter a total of 418 taws have been reported to Dr. Wilson! Out of the reports of the. 150 new cases, made by 14 physiclars of the County, one reported five cases and Uiere was an increase in the number of cases, another reported a decrease, while a third reported no new case. - Whether or not It will he nec easary to keep the schools closed for a longer period of time is not known and "this will depend en tirely upon the number of new -ennrterf in the Interim. Dr. Wilson advises the county school children to stay at horn as much as possible, avoid large gatherings and especially avoid all persons who are affected with colds;. He saya that so far the disease ap pears to be mild and only a few scant cases of pneumonia, have re sulted, 'v,' -. j.'" r. rannrteri yesterday at ins cltv health department that the estimate of the number of cMVjn Asbeville would no eitwa , n mi C V. Remolds, uir cieauji y" cer, who a few days ago Issued an official warning,; could not be reached last evening, but It Is ex pected that me ancuuu mads known today as to whe ther the health oeparin win that tne city mu- closed, - METER SCCCEEDS AS COMMISSION CHAIRSLX wiemv-GTON. Dec. 29. Bal thazar H. Meyer today became chairman of the Interstate Com merce commission for a term or "ne year. He assumes the chslr manship In accordance with a pol icy of rotaUng the post among members of the commission on a basis of seniority in service, r Commissioner Meyer, as chalr- ; m .tin nner vise railroad security issues, his particular as- I slgnment on the commission. Commissioner msr.a v.. .... Chord, who ha been chairman for the past year, will continue as a commissioner, having been reap pointed tor another term. v ry fcTiKVitXiK. jr. c. MAS PIES OX TK AI.V rF-TERSPURO. V- Dec- tSr Harry Mel'a Fyettvm..V C. died suddenly today In j,d",,w1- I. ..mml.il wltn ! lng room wmcn ut- " r . u son. snd daughter on Atlantic Coast Lin Train No. 2. north bound. Th cause of death was not known. - FlTETTEVTtiLK. N. C Dee. J. Harris Melaels, whose death oc curred today while h was n route to Xew Tork to 't physician, was the proprietor of Lrlr furniture store In thl lty. He was about (0 years of age snd had been la bad. health for some time. i BIN'S FINDS L FDR HISJEFENSE Word Goes Out Former Mayor Will Have $100, 000 at His Disposal. FURTHERARRESTS YET TO BE MADE Louisiana Klansmen Say Any Responsible for Mur ders Will Be Ousted. BASTROP. 'la.. Dee. L'9.-(Ry The Associated Press. ) With the date for the open hearing but one week away the heavy hand ut the law whir-h h:i nli-enriv .trm-b -atc i wm still upraised tonight over in, I connection with the Morehouse kidnaping and murders. The citizens were anxiously awaiting the passing of time which would reveal the identity of those marked. The nature of confessions In which 45 men were said to be implicated was also the subject. of much speculation. There was no intimation of when the arrests promised hi' the State would be made. Opinion is evenly divided on the theory that the ar rests probubly would not occur un til after the open hearing had been j concluded. The State wants to questiun some of them as witnesses which privilege would be denied in the even they were under charges and did not care to testify, it was argued. While a deputy sheriff armed with carefully prepared requisition was en route I Baltimore to claim Dr. B. M. McKoin. for the Stale of Louisiana, on a charge of mur der in connection with the robed and masked activities of last Aug ust, his friends In this section of the State, were putting their heads together to raise a suitable fund for his defense. A fund of $100, 000 was said by his friends to be the objective. ' The plea of the former mayor at Baltimore today that he. would rather die forty Ttimeshan be '4flrS)aek to Morenou;struol St 'jresgquaU'eMitcf Cnaein'g 'many. Cafe today his frfertd f e and it New Orleans we reported con sidering steps to be taken to pro vide him with a heavy escort after h reaches Louisiana (J VW( Sheriff Carpenter, 4f Morehousa, issued a statement today declaring he knew there would be some ar- rests upon the return Of the Fed eral-investigators now in New Or-' leans. He said that while 45 citl sens might be involved in the kid naping plot he did not believe this number were actually participants as his information was there were only IS or 20. In Bastrop, the parish seat and the nearby village of Mer Kouge, for several weeks the center of actlvlty 'the kidnaping, lnvestl gatlon conducted by Department of Justice agents in co-operation with State officials, this situation today was quiet with developments virtually nil, K For the moment the exaitctnerit Incident to the arrival of State troops ten days ago and the find ing last week of the bodies of Watt Daniels and Thomas Rich ards,! whose kidnaping last sum mer was the culminating act of the taking a masked band depre dations, has quieted and Baxtrop and Mer . Rouge are taking a breathing spell to await the re.turn of the InMtstigators from New Or leans, and further developments.' Firing about th parish jail, un der guard of State troops, enliven ed the. early morning hours to day and sent a small army of newspaper correspondents' here scurrying from their beds, but it proved a "water haul." It was ex plained that the firing was by a sentry stationed at an outpost who fired at a person discovered mov ing about an adjoining railroad yard who failed to obey-' a chal lenge to halt. The prowler be- - CCmMfMrs 61 rw Tko) A CURE 11 RAISE 1 . . . .. WO": X W : J ( . rnn W WBm llll I V.M M buncombe ilLi . i TH ATLANTIC! PlfJG STILL 9HTING GALES Fears Felt forTwo Big .Vessels, Score's Delay ed by Storms. SMALLER CRAFT SMASHING ASHORE; NOD SHIP Fl Ship Bearing Harvey, Federal Jury Makes Pre" Coue and British Mis- j sentment on Ground sion Delayed. ! State's Funds Wasted. NEW YORK, Dec. :!. Gales to day continued to whip the North illnntln Intrt ,111 lit m i 11. and c;l 1 vi,n. nrnnsinir fenr for at least two vessels, delaying scores and sending a few smaller rvaft f rail ing into the shore. The ch'ef anxiety was felt lm the freighter Bietonia, which railed for this port from tit. 1'ieirv December 13. and the German freighter Helnrich Kaiser, which li.st reported when she sent out an S. O. S.. about SOD mils off CVpe May. December 6. In addition, a flutter ran through marine circles when the shipping board niotorshlp Munmotor. bound for Norfolk front Boston, radioed for help off Five Fathom Hank V.ij:ht. The Munmotor, with a crew of 42 aboard, reported a bad lif-t to starboard, but a later inn- I staled she had righted & lttle. 1 Meanwhile, the coastguard cut- tci Kickapoo nut out to her sistante from Cope May. The most Important wreck re ported was that of the schooner Annie L. Splndler, out of Yar mouth. X. S., which struck near Vrovtncetown. Masa.. aeudlng her crew of six ashore In a breech buoy. An unconfirmed report ljBfiflwo other Juiiw one in the Court 1. ,t.a, V. - ,,.u ... - .. - a ? .. ,, , A , tt that she was carrying a cargo liquor. , " . Shipping offices In New York, Halifax and oth'r ports were bom, barded with wireless messages .from liners reporting delays caused tp mid-winter storms. The Berengaria, bearing Am bassador Harvey back, to Washing ton, from London, was one of the vessels held up. Due ftiduv, she reported she still was 817 miles off this port-and did not expect to .reach Quarantine until Sunday. - Waves also wej-e lashing tfce aides of the giant Majestic, carry irg the British financial mission to the Unlte-t states and Emlle Coue. V'f o V o pent ' of auto suggestion, uo uncivil ere for a lecture tour, Nearly 26 steamers, which men Into port todajr showed the effects 0f the battering- they had reeeived, The Heinrich Kavaer in th. la.t wireless received from her we're in distress in a gaie with her rud der chain broken and hatches badly damaged. That was 23 days ago. Grave doubt as to her having weathered this storm have been expressed by maritime officials. She was bound for Hamburg. A report ? that a coastguard cutter had been .sent to her assistance Is said to have been unfounded. Her crew is believed to have numbered about 20. The freighter is the property of Heinrich Kay ser and Son, of Hamburg. She was built in 1898 andi christened the Ebllng. She was of 4,844 gross tons'. She cleared from Savannah on November 23 and arrived at Nor folk, on the 29. On December S she set sail for Rotterdam! Bre men and Hamburg. Three days later she was In distress off Cape May and from that day no trace or word has been received from her here. CENTRAI, FAM8 M1IL TO BE MOVED SOUTH PAWTL'CKET. R. I.,- Dec. 29. The Jenckes Spinning Company announced today that the United States Cotton Mill at Central Falls, one of its plants, would be closed and the machinery transferred to plants In Gastonia, N. C., and to Drummondville, Quebec: Inabil ity to meet Southern competition was given as one of th reasons for th change. FOR THAT HEADACHE BY BILLY BORNE FEDERAL GRAND JURORS INDICT C Action Follows Fashion able Dinner, Liquor Said to Flow Freely. REPEAL OFSTATE DRY LAW IS URGED NEW. YORK, Dec. :'!. Inveti gation by a Federal grand jury i ;to a bachelor' dinner n't the fashlonaljari y.acqust and - Tennis Club on . Park Avenue, at which liquor waa alleged to have flowed freely, today brought indictments of 13 men. including four mem bers of the iA.Montagne family, prominent in society. Two Indictments were returned, charging a conspiracy to violate the Volstead and Internal revenue acts, through which approximate ly SO. 000 gallons of assorted liquors were alleged have been Illegally sold. Souie of those Indicted were also charged with having forged liquor permits and other papers. In a statement made public in connection with th indictments, I tilted States Attorney Hayward asserted that his office had fol lowed the trail of alleged bootleg ging even thought it led to select circles and exclusive places, and charged that liquor had been sold on a wholesale scale to exclusive clubs sud the homes -of the wealthy. Federal 'judge Knox received the Indictments on a day which .Jeneral Sessions 'In New York ailcfth other in Brooklyn had handed tip presentments urging re seal of the mute prohibition en forcement act on the ronn.l that it was Ineffective and wasteful of public funds. The principal defendants, ac cording to Mr. Hayward, were Montaigu La Montague and hla three younger brothers, Rene, Wil liam aiid Morgan. Rene has long been in the public eye as one of the foremost American polo play ers, having several times appear ed in international competition. Th other defendants were de scribed bya'Mr. Hayward 'as the agents 'Op'the brothers, listed by the United States attorney as own ers of the Green River Distilling Company, Eminence ' Distillery Company. Inc,,.; and E. LaMon tane Sons, Inc. With ,the four Drotners was Indicted -Samuel A,' Story, vice-president of E, Mon tague's Sons, Inc., an importing concern. ' , The others in the case wer said by Mr. Hayward to include: .. An employe of the three companies, 4 bonded truckman, two salesmen, a cigar man at the Racquet and Tennis Club, four . "fixers'! and a garage owner., . I EARS EXPRESSED FOR GEORGIANS AT SEA , AUGUSTA, Ga., Dee. 29 Fears are expressed here for the safety of Mrs. J. IL Uredenberg and her 15-year old daughter. Dorothv. of this city, who sailed from Savan-i nah,' November 20, on the steam freighter Heinrich Kaiser, . bound for Germany. . .. ., , According to information reach ing friends of the Hredenbergs the Heinrich Kaiser, after putting in at Norfolk, .wirelessed to New York about November 80 for help, but later notified the steamer Os sipee, which had started to her assistance, that she would be able to .make it alone. Since that time nothing has been heard from the vessel and fears are expressed that the Kaiser met disaster in the At lantic storm that has been raging for several days, Mrs. Uredenberg was en route to Leipsic, Germany, where she had planned to place her daughter in school, t GOTHAM DIN L S ATE TO BE ENLARGED All Phases Are Being Built up on Broad and Substantial Lines. FARM EXTENSION SERVICE REPORTS Ineffective Activity to Be Cut in Order to Reach the People. RALEIGH. Dec. 19. (Ry The Associated Press.) All phasos of the animal Industry work In North Carolina are being built on "broad, substantial lines," funda mental In their nature., and plana ar oeing completed to promote a larger program during 1923, ac cording to the annual report of the division to B. W. Kllgore, di rector of the Farm Extension Service, made public tonight. "Generally speaking," said R 8. Curtl, acting chief- of th di vision, in his summary, "all un important of Ineffective phases of extension work are being eliminat ed and replaced by broad lines of specific 'work which really reach ine people. . . "This may well be illustrated by the specific feeding demonstrations which sre being carried on by the office o swine extension, th work which is being done by the use ut the sheep extension truck, en abling this office to carry a com plete line of equipment, and th culling and marketing demonstra tions being carried on by th of fice or poultry extension." , Twenty-four cheese factories In the State have received assistant from the dairy extension office during the year, It Is ststed. Th experts arc supposed to be devot ed entirely to manufacturing prob lems, the report continues, but the price of cheese reached such low mark In the early season. the officials spent much of their time In holding meetings and making persons) visits in order td stimulate sufficient Interest to open several of the smaller- fao. torles. J : . ,v-- "When the price which the fac tory can pay for milk goes below tan cent per gallon, which ws the case with a few of the fac tories in th early , spring," It rads, "It. is vry difflcuU to ft sufficient amount on which to op. erat. although this market itoa dltlon majr prevail . only a short time. ' . , Ioclino lii Market' Brings About 7 Relative Decline In Interest. "These factories were organised during the period of the World War an abnormally high chees' mantei prevailed. The decline In the cheese market since 1919 has Drought a, corresponding decline In dairy interest, and only .thirteen factories have operated through out the year. ; Some of these, how-' ever, have manufactured, more cheese, and cheese of a higher quality, this year than during any previous year of their operations. "Dunns- the latter part of this summer the chees market has ad vanced and th managers of sev. eral of th factories which did not operate have -expressed a desire to open up eariy next spring, or a a000 a th milk supply is suffl dent to operate on "Due J,o the low. market for American cheese, It was thought advisable to try out the manufac ture of Swiss cheese, which usual ly sells for shout twice the prlc of Cheddar. Bo, on September 14, Mr. E. V. Elllne-ton. rnre..ntlr, the federal department of agrl- J uuiiure umry aivision, Mr. Farn ham and Mr. Wilson and mvaelf neiu a coherence m Ashevllle and decided to start the work in Cove Creek Cheese Factory, Watauga vuumy. inn leaerai and State de partments of agriculture entered into the project co-operatlvely. "A second hand Swiss cheese outfit was located In Ohio by Mr. Farnham and purchased by tie 8tate Department of Agriculture. Cold and warm curing, rooms were built snd on December 2 th first Swiss cheese was made. "Twenty-three wheel Swiss .cheese, weighing 2,097 pounds, were made from December 2 to February 8. This lot of cheese filled the curing rooms and at a conference of Mr. 8. C. Thomn.nn. United States Department of Ag riculture, rtalry Division. Mr. Farnham, Wilson, Graham and Arey, it was decided to discon tinue manufacturing Swiss until those made could he ripened and marketed. "It was Mr. Thompson's desire that the work be carried on in an experimental way for 12 months Detore undertaking it on a com mercial scale, due to the uncer tainties connected with the manu facture of this type. At this con ference, It wss decided that Mr. Wilson should supervise the ripen ing of the cheese, which required about four months. - "All cheese excepting one graded No. 1. In standardising milk for the first 20 cheese slightly too much fat was removed, which gave a tough body. This was corrected however later. A mechanical stir rer, oil Incubator- and steriliser have been added to the equipment and work resumed ' on Septem ber 11. "At the present time th work I not developed sufficiently to ex press an opinion concerning Its final outcome. The results, how ever, are very encouraging. If it la demonstrated that Swiss cheese can b mad under Western North Carolina conditions this will make It possible to obtain about twice the amount for th milk a when sold from . making Cheddar cheese." , Deanonstttona and Meetings Dnrtnar Year Numerovs. Durtiuj th year, th report con tinue. 47 'meetings, demonstra tions, sales, dairy sohools and milk consumption campaigns have been neia, a total er t.tui persona at tending them. Assistance has been given is family cow purchasing. Nli INDUSTRY WORK Is Proposed By Hughes As Best Way To Deal; With The Secretary Hughes Officially Voices Commission Scheme 4 is I - t KX r ' . Speaking before the American ltis- torleai Association, Secretary Hushes suggested last night that an inde pendent commission could do inor than an International conference to solve the reparations tansl. At tb wmte House It waa stated such a Kmmlsslon could be created by the Himinatlon method. ER-ALLIEO PAT ON BY ARTIG Rumors XT. S. Would Take Part in Premiers' Con ference Set at Rest. . PARIS, Dee. 29 (By th Asso ciated Press.) Persistent reports that the United States would par ticipate In some form ' In next week's conference of the Inter allied Premier ; wer definitely eliminated today upon the receipt of news that the United States gov ernment would take no part in the meeting. Unofficial but au thoritative information reached Paris today that the American ad ministration regards the forthcom ing Premiers' meeting as a purely European affair and as not war ranting intervention by the United States. . , Although tt Is not believed the State Department at Washington has made any statement on the matter, Interested governments on inquiring In responsible American sources were informed that there did not seem to be the slightest chance of American participation. There was some suggestion, how ever that the breaking up of tho conference and the pro-bability that would certainly be followed by French seizure In Germany might provoke some eleventh hour step by the United States. ENTIRE REPARATIONS QUESTION TO BE TALKED PARIS, Dec. 29. (By the Asso ciated Press.) As a result of ex changes of views since the Lon don meeting of the Premiers, the Allies have decided to go over the entire question -of reparations In detail at the Paris conference to begin next Tuesday. It Is expect ed now in official circles that It rc'rttiiws w mi Prosperity, Discontent And Two Big Strikes Recalled In Year's Story In The Citizen Notable Development In America durinc 1923 are review ed in brief In special articles which will appear In The Sunday Cltlsen. It is known mat America has lead the contest against the Imperial Idea and won victories in the Far Blast, the Near East and Europe and that the "Open Door" to China, Persia. Masopo- tamla and Palestine and Kvaru stion of Chantuns- and Siberia ar part of the results of the firm stand America took last January, and this will be review ed briefly In the story. .Tni ar ticle deala with the fate or na tions and hi being published simultaneously tomorrow by the leading newspapers of the coun try. Plans for the further develop ment of the National Forewt In Western North Carolina are out lined In s story" prepared espec ially for The Sunday Cltlsen, A record of growing service has been written by former serv ice men during th year reaching a close and this record Is review ed In a new story which will ap pear In this parer,tomorrew. Other articles giving th "high lights' n th achievement of Plate Your Order For A Sunday Cturan with Your Nawttdealer Tod?. Reparations PI STIFF G WORD REGARD AMERICAN VIE Would Have Non-Political : Financial Experts Lend Their Assistance. PREMIERS NOT TO OPPOSE SCHEME White House Indicates It Acceptable to Them it They Cannot Agree. NEW HAVEN. Conn., Dec. A suggestion that an Independent commission of men competent In: financial affairs could accomplish;, more than a general International oonferenc toward solution of th European reparation tangle, was; put forward by Secretary Hughe' here tonight in the first public pronouncement on the economic crisis to com from responsible of ficials of the administration at Washington. Th secretary, who spoke before the American Historical Associa tion, added (bat he had "no doubt" distinguished Americans would be willing to serve on such a commls-, slon, which, he said, might well b kept free from any responsibility to foreign offices or any duty t -obey political instructions, one advantage had been taken of th opportunities ' thus , afforded, he said, "the, avenues of Americas helpfulness cannot . fall to open hopefully." ; ' Referring to suggestions that the United States assume th role of arbiter In th reparations dispute, -Mr. Hughes said a sufficient ant. swer to that was th fact "that w av not been, asked." H went on to say hs did not believ this ffcuemment should taxs such 7ttr-v gen or responsinimy. , Throughout his dtoousston th secretary recognised .that the ques tlorts.of German reparations lay at the root of an economic settle ment. Th problem, abroad he said, ar world problems, and could not b disposed of "by call ing them European." " H dolard the United States would "view with disfavor measures which, in stead of producing - reparation, would threaten disaster," and said no on could for th "serious, consequences" which might ensue If forcible means were adopted to obtain reparations from Germany.: Th full text of Mr. Hughes' dis cussion of economio problem fol lows: ... - - "Th economic condition In Europe glv us th greatest eon- cern. They hv ions; rclvd th:, earnest consideration of th ad- : ministration. It la idl to say that : we are not Interested In these , problems, for w ar deeply Inter- -eated from Ian economio tand-(y point, as our credits and marksts are Involved, and from a humanl- tkrian standpoint, as th heart of the American people goeu out to , those who are In distress. We can-' not dispose of these problems by calling them European, for thy ; are world problem and w cannot : escape the Injurious consequences. . of a failure to settle thorn. . "They are, however, European problems In the sens that thy cannot b solved without th oon sent of European government. W cannot consent for $hm. Th key to th settlement la In fheif hands, not ours. , .-,.-., Hnparatlore Scttlament Heart of Knrope'" Problem. "The crui of th European ait nation He In th settlement ofc reparatlons. There will be no ad- Justment of other needs, lowvr COwMmmS as f let; various organizations during th year will also appear In tomor row's Cltlsen. The Sunday Citizen is the only Sunday newspaper In Western North Carolina publishing the complete . Associated Press re port and this service la supple mented by news gathered by Th Citizen's Washington and Raleigh bureaus snd many special corre spondents Insuring the readers of The Sunday Cltlsen all the na tional, international, state and local news. In addition to the chronicling of the news events The Sunday Citlxen offers a larg number of special feature, Including "Hold In Public Office," by Colonel Babers: "Th Great Merchant and The Sabbath," by William T. Ellis! "Cos Country root- ball" by Ring Lardner: -Tour Health." by Dr. Copeland; Fash. Ion's "Latest From Paris : Frank Slmonds, on "International Rela tion During th Tear"; Western North Carolina and Ashevllle Society- Events, and Sport New. Full report from tn world Markets ar carried exclusively In Ashevllle on Sunday by Th Sunday Cltlsen aa I th multi colored Cotnio Section. I G
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