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CHARLOTTE, N. C, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 14, 1921.
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ALLIED ARMIES
SAILS FOR HOME
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s. 1914. f inv r i v j KsEtri l o
School Band Bill Passes AH
Readings and is Ready
for Ratification.
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I
OTHER BILL STARTED.
Municipal Finance Bill or
th.
Way; Other State Bills
Being Slaughtered.
I5Y .11 'LK B. WARREN
kigff l iirreiondeiit of The (n.
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Ifrh . Dec. 14. Both House and
took sups looking to early ad
it Tutu.j. tne House by pass
in: resolution fixing: toda- as
lay on which new bills may be
d and tho Senate by working
its local calendar and arrang
msht session to handle public
'. ::r.o.
r-ktng
f ii
ru-n at:
Vt'.oivnts
:.'
fa! hvv;
E'h
feature of the morning ses
Snate was the passage ."f
deficit bill on third read
it a law upon ratification,
issenting vote and without
The last year's deficit in
is now taken care of
horization of bond issues,
ro pass a large number of
ion bills failed because of
objection of Mark Squires
to third reading. Those
favorable report of pension
p. but Souires thought the gen
?ion law amply sufficient to
icric.illy all cases. He w
before next session and
to fight them. The House re
aiort the Daisy as the State
--k most of the morning ses
Hons" to complete the local
clar and consideration of the
r.abling bill of the Departmen
:!-:'. validating the present
iol tax rates and fixing 3
?rf,ppr ',zx for next yar, came
end of the meeting, and man
-Ul i-.3a.-7
see if
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Cheering Throngs Bid Fare
well to Marshal Foch,
Citizen of the World.
HAS MANY SOUVENIRS.
Has Traveled 15,000 Miles
and Heard the Voice of
17,000,000 Americans.
New York. TeC. 14. (By the Asso
ciated Press) Ferdinand Foch. grev
and slight, but bearing with him ev
ery honor that America could bestow
upon one of alien citizenship, bade
farewell to cheering thmno-c
sailed away to France
iggag-e were six gieat c ases
aaft& from the people of this
who thronged to see him
-'."ndtT.nt?
f:'ht.
were sent up provoking a
Ra.a:h T)po. 14. The introduction
: th- Constitutional Convention bill by
K,irry Stubbs cf Martin and the devel
ip..f-rt or the tact that the Governor
actively epposing the bill, the 8-r
nnt'-.uttpe (it'b-at of ill Xeal's repeal
tit-- primary bill, with the announc.
w. thai its p'-'t ponents would brin
'-- :r.rir to tho floor of the Hous
a v .'to. tae introduction or a joint
r?j.v!.jt:cn tiling for fifteen cent re-
:v..t:..n in freight rates, together with
ri-P? on second reading of two
' M;:.ational bill?, and the balk
-c (: iorts to nit at coi. watts ana
rionartrnent, through sena torial de
.j.i :i w reier ine puoucity bill to a
'r.T:.T'ff makes up the gist of the
iiy' '.ciMa.t:vc grind.
'Vi'h these two bills finished before
v r.i --f h work, indications for ad-
o:;rr."--nt o;i Saturday are looking bet-
t Ti e Senate has steadfastly refus
v' '"' date for adjournment, but
'h iv-:srs hclding nisht sessions will
-on rkar the way for adjournment.
!-:r Harry stubbs introducing hi.;
: ;! f ;!o ..ailing of a constitution.-ii
v;:weri!0n nrrj jj-q it on the calendar
'.t.-ut cr-htmittee reference Tues
: r.K.rr inc. hut when the bill came
ETular frder the Senator from
:art:n asked that consideration be post
!! account of the absence of a
j:r.her
:U1fh'!
: Who"
! n,-.f
of Senators from thp
stood that some of the
voted for the calling of
onal convention last se
inclined to vote for it at
-rnt time. TJkewiso it
h"t Governor Morriso
under-oppos-
(f'onftnuetl
on Fagre EleTen.)
SUMMARY KILLING OF
PRIVATE IS RECALLED
, Ga.. Dec. 14. Charges of
fi' surnn-.ary killing of a sick soldier
' U!!:l' Wheeler, in June, 1918. made
f-x-i'nvKte Marion J. Wallia, rehabili
.or, stud.-nt ot the University of
-f "fe aifirmed in two letters
".K'?iiais receivea dv him to
' ont of them stating that the alleged
-com y.ms named Ilolley, son of a con
rac.or at Tampa, Fla.
Constance Farber.
Constance Farber, well known to
raudeville and musical comedy au
diences as one of the Farber sis
ters, has been playing in Avery
Hopwood's revelations of the movia
studios called "The Demi-Virtrin "
Magistrate McAdoo of New York
has denounced the play as indecent
and purposely vulgar. Some mo
tion picture folk have said that the
play is a gross libel on the vast hoHv
actors who work hard an4
of
clean, moral lives.
refuses to give her
play.
Miss
view
Farber
of the
jCROWX PRINCE PLANS
iKUURN TO GERMANY
rn. Tlolland. Dec. 14 rp.v tho a a.
-"'Press) The former German
1 JriTice. who since November,
r;s lived at "VVieringen. is now
1 . io return to Germany and
. 0Vf'rnmnnt for his departure
ex-
the
!"
1( i
''' k William looks forward to
countjy gentleman with his
' children on an estate : at
a,,;" 'n Prussia?).
W BRING OF RATES
OX FREIGHT URGED
, -.!.n?0n. Dec. 1 4. Thirteen rec
' f-'t!onf?. including legalization
,.;;;"'ra :" marketing combinations,
ir,fi' '' frc'ie:ht rates on agricultural
:Jrai" ', ::v Pftahlishment of agricul-
v..-1PS' in European capitals are
'-J,' ; ',:n 'J r"Pfrt of the joint Con-
ninrnission of agricultural
1 today in the Senate.
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itwkX PLAYERS ARE
lEX FOR DANFORTH
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Oec 14. CP.v the Associat
Hie first of a series of base
"i the big leagues was an
r"hiy when the St. Louis
tr.-b.( eleven players for
;r'h. star left-handed pitch
f'! nribus team of the Ameri-''-iiri.
TWO ISSUES AT
CRUCIAL STAGE
Naval Ratio Discussions
Proceeding Favorably;
Solution Imminent.
Washington, Dec. 14. (Bv the Asso
ciated Press) The naval ratio and
Mumtung, now the two overshadowing
l.-sues oi tue arms conference, both
were at a crucial stage today but with
varying prospects of immediate settle
ment.
mere was every indication that the
naval ratio discussions were proceeding:
favorably, and some of the delegates
believed a final solution would be reach
ed at the conference of the "hie- three"
late today.
The Shantung negotiations, on the
other hand, have develoned ;i situa
tion d3scribed in official circles as "verv
delicate" and the Jananese delesratps
have referred to Tokio the matter of
the Kioa Chow Railroad. a Doint
which has developed into an issue. Tt
is hinted that the Chinese and Jap
anese plenipotentiaries mav refer thmr
differences directly to a '"big four"
composed of heads of the American.
British, Japanese and Chinese delega
tions.
Japan's desire to retain her new bat
tleship Mutsu is the issue about which
center the naval "discussions, with the
Japanese apparently ready to accept
the American "5-5-3" plan if permit
ted to keep, the Mutsu and scran in
stead an older vessel. Similar conces
sions Tor the British and American
navies. would be requisite as an offset,
and the task of arranging all the tech
nical details involved- is one which is
requiring considerable discussion.
In the Shantung negotiations in the
matter of the Kioa Chow Railway.
Uhina has, made pledges of payment
which her delegates think ample to
compensate the Japanese for improve
ments they have made on the road,
but Japanese , delegates are unwilling
to accept the orrer and consequently
have, cabled Tokio for further instruc
tions as to what form of security
should be required. :
day and
In his ba
filled with
continent.
UU""S "i tour ot the United States
and Canada and lend their voices to
acclaim the man who hurled Ger
many's legions back from the soil of
France and Avon victory ii) history's
greatest conflict. Since coming to
America late in October. Marshal Foch
has travelled nearly. 5,000 miles, made
more than 500 speeches, attended
luncheons and banquets beyond com
putation and has heard the voice of
America from upwards of 17,000,000
men and women and children.
He has traveled over the wide ex
panses of the American continent
trom the Atlantic to the Pacific, and
nom tne inland seas to the Gulf
nas aiso trod the streets of the
pal cities of eastern Canada.
Everywhere ho received gifts. Here
it was an honorary collosv ti-greo
there a medal of gold or a"' trinket or
two, and yonder a ..-pet. or .a flower, or
maybe, just a wee token of esteem, ad
miration and low.
"AMONG
His luggage included a score and a
half of parchments, attesting he had
been accorded honorary degrees by
America's leading universities and col
leg?s.. There was one crate full of
Montana wildcat of the bob-taih-d pit-
""8' woi- veiy uangerous type, pre
sented by American Legionnaires. An
other cx-ate contained a White Ches
ter pig, from Iowa, also a Legion gift.
There was a whole box of medals and
Willing To Forego
Payments In Cash
Paris, Dec. 14 (By (l,e Associa
ted Press) France is willing tem
porarily to forego cash reparations
payments from Germany, a hi -li of
ficial in the French Foreign "bflico
today told the Associated Press
This official said there was "i
eral recognition by the press and in
French officialdom that Germanv
nwst be aided and possibly t0ni-peir-d.
in setting her financial house
in order, if future indemnity pay
ments were to be forthcoming.
viivernmeiu officials today ex
pressed themselves as much encour
aged by the satisfactory conditions
under which the understanding was
reached between M. Loucheur and
Herr Hathenau, providing for rep
arations payments in kind by the
German Government over a period
of years.
ALEXA STIRLING, CHAMPION GOLFER,
NOW TRIES SKILL IN BANKING GAME
NATIONAL GUARD
IS MAKING READY
For Duty in Kansas Coal
Fields Where Women
Have Been Militant.
K;u". . Dec. 14. Xo! ices were
touay to ail national guard oran-
lzaiion.s m the State, comprising about
U.000 men. to put themselves in readi
ness lo entrain for the Pittsburg coal
fields. Colonel Milton R. McLain, in
charge of the adjutant general's office
during the absence of Adjutant Gen
eral Charles I. Martin, said orders will
go out today for a movement of live or
coal holds. N'o
yet been is-
i opeka.
jeiit today
six companies to the
or nio-ement had
nrder
He
princi-
T1IOSE PRESENTS."
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SHERIFF ASKS FOR TROOPS.
Pittsburg. Kas., Dec. 14. Three
companies of the Kansas National
Guard are being mobilized for em rain -lit
to Pittsburg for duty in the coal
Mold.
Orders for the mobilization of th
companies followed a call from Sheriff
Gould to the Governor this morning.
Judge Crawford late last niht wa
visited hy a delegation of non-striking
miners, who told him they wished to
work but they were afraid to do so.
Judge Crawford told the man that the
State expected them to hav.i the nec
essary protection and. if State troops
were needed, they would be sent.
According to reports. the women
uemonstrators. a majority of whom are
wives or relatives of striking miners,
were prepared today to continue their
activities. On Monday the women suc
ceeded in preventing the force at out
mine u-ora going , to work. Yesterday
they kept tha non-strikers from going
to work in five mines.
Another angle of the tangled situa
tion in the Kansas coal fields being
watched closely today was the sched"
uledkftlcn . of. Tt.s by the. deposed
administration -AlexattSer M. Howat
former president of the Kansas district!
nowat, wno had been president of the
district for many years, recently was
deposed on order of John ,. Lewis,
president of the International union!
He. with August Dorchy, deposed union
vice-president, now is serving a sen
tence of six months in the Cherokee
county jail at Columbus for violating
the State industrial court law by call
ing strikes It was in protest against
the incarceration of Howat and Dorchy
that the present strike was declared by
the miners.
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A
VOTE ON TREATY
WITH BRITAIN IS
PUT OFF BY DAIL
Decision Will Be Reached
Thursday When Public
Session Will Be Held.
DE VALERA PRESIDES.
ner studio portrait of Miss Aleza Stirling and (inset) a glimpse of
ner as golf enthusiasts know her.
Miss Aiexa Stirling, several times woman's golf champion, is now
planning to match her skill against that of men and women in another
field. She has entered the banking business, having joined the bond
department of the S. W. Straus & Co. of New York. Miss Stirling
daughter of a prominent physician of Atlanta, Ga., won the national
championship three; years in succession and several other sectional
titles.
Administration Plan
Retire American War
S It
Debt
Newest photo of Marshal Foch.
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and vicinitv: Fair lonioht
somewhat odder Thurs
inoderatft winds, hernm.
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in
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Carolina: Fair to-
liprai , "'"3i noi mucn cnangc
Our Commercial Club met last night
t take steps t have a flllJn' station
o' beautiful low Moorish architecture
built here. "Oh, I never know when
I'll be at home," said Mrs. Tipton
Rud, t'day, when an Emporium clerk
ofl'ered t' send out a beautiful f u
wrap on approval- . . . .
I
medallions; a golden and bejewelled
sword in a golden scabard; a gold-head
ed cane, and a half dozen or so lov
ing cups. A union bricklayers' card
was to be found, also, in the Marshal's
possesion.
The sword, gift of the French In
stitute in America, bore the arms of
the United States, of France, and of
the Institute. Encircling the hilt were
seven sapphires. The handle was of
carved ivory and was inlaid with the
Marshals golder monogram.
Crow Indiars had dubbed the mar
shal 'Warrior of Warriors and made
him a full-fledsred chief. Sioux, once
the terrors oi . the Northern plains,
gave him a war bonnet, bestowed only
upon the bravest of the brave, and
called him "Chief Watakpech Wakiya,"
or "Charging Thunder."
And out in a little town of Indiana
where the Marshal's special train stop
ped for a few moments he received
from a wan-faced little woman a pot
ted geranium.
"Take it," she implored, "and plant
it on he grave of my son. He fell
near Soissons.
The geranium has been carefully
preserved and will be planted by Mar
shal Foch in his own garden "in honor
of the son of the little woman of In
diana." FAREWELL, MESSAGE.
"I have come to love all Americans
for their spirit of diiigence and for
their venerous-heartedness," said Mar
shal Foch in his fatrewell message to
the American people. transmitted
through the American Legion Weekly,
organ of the ex-service men's organiza
tion, before sailing for home today.
"With deep regret I bid you good
bye," the Allied leader , said. "For al
most seven weeks the Legion has en
tertained me marvelously in your
splendid country. My experience here
leads i.o two thoughts.
"When first I met you and came to
admiro you as fighters, cheerful, sub
ject to discipline under your splendid
leader, General Pershing, the days
were dark indeed. Yet you : smiled
then as you fought, and your cheerful
ness and bravery helped much to
bring us victory and peace.
'When next I met you, it was in
your country. The alarms of war were
over, you were engaged actively in
those pursuits of peace which are so
essential to happiness and prosperity
hard work. I have come to love all
Americans for their spirit of diligence,
fOr their generous-heartedness. France
and the United States are indeed close
together, as they always have. been.
'These two thoughts of the Ameri
can aoroaa at war. of the American
at home and at peace lead to onlv
MOST AMBITION CAMPAIGN.
Pittsburg, Kas., Dec. 14. While the
State military authorities were mobil
izing companies of the National Guard
for entrainment to Pittsburg today, the
militant women of the Ka
field, adherents of Alexander Howat,
were engaged in the most ambitious
campaign they had so far attempted
in their program of stopping, by vio
lent, activities, the operation of coal
miners by men who responded to the
call of the international union to man
the mines.
Sheriff Gou'd was besieged by min
ers who wanted to work and who
sought protection from the hordes of
women relatives and friends of strik
ing coal miners, who, ivr two days,
have overwhelmed workers and peace
officers about, mine shafts, preventing
men from going into the mines and
beating miners. The sheriff himself
was pelted with bread and butter yes
terday. More than 1,000 women marched to
mine No. 49. of the Central Coal and
Coke Company. Except for beating
one man, there was little violence,
however. The siring of motor cars
bearing the women to the mine shaft
was more than a mile long.
Sheriff ould was at the 49 mine, but,
with his small force of deputies, was
powerless.
The miners of the Sheridan Pnm.
pany ; t Mulberry did not work today.
These mines had been selected for at
tack today by the women.
New Form of Security to Be Issued Which Will jQuaran-
tee Unilorm Rate of Income Irrespective of Date
of Purchase or Market Value.
Special Session British Par
liament is Opened by
Speech from Throne.
London. Dec. 14. fRy the Associated
Press.) Ulster's intention to stand aloof
from the Irish Free State, provided
for in the treaty between Great Britain
and Southern Ireland, was expressed in
a letter sent lo Prime Minister Llovd
George today from Sir James Craig, the
Ulster Primier. according to a Bel fa si
despatch to The Evening 1 Standard.
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LEGION GUARDS BITTNER.
insistent reports that a mob of women
marchers was headed toward Pittsburg
and that the seizure of Van A. Bitt
ner, representative of the Internation
al Miners' Union here, was nlnnneri a
squad of American Legion men.was
hastily formed for duty at a hotel
which is headquarters for Bittner. In
the looby was a stack of rifles.
Reports to Pittsburg late this morn
ing indicated that the mob had divided
into two parts, one going to Mulberry,
where it dispersed after appearing at
mine No. 7 of the Spencer-Newlandw
Compnay, but not molesting the work
ers there. The other section, traveling
in motor cars, was reported as being
"cai ojiLc-iineiu anu planning to go as
far as Western No. 21 at Ccammon, in
Cherokee county. 1
BY DAVID LAWRENCE,
Staff Correspondent of The .ws.
Copyright, 1021, by News Publishing Co.
Washington, Dec. 14. The far-reaching
process of retiring America's war
debts without depending upon repay
ment from the allied countries has be
gun. President Harding himself announc
ed the decision of the Administration
to issue through the Treasury Depart
ment a new form of investment which
is designed esneciallv for llm
woman of small income. After all the !
experience of Ihe Avar with every kind I
of security the Government has at last
evolved a plan that will pay every pur
chaser of the n?w certificates $25 for
every $20 invested, $100 for every $80
. l ,1 l AAA C . . Ar.nn .
dun. i.v.iu iur every $suu it not re
deemed in five years.
For the first time, too, the Govern
ment guarantees a uniform income ir
respective of the date of purchase or
market -values. Thus if any certifi
cate is redeemed before the five years
pass, the original $20 or $80 or $100
as the case may be is returned to the
purchaser but with additional interest
of 3 1-2 per cent for the period that
the certificate has been hel by the
investor. Absolutely no limit has
been placed by the Government on the
number of certificates that will be is
sued to the public as a whole, though
an individual is limited to $5,000 worth.
The object is to prevent large banks
and trust companies from buying all
the certificates that the Government
may issue. Furthermore, the Govern.
ment intends to reach the persons of
large income . by the issuance of an
other type of treasury certificate which
bears a straight interest rate for short
periods like six months or three years.
The development of Government pol
icy in this direction is to be gradual
1, ..X P A 1 .... - i , .
out iur me iiiomem me pian is to con
centrate on the small investor and
teach nim the value of the new thrift
idea.
FALLING Dl F NEXT YEAR.
The Government will thus take care
cf about $600,000,000 worth of 1918
treasury certificates which - mature
about a year hence and to that extent
the proceeds of the issue will be used
in refunding. Five . months , hence
, tnree ana a half billions of Victor
loans will mature but that's too big
an issue to retire through small thrift
circles. Some new treasury certificates
ot larger denomintaion will have to
be issued and these in turn may be
retired through smaller certificates. In
other words the refunding process
in an experimental state and the Treas
ury win know more about the best
method of retiring America's debts af
ter the new issue of certificates has
Deen received by the, general public.
NO ST I "NT CAMPAIGN.
ao stunt , campaign or flashy tac
i ,1... i i ...
ii win ue used in seinng the new
certificates,- as the Government is de
pending -upon the press, the postofhees
and tne banks to let the small invostm
Know about the opportunity. A digni
nou eitort will be made by the Treas.
ury Department to reach the small in
vestor and it is tclt by the Govern
ment that at last a security has been
evolved which gives the "small fellow'
as- good a chance as the "big fellow'
on attractive Government securities.
Officials says there is no especial re
lauonsnip oetween the announcement
ox tne new issue of Treasury certifi
cates this week and the fact that Lib
erty honos are back at their original
par value. But the fact is the Treas
ury has been . working on the new
plan ever since it was apparent that
T ; . j i i
j-uuen.v oonos were starting back to
):ar. the psychological effect, never
theless, of announcing the new issue
at the very moment when Liberty
bonds touched par is appreciated. So
many small investors- bought Libertv
sjoiius wimout Knowing that market
Aalues could cause them to drop in
price ihat the Government is benefit
ted by being able to point to the par
a a rue or doiius as proot ot t he original
promises of the Government. Still the
Treasury has had to take into account
that many investors, disappointed by
inejr experience witn tjioerty bonds.
might he co.d toward Government in
vestments unless given an absolute
guarantee of the par value of a se
curity. The new certificates cannot
fall in value. They are redeemed
whenever an investor needs money and
he sustains no loss at all in fact he
(Contlvurd on Page Fifteen.)
NICHOLS CONFESSES
TO DELAND ASSAULT
Jacksonville, Fla., Dec. 14. Aubrev
Nichols, of Greenwood, S. C, alias
James W. Tucker, of Savannah. 20.
was arrested here last night and, accord
ing to the police, confessed to entering
the home of a resident of Deland, Fla.,
last week while posing as a plumber,
assaulting the resident's wife and, after
leaving her in an unconscious condi
tion, escaping with jewelry.
HuYidreds of citizens of Deland and
vicinity combed the territory several
days and nights in search of the at
tacker. The man was arrested on suspicion
while attempting to pawn a watch and,
when searched, the police said they dis
covered an engraved diamond rin
which was stolen at the time of the
robbery. Later, the officers said, Nic
hols confessed that he was the man
wanted in Deland.
swmm daw
asmsvattt
collects interest besides. There is to be
a continuous sale moreover of these
certificates. The iate of purchase
doesn't affect the value as was the
case vith war savings stamps.
REDUCES DEBT
The new process doesn't increase the
jpuoiiu oept out ratner redistributes it.
I The intention is to create an army of
jnew investors, touching a class which
might not otherwise be disposed to save.
I The number of plans to be used in retir
ing the war d-ot as a whole Will con
jUnue to increase from time to time in
order that all classes of investors may
be reached. But in general the Govern
j ment has embarked on a .policy that
looks toward the gradual retirement of
the war debt by borrowing from the
public at stated intervals and offsetting
these borrowings by general accumula
tions of surplus from taxes and imports.
In other words the Government must
go on the assumption that the European
Governments cannot pay ten billions of
'war debt and that if anything is paid
jin the present generation it will to that
: extent ease the burden and curtail the
necessity for borrowing. The people of
America will therefore finance their
j Government by lending it money from
time to time until collections from
uiar sources of revenue can be
up. '
Some opposition from small savings
institutions is anticipated but Govern
ment officials insist that the effect in
the end: will be to help savings banks.
Anything that encourages saving, it is
contended, will help the general busi
ness cf investment.
reg-
piled
DELIBERATIONS POSTPONED.
Uublin. Dec. 11. (By the Associat. d
ie.-;H.) Thu iHieslum of v.it iflcvi.tion
!. lection of the Anglo-Irish agreenun:
bv the Dai! Kireann lias been po..
poned until Thursday when a pubii
session will be held and the deputir.
will debate the matter and come t a
decision. This wa decided upon ';t
today's meeting of Ihe. Dail, called !.:
consider the agreement.
President d? Valera, who opened to
day's proceedings, explained at soim
!ength the circumstances under vine!
tne plenipotentiaries of the Dail,
met the British representatives for
negotiations in London, had been a;.
pointed. On October 7, he said, th
Plenipotentiaries had received instruc
tions, the. most important of wiiku
was that the complete text of ih.
treaty should be submitted to Dubhn
and a reply awaited. That, he said,
had not been done. Tt always Wcs
understood also, he declared, that vati
f.cation by the Dail was essential.
He Invited a question with regai d
to the conduct of the negotiations. He
said the question must be considered
or its merits and should not be i-iliu-enced
by he mere accident of a dirt'.-r-ence
of opinion in the Cabinet or a:;v
other extraneous matters. Arthur G if
liih. head of the delegation to London
who, with Michael Collins and tin
other plenipotentiaries, signed the pea:e
agreement, asked whether it was alleg
ed that the plenipotentiaries had ex
ceeded their instructions
Mr. de Valera explained that the
tieaty was signed in the small houi;
of the morning after alterations hati
been made which the Cabinet had not
seen. To that extent, he said, the in
structions had not been, followed.
KING GEORGE HOPEFUL THAT
STRIFE MAY NOW BE ENDED
Jbondon, Dec. 14. (By the Associated
Press) Opening the special session of
Parliament called to consider the Irish
neace settlement. King George said in
his speech from the throne today:
"It is my earnest hope that, by the
articles of agreement now submitted
to you, the strife of centuries' may be
ended."
The ancient convoking formula sun
moned the body for consideration of
"divers urgent and important nsatters"
but Parliament will in fact concern
itself with the solitary subject of Ire
land, thereby establishing a precedent
in Parliamentary annals.
The session, which probably will
rank among the most momentous in
the history of Westminster, was open
ed at noon with the reading of the
speech from the throne in the -House
of Lords by King George. It was at
tended by all the brilliant display of
pageantry marking state openings
When the King led the Queen up to
the dais and both were seated, the
members of the House of Commons
moved in from an adjoining chamber
and grouped themselves about the op
posite end of the great hall. The King
then read tho speech from a manu
script.
It was the program, after the speech
from the throne had been delK-Arpri
for both houses of Parliament to sus
pend sessions until the afternoon, the
House of Commons reconvening at
o'clock when debate on articles of ih
Irish agreement would begin imme
diately after the transaction of thy
formal business.
The traditional "address" to be mov
ed in both the House of Lords and
the Commons, probably Friday, rec
ords appreciation of the speech from
the throne, and oontains the assur
ance of Parliament s approval of the
settlement terms and its readiness to
make effective the articles of agreement.
Parliament will probably be pro
rogued on Friday, after the vote on
the address, and the usual opportunity
for debate on the King's speech will be
afforded at its assembly early in the
new year. Early prorogation is said
to obviate the attendance of members
during the week preceding Christmas
Premier Lloyd-George's address in
support of the agreement probably will
be delivered tonight.
BITTERNESS IN TXSTER
HAS BEEN INTENSIFIED
London Dec. 14. Bitterness against
lie British Government, already so'
nous at Belfast, has been intpnsifif.fi
y the publication there vesterdav c f
the correspondence between Sir Jamr-s
Craig and Premier Llooyd-George rela
tive to Ulster's part in the Irish settle
ment, it is declared by The Morning
Post's correspondent at Ulster captial.
He remarks that if the Sinn Fein hail
:nown of the exchanges between Lon
don and Belfast before the Irish treaty
was negotiated, "the Sinn Fein loau, i s
would certainly have regarded them as
an attempt to play off against eac.i
other the contending elements in Ire
land." He says they "would have r-
sf-nted the correspondence so much that
the negotiations would have been jeo
pardized." A "prominent member of the Uh tir
Parliament" is quoted by the corre
spondent as comparing Mr. Lloyd
George with a "card sharper, who
keeps an extra ace up his sleeve and
produces it as the necessity of the
game demands." j
The opinion held in Belfast, it Is beV
lifved, is that, although the Prime Min
ister and King George had promised
Ulster she could stay out of an all-Ireland
government until she chose tot
come in, her position at present is that
she is "auotmatically included in such
a government until she chooses io
come out." Loyalists are asserted to
have characterized this as "one of th
worst violfions of political faith L-rf
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