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ALLIVS TO SEEK TURKISH PEACE No Disrespect to America Intended. o Time for Delay. London, Ded. 18.--Without any dis respect and without wishing to deprive America of the honor of sharing in the guardianship of Christian communi ties, the allies have decided to make peace with Turkey at the earliest pos sible moment. iPremier Lloyd George declared in the house of commons to day. Mr. Lloyd George said there -was complete agreement among the allies on the question of non-intervention in Russia, but that discussions were pro eceding 'between the United iStates and Japan conce ning future action should the Bolsheviki advance reach to any ('onsiderable degree eastward. Premier Lloyd George said it was impiossible to make peace with Russia because of the civil war exh:tlng there. If the Bolsheviki wanted to s'peak for Russia, he added, they must summon a national assembly based on a broad franchise that would represent sonic thing with which the allies could make peace. Mr. Lloyd George said the agree ment to guarantee France against wan ton aggression was subject to ratifi cation by the United States of that par ticular point. If the United States should not ratify the guarantee to France, he sta ted, Great Britain would be free to reconsider her position. The premier began by defending a certain reticence in negotiation, in stancing the danger of dropping a word calculated to kindle Inflamma tory opinion In Italy regarding Fiume, but contended that this was not secret (ipl)omacy and pointed out that the publicity given to all decisions of the Paris conference was unprecedented. With reference to the Anglo-Amer can-French conventions ho said that the British government had given no undertaking on the subject for the The raiways of the United I nearly one - haRf. of all the carry a yeary traffic p any other euntry that thee son. Indeed, the traffle of a bined, and still it does no L merca borne upon A meric Ask Any Do 1 Was "Ov and he will tell you the the best in the world. lie saw the foreign France, the best in Eur tinental countries - anc The part railroads ha' mnent of the United Stat American railroads he ards of public service by OUS inlvestmnent of capit striving of managers and well (lone. We have the best rail must continue to havei But they must grow. To the $20,000,000,0i railroads, there will have few years, to keep pace v billions more for additit terminals, cars and engir and trains, automatic si, elimination of grade cr< struction and engineering duce the cost of transpor To attract to the railr vestment funds of many ing genius of the most ca agers, and the skill and .men - in cpmpectition v ding for capital, manager e industry muit hold out f managers and to the me American railroads wi standards and adequatly if theyr continue to be b American principle of rea ~TiUS adverliurerdn Those desiring information aliets may obtain liekrature tions of Railwoay Executives simple reason that It could not im agine that the United States would dishonor thd.f ignature of its great rep resentative. lIe admitted that for Great Britain to undertake the charge alone would 'bo a serious obligation, which he would not enter upon with out the consent of parliament. Adding to his Russian statement he said it was a dismal prospect .but all that could be done was to keep vigi lant watch until Russia issued from its present darkness with a stable govern ment to carry on negotiations. The premier referred to the assist ance the allies were rendering Austria in food, coal and other supplies which he described as a mere coup kitchen policy to mitigate a situation equir ing large methods. "But," the Premier continued, "Eng land aone already is severely burden led and cannot undertake the task of restoring the shattered nyorld and I f '1 to see what can be done unless America comies frankly to take her fair share." Mr. Lloyd George defended the delay in making peace -with Turkey on the ground of !he necessity to know what the United States intended to do. France and Great Britain he declared already had heavy burdens while the United States was under no great ex traneous burdens and had her gigantic resources. It would have been precipitate and lead to nilsunderstandings and suspic ions, Mir. Lloyd George said, "had we not awaited America's decision. We are now entitled to say that we have waited up to the very minute we prom iscd America and there is no pros pect of America coming in." It was here that Mr. Lloyd George declared that ,without any disrespect and without 'wishing to deprive the United States of the honor of sharing in the guardianship of Christian con munities, the allies had decided to make peace with Turkey at the earli est possible moment. tates are more thn o .*third, railways. of tits V.orld. 1,114Y ud rc r t hi rhat . wi really n b,1,6 for comipari ay two natinuis 11nay he Com aproarla the Coumerce of an railways. ughboy Who er There" Lt American railroads are roads -- in EnglandI and ope - and in other Con lie knows. le playedl in the dlevelop es is beyond measure. Wve achieved high stanid far-s;igh tedl andI courage al, and by the constant men for rewards for work roads ini the world - w he best. )O now invested in our to be added in the next 4ith the nation's business, mal tracks, stations and les, electric power houses gnals, safety devices, the )ssings.- and for reconi g economies that wvill re tation. oads in the future the in thrifty citizens, the direct tpable builders and man Loyalty of the beat work nith other industries bid s andl men - the railroad air rewards to capital, to 11 continue to set world serve the Nation's nleedls uilt and operatedl on the vards for work well (done. A. published by 1he tilwafy xecuhges converrning the railroad situ by~ sriting to The Associ-. .62 Rennoadran. Nw hork WOLFE ADVISES ABOLITION OF DEATH PENALTY Suggest8 to LegIslature that Such an Act be Passed'st the Coming Session Columbia, Dec. 22.-Attorney Gen eral Samuel M. Wolfe favors the aboli tion of the death penalty in South Carolina and he is so recommending to the legislature (which conevenes in January, in his annual report, which he is now preparing. The attorney general takes the po sition that the death penalty is "cruel and unusual punishment," which the constitution prohibits. He also takes the view that juries revolt at the thought of the Infliction of death and therefore give the criminal the bene fit of the "reasonable doubt." Ile .be lieves the death pnalty brutal, and he states that rtatistics do not sustain the contention that. the penalty of death tendi to reduce crime. In his renort. the attorney general makes he following recommendation with- rgard to the death penalty: "I reconiend the abolition of the death penalty. Section 19 of Article 1, of the constitution provides that excessivo bail shall not be required, or excessive fines imposed nor cruel and unusual punishlient inflicted. I would con.itrue this to prohibit the death penalty but evidently this is not the construction put upon it by the people of the state at large. "Extreme penalties like other ex tremes, tend to defeat their desired end. The averago Juror revolts at the idea of being made a party to Inflicting kuth and acquits when there should be conviction. And his heart becomes fertile ground for the 'reasonable doubt.' "It is difficult to differentiate be tween motives when the state metes out to the criminal the same horrible fate he inflicted upon his victim. The death penalty imposed by the State is in the minds of the mob, excuse for their own twantonness. They rea son that -he only difference lies in the method. "The citizen never rises above his government. If it is brutal and bar baric In its methods, likewise will be his awyn. The death penalty is not a deterrent to crime. Statistics are am ple on this point. With this argument gone, th er", is nothing to justify it, Irand Vhitlock, one of the closest students of criminology, says: 'Therc were never as many traitors in Eng land as when even the suspect wat drawn and ouartered.' "Certainly the death sentence shouli not be imposed in cases of convictiori on simply circumstantial evidence Too ofen h)as the real (nlprit con fessed after the State had dispatched] his substitute." 1101 SIN( PI,.ANS FACE ClltITI103i Investigating Committee of Senate le. ports. Much Money Wasted. Washington, Dec. 1 .-neffieiency cnrelessntess and a disregardl of the Provisions of the act under which it operated werec -harged against, the t'nltedl States I lousing corporationl by the senate pulblic butilings anid rountds invest1igat ing aithcommtiit tee to day in a report recommnending that step h~5le ta~kenl to( rectover many thouis andils of dollar s allIieged by thle sitheomt mit tee to have been exipendda impro lierly by th !mcorpIorationa. .\titisa neent. by the (orpiorti on., the r'elort .t.s submtit ted to the senate ihar-ged, re'stitiid itn its failure to have ready for oventtpancy a single bu ild lng uint il atl~iost two mthsuti after the armtit ice waIs signed, or eight mtoniths after- thli passage of the apprlotpriat ion act. Although citing specificle xpentditurpes snutile lent ly grave to wa rranut thie gov.. trn men t In cuteing civil su its for testIitution. I le r port e'xIpresses thle opinion thatu' in most of these cases the persons .w ho profited .will restore v'ol uintarily the alleged unearned money. Other recommendat Ions mad~e by the stubcomlmit tee, tprovides that architects wvho, it is elhargedl, were paIid exceg sively, for- "overhead expenses, he call ed upon to give the committee an exact statement of amount of their over head expend~itutres." These employees of the corior-a tion, the commtittee be lieves, were not parties to intentional violation of the law and "if they are actuatedl by tihe patriotic principles at tributed to them they will refund the sums11 paid thiemi in excess of the e'xact cost of tihe 'ver-head." The amount the comlmittee 'otnisdlers recover-able ftomn this source is placed at $50,000. 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