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PRESIDENT ILS! Members of the Senate a: tively to the Outline < gram?Urges Measure Conditions Due to the With Great Emphasu He Began Discussion ness for War? (Hy A squ inted Prr.-s.) WASHINGTON, Dec. 88.?Prenidcn! Wilson, In hin annuul uddress to con gress today, coupled with ti defense of the country's military preparedness a word of assurance to business that it would not be embarrassed by further legislation. lie said the trust and currency legislative program of his administration virtually had been com pleted und that there was u clear and Arm road ahcud on which honest men might travel with perfect confidence. For passage at thin session, the president urged measures to meet the changed condition;: duo to the Eu ropean war, particularly the govern ment ship purchase bill; measures to unlock resources of the national do main and to uncourugo Improvement of navigable waters for generation of power, and the bill already passed by the house to give "a larger measure of self government to the people of the Philippines." When .he entered the house cham ber where Vice President Marshall and Speaker Clark presided over > Joint session of the senate and house, the president was greeted with an uproarious ovation. Throughout his address he frequently was interrupt ed by applause, particularly from the Democratic Bide, demonstrations of approval reaching a climax whfh, re ferring to recenl agitation over nation al defense, he declared the adminis tration had "not been negligent of national defense," that the attitude of the government would not be altered "because some amongst us are ner vous and excited." and that a policy of defense could "easily and sensibly be agreed upon." In advocating the ship purchase bill, the president said the war in Europe had left foreign nations more dependent upon the United States for s/tpplles, and that the government should provide ships that the nation's goods might be carried "to the empty markets." /The Philippine bill, the president ?u?erten, "would nobly crown tho re cord of.these two:years of memorable labor."- * Concerning rural credits legislation he expressed regret that dlfllcultieK of the subject seemed ,rto render it impossible to complete a bill for pas sage at this session." Members of the senate and house listened attentively to' the outline of .-ILL. " 1 . .. . . . .. . INSURE TOUR PROPERTY WITH THE ANDERSON COUNTY MUTUAL FIRE INSUR ANCE CO. Who are carrying over a million and a half dollars on Anderson coun ty property. The cost 1b only $5,oo per $1,000. No annual dnes. ?and In last 5 years we have not made more than one assessment per year, , . . ? For farther information Bee or write? J. J. SMITH, President J. U. MAJOR, Sec-re lory. nd House Listen Atten of Chief Executive's Pro- ! ?s to Meet the Changed ? European War?Speaks i and Deliberation When| of the Nation's Prepared- j llw president's program as tliey did also to his discussion of economy and the assertion that "there should be a systematic reorganization and reas emblltig" of the parts of the govern ment to secure greater flllcleiicy. Mr. Wilson spoke with great em phasis and deliberation when he be gan discussion of the military situa tion and was enthusiastically cheer ed, the galleries joining In the ap plause when be said: "It Is said in some uuartcrs that we are not prepared for war. What is meant by being prepared? is it meant that we are not ready upon ' brief notice to put a nation in the j Held, a nation of men trained to arms? Of course, we are not ready to do j that, and we shall never be In time of i peace, so long as we retain our present | : political principles und institutions." ' Proclaiming the people arc the "champions of peace and concord," the president emphatically opposed a great standing army, and was again cheered when he asserted that In time I of nutional peril the country must do pend "upon a citizenry trained and ac- | customcd to arms." 'When the president had concluded j he was surrounded by senators and representatives who gathered in the Speakern oftJce to extend their con-1 gratulntlons. ; The president's message follows: i Gentlemen of the Congress: j The session upon which you are i now entering will be the closing ? es slou of the Sixty-third congresp, a congress, I venture to say, which I will long be remembered for the great j body of thoughtful and constructive j work which It has done, In loyal re-j ! spouse to the thought and needs of ' tho country. I should like in this address to review tho notable record ' und try to make adequate assessment of it; but no doubt wo stand too near tho work that bos been done and are ourselves too much a part of it to play ; the part of historians toward iL ! Moreover, our thoughts are now ' more of the future than of tho past. While wo have worked at our tasks of I peace the circumstances of the whole ! age have been altered by war. What i we liavQ done for our own land and our own people wo did with the best I that was in us, whether of character j or of intelligence, with sober enthus iasm and a confidence in the princi ples upon which wo were acting which sustained us nt every step of tho dlflicult undertaking; but it is : done. It has pnsscd from our hands. , It Is now an established part of the j legislation of the country. Its useful ness, its effects will disclose them j selves in experience. What, chiefly j.strikes uh now, as wo look about us during these closing days of a year which will be forever memorable in the history of tho world, is that Ae face new tasks, have been facing j them these six months, must face I them in the months to come,?face j them without partisan feeling, like i men who have forgotten everything J but a common duty and the fact that ! we are representatives of a great pen j pie whose thought Is not of us but of i what America owes to herself and to ! nil mankind in such circumstance^ as ! these upon which wo look umnzed j and anxious. War has interrupted the means of trndo not only but also the process of production. In Europe It is de 1 Btroylng men and resources wholesale Do It Now ! Make a small deposit each week in this Financial Stronghold, and by adding a little each week to your Bank Account you'll be sur prised at the rapidity with which you can accumulate a snug sum? Big Oaks from little Acorns Grow." The same applies to our SAVINGS DEPARTMENT WHEN REVERSES COME 1 Your worry will be reduced to a . .minimum if you are In a position ' tO !"e6^ nil nklibAHnnk wStik ? ? on and upon a ?cale unprecedented and appalling. There Is reason to fear that tho time fs near, if it be not al ready at band, when several of the countries of Europe will lind it diili cull to do for their people what they have hitherto been always eusily able lo do, -many essential and fundamen tal things. At unv rate, tliey will nee*' our help and our manifold services as they have never needed them he fore; and we should be ready, mon; lit and ready than we have ever been. H is (tf <M|ual consequence that the nations whom Klimpe has usually supplied with Innumerable articles of manufacture and commerce of which I hey are lu constant need ami with out which their economic develop ment halts and stuiidn still can now get only a small part of what they formerly imported and oagerlj look to us to supply their all hut empty markets. Tills Is particularly true of our own neighbors, tho States, great and small, of Central and South America. Their lines of trude have hitherto run chiefly athwart the seas, not lo our ports but to tho ports of (?rent Hrilain and of the older conti nent of Europe. I do not slop to in riuirn why, or to make any comment, on probable causes. What Interests us just now is not tbo explanation but the fact, and our duty and opportun ity in the presence of It. Here are markets which wo must supply, and we must find the means of action. Tho I'lilted Stales, tliis great people for whom we speak and act, should be ready, as never before, td servo itself and to serve mankind; ready with its resources, its energies, its forces of production, and 1 s means of distri bution. It is a very practical matter, a mat ter of ways and means. We have the resources, but arc we fully ready to use them'.' And! if wo can make ready what wo have, have we tho means at hand to distribute it? We are not fully ready: neither have w<* the means of distribution. We are will ing, hut we tire not fully able. We have the wish to serve and to servo greatly, generously; but wo are not prepared as we should be. We are not ready to mobilize our resources at once. We are not prepared to use them immediately uml at their best, without delay and without waste. To speak plainly, we have grossly erred in the way In which we have stunted and hindered the development of our merchant marine. And now. I when wo need ships, wo have not got ; them. We have year after year de hated, without end or conclusion, the j best policy to pursue with regard to ! the use of the ores and forest and I water powers of our national domain ' in the rich States of the West, when we should have acted* and they are ! still locked up. The key Is still turn ed upon them, the door shut fast at ! which thousands of vigorous men, fall I of initiative, knock clamorously for I admittance. The water power of our j navigable streams outside tho na ; lional domain also, even in the eas I tern States, where wo have worked ' and planned for generations, la Btill i not used as It might be, because we I will and we won't; because the laws j we have made do not Intelligently bul I ahco encouragement ugalnst restraint. We withhold 'by regulation. I I havo como to usk you to remedy ; and correct these mistakes and omis sions, even at this short session of a congress which would certainly seem to have done all the work that could reasonably be expected of it. The time and the circumstances are extraordi nary, and so must,our efforts he also. Fortunately, two great measures, finely conceived, the ono to unlock, with proper safeguards, the resources of the national domain, the other to encourage tho use of tho navigable waters outside that domain for the j generation of power, have already passed the house of representatives and are ready for immediate consider ation and notion by the senate."With tho deepest earnestness I urge their I prompt passage. In them both we j turn our hacks upon hesitation and makeshift and formulate a genuine policy of use and, conservation. In the best sense of Those words. We owe the ono measure not only to the peo plo of that great*- wVstorn country for whoso free and systematic develop ment, as it seems to me, our legisla tion has done' "*o little, but also to 'the people of the nation as a whole; (and we as clearly owe the other In fulfillment of our repeated promises that the water power of the country should In fact as well as in name be put at tho disposal of great industries which can make economical and pro* fltable use of it, the rights of the pub lice being adequately guarded the while ,and monopoly in the uso pre vented. To have begun such measures nnd not completed them would indeed mar the record of this great congress very seriously. I- hope and confidently believe that thoy will be completed. And there is' another great piece of legislation which awaits and should' receive the sanction of the sen ate: I mean the bill which gives a larger measure of self-government to the people of the Philippines. How bet ter. In this time of anxious question ing and perplexed policy, could' we show our confidence in the principles of liberty, as the .source as well as the expression of life, bow better, could wo demonstrate our own self possession and. steadfastness In tho courses, of justice and disinterested ness than by thus going calmly, for ward to fulfill our promises to a de pendent people, who will now look, more anxiously than ever to see whether we have Indeed the liberal ity, the unselfishness, the courage, the faith we havo boasted and professed. I can not hell ovo that the senate will lot this great measure of construc tive justlco await the,action o? an other congress. * Its pas sa go would nobly crown the record of these two. yearB of memorable labor. But i thtnk that you will agree with me that this does' not compieto the toll of our duty. HoW are Wo to carry, our goods to the empty markets , of Which ? have spekeh It we have, not tie ehlpsT How are we to build up a groat trade If we have of tho cer tain and constant means of transpor tation upon which alt profitable and |ttsefdl commerce depends? And.bow A Nervous Wreck ^ Had No ptel^So Says ^^?)?-yy Mrn- Prank *F&S&J%r .JStrot-lx?, R. P. ^Z^^^ Wls. Her Letter Ju: "l began using Poruu months ago when my health and Hlrcng'.ti wore all <;'>ne, and 1 waa >::,'.'ik 11 .11 :i nervous wreck. Could ritu ' >oi?, eat or rest properly, and felt no .'of! re to live. "Ti.i'.'.* bottle;; of PenniT. made ma ! ok nt lifo In a different light, an ! I :;ah to regain my lost strength. While my Tccovery took nearly f"-.ir mon tin, at the end of that time I was better than i ever . bad bee*i before. I had a splendid 1 ilor : :id never weighed1 more In my I life. "I certainly llilnl; Pcruna is with out a rival as .a tonic and strength builder, and It has my endorsement." Mr. Cbar?e3 Rrown. It. R. I. Box 79, per?ville. Tonn.-, writes: ' ! have ' tried many different remedies, but I 1 luve f?und t'iat Pcruna Is the great :il? n;i earth, and a perfect sys- | i t t are we to get the shipB if we wait ! for the trade to develop without them? 1 To correct the main mistakes by which ' wo have discouruge dand all but do- ' stroyed the merchant marine of the country, to retrace the steps by which i we have, it seems almost deliberately, withdrawn our flag from the seas, ex- I cept where, here and there, a ship i>f 11 war is bidden carry It or some wan dering yacht displays It, would take 11 a long time and involve mauy detail ed items of legislation, and the trade 11 which we ought Immediately to han dle would -lisappear or ,flnd other I channels wlillo we debated the items. 11 The case is not .unlike that which confronted us when our own continent was to be opened up to settlement and industry, and we needed long lines of railway, extended means' of j1 transportation prepared beforehand, if development was not to lag intol erably and wait interminably. We lavishly subsidized the building of !: transcontinental railroads. We look [ back- upon that with regret now, be cause the subsidies led to many scandals of which/ wp are ashamed; but we knew that, the railroads had 11 to bo built, and if wo had it to do f over again we should of course build them, but in another way. Therefore 1 propose another way of providing the menns of transportation,' which must precede, not tardily follow, the development of .our trade with our neighbor States of America. It may seem a reversal of the natural order of things, but it is true, that the routes of trade must be actually open ed?by many ships and regular sail ings and moderate charges?before streams of merchandise will flow free ly and profitably through them. Hence the pending shipping bill, I discussed at the last session but as | yet passed by neither house. In my judgment such legislation is impera tively needed nnd can not wisely be postponed. The government must open these gates of trade, and open them wide; open thfem before It Ib al together profitable to open them, or altogether reasonable^ to ask private capital to open them "at a venture. Tt Is not a question of the government monopolizing the field. It should take action to make It certain that trans portation at reasonable rates will be ! ; promptly provided, even where, the] ! carriage is not at first profitable; and then, when the carriage has be come sufficiently profitable to attract] and engage private. capital, and en gage it In-abundance, the government, ought to withdraw. . t. very earnestly hope that the congress will be of this] opinion, and that both houses will adopt this exceedingly Important' bill. The great subject of rural credits still remains to be dealt with, and it is a matter of deep, regret that the difficulties of the subject have seem ed to render it impossible to complete a bill for passage at this session. But it can not be perfected yet, and there fore there are. no other constructive measures the necessity for which I will at this time call'your attention1 to; but I would be negligent of a very manifest duty were I not to call the attention of the senate to the fact that the proposed convention for safety at sea a waits its confirmation and- that the limit fixed in.the convention it self-for Its acceptance ia the last day of the present month..The conference in which' this-convention originated was-called by the United States; the representatives of the United - States played a very influential part indeed in framing the' provisions of the pro posed convention;V and those provis ions are in: themselver for the most part ndmirnblo.. It would hardly be consistent with the part we have played In the whole matter to let it drop and go ?>y tu? ?o?'r? a? ?? for gotten and neglected; It waa ratified in May last by the German govern ment and In August by tho parlia ment of Great Britain, it marks a most hopeful and decided advance in International civilisation.We should Show our earnest "good faith in a great j matter by adding oar own acceptance of it There is another matter of which I cost mako special mention, if I am to ovchargo ray conscience, lest it should escape your attention* It: may Seem o. very-Email thing. It affects only a Hingis .item^ oft appropriation. Bpt many human lives and many] great cnter^^s hang upon it It is j lie matter of making adequate pro-i Islon for the survey und charting otL ur coasts. It in Immediately press-J ig and exigent in connection with I lie immense coast line of Alaska, a oast line greater than that of the Inited States themselves,, though it ; also very important indeed with ?gard to the older coasts of the con fient. We can not* use our great I Llaskan domain, shl/i will not ply hither, if those coasts und their many I idden dangers are not thoroughly urveycd and charted. The work isj nc?mplcte ut almost ?very point, 1 ihipH und lives have been lost in breading what were supposed to he /el-known main channels. We have lot provided adequate vessels or ade-I luatu machinery for the survey and I hurting. We have usad old vessels hat were not big enough or strong noagh und which were so nearly un .ca worthy that our inspectors would I lot have allowed private owners to ' end them to sea. This is a matter j vhich, as I have said, scorns small, >ut is in reality very great. Its lm lortance has only to be looked into 0 be appreciated. I llefore 1 close may I say a few I vords upon two topics, much discuss- Ij d out of doors, upon which it Is high- i y Important that our judgments diould he clear, doflnite, and stead- | ast? One of these is economy In govern nent expenditures. The duty of economy is not debatable. It is mnn-j fest and imperative. In the appro-1 iriations we pass we are spending lie money of the great people whose | servants we are.?not our own. Wo I ( ire trustees and responsible stew- I irds in the spending. The only thing j lebatahlo and upon which we should je careful to make our thought and ! Durpose clear is the kind of economy ! lemanded of us. T assert with the I ?reatest confidence that the people of he United States are not jealous of I he amount their government costs If hey are sure that they get what they leed and desire for the outlay, that he money Is being applied with good jusiness sense and management. Governments grow, piecemeal, both I in their tasks and in the means by .vliich those tasks are to bo perform 'd, and very few governments are or- I tanized, I venture to sny, us wise and ?xperienced business men would or- j ?anize them if they had a clean sheet Df paper to write upon. Certainly the I government of the United States is I not. I think that it is generally I igreed that there .should be a syste-1 matlc reorganization and reassembl- j Ing of its parts so as to secure great- I sr elliclency and effect considerable I savings in expense. But the amount jf money saved in that way would. I j believe, though no doubt considerable in itself, running, it may be. into tho millions, bo relatively small,?small, 1 mean, in proportion to the total I necessary outlays of the government, j It would,be thoroughly worth effect-J ing, as every saving would, great of I small. Our duty is not altered by tho I scale of the saving. But my point is i hiit. the people of the United States?! ilo not wish Jo curtail the activities I of this government; they wish, rath- j er, to enlarge them; and with every! enlargement, with the mere growth, J Indeed, of the country itself, there! must come of course, the inevitable J ifiorease of expense. The sort of economy we ought to practice may be j effected, und ought to be effected, by J a careful study and assessment of the tasks to be performed ; and the money spent ought to be made to yield the j best possible returns in efficiency and achievement. And, like the good J stewards. We should so account fort every dollar of oun appropriations as J to make it perfectly evident what it was spent for and In what way it was spent. - I It is not expenditure but extravn-1 gance that we should fear being criticized for; not paying for the le gitimate enterprises and undertakings of a great government whose people command what it should do, but add ing what will benefit only a few or pouring money out for what need not, have, been undertaken at all or might havo been postponed -or better and more economically-.conceived and car ried out. Tho nation-Is not niggard ly; it is very generous,, It will chide us only if we forget .fpr-whom we pay money out and. whose, money It Is we pay. TheBe are largo- and general standards, but they are not very diffi cult of application to - particular cases. ' . The-other topic I shall take leave to mention goes deeper into-the prin ciples of our national life and policy. It is the subject of national defense. - It can not be discussed without first answering some very searching' questions. It is said In .some quart ers that we are not prepared.for war.' What Is meant by being prepared? It is meant that we are not ready upon brief notice to put a nation in tho field, a nation of. men trained to arms? Of course, we are not ready to do that; and we shall never be in time of peaco so long as we retain! our present'political principles and Institutions. And what is It that it Is suggested we should ho prepared to do? To defend ourselves against at tack? We have always found mean's to do that, and shall find them when ever It Is'nocessary without calling our people away from "their "necessary tasks to renedr compulsory military service in times of peace. Allow me to speak - With great plainness and directness upon this great matter and tb avow my con victions With deep car???tneSs. : ' T have tried to know what^Am?rtcavi8.' what her people i?i?nk, w?i?i ihey-are, what they most cherltfb and hold dear. I hope that sonie 6V tneie finer passions ore in my own heart,? come of the great conceptions nnd desires which gave birth to this 'gdv ernment and Which. have made - the", voice of this people invoice Of priace and hope and liberty among the peo ples of the world, and that, -speaking ttty own tb oughts, Ir shall, at l eakt m part, speak theirs alaoV'-bowever faint ly and inadequately npnh this vital matter. , We are at peace with all the world. No ohe who speak* counsel baBed on fact or drawn from ** Just and candid ?t*rpcrtatlon et reWlUea vaa say !f;-V-' '.;, "...ifv-.V DEPOSIT YOUR MONEY iVith us, and then we will lend you money when you need it. Interest Paid on Deposits. 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Dan River Cotton Mills, Danville, Va. -, that there is reason to fear that from any quarter our independence or tnej integrity of our territory is threaten ed; Dread of the power of any other nation we are incapable of. We ore tot jealous of rivalry in the fields of commerce or of any other peaceful achievement. Wo mean to live our own lives aB we will; but wo mean also to let live. We are, indeed, a true friend to all the nations of the world, because we threaten none, covet the possessions of none, de sire the overthrow of none. Our friendship can be accepted and is ac cepted without reservation, because it is offered in a spirit and for a pur pose which no one need ever ques tion or suspect. Therein lies our greatness. We are the champions of peace and of concord. And we should be very jealous of tili? listlnctlon which we have Bought to earn. Just now we should be particularly jealous of; it, because it is our Ow ^t pres ent hope that this character .uid rep utation may presently, in God's provi dence, bring us an opportunity such as has seldom been vouchsafed any nation, the opportunity 10 cosasel and obtain peace in the world and .recon ciliation and a healing settlement of many a matter that has cooled and interrupted the friendship of nations. This is the time above all others when we should wish and resolve to keep.our strength by self-possession, our influence by preserving our an cient principles of action. From the first we have had a clear and settled policy with -regard to military establishments. Wo never had, and while ' wo retain our pres ent principles and ideals we never shall have, a large standing army. If asked. Are you ready to defend your selves? we reply, Most assuredly, to the.utmost; and yet we shall not turn America Into a military camp. We will not aek our young men to spend the best years of their lives making soldiers of themselves. There is an other sort of'eL-irgy in us. It will know, how to de*'are itself, and make Itself effective r lid occasion arise. And especially wtsn half the world is on fire wo shall be careful to make our moral insurance against the spread of the conflagration very def inite and certafti and adequate in deed. V ' liet us remind ourselves, therefore, of . the only thing we can do or will do. We must depend ,iu every time of national peril, ia the future as in the past, not upon a standing army, nor yet upon , a reserve army, but upon a citizenry trained and accustomed to arms, it will be right enough*, right American policy, based- upon our ac customed principles and practices, to provide a system, by which every cit izen who will volunteer tor the train ing may *ho made familiar with the use of modern arms, the rudiments of drill and maneuver, ond tho mainten ance t>aunation of camps. Wo should encourag? such training and make it a means of disciplin? which our, young men will learn to value. Jt is right that wo should provide It not only, but that we should make it* as attractive as possible, ami so induce our young men to undergo'it at such times as they'can : command a little freedom and can seek the physical de velopment they need for mere health's sake, if for nothing' .more. Every means by which such things can be stimulated Is legitimate, and such a method smacks of true American ideas. It Is right, too, that the National Guard of the States should be develop ed and strengthened by every means which Is not inconsistent with our obligations to our own people or With tho established policy of our govern ?i?it Au Or iura," mlou, nui because u should be pur constant policy to make these provisions for our national pe?e? and safety. More than this carries with it n re versal of the whcK history and char acter of our?poHty. More than this, Pjpopoood at thlSjUme, formi^me^ First-class Galvanised f^rruiattW lOfootleiglhji. . X \ > SBcttblGTeonta per square extra. . ^ "^|| - iiTii'iT i IiiaiBi'ina aay. would mean merely that we had loHt our self-possession, that we lmd with which we have nothing to do, heen thrown off our balance by a war whose causes can not tpueh u?, whoso very existence affords us opportuni ties of friendship and disinterested service which should make us asham ed of any thought of hostility or fear ful preparatlo ntor trouble. This Is assuredly the opportunity for which a people and a government Ilk", ours were raised up, the opportunity not only to speak but, nctuallv to embody and exemplify tho counsel* cf peace end amity .-.nd Hie lasting concord which is based on justice and fair and generous dealing. A powerful navy we have always regarded as our proper and natural means of defense; and it has always ,, been of defense that we have thought never of aggression or of conquest. But who shall tell us -now what sort of navy to build? .Wo shall \ take leave to be strong upon the se?s, in the future as In" the past;; and Jhero will be no thought of offense ..pr of provocation In that. Our ships arc our natural bulwarks. When Will the exports tell us just what kind we should construct?and then will they be right for ten years together. If the relative efficiency of craft 01 different kinds and uses continu?s.to ?.hange as we have seen it change under bur very eyes in these last few months? But I turn away from the subject. It Is not new. There ? no new need to discuss It We ahull not alter our attitude toward It because seme among us are nervous and excited. - We shall easily and sensibly agree upon A policy ol defense. The ques tion has "not c'nangi'd Us aspects be cause the it mos are not normal. Our policy will not be for an occasion. It will be conceived as a permanent and settled thing, which we will pursue at all seasons, without haste and after a fashion perfectly consistent with the peace of the world, the abiding friendship of States, and the unham pered freedom of all with whom we deal. Let, there, be no misconception. . The country has been misinformed. We have not been negligent of nation--?-t al defense. Wo are not unmindful of ? the great responsibility resting upon us. We shall learn and profit by iho lesson of every experience and ever y new circumstance; and what is need ed1 wili be adequately dene. I j close, as I began, by reminding ( you of the great, tasks and duties of, f peace which challenge- bur best pow- ' jj ers; and Invite us to build what will j last, the tasks to which wo can ad- i dress ourselves now and at all times with free-hearted zest and with all the finest gifts of constructive wisdom we. ,.. possess. 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