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ECONOMIC 1 COUNCIL OF WORLD ! Discussion' of Ger-j ; many's Economic \ Reparations Now on ] Practical Basis - Washington, Jan. 6?Definite ac tion looking to the rehabilitation of Ejrropo from an economic stand point was taken at the first ses sion of the Allied Supry-me Council here today when unanimous ap proval was given for the cabling of an international financial and eco nomic conference in which Ger- j mai#*and Russia are to have a paftj ?" Some time during the first_ two j weeks of Magch has been set for ! rhe momentous gathering, and j Genoa,-. Italy, has been designated'! as the p ua.ee where it shall be j held. - j W: An ir.vffcruon to the United j ^States to participate has* been ex- | "tended rhrdtfgh the American ara-i hassador to- Great Britain, George Harvey, who is here as official ob server for his government. - Russia's participation in the Ge noa conference is conditional upon acceptance of a number of condi tions, namely that she cease Bol-. i shevik propaganda ' abroad, that j she undertake not to attack her neighbors - and. that she recognize j all the honorable oblgations en-1 tered into by preceding Russian j governments. % j Premier Lloyd George of Great j * Srkain/ took the most prominent > .part in the.deliberations, speaking j Jor an hour, in his opinion, a place I tfor decisive action had been reach-j tod if the economic structure Of] ^Europe was to be saved. -Describ- j ing the present meeting of the su- j jpreme council as the most import-! ant since the armistice, he declar- j -ed that the- public opinion of the-j > ^world-:dema_ded that the allies i 5ake wider responsibilities to re^fB *ive Europe. ! * The prime minister sounded a! ?warning that the allies themselves] jnust solve the problem of reha- j Militating Europe economically and j . ^he appealed to them to: forget their i -prejudices and cooperate with this ' jend in view. * Given the floor immediately af-^B ter the French Premier M. Briand, j ;had welcomed the delegations in; ^the grand salon of "the Cannes!.1 ""YachtClub, Mr. Lloyd George! Enriched into references to the \ French claims growing out Of the j war. * He said the British were j equally entitled to put forth claims, j since their taxes as a result of the j war were twice as heavy as those J ""*?-o?_ar.y other country. The remark of the Brtiish prim? y minister that most impressed the I delegates was his reference to the ! prejudice that might exist against ! entering into relations with the j Soviet government because it had j blood upon its hands. "But." he j declared. "I know a country which ] quite recently took the hand of j an assassin ii* the Xear East" ? The .passage was immediately translated for M. Briand. who smiled at the reference to the Ah gro treaty between France and j ^*e*Turkish Nationalists, and then ! reported: J,_.~*Yes," but we made his icquain- ; ranee in London." ! This reference to the fact that1 the Kemalists were invited to Lon- j don to confer with the allies last 1 spring provoked laughter. The ' French , premier refrained from j other comment. Mary Garden Guarded by Police Chicago, Jan. 7.?Mary Gar- j den, the famous opera singer, is | under police protection, following; the receipt of a box containing a] pistol and .nine cartridges and a i letfer threatening her life. " I ?""*IJ<g<'J?'-?-'''-W-H-?f-nl-ii.iijif.ii_^f_iiv<f-ir-.?;-?jirni':i WILL NOT MEDIATE UNmASKED Balfc;ur and Hughes Decide to Lay. Off 'Shantung Dispute Unless Invited , ? i* "Washington, Jan. 7.:?Mr. Bal four and Secretary Hughes, Brit ish and American spokesmen said today that they will await a joint request from the Japanese and Chinese delegates to mediate the Shauntung dispute before stepping into the breach caused when con versations between the two groups ended yesterday. Japan Holds Fast to Shantung Conference Between Chinese and Japanese Delegates Ad journs Without Reaching Agreement Washington, Jan. 6.?Sine die ad journment was taken at the close of today's meeting between the Chi nese and Japanese delegates to the Washington conference on the question of Shantung. The conver sations which have been proceed ing intermittently for several weeks apparently came to an end with neither side willing to make con cessions to the other. The Chinese and Japanese dele gates alike were reticent about what occurred but it was said that Wellington Koo for the Chinese and Ambassador Shidehara for Japan remained after the meeting to ar range for a statement to be made at the request of the Chinese who desired that a full statement be made to .the public. * After the meeting Dr. Koo said: "The Situation is quite critical and* I don't want to say anything hastily. We .may, however, decide to make a statement later tonight In any event an official joint statement will be issued. Japan, made a new offer "in the nature of a concession" at today's shantung meeting, Vice Foreign Minister Hanihara said tonight. This was to make a Japanese rail way loan for the Shautung railroad for a term of 15 years with China granted the option to redeem the loan at the end of five years from the date of signing the agreement and after six months' notice. Mr. ITamhara said this was Ja pan's fm?? suggestion for settlement and that it was based on instruc tions from the home government. He added that the Chinese dele gates declined the offer but said there might be another meeting tomorrow or Monday. There was some understanding that the Chi nese would consult with Mr. Hughes and Mr. Balfour but for the present, at. .least, the Japanese had no intention of asking Mr. Balfour and Secretary Hughes to intervene. The Joke of the Conference Cumbersome Advisory Com mittee Heard From at Last ?Has Collected Testi- ' monials Washington, Jan. 7.?The Amer ican advisory committee announced that it had received nearly four teen million opinions from Amer ican public on arms conference subjects and that more than ninety per cent of the resolutions from organizations and individuals "en dorse" the policy of the American delegation. 3 TOBACCO SEED 3 I and 3 I.1 VETCH SEED WE HAVE IT. DUCKER & BULTMAN 3 1 3 a a TOBACCO SEED i We have a supply of Improved Warne on hand now. HEARON'S PHARMACY DIRTY LINEN LAUNDRY IN I THE SENATE I - I Senator Newberry, ot j Michigan Driven in to a Corner Will Personally Defend j Purchase of Seat i Washington, Jan. 6.?The sen ate began today its final discussion ; j of the Newberry case, precipitated | j by the contest of Henry Ford j i against the seating of Senator Tru man H. Newberry, of Michigan, his 'Republican opponent in the 1318 ! elections, and was told by Senator ^Spencer, Republican. Missouri I chairman of the senate privileges I and elections committee, that. Sen ! ator Newberry himself would take ! the floor Monday to defend himself i Against the charges which involve ; his campaign expenditures. The : subject under unanimous consent I agreement, will remain continu I ously before the senate until dis j posed of. A vote is expected some j time next week. During the debate today, Sena | tor Newberry's claim to his seat i was denounced and defended. At j the outset Senator Caraway, Demo j erat, Arkansas, launched an attack I on the Newberry supporters for the I position he said they were prepar j ing to'" take and Senator Spencer and Senator Williams, Democrat. I Mississippi, soon joined in the de j bate. ! Senator Williams said he desired ! to *hear the defense to be offered j in the hope that Mr. Newberry I could give reasons why he should ;-retain his seat and "not disgrace J not only his own family but the good family of his wife." "I have known his family a long I time," continued Mr. Williams1. "1 i am very fond of them. They lived ! straight and useful lives. I knew ; his wife's family, and they were j citizens of which this nation also i could be proud. They made their j money in the right way, and 1 j hope he can explain away these \ charges, for I have nothing per : sorm lly against him. j There was also hurled at the j Newberry supporters the prediction ! by Senator Heflin, Democrat, Ala i bama, that "the American people I will lash out of the senate cham | ber every man who casts a vote j for Newberry." "Where are the senators who voted for Lorimer?" queried Mr. i Heflin* "Why, the American peo | pie took care of them. All are i gone save six." If Senator JCewbcrry speaks j Monday it will be the first time in j two years since the elections that j he- has addressed the senate. Safety on Public Roads - 1 ! ? Washington. Jan. 6.?The grade i crossing must go and they will be ! eliminated wherever possible on ( the roads of the Federal Aid High j way System, which will be built j as a result of the passage of the I federal highway act. When the j roads which form the primary or j interstate system are constructed. I no grade crossing will be'allowed to remain that it is at all prffc j ticable to avoid. Every effort will j be made to make the roads of the I secondary system equally safe, but ! in this case it is recognized that ? elimination may not. be practicable in all cases at this time. In making this announcement j the bureau of public roads. United (States department of agriculture, I under whose supervision the fund j is allotted and construction is un | dertaken, is putting into effect a l policy which it has long advocated j in principle, and whose adoption it has urged with increasing ef j fectiveness upon state highway offi I cials for some time past. The pol ; icy is meeting with hearty cooper ation cn the part of the states, j and the American Association of l state highway officials by reeoltt* j tion has pledged its best efforts to j cooperate to eliminate grade cross ings on new construction. In addition, the policy finds fa j vor among the railroads, some of I the leading carriers already having ! lent - cheerful aid in avoiding the i construction of more grade cross I ings. I Instead of grade crossings there ! will be constructed, wherever pos 1 sible. in the future either a bridge , or an underpass where roadway j and railway intersect. Important j j roads, which now cross and recross ' j railroad lines at grades hereafter] : will >?e loeuted entirely on one side I of the railroad, even though to ! do so many increase the cost of i ?('(instruction. State officials, realiz ing the need of eliminating grade j crossings, have stated their de- j j sire to cooperate with the depart- j ' ment in carrying out this plan. I Where crossings are unavoid- i able, or where local interests jus-j ! tify construction of highways to i cross railroad lines, the road will j be ho located as to pass over the 'track or iinder it. In inest in-j stances of this sort the railroads lx-ar one-half of the cost of build ing the bridge or underpass, j The prime object of the depart j ment's policy to eliminate grade j crossings on f federal -aid roads is [the saving of human lives. This policy probably 'will involve in creased expense of construction in [the case of some>roads. l>ut it is j believed this is Justified by the sav ing of life^? During the three years J ending with llii'O. according t<> the best records available to the de partment . 3.Cot; lives were lost at j grade Crossings in tii<- United i [States and IO.C-I-1 persons were in ; j 111 ed. Born Sunday morning to Mr and, Mrs. W. K Davis, a boy, Richard Gordon. NAVAL TREATY TO BE WRITTEN NEXT WEE i Naval Experts Are Shaping Technical Details for the Nav al Limitation Treaty Washington. Jan. 7.?As I ho na val experts of the arms confer ence met this morning with - the intention of concluding the shap ing of. the technical details for na val limitation treaty, the armament committee prepared to clear, the way for final framing.of the treaty which will probably be. started Monday. Negotiations between the Japanese and Chinese over Shantung meanwhile appen *ed to be hopelessly deadlocked. Byrnes Attacks Reserve Board Opposes Idea of Elaborate! Headquarters in New York Washington. Jan. <;.?An attack was made toiday in the house by Representative Byrnes, Democrat, of South Carolina, "on the Federal Reserve Board, which, he said, planned to construct, at a cost of $25,000,000, !an elaborate head Qnarters*in Xt.*w York city, with a gymnasium, olub. auditorium and other "extravagant features." "Such a building will do more to incite bolshevism than anything else." Mr. Byrnes declared, adding that he intended to introduce a bill rcquiring the Federal ' Reserve Board to submut all estimates for expenditures u)> congress through the budget bureau, so there would be a cheek on-its spendings. -<*> - Held by Sinn Feiners London. Jan. 6?That, lie pub lished news conjeerning the Irish army which had not been author ized and that tile views put for ward by him did not represent the Iviews of the arm* in Cork, was the charge formulatejd against A. B. Kay, correspondent of the London Times in Dublin, afc a military Court of inquiry held' in a lonely home stead in a remote part of Cork, to which his captors to'ok him last Thursday. Recounting his afl ventures in'the London Times Ka>? says the com mandant of the first Cork brigade declared at the inquiry that he was responsible for Ka:j's arrest. The J evidence support wiV the charges j was an article Kai- sent to the [Times from CorkVJhlised on a eon I yersation with the lineal laison of j ficer. The laison.'officer testified, j admitted that he talced with Kay but asserted that hts did not sanc tion any interview. The court dis cussed its verdict seerrtly and when Kay was brought heljore it he was told that if he woul I make a de claration that lie hrid not inter viewed officers of meri of the Irish aumy (the laison officfer not being j regarded as an active officer) he j would l>e permitted toj go: other I wise he would be dei'lorted. Kay I made his statement t c? the court, i after which he was ta!fcen to Cork, j from which place he m^otored back 1 to Dublin. ? ? ? ? Robbery at Bethune Camden. Jan. U.?Sev<jn stores at Bethune in Kershaw ojounty. just below Camden. were e?tered by robber.* Thursday niglit. About $000 was taken. The thieves were apparently looking only i\or money, as no goods were misslf.g. Three safes were opened by tlfe use of a hammer and a chisel. Kone was blown open. The robberies were not discovered until the owners went down to open up this morning land no (dues which mi.;ht lead <to the detection of tlie guilty par ties have thus far been discover ed. A stranger was noticed in Be thune Thursday ami this tman is supposed to have been out4 of the men who was out looking oser the Jield. I The stores entered were:' Cly j burn & Davis. Stevens Mertahtile Company. Bethune Hardware Co., John Copeland. Hamme cd A: Young, Lynchwood Pharmacy and another store, the nam i of which was not given. ? Many Out of Woirk Washington, Jan. G.?Uhjem ploymenl increased in the Cnliled States during the month of Decem ber by a percentage which the De partment of labor in estimates lis sued today fixed at 4.7. This vr&s in spite of increased activity at?d larger payrolls which were re ported from the textile, steel, met al products, ?eattoer, and paper inj dTstries. Piants' which product* foods, tobacco mann fact u res. auto motive products, and repair* rail road equipments ah had fewer merjc on payrolls December '?'> 1 than on November UNION PACIFIC I'LANS IMPROVEMENTS Omaha. Jan. 7.?The Fnion Pa cific announced it would spend ten million dollars in new equipment t Iiis year and take rare of tin- "in evitable resumption of traffic." POISON GAS IS BARRED Washington, .Ian 7. Lend pois on ;;;?-- ?!-> .in instrument of war Dire was out la wed l?y Japa n. Crem Britain! France, Italy and il>e I"nht-?l States- who through their persona] representatives in iln- conference here approved the American proposal to prohibit use of that weapon. ECONOMY IN STATE AFFAIRS RECOMMENDED Legislative Commit tee on Economy and Consolidation Sug gests How Tax Levy May Be Reduced Columbia. Jan. 7. ? Radical 'cha*hges in state government, in ? eluding the erection of an office building in the city of Columbia for state offices: the abandonment of scholarships in state institutions; the abolition of the system of ath letic coaches at the University: tbe reduction of military training and increase of emphasis on -the sciences at the Citadel: the with drawal of state support for the state fair: the abolition of the of fice of secretary of the state hing way commission: the incorporation of the work of the'public service ! commission in a the wore kof th ' railroad commission: the abandon ! ment of the office of secretary of : the budget commission, and the j incorporation of this in a new de j partment of finance, are recom j mended to the legislature by the joint legislative committee on ! economy and consolidaiton, based i on findings of the efficiency engi ! neers, Griffenhagen and associates, j whose findings were made public ! Saturday. The report of the com j mittee will be submitted in book i form to the legislature, which con venes on Tuesday. Changes in the. control and methods of operation of many of the state departments and institu tions, reductions of salary in a few ! cases, new sources of state revenue, a reduction, of the state tax levy j and the creation of a few new de j partments are recommended by the com mit ec. The committee es j timatos that its recommendations j will save the state half its tax levy. Included in the committee's j recommendations are the follow | ing: I That the property tax be reduc ' ed to four mills, and that income, ! increased corporation, inheritance, gasoline, luxury and hydro-electric pwoor taxes be imposed. The removal of the adjutant gen i eral's office from the cap-itol to the j state armory on Assembly street. The abarfdonment of the Weekly ( Market Bulletin an.d the year book ! of the department of agriculture land the reduction of some salaries j connected with this department. The employment of one chief [ game warden for each congression al-^district, each with an autonio I bile. Discontinuance of the onginecr ! ing courses at the Citadel, and j combining these with Clemson's i engineering department, i 'Support of Clemson College by i direct appropriation and the addi ' tion of a post-graduate course at ; that institution. Changes in the office force of the j comptroller general's office. Enlargement of the railroad j.commission to seven members. ; with enlargement of the railroad I commission's powers, to include I the regulation of all common car I riers. both as to service and rates. Granting of citizenship to the Catawba Indians and payment of ; money only-, to the aged and dis abled. Discontinuance of support to the Confederate bona- college, in Char leston. : The establishment of a testing . laboratory for the state highway j department. The establishment of a law en i forceinent department, i The establishment of an office I in the Capitol for the board of par : dons and various examining boards, the board of law examiners, the board of medical examiners, and the like. The managi-m.cnt of the poniten , tiary transferred to the hoard of public welfare and the election of the superintendent by the beard, i Maintenance of tiie state house and grounds under direction of tile state electrician. ' *The reorganization of the_ state tax commission, with the chairman : a business man. one member of the ? commission a lawyer and the sec rotary a man ot accounting train ? Tai,', the machinery of the tax com mission to be enlarged. The discontinuance of the prac tice of furnishing homes for pro . lessors Of the University: the cre ation of the otlicc of director of physical education, to have charge of aU athletics at tin- University, j tiie director to be responsible to the ! president and tin- employment of j coaches to be discontinued; the abancl<i>nrn?*nt <>f the course in en gineering ai the'University; the . establishment in a few years of a graduate school at the University, and when the state can afford it a building program at the University to average $50.000 to $100.000 a } yea r. j Tbe enlargement of tiie work of t he boa rd of public u elfa re. hicreasu ot" salaries at Winthrop College. It is estimated by the committee ; that savings effected by these ami ' numerous other alterations in de | partments would save half mil lion dollars or more. The committee ,s.i\s that the stale hospital is one jo: the l>esi managed institutions of 1 he kind in tbe whole country. V'rihut? r: also paid to the manage ment of the choid tor I lie deaf and lilintl a id uUc or two other institu tions. Anderson. S. C. Jan. \Var r,ij eharging breach of trust with fi jadulenl itiT?-nI were issued beVe !?? I t.\ for .1. !.*. Vandiver and .1. I ! '?) ri whlee, former presidenl and , ., 11 i- i . respectively, oi the l-'a nn - .?is' and M i ich.i ill s' Hunk and the !-'.i o>''-i s' Loan and Trust Company wh'ch ate in tin- process of liqr datibn. IRISH PEACE TREATY AT LASTRATIFIED Dail Eireann Votes 64 to 57 to Accept Stat us of Free State Ire land in British Em pire Dublin, Jan. 8.?The peace treaty I has been ratified and prayers of ! thanksgiving went up from the ! people in all the churches today, I but Ireland continues to' face in t ternal disorganization, giving rise !to the greatest anxiety. The split in the Dail Eireann has ! boen heightened and intensified by i the vote on the treaty, and the fu ' ture was never more obscure. At ' different hours today the two fac j tions held conferences at the Man I sion House. The Dail will meet j again tomorrow in public session, f It has become apparent that Ea i mon De Valera's resignation as j president did not take an official j form, and the outstanding question j tonight is whether he wili make i effective his expressed intention to j resign, and if he does not what i will become of the Dail. Many j believe that opponents of the treaty i plan to keep the Sinn Fein parlia | ment in being while the support ? ers of the treaty endeavor to es I tablish a provisional government I and carry out the terms of the ? peace agreement. i Mr. De Valera's resignation ten \ dered to the Dail Eireann Friday ! was specific; he consented, how ; ever, to nostpone action thereon ; on condition that a vote on the j treaty should be taken within 48 hours. At the same time he ; plainly stated that he intended, ; "whatever happened," to retire to : private life. - ? i "When the vote was taken, the > resignation was not repeated, Mr. j De Valera merely alluding to it j when he arose and in a voice brok en with emotion begun to explain his personal position. But'ho had not got far when he sat down, un able to go on. Bater De Valera summoned a meeting for today, exclusively con fined to the fifty-seven deputies who voted against the treaty, and j : today at the Mansion House prior j ; to the private session of his asso | eiates, he delivered a speech which I was a clear indication of his in ten- I jtion to continue the fight, this time j apparently hot only against the j British government, but against the i provisional government of the Irish j Free State, which, he said, he re | garded as a usurpation, and to j-'which the chief objection is that Iii derives its authority from the' . British parliament. .May Debate Resignation There are manv tonight who are ! j . , . i of th<; opinion that the question of Mr. Do Valera's suspended resigna- ! j tion must be debated at tomorrow's j meetings of the Dail. The mcon , sisteneies in his declaration have : puzzled all commentators, but Art O'Brien, president of the Seli-De i termination League of Great Brit : a in. who although not a member of j Dail. has been privileged during* I the debate to sit among the mem i hers and who is in closest touch i and sympathy with De Valera in I formed the Associated Press today that his interpretation is that Mr. Dc Valera wili resign" presidency and retire to private life only when lu- has consolidated the Re i publican position. The task of the new provisional government, faced by a position from old Republican colleagues. will be extremely difficult. Some Of the deputies. including Miss ;*MacSwiney. have frankly declared {their intention to act from the out set as rebels against the provisional ; government Dublin. Jar. 7.?The treaty cre ; ating the Irish Free State was rati ! tied tonight by the Dail Eireann. I By a majority of seven votes, ?J4 to ."7. the Dail gave its approval to, the document :gned by its dele gates at Londoi . Coincidentally Eamon De Valera j ? announced ids resignation from the ?'presidency of the Irish Republic. I The news was received with the greatest enthusiasm, and the pa [ tient crowds, which had waited for : hours outside the University build : ing in anticipation of a decision, I burst into cheering, even before the official figures were announced. Ratification of the treaty came after a day of intense excitement j'and heated controversy. Although i the re:" '" was as had been expeet ' cd. the majority in favor of the agreement was greater than had ; 1 been counted on almost up lo the j i last minute. A tense. strained silence pre vailed while the vote was being taken, and a gasp of relief went up from the supporters of the treaty when the result was an nounced. A dramatic scene en sued when De Valera stood up and in broken voice, which vibrated) with emotion, declared that "the republic" must be carried on. Eventually he broke down so completely that he was unable to j proceed. Tin- Dai! Eireann. with one accord, applauded and cheered him. ? Tlie situation at the adjourn ment of the Dail appeared to re main chaotic. The Dail will meet on Monday and there is no dis position revealed by Be Valera and his followers to abandon 'he fac (Continued on page .'?) Louisville, Jan. *-Patrolman] William Blank was kidnapped by bootleggers, beaten over the head and thrown out of an automobile unconscious on a lonely road. The] policeman saw suitcases in the ma chine, and tin- occupants admitted j cmine whiskey. Instead of driving to the police station, they sped to the country. GERMANY INVITED TO CONFERENCE Allies Want Germans To Meet Supreme Council to Discuss Reparations Cannes, .Tan. T.?The allied su preme council this afternoon tele graphed a communication to Ber lin asking the German govern- j ment to send representatives to Paris with a view to their coming to Cannes for consultation with1 the council concerning German reparations. The proposal, made by Prime; Minister Lloyd George to invite' the German emissaries to come to; Paris and hold themselves in readi ness to proceed to Cannes was j adopted after Premier Briand ob jected to their coming directly to Cannes. The French premier con tended that it was necessary for the allies themselves to agree upon reparations program before the, Germans arrived. j The communication sent to the j German government read: "The supreme council will doubt-: ' less have need of your representa tives by the Sth and 15th of Jan j nary. You may save time by send ! ing them to Paris to await word j from the council." In introducing his -proposal Mr. Lloyd George declares that the ( presence of Gormna representatives] at the Spa .conference had proved ? most useful and had resulted in i j an agreement -which was carried | j out. ' j j The work of the council slowed \ : up tcalay when the thorny repara- J j tions question came up. Tester-' ; day's speedy decision on the calling j j of an international financial and j ? economic conference, with the par- | f icipation of Russia and Germany,; l and the progress made by the rep- \ ! afation experts this morning raised \ j the hope for a time that there might be. an early adjournment; j but later in the day it became ap- ! j parent that the council was not so ! j near an agreement as'were the *ox-; { perts. j By the experts it was maintain- j Jed today that there was an agree-! I ment in principle, but the members | j.of the council announced that fur-' ! ther deliberation was necessary, af I ter which the council would re- , j ceive the experts' report and make! I its decision. The experts, it is learned, have! j reached an agreement providing j [ for remission of cash payments by ; I Germany providing for the pay I ment of 500.000.000 gold .marks in I cash and 1.000.000.000 gold marks j i in kind each year over a period j j of years. j In the course of today's deliber ations Great Britain in exchange > : for abandonment of her 22 per j cent of the first two payments in' I 11*22 asked Belgium to renounce in. I part her priority claim so that; j France can share in those pay- j ments. demanding at the same time ! that France ratify the August! agreement whereby the first billion 1 gold marks now in the hands of the reparations commission would be [applied to the payment of Great! j Britain's and Belgium's occupation i expenses to the exclusion of Frafrice. j Mr. Lloyd George also resisted i all suggestions that action be taken, j to obtain stronger guarantees from Germany as asked by France, j such as a commission on the Ger j man debt, to control customs, j monopolies and tax receipts. I It was suggested in a meeting of j the experts, previous to decision to have the German representatives! come to Cannes that Germany be: asked to send a representative i here to confer ith the council re- I garding reparations payments be-j fore any action toward further j gtia ran tees was taken, j Blame Laid to Japan; _ j Charged With Delaying Con sideration of Shantung Washington, Jan. 8.?The Chi- ? j nese people will resist by every ; means at their disposal an attempt j i by the Japanese to open direct no- ; i gotiations with Peking on the; Shantung question, representatives of Chinese national and provincial-; organizations who are here as un official observers at-tiie Washing-; to:i conference declared in a for mal statement today. "Should the Anglo-American go?.d offices fail to bring an equi table solution, the statement said, ??the Shantuns: question should be brought before the conference, and should that fail, actions inde pendent of the conference should be taken by the Chinese delega tion to vindicate China's honor." The present deadlock, the state ment addi d. was "deliberately created by Japan for the purpose of causing delay and carrying on intrigues in Pelting.*' The action j and attitude <^f Japan, the Chinese representatives declared "have convinced us thai Japan has no in tent inn to quit Shantung." PROP AG A N DA AGAINST ARMS CONFERENCE Washington. Jan. 9. ? Propa gan against the arms conference that is reaching a majority of homes, especially those of foreign ers, is creating suspicion among some people, according to John Barrett, former pan-American un ion director. PRINCE OF WALES KILLS TIGER Bombay, Jan. 9.?The Prince of Wales shot his firs! tiger, measuring nine feet, six inches. FIGHT TO GO ON SAYS DEVALERA Former Sinn Fein Leader Holds Secret Meeting at Mansion 9 House ?Large Crowds Gather Dublin, Jan. 8.?I^arge crowds assembled ouisidc Mansion House today to witness the arrival of Eamon De Valera and his support- *. era in the Dail Eireann, who met for a consultation with regard to the future. All the well known leaders who spoke against the , treaty were enthusiastically cheer ed. Prior to the private meeting Mr. De Valera, in his drawing room and in the presence of the news paper men, received an illuminated address voted him by a convention representing 30,000 members of the Hibernian Catholic Benefit So cieties in Australia. The presenta tion was made by the Rev. Dr. O'Reilly, who said the feeling in Australia when he left that coun try was altogether Republican for Ireland and that he was certain * great disappointment would be felt if it had not been found possible to secure an untrammeled Irish re public. Mr. De Valera in'reply to Dr. O'Reilly said the fight in Ireland { had inspired the world.. The Irish self-determination league had been founded on the principle of free determination and not determina-., tion taken at the cannon's mouth. "Let no man say," said Mr; De Valera, "that the Irish people have self-determined themselves within the British empire as British sub jects.. The heart of the Irish peo ple is as Republican today as ever. The wonderful opportunity of se curing a lasting peace between two great countries, one of which has been the mother country of Australia and Canada, and, in a large part of the United States, has* been definitely lost once more by the triumph of British force 6ver reason and right. The heart of Ireland is-absolutely for complete independence." Mr. De Valera said he had work ed hard to get help from ?Te:/ source to find a solution of .tae problem to reconcile the two peo ples, consistent wuh the desire of the Irish people to maintain a dis tinct nationality and sovereign statehood. That had been turned down, ha. declared, and therefore the'fight was to go on. "The republic of Ireland," Mr. Do Valera declared, "still exists. Its sovereign Parliament still ex ists. The resolution recommend*, ing the approval of a certain treaty is not ratification of that - treaty and is not a loyal act. That will not be affected until the Irish peo ple have disestablished the repub lic which they set up by their own will. As far as human brains and hearts can achieve it, the self-de termination of the Jrish people will be forged, and by the men and wo- ' men of Ireland in this generation. They are not going to give up now." Mr. De Valera ard his supporters - then went into private session in the onk room of the Mansion House. Roddey Named As Receiver Lancaster, Jan. 7.?Judge Ernest . Moore today filed two decrees in the case of the Catawba Fertilizer Company, plaintiff, against the Lancaster Mercantile Company. * defendant,, and the petition of C. I). Jones, that he be allowed to in tervene and be made a party to said action. Judge Moore holds that Mr. Jones has no right to inter vene in the pending suit and that, he is hot a necessary party there to. He hDlds in his other decree that a receiver is'necessary because of the insolvency of the Lancaster Mercantile Company and appoint-* cd John T. Roddey. of Rock Hill, receiver, and Charles W. F. Spen cer, of Rock Hill, referee in the re ceivership. Until Mr. Roddey qual ities as receiver the Lancaster Mer cantile Company will be operated under the management of Leroy Springs and John T. Stevens. 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