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.ABIUM A. VOL. XLVI., No. 316 palladium, Kt 1831. Consolidated with Sun-Telegram. HOT. RICHMOND, IND., THURSDAY EVENING'. NOV. 17, 1921. SINGLE COPY, 3 CENTS ANGLO-JAPAN PACT HEART Of QUESTION ULSTER STANDS FIRM United Slates Proposes to Scrap These Five Types of Capital Ships That Cost $99,535,000

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GET DOWN TO WORK m FAR EAST SUBJECT Preliminary R e connoitering Gives Way to More Direct Negotiations Leaders Outline Respective Policies. points nWTechnical

!N HER ATTITUDE IN ANSWER TO BRITISH EULLETIN LIVERPOOL, Nov. 17. By an over whelming majority the Unionist party in session here today endorsed with

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First Out of. That Flows; Alliar. i Alliance Disposition. wninrn nv u p ni iu UlUtlJ hi II 1 rl Mil iwiUkU U l Ul ill ... . , , . ...... V AbHINGTON, Nov. 1 The heart of what is going on in the closed con ference on limitation of armaments lies in the Anglo-Japanese alliance, and that, in turn, lies in the question which of the two main subjects of the conference as a whole is to be decided first the question of armament or the far eastern question. The best way to clarity this situa - tion as it lies on the table in front or the delegates is to recall some in - cidents not generally known which t ame up auring tne weeks preceding

the conference. In the informal and j by Andrew Bonar Law would not oceonfidential negotiations which pre ! cur and that the government's polT; ceded the formal issuance of the imi-l would receive the calm endorsement of

tation to the conference there is some evidence that America's original thought was merely for a conference to discuss armament. When the British received this in-

formal suggestion they replied by say-j had planned to offer, deciding to preing that far eastern problems were , sent only the comparativ ely innocuous

closely connected with disarmament, and that they would like to have a preliminary conference, to be shared in by Japan, Great Britain, and the United States for the discussion of far eastern problems. Motive Misunderstood. At the time the motive of this suggestion was a little misunderstood, to the disadvantage of the British. It was thought that this was an effort on Great Britain's part to make agreements about the far east a prelimin ary condition to agreements about! armament. It was also thought that it would not seem courteous or proper to the other nations invited to the main conference to first hold a preliminary conference, participated in only by a few of the nations invited to the main one. For these reasons America rejected Great Britain's suggestion of a preliminary conference. At the time there was some danger of misunder-' standing of motives of the two nations. In point of fact, however, Great Britain's suggestion arose out of wholly accidental circumstances and 'did not have the meaning ascribed r to it. It happened that at thp time Great Britain received the invitation there was in London a meeting of the Horn inion premiers, including those from j Austral and N'pw Zealand Thp hitter gentlemen made the point that it would be inconvenient for them to attend a conference in November, and that they would like to have a preliminary conference in America, covering the question in which they were most interested namely, the far east at a time when they could attend it on heir way back to their homes. Urged Far East First That is nearly all there was. to the British suggestion. It ought to be said, however, that it has bee tinuously Great Britain's idea t

ai ron..-nt mirriiir.ii suimi-i iuiur!day afternoon while treating

msi. w urn mr iunuai riuia were : ijent at his office 19 issued, with armament first on the!stref.t ' libt of subjects, messages came out of! immr(iiatev followin

.reat rmrain expressing some disturbance. In fact, however, the putting of armament first on the list by America had no more meaning than the mere fact that In an alphabetical order "A" comes before "F". When the conference opened Saturday Secretary OUIJVtrtl BUII C I U ftL tB of this difference of approach, and said that, while the point was not very material, it seemed to hini most desirable to take up first the subject about which the peoples of the world are most disturbed. As the situation stands today, Amer ica is in the position of urging a set-i tlement of armament first. Out of Uie settlement on armament flows natur-i ally by implication tlif disposition of' the Anglo-Japanese alliance. t Automatically Eliminates j It is obvious that where a maximum limit, of armament is fixed for each nation that limit would not apply if any two nations within the agreement (Continued on Page Twelve) DANIEL B. MEDEARIS TRUSTEE OF CENTER TOWNSHIP, DIES HERE (Special t The Palla1ium 3V 17 s old trus - hA xvQ CENTERV1LLE, Ind., Nov Daniel B. Medearis, 73 years

largely responsible in securing itie Z , i consolidated schools for the township. ! , e nl" bl1 ', 39 passed the died Wednesday night, at the home of je' Pv,dp d fror a, m !u hi hmthr vronir Mitert -ini Tj0nJRurtax of 32 Percent, but the senate

dolph street, Richmon in Richmond visiting hi last Sunday. His death was u , by diabetes. Mr. Medearis had lived on a farm Hho.lt H,re r,,il.. rih r-ontorvlllo ! . ,, v v '- i pracucauy an ot nis lite, ana was c active member of the Olive Hill Meth odist Episcopal church. He is survived by two sons. John Medearis, living near Centerville. and Carl Medearis, residing on the old Medearis farm; two brothers, Frank, of Richmond, and Charles of near Dayton, Ohio: six sisters, Mrs. Lizzie Jackson, of Centerville, Mrs. Ella Russel and Mrs. Sarah Russel, both of Richmond, Mrs. Martha Cotton, of Indianapolis. Mrs. Gertrude Gunder, of Minneapolis, and Mrs. Manda Martindale, of Green's Fork. Funeral services will be conducted Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the Centerville Methodist church. Burial will be in Crown Hill cemeterv. Friends may call any time after Friday noon.

j now in progress between the British I gove:nment and the Irish represents!

'ves ,Bv -Associated Press) lon-don. Nov. n.-uister's reply the ,atest British 8Ternment com i ' munication on ?ne Question of an Irish I ; settlement was delivered at Downing;. street thi3 arternoon. It indicates' !shp la. taken and will t uhit anything considered a violation of her rights. Confidence among the British government's supporters that Prime Minister Lloyd George's atiitude toward Ulster in the Irish peace negotiations will be sustained in the national conference of the Unionist party increased as the meeting convened today in Liverpool. Some 1,800 delegates are 1 attending the conference. There was a growing feeling over (night that the sensational develop-; jments predicted in some quarters in-1 cludins a conservative neresKion Ip.1 tne convention by a great majority. Withdraw Resolutions. This feeling was supported by news that the Unionist "die hards" had withdrawn four of the five resolutions thev one to be moved by Col. John Gretton, member of parliament for Rutlandshire. This calls upon the conference to "record its condemnation of the long continued ascendancy of crime and rebellion in Ireland, and resolve that no settlement of the Irish question is acceptable which does not respect absolutely the position acquired by Ulster and provide every safeguard essential for imperial security and the protection of the Loyalists in the west and south of Ireland." To this an amendment wishing success to the peace negotiations will be moved by Sir Laming Wortbington-Evans, secre tary of war. At a meeting of Unionists of eleven Hivicino Di:.i i xi v., , iiuu.i ut iiiiiiijxiu in i.ivripuui last night a resolution expressing hearty approval of the government's enorts toward peace was adopted. ,h"T;?a -Ji""""" mestraig, H . J tVi iwv. . i.-ki i'i rriuiri , uas iniveu Hi liverpool to attend the conference. Premier Lloyd George will not go to Liverpool, having journeyed to Bourne mouth, a seaside resort, for a brief rest. He expects to receive tori a v :ht Ulster reply to the government's communication rejecting the Ulsterites" counter proposals which outlined the rms acceptable to them as a basis '"J pcoi-e. DR. GOLBURN CALLED BY DEATH THURSDAY; SUFFERED PARALYSIS

--- ; i-i. v. irtiriivc i. v ijiuuiu, o years 'o he j old, died at Crane's .S.mitarium Thurs-j hV',hTiday n,orninS at 4 o'clock. Death was , ' lnf (caused by paralysis, suffered Wednes-jPark

Dr. Clarence P. Colburn. 63 years a pa--the stroke ! !l.r. Colburn was taken to the. Crane ..uuniai mm nucir; iul ir HULIfr! 11JI HINI recovery was held j Dr. Colburn came to Richmond to! take up the practice of medicine wnuuri u, isso anu nau uvea in cniiiumi .-nnt- uiai unie. tie was a ffl-K il-.tn .M I i f ,1 : ... 1 ,1 Cincinnati, and was a member of the Wayne County Medical society. Funeral services will be held from the parlors of Pohlmeyer, Downing, Steaall and company, Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Burial will be in Karlham cemetery. Rev. J. J. Rae will officiate. PRESIDENT DECLARES SURTAX RATE OF 40 PER CENT AGREEABLE (By Associated Press WASHINGTON, Nov. 17. President Harding today informed Republican house conferees on the revenue bill that a maximum surtax rate of 40 percent would be agreeable to the administration. The president's views were exj pressed at a conference at the White i House with Chairman Fordney of the (house ways and means committee and ! Representative Longworth of Ohio, 'who "wi,h Mr- Frdney and Represen- ! tative Green of Iowa, make up the

d He' had been I Provided a maximum of 50 percent and L brotLr s'rce!autJirtuall' aunted to a deadlock

Arrangements were made at the con ference ior me president to send a , . xucy, .-ruins iorin nis views

Mr. Harding was represented as fa-On

voring the 32 percent maximum, but agreeable to the 40 percent compromise, in view of the legislative situation. Harding Talk Heard 10,000 Miles Away by Wireless NEW YORK, Nov. 17. A new world's record for long distance radio communication was made on Nov. S, according to the Radio Corporation of America, which announced today that President Harding's message, addressed to the nations of the world, was picked up in New Zealand, 10,000 miles away. The message was sent from the new radio center, on Rock Point, on Long Island.

Above, the Vermont. Cnter, the Connecticut (left) and the Missouri. Below, the Michigan (left) and the Virginia. WASHINGTON. Nov. 17 The 15 capital ships of the U. S. navy which under the Hughes plan it is proposed to scrap fall into five classes and originally cost f99.535.00i). They are all old and practically obsolete. Here is the list: Connecticut and Louisiana. These are sister ships, each of about 16.000 tons diplacpmpnt and were completed in 1906. The Louisiana was built by the Newport News Shipbuilding company, costing ?7,196,S46. The Connecticut which cost $7,360,709, was built in the Brooklyn navy yard. The Louisiana was used by President Roosevelt when he made a trip of inspection to the Panama canal in 1906. These were the first two of five 16,000-ton battle cruisers to be added to the new navy.

I k--,. , rvansas, Vermont, Minnesota New Hampshire. and Known as the "Kansas" class, these vessels, averaging in cost about $7, 1S0,000, were all built in private shipjaiua, auu mi completed in 1907 except thij New Hampshire, which was not finished until 19uS. . The four ships averaged from 18.5 to 18.9 knots an hour on their trial trips, the Ver.m .l n J 1I , . . . imont being a few points faster 'than I the others. The Ke- Ham Dshire nnri 25 PERSONS INJURED IN

SIX KILLED WHEN TRAIN HITS AUTQMOBiL

By Associated Prcss CHICAGO, Nov. 17. Twenty-five ; persons were injured, two of them; probably fatally, thus morning when ; two five-car elevated trains, loop-;

wuuu irora ine west !S'de, were wrecked in a , rear end collision at thf accor3 (Crawford avenue station on the OaK.fk'e of line. (The ct

bound from the West Side, wore Three steel coaches

Smith Vit-hth j , . , houth Lighthjished and several victims pinned .be-

meath thp nrfpl-nro n-i Crawford avenue iva3 loav1n ' V station when a- ... i-peruin live-car all-steel express fiV of the. fo and crashed r t heavv tl . car ahea,(1"1 !

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r : --j . - .uu.-iy mjuiru : were in tnese roaohes Thr v, . , - ..uufhTnina?:eDfr!n othei" cars wprH tnrown to the floor and showered j with broken glass. Many suffered : LUlJ i"u uiuisrs, out were aoiOjt Fi"cri-u on omer irains after rereiving first aid Pinned Under Wreckage

The more seriously injured were- re-jt,1P bridge and pped through t lie rails, moved by firemen to a nearby res-Wnen aid arrived all the passengers taurant where napkins were used for! we.re dead, the reports stated. emergency bandages while awaiting' Scaub it was said was at the wheel the arrival of physicians and am-iand P,iC9 expressed the belief that bulances. as he recently came to Johnstown he

Patrick McGuire. a guard on tho'11"1- "ave Peen unfamiliar wilh the

" - ' f t"i il u I UU lilt. first train, was pinned under the wreckage for more than an hour un-i til firemen obtained torches and cut i through the mass of twisted steel plates and beams. He mav die William Griffin, who was riding on the platform with McGuire, suffered! . and aIS0 may die- ! Officials of the elevated line said. on m.rMisdura, mat tne moluiumn or ine express iailed to see the first train because of the dense fog and mist. JOHNSTOWN, Pa., Nov. 17. Six persons were killed here early this GAAR WILLIAMS GOES TO CHICAGO TRIBUNE Gaar Williams, cartoonist for the Indianapolis News, severed his connection with that paper Thursday, and will be associated with the Chicago Tribune in a like Dec. 1. He was with the News for about 10 years and prior to that time was with the Chicago News. Mr. Williams was born in Richmond and is a eratunte nf the T?ichr.in high school. His mother resides here.1 Mr. Mlliams began his art career when he was in the high school here, and upon graduation attended an art school. He is rated as one of the leading cartoonists of the Unitetl States and many of his cartoons are reproduced in magazines that eive a review nf the month's happenings in the news! world and the manner in which car-! toonists depicted them. I resides his ability as a cartoonist, Mr. Williams has illustrated many stories that have appeared in current periodicals.

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Vermont took part in the taking of Vera Cruz in April, 1914. On the night of October 2. 1910, a liberty party returning to the New Hampshire, anchored in the Hudson 'river was swamped and twenty-nine men were drowned. New Jersey, Virginia, Georgia, Rhode Island and Nsbraska. All were built ia private shipbuild - mg plants, earn for about $6,500,000. ana were completed in 1906, except (Continued on Page Twelve.) CHICAGO I CRASH moi-ning when the automobile in which! they were riding crashed through the! guard rails of the Wood vale bridge spanning the Pennsylvania rai'road cu 8nd f. ,n thp fpa. . ,ft . . . . . thp Deputy coroner R. R. Yost. car overturned as it fell, pinning i oc:,svi5 ucuraui n, Kiumg some of them instantly Details of the accident were meagre ut an ""official list of the dead i nn. -. t ciuaea one woman ana five men: Alice Horner, John and Arthur McKinlev, brothers; Edward Bunk. John McOuire i residents of .lolinstow-n a... . uio tseyona control According to deputy cororer Yost's reports members of the party had been visiting at the home of Mrs Helen osciow near the place of the acciiciumtiis lu lllfir I homes when the automobile vet h. oent and were yond control on a curved approach to - ---. iiii oa'1 or mav nave been confused by the i - .ss . a heav" downpour of l"rougn winch he was driving. Weather Forecast MOORE'S LOCAL FORECAST Occasional rains this afternoon ard xonignt; r-riday unsettled and ccld: rain or snow. Unsettled and colder weather is in prospect for another 3G hours th O t rain will turn to snow either Friday ! or rnaay mgnt; temperatures will fall generally. The above forecast i made because of two slow moving storms. One is over the central states and the other is over the southwest. Much colder weather is probable before the week is over. For Indiana, by the United States Weather Eureau Probably rain tonight and Friday; colder. Temperatures for Yesterday. Maximum jjg Minimum .27 Today. N'oon 50 Veather Conditions General rains continue over the central states and snow over the north and middle plain staes ero weather has develoDed over the northwest and a cold wave is settling southward behind the storm. Decidedly warm weather for the season prevails from the central states southward. Paid Circulation Yesterday, was 11,689

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FIX STATUS OF ITALY AND FRANCE BEFORE FINAL ACTION, URGE (By Associated Press) LONDON, Nov. 17 Nothing must stand in the way of ratification of the American proposals for limitation of t the navies of the United States, Great i Britain and Japan, declares the Daily Telegraph todqfy an editorial on the Washington conference. The newspaper welcomes the reported decision that no understanding w-ill be finally approved until the naval status of France and Italy is settled, "providing this does not menace the agreement between the major navies. for nothing must interfere to prevent sealing of the great compact Secretary Hughes has outlined.The Daily Telegraph albo is con vinced that the world will approve the abolition of submarines, but doubts whether this is practicable, and further thinks that the conference cannot ignore the wishes of countries with small navies regarding under seacraft. Interest Sustained Coments on the various proposals at

the conference and reports of the pro-!of

ceeaings appear in all the morning newspapers, which manifest sustained interest in the progress reported. . The limes says it is encouraging to Japanese voices in Washington E"Kgest that Japan mav withdraw I from Shantung if Kiigland does like wise iu Wei-Hal-Wei. The newspaper thinks thp conference thus, far has done extraordinarily well, particularly in revealing how deep and intimate is the agreement belween the United Slates and Great Britain on the larger J principles which dominate both. . The Morning Post declares that the suggested modification of the details of the American proposals does not imply the slightest reflection upon the generosity or candor of those proposals. It supports as obviously sensible and business like Mr. Balfour' sugges tion that the replacement of warships - , . x.... De gradual and continuous instead of abruptly periodical, and while approv ing his proposal further to restrict the use of submarines doubts whether it will be observed in practice. Presents New Plan A plan to meet the submarine difficulty by extending the limit of territorial waters and proclaiming the waters outside an international sea is presented by the Daily Chronicle. Under this plan the powers would engage themselves to treat the use of submnrines :iP"nin:f morr-hnnt t-v, ; -. t ! t o --j. Mium ruija mi tnis international area as an at of war against themselves. The newspaper thinks that the United States might waive her traditional objection to foreign alliance in favor of a treatv embodying such a scheme. Last Surviving Captor of Jefferson Davis, Dies (By Associated Press) NEW YORK, Nov. 17. LieutenantColonel Charles T. Hudson, who claimed to be the last survivor of the detail of Union soldiers that captured Jefferson Davis, died today at his home in Brooklyn. Appointed a lieutenant colonel for the part he took in the capture of the Confederate leader, the veteran had kept as his most cherished memento a scrap of the woman's clothing, in which Davis wa3 attired when he was taken. Colonel Hudson was 83 and had been in the United States customs service since 1S97. CALL SECRET CONSISTORY (By Associated Press)

ROME. Nov. 17 The Observatore tributed by the authorities to agitaRomano, official organ of the Vatican, tion by followers of Mahatma Gandhi.

j announces that a secret consistory has j I been called to meet Nov. 21 for the I preconization of a number of bishop3 i and archbishops. f

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. I" W -V - -.v-V. t -SXV ".. M DENIES UNWARRANTED HANGING OF AMERICAN SOLDIERS IN FRANCE (By Associated Tress) OMAHA, Neb , Nov. 17. Charges of unwarranted hangings of American soldiers overseas recently made in the United States senate by Senator Watson, of Georgia, were denied here today bKCol. William C. Gilbert, who had cnarge of death, dismissal and penitentiary cases at A. E. P. head quarters at Chaumont, France "There is not one word of truth in the tales of these executions," Colonel Gilbert is quoted as saying. "If I remember rightly there were about 10 men executed in France." adding that the death nenaltv was nat infliffp I except for murder and criminal sault. "If these brutal hangings without trial had occurred," he said, "rumors of them would have reached our office even though we would have no official ! record of such things. Pershinq Probed Cases. "Not one man was executed for military offenses. There was no man more careful to see that a soldier was not executed except on proof positive his ?uilt tnan General Pershing. He took extreme care and personally wen over every case, turning down a great many of them." Colonel. Gilbert, now judge advocate of the -sixth army corps area, with headquarters at Vorl Sam Houston. Texas, is visiting in Omaha, enroute back to Texas after a trip to the wer.t coast. GREENVILLE REALTOR WILL ERECT HOUSES ON WEST SIDE TRACT .Preparatory to the erection of a number of houses on a west side tract, i petitions for the opening of two west j side streets, Sedgwick and Sixth sireecs irom tne Peacock Road to Richmond avenue, and other extensive alterations, will be presented to the bo3rd of works at its ' regular xneeting next Monday morning, according to plans under way in the office of the City Engineer, Dell B. Davis. The tract is about two blocks long ' and one and one-half blocks w ide. The requests will be presented by Edwin C. Wrisht. of Greenville, o" who recently purchased the tract lvint. Ktn-nn D;imn,i i "e ,ncvii iixt. uutuuu avcuut; dim the Peacock Road, and west of North west Fifth street. The tract is bound ed on the west by an alley which lies i ! east of Eighth street. Joseph Hill, Henry Tubesing, Ruth Williams, Margaret Foley and Daniel Peacock are the former owners of the ' ground purchased by Mr. Wright. A'l ! land lying within the limits named ! above, with the exception of the northeast corner, now occupied by the Tubesing and Aman residences, was (Continued on Page Eleven.) DISTURBANCES OCCUR AS PRINCE OF WALES PARADES IN BOMBAY (By Associated Press) BOMBAY, India, Nov. 17. Coincident with a procession escorting the prince of Wales through the city of Bombay today, serious disturbances occurred in the native quarters, atthe Hindu non-co-operationist leader resulting in a number of casualties. The procession itself was not marred by any untoward incident.

BULLETIN WASHINGTON, Nov. 17. Admiral Barno Kato, on behalf of the Japanese delegation to the Washington conference, today asked for and received from the heads of the delegations of the nine participating powers a delay of several days to allow examination of the Far Eastern proposals submitted yesterday by China.

(By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Nov. 17. Preliminary recounoitering gave way to more direct negotiations today in the endeavors of the armament conference to find a solution of the problems of the Far East. Sitting as a special committee on the Far Eastern situation, the heads of the nine delegations went into conference to outline the respective policies by which each will be guided, and to work out a plan of procedure that will give each of these policies a fair show. The 10 points presented yesterdav by China, with the general backing of the United States, formed the basi3 of today's exchanges, which were designed to develop step by step the exact attitude of the nine delegations. Draw Out Opinions No one expected this process to go very far at today's meeting, although the discussion of a program was considered certain to draw out the opinions of the powers, as to the relative importance of the topics before them. The opinion of the American delegation, which appeared to have considerable report among the representatives of the other powers, was that the Far East complicated by the sub-committees. to deal with special subjects. The American delegates take the position that the far eastern questions are not technical subjects, requiring the prolonged scrutiny of experts. They would be glad to see the Big Nine, or the full conference, go directly to work without parcelling out branches of the task to any more subcommittees than are absolutely essential. Secretary Hughes today called a meeting of the American delegates for 2:30 o'clock. The : meeting was not announced but it was i uiiuersiooa to tie for discussion of the plans of delegation heads for dealing vwiu r acme ana far eastern questions. Savings Involved. Savings in next, year's appropriation bill should the American naval reduction proposals be adopted, were estimated roughly today by congressional leaders, and committee experts afrom 5200.000.000 to $250,000.000. ' "We should be able to bring out a bill carrying around $150,000,000," said Representative Patrick H. Kelley. Republican, Michigan, who will have charge of the naval budget in the house. He estimated that the naw personnel might be cut from Kk5.0"M) to 50,000 men. M'CRAY IS SILENT ON SPECIAL STATE LEGISLATIVE SESSION (By Associated Press) INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 17. Governor McCray who is in Washington for a series of conferences with federal officials, has not advised his office of the likelihood of calling a special session cf the state legislature it was said today by Miss Adah Bush, the governor's secretary. The call of a special session was regarded here ardepending on the action of congress in passing the congressional reappor tionment bill, at which time new lesislation also would be submitted for the removal of the Jeffersonville reformatory which has been sold to Col gate and company. Among the conferences held by the governor yesterday was one with officers of the Colgate company who were said to have urged an early delivery of the reformatory property, which probably would result, in a special session. Since the sale of the reformatory. Governor McCray had insisted that no special session would be called to expedite delivery of the property, but said that enactment of the congressional reapportionment bill might compel a special session to redistrict the state before the next congressional elections. BARRIE WILL RESIGN IF ULSTER WEAKENED (By Associated Press) BELFAST, Nov. 17 A report circulated here early today that Hugh T. Barrie, head of the department of agriculture and technical education in Ireland, has resigned, was explained later by the statement that while he had not actually resigned he had written to Sir Hamar Greenwood, secretary for Ireland, to the effect that th government's proposals to Ulster were unthinkable. It was Eaid that in his letter Mr. Barrie had stated that he desired to do nothing precipitate, but intimated that he could not remain a member of the government if Ulster's position were in any degree weakened by the government's latest proposal.