Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 46, Number 339, 16 December 1921 — Page 1

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AUTHORITY TO SETTLE DEBTS IS NECESSARY Administration Contends Obligations Due Us by Europe Should be Changed from Unsatisfactory Notes. HINDERS WORLD TRADE

Helen Keller "Hears" Strains of Master's Violin Through Fingers

ALLIED REPLY TO GERMANY SENTTONIGHT Special Couriers Will Carry Answer of Reparations Committee to Note Announcing Inability to Pay.

Makes Rail Record SAY FRENCH PLAN UPSETS NAVAL RATIO

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By M.UIH StMJVAV

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 it is notj so much the amount as the present unsatisfactory status of the ten billion dollars of principal and additif al billion and a half of accrued interest whtrh Bnvoral mnoo n ifnvprnmpnts owe to the United States that gives deep concern to business men, to econ-1 omlsts, and to those officials of the I American government whose duties j require them to give thought to the country's business conditions. The present status of these debts is j that of overdue notes. So long as i they remain in this shape they interfere with the ability of the debtor nations to borrow money and in other ways prevent those nations from balancing their budgets, from putting their affairs into business-like shape, and from becoming buyers and consumers of our goods. Some time ago one of the most solvent and dependable of these govern ments asked some American bankers i

for a loan of ten million dollars with sioner of pensions shows 34,678 Indlwhich to buy American goods. The ana pensioners, who receive annually

uaoKer a repiy was mat u tney snouia ; put ten million dollars to tne credit ;

nf this European government it would numbering 59,960. Pennsylvania is be entirely open to the government j second with 53,723. New York is third of the United States to send the Wjth 4S.500, and Illinois is fourth with sheriff into the bank the next day and 39,977.. In proportion to its populamake an attachment on the entire tion, Indiana has the largest number amount on account of the debt overdue j 0f pensioners. to our government. There are 566,053 pensioners on the Illustrates Contention rolls of the pension bureau, who reOf course our government would not j ceived during the past fiscal year be likely to do anything so unreason-! vear $258,715,842.54. Disabled veter-

able, but the episode illustrates the ; contention of President Harding, Sec retary of the Treasury Mellon, and others, that these debts owed ua by Kuropean governments should not con tinue to run along indefinitely In -the very unsatisfactory shape of merely overdue notes. Any business man with the faintest! experience will realize this point. It la the desire of the administration to refund these debts, which means to get the debtors to sign new notes payable at future dates, and to begin the payment of interest regularly. While this last sentence expresses the purpose of the administration in the broadest and simplest form, it is! true that the actual working out of it 1 would involve many complexities of policy and practice. These 'complica-! tions are governed by the differing de-i grees or solvency of the debtor nations. These differing degrees of collectibility of principal and interest are a fact which every official and every business man recognizes. Ultimately, the American public must recognize it also. Some Could Pay Interest Some of our debtor nationi could pay the three years accumulation of! past due interest immediately, and some could not. Some of them could j i-Hr. i, c lnieresi at once, some couia negm to pay 3 or 2 or 1 per cent at once; some could not pay any interest now, but might ultimately pay both principal i

and interest if given a very consider- i RUey voem and relating amusing inable extension of time. At least one of! cdeats connected with the poet's caour debtors, Russia, is in such a con-1 ieer- Incidentally Judge Hough redltion that we cannot for the present; lated a new Riley "stor'- IitJ stated do anything at all ' ,nat in his 3'outh Riley was a signIn some of the cases a private busi-! Pinter, and one day while driving

ness man, finding himself in the posi-! tion in which our envernmpnt is i would iinHm,htt.Hiv mu a .r,-, r,. ! mise and scale down the debt. Now it is just for the authority to make these adjustments in teir discretion that President Harding and Secretary Mellon have asked congress to pass a bill. Congress Reluctant Congress is reluctant to do this. The request was made six months ago and the measure still hangs Are. In iustice to congress it should be said that! its reluctance reflects the state of 1 mind of its constituents. I am told that of the letters that come to Washington from voters on this subject, fully nine out of ten say in effect, 'make them pay in full and on the dot." How utterly impossible that is, and how undesirable it would be if it were possible, is a thing lhe average voter does not understand.

If the average voter were told, as Ibut the puard also was ignorant of have been to Id. the following story, he i Knglish. Finally Mr. Goodrich tapped would probably think there would be j hiinself on his chest and said -Anier-something radically wrong about i lcanskv." It. was a magic word. The cither the intelligence or the integrity . guard 'smid broadly and hurried to at the American official concerned. Mr r.nnArirh'a enmnartmem shout lne

An official of one of our debtor nalions, either in earnest or as a bluff. said to an American official: "Very well, we'll pay you the entire sum at nce and send the amount over here in gold." It was, as a famous comedian used to say, "a good safe offer." The American official replied: "For heaven's ake. don't." Just why it might be undesirable for America to receive several hundred million dollars in gold is a matter involving such understanding of economics and fin - Hnce. and one of the effects on our in:ernationai and domestic trade, that no ordinary voter can be expected to comprehend it. Some Urge Cancellation. There pre some competent persons whose sincere judgment is that the best thing to do. in the interest of ourselves and the rest of the world, would be a wholesale cancellation of debts especially if this cancellation was made, contingent on the debtors taking certain steps as regards the re lation to us and to each other. ' This article does not aim to do more than state the barest high spots of the situation. Further than what is stated here, there are p-ychologicu! (actors involved as regards our relations with other governments, such :is can be handled satisfactorily only

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Helen Keller holding her finger tips on Jascha Heifetz's violin as he plays. Helen Keller, deaf and blind marvel, now boasts of the distinction of having had a concert staged for her individual benefit. During the recent visit in Denver of Jascha Heifetz. celebrated violinist, he was introduced to

Miss Keller. He offered to play lor ner. "read" the notes he played. INDIANA RANKS FIFTH IN NUMBER OF WAR PENSIONERS, REPORT PAM.ADIl'M XEWS BtHEAV WASHINGTON. Dec. 16. Indiana

ranks fifth among the states in the'Torreta

number of war pensioners, exclusive of the disabled veterans of the World The annual reoort of the conimis $15,849,926.86 More pensioners reside in Ohio than anv other state. ans of the World war receive their compensation from the United State Veterans' bureau. The pension bureau also pays the annuities of the retired civil service employes of the federal government who numbered 6,471 at the close of the last fiscal year. Of that number 178 reside in Indiana. Asks Russian Aid Indiana members of congress are in receipt of telegrams from John G. Brown, president of the Indiana Federation of Farmers' Associations, urging that the Russian relief bill be amended to provide for the purchase of 20.000,000 bushels of American wheat to be sent to Kussia instead oi lO.OuO.OOO bushels, the amount carried in the hill, Mikesell Nominated. l ne president nas sent iu me am ate for confirmation tUe nomination of Harry F. Mikesell as postmaster at New Madison, O., in place of Maud Walker, whose commission expired Dec. 20, 1920. Tells Riley Stories When Judge Will A. Hough of Greenfield, Ind., was entertained at a Washington hotel one evening thi week, his host took occasion to announce that the judge had been a boyhood - i . i i i i - r 1 i . it.. "eu" m lut Lulu,cu """B,CI K 1? late James Whiteomb Riley. Immeditely a number of members of con gress residing at the hotel led the judge to a reception room and he was kept busy until a late hour reciting past me nome oi a very religious oiu farmer he noticed a sign painted crudely on a barn side which read "What shall we do to be saved?" Unable to resist the temptation Riley alighted from his wagon and painted below the sign, "Use liver pills." Goodrich Kept Busy James P. Goodrich, of Winchester, Ind., former governor of Indiana, has hern kept busy since his arrival in Washington from an extended trip through Kussia relating his experi ences in that famine-ridden country Mr. Goodrich states that the formed a real attachment for the Russia peo ple, and, he says, the Kussian peas ant has a genuine affection for Americans. He illustrated this with an experience he had. He had purchased a compartment in a railroad coach but when he entered it he found it was i filled with Russians. Hh asked them i to leave, but none could understand i English. He then appealed to a raili t0 hose who were occupying it that it was reserved for an American. The compartment was vacated instantly High School Students To Help Aid City's Poor Students of high school are being urged to donate as much as possible toward the benefit Christmas collections which will consist of clothing. ' toys, food and other things which will serve to bring joy into tne nearts oi the poor of the city on Christmas day. Plans for the extensive decoration of the building with evergreen and other Christmas decorations, will be well under way by the first of next week. Miss Blanche Wait will have charge of the interior decorating of the building. Boys have been designated to go out into the country and bring in green material for the occasion. Hold William Driscoll, Fountain City, in Soil William Driscoll of Fountain City, was arrested by Sheriff Wadman Thursday evening and brought to Richmond to the county jail. He is being held on a charge of assault and battery.

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Italy Willing to Resume Relations With Russia If Conditions Are Met ( Bv Associated Press) ROME, Dec. 16. Italy has no objection to resuming re ations w'.th Russia through the present soviet government under certain conditions, Premier Bonomi and Fore gn Min ster told the foreign affairs committee of parliament yesterday.. These conditions however must: guarantee Italy's interests. The government reserved full liberty of action as to the method of opening negotiations. The committee signified its approval of the government's attitude. 540 PER CENT BOOST ON PLATE GLASS IN WAR TIMES, IS CLAIM (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Oec. 16 Protest ing against the Fordney tariff bill rates on plate glass, Charles Sligh. a furniture manufacturer of Grand Rapids, Mich., told the senate finance corumittee today that '"during the carnival of high prices in 1921 the glass manufacturer, and the manufacturers who polished bevelled and silvered mirrors advanced prices to a point 540 per cent above the prices prevailing in 1915. The colossal profits acquired from these enormous advances , have come from the pockets of the consumer," said the witness. "For instance, a mirror 24 by 30, silver, of first quality, which sold in 1915 for from $2.40 to $2.60. was advanced to $12.72. By the time the manufacturers, jobbers and retailers had handled tne glass ana made their legitimate profits, it cost The consumer from $22 and $23 and was the largest single item entering into the high price that prevailed at that time on furniture." BYNG TO AUTHORIZE FORMATION OF NEW CABINET IN CANADA (By Associated Press) OTTAWA, Dec. 16 Resignation of Premier Meighen whose administration met with decisive defeat in the Canadian general election held Dec. 6, will be tendered to Earl Byng.of Vimy, governor general early next week. Immediately afterwards the governor general will call on W. L. Mackenzie King Liberal leader to form a new government. Members of the Meighen cabinet, nine of whom failed of election hurried, to the capitol afte- the balloting. Meetings are being held daily for the purpose of cleaning up the work of the old government preparatory to abdication. Premier-elect King is also hard at work, choosing from his followers ma terial for the next cabinet. It is announced that Premier Meighen's res ignations has bn held back to give t -: . : ' a. , i. . , . : air. rvius iiuie iu uuttve uis seircuuus. The task of forming a cabinet is a delicate one involving observance of numerous traditions. The various provinces must be given adequate rep resentation; while each cabinet is expected to have a representative of the English speaking protestant minority in Quebec, and the Catholic minority in Ontario. Premier Meighen, although defeated in his home constitutuency, Portage LaPrairie, Manitoba, will be the leader of his party in parliament. TWO FRENCH VESSELS CARRYING MUNITIONS CAPTURED BY SPAIN (By Associated Press) MADRID, Dec. 16. The Spanish gunboat, Bonifaz, has captured two French sailing vessels, which were conveying consignments of arms and munitions to the Morroccan insurgents and sunk another vessel engaged in the same occupation, it was announced in an official report received here today. . Rocky Mountain Storm

Is Bringing Cold rraUeihind the storm center. A cold wave

Weatherman Moore predicts the coming of Old Man Winter in the form of snow squalls,, stormy, rainy weather and generally inclement weather within the next 36 hours. Quoting

Mr. Moore: I "Rain, wild stormy weather, cold and J snow squalls are all in the weather i program for the next 36 hour period i due to a Rocky mountain storm mov-j ing eastward and drawing a cold wave I down from Medicine Hat, Canada." I

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CUBANS TO PROTEST FGRDNEV TARIFF BILL BY DEMONSTRATION (By Associated Press) HAVANA, Dec. 16. A public demonstration against the Fordney tariff bill scheduled to be held here Sunday has been approved by President Zayas, who will review the demonstrators from the balcony of the presidential palace. He has sent a letter to the committee In charge declaring he is encouraged by the knowledge that he is "sustained and aided by an entire people" and that the government of the United States undoubtedly will feel a greater necessity for action on viewing "the spectacle of a nation which, united in just aspirations, manifests them in an orderly manner and in the exercise of its right." Places of amusement will be closed Sunday until 7 p. m. and precautions are being taken to prevent any incidents which would give the parade an an-;t American aspect. After the parade resolutions will be presented to Major General E. H. Crowder with the request that they be sent to Washington. THRONE IS OFFERED JEROME BONAPARTE, AMERICAN "CITIZEN (By Associated Press) NEW YORK, Dec. 16 J. Chekrevi, . . -tv, T v. poleon Bonaparte, of New York, and American member of the Bonaparte family, regarding an invitation to him to ascend the throne of Albania, vacant since William of Wied fled to Switzerland at the beginning of the World war, the New York : Evening Mail said today it had been informed. The newspaper, which stated it had obtained its information from apparently reliable sources, said it had been told that a number of conferences had taken place between M. Chekrevi and Mr. Bonaparte recently in both New York and Washington, although Mr. Bonapart, had denied that the crown had been offered him or that he had conferred vuh Albania representatives on the subjectFIVE PERSONS HURT WHEN BIG FOUR TRAIN IS DERAILED IN OHIO (Bv Associated Press) NORWALK, O.. Dec. 16 Five persons were injured when a northbound Big Four Passenger train was wrecked at a derail at Shelby, O., at 6 o'clock this morning, according to information received at the Big Four offices here. Three coachs over- - . i , lUulcll. One of the cars fell from a bridge into a branch fork of the Mohican river. All of the injured were taken to hospitals at Galion. Weather Forecast MOORE'S COUNTY FORECAST Rain and warmer tonight; Saturday, rain followed by snow, and much colder. A Rocky mountain storm is moving eastward and as a result warmer weather will prevail tonieht throughout the cential states with occasional rains and strong south winds and be followed Saturday by a cold spell with tain changing to snow and brisk and strong west and northwest winds. For Indiana, by the United States Weather Bureau Rain tonight; warmer in east portion; rain probably turning to snow and much colder; strong south winds shitting to west and northwest winds. ( temperatures tor yesterday. Maximum 4 Minimum 27 Today. Noon 4S Weather Conditions The weather is rapidly becoming unsettled over the Great Central valleys and rains are in progress over a considerable area a rf ennnr avai V a thi riam a f V is luuvuig soutueasiwaru, via. muiciue Hat, Canada. Paid Circulation Yesterday, was 11,684

DEBTOR'S NOTE BRIEF

(By Associated Press) PARIS, Dec. 16. The reply of the allied reparations committee to the note of the German governor announc ing its inability to pay the next two reparations installments, will be forwarded to Berlin tonight by special courier. The allied commission, meeting today to consider the German no. ice of inability to pay the next two installments in lull and requesting extension of time, virtually agreed that the com mission itself should take definite action on the request instead of referring the question to the allied governments.. Dr. Mayer, the German ambassador,

delivered to Premier Briand today ajcial train on which Marshal Foch

copy of the German reparations note. The German embassy announced that Dr. Mayer's visit was limited to this errand and that there was no truth in the report that he had presented a formal demand for delay in the payments or for a moratorium. German Note Brief. Customs receipts and revenues from other sources which Germany has intended to use in making the payments had netted only from 150,000,000 to 1200,000,000 gold marks, the note con tinued. The length of the delay re quested was not mentioned, but no request was made for a moratorium. Although the note cannot be described as curt, it is regarded in reparations circles as remarkable for its lack of details or expression of regret over its failure to live up to the agreement. For these and other reasons, the note has , made an unfavorable impression in French circles, where what is termed the apparent effort of Germany to place responsibility for her unsuccessful loan negotiations on the shoulders of British financiers is the subject of much comment. Papers Bitter "Will the Ruhr be occupied this time?" "Germany cannot pay, but her industry pays 80 per cent divi dends." These are some of the cap tions m the morning newspapers straws that show which way the wind of opinion blows. The note surprises none of the observers, but strengthens the feeling on the part of the majority of them that moderation is useless with Germany, the "big stick" being the only policy understood by her in their opinion. COLLIERIES CLOSING BECAUSE HARD COAL DEMAND FALLING OFF (By Associated Press) SCRANTON, Pa., Dec. 16. Nearly 50,000 workers in the Northern Anthra cite region will be made idle within a few days unless there is an improvement in the demand for hard coal. Approximately 15 000 are already out of wo-k for this reason and companies employing more than 25,000 men and boys have announced they also will suspend operations unless an unexpected demand for coal appears. A number of mines are working on part-time. Eight collieries of the Lehigh Valley coal company are closed because of a strike, about 8,000 men being affected. The unusually light demand for coal was said to be due chiefly to the mild weather that has prevailed. DELINQUENT TAXES TOTAL $33,171.85 Delinquent taxes In Wayne county total $S3,171.85 according to the showing of the December settlement sheet just made up in the county auditor and county treasurer's offices. County Auditor Brooks is making an effort to have the sheet approved in time to furnish trustees with funds to j pay teachers before the holidays. BeIfore taxes collected in the last half i of 1921 can become available for the use of township trustees, the tax sheet must be approved by the office of the state auditor. Landis Has To Sit Down When Col. Ham Tells One (By Associated Press) NEW YORK, Dec. 16. Two whiteheaded men, among the best known persons on the continent, engaged in a story telling contest yesterday about their ages during the meeting of the major league baseball clans. Said Judge K. M. Landis, baseball's supreme court: "I am 55 years old, but my doctors, after an exhaustive examination have told me. that I have the physical makeup of a boy of 34. "But listen, commanded Col. George Ham, of Montreal, official of the Candian Pacific railroad. "Listen! I am 75 years old. I have had more doctoring than any other man on the continent; at least I have had more doctors than any man I know. And they tell me that I am 120 years old. Who are your physicians anyway?" Then Judge Landis sat down. Oakley Case Hearing Will Be Held Dec. 20 Hearing on the case of Ralph Oakley, convicted highwavman, will be held Dec. 20, in accordance with the decision of the principals in the case. i who held a conference Thursday.

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V VsXl. -v SlUAs vtV J - a C. E. McCullough. A record in railroading that will stand for some time was made by C. E. McCullough, Baltimore, division passenger agent for the Pennsylvania railroad who had charge of the spetoured the United States as guest of the American Legion. The trip ended at New York Dec. 14. when the allied generalissimo sailed for France. Under McCullough's direction the train moved 16,000 miles on the fastest schedule ever maintained by a pas- j senger train, and without an accident and without ever having been behind time. The train not only smashed speed records but also established a new mileage for passenger trains, having carried the Foch-Legion party into thirty-two states and into Canada. McCullough moved air service troops and equipment to France dur ing the war. Before the war he con ducted special trains for Presidents Roosevelt, Taft and Wilson, the king of Belgium and the Prince of Wales. He is a member of Charles Gamble Baird post of the Legion, New York city. FRIENDS OF ELSTON MYSTIFIED BY WORD SOLON KILLED SELF (By Associated Press) SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 16 Friends of Congressman Elston here and at his home in Berkeley, across San Francisco Bay, expressed themselves as mystified today by reports from Washington Indicating he had taken his life. Mr. Elston occupied a prominent place in the community and his career both as an attorney and as a member of congress was regarded as successful. He was serving his fourth term in congress. Mr. Elston had been active in California politics for some time. He was one of the original members of the Lincoln Republican league, which was credited with effecting the election of Hiram Johnson, now senior senator from California, as ! Governor. He was married in 1911 to! Tallulah LeConte, daughter of the first president of the University of California. Three children were born to them, the youngest only two weeks ago. Associates here agreed that Mr. Elston was disappointed keenly over failure of legislative plans which would have placed a proposed Pacific naval base at Alameda, in his home district. His business and financial affairs were in excellent shape, according to Frank L. Naylor, president of a Berkeley bank of which Elston was a director. WASHINGTON, Dec. 16. The house adjourned ' today until tomorrow out of respect to Representative John A. Elston. California, whose body was found last night in the Potomac river. Immediately after convening the house adopted resolutions of regret and authorized selection of a committee of 18 members to accompany the body to California, should burial be made there. Funeral arrangements were being. held in abeyance today, pending instructions from members of Mr. Elston's family. FOCH THANKS LEGION IN RADIO MESSAGE (By Associated Press) INDIANAPOLIS. De. 16 Marshal Foch. who I-i homeward bound for France aboard the steamship Paris, sent the following wireless message to the national headquarters of the American Legion here today: "In drawing away from the American continent I do not forget the faithful friends whom 1 leave and especially the comrades of the American Legion, whose attentive care and unforgetable devotion have made my voyage so easy and agi eable. I desire to assure them once more of my attachment and to send them my thanks.' CITY PAYS BANKS DEBTS OF $15,000 Temporary loans made to the city by Richmond banks, amounting to $15,000 have been paid off this week, according to the , statement of Baltz Bescher, city controller. The loans were made for a three months period and carried a six per cent interest rate. Three banks loaned the city $3,000 each, one loaned $4,000 and one loaned $2,000.

British Declare Proposal Suggests so Great an Increase that Whole Agreement Would Be Changed. TO URGE "SUBS BANNED

r BULLETIN WASHINGTON, Dec. 16. Arthur T. Balfour gave notice today that Great Britain would propose to the arms conference the total abolition of submarines. (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Dec. 16. The ' French delegation has presented a proposal for so great an increase in the strength of the French navy that the British declare such a program, if carried out, would upset the whole plan for a 5-5-3 naval reduction. Although not yet entirely revealed, the British understanding Is that the French plan provides the construction of ten 35, ton super-dreadnaughts in the 10 years subsequent to 1923. These vessels, of a type similar to the American battleship Maryland, would give France a capital ship tonnage of 350,000 aa against 315,000 for Japan, and a preponderance of new "post-jutland" type craft over all nations. Italy to Follow Italy, although indicating disapproval of such a building program, is said to have told the arms conference that if France constructs 10 such ships she must carry out a similar building program. The combined French and Italian fleets thus would be some 200,000 tons stronger than the British or American allottments under the revised figures agreed upon yesterday by the big three. In the agreement on the 5-5-3 ratio, as formally announced by the committee late yesterday, the United States and Great Britain acceded to Japan's desire to retain the Mutsu with proportionate changes In the American and British fleets. Under these changes the United States will retain the nearly completed battleships, Colorado and Washington in place of the North Dakoto and the Delaware, while Great Britain will build two ships and scray four older ones when these are completed. Ratio Maintained The increases in tonnage resulting for all three powers adhere to the or iginal ratio of the HugTies proposal The agreement was reported on the basis of a status quo understanding as to the fortification of the Pacitio islands. With the far eastern committee ol the whole still in adjournment, negotiations on that side of the program were confined today to the conference between the Japanese and Chinese delgates on Shantung. The question of financial settlement for restoration of the Kiachow railroad to Chinese government remained unsettled when the two delegates resumed negotiations. BOTH BRITISH HOUSES RATIFY NEW TREATY PatATING IRISH STATE (By Associated Press) LONDON, Dec. 16. Both houses of the British parliament ratified the treaty creating the Irish free state by overwhelming majorities this afternoon after final argument in favor of ratification, presented in the house of commons by Austen Chamberlain, th government leader, and in the hous of lords by Chancellor Birkenhead. Both houses voted emphatic rejection of the Unionist amendments to th king's address from the throne. -If these amendments had been adopted it would have had the effect of killing the treaty. Members of the imperial parliament and of the Dail Eireann at Dublin gathered again today for discontinued j discussion of the Irish peace treaty, i There was slieht hone that a decision jwoud be reached today by the Dail, j which again met in secret and it wa j thought that the public session al which the vote would be taken would not be held until tomorrow, and po.s. sibly might be deferred until ne?.l week. Vote Expected Today. A vote of ratification was expected today in both houses of the imperial parliament, but that body the govern; ment had announced would not be pro? i rogued until the Dail's decision wai received. While nowhere was there the lcar.L doubt that the treaty would be ratified by a large majority at. Westminster, anxiety was expressed here as to its ultimate fate in Dublin where prolongation of the Dail's secret sessions was regarded as an undesirable symptom. DUBLIN, Dec. 16. The crowd greeting the members of the dail eireaua at the entrance of University colleg t was much thinner today than on thi two previous days of its consideration of the Irish peace treaty. The private sessions of the dail, it is declared in some1 quarters, hav3 been devoted largely to an attempt to oiscover some method whereby it can accept the treaty and at the same time, not register a defeat for Eatnon De Yalera and his followers. The principal difficulty in the way is said tw be De Valera himself. The dail cannot accept or reject the treaty but cannot make a fresh one without renewed negotiations, yet parts of. the debate in secret session are said to have been concerned with the details as to how the delegates might have secured let ter terms.

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