Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 92, Number 24, 28 January 1922 — Page 1

MOM) 13 I H r VOL. XCII., No. 24 rs;iad!um. Fst. 1 S 31. Consolidated With Sun-Telegram. 1907. RICHMOND, IND., SATURDAY EVENING, JAN. 28, 1922. SINGLE COPY, 3 CENTS

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FRENCH PIQUE MAY EXPLAIN DEMOTIONS Trivial Incidents Hurt Feelings of Delegates France Dislikes Being Classed as Inferior Naval Power. FEELING 'HASCHANGED

Alone WSTORr.1 ' Secret Room in Which Cardinals Will Gist Ballots for Pope SHANK STIRS UP PROTEST OVER MERGER

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Tly MtHK SII.I.IVAV WASHINGTON, Jan. 28. The attitude of the present French government, toward Germany, toward the coming Genoa conference, toward our own Washington conference and toward the world generally, is so full of

" i complications fn which America cannot avoid being involved, that it is important to consider the subject. The state of feeling which arose about the French, and the part of the French here at the conference, seemed to be divided about equally between trivial incidents and matters of real national importance. A pood deal of what happened seemed to be of the nature of what would be called, in intercourse between individuals, merely social slights. This sort of thing began n the day of the opening session of the conference. When Briand came into the room and sought his seat, he found it not at the top side of the table, but .Hist around the corner to the right. All the seats at, the top side of the table -were occupied, by the American and British delegates. We thought vv observed something less' than gratification on the dark and heavy features of the P'rench premier as he noticed this. Seats Shifted. Also we observed that three days later, at the second session, and at all ihe subsequent sessions there- had a new shuffling of seats. One of the British delegates, Ceddes, had been pushed around the corner to the left in order to make a seat at the top fable for the head cf the French delegation. At that, same opening session, after President Harding had delivered his speech, Mr.' Hughes remarked that in f.s much as copies of the president's speech already printed, both in English as well as in. French, had been distributed on the tables in front of j ihe delegates, he presumed it would not bo necessary to have the trans latnr repeat the speech in French. Having completed this explanation. Mr. Hughes turned to Briand and nsked: "Will that be all right, Mr. Briand?" The interpreter repeated in French what Mr. Hughes had said, and when Briand took it in, he replied, with a manner of grudginess, which apparently, he did not. care wholly to con eal, that in as much as the printed translations already had been distributed, and in as much as it was desirable to save time, he would not ' insist on a translation in French on 'his occasion. Never Waived Again. But we observed that Hughes never again, after tho first , day, made any ; !-uff such iuiuut nimis me iri""..

ing of the speeches in I-rench. NonO47th slreot. and robbed of $600 in cash of us knew whether the French had i Kv3r.,i .-oss of valuable nens.

spoken about, it in so many word, or whether Hughes had merely taken a hint from Briand's manner. All that we noticed was that there after there was never any waiving cf the punctilious repetition ot earn speech in French. It consumed a good deal of time for the delegates, and bored most, of the audience. The reporters used to call this punctilious repetition of each speech in French, Telling it to Briand." This sort of thing was typical of what seemed a perpetual French sensitiveness about their national dignity. French has long been the ofticial Ian-; -uage of diplomacy. To make it the official language for the present conference would be absurd. French Sensitive. The nresent conference is on the; soil of an English speaking nation and the English speaking peoples represented at the conference are about 17(i.O(ii.000 compared to France's tn.oon.ont) nevertheless. France seemed to cling with watchful care to every prerogative of this kind. The gossip of Washington was at ill times full of stories of the display of French sensitiveness about the pre-! ise position iney weie tuen n. '""i licial and private dinner tables and the like. One of the French rtt legates seemed to be in such a continual state of wounded feelings that a humorous reporter referred to him as "peevish Papa Pettingiil." In a broader sense than these minor matters, iho French delegates had other experiences likely to wound j what they all their amour propre. j All the principal work of ihe early days of the conference had lo do with the naval ratio, and the naval ratio was treated as a matter for Great Britain, Japan and the United States. These three were the only nations specif icallv mentioned by Hughes in his proposals for t he capital ship tonnage were treated as if, in reuuetion ot These three' regard to naval'. matters they belonged in a class apart. Literallv True On the basis of actual naval strength, this is, of course, literacy

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joy having their relu" ivo inferiority "rubbed in" so to speak. During the , .. r. niroin.l I'.opnvinv thprn liuil lwien an understanding, between Great .i Britain and France, whereby Great j Britain was to a.end to the sea end. p.nd France was to concentrate her efforts on land warfare. The result was that for the past seven years France practically ceased he building of new ships. Great Brititn, on the other hand, during the war ;reatly stimulated her shipbuilding, so ilso did Japan and the United States. Thus the end of the war found France n a weaker position on the sea than irobably at any other iitne since uiod-M-n sea power began. Among the na- ( Continued on Page Five)

After having spent six months alone on Ellis Island for treatment of disease, eight-year-old Stefanie Laub is on her way alone to join her parents, Russians, in Cleveland. ANONYMOUS LETTER THREATENS LIFE OF SEYMOUR RESIDENT (By Associated Tress) SEYMOUR. Ind., Jan. 28. Reporting that he had received a letter threatening his life, unless he attempted to obtain the freedom of Ben Brooks, under death sentence for murdering A. B. Montgomery, J. U. Montgomery, today reqr'sted federal authorities to search for the author of the letter. The letter, written in pencil, was mailed Thursday night at Columbus, Ind., and signed "Fred Snort." J. IT. Montgomery, is a farmer living near here. He is said to have been active in the arrest of Hen Broks, his father andtwo brothers on charges of chicken stealing from the A. B. Montgomery farm last spring. Ben Brooks was taken from jail here yesterday to the state prison. His execution has been set. for May 1. DETAIL NEW YORK DETECTIVES TO DUTY IN .THEATRICAL ZONE (Ry Associated Press) NEW YORK. Jan. 2S. Dei ctives of the New York police department were todav detailed to duty at a-'l LlltCllirJ U.11U KUllo ill nit: luvuiit.ui zone where bandits operated successfully last night, and others were ordered to round up men recently released from prison. Seven armed bandits in three separate exploits yesterday and last night wounded two men and escaped with about $7,000 in loot. One of the vie-j tims. a Philadelphia negro, is near death in St. Vincent's hospital. Abraham Morrison, president of the Morrison Fountain Pen company, and assistant were bound and gagged

an fjaictv theatre uuiiomg. uroaaway ana i This was the second bandit operation in the theatrical rone in two days, an unsuccessful attempt having i been made on Thursday night to rob ;(ne cashier of the Jolson theatre in j seventh avenue. Two bandits last night held up a! Philadelphia-bound truck laden with! silks valued at $30,000 and shot andj wounded John Overton, negro, chauf-i feur, and August Koepp, guard, andj fled when a crowd gathered. i The paymaster of the Borden Farm I Products company was. held up yes-1 terdav morning bv two men who estaped with pay envelopes containing $4,500. VOCATIONAL TRAINING AT CAMP SHERMAN "FRAUD," SAYS JUDGE ( Ry Associated Press) I'vnvvni Ohio. Jan. 28. That t va, inn.,i training at Camn Sherman. (.hjlj(,otne Ohio, is "a farce and a fraud" is the statement made by Judge Robert S. Marx of this city, national commander of the disabled American Veterans of the World war, in a report presented in Washington today to K-irtin B. Madden, chairman of the comn.ittee on appropriations of the house of representatives. The report is the result, of a pu-sonal visit made by Judge Marx to the camp. "The school rooms have been made j over in a make shift fashion," says arx in the report. "In the electrical school which has an enrollment of 50 there were only 37 men actually present and ot this number only two were doing anything." The equipment, he said, was such as could be picked up around any abandoned camp. Studer.s told mm, mat me reason iney were not working was that equipment had not come. ' Not a single student was in ine ' -'lumbing school, according to Marx. ! There was a dearth of equipment here ! was tho case in the bakery, he ! Tailoring Department Better ' "It looked like real work was being Uione in the tailoring school." the report said. "There were only two or men who seemed to be idle and ".appeared that lns,ructlon was belnS The shoe repairing school, the report stated, was the busiest in the camp. "We did not find a single student who expressed satisfaction with the methods of teaching or with the courses of instruction he was receiving." Judge Marx said. "Many of the students wanted to go home but were afraid to ask, fearing they would be dropped from training entirely and thus lose the chance for rehabilitation."

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ness and Social Activities! Follows Heaviest Snowfall!

Since 1899. IS CREEPING UP COAST (Special to The Palladium) WASHINGTON, Jan. 28. The states comprising the middle Atlantic section, were buried under the heaviest snowfall since the blizzard of 1899. The storm, which began with almost unprecedented falls of snow in the Carolinas and Virginia, Thursday, was creeping up the coast, leaving buried j cities, stalled trains, disrupted trolley j service, and a general suspension of j business and social activities in its wake. It had reached the edge of New Eng-! land, early today, although its center ! reinainded off the Virginia capes, and forecasts were for snow today and j York north, although not as heavy as mat over me middle Atlantic i section. ! The snow early today was heaviest in 1 the District of Columbia, with the fall ! at 10 o'clock reported at two feet. At I that time it was still snowing and thej weatner bureau predicted continuation j of the fall through the day and into: the night. c,, .. . ,c 7, P , Starting shortly before dusk jester-j ""I' lousiy arm uv - mmti l rrVi t wn ' I n .1 . J gan to surrender. Horn midnight until 9 o clock this morning no trams left the capital and only three arrived. Shortly after 9 o clock Railroad of -

ntiais succeeded in getting out twoha, annoiincPd thP ,-lPction of a new

iiauin, uvtr me rennsy ivania anui Ohio. In the national capital, street j t I a,i,tu,w,..v mis t -mi u : i. uay uiraK, uui was gradually re ... t ... , .a . i . .. . i s"cu u" le UUUK line. Train service from the south where! snowstorms have been reported for !two days and from wmch section the storm came, was whollv susnended. ! i Several trains from the south were re-! Lancu uctncril JVlltllllMUiI cl U I Washington with others being held at Richmond. Covers Capital. ! Startin; ' and still .. . . . continuing early today the ' Know hart rnvorcH t Vm nnHnnil n-initl i to a denth of from a font nl half! to two feet. Street car service was practically suspended early today and prospects were all activity, govern- j mental and otherwise would be greatly! curtailed. The storm which covered a large ! section of the east, did not come u;i-: heralded as for two or three davs snow had been falling in the Atlantic' states to the south of the Potomac! river, in some states such as Virginia, j breaking long standing records as to i depth. 1 he weather bureau yesterday ; (ha, issued a prediction of heavy snow ul "' .-uuni. Pennsylvania Avenue here wast strewn with the hulks of wrecked an- i tomobiles. Absence of wind prevented ; the formation of drifts but the dentil !

mo ievei w as enough to strand prac-iis tically all vehicles except those of the

heavier type. SAYS CONNERSVILLE FROPOSAL WILL NOT AFFECT CAMBRIDGE CAMBRIDGE CITY, Ind., Jan. 28. This city will not be affected by the proposed plans for the future develojsment of the water power possibilities of the hydraulic canal which runs through Connersville, according to Charles Kerlin, manager of the municipal lighting plant. "Cambridge is independent of outside sources of power," he said. At a probable cost of $150,000, it is Intended to install turbines at three points in Connersville. along the hydraulic canal, and after a comparative test of the relative cost of operation, to extend the operations of the company if a cheaper source of power is developed. Plans for the extension of the com pany's activities call for a 33.000 volt line to Newcastle and improvement of the line to this city. The new installation is expected to furnish 700 kilowatts, or one-third of the heaviest load the present plant has ever carried, and one plant will be able to supply the requirements oi' both Newcastle and Connersville duiing light load periods, it is said. IDENTIFY BANDITS WHO KILLED CASHIER fBv Associated Press) ! PITTSBURGH, Fa., Jan. 28 Wal- j ter Joyce and Oren Graeme, Pitts-. burgh men, arrested yesterday after! the First National bank, of Crafton. . i i v 0a unu urnoo imU Ut til lUUUrU dlllL llbJUlU assistant cashier, had been killed, were today indentified by bank tm - ninvees p two of the nartv of ban - .vj , ----- dits, who committed the crime. Graeme was indentified by Frank King, janitor of the bank, as the man who shot Moss. Joyce and Graeme, the police said, would be detained for further investigation. No formal charge was taken against them. Two other persons taken in the round up were released. PRESIDENT TO RESIGN (By Associated Press) LISBON. Jan. 28. It is understood that President D'Alemida . intends to offer his resignation at the assembling j of the new parliament in February. "

In this room, showing the seats and individual can.opies, the 57 cardinals expected to attend the conclave February 2 will deliberate and cast thsir votes. AMERICAN CARDINALS MAKE NO COMMENT REGARDING ELECTION NEW YORIy. Jan. 28 Cardinal Begin. of Canada, went aboard the steamship LaLorraine this morning to await the arrjval f t.ardinal Df,nnisJ. Dougherty, of Philadelphia, who will the Eterna, city or tne txalted task of assiFting in ci100Pin? a UCcessor , to t!lP ,atft Po Benpdjct thev hopP ;to arrivp before the s d coU Pontiff. Cardinaipougherty arrived from a IloHda vovge in the West Indies on the steamer Fort St. George, last night and hastened immediately to his home in Pn!T..rlr.ll,;o Fathf?r Jogp p, A WlittaUeri (.han. n. u nui.j.i.n.. A.. . .l. u v. - . would make any comment concerning i the conclave, which begins next Thus-I j day. 1 Cardinal OConnell. of Boston, the; only other North American Cardinal! tO tro to tne Vatican fnr tbn solop inn I . , , .. : OCPan on his wav to Rom PmT.ArtKT.PTttA Jar, ''Qr'r.vdir.ai

Dougherty left here at S a. m. todav ?wel"nf especially on the four-Power for VnrL- ,nn.o i, c,n ViTreaty formulated m Washington at

t, r u i - " ,- ne armament limitation conference. noon for the conclave of cardinal Prosperity and tranquility were bewhich will elect a new Dope. He isl; k t,

iieing accompanied to Rome by the Very Rev. Joseph A. Whitakr. chance'lor of the Philadelphia archdiocese. A number of priests pod laymen essorted the cardinal to New York. His Eminence declined to dicuss the cornmg conclave. The cardinal fears he will be too late to participate in the! election. PARIS, Jan. 23. Cardinal Merrier. primate of Belgium, has stopped off at Milan on his way to Rome to attend the conclave of the sacred colleee and said to be suffering from an attack J of influenza, says a I lavas dispatch from Rome today. i He received an enthusiastic recepjtion upon bis arrival in Milan, th" : message states, but he was tired when he reached that city and found himsel; ; compelled to interrupt his trip and ! remain in bed. ! ROME, Jan. 2S. Several republican ; members of the Chamber of Deputies jare considering interpellation of Pre jmier Bonomi upon the advisability of uie nanan government oflicialiy recognizing the pope. The attitude "of the Sacred college of the church toward a rapprochement is expected to be defined in its choice of a successor to the late Pope Benedict. The republican deputies became interested in the question when they learned that. President DeNicola of the chamber, in accord with the governments policy, intended to pronounce a eulogy for the pontiff when the chamber reconvenes on Feb. 2, which is also the date on which the Sacred college will convene to choose the new pope. PARIS, Jan. 2S. A Rome dispatch to the Havas agency says the opening of the conclave to elect a successor to Pope Benedict will be delayed 24 hours in order to give time for all the cardinals to arrive. The conclave originally was set for Feb. 2. Weather Forecast MOORE'S LOCAL FA RECAST. Fair Tonight. Sunday unsettled with rain or snow Sunday or Sunday night. The above forecast is due to a gradual eastward movement of a wide spread storm which is central over the northwest. Temperatures for Yesterday Maximum Minimum Today. Noon .31 .11 I Weather Conditions Generallv f.i-;-,- : -.-... .. weather still prevails over the central if:talrs whl!e a funeral storm covers 1 the northwest. It is rather cool over ,!, .. ,. . . ine ruiaiiriii r.1.110, iiftv.iiig lemper,:1. tures as far south as northern Florid". Moderate temperature continue over the Mississippi valley states and a cold wave is developing over Britu-n Columbia. Paid Circulation Yesterday, was 11,555

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are burned. VA IM VL U NATION TO PROSPERITY; INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Jan. 28 The; Indiana Republican Editorial associa1ion- at th largest gathering in the "'ory ot the association, beaid ice President Calvin Coolidge, Senator "airy . iew ana uocrnor warren T. McCray. Senator New received an ovation fmm tht. editr.ro u-hon ha ont,.H ih hall. He devoted his remarks largely t to a brief summary of the achievemer's of the" Harding Administration, endeavors of the Harding administration, Vice President Coolidge declared. Opportunity Re-opened. "The door of opportunity has been reopened," he declared in a review of the work of congress in revising the y GOV. M'CRAY ADMITS REPORT HE CALLED DEBS "ARCH TRAITO (Bv- Associated Press) INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 28 Governor! McCray in a reply today to Eugene V. Debs, socialist leader, accepted responsibility for remarks in which the Governor was quoted as saying: "1 am sorry, extremely sorry, that the one arch-traitor of our country should live in the state of Indiana. I believe that he will be taught a lesson by the American Legion." Debs in a letter to the Governor, asked if the executive's remarks, as published in an Indianapolis news paper item regarding an American Legion post meeting were correct. Governor Replys In reply to your favor, I wish to say that in my belief, remark at a re - font mctincr e - T-.-o,r post American Legion, I did not .peak from notes. What I had to sav at that time was entirely extemporan eous and therefore, I am not sure of t the language quoted in the newspaper, i which you repeat, but in the main, it was what I said. As my authority for the statement, I refer to the fact that you were tried and convicted in the federal court, and served three years j of the sentence imposed." j IUSINESS CENTER OF OHIO TOWN BURNS (By Associated Press) WELLS TON. Ohio, Jan. 28. Much of the business center of this city wadestroyed by lire early today, which broke out after midnight and which was still burning at 9 o'clock this morning. Fire departments from Chillicothe. Jackson were called to assist in fighting the flames. The Lincoln hotel and much of the

.2'?!ock in which it was located was de-

j stroyed. The origin of the lire has not been determined. Seven families living in the block were forced to flee from their homes in their night clothing. Genercl Storm to Bring Rain, Snow and Cold A general storm is moving southeast from the Canadian Rockies, and will cause rain over the southern states, rain or snow ever the central states and now over the Lake region

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PRAISES WATSON, NEW tion again may compete with established industries without being placed ! in the position where the know that' substantially all the rewards of possi-, hie success will be dissipated by the exactions of national taxation. "It is the desire of the government not to retard busiress by excessive im(Continued on Page Six) ! DRAFT AGREEMENTS ON SHANTUNG POINTS INTO TREATY FORK (Bv Assoctited Frpss) WASHINGTON, Jan. 27. A meeting of the Japanese and Chinese delegates to draft into treaty form the points of agreement already reached in the Shantung negotiations formed tne only event on the conference calendar ! today. j Although it was announced that the central issue of the Tsingtao railroad would not be touched upon at the meeting, the controversy over this ap peared today to have been narrowed to a point w here developmnets of the next day of two probably would clear the way for a final settlement. While most of the other activities of the conference were waiting on a decision of the Shantung controversy, the armament committee meanwhile had formally agreed today on the calling of another international ' conference to rewrite the laws of war for the submarine and other new agencies on land and sea. Adopt Resolution A resolution adopted by the committee at a brief session yesterday j provided that preparations for such j ! a i?",enc?: at h. e repreLUHtU ilWICS. Great BritJ3" "1' ,.,ui7 '" ot the uashington conference. t 1 The first phase of the conference I under the resolution will be a meeting of two representatives from each country to constitute a "commission of jurists," presumably without plenipotentiary powers to meet at a time and place to be selected by this government for the purpose of working out a revision of the rules of warfare. When the commission has reported its conclusions it is provided that the five powers shall "confer as to the acceptance of the report and the course to be followed to secure the consideration of its reeomniendains by the other civilized pow.ers." The commission is to be appointed within three months I after adjournment of the present coni terence. FRUSTRATE ATTEMPT TO DERAIL LIMITED fBy Associated Press' LOS ANGELES, Jan. 2S-An alleged attempt to derail the San FranciscoLos Angeles Shore Line Limited train oi me nuumern racinc railroad and pile it into a ravine at Glendale, a sub urb, was frustrated last night when Los Angeles police shot and seriously wounded Walter E. Lambertson, a railroad switchman. It is the contention of the police that Lambertson nailed a derailer to the track in an attempt to wreck the train and secure a sum of money estimated at from $70,000 to $150,000 which was aboard. Lambertson is said by police to be I wanted In Seattle, Wash., on changes I r i j v.. i ...Lr . idealism.

Mayor of Indianapolis to Lead Parade to Statehouse Monday to Voice Complaint Against Action. DENY TROOPS READY (By Associated Press) INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 28. Mayor Lew Shank today declared a half holiday Monday for all city employes so that they might join his rrotest parade to the state house, where he .said he would voice complaint against ihe action of the public service commission approving the Indiana Electric corporation consolidation project on a valuation basis of ? 17,500,000. Simultaneously with his declaration of the holiday the mayor sent telegrams to the mayors of Elkhart. Kokomo, and other cities, affected by the consolidation inviting thern to take part in the demonstration which will start with a parade headed by Mayor Shank. Announcement was also made by the mayor that, he had received word Governor McCray would use state troops to prevent the demonstration but the governor said such action was "unheard of and ridiculous," while Adjacent General Harry B. Smith added Ifyit it was "absolutely absurd." Mayor Shank said he had received a telephone message from a person representing himself as General Smith, saying that state action would

Excitement Reigns Excitement reigned at both statehouse and city hall, caused bv th mayor's announcement of possible use I of troops. I Formal notice was given Governor j McCray that a delegation of Inrlianapolis citizens would visit him on j Monday t0 make known their stand I on rate increases for any public utilities company. The governor said he would meet the delegation which i' was said would be headed bv Mayor Shank. Characterizing the merger of iho seven Indiana concerns into the Indiana Electric corporation as "the worst robbery scheme 1 hae seen in 4; 1.1 years of my life," Mayor Shank announced last night be will head the j delegation of local citizens to the go'--j ernor's office Monday, to insist that tTOvernor McCray demand the resignation of members of the public service commission for sanctioning the merger. The mayor made the announcement during a meeting oi" a local civic organization, the members of which announced they would join in the demonstration. I want every man. woman, and boy in the city to meet me Monday, and I will hire a band to head that march on the state house, said the mayor, and we will show the public service commission where to head h. I want to tell Governor McCray just how I feel about this whole thing and demand that he ask their resignations. Criticizes McCray "What is the use to pay Governor McCray a salary if he lets those men sit there on the public service commission and put such stuff as that I over on us demanded Mr. Shank. .'uuiiier iingie in ine rignt against. I the merger was revealed in the announcement by Taylor E. Groninger, ! city corporation counsel, that a peiij tion for a rehearing on the merger. I which was authorized to organize and I issue $17,496,000 in securities by the j commission Thursday, will be filed with the commission early next week. Mr. Groninger made the announceI ment following a conference with Samuel Ashby, ex-city corporation ' counse; Fred Bates Johnson, representing several cities affected by the merger. A I 1 and wiuiam L.. layior, Indianapolis attorney, representing a number Ol consumers. I HnrillPn fir HPIIM f1 b : PrtrW PR Pit- ffFlU GOVERNMENT QUITS By Associated Press) PEKING, Jan. 2S. Liang Shih-Yi has tendered his resignation as premier. Dr. W. W. Yen, the foreign minister, who has been acting as premier during the absence from Pelting of Liang Shih-Yi, is understood to have refused to accept the premiership on the ground that he is needed in the foreign office. Liang Shih-Yi, who has held the premiership of the Peking government, only since Dec. 25 last, was reported in several dispatches lately as on tlv? verge of resignation as the result of the opposition of General Wu Pel-Fu. one of the strongest military leaders in China.and his cabinet, and it was reported that he was forming a third government, with headquarters at Nanking. General Wu is credited with favoring Dr. Yen for the premler- ! Phip nniTIPM Tfl nHTrT j fj (J Pff (J ij OFFICE WITH TROOPS (By Associated Tress) TEKING. Jan. 2S British Marines are being held in readiness to land at Hankow to protect the salt administration o;ce against seizure by the force.; of General Wu Pei-Fu. who are said to be under orders to occupy it.

Hankow is a treaty port in the province of Hupah. General Wu is inspector general of that province, and was reported in a Peking dispatch on January 22. to have seized the 3alt revenues there. ?