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NATIONAL LEAGUE
Pirates Slaughter Giants

New York, May 8.-Aided by four pinch hitters, Pittsburg tied the score by scoring two runs in the ninth inning and beat New York in the tenth inning by score of to 2. Oeschger, the for mer Philadelphia pitcher, making his first appearance in New York uniform, walked the first two men in the tenth. Before Winters could retire the side four runs scored, Lee hitting triple which drove in two runs It was only New Works third defeat by western team. The Giants closed the first inter-sectional SC ries with ten victories. Score: R. H. E. Pittsburg ............ 900 900 002 A. 13 1 New York ........... 900 010 010 0-2 8 ?
 Batteries-Adams, Hamilton and Swee- ney, Blackwell; Dubuc, Benton, Oeschger, Winters and McCarty.
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Corbett's Daily Letter
 On Great Sport Topics
By JAMES J. CoRBET.r

instance of how transplanting a ball player very frequently works wonder full improvement.
 Fisher became Yankee in 1909 and remained with the club through nine full seasons of play. Great things were always predicted for him--put Fisher never made good. His performing was only ordinary. He wasn't able to win even half of his games from 1909 until the Yankees decided that he was IN. G." and waived him out of the American league.
 Cincinnati picked him up and ever since Ray Fisher has been the bull wark of the Rhineland pitching staff. He has hurled brand of baseball ex- celled by no twirler in John Heydler's circuit, and it looks now as if theis Yankee caStoff, who was more or less of a bust" during the days of his youth, will jump into topnotch circles al a time when baseball judges have pronounced him through.
 WHAT HAPPENED TO RUTH
 Babe" Ruth probably is slowly re- alizing the fact that, after all is said and done. American league pitchers aren't half as easy to his as he as- sumed
 Ruth gained considerable fame in 1918 because of his home run clouting. Through April, May and June, he ham mered the ball in a way that startled fandom. He banged out something like II home runs in that time and it was expected that he would fracture all ex- isting home run marks. But along about the first of July the pItchers began to get his measure. They found the weak ness of Ruth. From that time on Ruth never made another home run and gradually his bulky batting average began to shrink. He ended the season just beyond the 300 mark and with the pitchers finding but little trouble stop ping him at almost every turn of the bat.
 Through the winter Ruth decided
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Strafed again and for. the fourth sue cessive time. As a relief hurler Ballmer proved a bowling failure. Had Moley sent Crews to rescue the cratic Sigman the result might have been different but the chubby one wanted to save his no-hit wonder for today's battle.
 'Rube" Marshall is slated to oppose Crews in the second contest of the series and if the Barons play up to form they should hit the lanky Lookout hurlef hard Unless the pitching is better than it was yesterday however we can't hops to win.
 S1apnicka and Morrison will probably work in the double-header tomorrow which will leave Sigman to open against the Crackers here Saturday.
 With Bernsen on third and Hairston on second and only one out both Fisher and Peters failed in the pinch yesterday It looks as if Fish might have hit fly or something that would have showed Bernie over.
 Moley will have to put hobbies on Pat Duncan The big Irishman threw one mile over Peters head yesterday and two runs came across as the result.
 Henry Porter of the Porter Clothing company has donated seven silver loving cups to the best-all-around athletes in the seven leading southern colleges. Riggs Stevenson won the hardware at the University of Alabama. Henry was the best athlete at V. M. I. about decade ago and he appreciated the tro- phy they gave him so much that he de- cided to hand out a bunch of sterling gobets for Dixie heroes. The awards were made by the athletic councils Of the various institutions.
 The press reports fail to state exactly what Ballmer was doing when that tri-
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and threatened to win. Duncan led off with A hit. Ellis sacrificed and Bernsen sent Duncan over with a screamer to center tying the score. Hairston hit to right and Bates failed in an attempt at q shoe string catch. Bernsen made third when Graf muffed the throw. Fisher ana Peters then failed in the pinch.
 Ballmer blew the whole works Tn the ninth He passed Kelly and Gleason and Graham beat out a bunt, filling the bases. For some mysterious reason, possibly ex- pecting squeeze play, Ballmer pitched out twice to Lacey and then walked him. forcing in the winning run.
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Tuero Wins His Own Game

Brooklyn, May 2S.-St. Louis made it twd out of three with Brooklyn today. winning 13 inning battle by score of | to 5. With Miller on third base and two out in the thirteenth Prefer purposely passed Clemons to get Tuero. Cleinons stole second and scored with Miller when Tuero singled, winning his ow5 game It was Pfeffers first defeat in eight starts. Heathcotes batting and Myors' fielding featured. Score; R. H. F. St %I,ouis - O2O o09 0I0 GOO - 15 5 D, nxoklyn O03 600 no coo O. 5 10 l
 Bstteries-Tuero and Clemons; Pfeffer and Krueger
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BarOns and Crackers
 To Play On Sunday

Atlanta, May 2S. - Bir mingham and Atlanta will play at Camp Jesup here this coming Sunday, it was announced tonight. The game will be one originally scheduled for later in the season.
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Texas League Is Refused
 Advancement to Class A

hort. Players J. B. Allen and H. J. Keupper were made free agents. De- cisions on the services of players were made as follows: !. N. Roberts to san Antonio, James Walsh to Memphis Henry Erble to Richmond, Va. Emmet Cain to Shreveport, George Shader to Petersburg, and John Having to Battle Creek.
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Batting Averages
Tom Dutton Ineligible

New Orleans, May 2S.-Tom Dutton Of New Orleans, weightman, selected by the Amateur Athletic union for southern entry in the inter-allied games at Paris next month, today notified Secretary Dib- enedetto. secretary of the Southern A. A. U., that he was ineligible for compe- tition because he served in the navy. It was announced at the New York meeting of officials yesterday that competition would. be limited to army men for the American team.
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EDDIE AND PAT THROW
 HIKE SCHOOL BOYS

Auburn. N. T., May 27.-Application by the Texas league to be advanced to Class A was disallowed today by the national board of arbitration of baseball leagues
 The board refused to allow claims made by Players W. J. Clyner against the Louisville club, Mooney against Indian annIis and M. J. O'Neill against Shreve-
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pie steal occurred. Maybe they have sleeping sickness in Chattanooga.
 Benny Karr, who bumped the Barons here Saturday was knocked out of the box by the Pelican sluggers in Little Rock yesterday. Karr allowed hits ana runs in the first and one two-thlro games.
 Jeff Tuero, the diminutive Cuban, best ed Jeff Pfeffer in a 13-inning hurllns duel yesterday and incidentally proAs the latter's winning streak after It nau gone to games. Remember Tuero Wlln Little Rock?
 The Lookouts have sent DevereuH to the Sally league and are now looking Io' a good center fielder.
 Win or lose the Barons seldom 1ail to execute Il double play. Yesterday they pulled off two.
 The announcement that the Ie&as league has been refused advancement to Class company will be recelVeu "iI., surprise here. It was thought Una. 1l matter had been all settled. The ciassi- fication of all leagues is based on .ne population of the cities composing them and evidently the Lone Stars circuit didn't possess the required number or fans.
 It might be of interest to fans here to know that St Paul is leading the Amer ican association by a wide margin le Saints played Moley's men four gaines during the exhibition season ana oiop- nicku shut 'em out in the last nateie'
 Arthur Golvin, sensational first sacker for the Mobile Bears has just returneu from two years visit to Siberia Tn "hicn delightful section he went as meiiip1i of the marines. Golvin may rejoin ms old team at an early date.
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SUMMARY

Two base hits, Lohman, Stevenson; home run, Bates; stolen bases, Demoe' Graff, Kelly; sacrifice hits, Mcdonald. Ellis. Peters, Graft, Graham, Lacey double plays, Hairston to Peters to Bern sen: Sigman to Stevenson to Bernsen' Bates to Graham; base on balls, off Sig man 4; off Ballmer g. struck out by Ball mer 9. Lohman i; wild pitch. Ballmer' hits apportioned off Sigman with runs in 52-3 innings; left on base, Birmng- ham. 5. Chattanooga II. Time 2.O5. um- hires. Brennan and Campbell.
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TRAVELLERS BEATEN
 IN ONE-S|DED GAME
Pelicans Knock Karr Out and Roll Up 19 Hits For
 the Day

Little Rock, May 2S.-Poor playing by the local outfield. coupled with a deluge Of New Orleans hits, made farce of the opening game of the series here today, New Orleans winning, 20 to B Rain stopped the game after six innings.
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Among other pitching offenses, Ballmer, who went in with the bases full in the sixth and two out, permitted Demoe 10 steal home without even giving Peters a chance to tag him. Il was the first triple steal ever witnessed al Andrews field.
 AS fast as the boxmen, aided by poor fielding, would pass over a run or so to the Lookouts, the Barons would come back and tie or go ahead, but when Ball mer forced over the winning run in the last frame the hitters had no come back.
 A hit by Demoe and two passes filled the bases with one out for the locals Tn the first but Graham crashed to Hairs ion for beautiful double-play via the plate. In the second Bernsen kicked I,acey's grounder and Bates drove home run over the left field fence, scoring Lacey ahead of him.
 The Barons coined one in the fourth on Stevenson's double past third and Ellis pretty safety to right. Bates pulled shoe string catch off Bernsen, doubling Ellis off first Lohmans good luck did not continue in the fifth when the Barons apparently sewed the game up.
 BARON SLUGGERS
 HAVE BIG INNING
 Hairston first up, hit safely F1sher hunted and Higgins chucked wild to De- moe Peters laid a perfect poke down
  Higgins threw to catch Fisher OH sec end. and had him, but Demoe muffed the throw. Hairston scoring. Sigman sent Fisher over with a solid crack to center McDonald sacrificed. Stevenson hit a grounder to deep short and Demoe throw got past Graham. Sigman and Stevenson scoring.
 Tx the last half of the fifth the home team counted two Graf hit safely. Gleason showed an easy one to Mcoon- alds who kicked it and then tried to throw to Ellis in left field, Graf taking third and Gleason second. Graham lifted a fly to center. Duncan threw yards over Peters head at the plate, the ball rearlv hitting the stand on the fly, while Graft and Gleason scored.
 EDDIE AND PAT THROW
 LIKE SCHOOL BOYS
 The Lookouts took the lead in the slAtn. With two out Demoe and Graf singled and Kelly was passed After Kelly free ticket Moley derricked Sigman. A triple steal with Demoe leading scored one run and then Gleason sent in an other with a hot safety to left on which Ellis made a perfect throw to the plate retiring Kelly and ending the inning with the locals one ahead.
 The Barons tied it up in the eighth
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Two-base hits, Knaupp, Gilbert, Grimm
 Kinsella, Stansbury. Three-base hits, Knaupp Bacon. Home runs, Daniels, 7. Stolen base, Fielder. Sacrifice hit, Dau- bert Hits off Karr, ' with runs in 2-3 in nings Double play, Kinsella to Grimm Struck out, by Weaver 4, by Hengeveld 2 Base on balls. off Karr 1, off Henge- weld g. Wild pitches, Hengeveld 2 Time, 1:2O. Empires, Blackburn and Schaeffer.
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South Atlantic League

Columbia, 10; Augusta, [.
 At Charlotte: Charlotte 3, Charles ton 5.
 At spartanburg: spartanburg 0, Green vile 6.
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VIRGINIA LEAGUE

At Petersburg: Petersburg G. New port News 2
 At Suffolk Suffolk 1, Norfolk 3.
 At Portsmouth: Portsmouth 3, Rich mond 6.
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American Association

St. Paul. 6: Kansas City. '. Louisville g. Toledo, 0.
 Minneapolis. 5; Milwaukee, :. Indianapolis, 1: Columbus, ?.
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Reds Outhit Phillies

Philadelphia, May 2s-Cincinnati bunch cd six hits with pass and an error on Smith in the fifth inning, scoring five runs today and winning from Philadel- pflia, to D. In the sixth Cravath hit home run into the bleachers, scoring Meusel ahead of him. Score: R. H. E. Cincinnati ..... .0O1 050 000- 15 3 Philadelphia ... 100 0O2 200 g l
 Batteries-Fisher, Ring and Wingo; Smith, Jacobs and Cady, Adams
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TEXAS LEAGUE

At San Antonio: San Antonio-Shreve- port rain.
 At Dallas: Dallas 6, Galveston 4. At Waco: Waco 3, Houston l. At Fort Worth: Fort Worth 3, Beau mont 2
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SPOR IFS
 nv non McnAVIn
Kid Ballmer Cracks Under Strain And Lookouts Are
 Presented With First Game
Baron Youngster Walks Seven Men and Teammates Off set Good Hitting by Miserable Support-Enemy Pulls
 Triple Steal While Ballmer Is in a Trance
RY non McDAvIn

Chattanooga May 2S.-(Special)- )-Bamer passed three in the ninth today which with beat out bunt sandwiched between forced in the winning of hoty contested but airdv cratic ball game in terrific offensive display hu the Rarons was ruined b. wretched pitching.
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GAMES TODAY

Birmingham at Chattanooga Atlanta at Nashville. Mobile at Memphis. New Orleans at Little Rock.
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International League

Jersey City, 8; Newark, 5. Rochester, 5: Toronto, IS. Read ding, 4; Baltimore, 6./ Buffalo, 5; Binghampton, 4.
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LEAGUE STANDINGS
SOUTHERN LEAGUE
RESULTS YESTERDAY

Chattanooga z, Birmingham D. New Orleans 20, Little Rock 5. Atlanta 1, Nasville 0.
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Braves Beat Jim Vaughn

Boston, May 2S.-Three triples routed Pitcher Vaughn today and Boston de- feated Chicago. to O. Vaughn was re- moved in the sixth when Thorpe's single followed Powell's three-bagger. Neph pitched superbly with men on bases. Score: R. H. E. Chicago .............. GOO GOO 000-- 6 Boston 100 OPT 0O*-4 s l
 Batteries-Vaughn, Alexander, Martin and Killifer; Nehf and Gowdy.
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GAMES TODAY

Philadelphia at Boston.
 Brooklyn at New York. Cincinanti at Pittsburg.
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College Baseball

Army. 9; Berkeley Hall. 5. Georgetown, 3; Princeton, 4.
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RESULTS YESTERDAY

Cincinnati 6. Philadelphia 5. St Louis '. Brooklyn g.. Boston 4. Chicago 0.
 Pittsburg 6, New York 2.
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AMERICAN LEAGUE
RESULTS YESTERDAY To games played. (Open date.)
GAMES TODAY
NATIONAL IEAGuE

New York at Washington. Boston at Philadelphia.
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CICOTTE EXPLAINS LINK

Nothing has occasioned greater sur prise this year than the return of Ed die Cicotte of the White Sox.
 Cicotte was the big gun in the Chi cago attack of 1917. He pitched the most brilliant baseball of his career in that season and, due largely to this, the White Sox scampered through to worlds championship heights.
 Then came 1918 and Cicotte skidded woefully. This same twirler who had won 2S out of 30 games in 1917 for an average of TOO could win but 12 out of 31 in 1918 for an average of .SST
 But now Cicotte is back and pitching superlative baseball. He won his first five starts and it looks as if the vet eran is due for another winning year.
 How do you explain it?" Cicotte was asked.
 Simply enough was the reply. "In 1917 | did not pitch the opening game In 1918 I did. In 1919 Kid Greason wanted me to pitch the opening game but I wouldn't do it. Figure it out for yourself"
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SPORTS
LoCAL-BY WIRE

that destiny pointed the way toward the outfield. He insisted upon becom- ing regular outfielder against the wishes of Ed Barrow, manager of the Red Sox. Ruth had forgotten that through 1918 Barrow had saved him from left handed pitching-which Ruth couldn't hit. He figured that left hand CTS would be just as easy for him as right handlers
 But now Ruth. with an average around .115 at last has awakened to the fact that swatting American league pitchers isn't half as easy a job as he had assumed, and undoubtedly he will be content from now on to go back to pitching and to satisfy his love for bat ing by serving occasionally in pinch hiftipO rn1ac
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The Lookouts have sent DevereuA to the Sally league and are now looNins A0' good center fielder.
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Win or lose the Barons seldom Idl' to execute double play. Yesterday they pulled off two.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-05-09
FIVE BILLION CROWNS INDEMNITY YTObE TAKEN
FROM AUSTRIA HUNGARY BY ALLIED NATIONS
Strong Opposition to
The French Alliance

WASHINGTON. May S.-ts they
completed their study of tho official
summary Of the treaty Of Versailles to-
day. senator's began to give expression
to their views on the momentous docu-
ment which is now in the hands OF the
German plcnipotcntiaries. \ few sena-
tors, however. still withheld comment
preferring TO examine the complete text
before reaching definite conclusion.
These included Senators Lodge Of Mas
sachusetts. Smoot of Utah and other
Republican leaders.
Sharp opposition to the proposal that
tho United States. in concert with
Great Britain. commit itself TO go to
Frances aid in the event that country
was attacked was voiced by Senator's
Borah OF Idaho and Curtis Of Kansas,
while Senator sherman OF Illinois ana
Noses Of New Hampshire criticized inc
league OF nations covenant in the treaty
Senator Hitchcock OF Nebraska. ret'r-
Ing chairman OF the senate foreign re-
latons committee. approved the treaty
as n whole and said that In his judS-
ment the 'crowninC glory of this great
document Is tho fact that there is en-
bcddcd in 1t tho great constitution OF
the league of nations" The senator de-
clarrd the treaty was "monumantal
work" and measured up ito tho highest
moral standards Of fthc world. with
justice as tho basis Of the organization.
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MEMBERS Of THE.
BIC FIVE R j n
.|ND|FFE LY
ELLIOTT ONLY ONE
IN GOOD SHOWING
Captain Otto's Run in First
Ward One Of the Features
of the Contests

In a primary at which less than one
half ,e rho rcristcred voters OF the CITY
of Wheeling cast their ballots. men'oeis
r, tho nrcsent administration were CIV
On a, rude shaking up yesterday. lnoe-
pendent candidates. members OF 'hc
1rescnt council wore given strong en-
dorscnents, but the big FIVE" went 10
nieces and made only fair showing TOT
second place. with the exception or W.
r, Elliott. Of the Island. VINO nn'sneu ~
first place. 49,.
In the Fourth ward Councilman Albert
Krcss was given set back ny 'o''
Hans Kunz. In the Fifth Couhc'l"'a.
], Adam Blum received oFupo'hs
failed to be nominated.
In the Third Councilman VIII h hSIe
retired without entering the contest lux
denomination. u,,,
lin in the old First ward Captain Will
lam T. Otto decisively led Mayor
C. NJ. Vestcr. tho mayor fnishins F'''
poor second. ,-.,or
practically been re7udiated. ana 20 .i.s
nominees comes the realization tn"e Ihey
have been distanced at the primary anu
sand little chance OF winning al 'ne
election.
That Wheeling will have moro I'D
oral government than the so-calieo IT.
form administration has gwen IL 'S
shown on the face of the primary ~
turns. say politicians
Members Of the present council "hc
have refused during their tenure %
office to line up with the Dig hVe ~eit "
communicated with handsome FoteA
thomas F. Thoner. councilman-at-iarse
,.or first place over Joseph Il Reass
~ nv vote Of moro than two to one
However. since two cano'oates "otc =.
be nominated and there was no cohtes'
botht Thoner and Reass go on tne t1che'
at election. ,, c-,.,.
In the Second ward Councilman Cnes,
ter Thompson made fine showing. An
tho Third. Dr. Bippus left Il. r. NC
conkcv. the administration canoloaIe
r.eII in the distance. In the SIKH
Ambrose Habis. chief pat
,,cr, against the big five won hrst piace
in a walk away. In the Eighth LouiS
y Solte distanced DR.. - l.. Arrnorech'
member of the present council. VINO ma
,,ovcd hoth ends and the middle DF
Armbrecht Is generally referred 10 a.
an indepeudcnt member Of council. Whr
+r,opcntlv lined up with the big rVc-
Each ward chose two nominees IN
CONTINUED on Page TwaVe)
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Council Of Four Now Formu-
Iating Terms to Be Present.
ed to Delegation On Its Way
to Paris - u. S. to Be Ar
menian Mandatory
fsy The Assooiated Press.>

While tho German peace pienipoten-
tiarics arc digcstlng the text OF 'ne
lengthy peace treaty handed then "t"-
ncsday and communicating with the
Wcirnar government as 10 the aen'aho'
made upon Germany by the allied ana
associated powers, the council or louF
Ia cnpageing itself with the formulation
Of neace terms for Austria and hungary
Tho German Austrian delegation IS rc-
norted to have started for st. Gcrna'h'
France. there to await the summons "
Versailles to learn what Is to oefall lhe
one time dual monarchy in the way OF
the payment OF, indennities. the MAKING
~ ~rcparattons and the Erlinouisnrnen'
Of territory,
Estin1atcs have been made in FariS
that Ave billion crowns will be den'ano-
cd nc Indemnity from Austr1a-HunGaTF
IN addition to the delimitation or IRON
tiers. The pre-war debt Of the FORMER
empire and Kingdom. It is said. is 10 oo
divided among the newly formed states
which have arisen or arc 70 arise III
their old territories.
II Is reported that when the terms OF
peace with Turkey arc concluocd Inc
United States is to be requested to DC
come the mandatory OF Armenia ano
that President Wilson will place Inc
matter before congress In order lhat
decision may be arrived at
The Communist government in Hun
gary is declared to have declined TO ac'
cent the terms laid down by Ruman'a
for an armistice and has decided to con-
tinue fighting. The terms Of the hu'
manians, included disarmament and the
surrender Of war materials and also Ing
return of war prisoners without recipro'
city.
Doubt seems to be brewing for inc
Afghan trioesmcn, who. aided by AfEh'
Ian regular troops. have violated the
British Indian border by crossing 1t ano
occupying certain positions on the ln'
dian side. The British are taking mill
tury precautions and also have ADDRESS
ed q strong note Of protest TO inc anil
Of Afghanistan.
French Comment.
PARIS, May S.-The ncace treaty
does not arouse much enthusiasm IN Inc
E,oncb press, The newspaper com
fssnntinued on PnRo Pourteen)