The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-12-03
Will Take First Boat Back to the
United States If Depart
ment so Desires.
(sy The Associated Press)

WASHINGTON Dec. 2.-Attorney
General Daugherty tonight eabled to
Charles W. Morse, of New York, now
at Havre France, to take the first boat
back to the United States.
Desired you return Immediately, :"
the cable read; take first boat"
Mr.. Daugherty's cable was sent in
reply to one from Mr.. Morse which
said:
| Game here to consult my physician
regarding operation. Be glad to re-
J turn If you desire
There were some indications being
construed to mean that the Japanese
viewpoint on naval ratio was being
brought more into harmony with the
American. 1t was understood that in
the discussion of far eastern affairs to-
day some concessions of opinion were
made toward the Japanese contentious
regarding maintenance of foreign
troops in China. BY some this was
interpreted as meaning that the Japa-
nese were making concessions on the
naval question.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 2.-Develop-
mentJ in the case of Charles w. Morse,
Iof New York. whose transactions with
the shipping board are under federal
investigation. appeared tonight to
await his return to this country from
France.
While it was announced at the ship
ping board that Morse had been
stopped at Havre after having fled
the country upon learning of the
hOordta fv,.~asfi.ro 4fr,,e +l,a r,.,,o,.,
ment's next move was not. disclosed.
However. Elmer Seh1esinger. general
counsel OF the board, said that with
the cooperation of Attorney General
Daugherty and the state department,
such steps had been taken as in their
opinion We're necessary to secure the
return of Morse to this country.
Morse's reported willingness to come
back to the United States was said
by department of justice officials to
simplify matters. although officials
discussed the possibility of a warrant
being obtained against him upon
which his extradition could be asked
of the French government. The de-
partments course of action was as yet
undetermined, it was said tonight.
Attorney General Daugherty in a
formal statement, declared that the
department had nothing to say regard
ing the contemplated proceedings in
what is now characterized as the
Morse and other conspiracy cases" but
that when the testimony collected by
the shipping board was presented to
it the justice department will prompt
~ cooperate to the end that it may
be properly presented to a grand jury"
Charges that "a deliberate effort has
been made to persecute and defame
statement tonight by his attorney,
Wilton J. Lambert.
'As far as he or his counsel have
been advised" he said, there has
never been even warrant issued
against him, no grand jury has been
asked to indict him, and from the of
ficial statement of the department of
justice, the facts have not as vet been
presented to that department"
Mr. Morse, the statement continued,
has wired Mr.. Daugherty OF his will
ingness to return to the United States
upon the attorney generals request,
which Mr.. Lambert asserted "disproves
every publication relating to Mr.
Morse's trip across the ocean, his pur-
pose for going, and the propaganda
which has been conducted against him
while he was on the ocean"
Mr. Lambert declared after con-
ference with two sons of Mr.. Morse.
that he had been authorized by the
Morses to tender to the attorney gem
eral or the department of justice their
willingness to submit without any
qualifications to any hearing which the
department may be willing to accord
them.