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New-York tribune., 1921-03-14
Chilean President Seeks
To Avert Business Crisis

VALPARAISO. Jan. 25 BY Mail
The fall in the rate Of Chilean ex-
change on London from nearly 70
pence to pence per peso in the last
few months and the abnormal rise Of
the American dollar until it has been
quoted above 7 pesos, the highest in
FIVE years, had depressing effect in
financial and commercial circles
throughout the country. The normal
quotation OF the dollar is about 5
pesos.
Chilean firms and importing agents
with connections in the United States
virtually suspended ali purchases
there owing to the premium on the dol
lar. Meanwhile quantities of American
merchandise. variously estimated at
81 600, 900 to $500. 900, accumulated in
the custom houses, the consignees
having refused TO accept the goods
against the high rate on New York.
Commercial bodies here and in
Santiago have been closely observing
the general situation, with view to
suggesting to the government meas
ures to relieve what has been de-
scribed as an ''acute commercial crisis" 8"
The financial condition OF the coun-
try and the problem of stablizing
Chiles money. which has a wide Auc-
tuation. are now occupying the atten-
ton OF the new government. Wnlcn
came into power December % last.
President Alessandri is known TO favor
establishment of a central bank. under
government control. to facilitate the
conversion Of paper money into gold.
The country's conversion fund now
amounts to 11t.11O.000 Chilean gold
pesos. 1t is estimated 10000 600 gold
pesos arc required before the convcr-
sion law. passed by Congress several
years ago, can be applied. Its applica-
tion has Just been postponed until De-
cember 81. 1921
Chilean paper is calculated in terms
of British currency. Weakness of the
pound sterling against New York is
said in some quarters to have con
tributed to the drop in Chilean ex-
change. Another reason is said TO he
the lack of sales Of nitrate from which
the government derives more than so
per cent of it's annual income
New-York tribune., 1921-03-14
Foreign Trade Notes

me government OF British India has
Increased the duty on automobiles
alom = per cent ad valorem to %
''F cent ad valorem.
Madrid advices to the Department
y. commerce state that there is
SstoHg probability that the new Span
,a larlf viii come into force by
tSs ttSssi decree on March 20, or soon
Il ite5ieaiter. All outstanding shipments,
.S advised. should be made before
dsI.. d. cate, and orders for subsequent
ti0assry should be accepted condi-
II ,'lai t TO the new duty. There is likely
rs;,. an increase on steel products,
way and hardware supplies, ma
"efy OF all kinds and textiles.
= rS;aN rS;aNipments Of merchandise from the
10 SSo,"'ed States to Porto Rico increased
lS,dp per cent in 1920 compared with
tsa ,, Shipments from Porto Rico to
sslrao omted States nearly doubled in
tbs o'est eat interest is being displayed by
Cor, Japanese in the development of
srs sra'aefcial aviation. Substantial orders
tbs ipeported to have been placed with
part oIiush for airplane engines and
strns.,ior ior flying boats of British con-
tows are being taken in Germany
nns.sutne the establishment of national
OF economies in Leipzig.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-14
Marine Reports
THE TIDES
Arrived Yestcrdax

Arrived Yesterday
tho ,~.,,a .mncs 'fy1, Havre. March G. to
with eo7 first 4o9 second cabin COZ stes,
"SS pass. mails and n'dse; Pier 81 n r.
March Jacmei' .. rort.suspr, ,ncn r's'oea, pa; !;
Cape Hayti S to tho Panama Ratiroad
Ss Line. with ga pass, malls and nadsc
Pier !. NobolScn J. :
" tHaz IN ballast In Quarantine
str Volunteer st Michaels. March .: 70
nie 4ne tcsmopoiitan shipping Co. in ballast
Str cayo MambI. santo Domingo. March
:; s. and Maoorls, g. to the Atlantic Fruit
90: <, VIZ n sugar Red Hook Flats. Bklyn
Bermuda, March s: to ] " Elwell E. ca
IN s'r ss%isss: Es I: on on Bay r, Ridge, Bklyn.
tns !, ,Iosmopolitan Shipping Co. with md Sc
str Clearwater soerabaya. Dec 90; sa.
' port sad s SsPsAGTs Basr.s Iaq p.s coem9o sas
celona, %. to the United Amertcan an ms
with indse; Off Liberty
Thomas, March 6 to the L s and Brazil
80 Line with coffee; Pier IL Bklvn
r, ~ StT Munrio antanamo, Feb II. and
Line. With sugar, Nat Sugar Ref. /, Citv
str AmpNtco. Hamburg. Feb az TO thr
standard oil Go OF New Jersey: In ballast;
Robin Dry Dock. Bklyn
Str olinda tCuh) Nuevitas March 8. +c
tne te Munson 5 Line; with mdse; Pier Q
h r.
str Navarino (Br). Rotterdam, Feb "a
10 the Cunard s Co; with mdse; Pier 4
Sec X, Weehawken. \ J.
S'r Arcadia. West Hartlepool. Feb 81;
10 'he Atiantic & Adriatic Co; in bal
last of Stapleton. T.
str Somme (transporN. Antwerp. ret
- to the L A T with ss frst as second
cabin pass and 6sT troops; also brough,
sos bodies S soldiers: in Quarantine.
SIR stephen Jones. Porto Padre March
to Crowell & Thurlow; with sugar; on
Stapleton 5 I.
Str Apache. Jacksonville and Charleston,
70 the Clyde Co. with pass and rndse
Pier 81. y r.
minion Trans CO.. with rndse; Pier %. N r
str Nesta. Port Arthur. March .; OF
Tompkinsvlile, < l.
S'r Lake tiaiistso, Philadelphia Pier ! Z
Eklyn
str paneholm CDan), Havana for Fertr
Anboy off Quaraatine
kiusNiilc. l.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-14

of vessels and many unsuited for over
seas service.
Normally the requirements that are
made annually to make UP for obsolete
tonnage retired or broken up furnish
the worlds shipyards with considerable
work AT present the percentage of
superannuated vessels is abnorma mally
large, because of the strain of war
service and because numbers of vessels
nave been kept IN service beyond their
normal span of life.
Under present conditions. however.
these factors are not looked to to fur
nlsh much employment for shipyards.
Vessels that have become inefficient to
a degree that renders them useless for
service will be retired but until the
freight markets show some improve
ment there is little likelihood that re-
placements will be made on any large
scale. Some. ships will be built, but this
will be only in cases where EMPLOYMENT
IS assured Speculative building is.
temporarily at least, thing of the
past
Germany is using the barter plan
sidiary lines OF the North German
Lloyd, for instance, has traded one Of
its larger steamers for five smaller
vessels. which can be utilized to more
advantage in the subsidiary service
The exchange was made with a Dutch
shipping firm.
1t is also announced from Germany
that the Hansa Line has chartered
English vessels and will operate them
in its service at once. 1t has furthe r
been reported that a number of Brit
ish vessels have been sent to Hamburg
for repairs. German shipyards are re-
/. +
navian and Dutch account. The Ham
burg american Line expects to have 8
liner running to New York in few
months, and, taking it altogether. Ger
many is rapidly resuminr her shipping
relations with other nations
New-York tribune., 1921-03-14
German Firms to Build
Locomotives for Spain

LONDON, Feb Germany's en-
trance into the race for world trade
: shown in the news that three groups
o. German firms, the Vulcan, the
Lincke and the Henschel groups
backed by Krupps- have just obtained
contract for ll9 locomotives for the
Spanish railways. Two of the groups
placed in a Swedish bank "A deposit Of
5000 900 pesetas Sl000,000) in gold
norder to establish their credit. This
deposit represented at least 30,000,0 600
marks at the present rate of exchange
The orders were pooled between the
groups, which already have offered TO
deliver one thousand locomotives to
Russia annually at S65,000 an engine.
The British bid on this same contract
was 100000 an engine.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-14

San Jeranin'o 10 " kew WV west '1 Mar IL.
San Lose l9a S Henlopen Mar Il.
Santa barbara 567 z cape Henry Mar IL
santa lu"Z !, as Sa2 Francisco Mar -.
Santa Isabel 20 e Tampco Mar T..
Santa Paula Il NaVassa Island Mar .
santa Rita 5l3 San Francisco PM
santurce lss < Scotland ~ Mar Is.
:, Sssse nlaeim 20 ;Jppiter Mar T.
sixaola 75a s Ambrose Mar II
Socony 149 \ Hatteras Mar 49,
Sonoma liz from san Francisco 8 PM
Standard l4s r Por; r.obos Mar ~
Stes 5, I, ,;',s re SI5 =, Sc s. Thomas MAY II.
Sunevco - SIC cape Henry Mar IL
Sunoil liz NNE Port Lobos Mar IL
Swtftstsr so $ san Francisco Mar II.
Ihgodore e Reynolds lat 80 - Ion Ga 90
Thomas Wheeler 40 \ Hstteras Mar 49,
Tolosa n r Cape Henry Mar is.
Ibbergen 90 Miami Mar H.
ULYSSES 20g NE Colon Mar II
Nsnczusla l9l5 w san Francisco PM
Ve4tura 1,a'5 " San Francisco rM
vlstuia Is off Beaufort C Mar r.
W II Libby lSS SW Hatteras Mar 49,
" NJ irish s. + Key West Mar -
W Miller 176 from Port Townsend PM
Mar 10. "
Walter A Luckenbsch 27o s San Pedro
Mar II.
Walter y Munson ,os3 S Ambrose Mar la.
Wawalona W ~ " Portland PM Mar 10
West Camak 524 San Pedro 6 PM Mar IL.
West Caruth 100 Ambrose Mar ~.
" est Catanaoe lat 25 50 Ion 70 50 Mar 13
West Hika 2s7 " Honolulu 5 PM Mar II,
West Hixton 1889 " Honolulu PM
Mar H.
West lsieta Sc Portland 1.v s PM Mar II.
Vest Ivan s,O21 from Flattery PM
Mar 10.
YES. West IHis : oe9 ". Flatterv 9 PM Mar 10.
Vest View II : 'Fatjeras Mar H.
,N.est West WeEo 81 q Hcnlopcn Mar H.
", W"stnaoreland 25 NE Colon Mar H.
Westpool 957 + Ambrose Mar 1o
". Miiiian n Doheny % Cape May Mar .
Wlllinaatic l42 Z Ambrose Mar IL.
Winding Gulf 1913 NE Cape Henry Mar "a
N0olverinne state 2,9oo w Honolulu 5 I'm
Mar H.
Yslza 72 WSW Nantucket Mar 10
I"cara l-ls6 Scotland 1.V Mar IT.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-14
AMERICAN PORTS

BALTIMORE March fs-Arrivcd: strs
iI34arue,a. "a New York; Bradford CITY CBr),
Tt,sI,nourg t,',.,g. via lmmingham: Polars Gan).
Genoa. fudsonian, Bizerta schr NJ vivian
riSTgg, SIfA Il tpoEtia9@ = rl.r~ / Ne ON tewl
Str Comancho New York
J4e ksa@,Nv1LLE. Fla March 1a-Ar-
TiHea ~. etrs Arapahoe. Nov York via
NoRFoLK Va March Arrived. Strs
D[eEon ,,I,. Maru 'Jap), Messia oreland CBr)
pnia califorris orr. New Orleans, Hans
t''e1l' ''alveston' Conrad Mohr eNor)
Port Arthur, Evelyn New York: vittorio
Neneio ,lfl pakar, Hernes (Nor>. Mar
.Hitaf, Buda tfrl. Galveston. Yolnac hi
Liverpool; FeekshiN Southampton. Sailed
ies tGkl. Galveston, Suuewco. Guam
fRnalno Cristobal Cristobsi; Lsbette Man
chester. Yeikiisu Maru Jap BRUNSWICK,
'Nonlan 'br}. liverpool. Bowes Castle
p5rl. shanghai Jaboatso (Brazl. Cet.e.
ri tisADfi.fHlA, March 13-Arrived:
ll@hscl.p lIo,ach. nosgr (Br} Glasson ete;
<ew York Rsyonne, New York. Pleiades
New York Cascade. Barcelona. Manito-
voc, St Jego; Gulfnsid Port Arthur
7a,led Vacuum. Texas City, julia luck
enhach r Il Kemp TAlnnico
PORT ARTHUR. Ten. March 1s-Ar-
nico Was Rceun, Lisbon: Charles Braiey.
Iampico. Sailed. Sangarnon, New YORK
AsW,Ts; ,,yi z, =, TaIm,Pico a,
Dominion CRl). liverpool
PORT NApS, La. March is~Arrived:
Geibs eibs tIlondl. reiba Hallway. New York
laos lID. Taiapico. Potomac (Br). United
Kingdom. Sailed: British Peer (Br},
IBsrrows' Chamette. Havana. Ri Es,ero.
Now York. Metapan. Cristobal; Noddie
lsiand Barccioua: Ossa. Texas city. Sara
'nacca. Port Barrios, Tegucigalpa (Hond),
Ceiba.
SAVANNAH. Ga March 13--Arrivcd.
city OF st Louis. New York; Lake Gedney,
Jacksonville.
TAMPA Ella March ia-sailed: conot-
ton, New York; Lake Elmont, Mobile
New-York tribune., 1921-03-14
sniI SATURDAY.
TRANsPACIFIC MAILS

The connecting mails close at the Gen.
Station New York, d 600 p. m. as fol-
lows; ''
Japan Cores and China tspecialv 3D..
dressed ouly), via Seattle stea,nship
West J sup. March Is
Hawaii and Philippine Islands Via San
Francisco, steamship Granite state,
March IL
Japan Corea and China Especially as-
dressed onl. via Seattle. steamship West
Jester. March 20.
Tahiti. Marquesas, Cook Islands and (spe-
ciauy addressed mali for New Zealand
and Australia via san Francisco. seam
ship Mariana. March 23.
Hawaii Samoan Islands Australia and
specially addressed mail for New Zea-
land via San Francisco steamship Sono
ma, March "a
Japan Corea China siberia. French Indo-
China, Netherlands East Indies (except
Suma,ra) and Philippine Islands via
Seattle. steamship Hawaii Maru. Mar l.
Hawaii. Samoan Islands. Australia and
New Zealand via san Francisco steam
ship Makuta. March %.
Hawai-. VIA san Francisco. steamship WI
helmina. March IS
Hawaii VA San Francisco steamship Ma
noa. March IS.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-14
Grew Rescued From Lifeboats
On Abandoning Burning Ship

Radio advices received here yester-
day by the Naval Communication Serv-
ice from the steamship Lake Freeborn
reported that the Japanese steamship
Hofuku Maru had rescued the crew of
the dismantled sailing ship Frieda f
and was bringing them to Norfolk.
After the sailing vessel was battered
by storm fire broke out in its hold,
and the crew were forced to take to the
lifeboats. They We're sighted by the
Japanese steamship. The Hofuku.
whose radio was relayed by the Lake
Freedom. is bound from Barry to Balti
more and will land the shipwrecked
seaman at Norfolk
New-York tribune., 1921-03-14
Fire Record

A. NJ LOSS
a.o5-ssth st. and Lexington av.
subway station. L r. 7, rub
bish. .........- Unknown
3.45-lssl Amsterdam av.; unknown
Unknown
4oo-l6sth st. and Grand av.; auto.
SOPHIE knipper -. Cnknown
t55-9l7S LIST ay. auto unknown None
1l:lo-2a9 Division st; unknown. slight
2. NJ.
l3:l5-4os K I'D ST. Rose HogilS Unknown
l,15-a6o Tiffany st, the Bronx;
auto; Sam WOLF. ........ Unknown
l:5o--iss Mulberry st; Felemina
GHlrOa . | Il kNo WI
s:s5-l67 Bleecker ST.. unknow own. Unknown
5.05-l51 F.. Houston 81. Morris
Stelnberg Observation-Disclosures. Sigh
7;lo--i52 w SD St; Angelina Varus
s15-2es7 sth av.; Joseph Frolich
Unknown
i0:l0--40 Monroe st; unknown. ..... Slight
l0:5o-ls4 Ryer av.. the Bronx Irwin
Fox. ....... Cn know wn
New-York tribune., 1921-03-14
Reports by Wireless
From the L. S. Naval Commu.
nicatiOn Station

fDistance is given in miles. Reports are
da ed noon unless otherwise specified
Abercos ~ W Columbia River Pli
Mar 10
Aswnnoon 237 sW Sand Key Mar 10
Aswiworid i26 ) by W Hatteras Mar ~.
A gouquin 375 5 Ambrose Mar /.
Algonquin 2692 W San Francisco PM
Mar II.
Alllanca 21s S Ambrose Mar IL
Annetta 276 Ambrose Mar 10.
Admission lat "a II ion Sc Is Mar H.
Antietarn lat IS 81 Ion 70 20 Mar L.
Arizorran 1S2 s San Pedro s PM Mar IL.
Aryan II w Sand Key Mar y.
Babboosie 40 E Cape Henry Mar IS.
Baldbutte 5s Hatteras Mar y.
Barrenfork Lookout Mar Is.
Baton Rouge 90 Hatterss Mar rs.
Baytown lo4 " Key West Mar n
Beatrice passed Hatterss :50 AM Mar 10.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-14

four times oreater than for the SANE
period for 1919 although there was Z.
reduction in l.atfic for the montn OF
December compared with the preceding
months.
The principal classes of merchandise
carried during the year were clothes
and furs. Among the imports the
largest item was one Of about s1.5o0.-
600 for women's outer clothing brought
from France In the export trade more
varieties of goods were handled. One
Of the chief items was mems and boys
wooden clothing, while other goods for
warded were watches, electric lamp
parts, wireless apparatus, human hair.
paintings and motion picture films
New-York tribune., 1921-03-14
Settlement of Bombay
Cotton Contracts POSTPONED

BOMBAY. March II Delayed The
Cotton Contracts Board, under q sane
tion from the government. has post
poned for week settlements between
dealers and spectators made necessary
by the recent heavy decline in the price
OF cotton
The postponement has afforded tenn
porarv relief. The market reopened
to-day, but was closed again when one
Of the most prominent operators was
posted as a defaulter.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-14
Reports Of Shipping and News of Foreig1
In the World of Shipping

With only one more keel to be laid
Tor the account of the Shipping Board,
the governments construction program
Is rapidly approaching completion
Iherc are still under construction and
to be delivered to the board fifty ves-
sells of 100000 gross tons. the latter
figure comparing with millions of tons
building for the governments account
hardly more than year ago. With the
delivery of the last vessel American
shipyards will have turned out 2.3l2
boats for the Shipping Board.
With government work practically
at an end and hardly anything in sight
in the way of new orders for private
account. the outlook for the American
shipbuilding industry continues gloomy.
Some or the largest companies are now
reducing forces and shutting down
plants. and those that will continue
will do so on basis of reduced labor
costs.
One of the few optimistic forecasts
that have been made recently. from the
shipbuilders' standpoint, comes from
Great Britain. One OF the heads of the
Holt shipping interests sees opportuni-
ties for the shipyards. There are too
many ships in the world under the pres
ent conditions of trade, he says, but in
his opinion there is still shortage Of
certain types, which must be made up.
Toe many cargo vessels Of the smaller
types and too few of the larger and
more efficient ones, and of combination
cargo and passenger vessels, is the sit
uation as he sees it,
This state of affairs applies espe-
cially to the new American merchant
marine. J. Herbert Anderson, head of
the Anderson Overseas Corporation
and the man who sought to sell the
Shipping Boards wooden tonnage
abroad, has pointed this out. Fabr-
Gated shipbuilding, necessitated by the
war has resulted in a government fleet
composed of comparatively few types
New-York tribune., 1921-03-14
q llite Star Captain Retires

captain William N. Smith, port cap
tain at New York Of the White Star
Line, will retire this week after forty
three years continuous service for the
line afoat and ashore, IN the course
Of which he commanded some of its
Gnest ships His last official act for
the line win be to dispatch the Olym-
PIC on March 19 for Cherbourg and
SOuth3n1ptOn
New-York tribune., 1921-03-14
GOODYEAR Meeting Postponed

AkKON, UhIo. MarcH l3.-The ad-
journed meeting of the Goodyear
Tire and Rubber Company stockhold
ers, scheduled for March is to ratify
the companys refnancing plans, IN
volving S85, 100000, Will be adjourned
indefinitely. Vice President George
~ Stadelman announced tonight.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-14
British Air Trade Totals
SIS, 600, 600 i'm One Year
Imports Worth S3,5OO,OOO
Conveyed by Plane: Bal
nnno L. En-4a
ancc is Exports

LONDON, March l2.-More than
s5,0O00o0 worth of goods were trans
ported by air to and from England last
year There were s3,50O,000 worth Of
imports and s1,5O0,000 worth of ex-
ports. For ehe last quarter of the year
the value of imports and exports con-
veyed by aircraft was approximately
New-York tribune., 1921-03-14
Alaska Making Wood Pulp

WASHINGTON. March l3-Alaska
now is manufacturing wood pulp, the
Department of Agriculture announcing
to-day receipt of samples of the first
run Of new mill established near
Juneau on the Tongass national forest
Forest service officials after examining
the samples declared that the estab-
ishment of the mill marked another
milestone of progress in pulp produc-
ton for the newsprint industry.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-14
New Ecuadorean EXCHANGE Rate

GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador. March 13.-
The government issued decree to-day
liking the rate of excnange at $50
sucres on New York.
Under normal exchange rates the
sucre is worth about so cents.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-14
OUTGOING STEAMSHIPS
Sail To- morrow
sail w ed dnesday

Rrsea. Marseilles. 1880 AM soopM
Estouia panzie. e.-...... $50 AM 2.o0 PM
Porto Rico san Juan. $50 AN IL 90 NJ
Narscaibo. Curacao... Q 80 AN 1900 N
Nestris, Bueuos Ayres. s:3o AM 12 90 NJ
TT hamilton. Bermuda 7.30 AM 100 AM
Ageroen Guaysquii .... ! > 90 M
Conal. 1ialyeStou.-..-. IL NJ
New-York tribune., 1921-03-14
sail 1hurssia y

Mongoli Hamburg . 80 AM 1900 M
Helig Olav. hristiania / 90 AM 200 PM
Dante Alighieri. Geuoa. 10 40 AM 200 PM
East Wind. Cape Town. < 90 AN 1900 NJ
Caronia, Liverpool. 500 AM Il NJ
France. liavrc rc---...--- $50 AM 1900 M
Morro Castle. Vera cruz s 80 AM 1900 "
t.arolNn. San .u4n -. ----------- II 90 n
New-York tribune., 1921-03-14
Snil lridaY

Cen G ". Goethals.
Cristoba ............i2.oo NJ 40npM
Pleiades, Frtstobs 90 AN IL 90 "
fungus. turks lste .i2 90 90 Pm
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-09-09
SCHOOL PRAYER
DAY TO BE HELD
Observance to Take Place at
Evangelical Church

AS next Sabbath is generally OBJ
served throughout the country bv
churches of all denominations as the
day of prayer for schools, there will
be appropriate exercises at the Evan"
gelical church and Rev. C. F. Strutz
will preach at p M. on the subject.
1.-The Sheet Anchor of Our Liberties"
A Sabbath in September has been
annually DESIGNATED as the day Of
prayer for schools. since the sugges-
tion was first made by DR.. James S.
Martin, general superintendent Of the
National Reform Association. twenty
years ago. Various ecclesiastical bod
les including the highest courts OF
many evangelical churches have
warmly approved the observance OF
such a day early in Sentember when
the youth of the land are gathering in
public and private schools to begin
the work of the fall term.
Pupils, parents and school officials
are especially invited TO attend the
services at the Evangelical church next
Sabbath. The Bismarck Evangelical
Hospital Training School for Narse3
will also be represented on the pro-
gram of the evening service by its
pupils. one of whom will speak on the
subject, "Why I Chose to Become a
Nurse and others will iavor the con-
gregation with specia! musical num-
ber.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-09-09
SOUTH AMERICA
LIKES HARDING
NATIONS PLAN
Colombian Representative Pre-.
diets They Would Follow
Lead of U. S.
ASSAILS PRESENT LEAGUE
Declares South American Ma.
tiOns Went in Thinking Unit.
cd States Would Lead
ASSAILS PRESENT LEAGUE

Geneva, Sept. 8. (By the. Associaed
; Prcss.)--lf President Harding sees
III 10 create new society OF nations
Colombia will be among the first to
apply for membership.
A. #. RestrepO, chief OF the Colom-
bian delegation Of the league of na-
lions assembly, made this declaration
today in discussing a report that COL
0mbla among other South American
states might withdraw from the league
because OF its rejection of the Argen-
tine amendment to the covenant of
the league providing that all sovereign
states who so desired should be men,
bers of the league
Colombia did not regard the rejec-
ton OF the amendment sufficient rea-
son to leave the league
Senor Restrepo added that he be-
lieved all the other South and Gen.
trail American states would follow COL
omba into the new society should it
be formed. Asked if this could be
construed as meaning these states
would withdraw from the present lea
que in the present events Senor Res
trepo said.
"We would have to wait and see but
nevertheless it is question if public
opinion in South America would sup
port two leagues.
All Questions European
"The South American countries are
finding that virtually all questions be-
fore the league are purely European
in interests, continued Senor Restre-
po. NEARLY all our interests COM
mercially and politically lie in the
other continent and in a sense are
common to those Of the United States.
Colombia for example came into
the league only because we thought
the United States would be a men,
ber and would in sense be the lead
err and protector of all the states
OF North and South America. We see
now that we were badly mistaken and
that the United States probably never
will join he present league. This
causes US to think and naturally we
are deeply inerested in the outcome
of the forthcoming Washington con-
ference"
Norway Pleads For Russia
DR.. Fridjoj Nansen, on behalf of
Norway, today filed with the league
OF nations that country's acceptance of
the obligatory jurisdiction clause of
the permanent international court Of
justice for period of five years.
DR.. Nansen appealed to the world
through the assembly for 30,000,000
pounds sterling which he said was re-
quired to buy 100000 tons Of wheat
~ save Russia from starvation. He
declared Europe was menaced with
the greatest disaster in its history.
Prince Dowleh. of Persia, who spoke
next, dwelt on the absence OF results
in the abundance of talk about disarm-
ament. i He said all eyes, in cOnse-
quence, were turned toward Washing
ton.
He scored the council for doing no
thing to halt the "disgraceful war
between Greece and Turkey.