The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-05-26
S. DIPLOMAT
INCITES FRENCH
Charles Crane Reported
Sentenced to Twenty
Years in Prison
AN AGITAT0R CHARGE
Started Disturbances in Syria,
Claim French--EX-A X-Ambas-
sador Is Silent
BY Atsoclaied ptcra

by Associated Press.
PARIS, May .5- Charles Il.
Crane, who s reported to have been
condemned hy u French military
court 20 20 years imprisonment. Is
now stopping az % Paris hotel when
he was scon this afternoon he was
asked concert ing his condemnation,
hut tcfusoi to say anything In re-
gard 10 tho syrian situation. adding
thai he was making an effort to do
something regarding II.
MIR Crane has not been under ar
rest or surveillance when he goos
out Of the hotel he moves about en-.
t!rely unohscrvcd by the ciyll au-
thorltles. Mr.. Crane said he would
not be- ready TO spenH until he
reached New York as he intends
worklnE along the same lines In
London"
From travelling companion Of
MIR. Crane It was learned that hc was
seeing members OF the French
chamber ana senate regarding the
Syrian situation.
CHICAGO. May 20 Sentence OF
20 years In prison on u charge OF
melting recent disturbances In
French mandate territory I'm Syria
has been metcd out to Charles X.
Crane OF Chicago by French mill
tary court In Damascus, according
20 a copyrighted dispatch from
Cairo. Egypt, published today in
the Chicago Daily News. The dis.
patch Is based on reports published
In an Arabic newpaper received In
Cairo.
These reports, according to the
Daily News dispatch. say tho mill
tary court passed the sentence "aftor
10 in
absence OF the COUNSEL" >"
"A notice In the newspapers" the
dispatch continued. quoting tho Of
fetal communique. adds that the
American government has been noti-
fled OF the verdict"
WASHINGTON, May 25.-Inquiry
has been made by the French gov
ernment of the state department as
TO the precise status Of Charles II.
Crane. who for the past six months
has been conducting an Inquiry into
conditions In tho near east. The state
department, II was learned today,
has replied that Mr.. Crane was act
ing entirely on his own initiative
and authority and was without any
government commission.
Visited Russia. Too.
Mr.. Crane, after n trip across 81
u'Iid lilAo StNlfl lNNhhla ldHl your
and after n short visit to the United
States, left for northern Europe 1t
being stated that he intended visit
Ing In Albania and Anatolia, which
was Just being evacuated by tho ltal-
ian and French troops which had
been In occupation of the country
since the close of the Wolrd war.
Recently Mr.. Crane was heard
from In Syria, whore he was said to
be making an Inquiry into conditions
OF the Arabian and tho Turkish
population. The attentions Of the
French government was soon at
tracted 10 Mr.. Cranes activities.
Encouraged Residents.
Although French officials ex-
pressed belief that II could not be
said that he was melting natives 10
resistance against the French mill
tary forces occupying Syria under
the terms of the treaty OF Severns.
they regarded his presence as highly
inimical. The natives, with exalted
ideals of American institutions. were
said to have been encouraged by
Mr.. Cranes presence among them
to resist the application OF the
French mandate over the country
and to demand their absolute inde.
pendence.
Neither the state department noI
the French embassy had received
any reports today ms TO the reported
action of a French military cour
in sentencing Mr.. Crane to 20 years
Imprisonment on charge OF incHinI
recent disturbances In Syria. As 4
the report that the sentence wa
passed In the absence of the accused