New-York tribune., 1922-02-16
A.A.Ryan Back;
Won't Explain
Quitting Police
Personal Matter. Is Brokers'
Comment on Retirement:
". 4. Hartman Is Enthu-
siastic About Shipping
ruropeReturning tow ork
ysucIain and Liggett Tell
of Better Conditions in
Britain and on Continent

;,so White Star liners, the Olympic
~ the adriatic. arrived yesterday, tn,
:.-ner from southampton and the
..Aor from tour of Mediterranean
sorts.
On the Olympic were 11S cases OF
did valued at SA,3o7 900, and CON
1;~nod 10 banking houses here. Among
.se Messengers were Allan A. Ryan
ga;nbridcc Colby, William Averell Har-
,,,ar Louis X. Liggett and Samuel NJ
,auclain, president Of the Baldwin Lo-
ccmotive Company.
Mr.. Ryan said he was happy to be
hack. What he had been doing abroad
md what he intended to do now were
personal matters. he said, and of no
interest to any one.
Won't Explain Resignation
He was asked if he had heard of the
announcement that he had resigned as
Deputy Police Commissioner before he
sailed. made recently by Commissioner
Enrisht-
"oh, SAID M Ryan, that's inter
cstine.'
"why did yeu resign. Mr. Ryan"
"Ths. is a personal matter and one
which DO not care to discuss
Mr. Hartman. who is president Of
he United American Lines. was en-
,husiastic over the accomplishments Of
his trip abroad He had closed nego-
,iations. he said for the purchase of
The Reliance and the Rcsolute. two
passenger steamships of about 10000
ions each, to be used IN service between
New York and Hamburg
He said that England could afford to
crap her battleships, because of her
arge merchant marine.
"If she were to scrap all her bic
ss;tleshins." MI Hartman declared
England wou'd still be mistress of the
seas'
Mr.. Liegett mead of the chain Of
rug stores bearing his name, was opti-
nistic over conditions in Europe. so
asch SO that he arranged for the con-
s'ructon cl iifty new stores in England
4yrins the year.
H said that his volume of business
an Great Britain in the last year had
ae7n Si5c0o,0o0. as against S12O.OOO,OOO
sete
British Trade Reviving
Business in Great Britain.Y Mr..
-ae:. added is within 1 per cent Of
ast It was d year ago. and it has
ed up 50 per cent in the last two
reggs'
W. Fauclain has been investigating
e'GaItoas IN Russia, Austria Rumania
sf4 fciaad lie has been away two
|0alos He is especially optimistic
s'aeerniAs the future of Poland, and
convinced that Rumania holds the
Sc. to tho traffic of Europe.
Mr. Nauclain said the Germans are
'erkng harder than any one else, and
hat % per cent Of the population of
Lufope is now at work. OF this num-
oe. Arlf arc actuaily producing and
the othcr half working half time. Rus
ia. he added, was dormant oconomi-
ia'y.
Mr.. Nauclain said he hoped the
nitcd Stttes would not enter the
senoa conference. He did not believe
-ay good would come OF IT,
'apanosc Business Men Arrive
Also on toasd the Olympic were Rod
nan arauaFcr. ID. and a Japanese
allegation Of business men coming to
investigate conditions here. The group
vas headed by Morimatsi Ito. secretary
Of the Japanese Business Mems Mis-
slon for England and America. Henry
Dearborn. manager of the Hawaiian
nc, W. another passenger.
lher' We're on the Olympic 347 first
'-o'n possoreers. 213 second and 149
md cabin pass cngers.
Inc Adriatlr brought Alexander
smith Cochran. husband of Nine.
'aana Nalssa. and before his marriage
'pnted to be tho wealthiest bachelor
Wy the world. f. Phillips Oppenheim.
author also was on board. He was
nefe, he said. because of the death of
iiS iterarv aup0, I u p;1Lor