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New-York tribune., 1922-12-24
LONDON.

LONDON.
The discovery Of a formula which
judges and juries viii be able to ae-
eept when dealing with charges in
which the plea Of insanity is put for
ward--this is the task that q body Of
leading alienists here has just under
taken.
The whole question Of criminal re-
sponsibility and its association with
insanity has been referred TO this COM
mittee Of mental experts, whose in.
vestigstion is one Of the most impor-
tant inquiries Of recent years in the
realm Of criminal insanity.
The formula sought would render
possible definite pronouneement
whether a man is responsible erimi-
nally or whether he Is insane. This
subject was brought into prominence
By the recent case Of Ronald True.
After the question Of his alleged in
sanity had been thrsshed out during
the trial and he had been sentenced
there was a reprleve following the YER
diet Of = committee Of alienists 70
New-York tribune., 1922-12-24
King Said ''Baa, Baa";
Parliament Paid No Heed
Odd Wager on Lack of Atten.
tion TO Speech Was Won
by George Nv

LOFDONs
The pomp and ceremony attending
the opening Of Parliament probably at
tracts more attention IN the House Of
Lords than do the words Of the Kings
speech, but the last address from
George V, delivered n few days ago,
contained no Interpolation such az was
once made in a speech from the throne
by George w.
IL Is asserted that when he was Re-
gent George ~ made O bet with Rich
ard Sheridan, the drnmatist, that 50
little attention would be paid to the
reading Of his speech that he could in
terpolate any nonsense he liked with
out any ono showing surprise.
The bet was accepted. The Regent
paused in the course Of the address and
said distinctly. "Baa. baa. black sheeplH
and then went on. 40 one took notice
Of the strange words. Chagrined At
the loss Of his wager. Sheridan asked
George Canning. the Premier. II he had
noticed anything strange.
"Oh, yes" said Canning. Il heard
The Prince say 'Baa, bsa, black sheepl'
but Is he was looking straight at you
at the time 1 took Il for a personal
allusIoA."
New-York tribune., 1922-12-24

tryside where Clemeneeau planted his
cabin, the humble house In Guyenne
where last year I visited NJ. Fsllieres,
the cafe which P9re Joffre visits daily,
the little country station near which
Tolstoy lived, the frightful funeral OF
Oscar Wilde. Poet, national hero, con-
dottIere, tribune, retired soldier-in
whatever light you view him-Gabriele
d'Annunzio does not conceive that a
farewell TO worldly vanities can be said
on the paths of humility, suffering or
deprivation. He has not been con-
verted into a monk with wallet and
staff, but into a Roman cardinal. He
may wish to die, but it Is only to be
wrapped in the shroud Of purple which
Renan threw over the bodies Of the
dead gods.
New-York tribune., 1922-12-24

LONDON.
London has just elected, for the first
time IN its history, a woman Mayor.
She Is Mrs. Ada salter, the wife Of a
doctor, and is the first woman repre-
sentative Of Labor In the whole coun-
try 10 be appointed 10 the Office os chief
citizen Of her town.
Both the Labor Party and the salter
family have reason 10 be proud Of
Bermondsey. for not only has Il a
labor hhyoress but Dr. salter was
elected as Labor candidate for Par
lament At the general election on
November 10 b. a majority Of nearly
twenty-five hundred. In the election
Of 1918 the town voted Liberal, so the
seat this year Is gain for Labor.
The doctor has been In Bermondscy
since 1900 and he Is known as the poor
mans Doctor"
The new Lady Mayor is going %
introduce some innovations. She saws
she will not wear the Mayoral chain
New-York tribune., 1922-12-24
Ynla or.rlooks Deserted Town

"His villa hangs on the flank Of
Mount Lsvino and dominates Lake
Garda. The town Is almost deserted.
Some Germans still linger in the
hotels. Nobody Is 20 be seen on the
streets, which, with their eehoing
emptiness and their interlaeed trees,
remind one Cf the avenues in q sunny
cemetery. A kilometer from the land.
ing place you come 20 a crossroads.
The road 10 the left has a signboard:
villa Ella, pensioni, with a rcd arrow.
You follow the direction Of the arrow.
1T Is a rough road, very stony. To
the right Is another road, bordered b.
benches. A hundred steps further lies
a hamlet with q few dilapidatcd
houses. Then you como to the poets
hermitage.
1T has three gates. But there is no
bell. To be admitted you must 20 to
the gardeners house. He takes in
cards, letters and dispatches. The re-
spOnse is always the same; The Major
is indisposed.'
cover the first gste--s wooden one,
painted green-there is an inscription;
Claustra Silentium. The second gate
is Of wrought iron. Il is covered with
a sheet iron screen. But at the third,
on the lower side Of the inelosure,
you can see through the bars.
Glimpse Of Antique Garden
"You get a glimpse Of an antique
garden full Of dignity and ststeliness.
A flight Of steps winds among the SOM
Der trees. A statue Of Hermes bends
its head forward and seems TO listen
attentively. Urns and boxes Of stone
send waves Of fowery color over the
lawns. The autumn OF the Riviera
oaresses all this luxury with its warm
breath. DO what you will, your imsgi-
nation fails II is absolutely impos-
sible TO find in this spectacle anything
sustere, poignant, patriarehal, clois-
tered or mystical. Il Is a solitude full
Of glory. Before this gate. ornamented
with chimeras, recall the arid eoun-
New-York tribune., 1922-12-24

that the leader Of the ArdIti taught the
General Of the Fascist the uses Of IL
legality. Mussolini was more than a
good pupil. lie was an enthusiastic
disciple. Many will recall his arrival
at Fiume on a warship which carried
an Italian Minister
"Now we are obliged 20 recognize
that the paths, at first parallel, but
now divergent. Of these two men carry
them toward opposite goals. Don't let
us conclude, please, that one leads
to the Viminal Palace and the other 10
convent. In Italy they hardly believe
that DAnnunzio will take the frock.
On the contrary, the parties which just
now accept, not without indignation,
the triumph Of Fascist clubs are
seeking among the politicians Of the
peninsula a man who will inearnate, II
the opportunity offers, the liberal aspi-
rations Of a minority which has not yet
disarmed. Nitu Is thoroughly disered-
tied. The old parliamentary chiefs
Orlando, Bonomi, Faeta and Giolitti--
showed, before the Mussolini coup
d'etat. such inertia and such eonster-
nation that their return 20 power seems
impossible. Don sturzo, the clandcs-
/ tine chief Of the Peoples party, a man
formerly potent and redoubtablc, was
the most conspicuous victim Of the
revolution.
"What then? They turn naturally to
the hermit Of Gardone.
Because Of all this it would have
been interesting TO hear him talk. Must
we conclude from his inertism that
this man. superlativeIy eloquent, lives
now in the contemplation Of death and
that the white columns Of the Altar OF
tho Fathcrland are in his eyes older
and more crumbling than the porticos
OF the Forum or the benches Of the
Coliseum?
1T may be 20. But the very contrary
may be so. One can concede, moreover,
that these are questions Of domestic
politics. But there arc other qucs-
tions. The poct-warrior's retirement
has It's consequences. The Germans
come even to his door-to Gabrielle
d'Annunzio's door-to carry into the
land Of what they used 70 call the
mandolin soldiers the defiance Of OBJ
servant and mcticulous German tour
ism. In a grand hotel In Gardone,
which iogks like q colossal sleeping
car, the register shows as foreign
guests a Dr.. Hasse, Of Berlin, and n
Fraulein Wohlgemueth, Of Hamburg.
And this within the boundaries Of dew
astAted Venetia. and only a few steps
away from the retreat OF Gabrielle
dAnnunziol
"Yes, the poet may dream Of exile
and solitude. But has the Major
really forgotten? His ncighbors do
not think so. And it is the Major
probably, who will some day snatch
the great writer out Of the perfumed
silence Of his garden. where the cyp-
resses, from one terrace TO another,
mount guard in the sun"
New-York tribune., 1922-12-24
London Woman Mayor Refuses
To Don Antique Official Robe

Of Office, nor will she put on the cum
bersomo Mayoral robes. Hitherto all
council meetings have been opened
with prayers, the Mayor appointing a
chaplain 10 ofiieiate. but Mrs. Salter Is
altering this. Instead Of having a
service in the council room she Is going
to nave a ten-minute service in the
manner Of the Friends in the Mayors
parlor before the meetings. II the
Councillors are not agreeable 20 this
Aen the service will be discontinued
altogether.
Britain elected over three hundred
Mayors. on the day Of the Lord Mayors
pageant in London. i52 Of them being
Conservatives. and only sixteen Labor.
while the rest were Liberals, Liberal
Unionists and Independents. Although
there was only one woman eli ttsd as
Mayor In London's twenty-eight bor-
oughs, the provinces elected three
ladies as chief citizens IN the towns Of
Chelssnham, Honiton and prseklsy.
New-York tribune., 1922-12-24
British Make New York
A Natural History Gift
Specimens From India To Be
Token of Appreciation
for Hospitality
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LONDON.
The expedition organized by two
Englishmen. which will collect man.
mails, reptiles and birds in India as a
gift to the American Museum Of Natu-
raj History in New York City In reeog-
milton Of the hospitality shown BY
Americans TO British officers during
the war, Is going into the Indian will
dernesS in January. The party is be.
ing organized by Colonel Faunthorpe,
British Commissioner at Lucknow, who
was in the United States on a British
war mission, and Arthur S. Verney, an
Rrt eonnoisseur, who lived in America
for twenty-five years.
Mr.. Nerney sailed for India this
week, where he will be Joined by
Colonel Fnunthorpe, cincmatog-
rapher and a taxidermist. The latter
has been sent by the museum.
The expedition will first go to Nepal
to hunt a horned rhinoceros and a
tiger. Il will then travel TO the united
provinces in search Of swamp deer,
and later to Bhopal for black buck and
10 hysore and Sambur for gaur. The
specimens will be placed In Roosevelt
Memorial Hall Of the museum.
Mr. Vorney said that as a result Of
the expedition Americans would sec
that "this country appreciates the al
most incredible things America did
during the war for every Englishman
whose duty took him 10 that country"
New-York tribune., 1922-12-24
Radio Ends Isolation
Of Lonely Pitcairn Isle
Residents Have Been Forced to
Depend on News Brought
by Occasional Ships
SYDNEY


Wireless has come 70 the rescue Of
lonely Pitcairn Island, which loomed
large In fiction and history as the
refuge of the mutineers Of the British
sloop Bounty, years ago.
Until now the islanders have been
compelled 20 depend for their news Of
the outside world upon the occasional
visits Of ships. A wireless plant has
Just been landed, and will do much TO
relieve the isolation Of the island resi-.
dents, according 20 sdvices reaching
here. Some Of the young men Of the
island have been learning the Morse
code.
The men who boarded the ship which
landed the plant seemed 20 have a good
knowledge OF money value, and OBJ
tanned a good price for their goods, ae-
cording to the ships officers.
New-York tribune., 1922-12-24
D'Ammsio Silently Refuses Share
In Glory Won by Premier Mussol1H1
Poet Warrior Fails TO BE.
come RecOnciled to Fas-
cisti or the Triumph Won
by His Former Followers
Next Move Is a Puzzle
Drift Toward Left Seen in
Failure to Refuse Office
in Seamen's Federation

PARIS.
D,AnnunSio and MussOlini were the
fathers Of the Italian revolution. The
former laid the foundations Of Fas-
eism when he seized and held Fiume
NussolinI simply made the most OF
that lesson.
After his election from Fiume
D'Annunzio took 70 seclusiOn. He
ceased 70 be q warrior and politician
and became a hermit. He has not
broken silence for a couple Of years.
Bat It is beginning TO be realized that
ne is not reeoneiled 10 the later devel-
opments Of Faseism and especially
to tho amazing personal triumph OF
one who was formerly only his obscure
follower.
will the immured poet return to
political strife? Will he attempt to
challenge his new rival By appealing
to the Socialist elements which Mus
solini chased from power? These
questions Of absorbing interest TO
Italy and TO Europe we're raised the
other day in an article in lie Petit
Psrisien" BY Henri B6rsud, who writes
from Gardone, on Lake Garda, Of
D'Annunzio's long retirement there
and Of his possible re-emergenee IS
an anti-Mussolinist. The article gives
charming description Of the author
soldiers retreat and Is also full OF
shrewd political speculation. A. Be-
raud says;
81 was anxious TO see the poet, whom
Italy, faithful 10 her war memories,
stlll calls The Major For two years
lever since the second affair Of Fiume)
he has received only three political
callers - Tchitcherin, Orlando and the
Socialist deputy, d'Arsgona. Lesions
Of reporters have voinly besieged the
walls Of his place Of retirement. The
author Of "Tho Virgins Of the Rocks
himself a prisoner by force Of sort
Of monastic vow, remains deaf 70 all
inquiries. During these long months
no one can claim to have approached
him. In his seclusion there is some
thing savage and inhuman. He has left
his residence only once. It was 20
drive In a landau through the streets
Of Gardone. Silence has fallen upon
him. One could we'll believe that he
Is ignorant Of the recent stirring
drama in which Italian aspirations
have been realized.
New-York tribune., 1922-12-24
Margoi's Barking Dog
Keep Her Husband Quie'

Mr. Asquith. equally famed - -
former Prime Minister and s' ia' ~ .
band Of "MsrEot." Is possessed :, :.
sense Of humOr. His brilliant ~'is ne. -
lust been writing another eAsTis'',s' y.
tic book, entitled "The Dogs ba'.'.~ {.
Caravan Passes" and sithouea n'
believed not greatly to enjoy . o., ,,... !.
deed, any Of her ineursions into ~, ~.
asure. he has. Of course. not ssn''., y,
to oppose It's publication. bus s.s,,
other day IN the Lobby Of the hs.''
OF Commons he shrewdly rsnarA.a. a..
"Ifi had permitted myself the ~. y,
observation .Narcot' woold have .a !.
tsinly accused me Of barking any
would have taken her caravan
longsr time 70 psszi'
New-York tribune., 1922-12-24
By Ware B. Wells
LONDON.

LONDON.
That the recent unearthing Of
yovsl tomb near Luxor 10 the greatest
archaeological discovery IN Egypt IN
modern times already Is certain. How
preat. in tho light which Il throws on
the vanished civilization that has made
the wisdom Of Egypt proverbial down
all tho ages, the discovery may prove
10 be-this remains for the secret OF
the still unopened inner chamber to
reveal.
The story Of the discovery, made by
the Earl Of Carnaryon, whose wealth
has enabled him to devote himself 10
the costly hobby Of EgyptOlOgy, and
Howard Carter, perhaps the finest liy-
Ing archaeological draushtsman, reads
like romance. The Valley Of the
Tombs Of the Kings, where the hnd
was made, IL a desert ravino lying
behind ihc barren ellis and hills which
form the mighty walls Of the Nile Val
ley, on the western bank Of the river,
some $50 miles above Cairo.
Resting Places OF Pharaohs
Here the Phnraohs Of the eighteenth,
nineteenth and twentieth dynasties'
covering the period from about 1860 TO
1890 B. c., were laid TO rest IN scpul-
ehres cut into the sides Of the hills,
the burial chambers being deep down
in the solid rock, approached BY hights
o. steps and corridors, generally orna-
mcnted by rich wall paintings and bss-
reliefs. The existence Of these tombs
has been the common knowledge OF oil
the centuries, though the precise To-
cation Of each has not been known.
For two or three thousand years rob-
bers have been busy with their treas
ures.
But for more than generation past
Mr. Carter's faith that tourists In
Thebes were stepping over priceless
treasures In the bowels Of the earth
has not faltered, despite all that Is
known Of the past riding Of the IA
nous site. The beginning Of The story
Of the discovery goes back thirty
three years, when he began searching
the Theban metropolis for a key TO
ancient Egypt. During that period he
found 4 number Of minor prises, but,
since Lord Carnsrvon Joined forces
with him seventeen years ago, the dis
eovery Of the Hyksos tablet was their
greatest reward-up TO the present.
Recently, after four days work In
the heart Of the small sacred basin,
he and his party unearthed step.
Continued digging resulted In the ex-
oavation Of a stairway which led right
beneath the tomb Of RHmeses TX, an
unimportant king who lived some 5000
years ago. AZ It's foot was q door in
seribed with the protocol Of another
Pharaoh, Tutankhamen, one Of the
most important kings Of Egypt. Il was
the one remaining tomb which there
had been any hope Of finding in the
Yslley Of the Tombs Of the Kings.
Ancient Treasure Barred
But tho opening Of the tomb showed
that the exeavators had stumbled upon
a discovery Of unprecedented ini-
portanee. No other royal tomb that
has been opened in Egypt has con-
New-York tribune., 1922-12-24
Last Secret of Egypt May Lie :
Behind Inner orofROyaIIOmb
Unopened Chamber of Tutankhamen's bur'ai race
Expected TO Reveal the Source OF
Bafling Ancient Arts

,slned such treasures as the tomb OF
Tutankhamsn revealed. The lights OF
the searehers shone upon Al age-ola
collection Of gems and gold and ala
baster-a collection which would fetch
upward Of Sl50Oo,0OO in any sales
room. But the value Of the discovery
was not 70 be stated in terms Of
money.
The tomb was a treasury Of the
ylorIes OF the Egyptian Court Of 1850
.B. c. There were gilt eouches inlaid
with ivory and jewels, there was the
Kings throne and tho Kings robes
Two statues showed him In biz habit
a. hs lived. ChAriots were there for
the dead Pharaoh's riding. masses Of
food for his eating, musieal instru-
ments, documents.
Tho state Of the outer chambers
showed that the tomb had been DIS
turbed at least once In the past.
In the third chamber may, and It Is
hoped does. rest the mummy Of Iu-
tankhamon himself. This third cham
Der has not yet been entered. The
tomb has been sealed again until Lord
cArnarvon, who had returned 70 Eng
land, goes back with picked band OF
experts 10 supervise the removal TO
the museum az Cairo. Then the secret
Of the inner chamber will be disclosed.
Throne Is Work Of Art
TutankhRmen's throne in itself must
be classsd as one Of the art treasured
Of the world, but upon the customs and
social organization. as we'll as the art,
OF ancient Egypt the discovery must
give much light.
There are in that tomb Of Tutank-
hamen's," says Lord Carnaryon, many
objects whose very existence prove
that modern knowledge Of the ancient
Egyptians Is very incomplete. We
have, however, every reason to believe
that, when the investigation Of the
tomb Is concluded, we shall have evi-
denee which will fscilitats an zuthon.
tative revision Of the archRol0gists'
knowledge"
Not least In interest from the his
torical point Of view Is the light which
the discovery will throw upon Tutank-
.hamen himself. who has his place not
only in the history Of Egypt, but also
in the history Of thought. He was the
successor OF Akhenaten, the so-ealled
Heretic King. who replsced-or tried
10 replacc-the traditional worship Of
the Egyptians, which had been ob-
served for at least a couple Of thous-
and years before by practically pure
monotheism. with the overthrow OF
the Hereto King Tutankhamen. who
had originally been an sdherent Of the
hereto religion, returned TO Thebes
and resumed the worship Of his fore
fathers.
One thing survived, however. Athena
tens quarrel with the orthodoxy Of
bis day gave q new impulse 10 Egyp-
tian. art-a revolt against the familiar
rituslistIc forms, an adoption Of freer
art forms which are strangely modern.
Not many specimens Of that old-new
art have been unearthed. But Il Is not
impossible that storehouse Of them
may be found when the inner chamber
Of Tutankhsmen yields up the last
secret Of the Valley Of the TOmbs Of
the Kings.
New-York tribune., 1922-12-24
Russians Mine AZ Tons
OF Gold in II Months
lIOSCOW.

-Four and , half IONS Of gold was
obtained by the Soviet government
from It's gold mines during the twelve
months ended October 81.
The Lena gold fields alone yielded
more than three and half tons, while
the remainder was obtained from seven
other gold fields. The number OF
workmon engaged in these fields. ac.
eording to the Supreme Economic
Council. Is li,7s9.
New-York tribune., 1922-12-24
Norris Bill Sets
U. S. Up in
Produce Trade
Declared Object Of Meas
ure Is TO Eliminate Ex-
eessive Profits of Middle
men and Help Farmers
Foreign Credit Urged
Act Has Strong Support Of
PrOgressives; Governments
Owned Rails Called For

grosa The TribsAs's WoshiaOtoa BSfsoa
WASHINGTON.
Uncle Sam will 20 into The business
Of buying and selling farm products II
The Norris bill. which has been the
subject Of contention and controversy
in the Senate for days, ever becomes
law.
The bill provides FOR the Organi1a'
ton Of a corporation with a capital
stock Of 500, 100000. all Of which is to
be subscribed and owned by the gov
eminent Of the United States. The
management is TO be vested in a board
Of directors, consisting Of three mem
bers TO be appointed by the President
by and with the advice and consent Of
the Senate.
The declared object Of the bill is 70
provide a market for tho sale OF
agricultural products and TO eliminate,
a. far as possible, the commissions
and charges that are ezseted upon
sueh products from the time they leave
In, producers until they reach the con-
aumer.
New-York tribune., 1922-12-24
Weeks Frames
Call to Arms
For Industry
Plans Laid for Instant
Mobilization of Manu-
facturers Of War Sup
plies in Hour of Need
Civilian Aid Obtained
Nation Divided Into Dis
tricts With Duties Out
lined for Every Section
Prom IN. Tr4buus's wasAIa0ion Burso'

Prom The Trfbnne's WashiReion bHFeoh
WASHINGTON.
Mobilization OF the industries Of the
nation which produce war supplies In
the same manner that tho man power
Of the nation could be instantly mobil-
lied In event OF war will be made
possible by the extensive war plans
that have been formulated by tho War
Department. Secretary Of War John
W. Weeks. In a special article written
for the January issue Of Nations
Business" the Official organ OF the
Chamber Of Commerce OF the United
States, tells Of the departments pre-
paredness program.
Creation Of a civilian general stat
to control wartime industrial mobili-
Iation Is the logical development Of
the army's plan Of industrial prepar-
edness outlined by Secretary Weeks.
The one certainty OF sueeess 10 Amer
lea in future military endeavors, the
War Secretary believes, lies in civilian
control Of industries as we'll as man-
power mobilization. In order 20 pro-
mote industrial preparedness the plan
Of the department contemplstes a pol
icy Of continually placing small "edu-
catlonal orders" with manufacturing
plants, which could be called upon TO
turn out supplies In case Of an emer-
geney.
"We prepared for war in 1917 with
the Allies holding the line until We
could make ready" Mr.. Weeks wrNe.
"In the fall Of 1918 the war was cost
ing the United States s2,O0O,O0O an
hour. Planning In peace FOR war means
not only the saving OF the life blood Of
our youth. but every hour We can
shorten such a conflict means $1,000
600 removed from the shoulders Of the
taxpayers"
New-York tribune., 1922-12-24
Ancient Treasure Barred

But the opening Of the tomb showed
that the exeavators had stumbled upon
a discovery Of unprecedented im-
portance. No other royal tomb that
has been opened in Egypt has con-