Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-01-11
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first provisional regiment at PlattsbUrg
whore his camp mates included }. May
hey Wainwright, now assistant Secretary
OF War; Dudley Field Malone, the late
John Purroy Mitchell and Co George j.
Weitzel. formerly American minister 10
Nicaragua. BY an unusual coincidence
Senator Pepper occupies Boies Penrose
exact place in the Senate roll call oe-
tween Senator Page Of Vermont and Sen
ator Phipps Of Colorado. Senator Pepper
probably will be assigned seat in the
Cherokee strip"-rhe overflow row for
Republicans on the Democratic side.
Admiral Baron Kato. now titular as
well as active chief Of the japanese dele
CATION viii 20 to New York on saturday
to address the annual dinner Of the Jap
an society. It is expected he will. in the
course Of review Of the conference,
seize the occasion to make a striking
declaration on American-Japanese affairs.
When all can bc told Baron katO's role
NJ the conference will turn ont TO have
been n highly influential one. He has
been factor not only In the naval dis
cussions owing to his professional emil
hence but in the purely diplomatic set
Elements as well.
At the Marine Barracks i'm Washington
the other night there was shown won
derful film Of the Battle Of Jutland-its
second presentation i'm this country, the
first having been given Mt the Naval
Academy IN Annapolis last Saturday. Sew
ersI hundred officers Of the United States
Army and Navy attended the exhibition
The film. a thrce-Teel product. IS the
only authenticated motion picture of the
battle extant. It was manufactured I'M
der remarkable circumstances. The Gre
ator IS a distin guished British officer OF
marines who was given special facilities
bv both the British and German navies 10
study the individual records Of every ship
in action at Jutland. Its researches &C
cupied a full year.
Sir Robert Borden. Canadian delegate
NJ the conference, has rendered his res
irnation TO the now prime minister OF
Canada. william Lyon Mackenzie King.
hut was requested by the latter to retain
the post until the conferences end. Sir
Robert. himself n former prime minister,
IS Conservative. and he desired to place
his portfolio at the disposal Of the head
Of the Liberal government which has
lust taken office at ottawa. Sir Auck-
land Geddes, the British ambassador in
washington, is going to Ottawa shortly,
presumably to discuss the long standing
question Of 4 Canadian minister to the
United States. Were not Sir Robert
Borden's party now outside the breast
works he would have been natural
selection for the Washington mission.
and a popular one, as far as we are con-
cerned.
General Semenoff. the last Of the Rus
sian Mohicans to try to batter down the
door OF Bolshevism from the Far East.
is coming to the United States 1t ;.as
officially announced at the State Depart
ment that the celebrated CossacS chief
tain has obtained a passport to tarry in
America six weeks. No information IS
vouchsafed as to the cause of his visit.
The casual view finds expression in Of
fetal quarters that he 'will possibly be
rs comfortable here as anywhere else"
A cOmpatriOt who calls himself professor
OfsiendofSki, and representing himself as
Semenon's agent. mas been here for sew
eral weeks General Semenoff calls him
self 'Ataman of all the Russian Cos
sacks" lie has had a tempestuous and
adventurous career in the last three
years passed for the most part in d1dC-
ing pursuing Red armies in Siberia
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