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Evening star., 1922-03-18
PARCEL POST BAGS
WILL Be LOCKED
Discovery Made That Pack.
ages Have Been Carried
Without Safeguard.

Carrying parcel post in unlocked
pouches will be ended shortly, under
plans prepared by the Post Office
step in the campaign to safeguard
the mails.
Revelation that parcel post has
been carried unlocked since its estab-
lishment, being transported clear
across the continent in practically
open bags. has caused officials to take
drastic steps. With the withdrawing
of United States marines from post
offices and terminals, where they have
been protecting the mails for several
months, 1t was suddenly realized that
every possible precaution must be
taken.
Then came the realization that par
Gel post packages. many Of them very
valuable, are being carried the length
and breadth of the land in unlocked
bags.
Letter Mail Locked.
Whereas letter mail is carried in
locked pouches, parcel post goes in
bags without fastening of any kind,
many bags requiring many changes
in transit, the bag at. each change
being more or less at the mercy of
the INSCRIPTIONS.
It seems that officials, in the
anxiety to protect the mails. had
overlooked the parcel post bags, so
that when one official brought the
matter to the attention of others it
came as a genuine shock.
Locked bags have been tried out in
some Offices, and 1t Is understood that
such bags have met the tests, so that
1t is likely that shortly every parcel
post bag in the country will be SO
equipped.
Evening star., 1922-03-18
WSCOUNT PEEL new
INDIAN SECRETARY
Chancellor of Duchy of Lam
caster Named to Sue
ceed Montagu.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON. March 1S.-Viscount Peel,
former undersecretary OF the war and
air ministry and chancellor of the
Duchy of Lancaster in the present
ministry. has been appointed secre-
tary Of state for India, succeeding Ed
win S. Montagu, who resigned last
week.
Edwin S. Montagu resigned as Sec
retary for India March 3. as a result
of permission he had given, without
consultation with the other members
of the cabinet, for publication Of a
telegram from the government Of In
dia setting forth the position of the
Indian Moslems toward the near east
problem as affecting the sultanate.
By-Election Avoided.
viscount Peel is a member of the
house Of lords and his appointment is
in line with the forecast that Prime
Minister Lloyd George would replace
Mr.. Montagu by a peer SO that an
other by-election might be avoided.
Such an election would have been
necessary had a member of the house
of commons been appointed
Viscount Peel is a unionist. Before
succeeding to the viscountcy in 1912
he served several years as member
of parliament ffor Manchester and
Taunton. During the war he was joint
parliamentary secretary for the ma
tional service department and in 1918
was appointed undersecretary OF
state for the war department and
vice president of the air council. Ae
was named chancellor of the Duchy OF
Lancaster when the Lloyd George
ministry was recast last April.
Evening star., 1922-03-18
SENATOR ASKS BAR
TO SECRET PACTS.
Robinson Asks 4.Power
Treaty Amended to That
Effect.

Amendment of the four-power pact
treaty to bind the signatories against
secret dimplomacy was urged in the
Senate today by Senator Robinson.
democrat, Arkansas, in a speech at
tacking the pact as a dangerous
instrument if accepted as it is.
Many charges Of secret understand
ings regarding the far east already
have been made. Senator Robinson
said. and not entirely cleared up by
information furnished the Senate. He
cited In particular the charge OF the
far eastern republic of Chita that a
secret agreement exists between
France and Japan relating to Siberia.
and suggested that there apparently
also was some we'll defined under
standing between Great Britain and
Japan relating to China. Unless the
truth could be learned about these
alleged agreements. he argued. it
would be unwise for the United States
to enter a partnership" with the
three other Pacific powers.
Reservation Favored.
An argument in favor Of a reserva-
ton designed to give outside powers
the benefits Of the four-power treaty
also was made by Senator Robinson,
who said that although the proposal
had already been voted down three
times when offered in the shape of
an amendment, he would present it
again in such form that senator's
who desired the act without political
bias could not fail to support it. He
declared an unfair effort had been
made to inject politics into the treaty
fight" particularly by that portion
of the press which has been unquali-
fiedly in favor Of the treaty"
In the course of the debate, Senator
Lodge of Massachusetts,. the repub-
lican leader, put into the record with
out comment statement by Rene
| Viviani Of the French arms confer
ence delegates. characterizing the
treaty as standing outside all alli-
ances." Mr.. Lodge said he desired to
present this statement in view of
charges that Mr.. Viviani regarded the
pact as an alliance.
Geddes Address Recalled.
Senator Shields, democrat, Ten
nessee, called attention to an address
made in Los Angeles yesterday by
Sir Auckland Geddes, the British am
bassador. in which he was quoted as
saying that the treaty had removed q
menace from the far east. Senator
| Robinson said the press report read
made it appear that Sir Auckland had
indicated he believed the treaty
| avoided a war that was imminent 81
in the Pacific or the orient.
Does the senator mean to say"
asked Senator johnson, republican
California, that the British ambassa-
dor now is engaged in making ad-
dresses for this treaty?" :
Senator Robinson replied that he
! only knew what he had seen published,
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Evening star., 1922-03-18
BOMB IN PALACE GROUND.
Coolie Stays Himself by Own Ex-
plosive in Toxic:

By the Associated Press.
TOXIC, March IA man dressed
az a coolie gained entrance to the
imperial palace grounds today and
threw q bomb to the ground. the ex-
plosion killing him. On his clothing
was found a document criticising
the government and declaring the
writers'* Intention to commit suicide.
He was identified as a miner, recently
arrived from Manchuria-
The man gained entrance to the
ground BY threatening the guards
at the double bridge leading to the
nalece. shouting: 'It is dangerous
to approach me" At the main gate
other guards made to stop him,
whereupon he threw the missel at his
feet y
Evening star., 1922-03-18
COLD LIGHT DISCOVERED

LOS ANGELES. Calf. March ,1s.-
"Cold light" was demonstrated here
before a group of scientists by M. J..
Ritterrath. Los Angeles inventor, who
told his hearers his invention was
the result of fPur years work.
Gold light" is said to be pure white,
and so free from heat that highly ex-
plosive Photographic films may be
subjected to 1t for hours without
burning.
It is declared the discovery will be
of great value in the projection of
motion pictures.
Evening star., 1922-03-18
GROUNDED TANKER
HOLDS UP TRAFFIC
Ship Blocks Highway Bridge
DraW-Hinders Crossing
and Impedes Navigation.

The S. s. Paraguay of Philadelphia.
on her way to Georgetown with
$4,000 barrels of oil for the gas plant
there, went aground shortly after S
O'Clock last night just after squeez-
ing through the draw Of the Highway
bridge.
Early this afternoon six tugs were
stfaining at hawsers in an .endeavor
to turn the ships nose up river. Three
were naval tugs, including the big
seaEoing MENDOZA and the large tug
Catawba; two were smaller river tugs
and the sixth was the Firefighter.
After working for almost two hours
this morning the Firefghter. the
Catawba and river tug pulled the
bow of the ship off the mud bank
just outside the channel toward the
District shore.
In Tfcklish Position.
The swift current, however, coming
abeam- ships upon the tanker, held
her fast against the efforts of the
tugs to bring her nose into the
channel. In getting the ship off the
mud bank, moreover, she was forced
to back water until she was in a
ticklish position in the center of the
draw. where 1t was believed any
further Slipping aft would endanger
the bridge.
1t was expected at 1 o'clock today
that the combined power of the six
tugs would be sufficient to swing the
fo E q aoI INT hn oh 41
allow her to resume the journey to
Georgetown.
Hit by Swollen Tide.
A small tug had the tanker in tow
last night and snugged her through
the draw safely, when the swollen
tide, rushing down river with a tre-
mendous current as the result of
melting SHOWS up country and spring
freshets, seized her nose and swung
it down river. in spite Of every effort
to keep the ships bow pointed up.
stream. After coming to rest on the
mud bank, Capt. C. r. Berg ordered
settled down to await high tide this
morning at II o'clock.
The ship was piloted up the Poto-
| mac by A. 3. Topping. Virginia state
pilot, who declared that the current
was the strongest seen this year on
the Potomac.
The tanker is the property Of the
Sun Oil Company and draws approx.
mately eighteen feet of water with
her tanks full She is approximately
800 feet over all and of the 5000 dead.
| weight tonnage class.
Traffic Meets Delays.
The accident subjected traffic on thu
Highway bridge to intermittent de-
lays this morning, since, in the ma.
! neuvering Of the ship it was neces
sary to open and close the draw a
intervals. The electric trolley >servic,
schedule was disrupted to noon today
some of the delays being from three
| quarters of an hour to an hour II
duration.
Scores of spectators fiocked to the
scene, watching the jockeying ant
yanking of the three tugs at the nost
Of the ship. The first progress wa.
made in getting the Paraguay afioa
when the navy yard tug steamed W
| and took q hand in the situation. /
| was lashed beside the Firef1ghter ant
the two puffed and hauled until thu
bow was brought clear Of the mud
J bank, but they did not have suff1cien
i power to swing the ship into posi-
| ton for going up river.
| To get the ship afioat 1t was nee
essary to bring her astern. Thi'
! process wedged her into the draw
mouth, clogging the northern draw
| channel
Evening star., 1922-03-18
K1rcHIN IN OPPOSITION.
Urges Democrats to Submit Minor
ity Report.

ity Report.
Developments yesterday in the SOL
diers' bonus situation included: An
unexpected visit to the Capitol by
REPRESENTATIVE Kitchin of North
Carolina, the democratic House lead
er. who urged his party members on
the ways and means committee to
submit minority report opposing
certain features of the bonus meas
ure.
troller Of the Currency Crissinger,
wall street and others. delivered In
the House by Representative Frear,
republican, Wisconsin.
An announcement by Representative
Treadway Of Massachusetts that ne
and Representative Tilson of Connec-
ticut, both republican members OF the
ways and means committee, would
submit joint minority views on the
a disclaimer by Secretary Mellon In
a letter to Representative Frear tnae
tets regarding the bonus legislation
to aarEue the.merits OF the soldiers
bonus"
Difference Of Opinion.
The conference by Representative
Kftchin with the democratic members
of the ways and means committee de-
yeloped Indifference Of opinion among
those members as to whether there
should be a minority report. Repre-
sentative Garner of Texas declared
after the conference that he would
not sign such a report. Representa-
tive Oldfieid Of Arkansas declared
that minority report would be filed
and that it would be signed by some
democrats who voted for the bill.
As now contemplated by Mr.. Kitch-
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Evening star., 1922-03-18
Lacks Income Tax,
But Sends Check
TOU. S. as "His Bit

BY the Associated Press.
TAkOMA. Wash., March 1S-A
resident here, who must go
OF John Doe because Of govern
ment regulations. sent Burns
Poe, collector Of internal feve-
nue., q check for $500.
81 do not owe an Income tax,
hut ! do believe every man In
the land should help support
the government, 30 here's my
Bit" he wrote.
Evening star., 1922-03-18
MAY STRIKE IN CUMBERLAND
Miners in Georges Creek and Upper
Potomac Fields Vote Favorably.

CUMBERLAND, Md, March 1s.-
Francis J. Drum, president Of Dis
trict No. 16, United Mine Workers of
America. announced today that the
Georges creek and Upper Potomac
fields will quit work April l. II the
national body decides to strike. the
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Evening star., 1922-03-18
F|UME IN S|EGE;;.
UNDER ARMY RULE
Italian Army Corps Ordered
by Rome Government to
Occupy City.
By the Associated Press

By the Associated Press
FIUME, March 18.-Pending the
Of a constituent assem-
bly, today for the election Of a new
government, in succession to the de-
posed Zanella administration, Fiume
was kept in a state of siege, under
military orders. A court-martial law
has been instituted.
By the Associated Press.
ROME. March 17.-Military occupa-
ton of F4ume has been ordered by
the Italian government The army
corps at Trieste will be used. The
task has been intrusted to Gen. Sanna,
to whom 1t has been suggested that
carabineers be chiefly employed for
the maintenance of order.
The occupation Of Fiume by the
military is considered as necessary
to tho application of the treaty Of
Rapallo. which charges Italy with
the policing Of Fiume. It ie stated
thatLin sending troops into the city,
Italy aims only to insure the cleo
tion OF q legal government which
will be capable Of maintaining order
and promoting industry.
Evening star., 1922-03-18
ASKS FOR RECOGNITION.

A resolution calling on the admin
istration to recognize the republic of
Lithuania was introduced yesterday
by Representative SABBATH, democrat,
Illinois.
Evening star., 1922-03-18
BY the Associated Press.

Hv The AssOcia ted PrcSS.
AHMEDAB BAD, British India, March
1S.--Mohandas X. Gandhi. the Indian
on-co-operationist leader. who was
arrested recently on charges of sedi-
tion, was sentenced today to six years
Imprisonment without hard labor.
Evening star., 1922-03-18
Influential Among People.

The arrest and sentence of Mohan-
das X. Gandhi. whose power and per-
sonal magnetism have gained for him
the title 'mahatma." or wonder work
er, were preceded by a long series of
civil disobedience activities, which
have aroused world wide notice. For
some years he, has been considered
the most influential public man in
India.
Gandhi published his scheme for nom
cooperation in September. 1920. In
his program were included the resigna-
tion of their posts by honorary mag
istrates. the withdrawal of pupils from
government or state schools and col
Evening star., 1922-03-18
WEATHER.

Increasing cloudincss. not quite so
cold tonight; lowest temperature about
~ degrees; tomorrow rain or sleet.
Temperature for tEenty-four hours
ended. at 2 pm. today: Highest, 46, at
pm. yesterday; lowest, 25, at am.
today. Full report on page Z.
Evening star., 1922-03-18

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All rights Of publication Of special
dispatches herein are also reserved.
Evening star., 1922-02-19

this year will be increased traffic.
What they want is not to drain on the
federal treasury and be a drag on
business and the economic life, but
chance to earn their way. II the
general economic situation improves
it will Is per cent solve the railroad
problem.
1t is fair to say that the better
financial results of the last four
months have been reacting on the
railroad arrangements 50 that there
is better tone. A number of the
railroads are placing fairly large or
ders for equipment, and some are lay
ing out plans for other improvement
work this year. Another reflection is
found In the fact that the director
general of railroads has iH the last
few months been able to sell a large
number Of railroad equipment trust
notes in the open market, something
that year ago it was impossible to
do. That indicates the better tone of
the market toward railroad notes,
and this leads to the conclusion that
the railroads can do some financing
on their own hook. These notes that
the director general is putting out
have a somewhat better standing
than those the railroads put out them.
selves. because the director general
has agreed to hold back ~one-third of
the notes. which practically makes
them a second trust and increases
the strength of the two-thirds he
sells. Even making that allowance,
the credit situation Of the railroads
is improving. and that Is a hopeful
sign for the future.
Evening star., 1922-02-19
THE STORY THE WEEK HAS TOLD

there will be preliminary discus
sions concerning the agenda and
NJ. Po;ncare's condition. But whether
NJ. +Poincare's conditions are to be
accepted by the other powers which
Joined the Cannes invitation is
among the great uncertainties.
Cnited states of Amerira.-The
House ways and means committee
and the Senate finance committee
have during the week continued
their desperate search for a way
to procure the money for bonus
payments without imperiling the
c. o. P. prospects at the coming
elections. The eight-point special
taxation plan aroused a hurricane
Of protests and was dropped. fall
ing with a sickening thud.
Some were for re-enactment and
extension of the excess profits tax.
But that cock certainly won't
fight.
The proposals to issue short
term Treasury notes or long-term
bonds had a few crowded hours OF
glorious life and passed into limbo.
Now and then a hoarse voice
VS. raised for using the payments
ON the allied war loans, but was
not needed.
On Thursday the President
wrote Mr.. Fordney, declaring his
disapproval of all the above pro-
posals. II Congress insists ON at
once voting a cash bonus he is
for q general sales tax His ad-
vice, however. is to defer cash
payments until they can be made
in the lump tonly SO would they
do much good to the recipients),
without damaging effect to the
public and the Treasury. I'VE
the President, .'in beginning the
allotments of public lands and the
surance." The committee are now
waiting with ear to ground.
Senator Kenyon's unemployment
bill, intended to speed up work on
public improvements. during Pc
having been amended in the Sem
ate SO as almost to nullify it,
was. on Senator Kenyon's motion,
recommitted to the Senate labor
committee; that is, sentenced to
death.
Secretary Hughes and Baron
Shidehafa signed the Yap treaty
on the 1lth. The President has
sent 1t to the Senate.
Plans are nearly completed for
two new cable lines from New
York to Emden, Germany. via the
Azores, both to be ready for use
before the end Of 1923. In each
case the portion of the line from
New York to the Azores would be
laid by an American company: to
join up at the Azores with line
laid from Emden by an affiliated
German company.
In his speech to the agricultural
conference President Harding de-
clared his approval of the pro-
posed waterway for deep-sea ves-
sells from the Atlantic to Lake
Erie, involving deepening of the
st. Lawrence channel above Mon
.treal. use Of the Canadian Welland
canal and an expenditure of ap-
proximately $300,000,000. to be
Jointly apportioned between the
United States and Canada.
But. perhaps. New York will be
saved after all. For bill has
been introduced in Congress au-
thorizinE construction by private
enterprise Of a canal for deep-sea
vessels from Lake Erie to Lake
Ontario and from Lake Ontario to
the Hudson. Perhaps this "all-
American route" (by no means a
new idea), will commend itself to
Congress beyond the Canadian one.
Evening star., 1922-02-19

for the Egyptians. Report has 1t
that these differ little from the
very liberal recommendations in
the Milner report of 1920.
On Tuesday Lloyd George made
an important speech to the COM
mons regarding India. The pol.
Icy Of Mr.. Montagu. secretary OF
ed. He defended it. He review
ed the causes of the unrest and
disturbances in India. He defend
ed the experiment Of partial self
government in India, the creation
of Mr.. Montagu. He declared
that the imperial government
would give that experiment full
gaged), but that further develop
ments of self-government must be
gradual and most cautiously un-
dertaken. AS for civil disobe-
dience and other challenges to the
India government. they would be
met with stern measures: Under
no circumstapces or conditions do
we propose to withdraw or impair
the full sovereignty of the King
Emperor of India"
Though Gandhi procured for his
own purposes the alliance OF
Hind,. and Mohammedans In india,
the Mohammedans now dominate
that alliance. They are using
Gandhi for their purposes. Their
object seems to be nothing less
than a Mohammedan state OF IN
.dia. should they achieve it. the
Hindus will rue the alliance too
late
All the world knows that the
Prince of Wales is req! sport.
The other morning, .t Gws:'or. In
. India. he had a bed fall FROM
polo pony. But - TIE .fei::oon
he rode in four races. finishing.
respectively. second. third. fourth
and unplaced. He takes beating
with perfect good humor.
In his speech to the commons al
the reopening of parliament On
February Lloyd George stated
that Britain is spending over
f1oo,ooO.ooo per year for the unem-
ployed.
He also made the important an
nouncement that Britain could not
less other creditors Che was glanc-
ing at the United States) should
take similar action.
Sir Ernest ShackletonS who died
on his way once moreSto the
antarctic. drawn thither by the
''little voices" will he buried ac-
cording to his wish, amid the
frozen "UiCH "tSHCoSCo
his heroism. in the British ceme-
terry at Grytviken. South Georgia.
\ X X
France-For some days now
Poincare has been in wireless con-
versation with. Chicherin. the Mus
covite foreign minister: and all
Europe. especially Germany. is
agog over the strange business.
Berlin rumors have it that France
Gas in the treaty with Angora) is
stealing march on Britain (and
Britain's protege. so to speak
namely. Germany. and arranging
a treaty with Moscow, whereby
France. for value received and
on condition of Muscovite ac-
acknowledgement of the old Russian
debts to France. is to scoop up
the greater part Of the Russian
foreign trade and of those con-
cessions of which there has been
SO much talk. but SO few of
which have been released.
Poincare is a clam. The social
lists in the French chamber tried
to make him disclose all. but in
vain. The most Poipcare would
say was that some months ago the
chamber voted six million francs
for Russian relief, that this ap-
propriation had not been used be-
cause of lack Of satisfactory guar
antees that relief supplies would