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Evening star., 1924-03-23
BARES ALLEGED SALE
OF ARMS TO CHINESE
italian Says Millions of Dollars
Worth Shipped From Arsenal
at Tientsin.
CHARGES DEPORTATION PLOT
Escaped From Ship and Now Hid
ing in Shanghai.
BY JAMES l.. BUTTS.

By Cable TO The Star and Chicago Daily News.
Copyright. 1924.
" SHANGHAI, March ga sensa-
tionaJ light was thrown on the recent
Italian arms movement in north
China when \. Vespa, italian citizen,
hiding here owing to an attempted
move to deport him by his own gov
ernment officials last November, de-
clared the reason for this attempt
was that he knew too much regarding
Italian arms deals.
Vespa exhibits papers purporting
to authorize him to Investigate the
arms deals on behalf of the Chinese
and he says he discovered
that many million dollars worth OF
munitions stored at the Italian ar
senal at T'ientsin are being sold to
the various Chinese factions and in
dividuals at fabulous prices
Shipment from Italy.
He declared that one shipment was
sent from Italy by u firm backed by
n former italian minister to the king
who is now head of a powerful anti
fascist Clique. The shipment IN
cluded seventy thousand rifles. seven
million cartridges, twenty thousand
crenades, five hundred machine guns
with half a. million rounds of am
muuition. seventy field guns WIN
five hundred shells each peSloeS
many other small arms.
Vespa declares he protested to the
Italian consul at Tients1n tolloWhs
the discovery of $500 rifles on
Iananese ship consigned to DR.. Sun
Yat-Sen. He declared that at the
time OF his protest. last November
he was seized b. the Italian police
and accused OF brihing the customs
officials TO snugEle a consignment
of piece goods. He was sent t.
Shanghai under a marine guard and
placed aboard An Italian cruiser
here with orders for deportation.
Given No Trial.
The cruisers officers substantiats
the statement that he was given nc
trial and no warrant was issued for
his deportation The officers in.
orireG at the local consulate and
were told that there was no war
rant. that they simply had teie-
gram from the former minister tc
Grport Sespa
Eespa was permitted to slip over
boar and he has since been hiding
here.
He says that the protests OF him
self and his friends which nave been
lodged with the consulate and min
istry have gore unheeded, but lie
declares he had filed a report &c
Rome, believing that the Musso!ini
government is entirely ignorant OF
the arms deal and that their inves-
tigation would place the blame
where il rightfully belongs.
Evening star., 1924-03-23

ticuIarly In the schools. who now
see Frances need more clearly, after
the hecatombs of war
Ihe success which has crowned our
enorts up to this time and which
augurs well for our approaching sue
cess, is due to our having held firmly
through storm and stress to a few
political principles which are very
SIMPLE and very strong The lack
OF appreciation of these principles,
OF IN unWllllnEneSs to follow them,
mas led the French state to drift and
mas brought upon il most of the
ca aiamities IL has suffered, with their
attendant popular discomfort
rynooy knows how on every
nein and from every vantage point
we night the republic, how we combat
revolutionary and democratic doc
trhes-but here is an essential point
III our doctrine which should be
oiiuerst ood-we wage our combat
!, whss rom the point of view of
hatiohansts, French nationalists We
put IN practice the Fundamental I
formula spoken by the Duke of Or
ieans, which figures upon the title
OF OF our newspaper. Faction Francaise,
lout ce qu1 est national est notre"
'G.orythinE making for the strength
OF the nation is our ownD
Joined I'm Union Sacree.
II was following this policy during
the war which made us make com
mon cause with our enemies, the re-
pubiicans. in fighting the enemy of
the nation from beyond its borders.
That was the Union Sacree. We
were led to consider as a matter
or no importance. as compared with
our common interest of national in
tegrity. our own sympathies and an
tipathtes. Whoever served the coun-
try III any measure was upheld by
US. even II he was our enemy. Who
ever deserted the country's interest,
oven II ordinarily he would have
been friendly TO us. was our foe.
After our FIRST principle. that of
putting tho nations welfare first.
comes our second. that of putting
politics advantage above all else.
For II is necessary to have some
order in ones ideas If one is wishing
To introduce order into a state
The nations political interest above
all else. We do not dream of disput-
ing the great Importance Of religious
moral, economic. and financial ques-
tons. especially in such an old coun-
Evening star., 1924-03-23
BY LEON DAUDET,
Member OF the French chamber Of
deputies and leader of the
roYaliSf marty In France.

royalisf party in France.
When communism triumphed in Rus
ria and fascism in Italy. all the world
was astonished. I think it will be
equally surprising when royalism comes
to power in France, yet the march Of
events, combined with the work of men
imbued with political foresight and pa
triotism. is leading France rapidly in
that direction.
Is that hard to understand in America?
People of varying race, even when
friends and allies. find it almost impos-
sible to understand each other. Despite
their mingling in thought by travel. by
conferences by military and political
action in common, and the widespread
dissemination of ideas by the press
they seem unable to grasp each Others g
inmost thoughts. to comprehend each
others real nature.
If they We're able to DO that, the
triumph of Lenin's dictatorship in Rus
sia, the victory of Mussolini's black
shirt rule In Italy would not have oc-
casioned surprise. These two events
We're both indications that parliamentary
rule. the government of a state by the
clashing and compromises of parties. is
on the wane in some considerable Sec
tionS of the earth.
We OF the Action F'rancaise, who are
lighting for Il return to monarchy in
France, believe it is on the wane be-
cause parliamentarianism. in the usual
sense or the word, is both weak and
dangerous as a method of government.
1t is Incapable of guarding the state
against strong perils from beyond the
borders. and in time of war is super
seeded by dictatorship. 1t is inefficient in
serving the public welfare in times of
peace, the true res pubiica, from which
the word republic is derived with dis
torted meaning.
Think Only AZ Nationalists.
Therefore, we OF the Action Fran
caise. as patriots. are opposing its
continuance. We are nationalists,
| and speak only for the welfare of
France. Our country. battered by a
Evening star., 1924-03-23

try as ours, one troubled in the
course of centuries by so many
great events. But whatever may be
the Importance of all those questlonS,
we royalists have decided to approach
them all from the political angle
That approach resolves itself for US
into the shaping of public opinion
against our opponents, and, When the
time comes that II is pOSsioie, 'ho
lseizure of power.
we have often noticed, in parlia-
ment and elsewhere. how much loss
of time and deplorable confusion Is
caused by the fact that orators'
writers and statesmen run from NOR
ality to sociology, from economies 10
finance, from this question to that,
without adopting any one genera poi
icy that will apply to them all, one
thread upon which to keep tight holo
in treading the mazes of the political
Id aDyrIuth, so that one may be guided
always in the direction he wishes to
travel, and never lose his way.
Hold Central Policy Is keystone.
We royalists have adopted one poll
icy which is such n thread, and that
policy is the one of practical politics
which is an art as far as 1t appileS
to combinations and manipulations of
men; science in its qualities of de-
ductiye reasoning and the relations OF
cause and effect.
There are two Of our political prin-
cipies: Whatever makes the nation
strong we favor. We approach every
problem from a political angle. And in
applying these principles we declare
there can be no clash of interest be-
tween the internal and external wei
fare OF the French state; the two po-
iiiticai policies of the government
must supplement each other. The for
eign policy most advantageous for
France to adopt would be impossible
II the nations internal politics
permitted disorder leading to anarchy.
| The internal policies most advanta-
geous for France would be useless,
| and could not last, if the country
were in weak and dangerous posi-
| tion toward other nations.
There exists since the war u re-
grettable tendency to admit the pri-
ority of economic and financial cor
siderations over political objectives.
: One speaks of the oil policy, or the
coal policy, or the bread policy. We
| royalists do not minimize the impor-
tance of these parts in the material
life of our people. but we are occu
| pied above everything else with the
| political condition, the political struc-
ture of the French state For we find
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that. upon the political structure Of
a state all it's welfare rests. LIE the
structure is false and corrupt it cor
rupts everything within the ;latfon
Ana 1T is because we believe the re-
publican structure is false and cor
rupt that we believe il ircompatfbIe
with the progress of the people.
therefore we intend to change 4.
Copyright. 1924. in United States and Cansd,
by North American Newspaper Alliance
Evening star., 1924-03-23
is NEARING OVERTURN,
DECLARES ROYALIST LEADER
Parliamentary Rule Wane Throughout World,
He Soys-Democracy Held to
Be Failure.

| long war fought on it's own soil, has
an enormous task Of reconstruction.
We believe that the parliamentary and
republican form Of government is in
| compatible with the reconstruction, the
progress, the safety and length Of life
9f the French state.
The Action Franchise was born only
twenty-five years ago. Its royalist
movement began in the minds of
patriotic professor at the university,
Henri Vaugeois, who had a genius for
propaganda, and another man of let
tcrs. critic and poet. Charles Maur-
ras, one OF the greatest men of his
generation. These two men were in
their early thirties. They agreed
that there was need of giving
French nationalism more solid front,
II greater unity than il possessed.
They gathered a group Of followers.
small at first. which they called the
Nationalism Integral, and this group
decided that the ra1lying center of
French nationalism must be the per
son of the present pretender to the
throne of France, the Duke of Or
leans and that the program OF French
nationalism must be the restoration
of our countrys traditional and he
reditary monarchy. the regime under
which il rose TO its highest glories
The names of the men who rallied
to TINS standard are names 10 ConJuFe
with in France-hardly known. in
many instances. across the Atlantic.
Scholars writer's. patriots; such men
as Paul Beurgct. Leon de Montcs-
quieu, Lucien Moreau and Maurice
Pujo; many of them. like myself. re-
publicans in our youth.
Wed Daughter Of Victor Hugo.
1 came from political theories far
from royalism. the opportunist and
| radical doctrines of Gambetta. for In
stance. Perhaps my early milieu may
be understood in America when i re-
call that my first wife was the daugh-
ter of Victor Hugo and that my
| father was Alphonse Daudet My
early surroundings were patriotic.
| but not royalist
From this small group has arisen
! the tremendous number of French
who believe today in the restoration
| of the monarchy; men of all stations
in life, in all the provinces and par
Evening star., 1924-03-23
COOLIDGE ENDORSED.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

ALBUQUERQUE, n. NJ, March 22.-
The republican state convention yes
terday indorsed President Coolidge
for the presidential nomination, but
New Mexico's eighteen delegates Will
go to the national convention uain-
structed. Ed Sargent of Rio ArTiba
county will succeed Fl. o. Bursum as
national committeeman: Mrs. w. G.
Reid of Bernalillo county succeeds
as associate national committe ewom-
an The date for the democratic
state CONVENTION has not been set.
Evening star., 1924-03-23
DROPS WALTON CHARGES
Justice Frees Ousted Oklahoma
Governor Without Trial.

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla, March %.
Charges against J. c. walton. for
mer governor of anbezzlement and
preventing the meeting of lerisla
tive body, were dismissed by W. p.
hawkins, justice of the peace here,
today.
Evening star., 1924-03-23

On a gravestone in Burlington
SVt) cemetery is the following am
blguous tribute to a woman of that
city, who died in 1898: "She lived with
her husband fifty years, and died in
the confident hope of better life"
Evening star., 1924-03-23
Observation-Disclosures

sTo children an angel Of mercy" Where
directions are followed. 1T NEVER FAILS
Despite scarcity and enormous cost of SAN
ToEIS, il contains fall dose. STOOD sixty
years test. Soid everywhere or by mail 5Vc
q bottle.
Kst c. A. Voorhees,. n. D., Philadelphia.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-03-17
Caterpillar Crawls Forth
To Greet Coming Spring

With highways and fields coming
to view from beneath their winter
mantle of snow, and open water in
the Kennebec river from below the
dam to to the Augusta State hospi-
tai wharf, the signs of spring multi
ply day by day. There was hardly
day last week when one or more
stray ducks could not be observed
seeking feeding places on the river
above the bridge. Mayf1ower buds
are being brought in from the wood
lands, pussy willows are in silver
bloom, and. already there is a de-
mand for garden seeds in the local
stores. On Sunday in spite Of the
fact that the Sky clouded and snow
flakes whirled in the air for a time
a new and fresh indication of the
spring. which is surely on it's way
was founded by little five years old
Nellie Francis Routh of Capital
street. Miss Routh discovered a cat
erpillar of the fuzzy black, barred
with brown variety crawling on the
front door stoop of her home, and
delightedly carried it to her parents
for them to see.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-03-17
Instructive Pictures At "Y"
Enjoyed BY Bows GrOupS

Two films OF especial interest to
the Y. NJ. c. A. boys were shown
Sunday afternoon at the assembly
hall before a large gathering. The
meeting was che of series of Sun
day afternoon meetings which are
being held at the "Y" and which
have proved very popular.
The first film to be shown was
Spirit of Democracy" which had as
its central figure. Abraham Lincoln.
one of our greatest presidents. The
MIN brought out in a startling way
tha- in this land of the free, man is
held down by his own limitations
and nothing more.
In tie other picture, "Remenlher
the Alamo" the great struggle Of the
people OF Texas was shown in n very
'e3l!stic manner. and it save the
eoys some little idea OF the trials
nat TIE pioneers OF the country went
through in building Up this great
country. The picture conferred around
the historic battle of the Alamo, in
which handful of Texans were fin
ally wiped out by the Mexican troops
under Santa Anna, this battle re-
sulting in the final capture of Santa
Anna and the freedom of Texas.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-03-17
COMMUNITY CLUB
GIRLS TO PRESENT
CABARET TONIGHT

The spirit of st. Patrick will pre-
vail in. city hall this Monday even
ing when the Augusta Girls Com
munity club presents it's second an
nual cabaret. The girls have been
working hard and they feel that they
have very novel and entertaining
evening to offer to the patrons and
friends of the club.
Douglas Melody Men will start
the evenings fun shortly after o.
clock with an overture "The Spirit
of the Wind" Miss Sydney F,stelle
Savage will appear in a ballet num-
and Miss Doris Henry will give
reading. Miss Edna Spearin will
present Dance Fantatique." Mrs.
Antonio N. Landry will sing French
song in her own delightful style and
also Mother Machree." Master
Stanley McCurdy and his sister lit
tie Miss Doris McCurdy. who is be-
ginning to share the laurels with
her talented brother, will appear in
brother and sister act.
Albert E. Hopkins, leader of the
Augusta Opera House orchestra will
render two piano solos, "Adante" and
allegro Con Brio" from the -Four
teenth Symphony" by Tschaikowsky.
There will be u number of novel
features to speed the evening along,
including a lucky table dance, and
balloons and confetti.-Adv.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-03-17
KHAN TICKET
HOLDS INTEREST
IN DEXTER TODAY

Dexter. March 15-Everything Is all
all set for Dexter's annual town
meeting. which convenes Monday
morning. One Of the largest meet
ings in the history of the town Is
anticipated and some red hot con-
tests are assured. For the first time
the Ku KluX Khan will figures in To-
cal politics, the Khan having endors-
ed ticket of candidates for town
Office. There Is much speculation
over the outcome. the Klansmen
claiming a certain victory, while
those not in sympathy with the Khan
are equally positive that their can
On tho Khan slate are Charles Z.
Dustin, George H. Hall and Jesse
Hoyt for selectmen. The candidate
of the -Klansmen for chairman
OF the board of selectmen Is Capt.
Percy A. Hasty, Yankee division vet
eran, and chairman of the board Of
selectmen for several years. Is also
expected that W. A. Small will be
the candidate for the antics for sec
ond member of the board and Duane
Mower for third selectman. 1t seems
likely that Town Clerk j. w. Haines
and Treasurer Clarence n. Pierce
Will be endorsed by both factions and
VIII have no opposition to their re-
election.
Aside from the election Of officers
the matter of building the missing
INK in the state highway through
TINS village. part of the Newport
Dover Foxcroft road, will be con-
sidered. There Is a great need of a
permanent highway over Spring and
Church streets in this town, and II ia
estimated that the cost will be about
$4,000. Everyone realizes the need
or the highway. but many Others
hold to the opinion that the town is
rot In position financially to build
the road at this time.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-03-17
Funeral Of Mrs. Sarah HAYDEN

Men and women representing all
walks of life in and about this city.
including many OF the older resi-
dents as we'll as scores of the young
er generation. who had known the
late Mrs. Hayden's spirit of self sac
rihce In her profession. as we'll as
over half hundred graduate nurses
who had trained and served under
ner superintendency and practically
a 100 percent delegation from the
medical profession assembled at the
chapel Of the South Parish Congre-
gational church at $50 Sunday after
noon to pay their last tribute of love
and esteem to Mrs. Hayden. who for
"a years was superintendent of the
Augusta General hospital.
The service at the chapel Sunday
afternoon was conducted by the Rev.
Andrew T. McWhorter, the pastor.
There were many beautiful flowers
frem friends who had known and
appreciated Mrs. Hayden's consecra-
ton to her service. And at the con-
cluston OF the service the entire
group in attendance escorted the re-
mains to the Plummer funeral par
Tors on Pleasant street, an expression
OF their regard and sorrow which
has seldom been paralleled in this
city.
The bearers for tho services Sun
day were Norman l.. Bassett, Arthur
w. Whitney. Edwin c.. Dudley and
Walter 8. Sanborn, representing the
board Of directors Of the Augusta
General hospital. and DIR. o. s. c.
Davies and DR.. G. r. Campbell from
the medical staff OF that institution.
The remains were taken to Boston on
the night train Sunday, and funeral
services will be conducted at Forest
Hills. where the remains will be ere
mated at 10 o'clock this Monday
morning.
John r. Gould. who was treasurer
Of the Augusta General hospital
when Mrs. Hayden assumed the SUI
perintendency in 1898. and who con-
tinued In that capacity for many
years and is at the present time a
member of the directorate, was in
general charge OF the arrangements
for the service of testimonial at the
chapel and will accompany the re-
mains to their final resting place, at
Forest Hills.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-03-17
VISITS AMERICAN
COLLEGE ON CRUISE
TO mediterranean

Word has just been received that
Mr.. George E. Macomber. who is
tourist on the S. S. Baltic on its
Mediterranean cruise. reached Con-
stantinople safely on February 22nd.
AS one of the days passed in the city
fell on Friday, the Turkish sabbath,
the tourists had an opportunity OF
trying out the strict regulations OF
the Turkish government with regard
to the observance of this day, extend
ing even to tobacco shops, chauffeurs
and boatmen. Mr.. Macomber attend
ed a reception at Robert College
which was given by the faculty and
students to their guests from the
steamer. During his visit at the col
lege he expressed his great interest
in the important work Of this Amer
lean Institution for an international
student body.
Despite the political disturbances
and the wars that have SO frequently
harrassed the Near East, the college
doors for q single day on account OF
international troubles. After the po-
litical upheaval n Turkey in the fall
Of 1922, the college lost O consider
able number of its students, but with
the opening Of the current year, the
attendance Increased TO one hundred
more than at the close Of the prevt-
Gus year; the student body now num-
bers $50 representatives Of IS differ
ent nationalities or races. These in
clude 1876 Greek students, 112 Turk
ish, 10S Armenian. SO Bulgarian, 80
Jews and &c Russians.
Mr.. Staub, the American director
of the Near East Colleges. has just
cabled that in personal interviews
with Mustapha Kemal Pasha, presi-
dent of the Turkish republic, and
with Ismet Pasha, prime minister. he
has been assured of the favorable
attitude of the government towards
our American institutions. Ismet Pa
sha has enrolled his younger brother
at the college.
It has been rumored that the recent
action of the Turkish government, in
abolishing the caliphate and secular
izing the schools OF the country.
would materially affect the status OF
our American colleges at Constanti-
nople. However. recent word has as
sured Of the continuing friendly at
titude Of the government.