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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-28
NAVAL STORES

SAVANNAH, Dec. 27. Turpentine firm. 771ac; sales, 332; receipts, 671; shipments, none; stock, 15,959.
 Resin firm; sales, 1899; receipts 4,177; shipments, 119; stock. 93,069.
 Quote: to H, $6.35; I. $6.40; K, S6.65; M, $6.7o; N, $7.00; Wg, $7.SO, Wv S8.65; x, $8.9O.
 JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Dec. 27.-Tur- pentine, steady, 77hs; sales, 100; re- ceipts, 629; shipments. 102; stock, 31,ss6.
 Resin, firm; sales, 1,317; receipts, B. 752; shipments, 1,090; stock, 125 OO5.
 Quote: to H. $6.35; I, $6.4O; K, S6. 70; M, $7.65; N, $7.00; VIC, $7.S0; wv, x, $S.85.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-28

NEW YORK, Dec. 27.-Cotton good markets were steady and generally quie today. Sales of print cloths reached 50,0O0 pieces for the day. Silk markets were quiet with inquiries developing again for anything in printed lines tt be offered for the first part of the year Sales of some lines of woolens are being made for early delivery as prices governed by wool in hand and for good: to be used for fall cutting. Linens were steady and burlaps quiet and un changed.
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VEGETABLES

CHICAGO, Dec. 27.-Beans, Florida hampers, green best, $6.5007OO.
 Egg plants, Florida crates, $500 600.
 Kumjuots, Florida crates, 15Q1sc per quart.
 Lettuce, Florida hampers, $1.5O@2OO. Okra, Florida hampers, S6.5O@7.OO. Peas, Florida hampers, $3.50@4.00. Peppers, Florida crates, green, best, $5.00Q5.50.
 Strawberries, Florida, 75@S5c per quart.
 Sweet potatoes, Tennessee hampers, S2.50@2.65.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-28
NOTICE

Notice is hereby given that bids for the hire of Baldwin County's convicts for term of one year beginning January 1st: 1925, and ending December 31st, 1925, will be received by the Probate Judge of Bald win County at 12 o'clock. noon. on Thurs day, January 18th, 1925
 The right to reject any and all bids is reserved by the Court.
 Direct all bids to w. D. Stapleton, Judge of Probate, Baldwin County. Bay Minette, Ala.
 Dec, 21-2S
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-28
STOCKHOLDERS MEETING

The annual meeting of the stockhold- CTS of the Avondale Mills will be held at the company's office in Birmingham, Ala, on Thursday, January 15, 1925, at o'clock D. m.
 B. B. COMER, President and Treasurer. CHAS. H. ABBOTT, Secretary. Sunday, Dec. 14, 21 and 28.
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MARKETS AT A GLANCE


 NEW YORK-Stocks strong; United States Steel and equipment at new highs. highs. Foreign exchanges steady, sterling advances a cent. Cotton higher; firm spot markets. Sugar steady; Cuban buying. Coffee firm; higher Brazilian mar kets. CHICAGO-Wheat barely steady; dis appointing cables. Corn easy; limited cash demand.
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RTCE MARKET

NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 27. - Rough rice strong; sales. none; millers' re- ceipts, 2,074 sacks; clean rice, strong; sales, 5,37S; Blue Rose at 55s @6 9-16c; 1,519 second heads at As CA 3-16c; re- ceipts, 1,672 pockets; bran and polish unchanged.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-28
MARKET FLASHES

PITTSBURGH, Dec. 27.-An advance Of 25 cents a barrel in the price of the leading grades of crude oil quoted on
 the market here was announced by tn principal purchasing agents today.
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NEW CONFIDENCE
 TO BE BROUGHT
 WITH YEAR 1925
Big Employers Set Pace Hard For Little Ones
 To Follow
Rx R. Q. FORBES

This New Year inspires greater con- fidence than last New Year inspired.
 The department of labor reports that wages are 12S per cent better than they
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-28
FOREIGN EXCuANcE

NEW YORK, Dec. 27.-Foreign ex- changes firm. Quotations in cents: Great Britain, demand, 4.72h; cables, 4.72%; 60-day bills on banks, 4.69%. France, demand, $40; cables, 54Oh. Italy. 4.2s@4.2Sh; Belgium, 4.9S@49s1a; ; Germany, 23.S1; Holland, 4O4O; Norway, 15.1O; Sweden, 26.S4; Denmark, 17.67; Switzerland, 19.41h; Spain, 14.0O; Greece, 1.S1k; Poland, 1914; Czechoslro- vakia, 3.02h; Jugoslavia, 1.52; Austria, .0015h; Rumania, .52; Argentine. 39.62; Brazil, 11.56; Tokio, 3S1s; Montreal, 99Z.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-28

Net railway operating income of the Illinois Central railway for November was $2224,S21, an increase of $S2,6S6 over November, 1923, and net for the n months ending November 30 was $25,54s,7 TAG, an increase of $3,126,574 over the corresponding period last year.
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Despite decrease of $1,324,352 in reve- nues during November the Baltimore and Ohio railroad reports an increase of $321, ,768 in net operating income com pared with the same month last year.
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created by the board of governors of the Consolidated Stock exchange. The personnel of the committee will be L. B. Wilson, chairman; l.. A. Looram and William B. Power.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-28

The financial district hears that a loan of $1O,0OO,O0O Krupp Works will be offered to the public next Monday in the form of five-year per cent notes at 99A to yield about 7.1S per cent se- cured by pledges of merchandise.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-28
POTATO MARKET

CHICAGO, Dec. 27.-Potatoes early morning trading light; market strong. Receipts, 29 cars. Total: U: S. ship ments, S09; Wisconsin sacked round whites, some slightly frozen, $1.15Q12o; one car SIPS.
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.FOREIGN MONEY. NEWasfoRK, Dec. 27-Bar silver, 66%c;, Mexican dollars, 51%c.
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NEW YORK, Dec. 27.-Steel prices unchanged. '"
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It may not be a particularly happy New Year for stock market bears. But the rest of us should worry about them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-28
RAW SILK

NEW YORK, Dec. 27.-Raw silk un- changed.
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FLAX DULUTH. Minn., Dec. 27.-CIose flax: December, $3.04; January, $3.O5l3; May S3.07%.
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were III ASAo ' fully. 8 per cent above the 1923 level, thus giving American workmen the greatest com mand they ever had over the necessa ries and conven. fences and com forts of life.
 Farm products for the current year have had a value, according to off cial estimates, of Ss, ,479, ,000, 900, the best in several years. Although the 13,000, ,000-bale crop has kept cotton be- low 25 cents a pound, the outlook
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-28
nRY GOODS

1ss. 15O; Jonathans, 117, l25: staymans. ils. Ortleys. 125. 13S. 150: Black Twigs. 72. 30. 100; Delicious, 72, 80, SS.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-28

Copper and zinc both reached new high prices this week. A decline in the production of zinc sent prices to 7.6O cents a pound in the East St. Louis market, while copper was quoted in the New York market at 14.55 cents for immediate delivery, the highest price since the summer of 1923. Cop per for far western delivery was quoted at 14.7 cents, which is perilously near the "15 cent copper" which the optimistic members of the industry have been hoping for all year.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1924-03-20
NORBECK BILL IS
KILLED BY SENATE
20 Republicans, 10 Democrats,
Two Farm-L abor Senators
Support Passage.

Washington-The Senate, despite
President Coolidge's Endorsement, re-
fused by a vote of Al to 80 to author,
ize the proposed loan of $780, 600. 900 TO
farmers OF the spring wheat belt to
finance their start in the poultry.
swine and livestock industries.
In disposing of the proposal, carried
in the Norbeck-Burtnes bill as the
first of several special agrarian relief
measures, the Senate decided along
geographical rather than party-lines.
The result showed 20 Democrats and
Is Republicans opposing and 20 Re.
publicans, 10 Democrats and two Far.
mer-Labor members supporting the
bill.
Leaders of the farm bloc insisted
that the result of the fight for the
Norbeck-Burtness bill did not indi-
cate the Senate sentiment toward re-
naming relief bills. Many opposing
votes, they asserted. were based on
the opinion, expressed by Senator
Glass, Democrat, Virginia, and others,
that 1t was IAN attempt to put the
United States treasury In the mer.
camille business" and further on the
objection that 1t was designed to as
sist a sharply definited area
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1924-03-20
MAKE LOAN TO FRANCE
S100,00 900 FunC To Be Sc.
cured by Gold Reserve Held
in Vaults of Nation.

New York-Estahlishment of q
banking credit of not less than $780,.
0OO,O JOG in favor OF the Bank of France,
has been arranged by an American
banking group, headed by J. P. Nor.
gan & Co.
The loan is fully secured by gold
held in the vaults Of the Bank OF
France, which Is acting for the French
government. and will be used to sta
bilize French exchange and for such
other purposes as the French govern
ment may determine.
While details of the loan we're not
made public. 1t is understood that II
will not run for more than one year.
In the event that the credit Is not at
maturity liquidated in other ways.
gold In o equal to the loan will
be shipped to the Morgal firm in
New York.
In view of the excellent security
behind the loan, it is believed the in.
terest rate is relatively low and well
below that of some of the recent for
eign loans floated here in the form OF
bond issues.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1924-03-20
START MADE FOR
WATERWAY PLAN
Coolidge Names Herbert Hoover
As Chairman of American
Delegation.

Washington - Agreement between
the United States and Canadian gov.
ernments has been reached undCI
which they will create national" com
missions TO cooperate with the joint
engineering board in planning the
proposed st. Lawrence-Great Lakes
ceep waterway project.
The American commission, named
by President Coolidge, will be headed
by Secretary Hoover.
In appointing the commission, Pre-.
sident Coolidge said in part.
THE project of opening the Great
Lakes to Q going ships, and de.
velopment of the great power re-
sources Of the st. Lawrence river on
behalf of both the Canadian and Amer.
a people, has been a hope long
treasured by many millions of our peo-
pie and 1t is in the desire that this
matter. IL 1t is sound and practicable,
should be brought one step nearer to
contamination that | am asking you
and your fellow commissioners to
serve in this matter"
Announcement of the agreement be.
tween the two governments was made
by the State department which made
public an exchange of notes on the wa
terway project just concluded between
Washington and Ottawa. The CORE
spondence reveals a further agree
ment between the two governments
by which the existing joint engineering
board would be enlarged by the ap-
pointment Of two Canadian and two
American engineers.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1924-03-20

r. f. Boyd, 5000 Fourteenth St.,
N. W., Washington, ID. c., for forty
eight years prominent hardware mer-
chant In the national capital, but now
retired, lends his name to further the
cause of Tanlac.
Indigestion and stomach weakness
Of a very pronounced type had troubled
me for several months prior to last
October fifteenth" said Mr.. Boyd, re-
Gently, "but since that date the Ianiac
treatment has made q new man OF me.
Now I eat heartily, have a sign
Of Indigestion, sleep like u log, and get
up mornings feeling like an athlete.
Today l can outwalk men twenty years
younger. Tanlac alone put me in my
present fine physical condition, en-
abling me to get more real pleasure
than ever before out OF meeting and
mlngling with friends. Tanlac has re-
~juvenated me completely, so to speak.
It's the finest medicine I ever ran
across"
Tanlac Is for sale by all good drug
glsts. Accept no substitute. Over 40
million bottles sold.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1924-03-20
U. S. TO RELEASE PRISONERS
Committee Findings Recommend Free
ing Of Wartime Offenders.

Washington Justification of the
campaign in behalf of the World war
prisoners still serving sentences in
~Leavenworth and other penal institu-
tons for wartime offenses Is found
In the preliminary report submitted
by Major James H. Stansfield. Judge
advocate, and Major Frank X. Ross.
adjutant general. the two army officers
appointed by. Secretary of War J. w.
Weeks to review the case of prison.
ers relative to clemency.
Release from confinement for many
Of the service men, especially first Of
tenders, and adjustment In practically
all cases, is f~oreshadowed by the re.
port, which emphasizes the valve and
Importance of the personal interviews
with the men and the impression made
On the reviewing officers By the ap-
pearance. attitude and invariable good
conduct of the military prisoners.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1924-03-20
Sew Yo-k = Presldent COOLIDGE has

New York - President Coolidge has
eommuted from n year and one day
to one year the sentences OF DIR. Ed
ward A. Rumely former owner OF the
New York Evening Mail; E. Walter
Klifman. and Norvin r. Lindhim, who
we're sentenced after conviction for
defrauding the alien property c,sto-
iian during the war, The presidents
action vas announced in a telegram.
William C. Hecht. United States mar
shall. reported receiving the date the
convicted men were to have surren-
dered to be taken to Atlanta peni-
sentiary.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1924-03-20
L, ), MARKET EEpUYi
Washington. d. c., for week ending
March 18th. 1924.

LIVESTOCK AND MEATS: Chicago
hog prices are about steady with a
week ago, closing at S7.55 for the tor
and $7.35 to $50 for the bulk. Medium
and good beef steers 10 10 4Oc lower at
s7.S5 to 11.40: butcher cows and heifers
steady at $500 to 1880; feeder steers
steady to 25c lower at IS 70 $50; light
and mediu weight veal calves steady
TO 50c lower at $7.75 to 1925; fat
to IS; feeding lambs IS to 85c higher
at $14 to 1850; yearlings 25c net lower
at $ll to "A: fat ewes steady to soc
higher at 1915 to 1878.
FEED: Millfeed markets easier. Lib
eral offerings with no demand OF con-
sequence. Pronounced weakness in bran
and shorts ~9rticularly Off quick ship
ment. Apr May shipment offered soc
lower for each month. Cottonseed cake
and meal quoted lower on slack for
eign demand and smaller inquiry from
speculative e'e nant,
GRAIN: Future prices make further
declines. May wheat lowest Stree Au-
gust. Cash markets also lower. Demand
restricted by weakness in future mar
kets. Corn lower with wheat but re-
cents lower for week. Quoted March
10: No. l dark northern spring wheat
Minneapolis s1.13E-1.28A. No. 2 hard
winter Chicago. s1.O5%-1.O9M. No. 2
Chicago $3.50. Minneapolis 42c.
DAIRY PPODUC~S. Butter markets
unsettled and following no definite
trend. Production showing an appar-
ent increase. Receipts irregular in
amount Imports less of a factor. Clos
ing prices today on 92 score butter:
New York 4Shc; Chicago 47c.
Cheese markets continue to show a
further tendency toward recovery
since price declines have been checked.
More inquiry noted and sales have
Increased slightly. Closing prices at
Wisconsin primary markets March ~:
Twins 20 c; Single Daisies 21Ac: Dou-
Bile Daisies Gle; Young Americas 81 Nc:
~Longhorns 21c: Square Prints ZINC.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1924-03-20
COOLIDGE TO DRY CAPITAL
Orders Prohibition Law Rieidly En-.
forced In WASHINGTON.

oroers Prohibition a Rtgidly En-
forced In Washington.
Washington-An effort to settle the
much argued question of the effective,
ness OF prohibition enforcement in
Washington has been ordered by Pres.
ldent Coolidge as a result of the charge
by Rear Admiral Charles P Plunkett.
c~ommandant OF the Brooklyn navy
yard. that the capital is the wettest
city In the United States"
The presidents on learning OF Ad-
miral P~lunkett's statements in a rolice
trial In New York. Immediately sum
moned Prohibition Commissioners Roy
Haynes to the White House and in.
structed him to find out II the Brock,
Ign commandant had been correctly
quoted and. II so. to ascertain the
basis Of his information and initiate
an investigation looking to correct o.
OF the alleged condition In the capital
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1924-03-20
WILBUR ACCEPTS NAVY POST
California Supreme Court Chief Is
Named Successor to DENLY.

Caltfornta supreme Court Ch,ef is
Named Successor to DENLY.
San Francisco, Calif.-Curtis d. Will
Bur, chief justice of the California gu
preme court, announced that he had
received a telegram from President
Coolidge. rendering him the office of
Secretary of the Navy, made vacant by
the resignation of Edwin DENLY. and
that he had accepted.
Justice Wilbur said he telegraphed
to President Coolidge that he would
arrange to come to Washington as
soon as his appointment was confirmed
by the Senate.
Chief Justice Wilbur has been one
of CALIFORNIA; leading lawyers and
t~urists for many years. He is known
especially well for his work in behalf
OF the child welfare, both as an Of
fetal and as a citizen.
He graduated from the United
States Naval academy at Annapolis in
June, 1888. Later he studied law and
began his practice In Los Angeles.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1924-03-20
Japan BANISHES Oil MEN
Representatives Of Sinclair interests
Escorted Out.

Toxic - ~Japenese military authori-
ties have frustrated an attempt by j.
p. Mccullough and d. F. Mclaughlin,
American surveyors representing Sin
clair oil interests, to enter the north.
ern section Of the island of S~aghalien,
and have taken the two on a Japa.
nese gunboat from Saghalien to the
port OF Otura in Hokkaido, 1t became
known.
The Americans. accompanied by a
Russian guide, entered Saghalien
from the Siberian mainland, after
proceeding by way OF Kobe, Vladivo.
stok. Habaroysk and N~ikolaievsk.
They were stopped at Alexandrovuk
by military officials. who declared a
determination not to permit represen-
tatives of an American company to
conduct surveys under concessions
from the soviet government, which
Japan does not recognize.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1924-03-20
MANY INDICTMENTS AT HERRIN
O~utgrowth Of kear Trouble Brings
90 indictments.

Herrin, Ill. - Ninety-nine indict-
ments were returned by the special
grand jury after a nine day investiga-
ton of the murder of Constable Caesar
eagle, the shooting of Deputy Sheriff
George Layman and shooting and riot
ing at the Herrin city hospital on the
night of Feb. s last.
s. Glenn Young, dry worker and
paid leader of the Ku Klux Khan in
recent liquor raids in Williamson
county. which it is said, led to the
clash between members of the Ku
Klux Khan and anti-klansmen. result
ing in the calling out of state troops.
was named under 5 counts. Among
the charges against Young are assault
with. intent to murder. conspiracy. kid
mapping. false imprisonment. robbery.
larceny and falsely assuming office.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1924-03-20

New York-The appellate division
of the supreme court in BROOKLYN
unanimously upheld the recent find
ings of Referee Gleason in favor of
Mrs. Anne U. Stillman. wife OF James
A. Stillman, former head of the Ma
tional City bank, in her defense OF the
suit for divorce brought against her.
The court affirmed the findings OF
the lower court and of the referee that
Mr.. Stillman was guilty of infdelity
and not entitled to a judgment OF di-
vorce, according to the evidence. and
that Baby Guy Stillman had not been
proved to be Legitimate
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1924-03-20
INDREHUS FILES FOR HOUSE
Late Democratic Candidate for Gov
ernor In the Race.

st. Paul - Edward Indrehus of Fo-
ley. democratic candidate for COVER
nor in the 1922 election. announced
himself a farmer-labor candidate for
congress In the sixth district. He
said he had received many assurances
If support from farmer.labor delegates.
The democratic party has ceased
to function in Minnesota" said Mr..
Indrehus. 81 shall file on the farmer
labor ticket"
He is a farmer, but up until now
has held aloof from the third party,
and was an opponent Of Magnus John.
son in the last general election. The
sixth district now is represented by
Harold Knutson.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1924-03-20
Potato Growers Organizers Meet.

st. Paul - Incorporation OF the Min
nesota Potato Growers league will be
completed April Is, II was announced
as the result OF a meeting OF the
executive committee of the general
state organizing committee and under
writer's Of the movement. The ex.
change now numbers 1920 members.
and controls a contracted potato acre
age OF 100. 756 acres. This body wher
fully formed. with its present mem
bership. will be the largest CO opera,
tive marketing organization handling
semi-perishable stock. in the world.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1924-03-20

Hurry Motheri Even constipated,
bilious, feyerish, or sick, collie Babies
and Children love to take genuine "Cal-
ifornia Fig Syrup" No other laxative
regulates the tender little bowels so
nicely. 1t sweetens the stomach and
starts the liver and bowels without
gripping. Contains no narcotics or sooth-
Ing drugs. Say california" to your
druggist and avoid counterfeits. Insist
upon genuine california Fig Syrup"
which contains directions.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1924-03-20

A Chinan.an WAS worried by a
Notwithstanding ecg who tarked at him
In an angry manner.
Don't be afraid Of him." sale a
friend. "You know the prcvero. "A
barking dog never bites"
"Yes," said the Chinamaa, "you
know the proyerb. ] know the ;sroverb.
but does the dog know the rro.erl,f"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1924-03-20
TO investigate Revenue Bureau.

Washington Without a dissent,
ing vote, the senate adopted a reso
luton by Senator James C6:ze $
(rep.. Mich,) providing for an inves
tigation of the bures. OF internal rev
niue. Coazens in 3 speech charged
that gross inefficiency and improper
organization" handicap administration
If the bureau Senator J e. Watson
Indiana, chairman: Ernest. Kentucky;
couzens. Michigan: Jones. New Mex
leo. and King. Utah. were appointed
,y Senator Cummins. president pro
:empore. to conduct the investigation.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1924-03-20
WHEAT DUTY GETS BOOST

Presidential Proclamation Raises I'm
port Tariff
Washington-On the basis of a re.
port submitted TO him by the tariff
commission on the costs OF producing
wheat and wheat products in the Uni
ted States as compared with Canada.
President Coolidge issued a proclama
ton increasing the import duty on
wheat from 30 cents t AZ cents a
bushel and on -four from rs cents per
100 pounds to $1.04.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1924-03-20
SYDNEY ANDERSON TO RETIRE
Announces That He viii Not Seek
Reelection.

Washington - Representative sgd
ney Anderson. republican. of the first
Minnesota district that he
will not be a candidate for reelection
but will retire from public life on &C
count OF his health.
Mr.. Anderson was chairman OF the
Joint commission of agricultural in.
quiry and is head of the suD-commit-
tee which framed the annual agricul.
tural appropriation bill.
He il serving his seventh term in
congress.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1924-03-20
CHINA TO RECOGNIZE RUSSIA

Treaty on Way Which VIII Restore
Relations Between Countries.
Picking The cabinet. In spe-
cial session, agreed to grant de
jure recognition to the government
OF Russia. provided M. K~araahan.
head of the Russian delegation here.
accepts the Chinese Interpretation Of
the agreement re-establishing relations
between the two nations.
II Is understood the agreement will
be signed jointly as soon as Karakhan
accepts the Chinese text Of the docu
ment. the wording OF which differs
slightly from that of Russia.