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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-10-31
Pedestrian Is Struck

Homer Lollar, 1915 N. Alabama
ST., was recovering at home today
from injuries received when he was
struck by an automobile driven by
James Smith, 1887 Broadview Ter
race, Thursday night at Capitol Ave.
and Fifteenth St. Police were told
Lollar stepped from behind a parked
automobile into the path of Smith s
car.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-10-31
DIAMOND CASE HEARD
Supreme Court Denies Petition for
Sanity Hearing.

Indiana State Supreme Court to-
day denied petition of attorneys for
Harry Diamond, sentenced to die
Nov. IA for the alleged murder OF
his wife near La Porte, Ind, ask
ing for an order to the Porter Cir
cult Court to accept and act on a
petition for a sanity inquest and
on a petition for stay of execution.
The attorneys alleged Diamond has
become insane in the Indiana State
Prison at Michigan City.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-10-31

did not discover its condition
until he got on the car. The
story was widely circulated by
newspapers. Rev. Bardelmeier
has received scores of letters as
a result. one came from Bluff
ton and revealed a third cousin,
and another from Ohio estab-
lished another relationship.
The story of Rev. Bardel-
meier's hat. so widely circu-
lated, was published in The In.
dianapolis Times.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-10-31
BU Times Speciof

n REENsBURG, Ind, oct.
y al.-Rev. ]. B. Bardel-
meier, local pastor. lost
his hat, but he found thereby
two relatives he didn't know he
had.
The pastor in haste to catch
traction car for indianapolis
several days ago, could not find
his hat and picked up one he
found in a dark corner. covered
with cObwebs and coal SCOT. lie
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-10-31
SHIP WRECKED ON BAR
Coast Guard Battles Storm to Res
cue Twenty Men in Crew.

BIZ tnifed Press
MARSHFIELD, Ore, Oct 31.-The
steamer Acme was beached on a bar
off Whiskey Run, Ore, today, after
battling a severe storm through the
night. The coast guard is standing
by and is believed to have saved the
vessels crew of twenty men.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-10-31
Police to Close Downtown
Streets for Parking to Pro-
tect Throngs Celebrating
Witches Eve-There'S a
JOKER Says Chief,
MALICIOUS FUNSTERS
: WARNED BY RIKH0FF
Even Weather Man Joins in
Promising to Hold Off
Rains, Although Cooler
Weather Is Predicted
Soap Users Cautioned,

Anything might happen, tonight
Witches and COLLINS. and perhaps
il they dare, in these prediction
days-even ghosts, will come forth
in all their glory, to celebrate Hal
loween.
It win be their night. And, jUdg-
ing by the enthusiasm their ''ad-
vance agents" have exhibited in the
past week or so. they intend TO
make the most Of il.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-10-31
Acton Man Is Suicide

Poison which he told druggist he
wanted to kill a dog, caused the
death Of Orman Smock, IS, of Acton.
Ind, Thursday night at his home.
Coroner Paul F. Robinson announced
today. No motive was assigned.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-10-31
DAWES GUEST OF ABE
Old-Fashioned Rally at Authors
Home in Brook.

Charles G. Dawes, Republican
nominee for Vice President, was
guest today of George AIDE. author,
at Brook. at an oold-fashioned Re
publican rally and barbecue. Dawes
win speak at South Bend tonight.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-10-31
Heavy Penalty Given

On testimony of Lieutenant Stod-
dard that he had sold hqour, Her
man Schultz. 923 n. Illinois ST., was
fined $500 and sentenced TO ninety
days on the Indiana State farm by
City Judge Pro Tenn. Garrett Odds
today.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-10-31
Mrs. Edith Buskirk Dead

Mrs. Edith Buskirk, Al. wife of
Thomas Buskirk, manager Dennison
Hotel, died today at Methodist Hos
pital. Funeral arrangements have
net been made.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-10-31
Man and Wife Believed TO
Have Been Dead Since
Monday Night or Early
Tue8day-Father of Hus-
band Discovers Bodies,
WATER HEATER VENT
is PARTIALLY CLOSED
Three Small Children at
Home of Grandmother
When Tragedy Occurs
Couple Reunited Last
Week After Separation.

Coroner Paul +. Robinson believes
that Joseph Hobbs, 81. and his wife,
Mrs. Iona Hobbs. "a. found as
phyxiated above their grocery, 20S
n. Davidson St, early today had
been dead since Monday night or
early Tuesday.
A gas water heater. the vent Of
which was partially closed, still was
burning when William Hobbs, 621
E. Ohio St, father of the husband
and NJ J. Tooley, who rents a room
at the \. Davidson St. address from
Mrs. Jennie Waddell, broke into the
Hobbs rooms and found the bodies.
Accident, Is Theory
DR.. Robinson believed the deaths
were accidental The bodies We're in
night clothing. Hobbs was found on
the floor and Mrs. Hobbs in bed.
Three weeks ago, according to
neighbors, Mrs. Hobbs disappeared,
leaving her husband and their chill
dren-Helen, 9; Emma, 6. and Ellis,
g. She returned last week, it was
said.
The children were taken to the
home # Mrs. Hobbs mother, Mrs.
Bertha Blume, S21 Z. South
St On Monday night the Hobbs
visited the children at this place and
had a very happy reu9ion.
This is said to have been the last
time they were seen. The children
remained with their grandmother.
Mrs. Hobbs had been operating
the grocery while her husband
worked at the Prest-OLite plant. The
grocery has been closed since Tues
day.
Father Investigates
William Hobbs, learning Of this.
started an investigation today which
resulted in the finding of the bodies
Authorities said that Mrs. Waddell
lived downstairs and had not
noticed particularly that there was
no activity around the Hobbs fiat.
Decides his father and children,
Hobbs is survived by Mrs. Radis
Goens. Misses Bessie and Ode Hobbs
of indianapolis. and Miss Goldie
Hobbs of Edinburg, Ind, sisters. and
Lloyd. Woodrow and Clarence Hobbs
of indianapolis and Clifford Hobbs
of Columbus, Ind, brothers. Clar-
ence is a fireman at the Fountain
Square station.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-10-31

There we see the Ku-KIux on the one side and an
equally sinister bacre secret organization the Knights
of the Flaming Circle the other hate in eye and
der in heart
Let's think that over before we vote, and consider
do want that to to Indiana!
The Times cares not from what source these organ
zatons comet cares not whether they be kulux or
Flaming Circe is against them ALL for they all alike
Let's read the Constitution and the Bill of Rights and
how they clash with the Khan idea before take
hand in exaltng Kanism to high authority in this State
Let's review in our minds what real Anericanism is
and not be ued by those ouhngs about 100 per cent
Americanism may hear.
Anericanism stands for trial by jury.
The Khan oath and the jurors oath are as oil and
water. They will not mix.
Let's read the Khan oath over And then pass judg-
ment how it jibes with freedom of Speech habeas
corpus safety from unarranted search and seizure and
those other privileges for which forefathers fought
Let's do that before we vote
And let us all remember that those rights and those
liberties were not secured byus.
We inherited them.
But whether we keep them or lose them is up to u.s.
No civilization no right no liberty is any stronger
than the character and the intelligence of those who pos
sess it,
We as people today are paying in many ways the
price of taking too much for granted of too much shallow
and careless attention TO public affairs, of too much
feeling and too little thinking.
Let us not make the great mistake Tuesday next.
Let not remain unconcerned while this masked
menace grows
Let's stop the Khan while the stopping is good.
A vote for jackson is a vote for the Khan.
A vote for McCuloch is vote against the Khan.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-10-31
5q F, STOP THE KLAN!'

The Ku-kux Khan must get out of Indiana politics.
1t parade and kavort and konklave as much ii
wants to, but it must quit tamperng with the government
The essence of Kanism is the essence of Boshevis.
Both stand for rule by self-seIected minority.
Indiana is not Russia. Indiana will not endure soviet
Indiana Trotsky no Lern lorcling it over
all the people in the interest of a few.
Indiana wants no rule by a masked minority.
The Times stands opposed to the Ku-FIuxism of
Ed jackson for the that opposes the Boil
shevism of Ncoli Lenin.
Klan government and Bolshevik government are twin
forms of NAL administration
Bolshevism outs the right of the majority to rule
SO does the <. <. K.
Bolshevis vests all sovereign authority in the leaders
of selfchosen and self-eeced minority. The K K. K
seeks to do the same.
This State will not abandon democratic government
responsible to the electorate to Hoosier Lenin oath
bound to masked and hooded soviet sitting in secret ses-
sion in the Kremlin of the Invisible Empire.
Our nation conceived in liberty and dedicated to
the principle that all men created equal
The Klan conceived in secrecy and bigotry and
dedicated to the principle that all men are NOT created
equal
Thereby the Kan strikes at the very vtals of our
tional life.
And The Times is not willing to see government by
~A~00 0UOSIAt0t00 AOT government Dy the people.
What does the n6ltration of Khan into politics mean?
What happens when officials creatures of the Khan
ride into public office?
Read the history of Houston and of Herrn and learn
before you vote.
Niles, Ohio, today is facing bloodshed
The home of the mayor has been bombed.
There the fine and final fruitage of Klanisr in
politics.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-10-31
WOMAN HANGS SELF
Charged With Murder of Five, She
Commits Suicide in Cell.

BIZ United Press
SAN MARCOS, Texas. Oct. 81
Mrs Annie Hauptrief, in Jail await
ing trial on charges of killing her
four stepchildren and former hus-
band and attempting murder of her
present husband. committed suicide
in her cell by hanging herself.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-10-31
Forecast

EAIR tonight and Saturday.
J. Colder weather antici-
pated Saturday.
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El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1924-07-06

Ger un juegO. La idea visitar por 10 me
nos media docena de tiendas tratar de ro-
barse algo del mayor ntimero possible de cs-
tablecimicntos. La muchacha que consigue
robar algo de cada una de las tiendas CANA
I'll iuego
yCsura mas que como crimen. PerO la mu-
chacha que dcmuestra mucha habilidad Ell
robar de una tienda por 10 general Sc le in
duce a unirse cuadrila de ladronea Y
cntonces, por supuesto, comienza su carrera
criminal.
-XueStras muchachas,--laS "flappers''
las salteadOras de pelo cOrtado--se pareCen
mucho las muchachas nuestras. Quiza us
Su origen en- Inglaterra.
He hablado con Celia Cooney vueStra
linda bandOlera del pelo cortado. Me parec6
una chiquilla absoIutamente normal. He co
nocido miles de elias en- Inglaterra con Ia
diferencia de que aquellaS no son adeptas a
los ''atracos. Esa muchacha es un alma ro-
mantica. que suena ser una herofna, empe-
ilada en- medir la agudeza de su ingenio con
In detective que finalmente esta unida a un
salteador.
FL banttolerisIno de Celia Cooney no era
del todo criminal. Nunca intent0 causar da-
no sus yfctmas. Era ell romanticismo NAL
entendido, 81 Hsted Quiere; tai vez travesu-
ras de chiquilla mejor que una tendencia cri-
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1924-07-06

sid0 tambi6n eXagcrada la nota de sensacio-
naismo. Celia, c0ntemplando csOs titulares
en0rmes Y vicndO cSa mllltitud dc curiosoS
iydos de Conocerla, naturalmente Sc Supo-
MIA que habfa realizado algo sorprendente
Ella Sc cree toda una herofna de noyela. En-
reaIidad, ella no es otra cosa que una Chi
quilla ignorante, que Sc ha proporcionado a
81 miSma una larga temporada en- presidio
Y ha proporciOnado otrOs muchas incOnvc+
nicncias. No hay NADIA loable sus trave-
sllras, acknowledgements. iPer0 quien podra
convencer a Celia de clio:
4 una pregunta que Sc le hizo relativa
Ia nanera mas factible para curar de rafz ell
NAL que aqueja la muchacha moderna, la
Comandante Allen, p0ni6ndOse ell monoculo
con elegante parsimonia, miro largamente
Il su interrogation sin decir una palabra. Pa
recia paSar revista mental a los innumera-
bles casos de raterisno femenil de que tenfa
conocimiento.
-Si fuera possible, las j0yenes ladronas no
deherfan ser mencOnadas en- los peri6dicOs,
nunca. Una vez detenidas Sc les debe cee-
brar un juicio sumarisimo, sentenciarseles
adccuadamcnte, no darles gloria, nj siqule
ia notoriedad. Esa es mi dnica receta.
-Naturalmente, un hOmbre una mujer
piensa que el NAL es algo que debe ostentar-
Sc con orgullo, cuando produce largOs ar
ticuloS entrevistas Ell los peri0dicOs. jQu6
ia hecho Celia Cooney? Ha robado en- va
rios establecimientos. burlando a la pOlicfa
p0r dos tres meSes 4 peSar de todo ha
conseguido algdn dinero finalmente ha caf-
do en- Inanos lie la policfa ira presidio
Tn negocito necio s6rdido, sin m6rito ex
traordinario alguno. Una cOsa vulgar. Y
sin embargo. el nombre de Celia Cooney es
conocido en- todo el pals. -,
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minal efectiya.
-En Inglaterra, nunca he conocido un
ease igual al de Celia Cooney Pero me atrc-
Ho a decir que en- 1nglaterra hay un crecido
nlmero de muchachas que pueden hacer 10
Que Celia ha hecho. bajo circunstancias Sc
nejautcS: las muchachas americanas y las
inelesas -''flappers' no-se parecen nut
cho.
4 comandante Allen daba vueltas a su
mon6culo pendiCnte de larga Gin
IA negra Su cautivadora sonrisa volvi0 a
Iuminar suS labios sensitivos. Esa
sonrisa suya, sin embargo, cautiyadora
senstiva. no loGra borrar la mirada sf,gaz
penctrante de suS ojos. Esta admirable mu-
ier britanica eS simpdtica pero no tiene ma
da de sentimental.
-nesle lueGo. 70 no debo hablar censu-
Iando las insituciones de un pals que visi-
to--yolyi0 a decir-, pero eSta eS una censu-
ri applicable a mi pals tambiGn listed COM
prende, 70 siiIceramente que a Celia
CooneY Sc lie ha hecho mucho dailo, tai vez
I'm dano irreparahle con toda la pubIicidad
que lie ha dadO la prensa a sus desgracia-
das ayenturas v ha recibdo gual daho de
Ia multitud de curi0sos que se reunen para
YerIa.
En- mi pals, la pub!icidad que habrfa
hecho la pfensa tai vez no hubiera sido tan
nelodramatica, per0 indudablemente habrfa
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trabaio trvo tan huen Gxito one recibi6 TN
nombramiento permanente. con un estado ma
yor dc nujeres ba 10 sus 6rdencs
A l. contcmplarla sentada en- los cuarte-
les de la Policia de Nueva York, char
lando saba delciosamente, con aquella fl
gura suya alta. delgada, en- uniforme mill
tar con una perna cruzada sobre la otra,
con su rostro veces serio otras ilumina-
do con la gracia de una franca risa, pensa-
mos Ell Seguida
lie aqpI una muier en- quien todas las
demis muieres pueden confiar.
Su atavfO completamente masculine nos
hucle a afcctaci6n vanidosa asf, Gle primera
intenci6n. Pero no hay tai coSa.
-El probema femenino mayor con que nos
enfrentamoS hoy en- Inglaterra-ha dicho-
eS la question de las cuadrillas de ladr0nes.
Nuestras muchachaS salteadores no Sc cor
tan siempre el pelo pero las que 10 hacen Sc
inician por 10 regular en- ell bandolerslno. Es-
tn es una de las consecuencas de la Ultima
guerra como creo que es.en vuestro pals.
-Pero entire nosotros. supongo que con
vuestras mujeres tambiGn, estos experiment
tos de bandolerismo tienen sp .1nico motive
en- el empeho de encOntrar senSaciOnes fuer-
ties romanticas. En- Inglaterra una mucha
cha empieza a reunirse con un grupo aloca-
do de muchachas hombres Comienza por
ratear en- las tlendas; regularmente por ven
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1924-07-06
NO cree usted que es un error?

- No cree usted que es un error?
In Comandante Allen. iuiciosamente, COM
prcnde que eI hecho de que Celia CoOney ten
ga cl pelo cortado no ha sido la causa nj es
&iqtiera un sfntoma de su tendenca al 'atra
co. A pesar de t0dO es nn hccho algO inS0-
Tito que ningnna de las mujeres policfas
de Londres Sc lie permita tencr el pelo cor
tado Puede peinarse sujetarse sus cabe-
Hos en- forma de melena--cOmo 10 hace la
Comandante Allen para que su flamante GO
IRA miIitar le siente ben. Pero el pelo cOrta-
do esta prohibido. A las oios britanicos Ia
moda de las ''meenitas" no del tOdo dig
ia.
I'm Nueya York las mujeres policfas pue-
den cortarsc el cabello 81 asi 10 desean. La
Sonora Mary Hamilton iefe del centenar de
muieres policfas de Nueva York, Sc corto el
pelo en- 81 yerano liltimo. Ahora bien. no Sc
sabe 81 So toerara una mujcr con la cabe-
za absolnnmentc rasur3da.
LAT otro punto. nluy fundamental, en-
que 50 difercncan las mujercs poll
cfas dc Incaterra y dc los Estados Unidos.
En- America la muier poIicfa viste como cual
quera otra mujer su prop6sto es pasar mad
yertida. ser. por 10 tanto buen detective.
Eu 1ngIaterra, la mujer policfa viste Gle uni
forme Su prop6sito es darsc a conocer 10
mas possible, para prevenir el NAL. Son dos
mit0dos distintos que lleyan un mismo fin.
-Otro de los grandes problemas que nos
otroS. 10 mismO que uIstedes, tenemOs que
rcsolver es el crecicnte vicio de las dregas-
continue Ia Comandante Allen. -Desde Ia
guerra, esta prictica Sc ha geneTalizado
enormemente. Fin Inglaterra creo que 10 te-
nemos va bastante dominado, Ell este. CO.
mo en- todo 10 denas, ell mundo regresa a La
normalidad, tai vez con mayor rapidez de
Ia que suponemOs
Las muchachas ladronas reaImente, es
algo novfsmo Pero clio es consecuencia del
trastorno mundial provocado por la guerra.
Durantc los primeros ailoS que signen
periodic tan turbulento como el de una gue-
nlundial no Sc puede juzgar a la smu-
jer nj q las condolences prevalecicntes. To-
do estd trastornado por un nt1merO no mry
corto de amos. Ahora es que estamos volvien-
do a tener juicio.
No nos inquietemOs muchO por Ia mu-
jer moderna. La 'flapper'', por SUI ladO ma
To- es solo una consecuencia pasajera de la
guerra Por su Iado bueno, es el nueVo ii
po perfecto de la mujer fnerte--y en- todo
volviendo a su nivel normal medida que pa
san los dfas.
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La "FLAPPER" DESAPAPECE...

ATENCON La flapper va esa hoy fuera de modaen abo
luto.
La asocacion de eudiane del Campameno aatha,
muchachas Maine premio $50
pna temino original des
criba el tipo de muier opuesto la "flapper'
La paabra ermno aquea usada lena de la
reeda iende
appe considerable dcho bochonoso egma
que ninguna muchacha inteligene debe soportar'
, 1924-02-11

The Iah0uring class who were loyal and
supported to the letter the selfish plat
form aimed At destruction, race and class
hatred, must realize ere this, that part
of the misery which they are made to
suffer is due to this most %stupendous fol-
~.
The time is NOW, when they should
start over again, and in choosing a lead
er, be sure that he IS. broadminded,
unselfsh and free from the things that
contribute to a dismal failure.
There are many who IN thanking Mr..
Merwin is also due him an apology. for
out Ct the great future which his efforts
will bring TO the islands. it is clear that
after all the white man is not as much
an enemy to the laboring classes, as
their selfish leader would have them
to believe.
am of the opinion that when the
motion VAS passed to rise for a standing
vote of thanks, those who supported the
platform Of the impossible, must have
looked On with shame to see their
naughty bigot listed among the nmber.
am,
Very resp C fully
ASHLEY l.. TOTEM.
, 1924-02-11
TELEGRAMS.
ST. CROIX STATION.

Washington, Feb. 9th. Without ponp,
vet with the highest honours in the pow
er of the nation to bestow upon a private
citizen, the body of Woodrow Wilson,
wartime president Of the United States.
was laid to rest today IN tue quiet lit
tie Bethlehem Chapel of the Cathedral
of st. Peter and Paul. Twenty carriages
composed the funeral corpege, winch
moved slowly through a thickly 1popuIat-
ed suburban section of the Capital. Yet
the entire route was hanked b. dense
masses Of people, who stood in silent tri
butte to the man who had led the United
States through the Great War. Congress
stood idle in honour OF the dead. Inc great
Government departments mad closed for
the day, and in many States, as the funeral
service progressed. the wheels Of con
mercial Industry ana municipal and
State Government halted for a few MN
uteS in tribute.
, 1924-02-11
SPORTING NEWS
Football.

A footl all match will be played on the
Holqer anske Ground tomorrow after
noon at a Is O'Clock between the Dread
nought and Native Stars Football Ciuh
Good news once more to Football Lovers
who were longing to see both clubs APP
pear for another contest. MAY the Dreis
be successful, although in d weak condi-
ton. Com.
, 1924-02-11

Ie2m defeated the United States Girls
Touring Hockey Players here this after
noon, II to l.
Paris, Feb. 6th-CEies of resign re-
sign, greeted NJ. PoIYcare this evening
after the tumultuous termination in Il e
Chamber Of Deputies of a test vote an
the powers, demanded by the Govern
nent to effect economies by decree. I
vote in favour of the Government on tie
proposed rejection Of the article In tie
bill giving the powers asked for was less
than half Of the fun strength of the
Chamber as now constituted. and a quo
run was barely attained. The vote was Jy
roll call, on demand o. so members. This
procedure is rare in the Chamber ana the
rule is that the members demanding the
roll call shall be counted in tie quorum.
whether voting or not. THUS the vote
was valid and the motion Of Nj. Herriott,
the Radical leader. to reject the Govern
ment's demand for full powers was de-
teated, PandemOnium reigneG after
The announcement, tn Radicals, Social
lists and Communists yelling in chorus,
no quorum, no quorum Comparative
quiet Wassinaliy established, permitting
the Premier 10 explain thar Inc reduced
vote was due to the tact that many mem
bers bad left the Chamber. tired out by
the all day discussions OF the amend
mems, in the course OF Whicl the Com
munists and the Socialists wei Va! b each
other in obstructive l5c los. The PreSI-
dent OF the Chamber declared that d quo
rum bad been attained and that the mo-
uou was rejected, Wtereou,t tie Chamber
adjourned un. II tomorrow.
London, Feb. 9th lie newspapers
are making a sensation out of MIR. LIold
Georges statement, In recent interview
on Sunday last chat an agree. Ient exist
ed between Mr.. Wilson and II. Cl-meu-
ceau regarding the French occupation Of
tn khjnela q Of which The Then Premier
was uuaWare until the French Govern.
rnent sought permission to publ Sh the
memorandum. The Evening Standard, in
a doub e coIun story, refers 70 Mr. Lloyd
georges statement as q 'dISclosure
which could not easily have been made
public during Mr.. Wilson's lifetime"
The Foreign Office, however. which is
preparing an explanation, sthrOWs cold
water on the story by saying that the
socalIed secret agreement sWas nothing
more than d routine memorandum which
the French Government was seeking to
publish in the ordinary course. Officials
expressed the belief lnaJ Mr.. Lloyd
Georges statement has become greatly
exaggerated since Il was first made.
They pointed out that the document 10
which he referred as having been secret
Is only one of MANY m~pmOrandumS p.-