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painters’ thinner, is said by Federal Prohibition agents here to be making its appearance in the bootleg market. Samples are said to show a lower grade of alcohol than commonly circulated, with traces of wood alcohol. The name is declared by agents to be no index to the probably injurious character. A CHINA SUNDERED IN HALF The Yangtze River now divides China into a hostile North and South. The Soviet-backed Cantonese armies are in control of the Southern half of China and have established Wu-chang-fu as their capital. Their next objective is Shanghai. The Canton Reds are camped below Hangzhou
objective is Shanghai. The Canton Reds are camped below Hangzhou ready to launch their assault when the weather is more favorable. Hangzhou and Nanjing are guarded by Northern armies, while Marshal Chang himself has returned to Peking to reorganize his Government. REBEL SENDS PROTEST NOTE TO AMERICA Dr. Sacasa of Nicaragua Says That Marines Have Established Illegal Censorship. COOLIDGE MAKES STATEMENT. Denied That United States Is in Central America Except to Protect American Interests. (Paris Times Radio) WASHINGTON, Wednesday. — A messenger from Dr. Jean Sacasa, head of the Liberal Party in Nicaragua, yesterday presented to the Department of State
Party in Nicaragua, yesterday presented to the Department of State a Note of protest against American intervention in Nicaragua. It accuses the United States of establishing a censorship, in violation of international law. The Department of State replied unofficially that it has no knowledge of a censorship, and that probably no official reply will be made to the Note, as Dr. Sacasa has not been recognized by the United States. Coolidge Makes Statement. The situation of the United States with regard to the revolution in Nicaragua has reached such a point that President Coolidge has made his first statement on
point that President Coolidge has made his first statement on the subject. He reiterates the view of the Department of State that American Marines are in Nicaragua only to protect American lives and interests and not to support the Conservative Government recognized by Washington against the Liberal revolutionists, backed by Mexico and recognized likewise by Guatemala and Costa Rica. While President Coolidge was making his statement, Admiral Latimer, in command of the American naval forces in Nicaraguan waters, was developing a plan to establish a neutral zone along the East coast of Nicaragua, thus enabling the Conservative army to concentrate
coast of Nicaragua, thus enabling the Conservative army to concentrate in the defense of its capital, Managua, on the West coast. The Department of State has not announced such to be the purpose of Admiral Latimer's plan, but it is difficult for those acquainted with the situation in Nicaragua to see any other purpose, since the Bluefields territory, already neutral, provides ample accommodation for the concentration of Americans in need of protection. American financial interests in Nicaragua, apart from a certain amount of oil property, are estimated to amount only to about £15,000,000. Washington hears that Admiral Latimer has disarmed
to about £15,000,000. Washington hears that Admiral Latimer has disarmed six hundred soldiers of the defeated Conservative Army who retreated to El Bin, in the neutral zone. Their retreat was protected by a rear guard of four hundred men, a majority of whom were killed or taken prisoner by the pursuing Liberals. The Liberal Army has now advanced to the Escondida River, following the capture of Fruit de Pan. Many American fruit plantations are in this district. Next Move for Mexico. Washington privately looks to Mexico to make the next move in the Nicaraguan situation because, in spite of the
move in the Nicaraguan situation because, in spite of the disclaimers of its Department of State, the part of Mexico in support of the Liberals is believed to be a great factor in the moral if not actual support which the American Marines are giving to the Conservatives. Nicaragua is a testing ground, on which Washington and Mexico City are struggling cautiously for direction of Central American affairs. Newspaper editorials in Guatemala and Costa Rica leave little doubt that those two countries, which have not recognized the Conservative Government, are fearful lest the United States should establish protectorates in Central
fearful lest the United States should establish protectorates in Central America. Honduras is already anti-American, chiefly because of opposition to American plantation activities there; last week Marines were landed at Puerto Celo to protect Americans. Washington sees the possibility that Mexico will now turn her attention to Honduras and endeavor there to secure the election of a regime hostile to President Diaz, which, if it were accomplished, would still further hearten the Nicaraguan Liberales. Guatemala and Costa Rica are not likely to recognize President Diaz. While he goes unrecognized by these neighbors, the Liberales, who are more numerous than the
these neighbors, the Liberales, who are more numerous than the Conservatives, will not lose heart. OIL WORKERS BURNED Employees of California Company Trapped by Wall of Fire. VENTURA, California, Wednesday. — Imprisoned in a circle of burning oil, many workers of a large oil company here were burned to death yesterday. Rescue was impossible. Three were taken from the flames alive, but death from burns is feared in each case. BRITISH REFUSE TO ALLOW KOROSTELOV IN ENGLAND MOSCOW, Wednesday.—Korostelev, chairman of the Central Committee of Soviet Education, has been refused a visa to enter England, where he wished to attend
a visa to enter England, where he wished to attend the meeting of the radical League of British Workers and Teachers. Right Still Hopes To Direct Cabinet In Germany BERLIN, Wednesday. — Although the first actual conferences looking towards the constitution of a new German Cabinet are not to begin before next week, political leaders and members of the Reichstag are increasingly busy with unofficial “conversations.” It is now clear that the Right groups are trying hard to secure a “Cabinet of Officials” Which would really be representative of them alone. According to the Tageliche Rundschau, which often speaks for
alone. According to the Tageliche Rundschau, which often speaks for Herr Stresemann, it is probable that President Hindenburg will follow Parliamentary custom and call first upon a Right leader to try to form a Government. Such a Ministry would include the “Bourgeois” parties, from the Nationalists to the Democrats. If the attempt should fail, a Ministry including the Nationalists and the Centre would be tried, and next, if necessary, one on the old basis of Populists, Centrists and Democrats. If none of these schemes should succeed, then, according to the prediction, the only recourse will be dissolution of the Reichstag
prediction, the only recourse will be dissolution of the Reichstag and a new national election. Apparently, this proceeding would suit the Nationalists, in their present frame of mind. BURGLARIES IN BERLIN French Secretary and Argentine Attaché Robbed. BERLIN, Wednesday. — Thieves robbed the apartments of the First Secretary of the French Embassy and of the Argentine Military Attaché during the Christmas festivities, it became known today. The burglars obtained chiefly jewelry and objects of art, with some carpets and embroidery. POPULATION OF RUSSIA First Census in Sixteen Years Places Figure at 145,500,000. MOSCOW, Wednesday.—The Soviet Union has a population of
at 145,500,000. MOSCOW, Wednesday.—The Soviet Union has a population of 145,500,000 it is announced following the conclusion of a census, the first in sixteen years. Executive Determined to Stamp Out Private Vengeance—Ku Klux Klan Is Blamed. (Paris Times Radio) ATLANTA, Georgia, Wednesday. — Aroused by a recent series of floggings of white and colored men and women by masked bands, Governor Clifford Walker has begun a State-wide campaign against mob violence. He has offered a personal reward of $1,000 for evidence leading to the first conviction for masked violence. Governor Walker does not name any organization as responsible for the
Walker does not name any organization as responsible for the floggings, but the State knows that he points to the Ku Klux Klan. The Klan had its origin in this State but it has now declined until virtually no responsible member of any community is associated with it. Responsible mobs—such as that which lynched Dave Wright, a white man; at Douglas, Georgia, last August—are believed to be behind the masks which have inflicted punishment on men and women in the rural communities of this State. Governor Walker was instrumental in forming the Inter-Racial Commission which has accomplished much by its
forming the Inter-Racial Commission which has accomplished much by its development of the “Atlanta” Plan,” an agreement to discuss racial problems frankly through representatives of the white and black races. He has been particularly active in arousing public sentiment against lynching. He will have the majority of the State on his side if he pushes his fight against mobs and floggings. Georgia marked the beginning of a new day and a new view of mob violence in the South when, in the middle of November, Judge Harry D. Reed, of the Douglas Superior Court, heard the pleas of nine members
the Douglas Superior Court, heard the pleas of nine members of a lynching party and imposed upon them terms ranging from several years in the penitentiary to imprisonment for life. It was the first time that a member of a lynching mob had been given a sentence for life, and it was the first time in Georgia that a man had even been tried by a jury and found guilty of a lynching offense. The general approval of the State which greeted Judge Reed’s sentences is expected by Governor Walker to back him in his campaign against midnight whippings for
to back him in his campaign against midnight whippings for private vengeance or supposed offenses. KING WINTER ENTERS WAR AGAINST REDS Cold Spell in China Halts Advance of Invading Cantonese Below Shanghai. HANG-CHOW GUARDED Chang Hastens to Reorganize Government in Hope of Preventing Recognition of Canton. (Paris Times Spécial) SHANGHAI, Wednesday.—The rival armies in the Chinese civil war are now at bay one hundred miles Southwest of Shanghai. There, in the city of Hang-chow, is entrenched Sun-Chun-Feng with sufficient troops to defend that and other points on the Eastern sector should the Cantonese Bolsheviks attack. Twenty miles to the South
should the Cantonese Bolsheviks attack. Twenty miles to the South the Cantonese are gathering. Since capturing Foochow a few weeks ago they have been surging on Northward towards Shanghai. A Red Army of 20,000 men now has its headquarters at Chu-chow-fu and has thrown out a line below Hang-chow. Cold in the Field. But a third force is in the field here. It is the force of Marshal Winter, who is not armed with steel but with cold. Winter is on the side of the Mongols from the cold North of Manchuria and Peking. Winter is doing its part to
of Manchuria and Peking. Winter is doing its part to defend Hongliuow—and therefore Shanghai—from the Southern invaders. With Soviet guns and Soviet money and Soviet military training the Cantonese Cadets have conquered half China and have established a capital in the central city of Wu-chang-fu. But winter will probably prevent them from continuing their offensive to take the coveted city of Shanghai. Word comes from Hankow (across the river from Wu-chang-fu) that the Cantonese Government has issued circulars to the press throughout China calling for an economic reprisal against Great Britain. On the Defensive. ... More than one hundred miles
Britain. On the Defensive. ... More than one hundred miles behind the “front line” at HangChow, the forces of Changtuong and Ngan-Hoei at the strategic river port of Nafking. They are guarding against a possible advance towards Shanghai from the river side. On the river above the Cantonese capital is Yang Sen defending Ichtrng. But the Mukden War Lord himself has hastened North to Peking, leaving his lieutenants in charge of the actual defense. Chang Tso-lin has begun the reorganization of the Northern Chinese Government in hope of forestalling recognition of the already powerful Cantonese Government at Wu-chang-fu. It is
of the already powerful Cantonese Government at Wu-chang-fu. It is believed that Marshal Chang will install the former Premier Chi Yung-peng as President and will retain Dr. Wellington Koo as Foreign Minister. DRUNKENNESS EXPLAINS INCIDENT AT MAINZ The French General Staff at Coblentz has examined the case of the two French artillerymen who were beaten by a band of young Germans at Mainz on Christmas Eve, and it has reported to the Ministry of War that the Frenchmen were intoxicated and provoked the quarrel. Originally it had been announced that the French soldiers had been attacked unprovoked as they came
the French soldiers had been attacked unprovoked as they came out of Midnight Mass early on Christmas morning. It appears now that the soldiers themselves admit that they were drunk and that they picked a quarrel with the Germans in the streets of Mainz. Fritz Thyssen Resigns. BERLIN, Wednesday.—Herr Fritz Thyssen, the Ruhr steel magnate, has resigned from the Franco-German steel trust in a letter made public today, blaming the judgment of the Landau court-martial for his decision. “It seems to be believed in France,” says Herr Thyssen, “that Germany can be made to endure anything, deceived on the Armistice
can be made to endure anything, deceived on the Armistice terms, and disarmed with the aid of twenty-four other nations while France is armed to the teeth. In the interest of peace I hope that this French belief disappears as soon as possible.” Herr Fritz Thyssen is the son of the aged industrialist August Thyssen, one of the founders of the wealth of the Ruhr. Fritz was a “Junker” before the war, and a bitter opponent of the French during the occupation of the Ruhr. AIR MINISTER NOW ON WAY TO CAIRO NAPLES, Wednesday.—Sir Samuel Hoare, accompanied by Lady Maud
TO CAIRO NAPLES, Wednesday.—Sir Samuel Hoare, accompanied by Lady Maud Hoare and Air Vice-Marshal Sir Geoffrey Salmond, left Naples this morning for Cairo to continue his flight to India. The British Air Minister’s flight to Karachi is the first of what is expected to be a regular air service between London and India. Between Naples and Cairo Sir Samuel’s plane will stop at Malta and Tobruk. ITALO-GERMAN TREATY SIGNED IN ROME TODAY German Ambassador Affixes His Name As Substitute for Absent Herr Stresemann. SURPRISE DECISION Rome Expected Duce to Wait Until German Minister Was Able To Meet Him. (Paris Times
Until German Minister Was Able To Meet Him. (Paris Times Spécial) ROME, Wednesday.—The Italo-German treaty of friendship and arbitration is to be signed today in the Hall of Victory of the Palazzo Chigi. Signor Mussolini signed for Italy and Herr von Neurath, Ambassador in Rome, for Germany. The decision to sign the treaty at once, without waiting for Herr Stresemann, the German Foreign Minister, was taken when it became evident that the German ministerial crisis would last for some time. Surprise in Rome. The announcement of the signing of the treaty today caused the greatest surprise in Rome. It had
treaty today caused the greatest surprise in Rome. It had been supposed that the signature would be deferred for several weeks as it was understood that Signor Mussolini was extremely desirous of an interview with Herr Stresemann before finally affixing his name to the document. Herr Stresemann’s difficulties with internal politics in Germany, however, made this meeting impossible for the moment, and the Duce decided to make the treaty effective immediately. Like other treaties recently concluded by the Fascist Government, the Italo-German treaty is an accord binding the two Governments to a friendly attitude in international disputes. Both promise to
to a friendly attitude in international disputes. Both promise to submit to arbitration any eventual discord between them. The Italian press has attached very great political importance to the document since the beginning. The official view here is that Herr Stresemann's failure to come to Italy to sign the treaty has no importance, but that a meeting between Signor Mussolini and the German Minister is desirable and practically necessary in the near future. A Fascist Triumph. The Fascist press regards this treaty as a great triumph for Fascist diplomacy, and it is announced that Signor Mussolini will deliver a speech
it is announced that Signor Mussolini will deliver a speech on the subject next Monday when he convenes his Council of Ministers. The treaty signed today was negotiated in Geneva between Signor Scialoja and the legal experts who accompanied Herr Stresemann to the meeting of the Council of the League of Nations. BERLIN-VIENNA WIRE Underground Telephone Line Between Capitals Opens January 14. BERLIN, Wednesday.—The new underground telephone line linking Berlin and Vienna will be opened on January 14. The press here emphasizes the importance of improved communications between the German and Austrian capitals, pointing out that any move in this
and Austrian capitals, pointing out that any move in this direction has a political as well as an economic significance. GERMANY GIVES REICHSWEHR INCREASED BUDGET FOR 1927 BERLIN, Wednesday.—The Reichswehr's Budget for 1927 is increased by 7,200,000 marks, most of which is to be devoted to improved housing and sanitation for the troops. The actual increase in men will be only 135. In other respects the Reichswehr Budget for 1927 will be the same as for 1926. The total expenditure for the Reichswehr during the coming year will be 472,000,000 marks. HIROHITO ADDRESSES JAPAN FROM THRONE TOKYO, Wednesday.—Emperor Hirohito has
marks. HIROHITO ADDRESSES JAPAN FROM THRONE TOKYO, Wednesday.—Emperor Hirohito has announced his accession to the throne of Japan in a formal council of the Court. The new Mikado pledged himself to follow the noble examples of his ancestors. At the same time he urged his subjects to study the changes which take place in the organization of the world, in order to establish the bases of an international policy for the peace of all peoples. The Emperor said that a nation must be united to progress, and he asked his subjects to achieve union by ending internal discords. He characterized
subjects to achieve union by ending internal discords. He characterized the policy of the Crown as one of simplicity, originality and progress, allied to friendship towards all foreign nations. The speech of the Emperor was answered by the Prime Minister, who rendered homage to the new sovereign in the name of all the officials of the Court and the Government. This ceremony is the last at which the Emperor will appear until his father is buried, fifty days hence. DIKHOKORS LOSE LAND RIGA.—A number of Dukhobors who left Canada to settle in Soviet Russia have been deprived of part of
settle in Soviet Russia have been deprived of part of the land allotted to them, the Soviet authorities alleging that they are not fulfilling their obligations. Governor of Georgia Offers Reward for Conviction of Masked Floggers S This “export bonus” is now abolished at the same time that the domestic index numbers of prices are advancing at a slower rate, where they are not receding. The prospect—based on official predictions—that both retail and wholesale prices will soon be moving downward affects industry generally because the consumer is inclined to await still lower levels. The consequence is something that often resembles
still lower levels. The consequence is something that often resembles a “buyers’ strike.” Again, the immense task of reconstructing the liberated regions is within sight of completion, so that thousands of workers in that field are being set at liberty. Because the return to the gold standard in Great Britain undoubtedly had much to do with producing its large proportion of unemployment, the question is frequently asked whether like conditions are probable in France, for the assumption is that the French Government will soon make the currency convertible into gold at a fixed value. Such a course of events is
at a fixed value. Such a course of events is at least unlikely, for the elements in the situation are not the same. France, unlike Great Britain, is an underpopulated country and, besides that, largely agricultural. Roughly, half its active population is on the land. Indeed, she lacks labor for agriculture, as well as for industry, since the war made it necessary to bring in some 3,000,000 workers of foreign nationality. This indicates that there is to be no serious lack of employment for the French themselves, although the status of the foreign worker is somewhat a problem, since it
of the foreign worker is somewhat a problem, since it is so often established by treaty. The most hopeful factor, in the long view, is the changed industrial situation of France since before the war. If a genuine economic crisis is to come, it should be shortened and rapidly remedied by the improved methods adopted for French enterprises. The possibilities in modern ways of organization have been grasped and applied successfully in France. Moreover, her industries have been decentralized from the North under the stress of war, with eventual benefit in various ways. Finally, economic equipment has been greatly improved
in various ways. Finally, economic equipment has been greatly improved in the ports, transport facilities have been increased and altogether a solid foundation has been laid for lasting national prosperity. The future is here. It would be better off and would accommodate more people if skyscrapers were stopped off relentlessly and if buildings were limited to eight or ten stories. Mr. Thomas Edison’s prophecy of the future city in which streets must be carried in layers, in which men must skurry in grooves and tunnels, in which swarms of airplanes hovering over the roofs will add terrible new traffic troubles,
hovering over the roofs will add terrible new traffic troubles, has made the United States think seriously of its problem. At the same time a foreign architect shudders at the sight of Greek columns supporting towers of steel. He sees a senseless tendency to build ever higher without thought of liberating line and detail from the art developed by ground-breaking civilizations. He sees a race whipped into perpetual restlessness and unhappiness by the architectural chaos in which it lives. New discoveries bring new problems. It is true that discoveries are being developed for their own sake with little thought of
being developed for their own sake with little thought of the ensuing problems. Europe has been as careless as America in this respect. But America has first need to cope with them. There is the chaos of ether entangled by hundreds of radio waves. There is the chaos of the stone piles piercing the air and the clash of meteor-cars shrieking and pushing about the city canyons. There is coming the chaos of airplane traffic and the chaos of noise under which Mr. Edison predicts that the race will become mercifully deaf. The fact is that we fail to realize
mercifully deaf. The fact is that we fail to realize that our civilization is already far beyond the extravagant dreams of romancers in the “nineties.” We think of conditions that are already with us as still to come. But we are plunged completely, irreversibly into this civilization. We must bend immediate efforts to mold it and control it and develop it to harmony. Otherwise, we face a great chaos that will set the world mad. American Comment: “Other crops may fail, but with Congress and most of the State Legislatures in session, the winter law crop will doubtless again be