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June 21. Dail Éireann will, therefore, be dissolved in the middle of May. This news follows the report that the Dail would be dissolved at an early date, although the Constitution of the Free State would have made an election compulsory sometime during the year. The outlook for the Cosgrave Government is not considered hopeful. There have been strong differences between Ministers regarding the Liquor Bill. Their supporters have been equally at loggerheads over the measure. Speaking at Kingstown recently, Mr. Desmond Fitzgerald, the Minister for External Affairs, indicated that the Government is fully alive to its danger. PLOT IN
the Government is fully alive to its danger. PLOT IN HUNGARY Investigation Shows Moscow Supplied Agents With Funds. BUDAPEST, Wednesday. — Additional evidence is being revealed by police investigations into the Bolshevik plot, which was discovered here on Sunday. Several persons have been arrested and the information which they have furnished shows that funds for Bolshevik propaganda in Hungary have been generously furnished by Moscow. During one month, a sum of $20,000 was forwarded to the Soviet agents. The authorities here are of opinion that only a small part of the Bolshevik machinery has been discovered. BRITISH CRUISER REPULSES ACTS
the Bolshevik machinery has been discovered. BRITISH CRUISER REPULSES ACTS AS TARGET H.M.S. Repulse, one of the speediest ships in the British Atlantic Fleet, is taking part in exercises in combat with the Fleet in the Mediterranean. The Repulse has been acting as a target for practice firing with dummy torpedoes and 6 in. shells, directed to fall short. Senate Works All Day Long For Nothing (Paris Times Radio) WASHINGTON, Wednesday — The United States Senate in all its long life has seldom been busier than it was yesterday, but the total result of its talk and activity was that
the total result of its talk and activity was that Senator Reed Smoot (Republican, Utah) obtained the consent of the Senate to remove a comma from the Bill to reorganize the Prohibition Enforcement Department. The real business of the day was the filibuster organized by Senator David A. Rice (Republican, Pennsylvania) to end the investigation being made by a committee headed by Senator James A. Reed (Democrat, Missouri) into the expenditure of campaign funds in Pennsylvania and Illinois, to prevent the citing for contempt of Mr. Samuel Insulin, and to stop the recounting of ballots cast in the Senatorial primary
stop the recounting of ballots cast in the Senatorial primary election in Pennsylvania last spring. The success of the filibuster of the Pennsylvania Rice is problematical since a majority of the Senate is with the Missouri Reed in his effort to get at the truth in connection with the large sums expended to elect Senator William S. Vare, in Pennsylvania, and Senator Frank L. Smith, in Illinois. The House of Representatives made better use of the short time that remains before the Sixty-Ninth Congress passes out of existence on Friday. By a vote of 209 to 151, it passed the
By a vote of 209 to 151, it passed the Bill authorizing the manufacture of medicinal whisky under Government supervision. Mr. Andrew W. Mellon, Secretary of the Treasury, and Colonel Lincoln C. Andrews, in general charge of enforcement of Prohibition, prepared the Bill. Under the provisions, the Government manufactures and distributes all medicinal whisky and distilled spirits in the United States, and takes control of the stocks of whisky now in bonded warehouses. It is claimed for the Bill that it guards against whisky from bootleg channels, while it provides pure whisky for legitimate medicinal uses. It also limits the
pure whisky for legitimate medicinal uses. It also limits the profits of distillers and druggists from the sale of whisky. Governor Fisher, of Pennsylvania, yesterday certified the election of Senator Vare. The resolution form of certification used by Governor Fisher states unequivocally that Senator Vare has been elected, whereas Governor Pinchot, just before his retirement, used a special form of certification to state that Mr. Vare "appeared to be elected." The Reed Committee is now investigating charges that $1,000,000 was spent by candidates in the Senatorial primary election in Pennsylvania. DOHENY LOSSES $21,000,000 Cancellation of Elk Hills Oil Lease Expensive
DOHENY LOSSES $21,000,000 Cancellation of Elk Hills Oil Lease Expensive for Petroleum Company. WASHINGTON, Wednesday.—Mr. Edwin L. Doheny, President of the Pan-American Petroleum Company, lost almost $21,000,000 when the Supreme Court on Monday declared invalid his lease of the Elk Hills naval oil reserves. Ten million dollars of the loss is represented by construction work done by the lessees of the oil lands during the litigation. ROCKEFELLER LITIGATION WITHDRAWN FROM COURT CHICAGO.—The dispute between Mr. Harold F. McCormick and his former wife, Mrs. Edith Rockefeller-McCormick, concerning stock of Standard Oil Company of Indiana worth $8,000,000, has been taken out of
Company of Indiana worth $8,000,000, has been taken out of court by the parties at the request of Mr. John D. Rockefeller. Mr. Rockefeller had created the fund in 1917 for Mrs. McCormick, his daughter. Mr. Harold F. McCormick sought to make dividends revert to this fund instead of going to Mrs. McCormick. SEE PAGE 6 FORT. Developments in Mexico. Dangherty-Miller Case. British Fleets Steam to "War"; Exercising in Mediterranean Ships Leave Spanish and Algerian Ports to Take Part in Manœuvres. (Paris Times Spécial) GIBRALTAR, Wednesday. — All ships of the British Atlantic and Mediterranean Fleets leave various ports in
the British Atlantic and Mediterranean Fleets leave various ports in this neighborhood today for strategic and tactical exercises—in sum, a mimic engagement. The vessels of the Atlantic Fleet include the Revenge, flying the flag of Admiral Sir Henry Oliver, the Commander-in-Chief; the Third Battle Squadron, comprising the battleships Iron Duke, Benbow, Emperor of India, and Marlborough; and the battlecruisers Hood and Repulse. There are also the Curacoa, Cambrian, Canterbury, and Cornwall of the Second Cruiser Squadron; the aircraft-carrier Furious; the Fifth and Sixth Destroyer Flotillas each of one flotilla leader and eight destroyers, headed by the lighter Centaur. After the
and eight destroyers, headed by the lighter Centaur. After the vessels had left here and were on their way to their various bases, certain exercises were carried out. The Hood and the Repulse carried out competitive torpedo firing, to test the rapidity of loading and firing in action. Special boats were told off to retrieve each dummy torpedo as soon as it was fired, since it costs £3,000. At the same time the Centaur fired at the Repulse with her 6 in. guns, the director of the light cruiser being so adjusted that the shots fell short of their mark.
so adjusted that the shots fell short of their mark. In both these tests good firing was recorded. The third Battle Squadron and one flotilla left Malaga this morning. The battle-cruisers, with the Centaur and another flotilla, left Almería. The Second Cruiser Squadron left Oran. These units of the Atlantic Fleet will cruise in the neighborhood today and will probably come into conflict with the Mediterranean Fleet, which is steaming in this direction, early tomorrow morning. A mimic engagement, will take place in battle conditions. This will be followed by an exercise in which submarines will be used for reporting
an exercise in which submarines will be used for reporting the movements of the enemy fleet. After dark, destroyers, supported by battle-cruisers and cruisers, will make an attack on the combined Atlantic and Mediterranean Fleets, which will be screened by the remaining cruisers and destroyers. On the following day the Mediterranean Fleet will arrive here, the Atlantic Fleet passing to an anchorage off Lagos. There will be further exercises next Wednesday. A week later the Atlantic Fleet will return to England. BROTHER OF NURSE HAS MURDER THEORY BOULOGNE-SUR-MER, Wednesday. Miss May Daniels, the twenty-year-old English nurse whose body was found
May Daniels, the twenty-year-old English nurse whose body was found near Boulogne after she disappeared on October 6 last, never used morphine, was always gay and happy, and had no cause for suicide, her brother, Mr. Harold Daniels, told the police yesterday after identifying various objects of clothing. He was accompanied from England by Mr. C. Hargreave, a brother-in-law, of the nurse, and Mr. Hardwick, a friend. In spite of the insistence of all those who knew Miss Daniels, that she did not use morphine, the police authorities are unable to explain the presence near the body of a hypodermic
to explain the presence near the body of a hypodermic needle and a quantity of the drug. The Boulogne police have come to the conclusion that Miss McCarthy, the other young English nurse who was with Miss Daniels on vacation at Boulogne when she disappeared, is “the only person who can aid the investigation. They believe that Miss McCarthy has not told all she knows, and they may call her for further examination. A funeral service for Miss Daniels was held this afternoon. GERMAN POLITICAL CHANGES REPORTED BERLIN, Wednesday—The leaders of the Conservative Party, which has hitherto been allied with
of the Conservative Party, which has hitherto been allied with the Nationalists, has broken the alliance, the Directing Committee having adopted a resolution declaring continued allegiance to Monarchism and the Hohenzollern dynasty. A manifesto declares that the party will work for its aims in the next elections; for “God, King and Country.” The action of the Nationalist Party, which rallied to the Republican leadership established by the Centre in the Reichstag during the recent Cabinet crisis, is condemned. Count Westarp is chief of the combined Conservative-Nationalist parties and what action he will take is causing speculation. There are also signs
he will take is causing speculation. There are also signs of a movement among the Centrists towards the Right and cooperation with the Bavarian Populists. It is understood that a definite agreement has been reached between these two parties. SLOVAKIAN BEER FIGURES PRAGUE, Wednesday.—The production of beer in Czechoslovakia in 1926 increased by 5% percent, as compared with 1925, while there were 524 breweries working as against 552 for 1925. “URUGUAY” BEGINS ATLANTIC FLIGHT CASABLANCA, Wednesday.—Major Larre-Borges, the Uruguayan aviator who has been held up here for more than a week by storms and repairs to his wireless equipment, left
week by storms and repairs to his wireless equipment, left at 8.30 this morning for Las Palmas, in the Canary Islands. Major Larre-Borges hopes to be the first to fly from Europe to Uruguay. His seaplane, the “Uruguay,” carries a large surplus supply of fuel. From Las Palmas he will fly to Bolama, on the Western point of Africa, and from there attempt to cross the Atlantic in one jump, landing at Natal, Brazil. This is the route which Colonel de Pinedo relinquished because of the inability of his plane to rise with sufficient gasoline. PINEDO’S FLIGHT False Starts Delay
to rise with sufficient gasoline. PINEDO’S FLIGHT False Starts Delay Efforts to Reach Capital of Argentina. BUENOS AIRES, Wednesday.—After landing at Porto Alegre, five hundred miles from here, at 5.42 last night, Colonel de Pinedo started for Buenos Aires at 6.30 o'clock this morning. Four false starts, caused by strong winds and slight difficulties with his motor, were made from Santos yesterday. Interest in his flight is increasing here despite the disappointment caused by expectations of an earlier arrival. JAPANESE PARTIES REACH AGREEMENT TOKIO, Wednesday.—The Japanese Government, which has been on uncertain ground since last September, and in January was
on uncertain ground since last September, and in January was threatened with the necessity of resigning, has been strengthened by an agreement between the Kensei-kai, the Cabinet Party, and the Seiyukai, the party which held the balance of power between the Cabinet and the opposition. It is probable that the Premier, Mr. Wakatsuki, who arranged the agreement, will resign in favor of the Seiyukai leader. Advocates of reform, who have charged that party politics in Japan is a national disgrace, are not pleased with the new arrangement, which will prevent a general election, their. The Government party has 161 members
a general election, their. The Government party has 161 members in the Diet and its new ally 139. GENEVA FINDS ARMS ACCORD STILL LIKELY Activity Behind Scenes Indicates French Willing to Compromise With American Plan. CONFERENCE POSSIBLE France Relieved to Hear Washington Did Not Mean to Insist Upon Reduction of Arms. Paris Times Special) GENEVA, Wednesday.—Aid to President Coolidge’s plan for a conference on naval disarmament comes today from a most unexpected source. Statements made in official circles of the League of Nations indicate that efforts are being made to reach a compromise between the French and the American views
reach a compromise between the French and the American views on disarmament. Coming Together. It is said on excellent authority that the French Government, in the light of recent events and clarifying statements from Washington, does not believe that the French and American positions on naval disarmament are so far apart as they seemed to be at first. It is pointed out that Mr. Coolidge has made it clear that his purpose in calling a conference was not to reduce armaments further, but to set a limit to the naval race in the future. In these circumstances, since the French
race in the future. In these circumstances, since the French aim in the Disarmament Commission of the League of Nations is practically the same, the immediate difference which presents itself is one of procedure. It is felt by many French officials now that it may be possible to adapt these two procedures, the Coolidge programme and the programme of the League of Nations, so as to satisfy the American President and at the same time not give offense either to the League or to the small nations of Europe. Such a compromise, at which recent activity behind the scenes here
a compromise, at which recent activity behind the scenes here strongly hints, would have many advantages. From an American point of view it would save face for the President, and the Republican Party would appreciate its electoral value; while France has, at the moment, everything to gain by keeping the Americans in good humor. The Difficulties. At the same time it will be exceedingly difficult, if not impossible, to reconcile two such radically different theories of disarmament as the French and the American, since the Americans wish to discuss naval armaments separately and the French insist that the total armament
armaments separately and the French insist that the total armament problem—including the industrial and economic factors called “potential” armaments—be considered at once. SENATE ALLOWS MONEY FOR GENEVA DELEGATES WASHINGTON, Wednesday.—The Senate has approved the Bill previously passed by the House of Representatives appropriating funds to send American delegates to the forthcoming Conferences in Geneva on disarmament and economic problems. The Bill now awaits the signature of the President. Coolidge Reverts To 5-Power Pact (Paris Times Radio) WASHINGTON, Wednesday.—Taking advantage of his weekly conference with the press yesterday, President Coolidge outlined modified views on disarmament. Disillusioned in his hope for a
modified views on disarmament. Disillusioned in his hope for a five-Power conference on naval disarmament after France and Italy refused to accept his plan for a conference, and after Japan and Great Britain accepted but made such reservations as to render a three-Power agreement doubtful, the President has reverted to the hope of getting together the United States, Great Britain, Japan, France and Italy, not to reduce present armaments, but to limit future building. The President informed the press yesterday that a three-Power conference is unlikely, in view of the British pronouncement at the Washington Naval Disarmament Conference in 1921.
British pronouncement at the Washington Naval Disarmament Conference in 1921. Great Britain then declared that she could not accept limitation of her cruisers so long as France refused to limit her submarine strength. President Coolidge admitted that he has not yet had time to make as detailed a study of the replies of the four Great Powers as he would like, or to discuss the situation with the Secretary of State Mr. Frank B. Kellogg, who is ill and who has left Washington for two decks. Nevertheless, he sees no reason why the five nations should not be interested in
reason why the five nations should not be interested in setting limits to their own construction of battleships, cruisers and submarines if there is no question of reducing present armaments. RUMANIAN ATTORNEY HELD Joseph Bodgan, a Rumanian attorney in Paris, was arrested last evening on the charge of issuing false passports to his compatriots desirous of entering Canada. Sums varying from 800fr. to 1,800fr. were paid to Bodgan for passports which were of no value and bore no visa. The attorney persists in denying his guilt. FIFTY-ONE NOW REPUTED DEAD AT EBBW VALE Thirteen Others Drowned in Pit At Mansfield—Rescuers
AT EBBW VALE Thirteen Others Drowned in Pit At Mansfield—Rescuers Make Heroic Effort at Cwma. MINERS HISS BALDWIN Women Sing Hymn and Disperse After Two Days Waiting for Bodies of Their Dead (Paris Times Spécial) LONDON, Wednesday.—The total number of dead in the disastrous explosion at the Marine Colliery at Cwm in Ebbw Vale is now fixed at fifty-one, after all rescue work has been definitely abandoned. Hope of saving any men still living was given up at nine o’clock this morning. By midday the workers had also to abandon the task of trying to get through the thousands of
the task of trying to get through the thousands of tons of debris towards the bodies of the dead. Forty-four men remain buried in the ruined mine. Seven dead bodies have been recovered, and of the forty-four still missing, twenty-eight have been definitely located. Sixteen others are somewhere in the mass of debris. Premier Hissed. The Prime Minister and Mrs. Stanley Baldwin were at Cardiff last night, for the Cymrodorion dinner for St. David’s Day. After the meeting they motored to Cwm to visit the Marine Colliery. As they approached the pit, around which many women had been waiting for
the pit, around which many women had been waiting for nearly twenty-four hours for some news of their men, they were booed and hissed by both women and men. The Prime Minister appeared to be unmoved, and took no notice of the crowd. Mrs. Baldwin seemed greatly distressed. The crowd of anguished women was dispersed at nine o’clock this morning. When they had gone, a remembrance service was held at the pit head for the forty-four men still buried in the mine. Lorry was brought up with a load of coffins. The bodies of the dead were placed in the
coffins. The bodies of the dead were placed in the coffins, and at eleven o'clock the women were allowed to return to pass before the deceased. After this ordeal, during which most of them displayed great fortitude, the many women whose sons, husbands or fathers were still buried in the pit gathered and sang “O God Our Help in Ages Past.” After the hymn was finished, they ended their long vigil and went to their homes. Devotion Displayed. As the story of the terrible night at Cwm, in Ebbw Vale, is pieced together today from the narratives of the survivors,
is pieced together today from the narratives of the survivors, it reveals incidents of heroic devotion which match the best exploits of the war. The rescuers attempting to drag the victims from the gas-filled pit faced death at every moment during the night. Seven of those who went down did not return alive. Among these were a whole family—John Rogers, his son, and his son-in-law. Both the union leaders and the representatives of the owners performed prodigies of endurance and courage throughout the night. Mr. Herbert McVickar, the manager, was underground almost the entire time from the explosion until the
underground almost the entire time from the explosion until the rescue work was stopped thirteen hours later. He did not use a gas mask, because he wished to see clearly, and he was afraid of overlooking some victim in the dark, gas-filled, and ruined galleries. Mr. McVickar took his own canary down into the mine with him; when he came up, reeling from gas and fatigue, the canary was dead. “You must go straight to the hospital,” a doctor told him. Recounting it afterwards, the doctor said: “I thought he was going to strike me.” Mr. McVickar took a new
was going to strike me.” Mr. McVickar took a new canary, and went down into the mine again. Canaries in Demand. The neighborhood was scoured for Canaries during the night, as it is known that a canary shows the same degree of susceptibility to gas as a human being. The birds were carried at arm's length by the leader of the rescuing parties; if the bird succumbed the party retreated its steps. Many Canaries died during the night. Lord Stanhope, by command of the King, sent the following telegram to Cwm: “The King and Queen are distressed to hear of
Cwm: “The King and Queen are distressed to hear of the disastrous explosion at the Marine Colliery this morning, and I am commanded to convey expression of Their Majesties' heartfelt sympathy with the bereaved families. Their Majesties trust that the injured are making favorable progress, and anxiously await further news of the men who are still in the mine.” Marine Pit No. 1 at Cwm is owned by the Ebbw Vale Steel, Iron, and Coal Company, Ltd., in which Lord Tredegar is heavily interested. INDIAN BUDGET OF THE YEAR SHOWS RISING SURPLUS LONDON, Wednesday.—A surplus of 310 lakhs in the
RISING SURPLUS LONDON, Wednesday.—A surplus of 310 lakhs in the Indian budget for 1926-27, instead of five lakhs as was originally expected, has been reported by Sir Basil Blackett, Finance Member, to the Legislative Assembly. The sterling debt has been reduced by 415 lakhs during the year, and it is estimated that the surplus for next year will be 370 lakhs. CLEAR-CUT ISSUE, the elimination of which would prevent battles, than are fights between individuals and small groups. Application of scientific methods to the study of the elimination of war offers better hope. Diseases are cured and prevented only when
offers better hope. Diseases are cured and prevented only when the causes are understood perfectly. Cursory examination suggests a number of possible causes of war. The personal ambition of an Alexander or a Napoleon is one. Political intolerance is another. The pressure of a growing population is a powerful stimulant. Religious fervor, religious differences, and differences of political ideals do not complete the list. More often than not several causes are present. The only possible way to prevent war is to understand thoroughly all these causes, and to eliminate them before they reach the critical stage. Economies, sociology, political economy,
before they reach the critical stage. Economies, sociology, political economy, and similar studies, which are more and more being treated in scientific manner, will probably play a greater part in the elimination of war than any schemes of disarmament, international organization, or reciprocal treaties of friendship. Their work is slow. It will bring no sudden ending of war in answer to the prayers of pacifists. THE WORLD’S PRESS American Comment. WAGES OF MINERS The possibility of a conflict over the wages paid in the coal-mining regions of France and involving more than 350,000 workers now begins to hold a conspicuous