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BRUNSWICK
Has the lowest death rate of
any city its size in the United
States .......
VOLUME XXII. NO. 225.
GREAT BRITAIN NOW WITHOUT IS A PREMIER
NO ONE NAMED IS
TO TAKE PLACE
OFBONARLAW
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Great Britain Bids Fair lo Re*
main Without Premier
For Bay
EARL CIJRZON ANO
BALDWIN ARE PROSPECTS
King George Has Asked No One
To Accept Premiership In
Succession To Law, Who Re¬
signed Post Yesterday.
London, May 21.—No move has yet
been made in the direction of select¬
ing a successor of the vacant premier¬
ship and the name of Bonar Law’s
successor is still a matter of specula¬
tion.
King George is in communication
trough intermediaries with those
statesmen he desires to consult be
fore he returns to London for per
sorial consultation. The task facing
the King is by no means an easy one
as there is no outstanding man to
point, while the Conservative party
'itself is advised on the subject.
If Marquis Curzon seems to be in
dicated as the most appropriate norrii
nee, then Stanley Baldwin, chancel
lor of the exchequer, also has a
following with bis party.
(By Associated Press.)
London, Maq 21.—Great Britain bids
fair to remain without a Premier
through today at. least. This after¬
noon King George, so far as is known,
had asked no one to accept the pre
miership, in succession to (Andrew
Bonar Law, who resigned
The King, it is said, has no present
intention of curtailing his visit to
Aldersliot., which is expected to last
most of the week.
Meanwhile, the two most promts
ing prospects, Earl Curzon and Stan
chequer, are in the country for the
Whitsuntide holidays and plan to re¬
main away until Wednesday.
Operation on Throat
(By Associated Press.)
London, May 21.—The physicians of
Andrew Bonar Law, retired British
prime minister, this afternoon issued
the following statement: ‘‘Mr, Bonar
Law had „ slight operation on the
throat today. Otherwise his condi
tion is unchanged.
(By Associated Press.)
London, May, 21.—Political gossips
are almost unanimously of the
ion that Marquis Curzon, secretary
of state for foreign affairs, will
offered the premiership and that
ther he or Stanley Baldwin will
the successor to Andrew Bonar Law.
who has resigned because of his ill
health. Lord Derby is also spoken
of as possibility for the office. The
Earl of Balfour’s age is generally
regarded as ruling him out, although
it is suggested that ho might take the
prime ministership in the event—
which at present is considered a
gether unlikely—existing seisms in
the conservative ranks are healed
and all. agree, to pull together.
With Lord Curzon as premier, Mr.
n Baldwin it is assum 1. „ wo rril ,i., d -
come leader in the House of Com
mens. His present reputation rests
largely upon such recent events as
his debt mission to the United States,
ship "”r' in rr
L aw »s
The aristocratic
morning Post, ignoring Curzon s
lofty lineage and connections, calls
emphatically for Mr. Baldwin’s a P~
jjointment The parliamentary cor-,
respondent of the Times says he can
state outhoritatively that Mr. Bonar;
1
t nant'and , ____r ___z. •„
that there is every reason
to hope that" 1 his health will' in time!
be restored It is also understood
that he will retain his seat the !
House of Commons. j
j
Post Wa n ts Commoner. |
The Morning Post says it is impor
tant at the present crisis that the,
new premier he a commoner.' None!
of the peers mentioned as a possible
prime minister meets the needs of
th situation, the Post asserts. 1
The Daily Express, owned by Lord
Beaverbrook, an intimate associate
of the retiring minister, Baldwin emphasizes to the j
the importance o Mr.
ministership. Upon his assistance
says the Express, “is absolutely es
sential to the formation of a govern
ment. Failing in Mr. Baldwin, Lord
Curzon could not possibly form a
ministry.”
Lord Beaverbrook’s known inti
macy with the Conservative leaders
THE BRUNSWICK NEW
THE NEWS IS A MEMBER OP THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
CLOUDBURST iN
OKLAHOMA IS
FATAL TO THREE
SIXTY THOUSAND DOLLARS
THE DAMAGE DONE
IN CATASTROPHE
(By Associated Press.)
Sayre, Okla., May 21.—Three per¬
sons are missing after a cloudburst
which precipitated six inches of rain
in forty-five minutes last night. Short
creek left its banks, and spread into
a stream five blocks wide through the
middle of the city. Nearly 300 farm
laborers, oil field workers and their
families were rescued from the tops i
of their tents, houuses and trees.
The water began receding damage at mid- j
night after causing here es¬
timated at $00,000. The railway sta¬
tion at Doxcy, four miles east of
Sayre, early today, stood in water
seven feet deep. Hailstones larger
than walnuts fell immediately preced¬
ing the rain and added to the confu¬
sion.
j PROMINENT ATLANTIANS
i SPEND SEVERAL DAYS
j ON FISHING TRIP
I
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i Edward Inman and Thomas K.
] have Glynn, prominent Atlantians, who
] been spending several days in
j Brunswick as the guests of T. R. Saw-
1 tell, returned home last night. While
here Messrs. Inman and Glynn spent
some time on St. Simon and adjacent
islands on a fishing expedition and
report They having a most anglers delightful caught time, j j
are expert, and
many fine specimens of the finny
tribe, declaring that the waters in
this vicinity were a veritable sports-1
man's paradise. Both of the distin
guished Atlantians stated that they
expect to return here during the sum
, mer for a more extended stay,
j Mr. Sawtell, who is now an ae
claimed Brunswickian, will remain in
Brunswick for an indefinite period.
; FILLED MEETING OF 1
!
ALTAMAHA ASSOCIATION I
IlN •>. MALUIN a* * /^/AXT UN fkUT MAY **A \7 Z9 onTii 1 H
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President George H. Smith, of the
! Altamaha River Association, has call
ed a meeting of the executive com
mittee in Macon-, Tuesday, May 20th,
at which the financial, publicity and
legislative committees will also be
requested to attend. " ,
! The meeting is called for the pur- j
pose of formulating a definite plan 1
for the association’s activities during
the year. It is expected that there
will be full representation of each of |
the committees at the meeting, as the
necessity of the work to be done has
impressed upon the committee
men by the president. j
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AMERICA AND TURKEY
; DISCUSS RFVISION NOW
f
(By Associkted
Lausanne, May 21.—Preliminary
conversations between the American
and Turkish delegations are now pro
ceed,n ^ wlth tlla ob J e f ^ of . establish-; ... ,
mg a common basis for the revision 1
of the antiquated Turco-Amieriean j
treaties.
*, revision u it is believed will “C } pre- ,
pare the way for formal , negotiations,
ne existing existing deadlock qe.iuioek over over the tne cues- ques |
tlon , ? le al guarantees for foreign-,
-
ers, ers however, however, makes makes the the opening opening-of, of i
negotiations somewhat remote. Nev- ,
se i
tutions in Turkey has already been ,
settled so that Minister Grew is not i j
likely 1 iL/\K, I-/\ to have LmT/% any n v> t t difficulty d , tl i nil I r TT in m 4 treat- \
ing with that problem.
'^gestTthnt suggests mat this rnis statement statement crystal cry suu
izes party opinion
One of the advantages the new J !
prime minister will have over his
Predecessors is that any eppoint- !
makes in the ministry will
n °t involve, as heretofore, any by
elections. This is because of the new
provision of a recent act which made j j
the reelection of appointees unneces
sary within nine months of the last [
dissolution of parliament. i
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Regretted in France, |
(By Asshciated Press.)
Paris, May 21.—General regret is ;
felt in France a t the retirement of ;
Prime Minister Bonar Law and gen
u ine sympathy is extended to him, for
his upright, honest nature has been
fully appreciated.
All the editorials seize the oppor
tunity to have a fling at Lloyd George,
Thus L’ Eclair, the Rriandist organ,
says France can only regret the sud
de n retirement of the man “who aft¬
er the Lloyd Georgian nightmare
showed we still have true friends in
England.”
BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA, TUESDAY MAY 22, 1923.
WAR CHALLENGE NOW ♦
OFFERED BY' TURKEY ♦
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(By Associated Press) 4
Lausanne, May 21.—If Tur- ♦
key insists on war to settle the 4
question of the indemnity she 4
claims due her from Greece,
Greece will accept the gauge of
battle, M. Alexandria, Greek 4
minister of foreign affairs, told 4
4 foreign correspondents tonight
4- The Greek delegates will be
4- withdrawn from the near east
4- conference this week if Turkey
4 persists in reparation demands,
4 lie also told the correspondents.
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HOUSTON SELLS
NEW YORK YANKS
Tfl 1U rni LUL lYUr diiddcdt I til I
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CONTINUE A DIRECTOR
(By Associated .
. Press.)
New York, May 21.—Col. JHcob
Ruppert, president of the New York
Yankees, has acquired the half inter
est of his partner, Col. T. L. Houston
and will become sole owner on June
1 of the American League ehampions
and the great stadium in New York,
the largest baseball park in the world.
Col. Houston will remain a director
of the club but will not be financially
interested in it.
COFFEE COUNTY OFFICERS
ACCUSED OF GRAFTING
Atlanta, May 21.—Federal Prohi¬
bition Director Dismukes announced
that lie and two agents arrested chief
of police Tom Smith, of Pearson,
Deputy Sheriff J. J. Starling, and W.
C. Davis and J. R. Osteen, residents
of Pearson, on charges of accepting
money from liquor runners in return
for free passage.
Dismuke said the men will be taken
to Waycross where they were to have
hearing late today. ,
Dismuke declared that lie and the
agents witnessed the passage of the
money between the prohibition agent,
driving liquor car, and men arrested.
BRITISH GROUP GETS
RICH OIL CONCESSION
London, May 21.—A British group,
known as the Eastern General Syndi¬
cate, has obtained from the Sultan of
Ne ed , . of . 40,000 ,„ n „ n
J a concesalon square
miles of territory in the Paza pro¬
vince, according to a Bagdad dispatch
to the. Times. The concession covers
800milesi of; coast or.the Persian gulf
which is believed to be a rich oil field,
a counterpart of the Abbadan region
on the Persian side at the head of
the gulf.
TRIQ CAUGHT EARLY
SUNDAY MORNING
WITH QUANTITY WHISKY
Caught with a large quantity of li
Roor 1 at their home, 2319 Cochran av
enue, trennis Donnk smrtn, Smith kud.v Ruhv »mitn, Smith his nis
wife, and George Brock, were arrest
ed early Sunday morning by Police
Officers L. F. Ridley and Sedgwick
Lamb
&
were in the act of dispensing the li
quor to prospective purchasers, and
the liquor and th.e venders were*taken
in tow and carried to police head¬
quarters, where they are being de¬
tained awaiting preliminary trial on
charges of violating the prohibition
law.
Dennis Smith, one of the principals
in the transaction, was recently cen¬
victed in the city court on a similar
charge, and given a severe sentence
by Judge Butts, who reduced the fine
.
and sentence with the understanding
that Smith would wind up his affairs
and leave Brunswick. It is understood
that the Smith home has been the
rendezvous for some time of those
in quest of moonshine and the cap
ture of Smith, his wife, and Brock
verifies the suspicions of the officers,
who are known to have been keeping
a close watch on the habitat of the
Just what bearing Dennis Smith’s
alleged connection with the present
case will have on the former charges
against him is problematical, but it
is assumed that he will now be called
upon to pay the penalty for which he
has already been convicted. The oth¬
two cases will be tried at the same
that Smith answers to the
against him.
thousand
HAVE LEFT FARM
IN OLD
Number Placed At Not Less
Than One Hundred
Thousand
FIGURES COMPILED BY
PROF. ANDREW M. SOULE
Both White and Colored Have
Left Rural Sections of Geor¬
gia ?to Seek Their Fortunes
in the Larger Cities.
(By Associated Press.)
Athens, Ga., May 21.—One hundred
I t, ;°" t>eorgia sand . persons since January T have ie{ \ 1, the according fa r ms
!
1 to figures compiled by the county
i agents throughout SFjttSZ the $tate, grouped
president of the institution.
The figures include Both white and
colored farmers whoa ecording to
j the figures, abandoned l#ver eleven
j thousand farms. In ob (ling figures
j i Prof. counties Soule n>ac!e said actual* the al its of sixty
surveys and
j with these as a basis a. complete esti
j mate of the entire 160 counties was
j obtained. It seems that the movement
j to the larger cities Is increasing,
; SOVIET REFUSES
ACCEPT BRITAIN’S
FINAL TERMS
UNOFFICIALLY REPORTED THAT
THE RUSSIANS REFUSE
TO YIELD INCH
(By Associated Press.)
Moscow, May 21.—Leoid Krassin
soviet representative in London, is
unofficially understock to have been
instructed to inform the British for¬
eign office that Russia cannot yield in
principle from its recent note reply¬
ing to the British ultimatum.
These instructions, it is said, were
sent to London as the result of a so¬
viet government conference last
night.
ANGLO-AMERICAN DEBT
SETTLEMENT SEEMS NEAR
AS RESULT OF MEETING
Washington. May 21.—The actual
signing of the Anglo-American debt
I setUement appeared todav t0 be near
{ thp rpglllt of a mee ting of the
American Debt Commission which
gave consideration of the last sug .
gestion by' the British government
for alterations in the details of the
agreement.
Treasury spokesmen said after
meeting laalincr Ihnf that nnfViincr nothing ohioPlinnqMo objectionable tft to
this government had been in the
British proposal.
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JUDGE DAY RESIGNS
FROM CLAIMS COURT
Washington, May 21.—William R.
Day, former Associate Justice of the
supreme court, today presented to
President Harding his resignation as
umpire of the Mixed Claims Commis¬
sion. Judge Day explained that his
desire to resign (s due to the recog¬
nition of the enormous amount of
work facing the commission, with
claims amounting to $1,479,000,000
to be settled, and to his belief that a
younger and stronger man should be i
in charge of the work of adjusting
claims on which the. American and
German commissioners are unable to
agree.
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4 NATION ASKED TO ASSIST r 4:
4 ORPHANS AND WIDOWS OF 4
4 BIG CAROLINA TRAGEDY 4
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♦ (By Associated Press.) 4
4- Columbia, S. C.\ May 21.— ♦
4 A nation-wide appeal for funds 4
4 for the relief of the women and ♦
4 children who were widowed and ♦
4 ojiphaned by the Cleveland 4
4 school fire in which seventy- 4
4 seven persons perished Thurs- 4
4 day night was issued today by 4
4 Governor McLeod of South Car- 4
4 olina. 4
4 All of the funds raised will be ♦
4 handled by the American Red ♦
4 Cross, the governor said. 4
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!♦. ♦ TREASURY DEPARTMENT ♦
ASKS OPINION OF THE 4
\* ATTORNEY-GEN EK A L
i: (By Associated Press.)
Washington, May 21.—The
treasury department today ask¬
ed Attorney General Daugherty
♦ to decide whether a corporation
♦ must pay income tax on divi
♦ dends distributed from the sur
| 4 plus of a subsidiary corporation
4 which had accumulated earn-
4 ings prior to March 1st, 1913.
4 The treasury reversed itself
4 in the day by revoking the recent^
4 decision which declared such div- 4
4 blends exempt from taxation. 4
♦ The whole situation will be held
♦ in abeyance pending a decision
♦ of the attorney general.
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HENRY DURAND,
ATLANT1AN, SAYS
j I BRUNSWICK GREAT
1
PROMINENT GEORGIAN DE
CLARES THIS CITY IS
“SIMPLY GREAT.”
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Durand, of
Atlanta, are spending several days in
Brunswick and St. Simon. Mr. Dur¬
and, who is one of the best known
and most popular citizens of the Cap¬
ital City, stated last night that h'e
was “simply delighted” with Bruns¬
wick, as was Mrs. Durand
“I came down here after bearing
so much talk about this great and
progressive seaport town and anu i I am am
wondering now how it was that it aid
not find it before now. Atlantians
are all talking about Brunswick and
St. Simon, and I decided to find out
what it was all about. I have dis
covered the reason.”
Mr. Durand is one of Atlanta’s
eran and most prominent
teurs, , , his . name , being universally
known, not only in that connection,
but as on-e of the most progressive
and enterprising citizens of his home
town. “You may put me down as a
‘Brunswick booster’ from now on,”
said the genial Atlantian, as he left
a coterie of friends in the lobby of the
Oglethorpe.
ATLANTA MAN LURED
AWAY AND KIDNAPED
Atlanta, May 21.—J. A. Maloney, a
contractor, of Kirkwood, a suburb of
Atlanta, who disappeared here two
weeks ago, was returned to his home
early today by three men in a closed
car.
Maloney said he*spent two weeks
as a prisoner in the heavily barred
basement of a house in Atlanta. He
was tortured, he said, and given little
food. He said that he did not know
the names of his abductors, who, he
said, lured him to a spot in the resi¬
dential district and then seized him.
IiliiVv/l" Arn]N j vipp.p/x 'GUlYU LUOLO i n«;F<s
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HIS LIFE IN FIRE
Macon, Ga., May 21.—Des Lane,
a negro, lost his life in a fire which
damaged a two-story brick building
at 417 Cotton avenue to the extent
of $10,000 early this morning. . Lane
died from suffocation, as the (jurns
he received were slight. His body
was found on the second floor of the
fire-damaged building.
FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD
SIDETRACKS SUBJECT OF
CREDITS AND ECONOMICS
(By Associated Press.1
Washington, May 21.—The Feder¬
al Reserve Board advisory council at
its regular quarterly meeting today
sidetracked the subject of credit and
the general economic conditions for
a discussion of the question of wheth¬
er federal reserve banking activities
should be extended to foreign lands.
Indications are that the conference
was devoid of conclusions and the
discussion will continue tomorrow.
OKLAHOMA TOWN BUSY
SCRAPING MUD FROM
STREETS AND FLOORS
Sayre, Okla., May 21.—Citizens i
here .today were busy scraping the
mud from the streets and scrubbing
the lower floors of the business houses
as the result of a heavy rain late yes¬
terday which caused Short creek to
overflow its banks and flood the busi¬
ness area of the city.
Reports that one family had been
washed away were current last night
but was discounted today when a
check showed that none were missing.
BRUNSWICK
Has a landlocked harbor, the
best on the South Atlantic
Coast.......
DEATH LIST OF
SOUTH CAROLINA
TRAGEDY GROWS
LATE REPORTS PLACE NUMBER
MHO LOST THEIR LIVES
AT SEVENTY-SEVEN
(By Associated Press.)
Camden, S. C., May 21.—The death
list in the Cleveland school house fire
of last Thursday night today has been
, increased to seventy-seven persons
, with two more p i aced on the doubt
fu] Hst Tracing down of rumors yes¬
terday by Sheriff G. C. Welsh of Ker¬
shaw county, resulted in the an-1
nouncement that Ellen Barnes of
! Lucknow and Fannie Bowers of Ker¬
shaw undoubtedly perished inAhe fire
that followed falling of an oil lamp
on the stage during a commencement
| play at the school.
Reports were current here today
I that a Miss Blackman and a Miss
j Thorne, both of Thorne Hill section
; of this county, had attended the play
i and had not been heard of since. This
j is the a remote county and and inaccessible thorough paid of *
; a more
j search was planned today to definite
■ ly ascertain their fate.
The list of dead given out after a
check-up on Friday and Saturday in
: eluded only the names of those known
to have been in the building accord
j ing 1 to statements of persons who aid¬
ed in the work of checking up. There
was no possibility of checking up the
I names of strangers who may have
I been in the room, and it is probable,
I it was said, that some bodies were en
! j tirely consumed in the flames. “We
I. mourn sevent en dead today ,
I c w E Camden, u ,,l e rtak
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| i w 10 00 v ..^ a,e 0 >' e u
j‘ the be " world odd . , wdl will "T never know the exact 11
" Umb ?, r that perlshed , ln that awful I
I J arter Taylor, director of disaster, , I
f ° r tbe Southern division of the
American Red Cross, to which all re-,
today 16 work was tu ™ ed ovar last " 1 * ht ; I
was searching out . injured not
heretofore listed. He had found a „
number who were badly, although not,
senou y mrt.
woman arrestedIn j
JACKSONVILLE SOON I
LEAVING CITY j
AFTER j !
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Janie Armstrong, colored, was ar- i
rested in Jacksonville yesterday at.
the request of Chief of Police Regis- '
ter, who wired the authorities in that | j
city to be on the lookout for Janie, as
she was wanted in Brunswick on a j
larceny charge. j
Within a few hours the chief re
ceived a wire to the effect that the wo¬
man had been apprehended and was
custody, awaiting an officer to re
turn her to Brunswick. Janie is al¬
leged to have pilfered $10.00 from
Frank Lewis, colored, and promptly 1
boarded an outgoing train. Tele- i |
grams were sent to Savannah and
Jacksonville by Chief Register to j
watch out for Janie, with the result (
that she was soon in the toils of the j
law. An officer will be sent to Jack-1
sonville tonight to escort the woman •
back home.
DRUG USE FALLS OFF !
FIVE HUNDRED PER CENT I 1
_ ;
_ Washington, 21,-The i
T May per cap j
r
ita consumption of narcotic drugs m j
the United States has decreased near- (
ly five hundred per cent under the ad-,
ministration of the Harrison drug,act
said a statement by Prohibition Com
missioner Haynes today
This statement gave the latest of
ficml figures which indicate the ef- ,
fectiveness of the federa control, and
Commissioner Haynes declared that
the figures also refute the charge
so often made that drug addiction
and the use of narcotic drugs are on
the increase in the United States. I
COMMUNIST AGITATION IS ]
CAUSE „ . „„ MINE ...... SHUT ...........: DOWN |
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(By Associated Press.)
Essen, May 21.—Seven coal min
ers in the Dortmund district have j
been compelled to shut down because j
of communist agitation for higher
wages.
It is estimated that thirty-two!
thousand miners are striking and that j
ten thousand others are being pre -1
vented from working as a conse¬
quence of the trouble. Two of the
mines affected are Stinnes properties
and one is a Prussian state mine. The
remainder belong to small compan¬
ies.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
CAPTIVES HELD
BY BANDITS NOW
DOOMED TO DIE
Pessimistic Report From AmerF
can Officials As To
Negotiations
GREAT CONCERN FELT IN
GOVERNMENTAL CIRCLES
Condition Of Captives Said To
Be Terrible—Foreign Inter¬
vention Now Only Means Of
Effecting Their Release.
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, May 21.—A pessimis¬
tic report was received from Ameri¬
can officials in China regarding the
probability of successful negotiations
between the Chinese government and
tlie Americans and other foreign,
hostages held by the brigands.
As the result great concern is felt
in governmental circles, hut the state
department has not swayed from its
conviction that the only practical
means of dealing with the situation
is through the Peking diplomatic
council.
Troops Firing on Bandits
Peking, May 21.—Reports that
troops were firing on the Shantung
bandits received today by the diplo¬
matic corps, which immediately draft¬
ed a new note to the foreign office,
the Chinese government how
it reconciled its promises to procure
the releas * of the foreign captives
and the events transpiring since that
assurance.
As par ,lament has not acted on rat
ification of the proposed appointment
of Dr Wellington Koo as foreign
minister, the foreign office still is of
' - K ' . a „ " v Wlt!l0ut , . a , !, eud. .
The diplomatic co heard the re _
cita , of Marc * 1 0 . Berube, a French
man, of Shanghai, whom the bandits
SSr th *
Suggest America to Negutiate
Washington, May 21.—Dispatches
su ”S' e st that Roy Anderson, an Am
erican of long residence and inti
mate association with the bandits at
Peking and government officials in
China, might be chosen to negotiate
with the brigands and provided with
“plenipotentiary powers.” Otherwise
a state department summary of the
situation says, “the only hope of ear
ly relief is by direct foreign negotia
tions.”
Mrs. Verea is Released
London, May 21.—A Central News
dispatch from Shanghai reporting
the release by the Chinese bandits of
Mrs. Manuel Verea, wife of a Meici
can manufacturer, says that the four
teen male prisoners still held by the
bandits are living under terrible con
ditions. Mrs. Verea was exhausted
when she reached Shanghai.
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Visited by Physician,
Shanghai, May 21.—Du H. Mar
a physician, returning from a
relief mission to the Shantung moun¬
tains, where fourteen prisoners are
hel(1 b v bandits, reported today that
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consensus of opinion among the
captives was that foreign interven
was the onlv possible means of
the|r release , . The baml its,
Dr MiU . fons , utte rly fs discredit
distrust Chinese offic i a and are
to dpal with foreigners,
cheVa]ier Musso wea lthy Italian
shanlrhai one of the captives,
saving that the bandits still
surrounded bv troops . H e urged
Tireft m .gotiations between foreign
an(| th( , bandits< exc , udinf?
from the par i eys .
.., nimediatp steps sllou , d bp taken ,>’
addedi « otherwisP we'wil! be kill
Mv st;ite of health is bad . i
death calmly ...
Senora Verea, released yesterday
the bandits, who still hold her
Manuel A. Verea. a Mexi
citizen, has arrived here, dis
and unnerved, and under
care.
REJECTS GREAT
BRITAINS’ ULTIMATUM
(By Associated Press.)
Moscow, May 21.—Leonid Krassin,
Soviet representative in
is unofficially understood to
been instructed to inform the
foreign office that Russia can¬
yieid in principle from its recent
jpae dpiyifiS' instructions, to the British it is said, ultima¬ were
as the result of a Soviet gov¬
conference last night.