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VOL. LX XO. 18,837 Fntrd at Portland Orron) Postoffc a Svnd-C1i?a Matter. PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY, APRIL 28, 1921 PRICE FIVE CENTS E VOTE DUE TOMORROW ON PEACE RESOLUTION IS. STOKES BEAT MATE, IS CHARGE EXPORT AND IMPORT TRADE DROPS SHARPLY MARCH BUSINESS WITH EC ROPE FAR BELOW LAST YEAR. BOXER-EXILE PRINCE RETURNS TO PEKIN MINERS REJECT NEW OFFER BY ENGLAND ALLIES REJECT FLEE! VOTE AGAtXST ACCEPTANCE BY OVERWHELMING MAJORITY. ADOPTION IS CONCEDED BY ALL SIDES IX SENATE. TUAN MAKES TRIP WITHOUT PERMISSION OF OFFICIALS. SHIP QWrJERS HEED CALL OF ADMIRAL GERINrS OFFER ATLANTIC V Planes Dip and Swoop in Clouds Overhead. SALUTE IS GIVEN PRESIDENT Mayflower Shrouded in Mist and Light Rain Falls. 60 WARSHIPS SWEEP BY Nation's Executive Boards Flag ship Pennsylvania and Gives Ad dress to 1000 Officers. OLD POINT COMFORT. Va.. April JS. (By the Associated Press.) Three score lighting- ships of the At lantic division of the United States fleet returned today from battle maneuvers in southern waters to re ,eive their first greeting from Presi dent Harding, the new commander- in-chief. From the bridge of the yacht May flower, anchored at Thimble Light hoal, Mr. Harding reviewed the war craft as they steamed by, the super dreadnoughts In the lead and the sub marines bringing up the rear. It was the first time he bad seen the full force under Admiral Henry B. Wilson, Day Anything; But Ideal. The day was anything but ideal for the first naval pageant of its kind held since before the United States entered the war. Coming into the roadstead from Washington soon after daybreak the Mayflower was shrouded in mist and aoon afterwards a light rain began to falL This was whipped away, however, by a high wind before smoke clouds announced - the approach of the fleet With this signal the Mayflower, carrying the president and his guests and Secretary Denby and a party, who bad come on the naval yacht Sylph, steamed into position and an chored with the president's flag fly ing at the mainmast. Small craft warmed around the presidential yacht. Seaplanes In Maneuvers. A fleet of seaplanes and a lumber of army planes dipped and swooped overhead while four dirigibles that had hung lazily over the inner' har bor until the Mayflower had taken station, headed out to escort Admiral Wilson's force. A few minutes after 9 o'clock, tht Pennsylvania, flying at the main mast the flag of Assistant Secretary f the Navy Roosevelt and at the foremast that of Admiral Wilson, came abreast of the Mayflower and thundered out the presidential, saluia On .her quarterdeck the marine guard snapped to "present arms" and the band crashed into the opening bars of the "Star-Spangled Banner." As the music and reverberations of the saluting guns died away the May flower replied with 17 guns to Ad miral Wilson and the national air to the flag. Craft Trim and Immaculate. Ship after ship swung by the re viewing party with crashing guns and blaring bands, every vessel as trim and immaculate as a good house wife's kitchen, every man groomed to a fine point. The action speeded up when the battleships had passed and the de stroyers came sliding by. They re sembled high-spirited children frol icking along in the wake of dignified parents, no bands blared from their decks and they seemed to say "strict ly business." Astern of the destroyers the submarines rolled in the choppy aea, running; on the surface with crews standing at attention on deck. Long before the submarines had passed, the battleships and destroy ers were at anchor in the roads, "dressing ship" for the president's visit to the Pennsylvania. Craft In (Jala Attire. When the last submersible' had passed, the Mayflower steamed up be tween the double line of ships at an chor now in gala attire with signal flags dressed over the masts from bow to stern. Again the president received full naval honors and again the May flower returned each salute. When the Mayflower was again at anchor Admiral Wilson went aboard to pay his respects for the first time to Pres ident Harding. After the commander returned to his flagship the president left for the Pennsylvania and again he received a Sl-gun salute. On the quarter-deck he greeted more than 1000 officers and complimented them on the splen did appearance of their ships. Luncheon la on Mayflower. This function over, the president and his party returned to the May flower for luncheon and late in the afternoon the yacht left for Wash ington, where it is due early tomor row. Secretary Denby and his party re turned in the wacht Sylph, while As siotant Secretary Roosevelt, who came from Cuba with the fleet on the fiagh!p, chose to emvark for Wash ington in a naval seaplane. Immediately after the Mayflower left the harbor ttie fleet broke up, the various vessels setting out for their home ports. "America wants only that which is righteously her own and by the Final Disposition to Clear Way for Consideration of Emer gency Tarlfr Bill. WASHINGTON. April 18. The sen ate will vote on the Knox peace reso lution Saturday under a tacit agree ment reached today. Its adoption was conceded on all sides, with few sena tors desiring to speak, and the repub lican and democratic leaders. Senators Lodge and Underwood, arranged at today's session for final disposition Saturday to clear the way for con sideration of the emergency tariff bill Monday. The peace resolution was attacked from both republican and democratic 7" IT S;. rT: bate with a broadside at the resolu tion that dissipated republican hopes for a united front on adoption. Sen ator Underwood also spoke against the resolution, but with no other sen ator ready to proceed, the senate re cessed until tomorrow, when Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska. Senators King of Utah and Pomerene of Ohio and other democrats are scheduled to speak. Defense of the resolution probably will come Saturday when Senators Lodge, Knox, Borah and others are expected to talk. Senator Nelson, who was a "mild reservatlonist." criticised the Knox resolution today as '"halting, equivo cal and only partial." Senator Underwood assailed the resolution as "Inopportune," In view of reparations negotiations and also as an "abandonment" of the allies. Senator McKeliar, democrat, of Ten nessee interjected a statement that the resolution was unprecedented and that the United States could not re serve claims under the treaty of Versailles without being a party to that treaty. Senator Borah, repub lican, of Idaho, replied that it was a "good precedent" to be established. "We may not have a right to ex pect that the party in power should ratify the treaty of Versailles, but we do have a right to expect the con clusion of -a peace, which would be in accord with the alms of the war, Senator Underwood said. Senator Watson said the present and preceding administrations had taken the position that the United States was entitled to the spoils and asked whether the United States would not be abandoning claims by ths resolution. "Unquestionably," Senator Underwood replied. "We abandon our allies absolutely and un conditionally and reach a status of peace. By passage of this resolution we abandon our rights as a war as sociate." STEEL HOLDING ITS OWN Regular Dividend Declared by Bethlehem Corporation. NEW YORK, April 28. Directors of the Bethlehem Steel corporation today declared the regular quarterly divi dends on both preferred and common stock. President Grace said the divi dend on the common stock had been more than earned during the quarter. Commenting on general trade con ditions he said: 'It is quite evident that the stabil izing of steel prices has had a whole some effect on trade. For the steel industry to obtain a fair and reason able profit from the present schedule of prices will require a substantial revival in business as well as further reductions in costs." He said the value of orders on the company's books March 31 amounted to $110,000,000 as against 145,000,000 in the final quarter of 1920. The de crease, he explained, is accounted for by the progress toward completion of shipbuilding contracts, no new busi ness in ship construction having been booked. MAN SHOT DURING ROW Woman at Astoria Alleged to Have Fired as Result of Abuse. ASTORIA. Or., April 18. (Special.) M. J. Burns was shot and possibly fatally injured here this evening by Eula Ingle, a woman alleged to have been living with Burns as his wife. The shooting took place, police said, when Burns came home drunk and started to abuse the woman. The couple have been here but a few weeks, coming from Texas. The woman was arrested and is being held in the city jail. AMERICAN SEEKS LIBERTY Red Cross Prisoner of Reds peals to Washington. Ap- RIGA, April 28. (By the Associated Press.) Captain Emmet Kilpatrick, American Red Cross worker captured by the bolshcviki in the Crimea last I October, has sent an appeal to Wash-I ington to procure his release from the prison camp in Russia. The appeal was brought out of Rus sia by Captain M. C. Cooper, the American Kosciusko squadron officer I who escaped from a soviet prison and I reached Riga a few days ago. SUGAR UNDER 7 CENTS New York Market for Refined Froduct Is Lowest In 4 Years. NEW TORK, April 28. The refined sugar market weakened again today, when prices were reduced 25 points by two local refineries to a basis of I 6.50 cents a pound. This is the lowest level in more 1 than four years. Accusation Denied First, but Later Evaded. LETTERS ENTER INTO CASE Diary Conflicts With Missives Declaring Love. husband not in court Cross-Exarai nation Is Duel Be tween Paid Investigator and Unwilling Victim. NEW TORK, April 2S. (Special.) Mrs. Helen Elwood Stokes doggedly striking out at herself, the Helen El wood Stokes of not so many years ago, set down in disturbing detail by herself. This was the picture she presented on the second day of cross examination, which was still a duel between the paid Inquisitor, profes sionally cynical, and an unwilling victim fighting against odds. But the outstanding impression spectators carried away was this strange struggle of a defiant young woman with a bundle of letters waved mockingly at her; love letters writ ten to a husband, unstinting in ac cusations. Again the formulated sound' and fury melted away to this issue: Were the letters a true record of her mar riage, or was the diary? Mrs. Stokes did not answer the question. Fre quently she said she loved her hus band. Tet, when Herbert Smythe ac cused her of so beating her aged hus band that he was "out of business for five days," she denied the incident at first, with an indignant toss of her head. "I Hope I Did," In Reply. She laughed, and then said, bit terly: "I hope I did." And did she love her husband? Yes. With diminishing love? Not exactly. Just how? She could not explain. But she loved him far more than he did her. And again, against her picture of cruelty, was placed a letter of en dearment: "The whole thing Is you are angry. Calm down. If you were here I would do to you like a small child. Give him a spanking and put him to bed. In spite of your faults you are a dear. sweet thing. By-by, and don t for get me." Not quite so sentimental was an other letter, significant for its ref erence to Mrs. Philip Lydig, first wife of Mr. Stokes. Again Mrs. Stokes re peated her charge that her husband was to choose between the wife who divorced him and herself. In this letter Mrs. Stokes spoke of (Concluded on Page 2, Column 1.) WOULD YOU TRY j Columbia I r t vv :4kWJ ill i . m. t ' A . t 1 kl YryySm I 1 """j l a I r r I JJ L. si -NiZVs. IT i i j . . z sos. l x i . i I . I g l MiWuX": II a t VX w is fx & DM,, im tfi miwm; t ; wA ih u ; w , '. wjvvr ; WA KN J W,aVM N u m t UA I rw vivwxi- y vaw iwm mi i i " vM vj ' mm r i ; mmt m mm n . v - i Dealings With South America Also' Decline; Trade Balance. Against Europe 2, 128,710, 000. WASHINGTON, D. C, April 28. Both exports to and imports from Europe and South America fell off sharply during March as compared with the same month last year, a trade summary issued today by the department of commerce shows. Imports from Europe aggregated 176,798,236 compared with S12o.410.704 a year ao, while exports aggregated 1193,222,678 as against I465,3&4,332 In March, 1920. Imnorts from South America in March totaled 132,684,603 as against 372,951,150 in March, 1920, while ex ports to that continent aggregated 328,662,881 as against 353,991,803.. For the nine . months ended with March the trade balance rolled up by the United States against Europe was 32,128,719,000. while the trade- balance against South America was 355,494,000. Exports to Europe aggregated 32,881, 925,362 as compared with 33.819.995, 482 for the same period the year be fore. Imports were 3753,306.291, . as compared with 3857,590,631. Imports from South America for the nine months totaled 3411,711,586 as against 3640,365,745 for the cor responding period last year, while ex. ports amounted to 2467,205,369 as against 3334,391,749. Exports and imports by pclncipal countries in March, with the compara tive f'gures for the same month the year before were as follows: Orrat Britain Exports 178.154, 62S as against $221,119,217: Imports 127,000.093, as against 100,050,059. France Exports 319.697,301, against (70,882,239; imports $14,200,395, agailist tlli.S39.134. Germany Exports $30,502,088, against $20,940,496: Imports $7,367,780, against $7,004,182. Italy Exports $16,908,314, against 137, 200.677; imports $3,298,604, against $7, 139.488. Canada Exports $48,168,076. against $80,340,687; imports $31,214, JiiO. against $41,373,440. Central America Exports $4,643,885, aralnst $7,421,191: Immrts 13.679.099. against $8,891,340. Mexico exports siif,d?ft.pii, againsi $15,415,611; imports $12,209,086. against $13,465,940. Cuba Exports $17,096,326. against $33, 609,938; imports $40,084,956, against $74. 848.686. China Exports $9,726,029, against $10, 420.947; imports $0,048,346. against $26, 460,704. Japan Exports $16,223,744. against $74,158,079; imports $10,678,308, against $46,871,121. FREE SPEECHIS UPHELD Court Holds Restrictive Ordinances Are Unconstitutional. - HARTFORD, Conn., April 28. The right of "free speech" was upheld by the Connecticut supreme court today in the case of McAllster Coleman of New York, charged with using a pub lic square in Meriden for delivery of an oration without first getting a permit from the police. In the court of common picas Coleman was fined 325, and appealed. The supreme court finds error in the lower court's judg ment. The supreme court holds that the overwhelming weight of authorities is that statutes and ordinances pur porting to give officials absolute con trol of permission to speak are un constitutional. TO ECONOMIZE OR FOLLOW , - t Much Comment Caused in Foreign Circles Attention of Govern ment Called to Protocol. PEKIN, March 29. (Delayed.) The return to Pekin of Prince Tuan after 20 years of exile from the capital for the leading part he played in the Boxer attack in 1900, has caused much comment in foreign circles and has impelled the dean of the diplo matic corps to call attention of the government to the terms of the proto col of 1901. That document decreed for Prince Tuan perpetual banishment and imprisonment in Turkestan, but it appears he never was banished nor imprisoned. He resides in Kansu. Recently Tuan returned to Pekln, ostensibly to bring the bodies of some of his relatives for burial. Govern ment officials alleged his coming was without their knowledge or permiS' sion and it was further asserted he had already left for Mukden, head quarters of Marshal Chang Tso-Lin, China's war lord. Tuan is a great-grandson of the Emperor Chia Ching, whose reign ended about 1820, and is now 65. Dur ing the siege of the legations Tuan was appointed president of the Tsun gli Tamen or foreign office, and he virtually controlled the policy of the old empress dowager. He was said to have infuriated her against the for eigners by presenting her a forged document which purported to be a demand by the foreign ministers for her abdication. The result was that the "old Buddha" decreed the exter mination of all foreigners in China and offered rewards for their murder or capture. On June 25 of that year the prince was reported to have forced his way into the palace and to have denounced the emperor as a friend of the for eigners. For this he was rebuked, but continued his merciless campaign against the besieged legations, trying to bring about a coup by which his son might become emperor. When foreign troops entered Pekin j he ned with the court to faianfu and escaped the fate of many less guilty than he because of impossibility to capture him. He lived for a time in inner Mon golia and afterwards took up his resi dence in Kansu. JAPAN'S POLICIES RAPPED Educator After Investigation Sub mits Recommendations. HONOLULU, T. H., Aoril 28. (Spe cial.) Abandonment of Japan's im perialistic policies, open diplomacy in her international dealings and a statement of her attitude on the Ori ental question are some of the rec ommendations made to Viscount Shi buzawa, chairman of the American Japanese relations committee, by Pro fessor T. Harada of the University of Hawaii. Professor Hirada, was appointed last year by Viscount Shlbuzawa to inves tigate the anti-Japanese situation in California. He has just made his report in Tokio and the above is the summary of it as received by a local Japanese daily by cable from Japan. THE FASHIONS? a ti r 1 r- r ' LOnSent TO Un V 10 reri Cent Wage Cut Given. CONFERENCE SET FOR TODAY Delegation Will Meet Benson at Adjourned Session. COAST OPERATORS TO ACT Steamship Jfen Assert Reduction Not Sufficient In View or ' . High Operating Costs. NEW TORK, April 28. The Amer ican Steamship Owners' association announced today it was ready to com ply with the wishes of Rear Admiral Benson of the shipping board and cut wages 15 per cent May 1, instead of approximately 25 per cent, as first proposed. While asserting that this cut would not be sufficient in view of the pres ent cost of operation, the steamship owners said that nevertheless they wished to follow the suggestion o Admiral Benson, made at the Joint conference of owners and workers in Washington. This conference had been called after marine engineers had pro claimed a strike for May 1 and fire men and seamen had ' rejected the vage cuts first proposed. W. L. Marvin, general manager of the association, announced that a delegation of 25 would go to Wash- iston tomorrow to attend the ad journed Joint conference with Admiral Benson. This delegation, clothed with full power to act, includes rep resentatives of the Pacific Steam ship Owners' association and the Ship Owners' Association of the Pacific Coast. SEATTLE, Wash., April 28. Crews of three vessels operated by the Alas ka Steamship company today signed ship's articles containing a retro active wage clause, binding the com pany' and the employes to abide by any contract signed by union repre sentatives and cteamship operators at Washington, D. C, it was an nounced. YENNEY FUNERAL IS HELD Walla Walla Elks Pay Tribute to Late Portland Physician. WALLA WALLA, Wash., April 28. (Special.) Funeral services were held here today for Robert Clark Tenney, Portland physician who died suddenly Sunday. The local Elks lodge and the medical society attended. Rev. Otis H. Holmes, pastor of the Congrega tional church, officiated. Dr. S. B. L. Penrose, president of Whitman col lege, delivered the address. Dr. Yenney was a graduate of Whit man college. Dr. Penrose paid a high tribute to Dr. Tenney as a victim of the great war. Pneumonia, contracted in France when a lientenant by Colo nel Tenney. was the beginning of the organic heart trouble which led to Dr. Tenney's death. PRINTERS' WEEK 44 HOURS Contracts Reported Signed in 230 Cities of Country. INDIANAPOLIS. April 28. Con tracts providing for the 44-hour week in book and job printing offices have been signed by employing printers in 230 cities throughout the country. I Walter W. Barrett, vice-president of the International Typographical I union, said today. Instructions have been sent to sub ordinate unions authorizing them to declare strikes May 1 in all offices I where the 44-hour week has not been put into effect. Exceptions are au thorized where contracts extend be yond May 1. WAGES OF WOMEN FIXED Last Year's Minimum In California Canneries Retained. SAN FRANCISCO. April 28. An or der re-establishing the minimum wage of SIS weekly for the 30,000 women cannery workers In the state, but making the piece rate of 33 1-3 cents an hour appucaoie to icwcr wumtia, was made public today by the state I industrial welfare commission. The order is effective June 21. The 33 1-3-cent rate was made to apply to 50 per cent of the women workers as against 66 --3 per cent last year. DYER BILL PASSES HOUSE Measure Authorizes Charters for Business In China. WASHINGTON, D. C, April 28. The Dyer bill authorizing the grant ing of federal charters to American concerns doing business in China and exempting them from corporation taxes on profits made in foreign busi ness was passed today by the house and sent to the senate. An amendment adopted provides that the firms cannot engage in the manufacture or sale of intoxicating liquors. I Proffered Subsidy Grant Declared inadequate Stoppage of Cool Mining in Fifth AVcck. LONDON, April 28. (By the Asso ciated Press.) The miners' federation today rejected the government's new offer, looking to a settlement of the coal strike, increasing the temporary subsidy to the Industry from f7,600, 000 to 10.000,000. The rejection was by an overwhelming majority. This temporary subsidy the govern ment had offered for the transitional period of four months, so that the wage reductions should not amount to more than three shillings a day. Today marked the end of the fourth week of the stoppage of coal mining. When the conference of the miners' representatives and Sir Robert S. Home, chancellor of the exchequer, began today It was believed the gov ernment's offer of the transitional subsidy had brought the contending parties nearer a settlement, but after the chancellor's talk with the miners' delegates they declared that the prof fered subsidy grant waa inadequate. One report' had it that the miners' insistence that the reduction in wages should not exceed two shillings, six pence a shift, as against the three shilling reduction urged by the own ers, was the newest stumbling-block. Little headway has been made re garding disposition of the national wages board and profits pool Issues, which were the fundamental causes of the controversy. ANTI-JAP STAND BACKED California's Position Indorsed by Several Governors. SACRAMENTO, Cal., April 28. In dorsement of the stand of the state of California in the matter of Japanese Immigration was received by Gover nor Stephens today from governori of several states, who wrote in reply to a letter sent by the governor re cently. The replies came from Governors Frazier of North Dakota, Russell of Mississippi, McMastcr of South Da kota, Davis of Idaho and Ritchie of Maryland. HEN LAYS 9-INCH EGG Another One Found Inside Product of Ashland Biddlc. ASHLAND, Or., April 28. (Special.) Mrs. Lou Reader of this city is the owner of a hen which recently laid an egg that measured nine Inches the long way and seven Inches around. The egg, though perfect In appear ance, consisted of two eggs, ono within the other. The center egg hud a hard shell and complete egg white and yolk. ASTORIA HIT BY GALE Forty-Mile Wind Sweeps Coust, but Later Moderates Slightly. ASTORIA, Or., April 28. A moder ate southeast gale tonight was sweep ing along the coast and the wind ut North Head attained a velocity of 40 miles an hour at 3 o'clock today. Later it moderated slightly. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 62 degrees; minimum, 48 decrees. TODAY'S Rain and cooler;' increasing southerly winds. Torrlgn. Miners of Er.sland reject new government offer. Page 1. Exiled prince of Boxer uprising returns to Pekln. Tase 1. National. Republicans consider ending "southern lielcgata" scandal. Tag 2. Naval appropriation bill passes house. Page 4. Vote due tomorrow on Knox peace resolu tion. Page 1. Export and Import trade drops sharply. Page 1. Britain, Franco and Belgium reject Ger man proposals. Page 1. Domeiitir. Germans outstripping Britain and Amer ica in industry, says Schwab. Page 2. Ship, owners heed call of admiral. Page 1. Railroad labor starts fight on pay cut. Page 3. Permanent tariff board propo.-ed by United Stales Chamber of Commerce, Page 3. Sister Is accused of stealing busband. Page 15. jjrs. StoUcs beat husband. Is charge Pago 1. Harding reviews Atlantic fleet. Pago 1. Publishers smite price-fixing move. Page 2. Hoover proposes plan to euro high price ills. Page 3. rarlfie Northwest. Salo of central Oregon irrigation unit pro posed. Page 6. Sporta. Pacific Coast league results: At Portland 3, Sacramento 4 (10 Innlngsc, at 1-os Angt-'les 10, Sau Francisco 3; at Seattle 7, Salt Lake 1; at San Francisco, Ver non 7, Oakland 2. Pago 12. Plan for Dcmpsey-Carpentler battle tak ing staapo rapidly. Pago 12. Britton to fight in Milwaukie May 20. Page 12. Draw Is decision in Cross-Gorman fight. Page 13. Commercial and Marine, Apple market weakens u season draws to end. Pago 21. Reporting of tariff bill to senate strength ens wheat market. Page 21. Bond market stronger and stocks irregu lar in Wall Street Pago 21. Voice In shipping conference is denied Portland. Page 14. Crew of West llimrod refuses to sign up. Pago 14. Portland and Vicinity. Non-suit denied Journal In Keeley 1180,000 libel action. Page 10. Legion men demand retrial of A. hers. Pago 11. City council to hold public hearing on freight terminal project. Page IS. Rate decision ba.-ed on Just principles, says J. N. Teal. Page 7. Child divorce suit to be called off. Pago 10. Slate loses case against fisherman. Page 16. Democrats send out S. O. S. for funds. Pagu 4. School directors discuss rigid economy. I'ase 6. ... Simons Proposals Fail to Impress Entente. ENVOYS ADVISE HUGHES Britain, France and Belgium Spurn Reparations Plan. NEXT MOVE IS UNCERTAIN Action by AVaslilnglon to Await Return of President Hurdiug and Silence Is Guarded. WASHINGTON', D. C, April 28 (By tho Associated I'rcss.) Diplo matic representatives of .Great Br". ain, France and Belgium transmitted today to Secretary Hughes the views of tholr governments on Germany's reparations proposals. Official announcement was with held, but It was understood that the secretary of state was informed that the present German offer was un acceptable. Whether suggestions were made that Germany be asked to put forward new and more liberal terms was not disclosed. It was emphasized officially, how ever, that the chief question was not whether the proposals as such were acceptable to the allies, but whether they could be regarded as the basis for renewed discussions from which satisfactory terms might eventuate. Reply la Not Indicated. Administration officers still main tained silence as to the reply that would be made to Germany, but It was learned that none had been Pre pared tonight. Secretary HuKhes had not yet heard from Italy and Japan, whose envoys he received Tuesday after the German proposals had ar rived. Whether a reply will be de layed until word comes from Rome and Tokio remains to bo developed. Since the German offer Is to be con sidered by the supreme council Sat urday, there were some suggestions that tho American reply might be held up pending further decision by the premiers. While admittedly with out official information, others be lieved that toduy's messages had been of such a nature as to enable the American government to proceed with the next step In the exchanges with Berlin. WanhlnKfon Remains Silent. Statements today by Premiers Lloyd George of Great lirltaln and Brland of France that the German offer was unacceptable were received by offi cials with manifest Interest. Com ment, however, as well as on tho semi-official announcement at Uerlln that Germany was prepared to modify its proposals if requested to do so by' the United States, was refused. President Harding is to return early tomorrow from Hampton Roads, and it is expected that Secretary Hughes will acquaint him early In the day with the nature of tho messages. It then will be for the executive to de termine what Is to be done. FRANCE REJECTS PROPOSALS Premier Brland Says Germany lias Not Shown Good Faith. PARIS, April 28. (By the Asso ciated Press.) "Tho German propo sitions are absolutely unaccepiaDia and mado under such conditions as to Justify us In doubling ucrman a good faith," Premier Brland ucciarcu to press correspondents hero this evening. He added: 'Tho prcsenco of Americans In our councils would help immensely in the settlement of any questions. The German government Is unable to rid itself of the reactionary clement that dominates Us policy. Well, we are going to help them get rid of that element and wo arc going to do it in the right manner." M. Brland spoko of the prospective occupation of the industrial region of Germany as a foregone conclusion and declared that the operation would have not only a great moral effect on Germany, but would give materia! results. Referring to the proposals addressed to Washington, he said: "If Germany wanted to show good faith In executing the treaty of Ver sailles she hsd only to address her proposals to the reparations commis sion. Tho fact that she applied to an intermediary is suspicious, all tho more so on account of tho fact that she waited until the eve of the day of reckoning to apply to the United States in the hope that the American government would Intervene and that an interminable discussion would follow, during which French public opinion would be unnerved and Ger man propaganda would work on for eign opinion with a view to dividing tho allies and estranging sympathy. Well," declared the pretrler, with great emphasis, "we will not fall into that trap. One is struck by the fact that the Germans studiously avoid reference to some questions that art essential to Prance. Wo want our fricndB abroad to know that there art two problems Involved reparation In which the allies aro Interested, and security, which concerns France par ticularly. "We accepted frontiers with Ger many that were srrnerously drawn, frontiers that are fmglln mid leave ICoaciudcJ on i'sge 4. Column 1 iCouc.udtd u Pago i. Column 1.)