2 THE MOKXIXG OREGOXIAX, THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 1923 BRIAND PUTS ALL INBALANCETODAY Vote of Confidence to Be De manded on Agreement. VICTORY IS PREDICTED Hostile Deputies and Split In Cab inet to Be Faced by Pre mier on Ills Return. PARIS. Jan. 11. (By the Associ ated Press.) Premier Brland. bear ing the text of the long-sought Brit ish alliance, will face the French parliament tomorrow, which, al though host'le tonight, may never theless, in the opinion of many ob servers, give him a vote of confidence because it dare not refuse a concrete pact, owing to differences of opinion concerning some clauses and conces sions. Both senate end chamber party caucuses have sent messages of pro test to M. llriand. and there is much talk of overthrowing the govern ment, as has frequently been the case in the past year. Brland's sup porters, however, expect him to win. The cabinet held three long ses sions yesterday and today and par liament makes no secret of the fact that the ministers disapprove of te lirland bargain and also that the cabinet is badly split. The fate of the French cabinet and also the future orientation of the foreign policy of France hangs on tomor row's vote. Brland Is Called Back. A dispatch sent to the premier by the cabinet after its deliberations this morning, the text of which is not known, was responsible for M. Briand's return. He will meet with the cabinet in the morning. When M. Brland goes before the chamber in the afternoon he will read his declaration and request a vote of confidence, and approval of the Anglo-French pact will be de cided at the cabinet council. The premier, through M. Danlelou, under secretary of state, has caused it to be known in the chamber that he is personally desirous of bringing the agreement before the chamber end thus make good his utterances that he "would never conclude a treaty binding future French policies with out consulting the executive bodies." The main bone of contention in the cabinet concerns the question of the advisability of the premier appear ing in the chamber at a hurried ses sion, where the text of the pact could not be discussed; the majority favors detailed discussion of the agreement. W arning Is Sent. The senate commission for for eign affairs today sent to Premier Briand at Cannes a warning telegram, signed by ex-presldent Poincare, pres ident of the commission, giving four essentials to any agreement with Great Britain involving the German reparations question. The telegram expressed the opinion that the pro posed pact with Great Britain could not become effective without the ap proval of the French parliament. The message was an embodiment of a resolution adopted unanimously by 25 senators. It followed a telegram from the commission on finances of the chamber of deputies, reminding Premier Briand that he had obligated himself to the parliament not to con sent to further sacrifices. A more drastic motion was prepared for the commission for foreign affairs of the chamber, along the same lines as those in the message sent by M. Poincare, which will be presented to morrow. M. Poincare's telegram declared that the general Bentiment of the senate called for the foreign general declara tions: "First The economic and financial reconstruction of France Is essential to the reconstruction of Europe. No Reparation Change Wanted. "Second The reparations due France should not be changed: there must be no reduction or modification of the previous schedule of May 5 and Belgian priority should not be touched. "Third France cannot accept the proposition to attend the forthcom. lng Genoa conference unless she Is given definite and effective assur ances that her rights will be re spected. "Fourth The Franco-British pact should, above all, confirm the guar antees and methods of execution and the securities France now holds under the peace treaties, or will hold under future accords." The fourth point enumerated was generally interpreted to mean that France reserves the right physically to Enforce the terms of the treaty of Versailles whenever that docu ment accords such right. Premier Briand tomorrow will ex plain the nature of the agreement with England and ask each house to vote confidence. He will refuse .to receive interpellations. It is stated, on the ground that there Is no time. Retirement Is Possible. If the votes of confidence are not satisfactory, he will Immediately withdraw to private life. On the other hand, if the outcome le satis fying, he will return to Cannes and sign the agreement. I'lKDGli OF DEFENSE DRAFTED Council's Interest Centers In Brl and's Troubles in Paris. tVitXKS, Jan. 11. (By the Associ ated Pra8H. The situation in Paris, to whii:h city the French premier is speeding to meet the cabinet and parliament, has a greater interest to night in supreme council circles than the work of the council itself, but it is intended the council's work shall procwd as far as possiblo during M. Briand's absence. A sub-committee today adopted the general outline of the programme for the Genoa conference. The pro gramme begins with the compre lienslve word "Peace." following the prmmblc, in which it is once again stronBly emphasized. The complete triwiquilllty of Kurope is essential If the Genoa conference is to amount to anything. Besides peace, the other subjects include financial conditions that im pede the revival of trade; foreign credits and the economic situation generally; the tariff and restrictions of traLe that have been practiced since the armistice; transportation mid the international regulating of !::) of lading. A copy of the British memorandum a handed to Premier Briand yea : i day. The document referred to in the :o.aegolng is apparently the memoran 'n of the recent talk In London be et n Premiers Lloyd George and iand retarding the proposed Anglo- nch treaty. The memorandum seta forth as the British viewpoint substantially the following points: Great Britain cannot agree to post ponement of the reconstruction of Europe, while meeting French desires regarding reparations and security. The British government must be in a position to tell the British people that the two countries are marching to gether to restore' the economic struc ture of Europe. Great Britain con siders the first condition to true entente Is the avoidance of naval competition. Therefore the Brit ish government proposes as a condi tion to the contemplated treaty, that the admiralties of the two countries confer regarding their respective naval programmes in order to avoid such competition. The memorandum also insists on the necessity of clearing up the points at issue between the two coun tries. Therefore, it says, an essential condition to the proposed treaty Is that peace in the near east should be restored and declares his majesty's government Is confident that there are no outstanding questions which cannot be satisfactorily solved, in order that a treaty of guarantee be tween the two countries may be sealed and confirmed by a complete and durable entente. E VOUXCER GIRLS OF BERNARD COLLEGE ARE tTXDER BAN. Women of Institution Privileged to Use Tobacco, but Minors Can 1 not Have This Right. NEW YORK, Jan. 6. (Special.) Miss Lucetta Daniell, welfare direc tor of Whlttler hall, a Bernard col lege dormitory from which two stu dents were suspended recently for smoking, said that the rule against smoking among the students was promulgated because of the youth of the girls and because of the belief of the college authorities that the habit injures their health. It was not. she said, because the college authorities object to women using tobacco. "Mature women," said Miss Daniell, "have Just as much right to smoke as men have. The welfare directors make the rules and the one against smoking is a very old one The rec ommendations of the student board providing for the suspension of the two young women had the approval of all the girls. They know they are too young to acquire the habit. The girls In Whittier Hall are only 19 to 20 years of age." Miss Daniell said that while the rule against smoking in the college dormitories is an old one and has been in effect for many years, a rule against burning Incense Is new and was put into effect because it would simplify the task of hunting for smokers. It has been the practice among the girls to, smoke and then smother the odor of tobacco with the odor of incense, so that the welfare director and others whose duty it is to hunt for violators of the rules could not learn who was smoking or In what room It was being done. AUSTRIA HOCKS TAPESTRY Famous Gobelin Collection to Be Pledged for Loan. VIENNA, Jan. 11. (By the Asso ciated Press.) The famous Gobelin tapestry collection will be sent to America immediately as a pledge for a loan of 1 3.000,000 sterling (nor mally about $15,000,000) to the Aus trian government. This was officially announced yes terday, i MEAT PRICES SCORED (Continued From First Page.) 13 to 13 Vb cents a pound for pork. Pork chops retail for from 25 to 33 cents a pound. Bacon is listed at from 30 to 60 cents a pound and bams from 25 to 60 cents a pound. In making their Investigations the department of Justice officers found that retail meat markets perhaps in the same block had a great differ ence in price lists. Where one might be selling pork chops for 2 cents a pound the other was selling for 33 cents a pound. The difference in some cases is due to the fact that the shops do their own butchering and thus eliminate the profit which the whole saler otherwise would receive. Overhead Given mm Excuse. In conducting the Investigation the operatives found that in localities where sheep, cattle and hogs are raised the retail prices of meats are usually higher than in Portland. In defense of the so-called high prices the retailers point to the fact that they have to pay high rents and their expenses of operation are high. Thev contend that they are perfectly justified in charging retail prices dou ble their wholesale prices. At a meeting In Salem Tuesday the state board of health adopted a reso lution calling for an investigation into the present retail costs of meat. The resolution asked that "some com petent authority" or district attor neys or grand Juries conduct this in vestigation with the idea of revealing facts which will lower the prices of meats. PRICES OF CIGARETTES CUT Reduction of 2 Cents a Package Announced Locally. Cuts of 2 cents a pack on the, price of popular brands of cigarettes and of 1 cent a tin on smoking to bacco are now In effect in Portland in the larger retail tobacco stores as the result of a general price drop. Cigars are not affected by the drop, although many of the manufacturers are declared to be making larger cigars for the same price. The lead in the price cut was taken by a chain of cigar stores which an nounced the reduction In price on cigarettes and smoking tobacco Tues day. By yesterday the majority of the stores In the city were declared to have fallen in line, although some of the smaller ones were said to be still selling on the old basis. In addition to the cut made on the price of one pack of cigarettes, two packs of the grade of cigarette for merly selling at 2 J cents a pack now retail at 35 cents and two packs of the grade formerly retailing at 25 cents are being sold at 46 cents. Camel, Chesterfield, Lucky Strike and other cigarettes of the same grade formerly selling at 20 cents a pack are now going at 18 cents a pack or two for 35 cents, and Fatima, Omars and Imperials and similar brands formerly going at 25 cents are now 23 cents a pack or two for 45 cents. All pipe tobaccos formerly selling at 16 cents a tin are now quoted at 15 cents as a result of the drop. The drop in prices Is declared to be due to lowered cost of production re sulting from cheaper raw material and reduced wages of workers. To Cnre a fbitol tn One Day Tk Laxative BROMO QUININK tablets. The genuine bean the signature of . W. Grove. (Be aura you set BKOMO.t SUo.--a.dv S. A H. green stamps for cash. Holman Fuel Co., coal and wood. Main 353; 660-21. Adv. RISH PARLIAMENT TO WIEET SATURDAY Dail Cabinet Starts Machin ery of Free State. DE VALERA TO FIGHT ON Defeated Sinn Felner Says He Ex pects nis Followers to Ig nore Call to Assemble. DUBLIN, Jan. 11. (By the Asso ciated Press.) Summons, of the southern parliament to meet Satur day by Arthur Griffith, president of the Dail Elreann, and his cabinet, has started the machinery for putting the treaty into operation. Half a dozen huge vans backed in front of the chief secretary's offices in Dub lin castle today and removed stacks of official documents and effects of the secretarial and police depart ments, beginning the evacuation of the castle the symbol to Irishmen to centuries of their control. Eamonn de Valera informed the cor respondents that he believed his party would ignore Saturday's parlia ment meeting. He said he intended to continue the fight for Independ ence; he supposed elections would be held within six or nine months. De Valera Refuses Oath. Such elections, he added, like the signing of the treaty in London, would be held under British threat of renewal of warfare, and therefore he could not accept the verdict as the uncoerced will of the people. "There is a big line of cleavage," he said, "between those standing for independence and those for independ ence." Never would he under any condi tions take the oath of allegiance con tained in the reaty. Alluding to the Irish republican bonds, he declared they would be redeemed by what ever government was established and added that a meeting of the leaders of the Sinn Fein party would be held tomorrow to consider the gen eral position. An important development today was the issuance of a manifesto by the Irish labor party stating that labor would participate in the elec tions to obtain representation in the new free state government. The meth od adopted in summoning those who are to ratify the treaty is held to indicate that the British desire to avoid friction in the transference of the authority. Dlnl Allowed to Act. Instead of acting directly, the Brit ish government acted through the Dail cabinet, leaving the Dail to ini tiate execution of the treaty. The Associated Press was informed officially that the heads of Dublin Castle will do their utmost to facili tate and expedite the provisional gov ernment's taking over of full author ity. Arrangements have been made for the speedy evacuation of the auxllaries, and when the treaty is ratified by the southern parliament evacuation of the army will begin. Any existing Irish officials whom the free state dismisses must be compen sated from the Irish funds, except the auxiliaries and Black and Tans, who will be compensated by the British government. The auxiliaries probably in man cases will be employed in the British crown colonies, but the Black and Tans are technically regular recruits of the royal Irish constabulary f The date of their recruitment will furnish evidence of the purpose for which they were employed and whatever happens to the rest of the police force, they will all be dismissed. SCIENCE TRUSTREES QUIT Court Accepts Resignations Filed by First Church Members. BOSTON, Jan. 11. The resignations of Herbert W. Eustace and Paul Harvey as trustees of the Christian .Science Publishing society were ac cepted by Judge Crosby of the su preme court today. He announced ihat the question of appointing new trustees would be considered later. At a conference of counsel for the directors of the First Church of Christ, Scientist, with the court, it was agreed that a hearing should begin tomorrow on the allowance of '.he trustees' accounts. THOUSANDS SEEK WORK (Continued From First Pane.) peal for work in the residential dis tricts. There is a gold mine of em ployment there, the bureau chiefs believe. The problem is to tap it. One day of work, or two or three, are of importance to the jobless. Men who write letters about their wives and babies are not indulging a literary bent. "Of the 67.000 homes in Portland," asserts Mr. Jones, "It Is fair to .as sume that the owners or tenants of 30,000 have work about the place that needs to be done, and have the means to pay for it. If they will communi cate with the bureau we'll send to them men who are deserving in every sense of the word married men with families waiting at home." "The employers of Portland." as serts Mr. Ticer, "could give us more effectual co-operation. All jobs should be cleared through this bu reau. Not that we want the credit, but because we have the men who are first entitled to the Jobs. Many plants employ such men as come to them floaters, drifters, vagrants and marvel that they do, not stay. We would send them men who ap preciate work and who are depend able. The mills and lumber camps are opening up, yet we have scarcely any calls from them. The point is that we, of our own knowledge, know and have the men who need relief." It is urged by the unemployment commission and by Mayor Baker that all local labor demands, insofar as is possible, be cleared through the bureau. But special stress is laid upon the opportunity for creating short-time jobs in the residential districts, and sending to these the married applicants. The telephone number of the em ployment bureau at 170 Fourth street is Main 2766. PRIMARY LAW ATTACKED (Continued From First Page.) making a state-wide campaign. It puts a premium on demagogy and opportunism ana makes It extremely difficult, often impossible. to get good mfti to offer themselves as can didates. Party organizations fee! a sense of responsibility to tbe people who elect a set of party candidates to office, and no i.nfluence has yet been found that will stiffen public officials to tbe full performance of their duties and to co-operation In efficiency In public service that com pares with the knowledge that a strong party organization is holding them to account. "As to the initiative and referendum, the laws that have been favorably affected by this system have been very few and the failures have been many. The state is put to heavy cost every election year in handling peti tions, counting and certifying signa tures and in the publication of the book that must be put into the hands or every voter and seldom If ever read by any. Hundreds of thousands of dollars are wasted In this procedure and no laws have been secured that would not have been passed by a leg-. lsiature rainy elected and held in line of duty to the people by competent party organization. I believe the right thinking people of this state are ready to do away with such laws and revert to honest politics." EDICT HITS RUM RUNNERS STRIXGEXT CLEARANCE RULES MADE IN VANCOUVER. British Columbia Customs &eek to Curtail Illicit Ocean Traffic In Liquor. VANCOUVER, B. C, Jan. 11. (Spe cial.) Difficulties in locating the home port of the little bootlegging cruiser Milkmaid, on both sides of the international boundary line, and the fact that the Milkmaid was in port here in December and lay here several days without registering, or clearing, have put the customs officials, of this port on their metal. Orders have gone forth that the harbor must be cleaned up and every boat registered, from canoes to ocean liners. Further orders are to the effect that when a boat clears with bonded liquor, that vessel must give a bond for the safe delivery of the liquor at the port given as destina tion when clearing. Nearly every boat that has cleared under customs regulations here in the past has gone to Ensenada. or at least cleared for that port, but no bond was required for delivery of the liquor at Ensenada. Under the new regulations discussed by Chief Inspec tor Bushby of the Canadian customs when in Mexico, the Mexican govern ment will give a document to the steamers carrying liquor, showing that the cargo was safely delivered at the Mexican port. Shipping companies say that while the new regulation will cover the two or three boats a month that clear properly for Ensenada, it is not these boats that really require this law as they have every intention of mak ing delivery. It is the boats that do not enter nor clear and have no intention of delivering their cargoes In Mexico, that have to be contended with. . There are hundreds of these little boats that have pieces of canvas painted over the same color as their boats, and- bearing Beveral different names, which they use to suit the occasion and which often have two flags, one for either side of the line. These vessels are so small and speedy that they can run away from the or dinary chaser and hide in such little places it is almost impossible to keep track of them. POSTAGE ACJ IS ASKED Appeal Made for Reduction in Second-Class Matter. WASHINGTON, D. C, Jan. 11. Headed by George L. Berry, president of the International Pressmen's union, a group of presidents of international labor bodies today urged on Presi dent Harding a reduction in the sec ond class postal rates as a measure to aid the unemployment situation. Spokesmen pointed out that the present second class postal rate was 378 per cent greater than that of 1916 and that as a result many magazines and periodicals were being placed in jeopardy and some had been forced to discontinue. The delegation said the president had evinced sympathy with their pro posal. U. S. ROAD PLANS MADE Rules for Expenditure of Federal Funds Drafted in Capital. WASHINGTON, D. C. Jan. 11. Secretary of Agriculture Wallace is considering a tentative draft of rules and regulations for administration of the federal highway act under which $75,000,000 is made available for construction of federal aid roads, it was announced today. In formulating these fundamental rules, it was said the department Is consulting the state highway of ficials who will have much to do with carrying out the purposes of the act, as represented by the execu tive committee of the American As sociation of State Highway Officials ROAD BONDS TO BE SOLD Baker County to Dispose of Big Issue for Improvements. LA GRANDE. Or., Jan. 11. (Spe cial.) On January 16 the Union coun ty court will open bids for $400,000 road bonds, to bear interest at not to exceed 5 per cent, and will be payable according to series number from January 15, 1927, to January 15, 1936. The denomination of the bonds will be $1000. These bonds represent the maximum amount of road bonds issuable annu ally by the county court under the road bond election held last year. Legionnaires to Get Members. LA GRANDE. Or., Jan. 11. (Spe cial.) 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