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PORTLAKD, OREGON, SUNDAY MOBXIXG, 31AY 14, 1932
INTEREST IS KYE0 BT?
ERNOR ASSAILS
KLAN HEAD DENIES
UNITARIAN QUARTET
WILL SING BY RADIO
THE OREGO NIAN TO BROAD
CAST SACRED MUSIC TONIGHT.
COOLIE
3 KILLED, 22 INJURED
IN WRECK OF TRAIN
FRENCH DELEGATE
REFUSES TO YIELD
CHARGES OF OLCOTT
U I I ini I 1J LLUIUI1
KLIN'S ACTIVITIES
TO
GOVERN CHINA
SPECIAL PATROLMEN SWEEP
ALTO PARKING AREAS.
ORGANIZATION DECLARED TO
BE LAW-ABIDING.
KXGINK HITS AUTO AND DE
BRIS LIFTS IT FROM TRACK.
GOV
BEST NED
HIGHLY IN PRIMARY
Aspirants Plan Intensified
Four Days' Campaign.
HEAVY BALLOTING PREDICTED
Olcott, Hall and Patterson in
Spirited Contest.
WAGERS ON RESULTS FEW
Barr Is Featured by Many Special
"Tickets" Indorsed by Wide
Variety of Interests.
Here are the hig-h lig-hts in the
primary election, to be held next Fri
day, May 19, and they disclose a surprising-
variety:
A denunciation of the Ku Klux Klan
In an official proclamation by Gov
ernor Olcott. V
The race for governor nomination
In the republican camp resolving it
eelf to a horse race between Messrs.
Olcott. Hall and Patterson.
Mr. Patterson's Intimation that Mr.
Hall is the candidate of the tele
phone Interests. This controversy is
being carried on In an exchange of
letters.
Appearance of many special "tick
ets." which carry Indorsements of
various candidates, these tickets be
ing sponsored by groups of Individ
uals and organizations, representing
many conflicting Interests and am
bitions. Intense Drive Planned.
A sudden awakening of the general
public to the approach of the pri
maries and a shaking off of the
apathy and lassitude which have here
tofore characterized the progress of
the campaign.
The planning of an intensified cam.
paign in the four remaining-days, cen
tralized in Multnomah county, by all
of the aspirants for state nominations
and particularly the half-dozen seek
ers of the republican nomination for
governor.
Absence of wagers on the results.
Save in a few minor instances.
Estimates that the republican vote
In the state will be between 100,000
and 110,000. and not to exceed 60.000
tn Multnomah.
Attack Caoan Sensation.
Nothing: eise in the campaign has
caused such a sensation as Governor
Olcotfs attack on the Ku Klux Klan.
It Is common knowledge that Mr.
Hall's foundation as a candidate rests
upon the Ku Klux Klan and the lat
ter's alliance with the Oregon Fed
eration of Patriotic Societies and
that through these organizations the
religious Issue has been injected into
the primaries.
While Mr. Patterson has been chal
lenging Mr. Hail to debate as to the
letter's telephone connections, Mr.
Hall has made a counter proposal to
discuss other matters and asserted
that Mr. Patterson is tijying to drag
In side Issues, to which Mr. Patterson
has made public his reply.
In the few days remaining the bat
tleground will be Multnomah county.
Here every political fence is being
strengthened and the mails are being
weighted down with circular letters
appealing for support for tna or that
"ticket" or special plea for, some cer
tain candidate. All along the line
the average voter is having his atten
tion focused on the election next Fri
day and from being a decidedly tame
campaign, it is warming up with
Igor. This revival of interest augers
a very large vote in the primaries.
Re-election Is Indicated.
Much noise has been made over the
lection of a republican national com
mitteeman, but reports indicate that
Ralph E. "Williams, incumbent, will
be re-elected if for no other reason
than that he is vice-chairman of the
national committee, a distinction no
(Conc'.uded no Page 12. Column 4.)
YOV)
NoYHINC? IN THE.
WORUO TOO C-OOD
I,. JEfciiiL J7!
More Than 400 Negligent "Hest
ers" and Other Violators Come
to Grief in Big Offensive.
Considerable activity reigned in the
auto-tagging branch of the police bu
reau yesterday and 400 negligent
Parkers and other violators came to
grief thereby Due to the strike, there
is a small army of special traffic pa-
l trolmen on duty, and new brooms
sweep clean. Generally in the course
of a day from 175 to 200 violators are
warned, or their cars are tagged, but
the traffic division Announced that
the new pace set would be maintained.
For some time shortage of patrol
men has made it impossible for the
bureau to police carefully certain dis
tricts in the 30-minute and two-hour
parking regions and motorists hav.e
been snuggling comfortably along
side the curbs with no fear of find
ing the bothersome little tickets in
their cars when they returned. Con
sequently, when Captain Lewis, head
of the traffic division, had a few extra
men he chased them up to the ver
dant pastures around Yamhill, Taylor,
Fifth and Sixth streets and Broad
way, close to the dividing line between
30-minute privileges and two-hour
rest cures. They reaped a harvest
and the cash register of the division
played a tune most of the day regis
tering penitence pieces.
Just what regions the "ticket
hounds" will choose tomorrow were
not announced by Captain Lewis. He
smiled smugly when asked and said he
had a lot more good range for his men
to work over.
WILD CANARIES IN TOWN
Med ford Is Visited by Birds That
I'sually Are Strange to Cities.
MEDFORD. Or., May 13. (Special.)
Wild canaries have made their ap
pearance in Med ford the past week
and are vicing" with tne sparrows and
rebbins in the rush for food on the
streets and lawns although outnum
bered by thousands.
The wild canary is not often seen in
towns, liking the woods and rural
regions best. One theory of their pres
ence is that they have been driven
from the hills by the snow and cold
weather, which shut off their supply
of insects. The wild canaries are de
scendants of tame canaries that
escaped from cages, and are of two
species, one a steel gray color and
the other with bright yellow backs
and steel grey underneath.
LINCOLN NOMINATOR DEAD
Delegate to 1864 Convention Pass
es Away at Spokane.
SPOKANE, Wash., May 13. One of
Lincoln's nominators, John W.
Souther, formerly of Corvallis, Or.,
died here today, S7 years old.
He was a delegate from Oregon to
the national republican convention In
Baltimore in 1864. when Lincoln was
nominated for a second term, accord
ing to his daughter, with whom he
had made his home here 23 years. He
was one of the first to open a drug
store in the northwest.
"'FAIR," WEEK'S FORECAST
Normal Temperature With Possi
ble Showers on North Coast Slated.
WASHINGTON, D. C. May 13.
Weather outlook for the week bi&in
nins Monday:
Upper Mississippi and lower Miss
ouri valleys. Rocky mountains and
plateau reg.ons, generally fair and
moderate temperature.
Pacific states, generally fair and
normal temperature, but with a prob
ability of occasiona. showers on the
north coast.
25.000 WORKERS LET OUT
Government at Warsaw Acts on
Advice of Anti-Waste Commission.
WARSAW. May 13. Twenty-five
thousand government employes have
been discharged, it was announced to
day, upon the recommendat ion ot tha
an t i-waste commission.
LOSE. HrlAX,
f (Tome on
V OTHERS
Effort to Usurp Govern
ment Charged.
SECRECY IS DENOUNCED
Odium of Assaults Is Held
Reflected on Klansmen.
MASK, ROBE CRITICISED
Officers Cliarged to Keep Men Un
lawfully Disguised Off Streets
'and to Prevent Maraudings.
GOVERNOR OLCOTT VS. THE
KU KLUX KLAN.
What the Governor Charges.
That dangerous forces are in
sidiously gaining: a foothold in
Oregon under the name of
K. K. K.
That these forces are en
deavoring to usurp the reins
of government.
That assaults have been com
mitted in various counties by
masked outlaws, the odium of
which has reflected on the
K. K. K.
All law-enforcing arms of the
government are called by the
governor to guard against any
infraction of the law and to see
that unlawfully disguised men
are kept from the streets.
What Ku Klux Klan Cyclops
Replies.
That the governor's chargeB
that the Ku Klux Klan is en
deavoring to usurp the reins of
government and to stir up
fanaticism and race hatred are
untrue.
That there never has been an
outrage of any kind in Oregon
that could be chargeable to the
Ku Klux Klan.
That the governor's procla
mation is a matter of politics by
which he hopes to win the sup
port of interests opposed to the
klan.
That the Ku Klux Klan is
the largest numerically of any
fraternal organization in Ore
gon. SALEM, Or., May 13. (Special.)
Governor Olcott, in the first procla
mation of its kind ever issued in the
United States, today denounced the
Ku Klux Klan as an invisible organi
zation attempting to usurp the reins
of government with aims unknown
to others than themselves, and called
upon the judges of all courts, sher
iffs of the counties and all other law
enforcement arms of the state, to
guard closely against infraction of
the Oregon laws and insist that un
lawfully guised men be kept from the
Streets.
"Dangerous forces are insidiously
gaining a foothold in Oregon," said
the governor's proclamation. "In the
guise of a secret society, parading
under the name of the Ku Klux Klan,
these forces are endeavoring to usurp
the reins of government, are stirring
up fanaticism, race hatred, religious
prejudice and all of those evil influ
ences which tend toward factional
strife and civil terror.
"Assaults have been committed in
various counties of the state by un
known, masked outlaws, the odium of
which has reflected on the Ku Klux
Klan. Whether or not these outlaws
were connected with that organiza
tion is immaterial. Their vile acts
demonstrate that the name of the or-
ganization may be used for evil pur-
(Concluded on Pago 2. Column 3.)
CARTOONIST PERRY ILLUMINES IN PICTURES SOME RECENT SUBJECTS OF NEWS INTEREST.
CTHEY SAY "WE:t N O DOU&V
SHES HERE!
Proclamation Is for Political Ef
fect to Win Votes, Is Counter
Charge of Mr. Gifford.
In reply to the charges contained
in the statement and proclamation of
, Governor Olcott, F. L. Gifford, ex
: alted cyclops of Luther I. Powell
klan No. 1, realm of Oregon, yester
! day issued the following:
"Replying to the proclamation is
sued by Ben W. Olcott, governor of
the state of Oregon, in which proc
lamation Governor Olcott has made
an open and untrue charge against
the Ku Klux Klan, who he claims
are endeavoring to usurp the reins of
government and are stirring up fanat
icism, race hatred, religious prejudice
and all those evil influences which
tend toward factional strife and civil
terror, I have only to say that the
Ku Klux Klan is a law-abiding or
ganization, based on the maintenance
of white supremacy and the Christian
religion.
"There never has been an outrage
of any kind committed in the state
of Oregon that could in any way be
chargeable to the Ku Klux Klan, but,
on the contrary, if the authorities of
the several counties and cities of this
(Concluded on Page 3. Column 1.) (Concluded on Page 4, Column 1.)
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
TESTER DAY'S Maximum temperature, 7fl
degrees; minimum, 49 degrees.
TODAY'S Fair; northwest winds.
Departments.
Editorial. Section 3, page 8.
Dramatic. Section 4, page 6.
Moving picture news. Section 4, page 1.
Real estate and building news. Section 4,
page 10.
Churches. Section 5, page 2.
Books. Section 5, page 3.
Schools. Section 5, page 9.
Automobiles. Section 6.
Music. Section 4, page 5.
Garden department. Section 5, page 11.
Chess and checkers. Section 4, page 11.
Radio. Section t, page 5.
Women's Features.
Society. Section 3, page 1.
Women's activities. Section 4, page 8.
Fashions. Section 5, page 4.
Miss Tingle's column. Section 5, page 8.
Madame Richet's column. Section 6,
page 5.
Auction bridge. Section 4, page 7.
Special Features.
How inside burglars get booth. Magazine
section, page 1.
Logger's life changed. Magazine section,
page 2.
"Love and Learn" fiction feature. Maga
zine section, page 3.
XewB of the world, as seen by camera.
Magazine section, page 4.
HiM's cartoons "Among Us Mortals." Mag
azine section, page 5.
Spooks at J per. Magazine section,
page 6.
peer's daughter to search lost Sahara
tribes. Magazine section, page 7.
Eyes declared vamp's weapons. Magazine
section, page 8.
Woman is "dame commander" of British
empire. Section 3, page 7.
"Woman may run for mayor of Chicago.
Section 3. page 10.
Ballot and polling places. Section 3, page
11.
Kincaid field soon will be memory. Sec
tion 4, page 9.
Margot Asquith article. Section 4, page
1L
Rose festvial queen and court. Section 5,
page 1.
Tulip festival attracts visitors. Section
5, page 7.
Boy scouts department. Section 5, page 7.
DarUng's cartoons on topics of the day.
Section 3, page 12.
Foreign.
Cool
estined to govern China, Section
t, page 1.
France appeals for American assistance- at
Genoa conference. Section 1, page 3.
Head of French delegation almost brings
Genoa conference to end. Section I,
page 1.
London newspapers lurid with exaggerated,
American vice. Section 1, page 5.
Lloyd George now facing real crisis. Sec
tion 1, page 6.
New problems rising in Europe and no
clarlffer in sight, says Tardieu. Section
1, page 4.
Crown prince in book sings kaiser's praises.
Section I. page 6.
French attitude arouseu English. Section
1, page 2.
National.
Independent vote more important now than
ever before, says Sullivan. Section 1,
page 4.
Smith -McNary reclamation bill declared
at crisis. Section 1. page 3.
Society in capital to eave tor summer.
Section 1. page 13.
Sihnott's services needed at capital, say
friends of Oregon representatives. Sec
tion 1. page 4.
Domestic.
Three killed, 22 injured in train wreck.
Section 1, page 1.
Warm weather brings foolish oddities. Sec
tion L page 20.
Mc Arthur Jersey herd establishes world
butterfat record, section l. page o.
Light wires able
t, page 2,
to receive radio. Section
7
Tenor, Contralto and Organ Solos
Will Be Included in Fine
Concert Programme.
The first of four evening enter
tainments to be broadcast from The
Oregonian radio tower this week will
take place tonight, beginning at 7
o'clock, when the quartet of the First
Unitarian church will deliver a pro
gram me of one hour's du rat ion and
composed entirely of sacred music.
The concert will include quartet num
bers and vocal and. organ solos.
The quartet is made up of Mrs.
Herman J. Hucke, soprano; Mitylene
Fraker Stites, contralto and conduc
tor; J. Ross Fargo, tenor, and Walter
Hardwick, bass, with Ralph W. Hoyt
as organist and May Van Dyke Hard
wick as pianist.
The first and last numbers will be
organ solos by Ralph W. Hoyt. Com
missioner Hoyt is one of Portland's
foremost organists and charmed the
large radio audience of regular lis
teners several weeks ago, when he
rr.-.de his radio debut in The Orego
nian tower. Organ music is one of
the most popular and most successful
kinds of harmony on the radiophone
and originally was made possible
Pacific Northwest.
Peculiar kink in Jaw deprives Oregon can
neries of salmon. Section I, page ti.
Anti-narcotic campaign initiated in Oregon
promises results. Section 1, page 8.
George H. Stevenson of Seattle announce,
candidacy for senate against Miles Poin-
dexter. Section I, page 8.
Most state official to go home to vote
in primaries. Section 1, page 9.
Governor by proclamation assails Ku Klux
Klan. Section 1, pae 1.
State laundry men name Seaside for con
vention city and elect Portland man.
Section 1, page 7.
Portland woman gets national parent
teacher post. Section 3, page 14.
Rocs dead ahead, declare democrats at
Seattle convention. Section 1, page 20.
Scappoose stages stock sale fete. Section
1, page 14.
Dr. Mount wins $20,000 verdict In libel
suit. Section 1, page 15.
Sports.
Several golf matches scheduled for today.
Section 2, page 2.
Batsmen in majors wage merry battle.
Section 2, page 4.
Golfers to stage 100 big meets. Section 2,
page 4.
Gruman as referee opposed by Evans. Sec
tion 2, page 4.
Golf play stymie restored. Section 2,
page 5.
Pacific coast baseball results: Oakland 8,
Portland 4; Sacramento 2, Los Angeles
ft; Vernon 8, Seattle 14; Salt Lake 5,
San Francisco 4. Section 2, page 3.
Aggies lay plans for riding meet. Section
2, page 3.
Yale tracksters lose to Harvard. Section
2, page 3. ,
Portland Rowing club plans for record re
gatta season. Section 2, page 2.
Kentucky derby is won by Morvich. Sec
tion 2, page 1.
Oregon tracksters beaten by Aggies. Sec
tion page 1.
Philadelphia wins, 7 to 4, evening series.
Section 2, page 2.
Capture of tuna upsets fisherman. Sec
tion 2, page o.
Commercial anil Marine.
Wheat steady in northwest at close of
week. Section 3, page 22.
Selling by longs breaks May wheat at
Chicago. Section 1, page 23.
Bond trading lighter and price changes
irregular. Section 1, page 2:;.
New York stock market develops pro
nounced strength and activity. Section
3. page 22.
Cash is plentiful in London market. Sec
tion 3, page 23.
Arbitration move is made in water-front
strike. Section 3, page 21.
Portland and Vicinity.
Charter for joint stock land bank ap
proved. Section 3. page 22.
Clubwomen urge carfare reduction to 6
cents. Section 1, page 3 5.
Primary law failure, declares Louis E.
Bean. Section 1. page 32.
Portland to be flooded by special primary
election "tickets." Section 1, page 9.
Interest In primary election high. Section
1. page 1.
Disabled veterans to leave Portland. Sec
tion l, page Id.
'Iron Woman" stolen from Oregon Agri
cultural college long ago recovered.
Section 1, page 32.
Oregon alumni of medical school to hear
lectures. Section 3, page 16.
Governor's charges denounced as untrue
by cyclops of Ku Klux Klan. Section
3, page 1.
Special traffic patrolmen launch drive
against parking Tioiators. Section 1,
page 3.
First Unitarian church quartet to give
radio concert tonight. Section 1, page 1.
All city will bow to mothers today. Sec
tion 3, page 18.
Oregon tax reduction league crumbling
under policy of president. Section 1,
page 13.
Mr. Patterson cites big increase in cost
of state government. Section 3, page IB.
Weather report, data and forecast. Sec
tion 1, page 22.
Ot So ercVSV 4S IT USED TO
Power of Common People
to Be Exerted in Time.
PUNISHMENT HELD SHAMEFUL
Beatings From Masters Ac
cepted Without Complaint.
FAMINE SIGNS APPEARING
Travelers Visit Area Where Thin
and Hungry Dwellers Yammer
for Money and Food.
BY BEN HUR LAMPMAN.
PBKIN, April 18. (By mail.)
North from Shanghai t- Nanking the
land is fat as a beef ready for mar
ket larded with plenty and lux
uriantly green. Two unforgettable
pictures the visitor will take there
with the camera of the eye the sur
prising sails of the cargo junks lifted
from their hidden canals above the
green grain and the roiled rice pad
dies; and that of a very small and
very sleepy China boy taking his
etse, full length and indolent, on
the broad back of a sad-eyed water
buffalo, browsing along the foot
path. Such friendly bovines those
buffalo appear to be, despite their
broad, flattened, backward-curving
horns, that the outlander is tempted
to approach ant- pat the muddy flank,
and offer the meditative old fellow
a wisp of meadow grass. Adventure
would follow fast upon the rashness
of this mistaken benevolence, and
subsequent developments would be
comparable with the plight of that
lunatic wight who tickled the mule
from the real. Plodding and pacific
and peaceful as the water buffalo
seems, those who know him call him
"Little Dynamite," which scrap of
nomenclature I borrow from the
verse of the "Bug Hunter," and quite
another yarn. For his hatred of the
foreigner, of the odor of the Cau
casian, is an obsession that in less
than a twinkling will transform this
amiable Chinese quadruped into a
bellowing fury. And trees in China
arc few and far between.
Visitors Warned of Buffalo.
An English resident of Shanghai,
who once was duck hunting in a
southern province, with two other
nonchalant gentlemen from 'ome,
bade us with much headshuking be
ware the buffalo. They were, he
said, ambling in idyllic leisure be
side a winding stream, with willows
bending over. Anon they would flush
a mallard, or bans away at the
radiance of a wood-duck, flashing
like a diadem through the tender
green. One of them was quoting
Keats when first they heard a throaty
rumbling down tiie lane. To this
they paid scant heed for the moment,
yet it speedily developed to the wild
est bellowing. Head down and snort
ing nostrils ridging the wet ground
there came two buffalo bent on busi
ness. The English are a dignified
folk. It irked the trio sorely to take
to the swaying willows, and, some
how or other, they quite forgot their
shotguns when they decided for dis
cretion. The buffalo were appall
ingly near.
So through the long Chinese after
noon they perched till sunset. Red
dened eyes glared at them from mud
plastered lids. Sharp hoofs tattered
the damp sod. Just as the orb of day
descended and night came out of the
east they capitulated, cast dignity
to the breeze, and called lustily for
aid. Came then a Chinese boy, and
a very small boy at that, who grinned
at them in the branches for an ap
preciative minute. The buffalo snort
ed him a greeting, as if to say, "Com
mand us, little master!" But the lit
tle master, in his blue rags, caught
each blustering beast by the tail,
yanked them sharply around and
(Concluded cu Page 5. Column 1.)
HAS THE REV
Wild Confusion Reigns Among
Passengers as Cars Go Over
Bank at 65-Mile Clip.
BATAVIA, N. T., May 1. Three
dead. 22 in hospitals in this city and
a score or more with minor Injuries
were the casualties in the wreck of
the Black Diamond Express on the
Lehigh Valley railroad at North
Leroy today. Two women, still un
conscious late this afternoon, were
among the more seriously injured.
The wreck, according to Engineer
Moser of the Black Diamond, was
caused by the attempt of Thomas R
Brodie to get his automobile across
the tracks at the Lake street cross
ahead of the train.
The engine struck the automobile
squarely, tossed it ahead and ran
into the debris, which lifted the front
trucks of the engine from the rails.
The train was moving at 65 miles
an hour. Engineer Moser said, and
as its speed was checked by the de
railed engine it buckled and five
cars crashed down a 40-foot em
bankment. They were the smoker, a
day coach and three Pullmans.
There was wild confusion unions;
the passengers as the cars went over
the embankment.
Word was at once telephoned to
the nearest station, and physicians
were sent from Batavia and Leroy.
A special train also was made up
at Buffalo.
Thomas R Brodie of Leroy, driver
of the automobile, was hurled 300
feet and almost instantly killed.
$2,000,000 GIFTS MADE
Money Given at Celebration Before
Mr. Patterson's Death.
DATTON, O., May 13. While the
will of the late John H. Patterson will
not be probated until next week, one
of Its interesting features became
known today when the Information
was confirmed at Far Hills that Mr.
Patterson gave $2,000,000 to his chil
dren a few days before his death
The money Is to be divided equally
as follows: Frederick B. Patterson,
$500,000; Mrs. Frederick B. Patterson.
$500,000; Mrs. Noble Brandon Judah.
$500,000; Noble Brandon Judah, $500,
000. These bequests were made In cele
bration of the adoption by Mr. and
Mrs. Frederick B. Patterson of a baby
g-frl a few weeks ago, and the fifth
wedding anniversary of Mr. Patter
son's daughter, Mrs. Judah.
MISS CULBERSON ON TRIP
Girl. Whose Fiance Charged Kid
naping Plot, on Way to Kurope.
WASHINGTON, D. C. May 13.
Senator and Mrs. Culberson of Texas
announced in a statement tonight that
their daughter Mary sailed from New
York today for a tour of Europe. The
attention of Alexander E. Robertson,
a British war veteran, toward Mis
Culberson recently attracted attention
because of hi charges of a plot to
kidnap him, which were considered
by the British embassy. The state
ment said:
"Mis Mary Culberson, daughter of
Senator and Mrs Charlea A. Culber
son, who has been at home with her
parents eince her return from Texas,
sailed frorri New York today with a
party for a tour of Europe, In pursu
ance of plans made several months
ago."
COX DECLINES TO RACE
Ex-Governor Refuses to Become
Candidate for Place Again.
DAYTON, O.. May 13. James M.
Cox, ex-governor, who was the dem
ocratic candidate for president in
1920, today declined the invitation of
a political club to enter the race for
governor of Ohio this year.
His entrance, he said, would be
singularly ungracious to gentlemen
who already had given much time to
their candidacies, he said.
1f one takes the work seriously,
and he should, the executive task is a
hard, gruelling job and I would not
contemplate a return to it with any
sense of happiness."
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Barthou Almost Brings
Conference to End.
BRITISH PROPOSALS BLOCKED
Agreement as to Russia Ap
parently Impossible.
HOPE NOT YET GIVEN UP
Further Confereneex Arranged for
Coming Week MI Would
Welcome American Help.
BY ARNO DOSH-FLKIROT.
(Copyright by the New Tork World. Pu
Hsherl by Arrangement.
GENOA. May 13. (Special Cables
Louis Barthou, head of the French
delegation, almost brought the con
ference to a close today during; the
two sittings of the sub-commlsslon
on Russian affairs.
He refused Premier Lloyd GeoraVe
plan for the conference to eanr off
Into a mixed com m isslon o? experts
to handle the Russian deadlock. lis
also refused the British premier's
plan for a truce between all nations,
guaranteeing all frontiers as they
now stand pending the report of that
commission.
Nevertheless, an official British an
nouncement Issued tonight said "M.
Barthou and Mr. Lloyd George srs on
the road to an agreement."
Tomorrow meetings at Ville Alberti
will be resumed. M. Bart hi u, backed
by the American proposal for a afjp
mission of all the governments except
Russia to settle the question of
credits and capital, Is hopeful for a
settlement of the Russian problem
that will end the conference.
New f nmmlnftlon Proposed.
A plan for a collateral commission
that should please M. Barthou has
been put forward. This would con
slHt of one commission to go to Rus
sia Xo study conditions there. It
would be composed only of allied rep
resentatives. A second commission,
on which the Soviets would be rep
resented, would hear the report of the
first. This Is an amalgamation of the
British and American plans. The
French will make every effort to In
clude the United States In both the
new commissions proponed.
The Russian sub-commlsslon. with
out the Russians being represented,
as was the case today, will meet
again Monday.
M. Barthou practically pirt it up to
England to choose between an agree
ment with Russia and continuation of
the Anglo-French entente.
He took the position that Russia
has broken up the conference by her
reply to the allied memorandum and
that the conference is finished.
V, Jtiirthon Ht-Nftote.
Any furiher negotiations with Itus
aia, he maintained, must begin anew
through the governments, not through
any commission formed at Genoa.
Above all. M. Barthou refused to
take a place on any commission op
which the Russians are represented.
It was evident from the French
envoy's attitude, so suddenly changed
from that of last nighl, when he ap
peared set on remaining on good
terms with England and Italy, that
he wanted to bring the conference to
an nd before the reparations ques
tion comes up again May SI.
The meeting of the sub-commission
was a showdown of allied diplomacy,
which was bound to come sooner or
later. Premier Lloyd George, know
ing he had to meet France's objec
tions to the new solution, made a
strong plea to save the conference
from breaking up without achieving
any results.
He said Russia's answer was pro
voking and unsatisfactory, but thai
he still hoped for agreement.
Frenrh Purpose 'leer.
He wished to avoid end Inn a con
ference which meant so much to
Europe and "would send the Kusslane
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