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MEDFORD, OKI-WON, FRIDAY, .TANU-AHY Ki. .HVJO
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IN PARIS IS
A QUIET ONE
Protest of Irish Aqitator Only Formal
Communication Received All
Members Except America. Whose
Absence Is Generally .Reqretted.
Are Represented Earl Curzon
Pledp.es Enqland's Support. South
America Heart and Soul in Leaque.
PARIS, Jan. 10. The council of
the league of Nations received the
first formal protest to he presented to
It almost before It came into being
with today's initial sessions. The
protest was from "the envoys of the
elected government of the Irish re
public." against "the unreal English
simulacre of an international league
of peace."
No mention of the protest was
made during the meeting of the coun
cil, but copies were handed to the
newBDEDer correspondents after tnej
left the foreign office. The docu
ment was signed "Ouaklaigh Duffy."
It reentered objections to the "pre
tended League of Nations," and de
clared the league to be an "engino of
eniDlre. designed to secure and per
netuate English hegemony thruout
both hemispheres."
The ordtest insisted that the league
was illusory and Incomplete, lacking
authority and sanction, and declared
that the United States stood out in
Indignation and repudiation of it.
PARIS, Jan. 16. Representatives
of France, Great Britain, Italy,
Greece, Belgium, Spain, Japan, and
Brazil, members of the council of the
League of Nations, met in the "clock
100m" of the French foreign office
at 10 o'clock this morning for the
first meeting in the history of the
league.
The council organized at 10:30
o'clock by electing Leon Bourgeois
chairman and confirming the choice
of Sir Eric Drummond of Great iin-
tain as eeneral secretary.
The first official act of the council
was the appointment of a commission
to trace upon the spot the frontiers
of the territory of the Barre Dasin.
JU.ss America
Leon Bourgeois, French represen
tntlvn. who presided, said:
"The task of presiding at this
meeting and inaugurating this great
international institution should have
fallen to President Wilson. Ve re
spect the reasons which still delay
final decision by our friends in asn
inirtnii. hut express the hope that
their difficulties will soon be over
come and that a representative of the
Great American republic will occupy
the place awaiting him among us. The
work' of the council will then assume
definite character and will have that
particular force which should be as
sociated with our work.
"January 16. 1920, will go down
In history as the date of the birth of
a new world. Decisions to be reached
todav will be in the name of all na
tions adhering to the covenant of the
league. It will be the first decree of
all free nations leaguing themselves
together for the first time in the
world to substitute right for might
But the organization of the League
of Nations will not be complete until
the assembly of all the states meets.
Kncland's Policy Outlined
Earl Curzon, British secretary of
-state for foreign affairs, and that na
tion's representative on the council
of the league, said:
"On behalf of the British empire
I desire to express the loyalty of my
government and the external aomin
Ions of the British crown to the spirit
iindorivtn the covenant of the
League of Nations. It is our inten
tion by every means In our power to
loo., its -nractical efficiency. It is
our firm belief that thru Its Instru
mentality alone we can hope to in-
ure 'that such miseries that the
world experienced during the past
five years shall not be repeated and
that a new era of international rela
tionship shall dawn.
"The League of Nations Is an ex,-
presslon of the universal desire for
saner methods of regulating arrairs
of mankind, and provides machinery
by which practical effect may
given the principles of international
friendship and goM understanding
The success of the labors of the peace
conference is a good augury for the
tContioued on Page Six)
JAPAN IS NOW READY
10 HAND BACK RIGHTS
fr t
tokio .l.in IT). iitv ihe
Aofintixl Pi-ess.) Tin- .Iimnn-
esc government, according to the
newspapers todav. sent instruc
tions last evening ti Yukiohi
pbata, the minister to China, to
notify the Peking government
that Japan, having succeeded to
Germany's rights in Shantung
on Janaarv 1(1 liv virtiire of the
treaty of peaoe, was ready now
to negotiate at any time for
Iheir return.
4. 4.
SOVIET RUSSIA IS
E SHE
HrXKINGFORS. Jan. 10. Radical
gitators deported f rom America will
be carefully exemanied lip fore tliev
arc permitted to enter Russia
online to n statement made to till1
correspondent of the Associated
ress by M. Klishkc. secretary of the
soviet delegation lit Dorpnt. when in
terviewed on the subject a short time
at!0. M. Klislike and his colleague. 11
Bcnkendorff. were asked what Uns
siu would 'do with the radicals boim
sent to Europe on hoard the "soviet
ark" Huford. Thev professed to he
uninformed on the subject but said
Soviet Russia will not allow il
self to be used as a dumpinir group
for agitators from America.".
Finland, in ncceptm!r custody ol
the party, is said to be planning1 to
use the prominent members ior the
purpose of securing the excliamre ot
innish political prisoners held in so-
ict Russia. As it is regarded as un
certain whether the bolslieviki will
onsent to receive all members of the
party, considerable speculation bus
been caused bv the nuestion whether
those denied admission will be turned
loose between the Finnish and soviet
lines to shift the best tliev can. It
is understood the Huford will not
leave Ilnngo until the party has
crossed the Finnish border.
GET SECOND PLACE
T
OREGON AGRICULTURAL COL
LEGE, Corvallls, Jan. 16. Wasco
county school children proved most
energetic in the 1919 state wide
thrift campaign and won the $o0
prize offered by the Oregon Bankers'
association. Jackson county, which
was at the head of the list in 19 IS,
took second place.
The Oregon Bankers' association.
Jackson county, which was at the
head of the list in 1918, took second
place.
The Oregon Bankers' association
will give a similar prize this year and
in addition a prize of a traveling 11
hrary will be awarded by the Oregon
State Teachers' association at the
general session to the county having
the highest ratio of thrift activities
to the school enrollment.
Now that the nation wide campaign
is in operation the thrift campaign is
expected to be conducted with even
more vigor than in the past. J. A.
Churchill, state superintendent of
public instruction, was head of the
forces. Thrift instruction will be
come a regular part of the course of
study in both the city and rural
schools this year. Habits of thrift
will be urged on the boys and girls so
the nation may be strengthened, that
children may learn the value of
money, and that conditions in com
munities may be bettered.
PORTLAND. Ore., Jan. !(!. Kverv
pupil and everv teacher exposed to
smallpox will have the choice of sub-
mittinir to vaccination or remainiir.'
nwav from classes the 21 davs set
forth in state board of health reL'iila-
tions. This is the edict issued bv'!
the school board in compliance with
a rcouest made bv Citv Health Of
ficcr Parrish and Thornton T. Mun
ter, secretary of the city club.
CLEMENCEAU
DEFEATED Blf
OWN PEOPLE
Tiqer Loses in Race for President and
Is Eliminated From Public Life
President of Senate Wins Caucus
After Characteristic Chanqe of
Front On Part of Temperamental
Gauls Clemcnceaii Retires In Fa
vor of Poincaire.
IPARIS, Jan. 10. (By Associated
Press.) Premier Georges Clemenceau
went down to defeat at the hands of
his countrymen today in a caucus of
the senate and chamber of deputies
to choose a candidate for the presi
dency of the republic.
M. Clemenceau thereupon announc
ed hlB withdrawal from the contest
and asked his supporters to cast their
votes for the re-election of President
Poincare.
Senators and denutles. after the
caucus In which Paul Deschanel,
nresident of the chamber,- led the pre
mier by 19 votes, generally expressed
the opinion that the vote means the
elimination from public life of the
futher ot victory,". Premier Clemen-
cinii lielnc neither a senator nor a
deputy.
M. Ulemencenu's friends already
are searching for another candidate,
as President I'olncare is reported to
have refused to accede to the demand
of a deputation of Senators and depu
ties that he be a candidate for re
election. He is said to have renewed
emphatically the expression of his de
termination not to be a candidate.
Unprecedented Interest
Never before In the history ot pres.
idential elections In France has a
plenary caucus been attended by such
a large number of deputies and sen
ators, 821 out of 92 4 being present.
Heretofore it has been the custom to
ii iv ni tha nui-tiea of
A.- tA m nnoMinnnl
..i .1,0 !,, ..miiriiitn Imth
nt 11,0 ohnmlini- and senate all the
parties.
Neither Premier Clemenceau nor
M. Deschanel were present at the
caucus hut former Premier Brland
Andre I-afevro and Edouard Ilerriot,
the. latter the new president of the
radical nartv. were conspicuous In
marshalini! the Deschanel forces
while Georges Mandel, formerly Pre
mier Clemenceau's confidential sec
retary, and Edouard Ignace were can
vassinE on behalf tf M. Clemenceau
Those presiding at the voting table
were fairly swamped by the vener
able senators , and young deputies
anxious to cast their votes before the
polling closed at four o'clock.
A few hets wore recorded wun m.itne cnrorccmcni iu uecoiue uik-
riemencemi iho nronounced favorite,
There were naturallv two views ol
the defeat of the premier who for
morn than two Tears, by his forceful
nersonalitv and courage had ruled
imih houses of the Darliamcnt with
an iron hand. One of the senators
who was opposed to the premier re -
marked:
"M. Clemenceau has been victor-
ions against many atatcks in tne
chamber and the senate in the past
two years. This was because he was
fightlng for France, when lie sceKs
personal honors, however, he goes
down to defeat."
Many of the deputies and senators
who had supported the premier lln-
gered In the courtyard after the close
of the balloting, Badly commenting
upon the outcome.
REFUSE $15.90 SUGAR
HOSKHUHG. Ore.. Jan. 10. Two
of the lar'cst dealers in this citv and
one restaurant proprietor, refusinc
In line the ouotntioii of 10.00 a sack
i" o. h. Portland, for sui;ar. have can
celled nirureL'tite orders with whole
salers lor nearly 12 tons.
The price was declared to be pra
ticallv prohibitive. The dealers al
lured that thev would be compelled to
retail the sonar at 18 eents, which
Ihcv said the people are unable to
uav. Iietailers state that there is
enoimh of the present supply to last
lor u couple o weeks or s.
INTRODUCE A BILL TO
INCREASE SALARIES OF
SALKM. Ore.. Jan. Hi. I'mler
: hill introduced in Hie house
vesterdav the salary of Ibe
county iiulue of Jackson county
would be increased to .'2.400
vKir: county comiiii-sioiieis $11
a dav: treasurer. -.nilll a vear
deputy treasurer 1,'2II0 a vcar
clerk $;l.000 11 vear: deputv
clerk 1..")00 a vear: sheriff :!,
tiOO a year: deputv sheriff $1
800 a vear: assessor 2.-U)(l a
venr and county school super
intciiilciil $2,400 11 vear. The
bill was introduced by the Jack
sou county delegation
'
END OF BOOZE
NEW YORK, Jan. JO. The bibul
ous fraternity m New iork, Having
staved mi nil niuht at the wake of
John Iinrlevcorn in the cafes and
hotels nloiitr the white wuv. put on
its dueppst mourniiiL' todav in prcpa-
lation for the final ohseiiuies at mid-
niirht.
Statisticians were silent as to tin1
nv.iel shiinkiiL'C in the liniior supply
New IIS the result ol last mum s well
attended preliminary ceremonies, but
il whs admitted there was euouirh lo
provide for todav. no matter how
firm the deleimnialion liuuht oe to
leave not a drop undriiiik upon Uh
dawn of the dry era. -
The revelry in the iashionable ho
tcls and restaurants last niiiht was
declared to have put to shaiiic all
previous celeiirauons oi a similar na
ture in New York. Hut the mourn
ers declared that last niuht's nffa'r
was only a "tnniiitr up' process
lor
the last farewell toniirht. Lienor
broudit almost unlxllcvablv hiirh
prices but that apparently
was not
the lease of the worries of the thii-s
lv.
Officials as a rule mannned not
to be lookinc at the lonir "packnire
parades" todav. but solemn warninsis
were issued bv Colonel Daniel L. Por
ter of the L'niled States internal
revenuo service that the law would lie
riuidlv enforced in every particular
comnicncniL' one minute alter miii-
niejit.
WASHINGTON'. Jan. Ki Prohibi
tion Commissioner Kramer has com
pleted oriiani.ation of the machinery
lor the enforcement of constitutional
prohibition utter llie amcniimeni aim
live at niidni'.'lit. Commissioners
liave been appointed lor prneiicaii
all slates as well as for the districts
I into winch tlie coiimrv nas neen 111
vided for the purposes of enforce-
nient of the law.
The export of intoxicating Honors
1 will cease with the comma- into lorcc
ol the amendment. An enormous
amount of whiskey has been sent out
0f the country wiiinn me pasi iew
weeks, but lartre stocks still remain in
bonded warehouses and ils disposi-
tion will be watched eloselv to pre-
Vent illegal sales.
Liouor held in warehouses ami
elsewhere lor private account must
be moved in homes or other places of
residence bv the owners before mid-
nitrlit. Anv remnininir in stora'.'o will
be subject to seizure.
Home brewuiir ol beveniL'es con-
tnininir more than one-half of one per
cent of alcohol lilso will conic under
the ban. Enforcement of the new
Honor law will be left laraelv to
stale, county and municipal officials,
but Commissioner Kramer has uiven
wnrninir that where these fail to use
due dilitreiice 'he federal authorities
will step in.
Hesoliilinns ur.'inL' "loval citizens"
to remind tho-c who are indifferent or
hostile that unless Hie national pro
hibition law is enforced lawlessness
.. ;il l.n ...). H-nr ,1. .1 vam
tcrdnv bv the executive committee of
11.,. .!; ui,, I ,.,.,.,10 .,f A ,,.,., -ii
V...I...... 1 ..ii.n.;t;,.u n-urit tier,.,! i
i. i ..,- ;j ,1.1 ;,. ii,
slates hostile to prohibition.
Three vear old I.ubcro Courtie of
San Francisco was scalded to death
vesterdav bv a pot of boiling soup
which wus accidentally overturned.
.1
RHITISH SfF I
IUI1MBUII ULL
fBi DISASTER IN
nrn AniiAimr
KtUAUVfllM
Chiefs of Army and Naw Hurry to
Paris to Confer With Lloyd-Georqe
Entire British Empire in Near
East Threatened Denikinc Army
Collapses Black Sea a Bolshevik
Lake Reds Victorious for Past
Two Months.
LONDON", Jan. 111. The impres
sion prevailed here lodav thai in the
uiiference at Tims ol I'reiuicr l.lovd
(ieorirc. Winston Spencer ( hurclml,
the war minister. Waller llmne l.otii:.
first lord of the admiralty; Huron
Hcnltv. ciniimaiider of the trniiid Heel,
mid Field Marshall Sir llenrv Wil
son, chief of t In imperial staff, il
would be decided to lake some delen
sive action aaainst bolshevik military
airiii'cssion.
The I'ersiiin uovcrniucnl has rc
uuested Ureal Hriliiin lo stale what
assistance can be urivcn Persia in the
event of a bolshevik invasion nn.l
what defensive action bv l'ersia
would accord with 'I lie Hritish policy.
An unconfirmed report from Her
li n savs that Knver Pasha, former
Turkish war minister, who was re
cently crowned kiim of Khurilislan.
has been in Herlin and has proceeded
lo Asia Minor. This raises the
nuestion of whether he was trvimr to
enlist the support of German exlrem
;st elements in cinrvimr mil eoopeni
lion between (he Turks and the bol
slieviki.
LONDON. Jan. 11!. Addition of
Ihe Hritish people is fixed on tin
Near East where recent bolshevik
successes have carried Ihe red Has
sian armies almost up to the thresh
hold of India. Persia, Mesopotamia
and Asiatic Turkey. Cabinet mem
bers and duels ol Ihe llnlish armv
and navy are in Paris today wliilher
Ihcv were hastily summoned vestcr
dav and are conferrinn' with Premier
Llovd (teorire on military and naval
mailers in connection, it is believed.
with conditions in southwestern
Asia.
Apprehension was aroused bv
issuance of a scmi-of ficinl statement
vesterdav pointing on! the situation
that has arisen lhroiic.li the collapse
of General Dciiikinc's armv in south
era Hiissia and bolshevik penetration
of TransSaspia. Not only was it ad-
in'tted the menace from a Kussian
bolshevik invasion, of the Near Kast
is very real, but it was pointed out
Mint internal condition in Persia
Turkey and Afghanistan were threat
cniiiir. Ilrltlsh Hani Pressed
In Mesopotamia 'ti o. the Hritish
are forced to contend with difl'icul
tics arisine- from racial dissension
Il was said that a soviet advance that
captures the Crimea would make the
Black sea virtually a Kussian bolsbe
vik lake, and it was further indical
ed that trrcnt liritain could hope lor
lillle help from Ihe new republics ol
Georgia, Dnubeslnn and Azerbiian
which arc directly in (lie path of the
soviet advance.
While there is a possibility III
bolslieviki mnv .launch an overwhelm
inir attack against Poland, the slate
nient issued vesterdav showed the
greatest preoccupalion of officialdom
was over the debacle ol Denikinc
arni'es and the rapid advance of the
soviet forces toward the Persian and
Afghan frontiers.
Series of Victories
The situation which now confront
Great- Hritaiu and more or less Japa
and China is not of sudden growth,
however. For the past two' monll
or more Ihe lioWieviki have hud an
almost unbroken series of suecesse-i
which have swepl them forward on
all fronts where Iheir forces are be
lieved to be fonirdable.
Admiral Kolcbak's nrmv in Siberi:
seems to have been completely de
fcated if not dispersed. The red;
i.re toilav' far east of Krasnoyarsk
and aie moving nearer Irkul-k. Whil
ports from Siberia have dealt ai
! ""' entirely w ith operations alon
the Siberian railroad, occasional ml
'vices nn ve inoicaicii me ooisuevn,
1 have moved far south of that line and
have established themselves near th
1 Mongolian frontier southwest of Irl;
nlsk.
. Hcd Line 'sjno Mil,.,
rerlher to Ihe s(tolhwes the so
. (Continued on Pago Six)
OLCOTT SIGNS BILL
PUTTING FISH BOARD
INTO STATE POLITICS
V J V V V V
SALKM, .Inn. 1. CnvtM-nor
Oleotl today affixi'il his signa
ture it.' t In Xorhlml-I landli'V
Monti Huh and 1:111110 ciminiiHsioii
1)111 and Kimv it rurrUu) an emer-
ni'tn'V clatisi1. it is now a law.
The executive said when simi-
inn th measure that he ennsid-
ored the segregation (if the eoni-
menial fishing and game inter-
eats "of great importance," and
that it muttered not whether he
or the legislature should ap-
jK.'iut the commission the mea-
sure creates.
4 t ! 4 ! ! !
"JAP" CITIZENSHIP
SALEM. Jan. IB. The house of
the Oregon legislature, by iiunnimom:
vote, today adopted a Joint memorial
to congress asking that national leg
islation bo enacted which would pro
vide Hint the children of such aliens
as cannot by law bo naturalized must
retain the nationality of iheir par
ents.
Tho memorial Is aimed directly
against children born In this country
of Japanese parents, Its authors, In
peeches before tho house, declaring
tho laws should be amended so as lo
prevent all Japanese no mutter whore
thoir birthplace might bo from be
uming American citizens.
SALEM, Jan. 10. M. Vernon Par
sons of Eugene, former member of
Ilia legislature, told friends here to
day that ho will, In a foy days, an
nounce himself as a candidate, for
secretary of state.
SALEM, Jan. 1 0.--Hucauso both
houses have passed u -resolution to
adjourn sine die at noon tomorrow
President Vinton of tho senate an
nounced today that speeches on final
passage bills will be limited to five
minutes as called for la rule two of
tho senate. No senator will be allow-
ed to yield his time to another, It was
said.
LEAD!
CHICAGO, Jan. lfl. Reginald Do
Koven, American operatic composer
and conductor, died hero early today
of apoplexy.
Mr. DeKoven graduated from Ox
ford In lftxn and studied music
Stuttgart, Florence, Paris and Vien
na.
Besides writing music ho served as
musical critic on various New Yor
publications.
Mr. DeKoven, who had beea hero
for SQveral weeks superintending the
production of his opera, "Itip Van
Winkle," was attending a dinner at
tho homo of Mrs. Jacob Fish, when
he became suddenly 111. He died
within a few minutes. The body was
taken to the home of a brother
law, Robert G. McGaan.
in
Mrs. DeKoven had been with her
husband until three days ago, when
she returned to their homo In New
York. A daughter, Mrs. 11. K. Hud
son, lives in New York.
Mr. DeKoven was the founder
the Washington symphony orchestra
of which he was also conductor.
was tho composer of a number of op
eras, and also had written various
music for orchestra and piano.
He
also had written a largo number
of
songs, Including "Oh, Promise Me
and "A Recessional."
Among 'DcKoven's best known op
eras are "Kip Van Winkle," which
hd Its premier in Chicago two weeks
ago, and "Kobln Hood," tho "Man
dnrln." "Her Little Highness," and
"The Wedding Trip."
DeKoven was born at Mlddlutowu
Conn., April 3, 1861.
NAVY HAL
HtSI
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j ALL HISTORY
" 1
Admiral Sims Declares Daniels' Pol
icy of Medal Award Has Entirely
Destroyed Morale of Service
Awardimi D. S. M. to Commanders
Who Loose Shins Unprecedented in
Naval History Not a Personal or
Political F inht But a Patriotic One.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 16. (Hv the
ssocinlcd Press.) On taking. tho
land todav Admiral Suns said
he had received a reply to his
Iter lo Mr. aPniels criticisms;
the methods ol making the naval
awards: Unit the replv was personal
mil siiuplv saiil noj'inal ardor, uu
the awards had been made.
Admiral Sims said somo newspa
pers hail been mistaken in ascrimiig;
personal motives to some or. thosu
ho hail criticised the awards and ill
assuming that advantage was taken
f the incident lo make a personal at
tack on Ihe secretary.
Nothing could be further from the
truth," he said, adding that "in all
probnbililv in the nearly unanimous
opinion of officers of the navy," cer
tain mistakes were made in tho
wards which involved not. only tho
niieslioii ol nisi ico, but the morulu
of the fighling force.
Vssuining llie existence of thesis
convictions on the part of naval of-
icers." Admiral Sims continued, "it
is apparent Hint it is the dutv of the
officers. Hie advisability of whosu
iecorations is in nuestion. officially. '
o present their criticisms and Bug-
geslions in accordance with the nil-''
tliorizalion prescribed for such eases
hv Jhe regulation issued by the nuvy
lepartinent.
The making of such criticisms is,
therefore, not only a duty that tho of-
icers indicated, owe their service.
but it is perfect lv legal and perfectly
proper and does not involve, ns somo
Press coiimieiils have stated or im
plied, anv flavor of insubordination.
"Our navy lacks constructive eriti
ism from the public and necessar
ily so because our naval officers are
forbidden to publish anvthing with
out the permission of. and usually
censorship bv. Hie department. This
is, to sav the least, n singular regu
lulion to be enforced in a democratic.
form ot government : and the lticvit-
ii : . . I. .. i 1 1. A : I.
nine resun is nun uiu jiiiicrictin piiu
lic know less about naval mattcri
than the public ol! anv other consid
erable maritime power, becauso tha
officers of the latter are permitted,
under certain regulations, when not
on duly, to publish anv articles in"
criticism or suggestion which In their
judgment would be of benefit to their
service or Iheir country. A similar
permission graiiled to Americnn na
val officers would not only be of great -
benefit to the public nnd the navy.
but the navy cannot attain its maxi
mum efficiency without it."
Koforring to the case of Com
mander David Worth Hairlcv, brother-in-law
of Secretary Daniels, whoso
recommendation for a navy cross was
changed bv the secretary to a distin
guished service medal. Admiral Sims
aid Commander Haglcv was one of
the most capable voung officers in
the service. The admiral read ft let
ter he wrote Commander Baglev con
gratulating him on his conduct when
his ship, Ihe destroyer Jacob Jones,
was sunk bv u submarine, nnd then
presented a letter from Mr. Daniels
asking the admiral what recommen
dation he had made for medals for
Commander Haglcv and olher officer
of the Jacob Jones.
Admiral Sims suid lie replied that
in cases where commanders of de
si rovers won actions against subma
rines special distinctions were recom
mended but that lie did not recom
mend anv special distinctions in
cases where the "notion resulted in
defent."
Declariii!' that he had rend state
ments in tho press that lie had
recommended every officer on his
staff fur n D. S. XL. tho witness said
he had recommended only 10 officers!
for that decoration out of 202 on his
staff, lie characterized the services
of these officers ns "paramount im
portance,'' nnd reviewed their rec
ords to show why ho recommended
them for decoration.
"Whntevor of recommendation,
praise or credit T mav have gotten out
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