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THE NEW YORK TIMES. FRIDAY. DECEMBER 22, 1922. from his official duties to head the com-. mlttee of business men.

But one opinion put forward today wu that if France -were to consent to the naming of a commission of business men. she would want that commission to be International in scop, with France having representation upon It and freedom formally to refuse to accept findings ar.d make a minority report. XUa Kw Brti rUtn. WASHINGTON. Dec.

21 (Associated Press). A plan under which an American commission would determine how much Germany should be required to pay the Allies In reparations has emerged from the effort to find a way for extending American aid toward the solution of the economic troubles of Eu- rope. Although discussions of the proposal have been kept thus far outsirie the formal channels of diplomacy, the ex-' change of views has developed a thorough understanding In authoritative circles that the United States. Great Britain and Germany all are willing to assent to the creation of such a corneal anion. The plan is -flow before Premier Poin-eare.

and he Is expected to make a decision after he has concluded a series of conferences with Industrial leaders of his own country and of Germany. It is assumed that it will be communicated later to all the nations interested In reparation payments. At the State Department there was a disposition to draw a sharp line of dis tinction between trie activities of Amer ican and other business men In regard to the woblem and the moves made by Government officials themselves. It be came clear during the day. however, that the two groups had kept in close touch and that not only Secretary Hughes but Secretary Hoover and others nign in the Administration were fully advised or eirorta made by President Julius n.

Barnes of the Chamber of Commerce and men in England. France and Germany who hold similar toets in the industrial world to find a formula for solution of the reparations problem. Efferts Begma Six Mentha Age. In authoritative quarters it was learned today that before the commission proposal received the attention of Government officials a first effort to Bring the combined weight of Industrial Influence In the allied countries. Ger many and the United States to bear on the reparations stumbling block were made nearly six months ago.

In Germany. Great Britain, the United States and France, a aeries of private conferences were held between important figures In the International Industrial world. The movement met with stiff opposition in France at that time, but later when" the Council of Premiers laced complete rupture in London this month, the effort was renewed with great hopes of success In finding a com mon ground for a final reparations set a tlement. As to Just how a commission such as that proposed would be selected, from what source it would draw Its power and to whom its report would be made. no definite Information Is available.

It has been suggested in one well informed quarter, however, that the formal pro posal for the new stu.ly of Germany's economic situation might well come at the proper time from the Reparation Commission Itself. That body might also receive the report to be used as a basis for recommendations to the 'Allies for whatever revision of schedules it showed to be necessary. One effect of the disclosure of the rnofflclal negotiations now In nrorress ts to clear sway much of the air of mystery that has surrounded the Wash-. Ington Government's activities for the last few day- it serves as a logical etplanstfon of Veiled suggestions at the 'White House snl In other official quar ters that the united States wss bestirring Itself to aid In a reparations settlement. It is recalled that official statements have been made here that there Is nothing Imminent In the reparations situation.

Since the Premiers to re-assemble In Peris Jan. 2. and the present German moratorium expires Jan. 13. this statement has been taken to mean that no definite development toward a settlement was regarded as likely before the Premiers met.

It now appears that if the unofficial efforts to reach a basis of settlement prior to that tl-ne should prove successful, the French Premier probably would be In a position to disclose the fact to bis collearues of, the allied Governments at that time. In that event it would be logical. It Is said, to expect another postponement of the Premiers' discus Ions and probably sore move toward a brief extension of the moratorium period to permit the 'proposed economic study to be made. voaSsenttoplanyet, SAY BRITISH OFFICIALS tress Deprecates Idea of Inquiry in Germany by American. Business lien.

Cssfrttbt. 1IST. Vf Tb Sew Tors TIsm. Cwspanj Kseclal Cable te Tkb Nsw Toe a Tints. LONDON.

D- 21. The etory of nego tiation between Great Britain and Franc concerning the appointment of sv commission of American business men to settle the amount. Germany can pay In reparations Is flatly denied In official circles today. There-has been no communication from Washington, and. con sequently, the statement that the Brit lab Government has agreed to the plans without foundation.

It would be quite impossible, it is pointed out. for Great Britain to con elder such a matter without consultation with France and Italy, and it is suspected in some quarters that the story cxnanalea rrom oerman sources. Meanwhile the British Government is continuing its preparations for the resumption of the Premiers' conference In January. LONDON. Friday.

rc. 22 (Associated iTessj. ine ionoon Times, In an editorial discussing the Baldwin mission iiuoe me proposed visit or an American commission to Germany, and says while there Is no doubt the British CONFERENCE PROPOSED BY BORAH Ceatlaaed fresa rage 1. Celesta 7. of distress from the producers of the country Is even more piteous than at any time since the war.

The farmer can una no markets abroad for his surplus products, and without a market for his surplus products it is Impossible lor mm to realise value of that which he produces. We now Dronoee to enact a shin sulk- sidy bill, but there are no cargoes to carry and no markets to supply. If we should give our millions In the way of subsidies It would not open a single market nor supply a single cargo. These things are not produced by subsidies. There are millions of shipping tonnage lying idle now waiting to carry the cargoes which da not appear.

Markets are opened and cargoes are produced by men going back to work and settling down to business, not by Imposing more taxes In the way of subsidies. We bad disarmament conference a. year ago. We are now advised by a committee report of the other house that unless these agreements heretofore are extended competition in naval armaments will be on again In the direction to which the Washington conference agreement do rot extend. The committee further ss ys that If it be allowed te go on unchecked this Government must be constrained to launching to keep abreast of other powers.

There couldn't be anything more destructive of all hope of recovery In economic affairs than a reopening of a competitive race tn armaments. No business man or any one else who has reflected upon the situation dares to look over the next year if the rxt year is to be similar to the year which is Just pa sing. It seems to me that there ought to be a herota effort made not only to stop this threatened eaval race but also to deal with eca-BOtnlc conditions. The question of rep Government "would not disapprove of the! proposal to summon an international Bankers Committee to determine wr-' many's capacity to pay. the suggestion that the reparations total should be fixed by a committee composed entirely of Amrlcan buslm-ss men docs not war rant a-riou consideration.

The Times argues that such a committee could only approach the question of Germany's capacity to pav from the point of view of an tssulnir house Invited to raise a loan for Germany. On the question of the Baldwin mission to the United States. The Times suggests the desirability of the funding being arranged on th basis of an annuity nf a fixed amount Durable to the Government, and that It should not be converted into a marketable loan. ii would also be an advantage If arrangements could be made under which England could anticipate redemption of the debt from tlm to time by payments under a discount. The Daily Mail sees In the proposal of an American commission to visit Germany merely a plot of German propagandists." aiming to ret payments to France and Great Britain scaled down.

When the sentimentalists have been completely hoaxed regarding Germany's resources and the reparation terms fixed at some absurdly low figure." says The Mall, "then the vast German plants will be set working at full speed to drive British and French trade from every market. We do not think this trap will catch any but very, very simple people. It would certainly be a cruel In-Jury to the whole British nation If German reparations were scaled down 'while Great Britain was required to pay is equivalent to a gigantic inucmmi to the United States." The paper urges Great Britain to stand firmly by Franre. While the British, like other European Governments, would be only too ready to welcome the slightest sign of the American Government or people taking an active Interest In the problem, here as always It Is recognized that the real key to the problem lies In Paris. It Is understood that the conversations between the French and British Governments are continuing.

In an endeavor to find some ground of agreement for the adjourned conference of the Premiers to be held in Paris Jan. 2. Premier Polncare's speech In the French Senate today seems to show but little change In attitude on the part of the French Government, but the general belief In London is that, should the prospect again arise of inducing America to interest herself In Europe's problems, the French Chamber would perhaps be willing to yield somewhat In Its heretofore Intransigent attitude on reparations. Italian public opinion Is deeply Interested in what will be the attitude of the United States on the question of reparations and Interallied debts, says a dispatch to the Times from Rome. The tendency is to believe that Its action, when It comes, will be in response to the suggestion of Slgnor Mussolini, the Italian Premier, at the recent London conference.

Italy, the dispatch adds. Is not likely, however, to assent to any pUn which would prevent the renewed Premiers' conference reaching definite decisions, and Slgnor Mussolini still bolls to his Intention not to attend the conference unless such decisions are reasonably certain. His view appears to be. while warmly welcoming any assistance the United States is willing to give in the solution of the European problem, that the ground previously traversed should not be gone over again and that a new inquiry Into Germany's capacity to pay would only further accentuate the differences In the French and English viewpoints, without appreciably clarifying the situation. GUNS GUARD SEARCH FOR VICTIMS OF MOB Louisiana Troops Take Measures to Protect Themselves Against Sniping at Mer Rouge.

MER ROUGE. Dec 21. Bivou acked on the uhona of Morehouse Parish lakes, a company of the Louisiana Na tional Guard faces the prospect of spending the Christmas holidsys dragging the waters and affording protection to professional divers In an effort to recover the remains of Watt Daniels and Thomas Richards, residents of Mer Rouge, who are believed to have been murdered by masked and white-robed men of three States. Two days of effort on the part of the military and seventy-five men and boys of the parish have been fruitless. Un successful in tne attempt to recover in bodies In Lakes Cooper and Lafourche, the search will be extended to other lakes In the vicinity.

We will drag every lake In the parish until we find them." Captain W. W. Cooper, commanding the company, said today. Machine guns were planted at strategic points on the lake shores late In the afternoon as a precaution against the possibilities of sniping on the part of those aligned with the mob that swooped down upon five Mer Roue resident last August while they were returning from a ceieDrauon ana earned tnem orr to a punishment ground, where they were severely handled. Daniels and Richards have been missing since that night.

It is believed that the slaying of the two men was not premeditated. Young ianieis reseniea me merciless Hogging administered to his seventr-vear-old father, and. tearing off the mask of one or tne men. recognized him and called out his name, which was heard br Rich ards. and -tooth men were slain in the fight that ensued, according to a story creaiieu memoers or tneir la ml lies.

The bodies were then believed to have been weighted down with wagon wheels and thrown into one of the nearby lakes. Department of Justice men who have been working on the case for manv months are said to know the identity or many mamoon oi me moo. ir tne bodies are recovered, which would estab lish that a murder had been committed wnoiesaie arrests win i allow, and a court will be established In Bastrop, the parish seat, where open hearings under the direction of Governor Parker and ether State officials win be established. Soundings by professional divers at Lafourche Ferry Landing-today, where Investigators had charted the probable location of the bodies, revealed that the depth of the lake at that point was such as to make successful operations there almost an impossibility. arations is the key to the European situation.

If that cannot be adjusted nothing can be adjusted. It may be possible in a conference of this kind to break the deadlock on that subject. If there is a better program anywhere around. I should be glad to waive this suggestion. It will be noted that the Borah amend ment also carries the provision, which wss voted into the bill by the House.

which suggests to the President that he call a conference to discuss the advisability of an international agreement to limit the construction of naval vassels oi lo.oov tons displacement or less as well as a reduction in air armament. Such an agreement would affect all sub marines and destroyers as well as cruis ers of the smaller types. This provision waa left in the bill by the Senate committee. Senator Idg. Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations.

Is opposed to the House amendment. The position of Senator Lodge Is that since France and Italy have not ratified the naval treaty, which calls for a reduction in major battle tonnage. It Is useless at this time to discuss a reduction In vessels of the smaller classes. The Lodge position has considerable support in the Senate. The Borah amendment, bow-ever, goes so much farther than the House provision that the House amendment" is not now expected to occasion any extended debate In the Senate.

When the Borah proposition comes tn a vote It will mean that the Senate must go on record not only as regards armament on land but also on the greater and more serious question of the European financial question. The Naval bill as reported by the Sen ate committee appropriates 1205. R04 378 for the fiscal year 192.1. This Is S1.2.V).. 604 more than the appropriation for the current fiscal year and an Increase of II.7U7.B40 over the total carried in the bill as It passed the House.

Increases tn the Items voted br the Senate committee include fftn.l.ooo for the Bureau of Ordinance, fl.ooo.ooo for the Naval Reserve Force. f.VK).((00 for the purchase and manufacture of torpedoes and torpedo appliances and $150,000 for the Bureau of Engineering. For the. prosecution of work on vessels now under construction the House appropriated I20.0oo.ooo. Toe Senate reduced this to fllOW.OOO.

TOPERS IN TERROR OF FASGISTI DOSING Castor Oil Cure in Alessandria Stops All Drunkenness in Two Days. CROOKS ALSO REFORMED Some Are Vigorously Cudgeled After Warning Until All Agree to Be Good. Ooprrlsiit. istl. by Th Ksw Tor Tinas Company.

6psrlal Cable to Ths Niw Toss: Timbs. ROME. Dec 21. Alessandria. In Northern Italy, has performed a municipal feat without a parallel, for in less than a couple of weeks drunkenness and all sorts ef crime have been abolished there.

There has been a demonstration In dramatic fashion that It Is not necessary to resort to acts of Parliament to make people sober and strtcly law-abiding. The reformers are. of course, the local Fasclstl. They accomplished the uplift by force with the aid of castor oIL They lure people away from crime and cudgel good citizenship Into them. First of all.

the Alessandrlan Black Shirts set out to stop drunkenness In the town. They did It tn a couple of nights. Bands of stalwart Fascist! armed with the stoutest "of sticks paraded the streets and every person found even moderately under the Influence of liquor was seised, very stiffly dosed with castor oil and warned that the next time they ould be very thoroughly cudgeled. Then the Fasclstl ordered that a supply of castor oil had to be kept In every establishment where drink was sold. It was to be prominently displayed there as a warning that every excess would be quickly followed by long pull of that nauseous liquid.

Ever- half hour or sq strong patrols of Fasclstl would visit cafes, wineshops, restaurants and other places where drink was sold to see if any one needed their attention. On the third day of this severe regime it was reported that during the twenty-four hours no castor ol. had been ad ministered and there has not been a single case of drunkenness In Alessan dria. The Black Shirts then opened the second stage of their campaign, the abolition of crime of all sorts. A thieves" congress waa called and a sternly worded warning was Issued that all roughnecks, light fingered gentry, burglars.

thieves. pickpockets and "wrong una" generally would find It well to attend the gathering. A considerable number of them had already made the acquaintance of the cudgel and the castor oil cure, so the attendance was large and representative. The gathering was bluntly informed that the sternest possible measures were going to be taken to bring back to the straight and narrow path of rectitude all those who had left it. There was not going to be another chance for anybody.

All had to drop crime there and then. Nothing so mildly persuasive as natiw nil would be resorted to. Do not go away with the impression that we do not mean business, tne Congress was told. if you ao noi change your trade you will have to reckon with Fasclstl cudgels, which will send you directly to the hospital, and sometimes still more oireciiy mortuary." The next day the campaign was opened. A number of wrongdoers found that the asclsti were every whit as good as their wom.

mere was a nay and a night when the cudgel was applied with right good win tnrougnoui town. Finally all persons -witn ponce roun records soon reported themselves as reformed characters to the black shirt authorities. They were housed in a sort of prison dormitory and then, as work could be found, they received employment of an honest nature. EXPLAINS LOAN ATTITUDE. Albert Thomas Says France Expects Germany to Pay.

Wishing to correct the Impression he felt that headlines gave to his address before the City Club on Wednesday evening, Albert Thomas. Director of the International Labor Office, said yesterday: I could not but have been deeply moved by Mr. Lamont's generous suggestion of a loan to France, which I consider to be an expression of Justified confidence in my country For the settlement of hee. temporary financial difficulties France could only welcome such a proposal. But what I tried to explain at con siderable length waa that a loan to France would not solve the question of reparations, trance nopes to obtain money, not by loan but by navment.

What should be aimed at Is an International loan In which the charges under certain conditions to De determined would be borne by Germany. Without knowing the Possible Intentions of my Government. I think that I speak In agreement with general public opinion of all shades In France when I express my alarm at plans for loans which would constitute further advances by franca iot mar payment oi oerroan liabilities." POIHCARE WILL ASK TREATY PENALTIES Contlaaed fresa Page 1, Celsma S. the end of the year France would have paid 100.000.000.000 franca to German account, and as a result her budgetary resources and her finance were slowly slipping to ruin. Mast Restore Devastated Districts.

For the people in the devastated districts, who still were without houses. there could be no furter moratorium. The work of reconstruction must go on, but If it were to go on It was essential that Germany should pay. How was It to be done? There are many fields In which the Allies have the right to first charge for the cost of reparations under Article 248 of the'Treaty of Versailles. This right I wish to make a concrete reality.

I shall ask our allies to take these measures with us. or let us take them for the common good. The same article of the treaty gives the Allies the right to prevent, through the Commission on Reparations, all exports of gold. But the Germans have not respected this clause. Beyond her paper money Germany has-in abundance of real estate which might serve as a guarantee for our claims.

But some will say, Do you want to ruin Germany and stifle herT What nonsense! Did we attack Germany Did we have war alms like hers? Did we ever frame plans for the destruction of her mines and factories and carry them out systematically like she dldT We don't want to ruin Germany. But we don't want her to hitch behind the facade of poverty which she has today created, so that a few years hence she can emerge and mock us with our real and definite poverty. With only that reserve we will not. In any way whatever, oppose any effort which Ger-' many may make to stabilise her money. We would be glad to see her float Internal and foreign loans which would help her mobilize her debt.

That Is provided MEXICANS TO EXPLORE TOMBS OF FIVE KINGS Important Discoveries Expected at Monte Allan, Shrine of the Zapoteca Race. Opjrrlstit. lIi. br Ths Nrw Tori TlmM Company. Special Cabl to Ths Nbw You Times.

MEXICO CITY, Dec 21. The greatest ruins known In Mexico, the tombs of five Kings, situated on the top of Monte Alban. near the City of Oaxaca. will soon be explored. It Is expected that new discoveries will throw light on the origin of the Zapoteca race, which Inhabits the State of Oaxaca.

'and will also establish a connection with Yucatan. Carved stones found at the entrance to the mounds show different figures from those found at Mltla, at the extreme ehd of the Oaxaca Valley. The first discoveries at Monte Alban show a series of pointed arches similar to the ruins In Yucatan and entirely distinct from the flat arches used at Mltla. Investigations now being carried on at Mopte Alban show a large group of mounds on top of the mountain extending Into a flat valley. The Monte Alban hills are entirely separated from the other mountain ranges which enclose the valley of Oaxaca, where the city is situated.

The principal mounds on top of the mountain form a huge square, enclosing court yards. These court yards are supposed to have been used for games and ceremonies and the mounds forming the square seem to have been used as minor temples. The yards are dominated by several high mounds east and west, the ends of the mountain being fifty feet higher. The sides "of Monte Alban. which stands about NW feet above the valleys, show old terraces.

Other hills are Interlaced, and Monte Alban with the tombs of the Kings waa considered to be the principal object of worship on the part of the Indians who Inhabited the valleys. The ruins, although known for many years, have not been explored owing to the lack of funds. Congress at Its last session voted the sum designated for use by Manuel Gamio, chief of the archaeology department of the Government, for a complete exploration of the ruins. Gamio. after a personal inspection this month, ordered a concentration of worklngmen.

who will live in tents until the exploration Is finished. The Department plans to drive tunnels through the mounds, sinking shafts until the tombs are completely explored. Experts who have visited Monte Alban predict that the greatest discoveries ever known In Mexico, with the excepUon of Yucatan will be made. The Department of Fomento. headed by Ramon Denegri.

has a corps of specialists studying the folk lore and customs of the Zapoteca Indians, who are the direct descendants of the Zapoteca tribe, which was one of the strongest In Mexico before the conquest. Reports show that many herbs are used by Indians living In remote psrts of Oaxaca. where contact with civilisation hss been practically lost, for the same diseases as leading doctors of the world use them for. A study of the folklore reveals that the Indians, despite the attempts of Catholic priests to convert them, are still bound by ancient traditions. At Mitla the priests built a large church In the centre of the ruins, using many carved stones for the building, yet twice a year, starting Oct.

13. Indisns from all parts of Oaxaca meet In the ruins carrying fruits and- food which are deposited, because their traditions say that the souls or all the dead Innablt Mltla. which means the meeting place of souls. The studies prove without doubt that the ancestors of the Zapotecas built the ruins at Mitla when at the height of their power, attempts by priests to stamp out their customs fall because on these special days the Indian mind reverts to inherited customs. While Mexico has thousands of mounds, yet experts believe that the explorations at Monte Alban will cause a sensation in the archaeological world.

4 RESCUED IN BAY AS BOAT BLOWS VP Converted Submarine Chaser Ce- lestine Wrecked by an Explosion of Gasoline. Four men. comprising the crew of the converted submarine chaser Celestlne. were rescued In the upper bay yesterday wnen the craft was blown up. The men, suffering from slight bums and submersion, were taken to the Staten Island Hospltsl at New Brighton.

They were Herman Klmman of 21 East Twenty fourth Street; Samuel Ross, Market Street. Newark: Frank, McDonald. 43 Thomas Street. Newark, and Frank E. Bowers, captain of the boat, who made nis nome on the craft.

The bay, was covered by a haze late yesterdav afternoon when the Celestlne drew up alongside a Standard Oil barge and obtained- 110 gallons of gasoline. As she started down the bay toward the Narrows, smoke was ob served aft and soon flames were seen. Men on board a Merrltt Chapman launch heard an explosion and seeing the flames, were soon alongside. The launch picked' up three men who- were struo gllng In the water, and starting for shore picked up the fourth man. The burning boat was towed to Pier at Tompklnsvllle where the fire boat.

Zopher Mills, coming from St. George, helped to extinguish the flames but not oeiore tne ueiestine was almost completely destroyed. ii Refuses Paroles to Bootleggers. ST. PAUL, Dec.

21. Ten re quests of bootleggers for Christmas paroles have been refused. Federal Judge Page Morris announced today, including one whose wedding wss set for Christ-mss Day. The Judge sdvlsed Miss siaoei ritzgiraia to nave the scheduled Christmas Day ceremony performed in tne fiamsey county Jan or postpone it. ier nance, Albert Carlson.

Is one of numerous Doorieggers on wnom sixty- nay jau sentences were Imposed by for In the treaty, and It would be In the luicirm oi an mat sne should Pay lump sums of capital rather than crumbs of annuities i But that is not to ssy that the pay- ui leysrations snouid Oa trans felTed Into the hanrla rt Should hfl ttet 1 1 kaWAn U. I. Governments with the aid of the Con- "iun on reparations. TTiat, added the Premier. Is whst the ro suing 10 taiK about on Jan.

2. And also they will discuss the question of Interallied debts. In the peace treaty It Is recognised that Oer-mnnJL not made responsible for war, ana mat thes costs should be deferred by each nation JAnc? these costs amounted to iio.uuu.utsj.isiu rrancs. it waa a debt contracted In the Interests of all the nations In the warfourht on French solL .1 that France snouid be called upon to pay her war costs to her allies and associates before the debt of reparations, which had nrlorl i over ever, w.j i Ly. 'P At France had the at me Allies should not claim payment from her before she suffered.

His reception In London, the Premier said, had aiven Mm the greatest feeling Of confidence that lh to "Tm would be carried through suc- i'uu' ii aivergenoes or view exist between us. we will not let them become disagreements." he asserted. tn speech, by unanimous vote the Senate gave its confidence to thl Premier to continue the negotiations begun In London. No Longer Walt lag en Is. TARIS.

Dec. 21 (Associated Pres.i France Is no longer forced to wait upon America for a solution nf inter allied European debts, which are closely hound up with the question of reparations." Prpmler lnlnnr w.v. Mir ornate today In a re-statement of the The interallied debts, he said, would HA ltlfllsfl mt Vi rt a 1 1 i v. Premier conference here on January ninn nvi luunn a ireer ileld In this respect than before, aa sne no longer met with a flat refusal from her allies to discuss the question. It was for this reason that she was no longer forced to await action by the United States for a solution.

BISHOPS CALL ON US TO LEAD THE WORLD Methodist Board Urges Repent ance for "Our Share in. Aid of Unchristian Policies." SAD THAT MEN DIED IN VAIN But Sadder That We Live In VaJn- Ecortomlc and Political Justice Demanded. Special to The Neu Yorle Time: CHICAGO. Dec. 21.

The Board of Bishops of the Methodist Episcopal Church, In a statement Issued In Chicago today, calls the nation to indi vidual and national repentance for what ever share we, may, have taken In the defense and support of un-Christlan programs of power." The statement, which was adopted by twenty-six Bishops In conference, scores what Is termed unjust accumulation and Inequitable distribution of huge surplus profits by financial corporations and the distribution of rewards of conquest the form of governmental mon opolies. America." the statement says. should unhesitatingly accept her full responsibility for leadership In the restoration of a broken world. She should refuse to sanction any war except for strictest self defense of humanity. She should continue to advocate universal disarmament and should not hesitate In asking that an International conference be called for this great purpose." The statement Is as follows: Facing the social, political and spiritual problem of the world today, we call for a frank reappraisal of national and radical motives and practices.

Christian society is based upon the Idealism of Its founder. The altruism and self sacrifice of Jesus Christ are the proper motives of our modern associated lives. Yet. the growth of personal and organized greed has limited ad often defeated these Ideals. Society today stands in great danger from pagan methods or gain and control.

We look with profound concern on the havoc wrought by our recent war. Kour years after the armistice we live in a world of chaos: Millions of European. Asiatic and American youths gave their lives at the call of idealism. Certainly, those of us who live should have the courage to practice the ideals for which we enlisted them In battle. It Is sad to contemplate the possibility of our dead having died In vain but sadder still that we should now live in vain.

The world waits for that heroic power of personal, national, ec clesiastical abandon to Christ program of confidence and good-wilL The first correction of the world's woes is sincere repentance. Therefore, beginning with our personal lives, we call for individual and national pent TIMES MAN VIEWS SPLENDORS OF TOMB Ceatlaaed fr Page 1. Colosaa 5. pure lofty estheticism and amazing skill of the craftsman constitute a startling revelation. It shows not only that the imperial splendor of ancient Fgypt was far more delicate and magnificent than was Imagined or equated In the world's history, but also that the later greatest craftsmen of ancient Greece were mere hacks compared to the master who designed and adorned this throne.

This is a big statement to make, but I have the authority of tne world-famous Professor Breasted for It. Every Infinitesimal piece of the many kinds of precious stones which adorn the throne. Including the portrait of the King on the back of it had to be ground on little stone wheels and worked with the smallest stone implements. All -the authorities, here agree that It Is one of the wonders of the world. In the left corner of the first antechamber are the chariots of the King, also adorned with the most valuable stones of that They are' not mere ornaments, because obviously they had been used.

They are magnificently Inlaid with ivory, lapls-lazull. malachite, Ac, while on the backs are hieroglyphics, cut In Ivory-Opposite the front entrance are three beautiful tapers. Here Is a discovery of the first magnitude, because it Is the first evidence of how the ancient Egyptians illuminated their houses. They are of bronse, surmounted with gold and ivory. The wicks are twisted linen, which were soaked in oil and attached to rods by gold circlets.

They are the sole specimens of ancient tapers In existence. Happily they are intact. Along the further side of the first chamber are three high royal couches richly gilt and evidently used by the King and Queen and perhaps their most Intimate friends. They are strongly but delicately made. They are about three and a half feet from the ground and are the most perfect specimens of their kind extant.

Beneath them are two smaller boxes, one containing what waa at first thought to be the robes of the King, but later Investigation indicates that they are robes of the Queen. When King Zoser. 3.000 years before Christ, was afflicted with an attack cf melancholia his physician ordered a number of the most beautiful women In the Capital to be dressed only In diaphanous bead net robes and to row the King's barge around the sacred Iske at Karnak to amuse him. Thus began the fashion In ancient Egypt of bead net robes, of which these of the Queen Ankh-osenamen are perfect specimens. But transcending the robes In beauty Is the magnificent work on the ltd of the Queen's box.

In a room where exquisite artistic perfection Is the dominating note, the work Is almost Incomparable; It laagaln the master who had Inspired the artistry of the fashioned throne. The ftiery of Tutankhamen. No finer human Interest no more thrilling drama, no greater archaeological revelations could be summoned from'hlstory or the most vivid Imagination than Is told by the mute objects in this tomb of King Tutankhamen mute objects that speak with golden eloquence and 'Whose message Is now being revealed to the world. King Akhenaten 3,000 years ago, in the year 1373 B. C.

and In the eighteenth dynasty of the ancient Theban Kings, ascended the double throne of Upper and Lower Egypt. He had two daughters. One married Smenkkara. who as revealed by the discovery of the tombs-later reigned as co-Rogent with Akhenaten. As the affix 'Aten" implies, the sovereigns were adherents of the solar tence for whatever ahare we may have taken in the defense and support of an un-Chrlstian program of power.

We urge all Christians to make confession with us and enter Into a worldwide and co-operative restoration of the nn1ltll mil social lire everywhere upon the basis of the welfare or all instead or me privilege vl few. Here and there only lies relief from the miltaristic heritage of the past and. from the present economic causes or war. This program means a broadening of brotherhood and substitution of service for rewsrd; the discovery of the spiritual values of labor, the policy of freedom of speech, press, conference and contact, Toleration and co-operation in religious, economic and social organlza- "nsuch a program will so mold political procedure by the principle of Christianity ss to meet the basic, economlo and social needs of the entire com- deplore the distribution of rewards of conquest In the form of governmental monopoly and territorial control for personal and selfish advantage. We deplore the multiplication of taxes, armaments and pompous display, and urge the nations of the world, not only to limit but to destroy these bulwarks of hatred.

America should unhesitatingly accept full responsibility for leadership in the restoration of a broken world. It should not acquiesce in Imperialistic politics and intrigues tnai mae i.ki Tf ahnuM refuse to sanction any war except for self-defense or defense of humanity. It should continue to advocate universal niiarmiuncm should not hesitate asking that an International conference be called lor this great purpose. It our solemn jummcin nothing short of the application of the principles of Jesus Christ in governmental, eccleslatlcal. educational and racial life today will meet the need.

The whole world stands appalled at the colossal failure of any other program. Let us now frankly and honestly We pledge ourselves to co-operate with all governmental, socUl and religious bodies to heal the suspicion and hate whlcn wouna manmna Therefore. without regard to traditional dissensions we ire easier tn loin hands with any -in taWa ripclslv. and im mediate action. This 1s the hdur for all Chrlrtlans In the broadest charity to say If you love what I love.

If your heart la aa my heart, give me thine hand. CHARGE FALSE LOAN RUMORS German Business Men Say Bankers Made Fortune In Mark Speculation. Copyright. 1922. by The Chicago Tribune Co.

BERLIN. Dec 2L Charging that group of American and German bankers made 11.000.000 in the last mark man! pulatlon at the expense of the German public. Industrial leaders here are trying to have a governmental Investigation. The assertion is made that although hankers realize that an attempt is be- ins- made to stabilise the mark through false rumors In the press, neb. as the rumors that a large American loan was contetmnlated.

these rumors can be traced directly to a group of bankers. Every one connected with financial circles know American bankers cannot ritarnaa loans until reDaratlons are regu lated." said one of Germany's Industrial magnets today. Bankers sell bonds to the people. None but unreliable bank- era could recommend a loan on securi ties against which another had a first mortgage with the right of foreclosure. which France has now got." monothestic faith, which has been referred as the heretical belief of some Kings of the later Egyptian dynasties.

Tutankhamen married the favorite daughter of Akhenaten. About 1359 B. C. Akhenaten and Smenkkara died together, or simultaneously ceded the throne to Tutankhamen. It was known that Tutankhamen first reigned at Tell Kl A mam which la the most northerly district of Egypt, and adhered to the Aten faith, but later turned to Thebes, where, under the overwhelming pressure of the Amen priests, he renounced the Aten fslth.

wherein not only he waa born, reared and crowned but the faith wherein his royal wife was born, named, reared and married and wherein her royal father had been a god and embraced the Amen or orthodox religion of Thebes. Beyond that little Is known of Tutankhamen. Dug Within Few Feet ef Temb. During the past 100 years archaeological research In Upper Egypt has brought to light the tomb of every single one of the important Pharaohs except Tutankhamen. The last Important dls- i covery was In 1006 by the American, Theodore Davis.

A little later.indeed. his field directors had burrowed to within a few feet of Tutankhamen's tomb when tfvey decided to cease excavations in that particular spot. The Earl of Carnarvon then appeared in and engaged Howard Carter, whoHtor-merly worked for Davis, to continue the excavations. Although it was not certain that Tutankhamen's tomb was not at Tell El Amarna, where the King first reigned. Carter, with remarkable faith, persisted that the tomb was somewhere In the Valley of the Kings.

At the end of thirty-one years' work be returned to England in 1020. While there ho' felt the conviction grow upon him that Tutankhamen's tomb was under the tomb of Rameses which Is tomb j. 9 In the Valley of the Kings. He returned Immediately, commenced excavating and actually burrowed to within six feet of the stairway to the tomb when he had to cease last year, unable to continue owing to illness. He returned In October of this year and after digging less than a week found the top step which led to the outer door of the tomb.

This Itself Is a strange story, but Is lost In the glorious perspective of the whole which was revealed when the tomb was opened for preparations with the object of removal to the Cairo museum. This Is the culmination of Carter's thirty-three years' work a culmination which he is hardly able yet. to convince himself Is true. When, as already described in Ths Nrw Yobs: Times the outer chambers of the totr.b wert formally opened In the presence or a small select gathering, the first impression gained by a perusal of the contents In the flickering dim candle light waa that It was the cache of Tutankhamen. It was thought his sacred remains had been removed from, the real tomb of Tutankhamen by th-later priest-kings of ancient Egypt when they became too weak to protect the hallowed resting places of the earlier Pharaohs whom they had deposed, but whose remains they religiously venerated.

They removed the mummies to one selected spot and the funerary object to different places hoping thereby to ensure undisturbed rest, not only for the mummies but for the sepulchral objects, which according to therellglon of the period were required by the deceased in the next world. But in any rase it was a store of the objects of Tutankhamen and that would make' It a discovery of the greatest magnitude. Since the tomb was opened, however, more facts have come to light, showing the discovery as Incomparably more Important than a cache. It Is now certain that here Is the royal tomb of a Pharaoh practically Intact the first tomb of a Pharaoh to be found In such an astonishingly wonderful condition and probably the only one that ever will be found LADY RHONDDA WINS DIVORCE IN LOUDON Obtains Decree Against bir Humphry Mackworth foe and Misconduct. DECREE FOR LADY FRASER Miss Helena Normanton the First Woman Barrister Heard In a London High Court.

Epeelal Cable to Ths Nsw Toe Times. LONDON, Dec. 2L A decree nisi was granted In Divorce Court today to Viscountess Rhondda against her hus band. Sir Humphry Mackworth, on grounds of his desertion and mlscon-! duct There was no denfense. For the first time woman barrister, Mrs.

Helena Normanton, appeared to plead in high courts in London. She represented a wife who sued for divorce before Justice Horridge. Mrs. Normanton's hair was carefully tucked up under a wig which gleamed new and white In comparison with those of her "learned friends" who occupied seats around her. One truant wisp, however, strayed over her Immaculate wing collar.

She wore horn-rimmed spectacles, and on her left hand a wedding ring occasionally reflected sharply the artificial lights in the dim courtroom. Mrs. Normanton manner was direct, her voice was high and clear, and she spoke rspidly, sometimes reaching a speed of 2u0 words a minute. She spoke almost continuously for ten minutes, during which time the evidence was concluded and a decree nisi granted. Aa she resumed her seat many barristers leaned over and whispered their congratulations, and Mrs.

Normanton smiled happily through her glasses. LONDON. Dec 21. Lady Helen Mary Fraser. wife- of Sir John Foster Fra-ser.

widely known lecturer, obtained a divorce from her husband todar on the grounds of misconduct. Before her marriage Lady Fraser was Helen Mary Lawrence, daughter of Francis Lawrence of Seattle. Wash. Lady Rhondda. formerly a.

militant suffragist, and for some time one of the leading figures in the British business world, was denied a seat In the House of Lords last May after a long fight for admission. Last March the Lords Committee on Privileges granted her petition for a seat, but On reconsideration the committee decided that her claim had not been established. Ladv Rhondda is the daughter of the late Viscount Rhondda, Food Controller during tne war. ne succeed ea mm in the direction of many of his large business enterprises. In making up yowr CsrUfmos Kit do not forget the Hundred Neediest Coses.

3fax ckeck payable fo EVSDRED SEEDIEST CASES FVSD and mail to Tho Kete York Tim, Time Square. etc York. In such a condition, as the tombs of all the other important Pharaohs have been discovered. The tombs of the priest-kings remain for discovery, but they are' much less important than their predecessors. The first question Intriguing the archaeologists is how this tomb comes to bear the seal of the Pharaonic cemetery administrations and yet appears to be Intact, as the cemetery administrators only entered the tombs for collection of evidence against those accused of rifling them.

The answer Is most Important archaeologically. It is too early for a definite statement, -but It is known that Tutankhamen's tomb was made about 1358 B. C. It Is evident that the tomb of Rameses which Is directly above Tutankhamen's in the hillside, was not built until 200 years afterward. The presumption Is that when Tutankhamen's tomb was made It was so well concealed after burial that the later tombmaker was unaware of Its proximity when constructing the tomb of Rameses VL Thus every shovelful of earth and every piece of rock brought from Rameses VL'i sepulchre and thrown down the hill were burying deeper Tutankhamen's mausoleum below, and, so far as the authorities of those days are concerned.

It became lost in the bowels of the earth. Zsesped Bavsges ef Robbers. Thus when later tomb robbers got beyond control oi the weakening Theban authorities they had no idea of the position of Tutankhamen's tomb. They were unable to rifle It. and because the priest-kings were unaware of Its location they were unable to remove the mummy or the funerary This evidence is of momentous Importance, because if substantiated It proves that here ts a Pharaonic burial practically untouched, and.

sine ail the other Pharaonic tombs have been found, the last becomes Incomparably the greatest, as all the others bad been greatly disturbed. There seems no doubt that robbers violated the tomb and also that the Pharaonic cemetery authorities entered it. as seals of the administration were found among fifty seals on the outer doorway. But It also seems that the robbers did very little damage. The explanation probably Is that the robbers entered the tomb soon after Tutankhamen's death while the prestige of the cemetery authorities was still hlghi The robbers.

therefore, hastily examined the tomb for portable valuables and then decamped before, doing much damage. The lelt motif of this story Is that this is the sole 'example of Pharaonic royal burial ever found complete with the effects, and that It already shows beyond dispute that the Imperial age of Egypt, far from being a period of crude and barbaric splendor, transcended in refinement and aesthetic perception even such periods ss the Italian renaissance or the time of Louis XIV. AMERICANS CAN SEE TOMB. Tourists Will Be Allowed to View Treasures Found at Thebes. Through the courtesy of the Earl of Carnarvon, the head of the exploring party, and the officials of tne Egyptian Antiquities Bureau Amerlcai tourists visiting Egypt In the next three months will be able to see the treasures recently unearthed at Thebes In Upper Egypt, opposite to Luxor on the Nile, just as they were found.

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