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WRONG VIEW TAKEN OF "TIGER'S" TOUR Andre Tardieu Declares Clemenceau Sought Only Psy .1 etiological trrect. POLITICS HAD NO PART Fiench Statesman Also Says European Reconstruction Plan Must Precede TJ. S. Plan. BV AMJRE TAHDIKl.

Former French High Cumin iawiouer to the I'nited Platen. Dispatch to Star. 1 PARIS, December went to Havre to greet Clemenceau and returned to Paris to find the press full of vague solutions which the United States is supposed to plan concerning reparations. This coincidence affords an opportunity to make clear certain distinctions which can't help being useful. did not go to America with a political object, much less I'tiuncial.

in view. The object was psychological and moral. He thought Americans needed to know the French viewpoint better and that he could them something on that subject. He went and talked, as lie does everything. frankly and squarely.

He obtained the results sought ana found it worth while listening t'? him, just as he found it worth while to talk to them. a clear, definite plan, ne novel for a moment departed from it. He asked nothing: and proposed nothing: a positive solution, which solely an affair for the governments themselves. He wanted to prepare the ground for subsequent conversations. Whether tares or wheat is sown in this ground by others does not depend on him.

His task is finished. Only German. I emphasize this because there have been attempts to establish a reltaionship between t'lemenceau's trip and the jmlitieo-financial projects with which the press of both continents now is full. Such a relationship does not exist. Having stated Clemenceau's purpose.

1 will now pass -to quite a different subject, namely, this matter which Hp papers call the American plan. This plan was first presented to the public as official, but the mistake was quickly corrected. Next, it was attributed to eminent financial person 0. uui piumyi ucniH! of that, so today the plan is i finite. Though first announced as a method for European reconstruction, it is really only a method to help Germany.

We in Prance do not see any objection to aiding Germany if we thought she could or would be helped, but her policy of the last three years has been one of always choosing the worst, and nothing indicates a change of heart. hope this will not be called aid is to be given Germany we would like the conditions to he such that our just reparations will not be excluded. The plan which has caused such a great sensation does not fulfill either of these conditions. Provide Payments. Tf you in the United States think that some day you can do something for the financial peace of Europe, with which political peace is so closeiy bound, we you to remember that there Is no peace without justice and any restoration of Europe with the invaded paying for the invader would be the worst of injustices.

It is highly desirable to put Germany in order, but dangerous to do so without subordinating this to the execution of the engagements solemnly contracted by Germany and which is based not only on treaties but on eouity. The suggested plan does not recognize this necessity. Such a competent judge as J. P. Morgan declares that a loan to la rope does not solve the reparations problem.

I myself have written this thousand times and now restate: Nobody pretends a final absolute perfect solution is possible without the United States, for when the solution finally is agreed upon the United States will be needed to act as bank- I and to mobilize the needed ele- ments. This point has not been reached nor is anything: like it evi- lent in the present state of disor- ionization and I. myself, do not see what the United States could pos- i i I o. Need Kuropeaa Plan. Before appealing to the United States tbc Kuropean powers must know on what basis they are in agreement.

In other words, before i cati accept any American plan we have a European plan. The lat- of course, is insufficient without the former, but is necessary as a basis. 'What will the conference of January us in this direction?" Nobody knows and I fear Bonar Law and i'oincare are not better informed than the others. The conversations will be where they broke off on De- cefhber 12. Will they understand one ipotlwr better in 1923 than in.

1922? so. but it does not seem that nnch imigiitatfon has been used on either Side in that direction. Afterho. many misunderstandings they realize the importance of the entente. But will they? Lets the new year will bring pleasant sur- prises (Copyright, aii unur DDrui UMLOrv un numu ontn i OPPOSED BY i Peasants Resent Proposed Govern- meut Curtailment of Pri, vate Distilling.

n.T tlie Associated Press. FARIS. December peasants are in an unhappy frame of' min'l owing to the recent proposal In' chamber of deputies either; to take away their ancient privilege, making their own rpplejack. prime I lirandy and other hard drink? or else reduce the quantity it liquors; to distill tax-free, distilling is allowed, provided It isdlbve 011 each farmer's own premises. the liquors being made from his own fruits and for private consumption qnly.

I The proposition to curtail or do a way. with this privilege is ascribed peasants to the distillers, who claim inroads are being made on their through illicit distilling and sales of tax-free liquors. The government is also annoyed over the loss occasioned by these sales. Although there is a serious dislncll to AioMipK tho disHHins' rlirhta the farmers, which have existed since the middle ages, the members i.f the government have, asked the peasants not to place themselves on a plane with American moonshiners and not to exceed their limit of two and ne-half gallons of hard liquors for each member of the family for a ear. The government holds that this quantity is sufficient for the needs of any family, especially as l.nbes-in-arms count as "members" and each is allowed a full-grown man's ration under the law.

It has been' figured that each of the 2.000.000 farmers sells on the average ten or more gallons of liquors on which no tax has been paid. Manila has the most wonderful woman lapidaries and gem setters in the world. Suffering Huma Given Only Succ BY WI.M'HROP D. l.AXE. Member of the American Red Cross Relief Unit in cireeee.

ATHEX8. December 6 (By Suppose 100.000 people should suddenly present themselves at the out siciris or Aioany. Minneapolis, Orleans or any other good sized Aineri- i can city and ask to be received and given shelter. Suppose they should be old men, women and from their homes by an earthquake ov flood, made wretched wanderers over night. They would arrive in pitiable destitution, of course.

'Their feet flood, made wretched wanderers overjourney. They would be without food, without clothes, without money, with nothing but the rags on their backs and such miserable bundles as they had been able to gather in the haste of their flight. They would choke I every entrance to the city. The old men would be bending over canes; the i young people would be heavy-laden; the terrified children would be crying 1 and tugging at their mothers' skirts: the babies would be in ex- hausted mothers' arms. What would the city do in this emergency? It would throw open the public buildings, the schools, the churches, and try to find shelter for the despairing throng wherever it would be weary and sore with the 1 could.

Ir would house them in the mar- ket place, possibly in factories, in hail AIImI nil ihe it would probably fliui that some were still without shelter. Much Sickness and Hunger. The city would be unable to feed so many on short notice, and there -would be hungry stomachs. Many would become sick, arid lie where they fell. Some of the women would be about to become mothers, and the corridors of public buildings i would be the scene of births.

There would be deaths, and unless the bodies were removed promptly the threat of pestilence would be a very present one. i This, on a much enlarged scale, was Vio oltiiflMnn fminrt hv Amprlran Red Cross when it arrived in Greece, Every seaport on the eastern coast of the country had seen its entered by ships carrying refugees from Asia Minor. In Salonlki. with a population of 130.000. there were i 140.000.

Athens, Piraeus and other places were full. No attempt could be I Christmas Spirit Hearts of BY (iUORUE WITT 15. I By able to The 8tar and Chicago Daily Xewi. Copyright. 1922.) BERLIN.

December this Christmas, according to the majority of Germans, is the gloomiest they have experienced, not even excepting the war years, most of them still have sentiment left and are will- ing to forgive almost any crime comr mitted at this holiday season except 1 murder. Take one instance? "My horse was starving. The man next door, who has four overfed trotters, has so much horse feed that it i.v rotting in his yard. I did not have enough money to buy sufficient food for myself and none at all with which to buy fodder for the horse. So I climbed over the fence and took enough hay to keep my horse alive." Holiday Spirit Rife.

tnltl hvr a Rap- i 4 1119 VI no Hit oivi vv.v. lin street peddler who wa? up in a Berlin criminal court today charged with petty larceny. The courtroom was decorated with branches of evergreen, and everybody, including the judge and prosecuting attorney, seemed to feel the Christmas spirit. The prose- cuting attorney, usually one of the severest in the German capital, turn- ed to the wealthy complainant and asked: "Don't you think we ought to dismiss the cave, in view of the ap- proaching Christmas holidays?" The complainant reddened as a wave of approval manifested itself among the men on the jurors' bench and the assembled crowd. yes." he replied, hesitat- ingly." Then, despite the fact that a court- "VENICE OF DOOMED TO DISAPPEAR, Spreewald to Be Drained Off and Ground Devoted to Agriculture.

I By the Associated Press. BERLIN, December the Venice of Germany, cherished in 1 the memory of thousands of American and other tourists, is doomed to disappear. The Brandenburg pro- 1 vincial board, actuated by economic considerations, has decided to dry up this marshy, wooded beauty spot which, located about fifty miles from the capital, has for decades past been one of the chief sources of pride of German nature worshipers. The decision narks the climax of an controversy. Inhabitants Oppose Flan.

a the Aire fay vur Hiuaui lull LO v. tion are opposing: the plan, on eco- i nomic as well as sentimental grounds. They have lodged a protest and final word rests with the president of the province. The agitation for draining the Spreewald has been promoted primarily by the town of Lmebben, whose inhabitants are interested in truck gardening. Those who oppose the scheme declare thai to carry out the project in the lower region would result in drying up their lands, above Luebhen.

The drying-up process would be effected by lowering the dam at Leub- ben. the idea being to remove the I water of the summer for the sake of the crops and to keep the i water high during the winter by closing sluices throughout the dis- trict. Wonld Hula Spreewald. i Xaturally this would ruin Spreewald for sightseers, as one of the principal attractions has been the manner in which boats ply the "streets" and "roads." It is feared also that street pavements and other modern improvements would change the quaint customs and appearance of the Spreewalders, which attract tourists. Yet the hoard is convinceu mai those who raise wheat and other crops are justified in demanding that the land be dried; though there are some agriculturists who claim that the present water means to them what the Nile means to Egyptian landowners.

'STOP' AND IN PARIS. PARIS, December Paris police made their first test of the American "stop' and 'go' Illuminated traffic signals at a busy boulevard intersection this week, a policeman seated on a chair operating four electrically connected signal pests on the comers of the crossing. Officials said the device was a'solution of many Of their problems, but the details must be perfected. Their bell signals and whistles were doomed by the noise of the traffic, so they are seeking somsthiug that can be seen. A.

I nity World Over or by Red Cross made at once to count the Kven the western seaports had received their- thousands. The Islands of the Aegean, lying thick In the path of the boats that had raced to the rescue and being- the first points reached by the rescuers, were Oiled with acores of thousands. The country was U- Laiolea cnoKeo ana Dursung wuu of helpless, penniless people. They remained substantially where they had been first deposited, and there they are today. Thousands lie on the rold stone floors of public buildings.

Other thousands sit on the floors of churches, mosques, synagogues; Von bare ground under the leaky roofs of warehouses; In factories. cinemas, cafes, railroad stations, buildings not completed. frevvStug of Families, in the buildings each family has marked off few square feet for itself. drawn a line or put down a coat as a boundary, and settled itself to await a new habitation. On all sides It is adjoined by other families.

During the day some of the people go out into the open air. At night the area is a solid mass of bodies. The sick groan, babies cry incessantly and all is confusion. Epidemics of scarlet fever and other diseases have started. in Saloniki a hundred people are dying daily.

Suicides are becoming more frequent. Under the arrangement that has been made between the Greek government and the American Red Cross the housing of these refugees has been left to the Oreek government. the lted Cross assuming re" ooMlnn- fftflrf fllld sponMoiiiiy iui ins for them. So far no suitable shelter has been found for the greater number. There have been Ave waves of misery and migration as a result of the debacle in Asia Minor.

First came the several hundred thousand who fled before the advancing Turks as the Greek army was chased through Anatolia toward Smyrna and other Aegean ports. Next the refugees from the neutral strip on the south of the Dardanelles and the Sea of Marmora. Then came the rush of Greeks from eastern Thrace. The fourth wave was the flight of Greeks from Constantinople and its suburbs, and the flftli was the terror-stricken epic escape of untold thousands from the Interior of Asia Minor. These ar esome of the conditions that confront the American Red Cross in its effort to help Greece emerge successfully from one of the most difficult situations of modern times.

Softens I leving Germans room attendant swung his gavel with all his might, the spectators sang one verse of the old German Christmas song. "Stillenacht, Heiligenacht." The judge, prosecuting attorney and defendant were all so affected that they shed tears. This is one instance showing how emotional and sentimental the average German feels today. Here is another story. The scene is Friedrichstrasse, Berlin's main thoroughfare.

Scores of street venders are selling jumping jacks and toys of every kind, candy. Christmas cake and every other cheap article one can imagine. Leniency for Thief. They are yelling at the top of iheir voices. The stores are empty, but there are crowds around these curb merchants.

Suddenly a wild shriek I iirmu. unci uaa robbed me!" shouts one of the venders as a woman comes dashing: along the street, pale and breathless. She is stopped by a couple of men. Policemen come along, take hold of the woman and demand to know what the trouble is. "8he stole a teddy bear from me," a woman vender complains.

When the policemen tighten their grasp on the shabbily Pressed prisoner the crowd starts yelling. her alone! She is a poor woman. You must not touch her. She wanted it for her children." In a minute a mob of several hundred persons has gathered. They surround the two lone policemen, who after a whispered conversation announce.

"We will let the woman go if she promises to restore the stolen property and return home at once." The woman promises, and in an other minute both she and the policemen have gone their way. PRIEST TURNS MIST ANDISDECLAREDINSANEl Guardian Asked for Noted Com-1 poser of Beligious Music. illy to The Star and Chicago Daily Newa. Copyright. 1922.) ROME, December Lorenzo Perosi, a Roman priest, who is considered by competent critics the greatest living composer of church music and who has composed numerous works for orchestra and voice, has been declared Irresponsible by the courts in Rome, and his familyrequests the appointment of a guardian for him.

Persons here declare that he has lost the mental faculties necessary to protect him and his property against destruction. One of the symptoms of his alleged mental unsoundness is the fact that he now says his music is old-fashioned and worthless. During the last five years Perosi's thoughts have been concentrated more and more on religious problems. From Catholicism lie passed to the advocacy of Plato's doctrines and then to the study of Calvinism. He spends most of his time in libraries studying the works of Calvin, and has become a member of the church.

This change in the greatest composer of sacred music, who has lived in the shadow of the Vatican, has caused much gossip. Church an.d legal authorities declare that there is no uouoi 01 me inuesiro iacK or mental control. They say he has forgotten the year of his birth and has manifested religious exaggerations of a pathological nature. Often, however. Perosl shows no signs of erratic tendencies.

When I saw him last at the coronation of the ney Pope, while he was directing his latest compositions, he spoke with perfect. lucidity. On the other hand, it is claimed that the exaggerations credited to him are common to religious sealots. It is certain that if Perosi's mental faculties are gone the world has lost one of its greatest composers and exponents of sacred harmony. FAMOUS CHEESE IN PERIL.

Drop in Price of Ewes' Milk Endangers Boquefort. PARIS, December something is done qolckly Roquefort cheese seems doomed to become nothing but a pungent memory. This cheese Is made mostly from ewes' milk, and from time immemorial Its manufacture has been the principal industry of the region in France known as Aveyron. The price of ewes' milk has dropped to such a figure that the breeders flnd no nroflts in milking and are considering whether it would not be better to rear the Itmbi they here hitherto sacrificed for the cheese. Another factor in the situation is that mutton Is now bringing a higher price than other meats.

Historic Meetii Repara kmbl ij Thfur premiers of Fran fate. The photocraph shows them ai the British premier, for the recent coa Left to rights Premier Raymond Mnssoltnl, Italy, and Premier Thennla POLITICAL SHAKE-UP PLEASES BRITONS Skeletons Laid Away as Peo-: pie Prepare for Enjoyment of Holiday. BONAR LAW GAINS FAVOR! Defeat of Lloyd George Considered Victory for Clean Politics. i Bl A. GAKDIAKK.

Grralral editor. Special Cable DUpatcli to Tlie Star. December indomitable spirit of Christmas spreads over the land. London never has been more cheerful- Never has- it seemed apparently more prosperous. The streets are full of people laden with parcels.

The shops are jammed. Theaters are overcrowded: hotels are full. All skeletons have been put away for the season. The Turkish skeleton is securely buried at Lausanne, doubtless with the pr speot of an early resurrection. The Ruhr skeleton has been put in the cupboard until Christmas is over.

The unemployment sinister of all facing: not to be permitted to cast a shadow over the feast. The entire nation is determined to enjoy an old-fashioned Christmas. despite these skeletons in the various closets. Indeed, we have got: so accustomed to skeletons that we almost have ceased to be afraid of I them. They seem to belong to the very nature of things.

one cause of the general cheerful feeling throughout the country is the recent political explosion. Everybody seems relieved at the disappearance of coalition and i the return to straight, clean politics. The public, realizing the evils of the late political dictatorship, rejoices in the restoration of parliamentary gov- em men i. Lloyd (ieorge Blamed. Even the liberals agree that I're- mier Bonar Law is acting with mod- I eration and wisdom.

He displays no i disposition to imitate the stunt methods of his predecessor or to make himself 4 sort of a Barnum showman. Moreover. Law's quiet. decent method of gaining prestige by a succession of disclosures which is making havoc of the remnants of Lloyd George's reputation has won the approval of the country. Almost daily new light is thrown on the former premier's responsibility for the Greek disaster.

There is a deepening realisation that this country has been in volveil up to its neck in one or most deplorable tragedies of history. The attempt of Lloyd George and Birkenhead to throw the blame on Curzon has ended in a grotesque fiasco and apologies. Never wan an engineer so completely hoist with his own petard. But the public always is more interested in comedy than in tragedy. It Is rocking with laughter over the priceless pantomine staged by Lloyd George in collaboration with a section of the press in the United States.

It is agreed there is a serious aspect to the matter. British statesmanship never before has been mixed up in an affair of this sort. But the comedy aspect commands the chief Interest. The circumstances in which Lloyd George first contracted for publica-. tion of his memoirs at a fabulous price and then, after public criticism waxed warm, announced his intention of giving the proceeds to charity, afterward entering into this new undertaking, has resulted in his action being: mercilessly criticizea ny ai united press here.

The plea of the former prime minister that he is a poor man and must earn a living' has not helped him. Even poor men, especially, former prime ministers, are expected tp observe certain traditions. Moreover, it is being pointed out very" plainly that he is not entitled to call himself a poor man. Apart from anything else, he received an annual income of I (1.00ft-under the Carnegie will. This is not great but enough to keep wolf from the door.

This incident has done more than anything else to complete the amazing discredit under which the light of the late premier has been eclipsed. His prospects of political resurrection are rapidly reaching zero. He still apparently clings to the hope of re storing bis personal party, but now the loaves and fishes of office are no longer in his gift and there is a marked tendency on the part of his followers to fall away. RsiiMM Ruhr Policy. His attacks on French policy are unappreciated, even by those who deplore the attitude assumed by France.

He IS nbt In a position to make them, for he was more responsible than anybody else for giving France the impression that England would support hex in. extra vagent demands on It has been left- to his successors to disabuse France of. that Idea. This now is being done, with what effect the next few weeks will indicate. It Is the "tihpressio.n here that while militarv nrmnation of the Ruhr will I not be attempted, economic occupation will.

This is the same thin? under a disguise. France cannot work the Ruhr without bayonets or without the good will of the German people. It cannot control German customs or forests without the same conditions. England will Jtave nothing to do with such policies. She refuses to treat Germany as a bankrupt to be maintained in a condition of eternal bankruptcy.

That would mean the bankruptcy of Europe and the bankruptcy of England as wall. Critical days are before ua If Polncare pursues his announced policy the entente ends. Who shall say what follows? ig of Allied Pre Hone Were Diecu ee, (iaclail, Italy and 'ound the council table at Ha 10 Dot rerenee German reparations and all Polnrare, Francet Premier Andrew Beldam. GOING INTO WILDS FOR AMERICAN MUSEUM English Expedition to Invade India in Becog-nition of XJ. S.

Hospitality. I DON. December expedition organized by two Englishmen, which will collect mammals, reptiles and birds in India as a gift to the American Museum of Natural History in New York city. In recognition of the hospitality shown by Americans to British officers during the war. Is going Into the Indian wilderness In January.

The party Is being organised by Col. Faunthorpe, British commissioner at Lueknow. who was in the I'nited States on a British war mission, and Arthur S. Verney, an art connoisweur, who lived in America for twenty-two years. Mr.

Verney sailed for India this week. wnere tie win oe jomea oy Col. Faunthorpe. a cinematographer and a taxidermist. The latter has been sent by the museum.

The expedition will first go to Nepal to hunt a horned rhinoceros and a tiger: it will then travel to the united provinces in search of srwamp deer, and later to Bhopal for black buck and to Mysore and Sambur for gaur. The specimens will be placed in Roosevelt Memorial Hall of the museum. 1 Mr. Verney said that as a result of the expedition Americans would aee that "this country appreciates the almost ipcredible America did during the war for every Englishman whose duty took him to country." mm PFKINP, Til uiinnv i Litiiiu mm IN SHOOTING FALSE Foreign Commerce Bodies in; China Denounce Attack on U. S.

Citizen. I WOULD PUNISH SOLDIERS! I Investigation Fails to Show Colt- man Fired or Was Trying to Smuggle. WILLIAM R. i By able to The Star and Chicago Uaily Copyright. 1922.) PEKING, December for- eign chambers of commerce through- out China are urging that the strong- est nossible action be taken in the case of Charles Coltman.

American business man. who was shot down by I Chinese soldiers at Kalgan. Chinese authorities are trying to evade responsibility. and are blaming Coltman with having fired on the soldiers and with refusing iO halt when commanded to do so. It also is being charged that Coltman was trying to smuggle silver out of China Into Mongolia at the time he was shot down.

The correspondent of The Star has thoroughly Investigated the entire incident and has ascertained that the statements made by Chinese officials aro absolutely untrue. Represeatatloas Made. Renresentatlons already have been made to the Peking- government in I the Coltman case by Minister Scliur-1 man in Peking, and the State Depart- ment in Washington also has been informed of all of the facts in the case. An investigating committee composed of Chinese was sent to Kalgan and to Peking to probe the shooting, but no American was allowed to take part in the investigation. This is I causing much dissatisfaction here, as Chinese commissions in such cases generally decide in favor of local Chinese officials whenever foreigners are concerned.

British residents of Peking: are wholeheartedly supporting: the Americans in thetr protests over the Coltman The Tientsin Chamber of Commerce has just passed a strong resolution condemning Charles J. Fox. editor of the only American newspaper in north China, for taking up the Chinese side of the Coltman case and believing their statements against those made by Samuel Soko-! bin, American consul at Kalgan, who I was with Coltman when he was shot down. I The Tientsin chamber also praisesj the British press in ndrth China for Its assistance and attitude In protesting against the shooting. SsMlen Become arnl j.

Soldiers throughout China are daily becoming more unruly and showing scant respect for foreigners, and unless they are shortly paid the wages long due them are likely to become worse. While government officials at Peking have announced that all foreigners held by brigands in Honan province have been released, this being accomplished by the bandits being paid to free them, many thousands of brigands still are roaming over Honan and nearby provinces and still are a menace to foreign life and pruytjrij, uuuwuuc ou uuless some form of strong- International Interference Is taken. At this time It is impossible to see how order can be restored, as no government really exists, polltloa are chaotic, parliament la a hodgepodge of political strife and the president is helpless. Striked of Judges, teachers and industrial workers are the order of the day because of the nonpayment of wages. The Peking gorernment requires $9,000,000 to meet the expenses of the Chinese new year and It Is not known where these funds can be obtained.

Chlha Is without credit either at home or abroad. miers, Where seed rventnallr decide Gemur'a economic rnlnt etreet, ofldtJ home of debts. oner Law, Eifludi Premier Benito uniuiF Din MnuF IIUIVIL HULL IflUVL WAKENS SCOTLAND Irish Example Stirs Discussion and Nature of Autonomy Is Issue. I REPRESENTATION IS CUT i Withdrawal of 102 M. by Free State Establishment Hits Sisterhood.

Br Cable to Tlie Star and New York Tribune. Copyright, 1 GLASGOW. Scotland. Uecember 22. settlement of the Irish question by the grant of home rule to the Irish Free State and the establishment of two Irish parliaments has provoked much discussion in Scotland as to the desirability of establishing a similar body to legislate for Scotland.

The movement for Scottish home rule antedates the founding of the Irish Free State by a number of years, but a new impetus lias been given it by the turn of affairs in Ireland. It has long been contended that the parliament In Liondon cannot deal properly with Scotland. It has often been pointed out in addition that the dominions are allowed to legislate for themselves. Finally, the argument has been made that in the imperial parliament the Scotch representatives are in a hopeless Scots as against 492 Knglishmen. Representation Weakened, This last consideration has been thrown into particular prominence, by the fact thatunder the new Free State constitution the 102 Irish members of the commons will no longer go to Westminster.

The Irish M. traditionally have voted with the Scotch bloc on legislation affecting Scotland, and their absence in the future, in the eyes of the Scotch home rulers, makes the Scotch parliamentary representation a negligible quantity. This point is at present perhaps the strongest weapon in the Scottish home rule armory of propaganda, for while the people of Scotland have so far shown themselves apathetic toward the more theoretical reasons why they should have a greater measure of governmental autonomy, they are showing a fairly lively appreciation of the minor position to which their uiicicsio urrn I uj llic new alignment of the London parliament. The tangible result of the sentiment for Scottish home rule has been the formation of the Scottish Home Rule Association with headquarters in "to secure self-government for Scotland." The Scottish home rulers are advocating not only the formation of a Scotch legislative body, but also of a Scotch executive organization to carry its decrees into effect. Autonomy Scope Doubtful.

The exact scope of the local autonony which the S. II. R. A. desires England to grant Scotland along these rather general lines is not yet clear.

Among the things in which home rulers want a free hand, however. are the regulation of education in Scotland, the imposition of taxes, of which assert Scotland bears too great a share in the imperial quota; the power to make local improvements, the amalgamation of municipalities and the development of the backward districts in the nigniands. It Is interesting to note. also, that one of the chief grievances of the S. H.

R. A. centers around the large proportion of the area of Scotland devoted exclusively to deer forests and grouse moors that are owned by Engi Ush sportsmen and kept from agricultural users, when land-hunger, an acute housing shortage and great congestion in the cities exists in the condition which it is felt will never be remedied by English legislators. WHITE REFUGEE FLEET SPURNS SOVIET OFFER 3.000 Men. Women and Children Discredit Amnesty Promise and IfTav Go to Cochin China.

I BY JAMES L. BUTTS. (By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily Vewn. Copyright, 1922.) SHANGHAI. December authorities in Moscow have telegraphed to the wandering white refugee fleet of sixteen nondescript craft, carrying more than 3,000 men, women and children, offering full amnesty to all white officers and men, provided they return to Vladivostok before January 1.

The offer was transmitted to Stark of the white fleet through the Soviet's China mission. Tiie fugitives discredit the offer, and probably will sail soon to the South sea for a haven. They may go to Saigon, in Cochin China. The Chinese authorities have offered ruel ana rooa for the cruise on condition that the ships do not touch' at any other Chinese port. The Merest problem in connection with the wandering squadron Is the presence of 150 Siberian orphans.

Efforts are. being made here to care for them. lfore units of the fugitive fleet from Vladivostok are expected here. "I can strongly recommend this bam." said the shopkeeper. Tou'll flhd it mild -and well cured." "I dare say you know best;" said the young wife, "hut 1 think rd almost rather have a perfectly healthy one that hadn't needed curing.

'Weekly. War Regulations Are Delayed by Aviation Growth BY LEOPOLD AUCTRIBO. Br Cabia to Tbo Star aad tbe Chicago O1II7 Kewa. TUP Uinnp 99 "U'? 1 WVt I have been working for ten days but I have made no headway," said Baron i Matsui, head of v-r I the Japanese dele- I gation to the con- I ference of jurists here, to the writer today. "But you miut not forget our task is 1 an extraordinarily jji'v I delicate and com.

plicated one. Avi- i utton is develop Ing so rapidly that is difficult to draft definite rules I of warfare the present time. I presume, therefore, that the con- BABOlf XAT8UBZ. ference delegates will confine themselves to the study of regulations which will be valid for a certain period only, let us say four or five years. Then it is likely that they will have to be modified or accommodated to the latest technical ucfciuyiuoiiw in "The conference has adjourned until January 22, but in the meantime two subcommitteea composed of experts in aviation and wireless telegraphy will discuss the technical questions which will be dealt with at a plenary meeting." Baron Matsui expects that the con.

ference will be a long one. So far 1 only Americar and British proposals have been submitted. CISlMES BRITAIN3H0UDAYS Festivities to Include Box Giving by Lardlords in Yule Aftermath. By tbc Associated Press. December Christmas will be Ideal this year, for It falls on Monday, thus giving nearly I every one three succssslvc holidays.

The day after observed as a holiday as strictly as Christinas itself. The day gets its name from the custom whereby were expected to hand out boxes of Christmas gifts to their tenants, retainers and servants. Postmen and milkmen, as well as newspaper carriers, canvassed their routes religiously for annual tips, while even the patrolmen on the beat seldom refused a largesse. The postmen now have a union, which this year opposes tips. For many of the city workers in the factories, shops and offices there will really be four days of rest, because a large proportion of these establishments closed before lunch today and will not reopen until Wednesday afternoon.

No newspapers appear Mon day ina Tradesmen report that the Tuletide business has been the most prosperS since Ion? before the war. They the timely rise in sterling and general feelln? that England is en the verge of better times as the reasons for the large volume of trade. The Christmas spirit has also been reflected in the large number of Londoners who have left for the country aad the continent, and the railway companies have carried more passengers than in several years. Almost as astonishing has been the Influx of country folk, who always take the Christmas season as the occasion for the sights of the city. These I visitors, dressed in their best, pay their respects to all the hotels, restaurants and theaters.

The theaters are booked to capacity. Particularly popular are such hardy perennials as "Peter Pan." "The Private Secretary" and "Charley's Aunt." Contrasting with the holiday gayety is the great number of the greatest, in fact, that the city has seen In many years. These unfortunates attempt to make a few pence by singing and playing in the streets, while the curDs or the downtown shopping centers are almost lined! with majority of whom wear war holding out a handful of matches or shoe- strings to the passerby. v'i I To All Our CfflTU I jfc At the close of I son in the store's to our thousands of our sincere thanks a felt good wishes for and hope that you ma the New Year wit! Prosperity. 3 MVS To i TTATKft NEW TOMB FOUND EGYPrSGREATEST Seputaher of Tutankhamen Reveals Splendors of 1550 to 1090 B.C.

DISCOVER KING'S THRONE Collection Unearthed Will $15,000,000 on Any Market. BY HARHEN B. REUS. By Cubit to The Star and New York Copyright. 1 PL'J.

LONDON, December i recent unearthing; of a royal tomb near Luxor is the greatest areheuIogical discovery in Egypt in modern times already is certain. How great, in the light which It throwg on tho vanished civilisation that hM made the wisdom of Egypt proverbial down all the ages the discovery may prow to remains for the secret of the still unopened Inner chamber reveal. The story of the discovery, made by the Earl of Carnarvon, whose wealth iias enaoiea mm to devote nimsetr in the costly hobby of Egyptology, ami Howard Carter, perhaps the finest living archeological draughtsman, readlike a romance. The Valley of the Tombs of the Kings, where the was made, is a desert ravine lying be hind the barren cliffs and hills which form the mighty walls of the Nil'valley, on the western bank of river, some miles above Cairo. Srpnlehem la Bills.

Here the Pharaohs of the eighteenth, nineteenth and twentieth dj nasties, covering the period from about 1550 to 10(0 H. were laid rest In sepulchers cut into the of the hills, and burial chambers being deep down in the solid rock, approached by flights of steps and corridors. generally ornamented by rid. wall paintings and bas-reliefs. The existence of these tombs has been the common knowledge of all tho cer fnwiaa ihniiak Ira nrselsa lAMflAfl rt each has not been known.

For two or three thousand years robbers hav.been busy with their treasures. But (or more than a generation i past Mr. Carter's salth that tourists in Thebes were stepping over Price less treasures in the bowels of has not (altered, despite al' that is known of the past rifling O' the famous site. The beginning of the story of the discovery goes oar: thirty-three years, wjien he bega searching the Theban necropolis for key to ancient Egypt. During thaperiod he found a number of minor prizes, hut since Lord Carvuro-i joined forces with him seventeen years ago.

the discovery of the Hyk sos tablet was their greatest reward to the present. Aaotber Step I'stntM Recently after four days' work in the heart of the small sacred he and his party unearthed a atep. Continued digging resulted in the excavation of a stairway which led right beneath the tomb of IX, an unimportant king who lived some years a door inscribed with the protocol of another Pfaaroah, Tutankhamen, one of the most Important king's of Egypt. It was the one remaining tomb of which there had been any hope of finding in the Valley of the Tomhe of the Kings. Eut the opening of the tomb showed that the excavators had stumbled upon a discovery of unprecedented importance.

No other royal tomb that has been opened in Egypt has contained such treasures as the tomb of Tutankhamen revealed. The lights of the searchers shown upon an ageold collection of gems and gold and collection which would fetch upward of $15,000,000 In any salesroom. But the value of the discovery was not to be stated In terms of money. 4 The tomb was a treasury of the glories of the Egyptian court of B. C.

There were gilt couches inlaid with ivory and jewels; there was the king's throne and the king's rolies Two statues showed him in his habii. as he lived. Chariots were there-for the dead Pharoah's riding, masses of food for his eating, musical Instruments and documents. Asparagus is said to have the tinotion of being the oldest of all riants used for food. Friends? rtmas I tings! 1 busiest holiday sea- we wish to extend 5 ustomers and friends I long with bur heart- a Merry Christmas, he hie st throughout Good Health and Sf 3.