The Windsor Star from Windsor, Ontario, Canada • 16

Painstakingly Woven Into the Fabric of The Star Is Service And Usefulness To be a Human, Companionable, Understandable Newspaper is The Stars constant aim WINDSOR, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1923 Stage Set for Slaughter of 2,000 Canadian Government Buffalo in Alberta -e- 4 5' OF FRENCH WAR DEBTS URGED I Lad Travels Miles on 35 Cents Aliens Smuggled ToU.S Via Canada GRAIN BOARD OVERRIDING GEN. SMUTS ASSAILS PARIS LOANS TO ARM' COUNTRIES SMALLER Speaks Out Over Crisis ai MEAT, AGAIN WILL BE SOLD Selected Animals To Be Shot Down at Wainwright HERD GETS TOO BIG BISON ROBES, Warns Against Undue Generosity By Britain And U.S. In Regard To Remitting Obligations ENGLAND IS ADVISED TO SUPPORT GERMANY Event Marks First Profits d. Derivable From Dominion Venture Ally Represented as Treaty-Breaking Power; Londons Contention That Ruhr Occupation Is Illegal Declared Beyond Question LOXDOX, Oct. 24.

Premier Smuts, ot South Africa, handled the European situation! without gloves and called for a conference of the powers to consider the whole proposition, in a speech last night at a dinner attended by the South African delegation to the imperial conference. lie attacked France for her policy, and warned Great Britain and the United States against any excessive generosity in the remission of interallied war debts, which might aid in further militarization of the continent. TEXT OF LAW Act Definitely States Vessel Owners, Not Consignors NO OBJECTION SEEN Spirit of Statute Rather Than Letter Governs Decision By Canadian Press OTTAWA. Oct. 21.

The decision of tlie board of grain commissioners to allow the filing of tariffs to be made either by 'the shippers or by the shipowners, has caused much speculation as to the interpretation of the Inland Water Freight Rates act. The act provides in separate sections for the filing of tariffs by the shipowners and of contracts for space by brokers and shippers. The board of grain commissioners has held that' these are alternative methods and this has given rise to many queries as to the principle upon which the board based its decision. It Is suggested, however. In official circles here, that the object of the act was to secure the tiling of tariffs charged on the carriage of grain.

Whether this was obtained from the shipowner or the shipper was regarded as of minor importance, and the hoard of grain commissioners, it is thought, inquired into the intention of parliament in passing the It is not expected here that there will be any objection to the decision of the commissioners. HERRICK SPEAKS U.S. Ambassador To Paris Says World Faces Big Crisis General jan Christian smuts, premier of South who in a notable speech last night, handled the European situation in an extremely frank manner. OTTAWA, Om Oct. 21.

Thousands of alien lune entered Canada to tie illegally smuggled into tlie Fuited States, Canadian official today said they ere eotix inoed. Officials were iuxestigating the great influx of Italian and other Euroean into this eoun-try since tlie l'nited Maim adopted select i Immigration. A most rigid Investigation also was under way probing an alleged international smuggling ring. Tlte Fnited States ha lost million. of dollars in head taxe and other revenues, it was said.

All information will Ik" turned over to Washington authorities. BERLIN RIOTS IMPEDE FIGHT WITH REBELS Shops Plundered By Mobs; Palatinate Revolts BERLRIX, Oct. 2(i. While engaged in fighting Separatists in the Rhineland and Communists in Hamburg and Bremen, the Herman government today was confronted with a new peril food riots in Berlin. Food shops were plundered by mobs following an announcement that the price of bread had been increased.

German ministers receiving dispatcehs telling of disorders and rebellion in distant cities, heard almost beneath their windows the cries of hungry crowds rioting in the streets of the capital. AUTONOMY DECLARED To add to the troubles of the central government, the Palatinate, a former Bavarian province, south of the now "Rhineland republic. declared its autonomy. It was not clear, however, whether it intended to secede from Germany. Meanwhile in the "Rhineland Republic, rebels were still struggling establish a separate state and good their secession from Ger-A report that France had recognized the rebel government was flatly denied in Paris.

Aix-Ja-Chapell, the original capital the new state, infuriated loyal lynched a number of rebels. Scores of persons were wounded 'street fighting between loyalist separatists. Baptists Will Meet At Toronto In 1928 MONTREAL, Oct. 24 Toronto will be the place of meeting of the next Baptist world alliance congress, to be heid in 1928, according to the announcement made here last night to the Baptist convention of Ontario and Quebec by the Rev. Dr.

George T. Webb, its general secretary. Word of the acceptance by the world executive of the invitation of the conference to hold its next meeting in Toronto had just been received. Jealousy Impels Him to Murder Pair DENVER. Oct.

24. A. II. Mitcliell Tuesday eonfess-ed to murdering Andrew Sherry and Mrs. Georgia Bryant, whose nude bodies xiere found in a house Golden road today.

Mitchell said jealousy of Slurrys attentions to Mrs. Bryant was the motive for the killing. Mrs. Bryant was divorced from a Denver fire captain. Her throat was cut and Sherry was fcliot to death.

4 EL PASO, Texas, Oct. 24. Nathan Pierce, 19-year-old El Paso youth, with a half dollar in tl jeans, grew tired of his job in his brother's garage and set out for parts other tliau Southwestern Texas. Kansas City was Ills ultimate destination. The youthful traveller rode pasNcnger trains blliul baggage as far as Amarillo, Texas.

The sheriff liouwd him for one night, and Nathan started out afoot the next day. lie worked for farmers for his board and room while Ids brother, A. Pierce, garage owner, Iiad posses hunting the desert wastes west of El Paso for some trace of Nathan Finally. Nathan's employer, a fanner, learned that the big brother in El Paso was hunting for Nathan. So tlie farmer notified authorities.

and Xatlian was returned to tils old job. He arrived in El Paso with 13 cents of Ills original half dollar capital and had traveled 1,000 miles during the four weeks he was gone. UPPER HOUSE ACTS Impeachment Body Being Formed Against Walton OKLAHOMA CITY. Oct. 24.

The upper house of the Oklahoma legislature today resolved itself into a court of impeachment to sit in trial on Governor J. C. Walton. The governor was suspended by the senate last night after the lower house had adopted impeachment articles charging him with paying his private chauffeur from the state health board's funds and with preventing a grand jury from meeting by a declaration of martial law. Lieut.

Governor Trapp arrived In the city during the night to take up the duties of acting governor, although Walton was understood to be ready to fight the suspension, declaring he could not be removed until the impeachment charges were finally acted upon by the senate. T. J. Johnson, chief justice of the supreme court, was called in by the senate to organize it as an impeachment body. The twenty other accusations against the governor which still remain before the house will be acted upon in the meantime.

CROWDS DISPERSED Irish Garrison Turns Hose On Demonstration at Dundalk Jail BELFAST. Oct. 24. While the singing of hymns and prayers for the prisoners were proceeding outside the Dundalk jail last night, the garrison turned the hose on the demonstrators. The crowd, mainly composed of women and girls, plucklly stuck to their posts for fully 15 minutes, while a huge throng looked on.

Derisive cheers came from the onlookers at the extraordinary spectacle and the, troops promptly scattered them. At Dundalk the city council adjourned last night in protest against the detention of the political prisoners, 250 of whom are on a hunger strike in the jail tilery. OFFICIALS ARE NAMED HAMILTON. Oct. 24.

Ralph Johnson. Montreal, has nominated Billy Hewitt, Toronto, as referee and Alex. Sinclair, Toronto, umpire for the Tiger-Montreal game at Montreal next Saturday. The Tigers are satisfied with Hewitt, but are making a protest against Sinclair on the ground that he is a coach of the Toronto Argos. Johnson has so far ignored the protest ment to respond to that appeal and use all of its diplomatic power and influence to support her and prevent a calamity which would be infinitely more dangerous to Europe and the world than was the downfall of Russia six or seven years ago.

In any case, what we do should be done quickly. For the crisis in its most acute form has arrived. STAR Want Ads going into nearly every home in Essex County will fill any want. Phone Seneca 5300. NEW YORK.

Oct. 24. My sympathies for France now are as keen as they have been in the past, Ambassador Myron T. Herrick said as he sailed for France many, on the French liner Paris. Herrick, who has been in this country for two months on his farm near Cleveland, Ohio, said the situation in the world now is extremely critical, in fact, far more critical than in the days-of the war.

But people appreciate the crisis now less than they did then, he said. to make formally In of Germans in and hy Canadian 1res WAINWRIGHT. Oct. 24. Buffalo steaks, tongues and tails, as well as penunican, after having disappeared from the menu of the plainsmen many years ago, are again about to become articles of commerce.

And at the same time buffalo hides will be placed on the market for the manufacture of automobile robes and rugs, and buffalo heads will he available to clubs or ealthy individuals who de- I sire to use these for ornamental purposes for their hunting lodges or other premises. This in due to the fact that the Canadian governments buffalo herd af Wainwright has increased to such an extent that slaughter of 2.000 of the animals has been found necessary. The slaughter Is to be carried out on November 1. by experienced workmen, and under the watchful eye of Superintendent Smith, of the Wainwright Buffalo Park, who will represent the government in seeing that 4he animal, are quickly and properly dlspatckg'J COWBOYS TO HERD Cowboys, mounted on fleet-footed cowponies, will herd the selected animals away from dhe rest of the buffalo when the fall round-ua takes place. Every fall the entire herd is moved down from its summer range to winter quarters which have bften saved from grazing during the wiioto summer.

This fall when the move takes place, the animals selected for slaughter will be cut out of the main herd, and the slaughtering will be done with rifles in the hands of skilled marksmen. At the same time, motion picture rights have been acquired, by an American concern. which will film the round-up. In olden days the buffalo roamed the plains in countless thousands; today the Canadian government owns at Wainwright. on the Canadian National Railway between Saskatoon and Edmonton, the largest buffalo herd in existence.

Sixteen years ago the herd began with a nucleus of 176 animals; today there are 8,300. VALUABLE TO IXDLW The buffalo was to the North American Indian what the reindeer is to the Laplander. Its hide furnishes him with clothing and thelter: its flesh with food. Robes anf coats made from buffalo hides afforded the utmost shelter against cold weather, while the nourishing qualities of the meat provided the nomad of the plains with the necessary vigor to pursue his hunting career. HISTORY DATES FROM JS75 The history of the main portion of the Canadian herd goes back to 1875, when a Pend dOrieile Indian, in Canada on a hunting trip, captured four buffalo calves, two bulls and two heifers.

The Indian took the animals home as a peace-offering to his father-in-law whom he had offended, and won his pardon. The animals were taken to the Flathead reservation In Montana, and later part of the herd which grew from this nucleus was acquired by Michael Pablo, who ranged it wild on the Pend dOrieile reserve. When the United States government in 1907 decided to throw open this reserve for settlement, Pablo sold his herd of 716 buffalo to Canada. When the buffalo were purchased it was known that transporting them to-Canada presented a task fraught with difficulties and danger. No one dreamed, however, that the difficulties would be as great as they eventually proved to be.

-4 of foreboding of future calamities which has come only too true. A gallant attempt to save Europe without patching or temporizing, was nectmary and this could only be done through a conference of the power mainly Interested In the reparation question. The situation was ton desperate to be dealt with by any subordinate authorities or even the reparation commission or the council of the Eeague of Nations. Principals mainly with a view to feeding their ravenous military appetites. There in danger lest a policy of excessive generosity on our part or on the part of America may simply have the effect of enabling France still to more effectively subsidize and foster militarism on the continent.

While he expressed total disagreement with the French policy. General Smuts said he felt a profound sympathy with the people of France, who sincerely thought they were going to get reparations out of their Uuhr adventure and had no deliberate intention of breaking up Germany. The breach of the proposed Amerlcan-Ilrltlsh guarantee for her security had let France down badly, he said. Valuable to throw this great apple of political discord among the people of this country at a time when not discord, but unity Is, above all. required: when the nation Is pacing through what 1 believe to be a very grave crisis and requires the concentration of every ounce of its strength on the gigantic task which confronts it in this country and In Europe." The Smuts speech shows clearly that he believes Europe to be on the verge of a complete collapse, and that only a desperate stand against French policies by Britain can save the situation.

The principal portions of the long speech, follow: Conference for itself. Decisions of far-reaching Importance will have to be taken. There may even be the parting of the ways and the history of Europe may never be the same thereafter. "It will be a conference unlike any that has been held since the Peace Conference. Its Importance, therefore cannot be overestimated.

I know that negotiations are afoot to bring about such a conference and shall therefore refain from saying anything more about it, except this I have no reason to think that any of the powers concerned would refuse to come to such a conference, but I am clear in my mind that the absence of one or the other power should not prevent the rest from meeting and dealing with the situation to the best of their ability. Bear Weight States should be here as an active member to bear her full weight. his recent statement taken up the Initiative. It is being followed up and the New World may once more come in to redress the balance of the Old. "The main issue for settlement at the conference wiU be the reparations question and the stage which this question has now reached renders a satisfactory solution possible if only statesmen will be reasonable and witl desire a solution.

"It is now universally recognized that the amount fixed by the Reparations Commission in May, 1921, was too hig-li, could not be paid, and that even if it were paid, the consequence for industry would be calamitous. Be Reduced tive pledge to be worked by the occupying authorities in default of reparations payments by the German Government. This is the official French viewpoint, but see what it means. It is not merely a bare occupation to exercise pressure on the German government. It is direct exploitation of German territory entirely unprovided for in the Versailles Treaty.

"It cannot be squared with the reparations provisions of the treaty. If agreements now being concluded between General Degoutte and the Ruhr industrialists were to come up before the Reparations Commission for confirmation the legal issue would at once be raised, as the Commission can only carry but the provision of the treaty and it has no other authority or power. of Illegality many going to pieces. This is due partly to the Inherent weakness of the Republican regime established after the war and to the absence of real leadership in Germany, partly to the mistaken financial reparations policies of the successive Governments and partly to the dreadful policy of France, which, on the Rhine and in the Ruhr and elsewhere, has applied relentless pressure far, far beyond the feeble power of the new Germany to resist. "A very grave responsibility rests on France before history- This country and the small countries which surround Germany on the continent, cannot be indifferent to Germany's fate.

To all of them the economic and political dissolution of Germany would be an irreparable disaster of the first class. It would mean i immediate economic chaos and would open up the possibility of future political dangers to which I need not here refer. "Germany is both economically and politically necessary to Central Europe, and her complete breakdown would shake and render insecure the whole European position to an extent far beyond what anybody can forsee today. It is therefore to the interest of this country, as well as to that of the whole European position to an extent far. beyond what anybody can forsee' today.

It is therefore to the Interest of this country as well as to that of the Central European States, in every legitimate way to prevent the breakdown of Germany. (Jn. Final tMfrteJ that ha had not only tha right, but th plain personal duty to apeak frankly. "Of tha great number of public man whoa name at ml under the (ear treaty. ha niid, thera are only two or three who still survive In power today.

For better or for worse 1 am one of them, and the responsibility for what wa done at Faria weighs heavily on my conscience in spite of the fact that I signed it only under protest and under a sense Business of "It is a business for the principals not agents. he declared. "It is vitally important that the United States should be there as active member and bear her full weight, which under the circumstances may more decisive than that of any other power. In her distress Europe is more than tier turniug her eyes and stretching out her hands to her great daughter nations In the West. The appeal is not so much for material maialance as fur moral support.

In this dark hour It is the lack of moral justice hich is Europe's undoing. The principal issue for settlement by such a conference was the lending large sums to the smaller European states around Germany, Preferences Iteferring to the imperial conference. the South African premier said the preferences which the British government had given Dominion products would prove valuable, but that they did not amount to what was called a policy of imperial preference. Although -some of the Conservative newspapers and politicians are calling on lremler Baldwin to declare for a eweeping policy of preference CJenera! Smuts broke straight Into the deritain of party politics, lie said: lt would be most undesirable to raise the issue of imperial preference at such a time as the present Its Time For Tne time has come for a convocation cf a great conference of the powers who are mainly interested in the reparation question, and at this conference the Governments of the powers should be directly represented. The situation is much too difficult and threatening to be dealt with by any subdnrmate authorities Neither the Reparations commission nor the Council of the League of Nations should be called on to deal with it.

They have not the authority or responsibility which rests on the Governments of the powers. It is business for the principals, not the agents. 'The conference may decide to refer certain inquiries to subordinate bodies, but it must act and decide U.S. Should "It is, however, in my judgment. vitally important that the United SU prfMm.

ipf gg nr.trrcwffccaj-T tr. I ihe There is nothing beauty of perfect less expensive way daily use of ENO's blood, regulates cleanses the thoroughness, waste matter complexion. FRUIT which, under the circumstances, may be more decisive than that of any other power. In her distress Europe is today more than ever turning her eyes and stretching out her hands to the great daughter nation in the West. "The appeal is not so much for material assistance as for moral support in this dark hour.

It is the lack of moral justice that is Europes undoing. The peoples of Europe have faith in America, believe in her impartial Justice and feel that without the reinforcement of moral Idealism Europe has not the strength to save herself. "President Coolidge has already In Total Has To "The amount has to be reduced to a reasonable figure, and from recent correspondence between the British, French and Belgian Governments it appears possible 'to arrive at such a reasonable figure. 'It would in addition be necessary to give Germany a moratorium for two years before the payments are begun in order to reform her currency, re-establish her credit and balance her budget. "The Ruhr occupation is one of the grave issues -1 refer to.

It Is a grave matter from whatever point of view it is considered. From the purely reparation point of view, all experts whom I have consulted are unanimously of the opinion that as long as the Ruhr occupation continues there can 'be no reparation payments by Germany. The Ruhf can also be considered from the point of view of a produc No Doubt "But in recent correspondence the British government has stated Its view that the occupation is illegal. It' has declared before the world that the Ruhr occupation is a breach of the Treaty of Versailles on the part of France and Belgium It has asked that the question should be decided by the Supreme Court of Appeal among nations, the High Court of International Justice. Its request has not been granted for the simple reason that there can be no doubt in the matter.

Let us realize the gravity of the declaration made by the British government. The issue raised by it is fundamental. It is the greatest Issue in international relations, not only of Europe, but of the whole world. "We are back in August, 1914. It is again the scrap of paper.

Once more the great instrument of European settlement has been deliberately broken. We entered the Great War to avenge such a breach. It bodes ill for the future peace of Europe that five years after the war we should have to face the same sort of situation again. But Nemesis is coming now as in 1914. Few the present the Ruhr occupation bars the way to reparations.

There is another danger the menace of German disintegration. There axe many disquieting signs of Ger 'How can we do this? In my opinion we can at any rate follow the benevolent policy which this country adopted toward France after the Napoleonic wars. We can give Germany moral support, which will mean very much indeed perhaps everything to her in her hour of adversity. But it is not enough merely to express pious opinions favorable to her. The position which this Empire occupies in the world entitles it to an authoritative voice in the affairs of Europe.

It is for us to assert that great position and to see that a state of affairs is not brought about in spite of us which will profoundly affect the indus- Can Give SOCIALISTS BEATEN Pan-Germans Also Suffer Losses In Austrian Elections VIENNA, Oct. 24 Virtually complete returns from the legislative elections indicate that the bourgeois parties will hold 99 seats in the new assembly, against 6 6 for the Socialists. The Pan-Germans are reduced from 21 to 12. The government with 81 members will still be compelled to seek the support of the middle groups on measures requiring a two-thirds majority. SLASHES HIS ELBOW Arson Murder Suspect at New York Fails To End Life NEW YORK, Oct.

24. William Ford, 39, held in Brooklyn in connection with the so-called arson murders, attempted suicide early today by slashing the inside of his left elbow with a safety razor blade. Ford is charged 'with responsibility for starting the fire in the Bath Beach section of Brooklyn last week in which six persons lost their lives, according to the police. He was to have been arraigned in Coney Island court today on a. charge of homicide.

Police said the fire was started to kill Ford's father-in-law, who perished in the flames. Keeper James Hanley was making his rounds when he saw Ford, his coat' off, bleeding profusely. Warden Harry Honeck and Dr. Hartz were called. Ford was sitting on the cot in his cell in "murderers row dazed, when the surgeon entered.

It was found he had not cut an artery. He was revived with spirits of ammonia and expressed regret he had not "finished the job. TRAIN CREW REDUCED SARNIA. Oct. 24.

The operating staff of the Canadian National Railway has been reduced by five train crews, or fifteen men in all, this week, leaving eighteen crews in operation. One reason of the reduction is the fact that engines are hauling longer trains in the good weajfher. Rejmtetiaiitig Complexion an Mustard more beautiful than the health and no surer or to its attainment than by the Fruit Salt. It purifies the the digestive functions, and systemAvith gentle yet persistent veritably tanking nut undesirable which goes to make a bad Ask your druggist for a bottle of with a couple of roll5 orft ideal lunch at any adds fnrrt6t the mustara. zest and aids digestion.

Moral Support: trial position and political relationships of this Country and bring about chaos on fthe continent to all concerned. I We should fjnake it perfectly clear, in friendly but unmistakable language, that fh certain eventualities this countfy will have to regard its own interests and will take whatever steps are necessary to that end. irrespective of the effects that they may have-on old friendships. And if. as I hope she will do, Germany makes a last despairing appeal and thrown herself on the compassion of hei- conquerors in the Great War.

I trust this great Em SALT it must be mens pire will not, hesitate for a mo- i i )X.