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3 Tin: imooKLY.v daily eagle, new youk. Sunday. February id. ius. 'I inn mum UWove tor a Ho.hrptu Kortnhhr Siherin 'World's Greatest Tenor SPORT SCANDALS GERMANY SEEKS i Seen as Soviet Bid to Offset England In Palestine and Split American Jews Opposes Communist Moccj Old Law Keeps Hotel Rate for French Army Officers at 4 Cents a Day Burrx S3 Rue CaniDua.

Paris. Frb. 14 Four cents a cay for a room in the lioirl in a French city Try to get it. And yet tr.i is; nib's si.d is paid by French army oZirfr a lone as ihey tay in the lcn in ahirh thfir regiment is quartered. The officers are delighted, the hotel-keepers Tne one franc a day rate for billr's daies irora a oerrre made in 18S6.

4i years ago. keepers have protested in vain that, trier one frsnc has uerrrased to a fifth cf its value prices nave multiplied 10 times. But the courts base their decisions on the old decree. "The law is the law. and me yield to it.

But it seems wrong to us that the price of a room should be smaller than the tip given to the servants who take care of it." said one hotelkeeper. 'If I- LAWYER 'T DARE But Barristers Have Ways of Getting Injury Cases That Clog Courts. (Sptcial to The Eagle London, Feb. 18 Hereafter unlucky motorcar drivers within the territories of the BriUsa insurance companies are going to be further out of luck. They are going to pay increased motorcar insurance rates.

An insurance expert, commenting upon the general rij in rates of about 26 percent for insurance in connection wit it cars up to nine horsepower, said that motorists subject to too many accidents sere going to be denied insurance. It has long been known in Eng- land that rheap insurance has been an incentive to fraud or carelessness, the same as it is in the United States. Ambulance chasing on the grand scale as carried on in the large American cities does not in England, but the civil courts of this country have become so clogged with personal injury suits that the system of sittings has been changed and there has been much talk of the need of more judges to take care of the additional business. Ambulance Chasing Taboo. Also some solicitors who seem to have developed a disproportionate practice in personal Injury suits have been causing much lifting of eyebrows.

No English solicitor would dare carry on an ambulance-chasing enterprise such as that exposed in The Eagle as existing among certain law firms in Greater New York, but there are ways in which a lawyer can be exceptionally fortunate In getting desirable cases. Speaking of the new watch on would-be insurers and of the rise in rates on cars up to nine horsepower, the insurance expert said: "Every insurance company is now tightening up renewals of policies with every class of car. Owners who have shown what I would call a predisposition to accidents will be made to pay more in the future. The bad driver from an insurance point of view will be no longer able to live on the careful and good driver." Heavy Loss on Small Cars. "The general rise in rates on all small cars was bound to happen.

The companies could not carry on with small cars at the rates they were giving to owners. "Actually there has been a heavy less on small cars to the insurance companies, and the premiums on the larger cars were paying for the deficiency on small cars. "Many more small cars below the nine horsepower limit are coming on the road this year. Manufacturers are pushing the sales of these efficient baby vehicles. New models have been designed and are selling well.

Therefore the insurance companies had to take action. "With the growing number of cars road and accident risks increase enormously, and the owner of a small nine-horsepower car is just as likely these days to land a company in a $10,000 claim as the owner of a 40-horsepower car, paying a large premium." HUNGARY STIRRED BY 7-YEAR TERM IMPOSED ON BARON Hatvany, Returning After Long Exile, Is Imprisoned for "Slandering Nation." Special to The Eagle.) Vienna. Feh. 13 Budanest and the whols of central Enrope are horrified by the harsh punishment imposed on Baron Ludwlg Hatvany, who was sentenced to seven years penal servitude and a fine of half a million pengos for "slandering the Hungarian nation." UitUUIAUO UiU LVJ, "uu vany, a distinguished Hungarian auuior, umt lie la ya i- sponsible. He invited Hatvany, he tr return frnm Paris ftnfl nre- seht' himself before the courts because he knew or Hatvany nomesicsness and believed he would not be punished for long past offenses.

Matvanv Via nninfg nut. was not connected with the Hungarian revolution. His only offense was a number of articles he contributed in 1919 tn a Miinfforinn emio-re nnner attack ing the White Terrorists in Hungary, tnereDy speanuig uiuuvuiuuiy ui country. nnna.nl faaUrifr le that, anv 11T1- worthy language has been fully atoned lor oy iu years oi aim the intensely patriotic book that Hat- nrhn a nraaltViV ttinn Wmte. called "The Wounded Land," protest ing against me iiuiitjanan utij terms.

A nrlnlAcnrBarl mnvfmnt. nflg been started by literary men to secure by appeal a remission oi ine imrsu sentence, which was imposed by the notoriously severe Judge Toereky. HQS UllilUlilU WQRK IN ENGLAND Title Hung on Two) Although Caruso be dead, some one Is, nevertheless, the "world's greatest tenor," and, if you believe the advertisements, It is two of them, Benia- mlno Glgli and Giovanni Martinelll The title which was held for so many years by the incomparable Ca ruso has" not formally been awarded to anyone. Except, that is to say, in the advertisements. Two of them appearing on the same page of the same newspaper recently indicate how the Battle is raging between the supporters of Gigli and Martinelll to settle it in their own respective ways.

Saye the top advertisement: "Gigli, world greatest tenor, will sine at a benefit recital for the Italian Hospital Sunday afternoon, Feb. 15." And Just beneath that, in an advertisement of the same size, you read: "Martinelll world's greatest tenor, will sing at a benefit recital for the Relief Society for the Aged, Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, Feb. 26." And you may take your choice. Gigli himself, the younger of the two Metropolitan opera singers, nas saw "I do not want to be called a suc cessor to Caruso but only a good Gtg 11. Glgll is content to remain And Martinelll is on the record that his rival with whom he has never appeared the same program is "a beautiful singer." But as to which is the "world's greatest tenor" in succession to Caru so only the advertisements know.

SEEK OLD RECORDS THAT WERE SPARED IN VANDAL'S BONFIRE (Special to The Eagle.) Falmouth, England, Feb. 18 Mem bers of the Old Cornwall Society are endeavoring to discover- the where abouts of a parcel of ancient records which alone survived an extraordi nary episode that occurred at the little port of Fowey half a century ago. Their attention has been called to a privately printed and circulated book by Commander Henry N. Shore which describes how. having ordered the Fowey Custom House to cut down expenses, the treasury sent down from London officials who emptied the establishment of cartloads of records going back for centuries and containing reports of the greatest Interest to historians and.

having made a bonfire of them on the beach, had the ashes swept into the sea. Go Bark to Spanish Armada. It was not merely a few books and papers that were flung on the fire. The records destroyed weighed several hundredweight and were full of valuable sidelights on the maritime history of England back to before the time of the Spanish Armada. A Quantity of records was also burned in a cellar below the old mansion next door to the custom house, now a bank.

A parcel of what Cornish antiqua rians believe to have been the pick of the old manuscripts was. however, taken back to London by the vandals. Onlv evasive replies have been ob tained by the Investigators, who have courteously asked various government departments for Information. Clerk's Order Attacked. The antiquarians feci that they have a right to know: 1.

What ancient records were saved from that shocking exhibition of vandalism the only bonfire of ancient records that has ever been known in the west? 2. Where those records are preserved today? "The danger is that there may still be no effective eheck on a departmental head clerk in London-who happens to see no historical value in old state records which have been accumulating in this or that port and who Is able to order them to be tossed on the fire in order to provide a little more office space," said a member of the old Cornwall Society. Ask Parliament Inquiry. "At a time when so much importance is being attached to all relics of our maritime history, the govern ment departments concerned with port records may still be Instigating or encouraging bonfires of books and papers regarded as no longer of offl'-e importance. 'I should like to sec a question asked in the House, when Parliament reassembles, with a view to ascertaining exactly what supervision Is exercised over Whitehall clerks' instruct tlons.

or permission, to destroy old records not merely those of our seafarers and to obtaining a list of the various cases In the past few decades of the authorized or con doned fllnTins on a bonfire of such papers and books." I GIOVANNI MART1NELU POMP SE- Imposing Receptions for Ambassadors to Begin New Order of Things. Berlin. Feb. II The German Foreign Office has discovered that its great public functions are cot smart and impressive enough. It thinks that the German Republic lacks outward pomp and glory.

Under President Ebert the ceremonials of the Wilhelmstrasse. it says, assumed too homely and modest a guise, and although under Hindenburg things have taken on a more military pre-cision, and there has been more heel-clicking and goose-stepping, there is still a complete absence of dash and glamour. Imposing Receptions Planned. It has, therefore, now been directed that Berlin shall change all this. A beginning is to be made by giving foreign ambassadors and other exalted personages an altogether more Imposing reception in the capital.

A special official of the Foreign Office, who bears the title of "Chief of the Protocol," has Just worked out a new system of rules and ceremonies for use on such occasions. Henceforth, when a new ambassa dor enters German territory he is to be met at the frontier By a special diplomatic first-class railway carriage, whirh will transport hiia to the capital. He will be met at the station by the "Chief of the Protocol," and driven by a prescribed and dignified route in a special car nage ta the residence oi the President in the Wilhelmstrasse. A smartly uniformed officers' guard will salute as ne passes into the city, and a special flourish of trumpets will greet him. Flourish of Trumpets.

Tlie guest will find there new guards at the President's palace and will be greeted with new flourishes of trumpets. A gorgeously attired chamberlain will then knock solemnly with a golden rod three times at the President's door to announce his coming. Inside the whole German Foreign Office and diplomatic staff will be waiting, wearing their newly prescribed diplomatic garments of blue cloth with gold buttons. The Secretary of State will then come forward and introduce the new imbassador to the President. Canada Deports Baby Because It Has a Cold Plymouth, England, Feb.

18 A baby, Margaret Machonochie, arrived here with her mother on the Cunard liner Antonia from Canada, where she had been refused admittance, as she was suffering from a severe cold. The father, Patrick Machonochie of Glasgow, emigrated to Canada more Xhan a year ago and became a miner at Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. His wife and their five children left England last month to Join him. They arrived at Halifax, where the immigration authorities found Margaret to be suffering from a cold and ordered mother and child to re-embark within an hour. The four elder children were al lowed to join their father, who has taken them to Cape Breton, Calls Modern Mask Dangerous as Cocaine Rome, Feb.

11 "Modern music Is as dangerous as cocaine," Pietro Mas-cagni, the composer of "Cavalleria Rusticana," said in an interview recently. "I am not hostile to modernity," he explained, "but I do oppose atonality. Music must be tune and not noise. "The youth of today really knows nothing of classical music, of Bellini, of symphonic beauty. Their sense of hearing has been corrupted by jazz," the master added.

Mascagni conducted for several radio concerts and phonograph records. He complained that his duties as conductor leave him no time for composition. FRENCH SUPPORT BRITAIN IN NAYAL DISPUTE WITH U.S. (Special to The Eagle.) London, Feb. 11 The British fleet, as everybody knows, is very popular with the British people, but it would probably surprise the people of Britain to know how greatly the British fleet is appreciated by the French, writes a Paris correspondent of the London Times.

He adds: "In this respect they come only second to ourselves, and not a very bad second either. Such a statement may sound rather far-fetched to those who remember the very stubborn struggle which took place between the representatives of Britain and France at the Washington naval conference, but even then the French arguments were principally concerned with the maintenance of their own naval streneth, not with any reduction of ours. "And when It comes to the matter of a third party challenging our naval position we have no more vigorous champions. I should Imagine that if Mr. Wilbur, the American Naval Secretary, compared London and Paris comments on the declarations he made while outlining the American naval program he would find himself taken to task much more severely by the French commentators than by the British.

In this instance they were certainly plus royaliste que le rbl. Mr. Wilbur would find himself told bluntly, sarcastically, cynically and In every Instance pointedly, that his claims would not stand up. "In particular he was Informed that his charge that it was the British who wrecked the naval conference of Geneva would not bear five minutes examination by Independent onlookers. He was notified, further, that the United States Is provoking a race in naval armaments which could not possibly be of any good, and mav be of harm, with the added stlna; that the Frcnrh.

whom the Americans accused of lmperialsm. had at least the excuse of the need of defense against a possible adversary, whereas American navallsm Is unable to advance any Justification except the possession of surplus wealth. For us it was rather pleasant reading, as It Is not often that others take up the curiRels on our behalf with such vigor and conviction." The trials of a bride; read Vlda Hunt's great love story In Inday's Ergle. STEPP1HG Ifi-EHGUND HIDE BEHIND THE UW Fear of Heavy Libel Damages Makes Publishers Timid About Telling Truth. Ti'nuis a rtrv I For many years has brrn the ersw torn of ErujJi newipspers ar.d sports-! men to sneer at amateur in Ameri ican athletics and at the rowdy tac- tics attributed to American crowds tt tending It was a rase of the pot ciHt'-g the black.

but the American kettle d.d not knew that wes the cae and seldom replied. Secret or disrated payments cf real money to amateurs lia be-Mi unearthed time and in Tl: United States and and the Englisii papers have gloaltd over the scandals. The fact thu Fcct-dais have occurred in Ennland has seldom b-i ii noted by the American correspondents London, who havi tiia'ly themselves to be toa Important to trifle with any sporting news except the biat race, the Derbv. the Cowcs yacht races, the Wimbledan tennis chempionilups and the (roll rhampionshins-Few of the American correspond ents in London mske an effort to keep the American puolic as veil informed about snorting evenis maued bv riots or attacks upon cfficicls or contestants, of charges of crookedness and charees of fake amateurism, which break In the English papers, but the i.ngr.sn papers seize every item or that sort in the American papers ar.d make a big play of them. "Amateur" Clubs Attacked.

As an Illustration of how rotten things can be in English amateurism comes the case of the Footbail Association, which is investigating charge. of fake amateurism against nire. teams in the Northern League, which is supposed to be composed of simon pure amateurs. The Crook Town Club of Durham County was recently permanently Suspended on charges of secretly paying amateurs more than the necessary hotel and traveling expenses try which they are limited by Law 29 of the Football Association. 'Besides the nine clubs mentioned ten others are accused of paying amateurs.

The Durham County charges are said to be supported by sworn affidavits cf amateurs receiving more than their necessary expenses. Exposure of such a condition in any amateur sport in the United States would be a first page sensation in English papers, but the English papers do not play up the dirty; work in their own athletics as the American papers unhesitatingly do when they unearth scandal in American sport. As for rowdvism In crowds, there have been in the last 12 months more serious attacks upon football players, and fights between followers of rival teams in England than there have been at big league professional baseball games in the United States in the past ten years. Yet most Englishmen have been taught that every baseball crowd is a potential riot and that the forehanded fan should attend in full armor and with a bat-tleax. London Crowds Riot.

Again, there have been more serious outburst by crowds at boxing matches in London In the last year or two than there have been in New York in the past ten years. Direct intimidation of referees is openly practiced at one or two of the East Side of London boxing clubs. These are not exaggerations. The writer has been familiar with sports on both sidesi of the Atlantic for many years, and when not in England closely follows the English papers. Those English papers would probably develop play up and denounce sporting scandals more than they do, for the newspapermen frankly admit that much is wrong with their sports, but they are handicapped by libel laws which keep the English in the dark about very many things they should know for their own good.

The English papers can do little reporting until a case gets into a trial court, and then they are limited to reporting the evidence. If the case does not reach a trial court the papers are so fearful of the heavy libel damages which English juries delight to return that they are hamstrung. Libel Laws Suppress Truth. For Instance, the Black Sox baseball scandal of 1919 would probably have never come to light in England because the English papers would have been afraid of it, and justly, so. The exposure of famous boxing fakci in the United States would mostly have been impossible in England.

The consequence Is that tha Enz- lish sportsman sees little in print derogatory to his own athletes or promoters, while his papers glesfully reprint or rewrite for him the scandals which are freely discussed in the American papers about American sports. That explains many of the fool Ideas the average Englishman has about sport in the United States and also explains why he assumes a toplofty, supercilious and suspicious attitude toward American athletes and sportsmen, when it 4s doubtful the sports of England are one whit cleaner than thott In the United States. EARL HAIG'S DIARY SEALED 12 YEARS Frank Disclosures Seen When It Is Opened in 1940. (Special to The Eagle.) London, Feb. 18 A diary of the war years, compiled by the late Field Marshal Earl Hclg, was deposited by him shortly before his sudden death with tho trustees of the British Museum.

The proviso was made that the seals on the MSS. were not to be broken till 1940. "It has not been seen even bv myself." said J. P. Gilson.

the Keeper of Manuscripts and Eerton Librarian. "It will be kept for 12 years In charge of the trustees of the British Museum." Only one intimate friend of the dead field marshal oulslde the family circle knows the contents of the diary. The secret that Lord Halg wan committing his Inner knowledge of the war years to paper was closely guarded. A famous rnclng peer. a great iriend of Lord Halg, was made his confidant.

The diary is said to lie one of frank revelations and fearless criticism, dealing with war chiefs, statesmen, politicians and others who are still living, and others who have died. Sensational disclosure are expected when the diary is opened. SOUTH ATLANTIC AIR MAIL SERVICE OPENS IN MARCH France Secures Contract From Argentina, Taking Lead From Cermany. (Special to The Eagle Paris, Feb. 18 The first transatlantic air mail service contract lias already been signed, and France will dispatch in March mall which will be delivered -in Buenos Aires inside a week by means of airplanes, seaplanes and fast dispatch boats.

Franca will gain the lead from Germany, which is building a super-Zeppelin to 6panlsh order which will make the Journey from Seville to Buenos Aires in lour days. The French Government has subsidized, to the extent of tl.G00.000 the Lstecoere Company to establish a South Atlantic mail service. The Government has also leased to the company five naval dispatch boats for the stretch across the Atlantic from Cape Verde to Noronha Islands. The remainder of the distance will be covered by airplanes. The time taken between Pans and Buenos Aires is as follows: Paris-Toulouse, by express train, IS hours: Toulouse-Casablanca, by airplane, 13 hours; Casablanca-St.

Louis, Senegal, by airplane, V.k days; St. Louis-Cape Verde-Noronha Islands, by dispatch boat, 3'i days; Noronha-Pernam-buco, by seaplane. 5 hours; Pernma-buco-Rlo de Janeiro, by airplane, 14 hours; Rio de Janeiro-Buenos Aires bv aimlane. 15 hours. The Argentine and Uruguayan Governments have already given mail carrying contracts to the French firm, and Brazil and Chill are expected to do the same.

Postal officials estimate Uiat letters are carried annually between Europe and South America. The airplanes will also carry several passengers, and the naval dispatch boats have been altered to accommodate passengers. SEE SMALL ARMY WITH MACHINE GUNS THING OF FUTURE British Consider Adding More of Deadly Weapons Even Cavalry to Have Them. (Special to The Eagle.) London, Feb. 18 The General Staff Is considering an important proposal to include a machine-gun company, furnished with mechanical transport, in the establishment of all infantry battalions.

This would constitute the first step toward the eventful mechanization of Infantry. Its effect may possibly be seen this year. It is contemplated that every battalion, Instead of the machine-gun platoon which now forms part of its headquarters, should have a whole company converted into a machine-gun unit. An infantry battalion would thus consist of three companies armed with rifles and one machine-gun company. Such a change has been anticipated by the advocates of the new school of thought in the army, whirh lays stress on the vital importance of the massed fire power and rapidity of movement which mechanization affords.

The expenditure must obviously be considerable, and the provision of ar mored mechanical transport for mese new machine-gun companies, it is understood, would be spread over a number of years. The exact number of machine guns for each battalion and the number of men affected by this change in detail are not yet available. This Innovation would distribute throughout the Army a powerful weapon of attack and defense. The same proposal concerns the reorganization of the cavalry, wherein a squadron in each regiment would be similarly armed and mechanized. An eventual economy will be realized by hastening the time when a small army efficient in arming and mechanization will be able to effect what large armies have done in the past.

DEATH PENALTY WIDELY DEBATED Albany, Feb. 18 (P) Capital punishment is the most debated subject in New York State at present, according to James I. Wyer, director of the New York State Library. The library maintains a service for Individuals or groups preparing debates throughout the State. This consists of packages of pamphlets and newspaper clippings as well as books, which are distributed through 1.200 public libraries.

The service is directed by Mrs. Virginia Foskett. Mrs. Foskett's report for January shows 1,235 packages of debate material and 6.358 books sent out in response to specific requests. Approximately one-third of these dealt with capital punishment, it is estimated.

The material Is supplied to schools, libraries, study clubs, clergymen, physicians, laywers and school teachers. The library also Issues a list of suggested topics for debates, some of the most popular, of which are crime and criminals, disarmament, reparations and war debt settlements and immigration. It was stated that this motorcycle had done 1)0 miles an hour at Brook-lands on half-throttle. Although of nominally 2'i horsepower, it was claimed that something like 20 horsepower could be generated. The maximum piston speed.

It was claimed, Is 1 4-5 miles a minute. Werry has been working on this engine for 28 years. Ills idea has already been developed In Australia, he said, and the Werry engines are used with steam in the Australian Navy. He added: "Fifty percent of fuel, whether petrol, oil, or coal. Is saved.

The life of the engine Is Innipr than tint, of other types, and the upkeep lef-s." Plan Is Declared a Pure Political Maneuver, in AVhich Jewish Race Again Made Internationa! football. VfVEE W. WEIGAU Vkj yean ago the unity of the Jewish people in the United States seemed to be threatened. At that time the Joint Distribution Committer. "Yepresenting American Jews, decided "to launch campaign for funds for reconstruction work in Russia, to offset the adverse economic cons, "quences of the new regime in Russia from which Jews partisularly were suffering.

There would not have been any objection to this scheme on the -part of anybody, except that an un-lortunate interpretation was placed -on 'the splendid work which the Joint Distribution Committee was trying to do. The Impression was spread abroad, from what is now believed to be Bol-. shevtst sources, that the culmination of the colonization efforts of the American Jewish scheme would be the establishment of a Jewish Republic in Russia, somewhere in the Crimea. And to this project many Amer- lean Jews objected. They were to give money to settle Russian Jews on the land, where they might 'free themselves of the economic disabilities reigning In the cities, but thoy were opposed to any effort to 'set up a Jewish State out of the conglomeration of the Jewish colonies that would be established in Russia.

Never did the Joint Distribution Committee sponsor the idea of a Jcw- islr Republic in Russia, however. "'V American Jews Divided. The crux of the critical situation that ensued was that Russia seemed to be counterposed to Palestine, The question resolved itself into this: Shall Palestine become the Jewish homeland or Russia? Though some have since insisted that it was never 'a question of Palestine or Russia, but "of permanent colonization in Palestine and only relief 'In Russia, the problem divided American Jewry into two camps. So great was the objection to the idea of a Russian Jewish Republic, that many Jews refused altogether to be involved with the entire scheme of furnishing relief to Russian Jewry. Gradually, the situation cleared up.

and the Joint Distribution Committee successfully carried on its campaign 'for settling Russian Jews on the land, getting them away from the great towns and from the trades and professions in which the Jews had formerly been engaged. The main objective of the Joint Distribution Committee was to make farmers out of tradesmen. Practically all Jews agreed to this program, mention of "the Jewish State in Russia having been eliminated. Siberian Repobllo Proposed. But once again the difficulty has arisen.

A group of Jewish Commu- nists, who seem, to have thought that American Jewish objection to a Jew- ish.State in Russia had subsided, have announced that they plan the forma- tion of a republic, to be composed entirely of Jewish colonists. This time State is not to be set up in the Crimea, but in far-away Siberia. There, it is proposed by theso Jewish Communists, the Jews will enjoy eom- plete autonomy, under the siou of the U. S. S.

R. And again American Jewry has against this effort to repudiate -what had been tacitly understood for two years. It will have nothing to do twith a Jewish State in Russia, in form, in any part of that large country. Communism Is naturally opposed to the setting up of the Jewish Homeland in the ancestral home of the iJews, Palestine. However, the Bolshevik Government is anxious to se- cure the good will of Jews throughout world.

And what it thought was one of its most astute bids for that 'favor was the offer to give the Jews of Russia a large part of the country in which they could establish an', autonomous State. Jews Seen as Scapegoat. Russian Government thought that by making what would be considered a generous offer it would win -away from England much of the loyalty which it had gained from the Jews since it accepted the mandate over Palestine. The contention has been, in a word, that Russia wanted Jewish influence for Itself, especially in the United States, and therefore an offer of Jewish State 'Within its borders. has been disbelief on all sides, from the very first, when a Jewish State in Russia was spoken of, that this offer was more than a gesture.

It was doubted that Russia, With its present Insistence on the abolition of creedal forms would sponsor the erection of a State which by the very adjective Jewish repudi- atpd one of the main principles of Bolshevism. It was. purely a political Mmarieuver between Russia and Eng- land, with the Jewish people as the scapegoat, playing their usual role of an International football. -Move to Counteract Britain. At the time of the first announcement of a colonization enterprise In 'Russia, tending to the establishment of a Jewish State, one of the most reliable correspondents of the American, press wrote from Moscow: 'AAny system of Jewish land colonisation in Russia will be approved bv he Soviet Government if for no it.hrr rrason than that it tends "to jjmmteract Zionist colonization in Palestine.

The Soviet Government regards the Palestine scheme as a cunning move by England to gain the sympathy of Jews throughout the 'World and at the same time to estab- -IWi a firm grip on an area whose strategic and political Importance to is of inestimable value in the East." Speaking of the proposal to establish a Jewish Btate in Palestine late Jn 1925, R. Chubar, president of the -Uk-ainlan Council of Commissars, "ia'd; Motive Acknowledged. we In view the formation of a Jewish Republic? The question has not yet arisen nor been considered nt It, would not be a bad thing If we 'fhnuld decide to form separate Jew-. fh 'counties or even departments. It goPK without saying that, we should not' admit to the administration of sold counties the Zionists, who are Misleading the Jcwlnh masses by callow them to Palestine, where thev hip to rule them under the orders of Kngland.

we set up such depart rtwTi's or autonomous republic, it 'rould be nn precisely the same basis li all other Soviet republics, where fiwer held by the workers and fn.nnts." has thus been formally aeknowl- aft-cd bv lending Soviet officios thai v.iis involved in the offer of a (JULIU JROSEM VWAUD. Jewish republic in Russia was noth ing more inan an indirect appeal lor political support. Want Jewish Money. The Jewish Communists of Russia seemed to have worked with this idea in mind: We will desist from speaking of a Jewish State now, so as not to interfere with Jewish contributions from the United States. Their money is important for relief purposes, but once we have the money we will be in a position to go ahead with our plans for a Jewish republic.

But their idea has been frustrated. The Joint Distribution Committee has come out-openly against any project for the establishment of a Jewish republic in Russia. Dr. Joseph Rosen, chief representative of the American agency in Russia, who has accomplished miracles in colonizing Jews on Russian soil, and who is himself a distinguished agronomist, issued the following statement when told of the renewal of agitation for a Jewish republic in Russia: Irony of Siberia Plan. "In all our work we have been placing settlers only in such districts and on such tracts as have been selected and thoroughly investigated by our own agronomists.

We had nothing to do with the selection of tht Siberian tract and we are therefore not participating in this project." Some have regarded it as extremely ironic that a Jewish State should be broached for Siberia. That country is associated in the minds of Russian Jews with every manner of persecution. It represents the land of exile where they were sent by a despotic Czarist government for efforts to free themselves from oppression. It has thus been impossible to get a great many adherents in Russia for the Siberian scheme, which was first projected by the Comzet, the Russian Government's department for Jewish colonization work, and which is now being actively propagandized by the Jewish section of the Communist Party. Rosenwald Opposed.

This new attempt to divide American Jews is destined therefore to an early death. It provides no sound features either for the Jews, of Russia or for the Jews of America who would largely contribute the money for the enterprise. It is 'certain that Julius Rosenwald, who himself gave for Jewish colonization in Russia, would not be in favor of the establishment of a Jewish republic which would contain no saving factors for Judaism and which would be based entirely on Communistic principles. This position has been adopted by leading American Jews, so that any effort on the part of a small group of Russian Jewish Communists to set up a republic of their own must be frustrated by the refusal of American Jews to contribute to such a purpose. FALSE PASSPORT DEPOT IN PARIS Special fo The Eagle.) Paris, Feb.

11 Three arrests have already been made in Paris in cqnse-quence of investigations made simultaneously by the Paris and London police into the alleged forgery of, and traffic, in false passports. Scotland Yard was advised recently that a depot had been formed in London with a view to opening up a vast organization for the supply of false passports and identity papers to International crooks in order that the thieves might be able to travel without hindrance from one European capital to another. An Important Link. The London police soon discovered that the depot had an Important link in Paris, which had been chosen as the distributing centre for the forged documents. Paris was warned and Investigations by the police have led to the arrest of Henrlch Commens, said to be a Pole; Joseph Masurs and Henri Guiss.

They were arrested in a cafe, but a fourth man who was with them was able to escape. It Is alleged that at the time of his arrest Commens was in possession of two "faked" passports, one supposedly Issued by the British Government and the other by the Brazilian authorities. Masurs possessed an apparently authentic passport visaed in London and in Dieppe. AUTHORESS CALLED 'CUTTLEFISH' FOR LIBEL ON COLONEL Judge Denounces Writer Who Assailed His Character. Awards $5,000 Damages.

"Instead of 'pouring out her soul' ihe seems more like a cuttlefish, which pours out a volume cf inky fluid when it is pursued." This was one of Justice Avory's comments on Miss Odette Keun, author of "Prince Tariel." Miss Keun and her publishers and printers were for libel by Col. Ernest Casscl Maxwell, commanding the 1st Battalion Cheshire P.egimer.t, and he was awarded $3,000 damages and costs. The Judge refused a stay ol execution. Miss Keun. who was described as "a well-known author of Dutch extraction," was arrested and deported from Constantinople during the Allied occupation.

She attributed this wrongly to Colonel Maxwell, and. it was suggested, sought to pillory hiin in her book as "Major Cassel," a man of most immoral character and addicted to abominable practices. Miss Kenu did not appeal and was not represented. Messrs. Jonathan Cape, in their defense, said tliey published the book as a work of fiction, denied that the passages complained of referred to Colonel Maxwell, and denied that any defamatory meaning was Intended.

Butler Tanner, the printers, denied that the matter complained of referred to Colonel Maxwell. ENGAGED 29 YEARS, SHE SUES FIANCE (Special to the Eagle.) A breach of promise case in which it was stated that the couple became engaged 29 years ago was opened at Leicester Assizes and adjourned. Miss Mills, aged 50, sued Frank Jesson, aged 53, a wheelwright, for $500 damages. Mr. Loseby, for Miss Mills, said that since she became engaged 29 years ago she had been saving ttungs tor her bottom drawer.

"The majority of the articles," he said, "are, of course, right out of date." Mr. Loseby added that at first Mr. Jesson said that he could not marry because his father would cut him out of his will. The father died In 1910. and then Mr.

Jessen said that he had to look after his consumptive sister. She died in 1917, and Mr. Jessen then said that he would not marry until the war was over. He broke off the engagement last year. The defending barrister said that he had not had time to consider the statement of claim, and the Judge, in adjourning the case to the next assizes, remarked, "After such a length of time another two months will not make much difference." Cannibals Make Victim Feel He's Being Honored (Special to The Eagle.) Feb.

18 "What are the feelings of the victim of a cannibal feast?" This question was asked by Professor Malinowskl, the newly appointed professor of anthropology at the University of London, of some natives from the heart of New Guinea when he was gathering information on cannibalism. "They said: 'My dear friend, you must take the sense and meaning of these Professor Malinowskl told the Polish Circle of the Lyceum Club at a luncheon. "'The victim is the guest of honor at our festivities. He is delighted to come. We pay him high tribute, and he knows he is passing into our in-sides, which are the seat of do not give the best that is in them to the revolution, and either fault, according to Feng Yu-hsiang, Is deserving of death.

Feng Yu-hsiang, who exercises a paternalistic dictatorship over the province of Honan, at a recent mass meeting at his provincial cap'tnl exacted a promise from such of his men who were not married that they will not marry until he declared the objects of the revolution had been attained. At the same time ho said lhat free love and divorce were contrary to the Chinese moral code and were punishable by death. Drag on Nation's Welfare. The active association of women with the Chinese nationalist troops which came about from the tune of the organization of the Nationalist Government last year, led to a condition where young men and, women were In active contact with each other and forgot entirely, according to General Feng, what they were In camp for. Their amours, he sayj.

have been conducted at the of the revolution and have been a drag on the country's welfare. Hence, he says, he is once again enforcing the former rule against all nee marriages, bigamy and riivorcj and Is determined to punish dis obedience with the. extreme penalty. Death Penalty Is Decreed For Any Troops of Gen. Feng Who Yield to Women's Wiles 100-Mile-an-Hoiir Trains -Claimed With New Engine By ALFRED E.

FIERES. Special Correspondence of The Eagle Toklo, Feb. 5 The extreme penalty will be the lot of any member of the army of Feng Yu-hslang, popularly known as the "Christian who Is guilty of free marriage or divorce. This Is the gist of a proclamation just issued by this Chinese warrior-missionary, who declares that drastic measures are necessary, owing to the growing Immorality among his troops. The modern flapper of China Is raid to be the siren that Is tempting the officers and men of Feng from the straight and narrow path.

These young girls, most of them with bobbed hair and wearing short skirts, have been taking an active part in the Chinese revolution, the Christian general points and have Unu come Into contact with his officers and men. Several have succeeded, by their wiles. In corrupting his men. some of whom, although already married, have forgotten the girl they left behind them and entered Into Illegitimate marital relations with these tcmptresser. Army Mor'le Suffers.

One result of this, apart from the mmorallty. savs the Christian pen- crnl, is thnt thrse officers and men Railway trains that will run at a normal, speed of loo miles an hour with perfect safety is the prophecy of C. Werry, who has Invented a new typo of high-speed engine that can be applied to trains, steamers, motor-cars and motercycles. One of his engines, fitted to a motorcycle nominally of 2'i horsepower rating, has been demonstrated here. It hnd no valve, and the two pistons, working from the same spark, made the Invention virtually two engines In one.

The pistons themselves art ns vnlves by admitting snd discharging the gas from the cylinder..