St. John's Daily Star, 1921-02-24

              The St. John's Daily Star Our A verage Daily Circulation, September 9181 fjnbgfnbv THE WE A 7 HER Probs~S. to W. finds; Mia I VOL. VII. Price: One Cent THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1921 I ($3.00 per Annum.) No. 44 3 KILLED IN IRISH AMBUSCADE Influx of Immigrants Menaces The United States With An Epidemic ofTyph'us, Declares New York Official MANDATE DISCUSSED Council of League of Nations Summary of Stand of the American Government; ASSERTS RIGHT OE VETO, ALMOST DARIS Feb. 22-The Council of the ' League of Nations tonight decided lo give out only a summary ofThT American net* regarding mandates under the league, the text of which was submitted lo the council this A summary follows: The government of the United States declares, it seizes the occasion to send to the council of the league f copy of a note addressed lo Earl Curzon, British foreign minister, on Nov.. 20..setting forth in detail the views of Ihe United. States on the responsibilities of mandatory powers. A copy of that note has been sent to the French and Italian governments.The United States government: draws the attention of the council to the. reuqest made in that note that projects of mandatejntended be communicated to the LViited States government, and that it have precise inciicalions of the principles oh which the United States ma)' condition its approbation. The United States government has received the text of mandate attributed to the Emperor of Japan over p.ll former German islands, situated in the Pacific Ocean north of the equator, which text was approved by the council of the league on December 1 Ith in Geneva. 1 m ■  DEARER NATURALIZATION London, Eng., Feb. 22—the fee | for naturalization in Great , Britain has now been raised from $ 15 to , $50. . • ! Fears Spread of Typus From Europe Strict Regulations Govern Immigrants New York, Feb. 22—The greatest menace confronting the United States to-day is the possibility of a typhus plague, according to Dr. Royal S. Copeland, health commissioner of New York City. The disease is being kept out of the country, and so far the only known cases are those of immigrants detained on an island in New York Bay. The danger is very real, Copeland said to-dayruntess federal, state and port authorities co-operate immediately in combatfng the influx of imjmigrants from the typhus infected "districts of Europe. Following his recommendation to President Wilson that all immigration frpm thfse disease-ravaged areas be stopped. Copeland issued an order requiring all trans-Atlantic passengers atrriving here to pass a rigorous health examination before admission. This became effective today. action was taken by the New Jersey|health authorities in this port. "If typhuS were permitted to get a foothold in New York the entire country plague in its history—a situation beside? which our recent influenza epidemics would be nothing." Dr. Copelard said. DEMANDS OF LABOR ON CONGRESS OF U.S. Repeal of Anti-Combination and So- Called onspiracy Laws, Insisted On. WASHINGTON, D.C., Feb. 13—The enactment by Congress of a law declaring that labor organizations are not corpartnerships and—shall not be so treated in law or equity, is demanded by organized labor in the declaration of principles adopted tonight by representatives of the National and International Unions affiliated in the American Federation of Labor. The declaration, which was approved after an all day conference here at which Samuel C. Gompers, President of the Federation, presided, also called for "immediate restoration of exemption from or the repeal of all anti-combination and so-called conspiracy laws. * » mm m  mil INCREASE RATIONS To Help Celebrate International Holiday at Moscow London, Feb. 24—In celebration of an international holiday for women at Moscow on March the eighth fod rations will be increased under orders of the food commissariat. UNEMPLOYMENT BILL GETS SECOND READING Measure Pajses In Commons, Despite Strenuous Opposition of The I Laborites. JONDON, Feb. 23.—After considerable criicism from the laborites | regarding its inadequacy, the gov| ernment billf increasing the unemploy; ment insurance payment passed its I second reacting in the House of ' Commons ®-day under the closure motion which was carried by 14$ to 50. £ Robert Cynes had previously declared that;>:the laborites would abstain from toting. Earlier in the day Mr. Clynes introduced a bill dealing with the unemployment problerm—in I accordance*, with the labor party's | views. BRITAIN WAITS ON NEW MINISTRY Will Say Nothing to U. S. Until Harming is Inaugurated 23.—Andrew Bonar Law, government spokesman, questioned in the House yesterday as to whether Great Britain would approach ,*apan and the United States for uhe purpose of conferring on naval construction, replied that until the rJew United States government had .aken office it would not be desirable to express an opinion. '~ * mm »  WA$ BITTEN BY DOG I —: , Ferocious Animal Attacks Mr. P. J. Shea on Patrick St Yesterday morning near Patrick Street, Mr. P. J. Shea was suddenly attacked by a dog and bitten in the leg. He hastened to the surgery of Dr. A. Tait and has his injuries attended to. Several accidents of this kind have happened of late. SEA POWER IN PACIFIC Matter of Vital Import to Australia and New Zealand WELLINGTON, N.Z.,'Feb. 21 —Statements to the effect that th* Dominions had conferred witlf the United States in regard to Pacific naval policy have groused j keen interest in New Zealand. The comment of the press is that the Dominions are be used as puppets to "force the hand of the British Gov ernment. Though she is vitally-interested in the defence Pacific, New Zealand's problem differs from, that of America and Australia in important respects. New Zealand has no huge tracts uru_ suitable for white Setlement. An active immigration policy will provide a white population capable of holding the islands. Japanese are almost unknown, there being ulrtder 100 in the Dominion compared with 3,500 Chinese and 700 Hindus. The new Immigration Restriction Law is expected to keep Asiatic immigration with in bouads without causing friction. 1 p The Dominion's main interest in Pacific problems arises from the guardianship of Samoa and Cook Islands. This involves further naval responsibility, of which the light cruiser Chatham, which fecently arrived here, is the first instalment. is not the remotest possibility if New Zealand's consulting America, even informally, vithoufcrfull discussion first in the Councils of the Empire. POLICY NOT ADEQUATE Labor Party Condemns Methods of British  ernment for Coping With Unemployment. WON'T RELIEVE THE BIG PROBLEM lONDOX Feb. 23—The Labor Party and Trades Union National Congress at its conference today on the question of unemployment passed a resolution declaring the government's jpolky of extending the "Unemployment Insurance Act" was lamentable and inadequate to meet the present situation. The government's action "bears little relation to existing human suffering," the resolution added. It proposed the continuance of constitutional parliamentary efforts to induce government action for the benefit of unemployed and urged that every opportunity be taken to use the bye-elections to bring pressure to bear upon the government through the defeat of every coalition candidate.In the course of the conference a lively scene occurred when a resolution providing that the deputation of unemployed be allowed to address the delegates was defeated amid disorder and demands for right of free speech. COMPROMISE TARIFF AGREEMENT REACHED import Duty on Wheat For U.S. Set At 35c Bushel—Settles Point Under Discussion WASHINGTON, Feb. 23—A campromise agreement, fixing the tariff on wheat at thirty-five cents a bushel, was reached to-day by the" senate and house, the conferees considering the Fordney emergency bin. I The wheat schedule was one of the | principal stumbling blocks of the con ference. The house rate was thirty cents per bushel and the senate forty cents. The agreement on thirty-five cents was said to involve the question of the difference in the rate ~of exchange.• mm $ WARSHIPS FIGHT BOLSHE FORCES Red Army Loses Heavily in the Engagement is Report Constantinople, Feb. 23.—French destroyers, cruising along the coast of the Black Sea, have been engaged with Soviet forces at Gagrey. Reports indicate that the Bolsheviki lost heavily. Tiflis appears to be still in the hands of the Georgians, who have, however, suffered quite heavy losses. ■ mm » ARE JUST "SHAMMING DEAD" Times Accuses Germany of Reparaation Trickery. London, Feb. 24.—Under the caption of "Shamming Dead" The Daily Mail yesterday began a series of articles based on inquiries of a number of special investigators purporting to show Germany intends to evade reparations by trickery. -•■ mm • DEMANDS APOLOGY OF THE JAPANESE China Complains of Damage By Destruction of Craft and Wants Compensation pEKING, Jan. 17. (By Mail)— The Chinese government has demanded an apology and reparation from Japan for the sinking last June of a Chinese craft by fire from a Japanese gunboat in the Amur river, shortly after the Nikolaevsk massacre. According to Chinese naval department reports, the Chinese boat, owned by one naval officer, four marines and 44 workmen, was sent out by the Chinese gunboat lying in' the Amur to cut wood for fuel. On its return at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, a Japanese gunboat was sighted. The craft dropped anchor and ran up the Chinese flag. The Japanese gunboat opened fire and1 seven shots hit the hull. The boat was partially submerged in shallow water and 34 workmen were killed by gunfire or drowned in efforts to get to shore Still Above the Clouds THIRTEEN THOUSAND MEN TO GO ON STRIKE British Railwaymen Angry With Their Executive On MattcT of Wage Standardisation jONDON, Feb. 23—Thirteen thousand! signalmen, all members of the National Union, threaten strike if their demands for the standardization of wage rates are not met within ,a fortnight. The men angry with their own because of the delay in the negotiationswith the railway companies, complain that every other grade of jrailwaymen except themselves and the shoprfen have obtained the standardization promised after the last strike. BOLSHES PLAN TO FIGHT THE JAPS Are Concentrating Large Forces at Siberian Points Harbin, Manchuria, Feb. 23.— Military operations by the Russian bolsheviki against the Japanese forces in Siberia are believed to be forshadowed by the concentrations of Soviet troops in the eastern end of the country. There were fifty thousand bolsheviki soldiers in China " recently and more are said to be arriving. ARMY OF 175,000 MEN. Military Strength of U. S. Provided For In Congress Vote. Washington, Feb. 23.—A United States army of one hundred and seventy-five thousand for the next fiscal year was provided for in the appropriation approved yesterday by the Senate sub-committee of military af* fairs. i mm I  GREAT INCREASE IN CHILD DEATHS Infant Mortality in Hungary Startling add is Due For Most Part to Underfeeding. ffi DARIS, Jan. 30—(By  startling increase in the number of deaths of children in Budapest in,the past year is shown in the official reports of the.Budapest Health Department received here. The figures of 1914 which showed that the number of births exceeded the deaths by 208,000 were approximately reversed in 1920. Fortyfive per cent of the deaths were of children under seven "years old, while 37 per cent were.of children from the homes of tne poorest people."This proves," the Health Department states, "that infant mortality in Hungary is due chiefly to misery able conditions in general and particularly to underfeeding. ■ i m "SHELL SHOCK," CRIME EXCUSE  London, England, Feb. 22—! "Shell shock has taken the place of ■ ihe drink excuse of my earlier years j in the service," says Dr. Hamblin- Smith; in a report otr prison conditions. "The estimation of the precise value of this excuse is a matter of great difficulty," he said. Theodore Roosevelt had no English ancestors. KNOW WHAT THEY WANT Nationalist and Constantinople Turks Agreed On the Immediate Needs of Their Country. PRESENT IDEAS TO THE ALLIES [ONDON, Feb. 23.—At to-day's session of the Allied and Turkish delegates, the fact was brought out that the nationalists and the Constantinople contingent were practically agreed upon What Turkey wants The two delegations are agreed on the broad principles of their claims. These looked towards maintaining the integrity of the Ottoman empire, but with the recognition of the fact hat the allies would maintain ■ mandates over certain parts of the former Turkish provinces. They insisted on the rights* of minor ities under these provinces and demanded also the return of Thrace and Smyrna to Turkey. Liberty of the straits and military and financial control in Constantinople were insisted upon. Lloyd George said it would be necessary to go beyond mere statements of general principles and that the allies required specific details of the proposals for examination. . The conference adjourned with the understanding that the Turks would submit their proposals to-mc-rrow morning. Act As Factions. London, Feb. 23.—Turkish Nationalist envoys, having refused to join the delegates of the Sultan's government, the Turkish delegation to the Near Eastern conference entered the first session this morning in two separate bodies. FIRE IN FAMOUS CHURCH. Altar and Statue Damaged By Flames At Rome. Rome, Feb. 23.—Fire in the world famous church at Loretto Chisa Della Casa Santa, destroyed the altar and the statue of the Virgin, says a despatch from Lorato to-day. The fire was caused by a short circuit. Will Answer Attackers. Washington, Feb. 23.—Representatives of National and Internation al Unions affiliated, with the Ameri can Federation of Labor gathered here to-day in an extraordinary con ference for the purpose of organizing to meet attacks on union ] labor movements. » mm ■  « Important Developments Looked For London, Feb. 24—Important developments were expected at the near eastern conference today when it 'is hoped the Turkish delegations will be able to submit a joint state- of their objections to the Sevres Treaty. * £i ■ mm t  Former Empress Seriously 111. Doom, Holland, Feb. 24—physician attending the former Auguste Victoria of Germany, considers her condition too serious to permit of, her being informed of the death of her brother, the Duke Ernest Gunther, of Scheslwig Holstein. ' POLICEMEN AND WOMAN KILLED IN AMBUSCADE THREE R.I.C. MEMBERS . ARE SHOT AND KILLED Constables Lose Their, Lives at Very Gate bi Dublin Castle and In Sight of Safety |)ÜBLIN, Feb. 23—Three members of the royal Irish constabulary, employed in Dublin castle, were shot to-day, two being killed and the ether seriously wounded by civilians almost at the castle gate at mid-day. The constables had just entered the street when eight civilians opened fire on them. When other constables rushed from the castle with drawn revolvers, the attackers had escaped. Three Victims of an Affray at Mount Charles, County Donegal, Ireland, on Tuesday. CONSTABLE KILLED IN IRISH AMBUSH More Outrages and Murders Reported From Various Parts of Emerald Isle QUBLIN, Feb. 23—Ambushes occurred in several parts of Ireland last night and more are reported today. District Inspector Rowland, a sergeant and constable were wounded when forty men attacked a patrol at Kells, County Mealh. The police routed the attacking party, some of its members being wounded. In an ambush at Mount Charles, County Donegal, a constable was killed and at Bally Longford, County Kerry, a constable was killed. « mm t  PROTEST BY LABOR AGAINST INDEMNITIES Would Enslave European Workers And Intensify Hatred and Destroy Civilisation. AMSTERDAM, Feb. 23.—Protesting against indemnity demands upon the Germans which it is claimed would reduce the workers of Europe to slavery for a life time, prevent the reconstruction of Europe, intensify national hatreds and destroy civilization, the Bureau of Internation al Federation of Trades Unions has despatched to Lloyd George on behalf of the twenty-five million workers a message appealing to the delegates of the London Conference not to forget the effects their decision will have on the working classes. ■< m +  Were "Executed" Dublin, Feb. 23.—The bodies of three soldiers were found near Woodford, County Galway, last night. Each man had-been shot through the head and on each body was a note "Spies courtmartialed and found guilty." 2 OF ATTACKERS ARE CAPTURED ; Sinn Fein Hall is Burned and Shops Raided—Constable is Killed Thru Accident. I gELFAST, Feb. 23—An ambuscade ; at Mount Charles, County Donj egal, last night, resulted in the death of two policemen and* a young wo| man, the body o' the latter being J found to-day lying in a yard. The fighting lasted for half an | hour and two members of the attack- I ing party were captured. Reprisals followed the attack. Two shops in Mount Charles were burned to the ground and another house was set on fire but was saved. When the policemen reached Donegal with their dead comrades the people jeered them and reprisals fol lowed. The skin fein hall was burn ed out, shops were raided and the people fled from the town. The disturbances continued throughout the night. Constable Hughes was killed, but it was officially announced to-day that his death was due to an accioent.All business was suspended in Don egal to-day. The schools also were closed. COUPLE OF FISHERMEN VICTIMS OF TRAGEDY - p Two Members of Crew of Schooner Monarch Capsize Dory and Lose Theii Lives DOSTON, Feb. 23—The drowning of John Enos and William St. Marks, dory mates on several fishing trips, was reported as a mystery by the schooner Monarch when she came to port today. The men had been out in their dory hauling hand lines on George's Banks on Sunday when the deck watch on the Monarch discovered seats of their boat drifting against the vessels side. Fellow fishermen pushed off in haste and after a row found the dory capsized with St. Marks clinging to it. Before they could reach him he had dropped into the sea, apparently exhausted. German Duke Dead. 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