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Mail!!! Melee Addresses a,
Can-amino to the Boardi
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t Emma
AIIOCMTED PRESS NEWI FROM ALL PABTO OF THE WORLD IV A: IPIGML Will AND OUR OWN O PIRATOR.
entered .1 ‘éhe'eootit Hit-walk Poo?"
Office as Second tDlaea Mather,
lots $1,500 oiillois
’lie Sees Hervey and to.» White:
of {treat Plain
Property of Hervey N. White and.
Norman White, of Great Plain dlSirlC[,A
was attached yesterday to the extent;
of $2.000 by City Sheriff Thomas Leon-A
ard, in a civil action brought by
(‘harles A. Baur, of Norwalk, in which
he seeks to recover damages for in-'
juries alleged to have been received
in a collision in Sherman on August
13 last. The case is returnable at
lllE liootllltitoo A
com militant
if Manage-leaf ill: let Won the
Confidence of the People flur-
-» leg Twenty-Three fears, it is
Timeto ellange Methods, Says
the President
JOAN! licMulletl. president of
NOI'WaAk Hospital Association. has
addressed a conttllutlication to the
Board of Directors setting forth ccr
lain facts whit-h tln inlestigalion by
Louis J. Cohen, an elllploye of Mr,
Mt'Mtlilt’ll ill tllis work. seems to war-
rant. Mr. Cohen Allis beell engaged for
many months ill this work, and hi5
labors have been productive of an ill
telligent idea of hospital conditions
Data is gil’elt,» in the letter to the
Director by President MCMllAAt’n and
suggestions are offered which should
be tutrelully considered at the ap-
proaching meeting of the association.
The present appears to be a critical
itllie ill the history of the local ittslilu»
lion. tilil the letter. which follows,
llit‘l‘t‘l-il't‘, will be read with interest:
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showman
oomois national
A speeding motorcyclist narrowly
escaped serious injury in Wall street
yesterday afternoon, when he collided
with a Ford runabout,
driven by L. J. Reynolds, the uptown
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court. .._
Th? complainant ill the case states
that on the date in question Mr. Baur
[was riding on the rear seat of the
I motorcycle of John Gerstenmaier, Jr..‘
of Danbury. on the Sherman turnpike
ltl Sherman, when the automobile of
Hervey N. White, which was driven
by Norman White, approached on the
‘ left side of the road and collided wiln
l the motorcycle. 11 is claimed that Mr.
‘Baur was thrown from the seat of
the motorcycle by the force of the col.
,lision and suffered severe injuries,‘
ianlong them injuries to his left wrist
fand nose which, it is claimed, will be
t permanent.
‘lly reason of the injuries received in
the collision, the plaintiff has been on»
able to attend to his duties as pro-
prietor of a grocery store which he
conducts in Norwaik. the complaint
.atates. it is further claimed that the
plaintiff has suffered considerably and
htts been put to great inconvenience
by the accident, which, it is claimed,
was not his fault and was without
jconlrihutory negligence otl his part. it
:is also claimed that lllr. White was
3 negligent anti cart-lens ill driving the
,autoiltobile oil the left side of tho
I’l’OillA .\ir. llaur seeks “.500 dalllages.
i "Keogh t‘alldee. of Norwalk.
'broughl the case for Air. llatlr.
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l .\'or\valk security holders nlust not
'forget that the four mill tax on se-
curities must be paid’to the Treasurer
of the State at Hartford before the
lciose of September.
it is expected that there will be a
heavy rush of owners of securities
to pay the tax of it mills next week
iwhen the time limit for payments
Ion the investment tax‘explres. Fred
nhmmawao
VESSEL moo All on
Bottom of thfllraft WU by
The motorcyclist came down Wall 3. Chamberlain, the state treasurer.‘
street. bound east, at a rapid pace, and. has had a force of about twenty
«tossed the railroad tunnel. ‘iust as‘clorks working for several days in
Mr- Reynolds pulled out from the curb the Old Senate chamber ill the Capl-
in NS “130th. The driver Of thegtol making out hundreds of receipts
lnbtorcycle, unable to stop his ma- and the work is increasing every,
chine. turned quickly to the left. day, The largest amount paid up to.
struck the automobile aglancing blow, the present on a single estate is,
and brought up against the curl) on the 313,320, involving property valued at
left side of the street, with a consid 33,330,000. A
erable 3011. _, ' The time limit for payments will
Neither the motorcycle nor the auto- be reached on October 1 and it is
mobile were damaged, and no one wast believed that many owners of so
injured as a result of the mishap. The . curltlea who have been dilatory in
motorcyclist had a chicken strapped 1 sending in their tax. money will’havc
on the carrier of his machine, in “Am wait longer than usual for the
paper bag, and the fowl. thoroughlylt-ecglpts. Treasurer Chamberlain ex
frightened, voiced its terror in loud? pacts a large increase. in the Df/J~
and discordant squawks. lceeds of the tax this year. Last
The . drivers of both machines‘iryear it yielded a revenue of 8415,-
thought that the other was to blamaj771_75, It is expected that the
for the accident, bllt no . rats were amount realized this year will ex—
made. The cyclist procee ed on his
way, after a brief halt of inspection,V
to see if his machine had been dam-
aged.
ceed half a million dollars.
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Miami. Fla.,' Sept. 23.-After a
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Charles 8. Greenwood has arranged
a very, attractive political feature for
week's chase through the Everglades
and several motor boat races along
the Florida coast. the posse sent out
. after bandits who robbed the State
Bank of Homestead, virtually have
given up hope of capturing them.
Several members of the posse .re-
turned here yesterday and expressed
the opinion that the bandits never‘
would be caught.
solicitation
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PITTSFIELD, Mass.. Sept. 23.—
Shotqrwore fired yesterday upon a
policeman and a guard at the plant of
the General Electric Company where a
strike has been in effect several
weeks. The officer. Thomas E. flex-
woll, returned thriller No one was
hit; Stephen Tania: a. p
was arrested. charged ,Wlth' carry-
ing a revolv'gr. ~
striker-late!-
' the present campaign. .He calls it a
“Slide Talk on Washington," and hi
includes views at the city of Wash-
ington, political cartoons and tariff'
slides. The instructive. entertainmentl
consumes about»an hour and a’ half
and’is very attractive in its arrange-
lment. The South ‘Norwallr Republican
Club has arranged with Mr. Green-
wood to be present at the meeting in
Old Red Men'sflall, East Washington
street, Monday evening. and present
hie‘“talk.” The meeting is open to all'
and President Cramer C. Hegeman
extends a cordial invitation to the
ubltc to be present. This is the first
meeting held by the club this year,
and many of lar gatherings will be
announced lat .
tattoo: BEARDOLEY 'ro rake 111%.
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NEW HAVEN. Sept. .38.—The pub
lfcfty department of the Democratic.
elite headhunters nun that
Ionic 'B. Beardsley,A the go
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Both hood and p ..
graphic, is printed dill!
in The Evening Scotti“ ,
. SOUTH NORWALK, CONN, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, laid-fl -
Probably fair tonight and Sunday. TWO es ’
BAY .SIAIE
GOES ASHllRE
150 Posse-geraniu- off in lattes
and Lifeboat and Landed at
Portlandlaiae, Early Today
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Rocks and She Will he Tettiii
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PORTLAND, Maine, Sept. 23,—Tbe
Eastern Steamship Corporation’s:
steamer. liliy State, bound fronl ilos-t
too for Portland, wezlt ashore on llaly-
comb itoek, just off the tip of Capo
Elizabeth during a heavy fog early to-
day. The 150 passengers were taken
off in lifeboats and dories. The
steamer lies high atlvl dry ill a danger,
one position.
The coast guard cutter Ossipec and
the lug l’llrll‘ntlll, notified by wireless,
hastened from Portland to the ttuslsl.
Mice ‘of the llay State, bltt as the
steanler was pounding heavily in the
ground swell it was thought advisable
to have the passengers removed by
the crew of the (‘tlpe Elisabeth Coilsl‘
Guard station. The point where the,
vessel struck is a half mile west of
the Two Lights and the station.
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saved. The tug Tortland on her at»
rival attached it line to the sit-amen
but on the first pull the hawser broke'
and efforts to haul her afloat were
temporarily abandoned.
The Bay State was sighted apprpach,
ing the rocks by one of the. coasts
guard crew at 3:30 o‘clock. He burned7
a coaton light. but the warning if it
was seen, came too late. if was
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REPUBLICAN AOWN
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The Republican Town Committee of
Iphoned to Health Officer George C-Aartist
.\'orwa1k held their first meeting in Mr. and Mrs. Claude Estelle had had‘ for to dinner of fried bacon and eggshnd nine cents a qual’t. This is all
their new quarters in the 01d lied‘
Men‘s Hall. last evening. Nearly all:
the members were present and details
for the campaign were carefully cone
ldered. Charles H. Dilworth. Edwarll‘
Doolens. Charles Keene. Clark M
ly and Percival H. Sharron were,
named as a committee to keep int
touch with voting machine conditions
and to be present at the Councal when-
ever tho matter calls for action. The
chairman was instructed to name a‘
subcommittee on rallies, and also it
was voted to have the chairman of
each Ward committee to name a mom
her of a permanent executive commit-
tee. Other matters of party impor-
tance was considered and the meeting
adjourned to meet at
next Friday evening.
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SEARCH ftlil Missal:
lliolttil til Will
DIXVILLE NOTCH. N. H., Sept. 23.
——Joseph A. Dennison, of Boston, for
mer assistant district attorney of Sun.
folk County, and his wife, who have
headquarters ‘
JEWISH SEASON 0i
PRAYER NEXI Willi
iiool flashed. er lien leer llshers
ill Ansel Series of ilely hay:
Rash Huhonah—New Yeah—first,
of the annual series of Jewish holy
days, will be ushered in on Wednes-
day evening. September 27, at sunset.
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tumour
noun
Two days are set aside for the ob»,
servance of this holiday, on the flrsti
day of which every Jew by the laws,
of the church must abstain from all!
labor. pbyaiml and mental. Tile ortho-!
.dox Jews observe both days rigidly.
Oil
the
book,
iloah HashOnah, according to,!
Miehna. the ancient Jewish law,
“all the inhabitants of that
Aearth pass before Him as sheep before
it is really a judgment;
day when the sins and merits,
of all men are weighed by the Divine
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a shepherd."
Judge.
Solemn services mark the day..
Prayers in prose and'poetry are re-;
cited and song. They dwell upon the‘
theme of God‘s Judgment of mung
The "Shofar." the Ram's horn, is
sounded in all synagogues, summon,
ing men to prayer and repentance.
At the close of the service the. wor-
shippers greet each other with the
words. "May you be written down for
a good year." ,
(in October 1 is Yonl Klppur, the,
liny of Atonement. regarded by lllel
Jews as their most sacred holiday. it;
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'A’i “ (“A an" J9" abstaining fromunions in this city and West Cheater.
food and drink and work for 2f hours.
front sunset on the sixth to sunset on,
the seventh. '
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tortilla clots
oi_oll_l_to PlAlllll
‘IAX 0N SECURIHES 1 Soon aftlt-l'giaylight the sleamcr’IWifl FINA‘I". 3 "I“! B“
I ‘cotllinence owing out her boilera’ .. '
; and it }appeared probable that her bot-‘i W“ A“. m|~rm'
tom ad been punctured and that .' ”I S.” '
""81 BE PAID NEXI WEEK water had reached the flreroom. it m 1' 0.5. Yidd‘
was feared that she could not be' t. “nu“ '/
TiiOMl’SO.\'\‘ll.LE, sept. 23.-—'l‘hree
more cases of infantile paralysis
were reported yesterday and in
each case the child had been sick for
some days with no doctor in attend-
once.
Frank iiejdok of No. 22 Tariff
street. Neighbors reported the ill-
ness of the child. and, upon inveetl~
gallon, it was learned that the child
had the disease. One leg is useless.
The other two cases were spotted
by Miss Mary Mnloney, teacher of
the King street school. Upon his
quiry from the Estelle children as to
the absence of their two brothers,
aha learned that they had been at
home. ill for two or three weeks andl
could not walk. Miss Maloney telo~
Finch. He learned that two sons of
infantile‘ paralysis for nearly three
weeks, and that two of the other
children had been attending the King
street school for a fortnight.
doctors had been called. but the
orable condition.
children ill the Estelle home.
, The school had closed for the day
.when the cases were reported, and
last night, when the members of the
Republican party arrived- at the
school to attend a rally. they f0ll‘ld
that the schoolhouse was being
fumigated. No rally was held.
The three cases reported yesterday
make a total of eight in this town.
The Estelle home. in the, southern
part of the town. has been quaran-
tined.
than into
i oration Willis
TERIRYVILLE, Sept. 23.—Thomae
Kane, 24 years old, of Thomaston,
until recently of New York, was at-
most instantly killed yesterday after-
been missing since Wednesday, whenmoon, when he was knocked from tho
they started on a walk through the
"Big Woods" near here, were the ob
facts of continued search by several
parties today. The hunt had been
top of a field tower as a result of a
telephone wire which he was discon-
necting, coming in contact with a high
tension wire from the Falls Village
prosecuted through the night by man
power plant. Kane recovered con-
carrylng torches but without develop-laclouaneee after striking the ground,
lug any trace of the missing coupler but died. before Medical Examiner Dr:
The attorney and his wife. had been' Richard J. Lawton to! this place, ar-
hero for ten days and up
in the beat .of heal but
human subsistence. express tears {on
their safety. ,,
The ”swivel! were expected to be
brother of lire. Dennison.
ntly were.
. those;
familiar ‘ with the woods, which are , w
ldeep and afford. little or no aid to
rived. Dr. hwton attributed death
to heart failure. The tower from
illell he fell is in the Todd Hollow
section. south of Temllle. Kano. who
was an electrician, had been employed
was ohm with other men in re-
forill joined late today by Daniel H. Coax-lpairlng the towan. some of whichlplml.‘ The Ladiee' Board is always
candidate, will take the stump shortly lay, . of Boston, an attorney. 5nd. had been damaged by storms this aunt.2 ready and w
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The first case reported was,
tthe infant daughter of Mr. and karat
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l‘bythe Stone & Webster Company. and together and. m. by their united ef:
Eighty Delegates Ilave Called onf '
750.000 “at.“ ,0, . Gem. ; Athens Despalch Says Effort to Asccriaill tile ll . y,
aw“... .y I..." I.“ my; the Allied Government ilave Been Fruiflesmlid; i!
easily tier-m of file Grecian Ministers
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N. Y. ffAAS WilllSl
INDUSARIAA 810W;
Hen Object to Riding to Employ-
mentill Cars Issued by Neil-
llliitin lrolleyolen
YORK,
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county today began to vote on the NWWALK YOUNG MEN
question of ratifying the action of
eighty delegates who yesterday called
for it “general suspension of work",
next Wednesday morning. The labor
chief's appealed to all union wage
earners to stay at home until the true
lion companies make it posrible for
them to ride in the street cars without
offense to their lltllon allegiance.
; it is asserted that no stroll action
heretofore has been taken
trades unions of this country, nor has
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Two more Norwalk boys enlisted in
by the
title and Robert T. Norris Jr. of 83
.u strike involving so many trades been ' . ‘ '
tcalled. lls maximum effect would call Main street. are very enthusiasm:
over their new undertaking and at'
Tlnore than anxious to see active ser-
vice in Mexico.
Lieutenant ,QBradford said this
tmorning that the local men who re-
lcently. enlisted.. would be sent to the
border next weak, or, if one more
recruit can be raised to bring the
. number up to minimum number in 0
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tparly which may be sent to the bor-
‘der, 'they would be sent sooner.
0N “naSEMCK! A number of flag poles were received
fat the local station this morning, and
. ,; will be adorned with banners and sta-
I to! Mflztltioned around the City Hall.
W
rt Critic all ors's SDI:
most com "vi-z i- mglillll ill ADVANCE
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lek 10 film". Harold Puget. author.; it was rumored about the city this
,und ‘l’llul Borglum. son of Solon Borv morning, that the lllllkmcn doing
tglum, eminent IClilDl-Ol‘. 0! Silverrnine, business here would raise the price of
colony near Norwalk. rode milk commencing October let. it is
librough Danbury yesterday, headed, proposed to charge five cents n pl
:irotu work 750,000 men and women.
1 Leaders of the movement refrain
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1| Astrlde their western horses, and:
carrying blankets, provisions andf
camping paraphernalia, for getting.
Int the Fair Grounds. i to be owing to the high cost of living.
i They were real knights of the road? Grain prices have advanced steadily
gaining fresh experience and fresh air,in the past few weeks, labor costs
Awere attired in costumes well fitting quence oblige
were bronzed with the sun. Paget.tslx months ahead, and these are at
tauthor, clad in half leather riding'prices higher than a year ago. The
:breechea and sport shirt open at the! local milk dealers say that they will
zneck. rolled his coat across the pom-, have to raise the price.
‘mel of his saddle. and sat easily with!
like air of a real horseman on his whltsl
t’ and brown spotted pony as he talked.
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NORWALK FIREMEN’S PLANS.
AMany Will Attend Celebration to Be
A -Held in Newburgh.
, The Officers’ Association of the Nox-
1 walk Fire Departmeanct last even-
ling in the Pioneer headquarters in
" Main street. and there transacted
considerable business.
' A big time such, as was held in
“AG": 10 BE “IRMID Poughkeepsle on June 22nd, will be
a’. icelebrated in Newburgh, N. Y.. on
- l0ctober 5th, and the local companies
"‘" Ahave received urgent invitations to be
The committee from The Ladies'lpresent. Plans were discussed last
Visiting Board of the Norwalk Hos-l night in regard to the trip, and it was
pital, with Mrs. Lehmairer as chair-g voted to attend the good time. if the
man, has been working very earnestlyl Norwalk boys make was good a show-
to complete plane for the Junior ; ing in Newburgh as they did in Pougn-
League. It is the desire of the ladies keepslh, there will be little to worry
to get at least 500 young people to am about.
roll as members at 81 per year, asso-t " Plans were also discussed Last even-
clate members, 50c. The object of the] ing, regarding the annual firemen'a
league is to get the younger elementl fair. The event will be held from
In Oil! town interested in our hospital;| October 23 to 30 inclusive, this“ year,
the main charity of Greater Norwalk.land will take place in the Town Aa-
There is to be a meeting at the High A sembly Hall, in Wall street. Elaborate
School on Wednesday. Septemberr27,‘ preparations are already under way.
and everyone is invited. if there are - and it is believed that this year's affair
any who do not receive notice it is will for surpass all previous attempts
, becallae we could notepach them. but of like character.
icomejust thefsamo. 0n next Warmer», The coming boat ride of Sunday was
1tiny evening they‘ will elect ofleere discussed for the last time. and the
and committees and arrange their win- usual last minute changes were made.
for work. Let the young people get The steamer will stop at the battery
on both tripe. so as to ht. “unfair-1
offend on. who are desirous of stop-
plng in New York. All other detail.
'of the trip remain the some as has
already. been. announced. ’
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JUNIOR HOSPIAAA
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filing whenever they can
help... T, ‘ ' , .
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utiiswi titlsoi 0f oitolil not iflllllA‘
or fill volitional lll00P8 is t
German Sea Forces [lave Captured the British
ship Colchester. and Taken it to Seebrugge, !'
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ling to close/their grips on
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the lirsl infantry, Connecticut Nation-A
al Guard. at the local recruiting stir;
tion in the (‘lty Hall this morning.‘I
The young men whose names are litob-l
ert H. llazletl. Jr.. of 15 Wilton ave-t
, comprehensive
’ movements.
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Are Ready to Resign 1 I.
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Apparently the Fra -- _ '
forces on the Somme are V
bits, which has been Vl ._
pocketed by the Allies
recent operations.
Today the French War '_
reported that French patrol!" M
penetrated to the edge ' ’
town, bringing back
Raiding operations such“
are commonly prelude! to
and ’E
On the French front
the Somme the artiller a.
British naval to -~
raided important '-
tion stations in Belgium, .
ing notable damge upon
drome at. St. Denis .Wru,
cording to the Britiall
report. , :1
A French aviator by
the Rhine region and - .
bombs in the Palatinate,
at Mannheim, where a, '
fire and several explosion»:
caused, Paris reports. -,' ' '
The Greek situation co
complex. .
The Greek government i
to have telegraphed defini
posals to the Entente '
which, if accepted, will
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N0“(luring a four-day journey. and they more, and the farmers are in control
‘ d to get more for their, _
‘ children were WWI"?d ‘0 be in 1‘ “V'lan author and the 'son of a sculptor. products. The latter will make no net to ascertain from the Eu-
Thouc arc seven'on a cross—country amble. Their faces contracts. it is slated, for more than; Ministers at Athens 3 “a '
Greece's entry into the' was;
the uncertainty of the r -
between Greece and the.
improbable that Greece'
account.
Semi-official efforts of the,1
,as to the desires of the all!!!
Icrnments have been fruitl
ministers were given to. lg
stall-J that as many, as .3
members of the Greek " h n.
,were ready to resign if Vthq
tentc wished. The sole reply
that instructions had now
received. ’ ,
Former Premier Verde .,
Greece, in an interview '
from Milena to the Pail: Jo
of Paris, declares that the O
must defend their national
ests regardless of/ the g
ment. M. Venizelos in gun
some: t
"Although Romania 5
the struggle, the court
Which governs us seemg if!
slot in the policy of what
neutrality. This policy is
ed in who after the :
val incident. You ask one
the {unite will bring’. ‘I‘
in a position to answers
tainly smoothing must , .
tempted if Greece does no? '
to die. , -
“What wan-done at S ..
i though improvised and .
lung-and recent manifesto
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if the. ‘9“!!! t has i
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