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.\Il iiilt-l'tu-‘linl: lite-ell“): of ill. lll‘lllt‘
and School League, of Norwalh, has
held at the. High school, last evening.
In the absence of the president. Judge:
John H. Light, the meeting’was con-
ducted by Rev. IS. I". Mctiregoi. thr-
. vice—president.
A delightful musical program
furnished by the Junior lligh whit!
orchestra. and the Franklin (llee t'iult.
under the direction of Miss I‘dctfatlhy.
Dean W. l'. Ladd, of the Berkeley
Ilivinit) school, Midtllt-town. who is
also chairman of the (‘onnecticut l‘hild
\\'cll‘art~ ('ommission, gave an interest.
lllg talk on “Child \Vcll‘are.” He told
of some ot‘ the measures that Were ncv
cessary to keep the school children 'At'
(‘onnecticut up to normal, both in
health and educational advancement,
that they may become. citizens \voitht-
.t' this splendid State. ‘
The various committees reported
splendid progress. In order that this
itiazue may accomplish great good tot-
'11“ school children of Norwalk. every
‘houg‘htl‘ul citiZt-n is urged to l)l'('0IIlt‘
a member.
tittihdfiilit
tumultuous
(.‘ItIJF‘NlNH‘Ii. li‘eh. 14.——Atno< W.
.\\'-'l')'. for many years trea are; of
the town, yesterday res | -.i, and
ZNathaniel A. Knapp. the town's- higir
\\':l}’ suptrintendent. was appointed in
his place. Mr. Avery had liwa in ill
health t'or some time and dating tie
p.ist ‘)'t-lll‘ Louis Lanz, town hoolilo t p
served as his confidential score
tary. Lanz is under arrest charged
ltl‘wll money.
with misappropriation of considerable
1 it} l’ierpont Minor.
’l'lie l‘anaiua'
. ~~:tma announo
Vltll)‘ today
the helpless
“’tibl), of
”.1! Was lil'l)[)tll“
to u conditions.
l'itllitlllil made
AA‘lA-d on board
and it was as
lit-re that.
'Luislted.
. ~ ll'olu Phila-
hor maidenl
~. yesterday.‘
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“-l'l
Al :~ helpless be-
L“ and boiler
1)} lilo I'nited
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Al‘utnam yes-
' :iding place
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number 0 .
E hh ' past i terests. the Imperial Munitions Board
Ill - Nah: I)‘.— l and Norway, were wooden sailing Ves’
" h “‘3 Th“ ' sels. wooden steamers and steel steam-
As a means of reimbursing the town
of Greenwich for, money taken
Louis Lanz while handling finances
for Amos \\'. Avery, the treasurer. the
lreenwich Trust ('ompany as trustee
for Lanz‘s interest in the Ocean Loatlr
er (‘ompany and the Ocean Bond (our
to receive from
pany. has arranged
Mrs. an payments on account. Mrs.
Lanz was the owner of one eighth oi
the Bond Company‘s stock. which has
been sold. She will receive $300 I
month of th'o‘first payment of $10,000
on accodnt'the town received $9,370.
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BANABABUILT 4
Mill SHIPS
Feb. 14,—Eighty Ves-
a.
‘MONTREAL,
‘ sels with a total net tonnage of 99,340,
the last:
wereebullt in Canada during _
being
year and sent overseas without:
registered, according to figures
nounced today by the Departmen
Marine and Fisheries. The ships
which were constructed for French ln-who sought the Governor.
llf'l’t‘t ‘.'(‘l‘. “.35 Ships-
' r Thursday. l
reporting '
«'it.
It”: \l’ater-
'1! . ('anton, 22:
A.» Britain, 69;
' Int-i. 99.
with a total tonnage of 68.522.
tthere were also
071. The total tonnage
two wooden sailing vessels built;
‘ 747. . ., , .
Denial of Stories of Strike.I
l- .u hvrs' salary»
understood llint lllt~_\' oltjA-(‘lttl [iii
”A." :tli i'tAptiiti
to IN'
t \l':"ll litll\t- “‘2'
\‘.ll"
Mr Knapp is succeeded:
by .
an-La Lajas, an
t aim a hammock and carried him beyond
the town limits. This enraged the son, [
h were builtbehind
Sixty WOOden steams ips andvicted of murder in the first degree,
constructed eighteenSngel may be sent to prison for twenty‘
‘ . l. teamers with a tonnage or 30,-yeors.»
steo s of the only The
- thllEN FREEI]
t
i
3 Judge lanks. in a special shrill cal-
ltntiar session. yesterday, granted 13
tint-t lllt'.\l"tl divorce cases.
ljllLt‘Ill‘ I). (little); of lll‘itlLt'pUl'l. was
.L't‘aplt-tl a (liuu'cc from Elizabeth
Halley. now of parts unit‘noun. on al-
‘legilllolls ot' dosertion; sinct- August 3?.
limit, ()alley laid his troubles to his
wit-”s habit ol' drinking. 'l‘hm
inaiv'it‘l llt'tfl tuber Iil. I559. ()ilter d'.
\An'cis ul'al'lcd Were:
Lila Hazel Lon-us Shaultv il'otu Ell
gt no Francis Shank-y, both ot llridge-
poll, on chaigv-s t'l ('lllt'll\. 'l‘hev
\vt-re married March 18. 191:): .
\\'altor .\Iakowsk,\. ol' Stalnlord.
‘I‘roiu l'dtll’l'llt‘t‘ .I. Mitkmvsky, ot‘ the
same place, on allegations ol‘ iufide
it)". They \ven- married July 2!), 1916
litlll"ll 1.; llyrues. ol'
:ll'tllll (iciicvieve lll'rncs.
lil'lligv‘lllll'l. tlt‘fill'lltlll since
lfllft Tho-v \\'t‘l't' married
2.3, litl l.
:Alll'lll‘tl ('ttz‘t'l'?
:ttAm liduia littlest
lino“ ll, tit-st l‘tiun
”thine-lint 5‘
also of
May
November
('ohn. ol llarit-u.
(‘ohir ol‘ parts un-
since Notvinht-r Lil.
litli. Tito) \\'t~er married Si‘plt'lllhpl'
lo. li'lll. t'ustctl) ol two children
Ltianlt-d the petitioner.
.I-ho .‘.,.Hiiuo. ol Iiiidatlmi't, limit
.it ~. llllllll‘ Mart no_ a‘so ol' lit‘ida'epott.
I lt-st-Atiou since V
is
1 1 March Ill, lfllti.
Al“: l.\'.'."l' lalnl'l'lt'll .Iur‘” Ii”. 15913.
. .‘tvf- t‘oiiuoll; I_l.~rrnllctA. ot lilttltlv"
AMA.
ti“
liolu l-‘cht-riclt lHinL: lhziait- 2'
l'iotit’tt llcc. tor intt-utpnrant'tv. 'l‘l‘im.
vein Ill'lllil'tl Aptil 37. tall. and hate
l\\u tlttltlic't. ot‘ whom the pn-tilpntAi
lr- :zl’ulllt~ tllll" infinity.
llt‘lt utt liort'llm‘
v
. \lill'tlllt'lll‘, ll
Ifiiidct ptii‘t‘_ lion) Sidney .\l, .\lLI‘
out-tic, also (it Bridgeport. desel‘liuil
since August 27, 1913. They “’t‘i o
married December 2!, 1912. and have
two children. auardcd to the custodx
((‘ontinucd on Page Fourl.
suitilis SITUATION
ElllllllllllNALlY
Il.\l{'l‘li‘tllill. Feb. .1_ l'i‘gt-nt ap
pools to tea-ch. rs that they should (.lI-
ry their cause aclively lit-tote the [mo-
plc generally, and that they should
support the Sillilll-'l‘owuei' bill, now
'het'me t‘outzress. speciticallv \vcie
made yesterday by Hugh 3. Maziil. of
Springfield. “1.. field S“(‘l‘|'ltll'_\' oi the
National Education Association, and
iltornt» ll. SIMUPI', ot the 'l‘eathers'
('ollegtA, ot' (‘olunibia I'nlversity. in ad-
,dresscs before the general meeting of
the (‘ounecticm Slate 'I‘tachers' Asst).
cialion, at the Hartford High school.
Stanley II. Holmes. of New Britain,
pit-sident of the association. presided.
'l‘ho attendant-e taxed the capacity of
Ille hall.
“We are l‘acinc such a N‘l .Ull." satan-
tion tducationallj-” :aiti l’rtsidum
Holmes in his laid lIllItttilll'llll‘3' avi-
llress. "that it hit..- :-t~t-!tiv~d ligttiil‘l‘ to
utter it program tittiituv dift‘cicni from
the usual. (lur schools are suit-rim
from a lack ot' a sufficient numbt r ot
t-oinptlcnt teachers. Educational op~
porluuily is not. as it should be. equal
‘tor atl, ’l‘ltH situation of the teacher
must be made more satisfactory to the
LhOtl of all. and more attractive to the
it acher._ The time has gone by when
we should sit and wait. leaving it to
the public to do what needs to be
done. as we have in the past. The
time to begin in (‘onnecticut is here.
and now. And I have great hopes that
such action will be taken here as will
lead to the institution ot‘ an active
vcampaigzn for the betterment of educa-
~tional conditions throughout this
' Slate."
lupin fllli
i PANAMA. Friday, Feb. 13.——Polic
tauthorities have arrested a young man
lnamed Sage] and his four brothers It)"
Ithe assassination of Governor Peri"-
gault, of Chiriqui province, last night.
Investigation of the case has been com-
menced.
‘ Reports received here state Govern-
or Perrigault prevented Sagel‘s father
from stirring up trouble between
squatters and W. G. Chase, an Ameri-
can landowner. The father refused to
keep the peace or leave the town 'of
d police finally placed him
found conversing with the chief of po-
lice, a judge and the prosecuting attor-
ney. It is alleged the young man ap-
proached Governor Perrigault from
and shot him down. If con-
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of Chow’s .tltle'to' the
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stewards? lIRl (ill
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lilillNli PliliSlflENl
8
supreme court recently stratum,
f0lil lllllllil’tl
, ititts
lit Datum)
l
n Leads
to Be-
rc Still
\Vindow Forced 0
Beach Authoriti
. Iieve Fire Bugs
3 Busy There
illuminant . ‘
minimum
Waterbury Home bamaged
by the Overheating of the
Furnace
MILFORD Feb 14. ”no fireman
“as sen rt Iy burned and othtrs on .-
cotnt- by :moktv “Mil: twirling a fire
that destroyed the FUN. Trumbull
llt .tcl tire house. )‘A stcrd j..1‘l‘t“)‘.liltl—
illtl. 'A tucslor} tratu's sxit 'ttlre. was
.aZAd b} th- ti;ttm-.~. \"lll if spread to
Elliott‘s garazc cl'ljlti-llllllf (lid: it‘ll:
on:- automobile. The Ha: age i t t-
outed at Wilton.
Bur..=ri Saving Apoziratus
lAiuut nt- \\'.ttlli.tui. was l lrnv .! abut?
the luck and head while ltlltlg to ex-
t'vluuish tilt 'ttamc." 'haNi’ rs: tutti: on
the fun engine whcn it t as duacuotl
troin the b‘azini: suatztnre, \\‘.iltt-r
Maronne)’. another fireman war: Clt’i“
con 9 b} smoke. Ilr. Ill‘da’ attended
both turn.
...___.
Continued on Page, l"l\'t‘
intuit BllNIllllllNS
; Hummus
ll.\.\'ll~:l.>‘l)\‘. iii». ll. Textile in-
dustries in _\'. l'llll‘llsll Tn (onir (‘llt‘llt
are becoming affected by thi- snow
conditions. Unless rt-lio-f cuties quick-
ly. man} hundreds of operative: will
be out of work tor an indefinite pm iotl.
Iilocked highways have stopped the
movement of motor trrt‘tts which
bringin yarn'for the cotton mills. The
trolley freight line lthcen llalticlson
and Providence has ceased t‘tmninLt
as the rails are eighteen inches under
the snow and ice. It has Iw-n imr
possible to dig out the rails sine: the
blizzard last week. It was suow‘nu
hard yesterday :tf'crnoon.
3. The (‘onnec lt'lll Mills had to lag:
off twenty live per cent of its tort-A as
no vain was coming in. It his l. on
depending upon yarn for zllll'dlllll tie
tire duck brolight in h,’ ll‘l:("i from
Fall River. It‘ nouA ups through. lll‘
six hundred employees will hi lt‘tl"
next week. The railroad is not i“. U;
ing deliveries. The (body t‘miv
panv is not getting a :lup‘n: :: {lp'v
and its own production if you hcrv
will not keep the mill .going ()1: tall
capacity.
The Danielson (‘ottou Mills canned
ship out product and without ship
tncnts there Is no I'l'Vt’Hll‘ to" th~
payroll.
The conditions are wors.n th n in
any winter for forty years.
_ ._ _._.._.._-
:PAINIERSIII
till :57 Hill AN
Elfllt_l__lll_lllli [Ill
Painters. decorators and paperhang-
ers. affiliated with Norwalk Union. No.
527. are to be paid $7 for an eight-
hour working day. .
, At a recent meeting of the union, a
communication, received from thz:
.Master Painters. indicated they would
' be willing to meet the demands of the.
journeyman and pay that amount
daily. The members of the union vot-
ed to accept the scale. which becomes
effective April 1.
.. -. .......__ _ _.___._,._—-
gSteamer Maiden
i Aground Off Fire Island
l NEW YORK, Feb. 14.—-The steamer
Malden. of the New England Fuel and
Transportation Company. reported by
«wireless early today that she Was
aground on' Fire Island and asked that
assistance be sent. Nozolher details
were given.
{he vessel of 3,090 tons, left Boston
yesterday tor'ltl'ort’olkr Va. . .'
ab_
scum NORWALK, comm, sustain; FEB. 14, 1926 7
Ant:
NllliWAlli’S llllllli .
NEWSPAPER
CAlHllllE umuN *
‘ councilman
;
'I‘ht- opt-pin: lupin—oldhc l{lll§!h.§ ol
!_olumbufi bazaar. civtn by (‘aliiollc
1 int n (‘t uncil, ('ullle throunh in beau
til'ul' in Iron. alter the chain: oi tlt
mowing p t-tures. last t-\t'Illll,Q. 'l‘lit-
hall “H‘ appropriatel) decorated “Hit
a schtnAe oi (‘olumbus busts and Am.
crtcan fans.
The ionic. lxiolll “its in charge (ll
t‘outi (‘tcilo .\o. 103. llaurhtor; oi
(‘astile. under the supervision of Mrs
D < i . .
I. .i._ ”thigh Mus. c. iititmtvt. Mrs. u: not M:ctmg—Lansmg Mikes
T‘. .\attctord and M.ss Kate llufl')‘: -
tLVery detail for such an affair has, ”1g That He 01“)" songht 10
In it provided for by the commiit 1 '
.\Iu.~it- a... b). ”H. (.mwam ”"me Hts Illness ~
tin. and “as~ of the highest
(it-urge (‘offin rendering the solo parts
ot the several selections. '
The conllnillm‘ plans this evenin:
as 'llt-ttibcrs‘ Night." and all members
are requested to attend.
night
Tiltfit'llly. the ("losing evening. “id be
Ladies” Night."
Although too late for press report.-
thv party planned for the childten. this
altet'noon. In honor of St. Valentine's:
Day, will undoubtedly be a huge suc-
cess. under tho. principal leadership m
:\IrS. Catherine Mct‘ormick and Miss
Alla lA‘et-ncy. with several other vouuu
lady teachers of the Nnrwalli schools
Suitable games and other towns. of
children's fun have been [Il‘t'llill‘t‘d.flntl
that~ together with the exeelient pro»
stain of Victrola music. t’ui-nislitrtl bx
Miss I-‘. 14. Hamilton. willmettn an alt
vinoou‘s (‘nlA-rtainment hmond t“. .
ltfl‘lllt‘Si hope of a child's lu‘iiit.
ll/lNlSE [ll 8 till
A8806. A SUCCESS
About tour hundred pt-isous atAt-nd-
ed a successlnl dance. held last nluht
in Music Hall, under the auspices oi
the (‘. t& K. Benefit Association. Mir
st: was tarnished by Grace Brotht i' ‘
singing orchestra. dancing bein". v
joyed until midnight. An able is”
ntiltee of thirty was in charge of th-A
Jolly affair. The association is (‘Uli-
prised of the employes of the (‘rofut A-
hnapp hat factory. Edward Barrett l
president of the association; Mathew
Ilurkr, secretary. and F, II. JameA
treasurer. i .
il
l
Hon. James .I. W'alsh
At the Norwalk Club
The Norwalk ('lub has finally secuit
ed the cons'ent ol‘ the ”on. James J.
“alsh. ot‘ the Internal Revenue lic-
partment. at Hartford to give the
members and their friends an instruc-
lth‘ evening's entertainment and talk
(ll the Internal Revenue Department
and tho Income Tax. Mr. \‘alsh has
been collector (‘1‘ th , Connecticut Dis»
trtct since liill :l‘ld sitit-A his en-
trance into milice has so An lll . revenue
increase ll'tizd
mm on .It:‘)' I.
cal year.
How wcll he I?) iii-stands his bu ~13
ncss can be gathered from the far
that the Connecticut District
fifth in amount oi collected revenue
and under his administration at ”art-
ford. is considered a! \Vashingtou one
of the model officers of the counlrv.
This is one of the burning questions
of the day and Mr. \\'alsh can txplain
away many of tho \‘VXallnllS problem».
. t l’\.llll(JIll Illé‘ liasmtss m n on
this perplexing subject on Thin-silav
evening. Feb. 19. 1920. I
$15.!ltltl,o Au t) :tzhloptlo.»
1911’. .ii . ivnl ot‘ lh) iii
URGE
D REVOLUTION
IN SWITZERLAND
GENEVA. Switzerland. Feb. 14,——
Large numbers of Bolshevist pamph-
lets. urging a revolution in Switzer-
land, tn the hope that it might spread
to neighboring countries. have been
confiscated by the Government.
l
RIDGEFIELD MAN INJURED.
NEW HAVEN, Feb. 14.—-A man, ap-
parently ill, who jumptd front
third floor of a hotel here. vesterdtahy:e
and was found in a snowbttnk by an
officer._was identified today as John
'I‘rorani, who may have relatives in
Ridgefield. Conn. The man is in a hos-
pataéswlth a broken arm and other in-
THREE CARS DERAILED
STAMFORD, Feb. 14.—No p'emn
. was hurt when three coaches in train
3297. west-bound. over the New York
' division of the New Yo
. rk. New Haven
land Hartford Railroad, were derailed
etween Greenwich and Cos Cob tad-w.
Traffic was not materially delayed.
. BANDITS KILL TWO
h if. FRANCISCO, Feb. 14:—~Whlle
"t; reds were passing _by the place
0 men Were shot and killed and
:n woman: was shot by two bandits
the 011'th of at Liberty bond book:
arose company. in the lieu-t of the
order 4,
2 WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 (By The Associated Press
., ‘ Mondax ;
“I l he “Hibernian Night." and _
stands l)’ a
Fat:- tonight: Sunday unsettled.
—_
TWO GEN“
'smltiitti ultimatum
illllllWING REBllltE RICENllY
thlM PRESIDENI thsu
Former Charged With Usur
Pcwcr in Calling Cabi-
lvigorous Denial, Stat-
Hclp President During
ping
) .»—.Rebuked
7by President Wilson for calling Cabinet meetings during his illness,
Secretary Lansing has resigned.
The president has accepted the resignation
fl
' ‘with apprecia—
tion" and Mr. Lansing becomes the second secretary of state to
Although
president makes the calling of the Cabinet
1ry's resignation, persons “on the
” of the administration who know what. has been going on,
say that. was only an incident, an i that
break go back over a pericd of many m
damental differences of opinion of policy.
which leads directly to the secret
inside
,‘leave the administration over a. disagreement with his chief.
the correspondenc; between Mr. Lansing and the
meetings the incident
the real reasons for the
onths and come from fun-
The disagreements'between the president and the head of the
State Department even antedates the entry c
f the United States into
the war. The relations between the two men almost reached the
breaking point early in 1917 when Mr. Lansing issued his celebrat—
ed statement saying the United States was daily being drawn near-
er and nearer the war. By soms, it was taken to forecast the en-
try of the United States.
partment, but it ms impossible.
Con: tuned on I‘llgt:
The president made every effort to over-
ttske the statement after it had been
given out. at the State Do-
Eliwlllllls STATUE
irritations
Illa-ENDS AlIH-ZS. Feb. 14.’.\> \‘ov
:lL‘."l'.\‘ out-Irina the harbor ol' the great
tst city of North Ann rica behold the
majestic Statue of Liberty. so within
the present your those coming to tip
grcatest city of South .‘tmtrzca will
behold a majestic sentinel. a tmu rim;
statue ot Christopher Columbus. _
The monoument ot' the great navrga-
tor will not, like the Liberty Statue. in
New York, stand in the harbor. for
Duenos Aii'es has no real harbor. but
-vvill rise nearly 1th hundred fort. in
height trom .I point near the water‘s
edge. Tl‘.l‘ site selected is in the broad
I‘asto colon. in tronl ol‘ the Govern
mcnt lloust~_ “hence the statue
(\«vrloidx‘ l‘ie lziautitul Plaza (‘olon and
the wide expanse of the Rhcr l‘la‘te as
it tnlt-rs the ocean.
Representingr 11' years? labor of thA
sculetor, Aiualtlo 7.0(‘(‘ll:._ apprapt'iat ..
nativa ol‘ the country in which
the disctlvcrer ot' Ametica was born,
the monument soon will be shipped
from the artist's workshop. in Home.
to Buenos Aires. aceording to recent
athices. The. image of the navigator
is itsrlt‘ 22 feet high. carved out of a
single block of marble. It will there-
tcre have to be brought over in one
piece.
(‘ritics who have visited the sculp-
tor‘s workshop recently and seen the
iwork virtually completed. write that.
for symbolic beauty and grandeur of
‘proportions, the monument will be one
.of'the most impressive in the world.
I "The column supporting the ‘statue
'of the navigator is placed upon an am-
ple socle. covered with sculptured
scenes and figures." says 3 Rome cor-
respondent of La Razon. “The front
part. of the socle is the bow of a Latin
ship. about to be launched into the
isea. by four youths with naked torsos,
.bent with effort. The scene repre—
,sents the start of the carsvels of (‘01-
?umbUS from the port of Palos, Spain.
' “High up on the bow of the vessel
is the figure of Civilization. In tho
toga of a Roman matron. she extends
with naked arm, the torch which il-
lumines the new lands. and toward
which a youth beside hero—Genius—v
gazes with inspired countenance.
“From this base rises the pedestal.
slender as the tower of a lighthouse.
and on its summit, straight and up-
standing. in his hands a navigation
shart half unfolded. towers above all
the vet youthful figure of Christopher
Columbus.
LANE ALSO RESPON-
SECRETARY
‘ SIILE.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 14..——Secreta.ryi
Lane declared today that he declared
himself “just as much responsible" as
Secretary [Arising for the calling of
Cabinet meetings during the prod
dent‘s illness._ He said hit/Iguana
called hlm‘ii‘n the telephone v.11 oh-
Lnlned his approval of the idea before
‘ calling them-st meeting and “LI-eon"-
IW W‘thot-snprml
will.
at other f
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l.t).\'ll(l.\'. I-‘eh. 14.AAA»(‘onst.mtinople
is much less picturesque than it was
btt'ore the “ill‘; )‘l'l the extreme
clia:m of the East lingers as persist-
lilil)‘ about the city as ll did in tho
past, writes anonymously all allied ot-
ficial of high rank in the Pall Mall
Gazette.
“\l'hcn I stood on the famous bridge
over the Golden Horn," lil‘ went on,
“the incredible diversity of oriental:
one was always wont to see passing
was there. bill at least 7:3 per c- nt. 0!
them were dressed as Europeans.
Some no lollucl' men Won) the iez.
"A business-like air pervades tho
pliitciprl thorougltat’cs, not because
the 'l‘urit liinistvll' has suddenly devel'
tped high tommoriial Instincts. but
«wing 1:) the great inllux of business
men 1’» m the al‘ird and :1-utral coun-
tries,
"All commoditirs command the most
exagtzctated prices. (tire-at quantities
of goods ha\'c_ howmer, begun to ar-
rive so that prices will soon begin to
decline.
"0n the other hand. the. workers'
wages have reached a stupendous tig-
ure. The man Who before the war
would have earned the equivalent of
five shillings, at present refuses to do
the same work for less than four or
five pounds per day. (‘abmen reach
the supreme height. of extortion at
Constantinople.
l "shipping is fairly active in the port.
'Several allied warships lie in the 130s-
phorus. The historic. Goebcn is in the
Gulf of Ismit.
“The British are engaged in rebuild-
ing the road to Therapia. It is singuo
larly new and interesting to witness
the spectacle of British. French and
‘ltalian troops in the streets; High-
‘landers in kills. Royal Italian Carabim
icrs and sturdy French poilus march~
ing by with their band.
“The Sultan. of whose impending
fate we hear so much nowadays. still
goes in write to the Selamlik every
Friday. The psychology of the Turks.
in Constantinople, appe:.red to me to
denote indifference. in the sense that:
they did not seem to care much what.
Apolitical future awaited them. Al—
though the Asia Minor Nationalists
iwere said to be more or less active.
there was no evidence of their activi-
ties in Constantinople. There the
gYoung Turk is at least invisible.
‘ "0f the Germans, not one Is left.
’save a few invalids. The former Ger-
‘man Hospital has been converted into
a British Hospital.
p “The Robert College, one of the fore-
most seats of learning In the East.
continues to function. The ordinary
native system of education also goes
on.
“It was rather striking to and tho
ti; mosques free from the tourists.
The cost of travel. ooup‘ed with the
dmkultltes associated with passports.
tom 3 gamer-m must.
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