"h PJ . v r i V Mr k I: Dr V Ir F f Aie.i4 Europe Can 't Afford to Give Up U. S. Help Bankrupt Nations Adopt Slogan of "Nothing Without America" Refuting Report of Abandonment of League by Allied Powers Ily CLINTON' W. OII.MCRT Staff Correspondent of theErenlnr I'ubllo Ledrrr Washlnrton, Deo. 1". ".Nothing without the ITnlted Sfaten," nrcordltiR to the usually liiiqilreil "Tcuiim" of Paris was the policy of the Mb cou erencc of nllled premiers Just con cluded in London. That li ii sufficient answer to the stories that this conference wai a re Tlval of the llntetite, that it ni on abandonment of the league of nntioiH. that it settled Flume njtreeahly to Itnl) and ilisncreenbly to Mr. Wilson. The truth jiroljablv Is that more con (iderntlou for the I'nlted States ms shown in Loudon than at mi time in tho Peace Conference at I'nriM. As the uncertainty of American participa tion in world ufTalts has grown tne anxiety to have America participate has Increased. The "Temps" puts financial and eco nomic questions first on the livt of rirobiema discussed by tlie prcniierH with Ambassador l)n slttliiR in unnfiicially. The financial situation nlone is riiflirlent reason why l.urope will do nothing to displease either the Pctiinemtic Pres ident or the Republican Senate In the political controversy that is mclns here over the lencue of nations. It is ltnl to lhirope that it shall hae theiriendshiii of the Wll'-y.i adminl-tra-tion Ahile It lasts and that it flinll equall) cnjo the friendship of the He publican administration if such nn ad ministration succeeds the present one. Jt is for this reason that no nllieil cot- loans was one tnken jip by the Lon- don conference. There is no doubt i that Europe cannot pav the Interest on these loans ami there is no doubt alo ' .... .. ... ., ....,. . ,,., ,v nllr. ,, not pay i it long and even tho principal . Will be imperiled. I The question of this interest comes i tip because this country has lent the .i-ui:?, uiim"i oi wie .lu.iMni.iiuo.oviu aothorized by Congiess. The Allies cannot longer pay the interest on their borrqvvings from the 1'nited States bj further borrowing. They cannot pay it dt mc saie ot goons in tins country. They can only pay It by the bhipplng of gold to this ooont.v. And the shin- ping of .$.-((0,000,000 of gold to this country in the next year would bring about the linnl smash in the foreign exchange situation. It would diain Europe of a large part of its remainine I told, leavinj Kurope s vast issues or paper with still less basis than thej have uovv. And the collection of a debt of ?..00,000,000 annually from Europe would add just that much to the strain upon foreign exchange. Thc combined influence of inflation and an adverse balance of trade have sent the British pound, once the stablest measure of value in the world, down to $3.73 in our money. Its normal value before the war in our money was $4.80, And the French franc, more inflated than the llritish pound, which was onre worth twenty cents in uir money, is now worth about nine cents. The de cline in the vnlue of Allied money. tnensureu in our own, lias been steady "and experts believe It will eo on until i mucn iuhlt irvcis iiiuii now prevail nave ' i. ,: i i-.i r .. . been reached. If Kurone has to send us JThOO.OOO.OOO a year, this decline will be so great as to precipitate a smash. Hurope Needs More Credit As it is Kurope is finding difficulties in buying goods in America. What is needed is not increasing of the demands upon Europe, but Increasing of Europe's credit here. Europe needs to be able to buy American goods with ' American money loaned to her Iere-' Otherwise she cannot pay for them. Europe is in the position of a debtor who may be pressed into bankruptcy by ' his creditors, or, who by n little lc- I niency on the part of his creditors, may be tided over. I The propoal to defer, for three years, payment of interest upon the war loans to i;urope is only one form of grant - tag Europe additional credit. , At the (aasEjajEisfiiJisii eminent will express in ailvance tt tmg us. ,m, ,irs,, f ,,h Is to have theli, ", ' ' i "ul"u" ul ",-" 'V'1' Tievvs upon reservations. To .' so All lurope can do is vvait.intll the I J..1,,,,, ,,ghteenth ni.iemlnient "r ! "ffi" ''tVllmrX'senni'ori; or ' Tvould be ui e to dlsp ease one side , part political issue is settled or until rInm MnrnnttlnnnI. UM.rpatorv nnd 'i1''1''', R' t2, " ee 1, taC'lS T" Are Amon9 E,even Selected to or the other In the eopf-o"ry And events fmce us to act The fact that ,.,,, nmI ,i,.f .,.,. ,,r,i' nf i.i he general feeling seems to be that, a ... bv merely insisting upon the payment , ."am t lei 1 1 more, the SIO.OOO.OOO. i.nl"'' ' "' ''' "" ' ,?,LUB" ' there would be no formal move to re-1 Try Senator's Son for Murder of interest upon its loans to tlie Allies 00 i g near y exhausted, and that we f ' - ' i'"!- rlri 0,ff,r '"' r,K,,, ,!!,tilfaft0r h' '". , Iis Angeles. Calif.. Dec. IT -(Ry during the war America would force- tanuot collect interest In the shape of J '"" " Z " " , M. " , " ' There was talk of an unofficial con- I A. 1' 1- Eleven jurors, two of them Europe to ruin. money held in Europe without smashing "'1' ' n,p ','"" , ' l t.b', ', ,, ","' Pilmtinu committee and a round table , n()men. had been accepted tentatively , . . . foreign exchange all to pieces, and de- jonstitutionnl and oid nnd snhl de- ,eet ng of the mild reservnt on Re-1. . i Europe Cannot Pay Interest LiEf ?" i". ,i ,i, ,i, ,,ii l'n. fendants. their assistants, subordinates. i.ii m, i nn,nrnta i, .., ,. - pi'l'tlfi if , mil ill iiuiifiv i !""" --.- iiiiuiii uii - "im . t'liinoiHiii " in' ill jii The nuestlon of tlie interest on these ;...., oimo.ii- vnni vnlil Hiinnlv. is one agents and servants each and every one nn.,.ini fm. neUnn l.n !.. innn nswBrorS5Pfi?,w DEAR DAD: How your family would love to receive, on Christ mas morning, a beautiful new phonograph! How happy you would make them and how much more it would gladden and cheer your Christmas Day I No need to make a big investment unless you wish. Choose one of the moderate price machines from the stocks we have on hand. You may pay for it in easy in stalments if you like. We will help you select records appropriate for the day and deliver the whole outfit at once or at Christmas time. Corne in now while we still have a goodly stock of The New Edison, Cheney Phonographs Columbia Grafonolas and Franklin Phonographs later there may be no choice. Surprise your family vrith the finest gift we know of. Yours very truly BLAKE and BUKKAfiT The Phonograph Shop 11UU-11UZ WALNUT STREET is 204 SOUTH 1 3jaj2jan2jsj i M Illustrated 3g GIVE Est. Use1 Moleskin Mail li X Wi ).0 Bi K . cm! of three .xcars Kurnpe will owe us ,M. 500,000,000 more money than she docs today. And it is hoped that she will be in a better position to pay than she is today. As the I'nited Stntes treasury views it. it is just Rood busi ness to defer collection of the Interest. The chances of ultimately collecting the pilnelpnl nre Improved. Fortunately the authority In defer collcctlnc the Interest mi the Kuropean war loans Is In the hands of the sec retary of the treason. Me need not po to (.'ouRrcvH for additional authority. And so there is no reason why this itie.sliou should pet Into politics, f iin. Bress authorised onh the loan of Sit), -000.000.000. but In effect It left it (lis cri'tlouan with secretary of the trruN urv to lend more, for it placed all the terms and conditions of the loans In the hands of the secretan of the IrcuMir. Mr. (ilass cannot forego the interest on the loans, hut he uia defer collec tion of such interest as IniiR s be liars He miglit put iff collection leu jcors it he chose Smash Would lpt V. S. it is unfortunate that the wuole question of.iielping Kurnpe back on its feet except so far as deferring interest colliction Is concerned, is now, like , I he leugue-of-untioiis issue, involved In pnrtv politics, for our own linuneUi' ntnhilitr is tllMtendt'Ilt linoil that Of I Kurope". A great smash cannot mime on tnat nine oi uic water wiinmii hiim-i 0f those events that is forcing our I imml. It In the first. There will be others. i;rnpp onn do nothing but wa't their coming, mennwniie clinging vo iwmw 0f "nothing without Americn," and molding nil possibility of giving offense m(.r jr,., no mntter to which political partj . A debtor world such as lUnope Is cannot do otherwise. ASKS PROOF OF FRAUD n, J. Attorney General Calls on . .,-,. fn. ruu,r Anti-Saloon League for Evidence Trenton. Dec 17 Attornej Cieneriil Thomas V MeCran has sent n letter I to (; lowland JIunioe. nttornej for n. - !. Anti.Snlnnn Lencue. ' , ,.utliiiir on him 'for nil evidence he has n his possession on his allegations that 'Kro violations of the corrupt practices n(,t orc (.0mniitted In the election of I (jnvernor-elect Edward I. Edwards and , th(, tv,ec "wet" Democratic nssembly- men from Essex cou'nty Mr. Munrnc recently asked the at torney general to institute quo warranto proceedings to have the election of. Ddwnrds and the twelve assembly men declared void. Chicago Theatres Increase Prices Chicago. Dec. 17. (Uy A. IM- Tuo lendinir Chicago theatres todav niinniinced nn increase in the. price of . .u.. - - .. ::. seats lor mc .sew icur en- i-i formnnrcs from S3. SO to $11. inclild ing wnr tax. Two others will raise admissions for that night from $".30 to .yi CO. Prospective nbsencc of wine suppers at cafes and restaurants on the last day of the year with the con-f-cquence of amusement seekers turning to the theatres was the reason nscribed for the changed prices. Indict Builders Under Sherman Act New York, Dec. 17. (Ily A. I'.) Five corporations nnd fifteen individuals were accused in Federal Court today of violating the Hlicrmnn anti-trust act by attempting to monopolize the building of hrlck cliimiieva in half a dozen states. The defendants, who pleaded not guil- I ty to indictments, were held in .'jiuuu each for trial. I 1TH STREET 1 - tnat slue 01 uic waier wiinmii imi.- -ranted permission to bring the suit. ',""' '.'"'" "'," ,";;.. .' 'V.. -. ' IXfrtlUCM DM MCld IIIOV SSS1SS1,S51S7':27i HIM SOMETHING S & IISF.FIIF. TO WEAR ! VeoTI flnd many neefol gifts here for men the kind they can wear and appreciate. A Moleskin Coat : Ilaable-breaated, 4 rein, ferred pockets, knitted wrlstlete on aleeree. AH eleee. Waterproof, warm, comfortable. If not ant Is factory money will be refunded. $ 12 UnDDie EI U CD Workmen's 3yrr.sTeUnniUl IntnOutiltters 812 VINE STREET Orders Filled on Receipt of Price W and Sine v IUVIi5Kl0 PUBLt6 LEDpltl'HILABELPHi, WEDNESDAY, T AHACKED BY STATE Rhode Island Asks Permission of Supreme Court to Test Its Validity IS CALLED "USURPATORY" !t the Associated I'ress Washington, Dec. 17. Rhode Islnnd. tlirousli Its attorney general, Herbert A. Riie, asked the Supreme Court to day for permission to institute original proceedings to test the validity of the national prohibition amendment and to enjoin federal ntuVinls from enforcing it in that state Validity of portions of the Volstend prohibition enforcement net affecting the constitutional amendment , nlso is attacked in the printed motion tiled with the court. The proceedings nre similar to those instituted jesterdiiy on behalf of the Retail Liquor Dealers' Association of New .lerscj. although those today were the first to he brought by a state. They were filed in compliance with n reso lution adopted bv the Rhode Island (lenernl Asscmblv directing thnt tlip state brlus test rase ngnlnst the nincndmctir. Rhode Island was one of the (luce states which lefused to ratiffy the prohibition amendment Attornej (iener.il I'ulmer and Inter ,,nt Itevenne ('nminlxvlnndr nrmnr u'nnlit 1)( linlnP1 ns ,l,.fP,intits If the coutt' of them be enjoined and restrained from in nu.v manner enforcing or attempting to enforce the aforesaid provisions of the Volstead act within the state of Rhode Island." Allegations us to the unconstitutinn nlltv of the eighteenth amendment lire similar to those made estirday in the New .lerse.v ra-e. Early action upon the Rhode Island and New Jersey mo tions arc anticipated owing to the short time now leninining before the constitu tional amendment becomes effective. DRYMilN V Special Sale of Feminine Footwear in Vast Variety At Substantial Savings Pa lent Coll, White Kid Top, Buttsa or Lac; Black Kid with White Kid Top; Patent Cslt or Black Calf with Kid or Cloth Top, Button, High Ht.la; Patent with Cray or Fawn Cloth Top, Hlrh Heelei Tan Kid and Chempafn. Kid with High He.li. Small Sitae Only. II I 1 rill I MULT THE BIG- Seating Capacity of 600 ZW Si'S' ;.''2 '". Ta- 4 1204 - 06 - Belie!? ifiS K5i ft Underwood Bolt Aids Treaty Truce f onllnard from l'nse On lions approaching the Lodge reserva tlons almost the whole Democratic mU tioilty will have to move over to the support of those reservations. The bit ter rnders will not support reserva tions. They nre more determined now tliiiu ever to throw the treaty Issue Into the next campaign. Their theory is that lh" nation should not be commit tnl In (lie tensile of nntinus without a vole upon the subject, and that Idea is gaining rutlier thnn loslnj strength. Mr. Cndervvood bv his talk of ncceptliiK the Knox resolution ns a Inst resort has contributed to Its. strength. Cannot Ignore Ctinllengc And to deliver all or nearly all the Democrat! to a compromise on reserva tions it will be necessary to carry along the faithful administration senntora. of whom there are tunny. This is n thing Mr. i'nderwood cannot do.- l'robnbly no one ran do it until the leadership light is settled. Mr Hitchcock cannot nn longer Ignore the chnllcugo to his leadership. If Mr Hitchcock should win there will be revealed in his following n large bodv of opinion favorable to disposing of the treaty at any cost. All this will weaken the Democratic position In the Senate, but it will not take control of the trenty out of the President's hands. t'ntil the caucus on the leadership it will he tieeessnrv to discount every - tlilnir that is said on the Democratic hide of the treat.v fight. Much of it is mere electioneering After the caucus it will be possible to learn how much real progress has been made toward concil iation nnd compromise ACTION ON TREATY rK'KTV TH CD DlZrP.hine The soviet forces are How sweep IjII.VjLj1 1VJ KyJ JV IlilW ( i,,i i, ,ui,,ll,. nil nf Denl. ti'..ti.i..i.tn.i rvo it tiv a r i , ' doubted whether cither suggestion would piovc practicable for the present. The move stnrted yesterday for a bl partisan agreement between these two groups independent of the party lend ers apparently was flattened out today. Mnnv senators thought, however, that it had laid the basis for a reopening of negotiations between the mild reser vations and the Democrats nfter the latter had come together on some con crete compromise prnposnl. The efforts to this end were very nc- jSESSZSf Dark Gray Kid with Wing Tip and Leather Louie Healf Military Heel Modele In Gray and Field Mouse. All Bltee. fjiv8nir H..W 1 I jt fA - -' N .MfiniMiiirnii iiirmiMii mi in M mmsm' B&. &&m mmmj r' yWf mmmmmm Tt-' Aj yl L STORE" Silk HoMiery Special.. I Quality Spats pEPRICINGS that represent the greatest group of shoe opportunities ever offered. Each pair is Dalsimer Standard quality; service is assured, styles are cor rect, and the workmanship faultless in every respect. No matter what your selection may be, you are assured of a positive saving of from $2 to $5 on the pair. A full range of sizes and widths assures a fit for every foot. - te ': 'TIS A FEAT Tnnrjjnnis"" 08 Market Street tlvo on llio Democratic sidn and the lenders declared they expected some port of ngreement to come out of these (lis (Mission, BALTIC PARLEY NEAR BREAK Esthonlana Induced to Await Arrival of Red From Moscow Dnrpat, Dec. 17. (Ily A. 1)M. I'oskn, the. Dstliouinn foreign minister, In n statement directed to the conference of the Raltlc states, declared the Ls thonlan delegation doubted the possi. bllity of pence nnd was "suspicious of the real sentiment townrd peace of the soviet Russian government." H" pro posed adjournment of the conference until .Innuary ,'l, but M .luffe, the llol ahevik representative, demurred. It was finally agreed to nvvnlt the arrival tomorrow of (lenernl Koht.vnev, of the soviet delegation, who accompa nied M. Krnssln to Moscow to consult their government before deciding on postponement. , Observers offered the opinion thnt if the conference wns postponed It would mean the definite breaking up of the pourparlers. BOLSHEVIKI CAPTURE KIEV Were Driven Out of Ukrainian Cap ital In September London, Dec. 17.- (Ily A I )- The capture of Kiev and the occupation of Ktiplausk. southeast of Kharkov, .'ire nnnoiinced in n Uolshevik statement re ceived from Moscow by wireless toilaj. , Kiev, capital of the Ukraine, with more than H00.000 population, is n prfrc thnt lias shifted IihihIs several times in the civil warfare that has btfen in progress in Russia for nearly two vrors. The ltolsheviki were Inst driven from it early in September by Deni- I kitie's front in South Russia " Special Pmallfftt wrl.t wa 3 $12.50 vv iirrnnlfU 10 years. Imrsuln. Yalne St Yalne tin. .10 I. MAYER Jeweler SHrcrsmlth ,3i MUUCKT 1ST., Pllllt OPEN KVENIM.S 1 Wi??JPtM'' S&?a?fc, 1 Xmns .ev"3p i i aHV W5 Tatent Colt, Dark Gray Kid Top, But ton; Golden Bron Kid, Button or Lacel Gray, Field Mom. or Mustard Brown Kid Lace; Atl-Kld or Fabric Tope: Two-Tone Kid of Beaver, Gray or Field Mouse, Har monizing Fabric Tope; Champagne Kid, Buck lop; Tan Calf. Fawn Buck Top. High French Heela. Full Run of Sites. Special . ) TO FIT FEET JQEOEMBSR 1?; fl hen adjournment was tnken yesterday in tho trinl In Superior Court of Harry New, alleged sou of Senator Harry 8. New of Indiana, charged with the murder of Miss Freda Lesser, his sweet heart. Lecomptn Davis, leading counsel foi New, niudo it -clear tho defenso would be insanity. Thomas Leo Woolwlne, district attorney, who with Deputy Asa Keys, is prosccutiag tho case, au uoucccd that the Rtntc would not at tempt to prove "New is nu Intellectual giant," but would maintain he was intelligent enough to be held responsible for his nets. Fall Styles! rrom Mnl.fr to Wvrr D rlHir for S7.00 7 holt iinis. .!" M Soft Hals. Hi.tlO SU Derbies for 83.00 G. Ervin Donovan, 135 S. 10 St. BENEFICIAL LOANS At 1,'cal ttatea on llousthold l'umltur. Ileal Katata nnd 'nrforard JVo(0 Coll, VI'Hlr or riiant VV'alhiit 4-5-9-S BENEFICIAL LOAN SOCIETY Ltcensed-Money.Iendtm Hnbson Building (2d Floor) 3653 Germnntown Ave. I.lipnnnl Iir Hlulf Hnnltlne Commliialontr Slerobpr uf (li'nilier of Commerce Memnrr nonril of Trade MpmlieP I eitnl neform niireiit In TCIIml- nifc the T.nnn Hlnrk Kt'I. Tnenmomtrd Am. Gas & Eficc. 60. Preforred Stock for Sale at $43 Per Share Pays $3 a Year Dividond Earning $12 PartlcularM on Rcqueit Carstairs & Co. Mamlu.. 11.11.. J.I. 1.1- -- MetTlhftr. Plllt&l1llnMs mtA Neir York Stack Exchange 1419 Walnut Street 71 Broadway, N. Y. Wm. Ayre & Sons, Philadelphia waiters aj on Kaaiatpr Covers. 20 for VmJ Wffir,, color generous in size lone 1 cS..orure"sa,.ls'ac'orV'n everyway. . B Z23 At your dealers. 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Horsmann Unbreakable Character Dolls "Made in America" 1.00 to 2.50 Each Tiio complete, assortment of thesa well-known dolla, attractively fircBsed ; some with real hair; they have been hard to procure thla year; enough for n few days only. Baby Carriage Dolls trimmed with pink or blue ribbons and nickel belts shirred ribbon elastic to secure it to the carriage, special 75c each. Fine Linen Stationery, 50c Box "Allendala I.lnen" ; 24 sheets of paper nnd envelopes, ribbon tied nnd attractively boxed; white, and light color tints; a regular 7fic value. Ivory Toilet I V-i . . Mirrors. Brushes. Puff Boxes. a Boxes, Files, Buttonhooks, Combs, etc ; a special purchase of a manu facturer's small quantities o different Items enables us to offer theso at savings of a third from usual prices. 1920 Calendars, 15c Each, 2 for 25c A very unusual series of theso haneNcolored calendars In floral, landscape, blue bird, Colonial, comic and Juvenile topics; large pad calendar ; boxed for mailing'. Christmas Greeting Cards Special Exceptional Values at 50c and $1 Doz. New and exclusive designs in fine steel-engraved cards ; without question the finest assortment in Phila delphia at the price. Dozens of styles at 50c, regular 76c values, and the usual $1.25 and $1.50 kinds at 1.00 a dozen ; many on gray and light tinted cards. 1 fraimimranuiHTs mu i iinnn i s mm ii i mn n i in'ini n nu f l mil nn i m irn nni i e 1 1 m nm mu rm ni n ur Something! In these days especially there's always room at the top for a ciga rette that can give you the highest possible quality at the lowest pos sible price. And that is just what Spur is doing right along. Domestic and Oriental Tobaccos, blended by a new method that brings out to the full that good old tobacco taste. Satiny, imported paper crimped, not pasted, making an easier-drawing, slower-burning cigarette. Smart "brown-and-silvcr" package, three-fold, that keeps Spurs fresh for you. 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