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FRANCES GREATEST DANGER.
In no way could the United States more clearly
indicate its disapproval of French policy on the Rhine
than by the withdrawal of American troops. Presi
dent Harding chose exactly the right moment to
order the move. Up to this time he steadfastly re
fused to bring the small army of occupation back,
feeling that America as a party to the war had a
concern also in the arrangements of peace.
The peace and stability for which America hoped
has now been upset. With old hates and fei*fs flar
ing up and reason and judgment set aside in Europe,
no good reason remains for the presence there of
any American soldiers. Withdrawal comes because
America could hot countenance France’s new in
vasion of Germany. More plainly than any words
could make it, the French people are given to un
derstand that by their imperialistic policy they stand
in danger of losing the sympathy of the American !
people.
France is a nation of declining population. Its
leaders fear that unless it crushes the Germans now j
it will be unable to compete with them or even live, J
in the future. The fears of the French are their own j
worst enemies. This dread and suspicion breeds war
and is capable of leading France to the very ruin it
seeks to avoid.*
By a contiriuance of its present policy France
will alienate what has been its greatest protection—
theAVmpathy of the wffirld. Physical power can not
save it. The need is not for greater armies, but for
a higher sense of justice. This is no time to demand
the pound of flesh, but for a grain of mercy, which
might grow into mutual good understanding and
choke out the weed of revenge. Such is the point of
view which America has striven to express.
Democracy teaches people to look ahead to the
consequences of the actions of statesmen. America
thus sees further than any other great nation, and
discerns the seeds of war in the invasion of the
Rhineland and the effort to reach a settlement by
force instead of by peaceful agreement. It opposes
this move today as it would protest any similar move
by Germany, on human grounds. Our hope has been
for something better than a perpetual feud between
these two neighboring countries of Europe. But
until the European statesmen learn to think in terms
of the people instead of territory and wealth, there
can be no safety. t
Bong ago St. Simon, the French philosopher, con
sidered tile causes of the greatness of France. He
said that if the country should lose its first 50 savants,
its first 50 artists, its first 50 artisans and its first
50 cultivators it would be a body without a soul.
But, he added, if it should lose all its official person
nel, that would cause little damage to the country.
That is as true today as ever. The greatness of
France, and the peace of Europe depend on the
creative and productive genius of the people, not
on any strategems of the politicians or the military j
leaders. Scheming and force offer no lasting ad
vantage to any nation, and the way to peace and
general welfare lies through confidertce, justice and
hard work. Only to the degree that it follows this
policy is any nation entitled to the sympathy and
moral support of the world.
ON THE WAY TO TIDE-WATER.
Certain truisms come up in the mind whenever
Nebraska’s economic future is considered. One of
these is that the state must continue to be a large
exporter of food products; whether these go out in
the raw or manufactured form is not material to
the main' point. The other,great truism is that the
price of the food on the farm will depend on the
cost of getting it to market. Our farmers, there
fore, are the ones most immediately and vitally con
cerned in the cost of transportation.
It was possible, and may be again, to control
the cost of hauling material of any kind within the
borders of the state. Modification of the Esch
Cummins law is promised, at least to a degree that
will restore to the State Railway commission the
power to fix freight rates in the state. Outside Ne
braska. however, the case takes on a different aspect.
Freight rates to the wider markets, in which
our producers are so greatly concerned, will largely
depend upon competition. If the service be limited
and the demand great, then the rates will be high,
and when the cost of getting to market is high, the
price on the farm will be low.
The Missouri river skirts the eastern border of
Nebraska; does it serve the farmer, by hauling his
freight? Not that you can notice. On the other
hand, it chews up several thousand acres of good
farming land each year, exacting tribute from Iowa
on one side and Nebraska on the other. It might be
made to work, but is not even asked to behave.
Why is this so? One most obvious reason is that
if the river were put to hauling freight, a consider
able amount of the tonnage now carried by the rail
roads would ride to market on the river.
Another promise to the Nebraska farmer is that
some day the Atlantic ocean will be brought as near
as Duluth, Milwaukee and Chicago, by way of the
Lakes-to-Ocean canal. Why does this project lag?
The obvious answer is much the same as that to
the question of the river—with the'addition of the
New York state canal as a makeweight for argument.
Plenty of business is already in sight for all the
railroads that exist, for the river, and for the canals,
and as the country develops more freight will be
presented for handling. Nebraska has not anywhere
near attained its productive limit yet. But it is high
time that the way to tide-water were being made .
easier.
"
The new general manager of the Omaha Union
Stock Yards also started work as an office boy. An
other answer to the foolish assertion that oppor
tunity no longer exists.
An Oklahoma general was thrown from ?is
horse and half-killed, adding a touch of realism to
the barbecue inaugural.
Few changes are announced in the personnel
of Omaha banks; some tribute to the men who are
running them.
SHIFTING PEOPLES TO GAIN PEACE.
A startling decision has been reached at Lau
sanne, if the word sent out from there Is to be ac
cepted as accurate. Instead of seeking a basis of
peace whereunder Turk and Greek, Armenian and
Syrian, Slav and Seljuk, may live side by , side,
worship Jehovah or Allah, two names for one God,
and carry on their respective vocations in amicable
rivalry, the commissioners have decided to separate
all. Christians are to leavp Turkey, and Moham
medans to leave Greece, and live apart, that they
may no linger quarrel.
A million inhabitants of the two countries will
thus be affected. Six hundred thousand Greeks, so
called, will be required to remove from Turkey,
and 400,000 Mohammedans will be forced out of
Macedonia and other* parts of Greece. This whole
sale breaking up of homes exceeds anything of the
sort the world has ever seen. Greater folk move
ments have taken place, as when the Huns moved
from eastern to western Asia and thence into east
ern Europe, but that was a migration of a whole
people, seeking a new home. The Helvetian war,
over which the schoolboy first tests his teeth«.6n
Latin, was to prevent such a migration. Other simi
lar m,ovements are dotted through history, but in no
modern instance has a people been required to up
root itself and seek new anchorage in the name of
peace.
Aside from political considerations, which do not
seem to excuse the action, its humanitarian aspect is
one that will shock Americans. If the movement is
carried out it will involve the abandonment of
homes established centuries ago, breaking off of ties
and associations that have grown up through many
generations, severing of friendships—for friend
ships do exist between these people, even though
divided by a barrier of race or fiyth—and the break
ing up of conditions established through ages, merely
to emphasize the lack of accord in European politics.
No commentary could be written that more caus
tically condemns the policy, or lack of policy, that
has characterized the Lausanne gathering. Peace is
desired by all the world, and peace to last must rest
on justice. Where a square deal for all is concerned,
no question of religion or nationality should have
consideration. If ever a peace conference sowed the
dragon’s teeth from which new wars will spring, it
has been the one coming to such an unhappy con
clusion at Lausanne.
TWO CONVENTIONS—AND A MORAL.
Yesterday it was the farmers who met in Omaha;
today it is the manufacturers. In the clearer vision
that is developing in America it is apparent to most
that these two great industries of agriculture and
manufacturing are inextricably bound together.
Though one is carried on in the country and the
other in the towns, yet there are parts of the same
thing, the production of things useful to mankind.
The one prospers only as does the other. What
the world calls trade consists in the large of the
exchange of the products of the farm for the fin
ished goods oi the mill. Prosperity comes not from
unduly high prices for either raw or finished com
modities, but from the even balance of their ex
changed Whatever the fundamental reason may
have been, the fact that farmers have not been able
to exchange their goods for the same quantity of
manufactured articles as before the war has ham
pered business all over the United States. The fact
that a common level of value is now being ap
proached is the most hopeful factor in the present
situation.
Farmers should be interested in the growth of
manufacturing in Nebraska, for it means more peo
ple in the cities to buy their food. It means also
less expense for transportation, both on articles
sold and bought. The establishment of small fac
tories in the country towns tof this state, to refine
the products of the soil which no longer would have
to be shipped *to the eastern seaboard and returned
later in finished form, would produce an ideal civ
ilization here on the prairies.
These local manufacturers, on their part, are
intensely interested in the development of agricul
ture. Two of the principal topics at'this convention
concern the project of supplemental irrigation to
increase and stabilize the harvest of Adams, Phelps
and Kearney couples and the Great Lakes water
way, which woulrf*cut the cost of exporting farm
products.
The farmers need the city, and the city needs
the farmers. The wages paid by these manufactur
ers go a long ways toward providing a market for
the farmers. In proportion as there is a profit
in the sale of foodstuffs, the manufacturers find a
market for their products in the country. These
two conventions meet on different days, and in
different halls, but at each the other is an unseen
guest.
The coming of a body of 1,000 farmers to Omaha
is something of an event. Such conventions as those
of the Farmers’ union give city folk a definite im
pression of the importance of the agricultural in
dustry to the state.
Perhaps you have noted that all the while the
Europeans are sending ultimatums to one another,
they are keeping one eye on the United States bank
roll.
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The man who blew his head off because his land
lady refused his offer of marriage justified the
lady's action.
Our “Watch oq the Rhine” is wound up.
. Big Salaries for Big Men
-From the San Francisco Chronicle. ■
In pursuance of the radical policy of stimulating
hatred and competence in order that the great public
enterprises may have to be taken over by our govern
ment, the senate recently directed the Interstate Com
merce commission to ascertain and report what rail
road officials receive sularies of $75,000 or more dur
ing the current year. The report has been made and
it appears that there are eight railroad officials wlio
are paid that amount or more.
Julius Kruttschnitt, chairman of the board of the
Southern Pacific, heads the list with $100,000, of which
he will pay to the government about one-half as in
come tax. While it is the business of the owners of
the roads to determine what they can afford to pay
their financial manager, it will do no harm to specu
late on the subject. If the owners of any great busi
ness could find a man so very competent and experi
enced to be able, by wise management, to increase
the gross income by 1 per cent a year, without increase
of outgq, they would obviously make motley by giving
him half of such increase. It is possiblU^that the own
ers of the Pacific system think Julius Kruttschnitt that
kind of a man. But if he received one-half of 1 per
cent of the gross income of the Southern Pacific sys
tem for the current year his salary would be around
$900,000, or if he got a quarter of X per cent it would
be $450,000.- His measly $100,000, of which he will be,
permitted to keep half, does not sound very big. Men
of the caliber of the heads of our greatest railroad
systems are very scarce. Anyone wrho can get into
the class can get the salary. The fact is that the total
paid for financial and executive management by any
railroad is an insignificant percentage of income.
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“From State and Nation”
—Editorials from Other Newspapers—
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Weighing the Sword.
I From the Washington Star.
If France goes to the threatened
I length of seizure of the Ruhr fu an
! ' (Tort to collect reparations from Ger
many the moment her troops begin to
move will be dne of the most serious
| in the world's history. It will estab
lish a precedent and set hi motion
a chain of circumstances TOiioh may
br.ng to mankind miseries so great
that the afflictions of today will be
; looked upon as blessings. Civiliza
tion stands aghast at the prospect
which is unfolded.
More than 2,000 years ago the Gauls
sacked Rome and only a ransom in
gold saved the citizens from butchery.
As the gold was being weighed the
Romans complained that unfairness
of the counterpoise made their bur
den heavier than had been agreed
upon. Whereupon Brennus, the leader,
of the Gauls, threw his sword into
the selklfs along with the unfair coun
terp^fce, exclaiming as he did so:
"Vae vlctis” ("Woe to the van
quished.")
That happened long before Christ
came on earth to teach men charity,
but it is never recalled except in re
proach, and because the Romans were
a ruthless race has never exeused the
ruthlessness of the Gauls. It has been
difficult to beieve that now, with more
than 20 additional ^centuries of civ
ilization to the credit of mankind,
France would throw her sword into
the scales in which reparations were
being weighed. Poincare surely can
not wish that history should couple
his name with that of Brennus. It
Francois resolved upon this course,
she must gojnlone and without sym
pathy or moral support from the na
tions which fought by her side when
liberty was at stake. Nor will those
nations at some future day feel to
ward a France in peril as they felt
when the German hordes swept down
upon hey.
France professes to fear a war of
revenge by the Germans, and yet per
sists in planting the seeds for such a
war. Brennus may have thought he
had so burdened Rome ag to make his
borders safe, but the time came when
the Romans marched into Gaul and
exacted a terrible retribution. Two
thousand years is a long span, but not
long enough to give assurance that
history will not repeat itself. The one'
thing France cannot afford to do is
to turn the world's sympathy from
herself to Germaany and make the
world forget German sins. Yet the
one thing which would do that would
be to use the sword to collect a debt
in excess of what the world believes it
is possible Germany ran pay.
Buying Cars and Kngines.
From the York News-Times,
The way the big railroads are giv
ing orders for cars and engines is in
teresting to the average citizen.
The people will not object to a bet
terment of the rolling stock of the
roads, as cars and engines had be
come rather dilapidated and some new
ones will help out greatly.
Then the expenditure of this money
will help the roads get rid of some
of the surplus they have been earn
ing and make the balance sheet look
more reasonable to the man who has
an idea that freights ought to be re
duced.
Good rolling stock and tracks are
what the people want, and then to
make the situation ideal freight rates
ought to be put to where they be
long.
With somewhat lower rates the
roads would have all the business
they could handle even with the In
creased equipment, and they would
flourish like the well known green
ba y tree.
The day for the railroads of Amer
ica going to the back door and asking
Uncle Sam for a handout Is passed
apparently.
No Overproduction.
From the St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Low prices of farm preducts and
the distress that rests upon the agri
cultural industry is not to be ex
plained by overproduction, said James
R. Howard, former president of the
American Farm Bureau federation,
in a recent address before the Amer
ican Economic association nt Chicago.
"There is certainly no overproduction
on the farms," he declared, "when j
there -are hungry mouths and unclad |
bodies in all parts of thf> world.”
This assertion can hardly lie oues- l
tioned. Yet production is the basis
upon which all prices are made, what
ever other causes may exist, and it
is a fact that farm prices are still
low. It is also true, of course, that
the production of fhe principal farm
crops is too great for the needs of
this country. After these needs have
btWn supplied a surplus remains,
which does not represent overproduc
tion, but normally represents our ex
ports to countries abroad. At the
present time there is actual suffering
from a shortage of food and clothing
that could be supplied from this sur
plus. Curiously, however, effects
Daily Prayer
If any man lack wisdom, let him aak
of God, and Ha will give It him_James
1:6.
Infinite Father, we have trlefl the
world and found it h great emptiness;
we come back to Thee Who art eager
to fill our souls with everlasting truth
and mercy. We come with a song in
our hearts, for the list of Thy bene
fits is beyond our counting.
We thank Thee for the stirring dkys
of the present, with their opportuni
ties for improvement and servleV.
their concern for the poor and ignor
ant. We thank Thee for the mys
j terlous, inviting days whicli are. to
. come, laden with secret stores for our
replenishing, hidden delights, and
dark experiences for our training.
We thank Thee for the silent heroisms
of the home; for the hallowed
drudgeries of »he sick chamber. We
thank Thee that despite the clever
ness of good men, the Kingdom makes
steady advance.
Thy bounty unto us is without
boundaries. And yet we baffle Thy
plans, thwart Thy love, and wander
wretchedly from the way of Jesus,
j We return unto Thee this morning to
| have our stains removed, our petty
shams stripped away, Rnd our hearts
i fortified. Have compassion upon us,
! and bring us all by and by to our
j Father's home, through Jesus Christ,
our Lord. Amen.
RE. HUGH ELMER BROWN,
• Beattie, Wash.
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that are the equivalent of overproduc
tion are felt by the American farmer,
and the etfects that are not essential
ly different from those of underpro
duction are felt in Europe.
The real cause of this strange con
i dltion of affairs, <5hviously, is to be
found in the obstruction of exports.
The strong dethaml that exists in
Europe would lie sufficient to consume
the surplus agricultural products and
elevate prices very considerably, hut
while conditions in countries abroad
remain unsettled and their ability to
pay Consequently limited, exports
will he limited. Here Is to be found*
the explanation of low prices,, and
not in overproduction. There is a de
mand for all‘the farmer will produce,
and he should be concerned In seeing
the readjustments effected which
would encourage exports, and by con
suming the surplus result in more fa
xorable prices for farm products.
Governor Walton.
From tile Wichita Kagie.
From the terrible things we have
been hearing about ,T. C. Walton, re
cently mayor of Oklahoma City, we
had been looking forward to his mes
sage to the legislature with some
trepidation. We were not sure hut
tlie new governor might appear be
fore the legislature with a dirk in
his teeth, a pistol in one hand and a
sword in the other, the badge of
soviet Russia upon his breast, and a
guard of red soldiers following him
about while he proceeded to do a
whirling dervish.
After reading the new governor’s
message, one wonders how all this
impression got abroad about the wild
and woolly nature of Mr. Walton. The
worst crime Mr. Walton is guilty of
in his message is stating the case of
tlie Uklahomu farmers rather forceful
ly, but with admirable restraint. The
governor tells much about the farm
er's troubles. He might have told
much more without going afield from
truth. He recommends state loans,
under proper safeguards, to farmers'
co-operative organizations. He recom
mends that the state buy or build a
cement mill to make cement where
with the farmers' co-operatives may
build warehouses and wherewith the
state may build its concrete roads.
These are wise recommendations,
dictated in the interest of the only
class of people that absolutely re
quires a helping hand from the state.
Oklahoma is a farming state, as is
Kansas. Neither state can prosper
at all if ftie farmers cannot get cost
of production for their products. If
warehouses, built with money bor
rowed from the state, will give the co
operating farmers a better chance to
make a living, the governor who sug
gests such legislatten is entitled to
respect and praise, rather than blame
and censure. . v
Perhaps Governor Walton Isn't go
ing to lie such a howling wild man in
the capitol, after all. His message
has a sincere, constructive ring.
Too Easy to Buy Firearms.
From the Greeley Citizen.
It looks as if the Nebraska state
legislature will be called upon to pass
i law restricting the sate of firearms.
The Society for the Friendless, in its
campaign for the prevention of crime,
is strongly urging legislation along
this line.
The sale of firearms, especially the
pocket variety, should be restricted,
in fact no one should be permitted to
carry small firearms unless he is an
officer of the law. £
Men Haven’t Any Rights Left.
The national woman’s party Is de
manding more equal rights. Unfor
tunately, however, men haven't any
of that kind left.—Baltimore Sun.
Common Sense
The Value of Helpful Criticism.
When attention is drawn to your
mistakes,' do you accept criticism
gracefully?
Or is it possible that you would con
tinue wrong-doing rather than be con- I
vinced of your error?
It may hurt your pride to be told !
you are wrong but is it not better to
know this fact in order to avoid mis
takes in the future?
Just and helpful criticism is tfle best
thing a person can have.
You have a lot of faults. So have
others.
But if you will notice the man of
big affairs you will see that he does
not close Ills ears and his understand
ing to the suggestions and the argu
ments which go to show that he is
w rong, possibly.
That is why he Is a big man—be
cause he can profit by criticism.
He does not depend entirely upon
W'hat he has learned for himself.
He takes vantage of what he can
learn fro mothers wherever it hap
pens.
If others are kind enough to let you
into the knowledge and lights they
have gained by observation or experi
ence be glad to get it even if it does
not match up with what you had here
tofore believed to be true.
Consider and W'eigh and keep an
open mind, glad of criticism, if fai#,
and well meant.
(Copyright, 1#2S.)
“Th$ People's
tditort.iU from readers of Tho Momlna Beo.
Readers of The Morning Roe are Invited to
u»e this column freely for expression on
matter* ot public Interest.
The Franco-German Crisis.
Hustings, Neb.—To the Editor of
The Omaha Bee: I wish to make an
appeal to all American I.eglon mem
bers and world war veterans for hu
manity.
I personally was a member of the
89th division for more than 20months
in all its engagements and operations,
was with the division from the time
we left tire United States until we re
turned after the war. And right here
would like to nsk the question: Why
did we go to France? They said for
humanity's sake, but what is France
trying and doing to humanity now?
What is France trying to do to G^r
many?
We should think that the Urifted
States would also say we must stand
up for humanity now as we did for
humanity against Germany. Tho
president, senate and enngress seem
to afraid to say to France:, "l'ou
have gone far enough; where would
you be today if we had not helped
you? Wo want you (France) to let
a nation like Germany that is down
and out have a chance to get up to
some extent before you knock her
down again.” France wants Ger
many to pjiy more than is within her
means, at “the same time pushing her
tighter against the wall, which gives
her even less a chance to pay.
It seems to me that if our govern
ment does not do anything to pre
vent France from going farther, that
we, ns the American Legion and all
exservice men as a body, to take
some notion and make some protest to
our government, if not directly to
France. We stood up for humanity's
sake once, with victory, and we feel,
France, that we can do it Again.
A MEMBER. OF THE AMERICAN
LEGION AND AN EX-SERVICE
MAN.
, Crime and Punishment.
Omaha.—To the Editor of The
Omaha Bee: Lawlessness can be
curbed only by putting a God fearing
fear of the law into the hearts and
minds of those inclined to lawless
ness. Lack of employment is respon
sible In few, if any, cases of lawless
ness, but lack of desire for hard, hon
est work may be the keynote of many
crimes.
Another contributing cause might
be that the punishment does not com
paVe with the crime in many cases—
perhaps a small fine, a few days in
jail is the sentence given for most
petty crimes, and until criminals,
either professionals or amateus, are
given punishment they dislike, and
fear more than work crime will exist.
Persons guilty of crime who have
been tried before a jury, and who
have through due deliberation re
turned a verdict of guilty,
sboulcl have sentence passed upon
them, and this sentence should be
final. The laws, as they are now en
forced, are an inducement to en
ter the criminal game. Burglars
steal valuables to the amount of per
hays several thousand dollars; then,
if apprehended, which they probably
never will be, are given a short prison
sentence, and before it is served they
are granted ^ parole and are at lib
erty to ply their trade and make up
the losses sustained during their time
in prison.
A factor to be considered in crime
and its punishment is the svpmathy
shown by those not molested. Let a
burglar or holdup mention that he is
an ex-soldier and immediately some
one begins, to offer sympathy; or,
perhaps, he speaks of a wife and baby
or an old mother and the grief and
suffering they will endure as a result
of ills imprisonment. The chancers
are that some misguided soul will
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promises; lost hopes and shat
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Make This Year Different
You tried to save last year;
how far did you succeed? Re
solve to DO IT this year and
let us pay you
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start circulating a petition for a par
don. maybe before the criminal has
even reached the penitentiary, instead
of approving a just sentence.
Out laws are the foundation of all
things worth while in our country,
and the violation >of them should lie
considered a disgrace by all and
treated as such, and sympathy, ex
cept as might be accorded one who,
through ignorance or the workings of
a diseased mind, has defac%d and de
nied a thing of beauty* should find no
pla^e in the punishment of lawbreak
ers. Our laws are good, let them be
enforced with /he same precision that
they are written. I*. \V. C.
CENTER SHOTS.
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Tlie world Isn’t really growing bet
ter. It just seems that way became
you don't hear the'word "sweetie”^
so much.—Hartford Times. ^
Young men don't need Henry Ford's
advice to spend their money—after
they have bought one of his cars.
(Not an adv.)—Winston-Salem Jour
nal.
Our governmental System of checks
and balances doesn't work so well
any more. Not enough checks to bal
a nee.—Tacoma Hedger.
They Will Always Be Comfortable
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“I want my parents to receive an ample
income for the rest of their lives.”
The man who said this was bom .and
raised on a farm in Vermont. He came
west in early life, and after a good many
had knocks has become very successful.
His first thought was to make comfort
able the old age of his father and mother.
In order to make sure that remittances
would be received by them with unfailing
regularity, he placed in trust a number of
securities, chiefly bonds, with instructions
to remit the income every month to his
parents. Upon the death of the survivor
of his parents, the principal of the furd
reverts to him.
Full information regarding trusts
will be furnished on request.
'OmahaTrust Company
Omaha National Bank BulUInf
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