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Londou, Jany. 4th.- Proposals for the - formation of a corporation capitalized at £{O,O\}C,OOO for the puarpose of raciliating trade between Russia and Great Britain, wnich it is undersiood, had been ap proved g the Government and M. Kras- sin, is Mnounced by the “"Times’’. The plans aw~ait tne action of the Russian branch of the London Chamber of Com- merce on Jany. 12th. The corporation, he capital of which will be subseribed equally by Russia and ©reat BLritain, the “{'imes’’ says, will be controiled ‘by a Board of Governor’s selected hy both countries. : wasiington, Jany 4th —A:surances that the United States is not contempla- ting ioilitary intervention in Cuba ware “*yiven today to the (‘uban Minister by Secretary .Jjaniels, 1+ was learned at the Srate Deparument Dublin, January sth.—Two rumours spread throuzh Dublin rapidly last night, one that a manifesto £o the Irish peo- le would be issued by Professog De valera, ;the other that De Valera had come to Dublin. Confirmatien of either could not -he obtained in quarters usu- olly well-informed on Sinn Fein affairs. It is considered not unlikely. however, that some message will be forthcoming from De Vaizra ina day or two. The public may never know hoxy De Valera managed to reach Ireiand, and it is be- \ lieved that the means by which he land- ~d in Ireland will be kept a s=cret, as cther Sinn Fein l-aders, absent from the country, may find it nécessary Lo ufilize ihe same ;plan. De Valera’s presence in Ireland bhas been cenerally taken as meaning a marked acceleration of the efforts to find 4 basis of :eace accepia- bie to both sides. Since his arrival the Dail Direann has n t held a meeting, but one may be.arranged soon It is r:- sorted, in what is considered reliable circles, that orders have been received from London forbdding the Crowp fore- es to arrest D 2 Valera. The tension prevailing in Dublin before Christmas pas greatly relaxed. $40,000,000 IN INCOME TAXES UN- PAID IN NEW YORK THOUSANDS MAY FACE GOVERNMENT PENALTY. ' QILK, TEXTILE, GARMENT, GROCERY AND AUTOMOBILE LINES HARDEST HIT AS RESULT OF DEPRESSION—COLLCTOR EpwARrDS HoLps OuT HOPE OF ReLIEF. With the expiration at midnight last night of the fime for paving the last quarterly instalment of Federal income axes it was estimated by William H. Edwards, Collector ofInternal Revenue for this distriet, that fuily $40,000,000 of the $100,000,000 said to be due at this =1 gl 8 4N IE time from residents of New York city was still ungpaid | He was unable to give figuraes to show the approxiimate number of delinquents, but it is believed they run into the | tnousands. All of them face a penalty of b per cent interest for failure to pay on time and interest at the rate of 1 per cent a m nth will be added. ‘ Inability to pay the tax scemed to be widespread. It affegyed the men of small means and many persons who a few months ago could have paid tar | oreater amounts without feeling it., But ! the general business depression, which has swept over the country with in- creasing forece during the latter half of the year, has wrought havoe without regard to persons and has played no | {avorites. Collector Kdwards said that more peo- | ple had found it difficult to pay their | taxes than ever before. With some it was impossible. They frankly told the coliector so and said they would have ro stand for the ilmposition of penalties. Those who thus took the collector into their confidence included brokers, busi- ness men, corner groceries and manutac- turers. ; Regret Not Paving Pefore 4 Many expressed regret that they had not paid in full at the time the first quarterly instalment became dug last Mareli. Monev was plentiful then and . | they c¢ould have done so, they said, but held off in the hope of gettinga little more interest from their money hefore turning it over to the Government. Now, unable to get credit because of the fall in value of their assets and with money owed them co contr (s withheld, or with contracts cance. d, they could not pay. {Coliector kdwards declared that the silk, Lextile, garment. grocery and auin- mobile lines had been he pardest nit. In the crowds which thronged the corvidors of the Custom House yester- day were many who were obliged to present Liberiy bonds in settlement of claims. Thnis is the first time they have been received here, but Collector tidwards announced they would be ac- cepted only at market value. I'ne largest check reported yet was that of one corporation for $3,164,000. This incinded the quarterly instalment of income and excess profits tax. “he smallest that came to notice was a quar- terly payment on $10.38 made by a bare- neaded Italian woman fron; the HKast Side, who rushed about the corridorsin search of the cashier’s window, eaver fearful that if she didn’t pay Uncle ! Sam would ‘‘get her.”’ Epwarps HoLbps Outr Hoprg. In discussing the situation Mr. Ed- wards said that as he had received no | communication on the matter from Wash- | ington he dcubted reports that extensions were being gr.... ed in other cities. He declarea that the evidence of the stlaigkt- ened condition, aburdart as it Fss Leen in his office, represents kvt 2 smail per centage cf the actual runker i perscrs who yesterday fcund tlenseives uretle to pay the tax. it was said that mavy individuals in raricus (ines of wnaushry kad lepciled their «nalilidy to clicin lcars at e tonks and this jact mece the tighiness ¢f money all the m.cl¢ eprarent cra aistressing. Jourral of Commerce. LURE OF VESUVIUS. NEOPOLITANS CANNOT STAY AWAY FROM VOLCANO. Jt is commonplace to say how reck- less in men to build and live a!l about Vesuvius and creep ever higher and higher towaras its cone, huszbancing every yard that will grow a vine nr vegetable, in spite ol the terrible les sons Vesuvius has taught them. “dhe truth is.'" says My .G A B Dewar in his new book, ""A Younger Son,”” ‘“'the greater the lesson he gets, the greater wiii be the recklessness of the Neopolitan. If Vesuvius were a live voleano in England instead of Ital | the same thing wonid be seen: a little time after it had poured out lzva and mud and ash, and killed us in hundreds or thousands., and spoilt our homes and crops, we should return tc Vesuvius and re-build.and creep up its sides anew. I suppose that sconer or later Vesuvius will fly into a violent passion agzin, and pour down her lava streams as she pour- ed them to Torre Arnuuziata not a gen- eration since. “"What a darkness Vesuvius might make, you understand if you go down tu the shore by any of these towns, and iook at the sand. It is black. The sand of the whole Bay of. Naples is black. When Vesuvius is in a passion, ashes fall in Rome, Genoa, Turin: they fall in Paris. » Conceive all these towns spoiled to- morrow as Messina was spoiit by Etna, none the less, in a ew years iime they would, rise from the lava and mud and ash finer than now. As Resina rose on Herculaneum, a uew Resina and a richer "would rise on the old. The greater the bane of Vesuvius today, the greater the balm to-morrcw. The ashes and mud turn to gold, you need not mueh kaow- ledge of the fruits of the earth to learn that lesson. : Vesuvius will never [ose its hold on men whiist ir remains active and terri- ble. it will only come into contempt and be lett to its:lf when its mud streamns dry up and its ashes are all spent, for it is worth' nobody’s while to live tor long under an extinct volcano™. —'Barbados Globe, Dec. 6th.