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Show War Sure in Europe Avers Trust Chief All Able Minded Englishmen Agree Conflict Is Inevitable, Declares J. M. Beck. New York, Aug. 3 "War tin which England nnd France will oppose Her-mnny-ls only a matter of a short time.' It Is Inevitable." So declared James M. Hock, counsel coun-sel for tho sugar trust, now bolug probed by tho government, upon his arrival here today on tho Adriatic of tho Whlto Star lino. lr. Heck went abroad early In July and spent most of his time motoring In Knglaud. Shortly after tho William Ponn dedication ded-ication serylces In tho Church of All Hallows, Harking, on Towerhlll, London, Lon-don, Mr. Beck, with a number of other oth-er Americans, attended a dinner given at Stratford house, the protcntlous London homo of the Duke of Sutherland. Suther-land. "At this dinner were ninny prominent promi-nent Kngllshmen," said Mr. Ileck, "and of course, as wns natural, the question of International peace played n prominent part In the speeches mndo by Amerlcnns nnd Englishmen, "To n man almost tho English speakers declared that a war against Germany by England and France was about to bo declared.; "The nations Involved, according to the speakers, had dono almost everything every-thing to avoid a clash, but recent developments de-velopments In Morocco had destroyed destroy-ed any chance of staving off trouble. "It Is a matter of only a short time, In tho opinion of all nble-mlnded Englishmen, En-glishmen, when the three nntlons will bo at war." Mr. Ileck said ho wob preparing papers pa-pers In the nrgumont to be heard before be-fore tho United States supremo court next November. "The Standard Oil decision," he said, "makes n definition between reasonable and unreasonable restraint of trade. I will showthat there was no unreasonable restraint of trade by the American Sugar company." |