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Show PARIS AGOG OVER SIKI CHARGES o O O O O O O O o o o o RUMORS SAY OTHER BOUTS FIXED BY WILLIAM BIRD. i Special Cable Dl-patch to Tho Stand-erd'Examiner. Stand-erd'Examiner. (Copyright, 1922 by The Standard-I Examiner.) fThe Sikl affair has driven all thoughts of international affairs front the minds of the French People, according ac-cording to Mr. Bird, who declares hut there is in existence a feeling hroughout France that the Bern-gal. Bern-gal. se has been the victim of a conspiracy) con-spiracy) PARIS Dec 9- All thoughts of International In-ternational complications have fled J from the minds of the French peo-r peo-r u The case of the Senegalese pu- Sect of discussion throughout the na-, tfon Even the trip of the premier, Jo London, and tho depressing news, from the Lausanne conference, at-r at-r u umtle attention. The iron pag. s ol the newspapers arc filled with n norti of the allegations for and P it Klki In tho cafes nothing is tabU-d of Street fights as I reUlt Ol the fruitless debates are fro- aUTh French Boxing federation has ic, -i tint it will make a com-, p,Xllln e Igatlon of the allegations! Slttie fight between Ggrtgtrt. tjiui was a "frame-up in wnicn mo tack man. after agreeing to quit or a mono consideration discover,, hat he hud the pn.V.ess to v, : u and Sent ahead end double-crossed Car-, , , Vier and the latter s supporters There is little question that the vast majority of French men believe ha Sikl has tOld the truth and It Kw! decision of the boxing federation aSa5hst them they Still Will bo-Kavethat bo-Kavethat it has Joined the cabal arainst the former soldier Snortsmen who have followed car-pcntier's car-pcntier's career very closely sines itnu EaSnning and who In tho POS kept KSrt now rather frankly allege that ie has been carefully framed to provide pro-vide France with a champion who would arouse tho public lntorent In USolT'ot them with whom I have talked say the most of Carp's fights ' Sra fixed, including that with Gunboat Gun-boat Smith in H 14 When Insiders unew that tho Frenchman was to lose by a foul It so happened, however, that the moving pictures failed to show any foul ln the sixth round. Whether there Is any truth In this or not It Is a certainty that Carpen-tle-r's position as a popular Idol Is permanently lost, no matter what tie-findings tie-findings of the situatlou. The affair also has dealt a severe blow to boxing box-ing generally and there Is an In-creasing In-creasing demand that there bo a thorough thor-ough clean-up of the French ring, which has staged many fiascos ln re-; cent months. 00 1 . -k |