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HA9 IN JEW YORK IT'S IN THE EVENING WORLD"
Thrilling Tale of Hooch Pirates Off the Port of New Yorm
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NOT DECEIVE THE
I Labels 'on Packages of Mer
chandise to Tell of Compo
sition 6fProduct.
.DECISION OF U.S. COURT
Government Wins Victory in
Suit'to Establish Fair Deal
ing in Business.
WASHINGTON, ' April 24. Manu-
Ilacturers nro required to use trade
S names and labels which will convey
to the purchasing public an accurate
j description of the materials or In
gredients composing their products.
Tho Supreme Court decided on this
t line to-day In n case brought by the
' Federal Trade Commission against the
Wlnstcd Hosiery Company.
Justice Brandcls delivered tho
opinion of tho Court. Justice Mc-
' Reynolds dissented.
Manufacturers throughout the coun
try have been awaiting with keen In
tercst the decision In tills case, hoping
a rule wou'il bo lal: 'fcottt densely
defining tho extent of the' cdntrol the
Federal Government may exercise In
designating labels and brands to be
Used on products offered for Bale In
interstate commerce.
The Government ulso considered tho
question of paramount Importance,
TRADE MARKS MUS
BUYER OF GOODS
ei asking a decision which could bo
wjihade a precedent In' disposing of "a
largo number or coses now ueiore me
Federal Trnde Commission Involving
charges of misbranding."
Tho Issuo was preel pita ted when
tho Federal Trade Commission sought
to restrain, as unfair methods of
competition,! labels and brands used
by many knit goods manufacturers,
which the Government Insisted con-
iveycd to the purchasing public tho
"idea that the underwear so marked
was comDOsed wholly of wool al
though the evidence showed In most
Instances that cotton was also an
Ingredient.
-Tho United States Court of Ap
weals for the Second Circuit decided,
however, against' the contentions of
the Government, finding no tnuii vun
.. lfitmiu nnrt lirands used by the
Wlnsted Hosiery Company, which 'it
declared were well known to and ac-
eiiratelv understood by tne traac
From that decision tho Government
annealed to the Supremo uauri,
.inlmr the Wlnsted Hosiery Company,
wlioso methods tho Federal Trade
rv,mmlslnn selected as typical of
tnnle. as a test case.
-Tho Government In nrgirtng tho
cases contended It was not sufficient
for manufacturers to use designations
. i mnrklnir their goods which are
. Vnnwn to tho trade, and "insisted that
the Federal Trado Commission had
nmnerlv found that such practices as
Mtthose followed in mo jinn guuus imuo
l'to bo unfair methods of competition.
Th Wlnsted Hosiery company
labels of "merino," "wool" nnd "wor
tPrt" used In describing different
trradea of underwear was misleading,
the Government contended,- because
the company added no words to in
dlcate to tho public tho percentage
Continued on Second Page.)
LONDON WOMEN
USE HENNA BATH
FOR OLIVE TINT
Treatment Gives Delicately Col
ored Skin to Go With New
Oriental Modes.
LONDON. April 24.
A henna bath cult Is forming
among London'H more ultra so
ciety women who deem olive col
ored skin worth acquiring.
The craze Is said to bo of French
or American orgln. Oaths, strong
ly tinctured wltli henna dye, aro
taken monthly and' Impart a deli
cate tint which looks well with tho
evening dresses of oriental shades
and design now popular here.
Immersing Is declared to bo
aster than treating only that
considerable portion of the body
exposed by modern evening gowns.
MANIAC IMPERILS MANY
00 Women Armed With Pokers
March on a Mine at Uniontown
To Drive OH Strikebreakers
Guards
Disperse Mob With Makeshift
Weapons, While
Nearby Fire Hose
UNIONTOWN, Pa., April 24
(United Press). A mob of more than
400 women armed with Iron pokers
and other makeshift weapons marched
on tile Amend mlno to-day and sought
prevent non-union miners .from
entering.
The women wero dispersed by
armed guards. Two were arrested on
Dublin and Southern Ireland
Carry Out Demonstration
Without Trouble.
LONDON, April 24 (United Press).
Dublin passed quietly through tho
great general strike against militarism
which completely paralyzed tho Irish
capital and a largo part of Southern
Ireland to-day.
Although communications were in
terrupted, the Colonial Office Jicre an
nounced this evening that Dublin was
quiet throughout the day. Trouble,
which had been feared from Insurgent
sources, did not materialize.
Communication with Dublin was
crippled to-day tho workers having
Included telegraph and telephone ser-
lcos and steamship and railroad lines
In their walkout. Cable companies
announced they would refuse mes
sages. '
Even racing, tho sport with whlah
tho 'irishman consoles himself on such
days was barred. Golfing was forbid
den. Any form of public sport was
under the same restrictions.
Tho Westminster Gozetto's corre
spondent declared the Insurgent lead
ers and Free State army commanders
already have reached agreement as to
a truco.
The correspondent says ho under
stands that hostilities between the
rival forces are to cease, although the
political Issue between tho two parties
Is not atlected.
Tho decision, It Is added, followed
negotiations between tho leaders, who
havo been deeply Influenced by tho
fratricidal character of the sttuggle.
BELFAST, April 24, Two persons
wero killed and ten wounded in rioting
and fighting in thoUlster capital over
the week end.
DUBLIN, April 24. News has
just arrived In Dublin that the
railway lino has been torn up at
Newcastle West, where Mr. Collins
and Ms party are said to bo held up.
Telegraphic communication between
Newcastlo and Tralco and Trnloe
and Dublin Is also reported to bo
Interrupted.
MULLINGAR, April . 24. Father
Kelly and Mayor John McKeown last
night met representatives of the Free
-Staters and Republicans at Mulllngar.
Both sides agreed that there should
bo no trouble until after, tho peace
conference in Dublin nexf Wednesday
The Republicans have refused to
evacuate the public buildings they oc
cupy, therefore tho administrative
business of County Westmeath Is at
a standstill.
1UTO STRIKES UOY) IMII2SXT
STOP.
An auto which went on Its way with
out stopping to-day struck Pasnual
Stozo, six, of No. 286 North Eighth
Street. Williamsburg, as he was cross
lijB North Seventh Street at Havemeyer
Street. The child waa, utrown about
dozen feet. Ho was taken to Ureen
point Hospital severely cut and with
IKwailH ituernu injuries.
RISH LABOR QUITS
FOR
DAY
PROTEST
AGA
1ST CIVIL WAR
at Another Plant
Scatters Crpwd.
n charge of disorderly conduct. They
gave tho names of Mrs. Mary Red
mun nnd Caroline Presko.
W. I. Kllngcnsmlth, Superintendent
of the Amend Mine, was temporarily
blinded by a handful'of red popper
thrown In his' eyes by Mrs1. Hodman,
he churged.
At tho Collier plant, near here, a
crowd of men nnd women was dis
persed by a, stream from a tire hose.
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Former Princeton Football
Star Inherited $ 10,000,000
2 Years Ago.
sit- . .
Mrs. Slmah M.,.Vaughan of No. 1
East C6th Street to-day filed a sum
mons and complaint in tho County
Clerk's office in a suit for divorce
from William W. Vaughan, head of
tho Stock Exchange firm of Vaughan
& Co.. No. 62 Broadway, and a
member of the New York Stock Ex
change.
Tho papers In the divorce suit were
scaled and no Information could be
obtained concerning the, details of
Mrs. Vaughan's charges against her
husband. Mr. Vaughan expressed re
gret that information concerning the
suit had become public and declined
to discuss It. Ho said It merely waa
one of thoso cases where two penile
cannot get along '-rether and de
clared ho did not want to air his
family affairs In public.
Mr. Vaughan was a famous football
player at Princeton many yearago
He is a powerfully built man, standing
more than six feet in height, and
known as the "biggest" man on the
Stock Exchange, where ho la well
known. He Is a member of the New
York nnd other exclusive clubs.
Vaughan Is tho son of tho late
Henry B. Vaughan, former director
of the Corn Exchnnge Bank, who died
two years ago, bequeathing his son
10,00U,UUU' ana a ueiuiiiui (.-uuuiry
estate dt Red Bank, N. J. Mr. and
Mrs. Vaughan havo been married for
about fifteen yfars. They havo no
children. The defendant has twenty
days In which to answer his wife's
complaint.
WOMEN PROPOSE
"OUTLAWING WAR"
International Law to Make War
a Crime Is Women Voters
Plan.
BALTIMORE, April 24. A resolu
Hon In favor of "outlawing wars" by
creating International law which
would make war a crime was adopted
at the meeting of tho National League
of Women Voters' Committee on Re
ductlon of Armaments hero to-day.
HOLD BERGDOLL ESTATE,
IS COURT RULING
Dmertloii Clinrur .Hunt First He
llUpiiard Of, JiiMlce Derides.
WASHINGTON. April 24. Justice
Bailey In the Supreme Cpurt of the Dls
trtat of Columbia to-day ruled that the
Alien I'ropeny uusioumn wmvi w r
quired to surrender property of O rover
C. Bergdoll, valued at J750.000, If the
Government proves that Ilcrgdoll has
been convicted of desertion and Is now
a fugitive from Justice,
IMS World Almanac, the reference
nook, 33 cents per cop un mynoii aw man
puatnrr prepaid, 50 mil. Addrraa Caaluer,
New York World, .New Vork City.
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VAUGHAN
BIGGES
BROKER
SUED
FOIVO
LIVES IMPERILLED
AT MOUNT KISCO
BY FIRE MANIAC
Blazes Start in Two Houses
and Tea Room About the
. Same Time.
LUMBER YARD BURNS;
Hay Soaked in Gasoline Used
by- Firebug Nearby Fire
men Called.
From 7 o'clock last night until late
this morning Mount Klsco was kept
astir by four fires, at least throe of
which were established to have been
set by nn Incendiary.
Tho first fire was In the Halstead
lumber 'yards on a tract two blocks
long, between the New York Cenlru!
Railroad tracks and Klsco Avenue. J.
Cregler, Chief of Police, estimated the
loss to the lumber company as more
than $100,006. The fire is still smoul
dering. Firemen wero called during the night
from White Plains, Chappaqua, Gold
en's Bridge.MJClcasaxjtvUJer Osslnlng,
and Brlarcllff. Some of the outsido
companies were still throwing streams
Into tho lumber yard whena message
came to fire headquarters from Gus
tav Hoffman on Lexington Avenuo In
tho KirbyvlIIo section of tho town
that Link's tea room was burning at
Lexington Avenuo and Main Street.
At almost the same Instant somebody
at Link's called tho firemen to tell
them that Gustav Hoffman's house
was afire.
Link, with Ills family of four, nar
rowly escaped being burned alive. The
house 'was almost completely con
sumed. Hoffman, who had been sit
ting up with a sick baby.got all of his
family out. His house was damaged
to the extent of about $1,000.
Meanwhile a Are started under the
porch of the home of Joseph Dailey
on East Ttfaln Street u few steps
away. Mrs. Margaret uarKeiey, sis
ter-in-law of Mr. Dalloy, was waked
by sparks falling on her bed. Mr.
Dailey went out in his pajamas and
got tho best of the fire with his gar
den hose.
A bale of hay, soaked in gasoline,
had been used to start tho flro at
tho Dailey house. Tho hay was taken
from the Dailey barn. Back of the
Hoffman house tho polled found a
cloth glovo which smellcd of gasoline.
Rubbish and straw hold been piled in
the spot where tho firo started.
Near the Link house n five gallon
can nearly emptied of gusollnc and a
burned horse blanket were discovered.
Lieut. Gcorgo Roberts of tho State
Police has taken a squad from tho
White Plains headquarters of thi
consfubulary to 'help Chief Gregler
hunt for the firebug.
READS DOYLE'S
IDEA bF DEATH,
ENDS HIS LIFE
"Painless and Beautiful" The
ory Leads Aged Toronto
Man to Suicide.
TORONTO, April 24. After
reading a newspaper article quot
ing Sir Arthur Conan Doylo as
declaring that death was "pain
less and bcautful," Percy Brown,
seventy-nine years old. committed
suicide by oa asphyxiation.
On his bed was a newspaper
clipping detailing a recent lecturo
by the English spiritualist. Near
it was a noto In which the man
had written:
"I am seventy-nine and blind,
or very nearly so. and If this clip
ping is truo why should I linger
horoT"
Arcadr. Pulltr (World) llulldlnc. M-M
l'rk Hot. N Y City Ttlviihone Dm man
400O ' Chtck room tor bariutf and parcela
HIE. 11UIILU IHAVCL ni.'llllL'.
open day and nlcht Money ordera and
travellers' checks for sali. Advt.
2,100 Cases of Real Scotch
Gone From Sub Chaser Fidus;
Who Got It All? Why, Pirates!
Roughnecks Came Aboard, They Did, and
Trussed Up the Skipper, They Did, and
Then Leftand Booze' Left, Too.
Up through the Narrows post Quarantlnn to-day steamed the Fidus, a
low, rakish craft, which was United States Submarine Chaser No. 101 be
fore the navy sold her at auction.
There was something about the way the Fidus came gliding under the
guns of Fort Hamilton and Fort Wadsworth that caused' tho Quarantine
observer to sniff suspiciously and get Police Headquarters and the Custom
House on the telephone.
"Privately owned submarine chaser coming In," he reported. "Acts
like a bootlegger from the Islands. Better get busy."
Down tho bay snorted the John F.
Hylan with a detachment of harbor
policemen peering over her rail nnd
training her qulcktlrer nnd lir ma
chine gunsv Close behind tho Hylnn
was the Custom Houso craft Surveyor.
In chargo of Customs Inspector
Hokenson. Thoy surrounded tho
Fidus and boarded her. They got no
liquor abonrd but-Instead the wildest
pirate tale whclh has been confided
to official ears slnco lost week when
Night Watchman Breckinridge of the
Royal Insurance Building told ho who
had been waylaid by nine Armed rob
bers. But Breckinridge changed his
tale to admit that ho had himself
planned the robbery and ndmltted the
thieves.
Tho captain nhd(crcw of the Fidus
Stick to their .talo of . tho perflldjgua,
attack on them by pirates and the
theft of the 2,100 cases, of trudo uuld
Sc6t'ch booze which they had aboard
and with which it would hnVe been a
crime for thera Xfl be caught inside
tho thrco-mllo' limit.
"We sailed from' Bermuda," ran tho
talo, "with over 2,100 cases of Halg
& Halg below. All went well until
yesterday afternoon, when we were
twenty miles off "Montauk. We were
all below except Capt. John J. Kelly,
on the bridge. Wo heard tho bell of
another vessel nnX then the engine
stopped, v
"We piled out to go up on deck and
wero met by a villainous band of
roughnecks who shoved guns in our
faces and told us to' go below and
stay ulet. W,e did.
"Wo heard them working on ucck
nml in thn rmeo snaco aft for a whllo.
Thm thn hell sounded again and
nvervthlnir was ulet nnd we went up.
We had a fear they had thrown Kelly
overboard. But noj there he was all
trussed u d hand and foot, tied 10 mo
mast and Jilm In tho uniform of an
ensign of tho navy or so close to it wo
dldnt know the difference,! And
THE WHISKEY WA8 ALL GONfc.
Cnnt. Kelly had but llttlo to say. Ho
would not deny tho story told by the
man. On the report that tho chaser
hail been transferred to British regis
try at Bermuda, the British Consulate
Intervened In the Investigation
District Prohibition Enforcement
Chief John D. Appleby, Custom Houso
Attorney Andrews, and Asslstunt
United States Attorney Falk consuuea
long and earnestly as to what charge
could bo made against Capt. Kelly,
his vessel, or his crew. Up to a late
hniii- thlH nfternoon thev had not
thoucht iid nnythlng satlstactorj
though from charts showing landing
places all along the nearby coast ana
from the absence of anything like u
manifest of tho cargo they are morally
certain that the Fidus has been on a
bootlegging errand,
Among the members or tne crew ne
taincd for questioning were Chief Kn
glncer Lockwood, who acted as
spokesman for the crew and exhibited
tho very rope which he had taken
from Kelly at tho mast; Ray Palmer,
who, according to Mr. Falk, had a
pocketful of I. W. W. literature, and
Peter Manners, active In East Hide
night life, according to tho police.
"DYNAMITE" CRUISER
VESUVIUS SOLD AS JUNK
Tlulled an Rimk-Ii Mnltrr In Spanish
War, lint Failed.
WASHINGTON, April 21. Tho old
navy "dynamite" cruiser Vesuvius,
in Spanish war days hailed as tho
possible pioneer In a new naval area,
lias leen sold as Junk to J. Llpsltz of
Chelsea. Mass.. for S4.260,
Like many ijtljcr novel craft which
wero ex'pc ed to sweep all battle
ships from tho seas, tho "dynamite
ship" failed utterly and was dls
carded. In 1898 she "let go" a charge
at tho walls of Morro Castle. There
was a terrible roar. But when
Santiago fell It was lound that nc
damago had been done to tho old
fort.
FLYING PARSON
COUPLE
WAY UP IN THE AIR
Ceremony Wirelessed From
Plane With All Radio Fan-
"fjom-As "Witnesses."
' Here's another "wedding in tho
air." The bride is Miss Sarah Cocke-
falre, a nurse In a Brooklyn hospital;
tho bridegroom fs Albert P. SchlaflJo,
athletic director of tho . Veterans'
Mountain Camp.
Tho knot was tied this afternoon on
five-passenger Fokkcr car flying
over Cuttles Flejd at 2 o'clock. Tho
clergyman engaged for the occasion
wns tho "Flying Parson," Lieut. Bol-
vln w. Maynard, winner of tho trans
continental air race A radio operator
was ono of the witnesses and tho
flower girl Miss Mnrlo Louise Bobb of
New Orleans., winner of prizes ut six
teen Southern baby shows.
Radio fans who were Interested in
tho wedding got on tho wire at 2
o'clock and heard tho wards that tied
tho knot.
After tho ceremony Maynard pi
loted the honeymooners to Schenec
tady und Syracuse, where. It Is suld,
tho Mayors will be on hand to greet
them. From Syrucuso the plane will
proceed to tho Veterans Moun
tain Camp on Tuppor Lake,, where
Sohlarke and his bride will spend two
weeks. t
CLOSINC AMERICAN
BASE AT ANTWERP
Troops Gone or Going From
Rhinelan'd, No Purtlier Need
for This Centre.
BRUSSELS! April 24 (Associated
Press), The American base at Ant
werp, largely employed In troop move
mcnts, will soon be closed, as most of
the American troops In the Rhlnelnnd
havo been returned to the United
States.
The equipment will bo sold to the
City of Antwerp. Food supplies re
maining when the base closes will
probably be disposed of locally.
BOY INHERITS $2,000,000
AND QUITS JOB AT ONCE
Printer's Devil Says llr (Joins; to
lrt Anu ami an Ktluratlon.
TULSA. Okla.. April 24 (United
Press), Harry McCoy, fifteen, print
er's devil, with a telegram in his pockot
saying he was Joint heir to 2,000,000,
refused to work to-day.
Harry promptly told his boss he
"wouldn't be back" when ho received
the wire which camo from his mothur
In Greenwood, S. C.
"I'm going to get a motor car und an
education," he asserted
The estate which Harry nnd his
Mother Inherit is thut of his mother's
second husband.
SIMIfi. OA I. VIS IW, CKWKX.H
CKIIT TOIIH.
COY
DALLAS. Tex.. April 21. Mme,
nmiua Calve has cancelled her concert
ngBgeincnls because of Illness. Muni
I Calve became ill Saturday In Wucu. She
'will ratnra it VT-w V L.
FAMILIES
FRANCE WILL LEAVE GENOA
HER WISHES ARE DENIED;
WARNING GIN BY PREMIER
CUNARD PASSENGERS
TO RECEIVE MONEY
AT SEA BY RADIO
;armers' Loan and Trust Makes
Arrangements With Lon.bn
Institution.
The Farmers' Loan and Trust
Company to-day announced that
arrangements had been mado
with tho London Joint City and
Midland Bank, Ltd., so that wire
less payments may be made at
any tlmo to passengers en route
on board the Cunnrd liners
Maurctnnia, Aqultanla and Bcr
engarla. Through the branch banks on
boaid,asscngers may also order
payments made to- tho Farmers
Loan and Trust Company to per
sons In this country.
Held for Fight,-
2 Men Sentenced
To Go to Church
Policeman Charged Prisoners
With Using Profane Langu
age in Restaurant.
Two men charged with disorderly
conduct by Patrolman Hanncman of
the Halph. Avenuo Station In Brook
lyn, who said thoy used vile and pro
fane languago when ho tried to mako
them stop fighting, were sentenced to
go to church every Sunday, 'rain or
shine, for six months by Maglstrato
Fish yesterday In tho dates Avenue
Court,
Tho two men aro Harry Ilaulslr of
No. 96 XUmpter Street, Brooklyn, and
Harry Pearson of ifo. 21 Second
Street, Union Cnurso, L. I. They en
gaged in a fight In a restaurant at
nrondwny and dates Avenuo early
yesterday, Hanncman ullcged, and
used txid languago when the policeman
Interfered.
Magistrate Fisli asked the men If
they went to church, and when each
said he went "occasionally," fluulslr
to tho Bushwlck Avenuo Methodist
Episcopal Church and Pearson to
PrcHbyterlan Church at Union Course,
tho Magistrate pronounced his unu
sual sentence. The court clerk com
municated, with the pastors of tho
two chin chat und urranged with them
to report every Sunday on the attend
mice of the men.
"If you attended church regulurly,"
said tho Magistrate, "wo should not
havo you here for using profane lan
(ruage.
LEGION DECORATIONS
FOR THREE AMERICANS
Malnrs Armstrong and Vlllnrrt of
TliU Clly Jlade'CUevallera liy
Frnncr.
PARIS, April 21 (Associated Press),
The Order of Chevalier of the Legion of
Honor has been conferred by tho French
Government, for war services, upon three
assistant military nttuches of tho Ameri
can Kmbassy hero.
The officers decorated were Major
Donald Armstrong and Major Rugeno
Vlllaret, both of New York, and Mujor
Waller V. Cotchett, retired, of Wash
ington.
FIRE ARO"SES PATRONS
IN HOTHL THERESA
lllniv In Hat Cleaning I'lace Grla
Gnrata Out of Urit.
Patrons In the Hotel Thcresii. Sovcnth
Avenue, between 121th and 123th
Streets, were awakuned early this morn
Ins by (Ire In ?am Speroupla's hat
cleaning establishment on mo ground
floor o( the building.
Kmoke and the arrival of tho fire ap
para' ,s got tho s-uefts out of bed, but
they were assiireu tiieio was no aanser.
Damage was aDout iuu.
'oincare Also Says Republic I
Will Act Alone to Enforce
Payment of Reparations if
Germany Defaults May 31.
.loyd George Believes, How
ever, That Crises Are
Passed Expects to Com-'
plete His Work This Week.,'
uni uij uuij. mini i i, hi iri.
Hieu rrrasi. rreraier t-oincnra an
nounced In a spcoch here to-day
that If the French delegation at
worn under the agreed conditions
cease participation in., the confer;
vnce. , i '
vrould, if necessary, undertake ajone
in baa that tho Trnnti. nt V&rnntllRA 'M
is executed ir tno uormans aeiauu -
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These Btatemonts wero made in an
Important speech before tho General
Council of the Department of tne
Mnuso. ' s -
Referring to the Russo-Gerrnatl
trr.tty signed last week at ITapullo.
Premier Polncare said: J
"That ncconl brings out Into the
full light tho sympathies which had
developed In tho darkness between the
Bolshovlkl and tho Germans. How
muny porsons wrested from tholr con
fidence of yesterday will not now admit
that the Cablnot was right In desiring
to insist for tho moment on eighteen
months' military i service?"
M. Polncare referred to the dlscov-'
cries of btocks of arms und munition
in Silesia the formation of police or
ganizations In Cermuny composed of
former non-commissioned officers,
whjch he said were so easily trans- .
formed into a framework of mllltur
force He Instanced these things, as
well tu the Pan-Oermnn agitation, to
Justify the precautions of France.
"Things aro going in Germany,"' ho
said, "us if tho Pan-Germans were
watching for an opportunity to fo
ment trouble sooner or later on their
eastern frontier with a view to get-
ting luck by force tho Polish regions
tnkrn from Germany bv the Treaty
of Versailles.
"What is going h at Genoa," con
tinued tho Premier, "singularly con
firms all we knew of the state of mind'
of too great a portion of tho empire.
"How long back had Germany pre
pared tho treaty with the Soviet Gov,-,
eminent, nnd nro wo suro the treaty
has been entirely published? Is It
or la It not accompanied by secret
clauses? Is It simply n Bhleld for po.
lltlcal and military conventions?"
At nny rate, added M. Polncare, tli4 "
coming together of Germany and thu
Soviets wns a great mennco to Poland
and an Indirect menace to France.
French opinion, said the Premier,
would havo been prepared tor tne run-
solution of tho conference at Genoa
upon tho disclosure of the terms of .
this Russo-German treaty.
"But," he added, "we did not sep-.'
nrate on this occasion from our Allies
and from our friends of tho Llttlo
Entente Wo publicly affirmed our
BOlldurlty, but this new proof of our '
conciliatory intentions does not alter ,
tho policy of tho Cabinet.
"If, tho French delegation cannot
go on with the work at Genoa uhdor-1
the conditions agreed upon, then w
shall havo with great regret to dls?
continue our collaboration In the con-:,
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