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First to Last?the Truth: News ? Editorials ? Advertisements
Vol. LXXVII No. 25.824
[Copyright 1917
Th? Tribun? A*>?'n]
MONDAY, ?JULY .30, 1917
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ONE CENT ?A
City
Deadlock on
War Committee
Up to Wilson
food Conferrees Split on
Joint Board
Proposal
President To Be
Consulted To-day
Senate May Yield if Ex?
ecutive Insists in His
Demands
aTashloft-SB, July 29.? Conferrees on
the Administration food control bill '
wer? deadlock? d to-night after an all- i
?ay conference, and leaders decided to1
Ciafei to-morrow w-?lth President Wil- ;
?on on the two points remaining in ?
Senate proposals to es- ?
??bli-h a i'rr.?rressionsl committee to ]
? ir expenditures and to ere- I
at? a board of three food administra-1
MM instead of one
Paon ait other questions the con- !
ffrer.ee committee reached a complete '
??jrc-emer* Final enactment of the ;
bill tail week is hoped for by the con- j
ferr?es, but not regarded as certain.
Representative Lever, heading the ,
House conferrees. and Senator Cham- j
ber'ain. who handled the bill in the j
i for the Administration, will
?.tut up with President Wilson to
> the two remaining differen-t?.
The conferrees -will meet again after
the White House conferences. Several
ef them are doubtful of the out
toir.e, however, believing a partial dis
if-reement will result in submission of
disputed Questions to both legislative
he? for another ote.
Senators Expected to Yield
President has declared the war
fOT.7.-.t*ee would be embarrassing and
would indicate lack of confidence in
his conduct of the war. Should he
insist upon elimination of the pro?
posa!, as expected, it appears proba?
ble that the S?mate cor.ferrees would
yield the poir.t to-morrow, leaving a
disizreement onlv on the food board
ft* is* ?on.
Nun?mous other change? have b??en
Sireed to in the bill, with moat of tho
prineipf 1 Senat** amendment?/ accepted.,
The eonferrees agreed th*at in addi?
tion to foods, feed? and fuels, the gov?
ernment' shall control "fuel oil and
raturai gas, fertilizer and fertilizer in
fiedier.ts, tools, utensils, implement?
md equipment required for the actual'
production thereof," all denominated as
r.ecessaries. The ?.?-called control sec
f the House bill, much broader.
the Senate's, was adopted, au?
thorizing Federal regulation affecting
speculation, distribution and movement
e cesignated necessaries.
The prohibition section, agreed to
;'?*erday, prohibits manufacture or
!7-.portation of distilled bev.rages dur
: ? the war, and authorizes the Presi
<j?r.t to limit the alcoholic content of
leer and wine? an-i to commandeer dis?
tilled beverages when necessary. This
???as a substitute for the House bor.e
'??':on and for the Senate inhibi- i
-. j led beverage manufacture.
-7?--*<jt amendment, directing Fed-.
crol purchase of all distilled ?pints m \
? a stricken out
Text of Liquor Clause
The prohibition clauae as agreed to,
[Mrs:
? from and after thirty day? '
'.:om ta? date of the approval of this
a?**, no foods, frui**, food material? or :
.'ctcii shall be u?ed in the production of ;
ad ?pints for bevrerage pur-j
rc?e?: Provided, that under such rules. ;
t*jula*:ons and bond? as the President;
'-'?y prescribe, ?uck materai? may be;
too production of distilled
exclusively for other than bev
<?ge pirpos??, or for the fortification
rl ??ur? sweet wines, as defined by the,
r?* enue act of September I, 1916.
"S'or shall there be imported into.
tat Ur:ted Sutes any distilled spirits. ,
"'Whenever the President ?hall find '
mitatloa, regjlat.on or prohibi- :
tion of the use of foods, fruits. fo*?d j
??tenais or feeds -in the production i
t? malt or vmou? liquors for beverage ;
?*s, or that the reduction o* th? !
alcoholic ontent of any ?ueh malt -,r |
???nous liqjor is e??ential in order to i
??sure an adequate and continuous :
of food?, or that the nat' >n?I
security and defence will be subrerv?-d
'"?rti he is authorized from time to
? prescribe and give publ.c no- |
Mas or ?M extent of the TmitEtion, |
tOCllation, prohibition or reduction soi
tecesiitated.
"Whenever such notic? shall have |
aaen tr.vtn and shall hare remained
- r.tA no person ?hall, after a re*?
?oaabl?- time, prescribed in such notice,
tit?, any foods, fruit?, food matt rial?
?r feed? in the production ?if n-.a!t or
**!**ou? liquors or import any ?uch I
hquor? ?x'-'p? under license governing'
???? ;? and importation ?*>f?
quori ami the alcoholic content (
?????reo* Providad, further, that no***!- ?
this ?ection ?hall be construed
J* author.ie lirenung of the mtnu
? of vmou? or malt liquor? in
?nr ?t?'e. ?<rnt->ry or civil subdl
?Wet? tkairoof, '*r?re ?he manufactu'e
ff tucY rna.t or vm?-?us liquor is pro?
hibit??
?"??? additional seetion authorizing
"??liimandeerinf for redi**.:llation when
?"?r necessary for food conservation
*f military need? wn adopted a?
by tb? 8-enaU*. with iti ex
*-???ion to distilled beverage? in ?to??t
*??* ??il a? m hon?L
ISIS Wheat Prie* Pixe-d
???'? pr?yrisl?*?n ?*u;ng a S2
* ?atkal minima-si pnce for wbe?t at
"?rimary markets -"fas adopted, except.
"*??. it ?u made applicable to the 1918
"?"T-, and ru?*, ?hi? year'?, th? %::
?????g ?ad? "absolut?? and binding rntil
*ay 1,
??nator Pomerene*? amendment au*
i President to fix coal and
";"* ****** aaB '*re ervtr *?.--?-. wag
?A'iPUe. pfigf , Hki. limiting such
??r? ??-, military or common domestic
? >-! Un ?trielcen out. ProvUion
'?ir and reasonable" compensa
?'? ''? ;er?rt r,f tommandeere-j coal
'^????-pertiee was made to read "Jus*.;
^?jpensation.'' th per coot pa/able im
?Jftateiy and the re?t after judicial i
*** ?onferree? substituted for the
TOO MUCH ROPE!
Senate's restricted licensing provision a
the House plan for much broader Fed
era! license regulation of importation.,
msnufsctore. mining, ?torage and dis-1
tribution of government controlled nec?
essaries. The more rigoious section of
the House bill, prohibiting hoarding of
necessaries, was reinstated, with penal
ties of $5,000 fines and two years' im?
prisonment. The House section penal- i
?zing wilful destruction of necessaries
ratet was retained.
Drastic Provisions Retained
The House's drast'c provisions i
against monopoly of necessaries, and >
authorizing regulation of grain ex?
changes, were retained, but Senator
Nelson's amendment regarding future
trading on grain exchanges was strick?
en out. The 60-called Pomerene-Walsh
amendment prohibiting storing or hold?
ing of necessaries, except by producers.
to limit the public supply or affect the
price, was retained.
The Senate's provision limiting Fed?
eral requisitioning authority to neces?
saries for military or other public use
?.'.-o was retained, as was its provision
limiting government purchases and I
sales, in order to secure reasonable j
prices, to fuel, wheat, florar, meal, beans |
tr.? potatoes :
A new section was adopted authoriz
:ng requisitioning for military or pub- j
he purposes of any factory, packing,
house, mine, pipe line or other plant j
producing the designated necessaries.
Provision for just compensation is in?
cluded.
A Senate amendment appropriating
$10,000.000 for acquiring nitrates for
fertiliser and their sale to farmers at
cost was adopted. The Senate pro?
vision requiring employes of the Food
Administration to be appointed under
Civil Service rules was eliminated, but
the conferrees accepted the Pomerene
amendment to regulate the making of
contracts by Advisory Commission I
members.
Polish Legionaries
Revolt; Demand
Free Government
London. July 29.-- Big street demon?
strations have occurred at Warsaw as
a result of the arrest of General Pil
sudski, of the Polish Legion, and other
leaders in the movement against im?
posing an oath of fidelity to the Austro
(tel?Il sovereigns upon the Polish
army. Many of the legionaries have
refused to take such an oath.
The Polish Council of State ha* proa |
tested to the Governor General against
the arrests as unjustifiable, and has
declared tK.a? only the speediest pos?
sible establishment of a genuine Polish
1 government and army will quiet public
General von Beseler, the German
( Governor General, replied, refusing the :
release of the Poles, and declaring that
the German authorities had proof that
General Pilsudski was organizing an ]
armed movement against Germany.
Vienna dispatches indicate that Gen-1
eral Pi'sudski's following is far greater
than the German report? give any im- !
preasion of. and includes a large part
of the political Left
i
Bruckner's Safes Looted
Representative Henry Bruckner dis?
covered his office, at 412 Fast 141st
Street, The Bronx, littered with hi j. i
private papers yaysten-Jay. when he ,
made a hurried trip home from Wash?
ington. A aafe yawned emptily, while
the safe door that had been locked ?
whan Mr. Bruckner left It lay on the j
opposite aid* of ?he room, explaining
how the paper? got out.
The burglars also had blown open a >
sois In the office of Mr. Bruckner's ;
firm. Bocknsr Brothers, on the floor be? ;
I low, where they obtained $1,000. From i
his/privat* aaf? they took a quantity j
of cn**ck?
German Aviators
Bomb Red Cross
Hospital; Kill 4
Fliers, Chased from Paris,
Wreak Havoc Near
Battle Line
Pans. July 25.?A second German air
raid aimed at Paris last night, follow?
ing the "feeler" of the night, before,
proved wholly futile, the hostile fliers
being dispersed by French sky fighter?
before they even reached the outskirts
of the capital.
Somewhere on the front, however,
one. German flier dropped four bombs
on a Red Cross hospital, killing two
doctors, a chemist and a male nurse
and injuring several others, inclad.BJI
patients. The raider was flying low,
and the distinguishing marks of the
hospital were plainly apparent
The censor to-day permits the pub?
lication of scanty details of the air
raid made on Paris Friday night, which
The Associated Press waa not allowed
to send yesterday, and which the
French newspapers were not permitted
to publish.
According to this information, bombs
were dropped on three different sub?
urban sections. In the first the bom?
bardment caused absolutely no dam?
age; in the otr.er tw( localities five or
six bombs were dropped, causing the
slight injury of two women. One of
the women was .-truck while in bed, and
was removed to a hospital; the other
was injured by flying glass. One bomb
of several that fell in a field is believed
to have contained asphyxiating gas.
On .Saturday night the coming of the
Germans was anticipated, and Fren:h
pritecting airplanes were circling
above and around Paris from early
evening.
The residents, however, did not look
for a renewal of the fruitless attack
of the previous night, and most of
thtm had retired when the sireiu gava?
the warning. Crowds rushed to the
streets, roofs and windows, ?nst?ad of
seeking shelter, but they saw nothing.
lyes? than an hour after the first
warning reassuring bugles announce!
that the enemy aviators bad beer,
turned back.
. ? a? ??
Authority on Divorce
Laws Sued by Wife
Former Judge Henry W. Scott Is
Charged with Desertion
Newark, N. J., July 29. ?former
Judge Henry W. Scott, of Oklahoma,
an authority and author of several
legal works on marriage and divorce,
is charged with desertion in a petition
for divorce filed in the Chancery Court
of this city by Mrs, Marion !.. Patton
Scott, of 310 Sixth Avenue.
Mrs. Scott says she was in Europe
with her husband when the war began.
They returned and in May, 191$, he
says, her huaband disappeared. The
Scotts were married in Jersey C.itv in
1908. Judge Scott was admitted to th"
Kansas bar in 1884, when eighteen
years old, and at twenty-on-> was a
Federal judge in Olahoma Territory.
In 1&?S he came to New York to prsc
?se ?av..
i
City Draft Boards
To Call Eligible
Men To-morrow
Examinations Expected To
Be Finished and Exemp?
tions Allowed in Week
-
By to-morrow morning, at the latest,
every local exemption board in New
! York City will have it? draft list?
\ ready and notices to the candidates for
examination mailed. This means that
by a week from to-morrow every can?
didate in the city probably will have
been examined and the exemptions
decided. Thirty-three boards complet?
ed their lists jaeteri -
Yesterday the exemption boards com?
pleted their work on checking the r.um-,
i bers on the master lists from Albany
? with those on the distnet lists.
Deputy Attorney General Conkling,
who has supervised the exemptors' .
; work here, faced rapid-fire questions |
all day yesterday, the most important j
that of a wife's dependence. , I
"When claiming exemption on the !
ground of a dependent wife or child," I
said Deputy Attorney General Conk- j
i ling, "the burden of proof will be on !
the petitioner.
The candidate will have to prove j
! that his young wife is dependent on- ,
tirely on his salary. Then the ex?
emptors will determine if he should j
; be exempted.
It will rest with the board to deter- I
? mine If j young man should he re?
jected when a wife is capable of sup
' porting herself. The earning capacity
ol tue wife will be taken into consider-j
ation.
A young wealthy married man ? 11
hardly get exemptioi, on the ground
that his wife is dependent on his sal?
ary. In such a case, according to the
exemptors, the wife would have re
| source to the hushard's parents for
j ?upport.
Where exemptioa is claimed on the
ground of dependint parent? or de?
pendent brothers and sisters less than
1 sixteen years of age it must be proved
, by the petitioner that the dependency
is actual. Some men, with well-to-do
mothers, it i? said, have gone to work
j recently for a mere pittance and are
r.ow caiming exemp'ion on the ground
? that they are supporting their mother.
j It i ?said that example- will be made
' of the?e skulger?.
Every man found phy;ical!v unfit by
I one physicien will be reexamined by
; another. A? a check on the board?,
>?ome of the men rejected will be later
examined by the government.
{Xamcs of men called on
? early draft lists on Page 6.)
-.
Plaster Pedlers Sought
Suspected of Selling Germ
Laden Packages at Plattsburg
Plattsburg, July 29. Th? police of
Plattsburg are searching for two men
, who have been selling court plaster in
the outskirts of the city. Sample.? of
| the court plaster were obtained to-da;/
I and will h? sent to the State Depart- i
j ment of Health for analysis, in view
t of the government'? warning that court
1 tilaster containing disease germ? had |
, be*en distributed in various parts of:
i the country.
The pedlers told prospective eu?
| tomers thft the proceed? would be us.-d I
! for th? b?n?fit of French woundtd anJ
1 -'rk ?oldier?.
Teutons Sweep
Across Border
Into Russia
Galicia and Bukowina Are
Doomed as Germans Ad?
vance 70 Miles
Kerensky Rushes
To Battle Front
Rumanians Extend Their
Great Victory in
Transylvania
London. July 29.?It is now clear that
the Russian armies must abandon all
of Galicia, probably all of Bukowina,
the Austrian crownland, and possibly a
large area of White Russia. The Ger- '
mans already are over the Russian
frontier at Husiatyn, southeast of Tar-,
nopol, having pursued the shattered
forces of the revolution over seventy
miles from Halicz, which Korniloff
captured on July 10. They are also
nearing Zabroz, a Russian border town
about nine miles to the south.
News comes from Petrograd that Al?
exander Kerensky, War Minister, Pre?
mier and practical dictator, his once
more left for the front, but in the
present state of the Eleventh and Sev?
enth armies there is little to suggest
that his presence there will stem the '
German tide.
General Korr.ilc?T, the commander in
ehitf in Galicia, has ordered all offi?
cers and men on the Southwestern
front, to rejoin their units before
August 14. In case of failure to obey
the order the mea will be tried as
traitor.?.
M. Kerensky will hold a conference
with the commanders on the various
fronts and also with Generals Alexieff,
Ruzsky and Gurko and former War
Minister Gutchkoff. At the conference
it will be decided whether he will re
tail his portfolio of War Minister.
Admiral Kolchak, former commander
of the Black Sea fleet, is mentioned in
connection with the Ministry of Ma?
rine, a post also held by M. Kerensky.
Vain Stand Below Dniester
The Russians are retiring mor* t'ow
ly below the Dniester, and evidently
are making some effort to prevent an
enemy occupation of Czernowitz, the
capital of Bukowina. On the Pruth
River. Berlin reports, their rear-guards
made a s*and, but it was unsuccessful
and resulted only in a temporary check
to the pursuit.
The fall of Czernowitz in the near
future seems assured. The Austro
Germar.s are closing in upon it from
two directions To the northwest they
heve almost reaeh?d the confluence of
the Dniester and the Northern Sereth,
which is only twenty-seven miles from
?he city, and to the west they have
? ik**. Kuty, thirtv-five miles away. At
the rate the enemy has been progress?
ing, these distances should be covered
in a very few days, and there is noth?
ing to indicate that the Russian resis?
tance '?ill s*'.*Ten in the interval.
According to Berlin, the Austrian re
tree* in Transylvania has been halted,
the fugitive army having reached pre?
viously prepared positions. What the
withdrawal amounted to may be judged
from a Rumanian official statement is?
sued from Jassy under Thursday's date.
At that time the Rumanian forces had
taken Teutonic positions on a front of
more than eighteen miles and to a
depth of nine miles. An additional
1,215 prisoners are reDorted, togethrr
with two complete batteries of how
itzers. nine guns and quantities of war
material.
Rumanian Success Large
At any other time this victory, which
represents in territory more than twice
what the British took at the Messines
Ridge, would have been startling, and
! as it stands it is creditable to the re
? organized Rumanian army. But it can
have little effert on the great exodus
to the north.
That the Russians supporting the
Rurranian units arc trying hard to de?
velop the stroke over 3 wider front is
' indicated by the German report of a
i powerful Russian attack in the Gitus
i valley, immediately north of the field
of the Rumanian success. It is said
to have been repulsed, as was an as?
sault on the northern slope of Odo
besti, on the front of Field Marshal
von Mtckensen.
In Galicia and Bukowina the rapidity
of the Teutonic advance, carried out
with inferior number?, ?'hows the sad
1 condition of the Russian morale. The
southern Russ.an wing, that of the 7th
Army, evidently, is in better shape
than the df-moralized units on the
! north. Cor.sequent'y, south of the
Dniester the Russians have been able
to lay waste the evacuated territory to
a considerable extent. However, the
?'estruction has been only partial, and
as the crops are just ripening there
?there will be ronsirlerablo accretions
added to the German food supply, just
' as there ?Aere after the Rumanian dis
' aster of last year.
The whole tone of the Russian of?
ficial statements has changed in the
last two ?lays, and the communique is?
sued to-day is practically a list of
towns and positions vacated, without
any discussion of the conduct of the
troops. Reference to the map dis?
closes that the German claims are con?
firmed by the admissions of Petrograd,
f.:.'l that the situation in Galicia and
! Bukowina is quite an bad as it is an
l nounced to be by Berlin and Vienna.
Petrograd announces that the Russo
Rumamans have made further prog?
ress, seizing a mile of heights about
six miles west of Monestirka. Vienna
admits additional retirements on this
1 front. In the far north of Russia,
from the Baltic to the Pripet marshes,
there has been cons.derabli* air
activity anal some scouting, possibly
heralding larger operations. Near Mi
barag, In Galicia, s German attack wn
repulsed.
Michaelis Charges France
With Plot for Conquest;
Vienna Backs Berlin Aims
Austrian Foreign Minister
Defends Purpose of the
Reichstag Resolution
"Honorable Peace
Or War to the End"
Says Teutons Can Never
Be Crushed ; Welcomes
Understanding
Vienna, July 29 (via Copenhagen*).?
Reiterating that Austria-Hangary was
ready to accept an honorable peace, but
that the Dual Monarchy, in conjunction
with its allies, would fight to the last
extremity ?tf the Entente powers de?
clined to enter negot'ations on the
basis of a peace by understanding, as
recently outlined by the German Im?
perial Chancellor and the Reichstag,
Count Ottokar Czemin von Chudenitz,
the Austro-Hungarian Foreign Minis- ;
ter, in an interview to-day discussed
st length peace possibilities.
The Austrian statesman took occa?
sion to reply to the speech made by
David Lloyd George in London on July
21, when the British Premier charac- ;
terized the address delivered in the j
Reichstag by Dr. Michaelis, the Ger- (
man Chancellor, as a sham. The count
said that Mr. Lloyd George was mis- !
taken when he represented the Reichs-,
tag peace resolution to be "a piece of
bluff."
"The Chancellor and the Reichstag,"
the Foreign Minister said, "declared ,
that Germany was conducting a de- !
fensive war, and that the German peo
pie only asked for an honorable peace]
by means of an understanding and an
agreement offering the basis for a last?
ing reconciliation of the nation?. The
Chancellor and the Reichstag solemnly
affirmfld that the German people de
no forced conquest, and abhorred
economic ??olation and incitement t?,
enmity between nation?-, after the war.
"What Do Allies Montr
"I must reply to Premier Lloyd
George with the question: What aro
we finally to expect from the Entente?
What we desire is quite evident frorr?
the ?roll known declarations made in
Vienna and from the demonstrations
by the German people, showing that
a complete agreement exists to fir
very last detail between Vienna and
Berlin.
"What the Chancellor and the
Reichstag declared is what I describe!
months ago as an honorable peace,
which the Vienna government is ready
to accept, and whereby it seeks a last?
ing reconciliation of the nations. But
there also exists the complet? agree?
ment that we never shall accept a
fe-ice which is not honorable for us.
"If the Entente does not wish to en?
ter negotiations on 'he basis which we
have clearly ir.-heated we shall con?
tinue the war and fight to the last ex?
tremity.
"I don't care whether this adrr.
is reporded as a stffl of weakness or
of str?3ngth. To me it ??-ems only
a sign or* common sense and mor
which revolt against the idea of pro
longing the war. I am absolutely con?
vinced the Entente will never succeed
in crushing us, and since in our po?
sition of defence we have no inten?
tion of crushing the enemy, the war
will end sooner or later in a peace hv
understanding. But, to my way of
thinking, the natural conclusion is that
(he further sacrifices and suffering im?
posed on all humanity are useless,
and that it is necessary in the latarssto
of humanity to reach a peace by under?
standing as soon as possible.
Strong in Alliance
"As we have fought, in conjunction
with our faithful allies, ?o we shall
make peace in conjunction with them
now or later, and we shall fight in con?
junction with them to the last ex?
tremity unless the enemy show- a will?
ingness to understand our viewpoint.
"I shall not put the question who
was responsible for the war, because
it is useless to discuss the past in this
connection. But I shall speak of the
future, and I wish to express the He
sire that the world may succeed after
the conclusion of peace in finding ade
n.'.n'e means and expedients to prevent
forever the recurrence of such a fright?
ful war.
"Every man with any moral feeling
must cooperate in this gigantic work.
All states must unite in efforts to pro?
cure guarantees which will make im?
possible in the future such a frightful
tor "s th? present world war.
The road may be difficult, but it is not
impossible."
Referring to the internal situation,
Count Czemin said:
"The democratization of constitu?
tions is the great demand of the times
Both in Austria and in Hungary the
governments are putting their hands
to thn great work, but they are against
intervention from the ouside. We do
ROl intervene.in the internal affair? of
other states, and we demand complete
reciprocity in this matt
Berlin Cafe Lights
Cut Down Four-fifths
Copenhagen, July 29.? Dark days lit?
erally are coming for Beriin. An order
has been issued restricting the light?
ing of ?tore?, hotel?, restaurants and
caf?? to one-fifth of the degre? of illu?
mination permitted up to mid-Decem?
ber of 1916, the date when the prelimi
rary ord*?r reducing illumination went
into effect.
The order II due to the admittedly
inevitable coal shortage and transpor?
tation difficulties of the coming winter.
The new ?paper? complain that nothing
i? being done to relieve the situation.
Dressai'? restauran?, the tr.e?t fash?
ionable establishment m Unter den
Linden, i? among the restaurant? th?t
hav? been closed for violating the food
Talk With British
Would Bring Peace,
Says Erzberger
All German Clerical Wants Is a
Short Talk With Lloyd
George
London, July 29.?According to a Reu?
ter dispatch from Zurich, Mathias
Erzberger, one of the leaders of tho
Clerical Centre in tho German Reichs-1
tag, who has just arrived there, da*- '
clarcd to the "Z?richer Nachrichten": ;
"If I could talk with Lloyd George
or Mr. Balfour we could in a few hours
reach an understanding which would
enable official peace negotiations to
commence.**
Herr Erzberger, who has taken a
prominent part with respect to peace
during the last month, asserts that Dr.
Michaelis, the Imperial German Chan?
cellor, is a peace Chancellor.
Germans Have No Idea
Of Giving Up Belgium,
Declares Berlin Organ
Copenhagen, July 29.?-The Berlin
"Lokal-Anzeiger, commenting on the i
recent proceedings in tho British I
House of Commons, says:
"Mr. Asquith's inquiry as to whether ?
we were reaJy to restore Belgium's full
freedom can only be meant as a rhe?
torical question, for Mr. Asquith must
know that, aside from a handful of
dreamers, nobody thinks of handing
Belgium again to England and France."
The Catholic organ, the Cologne
"Volkszeitung," attempts to p-ove that
the retention of Belgium and the an?
nexation of regions in the East are in?
dispensable to that protection of the
German frontiers which Chancellor Mi?
chaelis specified
The "Tage:zeitung" adopts this con?
tention enthusiastically. Some o? the
radical r.-?wjpaD?rs. on the other h'and,
seek to give the impreaslon that the
?roverr.ment is so bound by the Reichs?
tag resolution that the Entente allies
have only to propo-e peace without an?
nexations or indemnities to obtain it.
Heavy German
Guns Seek Out
American Camp
Enemy's Effort Fails?Sammies
Give Show for the
French
By HEY WOOD BROUN
' Arr~*lvM tn th? Penh*.-? Army In Praiu? and
IT.? Tribune fcattMM
??""p-rta"''? ISU, tt Sbt Tribune Asfrlstlon)
"Controle Am?ricain." American Ex?
peditionary Army, July 29. -The Ger?
mans are still intir.t on getting into
contact with the Americans, but with?
out success. At one point last night
there was a bombardment by long range
German guns under the mistaken im?
pression that American troops were
quartered there.
The Sammies of the village gave a
show in a cowshed last night for their i
officer.-, visiting French soldiers and
townsfolk. The entertainment began
with boxing. The bouts were of ten
rounds ?nd the winner received $1.6?).
Fifty cents went to the loser. The men
had b'en marching and practising
bombing all day, but they fought vig?
orously. Two of the three bout? ended
in knockouts.
A concert folio**-"*!,. The singing was
even more vigorous than the boxing.
First cam" a quartet. As the tenor
stepped forward to start hi3 song the
captain remarked, "He is the best
bomber I've got." At the end of the
song the officer repeated: "Yes, sir -
he certainly can throw bombs!"
The French enjoyed the concert im?
mensely, but it is feared they may have
carried .".way the impression that Amer?
ica is a smail clump of rose bushes en?
tirely surrounded by mothera and
moon?.
King George Delighted
With American Soldiers
London, July 29 ?King George, ac?
companied by Queen Mary and Prin?
cesa Mary, yesterday went by motor to
the Borden camp and inspected the
American troops quartered at the out?
lying camp3. Hia majesty was de?
lighted with the soldierly appearance
of '.he men. A court circular issued
last night from the royal pavilion at
Aldershot says:
"The King, accompanied by the
Queen, Princess Mary ar.d F*ield Mar?
sha!, the Duke of Connaught, drove to
tbe American camp at Borden this
morning and inspected the regiment of
engineers of the United States Arm",
under command of Colonel Charles H.
McKinstry-"
The King's visit to the American
troops was made the occasion of an in?
teresting ceremony. The British offi?
cers in command of the district met the
King's party and presented the Ameri?
can officer*. The American engineers
were under arms and were drawn up
on three sides of a square.
After introductions the King briefly
addressed the men, welcoming them to
England. The Americans then marched
past, carrying the Stars and Stripes
ana their regimental flag, the King sa?
luting ss they paautd.
Chancellor Declares Secret
Treaty Was Negotiated
With Ex-Czar
Replies to Speech
Of Lloyd George
Says Deputies Denounced
Briand for ''Disgrace?
ful" Attempt
Berlin, July 29 (via Copenhagen).??
Dr. Georg Michaeli?, the German Im*
I erial Chancellor, on Saturday ?um*
moned a large number of new?paper
men, to whom he declared:
"The ?peech of David Lloyd George,
the British Premier, at Queen's Hall,
London, and the recent debate in the
British Hous7> of Commons again have
proved with indisputable clearne?? that
Great Britain does not desire peace
by agreement and understanding, but
only a conclusion of the war which
mean? the enslavement of Germany to
the arb'trary violenee of our enemies.
"Proof of this may be ?een In the
fact that Sir Edward Car?on (member
of the British War Cabinet) recently
declared in Dublin that negotiation?
with Germany could begin only after
the retirement of German troop? be?
yond the Rhine. In response to a que?,
tion put by Commoner Joseph King. A.
Bonar Law, the ?poke?man of the Brit?
ish government in the Home of Com?
mon?, modified this declaration by fix?
ing the standpoint of the British gor.
eminent as being that if Germany
wanted peace she first of all must de.
clare herself willing to evacuate th?
occupied territories.
Has "Proofs of Allies* Gre<e?*r
"We possess clear proof? that th?
enemy give? assent to a declaration
going even further than that impu?
dently made by Sir Edward Carton.
You all know that detailed informa
'ton regard'ng the French plan? of con?
quest, approved by Great Britain and
Russia, has been circulated for week?
past in the neutral pre??, and that it
has not been denied up to the pre?ent.
"It would be of the greatest impor?
tance for the enlightenment of th?
whole world regardir.fr the true rea?
sons for the continuation of the ?an*
guinsry massacre of nation? for It to
be known that written proofs of our
enemie?' greed for conquest have ?ince
fallen into our hand?. I refer to re?
ports of the secret debate on June 2
in the French Chamber of Dcputie?.
"1 ask the French government thi?
question: Does it, deny that ex-Pre?
mier Briand and Premier Ribot, in the
course of that secret sitting, at which
were presort Deputies Moutet and
| Cochin, who had just returned from
Petrograd, were forced to admit that
France shortly before the Russian rev?
olution had come to an agreement hav?
ing in view vain plans of conquest with
? a government whic-h Pr"mier Lloyd
j George described in his last speech as
a 'corrupt and narrow autocracy'?
"I ask if it is true that the French
Ambassador at Petrograd, in response
to a request sent by him to Pari?, re*
ceived instructions to sign a treaty
prepared in advance by M- Doumergue
?"ex-Premier and Foreign Minister)
after negotiations with the Russian
Emperor?
Sanctioned by Briand
"Is it true or not that the Freneh
President, at the instance of General
Berthelot, head of the French military
mission to Rumania, formally intrust?
I ed him with a mandate ana that M.
I Briand afterward sanctioned thi? step?
"This treety assured to France her
I frontiers, but amended on line? of pre?
I vious wars the conquest of 1870 to in?
i elude, besides Alsace-Lorraine. Saar
! bruecken and vast territorial modifi?
cations on the left bank of the Rhine.
"When M. T?re?tchenko i the Ru??i?n
: Foreign Minister" took office the Rus*
? sian government protested against th?
' French aims of conquest, which ?l?o
? included that of Syria, and declared
i that New Russia no longer would be
! willing to take part in the struggle if
I it learned of these French war aims.
"Wasn't it the principal object of
i Albert Thomas 'member of the French
i War Council) on hi? journey o Russia
| to overcome thi? remorse of M. Terest
I chenko? The French government will
not be able to deny sll this, and it ?rill
1 be obliged to confess, slthough it may
| do so only tacitly, that M. Briand was
i the object of stormy attacks during the
i secret 6e?sion; that Premier Ribot was
: obliged to produce the secret treaty in
[ iespor.se to the demnnd of M. Renaud?!
. leader of tho majority Socialist? in
! the French Chamber?, and aI?o that M.
Briand, in the course of an excited de?
bate which ensued, declared that revo
! lutionary Russia was obliged to carry
I out what imperial Ru?sia had promised
I and that it did not matter to Franc?
! what was said by the lowest daises in
i Russia.
Evaded Reply to Russia
"It i? characteristic that Deputy
Moutet. according to his own state?
ment, replied in Rust?a to the question
! whether Alsace-Lorraine was the only
j obstacle to peace by ?aying h? could
I not answer the question in that forra
i and that Russia ought to take into eon
| sideration the fact that the Russian
' revolution had been purchased by
French blood.
"The admission of Deputies Cochin
! and Moutet that the Russian rep re
? tentatives had declared in the eourae
i of the negotiations that they attached
no importance to Constantinople
throws clear light on Rust?an senti?
ment. The delegate? from the Ruitian
I trmie? al?o are in agreement with *.h a.
"Regardles? of this manifest proof.
I of the revulsion of the Ru??ian peopleij
1 against a policy of aggrandisement.
i Premier Ribot refused In the secret
session of the French Chamber to un*
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