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carrying of anna, making the pen
alty for disobedience live years'
pcnal servitude and a fine of 50,000
kronen.
Other dispatches announeed that
order prevailed in th? country dis?
tricts around Budapest.
New Sovict Republic
PARIS, March 23.?The procla?
mation of the new Hungarian gov
ornment invites the workmen and
peasants of Bohemia, Rumania, Ser
bia and Croatia to form an armed
alliance against the aristocracy,
landownera and dynasties. It ro
qucsts also that the workmen of
Austria and Germany "follow the
lead of Hungary in breaking off rc
lations with the Paris peace confer?
ence.
Sovict Republic Proclaimed
They are requestcd to rally with
the Moscow government and con
stitute a Soviet republic and to re
sist, arms in hand, the "imperialist
conqucrors."
The proclamation says the gov
c.nment will organize an army
which will enforce the proletariat's
cl:ctates against Hungarian land?
ownera and capitalists, the Ruma
r-ian aristocracy and the Czech bour
geois.
The document ends by urging
each workman and peasant to work
in order to produce or to enlist in
the army.
The occupation of a large part of
Hungary by forces of the Allies gives
occasion for interesting speculation as
to the present policy of the Supreme
AV'ar Council toward Russia. If a drive
into the heart of Russia for the pur?
pose of ovcrthrowing the Soviet
Regime were contemplated, it is con
ceivablo that the troops now in Hun?
gary might be used as the nucleus of
the invading army.
The above dispatches indicate that
Count Karolyi, the provisional Presi?
dent of Hungary, in his anger over the
decisions of the peace conference, has
dcliberately turned the country over
to the Hungarian Bolsheviki. A short
time ago the Karolyi government sup
pressed a Bolshevik outbreak in Buda?
pest without much trouble.
The Allies apparently saw what was
coming and took steps to safeguard
their interests. A dispatch from
Vienna on Saturday, by way of Vienna
and London, announeed that Allied
troops a few days ago occupied thc
greater part of Hungary, with tho
e.xception of Budapest and surround
ing districts, "for the purpose of
suppressing plundering by Bolshevik
gangs and reBtoring order."
A dispatch from Budapest direct on
the same day 6aid a mob had stormed
the Postofflce and military buildings
there and destroyed the Honved monu
ments. Russian Bolshevik troops, it
waa asserted, had arrived at Tarnapol,
Galicia.
Blow Aimed at Czechs
In spite of the fact that the new
Bolshevik Hungarian government has
addressed its appeal for assistance to
the workmen and peasants of Bohemia
(Czecho-Slovakia), as well as to the
"proletariat" of other middle European
countries, it is apparent that the war,
if it materializcs, will be directed prin
cipally against the Czecho-Slovaks,
whose new state has cut into the old
Hungarian kingdom. The Czecho-Slo
vale government, in ordering mobiliza
tion, has taken prompt steps to meet
the situation.
Hungary Is almost powerless in a
military sense, and seemingly cannot
wage a war successfully without im?
mediate assistance from the troops of
Lenine and Trotzky. By the terms of
the armistice signed last fall the
Austro-Hungarian army was totally
dcmobilized and half of its equipment
waa to be surrendered to the Allies.
Thc Entente Powers were given the
right of free movement over all the rail?
roads end waterways of Austria-Hun
gary and the use of all necessary
means of communication.
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Wilson Plans Speaking
Tonr for League Here
Will Go to Opponeiits*1 .States
Unless Changes Appcase
Senators
iVew York Tribune;
Washington Bureau
WASHTNGTON', March 28.?-A "swing
I around tho circle" that will take him
j into every state whose Senators nov/
j oppose thc league of nations will be
made 6y President Wilson immedi?
ately after lie calls the Congress in
extraordinary session early in May, it
i is said, if the changes now under way
i in the covenant fail to allay the oppo
! sition.
In the event that the opposing Sen?
ators are placated with amendments
that now seem certain, the President
| is expected to remain in Washington
; personally to conf'er with members of
t the uppnr House in an attempt, to have
; the league treaty speedily acoepted.
The. suggestion that the Senate he
i called iu session in advance of the
j convoning of the lower House contains
I much logic, legislators agreed to-day,
; in considering the failure of the Re
I publican majority members to organize.
| The plan would provide an opportunity
for the work of organization to be
disposed of and enable the Senate to
: consider the league treaty while the
House was engaged in eonsideration of
j necessary appropriation measures, the
{ speedy passage of which is required
j to suve the government from lack of
' funds.
j Senator Curtis Asks
Material Amendment
Of League of Nations
TOPEKA, Kan? Mareh 23,?Senator
Curtis, of Kansas, Republican whip, in
a statement ^o-night upon his return
irom Washington, urged material
! amendment of the proposed constitu
j tion of the league of nations so as to
! preserve national sovereignties.
He declared his main objection to the
; proposed plan was that it. "subordi
j nates a national will to an interna?
tional authority having the decision of
peace and war, ' which, he said, "means
(the transfer of the power to declaro
jwar from Congress to the international
authority."
! , "The Republicans," the statement
continued, "are not opposed to a league
I or an agreement between the nations
I of the world to prevent future wars.
! but many of them are opposed to the
j United States surrendering certain
fundamental powers of sovereignty.
They believe this nation should deter
| mine for itself whether it will go to
war; that it should reserve the right to
regulato its own commerce; that it
I should control the expenditures froni
its own Treasury; that it should regu
late immigration; that it should refuse
to abandon the Monroe Doctrino, and
that it should join no organization
from which it cannot withdraw."
Polish "Col^rTdor" to
Sea Cause of Anxiety;
Plan ls Being Revised
PARIS, March 23.?When the council
of great powers met yesterday it was in
nn atmosphere of considerable appre
hension over Poland, which is the chief
subject of discussion. This is not on
account of Poland itself, but because
of differences which nave arisen af
fecting the fundamental question of
nationality, to which President Wilson
has given his strong approval, and also
his thirteenth "point," which called for
an independent Tolish state with ac
cess to the sea.
This last clause has introduced an
issuo on which thero is a wide diver
genco of views. A committee under
the chairmanship of Jules Cnmbon,
with Sir William Tyrrell as tho British
member and Dr. Robert H. Lord as tlie
American, has reported tho plan giving
Poland this access to thc sea by means
of a "corridor" sixty miles wide run?
ning across East Prussia.
But the cfTect of this concession is
to place about l,.r)00,000 Germans with?
in thc new Poland and to dotach tlie
eastcrnmest part of Prussia from Ger?
many.
Premier Lloyd George has taken tho
View that this de national ization of a
large body of Germans would cause
such discontent as would be likely to
bring on another war, and it is under
Htood President Wilson also is not en?
tirely satisfied with thc proposal.
M. Cambon's committee, therefore,
has been asked to reviso tho plan, and
this revision is now under discussion.
The committee, nevertheless, is said to
adhere to its original plan for a wido
"corridor."
? ..
Secretary Daniels Arriveg
At Brest on the Leviathan
BREST, March 23.?Tho American
transport Leviathan, with Secretary of
thc Navy Daniels on board, arrived In
Brest at 10 o'clock this morning.
American and Britain
Think of Recognizing
Moscow, Capital Hears
New York Tribune
Waehinaton Vureau
WASHINGTON, March 23.?The State
Department has received the communi
cation from J. C. A. K. Martens, claim?
ing to bo accredited by the soviet gov?
ernment of Russia as its diplomatic
representative in the United States.
Officials decline to indicate what
action, if any, this government will
take m regard to tho new and formal
effort of the Bolshevik government to
obtain recognition.
There has been an undercurrent of
opinion in some Important quarters
that the United States and Great
Britain are prepared to extend recog?
nition to the Bolsheviki as the de facfo
authority in those portions of Russia
they control, but that the French gov?
ernment desires postponement of 6uch
a etep, herself being hostllo to any
form 0f recognition of tho soviet re?
public.
It was believed bere to-day the aoviet
government is not likely to receive any
recognition from America until, or pos
?.bly unless, the supreme councif of
HrTu.\ Ra"1?n1 Polley. In ",omo
ejrclM. however. it waa hinted there
was a possibility that aecret a6Bur
MoC~ *fre*4y had b"? ?? to the
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Austr'w. to Seiae All
Of Hoyaltfn Property
BASLE. March M.-Adrlw. received
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the Council of Ministere haa docided
to aaize proviaionally for the purposes
of atata administration the real and
personal property of the reigntng fam
iHee in Aoatria and also of the arch
?ukes living abroad.
The incomea from the real estate
?efzed will bc paid the owners.
Allies to Lifl AiiHtrian
Blockade, Vienna Hears
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Pact Protects
Monroe Idea,
Says Gregory
-
Amendment Is Courhed in
General Terms to Sat
isfy Critics Suggested;
Proviso Already Drawn
New Controversy Feared
Specific Mention of Doc
trinc Likely to Cause
Flood of Other Issues
PARIS, March 23 (By The Associated
Press).?Thomas W. Gregory. former
Attorney General of the United States,
who is advising the peaco conference
commission on tho league of nations
tvith reference to legal phasea of
amendments which have been proposed
to tho covenant, takes the view that it
is not necessary to introduce a specific
j amendment affirming the Monroe Doc- I
| trine.
Ile holds the doctrinc is sufflciently <
j protected by the instrumcnt as it '
: stands, but as a mattcr of cxpediency
, he sees no objection to introducing a
; general proviso which would safcguard
tho doctrinc without spcciflcally men
' tioning it, as a specific mention would
introduce a controversy over the wants
j of various states.
Such a proviso has been drawn, but
il is not known whether its incorpora
j tion in the covenant will be urged. lt
? affirms, in substance, that cocrcive
measures of the united powers as pro?
vided by the covenant shall not oper
ate against nations of tho Western
Hemisphere unless the United States
' and other Western countries shall ap
prove. It is held this would give thc
United States and the Western repub
lics the final word on applying col
lective force against, nations on that
hemisphere. This, in effect, rcafflrma
the Monroe Doctrine.
Going bcyond this general dcclara
tion, in the view of Mr. Gregory and
other legal experts, would introduce
; wide controversy on an intcrpretation
1 of the meaning of the Monroe Doc?
trine. It is expected that considora
; tion of this and other amendments will
i be continued several days before a final
j decision is reached.
After a week of strong pressuro and
! heavy demands on their strength, the
principals in the peace conference took
: advantage of the Sunday hill for a com
i parative rest. Premier Lloyd George.
i went to Fontainebleu for fresh air ann
: repose, while President Wilson and
? party motored to the war 7.one, where
! they inspectcd the scenes of some of
the most. important battles.
Tho rcparations commission has
, finaliy agreed what Germany can and
| must pay, but a contcntion diflicult of
! settlemcnt has arisen as to the allot
j ment of damages to the ditTerent Allied
! nations, and over the preferential
; treatment claimed by some countries,
The league of nations commission,
' which will resume eonsideration of the
covenant article by article to-morrow,
still has to dispose of the proposed
amendments by tho French regarding
i the maintenance of a force to proteet
j members of the league from sudden
i attacks, and by the Japanese for equal
' ity of treatment of thc nationals of all
league members.
President Wilson, it is said, inlends
himself to propose some amendments,
one of which is supposcd to relato to
the Monroe Doctrine. It was said here
to-day that Senator Henry Cabot Lodge
of Massachusetts had declined to sub
mit on his own responsibility amend?
ments on this or any other subject.
The President is said to be relying
on Attorney General Gregory and Lord
Robert Cocil, of the British delegation,
to frame some amendments to meet
the demands in America, so far as they
can be intcrpreted in Paris. The main
difficulty has been to find phrasing
which is likely to be aceptablc to tho
other delegations.
Council to Consider
Polish Question To-day;
Gompers Plans Return
New York Tribune
Speetal Cuble. Service
(Copyrlsnt, loin, N?w York 'rrlbune inr.)
PARIS, March 23.?Samuel Gomp?
ers s commission on international la?
bor legislation, which is to mako a re?
port and recommendations to the peace
conference, expects to conclude its
report this week. Mr. Gompers is
planning to sail for America Wednes?
day.
To-morrow's meeting of the Council
of len will be devoted to the Polish
question, especially to tho transport
ot the Polish troops now in France un?
der General Hallers, whoso landing ln
Danzig the Germans refuae to pcrmit
proposing Koenigsberg, Libau or Me
nicl instead.
The question of the frontier limits
of Poland and Czocho-Slovakia also
will como up to-morrow when the
peaco conference will hear tho report
? l ?. _,e sPecia* commission sont to
letchden to endeavor to end tho fight
*ng there and determine thc boundar
ics. The difficult featare <n any do
Warburg and Schuecking
Refuse Peace Mission
LONDON, March 23.?Max War?
burg. the banker. and Professor W.
M. A. Schuecking, of Marburg Uni
| versity, have declined to become meni
- bers of tho German delegation to th<'
I peace conference, according to a
\ Copcnhagen dispatch to the Exchange
Telegrapn Company.
It now is understood the German
dclo$?ate* will consist of Count von
Brockdorff-Rantzau, the Foreign
Minister; Dr. Kdouard David, flrst
president of the National Assembly;
Dr. David Adolph Muller Herr Geis
berg, Minister of Posts and Telegraph,
jand probably Karl Kautsky, with a
financial man in place of Herr War?
burg.
cision of the Polish question affects
the number of Germans who will 1/e
included in the Polish state if the i
commission's advice is followed. The j
number is estimated at. 2.000.000
The general French opinion on theI
rnatter is well expressed by the "Jour- j
nal de/Demats," which says:
"For* a century and a half Poland'
has been subjected to intensive Ger
manization and Russification. She was
never very homogeneous but has be
able bodies of ourlanders here and
there. It is certain these outlanderi
bodies must be included if we wish
to establish a strong Polish state.;
There is no injustice in this. Rather
thero would be an injustice in pcrpctu-j
ating a criminal policy by leaving to
Germany tcrritories usurped and col-J
onized by violence."
The paper calls on tho peace con?
ference "to nave done with palavering
and act."
Absence of Orlando
From Council Causes
Comment in Paris
PARIS, March 22 (By The Associated
Press I. ('omment, has been excited by
the abscnte nf Premier Orlando of
Italy from conferences held recently
by President Wilson and premiera of
other countries. It is supposcd, how?
ever, that he refrained from attending
the meetings because the representa
tives of the other Allied countries de
sired to discuss the settlement of the
Austrian-Italian question privately,
knowing well Premier Orlando's posi?
tion in the matter.
Because it, might establish n prec- '
edent for Italy's claim to Fiume. the
various boundary commissions have
been cavftious in treating the status of
Danzig and Lemburg, which involves ;
the ripht of self-determination.
, The Supreme Council on Friday re
sumed consideration of the western
boundary of Poland. and Italian ac?
tion may influence the decision of the
council on that question.
/Vo League, No Peace,
Says London Paper,
Backing Wilson Plan\
LONDON, March 23.?In tho last
last phase of the Paris Congress, the ;
issue is whether the adoption of a
league of nations shall be deflnitely
incorporated in the preliminary peace, !
declare3 "The Observer," a " wcekly j
newspaper.
"President Wilson's stand for that
method is one of the strongest things
in his career," says the paper. "His
attitude is full of moral shrewdness.
If he is to give some of the Allics
what they want most - America's signa
ture to a guarantced peace? tho Al?
lies must pive him what he wants most
?the league and tho main articlea in
its covenant.
"There in no question (hat he is
right. N*o league; no peace i'or long.
Without some new principlo of asso?
ciation between peoplcs the settlement
as usually projected would not last
live years. It becomes more and more
evident, in our judgment, that Presi?
dent Wilson speaks for an increasing
majority of the American people.
"Much mischief and futility would
havo been saved had it been plaiuly
realized months ago by the Allies, with?
out exception, that either Europe must
go thoroughly with the United States
into a new plan for a better ordering
and maintenance of peace in the whole
world or the United States will wash
its hands of Europe. And that would
mean return, sooner or later, of Ger
man^ hegemony on the continent.
"The instant question for the as?
sociated powers !s to make up their
minds about what to do with Ger?
many. As surely ns arrogant apolia
tion by Germany in 1871 was punished
in 1919, so surely will vindictive
abuse of victory recoil at some future
day upon the head of France.
"Xo political lunatic is now so <iis
tempered as to support that Germany
can pay tho whole cost of the war or
for that purpose can bo kept in ?
state of tribute and serfdotn for flfty
or a hundred years."
-? ?
Threatening Letters
Received by Ex-Kaiser
AMERONGEN, March 22 (By The
Associated Press). -There was a state
of extrcme alertncss around the von
Bentinck castle throughout the night
and thi3 morning in consequence of the
former German Emperor's having re?
ceived last evening two violently
threatening letters, ono emanating
from Amsterdam and the other from
tho Bclgian frontier, and also a tele?
gram from a friend warning him of
menaeiny peril.
Labor Situation in
Britain Easier as
Result of Meeting
Uniouists Say Government \
Now Seems Inclined to
Deal Fairly; Hagglin-j;
Ends; Justiee Is Seen
New York Tribune
European Bureau
(Cop right, 1913, New York Trlbune ln.'.)
LONDON, March 2::.?The confer
encea of represcniatives of the miners,
railwaymen and the government went
well to-day. The railway men were
especially pleased because the govern?
ment, for the \:r:<t time, they said,
showed an inclination to meet then,
fairly instead of haggling over each
point.
The result of the day's work is that
thc situation is unmistakably easier. ;
J. IL Thomas said to-night that every?
thing depends on the loyalty of thoj
men to the trade unions, and that if!
only this is secured a satisfactory re?
sult may confidcntly bo looked for.
Berlin General Strike
Undecided, Says Paper
BASEL, March 23. -A rumor that a
decision had been reached to call a
general strike in Berlin at the end of
this month is denied by thc "Frei
heit," according to a dispatch received '
here from Berlin.
Censorship Still Works
On Paris Newspapers
New York Tribune
Special Cable Scrvrg
(Copyriffht, 1919, New York Tribunc tne.)
PARIS, March .'..--The censorship is
at present; not affecting the news of the
peace conference for America, though
the military censorship still exercises
a disereet supcrvision of the news con
cerning the armies. But complete cen
sorship of the conference and military
news is still establishable without add
ing a line to the existing rules if the
conference leaders i'eel thc situation re
quires clamping on the lid.
Military ali'airs are sufficiently inter
woven with the conference to provide
argument for the suppression of news
in case a critical situation arises. The
French diplomatic censorship over the
French press continues to operate, as !
is evident from thc appearance of daily
white spaces in the French newspapers.
The curious fact is that excisions
most frequently contain reference to
American policy. These white spaces,
however, nre the result of the growing
boldaess of the French newspapers in
discussing delicate international quos
tiona rather than the growing strict
ncss of the French censorship.
At present. there seems to be no ten?
dency to modify the policy of passing
all non-military news for America un
censored.
Single German National
Railway Plan Is Opposed
BERLIN, March 23 (By The Asso?
ciated Press).-The government plans
to incorporate the German state rail?
ways under a single national system
already are meeting with pronounced
opposition on the part of thc fedorated
states.
Following Prussia's notification to |
the government. that Prussia's roads
would be surrendercd only in return for
an adequate ftnancial guarantee to cover
the state budget, Bavaria has declared
that the transfer of Bavaria'a roads at
this time is impossible, owing to per?
sonal and financial reasons, and that
their future surrendcr can be accom
plished only by open ncgotiations j
which must be confirmed by thc Bava
rian Diet.
Bavaria. it ia said, will oppoae any
attempt to seize her roads after a
given period. on the ground that such
action would be a violation of her i
state rights.
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