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APRIL~7!~1919 * * ?
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LEATHER
Cloudy ttevday, rain to-rnorroir*
southwest wind*.
Full Report ob r??e IS
___ ,-v-, ? In Grf?t?r New York and IHK KB CJSSiTS
XWU C11KTB j within commuting dl?Uuxce JElaewhere
Peace lreaty By I
Deadlock in 1
faster: Lloyd George Says It;
the Big Four Council Is Broken
Rand School
Is Raided by
Soldier Mob
-
(Chase After 'Reds' Leads
Into the Building After i
Office of Protective As- ?
sociation Is Wrecked !
tabor Feud Back
Of Attack Is Charge
fx-Employer of Guards
Accused of Leading Pur?
suit; No Arrests Made
Soldiers and sailors chased Ralph
tTrott, president of the Soldiers,
bailors and Marines' Protective As?
sociation, from Union Square to Peo?
ple's House, 7 East Fifteenth Street
?yesterday afternoon and ransacked the
?lace. Then they stormed the head
Quarters of the protective association
6t 123 East Twenty-third Street, de?
molishing furniture and seizing rec?
ords.
The raiders yelled that they wert
punting Bolsheviki. Trott and othei
feiembers of the protective as3ociatior
declare that even though some of tht
friob believed this they were led by t
hian who hired discharged soldiers anc
feailors as guards i'or strikebreaker!
land had a personal feud with thi
protective association, the aims o
which were not Bolshevik but to en
list discharged soldiers, sailors ant
Inarines with the American Federatioi
?>:' Labor.
P?alph Trott and his toother, both a
them honorably discharged as member
pt" the 7th Division, the former afte
having been wounded, were in the Sal
vation Arrny hut in Union Square. ?
former Canadian soldier whom they ha
met in such places before, they sai(
soliciting guards for the service of th
New York Towboat Exchange, entere
and eyed them. They were in civilia
garb.
Chased by Scores
Shortly afterward they were surr
rnoned to the door of the hut. Fifty o
Bixty soldiers were grouped there On
seized Ralph Trott and yanked hii
into th< midst of the crowd. Then se\
eral set upon him. He managed t
light ).i way clear and ran for people
1 e, headquarters of the Rand Scho<
o? Social Science.
The soldier? and sailors gave chas?
Trofcl : lammed the door of People
House m h? pursuers' face's. By th
time the foremost had effected an ci
trance Trott was not to bo seen. Tl
Uniformed nob burnt into an auditOl
Sum where Professor Henry Wadswort
Longfellow Dana, whose radical view
nevered hia connection with Columb
?University, was delivering a lecture o
j i .?.
i'rofessor Dana was halted in tl
3 ? t of his lecture, The intrudei
demanded Trott. He was not to ti
found, though they searched the rooi
lor him, to the consternation of th
audience. Satisfied at last that Tro*
was not there, the uniformed me
tiattered out and dashed upstairs.
There a dance was in progress. The
thrust their way among the dancer
One of the latter, George Schwartz,
former member of the 77th Divisioi
demanded to know the meaning of ti
disturbance.
"We're after that, damned Bolshev
??Trott!" the leader of the raidei
?hooted.
Schwartz expostulated with the ma
>nd his followers, he told the poli<
later, and was hit. over the head with
blackjack. His injuries were not ser
ou?. Before the police had respond?
to the call for help sent from People
?louse, the search party had gone.
fhey went to a brownstone house
138 Kaat Twenty-third Street, ou t
? ond floor of which the Soldie
Bailors and Marines' Protective A
sociation has its headquarters.
The door was forced and the pla
Wrecked. Desks and chairs wi
smasher], typewriters were hur!
through windows to crash on the si<
?walk below. Filing cabinets were i
M"t, their drawers torn out and t
contents seized. The entire rnemb>
>hip records of the organization w<
missing whe,n help at last arrived.
Lone Patrolman to Rescue
A lone patrolman was Kent from 1
East Twenty-second Street police s1
tion when v/ord of what was going
reached that place from some tyj
*rl'-?r-dodging pedestrian. He ma
*"> arr?ala. <janH for trouble men w<
'?'?'it to tho ?,&ii an,j elr-ctric comparu
?a the wreckers had torn out cham
"*rs bodily and the whole house reek
<*' gas, while wires trailed from t
etihng and walls of the offices.
A circular which was found on 1
OOOr of the wrecked off.ee reads:
'Do you know that thounands of k
oierK and ?..ailors are oat of a job?
'Do you know that wages are falli
.,tWe ar<: corn'nK back?
HOW long v/il! we be able to live
in? memory of the receptions we
ceiveri?
wnat ftr?s we jfo?ng to do*
* V i, "?way? open."
mSSTS^m* ?-?"Idiwwho wan in the
?,,"'*? *?? P?f?l?'a HouM,dtcUr*d
?.V, u ?*2,*Y?k ?*?d#Bei??. They wer.
MUftlU0 P??* ?? <??Wh?r?ed from
City Can Compel 77th
Parade, Says La Guardia
MAJOR FIOEELLO H. LA GUAR?
DIA, Representative from the
14th New York Congress District,
yesterday characterized the army
general staff as arrogant and arbi?
trary, but declared that if New York
City wants a review of the 77th Divi?
sion the War Department would not
have the temerity to deny it.
Major La Guardia, who will sail
to-day on the Leviathan with the
House Committee on Military Affairs
to inspect American army camps in
France, urged that the city's wishes
with regard to the Metropolitan
Division be expressed in no uncertain
terms. He said:
"The trouble with the general staff
is that its members continually
overlook the fact that the American
army Is a people's army, manned,
officered and paid by the people."
Breadless Men
March to Heart
Of Old Trinity
Column of 450 From "Free
Soup and Bread" Mission
File to Church in Silent,'
Spectacular Appeal
Four hundred and fifty members of
New York City's breadline filed into
Trinity Church yesterday morning in
a column of twos.
They took their places quietly. They
made no demonstration and created no
disorder.
With elaborate planning they had
been organized into a church parade
for the one purpose of directing the
city's attention in a spectacular man?
ner to the acutcness of their need.
From twenty-five states they came,
and after the service they were grouped j
by states and arrangements were made
to send messages to chambers of com- j
merco in those states in order that
the responsibility for their welfare !
might be localized.
Before the service they were in?
spected with the minute attention to ?
detail that precedes an army parade. ?
Instructions were given that they
were to do no more than present them- ?
selves in a body that the congregation
at Trinity might realize that the bread- [
lino is an actuality.
Pastor Touched by Spectacle
Dr. Manning, the rector of Trinity
; was touched by the spectacle. He
; greeted every one of those in th<
| breadline personally and expressed thr
; hope that employment might be fount!
j for them. Ho promised whatever sup
port Trinity might bo able to afford
The men responded to his greetini
with brief statements of their want
Then they filed out in just as orderly i
manner ns they had entered.
On arriving ?t the breadline ever;
man was given n ticket which provldei
for a week's food. The heart, of th
city had been touched, and funds wer
on hand to carry on the work of th
breadline for some time. Only a frv
days ago it was feared that this char
' ty might have to be abandoned, bu
j following the publication of the storif
I of the men, checks wero received froi
many sources.
Dr. Manning in his sermon discussc
the necessity of regarding religion ?
an indispensable part of material life,
"it gives mo great pleasure to sc
you here," Dr. Manning said in h
after-service meeting. "I want to se
you again very often. You are ur
doubtedly in a difficult position i
many ways, but you must remembr
that we are doing the best we can i
this time. Wo want you to feel till
you are welcome and to know how gin
we are to receive you.
"Mr. Ledoux is doing his best, to he
you, and we shall aid him whenev
we car,. May God be with you "
The mei were SBBOmbled ?\t 44 Power
the brcadiin? bV.tdqua.rter , and the
were given porridge and bread. Aft
tho service they were given thick soi
and bread three slices of bread,
against the customary two.
Explains Aim of Work
1 rban J. Ledoux, who has charge
the "steping stones," as the bread lin
are called, issued the following stat
ment concerning the work:
"On account of an apparent eonf
sion in some of the press reports
feel that it may be well to make a mo
formal and specific statement, regal
ing the real nature of the work n<
being done at the 'Stepping Stones,' 2
East Ninth Street and 44 Bowery,
connection with, the so-called 'bre
line.' |
"Some reports have characterized t
movement, as a mere breadline al
employment agency. These repot
have drawn upon the sympathy of son
but also upon the animosity of otht
in extremely opposite camps, name
the hard-shelled capitalists, who do n
want the misfortunes of the 'under d<
made too much of, and the hard-shell
Socialists, on the other hand, who fc
that any attempt at alleviating the st
ferings of the unemployed and dow
and-outers merely tends to make th?
content with the present system a
so postpone tho 'revolution,'
Hotbed of Rebellion, Charged
"Other reports characterise the we
as a sinister and camouflaged ?tterr
to gather together the agitators and t
malcontents and start something whi
may end In riot and bloodshed.
"As is nearly always the case, the
conflicting reports are partly right a
partly Wrong. The bread line and et
ployment. agency part of the work
by no mean", a mere bread line and ?
nioyrnent proposition. Jt is an attem
.o perform temporarily and through
?riVSt? agency a duty which r.hoi
ind.mimt, become a permanent and n
?jgru/.ed function of the govern m ??
Continued on pagt /out
~_._ .
Pigeon Saves
Flier Lost in
'Plane at Sea
Blue-Coated Carrier Falls
Exhausted in Hotel, but
Message Brings Relief
to Stranded Aviator
Sumptuous Feed Reward
Bucks Offshore Wind for
Hours in Carrying the
Word to Atlantic City
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., April 6- A
blue-coated carrier pigeon darted
through an open window of a room
on the eighth floor of the Marlborough
Blenheim Hotel here about 11 o'clock
j last night. William Lyall, of Toronto,
. Ont., the occupant of the room, picked
I up the bird, which had fallen to the
I floor exhausted.
He carried his visitor to the office
of the hotel, where he encountered
Judge Joseph Buffington, of the United
States Circuit Court of Pennsylvania,
and his cousin, Lieutenant Matthew
Taylor, United States Navy, of Pitts?
burgh.
"Been bucking this offshore wind,"
commented Lieutenant Taylor, "maybe
for hours?hello!"
The exclamation was caused by his
discovery of a tiny aluminum cylinder ?
clamped to the pigeon's leg. He un- I
fastened it, and took from its interior j
a bit a paper, not much larger than a ,
special delivery stamp. On its was i
written:
"Down ten miles west of submarine
chaser at 4:1C? p. m. Xo gas.
"ENSIGN FINCH." j
With a startled glance at the clock )
Lieutenant Taylor strode to the hotel !
switchboard.
"I want a quick connection with the I
Fourth Naval District headquarters at !
Philadelphia," he said. "This is offi
cial and urgent."
Within ten minutes Philadelphia
had the message which the pigeon had
brought through the night.
At I a. m. there was a call for Lieu- !
tenant Taylor from the, ('upe Mayl
naval base. Submarine chasers whicrrl
had been dispatched to quarter the !
coastal waters with their Bcarchlights
had brought, back Ensign Howard !
Finch and his seaplane.
Never did a pigeon fare BO BUDlfitU- !
ously as that blue-clad bird which i
lodged last night at the Marlborough
Hlenheim. This morning, after a
hearty breakfast, the pigeon startod h.v
train for the Cape .May naval base, ?n
charge of a special courier,
Wilson Much Better;
Receives U, S. Envoys
"DARIS, April 6 (By The Associated
Press").-?-President Wilson has
reached a point so far on the road to
recovery that Rear Admiral Grayson,
his personal physician, permitted
him to receive late to-day the other
American peace commissions.
It was the first time that the Pres?
ident had talked to any one other
than Colonel House, Admiral Gray
son and the immediate members of
his household since he became ill.
The fever has disappeared, but the
President still is weak and it is not
expected that he will leave his room
before Tuesday.
Sims Arrives
To-day; to Get
Big Reception
Welcome Started Sunday ;
Six Destroyers Dispatched
to Greet the Mauretania;
'Planes to Join Escort
The white starred blue pennant of
Vice Admiral William S. Sims will be
transferred from the sea to his native
land to-day with every ceremony be?
fitting a sea fighter of the highest
rank. The commander in chief of the
American naval forces in European
Wtfters during the war. with his staff,
will arrive off Ambrose Channel on the
Cunard liner Mauretania early this
morning.
Every greeting that naval and mili?
tary courtesy and a grateful, admiring
New York can give him will be his. But
what will appeal to him far more, Mrs.
Sims and his four children will be
awaiting him when he steps from the
'Mauretania to the deck of the U. S, S.
Aramis at Quarantine.
The welcome to Admiral Sims began
far out at sea last night. The com.
mander of the cruiser force of the
Third Naval District dispatched six
destroyers yesterday to meet the Mau?
retania twelve hours out from port.
This flotilla, after the appropriate sa?
lutes and exchange of signals, took
station about the Mauretania and will
escort her to port.
At the first streak of dawn eight
swift naval hydroaeroplane scouts will
take the air and. accompanied by a
dirigible balloon, will meet the Maure
tanifi as far from shore as weather
conditions will permit. They will
parallel the water escort above the
great liner.
Off Ambrose Lightship the United
Slates steamship Gloucester, with a
captive observation balloon, will join
the escort, and accompany it to Quar- '
antlno, Si\ submarino chasers and
('(nil?nurd on prtf/o four
Peasants Rise
In Bavaria; to
Attack Municl
Country To Be in Throe
of Civil War in a Fe\
Days; Troops Refuge t<
Obey, Is London Repor
Berlin Sees Fresh Plol
Military Revolt to Over
throw Government Was tc
Have Taken Place To-da)
LONDON, April ?.?A dispatch to th?
Kxchange Telegraph- says when the
Soviet republic was proclaimed in Ba
j varia Herr Hoffman, the Premier of the
| defunct government, was in Berlin
; He hurried back to Munich, but arrived
? too late. The Bavarian troops, the
| dispatch adds, declared they would not
, move a finger for him.
'Tn a few days Bavaria will be in the
throes of civil war," the correspondent
continues, "as it is stated that the
peasants of various districts are pre?
paring to march on Munich."
JVeu; York Tribun?
Special Cable Service
I Copyright, 1919, New York Tribune Inc.)
BERLIN', April 6.?Publication to?
day of a semi-official report of a plot
for a military uprising for the purpose
of overthrowing the government once
more emphasizes the latent dangers of
the present situation. It was evidently
the plan of the plotters to seize the oc?
casion of the Second National Con?
gress of Soviets, which is to convene
in Berlin to-morrow, for a fresh attack
against the government.
The Spartacides and Independent So?
cialists are plainly prepared to utilize
the congress for aggravating the gov?
ernment's already precarious position.
For example, the meeting of the Berlin
Soldiers' Council yesterday took on a
peculiarly stormy character and was
marked by extreme utterances.
Chairman Molkenouhr, an Indepen?
dent Socialist, was unable to command
a respectful bearing from the radical
elements and was violently interrupted
and hooted when he stated that it was
found impossible months ago to find
sufficient troops from among the radi?
cal and Left elements to cope with pil
lagers in Berlin,
How the Big Four Works
.;.. I New For A; Tribune
Special Cable Service
(Copyright, 1919, New York Tribune, Inc.)
pARiS, April 6.?The conference among the "Big Four" takes
place daily in a room adjoining President Wilson's bedroom so
that Colonel House may at any time consult the President upon im?
portant matters.
As is commonly known, the President's method of conducting
state affairs is largely personal and private. The Council of Four
has been meeting without even secretaries or stenographers. Under
such circumstances it usually has been the method of the assembled
statesmen to retain careful notes of their conversations. President
Wilson may have done this, but it is generally understood that none
among the American delegation has been informed of what has oc?
curred except incidentally in the course of conversations with him
after these conferences. Such conversations usually are limited to
Colonel House.
(Anarchists
Raise Black
Flag in Paris
i ,
j Five Injured in Charge by
Police During Parade of
Socialists in Protest at
' the Acquittal of Villain
PARIS, April 6.?There were cries of
| "Long livo the soviets!" "Down with
war!" and "Down with the peace con?
ference!" at the huge demonstration
organized by the Federation of Labor
and Socialist party in protest to-day
j against the acquittal of Raoul Villain,
| the assassin of Jean Jaur?s, the Social
i ist leader, and in honor of the memory
I of M. Jaur?s.
A group of anarchists unfurled a
j black flag on Avenue Henri Martin in
j spite of police orders. The police
charged the anarchists, five of whom
j were injured. No arrests were made.
Comparative order prevailed through?
out the parade, but as the procession
I moved along the various avenues?
Malakoff, Henri Martin, Victor Hugo
Place and the Trocndero?and through
the district in the most aristocratic
quarter of Paris, in which M. Jaur?s
had lived, there was a feeling of walk?
ing over a mined road, where the
merest incident might bring about an j
explosion.
Ked Banner Leads Parad*?
Soon after noon every subway train
streetcar and other conveyance win
overcrowded will) people stroaminf
toward the Trocadero to take part ii
the procession. Tens of thousands o
others walked from various district
to the capital.
Hardly had the procession startet
than the "Internatun?ale" was heard 01
all sides. The police looked on ape
thetically. At the head of the proc?s
sion was a red banner bearing the ini
tials of ..the Federation of Rep?blica
Veterans. Emile Vandervelde, Helgia
Minister of Justice, and the Frene
Socialist Deputies, .Marcel Cachin, Vic
tor Dalbiez, Marcel Sembat and Jea
Longuet, and Hjalmar Branting, til
Swedish Socialist, leader, headed th
parade, which passed through th
streets amid suppressed excitement an
subdued cheering.
Bouquet for Mme. Jaur?s
When the head of the processio
reached the home of Jaur?s, M. Semba
and the other Deputies entered th
house. They presented Mme. Jaurc
and Aille. Jaur?s a palm and a beautifi
bouquet of flowers. Mme. Jaur?s wa
visibly affected. She was unable t
reply to the words addressed to h<
?nd merely raised her handkerchief t
her eyes, which were wet. with tear
The crowd was becoming unruly as
; the procession broke up. Disinterested
; spectators heaved a sigh of relief that
? no trouble had occurred. A police of
j ficial said he had not expected trouble
! during the actual parade, but that h<
, had been fearful collisions might de?
velop between isolated groups later in
I the day. It was learned that a com
1 p?ete section of the Sante prison con
i taining 900 cells was entirely clearec
! of its inmates Saturday. The prisoner;
! were removed to the Fresnes and othei
1 jails, in view of probable riots.
Peace Conference Slurred
Throughout the parade there wen
heard but few references to Villain
i the assassin of Jaur?s, or to Jaur?s
the personalities of the assassin am
the victim apparently shrinking int<
insignificance before the real mean
, ing of the demonstration.
On all sides, however, were to bi
1 heard slurring references against al
: leged procrastinations in the work o
I the peace conference and of what thi
workmen termed neglect of their in
? terests. At the Place du Trocaden
I a amall group of workmen gatherei
I and expressed the desire to proceed t<
; the "White House" near by and mnki
! a demonstration before President Wil
' eon. Wiser heads prevailed, howevei
, and the intention was abandoned.
Fully one hundred thousand person
lined the avenues, looking on withou
cheering. It was noted that the win
dow?! of the mansions were shattered
Most of the spectators came from othe
district?.
The police. evidently expectin
, trouble, l?iid taken precautions, and th
route of the procession was we!
guarded by plainclothes and uniforme
men, who had rec*iv?M instructions t
remain inconspicuous and not inter
fere with cheering or singing or othe
?League May
Meet in U. S.
Next October
Suggestion for Inaugural
Gathering in Washington
Favored by British and
American Delegations
New York Tribune.
? Special Cable Service
(Copyright, 101P. New York Tribune Inc. )
i PARIS, April 6.?A suggestion which
is meeting with favorable consideration
I by certain members of the league o?
j nations commission is that of holding
j the inaugural meeting of the league in
Washington next October. The execu?
tive council may be summoned earliei
in order to organize a permanent sec
? retariat to outline the working machin
I ery, but if all goes well the first forma
( gathering of the delegates with th<
executive council will be held in thi
j United States.
The British and American delega
It ions look favorably upon the projec
| for several reasons. They believe tha
i by holding the meeting in the Unite?
States the league will be given addei
I prestige internationally, and that fresl
support for the league will be gaine*
; among the Americans, who will lean
I more of the great part they can pla
| in the politics of the world. This, the
believe, will develop a new willingnes
to participate in the affairs of sue
stricken countries as Armenia. Palet
tine and the Marmora littoral, includin
Constantinople.
The protests of various delegate
particularly the British, against forcin
the league of nations covenant inl
the peace treaty without previous dii
CUBSlOIl have succeeded in preventin
Buch action. It is probable Preside)
Wilson had not contemplated stiflin
discussion, but, a sufficient snspiciu
existed among the mass of delegate
to cause the protests. The tent?t m
plan now is to publish the revised covi
nant immediately upon its final r
vision by the drafting committee a fe
days hence and circulate it among tl
delegates. It probably then will I
published, following a brief period
which it will be reviewed before tl
plenary session of the conference.
Certain delegates who have insist?
upon an open discussion and publier
contend that such a document, esta
lishing a new world order, introduce
untested principles and practices in
international affairs and creating ih
relationships among peoples, ehou
not be allowed to become a legislate
enactment without an exhaustive e
amination. It is curious that smoi
these advocates for publicity no Amei
can delegate has appeared.
The Americans evidently have d
sired to avoid a lengthy discussion a:
the consequent charge that the coi
plication of the league of nations wi
the peace treaty was delaying a CO
:lusion of the latter.
Allies Will Evacuate
Odessa, Paris Asserts;
Withdraw to Dniester
Wilson and Lloyd George At
tacked in England as Rus?
sian Part Is Hinted
PARIS, April 6.?Bolshevik pressun
against Odessa, the great Russian por
on the Black Sea, is increasing am
evacuation of the city by the Allier
forces is imminent, the "Matin" says
The Allied forces, it adds, probabl;
will be withdrawn ultimately to th<
Dniester in order to protect Bessarabir
and Rumania.
The Isthmus of Perekop, which con
nects European Russia with the Crimea
has been fortified by the Allies to pro
tect the Russian naval base at Sebas
topol.
fCopyrlsht, 1910. N'ew York Tribune, inc )
LONDON, April 6.?The America
and British,, troops going to norther
Russia are only reinforcements for th
hard pressed forces at Archangel an
Murmansk.
Most French and British statesmer
roldiers and newspapers are agaim
intervention in Russia, although thcr
is hardly a single supporter of Bo!
ihevik methods in eithtr country. Wit
Ihis unanimity on the irapracticabilit
of a Russian campaign, it is only na
ural that Par's reports should indical
.tat Allied statesmen are omsiiierin
opening negotiations with L?nine.
Wilson end Lloyd George are bein
renounced in some quarters whic
jrevionsly supported them in ever
policy, but, despite these attacks, it
i fairly safe guess that they have a
-rady made plans for supporting tl
?nssiana with food and raw materia
mee thry ?re convinced that tirar coi
UtJoiu ?avt? fec*A fulfill? dw *
I? ?
Allies Agree
On Policy of
Reparation
France to Get Saar Va?fC'
Coal iMines; Adriatic
Fiume to Go to Italy;
Foe Must Pay to Limit
i
British Premier
Pleads Patience
Asserts Only Divergence
of Opinion on Fines
Is Among the Experts
PARIS, April 6 (By The Associated
Press).?The preliminary peace treaty
will be ready by Easter, and the Ger?
mans will be asked to come and sign it.
at the end of April or the beginning of
May, Premier Lloyd George of Great.
Britain declared in an interview to-day
with Stephane Lauzanne, editor of the
"Matin."
In answer to a remark by M. Lau?
zanne that what troubled public opin?
ion was not so much the delay as the
secrecy in which the peace negotiations
were wrapped and the fear that there
was some divergence of opinion, the
British Premier said:
"I affirm absolutely that there is no
divergence among the negotiators.
They are often confronted with tech?
nical difficulties which can be settled
only after close study. Take the ques?
tion of reparations. In substance, the
Allies have or?? common principle,
which I once set forth thu*: 'Germany
must pay up to the last farthing of
her power.'
Technical Fxiiprtn Di>anrn
"But is it sufficient to draw up a bif
l and hand it to the enemy? Must w<
; not require guarantees, and must w?
j not study the terms, methods an<
format of delayed payments? Must w?
; not be able to say to our adversar}
j when he pleads inadequacy of re
sources: 'Yes, you can go as far ??
that, and you must, do it, and you mus?
do that.' In a word, shali we simplj
j present a bill or collect the money, ?1
i the money possible? Well, that i:
I where the work conies in. slow and dit
I licult work, complicated by the far
?that technical experts of the higbta
, capabilities and great experience an
I not in agreement among them sol vei
either as to the method of liquidador
i or as to the assets to be realized.
"No, there is no divergence emonj
the negotiators, but, alas, there are in
j evitable ones among the experts, oftei
among thosu from the same countr\
Who is to decide between them if no
the negotiators, and do you think i
can always be done quickly?"
M. Lau/.anne remarked that wha
r public opinion could not understan
was why, before everything, German
was not handed a full bill, no matte
what, amount, and forced to admit ful
liability.
"And who says we shall not do po?
cried Premier Lloyd George. "Wh
says we have not decided that?"
"No-one," the interviewer interrupt
ed, "has said that you have decided it.
The British Premier resumed.
"Cannot the people wait until w
have finished our work, instead of a'
ways wanting to judge our intentions
This conference had to meet and die
cuss things under conditions unprecc
dented in history. All eyes are turne
toward it, and, what is more grav<
all ears are glued at its keyhole. Eti
emy ears tremble with joy when the
detect some hesitation. Friendly ear
half hear confused rumors, which ar
peddled far and -quickly.
Optimism Increases
"The day does not pass but wha*.
some false news here and there takes
its flight. Nevertheless, no day passes
but that we in silent deliberation feel
? approaching nearer the great aim and
j experience for each other more esteem,
'confidence and affection. Lot public
opinion wait a few day?. It will then
j be able to pronounce on facts, not rrj?
' mors."
Agreement Reached
By Council of Four
On Five Chief issues
Xtie Ytrrk Trib%nt
Spteiel Cahte Srrvic?
fCoptrrigbt, 1?1S. Nrm York Tribune In.-.)
PARIS. April 6?It may be stated
definitely that the Council of Four,
with Colonel House representing Pres?
ident Wilson, is substantially in agree?
ment upon
(1) The Polish problem, which Lloyd
George recently upset.
(2) Upon reparations.
(3) T?V Adriatic Fiume douhtlesn
will go to Italy.
(4) France will receive the coal
mines in the Saar Basin, with the pop?
ulation remaining under ?L?erman con?
trol. The last is a difficult mattei isu