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1AXVIII No. 26,442
[Copyright, 1919,
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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9, L919
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6A.M. Edition
WEATHER
Unsettled to-day, local rains; rain
to-morrow. Moderate winds.
Full l-?'|it<rt on r.tiir 15
In (ireater New York and I THKEK CENTS
'?itMn comraulliii distance j Elsewhere
Wilson Disowns Work of Col. House as Peacemaker"
Said to Meditate Separate Treaty With Germany
(7,000 B. R. T. Employes j
(Vote to Strike, but Leave
Time To Be Decided Later
Executive Committee of |
the Canne? Seeks to
Have War Board Act to
Stop Brooklyn Tie-Up
Motormrn of 4/and
Subway IN o l in ll
Union Leaders Predict
Tie-Up of All Surface
Lines When Call Comes
Seven thousand employes of tho
Brooklyn Rapid Tran i' ? ystom voted
unanimously to trike, nl meetings last
night and early to-day. The last meet?
ing of workers on the night shift was
Jield at 2 o'clock thia morning.
No time was fixed for the strike,'
this being left in tho hands of the
executive committee of the Amalga?
mated Association of Street and Elec?
tric Railway Employe.
7S, ? ' ? ? were held at Ar?
cadia i:. I, .- SI i e ; and Saratoga
Avenue, Brc klyn, to take action on the
refusal of Lindley M. Garrison, tho
B. H. T. rcci i\ . to grant an incn ?
?n w! es or to treal with a committee
affiliated with the union.
Ther ? 1 2,000 employes 01
B. R. ".' sMrfa i ted and subway
lines. How many of those aro affecti d
could nol be learned. II is predicted
hy the union leaders that the surface
I up, a r<\ many i I
I and subway workers will bi
Called out. Tho elevated and subway
motormen aro affiliated with a different
union. ') he tti ion claim i g ,.::;.ui r ?ship :
of between T,"00 and 8,000.
Will Soik Arbitration
The committee of sixteen, headed by |
Jame-. Sheridan, empowered to set the
date for the strike, will do everything;
in its power to settle the controversy
amicably before calling out the men.
Immediately after the strike vote
was cast the committee addressed a
letter to Mayor Hylan, asking his in?
tervention to prevent a strike, which]
would endanger millions of dollars';
worth o? city property. The commit?
tee will try to call upon the Mayor to- !
day to personally lay the matter be?
fore hin-..
At the same time, it was announced.;
the Federal War Labor Board will be
asked to take a hand in the settlement
of the questions at issue. The walk- [
ill await the action of the Fed?
eral and city agi ?cies.
The Papers All Head
The strike vote was lake:, after thi
reading of a rep I ol thi committee,
whicn included thi oda of the
union, Receiver Gan reply, and
the. following re- . ?on :
"We have been guide. ? action
c the receiver when ?. hi d his
Id deal
with a committei ? 'es and
that he was nol ci - icd about
whether they belonged to a lab u i .
ganization or :
. "We have pur! , . . ., ;;. ; 0
SI i logical f ? where it
wag nol possible for thi rece ?.. >? and
Jfoui ci nn itti i to gel together, we
won id pJace our ease before the Na?
tional War Labor Hoard.
"ir> ? actions of Rei
Garrison, we '"< el that your committee
has done evi n its power to
'? . ?'????.?..',]?
a pea?'-:,,; way, The committee has
kept . mind that 'act that the ? i
ung publii of Brooklyn must
??nspo and from it? work,
that it a ?. ta! part of the life and
welfare of thi communii
Strike Vote as Weapon
"Therefore your committee reeom
Tuend* -.hat a strike vote be taken in
order to bring the pre.' lun i I public i
opinion upon the company, and have ?t
agree to submit the matter in contro
VWtjf to the National Wai
Board.
"In taking this action it is for the \
purpose of placing the company in its |
proper position before the travelling
Public of Brooklyn, and the vote
o? placed in the hands of your com
?Mttee to be put into operation after
?Wry honorable effort bas been made
to reach an an.. nderstanding
witn the receiver of the company."
After the report, with its recom
?endalion, had been accepted
following letter was i nt
UMnyot H
"Dear 8ir: We, the undersigned
Wthimu.ee representing the employe?
?? 're Brooklyn Rapid Transit Com
?*''"/? ? embled, wt-r" .se
i?c'.?'i to wail on you ;or ?tie purpose
? ; the bringing
s-tKiti*. of an am ttlcmenl <.f
the dil eg and
th? '
do tl - hope that you, as the :
; ?ho " .i
many millions of dol- '
**r*. n property and which should be
P**guarded ag? nsi anj mnoi
taxpayers through a labor .
which we believe can be '
with your inter
CM) . ?
?/ the bop? that, you will '
;' ' hin matter your personal atten
l'"'' ' ? - ? ' i i great Impor
'?" '? to the welfare of our community,
Continued on page nine
+$i.t**l,x ????'?'? ? ?' "''i Uiifoy In
?E?^L.4',ev?-'*'? W Wi>*. t'Jv. Hut UjiBliU'?.
Sunday "Movie* Bill
Now Up to Governor
'ALBANY, April 8. The Thompson
?* * Sunday "movie" bill, which would
pive local municipal authorities power
to permit or prevent exhibitions of
mohon pictures after 2 p, m. on Sun?
days, wii", passed by the Assembly Into
to-day 'by a vote of ?1 to 58. The
measure not?/ roen to the Governor
for approval. Thirty Republicans, ln
cluding Majority Leader Ailler, voted
with the solid Democratic and So?
(mir! minorities in favor of tho bill.
Speaker Swoct was recordad In op
pi. iiuui.
The debato on tho measure lasted
moro t lin o two hours.
Subsequently, the Assembly, l>v a
vote of 77 (o 42, passed tho Mct?lligott
bill to make it Illegal to carry on tho
bu ?nos? of bootblacking on Sundays
aftor 'i p. m., oxcept In hotels und on
fcrryboal
Thompson Tells
Bribers' Names;
Inquiry Voted
Whole Subject of Graft for
Last Two Years is To Be
Opened Inder Resolution
Passed l.v State Senate
Staff Correapondi ncc
ALBANY, April 8.?The Senate to?
day ordered an investigation of Sen?
ator George F. Thompson's charges
thai one man offered him "up to $500,
000" and another?an ex-Governor of
this state bad dangled the Republican
nomination for Governor in 1920 be
foro his eyes to act favorably on the 1
Martin streetcar ra?. Lili.
The Seriate judiciary Committee, of
which Alvah W. Burlingame, of Brook?
lyn, is chairman, was directed by a
resolution adopted unanimously to con- !
duct the investigation. Senator J.
Henry Walters, majority leader, an?
nounced that funds for the investiga?
tion will be provided for in the supple?
mental appropriation bill.
After the Senate had taken this ac?
tion the Assembly, following a bitter
Struggle, passed the Martin bill, which
empowers the Public Service Commis?
sion to increase the rates of fare on
streetcar lines, on subways and elevated
roads, notwithstanding any existing
franchise, contract or agreement.
The vote was 77 to 68. Assemblyman
Simon L. Adler, majority leader, voted
against the measure. Thaddeus C.
Sweet, Speaker of the Assembly, voted
for it.
Monstrous. Says Coldberp:
Assemblyman Mark Goldberg de?
nounced the Martin bill as one of the
most monstrous pieces of legislation
ever introduced. He reminded the leg?
islators the bill came from a rural leg?
islator, and yet would affect, almost
wholly the bipr; cities of the state.
''Who handed you this bill?'.' de?
manded Assemblyman Goldberg, of its
introducer. Assemblyman Louis M,
Martin, of Oneida County.
"The bill was handed to me by Harry
B. Wcatherwax, of Albany, chairman
of the traction companies of New York
State," replied Assemblyman Martin.
Mr. \Y eat h er wax's organization is
composed of nearly all the streetcar
i mes in the state.
Tn defending his bill, Mr. Martin
declared the interests behind it were
entitled to their day in court. He
said the measure should not be called
a fix-cent bill, or a seven-cent bill, as
it would not necessarily result in the
rai- ing of fares.
"It. mire!y permits the traction cora
par.it :. to present their case to a prop?
erly constituted tribunal," ho said.
Speaks for Investors
All the New York City men, with the
exception of Wilfred K. Yonker, of
Brooklyn, voted against the bill.
'I he Senati 'a session today was calm.
It did not convene until nearly 1
o'clock, waiting until the Sena'..' .Ju?
diciary Committee finished its secret.
ion. The only witness was Sena?
tor Thompson, who was assured in ad?
vance that he could disclose his in?
formation ;n camera and there would
be a real investigation
Senator Thompson, it. wa;; learned,
told the committee thai a man, well
known in and about the lobbies of
the Legislature approached him with
sa offer of $100,000 it he would work
for the Martin bill, and report it out
of his committee favorably. The offer,
be laid, 'Aas made recently at the
Bepublican Club in New York City.
(?overnorship Support Offered
Within a short time thereafter
Senator Thompson said, a one-time
Governor of thi? state, at a hotel not
far distant from the Republican Club,
told bun n certain head of a big
New York City traction company and
other streetcar magnates would lend
support to any attempt Thomp?
son m?tfht. make to #ef. the Republican
nomination for Governor if he sup?
ported the Martin bill.
After the secret session Senator
Burlingame offered a resolution read
| Mifr. partly a? follows:
"Whereas, Senator George F.
Thompson did, on April 7, state on the
Continued on page five
U.S. Wheat for
1919 Is Valued
At 2V2 Billion
i Biggest Yield in History of
Nation is Indicated by
the Government Beporl;
Huge Surplus I'redieted
Condition 99.8 Per Cent
Offirials Silent on ihr Cos?
to Taxpayer? of Making
Good the S2.26 Guaranty
WASHINGTON, April R, Porecusl by
I the Depnrtmcnl of Agriculture to-day
tluil. the nal ion's winter wheat crop
would total 837,000,000 bushels, tho
largest crop over grown, aroused im?
mediate speculation as to tho cost to
tin? government of such an enormous
yield. Under the bill passed by Can- I
gress In tho closing days of the last, i
session the government is obligated to
pay the difference between the guar?
anteed price of $2.26 a bushel and the j
world market, price for every bushel,'
not. only on winter but of spring wheat
produced.
The total value of the winter wheat ;
, crop on the basis of an 8:!7,000,000- ?
I bushel crop forecast, would be $1,891,
620,000. The spring wheat crop, soon !
to be planted, cannot be estimated, but ;
Department of Agriculture officials to- !
day predicted it would range between !
225,000,000 and 300,000,000 bushels, '.
i which would increase the total value of ;
' the nation's wheat crop to approxi?
mately $2,500,000,000.
The part of this $2,500,000,000 thai
the government must pay to maintain
the guaranteed price was a matter up?
on which officials here decline:! to com
ment, it was said the factors influenc
ing the world market price, such as
production in Argentina, Australia and)
other countries, and the Kuropear. J?-u
?nand Were to? numerous to malte any j
prediction at this time. The Depart?
ment of Agriculture has no informa?
tion as to estimated wheat production
in the other wheat-growing countries
of the world.
Officials expressed the belief to-day I
that there would be a good foreign ;
demand for American wheat which
i would take care of the nation's sur
I plus, and while the lo^s to the gov
? eminent through its price guarantee
may mount far into the millions of
?dollars, so far as iho actual wealth
of the country was concerned it simply
will be taking money from one pocket
and putting it into another.
To-day's forecast also indicated that i
America will have a greater surplus!
than ever before. The United States
requires for its own yearly consump?
tion about 5.3 bushels of wheat for
each person within it. With approxi?
mately J1o,000,oo() people in the United
States, and adding approximately
75,000,000 bushels of wheat which is
necessary for seeding purposes, the
demands of this country this year are i
estimated at more than 660,000,000
bushels.
With a spring wheat production,!
estimated at from 225,000,000 to 300,
000,000 it would appear the surplus
available for export would be in the;
neighborhood of abou? 450,000,000 |
I bushels.
133 Bolshevist Plotters
Are Exeeuted at Pinsk
WARSAW, April 7 (By The Associ?
ated Press). Thirty-three Bolshevists
'? were executed Saturday at Pinsk, on
; the eastern frontier of Poland. They
were charged with plotting an uprising
\ for the purpose of overpowering the
weakened garrison and seizing the. city.
An Allied commission, composed of
j Americans, British and French, is con?
ducting the fullest inquiry and may
I send a special mission to l'insk from
Warsaw for that purpose. Some re- j
ports place the number of executions
: as high as 250, but Colonel Francis K.
Fronc/.ak, Health Commissioner of Buf?
falo, N'. Y., who was in Pinsk at the
time for the American Red Cross, fixes
' the number at thirty-three.
Colonel Fronczak said that according
lo the military officials ? two hundred
1 Bolshevists wro discovered plotting in
a hall rui the outskirts of of the city
; Saturday afternoon. The building was
surrounded, but a majority of the Bol?
shevists managed to make their escape.
About seventy were captured and
marched to the city market place, where
every second one was shot.
Foley's Public Service
Bill Is Reported Out
Stuff Correspondence
ALBANY. April 8, The Senate
Public Service Commission to?
il igh. reported out the Polcy bill
i abolishing the present Public Service
j Commission of five members in N'ew
j York City und netting up in its place
i a two-headed commission. One com
! missionor is [o have control of tho
regulatory ?nd quasi-judicial powers
, of the commission and the other to
have charge of construction.
From a source close to the Gov
l ornor, the Tribune correspondent
learned to-night that Judge Benjamin
j N. Cardoso, of tho Court of Appeals,
? can have the regulatory commissioner
i ship if he will accept it. Tho job pays
i $15,000 annually. The term is six
yoars.
Governor Smith Iihh offered th?. job
of transit construction commissioner
to Colonel William Barclay ('arsons,
now in Prance, where he has been at?
tached to the American expeditionary
force.
COK M?A liolU? fftl?o lMt& nnnly in
mouth . ?-i u ven t rt _"?'? Cum*, ?li o al i-lfH'-lt'A,
_ I? ftll_'r*l I
Clemenceau Saves Life
Of Man Who Shot Him
TJARIS, April 8 fBy The Associated
Press).- -President Poincar? has
commuted to ten years' imprisonment
the death sentence imposed upon Hmile
(?ottin, who in an attempt to assassi?
nate Premier Clemenceau on February
10 last, shot and severely wounded
him.
The commutation of sentence was
on the recommendation of M. Clcmon
cenu himself.
Ten Arrested
In Crusade on
Drug Traffic
Six Physicians mid lour
Druggists Takrn in First
of ?i Scries of Hauls
(Maimed hy Officials
.Major Daniel T,. Porter, Supervisor
Of III" Internal Revenue Milice, with
ten of his men, .icting in coop?ration
with Police Lieutenant Scherb and fif?
teen detectives of the Narcotic Squad,
last night arrested .six doctors and
four druggists, charged with violation
of Section 100(i of the Harrison act.
The men were taken to Police Head?
quarters, where they were locked up.
Fifty drug addicts were also rounded
up and they had been questioned at
length and then allowed to go.
Cocaine, heroin and other habit
forming drugs, valued at. $25,000, were
confiscated.
The physicians arrested said they
were Dr. Bernard Pitt, of 99 Stanton
Street; Dr. Leopold Harris, of 317 Last
Thirteenth Street, and his nephew and
assistant, Dr. Henry Harris, of 914
Simpson Street, The Bronx; Dr. Louis
A. Kalk, of 102 Madison Street; Dr.
Abraham L. Cardaza, of 1982 Lexington
Avenue, and his partner, Dr. David X.
Brown, of the same address.
The druggists said they were ,L Frei?
lich, of First. Avenue and Sixteenth
Street; Julius Nelson, of 2T? Broome
Street; Samuel Jacobs, of 1919 Lexing?
ton Avenue, und Isadorc Sherman, of
98 Rivi.ngton street.
The raids -(.ere the first of a series
which Major Porter declared would
wipe out. a traffic in drugs with which
the police and Federal authorities
have hitherto been unable (0 cope, The
warrants on which the arrests were
made were issued recently by United
Continued on page three
.
Trial of Baker
Aids Demanded
By Chamberlain
| Senator Charges U. S. Law
Was Violated by Frank?
ing 70,000 Pamphlets
Against Ansell Heforms
Demand Sent to Palmer
Official Privilege Was Used
for Personal Purposes,
is Basis of His (lomplaint
By ( iirtf-r Field
Nion York Tribun*
Waiihinulim I unto,
WASHINGTON, April 8. The light
to reform tho prcsont nystem of mili?
tary justice in i hi- army took a new
i urn to-day when Senator Chamberlain
demanded the criminal prosecution of
certain of its defender? in the War
Department.
In a letter to Attorney General
Palmer, Mr. Chamberlain charged that
these defenders of tho system had
caused to be printed, presumably at
government, expense, 70,000 copies of
a sixty-four page pamphlet and sent
these through the mails under the
frank of the now defunct War Indus?
tries Board.
Accompanying tho pamphlet many
copies of which have been returned by
indignant lawyers to Senator Cham?
berlain is a letter, also printed at the
Government Printing Oftice, from
Colonel John H. Wigmore, of the judge
advocate general's department, admit?
ting that the sending of this defence
' is "deliberately breaking through the
I etiquette of the. military service."
Action by Baker Doubted
In his letter to Attorney Genera
' Palmer demanding prosecution of thost
| whom he accuse?. Senator Chamberlaii
?declared he had no expectation that th<
1 Secretary of War would do his duty ii
' this regard.
"This gross abuso of official positiot
, aii?i the franking privilege is one o
the thousand evidences," Mr. Chamber
lain declared, "of the length to whicl
the Secretary of War will go, and per
mit his subordinates to go. iti suppor
I Continued, on page five
Wilson 's Ship Starts for Brest April 11
WASHINGTON, April 8.?President Wilson's orders for the ?
transport George Washington to proceed to Brest brought the
following statement from the Navy Department to-day:
"Acting Secretary of the Navy Rooseveft late to-day received
1 a cablegram from Admiral Benson at Paris requesting that the
sailing of the U. S. S. George Washington be expedited at once, by
direction of the President. The U. S. S. George Washington will,
therefore, leave New York at the earliest possible opportunity,
probably Friday afternoon, April 11."
Admiral Benson's cable of to-day followed a message sent
yesterday, asking when the ship could be made ready to sail. Then,
though word had come from Paris that the President had determined
there must be an end to delays at the peace conference, and had
ordered the transport to France, Navy Department oflicials said no
new orders had been issued and that the ship was preparing to sail
according to schedule on Monday, April 14.
Communication to-day with the New York Navy Yard, where
Ihe George Washington is undergoing overhauling, brought a report
that she could be made ready for sea by Friday, and she was ordered
out then. The George Washington .should reach Hrest by Anril __o.
Kiev Reports
Odessa Taken
By Bolsheviki
Paris Fails, However, to Con?
firm News From Moseow
That Ukrainians Have En?
tered Blaek Sea Port
PARIS, April 8 (By The Associated
Tress).?The Ukrainian Soviet troops
have captured Odessa, according to ad?
vices from Kiev, transmitted by wire?
less from Mo3co\v under date of April 7.
The new3 has not been officially
confirmed.
Late dispatches indicated that Bol
' shevik pressure against Odessa, the
: Russian port on the Black Sea, was in
! creasing, and intimated the imminent
I evacuation of the city by the Allies.
The Paris ''.Matin" said that the Allies
would probably be withdrawn ulti?
mately to the Dniester, in order to pro?
tect Bessarabia and Rumania, and that
| the Isthmus of Perekop had been forti
I fied for the protection of the Russian
I naval base of Sebastopol.
Nmv if Somebody Would Only ?ment Somethin g to Do to the Clock So
We Could Get a Little Sleep!
Giant Torpedo
'Plane to Try
Atlantie Raee
Flier Built to Blow Up
German Fleet; British En?
try in 'Cross-Ocean Con?
test Starts From Ireland
AVw York Tribune
European Hurcau
(Copyright, 1919, New York Tribune Inc.1
LONDON', April 8.?"My chance of
winning the transatlantic flight by
starting from Ireland is at least equal
to that of Harry Hawker and Sydney
Pickles, who are starting from New?
foundland with the supposed advantage
of westerly winds. At the present time
our information does not prove that
the trade winds are effective at a
height of 10,000 feet, and it is doubtful
whether flying from tho west gives any
actual help. 1 intend to take advantage
of the first easterly wind after April
12, and hope to leave Limerick not
later than April 15."
Thus spoke Major J. C. P. Wood, who,
accompanied by Captain C. C. Wyllie
as assistant pilot and navigator, will
attempt the flight in a Shortt Brothers'
biplane.
Built to Carry Torpedo
The machine was built to carry a
huge torpedo for attacking the German
fleet. An aluminum petrol tank, hold?
ing 600 gallons, now takes the tor?
pedo's place. By a special device the
tank can be emptied rapidly by the
pilot if he is forced to make a descent,
and the tank will then act as a float to
keep the craft above water for a con?
siderable time. It has a span of sixty
feet, an over-all length of thirty-four
feet and it fitted with a Rolls-Royce
engine of 360 horsepower. There is a
dual control and mechanism for send?
ing and receiving wireless messages.
"We hope to maintain a steady speed
of ninety miles an hour," said Major
Wood, "our distance capacity being
about 3,000 miles, and expect to start
about 4 o'clock in the afternoon, for
the sake of having a few hours of
daylight for the purpose of getting
clear of the coast. All being well, we
hope to reach Newfoundland about
the following noon, when, if fortune
is with us, we shall proceed to Amer?
ica."
French Aviator Starts
VERSAILLES, April 8 (By The As?
sociated Press). ? Lieutenant Jean
Pierre Fontan started on a flight to?
day to Casablanca, Morocco, from
which town he will proceed to Dakar,
in the French colony of Senegal, and
thence to the Cape Verde Islands, with
the intention of attempting a flight
| across the Atlantic from the islands.
I He is accompanied by a mechanician,
: Philibert Cahouet.
| [A dispatch from London under date
1 of March 18 said that according to re
I ports from Paris Lieu.tenant Fontan
i left Villacoublay for Dakar on March 6,
i but was compelled to land southeast of
Blois because of a cracked cylinder.
I Lieutenant Fontan planned a flight
j from Dakar to Pernambuco, Brazil, via
St. Paul. The distance from the Cape
' Verde Islands to Pernambuco is 1,616
miles.]
Huge Machine Entered
LONDON, April S.?The Handley
Paige Company to-day entered one of
its airplanes, which had been built for
a bombing expedition to Berlin, in the
transatlantic flight. The machine has
four 350-horsepower engines and a ca?
pacity of two thousand gallons of gas?
olene for a twenty-five-hour fligrt.
Separate Peace With
Bavaria Is Discussed
PARIS, April H (By The Associated
Press!.- There is much apprehension in
peace conference circles as to the effect
the establishment of a soviet govern?
ment at Munich may have on the con?
clusion of peace.
As the Munich government appears
from press dispatches to be well es?
tablished, the peace delegates are con
; aidering the eventual necessity of ne?
gotiating two peucc treaties with Ger?
many, one with Berlin.and the other
with Munich.
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LIItRKTY BOND? from ua
u ?ni ni-. .1 money, we ?? tj,i buy
MBKKTY HUNDS -from you.
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Break Witl?
Lloyd George
Is Reported
President Says He and
Allies Are Far Apart
and Hints He is Pre?
paring to ynit Parley
Dniiiimls i I is Way
On Three Points
Again?! Bin .ndemnitieH
and Saar Annexation;
for Recognizing L?nine
rwillhJ origin and tragic sig
i nificance of the Paris
crisis arc revealed in the
two cabio messages following.
Frederick Moore tells how
the President on rising from
his bed repudiated the concilia?
tory work of Colonel House and
set himself against the council.
Frank H. Simonas discusses
the danger of a separate peace
between Germany and the
United States, with England,
France and Italy?the Allies?
acting in their own interests.
By Frederick Moore
New York Tribuna
Spectal CabU Service
PARIS, April 8.?President Wil
i son has repudiated the work Colonel
', House did with the Council of Four
I while he (the President) was ill, and
! the fat is again in the lire.
; Mr. Wilson has caused it to be an
i nounced that he is nowhere near an
! agreement with the Allied delegates,
and indicates that he will depart for
home without further negotiations if
the three premiers?Lloyd George,
for England; Clemenceau, for
France, and Orlando, for Italy- -
will not soon agree with his terms.
High Hopes for an
Agreement Stifled
Does he mean it literally, and. if
so, will Orlando, Lloyd George and
Clemenceau accept bis ideas of what
peace should be?
These are the questions on the
lips of all the delegates to the peace
conference to-day.
The relief and joy resulting from
the two days of conciliatory work
by Colonel House?who represente.!
the United States during President
Wilson's illness?have given place to
this tragic development.
With more dramatic effect than
! on any previous occasion of similar
Presidential action, the President's
' press agents have announced Jnis
readiness to depart from Paris,
leaving the peace unsigned. . It is
announced that he will not leave
without making a public statement
of his position so that the world
may judge whether he or those op?
posing his views in th' peace con?
ference are right.
The Three Points at Issue
In the (.ouncil of Four
It is definitely stated that on the
' three principal point? at issue, a?
well as on many others, he differs
radically from the other members ai
the conference, and apparently is
without hope of an agreement unlesi
Clemenceau, Lloyd George and Or
lando accept his views. These threi
main points are:
REPARATIONS.
THEA DISPOSITION OF THl
SAAR VALLEY.
THE RECOGS1TIOS OF RUS
SIA.
. There has been growing evidenc
in recent weeks that Mr. Wilson de
sires to recognize the Bolsheviki be
cause he feels that the French, wh
have constantly opposed recognitio
i and, on the contrary, advocate mili
' tary intervention, privately aided i
preventing the success of his Prir
kipo conference project by calling i
' :ibsurd and by not encouraging nor
i Bolshevik governments to partie
! pate.
It is known that the Pr?sider
i stands for no indemnities from Ge:
! many, while the French stand fi
i the last farthing obtainable. M
'? Wilson stands for only such rcpar
j tion as will not cripple German
i while the French feel that only I
j shackling Germany can they revi"
! and recover from the havoc Ge
: many wrought.
J Mr. Wilson is lik$ Portia y?i'