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TUESDAY,
News - Editorials Advertisements
WEATHER
Cloudy to-day, rain; cloudy and colder
to-morrow, rain probable
Full Kotiert on I*agr 20
APRIL 15, 1919
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______ < In Greater New York and
T" ? CENTS j v, ifjjiu commuting; distance
THTtKK ? K.\ I -
Elsewhere
America s Greatest Fleet
Thrills City Throngs as
It Slips Silently Into Port
Thousands in Downtown
Offices See Admiral
}layo\s Victorious War?
ships Steam lip Hudson
'Planes- Hum Only
Greeting to Gobs
Official Welcome Planned
for To-day ; Sailors
Swarm Through Streets
i ne hundred and three warships,
comprising part of the mighty At?
lantic Fleet, slid quietly yesterday into
?he Hudson, and came to anchor just
twenty-four hours before they bad
been espected.
T,a"t night, while tho armada
;;tr<tchH ,!P the river from a point
opposite Forty-second Street to north
of Spuyten Duyvil, tTie city, which had
been robbed of its prepared welcome,
made up for the omission by entertain?
ing royally, if informally, perhaps 20,
iOOO o;" the fighting "gobs" who had ob?
tained shore leave,
TIk men, who will he the city's
quests for more than a fortnight, rode
/into the harbor on the greatest fight?
ing fleet New York has over seen.
? They broke out their "homeward
Ibousd" streamers and, with only the
?music of their own bands and the drone
i of Many airplanes as an accompaniment,
'steamed up the bay to berths in the
(river before New York was fairly
i awake to the fact that 30,000 of the I
victorious sailors who had made up the !
'backbone of Uncle Sam's naval forces
?wer? within the city's gate3.
j And the sailors considered that the :
| biggest feather in their cap since they
[helped ?tart the Kaiser's fleet to the
[bottom of the Atlantic, the scrap heap .
lor wherever that discredited fighting |
! mach i ne is destined to stop. By even- ?
jing they were telling it to everybody !
, who would listen along Broadway and, j
since every attraction the city had was ?
thrown open to the sailors, the story '
was tol?j many times to interested audi- j
enees.
Presented Stirring Picture
But the informal homecoming of the j
fleet did not prevent it from present?
ing- the most stirring picture as it
moved up the bay and into the river
?before the eyes of countless thousands
?of workers from the skyscrapers of
I Lower Manhattan, released for the
j noonday lunch hour.
Tho nrst glimpse of the victory fleet
i came when two airplanes, flying low
i over the water, drew attention to the
| flotilla of destroyers that preceded
the bupcrdrcadnoughts. There were
khirfy-two in this division of low,
graceful fighter?, whose sleek sides
and "lovvning guns carried a convic?
tion of speed and effective action.
Then came ?. baker's dozen of dread?
noughts, with the electrically-driven
Mississippi at the head. The ship's
band was playing and jackics stood at
attention along the rails as the ship
pasted tho Statue of Liberty shortly
aftsr noon.
The nearest approach to a formal
welcome came when, in passing the
harbor guard monitor Amphitrite, a
?mall calibre weapon barked out the
I admiral':! salute of seventeen guns.
; Later on tho Patrol, carrying Mayor
. Hylan and members of the Mayor's
J Committee of Welcome to Homecoming
?Troops, passed the dreadnoughts and a
.megaphone welcome was called out. It
'was said that tomebody aboard the
Mayor's craft, megaphoned a well
warded greeting to ?each ship. But,
'hero was a high wind, the sailors' eyes
(lj?M trained on the jagged skyline of
fManhattan, and nobody could be found
-who heard what was said.
Flier? Hover Over Ships
About the big fighting phips. a? they
i moved up the river, flew the flocks of
airplanes, hydroplanes and other aerial
eraft, keeping close to the Bhips like
hungry gulls. Close behind the Missls
?alppi came the Nevada, the Oklahoma,
tie Wyoming and the Pennsylvania,
lfl? 1a??ihip of the Atlantic fleet.
Admiral Henry T. Mayo, in command
thfr fleet, stood noon the bridge and
wav?<l a greeting to the city from afar.
He wan as delighted at the prospect of
potting his foot on Manhattan soil as
,*." *he most homesick gob in the. scr
y?es, and he took no pains to conceal
'*? Moreover, he admitted responsi?
bility for the eleventh hour burst of
P***** tnh*' Perrrt'tted the ships to reach
nere a day ah<-ad of schedule and turn
,the programme for ?vitertainmnnts
"fte men wanted their full two
weeki of fun, so wc got hero, in time to
g?* ?t to them," he said with a smile.
J***e behind the admiral's flagship
?*?? the New York; th?! Texas, upon
*ao?'i runways two aeroplanes were
Mam-/ visible from the shore; t.h?
SfMas, the Arkansas, the Utah, tho
?PW?, the North Dakota and the
u?*Ware. Then came ten submarines
~?t effective fighting arm of tho navy
*nat is ?aid to be doomed by ?ho U ague
?ti nations pact,
Bubtnarlne Ump* Into Port
2*e of the ten O-boats was unable to
*?*? pace with Its sister ship? of the
tt?4*rnrater fl-et, and a tug was aum
??'??'J to convoy it to I? : berth, it was
?Pi? ?*?? how?ver, that the limping!
"?ft had met with no mi?h?p, but was
?*mp',r*r.-ly oui fJf commission because
?? *'? obstinate iatarna) mechanleml
seat would be repaired this morning.
thfr,
'?m? another divisi?n of
* .T- ?i.-j.,i.i-r il l vir?in.'l '11
U ?"'yf:L't' "??k'n? the total of ?hip?
sfi ?!<. f?,.t.f j?j-j V/V,(r. ,hf?y ha<J (.aHt
?? !*?t naudhook Into the bottom <d
*M Hudson. By evening the line of
tUmVivii.'A on paye flvi
if t'iu '-.?ri aa?r? <???
?-1 r*tt teveet ffhfia yon ?*v?i.
A*i> t>,r unr>l'<,)ire m
mhn *tiiif g/ tu., h H ..il- Advi,
?
Fleet "At Honte" Every
Afternoon Till April 30
\7"ISIT0RS will be received on all
tbe ships of tho fleet, each after?
noon from 2 until 6 o'clock.
Launches will carry visitors from
the Manhattan nnd New Jersey
chores as follows:
New York Side
Fifty-ninth Street Landing?Savan?
nah, Delaware, North Dakota and
Florida.
Seventy-ninth Street Landing?Utah,
Arkansas, Texas.
Ninety-sixth Street Landing ? New
York, Pennsylvania, Wyoming and
Oklahoma.
129th Street Landing?Nevada, Mis?
sissippi.
158th Street Landing?Rochester, Co?
lumbia.
New Jersey Side
Fifty-ninth Street Landing?Dochra,
Cuyma, Maumee, Bridge, Bestal.
Seventy-ninth Street Landing?Sol?
ace, Comfort. Shawmut.
158th Street Landing?Nearly all the
destroyers.
Stolen Nuts
Poison 50 East
Side Children
Surgeons From Gouverneur |
and Volunteer Hospitals |
Treat Many Youngsters j
Suffering Intense Pain |
More, than fifty children in the "Lit- :
tie Italy" section of the lower East j
Side were found violently ill from the |
effects of an unknown poison said to
have been contained in packages of
nuts stolen from the back of a pedler's '
wagon in Cherry Street last Monday ;
night. Until after 10 o'clock surgeons j
from Gouverneur and Volunteer hospl- j
tais were kept busy treating children j
taken to the hospitals by parents. The
patients suffered spells of vomiting j
and complained of severe pains.
Children playing in Cherry Street '
stole several bags from a pedler's |
wagon. They found nuts that resem?
bled peanuts, but the shells were thin- l
! ner and the kernals dark, and had a
j peculiar taste.
In most of the houses between 200 :
I and 400 Cherry Street children be- i
1 tween the ages of four and eight years
. were found to be Buffering effects of '
I the poison. Four cases were discovered
at 102 01i%'er Street, by Patrolman Ed- i
; ward Wavel, of the Oak Street station,
I who called an ambulance.
Dr. John Nemschusen, of Volunteer
? Hospital, found Pasqualo Valente, six ;
; years old, and his brothers Tony, sev- j
en, and Frank, eight, and a chum, j
James Alfano, eight, so ill they could '
i not tell what they had eaten. They ;
mentioned "pills'* and "castor oil," but :
' the surgeons believe the children also j
1 had feasted on the myterious nuts.
Dr. John J. O'Connor, admitting j
i physician at Gouverneur Hospital, said !
last night that some of the nuts had j
been obtained from the children and i
sent to tho Board of Health for analy- ,
sis.
The police believe the" nuts were a ?
kind used in manufacturing dyes and
were being carted to a laboratory in
tho neighborhood when the bags were i
taken by boys.
At the hospital it was said none of
the patients is in a serious condition. I
Many of them were sent home at mid- j
night.
Influenza Boosts
i
Insurance Rates
Companies to Make 10
Per Cent Increases to
Protect Policy Holders
Special Correspondence
PHILADLPHIA, April 14.?A general ,
increase in life insurance rates that ?
may average up to 10 per cent of pre- ;
vailing rates is about to be put into !
effect by most of the companies, in- ,
eluding the mutuals, partly as a result
of the heavy toll of life taken by the |
influenza epidemic.
Insurance mon said they anticipate
? continued heavy death raten from in- (
! fluenza and kindred ills for at least !
j two years. Increases in rates, it whs
said, are necessary for the protection ?
: of old pollcyhol'ders,
- .? i ?,
?New York Phynician
A Suicide in Chicago
CHICAGO, April 14.- Dr. James" W.
Martin, 122 East Thirtieth Street, New
York City, shot himself to death
in a shooting gallery at 4.'54 South Slate ?
Street to-day.
He picked up a rifle and fired six
; shot? at the target*. As the clerk
turned away he heard another shot. He
faced about in timo to se? the doctor
[ fall to the floor, ?The bullet had pierced
the brain.
It WH? said that Dr. Martin had been
? United1 States customs in ?pec tor at
New York since Junuary, 1U1H.
Hinting in India With
KiirofM'atiH Among Slain
LONDON, April 14. then ha* been
rioting at Lahore and Allahabad,
India, with some Iohh of life, Including
Kur/ipfun?, according to ? KOVemntent
utatewnt U> Parliament to jgy
Knowing of
'Bribe' Deal
i.
Charles (,. M. Thomas, of
Consolidated Gas, Says'
He Made No Offer of
$100,000 to Thompson
Burke Says Senator
Asked S15JW0 Loan
Shouts'* Family Affairs
Discussed in Testimony
I - in Burlingame Inquiry
ALBANY, April 14. ? Nicholas F.
\ Brady, lighting and traction magnate,
and Charles G. M. Thomas, treasurer of
| the Consolidated Gas Company, denied j
i under oath to-day in the Burlingame
investigation ;ill knowledge of ary at
; tempt to bribe Senator George F.
! Thompson witn the promise of the
] nomination for Governor, or the oxis- '
! fence, real or contemplated, of a cam- ;
| paign fund of $500,000 for the Niagara
; legislator.
Thomas denied emphatically lie ever
had offered $100,000 to Senator Thomp- ;
son, as the. latter testified, to start a .
trust company in Senator Thompson's
home town of Middleport.
Brady said Thompson came to inter?
est him in a water power scheme, and
to show him that he was a "regular
fellow," as well as to talk about trac?
tion matters.
The talk on traction matters, Brady
sard, took place on March 1, shortly
after the introduction of the Carson
Martin bill, which seeks to confer
power on the public service corpora
ti "is to increase street car rates re
gardless of existing contracts.
Burke Springs Sensation
The sensation of the day was fur?
nished by Richard H. Burke, tne seller!
of street car supplies, who was named ;
by Thompson as the man who came to :
him originally with the bribe offer.
Burke, who denied this story under '
oath last Friday, madti the following
allegations to-night under oath on be- i
ing recalled <is a witness before the '
Senate Judiciary Committee:
That Thompson asked him to bor- ;
row $15,000 so that the Niagara ?
Senator could float a furniture com- ?
pany, and that in search of this sum
he went to counsel for the Interbor
oug'a and the Consolidated Gas Com?
pany.
O That Thompson, following an in?
? terview with Mayor Hylan, pre- \
pared an attack on the streetcar lines '
of New York City.
*_> That Thompson sought the aid ?
**?of John I). Rockefeller in further
ance of the water power project pre- ?
viously testified to by Brady.
?i That Thompson destroyed docu
? ments containing charges made
against Theodore I'. Shonts, presi- i
denl of t.'ie ?nterborough, by Mrs. |
Shonts and her daughter, the Duchess i
de Chaulnes.
Thompson Denies Seeking loan
Following Burke's testimony Sena- '
tor Thompson made Ihe following;
statement :
"The statement of the witness Burke !
that I sought to finance a furniture :
company through him and .Judge
Boardsley has no foundation in fact.
It is made out of whole cloth and will
be emphatically denied when the
proper time comes, as will other por- I
tions of the testimony that do not
jibe with the facts."
Former Governor Charles S. Whit
mun, who, Thompson charged, dangled ?
the governorship before him as the i
price of his support of the Carson-Mar- I
tin bill, telegraphed fhat. lie could not i
be here to-night, but would be able to
appear when the committee summoned j
him. He was invited to attend to- ''<
morrow's session. Governor Whitman ;
has also denied Thompson's charges.
Regarding the interview in which ho
says Thompson asked him to help raise
a loan, Burke testified as follows:
"This -was in 1917 (when the Thomp-,
son committee was investigating the
traction interests in New York City) !
and Senator Thompson was with three
gentlemen at the Biltmore organizing
a furniture company.
"Senator Thompson said fn me that
he wanted to borrow $15,000. I said: |
?Why can't you asK your bank?' He j
said: 'You can't get. that much from a I
small bank.' He said he was president
of the Middleport Gas and Electric
Lighting Company and he could offer
the stock as collateral,
"I wenf to the office of Judge Beards
ley (chief counsel to the Consolidated
Gas Company) and said: 'I have got a
perfectly legitimate offer. Thompson
wants to borrow $16,000.' Beardsley
said: 'I would not lend Thompson fif?
teen cents.' One day I went down to
Mr. Stanchflold'a office and T think 1
talked to him about the $15,000. I am
Continued on page seven
X. Y. District
Loan Quota
Vh Billions
Three Warships on Cruise
From San Francisco to
'New York to Mark
Campaign's Progress
Secretary Glass
Speaks To-night1
Head of Treasury De?
partment to Outline the
Plans to Drive Workers ,
Tli" New York district's quota in the j
Victory Liberty Loan will he $1,350,
000.00". the Treasury Department an?
nounced yesterday. The allotment of
this district in the fourth loan was ;
$1,800,000,000. A proportionate reduc- j
tion in the quotas of other districts
was made.
Of the $4,500,000,000 to be raised in
three weeks beginning next Monday by
the sale of Victory notes, the New York
district, will be asked to furnish 30 per
cent of the total. The quotas in dol?
lars and in percentage of the whole of I
the other eleven Federal Reservo dis- \
f riet follow: Chicago, $652,500.000(,
or l-i'L' per cent; Cleveland, ? 150.000,- !
000, or 10 per cent; Boston, $375,000,
000 or 81-3 per cent; Philadelphia,
8 1-3 per cn?; -. Francisco, $301,- i
500.000, or 6 7-19 per cent; Richmond,
3210,000.000, or 4 2-3 per cent; St.
Louis, $195,000,000, or 41-8 per cent;
Kansas City, $195,000,000, or I 1-3 per ;
ci ?>,. Minneapolis, $157,000,000, or 3% :
per cvni; Atlanta, $144,000.000, or;
3 2 10 per cent; Dallas, $94,500,000, or
2 i -10 PT C'.Mli.
Cruise to Mark Progress
To illustrate the progress of the
campaign to enlist these dollars of
victory, the navy will send three war- '?
ships from San Francisco to New York
via the Panama Canal, and they will
advance as rapidly as the inflow of j
subscriptions permits. The. goal of
Victory Harbor?New York?will he
reached as scon as $-1,500,000,000 has j
been subscribed.
The first ship will leave San Fran- I
cisco on April 21, the opening day of ?
the campaign, and will be met. by a
destroyer at San Diego. A second de- j
stroyer will join them at the Panama
Canal. j
Rear Admiral Cowie, Naval Liberty i
Loan officer, will each night obtain from ?
the Treasury Department the day's ;
subscriptions to the loan and by radio
will instruct the commander of the
Victory ship to proceed a distance in
proportion to the amount, of the sub?
scription. The distance to be covered
exceeds 5,000 miles.
Rally of Workers To-night
This will be the day of the Liberty
Loan worker in the pre-campaign pro?
gramme l'or the Victory Liberty Lean.
Organization meetings will be, held all j
over the city during the day, and in
the evening Carter Glass, Secretary of
the Treasury; Benjamin Strong,:
chairman of the Liberty Loan Com?
mittee of this district, and Admiral
W. S. Sims, L*. S. N., will address a
mass meeting of loan workers at tiie
Metropolitan Opera House.
Secretary Giass reached the city '
yesterday morning and conferred with'
officials of the Federal Reserve Bank
during the day. He is stopping at the ;
Biltmoro Hotel.
Announcement was made yesterday ,
that the personnel of the Central Lib?
erty Loan Committee will bo unchanged
during the fifth drive.
Distinguished Women Enlist
Mrs. John T. Pratt again will serve
as chairman of the Women's Liberty'
Loan Committee". Among the dis?
tinguished women who have enlisted
in this district for the campaign are:
Dr. Margarette Parry, of the American
Woman's Hospital in Paris; .Mrs.
Frank Hunter Totter, bond sales ex?
pert; Corporal Katherine Baker, of the;
surgical service in France, a winner;
of the Croix de Guerre; Mrs. Maude
Ballington Booth, of the Salvation
Army; Miss Josephine Daskam Bacon,
the writer; Miss Jane Addams, Miss '.
Elisabebh Marbury, Mrs. Julian Heath,
Miss Grace Bissell, a nurse in the
American hospital in Paris; Mme. I
Catherine Breshkovsky, "the Little
Grandmother of the Russian R?volu- ?
tion"; Miss Ruth Morgan, of the Red
Cross in Paris, and Miss Katherine !
Stinsi n, the flier.
Divisions of the "Panorama of Vic- j
tory, Staged by Your Army," that will
march down Fifth Avenue on Saturday, !
May 3, will he mobilized at Van Cort- !
Iandt Park, where a tract of 1,132 acres j
for the massing of men and material
has been made available.
Irish Progressive League ?
Hisses Name of Wilson j
?Meeting ?leid at Amsterdam Op- j
era House to (Commemorate j
Dublin Riots
President Wilson's name was hissed '
last night at a meeting in Amsterdam
Opera House of Irish freedom advo?
cates. The meeting, called to com-,
mem?rate the third anniversary of the
?aster week riots in Dublin, was held;
under the auspices of the Irish Pro
groi Ive League.
It. was during a speech by Peter
Golden, president of Ehe Irish 1'rogres- ;
,ive League, that, mention of the Presi
denl brought forth hisses from tho
audience.
"All these wonderful humanitarians
are gathered around the peace table in
Paris," he said. "President Wil- !
son-" here the volley of hisses in
torruptcd him.
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Call Germans on Apr. 25
To Pay 25 Billions Cash
Besides Enormous Initial
Payment in Gold and
Bonds, Germans Must
Yield Further Sums
More Than Half
Goes to the French
Mines of Saar Valley Are
To Be Owned by France
and Plebiscite Is To Be
Held in Fifteen Years
PARIS, April 14 (By The Asso?
ciated 'Press).?One hundred bill?
ion gold marks ($25,000,000,000),
is the amount Germany must pay
the Allied and associated govern?
ments for losses and damage caused
in the war, plus other billions to be
determined by a special commission
on which Germany is to be repre?
sented.
This is the final and definite con?
clusion which has been reduced to
writing after weeks of negotiation
which took a wide range and in?
volved frequent changes and modi?
fications. The payment of the. 100,
000,000,000 gold marks is to be
divided into three distinct amounts,
as follows:
FIRST?Twenty billions within
two years.
SECOND?Forty billions during
thirty years, beginning in 1921.
THIRD?Forty billions when a
commission shall determine how it
shall be done.
Germany, Responsible,
Must Pay Damages
In view of the fluctuations
through which the negotiations have
passed, an authoritative statement
was obtained to-day concerning the
final terms of the settlements. This
sums up the conditions as follows:
Germany is at the outset held
generally responsible for losses and
damages in accordance with the
President's fourteen points and the
Allied response at the time the ar?
mistice was concluded. To deter?
mine the extent of the payment un?
der this responsibility a commission
?p set up to take testimony, assem?
ble data and arrange all details of
the payments from the enemy and
distribution among the Allied and
associated powers.
While the commission will admin?
ister the details of the payments,
sufficient is known to permit the de?
termination that an initial payment
will be required of 20,000.000,000
gold marks, payable in two years
v/ithout interest. It has also been
determined that 40,000,000.000
gold marks shall be payable in
bonds extending over a period of
thirty years, beginning 1921, with
a sinking fund beginning in 1926.
These 40,000,000,000 marks draw
2% per cent interest from 1921 to
1926, and 5 per cent interest after
1926.
Commission Will
Fix Further Damage
In addition to the foregoing pay?
ments, Germany will also be required
to deliver additional bonds for forty
billion marks, when the commission
determines that this shall be. done.
These .three payments of twenty, forty
and forty billions bring the total to
100,000,000,000 gold marks.
Beyond this total, the commission
is empowered to fix anything further
that may be required to cover Ger?
many's indebtedness.
"In other words," concluded the
American authority who framed the
terms and furnished the foregoing
summary, "a commission is set up with
power to collect from Germany to the
utmost of her capacity to pay, within
the limitation of her indebtedness."
It is in the gold mark that all pay?
ments are expressed in the final terms.
This excludes depreciated paper marks
and fixes the standard of payment in
gold. The gold mark is worth about
the same as the English shilling, and
In-fore the war was quoted at 22K82
American cent.-;.
.">.% Per Gent May
Go to the French
The allotment of tho 100,000,000,000
marks among the Allied and associated
powers has not yet been finally de?
cided, but a tentative arrangement
makes the allotment of Prance about
:. par rent of tho total; Great, llritain's
Hutment between ?SO and 80 per cent,
( 'onthiued on page three
%
Rhine Question Solved to
France's Liking; Forts Stripped
"pARIS, April 14 (By The Associated Press).?It was stated in
authoritative quarters to-night that a satisfactory agreement
had been reached on the question of the Rhine frontier, thus re?
moving the last of the chief obstacles in the way of the treaty.
M. Clemenceau, the French Premier, called on Colonel E. M.
House of the American peace delegation to-night and expressed
himself as entirely satisfied with the settlement. This indicates that
the French will secure guarantees which will protect them ade?
quately against renewed German aggression.
The agreement is believed to include complete demilitarization
of both banks of the Rhine, extending twenty-five miles east of the
river and throughout the German sections along the west bank, in
which there will be no fortifications, no troops and no conscription.
World Designs
Of 'Reds' Told
By Dr. Hillis
! Secret Instructions Sent to
Agents Everywhere to
Stop at No Means
to Spread Unrest
Dr. Newell Dwight Hillis, pastor of
Plymouth Church, of Brooklyn, in an
address yesterday in the Marble Col?
legiate Church, Fifth Avenue and
Twenty-ninth Street, told of a secret
Bolshevik circular sent to soviet
?gents in every country.
"The confidential instructions sent
' out by the Bolsheviki reveal peril of a
?world conflagration," he said.
"There is now in the hands of the
Ukranian staff of Berne, Switzerland,
a document called 'G?nerai Instruc?
tions' to the Bolshevik agents in every
country. This paper was obtained
through counter espionage service, and
forms part of the record of a meet?
ing of the Ukrainian leaders on De?
cember 20, 1918. The original was
translated by Dr. Serge Persky, and
the certified copy came to me through
C. D. Wood, of Berne.
"Dr. Persky writea that at the be?
ginning of November. 1918, at a pri?
vate council held by L?nine, in which
TroUky, Joutkovsky, Radek and Tchit
cherin took part, general instructions
were drawn up for agents of the
soviets abroad, and were sent immedi?
ately by couriers.''
He Quotes Ihe Document
Dr. Hillis quoted the document in
question as follows:
"To representatives of the Republic
of Soviets abroad:
"General Instruction.
"A?International relations:
"1. Support chauvinist movements
und national conflicts.
"2. Provoke agitation in order to
bring about international conflicts.
"3. Make attacks on representatives
of foreign powers.
"4. Thanks to such action, internal
disorders and collision will be encour?
aged and agitation strengthened in the
interest of the Social Democratic
Party.
"B-?Internal politics :
"t. Compromise the reputation, by
no matter what means, of influential
men.
"2. Attack those in power.
"3. Provoke anti-governmental agita?
tion.
"4. Stir up general and partial
strikes.
"5. Destroy machinery and boilers.
"6. Spread propaganda literature.
"7. Collisions will be facilitated so
that we can seize power.
"C?-In the economic domain:
"1. Provoke and support railway
strikes.
"2. Blow up bridges.
"3. Do everything possible to dis?
organize transportation.
"4. Hinder the shipment of wheat to
the towns.
"5. Stir up financial difficulties.
"(i. Inundate the market with false
bank notes.
"D.--Results:
"1. These actions will bring about
economic troubles which will lead to
inevitable catastrophes.
"2. Then the coup d'etat will meet
with the sympathy of the masses.
"E.?In the military domain:
"1. Strong propaganda among the I
troops. Stir up conflicts between offi- j
cera and soldiers and provoke attacks !
upon superior officers.
"2. Blow up arsenals, bridges, rail
I roads and powder magazines.
"3. Seize shipments of raw materials
| destined for factories.
"4. In this way the complete con
| fusion of the army will be brought
about and the soldiers will adopt the
workman's programme.
Spying and Searching
"F?Search and spying in conformity
with the requirements of Mar time.
"I. Strategic search and spying in
the army, in fortresses, in factories;
exact estimate of armed ierres and
their morale.
"2. Tactical search and spying on the
front and In the Interior,
"3. Search and espionage in fli" navy,
movement? of squadrons, naval docks
and bases."
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n.-niPtnlirr VKNt'S I'KNCII,?.?Advt.
Japanese Hold
Five American
Missionaries
i Four Clergymen Arrested
in Capital of Corea in
Connection With Revolt, j
According to Dispatches
SAN FRANCISCO, April 14 (By The
Associated Press). ? Four American
missionaries in Seoul, capital of Corea,
have been arrested by the Japanese in |
connection with the Corean revolution, j
according to information received here '
to-day by the Rev. David Lee, general :
manager of tho Corean National Asso- j
ciation branch here.
The missionaries arrested were
Dr. John Thomas, Dr. C. R.-Avison, Dr. j
J. I. Ludlow, and Dr. J. W. Hirst, ac?
cording to the information made public
by the Rev. David Lee. The information
was first received by Mrs. Fawns, of
Wilmore, Ky., daughter of the Rev. Dr.
Thomas.
WASHINGTON, April 14.?A Tokio |
dispatch to the State Department re- j
ports that gendarmes took from the i
Severance Hospital at Seoul, an insti- |
tution maintained by Americans, three j
Corean patients suffering gunshot
wounds inflicted by the police.
Surgeon's Protest Not Heeded
A surgeon protested vainly against !
the action of the police. The superin- I
tendent of police charged the prisoners '?
! were criminals and that the action of
the gendarmes was in accordance with
| the law.
This incident took place last Thurs?
day, the dispatch from Tokio having I
I been delayed because of Facilic cable j
? conditions. The State Department has !
? ordered an investigation of the inci- ;
| dent.
SEOUL. Wednesday, April 9 (By The
?Associated Press). ? Corean indepen
! dence agitation continues in the prdv- [
i inces. The Japanese are repressing it [
I severely, with the result that there
j have been many additional casualties.
! Seoul is quiet.
Representations to the Japanese :
authorities by L. A. Bcrgholz, the
American Consul General hero, against
Japanese in civilian dress carrying ,
clubs, have had a good effect. Foreign- ;
ers have been assured by the police
that all such persons have been or- j
dered off the streets.
Missionary in Prison
Dispatches from Pyeng Yang. North I
Corea, under this date, say that the
Rev. Eli M. Mowry, of Mansfield, Ohio, ;
an American Presbyterian missionary,
who was arrested by the Japanese on j
a charge that he permitted the use of
his premises in the. furtherance of the '
Corean independence campaign, is held
in prison there and is well treated. He .
has been permitted to see his wife.
The report that Dr. Ansel \V. (Julis,
of Mount Pleasant, Iowa, was arre..-ted
by the Japanese was, it is learned, un?
founded. He was not arrested, although
his home war. searched by the Japanese. ;
Hoffman Forces Sweep
Soviets Out of Munich
Socialist Regime Established
une! ?T?ilfrr Start? for
Poluml To-day
PARIS, April 1!. A proclamation by i
the Bavarian government announce? '
thai thi garri on n( Mu? ich has
away the Soviet fore;:.; that the re i
glitte of Herr t?offman has been re- i
established, and the transportation of
tho Polish General Mailer's army i
aerosn Germany for Poland will atnrt I
April If..
Teutons Are Summoned
to Appear at Versailles
for Discussion of tit?*
Terms of This Peace Part
Future of Levant
Said To Be Fixed
Syria, With Damascus
and Alexandretta, to Go
to France, and Armenia
to Care of United States
PARIS, April U.?As a result
of conferences between Premier
Clemenceau and Prince Fcisal,
son of the King of the Hadjax,
the Allied programme in the
Levant ?$ reported to have been
decided upon. Under the reported
agreement France would obtain
Syria, with Damascus and Alex?
andretta, and the United States
would get Armenia.
The use of the words "obtain"
and "get" in the above dispatch
apparently does not. mean that
J. France and the United States are
to acquire the territories, but that
I they will become mandataries
I over them.
PARIS, April 14 (By The Asso?
ciated Press).?A statement by
President Wilson in behalf of the
Council of Four says that the ques?
tions of peace are so near complete
solution that they will be quickly
and finally drafted.
This announcement was contained
in an official bulletin issued to-nighi,
which added that the German pleni?
potentiaries had been invited to meet
at Versailles on April 25.
The President hopes that the ques?
tion of Italy, especially relating to
the Adriatic, will be brought to a
speedy agreement. The Adriatic
question will be given precedence
over other questions.
The settlements belonging espe?
cially to the treaty with Germany,
the statement says, will thus be got
out of the way, and at the same timo
other settlements will be completely
formulated.
Wilson Pred i cl* a
Quirk Agreement
The text of President Wilson's
statement follows:
In view of the fact that the
questions which must be settled
in the peace with Germany have
been brought so near a complete
solution that they can now quick?
ly be put through the final process
of drafting, those who have beer,
most constantly in conferenc"
about them have decided to ad?
vise that the German plenipoten?
tiaries be invi'.cd to meet the
representatives of the associated
belligerent nations at Versailles
on the 25th of April.
This does not mean that the
many other questions connected
with the general peace settlement
will be interrupted or that their
consideration, which has long
been under way, will be retarded.
On the contrary, it is expected
that rapid progress will now be
made with these questions, so
that they may also presently be
expected to be ready for fina!
settlement.
Adriatic Questions
To Get Precedence
It is hoped that the questions
most directly affecting Italy, e>
pecially the Adriatic questions,
can now be brought to a speedy
agreement. The Adriatic ques?
tions will be given for the time
precedence over other questions
and pressed by continual study to
their final stage.
The settlements that belong es?
pecially to the treaty with Ger?
man; will, in this way, be got out
of the way ?t the same time th?'
all other settlements are being
brought to a complete formula
lion. It is realized that, though
this process must be followed, all
the questions of the present great
settlement are parts of n singio
whole.
Pr?sident Wilson md Premier or.
latido c inferred for four and a lui If
in-day on the Adriatic question?
btli did not complete their vmoK. whirl}
will be resumed Weduesds.v tnorntiifs.
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