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WEATHER
Rain To-day; Fair To-morrow. Fresh
to Moderate Winds.
En II Report on I'a^e S
Till JRSDAY, APRIL 17, 1919
. ?^ l In Greater New York and
TU O CENTS within commuting dUtanre
THREE CENT!
Elsewhere
Jobs Sought
For 20,000
Service Men
Kirchwey Says 40,000
Soldiers, Sailors and
War Workers Will Be
Out of Work by May
Employment Found
Foi- 2.700 in Week
80 Business Concerns|
Aid Government Plac?
ing Discharged Heroes
;'? ?': States Employment Ser
? nounced yosterdav that 20,000
soldiers, sailors and war worker?- were
, ut of work in this city now, and as?
serted that the number would be "al
? doubled" by the. end of the month
because of the increasing numbers dis
rharged from service. Dr. George W.
Kirchwey, director of the employment
service in this state, expressed the
opinion ihn', despite the organization
of employers 1o cooperate with his
service and with welfare organizations
?.he task oc finding the required jobs
v.vuld be no light one.
??The twenty-four office? of the
Ccited States Employment Service in
:bis city placel 'J.700 men during' the
we?k ending April 12," he said, "and
st present we are redoubling our ef?
forts in these offices as well as giving
our heartiest cooperation to the joint
movement of all the organizations en
jaged in caring for the unemployed."
Employers Are Aiding
More than eighty organizations of
DS3inesa men are represented on the
Employers' Council for Soldier Re-em?
ployment, which is cooperating with
the United Council on Ra-employmerV
composed of the war work organiza
. Preparations for the task that
will confront them with the return of
the 77th Division are being made. Next
week the combine:? re-amploymer.t
forcea will open offices in the second
and third floors of the Hungorford
Sudding at Lafayette and Worth
streets.
Thrtjurh chambers of commerce,
boaVi? of trade and --'inilar bodies.
represented on the employers' council,
virtual '. every business man in the '
city will be notified of the qualities of
; who are hunting jobs.
Represi tl - of the following or?
ganiza- already actively en
Cue campaign to ob?
tain por:' ??':.- " the returning men:
Merchai ts' Association, New York
r of Commerce, Brooklyn
Chamber of Commerce, Queens Cham?
ber of Commerce. Bronx Board of
Trade, Harlem Board of Trade, Fifth
Avenue Association, New York Retail
Grocei ' Association, Wholesale Mer?
chants' A sociation. Retail Drygoods
. New York Produce Ex?
change, Wholesale Bakers' Association,
Metal Trades Association,
Furniture Manufacturers' Association
of New York, Kastern Millinery As
Bociation, Franco-American Board of
Commer Industry, Swedish
Chamber of Commerce, Executives'
Club, (2nd Street Business Men's As?
sociation, Staten Island Civic League,
Mercantile Association, Ameri?
can Ci' ifacturers' Association,
American Paper and Pulp Association,
ip Builders' Associa?
tion, Building Trades Emoloyers' Asso
?
Hie eight > organizations already
having tation on the Employ
oldicr Re-employment
d during the present
week by practically every group of
mi n wl o have not yet selected
their n pre ?- ntative,
Pleased by Cooperation
"I am delighted," said Dr. Kirchwey,
of the city are
irsonal responsibility for
en fighting their bat?
tles oversea . [t is the duty of .
assume personal re
although 1 agree entirely
*.:tr' ? ? the Interior Lane
,:"r; ' ' at it is a clear obli?
gation 0n the part of the government
iba for returning
?oldie? . ors."
Says Fight to Make
World Dry Is On
Sp?cial Corre.fpor.dene?
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help the fight for world
tion in four ways. This
of Dr, Charles Scanlon,
secretary of the Presbyterian
Board, who has just re
E i ropo, where he v,ai in
prohibition leaders
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cai ?n said, the foui
ted in wnich America can
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Jobless Soldier
Takes Poison
Nicholas Petri, Gassed in
Argonne. Despondent
Through Lack of Work
Nicholas IVtri was passed in the last
back-breaking week of the war. He
was a member of Company I. 311th In?
fantry. The Lightning 'li.vision, of
which th>- 311th is a unit, took up the
job in the Argonne where the Liberty
Division left off. Pctri was gassed
November ?"..
IK? obtained his discharge February
18 and pot a job in his former capacity
as longshoreman. His lungs still were
weak and he had to give up the job.
He couldn't find another. He had be?
come so moody that his mother, Mrs.
Evelyn Petri, hesitated to leave him
alone. When she went out yesterday
she left her twelve-year-old son, Theo?
dore, ivith Nicholas in their homo at
262 Sixtieth Street, Brooklyn.
When she returned Nicholas liad sont
his younger brother on an errand and
lay across his bed unconscious. Near
him was a bottle which had contained
lysol. He was taken to Kings County
Hospital.
Flan Tent Colonies
If Rents Go Higher
Newark Folk to 'Camp
Out" Rather Than Pay
More to the Landlords
NEWARK, N. J., April !6. Mayor
Charles P. Gillen, Captain Charles ('.
Beardsley, formerly attached to the
313th Infantry, and William .1. Morgan,
special investigator uf the Mayor's
Rent Profiteering Committee, held a
rotu'eronce to-day to take steps to solve
Newark's housing problem. It was
their belief that the first of May. when
there is to be a general increase in
rents all over the city, would see the
problem of the householders become
most, acute.
As one solution the 'Mayor's Com?
mittee was authorized to arrange for
tent colonies throughout the city. The
Board of Education will be asked for
the use of the asylum grounds and the
owners of every piece of vacant prop?
erty in the city, as well as those who
have vacant loft buildings, will be
listed in order that they may be called
on to provide living space for those
who may be forced out of their homes
throuph the agency of dispossess war?
rants.
6 Assemblymen
A rres ted at S ho w
ALBANY, April 16.?Six Democratic
Assemblymen were placed under ar?
rest at a local theatre to-night by
Harry Haines, sergeant at arms of the
Assembly. The prisoners were enjoy?
ing the performance of "Oh Boy'' when
Haines arrived.
All six were formally arraigned be?
fore the bar of the Assembly, but on
their promise not to absent themselves
from another session until the Legis?
lature adjourns they were permitted to
take their -rats without a reprimand.
They explained that the party was
in honor of nti" of the six, Assembly?
man Christian J. Me Williams, of
Brooklyn, who had jus? become en
paped.
Burke Says He
Acted as Agent
For Thompson
?Senator Always the One
! Who Sent Him to Make
Appointments With (?as
and Streetcar ?Magnates
Wanted S o m e thing
i
|
Tells of Arranging Lunrheon
With Brady, at Which
Latter Thanked Legislator
Special Corrcepondcnce
ALBANY, April 16. Richard II
Burke, who was accused by Scnatoi
George V. Thompson, of Niagara, ol
having offered him "up to $500,000" il
he supported the ('arson .Martin bill
which confers power on the Publii
Service Commission to increase street
car fares regardless of existing con
tracts or franchises, continued to-daj
ins testimony before the Senate Ju
diciary Committee.
The sum of Burke's testimony wa
that all his visits to officials and law
yers of the lighting and traction com
panics of New York City were made
at the request of Senator Thompson.
"Thompson," said Burke, "pave mi
the impression that he wanted some
thing, and he thought I was the bes
man who could pet it foi him.''
Burke to-day 1 old of other corpora
tion officials he tried to interest ii
Thompson's plan for an investigatioi
of so-called "Death Avenue,'' in Nev
York, naming, among others, A, II
Smith, then president of the New Yorl
Centra! and Ira Place, counsel to thi
road.
Thompson Demands Subpoena
When Burke finished and was abou
to depart Senator Thompson said:
"Don't let, him go without a suh
pcena. I want to examine him."
"I object to Senator Thompsoi
cross-examining me!" shouted Burke
"The Deputy Attorney General i
capable of doing that."
"1 want him put under subpoena s<
he won't get out of the state," insistei
Thompson.
"That's a joke," retorted Burke. "
I won't, run away."
The Senate Judiciary Committee
?night, however, decided not to permi
Senator Thompson to cross-examin
Burke except through counsel. Sen
ato?- Burlingame, chairman of th
committee, moved that Thompson b
compelled to pay for his own -counse
At this there was a protest and ii wa
finally determined to have the slat
pay the expenses of counsel.
The committee decided to hav
Burke cross-examined Friday.
Senator Alvah H. Burlingame, chair
CuMli-o.inrl r,:,' n,,r,? ci ?
Smith Agrees
?c5
To Help Avert
Harbor Strike
Tie-lp of Port Scheduled
for This Morning is Put
Over to Permit Further
Efforts for Adjustment
(ioiiferrncp Is Arranged
Army, Navy, Unions, ?Ship
ping Hoard ami Owners
to Send Representatives
The general harbor strike, set to be?
gin at ti o'clock this morning, was
postponed last ni^hl until Saturday, in
order I?. (jive all of the parties to the
I controversy an opportunity to meet
' und seek an adjust menl.
Tlu- first conference will be held to
1 day. This was arranged by James L.
Hughes, representing the Department
of Labor. There will be present ep
resentatives of the army and navy, the
railroad administration, the United
State.- Shipping Board, the several boat
owners'associations, the Marine Work?
er ' Affiliation, and. possibly, of Gov
- rnor Alfred K. Smith.
Governor Smith was asked to in
tervene and promised assistance. A
committee of the strikers sought his
influence by telephone late last night
and he promised to confer ?sil h a del?
egation of strikers in Albany to-day.
lii-- decision to postpone the strike
was forced through the strike commit?
tee only with difficulty by Thomas L.
Delahunty, William A. Malier and F.
Paul A. Vaccarelli, who have be m in
charge of the negotiations between the
affiliation and the railroad administra?
tion, which ended in the order of Tues?
day to strike this morning. These
finally made ?t clear that in forcing the
resumption of negotiations they bad
obtained as much as they would by
striking, as the end of every strike
must be nego' ?at ?on
While this was satisfactory o the
majority, a minority member insisted
they were weary of negotiations and
that, negotiations Or HO negotiations.
thej would strike Saturday unless a
settlement is agreed upon in the mean
t im..?.
The Announcement yesterday morn??
nur that the strike would begin to-day
was followed by active preparations on
the par' of city officials to meet any
situation that might arise. <>n Staten
Island, employes on the f cries were
warned by the Districl Attorney's of
e, that ' hey would be pros. < uted
under the conspiracy statute if they
?truck. Borough President Van Name
.... .; n d res idenl -? he re would be no
dearth of transportation.
I'!i' i'o1 ice i lepa ; - ment a ' 50 preDared
to handle sue 1 boal? as might be put
oui of commission by the strike, by
( 'onlinued on page six
Allies Agree to Feed Russia
If Bolsheviki Quit Fighting;
Lloyd George Sways Commons
Neutral' Commission Is
to Distribute Supplies
on Condition Soviets
Shall Cease All Warfare
Freneh Expected
To Aeeepl Plan
??i
Reservations Made by the
Paris Delegates Are To
He Considered To-day
PARIS. April 16.- An agreement
was reached to-day by tin- associ?
ated powers to bend food to Russia
iindor neutral control, but the!
French represcntaives made sev?
eral reservations wnicn will lie con?
sidered to-morrow. H see m.- likely,
however, that the objections will be
overcome am! that the relief work
will be pressed rapidly.
The agreement stipulates that
the Bolsheviki must cease hostili?
ties.
Tin: relief work will be in charge
of a commission headed by Dr.
Fridtjof Nansen, the Norwegian ex?
plorer. The other members will be
citizens of Scandinavia ami Switzer?
land. $
Anti-Red Faction Oppose It
The revictualling plan is not ac?
ceptable to MM. Bakhmeteff, Sazo
*iof?. Lvoff ami other Russians form?
ing the commission representing the
Ko'chak ami Denikine governments,
who regard it as recognition of the
Bolshevik government and as giving
the Bolsheviki authority to spend
money from the Russian treasury.
But t'?e members of the council took
the position that flBe better class in
Russia, who are being starved by
the Bolsheviki, must not be allowed
to die, as they are necessary for the
regeneration of that country.
The various political objections to
semiin.tr food to Pqtrograd'and Mos?
cow have gradually been weakening
recently, ami the 'members of the
Supreme Economie Council take the
position that t.he/';.m il lions of Rus?
sians about to starve must, be fed
on humane grounds, regardless of
political considerations. This posi?
tion has been strengthened by the
general indisposition of the Entente
power? .and the United States to
send more troops into Russia.
Plan Offered by Nansen
Fridtjof Nansen, the Norwegian ex?
plorer, who is regarded as one of the
best informed authorities on the Rus
sian situation in Europe, formulated a
plan whereby Moscow. Petrograd and
other starving cities of Bolshevik Rus?
sia were !o be fed by the Allies. The
Allies were to supply the food, and the
ships and distribution of the food was
to be carried out by a commission of
ne utrals.
Mr. Nansen contended that the only
way to conquer the Bolsheviki was by
giving them food, and that armed in?
tervention would only enable the Ro!
sheviki to strengthen their position po?
litical!.?' with the Russian people. Mr.
X: nsen was supported in his plan by
William C. Bullitt and Lincoln Stef?
fens, the two American investigators
who have recently returned, from Rus?
sia.
Treaty to Curb
Narcotic Menace
Sen- York Tribune
S} ecial Cable Service
I. ,,.,??: it;'.'. 1310. N - " V rl< Ti ibune i ne. i
PARIS. April 16. The peace treaty
will contain nearly 150,000 -.voids, and
will be drafted in English, French,
German and Italian. It will include
besides the league of nations covenant
the international opium convention of
191.', whose operation was prevented.
WASHINGTON. April 16. The in?
clusion I the international opium con
vention in the peace treaty is believed
by State Department officials to be in
recognition of the untiring efforts
made by the late Dr. Hamilton Wright,
the American expert who spent several
years in negotiation with foreign gov?
ernments In formulating some agree?
ment by which habit-forming drugs
could be controlled. The convention
provides a commercial ban against any
country which persists in growing
poppy and other plants from which
opium and morphiu?Aaro made.
The convint ion w|m signed original?
ly b> the United States, the Nether?
lands, China, Norway and Honduras,
At the second session at which its
provision-, were discussed, twelve na?
ilon;, signed. The outbreak of the
war, however, prevented further ef?
fort by Dr. Wright and his associates
m procuring the acceptance of thu
convention bj othor nations, i'b.? ?n?
clusion of i be agreement in the peace
treat?,, however, will make the ?*c: in?
ternational and operative in curbing
the production and the use of hurt
lui drues.
Allies Agree to Dismantle Helgoland
? ONDON, April 16, The council of four, says Reuter's Paris
J correspondent, has decided that Helgoland shall be dismantled
and, as far as possible, destroyed.
Sew . orle Tribun'
Special Cable Service
ii ,p righl 1919 N??s V. rk Tribun? Inc )
DARIS, April 16.?It ?s probable that the German delegates at
Versailles will be permitted to discuss only the methods of pay?
ment of reparations, and will be required to accept the remainder of
the treaty, although, naturally, they will be granted time to dispatch
messages to Berlin for consideration there. This will, of course, take
a number of days, causing-, perhaps, a minimum of a fortnight's
delay.
It is also understood that Germany will be required to engage
herself to sign a clause agreeing to accept the treaty to be made
subsequently with her former allies, and the annulment of her former
preferential commercial treaties with them.
Allies Want Clemenceau
U. S. to Hold Wins Victory
J
Constantinople In Chamber
They Believe Such a Move .Deputies by a Vote of 334
Would Do Away With j to 166 Sustain the Pre
Dispules; Wilson Bulks, mier When a Vote of
at Mandatary in Turkey Confidence Is Asked
PARIS. April 16 i By "I he Associated ,
Press i. There is 'ho greatest uncer?
tainty concerning the disposition of
'lie Turkish empire. The Entente ap?
parently is anxious to have the United ;
?States accept Armenia and Cilicia as ?
E mantatary, but the American dispo
sition toward this proposal has not !
boon indicated clearly, The future of
Constantinople has noi been deter- I
mined, although gome 9? the American ,
delegate.- would prefer to have the'
United States take charge of it rather
than of undeveloped territory and con?
vert it into a mode! city with modern i
dock? and ideal sanitation.
The British, French and Italians ap?
parently are willing to have the Unit?
ed States take over Constantinople, as
this would avoid disputes which might
result from European jealousies. The
British have about 150,000 troops in
the Turkish empire now, while the
French have only 1,500 '.here.
The desirability is now being d
cussed of having a separate commis?
sion tvovr. each of the live big coun?
tries go into the orient and investi?
gate Syria, Palestine and Armenia,
rather than have joint commissions
do this work.
?.?
Belgium Won Id Not
Try Kaiser Alone
PARIS, A-pril 16 By Thi Associated
Press i. The Belgian delegation to the
peace conference to-day informed the
correspondent that Belgium had not
been officially requested by the Council
of Four to bring the former German
Emperor to trial, and that the Belgian
government would feel obliged to de?
cline to take the step even if Caere
were any request for such action.
The Belgian delegates hold that any
action should be taken by a commission
representing all the associated powers.
The official Belgian view, it was said.
is that the former Emperor cannot be
arraigned for declaring war or violat?
ing the neutrality ?f Belgium or for
any act preceding or coincident with
the declaration of war.
"If the commission desires to ar?
ia.;;:'. General Baron von Mantueffel
iuv the sacking of Louvain, General
yon Sch?ocder for the murder of Cap?
tain Fryatt and, General von Sauber
?cweig for the execution "f Miss Edith
Cavcll, all ihe necessary documents
will he forthcoming." said the (?enera!
Secretary of the delegation. "But Bel?
gium ?iee? noi seek revenge, it wants
only justice. It woutd be small sntis
fac! ?on t ) I ck up I he Kaiser for a
few months in the St. (idle Prison,
and those who have reported that such
revenge has been offered Belgium a<
a solace for her wrongs have sad y
misunderstood the Belgian character
if they thought it would be acceptable.
"The only case in which die personal
responsibility of the ex-Emperor for a
criminal act committed in Belgium
could be established beyond doubt is
m the atrocities attending the depor?
tations of civilian- and compelling
them to do forced l?oor in Germany.
In this case his responsibilty is un
questioned."
Foe *8 Decision Not
Likely Before May?
PAR?S. April 16 (By The Associated
Press?. The Entente delegates to the
Peace Conference believe Germany will
require at least one week after receiv?
ing the peace treaty before it can be
digested and an answer prepared, and
also that the delegates will need about
four days for travel between Bei n
and Versailles and return. Conse?
quently they express thi opinion that
it is hardly likely that Germany's an?
swer will lie available b< fore May 6.
Austria-Hungary, Turkej and Bui
par i u probably will be summoned to '
Versailles a fortnight afin- Germany
to consider their peace treaties, which j
temporarily nre overshadowed by thr? ?
German ncsro?al i on .
PARIS, April 16 ; By The Associated
Press). The Chamber ot Deputies to
lay by vote of 334 to 166 expressed its
confidence in the government on a
question whether France's conditions
:>f peace should be made known to
Parliament, after Foreign Minister
Pich?n had declined to outline the de?
tails o?* the peace?preliminaries until
the treaty had been signed.
The usual calm marking the morning
???ittings of the Chamber, where elec?
toral reform was under discussion, was
broken by Deputy Andre Lebey, repre?
senting Seine-et-Ois<\ who, seeing that
M. Pich?n, the Foreign Minister, was
jresent. asked the minister on what
lay he would accept an interpell?t ion
jn the conditions upon which the gov?
ernment cvould make Known the term?;
jf peace to Parliament.
M, Pich?n replied that he was will?
ing 'o be interpellated immediately,
but that, he refused to give any details
of the peace preliminaries. These the
Minister added, would be submitted
for ratification by Parliament as soon
as signed. He th?n asked that the
mailer be dropped, making it a ques?
tion of confidence in the government.
The House, after some heat?d speeches,
supported M. Pich?n by a vote of 334
to 166.
?VI. Pinch?n, during his address.
pointed out that to submit the peace
preliminaries to Parliament before the
signature of the treaty, would be un?
constitutional, that it would be sub?
stituting legislative for executive
power. Thereupon Jean Bon. Socialist,
interjected that the German govern?
ment at Weimar would know the terms
before the French Chamber of Deput ?es
Later the same deputy shouted that
Premier Clemenceau had betrayed th-,
count ry.
M. Pich?n reminded the House be
'ore the vote was taken that the gov?
ernment deserved well of the coun
ry. He recalled that M. Clemenceau
tad given warning that France woulc
iave to make concessions. The For
:ign Minister added that if more ex
ended declarations were made in ar
VUied parliament the Chamber ot
deputies might ask for further ex?
planations on Friday.
A demand for a secret sitting of the
ihamber was rejected bv a vote ol
$41 to 158.
The Budget Committee of the Charn?
ier yesterday unanimously adopted ?
resolution demanding that .complet?;
?eimbursrment for all damages due t(
he war he exacted of enemy coun
.ries, with priority for reparatioi
claims. To assure the payment of in
iomnity up to Germany's presen
ibility and future possibilities, it wa;
lemanded that effective guarantee
tnd pledges be secured.
1 7 Executed for
Bolshevik Plot
ARCHANGEL. April 16 (By Associ
ited Press ). - Seventeen persons hav
.?een executed on charges of espionag?
conspiracy and treason as a result o
liscovcry late in March, cf an organ
tat ion in Archangel which planned t
leliver the town and garrison
Bolsheviki, it is announced in th
official Russian newspaper pubiishe
here.
Investigation? proved that two off
dais c\\ the military control divisio
if the Military Registration Denart
rnent. three soldiers ?nd four civiliar
belong to the organization. Sonic >
hese confessed. Two civilians were i
custody of bombs which were to b
?sed when the proposed uprising begar
It was established also that a nor
commissioned officer was collecting mi
tary information in Archangel to con
municate with the enemy.
Parie '"Niglit Life*' Achanced
l util Nearly Midnijili
PARIS. April 16. A decree issued b
the Prefect of Police to-day perm-.
?.-.taut-ants, cafes, saloons, theatre
?oncert and motion picture balls an
?-her places of entertainment to r?
nain open until 11:30 o'clock at night
lliij n Bah? Kiiml
? mi- Book I? i Hut? *??<*
?inn invcBtment? Send for it
John Mill? ?t l ?>.. 61 11???.? -A! t.
Attacks Lord Northcliffe,
Hammers Bolshevism
in D e fi a n t. Merciless
Speech in the House
Says False Rumors
Almost Caused War
Declares R u s si a Must
Save Self and Warns
World Faces Big Perils
By Arthur S. Draper
New York Tribune
European Bureau
(?Copyright, 1919. v?n- Torh Tribuns ?nc ?
LONDON. April 16.?In all hi?
long and dramatic political career
Lloyd George never has made a
speech so effective ,ip that which he
delivered before Parliament today.
Defiant, merciless and confident, the
Premier swept away all opposition
and carried the Commons with him.
His triumph may he compared with
that achieved by a great orator
faced by a cold and critical audi?
ence whom he finally moves tu lift
him upon their shoulders.
Lloyd George spanked hi? critics.
He thrashed XortholjfTe and he ham?
mered Bolshevism. From the inter
national point of view these are the
salient points of this remarkable ut?
terance :
The situation is still full of
perils for all countries.
The peace conference will
neither recognize the Bolsheviki
ror embark on a military expedi?
tion against Russia.
The peace settlement will be
based on the fourteen points.
The league of nations, instead <>f
causing delay, has saver) time in
the formulation of the treaty, for it
sets up machinery which can han?
dle controversy hi the future.
Without it, many more month- <>r
negotiation would be required.
N'o body of men ever worked
m greater harmony than the
delegates to the conference. All
wild rumors of discord are with?
out foundation, in fact.
The circulation of rumors since
the peace negotiations began
came near causing two Allied
countries to go to war.
Moderation, security, continued
peace an? no further bloodshed
are the aims of the British dele?
gates.
Demands Complet?
Confidence of House
The Premier demanded the com?
plete confidence of the House.
without which, he said, he would
not return to Paris. He offered no
apologies. A'lthoufrh he did not
threaten a general election, ho
plainly indicated that he was pre?
pared to go to the people for a vote
of confidence. The Conservative
opposition to him, so loud a few -
days ago, died to a whisper.
"I would rather have a good.
peace than a good press," he said,
in denouncing the Northcliffe press
for sowing discord between Eng?
land, France and America.
Lloyd George compared North
cliffe to a grasshopper, declaring
that the newspaper owner was ac?
tuated by disappointment, and sur
gesting thai vanity had turned his
head. The fierceness of this attack
is due to the Premier's belief that
the "round robin" sent to him
originated with the publisher.
Marks Parting of
Ways With Northcliffe
He intimated that Northcljfl ?
. wanted to be one of Britain's peace
delegates. Sometimes ironical and
sometimes brutally frank, Lloyci
George assailed his old friend and
adviser as civilian is rarely attacked
in the precincts of Westminster
It is necessary to record this fact,
because it marks the parting of the
ways, and hereafter Northchffe,
who is a great power, may be ex
; pected to attempt to defeat the
. Premier's policies.
Declaring that an attempt to con?
quer Russia would cost untold sums
of money, the Premier said Russia
must work out her own salvation.
He said he was hopeful, for at fh*
moment all that could be done was
to strengthen Poland. Csecho?
' Slovakia and Rumania until they