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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23. 1919
TlV?? rKVT*
. In Greater New York and | THRJTK CF.KT?
Wires Closed
To Criticism
Of Burleson
Both Postal and Western
Union Refuse to Trans?
mit '?World" Story on
the Postmaster General
Officials Here
Act as Censors
Decline to Accept the
Article for Transmission
to Papers ??Other Cities
Mew York "'World" this morn?
ing prints the following:
"In the issue of "The World" of
Monday last there was printed a
fairly complete and comprehensive
analysis of the conduct of the Post
Office Department by the Postmaster
General, the Hon. Albert Sidney
Burleson.
"In accordance with the terms of
existing contracta, "The World
offered to transmit by telegraph the
|e, dealing with the adminis?
tration of the Postoffice Depart?
ment under Mr, burleson, to the
owing newapapers :
' ..i iiu.i.t'hl ( M?i>-. . ' U.-puhli
?iii,' 'The Newa," of Pallas, Tes-]
? lin; i u.um. i' of Cincinnati, Q,j
? i he t I'n'r-i' of Hnitalii.N. V ; ' i he
pi Indianapolis, (nd,i 'The.
i, .i.,,!..-' of Minneapolis, Minn j 'The
I -I..I-. of \l.i. nu, im. ; ? I he
K ? ?? . 11... um i1?.- ???? ', eVIbnll) i N \',\
11,, t;. v ?ewV ; pokane Palla, w ?ah ,
Ml.H li. I .'.. ' I,... In '.. \\\ 'Ihn
I fin.|H| Aim" ?I,' \U inphi . I i fill .
?' ?I .,, I I inn. I , .' I'm ,,Mln. t til! ,
i'li- Uiuilil.' Halifax, N 8.1 I lit!
! oil dt), ? 'hm.
\ . hedule? p&t'Aphfa dug the
'??.nil m i thai 'The W.-irld' uned
ever the article and glvrng n brief
? .? of the charai ter and scope of
it uns prepared by the niu'ht manager
of 'The World' News Bureau, and ad?
ised in the newspapers named.
"The schedule read as follows:
"3 Washington Siobold Burleson
ired as snoop, trouble-maker, dis?
ganizer, autocrat and arch-politician
Office employes call their chief
Irivcr, convict laborers having
bi ? ? i on his farm- ?Vlisgovern
nail syi tern alleged He is
litcd with having put national
oi through 5,000 .words'.'
"The representatives of the two
raph companies in 'The World'
office submitted the Burleson schedule
to their respective chiefs, Night Man?
ager Coney of the Postal and Leip
ir.ann of the AVcstern Union.
"Those officials said last night that
they had passed on the matter and
i against sending it over the
operated by their companies.
reason advanced by them was the
ir; thai the article described by
lie 'appeared to be improper.'
authority of Congres-, sind
gh Executive designation by the
dent the telegraph and cable
systems of the country are under trie
control of the Postmaster General.'1
Burleson Is Accused
Of Spying on Wires
Postal Company Official Says
That "Gag Rule" Is Used
to Threaten /*,' m plores
1. le ral Burli m, ac
, to the Postal Telegraph ?'able
hed an espionage
?ysiem o-' tKe company's lines. It is
cnarged employes of the company are
beir;,' told by the Postmaster General's
representative in control of the com?
pany that they must not criticise any
of Mr. Burleson'? acts or express any
unfavorable opinion of his control of
the corniiany's lines.
It also was learned that Mr. Burleson
nas suppressed the company's monthly
?tan, the, "Postal Telegraph," which has
wen circulated among the employes
??r the last ten years, and has stopped
wl literature circulated by the com
.:.;>,e , and the public
ition of Burleson
lii i J Pi egai , ecretai y
?f | . d \ i ?terdaj :
i.. pre ?en ?
,'ui.lay
, :,.i of nur litera
. f?nd the publie
which
i-, ; -. m'a i "H
*?*?! ? .. i ti ol Burle
,'
< all? ?I "GaK itul*''
r ml?,' bttt n* wattur h??w
""?A*1 be j.lare.n in (ho way,
** till Mnllnue m muir-avnr to ht?'it
?** ?Iii.U Amnitoii publia flf?rnn??l
?f )>.? MniiflUMl ai?t>iH(iia lit wree.k Ilia
nf it., fu-i,,) Tr|r>|traiih
*f?'rrh In |l,r .ni. ful ,?( M,r> (lull |'*>in
'****? hrnl WottlfMi fninll Trl*>|fr?|ih
a MI a.
IB IrlHltlofl In Ihili ft ?yslcm of punt
... ni..) on
would -Im - '-"ut i" the
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' . opinion of Hut" '
v > ,,,,? exprei Inn u< I
Wfiion, ., ,,.p?,t(,,j ,,, o,, postofflce
'?? itrnt-nt by Huileson'a ?pies and
Continued on prie/* tir,
"H?l>jt,\ r,?|/i? t*lim troth firmly If,
' %-?A?, ' : ''''"?* *'-"'; *?r"*f '?'*': ?t ?'l*?*tt'SV
Nation Eager
To 'Finish Job'
On Loan Drive
Enthusiasm Marks Race of
Federal Reserve Districts
to Roll Up$4,500,000,000
Needed to Pay for War
Americana throughout the land nave
! enthusiastically .set out upon their task
of settling their war bills. Reports to
Victory Liberty Loan headquarters
from all parts of the country indicate,
; officials believe, that the people per
i ceive the urgency of the final call for
funds by popular subscription.
The system for tabulating results is
such that the official statistics lag at
least a full day behind actual pur?
chases at the thousands of improvised
sales tables of Uncle Sam. The
Treasury Department was in possession
last night of returns from only five of
the twelve Federal Reserve district:!,
covering the opening day of the drive.
The national total, with seven re
, serve districts unreported, was $116,
077,000. This figure includes only
, those subscriptions actually filed at
i the Federal Reserve banks, and
j ignores the large pledges made by cor
, porations and wealthy individuals.
Ship Sail? 300 Miles
Estimates on tho aggregate sub
icribed or pledged in all twelve Ved
\ eral Reserve Districts varied greatly,
but the Navy Department was opti
I mistic enough to order tho U. S. S. Mar
blcliiad, which is to measure the prog
:- . of the campaign in a voyage from
Ban Francisco t<> New Noil., io cruise
300 miles in the hope that jaOO.000,000
liad been ubi oribed,
'i m "Victory Ship," as it ?a known,
is parrying a "Victory Letter" from
Mayor Rolph, of Han Francisco, to
Mayor HyUn of New York,
I he hi >i Official figures placed the
hiilmrripiioii , roe Un New Y ink Re?
serve dlnlllrl |.t, Ifl0i00a,f|0fl toi lin.
iifiHOinu day of ?ne funilmlgn, Thn
total i,|nn\ . Hint n,mu 7 (if Hie Inrga
?jedifei imv(i not sut been converted
lui'? A.lUftl union tipiltitiH, on which Hi*?
fir? i in pel eenl of the emounl i? jmid,
DlelrleU' PI ret Iteporl
Other dliti let? were ?- poi ted ?* ful
I-"' lltxiion, ?III,i, ,|,. Hi Lmii-i,
I I .U'l,.I? < 'I-' ??Inn.I. I..U1 ,.'n'ii, llleh
m-li.l, | ,1 iw.'. 'I hi I I."ill . dl '
? h II h i' I nil ??! hei ni i Im loin i h
Lihei i v loan ? nmnalgn, repoi tod thai
I lie OUllO-k V.1W bHghl nil.I llnil ?M
Illinois, i''' Mi"'"m i, elghl Arkansas
iiii'l tWO Indiana COUntlo? in the dls<
trlct already hud exceeded their quotas,
in tin- second Fedoral Reserve Dis
Continued on page five
H?ll,,. A WM-hlnston Hun<l_y ICxnimlon
?n? ;?.?? I?/??). (.-?ir_i. Ai/rii ;:;. liai round uisv
_*.??? _:>?v,-/ ?".. KkliMU-jf inld-ls?t.?AxltW
? S?)cialist Aldermen
Refuse Vote for Loan
i . _
SOCIALIST members of the Board
of Aldermen refused yesterday
to vote for a resolution calling upon
the people of New York to support
the Victory loan "to the very ex?
treme of their financial means."
Algernon Lee, who acted as spokes?
man for the Aldermen of his party,
gave as his reason for a negative
vote the alleged reactionary ideas
of Commissioner Enright, which, ho
said, were reflected by Mayor Hylan,
m upholding the Police Commission?
er. He quoted Enright as saying:
"The war is over over there, but
it isn't over over here."
"That his meaning might be per?
fectly clear," Mr. Lee continued,
"he further declared the power of
his department was to be used in
waging 'a war against radicals' here
in New York."
Governor Smith
Ousts M'Dono ugh
ALBANY. April "".-The suspension
I of Thomas II. McDonough, of Troy,
' Superintendent of Public Buildings, was
announced to-night. The superinten
j dent, who was appointed early in Janu
? ary by the Trustees of Public Build
I ings, was suspended by Governor Smith
I this morning, it was stated, and the
i trustees confirmed the action to-night.
The reason given for the action was
| because of what was termed an excea
i sivo expenditure for work on Agricul?
tural Hall.
The suspension, it was stated, virtu?
ally means the dismissal of the super?
intendent. Governor Smith took sum
1 mary action earlier in the day before
leaving for a vacation at bis homo in
New York City,
This statement was issued following
the meeting to-night:
"it came to the attention of uk
| trustees of public buildings thai Su
perintfiident 'I. II. .Mi'Ponmifcrh, whr
| hud been authorised to have certain
painting done m a room on the first
floor of Ihn Agricultural Hall, had, ii
the opinion of the trustees of nuhlh
building?, authorUfd an exeeilive n\
pendlture for the work and materiell
..mi oui of proportion to thn propel
innl iiiM'f.MtH'y eont of lb? work.
"The bill for the work hen been <IU
approved by ihr trustee? of publl
ImililingM."
Wendel Hender^ n member of tin
executive tlepartmenl staff) wee ap
pointed Retina superintendent,
'i iM' expenditure euthoi I ed by I hi
superintendent, which caused the ne
i ion against him, Involved only a hi
ib? more Ihnn $ 100, It wa * undei tood
Mr. McDonough was named by th
board of trustees as i upcrlntendonl oi
January 0 after much agitation on th
part of Albany Democrats to land th
position for a local man. The salar;
in !fr>,000 a year, but the position ciirrie
a large amount of patronage. Mr. Mc?
Donough ha? been a Democratic leadc
in Troy.
77th Division
Entire To Be
Home May Day
Vanguard of New York Men
to Reach Ambrose Chan?
nel on the Aquitania
Early To-morrow Morning
The vanguard of the returning 77th
Division, speeding here on the Aqui?
tania, is due to reach New York to?
morrow. The swiftest and largest
liners afloat are bringing the remainder
of New York's own national army men
back to their homes, and by May 3, it
is expected, the last of them will have
stepped on American soil once more.
Late last night Sable Island reported
that the Aquitania, the foremost of
the transports carrying the Metropol?
itan Division, had signalled and prob?
ably would reach the Ambrose Chan?
nel at 6 to-morrow morning.
Although no definite date was set
for the parade of the division, a sight
all the city has been looking forward
to, it is reasonably certain that it will
take place in the first week in May,
within a few days after all the troops
are landed and sent to nearby camps.
Following a conference with Major
General Shanks, of the port of debarka?
tion of lli'boken yesterday, Lieutenant
Colonel Douglas Campbell announced
at the headquarters of the advance
party of the 77th Division at the Bilt
more that the division would bo sent
to Camp Mill3 previous to the parade
and from there to Camp Upton for de?
mobilization.
BREST, April 22. Men of the rM2d
Ammunition, Supply and Sanitary
trains of the 77th Division are clam?
bering up the sides of the President
Grant this afternoon from lighters in
Brest harbor. In a few hours they
will be on their way the last of the
squadron of hig transports curry?
ing i lie metropolitan division across
the Atlantic. The New Amsterdam
and President Grant will both lift an?
chor to-night and the whole 77th
should be in New York for May Day.
There haa not been a hitch m the
embarkation schedule, and American
pint officers and officers nf the 77th
?in rongi'iituluting each other on iho
efficiency with which tin? work has
hewn done,
"their own mothers won't know
?on?? of thane buys,' one of thu of?
hcur? unid ihis morning, The? were
bronxed und italwarl and ieft?eonft?
limit, and till h outfit (hoir L.H probably
ara neavmr than whan (hey )uii.l...l in
t'ranoe, heeaiiaa of tha souventn (hay
gathered, there wai nui a man who
deemed i o fed i he load. '
The officer added i "You might Ml
lite ?hoe me roll an Is ?f New York thai
there 11 going lo be a pressing de?
man? for eboul ?10,000 pafis of Shoes,
i uan vouch inv It thai the heads of
these Now York boys have hot grown
larger, but I'll swear there Isn't one of
them who can crt back Into the shoes
he left behind him.
"And while pointing that out, why not
suggest, one way In which New York
might, show Its gratitude lo the men
of the 77th Division? If merchants
would give them rut rates to get
started on (hey would bo doing a
{nighty fine thing,"
Compromise on Fiimie
Near s as Italy Weakens;
S Vilna Taken From Reds
L?nine Admits Poles
Have Recaptured City
and Also Control All
Rail Lines to the South
Two Other Russian
Towns Are Captured
Paderewski torees Said
to Have Broken Ukrai?
nian Front at I.eniberg
LONDON, April 22.- The important !
city of Vilna bus been recaptured from
the Bolsheviki, according to official ad?
mission in u Russian wireless dispatch,
The message reads;
"The enemy attacked with consider?
able forces m the Vilna region, pierced
our lines mid occupied the town."
Polish troops also have captured the
importent railway centres of Hura?o
Vichi and NoVPgt'odeki BOUth Of VTInu,
edvieea from War-saw saj All th??
railway line nom Vilna south to Uida
h in Uni bun,H nl Ihn l'oins,
i in i he i aui.ei a sector I he Polea ai e
reported In have broken through the
Ukrainian front.
\ w m< Office .iii.ni an (he up
l-i ni min m \??l ! Il 11 !-> ni ? :i\
"iiiMiiMal \|-i-, ii\i i io.nuuandlu) i <???
AIui'iiinh-iiv iitici-.i reporta (bal in are
ee.nl ull en live on Lake \ Igo? ei o the
enemy lost 08 .silled ami 8_ taken pris?
oner, A train with retreating Hol
Bhevlki was badly damaged by Bhell
Ili'C. The captures included tWO fu'UI
?un., live machine guns and 7.000
shell.1?."
The Siberian army of Admiral Kol
chak's government in making an ad?
vance of _?0 miles in live weeks on the
Ural front has achieved a success
which endangers the entire Bolshevik
I position in Eastern Russia.
According to advices from Omsk, the
Siberians are now within 1U0 miles of
ihe Volga, the most important river of
Russia, and the new successes on the
River Kama, in the centre of the 400
mile front, make untenable the Bolshe?
vik positions east of the. Volga. The
Bolshevik troops opposed to the Allies
in North Russia and those facing Gen?
eral Denikine in South Russia are af?
fected seriously by the advance.
Loyal Russian Army
Is Nearing Petrograd
\ Allied ?orces Within Striking
Distance of Lake Onaga;
Bosheviki in Full Flight
ARCHANGEL, April _! (By The As?
sociated Press).?Ky an advance of ap?
proximately twenty miles southward
over a road paralleling the Murmansk
Railroad line, about thirty miles to
the east, Russian troops operating with
the Allied Murmansk force have reached
?a point within easy striking distance
i of Lake Onaga, which is connected by
?a chain of lakes and canals with Pct
; rograd.
The advancing troops attacked Voj
I mosalma, which is thirty miles east of
: Urosodero, on April 17. and took the
| village. They then pursued the Bol?
sheviki down the main road toward
; Povienets. Th?' enemy made a stand
at Petrovinki and Yam, but wore at?
tacked, twenty-eight of the Bolsheviki
| being captured and the enemy suffer
; ing a large number of casualties in
?l.iiled and wounded. The Allied cas
j ualtie-. wore light.
Continuing their slow advance down
j the Murmansk Railroad, the forces of
1 the Allies are now approximately ten
' miles south of Urosodero.
i The Archangel front is quiet. 'A
heavy snow fell on Easter .Sunday, but
the thawing of the rivers has not been
retarded.
Omsk Government ?Vou?
lu Full Control* Cables
To Agent Here Declare
\. .\. Sack, director of 11 u tin? sign
I lnform**'ion Bureau in the Irnited
States, made public yeaterda; ?i series
of cable be lias re? ei\ ed f? om Om? i..
(?ni' payai "Our offensive in the direc?
tion o? Kasan progresses splendidly,
in the capture of Sarapoul sve have
taken. _&,00Q prisoners, 8,000 rifles, 900
railroad eftrsi 39 mi-' guns, an armored
train ami a ?.mi-mi quantity of ?m
munition?"
Admiral Rolehak, Ihe head of Um
Omsk government and commander in
chief or the Russian armies, issued
Hin following erdei i "Siberian and
western armies al the beginning of
Mm, ii Btai led an of?i nslvi >? iln il the
f?olaehevtsl troop? and defeated the
enemy on all I ""'?' \ ? s re nil of
the declah t? ai i ion oi ? ilianl Ml bei Ian
und ?v esle? n .i mb : and l lie iklll dii
iiin\ ? tl b.\ I he . ommandliii oflieei -, i he
ii,,i hevtkl tire re? i'enlliiu i n >"'it uaion,
lea\ mg al I i he i r upplli ? to us, I
! I hunk I In? i.Milan' olltci I' ntill rien of
? Siberian und we ?lei n armies 11 ; thi
courage, perseverance nnd rapidity dit
; played In I heir action."
I r Vnil 11;?" ,' mollOJ BUll !l IM" ,"'
Victory MhiTl> Notes -through ui.
if \ nu n,-.?.i mon. y. we will buy
?Mlirr Liberty HoimIiv- from you.
iliibu Muir & Co., HI U'way.?Aclvt.
Wilson Will Ask Senate to Pledge
U. S. Aid to France if Attacked
By Frank H. Simontis
DARIS, April 22.?President Wilson'.; league of nations, with its
amendments, designed to meet American criticism, has been ac?
cepted by the Paris conference; but this league of nations settlement
has been fortified by twu guarantees, one precise, the other contingent.
The British have agreed that if the Germans shall violate the
terms of peace as they have now been agreed upon and send troops
across the Rhine, the British will move forth to the Continent to the
support of France.
Mr. Wilson has promised to appeal to the American Senate to give
a similar pledge for America. He has not gone outside of his Con?
stitutional rights. He has made no promise which would subject
him to criticism. He has done nothing but promise to place the situa?
tion before the Senate and ask it to agree to underwrite the treaty to
be signed by the Germana in a fashion which the British already
have premised to underwrite.
(Copyright, ?919, by the MoCluee Newspaper Syndicat,.
Bolshevism Nourished
In the Hotel de Cri/Ion
How Sympathy for the Cause of L?nine
Hadiates brom the Headquarters of the
huerican I* e a e e Delegation in fttris
rWlNIS article in Hi, MHUlt "/ eollolhiKllion hi
g IictA n if .'ttttt)' earresjioiitli ni ni The THbUUC
mu? if well known publicist, The tricts, marc
orer, are verified hit one whose political usefulness in
tjie fight against Bolshevism might he impaired if his
Irlsjiltirll li>,i.f.i t1i\n*ti\Oiiti
PARIS, April 11, If the American!
people wish seriously to combat Bol- |
shevism they should begin at the Hotel
de Grillon. They should know why;
sympathy for Le nine's cause radiates
in all directions from the headquarters :
of the American peace delegation. They
should inquire into those influences
which, as Oswald Garrison Villard,
editor of "The Nation." says, are mak?
ing the Allied and American govern?
ments lean toward a recognition of
Soviet Russia.
No one knows the whole true in?
wardness of this amazing situation.
But there are events that run together
like the parts of a serial story.
The first instalment begins not at
the beginning, but dramatically with
the return of William C. Bullitt and
Lincoln Steffens from a special errand
to Russia.
They went as emissaries of the
American government. Americans in
America did not know of this mission
until it was completed, but in Paris
it was known to all and was commented
upon by the press- a press which wore
no blinders.
The Bullitt-Steffens report has not
been made public. Lloyd George, in a
speech before the House of Commons,
referred to the rumors concerning it,
and said it could not have been very
Important, since President Wilson had
never seen fit to produce it for the
information of the Supreme Peace
Council. Be that as it may, the re?
port made a deep impression upon the
collective mind of the American peace
delegation, and has undoubtedly moved
it to think of an amicable Sfttlement
with L?nine. The scheme of feeding
Bolshevism took form immediately af?
terward.
One may gue^s something of the
character of the report from the tem?
perament and predilections of its au?
thors.
Steffens once surveyed Mexico and
wrote that the. Mexican peon pointed
the way to salvation for America;
that he expressed the ideal of democ?
racy. About a year ago he Went to
Russia. En route there ho talked with
Russia:' Bolsheviki and expressed pro
Bolshevik opinions freely. He went
home and lectured on behalf of this
new gospel of world salvation. His
sentiments were undoubtedly known to
the American government, yet either
in spite of them or because of them,
he was sent back to Europe in a quasi
official capacity, and ultimately went
off with Bull i 11 to Russia to produce
a report on Boshevism for the Ameri?
can peace commission. Steffens's state
of mind is important. It is but a mat?
ter of days since he urged one Amer?
ican writer to remain in Paris for the
great French revolution which he set
down as unavoidable and held forth the
pro.speet of great bloodshed. It is not
likely that the French government is
unknowing in the case of Steffens.
Bullitt is scarcely more than a youtr
?in his early thirties. The officia
roster of the American peace commis
sion some time ago showed him to be ii
charge of a division known as the divi
sion of coordination, and he has beei
referred to as the great coordinatin)
genius of the peace delegation. Visi
tors to the "state department" in Pari
have been told that Bullitt is in charg.
of relations with the Socialist an.
I labor movements. By way of showini
| his qualification for such an importan
j post?-a post that would rank abov
any ambassadorship in the America
service at this moment?it may be sai
?that Bullitt, scion of a very wealth
family, has never made any origins
I contribution to Socialist or labo
thought or literature, and so far as i
known, has never had any connectio
w th either movement.
, Among Bullltt's various duties wi
the duty of establishing relations wit
Jean Longuet. Longuet, French Si
! cialist majority leader and Bolshev
Continued on next page
Hungarian Soviet Overthrown;
Budapest Is Swept by Rioting
, PARIS, Api il -'- i H.v The Associated
, Press), Hela Kun'a Soviel govern-,
ment has been overthrown at Buda?
i pest, according 10 ?n ofllcial wireless
I message received here to-day. Rioting
j and pillaging are going on in tba city,
AMSTERDAM, April 38 The Run
garlan _.v.rament headed bi It??.*
Kun has resigned under pressure of
Rumanian troons. according te a dli
patch to the ? entrai New ? from Vienna
tjiioi iin- i ? per! " ? ' ? " ? i
i,? serial mail from Rudapest. chaos
ml i ?? pre?, ?i ' ? i: ,?
, upltnl
In:? DON. Ap,.' __. I eli Ki n tin
Hungarian Foreign M i ni s ter, in a tele?
phone mes.? age to Vienna, forwarded
through Copenhagen by the Exchange
Telegraph Company, denies the ac?
curacy of roports regarding the politi
i al crisis ..i Budapest He Baya that
the Communists aie htui exercising
the i ,'ii tatorship and are successfully
ug the opposing forces, even
gaining ground,
BUDAPEST, Apni v.- iiv ih? Ame
eiated Preis,), Amid ? violent mow?
it?rai iii? elty is phivarin-f with drc?di
With stray ihoti fnllinu un? ?he tiiy
whar*? ?No ?i the nienaet ?buhim iha
bourgeoliie by looting Red guarda, who
,v holding the bourgeoisie ieppon?ihie
?i i !ii m i\ * -?vho-RumniiiHti advance?.
The Soclftli?l newspaper! have bren
loi : up" by the Bolshevists, who aro
ptitig to overcome the modern So?
opposition. The streets are alive
ivith conscripts, who are being shipped
off to the front in an attempt to with?
stand the encroachments of the Czechs
and Rumanians. The Red guard army,
on paper, is 30,000 strong, but in reality
i aggregates about 10,000,
Jrlando Would Withdraw
Demands for Dalmatian
Hinterland if C? i v e n
Citv and Coastal Line
Rome Envoys <_hi_t:
Wilson Molds Finn
Claims of Japanese Are
Postponed and iVIay Be
Left to World League
PARIS, April 2:. (By The Associated
Press) There ?re indications of
weakening on tlie part of the Italian
leiegation and a disposition to with'
haw their demands of the Pal matt* n
lliiiieriaiid ii permitted to have 11.,*
?oast, the coastal watershed ?ml
l uiiiif
One compromise proposal to mo
Italians, making provision foi thai!1
, inim 10 b'itime m t'viliBiign t,.i tbnie
abandonment o? Iheli ? le im s '?? the
|i?linaliai( Co?.t, ?a?i i.'|.?.i. d
President Wilson Is Inflexible ?n
position that flume ?hall toil ha ?a
.'I i.? Il.ily. thUl bottling up .IHK?1
HI ? \ i n.
.(though I'leniHM Orlando probably
will no* attend the meetings of t!?t>
Council of Pour immediately, the in
dination of the Italians to compromise
i .?i looked upon as encouraging by the
Allies, who apparently hip hopeful
that an agreement may lie reached by
mutual concessions. ,
May Halt Treaty Signing
The suggestion is widely circulated
to-night in Pari?, that Great Britain
and France cannot sinn a peace treaty
with Germany if Italy refuses, because
under the London agreement no mem?
ber of the Entente is to Bign a sep?
arate peace. The suggestion, how?
ever, apparently has not had any great
effect on the negotiations, since th_
delegates expressed the opinion that
no single nation can afford to hinder
a peace conforming to the provisions of
the armistice broadly and that rights
under secret treaties will be lightly
regarded by the peoples who are clam?
oring for a settlement of the world
war.
As the United States ii? not a signa- ?
tory of the London agreement no;, Lo \
make a separate _eace. even tue most
serious break in the conference wouid
rot prevent her from making a peace.
with Germany under a crisis which
might arise as a result of European
alliances. But the American delegates
refuse to give serious consideration to
such an eventuality.
Postpone Japan's Claim
The council of four decided to-day ';<:?
discontinue its hearings on the Chi?
nese and Japanese claims to rights in
Shang-Tang Province, and agreed
merely to terminate in the peace treaty
Germany's rights in China, leaving the
settlement of the respective right3 of
China and Japan to the German con?
cessions until a later date.
This agreement is subject to th? ap
I proval of China and Japan, whose dele
| g?tions have sent cablegrams to their
? governments, and express the belief
that their government? will agree.
The postponement of the final settle?
ment ii a compromise which meet;, tho
demands of neither China nor Japan.
May Be Left to League
lapon a.-.K.T thai tin.? German ?ignis
he definitely given to her, with the uo
derstanding 'hat Japan return than? %n
ruina under certain conditions, China
urged that the German leases And 00?
eeneiens should be definitely r#e_g
,,, .-,1 es belonging 10 China ???in, bat?
ing been taken fiom hei feroMslg Vy
Germany.
1 in?, postponement or the final do?
eitlen leaves Ii uncertain whether th<?
respective ti?ht<? ?f Ch-n? m\d Japat?
will be pe*?rd opon In the im?! peace
treaty ot left t.< the league or nation*
Premier Orlando still temnined ?b
cent this morning when d?lib?ration?
on the Italian claims wire resumed at
the ran? "White Mouse.' President
Wilson and Premiers Uoyd George
and Clemenceau were present.
The Lunch, British and American
delegates show no signs of weakening
und continue to advise the Italians of
the meetings as if the Italian delegates
had not bolted.
? The French, British and Am?lie?!