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SUNDAY. MAY 4, 1919?NINE PARTS?S4 PAGES-PARTS I AND II
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Arniv Boosts
Loan in Big
Pageant Here
Victory Panorama Re?
veals What Subscribers
Paid tor in War; All
Branches Represented
Military Evolution
Is Demonstrated
Progress of Fighting Ma?
chine Since '76 Out?
lined; Hylan "Gassed'
New York's war blindness finally was
cured yesterday as the great American
machine that tore its way through the
llindenburg line to victory was re?
vealed ,here for the first time.
For more than four hours the se?
crets that had been guarded under the
! strict rules of censorship during the
days of fighting were exhibited before
the wondering eyes of those whose dol?
lars had been invested in them largely
on faith.
it was a great, moving panorama of
victory that was unfolded or. Fifth
Avenue for the benefit of a crowd esti?
mated at nearly 1,500,000.
Best Loan Argument
A an argument for the Victory Loan
i was so conclusive as to require no
additional evidence. The most feeble
imagination could not fail to visualize
the tremendous outlay in dollars anc
of an organization such as the
one that tilled the avenue from HOtr
Street to Washington Arch throughout
the afternoon.
There were implements of war ol
which the average stay at home citizer
never had dreamed. Every department
of the military and naval service, every
thing that had beer, purchased with the
more than twenty billions of dollar:
already expended for the war, and thost
to be paid for with the money to b(
?aised with the new loan, was shown ii
the pageant.
There were heroes and heroines ir
plenty- for the pretty nurses and tele
phone operators who offered their live:
for world freedom occupied prominen
places in the picture. But it was essen
lially an exhibition of the product:
purchased with American dollars, brail
and blood that vas shown to those wh<
; ad paid for them yesterday.
Subscriptions Boosted
?Tust how many bonds of the nev
? were sold during the hours th<
city stood spellbound, reviewing thi
military paraphernalia that beat tin
Hun, probably never will be known
Hut it was obvious that many doubtinj
became cash purchasers of bond
. ? a result of this first close-up of th
v. a r.
"i tan see now where the mone
it," wag a remark heard on ever
Members of the Police Departmen
acting under instructions of Deput
Commissioner Wallace, reaped a ha?
t of gold as a result of their bon
ng activities in the stands. It ws
the opening day of the police bon
campaign, and the deputy expresse
himself as more than pleased wit
the response of the spectators at th
pageant.
The outstanding feature of the mil
tary exhibit was the wonderful strid<
n to have been taken in the tran
tation of the army. Everything o
irily supposed to be immovable
of peace was shown to be readi
ible for purposes of war. Buil
. , bridges arid sleeping quarte
ed. rapidly down the street.
Printing Shop on Wheels
But the greatest surprise of the d
' . the unexpected appearance of
portable printing establishment frc
h great three-colored Victory Lo
pouter's came forth, wet from t
-es, to be distributed to the m
d women who lined the avenue fr<
"!0'.h Street to Washington Squa
he sold .< r-p: inters showed an e
and adaptability to new con
that caused a crowded autorr
load of camouflaged reporters w
owed them to open their eyes
Those who had praised German e
' iency and ingenuity during the eat
days of the war suddenly changed th
yesterday as they saw proof af
?.?roof of the resourcefulness, coun
ingenuity of the American sold
and engineer when it came to matchi
with the enemy.
.'. only were the implements i
?? ?<*. but they were shown in act
as they appeared to the ?tart
Germana during the last days of
war." Machine guns rattled, bo
rwers hurled harmless missiles t.
sharp* hootei drew their lines upon
crowds and gave first-hand informat
?. how ?I feels to look into the bi
. end of Lewis guns and urrny rif
Hylan In "Gassed"
Probably the most realistic reprod
' ?<in >it actual warfare came with
arrival of the Chemical Warfare 'r><-.r\
i.'f')r<- the reviewing stand
ry i.r ? t Street. A float showini
oke producing apparatus was bel
"?g forth an all-obscuring curtain
opaque blackness when a sodden ?h
ing of the v/jni carried it* product i
\ii- reviewing ?Und.
rur a few moments Mayor If y
?"'??i the notable? who sat about 1
rere beneath the pell. Admiral 81
had left the Stand to fill another
v-v,'-if><-(,\ nhorUy before the am
<<?' lbs smoke and flams throwers, thi
n escaping the need t<,r i% ga? mi
| ????'.'. the curtain lifted the review
I coughed end smiled? and were none
Sfse fe-r tb<i(- experience, a? far
",nUi he seen by those about them.
"?' Bfttts thai went to make up
Continued &n jmye thirteen
Old 47th of Brooklyn
Reaches Newport News
Si>ccial Correspondence
TVEWPORT NEWS, Va? May 3.?
-1-* With the 53d Pioneer Infantry
reaching here to-day aboard the bat?
tleship Vermont was what formerly
was the old 47th Brooklyn National
Guard. These men were held in re?
serve in the light of the Argonne,
but saw heavy action in some of the
engagements leading up to this great
Allied thrust.
Brooklyn men in the outfit say they I
hardly closed .their eyes from the
time they left France. There was
something doing every minute of the i
time. From here they will be sent !
to Camps Dix and Upton for demobil?
ization. While most of the men in
the 53d are from Pennsylvania and
Brooklyn, there arc men in the out?
fit from every state in the Union.
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Raidon'Cair
To Be Subject
Of U. S. Probe
Both the War and Treasury
Departments Order Full
Inquiry Into May Day
Outbreaks in This City :
Full investigation to fix responsi- j
bility for the May Day raid on the of- i
fices of "The New York Call," the
Socialist party organ here, was
ordered yesterday by both the War
and Treasury Departments.
The order from the War Depart?
ment, bearing the signature of Act?
ing .Secretary Croweil, reached Gov
! ernor's Island last night. The in
: vestigation, it was said, will be eon
? ducted either by General Barry, com?
mander of the Department of \ie
Fast, or by the Military Intelligence
Bureau.
Victroy Loan officials were simul?
taneously requested by Secretary
Carter Glass to ascertain exactly what
part loan speakers might have played
in the May Day roccedings.
The action from Washington came
as the result of telegrams of protest
from "The Call," counter-signed by
Raymond Wilcox, business manager
of the paper. The message sent to
Secretary Glass, to whom the cl?ief
complaint was addressed, read as fol?
lows:
"The Call's" Complaint
"Men employed by the New York
government loan organization as ?
speakers for the Victory Loan organ- -
ized a mob of uniformed sailors and ,
soldiers, armed with sticks and clubs, !
and broke into our new building, 112
Fourth Avenue, yesterday during a ?
reception ad inspection by friends
and readers of this newspaper.
"One woman is blind and several :
others are severely ill as a result of j
brutal attacks of the mobs. Names ?
of men were printed in to-day's issue
of our paper and other New York
dailies. We demand that you take
such action as to protect lives and
property by preventing further in?
citation to riot by speakers for the
Victory Loan, and that you advise us
of action."
Barney Dreyfus, the discharged
Canadian veteran who led the soldiers
and sailor:' in the May Day riots,
has been dismissed from the staff
of the local government loan or?
ganization. The dismissal was an?
nounced last night by Jerome A. My?
ers, director of the organization's out?
door activities, at his office, 1183 Broad?
way. Dreyfuss admitted yesterday that
he and the men ho led in the riots
acted against the law and promised
that the men would henceforth con?
fine themselves "to legitimate activi?
ties." When called into Mr. Myers'
office yesterday he said:
Admits Beating People
"We beat up 500 people and 1 am
sorry it wasn't 10,000."
Dreyfus appeared yesterday for the
first time in civilian clothes, lie de?
clared this had no connection with the
'?? statement of the ('anadian military au
i thorities that he would be compelled to
! take off his uniform. He also said that
? he would drop the charge, denied by
Inspector Daly, that the police killed a
soldier Thursday night in front of the
Government Loan Organization office,
at Twenty-eighth Street and Broadway.
The uniformed men who were at the
Madison Square Garden meeting last
1 Thursday night are pushing their peti
| tion, filed with the Navy Club for trans
; mission to Governor Smith, asking for
? an investigation of the conduct of the
police at the meeting. About 400 sig?
natures are attached to the petition.
In a letter to Mayor Hylan yesterday
Raymond Willcox, business-manager of
"The New York Call," demanded that
, the Mayor conduct an investigation
into the attack on "The Call" office by
the uniformed men stating that unless
the city authorities obtained redress
for "The Call" for the damages suffered
the management of the paper would
take steps to fix legal responsibility
on the city.
Lewis Nixon Appointed
Serviee Commissioner
Special Correspondence
ALBANY, N. Y., May 3.?Lewis Nix
' on, who succeeded Richard Croker as
leader of Tammany Hall, was to-day
i appointed Public Service Commissioner
for the New York City District. The
job pays $15,000 a year. The term is
for six years. Mr. Nixon, before being
appointed, resigned as State Superin?
tendent of Public Works, which was
given him, according to policital gos
Bip, at. the request of William Randolph
i Hearst. Mr. Nixon is a sip builder.
He lives on Staten Island
Edward S. Walsh, of Brooklyn, Dep
! uty Superintendent of Public Works,
was appointed to succeed Mr. Nixon.
Before appointing Mr. Nixon the Gov?
ernor signed the Koley bill ousting
Die present Public Service Commission
; in New York City, consisting of five
members, and creating a single-headed
| commission in its stead. This cornmis
! S ion. however, will have charge only
I of the regulatory features of the Pub
:lie Service Commission act.
A companion bill, creating a Rapid
, Transit Commissioncrr who will have
: jurisdievtion over transit const ruction
, in New York City, ha? yet to be signed
These two measures were given th<
' Governor a? a compromiso, after he
had asked the Legislature to reorgan?
ize both commission?, making each o
! single headed commission.
Colonel William Barclay Parsons
who built the finit subway, was offeree
I Um place of Rapid Transit Commis
i wioner. Colons] Parsons, Governoi
Smith declared to-duy, had declined
the oifw.
IL S. to Start
Ocean Flight
To-morrow
Announcement of 'Hop-Off'
From Rockaway Is Made
at Trepassey ; Second' Leg
Scheduled May 12 to 14
Destroyers Are on Guard
Elaborate Plans Made to
Safeguard Aviators in '
Case of Mishap to Craft;
? . j
TRKPASSEY. N. F., May 3.?The
giant seaplanes of the United States !
navy will start from Rockaway Point ?
on the first leg of their transatlantic
flight on May 5, it was announced here
to-night. They are scheduled to leave
Trepassey for the Azores between May
12 and 14.
Emergency procedure orders under
which naval boats wil operate in the
event of a mishap to any of the trans?
atlantic 'planes were made public to?
night, showing how carefully navy of?
ficials have planned to provide the
greatest possible safety for the fliers.
In addition to indicating the course
to the 'planes and aiding five battle?
ships in supplying meteorological data,
the fifty-two destroyers stationed at
fifty-mile intervals across the Atlantic
arc ordered to render "all assistance"
in the event that any of the 'planes is
forced to alight.
The 'planes will fly in close forma?
tion, at an tltitude of from 1,000 to
5,000 feet, and in the event one 'plane
descends the others are directed to
remain in the vicinity until the dis?
abled craft reports its condition.
If an S O S call is ?received, the
two destroyers nearest the 'plane's
? indicated position will race full speed
; to the scene. Being replaced in the
! line by reserve ships.
If repairs are found to be impossible,
i the damaged 'plane and tow the 'plane
j to the nearest port. In the event the
'plane1 is too badly damaged to be
towed in, its expensive equipment will
. be salvaged.
In case pf a forced descent at night,
the rescuing craft will illuminate the
scene of the accident with torches and
sweep the sky with searchlights. The
'jilanos will carry flares to signal for
aid in the event of trouble at night.
Weather conditions governing the
start of the flight will be received
here daily until the "hop off" occurs,
from the battleships Wyoming, Utah,
Texas, Arkansas and Florida. The bat?
tleships are stationed to the north and
south of the transatlantic route, and
their reports will cover a transatlantic
path S00 miles wide.
When the 'planes "hop off," the bat?
tleships will relay to Washington re?
ports on their progress.
Ocean Fliers Made
Arm of 11. S. Navy
i, o m missionin g of S< aplanes
Ceremony Without Precedent
in American Naval History
The NC-1, first of the giant naval
j transatlantic flying boats, will make
! her first flight to-day, following her
' reconstruction. All three seaplanes
j are now ready to start on their flight
! across the ocean. They were formally
I commissioned as "ships of the navy"
', at Rockaway yesterday, The cere
I mony marked a precedent in naval
; history.
It had been intended to fly both the
', NC-1 and NC-2 immediately after
i the ceremony. IIhe "three" was
launched with a load of 28,300 pounds,
Continued on page eight
.
Barricade Being Built
Around German Envoys
y?RS AILLES, May 3 (By the As- |
* sociated Press).?The erection
of barricades in "the German quar?
ter" of Versailles, designed to pre
! vent any of the Germans from stray?
ing in that section assigned to them, '.
? began this morning. The barricades
; consist of wooden palings bound with
wire and set up on both sides of the
; Rue des Reservoirs, one side of
I which is reserved for the Germans.
! while the opposite side has been left
free for residents. Strict control
will be established at all the exits
to prevent the Germans from going
out of bounds without authority.
These strict measures were con- ,
sidered necessary because of the dis- i
inclination of the some of the sub- '
ordinates in the German party to |
obey the r?gulations prescribed for j
their movements.
Despite the official denial, it is
generally known that at least two
correspondents of German papers ;
previously stationed at Paris visited !
that city and attended a performance '
at a theatre.
_|
Congress Will
I Meet by June 1,
Capital Hears
Early Call, Possibly in May.
Is Indicated by Confi?
dential Dispatches Re?
ceived From Paris
WASHINGTON', May 3.?Intimation
that a special session of Gongress will
be called by President Wilson to meet
about June 1 is contained in confiden?
tial dispatches received in Washington
to-day from Paris.
It was s5?<3 in author tative Admin
\ istration circles that it. was quite pos?
sible that if the situation in Paris
should develop rapidly the special ses
! sion might even meet before June 1.
? In that case the call would bo made by
cahle.
It was made clear in to-day's dis?
patches that the President was confi
i dent it would be possible for him to
' return to the United States befor? the
end of this month.
Republicans Seek Unity
Meantime, with the expected publi
! cation within the next few days of the
j peace treaty, it is anticipated that
Senator Lodge, chairman of the For?
eign Relations Committee of the next
I Senate, will arrange for informal dis
| eussions of the treaty by Republican
J members of the committee.
During the days prior to the meeting
of Congress there will be considerable
' activity in both politicai camps here.
The Republicans have such a narrow
''? margin of control in the Senate that
', an organization programme, involving
I a compromise agreement between con?
servatives and progressives regard-?
ing committee assignments and the
projected Republican steering com?
mittee of the Senate, must be formu?
lated in considerable detail. The Re
: publicans, it is pointed out, cannot af
i ford to undertake organization of the
! Senate with any breaks in their ranks.
On the House side there is a
similar situation. The campaign to
? force Republican leaders of the House
! to increase the membership of the
< steering committee and make it a more
representative body will be renewed
i during the next few weeks with in
' creased vigor.
Progressives May Fight
For the past month revolting' prd
? gressives have maintained silence bo
cause they felt the country at large
! was not greatly interested in their
i fight against Mann's rule. But with a
I special session of Congress apparently
! near at hand, they feel it is time for
them to act.
Americans and British
Stem Big Red Offensive;
Rumanians in Budapest
Army Led by Ber
tlielot Reported by
Berlin to Have
Occupied Red City
Panic Reigns;
Families Flee
Be la Kim's Offer
of Territory Is
Rejected by Allies
LONDON. May 3.-The Rumanian
army is reported to have occupied
Budapest, according to an exchange
telegraph dispatch from Berlin.
BUDAPEST, May 2 I By The Asso- I
ciated Press).?Any hour may see a
change in the ministry from Soviet to '
Social Democatic in order to save this :
city from occupation by the advancing
Czechs, Rumrvrians and Serbo-French
troops, directed, it is stated, by General
Berthelct.
The city is quiet, but fchove is a feel?
ing of panic lest the Reds engage i.i
massacres of the bourgeoisie before the
Allies reach the city, and entire families
1 are fleeing. The last train for Austria, j
which noiv is the only frontier open, i
left Wednesday afternoon crowded to
the utmost with men, women and chil
dren standing in all the care, and reached ?
Kainorn at 7 o'clock. Immediately after ;
the departure of the train Czechs ?
crossed the Danube and cut off the pos- |
sibility of any more trains leaving.
GENEVA, May 3.?The Rumanian
? and Czecho-Slovak governments, ac?
cording to reports received here, have
i refused to entertain the offer of Bela
Kun, the Hungarian Foreign Minister,
to make territorial concessions, pro?
vided that fighting stopped on all
; fronts. The Rumanians and Czechs
continue the march, on Budapest.
BERLIN, May 3. It is learned here
that the Soviet government at Buda- ?
; pest has been in communication with
the French mission at Vienna, from
which it has received conditions de
: manding the immediate capitulation of
i the Soviets and the surrender of all
! arms and ammunition and that liuda
? pest be occupied by a democratic ad- i
ministration.
The Soviet envoy replied that he was
empowered to accept all these condi?
tions, but this counter-proposal that
, the personal safety of the members of
! the government and their families be
; guaranteed was rejected.
The Rumanians yesterday effected a ;
i crossing of the Theiss River at Szolnok
j and Tisza-Polgar, according to advices
Continued on page three
Germany to Fight for Colonies
I ONDON, May o.?Reuter's Limited learns from reliable sources
that among the terms of the treaty to which the Germans will
offer the most objection is that relating to the surrender of her col?
onies. They will urge that German East Africa, Togoland and Kam?
erun be left to her, and, upon refusal, will ask to be assigned some
part in the future administration of the former German colonies,
and that in any case Germany shall not be debarred from purchasing
some Portuguese colonies at a future date, should Portugal be will?
ing to sell.
The German delegates also will ask that the Saare area revert
to Germany after a term of years. They will oppose any proposal
to deprive them of sovereignty over the Kiel canal, while agreeing
that it shall be free to the world's commerce. They will oppose any
so-called Polish corridor, while guai-anteeing to Poland the right of
free transit both by rail and by the Vistula to Danzig, and while
opposing any plan to deprive them of sovereignty over the city it?
self will agree that portions of Danzig shall be reserved solely for
Polish commerce.
Italy Expected U. S. Refuses
Back in Parley To Enter Into
This Week German Loan
Page and Barrer? .Said To Deelines British and Frencl
Be Paving Way for Return ; Suggestion They Joint!
of Romans to See Peace Guarantee $5,000,000,
Terms Handed to Germans 000 in Bonds for Enem
PARIS, May 3 (By The Associated
Presjs). The Italian situation took a
nore favorable turn late to-day. The
indications were that some arrange
nent would be made for Italy to be
represented when the peace treaty wa3
?resented to the Germans next week.
Thomas Nelson Page, American Ara
lassador, and Camille Barrer?, French
\mbassador, both are making efforts at
Rome to find, by conversations with
Premier Orlando, a formula which will
leal the bicach caused by the with
irawp.l of the Italian delegation to the
peace conference. Mr. Page has had
wo more long conferences with the
Italian Premier, who is said to show a
lisposition to resume relations, but
.vho thinks that overtures should come
"rom Paris.
Stop Anti-U. S. Campaign
Premier Orlando has written a let
or deprecating anti-American demon?
strations, saying that the Minister of
he Interior has taken steps to stop
.hem, paying particular attention to
nanifcstations and the press campaign
lirccted against President Wilson.
The Italian Cabinet appears to con?
sider that any overtures should be or
the basis of giving Fiume to Italy, as
it is asserted the loss of the city tc
1er might cause an uprising menacing
die government.
One suggestion has been made for ?
Continued on next page
By Frederick Moore
Kew York Tribune
Special Cuide Service
(Copyright, 1919, New York Tribune Inc)
PARIS, May 3. The American mem
! bers of the financial commission of the
I peace conference persist definitely in
j their policy of no entangling financial
t alliances with European states. They
have repeatedly declined to pledge the
j United States to become financially the
j ally of other countries. The Ameri
; cans are maintaining their economic in?
dependence and are seeing to it that
i even the covenant of the league of na?
tions is free of financial entangle?
ments. Following the policy the
American delegates have refused the
British proposal that Britain, France
? and the United States participate
equally in a loan to Germany.
At ihe first meeting with the Ger?
man financiers to-day the Allied finan?
ciers encouraged the Germans to quick
! ly renew neutral credits and promised
! full cooperation for a speedy resuscita
! tion of industries.
PARIS, May 3.?It was made known
! definitely to-day that the United States
! would not be'a party to any joint ac
| tion having for its purpose the restora
! tion of German business.
It had been proposed by the British
1 that a German bond issue of S5.000,
000,000 be arranged with Great Britain,
'. France, the United Stages and the other
Allied and associated powers as guaran
'. tors. It was explained that the British
'proposal included the apportionment of
! the issue among all the powers, in?
cluding even the small, newly created
: governments.
The apportionment was to be based
: upon the relative wealth of the signa?
tories.
One objection raised was that the
1 failure of any one of the guarantors to
, bear its share would result in increas?
ing the burden and responsibility of
the others, thus creating a situation
obviously unjust.
Slavs and Italians
Advance in Austria
VIENNA, May 2 (By The Associated
Press). -Italian troops stationed in
Carinthia are advancing northward and
eastward, and have occupied a bridge
over the river Drave. Jugo-Slav forces,
it is added, have attacked the Austrians
between Laibach and Klagenfurt, with
the apparent object of reaching the
railway line to Vienna, which is held
by the Italians.
The foregoing dispatch, ambiguous as
to details and the objectives of the
moves made by the Jugo-Slav.-' and Ital
j ians, nevertheless tends to convey the
1 idea that the Jugo-Slavs are contesting
', territory embraced within the former
; Austrian province of Carinthia, to
| which both Austria and Jugo-Slavia
I lay claim. It is not clear from the dis?
patch at what point between Laibach
and Klagenfurt the Jugo-Slavs are at?
tacking.
The Italian move seems to be in the
direction of Upper Tyrol, inhabited by
Austrian Geimans, who have recently
' protested against the Italian claim
J that their territory be included in
Italia Irredenta. The Upper Tyrol bor?
ders on the Tren'tino, and the Italians
are apparently moving ncross the Drave
into the former region.
A IKKK BUSINESS KOI cation:
The N>w York tilolie
wiii publish a complete coursa in
Shorthand
Bunlneai Arithmetic
ISookkprpliiff
lti;<,lNM\(, TO-MORROW EVENING
anil appearing ever?
Monday, Wedne?duy, Saturday.?AJvt.
Long-Heralded Gen
eral Offensives on
Dvina and \ aga
Lines Are Defeated
'Reds' Suffer
Heavy Losses
j
Petrograd Taken in
Finns, Is Report:
Soviets Faee Trap
LONDON, May 3.-A War Officeolfi
I cial report says Archangel advice? have
| been received to the effect that serious
i enemy attacks, long anticipated. In
begun on the Dvina ami Vaga fronts.
A message from the Dvina fronl 01
j Thursday says that Bolshevik gun
boats shelled the Allied positions pa
; modically, but were forced to withdraw
owing to the gunfire.
A Vaga front dispatch Friday say
| that after a long bombardment the en
j emy delivered an attack in great
S strength, hut was being repulsed every?
where with great los--. In the forest the
enemy suffered heavy casualties, leav?
ing forty dead lying on the wire. Gen?
eral Ironside says that the Allied troop?
; fought splendidly.
The ice on the Dvina Liver has com
j pletely broken up from Archangel and
? is moving out. It is expected that the
river will be navigable for gunbo
j within a week.
Although the Bolshevik attack on
I the Archangel front has loiur been
\ expected, the desperate position of
the Bolsheviki on the Murmansk fron*
and their critical situation on the
Eastern front, particularly in the
Perm region, where Admiral Kolchak's
forces are driving steadily in the <L
rection of Viatka and Vologda, ma
it doubly necessary for the Bolsheviki
to gain a decision ?n the Archangel
region. Failure to do so enhances tin
i chances of the Russians and the Al
? lies of reaching Vologda when navi
gation opens, and Allied monitors in
? the Dvina, cooperating with the Allied
I land movements, may enable the Rus
I so-Allied troops to join with thov.'
Admiral Kolchak.
Failure to hold back the Allied
'forces on the Archangel front threal
?ens to result in the Bolsheviki
I bottled up between three hostile
I armies, the Allied forces in the north.
? Admiral Kolchak's troops in the east
i and the Finns, who ;.rv reported to
! have taken Petrograd, from the west
The Finns, should the Bolsheviki co>
I tinue to suffer reverses, may be crr
boldened to undertake an <>:'
toward Vologda, which is only thirty
six hours ride by rail from Petro
? grad.
PARIS. May 3. Petrograd has
probably been taken by the 1 inns, ac
| cording to information behoved to be
, trustworthy which has reached Pans.
HELSINGFORS, May i Dei
? along the entire Eastern front by the
, Siberian armies, the Bolshevik forces
, are retiring in disorder, the? i
| newspaper "Russkaya Pjisni" says.
Bolsheviki Interfere
With Siberian Draft
Peasants Are Told L. S. Will
Aid Them if They Resist
Decree of Omsk Government
.V. it )?rk Tribune
Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, May 3. Small bands
, of Bolsheviki in Eastern Siberia ace
causing trouble for the drafters of
the Omsk government, who are en?
deavoring to obtain recruits for Ad?
miral Kolchak's army, it \v*i* learned
i to-day through official sources. Thin
action resulted recently in a conflict
between peasants at Skotovo and Si?
' berian and Japanese troops. The Bol
shevik agents hail urged the peasants
! to resist the draft, assuring them that
the forces of the United States would
uphold them. The authorities called
' upon General Otani, the Japanese com?
mander, to aid them in enforcing the
draft, and General <>:;.ni asked Gen?
eral Graves to semi u detachment to
J aid the Siberian officers. General
Graves declined to send any troops,
as his instructions expressly warn him
against taking sides in local con?
flicts. The peasants were defeated and
those eligible wort- drafted into the
j Siberian army.
This activity of small bodies of Bol
| shevik agents has caused a great <1<m?
i of trouble. It is reported to be almost
| a daily occurrence for peasants .to
\ visit the United States Consulate in
; Vladivostok, or, if ?in remote dis?
tricts, to call upon the nearest Ameri?
can military eommander, and announce
their intention to resist the draft, si It
ins that they rely upon the Amer??
can troops to uphold them.
They are promptly informed that the
United States is taking no part in
the local administration of the laws,
and that the draft law o( the I'uisk
government is to be enforced by tin
! local authorities.
1 The genera) situation in Bastera Si
beria, however, is reported to be muck
improved. , J??
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