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transmit to you herewith the observa?
tions of the German delegation on the
draft treaty of peace.. We came to
Versaillas in the expectation of receiv?
ing * ?pea co proposa' based on the
agreeu'prir.cipirs. We were firmly re?
solved to do everything in nur power
with-:? Aiew of fulfilling the grave ob
ligatie.r?s which we had undertaken.
W ?? rojn-il for the peace of justice
whiennad been promised to us.
"We>*wcre aghast when we read in
documents the demands made upon us
- :;;e viotorious violence of our ene?
mies; The more deeply we penetrate
into the spirit of this treaty the more
conviitC'?1 we become of the impossi?
bility o'" carrying it out. The execu?
tions' oT this treaty are more than the
German people can bear.
IStttst Renounce Own Territory
"With a view to the rc?stablishmcnt
of th?? Polish state we must renounce
indisputably German territory, nearly
t .- vhi le <>:' th? province of West
Prussia, which is preponderantly Ger?
man; of Pomerania, Danzig, which is
German to the core; we must let that
ancient Hansetown be transformed into
a t'rc? state under Polish suzerainty.
"We" must agree that East Prussia
si all be amputated from the body of
the stii-v. condemned to a lingering
death i and robbed of its northern por?
tion, ?eluding Memel, which i purely
Cerrr.^T:. We must renounce Upper Si?
lesia for the benefit of Poland and
< '.-"Cbo-Si?. \ akia, although it has been
in elo-<n> political connection with Ger- !
ma ?ay for more than 750 year-:, ?s ?n- i
?tinct with German life and forms the
vi?ry foundation of industrial life
throughout East Germany.
Must Cede Other Areas
"Preponderantly, German circles
'Kreise.) must be ceded to Belgium
?without sufficient guarantees that tlv
plebi cite, which is only to take place
afterward, will be independent. The
purely German district of the Saar
must be detached from our empire, and
the way must be paved for its subse?
quent annexation to France, although
wp owe her debts in coal only, not in
men.
"For fifteen years Rhenish territory I
must be occupied, and after those
fifteen years the Allies have the power ?
to refuse the restoration of the coun?
try. In the interval the Allies can i
take every measure to sever the eco-1
nomic and moral links with the mother
country and finally to misrepresent the ?
wishes of the indigenous population.
Penalties Exceed Assets
"Although the exaction of t.... cost
of the war has been expressly re
nounced, as yet Germany, thus cut in
pieces and weakened, must declare her?
self ready in principle to bear all the
wat expenses of hsr enemies, which
would exceed many times over the
total amount of German state and pri
1 it? ;.- ; -. Meanwhile her enemies
! in excess*of the agreed condi?
tions reparation for damage suffered
by their civil population, and in this
connection Germany must also go bail
for her allies. The sum ?o bo pnid is
to be fixed bj our enemies unilaterally
and to admit of subsequent modifica?
tion and .'terca--.'. \'o limit is fixed
save tl of the German people
? ? t, determ tied not by their
standard of life but solely by their
capacity to meet the demands of their
en pi es by their labor. The German
peop - would thus ba condemned to
perpetual slave labor.
Reconstruction Impos&ibW
"In spite of the exorbitant demands,
the reconstruction or" our economic life
is at the same time rendered impos
! ble- We must surrender our mer-!
cl?aht fleet. We are to renounce all
foreign securities. We are to hand ;
over to our enemies our property in
all German enterprises abroad, even in
the! countries of our allies. Even af
ti . the conclusion of peace the enemy
states are to have the right of confis-:
<;.;iii;; all German property.
??>.'?? German trader in their countries
wil|; be protected from these war meas?
ures. We m ; I c? mpletely renounce
our, colonies, and not even German
mi?sionaric: shall have the right to
fr.ilow their calling therein. We must
thus renounce the realization of all.
our aims in the spheres of politics,
ecofiomics and ideas.
''Evi'n in internal affairs we are to
give up the right to self-determina?
tion. The international reparation
commission receives dictatorial powers
over the whole life of our people in
economic and cultural matter.-:. Its
authority extends far beyond that
which the en ?/ the German Fed?
eral Council and the Reichstag com?
bined ever poss< Jed within the terri?
tory o? the empire,
Economic Life (ontrolled
"This commission has unlimited con?
trol over the economic life of the
state, of communities and of individ?
uals. Further, the entire educational'
and u ?tary system depends on it. It
can keep the whole German people !n
merit a! thraldom. In order to increase
the payments due by the thrall, the
commission can hamper measures for
the- ocial protection er" the German,
worker.
"In other spheres also Germany's
sovereignty is abolished. Her chief
waterways are subjected to interna?
tional ? "ation, she must con?
struct in her territory such cana!- and
sucH railways as Mer enemies wish, she
- gree to treatie . the contents
of which are known to her. to be con?
cluded bj i r enemies with the new
states on the Ea t, ? ?? ?. when they
? her ?? ?? ! uncl ons. The fier
man people is excluded from the league
of g?tions, to ..' '. is intrusted all1
work of con moi interest to the world.
"Own Death Sentence"
"Th;;? must a whole people sign the
dectie for ?I own proscription- nay,
St', ov.--i deal h. sentence.
"Germany knowi i must make sac
"COME OUT OF~
Allies Discuss Details ?
Of Occupation of Rhine
OARTS, June 1.?Marshal Foch and
?*? his assistant, Major General
Weygand, conferred twice Saturday
with Louis Loucheur, Minister of
Reconstruction; General Tnsker H. j
Bliss, Major General Sir Henry H. j
Wilson, Chief of the British Staff, ,
and General Diaz, the Italian Com- ;
mander in Chief, on details of the
military occupation of the Rhine re?
gion after the signing of peace.
rificcs in order to attain peace. Ger-j
many knows ?he has, by agreement,
undertaken to make these sacrif?cese
and will go in this matter to the ut?
most limits of her capacity.
"One Germany offers to proceed with ,
her own disarmament in advance of all ?
other peoples, in order to show that
she will help to usjher in the new eral
of the peace of justice. She gives up ?
universal compulsory service and re-,
duces her army to 100,000 men, except
as regards temporary measures. She ;
even renounces the warships which her;
enemies aro still willing to leave in her;
hands. She stipulates, however, that;
she shall be admitted forthwith as a I
state with equal rights into the league!
of nations. She stipulates that a gen-?
uine league of nations shall como intoj
being, embracing all peoples of good,
will, even lier enemies of to-day. Tho !
league must be inspired by a feeling of:
responsibility toward mankind and have!
at its disposal a power to enforce its:
will sufficiently strong and trusty to :
protect the frontiers of its members.
Wants Alsace Plebiscite
"Two?In territorial questions Ger- I
many takes up her position unreserv?
edly on the ground Of the Wilson pro?
gramme. She renounces her sovereign
right in Alsace-Lorraine, but wishes
a free plebiscite to take place there.
She gives up tho greater part of the
province of Posen, the district incon
testably Polish in population, together j
with the capital. She Is prepared to ;
grant to Poland, under international
guarantees, free and secure access to '
the sea by ceding free ports at Danzig, ?
K?nigsberg and Memel, by an agree- ?
ment regulating the navigation of the
Vistula and by special railway conven?
tions.
Would Insure Coal Supply
"Germany is prepared to insure the ?
supply of coal for the economic needs
of France, especially from the Saar j
region, until such time as the French
mines are once more in working order.
The preponderantly Danish districts
of Schleswig will be given up to Den?
mark on tiie basis of a plebiscite. Ger
many demands that the right of self
determination shall also be repeated :
where the interests of the Germans in
Austria and Bohemia are concerned. '.
She is ready to subject all her colonies
to administration by the community of ;
the league of nations if she is recog
nized as' its mandatory.
"Three?Germany is prepared to make ;
payments incumbent on her in accord- i
anco with the agreed programme of;
peace up to a maximum sum of 100,- '
000,000,000 of gold marks ($25,000,
000,000), 20,00" ,000,000 of marks by
Muy 1, 1926, and tho balance (80,000,
000.000) in annual payments without;
interest. These payments shall in
principle be equal to a fixed pcrccntago '
of the German imperial and state rev?
enue. The annual payment shall ap?
proximate to the former peace budget.
$250,000,000 a Year
"For the first ten years ?tic annual
payments shall not exceed 1,000,000.000
of golds marks a year ($250,000,000 ). :
The German taxpayer shall not be less
heavily burdened than the taxpayer of
the most heavily burdened state among
those represented on the reparation i
commission. (jermany presumes in
this connection that she wilt not have'!
to make any territorial sacrifices be- j
yond those mentioned above and that
she will recover lier freedom of eco
nomic movement at homo and abroad. I
"Four?Germany is prepared to devote
I'.er entire economic strength to the !
service of reconstruction. She wishes j
to cooperate effectively in the rrcon- !
struction of the devastated regions of
Belgium and northern France. To
make good the loss in production of
the destroyed mines in northern France
up to 20,000,000 tons of coal will be de- i
livered annually for the first live years ?
and up to 8.000.000 tons for tho* next !
five years. Germany will facilitate fur- '
thcr deliveries of coal to France, Bel?
gium, Italy and Luxemburg.
Germany, moreover, is prepared to
make considerable deliveries of benzol, |
coal tar and sulphate of ammonia, as i
well as dyestuffs and medicines.
Wants Shipping Pool
"five?Finally, Germany offers to
put her entire merchant tonnage into i
a pool of the world's shipping, to place I
at the disposal of her enemies a part :
of her freight spaco as part payment
of reparation, and to build for them |
for a series of years in German yards |
an amount of tonnage exceeding their '
demands.
"Six? In order to replace the river |
boats destroyed in Belgium and north- I
ein France, (iermany offers river craft1
from her own resources.
"Seven?Germany thinks that she
sees an appropriate method for the j
prompt fulfillment of her obligation to I
make reparations, conceding participa- !
tion in industrial enterprises, espe- j
cially in coal mines, to insure deliveries i
of coal.
"Eight -Germany, in accordance with !
the desires of the workers of the whole
world, wishes to see the workers in all '
countries freed and enjoying equal j
rights. She wishes to insure to them ?
in the treaty of peace the right to take
their own decisivo part in the settle- :
i
THE KITCHEN"
Put Dinner in a
Duplex Fireless Stove
go out for the afternoon and return
to a dinner such as no stove can j
cook. Roust done to a golden ;
brown, vegetables that melt in the
mouth and breads and pastries thort !
taste like more. Sold by all depart- ?
ment and bouse furnishing uto rea, ,
men of social policy and social pro?
tection.
Wants Neutral Court t
"Xine?The German delegation again
makes its demand for a neutral in?
quiry into the responsibility for the
war and culpable acts in conduct. An
impartial commission should have the
right to investigate, on its own respon?
sibility the archives of all the belliger?
ent countries and all the persons who
took an important part in the war.
Nothing short of confidence that the
question of ffU'lt will be examined dis?
passionately can have the peoples late?
ly at war with each other in the proper
frame of mind for the formation of the
league of nations.
"These are only the most important
among tho proposals which we have to
make. As regards other great sacri?
fices and also as regards the details,
the delegation refers to the accompany?
ing memorandum and the annex thereto.
Auks Oral Discussions
"The timo allowed us for the
preparation of this memorandum
was so short that it wa3 im?
possible to treat all the ques?
tions exhaustively. A fruitful and illu?
minating negotiation could only take
place by means of oral discussion. This
treaty of peace is to be the greatest
achievement of its kind in all history
There is no precedent for the con?
duct of such comprehensive negotia
tions by an exchange of written note;
only. The feeling of tho peoples win
have made such immense sacrifice:
makes them demand that their fate
should be decided by an open, un
reserved exchange of ideas on the prin
ciple, 'Open covenants of peace openlj
arrived at," after which there shall bi
no private international understanding
of any kind, but. diplomacy shall pro
ceed always frankly in the public view
"Germany is to put her signature t>
the treaty laid before her and to carr;
it out. Even in her need, justice fo
her is too sacred a thing to allow he
to stoop to achieve conditions whici
she? ennnot undertake to carry oui
Treaties of peace signed by the grea
powers have, it is true, in tho histor;
of tho last decades, again and agai
proclaimed the right of the strongei
But each of these treaties of peac
has been a factor in originating an
prolonging the world war.
The Seeds of Discord
"Whenever in this war the victo
has spoken to tho vanquished, at Bresf
Litovsk and Buchnrest, his words wer
but the seeds of futuro discord.
"The lofty aims which our advei
Karins first set before themselves i
their conduct of the war, tho new er
of an assured peace of justice, deman
a treaty instinct with a different spiri
Only the cooperation of all nations,
cooperation of hands and spirits, ca
build up a durablo peiice.
"We are under no delusions regare
ing the strength of the hatred and bi
terness which this war has engenderc
and yet the forces which are at woi
for a union of mankind are strong?
now than ever they were before. Ti
historic task of the peace conferene
of Versailles is to bring about th
union. $
"Accept, Mr. President, tha expie
sion of my distinguished consider!
tion.
" Signed) Brockdorff-Rantzau."
Allies Disagree on
Near East Inquiry
V. S. Envoys on Way? bi
British, Italian an
French Stay in Pan
PARIS, May 80 (By Tho Associ?t
Press). -Henry Churchill King start
to-day for Constantinople to jo
Charles R. Crane, the other memo
of the American section of the inte
Allied commission to investigate cc
tlitions in the Near East, and proce
to Smyrna and other points in A?
Minor.
The French and British members f
still in Paris and there is nothing
indicate when they and the Itali
members will go to Smyrna. App;
ently there is not complete agreemc
among the Allies as to the desirabil
of such a mission.
The failure of the Entente to agi
on any disposition of Turkey wh
dees not intrust Constantinople a
Armenia to the United States 1
caused the possibility of America's
ceptance of the mandate to be one
the most widely discussed subjects
conference circles.
Henry Morgenthau, former Amt
can Ambassador to Turkey, and ot:
American experts on the Near E
now in Paris, including rcpresentati
of Robert College and other misai
ary interests, favor acceptance of
mandate for Constantinople, Arme
and Anatolia by the United States
condition that tho Sultan be tra
ferred to some point in Asia Mir
This plan is not accepted by tho B
ish, who for political and religious i
sons wish the Sultan to remain in C
Btantinople.
Armenia has been so badly dc\
tated that it is argued by advocates
United States participation in N
Eastern affairs that it would be
most impossiblo to restore it with
connecting it up with part of Anat<
and Constantinople, thus giving C
stantinople considerable territ
which would support it, and on
other hand giving Armenia and A
tclia the benefit of a well establis
capital and commercial centre.
Ente nie Attitude
Puzzles German
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BERLIN, June 1.?Great uncerta
prevails in German government cir
regarding the attitude) of the counci
four toward the counter proposal.'
peace. Some high officials express
belief that the counter proposals
epen the way to further discusi
and probably to modification of
Allied terms. This hope is based
Iho view that tho promise of an
?lemnity of 100,000,000,000 marks (!
000,000,000) must make an impres
that Germany is doing her utmos
reach an agreement.
Since tho payment is likely to
eiuiro fully two generations, rej
ihat Entente armies aro prcparin
?dvanco fifty miles eastward from
Rhino in tho event that Germany
fuses to sign tho peace treaty are
taken seriously. Officials say the
Lenta knows its armies will not i
resistance und that the advance w
not compel Germany to sign, as
many intends to appeal to tho le
of nations to assume rcsponsib
for the government of the country and
therefore occupation of a small strip
would have no object.
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Allies Demand Germans
Restore Arms to Letts
I New Note Directs That Army of
Enemy Be Withdrawn in
the Baltic Provinces
BERLIN', June 1 (By The Associate 1
! Press). ? According to the German,
' Armistice Commission at Spa, the En
? tente presented on Friday a new note
: regarding German troops in Lettland
and Lithuania. The note is said to have
? directed that German forces in the Bal
! tic provinces be withdrawn within a
j line to be marked out for them.
Field Marshal Von der Goltz will be
! permitted to retain command provided
j ho receives orders from Germany for
i the establishment of a Lettish coali
| tion government. The note is said to
j decree that arms must be restored to
i Lettish troops whose mobilization must
be unhampered, while complete free
? dorn must be assured the new Lettish
| government. Fifteen days from June
1 are granted for acceptance of the
; terms.
i
; Terms To Be Presented
To the Austrians To-day
Financial Clauses To Be Held
Back?Delay on the Adriatic
Issue Blamed to Jupo-Slavs
PARIS, June 1. -The Council of Four
i of the Peace Conference did not meet
' to-day, but the representatives of the
| great powers continued their examina
| tion of the German counter-proposals
: to the peace terms. Tho ans%vcr the
| Allied and associated powers will
! probably be dilivered at the end of the
present week.
On the peace conference programme
j for to-morrow is the pr?sentation of
tho peace terms to tho Austrian dele?
gation at St. Germain. Only the po?
litical, territorial and military clauses
of the treaty will be communicated to
the Austrians, the financial clauses be?
ing withheld for later presentation.
Regarding the Adriatic, problem, "La
Libert?" says that it-, solution is being
delayed by the opposition of the Jugo?
slavs not to the agreement reached
regarding Fiume but to the terms of
the Dalmatian settlement.
Herr l'rbig, financial member of the
German peace delegation, with Coun
, Arnem and Himmelsbacb and
eight others, left Versailles las night, .
for Germany.
Complete Independence
Demanded for Albania
PARIS, Juno 1.?The Associated Press
to-day received a dispatch from Lau?
sanne, signed by M. Frashery, a mem?
ber of the Albanian provisional gov?
ern nt; M. Di?o, a delegato of the
Albanian Commission to th< United
States, and other representatives of!
Albania, protecting against, the re
ported decision to give Italy the man?
date over Albania.
Protest, is also made against any so?
lution of the Albanian question which
does not give full independence to Al?
bania and restore to it the territory
detached from Albania by the Treaty
of London.
Won't Be Intimidated by
invasion, Says Dernburg \
BERLIN, June 1 (By The Associated
Press).?Dr. Bernhard Dernburg. Min?
ister of Finance, writing in the "Tage?
blatt," declares against the signing o(
the peace trjaty.
"We will not give way,"' Dr. Dern?
burg says. ''Wo will sincerely and
honestly stand our ground for the sake
of ourselves and our children's chil?
dren. We will not allow ourselves to
be intimidated by our enemies' in?
vasion. We will bear their reign of
violence with moral dignity.
"The honor of the Cern?an nation
demands this. It is our primary moral
duty to preserve that honor."
Republic Is
Proclaimed in -
The Rhineland
Continued from fURc I
tung," who was born in Alsace and
educated in Franco, and the head of
the German branch of the order of
tho White Fathers?which is the see-1
ond line of Jesuits?who visited
Switzerland in 1918 and went on itc
ord as saying that the outcome of the
war must be a Rhineland republic,
consisting of Alsace-Lorraine, the
Palatinate, Rhenish Hesse and the
Rhine provinces. Even before the fall
of the monarchy the project was com?
mon talk in Cologne financial circles. ,
The second project, involving Herr
Frohberger, Herr Kasteit and Herr.
Kuckhoff, who resigned from the As?
sembly, was a plan to create an inde?
pendent Rhine state within the em- ,
pire, with the same rights as other
German states, which would act as a
barrier between Germany and France.
France was supposed to be willing
to grant important concessions, in
eluding the renunciation of the Saar;
territory, a long occupation of the
Rhineland and possibly a part of the
indemnity. The movement wn* suf?
ficiently serious to worry tho govern- ,
ment and cause it. to issue warnings.
Bremen and East and West Prussia ;
are talking of combining into an indo- '
pendent state. The same trend is to
be observed elsewhere, causing much ;
uneasiness in government circles.
[Bremen is widely separated from :
the parts of East and West Prussia
which will remain German territory ;
after the signing of the peace treaty. :
In an interview in the "Rhenish
Weatfaeliache Zeitung" to-day, Philipp
Kchcidernann, the Chancellor, said the :
imperial government had received no
hint nor indication from the Entente '.
that the establishment of a West Ger- j
man buffer state would lead to mitiga- ;
tion of the peace terms. The creation
of such a state, Scheidemann added, \
would tend to the disruption of tho
empire.
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Continued from page 1
party and then its opposite, the Bol
sheviki. Here our position has been
undoubtedly weakened, but even here
much has developed favoring us. It
was very satisfactory that our deadly
enemies, the Czechs, .should fight the
Poles in Teschen, naturally enraging
the Poles, with the result that we need
not fear an alliance between those two
enemies.
"There is another anti-Polish ele- i
ment in the East for which we have
worked and in which we have put capi
tal, namely, tho Ukrainians. If we
und the Austrians had not stirred up
the Ukrainians they would not be
against the Poles to-day. It is to the
lasting credit of Ostmarchveroines
that even when an immediate outbreak
of war was not expected they always
insisted upon tho necessity not of tak?
ing measures against the Poles in
Prussia, but of raisins nP enemies ;
against them in the East on the hor- '
ders of the former Polish kingdom. I*,
is true Russia directed her Polish j
policy in our favor and often under our
direct influence, but that might chance.
The forethought of the Ukrainian and ;
Lithuanian work during the war proper j
has been excellent, both Lithuania and ;
Ukrainia refusing to become part of '
the former Polish kingdom.
Planned Propaganda ?
Throughout America
"Our influence has torn from- the
Poles almost the whole of East Galicia
und delivered it to our Eastern parti?
san?. Publications in various lan?
guages regarding the Lithuanian and
Ukrainian questions will through us be
spread throughout neutral and enemy
countries, naturally especialy in
America.
"What. German state philosophers in?
genuously created as theories, as well
as all that has been brought into prac?
tical being by German politicians both
in Vienna and Berlin in tho matter of
publicity, is still young.
"The conception of Poland is very
old. For a period of time, stricken
from state dictionaries, it. needs now
only to be freshened. It is no new?
comer on the European political hori?
zon. It is different with our newly;
created allies, Lithuania and Ukrainia.'
"It is an immense gain for us that
they have been created and are not
only disunited with the Poles, but
actually hostile to them. We must |
not forget properly to care for these'
promising young plants. Our propa?
ganda must not cease for ?in instant
in strengthening the self-consciousness;
of this creation and turn it against the J
Toles.
Peace Means No End
To Political Plans
"Signing of peace, which may be
formally done, does not, of course,
mean an end to the development of our
political ends. Lithuanian and Ukrai?
nian affairs will always be of great im?
portance to iis. It is a question of two
points of support for our policy in re?
gard to Russia.
"All these Eastern questions hang
together, each in itself being merely a
part of the great Russian problem for
us, just as this is merely a last stop
in the. account to be settled with the
Anglo-Saxons, toward world dominion.,
"With Poland on guard, the way to
Russia is closed. If wo succeed in
keeping Poland down, it will mean
enormous gains for us. France's posi- ;
tion on the continent rendered unten?
able, ihe way lo Russia is then opened.
That is, even for a blind man, Ger?
many's future. Russia is now ripe if
planted with German seed, to come
into a great German future. Poland
is the sole, but very powerful obstacle.
"Therefore, it is important not to !
lose courage, but to keep in mind I
things which might bo much worse.
We must continue our work cease- ?
lessly in the East, and keep before our
eyes the gigantic reward we hope to '
obtain.
"If we succeed in hindering the up?
building of a strong Poland, the Anglo
Saxons cannot close our road to Rus- ;
sia. We will undertake the restara- ?
tion of Russia, and in possession of
such support will he ready within ten i
or fifteen years to bring France with- i
out difficulty into our power. The
march toward Paris will be easier then |
than in 1914. I
"The last step but one toward world
dominion will then be reached. The
continent is ours. Afterward will fol?
low the last stage, the closing of the
struggle between continent and over
Pogrom Inquiry
Bv U. S. Board,
PaderewskiAim
Polish Premier Says He
Will Ask Wilson to Naine
Commission to Study
Situation and Report
Says Jews Have Liberty
Deeply Impressed by Big
Meeting Here; Threatens
to Punish Any Offenders
PARIS, June 1 (By The Associated
! Press).--Ignace Jan Paderewski, the
: Polish Premier, made it known to-day
1 that he had decided to ask President
Wilson to name a commission of
Americans to go to Poland and investi?
gate the charges regarding the treat?
ment of the Jewish population there.
The Premier's intention was revealed
in the making public of a letter which :
ho has written to Herbert C. Hoover,
head of the Allied Food Relief Com?
mission.
"I have been considering our discus
sion on the position of the Jews in
Poland, and particularly the action of
the recent meeting in New York in ?
protest against the treatment of the
Jews," the Polish Premier's letter
read.-. "The misstatements through
which that meeting was influenced have
affected me profoundly and as I and
my colleagues in the Polish govern?
ment have nothing to conceal I have
decided to request the President to
appoint an American commission to
visit Poland and investigate. If it
finds any case of transgression of the
law where justice has not been done
the Polish government will undertake
to administer it rigorously.
Poland Cut Off
"Poland is absolutely cut off from ,
the world by enemy territory, so the
world knows little of Piastern Europe
or its current events except rumors
affected by enemy coloring. I can un?
hesitatingly state tbat 'he events as
represented in the New York meeting
have not occurred. There are in Po?
land ministers of grc;;.t governments?
American, British and French. Have
?my of them ever reported such events
to their governments, or have they
ever asked a single question regarding ;
them of the Polish government officials !
who see them daily. .Not to my knowl?
edge.
"The world little understands that
the Jews of Poland, ground for gen- :
orations under the heel of our common
oppressor, are in considerable part a
people of misery, but that this misery;
is not the creation of the five months j
old republic. New Poland has given
the Jew every liberty of the Gentile. :
All to-day si: in the Congress together;
all are devoted to the solution of tho
problems and meeting the dangers im- ;
perilling the new republic.
"You yourself know that in the gl- \
gantic problem of feeding 23,000.000 '
people. 13 or 14 per cent of whom are ;
Jews, the latter had equal considera- !
tion with tho other elements of the I
population.''
"The misery of the Jews in the old
Russian empire has created in them
especially that fertile field from
which Bolshevism has sprung. It is '
a melancholy fact that among the lead?
ers and the intelligence of that de
structivo movement are to-day many
chosen from these oppressed Russian
Jews. It is the penalty eastern Eu?
rope is paying for the mistreatment :
of Jews in Russia in the past.
"Poland to-day is the outpost in the :
defence of Europe and the world from
the Bolshevik armies and their un-:
speakable wickedness and barbarity.
Our soni are dying at this very hour
to hold this thin barrier, now hundreds i
of miles long. In this lighting area,
Jews, Poles, Russians, Lithuanians
suffered terribly, but the Tact of Jews
being killed in the ranks of 'he Red
army does not, justify charges of Jew
ish persecution.
"I call attention to the-event of
Yilna. Our army captured the whole
of the general staff of the Bolshevik1
army operating in that territory. Al?
most all of them were Jews. Some of
these were tri"d and convicted of un?
speakable barbarity and have been
punished. Have not the leader? and -
the propagandists of Bolshevism pub- j
lished this incident as a pogrom?
Furthermore, how many of these stor- !
ies are there that have not come
through German hands?
"I consider it of vital necessity that
these accusations should be wiped out
by the unbiased testimony of just men, ;
and therefore sincerely hope that the ;
President, ns the supreme arbiter of
humanity and justice, will grant, us
the favor of appointing the committee
for which I ask."
Lansing Urged by Jews
To Act to Stop Pogroms
Special Corrfispondenco
ATLANTIC CITY, June 1.?The Na?
tional Conference of Jewish Charities, !
in closing its annual convention to- j
What CA. Murdock, Secretary,
California Associated Raisin Co,,
Fresno,Cal.,says about Dictaphone
Service:
"Our Dictaphone equipment is giving
us excellent service. The dictators find
that the use o? The Dictaphone save a
great deal of their time. The tran?
scribing force is enabled materially to
increase its output."
Phone or write for I 5-rninute demon?
stration in your office, on your work.
There is but one Dictaphone, trade-marked "The Dictaphone"
made and merchandised by the Columbia Graphophone Co.
Phone Worth 7250?Call at 280 Broadway
TftE
T
JrROM a small wooden shop
with a half dozen em?
ployees to the largest toy
manufacturing business in
America, in ten years time, is
the record of the A. C. Gilbert
Company of New Haven,
Conn.
This tremendous growth
has been due, in largue mea?
sure, to "Planned Advertis?
ing." Seven years ago the
publicity work of this com?
pany was placed in the hands
of Hoy t's Service, Inc. "Erec?
tor", the ingenious construc?
tion toy "with girders like
real structural steel," was
featured in a campaign of
unusual proportions in the
leading boys' and national
publications. Interesting
prize contests were inaugu?
rated; the Gilbert Institute of
Toy Engineering was estab?
lished; aHooys' magazine was
published and new and ef?
ficient sales features were sug?
gested.
The net result was a
phenomenal success in the
toy field. Other interesting
toys were added to the Gilbert
line?toys of an educational,
worth-while sort ? Gilbert
electrical sets; chemistry,
wireless and telephone out?
fits; Gilbert machine guns,
Woyt's c
Planned .
U61*?it 32na
BoBoylston St., cor. Tremonl
Boston. Mass.
night., adopted a resolution calling upon
the Secretary of State to strive to in?
fluence the authorities of Poland and
Rumania to stop the massacres of Jews
in those countries and elsewhere in
Kastern Europe.
Mr. Lansing was petitioned to insti?
tute inquiry into the reported outbreak
and adopt necessary measures to as?
sure the safety and rights of the Jew
in these and all other lands.
The convention urged the joint dis?
tribution committee for Jewish War
Relief to continuo its vigilance in ob?
taining and disseminating reliable in
formaton as to the treatment of Jews
abroad. Felix ?.!. Warburg, of New
York, was elected president. Other of?
ficers are Morris D. Waldman, of New
York, first vice-president; Julius Gold?
man, of New Orleans, second vice-presi?
dent; Louis M. Cahn, of Chicago, third
vice-president: Boris D. Poten, of New
York, secretary, arid Sidney Prit'.:, of
Cincinnati, treasurer.
Recognition of Anti-Reds
Agreed To by Wilson
American Troops Being With
draicn From Archangel a
British Substitutes Arrivt
New York Tribvra
Special Cable Service
(Comright. 1919. New ?ork Tribuna Ino )
PARIS, June 1.- The American dele
?ates to the peace conference admi
that President Wilson has agreed t
nent in Russia, and has signed a com
munication to the Onisk r?gime in con
?unction with Clemenceau, Orland?
Lloyd George and Saionji.
The American troops are being wit!
1DVERTISING
submarines, miniature motors
and toy machinery, sets of
magic, etc.
Then the famous little Polar
Cub Electric Fan was brought
out, appropriately named and
effectively marketed through
"Planned Advertising." This '
was followed by a carefully,
planned campaign for th?
Gilbert Home Motors.
And now, in iqip, another
great Gilbert success is being '<
announced through the boys l
magazines and n page adver**
tisement in the Saturday
Evenin? Post of May 31st.;
Gilbert's New Wheel Toy, to
be named by some boy or '
girl who will be given $100 In
cash for the suggestion; bids
fair to be a greater success
than Gilbert's "Erector". ;,f
Growth in the largest degree
comes to manufacturers who
choose and work in close co- '
operation with advertising
specialists who leave nothing
to chance. The basis 01
"Planned Advertising" is a
carefully formulated plan
founded upon thorough in-'
vestigation of manufacturing1 ;
and selling conditions. We
shall be pleased to meet ex?
ecutives and tell them more
about this method ot working.
Service, inc.
p ? ' *
l Street, SrV?w Vork
Leader-News Building
Cleveland, Ohio
recogniio the anti-BolBhevik govvrn
drawn from Archangel. The British
volunteer substitutes are already ar?
riving and are being welcomed en
thusiatically by the population.
Recent, dispatches from Pari? Indi?
cated that President Wilson was In?
clined to withhold recognition oi th?
Kolchak government.
-?
German Merchants
Await Doughboys
_._ i
COBLENZ, June I (By The Asf
ciated Press). If the Americana ad?
vance further Into Cermany the sol?
diers will find some of the civilian!
awaiting them with open arm-. Ger?
man newspapers from the district op?
posite the Coblenz bridgehead report
that storekeepers in the villages er?
arranging displays of various kinds of
souvenirs in anticipation of the ar?
rival of the Americ; ; .-, the merchants
I having heard glowing accounts of the
I souvenir seeking habits of th? dotirh
'. boys and their disregard for money.
One newspaper from unoccupied
Germany cautions the populate n not
to look upon the advancing soldiers
with enmity in the event thai the
Americans go ahead, pointing o il the
advantages to be derived from the nr
| rival of the khaki-clad troop- who
will bring with them an abunda r?
of food. The newspaper saj Bi
1 Germans within the American :\r a are
supplied with better food than th?
' civilians of any other occupied dis?
trict, and that the Coblenz and Trevti
1 shopkeepers are waxing fat on profita
? derived from souvenir-buying so! i-.ertv.
Satisfactory
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