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MONDAY, JUNE 23, 1919
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TWArvvniilB Greater Xew York and | TOREE CENTS
xwo tESTS j wtthni rommottnc distance | Elsewhere
Germany Votes to Sign---With^e^ervationsT
Allies Reject Plea; Prepare to Strike To-day
Round-Up of
Parlor Reds'
Is Ordered
Lusk Committee to Sub?
poena Those on Mailing
lists Found in Raids on
Radical Headquarters
Rand School Is
Still Under Guard
New Search Warrant To
Be Asked for Safe Al?
derman Lee Won't Open
The Lusk committee investigating ?
Bolshevism is planning, it became
known yesterday, a round-up of the
"parlor" Bolshevists whose names
were found in documents seized by
itate police troopers when they de?
scended Saturday on the I. W. W.
headquarters, the chief office of the
"Left Wing" Socialists and the Rand
School. It is the purpose of the com?
mittee to learn by subpoena if these
radicals advocate the overthrow of the
government by violence.
"These radicals," Baid one of the
mea connected with the Lusk com
miltee yesterday, "may be divided
?>to three groups. The first is a small
minority who would resort to any ex
:reme to carry out their programme
of revolution. The second is made up
of loose-mouthed, mentally-unbalanced
political reformers. The third consists
of a depraved few dfawn together by
talk of free love and nationalization
of women and that sort of thing. We
intend to put them all on the stand
and give them an opportunity to ex?
plain."
Big Haul of Literature
Wagon leads of Red literature, cor?
respondence and a multitude of docu
iaent8 of every variety were seized in
the raids. Early yesterday morning
the raiders had departed from the I.
W. W. headquarters, on East Fourth
Street, and from the stamping gTound
of John Reed and other "Left Wing?
ers," in West Twenty-ninth Street, but
they were still on guard at the Rand
School, in East Fifteenth Street, last
Bight.
Two state troopers stood guard over
a big safe bearing the legend "Society
of Commonwealth Centre, Inc." This
is the organization owning and operat?
ing the building in which the Rand
School and other radical enterprises
have space. As it was not named in
the search warrant, the raiders could
not take possession of it.
Algernon Lee, leader of the Social?
ist? in the Board of"Aldermen and the
educational director of the Rand
School, refused to open the safe for
A. E. Stevenson, one of the legal aids
rf the Lusk committee, and so the
troopers were placed on guard, to re
Win there until an application for a
March warrant can be made before a
Mgistrate to-day.
Committee Meets To-day
The Lusk committee will meet to
? day in executive session, at which it
"81 receive reports of the results of
Saturday's raids. It is expected that
*t this meeting a date for the next
>*hlic hearing of the committee will
?ixed and plans made for an exami
!*tion of the men and women involved
* the seized documents,
"hile the radicals were busy de?
facing the Lusk committee for the
'?Id?, other citizens were equally loud
? their denunciation of the authori
"?* in their toleration of the extreme
?dicais. William T. Hornaday, in a
'?tejnent yesterday, said:
'Bow long, O Lord, how long!' will
* ?p?seles? and nerveless government
???it the Bolsheviki of New York to
?Ht in ita face and flout it beyond all
^**aabl* limits, as again was done
Tjti*y night at Madison Square
??den, for about the fiftieth time dur
?**? last eighteen months? How
!z* *r* l'1* Federal courts going to
?*?? themaelve? to be made a laugh
? ttock by auch people as Rose
?"** btflkes and others out on bail
{*??'criminal sentences? How much
?^?5 '* tntl President of the United
Continued tm page eix
fcn you
feave town
this summer-*
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Cyclone Kills
200 Persons
In Minnesota
Three Business Blocks j
Are Wiped Out in\
Town of Fergus Falls; I
Hotel and Depot Rased
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FARGO, N. D? June 22.?Approxi?
mately two hundred persons were killed
I by a tornado that struck Fergus Falls,
j Minn., this afternoon, and wiped out
j three blocks in the business section of
that city,
A report from Staples to the North?
ern Pacific here said the Grand Hotel
had been razed by the wind and the
Northern Pacific depot demolished.
The telephone operator at Battle
Lake, Minn., about eighteen miles west
o? Fergus Falls, reported that the en?
tire town between the Grand Hotel and
the brewery had been wiped out. The
hotel is situated in- the eastern section
of the city and the brewery is located
in the western part. The operator also
? reported that 200 persons had been
! killed.
Fergus Falls, in Minnesota, has a
population of about 7,000.
ST. PAUL, June 22.?It is reported
j here from Fergus Falls that seventy
| five persons were buried in the ruins
; of the Grand Hotel, which collapsed
j during the tornado there.
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| Prof. Dana Stages
Big 4 Burlesque
A burlesque representation of the
peace conference and the big four in
i session at Paris marked the concluding
session of the conference of the Young
Democracy, an organization of radi?
cals, at Seaside House, Rockaway, yes?
terday. The part of Clemenceau, as
president of the conference, was
played by Professor Harry Dana, for?
merly of Columbia University, from
which he was expelled for his radical
teachings and opinions. /
Professor Dana opened the session of
! the "big four" by announcing: "Ve
are ze big four?pardon me, I vas go?
ing to say ve are ze pig four?and
we have come here to forgive our ene?
mies and establish peace for the
world."
The burle*"sque presented the "big
four"?"the four old, decrepit men," as
they were styled in the introduction to
the play by Professor Dana?in the
r?le of men who had regained their
former old, democratic opinions, and
who, acting upon these opinions, con?
clude a peace based on President Wil?
son's fourteen points and other utter?
ances.
At the peace table, on common agree?
ment of "the big four," were repre?
sented Germany, Hungary, Ireland,
India, the Russian Soviet Republic,
Mexico and the negro races of the
world. All of these nations presented
demands that were unanimously grant?
ed by the conference.
The part of Germany was played by
Miss Alexandria Stager, a German girl,
who, on appearing before "the big
four," was embraced by "M. Clemen?
ceau," who declared, "I do this because
I have been taught to loff my enemies."
Professor Dana spoke partly in
i French and partly in English, and set
! the audience laughing again and again
j by his jibes at the conference and the
I peace treaty. "M. Clemenceau," in
j granting "Germany's" demands, said:
"Madame, it gives me pleasure to an
j pounce that the conference has decided
] to grant your demands unanimously"
| and presented her with a bouquet of
flowers.
Hungary, represented by Miss Ethel
: Jamison, appeared at the peace table
waving a red handkerchief. Ireland
was granted complete independence
from British rule, as likewise was
India. Mexico was assured of no in?
tervention by foreign troops and "her
right to self-determination," while all
! political and social distinctions were
i abolished between whites and negroes.
[Full etory of the conference is
on page six.]
His Wife Perfect Woman,
Says Major Baird's Will
? "I want to say to the world that my
i wife, in my estimation, is the most per
| feet woman I ever saw, heard or knew
? of," said the will of the late Major
; Charles Gamble Baird, of Richmond
? Hill, Queens, filed for probate at Ja
| maica. "She is endowed with marvel
i lous courage, a very strong will and
1 an intensely high ideal of honor. I am
: the richest of men in that I am blest
with the truest, most honorable and
| loving wife in the world."
Major Baird was the first army officer
? from Richmond Hill to die in action in
France.
Following the eulogy of his wife,
i Major Baird declared he had never told
j her a falsehood, broken a promise to
I her or deceived her. The entire estate,
?about $20,000, is left to his wife,
! Gerezmenyhart Baird.
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400 British Mutinous
Troops Under Arrest
LONDON, June 22 (By The Associ?
ated Press).?The mutinous conduct of
l troops at Sutton camp, Surrey, which
i has been growing for the last ten days,
culminated to-day in the formation of
! a committee by the men and their
: refusal to salute or to obey orders.
This morning two battalions of troopi
] were sent to the camp in light ftghtinj
j trim and with a machine gun.
The troops arrested 40o men, among
them the ringleader?, and dispatched
1.800 others to camps at Dover and
Canterbury.
The main grievance of the men was
that they were being ordered to
Franc?.
Knox Drops
Fight for Vote
On Resolution
Senator Lodge Announces
That Appropriation Bills
Must Be Passed Through
Congress Before July 1
Root Treaty Plan Favored
Senator Smoot Says Repub?
licans Demand Elimination
of Article X From Pact
WASHINGTON, June 22.?Concen?
tration of the Republicans behind the
plan advocated yesterday by ex-Sen?
ator Elihu Root-to ratify the peace
treaty with reservations safeguarding
America's interests?was indicated
very generally here to-night.
Henry Cabot Lodge, Republican
leader in the Senate, issued a state?
ment after a conference with Senator*
Knox, definitely abandoning the fight
to obtain a vote on the Knox resolu?
tion. He gives as his reasons the
necessity of devoting every minute of
available time to the appropriation
measures, which should be passed be?
fore the end of the fiscal year, June 30,
Democrats assert, however, that with
his colleagues Senator Lodge has come
to the conclusion that it is useless to
fight longer to obtain an expression
from the Senate at this time so far as
any effect on the Paris conference is
concerned.
Lodge's Statement
Following is Senator Lodge's state?
ment:
"I am very strongly in favor of
the Knox resolution. I think the .
league and peace with Germany
ought not to be interlocked. We
ought to be able to ratify the peace
with Germany at once, and then give
the proper discussion to the cove?
nant of the league of nations, which
involves the entire future of the
country. ?
"I should like to bring the Knox
resolution to a vote at Once, but after
consultation with Senator Knox this
afternoon I have come to the con?
clusion that in the present situation
of the appropriation bills, and es?
pecially the army bill, now before
the Senate we ought not to press the
Knox resolution at this moment, be?
cause it will lead to debate, and noth?
ing should be allowed to interfere
with the passage of the appropria?
tion bills before July 1. We propose
to pass them before that date and
shall sit night and day, if necessary,
to do it.
Willing for Postponement
"I am more willing to accept this
postponement because the resolution
is growing stronger daily and the
absolute necessity of amending the
league, if it is to be made safe for
the United States and for the cause
of peace, has just been freshly
demonstrated in Senator Root's let?
ter with extraordinary force."
Senator Smoot, of Utah, declared that
the Republicans generally accepted the
suggestion of former Senator Root.
"I approve of the programme of ac?
tion outlined in the Root letter and I
have reason to believe it is likewise ap?
proved by almost all other Republi?
cans," Senator Smoot said. "I do not
see how the President could oppose
such reservations as the Monroe Doc?
trine, and unless American obligation
under Article X is set aside I do not
believe the treaty will receive the sup?
port requisite for ratification."
Expected It, Says Hitchcock
"I am not at all surprised," said Mr.
Hitchcock, "at the disastrous failure
of the Knox resolution. It has disap?
pointed its friends and divided the Re?
publican party."
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Italian and French
To Occupy Vienna
LONDON, June 22.?Special dis?
patches received from Vienna contain
reports suggesting the approaching oc?
cupation of Vienna by Italian and
French troops, owing to the threaten?
ing attitude of the Hungarian Com?
munists on the frontier.
Winnipeg Ends Army Rule
Soldier Constables Now Are
Policing City
WINNIPEG, Man., June 22.?-Martial
law, which was declared in this city
yesterday when striking union men at?
tempted to parade despite orders of
Mayor Charles F. Gray against a dem?
onstration, was ended this afternoon.
Returned Bo?dier constables now are
policing the city in the place of Fed?
eral soldiers, who have been withdrawn
to their barracks.
Gorky Calling
to the
Soul of Russia
A series of piercing edi?
torials translated from the
novelist's own newspaper
in Petrograd.
To-day:
on the editorial page
"A Ball of Snakes"
"Council of Five"
Demands Germans
Accept Terms in
Their Entirety
500,000 Troops
Ready to Move
Note From Enemy
Objects to Two of
Treaty's Clauses
PARIS, June 22 (By The Asso?
ciated Press).?The council of five
has definitely rejected the German
suggestion that further alterations
be made in the peace treaty. It is
further understood that unless the
terms are accepted unconditionally
the Allied armies will advance Mon?
day evening. All preparations to
move 500,000 men have been made.
The council of five to-day received
four notes from the Germans, which
are supposed to have been prepared
in advance and were held to await
advices from Weimar on the result
of the meeting of the Assembly
President Wilson went at once tc
the residence of Pi emier Lloyc
George, where the council took ut
consideration of the notes.
!One of th^ese, from the new Ger?
man government, received at I
o'clock, declared that Germany was
ready ta sign peace if the clause:
making Germany responsible for thi
the trial of the ' former Emperoi
war and calling for the trial of th<
former emperor were eliminated.
The council of five remained ii
session until 8 o'clock in the even
ing and then adjourned for dinner
The council met again at 9 o'clock
and after brief further considera
tion took its decision to reject th<
German request.
The Germ?n government has ap
pointed Dr. Haniel von Haimhausen
of the peace delegation, to conduc
the peace arrangements at Ver
saules, and it was through him tha
to-day's correspondence was trans
mitted.
The German note, offering to sigi
with reservations, was dated Ver
salles, June 22, and addressed to M
Clemenceau. It follows:
"The Imperial Minister of Foreigi
Affairs has instructed me to communi
cate the following to your excellency
"The government of the German R?
public has from the moment when th
peace conditions of the Allied and as
sociated governments were mad
known to it let no doubt exist as t
the fact that the government, in hai
mony with the whole German peopl
must regard these conditions as bein
in sharp contradiction to the princip]
which was accepted by the Allied an
associated powers, on the one han<
and Germany on the other, as bein
binding in accordance with the laws <
nations for the peace before the cot
elusion of the armistice.
Sought Verbal Exchange
"Relying upon this principle <
justice which was agreed upon betwe<
the parties to the negotiations, and a
sisted by a clear exposition of co
ditions in Germany, the government h
left no stone unturned in order to a
rive at a direct verbal exchange
opinions, and thus obtain some mil
gation of the unbearably harsh cone
tions which might render it possib
for the government of the German i
public to sign the treaty of peace wit
out reservations, and to guarantee i
execution.
"These endeavors of the governme
of the German republic, which we
undertaken in the interest of the pea
of the world and the reconciliation
peoples, have failed owing to rigoro
insistence on the conditions of peac
"Far-reaching counter proposals
the German delegation have or
in certain points received any i
ceptance. The concessions made oi
reduced the severity of the conditic
in a small degree.
To Sign or Not to Sign
"The Allied and associated gove;
ments have, in an ultimatum wh
expires on June 23, confronted 1
government, of the German repuh
with the decision either to sign i
treaty of peace presented by them
refuse to sign. In the latter cas?
completely defenseless people has bi
threatened with the forcible impc
tion of the conditions of peace
Continued on next page
After Due and Careful Consideration
(Copyright, 1919. New York Tribuno Inc.)
Britain ?ghast
Over Hun Coup
At Scapa Flow
People Ask Why Sinkings
That Lasted From Noon
to 4:30 o'Clock Did Not
Attract Notice Sooner
I
New York Tribune i
Special Cable Servie?
(Copyright, 1919, New Tor* Tribune Inc.)
LONDON, June 22.?Of all the ships
of the German High Seas Fleet that
surrendered to the British on Novem?
ber 21 last only one?the battleship
Baden?-remains afloat at Scapa Flow.
The rest, scuttled by their crews,
either lie on the deep bottom of the
Flow or have been beached. In a single
blow the Germans have prevented the
British triumph of taking over the
fleet, a ceremony which was scheduled
to coincide with the signing of the
peace treaty.
England at first was stupefied by the
news, which, despite the reticence of
the Admiralty, leaked out last evening.
So far only the most meagre details of
the exploit of the German crews have
been permitted to appear in the press.
The Sunday paperc contained prac?
tically no editorial comment on the
event.
Berlin Connivance Charged
Several British admirals, including
Sir Percy Scott and Sir Cyprian Bridge,
express the same opinion, namely: "It
serves us right for trusting the Huns."
Admiral Bridge referred to the sink?
ings as a "g/atuitous iniquity," and
said ?he had not the slightest doubt
that the sinkings were carried out un?
der instructions from Berlin. He
characterized the whole affair as
"frankly dishonorable and intended as
a direct insult."
There is a tendency among others
equally qualified to comment to smile
rather ruefully and say: "Well, it's !
the best thing thsit could have hap?
pened. It's just what we wanted to do."
To-day there was a most rigid in?
vestigation under way. While the Ad?
miralty refuses information, many
Continued on page thret
Allies to Rule Rhine
Like Monarchs of Old
Entente Commissioners in Occupied Territory Have
Power of Mediaeval Sovereigns Till Germany
Fulfils Terms of Treaty; Teuton Governments
to Hold On for the Present
New York Tribune
European Bureau
(Copyright, 1919. New York Tribuno Inc.)
COBLENZ, June 22.?"The Rhineland
is mortgaged property, and the mort
gage will be held by the Allies until
it is paid off," Pierrepont B. Noyes,
American member of the Inter-Allied
Rhineland Commission, told The Trib?
une to-day, in explaining the future
of Germany's richest province. The
council of four has denied that the
inter-Allied control of the Rhineland
shall be civil instead of military. It
is in the hands of the five Allied com?
missioners, representing America,
France, Great Britain, Italy and Bel?
gium. The powers of these five men
are even greater than those of the
ancient kings who ruled the Rhine in
mediaeval days.
Backed by troops, they are empow?
ered to declare martial iaw over the
whole or portions of the Rhineland ter?
ritory at a moment's notice, and,
clothed with all the powers, immunities
and privileges of ambassadors, they will
have absolute supervision of every
angle of political, industrial, financial
and economic life until Germany has
paid her debt, whether this be one, five,
ten or fifteen years.
German Rule to Stand
"We have decided to allow the exist?
ing German government to function as
in peace times under our strict super?
vision," Noyes added. "It will be a
peaceful civil administration unless
Germany seeks to evade compliance
with the terms of the peace treaty.
The troops who remain here will not
be billeted on the population, but will
live in barracks, of which there are
American, French, British and Belgian
occupied areas to accommodate 80,000
men. The German government not
only pays the expenses of the troops
but also the cost of the maintenance
of our commission as long as we re?
main.
"We will call on the military forces
only when it is evident that peaceful
conciliation of all differences betweer
ourselves and the Germans become!
impossible. We do not look forwarc
to invoking martial law, as we an
empowered to do, except as a last re
sort. However, troops will always di
handy."
Mr. Noyes was unable to sa;
i
i whether any American troops will re
main on the Rhine for a period of ?
I years. This, he declared, must be de
i cided at Versailles, although the com?
missioner understands that the French j
are highly desirous that some force of !
both the Americans and British troops ',
be maintained here.
Americans May Remain
"I have been unofficially informed,"
Commissioner Noyes added, "that
President Wilson may bow to Marshal
. Foch's desire to maintain at least one
American regiment here and that
Lloyd George, in that case, would con?
sent to leave at least a battalion of
British, just enough to fly the two
: flags. These forces in any event would
consist of volunteers specifically en?
listed for this service. All military
' forces, however, will be under our ab
: solute control, whether French, Brit
! ish or Americans, and so far as Ger
| many is concerned we retain all oc
I cupying rights we now enjoy."
Commissioner Noyes is the finest
type of American business man, tall,
' erect and slightly gray. The iorce
I fui part he played in framing the fut
j ure administration of the Rhineland
! will some day be known, though cer?
tain reasons exist now why all should
' not be told. In thoroughly informed
sources it was said that it is entirely
due to Mr. Noyes that the Rhineland'a
future comes under civil instead of
military law. The military convention
; in the peace conference had decided
i to hold the Rhineland under heavj
| military occupation, exercising the iror
? heel of military discipline on civilian^
' so long as Germany owed the Alliei
j a single cent.
Noyes Plans Accepted
Feeling that this character of occu
! pation meant breeding war, Commis
j sioner Noyes, in defiance of the entir*
military convention, drafted plans lo
civil occupation diametrically oppose
to the mandate of the conventior
Aided by his friends, he put the mal
| 1er squarely before President Wilso
! in such a convincing manner that th
; President was converted to civilia
| control of the Rhineland. After a pr<
j tracted struggle, in which powerfi
i agencies were opposed to Wilson, tb
j civilian programme won, and Commii
: sioner Noyes now is beginning h
"reign" as one of the five Alii?
I "kings" of the entire Rhinelan
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Safety for
Kaiser, Plea
Of Assembly
Vote Is 237 to 138 for
Peace Programme ; Seek
to Evade Responsibility
for Causing the War
j
Economic Demands
Held Impossible
'We Yield to Force' Is Ex
pected To Be Basis of
Their Final Surrender
BERLIN, June 22 (By The As?
sociated Press).?The German Na?
tional Assembly this afternoon by
a vote of 237 to 138 to author?
ized the new Cabinet to sign the
peace treaty, with certain reserva?
tions. The Assembly also voted
confidence in the new government
of Herr Bauer, 236 to 89. Sixty
eight members abstained from
voting.
On the question of signing the
treaty, five members of the Assem?
bly abstained from voting.
Before the vote of confidence was
taken Herr Bauer, the new Premier,
declared the government would sign
the treaty, but without acknowledge
ing the responsibility of the Ger?
man people for the war and with?
out accepting the obligations con?
tained in Articles 227 to 230 in the
treaty relating to the trial of the
former Emperor and the extradition
of other German personages.
Bauer to Indicate Reply
"Germania," in its isBue of to?
day, said Foreign Minister Mueller
would communicate at to-day's ses?
sion of the Assembly the text of a
note which, on approval by the As?
sembly, would be dispatched to the
peace congress heads. The note,
according to "Germania," would de?
cline to accept Article 231 of the
peace treaty, dealing with Ger?
many's responsibility for the war,
and Articles 227 to 230, dealing
with the penalties.
Further, the note would affirm
that President Wilson's fourteen
points had not been applied in the
peace treaty, and express regret
that oral negotiations had been re?
fused the Germans.
Surrender Due to "Force"
It would also, according to th*
newspaper, emphasize the inalien?
able right of every nation, even
Germany, to live, and say that Ger?
many could not assent to the peace
treaty from her inner conviction,
because it contained conditions im?
possible of fulfilment ?nd unbear?
able. Therefore Germany would
not sign voluntarily, but would onlj
yield to force.
The note, the paper says, would
add that since the economic anc
financial terms exceed the limit ?l
Germany's capacity to meet them
Germany would be unable to ac
cept the responsibility for their exe
cution.
Bauer Disclaims
Blame for War
Distress of Land and Peo
pie Brought Ls Togeth
er9 He Tells Assembl
WEIMAR, June 22 fBy The Associa
ed Press).?In announcing the decisic
of the government to sign the peat
treaty with reservations Premi*
Bauer declared to-day before the N
tional Assembly that "we lay the grea
est emphasis on the declaration th
we cannot accept, and by our sign
ture do not cover, Article 231 deman
ing that Germany confess herself t!
sole author of the war."
Continuing, Premier Bauer said:
"The Allied and associated powe
cannot expect th? Gnrman people
agree from inner conviction to a pei
instrument whereby, without the p<
ulations being consulted, living me
bers are severed from the Garman E
pire, German sovereignty perman?n
violated and unbearable economic a