Officers Who
Betrayed FV>e
ToU.S.Here|
Two Men, Close to Von
Hindenburg, Divulged
Plans of German? and
Saved American Lives
Wanted to Hasten. Peace?
Fearing Teuton's Revenge,
They Are Brought-to This
Country Under Guard
A story of the betrayal of the Ger?
man high command through the efforts
of the American military secret serv-j
ice and of the organization among Grer-I
man officers of a vendetta aimed at-the
lives of the traitors was brought to
light with the arrival here yesterday
of two German prisoners of war, con?
signed to the director of military in?
telligence, Washington, D. C.
According to information here, the^
mysterious prisoners, who landed from
the Agamemnon under heavy guard,
formerly were German officers of high
rank, occupying positions of great re-?
sponsibility under von Hindenburg. ;
Betrayed Plans of Staff .
Before the inauguration of the^f
American offensives in 1918, operatives1
of the American military intelligent
corps prevailed upon them, through
inducements which have not been di?
vulged, to deliver plans of the Ger?
man general staff covering the proposed
movements on the western front, prob?
able lines of retreat, points at which
stands would be made, and other de?
tailed information of inestimable value.
With these plans before him, General
Pershing was able to lay out his cam-/
paign with great freedom, and it is be-i
lieved that n result was to cut the cost;
of the American advance practically^
in half.
The prisoner1? are said to be Alfred
Scholz and Alwin Grothe. The former
is an infantry officer ana was captuqed
at St. Mihiel Sept 2, 1918. Grothe^an
;? viator, was shot down in the Arganne
Oct. 18 of the same year.
First Prisoners Brought Her??
They are the first German military
prisoners to be brought to America
and were under the guard of ?fifteen
soldiers in command of Lieutenant R.
H. Owen, of the 5th Ammunition Train,
who professed to know nothing about
hia charges except that they were
prisoners.
The coming of the Germsans was
hrouded in mystery, but information
picked up in Hoboken from (travellers
i>n the Agamemnon was thatythe guard
fnrown about them was more of a
.'rotective measure than a means of
preventing their escape. The prison
<>rs were %nusually well.^treated and
, ppeared to be in high (spirits when
>he vessel came to port,/and this was
?nterpreted by those who saw them as
an indication that thev? were in good
favor with the United (.'States military
authorities.
Mystery Surrounds Them
Brigadier General. McManus, troop
movement officer of?- the port of em?
barkation, who receives instructions
from France and from Washington
relative to the disposition of all
prisoners, said that he had received
no advices concerning the two Ger?
mans.
Lieutenant Owen said he had in
ptructLonu to deliver the Germans to
the military intelligence bureau in
Washington and apart from that knew
nuthing of their history. When he re?
ported to the military authorities in
Hoboken for further instructions he
? as informed that no instructions had
? me to afcter those he had received at
Piest and he proceeded with his pris
? -ie;-3 and guard of fifteen men to
V a-hington.
Traitors for Germany's Good
it -.vas said the captured officers real
'. -.ed that their proposal to betray the
? ii-.r.? of the-German High C-ommand for
. - treat was an act of treason against
he Fatherland. Nevertheless they ex?
pressed the belief that they were
really doing their country a service by
saving it from further warfare, as the
cause of Germany they realized, was
lost.
The honesty of the* men was doubted
at first, but several days of question?
ing and the checking up of informa?
tion they had given showed that their
intentions were sincere and they were
brought before (?enerai Pershing.
Under a cross-fire of the American
commander in chief "they revealed in
?ietail the defensive plans of Luden
dorf for retreat over a wide area and
the location of guns.
Their revelations included the pro?
posed movements of the Germans
along the entire western front, th?
probable lines of retreat and the po
litions where the entire German lint
had planned to resist the enemy in it:
retreat eastward.
When it was proved that they wer
telling tho whole truth General Per
?hinjf was able to lav out a campaig
with great latitude, and found it possi
ble to pursue the enemy with on*
'bird the casualties it would have co
had the information not been deliver?*
to him.
Fe_re_ for Their Families
Shortly before the armistice the Ger?
man officers expressed the belief that
fhe news of their betrayal had become
known in Germany, and that their
Ivv?? would be taken by German pris?
oners if they were detained in the reg?
alar prison camps. They said also that
they feared their families would b?> ai
?Msinated, and urged that they be ^?-??j.
**> a place of safety in the hope thurt
?IJ some land far away from Gerraany
(M* might be joined eventually by
th~ir womenfolk and children.
Their wishe-t ?-ere respected, and thus,
it is said, is apparent In the sending
of the men to ""hi? coutitry. Their de
p?rturc was clonely guarded, and th*
f?tets might not. have corne to li.htihad
rxyt a clerk rceordcd thtir nam?*-H fani
i .?atity -_. th? rosttrr of troops ?_nc
German Prisoners Here
&*?&;.'?&
Copyright, Underwood & Underwood
Alfred Scholz (above) and Alwin
Grothe (below) photographed on
their arrival on tho Agamemnon
yesterday.
prisoners departing on the Agamem- ;
non.
Are Sought as Teutons
Moreover, it ?3 understood that se- i
cret agents of the German government
in this country nad been apprised of :
the possibilities of sending prisoners
to the United States, and wer? urged to
destroy the betrayers of the Father
land. With this possibility in mind,
the American military authorities in
France provided a specially picked
guard of fifteen men to escort the Ger- ;
mans from Brest to Washington.
The prisoners will probably be sent
to some isolated army post and pro- ;
tected until such time as it may be j
safe to release them.
On arrival yestejday the two pris- j
oners were in a cheerful mood, and, de?
spite the risk of future harm, were !
?willing to pose before the camera. It
is said the American military authori?
ties, as a reward for the information
procured, will make an effort to bring
the families of the two Germans to
this country.
Lieutenant Accused of
Cruelty to Prisoners
Lieutenant "Hard Boiled" ?Smith, of
the A. E. F., charged with having cru?
elly treated American soldiers con?
fined at Prison Farm No. 2, in France,
arrived here himself a prisoner on
Sunday night on the transport Santa
Elisa, from Brest.
He was one of fifty prisoners brought
I home on the transport and was kept
i apart from them, as many had threat
! ened to "do him up" if they had a
? chance.
; He was taken to the military prison
; at Fort Jay, Governor's Island, yester
' day and no one was permitted to see
: him.
It was reported that he had arrived
' at Fort Jay four days ago, but this was
, denied by the military authorities at
the port of embarkation. At least 100
prisoners brought to this country com?
plained of the alleged inhuman treat?
ment they had received from Smith
and their testimony has been filed in
the War Department.
Baker Refuses Permit
To Visit War Graves
Ohio Man Wanted to See Son's
Body in Hope Mistake Had
Been Made in Identification
WASHINGTON, July 14.?George A.
Roper, a Steubenville, Ohio, manufact?
urer, lost both his aviator sons in the
war, and the shock killed his wife. The
younger son, Lieutenant George Roper,
was shot down In tha Ypres sector
while flying with the British. Shortly
afterward the older son, Captain Ken
yon Roer, was killed while flying with
the 91st American Pursuit Squadron
near St. Mihiel. A few days afterward
; Mrs. Roper died of grief.
Recently Roper called on Secretarj
Baker with a request that he be al?
lowed to vsit the graves of his sons ir
France.
"That's all in li'? that's left fo?
me," he said. L- had letters fron
former Ambassador Herrick, Senato
Pomerene and others. Roper adde?
that reports had come to him fron
members of the 91st Squadron that hi
?on, Kenyon, had been seen in a Ger
man hospital and that he wanted t
exhume the body buried at Gironvill
in order to identify it.
Secretary Baker refused the reques
declaring the plan was not practicaba
He agreed, however, to cable instruc
tions to Paris that a thorough invest
gation he made of the circumstance
surrounding the officially reporte
death and hural of Captain Hope
with a view to removing all doubt.
Toledo Blade.
Clerk Found Fle-rtroouted
In Factory at Jersey (.ity
William Weink, twenty-five years
old, of thirteenth Street, Carlstadt,
N. J., was electrocuted at the factory
of the Keystone Butterinc Company at
39 Sussex Street, Jersey City, yester?
day afternoon. He was the receiving
flerk and w_? alone in a room through
which runs a wire that supplies power
to a motor. He was heard to fall and
was found dead with burns on his
hands. An ambulance surgeon from
St. Francis Hospital ?aid Weink bad
been inHtantly killed.
Employes at th? factory said that
th? wire carried a current of 111
volts. Whether Weink fell against the
wire or took bold of it and touched a
spot where the insulation was defect
, ive was not determined.
Berlin Troops
Fire on Crowd;
City Tied Up
Noske's Men Use Solid Shot
to Disperse Gathering,
Wounding Two Men and
One Woman
Break Up Other Meetings
Government Uses Firm
Hand in the Strike That
Stops Transportation
BERLIN, July 21 (By The Associat?
ed Press).?Independent Socialists at?
tempted to form a gathering in the
Lustgarten at 2 o'clock this afternooni
The troops fired in the air and then
point blank into the crowd, wounding
two men and a woman. The crowd then
broke up.
The incident was the cause of sen?
sational reports throughout the city,
but order was maintained.
Gustav Noske, Minister of Defence,
had ordered large squads of troops
to patrol the downtown districts from
early in the morning. He prohibited
outdoor gatherings.
Gatherings Are Dispersed
Despite Minister Noske's prohibi?
tion, thousands gathered for the in?
dependents' meeting in the Gruene
wald. A procession was formed and
marched toward the city. Shortly
after noon troops with machine guns
and flame throwers dispersed the as?
semblage. Shots were fired in the
air, but no resistance was offered.
Other large gatherings were held in
Treptow Park and L'jiter den Linden,
but all were dispersed under pressure
of the troops. '
The city was hard hit by the strike
of transportation employes, electri?
cians, gas workers and typesetters,
and was without artificial light and
transportation.
As a consequence of the strike
; most of the residents remained at
home, and less inconvenience was ex?
perienced than was expected.
Newspapers Have to Suspend
The newspapers were so seriously af?
fected that eight of them either did ,
not publish or did not deliver papers
to their subscribers. Newspapers which
did publish condemned the strikers as
irresponsible persons. Some of the In?
dependent papers criticised Gustav
Noske, Minister of Defence, for pro?
hibiting open air meetings of the Inde?
pendents, while encouraging indoor
meetings of the Majority Socialists.
Big open air demonstrations by the
Independents were held in the northern
and eastern suburbs of Berlin.
At Stettin the large works are idle.
In Saxony, however, there is no strike,
and in Breslau a majority of the work?
ers have refused to strike. At Span?
dau nil important concerns, the street
railways and gas and electric works
have stopped operations.
Hays Praises Jersey
Republican Clubs' Work
Congratulates League on Its
Programme For Continued
Activity in the States
Will II. Hays, chairman of the re?
publican National Committee, yester?
day sent to the New Jersey State
League of Republican Clubs, in Tren?
ton, the following:
"The reports I am receiving of your
state-wide conference held recently,
the work of the Republican clubs and
other phases of definite organization
work, convinces me that you are indeed
making certain that there shall be no
closed season in politics in New Jersey,
all to the end that there may be as?
sured tho complete Rep?blica . succ?s-*
which means so much for the country's
welfare. You have my warmest con?
gratulations."
The Republican State Committee is
! now contemplating holding dollar din?
ners for the various county committees
of the state, at which prominent Re?
publicans will speak.
The platform of tho league, among
other things, calls for a substitute plan
; for a league of nations in the way of
a supreme court of arbitration, con?
demns mob violence and lynching of
; negroes and declares for the reference
of national ron - ? itut ionnl amendment?
to popular referendums.
Paris Honors Slain Soldier
PARIS, July 21. The body of Ser?
geant Paul Mannheim, of the French
army, who was murdered in Berlin on
July 13, arrived in Paris to-day.
The casket was covered by the Tri?
color and was nearly hidden under
wreaths sent by General Mangin, the .
French commander, French, Belgian.
Italian and Spanish missions as well
as some placed, on it by Germans at
Berlin. The body will lie in state
two days. Full military honors were
rendered.
The Frenrh Kovernment recently
; sent a note to Berlin demanding 1,000,
000 francs (S200.000) indemnity for
the murder if Sergeant Mannheim and
', an additional sum to Mannheim's fam
: ily. Germany, in reply, refused to
! pay the indemnity, but pointed out
. that in the apology forwarded before
i receipt of the French note Germany
had agreed to recompense tin- family
! of the murdered soldier. The Gor
i man government added that if France
i was not satisfied with the offer tier
many was willing to leave the matter
: to a mixed court of arbitration.
__.
Questioned About Murder
Circus Attaehe Examined Con
cerning De Forest Slaying
AI.MANY, N. Y? July 21. -Edward
Nelson, a circus attach?, who ace?.?i?
pan ied a police detective from New
S'ork to this city last night, was ques?
tioned to-day by representatives of
th<* Uolicc Department and the Dis?
trict Attorney's office in an effort to
throw some light on tin* identity of
the person who murdered De Witt C.
De I-orcst on the night of July ?.
It was stated at police headquarters
that Nelson was not under arrest and
thut no charge had been lodged against
him. It was explained that as he was
acquainted with the murdered man and
was in this city on the night of the
shooting he might possibly be able to
furnish some information to the in?
vestigators.
Providence Cur Strikers
Reject Compromise Offer
PROVIDENCE, R. I., July 21. The i
s'riking street car men to-dny rejected
; the offer of flfty-fiv?! cents an hour
made by the receivers of the Rhode
: Island Company, and presented a de
! mand for sixty c?*nts an hour, retro?
active to June I. The present rate of
I pay is forty-eight cents.
Mediators Fail to End
Norwich Trolley S-trike
Carmen Refuse to Accept Com?
pany's Proviso; Demand
Increase Now
NORWICH, Con?., July 21.?An at?
tempt at mediation in the strike which
has tied up the Shore Line Electric
Railway system failed this afternoon.
The mediators named at a conference
on Saturday, under direction of the
Connecticut Chamber of Commerce,
met from 11:30 a. m. to 8 p. m. to-day.
At the end it waa said that no result
was obtained. Both sides had agreed to
arbitration, the comoany attaching the
provision "that in event of an award
of increased wages the income should
not become effective until the Board of
Arbitrators could determine that the
company was financially able to with?
stand the increase."
The strikers want any increase
agreed upon retroactive to June 1.
Representatives of the men would
not accept the company's proviso and
withdrew from the proposition to arbi?
trate.
Afterward the committee of the men
declared that the strikers would not
return to work at the same scale of
wages as has prevailed.
No cars were operated on the system
to-day. ,
British Miners
Out on Strike,
Shafts Flooded
Continued from page 1
tion of piece rates growing out of the j
increase in the coal price.
Some 200,000 miners likewise are out ?
in Yorkshire for an increase in wages ?
granted by South Yorkshire mine own- '
ers, subject to approval by the coal
controller. The West Yorkshire own?
ers, however, withdrew from this agree?
ment.
Tho strike is generally considered as
very serious because the workers en?
gaged in pumping ana other labor es?
sential to the safety of the mines
joined tho strikers. Heretofore such
workers have been allowed to continuue
at their tasks during strikes.
Forty-five thousand miners a;r.o went
on strike in the Derbyshire district as
a protest against the increased price of
coal.
Discussing the flooding of the York?
shire mines. Premier Lloyd George
said in the House of Commons some of
the mines would bo ruined.
Mr. Lloyd Georgj said the last twen?
ty-four hours had witnessed grave and
unprecedented developments in thu
miners' strike. He said the Yorkshlia
miners had called out tho pump mcr.
and engineers, and that many mines in
that district were suffering from the
rising water and were threatened -with
destruction.
Eighty-five Mines Imperilled
At fifty-eight mines, l.e said, the
necessary men were at work, but that
in eighty-five m info.-, pumping liad been
stopped entirely. Mine officials, he
added, continued '.he pumping at thir?
ty-five minos after the men left.
The Yorkshire coal fields, the Pre?
mier said, produced 35,000,000 tons of
coal a year and were the second largest
in the United Kingdom.
The government, he said, had sent
messages to the Miners' Federation
asking what action it is prepared to
take and stating that the government
was prepared to withdraw the men it
had sent to replace strikers on the
mine pumps as soon as the strikers
returned to work. Until this hap?
pened, lie added, the government would
take every means at its disposal to
save the mines and to afford protec?
tion to those willing to work.
He said the special commissioner
sent there, Sir Eric C.eddes, would
seek to coord?nalo efforts to overcome
the serious menace threatening York?
shire.
The action of the miners in strik?
ing, the Premier stated, not only jeop?
ardized their own moans of livelihood
but threatened disaster to every on?
in the district.
A staggering blow has been strucV
the Sheffield industries by the strike ir
the Yorkshire coalfields, says a dis
patch to ''Tho Evening New?" frort
Sheffield to-day. Thousands of har.di
were thrown out of work this mornin?
by the stoppago of the engineerinj
works in Sheffield, which announce
that because of the shortage of coa
they will remain closed until the en?
of the strike. Before the end of th?
week it is feared that all the larg<
works will be shut down, the advice
add.
Men Out In South Wales
A large number of surface workers
at the mines in South Wales also are
on strike for the same shorter hours
as those granted the wln.ra and for
extra pay for week ends. Anumber of
other Btrikes in various parts of the
coalfields are reported. One colliery in
South Wales has been closed because
of alleged harsh treatment of the msn,
while at another colliery the men aie
striking for the maintenance of the
custom by which they w.*re supplied
with coal at nominal prices 'or their
homes. A general strike, the dis?
patches state, is threatened on this
question.
It was pointed out that the proposed
increase of six shillings per ton for
coal, announced by the government,
will make the best quality cost 52
shillings 6 pence in London, with a
bottom price of 46 shillings 6 pence.
Profiteers Are Behind
Coal Famine Scare,
Asserts Congressman
Keiv York Tribune
Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON. July 21.- -Charging
that there is a widespread propaganda
movement under way to induce people
to buy coal at the present high prices,
Representative Huddleston, of Ala?
bama, who comes from one of the larg?
est bituminous coal-producing districts
in the United States, told the House
Rules Committee to-dny that until the
price of coal and other raw materials
comes down there can be no large re?
duction's in the cost of finished prod?
ucts.
He said tho Congressional investiga?
tion of the rise in coal prices, proposed
in the resolution of Representative
MacGregor. of New York, which was
before the committee, was unnecessary.
He believed there had been sufficient
investigation already to establish that
the only remedy was government price
fix in??.
Coal ia used in the production of
practically all manufactured commodi?
ties, he said. Until coal prices and the
prices of other raw materials drop, he
explained, manufacturers will be un?
able to lower the prices of finished
articles.
"They filled their pockets during the
war," Mr. Huddleston said, "and they
want to continue their profiteering in
times of peace. There is a widespread
propaganda on foot urging the people
to buy coal at present prices. They arc
trying to scare the people with threati
of shortage because they fear holding
off of buyers will force prices down."
Kenyon Charges
Propaganda in
Packers' Behalf
Greatest Campaign in His?
tory of U. S. Being Waged
to Defeat Control Act In
Congress, Says Senator
Anderson Gets Evidence
Armour Circulating Blank;
Protest Form in South!
and Paying1 Bills, He Says
Neib York Tribune
Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, July 21. To defeat
bills pending in Congress to regulate
the industry, the packers have insti?
tuted "the most tremendous propa-;
ganda ever instituted in the country."
Senator Kenyon, Republican, of Iowa, j
charged on the Senate floor to-day.
He exhibited a thick bundle of tele
grams and told the Senate they were ?
the messages in opposition to the Ken- j
yon-Anderson bill received by one Sen- I
ator in a single day.
"All of you are getting them," he j
said. "From every point the packers
can reach these messages are being
poured in upon Congress. They come
from bankers, merchants, farmers and ?
every one else the packers can in?
fluence. The scope of the propaganda
shows the tremendous power they ex?
ercise in this country.
"1 am not objecting at all, of course,
to information being sent to Represen?
tatives and Senators, but I do think
Senators ough,t to know the influences
that are at work stirring up these let- j
ters and telegrams."
At the first opportunity Senator
Kenyon said he would submit some ?
remarks on "the league of packers' \
propaganda."
Charges Wide Campaign
"I will show to Senators," he added, j
"that the telegrams and letters they
are receiving are in response to cir- ?
culars and letters sent out by the
packers. Every influence they can
reach in this country is being put to
work to stimulate this propaganda."
Rf presentative Anderson, of Minne- ?
sota, joint author of the packer con?
trol bill, gave notice of a similar'
speech in the House as soon as the
dry enforcement legislation is dis?
posed of. The Southern Wholesale!
Grocers' Association submitted evi- !
dence of the propaganda to Mr. Ander- j
son to-day.
The secretary of the Southern asso?
ciation received the following telegram ?
from the Selma, Ala., Grocers' Associa?
tion last Thursday: "Armour agents
having retailers telegraph Congress- j
men for indorsement of their business
methods. Armours paying for tele- j
frams. Thought you would want this
nformation." j
Here is the copy of a form alleged
to have been given by Armour ?it Co. j
to retailers in North Carolina for sig- j
nature:
"Honorable Lee Overman,
U. S. S., Washington, D. C.
"Am opposed to Kenyon bill, July ,
The form contained a Hue for the'
sender's signature. At the bottom was ?
a line "Charge to the account of-" 1
From Birmingham, Ala., the follow
ing message was sent last Friday
"Following is copy of telegram pack?
ers are getting signed by retailers: i
'Birmingham, Ala., July 14 Honorable ?
Oscar Underwood, Senator, Washing- ;
ton, D. C: Would appreciate your sup- j
port to defeat the Anderson-Kenyon
??ill when same comes before you, as
) am a retail grocer and need the ef?
ficiency of the meat packing indus-,'
try.* "
The following letter was from Pikes
ville, Ky.:
"Ono of the packers' men apnroached
the writer yesterday and tried to tell
him that if Congress passed the law
now pending every handler of food
products in the United States would
be placed under license and that some
one man would be appointed at the
head of this division, and that if a
retailer or jobber should in any way
make a mistake and do something that
was contrary to the rules governing
the licenses their license would
be revoked and they would be no
longer permitted to handle food prod?
ucts.
"These agencies of theirs are going
to the retail merchants, who know
I nothing about the measure which is
I now pending before Congress, and get
I ting their signatures to petitions re
f questing the defeat of this measure."
Call Petition Misleading
Waynesville, N. C, reported as fol
? lows :
"Armour & Co. are circulating a pe
j tition in this territory for the signa
j ture of all retail merchants. We have
; made diligent inquiry, and from what
! information we are able to get it would
i seam that this petition is misleading,
in that they say nothing about the
) special privileges, but simply ask the
| retail merchant if he is willing for
them to continue in the grocery busi
ne?ft."
Mr. Anderson said he had received
nothing in the way of proof that the
packers are back of the propaganda
coming from the Northwestern states.
However, the letters and telegrams
are much along the same line as those
coming from other sections, and he
says the natural presumption is that
they are prompted by the same agency.
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One Big Union Idea
Is Too Utopian for
Labor in America
The plan of the British trade union
organizations to unite the trade unions
of the world into one big union?
a plan which will be submitted to the
forthcoming international labor con?
gress ut Amsterdam?does not meet
with the approval of most leaders con?
nected with the American Federation
of Labor in this city. The only biji
labor organization here that is heartily
in favor of the plan is the Amalga?
mated Clothing Workers of America,
which is not affiliated with the Amer?
ican Federation of Labor. Samuel
Gompers, president of the federation,
and a number of other delegates are
now enroute io Amsterdam to attend
the international labor congress, where
they will oppose th<> British plan as
too farreaching and Utopian.
M. Feinstone, ??>cretary of the
United Hebrew Trades, an' organiza?
tion uniting some 100,000 workers in
Greater New York, said yesterday
that his organization cannot take a
stand on the British plan, the most
radical labor project yet proposed on
an international scale, until the
American Federation of Labor has
acted on the matter.
"It would be premature for me to
express any opinion on the subject
in the name of the United Hebrew
Trades," sai<l Mr. Feinstone. "The
matter is entirely up to the American
Federation of Labor. Even if the
United Hebrew Trades should take a
different view of the project than that
of the federation, we would abide by
the decision of the latter."
Joseph Schiosberg, secretary of the
Amalgamted Clothing Workers of
America, said that his organization
would give its enthusiastic support to
the plan, which he likened in the
economic field to the league of nations
in the political field. According to
the plan of .the British trade unions,
as wired from London, the union or?
ganizations throughout the world are
to become affiliated with each other.
They are to interchange membership
privileges and are to assist each other
in strikes wherever they may
on a national scale.
"Inasmuch as the whole *??
to be tending toward internationa i,"
[said Mr. Schlosbei-jr. "the plan ?
| British comrades seem- to be
j fectly natural one. If real
| prove one of the most effectivi ?
I for the prevention of war
; likely that the American Federal
?Labor will approve it. It is
! yet progressive enough to go
I anything like that, bul it ?s c
I that a number of the big interna
?unions within the A. F. of L, will
I the project their support."
The plan proposed by the ! i
'awakened great enthusiam .,
Socialists in the city.
Alderman Algernon Lee
"The plan of the Brit i
unionists is more far-reachii
the league of nations, if pul into
oration it will prove mor? eff?
for the promotion of in. r
peace and amity. It marks an imj
tant milestone, whether realized
diately or not, in the onward
civilization toward international oi I -
and the solidarity of the toiling pe
of the earth. We Socialists in
lof the American labor movement ? ..
work with might and main for it.'