New-York tribune. [volume], August 22, 1919, Image 1

About New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924

Image provided by: Library of Congress, Washington, DC

                
ALL MERCHANDISE
ADVERTISED IN THE
TRIBUNE IS GUARANTEED
First to Last?the Truth: News ? Editorials Advertisements
WEATHER
Fair to-day and to-morrow. Slightly
warmer; ?moderate southwest to
west winds.
Kail Report on l'a?" 1?
Vol.
LXXIX No. 26,577
rroprrlpht. 1019.
Now York Tribune Incl
FRIDAY, AUGUST 22, 1919
# * *
Ttr?\ ,-itvt? $In Greater New York and
?? tENTS (within cosnmutine distance
THREE CENTS
Klwwhi?re
30,000 Rush
To Buy U. S.
Army Foods
Chance to Cut Down High
Living Cost Brings Huge
Crowds of Customers to
53 School Sales Depots
500 Tons of Goods
Are Carried Away
Trucks Are Overworked
in Deliveries to Stations ;
Average Purchase Is $2
Xew York City sold army food at
?the rate of $12,000 worth an hour for
(ive hours yesterday as thousands of
consumers, hungry for food at 20 per
cent and more below the prevailing
market prices, stormed the fifty-three
tales depots.
Approximately 1,000,000 pounds of
assorted foodstuffs, chiefly vegetables,
were carried off by some 30,000 per
ipiring but satisfied householders. The
ieat failed to retard the grand offen?
sive against the high cost of living.
Many grocerymen had an unexpectedly
cooi day, as a noticeable portion of
their customers joined in the assault
on the public schools which served as
temporary sales depots.
Lighters May Be Utilized
Dr. Jonathan C. Day, Commissioner
of Markets, and his deputy, Edwin J.
O'Malley, declared the amount of sales
ras limited only by the inability of
the 100 trucks adequately to supply the
sales stations. Dr. Day announced it
would probably be necessary to trans?
port the food on lighters from Port
Newark, the army supply base at Fifty
seventh Street, Brooklyn, and Bush
Terminal, both of which are on the
water front. The goods would be un?
loaded at. a point equidistant from
ihree or four schools, and tho auto '
trticka would be required to make only !
?> short haul.
At yesterday'?: rate of sale, twenty- \
::ve days will be required to dispose i
of the first 400 carloads ordered by, |
ihe city. The total cost of these goods
is approximately 51,500.000. The city
has ordered also 1,200 carloads in ad?
dition to this order, but Captain A. A. !
Stewart, ton? surplus property officer'
for this zone, is of the opinion that
ihe second order cannot be nlled for I
??'.ore than a month. Additional stores j
of foodstuffs must be declared surplus !
by the War Department before the ''
city can obtain the 1,200 carloads, Cap- |
tain Stewart
To-day Jo Be Soup Day
Officiels supervising the sale be- i
Heve to-day's receipts will be eve-n ?
greater I e of yesterday. Af?
ter the depots were closed, at 4 o'cIock. i
.rucks continued to make deliveries, j
assuring ample stocks ov hand to-day.
The late deliveries consisted chiefly of
canned soups, arid these will be offered
to the eager housewives during the j
forenoon
A comparatively small portion of the
bacon was delivered to the schools yes- '
'erday, but it is expected that this
commodity will be delivered this after?
noon. Canned meats were not so p?en- '
'?'ful as canned vegetables in most of |
'he schools, bat the demand for them '
*as not nearly so keen.
Deputy Commissioner O'Malley said
condensed milk would be placed on sale I
in lartre Quantities to-day. He called;
the purchasing public's attention to the
ton-pound cans of corn syrup being
sold for 45 cents The announce- i
?lient at, the various sales depots that
?"?am, which was to sell at 29 cents, was
Sot available to the city, was greeted,
with disappointment.
Erasmus Hal! High School Leader
Peas, No 2 cans, at 11 cents, to- \
"latoes, one pound, two ounce cans, at
'"cents, and pork and beans, N*6. !, at ? '
?tits, had thousands of admirers, 38-1
P?cially in Brooklyn. The? race for the [
Spates: total of sales was neck and
?eckbetween Erasmus Hall High School. !
??Brooklyn, ai d De Witl * linton High.
Deputy Commissioner O'Malley said he !
'nought the former was the victor, !
*"h a sales total of $1,515.
Hie average purchase of a ?single
tOitomer was estimated at S2. They ,
ringed from the 5 cents paid by one !
'?'h It&?an woman for a can of pork ?
?Rd be&n? !n hn East Side School t<
'"e seven cases of assorted canned ;
?oods carried off in a limousine by a !
fUMomer at Erasmus Hall High School.
Th? purchasers were used to elimin- 1
*'?? dealers. The policemen at the sta- !
j'ons repeatedly would ask the room- j
'ul of customers whether they recog- j
niIed anv of those present as corner ?
grocerym. n
Dr. Day said yesterday the city i
*ou.d be unable to handle the supplies
"? roasting chickens, pork lotns and '
?utton held by the army because of i
"?lack ot storage facilities, He? said j
'? w endeavoring to enlist butchers to i
*"1 m the distribution by selling the
ootj with only enough margin to cover
llle actual handling.
Wild Rush for Blanket?
. 'he distribution of armv blankets
Wn Pior 12' East River- t<he foot of
"?'I Street, was attended by wild
?n?s yesterdav. Two mounted police
?>?u wert? required to drive back the
,?*? which attempted to rush the
'?les depot. More than 15.000 blankets
?"? distributed. Captain Stewart said
r." T'ght. He and Captain J, R. Heb
t h r'aite* 'n cnai'Ke ot* transportation |
*n<i finance, contrived a plan of check- ?
n6 up and delivering blankots pre- \
^ously ordered which enabled the I
tt?ol for,ie to Ull;v "' ",nn' thiU1
. C?pa?n Stewart said the supply of I
?'?niceta in this zone is exhausted, but
"?t n?w ?supplies are expected daily.
fftij tota' receipts from the armv
Ij7 8?le in Lone Island City were
?ft! i' jt wa' announced last night.
^ Ml? was held in Bryant High
^ Continued on page four
First Day Facts in /V. Y.
On Army Food Sales
ITERE are some facts and figures
?"? on the first day's sale of army
surplus foodstuffs'in New York City:
More, than one million pounds of
the army stores were sold.
The purchases aggregated slightly
more than $60,000.
Thirty thousand customers took
advantage of the sale, representing
about 150,000 consumers.
The army food purchased com?
prised about 2 per cent of the city's
average daily expenditure for food.
New York City spends $1,100,000,000
annually, or $3,618,698 daily.
At yesterday's rate of purchase
twenty-live sale days will be required
to dispose of the 400 carloads ordered
by the city.
Fifty-three schoolhouses, 100 auto?
mobile trucks, 800 volunteer workers
and 200 city employes handled the
sale.
Commodities sold on an average of
25 per cent below prevailing market
prices.
A number of dealers reduced their
prices to the level of tho city's, but
the majority did not alter their quo?
tations.
The sale has been so successful
that Dr. Day will open ten more
schools, to be announced to-day or
to-morrow.
Schools are open from 10 to 12 in
the morning and 1 to 4 in the after?
noon.
Spoiled canned goods may be re?
turned by customers. Either the I
purchase will be exchanged or money
will be refunded.
One Dead, One
Dying in Fight
In Restaurant
Mob Wreaks Vengeance
After Dispute Over
Unpaid Dinner Check
One man was shot and killed, and his
assailant was taken to Gouverneur
Hospital in a critical condition after
being manhandled by a mob, as a re
suit of a quarrel over a dinner check i
in a restaurant at 117 Monroe Street :
last night.
The dead man is Louis Sawitz, of 27 ;
Mescrole Street, Brooklyn, who, it is
alleged, was shot through the head by
Daniel Coffey. of 80 Monroe Street.
Sawitz was taken to Beth Israel
Hospital and died on the operating
table.
According to the police, Coffey and a
friend entered the restaurant and or?
dered dinner. Both were served, but
when the check was presented, refused
to pay it. Coffey singled out Sawitz,
who was sitting at a nearby tables, and
said that he would pay. Sawitz refused.
There war, an argument which concluded
when Coffey arose and left the restau?
rant.
He returned a few minutes later, it '.s
said, walked up to Sawitz and without
saying a word shot him through the
head with an automatic pistol.
A patron of the restaurant leaped
upon Coffey. the police say, and
wrested the automatic from his hand.
Then the rest of the crowd closed in on
him.
Coffey was under the feet of the mob
when Patrolman George Murray ap?
peared. He was forced to use his night?
stick freely to force his way to the
prostrate man, and then obliged to draw
his revolver to hold the crowd at bay
until the reserves arrived.
At Gouverneur Hospital it was said
that Coffey had a fractured skull and
internal injuries and might die?. The
pistol was found in the gutter outside,
the restaurant.
Dr. Muck Suits
With No Regret
Says He Is Man Without
Flag or Country;
Going to Copenhagen
Dr. Karl Muck, formerly director of j
the Boston Symphony Orchestra, and
more recently an interned prisoner at
Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., sailed for Copen- ;
hagen yesterday, saying almost in the
same "breath that he left, the United :
States without regret and that lie was j
a man without a country, lie sailed on I
the Frederick VIII of the Scandina?
vian-American line.
Until a fellow passenger who recog?
nised him flung his arms about Dr.
Muck's neck and kissed him his identity .
was not generally known on board, for
he and his wife arrived too late to get
their names on the passenger list. An ;
agent of the Department of Justice !
accompanied them and solemnly j
warned Captain A. G. Thompson of the j
Frederick VIII not to let Dr. Muck
leave the ship until it had passed the
three-mile limit.
"The United States is controlled by
sentiment closely approaching mob
rule," said Dr. Muck,' explaining why
he was not sorry to leave the country.
He repented his deniul of a refusal
to play "The Star Spangled Banner,"
and declared the story was kept alive
for sensation's sake.
"I considered myself an American,"
he said. "I am going to Denmark a
man without a flag or a country."
?-?
Senator Fletcher Struck
And Injured by Trolley
New York Tribune
Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, Aug. 21.?Senator
Duncan U. Fletcher, of Florida, was
struck and seriously injured by a
street car late this afternoon while on
h'is way home from the Capitol.
Leaving a street car during a blind?
ing rainstorm. Senator Fletcher started
across the tracks and walked directly
in front of a speeding car. He was
thrown from his feet and rolled sev?
eral yards before the motorman could
check the car.
A physician who examined him when
he was'removed to his home announced
that he had a deep gash over the right
eye, a sprained right arm and was suf?
fering from concussion of the brain.
His condition was not regarded as
critical.
The Senator is sixty years old and is
serving his second term in the .Senate
as a Democrat. For many years he
was president of the Southern Com?
mercial Congress.
Jail Penalty
U.S. Weapon
In Price War
Palmer Plan for Heavy
Sentences To Be Adopt?
ed by Congress ; Income
Tax Clew to Gougers
Control of Sugar
Has Been Resumed
Effects of Food Control
Law To Be Extended to
Clothing by Senate Act
Nt>w York Tribun?
Washington ??recul
WASHINGTON, Aug. 21.?The fight
j to bring lower the cost of living
l resulted in n demand to-day that the
secreta of the incomo ta* returns be
revealed in order that the people may
know who nro the profiteers, A resolu
I tion to make incomo report? available
! to a Congressional investigating com?
mittee was introduced to-day in the
Senate.
Another move was made by the gov?
ernment in its efforts to hold down the
price of sugar. Control of sugar as in
war-time was resumed, and it is an?
nounced that any dealer who charges
more than 11 cents a pound does so
at the peril of losing his license to do
business.
Legislative results from the appeals
of Attorney General Palmer became
certain-to-day when the House reported
amendments to the food control act !
that will bring wearing apparel, con- j
tuiliers of food, feed, fertilizers and
fuel oil within the law, and impose.
a maximum penalty of $5,000 fine and
two years in jail for profiteering.
Farmers are exempted from the law's
provisions, and collective bargaining is j
permitted. i
Price Fixing Is Barred
It was definitely decided that there
would be no price fixing, and with that
understanding the amendments arc
ready for a vote, which Republican
Leader Mondell assured the Attorney
General would bo had to-morrow.
The resolution in regard to incomes
was introduced by Senator Walsh,.
Democrat, of Massachusetts. It re?
quested President Wilson to make
available to a proposed Congressional
committee to investigate the. high cost
of living the income tax returns, show- :
ing the profits made by all large pro- |
ducers and distributers of food sup- ;
plies and of all contractors for war !
materials.
The income tax returns of all cor?
porations, partnerships and individuals.
are public records, kept on file in the
office of the Commissioner of Internal
Revenue. The President already has :
authority, conferred in the revenue act i
of li'U'i. to permit inspection of these !
records upon executive order.
Senator Walsh's resolution is de- [
signed to establish whether there has
been profiteering by dealers in food- i
stuffs and contractors for war sup- !
plies. The resolution is so drawn that j
the evidence secured by the Congres?
sional Committee could not be used ]
in criminal prosecutions of profiteers, ?
but Senator Walsh believes that pub- ;
licity would work a cure.
Joint Committee Contemplated
The resolution was introduced as an
amendment to a resolution presented
yesterday by Senator Owen, Democrat,
of Oklahoma, which seeks the estab?
lishment of a joint committee of the
House and Senate on the high cost of '
living. The committee would be ap?
pointed by the Speaker of the House
and the Vice-President and live mem?
bers from each House. The committee
would have authority to conduct in?
vestigations into all phases of the pres?
ent problem and would be directed to
'"report to the Congress in one. or more
reports, a?;; it may deem advisable, the
result of its investigations at the
earliest practicable time, with such
recommendations as it may care to
make."
The provisions of the revenue law
making income tax returns public rec?
ords, open to inspection upon order of
the President reads as follows:
"When the assessment shall be
made, as provided in this title, the J
returns, together with any correc?
tions therefor which may have been
made by the commissioner, shall be |
tiled in the office of the Commission?
er of Internal Revnue and shall con- |
stitute public records and be open to
inspection as ?ruch: Provided, that
any and_ all such returns shall be
open to inspection only upon the or?
der of the President, under rules and
regulations to be prescribed by the
Secretary of the Treasury, and ap- !
proved by the President."
General Publicity Abandoned
When the last revenue bill was under j
consideration Representative Kitchin, '
then chairman of the Ways and Means j
Committee, started a movement to
make income tax returns available to I
the public, without special order, as a i
means of halting profiteering. This I
effort was abandoned by Mr. Kitchin :
under pressure from Administration
leaders.
Senator Walsh, in discussing his res- ]
olution. said:
"In my opinion, the chier causes oi
the present high cost of living are
profiteering, avoidable waste in produc- I
tion and distribution and unnecessary ;
exporting of foodstuffs and other neces- !
sities of life for the sake of larger !
profits.
"The purpose of the amendment of?
fered by me to Senator Owen's resolu?
tion is to make the inquiry into profit?
eering as a cause of the high cost ot j
living more definite and specific, and ;
especially to make use of the informa- I
tion regarding excessive profits con- j
tained in the income tax returns, which
by law are public records, yet cannot !
be inspected except upon the express i
permission of President Wilson. It is \
believed that these returns will show
that profiteering has extended far be- j
i yond the great combinations that have j
been investigated by the Federal Trade I
Commission, and, indeed, has been far ?
! too general to be adequately reached i
j or punished by penal prosecution.
"The information obtained from
these returns will assist also in pre?
paring a roll of dishonor, so the over?
whelming element of the American
people who were patriotically sacrific?
ing during the, war may know those
few i'ho were 'using the ' ?cca?foh' for"
enriching themselves."
Americans Slay Four Mexican Bandits;
Outlaws Trapped in Mountain Mud Fort;
Wilson Rejects Separate Peace Plan
Fugitives Open Fire on
Soldiers From Block?
house and Fight Des?
perately Until Killed
Two Others Gain
Safety in Flight
Troops Continue in Pur?
suit of Band Leaders;
No American Casualties
MARFA, Tex., Aug. 21.?Four Mexi?
can bandits were killed by American
.troops in Mexico yesterday. Captain
Leonard Matlack, who arrived here by
airplane to-night, reported. They were
surrounded in an adobe blockhouse
that the Mexicans had constructed in a
mountain pass.
The bandits fought desperately when
they found they were trapped, and two
escaped. When the American troops
approached the blockhouse with the
I intention of searching it the Mexicans
opened fire from the portholes.
The fire was returned and the block?
house charged by the American cavalry
j troops.
Three of the four Mexicans killed
have been identified as Jesus Janir, '
Francisco Janir and Jos? Fuentes. The
identity of the fourth bandit has not
been ascertained. All four are known
to Captain Matlack as bandits oper?
ating along the Big Bend border for !
years.
Trail Lost in Canyons
The two men|who escaped were pur?
sued, but the trail was lost in the
mountain canyons.
It was definitely established that
Jesus Renteria, leader of the outlaw
band that captured Lieutenants Har?
old G. Peterson and Paul H. Davis,
American aviators, was not among the
dead.
Captain Matlack said he passed a
column of 200 Carranza troops below ?
the border yesterday. The Carranza '
commander asked where the Ameri
cans were going. When he was in?
formed they were pursuing bandits he \
waved his hand and said "Go ahead." ?
Captain Matlack came from Mexico
at sunset in an airplane driven by
Lieutenant Eugene Eubank, who landed
in a Mexican mountain valley, picked
up the captain and returned with him ;
to report the progress of the punitive
expedition to General Dickman, Mat
lack said the American troops are in
high spirits.
"Everyone in the expeditionary force
is well," he said. "We have had no
casualty except, one man who had a
cactus thorn in his hand.
Storms Checked Speed
"We are making progress in the pur?
suit. Hard storms have slackened our
speed somewhat, but we consider that
we made good time.
"After leaving the Rio Grane Tues- |
day morning soon after daylight the ;
expedition followed a fresh trau. The j
four men to whom the money had been !
paid had a start of more than five hours |
on us. i
"We followed them through a high I
mountain pass, where they scattered.
one going north and three southwest,
as indicated by the fresh tracks. They
scattered like quail, and it was diffi?
cult to follow them because of the faint
trails.
"The fight with the bandits in the
fortified blockhouse started as soon as
the American troops commenced to
search the place, fire being opened by
the Mexicans from loopholes. Th*
troops returned the fire.
Pursuing Two Fugitives
"Four bodies were found. Two of
the bandits escaped. They are still be?
ing pursued. These two latter outlaws
are believed to have been members of
Renteria's gang, but the aviators could
not identify them."
Captain Matlack will return to his
troops in Mexico to-morrow. He held
a long conference with General Dick- j
man and Colonel George T. Langhorne.
commander of the Big Bend district, !
to-night.
Tear of a clash between isolated Car- :
ranza troops and the American troop? j
was relieved by a telegram from Gen- '
eral Manuel Discjuez, whose command !
includes the Ojinaga district, to Gen- j
eral Antonio Pruneda, commander of
the district, saying the American !
troops were wholly within their rights, !
under a treaty of 1882, in pursuing j
bandits.
The treaty is said to have originated
when American and Mexican troops
were pursuing an Apache leader back
and forth between the two countries.
Sending Money to Troops
Major General Dickman announced
to-night that he would remain here
to-morrow to go over the Big Bend ?
district situation with Colonel Lang- j
home. He had planned to return to
San Antonio to-night.
While the exact location of the :
troops was withheld for military rea?
sons, it is known they have gone so j
far into the interior that it is neces- ;
sary to send money to commanders '.
so they may purchase supplies. The ?
line of communication is getting too !
long to transport provisions, it was j
stated.
Colonel Langhorne, American army
commander in the Big Bend dis
trict. to-day suggested to Cosme i
Bengoechea, Mexican Consul at Pre?
sidio, Tex., that the consul com- ?
municate with General Pruneda,
Mexican commander, who now is near
Cuchillo Parade and suggest to Pru- |
neda that American and Mexican troops ?
cooperate in pursuing the bandits who
captured Aviators Davis and Peterson.
Langhorne informed the consul that
it was easier for American troops to
pursue the bandits than for the Mexi?
can troops, because of an early start
and the availability of great facilities.
The Mexican Consul assured the
.Continued on -page- five
A Fire Company or a Bucket Brigade?
A Fire Company May Not Prevent All the Fires in the World?
But ?l Could Do a Lot to Keep Them From Spreading to the Whole Village
ff (?iipvright, 1919. New York Tribune Inc.)
'Bitter End' Senators Plan
Campaign to Kill League
io Seek I
Doubtful
Country ;
Itinerary
Two to Start for Coast
Johnson, Poindexter, Borah
and Reed Will Cover
the We*t and South
h'ew York Tribune
Washington Bureau.
WASHINGTON", Aug. 21.?The first
comprehensive plan for killing the
league of nations, so far as the United
States is concerned, was outlined to?
day by Senator Philander C. Knox, of
Pennsylvania.
Besides Mr. Knox, who expressed
himself in favor of defeating the league
in spite of any reservations or amend?
ments which might be adopted, seven
"irreconsilables" or "bitter-enders, '
Senators Johnson, of California; Fall,
of New Mexico; Borah, of Idaho;
Moses, of New Hampshire; Poindexter,
of Washington; Brandegee, of Connec?
ticut, all Republicans, and Senator
Reed, of Missouri, Democrat, met
at luncheon to map out a programme
under which all parts of the United
States could be reached by speakers.
It was desired to arrange so that
Senators and others who were to
do this missionary work could leave
Washington with assurance there
would be no vote on the treaty until
their return.
Johnson To Go to Coast
A canvass of the members of the Sen?
ate, submitted at the conference,
showed that at present sixteen Sena?
tors are opposed to the treaty in any
form and nearly forty favor reserva?
tions.
It was decided that immediately after
the Foreign Relations Committee re?
ports the treaty to the Senate Senator
Johnson will go to the Pacific Coast.
Senator Borah to start in with Minne?
sota and work west, and Senators
"Irreconcilable?***
to ' "Convert**
Sections of
Knox Frames
Continued on next page
Soldiers Justify
Pardon by Wilson
\
One Dies Fighting on
Aisne and Other Proves
Hero in the Argonne
WASHINGTON, Aug. 21. One of the
j two American soldiers sentenced to
| death for sleeping on outpost, duty in
France and subsequently pardoned by
President. Wilson, was killed in the
great Aisne, offensive in July, 1018, and
the other was twice wounded and
i finally honorably discharged.
This was disclosed to-day by cor?
respondence benveen Secretary Baker
and President Wilson.
Private Forest D. Sebastian, of El?
dorado, 111., twenty years old, was
killed in the Aisne battle; Private ?Teff
i Cook, of Lutie, Okla.. aged nineteen,
I was wounded in the same battle, but
! recovered again to fight gallantly in
the Argonne offensive, where he re?
ceived his second wound.
In writing the President of the gal
i lunt conduct of the boys after the Pres
! idem had pardoned them, Secretary
Baker said :
"You will recall that early in 1918
' four death sentences were presented
? to you from France; two for disobedi
' ence of orders you remitted to terms
? of imprisonment and two young boys,
; Sebastian and Cook, who were convicted
j of sleeping on outpost duty, you fully
? pardoned.
"It will interest you to know t4?at
upon restoration to duty both made
! good soldiers. Sebastian died in bat?
tle in the Aisne offensive in July, 1918.
Cook was wounded in the Meuse-Ar
gonne battle, when he again fought
| gallantly, and was the second time
i wounded. He has now been restored
j to health through medical attention,
: and has been honorably discharged
; from the service."
President Wilson, in acknowledging
?the Secretary's letter, wrote:
"Thank you for your thoughtfulness
in telling me about the records made by
Sebastian and Cook, the two youngsters
who were pardoned for sleeping on out?
post duty. It is very delightful to
know tnat they redeemed themselves so
thoroughly, and it was very thoughtful
of you to give me the pleasure of learn?
ing about it."
Russians Join
?
To Crush Reds
Before Winter
Drive Against Petrograd,
Exploitation of Gains
of Denikine and Cordon
Around Soviets Planned
New York Tribun?
Eurovan Bureau
(Copyright, 1919, Not Ynrk Tribuno In?? )
LONDON', Aug. 22.- Concerted efforts j
to crush the Russian Bolsheviki before i
winter now seem probable. The plans ;
of the anti-Bolsheviki include:
A drive? to capture Petrograd by ;
Ludenitch's Esthonian army.
Exploitation of General Denikine's
successes in Southern Russia.
Establishment of a new blockade
of Soviet territory, in the further?
ance of which the support of con?
tiguous neutrals will be enlisted.
The sinking of Bolshevik warships in
the Baltic this week is regarded as the
first step toward aiding Yudenitch. The
retreats of the Bolsheviki before Deni?
kine reported to-day lend strength to
the second plan.
In order to enlist the ..id of the neu?
trals in the third line of attack, it is
pointed out here that concessions must
be made to them which will prove more
attractive than the trade possibilities
in Russia. Sweden i? already doing a
large business with the Bolsheviki.
Yudenitch in Stockholm
Whether the Allies will lend support
to the anti-Bolshev.iki to the extent of
throwing their weight into the campaign
against Petrograd seems uncertain, but
it is conceded that England and France
are not able to compete commercially
in Russia with either Germany or
An.erica, and are too busy with mar?
kets close at hand to offer the neutrals
?much in this direction.
General Yudenitch is now in Stock
| holm, where anti-Bolshevik leaders are
assembling to confer on their plans.
The Esthonian leader is soliciting sup?
port on his promise that there will be
! plenty of business when Petrograd has
' fallen.
Military experts believe that the con
! templated attack on Petrograd may
: succeed if th? Esthonians take a?
active part in it. Denikine's campaign
leaves little? to be desired. The addi?
tion of the Rumanian? to the anti-Bol?
shevist forces comes at a moment when
Trotzky is extremely embarrassed.
The Bolshevist High Command con?
tinues to regard the Kolchak front as
j the most important, and the best di
j visions of the Red army are being sent
j there m the hope of crushing Kolchak
I for all time. Denikine is still a long
distance from Moscow, but his rate of
I progress is excellent and should in?
crease.
Replies to 20 Questions
Submitted by Senator
Fall?, of New Mexico, at
Conference Tuesday
Does Not Deny That
Congress Can Do It
Foreign Relations Com?
mittee to Grant Hearings
for Minor Nationalities
WASHINGTON, Aug. 21. ?The
*? Senate Foreign Relations Com?
mittee to-day decided to grant hear?
ings to representatives of minor
nationalities, including the Irish,
Egyptians, Greeks, Lithuanians,
Letts, Esthonians, Ukrainians and
possibly others.
A'fiu York Triburt?
Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, Aug. 21.?President
Wilson replied to-day in a letter to
Senator Fall to the set of twenty ques?
tions on the treaty of peace presented
in writing by the Senator from New
Mexico at the conference of the mem?
bers of the Foreign Relations Commit?
tee at the White House Tuesd iy.
The President told Senator Fall, in
response to the first four o? the writ?
ten queries, that he could "in no cir?
cumstances consent" to any movement
to terminate the war with Germany
prior to the ratification of the treaty
i of peace.
Senator Fall is the author of a reso?
lution now in the hands of the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee declar?
ing the war at an end. His first four
questions dealt with whether the Presi?
dent had power, by proclamation, to
declare the war terminated; whether
Congress, joined by the President,
could not declare peace in advance o?
the ratification of the treaty; whether
. the filing of the first proceis verbal
did not terminate the state of war
j and whether all governmental relations
i with Germany could not be resumed
; as soon as the first process verbal was
| filed, regardless of the Senate's action
' on the peace treaty.
President's Reply
The President, answering the four
j questions as one, replied:
"I feel constrained to say in reply to
i your first Question not only that in rr.y
judgment I have not. the power by proc?
lamation to declare that peace exists,
but that I could in no circumstances
consent to take, such a course prior to
the ratification of a forma! treaty of
peace. I feel it due to perfect frank?
ness to say that it would, in my opin?
ion, put a stain upon our national
honor which we never would efface if
after sending our men to the battle?
field to fight the common cause we
should abandon our associates in the
war in the settlement of the terms of
peace and dissociate ourselves from all
responsibility with regard to those
terms."
Senator Fall regarded the President's
answer as confirming his belief that
Congress, the President consenting, has
power to terminate the state of war by
the adoption of his resolution. Th*
President said he could not consent; in
other words that he would veto such a
resolution if it were passed. He did
not deny the power of Congress, the
body that declared war, to declare
peace, an?! Senator Fall inferred he did
not deny that such h resolution could
be ma?le effective by being passed over
the veto of th" Executive.
Questions and Replies
The text of the President's letter and
the context of Senator Fall's questions
follow, the questions being set. in italic
preceding Mr. Wilson's replies:
"My Dear Senator Fall:
"You left yesterday in my hand;?
certain written questions which I
promised you I would answer. I am
hastening to fulfil that promise.
i ?if you not declare peace erists
and thus end the abnormal conditions o?
? a state of warf
"I fell constrained to say in reply
to your first question not only that in
my judgment 1 have not the power by
proclamation to declare that peace
exists, but that I could in no circum?
stances consent to take such a course
prior to the ratification of a formal
treaty of peace. I feel it due to per?
fect frankness to say that it would,
in my opinion, put a stain upon our
, national honor which we never could
efface, if, after sending our men to
I the battlefield to fight the common
. cause, we should abandon our asso
| cia+es in the war in the settlement of
the terms of peace and dissociate
i ouiselves from all responsibility with
I regard to these terms."
i
t. Ab Germany did not declare war
on us, could not you and Congress to
! gcther declare peaccf
S.?/? ?O? the treaty mtr,Ty a net of
rules for the obsert avce of" peace, and it
t not the state of war ended by the first
i fi'ing of the proc?s verbali
i-?The war being thus ended, eoutd
; not eantuls be appointed and commercial
relations with Germany resumedt
"I respectfully suggest that, ha?
Ing ?aid this, I bav? in effect