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cautioned to perform no act and to
make no public statement that could
commit this country to any course
pending declaration of the country's
policy by the President and the Con?
gress.
"In this connection I reminded him
of the statement in his Guild Hall
speech in England when he was a
younger man for which he was repri?
manded by President Taft:
"'If the time ever comes when the
British Empire is seriously menaced
by an external enemy, it is my opinion
that you eati count upon every man,
every dollar, every drop of blood of
your kindred across the sea.'
"I told him he was selected, not he
cause of this speech, but in spite of it,
believing he would exercise the discre?
tion and diplomacy which the confiden?
tial nature of his mission necessitated
and that his wide aquaintance with
naval leaders abroad would facilitate
his obtaining for the department at
first hand the information desired by
this government.
"It is, 1 am sure, superfluous to add
that I did not use the words which 1
have quoted above relating to other
governments or any words that could
convey like meaning."
Admiral William S. Benson, who was
chief of naval operations during the
war and who is now on the retired
list, is expected back in Washington
to-morrow for a conference with Secre?
tary of the Navy Daniels. The testi?
mony of Admiral Sim.-s directly im?
plicated Admiral Benson, and i* is be?
lieved that he will seek an opportunity
to be heard by the Senate Committee.
Aimed at Benson Is Belief
In some, quarters Admiral Sims's
.charges were said to be aimed at Ad
* mirai Benson. It was said that fre?
quently during.the war the recommen?
dations of Admiral Sims were con?
trary to the judgment of Admiral Ben?
son und that Secretary of Navy Daniels
agreed with the then chief of naval
operations. Admiral Benson's assign?
ment to Paris as a member of the In?
ter-Allied Naval Council was said by
some naval officers to be displeasing to
Admiral Sims. It developed also that
the off?r of tho British government to
honor Admiral Sims by making him
an honorary member of the British
Admiralty while he served in the
capacity of the American overseas
commander was disapproved here on
the ground that the honor was not of?
fered to commanders of other Allied
navies cooperating with the British.
Throughout naval circles and among
Senators and members of the lower
house the greaftest interest prevailed
to-day in the Sims-Daniels contro?
versy. It was declared that the testi?
mony of the overseas commander that
verbal instructions were given him to
beware of the British mude necessary
the naming of the official who issued
"these instructions.
Undoubtedly Secretary of the Navy
Daniels will be called upon to present
to the Senate Committee full details
of the instructions given Sims before
his departure, and Admiral William S. ,
Benson, who was chief of naval opera?
tions and directly superior to the over?
seas commander, doubtlessly will be
called upon to reveal all orders or in?
structions issued to Sims.
Department Split Admitted
That the disclosures made by Ad?
miral Sims have split the Navy Depart?
ment in twain is not doubted. Evi- ,
dences were apparent to-day that the
entire part the navy played in the
World War is to come in for the closest
scrutiny, and complete details of the
reception Admiral Sims' recommenda?
tions received at the Navy Department
will be called for.
Bonaparte Urges
Impartial Inquiry
Declares Sims Charge of
Faithlessness to Allies
Most Serious of All
I!? .
Special CorrtsTjondeneo
BALTIMORE. Jan. 18.-In discussing
to-night the charges which Admira!
Sims has ?referred against the Navy
Department, Charles J, Bonaparte, for?
mer Secretary of the Navy, said:
"I knew Admiral Sims when I was
Secretary of the Navy; he was then n
naval aide to President Roosevelt, who,
to my knowledge, had a very high opin
ion of his professional capacity, and
also of his personal character. 1 think
there should be a prompt and thorough
investigation of the allegations con?
tained in hi^ letter to Secretary Dan?
iels by a committee made up of Sena-"
tors of such standing and so generally
respected that there can be no suspi?
cion of their wishing to play politics
and that the public can feel confident
that their report gives it the bottom
lactr. as to our part in the naval war.
"The more serious feature of these
allegations is their clear implication,
at ?east to my mind, that the Admin?
istration was not for many months af?
ter, the declaration of war in hearty ?
rympathy with our allies and was not
acting in good faith in the prosecution
of the war. That is a matter as to
which the American people ought to
know the truth and the whole truth
and to know it without ? moment's ''
needles delay."
Henry Wood Says Sim h
Has Wot Told ill Yet
Henry A. Wise Wood, a former mem?
ber of the Navy Consulting Board,'
(?ent the following telegram yesterday
to Senator Carroll S. Page, chairman
of the Senate Naval Committee:
"In view of the grave accusations
made by Admiral Sims, and of the .
known limitations under which naval '
officers, including himself, have had to
art, I am convinced that Sims hac not
yet to! ! all that he knows. 1 have rea
BOBS for believing thi?. Therefore I urge
that Sims He compelled to tell every?
thing in his knowledge concerning the
restrictions under which he had to'
wi,rk abroad. Th'1 American people are ?
now entitled to the fullest exposure of
what occurred."
Germany to Ignore U. S.
Commissioner in Berlin
Plan-* Not to Keoognize Envoy
While She Larks Agent
in Washington
BERLIN, Jar,. IH (By the Associated
Pre?.- ;. The presence in Berlin of an
American diplomatic representative,
while Germany is not represented in
Washington, has created a situation
that evidently i? perplexing the Wil?
li''inmirarde. Ellis !.. Drcsel, Com
missioner of the United States, ar?
rived here Saturday and is domiciled
in the former American Ernbuaisy
building. s
It i? not expected that Mr. Drcsel
will present his credentials to the
Foreign Office, He has the rank of
"Government Commissioner," and out
?ide of an unofficial cal! bv an attach?,
who in personally acquainted with Mr.
Dreset, the government does not ex
poet for the tjrf.c ?,i- ng to take cogni?
zance of hi* presence n Berlin.
In view of the v< ry emphatic state?
ment emanating from Washington to
the effect that the armistice conditions
?till aie governing relations between
the two countries, the question of a
<,<-rm?i!, representative in Washington
ha? i:fj*. '.i>->!. discussed,
It is taken for granted that the se?
lect on of '.'.?? German government will
ol fall upon a Socialist thai he will
be eithei ??? ..<.', known Liberal or a
man outside of active poli i -, bu< who
i? proajiACAt, m ?inane? and luaadij.
Democrats See
Agreement on
Treaty Near
i
Group in Favor of Compro?
mise With Republicans
Thinks President Will Ac
cept Work of Conference
Article X Is Chief Issue
: Common Ground Can Bf
Found to Guard Rights ol
U. S., Says Senator Owen
?sew York Tribune
Washington llureau
WASHINGTON, Jan. 18. ? Forma
negotiations for a compromise on th<
peace treaty, which were removed fron
; the gaze and hearing of the publh
upon the (Jemand of Democratic Sen
: atord who are discussing an agroeme:)
i with the Republicans, will be con
tinued throughout this week.
The live Democratic Senators heade<
by Senator Hitchcock, leather of th
Administration forces in the Senate
and the four Republicans under Senato
, Lodge, will meet almost daily in an ef
. fort to smooth over the differences be
tween the various groups of Senator
who want to get the treaty ratified.
The principal stumbling blocks in th
; way of ar. agreement, the reservation
on Article X and <>n equality of voting
i will be taken up last by the conferee;
after an agreement has been reache
i on modifications of the other Lodg
i reservations.
] They Hope President Will Accept
The Democratic Senators who are be
hind the move in their party to arriv
' at a compromise with Rep?blica
friends of the treaty declared to-da
that they will support whatever agree
, ment can be reached, and that the
hope President Wilson will accept i
after the Senate has acted.
Senator Owen, of Oklahoma, who in
itiated the formal conferences that ar
under way, expressed the opinion tha
the Democrats and the Republican
who want the treaty ratified will b
able to get together and that the Pro;
; ident will approve whatever ratifica
tion can be secured. Senator Owe
said :
"1 am sure more than forty of th
Democratic Senators are desirous c
immediate ratification and that the
are willing to accept reasonable re!
ervations that will protect the Unite
States against any possible niisintei
pretations. For several months th
Democrats have been trying to cot:
ciliate those Republicans who reall
wanted the covenant of the leagu
adopted. More than two-thirds of th
Senators want the league, but btcaus
of its world importance the membei
have found it difficult to reconcile thei
differences. Certain friends of th
league think, for example, that the re?
ervation on Article X is vital to prt
serve the right of Congress exclusive!
to declare war, while others, holdin
that Article X does not affect th?
right, believe that to withdraw th
moral suppoit of the United States t
assist in preserving the territorial ir
tegrity of the member nations woul
seriously weaken the powers of th
league to prevent war.
"The Democrats were deeply disaf
pointed not to have disposed of th
matter at the close of the extra set
sion in 'November. They immediate!
took the matter of conciliation up wit
the Republican friends of the cov<
nant, and by many conferences ha\
pressed the matter. Negotiations ni
actively in progress now. through mee
ings which 1 sought, between Senate
Lodge and his associates and Senate
Hitchcock and his colleagues, with l!u
end in view.
Insists There is no Breach
"Some of the newspapers seem to r
profoundly inspired to defeat any a<
justment and daily put in circulatic
reports calculated to make adjustmci
of differences impossible. They d
.scribe the Democratic Senators ?
'rubber stamps' of President Wils<
and ulso of Mr. Bryan, and at the ?an
time represent Mr. Wilson and M
Bryan as in deadly conflict over rese
vat ions or no reservations.
"President ' Wilson cannot cousis
etitly, with his obligations entered in
at Paris, intimate to the Senate ai
willingness to amend or change t
treaty. Th<? value of the treaty
must assuredly desire to preserve.
"Mr. Bryan, under no obligations
the statesmen of Europe urges ra
fication without, delay, a.'d in doi
so he is cooperating with Democra
Senators, and it is an injustice to h
to charge him with trying to defc
President Wilson ?r fo be attempti
to control Democratic Senators in
revolt against President Wilson."
Wood Calls Navy
A "Death Trap "
Highly-Trained Men anil
Good Ships Needed, He
Tells Legion Members
BOSTON', Jan. 18. Major General
j Leonard Wood, speaking to members of
I the American Legion to-day, called for
i u large navy, and asserted that "all we
have now is a floating death trap."
"We want," he said, "a first class
navy, and we want it always ready. We
cannot make it in a hurry. Wo cannot
have it with a divided fleet. We cannot
fill ships with untrained men and say
we have a navy. It is not a navy at
all it is a floating death trap.
"We want a large navy," he added,
"and an army large enough to police
the nation in times of peace. We need
a good navy, highly trained men and
j good ships." He also advocated a large
I merchant mtrrine.
General Wood urged the adoption of
I a "law and order" slogan, asserting
j that "it's no tise talking politics these
; days. There will be no politics, no
! confidence, no business opportunities,
: no successful or happy labor unless
: you have law and order and respect for
? the rights of property and the rights
' of others.
"We are going to govern this coun?
try by Americans. When I say Amer
i icaps I do not mean necessarily peo?
ple whose families have been here many
generations, but real Americans, the
people who have adopted and are try?
ing to live up to our standards and
ideals."
Bryan Calls
Party to End
Treaty Delay
Continued from pugc 1
j ridden my views 1 have become one of
i the most active members of that ma
'? jority in attempting to carry its will
! into execution."
Colonel Bryan leaned over and
potfnded the table vehemently as he
denounced a rule that requires a two
Jhirds vote to make peace, while only
a majority is required to make war.
"It takes only a majority to go to
war," he said. "Cod forbid that we
should make it more difficult to got
out of war than to get into it.
"The fact is that both sides have ex?
aggerated their differences. Here's
what the Republicans have done: They
say that three out four of the great
powers must formally accept our res?
ervations. Why not simply acquiesce
in them? The latter should be thor?
oughly satisfactory, while the former
opens up many more possibilities for
delay. If you malte these nations
formally accept, it is probable that
they will find reservations to make on
their own account and make the same
requirement of us. That would mean
months and months of delay in set?
tlement, while the world still is ablaze
with the after affects of the war."
Mr. Hi van gave still more time to
a discussion of the delays that had
been caused by the Democratic party,
which he referred to as "our side."
"Take our side now," he said. "I
think we've very much exaggerated
the importance of Article X. When
you get down to the facts, there arc
no differences that ran be made cam?
paign issues. Here are some of t^ie
thit.gs they differed on, and 1 don't
think they are fit subjects for a cam?
paign:
"Failing to come together, one side
says, 'We'll go to the country with it,
and the other side says: 'We're not
afraid. Let's go.' But that is not the
way to settle a big question when the
world is afire.
"We say tho Senators have no! dorn
their duty when they talked about the
covenant for six months. But how cat
we say that when we are willing U
wait fourteen months before wc reaci
a settlement, and when we know that
even then there is not a possible chanci
that either side will have a two-third
control of Congress?
"I love my party too well to kec]
;:till when I think lher\ is danger o
it committing this crime. I don't thinl
the world will excuse us if after in
viting numerous small peoples to em
brace our form of government and be
come republics, we show that we ar
willing to stand aside and let ther
compose their differences as best the
can.
"We rnnke it possible for them to sa
that the only government in the wor!
that, can't stop a var is a democrat'.'
It's a disgrace."
Colonel Bryan then announced h
intention to discuss a few of the nt
nierons other issues that are nppea'
ing with the approach of campaig
times.
"The first, and one of the most in
TkiOiHfii?finnun. ilium mu Mifi|iii:nrrrrn rmnmri i
Figures Speak Louder Than Words
$75-00
Tuxedo or
Full Dfess Suit
cReady-To-fVear or
?Made-To -Measure
(Including White or Black
$ilk Waistcoat)
AMAN, to whom price is no
object, and yet to whom iow
price is no objection, exclaimed in
astonishment, " 1 don't see how you
can make an Evening Suit for only
$75." The explanation is simple
these Tuxedo and Full Dress Suits
are priced by the producer, and in this
way cut out the middleman's profit.
Long-Wearing Wor?
stedfrom Pure Virgin
Wool, Tailored with
1920 Style Touches
?Broadway at 39- Street
I portant of these, has to do with
profiteering," he said. "The darkest
blot on this war was the fact that
while our boys were bleeding abroad
we were being bled on this side by a
band of conscienceless profiteers. This
? is a thing that must be regulated. To
I do this it ?3 necessary to have ma
Ichinery. The courts are open to the
business man who has any complaint
j against the public. But suppose that
a man wishes to compain of the
i profiteering methods of a business
man. What recourse has he?
"We should have trade commissions
in every state as well as the national
| commission. We should have trade
j commissions in every city and munici
?pality as well as in each state. Thus
j it would be possible for any man who
: felt that he had a legitimate complaint
' against profiteering to state his case
i and obtain redress."
Mr. Bryan expressed himself as
| favoring government ownership of all
' private monopolies and a further safe
; guarding of the. personal liberties and
i right to free speech of the people,
i "It is strange that we should have
to discuss, in this democracy, the right
. to free speech," he said. "By free
speech people express their convictions,
; and I say they shouia navo the right
j to express their views on any sub
j ject so long as they do not advocate
i use of force in carrying them out.
"The question of government owner
1 ship to-day is a national issue. All
] private monopolies are massing for an
assault to overthrow the right of the
; people to attend to their own busi
i ness. The issue to-day is between
: private monopoly rind government
ownership. 1 say that whenever com
! petition is impossible in private
monopoly the monopoly must be owned
by the government."
After charging that private monop?
olies had been responsible for corrupt?
ing the government in the past, he
leaned over the table and said to his
audience':
"I will join won in your fight against
those who attempt to destroy this gov?
ernment by force, if you will join with
ni" in lighting those who attempt to
destroy it by cunning and power.
Private monopoly is the greatest cause
of plutocracy."
Folk for ReRervations
Mr. Folk said in part:
"The reign of law is established in
domestic affairs. So also it should be
fixed in international matters. The
law of the jungic still applies between
nations. We have just fought a great
war to bring about the reign of law be?
tween nations as it is now established
in domestic affairs. The armistice con?
cluding that war was settled upon the
foundation of the reign of law based
upon the consent of the governed and
sustained by the organized opinion of
mankind.
"If these principles are carried out
we may confidently look forward to the
coming of the day when there will be
a reign of law, peace on earth and
' good-will in the hearts of men, but are
i they being carried out ?
I "Shall the principles of democracy
land self-determination for which the
'war was fought now be repudiated?
If so, the war will have failed of. its
highest purpose and victory will, have
been robbed of her most precious jewel.
"Not until nations are compelled to
cease international robbery and to re?
spect the rights of smaller nations can
the principles of law long applied be?
tween individuals be said to be applied
between nations.
"The treaty should he Americanized
by reservation and then promptly rati?
fied."
'?' ?- ..-??? ?.- ?- ?
300 Attend Tribune's
First Midnight Dinner
Three hundred present and former
members of the Tribune stall' gathered
at Delmoniro's at midnight on Satur?
day to celebrate their first annual din?
ner. A permanent society called the
Tribune Staff and Alumni Association
was organized,
Mrs. WhitcLaw Roid, introduced by
the toastmaster, Charles T. White, ns
"the mother of the Tribune ?family,"
was the guest of honor. With lier at
the guest table were Ogrlen Reid and
Mrs. Reid, Walter Prichard Eaton,
E. I.. Murlin, Colonel It. M. Sackett,
Andrew B. Humphrey and G. V. Rogers,
After the dinner dancing was in
order until dawn. Among the Broad?
way stars who appeared, earning tiic
gratitude of the assembled Tribunites,
were Gilda Cray, shimmy shaker, who
brought her own ja.'./, band along; the
McKinnon Sisters. Ford and Cunning?
ham, Frank Hurst, Charles Purccll and
Sigmund Romberg, the latter the com?
poser of "The Magic Melody," anc
Charles Davis. The Keith Circuit ant:
the management of "Tho Magic Mel?
ody" company cooperated in assembling
this entertainment.
Borah Demands
Wood Declare
League Position
"Irreconcilables" Seek to
Put Presidential Candi?
date on Record Regarding
"Entangling Alliances"
Questioned on 1920 Issue
General Is Asked if He Fa?
vors Submitting Treaty
to People at Election
Ntnc York Tribune
Washington Bureau
j WASHINGTON. Jan. 18.?Major Gen?
eral Leonard Wood, leading candidate
,for the Republican Presidential "nomi
1 nation, was called upon to announce
his position with regard to the peace
treaty with Germany and the league
of nations covenant in a letter sent
i to him to-day by Senator Borah, Re?
publican, of Idaho.
The letter was sent as another step
in the program of tho group of Re?
publican "irreconcilable" foes of the
! treaty in the Senate to place every
Presidential candidate on record rela
! tive to having the United States enter
; "entangling alliances."
A similar letter was sent to Govet'
i nor Frank O. Lowden, of Illinois, an
? other Republican aspirant for the
i Presidency, by Senator Borah on Jan
' uary 1. Governor Lowden replied that
; he favored ratification of the treaty
with reservations that would protect
American institutions and rights. Gen
i eral Wood never has formally ex
; pressed himself on the treaty issue.
\ Senator Borah's letter to him reads, in
; part :
"We have before us at this time the
question of whether we as a people or
' nation shall abandon the long-estab?
lished and heretofore unquestioned
foreign policy of no entangling alli
1 anees or leagues with foreign powers?
whether we shall enter upon a course
which will devolve upon us the duty
of having a part in all the conflicts and
disturbances of the world or whether
we shall adhere to our foreign policy
so long and so consistently followed.
"As you are a candidate for Presi?
dent I feel there is no impropriety in
asking you, and I feel you will be glad
to state your position and your views
fully upon these questions:
"First Are you in favor of giving
the people an opportunity of passing
upon this question in the only way
now provided by which they can pass
upon it by bringing it before them r>s
an issue in the approaching campaign?
Do you think it would be fair to the
people of this country under the pro- !
tense of making a treaty to adopt a i
scheme which would result in the ;
abandonment, o? our traditional for- ]
eign policy without taking their judg?
ment upon the matter?
".Secondly?May we ask your views .
upon this entire matter aside from
your views as to the propriety of sub- j
mitting it to the people? Would you i
as a candidate and as a President, if
you were elected, seek to maintain the
foreign policies of this government
heretofore prevailing, or woulti you bo
willing to abandon them?
"Would you lend your influence and
your power as President to maintain
and preserve the policy of no entan?
gling alliances with foreign powers and
no interference of foreign powers with
American affairs, or would you be will?
ing to have the United States enter
into an alliance or partnership or
league with European and Asiatic na?
tions?
"You arc known to be a man of
positive views. Your calling and your
training are conducive to directness j
and candor. ? anticipate, therefore,
that, we shall have no difficulty In
understanding your position when yotj
have tho time to moke reply."
Germany Defies Rioters
BERLIN, Jan. 18. The National
As.-embly to-day passed the shops
councils measure by a vote of 213 to 6-1.
The shops councils bill, or "exploita?
tion law," was the cause of the demon?
strations in front of the Reichstag
last Tuesday, which resulted in a
large number of casualties. The bill
would place workmen's councils under
government control.
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Table crystal from goblets to refreshment sets
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China?everything except dinner sets?is 20 per
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Clemenceau
And Cabinet
Resign Posts
Continued from page 1
Mordacq, head of the military Cabinet
of the Ministry of War. as commanding
general of the 30th Army Corps of
i the Rhine army of occupation.
Raoul Peret, Vice-Pr?sident of the
| Chamber of Deputies, will become
j President of the Chamber as a result
of M. Deschanel's election to the
j Presidency.
ty Annunzio* s Greetings
Give Warning to France
, Poet Showers Paris With Mes?
sages That "Injustice Against
Italian Finnic" Means War
PARIS. Jan. 18.?Toward the end
i of Saturday afternoon, after the presi
i dential elections, little green papers
'? fluttered down on Paris from the air.
> They contained a message from Gabriele
d'Annunzio, the Italian insurgent leader
at Fiume, brought by Lieutenant Car
miniani of the poet's air squadron. The
. lieutenant left Fiume at f:32 o'clock
in the morning, accomplishing the
flight by way of Venice, Turin, Cham
bcry, Lyons and Dijon. He crossed
I the* Alps at a height'of 4,000 meters,
The message was a greeting, to the
. Latin brothers of the Italians at a
, moment when "the outworn politicians
' are trying to raise against young
: France a. headstrong old chief who
does not, appreciate and wounds the
freshest forces of the new life. If
I the injustice against Italian Fiume and
! the Italian towns of Dalmatia is con
' summated, a combat is inevitable and
\ blood must be shed."
BELGRADE, Jan. 18. This semi?
official , statement was issued here
later:
"According to advices from Buccavi
(five miles east of Fiume) representa?
tives of the town of Fiume yesterday
held a meeting and adopted a resolu?
tion recommending that d'Annunzio
. leave Fiume as soon as possible.
"Intelligence from Spalato reports on
good authority that Arditi and volun?
teers at Zara are preparing to fire the
town at the last moment should it be
: give up to Jugo-Slavia. The arrival
! of an Italian warship is expected and
the Italians are preparing to resist at
all costs whenever our troops arrive.
German Officers Facing
Trial To Be Listed To-day
Clemenceau to Attend the Su- j
preme Council Meeting and
Help Make the Selections !
PARIS, Jan. 18.?Premier Clemen?
ceau will attend Monday's meeting of
the Supreme Council of the peace con- j
ference and will help draw up a defi- ;
nite list of German officers and *ol- \
diers demanded by the Allies for trial :
on charges of violating the laws of ,
war. Premiers Llyod George of Great j
Britain and Nitti of Italy, and Hugh
C. Wallace and Baron Matsui, respec?
tively American and Japanese Ambas- ?
sadors to France, will be present at the
session.
If by that time the Jugo-Slav gov?
ernment has replied favorably to the
; virtual ultimatum sent to Belgrade by
, the council relative to the Adriatic
question it will be acted upon. If the
; Jugo-Slavs refuse to meet the council's
demands M. Clemenceau will leave the
matter to be settled by his successor.
It is improbable that the Premier will
take any part in decisions regarding
the future form of Ate council and its
, replacement by an ambassadorial con
, ference, as his action would bind the
man who assumes his duties in the
French government.
Questions regarding the future rep?
resentation of France at the peace con?
ference nie brought up by the retire?
ment of Clemenceau. He is not only
head of the French delegation but
president of the conference, and
three French plenipotentiaries?Ste
i phen Pich?n, Captain Andr? Tardieu
: anil Louis Klotz?-are members of The
Clemenceau Cabinet and will retire
. with him. The fifth member of the
j French delegation, Jules Carabon, is not
, in the Cabinet. M. Clemenceau will
'. assure continuity of diplomatic nego
? tiations until a new Ministry is formed,
when he will resign as plenipotentiarvt
Mr. Lloyd George and Signor Nitti
i will return to their capitals after Mon
| day's meeting to await the formation
I of a new French Cabinet before re
; suming consideration of pending prob
' lems. Notable in tho list is the ques
, tion of tho future status of Turkey.
| Budapest Papers Print
Treaty in Black Border
' Blnrk Flags Hoisted on Puf flic
Buildings and Theaters 4re
Closed for Three Days
BERLIN, Jan. 18.-?A dispatch to
the "Lokal-Anzeiger" from Budapest
says that almost all the Hungarian
: newspapers appeared with black mourn
' ing horders on the occasion of the
: publication of the peace terms for
! Hungary.
The dispatch adds that black flags
; are flying over public buildings and
I many private houses, and that theaters
: have been forbidden to give perform?
ances for three days.
BUDAPEST, Jan. 1S.?Commenting
' en the terms of the peace treaty re?
cently handed to tho Hungarian dele?
gation at Paris, the ''Nemzeti Ujsag"
says: "The treaty condemns us to
ruin. Young and old should swear, 'No,
1 never.' "
The "Pesti Hirlap" says: "It is an
i injustice which cries to Heaven that
'of all the participants in the war
' Hungary, the nation which contributed
the least to bringing about the cor
; flict, should be the most severely rv:.
i ished."
The "Pester Lloyd" terms the treaty j
"annihilating."
The "Villag" says: "This treaty will ,
fall to the ground, even if Paris does ;
not acquire a better insight and Hun?
gary does nothing but wait."
Clemenceau Responsible
For Millerand''s Rise
Alexandre Millerand, who has been
asked by President Poincart? to. form
a Cabinet as Premier Clemencaau's
successor, first came into prominence
as an associate of the "Tiger" in pub?
lishing "La Justice." He also had been
a close friend of Gambetta. He Was
born and reared in Paris and is now
sixty-one years old.
Known as the first Socialist who ever
held a post in the French government,
M. Millerand often has been attacked
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Wilson''s PI va for Delay
in Soar Parley Refused
PARIS, Jan. 18. According to tht
Paris edition of "The New York
Herald" President Wilson asked for
a delay by the league of nations in th.
matter concerning the Saar Val le v
until the United States had appointed!
delegates to the league, but that never!
theless the Saar commission was ap?
pointed without reference to the United
States.
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