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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 16,1920
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THE WEATHER
Fair to-day and to-morrow, continued
cold; strong west to northwest
winds diminishing: Tuesday.
Fall Report on I4t?t Pair?
Two rF\TsS,n,iir'*,,r >>w Vork nn?
?WO UJfiHX? (within ?omrnnlinc illolnnr?
THRKE TEXTS
Ktae where
Wilson Threatens t
Affairs Unless
o Withdraw IL S. From European
Consulted in Adriatic Settlement
State Police
Trooper Kills
Two Burglars
Major McMurtry Slays
Thieves in Summer
Home of N. Y. Woman;
Receives Wound in Arm
Battles in Dark as
Flashlight Fails
Officer's Aid Shot in Jaw
and Shoulder Injury Is
Reported To Be Serious
Major Alden L. McMurtry, of the
Connecticut State Police, shot and
killed two burglars early yesterday
during a battle in the dark in the
Sound Beach, Conn., home of Mrs.
Eliza G. Morris, of New York. Major
McMurtry, who is a son of Mrs.
George G. McMurtry, of 812 Fifth
Avenue, New York, was wounded in
the arm. Addison Bacon, who was
with McMurtry, has bullets in his
left jaw and shoulder.
The Morris home had been closed '
for the winter. Mrs. C. W. Dreyer,
who lives next door, her attention
drawn by the sound of crashing
g!a?s, observed a flashlight being
moved about on the lower floor. She
telephoned to the Greenwich police,
who notified Bacon, driver of the
Sound Beach fire truck. McMurtry
happened to be in the fire house at
the time, and he and Bacon sped by
automobile to the Morris mansion at
Rocky Pc'nt. McMurtry had a re?
volver and a blackjack, but Bacon
was unarmed.
Fini Burglars in Cellar !
The two entered by the window |
the burglars had smashed and made I
a careful inspection of the first, sec
ond and third floors without coming
upon the intruders. Descending to
the cellar, they saw two figures sil
houotted in the pitchy darkness
against a window.
McMurtry'a demand for surrender
was answered with a vo'ley of pietol
shots. One of the bullets struck Bacon
and he went down. McMurtry flashed
his electric torch just in time to see
the door of a closet being pulled to.
A? he approached it he heard the click
of an automatic within. ,
Drawing his own gun McMurtry
jerked the door open, flashed his light
and fired at the same moment, as did
the man cowering in the closet. The
major then crashed his club down upon
the head of the burglar, who, still un?
subdued, was proceeding to reload his
revolver when McMurtry ?red again,
killing him.
One of the desperadoes out of the
way, McMurtry set out to find his con?
federate. His torch disclosed his
quarry peering from behind a chimney.
He caught only a fleeting glimpse of
his man, however, for the battery of
his flashlight had become exhausted.
McMurtry rushed in the direction of
the chimney and luckily succeeded in
grappling with his antagonist.
Dies Hour and Half Later
They rolled about the floor, neither
able to see the other. McMurtry man?
aged to grasp the burglar's right arm
and prevent him from shooting while
he belabored him with his blackjack.
The burglar got hold of some heavy
instrument on the floor and struck Mc?
Murtry in the stomach with it, nearly
knocking him out.
The major kept on, nevertheless, and
was final'y able to bring his body into
a position where he could fire. He
?ent five bullets into the struggling
bandit, who then cried quits. Not until
McMurtry had carried his captivo and
helped Bacon to the floor above did he
observe the blood flowing from his own
arm. The second burglar died an hour
and a half later. He was identified as
Giovanni N'orcca, thirty years old. His
companion was Anthony Forlenzo,
twenty-five.
Both had been living at 16 Hazel
Street, Stamford, where the police dis?
covered several trunks filled with loot
from houses recently robbed in this
vicinity.
Major McMurtry and Bacon were
taken to Greenwich Hospital. Bacon's
condition is serious.
Served on General Staff
Major McMurtry served throughout
the war on the United States Army
General Staff. Since his discharge a
year ago he has been serving as a
special state policeman without pay
*nd as a town constable. He is an in?
ventor of automobile parts and con?
ducts an automobile headlight business,
with an office in Greenwich, where he
resides.
Major McMurtry is a brother of Cap?
tain George G. McMurtry jr., of 812
Fifth Avenue, who was awarded the
Congressional Medal of Honor for con
?picuous gallantry at Charlevoix. Cap?
tain McMurtry was in command of a
company of the famous "Lost Bat?
talion."
Bacon, a well- to-do farmer, has been
a volunteer fireman and constable at
Sound Beach for several years.
Mrs. Morris, wno owns the house in
which the shooting: occurred, resides in
gtl? York at Seventy-second Street and
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Freeze Renews |
Peril of Food
Famine in Citv
_ V
Mayor Wield3 Pick in Lead?
ing Thousands of Men
in Battle Against Snow,
but Makes Little Headway
New York's volunteer army of snow
fighters, headed by Mayor Hylan with
a brand-new pick in his hand, met such
serious reverses before the forces of
Winter yesterday afternoon that the
city's food supply again is endangered.
The hard freeze of the afternoon
turned soft ice and snow into a flint?
like substance that defied the attacks
of shovel and pick men, closed water
covered manholes and in some in?
stances prevented the opening of
sewers.
Streets in the market districts, which
were the objects of concentrated ef?
forts on the part of nearly 15,000 men,
are in practically the same condition
they were in at the close of business
Saturday. The work of snow fighters
in other parts of the city have been
virtually nullified by the renewed
freeze.
Food Trains Stalled
Long trains of cars filled with fresh
food, ships loaded with supplies for
the city and pyramids of the same class
of edibles that were to have been
moved to stores throughout the city
this morning will remain just where
they are. It was reported that many
vegetables were frozen. But, generally
speaking, the cold served to offer
natural refrigeration to the stored
foods, which were prevented from rot?
ting because of the drop in tem?
perature.
Mayor Hylan marshalled his forces
in the wholesale district on the lowei
West Side early in the day, and undis?
mayed by the adventures of Saturday
in which he aroused the wrath of on(
teamster and escaped from that indi?
vidual only to get in the way of ?
stream from a fire hose, wielded a picV
wherever he thought a worker needei
instruction.
The forces at his command, accord?
ing to official figures given out fron
the offices of the Department of Street!
early in the evening, were divided ir
this manner:
Regular street cleaners. 2,50'
Extra employees. 8,43
Policemen (volunteers) . 1,10'
Contractors' men. 2,20
Men on vehicles. 1,00
American Legion . 2'
Members of the American Legioi
again demonstrated the fact that the;
preferred facing an enemy that fough
with firearms to attacking ice am
snow. Of those who volunteered dur
ing th _ day only twenty actually wer
accepted and put to work by the snov
removal department. Nineteen of thes
were in Manhattan, and the Bronx pro
duced one lone Legion snow shovelei
At the various mobilization point
of the Legion it was explained tha
the men who volunteered for servie
had, in some instances, worked with
out having their names placed on pay
rolls, and thus were not credited wit
the service.
Policemen Do Good Work
Probably the most efficient work o
the day was that of the 1,000 volur
teer policemen, who, headed by Deput
Commissioner Frederick A. Walli
dug into the ice of the market dif
trict. The Deputy Commissioner, ai
riving at the Beach street police sti
tion clad in fur coat, patent leathc
:;hoes and the other requisites of
morning appearance at church, wt
furnished with a canvas coat an
trousers, hip boots and a cap.
Commissioner Wallis worked with
pick from 1 o'clock in the afternoc
until 4:30 o'clock. Mayor Hylan, wr
wa.s in the district throughout the da
caVried a pick, but used most of h
energy to arouse the "fighting apiri'
of the men.
"Why don't you work like those fe
lows?" demanded His Honor of a gar
of laborers, pointing to the acti'
policemen.
''No lika da mon'," answered tl
foreman. "We getta da policeman
pay, we do da policeman's work."
Mayor Hylan attempted to discourai
this mercenary spirit, but accomplish'
little with this particular group
workers. Going to the North Riv
Hotel, at Barclay and West streets, !
found a group of men consuming co
fee and sandwiches.
"Give me the same," he said to t
waiter.
While his coffee was cooling he a
dressed the men Informally over
plate of sandwiches, calling attentv
to the fact that such labor found i
own reward in increased appetites. (
leaving the hotel the Mayor w
I Continued on page thrcs
MacVeagh Jr.
Dies in Storm
On Monadnock
Son of New York Lawyer
Loses Way on Mountain
Near His Summer Home
and Exposure Is Fatal
DUBLIN, N. IL, Feb. 15.?Charles
MacVeagh jr., of New York, a gradu?
ate student at Princeton and son of
the counsel for the United States Steel
Corporation, died of exposure on
Mount Monadnock early to-day during
an attempted snowshoe trip to the
summit with Charlton Reynders, of
New York, a senior at Harvard.
The young men started on their trip
early yesterday afternoon in excellent
weather, but soon n blinding snow?
storm and high wind developed, making
it impossible for them to reach the
summit. When a half mile from the
top they abandoned the attempt and
started to return, but it was dusk,
and soon they lost their way in the
growing darkness and driving storm.
Moreover, deceived by the mild, clear
weather when they started, they were
thinly clad, without overcoats, hats or
gloves.
Reynders Tries to Save Comrade
MacVeagh soon showed signs of ex?
haustion, falling several times, and
about 9 o'clock dropped unconscious.
Reynders, who was also sutFering
from exhaustion, protected his com?
panion as best he could, but MacVeagh
died at about 4 o'clock this morning.
At about the time MacVeagh fell
unconscious Fred Nettleton, caretaker
at the MacVeagh estate here, who had
become alarmed at the failure of the
young men to return, started up the
mountain on snowshoes in an attempt
to find them. He discharged his re?
volver frequently, and eventually
Reynders heard and answered with his
own revolver, but even then it was
difficult for Nettleton to locate them,
and MacVeagh was dead when he ar?
rived.
Nettleton assisted Reynders down
the mountain and returned for the
body, bringing it out just before night?
fall. Reynders's condition to-night
is said not to be serious.
At Summer Home for Outing
The two young men came to the Mac?
Veagh summer home last Thursday for
a few days' outing. Why they left for
the mountain equipped as they were is
not known. Even their snowshoes were
said to be small for such a trip, with
snow on the mountain from three to
five feet deep. During the night an?
other foot of snow fell.
MacVeagh was twenty-two years old
and was graduated from Harvard last
June. During the war he was a lieu?
tenant in the S. A. T. C. at Columbia.
He was specializing in languages at
Princeton. At Harvard he was a mem?
ber of the Signet Society and president
of "The Harvard Advocate." He pre?
pared for college at the Groton (Mass.)
School.
MacVeagh's father, Charles Mac?
Veagh, is a member of the law firm of
Stetson, Jennings & Russell, 15 Broad
Street, New York City. He is vice
president and a director in the General
Steel Treating Corporation, the Ram
apo Foundry and Wheel Works, and
president of the Southwestern Con?
struction Company and the Trojan Tool
Corporation.
Two American Steamers
In Distress, One Asks Aid
BOSTON, Feb. 16.?The Red Moun?
tain, Shipping Board steamer bound
from Galveston, Tex., to Havre, France,
blew out the tubes in three of her
boilers and is adrift about 1,000 miles
east of New York, according to radio
messages intercepted here early to-day.
A late message said she would prob?
ably tow to Halifax for repairs.
The United States Shipping Board
steamer Orion, bound from Hamburg
to St. John, N. B., ha3 been caught in
an ice field in the Barrington Passage,
off Nova Scotia, and is in need of
assistance, according to radio messages
intercepted here early to-day. The last
message received said:
"Need immediate assistance on ac?
count of ice. Fuel supply very low."
Green Cotton Is Produced
Experiments of Georgia Farmer
Said To Be Successful
DALTON, Ga., Feb. 15.?Production
of cotton with a staple of pronounced
green, an objective long sought by
agriculturists and scientists, was
claimed to-day by C. F. O'Briant, a
farmer near here, who has been con?
ducting experiments with that aim in
view for years.
Samples of the cotton are said to be
of a beautiful green color and of fine
fiber,
i
Wilson Ideas
Not Indorsed
By Marshall
Vice - President Declares
America Entered World
Conflict 'Because It Af?
fected Internal Affairs'
War Now Over, His
Statement Contends
Announcing Candidacy
for Delegate, Urges Old
Fashioned Democracy
From The Tribune.'? Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, Eeb. 15.?In a letter
announcing his candidacy for delcgate
at-largo from Indiana to the Demo?
cratic National Convention, made pub?
lic to-night, Vice-President Marshall
sets forth an "old-fashioned Democratic
platform."
The letter is directed to National
Committeeman Edward G. Hoffman, ?t
Fort Wayne, Ind. Almost the first state?
ment of the Vice-President, nfter his
announcement of-his candidacy, is that
the United States got into the European
war "because it affected our internal
affairs." This caused some surprise as
showing, for the first time since Mr.
Marshall has entered office, a willing?
ness to differ sharply in public with
President Wilson, whose belief is that
the United States entered the war to
mnke the world snfe for democracy, and
to prevent future wars.
yice-President Marshall also differs
sharply with the President and with
many Democratic orators in a flat state?
ment that "the war is now over."
t Text of Marshall's Letter
The text of the Vice-President's let?
ter follows:
"Another Presidential campaign im?
pends. Thus far the President, who is
the chief of our party, has not deemed
it expedient to express his opinion as
to what the issues will be. As I am de?
sirous of being a delegate-at-large from
the atato of Indiana, I wish, in con?
sonance with what I hope has been my
entire public career, to state the sub?
stance of what 1 think the Democratic
party should stand for. I would not
want to go under any misapprehension
as to my views upon the part of the
unfaltering demands of Indiana.
"Wc were in the war from the very
moment of its European beginning be?
cause it affected our internal affairs.
All of the methods and measures
adopted for the preservation of the
peace of our country and the winning
! of the war met with my npproval and
? I am ready to defend thorn.
"The war is now over and the re?
habilitation of America, as well as the
; rest of the world, is taking place. It
[ is not possible to accomplish our re
\ habilitation other than through the
instrumentalities of political parties.
' How shall the Democratic party pro?
pose to rehabilitate the political system
of America if intrusted with power, is
the question.
Hope in Democratic Policies
"I have watched in other countries
the effepts of so-called unbridled de?
mocracy, and I have seen its menace in
this country, until I am quite convinced
that the peace, prosperity and per?
petuity of the American republic must
rest finally upon few ancient and time
honored Democratic doctrines.
"No one, save God, can remove the
individual as the unit of good govern?
ment. Legislative efforts to produce
justice and good order in society by
listening and acceding to the demands
of persons and classes will in the hour
of peace produce failure. The only
sure foundation for a stable republic
must rest upon the Jeffersonian right
Cojitinued on next page
Soviet Forces
In Rumania
WARSAW, Feb. 13 (Delayed).
?A Moscow communication re?
ceived here announces that Bol?
shevist detachments have passed
the Bessarabian frontier and
crossed the Dniester River, tak?
ing many prisoners.
It was announced last week
that a Bolshevist army was
massed against the Rumanian
border pending the receipt of an
answer from Rumania to a peace
proposal which had been submit?
ted by the Moscow government.
Three Swann
Aids Facing
Jury Charges
Almirall Will Send Names to
Governor, Who Is Expect?
ed to Designate Newton
to Conduct Investigation
The names of the three Assistant
District Attorneys whom the extraordi?
nary grand jury wants to investigate
under the direction of the Attorney
General will be sent to Governor Smith
within a day or two. together with the
charges against each.
Raymond F. Almirall, foreman of the
grand jury, said in announcing this
yesterday that he expected this compli?
ance with the request of Governor
Smith would result in the immediate
designation of Attorney General New?
ton to conduct the inquiry.
Governor Smith made it a condition
of his designating the Attorney Gen?
eral that the names of the members of
District Attorney Swann's staff who
Were under investigation and the na?
ture of the charges that might be
brought against them should be trans?
mitted to him.
Inquiry of Wide Scope
Mr. Almirall made it plain, however,
that he did not consider the naming of
three members of the District Attor?
ney's staff to limit the grand jury's in
I quiry to the activities of those men.
Information will be dealt with as it is
obtained and no trail of evidence will
be neglected, according to Mr. Almirall.
If Governor Smith decides that Mr.
Almirall's letter complies with his re?
quirements and designates the Attor?
ney General to supervise the work of
the grand jury that body will have
attained an object for which it has
i been striving for months.
It was Impaneled last summer to
hear evidence in the cases of radicals
suspected of disloyalty. Soon after
the selection of its members the grand
jury wus asked to ta.ke up charges
made by Mayor Hylan that the sub?
way strike was the result of a con?
spiracy entered into by members of
the brotherhood of employees and
officials of the Interborough in order
to obtain higher fares.
"Overshadowing Crime"
While examining evidence in con?
nection with the Mayor's charge the
grand jury came upon what it termed
evidence of "an overshadowing crime"
and asked that special counsel be ap?
pointed to direct its inquiry in the
direction of the master crime it hoped
to uncover.
It insisted that the attorney in
charge must not be connected with the
office of the District Attorney, and re?
quested that the Attorney General of
the state be named. Governor Smith
long declined to designate the Attorney
General. Other attorneys the grand
jury would have nothing to do with,
because they would have been depu?
tized as special district attorneys and,
the grand jury feared, would be under
the domination of Mr. Swann.
In a presentment recently made by
the grand jury the charge of con?
spiracy made by Mayor Hylan was de?
clared to have no foundation, but fho
grand jury still insisted upon having
the Attorney General assigned to run
down the "overshadowing crime."
Senators Agree on Bill
To Fix National Budget
Frmn The Tribune's Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, Feb. 15?A national
budget measure has been agreed upon
by a unanimous vote of the Senate sub?
committee which has been considering
the subject for the last month, Senator
Medill McCormick, of Illinois, chair?
man of the committee, announced to?
day. Tho sub-committee, which was
composed of Senators McCormick,
Keyes, Edge, Simmons and King, will
submit the measure to the full com?
mittee early this week and urge that
the measure be reported soon to the
Senate for passage.
The Senate bill is a combination of
the McCormick bill, introduced some
weeks ago, and the bill fathered by
Representative Good, of Iowa, which
was passed by the House of Representa?
tives last fall. The features taken
from the McCormick bill include those
relating to the creation of a budget
bureau proper and its functions, while
those taken from the Good bill relate
to the complete overhauling of the
present auditing and accounting system
of the government.
The scheme proposed in the Senate
bill provides for a drastic control of ex?
penditures at their source. Every bu?
reau and department of the government
is compelled to designate a budget
officer to revise the estimate for ex?
penditures made by the various
officials in those bureaus and depart?
ments
Budget Bureau in Treasury
The measure provides there will be
set op In the Treasury Department a
budget bureau, which shall collect all i
of the estimates, revise them, coordi- i
nate them, or change them in any way I
essential to proper administration and
economy. After this work is done the
Secretary of the Treasury will pass
on them, and, after approving, submit
them to the President. The President
in turn is given power to revise the
estimates submitted by the Secretary.
Through his power he can increase
them at the request of a Cabinet
officer who has been overruled, or he
can cut them still further.
The President before the 10th of De?
cember each year must submit his
budget to Congress. It must set forth
the condition of the Treasury at the
completion of the last fiscal year, the
estimated condition of the Treasury at
the end of the current fiscal year and
the estimated condition of the Treas?
ury for the year to be financed if the
financial proposals of the budget are
adopted.
President Must Submit Estimates
In other words, the President must
submit with his estimates for expend?
itures, estimates of revenues and sug?
gestions for raising the requisite taxes
or issuing the necessary bonds to meet
the contemplated expenditures.
Features of the Good bill, retained
in the Senate measure, create a de?
partment, independent of all other de?
partments, known as the accounting de?
partment. This department will re?
view the expenditures made by the de?
partments and report on them to Con?
gress with suggestions for improve?
ment in methods, reductions or other
changes it regards necessary, either in
amounts or system?.
Democrats
Worried Over
Lansing Case
Washington Gossip Sees in
Dismissal Correspond?
ence a Desire by the
President to Run Again
Successor Before
End of the Week
New Theory Is That Secre?
tary Was Ousted for
Urging an Acting Head
By Carter Field
From The Tribune's Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, Feb. 15.?Interest in
the ousting of Secretary of State
Lansing by President Wilson shifted
largely to-day to the political side. No
Cabinet member has followed the ex?
ample of former Secretary Lane, who
acknowledged his joint responsibility
for the Cabinet meetings with Mr,
Lansing. Mr. Lane resigned before the
present row broke. The other Cabinet
members are sitting tight and hoping
the whole unpleasantness will blew
over.
No action is contemplated by any re?
sponsible leader on Capitol Hill. It is
a rather safe prediction that nothing
will be done unless there are fresh de?
velopments. The Republicans are de?
lighted with the way things are going
and do not wish to make any move tha'
might prove a boomerang. The Demo?
crats are profoundly worried and cer?
tainly do not want to start anything.
But everywhere politicians and of
ficials gather the political consequence:
of the ousting of Mr. Lansing, and par
ticularly of the amazingly frank state
ments made by President Wilson, il
lustrating his desire to have only mei
in the Cabinet whose minds "will gi
along more willingly with mine," ari
being discussed.
It was intimated from an officia
soui ce to-night that the Presiden
might name a successor to Secretar;
Lansing be 'ore the end of the week
This intimation came despite the pre
vious assertion that there was no hurr;
about the appointment, inasmuch a?
Under Secretary Polk could serve a;
Secretary for thirty days.
Interest in the name of Mr. Lan
sing's successor is Keen not only be
cause of the desire to know who wil
fill the office but because there i.
wonder iS*- the appointment may no
disclose a new motive on the part o
the President for ousting his Secre
tary of State. Among Senators, mem
bers of th'e House and officials th<
talk is very strong of John W. Davi
and Secretary of War Baker.
One member of the Cabinet to-da;
told friends he thought Mr. Davis wa
the man. This member of the Cab
?net, who is known for his inter?s
in practical politics, believes the Davi
appointment would strengthen th
Democratic party in Mr. Davis's statt
West Virginia, which went for Hughe
by a narrow majority in 1916. Th
mention of Secretary Baker is basei
on the thought that the President ha
always seemed to regard him ver;
highly and because his "mind goe
along" with that of the President ver;
willingly indeed.
Lansing Maintains Silence
The general opinion in Washington
however, is that the President is goin?
to have considerable trouble in get
ting a man to take Mr. Lansing's plac
who will impress the American pcoph
favorably. Most men big enough i'o
the job of Secretary of State ordi
narily, and whose names will so im
press the people, do not want to b
rubber stamps, it is pointed out. It i
thought the President's letters to Mi
Lansing, which are interpreted a
showing that Mr. Wilson does not wan
an executive at all, but merely som
one to find out what the Presiden
wants and do it, have made the rlac
far less attractive than it would hav
been had Mr. Lansing retired withou
any such bald statements on the par
of the President.
Mr. Lansing persists in an absolut
silence so far as newspaper men ar
concerned. In talking to a close pe?
sonal friend he is understood to hav
said, when questioned as to the "ree
reason" for the President's actior
that "you could scrape as deep as yo
wished under the chip and you coul
not find any other reason than is dis
closed in the correspondence."
At Mr. Lansing's house'to-day it wn
said Mr. and Mrs. Lansing woul
leave in about two weeks for Daytom
Fla., where they will spend severs
weeks.
Intends to Ran His Party
A question much discussed to-da
was whether the President intends t
run again for the Presidency. A
was pointed out in The Tribun
just after the Jackson Day dir
ner, reports had even then bee
received by Democratic national con
mitteemen indicating that the Pr?s
dent would be physicaiiy able to run. a
that time if he desired to do so. M
Wilson's action in the Lansing case i
taken by many as showing that he ir
tends very positively to run the Den
ocratic party as well as his Cabint
and to brook not the slightest trac
of opposition.
The impression that Mr. Wilson re
gards himself as again in the saddl
was increased to-night by dispatche
from Paris telling of the Pr?s:
dent's flat statement that he woul
not accept the Lloyd George proposi
for the settlement of the Adriatic pro!
em, and, further, that the Unite
States "would find it impossible to cor
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Allied Premiers
Reject Demands
PARIS, Feb. 16. ? Premiers
Millerand and Lloyd George have
sent a reply to President Wilson's
note relative to the Adriatic com?
promise and hold to their position
expressed in the note sent to the
Jugo-Slav government on Jan?
uary 20, giving that government
a choice between the compromise
or the execution of the Treaty of
London, according to "Pertinax,"
in "The Echo de Paris" this morn?
ing.
Mr. Wilson's charges against
Italy are rejected by the two Pre?
miers, it is said by the newspa?
per, which declares they asserted
in their reply that Italy threw all
her weight into the struggle and
fought for high ideals. The num?
ber of Italian dead is recalled in
one section of the reply.
While thus replying to Mr.
Wilson, Mr. Lloyd George, acting
as President of the Conference,
wrote M. Trumbitch, Jugo-Slav
Foreign Minister, informing him
that England and France main?
tained their original viewpoint,
namely, that Jugo-Slavia must
accept the compromise agree?
ment, or face the execution of
the Treaty of London.
Lansing Made
16Goaf by Chief,
One Paris View
Deposed Secretary Forced to
Bear Burden of Autocratic
President's Blunders,
Suggests "The Journal"
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PARIS, Feb. 15.?Although all the
Paris ne%vspapers gave prominence to
Washington despatches telling of the
resignation of Secretary of State
Lansing and his correspondence with
President Wilson, few have commented
editorially on the incident. The new?
arrived too late for yesterday's morn?
ing newspapers, which went to press
an hour earlier than usual because of
the daylight-saving law coming into
operation. The "Journal" calls the
event "a striking example of the auto?
cratic r?gime the facade of which is
democratic."
"President Wilson," the newspap-.-r
' continues, "returns after his mysteri?
ous illness, and comes to the conclusion
that Secretary Lansing during his
absence has been ruling as Lansing
wished, and dismisses him. National
representation and popular sentiment
are not even consulted in reaching a
decision in which Louis XIV wou'd
have used more formality.
"Opposition nas existed between Mr.
Wilson and Mr. Lansing ever since the
latter acted in the peace conference.
Mr. Lansing was openly blamed for
concessions Mr. Wilson was forced to
make, and the President's illness alone
prevented an outbreak of the conflict
between the two. Mr. Wilson's motive
in this matter, however, may have be^n
complex. Is not Mr. Lansing called
upon to play the classic r?le of the
scapegoat, which assumrs the burden
of his superior's faults? The choice
of a new Secretary will give an inter?
esting indication."
In its editorial on the incident the
"Libre Parole" remarks:
"President Wilson, who has governed
his country seven years without the
least regard for national representa?
tion, who threw America into the war
after winning the election on a peace
program, and who domineered over the
peace negotiations, returns from a
mysterious illness to accuse his F'oreign
Minister of governing ?tutocratical'y
during his absence. Isn't that laugh?
able? Mr. Wilson has given the im?
pression for some days that he is pre?
paring to 'change his coat.' Isn't Mr. i
Lansing's disgrace the first step?"
Szechenyi Calls Rumors
Of Divorce "Ridiculous"
Count Says He Is Not Thinking
of Separation From Former
Gladys Vanderbilt
BUDAPEST, Feb. 15. -Count Laszlo
Szechenyi to-day characterized as
"ridiculous" recent reports that he was
about to seek a divorce from the
countess, who before marriage was
Miss Gladys Vanderbilt, of New York.
"I am the victim of many rumors,"
the Count said. "1 do not care to air
my family affairs in the newspapers.
It" is ridiculous to say that my wife
and myself are thinking of divorce
and it is idiotic to assert that I am a
candidate for the throne.
"My wife is in New York assisting
in Hungarian relief work, while I am
doing the same here."
The Count appeared to be greatly
annoyed at being obliged to deny the
divorce rumors.
Ccunte?s Szechenyi returned to the
United States in September, 1919, ac
companied by her four children?Cor- I
nelius, ten years old; Alice, eight,
Claudia, six, and Sylvia, ten months.
She went immediately to Newport to bo
with her mother.
The countess, who by marriage be?
came an Austrian subject and hence an
enemy alien, was allowed to enter the
United States by special arrangement
with the State Department. During the
war she had opened her home in Buda?
pest and her husband's numerous cha
teaus as hospitals.
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?Protest Sent
To Britain
And France
Note of President Says
Lloyd George's Propos
j al for Settling the Fiume
Question Is Disapproved
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Allied Premiers
Dispatch a Reply
Contents, However, Will
Not Be Disclosed Until
It Reaches Washington
PARIS, Feb. 15 (By The Asso?
ciated Press).?Hugh C. Wallace,
the American Ambassador, ac?
cording to the "Temps," yesterday
delivered to the Foreign Office a
memorandum from President Wilson
in which the President said he could
not approve of Premier- Lloyd
George's proposed settlement of the
| Adriatic question, which has been
submitted to the Jugo-Slavs. The
newspaper says that an identical
memorandum was delivered to the
British Foreign Office in London.
The "Temps" snys President Wil?
son allowed it to be understood that
the United States would find it im?
possible to continue iv? conference if
the Allies settle the Adriatic ques?
tion without consulting the United
States.
The President further gives it to
be understood that the United
States will find it impossible to con?
cern itself in EuTopean affairs if the
Adriatic settlement is reached with
i out consulting the American govern
I ment.
Criticizes Lloyd George Plan
In his memorandum, President Wil?
son criticizes Premier Lloyd George's
plan as communicated to the Jugo?
slavs by the Supreme Council on Janu?
ary 20. The President examined the
plan, but declares he cannot approve
its tenor. He particularly opposes th?
idea which consists in giving the
Jugo-Slavs the choice between this plan
and execution pure and simple of th?
London pact.
In addition, according to "The
Temps," the President finds the Lloyd
George pian too divergent from the
memorandum drawn up at London last
December by Premiers Lloyd George
and Clemenceau, with the collabora
I tion of the American representative.
The memorandum was immediately
examined by the chiefs of the Allied
governments before the French Pre?
mier left London for Paris this
morning.
The Premiers have drafted a reply to
President Wilson's note, which will be
transmitted through the American am?
bassadors at London and Paris, accord
| ing to a member of Premier Mille
rand's staff, who arrived in Paris to?
night.
Reply Closely Guarded
The greatest discretion is being ob?
served as to the contents of the reply
and it will not be made public until
j after it is received by the President
j of the United States. However, an
j other delay in the Adriatic settlement
j as a consequence of the incident is
i foreseen in French official circles.
Premier Millerand has called a Cabi
| net meeting for Tuesday to hear his
? account of the London negotiations.
He will also make a statement on the
diplomatic situation to the Senate
Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Its)lian circle.-- in London are reported
to be greatly disturbed over the note
sent by President Wilson to the Su?
preme Allied Council, in session there,
disapproving of the proposed com?
promise, by which it was hoped the
Adriatic question might be settled.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 15. ?White
House officials to-night refused to dis?
cuss the statement of the Paris
"Temps" that President Wilson, in
memoranda to the French and British
Foreign Office, had disapproved the
latest proposal for settlement of the
vexing Adriatic problem. There was
neither confirmation nor denial that the
position of the United States again
had been laid before the Allied govern?
ments.
Granting that such memoranda, as
reported by the "Temps," had been dis?
patched, other officials interpreted the
step as designed to bring 'to a head
the negotiations over Fiume and
Adriatic territory, which have been"
dragging along for some time.
Opposed Fiume as Free City
Disapproval of the most recent pro?
posal, which was advanced by Premier
Lloyd George and contemplated the
making of Fiume a free city, under the
league of nations, and the awarding
to Italy as a recompense a strip of
territory toward the south from
Trieste, it was said, would be entirely
in line with the stand taken by Presi?
dent Wilson at Paris that Fiume should
be awarded to the Jugo-Slavs. This
position, it has been stated, is the only
one which Mr. Wilson considers is in
accordance with his fourteen points, on
which Italy, as well as the other Allied
governments, made peace with the Cen?
tral Powers.
Under the Allied plan for the settle?
ment of the Fiume controversy, re?
drawn in Paris, early in January,
Fiume would be an independent, free
city, on the same footing as Danzig,
and would be under a league of nations
guaranty. The league would control
.'