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FRIDAY. FEBRUARY~2?r~?7^?
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THREE CENT*
Kl** where
Wilson Drafts Note
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On Adriatic; Shows
No Sign of Yielding
His Original Position Re?v
ported Restated With a
^ Degree of Finality ; Next
^Move Up to Premiers
London Will Get It
Today or Tomorrow
Stands on Threat to With?
draw Treaty Unless U.S.
Participates in Decision
WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 (By The]
Associated Press).?President Wil-J
son to-day prepared and sent to the j
State Department a reply to the |
Entente Premiers' note on the j
Adriatic question. He is understood !
t? have restated the position of the j
American government with a degree j
of finality.
Although the President dictated
bis communication in less than two \
hour?, it probably will not be put on
. the cables before to-morrow hight
! or Saturday. An impression first
went out that it might be transmit?
ted to-night.
The original draft as prepared by
Mr. Wilson was sent to Acting Sec?
retary Polk for his personal study,
as he was the head of the American
mission when the Adriatic settle?
ment of December 9 was reached at
Paris with the consent and approval
of the President and is, therefore,
thoroughly familiar with all the pre?
liminary negotiations.
Affirm? Original Position
After Mr. Polk has completed his
examination of the document and it
has been put in the usual diplomatic
form, it probably will be returned to
the White House for final approval
before it is dispatched to Ambassa?
dor Davis at London for presenta?
tion to the Premiers.
The President is understood to have i
adhered to the position taken in hia |
note of February 10. in which he in- i
formed the Allies that if ihey were to j
?proceed to u settlement of the Adriatic ;
question without the participation of j
'.he American government a situation j
might be created where the United I
States might have to consider whether !
it couhi become a party to the treaty ;
of Versailles and the Franco-American |
pact.
Puts Decision Up to Premiers
While conciliatory, the Premiers' re- j
ply to this original note was argumen- |
tative. Mr. Wilson in his answer is un- ?
derstood to have met this argument |
point, by point and is believed to have j
again called attention to the principle j
of self-determination, as enunciated in |
his fourteen points and his other dec?a- I
rations during the war, which were ac- \
ceptcd by the Central Powers as the ;
basis for peace.
Althougn it makes clear that the
American government has not changed
?he positron it took when the original
Adriatic agreement was made at Paris, :
? he President's note is not regarded as
ihe final chapter in the negotiations.
The Premiers in their reply to the ;
original communication are said to j
have left the way open for agreement j
along the lines previously accepted by
the United States, and with the receipt j
of the American note it will be for j
them to decide whether the ultimatum |
previously sent to Jugo-Slavia embody- i
nig the settlement to which the United!
States did not subscribe will stand.
Suggestions coming from Europe
that the course of the Allies in pro- ?
ceeding to a settlement of the Adri- i
atic situation without the participation ;
of the United States might be attrib- |
uted to a desire for speed and a con- ]
sideration of the necessary delay in j
cable exchanges between Washington
and the Entente capitals were given ;
only passing attention here.
Insist on Self-Determination
It was n called that when the Ameri?
can peace delegates left Paris for home :
in December there was an agreement
that questions remaining to be settled I
would be adjusted through the Entente I
foreign offices and the American State j
Department. The Allies continued to !
r,e represented by their premiers, and j
Ambassador Wallace was present as '?
an observer for the American govern
ti*nt, but the understanding here was :
'hat the Supreme Council as such '
ceased to exist.
From the Allied viewpoint it is said
that the seizure of Fiume by D'An
nun;:io has created a changed situation
>n the Adriatic, and that a speedy set?
tlement which would eliminate him as
a factor without a resort to force was
desirable.
It is understood that this view is not
subscribed to here. It is said that a
temporary impediment should not
weigh against the fundamental princi?
ple or self-determination. In the opin?
ion here the problem resulting from
DAnnunzio's seizure of Fiume will in
time solve itself through the natural
operation of economic forces.
Dictates Reply in Two Hours
As has been anticipated in Washing?
ton, the essential points of the Allied
'?Ply to the President's note of the
lOth have become known in some of
the Entente countries. State Depart?
ment officials, however, continue to re?
gain from divulging its contents in ad?
vance of an agreement for the publica?
ron of the exchanges, which now is be
">& sought.
The Allied note was delivered to
resident Wilson after it reached tho
a?te Department yesterday, and he
?P*nt the late afternoon and evening
2 ? careful study of it. Immediately
??ter breakfast this morning be sum?
moned hi? confidential stenographer to
'"? study and dictated his reply. The
'?mpleted transcript was delivered to
acting Secretary Polk within two
"ours.
Neither White Ilouse nor State De?
partment officials would say how long
*W doownant was, but it is believed
?U *? ?h?rt?' than the President's
ytvtoq> not?, wbioh contained soroe
ContbuM? en page four
Soviet Reported
Ready for Peace
THE HAGUE, Feb. 18.?Dur?
ing debate in Parliament to-day
on Holland's entrance into the
league of nations the Communist
member Wynkoop admitted that
at the international Communist
conference held recently at Am?
sterdam it was stated the Rus?
sian Bolsheviki had decided to
make peace with the powers and
the states bordering on Russia on
filmost any terms.
Wynkoop opposed the entrance
of Holland into the league, refer?
ring particularly to the danger of
future wai's and the growth of
the American navy.
Peace Council
Debates Terms
For Bolsheviki
Decision Reached to Open i
Negotiations With Co?
operative Societies in
Russia as Initial Move
By Arthur S. Draper
From The Tribune's European Bureau
Copyright, 1920, New York Tribune Inc.
LONDON, Feb. 19.?The peace con- |
ference sought to-day to clear away
differences among the Allies in their
attitude toward Soviet Russia and to ;
harmonize divergent views, preliminary i
to formulating terms of peace with the
Bolsheviki. The conferees took up ?
their negotiations where thev left off ?
in Paris last month, after deciding to
open negotiations with the cooperative
societies in Russia.
Should the peace conference find a'
basis for peace negotiations, it is prob?
able the Bolsheviki will send repre
sentatives here. Everything depends '
upon the attitude of .the French.
A sharp conflict of views developed '?
to-day, in.. Labi y between the British!
and French, while the Italians were in
clined to sympathize with Premier
Lloyd George's peace policy. Both
Great Britain and Italy are already in
direct contact with Russiu, but France,
persisting in her policy of disapproval,
has continued to remain aloof.
According to advices from Copen- i
hagen, James O'Grady, the British en
voy who has been negotiating with Maxi
Litvinoff, .the Bolshevist plenipoten- !
tiary, on the release of prisoners of;
war, is returning to London, presum- j
ably having been recalled to report to |
the Foreign Office. Possibility that he !
will return to Copenhagen with new:
instructions is foreseen as depending;
on the outcome of the present confer- j
ence.
LONDON, Feb. 19 (By The Associ-;
ated Press). -Premier Lloyd George i
was asked in the House of Commons j
to-day whether aid, financial or other- i
wise, was still being given to any Rus- I
sian army or organization whose aim
Was the overthrow of the soviet sys- ?
tern. The Premier replied that no aid !
was being given, except that the gov- j
ernment was continuing, so far as cir- i
cumstances would permit, to fulfill the ?
remainder of its obligations to Gen- j
oral Denikine.
Replying to a question as to whether '
Great Britain was trying to bring about j
peace between Soviet Russia and Po- i
land, Lloyd George said the question !
of peace or war with Soviet Russia was j
one Poland must decide for herself.
"Moral Pedigrees" j
Await Husbands
Sixty-six Wives Form Se?
cret Society to Give
Mates "Bureau Rating" \
Special Dispatcli to The Tribune
GLEN CAMPBELL, Pa., Feb. 19.
Husbands of this community in the i
future will be rated under a "moral ?
pedigree." Intended husbands also
will come under the same classification.,
At least, so nay sixty-six of Glen ;
Campbell's leading women, who have :
formed a secret organization the object
of which will be to "know a man
morally."
According to its sponsors the new or?
ganization was formed to clean up the
morals of the community, particularly
the morals of the husbands. The wom?
en arc establishing a sort of "moral
credit bureau." which proposes to
gather all the requisite facts regarding
a husband's conduct, keep it on file at
headquarters and submit a confidential
report to any woman who suspects her:
mate and asks for his rating. I
"There should be a society like the
one we have organized in every com?
munity." said one member. "We're
convinced that if women ever attempt
to got away with what the average man
pulls off. the divorce calendar would be
as crowded as the old-timo barroom.
"We're going to change this. Before
we finish well have the 'moral pedi?
gree' of every husband and intended
husband in this community."
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New Mexico for Suffrage j
Home Completes Ratification of !
Woman Vote Amendment
SANTA FE, N. M., Feb. 19.?The !
House of Representatives of the New ;
Mexico Legislature to-day ratified the i
Federal woman suffrage amendment by
a vote of 36 to 10. The Senate passed
the resolution yesterday by a vote of 17
to 6. Governor O. A. Larrazolo is ex?
pected to sign the resolution on Satur?
day. New Mexico Is the thirty-second
?tat? to ratify.
Newton Asks
Evidence on
Swann's Aids
Attorney General, Named
to Assist Almirall Panel,
Will Study Minutes Be?
fore He Outlines Scope
Will Need Deputy;
Has Not Picked Man
Judge Wadhams Relieves
Regular Grand Jury
From Kilroe Inquiry
Governor Smith yesterday formally
designated Attorney General Charles
D. Newton as special counsel to assist
the extraordinary grand jury in Its
prosecution of charges against mem?
bers of District Attorney Swann's staff.
He orderd the Attorney General to
attend in person or to designate one
of his deputies to appear before the
Raymond F. Almirall panel and con?
duct the proceedings in connection
with that body's accusations of mis?
conduct in office against Assistant Dis?
trict Attorneys John T. Dooling, James
E. Smith and Edwin P. Kilroe.
The designation was made in
pusuance of Section 62 of the
executive law. It specifically con?
fines the work of the Attor?
ney General to these charges and
authorizes him to conduct any prose?
cution or trial that may grow out of
indictments against the accused men.
Governor Informs Mr. Swann
Governor Smith sent word of the
designation to Mr. Almirall, who asked
for the services of the Attorney Gen?
eral, and to District Attorney Swann.
His letter to Mr. Swann said:
"This order has the effect, as you
are well aware, of superseding you in
the above-mentioned transactions."
Word of the Governor's action was
conveyed to Mr. Newton last night at
the Murray Hill Hotel, by long dis?
tance telephone from Albany. The At?
torney General said he would ob?
tain the minutes of any testimony
the grand jury may have taken in the
proceedings against the three men be?
fore he departs for Albany to-night.
He added:
"I will study the minutes over the
week-end and the Monday holiday and
by Tuesday I hope to have determined
on the scope of this inquiry.
"I will devote all possible time to
this, considering the multitude of
matters before the Attorney General.
I will require the services of a deputy,
but I have no1" -nade up my mind as to
the man I shall designate."
Mr. Newton repeated this last sen?
tence when he was asked whether he
would name Alfred IL. Betfkcr, former
deputy attorney general, as his aid,"
Mr. Swann has charged that the grand
jury wanted Mr. Becker so that it
might "find something on William
Randolph Hearst and remove Mayor
Hylan, in the hope that the Interbor
ough might get an eight cent fare."
Out of Regular Panel's Hands
The other development in the grand
jury situation came in General Sessions
in the afternoon, vhere Judge Wadhams
declined to permit the regular grand
jury to pass upon charges against Mr.
Kilroe.
The court's actiou In directing the
regular panel to go no further in the
Kilroe matter led to the collapse of
Mr. Swann's efforts to obtain the ex?
oneration of his assistant. Testimony
on the accusation against Kilroe had
been heard by the regular grand jury
the day before. Mr. Kilroe was charged
with "neglect and omission of duty"
by the Almirall panel for having de?
clined to ask the indictment of George
F. Montgomery.
It had been rumored that the regular
jury would appear in court yesterday
and dismiss the Kilroe accusations.
A new angle in the Kilroe matter
came when James Emmett Finegan,
counsel to Insurance Commissioner
Thomas B. Donaldson, of Pennsylvania,
who is said to have made the Kilroe
accusation to the Almirall jury, gave
out the textjof a letter, copies of which
he sent to Governor Smith, Attorney
General Newton and Justice Bartow S.
Weeks. Justice Weeks presides over
the extraordinary jury.
"It is my information and belief,"
the letter read, "that Mr. Kilroe was at
all times ready, willing and anxious to
present the charges submitted to him
to the Grand Jury of the County of New
York, but that he was deterred and pre?
vented from so acting by reason of the
attitude of the District Attorney, under
whose supervision and direction Kilroe
was working."
Mr. Swann himself said last night
Continued on page three
Ex-Kaiser May
Go to Curacao
PARIS, Feb. 19 (Havas).?Sug?
gestion? that former Emperor
William be sent to the Island of
fcuracao, off the Venezuelan
coast, are received more favor?
ably in some quarters at The
Hague than the idea of trans?
porting him to one of the Dutch
East Indies, according to. the
"Matin."
The newspaper says the last
Allied note to the Dutch govern?
ment caused evident embarrass?
ment at the Dutch capital.
Commons Asks
Voice in Turk
Peace Terms
Lloyd George Yields to Pres?
sure and Consents to De?
bate of Whole Subject on
First Monday in March
LONDON, Feb. 19.-?The latest de?
velopments in the Turkish situation
have for the moment pushed the
1 Adriatic question into the background
iri both public and official interest.
The reservations which France and
Great Britain are said to have made
with regard to the Turkish peace
terms, including the retention of the
Turks in Constantinople, have aroused
strong feeling in Parliament, where
the opposition strongly objects to a
settlement of the Turkish question
without its reference to the Commons.
Particular antagonism has been aroused
in opposition quarters to the decision
to permit the Sultan to retain sover?
eignty over Constantinople.
The subject was raised this after?
noon by Sir Donald Maclean when he
asked the Premier if the government
i would give the House an opportunity
| of discussing the leaving of Constanti?
nople to the Turks and the position of
the Armenians in Cilicia. Mr. Lloyd
George replied that, it would be very
inopportune to have such a discussion
at present. However, he was not depre?
cating discussion of the subject, he de?
clared, and if the House desired a de?
bate on the question before the govern?
ment was finallly committed every fa?
cility would be given. He suggested
Monday week, March 1, as the time.
The Premier gave assurances that
there would be no commitment beyond
that which the government already
had made until the House had had an
opportunity to discuss the subject.
Millerand Outlines Discussions
PARIS, Feb. 19.?Premier Millerand
to-day outlined to the Foreign Affairs
Commission of the Senate the various
questions discussed by the Supreme
Council, in London, especially with re?
gard to maintenance of the Sultan in
Constantinople. He explained the po?
sition taken by France concerning
Syria and Cilicia, which he declared
was entirely free from any spirit of
conquest.
Reservations to the agreement rela?
tive to the Turks being permitted to
retain their capital in Constantinople
are contemplated by Great Britain, ac?
cording to the "Petit Parisien," but de?
cision on this point will not be reached
until Promier Millerand returns to Lon?
don. Great Britain has been under,
stood to have taken the attitude that
the Turkish government must be ousted
from Constantinople, but the French
have opposed this step.
Organization of the forces whioh will
assume police control of the Darda?
nelles already has beon planned, says
the "Echo de Paris," while the "Matin"
asserts Greece will receive Smyrna and
a limited district around that city.
Criticism of Peace Congress
Prom The Tribune's European Bureau
(Copyright, 1920, New York Tribuno Inc.)
LONDON, Feb. 19.?The whole busi?
ness of the peace conference has be?
come a confused uncertainty. The
Adriatic tangle, brought about by
President Wilson's note, and dissatis?
faction here with the provisional ar?
rangements in the Turkish settlement
are adding to the complications.
The decision to permit the Turk to
remain in Constantinople is regarded
as a victory for the French. British
opposition to this decision is beinj; ex?
pressed in strong terms. In the Adri
i^tic controversy the British and French
must mark time until the President's
second note is received. Thus it is
fair to say that the present conference
has made little progress toward a final
settlement of any of the problems
which it has handled.
How can the conference settle the
problems of Turkey, the Adriatic and
Russia without American approval?
Moreover, the secrecy which sur?
rounded the Paris conference seems
Continued on pnye four
Telephone Company Grants ?
Operators a Wage Hearing
Dissatisfaction among the 12,000 op?
erators of the New York Telephone
Company over their present wage scale
is to be adjusted at a conference be?
tween the management and represen?
tatives of the employees.
This was announeed by the company
yesterday after groups of operators in
some of the seventy-five branch ex?
changes had threatened to ?luit work.
For many weeks, it was said, the com?
pany has been trying to devise a plan
to overcome the complaints of operators
that their salaries have not been in?
creased in proportion to the increasing
cost of living.
Although the operators have no or
fanization other than one authorized
y the company, groups of dissatisfied
employees recently have been holding
conferences, it is said, with a view to
calling a strike.
Company's Statement
Yesterday afternoon about fifty op?
erators in the Madison Square ex?
change, following an example set by
operators in the Cortlandt exchange
the day before, pulled off their head?
pieces and retired to the rest room.
According to the company, no inter?
ruption to the service ensued, and the
operators resumed work shortly after?
ward.
Later in the day the company ig.
sued a statement from It? office at 15
Dey Street announcing that a plan for
adjusting differences had been deter?
mined upon. The statement readt
> "The ofiesrJon raised by & small group
of operators yesterday in the Cortlandt |
central office has been raised to-day
by similar groups in several other cen?
tral offices. The question relates to
an adjustment of salaries of the older
operators of the force.
"This company has had in effect for
! some time an employees' representa
1 tion plan, under which the elected rep?
resentatives of the employees can take
! up such matters with the management
j at any time.
"The entire operating force has been
i advised that the matter is now up for
j adjustment and that the management
has arranged to confer with the em?
ployees' representatives at oneff with
reference to it."
Conference in Few Days
J. S. McColloh, vice-president of the
company, who denied that the operators
at the Cortlandt exchange had gone on
a strike on Wednesday, was out of
the city yesterday. E. H. Dyer, who
gave out the statement announcing the
plan for a readjustment of differences,
said:
"The officials of the company and
representatives of the employees un?
doubtedly will confer within a "few days
to settle all disputes. We have a
graduated wage scale, according to
length of service and kind of service
performed.
"Any increase in pay accordingly
probably would have to be on a per?
centage basis. Meantime there will be
no interruption of service from any
Labor Calls
For Defeat
OfJtailBill
Unions Will Carry Fight to
Wilson if Congress Up'
holds Measure Termed
Blow at Workers' Liberty
Rule by Capital
Seen in Provisions
Arbitration Plan Could
Shut Out Employees, Say
Gompers and Car Men
WASHINGTON, Feb. 19.?Organized
railroad workers and union labor in !
general, holding the redrafted rail-j
? road reorganization bill to be destruc- I
tive of the employees' constitutional
privileges and liberties, to-night called
on Congress to defeat the measure in
its entirety.
Representatives of the fifteen rail?
road unions at the close of an all-day
conference, attended by President
Gompers and Secretary Morrison of
the American Federation of Labor, !
made public a memorial to Congress j
embodying this declaration:
"The pending bill deprives citizens
employed upon railways of the invio?
late right to enjoy gains of their own
industry. The returns to capital are
fixed upon an arbitrary basis, the rate t
which the public must pay and wages
which labor must receive must accom?
modate themselves to this basis fixed
for capital. This act makes the public
and labor subservient to capital. For
these reasons herein set forth and
many others, we request and respect?
fully urge that the bill be defeated in
its entirety."
First Battle in Congress
During the all-day conference in?
formation was given out that letters of
protest against the wage provisions of
the bill would be sent to President
Wilson and Director General Hines.
Later it was decided to make the first
fight in Congress, and intimations were
given that if defeated there the work?
ers then would carry the battle to the
White House, hoping that the Presi?
dent might veto the legislation.
Charges by Representative Sanders,
Republican, of Indiana, that members
of Congress had been called into "cau
cus" to be dictated to by union labor
on the railroad reorganization bill al?
most broke up an informal conference
to-night between Congressmen friendly
to labor and labor leaders.
Mr. Sanders said he had received
an invitation to a caucus and found
instead an assembly at which labor
leaders were prepared to present their
commands to the legislators.
"I charge that this meeting was
called to defeat the railroad bill," he
shouted, "in order to foist government
ownership upon the country."
Mr. Sanders bitterly arraigned
President Gompers of the American
Federation of Labor, who was seated |
near by, for having "unjustifiably and j
indiscriminately Insulted the present
Congress."
Lie Passed at Conference
Turning about to face the murmurs
of disapprobation which had arisen at
his unexpected remark, Mr. Sanders
shook a belligerent forefinger at the
labor leaders as he said:
"Yon can't have your own way about
everything!"
Immediately Representative Mead
Democrat, of New York, arose and de?
clared "the man who will say this
meeting was surreptitiously called is
a liar."
A dozen Congressmen present, in- I
eluding Mr. Sanders, jumped to their j
feet and turmoil reigned until the !
chairman had called the meeting to \
order. Representative Mead consented \
to withdraw his assertion insofar as it
might have been construed to include
Mr. Sanders.
The memorial, addressed by the labor
leaders to the people of the United
States as well as to the two* houses of
Congress, declares that the bill in ?
enunciating a principle for basing the
financial return of investors subverts
the principles of American government.
This provision, the memorial holds,
would constitute "an abandonment of
government for private interest, special
privilege and class benefits."
Provisions of the measure for arbi?
tration of disputes are attacked be?
cause of the manner in which the
special arbitration boards would be
constituted and because of the way in
which they would operate. The arbi?
tration boards, including the perma?
nent Federal board of nine members,
might be s'o composed, the memorial
declares, as to eliminate labor from
representation. Procedure of these
boards as set forth in the bill, the
memorial states, would "destroy all
discipline and lead to chaos."
Rail Owners to Aid Hines
While the labor representatives were
in session. Director General Hines. in
conference with a committee of lead?
ing railroad executives, received a
pledge of their cooperation in the
establishment of a committee of ex?
perts to gather data bearing on the
wage problem. The executives ex?
pressed a desire that solution of the
wage problem be expedited and Mr.
Hines said that the time and method
of constituting the committee of ex?
perts would be recommended to the
President as soon as a conference with
the railroad union officials could be
held.
Forecasting at least one aspect of
the final fight to be made on the re?
organization bill in the House, Repre?
sentative Barkley, Democrat, Kentucky,
filed late to-day a statement of reasons
for refusing to join in approving the
conference compromise measure, which
he attacked as conferring "financial j
favors" on the carriers that would I
Continued on page three j
The Spirit of the K. C,
A Full Page Color Poster by
Herbert Paus
George Washington
A Gilbert Stuart Portrait in
Original Colors
Irish Volcano?dorlnant or extinct?
A Vital Question Interestingly
Ansioered
Three of the many extra good
things In
Next Sunday's Tribune
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Root Assails Wilson Rule
As 'Autocracy by Consent';
Sounds Party's Keynote
Pointed Paragraphs in Root's Speech
Urging Return to Republican Ideals
Some striking excerpts from the speech of Elihu Root before the
Republican State Convention last night follow:
"More important than all is the necessity that we shall restore
our republican form of government, and put an end to the dictatorship
which we created in order to carry on the war."
"It is not in human nature to relinquish readily power once pos?
sessed. ... A government with a Louis Napoleon at one end and
a plebiscite at the other is not a free republic. It is autocracy by
consent."
"If the occasion for acting under Article X, when it came, did not
appeal to the judgment and sympathies of the people of the United
States, it would be impossible to comply with the agreement, and the
worst possible thing for the peace of the world would happen?that the
United States should have made a solemn treaty and should break it."
"The officials and agents of the present Administration have ac?
quired the habit of spending public money with both hands, and they
do not know how to stop."
"Russian Bolshevism has set out upon a definite undertaking to
destroy all existing democratic governments. The assault is too sub?
stantial to be wisely ignored. . . . One of the things the Repub?
lican party has to do, apparently, is to clear a lot of Bolsheviki or sym?
pathizers with Bolsheviki out of the public offices of our government."
"We should not attempt to take away the right to strike. . . .
But we should, by law, limit the right to strike at the point where it
comes in conflict with the community's higher right of self-preser?
vation."
Miller Slated for Chairman
Of 'Big Four' at Convention
Root, in Letter Announcing He Will Not Be a Del?
egate, Suggests Former Syracuse
Justice to Take His Place
I - ? "
Elihu Root, who has been slated ror
designation as one of" the Republican
I "Big Four," cannot attend the Chicago
convention, he informed State Chair?
man Glynn yesterday in,a letter. He
said he expected to be in Europe in
! June, in connection with the work of
! the International Court of Justice, to
| which he has been named by the Al?
lied Premiers. ??
Former Justice Nathan L. Miller, of
Syracuse, was chosen to take Mr. Root's
place, subject to the action of the con?
vention to-day, when it is expected
the following delegates and alternates
at-large will be chosen:
Nathan L. Miller, of Syracuse; Colo?
nel William Boyce Thompson, of West
chester; Senator James W. Wadsworth
jr., of Geneseo, and Senator William
M. Calder, of Brooklyn.
Alternates ?John F. O'Brien, of
Plattsburg; Mrs. Arthur L. Livermore,
of Westchester; Representative Thomas
B. Dunn, of Rochester; Charles W.
Anderson, former Internal Revenue
Collector, New York.
Delegates Cheer Root
Carnegie Hall was filled with the
1,101 delegates, alternates and other in?
terested men and women when Chair?
man Glynn called the convention to
order and announced that the Right
Rev. Arthur S. Lloyd would offer
prayer.
When Chairman Glynn presented the
name of Elihu Root, "the first citizen
of America," as the temporary chair?
man the delegates rose and cheered,
and a little later, when Mr. Root was i
escorted to the front of the stage by
Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, Mrs. j
Arthur L. Livermore and Dr. Conrad
E. Wetlaufer, chairman of the Erie
County organization, he got another
round of applause.
The convention adjourned until 11
a. m. to-day, after standing commit?
tees on permanent organization, cre?
dentials, resolutions and delegates
were appointed. The work to-day will
be the presentation and adoption of
the platform and the election of the
delegates and alternates-at-large.
Lafayette B. Gleason, secretary of
the Republican State Committee, read
from the platform the naines of the '
members of the standing committees, !
When ho came to the name of Senator '
James \V. Wadsworth as a member of ?
the committee on resolutions there was \
an outburst of cheering which lasted !
for several minutes. The name of '
Speaker Thaddeus C. Sweet of the As- !
! sembly, a member of the same commit
i tee, was greeted with applause.
Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler is chair
: man of the committee on resolutions.
j It held a meeting immediately after the
; convention. Fred Greiner, of Buffalo,
j is chairman of the committee on nomi
; nation of delegates-at-large and alter
i nates. It will meet at 9:30 a. m. to?
day at the Republican State Commit?
tee headquarters.
The substitution of Judge Miller for
Mr, Root was made yesterday after?
noon in a conference attended by State
Chairman Glynn, Representative Ber?
trand H. Snell, Frederick Greiner, Will?
iam Barnes, Senator Wadsworth,
Samuel S. Koenig, Jacob A. Livingston.
Harry Barrett, representing William
L. Ward, of Westchester; J. S. Hotch
kiss, representing George W. Aldridge,
of Rochester, and Colonel L. B. Glea
son.
In his letter to Chairman Glynn, Mr.
Root suggested that the selection of
Judge Miller would please him. He
thought Judge Miller was eminently
well qualified to represent the organi?
zation. Mr. Root, who was expected
to act as permanent as well as tem?
porary chairman of the convention,
will be out of town to-day on legal
business. It is understood that the
committee on permanent chairman will
select John Lord O'Brian, of Buffalo.
Mrs. Knapp Drops Out
At the Murray Hill Hotel yesterdaj
delegates from Onondaga and surround?
ing counties held a conference witi
reference to the matter of urging upor
the convention to-day the selection ol
Mrs. Florence E. C. Knapp as a dele
gate-at-large. Mrs. Knapp, who is ?
leading anti-suffragist, after canvass?
ing the situation, said that she was no
an aspirant for the place, and that hei
name would not be presented.
The choosing of Judge Miller as th<
head of the delegation to Chicago mai
have an important bearing on thi
Governorship situation this year. Mi
Miller retired from the Court of Ap
peals bench a few years ago to prac
tice law in Syracuse. His admirer
more than once have tried to induci
him to become a candidate for Gover
nor.
The delegates from Onondaga Count;
said last night that he was likely t
accede to their request that he becom
a receptive candidate for the Republi
can nomination for Governor. Unti
the announcement comes from Judg
Miller himself, the leaders will con
tinue to watch the other candidates fo
the Governorship?State Comptrolle
Eugene M. Travis, Secretary of Stat
Hugo, ex-Senator Ogden Mills an
Speaker Thaddeus C. Sweet.
Germany to Increase Court
For Trial of War Criminals
By William C. Dreher
Special Cable to The Tribune
(Copyright. 1920, New York Tribuno Inc.)
BERLIN, Feb. 19??It has already be?
come evident that the present person?
nel of the Supreme Court at Leipsic is
"?;:((! inadequate for the trial of the
German war criminals named by the
Allied powers. The court will have to
be greatly increased, at least tempo?
rarily, for even now the court is many
months behind with its decisions. The
number of investigating judges espe?
cially will have to be multiplied be?
cause of the vast amount of evidence
to be sifted.
The present bench consists of judges
well advanced in years. None of. them
was in the war, and it is assumed that
the new appointees will be from among
those who were non-combatants.
It appears that the purpose of the
German government is to subject all
evidence, like letters and diaries of
German soldiers, to a rigid examina?
tion to determine their authenticity.
It is understood that as soon as an
inter-Allied mixed commission passes
upon each case and turns over full evi?
dence to the German government the
latter immediately will give it to the
investigating judges for further in?
vestigation and -confirmation.
It is recognized, however, that the
Supreme Court will he- retired in an ?*
tremely difficult position, for most Ger?
mans believe that it will be virtually
impossible or unthinkable to find true
bills against men like von Hindenburg,
LudendorfF and others of the great
leaders.
BERLIN, Feb. 1. Examination of the
official text of the last Allied note sent
to the Cern?an government relative to
j the triul of men accused of war crimes
? shows that a passage was omitted from
the published version. This passage
refers to a stipulation by the Entente
that previous verdicts at trials of Ger?
man war offenders must be annulled
and that they be remanded for new
trials.
This provision, "The Freiheit" says,
means the reopening of the Fryatt case,
in which a German commission decided
the' execution of Fryatt, captain of a
British merchantman, was not a viola?
tion of international law. The con?
servative pan-Germanic press unites in
rejecting the Allied note as wholly un?
acceptable, and the "Tageblatt" ex?
presses the belief it "is a halting place
on th^ road leading to revision of the
Versailles treaty."
GOOD MOBMJ?G:
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wasting valuable time Interviewing unde?
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Ex-Senator Pleads for Re?
turn to Government by
the People and Restor?
ing Republican Ideals
Defends Right of
Labor to Strike
Urges New Tariff Laws,
National Budget and
? Jail for Violent "Reds"
The United States, under the.
Presidency of Woodrow Wilson, ha$
! been "an autocracy by consent,"
? Elihu Root told the Republican State,
; Convention at Carnegie Hall last"
night. Declaring that "it is danger?
ous for a people to acquire the habit
1 of bowing to power without limits,"
Mr. Root pleaded for the restoration
! of representative forms of govern
? ment by stripping the President of
' the dictatorship conferred upon him
! in the emergency of war.
Mr. Root delivered his address as
temporary chairman of the conven
| tion.
Mr. Root's speech, the first im
j portant pronouncement on national
' issues by a Republican leader, was re
? garded by those who heard it as the
? keynote of the forthcoming national
! campaign.
President Wilson's defiance of
the Senate's authority to advise upon
and consent to the treaty of peace,
Mr. Root said, was "an assertion of
' the right to continue the same auto?
cratic power."
I Cite? Lansing Incident
"It was a challenge to the right
j of any officer of the government of
i the United States to exercise his
! powers in any way which had not
?the approval of the Chief Executive,"
? he added, and cited the Lansing con
; troversy as evidence that "honest
! and independent advice from officers
j of the President's own selection is
an offense."
The Lodge reservations to the league
of nations covenant, the speaker de?
i clared, were chiefly praiseworthy be?
cause '"they prevent the incredible mis?
take of Article X." He also voiced
strong approval of the reservation pro?
tecting the integrity of tho Monroe
I Doctrine, whose abatidonment, he said,
I would work "irreparable injury to the
| United States and no benefit to the
i rest of the world."
"'I hope," Mr. Root continued, "the
'treaty will be ratified with the reser?
vations long before the Presidential
election. That will be done if the
President permits it. If that is not
done then that is what I think the Re?
publican party ought to stand for."
Mr. Root portrayed the chaos that
has followed the establishment of
soviet government in Russia, and ex?
pressed confidence that the common
sense of Americans would withstand
all Bolshevik arguments.
No Class Rule
"They no more will b" governed by
a class of laborers than they will bo
governed by a class of aristocrats or a
class of plutocrats or a class of.sol
diers," he said.
Agitators who incite to violence j
should be jailed or deported, Mr. Rood '
continued, but he warned:
"Let there be fair hearing, and let no
expression of mere differing opinion--?
however radical or distasteful?be pun
? ished.
I "We should not attempt to make any
| man work against his will. We should
not attempt to take ?nvayAlie right to
! strike. It is labor's greift protection.
But we should by law limit the rightl
to strike at the point where it comeS
in conflict with the community's higher
right of self-preservation."
Mr. Root assailed the extravagancy
of the Wilson Administration, assert?
ing that it had "acquired the habit of
spending public money with both handi
and does not know how to stop."
As retrenchment policies he urged 4
rational budget, a halt on needless ap*
propriations and revision of the system
of taxation.
Tax Laws In just
He said that the members of
the Sixty-fourth and Sixty-fifth Con?
gresses, who framed the income tax
laws, "did not conceal the fact that
they looked with suspicion and dis?
like upon the great body of successful
business concerns of the United States,
and that they meant to take away as
much of these men's money as they
possibly could!"
"It is time," Mr. Root pointed out,
! "for the Republican bystander to as
j certain how far these war Tevenue
I taxes are really paid through the co 3
of living by everybody who eats and
! wears clothes."
A new tariff law. he ur^ed, should
I be framed to meet the problems creav
; ed by the transformation of the United
j States into the world's great creditor
; nation. Its provisions, he said, should
I be such as to prevent the ruin of Amer
I can industries and to preserve Eu
i rope's export trade go that she may
pay her debts.
Root Pleads for
Rule by People
Denounces Autocracy of
Wilson, Urges Return
to Republican ?deals
,? j
Mr. Root's speech, in full, follows:
"One of the duties of a good citizen
snd of a pood political party is to bo
aleyt when there is sreneral indifferent?
?fnd to be steady when there is general
excitement. t