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Caillaux Denies
Treason Guilt;
Explains Acts
Declares He Championed a
Policy of "European Con?
ciliation," Not Closer Re-1
lations With Germany I
Minotto's Name Involved;
L. F. Swift's Son-in-Law De-1
clared "One of Agents'
Who Infested His Trail"
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PARIS, Feb. 20.?That he had never
championed a policy of closer rela- j
tions with Germany, but one of "Eu- '
ropean conciliation," and might have ;
been guilty of imprudence and impul- !
siveness, but never of imparting in- !
telligcnce to the enemy, proved to bo ;
the opening defense of Joseph Caillaux, i
former Premier, charged with treason- !
able dealings with the enemy, on the
resumption of his trial to-day before i
the Senate, sitting as a High Court.
The examination of M. Caillaux cov- :
ered his trip to South America late in |
1914 and early in 1915. The name of j
James Minotto, son-in-law of Louis F. I
Swift, of Chicago, and who was interned !
in the United States as an alien enemy
in 1918, was incessantly mentioned
throughout the interrogations of L?on ;
Bourgeois, President of the Senate, who ,
presided over the court. M. Caillaux,
l? reply to the questions of M. Bour- <
geois, claimed to hava been fooled by j
Minotte, as numerous others had been.
He said he had every reason \
to believe Minotto was respectable, as ?
he had been vouched for by many prom
inent Frenchmen. He declared he was
introduced to Mine>tto by Edwin V. j
Morgan, the American Ambassador at j
Rio de Janeiro.
Addresses Court as "My Colleagues" i
M Caillaux stood the long and trying
ordeal well, holding himself well under j
control. At the beginning of his ex?
amination he seemed ready to burst out |
into a violent harangue, punctuating
every word with a movement of both
hands. He gradually became more at
ease and acted more as he did when, ??
as Minister of Finance, he formerly
addressed the Senate on the passage ?
of some important bill from a seat near |
the one he occupied to-day.
Once, in explaining some incident.
M. Caillaux said: "My colleagues will
understand"? . He flushed, hesitated, ',
stuttered and then continued: "The j
members of the High Court will un- i
?erstand." j
The roll call of witnesses caused the !
first clash between the defense and !
the pro-ccution when Theodore Les- !
couve, procurator of the republic, in- I
formed the court that, the Italian ?wit?
nesses would be summoned through a i
diplomatic channel. M. Moutet, of;
council for M. Caillaux, asked whether ;
Chief of Police W< ttiner, of Geneva,
subpoenaed by the defense and whom
the Swiss government h-.is refused per- ?
mission to appear, would be askeel to '
come to Paris through the French rep- !
resentativc at Pern?.
Says Agents Infested His Trail
M. Caillaux disposed of Minotto by;
saying he was one of the numerous
agents who infested his trail while in
South America, the German Minister at
Rio de Janeiro, fearing the result of
M. Caillaux's efforts having requested i
Berlin to place 100,000 marks at his !
disposal to have M. Caillaux shadowed :
continually.
M. Caillaux then ttempted to broaden '
the debate. He launched forth into a
discourse on his external policies be- ?
fore the war, but M. Bourgeois asked j
hirn to confine himself to facts, answer- ?
ing the questions put to him. "This is j
not a political meiting; this is a court
of justice." said Mr. Bourgeois.
"Experts will tell you I have not;
protit?Ml by this war; I am a poorer man
now than 1 was in 1914," declared M.
Caillaux, after reading a letter from
Edmundo de Olivera, who was charged
by the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign
Affairs to accompany M. Caillaux
throughout his visit to Brazil. In the
letter de Olivera stated that M. Cail?
laux had always been a great patriot
and hoped for the final victory of
France.
A letter from Jean Jules Jusserand,
French Ambassador to the United
States, was read at the afternoon's ses?
sion, asking that ho be excused from
appearing personally, but that instead
his deposition be read. To this M. Cail?
laux's counsel did not object. When a
similar request was made on behalf of
Alexandre Conty, French Ambassador
to Brazil, however, objection was made
?m the ground of the importance of M.
Conty's evidence.
The trial will continue on Tuesday
next, when M. Caillaux's relations with
the Mannheim banker, Marx, will be
explained by the accused.
Minolta Declines to Reply
To Charge Made by Caillaux
S),<<:nl Dispatch to Thii Tribune
CHICAGO, Feb. 20- ( ount Minottn,
son-in-law of Louis F. Swift, million?
aire Chicago packer, when seen at his
home this evening, declined to dis?
cuss former Premier Joseph Caillaux's
assertion that Minotto was a German
agent, and that he fooled several
friends.
"I was charged with German In?
trigue in 1018, and as a result, was
interned at Atlanta until the war ws?
ended," suid Minotto. "I am trying
hard to prove to Americans that I am
an American. I am engaged in busi?
ness, in Chicago. I am working hard
every day to build a busine s like
other big business men. Unfortunate?
ly I am not an American by heritage
oj.' birth. I have a hard road to
^??vel. I do not care to answer Cail
.aux at thin timo. Good night."
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Berlin Predicts
Russian Peace
LONDON, Feb. 20.?A diplo?
matic dispatch from Berlin to?
day states that ''undoubtedly" the
forthcoming negotiations regard?
ing prisoners between Germany
and Soviet Russia will develop
into peace negotiations.
The peace treaty between Ger?
many and Soviet Russia, negoti?
ated at Brest-Litovsk," was abro?
gated by the terms of the Treaty
of Versailles.
Mother Uses Savings to
Bring Sailor's Body Home
Mrs. Anne Devera, of 1517 South
Turner Avenue, Chicago, came i'>to
port on the Fabre liner Britannia yes- ?
terday With the body of her con James, i
who was killed in action while a sailor
on the U. S. S. Chinchilla. Ho had j
been buried at Bordeaux and Mrs. L'e- j
vera had to use the bulk of her sav- j
ings to defray the cost of her voyage.I
The Britannia docked in Brooklyn i
and the mother sought high and low in !
that borough for an undertaker to con- j
vey the body to the Pennsylvania Sta?
tion for shipment, to Chicago. Most
of them said they were too busy to
bother' with it, but she finally found !
one who was willing to do it for 045.
This was more than Mrs. Devera could ?
afford.
In despair she telephoned to the
New York headquarters of the Knights
of Columbus and told her story to
Supervisor Michael S. ilogan. Mr.
flogan dispatched two K. of C. secre?
taries in a motor truck, with an Amer?
ican flag in which to drape the casket,
to the pier. The ytransported the
body to the station and remained with
Mrs. Devora until the train pulled out
for Chicago.
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Woman Held linder Dry Act
Mrs,. Margaret Mattern, twenty-nine, ;
of 1227 Myrtle. Avenue,'Brooklyn, was
arrested yesterday by revenue agents'
and later held in $500 bail by United i
States Commissioner McCabe on a ?
charge of selling liquor', in her hus?
band's saloon. The saloon is at the ;
Myrtle Avenue address. Mrs. Mattern
is the first woman to be arrested under ',
constitutional prohibition.
Acting upon an opinion recently (le- j
lnered by Federal Judge Martin T.
Mant?n, to the effect that revenue I
agents have no right to entei premises
without a search warrant, all officers
engaged in enforcing the Volstead law
were armed with such warrants yester?
day.
David S. Rouse and John Linn, im- ;
porters and exporters cf liquors, wcri
acquitted yesterday by a Fed? ral jury ?
of the charge of conspiring to violate j
(he act of November, 1918, by traffick?
ing in liquor It was alleged that :
House and Linn had purchas d 15,000 j
coses of whisky for r xport, but sold it '
irs and around Ne% York.
State Rests in Fritz Case
District Attorney Martin, of Bronx
County, announced yesterday before the
case of Ernest Fritz, charged with the '
murder of Mrs. Florence Coyne, was
resumed in the afternoon in Bronx
County Supreme Court, that he had
a confession signed by Fritz. The j
document was not introduced at the
afternoon session, however, at the end
of which the District Attorney rested
his case. :>
The defense will open" Tuesday. It
has subpten?d several "?physicians,
among them Dr. Otto H. Schultze,
medical examiner for the District At?
torney of New York County.
Twenty girls from Morris High
School tried to get into the court room
to hear the evidence yesterday, but
were denied admission.
? i-?
Wilson Critic is Elerted
From The Tribune's European Bureau
(Copyright, 1 r>i20, Now York Tribune Inc.i
LONDON, Feb. 20.?Charles Palmer,
who is associated with Horatio Bot
tomly in the editorship of "John Bull."
was elected to Parliament, from the I
Wrekin Division of Shropshire in the !
by-election held recently, it was an?
nounced to-day. Palmer ran as an in?
dependent against Charles Duncan, the
Labor candidate, and John Bayley,
who represented the coalition. Palmer
obtained a margin of 538 votes over the
Labor man and 4,517 over the govern
ment candidate.
Palmer, who formerly was editor of ;
'The Globe," made many speeches in
his election campaign attacking Amer?
ica and President Wilson.
The Wrekin Division usually hereto?
fore has returned a government can?
didate.
Lahor . Nominates a Waiter
ATLANTIC CITY, Feb. 20. William
[ F. Cozart, negro waiter; Philip Rohr,
bartender, ami Lafayette J. Brown, car
, penter, were selected here to-day by a
' convention of union member.; to be the
? candidates of the American Federation
of Labor at the election of City Coin
; missioners next May.
( Delegates representing 2,200 mem
? bers of unions affiliated with the Ameri- .
j can Federation of Labor attended the !
1 convention. It is the first convention
i of the kind to be held in New Jersey
? since the American Federation of La
! bor announced its political program.
BolshevikiTake
Archangel,Long
Held by Allies
Moscow Report Says White
Guards Evacuated Town,
Except for Those Join?
ing Incoming 'Red' Army
Will Affect Peace Parley
Victory Expected to Result
in Renewed Pressure for
Recognition of the Soviel
By Arthur S. Draper
from The. Tribune'? European Bureau
Copyright, H?20, Tho Tribune Ine.
LONDON, Feb. 20.?The Bolshevik
have captured Archangel, according t?
a Soviet government wireless dispatch
from Moscow. Archangel had been ar
Allied stronghold since tho rcvolutioi
and recently had been under the pro?
tection of ?ho White Guards. The dis
patch said the White Guards had evac
unted the town, except for some force;
which alijned tnvmsclves with tho in
coming Reds. The radio dispatch read
"The Whites abandoned Archange
this morring. The troops remaining it
the town passed over" to the side o
the Soviet. Power in Archangel is ii
the hands of the professional workmen
who have formed a committee. Thi
Red troops havo passed through Obo
zerskaya village."
By the capture of Archangel the Bol
sheviki have supplied the final militar;
demonstration of their supremacy ii
European and Asiatic Russia. With th
fall of Archangel coming close upo
the capturo of Odessa, Trbtzky'
armies have emphasized their complet
victory over anti-Bolshevik forces.
The fall of Archangel is expected t
influence the Allies in their considera
tion o peace negotiations with flic Sc
vict government. It is likely to rein
force the pressure being brought t
bear upon the peace conference to mak
a settlement with the Bolsheviki an
not to limit its negotiations to reoper
ing commerce t irough the Russian ce
op irative societies, which are in fae
practically all Bolshevik organization;
Archangel fell after a sharp campaig
led by former officers of the old Rus?
sian regular army anel a few German
Fortunately all the Allied troops in th
Archangel region had been withdrawi
&d the British forces, last to depar
sailed away from the northern poi
last November. The American force
had been withdrawn earlier in the fa
following the Allied decision last sun
mer to give up the anti-Bolshevik can
paign in the north.
LONDON, Feh. 20.- (By the Ass.
ciated Press.) Fighting has been i
progress on the Amur River, in Siberi
between insurgent forces and Japanes
a Moscow wireless message state
"White" troops reinforced Japanes
and a fierce struggle is raging, wit
the insurgents supported by Chines
the dispatch declares.
it is reported, the Bolshevik advici
add, that in the Ussuri region the ri
ing of the peasants in favor of tl
Soviet form of government is sprea
ing. In regard to the situation
Sou'h Russia a Bolshevik cominuniqi
to-day says:
"Enemy ships have bombarded Ge
ichesk^ (on the Sea of Asov.) Stu
born fighting is occurring twenty-fr
vcrsts northeast of Stavropol, (on t
left bank of the Volga.")
BERNE, Feb. 20. Hard fighti;
against the Bolsheviki continues
Ukrairiia, according to reports receiv
by ?he Ukrainian delegation here, a
it is announced that some succe
against tlie Soviet forces have be
won in the neighborhood of Tirasp
Soviet May Balk
On Trading Plat
Lit vino ff Hints Aetic
of Supreme Count
May Change Attitut
COPENHAGEN, Feb. 19 (By the i
sociated Press).?"In view of the
cent pronouncement in Paris by ?
members of the Supreme Econoi
Council, the Soviet, government. ?3
considering its attitude toward
proposed plan for trading with Rus
through .cooperative societies," s
Maxim Litvinoff, the Russian So\
representative here to-day. "The s
picion that some people under cover
that plan are pursuing arreach
political aims has gained new groi
and the whole plan soon may prove
have died before its birth.
'?Meantime nothing stands in
way of dealing with Russia imm<
ately bv countries which are prepa
for direct communication thro
proper trade organizations in Rus
DEPARTMENT OF STREET CLEANING
Wanted
For Borough of Manhattan only
5-ton motor trucks on snow work for Department of
Street Cleaning; not less than 5 cubic yards capacity;
rate $40 per day. Also horse-drawn bottom or back
dumpers, not less than 3 cubic yards capacity; rate
$15 per day. Start work Saturday, February 21, 1920,
at 7 o'clock a. m.
Apply at the following places:
Stable A, 17th St. and Avenue C.
Stable B, 614 West 52nd Street.
Stable C, 625 West 130th Street.
Stable D, 505 West 116th Street.
Stable E, 408 East 15th Street.
Stable F, 525 East 80th Street.
Stable G, 44 Hamilton Street.
Stable H, 424 East 48th Street.
Stable L, 133 West 99th Street.
Yard, N. W. cor. Canal and Washington Streets.
231 Mott Street.
Stable S, 184th Street and Amsterdam Avenue.
7 North Moore Street.
Tiffany & Co.
Fifth Avenue &37t?Street
Pearls Diamonds Jewelry
Silverware Stationery
This perhaps requires come courage,
but such courage will be repaid. I
undcrstandi that some countries al?
ready are moving in this direction."
Premiers To Be Consulted
On Polish Peace Program
WARSAW, Feb. 20.?Poland's peace
I program to be submitted to the Rus
I sian Soviet goernment is nearing com?
pletion and will be communicated to
! France and England for approval be
j fore being dispatched to Moscow.
| Premiers Millerand of France and
' Lloyd George of Great Britain already
have been consulted on several of the
: chief points under consideration. It is
: expected an answer will be sent the
[ Bolsheviki by March 1.
LONDON, Feb. 20.?The Lettish gov
i ernment. has decided to opim peace ne?
gotiations with the Russian Bolsheviki
in conjunction, if possible, with Fin
! land, Poland and Lithuania, according
I to a statement issued at the Lettish
! Legation here.
?Paris Soviet Peace Story
Declared False in London
LONDON, Feb. 20.?Official denial
' was issued here to-day of a statement
published in the Paris newspaper' ;
; "Echo de Paris" to the effect that
i Premier Lloyd George, in concert
with Premier Nitti of Italy, favored
opening peace negotiations with Soviet.
; Russia through Maxim Litvinoff, the
Soviet Assistant Commissary of For?
eign Affairs.
Demand Hoover Be Put
On Republican Ballot
Special Dis} atch to Tho Tribuno
MINNEAPOLIS, Feb. 20.?Abandon?
ment of the proposed Republican
Presidential preference primary be
1 cause of attacks directed against the
< conduct of the scheme was brought a
step nearer to-day by the announce?
ment of the Heibert Hoover Club f?)
Minnesota that court action will be in?
stituted to compi-1 Gustaf Lindquist,
chairman of the Republican State Cen?
tral Committee, to place Mr. Hoovers
! name upon the ballot.
Mr. Lindquist, who, in addition t<>
being state chairman, is also one ol
General Wood's cimpaign managers,
admitted yesterdaj that the wielely
heralded primary might be chopped in
this state because of the attitude of
: the Hoover club.
The Hoover club letter accuses the
state chairman of 'attacking unfairly"
the motive of Mr. Hoover in supple?
menting the appeal of President Wil?
son on November 4, 1918, and declares
that in this instance Mr. Hoover "put
his country ahead of his party." Al
; though as state chairman Mr. Lind?
quist may not be breaking any law.
: the letter declares it characterizes his
\ refusal to place Mr. Hoover's name on
the ballot as in "extremely bad taste
and not morally right."
Commenting upon Mr. Lindquist's
refusal, the Hoover club letter declares
that "whether Mr. Hoover voted the
Republican ticket four years ago or
twenty-four years ago could not pos?
sibly make any diff?rence in what
fundamentally constitutes a person who
calls himself a Republican."
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Denied Passport Out of
Mexico, Fall Witness Says
WASHINGTON', Feb. 20.?Statements
that American Consular representatives
j in Mexico recently had refused him
passports to re?nter this country to
; present testimony regarding the Mex?
ican situation were made by William A..
Horton to-day before, the Fall Sub
Committee of the Senate Foreign Re?
lations Committee investigating the
Mexican situation.
.Air. Horton, who said he was an
American farmer from the Tampico
district in Mexico, asserted that early t
m February he had applied at the Tam?
?lico Consulate for an emergency pass
j port to Washington to prove his Amer?
ican citizenship, ho stated, he had
shown (.'laude R. Dawson, United States
(' )? sular representative at Tampico, an
del passport which formerly had been
issued him and which had expired.
"Mr. Dawson asked me why I was in
uich a hurry to go out," Horton testi?
fied, "I told him I was coming to
Washington to testify as to conditions
in Mexico before, the Fall committee, i
He said, 'I've decided I won't issue any
more emergency passports.' "
Bay State Legion
Official Refuses
To Greet Pershing
Several Officers of the 26th
Division Will Not Attend
Boston Dinner ; Treatment
of Eawards Resented
Special Dispatch to The Tribune
BOSTON, Feb. 20.?A stir was caused
to-day in American Legion circles
throughout the state when it became
known that a high olficor of the Mas?
sachusetts state department of the
Legion, had refused "on personal
grounds" to attend the banquet to be
given in honor of General Pershing by
Mayor Andrew J. Peters at the Cop?
ley-Plaza Hotel Wednesday evening.
Antipathy to the former commander
in chief of the American Epeditionary
Forces because of his attitude toward
the 20th Division is said to be the
reason for the refusal. TJiis was
learned in the Mayor's ofTice to-day,
although the Mayor refused to divulge
the name of the officer.
Ten other persons have refused in?
vitations to attend, sending their "re?
grets.'' This list of invited guests in?
cluded all Legion post commanders
throughout the state and all officers
of the Legion state department.
It has been known for some time that
there was no love lost between the New
England war veterans and General
Pershing. The Yankee division was
composed largely of former state troop
and National Guardsmen, who have bit?
terly resented what they alleged was
discrimination against them in favor o?
the regular army men, in the dismissal
of National Guard officers.
The fact that Major General Clarence
R. Edwards, who led the 26th Division
never has received a-medal or recogni?
tion of his services has made Genera1,
Pershing very uspopular here, as it is
commonly reported that it wag Per?
shing who vetoed the awarding of t
medal to Edwards or the approval o?
the latter's recommendations foi
awards to men under his command.
General Pershing is due to arrive ir
Boston on Wednesday, and will be re
ceived by the Governor's and Mayor's
reception committees asd a detail ol
officers from the headquarters of th*
Northeastern Department. Genera
Pershing's visit is ostensibly to inspect
the Watertown Arsenal and Cam*
Devens, but political reasons are be
lieved to be back of tho trip.
Bill Permits State Vote
On Sale of Wine and Beet
WASHINGTON, Feb. 20.?Amend
ment of the Volstead prohibition en
forcement act so as to permit th
states, by referendums, to authoriz
sale of ~.7j per cent beer and 10 pe
cent wine was proposed in a bill in
troduccd to-day by Representative Min
ahan, Democrat, of New Jersey.
"My bill," said Mr. Minahan, "more!
provides for a sane, reasonable an
logical method of enforcing the pro
hibition constitutional amendment.
"It. is utterly repugnant to the Amer
iean spirit, to impose arbitrary an
rigid restrictions as to their person:)
habits upon the American people in
particular community when they ar
manifestly contrary to the wishes o
the people of that community.''
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Petitions Filed for Bryan
Aa Delegate From Nehra.sk
Special Viepaleli to The Tribune
OMAHA, Feb. 20.?Petitions for W
J. Bryan as a candidate for delegate
at-largo to the Democratic Nations
Convention were placed in circulatio
to-day. If Mr. Bryan accepts the iilin
he cannot b* a candidate for Presiden
the Nebraska law not permitting an
name to apepar on thej, ballot more tha
once. The circulation of the petitior
is backed by C. W. Bryan, so it may 1
said to be official. There is thought t
be small chance that Mr. Bryan wi
not accept, the tiling.
A statement mado by those circula
ing the petitions declares Mr. Bryan
opposed to any change, in the state (
national constitutions regarding pn
hibition. This is taken as an answi
to the challenge of the "wets" in N
braska, who have announced that tl
name of Governor Edwards of New Je
sey will be filed shortly with the Seer
tary of State as a candidate for Pr?s
dent.
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No Ship Deal
Witji Britain,
Wilson Says
1 Continued from pi?*?? 1
3010, how American payments Into the
Allied "pool" would be computed ander
the proposed agreement should losses
sustained by the United State? be less
than tho valuo of German tonnage
seized, was explained by Chairman
Payne.
At tho direction of the President an
appraisal of tho vessels, made by the
Secretary of the Navy in June, 1917,
set the value of the ninety-five vessels,
aggregating 030,000 gross tons, at $84,
193,190. This appraisal, the chairman
said, took into account the damage
dono to the ships by their crews be?
fore relinquishing them and represents
their valuo for tho purposes of the pro?
posed agreement.
"We take the ships absolutely, title
free," Chairman Payne stated, "and
when we come to settle with Germany
we put in the common pool the differ?
ence between our losses and the ap?
praised value of the ships."
t Sale of former German cargo vessels
by the Shipping Board will continue,
Chairman Payne announced, as the ac?
tion of the Senate Commerce Commit?
tee and the. temporary injunction grant?
ed to Hearst, apply only to the thirty
passenger ships.
Bids have been invited by the board
foi the purchase of twenty-five freight
carriers, aggregating 100,532 dead?
weight tons. Up to the present twenty
three former German cargo carriers
have been sold by the board.
The President's message to the Sen?
ate follows:
"I have the honor to acknowledge
the receipt of a resolution passed by
the Senate on February 14 requesting
1 the President to inform that body
'whether any, and if so, what, agree?
ment or understanding exists between
him and officials of Great Britain
concerning the elisposition by the
United States of America of the Ger?
man ships which the Ship'ping Board
is pr?>posing to sell, or which were
acquired by the United States after
the termination of hostilities between
said United States and the Central
European Teutojnic powers.'
"The ships for the purchase of
which bids have been asked by the
Shipping Board were taken over by
Executive orders issued pursuant to
the joint resolution t>f Congress of
May 12, l!U7, authorizing the Presi?
dent to take, over for the United
States the possession and title of any
vessel within its jurisdiction under
enemy ownership, or under the reg?
istry eif an enemy country.
"The government of the United
States is not in possession of any ex
Herman vessels except those taken !
over under this resolution. Under an
armistice agreement between the
German government and the Allied
and associated powers, certain Ger?
man vessels were taken over prima?
rily (of the transport of food to
Europe, including Germany, and for
the t 'arrsportation of troops.
"Of the tonnage so taken over, cer- j
tain passenger vessel? were allocated
to the United States temporarily for
the purpose of repatriating Ameri?
can soldiers. When the transporta?
tion o our troops was completed
these vessels were all surrendered in
accordance with the agreement under
which they were temporarily allo?
cated to this government for such
use.
No Agreement with Britain
"There is not nor has there been
any agreement or understanding be?
tween the President, of the United
States and officials of Great Britain
concerning the sale of the ex-Ger?
man vessels in possession of the
United States, nor is there any agree?
ment or understanding with respect
to what disposition shail be made of
those ships by the United States.
"I believe the above information
fully answers the Senate inquiry.
However, 1 am transmitting herewith
a draft of a proposed understanding
in regard to ex-enemy merchant ton
nage to which I have given assent,
subject to future action o. Congress,
as provided therein.
"Although this understanding,
which recognizes America's right
with regard to German" vessels taken
in our ports, does not relate to the
disposition of such vessels by the
United State;?, I am, neverthless,
; transmitting it in order that the Sen
' ate may be in possession of all the in
. formation there is iq any way relat?
ing to the vessels in question.
"I had intende/l to submit this to
Congress at ti e appropriate, time,
after the ratification or tho treaty
with Germany.
"WOODROW WILSON.
"20th February, 1920."
Agreement With Allies
The proposed agreement referred to
by the President follows:
"The Allied and associated govern
ments, whose signatures are hereto af?
fixed, severally agree as regards mer?
chant shipping as follows:
"'1. The reparation commission will
as soon as possible compilo a list giv?
ing fullest particulars available on all
enemy ships still in existence, cap?
tured, seized or detained by any Allied
or. associated government during the
war, and also all other enemy ship? or
boats which the enemy powers are re?
quired to cede under the treaty of
peace. ? , im
"'2. The reparation commission will
take such steps as will secure that each
of the Allied and associated govern?
ments will retain as its own the com?
plete title to and use of all ships capt?
ured, seized or detained during the
war as a war measure and prior to
November* 11, 1918, and will own the
same free from any claim of any of
the Allied or associated governments.
" 'In all cases where the ships and
boats so to be retained by any Allied
or associated government rtre in excess
of the claims of such governments re?
spectively for war losses in merchant
ships such government shall not make
any claim for h share in other ships
anil boat? ceded under the treaty of
peace.
"'3. In all cases where the ships and
boats so to be retained by any such
government are insufficient to satisfy
in full the claims of such governments
respectively for war losses in mer?
chant ships, the enemy ships which re?
main and which are to be ceded under
the treaty of peace will be divided into
three classes, viz., liners, other mer?
chant ships and fishing boats, and will
be distributed to such governments on
the basis of ton for ton and class for
class of the ships and boats lost ana
not replaced by the ships and boats re?
tained, but in proportion to the bal?
ances due on the claims of su h gov?
ernments respectively.
Credits for Germany
"'?4. As the ships and boats so to be
retained will, in the case of'Brazil,
China, Cuba, Siam and the United
States, exceed the total amount of ton?
nage which would be allocated to those
countries, was the total enemy tonnage
captured, seized, detained or still in
existence shared in proportion to
losses of ships and boats during the
war, in each such case a reasonable
value on the excess of ships and boats
over the amount which would result
from such a division will be deter?
mined.
" 'The amount of the value so fixed
will be paid over by eneh such state to
the reparation commission for the
credit of Germany toward the sums
due from her for reparation in re?
spect to war losses of merchant ships.
"'5. As soon as the reparation com?
mission has collected the necessary in?
formation and is in a position so to do
they will give public notice that after
an interval of two months they will
proce.ed to divide the vessels, except
those captured, seized or detained by
the Allied and associated governments,
which are to be retained by them re?
spectively as hereinbefore provided.
"If within one month of the publica?
tion of the notice, any Allied, associated
or neutral government, person or cor?
poration, a national of such govern?
ment and acting through such govern?
ment, notifies the commission that they
have an equitable claim against any
vessel which has not been or is not
being satisfied by the enemy govern?
ment that claim will be considered or
its merits by the commission, which
may adopt any procedure it thinks lit,
provided it is expeditious and is cal?
culated to do substantial justice us be?
tween the Allied and associated govern?
ments on the one hand and the claim?
ant on the other.
Commission to Fix Claims
"'The commission will have power
to determine claims so presented, and
such determination will be conclusive
and the commission will also have
power to enforce its findings.
"'WOODROW WILSON,
" 'Subject to the explanation con?
tained in the attached memorandum..
" 'D. Llovd George,
" ' May ? 1919.'"
"I deem it my duty to state, in sign?
ing this document, that while I feel
confident that the Congress of the
United States will make the disposa!
of the funds mentioned in clause 4
which is there agreed upon, I'have no
authority to bind it to that act, but
must depend upon its taking the same
view of the matter that is taken by
the joint signatories of this agree?
ment."
Allied Decision on Turkey
To Be Announced to India
LONDON, Feb. 20.?An interesting
side light on the Turkish situation ap?
peared this afternoon, when it was an?
nounced arrangements had been made
to publish officially throughout India
the Allied decision that the Sultan is
to remain in Constantinople.
Opposition among Indian Moslems to
the removal of the head of the Church
from the spiritual capital has given
cause for considerable anxiety.
Government Case
Against Newberry
Nears Completion
Prosecutor Says He Expects
to Rest at the End of Next
Week; More Testimony
Abou t Use of Money
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Feb. 20.?At
the end of another rapid action seen?
i in the Newberry election conspiracy
trial to-day Frank C. Dailey said he
hoped to finish the government's cas?
by a week from to-morrow. Twenty
more witnesses were h<*-ard this after?
noon.
To-day's developments ranged fror,
a remark about "nice money," cr^ditr-i
to George John, of Mount Clemens, by
; Albert E. Stevenson, former Demo?
cratic state- chairman, to wnat Glad?
stone Beattie, of Paw Paw, said when
he gave Newberry cards to Gene Duffy,
village constable of Hartford, Van
[ Buren County. Duffy sain Beattie
promised to "make it right'' and later
mailed him $10.
Two witnesses swore that Beattie
told them ho got enough from the New
berry committee to pay all the expenses
^of his own primary campa gn For Coun?
ty Clerk, as well as whal the New?
berry work cost. One ol the t men
quoted Beattie as saying "the New?
berry committee thought his t>il| ex?
pensive."
A letter was introduced which
Charles Floyd, head of the Newberry
oiriice in Grand Rapid:*, wrote to
' Beattie after the primary asking for a
report of his expenses and estimating
that they would amount to
$100."
Cress-examination by Beattie's attor
ney. William Barnard, brought rebukes
; from Judge Sessions. Once Barnard
; said the witness had supported Henry
Ford in 1918, and was told that the
court "did not like the kind of prac?
tice" which introduced "improper re
; marks by counsel." Again. Barnard's
' lemark about some affidavits circulated
against Beattie in the campaign led the
judge to *av that "justice court" meth
, ods "would not be tolerated."
There was more testimony this af
; ternoon concerning Char:es R. Carpen
1 ter. a Grand Rapids b ink? r defendant
Yesterday a witness said that lie failed
it. get some campaign money which
(arpenter promised him, but to-day's
witnesses told an opposite story. Ont?
said Carpenter promi d im ? dditional
pay for getting signatures to Newberry
petitions "if we land our man." and
came back after the primary with ?5
more.
i John De Young, of Grand Rapids, on
the stand was expected to follow h
; signed statement which he gave a gov
1 ernment investigator and swear that
i George Welsh gave him $30 for dis
j tributing camrmign literature. De
? Young, however, testified the statement
; was "incorrect." that Welsh only prom
: i.^< d him the money. Pressed a bit, he
' .-.aid he had told ' ; grand jury the
: statement was not right, and also hail
.;.?'( d that it be changed when it was
read to him yesterday.
Desehanel Receives German
PARIS, Feb. 20.?For the first tiit-*
I since the resumption of diplomatic re?
lations between France and Germany
Dr. William Mayer, the German Charge
d'Affaires, was present to-day at a re
'? ception to the Diplomatic Corps at the
Elys?e Palace.
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