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SATURDAY,
News-Editorials-Advertisements
Snbtnu
THE WEATHER
Much colder to-night, with cold wave
and' snow followed by clearing
weather ; north we. t gales ;
Sniiday fair and cold.
Foil Report on 1??? Pace
MARCH 6, 1920
* * *
..In Greater New Tot* and I THKKK mrvT?
Swann Gives
Smith Reins
In Vice Probe
pistrict Attorney Announ?
ces Resources of Office
Will*Be Used Against
Police Guilty of Graft
Trial of Gimsoii
Will Be Rushed
Mavor Asks for Houses
Given 'Protection'; Un?
derworld Denizens Flee
Two hurriedly called conferences
|n the District Attorney's office yes?
terday were followed by the an?
nouncement that all the resources of
that office were to be used in the
immediate prosecution of policemen
wilty of providing wholesale protec?
tion to underworld resorts.
This decision on the part of Dis?
trict Attorney Swann, closely fol?
lowing his assertion on Thursday
that the vice investigation had not
disclose evidence of great impor?
tance, was accepted as proof that the
prosecutor had been convinced that
promised evidence of corruption ac?
tually had been obtained.
Action by the prosecutor came on
the heels of a letter from Mayor
Hylan, in which he asked that a list
pf the five hundred disorderly re?
ports mentioned as existing in a
West Side inspection district be fur- j
jiished him at once. The list has j
)iot yet been produced, but it was j
fcaid that the Mayor would be given I
jm answer "that would surprise him"
wijhin a short time.
Judge Marione Calls Swann
Yesterday's conferences were precipi- !
?tated by a summons to Mr. Swann from j
Judge Malone, Who is in charge of the ;
present grand jury. The conference,
which was brief, appeared to be
pointed. Persons who were in the court
room when it was held described it as j
"charged with electricity."
Immediate!y after Mr. Swann's re- i
turn te his own quarters his assistant, !
James E, Smith, who is in charge of
the vice investigation, hurried to the
courtroom. There was another con?
ference, after which Mr. ?Swann and
his assistant went into the office of the
latter to discuss the evidence of collu?
sion between no! ice arid underworld
habitu?s already in their hands.
It was immediately after this dis?
cussion that Mr. Swann told newspaper
raen that the case against Detective
John J. Gunson, indicted on a charge
of extorting money from a woman of
the streets, would bo rushed to trial.
All traces of differences between him
and his assistant, who had pictured the
police situation aa "an abscess that re
quired immediate treatment," had dis?
appeared.
"I am in complete agreement with
Mr. Smith," he said. ''lie has the evi?
dence to go ahead on and every re?
source of this othce is his to work with.
I have relieved -Mr. Smith of all other
duties in order that he may proceed
with this investigation.
After (rooked Lawyers
"I may add that we have been going
Into this affair and others closely as?
sociated with it for years. We thought
we had the evidence against the lawyer
who is the king pin in the graft con?
spiracy that ia being worked on un?
fortunate women, but we only succeed?
ed in getting one poor court clerk
tent to the penitentiary because money
was used to still his tongue.
"This is the first time we ever have
Succeeded in getting a woman who paid
tnoney to a policeman to stand up and
support her story when it came to a
showdown. 1 think others will follow,
and we may succeed in getting the
crooked lawyer and lawyers who have
?fr.ade all tins rottenness possible."
The District Attorney then disclosed
for the first time that he had sought
the aid of the Bar Asociation in an
effort to reach at least one oj the
lawyers. But the association was
equally unabl?; to act because of lack
of corroborative evidence against him.
The letter from Mayor Hylan, which
??as sent as the first official act of
the Mayor after his return from Palm
?each, read as follows:
'"A statement appeared in to-day's
press, reported to be authorized by
your assistant, James E. Smith; in
which he alleges there are 500 flats
in this city conducted for disorderly
Purposes. If the location of these al?
leged disorderly apartments has not
been given to the Police Commission?
er, may I not ask you to furnish me
with the addresses of the alleged
P.partnients that I may immediately
take it ud with the Police Commis?
sioner?
I thank you for your expression
?' confidence in our police depart?
ment. From time to time there will
?e individuals connected with the
police department whose actions will
not bo in the best interest of the
People of the city. The police de?
partment has met every emergency
and has justified the confidence that
"as been placed in it by the people
V(the city.
'1 can assure you that you will
"ave the fullest cooperation of my
?en as Mayor and of the Police Com?
missioner in eradicating any evil
'?at may exist"
List To Be Produced
iJ!? ??living the letter Mr. Swann i
Immediately took it to Mr. Smith, ask
j"8 nun if ho could produce the list
'"question.
l.ft .i nn(? "ome detectives of mv own
hii?i get the evidence of these places, :
ZV i0"'1'1 8? out and get it myself," ,
??P'led the assistant. "I can tell him '
^"'"landing officer of the depart- ;
ue.ni who very likely can supply such;
" "?, however."
fck?LWas aKrecii that the matter of re- I
EriHLto Mayor Hylan's letter should i
?Li i t0 Mr- smith. When the an- !
Uke tl "*ent ** h expected that it will I
Mom?, m of evidence against more
?^embers of the police department |
ra$er than a letter of reply.
i?w ?nwLh,le> the assistant prosecutor i
?atir, u found mucn evidonco indi- I
(istrit womon of tho Tenderloin '<
.??V1"1 lts environ* *rja, making;
.J^ydepartures from W.vT^ity. A;
u?
Continued on page eight
Denmark May
Bar U. S. Goods
COPENHAGEN, March 5.?A
bill designed to prevent all
American imports into Denmark
unless sanctioned by the financial
council was introduced to-day in
the Folkething by the Minister
of Commerce. He described the
measure as urgently necessary to
prevent further decline in ex?
change.
DiamondQtieen
Ends Life to
Escape Arrest
Antoinette Bonner, Feared
by Gem Dealers From
Maiden Lane to Rotter?
dam, Trapped in Office
Antoinette Pinck Bonner, known
variously as the "Diamond Queen" and
'"Miss Amethyst," feared? by gem mer?
chants from Rotterdam to Maiden
Lane, came to the end of the trail yes?
terday in a dingy Park Row office.
Detective Thomas F. Smythe came
upon her in the office of Joseph Brecher
Kislinger, on the fourteenth floor of
15 Park Row. Smythe had a warrant
charging Miss Bonner and Brecher
Kislinger with the larceny of $2,000
worth of diamonds from the New York
Novelty Company, 621 Broadway.
The detective placed her under ar?
rest, then spoke to her companion.
"I've got to take you, too," Smythe
announced.
A silken rustle behind him made him
turn in time to see the woman draw a ?
vial from her handbag and raise it to '
her lips. Smythe leaped toward her,
but not in time to prevent her swal
lowing its contents.
Woman Laughs at Death
"You can't take me," she said, and
made a brave effort ta laugh, groaned
and sank to the floor. j
The "Diamond Queen" was dead be- I
fore an ambulance reached Volunteer
Hospital with her. Doctors said the .
poison she had taken was cyanide of ;
potassium.
Brecher-Kislinger, who is fifty years
old, pleaded not guilty to grand lar?
ceny in Tombs court and was held by
Magistrate Marsh in $1,000 bail for
examination next Thursday.
Almost seven years asro Miss Bonner, I
then twenty-five, and Joseph Brecher- '<
Kislinger threw the diamond marts of j
New York into consternation by drop?
ping out of sight after, it was alleged,
they had obtained on memorandum
from Maiden Lane brokers precious
stones valued at close* to a quarter of a
million dollars. ?
The operations charged against the
pair became known early in November, j
1913, when Francis E. Cocks, of 7 !
Maiden Lane, was arrested for failing !
to account for jewels he had obtained !
on memorandum from other dealers !
for the purpose of sale. He pleaded I
that he had let the gems out of his pos
session on the same sort of #r
rangement to the firm of Kislinger & j
Bonner, who had offices at 47 West j
Thirty-fourth Street. Investigation
found the offices closed and their erst- j
while occupants gone/ No one could !
remember having seen either of them I
since the middle of the preceding
month.
Trail Leads to Europe
It was recalled that Miss Bonner
had often voiced a wish to go to Paris,
and her partner's brother told the Dis?
trict Attorney he might have fled to
Bucharest, his native city. Incident?
ally, it was learned the man's re*!
name was Brecher.
While detectives were discovering
some $25.000 worth of the missing dia?
monds in pawnshops and the grand
jury was hearing the testimony upon
which, on November 19, 1913, it indicted
Mis. Bonner and Brecher-Kislinger, the
high lights of their astounding career
were being revealed.
Miss Bonner had entered the Ruma?
nian's employ as a stenographer, but^
she soon showed so remarkable an apti?
tude in his queer business that she be?
came of as much consequence in the
concern as himself. At that time she
l;ved with three sisters at 38 West
116th Street.
The young woman was rather the re?
verse of pretty, but all who came into
contact with her?and they were mostly j
of a discerning sort? proclaimed her !
to be peculiarly fascinating. She dressed i
richly and in the height of fashion i
and was in the habit of casually orna- '
menting herself with $15,000 or $20,000
worth of jewels.
She wouid get stones from Maiden
Lane merchants to sell on commission
to rich women. Brecher-'Kislinger, the
authorities charged, depended for his
sales largely on persons whose avarice j
he aroused by telling them the dia?
monds had been stolen and were dis- j
posed of at a bar-gain. But Miss Bon- i
ner, so far as known, conducted her
sales quite legitimately. She made a ?
great many of them in the beginning? j
so many, in fact, that Maiden Lane
used to be glad to see her, and her
credit grew accordingly. Following her
flight, it was stated that she was good
Continued on page eight
Apartments in St. Louis
Go to Highest Bidders
Landlords Flooded With Offers
of Better Prices Than Pres?
ent Tenants Pay
Special Dispatch to The Tribune
ST. LOUIS, March 5.?Auctioning
apartments to the highest bidder is
the newest step taken by St. Louis
landlords to advance the high cost of
living, according to notices whicn
now are being sent out to tenants of
apartments.
Charles V. Brady, a tenant in a. six
familv apartment at Spring and Shaw
avenues, has received a letter signe?
by the secietary and treasurer of the
owning company, in which it is in
nounced that in the future the apart/
ments are to be rented to the highe.se?
bidder. , |
The letter says that for sev-*?*
months the company has been floc?v.-d
with offers of higher r?ntala ?han are
now being paid for the apartments.
The missive adds that as fast as
the leases expire in the building bids
will be advertised for and the apart?
ments will go to the persons willing to
pav the highest rental.
Other landlords have sent out
similar notices of their intention to
auction apartment leases to the hlgn
est bidder.
60-Mile Gale
Sweeps City
With Sleet
Drop in Temperature
From 46 to 33 Degrees
in Hour Followed by Se?
vere Storm Late at Night
Portion of Light
System Wrecked
Towns in Jersey Saved
From Flood Danger by
Arrival of Cold Wave
New Yorkers smiled yesterday af?
ternoon when the heralded blizzard
out of the Middle West reached here
in the form of a warm rain. Last
night the smile disappeared.
Suburbanites didn't smile at all un?
til last evening, when the rain changed
to sleet and then into a fine snow while
the mercury fell below freezing.
While in the city the storm washed
away tons of snow, during the day, in
the country it threatened wholesale
floods.
The sudden drop of temperature and
the whirling sleet that raided New
York last night made people here de?
spair of ever # getting their streets
clean, but it brought to persons in
Jersey and Westchester the promise
that their houses weren't to be swept
away?yet.
In the Bronx the run of water
through the streets was more than the
sewers, clogged as they were with snow
and ice, ?could handle.
Six Feet of Water in Cellar
In consequence, water invaded cel?
lars, in some instances filling thcrn to
a depth of six feet. Later the sleet
wrecked the overhead electric light
wires, from 160th Street and Third
Avenue north, plunging University
Heights into darkness.
The gentle downpour changed abrupt?
ly shortly after 9 p. m. into a howling
blizzard, pushed out of the West by a
sixty-mile an hour gale. Persons who
went to the theater convinced that
spring was here at last came out into
a world that looked like January at
its worst. In an hour the mercury
dropped from 4(i to 33, and kept on
falling, while the wind continued to
pick up speed until men could scarcely
stand against it.
On Fifth Avenue the storm attained
such velocity that automobiles were
forced to take to the cross streets and
streets where the elevated structures
broke Hs force in order to make their
way. ?'
A heavy plate glass window, twenty
by twenty feet, in the Erich Galleries,
707 Fifth Avenue, was blown in, show?
ering a number of valuable painting
and antiques with snow and broken
glass. Patrolman Martin Mitchell, of
the East Fifty-first Street station,
heard the crash of glass and with the
aid of pasScrsby carried the collection
from the window to the rear of the
store.
In the window wore two Japanese,
vases valued at several hundred dol?
lars and a valuable picture by Jacopo
Palma, called "Tobias and the Angel,"
bearing the date 1544.
A window of the same size in front
of W. & J. Sloane & Co., decorators, at
575 Fifth Avenue, was smashed by the
wind, the, glass falling on a large
Oriental rug valued- at $10,000. The
rug was rolled up and moved to a safe
-place.
The "cold snap" predicted by the
Weather Bureau probably saved New
Jersey from floods that might have ex?
celled in distructiveness the big freshet
of 1902.
Passaic Near Flood Point
At Caldwell, N. J., near where the
Passaic and Pompton rivers join,
trouble began yesterday afternoon.
Brooks pouring down out of the
Watchung Mountains already have torn
great gullies in the roads^ It is only
a question of hours, if the rain and
warm weather continue, be/ore th?f
Passaic will be over its banks. If it
rises a foot or so further it will flood
the navy rifle range at Great Piece
Meadow.
At Pine Brook, near Caldwell, water
from a mountain brook backed up and I
flooded the ground surrounding the I
schoolhouse. The youngsters wefe
rescued by boat.
At Singac, a few miles out of Pater
son, the Passaic had risen a foot and
a half in the twelve hours ending at
8 p. m. At the present rate it will be
over its banks by noon to-day.
Wallington, between Paterson and
Passaic, which suffered so severely in
the big flood of 1902, again is threat- \
ened. Most of the cellars there were
flooded last night.
Seaside Bungalows Flooded
While In Manhattan, Brooklyn and
Queens the storm only served to remove
snow piles and bare hitherto unsus- |
Continued on page three
Uprising in Portugal
Reported; Frontiers Shut
Railway Strikers Killed in Lis-.
bon; Serious Disorders
Occur in Oporto
From The Tribune's European Bureau
.Copyrieht, 1920. New York Tribuno lue.
LONDON, March 5.?Reports from
Portugal by way of Spain to-day are
that there have been serious disorders i
in Lisbon and Oporto as the result
of the strike of railway men and j
postal workers. j
According to the dispatches, riots in ?
the market places in Lisbon over the |
shortage of food and the high prices i
brought a call for troops to assist the j
police. Many of the strikers were ;
killed when they clashed with the
troops, the advices add, and much
pfoperty damage resulted.
The Portuguese Minister here denied
a report that a Bolshevik government
had been established in his country.
All telephone and telegraph wires be?
tween Portugal and the outside world
have been cut and no news has come
out of the country Hi three days ex?
cept that brought by a few travelers.
One reason given for the uprising is
the recent decision of the Premier to
close all gambling saloons. The ex?
planation offered in Portuguese circles
here, however, is that the Premier de?
cided on this step to minimize the
dangers from an outbreak which was
regarded as imminent
English-French
Loan To Be Paid
LONDON, March 5.?J. Aus?
ten Chamberlain, Chancellor of
the Exchequer, announced to?
night that England and France
had agreed not to renew the
Anglo-French loan of $500,000,
000, issued in the United States
in 1915, and were taking steps for
its repayment.
F. H. Hitchcock
Joins General
Wood's Forces
Former Republican Nation?
al Chairman After Tour
of Southern States Enters
Actively Into Campaign
Frank H. Hitchcock, former chair?
man of the Republican National Cdfii
mittee, last night joined the Leonard
Wood National Campaign Committee
forces and will have a good deal to do
with the management of the general's
drive for the Republican nomination
for President.
Following a conference yesterday
afternoon at the St. Regis attended by
General Wood, Colonel William C.
Procter, chairman of the Leonard
Wood National Campaign Committee;
Representative Norman J. Gould,
Eastern campaign manager, and Mr.
Hitchcock, Colonel Procter made the
following statement:
"I am glad to announce that Frank
H. Hitchcock, from now on until the
national convention, will devote his
entire time to the conduct of the Wood
campaign. I feel that with Mr. Hitch?
cock's entrance into the campaign we
have an unbeatable combination."
Just Ended Southern Tour
Significance is attached to the fact
that Mr. Hitchcock recently finished a
tour of the Southern States, v/here he
saw most of the leaders. His long ex?
perience in practical politics, dating
from the first Taft campaign, which he
managed, has given him familiarity
with the Republican leaders all over
the country and especially in the
Southern States. Mr. Hitchcock re?
mained uncommitted until last night.
While he was in the South a month
ago the friends of Governor Lowclen
of Illinois passed the word around that
Hitchcock was for Lowden and that
the result of his canvass of the South?
ern States would be demonstrated
when he led a large block of delegates
into the Lowden camp. Now the Wood
men are saying what the Lowden men
said then?that he will demonstrate^
his generalship by leading a consider?
able delegation to the Wood camp.
Mr. Hitchcock's most recent work
has been in Texas, and advices from
there this week indicate that the Lone
Star State for the first time either is
going Republican or so close to it
that it will make the Democratic lead?
ers sad. The Democrats are split into
three factions, while the Republicans
are united and enthusiastic. Mr.
Hitchcock saw the leaders there, and
the expectation now is that General
Wood will get at least sixteen of the
twenty-three delegates, the other seven
going to Lowden and Harding.
General Wood spent about twelve
hours in town yesterday conferring
with his Eastern manager... Represent?
ative Gould and Colonel Thomas W.
Miller. General Wood said he was
highly gratified over the reception ac?
corded him wherever he has spoken.
He was particularly gratified over the
sincere and genuine assurances he had
received from thousands who stood in
line for long periods to shake his hand.
Proud of Uniform
After conferring with his Eastern
managers and Mr. Hitchcock, General
Wood left for Manchester, N. H.,
where he is scheduled to make several
speeches to-day. Following his New
Hampshire addresses he will return to
Chicago. On March 15 he will go to
South Dakota and deliver a series of
addresses, concluding with the joint
debate with Senator Miles Poindexter,
of Washington, March 20, called for by
the South Dakota primary laws.
Various supporters of General Wood
have been calling attention by letter
and in person to the fact that the po?
litical managers of Governor Lowden
are constantly attempting to advance
the interest of their candidate by be?
littling General Wood as "a man in
uniform." To one letter from a friend
in reference to this matter General
Wood replied:
"I have no apology to offer for the
American uniform. If I had it would
Continued on vage four
Theatre Crowds
Chase Gem Thief
Negro Smashes Windoiv
With Brick; Is Caught
With Ring in Pocket,
A negro who had wrapped a red
bandanna around a brick flung the
missile through a jewelry window at
158 West 125th Street at 8 o'clock last,
night. Then he thrust in his hand
and seized several wrings.
Herbert S. Seigison, proprietor of
the store, came running out flourish?
ing a revolver and the negro fled, run?
ning toward Seventh Avenue, about 150
feet away. It was just about theater
time and manv persons were on the
street. Hundreds took up the chase.
Louis Reiner joined the hue and
cry with his taxicab and managed to
head off the fugitive at Seventh Ave?
nue, where Traffic Patrolman Meenagh
arrested him. The prisoner, who was
locked up at the West 123d Street
police station, said he was Thaddeus
Harris, of 144 West 144th Street, for?
merly a clerk in the Postomce.
According to the police a diamond
ring valued at $200 and still affixed to
a card was found in his pocket, as
well as two similar but empty cards,
each marked $600.
Seigison said that about $3,000
worth of rings were missing from his
window and until late at night a
crowd that was heedless of the down?
pour helped Mr. Seigison hunt for the
missing jewelry on sidewalks and in
gutters.
According to the police, the negro
not only admitted the theft, but said
he had been carrying the brick around
in his handkerchief for two days, wait?
ing for an opportunity to smash a shop
window and steal something. The
trouble was, the police say he told
them, too many people used 125th
Street.
Turks Assail
U. S. Mission
For 22 Days
Relief Workers Shut Up in
Marash While French,
Aided by Armenians,
Fight for Possession
10,000 Armenians
Are Reported Slain
Clergyman Describes Out?
rages and Atrocities
Committed by Troops
t -;
ADANA, Asia Minor, Feb. 29 (By Th?
Associated Press) (delayed).?Since the
siege of Peking foreigners have under?
gone no more nerve-wracking experi?
ence than seventeen relief workers o1
the American Committee for Relief ir
the Near East, shut up for twenty-twc
days without outside communication ir
a mission compound at Marash. Thej
were under a constraint of lead, whili
French troops, aided by Armenians, bat
tied with Turkish Nationalists for pos
session of the city, more than half o)
which was burned during the engage
ment, which brought about a terribh
loss of life.
The story is told rh th. diary o'f thi
Rev. C. T. S. Crathern, a Boston Y. M
C. A^ secretary, who went through th*
siege and arrived at Adana on Febru
ary 15.
The Rev. Mr. Crathern, Paul Sny
der, Miss Helen Schultz, of Reading
Pa.; a French lieutenant and two Ar
menians attempted to leave Marash b*
automobile for Aintab, on January 20
but were driven back to Marash by ?
fusillade of bullets, notwithstanding th'
fact that Mr. Crathern displayed th
American flag.
Turks Resent Occupation
The Turks had been resenting Frencl
occupation of Marash and other Cili
cian cities for many weeks, Mr. Crath
ern reports, and Algerian troops wer?
engaged in a skirmish with Turkis!
bandits when an American automobil?
appeared and drew fire from the Turks
Mr. Crathern's diary says on Januar;
21 he found Marash with its bazaar:
and shops closed and the Turk;
engaged in talking in small group
throughout the city.
At noon shots were heard by th'
relief workers, indicating that the lonj
threatened clash in the city had start
ed. French officials arrested severa
important, Turkish officials, which, i
was presumed, precipitated a clash a
Aros. Shooting soon began in all part
of the city. A French sentinel guard
ing an American hospital was kille?
and another French soldier wa
wounded.
Sniping continued throughout th'
night, and the Americans were awak
ened on the 22d by the sound of gun
and flashes from exploding shells. Ai
attack was made on the American hos
pital, the doctors and nurses havinj
a narrow escape.
Armenians Flee Through Streets
Fighting continued on the 23d. an?
through his field glasses Mr. Cratheri
said he could see Armenians fleeini
through the streets before the Turk*
who shot them down, while the Turk
ish snipers on the hills about the. cit;
shot at Armenians attempting to leav
Marash. The diary says "it was pitifu
to see them throw up their hands an?
scream while attempting to escape. W
watched them fleeing over the hill
until th.,y reached our compound
some dropping wounded and others stag
gering into the mission grounds wit!
wild eyes and purple faces, telling o
the awful massacre just beginning."
On the 24th the Armenians con
ferred with the French General Que
rette and told him stories the refugee
brought of horrors. He said he woul?
try to correct the situation, but effort
to negotiate a cessation of hostil.itie
failed and a heavy bombardment be
?ran in the afternoon. The French fire?
upon certain sections from which Turk
were sniping.
"At night the city is in total dark
riess," the diary continues. "When
*>ver we go from one compound to an
sther we creep along walls to escap<
Continued on next page
Democrats Ask Wilson
To Say if Treaty Shall
Be Ratified or Rejected
Wilson Ready
To Aid Allied
Adriatic Plan
Accepts Invitation to
Join Proposal for Di?
rect Parley Between
Italy and Jugo-Slavia
From The Tribune's Washington Burea*
WASHINGTON, March 5.?President
Wilson's latest note to the Allied gov?
ernments regarding the Adriatic settle?
ment, it was believed in official quar?
ters to-day, accepts the invitation of
the British and French premiers to co?
operate with them in making a propo?
sal to the Italians and Jugo-Slavs urg?
ing direct negotiations between them,
but he refuses to make this acceptance
conditional on the Anglo-French con?
tention that the Treaty of London shall
stand if all other efforts at compro?
mise fail.
The President, it is understood, re?
iterates his opposition to the Treaty
of London as er. alternative solution of
the Adriatic controversy, and declares
that his objection to the pact is fun?
damental, in that he regards the dis?
memberment of Austria-Hungary as
having changed completely the condi?
tions under which the secret conven?
tions were drawn.
i Every effort is being made by the
j State Department to keep the contents
! of the President's note secret until
| Monday. The department' however,
! made public the texts of five communi
j cations regarding the Adriatic dispute
| which had not been published. They
! are:
Five Communication? Published
An Italian memorandum of January
; 6, 1920, from Premier Nitti to'-Premier
Lloyd Geoi'ge, setting forth the basis
upon which Italy would consent to a
reopening of the negotiations on the
basis of a modification of the Allied
American proposals of, December 9,
1919. \
The British-French proposal of Jan?
uary 9, modifying the December 9 pro?
posal and stating, as an alternative,
the readiness of these governments to
return, to the nrovisions of the London
pact of 191.5.
The Italian memorandum of January
10, accepting *he compromise proposed
by the French and British premiers.
The Jugo-Slav reply to the British
French proposal, submitted to Jugo?
slavia as u virtual ultimatum to accept
it or the London pact.
Memorandum of the British and
j French premiers, replying to President
I Wilson's note of February 25, in which
the latter insisted on a return to the
I terms of the December 9 Allied-Amer
I ican proposal, but expressed a willing
! ness 'to accept a substitute mutually
i negotiated between the Italian and
' Jugo-Slav governments.
Backdown From Ultimatum
Following closely the semi-official
l paraphrase carried in press dispatches
i from London last Friday the Anglo
French note to the President shows a
substantial backdown from the ulti?
matum submitted to the Jugo-Slavs. It
asks him to join with the British and
French governments in asking the
Italians and Jugo-Slavs to enter upon
direct negotiations based on a with?
drawal by the other powers of all pre?
vious proposals; proposes that in the
event of the failure of such direct ne?
gotiations the President join the
British and French Premiers in a com?
plete reconsideration of all the ques?
tions involved, with "a view to offering
a new basis of settlement; complains
that the absence of the United States
from the negotiations subsequent to
December 9 has proved an insurmount?
able obstacle to the success of the in?
terchanges; accepts the demand of the
President that no settlement whatever
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France Opposes Allies' Plan .
To Force 4Reds5 Foes to Peace
PARIS, March 5.?France has not yet
signed or approved the declaration re?
garding the economic situation of Eu?
rope which the Allied Supreme Council
?as proposed to make, it was declared
here to-day.
The original text of the Allied declar?
ation, it is stated, begins by setting
forth that the small nations bordering
on Russia must be obliged to make
peace with the Russian Soviet govern?
ment in order that the economic revival
may begin. It follows with the state?
ment that Germany must be provided
with the means of resuming industrial
activity, and that since the prosperity
of Europe depends upon the prosperity
of all countries it Is proposed that a
loan be made to Germany, guaranteed
by German assets in priority to repara?
tions payments, the loan payments to
be controlled by neutral commissions.
Reservations Made by France?
Instructions are being sent to Ambas?
sador Cambon in London, it was de?
clared this afternoon, that he sign the
declaration with the following reserva?
tions: ,
First?France will not join in any
pressure upon the small countries a?ong
the Russian border to oblige them to
make peace with the Soviet.
Second?France will not consent to
giving any priority over reparations on
anlasset? of Germany pledged for that
purpose.
Third?France will not consent to the
control- of German payments on any
loans Germany nuiy make by any other
organization than the reparations com?
mission.
Signor Nitti, the Italian Premier,
this afternoon visited Premier Mille
rand. :<id in the -course of a cordial
conversation reassured the French
Prime Minister with regard to the in
terpretation given Nitti's attitude in
the last meetings of the Supreme
Council in London. Sigr?or Nitt* said
there never was in his mind any desire
for the organization of a policy of re?
construction for Germany to the detri?
ment of the reparations demanded by
the Allies, and notably France. He
said his only thought had been to place
Germany 'in a position' to begin work
in order that by her efforts she would
be able to square her debts to the
Allies.
Interpellations Set for March 18
The Chamber of Deputies, on the
demand of Premier Millerand, to-day
fixed March 18 as the date for inter?
pellations on the foreign policy be?
cause of the approaching submission
of the peace treaty to Turkey.
Louis Barthou, chairman of the
Foreign Affairs Commission, did not
oppose the government's request, but
declared he voiced the sentiment of the
Chamber and country in asking that
the government bring necessary firm?
ness to bear in execution of the
Versailles treaty, which he said could
not be submitted to revision. Revision,
M. Barthou asserted, would mean a
renunciation of its rights, that France
did not wish. The speaker requested
the government to make . France's
allies understand they are bound by
the treaty, in the making of which
they participated. S
The next meeting of the Allied
Supreme Council will be held in Paris
on a date that has not yet been fixed.
i It possilfly will be the same as that
; 3et for the meeting of the Council for
the league of nations, March 12.
As has been forecast, the meeting
of the Council to follow this probably
| will be held in San Remo, although
there is a possibility that the session
? will take place in Rome.
German Royalists ji
Are for Monarchy I
BERLIN. March 5.?German
royalists have organized a party
"to comprise all men and women
who do not approve of the pres?
ent form of government." Its
headquarters will be at Leipzig.
The announced object of the party
will be to "coordinate and organ?
ize the nation's monarchical ele?
ments."
Seven Pastors
Accuse "Dry"
League Chief
Two Directors Are Ready
to Support Charges of
Freeman Against Ander?
son, Asserts Cuvillier
From a Staff Correspondant
ALBANY, March 5.?Seven ministers
of the gospel, two of them directors
of the Anti-Saloon League, have offered
to testify against Williarrr'H. Anderson,
state superintendent of the league, be?
fore the Assembly Judiciary Com?
mittee, according to Assemblyman
Louis A. Cuvillier.
"These clergymen," said Cuvillier to?
day, ? "will corroborate much of the
testimony that the Rev. William H.
Freeman has offered to give. We do
not intend to make public the names
of these ministers until we have their
formal statements before us."
Some of these ministers have been in
conference to-day with members of the
Judiciary Committee, while others have
written of their willingness to testify.
Their testimony, it is said, will go far
toward proving the charge made by the
Rev. Mr. Freeman that the Anti-Saloon
League was interested in prohibition
only as a means of "government of
private conduct by coercion."
Cuvillier charges that there is a
subtle, underground attempt being
made by certain legislators to sup?
press the investigation, which wns
ordered by the Assembly Monday night
by a vote of 61 to 52.
"But I'm not worrying," said Cuvil?
lier. "They will have to go through
with it."
Fear Anderson's Testimony
One of the reasons advanced for the
attempt to suppress the investiga?
tion is fear that Anderson may testify
to the report in circulation a year ago
that two legislators during the last
session received $20,000 each in the
shape of retainers from liquor men.
Both men have introduced "wet" legis?
lation.
Cuvillier declared that the investi?
gation would reveal that the league j
in addition to coercing legislators 1
and other agents of the government
existed largely for the purpose of !
paying fat salaries to the leaders in
j the movement. He said he was as
j sured of a large number of witnesses
? to substantiate the charge made by
I the Rev. Mr. Freeman- a Presbyterian
I minister of Carlisle, Schoharie
j County, and a former worker for the
league?that the league hoodwinked
devout church members.
i It is believed the investigation of the
league and its officers will not get
j under way before the end of the month, \
? as Assemblyman Louis M. Martin, chair- j
: man of Judiciary Committee, has an- !
? nounced that the Anti-Saloon League j
i inquiry will not be taken up until the j
? Socialist trial is ended. But this does j
i not mean that intended witnesses for
Continued on page six
German Opera and
Mopies Coming I
-
Max Reinhardt to Pro-\
duce Berlin Successes in
Large Cities of U, S. I
By William C. Dreher
Special Cable to The Tribun?
Copyright, 1920, New York Tribuno In??.
BERLIN, March 5.?German opera,
German plays and German motion pic?
tures are to invade the United States
soon in an extensive campaign planned
by Benjamin Blumenthal. Through his
Berlin agent, S. Nachman, Blumenthal
has completed a contract with Pro?
fessor Max Reinhardt, most famous of
all German theatrical managers, who i
will go to New York to superintend
the production there of a. number of :
recent Berlin successes, as well aa a
program of revivals.
Mr. Blumenthal also plans to take
a number of German and Austrian
composers, including Leo Fall, Oscar
Strauss and Franz Lehar to America,;
and a galaxy of famous German con- j
: ductors with them.
One of the most elaborate of Mr. !
, Blumenthal's plans for the revival of \
, German drama and music in America :
is to take over an entire opera com- ;
? pany of first-class reputation, to play ;
a season of German opera in the larger
cities. t
The motion picture end of the cam- j
paign is even more elaborate. It is
planned to send German and Austrian ;
j films, which? have been specially pro- ,
I duced on a large scale, not only to ?
' America, but to England, Canada and j
! Australia as well.
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Seek Parley at Which
Final Stand on Pact
With the Reservations
AdoptedWillBeDecided
Article X Still
Crux of Dispute
Declaration Against In?
terference With U. S.
Export Trade Wins
From The Tribune's Washington Burec.u
WASHINGTON, March 5.?Pres?
ident Wilson has been formally
asked by the Democratic Senators to
decide whether the peace treaty
with Germany shall be ratified with
the reservations that are now being
adopted by the Senate or whether the
Administration followers shall again
defeat ratification.
Senator Hitchcock, acting leader
of the Administration forces, sent a
letter to the President urging him
to confe/with Senator Simmons, of
North Carolina, for the purpose of
arranging a formal conference with
several leading Administration Sen?
ators.
Senator Hitchcock wrote the let?
ter day before yesterday, it was
learned to-day, and sent it to the
White House by special messenger.
It was written after the Democratic
Senators had informally decided
among themselves to put the whole
treaty situation up to the President
and let the decision as to theit
course rest with him.
The President will decide to-morrow
whether he will grant the confereric?
asked by the Democratic Senators, i
was announced at the White House to
day.
Treaty's Fate Hangs on Decision
If the President declines to see th
Senators, or if he tells them that h
cannot accept the compromise proposa
for a reservation on Article X whir
Senator Glass, of Virginia, took to th
White House yesterday, a stifficien
number of Administration Senator
will vote against ratification to defea
the treaty a second time.
The request for the conference witi
the President was made with the under
standing among the Democratic Sen
ators behind the move that it should b
kept secret. When it became knowi
to-day that the President had beei
asked to decide the course of the Dem
ocrats Senator Hitchcock and other Ad
ministration Senators were distre?se<
that the matter had become public, bu
they admitted the letter had been sent
Senator Hitchcock said that the Dem
ocratic Senators hope to discuss 1h?
whole treaty situation with the Presi
dent. He said he had no reason to be
lieve the President's attitude hai
changed at all, and that he doubtec
whether the President would accept the
modification of Article X reservatior
submitted to him yesterday.
Compromise on Article X
The votes on the reservations adoptee
by the Senate this week have demon
strated that unless the President sig?
nifies his willingness to accept rati?
fication with the reservations, a suf?
ficient number of Democrats will stand
by Senator Hitchcock and vote to de?
feat the treaty.
The modification of the Lodge reser?
vation on Article X was submitted to
the President with the tacit consent of
Senator Lodge. The modified form
would specify the obligations which the
United States declines to assume undet
Article X. The proposed compromise
states that the United States assume?
no obligation to preserve the territorial
integrity or political independence of
any other nation "by the use of its
military or naval forces, the economic
boycott, diplomatic means or its finan?
cial or national resource*-."
Friends of ratification in the Senate
to-day said they believed the chancel
for ratification were improved in vit\*
of the compromise proposal. Th.*.
said the change in verbiage did not de
stroy the principle or the Lodge reser
vation, and that it gave the- Presiden
an opportunity to accept_the reserva
tion.
Another Reservation Adopted
The Senate to-day adopted the origi
nal Lodge reservation on the repara
tions commission by a vote of 41 to "?
Six Democrats voted for it. They wer
Senators Chamberlain, Gore, Re?c
Shields, Nugent and Smith, of Georgii
The text of the reservation follows:
"The United States understands
that the reparations commission will
reg?late or interfere with export,
from the United States *o Germany
or from Germany to the United
States only when the United State;
by act or joint resolution of Con?
gress approves such regulation 01
interference."
The Senate previously had defeate
a substitute offered by Senator Hitcl
cock by a vote of 37 to 23. Senate!
Gore, Reed, Shields and Smith, ?
Georgia, voted against it. The pr
posed substitute follows:
"The United States understand!
that the reparations commission wil
in its control over German cconom
resources in no respect so exert it
powers as to discriminate against tt.
commerce of the United States."
Senator Hitchcock urged the impo
tance of the United States being repr
?sented on the reparations comrnissi.
while arguing t*>at there was no dang
that the commission would attempt
interfere with the proper freedom
commerce between Germany and i
United States.
Early Action Urged
Senator Townsend, of Michigan, 1
plied, stressing the importance
adopting the r?servation, and ?ayi
that even tn? ?rjr.imcnt of Senar
Hitchcock involved the assumption th
the reparations commission might ad?
measures that would injure the co?
mercial Interests of the United^tat
In the course of his discussion S<