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Full Report on Last Pa?e
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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10, 1920
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THRKF, CKNTS
Klsewhero
j^ylan Insists
Swann Bare
yiceEvidence
Jtfayor Acts After Judge
McAdoo Ref uses to Hold
John Doe Inquiry in
the Police Graft Cases
Bail for Women
Witnesses Raised
Gunson in an Affidavit
Questions 'Good Faith'
of Frosecutor's Office
Following: the refusal of Chief
Jlagistrate .McAdoo to institute a
John Doe inquiry into the charges
ot" vice graft in the Police Depart?
ment until formal charges are sub?
mitted, Mayor Hylan called upon
District Attorney Swann ygsterday
to lay before Judge Malone or Mag?
istrate, McAdoo immediately such
tvidence as- he may have.
In a letter to Mr. Swann the
Mayor aiso announced the discovery
Viat the indietment of Detective
%]ohn J. Gunson, of the staff of In
igpector Dominick Henry, could, not
Ve regarded as a reflection upon the
present police administration. He
pointed out that the acts of which
Gunson is accused were committed
during the administration of Mayor
Mitchel and Police Commissione?
Woods. His letter follows:
"Inclosed flnd copy of a letter re
ceived from Judge McAdoo, also a
copy of a letter from the Police
Commissioner which was referred
to Judge McAdoo, asking that a John
Doe or a public inquiry be begun.
"Judge McAdoo is ready to act if
a proper information be presented
to him. Inasmuch as your assistant,
Mr. Smith, says he has information,
1 wouid suggest that he present the
same to Judge McAdoo or Judge Ma?
lone. or any judge whom you may
deem advisable, to start an investi?
gation so that the full facts may be
made public.
"The Mayor and the Police Com?
missioner should also have such in?
formation, so that they may take
action. I can assure you that the
people have little confidence in some
of these grand jury investigations
which are held behind closed doors.
Points to Gunson Case
"Statements have been made that
there are over 2.000 alleged disor
fcriy flats nnd apartraents in this
*ty, of which the law-enforcing au
iiorities are anxious to know the
fication so that they can be sup
gttssed. Also if there are any po
lice officers or offieials who are vio
lating the law we iikewise want to
know the names of these officers so
that the Police Commissioner may be
abie to take action.
"The fact that a police offlcer by
the name of Gunson has been indict
ed for acts that took place in 1917
under Police Commissioner Woods
and during Mayor Mitchel's term
>#?uld not reflect discredit or be
charged up against this administra
? i$. I think it is time facts are
ptesented instead of inferences and
innuendos.
"1 can assure you that we will
give you every possible cooperation,
and the Police Commissioner, as well
as myself, is anxious to know the
names of the men in the Police
Department who are not performing
tneir (hitics properly."
^ The Mayor dispatched his letter to
owarn following receipt of the follow
iHR letter .from Chief Magistrate Mc?
Adoo:
"Replying to your letter of, this '
date with inclosures from Commis
"oner Enright asking that a John
Doe inquiry bc made with reference
to certain published statements re
sarding the <'\istnnce of disorderly
oouses in this city:
.Under the law a proper informa
won atating tho facts and charging
unknown persons with having com
jmtted some crime or offense must
?e presented to me before I can take
My action. I await the filing of such
information."
Malone Guards Secrecy
Intimation that he would not permit
> John Doe inquiry into the vice graft
i " ? wv iwi|uu V j u L KJ UlC V1UC ^ I tU L
?arges by the grand jury over which
n! ?!* Presiding and whose indietment
? Detective John J. Gunson led to the
general charges of vice graft in the
? ?Hce Department was given yester
^ybyJUdj;e James T. Malone when in
Mdressmg. the grand jury the judge
?aio;
j have been informed that some
Project is under way that may interfere
?th the serious work upon which you
>W embarked. Under the law vour duty
* io.in(|uire into anv crime that is
eomnntted in the county.
lour duty is, of course, to protect
??; mnocent and to see to it that the
S"ty.ttre not concealed, no matter
"n? w? guilty may be. The law has
tW wn from the davs of Cromwell
?iat your work j8 tQ be kept Jn secret
itl?er,wise. the very purpose for which
\<s designed may be defeated.
.,.' wJs.n to say to you that if any
*arkP ls ma<1? to interfere with your
tonnt0ri? obstruct the justice of the
u?ty the statute providea that you
Hum ,n5u,re into the willful miscon
count ? any Public official in the
son V' ' ll? not carc WMO tnat Per"
ma,.1"a>" b<; or how exalted his station
toitk6' ^ou>" outy is supreme. You
t .he watchman of the county during
mt torm of office.
L??8 Must Be Enforced
^ hoPe thut you will have no reason
More t'P ' about >'our labors here.
tL,, A. n tn?s cannot be sajd: less
^hese C0llld not be left un9a'd.
th? t 8re ?'d *aws and bave stood
interfBSlSi?f ages- "rTie-v mU8t not be
not k a witn and your powers must
?> encroached upon.
?tatinU Wil1 now return to your delib
that "* rooms to take up any work
that I u* bef01x' >'ou within the scope
JainH fv e ,lll'eady adviscd. *eep in
j^a tnose mstructw.s and place your
?ttemnP0" tho neck of any ono who
IW t0 subvert your powers."
aey Kw apP'icati?n of District Attor-'
baii?, ?n' Judge Malone increased the
h?idinti?uie Care^ and Kitty Daly>
rimi ?u h* House of Detention ae mate
?on ;Jlnes*e8 against Detective Gun
K- irom $5,000 to $15,000. The Dis
iffnii "ey ?PPlied for increase of
.' ioIlowing the offer of the bail set
*"y lor the two women.
"avc reason to believe," said
"iRinally
i 1 hnv,
ContUutd on page thr*?
Mortgage Tax Repeal Urged
In ,War Against High Rents
Excmption on Incomes From Realty Also Advocated
to Solve Housing Crisis Here; Fifty-eight
Bills Aimed at Profiteering
Frotn a Staff Correspondent.
ALBANY, March 9?Bills to repeal
the mortgage tax law and to exempt
the income from mortgages up to $40,
000 were cited this afternoon at a
hearing before the Senate and Assem?
bly Taxation committees by repre?
sentatives of financial and real estate
interests as a means of solving the
present housing crisis in New York
City.
It was declared that the repeal of
the Mortgage Tax law would turn
millions of dollars into the invest
! ment of mortgages, partieularly from
| insurance companies, which hold that
i this tax has made investment in Lib
I erty and other government bonas
j more profitable than mortgages.
The exemption of the incomes on
i mortgages from the income tax, it was
I contended by the proponents of the
I measure, would dissolve the "corner ln
i money" now withheld from the mort?
gage market.
I Walter Statler, comptroller of the
Metropoiitan Life Insurance Company,
suggested that the limit be taken out
altogether and that all income from
mortgages be exeiffpt.
The representatives of real estate
investment companies gave the assur
ance that if the bill became a law it
would result in an immediate revival
of building activities throughout the
state. They declared that it would
pave the way to the Federal govern?
ment providing the same exemptions
m the Federal Income Tax law. They
said that if both the state and Federal
governments passed such a law it
would let loose millions of dollars for
real estate development.
Richard M. Hurd, of the Lawyers
Mortgage Company, said his company
would letul * $3,000,000 for new build?
ings this year in New York if the
Lockwood bill is enacted and that if
the Federal Income Tax cxemption is
made this sum would be increased to
220.000,000.
While there was no formal opposi
Uon to the bill, many questions were
asked by State Commissioners Walter
H. Knapp and John J. Merrill, and
Charles J. Tobin, a tax expert. Com?
missioner Knapp expressed doubt that
the bill would have a beneflcial effect
Continue.) on pag? three
Ref erendum Is
Urged to Delay
N.Y.^Wet'Law
Republicans Believed Seek
ing to Dodge Legislation
That Might Menace Po?
litical Future of Sweet
From a Staff Correspondent '
ALBANY, March 9.?In an effort to
prevent the passage of any light wine
and beer bill in the present session of
the Legislature, lest it injure the po?
litical ambitions of Speaker Sweet, the
Republican leaders here are now plan
ning to put through a ref erendum on
the liauor question.
This referendum, which was the sub
ject to-day of informal conferences
between Speaker Sweet and Senator J.
Henry Waiters, president pro tem of
the Upper House, will submit three
quostions to the people at the next
election. These are:
"1. Ave you in favor of legislation
permitting the manufacture and sale
of beer?
"3. Are you in favor of legislation
permitting the manufacture and sale
oi' beer and light wine?
"3. Are you in favor of a strict
interpretation of the Volstead act
which forbids the manufacture and
sale of any Iiquids for bevernge pur?
poses containing more than one-half
of 1 per cent of alcohol?"
While the Sweet-Walters conferences
were being held Colonel Ransom li.
Gillett, of Columbia County, who intro?
duced the light wine and beer bill in
the Assembly last night, was laying
out a plan of attack which he hoped
would result in the passage of his bill
in the lower house at least.
Intends to Count Members
"I intend the members of this As?
sembly shall stand up and be counted,"
said Colonel Gillett, "and I have
no doubt that when they do we will put
this legislation through. It was bene
ficial in France, where it governed the
sal'- of beers and wines to the men who
fought 'over there,' as the thirty-five
service men in the Assembly can testi
fy."
Colonel Gillett is one of the thirty
Republicans in the House %vho saw
service in France. Colonel Gillett be
lieves he will have no trouble in
rounding up more than the necessary
number among the Republicans who did
| not go to the front to combine with
the Democrats for passage of his bill.
A new beer bill was introduced to?
day by Assemblyman Maurice Bloch,
Democrat, of New York. It is patterned
on the beer law recently enacted in
New Jersey, which permits the manu?
facture and sale of liquors for bever?
age purposes containing 3.50 per cent
of alcohol or less by weight.
"This bill," said Assemblyman Bloch,
"represents the minimum demand of
those persons who believe that per
sonal liberty should b*e safeguarded by
our laws. We are now lined up with
New Jersey in a great effort to pre
serve the rights of a free people and
the true meaning of a republican form
of government."
Would Delay Legislation
If the referendum proposal of Sweet
and Waiters is carried it will preclude
the possibility of any "wet" legisla?
tion, which now exceeds a dozen bil's,
being adopted now. Sweet controls the
Assembly and Waiters has what
amounts to a stranglehold on the Sen?
ate.
Meanwhile Assemblyman Louis Cu- i
villier is busy preparing the evidence to
be submitted to the Assembly Judiciary
Committee, which has been directed to
investigate the Anti-Saloon League.
"I intend to have John D. Rockefeller
subpeen-ed," said Mr. Cuvillier. "It has
come to my knowledge that he pays to
William Anderson, superintendent of
the Anti-Saloon League, a yearly sal?
ary of $15,000, at the rate of $1,250 a
month by check through the Fifth
Avenue branch of the Corn Exchange
Bank, New York."
Mr. Cuvillier, in making this charge,
made public a letter fi;om Edward S.
Webster, a lawyer, of 60 Wall Street,
New York, detailing the old rumor of
the main sources of the Anti-Saloon
League was the Rockefeller interests.
This waa denied in an interview in The
Tribune a year ago by Mr. Rockefeller,
who said "that the league had received
less than $50,000 of the Rockefeller
money.
Asked last night about Cuvillier's
assertion that he drew a $15,000 salary
I'from John D. Rockefeller jr., Mr. And
| erson said:
"It is absolutely untrue in every par
I ticular, and yet no more untrue than
! a lot of things Mr. Cuvillier has said."
I Anderson Reneivs
Cathotic Attack
William H. Anderson, state superin?
tendent of the Anti-Saloon League, re
plying yesterday to the statement of
Archbishop Hayes that he was a "sinis
ter figure," a "sower of strife" and
Continued en p?e? three
;Independent
Progressive/
Says Hoover
Asserts He Is Not Straddler,
but Believes in Promoting
Issues, Not Men; Against
Machinej^Made Officials
Herbert Hoover, in a letter made
public last night by his friendB, de
clares that in politics he is an inde
pendent progressive, that he was a
Progressive Republican before the
war but non-partisan duriifg the war,
that he is not a straddler on any issue
and that he is against the manufacture
of officials by machine methods. He
says he is not seeking public office.
Mr. Hoover's latest utterance is the
result. of pressurc exerted by a com?
mittee of his friends who went to
Washington to solicit an cxpression
from him as to where he stood politi?
cal)./. The committee included Ralph
Arnold, a mining engineer, of Los An
geles; Captain J. F. Lucy, of the Lucy
Manufacturing Company; Mark Riqua,
mining engineer; Jackson Reynolds, a
Stanford University classmate of Mr.
Hoover; John M. Switzer, a San Fran?
cisco merchant; Charles M. Rand, for?
mer president of the American Insti
tute of Mining and Metallurgical En
gineers, of which Mr. Hoover is pres?
ident; H. P. Wickham. of Minneapolis,
and F. W. Doying, of New York.
Issues Above Partisanship
Mr. Hoover sent the following letter
to Mr. Arnold:
"My Dear Arnold:
"I have given deep eonsideration
to the urgent recommendations of
the committee of which you are
chairman. Such proposals are indeed
a great honor, but 1 feel that I can?
not alter the attitude that I have
consistently preserved in these mat
ters. It is, however, due to old
friends that I should make this posi?
tion perfecty cear to you and your
colleagues.
"First?I am an independent pro?
gressive in the issues before us to?
day. I think that at this time the
issues before the country transcend
p#j>.isanship. It is well known that
I was a Progressive Republican be?
fore the war, and, I think rightly, a
non-partisan during my war service.
The issues confronting us are new,
and the alignrnent upon them has
lot yet been made by the great
parties. I still object as much to the
reactionary group. in the Republican
party as I do to the radical group in
the Democratic party.
"Second?I am not seeking public
office, and, consulting my own per
sonal inclinations, I do not want pub?
lic office. I cannot prevent any citi
zen or group of citizens from agitat
ing that I should take public office,
but I cannot conscientiously partici
pate irr?any organization to that end. ?
I belong to a group which thinks that
the American people, should select
their own officials at their own in
itiative and volition. and that resents
the manufacture of officials by ma?
chine methods.
"I feel sure that if I entered the
race for nomination to the Presi
dency and undertook to solicit and
spend the cost of propaganda and
organization, this would be in itself
a negation of the right American in
stinct because of the obligations that
it all implies. I thoroughly believe
that I, like any other citizen, should
always be ready for service when
really called upon, but to go out and
try to persuade the public to call me
is opposed to my every instinct.
"Third?I hope to have the affec
tion of my countrymen, but my am
Certinuetl on onar. tour
Wood Sweeps
Home State
In Primary
Solid Delegation Pledged
to Vote for the General
First and Last Is Elect?
ed in New Hampshire
Hoover Makes
Good Showing
Wins 3 Instructed Dele?
gates; Five Unpledged
Are Said to Favor Him
MANCHESTER, N. H., March 9.?The
native state of General Leonard Wood
will send to Chicago a Republican dele?
gation pledged to vote for him so long
as he is a candidate for the Presidency.
At to-day's primaries the Wood pledged
ticket for delegates-at-large defeated
by a big majority an unpledged group
of four and a fifth candidate pledged
for Senator Hiram Johnson. The un?
pledged men'. won in only one city,
Dover, the home of Fred N. Beckwith,
one of the unpledged group. The Wood
men won easily in the First Congres
sional District, and were unopposed
in the Second District.
The Democrats qlected three district
delegates pledged for Herbert Hoover,
one in the First District and two in
the Second District. The other Demo?
cratic delegates elected were unpledged,
but are generally considredifavorable
for Hoover.
On the Democratic tickot all the
candidates for delegates-at-large were
unpledged. A group of four, headed
by Robert C. Murchie, of Concord, was
running ahead oi a ticket headed by
Albert W. Noone, of Peterborough.
Pledged Delegates in Lead
The principal fight among the Re?
publicans was for delegates-at-large
between a ticket led by Governor John
W. Bartlett and pledged for Wood, and
a ticket headed by Fred N. Beckwith.
of Dover, favorable to Wood, but un?
pledged.
Out of 244 towns and wards voting,
including the cities of Manchester,
Concord, Nashua and Keene, 115 re?
ported at 11:30 o'clock voted for Re?
publican delegates-at-large as follows:
Pledges for Wood: Estnbrook, 5,207;
Knox, 4,258; Shredd, 4,072; Bartlett.
3,1321.
Unpledged
Worcester, 2,644; Shurtlfeff, 1,734;
Tobey, 1,596; Beckwith, 1,452; Cloueh,
871.
Pledged for Johnson
Flaherty, 1,146.
Late returns showed Republican del?
egates pledged to Wood wore elected
by large majorities in the 1st Con
gressional District.
In the 2d Congressional District
Jesse M. Baiton and Alfred Stanley, of
Lincoln, pledged for Wood, were elect?
ed without opposition.
Frank Knox sent this message to
General Wood at Chicago:
The light vote was attributed to the
personal character of the" contests and
the storm of Saturday, which caused
many voters in the country districts
to be snowbound in their homes. In
fifty towns the town meetings, of which
the primaries are a part, were post?
poned. There is a possibility that the
results of later primaries may be con
tested as illegal. The law permits the
postponement of town meetings, but
whether primaries may be held other
than on the original date set was a
subject of dispute among politicians
to-night.
"Your native state sends a solid del?
egation pledged to vote for you until
you are nominated. Now Hampshire
has named the next President."
Rockaway Hotel
Topples Into Sea
Heavy Surf Undermines
Foundations of Knickerr
bocker; Loss Is $60,000
A heavy surf, whipped by a south
west gale, undermined the foundations
of the Hotel Knickerbocker, Far Rock?
away, yesterday morning and toppled
the building and an adjoining bathing
pavilion into the sea. The hotel fronted
on the ocean at Beach Eighty-sixth
Street.
Both structures are total ruins. The
hotel was owned by Patrick Kelly, of
407 Hamilton Avenue, Brooklyn, and
the bathing pavilion by Hugo Seiden
berg, whose other property suffered
badly in the storm of February 7 last.
The damage yesterday is estimated at
$60,000.
The Hotel Knickerbocker was built of
wood, was three stories high and con
tained 150 rooms. lt was unoccupied
when it collapsed, having been operated
only during the summer season.
New Fifth Avenue Traffic
Plan Puzzles Pedestrians
Traffic in Fifth Avenue, from Twenty
third to Fifty-ninth Street, was con
trolled yesterday by a solitary police
man, who flashed green, yellow and Ted
signal lamps from his post qn top of
an observation tower at the intersec
tion of Fifth Avenue and Forty-second
Street. Motorists apparently like the
new system, but there was a hit of
grumbling from the sidewalks.
The flashes from the master tower
were repeated in four other towers up
and down the avenue. A yellow light
starts both vehicular and pedestrian
traffic moving north and south. The
yellow lamp wag kept alight yesterday
for periods of about ninety seconds.
Then a red light flashed and all traffic
stopped theoretically and actually at
Forty-second Street, for there Special
Deputy Commissioner Harriss had thir
teen policemen on duty, where normal
ly there are two.
The red light burned but a few sec?
onds each time, and then the green
light flashed up, starting traffic moving
east and west. The green light burned
only about half the time allotted to the
yellow light.
There are no aisles of safety now.
Pedestrians who step down from the
curb when the light is "against" them
are subject to the same rebukes from
the policemen that these same pedes?
trians have enjoyed so much in the
past when they were roared into the
| eans of the driver of an envy-exciting
automobile.
Sergeant Dan O'Suliivan stood ir%the
j middle of the interscction yesterday.
: There were two policemen on each cor?
ner to control the impatient pedes
I trians, two men in the tower to flash
i the lights and two others to aid Ser
| geant O'Suliivan, who said that if New
Yorkers will accept the new regula
tions the entire system can be run by
the man in the tower.
GOOD MORNING:
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morrow's Tribune.?Acivt.
Republicans Offer New Treaty
Compromise; Supreme Council
Urges Peace Basis for World
Early Return to Pre-War
Conditions Is Declared
Essential to Lift Bur
dens Nations Endure
Cut in Armaments
At Once Advocated
: Deflation of Credit With
Trade Resumption and
More Production Asked
LONDON, March 9 (By The Asso
; ciatcd Press).?The Supreme Council
j has issued a memorandum on world
j economic conditions. Its conclusions
j are as follows:
j Firatly?It is of paramount importance
j that peace conditions should be fully
i and completely restored at the earliest
j possible moment throughout the wo,rld.
To achieve this object it is desirable,
I first, that peace and normal economic
I relations should be reestablished at
| the earliest moment possible through
? out Eastern Europe; second, that
armies everywhere should be reduced
, to a peace footing, that armaments
should be limited to the lowest pos
| siblc figure compatible with national
security, and that tho league of nations
should be invited to consider as soon
j as possible proposals to this end;
] third, that states which have been
l created or enlarged as a result of the
' war should immediately reestablish full
! and friendly cobperation and arrange
for unrestricted interchange of com
modities, in order that the essential
unity of European economic life may
not be impaired by the erection of
artificial economic barriers.
I Increased Production Urged
Secondly?-Not only the government of
each country, but all those engaged in
the task of production in every land,
should give immediate attention to the
execution of all measures which will
eontribute to tho full resumption of
pcaceful industry, to the encouragc
ment of a better output on the part of
? the workers in every country, to the
J improvement of machinery and means
j of transportation and the removal of
; such disturblng factors as profiteering.
Third?-Each government should im
? mediately consider means for urging
: upon its nationals in every rank of
! life the vital necessity of suppressing
' extravagance and reducing expenditure,
: so as' to bridge the gap which must
for some years exist between the de
i mand for and the supply of essential
; commodities.
Early Deflation Desirable
Fourthly?It is essential that early
steps be taken to secure the deflation
of credit and currency; (first) by the
reduction of recurrent government ex
j penditure within the limits of the rev?
enue; (second) *by the impo.sition of
I such additional taxation as is neees
! sary to secure this result; (third) by
| the funding of short-term obligations
by means of loans subscribed out of
the people's savings; (fourth) by the
immediate limitation and gradual cur
tailment of note circulation.
Fifthly?Provisions for raw materials
being essential to the restoration of
industry, means should be found
whereby the countries which are, in
the present conditions of international
exchange, unable to purchase in the
world markets, and so are unable to
restart their economic lil'e, can obtain
commercial credits. It will be possible
to achieve this when the countries
have made the reforms indicated in the
foregoing paragraphs.
Sixth?the powers represented at
the conference recognize the necessity
for continued cobperation among the
Allies for removing obstacles to the
easy interchange of essential commodi?
ties. They will continue to consult to?
gether regarding the provision and dis
tribution of necessary raw materials
and foodstuffs with a view to the early
Continued on next page
One American Held,
2 Slain in Mexico
Bandits Demand Ransom
for Nogales Resident;
? Army Veteran Killed
'COLUMBUS, Ohio, March 9.?That
James M. Arthur, Nogales, Mex., man?
ager of the Mexican ConsoUdated Min?
ing Company, is being held for ransom
by Mexican bandits is the word re?
ceived here by Arthur's father-in-law,
F. E. Avery, who to-day received two
telegrams from his daughter, Mrs.
Arthur, in Nogales.
The first telegram asked that $2,000
be sent immediately. Avery placed the
matter before Governor Cox.
Tonight Avery received another tele?
gram from his daughter in which she
declared, Avery said, that an American
consul at the border had advised
against notification of the Federal
authorities.
HOUSTON. Tex., March 9.-"Pat'
Foley, an employee of the Magnolia
Petroleum Company at Tampice, Mex?
ico, has been killed by Mexican ban?
dits. according to a cablegram re?
ceived by S. J. Byington, of Houston,
to-duy, from P. J. Blackman, manager
of the Magnolia company.
WASHINGTON, March 9.?Raymond
Corcoran, an American citizen who
served in the United States Army in
the war, was murdered by his Miscican
clerk Saturday, February/28, accord?
ing to advices to the State Department
to-day.
Corcoran's body was brought across
the American border March 5 ami
'. buried at Laredo, Tex. His mother,
1 Mrs. Ann O'Malley Sullivan, of New
' London, Wis., has been notified.
LAREDO, Tex., March 9.?Raymond
j A. Corcoran war shot and killed by
j his, Mexican clerk, a man named Ibarra,
I aft!er the latter had been discharged
I for taking an unauthorized leave ofab
sence. Ibarra was immediately arrested.
League Considers Plan to'Piit
Europe on Its Economic Feet
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Scheme for Re^abilitation of Germany and Reorgan
ization of Other Continentai Nations To Be
Acted On in Brussels Next Month
By Arthur S. Draper
From The Tribune'a Evropeor. Bureau
Copyright, 1920, New York Tribune Inc.
LONDON, March ?0.?An economic
scheme for the rehabilitation of Ger?
many and the reo,rganization of the
whole of Europe will come before the
league of nations commission when it
meets at Brussels at the end of April.
At this _moment the policy of the
Allies is not unified on this profound
ly important subject, and, through a
misunderstanding a rather bitter, not
to say suspicious, feeling has devel?
oped in Paris. The economic memo?
randum formulated in London during
the absence of Premier Millerand, be?
cause of the French railway strike, has
been scrutinized closely by the French,
and they have offered several reserva?
tions. Nothing can be done by the
economic commission, however, without
the sanction of the reparations com?
mission of the Supreme Council, which
is composed . of French, British and
Americans.
It was natural to expect that M.
Millerand's opinion of the economic
memorandum would emphasize this
point and that the French Premier
would insist that any loan to Germany
be made only with the distinct under?
standing that France insist on recog?
nition of her right to *negotiate war
indemnities whick would serve as
credits.
What France fears is Germany re
habilitated, while France remains finan
cially stricken. The French say frank?
ly to the British: "If you won't sup?
port our claims for indemnities will
you guarantee their equivalent in
loans?" And the British reply: "We
support your claims for reparation."
An exceedingly bad impression is
created in Paris?so bad that Premier
Lloyd George felt compelled to declare
immediately: "Germany must pay."
The French are determined that Ger?
many shall not rise financially strong
I unless the French are also helped back
. to a stable position. The British be
' lieve that the French have not grasped
; the whole situation and when they do
I all suspicion will disappear, but it is
I not an exaggeration to say that M.
i Millerand's political position wil} be ex?
ceedingly embarrassing.
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Sims Says
War Four Months by Delays
Admiral Asserts Secretary's Lack of Policy Cost
3,000 Lives a Day and Countless Treasure;
Unpreparedness Called Inexcusable
From The Tribune'8 Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, March 9fl_Gross mismanagement on the part of the
Navy Department in the early' days of the war prolonged the struggle at
least four months at a cost <_f 3,000 lives a day and countless millions in
treasure, in the opinion of Rear Admiral William S. Sims.
Admiral Sims was the first witness called by the Hale sub-committee
of the Senate Naval Affairs Committee at the opening to-day of the inquiry
that is to be made into the charges of inefficiency on the part of Secretary
Daniels and his associates at the beginning of America's participation
in the conflict.
i;I am convinced," declared the wit-<S>-_
ness with emphasis, "that our failure
to give adequate support to our naval
allies with the means at our djsposal
during the first six months of the war
seriously and unnecessarily jeopardized
the outcome of the whole conflict.
"In my opinion, it undoubtedly re
sulted in lengthening the war by sev?
eral months through the increased
losses in^merchant sliipping that rc
sulted therefrom. I believe that this
failure, combined with the equally
grave one of neglecting to prepare
adequately during the few months pre
vious and the few months subsequent
to our declaration of war, probably I
postponed victory four months. i
"Since the average loss of life per
day was about 3,000 and the total daily ?
cost was more than $100,000,000, it can I
be appreciated what this delay meant
to humanity and how serious was any
fault that resulted in materially pro
longing hostilities."
Sweeping Inquiry Started
The investigation which was start.d
to-day, although inspired by charges
made by Admiral Sims in the course of
the inquiry into alleged discrimination
in medal awards, is being undertaken
as a separate and distinct inquiry. It
be a sweeping one, with
Anti' Barred,
. Va. Likely to
Ratify Suffrage
Tie in Senate Broken When
Montgomery Is Deprived
of Vote as Non-Resident;
Reprisal Is Threatened
Spcria! Dispatch to The Tribune
CHARLESTON, W. Va., March 9.?
Ratification to-morrow of the Federal
woman suffrage amendment by West
Virginia as the thirty-fourth state was
fbreshadowed to-day when, by a Vote
of 13 to 11, the Senate decided to rule
out the ballot of Senator A. R. Mont?
gomery. Montgomery is a non-resident
anti-suffragist whose vote had been
promises to be a sweeping one, with , , , ,,
Secretary Daniels and Rear Admiral j counted^on by the anti-suffragists in
William E. Benson, chief of naval
operations during the war, as the prin?
cipal targets. The majority report
made by the committee on th-> awards
inquiry upheld the chilrges of unfair
ness. \
Although emphasizingj^hat his criti
cisms of the departincucs were con
find entfrely to the first six months of
America's participation in the war, and
their efforts to defeat the ratification
resolution at to-day's session, or, at I
least, to bffest the. one %extra vote !
which the suffragists expect will be j
added to their cause to-morrow.
Senator Jesse A. Bloch, whose vote
for the ratification resolution is ex- ?
pectei! to break the 12 to 12 tie that
...?-?- . - - , has held the Legislature helpless for a
were not to be construed as reflecting ? week, was sneeding eastward to-night j
on its performances after that period, | on a special train from his winter
Admiral Sims's attack to-day was a '
drastic one. During the period in ques?
tion, he declared, there were com
mitted "numerous violations of well
recognized and fundamental military
f>rinciples," which he summed up as
follows:
"Unpreparedness, in spite of the
fact that war had been a possibility
for at least two years and was, in
fact, imminent for many months be?
fore its declaration.
"We entered the war with no well
considered policy or plans and with?
out our forces on the sea in the high?
est state of readiness.
"That, owing to the above condi?
tions, and to the lack of proper or?
ganization of our Navy Department,
and perhaps to other causes with
vrtiich I am not familiar, we failed
for at least six months to throw our
full weight against the enemy; that
during this period we pursued a pol?
icy of vacillation, or, in simpler
words, a hand to mouth policy, at
tempting to formulate Qjur plans from
day to day, based upon an incorrect
appreciation of the situation."
home at Pasadena, Calif. He will ar- I
rive here at 3 o'clock to-morrow morn- !
ing and will be in his seat in the Sen?
ate to-morrow afternoon to east his!
vote in favor of ratification.
Excitement In Senate
The decision by the Senate to re
strain Senator Montgomery from vot
ing temporarily was made amid scenes
of excitement such as have not been
witnessed in the Legislature in years.
Some time ago the Senator sold his
holdings here and moved to Illinois,
sending to Governor Cornwell his res
ignation from the Senate. He appeared
( on the floor to-day for the first time
| this session at the solicitation of the
antj-sufTragists. Governor Cornwell
j has refused to permit Senator Mont
; gomery to withdraw that resignation,
though no action has even been taken
, on it.
As soon as Senator Montgomery had
| taken his seat Senator Harvey W.
llarmer, champion of the suffrage
i movement, challenged his right to a
! seat and moved that the President ap
| point a committee to call upon the
",', ? , ... _? ii it Governor to submit the letter which
Admiral Sims referred only casually, Senator Montgomery is said to have
to the alleged verbal mstructions re- written June 17, 1919, tender ng his
eeived by him on the eve of h.s depart- | resignation from' the Senate
ure to take command abroad. In tes
tifying in the medal awards investiga?
tion he had previously declared these in
structions were. limited to the admini
tion:
Threaten Reprisal
Roll call was demanded, and Senator
Montgomery VQted in his own behalf.
Senator E. H. Morton raised a poin;
Don't let the British pull the wool , of order on Montgomery's right to vote
over your eyes. We don't intend to I on this question und^f a rule of ihe
pull the British chestnuts out of the j Senate which provides that no mem
fire. We would as soon light the Brit
ish as the Germans."
Simply stating to-day that the in
structions he had received were ex
tremely vague, he told the committtee
that as his further examination pro
ceeded the spirit of these instructions
would become manifest.
In this connection tne witness took
ber whose right to a seat in the Sen?
ate is under question can vote on that
proposition, and his objection was up?
held and Senator Montgomery's vote
ruled out by the President.
The break in the anti-suffragist
ranks and in the tie that has prevailed
on every vote on suffrage questions
i came when Senator Burr, Democrat and
occasion to answ,er criticism3 made anti-suffragist, voted to prevent Sena
against him by Secretary Daniels andj tor Montgomery from voting as "a mat
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Modified Reservation on
Article X Puts Onus
of Rejection of Pact
on Democratic Senators
Voting Amendment
Passed, 57 to 20
Owen Breaks Away From
Wilson; Hitchcock? Re
jects Lodge Overture
From The Tribunc's Washington, Bureau
WASHINGTON, March 9.?Sen?
ate Republicans moved to-day to
compel the Democratic Senators
either to break with President Wil
: son on the treaty issue or to accept
;sole responsibility for its rejection.
The Senators submitted to the
! Democrats a compromise reservation
j to Article X that was worked out at
jthe conference of Republicans at
j Senator Lodge's home Sunday. The
l Democrats were informed that the
Republicans intend to propose the
compromise on the floor of the Sen?
ate as a substitute for the original
Lodge reservation, thereby offering
the Administration Senators an op?
portunity to vote for a modiflcation
of the Lodge reservation.
Tlie Senate reached the Article X
reservation late to-day when it
adopted the Lenroot reservation
on equality of voting power in the
league, as amended by the biparti
san conference. The Lenroot reser?
vation was adopted by a vote of 57
to 20, with seventeen Democrats
voting with the Republicans for the
reservation. The Senate then ad
journed, and discussion of the Arti?
cle X reservation will open to-mor?
row with each side fighting to place
upcn the other responsibility for the
treaty's defeat?.
Root Present at Conference
The decision of the Republicans to
continue their overtures for a com?
promise on Article X was made at a
conference attended by Senator Lodge.
Elihu Root and Senator Watson, of
indiana Senator Watson submitted the
draft of the proposed compromise res?
ervation to Senator Simmons, of North
Carohna, who laid it before his Demo?
cratic colleagues. The fext of the Re?
publican compromise offer follows:
"The United States assumes no
obligations to employ its military or
naval forces, its resources or "anv
form of economic discrimination to
preserve the territorial integrity or
political independence of any other
country, or to interfere in contro
versies between nations, whether
members of the league or not, under
the provisions of Article X, or to em?
ploy the military or naval forces of
the United States, under any article
of the treaty for any purpose, unless
in any particular case the .Congress,
in the exercise of full liberty of ac?
tion, shall by act or joint resolution
so provide."
Senator Simmons said the com?
promise would be acceptable to him
only if it were modified so the oblign
tion under Article X would remain.
Hitchcock Opposes Compromise
Senator Hitchcock, Administration
leader, declared the Democrats would
not support the Republican reserva?
tion. If the treaty is ratified with the
compromise. he predicted, the Presi?
dent will not deposit ratification.
The Republican Senators behind the
compromise move claimed that twenty
seven Democrats were ready to vote for
the reservation. but Senator Hitchcock
said he felt sure that a sufficient num
ber of Democrats would vote against
it to defeat ratification on that basis.
While the Lenroot reservation re?
ceived seventeen Democratic votes to?
day, there was every indication that
the Administration forces have been
stiffened by the President and that
several Senators who were prepared to
vote for ratification on the best terms
they could get are now back in the
Administration eamp and willing to
follow Senator Hitchcock's leadership
to the end.
Even Senator Simmons, who has rep?
resented the Democrats in the compro?
mise negotiations, shifted his position.
He agreed to support the RepubHcan
compromise when it first was proposed
last week, but to-day insisted that it
was unacceptable to him unLess further
modifications were made.
Owen Breaks From Wilson
Senator Owen, of Oklahoma, who is
an active candidate for the Democratic
Presidential nomination, was the only
Democrat who broke from the Presi?
dent to-day. In a speech in the Sen?
ate he declared:
"I refuse to be a party to the defeat
of the treaty or to the delay. I am
ready to support it in any form. to
fohow any leader who leads to its rati?
fication, and I will not follow any lead?
er who is leading to its defeat or delay.
I prefer Article X ua it is, but I am
prepared. for the sake of passing the
treaty ar.d gettirfg the advantages of
it, to yield to the demand of a majority
of my colleagues in the Senate."
The Senate debated the Lenroot
reservation on equality of voting
power in the league of nations at
, length, with the Administration forces
, making every effort to modify its lan
guage.
During the discussion Senator Lodge
severely criticized President Wilson's
statements regarding France in his
letter to Senator Hitchcock, The state
i ments were an "unfair and unfortunate
! reflection" on France. Senator Lodge
j declared.
Wants United States Protected
Discussing the Lenroot reservation,
I Senator Lodge said that he did not
1 blame Great Britain for looking after
i her own interests in the league, and
j said that the United States should do
likewise and protect its own interests.
"I do not see how any American c^n