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consent deliberately to send ths United
States into the league with one vote
against six votea for the British Em
pire, or against a larger vote for. any
country that is also a member of the
?eafftte," said the Senator.
Ths amendments to the original Len?
rootreservation that were framed by
the bipartisan conference were adopted
by votes of 49 to 28 and 55 to 22.
Senator Phelan, Democrat, of Cali?
fornia. offered the Johnson reserva?
tion giving the United States six votes
in the league, .that was defeated in the
Senate last fall, as a sUbstitute foi
the amended lenroot reservation.
The "irreconcilables" scented a plot
to secure their support for the John?
son reservation, so the Democrats
could vote to kill the reservation in
the end, and voted against it. The
Phelan substitutc then was defeated
73 to 4.
Hitchcock's Substitute Voted Down
Senator Hitchcock offered as a sub?
stitute the reservation he proposed
last Xovember, but which was rejected
at that time by the Senate, and it
hkewise was defeated, 41 to 34.
On the final roll call, by which the
amended Lenroot reservation was
adopted by a vote of 57 to 20, the res?
ervation received as much Democratic
support as did tho Monroe Doctrine
reservation. The following seventeen
Democrat3 voted with the Republicans
for the reservation: Senators Ash
urst. Chnmberlain, Fletcher, Gore,
Hftnderson, Kirby, Xugcnt, Owen, Phe?
lan, Pittman, Pomercne, Reed, Shields,
Smith. of Georgia; Trammell and
Walsh, of Massachusetts.
The text of tho reservation as adopt?
ed follows:
"Until Part I, being the covenant
of tho league of nations, shall be so
amended as to provide that the
United States shall be entitled to
east a number of votes cQual to that
which any member of the league and
its self-governing dominions, eolo
nies or parts of empire in the'aggre
gate shall be entitled to east, the
United States assumes no obligation
to be bound, except in cases where
Congress previously has given its
consent, by any election. decision, re?
port cr finding of the council or as?
sembly in which any member of the
league nnd its se'.f-governing domin?
ions, colonies or parts of empire in
the aggregate have more than one
vote. The United States assumes no
obiigation to be bound by any deci?
sion, report or finding of the council
or assembly arising out of any dis?
pute between the United States nnd
any member of the leafjue, if such
member, or anv self-governing do
rainibn, colony, empire or part of
empire united with it politically, has
voted."
Taft Criticizes
Wilson Attitude
Fprcial Dispatch t<-> The Tribune
PHILADELPHIA, March 9.?In a
copyrighted editorial In "The Public
Ledger," former President Taft, com
menting on President Wilson's letter
to Senator Hitchcock, says in part:
? It is perfectly apparent that the
Democratic Senators would like to
ratify the treaty and that Mr. Wilson,
ir. What he says, has greatly troubled
them. It is not likely, however, that
they will have the courage to put the
c< ncrete responsibility on him of re
jecting the treaty. They will prob?
ably assume it themselves, for- party
reasons.
"Mr. Wilson, by his course, has suc
cecded in doing what seemed impos
sible. In the beginning he had the
support and sympathy of the people
of the nations with whom this treaty
was made. Ile had the support of his
own party and of a substantial group
of tbe Republican party: He had the
support of a group of active, promi?
nent men who had favored a league
long before he embraced the idea, and
who have been constant in upholding
it ever since. He has succeeded in
alicnating all of these supporters, al
though he has perhaps retained,
through the strength of party cohesion
and not through any real agreement or
sympathy with his view, enough of his
party colleagues in the Senate to
wreck that which would have stood in
history as his work entitling him to
the gratitude of the world.
"Mr. Wilson says that unless he re
taips Article X as iie drafted it in the
treaty he cannot look into the faces
of our soldier boys who helped to win
this war. He may well ask himself
whether he can look them in the face
When in his stubborn rule or ruin
poiicy he shall have deliberately de?
stroyed any possible chance of inter?
national arrangement to clinch the
purpose of the war and justify their
sacrifices."
Wilson9s Adriatic Views
Please British Editors
1 ? The Tribune's Kuropean Bureau
Copyrlght, 1920, New York Trlbuno Inc.
LONDON, March 9. Those British
newspapers which comment on Presi?
dent Wilson's latest note relative to
the Adriatic settlement have only
favorable things to say about. it. Be
y ?nd a shadow of a doubt the press
and the public here support the Presi?
dent in his declaration of principles,
but they are not always with him in
the application of those principles.
The Allied leaders undoubtedly will
yield to Mr. Wilson. because Europe
above everything else desires Ameri?
can cooperation in the reorganization
of the continent. France, too, is com?
ing more nnd more to look toward the
United State.-, and .that country has
C!>me to the point where it is ready
to modify its policies drastically if
this modification will lead to closer
Franco-A merican relations.
"The Times" in a long editorial to?
day supports President Wilson's stand
and wnrna the British and French gov?
ernments of the danger in reaching de?
cisions without. American counsel.
"The Manchester Guardian" wel
France Demands
Labor Arbitrate
PARIS, March 9.?The govern?
ment presented in the Chamber of
Deputies to-day a proposal for
the amicable settlement of all
labor disputes. This government,
while admitting the right of
workers to strike, demands that
all means for a settlement of dis?
putes be exhausted before cessa
tion of work.
The proposal establishes- com
pulsory arbitration in industries
whose stoppage would interfe/e
with the economic life of the
country.
comes the note "as proor that the Pres?
ident's mind has regained what his
own countrymen %vt,urd call 'punch.'"
"The note is a remarkably effective
statement of. a 'position which the
French and British foreign offices will
find it difticult to meet," the newspaper
adds. However, "The Guardian" fears
that the note "may' have come too
late." "The world cannot escape the
! conviction that the time for Wpshing
| ton to repudiate the treaties was in
j 1918 and not in 1920," the newspaper
continues, "The President's word car
ries with it no mandatory authority.
I Nevertheless, he is right, and it may
? yet prove that he will be successful."
"The Westminster Gazette" says:
"So far as we can ?>e, all the *pnn
ciples are on tho side of the American
> President. The European Allies scarce
ly rise above the expcdiency of the mo
ment. The President closes the two
avenues of escape down Which the Su?
preme Council tried to slip. We hope
the Supreme Council and the President
^vill come to agreement, and that the
i Italians and Jugo-Slavs will continue
their deliborations in the knowledge
that the Allies are friendly to both
parties and anxious only that the set
j tlement should be just and stable and
not liable to suddcn shifts and changes
! of policy."
j -
\Caldicell to Amend Army
Bill to Incht.de Training
I WASHINGTON, March 9.?The league
: of nations got into House debate to
day on the army bill. Representative
Hardy, Democrat, of Texas, complain
' in;r that Senate Republicans had
Dlocked ratification of the peace treaty,
: declared that with the league in opera
j tion it would be unnecessary for the
j United States to have a regular armv
! of 299,000 men and 17,820 officers, as
i proposed in the bill. Representative
I Kearns, Republican, of Ohio, in reply,
j declared the War Department "pre
| pared under the President's direction
an estimate calling for an army ap
. proximity tv/ice as large."
Representative Caldwell, Democrat,
; of Xew York, served notice that he
j would seek to amend the bill so as to
! provide or a system of universal mili
: tary training, to become operative July
I 1, 1922. He criticized the proposed bill
j a.-; a failure to provide an adequate
' army.
rges Keturn
"o Peace Basis
Contlnur.tl from paje on.
restoration of normai conditions. !
Devastated Areas Considcred
Seventhly?The powers represented
at the conference have given careful I
attention to the special case of ihe dev?
astated regions, and more partieularly
of r.orthern France. The restoration
of these areas is of primary impor
i tance for the establishment of the eco- ;
! nomic equilibrium of Europe and the
: resumption of normai trade conditions.
? It is evident that the large sums re
I'quired for this purpose cannot be pro?
vided out of the current revenue, nor
'. can the work of restoration be post?
poned until the reparation due from
Germaijy under the treaty of peace has
: been received. The council recognizes
; that the capital sums required for this
i restoration may properly be raised by
i market loans, in anticipation of the
| reparation puyments provided for by
' the treaty, and that the restrictions
i which they desire to see placed on new
borrowing do not apply to loans and
| credits raised for the purpose of meet
. ing this abnormal cnp'tal expenditure.
Eighthly? The powei represented at
the conference have tai:en under eon?
sideration Article 235 and cognate ar
j titles of the Treaty of Versailles and
I passages in the letter addressed June
j 1(>. 1919, by tho Supreme Council to the
peace delegates which contemplate that
Germany shall make proposals for fix?
ing the total of the payments to be
made by her by way of reparation, and
that. t'acilities may be given her to ob?
tain necessary foodstuffs and raw mate?
rials in advance of the payments being
; made by way of reparation.
Would Fix Reparation Terms
The powers are agreed that it is de?
sirable in the inten st alike of Germany
and her creditors that the total to be
paid by her for reparation should be
fixed at an early date. They observe
that under the protocol of the treaty a
; period of four months from the signa
I ture of the treaty was provided during
i whieh Germany should have the right
: to make proposals of the kind referred
! to, and they are agreed that in the cir
| cumstances as they exist to-day such
; period should be extended.
Concerning Germany, the memoran
i dum says:
"It is most desirable, in the interests
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of the Allied countries no less than
that of Germany, that at the earliest
possible moment the total of repay
ments to be made by Germany under
the Treaty of Versailles should be
fixed. and that, in accordance with the
terms of the treaty and the reply of
the powers to the German delegates,
dated June 16, 1919, she should be en
abled to obtain essential foodstufTs nnd
raw materials, and, if necessary in the
opinion of the Reparations Commis?
sion, should be allowed to raise abroad
a loan to meet her immediate needs of
such amount and with such prioritv as
the Reparations Commission may deem
essential.
Aid to Austrla Necessary
"In the case of Austria the powers
recognize that even more active assist
ance may be required to be given."
The memorandum makes the follow?
ing general observations:
"The process of recovery of Europe
necessarily must be a slow one, which
cannot be expedited by short cuts of
any description. It can be most se
riously hampered by the dislocation of
production, by strikes, lock-outs and
interruptions of work of all kincls.
"The civilization of Europe has in?
deed been shaken and set back, but it
is far from being irretrievably ruined
by tho tremendous struggle through
which she has passed. The restoration
of her vitality now depends on the
whole-hearted cobperation of all her
children, who have it in their own
power to delay or accelerate the proc?
ess of reconstruction.
"lt is the hope of every government
that improved conditionic of livelihood
and employment may bc assured to
workers. Taking the Allied countries
as a whole, the recovery of industry
has been remarkable. Nearly eighteen
months have passed since hostilities
terminated, and the reaction which
necessarily followed the'tense strain
of war is graduallv passing. The citi?
zens of every country are once again
resuming their normal occupations of
home l*c, and in their renewed labors
the conference sees a clear sign of re?
newed prosperity."
Higher Living Costs Estimated
The memorandum reviews conditions
in Europe nt length. It estimates the
increased co:.t of living in the United
States at 120 per cent; Great Britain,
170, and France, Italy and Belgium at
300 per cent.
It estimates the men under arms in
Russia at 1,500,000; Poland, Rumania
and the former Austro-Hungai'ian Em?
pire at 1.000,000; wheat sown in Ru?
mania on December 1, 530,000 hectares,
against an average before the war of
1,900,000 hectares.
It compares the coal production in
millions of metric tons in 1913 and
1919 as follows: Great Britain, 292,
against 234; France, including Lor
raine, 44, against 22; Germany, exclud
ing the Saar region and Lorraine, 173,
against 109, and the United States, 517,
against 495.
It considc-rs the general extrava
gances as phenomena following an
great catastrophes. lt estimates the
world's total war debt at ?40,000,000,
000 and states that gold prices have
risen, ns well as paper, instancing the
increase in prices in the United
States, where the gold standard re
mains effective.
lt conciudts that the purehasing
power of gold is the ultimate measure
of prices of comniodities, and attrib
utes profiteering and the increase in
prices to the scarcity of goods.
Lodge Deprecates Wilson's
View on Italy and France
Senator Expresses Regret That President Has
"Gone Out of the Way" to Discuss Allies; De?
clares His Statements To Be "Most Unfortunate"
From Tho Tribunr.'s Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, March 9.--Senator
Lodge exprcssed regret to-day in the
Senate that President Wilson, in his
letter to Senator Hitchcock, reiterating
his opposition to reservations on Ar?
ticle X of the peace treaty, had "gone
out of the way" to say things about
France and Italy. The Republican
^leader said he rcgarded Mr. Wilson's
"statements as "most unfortunate," and
added that he didn't believe the Pres?
ident's assertion, that the militaristic
party in France was in power, was well
founded.
Senator Lodge quoted the President's
statement as follows:
"Throughout the ses/sions of tho con?
ference in Paris it Was evident that
a militaristic party, under the most
influential leadership, wns seeking to
gain tho ascendancy in tho counsols
of France. They were defeated then,
but are in control now."
President's Charge Doubted
"I do not think that is something
which ought to be said about France,'
Senator Lodge continued. "I believe it.
as a matter of fact, to be unfounded.
I think the reverse is the case and
regret extremely such a rcflcction upon
one of our asscciates in the war with
Germany. I have tried personally in
these debates to avoid any reflection
upon the powers with which we were
associated in the great war. Some
criticism perhaps was unavoidable, but
I should like to tuke this occasion to
repeat what I have said before, that I
believe the feeling between this coun?
try and France has always been one
.of real friendship. We have had our
diffcrences and occasionally criticize
each other, but I think tho feeling be?
tween the two countries is very deep
and very strong. I think a great debt
of the civilized world is due to France,
or a great gratitude, I should rather
say, for her wonderful services in the
war. . After all, it was France that
bore the brunt of the attack. It was
her territory that was devastated, her
farms that were destroyed. her people
who were deported. The gallantry, the
unshrinking courage and self-sacrifice
with which s'ne met tiie onslaughts of
the German for four years wiil always
remain a greal monument to France,
and a subject of admiration to all men
who believe in courage and patriotism
and love of country,
"I do not think that France. is in the
least militaristic. I think she desires
to have protection against repelition
. of such suticrings as she has endured,
| and I think that is a feeling which wo
i all must share. 1 am sorry that it
j has been said by the President.
Italy's Ontention Upheld
"I regret also that the President
should havo occasion to say some
| thing* about Italy which seems to me
to be wholly uncalled for. Opinions
may diffor as to the; clisposition of
parts of the Adriatic littoral. 1 myself
[believe, and so statcd when the ques?
tion first arose, aad I have never
j changed my opinion, ihat the city of
! Fiume ought to be'long to Italy. Its
population is Italian. But the Presi?
dent criticize such a settlement be
| cause he says the argument for Fiume
restj on military and strategic rea
sons. That is true. The control of
the head of the Adriatic by Austria
has been a sourco of danger, a seut
of invasion of Italy by Austria. for
I more than a century. That Italy
j should desire to protect horself by
holding this strategic point is not only
j natural but right.
"Our Monroe Doctrine rests on the
i great fundamenta) principle of the
! right of every nation to provide for
; its own preservation. Under the pact
iSims
aniels for
Delay in War
Contlmi'd from pa.o one
Democratic members of Congress that
he was "pro-British."
"I cannot avoid reference," he said
"to repeated assertions to the effect
that I am not a natural born American,
or that my allp_rianee was ever in the
slightest degree divided. My father
was an American citi>:en whose family
has been continuously resident in the
1 niteci States since before the Revolu
tionary War. I chanced to have been
born in Canada because n y mother was
at the time of my birth on n visit to
j her father. a Canadian 1, of course
j note also that I have LTen called pro
British. 1 would not stoop to answer
j any of these charges were it not that
they bring up a very important point
in connection with this investigation
j "ln reply to a letter from a friend
during the war who wrote me of accu'
i sations of my being pro-British, I sug
| gested that hc ask his informants what
i sort o!' rfian they did want as a repre
i sentative in tho councils of the Allies
| And 1 said that if pro-British and pro
French proclivities were undesirable,
i why not send over a nro-German with
a trunk fuli of bombs?"
of London Italy could have received
much more territory than she thinks
of claiming now, but sho preferred to
give up everything in order that she
might hold Fiume, not merely because
of the sentiment that it waB a city
populated by men of her race, but be?
cause it was her defense and protec?
tion in the future and her holding of
Fiume and Trieste would be a barrier
against future wars.
Italian Sacrifles Heavy
"Italy made enormous sacrifices irj
this war. She lost more than 1,000,000
men; ?hc is not a rich country; she
has suffered heavily tinancially, and
she has come beforo the peace confer?
ence and the world asking for this
city, giving up tho strip of coast
which she wns awarded by the Treaty
of London in order that sho might
protect herself. Since when has it be?
come a crime for a nation to seek
self-protection? ltaly's arms have
been victorious. At the close of the
wur she had taken popsession of these
ferritories and now, for strategic rea
sons, she asks for that city. To con
demn Italy or any other country for
demnnding that which will be of value
to her safety in the future seems to
me to be a very harsh and unjust
judgment.
"From my point of view it is to be
regretted that the President should
have intcrfered when the question does
not concern us. It is our desire to
be friends to both Italy and the Jugo
Slavs and not to make ourselves need
lessly the arbiters of their fate; but,
after all, our relations with Italy have
been close for many years, and have
always been friendly. The sympathy
of the United States has .always been
with Italy in her struggle against for?
eign oppression, and I am sorry that we
should be put as a country in the posi?
tion of deserting her now.
"I think the argument in favor of
Article X might have been made with?
out going out of the way to say the
thiags the President has seen fit to say
about France and Italy."
Article X Argument Answered
Answering President Wilson's argu?
ment that Article X constituted the
heart of the covenant, and that in its
unobstructed applicntion to world prob
lems lay the only hope of breaking
down the old order of things, Senator
Lodge said:
"I am not willing to trust to the
council of diplomats the working out
of any salvation of the world from
things which it has suffered. The
whole peace conference, which framed
the treaty and the league, was com
posed of diplomats; the result of their
labors is an alliance, and every pro
vision in the covenant of the league is
left in the hands of diplomats. Now
the President says that the salvation
of the world must not be sought by the
counsel of diplomats. That cuts" out
of the treaty every provision in it ex?
cept Article X, and Article X is hot
diplomatic; it is an appeal to naked
force. That is why we so much object
to it; that ir, why the country so much
objects to it. lt is naked force, for
which each nation is made individually
responsible.
t "There is not one objection which*
has been made by the most extreme op*
ponents of the league and of Article X
that is not admitted and advocated in
the letter of the President. Article X
is the one pure force article in the
covenant. He discards all tlie others :
and stands on that alone. It is well
that he has said it; the issue can be'
veiled no longer; it justifies the posi?
tion that we on this side, all alike
have taken, that there must be no ob
ligation imposed on the United States
to carry. out the provisions of Ar- '
ticle
Although the witness exrressed the I
desire to keep ncrsonalities* out of the'
issues involved in the investigation he
charged the existence of "a campaign ;
ol dehberate propaganda" to discredit !
his testimony and "aimed at prejudic
ing this case by wholly irrelevant sub
jocts prior to its investigation by this ;
committee." In this connection he
scored the action of Secretary Daniels
in making public private correspond
er.ee between himself and the Secre
tary, disrosing his differences with Ad
miral Wilson.
"If the methods of making awards
did not affect the morale of the navy,"
declared Admiral Sims, "this incident
was certainly calculated to do so. Not
content with the publicity which was
sure to follow in the press, and to
make the case infinitely worse, it waa
also broadcasted by the navy radio
press through high-powered wireless
stations to every ship and every naval
station in the service. Imagi'ne the
effect on the discipline of the fleet
when this governmental wireless an
nouneement waa posted on every bul
letin board, for the information of
every man, from officers down to thu
last apprentice boy?information,
whether true or not. casting rcfiVcticn
on the ability of their leader. their
commander in chief; information
which, through its method of dissemi
nation, actually made invidious com
pariso-f between many higher officers
of the navy."
The hearing room was crowded
when Admiral Sims took the stand
With him was a group of officers, in
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Fighting Poles
ZURICH, March 9.?A wire
less dispatch from Moscow an?
nounces' that the Russian Soviet
antl Ukrainian governments have
informed the Allies that they are
ready to negotiate peace with
Poland immediately.
cluding Rear Admiral Josiah McCaln,
who was assistant chief of naval oper
ntions during tho period when Sims
declares the department was fnillng
to cooperate properly with the Allies;
Captain Nathan C. Twining, who was
Sims's chief of staff abroad; Captain
Hutch Cone, who was in charge of
naval nviution abroad; Lieutenant
Commander John V. Babcock, Sims's
personal aide and the man who devised
the troop transport* convoy system,
and Lieutenant Commander Edwards
Unlike the practice followed in the
medals awards inauirv, Chairman Hale
j asked that the witness be sworn. At
I the admiral's request he was permitted
! co start his testimony with a pre
: pared statement, the reading of which
j had just been completed by him when
I the committee adjourned for the day at
| noon, in order to participate in the
1 treaty debate on the floor of the Sen
| ate. The questioning and cross-exam
ination of the witness will start to
morrow, after which it is the commit
tec's intention to summon other of the
1 officers who were present with the vad
miral to-day. Secretary Daniels and
Admiral Benson will probably not be
called until near the end of the in?
vestigation.
Throughout his statement Admiral
I Sims betrayed marked resentment over
what he described as unjust attacks
that have been made on him in conse
quence of his criticism of the depart?
ment. Emphasizing repeatedly that
these criticisms were aimed not at the
service of the navy throughout tho
war, but at the defects of administra?
tion in the ope-ning months of American
participation, he declared that he had
written these criticisms to Secretary
Daniels last January with never a
thought that the communication would
be made public.
"Speaking of the navy itself, that is,
its personnel and ships, apart from
the organization which directed it," he
said, "I am in the fullest accord with
the country in being unable adequately
to express my admiration for its
work."
Rcferring to his personal interests in
the controversy, he added:
"In other words, gentlemen, le*t me
state as forcefully as 1 can that in this
entire question I have no ooject other
than that of the future efliciency of
the naval service and the safety of the
country. I am at the end os my ca- ;
reer. I have everything to lose and
nothing to gain. There is no possible
question of my having a grievance. j
There is absolutely no question of per
sonalities. I have no further ambition I
whatever. When this inquiry is over
I return to the simple duties of my pro
fession to finish out the very short re- i
maining time before my retirement."
Britain's Irish Policy
Assailed by Asquithi
i
LONDON, March 9.? Former Premier
Asquith, who recently was reclected
to the House of Commons for Paisley,
spoke scathingly to-night of Irish con?
ditions before the "Eighty Club," of
which he was reelected president.
Never in the memory of the oldest
club member, he said, had the methods
of government in Ireland been so re
actionary, or donial of the elementary
principles of civil and political liber
ties, been so complete, so defiant, so
insolent as to-day. He charged that a
very large proportion of the crime in
Ireland was due to the senseless pol?
icy of the present goveimment.
While he and the Liboral party were
pledged not to apply coercion to Ulster,
they were equally pledged to the Home
Rule act now on the statute books.
and would think himself worse than a
traitor if he asked the Irish people to
accept any form of self-government
less than was contained in that act.
The great obstaele to frank nnd
Poles Defeat
'Reds'; Capture
Division Staff
Two Important Railway
Junctiong Taken, Cutting
Off Bolshevik Supplies;
1,000 Prisoners Seized
Warsaw Elated by News
Victory Is Believed To Be
Finishing Blow to Offen?
sive Policy of Lenine
WARSAW, March 9.-?Polish forces,
commanded by Colonel Sikorski, at
tacked Bolshevik troops in the vicinity |
of Mozir and Kolenkovitz, southeast of
Minsk, Sunday morning, and captured
these two important railway junctions
and much war material. One thousand
"Red" soldiers and many officers were
taken prisoner.
The attack was made in order to \
prevent further operations by the Rus- j
sian Soviet army, which has been oper- ;
ating from Mozir and Kelenkovitz, a I
distance of twenty miles, and aiso to '
disperse Bolshevik troops which were :
being concentrated behind the enemy
lines, says an official statement issued
this afternoon at General Staff head
quarters here. The newly arrived staff
of the 57th Bolshevik Division barely
escaped capture, it is said, while the
staff of the 47th Division and several
hundred men were made prisoners. An ,
armored train, much railway material
and several armored boats on the Pripet
friendly cooperation between America '
and Great Britain, he asserted, was
Britain's failure to apply to Ireland
the principles they had both agreed
at the peace conference were the gov
erning principle of civilization.
Referring to Turkey, the former
Premier declared that tho massacrc I
?rv Cilicia ought to be the last chapter
of Ottoinan rule.
jVIcAlpin Defeated at Polls
Special Dispatch lo The Tribune
OSSINING, March 9.?Colonel Ben?
jarnin B. McAlpin, hotel owner, was
defeated for trustee in the annual
village election to-day. His success
ful opponent was James Quinn, a rail?
way repair foreman, who beat McAlpin
by fifty-two votes out of 482 east.
McAlpin, a Republican, did not have
his name printed on the ballot because
his petitions were filed too late. His
supporters had to write in his name.
River, near Mozir, also wer? t.v
the Poles. '*e Uk?? k
"This victory," says the offida! *.?
ment, "i? ? worthy answer to thJT?*
shevik policy, suing for peaceTnj*
the same time continuine atu<?v.. , *
the front.- UackB ?l<*|
Poleg Elated by Vlctoiy
Not since the capture of Lem}.,,
year ago have the Poiish pfool* 2"
so elated as they were oti 'r?.?;Jr**
the news from the Pripet. The Z- *
newspapers declare flatly that th ais*
ting of the Mozir-Kolenkovitz ?n ^
administered a decisive blow f* ?*
'Reds." w ??
According to the military .**-*.
the "Courier Poranny," Whii b ?*
enia is now effectivejy cut off ?L3
Moscow, as the railway which kLi51
seized by the Poles com,>s downTk *?
lenkovitz, which is the crossin? nv9*
of the important Gomel-Pinsk ?,;?**
By ica3.? ? me c ,,.?, rai,*?*.
kovitz, the Bolsheviki will be *?* *"
to send their supplies by wav of v^
Zhitomir and Winnitza wr-ch ?;ii ?
suit in great-loss of time. ' r*
It is the opinion of the 'Courier IV
ranny," which pubhshes the forll
news, that that part of the UlcrHS?**
the right bank of tho DniePer p*?s
will be free now frrrn the T&JHS
menace and also that th V'olshevivfSS
lose all hope of contin ? dmSmSS?
for attacks on the }? ,. 'iSto^**
the railway line from ZViahef to r.?S
Furthermore, the "Courier" believe
Bolshevik junction with Odessathro'l
Zmerinka loses its importance. W
Raid on Bessarabia Balked
This latter is taken to mean in ?...
tain circles here that Rumania PJS
no longer fear the Bolshevik rW,!:
to the Rumaman hold on Bessarab;?
Polish opinion that Sunday*. ma:
tary triumphs will out the finirikiL
touch to the "Red" army is based chJpfl!
on the theory of cert.-.in strate^
that the capture by the Bolshevifi*3
the Orsha-Mozir railway seal?d ?'-'
doom of the arrny of General Denikiw
Now that this line is in the DosseuS
pf the Poles, they consider it wiK
the "Red" army in a position fig
which it ?annot extricate itself.
The new board will stand eight R?.
publicans to four Democrats.
About 3,000 votes were
Ilage,
women.
About 3,000 votes were east in th
village, more than haif of them k,
women. '
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