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Peace With
Berlin Now
Wilson Aim
Centfeaed tram pat* e??
elections, when the people will have
had an opportunity to pass on the
question at the ballot boxes.
It had been expected that the Presi?
dent would lose no time, after the
treaty was rejected, in issuing a state?
ment in which he would undertake to
fix responsibility on the Republican
leaders of the Senate for its defeat
snd at the same time indicate the
course he would follow. Instead of
that, tbe White House to-day pre
served absolute quiet on the whole
question.
Meeting Embarrassing
George A. Sanderson, secretary of
thc Senate, carried the rejected docu
ment to the White House shortly be?
fore 10:30 o'cloek this morning. Mov?
ing picture cameras clicked as he en?
tered thc executive offices. The meet?
ing between Mr. Sanderson and the
President's secretary was described as
"embarrassing."
After he had been kept waiting for
what appeared to Mr. Sanderson to be
a long time?something like an hour?
he said. he was ushered into Mr.
Tumulty's office and approached the
latter's desk.
"By ir.struction of the Senate," said
Secretary Sanderson, "I return the
treaty of peace negotiated at Ver?
sailles."
"Put it down there," said the secre?
tary. without reaching out for the docu
ment. The treaty had been carefully
wrapped up in white paper and tied
with strips of red tape. which gave it
the appearance of "dripping blood," as
one spectator remarked who saw it
carried in.
"I also am instructed." said Secre?
tary Sanderson, "to hand you a copy
of the resolution notifying the Presi?
dent that the treaty has been rejected
by the Senate."
This, also, he was told to lay on the
desk.
"I would like a receipt," observed
Mr. Sanderson.
Tumulty Gives Receipt "
Without a word, Mr. Tumulty hur
riedly signed a paper, which read:
"Receipt is acknowledged of the
treatv of peace with Germany, signed
at Versailles, June 28. 1919.
"Time, 11:45 a. m., March 20, 1920.
"J. P. TUMULTY."
That any attempt by the President
to negotiate the suggested modus
vivendi would arouse instant objection
in the Senate is regarded in many
quarters here as certain. On the other
hand, it is regarded as entirely unlike
ly that the President will give his ap?
proval to the joint resolutions declar?
ing peace which have been introduced
in the Senate and House. respectively,
by Senator Knox and Representative
Tinkham, of Massachusetts. The Pres?
ident's friends have appeared to think
that once he has signed such a resolu?
tion he would lose control of the situ?
ation and block his own way to ulti
mate entry into the league of nations.
Still Hopes for League
That he has by no means abandoned
iione of getting the United States into
thc league was indicated to-day by the
statement that the United States would
continue to dnsist on havin? a voice
in the TurkiSS: controversy on the dual
ground that, as a potcntial member of
the league this country has the right
to pass on territorial arrangements
which the league would have to
giiarantee, and, as a deciding power in
thr wnr against Germany, this coun?
try contributed materially to the de?
feat of Turkey, though not formally
at war with that country.
lAkewise, heing a party to the Hun
grrian treaty, the United States will
continue to insist on being heard in
th? settlement of the Adriatic dispute.
Among matters covered by the
Versailles treaty, which a' modus
vivendi arrangement with the Allies
wculu have to cover, it is said, would
be the establishment of title to tho
merchant and naval vessels appor
tioned to the United States by the
Paris peace conference. This would
apply practically to all the German
merchant ships taken over by the
Shipping Board, it was explained. as
well as to the new naval vessels which
the United States was to acquire title
to under ihe treaty and the Wilson
Llcyd George collateral agreement.
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Britain Expected
Defeat of Treaty
Plans Made to Proceed
Without U. S.; Irish Res?
ervation an Irritation
From The Tribune's European Bureau
iCopyright, 1920. New York Tribune Inc.)
LONDON, March 20.?Great Britain
received the news of the defeat of the
Peace treaty in the United States Sen- I
ate without surprise, for the failure
of ratification had been forecast for a ;
fortnight. The country is disappoint- j
ed. but all plans were made some time ;
??o to carry on without American par-'
ticipation.
The vote on the reservation for the \
^U-determination of Ireland is cal-j
2" v > annoy the British, even
7,?",rts significance lies colely in I
political isauea *? America. The Sinn ;
rein part of Ireland is elated over the j
h!=a;eiS actlon and de Valera's stock
oas taken a audden rise.
mdSki omdl of the leagu* of nations !
P-obably regrets most the failure of ;
it. wat! 1? ratlf y the treaty after i
larJ *\-fight* America is the only j
*?*!jn*?^? which will not be repre-!
W . the international labor con
JKe ? be held here next w?ek ??
der Action of the Council.
ejJSKg*. MaFchlo (By The Asso
"'" Press).?Of the afternoon news
SS? Snly "Th8 Westminster Gazette"
?we editorial comment on the defeat
Di ?? P?ace treaty in the Senate. It I
; acea the blame for the situation upon
States y*making sy8tem in th6 United ,
ri* P**,?Per democratic control of for- :
temJE y '\ver>' necessary." says the
iS Per' but li is clearly equally l
?i"B tK y t0 be most careful in invent
ate." machlnery to enabie it to oper
P0HY.ERp?OL, March 20.?"The Daily
*etio'? "-"jnenting editorially on the
_jwo_of the united States Senate in
Borin
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UGGISTS
adopting a new treaty reservation ex
pressmg sympathy for the aspirations
of the Irish people and declaring the
hope that Ireland would have a gov?
ernment of its own choosine in tha
near future, says:
"The American Senate has surelv
overstepped the bounds of good sense
to say nothing of good taste, in adopt?
ing * reservation to the peace treaty
on Ireland. It has as much as said it
will welcome the emergence of Ireland
into full independence. That is hardly
neighborly. Moreover, it is an example
whi-w?.na of 'nter"*tional meddling
which the Senate professes to condemn
in the covenant of the league of na?
tions.
"All sensible Britons know, of
course, that such resolutions are not
to be taken quite seriousiy. They are
m fact, mere concessions to the Irish
extremists in the United States; the
benate has long shown a quick respon
siveness to Irish 'pull.' None the less,
they have an undouoted element of
danger. Unhappily there are hysteri
cal patnots among us who may be
easily worked up by certain interested
writers and speakers to resentment of
American interference with purely
British affairs. This is a fact that the
Senators would do well to remember,
especially at the moment when it is
of vital importance to the world that
Anglo-American relations should be
most cordial,
Sees Warning to Britain
"At the same time, the Senate's un
fortunate reservation ought to warn
our own government of the serious con
sequences further 'shilly-shallying'
with the Irish question is likely to en
tail. Truly the Irish question is in?
ternational.'
Treaty Dead Until
After the Election
Senators Agreed JSo Ac?
tion Will Be Taken;
Knox Resolution Next
From The Tribune'a Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, March 20.?The Sen?
ate will delay action on the Knox reso?
lution establishing a separate peace
with Germany, Senate leaders.said to?
day, until President Wilson has had an
opportunity to act.
The next move in the long treaty
fight that resulted yesterday in a sec?
ond failure to obtain its ratification by
the Senate, and in sending the pact
back to the White House. is "up to the
President." according to Senate lead?
ers, and both Republicans and Demo?
crats are anxiously awaiting to see
what the President will do.
Senator Lodge announced that the
Knox resolution will not be brought
into the Senate until the end of next
week, at the earliest. Should tha Presi?
dent decide to resubmit the treaty to
the Senate, it will remain in the hands
of the Foreign Relations Committee
until after the Presidential election in
November. Senator Lodge said.
No effort will be made by the Demo?
crats to take the treaty back into the
Senate or to revive eonsideration of it,
they declared to-day. The Administra?
tion leaders have decided to accept the
action of the Senate as final. and they
began to-day to prepare for the t'orth
coming battle over adoption of the
Knox resolution.
Democrats Bady Disorganized
"I think that quite a lull will occur
in the treaty discussion and Senate
action on it." said Senator Hitchcock,
leader of the Administration forces, be?
fore he left to-day for a week's vaca- j
tion at Augusta, Ga. "The Democrats
are badly disorganized. and there is a
disposition on both sides to wait until
the President takes some action. I
think now that the Senate did right in
sending the treaty back to the Presi-1
dent.
"I do not believe that the President
will act precipitately. He undoubtedly
will sound out European sentiment be?
fore he decides what he will do.
"There will be a long discussion on
j the peace resolution when it comes up.
! Most of the Democrats will oppose it,
I think, and I ani personally doubtful
whether the 'mild reservationists' on
the Republican side will support it."
"The treaty will not be considered
again by the Senate until after the
elections, if the President decides to
resubmit it," said Senator Lodge. "It
will have to be referred to the Foreign
Relations Committee arfd take the same
course as before. But the committee
will go into the peace negotiations very
thoroughly before it would report the
treaty to the Senate."
Senator Lodge said that Colonel E. M.
House, the President's closest advisor,
and a member of the Americal peace
commission at Paris, would be called,
and that the committee would not re?
port the treaty again until after it had
studied the process verbale of the Paris
Conference, which President Wilson de
cliwed to transmit to the Senate when
the treaty was first considered. Con?
cerning the Knox resolution, Senator
Lodge said:
Knox Anxious for Peace
"The Knox resolution will not be
taken up Monday, as was planned. Many
Senators have gone out of the city for
a brief rest, and Senator Knox is con
fined to his home with rheumatism. We
will go ahead with the appropriation
bills for a few days. I am anxious to
see peace established, but I don't think
the resolution can be brought up until
the end of next week."
Senator Lodge said that personally
he did not believe the President will re?
submit the treaty to the Senate.
Senator Borah. of Idaho, leader of
the "irreconcilables," said that he
would remain in Washington "to see
that the treaty is dead."
"I want to remain here and make
sure that the treaty is dead and rot
ten," said Senator Borah. He added
that he felt certain the Knox resolu?
tion would receive the solid support
of the Republicans. The "mild reser?
vationists," he said, made an agree?
ment with Senator Lodge before the
treaty was revived in January that
they would support it if Senator Lodge
would permit the treaty to come to a
second vote in the Senate.
Against Reconsideration
Senator Robinson, of Arkansas, who
led the fight on the floor for th? Dem?
ocrats yesterday, said to-day he will
not make any effort to have the vote
by which the treaty was rejected yes?
terday, or the vote by which it was
sent back to the President, recon
sidered.
Such a motion would be Tlebatable,
ne said, and the "irreconcilables," he
pointed out, could filibuster against it
for the two days allowed under the
benate rules for action to be taken on
a motion to reibnsider.
"lt. ev?ry member of the Senate had
voted his honest convictions, the
treaty, m my judgment, would have
been defeated by a much larger vote,
probably by a very large majority of
the Senate," said Senator Norris, Re?
publican, of Nebraska. "There were
two classes of Senators who did not
vote their conscienttous convictions.
In the Democratic party it was those
who followed the President; in the Re?
publican party it was those who fol?
lowed their political leaders for parti
san reasons.
Referring to the-Knox resolution to
declare a state of peace between the
United States and Germany, Senator
Norris said: "If the President does
not interfere or veto the resolution it
will pass by a nearly unanimous vote.
If President Wilson does oppose it,
he will have reversed his old campaign
slogan, and instead of 'keeping us out
of war' he will be keeping us in war."
Text of Knox Resolution
The Knox resolution was introduced
in the House to-day by Representative
Tinkham, of Massachusetts. The text
of the resolution follows:
"Resolved by* the Senate and
House, That the joint resolution
passed April 6, 1917, declaring a state
of war exists between the imperial
German government and the United
States. and making provisions to
prosecute the same, be and the same
is hereby repealed, to take effect
upon the v ratification of a treaty of
peace between Germany and three of
the three principal Allied and asso?
ciated powers; provided, however,
that unless the German government
notifies the government of the United
StateB that it acquiesces in and con
firms irrevocably to the United States
all undertakings and covenants con?
tained in .the Treaty of Versailles,
conferring upon or assuring to the
United States or its nationals any
rights, powers or benefits whatsoever
and concedes to the United States all
rights, privileges, indemnities, repa?
rations- and advantages to which the
United States would have been en?
titled if it were a ratifying party to
the said treaty, the President of the
United States shall have power by
proclamation to prohibit commerce
between thc United States and Ger?
many and the making of loans and
credits and the furnishing of tinan- j
cial assistance or supplies to the
German government or the inhabi
tants of Germany, directly or indi
rectly. by the government of the
United States or the inhabitants of
the United States.
"Any violations of the prohibtions
contained in such proclamatjjon by
the President shall be punishable as
provided in Section 16 of the trading
with the enemy act
"Further resolved, That the United
States reaffirms the policy expressed
in the act of Congress of August 29,
1916. as follows:
" 'It is hereby declared the policy
of the United States to adjust
and settle its international disputes
through mediation or arbitration to
the end that war may be honorably
avoided. It looks with apprehension
and disfavor on a general increase
of armament throughout the world,
and the authorization and request
made in said act to the President
that he invite all the governments
of the world to send representa?
tives to a conference which shall be
charged with the duty of formulat
ing a plan for a court of arbitration
or other tribunal to which disputed
questions between nations shall be
referred for adjudication and peace?
ful settlement and to consider the
question of disarmament and to sub?
mit, their recommendations to their
respective governments for approval
is hereby renewed.'
"Further resolved in the language
of said act, That the representatives
of the United States in said confer?
ence 'shall be qualified for the mis?
sion by eminence in the law and
by devotion to the cause of peace'
and said representatives shall be ap?
pointed by the President, by and
with the advice and consent of the
Senate."
Treaty's Defeat Betrays
Democracy, Says Bryan
Coiossal Crime Against America
and Whole World, Com*
moner Asserts
NEW HAVEN, March 20.?William
Jennings Bryan, who was on his way
to Boston from New York to-day, in an
interview on the rejection of the
treaty, said:
"The defeat of the treaty is a coiossal
crime against our own country and the
world. If we allow a minority of the
Senate to dictate thejjolicy of the Sen?
ate on this momentous question we be
try democracy and turn our faces
backward toward arbitrary power, and
arbitrary power as exercised by a few
is scarcely less hateful than arbitrary
power as exercised by one."
Mr. Bryan also said: "The action of
the Senate is the more disgraceful be?
cause the rejection was brought about
by a union between a group of Demo?
crats and the irreconcilable foes of the
treaty, whom the Democrats have been
denouncing for eight months. If the
action of the Senate is permitted tc
stand we invite confusion at home and
chaos abroad. But the action of the
Senate should not be allowed to stand !
as the verdict of the nation. The ma?
jority in Congress should assert itself ;
at once, first, by declaring the war |
at an end; second, by declaring in j
favor of the nation's participation in j
the league of nations on such terms i
as the majority shall agree upon; j
third, by proposing an amendment to*
the Constitution permitting a major?
ity of the Senate and House to ratify
a treaty by joint resolution, and in the
same way define the nation's foreign
policy, thus making it as easy to end
a war as to begin it.
"In the mean time the people should
wire and write to Senators and the
President urging ratification. A change
of four votes will be sufficient."
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Failure of Treaty
Blamedon Wilson
Editorial Comment of
Papers in V. S. Deplore
Delay in Peace Plan
Editorial comment of newspapers in
some of the principal American cities on
the defeat of the peace treaty follows:
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
The final rejection of the peace treaty
with its covenant for a league of na?
tions doubtless ends, so far as the Sen?
ate is concerned, a controversy which
tha country has viewed with growing
impatience. The issue now will go to
the people, and it is perhaps just as
well. After all, a treaty which pro?
posed such departures from the doc
trines of Washington would have little
weight unless the nation were behind
it. On the plain proposition of a treaty
with reservations or a treaty without
reservations there is little doubt as to
the decision of the people. Either they
will have an Americanized treaty or
none at all.
New Orleans Times-Picayune
It is well that the shameful and
humiliating chapter of the treaty de?
bate in the Senate is flnished.
It is better to have no treaty than a
treaty which carries with it reserva?
tions and expressions insulting to our
former allies. . . . It is better to be
out of a league of nations.
Necessarily there will be appeal to
the voters of America. They, after all
will have the decision. * '
Americans who think first for Amer?
ica may well pray that those who speak
for the various groups may evolve from
their number some who can rise above
the demagoguery and the cant that has
filled the Senate c-hapters of the "Con
gressional Record" for so many months.
Meantime, technically we are still at
war!
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch
The American people are in the wilder
ness, without a Moses. Their govern?
ment is unable to function on the most
momentous question since the declara
tion of war?the question of peace and
guaranties of peace. Party leadership '
has utterly failed.
The Republican Senators and the
President, with the support of his
Democratic followers, contributed to |
the defeatist victory of the battalion of
death. . . .
Lodge and his partisans, the Presi?
dent and his partisans, are participators
in the mess of failure in Washington.
What next? We must have peace.
We must bc rid of the status of war
which hampers all our activities. The
vital question now is not who killed the
treaty, but what satisfactory substitute
can be found. What have the slayers I
of the peace treaty to offer the people
whom they represent and have be
trayed ? . . . .
The sovereignty is in the people. and
they must redeem the government from
the disgrace and humiliation caused by !
the disabilities of party leadership.
They must save it from the conse
quences of party bankruptcy and fac
tiona! divisions. They must set up a !
government that will function on all i
questions that concern the public wel- i
fare.
Philadelphia Public Ledger
There will bc no dispqsition to re-'
lieve the Senate of its own responsibil?
ity for the failure, nor Senator Lodge.
in particular, from the renroach of
bitter partisanship which has charac
terized his course with respect to the
treaty. . . . But even this combina?
tion of blind partisanship, bitter re
sentment and narrow insularity might
not have succeeded in wrecking the
work of the peace conference and st.ul
tifying thc nation in the eyes of the
world had it not been for the irresisti
ble position of the President. His re?
fusal to consider the Senate at any'
stage of the peace negotiations. his
arrogant demand that his completed
work must be accepted without the dot
ting of an "i" or the crossing of a "t,"j
his unwillingnes? to heed the warningsj
of growing sufferinrj and chaos abroad
or to accept interpretations and res?
ervations that were entirely acceptable
to the Allies must be considered as the!
causes finally responsible for the vote
in the Senate on Saturday.
Cleveland Plain Dealer
"Had the President been willing to
leave to his friends in the Senate a
larger measure of discretion as to when
and how much to concede for the sake
of getting the treaty through, it is pos?
sible that the Senate months ago would
have ratified the in3trument in a form
acceptable to our Allies, and the United
States would have passed out of the
twilight zone between war and peace.
The Democratic leadership in the Sen?
ate, doubtless responsive to the will of
the White House, required too long to
entertain the idea of concession. The
longer friends of the treaty stood ada
mant the firmer became its opponents.
San Francisco Bulletin
"The Senate has done with the treaty,
and it is for the people to say whether
they will have done with these Senators
who are responsible for keeping Amer
Burleson Rebuked
As Women 9s Critic
From The Tribune'e Washington Buim.%
WASHINGTON, March 20.?
Postmaster General Burleson, at
a dinner party last week, was
talking of the part American
women played in the war. He
deplored at some length their
spending energy in seeking pub?
licity, getting their pictures in
the newspapers, and donning new
and attractive uniforms. Eng?
iish women, he said, buckled down
to war work witfc better spirit,
and infinitely giWater practical
results.
Mrs. George Barnett, wife of
the commandant of the Marine
Corps, listened with rising ire.
"Mr. Postmaster General," she
broke in at last, "I perceive that
you are as ignorant of the Amer?
ican female as you are of the
American mail."
ica out ?f peace and out of partnership
with t'.e nations pledged to its preser
vation.
"But. looking to the question as an
election issue, 'The Bulletin' is im
pelled to insist upon consideration of
its suggestion that the fate of the
treaty be decided by a referendum sep?
arate and distinct from but conducted
at the same time as the voting for
Presidential candidates."
Buffalo Express
It lookS as if the purpose of the Ad?
ministration Senators is to see if the
President is not now convinced that
hjs original treaty is impossible and
if he will not release them from any
obligation to support him further. It
is not improbable that several of the
Administration Senators as individuals
have made up their minds that they
have gone as far with Mr. Wilson as
they can and will reverse themselves
on the next text whether he consents
or not.
Kansas City Star
The peace treaty with the league oC
nations is dead. It has been killed by
the President. In the Senate yester?
day, including the pairs, there was a
majority of eighteen for thc American
ized treaty, but the President refused
to release the seven Senators whose
votes would have ratified the docu
ment. Obviously there is no use wast
ing more time over the treaty. It was
negotiated by a President whose ap?
peal to the country in advance for a
vote of confidence had been refused
him. The Senate has spent nine
months on it and voted on it twice.
Each time a majority has been ready
to ratify the treaty with the rserva
tions. Each time the President has
blocked action. He has set his heart
on autocratically forcing the treaty
down the country's throat in the face
of a strong majority in the Senate and
of course in the House as well. He
will not succeed. . . . There is
still the task of framing some practical
program to promote the cause of peace
through extending the domain of arbi
tration and providing for more effec?
tive administration of international
law. That task must be left to some
less autocratic and visionary Presi?
dent.
Louisville Courier-Journal ,.
The enemies of Woodrow Wilson and
of tho Democratic party, with the
champio/is of national cowardice and
dishonor, niggardliness and selfishness,
have their way.
They have crushed the league of na?
tions, the only structure ever contrived
for pacification of mankind and its
redomption from thc rule of the brute.
. . . Such is the voice, not of the
great-mass of the people, but of a
little bunch of politicians, but it will
be heard the earth over not as a voice
of a few politicians, but as thc voice
of America.
Boston Herald
While the peace treaty ha;; bcon
dead so many times that we hesitate
to pronounce thc latest happenings as
final, it very much looks as if that waa
the case. If so, we regret the out
conie as highly unfortunate. It is an
indietment of the capacity of our de?
mocracy to do business. Both parties
have been to blame for this result?
the President and the "irreconcilables."
Boston Transcript
The Senate has saved America and
America will sustain the Senate. It is
a great victory, a victory for straight
Americanism at home and abroad.
Chicago Tribune
So Mr. Wilson himself sealed the
fate of the covenant. The event makes
sardonic comment on his statccraft.
At Paris he made repeated sacrifice of
principle to save the covenant. But
at Washington he would make no con
cession to the demand for safeguards
in his country's interest. There is a
consistency of egotistic purpose in this
which must be recognized. But we do
not think history will write it down as
??-dmirable.
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The superdreadnought Maryland, de?
signed as the most powerful battleship
in the world, was launched here to-day
with Mrs. E. Brooke Lee, Vife of the
Comptroller of the State of Maryland,
as sponsor.
Secretary Daniels, Governor Richie
of Maryland, and a number of other
naval offieials and state officers attended
the launching, which was the first pub?
lic one held here since the United
States entered the war.
Mrs. Daniels, Mrs. Harris Franklin
and Mrs. Henry V. Cabell, of Maryland,
were Mrs. Lee's matrons of honor. Rear
Admiral Fletcher, commandant of tb?
5th Naval District; Rear Admiral Bur
rage, of the Hampton Roads Naval Base.
and Brigadier General Hagood, com?
mander of Camp Eustis, also were in
the launching party, which later in
spected the shipyard, Fortress Monroe
and the Hampton Roads Naval Base.
Secretary Daniels made the trip on
the Presidential yacht Mayflower, on
which the post launching luncheon was
served. The naval yacht Sylph, carry?
ing the Maryland delegation in Con?
gress, was late in arriving as the re?
sult of grounding on a sand bar near
Old Point, and those on board did not
see the launching.
The Maryland is the first of four |
ships of her class to be launched and j
is one of the ten superdreadnoughts
authorized in the first three-year build- !
ing program adopted in 191*0. With al
length of 624 feet over all, a beam of ;
07 feet and full load displacement of
32,950 tons, she is the largest fighting
craft built for the American navy, and
when commissioned will be one of the
most powerful battleships in the world.1
Originally designed to carry twelve i
14-inch rifles, the plans for the ship j
were so changed during the war that
she will have instead eight 16-inch
guns?the first of this size ever mounted
on a ship. They will be placed two
each in four turrets on the center
line, two forward and two aft. They |
will be larger by one inch than the i
great guns of the British ships of the !
Queen Elizabeth class, which were used
in the bombardment of the Dardanelles.
For 8 Slayers
Of Lord Mayor
Continued from page ons
throughout Kerry early this morning.
A number of them were put aboard a
destroyer by military authorities, their
destination presumably being an Eng?
iish prison.
CORK, Ireland. March 20.?A special
meeting of the Cork Citv Council will
.be held to-night, and Mayor MacCur?
tain s body will be removed to the City
Hall, where it will He in state.
When the police visited Mayor Mac?
Curtain s house to make inquiries for
mquest purposes they were refused ad?
mission. The Lord Mayor's body,
draped in the Sinn Fein Vo'lunteer uni?
form, lay all day in his residence,
which was guarded by volunteers. The
body will lie in state in the Citv Hall
from to-night until Mondav, when a
public funeral will be held."
Two hours after the murder a large
force of military visited MacCurtain's
home and searched the room where the
body was lying.
Thus far the identity of the murder?
ers has not been discovered, nor has
any motive for the murder &een as
signed. It is held that tlie crime could
not have been committed by Sinn Fein?
ers against one of tneir own number,
and many rcsidents of Cork are ex?
pressing fear of reprisals which may
Hffect all of Ireland.
The murder of MacCurtain followed
an attempt Thursday night against the
life of Professor Stockley, who was an
Alderman in the Cork Corporation in
the Sinn Fein interests.
The City Hall was closed to-day and
all business in the municrhal offices was
suspended. The Sinn Fein flag floated
at haif mast over the building and a
mourning.card on the main entrance
door bore the inscription: "Closed in
consequence of the death of Thomas
MacCurtain, first Republican Lord
Mayor of Cork." Various functions
conr.ected with the public life of the
city have been cancelled.
Lloyd George Says Turk
Cannot Escape Justice
LONDON, March 20.?Premier* Lloyd
George yesterday discussed theTnrkish
question with the Indian caliphate dele- j
gation headed by Mohamed Ali, who de?
clared thaj Turkey should have all her
prc-war territory restored. The Pre?
mier replied:
"I do not understand Mr. Mohamed
Ali to claim indulgence for Turkey, he
claims justice and justice she will get.
Austria has had justice: Germany has
had justice?pretty terrible justice.
Why should Turkey escape?
"Turkey thought she had a feud
with us. Why did she come in and
try to stab us and destroy liberty
throughout the world while we were
engaged in this life-and-death strug?
gle?
"Is there any reason why we should
apply a different measure to Turkey
than we meted out to the Christian
communities of Germany and Austria?
"I want the Mahometans to get it well
into their minds that we are-not treat
ing Turkey severely because she is
Mahometan. We are applying equally
the same principle to her as to Austria,
which is the greatest Christian com?
munity."
Referring to the temporal power of
the caliphate the Premier said he could
not interfere in a religious question, in
which Mahometan3 themselves differed.
The delegation requested that the
Armenian massacres be investigated by
an international commission on which
the Moslems were represented.
Regarding the Armenian massacres,
thc Premier said the Allies were bound
in the interests of civilization to exer
cise control of some sort, since the
Turkish government was incapable of
protecting its own subjects.
"I want to give this feeling to the
Mussulmans of India, who stood loyally
by the throne and the empire," said
the Premier: "We recognize that they
have the right to be heard in a matter
which especially affects Islam. We have
largely deferred to their Jwishes in the
matter. The settlement was very lamge
ly affected by the opinion of the Mus?
sulmans of India."
?
Turks Adjourn as Protest
Chamber of Deputies Resents
Allied Occupation
CONSTANTINOPLE, March 18 CDe
layed).?The Turkish Chamber of Dep
uties adjourned sine die to-day as a
protest against Allied occupation of
this city and the deportation of a num?
ber of Turkish National ist leaders.
"Reds" Attack
Finns on Front
Of 1,500 Miles
Murcnan Railroad Is Used as
Base in New Offensive
Begun by the Soviet Gov?
ernment Against Finland
Ekaterinodar Is Captured
Town in Ciscaucasia, 75
Miles From Novorossisk,
Reported Taken March 18
WASHINGTON, March 20.?Using
the Murman railroad as a base, the
Bolsheviki have started an offensive
against Finlsnd, according to official
dispatches received to-day at the Fin
nish Legation here. The advices said
the Bolsheviki were concentrated at
Hyrsyls and Rajakontu and that their
apparent objectives were Sucmussalmt,
Kuolajarvi, Lieflsa. Inari and Kuu
sarao. y
The front of attack is from the Lake
of Ladoga to the Arctic Ocean, ap?
proximately 1,500 miles. Officiskls at
the legation here believe it was made
on this front to divert attention from
the front between the Lake of Ladoga
and the Gulf of Finland, which is
nearest the heart of Russia.
CONSTANTINOPLE, March 20 f By
The Associated Press).?Dispatches
from Novorossysk yesterday said that
Ekaterinodar fell on March 18. ^Ekate?
rinodar is about seventy-five miles in?
land in Ciscaucasia from Novorossysk,
on the Black Sea.) It is not said posi?
tively that "Red" troops took posses?
sion of Eka*?nnodar, but, as a Bolshe?
vik radio dec'ared the "Reds" were
within a T*w mttea of that town on
March IS, lt is believed here its cap?
ture by the Bolsheviki has been ef
fected.
General Schilling. who was in com?
mand of the anti-Bolsheviki forces in
Odessa when that city was taken by
the Bolsheviki. is being tried by court
martial at Novorossysk for his failure
to hold Odessa.
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