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?Cox Appeals
To Louisiana
For Suffrage
State Owes It to the Party
to Ratify Amendment
at Once, He Telegraphs
Democratic Chairman
Sees No Sign of
After-War Ruin
Addresses Meeting of Golf
Enthusiasts, Referring
in Jest to Prohibition
Trim a Staff C&rrespondtnt
DAYTON, Ohio, July 7.?Governor
James M. Cox, the Democratic nominee
for President, between puffs on an old
briar pipe, told callers who visited him
to-day in his office in "The News" that
he proposed to campaign as vigorously
a3 was physically possible. Most of
his day was taken up with reading
congratulatory messies.
The Governor paused long enough to
answer a telegram from Frank J.
Looney, chairman of the Democratic
State Central Committee of Louisiana,
who had asked the nominee's views on
the Federal Suffrage Amendment which
is pending in the Louisiana Legis?
lature. The Governor telegraphed:
"I have your wire as chairman of the
Democratic State Central Committee of
Louisiana on the subject of the ratifi?
cation of the Suffrage Amendment by
the General Assembly. I can only ex?
press my opinion. It, is) that the Legis?
lature owes it as a duty to the Demo?
cratic party to ratify at once."
Speaking" to-night at the Dayton
Country Club before several hundred
members, Governor Cox said:
"A, Presidents campaign is a great
university. Political contests are neces?
sary. This great country has given too
much recent attention to commercial?
ism. It certainly behooves us, at least
once every four years, to lift our eyes
from the ledger and put them on the
' flag.
"It is almost imperative for the na?
tional good that the country shall have
opportunity to choose between two or
even three political parties.
Sees No Ruin Because of War
"I do not believe that the country
is hurrying to ruin just because the
war has bequeathed us a certain rest?
lessness. I am sure things will come
out all right, especially if we continue
to have competition in politics and
good fellowship in our individual rela?
tions such as is made possible through
the playing of golf.
"The arrangements for the gathering
were made long before the convention.
Six days ago those in charge became
doubtful whether I'd come, but I de?
termined to be present whether I had
to wear crep? or ribbons.
"Senator Harding and I spoke dur?
ing the winter at a meeting of Ohio
daily editors. After the Senator had
spoken one of the members of the as?
sociation took the platform to pro?
pose that Harding and Cox might well
fes selected to head the tickets of the
two leading political parties.
"I mentioned to Senator Harding at
that time that it might look as though
he and I had framed up, arranged to
play the game together.
"I told him that he might warn the
Republicans that Ohio would go for
Cox if he were not nominated, while I
could offer a similar scare to the Demo?
crats by pointing out the Harding
danger.
"But regardless of the consequences
of the November election, Senator
Harding and I will always be the same
fpiendid friends we have been for these
mfiiiy years." /
T'1,-t-f? the Governor was interrupted
by :?.-. ?.lause and cheers as his hearers
ahoute.i their approval of the two Ohio
editors.
Refers to Prohibition
. Only once did the Governor refer to
impending issues and then he said:
"Have you noticed that-your morning
game is better than your evening game
?specially since -" he paused and
there was a laugh above which was
heard in a deep, doleful voice, "pro?
hibition."
The Governo? aroused the greatest
enthusiasm in his audience of golfers,
most of whom are playing this week
m a tournament for a prize cup of
j jered by the Governor, when he said
' that every community should have a
Public golf- course, that men of large
means should aid to bring this about,
i he game, he said, is no longer ex?
clusively for the rich. He said that
his own well being depended on regu?
lar golf.
^Two of the messages that Governor
\?x enjoyed keenly were from Henry
watterson and Jake Daubert, first
Jaseman of the Cincinnati Reds. Mr.
?atterson telegraphed:
"Your nomination revitalizes Democ?
racy. It will stir the heart of the na?
tion with a reflection of a triumphant
P?st and the forecast of a radiant
jutnro. To the bosom of one old Ken
tuckian it brings a flood of fighting
memories along with the assurance of
Slorlous victory."
Jake Daubert wrote:
. 'It is in the stars that the Reds
*'?' win the pennant.' It is in the
?ars that Jimmy Cox will win the
?residency."
DAYTON, Ohio, July 7.?Governor
?mes M. Cox, the Democratic Presiden
"al *?ndidatjs, announced to-day that he
w?iM delay formulation of his eam
?? f? p,ans until i he had had an oppor?
tunity to go over the situation with his
managers, most of whom left San Fran
."?? yesterday.
?uv !?.a* Baid by those in close touch
J'tn the cand?ate that he contemplated
wijductrng his campaign chiefly from
MMUmbus, where he will necessarily have
' ..?* much o? the time in connection
t?* ]"* duties as Governor. His Day
?n friends, however, anticipate that
r* "ome city will be one of the principal
^?rv? centers in the campaign, and that
P? small part of his campaign work will
?".WB?ucted from his newspaper office.
" Mi been the practice of the Governor
jeeorae home ea-h Friday from Colum
w? and spend the week end- with\his
Wmily at Trail's End and at nis news
???per office. *
No political conferences of impor
wnce aro canted until the party lead
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Harding W?l Receive
Suffragists on July 22
WASHINGTON, July 7.?St?
ator Harding will receive a dele
gation'of suffragists in Marion on
July 22, the day on which he will
be notified formally of his nom?
ination.
"Every effort is being made to
win the thirty-sixth state," Sena?
tor Harding to-day told Mrs. John
Gordon Batelle, president of the
Ohio Woman's Republican Club,
who visited him in Marion, ac?
cording to a telegram received at
suffrage headquarters here.
Harding Begins
Writing Speech
Of Acceptance
Plans an Early Start, but
Finds Administration
Building Doors Locked
When He Arrives There
Pleased at Johnson's Aid
"Interest in Party" Will Be
Urged in Campaign;
Predicts It Will Be Fad
Special Dispatch to The Tribune
MARION, Ohio, July 7.?Warren G.
Harding put in a long day at his desk
to-day devoting most of his time to
his acceptance speech, which he is
writing out in long hand.
The Republican presidential candi?
date was through breakfast by seven
o'clock and crossed the yard to the
campaign headquarters in the house
next door ready for a hard day's work.
But the place was locked and the
nominee had to sit on the front step
until his secretary, George B. Christ?
ian jr., arrived with the keys.
A copy of Senator Hiram Johnson's
statement announcing he would sup?
port the ticket reached tue Senator
later in the afternoon and met his ap?
proval.
"I am glad to know that Senator
Johnson is going to give the ticket his
support," Senator Harding said, after
reading the statement. "I would much
rather have his support put on the
grounds that the platform is appealing
rather than on interest in the nomi?
nee. We are going to insist on inter?
est in the party this time. It's going
to be a fad in this campaign."
Although the general expectation is
that Governor Cox, the Democratic can?
didate, will make an extended speech
making tour during his campaign, Sena?
tor Harding to-day insisted that his
own plan for remaining on his front
porch here is unchanged.; When a
caller to-day told him Governor Cox's
plan for an aggressive campaign th?
Republican candidate replied with a
smile: "I should imagine he would,
but that doesn't change my plans any."
Does Not Use Typewriter
Senator Harding is writing out his
acceptance speech in long hand. He
uses a pencil and pad, having acquired
the habit years ago in writing edi?
torials for "The Marion Star." He
never learned to use a typewriter and,
like many of the older generation of
editors, believes that his thoughts flow
more freely through his pencil than
when hammering a typewriter and dic?
tating to a stenographer.
"I never used a typewriter in my
life," he said, describing his method of
working. "I write along as I think. It
is a habit of thirty years which most
of the oldsr pchool of newspaper men
followed. I couldn't any more write
with a typewriter than I could run a
flying machine."
"But I hope you won't think I wi
reactionary because I stick to the old
fashioned way," he said facetiously.
Invitations urging the Senator to
make speeches continue to pour in.
To-day he was invited to speak at the
convention of Indiana editors at Tur?
key Run on July 80, but was obliged
to decline.
Frederick E. Schortemeier, secretary
of the Indiana State Republican Commit?
tee, extended the invitation. He also
asked Mrs. Harding to. serve as a judge
of the saddle horse class at the Indiana
State Horse Show. Mrs. Harding was
an expert horsewoman in her younger
days.
"The feeling in Indiana is strong for
Senator Harding," Schortemeier said.
"The reaction of Cox's nomination
brought no particular enthusiasm
among the Democrats, so far as I could
observe."
Republican observers here who
have recently been in Indiana, ex?
pressed the belief that women would
support Harding rather than Cox as a
general rule, and that the votes of
church members would not go to Cox
because of his supposed liberal posi?
tion on the prohibition question. His
stand in favor of the League of Na?
tions, however, is expected to help him
with both groups of voters.
Preparations are going forward here
for the acceptance ceremonies. Badges
for the reception committee are being
(Continued on pate rnroej
Marshall Is Glad
He Isn'i Nominee
Thinks the Result Pleased
Every One* but Election
Will Not Be a Prise
LOS ANGELES, July 7.--Vice-Presi
dent Marshall, who arrived to-day after
attending the Democratic National
Convention, said he "guessed every one
was pleased with the result at San
Francisco."
"My part in it pleases me," he said.
"I told every one I did not want any?
thing political. I have had eight years
in Washington and I am satisfied. I
know what the White House is. I be?
lieve the man who wants, to get into
th? White House, and does, will want
to get out as soon as possible.
"J want to get back into private life
so I can walk down the street and look
the citizens in the eye without wonder?
ing whether they are pointing with
pride to me or viewing me with alarm."
Mr. Marshall said he- and Mrs. Mar?
shall would "loaf" in Los Angeles a
'day or two and then go to Coronado
Beach. w
Irish Plan a
Heavy Blow,
London Fears
Epidemic of Resignations
by Civil Servants May
Portend a New Move
Against the Government
Latest Sinn Fein
Tactics Baffling
Native Courts Flourish,
While Old Assizes Can't
Get Jurors or Litigants
By Frank Getty
From The Tribune's European Bureati
Copyright, 1920, New York Tribuns Inc.
LONDON, July 7.?The Dublin corre?
spondent of "The Star" to-day predicts
developmemts in Irish affairs "more
astounding and disquieting than any
?prhich have gone before." He says an
alarming situation exists in at least
two counties, where certain civil forces
of the Crown are reported to have ex?
hibited a spirit of revolt. In one par?
ticular section fourteen resignations
were sent, to headquarters simultane?
ously.
Coupled with the railway men's
stand against carrying armed forces or
munitions on the trains in Ireland,
this epidemic of resignations among
the civil servants, which "The Star"
correspondent says is growing more
widespread daiiy, leads many to be?
lieve that an important blow at the
government may be struck soon.
New Move Puzzles British
There seems to be a growing tend?
ency of the Irish Republican or Sinn
F?in movement to move away from vio?
lence and outrage toward the establish?
ment of civil and legal authority of
its own. The blow which the estab?
lishment of republican courts has
dealt the government is considerably
more serious than spectacular attacks
on empty police barracks, for the Brit?
ish, who never found difficulty in meet?
ing force with force, are seriously
handicapped in their efforts to counter
this latest move of the Sinn F?in in
transferring to its own ends the ma?
chinery of justice and local govern?
ment,
To-day we have the spectacle of as?
sizes all over the country unable to
proceed with their criminal cases be?
cause only a sprinkling of the jurors
who are summoned have appeared. All
had received instructions from "com?
petent military authorities of the Irish
Republican Army" not to attend.
At Wat?rford, where about fifteen
out of 150 grand, petit and special
jurors reported for duty, the missing
men were fined ?100, ?25 and ?10, re?
spectively.
Sinn F?in Courts Effective
In contrast to this situation, Sinn
F?in courts throughout the country
are working effectively. Those in
twenty-six counties have superseded
ordinary official courts, receiving rec?
ognition from all parties and attracting
to them Unionist landlords, solicitors
and lawyers. The spectacle of a Loy?
alist landlord, unable to obtain satis?
faction in a court established by the
government, taking his case to a Sinn
F?in court and obtaining justice from
a jury and judge of his traditional en?
emies is amusing, perhaps, even if
somewhat thought-producing.
There certainly is a reaction ap?
parent in England. '.'The Times," which
eould not by any stretch of the imagi?
nation be considered sympathetic to?
ward Ireland, urges editorially that the
government make some offer which may
be accepted by the Sinn F?in leaders
before it is too late. "The Times" be?
lieves, and many Irish sympathizers
agree, that the time is now ripe for a
move toward conciliation on the part
of the British government, and that a
genuine offer commensurate with Ire?
land's wishes might meet with success.
Profiteers Fined $16,500
Three New York State Sugar
Dealers Plead Guilty
BINGHAMTON, N. Y., July 7.?
Robert B. James, Albert Inman and
Harry Martin, all of Oswego, who
pleaded guilty to an indictment charg?
ing conspiracy and profiteering in the
sale of ninety tons of. sugar, were
fined $16,600 by United States Asso?
ciate Judge Frank B. Cooper to-dayf
The fine was paid and the defendants
were discharged. The court recessed
until July 26.
LordsDemandRetrenchment
British Government Defeated
by Vote of 95 to 23
LONDON, July 7.?The government
suffered a defeat in the House of Lords
to-night when Baron Middleton's reso?
lution strongly urging retrenchment in
national expenditure was adopted by
a vote of 95 to 28.
The resolution also demanded that
the government appoint special com?
missioners empowered to wind up ex?
isting departments for special war ser?
vice and reduce to a normal level other
inflated establishments.
"?? III. ."" ." "
SpeechaLost in War
Recovered by Bowling
NIAGARA - ON - THE-LAKE,
Ontario, July 7.?Dumb for three
years as the result of being shell
shocked in the war, Trooper W.
Hart suddenly recovered his
speech here to-day in the excite?
ment of a bowling game.
He was playing with the Davis
ville Military Hospital team.
W. H. Pendleton
Contradicted in
Elwell Case
Taxi Driver Says He Took
Mrs. Pendleton to Station
Morning of the Crime;
Husband Swore He Did
Swann Discloses the Facts
Slain Turfman's Former
Partner Says Prosecutor
Is Mixed in His Dates
District Attorney Swann gave out a
statement yesterday pointing out ap?
parent discrepancies in declarations
made by William H. Pendleton concern?
ing the whereabouts of his motor car
on the"morning Joseph Bowne Elwell
was shot in his home, at 244 West
Seventieth Street. He also received
from Mrs. Josephine Peet Wilmerding,
of Narragansett Pier, R. I., an emphatic
denial of statements made by a former
housekeeper for Mr. Elwell as to Mrs.
Wilmerding's acquaintance with Elwell.
According to District Attorney Swann,
witnesses declare that Mr. Pendleton's
motor car was in Manhattan the morn?
ing of June 11, when Elwell met death,
and a taxicab was called to take Mrs.
Pendleton from her home in Long
Island to the railroad station, whereas
Mr. Pendleton's statements are that his
car was on Long Island and he used it
to take his wife to the railroad station.
Mr. Pendleton's reply was to repeat
his assertion that his car was in Cedar
hurst, L. I., the night of June 10-11.
|He told in detail how he spent the day
before Elwell's murder and the day it?
self, giving the names of the persons
he was with, to show that he was in
Long Island and not in Manhattan and
that his car was with him. The move?
ments of his car described by the Dis?
trict Attorney, he said, corresponded to
those of the night of June 7-8 and he
thought Mr. Swann had got his dates
mixed. Mr. Swann's statement follows:
"Pendleton testified tltat on Thurs?
day night, June 10, 1920, he dined at
Blossom Heath Inn, at Lynbrook, near
Long Beach, and that he went to bed
about 12 o'clock in his home at Cedar
hurst; that on the following morning-r
Friday, June 11?he took the car out
of the garage and took Mrs. Pendleton
to the 10:26 train for New York.
Doyle's Testimony
"Against that testimony there is the
statement of John Doyle, the night man
of the Atlas Garage. 9 East Fifty-sec?
ond Street, that early on the morning
of Friday, June 11, at about 2 o'clock,
or thereabouts, Pendleton's car was
brought to that garage by a man whom
he recognized as Oliver W. Bird, resid?
ing at 64 East Eighty-sixth Street, and
that he drove with Bird in that car
to a place on Madison Avenue, .tear
. ifty-fifth Street, where Bird entered
the building and remained a half hour.
"John Doyle then drove with Bird to
Sixty-second Street and Fifth Avenue,
and Bird then went to his home, 64
East Eighty-sixth Street, where Bird
was left.
"Doyle then took the car toward the
garage, and at Fifty-fifth Street and
Mt.dison Avenue he met a man (George
B. Post jr., of Post & Flagg), who
called out from the sidewalk, 'That is
Penny's car.' Post was in front of the
building which Bird had previously
entered. Doyle stopped and took Post
into the car and drove to Sixty-second
Street and Fifth Avenue, and then took
the car back to the garage; that tho
car remained in the garage from that
time until after 7 o'clock in the morn?
ing, when he, Doyle, left the garage.
"Another witness, w?io Is employed
in the day time at this garage, Sam
Plaze, has informed? the District At?
torney that the car was there on three
different days that week; that he
worked on. the car; that it was there
on the morning of June 11, when he
arrived there at about 8 o'clock, and
that later that morning while he was
working upstairs somebody took the
car away. The car has not been in
tho Atlas Garage since the morning of
June 11.
"Another flat contradiction is the fol?
lowing: P
"Pendleton testified that on Friday
morning, June 11, he went to his garage,
adjoining his house at Cedarhurst, and
took out his car and drove his wife
to the railroad station, taking the
10:26 train. That he then drove around
Cedarhurst village for about an hour,
but he could not name any person to
whom he talked in the village. He
testified that he went to the railroad
station at Jamaica and telephoned to
Mrs. Bird and waited for her until
about 11:30, and that he then drove
her in his car to the racetrack, where
Bird met him later.
"Against this we have the testimony
of the proprietor of the taxi service
(Continued sn pao* wven)
Ohio Leaders Want Harding
To 4Swing Around Circuit9
.^^^^^^^^^^^i .^^i^i -?i??-??.
CHICAGO, July 7.?Ohio Republican,
leaders, who conferred to-day with Will
H. Hays, chairman of the Republican
National Committee, were reported to
have disapproved of the "front porch"
campaign plan3 for Senator Harding.
They favored a "swing around the cir?
cuit" for the Republican candidate in?
stead of the campaign plan that has
been advocated in some quarters."
Among Ohioans who conferred with
the national chtirman were Harry M.
Daugherty,' Senator Harding's pre-con
ventlon campaign manager, and George
H. Clark chairman of the Ohio Repub?
lican State Committee. A. T. Hert. na?
tional eommitteeman from Kentucky,
and I. A. Caswell, Minnesota eommit?
teeman, also took dp the situation in
their states.
i
"We haven't the slightest appre?
hension about Ohio," Mr. Cook said.
The va?guard of the Democratic
forces returning from the San Fran?
cisco convention arrived to-dav. It was
composed of Judge Samuel Seabury, of
New York, and a group of Eastern dele?
gates.
Before July 22, when Mr. Hays ex?
pects to attend the notification cere?
monies at the home of Senator Hard?
ing, it is expected that leaders from
most of the states west of the Alle
ghanies will come for conferences.
Chairman Hays declined to comment
directry on the nomination of Gov?
ernor Cox. Instead he expressed satis?
faction with .the general situation and
paid tribute to Senator Harding. The
Republican leaders insisted that their
campaign plan would be directed at
.the D?mocratie ftjSatform and not the
nominee. g$
U. S. Removes
Ban on Trade
With Russia
Will License Shipments
of All but War Supplies
After Enforcing Bar?
rier for Three Years
No Recognition of
Political Nature
All Business at Risk of
Dealers, Without Mail
or Passport Facilities
From The Tribune's Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, July 7.?The State
Department to-dav abolished the re?
strictions which for nearly three
years have prevented commerce be?
tween the United States and Russia.
It was made plain, however, that the
department's action was not a fore?
runner of political recognition of the
Soviet government.
Licenses for Shipments of all ma?
terials, except that which may be
utilized for war purposes, will be is?
sued by the War Trade Board section
of the State Department, but all clear?
ings will bear the stipulation that the
American shippers send their goods at
their own risk.
The order lifting the ban sets forth
that no facilities for communication
between shippers and Russian pur?
chasers, either through the mails or
by the issuance of passports, will be
provided.
. Explanation of Order
One official described the depart?
ment's order, as follows:
"While the indications are that-Rus
sia has but a small quantity of raw
materials available for export, that the
purchasing power of Russia is very
limited, and that for these reasons
there will not be any considerable
trade, if any, with Russia, this govern?
ment, however, does not feel that the
law-abiding people in Russia should
be deprived of any assistance which
can be derived from such trading as
may be possible.
"The attitude of the United States
toward the recognition of any faction
in control of Soviet Russia has not
changed. This government is not will?
ing by means of political recognition
to lend positive assistance to a faction
whose disregard of the principles of
democracy is evidenced at home by the
maintenance of a minority despotism
and- abroad by an insidious campaign
of propaganda to subvert popular gov?
ernmental institutions expressive of
the will of the majority."
Official Statement Made
In announcing the resumption of
trade relations with Soviet Russia, the
State Department issued the following
statement:
"The restrictions which have here?
tofore stood/ in the way of trade and
communication with Soviet Russia
were to-day removed by action of the
Department of State. Such of these
restrictions, however, as pertain to the
shipment of materials suceptible of
immediate use for war purposes will,
for the present at least, be maintained.
"Political recognition, present or fu?
ture, of any Russian authority exer?
cising or claiming to exercise govern?
mental functions, is neither granted
nor implied by this action. It should
be emphasized, moreover, that indi-,
viduals or corporations availing them?
selves of the present opportunity to
trade with Russia will do so on their
own responsibility and at their own
risk. The assistance which the United
States can normally extend to its citi?
zens who engage in trade or travel in
some foreign country whose govern?
ment is recognized by the United States
cannot be looked for in the present
case, since there is no official or repre?
sentative Russian authority with which
this government can maintain those
relations usually subsisting between
nations.
Concessions Not Recognized
"The action which the United States
is now taking in no wise constitutes a
recognition of the validity of industrial
or commercial concessions granted by
any existing Russian authority. Amer?
ican citizens availing themselves of the
present relaxation of restrictions are
warned against the risks incident to
the acceptance of commodities or other
values, the title to which may later be
brought into question. .
"The situation which at present pre?
vails, relative to travel from or to
Russia, will be unaffected by the ' re?
moval of trade restrictions. Passports
for Russia cannot be issued, nor will
any change he made in the vis? regu?
lations now in force. *
"Since it is not desirable at this time
to undertake negotiations with the
Soviet postal authorities, the Postof?
fice Department will be unable to ac?
cept mail from or to Soviet Russia.
There has never been any parcel post
connection between the United States
and Russia, and this mode of forward?
ing goods is, therefore, unavailable."
One Death Sentence Is
Set Aside ; Two Stayed
"Sam the Landlord" Gets New
Trial; Appeals Granted Oth?
ers in Sing Sing
Special Dispatch to The Tribune
013SINING, N. Y., July 7.?Samuel
Miehalow, known as "Sam the Landlord,"
received a telegram in Sing Sing death
house ' to-night saying the Court of
Appeals had reversed his conviction on
a charge of first degree murder and
franted him a new trial. Major Lewis
Lawes, the warden, conveyed # the
message to him. "
Miehalow was convicted of instigat?
ing the murder of Mrs. Elizabeth Liz
nick at 46 St. ?Mary's Street, Yonkers.
He declared he had never been in Yon?
kers in his life. The state alleged he
sent two men to rob Mrs. Liznick's
home of $1,000 worth of bonds. The
robbers tied her to her bed and she
was found dead with the gas turned on.
Notices of appeal have? been received
at Sing Sing staying the execution of
Goy* Nichols and Mrs. Hattie Dixon un?
til the Court of Appeals hears their
cases.
.Nichols, who was 'to have been exe?
cuted to-day, was convicted of the
murder of Samuel Wolchek, in his
store, 208 Wyckoff Avenue, Brooklyn.
Mrs. Dixon, whose execution was Bet
for next Monday, was convicted of kill?
ing sixteen-year-old Margaret Morton.
Foch Says Allies Are Ready
To Make Germany
Teuton Proposal Rejected
Comply;
Entente Refuses to Allow
Fifteen More Months in
Which to Destroy Can?
non and Machine Guns
Limit of Three
Months Is Fixed
Internal Conditions Made
Basis of Germans' Plea
for Extension of Time
i Special Cable to The Tribune
Copyright, 1920, New York Tribune Inc.
SPA, Belgium, July 7.?The Allied
Premiers have decided that instead
of fifteen months in which to disarm,
asked by the German delegates at
the conference to-day, only three
months at the outside will be al?
lowed. When the Premiers meet the
Germans to-morrow they will inform
them of this inexorable decision.
Speaking on behalf of the Allied
governments, Premier Lloyd George
at to-day's meeting told the German
delegates that their request for fif?
teen months was "intolerable."
The tone of to-day's session was
more cordial than yesterday's. Pre?
mier Lloyd George as spokesman laid
aside his severe manner of yesterday.
The German delegates based their de?
mand for fifteen months' more time in
which to demobilize and disarm on the
danger of Bolshevism, saying the dis?
charged officers and men would swell
the ranks of the discontented elements.
The Germans also contended that the
rifles and ammunition could not be de?
livered, as the population had hidden
these.
Hidden Munitions a Menace
Premier Lloyd George said he un?
derstood the German difficulties. He
said the existence of such a large
quantity of arms and ammunition
among the German people constituted a
menace to the whole of Europe. He
said he no longer feared the menace
of German reactionaries, but was
much concerned about the spread of
Bolshevism. He said he felt strongly
the necessity of recovering the hidden
arms and ammunition.
"Prance dealt with her Commune
aftei* 1871; why cannot you do the
same ?" he asked the Germans.
The German Premier replied that
they had used all kinds of persuasion,
including offers of rewards, without
success. They had not yet considered
using force. The Allied spokesman de?
manded to know why possession of
arms had not been made a criminal
offense,
The German delegates withdrew for
consultation, and on returning to the
meeting declared themselves now will?
ing to advocate the use of force to re?
cover the hidden arms.
The British Premier criticized Gen?
eral von Seecht's figures and army es?
timates and it was left to the military
experts to come to some agreement
about these.
Have Reconstruction Plan
? Although the Germans came to Spa
unprepared to make any reparations
proposals, they have now changed their
minds. This developed to-day when
delegates arrived with a scheme in
their pockets for reconstructing the
devastated regions of Northern France.
They now declare that if their plan
can be incorporated in the general in?
demnity scheme an arrangement may
be possible. They are anxious that the
indemnity payments should be based
on an index figure system, the pay?
ments rising and falling with German
prosperity.
The Germans also are proposing that
the Allies should set up a council of
ambassadors in Berlin similar to the
one sitting in France.
Hugo Stinnes, the German coal ex?
pert, arrived at Spa to-day to discuss
the coal situation. The plan of the
Allies for dealing with the German
coal output includes setting up a com?
mission of control in Berlin to regu?
late distribution. The German expert
contended that the order of the Allies
to the Germans to deliver large quan?
tities of coal to the Poles interfered
with delivery of the amount required
by the treaty.
The Germans also propose to de?
mand a settlement of the question of
Upper Silesia.
SPA, Belgium, July 7 (By The As?
sociated Press).?Dr. Simons, the Ger?
man Foreign Minister, expressed the
opinion after to-day's session that
the crisis had not yet passed. The only
moment when there was any bitterness
shown at this afternoon's session waa
when'Premier Lloyd George said rather
impatiently: "You only have to make
a law to reduce your army and execute
it."
To this Simons replied: "I wish to
remind the honorable gentleman that
there are part? of the British Empire
in which there are laws concerning the
keeping of arms by subjects, which the
British Empire is unable to enforce."
The Allied demand is for imm?diat?
destruction of 12,000 cannon, which
the Allied commissioners in Germany
have under guard, together with 60,
000 machine * guns. Germany desires
to destroy the guns at the rate of
1,000 a month. The Allies hold that
this is not sufficiently rapid and ex?
press fear that the machine guns will
fall into the hands of insurrectionists.
The German Minister of Defense,
Herr Gessler, during a recess of the
conference gaid to the German news-v
paper men: "If we are compelled to
disarm then it must be done. But we
will not be responsible for internal
order in Germany."
Milierand declared to the correspond-,
ent it was most essential that there be
complete accord among the Allies,
a,nd that Germany had found that ac?
cord existed. The first evidence of
this, the French Premier 3aid, . was
when the Allies declined to discuss
disarmament in the absence of the re?
sponsible German authorities.
"Then when asked to fix * data for
di?aAtament," said M. Milierand,
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True Story of the War
Yet Untold* Says Foch
Specirl Cable to The Tribune
(OopTiifht, 1920. New York Tribune Inc.)
SPA, Belgium, July 7.?"The
true story of the war has not yet
been told," said Marshal Foch to
The Tribune correspondent to?
day. "The time has not yet come
to reveal it."
Polish Front
Has Collapsed,
Berlin Reports
Greatest Assault of War Is
Made by Bolsheviki on
Line of 720 Miles; Foes
| Fall Back at All Points
Railroad to Kovel Is Cut
Fortress of Rovno Taken by
Russians With Trains,
Guns and 1,000 Prisoners
BERLIN, July 7.?The Polish front
from the Pripet to the Carpathians has
completely collapsed and the situation
is most serious, the semi-official "All?
gemeine Zeitung" says it learns au?
thoritatively. The Russian push south?
ward frcm Kiev and Rovno T?as met
with only slight opposition.
A Warsaw dispatch to the Frankfort
"Zeitung" says the Bolsheviki have be?
gun an offensive on the north front, to
the north of the Molodechno-Polotsk
Railway, but their first attempt to
break through has failed.
WARSAW, July 7 (By The Asso?
ciated Press).?Along a front of ap?
proximately 720 miles ?the Russian
Bolsheviki have launched the greatest
attack they have ever hurled against
the Polish lines.
Faced with the necessity of shorten?
ing their line and in the face of su?
perior enemy forces on the northern
and southern flanks, the Poles have
begun a withdrawal at all points.
The Bolshevik offensive is heaviest
on the northern sectors of the front,
and it is not known here to what ex?
tent the Poles have been forced to re?
treat. Northeast of Rovno the Bol?
sheviki have advanced, cutting the rail?
road to Kovel. General Budenny con?
tinues his' raids in this region.
Severe fighting is going on along the
right flank of the Polish line and also
on the Bereslna front, where the Soviet
army has brought up large reinforce?
ments.
Famous Stronghold Taken
LONDON, July 7.?The fortress of!
Rovno, one of the famous triangle of
fortresses in Volhynia, to the east of
Dubno and Lutsk, has fallen into Bol?
shevik hands, it is announced in the?
Soviet communiqu? for Tuesday, re-1
ceived by wireless from Moscow to?
day. With it the Bolsheviki took 1,000
prisoners, two armored trains, two
tanks, two 6-inch guns and a train
with locomotives. The communiqu?
adds:
"In the direction of Prosknov (south
of Rovno) we broke through the forti?
fied zone and are driving the enemy
back along the railway (in the direc?
tion of Tarnopol and Lemberg)."
Fourth Bubonic Plague
Case in Pensacola
Worker on Wharves at Galveston
Dies From Disease, Health
Officer Announces
PENSACOLA, Fla., July 7.?The
fourth case of bubonic plague was offi?
cially reported here to-day, Henry Hud?
son, driver for an express company,
having contracted the disease.
Citizens at a mass meeting demanded
that the city commission pass an ordi?
nance providing for rat extermination.
Mayor Sanders said the ordinance
would be enacted as quickly as pos?
sible. Word came from the surgeon
general's office in Washington that un?
less rats are killed the city would be
placed under quarantine.
PORT ARTHUR, Tex., July 7.?A
negro, said to have been employed on
Galveston wharves, died Tuesday of a
disease which the city health officer
to-day announced as bubonic plague.
Back Rail Nationalization j
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British Union Opposes Return
to Pre-War System
BELFAST, July 7.?The annual con?
gress of the National Union of Rail
waymen of Great Britain, in session
here to-day, unanimously adopted a
resolution affirming its previous pro?
nouncements in favor of the national?
ization of the railways. The resolu?
tion added:
"Any attempt by the government to
allow the pre-war system again to be?
come operative will receive our most
strenuous opposition."
$1,500,000 Bid for Former
Sea Raider, Von Steuben
WASHINGTON, Julv 7.?Only one
bid for the former German passenger
ship Von Steuben was received to-day
when tenders on the vessel were
opened by the Shipping Board. It was
for? fl.500,000, from F. Eggena, of the
Foreign Trade Development Cruise.
Action on it was deferred. ,
The vessel iu sought for a round
the-world cruise to stimulate Ameri?
can foreign trade. The Von Steuben
was the former German commerce
raider Kronprinz Wilhelm, of 14,907 |
gross tons.
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Germans Must Respect
Treaty in End, French
Army Chief Tells Cor?
respondent of Tribune
Hopes That Berlin
Will Yield Quietly
Criticizes Polish Govern?
ment for Launching At?
tack on the Bolsheviki
By Ralph Courtney
Special Cable to The Tribune
Copyright, 1920, New York Tribune Inc.
SPA, Belgium, July 7.?-Marshal
Foch, who is here to advise leaders
of the Allied governments in their
negotiations with the Germans on
the enforcement of the Treaty of
Versailles, received me this morn?
ing at the villa in which the Kaiser
had his famous underground retreat
during the war.
I asked him about the failure of
the Germans to carry out- the dis?
armament provisions of the treaty.
"I hope it will not be necessary to
use force to compel the Germans to
respect the treaty to which they af?
fixed, their names," said Marshal
Foch, "but if it is necessary we are
prepared.
"As usual, the representatives of
the German government who came
here to parley with us are raising
obstructions and making difficulties.
But we must remain firm in our de?
termination. The Allied nations
must be united in purpose. If our
position is consolidated the Germans
must yield in the end.
Nothing to Fear, if United
"If our back is strong we have
nothing to fear from the enemy. We
must defend ourselves by enforcing
the fulfilment of the treaty."
Marshal Foch has been in confer?
ence in the last two days with Field
Marshal Sir Henry Wilson, British
chief of staff, on the advisability of
extending aid to the Polish armies,
which are retreating before the Bol?
sheviki. Asked about the Polish sit?
uation, and whether he had been au?
thorized to give the Poles his sup?
port, Marshal Foch said:
"Certainly not. I am too old to
believe in military adventures such
as theirs. Young nations find it dif?
ficult to restrain their activities, and
I think that is the case with Poland.
My counsel has always been one of
prudence.
"The Poles should have begun by
consolidating the internal life of
their country; then they could have
turned to external problems. De?
spite my reputation of being an im?
perialist, I do not sympathize with
expeditions of conquest, and, of
course, that is what the Polish cam?
paign started out to be."
Discusses Strategic Possibilities
Referring to the advice which
Premier Lloyd George Is said to have
given to the Polish representatives
who besought him for aid that they
ought to make peace with their ene?
mies, Marshal Foch said:
"Peace with whom, the Bolshevikit
Theirs is no government."
Discussing the strategic possibili?
ties of the Polish situation, the Mar?
shal continued :
"The Poles ought to choose a line
of great natural strength which they
could defend. They must marshal
their armies there, conforming to
that line and making their last stand
there.
"The Poles started out to go to Mos
| cow," Marshal Foch added, smiling?
ly, and tapping his head, as much as
to say that only lunatics would hav*
attempted such a venture.
"The great Napoleon lost himself
in Russia," he said. "It is easy to
enter Russia, but one comes out
faster than one goes in."
Marshal Fetch expressed satisfac?
tion over the way in which the Greek
campaign in Asia Minor was being
conducted against the Turkish Na?
tionalists under Mustapha Kemal.
When we finished talking Marshal
Foch went directly to the session of
the Supreme Council, where the
terms of the treaty with Turkey
were under consideration. It was
decided that only minor alteration i
should be made in that document.
Although there has been consider?
| able discussion among the Allied
leaders, no decision has yet be?
reached on the question of the pro?
portions which each Allied nation ii
to receive of the total sum whict
, Germany is to pay in reparation ??
damages.