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Vol. LXXX No. 26,928
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SATURDAY, AUGUST 7, 1020
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TWO ?TENTS
Greater New York
THHEE rENT.?*
Wlfhin 200 Mile?
rorn ?cent?
Elsewhere
Irish Quit
Commons as
Bill Passes
Devlin, Suspended During
Row Over Coercion Meas?
ure, Shouts, "Bring In
Army of Occupation !"
Labor Members
Also Withdraw
t -.paralleled Disorder in
House; Soldiers Wreck]
Homes in Doon Village
By Arthur S. Draper
Special i ?if:.''- to The Tribun?
Cppyrlft*-!*. 1920. New York Trihmic Inc.
LONDON. Aug. 6.?During; the i
(iobate on the Irish Coercion bill, i
?which passed its third reading in the !
House of Commons to-day. Joseph )
Pev?n, Nationalist member from ?
Belfast, was suspended from the j
house. He was followed from the ;
chamber by the remainder of the |
Irish Nationalists and all but one
of the Labor members. The ?mpres- i
jjjon was civon by this action that !
The Nationalists would now ke^P;
away from Westminster, leaving the ,
Unionist members as the only rep
resentatives of Ireland.
The vete on the coercion measure !
?was 206 to 18.
The suspension of Devlin came in
the closing hours of debate, and was :
accompanied by scenes of disorde/i
unparalleled in recent, happenings in
the House.
Devlin Defies House
Bring in your army of occupa?
tion!" Devlin ?houted to the speako*
af <?r the latter had suspended him
h instructed the sergeant-at-arms
t? ,7?k him t?. leave.
D vlin was answered by a tumult of i
fh uts, jeers and cries of "Order!"
"Order:" "Withdraw!"
"Order, order, withdraw!' Devlin;
nocked back at them. "I refuse to
withdraw, What care T for your or
d-r'' You created disorder in Ireland.
'] have no respect for the House of
i .?.mor?s, I despise ?t."
le '-?raer increased and the noise
?. . ?=?-> ?Treat Devlin's furtho'r re?*? a ??(<???
Id not be heard. It was not until
? ? House voted on the order for ap
j-- ?'..! of the order for his suspension,
2- to Y?, that he consented to leave
tT: chamber.
The trouble began when Devlin in
tro course of a speech charged the
Premier with "Contempt of Commons."
The Speaker was absent, but the Dep
u';. Speaker arose from his chai?'. Dev?
lin remained standing, which was tan?
tamount to an insult to the chair. Im?
mediately many of the members began
calling for order and shouting to the
Nationalist to withdraw.
Deputy Speaker in Clash
When the Deputy Spea :cr finally nh
ttined order he requested Devlin to
v Iraw from the chamber.
n, amid a chorus ... shouts and
jet?; from the members, i*efused em
?tatically to comply with the request.
?' demanded the presence of the Pre?
ttier and Bonar Law, leader of the
Bouse. After he had refused the re
c ? f the sergeant-at-arms to with?
draw the Speaker was sen! for and
c for a division on the. question
c! Devlin's suspension. The Speaker then
?sked him to withdraw, which Devlin did
imm?diat?>!y. He was followed by the
fc".?pathetic? members, numbering about
?forty. J. R. Clynes was the only Lahor
il mber who remained in the chamber.
r day's session was in sharp con?
trast to yesterday's, the member:-, being
< ; ;?- ? /it up to the moment of
the passage of the measure.
1 tie entered ehielt;,- on a batch of
?rnendments, much of which were in?
tended to fix the length of time the
'ac should remain operative and also
to take away from the government
Ji'-vit given in the act to punish new
c
Sir Hamar Greenwood promised to
keep Parliament informed whenever a
??ew crime was denned, but. the ?House
Roean't meet until the end of October.
, DUBLIN', Aug. 6.?Two hundred sol
jjitrj to-day raided and wrecked six
louses in the village of Doon, accord?
ing to advices received here from
?hurles.
The Lecky P.oad police barracks, sit
?? 'i m the heart of the Nationalist
?District of Londonderry, were burned
SMierday.
\?ntish War Craft
Will Bar Mannix
Vestroyrrs Used to Pre?
vent Boats From Tak?
ing Prelate to Erin
'*<?* The Tribun*.* European Purmu
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I-0NDON, Aug. 6.?The British Ad
wira.ty 1S1 employing destroyers to pre
1 ?any tug or craft from transferring
^?"hbighop Mannix from the liner
"'??? before his arrival at Liverpool,
Wording to reports from there. If
.' c?isary the government may take
j! ?<> Southampton.
?* ?etisive preparations are being
???**, at Liverpool for the reception to
Vt! *f/trn!ia" <nrelatP? A ,arK'-' num"
j) .? 'ri?'?hnien ure arriving there from
Ufe "? *nJ ot,u'r Ir?8-?? points, and the
^i-elmh population in Liverpool will
ir-.. ?"?Presented in the crowd that
?y? thft visitor.
?,) e,authorities are displaying con
?W-n K uneasinpss? ?nd reporters are
? n barred from the ships which or
1 at Liverpool.
- -wr? i5 fear t?nat Orangemen mav
IArtM,?p.revent a demonstration for the
""??nop and that trouble will result.
(?>n?lnu??d o?. next pan-)
Socialist Congress
Repudiates Bolshevism ,
GENEVA, Aup. 6.?Bolshevism
was,repudiated by the .Socialist
Congress, in session here, yester?
day, wheTi the political program
of the ?congress was adopted. The
decision was unanimous, but two
of the British delegates declined
to vote. The next meeting of the
congress will take place in Brus?
sels in 1922.
Illinois Riots
Renewed; More
Troops Called
Fresh Disorders Break Out
in Foreign Quarter of
West Frankfort iti Spite
of Presence of Soldiers
Eight Are Reported Dead
Italian Residents Beaten
as the Exodus Continues;
Loss From Fire Heavy
Special Dispatch to The Trib
WEST FRANKFORT, I!!., Aug. 6.
Race rioting, after being quelled by the
arrival of 500 or more state troops this
morning, broke out anew this after?
noon, anil resulted in Major Satter
field wiring Governor Lowden for 500
additional troops. lie indicated that
the situation in the district was criti?
cal. Foreigners of all descriptions are
being beaten nn sight, and the roads
leading from Wert Frankfort ah? filled
with fleeing families. Soldiers are re?
ported to have been attacked by the
rioters this afternoon.
Eight persons were reported killed
in the fighting last night and to-day
between English-speaking residents
and f< reigners, vho make up about
half of the population of L0.000. The
reporl could not be confirmed. Officers
or Major Satt? rfield's staff were unable
to obtain the names of any dead.
Scores were injured and the property
loss resulting from fire is estimated
at tens of thousands of dollars.
Feeling was broi ght to a head by the
murder of two boys. Members of an
Italian band of alleged bank robbers
?.?.ore charged' with the crime. Mob?s
seeking vengeance beat and stoned
foreigners and drove them out of the
c i t y.
The exodus of foreigners started I
shortly after midnight, following the i
burning of homes in the Italian suburb.
It continued all night, and hundreds of
foreigners are still to be seen on the
highways making their way to other
mining towns In Franklin and Will?
iamson counties. Thi y are in automo?
biles, in horse-drawn vehicles and on
foot. Many or them r.re driving cattle
and hogs before them. All are heavily
laden with clothing and household
! goods.
The story of last nighl is one of
wild disorder. The mob disarmed the
police and deputy sheriffs. Mayor Fox,
j Sh< riff Watkins and State. Attorney
?Hoy Martin pleaded in vain for order.
Telephone operators lure and in nearby
j towns are on strike, and an attempt is
: said to have been made to tear down !
j telegraph wires.
j Foreigners were dragged out of their
homes, beaten with clubs and stoned.
? Some were taken into the woods, beaten
. ?. i left on the ground to fare for
themselves. In 3ome cases shots were
fired. Scores of the rioters were armed,
SPRINGFIELD, 111., Aug. 6. Five
hundred more Illinois militiamen are
to be sent to Went Frankfort, Adju?
tant General Frank S. Dickson an?
nounced. He received word' this after?
noon from Major Wilbur Satterfield,
commanding the troops in West Frank
? fort, that the situation was still threat
? ening.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 6. Count C'.iulio
Bolognesi, Italian Consul at Chicago,
telegraphed the Italian Embassy to-day
that he and the vice-consul were pro
i ceeding to West Frankfort, 111., to make
a personal investigation of the attacks
by a mob on Italian residents of that
place. The consul's preliminary report
of ?he situation <{<.<] not. differ from
'.hat previously given in press dis?
patches.
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?Young Man's Spurious Scheme
for Getting an Education
A young man has been soliciting
subscriptions for Nov. York newspapers
recently in the name of a concern
which has no office at the address
given on his subscription blanks and
is not listed in the telephone directory.
He has no authority from the news
i papers for which he solicits subscrip
! tions and is to he viewed with suspi
I cion, according to the Circulation Man
! Hirers Association of Greater New
York, which has received and investi
j gated complaints concerning him.
Ostensibly his purpose is to obtain
: an education, as he tells those whom
... approaches that when he has ob?
tained 500 subscription?, he will get a
free course at Columbia University.
. I'll.? Association of Circulation Mana,
?ci rs considers it. much more likely that
j he is helping to educan? the publie
I at a price?in the ways of swindlers.
lie is about twenty-one years old
' and plausible and earnest in speech,
j The. Publishers Circulation and Adver
i tising Company, which he says he rep
I resents, is not known at 381 Fourth
' Avenue, the address given, except
through complaints from people who
?want to know why their newspapers
? are ?iot reaching them. The concern
! is not listed in the telephone direc
; tory, either.
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3 More Slain
In Denver in
New Car Riot
Mob Attempts to Attack
Barn and Is Driven
Off by Volley; Many
Are Injured in Charge
Armored Cars Used
To Patrol City
Call Sent for Federal
Troops; Labor Leader.-"
Defy Court in Walk-Out
DENVER, Aug. 6. Three men wen
killed and thirteen injured whet? riot?
ing was resumed by striking streetcaijjj
men and their sympathizers at. the!
Fast Side car barns to-night. The fa?
talities occurred when the mob ad?
vanced toward the barns and were
met with a volley of rifle fire from
inside.
The dead are Pan Flannigan, Charles
Hanson and John Collins, all of Den
ver.
Leonard Trimmer, eighteen, of Den?
ver, was so seriously injured he may
.lie.
A crowd of several hundred gathered
about, the harp.- early in the '?veiling,
but contented itself with shouting un?
til shortly before 8:30 o'clock, when an
effort was made to cios^ in. The move
was met with a fusillade of shots from
those protecting the barns. A detach?
ment of armed police was on duty at
the barns, and the 150 strike breakers
housed there also were armed.
The three nun killed to-night bring
the total of killed to five since
the rioting started last nigiit. Thirty
four were injured last night.
This afternoon Mayor Bailey is?
sued a proclamation ordering all thea?
ters to .lose at 7 o'clock to-night.
The police department requested cit?
izens to remain at home to-night.
Armored Motor Cars Used
Armored motor cars equipped i
with mounted machine guns pa- |
trolled the downtown district. Other j
machine guns were mounted on tops i
or buildings near possible trouble cen?
ters. More than a thousand civilians
volunteered to assist .the police force
in maintaining order. They were |
armed with army rifles, sawed-ol? shot
guns and revolvers.
Five hundred Federal troops have
been ordered to Denver from Camp
Funston, Kan., to police the city. The
i'-oops will leave the Kansas military
c:;mp early to-morrow on special train.?,
: nd ,ir.' expected to arrive in Denver
Saturday night.
This announcement was made at 7|
o'clock to-night by . Governor Slump j
following an exchange of telegrams be- i
tween the Governor and the command?
ing officer of the Central Department ?
m" the United States Army at Chicago.
In a te!i-ram to the commandant of1
the Central Department Governor Shoup
explained that the situation following!
the rioting of Thursday night was be- j
yond the control of the city and state j
authorities and that the presence of
Federal troops, was urgently needed to i
prevent further rioting, bloodshed and
destruction of property.
,1. S. Goble, an organizer for the
Trades and Labor Assembly, declared
to-day that the blame for the rioting
belonged to local civic bodies which
have been agitating for the 'open shop''
in Denver. He declared that their
"propaganda" had infuriated the work?
er?; of thi city and made them ready
for violence.
The "committee of ten" from the j
Trades and Labor Assembly, which held j
two conferences with the Mayor, one !
just prior to the start of the rioting,!
also issued a statement denying that j
the assembly or any member of the !
tramway men's union was responsible j
for the t rouble.
According to company officials, there
are now 500 strike breakers in the ;
city and 200 more are due early this!
evening.
Cars will be operated again to-mor- I
row morning, Frederick W. Hild, gen- '
?ral manager of the tramway company,
announced to-night.
Court Orders Strike Off
Judge Greeley W. Whitford, in the
District Court this afternoon, ordered'
leaders of the strikers to immediately
recall the strike order issued last Sun?
dae. The judge found seven officers
and executive committee men of the
carmen's union guilty of contempt for
calling the strike.
They were Henry S?berg, J. A.
Parker, J. E. Barnett. A. Coffeen, J. F.
McKiddie, L. J. Scigrest and S. H. j
Schoeplin.
The strike leaders were alleged to
have violated an injunction secured by
the city several weeks ago restraining
the company from reducing wages and
the men from striking. The men now
| are striking for higher pay.
Between 100 and 500 American Le?
gion members, wearing the uniforms
; which they wore during the World
War. are patrolling the outlying dis
] tiicts of the city to-night to relieve the
regular policemen for duty in the
'. "?' ntown sect ions.
New York Pastor Drowns
At Massachusetts Beach
The Rev. 1?. (.. Herring, Con?
gregational Church Official,
Perishes While Swimming
VINEYARD HAVEN. Mass., Aug. 6.?
Hie Rev. Dr. Hubert C. Herring,
general secretary of the National
Council of the Congregational Church,
was drowned while swimming to-day
| at Stonewall Beach, Chilmark. Dr.
Herring, whose home and office are in
New York, arrived yesterday at Stone
wall Beach with Mrs. Herring for their
vacation.
The Rev. Dr. Herring was born in
I.owville, Wis.. on October 30, 1859.
He studied at the University of Wis?
consin, the University of Chicago, Mc
Cormick Theological Seminary and
Princeton Theological Seminary, and
'. was ordained in the ministry in 1887.
He served as pastor in several cities
of the Middle West and in 1907 became
general secretary of the Congrega?
tional Home Missionary Society. ito
1914 he gave up that position for the
one he held at the time of his death.
j He was regarded as an efficiency ex
; pert in church matters. Two sons,
hoth Congregational clergymen, sur
| vive him. His home in New York was
I at 120 Claremont Avenue.
Cox to Take
League Fight
From Wilson
White Reveals That Nom?
inee Will Begin Battle
Where President Left
Off at His Breakdown
Governor Speaks
Here on August 28
J-?
Stage Is Set in Dayton
for Notification To-day:
15,000 To Be in Parade!
Special Dispatch to Thr Tribune
DAYTON, Ohio, Aug. (1. Governor
James M. Cox is going to take up the
ight for the League of Nations just
where President Wilson, leader emeri?
tus of the Democratic party, was forced
to leave off last year by his physical
breakdown.
This was revealed to-night by George
White, chairman of the Democratic
National Committee, on the eve of
formal ceremonies notifying Cox that
I'.e has been chosen the party standard
bearer.
White made public the general itin?
erary of the Cox campaign tours, bear
itig out advance reports that, ?t is the
Democratic purpose to do exactly what
President Wilson set out to do?to g.o I
from coast to coast, reachidg the great- j
est possible number of people with a j
direct personal appeal and preaching
the gospel of the Democratic party.!
He will speak in New York City on
August 28.
League His Main Theme
That this gospel will have the Wil?
son League of Nations as its pre?
dominating theme was made positive
to-day by Governor Cox himself, who.
while not revealing what is contained
in his speech of acceptance to-morrow,
kept, the league as the almost exclusive
topic of conversation between himself
and scores of call?is who besieged him
at his offices.
Those who came awav from meetings
with the Democratic, nominee declared
themselves convinced that it is the
nominee's intention to take the league
standurd in toto from President Wil?
son's hands and carry it about the
country as his greatest appeal for votes.
Some, perhaps a good majority, of
those who saw the Governor, expressed
delight that they had the assurance he
would be whole-heartedly for the Wil?
son program. There were many, never?
theless, who were either dubious ?s to
the wisdom of such a course or else
frankly disappointed.
Governor Cox, following his formal
speech of acceptance, will commence
his direct appeal to the country from
exactly the same spot upon which
Presiflent Wilson opened his nation?
wide appeal for the league. Mr. Wilson
opened his campaign in Columbus Sep?
tember 4, 1919, speaking in Memorial
Hall.
The first, speech after to-morrow so
far scheduled for Cox is at the Demo?
cratic State Convention in Memorial
Hall,. Columbus, August 17.
Prom then on the Democratic plans,
by a strange coincidence, are remark?
ably similar to the itinerary of the
Wilson tour last year. President Wil
; son went into the Middle States and
the Central West, and thence on to
! the Coast, for a swing back over the
country, in the midst of which he col?
lapsed.'
Coming Here First
The Cox tour calls for a start
through the Middle Stales and the
Central West, thence to the Coast, for
a swing back over the country to the
Pas!, and thence to the borders of the
South, if not to the South itself, ex?
actly as Mr. Wilson planned.
The one point in which the itin?
eraries of the two tours vary is that
President Wilson, following the Co?
lumbus address, went directly upon
his business of getting from coast to
coast anil back. White announced to?
night that Cox would make several ad?
dresses in the East, notably the one in
New York City August 28, before he
starts across the continent. His West?
ern tour proper is scheduled to begin
September 1, and it is expected it will
be October before the Democratic
nominee will head eastward.
Democratic chieftains have told Cox
that they believe be can win many
Western states, particularly California,
by giving them a great deal of atten?
tion. Tammany, under Chief Murphy's
leadership, is expected to take care of
New York, in which Cox plans to make
several upstate speeches in October.
Lenders have assured him that be does
not have to worry as much about
arousing sentiment in the East and
: Middle States as he does in the West
(ContlnuBtl on P?fje 3)
Lloyd George Concedes
Moscow Right to Hold
Peace Parley With Poles
Elsewhere Than London
Labor Won't Give
Support to Poland
Conference With Envoys
of Reds Lessens Crisis;
Blockade Threat Denied
From The Tribune's European Bureau
Copyright, 1920, New Turk Tribune Inc.
LONDON, Aug. 6, -The British gov?
ernment has decided to accept the
Moscow Soviet note regarding Poland,
which means that it has reversed itself
and will now agree" to a peace con?
ference between the Poles and Bol
sheviki at some other place than Lon?
don. This action was decided on after
a long and fully attended Cabinet
meeting to-day.
Thus, the danger of a general war
against the Bolsheviki has grown con?
siderably less in the last twenty-four
hours.
The Moscow note, which was de?
livered last night, was f-?r from satis?
factory to the. government, but with
the great, mass of the country opposed
to any military operations at this stage
and with labor threatening a general
strike the government, could have
found little support unless it made fur?
ther attempts t.j bring about through
peaceful means a settlement between
t ?m belligerents.
The decision of the Cabinet means
?hat the London conference will be
! ?. :k! as originally planned before Lloyd
George and Millerand met at Boulogne
and decided that the first condition of
a general peace with Russia must be
the conclusion of peace between the
Bolsheviki and Poles arramred here. It
means no warlike steps will be taken
by Britain at this juncture, although
the navy is prepared to tighten the
blockade at a moment's notice.
France Expected to Assent
While this is the British attitude it
is'not that of France, which feels that
the Allies should immediately take
military measures. That France will
eventually accept the British viewpoint
is confidently expected by those in au?
thority here.
The note sent to Lloyd George by
Leo Kamoneff, Russian envoy, in which
he gives the 'Moscow position and
blames the Poles for delay in arrang?
ing an armistice, was published here
this afternoon. The letter also ex?
pressed Russia's willingness to partic
1 ipate in a genera! peace conference in
London.
The Poles arc expected to reopen ne?
gotiations immediately with the Bol?
sheviki, and whether they will be com?
pleted before the Reds enter Warsaw
depends entirely on their willingness
to accept the Bolshevik terms for par?
tial disarmament, free trade across Po?
land into and out. of Germany and
protection for the new Communists of
Poland.
The British believe that the question
of Poland's frontier can be considered
at the London conference whatever
the conditions of the Russo-Polish ar?
mistice.
Labor Issues Manifesto
News from Warsaw to-day throws
a more favorable light on the militar;
situation, the Poles having counter at?
tacked on the northern front. On the
other hand, military experts here are
inclined to believe that the Bolsheviki
sustained only a temporary check, due
;o tii.? rapidity of their advance. Gen?
eral Wrangel has won considerable
success in the Crimea.
A manifesto issued to-day and signed
by practically every prominent labor
leader in Great Britain declared "Labor
in this country will not cooperate in
a war allied with Poland."
I.a.te yesterday KamenofT and Krassin
had a further interview with Lloyd
George and Bonar Law. It is under?
stood that they were informed of the
government's attitude then and were
requested to notify Moscow of it. The
| Premier apparently is treating Kame
! neff as if he were an accredited dip
j lomatic official.
LONDON, Aug. 6 (By The Associ
j ated Press).?The Polish crisis is still
(Continued on next paso)
Son Kills His Father to Save
Mother From Brutal Attack
Louis F. Gross jr. shot and killed his
father early yesterday morning in their
home in Fairview, N. J., and then tele?
phoned to the police to come and arrest
him. He fired, he said, because he,
j thought it the only way to save the life
: of his mother, whom the elder Gross ;
? was beating and kicking. He was com- S
mitted to the Hackensack jail on a
charge of murder to await the action j
of the grand jury. Later in the day he
and his mother were examined by ,
; Prosecutor Hart in that city.
"You would have done the same
thing that I did," said the prisoner.
"Any decent man would have done it
' I stood there as long as I could, and
when I saw father try to kick mother
when he had her on the floor I thought
he intended to make good his threat to
I kill her. It was this that caused me to
'? fire.''
The story told by the young man was
i corroborated by his mother. The elder
, man was a barge captain and is said to
? have been placed under bonds as the
result of previous attacks on his wife.
! Mrs. Gross went to Aabury Park Thurs
j day with her son and the young woman
to whom he is engaged. Catherine
Reineman, of 63 South Street, Jersey
! City Heights.
i Young Gross was in bed and asleep
I when he heard his mother calling for
i help. She said that her husbancT had
; come home before she had taken off her
hat and coat and accused her of being
out with another man. Her son re
? ponded to her call and tried in vain
to make his father believe, she said,
thai there was no other man on the
excursion to Asbury Park.
"Seeing my boy with the revolver
in his hand," she said, "I made frantic
attempts to make my husband under?
stand. He would not heed, but rushed
at me with increased violence, intent
on killing me. I grew faint from the
struggle and was gasping when my
boy pointed the revolver and fired. I
fainted. That's all I know.
"I am the real sufferer, for my Ron
Is in deep trouble and it is the father
of my four children who is dead."
Young Gross said that he had used
the revolver?a weapon belonging to
his father?only because of his father's
superior physique. When he reached
the decision to fire, he said, he emptied
the revolver as fast as the trigger
would yield to his finger. Four of the
six shots took effect, one of them go?
ing through the elder man's heart.
The prisoner is twenty-one years old.
His fianc?e declared that the shooting
should not come between them.
"I'll stick to Louis to the end," she
1 said. "He is a hard-working boy and
no murderer. He loves his mother."
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Bolsheviki Encircle Warsaw;
Cavalry May Enter City To-day;
Britain Accepts Soviet Terms
Deserters Say Reds Delay Armistice
To Reestablish 1914 Boundaries
JOHANNISBERG, East Prussia, Aug. 6 (By The Associated Press).
?Deserters from the Bolshevik army reaching here assert that the
plans of the Russian general staff are to delay an armistice with
Poland while the boundaries of Russia are reestablished as they existed
in 1914. The intelligence service of the German frontier police, which
is understood to be in reliable communication with Bolshevik Russia,
substantiates these reports, saying the plans are well known to the
Russian people, who have been told that when they are fulfilled "all
warring will cease."
The frontier police here reported yesterday that from 30,000 to
40,000 Russian soldiers and a brigade of artillery passed in a south?
westerly direction, presumably to reinforce the right center line. The
extreme right wing of the Russian cavalry to-day passed twenty kilo?
meters from Johannisberg. The troopers were plainly visible from the
frontier as they advanced. They appeared to be weil armed and pro?
visioned, but were clothed in all kinds of uniforms and other apparel.
Paris to Concur I
In London Note
To Bolsheviki
_.
Millerand Going to Britain,
for Conference at Hythe
With Lloyd George Upon
the international Crisis
France for Drastic Step
Favors Severing Connections
With Soviet and Strong
Occupation of Danzig
By Ralph Courtney
Special Cable to The Tribuyi?
Copyright, 1020, New York Tribune In??.
PARIS, Aug. ?3.?Premier Millerand
| will depart to-morrow night for Eng
; land to discuss with Premier Lloyd
George the latest developments in the
Polish situation at a meeting which
probably will be at Hythe. Lloyd
George informed the French leader
that he did not wish to answer the So?
viet's latest note without consulting
with him, and he extended the invita?
tion to England that they might draw
up the note together.
The French favor drastic measures,
and if their program is followed the
Hythe mooting will result in the com?
plete severance of all relations with
the Bolsheviki. French opinion favors
a strong military occupation of Danzig
:?s a base for a defensive line running
south to Czecho-Slovakia and Rumania.
Although the latter two countries have
I manifested their unwillingness to as
j sume the offensive against the Pol
| sheviki, France believes they would
I serve as part of a d?fensive cordon
I around Red Russia.
Prance also considers a separation of
i Germany and Russia essential for Euro
! ?.can peace, and that this would be ac
I c?mplished by an Allied and Polish
; line stretching southward from Danzig,
France Favors Blockade
Franco also favors a tight blockade
] on all Russian ports. Thus Soviet Rus
j sia would be hemmed in by land and
| sea and separated from all outsid?? com?
munication. If at any time Russia is
; willing to withdraw all her troops from
i occupied territory and recognize the
? debts of the Czar's government, then
, the Allied governments would recon?
sider her case and peace negotiations
might then be opened.
Everything points to a state of war
; existing in Europe next winter unless
a better way is founrl out of present
. difficulties. To the danger of Red agi
; taiions in Allied countries themselves
; there is the added possible opposition
from Germany to carrying out the Al?
lied plans.
It remains to be seen at Hythe
| whether Lloyd George has a more
: moderate program to propose.
Latest reports from Poland show no
! change in the military situation. Com
! pnratively fresh divisions are now ar
! riving at Warsaw from the south and
' the Poles are busy organizing a coun?
ter .... roke.
It is hoped?} the new Polish troops
! will display a better fighting spirit
than the tired armies in the north.
, General Weygand, who is not being
listened to by the Poles, is said to
have declared the Polish army is as
numerous as the'enemy and if given
more fighting spirit should be able to
stop the Reds. The Polish army, more?
over, is better equipped and possesses
more ammunition and artillery. The
French, therefore, still hope Warsaw
may be saved.
French Opinion Wrought Up
French opinion is much wrought up
over the Polish situation. As repre?
sented by the "Temps" particularly,
i Continued on next page)
Tourists Watch Wilson
Riding in Carriage
President Smiles From Seat of
Vehicle Resemhling Char?
iot of Lincoln
WASHINGTON, Aug. 6.? President
Wilson found a crowd waiting outside
the White House grounds as he started
out to-day for his second carriage
drive of the week. Half a dozen mov?
ing picture opei-ators, who tried to
film the carriage, which resembled the
; vehicles of the days of Lincoln, were
i shooed away by the police. One of
'. Washington's "rubber neck wagons,"
, filled with tourists halted by the gates
and after a search had revealed that
: no photographer.? were aboard was per
I mitted to wait until the carriage had
1 passed.
The President lifted his straw hat to
? the crowd and, as the carriage top was
I down, everybody got a close-up view.
j He smiled good naturedly as a fe?v
hands were waved by way of greeting.
lieds Advance
On Teheran in
Sudden Drive
Unexpected Move in Persi;;
Is Called Blow at Brit?
ish and French Rule in
the Near East and Asia
New Crisis Is Created
L?nine Offers 120,000
Troops to Moslems in
Plan for General War
WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 (By The As
! sociated Pressl.?Soviet Russia has
followed up its successes against
Poland with a thrust into southwestern
; Asia, and its forces already are threat?
ening the Persian capital of Teheran.
? This rather unexpected move by the
i Bolsheviki is believed by some officials
, and diplomats here to be directed
against British and French domain in
[ the Near East and Asia.
News of the Soviet army's advance
I south and west of the Caspian Sea
i was conveyed to-day in official dis?
patches from John L. CaldwelL Ameri
' can Minister to Persia, and the Ameri
? can Consul at Tabriz.
Americans Quit Teheran
The Minister asked permission of the
i State Department to remove the Amei
| ican Legation from Teheran in ?.'lew of
j the preparations of the Persian govern
' ment to evacuate the capital, while the
1 consul asked authority to move from
Tabriz. Both requests were granted.
Accordinir to official advices to the
' State Department, L?nine has offered
j 120,000 troops to the Moslems for the
i promotion, in conjunction with the
j Nationalists of Egypt, Turkey, Arabia,
; Mesopotamia and Persia of a united
military effort against British and
French interests.
A unit of this army already has
entered Armenia and is expected to
continue its advance in the direction
of Mossoul, an important point near
the eastern Nationalist stronghold
where forces of Turkish and Egyptian
Nationalists are reported to have
planned to converge. With this thrust
against the left flank of the British
defense line of Asia, the present ad?
vance on Teheran is looked upon by
military authorities as a movement
directed at the same time against the
British right flank resting upon the
edge of the Persian Salt Desert.
The advance into Persia is expected
i to follow southeastwardly, from Te
j heran to Meshed and thence toward
' Herat, in Afghanistan, with the ulti?
mate objective of reaching the ter
? minus of a railroad from India to
Persia which was built by Great Brit
i ain during the war. The railroad at
j present is unfinished, but is believed
I to have been coinpleted to a point
' parallel with Herat, south of Meshed,
'thereby offering the most feasible
| route jn southern Asia into India.
Britfsh forces in Persia at this time
I are believed by military men here to
! consist of only about 7,000 men, most
j of them Indian troops. Augmenting
' these is a force of about 9,000 troops
known as Persian Rifles.
Special Session
Call in Tennessee
Governor Says He Will
Recommend Considera?
tion of Woman Suffrage
_
NASHVILLE, Tenn., Aug. ?S. Gov
! ernor Roberts of Tennessee an?
nounced to-nig?it that he would issue
to-morrow a formal call for a special
session of the Tennessee General As?
sembly, and that the call would recom?
mend that the legislators consider
ratification of the suffrage amendment
to the Fcleral Constitution. A single
; state, by ratifying the amendment now,
can make it effectiv?; in all states of
; the Union.
The time for convening the special
session was not mentioned in the an?
nouncement to-night, but it had been
previously suggested for August '.?. The
special election held Friday filled all
vacancies in th?- Assembly, and the Na?
tional Woman's party representative?
claimed that its results had been such
: as to enhance the chances for success
in the ratification campaign. Proposals
are also before Governor Roberts to
| include other matter? ?a th? special
: session call.
Advance of Reds in Last
Dayof Avalanche Speed;
Defenses East of Capital
Pierced at Many Points
American Airmen
Summoned to Aid
Dispatches Say Foe Is
Halted on PrussianLine :
U. S. Consulate Closes
Special Cable to Thr Tribune
Copyright, 1920, Ne?* York TriHune Inc.
BERLIN, Aug. 6. ? Telegrams
j from the East Prussia frontier, sup?
ported by private information from
i authoritative sources, indicate that
j the advance of the Bolshevik armies
i toward Warsaw during the last
j twenty-four hours partakes of ava
? lanc? speed. The Russian forces
j have broken through the front be
| tween Ostrolenka and Pultufk and,
i according to the Berlin "National
1 Zeitung," Russian cavalry may enter
| the Polish capital to-morrow.
The Bolshevik forces are ap
i proaching Warsaw from three sides,
i and advance cavalry at one point is
within fifty miles of the capital, and
pressing forward rapidly.
Airplanes flew over Warsaw last
i night and dropped thousands of leaf?
lets in which the Polish proletariat
; were informed that their "Russian
I brothers are coming to free you from
capitalistic tyranny."
Government Reported at Posen
JOHANNISBERG, East Prussia, Aug.
G (By The Associated Press).? A re?
port that the Polish government, has
? fled to Posen and that the Soviet
I forces are only forty kilometers (about
24 miles), from Warsaw is printed in
j the "Johannisberger Zeitung" to-day.
| The report is alleged to have emanate??
I from Warsaw.
The Warsaw correspondent of the
newspaper says that the fall of War
' saw is imminent, that the Bolshevik*
j are still advancing and that it is
j believed they have cut off the escape
| of the Polish troops into the Polish
i corridor.
According to its correspondent in
Warsaw, the Polish workers have issued
a proclamation urging the workers to
accept Soviet principles. The dispatch
says nothing has been heard about an
armistice.
Poles Entrench About Minna
BERLIN, Aug. 6.?The Polish de?
fense behind the River Pissa has col?
lapsed and advanced guards of the Red
army have succeeded in advancing as
? far as the Rosoga River, southwest o:
| Ortelsburg, says a special dispatch
i from Koenigsberg (East Prussia) to
! the "Allgemeine Zeitung," quoting a
1 military authority.
The Poles are reported to be actively
I entrenching themselves about Miawu
(about 70 miles northwest of Warsaw i,
and the Ostrolepka-Ostrov sector
i i northwest of Warsaw) is the scene of
: heavy lighting. The Bug River hfis
I been reached by the Russians along the
? entire front and at several points their
patrols already have crossed it.
The dispatch says that indications
are the Poles intend to retreat to the
line of the Vistula River.
There are suspicions, says the
Koenigsberg correspondent, that the
Bolsheviki have released numerous
former German war prisoners across
the frontier lor propaganda purposes.
_
Government Ready to Move
WARSAW. Aug 5 (9 p. m.) (By Tl ?
I Associated Press) (Delayed).?The de
j fensive line east of Warsaw has been
pierced in several places, according to
reports from the front. Preparations
. have been begun for transferring the
government, if that move is necessi
1 tated by the Russian advance. The of
i ficials, however, still hope the Soviet
fore? - will be checked somewhere east
of the Vistula.
No announcement has been made as to
' what place the government would move
j to, but it is reported it would be Posen
or Czestochowa, 143 miles southwest of
Warsaw, near the Silesian frontier.
The "Temps' " correspondent at? War?
saw telegraphs that General Maxime
i Weygand, assistant to Marshal Foch,
ha said he would consent to assume
I supreme command of the Polish fore?
and lake the responsibilities for then
military operations. General Weygand
expressed the opinion to the Polisn
. rnment that the military situation
far from hopeless, the correspond?" t
says.
Of the developments along the eact
' ein defense line, the word from the
front .-hows that after a halt of sever?!
days, while reinforcements were
brought up and supplies forwarded
i along the river, the Bolsheviki forced
1 crossings of the Bug at a number of
! places. At one point, southeast of
Ostrov, the Soviet troops are reportad
? to have crossed the river in large num?
bers.
Poles Driven From Tereapol
To-night's communiqu? from head?
quarters announced that the Russians
had forced the Bug in the region of
T>r?)hiczyn (about seventy miles east of
the capital), this being a part of th?i
Soviet movement to outflank the d t
I ders of Warsaw and push toward tnj
1 Vistula. The Poles counter-attacked
and fierce fighting is continuing.
Between Droniezyn and Brest
Litovsk, the communique continues, tne
Poles launched a counter-attack against
the Russians who ha<i crossed the Bug
i below Brest-Litovsk. In the region of
j Brest-Litovsk, which is in the hands of
j the Russians, they recoiled from an at
? tack which compelled the Poles to
evacuate Terespol, just to the west o{
the :-iver.
There was fighting at various points
of the south, but without gains for th?
Russians.
The Sot ?- - ? ?ps n .?. e '->?-?? <- '? ? !
I in their westward push along the Pruu