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seems that the Soviet delegation put
certain formal difficulties *.n the way
of the Polish delegates in the matter
of the mutual investigation of creden?
tials, but finally began negotiations,
? I terms presented by *ie Soviet only
?oming known to us from press dis?
patches.
New Terms More Drastic
"In several points they are more
drastic than the conditions given lite
British government by M. Katncneff
(one of the Bolshevik representatives
in London) and, of course, will not be
accepted by the Polish government.
"Current events on the front seem
to have considerable influence on the
attitude and conduct of the Soviet
commissaries and are making them
more inclined to discuss matters. This
is character!-tic in the fact that the
Polish delegation does not confirm the
receipt of wireless dispatches which
are sent daily to Minsk and also by
way of Moscow. It. would seem that,
notwithstanding several clear agree?
ments, telegraphic communication with
our delegates is difficult."
Warsaw on Friday witnessed a sight
which gave the populace more con?
fidence than any incident since the
Polish counter offensive began. It
was a procession of 8,000 prisoners
who had been assembled at various
parts of the front ami marched to the
rear across the Vistula River and into
the city, headed by a Polish guard, led
by a mounted sergeant.
Then came six Bolshevik cannon
drawn by skinny horses m rope har?
ness. The horses were the size of
American Indian ponies. The Russians
at-d then- equipment all were taken
early Friday northwest of Warsaw.
Sitting en an aran, finit ion cart was a
Soviet nurse in uniform and wearing
a headpiece which once had been white
but then had the color 01 khaki. The
procession from the bridge wound its
way into Warsaw's principal streets,
where traffic was blocked for half an
hour. Great crowds of spectators lined
the thoroughfares and seemingly
thoroughly enjoyed the sight.
The prisoners were indifferent.
Some were mirthful. Others gazed
curiously upon the crowds and the
sighis of their new surroundings. The
nurse sat erect and stolid, staring
straight at the back of the head of
the driver of the cart.
In addition to the many Polish sol?
diers wh i were acting as guards, peas?
ants were called out tu assist tho
troop3 in cai-.ng for tho Bolsheviki.
Some of these peasants carried scythes
and others huge clubs, made from the
limbs of e ?--k trees'cut along the road.
There wer.- nearly as many peasant
guards as soldiers. Only a few of the
peasants, however, had rifles, owing
to the she rtage of arms, even fur the
troops at the front.
LONDON, Aug. 22.?Leo Kameneff,
head of the Soviet Russian Trade Mis?
sion, here,' has made public the follow?
ing message from Moscow, dated Sun?
day:
"The Poles are still trying to pro?
long the negotiations. After the sit?
ting of August 11* they demanded that
the next sitting be held on the 23d.
Danishevsky formally protested
against the delay, but in vain. The
Poles refused to convene before the
2od. They clearly do not want peace,
but only to create a make-believe."
Premiers Discuss
Danzig Situation
Italy's Reply to V. S.
Note Talion Up by Gio
Util and Lloyd George
LONDON, Aug. 23.?A dispatch to
from Lucerne, .Switzerland,
says David Lloyd George, the British
and Pri mier Giolitti,
I two c nferences Sunday.
The; ' I'oiish situation.
Danzig, the Adri?
atic situation and Italy's reply to the
Ami-: c? n nol e.
The adds that the confer?
ence \.iil be n i.ni' 1 to-day.
*, k:. '_'.'. A declaration was
Issued at Lucerne hat Premiers
Ll will discuss
at 1 all pending ques
t the Premiers will
mei .luted with one
f vi ? without the ex
, at definite deci
? . lian Premier will leave here
V ?. or n to Rome.
ni the lake in a motor boat to
I ? to-d?y, and
: the 1 wo stales
men ; o'cb ck in the morning.
learned in reliable diplomatic
quarti at this mee; ing and the
ting between Premier
; and the French Premier, M.
Millerand, :.t Aix-Les-Bains, there will
be an informal ??? lat . of views on
bucI questions as i..ave to do with Rus?
sia and Poland, respecting which the
policies of : he vai ow rs differ
supei : ? ? ! ly, bul o n ...mentally.
No decii ion of intei nal importance
will be taken at these meetings.
Ci.-rm.any Fears Delay
hi Coal Deliveries
BERLI? . Hie Associated
Pre n coal administra?
te 'i " i meet presentatives of the
Enti ? '? th is week to discuss
the pi ffect of the I pper Silesian
??? in coal production and
tl ent pos; ible inability of
Germany to make deliveries as pre?
scribed H? the Spa agreement.
Unomcially, it was stated that Ger?
many would ask the privilege of off?
setting the present shortage in deliv?
eries by increased shipments when nor?
mal conditions are restored in the coal
fields.
Special dispatches from Beuthen
state that a large number of miners
failed to report for work this morning.
| The regions northeast and southeast of
the city eff Kattowitz are still in pos?
session of the Polish invaders, who, it
was reported, are being proceeded
against by inter-Allied troops. Gen?
eral Gracier, the new inter-Allied com?
mander- in-chii :'. has arrived in the vi?
cinity o? Kattowitz.
No Condi ?ions Sent Mexico
De la Huerta Says I . S. Nor
France Has Imposed Terms
MEXICO CITY, Aug. 22.?According
to the Heraldo, Provisional President
De la Huerta has announced that no
conditions for their recognition of the
Mexican government have been im?
posed by the United States or France.
"The Mexican government," De la
| Huerta is quoted as having said, "is
giving all guaranties to foreign coun?
tries and not seeking to break prom?
ises with foreign nations, and it does
not believe foreign nations have any
reasori to nnpo.se conditions belittling
our dignity."
Violent Earthquake Shocks
Visit Southern Part of Chile
SANTIAGO. Chile, Aug. 22. A series
of violent earthquakes visited the
southern region of Chile Friday, caus?
ing considerable alarm, but so far as
has been ascertained little property
damage.
The shocks were must intense' in the
provinces of Malleco and Cautin and
lasted for about a minute. Twenty
shocks are reported to have been felt
on the sparsely populated Island of
Mocha, off the province of Malleco, and
the lighthouses on the island were se- j
verely damaged. No fatalities have j
been reported. ^
Nearly All Moscow People
Jailbirds or Ex-jailbirds
Live Under Constant Nervous Strain to Avoid Arrest;
Small Bread Rolls, 200 Rubles Each ; Eggs, 300 ;
Women, Waist Deep in Water, Work at Saws
TERIJOKI, Finland, Russian Frontier,
Aug. '20 (By The Associated Press). -
, A first-hand view of Petrograd and
I Moscow, those two centers of Soviet
rule which are hermetically sealed
against outside observers, was obtained
by The Associated Press correspondent
just prior to his deportation to this
point.
Moscow is a city teeming with activ?
ity, its streets, squares and bazaars
crowded with people, and with little
outward evidence of distress, except
the daily struggle of people seeking
their allotted quota of food. But Petro?
grad, once one of the busiest and gay?
est capitals in the world, is a city of
deserted streets, with only scattered
groups of people in those centers which
wore formerly the scenes of greatest
activity.
Traversing the entire length of the
Nevski Prospect, formerly th.? grand
boulevard running from the Neva
River, one passes fewer than a hun?
dred people. Along the banks of the
Neva, from the Winter Palace down to
the Alexandrovsky Bridge, cordwood is
piled high along the beautiful marble
and stone balustrades and throughout
the streets.
Conscripts Provide Fuel
It is being unloaded from barges
by enforced Inbor. After the con?
script labor finishes its day's work,
groups of men and women gather
through the night to carry away stray
bits of wood remaining for their win?
ter supply of fuel. Women are among
the workers on the barges, standing
waist deep in the waterlogged craft
and handling big crosscut saws.
The food prices at Petrograd are gen?
erally about. 15 per cent higher than
at Moscow, where at the end or July
boots sold for 4,000 rubles a pound.
(The American dollar is worth about
two or three thousand depreciated ru?
bles.) Pork then was selling for 5,000
rubles; sugar, 4,000 rubles: salt. 1,000
rubles; black bread, 1,000 rubles; small
white bread rolls, 200 rubles each; po?
tatoes, 700 rubles, and eggs, 300 rubles
each.
Air of Military Rulo
An atmosphere of military rule per
meates Moscow more than any of the
other cities. The population is under a
constant nervous strain and few are
able to avoid arrest by the supreme
counter revoluntionary committee. Per?
sons disappear into prisons and no
charges are preferred against them. If
they are finally set free, they en?
counter the greatest; difficulties in liv?
ing. The popular saying in the city
now is that Moscow's population is
divided into three classes: Those who
have been imprisoned, those in prison
and those who will be.
At present Moscow is in a gala new
red dress entertaining delegates to the
Third Internationale. Banners and
posters aplicar profusely, containing
propaganda of all sorts and in many
languages, which is as little understood
or valued by the people apparently as
the new '{proletariat" money printed
i a seven languages. A ?,000 ruble note
of this issue buys only a pound of
salt pork.
Moscow's pre-war population of 1,500,
000 is now estimated at 500,000.
Ransom Likely
o/
Of 6 Americans
Held in Mexico
(Continuad trom paga one)
and difficult enveloping movement, and
the escapo of Zamora probably will be
cut off at. Puerto Vallejo. Hence, he
will bo unable to adopt his usual tac?
tics of dispersing his men when they
are too closely pressed.
Huerta Expects Note
Despite a number of develonments of
the last week tending to aggravate the
situation, confidence in the de la Hureta
government remains unshaken, so far
as the capital is concerned. The cap
tifre of tile foreigners has caused little
comment and serious international de?
velopments are not expected.
The government anticipates there
will be representations from Washing?
ton relative to the captured Americans,
but it has been pointed out before that
the government is doing everything
possible, and that President de la
Huerta has promised to do everything
within the power of the government
that can be done; wherefore, represen?
tations will be useless.
Friends of W. B. Johnstone. the cap?
tured Briton, do not fear for his safety,
saying he has been in Mexico for many
years and probably will be able to take
care of himself. " He has known Za?
mora ? for several years. Johnstono's
ranch, in the country over which the
bandit operated throughout the Car?
ranza regime, was unmolested during
many visits of rebels to his place,
which added to his confidence that he
would remain unharmed.
The new incident, coming at a time
when the petroleum controversy is in
a critical stage, has aroused fear in
some circles that de la Huerta is about
10 face the most troublesome moments
of his administration. Put indications
in diplomatic circles were that neither
question is likely to receive serious
attention in Washington or London
while conditions in Europe are as un?
certain as at present.
Congress Gets Together
Political developments of the week
are tending to line up the several fac?
tions in Congress, but have given little
indication what the political com?
plexion of the Congress will be. Sev?
eral minor factions obviously are hold?
ing aloof, awaiting developments be
, fore joining forces with any major
I group. Scores of Individuals are drift
| ing aimlessly from one caucus to an?
other, unable to decide to join any one
party. One of the most striking fea
! tures has been the absence of natural
i leaders and a total lack of party dis?
cipline.
The Socialists hitherto have been
organized, but considerable jealousy is
evidenced regarding who will be the
spokesman of the party. It is gener?
ally admitted that Deputy Soto y Gama
j is the natural leader and bound to
conic to the front when the group goes
I into action. All the other groups lack
a dominating personality who will be
able to whip and hold members in line,
making necessary endless controversy
and compromise in the selection of
tickets for presiding officers and even
for floor leader.
The labor situation m Vera Cruz ap?
parently is on the way to a settlement,
?although agitation still exists and may
develop serious characteristics at any
time. President de la Huerta is pre
I pared to take a hand, if necessary, but
j the state authorities have heretofore
b^'en able to maintain order.
Genera] P. Elias ('alles, Minister of
War, is determined not to allow the
military to be involved in labor
troubles so long as these aoe merely
controversies between capital and labor
and lias issued strict orders to all offi?
cers that drastic disciplinary action
would be forthcoming should they take
sides in strike troubles without specific
orders.
General Calles said that ho natu?
rally sympathized with the laborers, as
he himself came up from the "mass"
and knew from personal knowledge the
conditions under which labor is strug?
gling. He said, however, that his offi?
cial action would be guided by strict
justice and existing laws and not by
personal sympathy.
Campaign Grows Hot
President de, la Huerta has an?
nounced a desire to take a trip to
northern Mexico following the Presi?
dential election. This is without po?
litical importance, but is known to be
merely a personal wish of the Presi?
dent to revisit as head of-the notion
the places where he started his car?el?
as a bank clerk.
Both candidates for the Presidency
are pushing their campaigns. Robles
this week is covering the ground over
which General Obregon passed last
week. Genera! Obre;;on intends to re?
sume his campaign in the southern
states following a brief interruption,
due to the request of General Calles
that he come to Mexico City to
straighten out certain problems in the
War Department which arose while he
commanded the army, and which in?
volved Serrano. Assistant Secretary of
War, in serious accusations. These ac?
cusations turned out to be purely a po?
litical maneuver of a defeated op?
ponent of Serrano for his seat, in the
Chamber of Deputies.
Settlement of the controversy with
Spain over the vis?ing of passports has
been reached through the intercession
of thi Flinch minister, resulting in
10,000,000 Pesos of
Carranza Loot Saved
MEXICO CITY, Aug. 22.?Ten
million pesos of the 11,000,000
carried off by train during the
flight of the late President Car?
ranza from Mexico City have been
I recovered.
the recall of the Spanish consul and a
change in orders to the Spanish consu?
lates generally relative to passports.
This leaves Mexico without serious
international controversies and is con?
sidered a further indication of the will
ingness of the de la Huerta govern?
ment to compromise when compromise
? is possible, but to act drastically when
| the necessity arises.
?French Deputy
Denies He Said
Poles Laic! Trap
Lafont Insists lie Was Ex?
pelled. From Russia Be?
cause He Refused lo Con?
firm Armistice Charge
Special Cable to The Tribune
Copyright, 1920, New York Tribune Inc.
PARIS, Aug. 22.?Ernest Lafont, the
'Socialist deputy recently expelled from
Russia, denie ! in Humanit? tins morn?
ing the assertion contained in the ex?
pulsion decree that Lafont declared
to Sadoul, a Russian leader, that
Daszynski, a Polish leader, looks upon
the armistice with Russia as a trap
designed to permit the Poles to con?
centrate military forces for a new blow
agaiist Soviet Russia,
The decree'was signed by Trotzky.
Lafont declares he was expelled from
Russia because he refused to corrobo?
rate Sadoul's incorrect version of their
conversation.
"It was very plain," writes the So?
cialist deputy, "that it was a question
lof confirming an untruth or being ex?
pelled.''
Lafont describes in detail his entry
into Russia after a visit to Poland,
where he conversed with members of
the French mission, Polish Socialists
and Bolshevik Syndicalist leaders. On
arriving in .Moscow he met Cachin,
Frossard and Sadoul and informed them
of the impressions he had obtained in
Warsaw. He continues:
"'Sadoul drew up a report of the- con?
versation which was submitted to
Trotzky. It contained exaggerations
and false statements. It placed in the
: mouth of Daszynski remarks which
were made by others or invented,
'"Days later, in view of the military
and political events in Poland and Rus?
sia at the moment when the Poles were
proposing an armistice, Rakowsky re?
quested me to confirm Daszynski's
words, as reported by Sadoul. I re?
fused, declaring it was impossible that
Daszynski had made the declaration at?
tributed to him, because his character
and political beliefs were utterly
opposed to such an attitude. Moreover,
it was materially impossible that he
could have made the remarks attrib?
uted to me, because my interview with
him took place before Premier Lloyd
George's proposal of an armistice and
1 did not see .him afterward, being
already in Russia when the truce was
pn posed."
Latent tells how he tried vainly to
convince Radowsky. Meanwhile Trotz?
ky w&Jm sending out wireless reports
of Daszynski's alleged statements. La?
tent demanded an interview with
L?nine and Trotzky, but the latter re?
fused to permit any Frenchman to see
j L?nine, declaring himself "better ac?
quainted with happenings in Prance."
Trotzky confided to Lafont his anger
at the attitude of the French Socialists
j durino; the war, saying he was "glad of
the opportunity to give them a lesson."
The t xpulsion of the French deputy
thereupon was ordered.
Czarisls Seize Steamship
PEKING, China, Aug. 22, Fight men,
| reported to be Russian officers of the
[ Czarist r?gime, recently seized the
i Russian steamship Patroclus in VTadi
| vostok harbor and forced the crew to
, steam to sea, according to a Vladivo
| st ok dispatch received here to-day.
; Members of the crew were landed on
! Ascold Island, off Vladivostok harbor.
According to the Vladivostok dis
j patch the Russian officers had been
j hiding in the Japanese headquarters at
'. Vladivostok.
Pope to Receive Delegates To
Christiania Women's Meeting
ROME, Aug. 22. The American
members (if the International Council
of Women, who are on their way to
Christiania for the convention which
is to be held there next month, arrived
here to-day and were greeted by the
members of the Italian committee, who
had arranged a warm reception for
them. The reception will culminate
Monday with an audience with Pope
Benedict.
The state railway has placed at the
disposal of the visitors a special train
made up entirely of observation cars
and the women of the Roman commit?
tee are accompanying the Americans on ,
sightseeing trips. !
Nagle Asserts
His Detention
Is Unjustified
Latvian Diplomat Insist* In?
vestigation Will Con?
vince Washington That
He Is Not Undesirable
INo Sympathy With Reds
Likes America ami Intends
to Return as Citizen if
Denied Post in Legation
Confidence that a full investigation
of his past activities will remove the
objections of the State Department to
his entrance into this country was ex?
pressed yesterday by Alfred Nagle,
secretary of legation of the Latvian
government, at Ellis Island, where he
has been detained since his arrival here
Thursday.
"I have nothing but the most pro?
found admiration for American institu?
tions and am sure that neither act nor
utterance of mine has been inimical to
the welfare of this country," Mr. Nagle
said. "The difficulties surrounding my
entrance, 1 am convinced, are the re?
sult of misunderstanding and will be
cleared away in eluo timo.
'?If it is true that the State Depart?
ment has requested my government to
recall me 1 shah probably go back to
Latvia, but that, circumstance will in
| no way affect my determination to re?
turn to America at the earliest, oppor?
tunity, if not as the representative of
my government, then as a private citi?
zen.
Disavows Re'd Leanings
Mr. Nagle declared he had given ev?
ery assistance to the Allied cause tlur
ing the war and disavowed any sympa?
thy with the principies of communism
propagated by L?nine and Trotzky.
"It has been erroneously stated in the
, newspapers since my detention," he
i said, "that I am a close friend and ad
? mirer of L?nine. Such is not the case.
? I met L?nine in 1907, but the friendship
\ between us has never beim a close one
j and I am distinctly opposed to the radi
1 cal theories of government he repre?
sents.
"The only revolutionary activities
in which 1 have ever participated were
directed against the Imperial Russian
government and for them I was exiled
to Siberia for life in 1907.
"Six years later I succeeded in escap?
ing from the Russian prison camp and
mad" my way to Hamburg, Germany,
where I was teaching in the Academy
of Commerce when the war broke out.
During its early stages I was interned
in Germany. Eventually, I escaped and
made my way to Stockholm, where I
entered the employ of Roger E, Sim?
mons, commissioner of the Department
of Commerce, at Washington, I>. ('.,
then on a special mission abroad for
this country.
"While on a trip into the Russian
interior Mr. Simmons fell ill of pneu?
monia. I nursed him through that ill?
ness and a few days later we were
taken prisoners by the Bolsheviki.
After an incarceration of two weeks at
Bnutirki 1 succeeded in having a letter
smuggled to the American Consul and
our release was effected.
Joined Stall* of Morris
''When we returned to Stockholm Mr.
Simmons recommended me to Ira Nel?
son .Morris, American Minister to Swe?
den, with the result that 1 became at?
tached to the American Legation there.
I maintained this connection until the
Bolshevik evacuation of the territory
now comprising Latvia made it possible
for me to return and participate in the
formation of the government now pre?
vailing there."
Mr. Nagle, whose government has
not been officially recognized by the
United States, scouted reports emanat?
ing from Berlin that the Latvian
r?gime, headed by Karl Ullmani, has
been overthrown. lie said he believed
they had their origin in the formation
of a new Cabinet.
The detained secretary exhibited a
letter from Mr. Simmons in which the
American official spoke most, highly of
his services while in the employ of the
Department of Commerce.
"No," he concluded, "I cannot imag?
ine why I um considered an undesir?
able. The conjecture that I may have
disseminated ami - American propa?
ganda is absurd. My association With
Americans has been delightful. Even
here, since my detention, my wife and
I have been treated with the utmost
consideration. I guess I like America
better than your State Department
does me."
Pope Blesses N. Y. Woman \
Who Aided Italy's Babies
Mrs. Drake, Head o? American
Free Milk Society, Receives
Thanks for War Work
Pope Benedict has conferred his
apostolic blessing on Mrs. John A.
Drake, president of the American Free !
Milk and Relief for Italy, it was an-)
nounced yesterday by the organization.
All thoso who contributed to the relief ?
of babie1.-! in Italy during war time arc '
include.1 in the blessing. The an- ;
nouncement said:
"The Pope expressed deep gratitude
for the work that is being done:, per
sonally and in behalf of the thousands
of children whose lives have been
saved. The message was in the form
of a letter written by Cardinal Gas
narri at the dictation of the Pope. A'
direct message from the Pope is a dis
tinction which the Vatican rarely ac- ;
cords to a layman, and still more rarely
to a woman.
"The Pope recently established a
hospital for tuberculosis victims at
Monte Mario, for which milk is being
supplied by the American Free Milk
for Italy.
"Mrs. Drake has made arrangements
to sail next Saturday for another ex?
tended tour of Italy in the interest of
relie-f work among the orphans of that
country. Her tour will includo a visit
to the Vatican and a formal presenta?
tion to the King and Queen of Italy.
She will be accompanied by Mrs. Wal?
ton II. -Marshall."
Sign Austro-Rumanian Pact
Commercial Treaty Provides
for Financing of Trade
VIENNA, Aug. 22.? The Austrian
government has concluded a commer?
cial treaty with Rumania for a period
of one year, the principal feature of
which is a provision for mutual ac?
ceptance of the respective moneys of
the two countries in payment for corn
mod ?ties.
Under the treaty Austria will receive
foodstuffs and petroleum products in
exchange for various classes of manu?
factured goods. She alsei undertakes to
repair 500 Rumanian locomotives.
Coreans Ask Congressmen
For Aid Against Japanese
PEKING, Aug. 122. -A group of
Corean leaders conferred with Senator
William J. Harris., of Georgia, and Rep?
resentative Stephen B. Porter, of Penn?
sylvania, here Friday. They presented
documents and oral statements con?
cerning Corean grievances against Jap?
anese rule in their country and urged
assistance from the Americans.
The C.!ean:, followed the American
Congressional party now touring the
coast here irom,Shanghai.
Credulous Clients Still
Send Cheeks to Ponzi
Wife and Mother Bring Him
Bundle of Them on Visit
to His Cell
Spe, (ol DlSpatCll tO The Tribune
BOSTON, Aug. 22. Charles Ponzi,
frenzied financier, spent Sunday quiet?
ly in his cell without going to church
services. He was visited by his mother
and wil'e, who brought with them a
bundle of checks in varying amounts
from persona who are not yet con?
vinced, and are still willing to turn
over their savings to the wizard for
investment. Ponzi's arrest has made
the negotiation of these checks impos?
sible and they will be returned to the
senders.
Another court proceeding will be
staged to-morrow morning in his case,
but, unlike any of the court, proceed?
ings which have been held so far, the
central figure of thin most astounding
swindle ever perpretated will not ap?
pear personally in court, but will be
represented by counsel. The case to?
morrow is the one in which the state
charges the "wizard" with larceny.
The bail in this ease has been set at
$10,000. It probably will be continued.
Ponzi is in the East Cambridge .Jail,
under federal warrants, char;ring him
with using the mails to defraud. Coun?
sel for the dapper little Italian have so
far failed to reach an agreement with
Attorney Genera] .1. Weston Allen, in
regard to the total amount of hail
which the Commonwealth of Massa?
chusetts will demand, so Ponzi remains
in his cell, under federal bail of
$25,000.
Kahn Calls Effect
of Peace in Europe
Worse Than War's
Financier Says Versailles
Treaty Has Been Sadly
Disillusionizing to Hope
of World for Settlement
Europe is "sadly disillusioned" with
the peace treaty of Versailles, in the
opinion of Otto II. Kahn, who has just
published a pamphlet giving his im?
pressions of a recent tour in England,
Italy and France. Copies of the pam?
phlet were made public yesterday.
Mr. Kahn contends that Europe for
the last year has leen suffering li o
fmni the effects of war than from the
peace concluded by the Allies. "Those
who framed the treaty, while affirming
and, 1 doubt not, intending allegiance
to the hopes and aspirations of the lib?
eral opinion of the world, have to a
considerable extent, negatived them in
fact," rays Mr. Kahn.
"They hove produced a treaty so lit?
tle consonant with the realities that
from the day of its promulgation to
this day it has been a continuous ob?
ject of controversy, of readjustment,
of interpretation, of haggling and whit
tling ('own, and has consumed the time,
thou ,ht and energies of the leading
statesmen in the various countries to
the detriment of domestic affairs.
"Solemnly proclaiming the principle
of 'self-determination' they have
granted or withheld it, according to
their discretion.
'It would be futile to discuss the
distribution of responsibility among
the treaty makers for the sad disillu?
sionment which '.ho outcome and sequel
of the Versailles conference brought
to a world that stood ready and expect?
ant to follow a lead worthy of the high
inspiration which had actuated the
P ople of the Allied nations and Amer?
ica during the wir.
"It sounds paradoxical, but in a large
sense it is true that Europe for the
past year has bi en suffering less from
the effects of the war than from the
effects of the peace."
Syrian Premier and Aid
Slain in Train Hold-Up
Many Passengers Are Robbed;
Freueh Garrison at Aduna
Defeats Besiegers
HAIFA, Syria, Aug. 21.?Droubi
Pasha, the Syrian Premier, and Abder
haman, a member of his cabinet, were
killed to-day when bandits attacked
their train en route from Damascus to
this city. Many passengers were
robbed and several slain during the
hold-up. Few details of the attack
hove been received here.
PARIS, Aug. '22. 'Che French garri?
son at Adana, Asia Minor, which had
been besieged for two months, made a
sally Friday and, according; to the
Foreign Office, has virtually been re?
lieved.
Eighteen American relief workers
were with the garrison. The Foreign
Office says the garrison badly de?
feated the besiegers and that the situ?
ation no longer is critical.
Cuban Accuses Two Girls
Says His Wallet and $1,1001
Disappeared on Taxi Ride
Two young women who said they
were Buddy Ralph, of 274 West 115th
Street, and Dixie Kennedy, of 124 West
Forty-seventh Street, slow girls, wore
li eked up last night at the West. Thir?
tieth Street police station charged with
grand larceny.
The complainant against them,
Harry Dignun, of Havana, Cuba, who
is at the Hotel McAlpin,, told the
police that he met the woman Satur?
day night at a cabaret and invited
them for a taxicab rid?e, discover-j
ing after they had parted that his
wallet, containing $1,100, was miss?
ing.
All kinds of oltl<'<- iie'.p listed with the
i ' nal Em i loyment Agencies adver?
tised In The Tribune. ? -Advt,
Red Republics
In Germany
Fall in a Day
Leaders Loot Banks, Then
Flee as Troops Approach ;
Even Communist News?
paper? Denounce Move
Origin of Coup Unknown
Berlin Is Unable to Link
Conspiracy With Bolshe?
vik East Front Campaign
Special fohle to The Tribunt
Copyright, 1020, New i'ork Tribuno Irr.
BERLIN, Aug. 22.?Excitement
caused by the news that Red republics
had been proclaimed in tho industrial
towns of Velbert and Cothen soon sub?
sided when it was learned that the
former fizzled out and that govern?
ment troops were marching on the
latter. In both places the: usual ex?
treme measures wero taken by the
Reds. The burgomasters wrc locked
up, the banks were seized and the
newspapers placed under control.
Middleclass citizens were harassed by
the mutineers.
When the troops approached tlm
former town this morning the Red
leaders, having looted the banks, fled
in a commandeered motorcar.
Even the Communist newspapers
condemn "political adventures" of this
kind and say that Communism is made
ridiculous by such exploits.
BERLIN, Aug. 22 (By The Associated
Press). -The diminutive Communist
outbreaks recently reported in seve-ral
sections of midsout'nwestem Germany
have been suppressed or have vanished
as mysteriously as they originated.
The Berlin government has not yet
been able to fathom their origin or
establish any connection between them
and a possible far-flung German Com?
munist plot, inspired by Bolshevik suc?
cesses along Germany's east front.
The' Freiheit, Socialist organ, com?
pletely disowns the elements respon?
sible for the Communist revolts at
Velbert, Cothen and o'Jicr points, and
refers to them as the doings of "a d:.
organized lot of mad adventurers and
sensation-seeking literateurs." It se?
verely censures Communist leaders who
tolerate such outbreaks. It. charges
that they serve the ends of the Ger?
man reactionaries and incidentally
strengthen French military ambitions,
which "thereby find a needed pretext
to invade the Ruhr region."
Cothen soviet rule was short lived.
Its chief instigator, a school teacher
named Berg, who came from Saar?
br?cken six months ago, and also the
few men who staged it, promptly fled
when they learned that the expecteel
Communist plots had failed to ma?
terialize in Leipsic, Halle, Magdeburg
and other places.
In the Ruhr district the sporadic
Communist outbreaks lasted barely
twenty-four hours. Communist upris?
ings at Elberfeld, Barmen anil Rem
scheid were promptly suppressed.
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Man Seeking Fight Gets
It With Eight Policemen
Giant Longshoreman. Puts Up
Mighty Battle Before He
Ts Suhdued
It required the combin?e! efforts of
aoven patrolmen, several civilians and
a stockily built detective to subdue the
playful spirits of a giant longshore?
man in West Forty-eighth Street last
night. The man, who later said he was
Michael Leaddy, of 348 West Forty
ninth Street, had caused a near riol by
stopping pedestrians and demanding
that they favor him with a fight.
Patrolman William Wood, of the
West Thirty-seventh Street, station, on
post at Broadway and Forty-ninth
Street, hurried to the scone and or?
dered Leaddy to move em. Instead of
complying,.it is alleged that he struck
Wood on the jaw and then grappled
with him. Patrolman Cassidy, of the
same precinct, hurried to Wood's aid,
but was met with a stinging blow on
the chin. Civilians who endeavored to
assist the two officers were knocked
down and kicked.
A telephone call for the reserves
brought live additional patrolmen anel
Detective Michael Mondo. After a
lengthy tussle with Leaddy they suc?
ceeded in pinning him to the pavement,
where he was helel until the arrival of
the patrol wagon.
An ambulance surgeon from New
York Hospital attended his wounds, and
he was locked up on a charge of dis?
orderly conduct.
With his spirit still unbroken, how?
ever, he continued to shout from his
cell that he could lick any ten cops in
New York, and that when he got out
he would do so.
Ship Ban on Wives Lifted
-1-?
Women Now May Sai! With
Captains on U. S. Craft
WASHINGTON, Aug. 22.- Wives of
captains of government owned mer?
chant ships may now accompany their
i usbands on voyages as a result of an
order announced to-night by Chairman
Benson of the Shipping Board.
Captains on vessels controlled by
some of the private lines are permitted
to take their wives with them at sea,
tho chairman said.
Permission for wives to sail with
their husbands will only be granted,
however, after thorough investigation
and to captains whose records for ef?
ficiency are high, the chairman said.
and Associated
Garment Manufacturers
Fashion Show
Fifth Annual Exhibition
Nearly 100 of New York's foremost manufacturers w'll ?-in?
hibit in competition their newest and best models.
Also a select showing of wraps, coats, suits and gowns by
the leading couturiers, including Hickson, Bergdorf 8j Good?
man, M. De May, Grean, Le Bon Ton, and Kupier?the
forecast of the season 1920-1921.
The general public will be admitted on ?^
tfff??P August 27th. Admission by card only?apply ^?ff^
&r *\ at garment department of leading stores or to i J
f. Exhibition Manager / J??
' SIDNEY ELUMENTHAL ?3c CO. JH
395 Fourth Av., New York City \v fe
Telephone Madison Square 1250 \ ?aj?*
Mannix Appeals to Irish
Not lo Resent "Insult"
Cause Almost Won, He Assure?;
"English Naval Victory"
Added Fuel to Flame
DUBLIN, Aug. 22 Through the
Freeman's .Tournai Archbishop Mnn
nix. of Australia, has addressed the
following message to the Trish people:
"I appeal to the Irish people to he
calm and firm under the insult offered
them and me. Ireland can afford to
be patient for, though she is Buffering
much, her cause is almost, won. The
recent 'English naval victory' has but
added fuel to the flame which it was
meant to extinguish."
ROME, Aug. 22. The irish College
here lias been rotified that Arch?
bishop Mannix, of Australia, will be
its guest during the prelate's visit to
Rome next October. It is expected
that Monsignor John (lagen, rector of
the college, who is now in Ireland, will
come to Rome with the Archbishop
and formally welcome him to the col?
lege. The Irish Dominicans, Augus
tinians and Franciscans have im?
portant institutions here, and together
with the- priests and parishioners of
the Irish Church of St. Patrick, are
preparing a great demonstration of
sympathy and welcome for Arch?
bishop Mannix.
It is authoritatively said here that
the British government 'iocs not de?
sire to prevent Archbishop Mannix
from visiting Rom , but on the con?
trary has used its influence with the
Vatican to hasten his arrival h^re,
' hoping that his visit, to the Pope may
i result in moderating his ?ggressive
anti-British sentiments.
BOSTON, Aug. 22.- The United
| Irish Societies of Boston at a mass
.-: ' ng on the Common to-day- pro?
tested the seizure of Archbishop Man?
nix at sea by Great Britain c:S an act
! of "piracy and an assassination of
1 liberty."
(Continued from p.igo ono)
| of Cork, who is in Brixton jail,-London,
on a hunger strike, is to be released.
(Should he be allowed to die in prison
Irel md is tl n atei e I with a general
strike, unprecedented demonstrations
and further extensions of the boycott.
The plans for all these have been ar?
ranged.
Dr. McCormack, of the Trish pris?
oners' board, and Dr. Kinsella, of the
Maryborough convict prison, who were
s.-nt to Cork by the government in con?
nection with "?i" hunger strikers in
prison there, have received a letter
signed b; the Cork brigade of the Irish
republican army, holding them respon?
sible should t'ne hunger strikers die
and inviting them to resign if they
disclaim responsibility for the treat?
ment of the prisoners.
Dublin Castle announces that the
doctors have recommended the release
of the imprisoned men.
Sr. Stanley Harrington, leader of
the Cork deputation to the Premier,
and Captain Harrison, secretary of the
Irish peace conference, have sent, pro?
tests to the government against the
treatment of Lord Mayor MacSweeney ?
and other hunger strikers.
Archbi hop Wallace in forwarding a
?100 subscriptioi for the' relie'' of
atholics excluded from employment in
Belfast, says: "The infamies in Bel?
fast arc only possible becau: ? they
are "tn-r.lv tolerated by the English
minstry now ruling only by the strong
hand of force in this country."
The; question of a general strike is in
the hands of the Labor party. The boy
cot? even now is being extended beyond
the police and military to the civil em?
ployees of the British government. The
latest victims i ? the boycott are mem?
bers of the late John Redmond's j
family, owing to the fact that Martin
Green, husband of Mr. Redmond's
daughter, holds a position as chairman
of the Irish Prisons Committee.
Hotels catering to the tourist trade
are receiving 1< tters demanding that
they refuse to sh dter "enemies" of
: re and. The p oprief ; -- of the famous
Wooden Bridge Hotel in the Wicklow
mountains receive.': such a letter, but
refused to recognize the demand unless
it bore the stamp of "The Irish Repub?
lic."
Irish Dairy industry
is Said to Face Ruin
DUBLIN, Aug. 22 (By The Associated
Press). The groat cooperative dairying
movement, started by the Irish Agri- ',
cultural Organization Society, the sys?
tem of which has bee-, copied through- i
out the world, including the United
States, is threatened with absolute
ruin, owing to the destruction o&
creameries by the police and military
in reprisal for the burning of police ?
barracks, according to George \V. Rus?
sell, ; he famous writer, whi ' ' r -' ?r
Horace Plunkett, was chiefly respon?
sible for the succc s of the o ... .
tion.
According to Mr. Russell, the or?
ganization has direct evidence that
nineteen creameries, toe-ether with
their extensive machinery and stocks
of cheese which were kept in storage
while maturing, have been destroyed
by either the police or the military.
Others also have been burned, but th?i
society has only circumstantial evi?
dence as to how the fires started, and
is not claiming compensation for them
from the British government.
Mr. Rutsell, who is an enthusiast on
the subject of the agricultural devel?
opment of Ireland, after deploring
what he termed the virtual ruin of
the movement, said to-day:
"The British government either ts
incompetent in other words, it is un?
able to control its servants in Ireland
or it ?a an organized effort to de?
stroy all Irish industry. Since April,
when it promised to put a stop to the'
destruction of creameries, that de?
struction has increased sixfold, ano
has resulted in driving many farmers
into the Sinn F?in fold.
"The latter, while they attack the
police when they are engaged in secret
service Work and military wh?n simi?
larly engaged, respect the property of
civilian:-, and their courts punish
those guilty of destroying property.
But the British government either it
unable to or will not protect our
creameries."
All-Metal Airplane
Bark, Ending Flight
D c*
Across Continent
The Larson J. L.-6 Returns
to Long Island Flying
Field From Log Angeles;
Only One Completed Trip
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The Larsen J. L.-6 all-metal air?
plane arrived at the flying field at
Central Bark, L. I., last night, com?
pleting the round trip transcontinen?
tal flight to and from Los Angele?.
It was piloted by Bert Acosta, and
passengers carried on tue trip were
Eddie Kickenbacher, John M. Larsen
and E. E. Ai; y ne, or Cleveland.
The airplane left here \?.;th two
others to blaze the aerial mail rout?
to the Coast. It was the intention of
the pilot when he left Loa Angeles on
the return trip to attempt a record
return flight, but this plan was aban?
doned later.
The plane arrived at the field shortly
before 9:30 o'cb ck.
"Wo got into Mexico going from
Tucson to El Paso," said Rickenbacher,
"We crossed at Columbus, where Villa
made his raid. We were well up then,
about 10,000 feet, and could not tell
just what was happening or who was
doing- it, bur I'd swear bullets whizzed
past us. We figured some of the Mex?
ican border guards were firing at the
gringoeg."
Other places where stops were made
were amarilla, Tex.; Roswell, N. If.;
Omaha, Neb.; Kansas City. Cleveland
and Bellefonte, the last unscheduled.
The plane that came in yesterday wsj
the only one to complete the round trip,
One was left on the coast. The third
"cracked" at Omaha on the way out
when ?t hit a house "taking off," de?
molishing the plane. Rickenbacher was
reported hurt then. Asked about hi?
injuries, he replied:
"I suffered a severe fracture of th?
straw hat."
Asked if he contemplated entering
an all-metal plane in the transccnti
i enta! race for the Pulitzer Trophy in
November, V.r. Larsen said he wanted
to wait until the amended conditions o?
the race were announced.
"I am very anxious to put one of th?
planes in the race," he added, "but per?
sonally I do not think any air race
which does not penalize less than a
minimum of 250-milo 'hops' does not
really mean much to aviation."
Pastor Denounces Head
Of Negro Association
Rev. E. Daniel)* Arouses Marcu?
Garvey of Kindling Race
Hatred by I Iterances
Marcus Garvey, head of the Un i ver?
sal Negro Improvement Association,
now in convention, was denounced foi
his alleged increasing violence an?
fiery utterances by the Rev. E. Dan.
iels, colored pastor of St. Phi!;."s P. E
Church, 134th Street and Seventh Ave?
nue, yesterday. Mr. Daniels charg?e
Garvey with being guilty of the "whit?
man's' fallacy of thinking only of h;i
own race, instead of the good of all
mankind."
In his sermon the pastor drew an
analogy between Moses and Carver
since the latter has been styled by hit
friends "The Moses of the Negro,' and
said that Moses, when he adepred th<
policy of force and slew the Egyptian
who was flogging a Jew, was guilty ol
manslaughter.
"We are allowing ourselves to b?
misrepresented by the convention
speakers at 138th Street," he said
"White nn-n have forced the question
of color to the point of stupidity, bul
the fanatics of our race are just ai
stupi i."
Continuing, he said in part:
"At Liberty Hall 1 heard one speak?
er sa> : 'We are going- to have democ?
racy in this country, if we have to kill
every white man in it.' Are vou pre?
pared to follow such leadership
this? dur task is to find honora
peaceful ways of settling the di
enees between race and race."
United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation.
MACHINERY, EQUIPMENT AND MATERIALS
At the Yard Formerly Operated by
NATIONAL SHIPBUILDING & DRY DOCK COMPANY,
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA
For Sa!e
; Sealed bids will ho received until 11 o'clock A. M., September
loth, 1920, by the United State.-; Shipping Board Emergency Fleet
Corporation at the office of the Director, Division of Supply and
! Sales, 6th and B streets S. W., Washington, D. C, for the pur
j chase of the interest of the United States Shipping Board
j Emergency Fleet Corporation in plant machinery, equipment, and
shipbuilding materials-?excepting treenails and lumber?located a'.
the yard of the National Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company,
Savannah, Georgia. The use of certain equipment and facilities for
loading1, sawing, dressing, and re-manufacturing lumber is reserved
until the lumber has been removed from the yard in accordance
with an existing sales contract.
Bids must be submitted in duplicate on standard proposal
forms and inclosed in a sealed envelope marked "Proposal 4002 to
be Opened at 11 A. M., September 16th, l'J20.r'
The property to be sold consist's of:
Buildings?Track?Fire Apparatus?Water, Steam and Air
Lines?Lighting Equipment?Air and Small Tools?Scaf
folding?Cypress Poles?Building Material?Electric Sup?
plies Hospital Supplies?Pipe and Fittings?Machine
Parts?Tool Steel?Machinery?Yard Equipment?Launch
and Boats?Hospital Equipment?Hardware?Masts and
Booms?Iron.
Property is to be removed from yard within six months of
signing of contract. Bids must be accompanied by a certified
check on a National Bank, payable to the United States Shipping
Board Emergency Fleet Corporation, for 10% of the amount bid.
The right is reserved to reject any or all bids.
Proposal forms and further information m3y be obtained by
addressing the
DIRECTOR, DIVISION OF SUPPLY AND SALES,
UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD EMERGENCY
FLEET CORPORATION.
6th and B Street? S. W., Washington, D. C.