Accept League
As Arbiter in
Aland Dispute
Finland and Sweden Agree
to Intervention for Settle
tlement of Controversy as
to Possession of Islands
Commission to Investigate
Council Adopts Jurists9 Re?
port on Procedure Under
Two Articles of Covenant
PARIS, Sept. 18 (By The Associated
Press). ? Finland and Sweden have
?(reed to accept the intervention of
the League of Nations for the settle?
ment of the dispute between them as
to the possession of the Aland Islands
at the mouth of the Gulf of Bothnia
between the two countries. A commis?
sion will be appointed by the executive
council of the league to investigate
the question and reach an early deci?
sion.
The acceptance of the council as
arbitrator is regarded by the members
of the council as a long step toward to?
ward recognition of the league by na?
tions of the world as a medium for the
prevention of future wars.
The decision of Finland and Sweden
to accept the intervention of the league
was taken at to-day's meeting of the
council, which was attended by Hjal
mar Branting, Swedish Premier, and
M. Enckell, Finnish Foreign Minister.
The council adopted the report of
the committee of international jurists
which had been appointed to deter?
mine if the league had jurisdiction
in the case. The committee deter?
mined that under Articles I?I and XI
of the league covenant it had the right
to act.
Basis of League's Action
[Artice II deals with the functions
of the Assembly of the League of
Nations and provides that it may
deal at its meetings with any matter
"within the sphere of action of the
league or affecting the peace of the
world." Article aI is that in which
it is declared that it is "the friendly
right of each member of the league
to bring to the attention of the coun?
cil any circumstance whatever af?
fecting international relations which
threatens to disturb international
peace or the good understanding be?
tween nations upon which peace de?
pends," and also that any war or
threat of war is a matter of concern
to the whole league, and that it
"shall take any action that may be
deemed wise and effectual to safe?
guard the peace of nations."]
The action of the two nations places
in the hands of the league an interna?
tional dispute which at one time was
thought might lead to war. Members
of the council do not disguise their
satisfaction over the decision, which is
pointed to as one of the strongest ex
fresslons of support and confidence the
eague has yet received.
Commission to Frame Report
A commission of three has been se?
lected to furnish the langue in the
shortest possible timo a report which
will enable it to frame either a final
or o provisional settlement.
In a resolution which was adopted
unanimously the council expressed the
hope "that the forthcoming settlement
of the question of the Aland Islands
will be the basis of the maintenance of
peace in that part of the world."
Premier Branting and Foreign Min?
ister Enckell expressed their approval
of the course of the council, and said
they felt confident that a solution ac?
ceptable to both Finland and Sweden
would soon be reached by that body.
Sweden's claims to ownership of the
Aland Islands date back more than
a century. They belonged to her up
to 1809, when they were taken by
Russia and attached to the Province
of Finland. Separated from Russia as
a consequence of the war and the Rus
sii n Revolution, Finland now claims
she is entitled to the continued own?
ership of the group. Sweden is set?
ting up her previous ownership, to?
gether with the large preponderance
oi Swedish population of the islands,
as reasons why they should now re?
vert to her.
Sweden Dispatched Troops
In the spring of 1918, when warfare
between the White Guards and Bol?
shevik forces broke out in Finland
and it was reported the Germans
planned to make use of the islands in
connection with their operations in
Finland, Sweden sent troops to occupy
the islands.
The Aland Archipelago comprises
about eighty inhabited islands, with a
population of about '2;">,0U0, a large pro?
portion of which are Swedes. The
largest of the group is Aland Island,
which containa nearly one-half the
population.
The dispute over the ownership of
the islands has caused considerable
bitterness between the Finns and
Swedes, and at one time an open break
Soviet Proclaimed by j
Reds in White Russia
COPENHAGEN, Sept. 18.?
White Russia has been pro?
claimed a Soviet republic, accord?
ing to delayed advices received
here yesterday from Korno, Lith?
uania, The proclamation, which
was signed by White Russian and
Lithuanian Communists and rep?
resentatives of the Bund, or work?
men's organisation, was issued in
Minsk on September 7.
The Social Revolutionaries re- j
fused to participate in the forma?
tion of the new republic. The
highest revolutionary council of
the new republic consists of Com?
munists and members of the
Bund, and the languages officially
recognized are ?ussian, White
Russian, Polish and Yiddish.
in relations was feared. Sweden has
been insistent upon the taking of a
plebiscita to decide the ownership of !
the islands and, preceding to-day's defi?
nite action by the League of Nations,
the Aland question has been before
the various allied councils in one form
or another.
30,000 Reds
Seize Plants
In South Italy
(Continued frvtn paga ?ne)
the Premier has decided to appoint to
submit concrete proposals respecting I
participation by workmen in the tech- j
nical, financial and disciplinary man- .
agement of factories will be composed i
of six members appointed by the mas?
ters and six by the men, including on |
either side two representatives of the
technical staff. j
This commission will be authorized ;
to propose necessary measures for
settling the existing dispute and to
report within eight days relative to
observance ?f internal rules of the es?
tablishments and the engagement or!
dismissal of men, with the understand?
ing that nobody is to be dismissed for
his part in the present trouble, but ;
Imay be transferred if necessary.
U. S. Metal Workers Send Message
The national executive committee of
I the Amalgamated Metal Workers of
j America cabled the Workers' Industrial
I Council of Italy congratulating Italian
workmen for establishing "cooperative
ownership," declaring solidarity with
the Italian workers and pledging "moral
support in their courageous and class
conscious undertaking to sovietize the
i industries of Italy."
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! China Asks Russian Legation
And Consulates to Retire
PEKING, Sept. 16. -The Chinese For
; eign Office to-day notified Prince N.
! A. Koudacheff, Minister of ilussia, in
j charge of the Russian Legation by ap?
pointment of the late Czar, that in
view of the non-representative status
of the Russian legation, voluntary ces?
sation of functioning of the legation
and Russia consulates would be wel?
comed.
The personnel of the Russian Lega?
tion has remained unchanged since the
fall of the Czar's r?gime. Prince Kou?
dacheff informed the Chinese Foreign
Ministry that ho would retire at an
early date.
"?Complications in Russian affairs here
; were further entagieti recently by ar?
rival of delegates accredited from the
Verkhne-Udinsk government, ostensi?
bly interested in renewing commercial
i relations between China and Siberia.
? ? ? ?? ?
! French Defeat Arab Force
Kill 200 Near Damascus; Na?
tives Ask Armsitice
PARIS, Sept. 18.-?Arab forces have
been defeated near Damascus by a
! French column under the command of
j Colonel Follet, according to a dispatch
; from Beirut. The Arabs lost 200 killed
and a number of cannon and machine
guns.
Since this fight General Gouraud,
French High Commissioner in Syria,
has received a number of requests for
? an armistice from Arab leaders.
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Poles Advance
On 240-Mile
Iine*Take Lutsk '
Drive Back Bolshevik! in
Eastward Strides From
Pripet ; Seize Prisoners
and Much War Material
In Ex-Czar's Great Forest
Soviet Announces Victory
Over Wr?nge! Fleet and
Land Gain by Anti-Reds
WARSAW, Sept. 18 (By The Asso?
ciated Presi*).)?Lutsk, an important
fortified city forty miles east of
Vladimir-Volhynsk, has been captured
by the Poles, who have won successes
along a front of approximately 240
miles, according to an official state?
ment issued here yesterday.
The Poles, in their strides from the
Pripet region south *o the Dneister,
are reaching eastward. They have
pushed the Soviet forces back at vari?
ous points and captured great quanti?
ties of war materials and hundreds of
prisoners.
Northeast of Brest-Litovsk the Poles
have brought within their lines a part
of Europe's greatest forest, which for
years was the former Emperor's hunt?
ing ground, and to the east of Kobryn
have gained control of the Gorodetski
Canal, which connects the Bug, the
Pripet and the Dnieper.
Near Pinsk the Poles have encoun?
tered bands of "insurgents" who are I
operating in the rear of the Soviet |
troops. The Poles are now cleaning up
this sector.
?tailway Material Captured
The Polish troops, n1; pa?t of the
maneuver which resulted in the cap?
ture of Lutsk, crossed the Stochod,
advanced along the railroad in the di?
rection of Rozyszc?.e, and captured
Turyjsk, with four locomotives, 180
cars, an armored train and eight guns. |
The Polish cavalry occupied Cholojow
and Radziechow, in the region of the
Gnila Lipa and the Upper Bur.
The Ukrainians and Poles, operating
together north of the Dniester, have '
defeated the Russians, and the pursuit i
has reached the line of Zyrawka,
Vhrynkowce, Potok-Zloty, Korosciatyn I
and Monasterzyska. Many prisoners
have been taken.
The capture of Lutsk gives the Poles
control of more thnn half of the forti?
fied triangle southeast of Kovol, cap?
tured several days'a'go, the points on
which are Lutsk, Dubno and Rovno. ?
These last two fortresses are now I
within gunshot of the Polish front
lines.
Moscow Claims Sea Victory
LONDON. Sept. 18?A victory for
the Soviet flotilla in the Sea of Azov
over General Wrangel'a naval forces is !
announced in the statement from Mos- ,
cow. In the land fighting the Russians
concede r. setback and a retirement in ?
the neighborhood of OriakhoiT. The I
statement reads:
"In the Oriakhoff region, as the re?
sult of fierce fighting with the enemy'r
cavalry, we retired behind the Tokmak
Pologu Railway, where the fighting i.
continuing1.
"On the Sea of Azov our flotilla de
feated the enemy's flotilla, consisting!
of seven ships, sinking one destroyer
and damaging two others."
Polish Peace Delegate
And Soviet Envoy Confer
RIGA, Sept. 18 (By The Associated
Press).?-Adolph Joffe, head of the Rus?
sian Soviet delegation, and M. Domb
ski, of the Polish Peace Mission, met ,
for the first time this afternoon in a
two-hour conference behind closed !
doors. It was said officially yesterday
that this meeting was for the pul?
p?se of arranging details of the regu?
lar conference which is expected to
begin Tuesday.
It is understood, however, that M. ,
Dombski and M. Joffe really laid the
first ground work for a peace settle- .
ment. I
\ ?
Wrangel Renews Drive;
Captures Several Towns
CONSTANTINOPLE, Sept. 18.?Re- I
sumption of offensive operations in the
district of Southern Russia, where the
army of General Baron Wrangel is
fighting the Bolshevik forces, is an- ,
nounced in communiques issued by'
General Wrangel's officials on Septem- '?
ber 14 and 15. They report that Bol- '
shevik resistance is being overcome,
that several towns have been occupied
and that three native regiments with
important material have been captured.
Polish-Lithuanian Dispute
Still Before League Council
PARIS, Sent. 18.?Discussion of the
boundary dispute between Roland and
Lithuania, which has led to sporadic ]
hostilities between those nations, was ;
continued to-day by the Council of the ;
League of Nations, in session here.
The council will again take up the
question Sunday morning, having failed
to reach any decision in the matter
to-day.
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i- golfer?Quebec, with its old French atmos?
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quest, offers a holiday of surpassing charm and
romantic interest. From late September well
into November is the best time of all the year
to visit Canada. Nature is a riot of changing
color, days cool and refreshing; golf links at
their best; roads, via Albany and Montreal or
thru Maine, in splendid condition.
And high on the cliff, overlooking the
St. Lawrence, Chateau Frontenac, famous
for its gay, international, social life, offers
now the best of its year-round luxuries,
comforts and hospitality.
A week or tvo at Quebec thtt Fall teilt make
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U. S. Relief Organher
Berlin Robhers* Victim
Pearl Necklace Worth $1,600
in Loot Taken From Walter
Brown's Suite in Hotel Adlon
Soccial Caol? to The Ttttun*
Copyright. 1M0, New Tor* Tribune Inc.
BERLIN, Sept. 18.?Expert thieves
early this morning raided the suite of
rooms at the Hotel Adlon.occupied by
Walter Brown, European organizer of
the American Relief Commission ware?
houses founded by Herbert Hoover.
Mrs. Brown and their ton-year-old
daughter were in the suite at the time
of the robbery.
Among the articles stolen was ?
pearl necklace valued at $1,600. The
child saw one of the thieves searching
her room, but she was only half
awake, the room was dark, and she
thought the man was her father.
The rooms occupied by General
Bingham. British member of the Al?
lied military mission, also were raided.
A revolver and some cigars and cigar?
ettes were stolen.
Investigation of the robberies has
been intrusted to some of Berlin's
most famous detectives. Brown ar?
rived here early this week to attend
a conference of members of the relief
commission.
Greco-British Force Takes
Another Turkish Stronghold
CONSTANTINOPLE, Sept. 15?Ada
Bazar, tw<>ity-three miles east of
Ismid, hua been captured by Graco
British troops after sharp skirmish?
ing.
Major General Croker has arrived at
Ismid, making the fourth British gen?
eral engaged in the operations against
the Turks. It is rt)?orted that Lieu?
tenant General Milne and Major Gen?
eral Ironside have been relieved be?
cause they have not beenin favor of
aggressive warfare.
Nicaragua Stays Aloof From
Central American Union Plan
SAN SALVADOR, Republic of Salva
dor, Sept. 17.?Nicaragua is the only
Central American nation that has not
expressed its willingness to join w*ith ;
other Isthmian nations in a conference !
In Guate??!* City October 12, to dle
cuss ? plan for the formation of the
Central American Union. The Sal?
vadorean government has sent a
communication to Guatemala, Hondu?
ras and Costa Rica suggesting, that
Nicaragua be urged to join in the con?
ference. The conference will probably
select a permanent seat for the pro?
posed Union of Latin American Repub?
lics.
Opium Crop Arouses. ?moy
Fight Started to Prevent Plant?
ing in Fukien Province
AMOY, China, Sept. 18.?Organiza?
tion is being takers by Araoy to pre?
vent the planting of a new crop of
opium in Fukien Province. Educa?
tional, religious and business organi?
sations are cooperating. A mass meet?
ing has been held for a discussion of
the subject, and messages telegraphed
to the President and the Provincial
Governor uring enforcement of the
law.
In a world-wide appeal it is de?
clared that "the South Fukien Opium
Prevention Society, realizing the open
and willful disregard of the law pro?
hibiting the production of opium, and
knowing that during the last year
enough opium was produced for five
years and that another crop will sup?
ply the demand for fifteen years, ap?
peals to the world press and all welfare
organizations, now that the planting
3eason for the new crop is at hand, to
aid in the suppression of the great
evil."
100 Reds Reported Executed
LONDON,' Sept. 18.-A Helsingfors
dispatch to the Central News says that
Admiral Baskolnikey, commanding the
Russian Baltic fleet, has executed one
hundred marines for refusing to obey
a mobilization order.
Bishop Says British Policy
In Ireland Dooms Empire
BELFAST, Sept. 18.?Bishop Fall?n,
of London, Ontario, who is visiting
Belfast and the surrounding district, !
has sent a message to Premier Lloyd i
George on the situation in Ulster, in I
which he says:
"The proposed arming of civilians
is an invitation to incitement to civil ?
war here in Ulster. Such action makes ,;
hopeless the efforts of mod?r?t? .men
throughout the empire. The hidden
fiower that is dictating the present
rish policy is digging the grave ef the
British commonwealth."
German Crop Outlook Dark
MtHt Import 2*000,000 Tons of
Breadstuff? From America
BERLIN, Sept. :8.?Two million tons
of breadstuffs must be imported by ?
Germany, chiefly from Ameriea .. ^
1920 crop will be considerably ,?
of the country's requirements i?. ^
announcement by the President J??*
imperial Grain Department. *?
He asserts that the prospict ?* s
as cereal stocks is concern!; .
gloomy, The rye crop has b? k
disappointment and this year'? h *
Of breadstuffs is calculat?d to Cif?
only 7,000,000 tons, while Und de???
to breadstuff production hag dimini.k ?
more than 7 per cent. ?"N
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In size and inspiration. Those who were children
! 50 years ago will recall the toy store of F. A. 0.
Schwarz at 765 Broadway. It was created with
the idea of bringing happiness to the hearts of
j children.
As years passed, the child grew and the store
grew. Today it occupies over 60.000 square feet
> of floor space, all under one roof.
in its growth the Home of Toys has never lost
sight of its original inspiration, that of making
children happy, but as it grew, new departments
were added, so that the grown-ups can find play
things as well as the little ones.
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?S Of Our Entire Stock of
I PERSIAN & CHINESE RUGS
??; If price plays any part in the movement of this collection, good judges of VALUES
HI will not leave a single one of these beautiful Rugs here by the end of the week.
ZZL Not one of the entire stock was purchased for this Sale. It is our own exclusive col
m lection, specially selected on different occasions and bought with every regard for
?? the high standard of merit our Rugs have always possessed.
^?^ The range of patterns, while large, is tasteful in the extreme, and the
-?? colorings are well calculated to harmonize with any interior scheme.
? CARPET SIZES
Originally NOW
Chinese 10 ft. 3 in. x 13 ft.$965.00 $482.50
Chinese 10 ft. x 10 ft. 450.00 225.00
Chinese 10 ft. x 15 ft.1440.00 720.00
Chinese 9 ft. 2 in. x 13 ft.1000.00 500.00
Chinese 8 ft. 2 in. x 11 ft. 754.00 377.00
Chinese 7 ft. 1 in. x 10 ft. 2 in.. 604.00 302.00
Chinese 6 ft. x 9 ft. 421.00 210.50
Chinese 7 ft. x 9 ft. 380.00 190.00
Chinese 6 ft. x 9 ft. 453.00 226.50
Tabriz 11 ft. 8 in. x 15 ft. 3 in.. 1495.00 747.50
Tabriz 11 ft. 8in. x 16. ft 1 in.. 1634.00 817.00
Originally NOW
Tabriz 11 ft. 4 in. x 14>? ft.. $2959.00 $1474.50
1000.00
2364.00
2132.00
1104.00
600.00
875.00
250.00
Sarouk 3 ft. 4 in. x 5 ft. 2 in
Chinese 4 ft. x 8 ft. 269.C0
OTHER
Originally NOW
.$318.00 $159.00
134.50
Cabistan 4 ft. 2 in. x 6 ft. 2 in.. 360.00
Dczsr 4 ft. 1 in. x 6 ft. 5 in_ 3C0.C0
Ant. Chinese 2 ft. 3 in. x 4 ft. 4 120.00
Cabistan 3 ft. 10 in. x 5 ft. 3 in. 264.00
Eergtma 2 ft. 10 in. x 3 ft. 5 in. 132.C0
Ch.ir.ese 2 ft. x 3 ft. 53.75
Eelccchiaten 3 ft. x 4 ft. 6 in.... 120.00
Iren 3 ft. 6 in. xl6ft. 2 in. 250.00
No C O. D.'s
180.00
150.00
60.00
132.00
66.CO
26.87
?O.?iO
125.00
Laristan 11 ft. 8 in. x 15 ft
Tabriz 9 ft. 8 in. x 13 ft. 5 in.
Keshan 8 ft. 2 in. x 11 ft_
Kerman 7 ft. 8 in. x 9 ft. 1 in
India 8 ft. 11 in. x 12 ft. 7 in.
Serapi 10 ft. 6 in. x 11 ft. 7 in
Turkish 10 ft. x 13 ft. 3 in...
Iran 8 ft. x 14 ft. 6 in. 475.00
Kerrnanshah8ft.llxll>?ft. 1450.00
Kermanahah9^ft.xll ft.10 1600.00
SIZES
Originally
Kazak 4 ft. 5 in. x 7 ft. 4 in... . $240.00
Iran 3 ft. 2 in. x 4 ft. 1 in. 300.00
Ferehan 3 ft. 11 in. x 6 ft. 3 in.. 220.00
Kazak 4 ft. 11 in. x 7 ft. 180.00
Dozar 4 ft. 5 in. x 6 ft. 7 in.... 300.00
Sarouk 4 ft. 3 in. x 6 ft. 480.00
Chinese 3 ft. 7 in. x 4 ft. 7 in.. . 127.50
Iran 4 ft. x 6 ft. 176.00
Ant. Ferehan 4 ft. 3 in. x 6 ft. 4 180.00
Mcsscul 3 ft. 4 in. x 5 ft. 3 in. . 180.00
500.00
1182.00
1066.00
552.00
300.00
437.50
125.00
237.50
725.00
800.00
NOW
$120.00
150.00
110.00
90.00
150.00
240.00
63.75
88.00
90.00
90.00
No Approvals.
No Returns.
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IN CLASSIC MOTIFS
$443 to $3700
BEDRCOM SUITES
$245 to $2795
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