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Leygues Named
French Premier
Cabinet Stays
First Minister Is Father-in
Law of Paul Rockwell,
American Newspaper Man
Who Served With Legion
JN'o Change in Policies
Rumors of British Break
and Alliance With Ger?
many Are Heard in Paris
By Ralph Courtney
Special Cable to The Tribune
Cervright. 1?:0. New York Tribun? Inc.
FARIS, Sept. 24.?Georges Leygues,
sixty-three years old, to-day was
chosen Prime Minister of ?anee by
tJie new President, Alexandre .Mille
rand
The Premiership had been offered to
four other leading political figure-,
before it was accepted by Lcygues.
Minister of the Interior Steeg, M.
t'Hopiteau, Minister of Justice; Challes.
D?ment, financial expert, and Charlea
Jonnart, one-time Presidential candi?
date, all refused to be Millerand's first
Premier.
But despite these refuials that all
came within forty minutes, President
Millerand had succeeded in filling the
post in fifty-five minutes, a record
time. It is expected that the Cabi?
net which served under Millerand will
continue under M. Leygues.
When Leygues agreed to assume the
duties of Premier, it was the first time
.111 history that a premier of France
took office with his Cabinet ready
made. Csually the President allows
the Premier to choose his own min?
isters, but in thi3 case Millerand had
the men he wanted for ministers all
picked out in advance. In trying to
t.nd a head for the Cabinet, Millerand
met with the first rebuff in his efforts
to change French constitutional prac?
tice.
\ Ministry May Not Last
Although the Leygues Ministry is not
expected to last more than a few weeks
or months, in political circles no at?
tack on the new Cabinet is anticipated
at present.
Rumors reach France that Great
Britain is on the point of breaking with
her. According to these rumors, Great
Britain intends to found a quadruple
alliance with Italy, Germany and Rus?
sia, to counteract the French policy,
which, it feared, may win American
sympathy.
The relations between France and
Great Britain are so strained that few
French leaders are anxious to stake
their reputation on the events of the
next few month;. Moreover, France
desires to mark time until after the
elections in the United States. Whether
France can continue her present Euro?
pean policy in the face of British op?
position depends largely on America.
With American support France is pre?
pared to go straight ahead, but without
it the must tack. She is anxiously
awaiting an indication of the attitude
of the next President of the United
States.
Leygues a Millionaire
M. Leygues several years ago was be?
queathed $3.000.000 by M. Chauchard,
founder of the French department store
Magazines du Louvre. The bequest
?whs an expression of gratitude to M.
Leygues for having caused the grand
cordon of the Legion of Honor to be
awarded to the merchant. Th?:; dis?
tinction usually is reserved for
crowned heads and presidents.
PARIS. Sept. ?\ (By The Associated
Press'. ? It is recalled here that M.
Leygues has an American son-in-law,
Paul Rockwell, an Atlanta newspaper
man, who served with th?? French hor
eign Legion during the ^ar and in
1916 married Jeanne aLeygues, the new
Premier's da-jghter, in Paris.
Leygues Has Been in
Public Life 35 Years
France's new Prime Minister is new
to that office, though a veteran in Cab?
inet service and parliamentary life, in
which latter he has been engaged for
more tharlf a third of a century.
Georges Jean Claude Leygues was born
on November 28. 185?, at Villencuve
iur-Lot. He was educated at the col?
lege of his native place and also under
the faculties of Toulouse and Bor?
deaux. II" became an advocate at the
bar, a man cf letters and a student
and administrator of educational sys?
tems. He is a laureate of the Institut?
*f France and is well known for his
work on "The School and Life" and
numerous treatises and addresses on
historical, jocia!, economic, educational
?r.d political subjects, .literary and ar?
tistic criticisms, sketches of travel
etc. His writings mark him as one of
the most versatile authors and pub?
licists of his day.
He entered parliamentary life in
?ifi5, when he became Deputy for the
Department of Lot and Garonne. lie
took his seat in the Rt?publican Left
atid has steadfastly remained in that
lection ?iir.ee. His first Cabinet serv?
ice was as Minister of Public Instruc?
tion and Fine Arts in the I'upuy Cabi?
net of 18-J4. When the government
was reorganized the next year undes
M. Ribot, he was transferred to the
Ministry of the Interior.
__ In 1898 he was Vice-President of the
Chamber of Deputies, and also Minis?
ter of Public Instruction in M. Dupuv's
thini Cabinet. This latter office 'he
retained in the great Ministry of Re
concentration which M. Waldeck-Rous
seau organized in 1899 for the redemp?
tion of France from factional demor?
alization. In this ministry be became
a colleague of M. Alexandre Millerand,
who then made his entry into Cabinet
lite. He achieved an important reor?
ganization of the secondary school
system of France. In 1906 he became
Minister of Colonies in the Cabinet of
M. Sarrien, and during that service
traveled much in various parts of the
world.
When M. ClemcJiceau beeame Prime
Minister in November, 1917, and reor?
ganized the Cabinet for a more vigor
oils prosecution of the war, M. Leygues
was appointed Minister of Marine, and
in that place showed extraordinary ef?
ficiency. He was personally active in
inspecting the various ports and naval
stations and in directing the naval op?
erations of the war. It was at his re?
quest that the American Y. M. C. A.
opened clubhouses for soldiers and
sailors, both French and American, at
Toulon, St. Raphael and other places
on the French coasts. He was in close
touch with the American naval au?
thorities and officers and expressed
high appreciation of the work of the
American navy in the war.
"Your destroyers and submarines,"
he said, "have done more than was ex?
pected of them. We ?re expecting of
you masterly cooperation, for you pos?
sess audacity, courage, energy and im?
mense resources."
M. Leygues was married many years
ago to Mlle. Anne Desclaux. He is the
possessor of an ample fortune, a large
part of which he received through a
peculiar gift. While he was Minister
of the Interior in the Ribot Cabinet it
fell to his official lot to confer the
Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor
upon the eccentric millionaire, M,
t. hauchard, proprietor of one of the
largest department stores in Paris, in
recognition of his numerous public
benefactions. When M. Chauchard
died a few years later it was found
that he had left 53,000,000 to the Min?
ister who had thus decorated him.
!". Leygues has received numerous
decorations. including the Grand
Crosse of Saint Maurice and Saint Laz?
arus, of Saint Andre, of Saint Anne, of
Elizabeth the Catholic, o? iakovo, and
of the North Star. He served for some
time as territorial captain of a bat?
talion of Alpine Chasseurs. He is noted
as an accomplished ..orseman, moun?
tain climber and amateur musician.
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Asks Divorce, Charging
Husband Married Again
Wife of Edgar Hastings Magnus
Say*? He Neglected Formal?
ity of a Court Decree
Alleging that Edgar Hastings Mag
nuf?, of Havana, Cuba, has remarried
without the formality of ;?. divorce
from her, Mr?. Katherine Brady Mag?
nus filed a suit for divorce in the Su?
preme Court yesterday. Mr. Magnus,
who is in the .'hip chandlery business
in C'iba. has been here visiting the
relatives of his secqnd wife. Mrs. Edith
Magnus, and is to .?ail for Havana to?
da;.. Mrs. Katherine Magnus asked the
co,at to award her $l,00o a month ali?
mony pending trial of her action.
The plaintiff and defendant wer<
married in 1905 and have a son, RoboC
Hastings Magnus, thirteen years old
Mr-?. Magnus alleges that her husbanr
abandoned her and their son in Neu
York in 191" and went to Cuba. Sine?
then, it is alleged, he married again
and a son was borne by the secoiv
wife. Mrs. Magnus said that her bus
band and his second wife came, her?
from Cuba to visit relatives of the sec
ond Mrs. Magnus at bZ'2, West 147tl
t.t reet.
Mr?. Lucy D. McCoy, of ?03 Wes
184th Street, a member of the famil.
oC th? first Mrs. Magnus, made affidavi
that Mr. Magnus told her he. had mar
ried again. According to Mrs. Magnus
her husband has not provided for he
support, and all he has given his so
of the first marriage were some sma'
pift'< and $100 for his vacation thi
summer. ?
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AU Nations Urged
To Unite and Avert
Financial Disaster
Keynote Speeches Delivered
at Brussels International
Meeting Advise Countries
to Accept Sacrifices
?R?SSELS, Sept. 24 ?By The Aiso
ciiit?d Press).- The union of belliger?
ent;?, as well as neutrals, as a prt;re?i
uisite to the preservation of the worjd
from economic and financial ruin was
the keynote of the address of tiustave ?
Ador, as presiding Officer, at the open?
ing session of the International Finan?
cial Conference to-day. The same senti-'
merits were voiced by Premier Dela?
croix, of Belgium, in his speech of
v eicome to the delegates who have
gathered, at the call of the League of
Nations, to take under consideration
plant, for ameliorating the financial ills
of the world generally.
Both speakers dwelt upon the neces?
sity of all nations accepting necessary
facrilices in a spirit of international
brotherhood, in order to solve th?;
world's financial problems.
M. Ador expressed conviction that
the "gradual suppression of economic
barriers and a return to unrestricted
trade were conditions necessary' to en?
able the people to concentrate on their
work for recovery from the effects of j
war.'' He read a message from the
League of Nations council, informing
trc delegates that the sessions must ,
be confined to the originally outlined
linancial problems.
The message reminded the confer?
ence that other questions, such as those
dealing with economic affairs, could not
be considered, and that treaties already
signed or matters under discussion be?
tween different nations could not be :
brought into the deliberations.
Wanamaker Gems Stolen
Special Dispatch to The Tribune
SPRINGFIELD, Mass.. Sept. 24.?
More than $3.000 worth of jewelry was I
stolen last night from the suite in a
hotel here occupied by William H.
Wanamaker. of Philadelphia, and his
daughter, Miss Julie Wanamaker.
Mr. Wanamaker, an enthusiastic turf- ?
man, is attending the horse show, where
he has a number of exhibits. Miss
Wanamaker is riding in the show.
The jewels were taken from a trunk
in the room of Mr. Wanamaker, but
were the property of his daughter. The
authorities believe th?-* thieves gained
entrance to the suite with a duplicate,
key. The trunk was forced open.
Mannix Urges Reconciliation
Between England and l?rin
LONDON, Sept. _4. Archbishop
Mannix, the Australian prelate, in the
course of his speech at the dinner ten?
dered him by the Catholic bishops an?l
priests <*<" Portsmouth, Cloync and
Southwark last night, denied he was an
agitator or hat?>cl Englishmen. He ad?
mired and respected Englishmen, he
said.
The Archbishop urged that, if Eng?
land would withdraw the troops from
Ireland and tell the Irish the most she
v.-?? prepared to give, consistent with
the safety of the empire, Ireland would
hp reconciled and peace and friendship
would be restor? d.
Reds Propose
Armistice and
Milder Terms
Allow Warsaw Peace Envoys
Ten Days to Decide; Will
Begin Winter Campaign
if Offers Are Refused
Give Up Claims to Galicia
Virtually All of th? Fifteen
Points Objectionable to
the Poles Are Withdrawn
RIGA, Latvia, Sept. 24 (By The As?
sociated Press j.?Adolph Joffe, head of;
the Soviet peace delegation, at to-day's
session of the Russo-Polish peace con-?
ference, proposed an armistice, which,
he said, must be accepted by th? Poles ?
within ten days or the Russian winter j
campaign would be inaugurated, which
Joffe declared the Soviet government
desired to avoid.
M. Joffe preceded his proposal by of
fering to withdraw virtually all the
fifteen peace points submitted at
Minsk to which the Poles objected.
The Soviet armistice terms, which
M. Joffe said the Soviet Central Execu- [
tive Committee in Moscow decided
i^pon yesterday, eliminate virtually all
conditions designed to sovietize Poland
and abandon the Russian claims re- j
garding Galicia.
M. Joffc's proposals make .the pros- !
pect of peace much brighter than |
hitherto.
Ready to Withdraw Minsk Terms
M. Joffe said the Soviets recognized
the fact that the Minsk points were
not acceptable to the Poles and. de?
siring peace, were willing to withdraw
them. He mentioned specifically de?
mobilization of the Polish army, the ?
workmen': militia, Soviet control of
the Rialystok-Grajevo railway connec
mg Russia with East Prussia and de?
mobilization of Polish munitions,
plant .
N hen to-day's session opened M.
Joffe asked M. Domski, Polish Under
Secretary of Koreipn Affairs and h??ad
of the Polish delegation, to refrain
from presenting the Polish counter?
proposals, which were on the order of j
the day, so as to give the Soviet dele?
gates a chance to read the declaration
decided upon by the Moscow Central ?
Committee.
The declaration opened by accusing
the Entente of driving the* Poles to- ?
?ward a winter campaign with the de?
sire to destroy both Poland and Russia.
M. Joffe said the Soviets would agree
to self-determination for the litigious
countries, namely White Russia, Lith?
uania and Ukraina, and want Poland
to recognize their independence. He
declared the Soviets would agree to a
plebiscite of the bourgeoisie in east
Galicia, not insisting upon use of the
Soviet method because Galicii was
not sovietized. The Poles, however, he
said, must recognize the Soviets as
now existing in other countries.
Soviets Want to Hasten Peace
The Soviets, M. Joffe declared, be?
cause of the existence of differences of
opinion concerning the methods of
holding the plebiscite, would postpone
discussion of the methods so as to
hasten peace M. Joffe announced that
these conditions would remain effective
until October ,">. after which the Soviets
would reserve the rieht to change their
term?. If the Poles do not accont them
by that date, be added, the Soviets will
know the Poles want to continue the
war and the resultant winter campaign
"under pressure of the imperialistic
Entente."
The Moscow Central Committee's
declaration said the Soviets were pre?
pared to "sign an armistice and pre?
liminar',- peace terms upon the bash"
of a line being recognized ai the fron?
tier between-Poland and Russia, which
would run considerably east of the
line fixed by the Allied Supreme Coun?
cil December ?'!, 1019, eastern Galicia
remaining west of this frontier." Thus
Galicia would remain in the hands of
the Poles.
Following M. Joffe, M. Dombski pre
seiite?! the Polish preliminary terms,
I which had beta pr?Bpawd befor? M.
Joffe'? offer and were in no sens? a
! reply to the naw Soriet proposals.
j M. Dombekl'? suggestions were based
' on peace preliminaries and included:
First, mutual recognition of the
' sovereignty of Poland by Soviet Russia
&nd no interference in domestic affairs.
Second, the determination of boun?
daries, not in a spirit of historical re?
venge, but on a basis of Just concili?
ation of vital interests. Third, that
j the contracting parties grant a free
choice of Russian or Polish citizenship
to ail persons affected by the treaty.
I Fourth, that both powers agree to free
cultural, linguistic and religious de?
velopment, and fifth, renunciation of
restitution in any form by Poland of
1 the expenses of the Polish-Soviet War.
Three Soviet Divisions
Repulsed in 14 Attacks
Russians Leave 1,000 Dead on
Field !Sear Grodno; Poles ?
Seize Toten in Lithuania
WARSAW, Sept. 24 (By The Asso?
ciated Press).?After fourteen succes?
sive attacks by three Bolshevik divi?
sions on the front south of Grodno, all j
of which the Poles repulsed, says to?
night's Polish official statement, 1,000
Russian dead were left on the field.
Hostilities between the Poles and
Lithuanians have been resumed with
renewed vigor, according to the com- |
mulliqu?.
"The Lithuanians." says the state
ment, "have repeatedly violated neutial- !
ity, favoring the Reds.''
Resentment is expressed in some po?
litical circles here over the acceptance'
by former Premier Paderewski in Paris
of the League of Nations rulings under I
which the Poles are prevented from !
taking military action against the
Lithuanians in cases where the latter
have occupied certain disputed districts
under the recent treaty they made with
the Soviet government.
The official statement says that In re?
taliation for Lithuanian attacks against
the Poles the latter have begun an of?
fensive against the Lithuanians, oc
cupying Kopociowa and taking a num?
ber of prisoners and three batteries.
South of the Pripet River, the state- ;
ment reports, the Poles pursued the
Russian Soviet forces, capturing nu
merous prisoners and considerable war
materiel. \
Commerce Board Again
Raises Express Rates
interstate Commission Approves
New Increase of 13 Per Cent i
and Asks for Better Service
WASHINGTON, Sept. 24.?Further
increases in express rates averaging
13.5 per cent were approved to-day j
by the Interstate Commerce Commis
sion. The increases make a total of
26 per cent granted the companies
within the last few months. They |
had asked for additional increases up j
to 15 per cent.
The only articles not affected by th?
new rates are milk and cream.
For the first six months of this year, j
the express companies lost approxi?
mately $26,000,000, according to their j
report to the commission, which ,
showed revenues of $159,681,000 and
operating expenses of $180,778,000.
During the first half of 1919, the com?
panies reported revenues of $132,
708,000 and operating expenses of '?
$145,703,000.
In an announcement of the increases,
the commission said:
"With the very substantial increases
in express rates, shippers have a right
to demand improved and steadily im
proving service. On our part, we shall i
not view with complacency anything '
other than a painstaking and unre?
mitting effort to reduce the item of
loss and damage to the lowest pos?
sible figure."
Baker Refuses to Discontinue
Soviet Scheme in L'. S. Arsenal
From The Tubunr.'s Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, Sept. 24. The appeal
of the macl-.inists in the Frankfort and
Rock Island arsenals to end the Soviet
system of shop management, authorized
by Secretary of War Baker at Rock Isl?
and, which was tranmitt?>d to Presi?
dent Wilson this week and later for?
warded to Secretary of Labor Wilson,
has finally found its way back to Sec?
retary Baker. The Secretary of War
-aid that the scheme was to be con?
tinued.
British Miners
Put Off Strike
Another Week
?Will Negotiate for Wage
j Advance on Sliding Scale,
Mounting in Proportion
to Increase in Production
Plan of Lloyd George
'London Stock Market Re?
flects Hope That General ?
Tie-Up Will Be Averted;
From The Tribune's European Bureau ,
Copyright, 1020, New York Tribun? In<s_ j
LONDON, Sept. 24.? Virtually ill*
danger of a coal miners' strike next '
Monday passed to-day. In response to
an appeal to the leaders of the miners'
federation by Premier Lloyd George
the miners' delegates voted to postpone
for one week the delivery of the strike
notices. During this week the miners
will negotiate with the colliery owners
for a wag? scale based on output, in)
place of the demand made by the min- i
ers for a flat increase of two shillings ?
a day.
This postponement marked a general;
improvement in the industrial out- !
look, as it removed the paralyzing fear
of a possible general strike. The gen?
eral optimism over the expected settle
ment was reflected in the stock market,
which closed higher on receipt of;
news that the miners had decided to I
continue the negotiations.
The scheme on which the new wage-'
scale would depend was outlined by
Lloyd George in a letter to Robert
Smillie, president of the Miners' Fed?
eration. The plan would take as the
basis of output a figure somewhat be?
low the maximum production for the
first quarter of past years, and would
provide for increases of one, two or
three shillings a day, depending upon
how much the output exceeded the base
rate. The miners will meet the coal
mine owners on Monday in an effort to :
arrange details of the proposal.
The Triple Alliance, which, besides
the miners, includes the railway men
and transport workers, has adjourned
its consideration of a general strike in
sympathy with the miners untU next
Thursday.
LONDON, Sept. 24 i By .The Associat?
ed Press).?The 'Australian coal tri?
bunal has awarded the miners an in?
crease of three shillings a day in
wages, according to dispatches to-day
from Australia. The increase brings
the miners' wages to 16s 6d a day.
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10,000 Reds Captured
In 6 Days by Wrangel
SEBASTOPOL, Sept. 23 ? By The As?
sociated Press),.?General Baron Wran?
gel, opposing the Russian Bolihevik
forces on the Southern front, has taken
more than ten thousand prisoners in
six days, his cavalry surrounding the
Bolsheviki along a front of 100 miles.
He is now reported to be outflanking
the Red forces on the Dnieper River.
Addressing a group of Americans and
other observers recently General Wran?
gel said: "I am piad you are here to see
under what handicaps the heroic strug?
gle is being made against barbaric
tyrants who recognize the laws neither
of God nor man."
"Black and Tans9
Sack 3 More
Irish Villages
(OMttaM* frwn tog? ?a?.
j which for some time has been eommit
i tins robberies in Dublin and which the
j Irish volunteers ? Sinn Fein's police
force?say they ara engaged in round
! ing up.
Four of these men who bad been
"arrested" were tried before a Sinn
F?in tribunal last night. After they
had confessed their guilt of numerous
crimes they were sentenced to be flog?
ged and then deported. The arrest of
the remaining members of the gang is
expected soon.
Lord Mayor MacSwiney, on hunger
strike at Brixton prison, was "very
much weaker" to-day. His relatives
have decided to withhold further in?
formation as to his condition from the
English press in view of the latter*s
general support of the government's
refusal to release MacSwiney ana ths
alleged misrepresentation of the Lord
Mayor's condition by ion? of the news?
papers.
CORK, Ireland, Sept, 24.?An auto?
mobile containing three or four men in
civilian clothes, coming down Patrick
Street Hill from the direction of the
military barracks, was fired on this
evening by nine or ten men with re?
volvers. The occupants of the auto?
mobile returned the fire.
Neither the police nor the military
are ?ble to confirm a report that Gen?
eral Strickland, commander of the
Cork troops, was in the automobile. A
woman witness to the shooting said
that one of the occupants of the auto?
mobile fell back in the tonneau, as if
struck by a bullet.
600 Corean Students in Riot
TOKIO, Sept. 24 (By^The Associated
Press).?Advices from Seoul report that
600 Corean students attacked and de?
stroyed seven buildings, including a
bank and a police station, in the town
of Gensan.
Several Coreans were killed in the
clash with the police that ensued and
forty arrests were made.
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