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Indians Win,
?8-1; Score 7
On 2 Homers
E. Smith Hits 4-Bagger in
First Inning With Bases
Filled; Bagby Knocks
Another With Two On
Wambsganss Makes
Triple Play Unaided
Mitchell Succeeds Grimes
in the Fourth ; Cleveland
Takes Series Lead, 3 to 2
By W. O. McGeehan
CLEVELAND. Oct. 10.?In +he most
spectacular game ever rtaged in a
world's series, the Brooklyn Dodgers
v-ere overwhelmed by the Cleveland
Indians in this city to-day by the score
of 8 to 1. Everything that could bo
trowdei into a single game was there.
For the first time in the history of
the game there v.asu home run with
is (1 led and a triple play un
assisted.
Elmer Smith, a native Ohioan. who
took up baseball instead of running for
President, drove the home run over the
right field fence with the bases tilled
in the first inning. William "Wambs?
ganss, who seldom sees his whole name
in print because of the hissing of its
? '? lants, n -?? ?e the triple play un
Issisted fifth inning. The rest
do? : t matter much.
The oldest inmate of these stands
can hardly remember during his long
career of watchful waiting around the
baseball parks of the country seeing
mbinntion in one game, a homer
with the bases filled and a triple play
unassisted. Certainly it was a combi- j
nation i f circumstances that would stop
any opposing team right in its tracks.
It stopped the Dodgers abruptly this i
afternoon.
While the Indians were chiseling
baseball history at their expense, the!
Dodgers seemed to be wild. It looked
like the turning point of the Reries and'
it looked as though Speaker might make
good i7: his promise to Cleveland to
win four straight and the championship
in the home park.
Cleveland Rejoices in Thre<? Ilcrocs
They sin:; of three heroes in Cleve?
land to-night. Elmer Smith, the local
Babe Rath, whose mighty blow sent
the peilet bounding agrama the welkin :
in the I'.rst inning with the bases j
filled. They sing of William Wambs?
ganss, Wamby, who made the triple
play unassisted. They sing, too, of
Sergeant Jim Bagbvandhis lucky star;
Bagby, who kept the hits scattered by
the aid of some fine fielding, and who
added to the toll of Cleveland runs by
lifting a fly into the newly constructed
bleachers for a home run with two on.
Cleveland has reason to be joyous. The
population is about 90 per cent base?
ball bur. They hav? been w-aiting
eir.ee 1879 for a world's series, and now
that they have it they have piled in
upon them a decidedly historical base
. bal! g:
It was a crowded hour and three
'quarters for the inmates of this city
by Lake ',.: . Uncle Wilbert Robinson
gave them the best he had in the way
: , to -. -headed Burleigh
Grimes, his ace. The Indians crowded
two real and a fieak ?ingle
upon him in the very first inning. Then
came the home run of Elmer Smith,
the blow jucred all the hopes
of Fla1
Uncle Wilbert Robinson looked some?
what di after that first inning,
but he did not take Grimes out. He
felt thai he lodgers might batter
their way past Bagby. They wore hit?
ting him and the break promised to
come ?<-.? ai ., minute. Hut though the
Dodgers nued to hit, they got no?
where in particular.
(.rimes Makes Bad Gness
Then in the fourth came a piece of
bad guessing on the part of Grimes.
With one on, the Brooklyn pitcher de?
cided t? teve O'Neill, a danger?
ous person, for Iiagby. Grimes had a
pitcher's c itei pt for a pitchar's bat
tine ability. Evidently he had .iot been
told thai Sergeant Bagby is an excep?
tion tr. that rule. He has hit them and
he did yesterday.
The hit might have been an out if
the new ra were not there, but
the new bleachers were there and it
was a home run that scored three runs.
After that (?rimes shambled out >. f the
box ?in!!.;: the sweat cf suffering from
his brow with his sleeve. But still
Wilbert Robinson seemed to feel that
there was a chance to pound Bagby
to the points of Cue compass. Clarence
Mitchell seemed able to hold the In?
dians in the meantime.
Wambsganss smothered the last faint
nope with that triple play in the fifth.
It came just as Brooklyn seemed bent
on a batting rally that would at least
make this thing a contest.
Triple Play Checked Rally
Two on ami nobody out, and Bagby
Wavering, with the inmates of the
?tends silent and nervous, for in Cleve?
land thev never count a ball game won
until it's over. Mitchell, the left-hander
*bo relieved Grimes, shot a hard one
?hat Beemed certain of passing over
the head of Wambsganss and the
Brooklyn base runners started. Wambs
finsa made a desperate stab. He got
the ball. He touched second with one
foot and rapped Miller on the shoulder
*ith the fist that held the ball. A
triple play! Basehall history piled
on baseball] history!
The 27,000 or more who saw this
game will have something of which to
tel! the world ;'or many years to come,
it may be a century if bnseball lasts
that long before circumstances will
(Continued on pag? ton)
The Railroads Today
THE first of a series of twelve vital articles on
transportation problems, written by railroad
presidents and chairmen, appears in The Tribune
to-day. The others will be published each clay on the
financial pages. To-day's article will be found on
Page 13. It is by
Julias Kruttschnitt,
Chairman, Southern Pacific Railway.
German Admiral's Wife and
Maid Slain; One Assassin Dead
Reinhardt von Scheer's Daughter Also Seriously
Wounded hy Two Masked Men in Villa
at Weimar; Motive a Mystery
WEIMAR, Germany, Oct. 10?The
I wife of Admiral Reinhardt von Schecr,
! former chief of the German Admiralty
Staff, and her maid were assassinated
i and his eighteen-year-old daughter
seriously wounded by two masked men
who broke into the Admiral's villa yes?
terday afternoon. Ono of the mur?
derers, who was identified ..s an artist
named Buechner, committed suicide in
a coal-b;n. while the other fled.
Admiral von Scheer was asleep i.. an
upper chamber of the house when the
murders were committed. No motive
for the deed has yet been discovered.
None of tho family's belongings was
taken:
Admiral von Scheer was one of the
commanders of the German high seas
fleet that engaged the British at the
Battle of Jutland in l'Jlfi. For his
services at that time he was promoted
from vice-admiral to full admiral by
the Kaiser, Since the war he has ad?
mitted that Admiral JelHcoe could have
won the war in its cariy stages if he
had attacked with the British fleet.
From 1909 to 1911, Scheer was chief
of staff of the high seas fleet. He
gained (he rank of vice-admiral in
;913. In 1918 he succeeded Admiral
von Holtzendorfi* as chief of the ad?
miralty staff. After the flight of the
Kaiser, Admiral Scheer discarded his
uniform and went into retirement on
his estate near Weimar. From that
vantage point he watched changes in
his country, cheered the sinking of the
German fleet at Scapa Flow and ex?
pressed the hope that American justice
would bring a brighter future to Ger?
many.
Hold-Up Gang
Wounds 2, Robs
20 of $3,000
9 Masked Men Break Intp
Rutherford Club, Beat j
Members to Insensibility, ;
Stab One, Shoot Another |
Fire On Pursuing Police
Telephone Wires Are Cut
Before Attack Is Made;
Escape in Automobile
Nine masked bandits broke into the
rooms of the East Rutherford Social
Club, at 131 Clinton Place, Rutherford,
N. J., yesterday, held up twenty men
and, after using their pistols and
knives freely, escaped with $3,000 in
money and jewelry. Before departing
the robbers beat the ciuo members into
insensibility with the butts of their
guns, stabbed one in the back and shot
another in the head. Neither of the
latter two is expected t. live.
The hold-up took place about 2 o'clock
yesterday morning when the members
of the club were seated around tables
in a back room of the club house. The
bandits had previously cut all the tele?
phone wires leading into the placo
When the men within refused to re-1
?pond to their knocking they broke
down the doors. The members, cowed
by the display of revolvers and knives,
were lined up against a wall and their
pockets ransacked by several of the
robbers.
Bandits Jest With Victims
The victims evidently were known to
some of the bandits, who called them
by name as they went through their
pockets and jested with them on vari?
ous personal affairs. To further cover
up their identity the thieves used a
system of numerals by which they were
designated in the orders of their
leader. *
Arthur Raabe, of Carlstadt, one of
the club members, rushed to the tele?
phone to summon help. One of the
bandits made a lunge at Raabe and
stabbed him in the back. It is believed
his lung \va,' pierced by the knife, lie
probably will die.
David Siiverstein, of Rutherford, an?
other club member, attempted to go to
the aid of Raabe, but had walked less j
than three steps when another of the !
Cangsters calmly took aim and fired at I
him. The bullet, after cutting its way i
for four inches along the skull, lodged i
at the base of the brain.
Surgeons who operated on Silver- :
stein marveled at his miraculous es-;
cape from instant death, but said he !
probably would not recover.
Ten other members of the club then ?
started after the gunmen, but their j
lack of weapons made them easy prey
for the thieves. Wielding ?heir revolv?
ers freely, they succeeded in knocking
each man unconscious.
Leaving with a threat to come back
and kill all of them if the?, made a ?
sound, the hold-up men retreated to an I
automobile, the engine of which was j
kept going at top speed and at the
wheel of which sat a masked chauffeur. I
As soon as they sped away, however,
a general alarm was sent out and the '
police were informed that the bandit ;
ca# had gone in the direction of Newark, j
Fire on Police
At about half pa^t 3 o'clock a high-j
powered machine speeded into Del?
wanna, the police of which place had
been guarding the roads. They ordered (
the driver of the car to stop, but in-1
stead he put on more power and other!
occupants of the ear tired a volley at I
the officers. Returning the tire, an at- ?
tempt was made to puncture the tires :
and thus stop the car, but the officers.
were unsuccessful and the car sped out j
of sii/ht, the men still firing.
Less than ten minutes later a police ;
alarm giving the car's description was
flashed to every town in New Jersey |
and motorcycle policemen set out to I
capture it.
The police have accurate descrip?
tions of tho bandits.
Bandits Rob Girl of
$1,370 at Bank Door \
Hundreds See Daring Hold-Up;
Thieves Escape in an Auto
Without Any Interference
Gangsters leaped from a taxicab at
Columbus Avenue and Ninety-third
(Continued on page seven)
-?- J
Hardiiig Likely I
To Cancel His
Eastern Trip
Experiences in West Con-;
vince the Nominee Thai
Front Porch Campaign Is
Best Vote-Getting Plan
Makes League Idea Clear!
Bombardment Centered on ?
Article X; Begins His
Tonr in South To-mcrrow
From n Staff Correspondent
ST. CHARLES, Mo., Oct. 10 (On
Board Senator Harding's Train).?
Traveling thankfully back to his front
porch to-day, Senator Harding was
thoroughly satisfied that the Middle j
West has determined to do its utmost
to restore the Republican party to
power in November. Another reaction
of this tour, that took him through
Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma,
is a deep-rooted decision on the part'
of the candidate to conduct the re?
mainder of his campaign from the
front porch. Senator Harding's hearty
affection for the atmosphere of his
veranda has been strengthened by sev?
eral unhappy incidents of this trip.
Tuesday the nominee will begin n
speaking trip that includes engage?
ments in Chattanooga, Louisville, St.
Louis and Indianapolis. Returning from
that tour he hopes to remain in Ohio
until after election. Even the proposed
Eastern trip, with an engagement at
Buffalo, probably will be cancelled.
Make?* League Position Clear
In all of his speeches on this trip
Senator Harding has endeavored to
make it clear to his audiences that, his
opposition is to "that" ley.gue rather
than to "a" league, lie has analyzed
Article X sentence by sentence. He
said again and arrain, and was cheered
every time, that he. would never pro?
pose any scheme of international co- !
operation that had an equivalent of I
Articlo X.
Senator Harding, evidently sensing
the aspirations of the gatherings he
adtlressed for some agency of idealism
that would prevent wars and protect
weak nations from unscrupulous strong j
ones, never failed to express his hopes I
for such a plun. However, he always
told them that as he was no superman,
he was going to consult the Senate
and the best minds of the country, in?
cluding some women.
From each speech of his tour it has
become increasingly evident that Sena?
tor Harding is prepared to accept un?
objectionable features of the Paris
covenant. In his speech of August 2S
he said he would do this if it was !
found that the scheme was so entwined
in the peace of Europe as to* make it |
necessary. Evidently he has decided |
that it is so entwined!, for his sole
complaint in these recent speeches has
been against Article X, that which I
President Wilson has called the "h?art I
of the covenant." In his Den Moines :
speech he referred to "revising, re?
drafting or remaking" the Paris cove?
nant.
Hamon Given an Error
Jake llam?n, National Committee
man from Oklahoma and one of the ex?
ecutive committee of live who are run?
ning the campaign, is directly respon?
sible for the renewed faith of the can?
didate in the efficacy of a 100 per cent
front-porch campaign. In that con?
nection the wealthy Mr. Ilamon's
chance of fulfilling his ambition to be ,
Secretary of the Interior in the Har?
ding Cabinet was considered very
(Continued on page four)
Fifty-Day Moratorium
Is Deelared in Cuba
-
Menocal Issues Decree After a <
Conference Between Bankers
and Government Officials
HAVANA, Cuba, Oct. 10. -Proclama?
tion of a moratorium effective until
December 1, a period of fifty days, was
made in a decree issued to-night by
President Menocal. Issuance, of this
decree followed a conference of bank- j
i'i's and government officials relative t,-i
financial conditions in Cuba, which
have given concern for several days.
The International Bank of Cuba yes- j
terday temporarily suspended payment
because of the heavy slump in sugar
prices. The National Bank of Cuba ,
and the Banco Espa?ol weathered runs. !
Bankers who conferred with Presi?
dent Menocal on the situation said
there was no cause for serious alarm.
They added that the government was
disposed lo assist in any way neces?
sary to bring about a solution of the
ci sis, supplying government funds if
necessary.
Officials of the International are
, tiotcd as saying their assets are mere
than sufficient to take care of n'l lia?
bilities, but that the suddenness of
the run yesterday morning caught them
unprepared to meet the heavy demands.
Albert to Visit Portugal
LISBON, Portugal, Oct. 10. -King
Albert of Belgium, on his return jour?
ney from South America, will disem?
bark at Lisbon, whence he will journey
overland to Brussels. During his few
hours' stay in this city the monarch
will visit Pr?sident Almeida.
U. S. Wasted
Rillions by
War Policy
V
S 18,551,000,000 Spent in
19 Months by America,
Exclusive of Huge Loans
to the Allied Nations
-
Taxes at Summit
In This Country
Every Department of Supply
Glaring With Inefficiency
Rampant at Washington
_
The following article is the
first of a series revealing what the in?
efficiency of the Administration cost
the people of the United States in the
conduct of the war.
America's participation in the war
cost the American people $18,554,000,
000, exclusive of $9,6?l?,000,000 loaned !
to the Allies.
The United States was engaged in |
hostilities nineteen months at a cost of |
almost one thousand million dollars a j
month. Iricluding money loaned to the
Allies, the American people increased
their debt during the war at the rate
of almost $50,000,000 a day.
Such numerals and ciphers are be?
yond the human mind. No man can
visualize a billion. Possibly one one
hundredth of 1 per cent of the Amer?
ican people can visualize a million ?
the one-thousandth part of a billion.
Yet the war took from American pock?
ets or mortgaged American pocket3 at
the rate of more than $2,000,000 an
hour for nineteen months.
President Wilson signed the war
declaration on April G, 1917.
Allies In Four Years
England and Franco were in the war !
four years and three months, each '
mobilizing mere than. 7.000,000 men. ?
England increased her national debt!
about $23,500,000,000, excluding her j
loans to her allies, and France in
creased her debt twenty billions. Italy |
wa.3 in the war three years and five
months at a cost of something over
thirteen billions. Our war cost totaled '
about 74 per cent of England's total |
war cost, over 92 per cent of France's
and more than twice as much as
Italy's.
The American people paid a larger
percentage of their war costs through
taxes than did the British peoples,
while Italy and France fought mainly
on credits.
Committees of Congress were ap?
pointed to ascertain why the Admin
istration spent such enormous amounts '
of money. An investigation of the
records of these committees shows that ?
$1,000,000,000 a month failed to sup?
ply Pershing's army in France with
guns, shell?, gas, tanks and the many
varieties of weapons and equipment
needed to subdue the enemy.
Though incomprehensible billions
v-cre spent, Pershing fought almost |
wholly from first to last with guns, I
munitions, aeroplanes and other ma?
terials either borrowed or bought from i
the Allies.
Records show that billions of dollars ?
were spent too late and were wasted in I
a program of hectic production, which !
produced virtually nothing for the fir- j
ing line up to the time Pershing's forces
had chopped their way through thej
Argonne in November, 1918, nnd aided i
in placing the Germans in a position i
where they were forced to beg for an ?
armistice.
Allied Advisers Sent Over
A search of the records, as well as
utterances of both President Wilson
and Secretary of War Baker, ind'icates
that the Administration believed the \
war might be settled without any great ;
use of American troops, and while can- '
tonments were built and camps con?
structed and filled with men no ade?
quate provision was made to equip them j
with fighting materials until almost s\
year hud elapsed after the declaration I
of war.
When it became apparent through
the great drives by the Germans :
against, the British and French early in j
1918 that American assistance at full ?
strength was imperative, the Adminis- I
tration spent billions in war projects.
England and France, which notions
hod experienced agonies of delay in the
early stages of the war and had solved !
the problem of war control when we
entered, sent commissions to Washing?
ton immediately after our declaration
to help the Administration prepare. '
These commissions included experts in
war organization and acquainted sys?
tems of employing material resources j
with the greatest speed and economy. !
They ottered, among other things, mod?
els "and plans for the famous French
(Continued on psbs fiv?)
! Wilson Won't
j Cite Record
To Spencer
Statement To-day Will Be
Based on Report of Par?
ley Speech Offered by
Chicago Stenographer
Tumulty to Sign
Reply as Proxy ?
?:- j
Republicans to Refuse to
Accept Any Substitute
for Official Version \
From The Tribune's Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, Oct. 10.?President i
Wilson will make no effort to obtain
from Paris an official report of the j
eighth plenary session of the peace I
conference to disprove the statement]
of Senator Seiden P. Spencer, of Mis-j
souri, that th? President at that ses- |
sion promised military aid to Ru
mania and Serbia if their boundaries j
were menaced, it was indicated to-day. ;
Instead, the President will use a re- '
port of the confert'nce session which j
he has obtained from another source. !
The White House on Saturday per- !
mitted the impression to go out that ?
the President expected to receive a I
copy of the official report from Paris, j
and that this would be used to back]
up the repeated denials of Mr. Wilson |
that he had made the promise at- j
tributed to him by Mr. Spencer and1
borne out by a reprint of the official
minutes in The Tribune on Friday
morning.
It. was announced to-day at the
White House, however, that the Presi?
dent's statement, which will be issued
to-morrow, will be base?l upon steno?
graphic notes made at the peace con?
ference by Fred A. Carlson, of Chicago.
Tumulty to Sign Statement
The statement to be issued to-mor?
row will be signed by Secretary Tum?
ulty, but will have the official sanc?
tion o? President Wilson. Whether
the White House will claim Mr. Carl?
son's version is the official text of the
President's speech will not be disclosed
until the complete document has been
released for publication.
tt ?s known, however, that the Re?
publican National Committee will not
accept anything short of the officially
attestij I stenographic report, approved
by peace conference officials. In this
connection Clarence IS. Miller, secre?
tary of the Republican National Com?
mittee, who had charge of thj commit?
tee's invei tigation of the President's
remarks, said :
"We have known from the beginning
that Pre?i.tlent Wilson did make assur?
ances such as described by Senator
Spencer.
"The President's denial can mean
only one thing?that anything is fair
pnd right and any means proper if it
be used to help put over on the Amer?
ican people Mr. Wilson's particular j
brand of League of Nations. It would
be most amazing were it not for the j
fact that the American people are pre
pared for most anything from the !
President."
Carlson Offered Testimony
Carlson's transcript of the Presi-i
dent's statement is understood to ha've i
come into the possession of the White ]
House through, a letter the Chicagoan j
wrote to Charles L. Swem, the Presi?
dent's private stenographer, who, it de- ]
veloped, di?l not stenographically report !
what his chief outlined when address
ing Premier Bratiano, the Rumanian !
delegate. Carlson's communication, it
is believed, contained the statement ;
that he was prepared to attest the I
correctness of his stenographic notes.
Carlson went to Paris as a member ]
of the American Expeditionary Forces
anti, after being mustered out, he was
appointed as a member of the staff of I
the American Peace Mission. He was !
subsequently advanced to the post of
chief stenographer and given charge '
of the shorthand work of the American i
delegates. After completing his work j
with the peace mission State Depart?
ment records disclose that he served |
for a time in the American Embassy j
at Paris.
Carlson Claims Only
Text of Wilson Speech?
Mo Other Stenographer Took
Down Statement in Full at
the Secret Session, He Says
CHICAGO, Oct. 10. Fred A. Carlson,
of Chicago, whose stenographic notes
of President Wilson's speech at a
secret sei sion of the peace conference
May 31, 1919, will be cited by the
President to-morrow in a reply to Sen- !
ator Seiden P. Spencer, said to-day he i
was the only reporter at the session,
(Continu-tl on next page)
Germany Sees Trade Opening
In Harriman Shipping Pact
By William C. Dreher
Special Cuite to TU* Tribuna
Copyright, 1920. New York Tribune Inc.
PERLIN, Oct. 10.?Officials of the
Hamburg-American Line in Hamburg
replying to-day to my telegram asking
for a statement of their attitude tow?
ard their contract with the American
Ship and Commerce Corporation, said
that the contract was the outcome of
long negotiations which were inspired
by a desire to do justice to national
and personal interests on both sides of
the ocean.
The reply expressed regret that the
Hamburg-American Line officials were
unable to make a further statement
than was published in ?luly. Thut
Statement was colorless and abstained
from ull expressions of opinion.
Discussion of the contract in the
press indicates that it is received wirh
sat 5faction i : this country as a modest
beginning toward a restoration of Ger?
many's trade, but it is pointed o :t that
the traffic must continue for a consid
' ?rable time without the aid of German
ships.
The Berliner Tageblatt says that "a
; framework seems t'1 have been erected
or. which the further development of
1 the Hamburg-American Line can pro
? cecd." The Hamburg correspondent of
; the same newspaper writes that the
German negotiators were acting in the
? interests of their company and that
German shipping generally was evi?
dently effecting working agreements.
The magazine issued on the Bourse
here says that the possibility has again
been opened to Germany to enter
world navigation. "The United States
gets support by this contract in its
fight with British competition," it con
tinues. "From our point of view it
must not be forgotten that these agree?
ments indicate no progress toward the
reconstruction of the German com?
mercial marine. That task still stands
untouched before us. Hence the agree?
ment must be regarded as an rrdvantage
only as offering employment for ships
that are still to be built."
The Frankfurter Zeitung says that
cooperation between the North Ger?
man Lloyd and the Hamburg-American
line would prove to be a great advan?
tage to Americans and that it was quite
evidently un immediate advantage to
the two German organizations that
through America they obtain a pi si
bi ity and pn spe :t
The '. ?It.? - ;t'-;!
part.es declare that the arrangement is
a roa, gentlema - r?i.'* i
? ? vvspap ?". 'Y.i,; may there?
fore hone that German interests have
been ad<quate y safeguarded."
Referring to British press ex-pros
si? ns indicating English hostility tc
the new agreement, the Frankfurtei
ung pointed out that it was in Ger?
many's interest to avoid participating
?n jea ? bet x >en pthei
I ers, and yet the German firms seizec
?the first opportunity presented of re
| suming business with America.
Britain to Sink Russian
Warships on Sight; Poles
Seize Lithuanian Capital
inclusion of Viina and
Grodno Dis?ricts in Re?
gion Under Control of
Warsaw Is Demanded
Terms of Peace
Treaty Violated
Outlaw Army Reported to
Have Shown Disregard !
for Entente 'Barkings';
WARSAW, Oct. 10 (By The A?oci
ated Press).?Lithuanian insurrection- !
ist , consisting of a group of General !
Zcllgouski's army, have occupied Vilna, |
the Lithuanian capital, in protest :
against the decision of the Lithuanian i
and Polish peace delegates that the I
Viina district shall be included in
Lithuanian territory. The insurgents ?
contend that the Vilna and Grodno ;
districts rightly belong to Poland.
Prince Sapieha, the Foreign Minister, I
to-day announced that negotiations j
with Lithuania concerning an armistice !
and a line of demarkation between the j
! armies of the two countries had been I
concluded. The Pcdish delegates, he \
j added, had refused to recognize the |
treaty between Lithuania and Soviet !
? Russia.
Lithuanians Quit Vilna
j LONDON, Oct. 10.?A dispatch to
? The London Times from Vilna, dated j
; Friday, says the Polish officers at staff ?
headquarters at Veronoff (on the rail?
road south of Vilna) on Thursday de- ',
clared that they were resolved to oc?
cupy Vilna with or without the consent
of the Polish government. They re
? fused to be overawed by the "bark
| ings" of the Entente and the control
| commission, according to the British
i military attach?, Major Partiger.
The popular view is, says the cor
? respondent, that the Poles are follow
I ing in the footsteps of Colonel Avaloff
Bermondt in Prussia, that a portion of
? the army intends ostensibly to sever
connection with Poland across the
j Niemen River and operate indepen?
dently in Lithuanian territory.
It is expected, the correspondent
adds, that the troops concentrated at
Oshmian shortly will proclaim a new
! Lithuanian government i.nd then open I
negotiations with the de facto gov
ernment with the purpose of uniting
Vilna to Poland.
The Times correspondent at Kovno
says the Lithuanian government evacu?
ated Vilna Friday almost at a Moment's
notice owing to the continued enemy
advance. Colonel Rebue!, chief of the
French military mission, has been ap?
pointed governor.
It is not likely, adds the correspon?
dent, that the government will return ;
until the question of the possession of j
the city is finally decided.
Polish General Resigns
RIGA, Oct. 10 (By The Associated1
Press).?The Polish general, Zellgouski, i
with two divisions of Lithuanian and
White Russian troops, entered Vilna ?
at 5 o'clock Friday evening, according ?
to the Polish communiqu? issued to- j
day.
General Sikorski, commanding the j
army on the northern front, reports ?
that General Zellgouski was compelled \
to resign his command on that front j
in order to execute the demand of his j
troops that they be allowed to capture
Vilna "to give the population the right
of self-determination."
Attach?s of the British General Staff
with the peace delegation say 'hey t'.i I
not know if any steps have been taken i
by the Polish military authorities to ?
Torce the outlaw m my out of Vilna, j
nor do they know if any will be taken, j
The general staff and the members of !
the delegation have been insisting for j
some, days that the Poles did not in- ?
tend to take Vilna. The army on that j
front was supposed to be moving in
the other direction?toward Minsk.
The communiqu? concerning Vilna is '
brief and dues not give any details '
of how great the pressure was the
troops brought on General Zellgouski,
which caused him to resign rather th in
disobey their demand to enter the '.
Lithuanian capital.
Coincident with the announcement :
regarding Vilna, the communiqu? says .
the Poles have notified Lithuania that ;
they are ready to negotiate at Orany
a settlement of the entire Polish
Lithuanian controversy.
Saya Cox's Irish Policy
Admits Desperate Plights
British Paper Asserts Candidate-s
Advocacy of League Drives
Campaign Heads to Despair
From The Tribune's European Bureau
LONDON, Oct. 10.?The New States?
man says to-day: "Governor Cox's
latest declaration about Ireland must
be read as a plain admission of the des?
perate plight in which the Democratic
party finds it elf four weeks befor the
Presidential poll. The bare bones "r
?h<> electoral situation are these: The
Wilson policy appears mor... and more
impossible to the average American
citizen as he observes the chao > ? :
Europe and follows the course of the
British government in the- Middle East,
Jieland and elsewhere.
"Senator Hardinf gains ground with
every fresh attack made upon the Ver
??aiHea settlement. The Irish know
whet ?'? he stands on the covenant, and
they judge him sound in his anti-Eng
ii&h'policy. Democratic carwpaigi
fear a v?i I ol? ' left ' >n of
. rish, and they have r ?a; >n t
their candidate's 'weti :s ' carries no
force, while his constant fudvocacj ?
the League of Nations drive.- them to
de-pair.
'?But it would be absurd to im / :
! that bv avowing his cc-nv
land's right to freedom Goven r Cox
i has done anything to stem the Republi
i can tide."
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i column? tor items ot Interest.?Advu
Uprising Against Reds
in Siberia Spreading
HARBIN, Manchuria, Oct. 10
(By The Associated Press).? '
General Ungern Sternberg, chief
lieutenant of General Semenoff,
the anti-Bolshevik Cossack lead- I
er, is reported to be gathering in?
surgents against the Bolshevik
r?gime in Siberia in his march to
cut the Kyaksma high road, sev- j
enty miles south of Verkhne- !
Udinsk, capital of the Far East?
ern republic. A general revolt
against the Bolsheviki is said to
be in progress in the southern
Baikal district and the Verkhne
Udinsk government is moving its
treasury to Misovaia, on the
western shore of Lake Baikal.
League Future
May Depend on
To-day
?
Lloyd George to Ask Dela-j
croix Why Belgium and
France Have Failed to
Keep the Spa Agreement
Differences Now Vital
Opinion Spreads That Cove?
nant Has Proved Inade?
quate to? Cure World Ills
By Arthur S. Draper
From The Tribune Eurojiran Bureau
| Copyright, 1920, New York Tribune Inc.
LONDON, Oct. 10.?The conference
to take place here to-morrow between
the Belgian Prime Minister. Delacroix,
and Lloyd George promises develop?
ments of profound importance in the
relations between England and France.
Delacroix will be asked to explain
frankly why his government and that
of Millerand have failed to keep the
agreement reached at Spa in July re?
garding the question of German in?
demnity. At that time it was mutually
agreed that a commission consisting
of equal numbers of representatives of
the countries involved, including Ger- '
many, should meet at Geneva and can?
vass the whole question of reparation
and report later to the Supreme Coun- ,
eil.
The British were amazed when they
learned that Millerand had called the I
commission to Paris and Earl Curzon
was directed to send an immediate in- j
quiry concerning the move. It is '.
learned that the French, explanation
was far from satisfactory, and conse
quently Delacroix was invited to come |
here.
Present Difference Serious
As indicated previously in these dis- ?
patches, England and France have fre- !
quently been at variance, but this time ?
tho difference seems to be of an in?
finitely more serious nature. It is com?
mon knowledge that Lloyd George and
Millerand were unable to agree in re
gard to Russia and Poland, but hither- '
to they have always been able to com?
promise on their German policy.
What annoys the British is that the
inspired French press repeatedly pub- !
lished as a fact that the American ;
government was lending full support to
the ne* French policy toward Ger?
many, while, on the other hand, English
officials declare they have been assured
by Washington that this was not the
case. The United States is said by'
these officials to be in full sympathy
with the British viewpoint regarding
reparation.
Behind all these diplomatic differ- ;
enees there is a fierce commercial
Struggle. The British are determined
to do business with Germany and Rus?
sia, and are also determined to allow,
no obstacle to lie placed in the way of
the reorganization of central Europe. It ,
is true that there is a difference of opin?
ion here as to the wisdom of this1
course?which exists even :n the Cabi-i
net?but the majority favor resumption
of trade relations.
The success of the Poiish-Bolshevik ;
conference at Riga was far beyond the
expectations of most Bricish officials
and they now believe that nothing
should be done which wouid jeopardize ;
this success.
Future of League Involved
These diplomatic differences may
have a very injurious influence on the
assembl of the League of Nations at
Geneva next month. Says The Nation:
"The ?cague imbedded in the Ver
?? : y is. inevitably regarded by
France and the satellites of the French
policy (Belgium and Polandl simply as
a possible instrument for the maintain?
ing or executing of the system which
that treaty seeks to impose UDon Eu?
rope." It even suggests the advisa?
bility of Britain withdrawing from
; "this shameful or perverted league."
. ?' have been strong sup
porters of the league now believe that
it I is lost all its p..wer for usefulness
und has become a danger to interna
tiona can so often be
; .. .. il g This v; ry weak?
ness of thi li _ . ? consid ?red re?
ble for the fai'ure of the lirus
sf-ls economic conference which has
just end <J.
*? I ..- ..?:: rep 'esi ntal ives of two
1 sc:ire c iuntries met around a confer?
ence t.- -. the hope of curing the
world's financial ills, tl ? great rowers
treated the gathering with indifference
and the result has been that its find?
ings will have no material effect. If
the league is as impotent as its erst
: while friends admit, then the differ?
ences between countries which were
; held together by comradeship d r Dg
? the war will loom larger txud become
1 more threatening.
Earl Curzon Warns B ?i?
sheviki There Is "V?
Alternative but Attack
on Soviet Submarines
Ch xges Plot With
Turk Nationalists?
Declares Propaganda in
Asia Must End if Trade
Negotiations Resume
LONDON, Oct. 10 (By The Asso?
ciated Press).?Any Russian subma?
rines encountered on the hi.ch Bcaa
will be attacked on sip*ht by British'
naval forces, according to a note
sent by Earl Curzon, British Foreig !
Secretary, to M. Tchitcherin, Rus?
sian Bolshevik Foreign Minister,
October 2, which is published along
with other correspondence recently
exchanged between Great Britain
and Soviet Russia.
Earl Curzon points out that he pre?
viously sent a communication regard?
ing a submarine launched in the Black
Sea, in which he said that in view i E
repeated declarations of leading mem?
bers of the Soviet government that that
government considered itseif in a stat?
of war with Great Britain, and in view
of the impossibility in these circum?
stances of waiting to ascertain whether
the intentions of the submarine con?
trolled by the Soviet government were
hostile or not, there was no alternative
but to issue orders to British ships to
attack the submarine should it be en?
countered on the high seas.
Demands Indemnity for Murder
Upon hearing rumors that subma?
rines of the Bolshevik fleet had put to
sea in the Baltic. Earl Curzon sent hi?
note of October 2. To it M. r?hitehe
rin replied that Leonid Krassin, Soviet
representative in London, would r"
ceive instructions in the matter.
Earl Curzon also demanded compen?
sation for the widow and Bon of
Charles Frederick Davison,
leged to have been "murdered in c
blood, with no charge preferred aga
him," by the Soviet authorities in Jan?
uary last.
Yesterday Ear! Curzon sent a lengthy
reply to M. Krassin's note of October 0,
in which the British Foreign Secretary
says some of Krassin's points arc
trivial an.! far fetched, based on er
roneous information or widely removed
from the facts. Hi
Great Britain, more than any other
power, has sought to bring about pea
between Soviet Russia and Poland
?'has only been called upon to stand 1>
its treaty engagements to its allies by
the bad "faith which characterized
military and diplomatic movemei
the Soviet authorities."
Charges Soviet With Trifling
Concernir.;-; the use of Danzig for the
transmission of munitions, Kar! Cur
zon asserts this was ai . . on im?
posed upon the AI
Versailles. Should ( ;'?'"
to Genera! Wrang I the '- nd of
anee indicated in the Russian n
said, the position of Soul
would be very different '.? m what
at the present time.
Delay in repatriation of Russ'an sub?
jects, the British Foreign Secretni
plains, has arisen solely from the con?
stantly shifting demands m
Soviet authorities an '
data supplied. He charge the
with trifling with tie
return of British prisoners ai ' with
Bending troops to Persia in open viola?
tion of its ptomises.
Earl Curzon also charge the
with having engaged in a military coa
spiracy which it assisted bj the dis?
patch of considerable numbers of Bol?
shevik troops to opi rate ?? Turk?
ish Nationalist party in Asia Minor,
the movement ostensibly being ?lirccteil
against British inter?s*.-; with threat?
ening an invasion of Khorassan, in
Persia on the Russian trans-Caspian
bolder; with having created a great
organization in Tashkent for marshall?
ing the forces of Central Asia in an
attack on British territory and Brit?
ish interests; with having brought
about a revolution in Bokhara with the
same object, and with having main-"
tained envoys in Afghanistan in an
attempt to conclude a treaty -.vith the
Amir openly aimed at inciting a tribal
rising on the Indian frontier.
Propaganda Against Britain
The Soviet launched a tornado of
propaganda, intr'gue and conspiracy
against British power in Asia, the For?
eign Secretary declares, and spent hir^e
sums thereon while Russian r?? ?>?
tatives were enjoying the bosp
of the British covet: were
engaged in friendly negotiations in
London. This is a situation, Earl Cur?
zon says, which must come to an end
if the trade negotiations are to be con?
cluded.
Regarding the repatriation -f Rus?
sian subjects, the Foreign Secretary
f-uggests they be taken to Riga or to
Reval and Odessa, to be held at the
disposal of Great Britain until the
British government learns ,nat the
': British prisoners have crossed the Rus
; fian frontier. He further suggests
; that the Soviet government notify all
: British subjects they are free to leave
Russia with their lemovable property.
Earl Curzon concludes by saying that
Great Britain will hold the
ernment faithfully ??
pledge ta
nda, either direct or in ?
lUreet, and more particularly froai mil
rtr. y action or propagan-la a.me,I
i British interests or the British Empire
\ in Asia.
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Submarines in Danzig Bay
RIGA, r>ct. 10 (By The Associated
I Press).? The Polish delegation ha?
?been advised by a Polish ^upn'y ship
that two submarines, supposed to be
[ operating for the Russian Son,et g0v
j ernment, were observed maneuvering
; in Danzig Bay. The in?a did
not attack the ship, the name of which
I is not given, nor ta thatUiat? oa which.