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THE WEATHER
Fair to-day, to-morrow increasing
cloudiness; not much change in
temperature; moderate winds.
full Report on Laut Fuge
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1920
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TWO CKNTS
In Greater N?-w York
THKKK CENTS
Within '?00 Hiles
KOIR CKNTS
Kl?e where
50 Hurt as
London Mob
Fights Police
Workers Try in Vain
to Reach Residence of
Lloyd George During
Downing Street Riot
Crowd'Charged
Bv Mounted Men
Windows in Government
Buildings Smashed ; Pav?
ing Torn Up by Throng
By Arthur S. Draper
'i t . ?? n Bureau
Co*
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LONDON.. '??? 18.* Fifty persons
afternoon when a mob!
< unemployed men and women stormed^
Diwning Street and attempted to pass ]
d cordon of police to reach the Prime
Minister's residence. Mounted police
and rart of the lire department were
called out before order was restored.
? At the time of the demonstration
Premier Lloyd George was holding a
conf?re a delegation of mayors
cf the Lon Ion boiioughs, who had ac- |
conipanii ' n in -a parade a short
-. w? re nearly 10,000
met* in the parade, including many ex
<oldiers and sailors, and each division
was led by th m yor of the borough
lited.
Seme lied Flags Carried
red flags were car
;'.?:, it was '. >l a radical demonstra?
tion, nor : .' have an_y connection
with the coal striki Most of the
? i the easl and south
i : 1 re is much un
? parate parad?s
com ged Victoria Embankment.
Large en d I e route of march
and Tri fa!; . was black with
the thi
It ? ad ' tl that the borough
eceived by M r.
Lloyd li'1" i ;. ..;. : I was nol un&1 they
? nco thai : hen' whs
any disi le 1 he Premier was
als that the go% -
unemployment or
:. ?i loyi ! arid while he
?>?.. ? that he would discuss
the sil . .? Paruament the
? i] al -l'iit.
. v. er ? made in the
were hurled at the
tigs, breaking many
?. 3 blo? ked the
Street and with
tck the crowds. Sev
:.. il surged up to the
driven back.
A man on a white horse attempted
' ic police, but was pulled
down and arrested. This appeared to
anger the demonstrators, who made
to get into Downing
Sttcel ' over the railing
''''X' to gn Office. The rail
ing gav-( several men fell into
the :'::;? i i ?
The ai lulances added to
nt and confusion, which
Rrew evei voi ? when mounted police
down Whitehall, which
I solidly, Shutting off
all traft* -1 \-y a fire engine with
clanging ? ared and the crowd
broke I? streets, cheering
. nd
A few later the borough
and the marchers
I, but Ut two hours
police were constantly
side streets to keep
crowd.
A irgi police to-night is
liment buildings and
o Buckingham Palace.
The entram to the War Office and
re closed.
No oldier.-* were called out, although
the guards were held in the residence
barracks
There has been no outbreak compara?
ble to to day's demonstration since the
demobilized ri?t early lait
year, and i ven that was not attended
v rder. Coming at the
ng of the" coal strike, which
must necessarily increase the amount
of unemployment and add to the hard-,
ship, the ei tire situation has a threat
enmg aspect and is causing considera?
ble worry.
LONDON, Oct. 18 i By The Associated
I'tX'-s ' .. ; :?. ;,, ;|u* mayoral
(Continued on pane flvu)
American Finns Demand
France End Luxury Tax
Threaten to Slop All Trade in
Dresses, ?.arcs and Hats Un?
less 10 Pet Levy Is Removed
fAI'lS:, Oct. 1?. The American
jhamber of Commerce in Paris has in
tormed th< tax authorities of France
?at un!e< the luxury tax ol 10 per
l('n' ?a removed on ail dresses, laces,
trimmed hats and feathers exported to
' ted Si ttes France probably will
Jcse all her American trade in these
!ou" coinm lin ?es. which before the
*ar amount d to 408,000,000 francs a
Jear.
A Fpecial committee of the chamber
'ailed on the Tax Commissioner to-day
tnd formally requested immediate sup?
pression of the tax, which became ef?
fective July l last.
The French government has promised
|? Propose to Parliament the elimina
:!on of the tax in the interest of
'rench trade. In the mean time Amer?
ican purchases of these four articles
*?ve been, materially reduced pending
11 ' government's disposition of the
ti.se.
Sidney Veit, chairman of tru* cham
jjCrs committee and one of the largest
?fyers of these commodities, informed.
*&? Associated Press that American
??Partment stores and others would be
j^reed to resort to home products un
*<s? the tax were removed. The ma
j?r*ty of American firms which buy
.ese articles in Paris now pay a total
S.W per cent tax on all purchases.
'*??' includes the American customs
^'?es of 60 per cent ad valorem, a 10
gr?ent luxury tax and 10 per cent to
6 Paris commissioners who buy for
frican houses.
the total amount of exports in these
j???0ditie3 for 1920 probably will be
HP. than one-fourth that exported
rri?rto the war.
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France Said to JSced
30 Years to Recover
PARIS, Oct. 18.? Premier
Leygues, in receiving a delega?
tion from the Anglo-American
Press Association to-day, said he
had perfect confidence that
France would recover from the
effects of the war, although he be?
lieved that complete recovery
would take from twenty-five to
thirty years.
"France does rot need any
propaganda," he informed the
newspaper men, "She only asks
you to report faithfully her
thoughts and actions."
Two Millions
In Britain Idle
By Saturday
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Scored of Factories Close;
Loss to Nation of Millions
of Pounds Expected if
Big Mine Strike Continues
Railway Men May Quitj
Gigantic Industrial Battle
Looms With Workers Ar?
rayed Against Government
From 77i# Tribuno**? European Bureau
Copyright, 1920, New York Tribune Tne.
LONDON, Oct. 18.?The army of the!
unemployed is growing faster than any :
conscripted army, and unless the cool i
strike is settled before the end of the ?
week it is estimated mat fully 2,000,000 j
workers will be idle. The loss to the j
, lu'tion will run into ;ho nvllion? of
; pounds.
At least a million and a half British '
workers failod to report, this morning
and as a consequence the entire in- 1
dustrial life of the nation is profound-j
ly aft'octed. The strike of a million !
miners has compelled the closing of
scores of factories throughout the
Midland.
Thus far the great industrial up?
heaval is based on the matter of wages,
but there is fear that the railway men ;
and the transport workers will unite!
.vith the miners. In tins case a gi
- . ntic political battle would develop.:
I with tin ma's of workers aligned;
agi nst the government.
When Parliament reassembles to-mor- !
; row, the government immediately will
move an adjournment of the House so :
that Sir Robert Home can inform the
Commons of the situation. The Labor!
members intend to participate in the j
d( bate and probably Premier Lloyd !
George will intervene.
As Mr. Asquith and the Labor party!
plan to introduce the Irish situation ]
i early in the week, the Premier will have
a strenuous struggle with his opponents.
Both sides in the miners' strike are
conducting a vigorous war propaganda.
The government is issuing various ap
pcals and explanations through the
press, and by placarding the country
with posters setting forth its^.osition.
! The miners have in their employ a num?
ber of publicity agents and many labor
; leaders are taking the stump.
It is perfectly clear that the strike
cannot last long without it degenera?
ting into a class issue with labor ex- i
. aggerating the inequalities between '
wages ami the profits and the owners
raising the issue of Bolshevik gold
and secret plots. The loss to the na
? tion can be estimated only roughl;*.
The daily amount of coal mined is
i approximately 800,000 tons, which sells
for an average of sixty shillings a ton. !
: Export prices aie much higher. France, '
j Holland, Italy, Belgium and Spain, all
? of whom are* large importers of British
: coal, have immediately begun to feel
the effects of the strike, especially as
?there is no possibility of increasing:
, the output of tho German mines.
Incidentally the strike may have a
I direct bearing on Franco-German re?a- ?
j tions, for the French are unlikely to
make any move on the Ruhr Valley
while their supply of English coal is cut
off, Besides the loss to the coal indus
tiy. the closing of steel and iron works
is another blow to the nation.
No Violence Anywhere
No violence has been reported from
any mining districts, the men leaving
their work quietly. All regular soldiers
are held in their barracks in case they
are needed as transport workers or to
quell disturbances.
It is a disappointment to the miners
that racing has stopped just when they
had the opportunity to enjoy the sport,
the stewards of the Jockey Club hav
' ing decided that the meetings should
? be abandoned for the duration of the
j strike.
Most of the labor leaders outside the j
; ranks of the miners are using every
effort to make peace, being particularly
active in an effort to tiring about medi
! ation and volunteering to assist the
government. i
The weather has suddenly turned I
cold, but fortunately most persons have!
sufficient stocks of fuel to last for
some weeks, the exception being the
j poorer classes, who may still buy in
? hundredweight lots.
Robert Smillie, president of the
I miners1 federation, who worked for a
I compromise until the mass of his fol-?
? lowers compelled him to break off
negotiations, is busy rallying the
miners for a long strike. No over?
tures toward peace can be expected
from him, while the government is
equally determined not to yield.
If nil early settlement comes it is ex
; pected that it will be through the inter
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I Ten Restaurants Agree
i To Cut Prices on Food
-v,
Ten restaurants yesterday promised
Armin W. Riley, assistant United
Ls'.a es attorney general in charge of
! profiteering investigations, to make re
i ?lucuona oi from 10 to 1,5 per cent on
! various item.s on their bills of fare.
Mr. Riley has been investigating
| prices in the hotels and restaurants
| here and all over the country and is of
the opinion that lower prices are
j about due.
One of the. lunch companies that
i promised reduced rates was the C. & L.
I company, controlling eight restaurants.
I Two other downtown restaurants did
' the same thing.
I ? Mr. Riley said that his investigations
here as to whether individual restau?
rants and hotels could, with justice to
'themselves, bring down the prices on
?their menus was nearly complete. Con
Iferences will be arranged with a view
'to !>? in-r:i" ?hi? rthotH
Seek Woman
In Student
Murder Case
Care With Whicli Body
Was Laid in Grass Leads
Philadelphia Police to !
Suspect Feminine Aid
To Question N. Y.
Chum of Slain Man
Charles Shaloss, Heir to
$100,000, Saw Youth
Shortly Before Crime
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. IS.-Little
progress had been made to-night !
toward a solution of the mystery sur?
rounding the death of Elmer C. Dr?wes,
the Dartmouth College student whose
body, with a bullet wound in the fore- j
head, was found Sunday morning at a |
lonely spot on the outskirts of this j
city. The young man had left his home
in West Philadelphia the night before, j
after telling his parents he intended
to go to Reading, Pa., to purchase an
automobile in which he planned to mo?
tor back to Hanover, N. H., yesterday.
Despite the reports of several per
sons living near the place where the
Lcdy was found that they heard shots ?
and cries for help late Saturday night,
the police said they believed the young
man met his deat h .somewhere in the
central part of the city and the body,
was, conveyed in a motor oar to the spot
where it was found. They expressed j
the opinion the noises were not shots,!
but automobile exhausts.
Clothes Not Soiled
"It is evident the crime was not
committed on the spot where the body
was. found," declared William Bel
shaw, head of the murder squad of the !
local detective force, "for his clofhes
were not soiled, nor the shoes dusty,
as would have been the vise had
Drewes been shot there and fallen in
the road. The care with which the
body was arranged also gees to show .
the shooting did not take place there,1
as, if it had. the murderer would have
been in too big a hurry to get away to
bother with arranging and covering it
with an overcoat.''
One tlvory the police are working on
is that the voting man may have been
killed accidentally by friends, who be?
came frightened and abandoned the I
body. They said at least two persons
were implicated, calling attencion to
the fact that Drewes was a large man
and that it would have required two to
carry him from the car. That he was
carried, they declared, was fairly cer?
tain, as there were no marks on the
body,' which would have been the case
had he been dragged over the rond.
The care with which the body was I
placed in the grass, the hands folded ?
across the breast and a so t hat pulled
down over the wound, leads the police
to believe that a woman may have fig?
ured in the case.
To Question (hum
II. L. Heath, of Trenton, N. .1., I
Drewes's roommate at Dartmouth and
Miss E. Hanson. Drewes's aunt, with
whom he kept an eatinghouse in Han?
over, arrived in this city to-day. Both
were questioned by the police as to
Dre^ves's movements after leaving col?
lege for his home last Friday, but
neither could throw much light on the
case.
A detective was sent to New York to
question Charles Schloss, who, Drewes
told his father, had paid him a small
debt in Atlantic City Saturday. The
detective reported that Schloss's where?
abouts were not definitely known, but
that his aun;, with whom he lived, said
he expected to be home some time to?
night. Drewes and Schloss had been
friends since childhood. It is hoped ?
that he may be able to tell what
Drewes's plans were after he left his
home in West Philadelphia.
--???-??
King Alexander Reported
In Very Grave Condition
Greek Monarch Develops (Ion
gestion of Lung?, Says the
Latest Bulletin
ATHENS, Oct. 18.?The latest bulle-:
tin concerning King Alexander says
that his condition is most grave. In
addition to his other ailments, result?
ing from the bite of a pet monkey, con?
gestion of the lurigs has developed.
This morfiing the King's temperature
was 101, while his pulse ranged from
100 to 124. Respiration was 40.
During the day the physicians some?
what relieved the patient's breathing
by drawing- some of the serum from
his congested lungs. It :s admitted i
that the condition of the monarch is :
critical. V '
Wells-to Help Gorky
Save Russian Culture
RE VAL, Esthonia, Oct. 17.? ?
H. G. Well.?;, the English novelist,
who for some time has been visit- !
ing Russia, passed through here
to-day on his way home.
In Petrograd Mr. Wells stopped
with Maxim Gorky, the Russian
writer, in a house where Gorky
is maintaining a home for artists, ;
authors, scientists and professors. ?
Mr. Wells said he was much in?
terested in Gorky's efforts to pre- ;
serve Russian culture, and that j
he would endeavor to send sup- !
plies of money from England to
assist Gorky's institution,
\ _J
New Search On
For 2 Convicts;
Inquiry Begun
Three Automobile Loads of
Guards Sent Out From
Sing Sing With Orders to
Hold Trail All Night
More Posses in Chase
Desperadoes Steal Third
Machine and Speed On;
Lawes Incensed by Case
Special Dispatch to The Tribuir?
OSSINING, N. V., Oct. 18.?With
George Stivers and March s Bassett, the
escaped Sin-; Sing: convicts, still at
large and reports Indicating that they
are terrorizing the rural sections near
Bridgeport, Conn., Major Lewis E.
Lawes, prison warden, to-day organized
a new hunt for the criminals. He an- !
nouriced that all the resources of Sing
Sing would be utilized lo effect their !
recapture. ?
The warden, returning hurriedly from
Columbus, Ohio, to-day, is said to have !
been incensed when he learned that
the chase for the convicts was ended |
Sunday night, as far as Sing Sing '.
officials were concerned, and has or
dered the fullest investigation of the I
events which led to the escape of the
two prisoners Saturday night.
He demands also the reason for
abandoning the search a day later, as !
well as for tne alleged indifference of
Sing Sing guards in responding to the j
prison alarm.
Major Lawes's first act to-day in re?
viving the search for Stivers and
Bassett was to send out a group of
armed keepers in three automobiles,
with instructions that they should con?
tinue the hunt frVv the criminals and
follow their leads regardless of time or
the territory. covered. Additional
posses were sent out after nightfall
with instructions to keep up the search
throughout the night.
At noon to-day reports were received
from Connecticut that the convicts had
stolen their third motor car- and were
headed in the general direction of
Bridgeport. It is believed that Sing
Sing officers, assisted by Connecticut
police, can surround Stivers and Bas?
sett if an intensive search is made in
the vicinity of Bridgeport. Every re?
port indicates that the men have not
escaped from that section.
While Major Lawes devotod the
greater part of the day to a reorgani?
zation of his forces in renewing the
search for the convicts, plans went
along for a rigid investigation of
charges that some of the keepers were
grossly negligent, indifferent, and, in
one or two instances, cowardly, after
the alarm was sounded Saturday night.
Warden's Orders Disobeyed
?Tames I. Long, acting superintendent
of prisons, assisted Major Lawes in the
preliminary investigation. Concerning
the attack made by Stivers and Bassett
upon Keepers Willard Webster, Peter
Cogler and Bernard Simmons in the
key room, the warden said:
"The inmates had no business there, j
They were forbidden to have access to I
the key room. An o refer was issued i
some time ago about that."
The warden said he was far from !
satisfied with the services many at- |
tendants rendered immediately after j
the jail break. He announced that i
the reward offered on Sunday would ;
be doubled.
"I have a list of every employee who
failed to report," he said, "and every ?
one*must explain his conduct."
Many attendants, it was charged, I
were on the streets of Ossining when !
the alarm whistle was sounded. It is
asserted that in many instances the |
alarm was ignored by attendants. Less i
than a dozen men out of a possible :
(Continued on page five)
Japan Begins Trades Census
Program to Aid Mobilization
TOKIO, Oct. IS (By The Associated
Press).* As a result of the census
taken October 1, the figures of which
have not yet been announced, the gov?
ernment has begun sending circulars
throughout the country asking physi?
cians, surgeons, dentists, pharmacists.
tailors, blacksmiths and other persons
whether they would be willing to serve
in the army in case of war.
Officials explain that the information
is desired in connection with any possi?
ble future mobilization. It is said that
the details sought form part of a gen?
eral plan of industrial mobilisation
upon which the government has been
I working for years, and that it has or
? ganized a new national industrial cen?
sus board to investigate mobilization
possibilities in factories, mines, rail?
ways and marine transport systems.
Thv inquiry was begun Friday in the
Tokio precinct.
Addressing the new board, Premier
Hara urged the organization of national
industry to the stage which is consid?
ered essential to the national defense
program.
The newspapers report that Masano
Hanihara, Deputy Foreign Minister, in
explaining the negotiations over the
California situation to the members of
the Kenyuki party in the House of
Peers, said the Washington government
i had taken measures to check the in
! crease of the aiiti-Japaiu-se movement
I in California, but that these ?eemed
I f\'i)n. HS the icferendum measure nrob
ably would be passed by the California
Legislature.
If the measure was adopted, M. Han
ihara continued, there would remain
for the Japanese, first, appeal to the
Supreme Court by Japanese residents
of California; second, a demand for
i the nullification of the measure as an
infringement of the Japanese-American
treaty, and, third, the conclusion of a
new treaty.
The arrangement of a new treaty
protecting acquired rights is a ques?
tion which the Amer:can government
! is willingly considering, said M. Hani
1 har?. Negotiations on this treaty are
i being carried forward, but the new
1 treaty will require the approval of the
Senate and the result of the vote on
it. permits of no optimism. However,
M. Hanihara continued, it was reason?
able to suppose that the anti-Japanese
agitation, which was a sorf of by?
product of the Presidential campaign,
will have largely subsided by the time
the new treaty reaches the Senate.
The Vice-Foreign Minister inter?
preted the California agitation as one
result of Japan's proposal for racial
equality at the peace conference in
Paris. This, he declared, had impressed
th< Americans as meaning Japan was
determined to carry out her ideas for
racial equality by all means.
According to the Nichi-Nichi, some'
! of the members asked M. Hanihara if
1 the government recognized that the
? ri?sentaiion of the racial proposition
: in Paris constituted a failure for Japan.
To this Ni. Hanihara replied that the
I Foreign Ofnce, in a sense, thought that
More Hunger
Strikers Are
Near Death
Several of Surviving Ten!
in Cork Jail So Low!
They Are Not Expected!
to Survive Much Longer
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Fitzgerald Refused
Bride Before End
Troops Called For by
Dublin Are Detained
in Fear of Reprisals
By Frank Getty
Spr-ial Cable to The Tribune
Copyright, 1020, New York Tribuno Inc.
LONDON, Oct. 18.?Troops which
have been called for to help maintain
order in the Dublin area have been re?
tained in Cork, owing to the critical
situation and the increased tension fol?
lowing the death yesterday of Michael
Fitzgerald, the first of the prison hun?
ger strikers to die. The death of sev?
eral others is reported imminent, and
reprisals are expected.
Crowds gathered outside Cork jail
to-day reciting the rosary for Mie ten
surviving strikers.
Fitzgerald's body was removed from
the prison to-day to a church until the
burial to-morrow. A large crowd fol?
lowed the coffin, but there was no dis?
order.
Several days ago Fitzgerald asked
that before he died he be permitted to
marry his fianc?e, who had been a con?
stant visitor to the prison since we was ?
arrested August 11. His fianc?e con- j
sented, hue permission was refused by j
the prison ' authorities. The incident)
has added to the feeling aroused by j
Fitzgerald's death.
Fear Outbreak in Dublin
Belfast and' Dublin arc other storm |
centers in Ireland just now. Although :
overshadowed for the moment by
events in England, the Irish situation ,
is considered more critical than at any
time since 1916. The outbreak of!
guerrilla warfare in Dublin is signifi?
cant of a turn for the worse. Hitherto
the Irish capital has been largely j
exempt from armed conflict between !
the authorities and the republicans. t
The death to-day of the two Sinn ?
Fe.iners shot during the Black and Tan
raid on Bamba Hall, Dublin, brings the
total casualties to eight killed and ten
seriously wounded.
The police say they have evidence
that the republican "murder gangs"
are concentrating in the city and ex- j
treme military precautions are being ;
taken. The Black and Tans, who hith- i
erto have operated in the country dis- j
tricts, are now in charge of policing i
Dublin and their presence undoubted?
ly is largely responsible for a major- i
ity of the clashes in which the police !
have fired with deadly effect.
Sinn F?iners on Run
All prominent Sinn F?iners who have |
enjoyed more or less immunity now are |
"on the run." The single exception, j
perhaps, is Arthur Griffiths, "Acting !
President of the Irish Republic," who |
expects, however, to be assassinated. ;
Michael Collins, who has been fre- j
quently referred to as the real leader of
the.Sinn F?in army, is now sought by:
the military with a price on his head. J
Many civilians who previously had |
gone to Dublin from the South and
\\ est with the belief that the capita! j
would continuo free from actual light?
ing now have nowhere to turn. The j
military has issued warnings directing
the civilians to avoid scenes of police
or military activity, such as raids,
which before this have always drawn
curious crowds.
The week-end trouble at Dublin,
which took the form of public inter?
ference with the police raids, was fol?
lowed by almost indiscriminate shoot?
ing by the police to clear the area. |
Innocent bystanders comprised most of j
the victims.
After the curfew Saturday nlg-nt I
Peter O'Carrqll, a prominent Sinn
Feiner, was called to his door by Black j
and Tans and shot dead.
Sergeant Roche Slain
Sergeant Roche, of Ric, who went
to Dublin from Limerick to identify
John Tracy, Sinn F?in commandant, who
was killed in Talbot Street after a re?
ported attempt to capture an armored
car, was tracked down upon his ar- j
rival in Dublin and, although he at?
tempted to escape, was slain by Sinn |
F?iners. An old man and a young girl i
were wounded by bullets intended for I
Roche.
Tracy's body was taken to Limerick
and buried to-day, the soldiers on duty
saluting the passing funeral.
If events come to a head there is
iittle doubt, that a number of the po?
lice and soldiers will resign before
lighting their own countrymen.
The week-end did hot pass at Bel?
fast without further sectarian rioting,
which resulted in three deaths.
While the coal strike is detracting
from British interest in the Irish
trouble, all reports from Ireland in?
dicate the possibility of an early out?
break of violence.
CORK, Oct. 18. ? Joseph Murphy,
Sean Hennessey and several other of
the ten surviving hunger strikers in
prison here are now so low that the
end is expected shortly.
The news of the death of Fitzgerald
was kept from his comrades until this
morning. They were aware, however,
that something was happening, for they
cculd hear his heavy breathing and the ;
people about his bedside chanting the
rosary. The other hunger strikers con- i
tinually asked about Fitzgerald, but ?
they wire merely told that he was in ,
very bad shape.
Fitzgerald was the organizer of the |
hunger strike in Cork jail and was re?
garded as the leader of the men.
The belief was expressed here to-day
(Continued on pige flv?)
Anarchists Near Rome
Attack Aureliano Fort
, Reds Are Rrpulsed by Soldiers
After a Short Exchange
of Shots
ROME, Oct. 18.?Anarchists to-day
attempted to attack the Aureliano fort,
situated a few miles from Rome. They
! were repulsed by soldiers after a short
' px"hanep ?f ??hots
Harding Tells Wilson
Talk Did Not Involve
Government of France
Wilson's Letter to Harding
And Reply of the Nominee
President Wilson's letter to Senator Warrc? G. Harding, asking
whether the Republican nominee had been correctly quoted as saying that
he had been approached informally by a representative of France asking
America to take the leadership in an associations of nations; said :
"October IS, 1920.
"My dear Sir: In The New York Times of yesterday, Silrnday. October
17, 1920, 1 find a statement dated St. Louis, October 16, which purports to
report certain public utterances of yours. In it occurs the following:
"'Replying to criticisms of his proposal for an association of nations,
he said in a rear platform speech at Greencastle, Ind., that he already had
been approached 'informally' by a representative of France, who 3sked
that the United States lead the way to a world fraternity.'
"I write to ask if this is a correct quotation, and if you really said
what is there attributed to you. I need not point out to you the grave and
extraordinary inferences to be drawn from such a statement?namely,
that the government of Franco, which is a member of the League of Na?
tions, approached a private citizen of a nation which is not a member of
the league with a request 'that the United States lead the way to a world
fraternity.'
"The Department of State has always found the government of France
most honorably mindful of its international obligations and punctiliously
careful to observe all the proprieties of international intercourse. I hesi?
tate, therefore, to draw the inferences to which I have referred, unless I
am assured by you that you actually made the statement.
"Very truly yours.
"WOODROW WILSON."
Senator Harding's reply said:
"Dear Mr. President:
"I have before me a press copy of your letter to me of this date,
though I am not in receipt of the original copy. 1 am glad to make a
prompt reply.
"It is very gratifying that you hesitate to draw inferences without
my assurance that I am correctly quoted. The quotation as reported in
your letter is not exact. The notes of the stenographer reporting my re?
marks quote me as saying 'France has sent her spokesmen to me in?
formally, asking America in its new realization of the situation to lead
the way for an association of nations.'
"I am sure that nay words could not be construed to ^ay that the
French government has sent anybody to me. The thought I was trying to
convey was that there had come to me those who spoke a sentiment which
they represented to be very manifest among the French people, but nothing
could suggest the French government haying violated the proprieties of
international relations. Official France would never seek to go over your
high office as our Chief Executive to appeal to the American people, or
any portion thereof.
"I can sec no impropriety in private citizens of France, or in Americans '
deeply friendly to France, expressing to me their understanding of senti?
ment in that friendly rep'ublic. It is not important enough to discuss,
perhaps, but I very respectfully urge that an informal expression to me
is rather more than that to a private citizen. I hold a place as a member
of the Foreign Relations Committee of the United States Senate, which is
charged with certain constitutional authority in dealing with foreign re?
lations, and I am necessarily conscious that I am the nominee of the
Republican party for the President of our Republic. In the combination
of these two positions it ought not to be unseemly that some very devoted
friends of a new and better relationship among nations, no matter whence
they come, should wish to advise me relating to aspirations to cooperate
with our own Republic in attaining that high purpose. Let me assure you
again of the observance of all the proprieties and again assert that the
French government has maintained that great respect for your position
to which I myself subscribe. With great respect, I am,
"Very truly,
"WARREN G. HARDING."
Lodge Describes War Waste
At Big Rally in Brooklyn
Administration Purchases Revealed as Riot of Ex?
travagance Without Result; Article X
Called League's Bad Heart
?1
Addressing the first bi^ Republican i
rally held in Brooklyn since the Presi?
dential campaign began, Senator Henry
Cabot Lodge described to 4,000 men and
women in the Academy of Mu^ic last
night the riot of extravagance and
waste engaged in by the Wilson Admin?
istration during the war. ? He gave
many facts and figures to back up his
assertions.
The Senator's remarks on war-time
extravagance prefaced a bitter attack
on the League of Nations in general
and Article X in particular. He re?
ferred to Article X as "the league's
bad heart" and declared that the cove?
nant itself was a breeder of war and
full of enforcement, but very little
peace. The league, Senator Lodge as?
serted, is an alliance, pure and simple, '
in which the wealth and armed forces
of the United States will be placed at
the beck and call of foreign nations.
Senator Lodge said after the meeting
that he had never been accorded a more ;
enthusiastic greeting than was given to
him by Brooklyn Republicans last
night. The seating and standing room
capacity of the Academy of Music was
taxed to the limit long before the
speaker arrived, and hundreds of per?
sons who came after 8 o'clock were
turned away. The meeting was pre?
sided over by Representative Frederick
W. Rowe, of Flatbush.
Senator Lodge said that in his opin?
ion the . extravagance and waste to
which the United States had been sub?
jected during the war were Ititle short
of appalling. He pointed out that $1,
1?9,000,000 was expended for artillery
alone, and yet, according to General
Pershing's report, only 109 guns of the
"75" type reached France before the
armistice was signed, and only one of
the heavier cahoer. "These were the
I only guns we succeeded in getting to
i France," he said, "although when the
money was appropriated we were sup?
posed to send 9,000.
"We spent $1,051,000,000 on our air-.
'craft program, yet General Pe: .hing
! tells us that our fliers were entirely
? dependent upon our allies. The fight
! ing done by our men in the air was
j done in obsolete planes loaned to us by
! the French and British. We spent
' $1,000,000,000 and never got one com
i bat plane to France before the armis?
tice was signed. Yet Secretary Baker
'and Secretary Daniels go about telling
people tljat the Administration won the
I war."
| The b\z crowd laughed when th?
Senator declared thr.t, according to offi- i
cial figures, we had 891,000 horses and
mules in service during the war. For)
these horses and mules, he said, the
War Department purchased 945,000
saddles and more than 1,000,000 double
sets of harness-sufficient to harness
2,000,000 horses at one time.
Leather Orders Excessive
"The War Department then proceed?
ed to purchase 1,637,000 horse brushes
and 2,029,000 nose bags, 1,118,000 horse
blankets and 2,I5b,000 halters," ?aid
the Senator. "And you must remember
that all this material was for '591,000
horses and mules. The War Depart?
ment's orders for leather goods alone
would have required 300,000 more hides
than are produced in this country in
one year. This is rather a significant
fact when taken in connection with the
high cost of shoes.
"The War Department decided that
these 391,000 horses and mules must
be branded, so a contract was made
with Henry Morse & Co. of New York
for 195,000 branding irons?one iron
for every two horses, or mules. It
was specified that these irons should
be made of copper, which was both
scarce and most expensive. We won
the war, but without branding the
horses and mules. We were still wait
\ Continued on next page)
U. S. Expends Nearly
Two Billions in Month
Cost of Government for First
Quarter of Fiscal Year
Is $3,630,000,000
WASHINGTON, Oct. 18. -Govern?
mental expenditures for September
amounted to more than $1,944,000,000,
while for the first three months of the
j fiscal year the total was more than
- ;j3,630,000,000, according to the state?
ment issued to-day by the Treasury
Department.
Ordinary expenditures for the month
amounted to $496,776,654, including
disbursements to the railroads totaling
! $179,758,610 for claims growing out of
Federal control and payment made
under the transpcrtation act. War De
' partment expenditures were next,
. amounting to $103,783.097, including
S 8,169,294 naid the railroad adminis
< tration for transportation during the
war. Payment of $40,000,000 to the
Shipping Board by the War Depart?
ment was also shown.
Expenditures for the public debt
totaled $1,447,316,873, of vhich $1.395,
970,500, applied to the redemption of
j certificates' ot indebtedness, was the
' !;.i ?rest item.
Declares Representations
Constituted No Violation
of International Propri?
eties; No Official Ac
President Mistook
Senator's S tateme?;-:
Candidate, in His Speed.
Referred to Conversa?
tions With 'Spokesmen*
From a Staff Korrespondent
MARION, Oct. 18.?Senator War
ren G. Harding, replying to-night to
an inquiry from President Wilson
asking whether the Republican
nominee had been correctly quoted
as saying that he had been ap?
proached informally by a represent?
ative of France seeking American
leadership In "a world fraternity,"
said that France had sent her
"spokesmen" to him. He aelded, how?
ever, that their representation? Lad
not caused a violation of interna?
tional proprieties by the French gov?
ernment.
Grave Inferences .
The President had written to ask
the Senator whether he had "really
said" what was accredited to him..
He pointed out "the grave and
extraordinary inferences to he
drawn from such a statement," and
added that France had always been
found to be "most honorably mind?
ful of its international obligations
and punctiliously careful to observe
all the proprieties of international
discourse."
The Senator, in his reply, made it
plain that he never intended to con
j vey the impression in his Green
j castle speech last Saturday, to which
i the President referred, that the
j French government had approached
I him about his plan for an associa?
tion of nations.
The candidate did not wait to re?
ceive Mr. Wilson's letter, but dispatch?
ed his reply after reading the letter as
carried in newspaper dispatches from
Washington.
Sees No Impropriety.
In his speech at Greencastle Sena?
tor Harding said "France has sent her
"spokesman' to me informally, asking
America in its new realization of the
situation to lead the way for an asso?
ciation of nations." By that state?
ment Senator Harding meant that he
had had an opportunity to ?,et the cor?
rect perspective of the French people's
view through conversations with in?
formed persons. In his reply to the
President Seantor Harding said: "I
can set no impropriety in private citi?
zens of France or in Americans deeply
friendly to France expressing to me
their understanding of sentiments in
that friendly Republic."
The candidate in his reply said he
had not bec?n quoted exactly in the
President's letter. Mr. Wilson, instead
of giving Senator Harding's words as
quoted in an Associated Press dispatch,
used a paraphrase of the Senator's re?
marks. As a matter of fact, the entire
situation has grown out of what ap?
pears to be an error in the transcrip?
tion of Senator Harding's remarks.
Typewritten copies of his speech dis?
tributed to newspaper men aboard the
Senator's special train quoted him as
having .--aiil "spokesman." The stenog?
rapher in going over his notes found
that the word was "spokesmen," which
was what Senator Harding intended It
to be.
Not Approached Officially
Returning to Marion yesterday be?
fore the President's letter had been
written, and consequently before there
was any controversy about th*
speech, Senator Harding made it cleai
that he had talked with a number ol
persons about the feeling of the
French people toward an association
of nations to replace the discr?dit?e
Versailles I.eae-ue. He made it clear h?
had not been approached officially.
Wilson Queries France
About Offer to Harding
t. S. Envoy Told to Ask if In
ternational Peace Plan foi
United States if as Suggestet
From The Tribune's Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON'. Oct. 18. In conn?
tion with President Wilson's letter t
Senator Harding, the President in
I structed the State Department to eabl
! Ambassador Wallace at Paris to ir
i quire officially of the French jroverr
\ ment whether any steps had been take
| by it along the lines suggested b
; Senator Harding.
The President's letter was various!
'. interpreted in official and political cii
cles here. From the viewpoint <
diplomats who read it, the inquiry <
Senator Harding from the Whi'
; House was held to be justified in an
Presidential year, wher- .ach maj<
i party is seeking the slightest advai
i tage. It was nowhere accepted as in
' probable that some Frenchman hi
. actually approached the Republic*
; candidate with the suggestion th
I this government lead the way in i
; international agreement providing fi
better understanding between natior
These diplomats also said that tl
; President's letter provided anoth
point of attack by the Administran?
against the Republican position on t!
League of Nations.
Republicana Analyze Query
In Republican circles the Setter w
dismissed with the statement that t
I White House hope?. through tV
, means to procure from the Fren
i government an official repudiation
the individual referred to by Senal