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French Mass
To Seize Ruhr,
Bavarians Say
Point to 'Concentration of
Troop? on Frontier, With
Establishment of DrP.l
Grounds and Airdrome
Province Defies Berlin
Holds Disbatidment o ?
Home Guards Would Not
Stop Projected Invasion
By William C. Dreher
.N'prcf.-i! Cable to The Tribune
?'"opyriKhl. 192?, New York Tribun.? Inc.
BERLIN, Nov. 7.- It is understood
that the si'jation in Bavaria is (riving:
the government the gravest concern.
The Bavarian press continues to dis?
cuss the question of home guards in
stalwart, terms, refusing to pee (ho
(?anger to* German unity through a fur?
ther maintenance of the guards and
the French occupation of the Ruhr
which would result from this violation
<f the treaty terms.
The Bavarian newspapers insist that
1'rance already.has made up her mind
to occupy the Ruhr Valley and that
this decision cannot be altere*! by
merely disbanding the home guards.
Some sections of the cross assume a
'ruculent tone, asserting that Bavaria
under no circumstance? will bow to a
dictatorship of France.
Labor Unions Aroused
Meanwhile ?abo.- organizations of the
country have grown anxious over the
possible invasion of the Ruhr district.
The Labor Union League, a national or?
ganization of Socialist labor unions.,
? ullc-d attention i:: a long statement
-:sued yesterday to the imminent dan?
ger of occupation. The league con?
cludes from the reported concentra?
tion of French troops at various points
along the front er, thi < tublishment
of drill grounds ; nd airdromes in the
?.?ecupieii area and belligerent utter?
ances in the French press, thut
"French militarism is only awaiting a
favorable opportunity to occupy the
Ruhr cca! district."
The league statement says that such
occupation would be a catastrophe for
Germany economically, politically and
industrially in its relations with the
resl ol Europe and all civilized na?
tions. The league raises a sharp voice
of protest against the "French course
of violence" ami "urgently warns the
responsible authorities in France"
airaiti'-t the execution of such a plan.
The Labor Union League invites the
labor organizations of other countries
to join in this protest, and asks the
international labor union congress in
London to do likewise.
Seek Support of Dutch
V : me< I ?:ir' held in Essen Satur?
day ?he local labor unions had the
honor of entertaining n commission
;ent ou', by the international labor
union organization of Amsterdam to
study ib" possible effects of the French
occupation of the Ruhr Valley. M.
Jouhau.x, of France, who is chairman
of the commission, in ;-ri address to
the workmen, said the war now was a
thing o the past and that thi? laborers
0; au land: must make war on war.
Jouhau.x asserted that the labor league
opposes the military occupation of any
country, and added that French work
ingmen wanted to cooperate in the
work of reconstruction without being
under the control of bayonets and
cannon.
M. Merten, of Belgium, in a speech
said that if the Entente capitalists oc
cupied tl.t Ruhr district the workers
of Belgium would resist unanimously.
Fimmen, the Belgian secretary of the
league, said it was the task of the in?
ternational labor organization to pre
vent thi occupation of the Ruhr.
Slack Business Forces
Railroads to Retrench
Maryland, Delaware and Vir?
ginia Lays Off Employees in
All Branches of Service
CENTREVILLE, MD., Xov 7. Owing
to slack business along the er.tire line,
The Maryland, Delwarc and Virginia
lluilv/ay Company has laid off many
of its employees indefinitely. livery
branch of the division, from clerical
forces to ?nscction labor, has been
aifected by the lay-off. Many of those
whose services have been dispensed
with have been employed by the rail
road company for years.
The reason given foi cutting down
' h o numbc r of em ployc n i; thai thi i
. crvicos are not i eech I at t he pre ? i I
;ini', owing to the slump in transpor?
tation.
-?
]\ew York Aviator Dies
In Crash at Texas Field
Lieut. Rex E. Eield Killed When
Plane Goes Into Tail Spin
and Falls 1,500 Feel
DALLAS, Texas, Nov. .'. Lieutenant
Lex E. Field, thirty, w::s Killed at
Lowan Field, to-day when an airplane
in which he and a civilian where flying
went into tailspin at an altitude of
1,500 feet and plunged to the ground.
Lieutenant Field, was the son of
Mrs. T. E. Field, New York City, be
was a graduate of Cornell and saw
service on the Mexican Border. The
passenger sustained a broken arm and
minor injuries.
Building Breaks London's
Old Familiar Outline
Many a Georgian and Victorian
Structure Gives Way to
) Modern Architecture
LONDON, Oct. 21. The face of Lon?
don is changing, remarks The Daily
\ews, which is inclined to regret some
of the tearing: down that has gone on
.'.?i the lust year.
The old familiar outline of London,
i* saya, is becoming broken nhd .1 :
.?. a score of points there are dis: trb
:ng gaps which affect one like the ! ss
of a favorite chair from a room.
Londoner who had returned after a
year's absence abroad complained that
"they had been drawing the teeth of
the city in order to make it l?k o
and ugly."
With a pang he noted the disappear
anace of man.', u late Georgian and
early Victorian building. In their
places were uncomfortable voids across
which drifted a cloud of brick-dust ! i
a shred of old wall pape-.
The disturbing hand had also been
at work in the West End, and Oxford
circua. it seented, was in the melting
pot. What strange growth of latter
day architecture might spring up
her?? There was even a rumor of a
? ??.,?:?? " co !'.k > the place of
Crosse and Biackwell's factories in the I
Charing Cross-road!
"Ain't it a Grand
and Glorious Feelin'?"
fORMtRLY KNOWN AS (MONA MHS Alt
Belgian Troops Seilt
To Protect Lithuania'
_- i
Moscow Sees Move to Create j
Nucleus of Force to At
tack Soviet Russia
LONDON, Nov. 8.- A dispatch to
The Herald, the Labor organ, fsom Mos?
cow, says Belgian troops have arrived
in Lithuania, nominally for the purpose
of protecting Lithuania, but that a
grave view of this fact is taken at Mos?
cow, where there is no doubt that they
are merely intended 1o create a new
nucleus with which to attack Soviet
Russin when the time is ripe.
i
The correspondent of The Herald de-I
clares that Poland, 'in flagrant defiance
of the treaty of Riga," is keeping her!
troops on the southern military front
and has assigned a section of them to
General Petlura. who i-, reorganizing
his army, and that munitions daily are
pouring into him from Warsaw.
-?-.
Serbs Cross Bulgarian
Line; Seize Tzaribrodt ;
Sofia Holds Action Is Prema- i
turc. Anticipating Effect of i
the Peace Treaty
PARIS, Nov. 7.- The Bulgarian Le
gation here to-day received the follow- !
ing telegram from Sofia, dated Sunday: !
"Serbian troops have crossed the
frontiers to occupy the territory de?
tached from Bulgaria by the Treaty of i
Neuilly, without awaiting the demarca?
tion of 'he frontier and the settlement
of numerous questions brought before
the ambassadors' conference in Paris.!
"The Bulgarian government, finding!
the occupation premature, protested, ?
I tit to prove its loyalty ordered the;
Bulgarian authorities to withdraw ?
without resisting.
"Serbian troops entered Tzaribrode j
yesterday morning. All the stores
were closed as a sign of mourning and j
three days of mourning have been
declared throughout Bulgaria." ;
Kansas Fullback Dies of
Injuries in Washburn (?ame ?
RMPORIA. Kan.. Nov. 7.?Jack Reeves,
twenty-three years old, fullback for the
Kansas State Normal football team and
foinier fullback on the (ireat. Lakes
Naval Training Station team, died here
to-day of injuries he suffered in the
Normal Washburn came yesterday aft?
ernoon.
Reeves was paralyzed when his back
was twisted during the game. He never
i sained consciousness.
Foch Assails
Clemenceau's
Peace Terms
(Continued (ram papa one)
be stopped, but they will be continued
with even greater intensity. I have
given these orders.'
"1 had sent, word to all generals to
accentuate their offensive. They had
replied: 'You can count on us. Noth?
ing shall stop us.'
"Every one known of the German
revolution and all that, has happened in
Berlin.
"At last the night of the llth-12th
arrived. That night 1 slept only one
hour, from 12 to i o'clock. At 5:!i0
everything was signed. At 7 I left for
Paris and at 9 1 was in Clemenceau's
Cabinet meeting."
Marshal Foch continued:
"I can say to-day that the German !
armistice fully accomplished its ends
and that wo could have concluded it. no
matter what the peace. But as for the
peace that was actually made, I have
expressed my disapproval of if. pub?
licly and in writing. My objection to
it is, first, that it does not provide
France with her only good military
frontier, which is the Rhine, and sec?
ond, that it does not guarantee us the
occupation of German territory until
the treaty is executed.
Wouldn't. Hear Him
"I wrote three notes to Clemenceau
and talked to him many times. At the
beginning of April I asked to be heard
by the French delegation. Clemenceau
replied that there was nothing for me
to say. I then asked to speak before
the Cabinet. He couldn't refuse me
this. I came and placed a note in the
hands of each individual minister. I
developed at length my point of view, j
1 asked for u proc?s verbal, and this
was refused. All the ministers re?
mained silent under Clemenceau's eye
like children. Only Poincar? spoke ;n
my favor. After this I was told 1 could
go, and 1 was not admitted to their
discussion. On leaving:, 1 said to Tar
dieu:
"'France will never understand howl
from out of a victory there bus come a |
failure. If one day we have to go toi
the high court, 1 have a clear con- !
science and 1 have my papers in order.']
"I again spoke solemnly at the mo- ?
ment when the Allies received copies !
of the treaty, which had been finished
diirinfr the previous night. I gave my
opinions, and no one answered me.
?\fter the seance 1 said to Clemenceau:
'What's your reply'." He palavered for
n few moments with President Wilson
and Premier Lloyd George around a
tea table, and then he said to me: 'Our
answer to you is that we have no reply
to make.' 1 was furious. I said to him:
T shall not gQ_to Versailles to-morrow.
I do not wish to be associated with a
treaty which 1 repudiate.'
"And yet," concluded Foch, in a
philosophical tone, "I went, to Ver?
sailles. 1 thought I had no ri^ht to
leave the Allied governments to pre?
sent themselves liefere the Germans
without the chief of their armies being
present. 1 didn't have the courage."
In making his charges, Tardiou re?
produced documents describing the
final scene at Senlis, when Foch con-'
sult%l the opinion of the Allied gen?
erals regarding the terms fo be made
to Germany. Tardieu'H article declares
thnt Premier Clemenceau followed ab?
solutely the advice of the military
leaders and it permits the reader to
deduce that if a continuation of the
war would have benefited France, Foch
is to blame for not continuing it.
It is understood that although Mar?
shal Foch doc-; not dispute the au?
thenticity of the documents adduced by
Tardiou from the officiai records, ho
does object to the manner in which
these are presented, as if the com?
mander in chief were responsible for
the mistakes which Tardiou himself,
Clemenceau nnd the government made
in their failure to conclude a satisfac?
tory pence.
Bliss Opposition Cited
Some of the other newspapers have
joined in the controversy. The In?
transigeant says that the discussion
whether the armistice was concluded
too soon is one which has been raised
by small men for mean ends.
Tardieu in his article strengthens
his thesis by citinp the opposition of
General Bliss to the proposed armis?
tice terms and says that Foch. in a
discussion with Bliss and Lloyd George,
argued in favor of not invposinjj harder
conditions. Incidentally Tardieu shows
that General Pershing. instead of
speaking after Marshal Haig at Senlis,
said he first wanted to hear the opin?
ion of General Retain.
When President Wilson referred the
armistice terms to the military com?
manders, Foch, on October 25, sum?
moned to Senlis General Retain. Mar?
shal Haig, General Pershing and Gen?
eral Gillain, the Belgian Chief of Staff.
The latter's arrival, however, was de?
layed and he was not present. The
Commander in Chief read to bis gen?
erals documents relating to the matter
in hand nnd asked their opinion. Not
one proposed to refuse the armistice,
although they expressed different opin?
ions about terms.
H?ig spoke first. He thought the
armistice should be concluded and on
very moderate terms, which the Ger?
mans would accept. General Pershing
next declared that, as the head of the
American army, he wanted first to hear
the opinion of Retain and would speak
only after him. retain then followed
Haig's speech with one in which he
demanded such conditions as would not
permit. Germany to continue the war.
lie suggested that the Germans leave
everything behind except portable arms
and that the Allies occupy not only the
left bank of the Rhine, but also a
40-kilometer -/.one on the right bank.
Pershing then, in a few words, declared
he agreed with P?tain. Foch thanked
his guests for their communications
and the conference ended.
The nest day Foch wrote his con?
clusions in a letter to Clemenceau r.nd
enumerated the clauses which were em?
bodied in the armistice. The question
then came up for discussion before the
representatives of the Allied govern?
ments, Colonel House acting for Presi?
dent Wilson.
Tardieu says: "Some didn't think the
conditions were hard enough. General
Bliss, representing America at the
council of military delegates, would
have wished for a text which was
shorter and in certain articles more
rigorous. In his opinion, two clausos
would suffice for complete disarma?
ment and complete demobilization. In
this way we should be certain that
Germany no longer could make war.
In this way she would be obliged in ad?
vance, to submit to any peace terms."
Colonel House then asked whether on
purely military grounds Foch would
prefer the Germans accept or reject
the armistice, whereupon Foch made
his famous answer that wars were
made to obtain results and that once
these results were obtained no one had
the rieht to shed one single drop more
blood.
"Foch thought we should without
hesitation conclude the armistice on
condition.-, named in his letter," Tar?
dieu add.-,. "The commander in chief
went further, and to suggestions of
General Bliss nnd Lloyd George, as
well as to others of the same kind, he
firmly opposed the argument of the
(langui- of making additional demands."
finally Tardieu quotes Foch as say?
ing: "What would you do if the Ger?
mans, after accepting the severe and
sufficient conditions which I propose,
should refuse to subscribe to new hu
rriiliations which you suggest? Would
you for this risk the resumption of
hostilities and the useless sacrifice of
many thousands of lives?"
Action of Palmer
Made Main Issue
In Mine Inquiry
Squelching of Evidence by
Attorney General to Take
Precedence; Government
Way Ask a Continuance
INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 7.?Investiga?
tion of Attorney General A. Mitchell
Palmer's connection with the soft coal
conspiracy case is expected to take
precedence over the case itself to?
morrow, when it is called for trial in
the Federal District Court of Judge
A. B. Anderson. A continuance will be
asked by the government, ,it is ex?
pected, due to the resignation of Dan
W. Simms, of Lafayette, Assistant At?
torney General, and the inability of
Mr. Simms and L. Frt Slack, special
Assistant District Attorney, to bring
about the r-emoval to the jurisdiction
of the Indiuna court of a number of
the defendants living in Illinois and
Ohio.
Judge Anderson recently notified the
Attorney General that an investigation
would be held in open court regarding
his connection with the case. Mr.
Simms resigned early in October, giv?
ing as his reason that he had received
instructions from the Attorney Gen?
eral regarding elimination of certain
evidence. These instructions, Mr.
Simms said, "literally ' cut the heart
out of the case."
Arguments regarding a continuance
are expected to precipitate the investi?
gation of the Attorney General's in?
structions, inasmuch as these pre?
cipitated Mr. Simms's resignation.
Frank C. Dailcy, one of the attor?
neys representing the bituminous coal
miners under indictment, and Mr.
Simms. have been subpoenaed to ap?
pear in court to-morrow. They are
expected to testify regarding the At?
torney General's, connection with the
case.
The case, which is against 125
miners and operators, charging them
with conspiracy to limit production
and transportation of coal in violation
Argentine: Paper Puts
League Above Doctrine
BUENOS AYRES, Nov. 7 (By
The Associated Press).?Com?
menting1 to-day on the Presiden?
tial election in the United States,
La Naci?n in an editorial says:
"Confronted with the dilemma
of abandoning either the League
of Nations or the Monroe Doc?
trine, th# Latin American coun?
tries probably would choose to
abandon the latter."
of the Lever act, is an outgrowth of
the soft coal strike last November.
Charles Evans Hughes, counsel for ?
the United Mine Workers of America,
arrived here to-day to represent t be i
miners' official?.
? ?
Pastor-Slayer Removed
After Rumors of Mob
Messages to Jail Predict Vio?
lence by Friends of Innkeeper
Killed in Whisky Raid
WINDSOR, Ont., Nov. 7. As a result ]
of rumors of intended violence, police
officers early to-day spirited the Rev.
J. 0. L. Spracklin, Methodist minister
and prohibition enforcement, agent,
who had been held in jail here since
yesterday morning in connection with
the shooting to death of Beverly Trum
ble, an innkeeper, to the .?ail'at Sai,?:
wich. Removal of the prisoner was
effected quietly and did not become
generally known until this evening.
The action is said to have followed
telephone messages to the jail that an
attempt at violence was contemplated
by friends of the ?ilain man.
Removal oi Spracklin will no: pre?
vent resumption of the intpiest to-mor?
row night, it was said, the minister
having submitted his testimony last
night.
Trumble was killed in his hotel early
yesterday while Spracklin and four
other prohibition agents were raiding
the place. Spracklin testified at the
inquest that he shot, in self-defense,
asserting Trumble had pressed the
muzzle of a revolver . against his
Uomach. He also asserted his men
had been assaulted by Trumble nnd
Ifuests in the hotel and that Trumble
had threatened to kill him. Mrs.
Trumble, wife of the slain man, testi?
fied her husband was not armed. Local
offiers say they have found no trace
of n revolver Trumble is said to have
had in his possession.
?/tembers of Methodist churche?. in
the border cities to-dny pledged fundf
for Spracklin's defense if he is brought
to trial.
Guest Ejeeted; House Fired
Unwelcome Man Arrested Later
on Charge of Arson
John Grayshock, of 141 Hallaway
Avenue, Wellington, N. J., wns ordered
from the home of Mrs. ?S'ellie Lane, at
51 Lodie Avenue, Hackensar,; s.tu
day night, because of an alleged ir>*
suit to severa! women who v.-er? R.Jpj,'
at a party.
A short time la?er G?org? Crop,,.
.-. brother of Mrs. Lane. accordint J,
his testimony yesterday before R '
corner Bollam, found the ejected tr-a ?*
retting fire to a pile of tarred ?tel
and paper on the rear porch of ?i
bouse. The efforts 0f several perwr
were required to extinguiih the bl?>
Two hours later, Cronan de?|Br.j
Grayshock made another effort to bur
the house. . This time thp flamea r??/
such headway that the tirp department
was railed, (irayshock was held k*
the Recorder in $500 bail on a cntri
of arson and committed to the Hae^*
ensack jai';. Lama ire done by the b'?i
was estimated at $500.
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