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-Wirth Cabinet
May Resign if
Silesia Is Lost
Jtfeasure Is Predicted as
Protest Against Allied
Policy, After Which Ebert
Will Call General Election
Adverse Ruling Expeeted
Supreme Council to Meet
Near End of Month to
j Formulate a Decision
Sntcial Cable to The Tribun?
Copyright, l'.'2t, New York Tribune Inc.
BSRUN. July 12.?The immediate
resignation of the Wirth government
In the event of an inter-Allied decision
on the Silosian question unfavorable
to Germany was rumored to-day in
treli informed political circles.
The resignation, it is declared, will :
be in a measure a demonstrative
protest against the Allied action and
?ill be followed inevitably by a gen- :
eral election, as the formation of a
pew government in face of the pres?
ent complexion of the Reichstag is \
virtually impossible.
The information at the government's '?
disposai !? that the Supreme Allied '
Council, in its forthcoming disposi?
tion of the Siiesian question, which is
t?pected some time next month, will
pe extremely unfavorable to Germany.
As the very life- of the Cabinet, from
its formation, concederily has been elo
{indent upon the disposition of the
ppcr Siiesian controversy, as well
as upon its success in efforts to have
the Rhine sanctions lifted, the gov?
ernment's resignation would not be
jurprisin^ should it fail to obtain a
satisfactory solution of both prob?
lems.
Leipsic 'Aithdrawal Significant
The withdrawal of the French rep?
resentatives as witnesses at Leipsic. is
regarded here as an excuse on the
part of France to cover un its deter?
mination not to lift the Rhine sanc?
tions, as well as to force a solution of
the Upper Siiesian problem unfavor?
able to Germany.
Rather than face the ridicule of the
opposition m the Reichstag with a
probable vote of lack of confidence, the
Wirth Cabinet, it is declared, wilt pre?
sent its resignation to President Ebert,
who will call new elections, upon the
result of which the complexion of the
new Cabiner will depend.
As the preparations for and nolding
of new elections probably will consume
two months, the Cabinet will continue
to act on the business of the govern?
ment in the interval.
While the official? close to the Cabi?
net denied the government's intention
to resign, politicians friendly to the
government insisted such was Wirth's
plan
Germany, of course, contends the
w'noie o: upper Silesia should go to
Germany, but it is certain that the
gnr.tins of the Plcss and Rybnik dis?
tricts to Poland, with the r?st of the re
"ion to Germany, would please the
Gerx.ir.s.
The p:orerrirnQnt's information, it ?.=
understood, is that Germany will be de?
prived of part of Silesia closely ap
proaching the so-called Korfanty line.
A c ash between Allied troops and a
German mob at. Namslau was reporte-ct
ta the Foreign Office to-day. The mob
is said to have bren infuriat?4 D>' a
rumor of the execution of German ho?
tages in Breslau and to have surround
the Hotel Namslau, where three Allied
officers are stationed, and demanded ;
their surrender.
The mob was dir-persee? only after th?
arrivai of Allied trops, who threatened
to shoot and handled some Germans,
rather roughly. In consequence the
German government promiseel to tak"
extra measures for the protection o*
Allied officials in interior Silesia.
Women Plan Drive to
Aid Police and Firemen
Believe Remedy Lies at Polls
and Will Attempt to Con?
trol 150,000 Votes
Mothers, wives, sweethearts and sis?
ters of New York's policemen and fire?
men will play an important part in
politics at the next election, according
to plans which they are now formu
letinjr for organization and campaign
work.
It is estimated that the members of
th( police and fire departments contiol
ICO.?OO votes, of which number 62,000
belong to the municipal guardians and
their families, the balance being ob?
tained through personal influence.
Incensed because the Board of Es?
timate has not acted on the petition of
the police and firemen for more pay
and equally bitter because; the hours
of duty for the police have not been
cl.angpd back to the ten-squad patrol
ijstem, the women believe their only
umedy lies at the polls, and have
therefore started measures to make
their interest felt.
The initiative, it is said, will be
taken by the auxiliaries of the various
benevolent associations, composed, for
the most part, of the wives of police?
men and firemen. They already are
organised and will meet together soon
to decide upon the best course to pur?
sue in aiding the workers to obtain
?a increase in salary and a schedule
?t duty that will permit t?iem to get
?i. least one day off in seven, instead
?f one and one-sixth days in twenty
wwen, under the present mne-squad
Patrol system.
Refunding Bill Up To-day
Penrose Promises Effort to
Expedite Its Passage
Fro?: The Tribune's Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, July 12, ? The
?enato Finance Committee will meet
?-morrow to take up the Penrose
Dill relative to the refunding of for?
eign obligations. This is the bill which
8-ve3 Secretary of the Treasury Mellon
peeping powers in respect to re?
funding.
I resident Harding, in his message
"-day, alluded to the urgency of re
jonding of the foreign debt and ad?
justment of the foreign loans. It is
ln* purpose- of Senator Penrose to
?*P?dite the hill as far as possible.
senator Penrose said he would try
~? get the refunding bill reported to?
morrow, and if not then on the day
?mowing. He said he would seek also
?> have it passed by the Senate at
i''? e^r?eat practicable date. Secre
?Wy Mellon, he pointed out, was ready
??give the Finance Committee more
'"formation if desired.
Senator Walsh, of Massachusetts, has
?* amendment requiring the ratifica
. fl?n of the Senate to any agreement
*8 to refunding. Various other
?nendments will be proposed.
Canada Deports U. S. Seamen
MONTREAL, July 12. ?American
**amen flocking here because of the
?nipping depression in the United
?Utes were discouraged to-day when
^Ptain Grey, shipping master of this
?j*rt, had seventeen of their number
-??ported in a body. Canadian ports
?ready have a plentiful supply of
!*!'or? and firemen, port authorities
Senators Pledge Bonus Delay
On Hearing Harding Message
(Continuad from pag* one)
1 bonds and certificates eoverrng the
; floating indebtedness. "Overburdening
of the Treasury now mean? positive
disaster in tho years immediately be?
fore us," he added.
The only sure way to normalcy, said
he, "ia over the paths nature has
marked throughout all human experi?
ence." The executive branch of the
government is working toward de?
creased public expenditures as (he
only way to reduce the burden of tax?
ation on the people. He promised the
S. nate that tho cost of government will
be reduced by many millions, but only
with the strictest economy.
The President, expressed his earnest
wish for "early accomplishment" of
tax revision, though he did not go to
the point, as some Senators hoped he
would, of advising that it be put ahead
of the tariff. The message is not expected
to cbanpe the situation which has ex?
isted for some time with respect to
putting tax revision r.head of the tar
>f! measure. Members of both houses
lone have advocated such a plan but
they have no definite program yet in
??irrht for accomplishing it.
Senate leaders said the message of
?he President with respect to the bonus
bill strengthened the support for re?
committing the measure to the Finance
Committee. No doubt is entertained
this will be done.
In moving to recommit the bill,
Senator Penrose said "careful further
consideration will be given to the
measure."
Senator Robinson, of Arkansas, took
issue with this. He declared that
sending the bill back to the Finance
Committee meant its death and burial,
and that the facts set forth by the
President in his message had been
within the knowledge of the Senate
for a long time. He called attention
to the fact that the President in com?
ing before the Senate and addressing
it had followed "the precedent estab?
lished bv President Wilson."
"Forceful and persuasive as is th<
address of the President," continu?e
Senator Robinson, "it has not brough
to the Senate any new state of facts
which would justify Senators n
precipitately reversing their action a:
to this question."
Senator Jones, of New Mexico, Dem
\ ocrat, and member of the Finance Com?
mittee, spoke at length in behalf of the
bonus bill. He reminded Republicans
thnt ? good deal had been heard for
some years pnst about "taking orders
from the Chief Executive."
The bonus bill, he declared, would
have passed the Senate last winter by n
large majority. He denied it would
"break the Treasury," as alleged, and
said the real purpose and object of the
bill were misunderstood.
Senator Jones offered an amendment
under which the bill would go into
effect January 1 next. He said he did
not challenge the sincerity of the
President or of Secretary Mellon, but
declared they are "looking through
spectacles of certain schools of thought
through which I do not look."
Senator Penrose, commenting on the
message and the course of his commit?
tee, said the message was a patriotic
one.
"It was a patriotic document," he
said. "The President will be supported
^y the American people, including tho
soldiers."
He declared the bill would be r?
ported out again, but he did not know
whether it would be this session or
next.
Mondell Is Silent
The comment in the House on th?
President's address was entirely favor?
able. Two Republican leaders, how?
ever, declined to discuss it. They wert
Representative Mondell, majority floor
leader, and Chairman Fordney of the
Committee on Ways and Means.
Representative Simeon D. Fess, of
Ohio, chairman of the Republican Con?
gressional Committee, said:
"The Provident has acted with the
good judgment and sound courage
which the country demands from the
head of the government at the moment
of financial and industrial stress. He
has rendered a signal service to the
country by calling attention to the un?
wisdom of adding to the already stag?
gering obligations of the Treasury."
Mr. Mondell merely said that, inas?
much as the message was addressed to
the Senate, he did not care to com?
ment.
Other members of both sides of the
House expressed emphatic approval.
Text of Harding's Special Message
Urging Senate to Hold Up Bonus Bill
Following is the full t?xt of ]
dent Hardmg's address to the Se
"There has come to my attentio
pending unfinished business befoi
Senate, and it is an imperative dt
convey to you the probable effe
the passage at this time of the
posed act providing for adjusted
pcnsation to our service men ir
\Vorld War. If this measure cou
made effective at the present time
out disaster to the nation's fini
and without hindrance to imper
readjustment of our taxes it v
present an entirely different que
from that which is before you.
persona] as well as- a public mai
which ought to be a pledge of
faith, I have commended the polk
generous treatment of the nation':
fenders, not as a part of any cont
not as the payment of a debt whic
owing, but as a mark of the nat
gratitude. Every obligation is to
iisabled and dependent,
"In such reference as has been n
to genera! compensation there has 1
r. reservation as tn the earliest
sistent time for such action if i
taken. Even withort such r?serv?t
however, a modified view would
wholly justifiable at the present
ta eut, because the enactment of
compensation bill in the midst of
struggle for readjustment and rest
tior, would hinder every effort and gr
ty imperil the financial stability of
country. More, this menacing effor
c xpend billions in gratuities will
peril cur capacity to discharge our i
obligations to those we must not fai
aid.
Immediate Problem
For Senate Handling
"I am addressing the Senate dire'
because the problem is immedia'
yours, as your unfinished business,
the executive branch of the governm
owes it to both houses of Congress
to the country frankly to state
difficulties we daily are called upor.
meet and the added peril this meas
would bring.
"Our land has as share of
financial chaos and the industrial
pression of the world. We little he
ed the growth of indebtness or
limits of expenditure during the >
because we could not stop to co
the cost. Our one thoupht then \
the winning of the war and the s
vival of the nation. We borrowed i
loaned?individu?is to the nation ?
the government to other governmer
and to those who served the nati
with little thought of settlement,
was relatively easy then, becai
national life was at stake.
"In the sober aftermath we face 1
order of reason, rather than act an
the passions of war, and in our o
land and the world wo are faci
problems never solved before. Th(
c:m be no solution unless we ft
the grim truths and seek to sol
them in resolute devotion to du
After a survey of more than fo
mquths, contemplating conditio
which would stagger all of us we
it not for our abiding faith in Ameri?
I am fully persuaded that three thin
are essential to the very beginni
| of the restored order of things.
Impossible To Fix
Any Precise Figure
"These are the revisions, includii
reduction, of our internal taxation, tl
refunding of our war debt, and the a
justment of our foreign loans.
"It is vitally necessary to sett
I these problems before adding to oi
Treasury any such burden as is co;
templated in the pending bill.
"It is unthinkable to expect a bus
1 ness revival and the resumption of tl
normal ways of peace while mail
taining the excessive taxes of wa
It is quite as unthinkable to redut
our tax burdens while committing ot
treasury to add an additional obligj
tion which ranges from three to fiv
billions of dollars. The precise figure
; no one can give. If it is conceivabl
; true that only two hundred millions
year will be drawn annually from th
Treasury in the few ; ears immediatel
before us. the bestowal is too incon
sequential to be of real value to th
nation's defenders; and. if the exercis
of the option should call for cash run
? ning into billions, the depression i:
? finance and industry would be s
1 marked that vastly more harm thai
good would attend.
"Our government must undertake m
obligation which it does not intend ti
meet. No government fiat will pa;
our bills. The exchanges of the worli
testify to-day to that erroneous theory
We may rely on the sacrifices of patri
otism in war, but to-day we facf
markets and the effects of supply anc
demand f.nd the inexorable laws ol
; credits in time of peace.
"At the very moment we are obligee
j to pay 5^4 per cent interest for govern?
ment short-time loans to care for oui
? floating indebtedness, a rate on govern
? ment borrowing, in spite of tax exemp
I tion. which ought to prevail in private
j transactions for the normal interest
! charges in financing our industry and
? commerce. Definite obligations amount?
ing to $7,600.000,000 in War Savings
1 certificates, Victory bonds and certifi?
cates covering floating indebtedness
are to mature in the two years imme?
diately following, and the overburden?
ing of the Treasury now means positive
disaster in the years immediately be?
fore us. Merest prudence calls out
in warning.
"Our greatest necessity is a return
to the normal ways of peace activities
A modest offering to the millions of
service men is a poor palliative to more
millions who may be out of employ?
ment. Stabilized finance and well es?
tablished confidence are both essential
to restored industry and commerce.
"The. slump which is now upon us is
an inevitable part of war's aftermath.
It has followed in the wake of war
since the world began. There was the
unavoidable readjustment, the inevi?
table charge-off, the unfailing attend?
ance of losses in the wake of high
prices, the inexorable deflation which
inflation had preceded. It has been
wholly proper to seek to apply govern?
ment relief to minimize the hard
shins, and the jrovernment has aided
whenever possible, and is aiding now
but all the special acts ever dreamed
of, all the particular favors ever con?
ceived will not avoid all the distresses
nor ward off all the losses.
Sincere Effort Made
To Cut Expenditures
"The proper mental state of our peo?
ple will commit us resolutely and con?
fidently to our tasks, and definite as
suymces as to taxation and expenditure
will contribute to that helpful mental
order. The only sure way to normalcy
i s over the paths nature has marked
throughout all human experience.
"With the approval of Congress the
executive branch of government has
been driving toward that decreased
expenditure, which isj the most practi?
cal assurance of diminished taxation.
With enthusiastic resolution your ad?
ministrative agents are making not
oniy conscientious effort to reduce the
call for appropriation?, hut to reduce
the cost of government far below the
appropriations you have already pro
vided. It is easy to believe that the
only way to diminish the burdens
which the people must pay is to cut
the outlay in which public moneys are
cxpendeei. War ?3 not wholly responsi?
ble for staggering costs; it has merely
accentuated the menace which lies in
mounting cost of government and ex?
cesses in expenditure which a success?
ful private business would not tolerate.
"I can make you no definite promise
in figures to-day, but I can pledge you
a most conscientious drive to reduce
government cost by many millions. It
would be most discouraging to those
who are bending their efforts to save
millions to have Congress add billions
to our burdens at the very beginning
Asks Delay Till Loans
Abroad Are Adjusted
"Even were there not the threatened
paralysis of our Treasury, with its fata
reflexes on all our activities which
concern our prosperity, would it not be
I better to await the settlement of oui
j foreign loans? At such a time it woulc
j be a bestowal on the part of our gov
i ernment when it is able to bestow.
"The United States participates ir
none of the distributable awards ol
war, but the world owes us heavily
and will pay when restoration i:
wrought. If the restoration fails worle
bankruptcy attends. I believe the worle
restoration is possible, but only witl
honest, diligent work in productivity
on the one hand and honest and dili
gent opposition to needless public ex
I penditure on the other.
"If the suggested recommitment o
this measure bore the merest sugges
tion of neglect or a hint of national in
gratitude I would not urge it. It hai
been my privilege to speak to Congres:
on our obligations to the disabled am
dependent soldiers and the govern
ment's deep desire to prove its concen
for their welfare. I should be ashamee
of the Republic if it failed in its dut;
to them. Neither armistice nor perma
nent peace puts an end to the obliga
I tions of government to its defender
| or the obligations of citizens to th
I government. Mindful of these things
the administrative branch of the gov
; ernment has not only spoken; it ha
acted and has accomplished.
"In view of some of ?,* tn?ngs whiel
have been said, and very careless!;
j said, perhaps I ought to report official
| ly some of the things which have beei
done.
"In the Department of War Risk In
surance there have been filed up t
July 7, 1921, compensation and insur
anee claims numbering 813.442. O
these 747,786 have been adjudicated, a
! an expenditure of $471,946,752. Ther
! were 200,000 claims pending when th
War Risk Department was reorganize
late in April this year, and the num
ber of pending claims has been reduce
by 134,344. All work in this deparl
ment will be current by the 21st c
this July; that is to say, all actio
which the bureau may take on a give
case will be current, though nc
claims are being filed at the rate c
700 a day.
"There have been requested S87.6T
medical examinations, and less tha
fourteen thousand await medical ?i
tion, Up to July 7 there have bee
-8,23? disabled Boldiers hospitalized
and in government-controlled horpitali
to-day there are 6,000 available beds
I without occupants. You ?re alreadv
aware of the progress made toward
tne construction of additional govern
I ment hospitals, not heeause we nro not
I meeting all demands, but to better
meet thern and the better to special?
ize in the treatment of those who come
under our care.
"There has been paid out in allot?
ments and allowances the sum o?
$678,465,658, and nearly $4,000,000,000
ot government insurance is in force.
Training Ctists Will
Exceed $163,000,000
"In vocational training and rehabili?
tation of disabled soldier? there have
been enrolled to date 107,824 men. To?
day thero are 75,818 mon who are
training with pay, at the maximum
cost of $160 per month; 8,208 training
without pay, but at a tuition and ?up
ply outlay of $3f> per month. Four
thousand disabled men have completed
their training and have been returned
to gainful employment. These earneel
an average of $1,051 per year before
entering the army and are earning to?
day, in spite of their war disability
and in spite of diminished wage or
salary levels, an average of $1,550 per
annum.
"It is an interesting revelation and
a tine achievement, attended by both
abuses and triumphs. Congress has
appropriated $60,000,000 for this noble
work for the current year, but the
estimated acceptance of training for
the year before us contemplates an
average of 05,000 disabled men, and
the cost will be in excess of $163,000,
ooo, or nearly $100,000,000 more than
Congress has provided. This additional
sum must be made available. With the
increase? of availability to training,
as recently unred upon Congress, the
estimated additional expenditure will
be $46S,0OO,000 per annum until the
pledge of training is discharged. These
figures suggest neither neglect nor
ingratitude. It is more than the en?
tire annual cost of the Federal gov?
ernment for many years following the
Civil War and challenges every charge
of failure to deal considerately with
our nation's defenders.
Growth of Obligations
D?clar?e! Inevitable
"I do not recite the figures to sug?
gest that it is all we may do or
ultimately ought to do. It is inevi?
table that our obligations will grow,
and grow enormously. We never have
neglected and never will neglect the
dependent soldier, and there is no way
to avoid time's remorseless classifica?
tions.
"Contemplating the tremendous lia?
bility, which the government will never
shirk, I would be remiss in my duty if
I failed to ask Congress to pause at
this particular time rather than break
down our Treasury, from which so
much is later on to be expected. The
defenders of the Republic amid the
perils of war woulel be the last of our
citizenship to wish its stability men?
aced by an individual pittance of peace.
"I know the feelings of my own
breast and that of yours and the grate?
ful people of this Republic. But no
thoughtful person, possessed with all
the tacts, is ready for added compen?
sation for the healthful, self-reliant
masses of our great, armies at the cost
of a Treasury break-down which will
bring its hardships to all the citizens
of the Republic. Its enactment now in
all probability would so add to our in?
terest rates that the added interest
charge on new and refunded indebted?
ness may alone exceeel the sum it is
proposed to bestow.
Progress Made in
Revision of Tariff
"When Congress was called in ex?
traordinary session I called your atten?
tion to the urgent measures which ?
thought demanded your consideration.
You promptly provided the emergency
tariff, and gooel progress has been made
toward the much needed and more de?
liberate revision of our tariff sched?
ules. There is confessed disappoint?
ment that so little progress has been
made in the readjustment and reduc?
tion of the war-time taxes. I believe
you share with me the earnest wish
for early accomplishment.
"It is not expected that Congress
will sit and ignore other problems of
legislation. There are often urgent
problems which must enlist your at?
tention. I have not come to speak of
them, though the reorganization of
the war risk and vocational training,
now pending, would hasten the efficient
discharge of our willing obligations to
the disabled soldiers.
"Rut I want to emphasize the sug?
gestion that the accomplishment of the
major tasks for which you were asked
to sit in extraordinary session will
have a reassuring effect on the entire
country, anel speed our resumption of
! normal activities and their rewards
which tenel to make a prosperous and
I happy people."
Reds Mobilize
100,000 Troops
To Help Kemal
???????
Concentration in Armenia
May Be New War Threat
or Sop to Opponents of
Agreement With England
Internal Unrest Spreads
-_
New Policies Won't Revive
Industry or Feed People.
Bolsheviki Are Warned
By WiraUs* to The Tribun"
'"npyrlKht, 1021, New York Tribune Inc.
BERLIN, July 12.?More than 100,001
troops, comprising the 11th and 8tl
Soviet armies, have been concen
trated by the Bolshevik governmen
in southern Russia. In addition, th<
13th Soviet Army soon will be dis
patched to the same region, obvious
ly with the idea of cooperating wit!
Kcmal Pa3ha, Turkish Nationalist lead
er, who is now engaged in active hos
tilities with the Greeks. This infoi
mation was obtained here to-day b
the Tribune correspondent from au
thentic sources. Reports that nc
Red armies have been formed in Azei
baijan and Georgia likewise have bee
confirmed.
These armies are being concentrate
on the borders of Armenia. The Bo
sheviki have established Souther
Grand Headquarters at Novorossis
from which they are directing open
tions calculated to assist the Turkis
Nationalists and further embarrass tl
position of the Allies in Turkey ar
the Near East. Twelve thousand R<
cavalrymen are concentrated at Erz
rum, while 16,000 infantrymen are
Trebizond.
Concessions to Asia's Demands
This heavy concentration of R
troops in the Caucasus and Armen
followed a demand of Asiatic del
gates to the Congress of the Thi
Internationale, who, in the course
the sessions, bitterly assailed t
Soviet government's agreement wi
England, bv which the Bolshev
obligated themselves to give
propaganda in the Near East,
a "betrayal" of the Eastern peopl
To what extent, however, Bolshei
troops will cooperate with Kemal it
difficult to say.
The stand of the Asiatic delega
against the agreement with Engla:
if is believed here, may have alarn
the Bolsheviki to the extent that tl
simply may be making an armed de
onstration to appease those that h;
protested. On the other hand, rec
declarations of the Soviet lead?
as well as proceedings in the Th
Internationale, point to a Bolshe
plan for new military enterprises
order to keep up the revolution
fervor among their own followers ?
cement into renewed solidarity
groups forming tho Third Inter
tionale.
The inability of the Soviet gove
ment, despite its desperate efforts
bring some semblance of order i
the hopelessly disorganized inter
situation of Russia, has brought
to a crisis, according to an inform
of the Tribune correspondent, who
just arrived in Berlin from Mose
He declared that the Soviet gove
ment is seeking relief from the gr
ing opposition from within in
militaristic ventures. Soviet nc
papers reaching here reflect the di
ly pessimistic attitude of the So
officials with regard to the econc
situation of Russia and the prosp
of improvement in the near futur
Lack of Fuel Starves Industrj
Not only is the harvest poor,
there is an almost complete ahsenc
i coal and naphtha, which the Bolsh
[ officials fear will paralyze indu:
Neither does the Soviet press r.
i much hope on the new econi
I policies of L?nine. For example,
j Petrograd Biednota states that i
i quite hopeless to think thnt the
1 nationalization of small industries
! the return of these to a basis of
j trade is likely to repair the dai
I represented in the disorganizatio
! large industries. This paper
! that the only hope of avertin
1 crash lies in increasing the prodm
cf firewood.
i The Pravda demands an increai
j lumber production and the supple- j
i menting of domestic supplies by large
| purchases of lumber from Finland. j
I Recent congresses and economic coun?
cils have frankly admitted the hope- 1
l?sants? of the Russian economic sit- j
uation.
These facts lead some observers in ?
we)! informed circles to the belief that :
| the concentration of troops in the |
i Caucasus and Armenia may be de- \
I signed for the purpose of gaining
| favor with Kemal Pasha, who would i
! offer a place of refuge for the Bol- !
; shevist leaders in the event of the ;
; downfall of the Soviet government.
Paris Discerns
New League in
Arms Council
(Continued tram pao? one!
receive an invitation to a disarmament ?
conference in Washington.
Whether Premier Briand will attend
the conference will depend largely onj
| the caliber of statesmen who will rep- j
? resent the other nations invited, was !
the opinion expressed in official cir- j
leles to-night. If Premier Lloyd George'
! represents Great Britain, it was said, |
then "it is not improbable, and even ?
likely, that M. Briand will represent;
France. However, no decision will be j
made until the invitation actually is \
received."
"France," said Premier Briand in his ?
address to the chamber, "replies eager- j
ly to the suggestion for a conferenec.
! from which we may hope will come the
final peace of the world."
The whole Hou?e broke into pro- :
longed applause. M. Briand added:
"I am sure I interpret the sentiment ;
j of the chamber when I thank the head j
I of the state who has taken this noble 1
initiative and who thought at once of!
i associating our country with it. It is j
I a homage rendered the pacific senti- I
I m(nts France has always shown in the
j gravest circumstances. I do not need i
to tell you that the French govern- ?
I ment accepts the invitation eagerly. It ;
I sees in the idea the possibility of ac- j
cords which, as regards the Pacific '.
| Ocean, annot be indifferent to us, be- j
? cause of our great interests there. It ;
i sees also the occasion to prove once I
! again that our country is attached
| ardently to the cause of peace."
In concluding the Premier said:
"France will go to the conference
without mental reservations or ulterior
i motives. She will seek every means to
! limit armament, military as well as
I naval, in order to diminish the fright
? ful charges that weigh upon the peo
? pies, at the same time safeguarding,
j it is well understood, our own national i
i security. The government experiences i
: particular pleasure in the fact that the !
j conference will be presided over by !
1 President Harding."
Both the Senate and the Chamber of
. Deputies adjourned to-day to recon?
vene October 12.. The Briand govern
I ment now cannot be overthrown for
three months, and it is considered
! virtually certain that M. Briand will
! be in charge of French affairs when the
? Washington disarmament conference
j is called.
The League of Nations commission
I for reduction of armaments is due to
I meet in Paris on Saturday next, and
I all preparations have been made for
I the meeting, according to M. Viviani,
? but President Harding's action con?
stitutes a new fact of a nature that
changes the whole face of the situa?
tion.
It is understood that the commis
j sion will meet on Saturday, as ar
? ranged, under the presidency of M.
j Viviani, but will adjourn e'ter it h?<
i taken cognizance of President Hard
ing's initiative.
; Only 4 Jurors Obtained
in Chicago White Sox Trial
CHICAGO, July 12.?The first venire
? of 100 men was exhausted to-day, with
! only four jurors selected in the trial
| of the indicted White Sox players, and
a new venire was ordered into court
! to-morrow, when efforts to complete
I the jury will be resumed.
The slowness with which the jurors
; are being accepted led Judge Hugo
; Friend to warn both state and defense
! that unless more speed were shown he
: would order night sessions of court.
Turks Drive Greeks Back
PARIS, July 12.?A column of Turk?
ish Nationalists attacked the Greeks
west of Brussa, Asia Minor, and the
Greeks were forced to retreat after
suffering losses, says a dispatch from
Angora to-day.
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Internationale
To His Policy
Uses S?eam Roller to Win
Approval of Concessions
to Foreign Capitalists
and Other Compromises
Calls for World Revolt
Terms American Socialists
Traitors for Opposition
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BERLIN, July 12.?A complete vic?
tory for Premier L?nine at the congress
of the Third Internationale at Moscow
is reported in a radio dispatch to-day
to the Red Flag, the Communist news?
paper here. According to the message
L?nine swept aside the criticism ^.nd
opposition of the extremist faction and ?
by use of steam roller tactics put
through a resolution approving the i
Soviet government's policy of giving :
concessions to foreign capitalists, as ?
well as its other comnromise measures.
The resolution was drawn up so as ;
to please both the left and the right
factions. While approving Lenine's |
compromises it assailed bitterly all the 1
Socialist parties, including tho Amer?
ican Socialist party, as traitors to the
cause of socialism und called on the ;
workers of all nations to start a world !
revolution.
The resolution apparently had been
written by L?nine himself. Asserting \
that concessions and compromises were j
necessary to keep the Soviet govern-i
ment alive, the resolution concluded:
"The congress at the same time, how- j
ever, censures the traitorous attitude ?
of the Menghevik (minority) parties of
all countries who, by their opposition j
to the Russian Communist party, have ;
strengthened capitalist reaction in its
fight against Soviet Russia and are re- i
tarding in eVery way the outbreak of '
world revolution. The Third Inter- ,
nationale calls on the proletariat of all !
countries to stand by the Russian
peasants and workers in order to real
ize the October revolution throughout j
the world."
Defending himself in a speech against
the attacks of the so-called extremists,
L?nine said that by granting conces
sions to foreign capitalists Russia ob?
tained "another breathing space."
"We must utilize this breathing
space." he went on, "to prepare for '?
the outbreak of the world revolution
in all capitalist countries."
L?nine regards as the most impor?
tant part of this preparation the fight
[ on the Socialist parties and trade ?
unions everywhere that refuse to ac?
cept Bolshevik principles and policies.
He continued:
"A very favorable factor for the de
? velopmert of the world revolution is
found in the awakening of colonial and
semi-colonial people? and it js our his?
toric duty to pa^h these people* onto
the road to revolution."
Civil Right? Still Withheld
Whilo defending th" necessity of
compromises with foreign capitalists
and the pensants, L?nine declared,
however, that the Soviet government
could not lift the restrictions on civil
liberties in Russia.
"Although we ar* no longer con?
fronted with military necessity," he
?aid, "we ar?; still in a stat*? of war,
for the dictatorship of the proletariat
rpprf-serits a constant state of war,
and we therefore cannot promise tho
freedom of democracy to any one."
Lenine's address evoked thunderous
appiause from the delegates.
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Storm King's Chief Officer
Fatallv Hurt in Blast at JSea
LONDON" July 12.?Chief Officer E.
J. Dickerson, of the American steamer
Storm King, was brought ashore? to?
day at Falmouth in a serious condi?
tion and died shortly afterward. He
suffered injuries from an explosion in
the storeroom of the vessel while ha
was investigating the cause of a fire.
The Storm King is en route U> Rot?
terdam and Antwerp, having left Phila?
delphia on June 29.
Salvador Receive? Schuvler
SAN SALVADOR, Republic of*Salva?
dor. July 12?Montgomery Schuyler jr.
of New York, the new American Minis?
ter tn Salvador, presemted his creden?
tials to President Mebendez at the Na?
tional Palace to-day.
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