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SV ' THE SUN 'AND NEW VoRK 'HER'ALP, TUESDAY, ' jJJLY 15, 1920. 8. a. FREE GOVERNMENT ID PERIL-CLEMENT Vermont Governor Refuses to Aid in Ratification of Suf frngo Amendment. AT MERCY OP LOBBYISTS' Cites Two Amendments as passed Without Consent pf the People'. rotund, Vt July 12. Gov. Clem ml In a proclamation announcing his refusal to call a npeclnl session of the Lfglstoturp to ratify tho woman suffrage Lnendment, to-day asserted that tho vederal Constitution as It stands threat ins the foundation of free popular gov- "rr'sixteenth Amendment, provid tar for a Federal Income tax, ho ub isrted, was lobbied through Congress ind State leslslntures toy Federal agents, nd the Eighteenth Amendment, for Federal prohibition, was forced through--by paid aKents of Irresponsible organl-. litions with unlimited funds. To what he said was a proposal to "force through tho Nineteenth Amendment for woman suffrage In tho same manner," Got Clement announced, "I will never be a party to any proceeding which pro Mies to change the organic law of the gtite without the consent of the people." The Governor said the Constitution threatens free popular government alike u It stands and It Is Interpreted by the Bopreme Court, and he cited a recent Jidelon of the court which held that autes could not apply to the ratifica tion or rejection of amendments to the federal Constitution referendum provis ion of their own constitutions and stat Btis. He then added : "This decision leaves the people at the mercy of any group of men who may lobby a proposal for a change In the federal Constitution through Congress and then through the legislatures of the Btstes." Gov, element's word of his intentions B Bis matter of calling a special legls taths session had been awaited In na tional political and In suffrage circles trlth keen Interest slnco his recent con ference In Washington with Senator Btrdlng. Republican nominee for Presi dent It was understood that Senator Harding had urged the Governor to ntk It possible for Vermont, a Repub lican BUte, to ratify the woman suffrage amendment by calling Into session a Legislature known to favor the amend ment Too Governor, In his proclamation, after reciting his views of the Issues ln vohrei said I 1 have been asked to overlook these considerations as o. matter of party ex pediency, but this Is a matter, of prin ciple, not expediency, and the party that brides ft well established principle of popular government will suffer In the tod." PEWACola, JulT 12. Oov. Catts has refused to call a special session of the Florida Legislature to take action on the Federal woman suffrage amend ment, local suffrage leaders announced w-nlrht They said the Governor con tended such action would be useless. Naiktou, July II. Refusal to-day of Gov. Clements of Vermont to call o special suslon of the legislature to act on tho Federal' suffrage amend Bent caused supporters of the proposal to redouble their efforts to obtain fa Torable action by the Tennessee Gen eral Assembly. Wasiiinotok, July 12 Suffrage lead ers have not abandoned hope of action by the Vermont Legislature on the suf frage amendment The National wom an's Party announced to-day that Gov. Clement's refusal to call the State As sembly In special session would not be accepted as final and that an even larger delegation than bad been planned would call on Senator Harding "to Impress htm with the necessity of carrying out the suffrage plank and pledges of his party and enfranchising the women of the na tion In time for tho coming elections," TAMMANY MEN. OFF ON LONG OTTAWA RUN Leader Hagan Snapped Wear ins a British Flag. Uv a Btaft Correspondent aTit Htm vn Nsw yosk Hbhud. CopvHoM, 1010, by Tub Son AND NlW YOBK IIZUW. , ' ItWACB, Ont., July 12. Tammany Hall's special train stopped ten minutes here to-night. It was one of the brief stops In tho long run from Winnipeg to Ottawa, which w'lll be reached at. 11 A, M. on Wednesday. Tlmo hangs heavy on the 'hands of tho club car devotees during the day, To vary tho monotony the plnoctile players began to bet on tlio number of pralrlo chickens and prairie dogs that could 'bo seen from tho windows, but when Wnrren Hubbard, one of the "dls-" trict leaders, began to ring In crows and fence posts the sport was broken up. District Leader James J. Hagan had his photograph" taken on the railroad station platform at Winnipeg this morn ing. When his many friends and con stituents In New York see the print they will notice the British flag prominently displayed on the lapel of his coat Ono of the frolicsome young ladles of the party pinned it there when Jim ws not Ab tho special train approaches New York tho Tammany politicians are be ginning to turn their attention BerlouBly onco' more to their profession. They firmly believe they have the winning ticket In Cox and Roosevelt and are fig uring on a regular old fashioned Demo cratic campaign In Manhattan and The Hronx to help elect a President who will not forget Tammany when the Federal plums are handed out. 1 0. C, GETS EXPRESS CO. PLEA. Approval of Continued Operation Under Merger Asked. Washington. July 12. Approval of the Interstate Commerce Commission was asked to-dav bv the American Rail way Express Company of Its continued operation as a consolidation of the Adams Express Company, American Ex press Company, Wells Fargo & Co. and the Southern Express Company. George C. Taylor of.New York, presi dent of the consolidated organization, said (31,000,000 was needed for equip ment and additions to existing facilities. This sum could be obtained from bank ers, he. said, It the consolidation was con tinued, but It would be difficult for the constituent companies to finance) them-Mlree. Finnish Editor Arrested Dulbth, July 12. Akonstant Kllkka, ens of the editors of .the In&utrialitt, a Finnish dally published here, was ar retted late to-day by O. S. Remington, Immigration Inspector, at the request of the Federal Department of Labor. He Is being held In default of (5,000 bonds. SULTRY IT IS READILY ACKNOWLEDGE D THAT THE FINCHLEY COAT AND TROUSERS OF MOHAIR, PONGEE SILK OR TROPICAL WORSTED MAKE IDEAL APPAREL FOR BUSINESS DURING THE HOT TERM. CVSTOit FISlSn WITBOVT TBEASXOYAXCBOFA TRY-OS READY. TO- PUT-OX TAILORED AT FASHION PARK FIGHT IS STARTED ON HILL FOR CHAIRMAN Rochester Man Too Much 'Old School,' Assort His Opponents. If Dr. David Jayne Hill of Rochester Is selected as temporary chairman of the Republican unofficial State conven tion when the executive committee of the Republican State Committee meets this afternoon It will be over tho protest of Representative Norman J. Gould, Theodore Douglas Robinson and such others as they may be able to win to their side. Just -when It seemed all settled by the executive committee, which has power to recommend a temporary chairman, that Dr. Hill was the most available man Representative Gould and Mr. Robinson upset tho apple cart They declared that Dr. Hill was too much of tho old school politician, that the Republican party ought to put Into places of prominence young, progressive men, men who think In terms of the present and future, not of the past They said they had a candidate wno would be presented at the committee meeting and for whom they would fight to the last ditch. Although they would not give his name, he Is known to be a former friend of Col. Roosevelt, who has not actively allied with the organization. Representative Bertrana . oneu is chairman of the executive committee. Other members are George W. Aldrldge, Samuel S. Koenlg, Frederick J. H. Kracke. Mrs. Ruth Lltt Mrs. Arthur L. Llvermore, Seymour Lowman, Nathan L. Miller,- Mrs. Luther W. Mott, Mrs. Charles H. Sabln, William A. Glenn, William L. Ward and John G. Wlckser. Prominent State leaders conferred with Will II. Hays, chairman 6f tre National Committee, on his return from Markm. Among them, were State Chair man Glynn, Representative Snell, United States Sunators James W. Wadaworth, Jr., and William M. Calder and Charles D. Hlllcs. National Committeeman. It Is underetood that plana for rolling up a biff Republican majority In the Bm- nlre State were' discussed. Senator Wadsworth said after the meeting that so far he had not been able to learn of any one who would run against him In the primaries for the Senate nomina tion. Mennonlte Migration Opposed. Jackbon, Miss., July 12. Tho Demo cratic State Executive Committee to-day adopted a resolution opposing the pro posed migration of 8,000 Mennonlte far mers from Canada to southern Mississippi. ANGLO-JAPANESE TREATY EXTENDED Prolonged for a Year to Olvo Dominions a Voico in ' Revision of Pact. LEAGUE .. IS NOTIFIED Its Terms in Accord With Principles of International Covenant. London, July IS. Great Britain and Japan have notified tho League pf Na tions that they have prolonged their treaty alliance for a year, according to the Dotty Mail, at the samo time point ing out that the terms of the treaty are in accord with tho prlnclplos of the league. The reason for the prolongation of the treaty, according" to tho Daily Mail, I" that Great Britain has not yet had an opportunity to consult with, the domin ions regarding a revision of the treaty, which Is necessitated by the elimination of German Influence In tho Far East. The action of Great Britain and Japan In notifying the League of Na tions of the prolongation of tho Anglo Japanese alliance for a year Is In con formity with the league covenant against secret treaties. A copy of the pact will bo filed with tho league. Negotiations for a renewal of tho treaty have been In progress for some time, according to an admission mado iecently by Premier Hara at a meeting In Toklo of tho Selyu-kal, n political patty created by the lato Prince Ito In asoo. Opposition to a renewal or tne treaty developed both In Great Britain and Japan. Certain elements In Great Brit nln, and particularly In the dominions, were openly opposed to n continuance of tho pre-war policy In tho Far East, while a considerable faction In Japan saw tho British as the recipients of tho chief benefits of the alliance. Tho alliance was first jnado public on September 27, 1905, and followed an agreement between the British and Japanese governments which was concluded on January 30, 1902. Strongest opposition to the treaty came -.TURK DARES GREEK TO'COME AND FIGHT Drop Challenging Posters on Invaders. Officials of Both Nations Sus pected of Hindering Prog- -rcss of Greece. from China, and reports from Shanghai on July told of a score of Chinese 1. 1 .t..irtt tingles n resent ing a petition "to Sir foellby A.1,0"' British Minister to China,. asklnjc the) British Government not to renew the ai- llanos with Japan. The cmneso .-. clared that'th.6 treaty was no longer noc- i essary for the guaranteeing of the, peace- of tho rar. East, since the of Mnstaphn, Kcmal's Airplanes aggression by Russia and uermny removed. America, they declared, was tha only Powor with sufflolent "f"11, fn imdanrer tho noaco of the Far East and It was "unthlnkablo that that coun-, try would alter Its eatablisnco. ponoy, . T.5g&.on was made by the Poll FEAR FRANCE AND ITALY Mall OoteUfl of London lost montn xnni the scopo of the treaty be widened to lncludo tho United States, while In i May the Tientsin Times urged that China should be admitted as: a mcmixir m alliance. TC urged that such a triple al liance should restore China's sovereignty over the Llao-tung peninsula, Including Port Arthur, and tho reversion of the South Manchurlnn Railroad to Chinese control after a definite period of tlmo. ZIONIST TO GUARD FRONTIER OF ASIA 10,000 Jews Acclaim Britain's Acceptance of Mandate. Jill the Auociatti '. London, July 12. Ten thousand Jews in a demonstration In Albert Halt on tho occasion of Great Britain's accept anco of the mandate for Palestine to night unanimously adopted resolutions expressive of appreciation of "the lllus trlous services rendered the Jewish nation by the statesmen and peoples of the nllled and associated powers, particularly Great Britain." The resolutions pledged tho Jews to spare no effort or sacrifice for tho re building of Palestine as a Jewish national homo th collaboration with the Inhabitants of the country.". Arthur J. Balfour, the Marquis of Crewe, Dr. Chalm Wclrmann, head of tho Jewish administrative commission, and Jewish leaders representing twenty-clKht na tions who nro holding a Zionist con ference here, nddressed the meeting. Mr. Balfour said he anticipated the. greatest difficulty would be the Inability of tho Jews to work together and obey their leaders. Max Norilau, replying to Mr. Balfour asserted that tho Jews, as well as the English, were politicians md that the British statesmen could be assured thu' "we want to be Orent Brltaln'.i sent v on the Asia frontier, and If you will jio. mlt us to grow as strong 'c rtfj'rp vj will watch the Suez Canal lor you and be a useful ally If ncessnr " Announcing ' ALEXANDER POPINI Mr. Popini's name is nationally known to magazine readers and advertisers and, as an illustrator, he has an international reputation. Advertising Illustrations CHARLES DANIEL FREY COMPANY ItATIlOH SLDC. NEW YORK SOHIOI SLDC. i. rt I C A G O Uti the tseuctotfd rrttt, Constantinople, July 11 (delayed). Airplanes attached to tho Turkish Na tionalist forces of Mustapha Kom.ll Pasha jiave' dropped posters over the Greok army,, challenging It to proceed eastward from Alashchr, on the southern end of tho Greek front, to Ushak, where the Nationalists nro supposed to have concentrated Important forces. The eastern section Is Imperilled by Nationalist activity to the south In the Mendero Valley, all along which tho Na tionalists aro operating, It is declared that they are permitted to do this from the Italian rone, which tho Greeks have been denied permission to enter. It Is also asserted that certain frencn elements nro. encouraging the National ists along the boundary between Occi dental and Oriental Thrace. In conse quence the Greeks win not anow f rencn officers to enter their lines. Even Cnpt, Jambas, designated by tho French High Commissioner nt. Constantinople as his personal representative, has not been permitted to cross from Adrlanopte to I TAY ON MUSICIANS uaragacn. ah nf this has caused much, specula tion as to how far the- Supreme, Council will permit the' Greeks to advance east ward In a movement which was original ly reprtoented by tho conference as an effort to control tlie Straits. Tho failure of tho a reeks to push eastward from Brusa and Aloahohr when tjie Turks wero In flight Is generally believed by the Turks to have, been duo to Instructions from tho Supremo Council to halt the advance, It la expected that tho occupation of Oriental Thraco by tho Greeks will begin this week, Tho better Informed Turks expect that tho Constantinople Government will form a mukeshlft Cabinet, which will sign the treaty under tho direction of tho British, who are unnltcrably opposed to dealing with Mustapha Kemal Pasha. Tho final draft of the reply to tho Turkish objections to tho treaty will bo liuhded to the Turkish delegation nt Versailles on Saturday, July 17, and will bo published' simultaneously In Tarls and London. The reply calls upon tho Turks to sign, tho 'Hcaty ao drafted, with only slight modifications. LABOR IN AUSTRIA MAY SEIZE CROPS ! Farmhands Threaten Unless Demands Are Granted. Vienna, July 12. The farm laborers have extended the tlmo limit of their ultimatum for two days. It Is announced that unless their demands are conceded thoy will begin to gather and confiscate the crops Wednesday, The Hungarian boycott continues. The workmen assert that the country Is sealed tight. Tho Austrlans charge that the Hungarian soldiers are kidnapping girls and mistreating women In tho tier town's. HURTS FRENCH FETE, May Stop Dances and Thna trisJJniess Law Is Revoked. IpeciaX Cable Deipatch to Tim Sim AND Nmv Yostc Hssin. Citvioht, I9li, iiy Tim Bon and Nnw Yosk Hdumi. Paiiii, July 12. Tho Trench national holiday Wednesday (July 14) promises to be safer and saner than ever before, It tho syndicated musicians carry out their thrent to closo all dance halls and theatres unless Frederick Francois-Mar-sal, Minister of Finance, revokes the new tax lavs In eo fa- as they affect musicians and authors. Appeals havo been mado to the Minister of Public In struction, Andre Honornl, that tho tax on amusoments Is prohibitive and nt the samo tlmo docs not yield any direct result to tno persons needing it most. For instance, whllo n 50 per cent In crento In tickets to amusement placet) Is foreseen In order to meet demands for Inci eased funds for public subsidies, authors whose plays or muslu nro pre sented in Paris thentres are not allowed to participate In the benefits unless they belong to the Authors Union. No Illila for "Wooden Ships. Washington, July 12. Tho Shipping Board has found no buyers for thd twenty-one wooden ships, bids on which recently were Invited. Tho tenders wore to havo been opened to-day, but nono rns rocelvcd. Tho wooden crnft wero among thoso built as a part of tho war projrammo and aggregated 82,000 dead weight tons. Adjnitrr fur N. Y. Clothing Maker RocitESTRit, July 12. Announcement waH made hero to-day that William M. Lelscrs, Impartial chairman of the Roch ester clothing market, would, In addi tion to his duties here, nssumo tho duties of adjuster between clothing man ufacturers In New York city and the Amalgamated clothing Workern thcro. BACK TO .PARADISE.; i i ,-i One hundred: years ago, thf use of the pommci de terre or potato, was. strenuously, opposed in Qrccce. ' The reason given was that the potato was , the veriy; identical apple with which Satan beguiled Eve out of, Paradise., ' " ., Today, the potato, made inter a delightfully piquant salact at CHILDS, isjuring the, daughters of Eve back into' paradise. Cold soait hff , potato I d r. umrtffr UmpUtloiv 1T J s. 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