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WEATHER FORECAST.
Showers to-day and probably to-morrow;
moderate temperature; moderate
east and southeast winds.
Highest temperature yesterday, 74 ; lowest, 64.
flotailsd weather report, win on tound cr. the Editorial
pae.
AND THE NEW YORK HERALD
A HAPPY BLENDING
The amalgamated SUN AND HERALD
preserves the best traditions of each.
In combination these two newspapers
make a greater newspaper than either
has ever been on its own.
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RYAN CAPTURES
HAMMER THROW
FOR AMERICANS
flew York Giant Takes
Weight Event in
Olympics.
HILL AGAIN TRIUMPHS
English Star Scores in
Final of the 1,500
Meters.
KAY IN EIGHTH PLACE
Yankee Standby Fails to Gain
Even One Point in His
Specialty.
United States Total
at Olympics Is 118
ANTWERP, Aug. 19. The
American athletes in the
Seventh Olympic Games scored
IT points to-day, bringing their
total to 118, or 69 points
iiheaJ of Finland's representa
tives, their nearest competitors.
The Finns, who failed to win a
point to-day, have 49 points.
The Englishmen made 16
points to-day and the Swedish
athletes 10 points. Czecho-Slo-vakia
scored three points, Hol
land two and Belgium and
Fiance one each. The day's
scores included the tug of war.
England now has 40 points
and Sweden 36. France has 13,
Canada, South Africa and Italy
7 each, New Zealand, Esthonia,
Nonvav and Czecho-Slovakia 3
I each, Holland 2 and Belgium 1.
v ,
War Service Chevrons
Can Be Earned No Longer
WASHINGTON, Aug. 19.
War service chevrons indi
cating participation by American
soldiers in the conflict against
Germany can no longer be
earned. A War Department an
nouncement to-day said that is
suance of the chevrons to the
forces now occupying German
territory along the Rhine stopped
on August 1.
WILSON AGAIN
AT 179 POUNDS
Has Almost Recovered From
Illness, Reports His Phy
sician, Dr. Grayson.
HE WORKS BY SCHEDULE
President Is Up at 7 Daily and
Seldom Misses Seeing a
Motion Picture.
RAIL PASSENGER
FARE INCREASE
DENIED IN N. Y.
P. S. C. Excepts Milk and
Cream in Granting 4-0 P. C.
Freight Advance.
PROTESTS NOT BARRED
State Laws Can't Be Ig
nored, Says Decision on
Requests Refused.
NECESSITY ISN'T PROVED
Lines Failed to Cite Financial
Conditions in Asking
Higher Rates.
i
Special rai'lr Despatch to Tin St H and Nrw
Vosk Hbkai.d. CopuriuM, 1910, by Tub Si n
am' New York IIbald.
Olympic Stadium, Antwerp, Bel
gium. Auk. 19. Victory and ttcfeat for
.e United States marked the progress
of the only two finals in the Olympic
programme here to-day. Although
:hero wero a number of interesting
'rials and semi-finals, it was these
finals that attracted the crowd, such
.ts it was, to the Stadium.
The first to be decided was the ham
mer throwing, which was cleverly won
hy Patrick Ryan of the Loughlin Ly
ceum of Brooklyn with a throw' of
173 feet 511-16 inches, but the jubila
tion over the achievement of the for
mer r-oldler was cut short by the de-
il of Joie Ray in the 1,500 meters,
or to be exact 1,640 yards 1 foot and
3 Inches. That this track contest was
the main event of tho day there was
no question, for in Ray, representing
the United States, and A. O. Hill of
the Polytechnic Harriers of England
brought together the best amateur
rollers In the world.
lioln had hung up records of 4 min
utes 141-5 seconds for the mile, and
these are figures which no amateur
had equalled in open solid competition,
;tnd for the las; year or so the experts
and critics on both sides of the At
lantlc had been Indulging In lengthy
lisaertationa as to what would be the
a itcome when the great test came off.
Right here It Is only fair to Bay for
tl he had been caught off color,
or some 'lays ago he wrenched his leg
and i . the trials of Wednesday ran in
andages. For a while this forenoon
then was a report that he would not go
to the post, hut when the men were
i ailed out Joie appeared among the
! in li Along with Ray and Hill the
"trier finalists who had earned a right
to run were Philip H. Raker, the former
champion of Cambridge University ; M.
Shields of the Meadowbrook Club of
Philadelphia, Andre of France, Lundgren
of Sweden and Vohralik of the new re
public of Czecho-Slovakia and J. Con
nolly of Boston, Mass.
Hnln Soaks Track.
Owing to the rain In the morning, the
trade im as soggy and heavy as It
r Ight be and In no condition for fagt
Eoing. Tho American division gave Its
fttrants a cheer as they took their
nark, and then and there the most san
guine were sceptical about Ray's
ft. After the field steamed away
i Tiick of the Pistol Rav was the
Brit to get in motion, and was closely
i" en. (rt I,.- on Til 11 Ih T'nn.
md Shields respectively In fourth
"1 fifth positions, but Inclined to hang
Wk.
by the finish of the first lap
il spurted and shot Into second
with Ray still pegging away In
l e imnt. Hill was running steadily In
''lird piece and keeping a very close
atrh on Joie. with Baker striding al
moel at Hill's shoulder. Very little
change occurred In the position of the
tinmen until the backstretch of the third
Pi when Ray put on steam and tried
or one of his characteristic spurts, but
ln hurt shot his bolt and the drive was
nhnrrlived.
Then rame the opportunity that Hill
lud rven expecting the weakening of
jhs American and picking up his stride
' I Englishman went ahead and won
Uniiiv (rom Raker, with Shields, who
'rae strong on the home stretch, a good
'Irii. Vohralik was fourth, Ltindgren
,fth nd Andre sixth. The winner's
time was i minutes 1 4-5 seconds, ex
actly five seconds short of the Olympic
record mid by A. N. Strode-Jackson,
nothr Englishman, in tho Stockholm
Olympics of 1312.
Thoye who were In the stadium to
"y and. Haw both races expressed their
"Mnlon that with the same conditions
'"""iling on the Stockholm track Hill
n'iM hive bettered Jackson's time by
r"' iph of seconds. It was the second
iKtarj for the Erfgllshmaa. as he had
Spicial to Ths Scn and New Tola Heiai.d.
Washington, Aug. 19. President
Wilson has progressed so far toward
complete recovery that he has regained
his normal weight of 179 pounds, ac
cording to a statement by Rear Ad-J
mlral Cary T. Grayson, his phyalclan,
which appears to-dny In an article In
the Washington Timet. The article
says also that Rear Admiral Grayson
professed gratification over the Presi
dent's condition. He has prepared a
dally programme of exercise and calis
thenics for the President, which is
given as follows:
Arises at 7 o'clock each morning.
Exercises his left arm by extending
and withdrawing it
Climbs stairs with a cane to exercise
his leg muscles.
Shaves himself sometimes with a
safety razor.
EatB a hearty breakfast at R o'clock.
Reads the headlines of the morning
papers.
Promptly at 9 o'clock begins disposing
of official work, correspondence and
administrative duties.
Works continuously for three hour:
and does not like to bo Interrupted
during that time.
Dictates rapidly and frequently writes I
shorthand notes of what he wants done. '
Uses an Indelible pencil to sign most .'
letters to departmental officials.
After finishing the morning routine,
reads until lunch time on the south :
portico of the White House. The Presl- J
dent reads to himself one hour.
Rests after lunoheon.
Late In the afternoon takes a motor
ride.
Almost dally he sees a moving picture
In ihe East Room of the White House.
Likes "wild and woolly" Western stuff.
William S. Hart, Douglas Fairbanks and
Charles Ray are his favorites.
Retires early.
At the White House It was said to
night that Admiral Grayson was out of
the city, and that he was not expected to
return until to-morrow. Secretary Tum
ulty was also out of town, and no other
official would comment on the article.
Wilson Peace Portrait
Is Turned to the Wall
By a Stalt Corretpnndent n Tils Him
and New Yoik IIbiald.
gOUTH BEND, Ind., Aug. 19.
The contractor who decorated
the stand from which Gov. Cox
spoke to-day found a dusty por
trait of President Wilson and,
after brushing it up, hung it di
rectly in front of the place the
speaker would occupy.
All morning it hung there,
while South Bend Republicans
grinned.
Presently Arthur Gilliam, a
Republican leader, got a photog
rapher and made a picture of it.
That attracted Democratic at
tention, so a committee headed
by Frank Mayor, formerly coun
ty chairman, went around to
look for trouble.
The picture had been used in
the 1916 campaign, and under
the Wilson likeness were the
words: "Peace with honor he
kept us out of war." They took
the picture down.
HARDING PUTS
SENATE ADVICE
ABOYE BOSSES
Confident Upper House Will
Continue to Safeguard
the Nation.
RED ARMY FLEES IN PANIC;
POLES WIN ON ALL FRONTS;
CAPTURE 10,000; 330 GUNS
IS NOT AN OLIGARCHY
Asks if Cox Charges Reflect
Wilson Peace Table
Autocracy.
FRESH BLOWS AT LEAGUE
BOLSHEVISM FINDS
PERSIA BARREN SOIL
Foreign and Local Reds Are
Being Driven Out.
Special Cdlilr Despatch to Tim Kcn and Nrw
YosK HasAi.n. Copyright, 1920, bu Till ttBH
and New Yoik Hbhaio.
London, Aug 19. The British Foreign
Office has lust received encouraging news i
from Persia. Detachments of Russian j
Bolshevist troops which attempted to I
land there recently were wiped out by i
Persian Cossacks, while other Red units j
are preparing to leave Persia, as the j
Persian Government Is regn'nlng a
strong hold on the situation.
It was stated here that the Invading
Red force which seized Engell Is re
embarking gradually and being trans
ported through the trans-Caspian district
toward Russia.
The British Foreign Office Insists that
the reaction against the Reds there Is
purely Persian and has not been stimu
lated from Ijondon.
MANY JAPANESE DIE
IN ISLAND FLOODS
Mountain Top Falls, Burying
Philippine Village.
Honolulu. T. H., Aug. 19. Tremend
ous floods are sweeping portions of the
.Islands of Kyushu and 8hlkoku, south
west' of Honshu, the principal Island of
:the Japanese group, overwhelming towns
and villages, with an enormous loss of
j life reported, according to cable advices
! to .V.ppu Jifi, Japanese newspaper.
Continued on Ninth Pops.
j Manila. P. t, Aug. 17 (Delayed).
I The collapse of a mountain top on this
j Island In a recent storm burled an entire
, Igorote village under hundreds of feet of
j earth, blotting out the lives of seventy
'natives, according to official advices rc
'eelved here to-day. The top slid down
upon the village at midnight
! FRANCE SETS TERMS
FOR MEXICAN ENVOY
States Conditions of Recog
! nition of New Government.
By the Aseortated Pres..
Pabis, Aug. 19. The French Govern
ment has made known to Felix F.
Palavaclnl, the Mexican Envoy Ex
! traordlnary to 1 France, the conditions
which must be fulfilled by the present
Mexican Government If it wishes to be
I recognised by France after the elections
to be held In September, me conditions
are:
First Indemnities for Frenchmen
killed in Mexico and also relmburse-
j mont for damages done to the business
of French nationals.
Second Restitution of cash reserves
taken from French banks.
Third Renewal of payments of inter
est on the Mexican national debt to
France,
Special lo Ths Scn and Nzw Yoik limit n.
Albant, Aug. 19. Insisting on rec
ognition of tho State railroad rate
laws, the Public Service Commission
of the Second District denied to-day
the application of the railroads for in
creaoed passenger rates, but granted
the 40 per cent, advanco In freight
rates, except on milk and cream. The
decision was on the application of the
stoam carriers for permission to file
tariffs putting Into effect increased
freight and passenger rates, applicable
to Intrastate traffic, eqt al to those au
thorized by the order of the Interstate
Commerce Commission, which are ef
fective August 26. ,
Denial of the application as to pas
senger rales was based on the ground
that all these rates are fixed hy State
laws. The steam roads In excess of
forty miles In length, the commission
said, are limited by law to three cents
a mile, and there also is a two cent
statutory rate on ihc New York Cen
tral between Albany and Buffalo, as
well as a statutory rate of two cents
a mile for mileage books which is of
general application.
The commission held that It could not
increase these statutory rates except
won evidence showing them to be In
sufficient to yield a fair return and It
declared that the application for In
creased fares was not on the ground of
insufficient return. The application
asked Increases for ail roads In the
State. Irrespective at their financial con
dition. The commission In allowing the ad
vance In freight rates declared this was
not to be taken as passing on their
Justness. It said that the effect of the
order merely was to permit the rates to
become operative on short notice, three
davs Instead of thirty, the commission
to reserve full rights of suspension for
the thlrtv day period, which It would
have In case the filing at short notice j
were not permitted.
Shippers May Protest dates.
In this period any shipper may com
plain against any rate or rates and on
such complaint the commission has full
power of suspension. Complaints against
the Increased rates also may be made
after the thirty day suspension period.
The new tariffs would Increase pas
senger rates 20 per cent, and make a
surcharge of 50 per cent, on passengers
In sleeping and parlor cars and of 20
per cent. In excess baggage rates. Pas
senger rates now In effect are those of
the United States Railroad Adminis
tration, tho basis rate being 3 cents a
mile. The pYoposed rate Is S.6 cents a
mile. The commission declares that the
general effect of section 57 of the rail
road law Is to fix a maximum rate of
3 cents a mile on all important roads
of the State.
"We therefore deal with the case on
this basis," It said. "If any roads not
subje' t to the limitation" desire -to put
into effect the proposed rates they may
make separate application and show
reasons for exceptional treatment. This
application Is made hy the roads as an
entirety and the record affords no basl9
for discrimination among them."
Says Roads Give No Evidence.
"They certainly present no evidence,'1
said the opinion, "sufficient to warrant
the commission in making a final deter
mination. All that was asserted was
that when the Interstate rates go Into
effect the recent Intrastate rates will
be unjustly discriminatory or unduly
preferential as between interstate and
Intrastate passenger traffic, and there
fore unlawful under subdivision 4 of
section 13 of the Interstate Commerce
act as amended by transportation act
of February 28, 1920."
"It is not claimed," said the com
mission, "that the present rates are un
justly discriminatory or unduly prefer
ential as between points wholly within
the State of New York. The discrimi
nation claimed relates to discrimination
between persons or localities in intra
state commerce on the one hand and
Interstate or foreign commerce on the
other
"A discrimination may, however, as
well result from Interstate rates that are
too high or too low as from Intrastate
rates that are too high or too low, and
the proper correction may be In the
Interstate rates, over which this commis
sion has no control. There is no express
authority given to the commission to
grant rates in excess of those authorized
by statute except under section 49,
which has to do only with rates insuf
ficient In themselves. We should not
In the absence of legislative authority
arrogate to the commission power to
authorise a rate in excess of the statu
tory maximum merely to enforce a re
cent act of Congress, wh.'eh contains
within itself a special remedy.
"The freight rate case is nothing
more than an application for a short
notice permission and Involves no pre
determination of the propriety of the
rates. This application, while it ts In
part for a short notice permission, de
mands as a preliminary an investigation
and finding of facts sufficient to au
thorise and doinand that the commission
disregard the statutory limitations and i
(Continued on Ttetlfth Page.)
PLEDGE TO KILL
RATIFICATION
47 Members of Tennessee Low
er House Assent to Reconsideration.
Republican Nominee Again
Punctures Progressive
Claims of Governor.
WOMEN CLAIM GAINS
Grand Jury to Investigate
Charges of Corruption in
Suffrage Vote.
Nashville, Tenn., Aug. 19. Forty
seven members of the Tennessee lower
house have already signed a pledge to
vote to reconsider ratification of the
woman suffrage amendment, Speaker
Walker of the House declared to-night,
speaking at a mass meeting called by
those opposed to woman suffrage.
Others will sign the pledge to-night
and to-morrow, Sir. Walker said, de
claring that the ratification vote would
be reconsidered.
Mr. Walker was leader of the anti
suffrage forces In the fight in the
House and changed his vote to "aye"
In order to move for reconsideration.
The House concurred In the Senate
ratification resolution 50 to 46.
The speaker did not attempt to-day
to move for reconsideration, but must
do so before adjournment to-morrow If
ho would reserve the eolo right of tak
ing such action.
The House has a membership of 99
and the vote of the 96 present yester
day gave the suffragists a majority of
oniy two. They claimed, however, that
two of the absent members were suf
frage advocates and their preference
to-morrow, if the opposition failed to
add to their strength, would afford
them a majority of four. If, as Mr.
Walker declared, three additional mem
bers Join the forty-seven pledged to
rescind ratification, the opposition would
have a safe majority to rescind the
ratification.
In vestlgatlon Is Betnn.
The county Grand Jury to-day
launched an investigation Into charges
that Improper Influences had been
brourht to hear on members of the Leg
islature in their consideration of the
measure.
Publication by the Nashville Ttnnes
leean and the Nashville Banner of two
affidavits attributed to C. C. Wallace.
J'idge of the City Court of Iewisburg,
Tenn.. and Ennis E. Murray of Nash
ville, general agent for the Federal Land
Bank of Iynilsvllle, Ky., alleging that an
attempt had been made by a suffrage
leader to bribe Represents tlve Harry T.
Burn, Republican, of McMinn county,
also was a feature ol the day's develop
ments. The Grand Jury, charged by Judge
J. D. B. Debow of the Davidson County
Criminal Court, lost no time In getting
to work 'and before noon had summoned
J. T. Elchelberger of Washington, D,
C, a publicity man In charge of head
quarters here of the antl-ratlflcatlon
forces. Mr. Elchelberger wa before the
Jury two hours and It was said addi
tional witnesses probably would appear
to-morrow.
Judge Debow's charge was directed at
alleged special Interests which It has
been charged have representatives here
working against ratification.
Corruption Is Charged.
"It has been and it Is being currently
reported by some of the friends and ad
ocates supporting the ratification of the
proposed Federal amendment." Judge
Debow told the Jury, "that forces of cor
ruption and representatives of special In
terests have come Into this State from
beyond our borders and that lobbyists,
or. In any event, Individuals bearing the
reputation of lobbyists, have been and
are present In this city and county, In
vading and Infesting the rooms of our
State Capitol and the lobbies and pub
lic assembling places In our hotels, and
other places In our county."
After quoting and explaining the State
statutes relattlng to lobbying the court
instructed the Jury to return indictments
promptly If an Investigation developed
that the laws had been violated.
Charges of the attempted bribery of
Representative Burn were not regarded
seriously by suffrage leaders and many
sntl-ratlflcatlonists were frank to say
that their views were similar. Mr.
Burn was recorded as voting with the
(.uffrage opponents on both roll calls on a
motion Actable the ratification re.solu-
Contlnurd on Third Page.
Bu a Stalf Correspondent of Tub Bun and
Nbw Yok IIbiald.
Marion, Ohio, Aug. 19. Senator
Harding stepped out on his front
porch In fighting mood to-day and de
manded to know whether Gov. Cox's
attacks on the United States Senate
was another bit of Wllsonlan autoc
racy brought home from the peace
table of Paris or are a reflex of the
"mob mentality" of Europe.
The Senator penetrated far below
the frothy surface of tho Cox sensa
tional "oligarchy" charges by declar
ing that the Senate will continue to
perform its constitutional duties re
garding our foreign policies if tho Re
publicans win. The Senate has twice
saved American nationality, he told
the 250 members of the Ohio Legisla
ture who made a pilgrimage to his
lawn.
The Democratic party might as well
denounce the Constitution as a fraud as
to cry out against the upper branch of
Congress, the Senator declared, and
added that he gladly proclaimed all theBe
suggestions, that the Senate have a
voice In doing Its duty, were literally
correct.
Senate Advice Welcome.
He would rather have the advice of
the Senate than that of all the political
bosses, the Senator said, denouncing the
autocracy reared In the name of de
mocracy. In answer to Gov. Cox's elab
orate claim to being the slmon pure pro
gressive In this State, the Senator re
called to the minds of the law makers
the real facts, shpwlng that most of the
progressive measures for which the
Democratic nominee would like to have
credit originated with the Republicans.
"I want to have done with personal
government In this country; I want a
government of laws, not of men," the
Senator shouted, hurling defiance at his
opponents, and his voice rang out across
Mount Vernon nvenue over the heads
of hundreds of men and women, who
gave back an outburst of applause.
Incidentally the Senator gave another
blow to the league of Nations. He could
not have been true to his oath of office
as Senator had he accepted the covenant
as written, he declared. Deception lies
back of the Wllsonlan assurance that
Congress retains full power under the
terms of the covenant, the Senator inti
mated. In the delegation of visitors were pres
ent and former members of the State
Legislature. Ralph D. Cole, nominee for
Governor, was their spokesman. John
Maynard, clerk of the House, was In
charge of the arrangements and at 1
o'clock the lawmakers marched from the
Marlon Club to the Harding front porch.
Security of the Repabllc.
Addressing the legislators the Senator
aald:
"Tim and I, Jointly, have been wit
nesses to the advantages and security
In the divided responsibility which comes
of two legislative branches. Some of us
have been witnesses to the work of the
Federal Senate during the last five years,
and I confess amazement at the Ig
norance of some who cry out against
the Senate, or the contempt of others
for the Senate's very proper and con
stitutional part in Federal government.
"In the 8enatc aro ninety-six men,
elected by the people from forty-eight
States, and the safeguards In the Sen
ate In the exercise of Its constitutional
authority are security of the American
republic.
"I do not hesitate to say that the Sen
ate saved American nationality In 1919
and 1920, when the Executive proposed
to surrender It. The Senate preserved
our Independence of action when the
Executive Insisted that a foreign coun
cil should decide our future place in the
activities of the world, a,nd call us to
war and our destiny.
"In cartoon, in solemn editorial, in
many utterances on the platform It has
been suggested that In case of a Re
publican victory the Incoming President
proposes to permit the Senate to have
some say In determining the policy of
Government. I gladly proclaim all these
suggestions to be literally correct. I
rejoice that the I'nlted States Senate
is functioning again. We need It to
save America.
"If a Republican Administration Is
chosen next November you can be very
certain that the Senate, theoretically.
If not actually, composed of ninety-six
leading men of the Republic, will have
something to say about the foreltrn re
lations as tho Constitution contem
plates; "This thought may well bo applied to
Poles Refuse to Disarm as a Condition
of Peace Unless Russians Set Example
Bu tht itMoclafed Press.
LONrON, Aug. 19. The Polish delegates at the Minsk conference
have refused to accept a peace condition advanced hy the Soviet
for the disarmament of the Polish army unless the Russians them
selves disarm, says a wireless despatch fTom Berlin quoting a report
received from Minsk.
By the Associated Press.
MOSCOW, Aug. 19. "We are not conquerors and shall evacuate
Polish territory immediately Poland gives us guarantees that the
Polish Republic has abandoned its aggressive policy and is resolved
to commence peaceful constructive work."
This was one of the statements made by M. Danishevsky, chair
man of the Soviet armistice delegation, at the opening of the Russo
Polish conference at Minsk.
"Soviet Russia and Ukraine," M. Danishevsky declared, "are re
garding with full sincerity and brotherly feeling of solidarity the
workers and peasants of Poland, and desire only, one thing restora
tion with Poland of solid, friendly and neighborly relations.
"We consider that the representatives of the Polish Government
have appeared here ready to abandon their former policy of aggres
sion and that the Polish Government will afford the Polish people the
possibility of entering into peaceful constructive work and cease sense
less bloodshed."
Warsaw Saved by French
Repeating Manoeuvre of.
1014 Marne Battle.
iftVADEKS ENVELOPED
lletreat Becomes a Bout in
All Sectors With Poles
Pursuing.
MUNITIONS ARE SPEEDED
Putzig Port Used to Land Sup
plies Until Dispute Over
Danzig Is Settled.
WRANGEL WINS
COSSACKS' AID
Governments in South Kussia
Becognize Anti-Red Leader
as Their Dead.
SEVERE BLOW TO SOVIET
Law to Protect Bights of
Peasants Gains Cooperation
in Figrht on Bolsheviki.
Conf'i'd on Third Page.
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SjtfHoI to Ths Sen and Nsw Yoik Hbhaid.
Washington, Aug. 19. The news
contained In State Department advices
that Gen. Baron Peter Wranitel, the
antl-Bolshevik leader In south Rus
sia, has been recognized by the Coe
sack governments in southern Rus
sia as the head of the Russian Govern
ment with full military and diplomatic
powers Is regarded as a Severe blow to
the Soviet Government, particularly
as It comes Just when the Red troops
have suffered a setback at Warsaw.
The treaty has been signed by rep
resentatives of the Don, Kuban, Terek
and Astrakhan Cossack governments.
By the treaty Gen. Wrangel controls
foreign relations and military opera
tions, but the Don Cossacks reserve
the right to continue In control of the
internal affairs of their territory.
Gen. Wrangel has been making a strong
appeal to the people In these govern
ments. Six weeks after beginning his
push from the Crimea he had a law
drafted enabling those who actually cul
tivate the soil to secure It as private
property, and providing for the election
of cantonal committees one member
from every ten cultivators who shall
determine the division of the land. This
s'.ep of Wrangel was calculated to win
over the peasantry to his side.
Another significant feature of Wran
KpI's policy Is his loose alliance or co
ordination of action with the irregular
bands of peasants who rove about in
I lie Ukraine, and who under the leader
rhtp of various so-called "Atamans" have
riKftln and ngaln thwarted the plans of
German?, Bolshevists and of "White"
Generals. He came to an agreement even
with Makhno, the bandit leader, who Is
he real maater of the country Immedi
ately to the east and the souHpist of
F.katerlnosiav, Coordinated action with
these bands, who represent the most ac
tive elements In the southern peasantry,
who continually harass the Bolshevists'
communications and again and again
dtlve them out of Important villages and
towns, means an enormous accession of
strength to Wrangel.
When the Don and the Kuban Cos
sacks were simmering with rebellion
Wrangel landed a force at Krivaya Kosa,
twenty miles west of Taganrog. This
force established a connection with a
rising of peasants and Coasacks of the
Don which had already been prepared.
The Kuban Coasacks. whose defection
was the final cause of Deniklne'a down
tall, received from the Bolshevists scor
pions Inntead of the surcease of war they
were promised, and there followed spo
radic risings all over the territory. The
Terek Cossacks and Stavropol peasants
gathered together an Insurgent force. In
cluding many deserters from ths Red
army, and took Armavir and Mlneralnia
Vody.
POLES MAY NOW
DELAY PARLEYS
Observers Suspect Plan to
Parry at Minsk in Hope
of More Victories.
TBOTZKY IN TIGHT PLACE
Hope Held for Recovery of En
tire Territory Lost to
Bolshevik Armies.
BRITISH RUSH TROOPS
INTO MESOPOTAMIA
Anarchists in Outbreak De
stroy Much Property.
Iinpon, Aug. IS. The War Office an
nounces fresh outbreaks In Mesopotamia
on a considerable scale. The railways
and telegraphs from Bagdad to Klrtri
and Klrkuk have been cut and several
railway bridges burned.
The statement says that the revolu
tionary movement. Instead of being
political, has now become anarchistic.
The movement of reenforcenients from
India Is proceeding.
Trotzky Meets Germans
Who Are Raising an Army
LONDON, Aug. 19. A despatch
td the London Times from
Danzig says Leon Trotzky, the
Bolshevik Minister of War, ar
rived Monday at Trosken, on the
East Prussian frontier, secretly
from Bialystok, to negotiate po
litical and strategic questions
with German staff officers. A
preliminary conference of Soviet
and German officers was held
August 12 in East Prussia. It
is asserted by the correspondent
that German volunteers from
East Prussia are forming an
army near Vilna to march osten
sibly as a revolutionary army
into East Prussia and bring about
joint action by East Prussia and
the Soviets against Poland.
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Hrecial Cable Detnatch tt Ths Si s and Nbw
VtSK Hkbalu. Copirli7lif, I9i0, bu Ths BoM
AND NSW YOSK HBHAI.D.
London, Aug. 19. While tho British
Foreign Office has definitely confirmed
news of the remarkable turn in the
tide of battle on the Russo-Polish
front, favorable to the Poles, Leon
Trotzky's diplomatic front at Minsk Is
I tlll iincnvaraH Thn.o la n ....... n-..
disposition in British official quarters
to blame the Soviet Government for
the delay in the Polish delegates get
ting In communication with Warsaw,
and there is a belief in certain circles
here that this may be the result of an
effort by the Bolsheviki lo keep the
Polish plenipotentiaries In Ignorance
of the turn of tho battle's tide.
British observers declare that the
Polish armistice and peace plenipo
tentiaries must have known of the
military plana of the Polish General
Stalt before they left Warsaw for the
Minsk meeting, and they assert that It
would not bo outside the bounds' of
diplomatic usage at the present time - -and
Indeed common now in the near
East should the Polish envoys them
selves postpone the parleys with
the Soviet delegates, In the hope that
the Polish military position would be
bettered in the next few hours.
This assertion was made outright in a
wireless despatch sent out from Moscow
and plcted up here to-day, the Bolshevist
officials declaring that the Polish envoys
refused to continue the parley to-day, In
sisting that'thcy wait until tcmorrow.
Significant, perhaps, too, of the silence
of the Polish envoys at Minsk In the pres
ent contingency ts the fart that Poles here
are to-ntght celchratlng the possibility of
By LALRKNCH HILLS.
Staff Correspondent of Tim Si s ano N'tW
Yoik ilRnrn. Copyright, 1910, bu Tns Sum
and Nsw Yosk HsiAi.n.
Paris, Aug. 19. News received here
to-day from French staff officers with
the Polish army Indicate the complete
breakdown of tho northern Bolshevist
army and the clearing of tho Danzig
corridor.
The French untlclpato the complete
rout of the Red forces within the next
three days.
Despatches say that large numbers
of Bolshevist prisoners were taken by
tho Poles, nil of them in a starved and
famished condition.
Tho Bolsheviki wero reported in re
treat on tho central and northern
fronts, and everywhere offering the
most feeble resistance to tho Polish
advance.
It was disclosed hero to-day that the
plan of Marshal Foch and Gen. Wey
gand for the defence of Warsaw was
to repeat the manoeuvre of Marshal
JolTre and Gen. Galllenlon the Marne
In 1914, and to concentrato Just cast
of the Polish capital massed divisions
composed of the best trained and moat
experienced Polish troops.
nored this possibility, just as Von
luck ignored the conttntration of
e French corps. A
This force was thrust ngJlnst ths Ttol
evlst flanks, enveloping he invaders.
Reds Fall Inso Trap.
Until the last minute the Bolsheviki
Ignored this possibility, just as Von
Kluck ignored
the
This :
shev
while a strong central thrujtiinaintalnsd
a military balance on tHe new front.
The Poles claim some 10.1 00 prisoners,
30 guns, 300 machine gu is and muoh
transport material.
There Is little doubt, In view of thla
Franco-Polish victory, tha : Franco will
assume a stiiTer attitude Than ever to
ward the Minsk negotiations for a
Russo-Pollsh peace, regarding which the
Russian wireless was silent to-day.
Tho French Intend Increasing ship
ments of munitions of war to the Poles,
landing them at the Polish port of Put
zig. on the western arm of the Gulf of
Danzig and twenty-six miles northwest
of the port of Dantlg, pending a settle
ment of the Danzig dispute provoked by
Sir Reginald Tower, Allied High Com
missioner In Danzig, who refused to per
mit munitions for the Poles to be landed
in the territory under his control.
France believes that sho has again
saved western Europe, this time before
the walls of Warsaw. Every despatch
received here to-day from French oUU
cers at the Russo-Pollsh front showed
tho Increasing magnitude of tho victory,
the Reds having been repulsed In ail
sectors.
France Takes Credit for Vlctorr.
The fact that the plan of battle es
sayed by Gen. Weygand and Ocn. 1 Ian
dries, another Frenchman, who is com
manding the left wing of the Polish
army, wa3 the same as that which waa
employed to save Paris Is the subject
of enthusiastic comment by the French
press, which sees the victory as again
emphasizing France's military prestige
and as having an effect favorable to
French Interests throughout Europe.
Indeed, the only discordant note la
the French press Is that sounded by the
nxtreme Socialist newspapers, the Popu
loire, for example.
"The use of the French army against
the Russians Is a horrible crime," It
declares, "and deepens the abyss hr
tween 'White' France and French labolw
Sooner or later blood will flow."
VICTORIOUS POLES
DRIVE REDS BACK
Warsaw Sector Rapidly Being
Cleared of Foe.
By the Attociatrd PrrA...
Warsaw. Aug. 19. The Polish offen
sive Is now In full ?wing. More than
10,000 prisoners. 30 cannon. 3"ii machine
Kiins and thousand." of Mipply carta have
been captured from the Bolsheviki.
The Poles have occupied Plonsk. Pul
tusk and Wyskow. through which tha
Reds drove In their nwoep toward the
capital.
Looking for a good room? Ses the Fur
afcbcfl Room columns of The Sun nd New
York Horald to-day, nest to last otge.-Adv.
Owing to the Polish prcKnurc from tha
their forces reconquering the territory northeast It Is reported that the Bolshe-
whlch they lost to the Bolsheviki during vlkl "r wl,h',ra inB tnp'r tocT." wh rh
the last fortnight. A Polish diplomatist 1 r?ar,,r1 f '""'.'"V 'I'.' f
it. ir.jn -v..., ..i, -k. .... I slan border, and to the northwest of
ii, u.... ii, nil.,, ....... n.f.'u. ill'- Jlijn
sibllity of the Poles recapturing Brest
Litovsk, replied :
"Why not? It la within legitimately
, in I... I Ing shoved back by the Poles, who are
i ii. ' I i- t. '.IMIIH: Ili'.I'Ml- j ,l,m
Warsaw.
The Warsaw sector is rapidly belnf
cleared of the Bolsheviki. North and
northeast of the capital the Beds are he-
tlon from Minsk, British political ob-1
servers In Warsaw are silent on the
progress of the Russo-Pollsh peace ne-'
gotlatlons, but military observers highly '
nf.lu lien W.vranrf'i aWIH In npaunli. 1
Ing the Marne-llke stand by the Poles to 1,p making their way across the Bur
at the gates of Warsaw. They confirm ! ' v,,rl,0"" '"' m" "d " tak,n
reports that the Danslg corridor Is al-1 fl,e Polag early Wednesday.
ready practically cleared of Reds, and I
following them up all along the front.
using artillery In such quantities ax to
cause great confusion among the Invad
ers, who now are on the run.
To the east the Bolsheviki are reported)
they predict that communications be
tween Warsaw and Danzig win lie re
stored soon.
UAINTNO STWCNfiTH DAILY.
Tou rn do It with Psthsr John's Medicine,
pur food tonic Adv.
By the. .ynortatrd Prent,
Taris, Aug. 19 Polish forces are ad
vancing with undiminished speed along
the line running from north of War
saw to Wlodawn, about 110 mllaa
southeant of Warsaw. Principal Inter
est, bowevsr, attaches to the manouvrcj