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WEATHER FOREC
Fair and wanner to-day; to-morrow fair;
un.
IT SHINES FOPv ALL
continued warm; southwest winds.
Highest temperature yesterday, 36; lowest, 16.
Detailed weather report on let pace.
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AST.
VOL. LXXXV. NO. 177.
PLOT IS EXPOSED
TO MAKE U.S. AN j
ALLY OF KAISER
Senate Witness Arraigns
13.000,000 Men in German
American Alliance.
CHIEF AIM BISLOYALTV
Financed by Sjceret Teutonic
Mentis Sought to Destroy
Our National Spirit.
fpecial Dttpnteh tn The Sun.
Washington I'd). 23. The German
American Alliance, claiming member-
iilili of 3,000,000 or moro perrons In the
I nltPil Starts, thousands or whom aro
naturalized American citizens and a
considerable percentage native born
Americans, to-day was denounced before !
the Kins ub-commlttee of the Senate
Committee on the Judiciary as tho core
of the Kultur canker In the American
bmly politic.
Gustavus Ohllnger, a Toledo attorney,
uttered the Indictment, and Senators of
Urn sub-committee were astounded at
the frankness with which he described
the plottings and treachery of these
iclf-ronstltuied agents of Kalserlsm.
Tho allegations pronounced by Mr.
(l)llniter In his opening statement con
vinced Senators that tho time had ar
rled for the most searching Investlga
t'on. Senator King (Utah), chairman
of the sub-committee, has a bill pending
In Congress looking to the forcible dis
ruption of the (lerman American Alli
ance. Its favorable report as a result of
the Investigation only thus far pursued
is. freely predicted.
Cardinal Purpose nf Alliance.
Six purposes were set down by Mr.
Ohllnger as the fundamental reasons tar
the existence of this Inimical organlza- ,
tioii In war time. They nre:
To consolidate all Germans In the
1 ii. led States Into one economic, po
I'lical and social "bloo."
To atouse antagonism of race and
thereby Itifctire closer unity of Ger
mans In America.
To scatter propaganda Inspired by
the Imperial CSennan Government
broadcast thinughout the American
republic.
To foment opposition to the policies
of the United States Government.
To further the alms and plots of
rtiMoytl persons, parties and organlra
tloi.s In this country.
To agitate resistance to the prohibi
tion of -Hre-uax'of alcoholic -stimuli!
nts throughout the United States.
The climax of Mr. Ohllnger'e arratgn-
tuenl whs reached when he charged
that through secret and unknown cban
ti '.i llie funds necessary to the upkeep
t, tne organization were obtained.
"Is It our Inference that the German
in1! Ic.ui Alliance obtains money from
.iIoyai sources here?" ilemunJed Sen
'or King.
"That Is exactly what I do mean to
Infer.'' replied Ohllnger. "Their fumlfl
com.' to them from persons and parties
whose Intel csts are actively against the
l'nlted States. If the committee will pur-mj-'
this investigation I am sure It will
develop much enlightenment on -this
mhject."
Knlaer Honored Alliance Head.
i" .1 Hexamer, who was president of
the Herman American Alliance, so the
itne testified, hud been "honored" In
ISut by Kaiser Wllhelm II. with the
I'ruiian Hed Kagle of the Fourth Cluss
for "the spreading of German Kultur" '
In the l'nlted Slates.
Citations from the official bulletins'
ef the alliance, circulated only among .
lt loj al adherents, were read by Mr.
Ohllnger in which German Americans
were urged to vote "only for the friends
of Germanism." It was shown that when
7,,.. ' . ,"'""em,a', campaign
n 1J16 were In the formative period
u.e nernum .merican finance nan un-
dertaken to Hue up Its membership I
against American statesmen supposedly
or I.ntente Ally sympathies. Theodore
Kooi-evelt had been the central objec
' . of this movement, but i'resldent
Wilson, whose utterances up to that time
had not taken the shape of such definite
denunciation of the German pollclee as
hid Col. Roosevelt's, also was included
in the list of Americans) to be opposed.
The witness declared that the conver
"ori of America, aa planned by the Ger-
i.in American Alliance, was exactly
what had been an uctually completed
woik la tho instance of Austria-Hun-ary
"If the war had not Intervened the
ro'iiersdon of America Into a satellite
nation of Kalserdom would have been
pfif-ctert," said Mr. Ohllnger. "The wur
ti.is been America's salvation."
Kurller In the testimony Senator King
".;ed the witness: "What stimulated
Wi to make a study of the Alliance 7"
Mlidled German Ai'tlvltlea.
' My Interest in European world poll
t'"i when I practised- law In Shanghai
1001-0," answered Mr. (Jhlinger. "I
"Pl'i'.ired before the German extmlerrl.
tornl courts, I sited the German!
o 'ny of Faluchal and I noted the ac-
'es of the consuls. These activities
extended even to Influencing inlHslou
ariik. "ne missionary society had been
out of Germany, yet It was sup
P'u'ed in Shanghai l'rovlnco by the Ger-
"inn Goveinnient. Germany's activities i
ere appaient everywhere. I found1
hen I got hack to my own country that
hropagandi wan at work here too, and
"nan military preparation against
'ie I nlted States was as plain as It had
'' in the Orient."
I'o you quite mean that?" aeked
" itor Sterling f 8, D.),
I s.iv It .nlvlsediy," wa, Mr Ohllng
r.i .insuer "Germany's military prep-ira-.ons
against tho l'nlted States be.
fin tw.nty years ago. And It wns be
i In the Cnlteil States. It was ri
""rmKinrl.i to destroy national unity
nroug, Infiltration of thmnrhi. That
tlnliaiim Miner. Hnu nt Work,
"' Ham. Ala.. IMi "3 Heron-
Hieir decN.oti -(,t lesume
') their claims had been con.
" b the Fuel Administration, coal
i til WOl k' lo.ijav and full foreeu 11 1
mo "inning nam n strict i.
-oal. 1
U..I n T. ..h i "ii wrni-iai man. , - . --- " once Known as tne oral dressed
. ,s; i.:,.. , . .l "K.nl - : in England, came to town to-day to
f.th- iti , i., ,na"on onnol JMtfimjn miUU nXJVV X AlK IUUi I some clothe., following the
urv . eV, i , i 1 " uonT,Rn I by flro of her beautiful home, Ka
f,U.T'"d '" 1,!,r.01n? 'hi? Wreck 10 Plane, and lll.able 21 I I-odgc. In 1-i.sex.
"ate. ' " l" 1 llllP" .... , ' The Countess told some friends
,,u,,,r" ,n ',ur " ..he had escaped In her night attire
5 U. S. AIRMEN KILLED
IN PR A CTICE FLIGHTS;
2 ARE NEW YORKERS
I Representative Fairchild's
Son and Robert Gray, Jr.,
! Among Victims.
THREE DIE IX ONE CRASH
Two Planes Collide in Tennes
see Horace Hiifginbotham
Also Perishes.
Mbuphis, Tenn.. Feb 23. Civilian
ri mE instructor auy H. Reagel if Chi
--ago nnu uauets Robert Gray, Jr.. of
near Memnhis Int. t.,i .. ..:
.fun, i ib 1 1 me
,,.;- ie njing
The planes
feel a,?d th pU
".reo men being 'burled In the wreckage
j lie ruuNn or in miim niMi..ki.. j
instructor eagle and Cadet Webb i
were in regular instruction machine
working out of the eouthern half of
the flying field. Cadet Gray, who lacked
but one hour's work at range finding
before completing' training for a com
tnlmlon as a Second Lieutenant, was
in the other machine alone.
The nit-plane currying the two men
was slightly higher than the one driven
by Oray and crashed through the right
wing of the other machine. Instantly
both machine hurtled downward out
of control and struck the earth about
200 feet apart.
Itobert Oray, Jr., 20, who was killed
while flying In Tennessee, was the son
of llobert dray of 16S Cedar avenue,
ltlchmoml Hill. Young Oray was an em
ployee of the Guaranty Trust Company,
New York city, before enlisting In the
aviation section.
DEATH IN 800 FOOT FALL
Young Falrchlld Wart Kaarer lo flo
to France.
The War Department nqtlfled repre
sentative Ilenjamin L. Falrchlld of Pel
ham. N. v., that his son. Cadet Franklin
C. Falrchlld. had been killed In an air
' plane flight accident yesterday morning
at Kverman Aviation Field No. 2, near
Fort Worth. Tex. Despatches from Fort
Worth explained that young Falrchlld
had fallen from a height of s00 feet.
The aviator was tho only child of Rep
resentative Falrchlld and was well
known In Westchester county. He was
graduated from Yale last June and Im
mediately joined tho Ofllcari Training
Corps at Pbitteburg. N. Y.. Oeong with
a large number. of other Yale graduates.
He select. ,1 aviation after uccafully
passing through the Plattsbufr training
period, and went lo the aviation ground
training station at Princeton for his pre
llmlnary rourse In aeronautics. H corn-
MRS. BINGHAM
HAD $72,000,000
Former Mrs. Klapler Left,
$(3,000,000 Beside Hotel j
Properties.
Sptrial netpatch to Thk Sun
Lkxi.ncton, Ky., Feb. 23. When Mrs.
Robert W. Ulngham, formerly Mrs.
Henry M. Flagler, died In Kentucky last
June
she was possessed of $65,000,000
besides her great hotel properties In
Florida, so the report of the Fidelity
Trust Company of Louisville to-day said
,n Kiving ln lu appraisement,
holdings are worth at least
The hotel
are worth at least $7,000,000
more It is stated, and a aunnlementnrv
report will likely be made to cover them,
The estate, t Is expected, will now be
nrfmlnlstered In Kentnelcv n-Mrh ni
cause the State to attempt to collect
more than $2,500,000 Inheritance tax. If
this Is done. It has been said by tho State
ofliclals, the money obtained wHl bo used
to pay off the State debt.
Mrs. Hlngliam'H estate covers Stand
ard Oil and railroad stocks, besides
holdings In securities of various sorts In
several States, It Is understood that
theie Is nbout $2,000,000 worth of
Jewelry. Whether the New York heirs,
one of whom Is Mrs. Lawrence Lewis
nf New York, former'y Louise Wise, fn
vorlte niece of Mrs. Ulngham, will In
' stltute Fiilt to break the codicil whlc.i
left $5.1100.000 to U. W. Bingham, the
widower, remains to le seen.
Mrs. Lewis, under the will filed by
Mrs. Illnghnm's administrators, receives
the bulk of the estate, her share esti
mated to be about $r.0,o0O,000.
There has been much Interest in this
State over the result of un autopsy un
dertaken on the orders of the New York
heirs nfter the body of Mrs. Illnghnm
was exhumed at Wilmington, N. C. The
1 report has never been made public. It
! Is understood to bti In New Yok.
CHARLES R. FLINT IN HOSPITAL.
Hanker la I'ntlrr Observation
by
Baltimore Sperlallata.
Sprclal Iletpatei tn This St'.i.
Haltimokb, Feb. 23. Charles R. Flint,
a capitalist of New York, entered the
Johns Hopkins Hospital last Thursday
to undergo observation by specialists.
It was said at thn hospital to-day that
Mr Flint's condition waif not such as to
cuuso alarm, but that hLs presence wns
mc.ro fur examination than for any spe
cial treatment. He Is expected to bo
tiblo to leavo In a few days,
Charles R. Flint Is 03 years old and
lives In 1 Kast Thltty-slxth street. Mr.
Flint hau been for years regarded as ono
of the nnieflt uanucra of this city, and Is
Pirn. Feb 23. Between l.',.,n.nrv 11
and 2o sixteen German airplanes 'and 1
two ciitlce balloons were destroyed by i
French avlatois and four others were
brought down by gunfire.
In the tjinie period tweiily-oue Ger
tn:i!t mai-hlnes uf it forced iloivn tfltnin
their own lines Si riouslv liamnireil after
lighting. !
never will be known. """"fjriU.i, ATHLETE A VICTIM
NEW YORK, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 24,
New York Flier Killed
Battling Four Germans
PARIS, Feb. 23 Edward J.
Loughran of New York, fly
ing on the French front in a
French squadrilla, was killed ten
days ago in nil aerial combat.
Loughran went across the Ger
man lines and was attacked by
four enemy machines. He flew
back to the French lines, where
he felt to earth and was dead
when found. He was buried
near Chalons, in the presence of
the members of the Lafayette
Squadron.
i-
here on February 1
' r,,rl """ '"r "' "K"i
irl nir
jje was 23 vrnrs old on February 10
'r B "lshl Vcr lhe U"ma" ""
a -n - -
Horace IllsKtnbntbnm Fall l.flOO
Fret In Texas.
Fort Worth, Texas, Feb. 23. Horace
Hlpglnbotham, former all American
football star from Yale and a cadet
naval aviator at Hicks Held near here.
was killed this afternoon when the air- that it is his duty under the food con-1 mania and Montenegro, and only terrl
Plalne In which he was flying fell 1,000 , trol act to announce the uric ,.f ,hi ' torlal chances In the future based on
feet.
r-nsign t rani; i.yncn. also or tne naval
flying corps , who was piloting the plane,
was proDaDiy fatally injured In the
iii " i v. .i. .u ... ...
it.l fBno0thnm a" ,mC T"f W -
Hlgglubotham. a wealthy business man
of Dalian, Tex.
Lynch arrived hero recently from
Hampton Itnads, after a period of train-
.Ing In Canada with the Hoyal Flying
Corps. His home Is lu Lawrence, Mass.
LOW CASUALTY TOLL.
Death Fer Compared to Number
of Aviators.
Dallas Tex Feb ".I The death I ,''a,1. i Forth Worth, Te., $2.09;
of' Vernon stle. wnlle nAng "r ?,k'f0"'A y. $2.05. Wichita. Kan.,
the Ilrltish camp at Fort Worth I . .
on February K. nnd the death of James. , equivalents or No. 1 Northern to
O. Rlngland of Dover. Kngland. at the hlh the same price applies ore No. 1 I
same camp February 21. together with ',wln,p,r' -0' ' " winter. No. 1 j
.the death to-day of Cadet Franklin Fair- f "rm" "n? ,N"' 1 h?r? , w lt"' The
child of Pelham. N. V,. at the American Riu"t hfl "J" the l'nlted
camp and of Cadet Horace Hlgglubotham t ?. ?,, i""?1'1 '2,.,hem,T
at Hick's Field, brought the total killed Pi?' efrB ,J,,ne ,,9.1S' Jhe PresI
In airplane accidents In Texas up to' 1,ent Proclamation states that the c-forty-elght.
Thirty-four deaths have oc- )on Jf t,. "I00' "'"rgency reulring
curred at the two camps ut Fort Worth. I ,he stimulation of wheat planting
while Houston, next In the list, h.ia had
"They kill more at Fort Worth be-
cause they fly more, Is the way n young
aviation officer explained the great dif
ference In the mortality lists.
The San Antonio station has had three
fatalities, Dallas and Waco, one each,
and Wichita Falls two.
GERMANS KILL
3 OF OUR MEN
Two Soldiers Die of Gunshot
Wounds in Earlier
Action.
Wasiiinmto.v, Feb. 22, Three men
have been killed In action, five severely
wounded and eight slightly wounded.
Gen. Pershing to-night reported to the
War Department. The dead are:
ItATCI.llT, THOMAS V.. private, Clark"
vllle, Tenn.
SCOTT. WILLIAM II.. private, Calvert
City, k'y. ,
KI.VUKKY, RALPH T, private, Ontario,
Csl
The severely wounded were Corporals present decision The fall wheal plant
ICdwin F Titus, Manchester. Conn., and Imr. which furnishes two-thirds of our
Thaddeus Hlarejowskl. Meriden, Conn.. 1 wheat production, took place with no
and Privates Thoma Morrison, South ' other asurnnco than this, nnd tl-e farm
Manchester. Conn. : Walter V. Mornn, ers' confidence was demonstrated by the
Norwich, Conn., and Gustave H. Her- !ci that they planted an acreage larger
manson. Ansonla, Conn. than tho record of any preceding yc-ir,
Tho slithtlv wounded were First larger by 2.000.000 acrei than the sc-
Lleuts. Guv I. Bwett. South Paris. Me..
and Thomas 51. Holmes, Albany. N. Y,
Second Lieut. ICdwln C. Call, Dexter,
Me. , Privates Homes Nadeau, Soniers
worth, N. H. ; Clyde F. Andrews, Orono,
Me. ; Peter Rudeck, Kgelaml, N. D. ;
Walter llrodowski, Lenox. Mass., and
William II. Hale. Somervllle. Mass.
Private Fred Kopanske, Chicago, died
as a result of wounds received In action,
It also was announced, and Private Sid
ney M. Cowley of 300 West Fourth
street, New York, succumbed on Feb
ruary 8 to accidental gunshot wounds.
Gen. Pershing reported the following
deaths from natural causes: Sergeant
Joseph P. Reed, Hlllsboro, Ohio, menln-'
gltls, and Privates Thomis P. Martin,
Holyokc, Mass., meningitis; Douglax N. '
Astall, Galveston, Tex., nephritis; Ray.
H. Griffin, .Sherodsville, Ohio, scarlet fe
ver, and Jveander Olsen, Kooihareni,
Utah, no cause assigned.
Sidney N. Cowley, who died of acci
dental gunshot wounds, according to es.
terday's cables, enlisted In Company G
of the Sixty-ninth N. Y. N. G. the day
after war elarled. His brother Fred
enlisted with him. The Sixty-ninth was
made the 165th and went to France with
the nalnbow Division.
The boys were the sons of Mr. and
Mrs. John Cowley of 30 West Fourth
street. Sidney Cowley was 20 years old,
n member of tho Twenty-thin! Street
Y. M. C A. and of the North Baptist
Church, In Kleventh street, Ho worked
for the Moxle company.
LADY WARWICK SEEKS ATTIRE
Fire Dcstrojs Wardrobe of Beat
Urraard Woman In Knsland.
Sprclal Cable Ueipateh to Tub Sts.
London. Feb. 23. Lady Wurwlck.
woman
buy
destruction
ston
that
and
'had losi her entire wardrobe. Consld.
crable damage was done to thn jilace;
the whole neiv wing of the mansion was
destroyed nut the historic portion, con-
talulng most of
undatnagtil.
the art Irensure.i, was
WUITK SI I.I'IH K SPRINCiS. '. VA.
Tin Minbrlcr. Kurupean plan. Wonderful curt,
tin waters. N. Y, Office, Toe Plata, ii.
price for 1918 !
wheat crops ;
setbywilson;
rroclaims Figures for Pri-'
mnry Markets Ranging 1
From .$2 to $2.2H.
JUNE 1, 1919, LIMIT FIXED
Forestalls Agitators in Con
grcss and Assures Fair He
turn to Fanners.
Sprrijl Ittspatch to Tun St. 1
Wamiinuton', Feb. 2.1. Tieililimt '
Wilson to-ilny threw down tho gauntlet
I to Senator Gore (Oklahoma) and oth
ers In Congress who have urged a guar
anteed price of at least $2.50 for wheat
this year. Ho Issued a proclamation
which In effect maintains the $2 basic
price previously set by the President
under authority from Congress. In ex
planation of his pronouncement he If
sued a statement based on Information
given him by tho Department of Agri
culture, the Food Administration and
other advisers, in which he seta forth
for the coming year.
The ... ..... . ...
' dared, would assure the nroituror r n
reasonable t.rotlt.
On the basis of No. 1
i N'or'hern spring wheat and Its cqulva-
Ile" l President iixed the prices as
i follows
i Chicago, 2.2n: Omaha, $2.15: Kan-'
sas City, $2.15: St. Louts, $2.1 S; Minne
apolis. $2.17; Dtiluth. $2.17; New York,
$2.2S; Philadelphia. $2 27 ; IHltltnore.
$2.27; Newport News. $2.27; Charles
.ton, H. C. $2.27; Savannah. $2.27; Port
land, Ore., $2.05; Seattle, $2.05; Sun
I Francisco. $2.10. Ixis Angcle. $2.10;
'Galveston. $2.20: New Orleans. $2.20;
Salt Lake City, $2, Oreut Falls, Mon.,
$2: Spokane, Wash.. $2; Pocatello.
i CSIvra Ont tatrment
".h" Th. V.' "
"Under the food control act of August
10. 19t7, It Is my duty to announce a
guaranteed price for wheat of the 1918
harvest. I am therefore Issuing a proc
lamation setting the price at the prin
cipal Intel lor primary markets. It
inaku no essential alteration in the
present guarantee. It is a continuation
of the present prices of wheat with
some adjustment arising from the desig
nation of additional terminal marketing
points.
"This guaranteed price assures the
farmer of a reasonable profit even If the
war should end within the year and the
large stores of grain In those sections
of the world that nre now cut off from
transportation should again come Into
competition with his products. To In
crease the price of wheat above the
prcnt figure or to agitate any Increase
of price would have the effect of very
erlously hampering the lnrje opera
tions of the nation and of the Allies by
causing the wheat of last year's crop
to he withheld from the market. It
would, moreover, dislocate all the pren
ent wage levels that have been estab
lished after much anxious discussion and
would therefore create an industrial un
rest which would be harmful to every
industry in the country.
"I know the spirit of our farmers, and
bnve not the least doubt as to the loy
alty with which they will accept the
"nnd largest record year and 7.000. 000
acres more than the average for the five
years before tho outbreak of the Kuro
pcan war.
Why Wheat I" Picket! Ont.
"It seems not to be genrrallv under
stood why wheat l picked oil' far price
determination, and only wheat among
the cereals The answer Is that while
normal distribution of nil our farm
products has been subject to great dis
turbances during the hist three j-ears
becauso of war conditions only two com-
nimlities, namely wheat and sugar, have
been so seriously affected us to require '
governmental intervention.
"The disturbances which nffect these
produrta (and- others In Ie.is degree)
arise rum im- ui i oi mo over-
Sells SUipillUB 111 me WUiiu 1 HOW Under
Government control nnd thnt the Gov-1
eminent Is obliged to assign tonnage tn 1
each commodity that enters Into com
mercial overseas traffic. It has ccmie- '
Continued on Second Piir.
Slim Writes Al Jolson
About the Smoke Fund
JF you want to know what the
soldiers in France think of
THE SUN Tobacco Fund, turn
to page 1, Section 2, and read
the letter which Al Jolson has re
ceived from Sergt. Palmer W.
Lewis of the Twelfth Railway
Engineers. A few years ago the
Sergeant was just "Slim" Lewis,
whom Jolson befriended when he
wanted n job. Ho has written a
bully letter.
In sending the fourth contribu
tion of the Round Table of the
Hamilton Club, Patcrson, N. J
the treasurer writes :
"We now consider this our
duty, not our privilege."
What does this mean to YOU?
WARNING! THE SUN TO
BACCO FUND has no connection
with any other fund, organiza
tion or publication. It employs
no agents or solicitors.
1918. Copurighl, 1518, bV the Run
allied labor
will stand by
war until end!
Conf erence Accepts Aims
Recently Outlined by
Jiritish AVorkers.
' PEACE PLANS DEFINED
Repudiate All Attempts at
Economic Hoycott of Ger
many After War.
London', Feb. 2.1. The Interallied
Labor Conference, which ended Its ses
sions here to-day, has accepted the war
alms programme ar enunciated by Brit
ish labor on December 2S, .ind tho next
step probably will he the calling of an
International conference, at an early
date, Including lwth labor nnd socialism.
At a luncheon given to-day In honor
of the foreign delegates to the confer
ence Arthur Henderson, former member
of the War Cabinet and leader of the
Libor party, described these, alms as
meaning the establishment of a league
Oi nations. Involving International co
operation for disarmament and thn pre
vention of warfare In the future, the
reetoratlon of Uelglum, Serbia, Hu
Justice nnd right
. Mr ii..r.,m .....n,j it.,
' aimed at was of the peoples and that the
peoples must stand behind It. and he
added that Inbor was prepared to go
on with Die war until all the conditions
Insisted uion for a permanent peace
wero met.
Appenl to llnfnir Peopleo.
James Ramsay Mncdouald,
cuiald, Socialist
arllament, said
nnd Labor member of I
nn-,. ... .....v. o.,..iiii.oi
..nr, in iii...iri utmii: incuti-
man and Austrian peoples themselves.
Tho conference voted to send five dele-
R.urs in ni" uiiiicm t5L..ir. iw wie pur -
pe of conferring -with tho rrpresenta-
tlvcs of the American democracy on the
war situation."
The delegation will be headed by Ca
' mllle Huimans, secretary of the Inter-
national Socialist organization, the oth
ers being elccted by the French. Urltlh,
' Italian and Helglan Socialists respec
tively. "If the Americans won't come to us,
we must go to them." said one delegate.
M. Vnndervelile declared: "It Is ab
solutely essential to have the Americans
with us In our effort to establish a
lials for a demqcratlc peace. Tho day
,'wheii American labor will Join us Is
surely not far distant. The United States
limy have been late In entering the war,
hut 1 cannot believe that the American
working classes will bo late In Joining
ua lu shouldeilng labor's share of thn
win's responsibility."
The pnigrammo as adopted corre
Hjiond.s in general to the declaration
of President Wl!.on nnd Premier Lloyd
George. It has tho support of the So
cialist or labor parties of Hngland,
I-'nui'e, ltal. Belgium. Portugal. Ru
mania and South Africa. Tho Social
Revolutionary or Minimalist Russians
telegraphed an Indorsement of HrltMi
InlKirV war alms and added that they
had tried to rend delegates to IonJnn
but that Leon Trottky,
the Bolshevik
Foreign Minister, had ,-efused pass
ports.
The iIIscu.jsIoiis of the i onference's
war alms wer enlivened by the diver
gent viewj expiessed by various delega
tions, ivjrtlcularly the Italian, on the
subject of territorial ndjustmrntu, but a
fairly satisfactory compromise or gen
eralization wis reached in each case
where a disagreement was threatened.
Tlie general tone of the conference was
In no way pnclll.st or pro-German, and
tho discussions revealed a sincere resolve
among widely separated factions to
, resell unity
, The programme which tlnally resulted
was passed unanimously. The Flench
delegnte. Albert Thomas, the former
Minister of Munitions', declared:
Hevolatloii Is Threatened.
"Tho war alms as outlined are the nb
', solute minimum which we w ill acciiit,
and if anybody tries to folt on us a
peace not emlsodylng these terms It will
mean a revolution which will not halt
until Justice "has been secured, even If
that takes fifteen years."
Mr. Henderson also declared that the
1 programme could be regarded as the
minimum demands uf the laboring
classes of all the Billed countriefl.
Mr Vandei void said. "Whether we
i are victorious or not, these will remain
our war alms and we shall strive unre
' nilttlngly for them." ,
Tho only section of the conference's
i declaration tn which the allied Govern-1
.ments aro likely to take exception Is the I
f
rnc,
, c
clause UislstRig on an Immediate con-1
nee lii tween tho Socialists of the ol"
ountiies and Germany, and this
louse hud the enthusiastic support of
the entire confeumce. Resides adopting'
tho formal war aims rogr.imme, the
conference pasieil u resolution to con-.
vcno ., international Socialist confer-
rt ul .-...n. iiir.ifli w-llS. I
b off! M il 1
i, i i
iiem ui, en ,
Peaco Conference and also
that at least one Socialist should be lu
eluded by every nation In the official
delegation at the peace conference
Speaking at the luncheon. Mr. Hen
derson announced that as a result of
thu preliminary conference at Paris and
tb,e present conference at London, the
decision rencheil by British labor on I
t,nin.i mo .i.tiiitin ,,..v. null, ill
substance, been accepted by allied labor
and Koeinllsm,
"These projiOsaU," said Mr. Hender
son, "In short, stand for the establish
ment of a league of nations on n firm
basis, provided that all the jieoples of
all the countries associated with such a
league Insist ujxm International ronpera.
tlnn for disarmament nnd for the re
ventlon of future warfute. By adotltig
these views the conference has declared
for the nb'oliitu freedom ami Integrity
or ueivsiuin, weruia. Rumania and Monte.
negro, and that every territorial change
shall, so fur as we are concerned, be lug by the Central Powers Is Intended
based mainly on Justice and right. tlnu ' to bo dependent upon Its creators Is cer
making for the permanency of a world lain, but tho creators are not agreed as
peace.
"Those are our nlms, and I may say
our irreouciiiin minimum, nna nm c.., 1
as they are secured w"! desire to enter
Into the fullest international intercourse
with nil the nations of the world.
Economic Ilojoott Opposed,
I "We repudiate any and every attempt
. lo Institute an economic boycott or bring
. about the economic lalntlon of Ger
many We aim at securing a peace of
the peoples, but the jseuples themselves
' must he the guarantors. On these condl-
C'otiffiiiiftl on Kccottd Page,
Printing and PubUrttng A,toclaUen.
GERMANS WIDEN DEMANDS;
WILL OCCUPY PETROGR AD;
COURLAND NOW INCLUDE!)
MITTELEUROPA
IDEAL ECLIPSED
German DrcamH of Conquest
Surpassed by Opportunities
Found in Russia.
-MAY HALT WEST DRIVE
Vast Armies Needed to Hold
and Protect Lines to
Seizures in East.
fptcial Cubtf Dtupatrh to Tin Stv.
Copiright, 1311; oil iicrAlu rttervtd,
Lonikin, Feb. 23. The probable effect
of the German Invasion of Russia upon
i conditions on tho western front Is at
tracting Increased attention here. While
it Is true that tho Germans are meeting
nn military opposition, climatic, condi
tions In northern Itussla at this season
are such n to make heavy demands
upon transportation nnd Germany must
employ a considerable number of men
to mi'et these as well as to hold the
conquered territory.
1 The occupation of Finland, Petrograd,
, Kiev and Odessa, not to mention the
I. kralnc, will require large armies, and
long lines of communication through ex-
, reedlngly Imnoverlsheii . rmnti-.- ...in
vessltato a huge amount of supplies as
well as an mlemmtn ...
( uiein agauis: guerrilla warfare.
t areiui observers riS military and
1 strategic conditions Incline now 'to' the I
belief that tho German announcement of
i mi impending liiow on the western front
' was Intended to roxer the German de- .
signs in ltusdU under the theory that
by holding the Allies from tho North
Sea to the Adriatic Germany would be 1
left free to pursue her purpose to con
solidate hr power In an eautern empire
far exceeding her dreams of a Mlttel- '
curopa.
Needs Million Men In Rnla.
It l calculated that the Russian ad
venture will require from 750.000 to
1,000,000 men, and to suppose that while
Germany Is engaged In this tremendous
enterprise she ran aim i,A.in n..i main
tain a great offensive In the west Is m
give bar credit for an ahllltv tn .in ii.i
she never ha., done nln.M .I
months of the wur; that Is, to conduct
offensives on the west and east fronts
simultaneously. To do that Germany
would have to consider herself sufll
ciently superior In numbers to stand the
enormous wastugo of men that such nn
offensive would entail.
Such figures as are available nnd
statements made recently in the House
of Commons show that the Allies still
maintain a prcpundeif nee in weight of
men on the western front. The l'nll
ifnll Gncrlle, dealing with this subject.
Mays; j
"If we assume that the Central Ihn-
j P'res have 10,000,000 men under arms
phall certainly he over the murk.
France jdwuld have .1,750,000 and Italy
3.000,000 under arms , the British Rm
plre. we have been told, has (5,000.000,
! which given the Allies 12.750,000. Imlf
these 1 1 oops may be considcreil fit for
heavy fighting, which leove.s 5,000,000
for the Central Umpires, against 7,000,
00 of British. French, Italians and
Americans.
fJcriiirtnj ' Possible Reserve.
"Last season the enemy never had
moio than two millions on tho western
front nnd one million on thu Isnnzo. He
hau certainly lost men. guns and ground,
but has preserved his lines unbroken mid
should presumably do so again with the
same numbers. He is, therefore, now In
a position to retain n strategical reserve
of one and a quarter millions for an
offensive."
"The Allies should be able to hold
their front with tho same number,
namely, 3, 000,00a men. Ono great nd
viutagn possessed by the enemy Us that
of "Mjsltlon, aa h Is acting on Interior
lines and able quickly to despatch his
reserves to any joint."
If the Germans do attack In the west
they will not, unless the gain somo re-
mat kable Initial success, attemj't to
break through. Tlu;r sucoe.n or failure
will very likely dejiend on the possibility
of surprise or on some new develop
ment of the Infernal machinery of war.
The last few dn have revmled more
clearly those German alms In Russia
which ore Independent of the character
of the Petrograd Government. These can
bo briefly summed uj as the shutting
off of RiiHsia from the west, her seiia
ratloii from Uurope In the full sense of
the term by depriving her of her bur
lier iirovlnecs by converting them into
German provinces or weak States de
jiendeiit mi Germany. The Manchester
'iimniaii, analyzing the situation, says
"' the north tho Germans hastened
(n m.OKllZB ,ho independence of Fin-
land ami supplied tlm Finnish pro-Gei-mans
and boiiigeolsle with arms and
men In tho struggle wit i the revolution
aiy and iro-RiislHit Finns. Should they
succeed, as Is jirobible, In giving their
Finnish friends victory In the vlvll wur
!.... .1... l...,.lu!i l!r.i'nri.ni..il .till l.u
,i, .,,.,,,,.., f i ir. e..n within
the circle of German policy.
Germans lllive Minority Voter.
"In Lithuania, Livonia and Courlanil,
the other border jirovlncis on the I ls.lt lo,
n small minority of German landowners
and townsmen huvn been constituted by
the Germans! as the voice of the prov
inces to pronounce In. favor of Germany.
Such government can exist only b the
stiength of German anus and only as in
siriiments of Germany
"Poland's dretlny Is not so clear. That
whatever Polish State Is brought Into he-
Coiidnurd on Srcond Pope,
The first instalment
of
The Story of The Sun,
a history of journalism in
New York from 1833 to
1918, will be found on
pages 8 and 9, Section 3,
of this issue.
134 PAGES. PRICE
Bolshevik Courier Is
Bringing Kaiser's Reply
pETROGRAD, Feb. 23. The
Bolshevik Headquarters has
received a wireless message
signed by Gen. Hoffman, saying
that the German answer had
been handed to the courier of the
Russian Government, who im
mediately sturted on his return
to Petrogrnd. The message gave
no intimation of tho contents of
the reply.
A second wireless message, ad
dressed to Leon Trotzky, from
the Austro-Hungarian Govern
ment has been received announc
ing that Austria-Hungary is
ready, with her allies, to bring
the peace negotiations to a final
conclusion.
TEUTONS TAKE
9,Q00 RUSSIANS
Advance Leisurely. Meet Little
Resistance and Open
Way to Kiev.
DVJXSK CAPTI REI) RY 100
Lettish Snipers Reported
IInrasiiij Invaders in
Some Places.
as
LonpoN'. Teh. 23. The German
vaslon of Russia continues, but In a more
' leisurely fashion. According to the com-1
' mander of the ItiliisliiTi nmtliern .'irmv.
i the Germans are moving forward 111 de- ;l sWai-anteo for tho fulfilment of all
1 tachments of from loo to 20o men and conditions
.not In regimental milt. In the last two "rent perturbation and pessimism j.re
days they have not encountered a single. 1 vn" ' Rolshevlk circles. Meetings and
caso of resistance. j deliberations of th Council of Commls-
The vanguard of these small detach- sioners and of Bolshevik pnitiiiins in
1 mrnts ho reached Walk, In Livonia, conjunction with tiienilxis of the left
I ninety miles northen.it of Riga. The . wing of tho revolutionary Socialist party
I evacuation of Rcval Is pioceeding slowly
the soldiers refusing to
Ivu any assltt-
' ance.
The Gorman righUWlng. Jh Volhynla.
has reached nnd oe'euated the town
Dubno, the third fortress In the noted
Vnlhjnlan triangle, deigned many years
afo to render the L'kroine invulnerable
to nttnrtc by Geimany Apparently there
was no resistance The way to Kiev is
now open, although the l.'krilnlan cojil
tal Is still 175 nillrw nway Russian
headquarters ha been r' moved to
Smolensk, fifty miles east of Minsk and
26" miles southwe.it of Mos-.ow. This
was done so hurriedly that the staff loM
touch with tho various armies.
The night statement from Geiman
General Headquarter says:
Oieratlons on the east front are
taking their expected course.
Germans lu Three Clronpa.
The Commander in Chief i f the Ru
sian nrinj on the northern front says:
"The Germans are ndvun.-tng with
great caution They are marching In
three grous. First, in the Walk region ;
second, in the Rleshlta region, and
third, between thesii two sections. In
the Moiillev sector all Is quiet."
The German Headquarters statement
to-day hii s ;
In IVithonl.i, we are pressing east
ward. Ill Lunula, Walk has been c
cuplcd. In the t'kralno the forces advancing
southward from Lutsk reached Dublin,
nisewhern our ojieratloni aro taking
their 1 nurse.
The number of jirlsoneis brought In
has be"n Increased to two Generals,
twelvo Colonel, 133 other officers and
k,770 men
In the other theatres of war there
Is nothing to report.
Appral Not M ceded .
The disorganized and scattered Rus
sian army Is taking no notice of the '
appeal of the Bolshevikl to engage In .
guerrilla warfare. The helpless Bol-.
shevlkl are p'ihlishlnr more appeals to
thn peopic tn resist the Invaders ami
there is talk In Petrograd of convoking,
Sn ...... b.I. ....... A ......1.1.. ... ....
annrv deVna cheL s u s o he
German army are refusing to partici
pate In the Invasion, while disorders
have been observed among the Aus
trlans.
A despatch from Amsterdam says the
Austrian Premier, Dr. von Seydler, ad
dressing the lower Iioufo nt Vienna Fri
day declared again :
"Austria-Hungary Is imt participating
ln the military action which Germany Is
at present taking against Russia. There
hiiH been no advance of Austro-IIiiii-gaii.ui
troops Into I'kralne, with which
wn are at peace.
"With regard to Rumania, an armi
stice exists between Austria-Hungary
tind flint country. Peace negotiations
will begin within the next few days "
SWEDEN MAY SEND
SOLDIERS ABROAD
Premier Says Factions Have
Reached Agreement.
K
Lonihin, Feh. 23. Bills dealing with
the right of Sweden to send conscripts
outsldn of the kingdom for special duties,
and financial credits for the purpose of
sending a guaiil of Swedish soldiers tn
the Aland Islands, wire Introduced Fri
day In the Swedish Parliament, accord
ing to advices from Stockholm
Prof. IMiii, the Swedish Premier, ex
pressly emphasized that the project Is
to bo carried out tinder nn agreement
arrived at between the rival factions
on the Aland Islands. The Government
Intends to carry out only temporary
measure until Match 1, 1!U!, fnr the
protection of lhe impiilatlon of thn
Islands, ami that there Is any political
phase of the action nf Sweden is denied.
Stockholm, Feb. 23. --The Swedish
Rigsdsg has adopted the GnwiiimciiCs
propnsul for niilltiuy Intervention In the
Aland Islands. Tho vole in thu upper
house was without debate and In thu
lower house the proposal was adopted
by a vote of 131 lo 15.
FIVE CENTS
In (1 renter
New York.
Bolshevik! Pessimistic Over
Outcome and 3Fay De
clare Holy War.
CONDITIONS EXACTING
Evacuation of Finland. Po
. land and Ukraine Part
of New Demands.
:t0 YEAR TRADE TREATY
Surrender of KiO.OOO Square
Miles and .91,500,000,000
Indemnity Included.
Sptcial Cable ItmpatrA to Tun Sc.n from till
I London Time.
Coptirlaht, lflS; all rivi rtttrytd.
l'KTKoar.AD, Feb. 22 (Delayed). M
though no official reply has been re
ceived from Dvlnsk, the German army
headquarters, where, a cornier was sent
last Wednesday with an official copy of
the Russian telegram expressing will
ingness to accept the German peace con
ditions offered at llrest-Lltovsk, the
newspapers hero are publishing what
purport to be nddltloii.il peace condi
tions Imposed by Germany.
According lo these reports Germany
requires the withdrawn! of all Holshe
vlk troops from Finland, Poland axd
the 1'kralno and abstention by the Hoi-
shevlkl from Interference In the Internal
affairs of those territories, the payment
! of an Indemnity, the prolongation of the
I commercial treaty for thirty years, se-in-
curlty for the Interests of German sub
jects nnu Herman capital in Russia, and
the German occupation of Petrograd us
are t.iKinc place day and night at tile
j Smolny Institute and the Tauildo Pal
ace, jaioii iioiiKy, ine Hnisiicvix kov-
, elgn Minister, Is repotted tn have been
of!mni'p by the renewal of Gorman hos-
tllltles- and unable to attend any of these
meeiings.
The I'eojile's Commissioner have de
cided to order a general mobilization of
the whole male jioimlitlon, and In the
event of the Get man conditions being
tin.'ici eptable to decline n holy war on
the Itiipl.u able foe. To this end they
have iHtnd a jiroclnmntlon of npie.-l to
the workmen, soldiers and puisaiits of
Russia, leaving out of the account uh
usual nil other classes, as If they hud no
existence in the nev.' lepubllc. as In fact
they have not In the eyes of their Bol
shevist rulers, except Tor purposes tit
attack and alulae.
ATI,' GERMAN TERMS.
K ileiinltnn tit l.ivonla nnd llaa
thniiln Also liiolililf il.
Uvnpon, Feh. 23 A Russian vviiclesa
Government statement .received here to
nliiht saM:
"Germany will renew the peace nego
tlallotw and will i (include peace oil the
follow iiij- condition :
"Both tn declnie the war ended,
"All legions west of the line .ndlcaterl
at Rrtrt-Litnvfk to the Russian dele
gation, which lormerly belonged to Rus
sia, to be no longer under the terri
torial protection 'if Russia
"In the region of Dvlnsk this line
must be advanced to the eastern frontle
of Courl.md.
"The former attachment of these re-
i glons tn tho Russian State muit In no
! case Involve for them obligations toward
I Russia. Russia renounces every claim
to Intervene in the Internal affairs of
these regions.
I "Germany and Austria-Hungary haVe
; the Intention to define further tho fate
l these regions In agreement with thel
1 populations.
Will Puller I.itre Area.
. ''many Is read,, after tho comple
tion of Russian demobil.xsilon, to evac
uate the regions which nie east of tho
above line. So far 11s It is not stated
otherwise Livonia and Ksthoiila mus'
immediately be cleared of Russian troops
and Red Guards
"Livonia and I'.sthonla will lie ikcii
nled hy German police until the dale
when tho constitution of the respective
countrliM shall guarantee their social
sietnit nnd political order All In
habitants who were arrestisl for Killtleii.'
reasons miiet be released Immediately
"lliiisiu will conclude peace with the
rkiiilnlan People's Republic I'kralne
and Finland will be imniedlntely evacu
ated by Ruswan troops and Red Guards
"Itussiv will do all In Its power tn
se. me for Ttirkey the orderly return
of tin Anatolian frontiers. Russia recog
nues the annulment nf the Tuiklf.li
iiipllillutton.
DUarninment llrmnnded.
'The complete demobilization of the
Russian army, Inclusive of tho datach
niints newly formed by the present Gov
ernment, must bo curried out Imme
diately. "Itnseliiit warships In the Black Sea.
the Baltic Sea and the Arctic Ocean
mut Immediately either be i-ent to Rus
sian harbors and kept there until tlm
conclusion of peace oi' bo disarmed
Warships of the Ihitente which are In
the sphete of Russian authority must bn
regarded as Russian sJilps
"Merchant navigation of the Black Sen
nnd Baltic Sea must be renewed,
stated In the annlstlie treaty Thn
clearing away of mines) is to ls-gln Im
mediate!). The bloikade of the A rot In
Ocean Is tn remain In form until the
conclusion of a general peace.
"Th Rusiio-Germati coiumorclnl treaty
of Rill must be enforced again In ad
dition there mus! lie a guarantee for the
free expoit, without tariff, of cues and
the Iminediatn inmmeiieijinent nf nego
tlatinn.1 for lb" voiuiusloii of a ucti
cnmiitf nial treat), with a gu.n .mtce of
toe ninet favored nation tie.iloiei' at
least until l'.i25, even In the ease nf the
termination nf tho pinv Isorlnm. ami
finally tint sanctioning of all clauses