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Highest temperature yesterday, 33; lowest, 25.
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VOL. LXXXVIL NO. 134 DAILY.
HILLQUIT AND
SEABURtJNTER
ASSEMBLY WAR
Formcrls Chief Counsel for
Seating of Excluded
Socialists.
HUGHES TO BE ASKED
Genaral Meeting of Sym
pathizers Will Bo Held
Here To-night.
i
MANY DONATIONS MADE
Adlor Announces Chamber's
Action Is Based on Evi
dence of Unfitness.
The Socialists of Now York, city be
cafi yesterday preparations for a fight
to tho last ditch for the reinstatement
pf the five suspended Socialist Assem
blymen. After a conference of tho committee,
which will lavo direction of tho So
cialists fight, at 7 East Fifteenth
street, It was announced that Morris
llilltiult will act as chief couusel for
the suspended members despite his
falling, health. Ho will come down
from Saranao Lake, where ho has been
recuperating,, and will appear before
tho Assembly Judiciary Committee at
Albany noxt Wednesday. Samuel Sea
bury, formerly a Judge of the Court of
Appeals, has volunteered his services
as associate counsel, and it was stated
his proffer probably will be accepted.
The committee expects to approach
Charles Evans Hughes to-day with a
retainer and a request that he act as
associate counsel In the fight. It was
said that the Socialists feel that, Mr.
Hughes would be a particularly happy
selection, and hey wero encouraged
in their decision to appeal to him by
his condemnatory expression upon the
notion of the Assembly.
Call for General Meeting.
No decision upon a definite course of
Action tvas taken at (fie conference yes
terday, according to Ju'lus' Berger, sec
retary, ofthe conference, but It Is likely
that a K lion will be made to-night. A
call has been Issued for a general gath
ering of Socialists of all shades of faith
to-night at the Fifteenth street address,
when the financial and moral support of
every sympathizer ,wlll be sought and
suggestions as to a proper course be de
cided upon.
Assemblyman Samuel Orr, ono of the
suspended quintet, said yesterday that
he and his colleagues had not decided
yet whether they will answer 'the sum
mons of the Judiciary Committeo or
Ignore It.
It was apparent yesterday, liowevor,
that not only will the fight for the rein
statement of the members be made, with
every possible means,- but retaliatory
tactics may be employed.
S. John Block, who, it is understood,
also will be associated with Hillqult as
counsel for the Assemblymen, eaid ho
had received offers from many persons
who allege that they are able and wlli-
lnslo expose "gloss misconduct" on the
yart of the "very righteous gentlemen
of tho Assembly who are now posing as i
the would be saviors of the State." '
Simon L. Adler, Republican leader of they advocate force anu vioienco to
the Assembly, before leaving for Albany : change American Institutions," said Mr.
yesterday defended the action of the As- Husted. "The free press -and the right
sembly in excluding the Socialists on the f of free speech as the framers of the
ground that the Assembly has the evl- Constitution conceived them will not be
ilence to prove that the "Socialist mem-' Infringed on, and no limitation will bo
bers are unfit to serve In the Assem-IPUt on peaceable, parliamentary efforts
bly." They will have every opportunity to effect changes in our system of gov
to defend themselves, and will be rein- ernment. but I believe the majority In
stated If the charges aro not proved, he ' Congress Is firm In the belief that the
6j(e( i public Interests demand protection
Adler Give Ills View.
Mr. Adler set forth the issue as fol
lows :
"The five Socialist members must
choose between repudiating the principles
of their organization or their oaths as
American citizens' and as members of
the Assembly. Our critics allege that
the action of the Assembly appeared
precipitate. Our action, however, was
based upon evidence- accusing the So
cialist members of being unfit to serve In
the Legislature.
"The Judiciary Committee of tqe As-
.emboli! be announced to-morrow by '
K.LE:
man. That committeo will give every
facility to tho accused members to dis
prove me cnarges. a,sprovea i e . , , p,anned t0 transport the de
members will be retained upon the roll : , prhted lcilB by way of Ijetv)a, but
,i . "' ' -"au., v'"owlnB t0 ,ha fighting there the .Amerl
Speaker Sweet has announced that he
will reappoint on the Judiciary Commit
tee members who served on that com
mittee last year. It seems safe, there
fore, to assume that besides Chairman
Martin some of the other members of
the committeo will be George H. Rowo
of Erie. James M. Lown, Yates; Ed
mund B. Jenks, Broome; Edward A.
Kverctt, St Lawrence; William W.
Pellett, New York, and Edward J. Wll
ron, Westchester, Republicans, and
Maurice Bloch, New York, Democrat
Vacancies will be filled by the appoint
ment of two Republicans and three
Democrats.
No action In Albany has caused such
n. stir as the exclusion of the Socialists
lnce the Impeachment of former Gov.
Sulzer, and the Issues now Involved are
conceded to be of far greater Import.
Tentative plans or the Socialists Indl
cate an Imposing array of counsel !n '
uieir uenau. wmio vuorney-uenerai from the United States, hnd arrived
?ewton and Deputy Attorney-General ; there Friday evening and would lay up
Berger. who have bscn assisting In the for several days In order to effect re
J.uck Committee Investigations, will con- ' palrs. while no official announcement
duct tho case for the prosecution. Though I nRB )een made a. to where tho Reds
rumors were numerous and variable I wIH be landed Helsingfors. Hango, Abo
yesterday no definite announcement ofnnd ievai aii have been mentioned as
the exact nature or the evidence was j possible ports for the debarkation.
Sympathy unit Support.
The Socialist headquarters wero
Hooded yesterday with expressions of
condemnation of the action of the As
kcmbly, and assurances of support for
Continued on Fifth Past.
Christ on Cross as War
Memorial Is Forbidden
Special Cable Despatch to Tns Be ml
the Public Ledger.
CopyrloM, 1920. all rlghti reserved.
LONDON, Jan. ll.By a elect
Bion of tho learned diirnitary
sitting In tho council of tho
Church of. England it is forbid
den to eroct a flguro of Christ on
tho Cross on tho walls of a
church as a memorial to th'oso
killed in tho great war.
Tho reason is that "however
artistic an architectural decora
tion it may bo it will bo treated
with superstitious roveronco and
therefore bo undesirable"
DEATH PENALTY
IN SEDITION BILL
Ilonso to Pass More Stringent
Measure Than the Ono Ap
proved by Senate.
rPARLOR KEDS AFFECTED
Drastic Action Against Hot
ters Is Provided Speedy
Enactment Expecte'd.
. Special Despatch to The Sts.
Washington, Jan. II. Tho IIouso
within the next two weeks will pass
a Bodltion bill, more stringent than the
one approved by tho Senate yesterday,
Announcement of tho purposo cf tho
House was made to-day by Represent'
tlve Husted (N. Y.), chairman of tho
sedition sub-committee of the House
Judiciary Committeo.
Included in tho House measure will
be tho death penalty, which the bill
purposes to have Inflicted ;On recom
mendatlon of a Jury upon those per
sons whose activities against the Qov
ernment lead to the destruction of life.
The House bill also will contain provi
sion to enahl thft Department of Jus
tice to bring action against American
citizens tho parlor Bolshevlkl who
seek to accomplish the same purposes
which have animated the several thou
sands of radical aliens throughout tho
country,
The House bill, when completed, will
be a combination of the measure advo
catcd by Attorney-General A. Mitchell
Palmer, which was Introduced by Rep
resentative Davey (Ohio), and revisions
made by "Representative Graham (Pa.).
The latter, it Is asserted. Is responsible
for the stringent provisions of the bill.
He Is believed to nave teen responsible
for the Inclusion of the death penalty
clause, which reads as follows :
That whoever Incites, sets on foot,
assists, or engages In any Insurrec
tion or rebellion against tho United
States or tho authority or laws there
of, or whoever sets on foot, or assists
or engages In the use of forco or vio
lence, with Intent to destroy or cuee
to be destroyed, or change or cause
to bo changed, or to overthrow or
cause to be overthrown, tho Govern
ment of the United States and the
death of any person or persons is
caused or results directly therefrom,
shall be guilty of a felony, and on
conviction shall be punished by
death, or shall bo Imprisoned not
more than twenty years or fined not
more than $20,000, or both; and
shall forever be debarred from hold
ing office under the United States;
provided, howover, that tho death
penalty shall not be Imposed unless
recommended In the verdict of tho
Jury.
"The House bill will go the limit to
prosecute those persons who think so
little of their American citizenship that
I against these rorces seening id over
throw tho Government and our whole
Industrial, economic and social life by
force and violence."
HELSINGFORS LOOKS
FOR SOVIET ARK
Finland Said to Have Agreed
to Pass Reds.
Helsingfors, Finland, Jan. 11. The
e7p' Irr v herTy
Passengers, It is reported, are to
United States army transport Buford Is
The
be
sent by train to 'a point in Finland op
posite Petrograd.
The Sonoma! says it learns it was
can Government asked permission to
sen(1 tnem tllroU(;h Fnland. Tll0 JleW8.
paper adds that the Finnish Government
consented to this, but demanded at the
same time that the United States ald'ln
the repatriation of Finns In Russia.
Kiel, Saturday. Jan. 10. The Amer
ican army transport Buford under a
strong guard Is lyln-i two kilometers
from the main JCIel docks In the repair
basin. No one Is allowed to go on board.
The torpedo boat destroyer Ballard Is
accompanying the "Soviet Ark."
The repairs to the damaged boilers
of the transport will require at least two
days and the vessel Is expected to re
sume the trip on Monday. No announce
ment has been made here concerning the
Buford's destination.
A despatch from KTel Saturday an-
niineifl that th Tttlfnrtl. whlnh ha nn
board 249 undesirable aliens deported
rnll Kills Imprisoned Ited.
Boston, Jan. 11. Joseph Smldt, ar
rested at Holyokc as ah extreme radical
and brought to tho Deer Island prison,
was killed to-day by a, fifty foot fall
from the fifth tier of ceils to the cont
Crete floor of the rotunda. The medical
examiner began an Investigation.
GLASS ASSAILS
M'ADOO CLAMOR
FORMXCUT
New Liberty Loan Must Be
Made if Rate Drops or
Expenses Jump.
BILLS DECREASE FAST
National Debt, $25,837,000,-
000, Expected to Be
Paid by 191-8.
i
INCOME 4i BILLION YEARLY
Secretary Kcports $7G0,000,
000 deductions in tho Debt
in Four Months.
Special Dapatcli to Tax Sc.v.
Washington, Jan. U. Tho entire
war debt of America will bo wiped out
in a comparatively few yeara on tho
present basis of Government receipts
and expenditures. Tho total national
dobt on December 31, 1918, was 25,-
S37.000.000, a reduction In only four
months of almost $760,000,000. The
floating debt nt tho end of the year
waa only a little moro than $3,500,000,
000, and less than half of this must be
funded. This rilj ba taken up in tho
next few months, in tho opinion of
Scerotary of the Troaaury Glass.
In a statement to-day flvlng details
of the national debt the Secretary took
sharp Issue with tho Jackson Day
letter of his predecessor in office. In
his letter to the diners former Secre
tary McAdoo said that taxes should
bo reduced, and he blamed tho Repub
licans for not reducing them.
Mr. Glass issues a warning that if
the taxes are reduced to any consider
able extent, or If Congress authorizes
any extraordinary expenditures not
contemplated In tho Treasury esti
mates, another Liberty loan will be
necessary to meet the situation. His
statement also in effect answers the
campaign of William B. Colver, chair
man of tho Federal Trade Commission,
and others for repeal of excess proflta
taxes.
The Treasury finished tiie year with a
comfortable cash balance and expendi
tures almost down to normal. Under1 a
continuance of present conditions this
entire national debt can bo wiped out
before tho last maturing Liberty bonds
are due in 1948.
The Government's Income on the ores-
cnt basis Is well over $, 000,000. 000.
Normal expenditures are expected to de
crease until they are well below this
sum.
With both the Treasury and Congress
trying for economy, further extraor
dinary expenditures are not expected.
Sir. Glass's statement reads as follows:
Secretary Glass's Statement.
'It will no doubt be recalled that on
September 8 In announcing an issue of
tax certificates I made certain state
ments concerning the Government's
financial position and prospects for the
balance of tho calendar year and said
that the turn of the tide had come. Now
that tho figures at tho year's end ure In
hand It appears that my most sanguine
expectations have been more than real
ized. On the basis of Treasury dally
statements the Government's gross debt
on August 30, 1919, was (26,596,701,648 ;
on December 31 It amounted to $25,-
m.OTS.IO?, a reduction of 1759,622,840.
Its floating debt (unmatured Treas
ury" certificates of Indebtedness) on Au
gust 30 'as $4,201, 139,050 ; on Decem
ber 31 It amounted to t3,578,4S5,S00, a
reduction of $622,053,250.
'The portion of the floating debt re
quiring to be refunded (so-called loan
certificates) on August 30 amounted to
12,012.387,300: on December 31 It
amounted to $1,326,661,000, a reduction
Of 1685,726,500.
The loan certificates outstanding on
December 31 wero of Issues maturing
January 2, January 15, February 2 and
February 16, 1920, and have been or will
be paid from cash on hand December 31
and from the proceeds of the sale of tax
certificates thereafter Issued, thus con
summating the Treasury plan for financ
ing tho unfunded portion of the war debt
In such a way as to avoid nny largo
funding operations.
Financial Future Bright.
As to the future It may be stated
positively that unless Congress should
enter upon new fields of largo expendi
tures not Included In the Treasury esti
mates or should make a reduction In the
amount of taxes In addition to the reduc
tion made a year ago on tho recommen
dation of Secretary McAdoo from about
$6,000,000,000 to about $4,000,000,000 we
may look forward confidently to the re
tirement of the floating debt out of the
taxes provided by existing law and mis
cellaneous receipts coming within the
general hold of war salvage (although
further Issues of tax certificates In di
minishing amounta will be necessary
from time to time In the Intervals be
tween the Income and profits tax Instal
ment payments), and to tho gradual re
duction of tho funded war debt through
the operations of the Liberty loan bond
purchase fund and sinking fund already
created by law.
"On the other hand, should Congress
embark upon new fields of large expen
diture or further reduce taxes It will, as
I have already Indicated, bo clearly nec
essary to revise the Treasury, plans and
call upon the country to finance the re
sulting deficit by the lssuo of a new Lib
erty loan."
Dodge Itrntuers Seriously III. .
Horace and John Dodge, the Detroit
automobile manufacturers, are seriously
.... til,. r 1 , tr.i.i '
III at uid iui-vi linn nuiei ncrc.
Horace Dodgo has pneumonia and his
brother Is suffering from Influenza. . Dr.
Ira L. Hill, who. Is attending them, raid
yesterday ho thought the crlils had
passed In each case and that the con
dition of the brothers Is Improving.
They arrived hero about a week ago to
visit the automobile show.
Liberty Bonds SO, S10O, 500, (1,000
cm be boufht nd iold IniUntly,
."TnYiT Mil !r A fVi . CI llMirf.. ijH
Canada Cuts Silver
Content of Currency
QTTAWA, Jan. 11. Reduction
of tho proportion of flno sil
ver In Canadian currency to 800
parts with 200 parts alloy by n
Government order was announced
to-day,
Tho former standard was 925
flno silver and 75 alloy.
CARRAM SEEN
AS REDS' AGENT
Senators Will Bo Told
Plot for Bolshevik
Bcgimc.
of
TO CALL 200 WITNESSES
United' States Draft Evaders
Active in Stirring Trouble
South of Border.
Sam Antonio, Tex., Jan. 11. Infor
mation regarded by Government agents
03 ovldcnco that Carranra Government
offlclala aro countenancing a plan to
establish a Bolshevik reglmo In Mexico
and that the radical programmo Is
supported largely by American army
draft evaders will be given to the Sen
ate sub-commltteo investigating Mex
ican affairs at hearings hero this week.
Senator A. B. Fall (N. M.). chairman
of the committee, 13 expectsU to ar
rive to-morrow. Summonses for more
than 200 witnesses have been issued.
Not all the testimony offered will bo
unfavorable to the present Mexican
administration. Supporters of the Car-
ranza Government have placed beforo
tho committee tho names of many,
who, they assert, will bo able to counter
at least some of the statements of spe
cial Investigators, refugees and ordi
nary observers.
Draft Hvadera Involved.
Assertions that Americans who lied to
Mexico to escape tho draft arc Implicated
In the plan to bring Mexico under the
rule of the radicals are based on state
ments published In the official .organ of
the Communist party In Mexico. Ameri
can Government records and reports of
special agents tend to support the state
ments. According to boasts published In
Mexico 30,000 Americans escaped ser
vice In the army by flight to Mexico.
Most of them have returned to the
United States, but many remain and the
names of a few have appeared In tho
literature of the Communist and I. W.
W. organliations as actively engaged In
furthering the cause of radicalism.
Documents which will bo placed be
fore the committee Include the organ
ization or the communist party of Mex-
Ico. The
Internatlonal secretary Is
Qeorgo Barreda.
Enrique H Arce Is
secretary and C. F. Tabler Is treasurer,
Tabler's nationality Is given as Amerl-! Ilou"eea m couri. se rccuiu me wr
can. The members of the executive coni-i of the attempted fhcotlng and his escapo
mlttee are: Barreda, Arce. Tabler. Linn. t0 Lor'1 French, who said: "I nopo the
A. E. Gale, Fulgenclo C. Luna, Magda-i""" wlu be caught." To which Sulli
lena B. Gale. Joseflna Barreda, A. i, van replied calmly:
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,. . :
uuu reuenco oomor. uaie anu I ariicr i
aro listed as Americans.
Of Many Xntlonnlltlra.
Mamlalena Gale is th wir r t.
Gale. Nlkttln la a Kusslan, but ac
cording to the literature of the organiza
tion he found refuge In Mexico when
summoned by the American Draft
Board. Luna Is a Filipino.
Gale, formerly of Albany, X. Y., who
Is editor of the official organ of tho
Communist party, Is one of thrco ap
pointed as delegates to the Third In
ternationale at Moscow. Angel Bern-.il,
"'-5 of"' 7l Xv6. T.
branch In Mexico City, over which or-1
ganlzntlon the Communist party has an-1
nnuneed a rerinln fnr f ,.,..
The investigation of radicalism Injeaped after his mask had fallen In the'
Mexico has shown It to be widespread. ! struggle and Sullivan had recognized ;
according to Government agents. Dr. i him. I
Atl. an asltator of the early days of' The young sons of farmers and cream-1
Carranza's administration, has appeared era In this district already have organ-
In Sonera, where, according to American ' ld their own vigilance committee and ,
Government reports, a coworker named
Lenlne. who says he Is a cousin of the '
Busslan lender, has been urging work-
men to organize for the day when they
will drive all foreigners across the bor
dcr Into tho United States.
ONE STOP AIR MAIL
FOR N Y AND CHICAGO , s" lr 11 sPrca,i!- Wlarly e
r ' tlMJ VnitiJ ,. ,,mrh nerv of local covern-
Martin Bombers of 1,500 Lbs.
.
Capacity to Be Started. . tnf miy ot a wide spilt
1 In the Sinn Fein, filling the ranks with
Cleveland, Ohio, Jan. 11. A one stop radical rowdies and continuing terror
aerial mall service between New York Ism. even agalnct the moderate Sinn
and Chicago with S00 horse-power Mar-,
tin airplanes, which will displace the'
present machines and a railway mall? tho Government, all phaes of Irish
car as well, Is to be Inaugurated Thurs- opinion, all antl-coalltlnn Britishers do
day morning, George O. Xorvllle. super- crying It. The question that Is upper-
intendent of tho aerial mall service, an- most In the American vmna anti re
nounced to-day. quently asked. "What U It all coming
Service will be started simultaneously to?" remains mostly unanswered. No
from both cities. The pilots will bring Britisher Is willing to admit the pos-
thelr machines as far as Clcvoland, slblllty of a separation for Ireland; 80
which will be the only stop, where they per cent, of Irishmen now are unable
will be relieved. to admit tha possibility of a solution
Tho capacity of the Martin machines for the south, so long as thore Is a
Is 1,600 pounds, four times greater than united empire.
the De Havllands now In use. It Is said. The growing power or the British
Labor party Is hailed In some Irish
quarters as a possible solution, but
cn;T7rDf a m urr nc olhers rct thls; PlntlnK out. that th,e
SWITZERLAND HOLDS heart of the Irish movement now Is
lf rr C nrcrorrDC the prosperous farmers, wholly unsyrn
PiU U. O. Ub.bLtilb.Kb pathetic with tho nationalization projects
I f British labor and unlikely to accept
One Yank Blundered In, aa 1 am oyhe terms that British labor win
"Europe Is So Small." , Tha development of this situation
! means ngnln a fpht In tho Sinn Fein,
Geneva, Jan. 11. Twenty-five desert-' both the rural Nationalists and the Con
era who reached Switzerland during the ' stltutlon.il Separatists lining up against
. - , , , .. the radicals of the urban Industrial
war have formed a unique league. ( "e,,tre. Meanwhile both sides dance,
object of which Is stated by Its founders , drinlt ana chat In company, calmly ad-
to be "defence of our Interests." Tho
members arT chiefly from the Central
Powers, none being American or British.
The Swiss newspapers remark that
although English and American troops
wero on leave near tho Swiss frontier
not one deserted. Ono American blun
dered Into Switzerland In 1016. having
lost his way. He complained that Eu
ropo was so small that its frontiers
could be crossed in a day'swralk.
IRISH CIVIL WAR
PRACTICALLY IN
FULL OPERATION
Sinn Fciners Defend Eatds
on Police ns Legitimate
Attacks in Warfare.
GOVERNMENT IGNORED
Patriotic Idealism, Mixed
With Brigandage and
Private Crime, Reigns.
ELECTION CBISIS JAN. 15
Sinn Fciners Expect to Win in
Many Municipalities, but
Split Is Feared.
Special Cablt VetpatcK to Tub Scs.
Copyrltht, 1520, all rlphf reserved.
Dublin, Jan. 11. Ireland la In a
stato of civil war despite dancing nt
Greshnm Hotel last night and chatty
meetings of radlcallsts and conserva.
lives over tho somo table.
On tho one sldo tho Sinn Fciners
refuso absolutely to recognlzo tho
British Government in any of Its func
tions, condoning the attacks upon the
polleo by raids as legitimate warfare,
so far as warfare Is possible, resulting
in a strange admixture of patriotic
Idealism with brigandage and even
private crime.
On the other sldo the Government
recognizes the, warfare, but Insists
that it Is between the forces of law
and order and anarchy and Bolshev
ism, utterly refusing to recognlzo or
treat with the real nationalistic spirit.
Only In this light Is It possible to
understand tho violence of tho last few
weeks, which is likely to continue in
definitely. Only thus is It possible to
approach a Judgment en tho coming
political Judgments In Westminster.
It Is this condition which Is projected
upon the prosperous and Intimate re
lationship of all Ireland that makes
up tho "Irish problem."
Those conclusions have been reached
after three days discussion of all phases
of tho subject with Irishmen of all
shadea of opinion, non-polltlcal as well
as political. They are the result of
talks with leaguers. Sinn Felnera and
with Field Marshal Lord French and his
most lntlmato advisors at a luncheon at
the Vice-Regal Lodge to-day.
Htcii I.nwjff DUrcicnrdu J,arr.
The best Illustration of the attitude
of the people was the case of lawyer
! Sullivan. K. C, whose assassination was
attempted by a ruffian whom he had de-
v. PA.,nr,AoVa I
l'viir lui a nm. ...ic.i u :
my frlenda will tako care of him. not
troublln? your law. He will go to nnl credits waB made oy u. r.
' . .. .1 it ... i rrrnlin Kilt thft (jOV-
Infirmary or beyond.1
Sullivan Is not a Sinn Kciner; ne iBfrnment fallen 10
a Constitutional Nationalist, son or I
nephew of the author of "God Save Ire-
tho newest Slmi Fein development, their j
own attemut to maintain law and order.
In the courre of the trial of a civil
case Involving the Kerry crenmerles
Sullivan denounced the spirit whlclt en
abled hrlsands to terrorize farmers and
th refusal of witnesses to inform
against them. Then he named tho man
a- l-d done most of It. That night
thU man went to the house of Su lL
van's client, forced the door and emptied ;
Ian automatic pistol at Sullivan and s-,
barred brigands from weir two Pansi es.
Aitnougn auunaii
friendly to these young Sinn Iclners
he Is now calmly asserting that they
will avenge the altacK upon mm Be
cause It was against their own orders.
i Crlils for Stnn Fein In Elections.
I While It Is considered that this move
ment may strengthen the Sinn Fein
rr.nt will nas? Into the hands of tho
Sinn Fein In the municipal elections of
(. 4 1 it tlmn let rrAfnlAn ne
Fein authority. j,.
h'0 circles' closest to
mlttlnc that they may be shooting at
each other to-morrow, the whole mak
ing up a strange atmosphere of comic
opera, underlaid by a strain of deadly
tragedy.
Spark Mnr Set Off Conflagration.
All fear that a spark may set off the
tinder in a hundred places In Ireland,
Continued on Second Pag.
THIR TY DEMOCRA TS FA VOR
BR YAN'S PLAN FOR TREA TY;
COMPROMISE HOPE GROWS
AMERICA LOSING
FOREIGN TRADE
Failure" to Establish Coopera
tive Credits in Europo
Is Costly.
CHABITY NOT NEEDED
But "Policy of Indifference
Gives British Chanco to
Cinch Markets.
Special Cable Despatch to The Sen.
Copyright. 1920. all rlohti reserved.
London, Jan. 11. Tho first ten days
of 1920 have brought financial and
economic developments of great Im
portance. Chief of these Is the quick
psychological change which led to tho
belief on both sides of the Atlantic
that Herbert C. Hoover struck the pre
cise note for the salvation of Europo
by telling her to get back to work.
Hoover has dono a distinct service
to such parts of Europo as aro able
to work by stating bluntly that little
further financial aid need bo expected
from the United States, but the coun
tries that aro able to take his advices
aro the ones least needing help. His
utterance has been seized by the Eng
lish newspapers and heralded far and
wide.
England Is one of tho nations which
has raw materials to work on; on that
Hoover's statement is a source of grat
ification to English manufacturers be
causo England neither needs nor
wants financial aid from the United
States other than that within the reg
ular course of business, which she is
able to get easily.
Unfortunately statements like those
of Hoover, which lend themselves to
propaganda; are warping the publlo
mind. In the first place tho visit of
Sir Georee Talsh to America Is seized
upon to make It appear that England
sought the charitable aid of the United
States. Palsh's visit now Is discredited
as not official, but Hoover gives color
to the belief that charitable aid Is nec
essary for Europe by prescribing the
limits to which such assistance can go.
Ileal Remedy (tlccted.
Tho blunder In such tactics Is easy
to Illustrate oy saying uiti u.-k-
needs no aid whatever as America
aid and the power lies within hcrsell
to apply that aid. Dollars are so ex
...i,. that shA Is losing even those
customers who are willing to buy In
the United States, leaving aemo u.
whom she wishes to win from other
markets. . .
Many months ago wan street
t . r.o.1 fnr America to help
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herself and a proposal of cooperauvo
j head of a banking group, but tho Gov-
months a-io The SUN also showed that
charitable aid for Europe was worse
thnt time several Amer-
lean bankers passing through London
r.ormnnv all acrrecd that every
cargo of food from America should be
matched by a cargo of raw material.
This was their remedy for Idleness.
Central Europe could not pay cash, so
credits were advocated. Thousands of
factories on the continent mm urw
causVthere are no raw mrs yet
thew countries are to" that B
salvation Is work. It Is ca nous,'
,0 ten a sick man the name of the med-
lclll0 he .must take. .but If p"$f
chase that medicine he ,w not
Definite occurrence; ' J1"
three months have ma le It P 6,0
auallfj- or strengthen the . pi nl "
pressed, even as late as October, about
the solvency or ne
At tlut time England was In the midst
of a railway muclaie anu many uimuui
problems wero causing the outlook to
appear pessimistic from tho English
viewpoint. Now the outlook Is very
bright and England has plucked up
courago again.
Advnntane for EnRlnud.
She sees moie of virtue now In th
discount of the pound sterling than she
did of menace three months ago, when
the pound was higher ; her re-exports In
December, which Increased 700 per
cent afford an explanation. England
can 'buy from the United States and
resell on the Continent and still make a
handsome profit, because the pound Is
in an advantageous position on the
Continent.
England Is not neglecting this splen
did opportunity; she is gaining rapidly
a dominating position from which to de
velop markets according to hcrown
choice, and sho Is coming into a posi
tion where she will be able to .help
France and Italy, regardless of whether
these countries collect Indemnities from
Germany and Austria. Recent develop
ments show also that she Is getting a
firm grip on the new Baltic States and
Is striving to teach them to walk alone
commercially. .... , 1V,
It Is becoming apparent tliat whether
Germany goes through formal bank
ruptcy or goes on Informally In bank
ruptcy, ehe Is drifting Into commercial
stagnation and is becoming almost
wholly an agricultural nation, but It has
been so arranged that the process will
b gradual, almost unnuin-.uic m mi.
untrained eye. England will gain In
strength and will guldo contlncnlal
development along lines more beneficial
to herself.
rnlteit State I,usliir Jlorket".
To a certain extent the process Is
not to ho condemned; because England
will make parts of the continent pros
perous under her commercial faor, jet
the United States cannot afford to delude
herself by thinking that tho only thing
Eurcpa seeks Is charitable aid. When
the logical result of present events Is
reached thero will be markets for Amer
ican goods In Europe only where Eng
land acts as agent for them on the
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France to Free 6,000
German Prisoners Daily
DARIS, Jan. 11. Between C.000
and 7,000 German prisoners
will be repatriated daily, begin
ning immediately on the arrival
of railway cots from Germany.
BRYAN URGES
TREATYHASTE
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Asks for Batiflcation of Cove
nant Not Later Than
Friday.
HE WIRES TO SENATORS
Says United States Is in Dan
ger of Not Being in First
League Meeting.
Special Despatch to Tna Sc.v.
Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 11. William J.
Bryan sent telegrams to-day to Sena
tors In Washington, saying that In his
opinion It was peculiarly fitting that
tho treaty of poaco with Germany bo
ratified on or beforo January 16, at
which time tho Leaguo of Nations will
hold its first meeting In Paris. In his
telegram Mr. Bryan urged that ratifi
cation be had by mutual concessions
and compromise.
Mr. Bryan declined to state to whom
the telegrams had been addressed and
whether they were Republican or Demo
cratic Senators. He said his attitude
was unchanged and that he favored u
compromise of tho points In dispute and
ratification of the treaty by mutual con
sent, lie said the United States stood
In danger of not being represented nt
tho first meeting of the League of Na
tloiui which the Idealism and sacrifices of
the Nation helped to create. For this
reason he believed the Senate should
ratify tho treaty. Ho thought the rea
son also would appeal to the Senate.
When asked If ho would file as a
candldato for delegate to the Democratic
national convention from Nebraska, Mr.
Bryan said It was too early to state. He
did assert, however, that ho would be
at the convention, either as a delegate
or a newspaper man, and Indicated that
he was not particular which.
Mr. Bryan came to the city for a short
visit with his brother, Charles W. Bryan.
To-night ho spoko at a temperance
Jubilee and to-morrow will address the
University of Nebraska students, a
noonday luncheon at the Commercial
Club and the Nebraska Conrtltutlonal
convention. To-morrow night he speaks
In Omaha. Presept plans call for his
mart ior wasnington next Friday.
ARREST SEVEN FOR
SMUGGLING WHISKEY
Alleged Plot to Move Booze
Broken Up in Louisville.
Special Despatch to Tnr. Sex.
Locisville. Ky Jan. 11. Seven men
have been arrested In connection with
an alleged plot to smugglo whiskey out
of a bonded warehouse for Illicit sale In
Cincinnati. Other arrests arc expected
In what is said to have been a plot on
an extensive scale to defeat the prohibi
tion laws.
A truck loaded with 100 cases of whis
key was seized to-day at Versailles, Ky.
The negro drls'er and his helper were
arrested. Five men were arretted yes
terday with $130,000 worth of whiskey.
In both cases the men said they were
directed to go to the warehouse, where
they would llnd the doors unlocked and
the whiskey ready to be placed on their
trucks.
Elwood Hamilton, Collector of Inter
nal Revenue, said that the cases bore
tho name of R. E. Wathen & Co., Ijuls
vllle distillers. He said the liquor was
seized because tho cases bore no Inter
nal revenue stamps.
Wilmington, Del., Jan. 11. Five
thousand quarts of high ;rade whiskey,
conservatively valued at JT5.000, said
to be part of n nrg consignment from
Baltimore to New York, was seized In
this city last night upon orders from
Attorney-General Relnhardt pending a
decision as to the validity of confiscat
ing the liquor under the Loose law oper
ative In Delaware.
Tho driver of the truck. H. O'Neill of
New York, was arrested In Newark,
Del., by Constabto William Apsley and
Is said to have admitted having received
nn offer of $1,000 If he could bring the
liquor through safely to Its consignees.
The consignment contained ninety cases
of twelve quarts each and twenty-five
barrels of fifty gallons each. Some of
tho whiskey, according to local liquor
dealers, was worth at least 20 a quart
Under the Loose law no Intoxicating
liquor In excess of one quart can be
transported through Delaware.
TELL IT TO MARINES
IF YOU ARE THIRSTY
Boston Invents a New Reason
for Patriotism.
Special Despatch to Tnr. Siv
Boston, Jan. 11. Men have gone
great lengths for a drink, many times
before, but It remained for three young
men to put over a new Ida at the re
cruiting ofP.ee of the United States
Marines hcie.
The trio applied to Major Joseph D.
Murnt with the follow ini request:
".Major, can you pond us to a marine
station where wc can gc. a glass of
real beer once In a while?"
The Major-explained that men were
wanted for fervlco at several places
which measured up to the specifications
laid down, among them Cuba, San Do
mingo and China.
The young men took the' examination
at once and passed. They will leave
for the marine training station to-morrow
morning.
McKcndrick-Kcllar Reser
vations Used as Basis of
Getting Together.
FORTY VOTES COUNTED
Belief That a Number of.
Bepublicans Also Will Con
sent to Modifications.
OWEN HOLDS A COUNCIL
Chances of Agreement Outsido
Party Leadership Discussed
at His Home.
Special Despatch to Tar. Son.
Washington, Jan. 11. A conferonc
of Democratic Senators held this eve
ning at the home of Senator Owen
(Okla.) attacked tho problem of get
ting together on reservations with
which to ratify tho German peace
treaty. Senator Owen had been asked
to tako tho Initiative In bringing tho
company together. It was a sequel
to tho meetings held on Saturday by
Democratic leaders in tho compromise
efforts with representatives of tho Ite-
pub)lc(ui mlId rcscrvaUonIstfl,
Tho noteworthy development of to
day's discussion was the persistent ex
pression of confidence among. Demo
crats that If two-thirds of tho Senate
could agree on any form of reserva
tions and adopt them the President
would deposit tho ratification. On this
point, while thero Is by no means una
nimity, It is evident that thp Demo
crats am Inclined to aeree. Senator
Owen permitted no qualification of his
confidence that tho President would
accept the thing on which the neces
sary number of tho Senato can unite.
Two sets of reservations, between
which the difforences aro not considered,
are Involved In the present discussion
among tho Democrats and both are un
derstood to represent somo measuro of
suggestion from William Jennings
Bryan. One set has become known as
the Kendrlck-McKellar reservations;
the other as the Owen proposals. Tho
former, representing the Senators from
Wyoming and Tennessee, has been
widely submitted to Democrats and to a
considerable number of Republicans as
well.
Krnyon TnUlnt.- n Hand.
' Among the Republicans is
Kenyon (Iowa), who has undertaken to
help bring about a meeting of minds of
Republican ratlflcatlonlsts and Demo
crats. He has not gone far enough to
be able to be at all sanguine of success,
but the fact that ho has Interested him
self in the matter has given encourage
ment to the Democrats. H0 s a closa
personal friend of Senator Kenarlck, and
in other legislative matters of non-partisan
character they frequently havo co
operated. That forty-odd Democrats could bo
brought together on the basis of the
Kendrlck-McKellar proposal was as
serted to-night with confidence, based on
tho fact that, according to one Senator,
the proposal has been laid beforo moro
than thirty of tho Democrats as well as
a considerable number of Republicans.
In this formula especial effort has been
made to present a reservation for Artlcl'o
X. on which tho Democrats could unite
while making It ns attractive as possible
to the Republicans. This particular res
ervation reads In effect:
Tha United States assumes no ob
ligation to preserve by its military or
naval forces the existing territorial
Integrity or political Independence of
nny country, whether a member of
the leaguo or not, or to Intervene In
any controversy between nations,
whether members of tho league or
not. with Its military or naval forces
under Article X. of the covenant, or
to employ Its military or naval forces
under any article of the covenant un
til Congress, which, under our Con
stltutlon, has the sole authority to de
clare war or authorize the employ
ment of the military and naval
forces, shall by act or resolution so
provide.
Accorda With Oircn Iden.
This Is understood to be substantially
the tamo as the reservation on this point
that Senator Owen proposes. It has
been presented to a majority of Demo
cratic Senators by Senators McKcllar
and Kemlrlrk, who believe that if the
Republican reservatlonlsts will meet the
Democrat half way It may be made the
basis of agreement.
On every hand It was Insisted that no
communication has been had with the
White House Justifying tho belief that
the President Is going to modify his po
sition r. stated at the Jackson Day din
ner. But among Democrats there has
been a good deal of laboratory study of
that Jackson dinner expression, with
the result that the more hopeful of them
believe It will not bar the President
from accepting what tho Senate may
agree upon. One of the leaders In the
compromise negotiations said to-night:
"The President was a partner In ne
gotiating the treaty, which Is a contract.
He could not reasonably or In fairness
io his conegotlators suggest changes in
this contract, but If It Is modified by
the Senate, as the Senate is impowcred
to do, and then he returns It to the
other Governments still representing the
spirit which dominated Its original mak
ing, he Is entitled to say, 'This Is the
bfst e can do and I .hope you will ac
cept it.' I consider that his statement
at the dinner and his other statements
of his attitude justify us In assuming
that he would deposit the ratification on
which the Senate tould unite."
It Is explained that the various con
ferences now taking place cannot bring
Immediate results, but several Senators
said to-day that progress Is really more
considerable than generally understood
outside the Senatorial circle. Some of
them went so far as to say that they
believed that the present week would
see an agreement among a sufflclenl
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