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VOL. LXXXVII. NO. 152 DAILY,
NEW YORK, FRIDAY, JANUARY 30, 1920.-g'M ym,af'CT
PRICE TWO CENTS.'
SWIFT ACTION
IS PLANNED ON
RAILROAD BILL
Conferees Expect Agree
ment on Cummins-Escli
Measure Next Week.
TO DEFER LABOR PHASE
Aim to Avoid Confusion at
Return of Properties to
Qwners March 1.
'POINTS TO BE YIELDED
Separate Law Dealing With De
lations of Companies and
Employees Is Probable. .
Special Despatch to Tns BUN.
Washington, Jan. 29. Senate, and
Houee conferees are close to agree
ment on railroad legislation. There
tas every indication to-day that tho
tcmblned Cummlns-Esch bill will be
passed In ample time to prevent any
hitch In President Wilson's announced
plans to return the railroads to their
owners on March 1.
Tho belief 'was expressed by mem
Tiers of both tho Sennto and House
conference committees that an agree
ment can be submitted to both houses
by the latter part of next week. Re
publican leaders are determined that
the railroad legislation must bo passed
larly enough to prevent confusion.
For this reason a secret canvass of
a large number of members, in both
houses has been made as to .the dis
puted points of the Cummins and Esch
measures, and the conference report
will represent the conclusions of this
canvass. Thus long debate on the con
ference report, (it is expected, will be
eliminated.
The House conference managers indl-
i no cAuvi iiino iiio vuinuuicu uiu win
ba presented wnnlrl h mad sonn In
order that absent members may return. bjr Dr' Amos - Squlre,.the prison phy
Confereea do not believe It will be nec- j "'clan.
essary to report back to the respective Hamby wont to the electric chair
houses for further Instructions before . with the same bravado and acceptance
tho flpal conference report Is formulated. of fate that had characterized him
Anti-strike provisions of the Cummins
bill still are a stumbling block, but be
cause of the 'undeniable objections to
them In the House a compromise seems
Imminent. It la considered' probable
that the labor provisions will be stricken
from both bills and considered as mat
ter for future legislation.
The conference situation as outlined
by House conferees as about this:
The Senate conferees will abandon
the provisions of the Cummins bill pro-j
vldlng for a Federal transportation
board to assume some of tne powers of j
the Interstate Commerce Commission;'
compulsory consolidation of the roads
and probably the anti-strike provisions
Iftho House will agree In some form to
Section 6 of the Senate bill. .Section 6
provides that rates shall so be adjusted
that roads of the various groups will
be allowed a fixed return of EH per
tent, on their ae?reeate DrODertv. value
H" a V , ni i , V .1
by the Government for the benefit of the
weaker roads. The concessions of the .
Senate are considered so Important, that
It Is believed the House will yield on
Section 6.
A compromise on this section Is now
being discussed. It Is believed the
House would agree" to the principle of
the section If the return were not fixed
at 6ft per cent by the bill, but the per
tenlage left to the discretion of the In-to
legate commerce commission, ir tne ,
House does yield on this point, as It
now seems probable, the Senate will '
agree to the transference of the powers
conferred on tho federal Transportation
Board by the Cummins bill to the Inter- ,
iaie commerce commission.
The efforts of labor and other organi
zations to force retention of the roads
for two years more In the hope that
public sentiment can be worked up to
itipport the Plumb plan of public own
ership have made little headway. The
majority In Congress Is still overwhelm
ingly for the return of the roads as soon
as possible. Advocates of this exten
ipn saw great hope In the long dead
lock of the conferees, and this was an
Influence In bringing both houses to a
realization that some Important points
must bo yleraed by both.
The conferees believe the final report. fa room and never faltered a . he ap
rltl be comprehensive legislation, but Proached the. chair on Its iraised Platform
do not believe all phases of the railroad m "J1- smok,1",?' iti
question will be settled. he neared the chair he carefully nicked
'the, ashes from his cigarette and then,
AMERICAN WRITERS
IN WAR DECORATED
Two Correspondents of "The
Sun" Honored by France.
Special Cable Despatch to Tni Scn,
Copyright, 10:0, all rights reserved.
Paris, Jan. 29. The French Govern
ment has decorated a number of Amer
ican writers and newspaper men In rec
ognition of their services- to the cause
of the Allies, both during the war and
throughout the peace negotiations.
Laurence Hills of Tn Son, upon tho
Proposal of Andre Turd leu, has been
named "officer de l'lnstructlon Pub
llque" by the Minister of Public Instruc
tion. Amonir the others receiving- this
decoration, known as "the palms," are
James Hopper, Herbery Corey. Clinton I
'illbert, George Pattulo, William Mc-
Nutt. PhnrUfl Smith LmvnntnA .
r ijawrence Abbott. Ouffoofc, Louis Wiley,
ew York Times; Arthur Brentano,
Publisher; Elizabeth .Cutting. North
Amtricnn Review; Percy Bullen. Mrs.
tvden Held, nnd J. B. Hlrach of The
Sl.v.
Nernt. VorU .III In Worcester.
Wohceswr, Jllis.; Jan. 25. Sergeant
Ahln K, York, mountaineer and famous
ene man army, who came to Worcester
f-day as a guest of the Rotary Club, Is
under 'he cae of two physicians at a
JiMel here tn-nlsht and It Is' feared he
f.us appendicitis.
Calls Planet Messages
Sun's Work on Wireless
gTOCKHOLM, Jan. 20. Prof.
ArrhoriiuB of the chair of
physics In tho Technical Insti
tute, in a statement to-day rela
tive to tho sotfnds that havo been
received on the wireless plants
in England, says he road a state
ment of a similar occurence in
the German press a year aro.
He does not think tho theory
that tho sounds come from the
planets is worthy of serious con
sideration and belioves it is more
probablo that the wireless ap
paratus may hove been in
fluenced by tho sun.
LONDON, Jan. 20. William
Marconi says that the period for
investigating the sounds caught
on various wireless apparatus
will include April 21, when Mars
is nearest the earth. He Bays,
however, that undue stress
should not be placed on this date,
as a few thousand miles would
not Ijkely make any appreciable
differenco in recording signals.
HAMBY DIES IN
ELEGTRIOCHAIR
Slayer of Two Brooklyn Bank
. Officers in Holdup Pays
vPonalty in Sing Sing.
BKAVADO LASTS TO END
Insists on Wearing White
Shirt and Scorns Clergy
men's Offers.
Gordon Fawcett Hamby was exe
cuted In Sing Sing prison last night
for the murder of De Witt C. Peale
and Henry W. Coons In December,
1918, .when he held up and robbed the
East Brooklyn Savings Bank. The
State executjfaner threw the electric
switch at 11:06 o'clock and sent tho
first shock crashing through the body
of Hamby, and one minute later the
sccond shock Wfls glven h)m
At U.:16
, o'clock "Hamby was pronounced dead
ever since he waa convicted. Through-
out tho evening ho sat in h(s cell al
ternately operating a ouljl board and
playing Jaxz music on a phonograph,
and from time to time exchanging
Jokes with tho other convicted men in
tho death house. He was sitting on
his cot smoking a cigarette and Idly
fingering the ouljl board when Mar
tin J. Deeley, principal keejper( entered
tho death house to take htm tq the
chair.
Hamby Jumped to his feet and saluted
the keeper with a flourish.
"I'll be right with you, keeper!" he
exclaimed.
Drnvndo Continue to Last.
As Hamby stepped from his cell for
tho last time a chorus of goodbys and
good lucks followed him. He turned.
and waving to the other prisoners In tm,
. . .
"ouc'
"We'll try anything once, boys! Here
goes! So long!"
Ho walked along the passageway as
calmly os If he were promenaalng down
Fifth avenue, with Keeper Deeley pacing
along by his side. No clergymen were
with the death party, as one of Hamby's
waljJ alone t0 h8 deathi
last requests had been that he be allowed
.,,t seems such a mockery," he said to
Fay,er cashln. the prison chaplln, "after
thejfe i have led, to go to my death
wlth a ,est or mnltcr by my side."
He walked aione to the electric chair.
Behlna tho doors of the death cham-
ber were twelve physicians nnd thirteen
newspaper men and one newspaper
woman, Mrs. Elizabeth Seaman, better
known as "Nellie Bly," the first woman
ever to witness an execution In Sing
Sing.
The top of Hamby's head was bald,
whore the prison barber had shaved It
so that the death mask could be fitted.
His legs showed through the slltted
trousers, and his neck was encircled by
a soft white collar, with a black tfo and
a white Bhirt.
I The convicted man walked slowly Into
'after one long, lingering Inhalation,
threw the cigarette away. He turned to
Warden Lewis Lawes and said:
"Warden, may I say a word?"
"Of course," answered Major Lawes.
Makei Fnrerrell
Speech.
said Hamby.
"I want to say this,'
slowly. "I want to thank you for every
thing you've done for me here. And I
want to say that whoever has stood In
front of Jay B. Allen's gun has stood a
chance, and a ,good chance, for his life.
That's all. Warden, go ahead, boys!"
Hamby then sat calmly In the electric
chair and helped the keepers adjust the
straps and Electrodes. The last words
Continued on Second Page.
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classified advertisements
for The Sun and New
York Herald for insertion
Sunday, Feb. 1, 1920,
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I'll. S. STEEL GIVES'
10 P. C. ADVANCE,
TO 250,000 MEN:
Ninth Increase in l Years
Makes Annual Payroll
a Half Billion.
DAY LABOR BENEFITED
Judge Gary in Statement
Promises Higher Rates
for Other Employees.
PAY GOES Ur ON FEB. 1
Vagcs in Big Corporation
Average 1 50 Per Cent. Aboytf
Those of 101.
For -the ninth tlmo In four years the
United States Steel. Corporation an
nounced yesterday a voluntary In
crease In wages paid to men who work
by the day in its manufacturing plants.
Tho increase, made public- by Judge
Elbert H. Gary, chairman of the board
of directors of tho corporation, is about
10 per cent., affects about 250,000 em
ployees and Involves an expenditure of
between 140,000,000 and $50,000,000 an
nually. This latest Increase In wages
is the first to bo given to tho corpora
tion's steel workers 'since October, 1918,
when tho eight hour basic day was
adopted, thus giving an automatic pay
Increase of 10 per cent. The nnnual
payroll of the corporation Is raised to
about $500,000,1)00 by tho Increase.
In a brief statement Judge Gary
said:
"The wage rates of day-lanor at the
manufacturing plants of tho Steel
Corporation have been Increased about
10 per cent., to becomo effective Feb
ruary 1. Other rates will be equitably
adjusted." i
Further thah thl nothing was
forthcoming from the corporation. In
addition to the quarter of a million
men employed n the various plants of
tho Steel Corporation and its sub
sidiaries the last line of the announce
ment promises similar Increases in
bo,....
. . i
llow Steel Wanes Increased.
This brings to 98.1 per cent, the total
of wage Increases made by the corpora-
iinn in svbruarv 1. 1D10. and raises
to about 160 per cent, the cumulative
percentage of Increase compared with
rates paid In January, "15. The last
annual report issued by the Steel Cor-
nntlon Shewed the average waie of
noratlon showed the average wage of
all employees, except ndmlnlstratlye and
selling, as of a year ago, to have been
$6.23 a day. With the Increase the
average will bo raised to 16.85 a day
compared with $2.97 In 19U.
The average number of employees on
the payroll of the steel corporation In
1914 was 179,353, to whom $162,379,907
was paid In wages, or an average of
$905 an employee. In 1915 the number
had risen to 191,126 and the payroll to
$176,800,864, or $925 an employee. The
total number of employees took a big
Jump In 1916, when the average waB
252,688 and the total payroll $263,385,
000, or an average of $1,042 for each
man. In 1917 and In 1918 the workers
numbered slightly more than 268,000,
but the $347,370,400 payroll for 1917 was
exceeded by that of 1918, which was
$452,663,524. The 1917 average for an
employee was CT.296 and that of 1918
was $1,685.
, The corporation's payroll for the year
Just ended, while no official figures are
available, is authoritatively estimated at
about $460,000,000, or about the same
as that of the preceding year.
On February 1, 1916, the corporation
granted an Increase of 10 per cent to Its
employees. Another Increase was made
three months later, when an advance of
13.6 per cent, was made. Again six and
a half months later, or on December 15,
1916, a third Increase of 10 per cent, was
made.
The first Increase In 1917 was granted
on May 1 and was for an average of 9
per cent. This was followed by a 10 per
cent advance on October 1.
One Advance of IS ( Per Cent.
The" bjggest percentage Increase was
granted on April 16, 1918, when an ad
vance of 15 per cent, was authorized by
the management, which, August 1, 1918,
ordered tho payment of another advance
of '10.5 per cent. On October 1, 1918,
a 10 per cent, advance In wages became
effective to employees working 10 hours
a da'. For those working a longer
number of hours the percentage of In
crease was greater. This condition arose
from the adoption In nearly all de
partments of the basic eight hour day
on October 1, 1918, and the payment of
Increased rates for overtime service.
In the steel strike called on September
22 Inst year, officials of 'the Steel Cor
poration as well as of other steel manu
facturing concerns made It plain that
they were willing to pay Increased
wages If conditions of trade warranted
such a move. While they declined to be
Influenced by the coercive measures
adopted by the strikers they admitted
that whenever they considered the steel
workers were entitled to an Increase In
wages 4hey would not hesitate to grant
these demands. This stand taken at the
beginning of the strike and continued
brought about the unsuccessful ending
of the walkout, according to the general
belief In the steel industry.
ESTHONIA TO SIGN
PEACE WITH SOVIET
I
Letvia Also Expected
Agree, Says Report.
Copenhagen, Jnn. 29. A despatch to
the Politikmi from Reval says a peace
treaty between Esthonla and Soviet Rus
sia will be signed to-day.
The Berlingske Tidendeft Helslhgfors
correspondent says the signing of peace
between Letvia and Soviet Russia Is ex
pected In a few days.
It was unanimously decided nt a con
ference of Baltic States at llelsingfors to I
accept a plan for the neutralization of '
the Baltic Sea. I
Wilson Recommended
for Nobel Peace. Prize
STOCKHOLM, Jan. 20. The
interparliamentary Socialist
group in tho Riksdag, including
Hjalmer Brantlng, the Socialist
leader, has decided to recom
mend to the Norwegian Storth
ing Nobel Committee that it sup
port President Wilson and
Christiana Lango, Secretary of
tho interparliamentary Union
the candidate for the 1010 ,
and
1020 Nobel peace prizes.
MOTOR POLICIES
TO GO UP 50 P.O.
Big Growth in Collisions, Fires
and Thefts Spoils Profits
of Underwriters.
NEW BOBBER TBICK DAILY
Owners Careless . and Often
Bcckless, Letting Companies
Worry About Losses.
Automobile owners here, there and
everywhere-are going to find a little
billet doux in their morning moll in six
or eight weeks notifying them that the
man who sold Insurance to them on
tho old car is tremendously sorry, but
that the rate for tho next year Is go
ing to bo considerably higher. The
message would be in the, mall now if
tho lnsuranco men could ogrco on
what tho raise should bo. Thoy aro
wavering between .40 and 50 per cent
on collision lnsuranco, an equally stiff
I Increase on Insurance against theft
nnd more moderate Increases In the
premium which protects tho carowirer
against firo and ordinary accident lia
bility. Members of the National Automo
bile Writers declare emphatically that
Lthey have no alternative. Either the
premiums go up or they go out of
business. They say tnoitsnavc multi
plied, collisions aro more than doubled,
fires have occurred with alarming ire
quency, until the sums they have had
to pay out to car owners who could
n-.h iio nnii nfter It was all over
Into their income that they are not
mnkinir a nickel or woras to inav ci-
maKiiifc, a. iui.
J te1- ... outlined by
Here are the reasons as outlined b
1 the Insurance men for their aemanas.
fpirst, cars are multiplying, especially
. . in with sreat rapidity. New
, t ropldly and the
onw are CD""" ,in.
I old ones do not disappear, but continue
to cripple along. The chances for an
accident In any congested district to
day, they say, are more than 100 per
n.nt. irreater than two years ago. Sec-
nn,i. automobile thieves are playirig
havoc with cars and got away with J35.
000,000 worth last year. Third, repair
materials and labor have Increased more
than 60 per cent.
Condition! Chnnite Coiintnntly.
Several innovations ape planned by
tho Insurance men, In addition to In
creasing the premiums stiffly,, due to the
constant change of conditions In the au
tomobile world. One of them Is a sys
tem of national registration. Another Is
a system of title for every car. wherein
each owner Is given a deed to a car on
its purchase, and on the resale of the
car this deed must be recorded with the
registrar, much as a tract of land is
recorded. There were no raises In the
Insurance rate In 1919, tho dealers In
this class of Insurance point out, with
thJ exception of liability guarantee. The
fire theft and collision clauses have not
been adjusted since April 1, 1918 and It
Is to these that particular attention Is
being paid by the corporations selling
this class of risk.
The Eastern conference of the Nn
tlonal Automobile Underwriters has the
problem under consideration and prob
ably will arrive soon at a decision. The
conference Is faking Into consideration
tho forecast that at the end of 1920
there will be 9,000,000 automobiles In
tin United States, compared with the
7,500,000 cars at present. Another In
novation probably will be the rating of
each make of car, taking tne combined
experience of each make and type, and
what use the car has had, Instead of the
present method.
The two causes which trouble under
writers most deeply are theft and col
lision. Collisions, they say, are rapidly
on the Increase, due to multiplication of
all makes of cars, and the further fact
that many new drivers are 'Inexperi
enced. One Insurance man said yester-
Continued on Tenth Page.
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING
CLOSING TIME
2 P. M. Saturday,
For all classified and real estate advertise
ments to jibe published in next Sunday's
edition of The Sun and New 'York Herald.
Closing time, 2 P. M. Saturday, Main Offices
" " 1 P. M. Saturday, Branches
HENNA CALLS
FOR BIG REFORM
TO SAYE BRITAIN
Former British Treasury
Head Says Expenses Must
Keep Within Revenue.
PLEADS FOR ECONOMY
Urges Ruthless Cutting
Down of Financial Outlay
to Force Lower Prices.
MUST BE MONEY CENTBE
Asserts That Troubles Aro Not
Till, in Tnflnilnn 1.11 in f
Bcckless Spending.
Special Cable Itupatch to Tim Si'.v.
Copyright, 1920. all rights reserved.
I London, Jan. 29. Reginald Mc-
Kenna, formerly Chancellor of the Ex
chequer, made a speech to-day at tho
nnnual meeting of tho shareholders of
the London Joint City nnd Midland
Bank, tho largest financial Institution
In the world, In which he dealt with
tho economic problems of the day and
explained his views of tho remedies
needed for world reconstruction. It
was his first public utterance since his
resumption of tho mantle of responsi
bility laid down by the late Sir Edward'
Holdcn, and tho vociferous welcome ho
received as tho new head of the instl-
tutlpn which, next to the Bank of
England, was one of Great Britain's
financial mainstays during tho war
will be concurred In by his many
friends In the Amfcrlcnn banking
world. In his speech ho said:
"Tho only condition on which we
shall bo able to chock the rise In prices
Is that our annual expenditure, shall
bo brought within the compass of our
rtvenue. In the State, as in domestic
finance, wo must learn to make both
ends meet
"This Is not a plea for additional tax
ation, but It Is a plea for economy In
expenditure ; It is a plea for such ruth
less cutting down or postponement of
all financial outlay by the State as will
reduco the expenditure to a figure less
thah our tax revenue, for by such meth
ods only'cau we hope to restrict the Issue
of currency, check the rise ' In prices,
restore foreign exchange and reestab
lish London In her old position as the
financial centre and free gold market
of the world."
Illapnte Inflation Theory.
Mr. McKenna laid the axe to the false
theory that Inflated currencies alone are
responsible for high prices and unrest
to-day. He considered that the huge
expansion of bank deposits, based upon
Inflated credit, far exceeded In Impor
tance the swollen currency as a factor
In high prices. Taking Great Britain
alone, he Bhowed that the combined
public spending power as represented by
currency and credit In 1914 was 1,198,
000,000, as compared with 2,693,000,000
In 1919, giving an Increased spending
power of 1,495.000,000, or 125 per cent.
As an Indication of how fundamental
Is the relation between currency and
deposits on the one hand and the cost
of living on the other, he showed that
the Index number taken as 100 In 1914
stands now at exactly 226, an Increase
of the same amount as has occurred
In spending power.
Havlnr established this relation he
passed to an explanation of methods
by which tho spending power could be
reduced, not by the limitation or re
duction of paper money, but by the
gradual deflation of the entire credit
structure. Direct advances to the Gov
ernment by the Bank of England,
against which Immediate Increases In
deposits and currency are made, he
said, are the most flagrant cause of In
flation and should be eliminated first.
A secondary Influence, he pointed out,
consists of Indirect credits supplied to
the Government by the banks, whlcli
alfo Increase deposits and currency.
These he would eliminate with the ut
most expediency. Third In the list
comes loans obtained from the public
partly through banking aid; these ho
believes should bo liquidated entirely
with the greatest possible speed through
economy and saving by the people.
Opposed to lllah Bank Itate.
Ills stand against a high bank rate as
a means of expediting deflation was
very emphatic, lie said :
"Let us take the bank rate and con
sider Its operation to-day as compared
with pre-war times. In the conditions
then enjoyed the raising of the bank
rato was an admirable means of check
ing excessive borrowing, restoring our
Con Untied on Fifth Page.
5 SOCIALISTS LOSE GROUND;
THEIR RABID TALKS QUOTED;
ROOSEVELT 'REVOLT MYTH
'WAR ON ITALY,'
JUGO SLAV CRY
Crowds Shout "Down With En
tente!" and "Long Livo
Mother Bussla!"
SING . CROATIAN SONGS
Adriatic "Ultimatum" of Al
lies Causes Demonstrations
and Threats to Bcsist
Upeclat Caile Detptlcl-tD Tiik Run from the
London Timet Perrlce. .
Copyright, 10M. all rlghtt retened,
Simuto, Dalmntlii, .Inn. 28 (delayed).
A monster meeting was held yester
day' to protest ngnlnst Italian claims to
territories on this Hide of tho Adriatic.
It was addressed by several orators,
whose speeches were Interrupted 'with
frequent cries of "War on Italy!"
"Back to tho Isonzo ngaln!" "Down
with tho treaty of London!" "Down
with the Entente! ""Down with Italy I"
"Down with Imperialism!" "Long llvo
united Jugo-Slavia!" and "Long Live
Mother Russia!"
The, last expressed sentiment is
characteristic of the widespread desire
still deep rooted in Jugo-Slavla of sol
Idarlty with Russia as the leading na
tion of tho Slavonic race. Tho meeting
broke up tumultously, the crowds
singing Serbian, Slovennnd Croatian
national songs. They marched In pro
cession to thoiuay, whero thoy made
threatening demonstrations against an
Italian destroyer.
A strong force of mounted gendarmes
barred tho way but was unable to pre
vent some of the crowd from boarding
nn Italian passenger steamship and
hauling down her flag. The crowd then
proceeded to the Italian club, which
was defended by gendarmes, whom they
partly overcame and broke windows.
The crowd qlso wrecked one or two
Italian shops before finally dispersing.
I Rome, Jan. 29. A despatch from
Trieste says demonstrations have been
held at Belgrade, Lalbach and Agram
In which the Jiigo-Slav Government was
urged to resist tho "ultimatum" of the
Allies with regal d to the Adriatic con
troversy. The despatch odds that the
newspaper comment on the nttltudi of
Italy In the premises Is of a most un
friendly nature.
JUGOSLAVS WANT
I PROPOSAL MODIFIED
Appeals to Allied Justice in
Refusing Italian 1 erms.
Paris, Jan. 29. The text of the Jugo-
... . - .1. -1 1 1 n.l t.ttlmntnm nn
I kiav rcpi) wic nine.. ---
the Adriatic question, made public to
I day, shows, as was Btated yesterday,
i that It amounted to a refusal to accept
tho compromise offered by the Italians
i but that In courteous terms It asked per
mission to lay before the Powers some
1 puggestlons for alterations which It
j considers necessary to secure stability
i In the region surrounding tho Adriatic.
1 "As regards the proposal Itself," says
I one paragraph of the note, "the royal
oovernment is oDiigea to on"i
cannot accept It In Its entirety, and the
Government counts on the spirit of Jus
tice and equity of the Powers to the
communication of January 20, to permit
It. to submit to them modifications Im
posed by the necessity of assuring peace
In the Adriatic."
'As regards the essence of these prop
ositions," the note says, "the royal Gov
ernment begs to remark that they are
not entirely In agreement either with the
principles proclaimed by the peace con
ference of the free determination and
Independence of peoples, nor with the
wishes of the population concerned, nor
with the geographical and economic con
ditions evolved.
"It Is more than a jear since the
questions have been placed before the
opinion of the Interested countries, and
the Hoyal Government Is extremely de
sirous of solving in the most friendly
spirit the actual existing difficulties, and
If ki. rimrwMoil tn nllbmlt the Solution
either to arbitration or a plebiscite. 1i
Is still ready to adopt one or tne oiner
of these propositions."
The reply begins with the statement
that "the Government of tne bems,
Croats and Slovenes considers the com
.laniifirv 20 as a friendly
proposition and not ns an Injunction,"
nnd adds that "the Royal Government
considers Itself Justified In asking from
i, niiinrt nnd nssnclnted Powers tho
time Indispensably necessary for the ex
amination with an tne necessary auen
tinna An lmnortant as these
. ..ihmltioil tar tha first time, the gen
eral Interests and preoccupation of the
establishment and the maintenance of
friendly relations with Its neighbor States
may suggest."
At one stage the note say. It Is not
understood how a treaty "concluded be
tween third persons without Its (the
Jugo-Slav Government) cooperation con
taining clauses which had never been
communicated to It could be applied to
It In default of an Immediate categori
cal acceptance of these propositions."
"The Royal Government," continues
the note, "equally Is obliged to point out
that the proposals of January 20 offer,
I. A minmntan nf thA VA.Cl!At!nn nf
territories which will come under Its
sovereignty nor for the evacuation of
the towns of Flume and Zara, erected
Into Independent States.
'The Royal Government, which dur
ing the whole of the World War has
observed constant fidelity to Us allies,
has hesitated before no sacrifice for the
success of the common cause, and has
given proofs since the cessation of hos
tilities of the greatest possible spirit of
.1 I , V. n Mn.t Anr&1a
circumstances, and remains disposed to
regulate the difficulties under discussion
In the same spirit of friendship and con
ciliation." Fewer Unemployed In Berlin.
Berlin, Jan. 29. The number of un
employed persons In Berlin at the end
of the war was 2,000. The following
year the total rose to 187,300. but In
January of this year It fell again to
69.000.
''Diplomatic Comedy" in
Adriatic Incenses Italy
Special Cable Despatch to Tin Suit.
Coptright, 1120, all rights reserved,
POME, Jon. 20. Virtually nil
the Italian nowBpnpors havo
devoted long- editorial articles to
the Adriatic qubstion. Tho
course of the Allies, especially
Franco, in ffivinpr tho Jugo-Slnva
more timo to answer has been
generally roforred to ns n "diplo
matic comedy" played at tho ex
pense of Italy's interests. Tho
ultimatum of the Allies was con
sidered hero to be Anal, requir
ing either acceptance or a rever
sion to the London pact. The
general opinion here is that
Jugo-Slavs aro taking a chanco
that President Wilson vill act in
n way that would produce a prpf
found and painful impression
here.
G.O.P.
IN MINNESOTA
National Committco Is Mass
ing Forces Against Non
Partisan League.
TO FIGHT FOB PBIMABIES
Semi-Socialistic Organization
Seeks to Assimilato Party,
Not Crush It.
Special Despatch to Tni Box
Wasiunoton, Jan. 29. Tho Repub
lican party will be compelled In March
lo fight for its life in Minnesota
against tho massed forces of tho Non
partisan League. Anxiety Is felt nt
Republican National Committee head
quarters and a bitter struggle Is cer
tain. The Non-Partisan Leaguers, under
the shrewd A. C. Townley, their leader,
seek not to crush tho Republican party
but to assimilate it; not to beat it but
1 to get control of tho Republican State
convention, which designates State
candidates and selects delegates for
the National Convention.
From now until March 20, when the f
State convention meets In St. Paul, the
fight for control of the primaries and
county conventions will go on with a
bitterness unmatched in any other
Commonwealth. The strength of the
leaguers Jles in the fact that it will bo
possible under the lax primary laws
which make enrolment by party un
necessary for Townley to concentrate
his forces In all debatable areas. In
this way the leaguers may control the
Republican convention and conse
quently' dictate candidates and dele
gates. The Republican forces admit that they
have a fight -on their hands, but are
boldly bringing the situation to nn early
climax by calllncr the convention for
March 20, This Is only a few days
after the State primaries and county
conventions. The vital factor, it Is
said, Is tho choice of delegates to the
national convention which will select
the next Presidential candidate. Already
the Non-Partisan League, the underlying
principle of which is Socialism, has
crept from North Dakota, wnere It orig
inated, into control of three or four
Minnesota Congressional districts. The
Republicans now stand directly opposed
tJ it
In the coming trial of strength the
Republican State leaders are subverting
all personal ambition to tho party suc
cess All elements of the party will be
urged to send safe and sane delegates
to the convention. The leaders, It Is
understood, are planning to support Re
publicans of the most progressive type
for tho Presidential nomination, lest any
slight connection of the nominees with
big business or "Interests' win the
weaker members of the party over to the
enemy.
The Minnesota fight, It Is recognized
In Washington, Is more than a State
affair, for Minnesota has never been
outside the Republican column save In
1912, when It went Progressive, and Its
loss to the growing, menacing Non
partisan League Is not a matter Repub
licans contemplate with equanimity.
WORLD SHIP BANK IS
STARTED BY BRITISH
Lord Inchcape Heads Plan
With $25,000,000 Capital.
Special Cable Despatch to The Scn.
Copyright, 1920, off rights reserved,
London, Jan. 29. Announcement
was made, to-day of the formation of a
worldwide shipping bank under the
chairmanship of Lord Inchcape, the
greatest shipping magnate In the British
Empire. The new corporation will be
called the Peninsular and Oriental
Banking Corporatlonand will be affil
iated with the P. and""0gteam8hlp
Line. The capital will be $25,000,000,. of
which S10,000,000 will be paid up.
The importance of the new Institution
may be Judged from the fact that be
sides this powerful shipping support It
will be affiliated with Lloyds Bank, the
London County and Westminster Bank,
Parrs Bank nnd the National Provincial
Bank, four of the "Big Five" banking
Institutions of the empire.
The head office of the new bank will
be established In London and branches
will be opened later In every port where I
the P. and O. vessels touch, as well as' The basis for the coumilttct'.H mont
in the principal shipping ports of the I convincing evidence ngnlnst the rt
world. Icuaed Aistmblymen to-day lay In Uiu
! I,,! ---'- ..y..' .. Liu.,.,..
Witness Says Claesseiis
Called Constitution
Paper Scrap.
HE WANTED BED FLAG
Sweet's Position Apparently
Made Stronger by Dis
closures. ST. LOUIS TLANKS BEAD.
Appearance- of "Citizens'
Press Agent" Causes Stir
at Alhany Hearing. .
Special Despatch to Tne Sox.
,Ai.bant, Jan. 29. Individual utter
ances by Assemblymen Augustus
Clacssens and Charles Solomon of the
five suspended Socialists under inves
tigation by the Assembly Judiciary
Committco to tho effect that the Con
stitution was only a scrap of paper,
that tho only flag that amounted to
anything was tho red flag, and that
tho Bolshevist principles of Soviet
Russia should bo applied to America,
wero testified to to-day by Prank Was
sermnn, a native born Russian of dis
tinct antl-Soclallst proclivities.
In addition tho platform and war
.programme of tho party, approved by
tho locals of each of the accused As
semblymen, pledging opposition to the
war, to conscription and to bond Issues
for war purposes, as it was adopted In
April, 1917, after America entered tho
war, was spread upon tho record.
The result to-night Is that whatever
basis thcro may have been for the be
lief that dissension existed within tho
Judiciary Committee over tho strength
of the cose against the accused men
has disappeared. One Republican mem
ler of the committee who heretofore
has expressed doubts concerning tho
strength of the evidence told-The Sun
correspondent to-night that' to-day's
disclosures had put an entirely differ
ent aspect upon the case In his mind.
Similarly other members of the As
sembly, not on the Judiciary Commit
tee, were quick to deny published re
ports that motions would be made to
discharge the .committee from further
consideration of the case.
No Revolt Planned.
The report published in New
York
to-diy by a morning newspaper to' the
effect that Majority Leader Adler and
Lieut-Col! Theodore Roosevelt would
lead a revolt against Speaker Sweet,
are regarded here as without founda
tion, In the last test of strength which
came on Monday night over the Speak
er's ruling on a motion to lesent the
suspended Assemblymen, thero wero
only eight votes In opposition, and these
Included the sponsor of the resolution
and the two Assemblymen who voted
against the first resolution to suspend.
There is no reason to believe that
Speaker Sweet has lost any of his
strength. Whllo there Is every Indi
cation that the contrary will bo the
result it may be said that If tho five
men are reseated this will be done with
the consent and concurrence of the
Speaker nnd not in opposition to him.
The proceedings here are not In the
nature of a trial. The suspended So
cialists do not have to be convicted of
any specific overt act. If after Its de
liberation the Judiciary Committee re
ports to the; Assembly that the evi
dence indicates they are not fit to con
tinue -ns mejnbers of tho Assembly all
that Is required for their permanent
expulsion Is the adoption of such a re
port by a majority vote of tho house.
If, on tho other hand, the commltteo
should find that the evidence does not
warrant expulsion, Speaker Sweet ap
pears to have strength enough to force
the adoption of such a report.
Lively Debnte Frobnlile.
There Is every possibility of a lively de
bate when the committee's report finally
Is presented. There will be opposition to
a recommendation to expel from Repub
licans and Democrats alike who repre
sent constituencies with a large Socialist
vote. But veteran members of the As
sembly assert to-night that the Speaker
has enough of a majority among the up
State Republicans alone to voto the So
cialists out In short order If such a
recommendation Is made. The Idea of
a new member like Col. Roosevelt lead
ing any open revolt against the Speaker
Is regarded only less preposterous than
tho suggestion that Majority Leader Ad
ler will bolt the organliatlon.
A mild sensation resulted to-day from
the appcaranco yesterday of Alexander
Otis, a New York attorney, who has
been closely affiliated In a political way
with former Senator Elon R. Brown and
William Barnes. Otis announced that
he had been selected to take charge of
publicity far the Investigation by soma
unidentified committee of citizens. His
statement was that certain citizens de
siring full publicity had selected him to
supervise the circulation of important In
formation concerning the inquiry.
The statement was Issued In apparent
disregard of the fact that at least sixty
newspaper men are In constant attend
ance at the proceedings, and It so en
raged Maurice Bloch, a New York Dem
ocrat and a member of the Judiciary
Committee, that he moved for an execu
tive session to consider who had ap
pointed a press agent for the committee.
When the time came, however, this
afternoon, Chairman Martin announced
that as far as he knew there has been
no person engaged by the committee for
suoh a task and no provision made for
one. Further Inquiry developed the fagt
that Otis had left for New York out
that actually there was nothing for the
committee to consider.
Cite Hi. Iionln Plntfnrm'.
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