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Dissatisfaction Over Intend
ed Trip Abroad by President
Due to This Feeling.
FAR MORE WIDESPREAD
THAN POLITICAL DRIVE
Opposition gas Developed Because
of Anxiety Lest Point Cause
> Trouble Among Nations.
While publio discussion concerning
tlie President's European visit Iras
centered largely about the personnel
of the peace commission, there is a
crowing interest In Washington con
cerning the widespread opposition to
the President's going abroad.
Considering the strong hold the
President has had upon the country,
and the general commendation given
1 early every step of his international
policy before the armistice was
t^gned, this sudden criticism of his
?.'oing abroad has surprised friends
and supporters.
Pound to Be Widespread.
At first considered as prompted by
politicians of the opposition camp, it
-iitter became apparent that the criti
cism was far more widespread than
. political drive. Then Washington
net out to find why. That question,
it is believed, can be answered today.
Men who have studied these expres
sions of dissatisfaction are fairly well
? greed that it. did not arise from a
fear that public business would suffer
in his absence or a dislike for having
the United States mingle too deeply
i i European affairs, but from a deep
vooted anxiety lest the President's
ii'.'owal concerning the "freedom of
i he seas" may be the source of trou
ble among the associate nations.
It seems to have been assumed
tacitly, without any foundation for
r.uch a construction, that the Presi
? l-nt's ideas on the "freedom of the
s a.s" and Great Britain's well known
uttitude on the nmtii oi emuaigo *eie
necessarily conflicting. Editorial expres
: ions from London papers indicate that
I his feeling exists in that country, as
well as in the United States.
Possible Und rstanding-.
Perhaps there is ground for this
fear; perhaps there is not, but It is
pointed out that so far these differ
ences are wholly unofficial, and that
there may already exist a better un
derstanding between representatives
of the two nations in this regard
than is generally known. Certainly
the expressed desire of British offi
cials to have President Wilson attend
the conferences holds no hint of fore
boding that he has a program which
-will be unacceptable to the European
allies.
Anyway, what Is meant by the "free
dom of the seas"? Recently five sen
ators, all conversant with terms of
i'iternationai law, argued long and
'oud about this question when some
one of them suggested the argument
.'night be brought to a head by an exact
definition of what was meant by the
term In turn, each confessed an
ignorance about what the phrase did
imply.
It will be recalled that the elasticity
?.f the term has been admitted in offi
cial documents. In acceding to the
J'resident's fourteen principles the al
lies had occasion to note that the
phrase would have to be defined more '
exactly than it ever has been. Presi- I
? ient Wilson assented to this sugges-!
lion for a more clear-cut definition. 1
ii fact, his inclusion of the term is I
laken by many to have been merely
? ? -suggestion that the point was one j
vhich would have to be cleared up, I
and not as the declaration of any set- j
lied policy.
Use of Submarines.
Undoubtedly one of the issues j
? hich will i?e prominent in the dis
?stens is the future part that sub
Ktrines will play in naval warfare.
To understand this country's position
?I this regard one need only turn to
?if diplomatic correspondence with
' if-rmiiny concerning Iter violations
international law in the use of
? boats. Without quoting exactly, it
*'il bo recalled that, in general
? rins. the United States made It clear
? ii connection with the William P.
? 'rye case that this government re
arded the employment of submarines !
r-j sink merchant vessels as a clear j
violation of international law.
Without receding from that position it ;
'O was asserted that should merchant
? ssel.s be sunk it, was clearly up to tlie
' -boat enemy to insure the safe con
? :ct to shore of the crew and pas
. ? ngers on such vessels. UiVnany made
j. feint at complying with t \s demand.
?ut placing those aboard or >pen boats
:n a rough sea did not prove a high In
surance of their safety.
Therefore, just before we entered the
war I "resident Wilson again reiterated
":c first principle, that such attacks
< otild not be justified, and stated that
? e nature of U-boot attacks made it
possible. apparently, to give crews
? ! passengers that safe conduct
1-cre which the United States con
1 :ided was the least that a nation
? t do to approximate the Interna
i cnul usages There is no indication
? :it the President has changed his
in this re.ipect.
Weil. here is a sample of what the
? _ resident may mean by "freedom of
i" seas." It is only one phase of the
?t'.i-stiOR. I mi it is one to which Great
'?-itain and France surely will acc*d?
? I her issues he has in mind, it is ron
; *'ded. may find just as ready acoui
? cence ^
Deep-Booted Public Fear.
still there is the deep-rooted fear.
. ,'Parently, in the American public
n.t about future trouble between
? r.at Britain and the United States.
. uis is frankly regarded as a form of
' .erman propaganda. just as was the
nig agitation concerning the "yellow
"?ril." and it is regarded in well in
?ormed quarters as having just as
"tt!e foundation.
Bu tone outcome may be, though
ere is no official suggestion as vet
i Uiat regard that a statement niay
- forthcoming from the White House
? rore the President goes abroad,
?d ng to clear up some of the points
*e this one. over which the Ameri
ri people seem fearful.
'.|? timt-bonored policy of Isolation
deeply rooted in American national
. hology. and friends of the Presi
? r.t are inclined to believe that has
jch to do with the anxiety about the
? suit of his seeking to press the
;ague of nations Idea. The word "in
-rnationallsm" is a bugaboo, and is
(Continued oo Second Pa??J
ALLIED WARSHIPS
ENTER BLACK SEA
PARIS, November 25 (Hint).
?Allied warships, the Bm
porus haTlnc been cleared ?(
mines, have entered the Black
?ea and visited various porta
from Varna around the southern
coast to Novorossysk.
DredKlns operations In tke
Bosporus were completed No
vember 20. French and otker
allied warships were detached
from the naval forces stationed
at Constantinople and visited
the Black sea ports of Varna,
Galata, Gregri, Semsnn, Slmopc,
Trebisond, Batnm, Potl and
.Vovoroasysk.
Gen. Prnnchet d'Enperey, com
mander of the victoriona aUied
forces in Macedonia, arrived la
Constantinople Saturday.
Has Better Hotel. Accommo
dations Than Versailles for
Peace Preliminaries.
NO ARMISTICE CHANGES
By the Associated Press.
PARIS, November 25.?The confer
ences on the preliminaries of peace
probably will be held at Paris Instead
of at Versailles, owing to the su
perior' accommodations and conven
iences in the capital. Only the formal
sessions at concluding: stages will be
l.eld at Versailles.
The only active sittings now going
on are those of the Joint armistice
commission, which holds daily ses
sions at Spa, the former German head
ouarters, but which now is held by
the French. French, British and
German delegates attend the meet
ings. Gen. Nudant represents Mar
shal Foch, with Commandant Sisteron
as his assistant. Gen. von Winter
feldt is the German military repre
sentative, and Matthias Erzberger, who
also was a member of the German
armistice delegation, participates In
most of the sessions.
Foch Be fuses Attention.
Some of the meetings $re describee
as having been very animated over
the efforts of the Germans to., obtain
modification of the terms of the
armistice. Marshal Foch's reply was
a refusal to consider a change, and a
dispatch from Basel gives the text of
the marshal's reply, which says:
"No attention can be given to the
demands presented in Gen. von Win
terfeldfs letter of November 21."
The joint armistice commission meet
ing appears to be in accordance with
clause thirty-four of the armistice, which
admitted the principle of a permanent
international armistice commission un
der the direction of the allied tnd naval
chiefs. While its duties are resti cted
to the execution of the armistice. It is
one of the preliminaries which will
ir.ergo later into the sessipns of the in
terallied conference and the pcace con
gress.
May Meet in January.
November 24.?According to informa
tion from one quarter, negotiations
for the signing of preliminaries of
peace cannot commence before early
in January. The discussion will take
about a month and a half, so that the
signing of the protocol would not oc
cur before the end of February. This
will necessitate a renewal of the ar
mistice. which expires on December
17 unless extended before that time.
Previous to the January sittings of
the congress, however, the interallied
conference will have sessions during
December, in which President Wilson
will take part.
Active preparations for the peace
congress are shown in the requisition
ing of a large number of the most im
portant hotels in Paris for the accom
modation of the extensive staffs of the
British, French, American, Italian and
other delegations.
Americans Choose Hotel Crillon.
The Americana have taken the
Hotel Crillon, facing the Place de la
Concorde, and the adjoining exten
sive office quarters formerly oc
cupied by the American Red Cross.
This gives the Americans a frontage
of nearly an entire block on the oppo
site side of the Rue Royale from
the ministry of the marine.
In all some twenty-five of the larg
est hotels in Paris have been taken,
creating a great stringency in hotel
accommodations, so that army and
navy officers and men are finding the
greatest difficulty in securing quar
ters.
No Modification Expected.
The Matin states that it is able to
inform Dr. Solf. the German foreign
secretary, that the overtures he has
inspired at the Hague are vain and
that the United States and the allied
governments will never modify the
armistice clauses.
The armistice as a whole lasts thir
:y-six days from the date of signing,
November 11. with the right of exten
sion and the right of denunciation on
forty-eight hours' notice. The evacu
ation of Alsace-Lorraine must be com
pleted by November 26 and the with
drawal of the German troops from the
Rhine country designated in the ar
mistice is limited to December 12.
A renewal of the armistice probably
will carry it beyond the opening of
the peace congress, when fuller con
sideration can be given to its continu
ance.
Restrictions on Submarins.
Restriction of submarine operations
against merchant ships, so aa to pre
vent attacks like that against the
Lusitania, doubtless will be proposed
in the discussion of the peace con
gress of the "freedom of the seas"
question.
It is the view of leading naval au
thorities who have examined this
branch of the subject that submarine
operations should be limited to at
tacking ships forming the regular part
of a navy. Attacks would be per
mitted against merchant ships, either
passenger or freight and whether
armed defensively or otherwise. Ac
cording to this view submarines would
continue to be an arm of a naval
service, bat their service would be
confined strictly to naval warfare.
This and many other subjects to
come before the peace oongresa are
now In format!v? state, as it will be
noma time, perhaps ? fortnight. More
the regular sittings of the interallied
conference are rnenraert toarraim the
preliminaries of tke ,
All Political Power in Hands
of Socialists' Republic
and Council.
CONVENTION OF DEPUTIES
SOON TO BE SUMMONED
London Press Sees,. Overthrow of
Ebert-Haast Combination in
Latest Hove.
By the Associated Pre?s.
COPENHAGEN. November 25.?An
agreement has been reached between
the German soldiers' ind workmen's
council and the government, it is offi
cially announced in Berlin. The
agreement provides:
"First?All political power is to be
in the hands of the German socialist
republic and the soldiers' and work
men's council.
"Second?Their aim is to defend and
develop what has been achieved by
the revolution and to suppress all
counter-revolutionary activity.
"Third?Pending the election of rep
resentatives of the soldiers' and work
men's council to an ^Stive
of the German republic the executive
council in Berlin is to exercise its
^"Fourth?The appointment and dis
missal of all members of the various
leeislattvo bodies of the republic and,
until the final constitution is ?s5a'?"
lished, of Prussia are to be made by
the central executive council, which
al"Fif^h?Before"th^cabinet appoints
assistant ministers the executive
council must be consulted.
"Sixth?A convention of deputies
drawn from the soldiers' and work
men? councils is to be summoned as
soon as possible.
Russian System in Theory.
sssss-s s.
soldiers and workmen's council and
the
i.j_n tinn and the adoption, at least
theoretically, of the ex.sting Russian
E,Itteu" admitted that the German
unci is have not y et dey eloped the
to the dts
^thi^taily Telegraph
remarks that it is rather significant
that Germany should have
even as a stop gap a measure which
was one of Lenlne s original and most
characteristic contributions to leg
iSTaheVDanytrMnaTl, while pointing out
the analogy to the developments in
Russia, suggests that the new step is
i part of I "big bluff" aimed at per
suading the allies that the old Ger
? u. . : defunct.
The Daily Express also thinks that
the menace of extremism is posslblj
exaggerated for the purpose of im
pressing the allies of the difficulties
] of the position.
Liebknecht Seeks to Win Soldiers.
BERLIN. Sunday, November 24 (by
the Associated Press).?Dr. Karl Lieb
knecht, the radical socialist leader, is
devoting himself primarily at present
to an effort to influence the men re
turning from the front. His henchmen
comprise a small army of red soldiers,
who are accused of packing various
meetings sufficiently to secure the ma
jority necessary to push through reso
lutions and other measures calculated
to embarrass the present government.
Dr. Liebknecht'a agitation in its en
tirety is the official propaganda of the
Spartacus group of extreme radicals.
-He chiefly directs his attacks at the
proposed national assembly. The indi
cations so far, however, are that his
Effort to win over the returning sol
diers has failed absolutely, and yester
dav's meeting was marked by the vio
lent opposition of soldiers who are
declared to have been attracted to the
meeting under false pretenses.
The radical leader's oratory is force
ful and vindictive. His principal ap
peal is to the proletariat.
"Did the bourgeoise while In power
nermit you to have a voice in the gov
SrJiment?" he will ask "No," he an
swers- "then the working man must
not allow it to have a say now. We
need a government of soldiers and
workmen, one typifying the prole
tariat, which will not have to bow
down before the entente.
"There must be no bickering: with
entente imperialism. We will dispose
of that just as we did of the tier
man autocracy. The revolution is
bound also to reach the entente coun
tries, but we, who made the Russians
waste wbole years, are demanding
that the revolution break out in Eng
land and France within twenty-four
k?Rosa Luxembourg is ably second
ing Dr. Liebknecht. Her oratory is
of the loquacious and fire-eating
hrand The Spartacus group meet
ingsare invariably attended bynum
erous women. .
PhiliPP Schetdemann, In Vorwaerts,
fl.nlares that the insecurity of the
government may be deduced from the
undisturbed activity of the Spartacus
faction, "who in their press, their
namphlets and their meetingB are en
deavoring to win over the soldiers
for bolshevism."
Free Speech a Menace.
The irony of the situation lies in
the fact that the freedom of speech
and of the press, for which the social
democrats have been clamoring, now
ia proving the chief source of menace
to the new government.
An attempted roouery recently of
60,000,000 marks belonging to the
treasury of Field Marshal von Mack
ensen's army is charged against mem
bra of the Spartacus faction. When
the car containing the funds reached
thA railway station here a few days
?ro it was taken over by a detach
ment of red-badged soldier*, claiming
to represent the Berlin soldieft and
workmen's government.
The funds had reached Berlin under
a strong guard and the unexpected
demand made upon the station crew
caused suspicion and led to an Inves
tigation by secret service men. Not
withstanding apologies to the effect
that a misunderstanding was respon
sible for the attempted seizure, the
red guards were arrested and interned
at police headquarters.
Their arrest occasioned considerable
resentment among the ultra radicals.
They held a meeting, which was ad
dressed h, Dr. Liebknecht and organ
ised for the rescue. A squad raided
fMiiicA headauartera on Thursday
andsuoceeded ia obtaining the
release of the men Implicated on the
rj" (CooUnaod oo Fifth PagaJ
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THE CHRONIC PEACE DISTURBER.
END-OF-WAR TRIALS
E
Hundreds of Thousands Out
of Work and Many Are
Without Food.
DISSENSIONS IN EMPIRE
i ? -I
VIENNA. Wednesday. November 20
(by th,e Associated Press).?Difficul
ties attending the process of return
ing to a peace footing after a great
war are illustrated here. Munition
factories have been shut down, throw
ing out of work hundreds of thou
sands.of men ??[? W?,
of jnfrHiAlng..
went?because ?* the ??*>?
Cold weather has already begun, said'
snow has fallen in Vienna.
While the streets of the city are
bright and the theaters and opera are
open^well dressed people are walking
I or using street cars, as cabmen de,
Ltnand from two to three dollars a
tride. This is all on the surface.
There is untold misery in the poorer
quarters, with a constant cry for
bread, of which there is provided half
a loaf a week for each person.
. Highest Prices in Europe.
Prices here are probably the high
est to be found in Europe and seem
fantastic. The price of a shirt waist
is $100, stockings cost $5, and a suit
of clothes $150. The profiteers are
also hit, the industry of weaving pa
per into -material for the manufac
ture of men's, and women's clothing
having virtually collapsed. This ma
terial. which once sold for $6 a yard,
is now being dumped on the market
at any price. A .
Vienna is making desperate efforts
to get food and coal, which the
Czecho-Slovaks are said to have of
fered, provided they are granted the
western strip of old Bohemia adjoin
ing old Bavaria. It is also stated that
propositions have been made by
American packing companies, but
cable communications are very slow
and uncertain.
Unable to Resume Business.
There is need for the business peo
ple here to open up their former vo
cations, but this at present Is 1m
^ It Is proposed to ask President Wil
son for help in carrying out the work
of adjusting the country to its new
life. The correspondent overheard a
dispute between an Austrian railroad
conductor and some Italians. The lat
ter asked: "Who was it who licked
Austria?" The conductor replied:
"Wilson did It and he will now help
us."
People Not Regretful.
i The biggest fact apparent in Austrian
j breaking up of housekeeping is thai
there is no poignant regret among tht
common people. The sentiment general
ly found was expressed by a soldier tht
correspondent met among the rivers o,
men retreating from the Italian fronts
This soldier said: "Now the war It
over and we are all brothers, whethei
French, British or Americans. Any kind
of a brother is a good one."
Along the line coming up from Trieste
to Vienna the correspondent talked witl;
dozens of officers who were disappointed
merely because their defeat had been at
the hands of the Italians, whose military
qualities they always scorned.
"If anybody else had done it we would
not mind," said one general, who de
clared the defeat might be attribute.!
to three reasons: Hungary's withdrawal
of support and troops, the war-tiredness
of the Austrlans, and President Wil
son's notes culminating in his refusal
to treat with Emperor Charles. These
reasons, he said, brought about the final
smash, with the soldiers refusing to
fight when attacked by the Italians.
Counter Revolution Growing-.
ZURICH, Monday. November 25.?
The counter revolutionary movement
in Austria ia progressing to such an
extent that the national council has
placarded the streets, warning the
public against it. It Is said that the
monarchists are resorting to all kinds
of methods to excite distrust of th'e
council and trying to frighten the peo
ple by th# prospect of allied occupa
tion. according to a Vienna dispatch
to the Frankfort Gazette.
Steamer Carib Floated, in Port.
new YORK. November 25.?The
American freight steamer Carib,
which went ashore off Point Lookout,
Long Island, - Thursday, has been
Boated and reached quarantine Here
yesterday. The Teasel's cargo waa
salvaged by other ships during the
three days tugs were trying to torn
the Carib into deep water. The steam
er does not appear; to be badly iin?
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RAILROAD EMPLOYES WANT TO GIVE
$2,000 A MONTH TO KEEP MR. McADOO
A telegram signed by representatives of employes of railroads
operated ont of St. Loots, received at Director Central McAdoo's office
today, pledged the employes to gfve *2,000 a month as part of the
director general's salary to ,keep him from retiring.
?We are opposed to your resignation," said the telegram, "and are
heartily In sympathy with your financial straits."
The telegram was signed by J. H. Klrkland and H. J. Garrison,
representing Wabash employes, and O. K. Sumner, representing the
Missouri Pacific employes.
ATLANTA, Ga* November 25.?"Well, Ira glad somebody appreci
ates my financial straits," was the only comment Secretary McAdoo
would make today on being told thnt railroad employes on roads run
ning out of St. Louis, Mo* had offered to add *2,000 a month to his
?alary as director general of railways If he would not resign. That
the director general could not accept such an offer, however, was made
certain by his stateasent a few minutes later that he Intended to re
name the practice of law. This, he said, would be after "one long and
satisfying vacation."
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Washington Advances 3 Per Cent
More Than in Best of Country.
Meal's Big Jump.
Housekeepers In Washington were I
paying 19.4 per cent more for their j
food supplies in September than they,
vert paying during the same month I
in 1917. This increase was a trifle
more than 3 per cent greater than the
average increase for food throughout
the United States.
This increase is shown by figures
contained in a report Just issued by
the bureau of statistics of the De
partment of Labor. According to this
report there was an average Increase
of 16 per cent In the cost of twenty
two basic food commodities in the
United States during the period men
tioned, these figures being"" based on
price quotations received monthly
from more than 2.000 retail stores.
Baltimore Has Greatest Bise.
Although Washington's food prices
increased above the average, Balti
more, Md., is shown to have expe
rienced the greatest rise during the
year, its increase being 23 per cent.
Salt Lake City showed the lowest in
crease. 10 per cent.
Other points showing a high in
crease were Seattle, Wash., 23 per
cent; Scranton, Pa., 21.3 per cent;
San Francisco. 20.6 per cent; Rich
mond, Va., 20.6 per cent; Charleston,
S. C., 20.5 per cent; Portland, Ore.,
20 per cent; Atlanta, Ga., 19.9 per i
cent; Los Angeles, 19.5 per cent, and i
Memphis, Tenn., 19.1 per cent. 1
Bise in Special Food Articles.
Although the department's report I
shows 4n ' detail the rise in retail I
prices of the principal foods during |
thm past five years, as veil' as for the J
past year, no explanation is given for
the extraordinary jump in the retail I
copt of food in Washington or. the*
other' cities, which experience large
increases. However, the report shows
that of'the principal food commodi
ties. hens experienced the greatest
increase in price throughout' the
country, or 38. per cent.
Chuck roasl increased 30 per cent;
round steak. 29 per cent; rib roast, 28
per cent; sirloin steak, plate boiliag
beef and bacon, 26 per cent each. Rice
was 26 per cent higher than a" year
ago. Beans,, flour, sugar, coffee and
bread were slightly cheaper.
For the flve-.year period, August 15,
1913, to August 15, 1918, all food com
bined showed an increase in price of
70 per cent throughout , the country.
All the seventeen commodities for
which prices have heen obtained for!
five years show increases of 52 per,
cent and ovef. Four articles in-i
creased over H?0 per cent, as follows: i
Corn meal, 127. per cent; lard and
flour, 106 per cent, and potatoes, 106
per cent.
i
Advances in Washington.
In Washington all pork prpdncts,
sirloin and round steaks, eggs, butter,
lamb and poultry showed extraordi
nary advances In price during the five
year period.
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Gen. Biddle Guest of Australians:
LONDON, Wednesday, November 20
?The Australian .and New Zealand
Club of London, gave a luncheon to
day to MaJ. Gen. John Biddle,-com
manding the American forces in the
United Kingdom, and Rear Admiral 8
8. Robison. who took the place of
Viae Admiral Sims, the latter fc?l?n
abaeat In Scotland, assisting in taking
over the eewwlerwl German war*
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1HWEENI
Other Alleged Offenders Included
in Report Made Today by -
Grand Jury.
George Schneider, said to be man
ager of a local moving- picture the
ater, was Indicted today by the grand
Jury on charges of intimacy with a
girl under sixteen years, and with
having in his possession obscene,pic
tures. The girl in the case is said
by the police to have been employed
at the theater and to have visited
Sohneider's apartment.
Larceny from the United States is
charged in an indictment returned
against James R. Jones, who is said
to have taken a quantity of station
ery from a governipent warehouso
and to have hidden it in his board
i ing house. Jones is at liberty on
$5,000 bail.
The grand jurors ignored a charge
of homicide preferred against Rosa
Brown, colored, who caused the death
of a colored man with a pair of scis
sors. A charge of rape against
Krnesto Fairmonte was ignored, as
well as a case of housebreaking
against John W. Montgomery and
| Claude H. Bell.
Twenty-Eight Indictments.
A total of twenty-eight indictments
were reported by the grand jury, in
which were included Joseph F. Brown
and Dennis H. Palmer, grand larceny;
Alphonzo H. Thomas, William T. Jones,"
John W. White, Ralph Wormly and Den
nis H.. Palmer, housebreaking and lar
ceny; George Schneider and Herman
Bemelot Moens, obscene pictures;
Charles Lee Mezick, George W. Masc
hauer, jr., Orick J. Biondi, Thomas Mar
tin, Frederick W. Koppen nd James
Crawford, non-support; William Allen,
Frank Mike. Maud Hill and Elizabeth
Johnson, robbery; Antonio Da Braccio
and Frank E. Bald, assault with dan
gerous weapon; O'Donnell T. Arm
strong, WadsTOorth Brooks, Joseph Pin
zell and William Jones, Joy riding; Bur
dette W. Selecman, adultery; George
Schneider, carnal knowledge; Eugene C.
Neville, seduction and fornication; Ed
ward J. Winfrey, forgery and uttering;
Heneon Briggs, assault with dangerous
weapon and assault to kill.
BRITISH MINE SWEEPERS
TO CLEAR WAY TO KIEL
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By the Associated Press.
IXKJDON, November 25.?A flotilla
of mine sweepers left the Firth of Forth
this morning to clear a passage to
[Kiel for the British squadron, which,
it is understood, will disarm and in
tern the remnants of the German
navy.
Wilhelmshaven will also be visited
by a squadron, which, it is reported,
will comprise one battleship and a
flotilla of destroyers.
YOH MACXEHSEN IN BERLIN.
Commander in Rumania Forced to
Change Route.
AMSTERDAM, November 24.?Field
Marshal voir Mackensen, the former
German commander in Rumania, ar
rived in Berlin Thursday with his
staff, according to a Berlin dispatch
to the Bhenish Westphaiian Gazette.
- Tike German troops returning with
him met Czechoslovak forces at
Sillain. Moravia, and were unable to
continue the Journey by way of Oden
berg and were forced to withdraw
from Aastrn by way of Vienna and
SALE OF FIREARMS
ILD AS TOO FREE
j
Maj. Pullman Recommends
Stricter Regulations in
Annual Report.
Copies of the annual report of Maj.'
Raymond W. Pullman, superintendent
of police, have been received from the
printer and are ready for distribution.
What Maj. Pullman thinks is one of
the most important parts of his report
is his recommendation for a better
regulation governing the sales of fire
arms.
Hi The superintendent of police is not
in favor of the O'Sullivan law, which
Is intended to prohibit the possession
of firearms, he says, because then the
thug would go armed, while the rep
utable citizen would not be able to
protect his own home.
Views on Firearm Question.
Maj. Pullman's views on the question
of firearms are given in his report as
, follows:
"The large number of crimes com
mitted during the year by irresponsi
i ble people, particularly by bootleggers
I and poolroom hangers-on carrying
dangerous weapons, emphasizes the
need for increased police authority to
j regulate more strictly the sale of flre
; arms of all kinds. At the present time
I a person may purchase a firearm by
; going in any store or second-hand shop
and putting down the money for the
weapon, then going out and perhaps
killing a person in the next half hour.
Many crimes result from persons buy
ing revolvers in like manner and
shooting others while in a fit of pas
sion.
"There is great need at the present
time of a law which would make it
necessary for every person to nuike
written application to a dealer for the
purchase of a firearm and tho cealer
should be prohibited from inaiung de
livery for at least fifteen days pllrr
application is made. This period wojIJ
I five the police department time to
inquire into the character of the pros
I pective purchaser and. incidental,}-. give
the prospective purchaser time So lose
his fit of passion if he desires to pur
chase the revolver to harm any one else.
"It is not believed by the police de
partment that persons shoul.1 be pro
hibited from purchasing firearms for
the protection of their own homes, but it
it believed that all persons owning fire
arms should be registered and that un
registered firearms which are found
should be objects of 'or.fiscation, and
that where a person has possession of
an unregistered firearm that the same
shall be considered prima facie evidence
of having the same with wrongful in
tent, and such persons snould bo sub
jected to a fine, or imprisonment, or
both.
"Of the persons murdered each year
in the District of Columbia with fre
arms fully two-thirda are committed
by irresponsible persons who never
should have been allowed to purchase
a weapon, and if they were in posses
sion <*f a weapon this fact should
have keen known to the police. It is,
therefore, recommended that the
Commissioners urge the enactment of
a. very simple law fruch as the fol
lowing, which would greatly assist
the authorities in further regulation
of the selling of firearms.
Says Penalties Too Light.
"A better law for the regulation of
the sale of firearms Is no more need
ed at the present time, however, than
the stricter enforcement of the pres
tne concealed-weapon law in the
courts and a more vigorous prosecu
tion of all persons brought before the
courts for carryiny concealed weap
ons. During the past year scores of
persons whom officers have arrested
at the risk of their lives have been
let out of court without a.iy fine or
j Imprisonment whatsoever, and in a
number of other cases the minimum
i instead of the maximum fine or im
prisonment was imposed. A mini
mum sentence for any crime is merely
a means of encouraging the further
commitment of the same crime.
"It is indeed unfortunate that two
of the bravest officers of the police
department, Lieut- David T. Dunigan
,'and Private John A. Conrad, had to
! lose their lives befori the courts
could be awakened to the terrible
effects of the practice of letting vio
laters of the pistol carrying law ofT
with minimum fines or imprisonment
or dismissing their cases altogether.
REASONS FOR UNSETTLED
CONDITIONS IN AUSTRIA
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Former Fiume Deputy Ascribes the
Unrest Partly to Clash of
Nationalities.
VIENNA, Friday, November 22 (by
the Associated Press).?The unset
tled conditions in the former Austro
! Hungarian empire are due to differ
' ences between the various nationali
, ties and lack of food, according to
j Andreas Ossoinack, formerly a deputy
from Fiume in the Hungarian lower
house.
"The allied countries," he said to
day, "should send a temporary com
mission here to settle the disputes
growing up ori all sides between the
Czechs, Austrians. Hunearians, Ital
ians and Jugo-Slavs who appear un
willing to wait for the peace con
ference, thinking that what they are
able to grab now they will be able
t<* keep. There is an instanoe of this
at Fiume where the population is
75 per cent Italian, but who are dis
turbed by Jugo-Slav bands. All the
disputed territories snould be occu
pied by American troops who are im
mensely popular and who would be
able to keep order without friction.
"Unfortunate Vienna should re
ceive food and coal immediately or
else there will be the greatest ca
lamity here in two weeks. There is
no coal to bake bread or to maintain
the supply of electricity. The dark
ness of the streets invites Bolshevism
and looting by starving persons.
'It is possible to send trains by way
of Trieste. The railway is open, but it
should be guarded by a few Ameri
cans, to keep off the Jugo-Slavs,
There is food in the Austrian country
districts, but the Czechs will not let
it come through. They want disorder
hefre. so they may occupy Vienna with
their troops."
GEN. MANN IN CIVIL PPJtSUlT.
Will Go to France as Bepresenta
tive of Trust Company.
Brig, Gen. William A. Hans. XJ. S.
A., retired, former chief of the militia
bureau of the War Department. Is go
insr^o France as the representative of
a big New Tork trust company.
Gen. Mann trained and took to
France the Rainbow Division. He was
compelled to relinquish that command
on account of illness.
He served in the Santiago campaign
and in the Philippines and has a fine
imcati aa an Inrtiaa
HEALTH PERMITTING
Hlinoisan Has No Present In
tention of Declining Honor
From Republicans.
MR. GILLETT WILL NOT
WITHDRAW AS CANDIDATE
Mr. Longworth Slated for Actfre
Leadership of Hii Party
on the Floor.
Representative James R. Mann hat
no present Intention of declining te
allow the republicans in the next Con
gress to honor him with the speaker
ship. "X am feeling fine," was th?
message he sent today from Johns
| Hopkins Hospital, in Baltimore. He
went there solely to get the opinion
of the physicians, who had previously
been able to find nothing- organically
or chronically wrong with him, as te
his physical condition for taking on
the duties of Speaker.
A sudden flare-up of confident newt
paper stories, picking other promi
nent republican as practically sura
or the speakership, seem to be baaed
in a series of conferences here last
week and an intimation, said to have
come from Will H. Hays, the repub
lican national chairman, that Repre
sentative Mann on his return from
Baltimore will announce that he will
not be a candidate.
Friends Scoff at Prediction.
Close friends of Mr. Mann have na
I ihL1,? !n any such Prediction, and ?ay
they do not expect that any other ln
ther^itl?" an, 'jonest opinion as to
the condition of his health will deter
*?ann from the speakership.
Today comes a brand new complicn
?w, ^ he, P?utical prophets hava
nnrtL overlooked. Newspaper re
tivft rm2?6f Elate?, ,hat Kepresantw
of Massachusetts and
Representative Madden of Illinois
? ?Lf??n wil1 1,6 eliminated. If thla
n<w Pla-nned neither Mr. Giliett
nor Mr. Madden knows about it. ami
neither believes it is true.
hero~? thc new Phase on the
situation: The Giliett candidacy in
no way depends on whether Mr.
Sho-v. ij.a candida-te or is not. The
withholding of a formal announce
ment by Mr. trlllett that he is a can
?i not of any doubt aa
to his intention, but is only out of
^T'eSy, }? Representative Mann, al
lowing him time to make a formal
announcement of his candidacy. It
stated with authority that
whether or not Mr. Mann is a candi
?*11 be.1" speakership, Mr. Giliett
It became known today that friends
him ?ireSOntat'"e Giliett have pledged
him strong support; that they believe
n?*0.-1] b?.elected; that a canvass of
the situation shows he has not onlv
the support of New England, but that
his conduct of business as acting ml
i? er 'n the absence ot Rep
lo ?"u Mann and his scnioritv
as a House member have given hlrii
country?^ f?Ilowinff a? ?>er the
Canvass of the Situation.
A canvass of the situation mada
im^rtially as to the meri? and wT
pective opposition to each proposed
candidate shows as follows- posea
/ames R Mann of
, Illinois?His leadership during th.?
1 annreefereemeCrat'C C?ntro1 gives hlm
oomes from the middle weer
? iS Rave the republicans control
!" th.f. exf House. His training dur
? whole legislative career has
dur?n<r?*th this goal, because even
t ? 5 speakership of "L'ncle
Joe Cannon it was Mr. Mann's stud*
and care over all the 35,000 bills In
troduced which cut down the unani
mous oonspnt, requests and motions
uLTxr-T'Ti t e rules- He also is con
sidered the one leader on which the
??? 3. other members am
bitious for the speakership could beac
unite without surviving ill feeling or
friction. It also is pointed out that
ae the House now is controlled bv
rules the office of Speaker is one oC
honor rather than of arduous labor,
ancj that Mr. Mann's health will not
ce a bar to his acceptance of the
honor.
Representative Frederick H Giliett
of Massachusetts: He is a veteran
member, and has made a good record
as acting floor leader without caus
ing ill feeling to crop out. By en
vironment, coming from New Eng
land, he must be a radical protection
ist.
It is objected that he comes from
the east, while the middle west should
have recognition because it swun^
the control of the next House. It als<?
is pointed out that Massachusetts in
the recent election has sent a demo
crat to replace a republican senator
for the first time in history. There
are those studying the poltical situa
tion who contend that this is all tha
more in favor of Representative Gil
iett's election, since the republican
party by honoring him would be
strengthening its hold on New Eng
land.
Candidacies Are Contingent.
Representative Martin J. Madden of
Illinois: He has said that he will be
a candidate if Representative Haw is
not. In that event he would have the
solid support of the great state ef
Illinois, which now is exercising a
strong political influence and coming
stronger. He has been an activtf partv
man in debate and has many friends In
the House.
Representative J. Hampton Moora of
Pennsylvania: He also will be a candi
date if Representative Mann is not.
The power to hold the big state of
Pennsylvania solid through Ms en
cumbency as Speaker would be
reckoned, but the position of Senator
Penrose in the Senate may operate to
deter the next Congress from portion
ing out too much honor to Pennsyl
vania in preference to other states
Representative Simeon D. Fess ef
Ohio:
Representative Nicholas Longworth
of Ohio:
The ambitions ef these two candi
dates must be considered together be
cause they would be opponents from
the same state splitting up each oth
er's strength.
Recognition may be given te Repre
sentative Fess on account of the part
he took as chairman of the republican
congressional committee in winning a
republican majority in the next House.
He also is known as a strong party
man. ?
Representative Longworth will havn
an Important vole* la the republican