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WEATHER FORECAST.
Rain-and much colder to-day and to-night;
to-morrow partly cloudy.
Highest temperature yesterday, 69; lowest, 54
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VOL. LXXXVI.?NO. 211?DAILY. NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29, 1922.-"iSgr<^?ro,g;SS&'l%Sg,1%Tgr- PRI(;?,.J?E c?tents !
RICKARD ACQUITTED
IN NINETY MINUTES;
APPLAUSE IN COURT
Jury Reports Its Verdict
Early To-day, Soon After
Niglit Session Ends.
CHARGE IS IMPARTIAL
Justice Wasservogel Gives
Review of Testimony in |
Ail of Its Angles.
STEUER HINTS FRAMEIJP
Pecora in Summing: Up Calls
Alibi False and Tnsists
Girls Tell Truth.
Tex Rickard, boxing promoter, was
Acquitted at 12:20 o'clock this morn
ing before Justicc Wasservogei of the
Supreme Court of the charge made
against him in behalf of Sarah Schoen
feld. fifteen-year-old schoolgirl. The
jijrry had'been out an hour and a half
The verdict of "Not guilty" was
greeted by a burst of handclapping
and checrs from the hundred or morel
of the promoter's friends who filled the !
courtroom. l>ickard,' standing in the
prisoner's clock, smiled for the first
time since lie was placed on trial on
March 20. Kiom the courtroom he was
taken to the Sheriff's office in the
Criminal Courts Building, where lie
was congratulated personally by his
friends.
"Boys," he said, "I was never eo j
happy in my life. 1 once shot craps for'
$35,000 a throw, but the suspense of'
that was nothing to the last hour.!
That jury was made up of the greatest j
poker faces I've ever seen. They have
my heartiest thanks.'*
Mri. RIckard In Thankful.
?Mrs. Mary RIckard. the promoter'3 j
wife, when told over the telephone of
i he jury's verdict, exclaimed, "Thank
Cod !" Due to illness she was uqable to
be present in the court room and the
result of the trial was telephoned to her j
by Frank Flournoj, matchmaker at
Madison Square Garden.
RIckard left the building surrounded
by his friends and entered a motor or
to return to his home, at 80 Madison
avenue, where he will .spend the first
night aince he was placed on trial. His
bail was cancelled by the court on the
first day of the trial and he haa slnco
been confined in a oell in Tombs prism.
There are three other indictments
rending against him?those concerning
He three other joung girls?Nellie
Cpsko, the corroborating witness: Alice
Ruck and Anna Uess. Max D. Steucr,
his counsel, said last night, however,
that he had been told by Ferdinand Pe
cora. Chief Assistant Dlstrkt Attorney.
? ho prosecuted the case, that the in
dictments would not be pressed. His
bail of $23,000, it is understood, will
1. continued for the present.
As the Jurors took their seats Justice
Wasservogei gave orders that no demon
stration should be made upon the an
nouncement of the verdict. Despite his
admonition, however, when Albert C.
Hoy, foreman, pronounced the words
that gave RIckard his freedom, the
.-ourtroom waa filled with applause. Sev
eral men left their seats in an effort to
.f>ach RIckard, but were forced down
y nd Immediately slicnced by the at
tendants.
RIckard Feels Appreciation.
RIckard expressed appreciation to the
many newspaper men present for the ,
fnlr way they had handled the case, j
"Thank you all. God bloee you!" he said. \
"You've been very good to me."
Justice WasservoKel's charge to the j
.iury lasted for an hour and a half and i
touched upon virtually every phase of j
testimony presented during the week ;
and a half of the trisl. It followed the |
end of the lengthy summations made
during the afternoon by Mr. Steuer and |
Mr. Pecora and an hour'a adjournment
i f the court for supper.
The Juatlce outlined the evldenee i
presented by both prosecution and de- i
f'nse. and Interpreted It in a legal sense j
to the Jurymem. He Impressed upon the ,
.Iury that It must decide whloh side to
believe In the great ma#.* of contradlc- I
lory testimony that had been presented. .
He then dwelt upon the alibi defense j
that had been Introduced by Mr. Steuer |
telling the Jury that such a defense, If ;
fatsbllshed beyond the shadow of n j
doubt, was the grenteat proof of inno- '
cenec. He qualified the statement, how
ever, with the warning that an alibi
defense was extremely "easy to con
voct."
The point made several times during
the trial by Mr. Steuer that credence
should not be given to the testimony of
Sarah Hchdenfeld snd Nellie Gasko be
cause of their confessed bad characters
also wiii touched upon. All evidence
drawn from the plaintiff. In auch cases
as this, he explained, was usually from
such sordid sourcee?from persons of,
admitted bad character. (
Duriivtr hla summation, which con
sumed thre? hours, Mr. Steuer scored
the prosecutor for the questions he had
asked RIckard, when on the stand Mon
day, about his remembrance of ever
having been caught cheating at cards,
which he declared to be untrue.
He compared the records, as pre
sented In testimony, of Richard and the
girl witnesses. Both girls had admitted
to numerous dereliction#! nf 'a moral na
ture when on the ?<t!ind. He then hinted
at a "fmtne-up" or blaekmall plot
sgalnst RIckard. faying he was the nat
ural target, as a msn of prominence, of
Unscrupulous persons.
Mr. Pecora, In an Impsssloned sum
mation of eoual length, combfitted tlu
points trade by Mr. St< u. r. termed the
alibi defense obviously "fabricated and
?ptirlous" snd ridiculed the "Insinua
tions" of black mail.
RIckard. when questioned about the
$85,000 crap game, said he nlaved It
with a man named Carstairs In Phila
delphia.
What the President will *e? If He Ones to
Alaska- Told In funrtay's Magazine. Th?
N'w York HersH.-/<(*!??
Theatrical snd Betel and Restaurants.
AMvtrtisIng will found on rsge 8.?.tdi>.
f \
Wouldn't Limit Women.
Says Hylan in Chicago
CHICAGO. March 28?Mayor
Hylan of New York, before
starting for home to-day af
ter three days as Chicago's guest,
was informed that Police Commis
sioner Enright had rescinded his or
der prohibiting women from smok
ing in public and expressed satis
faction, saying:
"I make it a policy in my ad
ministration never to interfere with
the ladles?for they will do as they
please anyway."
V J
WOMEN MAY SMOKE;
BAN ALL A MISTAKE
Sweeping Order Rescinded by
Knright as Mystery of Or
dinance Is Cleared.
CLERK'S ERROR BLAMED
Veteran Employee Clips De
feated Measure and
Promulgates It.
The women of New York that is, ,
those of them *ho like to smoke
puffed their cigarettes in uninterrupted
enjoyment last night in any hotel
restaurant or other public place that ,
suited their fancy.
The police order of the night before. |
w'.iich had all but knocked New York
for a goal, was based on an ordinance.
which never had been enacted, never,
had been signed by Mayor Hylan, anc ,
which, even if it had been bona fide,
was not even properly certified to the
Poiice Commissioner.
The document on which Commis- ^
sioner EnriKht acted was a copy of a j
proposed 01 dinance which had been < e- .
feated overwhelmingly weeks before
and had been fwnt to the Com?^" |
sioner through the error of a clerk of,
the Board of Aldermen. I
The first act of Commissioner fcn- .
right yesterday morning was to re
scind his order. Despite that there
were restaurants in New York which
bv afternoon had not received word
of the rescinding order and were ex
hibiting newspaper clippings to their j
women patrons as proof that
against the law for them to smoke.
Cmt"e'a Sinn"*'"*'*
Commissioner EnriKht s
was to begin explaining. A gi>od p
of the day was spent by various offi
cial* of the Hylan admini.tratlon ex;
plaining how it Ml happened Bjnght
fall everything appeared pretty well ex j
plained away except one thing. ,
How did Commissioner Knright hap >
nen to i?sue his famous order on a docu
ment that .lid not bear the signature of |
Certification of Michael J. Cruise. City
C1Thke? form on which the Commissioner
re -elved the-supposed ordinance had - j
space provided for the City Clerk s sig- ,
nature, but there was no signature ,
either bv hand or rubber stamp. The
document wjl* remarkable in one other
respect also, which failed to arouse the
ln'er st of the Commissioner. That was
tl-e fact that the date of the supposed
approval by the Mayor was first
stamped on the paper as January 26. ,
That was canceled by hand and the
date, March 1*. was written in.
No explanation could be obtained per
sonally from the Commissioner re*?5/
Jng why he acted on a document which
.,5 hpar the signature of the City
Clerk. The Commissioner's secretary^
r
in...
K, document not "
whether the department was In a habit
Tf receiving and acting on uncertified ,
documents.
??Clerk'* Office ne?p?n?H?le." |
On the other hand, he referred to a |
letter from Mr. Cruise: in whl*=h j
tei took the responsibility on the City
Clerk s ome- and declared the efforts of
the newspapers to find out Just wh>. the
Commissioner acted on an ?nccrtl^d i
?.? "u an effort to shift the respon- |
nihility and bring about a "P1,t het*?'"
the Police Department and the Cit> ,
Clerk's office. . i
The Police Commissioner sei.t the |
"ordinance" to Murray Hulbert. 1 real- j
dent of the Board of Aldermen and
Acting Mayor In the absenc.^ M*y,?
Hvian who was In Chicago. Mr. Hi 1
bert exhibited the paper, showing that
the signature of the City Clerk was
'*"??1 "cannot conceive or how "Hon
could have been taken on that w-lthout
at least some inquiry to find ou
whether everything was all right. If I
had been Police Commissioner I c?r
talnly would have found out why the
City's Clerk's signature was missing be- ,
tSL l enforced such a drastic regulation
nffertlng the whole city as that did.
The fact that the date on whleh the
Mayor was supposed to have approved
the act had been changed should ha\e
been sufficient to arrest hl^ttentlorv
Kv?n if the ordinance had been passen
anThad been transmitted In Perfectly I
rerular order I think I should have <*>n
ferred with the Mayor before taklnK
such a drastic step." , ? !
The only explanation of his action
by Commissioner Bnrlght follows.
"The smoking order has ^'n res. lnd
ed The ordinance came with the Alder
manic papers. It Is now discovered
"hat the Mayor's ^^"tolll " ;
it Tt 1* now rwd"<lr(l' Tnat an ;
"'J" WTo"',*So .r?.r ?'
City Clerk Cruise to the Commissioner, j
"Oil"March 22, 1*22. a ropy of a. pro-|
ncaerl ordinance of the Board of Alder
men prohibiting any feinale from smo^
. In nubile places was delivered to
certified as being adopted by the.
Board of Aldermen and approved by His
H^ThlshwaMsH an' error of one of the j
attaches of this office. The ordinance |
fontlnned Ftr?. j
n.u.i>rirr White Sulphur Hprlns*. W. Vs.
ssssri:1
SHOT STOPS DRIVER
IN TWO DIE CHASE
AFTER HE HITS BOY
Policcman in Fast Chase
From East Harlem lTp
Across Bronx.
SHOOTS TWO I\ AIJMS
Fugitive Tries to Ram
Bechtele's Motor in
Zigzag Race.
POLICE 'SHOOFLIES* OUT
Merchandise Worth $27,000
Taken in Three Robberies
Newly Revealed.
Patrolman William C. Beehtele of
the East 126th street station, driving
his own automobile, set out in pursuit
of Joseph O'Connor of 71 East 128th
street yesterday afternoon after O'Con
nor. driving a truck, had run down
Edward Mason. 14. of 53 West 122d
street, at Lexington avenue and 129th
street. O'Connor had not stopped after
tho accident and the shouts of the
crowd that had gathered attracted the
attention of the patrolman, who wa*
off duty but in uniform.
The policeman chased O'Connor s
machine across the Willis avenue
bridge into The Bronx, nnd at Alexan
der avenue and East 135th street flred
a shot after, it is said, O'Connor had
tried to engineer a collision between
the two motor cars. The bullet hit
Edward Grady, 15, of 373 East 135t.i
street, in the left arm.
While other policemen sent Grady
to Lincoln Hospital the chase was con
tinued back across Willis avenue east
into Southern Boulevard, a total dis
tance of approximately two miles.
Track Trie* to Back Him.
ratrolman Beehtele said later that
several times during the chase, which
caused considerable excitement, O'Con
nor tried to swing his truck around
and run It against the touring c*r
driven by the policeman. BccMec
managed to Hedge each time, how
ever. and kept up the pursuit as
O'Connor swung back Into the road\.a:.
and went on. Beehtele chased the truck
into Southern Boulevard, and at Last
123d street, when O'Connor still refuse
to stop, he ft red another shot.
Tills bullet struck O'Connor In the lett
arm He dropped the steering wheel and
the truck ran wild for a few yard.,
until Beehtele ran hts own mathlr..
alongside and stopped it. ?'c?"nor ^
arrested and taken to the Last. 1-Cth
street station, charged with lea\ ing -Vu
'scene of an accident. The only cxpla-.a
Uon he would offer was that he was
nervous and didn't rc.llM what he was
Hrinc After he had been booked; OCon
L waV sent to Lincoln Hospital,
vine Mason was sent to Harlem Hos
pital where surgeons said that he was
only bruised.
IHRh Powered Cars Order*.
The twelve police flivver runabout.
erally lh , ?? They aro not
grants off t . _ p'iacc of the motor
uesigned to take J*'?*,0 Mrl> which
ttSSS&l" in which
tv J thieve, obtained merchandise v?uucd
^Irl tl an $27,000 became known
\ esterdn v. Furs valued at ?15.000 were
yesieraa. K?h?ffcr Brothers at 13o
VYest" Twenty-sixth street Saturday
rleht and the same night robbers cn
* i' .hi Inft of the Keystone Press
Company in th#?,ame building ,nd stole
S. viUl ... ???? Th'
Costume Company. Inc.. at '
m,.,. third street, was entered iasi r ri
day night by robbers, who stole gewns
^aluedat 110.000. The bulklness of the
loot m ?hl. latter robbery has led to the
belief that robbers used a large auto
moblle truck.
BRITISH DRINK LESS
BEER, MORE SPIRITS
Latter's Per Capita Increase
Nearly Quart in Nine Years.
London. March M.-Thc drinking of
hard liquor In the British I"*'"
creased p?>r capita of the Populatlon and
the consumption of beer
off. according to a statement mad. In
the House of Commons to-day b> Sir
Robert S. Home. Chancellor of the Lx
chwiucr. __ ,
Sir Robert said each person Is now
drinking at the rate of 7Ml <!?*rtsof
beer, as against 10'i quarts in 1913. and
2 4-5 quarts of spirits, as against ?/
quarts for the same Period.
W W. Ashley, Coalltlon-t nlonlst
member for Fylde. asked Sir Robert lf
he was aware that the beer of to-da>
contained no alcohol.
BILL TO RECOGNIZE
ILLEGITIMATE CHILDREN
To Be Introduced in Commons
as Government Measure.
London. March 28.?A bill to legiti
mize the offspring of unmarried i arents
In to be Introduced shortly In the House
ot Commons aa a Government measure,
according to Oapt. Oewte E. Bowyer.
Member of Parliament for Buckingham.
He made the announcement In an ad
dress at a recent meeting of the Na
tions! League for Health, Maternity and
Child Welfare.
r
Pastor With Soldier Sons
Despises Bonus Raiders
Spectat Dispatch to The Nrw To*k Hiuld.
?w York Herald Bureau, >
Washington. D. C., Mnrch "!*. (
| * ROM a clergyman in Massa
chusetts there came this pr<v
test against the bonus raid
to a Senator who is opposed to it:
"As a clergyman who had two
sons in the late war I want to com
mend you for your notable stand on
the bonus question. Words fail me
to express the contempt which stirs
my soul as I think of the mer
cenary spirit which has supple
mented the spirit of patriotism In
the hearta of the officers of the
American Legion. I am proud to
say that iny sons are not lifting
their voices to clamor for a bonus.
Th?y are patriots. May your voice
be strong against the miserable pol
iticians who are afraid of losing
their jobs."
PLOT TO KILL RED
DELEGATES TO GENOA
Czarist Emissaries Arrested in
Latvia Include Princess
and Other Women.
ARMED GUARDS SUPPLIED
! Tehitcherin Leaves Moscow
"With First Party of Soviet
Representatives.
V.
j
Moscow. March 2S ' (Associated
! Press).?The first delr.chment of Rus
j sian delegates to the Gentw. conference
| left here to-night. George Tchitcherin,
! the Foreign Minister, is in the party.
Rica. March 28 (Associated Press).?
! Discovery of what the secret police
I describe as a well organized plot to
j assassinate the Russian Soviet dele
gates to the Genoa conference while ,
passing through Latvia resulted in a j
large number of arrests to-day. :
Among the principals of the alleged !
| plot were several Russians who were '
! said to belong to a monarchist moVe- i
ment making its headquarters in Oer- >
; many.
It was owing to discovery of plotting j
against the Soviet delegates tliat the
Letts, who granted safe conduct to the
Russians, decided days ago to guard the
delegation carefully.
A roundup of "Whites" and others ac
tive in antl-Bolahevik organizations was
begun Sunday. Among those taken into
custody was Princess Lieven. the wife
of a General in the army of the Rus
sian Emperor, who served later with
Gen. Yudenltch. and several other worn
| en considered by flip police as agitators.
It is announced by the police that the
i Princess and many othera of the sus
pects will be released as soon the
delegates have passed out of Latvia.
I Reports that Gen. Boris Savlnkoff. an
active leader of antl-BolshrvlU activities,
jis in Riga aro denied in uolitical and
i police circles. but the police Iiuvp ad-.
: mltted the arrest of two of his lf>vlers.
The Lettish officials announce that
;thc Soviets will be given nil tin pro-1
1 tection with their power. Owing to the
' discovery of the plot, the time of the |
expected arrival of the Russians will be j
kept secret.
CZARISTS ATTEMPT
TO KILL MILUKOFF
White Russian Leader Saved
by Friend, Who Is Shot.
Berlin, March 28 (Avgociated Pr?>ss). j
, ?An attempt was made to assassinate
Prof. Paul X. Milukoff. former Minister |
I of Foreign Affairs in the Russian Pro
visional Government, while he was ad
I dressing a gathering of Russians to-'
I night.
The attempt was frustrated by Vlad- :
? imlr Xaboukoff. who himself was killed
I by a bullet aimed at Milukoff. Prof.
I Milukoff was not injured. Ills assail*
; ants were two former Ilussian officers.
!who shouted "We will have revenue for
I the death of the Cr.ar" as they fired t
| from seats in the auditorium.
Prof. Milukoff was speaking on his
j recent visit to the T'nlted States and re
! carding the European situation. His
address was moderate In tone and non
i political.
M. Xaboukoff was Secretary of State i
| in the first Russian parliamentary Cab- |
j inet under Prince Lvoff. He wa* a noted
I authority on criminology and editor of,
the Russian newspaper Rul In Berlin.
Prof. Milukoff for Mveral year* was
the leader of the Constitutional pr-mo
' rratlc or Cadet party In Russia. Since
! the overthrow of the Provisional Govern
? ment he has been active in movements '
to drive th* Soviets from power.
MEXICO HAS BRITISH 'PLAXEi. I
Mr.xico CtTY, March 28.?Twenty air
planes purchased from the British Gov
ernment arrived here to-day. They will
assembled at a local plant.
CONSTITUENTS RAKE
MEMBERS OF HOUSE
FOR BACKING BONUS
I
One Eastern Representative
Gets 200 Letters From In
dignant Merchants.
LOSES THEIR SUPPORT
Southerner Finds Incensed
Home Folk Are Putting
Rival in Primaries.
ANTIS RECEIVE PRAISE
Senate Intends to Examine
Legion Officials on Their
Propaganda Funds.
B.r I.OTIS SEIBOI,D
Special D?patrh ,B Thb n>w ^ ^ ^ |
W?^''Von?r ;
Members of the House of Represen
. " Wh? ?'?*< in jamming the
bonus raid on the PubIic
hearth ^ ^ ,re *"???"'?* to
from th* '?lks back home
o/th 1C p Of ;0mm"ndi"S the defiance
of the President and Secretary Me,
Ion constituent., of member* who
? to impose a -15.000.000 000 ad
ditional burden on the country'ILl
their displeasure ' *pres*
term,. " "? ""measured
Most of the House members a-hn
have receive! moers who
???.?. * expressions of con
empt ,or their Rurrer)der t<>
rents of politic il reprisals from the
ir rhr:randi8ts are k-pi
thevV<T' ReprMentatlv?? who thought
making a clever politic*
move in voting toe ,h. , P0IUical
IO' ,he bonus raid
, ,ic rJT" Uem" <"? not think ,0
A Representative from an Easter*
2oS7etS,aU! re had recclved more than
hi r 'rS 0rn Ieat,,n* merchants in
his rftatnet who notified him that they
o . r oppose lus renomination because
of his vote for the bonus.
< p . nival t.ndid.t,
for ,ho ?rK"? ,?*f'Z7?!n*"h"
EST?- '? ?* ???? nom
ssz vxiL?>~'r
<?* ss: rsi-ss- -T
bonus. y *ote for the
comm'na,n,
^4?r??,
men affiliated with ti>* - <er\ice
jue^ 2.
?.tiy dhP?? ,h,;;p.?aTcr?'r
,,p"of hr n?.,Pd.
Application to the le*in?
of tho posts which have expressed di's
approval of the bonus has euX,
=var^brv~'
In a S|>eech the .\>w Turk J _v
who voted against ?ii k member
??Mr ? ' , . thfi bonus said:
Mr. Speaker. I think nothing has
happened during my entire service fn '
LtET/?' Wh,Ch ' f*" ???"? - Proud
* in thne?fT0Ur ATriCan r^?"
52,
ient *Th 'il,aVr ,h" honor ,0
, "t- Those legion posts adopted reso
lutions opposing the payment of a cash
bonus to able bodied ex-service men
and they requested me to carrv ou*
he r wishes. One of those post, wm
Hty of N-r^n tJK?f my dl"trlct ?"e
My of New Rochelle. Another post
*?? in a residential town, and one of
Cnntlnned on Page Two.
Federal Monopoly of Firearms
Plan of Calder Crime Conference
William M. Calder, United States
Senator, and a group of Brooklyn
KeprerentatIvs held n mooting; in that
! horough recently at which a plan for
! Frderal control of firearm* as a means
I of lessening crime Is .*?id to have been
agreed upon. Thin plan, It wan learned
yesterday, is to be Incorporated In a
bill which will he introduced In Con
gress. It would invest in the Federal
Government n monopoly on ihe manu
facture of pistols and other weapons
that can be concealed on the person
The right to Issue permits to carry
weapons concealed on the person also
would be reposed In the national Gov
ernment.
Senator Older and the Representa
tives are understood to he acting on
the suggestion of aeveral Judges. Su
preme Court Justiev^apper at Mineola
on Monday and Justice T?ewis in
Brooklyn yesterday pointed out that
State regulation of manufacture and
distribution of firearms has not proved
effectual. Justice Lewis said he would
wrlt^ to Senator Calder urging Intro
duction of the proposed bill.
"The Jaw providing for the Issuance
of permits i* useless." he said, "for the
damage Is usually done before it Is
discovered whether the possessor of
th?" gun has :? permit or not. What la
needed. In view of the present oondi
tlon, is Federal control and super
vision of all who are engaged In the
manufacture and also sale of firearms,
and no one should he entitled to aell
firearms exropt those who have a per
mit which has been tssu*! by a re
sponsible Fadcral officer to b? desig
nated "
GERMANY REFUSES ALLIED
CONTROL OF HER FINANCES
AND 60 BILLION MARK TAX
LLOYD GEORGE PLANS
TO URGE DISARM
If Washington Can Limit j
Navies, Feels Genoa Can
Limit Armies.
SEES FRENCH OBJECTIONS
(Question May Not Come Up,
Formally, But Ts Sure To
Be Discussed.
Special Cable to Trm N'iw Vo*K Hbfai.d
Copyright, I'JH, \>j The New Yo*k Hnut.b
?w York Herald Hurfnn. '
I.ondon. March SB. (
Premier Lloyd George will undoubt-1
edly bring the question of general
European disarmament up at Genoa
no matter how formally that topic may
be barred from the regular meetings
of the conference.
This was the view given to .The
Xbw York Herald correspondent to
day from a quarter usually well in
formed after Mr. Lloyd George hal
spent the day conferring with Cabinet
members, lunching with Liberal Min
isters and calling on the King. He is
said to feel that if tnc Washington
conference could straighten out the
Pacific question and effect a limitation
of naval armament the Genoa con
ference or some succeeding meeting
should" do the same for Europe and
land armaments.
May Be Foundation of Peace.
Even if the formal meeting at Genoa
only lays the foundation for an economic
understanding with Russia, and Ger
many?whose condition affords the pre
text on which large continental armies
are still maintained?It is considered
certain here that Lloyd George will
seize the opportunity while all the Prime
Ministers of Europe are in one place
to inject Into liiem some of his onn
enthusiasm for what hi* been described
*6 the "Washington-Genoa policy."
Mr. Lloyd George Is reported to be
| convinced that Europe's only salvation
is in ft reduction of armament expendi
tures, whether or not such reductions
will induce America to help straighten
out Europe's affairs. He hopes, of
course, that America can be induced to
help if American conditions arc com
i plied with.
The Trime Minister i? said to realize
that he will ha\e a struggle with France
over this. The enthusiasm In Downing
street over the results of the Near
Ea=it c-onfcrer.ee was tempered by Pre
mier Poincarc-'s final interview given to
reporters What he wid is described as
almost ??] open hint to the Turks that
if they will kick up another row they
will get more.
French Mtliaile Watched.
The attitude of the French press also
is being closely watched and Its dispo
sition to villify England and Lloyd
George with articles intended to incite
the Turks, such as those appearing in
the .If n fin and other newspapers, it
causing no little uneasiness here. It
Is generally hoped hire that Fremlir
Polncare's reported decision to go to
Genoa during the later stages of the
conference will h? carried out. Tt is
emphasized that T.lovd George Is deter
mined to fulfill scrupulously the en
cagrmcnts made a' Boulogne not to:
bring the reparations ami disarmament
questions formally before ",;e Genoa
meeting, but it l.s also stated that the
strength of Ms convictions m^kes it. im
possible for him to keep them from the
Informs 1 conservations.
A dfscussion of the fiscal situation of
the various Towers also Is aure to in
volve some allusion to armament ex
penditure?. The domestic results "f
Lloyd G-orgc's day of conference* were
entirely happy. Wlns'on Churchill.
Colonial Secretary, is understood to be
satisfied with Mr. Loyd George's de
scription of the Husslan policy he will j
pursue at the Genoa conference and i
Cabinet unanimity has been reached
as to the terms of procedure for the
motion of confidence, upon ^hlch the
Prime Minister Is counted on m make
one of the greatest speeches of his whole
career. Accord.tig to information com
Inr from a reliable sourc Mr. Lloyd
George will himself ask for a vote of
confidence In the House of Commons
Monday.
This coming secclon has aroused the
most Intense Interest. Never before has
there been such a demand for tickets
to the gallery from the public and dis
tinguished strangers. ?
HERBERT RA W LIN SON
SUED FOR $200,000
Actor Accused of Attack on
Girl Two Years Ago.
I?s Axniet.its. March 2* -Herbert
Rawllnson, motion picture actor, wu
made defendant in a $2A0.n00 suit for
damage# filed In tho Superior Court to
day hy Mrs. Ethel F. <"lark of New
York, who charged that Rawllns.in had
committed a statutory offonie ngi.lnst
her daughter. Dorothy ?"lstrU. I wo years
airo, when the girl was fifteen
Herbert Rnwllnsrm i- a well known
film actor. He la six feet tall and an
all nround athlete He was born thiriy
seven >ears ago in Brighton. England
and wns educated In that country and
In France
After a stage career In repertoire s^d
stock, he began hla screen acting with j
Selig Later followed engagements with
Bogworth and Universal Tie als^ ap
prsred with Goldwyn. Famous Players
and J. Stuart Blackton. His ability at
boxing, rowing, swimming, riding and j
fencing has been utilised by him In
Miiata. ___ i
Hew the Footlights ?eem t? Make Hlln<l
Nutrients (???- -A featn'e story In Sunday s
Mrs T^i. Heral!. trf .
f . . ^
League of Nations Likely i
T o Be Missing at Genoa j
PARIS', March (Associated
Press).?The chances of the
League of Nations partici
pating in the Genoa conference
were reduced to a minimum tu-dny
by the action of the Council or th?
league In simply referring to the
general secretary. Sir Eric Drum
mond. Italy's invitation to send to
Genoa technical experts from the
league organization for consulta
tive purposes. The sentiment is
that such vague participation as
proposed is beneath the disnity of
the league. Leon Bourgeol" of
France recalled that the Fremii
Government had taken the stand
that the league must not be dispos
sessed of its prerogative?. Th*
feeling in the secretariat was that
the league was expected to furnish
only its expert translators and ste
nographers instead of its technical
experts.
FRANCE WOULD KEEP
Watching to Forestall Plan to
Discuss Disarmament or
Reparations.
ASKS HELP FROM ITALY
Wants Premier Facta to Block
Opening- of German or Rus
sian Questions.
Special Cable tn Tub Nmr York Hvram>. j
Copyright, 10??. bj T if n N'kw York j I etsai.u
Nfw York Hfrald Iturrati, I
Pari*. March (8. ( j
The F rench Government, in advance j
of the Genoa conference, is watching
the moves of the British Premie*,
Lloyd George, with fearful interest..
The complaint raised in the French
V<ress that France threatens 10 repeat
her mistake at the Washington con
ference in going unprepared to Genoa
is met In official Circles by the state- '
ment that the French plans must wait
until Mr. Lloyd George, in his Genoa
speech in th? House of Commons on j
Monday, shows exactly what his pro- 1
gram is and what danger there is tint
the conferencc may break away from
the Cannes stipulation*, which p;o-i
vided that it be purely a financial and '
economic meeting.
To-day's selection by the Cabinet of
Lours Bartlieu. Minister of Justice, to
head the French delegation w?? in con
formity with tJie lates: plan of Premie
Raymond Poincare to rend merely a
watchful official observer for the open
ing weeks, one who could be recalled if
the nation" should a'tempt to depart
from a non-political program, and to go j
himself at the .".nal stage, which he In
sists will he the most Important. There
already Is much disagreement with this
Poincare policy.
The opening weeks, with Lloyd Georae
present, are considered b" many as by
far the most crucial, judging by reports ,
which are being circulated in the sev
er,-1 capitals about t!)? British Pre
mier's plans. These rumors say that
Lloyd Oforge intends, by hook or* crook
to 'ilac* hef<>r? the conference mine Eu
ropean disarmament plan and to draw
from the delegates of the assembled na
tions at least their general views on the
fundamental question of reparations.
Tt is significant of tiie fears of the
French Government that It lias taken
the precaution to ask the Italian Gov
ernment for assurances that Premier
Facta, as president of the conference
will promptly shut up the German dele
gate upon tli* slightest attempt to j
speak of reparations, snd act In the
same manner with the Soviet represen
tatives on the qur.tlon of their polltica;
r"f-ognlt ion. Notwithstanding the in
eistance with which these requests have
he?n stressed In Rome, the assurance*
h l? d<v-lar?d. hav? not yet been *Nen j
and I'trlo f-'chanser. the Italian Forelgr 1
Minster, after aeelng Llovd George said
the cinference could not but be political
Such arc the Incidents that are rap
Idly accentuating 'he fear that France
somehow la to be "framed" at ?he
lienoa conferer.ee. and that par' of the
nrttls'i Premier's plan Is to win Amer
ica's sympathy and support by bringing
up the questions whose absence from
the announced ag'ndn wis one of the
reasons ghen by Secretary Hughe* for
America'* lack of rie?fre to participate
one of these being disarmament.
To-night the Temps points out that
never wa? France so called upon to be
"n her guard adding, "The Genoa con
ference Is going to give free rein to
unknown force*, that even Lloyd George i
himself may not know how to master."'
Tt holds that the only policy for France;
Is to maintain entire liberty of action. I
The T.ibrrtt say* that If the president!
of the conference permits any discussion
Which the Boulogne agreement sild was
precluded, France instantly must with
draw: but the paper believes that for
this very reason M. Poincare should be
present at that stage.
Commenting upon the latest develop
ments, the Ft (70 ro expresses the fear
th?' Franc 1* drifting and that her
people -itreed? ha've 'he Impress'on that
she s not rolng to play the leading role,
which seems to have been assigned tn
the Soviets and the Germans, ns it la
the preponderance and the presence of
thgsn States which give the conference
Its importance in the ey?s of the world.
r;FRM*\v rilAWKt tA for Aft
Rrai.tv. March 28.?Guatav Frenssen. :
the German novelist, is about to sail
for New York, and on the invitation of
the Central Relief Committee, will con
vey the thanks of Germany for Ameri
can financial end food relief carried on
In Germany with the reoperation of the
German Red Cross
PrvMtt fcflT. N. ('. ol|deu" in Xp3f~f3?
? nd Ternls Ttwrnatnatit* Race* Thru
P ."m?n. renn.. t ?* t italt)-.?Adv.
SUM IS 'Df POSSIBLE*
Wirtli Predicts Genoa
Will Either 3Iake or
Break Reconstruc
tion of Europe.
REICHSTAG APPROVAL
Charges Allied Commission
Had Neglected to Learn
Germany's Situation.
AX INTERNATIONAL LOAN
Two Kn ton to (funerals Poet
(iormany jis Much ;<* Hor
Whole Cabinet.
fp'rtal C<,blt to Tit* Nbw Toiik Hrnni-P
Copyright, 1JJJ. bj The New Yosk Hcta: a.
New Ynrt; HeraH Hurra u.
Berlin. Mnrrh tf .
Dr. Wirth, Germany's "Chancellor
of fulfillment," told the Reichstag to
day that the Government flatly re
fused to fulfill the conditions of the
recent Reparations Commission note
in so far as it prescribes the raising
of 60,000,000,000 marks in new taxes
and establishes allied financial con
trol. Dr. Wirtll's detailed presenta
tion of what the commission required
was greeted with laughter. His
speech up to the concluding passage
was in a sensationalist vein and re
peatedly invoked bravos from the
Conservatives and the members of
the Volkspartei. Even at that it con
tained a veiled promise to increa-e
German taxes and ended with a
pledge to continue the policy of fal*
fillmeut as far as possible.
The Chancellor read the note from
i the Allies to the German peace dele
gation at Versailles in which the
Allies pledged that the Reparations
I Commission never would interfere
with Germany's financial independ
! ence. and in particular never would
; prescribe tax measures. This was
perhaps the most effective moment in
Dr. Wirth's speech.
Ifluh ( oat of Ivntrntr <?rnprnlt.
The Reichstag also burst out with
approval when, discussing possible
economies, he declared that it cost
Germany more to support two En
tente Generals than to pay the sal*
aries and expenses of the entire Cabi
net, of which the Chancellor is Presi
dent. He analyzed the budget and
j found the only possible margin of
saving lay in a sum less than 10,000.*
I 000,000 marks, whereas the fall of
the mark since the publication of
I the commission's note already had
increased the budget by 28,000,000,000
; marks.
Germany, said the Chancellor, was
eager to raise an international loan,
but that was impossible unless tin
reparations problem were solved n*
a whole, to the satisfaction of the
business world. He also pledged that
Germany, so far as it lay in her
power, would put an end to the flight
of capital from the country, but he
declared it was a problem that could
not be coped with save by interna
tional cooperation.
Bepi.iv. March 2* 'Associated Tress*.
?"If the Genoa reference proves it
t? ill o' the wisp instead of a shining
star (hat will brighten the path to re
| I'onstru"lion, then the problem of r?
[ habilitating Europe in general and
Germany in particular will continue to
he treaW in a epiri* of arbitrary die*
tation." <'harcellor Wirth told th?
Reich-.sag to-dn\. outlininc the refusal
by the German Governmen' of the
reparation <'nirmlssion's !at**t terms.
Moratorium Would llnrr Helped,
I>. Wirth |Hotp.?t;ed emphatically
ngains; th<* principle or allied < otltfr>!
in the isseaanient and cnl!e< :ion of
taxes which h? contideftd incwmpatl
Me with the right of self-determination
and national honor Rs aald the Rep*
arations Commission by granting a
moratorium mlirht have contributed to
the stabilization of Germany's finan
cial position, but that by Its conditions
It had done the opposite, although per
haps unwittingly.
The commission'* demands he de
clared. proved that Oermany* represen
tation* had Created no Impression what
ever. Even if she rouM (he taxa
tion demanded, he said. It was impos
sible for the Government, while ocn;.
pird with the Genoa confet .me, to wor*
out a plan by May 31.
Much significance Is attached to a
statement In Die Zeit that Charlea Lau
rent. the French Ambassador, who re
cently went to Tat Is, will not return to
Berlin for the reason that he wa* op
posed to the latest demands of the Rep
arations <Commission upon Germany.
Throughout hie speech to the Reichs
tag the Chancellor was unusually frank
In his cfrltleism of the Allies' treatmen*
j of the reparations problem, cbsrflne
| 'hat the commission either ? is unam?n
j able to everyday lo*lo or had persist
ently neglected to acquaint itself wit
the actual at^tus of Germany's econo^i .