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Baker Tells Senators He Is Opposed to Making Pershing Permanent Chief of Staff
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General Obregon In Open Revolt Against Carranza. State Department Hears
Today
How Money Grows.
3 Monkeys tor a Text.
"Shortage" Useful Word.
Tanks to Shovel Snow.
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BY ????G? BR1SBANE.
l> -l.>rl?lii 111?.)
Thij in Thrift Week. A savings
bunk the other day paid -sixteen
hundred and odd dollars for a
book. The owner's father had de
posited fifty dollars as a young
man. Interest did the rest.
Each year trustees report on the
fortune of an unhappy woman
whose husband divorced her be
cause she was insane, setting
..-ti.i, two millions to take care of
her. Her 'State amounts now to
nine millions. It increased one
million last year. The husband
put the original two millions into
Standard Oil stocks, so the poor
lady had the Rockefellers working
for her. This case is exceptional
in thrift and in pathos. The
woman with all the money lives
in an asylum, pays five thousand
dollars yearly to a doctor, thirty
six thousand dollars for board.
The rest piles up; she knows
nothing of it.
Red Indians sold Manhattan,
heart of New York, for sixty
guilders, twenty-four dollars, paid
in rum, hatchets, knives and orna
ments.
Wonderful Is the earning power
of money. If those Indians could
have taken the -cash and invested
It, allowing interest to pile up,
interest on Interest, they would
have enough to buy New York
City with all its buildings and
wealth.
Poverty is slavery. When old
you will want a chance to lock at
the stars, contemplating your end
without worrying about your land
lord. Save your money. It Is to
the aged what quinine is to the
African explorer.
The Rev. James Small, saving
souls in Kansas City, displays in
the pulpit three monkeys, to point
a moral and demonstrate Darwin's
folly. Henry Ward Beeoher sold a
yellow girl at auction from his pul
pit to prove that slavery Is wrong.
The Rev. Small says monkeys
are faithful to their mates, and be
fore mating "the male whips the
female, and forever after the male
is master of his household." This
Is interesting, but the monkey beat
ing his wife does not weaken
Darwin's theory.
Influenza is killing thousands.
As you read about it, consider pri
vate ownership of street car lines.
Coal was expensive, labor high.
Traction trusts wanted more;
couldn't get all they wanted. One
thing they could and did do. They
cut off heat in the cars. A cold car
means a cold, and the beginning of
a cold means influenza.
Some mourners will think over
the beauties of private ownership.
If the street cars were owned
by cities, politicians, thinking
about the voters, would take care
not to run cold cars.
A little sign hangs in many
grocery store windows:
"Why worry about sugar?
We can supply all you
want. Come in."
The price being up to twenty
four cents a pound, you may have
all the sugar you want. Conveni
ent shortage made the twenty-four
tent price.
Ditto coal. You can have all
you want at double the old price.
Mr. Lewis, of the mine work
ers, wonders who gets tho dif
ference between the retail price
and ninety-eight cents a ton ?a??
to mine workers. Innocent Mr.
Lewis! Wi Hoes he suppo.-?? gets
the differ?.- . ? Ver ? convenient
thing, a " Eta, Coal miners
tried a lai ' e. Bot Gov
ernment : t.
In man ? are shovel
ing snow ? One cater
pillar t ?? ' \ Government
has hunnre 1 ? '.em, lying idle
?could ???".' o/er the snow,
loading * ? cks hauled be
hind, ari' lo aork of a thou
sand mer ?ose responsible
for snc" * " ? investigate, and
constn ' ' ? ?entally a self
loading ng snow wagon,
using f i ?ome "tank" with
the heav. . ? ? stripped off.
Keeping Up With
The Times
? FACT ? DAY
When Charles 11. Brown,
Advertising Manager of Mar
shall Field & Co., talks about
advertising it is worth while
listening attentively. Here's
a paragraph from a recent ar
ticle by him:
"The sustaining and
building of Good Will ia
the most important .job
before the Advertising
Bureau of Marshall Field
A Co. The confidence
which the public has in
the truth of our printed
word enables us to adver
tise nt ? lower percentace
to sale than probably
any other lar^e, success
ful tore This in spite
of tli ? fm ? that in the
year pan we used ?? far
greater ? mount of new
paper Bt_Tcrtla.il?. ( 1,0.a. 1,?
99'-'? lit'.'s; <lui!\ |m">rrs
only) thnn any other
local stoie."
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Opposes Proposed Honor for
Pershing as a Harmful
Precedent.
IN SYMPATHY WITH MOTIVE
War Secretary, However, De
clares Chief of Staff Is Con
fidential Agent.
Secretary Baker today opposed
the provision In the Senate Army
Reorganization Hill making General
Pershing permanent chief of the <
general staff. Appearing before the j
Senate Military Committee. Baker
said such legislation would be "Im
politic."
"If Congress by legislation should
designate individual officers to hold
certain positions during their life or
,'or a definite term, the function of the
Commander In Chief would soon
disappear," said Secretary Baker.
High Regard For Pershing.
"The relation? between General
Pershing and me are ?? very eorila!,
and he knows so well how highly I
regard him, that I can make this
statement without embarrassment.
"The chief of staff la In a peculiar
sense the confidential agent of the
President and the Secretary of War.
Therefore, it la ? ?tsentlal that he
should be the chi M of the President
and the Secretili removable at at:y
time. As my ow .enure as Secretary
of War will be : out over when thU
hill becomes lav. I feel no lieslia
tiol In making thij point."
liaker said he realized that the
committee, in drawing the bill, waa
trying to provide some place for
Pershing commensurate with ihe
greatness and dignity of his bc/vic?*
abroad. While he approved of that
purpose, he ?aid, he could not approvo
of the method.
Asks I II lilil? III t II....ral I hange.
liaker also asked the committee t?.
chango provision? Of the bill creating
an eligibility board, which is to pre
pare lists ?.f officers for promotion.
As provided for in the bill, the board
is to consist of the general of the
army, the commandant of the gen
eral staff college, and the ci.niniHnilaiit
of the general staff school. It hap
pen.? that all three men who now hold
those oftlccj saw service abroad.
Maker wants the bill amended s?, he
can select two members of the hoard,
and thus give representation to the
men who did not get abroad.
?'I do pot want anything in the law.
lliat would Indicate that the men who
got overseas are to have an advantage
over those who had to stay at home,"
he said. "My own policy is to con
sider service in thia country as
equally meritorious aa ??service
ubi "ad."
Warn? of Military Antoeraey.
doing back to the question of Per
shing. Baker said:
"We cannot afford to create a mili
tary autocracy in the United States
even tai provide a suitable place for
.-nta.h an officer as tii-neral Pershing."
Maker said he and Pershing have
talked over the uti> r ? peace time
status. Baker favors having Per
shing head the Joint Army-Navy De
fense Hoard, Which supervises ma
neuvers, etc. When the new bill goes
Into effect Pershing could supervise
the yearly maneuvers, Maker said,
which are provided for on a large
?c.ilc in the bill. This would make
him, In effect, pence-time commander
of the army.
BIG INCREASE IN PAY
FOR CHICAGO TEACHERS
Insinuili!- 1'ncd Newspaper Ad
?ertiaetnents to Call Attention
To Necesditj.
CHICAGO, .Inn. ?1.?Teachers I
Chicago public salinola will be given
11 substantial Increase In salaries he
fnre February I, superintendent of
schools, Peter ?. Mortens, announced
today.
A general conference of the in
??tructora' organizations with th??
hoard of education will be held to
morrow to determine the immuni of
the raise. Announcement ?if Ihe In
crease was made Ml the eve of tin
start a?f an Investigation by the city
council Into teachera' salaries corn
pared with living costs.
The teacher* employed advertisinr
In tin li ?iiini'tlgn for Increased
wages. A display ml in morning pn
per? ludst h<?ie ihe line. "The Teach
ers Are No! Striking Thev Ar? dim
pi- ; 'Min--." ?*.
(Sri Seeking Fortune
Io ?. Y. Blames Modesty
When She Lands in Jail
NEW YORK, Jan. 21.?Pretty
seventeen-year-old Dorothy Wll
aon, who came to thla rlty from
Amaterdam, ?. Y., to make her
fortune, but who wound up in a
police cell on a va*rancy charge,
today attributed her plight ?" her
rural modeaty.
"If I had painted my face and
worn short skirt? and high-heeled
shoes New York people would
have been friendly and helped
me," said she.
General Barnett and Vice Ad
miral Grant Say Recommen
dations Were Ignored.
Major penerai Barnett, com
mandant of the Marine Corps, and
Vice Admiral Grant, who command
ed battleship fleet number one .dur
ing the war, testified today that
their recommendations for award of
naval decorations had been given
little weight by the Navy Depart
ment. They appeared before the
Senate Naval Affairs subcommit
tee^jnveetigating awanl of medals.
Cites Case of Edison.
Admiral Urant declared that
Thomas A. Edison had little or noth
ing to do with experiments on sub
marine detecting devices, although
he received a Distinguished Service
Medal, while the two -officers who
furnished practically the only ef
fective devices were refused recogni
tion.
The admiral also declared that he
recommended Distinguished Service
Medals for all commanders of battle
ships who served under him, but that
Captain Chase, whose ship, the Minne
sota, waa torpedoed, was the only
one who got this medal. The others
were given the Navy Cross, he aald.
CITIZENS ENVOYS WILL
DISCUSS UNES' MERGER
Wm. McK. Clayten, Commissioner
Kutz and Congressman Romjue
To Speak.
Saturday night's meeting of the
committees on public utilities from
thirty-five, citizens' associations, call
ed especially for the purpose of con
sidering the proposed street car
marger Is expected to develop Into
an Important move to consolidate the
two railway companies.
William McK. Clayton, chairman of
the public utilities committee of the
I'ederatlon of ICtlxens' Associations,
who will preside at the meeting, has
announced that William F. Ham.
president, Washington Railway and
Rlectrlc Company; eOorge F. Hamil
ton, president, Capital Traction Com
pany, and Col. Charles W Kutz, chair
man Of the Public Utilities Commis
sion, have been invited to speak. Col
onel Kuts has accepted the Invita
tion.
Charles S. Shreve, of the Federation,
will explain a merger proposition in
which the federation Is interested.
Congressman Milton A. Rompue of
Missouri, author of a merger bill, has
also been Invited to speak.
GUARD BOOTLEG SQUAD
TO PREVENT LYNCHING
Dry Agents Rushed to Jail After
Mob Threatens. Following
Wyoming Slaying.
CHKNNE. Wyo? Jan. 21. -John
and G. ter Tordillo, brothers, and
Walter Newell, former prohibition
nfor. ement officers, were rushed
nr.? today under heavy guard from
? ..?mini?? and lodged In jail to await
.rial for the killing of Frank Jen
nings, a widely known I,? ramie citi
zen.
The three members of Wyoming's
.iitnous 'bootleg ?unii were held
ilthout ball to the March term of
rlminal court following a prellmln
iry hearing In I.aramlc whl.h was
Io-M behind barred d>>?r? as a pre
caution ?gainst a possible lynching.
Walsh of Montana Introduces
Resolution Calling for Cen
sure of Admiral.
OBJECTION DEFERS ACTION
Senator McCormick Says Com
mittee Requested Him to
Read Offensive Letter. ?
Senator Walsh, Montana, 'today
askt-d the Senate to adopt a resolu
tion censuring Rear Admiral Sims,
for making public his memorandum
to Secretary Daniels, in which Sims
stated he had rereived orders not
to let the British pull the wool over
his eyes, and that "we would as soon
fight the British as the Germans."
Merit Reprobation.
The resolution stated that "it is
declared to be the sense of the Senate
that the disclosures by Admiral Sima
merit universal reprobation."
On objection by Senator* McCor
mick and Lodge action was deferred.
Walsh ?-al.l h? la ??*? li.trreat.-U In
knowing wb-rtber Sin?* was right or
Wrong. t
"It ia Impossible, In either case, to
And anything In Justification or ex
tenuation for his disclosure of high
ly confidential Information," said
Walsh.
Rr?-jarat at t ??amiit.?
Senator Iterali asked whether Sim?
volunteered the Information. Sen
ator Hale, chairman of tbe subcom
mittee on naval award?, before
which Sim? made the disclosure, said
Sima read hia letter at the request
of tho committee, and did not volun
teer it.
Senator llodge observed that he
did not wish "to condemn ne of the
highest officers of the nut tM the
mere reading of a r?solu, mn. and
unheard In his own defen??."
BERTON BRALEY IS
SUED FOR DIVORCE
"Sweet Singer" and Author-Wife
Believed to Have Had Tem
peramental Clashes.
NKW YORK. Jan. 21.? Rerton
Braley, writer of verre, who has been
called the "sweet finger of the
workaday world," yesterday was sued
for divorce.
Mrs. Marion A. Rubine;,m Braley
filed a complaint in the supreme
court through her attorney. Hobart
S. Bird. The papers were ordered
sealed.
Neither of the Mraleys could be
reached last night, but at the Authors'
League, of which the poet la a mem
ber. It was said that he still is resid
ing at the Braley home.
The divorce action is believed to be
the climax of clashing artistic tem
perament, for Mrs. Hraley ls_ also a
writer. Before her marriage, Decem
ber 4, 1015, she was the author of
stories regularly appearing In Phila
delphia newspapers.
The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A.
Kittenhouse Rubincam, Mrs. Braley
as a girl was active In the social life
of Philadelphia.
The Mraleys were married aboard
the Ford peace ship Oscar II before It
sailed for Kurope. Both were mem
bers of the Ford party.
LABOR READY TO FIGHT
GRAHAM SEDITION BUL
Newspaper Publishers Also to Battle
Tomorrow for Rights of
Free Tress.
Labor, led by Samiiel Oompers. was
lining up today for the fight on pro
posed sedition legislation, to begin
tomorrow When the House Rules c.m
niltteit opens hearings nn the ?Tlraham
bill. Newspaper publishers also are
reaaty to oppose clauses In proposed
sedition measure? which tend to limit
the right of a free prase.
No bill thet I'ongresa haa consider
ed In recent months baa been such
a storm center as this sedition legis
lation. Chairman Campbell asid toda/.
So far, he haa received more than
200 telegrams, he said, both denounc
ing and endorsing the meaaiirea, and
many requests for hearings have been
made.
\tt??rney Oeneral Palmer is ready
to Insist that, despite the objections
of labor leaders and many Others,
some legislation along the tine of
th? Uraliani hill la necessary In order
to reach dsnger?ius criminal ?le
ni an ta.
LEGION DENOUNCES
OUSTING OF ?. Y.
SOCIALISTS
imi WirtlH ???"? Sl
The tinelli .in ? .un nil Mon of the
American Leglun today went on
record as denouncing the actinu
of the New York Assembly In
??uspeiidlng fite socialist m?* m
?bears.
"We look nitJi disfavor on
every effort to overthrow the
right of representation or deny
to the proper!* elected p >pr*?M n
tatlves of the people the right to
sit la bodies to which the) linve
been elected, except when they
have been shown legali) dlsqual?
ified.-*
I
DEFI HURLED
Counsel for Ousted Assembly
men Question 'High Handed'
Methods of Committee.
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By WILLIAM G. SHEPHERD,
I. *. H. Iltalt < ...r. .|....i,lrnl
ALBANY, N. Y., Jan. 21? Before
the opening of today's session of the ',
investigation of the five Socialists
under suspension from the New
York assembly, the ousted men ?
maintained, openly, an attitude of
defiance to what they term a
"biased" committee and freely pre
dicted that they may "walk out" of
the proceedings.
On determination today of a mo
tion of Morris Hillquit, chief of the
Socialists' counsel, left undecided at
recess last night and calling for a
new set of "judges" to replace the
assembly judiciary committee, de
pends the Socialists' action.
Lose Many Points.
Motion after motion designed to
replace the Judiciary Committee,
charged by the Socialists' counsel
with being prejudiced, was decided
against them at the opening session.
These decisions, the Socialists de
clared today. Indicate a "high-handed
attitude" on the part of the commit
tee which can be met only by their
refusing to continue to be a part of
the proceedings.
The Socialists came Into the session
determined to spend another day in
challenging their Judge?. Gilbert Roe
was prepared lo move that the ousted
members be seated during the Investi
gation. If this motion failed the plan
was to have Seymour SteTJman. for
the Socialists, move to dismiss the
charges because the accusation does
nut Include causo for dismissal.
Defesse In Argun?????.
The entire defense of the socialists
was to be included in Stedmnn's ar
gument. He came to the session pre
pared to attempt to explain away the
charge that the socialist assemblymen
were more loyal to their party than
to the State and that before taking
the oath before the Secretary of State
they had placed their resignations In
the handa of their party.
ste.iman's argument was that the
assemblymen pledged allegiance to
the party members, not to party
leaders.
Chairman Martin at the opening of
the session today denied the motion
of Mr. Hillquit that the proceeding be
dismissed. He declined to say In an
swer to a question 'of Mr. Hillquit
how the Judiciary Committee had
voted on the denial.
Tbe witnesses both sides are pre
pared to Introduce occupied over 100
chairs In the chamber. The counsel
(Continued on rags 2, Column 6.)
JUSTICE McCOY ILL
Chief Justice McCoy of the District
Supreme Court today Is confined to
his home suffering from a sevar? <????
The cases assign??- for hearing In
Equity Division 1. orsr which th?
chief Justice presides, wer? continued
until Monday.
$100 TO AID HOSPITAL.
Miss Julia Smoot. one of the
workers employed In raising a fund
?f lioo.ono to ssslst the Children's
Hospital In making long needed Im
provements to the building and
sjqiilpment. received a check nf turn
yesterday fram Mrs Thomas Pressar,
of Brooklyn. N. T.
Mexican President Concentrates
Railroad Equipment to
Meet Revolt.
BREAK UNCONFIRMED HERE
State Department Officials Not
Surprised by New
Development.
SAN ANTONIO, Texas. Jan. 21 ?
Following unconfirmed reports that
General Obregon Is In open revolt
against Carranza, advices reached
here today stating that Carranza haa
ordered concentrated In Mexico City
all the railroad material and rolling
stock in the neighboring state of
Michoacon.
The dispatches relating to the revolt
were received with great credence by
Mexicans here. A parallel is drawn
between tli* government's present
concentration order and similar steps
taken by Carmnza in 191??, when
Villa wa sprcparlng to launch a re
bellion in Augus Callente.
The State Department was to.lav
without Information as to the report
ed open revolt of Oeneral Obregon
against the Carrama government. It
was stated by those closely in touch
?uh the situation, however, that an
Obregon revolt has been anticipated
for some time. There have been nu
merous previous reports of such a
revolt, but they have been without
foundation.
That there has been the hardest sort
of feeling between President t'arran
za and Oeneral Obregon has been re
ported here. President Carranza has
opposed the candidacy of Oeneral
Obre in for the Presidency of the
Mexli an republic, and unofficial re
ports here have indicated that the
steps he has taken to oppose Oeneral
Ob riga ? have aroused the wrath of
obregon supporters.
Oeneral Ohregon has been regard
ad here as a worthy Mexican leader,
and his attitude toward the United
States has been one of friendliness.
Unofficial reports have Indicated
that supporters of Oeneral Obregon
have been anxious for htm to lead a
revolt, but, as far as this Oovernment
is Informed officially, the general
has not deemed such action wise.
NEW CITIES DISCOVERED
BY U. S. CENSUS TAKERS
Nation Has More Than 700 Com
munities of Over 10,000
Inhabitants
New cities are being discovered by
the 19!0 census, officials said today.
A city. In the census classification,
is a community of 10,000 Inhabitants.
In the 1910 count ?01 cities were dis
covered. In the present census the
total probably will reach 700.
Six hundreil clerks and statisticians
hero are ready to tabulate returns
ai.d rush announcement of results In
the city population race. By th? end
of February the results probably will
be known for most of the larger
cities, official.? promised today.
Partial returns from some cities
arrived today. Among them are re
ports from Chicago, Peor?a, III ; Ti*cr.?
Haute, Ind.; New York, Cincinnati.
Cleveland and Washington.
These returns must be checked
over by Officials here. February 15
Is expected to bring the first an,
noui.cement of a city population total.
ALLIES TO INSIST ON
SURRENDER OF KAISER
Sharper Not* to he Sent Holland If
First Demand Is
Rejected.
LONDON. Jan. 21?-A dispatch from
the Olobe correspondent at The
Hague this afternoon said It Is re
garded as certain that Holland will
reject the allies' demand for the sur
render of the ex-Kalser.
It Is believed here that If Holland
returns a negative answer the allies
will send a seoond request couched In
mu h sharper language than the first
In this event the attitude of Hol
land la problematical.
Heal Vnaar Bath frati?? Hie lasir
Read hoar tn heat a lab of i?M arai???
by ?ii?- t rlcli y In February Popular
Monthly All ft?*? alaed? - Ad.?
JAPAN DECIDES NOT
TO INTERFERE
IN RUSSIA
TOKTA J?n. 21?A policy of
non-interference In Russia has
been decided upon by the cabinet,
it was learned today when the
government declaration to that
effect was made at a meeting of
the Diet.
The cabinet has also decided
to make a frank explanation to
America with regard to the Japan
ese attitude toward tbe economic
situation in Russia
U. S. MAY LOSE
Congressmen Fear Purchasers!
Will Take Them to For
eign Countries.
Congressmen familiar with the
shipping laws are questioning
whether the seized Interned German
ships, now offered for aale by the
shipping board, may not be taken by
their purchasers to some foreign
country, there repaired and placed
under a foreign registry and (lag.
These ships have never been docu
mented under American merchant
marine laws. There are some forty
of these ships, the largest of them
being the I-eviathan, formerly the
Vaterland.
Want Them For America.
It has been the desire of the House
Merchant Marine Committee that
these ships should remain under the
American flag and help to make up
the proposed great American mer
chant marine.
Tbere is curiosity to learn who
were the bidders on these ships and
the prices offered In the bids. It is
tl.ought this information will give
a line on the ultimate use to be mad.?
of them.
A. V. Haines, vice president '*..d
I general manager of the Pacific Steam
? ship Company, now In Washington,
| gave out today the following state
ment ol' the position o? his company
with respect to these ahips.
Hat Suited For Pacifie.
"The German vessels, bids for
which have been received by tl."
Shipping Board, are not suited to I'M
trans-Paclflc or coastwise trades in
which the Pacific Steamship Com
pany is operating, and for that rea
son this company has not submitted
a bid for any of these German ves
sels.
The trans-Paclflc trade requires
combination cargo and passenger
boats similar to the new ?.''.?-foot pas
senger vessels now being construct
ed for the Shipping Hoard. The Ger
man ships offered by the board, have
practically no cargo capacity, and are
too slow to compete with the fast
cargo vessels of other nations which
are already In operation on the
trans-Paclfie routes from the north
Pacific, ports of British Columbia and
Puget Sound to the Orient."
Believe Nothing Has Been Done
. Regarding Negotiations
On Territory.
TOKYO, .Tan. 21.-Japan's decision
regarding the return of the Stiantimi:
peninsula to China hos been post
poned, according to a report publish
ed today by the newspaper, Asahy.
The diplomatic advisory council,
acting on th? advice of Torlxlchl
Obata. director of th? political bu
reau of the foreign office, today I??
.Idei! to postpone for th? present lhe
decision with regard to the settle
ment of th? Shantung question, It ?was
stated.
The action of the Japan?*? govern
ment Is believed to mean that ? >???
Ing has been done In th?a wef of ?pen
Ing negotiations with China lor set
tlement of the dlspui.-il |..rli..i\
TO NEAR EAST
England Plans to Check Spread
of Bolshevism From the
Caucasus.
CLEMENCEAU QUITS COUNCIL
Jugo-SJavs Given Four Days to
Reconsider Decision on
Adriatic.
PARIS, Jan. 21.?Great Britain
plans to send troops into the Cau
casus to prevent the ?m?;??-! of l?o!
shevism into Ann.nia. Tur'?.'.-?,
Persia and Mesopotamia, it was^rt
ported here today.
The British request to tt? -. '?-t??
council ye-tterday to nave French
and Italian troops take the place
of British units in the allied forces
which will preserve order in the
various regions where plebiscites
were ordered by the peace treat?,
was necessitated by their plain to
send troops into the near east, it.
was said.
Hospital Ships Leav?.
Departure of French hospital ships
from Toulon for the Black Sea, al
most at the same time a British
squadron departed from Malta for
the same destination, strengthened
the belief the French navy will co
operate with the British in southern
Russia in action against the Bol
shevlkl.
French warships also have been or
dered to hold themselves In readiness
to depart from Constantinople. The
supreme council held Its final meet
ing today. Clemenceau presided at
first but was succeeded by Premier
Mlllerand. It was decided to create
Immediately a council of ambassa
dors to succeed the supreme council
This new organization will meet
permanently in Taris, with power to
execute the Versailles treaty and de
cide affairs already under discussion
Questions of principle will be re
ferred to Mie heads of the interested
governments who will meet in I?on
don. Taris and Rome.
Tremler Lloyd Oeorge returned to
London today.
Tine Limit ???. Ham,
M. Trumbitch, li? ad ol' llu? Jugo
Slav delegation, in reading the Jugo
slav reply to the allied proposition
for settlement of the Adriatic dispute
between Italy and Jugoslavia, ex
pounded at length the concessions
the Ra'lgrad?? government already ha?
made and urged the rallies to modlf>
their demands.
The council gave the Jugo-Slav.?
four days to reconsider their decision.
announced In the note made publi.
late yesterday. In event the Jugo
slavs hold fast in their decision to re
fuse the allies' propositions, the
terms of the pact of London which
awards Italy extensive concessions In
the Adriatic, will be applied.
Tremler Nltti left for home at S:3n
last night. Oeorges Clemenceau, th?
former French premier, resigned a???
president of the supreme council. He
was given an eloquent farewell by
his colleagues.
Adriatic Raw Serious.
The Adriatic situation has taksn
the most serious turn In months, ? ??J ?
lowing the Jugo-Slav reply, well in
formed observers here believed today
The Jugoslav ijott?, it was MM,
has postponed settlement of the Jug? -
Slav-Italian dispute indefinitely. li
the present attitude is malntalnctl
and the Jugo Slavs Insist their nut??
represents "last ditch ? oncesalons"?
observers believed It means the dead*
luc?, has been lightened up again :o
Its original tenseness.
Th?? possibility "f a break In re!a
tlons between Jugo-Slavla and Itnly
was Injected Into the situali.m ???
statements of both the Jugo-SIav and
Italian delegations.
Fight Rather Thai? ? ??rapt.
Questioned concerni.
Nlttl's recent nnn.mncei t ? ?
would demand enforc? ?.?
pact of London If the fatta "'av. f-*#?v
Jected the allied pr.ip.i?
of the Jugo-SIav delegation said::
"We will fight rather Urna accept
the p?ct of Itondon. If the Italians
Insist upon Its fulfillment confili
seems certain In the Adriatic. Wr
have gone the limit Jn concession?
Any shift In the 'Wilson line' would
give to Italy certain districi s which
are exclusively .lugo Slav!.
"Italy wants th? eaatcrn latrlan
territory simply aa a 'jumping off
place' from which ?h? can poun. .?
upon Flume Th? Island? of Luasla
? ?..nt Inue?I on Tag? ?, ? oluen X) (j