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America "Will Never Treat for
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LONDON. Auk. 29.
President Wilson's nolo (o tho Vatican
rejecting the peace proposals of Itypo Hono
diet XV was accepted hero today as giving
tho concrete view of nil tho Allied Govern
Stents. Warm prates for the document was con
tained In the pres comment.
Coming at a tlmo when America N Just
entering the, actual righting, the note em
phKKlzcs tho previous declaration of 1'ieal
ent Wilson that the United Slates will
not agrco to peace negotiations m lone hh
the Hohcnzollern djnaMy rules in Ucriiiany
Just what effect tho American reply will
Rave at the Vatican cannot hs forewn
at this time, hut It Is taltcn for taunted
that the Pope will not renew Ills peace ef
forts Immediately In view of tho decMve
character of tho document.
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President Wilson's answer to tho Pope
Was praised In the Senate today. Senator
Brady, Itepubllcan. of Idaho, declared It
comparable to Washlnnton's Farowoll Ad
dress and Lincoln's Itettyshurg speech, and
had It Inserted In the ltccord.
"I believe that this document will go
down In history, and that It will mean much
to democracy, not only In this country, hut
throughout the world." said Senator Hrndy.
"While It rejects the Pope's proporaN. It
t points a way for the other nations to reach
peace In a fair and honorablo manner.
"I believe that the document will take
a place In history along with Lincoln's
Gettysburg speech and Washington's' Fare
well Address."
Other comments by Senators, Kcpresenta
, tlves and others follow:
SENATOR HUSTINGS, Wisconsin The
President has sounded the right note. The
problem of peace negotiations Is not so
much a question of terms ns It Is finding
a responsible government In Germany
with which wo can deal.
SENATOR WILLIAM ALDEN SMITH.
Michigan The President made a very
skillful answer.
SECRETARY OF COMMERCE REDFIELD
The note speaks clearly a plain, stern
truth known to all men. ho moral col
lapse of the German Government Is ono
of the sordid events In history.
REPRESENTATIVE CANNON. Illinois
I don't see what other answer tho Pres
ident could make.
REPRESENTATIVE GREENE. Vermont
Mr. Wilson makes It cloarly the purposo
of this country to securn not "peace with
out victory," but a lctory that will mean
a real peace.
REPRESENTATIVE KAHN, California
The President has struck norno. Ho has
said the right thing and alt that there Is
to say at this time. It Is n masterful ex
position of our country's position.
REPRESENTATIVE HARRISON, Missis
sippi With remarkable clearness tho
President again defines the position of
this Government. Tho note la a master
ful document.
REPRESENTATIVE RAINET, Illinois
The President's note Is a forty-two-cen-tlmeter
gun aimed at Berlin.
REPRESENTATIVE JOHNSON, Washing
iaSitojuItmeans that when peace comes It
will bo real world peace.
REPRESENTATIVE MILLER. Minnesota
This note clearly demonstrated tho
President's resolve that when Uncle Sam
puts his hand to the plow there Is no
turning back or aside until the furrow
Is cqmpleted.
REPRESENTATIVE ARTHUR. Oregon
A remarkably strung paper ono of
President Wilson's very best.
REPRESENTATIVE McCLINTOCK, Okla
homa The President has said to a mil
itary oligarchy that the rights of tho
people must not he usurped mid that the
war gods must not be left. In a position
to bring down on us und our posterity
another terrlhlo war.
WILSON'S REASON'S FOR REJECTING
THE PONTIFF'S PROFFER OF PEACE
rpiIE object of this war is to deliver the free peoples of tho world from the
- menace nnu inc actual power oi n vusi miiiuiiy oiuuiiiiiiikhi.i.umu". "j
nn Irresponsible government which stopped nt no bnrner, cither of
lnw or mercy, swept a wholo continent within tko tido of blood and
now stands balked, but not defeated, tho enemy of four-fifths of the world.
" To deal with such n power by way of pcaco upon the plan proposed
by His Holiness, tho Pope, would, so far ns we can see, involve a recuperation
of its strength and a renewal of its policy and would result in
abandoning the new-born Russia.'-'
"Responsible statesmen must now everywhere see that no peace
can rest securely upon political or economic restrictions meant to benefit some
nations and cripple or embarrass others; upon ,indictlvo action of any sort
or any kind, or of revenge or deliberate injury."
"The American people have suffered intolerable wrongs nt tho hands of
tho Imperial Gorman Government, but they desire no reprisal upon tho
German people, who have, themselves, suffered all things in this war, which
they did not choose."
"The test, therefore, of every plan of peace is this: Is it based upon tho
faith of all tho peoples involved, or merely upon the work of ambitious and
intriguing governments, on tho one hand, nnd a group of free peoples on the
other' It is the test which must be applied."
"Wo seek no material ndvantnee of anv kind. Wo believe that the
intolerable wrongs done in this war by the furious and brutal power of tho
Imperial German Government ought to be repaired, but not at tho expense
of the sovereignty of any people rather n vindication of the sovereignty
both of those that arc weak and those that arc strong."
"Punitive damages, the dismemberment of empires, the establishment of
selfish and exclusive economic leagues we deem inexpedient and, in the end,
worse than futile, no proper basis for a peace of any kind, least of all for an
enduring peace. That must bo based upon justice and fairness nnd the.
common rights of mankind."
"We cannot take tho word of tho present rulers of Germany as a
guarantee of nnything that is to endure, unless explicitly supported by such
conclusive evidence of the will and purposo of the German people themselves
as tho other peoples of the world would be justified in accepting."
"Wo must nwalt some new evidence of tho purposes of tho great peoples
of tho Central Powers."
Extracts from President Wilson's reply to Tope Benedict's peace proposal.
FIRM SAYS DRAFT
WILL HAMPER U.S.
Makes Plea for Man Who
Replaced One Germans
Influenced
WORKING ON GUN SIGHTS
Rumania, Serbia and Montenegro now In
German possession.
Fifth. Neutralization of Constantinople
and the Government of Turkey In Europe
by an International commission.
Sixth. Readjustment of the Balkan
Ktatus quo so that each nationality In that
area shall bo uttnehed to tho Power to
which It rightfully belongs from an ethnic
standpoint
Seventh. Retention by Great Britain of
the conquered German colonies nnd by
Jnpan of tho German Islands In tho Pa
cific Eighth Turning over to Italy of thoso
parts of Austria that are Italian in na
tionality nnd language.
Ninth. Surrender of tho German high
peas fleet, and agreement by Germany to
limit her army nnd navy In tho future.
L'AVANZATA ITALIANA
CONTINUAVinORIOSA
I Contrattacchi Austriaci si In-
frangono Contro le Artiglierie
e le Baionette di Cadorna
GERMAN LANGUAGE
NEWSPAPERS SEE HOPE
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NEW YORK. Aug !9. German language
newspapers' comment today on America's
reply to the Pope agreed that tho best
chancefor peace was a continuation of the
democratization movement which they de
clare Is now progressing In Germany.
"Events in Germany seem to Indicate that
powers are at work which may bring peace
nearer than we now know," declared the
New York German HeroM "We should be
the last to say that Germany could not
stand a considerable sharo of democracy "
The New Yorker Staats Zeltung'H main
comment was reproduction of the Presi
dent's words declaring America "cannot take
the word of the present rulers of Germany."
The Louisville Aii70lger said- "Tho
Reichstag has already given unmistakable
algns of its will In that direction (namely,
democratization). Being Insufficiently In
formed about the present trend of public
opinion In Germany, In tho face of the new
evolutions In Russia, It Is hard to say what
effect Wilson's words will hao upon the
German people."
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RUSSIAN EMBASSY LAUDS
WISDOM OF WILSON NOTE
WASHINGTON, Aug. 23.
"The reply of the United Stntes to the
Pope's peace note seems to us Russians to
be an act of highest political wisdom mid
closely corresponds to the principles and
alms of tha Russian people, as formulated
In tho declaration of the Russian provi
sional government," says a statement Is
sued this afternoon by the- Russian -embassy.
"The Inspiring expressions of this docu
ment have onco more outlined the funda
mental alms pursued In this war by the
league of democratic nations.
'The statement President Wilson made Is
to facilitate to the German people their
entrance In tho path of democratic revival
and gives a thrilling anticipation of tha
final triumph of democracy and Justice
throughout the world.
'Militarism and the Imperialistic alms of
the German ruler hae thus received a new
and powerful blow."
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' American peace -conditions, the Allies will
ytowlst upon terms of a most drastic na
t Mr; according to a prominent foreign
4lplmat here.
ThM term wjll bo substantially as fol
hmt: Tint. Evacuation by the aermani of
, fimw tmm'V", wnn mil inormniiT
$ far, all the dajpaa-ea that Belrfsm has uf-
. . This, .wouia in itseir saddle the Ger
peoplV wkh an oppressive debt for a
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ROMA, 29 Agosto.
L'avnnzata vlttorlosa della forzo itallana
suU'altoplano dl Balsnlzza contlnua. Gil
austriaci, dopo aver rlcevuto notevoll rln-
forzl dl uomlnl o dl artllglerto .hanno tcn
tato Invano dl nrrestare la marea che tra
volge le poderoso dlfese n nord-est dl
Gorzla, o dopo la raduta del Monte Santo,
formldubilo baluardo austrlaco, lo Stato
Magglore ncmlco non puo' accarezzaro al
cuna scrla speranzu di una fortunata rcsls
tenza, Lo forze del generate Cadorna hanno
rlstablllto II contatto con le forze avver
sarlo, o cosl' hanno vlrtualmente inlzlato
la seconds fase della battaglla tltanlca cho
si combatte nd est dell'lsonzo da una set
tlmana o mezzo circa Lo nrtlgllerte Italians
tuonano ancora con Incredlblle vlolcnza, do'
che fa presaglre Immlnente 11 nuovo slancio
In avantl delle fanterlo che In quest! ultlml
giornl si son copcrte dl gloria. E da quanto
mandano dalla fronte dl battaglla sembra
cho la nuova fase della lotta vada lm
postandosl su Ilneo grandloso, forse plu"
dl quanto non lo fossero quelle della prima
fase nclla quale si dovevano superare osta
coll ben plu' forniadlblli dl quelll cho
preeentano lo nlture dl San Gabrlele o San
Danlele. Nomllmeno 11 comunlcato del gen
trale Cadorna annunzia una sosta nelle
operazlonl, dovuta al cattlvo tempo.
Ecco 11 testo del rapporto del generals
Cadorna, pubbllcato lerl sera dal Ministero
della Guerra:
Su tutta la fronte dl battaglla si ebbero
lerl vlgorow nzlonl dl nrtlgllerla.
SuU'altoplano di Hnisnlzza He nostra
truppe, rontlnuaiido a progredlre. Bono
Plata in plu' stretto contatto con II neml
co. Vlgorosl nttacohl dl carattero locale
cl hanno dato II possesso dl alcune posl
zlonl che II ncmlco ha tentato lnutll
mento dl rlconqulstnre nonostante I miol
lolentl contrattacchi. C'undlzlonl ntmos
fcrlrlm Hfavorevoll h.inno lmpedlto quasi
totalmente 1'nttlvita' delle nostre pquad
rigllo aeroe.
Dlf-paccl dalla fionto dl hattnglla dlcono
cho le due alturo dl San Gabrltle e San
Uank-lo sono state quasi totalmente awllup
p.ito dalle forzo Itallanr, dl modo che la
loro caduta e' qulstlone dl qualche glorno.
In questl clrcoll mllltar! si ritlene che la
rltirata degll austriaci va rapldamente de
generando In una vera e pioprla rotta.
En tplegramma da Zurlgo al Corrlero
il'Italla dlco che lo autorlta" milltarl austrl
ariio luinno ordlnato alia popolaztono civile
dl Trieste dl evacuare la cltta' e portar via
tutto quanto possono dl artlcoll dl valore.
I trlestlnl sono Invlatl verso Lublana ed
anche plu' lontano nell'lnterno dell'Austrla.
11 re Giorgio d'lnRhllterra ha telegrafato
al le Vlttoiln Einimuiui'lo per congratularsl
della lttorlosa avanzata degll itallanl ad
est dell'lsonzo o per dlrsl Ileto dl sapero che
batterlo e monltorl Inglesl cooperano con
le alorose forze dell'Italla.
Dalla fronta dl battaglla mandano che
gll austriaci trovano nltrettanto difficile
ubbandonare lo loro poslzlonl sulle estreme
falda orientall del Monte S'anto che a man
tenerle. Mentre si rltlrano dallo loro po
slzlonl, le forze austrlache sono costrette a
proteggersl dal fuoco della artlgllcrle o delle
fanterle Itallane. Nondlmeno la natura del
terreno impedlsce lo splegamento dl grandl
forze, coslcche' gll attacchl devono essera
operatt da relatlvamento piccolt repartl,
speBso da una sola compagnla.
Intanto contlnua 1'nfnulre del prlglonlerl
alia retrovie Itallane. Questl uomlnl si
mostrano sbalordltl delle forze cho l'ltalla
ha dlmostrato dl avere, glacche' si era fatto
credere loro che l'ltalla era alia vlgllla della
rovlna o che sarebbe bastato un attacco per
farla cadere completamente.
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TAN CORN IS SLOGAN
OF FOOD COMMISSION
Plentiful and Cheap Just Now,
and Instructions Will Be
Furnished Free
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Can corn.
NOW Is the time. rrrnmmomlo
Mayor's food commission In tndnv'n ,inti.
sale produco market report, because tho
yellow-kerneled ears are very plentiful and
cheap on tho market Just nt present. Corn
sells for from thirty to fifty cents for n
basket which holds from three nnd one-half
to four and one-half dozen ears.
Instructions for tho three methods of
drying nnd canning corn will be gladly fur
nished by the Food Commission, 731 Wld
cner Building, the report adds.
Eggplants are nlso plentiful and cheap,
selling at from ten to twenty cents for a
basket which holds about twenty medium
sized plants. Beans, lima and string, con
tinue high In price. Tomatoea also are
high, bringing U and $1.25 a basket.
The report follows:
ABUNDANT Squash, peppers, eggplant,
cantaloupes, cucumbers, sugar, corn, cab
bage. NORMAL Turnips, lettuce, oranges,
beets, potatoes, plums, garlic, cfelery. onions,
parsley, peaches, watermelons, enrrots,
apples.
SCARCE Huckleberries, raspberries,
blackberries, pineapples, lemons, htrlng
benns, lima beans, bananas, tomatoes,
sweet potatoes.
WHOI.KKAI.R FISH THICKS
lirrMM wfaK (medium) 11 to 12 cents
Drrmed wralc (large)
iiouna iroui ,
Croakers (medium)
Cronkero (lurgo)
Porilea
Hea Ilaio
Ilutter (mtdlum)
llutter damn)
Halibut
Steak cod
Klukes
Polloek
Round mackerel
Hake (large)
Hako (medium)
anian mackerel
ueflRh
Kela (dreasad)
Salmon (dreflfied)
White ratflsh (dreaned) ...
Rftl cattish (drreied)
Haddock
I'onlto mackerel (Innce) ..
Hondo mackerel (amall)
Round eela ,
Shark 3 to
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w 10 111 renta
7 to R rents
R to 11 (enta
12 lo 13 cents
18 to 1(1 cents
7 to 8 cents
12 to II rents
25 to 28 cents
14 to in cents
12 to 13 cents
12 to 13 cents
20 to 2J cents
11 to 12 cents
10 to 11 cents
25 to 28 cents
2S to 28 cents
14 ctnta
22 to 25 cents
ll. cents
13 cents
11 to 12 cents
IB to in tents
10 to 11 cents
10 cents
a to 4 c. nts
4 cents
More Drill Grounds for Drafted Men
Two more drill grounds for drafted men
will be opened tomorrow night, one nt
Happy Hollow Tlayground, Wayne avenue
nnd Logan street, and the other at Recrea
tion Park, Fifty-seventh street nnd Haver,
ford avenue. In addition to these there nre
now eleven other drill grounds in Phila
delphia where men are being trained under
tho direction of former army officers.
German Influence robbed Stokes & Smith,
machine tool manufacturers, of a valuable
man employed on Government work of great
Importance and only with great dlftlculty
did tho firm obtain a man who could take
his place. Now that man has been called
for service In tho new National Army
and denied exemption by his district board.
The firm's work for the Government will
bo seriously hamporcd If he Is not exempted,
That Is tho substanco of an affldavlt
filed by J. Stogdell Stokes, of tho firm, on
behalf of the employe, with District Appeal
Board No. 2, sitting in the I'ostoinco uuua
Ing. today.
The man for whom exemption Is asked
Is Charles II. Nltsch, who, Mr. Stokes
says, Is an expert draftsman who has few
equsls In this country. Ho Is working
on gunslghts for the Frankford Arsenal,
nnd also Is designing a machine for wrap
ping first-aid kits for soldiers. His serv
ices In the workshop aro worth thoso of
fifty men on tho battle line, said Mr.
Stokes.
GERMANS GOT ONE MAN AWAY
A man named James D. Rclfsnydcr, for
merly held this position, said Mr. Stokes,
and was nn extremely valuable man, but
German Influences Involgled him Into leav
ing. After great difficulty Nltsch was found
to flit the place.
Mr. Stokes said his firm employed 263
men, and Nltsch was tho only ono for whom
exemption was asked
How tho city's draft appeal boards aro
solving the perplexing exemption problems
will become known today when Appeal
Board No. 1 hands down a batch of de
cisions. Dr. C. H. Wllllts, secretary of the board,
estimates that the fate of noarly 100 nrmy
candidates Is locked up In these decisions
and for tho purposo of relieving their anx
iety made the announcement that It would
be lato today before tho draft rulings are
made public.
The decisions Involve Industrial claims
nnd will be the first to ho hnndod down by
any of the appeal boards In Pennsylvania.
That the appeal hoards have been slow to
make decisions was ndmltted today by draft
odlctals, although blame for tho delay was
shifted to tha local draft boards. Doctor
Wllllts made no secret of tho fact that more
than half of tho flfty-ono local draft boards
have failed to comply with the draft rules
and regulations.
LOCAL BOARDS TARDY
"Each local board," said Doctor Wllllts,
was Instructed to keep Its slate clean In ro
gard to nppeal cases. According to tho
draft rules each local board Is compelled
to bend all such data to the appeal boards
at the closo of each day, but that rulo has
not been followed. Appeals which must
como to us through tho local boards In our
territory havo been coming In very slowly,
nnd as a result tho work of deciding thehO
cases has been held up. At the present
time I don't bellevo that half of tho fifty
ono local hoards have started to file appeal
cases with tho appellato hoards."
Despite tho condition of tho draft offi
cials pay thut It will not Intcrfcro with the
work of organizing tho new nrmy nnd am
certain that 5 per cent of Philadelphia's
quota will bo ready to entrain for Camp
Meado on September B. Each district must
send C per cent of Its quota on that date,
but as each board hs accepted n. number
that exceeds E per cent of Its quota there
will ho no dlfllrulty In complying with tho
Instructions of tho War Department.
For Instance, a district Hint has a quota
of 300 men will have to send fifteen re
cruits to Camp Meado on September 6.
Theso men can bo selected from tho batch
of accepted men, so that no man whose
appenl for exemption Is pending will be
drawn for the first quota. The second batch
of recruits will not bo called until Septem
ber ID, nnd by that time the appeal boards
will have disposed of nearly all of the ex
emption claims.
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BIG ARMS PLANT
SURE FOR TACONY
Transactions Being Com
pleted for Purchase of
Tract on Delaware
LARGE ARMS CONTRACT
A huge munitions plant. Involving erec
tion of a large group oi fireproof build
ings nnd a pier with ndequate docking facil
ities, to turn out millions of dollars' worth
of high-power howitzers for the Government,
Is assured by virtual completion of transac
tions for the purchase of a twonty-ono acre
tract along the Delaware River at the foot
of Btclgh street by tho Tacony Ordnance
Corporation. Tho first announcement of
the now plant was made In the Evenino
Ledoeh two weeks ago.
Officials of this company are In New
York today making final arrangements for
taking over tho property at the end of this
week, when ground will be broken Imme
diately, that the new plant may bo started
as soon as posslblo on the Government con
tracts. These Federnl orders nre said to com
prise one of tho largest contracts for forg
ing nnu rough machining six-Inch and 9.5
howitzers for the nrmy ever passed out by
the department, nnd although the total
price Involved Is withheld, It is beloved to
be a very large proportion of the $25,000,
000 ordnanco awards recently mada by the
Government.
Operations are expected to begin within
n. few months when from 600 to 600 skilled
mechanics will bo employed.
This new corporation wbb orgnnlzed re
cently In New York, and under the laws of
the State was Incorporated for the nominal
amount of $100,000.
Tho list of officers Includes John B. "War
ren, president; Georgo Slatterthwalte, vice
president nnd general mannger; William C.
Pearson, vice president and secretnry: O.
U. Bird, Jr.. treasuror. With II. Stetson
they comprise tho board of directors.
Contrary to a report In New York
financial circles, tho corporation Is Inde
pendent of tho Tncony Steel Company, at
present cngnged In completing Government
contracts at Its plant at Mllnor and Blelgh
streets, Tacony, adjacent to the site for the
new Tncony ordnance corporation.
Tho only two officials of the new cor
poration Identified with the Tacony Steel
Company are Mr. Warren and Mr. Tear
son. The former Is secretary and general
manager of tho Tacony Steel Company,
nnd tho latter Is vlco prosldont. In every
other respect the two companies nro sepa.
rate.
MOSCOW SPEAKER
WARNS OF DANGER
Sees Russian Counter-Revolution
Unless Different
Elements Are Reconciled
FACE GRAVE SITUATION
By WILLIAM G. SHEPHERD
MOSCOW, Aug. 29.
The specter of a counter-revolution In
Russia was invoked today to persuade
widely split elements to reconcllo their dif
ferences In Russia's national conference.
The speaker was M.' Orekhoff, chief
spokesman for the railroad employes. Ho
took the Workmen's and Soldiers' delegates
sternly to task for Imagining that every
step proposed by the Cadets was a reac
tionary step. He declared, however, that
If a counter-revolution did come he and
his fellow railroad employes "would see that
It failed" by tying up mtuns of communi
cation In the country.
"There Is no doubt a counter-revolution
Is growing," ho declared. "If tho revolu
tionary leaders do not take action we rail
road men, by strikes, will see that the move
ment falls."
Orekhoff'a speech was a severe arraign
ment of the Workmen's and Soldiers' dele
gates. He expressed the fear that a shadow
hung over the whole conference, because
tha Workmen and Soldiers saw In every
opposition to their plans "the shadow of
returning reaction." He blamed them for
"frownlnr" nrinn the statement of former
Foreign Minister Mlllukoff (a Cadet leader)
that the Duma needs "democratic not So
cialistic government."
He held tho Wornmen nnd Soldiers saw
the same fear of reaction In every reference
to prosecution of the war. He called atten
tion to the fact that their delegates snt In
sphlnx-liko silence amid the pro-war ap
plause of the remainder of the vast con
course. He charged them with "mistrusting
every Duma and military speaker."
The heroic story of how forty-eight Rus
sian offlccrB of a certain sullen Russian
regiment marched forwnrd to death agalrist
tho enemy while their soldiers stood muti
nous to watch It was told to the Russian
conference by General Alcxleff, formerly
commander-in-chief of Russia's army. He
backed up every plea of the new commander-in-chief.
General Kornlloff. Ho de
manded that tho nrmy head bo granted
drastic powers to enforce discipline.
"It Is Impossible to continue victoriously
unless tho efforts of the soldiers nnd thoso
of the provisional Government to regen
erate the army are successful," he de
clared. "The army has been poisoned nnfl
split Into groups by Ill-Interpreted doctrines.
Military committees that Is, commltces of
soldiers may be economically useful, but
they are fatal to discipline. RespVct'ot lA
cers has disappeared In the army," 1
M. Grouzlnoff, representing tl.o 7em-.
organizations, pleaded with tho deleu3i
frnm Invasion" .l
M. Troloff, representing the rallw. -.1
glneers, gave- full confirmation to Koe-T'l
system was disorganized. Ho declared flail
mands of railway worklngmen lareelv T1
sponsible y
Delegato Orouzemberg, speaking n b,'tl
half of all Russia's Jews, pledged loyaltV J
of that race to the new Government. ji
Several Ukrnnlan representatives In m?
jiacoiuiii-u numwooa uctllliuu IHCir Provlnea'1
try's good." Mussulman delegates plcdwil
There was every Indication today thitr
Premier Kcrcnsky and General Knrmuii
would bury tho hatchet nnd ndiuat ,...
differences, both Ignoring attempts by th I
Workmen's nnd Soldiers' leaders to doml J
nnte tho army. The Workmen and Soldierr i
faction. It appeared, would bo fnrr.n .. '
vlf.1,1 nn manv nnlntM. rtrnhnhlt. nM ....... mi
punishment, demanded by Kornlloff a. sJI
In the army. 1
"In my opinion," declared Prince Kropot. i
kin, the famous anarchist leader. "th re
ference will prove successful In avcrtln a 3
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