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WEIMAR CHEERS ENVOY
German Military Chief Kc
scnts New Conditions
Limiting Army
' By the Associated Press
Weimar, Feb. 18 (delayed).- Mathlas
Erxberger, chairman of the German ar
mistice commission, again held the
center of tho state nt this after
noon's session of the National As
sembly, outlining the entire history
, of tho armistice negotiation, from the
time they were begun last fall. Ms
statement was In reply to a bitter per
sonal attack made upon him by the first
speaker to be heard under the rule giv
ing time for an Interpellation regarding
the recently renewed armistice Dele
gate Vogler, of the German Teople's
party.
The house was In an uproar for the
better part of an hour, first In protest
'l against Herr Voder's attack and then
In enthusiastic support of Herr Erz
berger, as he defended himself and
scathingly denounced his assailant.
Telegrams of protest agalnn the sign
ing of the new armistice are pouring
into the National Assembly, and one
Jl 4J """"" " - , ",'vvlth the minimum of pain to hmself
from Berlin demands that a. period of, m .,,, me th. forco ot ,.,.,
national mourning be ordered
lllndenburg Demanded 1 rure
Herr Krzberger told the house many
4 'things about tho armistice which were
either unknown to or had only been
suspected by his hearers. One of these
was his unqualified statement that It
was Trlnce Maximilian of Baden who
had approached the Entente because of
the "Iron compulsion of the high mili
tary command for peace. ' It wns field
Marshal von lllndenburg who demanded
and authorized the signing of tho first
terms, Herr Krzberger declared
On the evening of November 10, Herr
Erzberger continued, he received a wire
less from the German high command
, asking for concessions on nine points,
but also containing the phrase, now
made public for the first time, that-
"ETen If you do not succeed In obtain-
Ing ecnee.slon, on these point,, ,ou
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must sign the armUtlee.1
Herr Erzberger said that he took
the responsibility for recalling Hugo
Stlnnes from Treves, where he went an
an expert In regard to the handing over
of agricultural machinery. Krzberger
added:
"I could not present to our adver
saries as an expert a man, who liku
him. had taken such a large part In the
exploitation of Belgium, and who was
the principal author of the deportation
ot the unemployed from Belgium, an In
. cldent which has created such a de
plorable Impression."
Herr Erzberger, who seemingly has
been very unpopular because of his work
iln the armistice negotiations, and who
received only scattered applause when
he spoke last week to the National As
sembly, re-established hlmseir by his
s-peech today not only with his own I
party, but with all others with the ex-
ceptlon of the' conservatives. Their
demonstration caused Herr Vogler to
Stop speaking by drowning out his voice,
Xrzberger Is Cheered
The house cheered Herr Erzberger at
the conclusion of his speech, breaking
-the .house rules and applauding as well
as cheering for several minutes untlt It
was called to order by President Fah
renbach. Herr Vogler in his attack on Erzber
ger apparently made a tactical mistake
wlnp. he launched Into a harangue of
personal accusation and abuse. "We
have lost the war," Vog'.er declared,
''and we raise the most serious charges
against you "
At this point the house became a bed
lam, and; Vogler, by shouting, attempt
ed to continue, but cries from the Ift
silenced him. After President Fehren
bech had rebuked him Vcgler conclud
ed: "We assume that peace will come very
soon, but -we assume that It will be the
peace of the graveyard "
Jlerr Erzberger offered to resign when
ever the House desired In concluding his
reply to Vogler, and added:
"Our people must not starve. Hun
ger Is the pacemaker for Bolshevism.
TVe must offer gold and securities for
food. Capitalists must put their for
tunes at the disposal of the government
so that the people will not starve. Ia
bor and capital must work together.
Measures of force must be used,"
Jtetr Erzberger yesterday declared be
fore the assembly, that "the world will
condemn the Entente, for ita severity."
He assured the assembly: "I have con
fidence that Marshal Foch's given word
will be kept."
Zndon, Feb, 19. (By A. P.) Ad
vices received from Berlin by way of
Basel state incut tne Pan-German mlll-
jsTX tary party, headed by Field Marshal von
clauses Jn the armistice, especially thuse
limiting the Germany army to the size
of a simple police force (the figures un
officially reported from Treves are 250,
000) ; the supervision of control of mu
nition factories, and the demand that
Germany pay the expenses of the Allied
armies of occupation on the Jthlne.
These conditions. It Is complained, will
throw out of work thousands of German
officers, from generals downward, while
the army of 600,000 volunteers, reported
by the German press to have been or
ganized, must be disbanded.
The advices add that Indignation
against Mathlas Erzberger on the part
ot the military authorities Is Increasing.
Basel. Fob. It. (By A. P.) In hW
attack on Mathlas Erzberger at the meet
ing of the German National Assembly
yesterday, In Weimar, Herr Vogler said
that Erzberger had failed to consult ex.
perts before entering Into negotiations
-,-" to give up railway and agricultural ma
lt, chlnery and criticized him for signing
- the naval convention In the face of en
ergetic protests from "competent au
'f. therltlea."
i Vtlj- firif?1 thaV In tha wni-M'a fn-
(duatry, commerce and professions It Is
ri il- recognizee mat me peace conditions or
v President Wilson "were put forward to
lead us. into an armistice first and then
t do u violent Injury'
' Herr- Erzberger, In reply, said that
Voder's roost serious complaints were
? 1kaCfT nn A ComDlete mlminri'watnnn'tni
A;of' actual events were a skillful mis
representation. He declared that his
z whole official activity consisted in continually-listening
to experts. He contra-,
. dieted theassertlon that the Allies wero
, 'disposed at the time of the original
1 armistice to conclude a peace without in
demnities, but that after the revolution
Marshal Foch had declared that the en-
' tire situation had been changed apd that
the revolution had resulted In Increasing
'the severity of the armistice;
; JTmbsb Win New York Bute Pott
hla. first 'fight with the IUpubllcan-con
legislature wnen tne oenaio con
hla appointment of Miss1 Frances
, of new rone, wno is jure, raui
outsioe ot ner Business me, 10
Mr ot tne state industrial
at a salary or iioqu a year
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Put Pay Into Patriot;
Pay Your Income Tax
If you didn't servo over there,
you can servo over here by pnylng
Income tax,
Tho man who paj'H.nn Income
tnx H putting the pay Into patriot.
How about yout7
Mako tho paying of your In
romo tax tho one, big thine you
havo to do.
Ten Persons Injured
in Crash of Trolleys
Contlnnfd from rate One
persona were gathered near tho front
door of the northbound car to get off
at Margaret street, n popular transfer
point. The southbound car ploughed Us
way through the front of the other car
and completely demolished tho ehlcle
back to the first truckB, throwing nil
tho standing passengers to the flonr and
covering them with wreckage and broken
glass All the Injured were In tho north
bound car.
Workmen from the nearby trolley barn
and pedestralns organised n rescuing
party and soon had extricated every
body but Grltfin, motorman of the north
bound car Wreckage was "piled high
over him and It waB fully twenty min
utes before tho workers wero able to
free him from his dangerous position
Directed Work of llencue
IT was seriously Injured but did not
I&se consciousness, and during his lm-
prlsonment under tho debris coolly di
rected his rescuers in tneir won:, ien
Ing which pieces of wreckage to i
move next and Just how to get It aw as
and onlookers had increased to several
hundred. They gave a great cheer as
tho foun of the gamo motorman was
finally lifted to freedom. Then he
fainted.
The Injured were taken to tho Frank
ford Hospital In tho patrols of the
Frankford and Tacony station. Sev
eral pisc.ns whose names were not se
cured were tieated for minor lnjuiles
f"r!u J-.0..";" ;",. h- .Tn nf th;
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""ri!'.-miii.mltffcil8 4 E "S "A
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and :.. running In both directions on
Frankford avenue were held up The
lino of south-bound cars atrctc ed from
the scene cf the ace dent of t he main
car bam at Bridge stieet. seven blocks
Tho line of souHi-bound cars stretch
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lines, the crosstown Mnes Nos. 58 and
ed to the lower end of Frankford, about
75. supplying Taccny and Wlsslnomlng '
and Germantowu nnd Brldesburg, re
spectively, were blocked.
Thousands of employes of industilal
flnus in the northeast and downtown.
as well as shlpworkers going to the
railroad station nt Brldesburg, were late '
In reaching their places of employment
because of the accident.
Several pel sons weio sllghtlv hurt last
night when a lloute No. Bl trollev car
Jumped the track at Ninth street and
Leklgh avenue The car was carrjlng
about sKty-flve pasengcra, '
George W Drand, 2422 Glenwoud
avenue, who as Injured about the legs,
said the motorman tan his tar into nn
open switch.
7T Vjfvo i I nil
' J "ul ul J Ull
Jo dillOll Plll-rilru
" IXlvetl Mi III ylUI
I iviiiiiiitui akH" ivnuiu fs7MVC (Villi Ut
pay for beds, they did not register at!"- Incorporated into the peace treaty I
the club but for a week or ten day ' to follow This w ill bring a peace treaty
thev had int ,, i,.noi,-. .
Thev t.,n n.M.'. j .,.. ' i ola title. (Jlemenceau's name now ap-
e Chevrons and said ?hey were as! I Ku,U " '""Lion, pears as "Pounder" Instead of "Political
signed to the base hospital at Cape I The present prospect is the first draft Director, as heietofore .since he will
May. ; of five or six essential provisions, which 110t write for the paper while ho remains
George Fowler, the night clerk, de- will be read when President Wilson re- P,elnlej ,,,,,
dared that early In the night Miller turns March 15 so that early action can A friend once askedi hlm how
gave him a little money to put In the be secured by the full conference and I many ministries he had overturned,
safe for him. Then about 4 o'clock, he the enemy powers can be called in by and Clemenceau replied pleasantly
said, Miller and Rose came up and April. The Peace Congress with all the I that he was quite unable to recall
Miller asked for the monev I powers represented would thus be con- the number Sometime after this
"I turned my back nnd stooped over stltuted by late hprlng and give pros-1 he w-as mude Prime Minister himself
and opened the safe.' said Fowler. ! Pect of the conclusion of a peace treat I That was In 1906, when ne was slxty
'Then I was struck on the head with by the early ilas of summer .five years old Here are a few of the
the butt ot a revolver. I suDnose. When While such a plan is neretsat ily names which he has won during his
I turned over and looked up they had
me covered with revolvers. Thev kent
me covered while they helped them
selves to all the cash in the safe. Then
they backed out of the room nnd when
I got to the door they were out of sight."
Kealdents Demand Protection
thefr Mprtton ?PIleCtlnP, re6lents J tually all these Ibsues are Inter Allied
Ihn5ltrv 1 fr?Mie 'ar'U3 i?rm9 i ' ""Td nten.ose no obstacle to peare with
banditry and hold-ups were discussed tl " ....
Imnroevemen8t aUnaii' tUf,rmantown Meanwhile the Sup.eme War Council Is
lirPrSnmffi regn- rapidly bringing together a permanent
"Somet iiine f, nf it . 'armistice which will last until peace
the de da fonst hlveTenVnnlng 's c0'lClL ThlS lS b'inK "r8t
an unbridled m. ..?r to" the military, naval and economic
month"bsa.ddtheeBevrH. W. Hathaway" ! "I-tand then "! """. bf, V
president of the assoclat on. ,,atnawajr' on by the Supreme War Councl before
Members expressed the belief Ulat -Marsha Foch presents it, which prob
East Germantown is inadequately Po-' Rb,y wl" be wlthln the nrkt wefk or
liced and tentatively decided to Join ten 3B'
with other organizations who are seek-1 The principal feature Is German dis.
Ing means of putting a stop to the armament down to the requirements of
crime wave. i an International police not exceeding
The police will be aided by the Girl twenty-five division of about ten or
Scouts In their endeavors to sunuress twelve thousand men each, or a total
criminal activity. The scouts will carry
whistles, and whenever they notice any
miRtoldbUH aetivltv win hin.,z B ..-
ranged' signal to attract the police. The
-.., ..... .wn n picoi-
decision to co-operate with the police
resuiteu irom an auacK Dy three foot-
nojlR. helleved to hi Chln, ti.b
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tain at Nineteenth' and San-om stieeti ! t0 by the exnerts' naVe not t Deen
t.t' eeV m u,' approved by the war council. It Is
rr,T ..j. 11 . understood the agreement concerning
k.I! Lfv.n?.,. ZUZ ''JL on,r?b-'the dismantling of the fortifications of
berles has prevented many from being i Helgoland and of the Kiel canal will
H1.n.1. ll.vunif.. D ,11. 1 C? .
maue puDiic. have some reservations from American
John Gelger,Z9 North Hurley street.' quart.rSt B0 n8 not , establish prcc
reported that lie was held up by a edent for the . non-fortlficatloir of
wrist-watch highwayman, who pointed 'canals and waterways wholly within
a gun at him and said: "I suppose you American national boundaries, such as
know what I want." Geiger replied In Hell Gate, the Cape Cod canal and- the
the affirmative and handed over 1,25, system of canals running parallel with
The robber, however, was liberal and the Atlantic coast line,
returned a quarter. He asked about The Panama canal has not come up
a stickpin Geiger wore and was told It i during the discussions, but suitable
was worthless. Ho then disappeared. ' reservations will be made so that no
The pin, however, was a diamond worth I Precedent Is established that will bo
tlEO. The hold-up occurred early yes-' applicable to this waterway. The dls
terday morning at Wj-omlng and Hur- mantling of Helgoland reservations will,
ley streets. , It is believed, have in -view the estab-
Although 'It was narked at Mnrv.f Hshment ,of precedent against the for-
and Juniper streets, in the shadow of
the City Hall, thieves last night stole a
1,000 limousine owned by Lawrence T.
paui, a DanKer with ofllceei In the Lib.
erty Building. The car had been parked
there by the chauffeur, Nichols T. i
Aoimi, wnue attending a nearby thea
tre, after having taken the Paul family
to the Metropolitan Opera House.
The police have arrested Florence
Hance and Jerry Jenowakl, Falrmount
avenue near Eighth street. In connec
tion with the hold-up of Dr. W. C.
Powers, Gratz street near Erie avenue.
He was robbed of J80 at Sixth and
Cherry streets.
William Ervin, a carpenter of Kan
sas City, was beaten and robbed of (300
by highwaymen at Second street and
Kalghn avenue, Camden, last night. He
was taken to the Cooper Hospital. He
told the police a man who became
chummy with him struck him over the
head with a bottle and knocked htm
unconscious.
Typhui Is Spreading in Moscow
Was1.li.aten, Feb. 19. Information
reached the State Department from
Helslngfors that a party of French,
British, Belgian, Italian and American
relief workers returning from Moscow
to Stockholm reported there were 1000
new oases of typhus ln Moteow weekly
Jaa4 that the heeoltala we;wMWxta
I mil aar la BfeUeat. .WfrnKtUH'.
TWO NAVY GRAFT
TRIALS ORDERED
Daniels Says Investigation
Indicates at Least
Two Others
KEYSTONE MAN IN JAIL
iEx,0.sc in Ncy Yrk
I Wide Ramification
SllOW8
of
Paid-For Preferments
liy the Associated Press
WnaMnjctiin, 1'eh. 18. Trial by court
martial of two naval odlcers In connec
tion with charges of brlbiry and graft
In the Third Naval District has been
ordered bv Secretary Daniels.
It wns announced today that sulTi
clcnt evidence had been submitted this
morning In a preliminary riport by In.
vcstlgntors to warrant these trials lm.
mediately. Secritary Daniels said at
least two other cases wero developing.
No names were made public, but It
I was learned that one case Involved the
1 acceptance by a naval medical olllcer of
1 a bribe of $1000 for passing an appll.
; -nnt who whs not qualified phBlrally
for tho duties he sought and another
'case Involved 11 brlbo of JB00 to obtain
detail that would penult the appll-
"ant to remain nt home Indefinitely
Mr. Daniels said theie was no evi
dence of similar conditions in other dis
tricts or stations and that he person
ally believed the evtent of the Irregu
larities in the Third District, which has
headquarters In New York had been
exaggerated greatly In unollicial teports.
He said that the department would
seanh the matter to the bottom and,
as soon as circumstances warranted,
would give every detail to the public.
Official confirmation wns given to the
report mat all honorable discharges In
the Third District had been suspended
temporarily excent on an Invest ipatinn
of the record of ea.h applicant for dls-
charge. , phase of his activity that he ha.s been
opposed bv more extreme elements In
llxpo.e t Trial of r,nnH.nlan the French political vvoild. who have
N, Aork Veh 1S ( A p ) Bccuge(1 hlm of ,,, hM polk,1CB (00
, n,8t,BatIon ot tho ch of brlberymuch of an imperialistic trend. He was
am, Braft on tne ,)(lrt ))f te peraonnf, credlted at first with being opposed to
of le Thlrd j-avM r)lBtrlct uns still , tho plan for the league of nations In Its
UIlder wnj. am, wouW nut b(J rompletpd broader phases, expressing a preference
wr ocu-uii uajn. ieniaus onKer. il was
said at tile district headquarters today.
Although naval officers here would not
discuss the case for publication, on the
ground thai It was rontiarv to naval
regulations, it was learned that the
present inquiry Is the outgrowth of evl-
Ueiit'n produced In the court-martial of
Lieutenant Benjamin Davis, a medical
officer of Pennsylvania, who was con-1
vlctcd and now is serving a three- ear
sentence
Italians Not to
Arbitrate Claimsli?1? ,,a,s f ,ho " "UShed bow
""" '' vr" """ Pasha and other defeatist agents, and
Continued from Pure One
most responsible British American,
Italian and French quar.eis and prom,
iscs to leld definite results within the
next few dajs. The first stage will be
in the permanent armistice plan, which
.Marshal Foch will present wlthtn a fort
night, taking the place of the short
term armistice.
TViceo nn-tn'i nilvt laeine it 111 Vji llm
I preliminary steps toward peace and will '
measurab v within sieht.
elastic-, owing to the range of subjects,
unforeseen circumstances and enemy
opposition, jet It it the plan which
those with chief Influence hope to see
carried out, as a result of the ajsto
matlc procedure now being organized.
What appears to be the main dltfi-
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force of approximately 260,00o
men
ther restrictions will cover production
of armament of all kinds and the com-
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plete disappearance of the cnemj s su?.
nianne equipment,
NavaJ Terms TJndeelded
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n'liA navnl turma U'bllA Inlntli. nnraa,l
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American coast, which are regarded as
part of the coast defenses,
After hearing the Serbs yesterdaj-,
their claims were referred to a com
mission, .with the exception of the Issue
with Italy on the eastern Adriatic, on
which negotiations for an adjustment
are still proceeding.
Premier Clemenceau
Shot by A ssassin
Continued from rio One '
Balfour, the British Foreign Secretary.
The conference had been fixed at 10
o'clock at the War Office, when an Im
portant question was to have been taken
up concerning more rapid procedure of
the Supreme Council.
The news of the attempted assasslna-
tionreacnea woionel House by telephone
from the Foreign Office Just as he was
starting from the Hotel De Crlllon with
Secretary Balfour to meet Premier Cle
menceau at the qua! d'Orsay. The two
men at once began to consider what
steps should' be taken regarding the gen
eral situation created by the event
Word soon came that the results ot
the first examination Indicated th Pre"
mler's .wound was not serious, -but' It
wa THitnA tfcat, owing to Ms ad
age, he might lm a considerable time In
such n. condition that he would not be
able to give hlf personal nttentlon to
tho completion of tho Peace Conference's
work.
Owing to the fact that St. Clemenceau
had In hand, petsonnlly, certain subjects
now under negotiation, It follows that,
so far ns these are concerned, there
must be a suspension of activity for the
tltno being As a matter of fact, these
subjects were of vast Importance, as af
fecting the whole plan of the confer
ence's operation, Inasmuch rh they re
Idled to the tonsunimntlon ot an early
treaty of peace.
There had already been some discus
sion of this situation privately between
the 1'remlers of the various powers and
It Is believed that all wero In accord
regarding the wisdom of speedy action
with the exception of Premier Clemen
ceau himself. The French Government,
while desirous of an early peace, doubted
whether the moment had yet nrrlved
when this could be arranged without
great danger of sacrificing the fruits o(
victory, nnd it had pointed out to the
other powers what were regnrded as
grave omissions on the part of Germany
to comply with the terms of the armistice.
Georges Clemenceau has been one of I
the leading statesman of Krance ror dec
ades, but is was not until tho critical
stages of tho great war came and he
took the reins, that he became the
world-renowned figure that he is today.
With the war, at least the actual
fighting, ended, M. Clemenceau has con
tinued at the head of the lYench Gov
ernment during the trlng peace-making
period. Head of the French delegation
In the Peace Conference, he has been
nn outstanding tlgute In the deliberations
of that body, over whose session he
presides.
Of an extremely vigorous and aggres
sive personality. Premier Clemenceau.
while attracting to himself n large and
warmly loyal following, has ns well
determined nnd outspoken opponents At
every turn of nffalrs In the Parliament,
however, he has been able to wear down
tho opposition to him, and Jutt before the
opening of the Peace Conference he and
his administration wero given a striking
vote of confidence by the Chamber of
j Deputies
I Premier Clemenceau, while formerly
clasped as a radical, has come to be
known ln la,er e"rH na a rePre"entatlve
rather of the more moderate elements In
' the French body politic, and it Is In this
lur u uui.tuce ni iiowcr seciirert hv
ranee, Great Britain, the United
' States and Italy His reptesentatlves,
however, have Joined freely In the work
of framing the convennnt of the league
1 and, with some reservations, expressed
'approval of Ir as it was laid before
1 the conference.
1 In her hour of need, November. 1917,
when the defeatist piopaganda had
sapped much of her zeal for war, France
turned for the second time to the tnun
1 who had torn, clawed and bitten his
way to power and named Clemenceau,
me j iser, premier.
I Fa uiisl.ifntH ,Vin 1,-1, m.. i .1.. . .
lea France to victory In the war.
Whatever may be said ot Georges
Clemenceau, no one has ever doubted
his patriotism, ,111s every act of con
struction or destruction has been In the
Interest of what he considered the wel
faie of France, and his power has been
unhesitatingly wielded through his
fearless pen. His newspaper, LHoinme
I.I re fThe Free Man) was suspended
early In the war because he refused to
!UI'"re'ss certain passages In an article,
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L-HomX'haneT rhlneS'vV
tVZ?L llL?h
U"L "'." "'"." ""' irawmira unuer us
forceful career: "Wrecker of Cabinets,
"Overthrower of Ministries," 'The
Stormy Petrel of French Politics," "The
Ited Indian. ' and the "King-Maker."
This last appellation, however, does not
reem to have been very appropriate,
since it has been his business to undo
rather than to make kings.
Clemenceau married an American
girl nt one time his pupil during his
exile here and one of the favorite cpl.
thets of his opponents has been "The
Ynnkee School-teaUier."
He fought six duels, most of them
picturesque Clemenceau Is a brilliant
writer, the author of several books on
philosophy, novels and plays.
BAKER CABLES V. S.
SYMPATHY TO TIGER
Ualilngtn, Feb. 19. (By A P
.ei.retary Baker today cabled General I
Pershing for tinnsmission to premier
t le.meni.enu a message expressing syni-
patiiv
and hope for
jus rpeen le-
-my it sam
Raid:
r
I am
inexpresably
shocked and
grievivl at
th attemnt on jour life.
1.1,1.1. c int.? rnnnrted bv cable tn us.
1 and bitr to express my deep concern
nnd hoi) for jour Bpeedy recovery. Tlie
. ' . ., . ,inn .. Uinl.
genius ind determination which ou
have usd ro splendldls; in the servlco
of the Ivorld haB made um all jour
' electors. May that same spirit give oil
, triumph over the assassin's bullet and
ve ou for further services to France
ITuH td Tlll flPI t'rill 111 1.L1UI1 njlllll
and to tils world.'
The American embassy at Paris noti
fied the State Department today that
nn attempt had been made upon tho
life of Premier Clemenceau. but that
a bullet wound Inflicted by the would
be assassin was not serious.
According to the story, as related
to members of the embassy, the assail
ant leaped upon the running board of
the Premier's automobile and fired
through the window. One report said
two men were Involved In the nttack.
I HEADS RED CROSS ABROAD
Lt
Col. R. E. Oldi Named American
Commissioner for Europe
UnKhlnrtoii. FAb. 19, (Hy A P.)
Appointment of Lieutenant Colonel Hob-
ert !.. wins, oi oi, i-uui. jiinn , as lied
Cross Commissioner for Kurope, as
announced today In a dispatch from
Paris.
Cnl'nnel Olds has been chief learal ad.
vlser of the American lied Cross Com
mission tor fTanco mo iasi jear, anil
he now will assume the functions of
the commission, which has been abol
ished. Where I It?
What Is It?
What Does It Do?
It It Is In rhlladelphlu, the answer
probably ran be found In
JACKSON'S YEAR
BOOK FOR 1919
''Indispensable"
, North American
"AeenraU"
. Evening Public Ledger
FRANCE TO PUSH
FINANCE CLAIMS
Paris Credits Must Have
Priority at Peace Table, '
Says Klots
URGES ALLIED UNITY
Germany Must Pay Debt in
Full Tax on Frcncb
,, Capital Planned
Hy the Associated Pres i "no hnrm can be done by full discus-
Par.., Feb. l9.rx,u.s I. Klotz. Mln- -ton" -J.Il;0
ister of Finance, announced today to the I nncfl rltl, lt camf fortn fuii.panoplled,
Chnmber of Deputies when the budget aa f born from the head of Jove."
was discussed that he had completed Taking up the provisions of the
consideration of a plan Imposing a Ux , j.- -K.
on capital. The tax will be spread ocr)lts abrogntlon or for the withdrawal of
a number of years, so the present gen- ( a nation. He said that doubtless the
eratlon will not bear all the burden. Ho league's advocates would contend that
,,,.., ., ,, , ,,.. the agreement might be abrogated at
summed up his polio n- follows: . ' nny Ume, but guch, he said, was the
First. Claim from the enemy full pay- ,0ntentlon of many of the States that
ment of his debt: obtain a privileged (joined the Federal Union, only to learn
position for certain claims ; require guar- , "r'tt' 'uBh the bloodshed of the
antees for payment from the financial j '.,, , . 4..i
,, ... ., .i Aliens Would llruulnte America
section of the league of nations and ..,,.. .m,t.
.. . . . , in. M the terms of the league ccnstltu-
practice a policy of close agreement with tIon ,le contnued ,.tl)6 decision as to
the Allies In finnnclal matters. the relative reduction of the nrmy and
Second. Ask of tho French taxpayer ) navy of the United States. In prepor
only what I, Indispensable; Institute "l'ffiT
tux on capital which would be spread jurisdiction of the people and govern
over a number of ears nnd repress fiscal ,mcnt of the United States nnd vested
evasion I ln tlie Jurisdiction of the league, where
. , ,' ,, . ,,,,,,,. . I tho United States has but one vote amid
nJ'r1' e a" nonproductive ex- n arKe numbcr nf Mm prom
vlwie3, , ,t .ni fn the1 " I" ""elf. he added, would be ln
puorfo'rcrerru, th, constitution of the
'"Tl'.S'.S.V lS 0thaT0.rrecoagnfzed I. The poweof Congress to declare war.
tJ tl.i Ituauon was M anVgrave ' . ' would he taken ; away a so In
. .i... ...,.. -i ,. i -...i.,i violation ot the Const tutlon. and vested
?"" "' Tr'l,,T'T'" ":,. n nee
the 'estimate of 18,000,000,000 francs
(J3,fi00,000 OOfti, but recalled that he
had told the .Senate last November that
tho pre-war budget of 6,000.000,000
francs ($1,000,000,000) would in 1910
1920 be inoro than tripled, perhaps
quadiupled
Our negotiations nt the Peace Con-
ference," Minister Klotz added, "must territories. Senator Polndexter said, tne
defend the rights of France. Our cred- United States would be required to "un
its must have priority nnd we must push i dertake, virtually unsolicited and un
vlgorouslv our claims. Wo must obtain 'sought, to extend our responsibilities and
all neces-sai restitutions In kind nnd I cares to the uttermost parts of the
n must exa. t from the enemy -surplus earth."
tepajvnent in money of cvtj thing due.
Wo must exact a heavy deposit befote
the total damages are fixed
"Frame taniiot be tho banker of Ger
many and finance with her own re
sources the Indemnities which should be
paid to the vhtlnis of the Invasion."
M. Klotz said ho hoped that the Allied
and associated powers would remain ln the principles of the Monroe L'octrlne
as close union financially ns they had may arIe In the future, benator Poin
been united militarily with such happy i dexter said ho hoped the American peo
results. He added: p'e "ad not reached the point where
"The Allies ougnt to supervise in com-1 they were willing that "tho high Ideals
mon the carrying out of the engage-1' these traditional doctrines would be
ments imposed on the conquered enemy. lIef' tn the administration of an alien
They should decide on the indispensable tilbunal established under the league of
guarantees for payment b Germany nations.
and fchould lend each other mutual aid, , . "
thus realizing u financial alliance (? H E3I Mi Ei m CS1
against which nothing would prevail" f j
pershing not a candidate
General 'Concerned Only With!
Military Duties"' '
t'linron. Pa., Feb. 19. General John
.1. Pershing, commander of the Amer
iijiu expeditionary forces, who lias been
mentioned several times as the next
llepubllcan nominee for President, will
not b a candidate. This Information
was conveyed In a letter Just leceived
by JanieH Brnckin, Hepublican leader at
llV('lltillt;t Ituill . UlUllt'l till iiu)U,
private secretary to General Pershing.
The letter came In reply lo a letter
sent to the general by Brackin In which
the latter congratulated him unoii th
defeat of Germany nnd said tho Ke
publlcan party would probably nominate
hlm for the presidency at the convention
In 1920.
In leply to the letter Colonel Boyd,
speaking for General Pershing, said:
General Pershing Is concerned only
with his military duties and feels that1
he could not consistent! become in-
leUHted in nnytmng mat would divert
i lus attention from them "
i Brackin did not make public the en
tire contents of the letter, only thnt
1 portion relating to General Pershlne as
n candidate for the presidential nomination.
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CLYDESDALE
Fight on, League
Begins in Senate
"nnllnued from rase One
member of the league established under
It, the government nnd tho people of tho
United States wl'l determine whether
they nre to remain the great sovereign
and Independent nation, a people con
trolling their own destiny, determllng
for themselves the extent of their mili
tary preparations, the size of their
armies nnd navies and establishing for
themselves their International relations,
or whether they are to merge their dcB
tlnles with other nations of tho world,
sharing their burdens, participating In
their quarre's and becoming a party to
all International complications."
Referring to the request of President
Wilson that the Congress refrain from
discussion of the league until he cculd
meet with the Foreign Affairs Commlt-
I tee, Kenntor Polndextcr asserted It was
a matter of "too 'much Importance for
us to remain altogether silent" and that
'n a tribunal, "the great overwhelming
aliens
rantee
for future peace, he'asserted, w hen those
who drafted its constitution have "not
been nble to restore present peace or
set up orderly government ln Central
Europe and Ilussla."
Objeets to Colony hrheme
InUer provisions of the constitution
piovidlug for mandatories for colonial
In taking up the obligations of gov
ernment In Asia, Africa and Europe, the
United States, he said, would surrender
"to Asia, Africa nnd Europe American
policies which have been the prize Jew
els In the American diadem of Btate."
Contending that the emergencies of
tlie past that necessitated assertion of
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amoni mini you will find
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, It Is well to recognize this fact as'
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some novel features, or on personal
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liOLSHEVIKI DRIVE
ESTHONIANSBACK
Superior Soviet Forces
Compel Foe to Retreat in
Pskov Region
FIGHTING IS CONTINUING
Germans on Lithuanian Front
Surprise Reds and Cnpturc
Murawijevo
By the Associated Press
London, Feb. 19. Esthonlan troops
have been forced to fall back before the
Bolshevlkl in the region of Pskov, ac
cording to an omclal statement Issued by
the Ksthonlan headquarters. Tho state
ment reads;
"In the direction of Pskov, because
of the enemy's supremacy, our troops
have been forced to retire to the line
of the villages of Vldemlka, Leigl,
b'okolova, Podgortje and Koshelol. There
la violent lighting In the direction of
Volmar,"
Bolslievlk forces on Saturday attacked
the Esthonlana on the line running from
Narva, on the Gulf of Finland, south
ward to Pskov 'and thence, around the
southern end of Lake Pclpus, to Volmar,
on the Aa Itlver northeast of lllga, It
would appear that the retirement men
tioned In tho foregoing dispatch Is In
the center of the front under attack.
Ilasel, Feb. 19.-(By A. P.) German
troops on the Lithuanian front sur
prised the Bolshevlkl and captured the
town of Murawijevo, near Shavlt, on
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Saturday, according to a report receive
siIO alVIIl .U1D&U
Terla, Feb. 19. (By A. P.) ThJ
Gsthontan peace conference delegate, In
assigning the reason for hla goTrn
ment's consent to meet the Bolshevlkt
at Princes Islands or elsewhere, said
today: ,
"We regard the Bolshevlkl crltrw
Inals, but view the proposed ccjrtferenc
as an International court and plaintiff
must meet criminals in court."
The delegate added that at present
his country's dilemma was economic and
a solution of it depended on Allied re
lief. The delegate said the recent Oer
man offer ot financial assistance was
refused, but that by reason of the ex
haustlon of the country, the early ship
ment of necessities to Esthonla'a Daltle)
ports was necessary, If publlo order was
to be maintained.
. Girl Strike Pickets Fined
w Tork, Feb, 19. Fifty-live tlrl
pickets of the Ladlea' Shirtwaist and
Dressmakers' Union, several thousand
of whose members have been on strike
here for nearly a month, wero arretted
on the charge of disorderly conduct.
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