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CoprlRht. Ililu, by Public Lcilnor Company
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LEAGUE PACT
TO PASS, VIEW
OF HITCHCOCK
.Nebraska Senator Says
Here Senate Will Ratify
Covenant
RESERVATIONS ALLOWED
ON DOMESTIC QUESTIONS
Declares Monroe Doctrine Will
Not Be Included and Is
Unnecessary
ALLS WILSON SATISFIED
Asserts Required Unanimous
Decisions of Council Take
All Danger Away
United Plan to Avoid
War Seen in Covenant
Points emphasized by Senator
Hitchcock, who spoko here today
on the league of nations, were:
"For the first time In history the
nations of tho world uro united in
an effort to avoid war. That Is
tho issue ot tho league ot nations
discussion."
"Without a league of nations, the
business man faces the cold-blooded
fact that ho must pay war taxes
the 'rest of his life."
"Tho league of nations constitu
tion is a compromise between the
fourteen nations represented at tho
conference, just as the constitution
of Iho United States was a com
promise 125 ye-irs ago."
"Most of the objections to the
proposed league constitution have
been abandoned or discredited."
"There Is only one league consti
tution before the wctfld today and
It is that or nothing."
Amendments to tile (league of na
tions, covenant wll'be sufflcient to
change the ottltudo of enough oppo
sition Senators to make ratification by
the United States certnln.
This Is the opinion expressed today
by Senator O. if.. Hitchcock, of Ne
braska, chairman of tie Senate For
eign Relations Committed of the last
Congress and spokesman for the
league of nations In the closing Senate
debate,
Senator Hitchcock, who addressed
the Chamber of Commerce at the
Bcllevue-Strntford Hotel this after,
noon, predicted ratification of the pact
by the United t States Senate and ex
plained several of the amendments be
ing mode In Paris In an Interview just
before', delivering his address.
"Members of the Senate who signed
the Lodge round robin," he said, "will
have abundant excuse for changing their
attitude when the completed covenant 13
presented with the p'eace treaty to the
United States' Senate. Some are now
onlywaltlng to. have an I dotted or a
t crossed. They have been In touch with
public sentiment for the league since the
Senate adjourned.
"Theorlglnal draft of the covenant
wasxbut a report. So the first change
necessary was tho alteration of tho
phraseology to remove rough spots.
By Ct'atlon .Can Withdraw From Part
"Other amendments wilt be made to
clarify the jlocument, such as the clause
wnicn win hukq u certain tnai a. nauon
may withdraw after due notice.. That
Is now Implied, In my opinion.
"Quite properly, too, the new draft
will Specifically Include n reservation of
aomesuo questions, sucn as immigration
to the nation members.
"Then there will be definite assurance
that the .decisions of the council will be
only bn unanimous vote. Thlsr I under
stand from President Wilson, was In
tended in the original draft, but It will
now be assured, so that there will be no
danger of snap judgment In the coun
cil's '.decisions;
"I have my doubts whether an amend
ment In reference to the Monroe Doc
trine; will be Included In the covenant.
We are the only natl6n Interested,' and
'. If Insistent demand Is made by the
N American delegation for admission of
our Amendment It will open the whole
covenant to demands for provisions that
wa could pot accept. ,
WIUn gatUfled Willi Al Amendments
"President ' Wilson told r us that all
prpposed amendments were acceptable
to him. Some he thought unnecessary,
but he did not oppose any. His only
thought was that, since fourteen nations
)iadjco,nipromiied In the original draft,
there' was dancer ot opening the whole'
matter, to " undesirable amendments
which might endanger tho league ldtu.
"Japan ' Is -not satisfied, 'Neither la
France; 1? we demanded the Mbproe
Poctrlne It would ppen the vay or
trading which 'would be dangerous. -
"Most of those Senators who are- ob
jetting" to the league ot nations really
Jontlnut pn e-l, Column ,Swo
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fcORWAD, MAItpH!
A'orlftwMt' poles tcoldf
yinda Tn helv wight
,i"lll one ivith sorrow.
Gee, lut lf cold(
freezing tontpht
But.uiarpier tomorrowr
.BUBH ILHIIIIIIIH
jPPIBbiJ W
SENATOR HITCHCOCK
HOHENZOLLERNS FACE TRIAL
Former Emperor and C r o w n
Prince Among Those to Be Culled
Pnrls, March 28. (By A. P.) For
mer Crown Prince Frederick William
will be among those who will lie tried
by the high court which the German
National Assembly will create. Paris
newspapers say Former .Foreign Min
ister Zimmerman also will be brought
befcre the court.
A Berlin dispatch Thursday reported
tliat the CJerman Government would
create a court of investigation for Her
mans neci.sed of crime during the war
who had requested investigation of their
cases. It was said that the court, would
try General I,udendorff, Admiral Tlrpltz,
.former Chancellor on Bethmann-Holl-vveg.
former Foreign Minister on Jagow
and others.
NEW YORK "TOPSY-TURVY"
Wind Blows Some Citizens Lbout
and the Others Slide
New York, -March 28 (By A. P.)
New York had a. somewhat topsy-turvy
enrlv morning today owing to a heavy
wind, blinding mow and Icy aldewalka
and streets. In the chapter of acci
dents these Incidents were Included:
Surface cars collided; signs and
fences were blown down and trees up
rooted. Pedestrians were knocked over by
street cars, automobiles or mall trucks.
A woman was blown Into tho East
Itlver, but rescued. ' ; ;
An Ice-covered rail caused a short cir
cuit that set fire to an elevated train
and the morning "rush-hour" traffic
generally was hampered.
A dozen persons were Injured, several
being removed to hospitals.
FRANK DUMONT LEFT $30,000
Minstrel Manager Bequeathed
Entire Estate to Widow
Frank Dumont, the minstrel, who died
in Dumont's Theatre, Ninth and Arch
streets, cr. Mcreh 17, left an estate
valued at $30,000 to his widow, Mrs.
Nellie Dumont. The will was probated
today. ( f
Other wills admitted to probate In
clude those of the Rev. Dr. John It.
Dales, Wayne avenue and School House
lane, which In private bequests disposes
of property valued at $28,700; Louise
Stolz, Germantown aenue and City
Line, JH.5A0; Louisa T. E. Salzmnn,
1927 Brown street, $4000. and George
A. Cunnlngltam, 1840 miner street,
$390p.
VICTORY LOAN TERMS LIBERAL
Payments May Be Made Within
Period of Six Monthsi
Wnnlilngton, March 28. (By As P.)
Terms of payment In the new Victory
Llbcrlv Loan announced today nro vhe
most liberal ever offered by the govern
ment. Deferred payments may be extended
over a period of six months, from May
10 to November 11.
League of Nations Pact
Favored by Bourse Men
More Uncensored Details, However, jire De
manded in Commercial Exchange, Whose
Members Join in Lively Discussion
Sentiment a,t the 3ourse generally
favors the lo-igue of nations. Chief
opposition to the plan there was heard
In the 'Commercial Exchange, tlu op
ponents basing their protest principal
ly' on the assertion that' the federal
government's censorship of news Is too
rigid,
. ,Member.l pf the, exchange, felt that
the newspapers should publish more
news "which has'' not been tampered
with by a government censor,"
The 'vote In the Commercial Ex.
Clia'ngewas 7 (n favor and 24 against
the plan for a league of nations as It
stands today.
t On the flopr of the Bourse fifty-one
riiea voted In favor' ot the plan, most
off them adding "With the-amendments
Which will be added," and thirty-one
were, opposed to the plan.
The Maritime Exchange showed 39
for and .22, against tnfc plan as It has
been proposed,
Total ballots thus far sent t- the
offices, pf the Evbnino Pubuo ledoer
'show ft greater strength for the league
of nations than appears in the street
canvurjs. The, vote tabulated today
shows 11SI In favor ot the league of
nations as proposed at Paris and 303
opposed to the plan.' Many of those
who .voted wrote,. pn their ballQts that
W U VU. k. . ' ..if X. .j.
CREW SAVED
AS SHIP SINKS
NEAR LEWES
I Tug Also on Rocks in Ter
rific Gale, Tying Up
Atlantic Traffic
STRUCK ABUTMENT
WHILE SEEKING REFUGE
! 87'1-Ton Fruit esscl Cunco
and Banana Cargo
Total Loss
AID W A S IMPOSSIBLE
Coast Guards Had Desperate,
Effort lo Rescue Hu-
T
man Lives
The Norwegian tramp TWanicr.
Joseph J. Cuneo. sank u,i the Harbor
or uefuge, just outside Lewes, Del.,
today during an eighty-mile gale that
damaged shipping nil along the Atlan
tic coast and Is keeping the entire
seaboard tied up.
The tug Augustine, owned by the
Southern Transportation Company, is
aground nearby, but N not sinking.
Tho Cuneo's hull -was stove In after
striking a stone abutment nt tho
breakwater and the ship sunk shortly
after.
No lives were lost. Two passengers
and part of tho crew wero rescued
by the crew of the coast guard station
at Lewes under commund of Captain
John S. Lynch. The remaining mem
bers of the crew, under command of
Captain Jorkj'end, of the Cuneo, landed
on the beach In safety.
The Cuneo entered the Harbor of
Hefugo shortly before 9 o'clock this
morning to escape the terrific gale. Both
anchors were cast overboard, but did
npt hold, and the ship was driven vio
lently on the rocks, beginning to sink
almost immediately.
JEW was almost" Impossible to launch
small boats and distress signals were
sent up. Tho crew of tliofroast guaid
station answered at onoo find were re
enforced later, by the afrlval of the
tugs Arabia and North America and
the pilot boat Philadelphia.
Help ImpnMlble
... ., ,
stood by for a time but
The tugs
were unable to render any material as-
slstance, the passengers and crew having
to depend upon their own efforts and
those ot the coast guards to reach the
shore,
Despite the heavy sea and tho vio
lent wind the government guards man
aged to reach the distressed sh'p and
take ashore some of the crew and the
two passengers. By this time, iowovcr,
the Cuneo had sunk to tho water line
, .1 .... 1.nn .. ... .......I..
urn, ,.-. ......... . ...e Bu.. ...-,
rfLuriiuiK 111 nine n 1 couuu nit- iciiiniuiiiK
members of the crew and Captain Jork-
jend.
Into a sea that almost precluded pos
sibility of safe passage ashore In the
ship's boats the crew finally managed
to launch two of the small boats and
start the hazardous trip toward the
beach. The tugs kept as close as possi
ble to tho small boats during tho trip
to render any assistance possible should
they overturn, but the ioyago nshoio
was made In safety.
For a time a part of the crew- was
marooned on the rocks upon which the
Cuneo Plunged, but they were rescued I
by men of the coast guard service. The1
crew and passengers were taken to the I
Continued on Tnie 8U, Column .Four
X
League of Nations Poll
In Philadelphia to Date
For Against
Leaiu League
Poll previously report
ed, excluding Evcv
i.vo Public Ledger
ballot 4G59 :479
Poll at the Bourse,.,. 51 , 31
Poll at the Maritime
, Exchange ., 39 22
Poll at the Commer-
clal Exchange. ...... y 27 24
University of Pennsyl
vania poll T. ... 10C 79
Total 4882 2633
Evening Public
Lepoer ballots 1191 303
they were- In favor of the plan
"whether or not It Is amended."
At the University of Pennsylvania
the balloting on the present plan ior a
league, which ends this afternoon,
shows 105- to be In favor of and 79
agulnat the plan.
The poll being taken In fourteen cities
Continued on 1'fltl Eighteen, Column One
Italians and Czechs
Together Oppose Reds
London. March 28. Seven thou
sand Italian troops have occupied
the Slovak town ot Pressburg.
thlrtv-fivc miles southeast of Vi
enna, on the Hungarian side of the
border, according to dl-p.itches
from Budapest und Berlin. This ac
tion was taken, apparently, on the
request of the Czecho-Slovaks. or
nt least after ti ptevlous under
standing with them.
Itall.in forces also have entered
Riuib, Ufty miles south of Press
burg Rnub, 'which was reported
captured bv the Czechoslovaks a
few ilajs ago Is on the railway
ahoui iiikhvnj between Vi"iiua and
Budapest
MOTHERS FIRST
TO GREET TROOPS
They Will Be Given Special!
Privilege as "Iron Di-
iJ
vision'" Men Arrive
'
'BIG WELCOME PLANNED
Motheis of I'hilndclplilas "Iron Dii-
slon" s-oMleis will be the (.rst to greet
thelr leturnlng tons when the transports
bearing the lighters tall up the Dela
ware Itlver.
News th.it the 10'Jth and 110th In
fantry urn' the 108th Kleld Artillery
Philadelphia regiments will first set
foot on American soil In their own na
tive city, after heroic accomplishments
In France, had hardly been given to the
publlr when th" forces were set In mo-
tlon to reecho them with every poi-sible
honor.
ti.a ,,.! f it., ft.. ,.. Ati. it. Tili.t
.. ' .. ." ."1.ue '"""' :.: " r:
sion 10 oe tuimtci nere conyiuuio wimi
i.rAA 1, 1,'laf C-.r.nn.1 Tlilf.l ntirl ll.tr t
f n, miii, !t,rwn! of ti,p ni.i '-
IroopsXaVriiebXe Z
actual sailing date Is May 10. as now '
scheduled. At least five transports will I
re required to carry the men here. The,
units total about 9000 men. I
lllggrst Kind of llecrptlon
Neer In the history of Philadelphia
has a greater reception to returning sol-J
dlers been planned. J. Jnrden Guenther,
secretary ot the welcome-home commit-
secretary ot the welcome-home commit
tee today announced that the mothers
would play conspicuous roles In
jubilee.
",e
The transports' which will bring the
soldiers home will probably arrive :i
I? . J ?tZ J.!"
! be no preliminary parade as each ship,, ".,. ,,,' .,
,,, ,,'.,,, pUm' Th ,A .,il h ln? towanl '
load disembarks. The men will he
hurried ,nto lrans tilUcn to Ca
tnii
hnv tn I,p Pntlrplv- nlon tho. rl.r
' It Tim. mated" today that inula-
delnhla soldiers of the Heventy-nlnth
oitr rsf . Vf ST
here. The L bcrty nMslon Is due to
reu'wa" a'mdicatehat B.c Hos-
pltal Unit .Vo. 10. recruited by tho Penn-
,- , ,,
UBnla Hospital, and that Base Hos-
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will oe lanueu iieic, ii men n....t- '
companies of the 103d Kngineers. u
company of tho 103d Military Police and
the 103d Field Hospital, all recruited In
Philadelphia.
"The committee," said Mr. Guenther,
"will probably charter a big steamer
a tlg steamer
and Issue tickets for eve
ry moiner or a
t'ontlnup.1 on I'llBf Klel.t, Column Four
1 --
linn limn C TIMirO DCirTrn
WAK HfcKU D lllHLj KEJLLlfcU
Philadelphia Private Carries
Hnni- in Rrief Visit Hnnip
,
Private Walter f -Mack. Company B,
13Gth Machlne-Gun Battalion, wearing
the Croix de Guerre and the Dlstln-
gulshed Kenice Cross, has returned to
his home. !! North Tw,,S d
street, for a short visit. I rlvate Mack
arrived in New York last Tuesday on
the George Washington. Ho was
cranted a twenty-hour furlough to visit
his mother here. Mack will be trans -
ferred from Camp Merrlt to Camp Dlx
Saturday.
Tne Croix de Guerre was awarded to
the soldier for going out to attract the
German machine-gun tire in order that
the Americans could locate the enemy
position.
Last February Private Mack swam a
river under heavy fire by the Germans.
For this exploit he was cited for the
Distinguished Service Cross.
After halng been rejected five times
by recruiting officers, Mack was drafted
and sailed for overseas June 13 of last
year.
MORE TROOPS COME HERE
te!inmliin Gnlesbur" With 21
teamsnip iuesour0 mi -1
Men Due to Arrive Sunday
Proof that the port of Philadelphia is
becoming more popular for the landing
i of troops was apparent today when It
was learned that the American steam-
I ship uaiesDurg, wmi one oiucer nnu
twenty-one men, would arrive here on ,
Sunday, The vessel left Bordeaux,
France, about two weeks ago.
The Galesburg was scheduled origi
nally to dock at New York. In addition
to tho soldiers It will bring a few
civilians and a general army cargo.
With an army cargo ot 600 tons, tile
Uteamshlp Lake Verdan. from Cardiff.
waies, is k" " nere late
this afternoon. It will probably doclc
a.t Snyder avenue.
Wlwn you think of wilting.
Uilnk, st WUITINO.-Udv.'
LEAGUE DRAFTIRTG FOUR CONFRONT
OMITS CLAUSE;
ON MONROEISM
President Finds Obstacles
and May Not Offer
Amendment to Pact
JAPANESE DEMAND
MAY BE RENEWED
Revision Gives Women the
RighUoHuId Office in
World Society
WILSON DENIES DELAY
Representation of States on
League's Executive Couii-
HI Is Increased
liy the Associated I'ras
I'arN, .March S. It developed to
das that unexpected obstacles hnd
arisen concerning the Monroe Doctrine
umcnd",nt lo the league of nations
covenant, making It doubtful whether
me amendment can be ncorporutod In
,,.. ., , . .
the levisod document.
, 1
The American amendment and the ,hely co,1!"'lc'e'1
Japanehp racial amendment were nol Tl,e-V nre n-jlng to mike peace In
Included in the eoven.W of the league "'e ligh't of the smash that came when
of nations as sent lo the drafting com-1 the decision cutting olT Poland and
mit,P0' , Rumania was announced.
Careful soundings huvp been taken I They are trv ing to make n decision.
I lo "-"certain the reception that is likely
1 ,0 "" given the Monroe Doctrine
1 amendment by other delegations, 'fn-'
frlonrlK nnntdnnttt nx tlm nenuutitr nf 1
...w :.; ,";:.": :'"rr h
" uuuumuui iiuiujiuiiif iiim hm
' R, COllSPfUlPnOA ff I 1 to I n ra IIMin tlm
I Ji, !-...., , ,
Pbly m withholding the amend-!,
ment entirely at Inter .staves of the
proceedings.
Japanese Seek Support
gince (ho flr8t"nlont, of t, .
1 sI,.e of .1 jnr)anps ,n ... n
.nmendment recognizing enuamv be. , nt. ,lelC' " Uanzlg .
f rrtp-nnMiriinrthf- J-.,i;vJ4fJH'0)oAiUM'a,rite(1 hy tba exPert9. .
rore " l " T"014" br tneTmi6 report i id Lloyd George's veto '
league of nation rttntes in other coun.' . ' ..' .., ,..'. ,i. ... 1
"... ....
tries, the Jnnunese delecatesMinvp not
j pressed their amendments lfore th
commission itself They have. how.
ever, been canvassing the delegations
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' -- "vir.n".S' fim, ouV'the"-,
I. inuin..n...n. I ...... ... ...... 1
, ., , ' ; ;"- ""-""f"i 1
" . ""-". ...i.u uwvi-imii'.,
I urBp" ' I.ourgeols providing for
.n Mni.m. it.n... rv.lHn.... -. . .. . .. r,
in iiikiiiliiv IIIIIIUIIj Ulll lldV.ll K .
j Z luTnn,? ""
' ,r U K ' natlnns commission.
" ---eat; g tatbethslgneed
, by Am. ''" "
-s $J
U.re the ! Pe! "iou rnal sav's " .
This action ins been taken In the
- -,.-... ...
Interest of speed. Japan , not given
fpfpet nf bnnnil -tnt.it. ,c mt !....
1 -'- 'vv .-- i.tiv -ivvi.
renresenlnton n lip np- r.nn,r.n i,.
cause its delegation does not include
Its foreign minister
It Is believed the council of foreicn
mlnisteis will consider the Italian and
probably the Russian question, as well
ns( thp feasibility of arranging a lip ice
treutj to include ull the belligerent na
' , , t, . , ,,
I Todav h Paris newspapei s, in dls-
I .n..
KUBK1"s vraimnj ses-siun 01 tne
-'incil of four, declare that extremely
important problems directly connected
I with Germany's future boundaries
' were discussed by the council In an
CUIIIH'UH'O
-vrpupiii sniru ot unuei-innmnir inc
pett Paiislen soys it understands Im-1
I portnnt results wore achieved.
Accoidinc to the Matin, tho terrl- '
I torial questions involved and the prob-
- Jf f
. alti,ous, bJ means not foreseen in dls-
cusslons of the problem outside" the ,
, conference.
As to the financial problems, the1
I solution reported to have been adopted
-"ivldes for tho pament by Gernvinv not conceal the fact that the greatest
of yearly installments on the Indem-1 r(.ak0n for retaining the present re
nity. of which France would receive n , . . ,,,H.m nf ..,...nn.n
portion sufficient to lighten the burden Slme ls the unwIsdom of capping
of her budget horses while crossing the stream" of
.Council of Foreign Ministers the Peace Conference T,)e ..mg Kour nre Bolne !lt pee
'A council of the foreign ministers Tlle situation in Italy Is not so , lireclM.iy the same manner as the
and foreign secretaries of Great Brit- clear from here, but the determination . ais -reu, and thus far they are show
Ian, the United States. Franco and of the government to get I iume lndi-
Itnlv has been created to work slmul- cates desperate straits. I tontlnurd on rase Mi, Column Two
tancously with the premiers and
President Wilson, but on different
brandies of the gicat technical ques
tions Involved In tho peace settlement.
Increase Exeouthe Council t
The membership of each of thp Indi
vidual states In the executive council
of the league of nations, Reuters
Limited, says It understands, will be
i Increased from two to three for each
sme lo ))e represcnted , the cou,lcn. i
Tho third member probably will be a
representative of labor.
IThe draft of the covenant nf, the
league of nations, as read by Presi
dent Wilson Febiunrv 14, said that
the executive council ''ehall consist
of representatives of the United Stales,
the British empire. France. Italy and
Japan, together with representatives
of four ither states, members of the '
leaeue. There lias been no authorPa- '
tlve statement as to the exact number
of representatives each state repre
sented In the council was to have. I
I Wilson Denies Delay j
! Tim President yesterday Issued a i
denial that there have been delays I
"; wllclI1Bion of peace because of '
the failure to complete the league of
' nations covenant. The statement fol.
lows:
In view of the very surprising im-
Continued ou race Light, Column Two
MFNAf F OF SOVTFTS
WITH EACH PROBLEM
Revise Treaty Completely, But Lack Courage
lo Risk Social Revolts Thai Will
Follow Decisive Actioti
RHENISH REPUBLIC ABANDONED;
POLISH CORRIDOR TO SEA FAILS
Allies. With Onh American Army Available. Are With
out Power to Enforce Peace Nations of
Europe Hunt Best Bargains
By CLINTON V. GILBERT
Miin" ( iirrr-pMiiilrnt nf Mir i:trnlnic I'nlillr I nlgr r Itli the I'rni r Krlntiillon
In i;uroe
ISy Special Cable
t oil ip'il, ill), by 1'nblic Luloci IvmiHi 4
Paris, Mau-h 28. The "Illg Four."! Ccriamh t lie governments- in hUtes
fitting In 1'icsiileiit Wilson's library, like Poland and Ceeho-Slouikla exist
nre trjlng to make peace all ovcr,o:il In sufferance, as did the-govern-
again fiom the beginning, throwing
1 :iiiip 11 1 inrrnM- n ci.i.i
financial
- .... . .. . ..U. ... . .,1.1.
11 1 .. . , ,
decisions hitherto leached
or tenia-
,
that will not bring Lenlne and Trotsky
to Paris.
The furl dial all previous iirrungc-
mntttu tvnrA nhniiilnnml linlSsio tint tm
'Z .l t::.j;: '...";
irmn (riiiiiuiniiiiiciit m um uiuu n
II KllPllIlll mnillllln mill lllllf I JflVf I
In i.....i i.i... ..
dan for a corridor across (iermany ,
I conneeliiig Poland wltlt Daiulg.
I 1 1 . 1 r v -..
' JPU 'eorj;e rsertoiis (
' LlojdGeorge had just returned from
r-ngianu, nervous over me popular ,
. .-, ... l,n.. 1, l.nx l.n TV in. if .
were the final blow to the expert. '
who are now without u Job and sitting
- 1 nl-tnuf In un.ir-I.il.t. rpmilMtlnnpri 1'nrlft
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hotels, no longer enjoying the near-
ciTjilness of duncing attendance on
S.. "Big Ten." who, according to one
member, when actually sitting, Hum-
nereii eigniy.
Tho ,iml,.pm
of making a "I!ol-
kIiP Vint -limof " Ile.'lCe. Is llOt CUSV . fOT
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"h,cl"'ver uy the tonfplt",ce W'
there Is Lenine.
Three P.uz.cs Mr "Hig .-our"
The three big questions for the "Hig
l "" "" " ? l
"' s- "f P- "d.
' "e iiaiian-iugo-ni tv u,i.,r. n
r thaun nrn Kottlp.l M-ralnst the interests
titt-nt. -- ""
of Germany, Germany probably will
go Bolshevist.
Hut suppose Poland does not gel a
corildor to Danzig, then Poland ulso
m-nlmlilv will sio Holshev 1st. Suppose
i t...... ..,.. t ..ot n.ilmntlii. who will
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Italian (.overtinieni.
1I1I.I..ILLC:U ! 11(11 ..... ...,.,-.. -w ...v
suppose i' ranee uura nui sci n.o
,m)arations which the Flench peoplo
l ... ... ...
have been taugnt to count upon, vwi ai
will happen In France.'
... c,.i,iiiir Best Itarcain
A" e,"" ",M "
The tiuth of the matter Is that
every government in Kurona except
Lpnne-S owes Its continued existence
gain for Its country from tho Peace
Conference,
.... . . certainly true of France,
, .. . ,
whose press, censored as it Is, does
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meut of Karolji in Hungan, and be-
cause it is supposed they enjoy the
tAor of the "I5ig Four" at the Peace
Conference.
IVar Swing to Itolshevism
The Scheidemann govcniment also.
doubtless. Is ill German eyes the most
acceptable to the Peace Conference
1 If any ot these governments falls to
I get what tho people expect at the
1 conference its doom Is1 sealed, and
ow far " how nuicwy mat nation
' then swings to Bolshevism depends
apparently on geography.
The nearer
, f M
Thus the cliolco of the "Hig Four'
ls not oasy They may try to' avoid
tt b0Cial catastrophe in Germany by
making certain n social catastrophe In
... . . v . . .. .
Rumania and Poland, which aie on
the edge-.offthMibyss. Thoy. may try
t0 av'old " burdening alSnTni' with
nuruening uoj-manj wun
reparations only to preefpitate n big
,.nw ... ,,-,..,. ,..i.rh l..i not ie.-irnl.
...
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Kngland and America, to tax
wealth, and which was -cndy to tear,
limb from limb, the Finance Minister
who the other day talked of taxing
wealth.
The men who sit with the "Rig
Four" know the social dangers con
flouting them unless the exact the
utteimost from Germany. This '1
true of all except President Wilson
and, In some degree, Lloydv George.
But it does not make for an easy
compromise or for peace or for any
discernible principle.
"Cannot Knforce Peace"
On the other hand; the "Hig Four"
know they cannot enforce peace.
Llojd George makes no concealment
of tho fact the British army will not
be used against Germany anv more
than against Russia. The truth prop.
.....
ublv Is that it cannot be so used.
Equal doubt prevails regarding the
French army, and certainly Mr. Wil
ton will not use the American army
in this wa, although in a sense il
now- is tile only army with morale
suitable for further war-making, un
less possibly the army of the Bolshe
viki, who, having the choice of starv
ing or of dying on the battlefield, may
have the same spirit of tho ragged
troops of the First French republic.
Since they cannot use force, the situ
ation is oppressing the peace con
ferees, who. harassed by difficulties,
have gone Into hiding lo conceal their
vacillation and indecision.
Dlfllciilt.v on Reparation
close tomorrow)
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PLOT OF REDS
toi
rm
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NIPPED IN BUll
BY AMERICANS
Spntti!1 Rnsm':m Prisnnprs"
.
Whom Spartaeans Plan- v M
ned to Arm
LbiNliN'E ASKS HUNGARY 'M
TO MARCH ON VIENNA $
Mosfow SoM'et Sends Note ib
Wilson Seeking Recogni-
tio'n. Paris Hears
AUSTRIA NEARS REVOLT;
Famine Menaces Capital as;
Strike Blocks Allied '
Food Trains
Ameiican troops have thwarted a
Bolshevik revolt in Prussia. "
Lenine is reported to have urged
Hungary to send an army against
Vienna. Tho Soviet system is be"- ,
ing established in tno Hungarian
provinces. "
The Russian Soviet has asked reei ,
ognition by the United States.c-- H
cording to a Paris report.
Vienna is threatened with famini
as the result of a .railroad strike
which may lead to the formation'
of a Soviet republic in German ij
Austria. '. t$M
Ity the Associated Press
aSvS
London. March 28. Action by Amet?
3-.jr.
ican troops looking nfter
prisoners In German v Is lipllpvpd t
have nipped in the bud an important!' j
Bolshevik plot, according lo an iBS-
change Telegraph uispatch from .BeryjS
mi uateu Thursday, "jrtc
Tho Spartaeans In Spandau, ' .(a
Prussian town nine mlle3 west-ppXhas.
lln) the message states, had planneit,SS
' u big rising for Thursday, Intendln&rtCSl
.a. in sevcr.ii inuusanu iussians txrom xz
, the Ruhleben camp, The AmerlcanSfl
uuwvver, rusueu me xtussians .-on T
1 board trains Wednesday night and
scattered them under the Aniericano t".
throughout Germany.
' The Spartaeans. the dispatch adds :
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a means of backing up the Hungarians 5j
in rnpir isn hiipvik mnvo ',-1
I'l-pmlpr T.anlna lino uanf n rfalna ii
iuc"3-iipsc lu iiic i.uiitioiuui yiutcfifc gieVi
iiieiu urgiiii; it to Menu an 'txrmy'riw,
against Vienna, according to a Buda-vSl
pest dispatch received in Berlin ani
forwarded by the Exchange Telegrplf
Company. Lenine promised to advance ;A
100,000,000 kronen ($20,000,000 In pre JtX
war value) to finance the project. i (
rt
Paris, March 2?. (By A. P.) A ru. J
mor was current last night that the 1
l nltca states una receivea a noiBi,.s-i
from Premier Lenine and War illnli VJ
ter Trotsky of tho Russian Soviet
' Government asking recognition for.
that government, says Marcel Ilutta
In the Echo de Paris today. 5
M. Ilutln ndds that he "cannot sajj'
that President Wilson is disinclined tJ
give the request favorable considers?
tion." i
The Communist elements in Austria,,
are planning a movement to gain conj-
trol of the government, the correspond
ent of the Matin at the Hague says he
learned from Vienna. The moyemenf.
If launched, would begin simultaneously
In ' ienna. Llnz and Gratz.
Vienna, March 28. (By A. P.) A
railroad strike has been called and
threatens to spread to all the roads In
this country. (The strike was called
partly for higher wages and partly be
cause of sjmpathy with the Hungarian
revolution. It is feared it may lead to
the establishment of a soviet republic
In ;. ...nti A ,.allu ' i
The trouble began when men employedL''
u i.iir ,-vu.iKiii itntiiuau na.nru iUi -4
All t.-:iffl." nvpr tills road Ir nt n rnm'.'- 3
plete standstill, even Allied food trains jl
from Trieste being Jtoppeu, as a re
sult of this interruption of transports-. ?,'
tlon of supplies, Vienna Is threatened
Continual on Vann Klx, Column Oi
KILL 21 FOR ROYALIST PLOTh
Bolshevik! Iteveul Alleged Mon.
arehisl Scheme in Russia' ' 4 '
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All uueKeu luyuiini (.uuspirucy lias uenr. v t
discovered at Penza, northwest off
Saratov, in easiern i.uropean itunsm. --fa
according to tho Russian newspap.S
Krasnaya Garetta, and twenty-one., ;Pb '
sons have been shot by the BolsheviA"
In connection with the plot. The allege !3
leader was Sukotlne, a former marstynfvj
OL tile HUBS. Ull l.UUl.ll, wiiu vvaci U UU,g' y. H
commissary under the Bolshevlkl reelnie; AiW
Sukotlne was executed. .. A'l
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newspaper, pianneu to paim on a tie
nt ii.p nishon of Ufa as the Grand'.
limit rl PAvlovlteh. carrv him to Mo
and make a dramatic? appeal , i
people from the Kremlin, ' " -
The former .Orand "Duke OtwlrM
Pavlovllch has tttn in Kngland an4 In
an honorary captain In the British ansW,
He Is next In succession to thft RiMSdM
throne to Alexis, the only eoo acnjsi
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