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D?f to tho Exigencies of
Eg? the War
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a.s op; charter fight
5?.jEfirk wtt41tf fnnv witrn rtinnflilp. I3
lliMilRUbstance ot Senator Varc's rcplr
fWAaegtfons br llio Philadelphia charter
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rvjj&cfatnuitc regardine; aeinv or compicic
niiCTlfnKQ ui nutn un mui jj .wu-
'lie questions, an well ns nnivrers,
Mro queries made bv Senator Varo
ft statement ioucd
publicity ibalrinnu
tjjpc diarter revision commitlce.
Senator Vnrc at City Hall tomorrow
Wfiprcsiuc nt n uearinp on rharler re
SjMP11, Only opponents, ot the Wood
'' tnj bills will ho beard. Supporter?
1W6 embodied Jn
wta-ii'dnell Ernn,
iWi!" mcasurc3 wcic heard Mnich lil
tsSi'.'nle statement inquires why the Philn-
kSpJ'f'P1"'1 Subwny Construction Company
Uii' IOOK
W&1&
via contract foi tho norlhrnit sruntp
' jftfenjmcnt works, left thn work unrom-
jtMWl nmi removed Its equipment early
liCUic summer,o 191S, although retain
y insane contract.
9 X enator Ynro's reply to this question,
B Sivtn after be was shown the full stale-
W went, follows:
t-lti' . 'jThe Philadelphia Subwav Con-
ra (inaction Comnauv stonned work on
fj llieevrngc dispoal plant in the north -
tt east just as all other bic coutmcts were
PlVj'JIL'U HI LIU l-llj , H HUH II1U I Ulll'U
.States Government took all workmen
IfX anflmaterinl and uied them in war
SfcouVratts."
ljpi- fhe charter committee's next qtics
KSsttoji. In brief, was:
",liydid Senator Vaie take a cou
ps. tinct aepteniDer u, juii, tor gnuiins
JET the,iight of way at League Island Park
U joi; fM,uuu, anu oniy uo worn on it
yja amounting lo $12,252.10, when the eilv
French Ash That League
Adopt Their Language
W'nrli. April 0. (Uy A. P.) The
Trench Society for the Promotion of
n, League of NatloiiHlins adopted, on
motion of 1'rofesnor Atilard, of tho
University of Paris, nn enjibent au
thorily on history, n resolution ask
ing the Peace Conference to adopt
Krrmli ns (he official language of
the lengtio of nations. The society
U nlo promoting n movement In
faor of Pnrl ns the seat ot the
league of nations.
'Jliii organization is entirely uil
uflicinl, and Ihe Trench government
will tako no steps to assist tho
movement rclnthc to the capital ot
the league.
The foreign office officials who will
speak on the subject sny that Pranro
would be proud if n location in this
country might be chosen, but thnt no
formal Meps vUit be taken lo thnt
end.
Foe May Appeal
fo- Allied Army
rnnllnnfd from Pate On '
behlud It, the Itavarinn council govern
ment appears less nble lo impose itself
upon the oountrj, nnd the general
tiolltical situation ha become more ln
olvcd and threatening thnn ecr. Not
onl has the support of the old govern
ment taken conereto foim in north
r.mniln, but Ihe In each among tho so
tinl democrats In H"uth JIn nrSri ha
widened until the Majority Socialists,
Ihe Independent SoclnlMs and the mm-
munists in c not at all united
Tho Independent Socialists of Munich
and Nuremheig arc sp,llt hopelessh. In
the Intter city tliey lire absolutely op
ipofced lo the soiict system for the
present, the former city siding with the
ipioponents of that srstem, but laying
I ilon n twcho conditions, intituling u
ilii tutorship of tlie proletariat, tlic
building uiof workmen's ruunuN, the
sociuli7ation ot the hureniurncy nciord-
ing to the principles of the workmen's,
iiensnnts nnd soldiers' lounclls. the I
troduction of general labor lut for th
Peace Prospect
Grows Brighter
CnnllnuFf! from Tnce One
tho effect the establishment of n Soviet
go eminent nt Munich may have on the
conclusion of peace.
The delegates arc considering the
ccntun1 necessity of negotiating two
pence treaties with (lermany, oue with
lierlln nnd the other with Munich.
The preliminary peace treaty will re
quiie (lermnny to make nn Immediate
iudcmnitv payment oil nceount of -I,-000,000,000
frnnes (?.",000,000,000) in
ensh nnd raw materials, according to
the l'cho de Paris. Tho treaty, it do
elates, will not Iruvo uncertain the to
tal nmount whith (lerninny is to pav,
ns thnt amount will be written into the
document.
affairs, or the league of nations in
cludes only Europe, In which case the
Americans would violate tho Monroe
Doctrino by mixing in European affairs.
Constantinople, April 0. (By A. P.)
The Turkish commission appointed to
draw Up a report dealing with the na
tional rights of Ottomans before tho
Pence Conference has concluded Us la
bors. The report will be submitted to
tho high commissioners ot the Allies directly.
INFANT NATIONS GET
OUTLET TO THE SEA
Waterways Commission Rcgw
latcs Danube and Rhine
Iteparalion Itrpoit Adopted j
The flist Interim report of the snrond
subcommittee of the commission on I
reparations,
ceded mine by about a jenr, and then
the war i.ime along. The llapiil Tran
sit Companj was able Inter, nearly two
ears later, to lompletc its woik, nnd
I was again nwarded the lontract nt the
prices thnt then prcailcd."
Paris, April I). (By A. P.) A re
port on regulations nnd restrictions to
bo imposed upon communications in
dealing with the financial , cncmy H,,atcs m or,,cr llint nowy "fated
u central Europe may nac nc-
sea has been computed for
Conference bv the coinmls-
bourgeoisie, the in onstitution of louits I present this report and the repoit of thcl6'0" on tup regulation ot polls, water
on a rcwiiuiionnrj lusis. the reconsniic- (list subcommittee on cntegones of dam
i's, jenpneitv ot enemy stntcs nnd t,he means j "atioM in cen
ii- At p.ivment, wns adopted jesterdnv bv trss ,0 t,ie f,c
he tho commission. It wns decided to lc l fac Co
Zj it
JpV n ii mil led
October SO,
tho contract,
Ef (1918?"
hi "If any one cares to look up the
lot matter, was senator nrcs answer,
''they will find that the Pennsylvania
(I.jih.I n.1 , Ii .. nil .jtn,l." nNnnfllnil
2 v itUlUUaU UUKX lUC ll. jumnj uiui.liiu
tne ngnt ot way contrncc so mar. tnc
1" material could be used to till in swnnvps
feS and to lay railroad tracks to the Green-
? iich piers, where the government wns
W ."spending $10,000,000. This was laused
by the starting of tne war ana tnc
chnneine of the plans."
If.. The fharter committee's next ques
tion was why Senator are contracted
?rv. 1 curtiary i to lcmove nouses on in-b-
- Gel. , . -- ,-ci ntn ,.i.:.u
WiV ly-mill Birt't'L JUI .tiu,uuu, iu nn.u
f??f contract no worii uuu uvvu uuuc aiuuc
PAngutt 2S, 101 S.
fk. -" Wn thnt nuestion in the statement Is-
tP sued by Mr. Eans, Senator Vare re-
M3flHecI:
''TheTnenty-fifth street grade cross
removal contract was ordered
ifetfritonncd bv the head of the United States
pTi.Arsenal on Gray's Ferry toad, and all
J?"Jnaterial nmi machinery in use in the
isSvT'Oniract were removed uy tne ncau oi
the arsenal because of the war prepara-
Ifst. tloni being made at the arsenal. This
1- .. . t Vcnitl ., na i nnAnllril nu cnn nu i li A
fc-t1 .n nrcnnrfltiniis A lrc srnrr-pcl '
K',, v The chatter committee's final qucs-
!', lion wns conrcrncu wmi tne nuiiciiug oi
foundations for the irankforu elevated ,
ESi. Mine, ocnaior ynre uau tne iouuciatious
S contract for the northern end of the
lule, James Dorncy the contract for the
lower portion.
Vare Work "Long Dclajed"
W The committee asserted that Dorney
.Completed his contract, but that Senator
; .Vare "long delayed hisi work, and that
1m tu ., ( t t ..no 1.1,.. lllF nnMi.l.) ...! .
Vadvertibed nnd relet to Contractor Vare
!ui a about 100 per cent increase in I
i I lirkc."
. To this the Senator nusweicd:
t , ''Vnr conditions were lesponsdde in !
Fit "IC v!tse oE tne ' raukford elentcd foun-
m-L dations contract. The Itapid Tiansit
pc Company either would not or could not i
Sidney Drew Dies;
Was Noted Actor
niillniifd from I'nte One
"Billv's Tombstones.' which was re-
gilded as cine ot the funniest in nudc-
ille.
Incidentnllv. the pln1et was pre
sented hrt in this lity in Keith's
Theatre.
Man seasons were spent in vnridc
ille b Jir. Diew befoie he drifted into
motion pictures. His cntiance into
this held marked n new era in sctecn
domedios. He showed that it was pos
sible to arouse laughter without le
sorting to slapstick methods ot impos
sible situations.
New Tone to Moles
ITe gae a new tone to the movies,
nnd attracted a class of palionage thnt
hitherto had refrained fiom that kind
of nmusement.
The cisutile actor nppented in his
film successes with his wife, who was
known on the screen ns Jane Moirow
Mr. Drew's fiist wife, a daughter of
the late McKee Itankiu, died in Iflll.
He married Miss Morrow, whose ical
name wns Lucille McVey, two ye.ns
later.
Mr. Dien's last pietuie was called
"The Amateur Liar." nnd is being pie
sented heic this week. One of liis great
est successes in the pietuie line wns
"Once a Mason," which was one of
the Intest teleases.
His most artistic work on the legiti
mate stage wns his protioal of Tonj
Lumpkin, in an nll-stnr revival of "She
Stoops to Conquer."
S. Itankin Drew, n sou oi the actor,
was killed in Trance, when lighting with
the Lafayette Escadrille. The death
of bis son and the strenuous work in
connection with his career are believed
to hne been tesponsible for the actor's
collapse.
tion of the duelling sstcm, the srpiin
lion of chuieli and state, the inimeclinte
revolutionizing of tnc system of school
education, the socialization of the press
nnd the creation ot n red nrinv alll.mce
with IttissU and Hunj.ir.v. 1'hev also
demand propoitionnte repiesentutinn of
tho three parties in the icntrnl louncil.
The council has accepted thec condi
age and methods of valuation to the
general scuctnry of the Pence Con
ference. In nn nitide discussing whether tho
Monioe Doctrine can be lecoucilrd with
the league of nations, the Matin dc
ilaies It would be paradoxical to up
hold it. adding:
"Either the league of nations ex-
tions. so the Independent Socialists nio, tends to the entire woild, in which
suppnrring i no soviet pinu. inn tneu
lender. Doctor Levien. is still pessimis
tic nnd helieves thnt-Nthe piescnt coun
cil fails to rcpiosent the pioletaiint and
that the bnsie idea of the council has
been stianglcd. 'Ihe Mnjout Sochi
ists in south I'nv.-iriu have gone uttcrh
to pieces and nre whollv at outs with
those in noi th l!aaria. The boui
geoisie of both north and south Bavaria
nre woiklng with lencwcd vigni to pic
vent the establishment of the present
council system. The oiiginnl cabinet,
containing two Mnjoiltv Socialists, has
been altered so ns to eliminate them and
several others to whom objection was
made, hut its makeup is still a matter '
of doubt.
Berlin, Tuesdnv, April S ( ISv A,
I ) At this morning's session of the
soviet lougiess Independent Sounlists
picsented two lcsolutious extending
greetings to thc Bavnrinu nod the Ilun
guiian soviet lepublic. There was a live
ly discussion, especially tegarding Ba
varia. The Independent Socialists
wished the congiess to express the hope
that the Bnvariati proletaiint might
overcome opposition nnd thnt the rest
of Germnny might follow its example..
The motion was postponed after nn
favorable discussion.
'Ihe greeting to Hungary was ac
cepted in spite of lccent tin catering
predictions.
Berlin is sttonglv patrolled by gov
ernment troops with aitillcr.v. Wil
helmstrnsse is commanded by machine
guns fiom the chancellery.
Spurtncau leaders at Hamburg aie
plotting to proclaim a soviet lcpub
lic in that mtv, accoiding to the Z.ei
tung urn Mittng. wliich calls upon
Gustnv Xoskc, the minister of win,
to send troops there to prevent this
action.
cae Europeans would violate the Mon
loe Doctrine in mingling in Aniciicnn
wnvs nnd railroads.
rrecdom of transportation through
Germnny nnd Austria nnd equality of
treutinent in ports and harbors has been
provided for, as has been the interna
tional regulation of traffic over, the
Hhiiie nnd Danube rivers. '
The report does not approach the
problem of inlernittionnl regulation of
great wuiervvuvs outsiue inn unmnins
of present enemy states, nor does it
deal with the Vistula, the great river
artery of northern Europe, since the
commission, when formulating its con
clusions, was not aware whether the
penco settlement would give the navl
gable reaches of tho Vistula entirely to
new Poland or leave the mouth, with
the city of Danzig, in German hands,
Rhine Ilher Is Opened
The regulation of transportation over
tho lihine anil Danube forms probably
the most .important part of the report,
which provides for tho entrance of
Frnnce, Switzerland nnd some non
partisan states to the present Mannheim
contention between Germany and Hol
land covering the navigation of the
Ithlnc.
The European commission, control
ling the mouths of the Danube, will be
continued, representatives of present
enemy states being excluded from It, and
n similar international commission will
bo established provisionally for the
upper Danube. This, will last until R
new general Danube convention is es
tablished.
A new international convention cov
ering the navigation of the Elbe nnd
other rivers is recommended to protect
tho interests of Poland nnd Czecho
slovakia and give them freedom of navi
gation, without discriminating duties,
down through German territory to the
North and Baltic seas.
The commission, In conclusion, rec
ommends that the league of nations be
constituted tho future nrbltrntor nnd
regulator of nil these problems, with
ihe right to take tip and revise present
regulations at any time.
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