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EVENING' PUBLIC -'LEDGER PHIKADELPHTA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1919
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LOUCHEUR ASSERTS
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EUTONS CAN PAY
Indemnity in No Way Exceeds
Germany's Capacity, Says
French Minister
BLAME SMUGGLING
FOR MARK'S SLUMP
COAL MUST BE REPLACED
Tarls, Sept. 12. (Ity A. P.)
Spcnklng in the Chnmbcr of Deputies
today, Luis Loucheur, mlniitor nf re
construction, declared that the French
financial claims upon Germany in no
wwe exceeded the lattcr's capacity to
pay.
He added the Germans have always
been hard workers nnd possessed of
much commercial, industrial nnd agri
cultural Initiative, nnd pointed out the
yield of grain per acre hns always been
higher in Germany than in rrnnec. Ho
declared that it was reasonable to ex
pect that every German activity would
bo devoted to the task before that
country.
31. Loucheur said it would tako five
years to place the northern France
coal mines oh a pre-war footing, during
which time tiie Germans must supply
the 20,000,000 tons of coal they de
stroyed. German coal, he snid, now
had begun to be delivered to France at
tiie rate of 1,003,000 tons n month, and
tt was hoped that soon this would be
raised to 2,500,000 tons.
To an objection that Germany would
pay her debts with money bonouod
from the Allies, M. Loucheur replied
that, in view of the development of
world trafficthe situntion was not so
grave as it looked to be. He lccknncd
that tho German citizen would be taxed
one and one-half times more than tho
French citizen.
The minister said, amid protests from
the extreme left, that he did not be
lieve in nationalization. lie advocated
more up-to-date banking methods, nnd
finally nppealed to his hearers to deal
broad-mindedly with the Gcimnns, in
asmuch as economic relations with Ger
many were necessary, "whether wc like
it or not."
Tho speech of M. Loucheur wns fre
quently punctuated by tho applause of
the crowded house. After ho had finished
Premier Clemcnceau congratulated M.
' micheur.
$300,000,000 for Australia
Melbourne, Australia, Sept. 12. (l'.y
A- P.) Premier Hughes has nnnounccd
nt a meeting of the Ministerial party
that the indemnity to be paid to Aus
tralia would be something less than
00.000.000 ($300,000,000).
Germans Find Occupied Dis
tricts Prevent Collection of
Customs Duties
BRITISH TO LEAVE
WHITE RUSSIA SOON
Berlin, Sept. 12. (Hy A. P.) The
great amount of smuggling through the
occupied districts and the lack of any
regulated customs duties, or the im
possibility of imposing them unless
Great Britain, Franco nnd the United
States agree, arc advanced by the
Vosslsehe Zeitung as the reasons for
the continued depreciation in the value
of the mark, rather than 1'innnce Min
ister llrzbcrger's financial police .
The newspaper contends that the
persistent removnl of capital from the
country owing to unhindered smuggling
nnd the purchase of articles of luxury
are chiefly responsible for tho low
value of the mark. It instances bil
lions of marks in Gcnnnn money going
abroad for Ameiicnji cigarettes selling
nt American prices which it sajsns
put the German cigarette industi5ut
of business. P
H0NDURAN REBELS ADVANCE
Evacuation Delayed by Remov
ing People to Safety, Says
Winston Churchill
UNABLE TO JOIN KOLCHAKl
sizing two serious dnngers for the Allies.
First, the overrunning of the small
Italtle states by Bolshevists with con
sequent nnnrchy and ruin; second, the
lcsciic of these states from this danger
by the Germans and the consequent
establishment of Germany as the pre
dominant influence in the Baltic and
ultimately over Hussin. IIo ndds:
"The resources of this country would
not (jnablc us single-handed to avert
either of these ilnngcrs. but they are
under consideration b the Peace Con
ference, the problem being one that enn
only be grappled bv tho ietorious Allies
ncting In concert "
WILSON'S PLEA IGNORED
Reported to Be Closing in on the
Capital, Tegucigalpa
San Sahndnr, Sept. 12. (By A. P )
Hondurau revolutionary forces np
pear to be closing in on the capital,
Tegucigalpa, from the west and south,
according to an ofiicinl stntement from
l evolutionary heodquaiters received
here. The rebels have also hecn suc
cessful in the north.
Tho statement sajs the cities of
Santa Barbara and Kuscaiau and
towns in the state of Intibucn hac
been taken by the rebels, who me now
within forty miles of Tegucigalpa.
Further north, the city of San Pedro
has been tnken, the statement sns,
nnd the retreat of gocrinncnt foices
toward Puerto Cortes, Lacciba and
Trujillo has been cut off. Various en
counters at other points between the
go eminent troops and the rcolutionnry
forces are leported.
AMERICANS AID POLAND
Company Organized to Extend Cred
its to Polish Cities
Basle, Sept. 12. By A. P.) An
American company liming a capital of
S100,000,000 is being organized in Po
land to extend credits to Polish cities
so they may meet their necessities, es
pecially for the construction of canals,
water plants and hospitals, according
to tho Yossischo Zcilung of Berlin.
By the Associated Press
Iyondon, Sept. 12 Winston Spencer
Churchill, secrctnry for wnr, in a state
ment Issued jestcrdny denies there hns
been any change in the British policy to
evneunte north Russia.
I'rncuatinn, liowcrr. had been re
tarded, owing to the necessity of bring
ing no many Itusslans, who nre in
danger of their lhcs, as well as women
and chihlien.
Mr. Chun hill says it will be impos
sible to effect a junction with Admiral
Kolchnk bctore winter Ho denies that
British troops are emplojcd or that the
Biitixh Government has nccepted nn
responsibility in opeiations ngninst
Petrograd.
Iteplles to Criticisms
Mr ClnuchiU's statement was issued
in leplv to criticisms and disclosuie
concerning the government policy in
Uussin lie declines that the decisions
on which the policv of cwicuiition is
based nrc Irrevocable, Grncinl Sir
llemy S. Itiiwlinson having full dis
cretional v power ns to the time and
met hod of the evacuation.
The secietnrv dilates on tho peculiar
complexity and difficulty of the prob
lem of extricating the Biltlsti forces,
which involves encuntioii bv sen of
considerable numbers of Russians,
comproniiM d hj helping the British,
who might otherwise find themselvis
exposed to Bolshevist xengennce.
lie flit n explains that, after the
gov eminent anil general staff ill st de
cided upon the evacuation of Mur
mansk and Archangel In Fcbruniv,
there seemi d to be u prospect 111 Mnv
of Kolchnk s nitnics m Siberia effect
ing u junction with the norm Russian
troops, and Gcncinl Ironside was In
ttructed to piepnie a plan facilitating
n junction with t he Biltish. The cab
inet nppioved the plan and, had it
been possible to execute it, the Britisli
forces could have been evacuated with
out nuxietv so far as the fate of the
North Russian government and ami
was concerned.
Britisli Were Ready to Aid
It wns not the fault of the British
sajs the secretarj, that the plan failed.
They were ieadj to advance along the
Dvinn to Kotlass with adequate fortes
to destrov the pncinj "s flotilla and base
thric. But instead of advancing, Kol
cliak's ni mies letned hundieils of miles
to the eastvvaid and no hope remains
of effecting a uinctum with him before
winter. Heme there arose the necessity
of sending Anglo French le-cnforce-iiieiits
now on the spot.
The beeretnrv concludes by empha-
Housc Committee Falls to Allot
$825,000 for Envoys
Washington, Sent. 12. (By A. P.)
President Wilson's request of Con
gress that ?S25,000 be appropriated for
expenses of the American Pence Com
mission failed to be considered in the
framing of the deficiency bill reported
jestertlny for passage by the House np
propriations committee
The measure, however, reimburses
the State Department for ?3SS,000 ad
vnnced to the commi-slon. Committee
men explained that this was regarded
ns a charge against the account asked
by the President.
No further action on the commis
sum's expenses is contemplated, com
nuttte menibeis nnnountcd, until do
tailed information of the expenses is
prtsenttd. State Department officials
have informed the committee that the
information is not available, ns all data
are in Pai is
U. S. FLEET AT VICTORIA
Guns Boom Welcome to Ships Carry
ing Daniels and Rodman
Victoria, It. C. Sept. 12 (By A.
P.) With -.hole batteries and ships'
guns booming their salutts in n driz
zling rum, the V S. S New Mexico
and Aikans.is, with Setietnrv of the
Navy Daniels and Admiinl Hugh Rod
man nboiutl, convoved h a division nf
destroveis. dropped anchor In Victoria
harbor late vestcitlav.
Shoitly ntteiward the official recep
tion party tame aboard the Arkansas.
Heading the partv was Piemicr John
Oliver, of British Columbia
DISCUSS BELGIAN SAFETY
Peace Conference Commission Plans
Protection for Nation
I'.iris. Sent. 12. (Bv A. P.I The
commission on the revision of the treaty
of IS.'iO hns reached a complete ngiee
nient on the procedure to bo followed.
Belgian ami Dutch expel ts will work
out hunt formulas regal ding the water
v.nvs. Deliberations on thesnfetj of Bel
gium bv the whole commission began
todny.
M JH j II H II .arm
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The leading article in THE LITERA
in simple form the provisions of the two bil
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President Wilson's Appeal to the West
Public Opinion Upon the President's Speeches in Behalf of the League of Nations, Illustrated by a
Map Showing the Itinerary of the President's "Swing Around the Circle"
A Labor Truce Or a Smash
Hoover vs. Hapsburg
America's Warning to Turkey
New Invasions Planned by Germany
Home Advice to Japan
Another British Ambassador Pro Tern
Europe's New Wave of Anti-Semitism
How to Make Several Rooms in One
What Follows the "Flu"?
Shall We Export Lumber?
Better Electric Insulators Needed
Wind-Resistance on Trains
America Spends Millions to Retain
Dye Supremacy
Canoe-Coasting in the Wake of a Boat
New Method of Americanization
for Foreign Born
The Actors as a Labor Organization
French Artists Unionizing v
Yiddish Literature Fighting for Existence
Andrew Carnegie's Religion
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G0MPERS AND MOORE
TO THE PEOPLE:
Below is reproduced a letter sent by Samuel Gompers, president of the Amer
ican Federation of Labor, to Arthur G. Hawes, chairman of the Union Labor Anti
Moore Campaign Committee:
American Federation of Labor
Qxaeutlra Council.
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LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONE MAIN 38712-3-4-5-6
CABLE ADDRESS, AFEL.
New Vorkf Soptoribor 10, 1919.
Ur. Arthur G. Howes,
Chairman Anti-Moore Campaign Committee,
54 No. 6th Street,
Philadelphia, Pa.
Dear Sir & Brother:-
I have just learnod that it ie impose i'ole for Ur. Hugh Prayne to
comply with my requeot to go to Philadelphia to represent me and deliver an
addreos at your meeting-tonight. I have, therefore, juflt telegraphed you
as follows:
"The statement made fcy any ono that 1 intendod not to come to
Philadelphia and deliver an addreso this evening at the Llooee
Hall ie absolutely unfounded and untrue. At tho close of the
conference in Washington Sundqy, I told, my Secretary that but
for the fact that I had stated that I would take the matter
under consideration until the following day, Monday, I had
nearly made up my mind to announce to you and tho other men
present, that I would come to the meeting Wednesday evening.
J. Hampton Moore might have "been rogarded as a leader two
hundred years ago. His attitude on labor and progress is that
of the montal antiquarian. His name has not been associated
with any helpful movement for the workers or for the masses of
the people. He has been on the opposition side since his en
trance into Congresa and by vote and speech and manner, has op
posed labor and insulted the workers. If it had not been
for tho death of my venerable father, I would havo been with you
at the meeting this evening, and would have entered into the full
details of J. Hampton Moore's record in Congresa and his actions
elsewhere in whioh he took advantage of every opportunity to at
tack, oppose and misrepresent the aspirations of the toilinr '
masses."
With boat wishes for a successful meeting, and again espressing
my regret that it is impossible for roe to bo present, believe mo
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NOW FOR THE FOUR MILLION MARKJ
Why the Letter Was Written
Mr. Gompers had been asked to come to this city to give to organized labor his views upon the attitude
toward the workingman of J. Hampton Moore, Penrose candidate for mayor. A mass meeting was arranged
for Wednesday night, September 10, at Moose Hall.
Before the date fixed for the meeting Mr. Gompers' father was taken ill and died. Mr. Gompers was,
of course, compelled to cancel his engagement to come here.
The opposition took advantage of this circumstance to throw doubt upon the willingness of Mr.
Gompers to appear in Philadelphia at all.
Mass Meeting Was Held
The mass meeting was held as scheduled, but other speakers, of necessity, took the place of Mr.
Gompers and Mr. Frayne. At that meeting a telegram from Mr. Gompers was read. The telegram cor
responded identically to the body of the letter given above. In the telegram Mr. Gompers announced that he
would confirm it by letter, which he did.
The opposition made a concerted effort to create in the public mind the impression that Mr. Gompers
had side-stepped the meeting.
In this space, which is paid for at regular advertising rates by the Patterson Campaign Committee of
One Thousand, so that the public may get the full truth about the mayoralty campaign, the Gompers letter
is reproduced in order that the voters may compare its contents with the comment upon it in some of the
daily newspapers and draw their own conclusions.
Vahcfes s&c
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