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VOL. CXI NO. 76. -
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RALEIGH, N. G, TUESDAY, MORNING, MARCH 16, 1920.
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LODGE RESERVATION
TO ARTICLE TEN IS
ADOPTED BY' SENATE
I,' Senate's Latest Decision Ac
- . Treaty Issue Into Next
Campaign
SIMMONS ENDEAVORS TO
, SECURE A COMPROMISE
BUT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL
Fourteen Democrats Vote With
Republican But Defection
From Administration Bank
. Far Short of Number Neces
sary To Batifj Peace Pact;
Senator Hitchcock Tells Col
leagues New Reservation To
l Article Ten Unacceptable To
President ; Final Vote On
y- Treaty Expected This Week
Washington, March 15. Reaffirming
its disagreement with President Wilson
on the dominating; issue of the peace
treaty controversy, the Senate adopted
today by a vote of more thai) tiro to
one th'e 'new Article Teh reservation
' framed by Republican leaders. :
Its action brought to n end At leaat
for the present, tho protracted effort for
. a compromise that, would insure ratifies,
tion and the" Scnnte's decision was ac
cepted generally as hastening the treaty
' toward another deadlock from which it
eould be released only by a verdict it
the polls neit November.
14 Democrats For It.
. Fourteen Democrats voted with, the
united Republican membership for the
reservation, but this defection from
the administration, ranks fell far short
of he number that would be required
te ratify. It was conceded that others
probably would swing over on the rati
fication roll call, but . Administration
. leaders, baeVcdbynefiitite assurance
that the new,, reservation was unaccept
able to the President, evidenced no ap-
' jiFehFBiion that their forces would
dnindlo beyond th danger point. The
vote for adoption, 56 to 26, showed on
its face 's two-thirds majority for the
reservation, but it by no means indi
cted that tWo-thirds ' would -vote ior
ratification on 'that basis. Included in
the majority wore the Irreconcilable,
holding about b score of Totes which
04 the ratification roll-call will be east
against the treaty.
' The reservatioBr-adopUd -after -eseny
efforts to modify it had been rolled
under by the solidly united Bepublican
majority follows in general form the
one adopted last Aovcmbcr. ' It' is as
follows: '
The New Reservation.
"The United States assumes no obli
Ration to preserve the territorial in-
li tegrity or political independence ox any
other country by the employment oi its
military or naval forces, ita. resources
or any form of economic, discrimination.
or to Interfere in, any way in' contro
versies between nations, including all
JT.controversios relating to territorial
tegrity or political - independence,
' . whether members of the league or not.
under the provisions of Article . Ten,
or to employ the military or naval
t forces of the United States under any
article of the treaty for any purpose
unless in any particular case the Con
gress, which under the constitution,
hss the sole power to declare war or
authorize the employment of the mili
tary or naval forces or the United
. . . .. , . .1 ; A !
I liberty of action, by act or joint reso-
. oinies. snail, in ma v ,
1 lution so provide.
I On adoption of the original Article
I Ten reservation last November tho rote
2 was 46 to 33 with only four Dem-
I oerats. Senators Beed, Gore, Smith, of
""Georgia ; r and "Wat sh,-of Massachusetts,
.vstine- in the affirmative.
I Tho. vnta.on Article Tea completed
(the Senate's reconsideration - of the
fourteen reservations adopted in. No
vember but several new proposals re-
r main to be disposed of before tho vote
Ion ratification. Most ' leaders thought
1 1 tonight, however, that the end would
1 1 come this week.
.Senator . Hitchcock oid not disclose
details of his communication with the
White House, but informed his eol
leagues he had been told the President
found the Article Ten substitute quae
as objectionable as tho original reser
vation. The President's stand and the
adamant cohesion of the Bepublican
majority combined" lo1olster-p-tho
position of Jhe. adminialratiosr leaaers
in the Senate, and tho 14 Democrats who
snnoorted tho reservation TtrT6erorr'
call represented less than half the Dem
ocratic strength wntcnaaa no prom
ised for the Bepublican substitute as it
originally had been drafted..-
Mum Aralast Reservstlea.
Senator fitentih of North Carolina,
who had been in charge of the corn
ier .nHHan lai the JJemocrau.
HraseOf voted against , the reservation,
1 after a draft of his own, providing that
rfce tJnited States should" be beuM eniy
- -to exercise its -friendly jofficea Ja.jpro-
lDctinar other nations, had been rs-
MrieA Bl to 27. ' ? -
I ' Amn other substitutes offered- from
the Democratic side v?aa ths-reservution
v "written, by former President Taft, bat
it failed to get a single Bepublican vote
-tM-veMm-eansasaJf -. 30., Th . draft
framed in the recent bi-partisan eoufer
t totes also was presented by tho Dem
:, ...iit. anJ was vofed down 45 to 31. "
. From the-Bepublican side, Senator
F'tlinghuysen's substitute flatly denying
any obligation nnder Article Ten went
down 69 to 17, leaders of both parties
' stnn'aing'sgainst it. ;
- s- -r.4 min ha made tomorrow to
T ,aet n time for the vote on ratification
1 u the prospect of an agreement was
, n certain tonight. Several Senators are
nl'sent and other reservations tt
' rod msy prolong
lIHSFAILSTOi
MAKE COMPROMISE
Defeat of Lodge Resolution o
Ratification of Treaty
Freely Predicted
The News and Observer Bureau,
603 District National Bank Bldg.
By R. C POWELL.
(By Special Leased Wire.)
Washington. March 15. Defeat of ths
Lodge resolution of ratification of ths
treaty with Germany was iroeiy pre
dicted here tonight after Senator en
mons' eleventh hour substitute for the
Lodre-Borah substitute had been de
feated bv a vote of 61 to 27.
Fortr-ona Democrats., including both
the North Carolina, . Senators, would
have supported a resolution of ratil-
cation embracing the substitute sen
ator Simmons -proposed today bad tho
substitute been adopted tm lien or tae
substitute Senator Lodge offered . rn
day and to which he accepted the Borah
amendment.
Slmsaona Proposes Rcservatloaa.
In offering his resolution to the Ben-
ate this afternoon. . Senator Himmons
said that while he had received no as
surance it would be acceptable to the
President,' he felt justified in saying
that it would meet the approval of tho
Executive. '
He proposed this afternoon a reser
vation that .would not permit Ul
United States to use its forces to pro-
servo tho. territorial integrity or po
litical independence of member nations,
nor to settle disputec or controversies.
Under the term's of his reservation to
Article Ten, the United States would
agree to "use ita good offices to pro-
serve such territorial integrity and po
litical independence.
In n short lawech,' One of the tew no
has made respecting tho' treaty, the
senior North Carolina- Senator said ha
was at n loss to understand the strange
agreement which kept tho Bepublieans,
those who profess to want to so the
treaty ratified because they believe the
Interei-of the . world demand itftad
tho interests of hamanlty demand it
from supporting some reservation that
would bo acceptable to President wu-
Kin.
- ShUlia OsTara Aaondsaent.
Tolh Bimmook substitute reserva
tion. Senator Shields, - Democrat, of
Tennessee, offered an amendment which
would have nullified tho implication of
moral obligation nnder Article Ten and
tied tho hands of the Chief Executive
of this eouatry in any league confer
ence respecting any - article of ths
treaty. This was defeated, 55 to 22.
Senator Beed next proposed
amendment to the Simmons reservation.
whjeh was top-heavy with sarcasm and
novel on account of its brevity. In lien
of the 'entire reservation he proposed
"the United States assumes no obliga
tion under Article Ten."
This was beaten, 60 to 18.
Then' followed tho defeat of the Sim
mons substitute, by s, vote of 51 to 27
sad the passage by s comfortable ma
jority of the Lodge substitute with the
Borah interpellation!. Even before Sen
ator Borah's amendment was accepted
by Senator Lodge, tho President had
written to Senator Hitchcock- that the
Lodge substitute "is not acceptable.
Against Ratification.
It appeared practically eertajs to
night that both tho North Carolina
Senators would lino up with tho ad
min istratiou Democrats in Toting
against the Lodge resolution of ratifi
cation "when it comes up probably to
morrow, in spite of a. report about tho
Capitol this afternoon that Senator
Simmons would support ths Lodge reso
lution, .i '
. Defeat of the resolution leaves the
treaty in the same fix it was last
November. Katifleation by a two-thirds
majority means that the President will
erats go to ths people with it in
November. '
The increased bitterness among -the
Bepublieaa aspirants"! for the Presides-
tint nomination, is, in much measure.
aeeonatablo for tho impending da.eat
of tho' resolution of ratification or ths
rejection of it by the President." Gen
eral Leonard ' Wood a recent declara
tion that, "ho who would throw wedge
between the United States and her al
lies U loolishhas served, to tiUtea
the lines that separated ths Wood and
Harding followers .in .thl Senate. In
addition, that element oupporuag Hen-
stor Hiram Johnson and Senator ruin-
dexterv two most conspicnons bittor-
eaders. have brought all tho. pressure
to bear possible in order to nullify ths
pact. ... . , . . .ji:-- ?
JUDGE PAYNE BECOMES ! '
ECRTA0JJNTERI0R
- - Washington, March IS. John Barton
Psyao retired today as chairman of ths
shipping board and was sworn, in ss
rotary of the interior, sneeeeding Frank-
tin if. Ian,. Wha rMiril llaflvh 1.
Hr.- Payne was repUeed en the-hipJ
ping board by. Bear Admiral William
S. Benson, retired. Admiral Benson
was appointed only as a snember of the
bosrd, but tt is oxpostod hs will be
elected. chairman. '. '-.-..':.
On of Mr. Payne's last acta as chair
man of ths shipping board was to create
two new . positions, that of General
Counsel and General Solicitor. ...Bobert
A. Dean, general counsel for ths Emer
gency Fleet Corporation, was appointed
to tho first office and Charles IV Dutch
was made general solicitor. ; ,
Three-Flat Bares. Steeple Chase f30
Harness Event. PinehuraL Tomorrow-
FREHCCTIER
DHIP
ED STATES
r
tries Must Continue
Crv .es Which Have Been
Maintained, He Says
MILLERAND TALKS TO
PRESS REPRESENTATIVE
-nisnnsnonassssn
franee Hot Askiaf For Charity,
H .Zxplaim, Althoufh The
Greater Apart of Money Bor
rowed Abroad Wai Spent In
Oommoa Intereit of An Civil-
Ued Coantriei of World
Paris, March 15. Premier Millerand
today pat aside the German crisis long
enough to discuss tho relations between
Franco and the United States and the
conditions of international credit. He
said to ft representative of ths Assoeiat
ed Press:
Trance and tho United SUtss r ust
continue tho elooo friendship which
always has been maintaihed between the
two countries. No fleeting misunder
standings must bo allowed to trouble
their relations. To that end the sooner
misconceptions- are dissipated the bet
ter.
"Without - going into tho purely po
litical Question, it appears to bo an op-
porto--tiin to. rexail bow to our
friends, tho United States that francs
is not askinc for charity. Tho greater
part of money borrowed abroad' spent
in ths common interest or ail lie civi
lised countries a fact which might form
tho basis of ft elnim for special con
sideration, but sueh is not our intention.
No Caacallatlan of Debts.
"We do mot request cancellation of
oar debts. Ws only ask tune to breaths
sad to recover oar s'.r.ngth after four
aad ft half years of exhausting war.
Our propositions srs those which any
debtor could feel r;cM in aisking
the interest -of both himself Bnd Lis
creditor."
Th Premier referred! to the ruinous
fluetaations in tho rate of exchange.
If Prunes is obliged to meet her ob
ligations abroad at present rats of ex
eaaago she would bo forced to pay two
ana --sum..sia ..wawa. suv vwo ,."
tUuos) the Premier. hus, after
spending for ths common good, thirty
billion (30,000,000)00) francs borrowed
from her friends, shs would have to
par forty Are billion (49,000,000,000)
franca ss Frnnee s premium ' to
these same friends. Of'course that is
not what they mean to reqnire from
as."
After mentioning the ouggestioa made
by tho United States that Franco could
raise tho value of tho frans by Increas
ing exportations Premier Mcllarand said
Great Waste From War.
Ws ask nothing better than increas
ed exports. Wo must first however
manufacture nnd wo cannot make ths
thjagsufor foreign trsds until ws have
factories in which to manufacture then).
Tho war cost us 600,000 industrial
workers, 600,000 of our, buildings were
destroyed, regions were entirely ruined
which in 1V18 gave as M per eest of
our wool, 90 per cent of our linen
thread. 90 per cent of our minerals.
83 per cent of our pig iron, 70 per eent
of our -sugar and 53 per cent of our
coal.
"The war wasted our railroads to an
unimaginable extent, -Thirty per cent
of our merchant fleet was sunk and our
wheat production was diminished two-
thirda involving ft deficit of two billion
franca. These changes were a blow to
the very base of the economic and finan
cial situation of France."
. Rodaced Money Besoarcos.
"Besides sapping our economic power
the German invasion reduced tho treas
ury- resources ten - per eon Also
while ths United States mobilised about
IT per cent of her men of nn sge to
serve, we sent to the colors SB per eent
(Continued on Psge Two.)
SUPREME COURT WILL
LOOK INTO DRY LAWS
AH Pfcaierof Trohibition Ques
tion Will Be Beard Before
Decision Is Made
Washington, March 13. All phases' of
the prohibition question will be heard
by' the Supreme court before - handing
down its decision upon the vslidlty of
the prohibition smeadmeat and the Vol.!
stead enforcement Utxzzz?trrrz?
Ha viae heard arguments in the Rhode
Island 1 Kentucky and Massachusetts
eases the court today (ranted the State
ef New Jersey permission to institute
original proceedings te test ths amend
ment. It slso fixed Msren 19 for hear
ing arguments is the New Jersey pro
ceedings on appeals by Christian l eigen
spaa, ft Xewarkv N. J brewer: and en
government appeals in iajanetion -pro-
eeedings sgrinst the alanitowoflr Produe-1
nous company, tviseonsm eoncern.
The two' appeal-esses -apply prinei.
paHy to ths validity of the prohibitioa
o",t insoisr 11 n ni mi
auuiafftcture of beer -alleged to be ion
intoxicatiag. The government won the
former but lost the latter esse in the
lower' esjeftri-azrrSrar-
The court also took nnder advise-
meat motions ssking that arguments be
heard en appeals involving interpreta
tions of, the amendment nnd the Vol
stead" act docketed today from New York
sad Baa Francisco. The former appeal
sad ban rraaeiseo. The former I
rosnlted from the denial of in junctioni
to prevent Federal agents from seising
intoxicating liquors designed for private
consumption but held in storage.
In view of the muinpiieity of requests
for hearings the court postponed two
week itcees planned to begin HarcU 29.
SYRIA PROCLAIMS ITS
INDEPENDENCE FORMALLY
Beirut, march ft-Vla ContUnti
i nople, hlaich AS.iBr Ths Aaso- .
eiated Press.) The iadepsndeues of
Syrian was proclaimed here today
by ths representatives of the Syrian
people. Emir Feisal was declared
King, with Palestine part ef the
kingdom. Tho Syrian banner con
sists of ft seven pointed white star
' placed in the Bed Held of the Bed
jas flag. ' Two similar stars placed
in ths same way will .compose the -pennant
of Mesopotamia, which is
reported to also nave declared its
independence with Emir Abysmal,
as King and Emir Zed, as regent.
They are the third and fourth sobs
of King Hussein.'
Lebanon has adhered to this pro
gram and apparently a sort of Arab
Federation has been arranged. Emir
reiaal. 'in accepting the Kingship,
said' his purpose wss disinterested
service. The flag was raised sad
101 guns were fired. Then tho army
passed in review. The new mon
arch will tske the oath tomorrow as
King Feiaal L ef Syria.
FEARED CHS
I
Admiral Sims Discloses An Un-J
published Story About War
'Time Anxiety
Washingtoa, March 15v A hitherto
unpublished story, of wartime anxiety
in London and Washington lest German
battle cruisers attempt a forlorn hope
raid against American transports, was-J
disclosed today to the Henate naval
lareaturatins committee by Bear Ad
mirsl Sims. Uesasges : exchanged by
Admirsl Benson, chief of operations,
aad Admiral Sims in July, 1918, were
presented by the letter to correct "im
plications," which hs said, .Secretary
Daniels had made to the committee that
"general plaas and policies were none
of my business. '
Included in plans formed by ths Navy
Department to meet such raids snd re
jected by Admiral Buns as . imprsetle
able waa ft proposal to cam on Japan
for a batt4e cruiser division to serve
with the American Atlantic fleet.
IuhI Daah hr Craiaata.
I- In his ftrst statement" to the commit
toe whoa, ths present investigation be
gan Admiral Sima said the complaints
he had to make against the Jfnvy De
partment were esadnsd largely ta the
sVrst sisr or igh snaths t-lM.-war.
Whom he catered todsy upon his diS'
enssion ef events that occurred in the
summer of 1918, he said he did so be
esuse Mr. Daniels, in statement to ths
committee, had implied that ' Admiral
Sims' post in London wss "purely a
local one." - : .
"The statement was inaccurate," Ad
miral Sims said.
I ntho spring of 1918 he said, when
the submarine menace had been over
come, naval officials is London beesme
apprehensive that the Germans might
as last venture, send out battle
cruisers in ths hope of destroying an
American convoy. That this apprehen
sion wns felt also at the navy depart
ment, he said, was demonstrated by
ths following cablegram from Admiral
Benson i 1
As last hops German battle cruisers
may be sent out to completely destroy
one of our large troops convoys. Ws
depend upon you to gain snd give in
formation en this point and grand fleet
to take necessary action until United
States eould act.
In reply Admiral Sims said, he cabled
that everything possible would be done
to intercept raiding German cruisers
but that there eould not be any guaran
tee that enemy battle cruisers would not
reach the open Atlantic undetected. He
advised guarding United States troops
eonvoys with battleships. " ,
Department Outlines Progress.
vrayiw Will UV BMIU, in, J w-
partment, on July 30th, outlined a pro-
grom of its own to: Jb cet soch raldst
predicated, he added, on - the "false
premise," that advance warning would
be given. Ths plan contemplated plac
ing one division of American battle
ships at Queenstown,' Ireland, to cover
me eastern Atlantic, anoiner to do
held Jit home in readiness to cover tbs
Western Atlantic and a division of Japa
nese battle cruisers to be stationed
with the Atlsntio fleet to pursue and.
'The plan was impracticable for. a
number of reasons," Admiral Sims de
clared. "It was eventually abandoned
with the full concurrence of the Navy
Department and for it was substituted
plan substantially the same as pre
viously recommended by me." -
Only thtartUat God wis with us
saved early : troopships eotrvevs from
German torpedoes, admirsl. Rims da. 1
siared. "Good luck" was with the de
partment, he insisted, as ths enemy had
advance information of the sailing of
eonvoys and destroyers through the De
partment's use of sn old nnd unsafe
sods. Data regarding the first eoavon
wns- una obtained by tae enemies, he
said, aad the transports DeKalb nnd
Savannah carrying thousands of troops,
narrowly-escaped destruction- - t -.
FIX PRODUCTION ROYALTIES -
ON GOVERNMENT OIL LANDS
Washington, March 15Produc.tioh
royalties ranging front 33 1-3 to.UVs
per--ent--en- h. lands et goverameat
oil lands nnder tho clsims' relief sec
tion ef the land leasing bill were pre
scribed in regulations issued today by
the interior depertnehti. Practically all
withdrawn lands Bow - being operated
nnder elnim are- made subject to ths as
seasmeat. - -. . .. . -
FMnlaUoa of New CaatU.
Washington, March 15.Populatlon
27. ri-u-. for igon announced todav h
statistics for 1920 'announced today by
the census buresn included) -
New t'astle, Ind, 14,458, an iacreass of
Sioia ever mo. i ,- ' I,;;
1 1 . 1 111 " ' : i '
XIake your next mayon anise '.with
imported Pompeian Olive Oil Adv.' -
MIGH
MAKE DASH
IfiEvffL
ADMITS GOVERNOR
Will Ask Special Session In
July To Ratify Susan B. An
thony Amendment
NORTH CAROLINA VOTE
MAY NOT BE NEEDED
Two Legislature! Meeting- In
March For Consideration' of
Iisne Both Likely To Katify;
If One Should Fail, Howerer,
North Carolina Will Be De
ciding State
The Special session of the General
Assembly which meets in July will bo
asked ' by Governor - 'Bickett to ratify
the Susan B. Anthony amendment giv
ins- tho women a riant to vote.
J-- The Governor deinitely Indicated bis
purpose to throw the weight of his in
fluence on ths side of - the suffragists
yesterday when he made publie letters
which have passed between himself
and Mr. W. N. Everett, of Rockingham,
suffrage leader in the 1919 General As
sembly. It was in reply to a request
from. Mr. Everett that he champion the
rights of the women aad be the spokes
man for ths suffragists before the Btate
Democratic Convention that Governor
Bickett defined his attitude greceful
acceptance of the inevitable.
. "Some time ago, "the Governor wrote,
"I decided to advise "the General As
sembly at the special session . in July
to. ratify the federal amendment. It is
the sensible and graceful thing to do.
It follows that I am in favor of ths
Democratic Convention endorsing the
amendment when it meets in April.
do not desire to be (before the eoaren
tion snd make ft speech on the subject
but I am giving this letter aad yours
to the press in ordor that my Views
may be known to all the people of the
. . . .. ..
Not a Sadden Flop.
The Governor's decision comes as I
logical step from Els previous reeom
mendation to North Carolina Con
gressmen in faVor . of submitting the
Susan B. Anthony amendment -to the
voters. His opposition to suffrage ss ft
fact had Men based eft tears for "what
pontics would do to women" and Us as-
prehenslon Jest by It there might come
a aisturbanes to ths peseesbls race re
lations in Worth Carolina.
Indications how are that the-Suffrage
amenffment may e an aecompliehed
part of the constitution before the
North Carolina General Assembly
meets, uaioieb suffrasritts snd lenders
in the State, in fact, are contemplating
voting, in the June primary. Two states
srs now required in the ratification list
to put the amendment ever. Two State
Llegialatures, Washingtoa and Drdswsrs,
meet in uarea. Buffragista are expect
ing these States to ratify. Should
one of them fail. North Carolina will
become the pivotal State in the suffrage
fight, and the Governor's championship
will be a decided advantage to the Suff
ragists.
Since the suffrsge question first ritme
before the General Assembly in 1915,
wnen it was - not voted on upon its
merits, suffrage forces have gained
strength. In tho last session of the leg
islature, municipal suffrage, giving the
women sue ngnt or voting in municipal
elections, was passed in the Senate and
missed adoption, in ths House, it is
claimed, erel$ by improper pairing.
Legislators mea opposed . to municipal
suffrage expressed a willlnsmeaa to
for a constitutional amendment, but de-
eneu nn uuempt to do the euffrase iol
by piece work. I The special session will
be composed of the sams legislative
umoer ana this is ons thin smi whih
ue women ere nssing their hopes,.
, air. Everett's Letter.
The letter from Jdr. Everett t n.
eror Bickett follows:
- -fContlnssd onTare Twe.
NO SECRETARY: OF STATE
TO SIGN PASSPORTS NOW
Senate Eepublicani Still Hold
Up Confirmation of Bain,
bridge Colby
Washington," March 15. A virtual em
bargo oa foreign travel by American
piraUon of the thirty ay period during
whraTTrnTenKfctarFToT
Seeretftry of State, ad tattinw4!Ne pasa
po'tti wers issued at the department' to
day and while so official annooneement
was made as to the future, it was indi
cated that none would be issued until
the Senate had acted oa the nomination
of BainbridgeColby, tq be SecreUry of
State. - .. ... .
Administration bffieisls held thst the
department , tecinicalljp was without ' a
bd and that as passports must be. sign
ed by the Secretary .or acting secretary,
none couia do issuea.
From six hundred to eight hundred
passports have. been issued daily during
the past few weeks, officials said,' about
sixty per cent Of them to persons going
to Europe snd twenty per eent to travel
ers to Cuba. I " .
" vJh-' ! -1..'--.' -I ' 1". ill . i '.'. - .
vmcers or me aominuirauon am not
agree with members of the Senate For
eign Relations committee that nnder the
Overman act' President Wilson bad au
thority to designate some government of
ficial as acting need of the Bute ae-
pa'rtrhentv They said the Overman act
eoirra not be made to apply to this case.
The Senate committee hsd expected to
continue its" bearings on Mr. Colby's
nomination today, but the inability of
witnesses to come to Washington caused J
postponement of ths committee session.
REVOLUTION APPEARS
TO HAVE REACHED END
OF ROAD IN GERMANY
WASHINGTON STILL
WAITS FOR REPORT
Much Speculation In Official
Circles As To Status of
American Forces
Washington, March 15. (By The As
sociated Press. Lacking reports to
night from Major General Henry T.
Allen, at Cobleas. as to military as
pects of the situation in Germany, gov
ernment advices today threw littlo light
on tho political status there and none
at all on possible allied military
measures. War Department officials had
hoped that Geaeral Allen would report
on the conference of allied command
ers on the BWn with Marshal Foeh,
but ne sueh-aessago hsd .cpjp .rhea
the department closed.
The State' Department had an official
report of ft general strike in Hamburg
with ths military in control srid no
disorders. .The message did not Show
when it wss filed,' however. Other sd
vires were largely . summaries of press
accounts from Germany, or from cities
near the German border. T
There was much speeulsUve discus
sion againin War snd. Ptatf JVpart
ment circles toils as to the status 'of
Geaeral Allen's troops on the Rhine, in
view of the fact that ths Americas
forces aioas are there nnder armistice
conditions. Disagreement wss expressed
ss to whether they wonld be under the
orders of Marshal Foch as suprems
commander. -
Much "escalation Over Status.
Some War Department officials
thought thnt technically He Marshal's
authority might still extend te Geaeral
Allen's command. Other officials held,
however, that the treaty of Versailles
had abrogated the French lender's
euthority, at least so far as the Ameri
cans were concerned.
- In any ease, Secretary Baker's view
appeared te render the question purely
an aeauemie one. ue eald Ueaeral Allea
was vested with authority te preserve
order In his ares, nnd that any ether
action eoatonuilated involvin hia
forces would have to await specific sp-
srTmi inns nasnington.
MiUfary actios by any of tha atm,
pying forces, It was pointed out, would
be contingent more upon the character
of the reralntimary .fc.-g. j, ftr.
many than upon the revolution itself.
me eaaago of government would be
oniy passing interest te the command
em, unless it portended departure
from the German engagements nnder
the treaty of Vsrsa.iles Sad profee-
ox too rormer democratic gov
ciainem so tne allies.
Political Sitnatton Obacare.
The present political aituatioa' in
Germany it was said, was so obscure as
to defy diegnosis in its true perspective
until time disclosed the reel purpose be-
mna events uus rnr reported.
It is well understood, therefore, that
for the present st least, Geaeral Allen
will eon fine himself strictly to a main
tenance of the status ana i th f'
biens sector so far aa this relates to the
maintenance of order. This could be
done, it is thought, without interference
with sny political rhanrea which h
uermaa population mar seek to maka.
onouid ft aeaeral strike extend the
Americsn sector as is threatened. Gen
eral Allen's situation murht become
mors involved. Inhabitants of this
sector eould not. It wns thought, be per-
miKea to suner lor necessities of life
snd ths line of communication of the
American army must be kent nnea.
While Gt .eral Allen hss Utg discre
tion in such sn emergesey it wss be
lieved that bey ond wsrainav strike lead.
ers against any acta having this effect,
hs would scarcely do more thaa operate
pnoiie utilities with troops sad sues
civilians ss he might need to replace
strikers. -
In reviewinc the German nolitieal
siiuation as shown in press sd vices, of-
nciais noted the apparent split between
the Northern and Southern Darts of
Germany ever the ' new sovernment
They alio saw signs of a rekindling of
the radical Bpartaeaa movemeat aa a
fores to -oppose assumption of power
by the reactioaaries. A flare-up of ths
most radical alemcntr in Germany was
becoming increasingly Imminent it was
said. - Union of the divergent socialist
parties already has been reorted from
various parts of Germany, and it was
thought that a general striae waa only
4ikei
order aad anarchy
C REEK TH ROWS FRENCH M AN." .
New York, March 15. Jim Loado. ef
Greece, threw Salvadere Chevalier ef
France in n catch as eatek can wrestling
match in Madiaon Bquare Garden to-srirtt-in-
w- minutes-and - S3 -seconds
ith ft body sciasors sad double wrist
lock. : The match preceded the contest
between arl Caddoek and Ed Lewis.
: Wood Carries Minnesota.
Ht. raul, liaa4 alareh 15. laeom-
. Ine
plete ; returns . on tonight a primary
1 presfalsatial-prefereace primary
gsve. hesry : . pluralities ' to Oeaeral
Leonard Wood and showed Senator
lliram W. Johnson and Governor Frank
O, Lowdes running closely for the ie
ondsry vote; - Because of the brief time
given . for voting . nnd unfavorable
weather, in some sections L voting w
eom para tirely light. - , 1
-' -"" Lawta TkMwa rJaafc: .-- p
New. fork. March. 15. Ed Utranrier'
Lewis, of Lsziasjton. Kr- thew Karl
Caddoek, ' former wcrld's eh.imiion
wrestler, in a eatch-es-eatch-raa t-oat at
Madison Square Garden tonight with
ft head aad hip lock, in' oas hou.", S5
minutes and 45 seconds.
Basis of Agreement Between
Government Set Up By Dr.
Kapp and Ebert's Govern
ment Is Announced
NOTHING HEARD FROM
PRESIDENT EBERT BUT
DR. KAPP DOES TALKING
Newly Constituted Chancellor
Agreeable To Continuance In
Office of "Present Imperial
President," Who Is rriedrich
Ebert, and Renounces The
Formation ot a Ministry and
Places Affairs of Government
In itands of Under-Secretaries
; Would Hare Elections
" Within Two Mont&s, Ho
States - 1 - .hr
Paris, March II. The reported
agreement hetwsea the new and the
eld Ccrsnan gevemmenta, ending ,
the crisis ressltlng front the sets
are ef newer f rem the Ebert gov.j-
ornament in Berlin hr the faction
headed by Dr. Wolfgang Kapp, is
declared te have been reached en :
the " fellewiag ' basiil '.7
First -Kapp abandons his iaUa
tie ef feraalag ft cabinet.
Seesad A nsw cabinet Is to he
farmed, composed ef experts.
Third New electloas te the
ReichsUg are to he held within twe
months. -
Foarth A new president ' ef the
Cermaa repahlle will be elected, not ,
by the Relchetstwbat by the people, ,
Fifth Pending the electloas,
FMedricki Ebert U te remain In
Sixth The economic eeincll ef
the empire and the exploitations -
ceeaell are te be transformed iste -ft
asesnd ckamWr, ta bs salUd the
.ensaaber ef labor.
Berlin, March 15V (By the Associated
Frees.) The counter-revolution in
Germany appears toaight to have reach
ed the end of the road, -. There is .
strensT srpbsblllty ttU skorUjMns; gov
ernmeat will be in control and that
President Ebert will eonte back to Ber
lin with his ministers. . ..
A basis ef agreement i. between . the
government et np-by- Dr.-. Wolfgang
Kapp as chancellor nnd the govern
ment ef Persident Ebert is enuneisted
in ft declaration issued by the present ,
Berlin government today. Announce
ment is made that negotiations with ft
settlement in view have been opened bs
tween the two governments at .the ia
atanee of President Ebert nnd his as
sociates. There is, however, no direct
confirmation of this from Ebert, who
is understood to tie at Stuttgart. Brief-,
ly. Chancellor Kapp is sgreesble to ths
eontinuunee In office of the "present im
perial president" who is Friedrich Eb
ert; he renounces the formation of ft
aew ministry snd places ths direction
of affairs in the hands of tha under
secretaries of state.
Ths agreement as set forth by Chan
cellor Kapp provides for a cabinet
which shall Include "professional min
isters" a, HMrta alertinna wlthtn
two months for members of the Belch
stag snd the Prussian National Assem- 7
bly aad subsequently sn election for
"imperial president" by the people nn- '
til which time Ebert shall hold ths
reins of power.
Te Call Off Strike.
One significant clause in the pronun.
ciamcnto ssysi
The aew and old governments shall
issue a joint declaration that under
present conditions a general strike la ft
crime sgainst the German people.
Herein ties tne explanation 01 the
proposed settlement for the genersl
strike, as often before, has proved an -
effective weapon. Germany already has
reit its 'sinister effect, for the striks
la Berlin nnd many of the other nrln .
cipal cities of ths country immediately
eut ok supplies,, mesns of transporta
tion,, light -and beat-
It waa President Ebert and his mis
isters who called upon ths Socialists,
the workmen and all the people to de-,
elars n general strike, and there wss
sn instant response to this call.
Labor Fiercely Ileslsts. -'
Labor fiercely resisted the usurpation
of the reactionary government. - Vast -
aumbers of men left their work, and
serious disorders occurred in vsripus
parts of the country, : ...
Chancellor Kapp and . his supporters -
snnoaneexf that they would deal harshly
with the strikes or psssive reeistsnce
to -the -existing order - in Berlin. Ose
of the lenders of the counter-revolution.
voicing the sentiment of the ethers said:
"We will not knuckle down to the
Socialists- nnd- workmen, who think- they -can
run .the :eountTy,",--.r;:'---'T.-t:-
Notwithstanding' , , the , government s
threat ef drastic measures, it has been
eTident-thrtneither Dr.- Kapp nor
Major General voa Laettwits waa willing
to pnt their warnings to ths list. Blood
shed' would then have been inevitable.
plunging the country possibly Into
stats of anarchy and Riving the Com
munists the opportunity they had long
awaited to foist the Soviet doctrines -upmt
Germany.
The situation for a time was naught
sflth alarming possibilities, particularly
if the strike should extend te the rail
roads. . " ' "" -
TafaasncidisAe: esmavtoxv9t, -ibit-i
would have been the speedy starvatioa .
of .Berlin. The most liberal estimates '
placed Berlin's food supply st less thaa .
eighty days. - - -- .??H..;.,.i: . t
This state of affairs was -recognised
'Continued en Fsgs TiroJ