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f Prl Ik i fa r ' . Ft rt Cecil, Leon Bourgeois and the Ameri- can delegates and reported to President Wilson. It Is conceded that some of tho suggested amendments can be ndopted eafely, for Instance, the safeguarding of the Monroe Doctrine and the fixing of conditions which will permit of the ad- herence of the late enemy powers, One .of the five Powers has hesftated to accept a distinct expresolon of the right of secession from thfi league: The Americans are proceeding on the, suppo- sition that the covenant may be Included In the pehco treaty. Forolgn Minister Plchon said y that ho felt It was practically Impossi- ble to Include the covenant in the first treaty. The views of neutral countries, which had been invited, and amendments could not be disposed of, he added, be fore the probably early signing of the preliminaries. The Issue, the Minister nuggested, might bo met by a declaration In the treaty of the principles underlying the leacue, leaving the details In abeyance. The war would be ended when the pre- liminaries were signed, he pointed out, but the Germans would not regain their pre- war status, with liberty of movement, until the signing of the final treaty, pending which the blockade would, be lifted only partly. Regarding Posen, M. Plchon said that If the Germans persisted In their re- jection of tho terms of the allied com-- y mlssloners the' Entente would have to Intervene, as Poland could not bo left in Its present dangerous position. A French General would be sent to Poland as soon ns possible with the First Polish Division, which had fought In France. M. Plchon denlod the report that the f French Government had accorded recog- nition of the Russian Bolshevlkl. saying that the Supreme Council would consider tho Russian question, this week. The present determination In Peace Conference circles Is that after tho allied and associated Powers have reached a complete understanding regarding the .conditions to be Imposed on Germany the German delegates will be called to Versailles, but they will not bo allowed to discuss the conditions, the Intention of the allied and associated Powers be- ing to dictate peace. , Either the German delegates must oc- -' otpt the terms and sign or a stnto of war- - will continue. The general opinion Is that in view of the International sit- uation in Germany, the delegates of that country will accept rather than expose tlx country to a graver risk and more drastic measures. ' COREANS IN U. S. ASK PRESIDENT FOR AID Charge Japan Broke Faith-De- mand Independence. Washington, March 18. President Wilson has been asked by the Corean National Association to Initiate action at the Peace Conference looking to In- dependence for Corea, with the country to bo guided by a mandatory until such time as the League of Nations shall decide that It is \fit for full Tho copy of the letter to the President was made public to-d- by Syngman Rhee, who, with Henry Chung, aro the authorised delegates of the association In the United States. At the same time there was also given out a letter ad- dressed to the Peace Conference asking that Corea be freed from the domina- tion of Japan and full freedom eventu- ally granted her. This letter was sent' to the State i Department for transmis- sion to Paris. Both letters assert that Japan estab- lished a protectorate over Corea In di- rect violation of her treaty obligations to Corea : that since that time the coun- try has been misruled, Its natural re- sources exploited for the benefit only of the Japanese, Its literature suppressed and Its religious worship supervised. Mr. Rhee also announced to-d- that on behalf of the Corean association, rep- resenting all Coreans living abroad, he bad sent communications to the Ameri- can and British Governments asking that they use their good offices with the Japanese Government to see that the Coreans arrested In the Independence demonstrations this month be not cruelly treated. The message to the American State Department said : \According to private cablegram re- ceived from the Corean headquarters, Shanghai, China, some three million Co- - reans, Including the members of 8,000 Christian churches In Corea, have de- clared Independence of Corea March 1 at Seoul, Pyongyang and other centres. \As a consequence Japanese authori- ties In Corea have arrested more than 1,000 men connected with the movo-men- Inflicting upon them Inhuman pun- ishment. We take the liberty to ask ynu in the name of humanity to uso your good offices with tho Japanese Govern-'me- nt to see that these patriotic men shall not be cruelly treated or their lives forfeited unjustly.\ SWEDEN SUPPOETS LEAGUE. Delegates to Parts Conference of IVeuirnU Are Chosen. By the Anociattd Preit. Stockholm, March 16. In response to an Invitation of the Peaco Confer- ence to neutral countries for an unof- ficial discussion of the League of Na- tions, the Swedish Government has ap- pointed several delegates. They are Count de Wrangel and M. Ehrensvaerd, respectively Ministers to London and T5. m rmttv Ttrj.ntlnfir and Deoutv Baron Adelsvaerd and former Judge Baron von wuertemDurg. It Is asserted here that the delegates sre enthusiastic supporters of a League of Nations along the lines proposed by President Wilson and are friends of the idea of a speedy general disarmament and the abolition of conscription. ANZACS TO BE CAEED FOR. Australia and Nevr Zealand Pro-Ti- de far Itetnrned Soldiers. McutounNE, Australia, March 16. The 'eonrmonwthUh Coverr.mrr.t is ! pro- vide 12,500,000 for use by local gov- erning bodies throughout Australia on works which will give ImmedKito em- ployment or returned soldlere. BTDNIT, aiarcn 10 ivia aionireaij. Premier lloiman in n spcecn xo-a- sam the Government Intended to find em- ployment for 80,000 soldiers In Now South Waits. The Premier said that there would be legislation compelling employers to reinstate returned soldiers, that 8,000 soldiers would be settled on farm lands and that the remainder would be employed on public works. SERBIA BREAKS WITH ITALY. Minister's Ilejected Credentials Ignore Croatia and Slovenia, 1) i ... farrt, 1 S .TllA Hmtfnr rnp. It ;' respondent learns that tho new Italian if M- - h ' Minister to Serbia has left Belgrade be cause of the refusal of tno Government to recognize his credential, which wero addressed to the King of Serbia Instead Ik of to Berbla, Croatia and Slovenia com- - btned. America alone thus far has reu- - f ognlied the as an entity. - Stephen Plchon, the French Foreign . Minister, said y that Its Btnttis had li not yet been discussed by the Supreme ; Council. ' Rous', March 16. The Ministry of -' Foreign Affairs at Belgrade has de- - Vclared that It could not accept the credentials of Prince Iiorglieee, who was appointed Italian Minister to Serbia v owing to the fact that they wore ad-- f dressed to the King or Serbia and not to the King of the Serbians, Croats and Slovene. V'l f.V7'! '\ U.S. CONSUL STONED I IN TIEN TSIN RIOTS Inter Itcports Indicate That Japaiioso Also \Wero to Blnmo for Outbreak. KANE CLEARS MARINES Asserts Americans Involved Were From tho Army; French Legation Makes Inquiry. Btr the Amctated Prill. Pekin. March 14 (delayed). While early reports from Tientsin suggested that American marines were to blame for the recent disorders theret later re- ports would seem to show that the Japanese also were at fault. It is charged that Japanese military guards entered tho French concession and there seised two Americans, and when American officials Inquired of the Japanese police authorities If the Ameri- cans were being detained they were given a negative answer, according to a report. Later American officials found two Americans In a police station, one of them lying almost naked In the yard, callng for water. The Japanest wore Induced to send the Injured man to a hospital and an American consul re- fused to leave the station until the other man, a corporal, had been released. The demand was finally granted. The Amer- ican consul was stoned by Japanese as he drove away from the station, It Is said. . When the American marines entered tho Japanese consulate they are reported to have attacked a visitor. On Thursday evening American ma- rines who were entering a matlon picture theatre In the French concession were at- tacked by a crowd of Japanese armed with sticks. They managed to enter the theatre, the proprietor of which tele- phoned for the French police, who dis- persed the Japanese. The situation at Tien Tstn Is said to be tense. The matter has been referred to the French Legation here. Washinoton, March II. American army men and not American marines were Involved in the clash with the Japanese at Tien Tsln, China, according to a cablegram received to-d- by Major-Ge- n. Boroett, commandant of the Marine Corps. The message came from Col. Theodore P. Kane, In command of the American marines forming the Lega- tion guard at Pekln. It said that no marines were Involved, ond that con- cerning the trouble between the army troops and the Japanese the American Minister was conducting an Investigation and that precautions were being taken to avoid any friction. The American army troops at Tien- tsin are the Fifteenth Infantry. The tenor of Col. Kane's cablegram Is taken to Indicate that the clash was not se- rious. Paul S. Relnsch, the American Minister at Pekln, has mado a prelimi- nary report concerning the clash. The reports that marines were In- volved came In press despatches stat- ing that the trouble started by the mal- treatment of two American marines by the Japaneso, and that subsequently 100 of the legation guard obtained leave, went to Pekln and attacked the Jap- aneso concession, sacking the Japanese Consulate, wounding the Consul, Ac. There was some doubt over ;the ac curacy of this report at tno outset, as officials could not understand how 200 marines obtained leave at one time to carry ooi any such purpose. Major-Qe- n. Barnett said y that the \fishy\ to him when he first heard It CARMANIA GOES TO HALIFAX. \Princess Pat\ Battalion Is Diverted From Ktnr York. IlALirAX, X. S., March 16. Port of- ficials were notfled by radio that the Cunard ,L!ne steamship a, with 1.000 Canadian troops and many civilians en route to the United States on \board will arrive here to- morrow. It was originally intended that tho vessel would go to New York. Among the troops Is Canada's famous fighting battalion, the \Princess Pats.\ Of tho original battalion that left here Rhortly after war was declared, only eight \men and one officer, Lieut-Co- l. Hamilton Oault of Montreal, are re- turning. Major-Ge- Maurice, formerly at- tached to the British War Office stafT, Is a passenger. He is to make a tour ot tho United States. FRENCH CROSS FOR COL. HUME. Maine Fighter Gets Award for Ills Valor at Front. Boston, March 16. An award of the Croix de Guerre has been made to Col. Frank M. Hume, commander of the 103d Tleglment of the Twenty-sixt- h Division, according to a cablegram re- ceived here y by Mrs. Hume. The 103d was made up from the 8econd Infantry Regiment of the Na- tional Guard of Maine, which was com manded by Cot. Hume and members of the First Vermont and First New Hampshire National Guard. Col. Hume's homo Is In Houlton, Me. NAVY TEACHERS GET RAISE. Civilians at Annapolis Win Cam. pntKn for Better Status. SvtvUil DttfBtsh Of Tai Sen Annatohs\ March 16. Increased sal- aries and an Improved status have been granted after a 'long campaign to the hundred or more civilian teachers at the Naval Acndomy by an order approved by Secretary Daniels, which will be effective about April 1. Most of the Instructors are attached to thai de- partments of mathematics, modern languages\ and English. The civilians will be divided Into In- structors, usRlstant professors, associate professors and professors, the first being the Initial grade, and will lecelve 12,000, 12,600, 13.000 and 13.600 annually, with an Increase of 10 per cent, after each five year period of continuous service. TRANSPORT SUNK IN SEVEN MINUTES Yselhavcn Survivors Tell of Second Explosion. London, Saturday, March IS. The American naval transport Yselhaven, which struck a mine early Friday morn- ing, was at the time forty miles north- west of Hartlepool. The survivors say that after the first explosion a second Mew awny the transport's stern and the vessel eank In seven minutes. The survivors, of whom there were thlity-flv- e, were adrift for several hours before they wereplcked up. Four were Bent to the honpltal. An earlier report of the sinking of the Ysclhaven placed the possible number of casualties at nine sailors drowned. The Yselhaven was bound for Baltimore from Copenhagen, , ARGENTINA READY TO ACCEPT LEAGUE Foreign Minister Says Repub- lic Is Perfectly Agreeable to tho Fundamentals. CHILE ALSO IS IN ACCORD Sonor Edwards Says It Is An- other Guarantco for tho American Continent. Buinos Atbis, March 16. Foreign Minister Puerreydon Informed Frederic J. Stlmson, the United States Ambassa- dor to Arfentlna. yesterday that this country will support the League of Na- tions In principle, adding that the funda- mental Idea of the league \coincides per- fectly with the principles which lWve bean expressed by the Government\ Persistent rumors In Government cir- cles were to the effect that Argentina In making suggestions for amendments to the League of Nations covenant would suggest the admission of the defeated nations as original members. The For- eign Office Issued a formal denial, but refused to discuss the. proposals the Ar- gentine Government would make. in commenting on the League of Na- tions La Epoca, the Government organ, said y: \Argentina will support heartily the principle of the league. Presi- dent Wilson's Ideals conform to the principles of our foreign policy. Ar- gentina Is opposed to imperialism, secret diplomacy and armed peace, and will cooperate enthusiastically, In any way to protect civilisation from sufferings due to Injustice, hate and violence.\ France Indifferent to League. President Wilson's return to Paris Is contrasted with his reception In De- cember In a despatch from Paris to La Prenta as follows: \The people of France no longer are disposed to make noisy demonstrations after watching months pass with noth- ing substantial done. France takes lit- tle Interest In the League of Nations, which is not a popular subject France sees in It only a mora or lees proble- matical guarantee of future peace. The people of France ore more Interested In the present than In the future and demand peace at once, after which they are willing to consider measures for the future.\ Valparaiso, March 16. A plea for the League of Nations was made by Augustln Edwards, formerly Premier and formerly Minister In London, at a banquet given In his honor Friday night. Senor Edwards, who has Just returned from London, said: \There never was an epoch In the his- tory of Chile when It was so necessary that every patriot should support the Government and enable It to take Its place In the new organisation which yesterday were considered unattainable ideals. A League of Nations was until yesterday the Ideal of thinkers who hated Imperial brutality, but the war showed that rapid communication enables na- tions to unite economically and mili- tarily. Only those who are heartless or who never have understood the horrors of this war can doubt the blessings of a league. It Is an Ideal, but It Is an Ideal for which millions have died. Says Chile Will Join. \The day Is coming when w- - will toe- asked to Join and must Join the League ns now formed or slightly amended. So Chilean patriot can view without satisfaction and pride tho opportunity given to us to unite with the nations which have suffered to preserve clvni zatlon. Two of the great nations on which rest tho security of the world have Pacific coasts, the United States and the British Empire. We may have full confidence that the spirit which im- pels both countries, as well as the per- fect understanding between them. Is an. other guarantee for the American con- tinent\ Hantiaoo, \ Chile, March 18. The Chilean Government announced to-d- the names of Its delegates to the con- ference of neutral States to be held In rarls. The delegates will be Maxl-mllla- Ibanes, the Chilean Minister to France, Carlos Vlldosola and Alejandro Alvarez. Vlldosola and Alvarei are In Paris. IRISH DENOUNCE LEAGUE, Boston Meeting; Takes Stand Against Wilson's Plan. Boston, March 16. Members of the Friends of Irish Freedom at a St. Patrick's eve meeting here adopted resolutions condemning the League of Nations as proposed by Presi- dent Wilson. The resolutions say that the proposed covenant \excludes Ireland from ever becoming a free nation,\ addln? : \Article 11 makes provisions whereby the cltlsens ot this country may bo conscripted to put down on Insurrection In Ireland. Canada, Australia or any other country whoso people would dare to flUht for their freedom. \Wo cmphatlcolly oppose any League of Nations that infringes In any way on American sovereignty and which does not guarantee absolute Irish In- dependence.\ BOLSHEVIK FORCE REPULSED. Attempt CuJ Allied Line In Russia Falls. Bv M Anociattd Prtn, Archangel. March 18,'delayed). Bolshevik forces made ifTre.ermlncU at- tempt yesterday to cut the communica- tions between the American and allied columns on the Dvlna and Vega Rivers, but their attack was repulsed with heavy losses. The enemy lost fifty-seve- n dead and four prisoners. The allied casual- ties were one soldier wounded. 720 GERMANS KILLED IN RAIDS. 1,754 Injured by Air Attacks Up to November O. Copenhaoin, March 16, Seven hun- dred and twonty-nln- e persons were killed and 1.754 wero Injured in aerial attacks by allied forces on German territory up to November 6, 1018. These official figures were made publlo In Berlin. ORANGE BADGES FOR THE 17TH. Plttahnrs- - Soldiers' Welcome Com mittee Is In Bad. Sptcial De patch to Tno Bv. Pittbduro, March 16. If the Mayor's welcome committee hsd given the calen- - dar more studlouR attention It might have selected n different color for the badges which It has Issued to be worn by the men and women who will canvass Pittsburg this week for the names of soldiers and sailors. The badges are of a rich yellow, al- most orafigft color, and added to Oh Is Is the fact th\t the campaign la to open on St. Patrick's day. When the badges were distributed sons of Krln gave the pretty bits of ribbon a malignant look pruiumiy uiuiuuncwi mat ey woum Ianu badgcless Monday. ' -- 4 ' TH6 SUN, MONDAY, MAECH r takgSKKKBSSnSjSH lBS!!! '9fte Uimoft in QyarefW\ 'Plain End or Cork Tip 1BHSBR jH GRrope cfcuHure and refinement yKwBsiKl to anyotfercyaretti BBMBkIISIKR U.S. TROOPS POLICE SIBERIAN RAILWAY Other Interallied Forces Also JIovc to Strategic Points on Line. By the Anociattd Prtu. Vladivostok, March 14 (delayed). American troops have begun to move to strategic points on the Trans-Siberia- n railway west of Vladivostok to aid John F. Stevens and his staff of American railway men In the technical operation of the railway. The first contingent Is at Harbin, while the second will entrain within a few days for Chita, which Is the furthest point west to which the Amer- icans will be sent It Is proposed to place additional de tachments at Verkhnl Udlnsk, Man- churia Station and Nlkolsk. On the Ussurl branch American troops already are station at Spasske and Khabarovsk. Czecho-Slova- k troops are guarding the line from Irkutsk to Tchellablnsk. Jap- anese troops are In Siberia and also are guarding the Chinese Eastern Railway as far .'as Irkutsk. No announcement has yet been made of the zones which the various armies will police. It Is said to be a question for the Interallied committee in Siberia to decide. The committee Is awaiting the arrival of the Cmnese member of the military committee before making a de- rision. There Is strong sentiment among the allied representatives that the Chi- nese should police at least half of the Chinese Eastern. While there have been some rumors of secret opposition to the allied plan, all appearances are that the nations are working In complete har- mony. Mr. Stevens's plan for operating the Trans-Siberia- n road contemplates a division of the, line Into four sections under the supervision of a general In- spector. Each section In turn will be subdivided Into districts, each district comprising several divisions under cor- responding sublnspectors and superin- tendents. Until the allied technical appointees are familiar with American methods, only Americans will bo employed as In- spectors, the others acting as assistant. Mr. Stevens proposes at the earliest moment to Inaugurate an express ser- vice to Omsk. The schedule has been prepared for a long time. It Is con- tingent on the available passenger equipment. The system of car account- ing and financing will bo gone over by experts and made to conform to the American system. These experts at present will consist or Americans sum- moned by cablegrams. Col. George H. Emerson of St. Paul, formerly general manager of the Great Northern Railway, who will be the first assistant of Mr. Stevens as general In- spector, already Is on his way to Hnrbln, organising the first corps of operatives to take over the Chinese Eastern Rail- way. Lieut-Ge- n. Horvath, and general manager of the Chinese Eastern Railway, la working In close sympathy with the allied plans. It is considered that his cooperation will go far toward the slmpllcatlon of the task. Mr. Stevens expects to make his head- quarters Harbin, after completing the details of his task here. Roland S. Morris, American Ambas- sador to Japan, having completed his diplomatic mission, sailed for Toklo yes- terday. The Interallied Committee la prepar- ing an announcement to the Russian publla explaining the alms nnd scope of the. allied undertakings. The Military Committee hns not yet been fully organ- ised and the question ot the distribu- tion of troops for policing Is still to bo determined. The controversy between Major-Ge- Graves, tho American commander In Siberia, nnd the Japanese staff over the disposition of the 1,500 Cossacks of Gen. Kalmlkoffs forces who were In- terned by the' Americana at Khabarovsk at their own request, virtually has been adjusted by the gradual dispersal ot the i Cossack force. The Cossacks have been returning to their homes. lien. Graves llitH mi'iifled the 'Japanest staff that upon the Identification of the arms and equipment of the Cossacks kb their property It will be delivered to them. JAPANESE BADLY DEFEATED BY REDS Two Companies Wiped Out in Battle in Siberia. By the Attociated Prtti, Vladivostok, March 14. Two com- panies of Japanese troops were virtually wiped out by the Bolshevlkl In fighting near Stramakoe, fifty miles northeast of Blogovlcstchensk, February 26. Two hundred und fifty men wero engaged. Major TanJka, commanding the Japa- nese, was killed. In a second battlo, March 3, at Pra-lovk- thirty miles to the north, the Japanese suffered ninety casualties. In the two engagements the Bolshevlkl left 600 dead on tho field. The campaign against the Bolshevlkl hflit trathervri in force. It heiran earlv In February with a battle near Poch-- 1 kaleo The enemy then moved north through Alextev and rallied at Skramsko. Though greatly outnumbered two Japa- nese companies, of peace strength, en- gaged the Bolshevlkl, but were de feated. The enemy afterwards moved south- east to a point ten miles east of where the first engagement occurred. Here he was again attacked by a reinforced Japanese column. The operation la con- - , with the enamy moving south' I oast, 1 . 17 1919.. ' ' . . . . I ALL EVIL IN RUSSIA, SWISS ENVOY REPORTS Conditions Growing Worse, M. Odier Reports to Bern. tpcdal Cabtt DttpalcK to Tns Scs from the London Timet Seritct. Copyright, alt right t rtttntd. Bern, March 16. M. Odler, lato Swiss Ambassador In Petrograd, whoso exer- tions In behalf of the nationals of other countries In Russia called forth wide- spread gratitude, give an account of 'conditions In Russia to the Journal de Geneve from which the following Is token: The situation In Russia Is even worse than has been described. Some 300 Bol- shevist leaders dominate the country, with famine as their chief weapon. The little food that Is brought Into the towns by peasants Is selted by Bolshevist gongs waiting at the stations for that purpose, who destroy what they do not want. For instance, they deliberately smashed hundreds of eggs on the pave- ment. The lack of fuel also Is terrible. Money Is falling Into disuse because the peasants prefer to barter goods. The Kerensky notes are told In bagfuls by weight. The people, half starved and sunk Into apathy earnestly desire outside Inter- vention. They were filled with despair when tho Entente did not come to their rescue. The Bolshvtt army Is well fed and well paid and they may Join It to es- cape starvation. Lenlnc's bodyguard Is formed of Lett. Many Chinese are In the Bolshevist army, who demand ad- vance payment and double pay when filhtlng. They are not good soldiers. M. Odler considers a small and well organlied force could make headway against much larger numbers, especially as It would have the support and eym-pith- y of the people. Petrograd Is one vast necropolis, with streets deserted and bodies lying about unburled, while Lenlne himself lives In luxury and fares sumptuously. M. Odler saw him and Zlnovleff only once on the occasion of an official protest against the massacres. Zlnovleff made the fre- quent Bolshevist anwscr. \The Bour geoisie will never be as numerous as the j soldiers dead on the field of battle.\ REDS SEIZED AT ARCHANGEL. North naiiiani Check Effort at Itevolt In Itrar of Allies. Bv the Anociattd Priu. Archangel, March 15 (delayed). On the anniversary of the Russian Revolu- tion. March 12, the celebrations by the city and tho council of professional unions was mado the occasion for nu- merous addresses, where- upon the Provisional ar- rested a number of the speakers and declared Its determination vigorously to suppress all such attempts to hamper the struggle of tho Allies agatnst the Bolshevlkl. There Is Increasing evidence that the Bolshevik agitators are ready to take advantage of any minor disturbance to bring about a Bolshevik revolt behind the lines at nny time when the allied troops are hard pressed at the front FOOD BIG QUESTION AGITATING EUROPE Situation Had nnd Can Be Saved Only by Immediate Belief. Br G. g. ADAM. Special Cable Dtepateh to Tns Sex from Ihe London Timee Smice. Copyright, Wt; alt riohti referred. Paris, March 16. \Food and again food\ more or less thoroughly sums up j the preoccupations of the peace world of Paris, All reports show the situation Is very bad throughout the whole of central and eastern Europe. Something iftust be done and done rapidly, to sup ply not only the Germans but the Aus-trla- andy former. S\b)ects ofthe Austro-Hungarla- n State with the mean of fighting famine. Tho fire which started In Russia, which spread to Ger- many and reached Mannheim, will have to be fought on our own very threshold. It Is not anticipated that the Germans will raise any objections ns to tho condf-tlon- s by which the Allien will regulate the supply of food to their starving populations. There Is no real shortage of food throughout tho world, however. Accord- ing to Mr. Roberts, the British food con- troller, there are large stocks of food available for the world, but there Is very little tonnnge to movo them with, nnd when landed In Europe there Is but a very unsatisfactory railway transport available. Mr, Roberts believes thnt by far the greater part of Europe Is actually starving. This Is a state of affairs which exists not only In e'nemy countries but also In the nascent states who have sup- ported the allied causo and found their national existence In the allied victory. Whatever opinions there may be ns to tho feeding of Germany, there are one or two thlncs which must be First of all Mr. Roberts assures the people of England that food will not be diverted from Britain to feed the Ger- mans. The Allies, nnd In particular the northorn districts of France, will have the first claim upon foodstuffs nnd the tnnnaje necessary for Its transport, but onco the allied populations have been assured of 'sufficient food It will become' absolutely essential to send food to cen- tral and eastern Europe, where the con- ditions are described In report after re- port as being appalling. Those reports come from British officers, not from tn- - emy oniclais. NEW BRITISH LABOR CRISIS THREATENED \Triple Alliance\ Will Dccido , This \Week on Question of Mediation. Special Wlrtleie Deipatch to Tns Sen. Coevriaht. 181: alt riahte rettned. London, March 16. The British labor situation hinging upon the decisions to be reached by the various labor organi sations this weell threatens again serious results. As Th Sun has predicted, tne whole labor problem will reach a climax this month when tho members of the Triple Alliance, composed of railway men, miners and transport workers, ae-cl- either to accept mediation or to cast the whole fate of their movement Into the balance and remain firm in their at mands for nationalization. The railway men already have refused to compromise, and have Informed the Government It must reply by March 20 as to whether tho railways will be nationalized. The railway men's dele- gates, who voted 49 to 11 against fur- ther delay, declared themselves disgusted with the action of their executive com- mittee In allowing the Government to hedge, possibly to force the railway men to reduce their demands. The hearing of the miners' demands, which has been proceeding since the great labor conference of February 25, has brought about bad feeling between the miners and the operators. Each day has seen a widening of the breach, with more and more acrimonious testimony and tho grievances of each sldo have be come more serious because each side Is attempting to make Its case as strong as possible, 'with the result that any peaco-- f ul settlement seems more distant y than at any time since the hearings began. The miners' feelings have been aroused especially by the publicity given to their living conditions and the perils of under- ground work. The transport workers are considering an offer of a forty-fou- r hour week, composed of eleven shifts of four hours each. While this may bo satisfac- tory to them, there- - is no settlement of the wage problem to accompany the re- duction of hours. Such Is the situation existing In the three great labor organizations ; nil ad- mit the serious possibilities. The council of tho Triple Alliance Is to meet next Friday. The members have agreed that none of them will accept a settlement separately, but will hold out for a gen- eral settlement of every\ demand made by the three organizations before they postpone their strike. FEARS PEACE TREATY DELAY. Pari Nevrapaner Concerned Over Lloyd George's Departure. Taris, March 16. Tho Temps says that tho British Prime Minister, David Lloyd George, probably will return to London about the middle or the last of this week. It points out that President Wilson was away\ part of the time the British Premier was here and now that the President hns returned, Mr. Lloyd George has been obliged to absent him- self. Tho hope Is expressed by the news- paper that there will be no delay In the elaboration of peace. RECORD RAIN IN MEMPHIS. T.72 Inches Fall In Twelve Hours, Halting; Traffic. MtMrini, Tenn.. March 16. All local records for rainfall In twelve hours were broken to-d- when 7 72 Inches fell In that reriod, the Weather Burrsft an- nounced In the last twenty-fou- r hours 8.5 Inches of rain fell. Only five Memphis street car lines wero In operation owing to washouts, and traffic on railroads throughout this portion of Tennessee has been Impeded. First Turkish Tobacco Since 1014. nosTON, Mirch 16. The Dutch steam- ship Deucalion, which arrived here to- day with the first Turkish tobacco that has reached the United States slnco 1914, was nearly five yean) In making ho voxpre frorsjif yrna tn Rnston, An attempt to run tiis blockide when war was declared was frustrated by the Turks. L'pton .Men to Join Parnde. Special Peipateh to Tns Scs. Cihv UrroN, March 16. A special train departing at 10 o'clock morning will carry to New York several (hundred men who havo been nlven special leaves hy Gen. Nicholson, camp commander, to take part In the St Pat- rick's day parade. They will assemble at Forty-fourt- h street and Fifth avenue nt 1 :30 o'clock and will Join tho military section, which will be under Major Michael Heauey, camp provost marshal. An Accident A Minut- e- in New Y.ork. Accident insurance is the wisest protection and the cheapest. This is the finest policy we have ever offered: '$40,000.00 for life or injury; $50 weekly for disability AT A COST OF LESS THAN A DOLLAR A WEEK. Preposterous.' No. true and SAFE. Ve urge prompt action. M. J. EPSTEIN CO. \Inturancc That Inauret\ 30 E. 42d St. VandMbiV11 JilS. N. Y. BORAH SAVS LEAGUE IS BRITISH TRIUMPH Assorts at Rochester Mooting It Closes Door to Hopes t of tho Irish. \IS A NEW PRUSSIANISM\ Tells Gathering Americans Could Bo Forced to Suppress Rebellion in Erin. Special Ditpnlrh to Tna Sost. KocnisTxn, March 16. Describing the League of Nations as formed in Paris as the greatest British diplomatic triumph In the whole history of England and asserting that by the provisions of the constitution of the league, to which the United BUtes was asked to sub- scribe, American cltlrens might be drafted to quell an Irish rebellion for the sake of the British Empire, .United States Senator Borah mado a bitter at- tack on the League of Nations this ev-nt- before an audience that packed Convention Hall to the doors. It Is estimated that between 5,000 and 6,000 persons heard the Idaho Senator's ad- dress and hundreds were unable to gain admittance. Significant of the sentiment \which Mr. Borah had to face, however, was the wild applause which greeted his quo- tation from the address of William H. Taft In New York, especially that pass age In which Mr. Taft asserted that the conditions of Washington's time nau changed, and that America no longer could remain Isolated. Dlsoasses Ireland Problem, The meeting had been called to con- sider the question of for Ireland and the speaker of the even- ing selected as his topic for Ireland and Its Relation to the League of Nations.\ In turn Sena- tor Borah compared with Wllsonlan ten dencies of the present the principles laid down by the founders of the American Republic, Washington, Jefferson and Monroe, and asserted that 'the samo fac- tors In European politics which made the fathers of American liberty suspl clous of European entanglements were operative and that any departure from those sacred principle of Ameri- can liberty would mean the entrance not only of America Into European quarrels, but European politics Into the western hemisphere. With regard to the constitution of the League of Nations Senator Borah em- phasized previous statements that It gave autocratic power to a few men without providing proper checks and bal- ances and that It enabled tho European nnd Asiatic Powers to outvoto the United States four to one. The Insertion ot a clause giving colonial states and dependencies a vote, he said, was di- rectly in the Interest of the British Em- pire and would give that empire su- premo pow-er- . Clause Muil Come Out, \If that clause Including dominions nnd colonies does not come out, I wish to say that the constitution of the League of Nations never will be ratified IXCIUSIVE NEW rifTH MEN'S SHOPS, 2 TO ON by the Senato of the tJnlled States,\ Mr. Borah said. ' No provision was made for disarms-men- ), he added, the neareoj: approach to that point being a declaration favor- ing the principle of disarmament. In fact, ho said, M. Clemenceau had de- clared that France could not afford to disarm, and Great Britain has aald In . efTect that ahe would continue to ' ruW the seas regarjilesa of the league. \Suppose we change tho name of thl combination or League of Nations and call It a comblnat!6n to maintain the In- tegrity of the British Empire,\ tho Senator remarked Ironically, passing nt once to a consideration of Ireland'. claims for H pointed out tho provisions Inserted In the constitution of the league for tho preservation of tho territorial integrity of the Powers signatory to the agree- ment, and asked what was to become of Irish aspirations In view of those clauses. Straltjackets for Small fitatea, \Tha acid test la not what Is to be done with Germany's colonies and sub- ject peoples.\ he added. \The acid test Is what will those nations wnicn eigneu tho agreement do with their subordinate people. I do not propose to give mv name or my vote to a constitution to place smalj States In a Btraltjackct and rivet It In' ptace. Mr. Taft has said that small States might etart a confla- gration. Shall America furnleh troops to quell an Irish rebellion? I know that there never will be peace until Ireland gets her freedom.\ After referring to the wrongs of Po- land and the determination of the Allies to rteht those wrongs the Senator said that the Irish question has now become an American question, \for wo are asked to go to Europe to aid In reconstruc- tion, to finance and police the war torn lands.\ In conclusion Mr. Borah referred to the League ot Nations as the most stupendous machinery for autocratic power that ever had been seen on earth. \The Kaiser,\ ho said, \never had such power. It Is Prusslanlsm pure and Blmplo.\ Resolutions favoring tho freedom n! Ireland were offered by tho Rt. Rev. Thomas F. Hlck'y, Bishop of Rochester, and wero adopted unanimously. ALBANIANS ASK CHURCH UNION Boston Convention Also Urscs En- largement of Frontier. Boston, March 16. Clergymen and lay delegates of the Orthodox Albanians ot America met here to-d- to confirm the election by tho Russian convention In Clevaland last month of Mgr. Theofan Noll as tho first Albanian bishop. Mgr. Alexander, Russian Arch- bishop of Nortli America, presided. A resolution was adopted to be cabled to President Wilson and Premier Clem- enceau.\ appealing to the Pence Confer- ence \for the restoration of Albanian Independence and for the unification of all Albanians, Orthodox, Moslem and Catholic, under one flag, the Illustrious banner of the soldier of Christ, George Castrlota Scanderbeg, and under our national Government and within ethnical frontiers of Albania, Including the dis- tricts of Chamerla and Kossovo.\ The resolution also thanks the Ameri- can delegation to the Peaoo Conference \for Its noble nttltudo nnd strenuous ef- forts to save for Albania vital southern territories.\ Take Up Germnn-Pnlla- U Illspnt. Paris, March 16. A despatch to the Havas agency from Posen, dated Satur- days, sayn the German delegation has returned to Posen and resumed pourpar- lers In an effort to settle the controversy between Germany and Poland. 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