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ft i& it. I. if V A i r 1 w. hi It f. Ilelglan delegation, Sir Ernest Pollack If the Drttlah delegation nnd M. Damllla f the Italian .delegation. The corridor which the Peace Confer- ence Commission on Polish claims linn agreed upon thai! go to Poland as a means of exit to the Baltic Sea la out-line- d y by the Journal tfes Debits. The report of the commission, which ! headed by Jules Oambon, will be exam- - Ined shortly by the Supreme Council. ' On the west, according to the news-- . paper, tho corridor will begin on the shore of the Baltic west of Danxlg and will Include a. small part of Pomernnla which la Inhabited by roles. Thence It will run east of Lauehburg and continu ing southward east of KonlU and l Schneldemuhl. The eastern border of the corridor will run through Frlacha Nth rung, which It 'divides: thence through Frlsche Haft to the west ot Gibing and Osterode, which ara left to Germany, and thence , south to the present Prussian-Polan- d border. The west border of Poland from Schneldemuhl southward will give Blrn-.bau- Llfsa and Krotoschln to Poland. Jn German Silesia the Poles will get the regions of Oppeln and Kewjen. The Polish nnd Caech frontiers will meet east of Xeustadt. south of Oppeln. The Polish frontiers on thenorth. east and south have not yet been completed Is by the commission. ' The porta and waterways commis- sion, which met was addressed ' by the delegates of Switzerland, who ex- plained the legal and technical\ reason ; which led Switzerland to claim partici- pation In any convention In the future concerning the Rhine navigation. The of Dfflclal communication follows: \The commission of International regime of ports, waterways and rail- ways met y at 3 o'clock at the Ministry ot Public 'Works, r \The commission waa addressed by delegates from Switzerland, who had asked to be heard In order to lay be-f- the commission the views of th Swiss Government on the question of the navlgatloa of thejtblne. The dele- gates, namely M. Valloggon, M. Oolpke and M. Collett, wero roprc- -' sented by the Swiss Minister. M..DU-- \ noup, and set forth the legal and tech-- t nlcal reasons which led Switzerland to claim participation In any convention J which .may In the .future govern navi- gation on the Ithlne. \After the Swiss delegates had left ' the commission completed the, text of ' the clauses to be Inserted In the treaty of peace In regard to the Rhino and resumed discussion of tho clauses .re- garding International transport by railway.\ y NEUTRALS TO SEND DELEGATES TO PARIS Sweden, Spain and Holland to Give League Views v Pahis, March 17. The Scandinavian nations have appointed representatives to present their views on tho League of Nations In accordance with an Invita- tion to that effect by the Supremo Coun- - clL They are united In standing by the decision of the Stockholm confer-enc- e In February to uphold the league, but they do not expect to be represented in It for the tlmcblng. CitniBTiANiA, March. 17. The Foreign Office has sent a telegram to the Peace ..Conference requesting a postponement of ' tho unofficial discussion of the proposed League of Nations by the neutral na- - Uons. The despatch said the Norwegian delegation would bo unable to. reach Paris by March SO, the date set for the conference. The llAOfE, Marcti 17. Prof, \tV. J. M. van Kyslnga of Leyden University has been appointed to tepresent Holland at the meeting ot neutral representatives B In Paris to exchange views on the League of Nations. The appointment was made 'In response to a request from the Peace Conference Commission on a League ot Nations. Prof, van Eyslng. Is professor of International lnw at Lcydcn, U. S. AGENT REPORTS V BERLIN NEEDS FOOD Tales of Bloodshed Said to Have Been Exaggerated. Pabis, March 17. A despatch from '' the American Legation at Copenhagen, dated March 11 and addressed to the t American Commission to Negotiate t Peace, .was received It tells of the situation In Berlin in part as fol lows ! \The American military attache's agent, who departed from Berlin last Thursday, has reported that tho strikes which took place recently were primarily due to lacl of work and food, hut also partly to discontent. Drougni aooui Dy delay by the Government in eoclallstla action. \The agent said .that reports of blood shed In Berlin were exaggerated. Hope of assistance from the Allies and United States Is dwindling. The result\ Is reac tion. Confidence, In the Government at present Is being undermined rapidly, and there Is a tendency on the part ot the people more ana wore to drift toward ill. Il , , y \The . military attache's agent made that a further revolution whToT would result\ In the .present Gov- ernment's downfall, will' \result unless there Is \betterment of food MeflciftKies and Industrial conditions .jtvltSIn six weeks at-th- latest. Onlythe ttnmeiJIStQ shipment of raw materials nnd food, to Germany, with the assuran'WtbAt mbro will follow, will savo the situation and prevent further, revolution and disaster, the extent of, which It Js Impossible to lorcocc, - RUSSIA ASKS FOR HEARING. Committee nf HeTrral Factions l'rif I'conomlo Assistance. Paris, March 17, The Russian Com milt, in PatsX suhttkjsr 1 wvdav to tho Peace Conference a communication sign d by Serglus Sazonoff, Foreign Minister of the OmsK Government: rrince Lvotf, formerly Premier; Nicholas Tschalkov sky, President of the Provisional Govern ment of North Hussla, and Baslle Mai; lakoff. Ambassador to France. Tho com mttntAffnn nsked the Peace Conferenrn ' ' \ ' \ - - y to adopt resolutions declaring all ques Hons concerning tlic boundaries of Bus la, as they existed In 1914, excepting that of Poland, shall not be decided without the consent of tho Russian people. The communication also requests that questions concerning the status of the nationalities Included within Russia shall not he decided without the approval o the Russian peoples. The Committee asks that the Peace Conferenco hhsIs the various nationalities to organise atjalnst anarchy by providing a provi- sional regime to meet financial, economic 2 and military needs. For tills purpose recognition Is sought for the de facto j governments which the committee says J have been inspired by democratic prlncl-- ( pies and supported by their populations. J BRITISH PLAN TRADE SWEEP. Federation With 931,000,000,000 ! Capital to Hare Kuvojs, I London, March 17. The Federation of British Industrie, representing 10,000 t mnniifnctitrrrs and rapi-- i tal, is organizing u great stcm of trade ambassadors ni pioneers for the exten-- j slon of British trade overseas. J Hy July thn federation expects to , have an ambassador In every Important I centre. It la nlrucdy tepresented In Sy-il- Dehmark, Boulh America and tho Jk'Jr East. GERMANS CALL FOOD RATION TOO. SMALL Fapcrs Sny Spartacnns Will Mnkc Capital of No Worl;, No Eat Clause. COIN MERE GUARANTEE. Actual .Payment Will Bo in Leasing Ships awl Supply- ing: Coal and Timber. By Ms Altooialed Prett. Berlin, March ID (delayed). Indica tions are that the average German la not etitfiuslsstlc over the amount of food he likely to get under the provisioning a agreement with the Allies. After his first feeling of enthusiasm over the sign- ing of the long desired arrangement he In Immediately began to figure out his share of the provisions under the terms the document, an extended summary of which was published 'officially this morning, and 'such comment as Is mads reflects an undeniable feeling of disap- pointment at the quantity provided. This was particularly the case, be cause the newspapers In reducing the totals to figures In pounds per capita take as' tne basis of their estimates tne population before the war and work out the result at ten pounds monthly a per- - son Instead of the approximate eighteen pounds, which results from a computa tion upon Alls basis of a population of 46,000,000, excluding the on the farms, as the Food Ministry contemplates doing. This means that the allotment would be halt a pound ot flour and a, tenth of a pound of fats a day,' to supplement the waning German food stocks. Work Trick Is Seen. In commenting on the agreement, fs predicts thst the Independent-Socialist- s nnd the Spartacans will make capital out of the fact that there Is a proviso In the agreement that no food tliall be allotted to those who are unem- ployed through their own fault. The nonspaper says the workmen will b told that the Government Induced the Kntcnte to Insert this proviso to prevent tr.cm from using the striKe as a. political weapon. The newspaper declares that. In reality, the proviso was contalsed In the draft agreement submitted by tho Inter allied delegates to the Brussels confer ence, who undoubtedly Insisted upon It Vortcarrf thinks. In order to make uer. n.any finance as large a proportion or the supplies as possible by means of ex ports, so that Germany s gold resources might be reserved for Indemnity pay ments. The newspaper characterizes the agreement as \anything but a success. The proviso In the agreement remov ing the restrictions upon fishing In the Baltic will be only second In value for Germany to the provision for the Impor tatlon of grain and fats, particularly It the unofficial reports ftom Holland are confirmed that the agreement also cov ers permission to flsh In the North Sea and to Import fish from Norway. Nerd of Flh Sboivn. von Braun told the cor. respondent before he left for Brussels to take part In the conference that Ger- many was extremely anxious to obtain the plentiful supplies of fish which would bs made available by the prtr lieges mentioned. He pointed out that flsh was rich In albumen and fats, con talnlng just the elements which wero lacking In the present German ration. Herring to an extent ot 100,000 tons were Immediately available It permission were given to snip nsh from Norway, the said, and the working men who In peace times had been ac- customed to make a meal of potatoes and herring would welcome the return of the old conditions. Arrangement for foreign credits Is only one part of a difficult financial prob lem confronting uermany in connection with the supply . of food from abroad. The price of various foodstuffs-- , particu larly, cereals, on the world markets is so high compared with the maximum prices which Germany maintained on rationed foodstuffs during the war that pome method mut be found to make up the differences in costs If the price of bread Is to be \within the rencKnf the working men, the smaller classes and those with fixed small Incomes. The constant strlkss and discontent of labor, which are th breeding ground for disorder and worse, are caused largtly by the Inability of the poorer classes to meet the cost of living on present wages. Tne Government is aware that if the price of bread, which Is now BO to 60 pfennigs (12U to 15 cents) for a two pound loaf. Is Increased three or four times, the entire laboring class and many ot the lower middle classes might swing over Into Bolshe vlsm. Coming; of Food Avraltrd. The food situation Is the all Important question in 'Germany, and the coming of supplies irom tne auieu countries Is cer tain' to havo a marked effect on prices. It Is hoped tho appearance In the Vutcher shops ot a considerable quan- tity of American pork will break the price of pork, which Is at present being sold surreptitiously at J 10 a pound, and tend to direct the small supply of home meat into legal channels of tradv. Imported rice Is sold at 113 per hun dredweight, and condensed milk and other povlslons desired for children, pa tients in nospitais and the young or nick centrally !is.vs been concspondlligiy high. Ths Food Ministry figures the cost of necessary food Imports at $1,250,000,000 as compared with the recent British es- timates of 1100,000,000. The German delegates at the time of their departure for Brussels rould see provisions for only about half of this amount. Financial experts estimated the total amount realizable ftom the char- ter and hire nf the German ships, for- eign securities owned In Germany, for- eign credits and 125.000,000 from the gold reserve, which the Kntente would permit to be applied to food purchases, at only . $375,000,500. Another $250,-000,0- was coverable by exports of potash, dyes, wood and other commodi- ties, although, as tho Socialist Food Minister, Herr Schmidt, pointed out In tne rood iienam at wclmnr recently, the workmen were day by day cutting down the possibility of financing the food Imports by constant strikes In the potash and dye works and coal mines. Credits from the export of porcelain and other minor wares to neutral coun- tries will not offset the reduced possl-blllt- y of exporting Important products due to strikes. To cover she balance of approximately $655,000,000 the German commissioners are authorized to take ad. vantage or nn intimation thrown out by an American delegate at tha January meeting of tho financial commission at Treves, that the property In the hands of tha American Allen Property Gusto-dia- n might perhaps be available to pay for food. The German delegates were then asked whether Germany was will- ing that such funds should be used for this purpose,- - The aeitnan Interests con- - cerned are declared to be willing, but It la undomtood tha(. the French object to such a disposition o,C these assets. REVOLT IN BERLIN ENDED, SAYS NOSKE Blame for Bloodshed and Til- lage Laid to Independent Socialists. !NEW OUTBREAK FEARED Newspapers Trodlct Striko for March 25 Farmers in Royalist riots. ( Bpiciat Cablt PmbuIcA la Tn'St frenflht London Timet Stnlct. In CopyHaM, lii all rtoMi rnervei. SmcKitoLu. March 17. According to statement made by Oen. Noske before the National Assembly at Weimar the Cpartacan Insurrection In Berlin has been definitely crushed. He did not hesdtate reDortlnc to the Assembly tne re. aulta of his mission to Berlin to attrl bute responsibility for the events which led to so much bloodshed, plundering ana murder to Incitements by the parly or gans and the open support of the Gov ernment to the extremists. This state- ment eliciting strong protest and out cries from the Independent Socialists, ne added: \1 repeat members of the Independent Socialists approved and encouraged tnese acts of brigandage and countenanced thess Infamous practices.\ Mnrlne Rebels Killed. He said he was glad to bo able to state that the rebellious marine detachment. their principal instrument In originating these troubles, existed no longer. (The opposition cried: \You murdered then-a- ll I\) The MInlstef concluded his statement by appealing to the Judgment of the whole nation, for which h was loudly applauded by the Majority socialists and hissed by the Minority Socialists, the shrill voice ot Frau Zletz being heard above the uproar calling the defence Minister foul names. The Berlin correspondent says the streets are resuming their usual appear- ance but for tho battered and ruined aspect of many houses. He believes this may only be a lull before another storm. Most of the Insurgents, more than 15,000, have fled the city to hide In neighboring towns, especially Bruns- wick, where, Spartaclsm Is In power. To deal with these refugees Herr Noske has extended the state of siege and martial law to all districts within a certain radius of Berlin. The Idea that the strike and insur- rection will soon break out again Is general. The Dtutaehe Tapes Zrffunp, referring to the Iron hand of the military, says they have If anything been owing to the hatred aroused among the troops by tho atrocities of the rebels. Among the working classes, the news- paper adds, lively propaganda Is being carried on for a renewal of the strike and Its outbreak even has been fixed for March 25. Tho strike Is again to be the starting point for a revolutionary dictatorship and great exertions are heing made to render tho strike general this time and for It to break out si- multaneously all over the country. The Workmen's Council of Greater Berlin and the President of the Executive Com- mittee, Herr Muller, stated the claims of the workmen were still unaltered and must be maintained. More Tremble Drenrlnsr, In the Ruhr district signs of fur- ther trouble are becoming evident. At labor meetings In Mulhotm and Ham-bor- n a renewal of the strike Is threat ened in case tho claim put forward for full pay during the last strike Is not granted. The strike is calculated to have covered 1,712,830 days of work, representing $5,000,000 wages lost by the workmen. This they hope to re cover and. seek to Justify their claims by the pretence they were driven to strike by riotous Bpartacans. in upper Silesia the strike Is spread ing and Spartacan agitators are visit ing the mines and persuading the miners to give up work. There the strike will be used In attaining political ends. The roles are described as following these manceuwes with Interest and In some sense making common cause with the political agitators. Anxiety in Germany as to the final settlement of the Polish frontier question Is becoming acute. The reactionary movement, especially In the agricultural classes, has rcrtvtd new Impetus from excesses committed in Berlin and tit efficiency of the military n suppressing tnem. Tne important agricultural organization. Bund der Landwlrte, Is said to be preparing a counter strike of ieasantry and agrl-turls- ts If the workmen proceed to strike again and radical politicians try to es tablish a proletarian mciaiorsmp inrougu workmen and oldlers' councils. In agrarian circles, the stronghold of Junkerdom, Royalist demonstrations are not infrequent. At a meeting orpine Westphallan Chamber of Agriculture the president. Baron von Iedebur, said the Prusjlan agriculturists have always been stanch royalists and would never forget the services the Hohenrollerns rendered the country. CHINESE SETTLE U, S. CLAIM. (20,000 Will Be Paid to AVtdorr of Yeomnn Killed In Gnnlioat. By Me Anoclatti PrtH. PmciK, March 17. The Chinese Gov- ernment lias accepted the suggestions made by the American Government In Its note of March A for the settlement of the MonocaeiC Incident The Incident occurred on January 17 of last year, when the American gun- boat Monocacy was steaming up the Yang-ts- e River. At a point about fifty mile above Yochow Chinese troops fired on the vessel without warning. Koine 100 shots hit the Monocacy, and Jf. L. O'Brien, ( chief jeoman, received wounds from which he died within nn hour, and Seamen Ferguson nnd W. M. Donelly were slightly Injured, Under the settlement tho widow of Chief Teo-ma- n O'Brien nn Indemnity of $25,000 gold, while Seamen Ferguson and Donelly receive 1300 onch, Tha firing on the gunboat in attributed hero to the Chinese troops becoming 1 anlrstrlckon at the appearance of the war vesrel. FRENCHMAN FLYING , ACROSS, IS REPORT Airman Headed for Brazil From Cape Verde. Iwuon, Maroh 17. It Is reported i among airmen that a flight across the Atlantic Ocean is now being attempted oy 11 'c\l;\ . \i'. iiimoi iumn I.teut. Fontan Is reported to have started from the French African port of Dakar, Heni'sambla, for Pernambuco, Brazil, by wny of the Cape Verde Islands and the St. Paul Rocks. i Paris Cnfes Open Until IOiO p. .11. Paws, March 17. Under a new regu- lation cafe and restaurant will be nor. milted to remain open until 10:30 r, M., , and to employ orchestras beginning 1 March ZO, LETTISH FORCE CUTS OFF REDS' RETREAT Kandau and Zabeln Taken During Advance. Copenhagen. March 17. Lettish troops have advanced toward Mltau and have captured the towns of Kandau and Zabeln, according to an official state ment Issued by the Lettish headquarters. The advance continues, the statement says, and the Bolshevlkl In northwestern Courland are threatened with having their retreat to Mltau and Riga cut oft. They are reported to be retiring In a panic An official communication Issued by Lettish headquarters says: \Tukkum sixty miles from Rigs, lias been captured. The Bolshevik retreat In the whole of North Cour- land has been cut off. Lettish troops have reached Blteden, In the center of North Courland.\ A despatch received hers from Berlin quotes LIbau advices to the effect the Bolshevlkl have been seriously aeiemca the district between Kovno and Vllna and that the Important railroad running from Koshedary to Schauien has been enptured. Stockholm. March 17. The Lettish to offensive In the Mltau region Is develop- - Inr successfully, the Letts having cap tured Shagory, Orenrhof, Weltenfeld and Alt Auti. The Lettish War Minister lias left the English military mission at In LIbau and has gone to the front, accord Ing to a LIbau despatch received here. a PERSHIM HONORS RAINBOW DIVISION More Than 20,000 American Troops Receive Farowell Visit From Him. Bptclal Cable Dttpateh to Tne Sex Irom tht London Timet ftrvici. Vnwriaht, 1S1: oil rtAlt rettrvtd. Con:.ENX, March 17. Oen. Pershing paid what will undoubtedly proo his farewell visit to men or the valiant Forty-secon- d (Rainbow) Division yes terday. Remagen was the place chosen for this afternoon's review. With the Rhine flowing past and the arresting heights of the river looking down upon the scene all that could be picturesque was there. Across the river Is the neutral xone. From the hillsides of this zone German civilians with flew glasses viewed this scene. What they saw should certainly convince them why Germany lost the a war. More than 20,000 sturdy Ameri- cans In splendid trim syod In the valley below and through their ranks walked Gen. Pershing with his staff. Inspecting each line In turn and asking numerous questions concerning the men's welfare and fitness. It was Interesting what a range of actions was covered by the deeds that Avon the decorations presented by Gen. Pershing after the Inspection. To hear It proudly recalled that one of the heroes who stood t lie re had killed five Germans, while hern on German soil everything seemed to spea\k of peace, seemed fan- tastic and almost unreal. 'But here was the man with a wound stripe on his right arm. and there was Gen. Pershing pin- ning the Distinguished Service Medal on his breast while he told the soldier how the tatter's heroism reflected honor on every one. But the proudest man this afternoon was Corporal Sidney Manning, a farm- er's boy from Alabama, who, Vlth the U7th Infantry, victors In many great fights, took command of a platoon on the Ourcq and carried on when all were put out of action with the exception nf seven, Manning being wounded no less than nine times himself. He received the Congressional Medal of Honor, the blue ribbon of American courage. Following the General's car back to Coblens It was strange to seo how In some of the villages the German civil- ians turned out to get a fleeting glimpse of the American commander. In one village loud \hochs\ for Gen. Pershing greeted his ears. This morning Gen. Pershing reviewed the men of the Third Corps Headquar- ters, including the famous Second Cav- alry, now stationed In Vallendar, In com- mand of Gen. Hlnes. Gen. Pershing thus passed another busy day In which he walked eight or nine miles and looked as (It nt the finish as If another ten miles would not have been any concern. His Physical endurance Is a surprise to ev erybody. VON ARNIM BEATEN\ TO DEATH. German Commander of Flnndera Army Slain by Pensanta. Lomdo, March 17. Oen. Count Klxt von Arnlm, commander of the German army In Flanders during a large part of the war, has been baten to death by peasants at Asch, Bohemia, according to a Paris despatch to the Exchange Telegraph Company. It Is sad that Gen. von Arnlm shot at peasants gathering firewood on his property nnd that the mob Invaded and pillaged Ills chateau after killing him. EAST PRUSSIA FEARS INVASION OF REDS Russian Swarms Said to Be Out Food Hunting. fipeciel Vabtt Deepatcfi to Tiir St'N from the London Timet Seriice Copyrijfit, I91f nl rivHi rettrnd. Tile lUotz, March 17. Tho Hamburg Frtmdenblatt learns \the Invasion of Kast Prussia by the Red army may be ospected within a few weeks.\ Russians who are commonly likened to a swarm of locusts nre now dercrlhed as having already consumed everything In Cour- - lsnd, being Impelled forward chiefly by hunger. Against this Bolshevist menace German authorities are said to have only Inadequate forces, Frontier defence corps, It Is repeated, aro by no means trustworthy. Many soldiers' councils have Spartaclst em pathies. Revival of German epprehon- - sions in regara to tne fate of eighty Prussians coincides with the announce ment that the Franco-Polis- h mission ar- rived In Danzig In order to prepare for eventually landing Polish troops at that port. Advices from Berlin nnd Cologne draw attention to the curious ebb nnd flow of the Bolshevist movement in Get ninny. While it still Is dltllcult nt this stage to distinguish the cause and effect, tho fact remains that In point of lime the Berlin riots closely followed the fortunes of food negotiations with the Allien. o long as Junkerdom Is not dlspos sessed. Just so long the Prusslnn bu reaucracy Is abta to extract from Gov ernment brlbos at the rate of 1125,000. 000 a year under the guise of Increased pay. Mexican Mission In Itln Janeiro BcnttOi Arnns, Slarch 17, A mission sent iiy the Mexican l.'illVerilly lia nr rived in Rio Janeiro, nccoiding to a des patch to\ a fi.;0M. The mlron, which has at its head nn attache of the Mexl can legation, purpows to bring about an exchange of student Ideas ami hopes to los;rr a ocuer unuersvanuing or Mexico, GERMAN SOCIALISTS SEIZED AS REBELS Government Desire Seen to Link Independents With Spartacan Hovolt. MONARCHIST PLOT BARED Ebcrt, Schcidcmann and Noske Royal Puppets, Say London Correspondents. By the Auodoted Ptett. Berlin, March 16 (delayed). Gov ernment troops, which are cleaning up the suburbs of Rahnsdorf and Fried- - rlchshaven of Spartacans, report that they have arrested two Independent So- cialist leaders In Rahnsdorf, \who prove have distributed arms to other Inde an pendents and to communists and to have Incited to violence.\ The chairman of the soldiers council Wllhelmshaven, who Is also an Inde- pendent Socialist, has been arrested with soldier because they distributed weap ons to soldiers In tho hospital there. Two Aldermen of Frledrlchshaven, two labor ers and one member of the -- Soviet, all ot them Independents, have been taken Into In of custody for causing loyal soldiers sta tioned in Frledrlchshaven to be disarmed at the beginning of the general strike, according to the report. First Arrrsts of Independents. This Is the first Instance of definite mention being made of the arrest of In- dependent Socialists, And it Is believed to be probable tho report was given out owing to the desire by the Government to Is expose tho connection of tne inaepen-den- ts with the Spartacans nnd the up- rising, which the Independent leaders have stoutly denied. It Is reported also that the troops found large quantities ot arms and am- munition In Llchtcnberg. which suburb has now been thoroughly cleared of the Spartacans. even the roof snipers being no longer In evidence. Fifty-liv- e persons have been killed nnd 170 wounded In the riots at Halle. Two hundred 'and eighty persons have been arrested tor pillaging. The value ot the stolen property Is estimated at 14,500, 000. As a result of the plundering In the sections of the country outside of Halle state of siege has been proclaimed over Rltterfeld. Delltsch, Muencheln, Merseburg nnd Koennern. Rioting on the part of peasants In Wlndschlag. near Orenburg. Bavarls. forced the visiting food commission to seek the protection of the military au thorltles. The tural producers refused to make declarations of their food stores and drove off the officials with pitch forks snd clubs. Iteadjr to Crash Uprising. Although last week's Spartacan UP' rising was put down the Government, so far from relaxing Its vigilance, Is taking measures to prevent a repetition. The Prussian Minister of Education, Herr Haenlsch. has lreued an appeal to young colleglnns to Join the volunteer corps \to save the fatherland, against which Bolshevism threatens In the east, while the hydra of anarchy and civil warfare raises Its head at home. The Minister of Defence, Herr Noske, has issued a decree Imposing up to one year's Imprisonment for Interference with street car employees, or traflla or sabotage of telegraph wires, cars or other material. This Is plainly Intended to make It Impossible for the minority of the street car men to prevent the majority from working In case of an other etrlko. The Spartacan attempts to Import arms from points outside of Barlln nre being checked by the military forces at arloua railroad stations, who have con flscated a quantity of arms and ammunl lion. CoriNiiAOSV, March 17. The order ssued by Gustav Noske. the German Minister of War, for the execution of persons possessing arms and fighting against the Government, has been with- drawn, according to a Berlin despatch received here. London. March 17. Special despatches from Berlin report that the suppression of the recent Spartacan outbreak there nas shown that a mtilfary and monarchi st reaction Is growing and ovesliadow- - Ing the new Government. ' The Berlin correspondent of the Jfail, who on February 27 sent a despatch out lining plans for a monarchist uprising In Germany, has arrived in London, hav- ing left Berlin on March 14 after a resi dence thero of threo month He reit- erates the statements made In his des patch, saying that President Kbert. Chancellor Beheldtmann and Minister of War Noske are morely puppets. He de clares that for the purpose of retaining power they havo allowed members of the military caste to reappear as organizers of tho new republican armies. 'These men are the real goernors of Germany,' ha says. \They make the edicts and Chancellor Scheldemann and his colleagues willlnsly sign them.\ similar testimony is given by other correspondents In telegraphing from Berlin, some stating tnat the capture of the suburb of Llchtcnberg has been Intentionally prolonged with a view to exterminating tho Spartacans, whose treatment nt tho hands of Government troops Is said to be sharply condemned While alleged atrocities are nttrlbuted to the Spartacans, details which have heen cteii nr. ilnlihtpd nr denlert. lven the Voru-nrr- t ndmlts them to be much I exaggerated. I lie correspondents con cur In the statement that extrcmo bit- terness has been created against the Government trgops nnd that further trouble is Inevitable. ccordlng to a despatch to the Jfoil the Spartacan revolt will certainly le-c- In rver Increasing force unless miracle happens. It adds that Herr osice s forces navo been recruueu oy hrlbes and promises of big rations, and hat to this may bu attributed some of the food (.hortage In Berlin. GERMAN AUSTRIA GETS GRAIN. Five Convoys n Day Go Iiy Wny of Trieste, BAsr.i,, March IT. The Interallied Food Commission, which has bum con ducting negotiations nt Vienna, has concluded sessions there and 1ms leached an agreement bv which German Austria will receive five convoys of grain dally by way of Trle-ti- -, according to advices iccelveil here fiom the Aus- trian capital. A credit of J30.000.OOO has been ar- ranged to carry nut the agreement. Herbert Hoover, chairman of the Su- preme Food Council, will be chargfd with tho administration of Jhe agree-men- \. Ilnrrelonn Printer .loin Strike. lJAr.cKi.'iN, March 17. Union typog- raphers liai Joined t! utrlke of ot'.ier trade unionists In Barcelona. Newspa- pers did not appear to.d.i.v .Vn.vlsntlnn Ilesnmed m Dnnnlie, P.nis, Maich (17. Navigation 1ms been restimed on t!)e Danube River, dei' jpatcliesyfrom FrlBue announce, PLANS COURT MOVE TO OUSTWILLIAMS Representative M'Faddcn Tells Glass Quo Warranto Pro- ceedings In Seem in .Order. SAYS POST IS DEPUTY'S Dcnics Secretary nas Author- ity to Fill Itr-Spi- ritcd Letters Exchanged. Special DupatcK to Tit Sen. Washinotov, March7. An acrimoni ous exchange of correspondence between Representative MoFadden (Pa.) and Secretary of the Treasury Glass made publlo y developed the fact that attempt to oust John Sharp Williams, Comptroller of the Currency, hy quo warranto proceedings before a local court will bo the next step In Mr. MCFartden campaign against the Treasury official. Mr. McFadden announced y thtt this step was projected after careful study of the case with he best legil advice available and could be halted enly by an eleventh hour recess ap pointment from President Wilson. Ths President In making recess appointments cases where nominations had failed confirmation in the Senate did not In elude the name of Mr. Williams, -- whose term subsequently was continued by ac tion ot Secretary Glass. Sny Itpllnsr Is Inapplicable, Tho latter gave as his nuthority an opinion rendered by the Attorney-Gener- al In 1 306 In regard to a vacancy ap pointment to the Bub Treasury at Sin Francisco. Mr. McFadden s contention that this opinion 'does not apply In the case of the Comptroller, where tha succession Is specifically fixed by statute on one of the Deputy Comp trailers In the event of the termination of the Comptroller's tenure. In questioning the legality ot the Sec retary's action Sir. MoFadden Included language to which Secretary Glass took offence, returning the Pennsylvania Rep resentatlve s letter with a sharp note. Both Mr. McFadden and Secretary Glass gave out the correspondence this after- noon. Secretary Glass's note, to which Mr. MoFadden replied by reiterating his previous Inquiries, follows: \Dxak Bin: I am returning your letter of March 14, as I do not care to retain It for my flies. Furthermore I take leave to put you on notice1 that If you desire Information concerning any official action of the Secretary of the Treasury while I am the In- cumbent of the office you may get it promptly and frankly by addressing to me a half way decent Inquiry: but you are given distinctly to under- stand that I recognize no obligation to respond to an hftenslvely Im- pertinent and deliberately menda- cious communication such as I am now sending back to you.\ BelleTM Tost Is Deputy's. After assuring the Secretary that the letter referred to In tho foregoing was not Intended to be offensive Mr. reply to the Secretary con tinues : \For you to characterise my letter of the 14th Instant as 'deliberately mendacious' might also be defined as offensive, but I pass that over for tho present because I do not wish to obscure the really vital point at Issue, to wit: \By what authority has the Secre- tary of the Treasury given John Skelton Williams a recess appoint- ment ns Comptroller of the Currency following tho failure of tho Presi- dent, who alone has such power un- der the Constitution and laws as I have Interpreted them, to make such oppolntments?\ Accompanying the correspondence Is the following statement by Mr. McFad- den announcing his Intention to Institute quo warranto proceedings : \I am ramuiar wun tne opinion of the Attorney-Gener- rendered in 150 and am of the conviction that It does not apply to the present case. This also Is the Judgment of learned lawyers who have examined the opin- ion and Its application to the Comp-ttollcr- 's tenure of ortire, The opin- ion pertains specifically to the As- sistant Treasury at San Francisco. The differences between revised statutes Section 301 for the appoint- ment of an Assistant Treasurer and Sections 325 and i'il for the ap- pointment of the Comptroller of the Currency la that In the latter ease Section 327 expressively provides 'during the vacancy' the Deputy Comp- troller shall possess the power and perform the duties attached by law to the office ot Comptroller. Plans to Test Cass. \In view of this specific provision by Congress as to how the vacancy In the office of the Comptroller shall be filled, namely, that the Deputy Comptroller shall have the power. It would, seem that the provision au- thorizing the Secretary of the Treas- ury to appoint subordinate officers would not have application in this caso but only to cases where there Is no expressed provision ot law for the filling of the vacancy. Therefore since the Comptroller has not been made a recess appointee by the President the Deijpty Comptroller (or one of the deputies) now pos- sesses his powers; otherwise the pro- visions of Section 327 that the Dep. uty Comptroller shall possess the powers and perform the duties la nugatory. Cere Is cett'alnlv a r -- psnev arc! t'ougress has provided froi. It shall bo filled. In view of the Insistence of the Secretary of the Treasury that he has authority to fill this vacancy in the absence of the President an nuthority which reasonably can questioned in my opinion, 1 think there Is sufficient ground to test the case by writ of quo warranto.\ ST. LAWRENCE ALMOST OPEN. Iterord Itrniiniptlntt nf Nnrlgrntlnn Is Kxpcrteil, Ql'ebix, March 17 An unprecedent-edl- y early opening of navigation on the St. Lawrenco Is expected The Government steamer Montcalm was reported y nrarlng Quebec on a record trjp up- - the river from Halifax, while the channel from Three ltler to Quebec Is said to be clear of Ice. French Civil lltidKrt .lei. PAnis, March 17. The budget coin- - mii-slu- of the Chamber of Deputies ha.i decided to introduce n rlll budget of $5:0.000,000 for tho first three months of 1!19. rsuTj\r-- K c Bell-an- s -- J Hot water Sure Relief BELL-AN- S TIENTSIN IS OUIET NOW. CABLES REINSCH Ordered to Rush Details of Clash With Japanese. Special Dttpatch to Tns 8cx. Washington. March 17. All Is quiet Tien Tsln. China, according to a re- port received by th State Department y from Paul S. Relnsch, the Ameri- can Minister In Pekln, Mr. Relnsch said he was sending a full report by U. mall, but the 8Ute Department promptly asked that detail be sent as speedily as possible by cable. No mention is made or tno nature or the disturbances between the Americans and Japanese, the only word sp far hav- ing come from Mr. Relnsch being to the effect that American troops had been In tfouble with the Japanese police ' and civilians. Despite the nature of the unofficial reports officials at tho State Department are Inclined to believe that the mattor Is not serious. Otherwise they say Mr. Relnsch would not have decided to send details by man instead or oy caoic. GERMAN GOLD WILL PROTECT HER FOOD Agreement Stipulates for Dc posits in National Dank of Belgium. By G. (I, ADAM Special Cable Dttpatch to Tas Sc.v Irom the London Timet Service. Copyright, 1319; all riahtt rettrud. Paris, March 17. The agreements reached at the resumed economic dis- cussions connected with the nrmlstlce are of the greatest Importance. They amount to some extent to the lifting ot the trade blockade of Germany, which will Increase Immediately the available tonnage ot the world by almost 3,500,000 tons and will enable the Allies and their associates to begin at once their hard task ot feeding starving Europe, Food is immediately available o.nd It will bs sent Into Germany Immediately after the first guarantee of payment haa been given ny the Germans In depositing within four days $31,000,000 gold In the National Bank of Belgium. The first consignment of food will be furnished mainly from British Government stocks, some of which are already lying at Rotterdam. The British contribution will consist of 30,000 tons of pork, 30,000 tons of rice. SO.000 tons of beans. 10,000 tons of other fats and 15,000 tons of cereals. France will sell Germany oo.ooo tons ot nuts and the Americans will provide 76,000 tons of breadstuff!. Additional Sum In Ten Days Within ten days an additional sum of $53, 000,000 In gold will bo deposited In the National Bank of Belgium li Germany. Payment for the foodstuffs supplied will be msde by the freight ot German ships used for allied purposes nnd by certain permitted exports from Germany, such as coal and timber, and from credits In neutral countries. The gold reserve established hy tho Germans In Belgium will be regarded more as a guarantee than as payment. Kach ally and associated Power will have credited to her against this gold the amount ot foodstuffs she supplied. While Germany will have placed to her credit the sums duo to her for exported supplies officials will keep account of coal and otner goods she furnishes to Allies and neutrals. Thus the German gold reserve, which Is stated to stand at the astonishing figure of $500. 000,000 will remain virtually intact and be available for reparation purposes. Apportionment of Tonnage. The list of materials and manufac- tured articles which Germany Is to be allowed to export to pay for the food sundled to her Is being drawn up. and great care Is being taken to protect al lied Industries, especially those indus- tries which the Germans, while in occu pation, did their best to destroy In north- ern France and Belgium. German shipping which \ill be called upon to put to sea will bo shared out among Allies upon the following rough lines: Great Britain will have about three-fourth- s of the total tonnage of freighters. America lias greater need of troop transports snd she will receive some. Precise details or regulations and conditions under which the Allies will take over the Oerman ships havo not yet been announced, but presumably they will more or less follow the precedent established when the German war fleet was handed over. American Crews for Transports The ships used as troop transports by the Americans will be worked by United States crews, but on the other ships it seems likely there will ho, at any rate, some German crews. In any caee the crows of the Interned ships will work the vessels back from tho port ot Internment to whatever \European port they may be dlrectod to proceed. Germany Is to be permitted to a cer- tain extent to resume her foreign trade m that she may be enabled to buy sup- plies which reach her from the Allies and the United Stairs. This action has really become a necessity on account of the food situation In Germany. It Is true thnt In certain parts .of the country great want Is not apparent, but the i general senBe of all the teports from British, American and French ottlcers who have examined the conditions shows that Spartaclsm is using hunger as its , ida we.ijHSJs REDS BADDY BEATEN BY YANKEE TROOPS Attempt to Cut Dvina and .Vaga. Linos Ends \With Heavy Losses- - S. S0LDIEBS THAI FOE Enemy Mowed Down by Ma cliino Gun Crows Hidden in Blockhouse Buins. By tne Aitoeiatei rretn Archangel, March 15 (delayed). The futile attack which ths Bolshevlkl delivered yesterday on the allied and American forces comprised the first serious -- attempt to cut tho line of com munications of the Dvlna and vaga columns. The attempt was. not oniy frustrated but ths Bolshevik forces suf fered a severe defeat and heavy losses. Moving trom the Kadlah-Tarcsv- o sec tor the flrst battalion of the Sixth Soviet Regiment, 600 strong, attacked at l: 45 o'clock In the afternoon the allied posi tions In the village of Gorka. which Is twenty-flv- e miles north of Beresnik. at the junction of the Vaga nnd the Dvlna. The American-Russia- n detachment at Gorka was well Intrenchcea ana it D- ecisively repulsed the enemy, capturing flvo prisoners and five machine guns during the fighting. After the attack the bodies of fifty-seve- n Bolshevlkl were found, rrhe allied force suffered oniy ono casualty, a man wounded. Reds Fnl Into Snare, The Vaga sector, In tho vicinity of Kltsa, is quiet, as are the other fronts. American nmccrs who returned jr from the Vaga front declared the Bol shevlkl suffered exceedingly heavy losses last week. They related one particular Instance of such losses to the correspond- - cnt. It occurred after the enemy razm with artillery f?re almost all tne diock-hous- in Vlstavka. All the defensive troops withdrew with the exception of a squad of Americans, who lay concealed In a partially destroyed blockhouse with machine guns. The enemy scouts ad- vanced and wero permitted to cut the barbed wire entanglement. On doing this they shouted back to their com- rades that the village had been aban- doned. Enemy rnrty JloMed Down. When the first column of the Bolshe- vlkl walked unsuspectingly up to the the Americans Inside the blockhouse turned their machine pun\ loose and mowed down the entile enemy party. After this the defensle forces went back Into Vlstavka. Of the total ot thirty-si- x Americans listed as mlBsIng since the beginning of hostilities on this front It has been re- ported that ten are prisoners In the Bol- shevik hospital at Vclsk. This Informa- tion was civen to an American Red Cross field worker wlia questioned Bol- - hevlk deserters on the Vnga front. UKRAINIANS IN PRZEMYSL. Troops Also Advance Into .\uliurhs of I.rmlirrsf, Says Report. By the Atodated Trett. Iondo.s. March 17. Ukrainian troops have entered Przemysl. according to a German wireless despatch. The Poles are still In the northwestern part of the town. The Ukrainians also nre In the suburbs of Lemberg and along the whole Prxemysl-Lember- g line, traillc there being completely stopped. By the Anaciated Prete. Warsaw, March 18 (delayed) The Bolshevik advance Into tho Ukraine ' assuming serious proportions, according to ndvkes from Stnnislau. The objectlvn of the Bolshevlkl apparently Is the old frontier line of Russia on the west, with a probable diversion toward Odessa. Oen. Petlura'a Government Is retlrlnr from Wlnnltza to PoMcurow, but the bat- tle for the possession of Wlnnltza Is con- tinuing unabated. SIBERIAN ARMY TAKES UFA. FlreliiK nolslicvlkl Are In Dimmer nf llelni; .\Mirroillidril. The Siberian army after strong at- tacks on the Bolshevlkl occupied the city of Ufa March 13. according to In formation received yesterday by the Russian Information Bureau from Omik. The despatch added the Siberian army has taken a large amount of booty and the retreating Bolshevik troops aie In danger of belne surrounded. The people of Ufa, which had been In Bolshevik hands since January 30, were found to be In n deplorable condition, according to the despatch. Soviet I'll rent Alarms China. By the Antoclated Preis. Pr.KiN. March 12 (delayed). The Chi- nese Government is alarmed over a re- port coming fpsm Petrograil relative to the formation of a Chinese working-men'- s organisation with sixty thousand members for thn object of carrying on revolutionary propaganda and establish- ing Soviets in China. Prnnee Itefnsra I'nssiinrta. Paiim. 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