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. . . weather Forecast. - T tfair to-d- ay and i6morfow; not jnuSa ' M. . hnge In temperature. dJuiWS?1' ywterday, 44; lowest, 25. reports oa tdltorlsl p.. VOL..LXXXVI.-NO- . 212. ROOT SUGGESTS SIX CHANGES IN . LEAGUE'S PLAN Ratification of Instrument 3Icans Surrender of Mon- roe Doctrine. SCHEME LACKS TEETII It Puts Subject of Arbitra- tion Back Where It Was 25 Ycai-- s Ago. EXPEDIENCY FOIt LAW Automatic Conference Defe- ctivenight, of Withdrawal Should Be Frovided. Declaring it to b'o a serious question H to whether the, proposed covenant pMhe League of Nations as now being Ulscussed In Paris would accomplish tho end desired by all the preaerva-Ho- n of the peace of the world Kllhu iRoot has dissected that document and feuggests six amendments. Mr. Root, distinguished authority on International law, formerly Secretary of. War. then Secretary of State and later United States Senator, analyzed khe league constitution, as It has been published, at the. written request of HI If. Hays, chairman of the Repub- lican National Committee. The corre spondence was made public by Chair- man Hays yesterday. The Monroe Doctrine would be pre served by Mr. Root br the inclusion of clause Just before the signatures of tnc American delegates which would specifically state that nothing con- tained In the document should be con- strued as a relinquishment by the United States of Its traditional attitude on purely American questions or to re- quire tho submission of such policy, in- cluding the admission of Immigrants, to ty decision of other Powers. Amendment! Suggested. In the ordr suggested by Mr. Root, Ms first amendment would be to pro- vide for compulsory arbitration In all Justiciable disputes, those not Involving ct Policy, where diplomacy had sailed. TfieTcondimendment would provide for a. general conference of the Powers between two and five years after the signing of the covenant, for tho purpose of reviewing conditions of International law and would provide for further con- ferences at stated Intervals. Mr. Root would amend the much dis- cussed Article X, which provides for the maintenance of the territorial Integrity of the members of the league, by 'pro- viding that after nve years any party may terminate Its obligation under the article after one year's notice. Mr. Root's fifth amendment would pro- vide that the commission on the reduc- tion of armament should have the power to Inspect the armament and verify the reports thereon. The sixth suggestion Is that the Exec- utive Council shall have a conference of the members of the league in not lets than five and not more than, ten years after the signing of the covenant for Its revision, and that at such time, or any time thereafter upon one year's notice, any nation may withdraw from the league. iThe Senate of the United States should have been called Into special session Im- mediately after March 4 to welsh public opinion and take tbe lead In drafting amendments to the league covenant, Mr. Root declares. This was the more neces- sary, he says, because while treaties are usually framed by Ambassadors and then reviewed by the President and the Sec- retary of State, there Is here no room for supervision and Independent Judg- ment because of the fact that In this case the President himself Is drafting the document, assisted by the Secretary of State. Teat of Sir. noot's Letter, Mr. Root's letter to Chairman Hays follows : \I have received 'your letter of March 34 and I give you herewith at perhaps inordinate length my views regarding the proposed convention for a League of Rations. \I am sure that all of us earnestly desire that there, shall be an effective international organisation to preserve the peace of the world, and that our country shall do its full share toward the nfftabllshairtttt and r&ilntenance of such an organisation. I do not sea much' rest controversy about that among the American people, either between parties, or within parties, or otherwise. \There la, however, a serious question whether the particular proposed agree- ment which Is now under discussion by the Peace Conference In Paris under the title a 'Constitution of a League of Na- tions' will accomplish that end in Its rrtsent form, and whether it cannbt be made moro effective and free A careful study of the paper under the urging of Intense Interest In the subject has led me to the conclusion that a large part of Its provisions will be of great value, but that It has very serious faults, which may lead to the ultimate failure of the whole scheme unless they are remedied, end some faults which unnecessarily and without any benefit \Whatever to the project tend to embarrass and hinder the United States In giving Its full Bupport to the scheme. ' Nerd of Changes Shown. \I think there should be several very Important amendments to the agreement. \This seems to be the general view. Mr. Taft, who Joined ,the President In advocating the agreement, says It ought to be amended, almost as strongly ss his former Secretary of State, Senator Knox, says the same thing. 'When Mr. Jdge and Mr. Lowell had their great dsbate In Boston both said the agree-meri- t, ought to be amended. \A discussion of the merits snd faults of the scheme with a view amend- ment Is now the regular order of bust- - Continued on Stvcntn Pafc Threaten to Stop Work if Peace Is Oppressive COPENHAGEN, March 30. Herr Stoeesel, a member of the German Majority Socialist party, addressing the Council of Soldiers and Workmen at Brom-bcr- g, Prussia, according to the Berlin Tageblatt threatened that if the Entonto Powers enforced an oppressive peace the workers of G6rmany would cease work and lot the Allies come and make what they wanted themselves. \We in the Executive Commi- ttee,\ Herr Stor.ssel i3 quoted as. saying, \aro resolved that in friven circumstances we may fol- low the example of Hungary. Wc also can ally ourselves with Rus- sia.\ DEBS RADICALS STORM A HALL Toledo Socialists, Barred by 3Ia.vor, Try to Override -- tho rolice. 6,000 IN TILE ASSEMBLAGE Unable to Gain Admission, They Parade and Threaten Resort to Violence. Toledo, March 30. When refused admission to Memorial Hall, a city building, whero Eugene V. Debs was advertised to' speak this Rfternoon, 5.000 persons stormed tho place, broke windows and doors and then paraded the streets, crying hell with the .Mayor.\ And all the time Debs was in bed in a local hotel, too ill to appear in public. A substitute speaker for Debs ap- peared about 3:50 o'clock, but when ho attempted to make an address in public was chased away by policemen. More than seventy-fiv- e men were arrested, including Thomas Devlne, Socialist member of the City Council. Charges of inciting to riot were placed against them, but after 300 policemen had succeeded In breaking up the mobs the prisoners were all released without ball. Threat to Via Force. Announcement that Debs would not be permitted to speak was made late Sat urday night, after the Socialists here haa prepared to nandlo an overflow crowd. The announcement appeared In the morning newspapers and was the first notice Socialists had that their meeting could not be held. - When we Hour tor Debs to speak ar rived there were at least 6,000 men and women congregated about the McKlnley Monument, In Court House Park, across the street from Memorial Hall. A man mounted the basu of the monu ment. \We'll use Memorial Hall this afternoon If we have to wade through blood to do It !\ he thouted. A police- man grabbed him' and he was thrown unceremoniously into a patrol wagon. The man who essayed to speak next alto was arrested. Police Vrne Tltelr Clnba. As the crowd sensed what wss oc curring the radicals began to hoot and boo the officers., Clubs were drawn and the crowd was got moving. Then came the parade through the streets and cries of \Down with the Mayor I\ \Hang him!\ \To hell with the police I\ and others of a similar nature. It was after S o'clock before the po lice were able to disperse the crowd. JTst nglits Dy the dozen occurred on street corners. Hotel lobbies were in vadod by the malcontents. Street cars were held up and threats of serious out- breaks were to be heard on every hand. Cornell Hcnreloer. Mayor, who issued the order preventing the Debs meetine. in a statement this afternoon said that hereafter no meeting would be permitted anywhere In 'the city where It Is sus- pected a man of radical tendencies will speak. 110,000,000 MORE TO RAILWAYS. Latest 'War Finance Advance Makes Total 8140,000,000. Washington, March 30. More than $10,000,00(7 In loans to railroads have brought to lt4S.OO0.00O the total ad- vances furnished by the War Finance Corporation. The Baltimore and Ohio received (4,600,000 yesterday on the mcurlty of certificates of the Director-Gener- of rtallroads and IX.00,000 more on the company's refunding snd general mort- gage S per cent, gold bonds of scries B. The Erie at the soma time borrowed Jl, 500,000 and the Missouri Pacific $1,110,000 on certificates of the Dlrector-Qenera- l. SHIP IN DISTRESS IN GALE OFF CAPE COD U. S. Cutter Goes to Relief of the Ocean, Bound for N. Y. Boston, March 80. The Norwegian steamship Ocean, 2.01S tons, which left Liverpool for New Tark on March IS, was reported In distress y about 150 miles off Cape cod. The coatt guard cutter Osslpee was ordered to her assistance from, Portland, Me. Wireless calls for help were picked up at various stations along the New Eng- land coast. One message, received here said that the Ocean was experiencing engine trouble and had been, caught In a heavy tea. A stiff gale was blowing throughout the day accompanied by rain or snow. It was expected that the Ossl- pee would reacli the Ocean about day- light A radio message alto was picked up at New Kngland stations from en unldentU fled schooner aground near the Grand Hound shoals. Before help could be sent from this pott or Newport, It, l a mersage csine that sho had cleared he) self and was out of danger. If you have tnonty, buy mors MIIERTV BONUS . from u. If you nd mantr. we will buy IJBKBTY BOXD from yon. Jelta Male A Ce.. 1 B'way.--Ua'- r. & 1 . . I' SSI ante NEW YORK, MEXICO GIVES JAPANESE LAND ON WEST COAST Lower California Property's Sale Is Confirmed by Gen. Agulrre. BOUGHT VROil U. S. MEX Restrictions as to Coast and Proximity of Boundary Lino Observed. WASHINGTON NOTES MOVE ; Carranz.rs Official Does Not i Believe 3Ionroo Doctrine Is Flouted by Action. Msctrco Citt, March 80. That con irooiuns nave peen granted to Japa nese corporations to exploit agricul- tural lands in Lower California wax the statement made yesterday by Gen. Amado Agulrre, Under Secretary of JJevelopment and Agriculture. The affirmation was made, however, that the concessions were fully author-lie- d by the provisions of the Mexican constitution regarding the area and position of the territory in relation to the ocean shore and the frontier line. There was nothing in the ponce sions, it was asserted by tho Under .Secretary, that might possibly lead to oinicuities as far aa the Monroe Doc trine was concerned. The Japanese Legation here denlea it has any official knowledge of the pro- - yuroa purchase or Mexican lands. General Kxpecta o Trouble. Jn. the interview Qen. Agulrre is quoted as follows: \It Is absurd to give credit to or take seriously the news published to-d- that there is Imminent an International con- flict because of the fact that Japanese subjects or companies are srranrinr to acquire lands in Lower California, said to belong to the California and Mexican &and Company of Los Angeles. \In the first place, the lands, which were given by a concession in 1SS4 to the Mexican Land Company, were de- clared the property, of the Government on April 7, U17, which action rendered void the conces- sion granted to the (Mexican. Lnd, Com- pany. Since then the \Government has appointed a commission to divide these lands and sell them to Mexicans in email lots. \Moreover even though Japanese companies do propose to acquire, ns is alleged. Huge tracts of land in Lower California they cannot be aided by our Government, since tbe Mexican consti- tution In Article XXXVII., expressly states that no foreigner can acquire land In a sone 100 kilometers (approx- imately thirty-thre- e miles) wide from a foreign frontier nor In a belt fifty kilo- meters (seventeen miles) 'wide along the shores of the Tactflo Ocean or the Gulf of Mexico. Restrictions on Land Daring. \Even though the Japanese subjects secure Mexican citizenship they could not acquire 800,000 acres of land, as 1t Is declared they seek to buy. This equals nearly 400.000 he-tar- (a hec- tare Is 1.471 acres), which Is far above the legal limit placed on the purchase of kinds, which restricts all persons and companies to a maximum of 3,500 hec- tares (7,000 acres).\ Special Dtt patch to Tws Rex. WAsnt.vaTorf, March SO. Reports that concessions have been offered to Japa- nese corporations to exploit agricultural lands In Lower California have been cur- rent here for some weeks and It Is un- derstood thst both the Japanese Em- bassy and the State Department have been apprised of the situation. Unlesn the League of Nations proposal brings about a change In the attitude which Japan la maintaining toward purchase or lease of land by Japanese In Mexico, It Is not believed by officials that Toklo will permit any suoh deal to- - be carried out. Aocordlng to Japanese diplomats, there have been many offers of this kind made to Japanese firms by Mexicans and by Americans owning land In Mexico. In some cases Americans, after offering tanas 10 me Japanese, navo advertised that the offer was to be accepted, thereby placing the Japanese Govern- ment In a false position. It is said. The attitude of Jspan is not to permit-- Japanese to acquire land In Mexico unless the United States Government sanctions the move In advance. So far soveral American financiers have to persuade the State Depart- ment to permit them to sell land 'in Mexico to the Japanese, but without success. PROPERTY ONCE A RANCH. Turned Into Cotton Plantation When Cattle Were Stolen. I,os Akokucs, March SO. Ranch prop- erties of the California and . Mexican Land Company are owned by a group of s' Angeles capitalists and bankers. They Include, It Is said, one ranch of 10.000 acres situated In , the Imperial Valley and several separate ranches totalling about 00,000 acres In Lower California. When established the raiting of cat- tle was the principal business of the company, but several thousand hesd of cattle were stolen by Mexican bandits and the property for a large part was turned over to the production of cotton. Officials of the company repeatedly, lme denied' any attempt was being made to dispose of the land to a Japan- ese syndicate and these denials were supported recently by a statement of M. Oaawa, secretary of the Japanese Farm- ers' Association of Imperial Valley at Brawley, Cal. Asks rtatlvray Kxplanatton, Ottawa. March SO. Sir Henry Dray, ton, chief of the Dominion Hallway Commission, has cslled upon the Cana-cla- n latlroads to appear before the board Tuesday to show the Reason why they have changed their train ached-u'.e- s one hour In conformance wlta the daylight saving law in effect in the United States. MONDAY, MARCH 31, GERMAN REDS PICK FRIDAY FOR NEW OUTBREAK Coup Planned to Coincide With Assembly of Work- men's Councils. READY FOR AIR RAIDS Anxicty Exists Among Loy- al Troops as Result of Reds' Money Drive. AGENTS ARE IN BARRACKS Banditry. Js Rife in Germany Government Attitude Toward Soviets Br cnAnxms towkr. Sptdat CabU Tif patch to Tns Scs from tkt Ltnion Timtt Sin let. CoptTieM. Ml; oil right rntrvti. Bsrlix, March 80. The Berlin Tfeuetto XachricMcn asserts that the next attempt of the Spartacans at a revolution is timed for the night 'be- tween April 7 and S to coincide with tho convening of the General Assembly of Workmen's Councils. Tho paper learns that the Sparta- cans have prepared for an extensive use of air raids, Including bombs and arrows. The search for weapons; it is said, has had much less result than expected and tho attempts to discover tho hiding places of arms and ammu- nition manufactured at Spandau have not been successful. Anxiety also is felt among the loyal troops owing to tho acknowledged suc- cess of the Spartacans in Introducing into some barracks agents well pro- vided with money. Further, a consid- erable number of troops have gone to the east front Spartacan agitation Is reported lively in \Wurteraberg and Franconeau. Vntveraltr Closed. Owing to the situation In Bavaria the University of Erlsngen was closed yes- terday by a practically unanimous vote of the students, supported by the and senate of ,the univer- sity. One of the students appeared at the meeting with the authority of Iltrr Koike and urged all the students to join the volunteer corps. His mission wss to give the swasnts the signal for the battle against BoUherlsm.\ Mar.y atu-den- ts have already left Erlanger to Join the colors. In Berlin pub11c seourity appears at a lower ebb than ever. One characteris- tic of the attuatlon Is the closing of! business, houses which have shown the piaoana \protected by the Workmen's and Soldiers' Council of Berlin.\ pro- tection for which they paid heavily. They have now arranced for orotectlon by armed sentries. In Government circles, however, connected with the meeting of the Central Councils are not expected to be grave. It Is thnunht possible there msy bs some fighting, but more serious developments are expected toward the middle and end of the month. It la pointed out that If any combination with Bolshevist troop movements Is arranged the latter can hardly be effected until May. A high staff officer who returned from the east front to Berlin y told me there was not, as reported, any defi- nite evidence yet that the Bo'.shevlKs had been able to bring back troops from the Ukraine. The troops Trotsky can release for the spring offensive may possibly reach soo.ooo, but it depends on the amount of effort he has to make In other quar- ters aa to the total force he can throw against the German front. The Bol- shevist force will be provided by Its own factories with small arms and ammuni tion, but are deficient In heavy artillery. mine ui rowers ana airplanes and abose all In competent leadership for large bodies of men. For Mobile Defence. Artillery ammunition Ls also verv de ficient. In military circles actually en gaged In defence of the frontiers against Bolshevist the view held Is that mili- tary measures can be confined to a mobile defends. It is not suggested that trench warfare Should be conducted along the whole front, since It ls be lieved the effective tactics may prove to be sudden rapid thrusts Involving raids or pursuits over distances of fifly miles. When once the Bolshevists have proved for themselves tbe Impossibility of a triumphal progress through Central Europe they will, it Is believed, aban- don the experiment. That is why meas- ures taken to thrust back the Bolshevist forces In the south are being watched by the German military authorities with some, anxiety. Rp!d movements on a large scale to the north are rendered Impossible for the next four weeks At least by the melting of snow and the resulting mud morass. I heard to-d- that Germany Is faced with considerable financial difficulties early In April, owing to the falling due of credits he'd in Scandinavian countries. These credits were taken up before the conclusion pf the armistice In order to fscllltate the Import of foodstuffs, cellulose and other raw ma- terials. The finet payment ls due to be made In gold on April 1, but under the conditions Imposed by the Allies no payment of gold on this account can be made. The morning papers published dally lists 'of robberies, burglaries and as- saults by footpads. Masked bands op- erate In broad daylight, frequently es- caping. In tome quarters of the town not a day panes' without rifle snd revol- ver fire In the early hours, usually oc- casioned by the pursuit of armed bands by soldiers or armed civilians, for tt Is obvious the tnrecurlty of life and prop- erty against armed ruffians operates against the order forbidding the carry- ing of firearms by clvlllant. In the country there arc stlfl visita- tions to outlying homesteads by armed gangs of bandits, or possibly fipartacan adherents who have escaped from the ConttnutS on 6ood Petf 1919 ,CopvHoM, 1919, i the Sun WILSONS A HE HURR YING PEA CE; OPPOSES FRANCE ON SAAR DEMAND; REPARA TIONALSO RETARDS TREA TY PEACE DELAYED BY WAR CLAIMS Renewed Demands for Full Indemnity Reopens En-tir- o Discussion. DANZIG A NEW WORRY Attempt to Land Troops With- out Assuring Germany ' -- Might Trove Serious. Kj tie Auodattd Pttu. Paris, March SO. Persistent efforts, principally by the American delegates, but seconded for the most part by the .British and Italians, to speed up the work of the various councils and com- missions preparing the details of the peace treaty, resulted In better prog- ress during the closing days of the past week. That most- - important results will be attained Curing the present week ls predicted by those who are In a posi- tion to cpeak, including tho disposi- tion of the Monroe Doctrine and repa- rations, the two subjects which have been the main obstacles to the com- pletion of the treaty. It ls learned that recently there has teen a revival of certain propositions and arguments, which has tried tho patience of some of the participants in the deliberations. But apparently new ideas have been exhausted and there are signs of the rapid approach of the end of the discussions. Wilson Mar Order Speed. Therefore it ls expected that Presi- dent Wilson, whom some of tlie French newspapers, as well as some Influen- tial British papers, have held respon- sible In a measure for tho delays. Is shout to exerclsa the power which goes with the responsibility to make an end, to tho delays. The most stubbornly contested sub- ject was' that of reparations, and It Is suggested that the delay In this case cannot be charged up to the Americans, but rather to the promises or premier IJoyd George and Premier Clemenceau to mako' the Germans pay the whole cost of the war, which have led to some embarrassment because of the patent Inability of tbe enemy to pay more than a fraction of the enormous U dmnlty that will be required for that purpose. However, real progress has been made In brlmrlnc about an agreement on the total amount of Indemnity and the' trms of payment on a baBls of painstaking stndle\? of the exact state of German Industries and resources at the present time- snd prospects for the future made by the financial commis- sions of the conference. Americana Warn Against Dnrrss. The American representatives on these commissions have convinced their forelrn colleagues of the danger of fort Inr Germany to alsn under durei con ditions they honestly believe beyond the ability of Germany to meet, pointing out that such a peace surely never wouio be permanent but would result In re pudiation at some nuure aay wuen uer-ma- felt she had the sympathy of the majority or was strong enougn irom a military standpoint Although President Wilson has stated thst the League of Nations covenant did not delay the progress of the treaty, be cause the work of the other commissions was eaually essential to Its completion the leaguo plan has been the subject of much anxiety and close study during, the past week. The deetre of the American delegates to safeguard the Monroe Doctrine and to Insert other amendments to meet home criticism temporarily haa prevented the report of the revised covenant from being submitted to a plenary meeting of the conference. The meeting of the com mission on Thursday, however, gave the finishing touches to the formula, which It ls believed Is satisfactory to the Coun-e- ll of Four, and a plenary session like! will be held on Saturday. .Japan Still to no Heard. It has been decided to avoid contro- versy over the guarantee of religious freedom by remitting the subject to spe- cial treaties, which must bs made w)th all n\' elates that ha7s arisen through the wnr. The Japanese delegates are ex- pected to complete their record by call- ing for an expression of sentiment by the Council of Ten and perhaps the plenary conference upon their declara- tion of equality before tho law of all nations In the League of Nations. Signs that the directing forces of the conference look for the early comple- tion of the first peace treaty are found In the preparations now going on at Versailles for a meeting of the Peace Conference or Its representatives with the German commissioners. Telegraph and telephone lines are being Installed Continued on Second Poir. Soldiers Are Grateful ' for Gifts of Tobacco MEW YORK State and Texas aro well represented in Headquarters Company, 142d In- fantry, Thirty-sixt- h Division, now at Flogny (Yonne), which on March 3 received a large issue of SUN Tobacco Fund\ smokes. Messages of thanks from thoso and other soldiers appear on page 9. V ARMING I THE SUN TO- BACCO FUND has no connection with any other fund, organization or publication. It employs no agents or solicitors. Printing and rubtlshbp Anotfatton. ALL State of Siege Is at Allies' Action Based on of JpIUME, March 30--T- he commander of tho allied troops 1ms declared Fiume, Austria's big port on the Adriatic, to be in a state of siege, according to the South Slav Press Bureau. Fiumo is tho crux of the dispute between the Italians and the Jugo-SIav- s, which last week reached a point where the two nations were on tho verge of open war. Italy claims the city as part of Italia Irrendcnta and as essential to Italian control of the Adriatic. Tho Jugo-SIav- s point out that this claim was not ndvanced until long after tho secret treaty was made allotting territory to Italy as tho price of her entry into the war and that possession of Fiume is vitally neces- sary to tho Jugo-SIav- s on the ground that, although the city has a largo Italian population, the region tributary to it and dependent upon it for an outlet to the sea is all Slavic. Feeling ran so high and the situation becamo so menacing a fort- night ago that the Allies were compelled to interfere and place an Admiral in charge of the upper part of tho Adriatic. At tho same time the Italians were warned that unless they removed at once the embargo they had placed on food shipments to tho Jugo-SIav- s and the Cuecho-SIovak- s to the north shipments of food and material from the United States to Italy would bo stopped. The embargo was removed, but the situation otherwise was improved little, if any. It is supposed that the declaration of a state of siege is to enable tho Allies to take promptly such measures aa may be necessary to prevent a serious clash between the Italians and the Jugo-SIav- s in .Fiume. ' WAR COUNCIL TO MOVE TO PARIS i Presence of Germany's Peace Delegates in Versailles May Cause Action. POPULACE TS STIRRED Visitors Expected to Stay in riace Where Allies Planned Enemy's Defeat. fprCH-- f ITirtlttt DttpatcK to Tus Sox. Copyright, 1HI; all Wpaff reserved. Paris, March 30. Tho plan to have the German cetegntes como to Ver- sailles to receive the peace terms haa ?lven rise to the possibility that the Supreme War Council, will be moved fo Parts, if for no other reason than to Avoid the distasteful prospect of being lodged under tho same roof wlUi tho Gormans. Inquiry In and about the city of Ver sailles falls to establish definitely where the Germans will be lodged. The pre- fecture of police, the City Hall, hotel keepers, concierges of the various cha-teau- s. all profess Ignorance on tho sub- ject, but that the Germans are coming to Versailles Is quite certain : probably they will receivo the hospitality of the Trianon Talace. where th Supremo War Council planned and laid the founda- tions of their defeat. The population of Versailles Is tuned up to a pitch of great excitement In anticipation that It will .have to act ss the host of their arch cnemle.-v- . Not every one is satisfied that his beautiful city Should have been chosen for the re ception of the Germans, but then Ver sallies has been tho scene of many un- usual gathorlnjs and one more will do no narm. U. S. MEN RAID RED LINE. Airmen and Land rat rot Confuse TloUheTUd. Bf Vie Auociatti Treit. Archakosu March 29 (delayed). An American patrol yesterday raided the Bolshevik line of communication south of Holshola Czera. causing con- siderable confusion among an enemy relief detachment going forward Into that town. Meanwhile American gun Fhelted the town and airplanes dropped bombs on the place. Bolshevik artillery yesterday heavily shelled the American positions at Xe-ml- ar and at Vaga. POLES VOTE TO JOIN ENTENTE. Premier PadereTrskl \Will Go to Paris to Arrange Alliance. TVaitSAW, via Paris. March 30. The Vollsh Chamber of Deputies voted unan- imously amid great enthusiasm and applause. or a treaty of alliance with the Kntente Towers. Members of (he Tntf.cnllU.1 . TA1-..- .1 were present at tlie session, and at Us conclusion inam;ea jne vnamDcr reception, The Interallied Commission will stsrt from Warsaw for Pari on Bunday. Premier Padere.wakl also Is going to the FYenrh cinitat Bwiniin0 i. n an nouncement mado here to make arrangements for the alliance between i uimiu ana me REDS LEAVE KIEV; FIGHT Ukrainians Now Ready to Par- ley With Poles. London-- , March 30. Russian nolslie-vl- forces have evacuated Kiev and are turning their attention to the Ruma- nians, according to reports frotrf Stan-isla- Callcla, trsnfmltted to London from Vienna under date of March 28 by tho correspondent of the Exchange Tel- egraph Company. nEBN-- , March 30 The commander of the Ukrainian forces has rent a message by wireless telegraph to tho allied Gov- - ernments stating that the Ukrainian are reaay 10 enter into negotiations look-In- g to a cessation of hortllitles with the Poles on condltionJljat the Allle-- nl a line of demarcation In accordJnce with the present battle front. A high Amerlc-.- n officer and his staff consequently have arrived at Ktanlslau, seventy miles eouthe.ut of I.emberg, to negotiate Jointly with the members of the allied military ml-sl- to Toland and th Totes and Ukrainians at a city soumweov ui x.emutrg. .;V.f - V. J .e-- ., IT SHINES FOK YS IS Declared Fiume; Danger Clash . RUMANIANS U. S. UNWILLING TO BATTLE REDS American Commission Holds Nothing Can Be Done Until Congress Meets. FRENCH PLAN DIG DRIVE Feeling Grows Bolshevik! Can Dc Checked, hut, Not Their Propaganda. By a Staff Cerrttpondtnt of Tbs Sex. Copvrioht, IMS; all rtahf rutrvti. PAr.ls, March 30. American opposi- tion to tho plan of forming an allied front In central Eu- rope has become plainer and tbo American Commission apparently has mado up its mind that while such a front might stop the Bolshevikl it could not stop, Bolshevism. At tho same t!mo it was brought out that ono of the main points In the American ar gument that the United States must bo kept out of any action taken against the Bolshevikl is that Amer lea can do nothing against them until Congress meets. Tho sending of troops against the Bolshevikl by tho United States in a concerted campaign is held to be equivalent to making war upon what is me ae lacto uovernment o: a large part of Russia, and it would be imrosslble for tho United States to tako such action without tho sanction of Congress. Heavy Toalt for United States. To suggestions that this has been done already in the Archangel and Vladivostok expeditions tho answer ls made that this ls merely police work, whereas what is now contemplated in tho Trench military party's plan is full fledged war. It ls said, furthermore, that the formation of an antMlolshevIk front from Polish. Rumanian and other cen- tral European forces, while It would not Involve tho use of American troop- -, would have to be financed largely by the United States, ns the nations men- tioned would be unable to do It, The United States might find a favor- able outlet for some of Its discarded military equipment, supplying It to the new army, but tho Hvhole question Is said to Involve too many burdens and complications for the United States. Cannot Block lied Propaganda. anyway this front could nut urai wun ino rem uanger or a Invasion, could not prevent an Influx of Bolshevik secret nsrnt- - nr rvre. vent their agitation. The Inference from all thla. which (r that the Americans nre preparing to admit that they cannot beat Bolshevism. Vjt must treat with. It, is denied fo far. although there Is Increasing eM-n- c that this ! what Is cotmnp. The of William C. Bullitt, who wss sent to Russia, has not yet been made public. Public denial of a rumor that he brourht n proposition from Nikolai Lenlne. the itui:i..evm or i,enn jtoixkj, tr.ii Minister of Wnr la cmirherl In t V. - el lowing terms: \Bullitt was not author- - ura to nrsoiiaie. This of course line not Ham- - that Bullitt was nuthorfzed to tr.in.mtt nnv proposal that the Bolihcvlkl wished to Ilnn U llion Tni'Ulea I'rnlilrni. There was comment y at the Hotel Crilloii upon the striking similar- ity of Bullitt's vlflt to Russia and the expedition of John I.lnd to Mexico, and that of Col. 15. M. House to Uttrope In the days befnto the United States entered the war. On observer remarked that the President ! tackling tho Russian problem r much the same way that lie did that of Mexico and apparently Is gelling .about the same results. 01 lark of results. Theie are th name! halfway military measures, the b.tnie! refutal ta finish what was begun on tli.it line, the snme effortii at toumlsbout parleys, nnd now lb\ Mini\ personal In- vestigating agent w It i the snme mve. terie'iM reports. Meanwhile tho uic tabling l!trnte Ju. ps tho MextCfiiis raided tho border of this United States. Americans here, rsptc-.i'li- ; t nrl ta-- y CortftRuerf on Sccouil ruse, PRICE TWO CENTS. President Says League Can- not Force U. S. to Send Troops to Europe. HIS POSITION SERIOUS French Demand for Rhine Frontier Due to Oppos- ition in the Senate. PEAK COVENANT'S FATE Imimssc Makes PcaecSiluation Critical Wilson May i Issue Statement. Mr i.AcnnscE niLi.s. Staff Corrtipanient ef Tbs Sex Copvriaht, 1W9: all rtaStt rettrxti Paris, March 30. President Wil- son told a group of visiting Repre- sentatives of Congress y that the time had como for a showdown, that there would bo no moro long discus- sions, but ho again expressed 4he hope that tho pcaco treaty would be finished within a reasonable time. The Representatives discussed the situation in the United Status, saylns that sentiment plainly Is for tho in- clusion of tho Monroe Doctrine (and also for a clause making it clear that America will not bo compelled to par- ticipate in tho minor squabbles of Europe. The President replied that many changes had been made n tbe cove- nant of the League of Nations and explained the requirements of tinanl- - mous votes as meaning that the United States could not be Involve! without her consent. He is said to have used strong language In seeking to absolve the covenant of tho Icnsntp for responsibility for delaying peace. Siny lamr Statement. It was pointed out that if the pres- ent situation continues much loncer the President must resort to drastic moves to save his prestige. ThU suggests that l Issue a state- ment defending himself and Insisting that public- sentiment compel the op- ponents of his plan to yield. That tho President believes he holds a strong card to play ns bis last resource was indicated broadly In his Boston speech. Ills friends now are asking if tho time has not come to play it. dopltc tho efforts that are being made to represent the situation as without hope for n treaty on May 1. The latest move of the French in coupling the boundaries and reparation questions has created a new impasse, making the whole week's deliberations barren of result. Tho French demand the Saar Valley In perpetuity nnd unless this is granted they refuse to moke any change in regard to reparation. Opposed to Annexation. President Wilson is willing that France should get economic advan- tages in tbe Sanr Valley until s are settled, but he regards thu annexation of that district as irrco-oncilab- lo with the principle, which he is insisting upon with great vigor since the II tin garian Incident. It is known that he ls greatly discouraged by this latest Impasse. Tho statement of the President in regard to tho leaguo last week Is said to be the beginning of an attempt ! absolvo himself, an attempt lhat Judging from what is heard In dlpln mauo quarters notaolo In the past for tho support of his policies will be fruitless. The conviction that the League of Nations should wait until peace has been made with Germany is encountored now In many delegn tlons. which despair of having their problems settled under tho preent plan. A crisis is possible at any time which may shake tbe world, and back of it all, It ls now seen, Is the faUurn of efforts to keep the League of Na tions, boundaries and reparation questions from being intermingled and used for bargaining purposes. The practised diplomats saw this was inevitable, hut President Wilson did not. Atliy Trench Heiierr Claims, Only last week tho French pointed out thnt the concessions which Presi dent Wilson has had to make to up peaso American sentiment has weak- ened tho leaguo further, giving It moral forco only. The; stressed par- ticularly tho requirement for unanlm it v iii tho voto as forbidding nny chance for quick cocrclvo measures to pnvo rranro In tlmo of peril; lienci th-- : mui'! Insist upon oilier measures In regard to tho reven Improve- ments suggested by Premier Hughes four already have been made, tho other three, all concern Article X, which remains undiscussed owing to tho rtol.cate diplomatic situation grow Ins out of lho whole league dhru!ou and !i.olvins America. Japan and 1'r.f-- c . Thi Is v.lieie th sittii.tio'i has drifted, for which the BrltUh as well as the French press Is blaming Prcal- -
