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-- V.K \ l r\\ WEATHER FORECAST. Fajr to-da- y, colder to-nig- IT SHINES FOR ALL fair; moderate west winds. Highest temperature yesterday, 50; lowest, 39. Detailed weather report on editorial put. VOL. LXXXVII; NO. 85. NEW YORK, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1919 Copyright, 1S19, bit the Sun Printing and Publishing Association. PRICE TWO CENTS. GOVERNORS IN WEST TAKE DRASTIC A CTION TO CRUSH 'RED' PERIL States Menaced by Evil Lino Up in \Warfare on Radicalism. OREGON IS AROUSED .411 Local Officials Called On to Help Uncover and Check Treason. GREAT DRIVE GROWING Executives Give Details of Their right in Message's to \The Sun.\ In those States in the West inhere the I. W. 11',, Socialists, Reds and other ratlicala hare become threaten' tng. both in words ami in deeds, Tub Mix asked the Governors what means, then advocated for the crushing of the new menace and the punishment of the leaders. In reply Te Sun received the subjoined . II n- - nu.v W. OI.COTT, lioTrrnor of Oron. Special Despatch to Tim Si. Salem, Ore., Nov. 23. Agitation is the meat upon which the I. IV. W. and kin- dred obnoxious organizations liavo been fattening. Kvery club, meeting place or at which their treasonable theories are preached or their lawless propaganda exploited fchould be closed j up, the hangers on anu leaders piacea f under surveillance and where possible Immediate deportation should follow. When deportation Is impossible and the law of the land can operate the of- fenders should be haled before the near- est court of competent Jurisdiction where twlft Justice may be meted out. In any State where the law is deficient no de- lay should stand In the way of securing statutes which will give prompt and cer- tain remedies. I hold that for many years the Fed- eral Government has been grossly negli- gent when It has allowed hordes of il- literates and dangerous aliens free access to the councils of our democracy. Thou- sands of those men have been preach-I- n disloyalty and sowing the seeds of treason and revolution. The tragedy at Central!, Wash., warns us as to what may be the winnowing of their bloody; harvest, and Is the logical result of tol- - ruling their propaganda and agitation. The \move to meet the Immediate dan- ger must be fearless and unswerving enforcement of the law. To preserve our nation In the future the I. W. W. and those of similar spawn must be prevented from congregating, and thelr propaganda and agitation silenced for all time. Every man who is disloyal to this nation and Its Institutions should b driven from the country or kept in Jail. The Federal authorities should go the limit in enforcing the laws to as far as possible right the monstrous wrong that has been growing for years. If money and means are Insufficient to meet the emergency Congress should make liberal provision therefor. How Oregon Flffbla Peril. The States in turn could operate to the fullest extent of their powers. In Oregon the following statement has gone from the Executive office to all district attorneys, sheriffs, mayors, chief of po- lice and executive or peace officers of counties, cities and towns: The nation has been forcibly and suddenly brought to realize through the tragedy at Centralla, Wash., that the I. W. W., the radicals, the agi- tators and any coming under the general category of \reds\ are a menace to the present and future peace and welfare of our country and of all of its truly American and law abiding citizens. . When American citizens, but a short time relieved from duty in the service of their country, are shot down in cold blood by men who are actuated only by a spirit of hatred of our most' holy and most sacred institutions It is tantamount to a declaration of war, and In the minds of our citizenry is nothing short of treason. Our pro- tection lies in the machinery of the law. The execution and processes of that machinery rest with the ex- ecutive officers of this State and with you as arms of the Government power. Our first duty Is for the protec- tion of our country and of our homes. To secure that protection requires the utmost vigilance and an unswerv- ing enforcement of our laws. The people of the State are depending upon us to root out the evils which are resulting from a propaganda too long tolerated. I bespeak your heartiest coopera- tion in this as a duty of highest patriotism. I am taking the liberty of \ailing your attention to Chapter 12 of the general laws of Oregon for 1910, this being an act defining criminal syn- dicalism and sabotage, and also to Chapter 95 of the general laws of Oregon for 1911, being an act defin- ing vagrancy. In event any situa- tion arises In any community of the State which may he considered be- yond the power of local authorities to cope I earnestly request that the executive office at Salem be notified forthwith. Every power of the State machinery of government necessary and available will be set In motion to the end that our laws are enforced and the lives and property of our citizens safeguarded. , I also would greatly appreciate re- ports from any community of the itate as to the possibility of trouble arising and as to the status of those who may be suspected of being aligned with those forces which have avowedly started a reign of terror in direct defiance of the laws of our State and nation. By LOUIS P. HART, Gerernor of Washington. Special Despatch to Ths Sc.. Wash., Nov. 23. As soon jm possible following the bold and de- - ContinUed on Tenth Page. Xfertr Bonds W. IIM. 100. 11,000 ean b eeufht and sold Instantly. Jsno Hulr Co., II Broadway. Ait REDSRUSHHERE FROM MEXICO 100 Russian Itadicals Cross Over Line Daily, Congress Probers Find. Jk, MANY MORE ABE OX WAY Revolution Schools Operating in Now York Sixteen Ar- rests in Cortland. Members of the House Committee on Immigration, who are hero to investi- gate the faults and fallings of the pres- ent system of handling aliens, said last night' that undesirable radicals are being' smuggled Into this country from Mexico nt the rate of 100 a day, nnd that there Is every reason to believe tho Russian Bolshcvlkl have laid plans to flood this country with propagan- dists as soon as they can arrange an armistice with their enemies and a lifting of tho hilled blockade. Representative Albert Johnson of Washington, chairman of tho commit- tee, said he had been informed that Yokohama, Tokio and other Asiatic cities are filled with Russian reds awaiting' or opportunity to enter the United States and that largo groups in Switzerland are also planning an early invasion. \Though far scat- tered,\ ho said, \there is every evi- dence that theso 'reds' are all part of n. well organized system. \Thoy aim at establishing them- selves here,\ he added, \for two rea- sons. They feel that our generally lenient laws will cnablo them to work with llttlo interference and they our enormous alien population as a fertile field in which to disseminate their propaganda.\' Mr. Johnson said that the Congress committee had discovered that at pres- ent numerous \red\ schools in this city ure teaching violent revolutionary doc- trines to newly landed Immigrants. \Many foreigners,\ be charged, \como hers with minds free from such 'ideas and or a. soiled upon by propagandists of various 'rod,\ groups who Induce them to visit their organizations, where every effort Is made to convert them Into dan- gerous Bolshevlkl.\ Seek Arrest to Save Carfare. In connection with their discovery at a hearing on Ellis Island on Saturday that anarchists and Bolshevik! seized for deportation In various parts of the country are turned loose after their ar- rival In New York the members of the committee said that they had learned also that man' \reds\ seek arrest on de- portation warrants simply to obtain free transportation to New York. \When arrested in Western cities.\ Representative Johnson said, \these radicals frequently put In no defence. After being brought to .New York at the expense of the Federal Government they produce evidence to show that they are American citizens and the authorities are obliged to release them here.\ The Representative expressed interest in the fact that the Department of La- bor never has regarded membership In the I. W. W. as ground for deportation, and that It has been no bar to obtaining American citizenship here.. The committee will continue their In- vestigations on Ellis Island going particularly into the cases of the an- archists and Bolshevlkl rounded up re- cently and of the trainload of \reds\ irom seatue Drougnt here last spring, only to be loosed upon the New York public. The members have been informed that influence frequently has been exerted by powerful law firms here to froe dan- gerous radicals and that attorneys In close touch with official Washington have been retained by \redj\ with re- sults satisfactory to their clients and disastrous to public welfare. These charges and a multitude of others will be looked into and the committee will endeavor to fix the blame. Yeaterdftv ti m(m .. j.A.Mt, w wuuuHicD, con- sisting of Representatives Johnson, turner, aiegei, vane, Bauer, Swope, Welty, Box and Wilson, accompanied of- ficials of the Department of Immigra- tion aboard the Adriatlo to gain first hand knowledge of the manner In which the aliens are handled on entering this port A few 'hours' observation sufficed to convince them that the present ma- chinery is\ inadequate. They found that one examiner was supposed to do the work of two, and that the force was unable to comply literally with the terms of the immigration laws. Sweeping Inquiry planned. It was Intimated that their Investiga- tion may Include a complete overhauling of the records of the administration of the local bureau by Frederick C Howe, although the committee men asserted that they are not directing their inquiry at any one man or department. Chairman Johnson expressed the opin- ion that the head .of the Ellis Island bu- reau had been vested with entirely too much authority, asserting that although this official is technically supposed to be subordinate to the Commissioner-Genera- l In Washington, he frequently has been able to go over the Commissioner-General- 's head on important matters, and is drawing larger pay than his superior. This U because the head of the local bureau receives ,B00 a year extra for faking charge of alien property. 's inquiry will begin at 10 A. it, and many inspectors and Inmates of the Island will be examined. The com- mittee's discovery regarding the careless release of \reds\ by immigration author- ities here dovetails with charges made by Alexander I. Rorke, Assistant District Attorney In charge of the prosecution of many Bolshevlkl. (Mr. Rorke salt that in Innumerable cases violent radicals turned over to the Federal authorities for deportation have been arrested a few weeks lattr In police raids. The Dis- trict Attorney's office, he sail, has fre- - ContlnucA on Fifth Page. ONLYU.S.CAN FORCE TRUCE IN COAL CASE Operators Refuse to Recede Unless Ordered to by Government. SEEK GARFIELD'S AID Employe Get More Bitter Toward Stand Taken by Secretary \Wilson. HOLD MEETINGS TO-DA- Y Lewis of Miners Finds It Hard to Fight Harsh Demands of Radicals. Special Despatch to Thi Sin. Washington-- , Nov. 23. A showdown is expected in the coal strike situation, which Is bringing fuel famino and distress to the country. Miners and operators who entered into negotiations hero after the tech- nical calling off of the strike are dead- locked. Unless the Government can show somo way out Federal authority will have to act on the declaration that the public must have coal, despite tho miners or the opera- tors. Tho only solution that appears on the surfaco Is a possible compromise of the proposals of the miners and the counter proposals of tho operators as suggostcd by Secretary of Labor Wilson. The operators are bitter against the Wilson suggestions, how- ever, and declaro they will not go another step unless ordered by the Government. They will ask Instruc- tions from Fuel Administrator Gar- field Question has been raised as to whether Secretary \Wilson's suggestion of an average wage raiso of about 30 per cent, represents his own views or those of the Government. Dr. Harry A. Garfield, the Fuel Administrator, will be questioned upon this point to- morrow. The operators have made It plain that they feel that Secretary Wilson is openly partisan. Many Conference Set (or To-da- y. A long series of conferences will be held A committee ot op- erators is to see Dr. Garfield and many informal meetings among officials are scheduled. The Government attitude will proba- bly be determined at a conference among Attorney-Gener- al Palmer, Director-G- eneral of Railroad Hlnes, Fuel Ad- ministrator Garfield and Assistant Ames. Whether this meet- ing will be held before or after Dr. Gar- field sees the operators Is not known. But one thing is certain, and that is a showdown. The operators are determined not to proceed further with negotiations with the miners. The miners are equally de- termined, though there are indications that they would accept a compromise along the lines suggested by Secretary Wilson. It is evident that negotiations are off unless the Government, repre- sented by some other officer than Secre- tary Wilson, gives assurances or in- structions to the operators. If negotiations are terminated It will be the Government's duty to get the mines running. The miners are sOll staying away from work. So far as the central competitive fields are concorntd. they have paid little attention to the f.r-d- er calling off the strike. Their de- termination would no.doubt be strength- ened by a breaking oft of scale commit- tee negotiations. ( Sees V. S. Operation Fail. Representatives of the operators ex- press the view that Government opera- tion of the mines Is a practical Impossi- bility. Enough men could not be housed and cared for on the mine properties, they say, to operate on full time, ns the mine communities are filled by the men who are declining to work. They be- lieve trouble would ensue If others were brought In. It was reported ht that John L. Lewis, leader of the mine workers. Is In a difficult position, with the radicals in tils organization insisting upon their demands In full with no compromise. Lewis, It la understood, Is faclnir a re- election campaign. He said ht that the representatives of the men have been here ready to meet the operators at any time, and that they are not respon- sible for the criminal delay that Is threat- ening a fuel famine. TROOPS RUSHED TO MINES IN VIRGINIA Diggers Mount High Power Guns and Defy Authbrities. Special Despatch to Tn Serf. Richmond, Va., Nov. 21. Gov. West- moreland Davis started from here to- night for St Charles, Lee county, to take charge of five companies of State mllltla which he ordered .there last niiht Continued, on Sixth Page. Sir Lomer Gouin. Every Tneiday morning THE SUN devotes two of its pages to specially prepared matter regarding Canada. This Includes not only letters and telegromi from competent correspond, enti la various eentrei of the Domla. ion, but alto articles ot a noteworthy character, written for THE SUJf by Canadians ot prominence. In morning's SVX win appeal a contribution from Sir Lomer Gonln, Premier of the Province of qntbee, on \Quebec's Forest Be. oareet\! alio a fall Hitof thoieprei. eat at the banquet tendered to the Prince of Wales at the WsMorf-Ai-torl- a lait week, Canadian ttoek mar. set mlew, New York. Canadian per. tonalt. o, Ac, Premier Clemenceau Cracks a Good Joke Special Calls Despatch to Tni Sex from ths London Timet Service. Copyright, 1919; all Hohts reitned. PARIS, Nov. 23. Asked what ho thought of the defeat at the polls of M. Longuet, leader of the French Socialists and grandson of Karl Marx, Premier Clemenceau replied: \I think it means a further depreciation in Marx.\ LEGION QUIETS READING REDS Socialist Mass Meeting Called Off When 5,000 rs Gather in Streets. MAURER IS THREATENED Tucker. Chicago Preacher, Faces Tar and Feather Ordeal if He' Stays in Town. j Special Despatch to Tni Sex. I Readino, Pa., Nov. 23. Anticipated I trouble between members of the American Legion and radicals was averted here by Mayor E. H. Filbert, who told tho Socialists of Reading they could not hold an adver- tised meeting In favor of amnesty for Eugeno V. Dobs nnd other \political\ prisoners. A crowd of more than 5,000 persons, most of them former soldiers, had gathered outside tho Labor Lyceum, where the Socialists had intended to hold their meeting, but dispersed with- out trouble after Mayor Filbert and J. enry Stump, president of tho Fed- erated Trades Council and a Socialist, assured the former service men that there would bo no meeting. Although the trouble appears to be over for the time being there Is no assurance that It will not break out again Many former soldiers, angered at the boldness of the Socialists and radicals, whom they brand as Bol- shevlkl, have threatened to \gel\ both James II. Maurer, president of the Penn- sylvania Federation of Labor, and the Rev. Irvin St John Tucker, a Chicago preacher who has been convicted for violating the espionage act and is now out on ball. Tucker Hay lie Tarred. Maurer Is prominent tn Socialistic and radical circles, and Tucker has been requested b'y both the- police and by for- mer ddldlera to leave the city. He his refused to do so, and If he Is here to- morrow it Is rumored that the soldiers plan to give him a coat of tar and feathers. Two aliens, both armed with revol-ver- s, were arrested here and the.-pollc- e declare that many other radi- cals have been seen going about with knives and daggers. The radicals had Intended originally to hold their meeting in the Auditorium and had promised that they would pa- rade to the building headed by Maurer and Tucker. Tho members of the Le- gion declared they would stop them, and In this they were Joined by many other citizens. This afternoon there was a meeting ot protest against radical activities In the street In front of the court house, and after that the American Legion members and others paraded with a band and American flags past the Socialist headquarters. Maurer witnessed the parade from the windows of the Socialist building and immediately announced that the parade of radicals was called off. Shortly af- terward he announced also that the radical \amnesty\ meeting would not be held In the Auditorium but would be held Instead In the Labor Lyceum, which holds but 300 people. A big American flag was hastily unfurled from the win- dows ot this structure when radical scouts sent word that the parade ot former soldiers was headed In that di- rection. Tucker Beats n Itetreat. Tucker was advertised to make the principal speech at the radical meeting. He was advised by the police to leave the city at once, but declined. He ap- peared at tho legion mass meeting and asked Mayor-ele- John K. Stauffer for permission to speak for ten minutes. Mr. Stauffer advised him to leave before the crowd found out who he was, and when some former soldiers began to threaten him Tucker tucked In his coat tails and hastily fled to the protection of the So- cialist headquarters. He was not al- lowed to address the crowd which formed outside the hall and demanded that the meeting be called off, as It was feared he would be Injured. The Rev. A. V. Caaselman, a former army chaplain, presided at the Ameri- can Legion mars meeting. Other speak- ers were Mr. Stauffer, the Rev. Robert Marshall Blackburn, a Presbyterian clergyman; the Rev. Scott R. Wagner of the Second Reformed Church, Wilbur Wright, a former soldier who was deco- rated for bravery in Italy, and Elwood H. Deysher. an attorney. GUARDS PATROL STREETS. nenerral of Violence In Louisiana Prevented. Booalusa, La., Nov. 23. Heavily armed guards patrolled the streets here y to prevent violence following a battle yesterday between union labor leaders and members of the Loyalty League, in which three of the former were killed and several persons wounded. William L. Donnels, organizer of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners, has asked for warrants against twelve members of the Loyalty League charged with deporting Ed O'Brien, union man, for alleged remarks approv- ing the shooting up of the Armistice Day parade at Centralla, Wash. Donnela also telegraphed Attorney - General Palmer asking for an Investigation of the disorders. Bone Dry Arrests in Panama. Panama, Nov. 23. The first arrest under the bone dry law In the Canal Zone occurred yesterday when two French West Indians were taken Into custody for smuggling liquor from Colon aboard ths Panama Railroad collier Ulysses, which was about to sail for Norfolk. (Forty-eig- quarts were seized. LABOR GATHERS TO FORM PARTY FREED OF ISMS' Chicago Deleg'ates,Not Tied to Unions, Aim at Pow- er in Politics. 1!ED MENACE IS THESE A. E. of L. Chiefs Absent and Radicals Scheme Rule' of Convention. FLUMB PLAN INDORSED Nationalization and Municipal Ownership Features in Ten- tative Platform. By a Staff Correipondent of Tnit Sox, Chicago, Nov. 23. There are 1,400 men and women here In Chicago who have- como from every State In the Union and who represent virtually every form and class of labor. They hope, within a week, to complete for- mation of a national labor party; to consolidate tho various State, county, city and township labor parties into a national organization that will be minus Socialism, Communism, Syn- dicalism, Bolshevism and every other radical theory that has had its growth through the manipulations of a doctrine known mysteriously as class consciousness. They want to ercct.a platform broad enough to hold all working men and women regardless of whether thoy be- long to trades unions or not and strong enough to stand against the certain attacks of the super radicals of the' I. W. W. and the Communist party. They hope to found their party on the fundamental economic laws laid clown by Marx, Spencer, Huxley and Mill and yet avoid consolidation with and tho antagonism of the Socialist party. This convention will not nominate, candidates for the national elections. It Is prayerfully hoping that It can so shape its course that It will be able to reconvene In the spring of 1920 and name a candidate for the Presidency. If 4hls cannot be done; If It Is seen that haste In entering the national field next year will Jeopardize its likelihood of progress toward 1924, then no Presi- dential candidate- - will be named at all. The 6hlcf Idea Is to form a national labor party that will take Its stand alongside the two old parties and even- tually crowd one or both out of exig- ence and bring about in this country a political condition similar to that which now exists in England. For Public Ownership. A tentative platform has been pro- mulgated. It colls for the nationaliza- tion of all railroads and of mines. It ad- vocates public ownership of all public utilities. And to railways and mines and public utilities thus taken from pri- vate ownership lt would apply the Plumb plan of control and profit shar- ing. It would abolish speculation in land and government by injunction, and by the land plank this nascent politi- cal party seeks to attract and hold the farmers even the stoutly conservative Farmers National Congress that has gone on record as opposed to all strikes. Glenn Plumb was the principal speaker His entrance Into the hall was followed by a wild demonstration that lacked nothing of the enthuilasm of any of the old fashioned conventions of the old parties. His cohorts from the railroad brotherhoods and they are all represented hero began a five minute Berpentlne dance through the aisles and finally a slant with a foghorn larynx nominated Plumb for President. Mr. Plumb made brief explanation of Just what his plan was and enunciated his definition of capital and labor. He Included glowing references In his speech to President Wilson and Samuel Com- pere, and both references were cheered. He, like others, paid oratorical tribute to the only flag or decoration In the hall the Stars and Stripes and the con- vention stood as It shouted Its Indorse- ment It was In the middle of his address that the most significant symbol of the temper of this convention came to pass. Victor L. Berger, the Milwaukee So- cialist politician, entered the hall. Berger took good care that his presence be known. He walked halfway down the main aisle and slowly glanced right and left, nodding to men and women nearest him. No one acclaimed htm. No one went forward to welcome htm. He walked hither and thither shaking men and women by the hand, but It was he who made all the advances. Five minutes after his arrival he was at- tracting no more attention than a but- tonhole maker from Bismarck. He Is not a delegate and the delegates made no secret of the fact that they don't care If he never sees Chicago again. Fear I. W. W. Stampede. But In all the tremendous efforts of the committees to keep the convention within lines no more radical than It Is oeslblo for a genuine labor convention to be, there Is a well founded fear that the uninvited and overwhelmingly jeal-ou- s radicals of the I. W. W. persuasion will seek to stampede the meetings and meal the platform. It Is in the corridors and In the corners of darker hallways that the radicals are doing their mutter-i- n gs. One does not have to be a delegate or have access to the rules, credentials, ways and means or platform committee's tc sense the danger, rne American Fed- eration ot Labor Is not represented at this convention by any officer of that governing body. There are those here who are not only willing but ready (o repudiate Gompers, Morrison and every other officer of the A. F. of L. and let labor drift to new leadership the I, W. W. most likely. As a matter of fact, the thing most nt stake at this convention ia the relation of the A.- - F. of L. to the American labor movement. The much advertised William Z. Foster, or- ganiser ot the steel workers, symbolizes ths Issue. There are now about 100 New York Continued on Fifth Page. PLANS FOR PEACE UPSET; GERMANS OFF FOR BERLIN; MA Y REFUSE NOW TO SIGN 12,000 SERBS TO GUARD SPALATO Picked Force Ready to Fight D'Annunzio if Ho Tries to Seize City. ADMIRAL ANDREWS NEAR Jugo-Sla- v Population in Zara Reported in llcvolt Italy Censures Millo. Venice, Italy, Nov. 22 (delayed), A Serbian division, 12,000 strong and composed of picked men, has been concentrated at Spalato, on the Dal- matian coast, ready to oppose Gabrlele d'Annunzio if he approaches that city, according to information reaching Rear Admiral Andrews, commander of the American forces in the Adriatic, who is here on board the cruiser Pitts- burg. The American commander Is in wireless communication with the en- tire Dalmatian coast and is able to re- ceive an answer to a messago to any point within five minutes. SInco the Zara expedition of D'Annunzlo's no In- cident has occurred at any place on the coast and tranquillity prevailed everywhere, according to the reports. A Geneva despatch says the Dalma- tians have sent a delegation to Belgrade to request prompt and energetic meas- ures by the Serbian Government against D'Annunzio's projects. Tho Jugo-Sla- v population of Zara Is In revolt. Many persons fled from the town on the entrance of the Italians. Rome, Nov. 22 (delayed). Disap- proval of D'Annunzio's expedition against Zara is expressed by the entire press of Italy. Major Gluriatl, an Ital- ian officer, who has been with' the forces along the Dalmatian coast, has arrived here and has distributed to the cress a statement saying that D'Annunzio's act was necessary because he feared Italy would withdraw her troops from Zara and leave tho city at the mercy of the Jugo-Slay- s. The course pursued by Rear Admiral Mlllo. commander of the Dalmatian oc cupation . forces, in Joining D'Annunzio, is condemned In a acml-omci- state- -' ment Issued y. Rear Admiral Mlllo boarded Capt. D'Annunzio's destroyer on the morning of Nov. IS, It is said, and when D'An- - 'nunzlo left the city the ships of his squadron hoisted the Dalmatian flag. : Rear Admiral Mlllo put a vessel at the , disposal of a committee, which, with the Mayor of Zara, proceeded to Flume. , \This action Is the more deplorable as 'many soldiers and officers were led to believe that the Government agreed to the affair,\ says the statement \Evi- dence is not lacking that other expedi- tions are being prepared against Spslato and other Dalmatian towns. The Government disapproves of the action of Rear Admiral Mlllo, which was entirely of a political nature and exceeded his authority. \Recent searches at Ancona, Turin nnd Milan show that some exaltsJ per- sonages are endeavoring to profit by the situation In Flume and secure territorial advantages. The Government Is adopt- ing all necessary measures, and rejttrds as criminal all attempts to dlsturn the .country's Internal peace.\ POET IS ACCLAIMED ON REACHING ZARA Italian Admiral Willingly Ac cepts the Governorship. , By the Anociated Press. ROMS, Nov. 22 (delayed). Details of Gabrlele d'Annunzlo's recent exploit on the Dalmatian coast are now being per- mitted publication in the Italian press, after the lapse of nearly a week. One narrative by an eyewitness who accom- panied D'Annunzio on the expedition to Zara, describes the adventure of the poet and the band of 1,000 men who set out from Flume at mtdnlgh of November 13. D'Annunzio's torpedo boat destroyer NUllo, led the vossels of the llttlo fleet. By dawn Friday morning, the nar- rator relates, everyone was on the deck of the Nnllo, D'Annunzio himself on the bridge surrounded by his staff, with all eyes strained to catch a gllmpso of the Dalmatian mainland. At 8:30 o'clock a cloud of smoke Indicated the location of the port of Zara. The sailors re- ceived orders to take their lighting posu, the gunners standing beside their pieces. One of the two destroyers observable approached the Nullo. The craft was Identified as the destroyer Indomtto. Her commander apeajdng through a mega- phone, said: \His Excellency Admiral Mlllo asks where you are going.\ A pause which the narrator says seemed never would end, and marked only by the sound of the throbbing en- gines, finally was broken by the voice of Commander Rlzzo, in charge of the squadron, who shouted back from the Nullo: \I Gabrlele d'Annunzio, commander ot the city of Flume, am going to Zara.\ \All right,\ quickly and distinctly came the response. At the same time the sailors on the destroyer Indomlto waved their arms and caps, shouting at the top of their voices, \Viva Italy 1 Viva D'Annunzio I\ From the Nullo came answering voices shoutlnr, \Viva Italian Zara!\ Ban- ners waved frantically from both ves- sels, and the voice from the destroyer standing by continued :. \Admiral Mlllo sent us to tell you he will meet D'An- nunzio.\ Chnrch Dells Are Hun. The news soon spread In Zara that a convoy flying the flag of Flume was ap- proaching the port. All the church bells started ringing, and the population flocked Into the streets. \Every face,\ continues the narrative, \was ecstatic with reverence and sur- - Continned on Second Page. London Hears Report of Revolution in Italy Special Cable Despatch to Tni Su.t and the Public Ledger. Copyright, 1919; alt riahts referred. LONDON Nov. 23. Rumors were in circulation to-d- in London of a revolution having broken out in Italy, from which country all news still is censored heavily. The Italian Embassy when asked about the reports said that the rumors were believed to be without foundation. SOCIALISTS TO RECRUIT LABOR Party Plans Now Alliances in Franco Beforo tho Next Election. WILL JOIN SYNDICALISTS Future Control to Bo Centred in Iron Handed Executive Committee. By a Staff Correspondent of Tux Sun. Copyright. 1919, oil rights reserved. Pahis, Nov. 23. The Socialist party In France is to undergo some very radical changes soon. Under plans now being prepared by the leaders of all the radical factions it is proposed to reorganize the party on different lines in tho hopo that it will bring about greater cohesion of all Socialist elements. The recent elections, which resulted in splitting the party Into various dis- sident groups with the subsequent dis- astrous results at the polls, has opened the eyes of the radical chiefs to tho danger confronting them, namely, that of absorption by the more moderate parties. From information obtained from leading Socialists The Sum la able to give an outline of the new programme which, in the opinion of its leading: promoters, is' destined to weld all French Socialists into a powerful party, such as those which will domi- nate tho new Italian and Belgian Par- liaments. First It Is propose to reorganize the administration and handling ot funds and to submit the entire government of the party to an executive committee, which, it is intimated, intends to take hold with an Iron hand even to the point of employing If necessary a few famous Soviet leaders. In order to bring the un- disciplined to terms. Second, and perhaps even more im- portant than the first step, Is a proposed reconciliation with and a closer union with the syndicalist movement. The elections .last week brought home to tho party chiefs with great emphasis the necessity for a rapprochement with this powerful organization. Thus there are two outstanding as- pects of the problem : the Socialist party may retain its place and gain the con- fidence ot the labor unions, socializing or even to some extent bolshevizlng them, or, on the other hand, the Syn- dicalists, through their powerful and dominating position In the labor world, may absorb the official party. Results In either case would be the same, the outcome being a group something on the order of the British Labor party, but ot course with the difference that If labor succeeds tn dominating the parliamen- tary Socialists the danger of Bolshevism would be less than It the latter obtain control of the unions. French Socialists In what may be termed an examination of their con- sciences after the defeat last Sunday have come to the conclusion that salva- tion lies only in fusion with union labor, basing this Idea on the elections In Bel-glu- Italy and even In France, where the radical parties were victorious not as Socialists but as Laborites. In Italy the Socialists carried the election the party was able to attract to It the labor unions, and In Belgium the party fused with the labor organlzattdns also won. \PRESIDENT IS DEAD\ HOAX IN ATLANTA Governor Offers Reward for Author of False Cry. By ths Aitociatsi Prut. Atlanta, Nov. 23. Through a hoax perpetrated by an unidentified person here an address by nt Marshall before an audience of sev- eral thousand persons at the Auditorium Armory was broken up by the false announcement that President Wilson was dead. \The man, It was said, telephoned to the Auditorium office and asked for the Ice President When advised that Mr. Marshall was making an address and could not come to the telephone the voice replied, \Well he'll come now, for the President is dead and Washington wants him on the long distance.\ The engineer of the building took the news to the stage and told it to Charles G Haden, a business man, who Informed the that \the President is dead.\ Mr. Marshall bowed his head and ap- peared overcome. Then recovering rome-wh- at he told the audience what had been told to him. He could hardly speak. Women broke Into weeping and some one began to play \Nearer My God, to Thee\ on the immense organ. -- As toon ns he could the Vlce-Prea- l- '\-'- - .i.t r. rwi \ tn \ ii f , jtlAnhntm . . ....... . nnrl .. rnllerl - - tht, j '.eaA.lil.il rt-0- trhnr. 1iA u'all 11 e.iillrpil ' that there was no truth in such a ru- mor. \Thank God!\ he replied. Meantime the audience was dispers- ing and the false report spread over the city. Newspapers were almost swamped with telephone inquiries. Gov. Dorsey announced a reward of $100 tor evidence Identifying the person who started the rumor. Envoys Will Submit Ques- - tion to National Assembly for Approval. ; ' ELATED AT U. S. ACTION\ Grave Doubts Exist That Ratifications Can Be Ex- changed Next Monday. SCHEME TO TEST ALLIES Power to Enforce Treaty In-- r volvcd by Objections Baiscrl to Protocol. ny LAURENCE HILLS. Staff Correspondent of Tn Sun. Copyright, lilt; all rights reserved. Paris, Nov. 23. The whole pro- gramme of the Allies for putting the peace treaty into effect on December 1 seems now to be threatened by th sudden and unexpected departure of tho entire German delegation, except Baron von Lersner, ,for Berlin with the announced purpose of submitting the question of signing the protocol to the German National Assembly. In the minds of many here' this has confirmed the fears expressed in thes despatches hut week, that the Ger mans were about to take advantage of the situation among the Allies and by raising serious objections to the Scapa Flow demands and other fea- tures of the protocol to test again the unity of the Allies and their power to enforce tho treaty. The failure of the treaty in the United States naturally is being held responsible for a large part of this changed attitude, and from expressions dropped, here by the Germans there is no doubt that they are considerably elated over the situation. Grave doubt is expressed in this morning's Paris newspapers that the ratifications can be exchanged December 1, but at the same time It Is remarked that of all the signatory powers Germany would appear to bo most Interested in hasten- ing ratification. France ltellea on Captives. In best Informed official circle the Idea is scouted that the Allies, which now means particularly Franco, will be compelled to exert forco to get the Ger- mans to sign tho protocol. France re- lies chiefly upon the fact that there ar 200,000 German prisoners still In Franc, and she Is congratulating herself rw that she refuted to allow the repatriate v of her prisoners until the peace treaty has been put Into effect These prison- ers are counted upon as a factor to exert sufficient pressure to compel Germany to sign the protocol. The Allies fully had expected to meet the full German delegation next Tues- day, but now apparently this meeting will be held only with Von Lersner. It Is significant that the Germans went home with all their experts after holding merely a preliminary conference with Secretary Dutnsta, indicating that tlielr move probably was prompted by recent events. Taken In connection with the Hlnden-bur- g and Ludendorfl demonstrations these circumstances are giving rise to disquieting fears. Talks with officials of the French Foreign Office and with mem- bers of delegations here to the Peace Con- ference show that neither the Repub- licans In tho United States Senate nor the American people are being blamed for the unfortunate situation which has arisen here. Even In the Innermost cir- cles of the Qual d'Orsay admiration Is expressed for America's stand for Inde- pendence and respect for Its Constitu- tion. lllame IMaced With Wilson. It Is against President Wilson nnd his French coworkers here that criticism now Is coming from all quarters, the President being held to blame for the sentiment of America and for giving absolute assurances to the French Government that where the Constitution was encroached upon by his League of Nations scheme the American people would waive objection. Capt Andre Tardleu ts being blamed for in- sisting to Premier Clomenceau that President Wilson was all powerful in America and could impose his will even upon a Republican Congress. In the outcry against the treaty as it now stands, consequent upon the failure of the United States to ratify it, de- - mands are coming from all quarters that the Chamber ot Deputies shall take decisive measures Immediately to repair what the majority call the lamentable result of the Wilson idealism. Little by little hope is disappearing that the treaty will be ratified by the United States senate in December, al- though the Presse de Paris prints thl morning an announcement, evidently in spired, that It has reason to know that President Wilson will resubmit the treaty at the very opening of the new session, when negotiations would bo con tinued for a compromise. At the sama timo It gives great prominence to Sen- ator Lodge's declaration that com- promise will be Impossible until tht question ot supergovcrnment has been submitted to the American people. FRENCH SEE TRICK IN GERMAN ACTION Press Suspects Exploitation of Americas Hesitation. Paris, Nov. 23. \What Is tho signifi- cance of the departure of Herr von Sim-yo- n for Berlin?\ asks the evening edition of the Presse de Paris. \The reasons al- leged by the German diplomat we by no means conclusive. Why should It be necessary to consult the National As- sembly on the terms of the protocal. whlch have been known elnce the begin- ning of the month? \It must be, therefore, a maneenrrc-e- f i 3
