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WEATHER \FORECAST. Slightly \wstroer and increasing cloudi- ness IT SHINES FOPv ALL to-da- y; rain or snow. Highest temperature yesterday, as; lowest, n, Detailed weather reports ad editorial past. Copiright, 1920, (At Bun Printing ant Publishing AstCiitUm. PRICE TWO CENTS. VOL. LXXXVII. NO. 138-DA- ILY. NEW YORK, FRIDAY, JANUARY 16, 1920.- - 'Entered as second clan matter, post Office, New York, N. T. VICTORIES BY BOLSHEVIKI BRING NEW WAR MENACE IN EUROPE; LLOYD GEORGE SUMMONS ARMY AND NA VY HEADS TO PARIS; BLISS SA YS U. S. MUST SA VE POLAND FROM THE RED HORDES SOCIALIST CLUB CURBS ACTS OF ASSEMBLYMEN Five Suspended Members Said to Have Resigned to Executive Committee. 'AMENABLE TO THE PARTY Speaker Sweet Reveals That Secret Sorvico Gave Infor-- i mation as to Activities. Special Dispatch to tan Sex. Aliuvt, Jan. IB. It became known ht that one of the questions which tho Judiciary Committee of the Assembly will ask the Ave suspended Socialists when tho bearing begins next Tuesday Is whether each of them did not sign a paper resigning the of- -' flea of Assemblyman and place It In tho hands of the executive committee of the Socialist party, thus giving the party the power to compel their resig- nation any time it was desired. This evidence. It Is said, will be in- troduced to show that the Soclallst-As-eemblym- had furnished the execu- tive committee of their party with a club to hold over them, and that they were ruled absolutely by tho executive committee. Tho constitution ot the So- cialist party provides for the signing of such a resignation and a part of It reads as follows: \I sign this resignation voluntarily as a condition of receiving said nomi- nation, and pleiVe my honor as a man and as a Socialist to abide by It.\ It Is alio said that George It. Lunn of Schenectady, who was reelected Mayor on the Democratic ticket last 'all, will bo called as a witness to tell what ha knows of the extreme radical-Is- m of the Socialists. He was formerly a member of the Schenectady Socialist local and was elected Mayor some years ago on the Socialist ticket, bat he left the party because he would not take the orders of the executive committee in handling city affairs. Informed bjr V, S.Aucnts. Speaker Sweet Issued a statement to- night clarifying his position on the sus- pension of the five Socialist Assembly- men and making it known for the first time that in creating the Lusk Commit- tee last year the Assembly acted upon information furnished by tho United States secret service and the Depart- ment of Justice. This mrormatlon dealt not only with the activities of radicals In the United States but also notified the Assembly that money was being sent to the United States from Hue-El- a to spread Bolshevik propaganda. Speaker Sweet's statement Intimates that, the action of the Assembly In'cbar-.rin- g the flve Socialist Assemblymen was a direct result of the Information fur- nished by the Government which it is presumed told of the activities 'of the Socialist party and the growing power of tho radicals in. that organisation, and .the tendency toward a more literal ' acceptance of the Bolshevik doctrines. He says flatly that his observation of \ certain Socialist jnembers of the Legis- lature In other sessions, together with evidence presented to the Lusk Commit- tee and other information obtained by him, convinced him that the five Social-ist- s should not be permitted to take .their seats until an Investigation had been conducted. The Speaker's state- ment covering these points eald: \The remarks In debate by certain members of the Assembly during jthe 'sessions of 1918 and 1919 upon (legislation then pending pertaining to the successful prosecution of the war had attracted my attention. This atti- tude upon their part, together with which came to me from Fed-- I ersl Intelligence ofHcers, led to the sdop- - tiQI of ,he resolution which created the legislative committee known as the Lusk investigating committee, of which I. as j Speaker of the Assembly, am ex officio a ' member. As n Duty to the Xtpie. ,... nf thpsA members In J A,7 UKOVI w- - legislative action, together with evidence presentea to me i,uo wuuuu ojher Information, convinced me, as It i .u.-- . thiif mv dutv to the State and to the nation demanded that before these' five members should be permitted to participate in the deliberations of the State Assembly their eligibility and qualifications so to sit should be passed upon, by tho Assembly. The decision was reached after deep study of the subject and after consultation with men whose adherence to the doctrines of true Ainerfcanlsm cannot be questioned.\ Speaker Sweet called attention to a case In Washington which, he said, was similar to the present one. In which a Representative wis suspended from the House of Representatives pending a trial on charges. He pointed out that the Impropriety of a member sitting In the Legislature and voting upon tho adop- tion or rejection of a report In respect ire his conduct would seem to be manl-f- st and would In Itself Justify his tem- porary suspension. 'The Impending trial Is a very di- fferent proceeding from the case of an Impeachment upon formulated-charges- ,\ I ut itn.. jnmmlttea Is ordered to Investigate and ascertain whether In its . ODihlon tno suspenutu inwiuw. cullty of such conduct, have expressed such opinions, have associated them- selves In \such relationships as render them unlit to sit In an American legis- lative assembly. \If any sucn memocr sumj , , Continue on Fourth, Pane. DEMOCRATS TIE IN BALLOTS FOR SENATE LEADER Underwood-an- d Hitchcock Get 19 Each, Hoko Smith Not Voting. HE'S \TOO FOND OP BOTH\ Contest Develops Into Battlo Between the North and South. Special Despatch to Tni Sex. Washington, Jan. 15. Tho number of deadlocks for which Iteys cannot be found was Increased by ono 'to-da- y when tho Democratic Senators cau-cuss- In an effort to select a leader and ended In failure. A tie vote, 19 for Hitchcock (Neb.) and 19 for Underwood (Ala.), compelled adjournment without results. Senator Hoke Smith (Ga.) walked out of the caucus the man of the hour. He had declined to vote for either can- didate, explaining that he was so fond of both that ho wanted to vote for both, could not bring himself to 'vote for either, and so would not vote at alL Both sides had claimed that the Georgia Senator was pledged to vote with them and both wero hppplng mad. But the Hitchcock forces were the angrier, for they had gone into tho gathering moro confident of winning and counting Senator Smith as certain to land on their side. Senator Hitchcock, will continue as acting leader until a regular successor Is chosen. It was a curious series of circum stances that made the tie vote possible. There are 47 Democratic Senators enti tled to places In the caucus; 24 necessary to elect. But Gins Reclines to Vote. Senator-ele- Carter Glass (Va.) has no? been sworn In and although the cau- cus voted to permit him to vote there was some ungraciousness about It and he declined to do 40. That took a vote from the Underwood list. V Tne 38 Senators who voted showed that the' Underwood support was pre- ponderantly Southern, while that of Hitchcock was almost' decidedly North- ern and Western. The lineup: For Underwood : Bankhead (Ala.). Dial (S. C). Fletcher (Fla.), Gay (La.), Gerry (S. C), Goro (Okla.). Harrls\(C.O. Har- rison (Mlra.). Jones (N. M.). McKellar (Tenn.). Pltiman (New), Ransdell (La.). Reed (Mo.). Shields (Tenn.). Smith (Md.). Stanley (ICy.), Walsh (Mass.), Williams (Miss.) 19. For Hitchcock: Ashurst (Arli.). Cham- berlain (Ore.), Culbereon (Tex), Hen- derson (Nev.). Kendrlck (Wis.), King (Utah), Klrby (Ark.), Myers (Mon.). Nugent (Idaho), Overman (N. C). Phe-la- n (Cal.), Pomerone (Ohio), Robinson (Art). Sheppard (Tex.), Simmons (N. C). Thomas (Col). Trammel! (Fla.), Walsh (Mon.), Wolcott (Del.) 19. Senate Ilecess Forced. The caucus started at 10:30 o'clock and lasted so Ions that when the Senate met at noon It had to recess for lack of a quorum. There was much discussion of the party situation and of the pre- liminaries to voting. Both sides realUed that the division was so close that a sin- gle vote might decide the outcome. It was agreed that pairs duly ar- ranged should be recognized Instead of allowing absentees to be voted by those competent to speak for them. Then the question of Senator-ele- ct Glass's vote came up. Some opposition was mani- fested, but nnally by a vote of 20 to 19 It was 'directed that he should be ad- mitted and allowed to vote. This decision was communicated tb Mr. Glass, but ho had learned of the In- hospitable disposition that some Sen- ators had displayed and sent word that In the circumstances he would take no part. When Senator Smith (Ga.) withheld his vote, he later explained: \I said when I entered tho caucus that my as- sociates knew I was accustomed to meeting all votes In the Senate or In the' caucus. I explained, however, that In this case my personal relations with and affection for both Senators' Under- wood and Hitchcock were Buch that I wanted to vote for each of them and had not been able to bring myself to vote against either of them. \The matter was a cause of great embarrassment to me, but under tho cir- cumstances I felt I could not vote.\ Georgian Still Undecided. . Asked about reports that he would vote at the next caucus over the leader- ship. Mr. Smith eald: \I might or might not.\ Senator Smith replied to reports that he would support Senator Underwood at the next caucus by saying that he had authorized no such announcement. The caucus adjourned with the agree- ment that it would reassemble whenever Senators Hitchcock and Underwood should unite In a call. Senator Under- wood made this statement: \The result does not Interfere with Senator Hitchcock's continued leadership In the treaty contest. As leader In that fight, he has had my support and he w)ll continue to have' It.\ On behalf of Senator Hitchcock, Sena-to- r Simmons said: \It is clear that de- termination of the leadership has noth- ing to do with the treaty fight. I voted for Senator Hitchcock and as ranking member of the Foreign Relations Com-mltt- he will continue to manage the treaty contest whether he Is finally chosen leader or not\ U. S. to Let Japan Guard Siberia, Tokio Reports LONDON, Jan. 15. An Ex- change Telegraph despatch from Tien?Tain quotes Tokio re- ports that an agreement has been reached betweon tho United States and Japan under which Japan would protect the Trans-Bibcri- Railway. News has reached London that tho British representative at Irkutsk has been ordered to leave the zono of hostilities owing to the threatening situation brought about by the advance of the Soviet forces. He has gone to Harbin. HOUSE ACTS TO END AIR MAIL 9850,500 for N. anil N. Ser-- .. . vice' Cut Out of Bill. NOTHING FOR NEW LINES Hope Remains That\ Senate Will Come to Aid of Post Office Department. Special Despatch to Tigs Sc Washington, Jan. 15. Abandonment of all aerial mall sorvlce on July 1. 1920, will bo tho result of action taken by the House y unless the Senate comes to the aid of the Post Office De- partment and Insists on Its continu- ance. An appropriation of 3S50.600 In the Post Office appropriation bill for the aerial mall between New York and Washington and ?few York and Chi- cago was stricken out on a polnj of or- der ma'do by Republican Leader Ion-del- l, who paid It was more aeronautical experimentation than mnll service and should bo discontinued until the large expenditures of (he Government are reduced. The point of order was sus- tained by Representative Walsh (Mass.), chairman of tho Committee pn ... Rules. All efforts to Include' In the bill nn appropriation of 33,000,000 that the Post Offlca Department as:ced for new routes ' were, blocked. These are from Neyr York to Atlanta: p:ttsbiinr to Hor-ss- s City via Cincinnati, Indianapolis and St. Louis; Chicago to San Fran- cisco, and Minneapolis and St. Paul to St Louis via Chicago. The depart- ment contended that In this manner the transportation of 382,000,000 letters could be Bpeeded up yearly. Indications are that a majority of the House favors continuance of the service and probably Its extension. The appropriation bill was passed carrying $460,077,863 for running the department during tho fiscal year of 1921. It is the largest post offlco bill ever presented. 8 HOUB AIR MALL TO CHICAGO. Dally Service Ileitun by Larue Double Motor1 Plane. Regular eight hour service to Chicago by large two motored mall planes capa- ble of carrying 1.500 pounds of mall was inaugurated yesterday, according to an .announcement by Postmaster Patten. Heretofore mall has been carried by smaller ships of the Blngle motor type. The big ships have the advantage not only of carrying a much larger quantity of mall but of being able, to fly on oven If one motor stops running. Mall planes now leave the Newark flying field at 6 :30 A. M., arrive at Cleveland at 11 :30 A. M. and at Chicago at 2:30 P. 01. Eastbound mall leaves Chicago at 6 A. M. and Is In the New York post of- fice at 5 P. M. Trips are made dally except Monday. CONGRESS TO QUIT JUNE 5, SAY LEADERS Mondell and Gillctt Sure House Will Finish by Then. Washington, Jan. 15. Adjournment of the present session by June 5 was predicted to-d- by Republican Leader Mondell and Speaker Glllett In the House. This date was set so as to give the Republicans time to gather at Chicago for the nitlonal convention. Both Mr. Mondell and Mr. Glllett believe the work of Congress can be completed so that Congress will not need to recon- vene during the time between the na- tional convention and the active work of the two campaigns. Mr; Mondell In a statement to the House said in part : . J'WIth final .action on the post office appropriation bill the- - House will have passed two of tho thirteen regular an- nual appropriation bills, leaving eleven to be considered. By the first of next week the appropriation committees will havo co far progressed that from that time on we shall have appropriation bills before the House forcbnstderatlon practically all ot the time. \We ought to be able to pass the last of tho regular appropriation bills through the House not later than the first ot April, and earlier If possible, and I am very much In hopes that we may be able to dispose of the business before Congress and adjourn by Satur- day, Juno G. \The date which I have suggested Will give us'twenty weeks, or 120 legis- lative days after the end of this week, and much ought to be accomplished In that time. \Just now the duty devolves upon us to bend every effort and exert every energy In the direction ot economy In expenditure.\ FIUME DISPUTE AWAITS ACTION OFJUGO-SLAY- S Italian Premier Confident of Acceptance of the Com- promise Offer. COUNTS ON WILSON TOO Nitti Says His Government Will Abide by Decision of Supremo' Council. By tht Asiociatti Prat. Paris. Jan. 15. The settlement of the Adriatic question now lies exclusively with the Jugo-Slav- s, Slgnor Nlttl, tho Italian Premier, Informed tho As sociated Press this evening. Tho agree ment which was sont to Belgrade for approval yesterday shows that France, Great Britain and Italy are In com- plete accord. It has been communi- cated to Washington, where It Is hoped It will receive favorable Indorsement. Referring to tho text of the compro- mise, Premier Nlttl said Italy offered to leavo tho. port of Flume and the railways at Sussak under control of the League of Nations. \Tho city It- self,\ added the Premier, \is absolutely Itallnn in its nature.\ Slgnor Nlttl was optimistic that a set- tlement was near, and did not fear In terference from tho United States. \My relations with President Wilson,\ he con- tinued: \have always been very friendly. America desires peace as' much as the European nations, and thus cannot leave the Adriatic question unsettled when three great Powers are In agreement CnlU Flume \a. Ilnrren Kocfo\ \The economic situation In Italy much better than reported. Italy has a sii'nller war debt than any other belllsor- - ent, but publlo sentiment Is Irritated be- cause the people feel that they went Into tho war with all the resources at their command, fought long and bitterly and lost half a million killed, nnd they can not understand why there Is so much dif ficulty over a little barren rock In tho Adriatic \France and Great Britain are bound by tho pact of London. Italy might have held them to the pact, but preferred to waive many things Included In the pact and adopt a conciliatory spirit so as to arrive at a compromise which would satisfy tho Jugo-Slav- s. The Italian Chamber and Senate never have consid ered the Jugo-Slav- s as enemies, but as friends needing one another and with whom an accord must be made. \Italy is willing to abide by the deci sion of the Supremo Council. Tho Adri- atic matter will bo settled through Paris, but If Italy can help the work of the council by direct dealing with tho Jugo- slavs she Is willing to undertake It. Prompt Settlement Imperative. \The Adriatic \question cannot remain In suspense. It Is Imperative that It be settled Immediately. We hope that the Jugo-Slav- s will adopt as 'conciliatory an attitude as Italy, and the matter will be promptly arranged to the satisfaction of all.\ Asked as to who would expel lo d'Annunilo from Flume once an agreement was reached with Belgrade, the Premier replied : 'That will be the easiest phase of tho problem to settle.\ The Temps says Italy has waived sov- ereignty over Flume and also waived the questlop of demobilization of Seben-Ic- o, the port of Flume, and tho rail- ways will bo placed under authority of tho League of Nations. According to best Information obtain- able the Sloveno clement of the new Slav kingdom Is opposed stoutly to any compromise by which Italy would give uu some of the territory apportioned her nn the Dalmatian coast in exchange for full sovereignty over Fiume, with a strip ot '.and connecting that city with the province of Istrla, to the west. Other elements favor accepting' the compromise, but because of the Impos sibility of reaching an agreement the Jueo-Sla- v delegation has been obliged to reject the proposal. Premiers Lloyd George and Clemenceau thereupon Is- sued a sort ot ultimatum demanding that the Government nt Belgrade decide without delay upon what It wanted to do, and give a categoric answer of \yes\ or \no\ to the Italian compromise. BRITISH BALANCE OF TRADE SOON NORMAL To Be Favorable by Billion at End of Year. Sptcial Cable Dttpatch to Tat Sex. i'opyriaht, MM, all rights reserved. London, Jan. . 15. The Board of Trade Journal predicts that England will close the year 1920 With a favor- able trade balance of nearly 31,000,-000,00- 0. It shows, as The SUN previ- ously pointed- - out, that England prac- tically Is now cn a basis. The Journal gives an nnalysls of British trade, estimating the invislblj lrcomo for 1919 nt 32,600,000,000. This reduces the Cpbarent naverse balnnco from 33,30'),000,000 to only $700,000,000. It estimates that the Invisible Income at the end of 1920 will lj I3,200,UU0,-00- 0, and forecasts that the excess ot Imports will not be more than 12,230.. 000,000, leaving England at the close of this year with a favorable trade bal- ance, all factors considered, of nearly ll.OOO.OO'J.OOO. RIVAL LEADERS CONFER ON PLAN TO PASS TREATY Lodge and Hitchcock Get Together First Time to Secure Action. BOTH SIDES NOW nOPEFUL Commoner Would Have' Minor- ity Leave Field Clear to O. 0. P. Senators. Special Detpatcli to Tna Scn. TVA'sm.von.v, Jan. 15. William Jen- nings Bryan appeared at the Capitol y with a plan to get the German treaty ratified without further delay. He talked with one or two Senators and then went directly to tho press gallery, where ho dictated a statement to the newspaper men. In the statement Mr. Bryan urges ratification by agreement, and If that be Impossible, then the withdrawal of the Democrats from the Senate pro- ceedings, leaving the Republican ma- jority as a working quorum, In which the votes of those favoring ratification would make the constitutional two-thir- to pass the resolution of ratifica- tion. Nobody except Mr. Bryan took It seriously. While Mr. Bryan was telling the re- porters how tho treaty could bo rati- fied without tho Dftmocrats taking any part at all a group of Democrats and Republicans were In exccutlvo session at Senator Lodge's office trying to de- termine whether a compromise was possible. Those present wero: Republicans, Senators Lodge (Mass.), New (Ind.), Lenroot (Wis.), and Kol-lcg- g (Minn.) ; Democrats, Senators Hitchcock (Neb.), Simmons (N. C), Owen (Okla.), Walsh (Mont.), and McKellar (Tenn.) No Asrecment Ileacheil. Both delegations were representative cf the varying groups and views In the respective parties, except that tho were not represented, tor tho obvlqus reason that there Is no use dickering with them. They will vote ngalnot the treaty, with or without res- ervations, and regardless ot what tho reservations say. After this conference ot nine had sat about two hours the Senators who had participated would say little. The dis- cussion was all on the basis of the Lodge reservations, whose critics sug- gested various changes they would like. No substantive proposal, or set of sub- stitute reservations, was offered by the Democrats. The discussion was gen eral: no agreements were reached or oven attempted. One by one the dif ferent .Lodgq reservations were talked over, the Democrats seeming to be quite disposed to harmony among thomselvei and anxious for an agreement to be reached. It was learned that the Democratic conferees manifested finally a distinct tendency to recognize that tho one basis for possible ratification was the Lodge reservations, and therefore to accept them. This disposition was so marked that It maae the conference the most hopeful sign that has shown for many weeks. Indeed, It was the first conference In which leaders ot both parties had sat down together for a serious considera tion of the whole matter. Senators Lodge and Hitchcock have since 19 been doing their conferring through emissaries; to-d- they got to gether on the subject lor tho nrst time. This In Itself was a hopeful sign, and the disposition of the Democrats toward acquiescence In the Lodge programme made It still more hopeful. nrynn's Flan Explained. Briefly the Bryan Idea Is this : The Constitution provides that a ma jority of the Senate constitutes a quorum for transaction of an kinds of business. There are ninety-si- x Senators, so forty-- nine Is the lowest number making a quorum. It happens also that there are ex- actly forty-nin- e Republican Senators. Of these fourteen voted on November 19 against the ratification nf the treaty with the Lodge reservations unil thirty-fiv- e voted tor ratification with those reservations. That Is, more than two-thir- of a working quorum voted for ratification. Mr. Bryan would restage that session, bring the treaty before It. and when the roll was called would have the Demo- cratic Senators sit silent, or go to the cloak room. There would still be the forty-nin- e Republican Senators a work- ing quorum left to vote. If thirty-fiv- e voted as they did before, to ratify with the Lodge reservations, and If the four- teen lrreconclllablo opponents voted against ratification, the would then announce: \The resolution having received two-thir- of the votes of Senators present and voting, It Is adopted.\ This plan. Mr. Bryan believes, would be to the advnntago ot all sides and parties. It would get the treaty out of the way, both as a political Issue and as an obstacle to general legislation. It would forco tho Republicans to the responsibility for Its fate and In exchange for thelr'assumptlon of that responsibility would, permit them to adopt their own reservations. It was received with mild Interest by Senators, none ot whom seemed Im- pressed that there was a chance of Its Continued on TMrd Page, Germany's Chancellor Hopes for Mitigations Bl tht Anoclated Prtu, LONDON, Jan. 1C Tho Ger- man Chancellor, Gustav Bauer, has made this statement to the press regarding Gcrmany'3 intentions in carrying out the terms of the peace treaty: \Wo are resolved to carry out tho Versailles treaty, however difficult, for we hove no desire to pursue a policy of revenge. But we also expect that the Entente will bo prepared to permit miti- gations when it has been proved that fulfilment of tho treaty in its present form is impossible. For if the treaty is to bo carried out in the same spirit as the armistice it will not mean the commencement of a state of peace, but the continuation of war by political moans. I trust that tho Entente will soon realize that it lies in its own interests to alleviate the peace conditions, first in practice, then in form.\ ALLIED NOTE TO DEMANDKAISER Supreme Council Expected to Call for His Extradition TRIAL BY FIVE JUDGES U. S. to Participate in Tribunal WJfli \Riitn?ii TTrnnnn Italy and Japan. Bv the Atsociated Press. PAnts, Jan. 15. The Supreme Coun- cil of \Three\ has drafted a note to tho Dutch Government asking for the ex- tradition of tho former German Em- peror. It probably will be sent Satur- day. The note refers to Article 227 of the treaty of Versailles nnd Invites Hol- land to Join tho allied Powers In the accomplishment of this act. The Premiers also aro said to have Inspected tho list of German ofilcers and soldiers accused of violations of the laws of war and whose surrender will be demanded from the Berlin Gov- ernment. This list is said to comprise approximately GOO names. Article 227 of the treaty ot peace with Germany declares: 'The Allied and Associated Powers publicly arraign William IL of Hohen-zoller- n, formerly Gorman Emperor, for a supreme offence against International morality and the sanelty of treaties. \A special tribunal will ba consti- tuted to try the accused, thereby as- suring him the guarantees essential to the right of defence. It will be com- posed of five Judges, one appointed by each of the following Powers, namply. the United States of America. Great Britain, France, Italy and Japan. Tho article also declares that It will be the duty of the tribunal to fix the punishment which It considers should be imposed. CLEMENCEAU SEEKS FRENCH PRESIDENCY Premier Authorizes Support- ers to Present His Name. Paris, Jan. IS. Premier Clemenceau Is a candidate for the Presidency of the republic. To-da- y he formally author-lie- d his supporters to place his name before the plenary caucus of the Con- gress of Versailles una promised that. If elected, he would ac- cept tho mandato entrusted to him. Supporters of the Premier Immed- iately decided to order ballots printed bearing M. Clomencoau's name. These will bo distributed nt Versailles on y, when the Assembly convenes. announcement wns the first definite Information that Premier would stand as a candidate. One of tho eupporters of M. Clemenceau told the Associated-Pres- s that tho Pre- mier would have refrained from a pub- lic declaration had there been no oppo- sition to his candidacy. Leon Bourgeois Is looming up as a dangerous \dark horse\ In cai the vot- ing la close as betweon Premier Clem- enceau and M. Deschnncl. PAPER FIRM. SUES CANADIAN OFFICIALS Lid on Exports Brings 000,000 Damage Claim. Fort Francis, Ont., Jan. 15. Action for 31,000,000 damnges has been started against the Canadian Minister of Cus- toms and other members of tho Dominion Cabinet by the Fort Francis Pulp and Paper Company, It was announced by officials of the company y. The damages are sought on tho ground that the Government prohibited tho export of paper from the local mills. Tho Chicago fcmld-Biamilii- er nnd the Minneapolis Tribune aro said to bo Inter- ested In the BUlts. Mill officials declare they may close their plant unless the Government order Is revoked. Kenyon Bill Now tip tu Sennte. Washington, Jan. 15. The Senate took up to-d- the Americanization bill drawn by Senator Kenyon, Republican, Iowa- - as unfinished business and discus- sion will begin URGES U.S. LOAN TO SAVE EUROPE $150,000,000 Must Be Shared Also by Armenia and Austria. BAKER BACKS GENERAL Houso Is Told Surplus U. S. Munitions and Food Should Bo Rushed. Special Despatch to las Scn, Washington, Jan. 15. War probably will break out again In Europe on a largo scale If Poland cojlapses before tho attacks of the Bolshovlst army, Gen. Tasker H. Bliss, American mili- tary representative at tho Peace .Con- ference, predicted y before the House Ways and Means Committee In tffglng loans of 3150.000,000 to Poland, Austria and Armenia. He urged also that surplus munitions be used to equip the Polish armies. Secretary Baker told the committee that the United States and the Allies aro working out plans to supply the Polish forces In the-fiel- In the way Gen. Bliss outlined. Gen. B11S3 urged the strongest possi- ble support for Poland, which he called the \great western bulwark against Bolshevism.\ America should send food not only for humanitarian reasons but to help stem the tide of Bolshevism and preserve the Polish Government, he said. Doubt was expressed by Gen. Bliss that the Poles would be ablo to hold their eastern lines if the Moscow Gov- ernment of Lenine and Trotzky con- centrated its armies there. Poles Far Outnumbered. \The best estimates show that the Bolshevists could throw 1,200,000 men well equipped against the 700,000 Poles, sorely In need of food and war ma- terials,\ Gen. Bliss said. \If Poland collapses, Lenine and Trotzky would determine on an Inva- sion of Europe without limit, which would force allied intervention in self defence nnd probably a general revival of war In Europe. If Poland Is over- run, vthe people are certain to go over to the Moscow regime because they are now willing to support any Government, no matter how bad. Just so they can get clothes on their backs and food In their stomachs.\ Asked where the Reds obtained their war supplies. Qen. Bliss said large quantities left by the' Czar regime have been untouched and that In addition several munition factories are now being operated. \It might be said that tho Bolshevists are rather firmly established as the Government of Russia,\ he replied to a question. \Lenine and Trotsky, I believe, do not so much desire mllltnry conquest as they desire to spread their militant propaganda all over Europe first, and then tho world. If force Is necessary to do that, they are quite willing to use lv. The Poles aro anx- ious to fight the Reds to the best of their ability and by advancing their lines which are now from 280 to 380 kilometers east of the eastern Polish boundary as fixed by the peace con ference they are likely to provoKe a large Red offensive.\ Should Concentrate Rffort. Very few supplies have been sent to the Poles by the allies, he said In Indi- cating that he believed agreement would be reached to concentrate the fight against Bolshevism by holding the eastern boundary of Poland. Gen. Bliss expressed the opinion that If proper support-wer- e given the Poles the American food sent would all be paid for In a comparatively short time. In response to suggestions by Represen- tative Oarncr (Tex.) that the Allies aro considering withdrawing the Polish forces back to their border, he said this might be considered a sign of weak- ness and cause a big Bed offensive. Secretary Baker, by official reports from Europe, substantiated thd state- ments of, Gen. Bliss, but particularly urged relief by American food for Aus- tria and the surrounding country. \Conditions In these parts of Europe have reached the famine point.\ Mr. Bakerisald, \and American rollef Is ab- solutely necessary to prevent thousands of people from starving. The relief should be granted for tho military rea- sons alone because food Is the greatest foo of Bolshevism, but the call Is even greater from the humanitarian stand- point.\ Dercrlblng conditions In Budapest, Secretary Baker said that Red Cross reports showed that during last year more than 900 out of every 1,000 babies born died from lack of food. L&toly, through American private aid, the ratio has been reduced. \One-ha- lf of the children of Vienna are being kept alive by outside aid,\ ho said. The Secretary stated. In response to questions of nepresentatlvo Longwortb (Ohio), that America, since the signing of the armistice, has sent about O worth of food to Europe, pay- ment for most ot which will be made after several years. Ncnrn Lynched ly Alnbnma Mob. FLORAtA, Ala., Jan. 15. Jack Waters, a negro, was lynched here last nlsht hfter an alleged attack on a white woman. His body 'v found this morn- ing hanging to a t qne pole riddled With bullets. British Ministers of War and Navy and Chief of Staff Called. INDIA IS THREATENED Masters of European Rus- sia; Reds Plan Attack in Near East. UNITE WITH MOSLEMS Vast Upheavals Under Way in Asia as Soviets Foment Uprisings. By the Associated Press. London, Jan. 13. Before peace with Gcrmnny Is a week old the Brit- ish public lias been brousnt up sharply against the possibility of another war. Winston Spencer Churchill, Secre- tary for War; Walter Ilurno Lonj, First Lord ot the Admiralty; Baron Bentty, commander of tho grand fleet, nnd Field Marshal Sir Henry II. Wil- son, chief of the Imperial staff, left London t, having been hur- riedly summoned to Paris for a con- sultation with Premier Lloyd George ind other British officials there on Important military and naval matters. This summons Is Inevitably con- nected In the public mind with tho semi-offici- statement published to- day calling attention to the threaten- ing situation In the middle East as a result of Bolshevik military suc- cesses, which have given the Soviets virtual mastery of the whole of Euro- pean jltussla, for, although It is not yet confirmed that they have entered Odessa, It Is believed It cannot be long before they aro In full possession ofr these coast regions. They have secured ports on tho Sen of Azof nnd are In or approach- ing Black Rca ports. Enormous Snppllcs Cnntnred. By their victories the Bolshevik! have secured command of enormous eupplles ot food, ,rav materials, coal and rolling stock and other means of transport which they formerly were In need of. Speculation Is active In tho Euro- pean capitals as to what will be the next move of tho Bolshevik!. It Is re- garded as certain that. Bushed with success, they will not be content with their present conquests but will seek to extend Bolshevism either eastward or westward. Expert military opinion Inclines to tho belief that their next move will be an attack on Poland and tho Baltic States, and Warsaw des- patches to tho London papers already indicate that the Poles are fully an- ticipating such a move. The Soviets now undoubtedly com- mand formidable forces, but not suff- icient to warrant an attempt to ad- vance both cast and west. Against the likelihood of an attack on Poland, which. It Is said, will be popular with tho Red Generals. Is tho fact that the Bolshevlkl flanks would bo exposed on the north to an attack by tho Letts and on tho south to an attack by the Ru- manians. The semi-offici- statement Issued at London to-d- scorns to Indicate that tho British Government Is moro ap- prehensive ot a move eastward, threat- ening India. Georcc Chance Front. All these possibilities will be discussed by tho Important conference assembling at Paris. It Is, perhaps, significant In connection with possible Bolshevist ac- tivities In the middle East and tho atti- tude of the Moslem populations generally toward England thnt Lloyd George hai reversed his position In favor of exclud- - ' lug tha. Turks from Constantinople and removing the capital of the new Turkey to Asia Minor. This may be explained as possibly due to the new turn In events, as removal of tho Caliphate from Con- stantinople would have produced a strong antl-Brltl- feeling throughout tho Moslem world. It may be said that official circles here appear to be mors Impressed with tho danger of British Interests In the near nnd middle East through Bolshevist propaganda than with posslblo military developments. Tho British press Is sharply divided Into two. divergent lines In connection with the Government's treatment of the Bolshevist question. One section, strongly sharply at- tacks Tremler Lloyd George, charging him with responsibility for tho weaken- ing of the causes of Dentklne and Kol-cha- k by dalliance with Frlnklpo con- ference Ideas nnd various Bolshevist overtures. These papers also take tho line that Germany Is behind and In con- spiracy with the Bolshevist manoeuvres. Chnrchllt Ulamed. The other section, representing the . policy of In Russia, at- tributes all the trouble to Mr. Churchill, the Secretary for War, and military In- fluences. It charges the Government with Indulging In wholesale propaganda to misrepresent the Russian situation and argues that the Government has mado a disastrous mistake In refusing to negotiate peace with the Soviets. The Sfnr, commenting on the state- ment regarding tho Bolshevist activities, describes It as nn ominous hint Indi- cating that tho situation In the middle east may be made an excuse by tho British Government for new and exten- sive military adventures. Within the next three months, says a leng seml-ofllcl- statement dealing with Near Eastern affairs. Great Britain may be faced with a serious '1. ,1 I r
