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New-York tribune., 1918-02-01
N. Y. Peace Society
Members No Pacihsts

The twelfth annual meeting of the
New York Peace Societv was held in
the Hotel Astor yesterday. 1t was
made apparent early 1" tho "'ee''''e.
that the society Is not one that can be
called paciist, for the senior vice
president, Oscar S. Straus. laid en-
phasis on the fact that the peace OF
the world depends upon the destruction
of Prussian militarisnl
Professor Charles H. Levermore, sec
retary of the society. read report
that showed that the New York Peace
Society is so desirous Of lasting.
durable peace that it IS ready and will
ing to fight for it.
Tn" following officers were elected: ::
President, Andrew Carnegie; hon
orarv secretary, Samuel 7. Dutton,
secretary, Charles II. Levermore;
treasurer, Central Trust Company OF
New York, Forty Street branch;
auditors, Frederick William Green
field and Alfred j. Boutcn.
John J. Fitzgerald was named direc-
tor for two years, to fill the place made
vacant by the death Of John d. Cr'ms
Minis.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-01
Friends of German
Democracy Unite
Americans of Teuton Birth
or Descent Organize to
Enlighten Germany

"'rhe consolidation OF the German
American element to concrete and con-
slant action behind the President in
the prosecution of Americas s part in
the world war" is the aim of the
Friends Of German Democracy, which
has established headquarters at 80
Union Square.
American citizens of German birth
or descent make up the membership OF
the society, whose officers are Franz
Siegel, president; +. L.: Hoffman. vice
president, and Frank Bohn. secretary
A call issued by the national cxecu-
tive committee reads, in part:
This war is not war on the part
of America against the German people;
IT is rather war against an antiquated
system Of government that unhappily
dominates the German people to their
own and the worlds undoing
"The Friends Of German Democracy
urge all American men and women Of
German extraction, by every means in
the side of democracy in this conflict.
We, as a society, shall use every means
possible to reach the people in Ger
many and make the real issues Of the
war known to them. We still believe
that majority of the German people.
il properly informed concerning their
own government and its misdeeds, will
not wait until their final defeat by
force of arms: They will sooner or
later rise against the Kaiser and the
iunkers and establish democratic gov
ernment in Germany. With such a gov
ernment America and the Allies can
and will make peace.
Finally, let us emphasize that we,
the Friends Of German Democracy, are
seeking to unity the people of America
in the common cause as we'll as TO
arouse the people to sense of their
duty and their opportunity. We know
that our action here and in Germany
will prove blessing to both Countries
We hope, above all, to hasten the end
Of the. war by bringing an earlier vic
tory for the forces Of freedom than
would otherwise be secured. Surely
our purposes are important enough to
touch the conscience and the ympathy
CT every one who loves democracy"
New-York tribune., 1918-02-01
Government Troops
Believed to Control
Situation in Finland

STOCKHOLM. Jan. 31.-Telegraph
and wire communications are broken
between Tornea and many other Fiji
nish points, so that it is impossible as
yet accurately to follow the course OF
events in Finland. The latest reports
indicate that the government troops
are in control of ali Of Finland living
north Of line from Vasa, on the
Gulf of. Finland, through Haapamaki.
Jyvaskyla and Saint Michael to Kex-
holm.
General Manrerheim's forces, which
numbered $1,000, are now reported to
have increased to $4,000. mainly by ac-
tcessions from the peasantry, who are
being armed with rifles taken from tn.
Russians. His main force is believed
to be moving southwark along the
coast toward bjorneborg. General
Mannerheim probably is in possession
OF the railroad from Haapamaki to
Aarelen, giving him communication be-
New-York tribune., 1918-02-01
Russians Meet Here TODAY

Russians from many sections of the
United States will attend convention
here, beginning to-day, to discuss the
affairs of their compatriots in this
country. The gathering. intended to
be non--partisan in character, will con-
tinue through Sunday and will be held
at Beethoven Hall, 21O East Fifth
Street.
The purposes of the convention. it
was announced yesterday, are, first, to
render legal and medical assistance to
Russians in the United States, to con-
slider emigration from this country to
Russia, to advance the cultural inter
ests of Russians in America, to define
the rights and duties of Russians in
der the selective service law and to
determine the attitude of Russians
here toward Russia's official repre-
senta ativcs in this country.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-01
Fireboat Helps Fight
Governors Island Fire

Fire Headquarters at 1O:40 o'clock
:ast night was asked by the officials on
Governors Island for assistance in
ii ghting blaze in the quartermaster's
stores which had gotten beyond tho
control OF the military fire fighting
force. 1t was understood that the fire
followed an explosion. The tireboat
New Yorker, stationed at the Battery,
was sent to answer the alarm.
At Governors Island it was said that
the blaze was trivial and that the
rumors of an explosion could probably
be explained by the two shots fired as
a fire warning. The Explosion" was
heard in South Brooklyn and lower
New-York tribune., 1918-02-01
Anarchists Urge
Trotzky to Bring
Pressure ON Francis
Ambassador Transmits New
Threats Made in Behalf of
Goldman and Berkman

PETROGRAD. Jan. 30.-The Minis
try of Foreign Affairs to-day trans
mitted to David r. Francis, the Ameri-
can Ambassador, letter addressed to
Leon Trotzky, Bolshevik Foreign Min
lister, by the Petrograd group Of an
archists insisting that Trotzky bring
pressure to bear on the American En-
tassy for the release of Alexander
Berkman, Emma Goldman and Thomas
j. Mooney. The ministry also inclosed
q resolution adopted by the anarchists
threatening demonstrations against the
embassy.
The document we're forwarded to
Mr.. Francis with the remark that the
ministry considered it its duty to
transmit them"
This is the third threat by anarchists
that Ambassador Francis has received
within month
Emma Goldman and Berkman are nm
der sentence to serve terms of impris-
onment for conspiracy to defeat the
conscription law in the United States.
Mooney was convicted in California of
completely in the San Francisco bomb
outrages.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-01
Kiev Surrenders to
Bolsheviki; 3 Other
Cities Are Captured

LONDON, Jan. 31-Kiev, which for
some time past has been invested by
the Bolshevik troops who are engaged
against the Ukrainians, has surrender
ed, according to an Exchange Telegraph
dispatch from Petrogra6.
Earlier dispatches announced that
after the Bolshevik troops captured
Bachmatsch station the officers and the
nobility withdrew to Kiev.
Kiev, capital of the government Of
Kiev, lies on the right bank Of the
Dnieper. 1t is called the Mother Of
Russian Cities" and in 1902 had about
100000 inhabitants
The Ukrainian Rada is said to have
lost confidence in the Ukrainian SOL
dlers. Workmen are now organizing
White Guard in the Ukraine under
Russian and Polish officers who had
been reduced to the ranks in the Rus
sian army.
The capture of the towns of Kertch,
Theodosic and Yalta, in the Crimea,
that the Cossack General Dutoff has
been defeated and the capture of Oren-
burg is imminent. Special dispatches
from Petrograd concur in the belief
that all the Cossacks will declare
themselves on the side of the Boil
sheviki. The reports give instances of
growing adhesion and forecast the
downfall Of the government of General
Kaldine
Those opposed to The Bolsheviki. ac-
cording to the Petrograd correspondent
of "The Daily Express" admit a grow
ing conviction that the Bolsheviki have
come to stay, "if not permanently, at
least an inconvencntly long time" He
says the Bolsheviki have won the con-
6dence and support of the people as
the provisional government never did
and have also struck popular note on
the question of peace. He said:
ut is more or less generally ac-
knowledged here with mingled JOY and
gloom that the power of the Soldiers
and Workmen's Councils is no empty
boast, as many know to their cost"
The correspondent says: "Bolshevik
forces entered Kiev last night. They
have occupied the arsenal. The town
surrendered after four shots had been
fired"
New-York tribune., 1918-02-01

tween his main forces III East Bothna
and Karclen.
Less is known Of the situation in
Eastern Finland, but the White Guards
were creditably reported to have cap
tured artillery as far eastward as a
point between Niborg and Petrograd.
If these troops hold their own it cuts
off the chances of the Red Guard re-
ceiving further reinforccments from
Petrograd, except by water.
The Swedish govelnmnt is watching
VENT closely. The King has returned
from trip. on which ho had started.
and called crown council Ships are
held in readiness to rescue Swedish sub
jects, if that should become necessary.
The Finnish envoy, who has arrived
at Stockholm, declared that he had no
intention of asking for help from
Sweden. The loyal Films could rid the
country of bandits anaided. lie said
The government troops are mainly
sturdy peasants, many Of them with
military training, and have much
greater mobility than their opponents,
owing to their skill with skis
The Russian soldiers. he added, have
become dcmoralized by q life Of case
and the Red Guards are for the most
part without moral backbone and
they lack skilled leadership
All is quiet at He!singfors. a dis
patch from that city reports, but
fighting is under way at other points
in Finland between the Red Guard.
which is supporting the revolution,
and the White Guard. which is up
holding the Finnish government The
White Guard is lighting with en-
t,,,t- Il
where, notably at Kemi. Lleaborg,
Kajanalmola and St. Michel, disarming
the Red Guard.
In fighting Tuesday near Kaemere
station the Red Guard lost eighty
seven killed and 127 injured. while the
White Guard lost only eigh. killed and
ono ,rOurdoI
New-York tribune., 1918-02-01
Gompers Indorses
Labor Mobilization

WASHINGTON. Jan. 31.-orsanized
labor's official Endorsement of tho
United States employment service of
the Department OF Labor in its work
OF mobilizing and distributing an in
dustrial army for war service was
given tonight in statement by
Samuel Gompers, president of the
American Federation of Labor.
"The American Federation of Labor
is deeply interested in the success of
the United States employment service,
Labor" Mr. Gompers said. There is
no more Fundamental; service in the in
terests of the wage Garner than the
organization Of labor market at
which unemployed toilers may ex-
change skill. experience and labor
New-York tribune., 1918-02-01

Strikes at Adlcrshof, the Berlin
suburb mentioned in yesterdays dis
patches, will affect one Of the important
centres of the German military aero
plane and balloon industry. Important
war chemical works, specializing in the
manufacture Of constituents for muni-
tlons. also arc located in the Berlin
suburb, which was the scene last
summer of disastrous explosion.
Spandau. where the strike is also
reported spreading, is the site Of one
CT Germany's big arsenals and centre
for the manufacture of munition as
we'll as of electrical plants devoted to
war work.
Workers Politically Active
Spandau and Adlershof differ from
the usual German industrial centres in
thate large numbers of men Of military
age, skilled workmen exempted from
military service because Of their
greater value in. war plants. are en-
rloyed there rather than the women
and youths who make up a high pro-
portion of Germany's industrial army
iii war time. These men of mature
age. and politically active. are largely
enrolled in the ranks of the Radical
Socialist party under Haase and Lede-
bcur and have been restivc and dis
satisfied with the government for a
long time.
The Spandau workmen formed the
backbone. of Germany's first political
strike during the war, called as a pro-
test against the conviction of Lieb-
knecht, the Radical Socialist member
OF the Reichstag. and held out the
longest of any strikers during the
April protest against the reduction of
the bread ration. The Spandau strike
lasted almost a week after the other
New-York tribune., 1918-02-01
Princes Elbow Dukes
AS Big Russians Hide


LONDON, Jan. 31.-The correspond
ent of "Thc Daily Express" at
Petrograd says tha: the bourgeoisie
seem almost to have ceased to exist
in Russia. A person may travel the
length and breadth of Russia and see
only swarms Of peasants and work
men.
"The aristocracy," he says, ."dis-
creetly has retired to the background.
They are to be found in such pleas
ant places as the Crimca and the
Caucasus. where they form select
communities of the bores and the
bored Yalta would be tolerable but
for its grand dukes. Kialovodsk is
crammed with retired generals and
governors and penniless princes, who
pass the time playing poker in
the casino and the hotels"
New-York tribune., 1918-02-01
strikers in the Berlin region had re-
sumcd work.
Socialists Now United

strikers in the Berlin region had re-
sumcd work.
Socialists Now United
political strike arc significant in that
for the first time the leaders Of the
majority or "tamc" Socialists under
Stheidemann are aligned with the
Radical Socialists. During the strikes
occasioned by the trial Of Licbknecht
and by the reduction Of the bread ra-
tlon in April, 1917, the whole influence
OF Scheidemann and the other majority
Socialist leaders was thrown against
the walkouts and they co0perated
wholehcartedly with the government in
inducing the men and women to return
to work. Majority Socialist endeavors
we're v IRE also primarily responsible for the
failure of the general political strike
launch on May ], 1916.
Now Scheidemann and his associates
are represented on the general strike
committee with Haase and other lead
ers Of the radical element.
This change Of heart on the part Of
the government Socialists" apparently
has been brought about by the spirit
shown by the government in the Russo
German peace negotiations at Brest-
Litovsk; in the treatment Of the Prus-
sian franchise reform and also by the
swing of the Socialist masses away
from the moderate programme Of the
Scheidemann forces to the radical
stop he-war-at-any-price demands of
the radicals.
The detection of thousands of fol-
lowers and even of Reichstag Deputies
to the extremist wing has compelled
the moderate Socialists to shift to the
Left and align themselves in the strike
movement in open and pronounced op-
position to the government on an issue
having an important bearing on the
further prosecution of the war.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-01
Woman Who Poisoned Milk
Convicted of Manslaughter

CLEVELAND, Jan. 81. Mrs.
Elsie Bass was convicted of man
slaughter in the Criminal Court here
to-day for the murder of nine -year-old
John Perko, November Is. She will
probably be sentenced Saturday.
Perko died and two companions
were made seriously i'll after having
drunk milk believed to have been
taken from Mrs. Bass porch 1t was
charged the woman placed rat poison
in the bottles to apprehend thieves who
had been stealing milk
New-York tribune., 1918-02-01
Report Credited in Leinsic

AMSTERDAM, Wednesday, Jan. 80
Discussing the report that the King
OF Bavaria attempted 10 influence EN-
peror William in favor of a "security
peace" the Leipsic "Neueste Mach
richtcn" says:
I'VE have reason to assume that the
report is correct We would even 70
step further and add that the appeal
which the the Deutsche Tageszeitung,
Of Berlin, addresses to The other fed
eral princes to foilow the Kings ex.
ample already has been forestalled,
ACCORDING to our information the
king OF Bavaria is not the only one
who has followed with serious anxiety
the course of the peace negotiation
at Brest-Litovsk. and it. may perhaps
be assumed that the object Of sending
DR.. Count Won Podewils- s-Durnitz, for,
mer Premier of Bavaria, to Brest-
Lltovsk was not purely in order to
exercise long forgotten treaty rights. u
a dispatch from Brest-Litovsk dated
Tuesday said that Dr. Count Podewils-
Durnltz was among the delegates to
the Central Powers who had arrived
at Brest-Litovsk for the peace con
ference with the Bolsheviki. This was
the first mention of the former Bava-
rian Premier in connection with the
Brest-Litovsk pourparlers.
The "Deutsche Tageszeitung." which
is pan-German organ. recently was
quoted as saying that King Ludwig
Of Bavaria had made representa- lions
to Emperor William regarding the
political situation which had arisen
in connection with the negotiations
with Russia and following Chancellor
Won Hertling's recent speech to the
p OF nh STAG
New-York tribune., 1918-02-01


power with invested capital. The
,untry has long reeded such SER
vice"
Organization Of the states for the
campaign to recruit 100000 volun-
tary workers virtually has been COM
Eleted. Enrolment Of shipbuildcrs, the
first task undertaken, is expected to
exceed the goal Of 260000, on the basis
of the first weeks response.
State directors of the public SER
vice reserve, the recruiting branch of
the employment service, were an
nounced tonight. Some of them fol-
low:
Connecticut, Leo A. Korper, Hart
ford; Massachusetts. William A. Gas
ton. Boston; New Jersey, Colonel L..
7. Bryant, Trenton; New York, Will
lam A. Orr, Albany, and Pennsylvania,
j. c. Frazee. Philadelphia.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-01
Swedish Mobilization
Foreseen in Border Closing
[ Staff COrrcspOndence

WASHINGTON. Jan. Sl.-The clos
ing of the Swedish Finnish frontier BY
Sweden was believed in diplomat, cir
cles here to-day to foreshadow the
mobilization by Sweden of military
forces along the border. The Swedish
government, it was learned. has for
some time been apprehensive lest the
Bolshevik agitation infect the Swedish
proletariat. but now is apprehensive
both for the safety OF the large nun
bers of Swedes in Finland and also for
the safety of Swedish soil from incur
sions by the Finnish Bolshevikl.
1t is understood that general moblIi-
zation by Sweden wou d be regarded
as an unnecessary act by the Entente
Powers, if not deliberately unfriendi!
in view of the friendly relations which
have subsisted between Sweden and
GeroanV
New-York tribune., 1918-02-01
Protection for Francis
Not Asked by Wushington
IStaf Correspondence /

IS3dD CNTesp0nde7lccJ
WASHINGTON, Jan. 31.~-Secrctary
Lansing stated to-day that he had re-
quested Ambassador Francis to keep
the State Department advised upon de-
velopment at Petrograd, the instruc-
ton having been caused by the re-
ported danger to the ambassador from
anarchists.
The department., it was learned, as
sumes that Ambassador Francis in an
unofficial way has asked the Bolshevik
authorities for protection, but it was
emphasized that such request had
not been suggested by the department.
Nothing Official has been reported here
upon the possible deserton of petro-
grad by the Entente Diplomats.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-01
Kaiser Says He Needs
Help of Cermany's Friends

AMSTERDAM, Jan. 31.-Replying TO
birthday congratulations from KING
Ludwig Of Bavaria, Emperor William
expressed confidence that the German
Empire would emerge strong and Sc
cure from the present trial.
But to chat end. he said. 1--WE need
the help of all who, love our severely
tried people, especially the help of DO
litical leaders,"
New-York tribune., 1918-02-01
125, 900 Workers on Strike,
Berlin Newspapers State

WASHINGTON, Jan. 81 Official dis
patches to-day from Sweden, dated yes
terday and based on Berlin newspaper
reports, estimated the number Of
strikers then in Berlin at $4,000. but
said the Socialists insisted the number
was 100000.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-01
Mosco,U Council Suggests
War on Teuton Inperinlisn,

HETROGRAD, Wednesday. Jan. CO.
The Moscow Council of Workmen's and
Soldiers Deputies has declared the
German peace proposals unacceptable
and has suggested that the Council of
National Commissioners organize a
socialistic army to fight against Ger
man imperialism.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-01
Paris Council Won't Draft
Allies Aims, Declares Lou,

LONDON, Jan. 31.-Replying to a
question in the House of Commons to-
DAY, Andrew Bonar-Law, Chancellor of
the ENchequer, said the assertion that
the war aims of the Entente powers
were to be drawn up by a conference
sitting in Paris was incorrect.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-01
Strike Menaces Heart Of
German War Industries
Associated Press Observer Declares Spandau and Aders
hof Plants Vital to Milarists-"Tame" Socialists
Unite With Radicals for First Time

correspondent of The Assoated Press Berlin
until imerscd the
States Copcnhugcn cre
has atten the foooing effect
is likely to haze the production Q
New-York tribune., 1918-02-01
Ex-Premier at Brest-Litovsk
by Virtue of Old Treaty
With Berlin
Russian Delegation
Includes Ukrainians
German Princes Show
Anxiety About Negotia-
tions With Slavs

BREST-L1TOVSK, Wednesday, Jan.
80 (va Amsterdam to London, Jan. 81.
~Talaat Pacha, the Turkish Grand
Vizier, presided to-day at the opening
of the plenary, sitting Of the Peace
Conference. Dir. Richard Won Kuehl-
mann, the German Foreign Secretary,
announced that DR.. Count Podewils-
Durnitz, former Premier of Bavaria,
would, by virtue Of treaty rights OF
Bavaria and in agreement with En-
peror William and count Won Hertlng.
the Imperial Chancellor, rep
resent Bavaria.
Leon Trotzky, the Bolshevik Foreign
Minister. said that two representatives
OF the Ukrainian Peoples Republic had
been incorporated in the Russian dele
CATION, to which also had been added
M. karelin. the Peoples Commissioner
for State Property.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-01

organized search of all the shops in
Petrograd on February 4 to locate
boarded supplies.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-01
German Press Condemns Strike

OemnS Lne Strlke ana warns the SLrlk-
ers that they have gone the wrong way
about getting an early peace, and are,
instead. hsrming their own country.
the government. The Magdeburg
"Volksstimme." for example, says that
there is a limit to the patience of every
people, adding:
ut is the task of a sagacious govern
ment policy not to allow things to 60
so far. How things develop depends
far less on anonymous circulars than
on what people has to expect from
its government"
The Cologne "Volks Zcitung" lectures
the Socialist leaders, and says the fact
that representatives of the majority
wing have Joined the strike committee
indicates that the Social Democracy be-
lieves that its hour has come to bring
about its political peace programmes
by violence.
The Cologne Gazette" says that the
Workers Council, formed at Vienna
during the recent strike there, has be-
come a permanent body.
Some of the German papers, chiefly
pa4r rGermanists, severely rebuke the
strikers. The Cologne "Volks Zeitung"
says: eve learn that the strike COM
mittee i'll Berlin has the audacity to
ann pistol at the governments heart
with list of demands culled from the
Socialist programme"
Must Not Doubt Promises
The "Norddeutschc Ailgemeine lei
tung" says: "In SO far as the strikers
demands express doubt rega riding the
governments resolve so carry out
promised domestic reforms, they are
nfnnna6tnO 81
premise. 1t must be expected that on
calmer consideration the strikers will
realize the harmfulncss of their be-
havior and return to work"
The paper also characterizes the
strikers as Shining against their
brothers in the felda
The Berlin papers explain that the
German authorities do not refuse to
treat with the proper labor leaders re-
EARRING the strike. The government
axes the position, howeESr. that on
New-York tribune., 1918-02-01

The session lasted two hours.