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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-11-10
Red. Cross.

The Warwood Red Cross drive, which
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Entertain Friends.

Mr.. and Mrs. j. Logan will entertain
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-06-22
Good Radiance, Say
British Macy Men

LONDON. Sunday. June 22.-Witb
regard to the sinking Of the German
warships in the Scapa Flow the "Sun-
day Observer" says that while naval
opinion at Portsmouth holds it would
have been better TO have had British
guards on the German ships their sink
'ng may be considered as removing a
,alihculty which might have led to
heart burning among the Allies con-
cerning their disposition. The German
skeleton crews were relieved monthly
and returned to Germany. Thew were
,1ed only such provisions as thew would
nave obtained in their own country
Aam'ral Sir Cyprian Bridge, retired.
former director OF the Intelligence De-
farement' interviewed by THE Weekly
1T is breach of the arrnistice and
therefore, almost tantamount to new
act of war, but at this iuncture i. an.
pears to mean that the Germans intend
70 sign the peace treaty. 1t looks like
q plan ooncocted in Berlin"
commander kenworthy, NJ. P. told
The Dispatch" he did not think the
sinkings were carried out by order Of
'ne German government, but were en-
Sineered by a few hotheads. sick If
existence at Scapa Flow.
The Admiralty or the admiral IN
Sharge,' ne said, cannot be blamed
RATHER. the armistice commission ia
10 De censured for not putting British
g. crews aboard. but we are we'll rid Of
the ships, which were obsolete"
Inc political correspondent of the
sunday Iimes." commenting on the
news from Scapa Flow, says tho sole
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-06-22
Plea for Kaiser';s
Safety Denounced

BERLIN, June 20 (By The Associated
Press. --Theodor Wolf, editor in chief
of the "Tageblatt," has telephoned that
newspaper from Weimar that those in
favor Of signing the treaty are so &C.
tive and numerous among the Majority
Socialists and the Clericals that "a per-
emptory refusal to sign the terms is
hardly possible. Members of the Ma
tlonal Assembly who take this stand,
Herr Wolff says, are being given ac-
tive support by several Majority So
ciaist members of the Cabinet, who
are now openly urging the appoint
new Cabinet. way
Herr Wolff states that the solution
now being sought will be in the nature
Of a compromise. He believes that
Count Won Brockdorff- Rantzau, the
Foreign Minister, can hardly he ex-
pected to stay if the compromise rep
resents too great a concession to the
elements now clamoring for the sigma
ture of the treaty.
Discussing the suggestion that the
signing Of the peace terms be agreed
10 upon condition that a plebiscite be
granted IN West Prussia and that the
demand for the surrender of the for
mer German Emperor be abandoned,
WY NhaJollsy OOClallSC " OrWar*S"
says, editorially:
We consider such condition an i'm
possibility and even a monstrositv.
The demand for pebiscite in West
Prussia, it may be comprehended, might
be approved, but it would be gigantic
national disgrace and moral slap on
its own face on the part of the Ger
man people if it concluded to make its
future destiny dependent upon the fate
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-06-22
American Army Is
Lined Up TO Strike
I'd Diuisio, Leaves Cob
LEM; Ready to Aduance
If Germans DO Not Sie7,

COBLENZ, June 1s (By The Associ-
ated Press) .-This was most stirring
day at Third army headquarters and
among the First and Second divisions
holding the east bank Of the Rhine
since the Americans moved in about
six months ago. Late yesterday orders
were flashed from headquarters in
Coblenz to the divisions across the
Rhine, ordering them to prepare to
march into the zone of concentration.
While the civilians in the small
towns looked upon the military ac-
Invites sometimes with bewilderment,
the soldiers rushed to finish their
packing and to find their helmets,
rifles and gas masks, which had been
issued previously.
The Second Division was the first to
move, getting under way early to-day.
Along the Sayne Valley, which meets
the Rhine near Neuweid which has
been the division headquarters, the
Second. with it's infantry, machine
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-06-22
Scuttling Settles
Mooted Question

The scuttling of the surrendered
German High Seas Fleet at Scapa Flow
by the German officers and crews left
aboard the vessels in accordance with
the terms Of the armistice has settled
in an unexpected manner one of the
most vexatious questions before the
peace conference. A proposal that the
Allies themselves should sink the Ger
man fleet was never accepted by the
conference. The only alternative, ap-
among the nations which fought
against Germany in the war, but it was
found to be next to impossible to make
the division in manner satisfactory
to all the powers concerned.
ships should be allotted on the basis
Of the naval losses suffered by the
various countries. This proposal was
strongly opposed on the ground that
1T would add to the already over
whelming naval superiority Of Great
Britain. Last December the American
delegates were reported to favor the
SINKING of the whole fleet, but early
in March President Wilson announced
IN letter to Representative Alvin T.
Fuller, of Massachusetts, that he was
| opposed to such a course. 1t seemed
to him, he said, like the counsel of
those who did not know what else
to do
The British attitude was explaine d
in the House of Lords on February &c
by the Earl of Lytton, Parliamentary
Under Secretary Of the Admiralty. He
said the suggestion to sink the ships
would be carried out only if the repre-
sentatives of the nations assembled at
Paris came unanimously to an agree
ment that this course was the best. He
could say, however, he added that the
British government attached over
whelming Importance to the point that
these ships should not in the future
form any part of the naval armament
OF the world.
This announcement was taken to
mean that Great Britain had abandoned
any idea she may have had of taking
a large share of the surrendered fleet.
The most insistent demands for
division Of the ships are reported to
have come from France and Italy. A
dispatch from Paris on March 6 said
the United States wouli not object to
giving few of the larger vessels to
France and Italy, with some destroyers
and lighter craft to Belgium and other
small nations.
Apparently, however, the problem
was no nearer solution than ever when
the news came from Scapa Flow to-day
that most of the vessels which formed
the subject Of the controversy had
been sent to the bottom.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-06-22
g Hand Picked'' u. S.
A r m y r cad y to
AdU0nce Into Germany

WASHINGTON, June 21.-Army Off
Gals here said to-day the American
army now preparing to advance into
Germany could operate as an entity
separate from its home base for year
or more if circumstances should re-
quire. They declared the force of 1885,
900 men probably was the best
equipped that ever had been assem-
bled.
The personnel was described as prac-
.cally "hand picked" with equipment
of The most modern type. Great de-
pots situated in the area behind the
Coblenz brdgehead were filed with
the best Of the reserve supply Of each
division detached and returned to the
United States before the remaining
surplus was concentrated further in the
rear for disposal.
In the event of an advance it is the
opinion here that the 1st and I'd divi-
sions will be the active elements, with
the Sd and 4th as the Immediate re-
serve and the 9Th holding the third
line
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-06-22
Foe Afraid TO ASK
Ne1U Concessions

BERLIN, June 20 (By The Associ
ated Press .-Following it's decision
to send the Entente another note
concerning conditions regarding the
immediate entrance of Germany into
the league of nations, the imita-
ton of indemnity and remuneration of
their allied efforts to have the former
Emperor surrendered, the German gov
eminent lost its nerve, for the note
ended with the declaration that it was
impossible otherwise to get a Cabinet
that would sign the treaty.
Although the note was written and
ready to be dispatched, it was withhe Id
until the eleventh hour, as it was
feared that the Entente would reject
the German proposals.
The report received here was that
Matthias Erzberger had sent a note to
Premier Clemenceau as president of
the peace conference asking whether
the Allies would agree to the imme-
date admission of Germany to the
league of nations.
Herr Erzberger also desired IA know,
II the powers would consent to the I'M.
tation Of Germany's indemnity to 100
oo0 100000 gold marks (S25,0O0 .000''-
ooo) and renounce their effort to have
former Emperor William surrendered
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-06-22
De Naiera's Name Cheered
Members of Visiting Party At.
tend Local NEees;no

Members of the party CT Edward
de Valera, president of the Irish W.
public, who has just arrived in thu
United States, were present last nipht
at a demonstration in behalf of he
cause of Ireland. The meeting. Al.
tended by about 1000 persons was
held at Hunts Point Palace, under ths
auspices of the Bronx County Friends
of Irish Freedom.
William A. Coakley, chairman of thu
meeting, asked who the members Of
De Valera's party were, said: "You
won't be wrong in saying thar
members of President De Valera \
party, who have just arrived werd
present at this meeting tonight hui
/ must decline to reveal their identity!
De Valera, himself, ! might say. i
also not very far from here"
The mention of the Irish presidentA
name in the course of a song by al
entertainer was wildly cheered
Resolutions were adopted urging thd
New York Representatives in Coneres
to withhold their approval of thd
league of nations until the Irish rel
public had been recognized. Fathe,
Duffy, chaplain of the old 69th. and
Judge Daniel Cohalan, made addresses,
pleading for the sympathy and assist
ance of the United States.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-06-22
Cre1us of Sunken
Ships Arrested
Netr York Tribune
European Bureau

+ (copyrlrh 1919. New York Tribune Inc)
IF LONDON, June 21.-According to
dispatches from Kirkwall, the German
Scapa Flow following their surrender
last November have been sunk by their
German crews. The Admiralty admits
that the ships have been sunk and
states that the crews have been ts.en
into custody. Apparently the plot "a >
we'll organized, for the great battle
ships and cruisers we're scuttled almost
multaneously, as the German flag
was hofsted on them.
\. Although a considerable number Of
AsermapS were sent back after they had
delivered the ships to the Firth of
Forth, enough of them remained. to
keep the ships in condition, and these
decision as TO their fate.
which was timed to coincide with the
delivery of the treaty. Naturally, the
British feel chagrined, since the enemy
ships were in their care pending final
dcislon as to their fate.
Some British authorities favored the
sinking of the whole German feet in
the middle of the Atlantic, but this
plar was abandoned when public opin-
ion decided against it. Under the lat
est scheme it was intended to distrib-
ute the ships among the various ma
tons, France to get several Five
battleships. the Seyditz, Derfflinger,
Won der Tam, Hindenburg and Moltke !;
eight light cruisers and fifty torpedo
boats were anchored at Scapa-Flow.
This famous harbor, which was the
base of the British Grand Fleet during
the war, is unusually deep, making il
extremely difficult to salvage the war.
ships. Meagre messages from the
Orkneys state that practically the en-
tire German feet has been sunk.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-06-22
that de Valera is safe in the United

otdtSS.
De valera's escape from Lincoln
Prison in Egland on February 2 was
described in Paris by Sean O'Cealligh
the Irish republics representative
there, who said that at the proper time
Professor de Valera would appear in
Paris. He said that two Sim Fein girls
had lured the sentries from their posts
and enabled de Valera to slip through
rear gate of the prison, a key to
which had been obtained by con-
federates
He did reappear in Dublin on March
81, and was not rearrested. Professor
de Vaiera's wife and six children live
quietly in England just outside London
Since then it has been reported sew
eral times that the Irish. leader was
in Paris. Boland said yesterday that
Professor de Valera had not been in
Paris.
There were no girls in that rescue
from Lincoln Prison. said Boland
Ode Valera planned it all himself and
there were only myself and one other
man to help. l won't give his name
for he is in Ireland. De Valera is O
wonderful man, and there's nobody can
help liking him.
"He is a professor Of mathematics
and | doubt if there is a better edu-
Gated man in all the world. Certainly
he is the best in Ireland But you'll
see for yourself Monday"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-06-22

guns, artillery and al the parapher-
MALTA Of war, pushed forward.
All day clouds of dust followed the
movement of the tractors and guns of
the 18th Field Artillery, which moved
from the fortress of Ehrenbreit-
stein out to the edge of the bridge
head, where the great valley stretches
away toward berlin. Tonight the
American soldiers are sleeping beneath
the sky in the open fields, while the
country in every direction is dotted
with smouldering fires where the SOL
diers' hurried supper had been pre-
pared.
With the infantry are engineers,
sanitary trains and signal corps men,
who strung wires as they went ahead.
Even observation balloons moved up to
get a better peek into Germany if the
Allied peace terms are not accepted
The concentration of the First division
is we'll under way and will be COM
pleted before Saturday night.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-06-22
Majority Socialists
Rule Ne1U Cabinet

The personnel Of the new German
Cabinet which was formed yesterday
at Weimar, according to Berlin dis
patches, reveals that the Majority So
cialists still control the government
Herr Bauer, the new Premier, is a
of Minister of Labor. In the course
Of his official duties he has had much
to do with the striking workmen, and
recently brought about a settlement of
the general strike in Berlin.
DR.. Mueller has become one of the
leaders of the Majority Socialists since
the revolution. He was party whip in
the National Assembly, In a. recent
speech DR.. Mueller declared that the
wanted in Germany and that he "be-
longs in pathological ward"
The name of Eduard David has been
linked with that of 2hilipp Scheide-
mann as one of the leaders of the
German Socialist Party in the Reichs-
tag since before the war. From 1915
to the time of the revolution last Nov
ember, DR.. David, in his speeches in
the Reichstag, opposed a war of con-
quest by Germany. DR.. David was a
member of the original German dele
CATION to the Peace Conference, but
retired in favor of Herr Landsberg on
account Of i'll health
Matthias Erzberger was head of the
German armistice commissi and is
one of the leaders of the Centrist or
Clerical party. The famous Reichstag
peace resolution, adopted in July, 1917,
and declaring for peace without an
nexation or indemnity" was the work
Of Erzberger.
Gustav Noske became leading fig
ure in German politics under the re-
many with Friedrich Ebert as Presi-
dent. He was a storm centre early in
the year because of his drastic meas
ures as Minister of Defence in putting
down the Spartacan uprisings.
Herr Noske policed the country eff
fectively, but incurred the criticism of
those who objected to his firm tactics
in dealing with all opposition. Many
summary executions followed an order
issued by him that all persons found
fighting the government forces should
be shot Immediately. He was men
toned as probable dictator, if it should
become necessary to appoint one
through the predicted fall of the gov
eminent some months ago.
With the exception of Dr.. Mueller.
Herr Schlicke and Herr Meyer, all the
ministers in the Bauer Cabinet were
members of the old Scheidemann Cab
met Five Of them-Wissell, Giesberts.
Bell, Noske and Schmidt-hold the
same portfolios they held under the
old ministry.
Herr Erzberger, the new Finance
Minister, succeeds DR.. Dernburg in
that position. In the old Cabinet Err
berger was minister without port
folio.
David, who becomes Minister of the
Interior, also was a member of the
Scheidemann Cabinet without port
folio. He succeeds Herr Preuss.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-06-22
King Of Italy
Asks Nitti to
Form Cabinet
Victor Emmanuel Said to
Have Called ON Former
Minister of Treasury to
Take Up Orlando's Work


ROME, June 21.--King Victor Eman
mer Minister of the Treasury, to form
a cabinet to succeed that of Premie,
Orlando, the "Giornale d'Italia" an
nounces semi icially
Former Premier Tittoni will be For.
eign Minister. it is added
Francesca S. Nitti is one Of the vet
eran leaders of Italian parliamentary
politics and an expert on international
finance and economics. He is backed
by the newly formed Catholic party
which is at present cooperating with
the Giolitti group Of former neutral
the immedia occasion for Premier
Orlando's fall was his failure at. Paris
to obtain settlement in the sen Of
the Italian nationalists, the seloe IT,.
of Signor Nitti to head the new Cab
met was prompted mainly by consid-
erations of domestic politics.
According to dispatches of the last
days, the general dissatisfaction with
the labor and food situation is assum
ing menacing proportions. Nitti, al
though not radical himself, will prob
ably be acceptable to the moderate
Socialists, as he was cooperating with
them in opposing the extreme nation
alist demands.
Early in the year Nitti, who held
the position of Minister of Finance in
the Orlando government, resigned
from the Cabinet toges ller with Bis
solati, the Socialist leader, owing to
the pressure exerted by the national
lists. 1t seems probable that the main
concern Of Nitti's Cabinet will turn
away from the international situation
to the solution Of domestic difficulties
In 1917 Nitti visited the United States
as a member of the Italian mission
headed by the Prince Of Udine, which
came here to work out various eco
nomic problems.
Signor Nitti was born July 18, 1868,
at Melfi, Italy. He was graduated in
law and became professor of financial
sciences and financial law at the Uni
versity of Naples, his present home.
His political career began with his
election to the Chamber of Deputies
in 1909. He became an authority on
political science and finance and his
works on those subjects have been
considered Of great value. Much of
his public activity has been for the de-
velopment of Southern Italy, the max
ing of Naples great industrial city
and the recognition Of the value of
hydraulic power. In agricultural af-
fairs, he has been a leading figure.
During the war Signor Nitti repre-
sented his government in the Allied
conferences at Paris, and before his
resignation from the Orlando ministry
he was suggested as a member Of the
peace conference.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-06-22
so Majority for
Peace i'm Assembly
Copyright, 1919. Now York Tribune Incl

Copyright, 1918. Now York Tribune Incl
Ne1U York Tribune
Special Cable Service
LONDON, June 21.-The latest dis
patches from Berlin and Weimar, via
Denmark, indicate that the majority
in the National Assembly in favor Of
signing the peace treaty has reached
fifty and that the prospects of the
treaty being signed are increasingly
good
A Weimar dispatch says that the AS
semby will meet again on Sunday.
PARIS, June 21-The reported
formation of a coalition Cabinet in
Germany under DR.. Eduard David, with
Count Won Bernstortf as Foreign Min
lister, gave rise in conference circles
ministry would attempt to secure modi-
fications of the peace conditions before
finally consenting to sign.
DR.. David has been known a a Chau-
whist Socialist, and more conservative
than Scheidemann, but less compro-
missed by public utterances to rejec-
ton of the treaty than the former
Premier.
Dispatches received over the Ameri-
can military wire into Germany early
this afternoon stated that Herr Mueller,
aJorlty SOCIALIST leader, having failed
to form q Cabinet, Dr. Eduard David,
former president of the National AS
sembly, had been asked to assume the
task.
Erzberger to Head ENJOYS T..
Matthias Erzberger probably will
head the German peace delegation, the
advices indicate.
The opposition attitude of the Demo
Gratis and German Nationalist on the
question of the treaty probably will
exclude Count Won Brockdorff Rant
Eau and Count Won Bernstorff from
the government.
The German provincial press ia
strongly urging the speedy signing Of
the treaty.
Berlin advices to the American dele
cation summarizing the situation in
Germany Z 'npstoY hiahagnN show tlFe
sentiment throughout virtually all
Germany to be in favor of accepting
the peace terms. The advices cover
Leipzig, Dresden, Chemnitz and other
representative regions.
Geographically analysed, the advices
indicate that the Southern German
states are all favorable to acceptance
Of the treaty, while the Prussian re-
gions are maintaining some opposi-
ton.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-06-22
Act May Violate
Terms of Truce

The sinking of the German warships
at Scapa Flow may constitute vio-
lation of the. -armistice under which
hostilities ceased and subsequent to
which the German vessels were in
termed. Article XXI of the armstce
provided "No destruction of ships or
materials to be permitted before evac-
uation, surrender or restoration"
While this provision was intended,
so far as the ships were concerned, to
prevent their destruction before in
ternment, it may be held that the in
ternment of the vessels did not con-
stitute actual surrender, which would
be effected only after the peace treaty
provisions affecting them had been
accepted by the Germans
Section XIII of the terms of the
armistice, under which Germany agreed
to surrender her high seas fleet, reads
us follows:
The following German surface war
ships, which shall be designated by the
Allies and the United States of Amer
lea, shall forthwith be disarmed and
thereafter informed in neutral ports,
or for want of them, in Allied ports,
to be designated by the Allies and the
United States of America, and placed
under the surveillance of the Allies
and the United States of America, only
caretakers being left on board, namely,
six battle-cruisers, ten battleships,
eight light cruisers, including two
mine layers, fifty destroyers Of the
most modern type. All other surface
warships, including river craft, are to
be concentrated in German naval
bases to be designated by the Allies
and the United States of America, and
are to be paid off and completely dis
armed and placed under the super
vision of the Allies and the United
States of America. All vessels of the
auxiliary fleet, trawlers, motor vessels,
etc, are to be disarmed."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-06-22
snakes Terms Harder.'
Declares admiral Sims

Special Correspondence ,
NEWPORT, r. L., June 21.--"I can't
believe It," said Rear Admiral William
S. Sims, who was in command Of the
American feet in European waters dur
ing the war, when he was told tonight
OF the sinking Of ne informed German
warships by thei, crews at Scapa Flow.
ut would be r very foolish thing for
them to do" Rear Admiral Sims added.
ut will only make the terms harder
for them. They are German ships
manned by depleted German crews and
were interned at Scapa Flow after be-
ing surrendered at Edinburg Swim
ming ashore at Scapa Flow would be no
fun. but why swim when they had all
the boats they needed?
II really cannot believe that such a
thing has happede."
No statement on tho international
aspect Of the situation would be made
by. Admiral Sims before he had re-
csivsd full dstails Of the incident