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SPALATO IS WARNED
BY ALLIED ADMIRALS
Attacks or Insults to Be Re.
pressed by Arms.

wAsHISoToN, March s.-4-The Italian
Embassy made public to-day the text OF
n proclamation issued by the Intsrna-
tonal Committee OF Admirals In the
Adristic, warning the Inhabitants and
local authorities OF spalato. a Dalnnatian
port, against disorder or insults to the
Allies. and authorizing Rear Admiral
Niolack. tho American commander there.
to prevent by force OF arms II necessary
the repetition OF such incidents as the
recent attack upon Italian oflieera ~
II was largely due TO the spalato incl
dent that italy placed the embargo
against the movement OF supplies
through Adriatio ports. the operation of
which recently led the United States to
give warning to italy thSt unless An end
was put to delays In -thsirnovement OF
food TO the Csecho-Slovaks and Jugo-
slavs. food supplies. from aha United
States toftaiy would be cut or.
An official despatch from Rome 70 the
embassy to-day quoting tns text OF the
Admirals' proclamation. described the
trouble At Spalato as further proof OF
the lack OF political education and pug
nacious temperament o. the Jugo-Slavs.'
The order placed an intsrallied force
Mt the disposition Of Admiral. Niblack
who was requested to take such steps as
might be necessary and TO apply the
most severe measures contemplated by
military law to enforce order X the
civilian Authorities proved themselves
incompetent. Among acts specifically
mentioned as violations OF the terms oil
the armistiee were: 49,
ANY insult to the allied flags; an.
outrage with words or sestures against
officers. sailors or soldiers OF the allied
nations any inimioal expression agains
the Aliies; any attempt against personal
liberty or private property. any refusa
to comply with the orders Of the inter.
allied policA'
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ALLIES MAY RECEIVE
&,16S,OOO,OOO MORE
Future Credits TO Them Are
Limited by Ten Billion
Appropriation.
ELEVEN DEBTOR NATIONS
Loans Already Amount to 3d.
41,657,00o, but S410,9s9-
600 Has Not Been Paid.

WAsHINoroS. March s.--Future cred
its to allies now are limited to si.I5s,-
100000, the unused portion OF the $780,
o0o,o0o,0o0 appropriation. according to
report issued to-day by the Treasury.
Until peace is declared this balance can
be loaned TO allies for any war purpose.
but thereafter for year and a half
credits may DO extended only TO enable
allies TO purchase American property In
Europe or elsewhere, and TO finance al
lied purchases of wheat, the price Of
which has been guaranteed by the United
States Government
The War Departments liquidstins
commission, now IN Europe, IA expected
to report soon the approximate value OF
railroad materials. army equipment and
other property which the United States
will have for sale in Europe. This re-
port will shed some light on the volume
OF postwar credits which may be ex-
pected of this Government. France and
Belgium will be the biggest borrowers
for these purposes. since they are ex-
pected to acquire most OF the railroad
rolling stock. warehouses and other
property offered for sale by the United
States.
Since Congress failed to approve the
Treasurys recommended lions that Il b
permitted to use the unsxpended portion
Of authorized credits as postwar loans
70 allies to finance exports from thl.
country. this function will be limited
TO the War Finance Corporation, which
has an appropriation Of $1,000, ooo, 900
available for advances to exporters
Eleven allies now are debtors OF TIN
United States. Credits have been "a,
tablished amounting to ss,s<l,sST.ooo
but $Al0,93s,oo0 Of this sum, although
subject TO draft. has not yet been paid
out OF the Treasury. Great Britain Dor.
rowed nearly an much as all other allies
combined.
BY nations, credits established. and
the balances still subject TO draft are as
follows:
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RADIO GIVES WILSON
CONFERENCE NEWS
Sympathy Sent to Late Score
fory HerbsSt's Daughter.
10 wiretess TO tAs AsAocsafsd Prs,

~ W~etess 10 fhe 14eocfdfed Prcss.
ON BOARD rHs U~s. B. GroEsn WASH
Ixerox. March ss--Presidcras wilson TO.
day received wireless dispatches from
Paris on the progress being made at
the Peace Conference. The President,
however. is deferrins until next week
consideration of problems to be taken
UP IN connection with his return 20
Paris. N
The impression gathered by those
who have como In contact with Presi-
dsnt Wilson is that the. opposition which
has developed to tho League of Nations
covenant has not caused him TO decide
that any radical changes are necessary
II 10 recognized th3t changes in phrase
oiosy and minor part culars are possible.
but IL Is understood that President Will
son Is not looking for any fundamental
alteration.
Thus far the President has given N.
tie consideration to these questions. He
fu1 voyage.
Rain again set In to-day. The sun
has not been seen from rthe George
Washington since the morning after her
departure, butt the sea continues smooth.
The President sent a wireless message
OF sympathy to-day to Mrs. Benjamin
Mieou of Montgomery. Ala, daughter
OF the late Hilary A. Herbert. once Sec
rotary Of the Navy. The President said {:
THE country has lost a servant who
illustrated in the whole spirit OF his
service very high order OF patriotism
az wen as great ability"
The sun., 1919-03-09
FIVE BATTLESHIP.S HIT
IN FIGHT AT WTLAND
Major British Losses Revealed
for First Time.

LONDON, March s.-The damage In
hicted by the Germans on British bat
tIeships participating in the naval battle
of the SlSaGerrak (battle OF Jutland).
in the North Sea between Norway and
Tutland. on May 81. 1916. Is descrtbed
by Reuters Limited as follows:
4 torpedo struck the Marlborough.
flooding one boiler room and killing two
men. The Marlborough was not hit by
shell fire.
A twelve inch she'll struck the super
structure Of the Colossus. causing a
IRE. Another shell burst short, its
sriinters wounding thre8 men and in
fiiefing unirnpo ytant damage.
The Barnham was hit i've times by
heavy shells. one Of which wrecked one
of the hydraulic pumps, the auxiliary
wireless Office and the medical store.
causing heavy casualties smong the
wireless and medical STAFF.
The AIalaya was hit eight times. The
siren steampipe was fractured and a
on the gun deck and smashed the
mounting of one six inch gun. Two
of the hits caused a large hole belo v
the armor. flooding the adjacent com.
partments. Tho rangeflnder was put
out Of action. .-.,..-.
The Valiant near the end OF the
action was struck by two heavy shells,
Both perforated The six inch armor and
Iid considerable damage. jatnn1ing the
helm hard aport and causing the ship
10 turn In circles. While thus circling
the Valiant was hit twenty-eight times
sixteen OF the hits being from big
Guns and INJECTING more or less serious
damage. The casualties we're light.
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Allies were treating Germany a. she
previously had treated Russia and that
''tha conseouepoes ,ro,,id n. the .a,,.u
Americans like Messra lament par,,ch
e.rau,, ard ,,ocorr,,,s,, n..I .N. ;,t..os,
80. 80, .'.,'' Wv u''oe
anu appsrentiy they were success
~. III. AZ tne repsrat'on matter, whlch Is
,ne ..A oruh OF the whole SITUATION. the
hineIicans nave peen WORKING wonasrs,
Mseiy because It 10 realised on all
Sue tnat tne americans are oislnter-
es.eo' me american claims peing neen-
sioie compared 10 those OF the Allies.
Cn !ne sup-conmittee OF three wnich
70 reaiy nAint the amount that aer-
many can pay MT; lamont represents
mmerioa ana Mr. Cunline Great Britain.
Inc nisnest oroer OF nnancial talent u
heoesesfy ,or making The survey TO de-
teIhrne tais amounts Whicn mas not YET
peen nAeo actualy put wnicn Is hkeiy
70 90 less than *eo'oso'ooo'ooo.
The sun., 1919-03-09
REDS OVERTHROW
URGED BY FRANCIS
No Peace for World as Long as
They Remain, Says Am
bassador.
MASSES AGAINST THEM
Charges Raymond Robins
Brought Secret Offer to VIII
son From Lenine.

WASHINGTON, March s.-David r.
Francis. who went to Russia rs Ameri-
can Ambassador in 1915, before the
overthrow Of the monarchy. and who re-
NAMED there until after tho Bolsheviki
had seized the Government, In testifying
to-day before the Senate COMMITTEES In
vestigating iawless propaganda, warned
that should the Bolshevists be permitted
to remain IN power all Russia would BE-
exploited by the Germans, Within ten
years under such conditions, ne said.
Germany would be the victor of the war
In that tha nation would be stronger, in
every way than It was In 1914.
Ambassador Francis told the commit
too that complete and thorough under
standing OF the Russian menace con-
WINGED him that with the Bolsheviki In
power in Russia peace not only In Eu-
ropo but throughout the entire world
was an utter impossibility. He said that
there was good reason for believing Ger
man and Austrian orricers were with the
Red forces operating In northern Russia,
and he added that the Germans steadily
we're getting a grip upon the yitAls OF
Russia and her industries.
Says Robins Bore Secret Offer.
Mr.. Francis further testified that An
formation had reached him that Ray
,nond Robins, former American Red
Cross Commissioner TO Russia. upon his
return to the United States had carried
a proposal from the Bolshevik Govern
ment TO President Wilson. This pro-
posal, he said he Understood. was an
offer Of certain concessions to the Amer
iran Govern mont similar To thos< granted
Germany In tho treaty CT Brest-Litovsk.
The Ambassador said so far as he knew
Mr.. Robins was never given an oppor-
tunity to present the proposal to the
President
In reply 20 questions from members
of the committee Mr.. Francis said Il
WAS his understanding that the Soviet
Government did not desire TO make a
similar proposal 70 Great Britain, France
and the other ALLIES. on the contrary,
his information. he said, was to the
effect that the Bolshevlki wished to con-
ceal tho proposal from the Governments
associated With the United states.
The Ambassador WAS asked what
would happen IL American and allied
troops were withdrawn from northern
was positive the Bolsheviki would sweer
In and engage in an orxy Of murder and
destruction on a scale such a. the world
had never seen.
Reports that the Boishsvf,d wAr<
sending their agents into Germany
France and England we're upheld by
the Ambassador. VINO said he believed
the efforts in this country thus far had
taken the form Of money for use ir
spreading their propaganda. He told
OF the delivery q Bolshevist propa.
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land. Southeast Africa. according to this
plan. will be Joined to the Union OF
South Africa ,t.i9.
In the Pacific II seems likely. the
newspaper states. that Japan will keep
the German islands north Of the equator
and Australia all the German islands
south Of the equatorial line. with the
would bs administered by New Zeae
land. ~
The Supreme War Council has de-
cided to give Herbert c. Hoover. direc-
tcr-general OF allied relief, practical
control Of all the railways IN the old
Austrian Empire and to make him the
mandatory Of the council in demanding
locomotives and freight cara from each
Of the new States OF old Austria with
which to create food and relief SER
vice. The relief trains will run over
all lines without political or military
interference. The service will be I'M
der the relief administration headed by
Mr.. Hoover.
In Hands of u. 8. Engineers. .
Mr.. Hoover has placed the matter in
the hands Of American Army, engineers
for execution. The engineers have been
detailed BY Gen. Psrshins
The decision Of the council amounts
In sffcct to making Mr.. Hoover director
general Of the Austrian railway system
In the carrying out OF relief work.
Five new Statss have arisen within
tho area of old Austria and all have
agreed to place the entire question Of
the distribution and mana cement Of the
railway rolling stock in Mr.. Hoover's
hands. ,.s -
The Italians. who had been maintain
Ing food blockade against Jugo-
Slavla, finally have allowed their diff
fersnces with the Jugo-Slevs to be set
tied by commission. and the Supreme
War Council has directed that the block
ade be raised at once.
The action taken Is the result OF re-
ports on the serious situation throughout
Austria Hungary. Owing 20 restrictions
placed on American appropriations for
relief Mr.. Hoover has arranged for the
British Government to purchase $1o.-
100000 worth Of foodstufrs from the
United States Grain Corporation. This
will be turned over for distribution in
Vienna. Similar relief measures will be
taken In other parts Of the old empire
The sun., 1919-03-09

sanda 10 the armies OF the Allies and
tho United States In France.
According to Ambassador Francis
less than . constantly dwindlins 10 pc,
cent Of all TIRE people In Russia belong.
cd TO the Boisheviki, q ...-...s -.
He painted vivid picture OF the ter
ror that reigns in the old country oil
the Car ana told of one instance WHERE
the guitars from o. courtyard In Petro-
srad actually ran with blood from the
victims OF the Bolsheviki Many were
killed without even charges being made
against them. and on several occasions,
the Ambassador asserted, there were
wholesale killings.
He said moro than five hundred inno-
cent hostages were killeu ne one time,
and that his observation OF conditions
and affairs IN Russia led n-m TO believe
that the Bolsheviki In their everyday
practices committed excuses far beyond
even the widest dreams OF anarchists.
Anarchists. IS I understand them.
he declared, "believe only In the de-
struction Of property. The BolshevilsI
believe In the destruction OF property
and life as well, for they realize tina,
their only means Of continuing In power
10 by killing all those who dare to OPP
pose them 81.
Speaking OF the Csecho- slovak forces
In Russia, Mr.. Frapcis said there was
not the slightest doubt but that they
were betrayed by Trotziy at the instiga-
ton OF the Germans.
Fiat contradiction was given by AM
bassador Francis to statements of pre-
In Russia.
Bolshevi<i Liked Robins.
The Anpa ssador discussed Col. Robins
at length. He said he had heard the
Red Cross representative referred TO Ae
tho '.mouthpiece OF America" and the
reference became so frequent that he
was Obliged TO issue public notice. say
ing that he represented the American
Government. and statements coming
from any other source were unauthor-
lied.
Mr.. Francis declared Col. Robins
wanted him to follow the Bolshevik
government to Moscow" when 1t moved
there from Petrograd. The Red Cross
representative was said by the Anbas-
sador to have had every facility placed
at his disposal by the Bolsheviki. with
whom he was persona grsta- He said
when Col. Robins travelled the Boil
shevlki telegraphed ahead to help him
in every way and that he even had
authorization TO have what kilograms
he sent put ahead OF all other messages,
such privileges being denied to the AM
bsssador.
The Ambassador said that on the night
OF the SUPPRESSION OF the Constituent
Assembly the Bolsheviki expected
trouble and three of the many hundred
Americans who came 10 Russia were on
guard at the Soviet Ministry OF For
eiGn Affairs He declared these to have
been John Reed. a writer. who has ap-
peared before the committee, a man
named HUMPHREYS and another named
Reinstein. whose home was said TO be
IN Buffalo.
The Ambassador asserted that IN a
single week eight hundred Americans ar
rived In Russia and that many Of then
associated with the Boisheviki soor
thereafter. Tho Ambassador said, Ia
warned the State Department and recon-
msnded that passports be not issued Il
Americans to come to Russia --.. ..''-
Albert Rhys Williams. a previous wit
| ness before the committee. freely asso
ciated with the Bolsaeviki and was ar
advocate OF their principles. said Mr.
Francis.
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POLAND GREETs RED CROSS
warsaw Decorated With American
.FIaEs for Mission.

PARIS. March s--rhe American Red
Cross Mission TO Poland arrived in War.
saw Thursday and was warmly received
according to dispatches received here
Tho city was decorated with American
flags.
Premier Paderewski gave luncheon e
the members OF the niissicn and ex-
pressed the gratitude Of Poland.
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there. was arraigned before q United
States Commissioner here to-day on
that charge and one OF being q fugitive
He was held for hearing on o plea OF
not guilty. After escaping from the
Federal officers he was drafted and was
discharged recently from Camp Devens.
The complaint alleges ne obtained
goods from Chicago firin, representing
himself to Be In business near Ctica.
The sun., 1919-03-09
JOHN KAZoWsKI Is HELD.
Fugitive From Utica Is ArraiRned
in Springfield.

SPRINorIrLp, March s.--John Kazow.
ski. indicted by 4 Federal Grand Jury
In Utica. ~. Y. on a charge of using
the mails to defraud and who ia said TO
have escaped from Federal officers
The sun., 1919-03-09
. America May Guide Armenia.

: Prevailing opinion In conference cir.
United States In ready to accept a man.
date for Armenia II 70 expected that
Smyrna will be. allotted 10 Greece, the
mandate for Syria, including Dana scus
and Alexandria, to France, and that for
Mesopotamia and Palestine to Great
Britain. according to this authority.
II appears likely, continues the arti-
Gle. that Great Britain will be given the
mandate for German East Africa and
that France will receive one for the
greater part Of the Eamerun and Togo.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-06

cape must have miscarried, for nothing
has been heard of De Valera and his fell
low. fugitives since their departure
Had De Valera reached Westminster
he would have been safe because no
member of Parliament is liable to ar
rest within mile radius of the pre-
clncts of the House of Commons. That
assembly would have been obliged to
exercise one of its most carefully
guarded privileges and therefore, to
protect him.
1t is an unmentoned fact in all the
published accounts of the proceedings
OF Parliament yesterday that thirty of
its members were missing because they
are imprisoned, the great majority of
these without any charge having been
made against them.
One wonders what the old time Par
liamentary zealots would have thought
Of such a situation. The real fact l'e-
mains that their detention in prison
untried raises the greatest obstacle to
any settlement in Ireland and seems
almost an incitement to fury
1t is common talk here that Edward
Shortt, former Secretary of State for
Ireland, favors their release, as does
Ian Mcpherson, the present occupant
of the office, while Lord French, Vice
roy of Ireland, is popularly supposed
to be pledged to that course Never
theless, with the active executives sup
posed to be favoring release, nothing
is being done.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-06
Royalists in Portugal
Claim Victory at Elvas
But Republic Troops Said to
Have Monarchists on
the Run

PARIS. Feb. "a dispatch from
Oporto says that royalist sources in
Portugal announce the complete sue
cess of the Royalists at Elvas, twelve
miles west Of Badajos.
The dispatch adds that the troops
have proclaimed monarchy.
LISBON, Feb. 2.-Monarchist troops
it is announced, have been defeated in
an action at Covilha, southeast OF
Oporto, near the Spanish frontier. b,
Republican troops, under Lieutenant
tuertes, who are advancing on
Guarda to the northeast The Repub-
lican flag now floats over the towns of
Covilha and CASTILLO Branco and the
Monarchists are retiring on Regoa,
where their headquarters have been
established.
Along the coast the Republicans
have occupied Fosoca and Argaja and
the Monarchists are evacuatng Estar-
reja, south of Oporto. Communication
with Lisbon has been restored as far
north as Aveiro
New-York tribune., 1919-02-06
1000 Army Mechanics
Refuse TO Go on Duty
In Shops Near London

LONDON, Feb 5 (By The Associated
Press) More than 1000 mechanics of
the Royal Army Service Corps have
refused to go on duty in depots adjoin-
ing London. They contend that their
contract with the government as SOL
dicrs is at an end and demand that
they be dcmobiized and engaged as
civilians to continue the work or be
given the same pay that civilians
would earn.
The best informed opinion tonight,
however. is that the menace Of a gen
eral strike in London is removed. Many
conferences were held to-day The
Board of Trade and the Cabinet had
another meeting. but there has been
no marked change in the situation
The governments quick action in
taking advantage OF the Kings pres
encc in London to call a meeting Of thC
Council to enforce under the Defence
Of the Realm act the same legal means
TO secure to the communities an cleo
trio supply as already exist to protect
in a similar manner the gas and water
supplies against strike measures has
the full support of the general public,
and, although the electric trade union
at to-night's meeting to consider the
changed situation reached no decision
but adjourned until tomorrow, it is be
licved that there will be no electric
power strike.
The situation on the Clyde is still
improving, though there has been no
general resumption OF work, especially
in the shipbulding yards. There has
New-York tribune., 1919-02-06
Make Concessions to End
Labor Unrest, Says Barnes
British Peace Delegate Sees Two Basic Reasons for
Present Conditions, Namely, Workers. Desire for
Higher Place and Growing Power Of Insurgents

madness lies. The time has come for
reestablshing unity and discipline in
the trade union movement 1t is the
only way in which VIC can evolve order
out of chaos and proceed along orderly
evolutionary lines toward giving labor
the place to which it is entitled.
"The present industrial uphcaval did
not come as surprise; everybody had
expected it; war had imposed cordi-
tons upon workers and soldiers to
which they were unaccustomed, and
moreover agreements between the trade
unions and the government in the early
days Of the war had lcsscned the au-
thority of trade union officials. The
troubles of the last year or two and the
disturbances which reached their
elimination in the Glasgow riots were
to some extent attributable to these
causes
Wars Legacy Confusion
"The war has left US legacy Of con-
fusion, and Great Britain is not the
only nation to suffer in this respect;
the troubles are of world wide magni-
tude, and every civilized country is par
ticularly affected: millions Of men can
not be demobilized and replaced in a
world industry organized for war with
out much unemployment and disloca-
tion resulting, but | think the best
brains at the service o. the state arc
now employed in tightening out the
complicated tangle with the least pos
sible delay and with intense concern
for the interest and welfare of those
who served their country and civiliza-
ton in the field and in the factory.
Further, there are principles which
! believe ultimately will be given the
effect of state organization Of and re-
sponsibility for industry. but at the
present moment are unsuitable for ap-
plcation. We must get back into an
orderly life, according to the methods
we understood before the war and
and psychologist atmosphere in which
we lived
Appeals for Patience
"At the same time | believe there is
a more healthy spirit among both en-
ployers and employed and a disposition
to apply the larger principles of ma
tional organization, and believe if
men only exhibit a little patience these
principles will be applied more speed
lily than if an attempt is made arbi-
trarily to thrust them into labor at
this juncture.
"My final word is most earnest ap-
peal to all workers and all who have
the interests not only Of labor. but of
the country and of civilization at heart
to recognize the present situation and
remember that only by the exercise Of
patience and forbearance and other
manly qualities displayed so spendidly
during the war can the full fruits of
victory be gathered and enjoyed. Pre-
cipitate and reckless action at this
juncture may imperil all, intensity the
confusion and increase the hardships
which the war has imposed upon us.
We have won the Avar; DO not let US
lose peace and the fruits Of victory by
undisciplined agitation and riotous dis
order"