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New-York tribune., 1919-03-23
II Z IIIO I 4 II
General
AnSell

ESPITE the assurances given by
Secretary Baker that the "de-
IL motion of Brgadier General
Samuel r. Ansell to his pre-war
rank of lieutenant colonel had nothing to
do with his disclosures of the unfairness
of the present military court martial,
there are many who hold up the act as
piece of War Department discipline. Dis
cussing the Secretary's announcement,
"The Dayton Journal" reminds its read
ers that no satisfactory explanation for
the demotion has yet been advanced.
"Perhaps," it comedies, "the situation
Is as the Secretary describes it. At
least we shall hope so. Nevertheless,
the fact remains that General Ansell did
anger the stand-pat heads of the army
organization with his frank criticism of
the court martial SYSTEM that the threat
was made that he would be denoted
and that the threat has developed into
an actuality.'
"The Wheeling Intelligencer" reviews
the controversy between Colonel Ansell
and General Crowder, calling attention
to the fact that General Crowder's state
ment has been made public, while the
colonel's answer is still in the archives
of the War Department.
"In other words" this journal con-
cludes, "the war administration intends
to let the American people know only
what the war administration thinks they
should know"
'The Baltimore Sun" states that the
majority of the people will never be
New-York tribune., 1919-03-23
Why Not Make
Nesr York Tndependen,2

Bouck White, fortified by his preyiors
experience as Methodist minister and
more recently as pastor of the Chureh
of the Social Revolution, and also by his
editorial studies as editor of 'The Free
City," believes it can be done. Thus IL
has it:
Let the Mayor proclaim the city and its
100000 inhabitants independent Of II,
Federal government, as Washington did ON
behalf of the 100000 people in America in
1776. He could defy Washington and win
far more easily than the Continental Con.
gress defied and won over England"
Bouck White even makes the discov.
cry that "the spirit of '76 is calling y
and adds: with courtliness toward all
and with malice toward none, we must
preserve the liberties won for us bv
heroic forefathers. He further finds
that New York ''is threatened with an
invasion of Prohibition troops, to dictate
New-York tribune., 1919-03-23
A Little Fun

Il hear you's had quite a spell, Aunt ~
NINA"
= Yes. honey. Dcy done TUX we to @
horsepital and guv me epidemic inter'e'
ton" Baltimore America.
Visitor-'What lovely furniturc' :.
Johnny-Yes; think the man we houss'
it from is sorry now he sold ii any~s''
he's always calling.-C Cleveland Press.
Man is tyrant," declared Mrs flueos''
Isn't he, John?"
Really, my dear, hardly
'is no or is he not ?"
HE Brooklyn Essle.
Ma-There is one thing about tdM as
Young man, dear; you don't have 70 sesss
every night to send him off ii.
Pa-sNo; thank heaven. orc cf S9t ~ ;s,sy
has picked out self starter hansas s,:s| sss
Star.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-23

question, but it looks as
though it might put definite
end to conscription. That, at least, is
the conclusion arrived at by two acute
observers of the European situation, the
one American, the other British, and
neither ordinarily thought of as pro-
fessional anti-militarst. Both agree
that the peoples of Europe, and above
all of Great Britain, simply won't stand
for compulsory military service. And
one of them, Frank H. Simonds, is of
the opinion that the deathblow to con-
scription has already been delivered by
Lloyd George, the Premier of Great
Britain, when he persuaded the peace
conference to limit the future army of
Germany to 100000, raised by long-term
voluntary enlistment.
Simonds says-and there are many
writer's in Allied and neutral countries
to back him up-that the end of con-
scription in Germany means the end of
conscription elsewhere. For the last
hundred years the Continental nations
of Europe were forced to maintain large
armies by the compulsory service meth
3D. simply to keep up with Prussia. If
Germany is barred from using conscrip-
ton there will be no reason for other
nations to waste their money and man
power in keeping a considerable pro-
portion of their population armed to the
teeth
New-York tribune., 1919-03-23

@ ESPITE the assurances given by
Secretary Baker that the ''de-
H. motion" of Brigadier General
New-York tribune., 1919-03-23
impossible!

Major General Sir Frederick Barton
Maurice, formerly director Of military
operations of the British General Staff
and later one of the best known military
critics in England, said on his recent
arrival here that the feeling in England
is almost unanimous in opposing, con-
scription that conscription in England
at the present time is political impos-
sbility
This tallies with the diagnosis set out
by Simonds, who says that Lloyd George
was prompted to put over his indirect
anti-conscription measure in the peace
conference by the political situation at
home. Simonds writes:
"It is a matter of frank question whether
the peoples of Europe, after this tremen-
dous tragedy, would have consented to ac
cept any peace which continued the condi-
tions as to conscription which existed be-
fore 1914 1t is a question whether any
peace even under the shadow of the league
Of nations, would have been welcomed by
the millions of Europe if 1t did not absolve
them from the blood tribute of the old mill
taristic system . E.. The whole thing
has two aspects; the domestic political
necessities of Lloyd George and the larger
philosophical conception Of many English
men. 1t was impossible to persuade the
British public permanently to adopt the
system of conscription which they reluc-
family accepted after the war had continued
for many months; 1t was impossible to
raise any professional armies by the volun-
tary system which could face the German
armies if Germany retained the conscription
system. But there were also the hope that
If Germany, now temporarily in chains,
should be compelled to abandon the insti-
tuition Of conscription she would not revert
to it after she had regained her national
health"
Lloyd Georges plan is described by
Simonds as follows:
Under his plan there will be imposed
upon Germany the British military system,
which calls for volunteer army corhpar-
able to our own regular army, made up Of
men enlisted for long period of time,
twelve years, to be exact The. size. Of this
army will be rigidly held down to 100000,
as contrasted with the national army of re-
cent decades"
If
This is the way the plan will affect
Europe:
What Lloyd George had in mind was
twofold thing. If Germany were per-.
mittcd to continue conscription it was in
evitable that England also would have to
adopt permanently that conscription
method followed in the later years Of the
war. In the last political campaign Lloyd
George gave unqualified assurances that
this system OF conscription should be
abandoned. In imposing upon Germany the
necessity Of abandoning conscription Lloyd
George is keeping his political promises in
England.
But the thing goes far beyond this
Conscription is the sort Of thing which per-
s'sts, because every nation Is compelled to
protect itself SO long rs one nation arms its
whole population.
"Now, II Germany is compelled to
abandon conscription and to accept pro-
fessional army OF 100000 men, France and
Italy, in their turn, will unquestionably
abandon conscription. The Radical and
Socialist parties, I'd, IN fact, the masses
OF French and Iti lian people, viii never
fOnHEut to make n ,.F "A
New-York tribune., 1919-03-23

have in readiness a large reserve of
finished soldiers, while the letter of their
obligation was lived up to. This is
the way conscription was loosed upon
Europe, and this is the thing Lloyd
Georges plan is calculated to kill in the
bud
New-York tribune., 1919-03-23
all We Knock Conscription Out? Want To
Want ToBe
Panjan-
drum?

EVEN among the experts in i.
r. possibilities of radicalism ! !
A< evinced an undercurrent Of !,
lief that Bouck White, with i.
long record of inventiveness and ;n.s
ination, has surpassed himself as,;s
He has shouted the battle cry Of III
dom anew, yet in key that mals,
it different in its novelty, for, scaunm.
the long curve of the horizon, he see A.
fair city of New York clamped dow,
tight under the heel of autocracy. Filsi
consequently with righteous indienat;os
he proposes the logical though novel j
tentative:
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-07-05
Send. Message To President
Ebert Asking Him To In
form German. And Allies
OF Hi. Declaration; He l.
Second Man To Make The
Same Claims.

London, July 5.-F1eld Marshal Won
Hindenburg. former chief of the Ger
man stanr declares that he is respon-
sible for acts Of German main head
quarters since August 1916 and also
the proclamations Of Emperor VIII
liam concerning the waging of war
fare. He asks President Ebert Of
Germany to inform the Allies to this
effect, according to a Copenhagen dis
patch to the Exchange Telegraph
company.
The field marshal arrived in Han
over on Friday, the dispatch states,
and telegraphed the following mes
sage to President Ebert:
THE signing of the peace treaty
gives me occasion for declaring that
I am responsible for the decisions
and acts of main headquarters since
August 20, 1916 and also that all
proclamations and orders of his
majesty, the emperor and king con-
cerning the waging of warfare were
issued upon my advice and upon my
responsibility. beg you therefore to
inform the German people and the
Allied governments of this declara-
ton" I'll
DR.. Theobald Won Bethmann-Ho
veg, former German chancellor who
held Office at the beginning Of the war
also has made q similar statement ac-
cepting entire responsibility for the
war.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-07-05
Rome ON Guard.

Rome, July 4. (Friday)-The press
today urges the mayor of Rome not to
wait for, the repetition here of riots
of the character Of those in Romagna
and Florence. but to prevent action
by the people" by imposing a reduc-
tion Of fifty per cent upon all prices
of foodstuffs and clothing. II the
producers and shopkeepers resist,
their licenses must be Withdrawn and
their goods confiscated, it is urged.
Commenting on the situation, the
Tempo today says:
THE present conditions are the
consequence of the failure of the
policy of the governments during the
last four years in the diplomatic. f.
financial and eco1omi6 fieldss Thus
italy is confronted by the fact that
her national and territorial problems
are unsolved and that her economic
activity is in decay. In addition to
her financial disaster there is a halt in
production and q limitation in sup.
plies. She is worse than a defeated
country"
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-07-05
RESTRICTIONS R ON !.
US. GOODS WILL
BE CHANGED LITTLE

London, July Am ITS. review OF
conanericiar and economic conditions
in. Great Britain during June the
American chamber of commerce in
London says that with the disband-
ment Of the imports consultative coun-
Gil little change may be expected in
import restrictions on American goods
before September. ~
Sir Auckland Geddes. minister Of
reconstruction, the report says. has
informed parliament that the govern
ment has a draft of trade policy
prepared In every detail and covering
all trades. but it cannot. yet be d.
vulged. Sir Auckland claims, it is
added, that the policy Of restricting
imports Is justified because it protects
British manufacturers and supports
sterling exchange and therefore he
cannot guarantee that the restrictions
will be entirely removed after Sep
tember.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-07-05
PRESIDENT WILL
ADDRESS CONGRESS
THURSDAY, REPORT

New York. July 6.-Joseph P. Tu-
multy. secretary to President Wilson,
announced here today that according
to the present program Mr.. Wilson
will address the senate on Thursday.
Mr.. Tumulty said that the president
would be greeted at the pier on his
arrival here Tuesday by school chill
dren Of Hoboken. who will form lines
through which he will pass to the
Twenty-third street ferry. He will
cross the Hudson on a city ferry boat
and will be received on the New York
side by the official reception commit
tee headed by Governor Smith and
Mayor Hylan.
After his reception Mr.. Wilson will
motor by way Of Fifth avenue to Car
negie hall. where he will deliver a
brief address. He will leave New
York for Washington at 5 .. m.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-07-05
ALVER0 Will
GET SUPPORT
Assurance of Support in the
Fight for President Given
By Many Mexicans.

Ell Paso. Tex, July 5.-General
Alvaro obregon has received many
assurances Of support in his candidacy
for the presidency Of Mexico in the
election to be held in July, 1920.
There are 500 clubs of the Partido
Liberal Constitucionalists (Iiberal
party) in Mexico, with which Obregon
has affiliated himself. In Sonora he
has, in addition, the support of the
Partido Revolution Sonorense $50
nora Revolution party) which the
chief support of Adolfo de la HuertA
in the governorship election.
1t is understood that Pablo Con
zales will be General aObregon's op-
ponent unless President Carranza
succeeds in postponing the election
as he has suggested. The failure of
and begin his campaign is causing
Obregon's friends some uneasiness.
Considerable feeling exists in So
nora over the result of the guberna-
torfal election in which the govern
ment candidate, de Ia Huerta, was
elected by big plurality. The troops
quartered in the state under COM
mand of General p. Elias Gales and
his sub-commanders, General Juan
Torres, General Francisco Cruz and
General Francisco Serrano, moved
casting a vote in each place.
This was easy to do without de-
lection, it was pointed out, as each
candidate has his distinctive ballot
with a border printed in color which
is registered with . the secretary OF
state of Sonora. There ID no registra.
ton Of voters. It follows as matter
of course that the man who controls
the army controls the election. 4
~-
moned to Mexico City and appointed
minister of. commerce and industry In
the Carranza cabinet, but he has
since returned to Sonora with the an
nounced Il Intention Of campaigning
against the = aquis. He is,a strong
manaand @is kflostn-to hold sonora h
an iron grip with his troops he car
compel It fto 20 any way he. .dictates
An Interesting observation hal
been: made I'M Mexican circles here
that PRESIDENT Carranza. shrewdly
planned General Gales wfthdrawa.
from Sonora by making him cabi-
net officer. IR~substantiation of this
alleged effort to break Gales hold or
Sonora, it was pointed out that the
Mexican troops who recently were
slated for transport across American
territory from Sonora to Juarez were
led by Gales warmest' friends. The
troops, however, did not get away
because OF protests made against the
move by the governors Of the border
states whose territories would have
been traversed.
1t is now believed that Gales viii
remain in Sonora, indefinitely, conduct
his campaign against the Yaquis and
watch the national situation from 9
better point of vantage. He Is said
to be out of his element at Mexico
CITY,
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-07-05
DISORDER IS !.
INCREASING
IN FLORENCE
Ransacking Of the Shops is
Widespread; Crowds
Are Fired Upon.

Florence. Friday, July 4.-(By the
Associated Press. fired
upon crowds here today Disorders
are increasing and the ransacking of
shops is widespread. One entire
street is flooded with petroleum,
gasoline, wine, beer and olive oil.
Wherever the chamber Of labor is
able to exercise authority, goods are
being transported to special ware
houses under the red flag. Large
quantities Of supplies are being turned
over to the municipality In the Piazza
signoria, the chief square of the city.
Money taken from shops also is be-
ing placed in the care of the munich
pality or the chamber of labor.
The only shops respected by the
rioters were those bearing the in
scription: This shop is at the dis
posal of the chamber of labor
| The chamber of labor apparently
has become the only authority to
which the people pay any attention.
to use the streets must bear a sign
reading Circulation allowed by the
Chamber of Labor" The local au-
thorities seemingly have made no ef-
fort to oppose the chamber.
All the newspapers have suspended
publication because of strike of
printers. The sale of newspapers
from other cities is prohibited.
One Of the manifestos issued by the
chamber Of labor announced that all
goods which had been sold at prices
| fixed by the government would here
after be sold at half that price. All
| other goods, including medicine. it
| was ordered, should be sold at re-
duction of 70 per cent from the pre-
vious prices.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-07-05
SAYS MILLION
WILL ,JODNlV THE
MOONEY STRIKE
No Estimate of Number Of
Men Who Quit Work in
West is Made.

San Francisco, July 5.-Most labor
unions in San Francisco prolonged
their July 4 holiday to last over July
s, so 1t was not possible for employ
ers or labor leaders to estimate today
the number who have Joined gen
eral strike on behalf of Thomas j.
Mooney. sentenced to life imprison-
ment for murder.
Fourteen labor unions Of San
Francisco voted to join the strike, s.
Schulberg, executive officer for the
International Defense league, said
Schulberg asserted one million work
ers in the United States and Canada
would join the strike.
General Offices of the Defense
league were closed. Schulberg said
the Office employees had Joined the
strike.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-07-05
Big Handley-P age Airplat1e
Forced to Land Because of
Engine Trouble Earlu TOdall
Machine Drop. In Streets OF
Parrsboro, Near Halifax; !;
Is Badly Damaged In
Landing But None OF The
Crew Injured Cannot
Continue For Some Time.

Halifax, N. s.. July 5.-The giant
Handley Page biplane, Atlantic, under
the command Of Vice Admiral Kerr,
which left H9rhor Grace. N. F., yes
terday en- route to New York or At
lantic City. landed in the streets of
Parrsboro At $3.50 o'clock this morn
ing.
The big airplane was forced to de-
scend owing to ENGINE trouble and in
landing was damaged beyond imme-
diate repair. No member of the crew
was injured.
Parrsboro 10 a town about IS miles
west of here. The atlantic" left
Harbor Grace at AIS p. M, yesterday
on her / 200 mile trip. 1t is presumed
that the big biplane was diverted from
the intended course across the Bay of
Fundy as q result of fog. Her sched
ule called for passing over Halifax at
midnight last night.
Oil Tube Bursts.
Everything went we'll with the bi-
plane until an oil tube burst shortly
after 3 o'clock this morning, necessi-
tating descent. A large open field
was decided upon for the landing, but
on coming down wire was encount-
cred and the under carriage of the
machine was badly wrecked.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-07-05
Pleasure Boat Founders;
Sixteen Persons Believed
TO Haze DrOlUiaed IN Lake

stumps and old trees. The pilot Of
the boat; ~. A. Erickson, Is said to
have cut In too close to the shore
when making the point, and Z stump
tore Q greNt hole In the bottom Of the
launch. i u
Many Of the passengers jumped into
the water. Sixteen succeeded, in
reaching shore. 3 y, .a
The bodies recovered this morning
are William Harris, Dell Rapids;
Susie and Esther Holmes, Howard: /:
Marion Warner. Howard !: Earl ana
Pearl Wlnkelplex. Coleman: Ruth
Pickaft. Coleman; Lix1ie Roach,
Salmon. and Ben Olson. Carlton, the
engineer Of the boat 81
The spaiDengers Aboafd & thss beat
were idents of' towns ana villages
near hare Who had come 10 the lake
Tor the Fourth Of Jnly alsbSntSea.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-07-05
VENIZELO LOS TELLS
GREEKS OF SIGNING
OF PEACE TREATY

saloniki. Friday, July 4.-rremier
Venixelos announcement to his peo-
pie of the signing OF the German
peace treaty ut Versailles, v1s iass4d
today by General ParaSkevopoulos n
an order OF the day TO troopa The
mOe1AGe read: 4. fs 81
The world commences to brsa&aA
The ssfronGost OF our enemies rocoe.
niseg hin complete dekaat and aOcspts
the heavy but 5uDt conditions Of the
Al@tea. The signing Of ths peAce u1ll
be followed rapidly by the submtss1on
Of our more direct enemtaG. BuiGAzia
ana Turkey, amd this lattef action viii
restore liberty 70 many thousnadn 0e
our brothers Ia the Greek ixrodeAfA
a. we'll ~ to the ~ iiving thaee;
and Nili enAh1e 0scoca aanan q; u.
come rtch a4xts ana 90 Galey3 ~
League ~ Nat1ons ~ ,0s0GS axIHy
my g prcss1 ~ ~ p1r4 a4sa r
this gtgAntfc wot1 Z sslss &.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-07-05
Charge For Holding
Grain For Inspection
Approved By officials

Washington. July 5.-The interstate
commerce commission today approved
a charge Of 81 per car for holding
grain and seed sent out for inspec-
ton when disposition orders are not
furnished before p. m. of the day
inspection is made. AS neither state
nor federal laws require inspection
Of hay or straw the commission ap-
proved a fiat charge Of 81 per car
or straw Is held for inspection.
Service performed in setting out
such cars may not be made the basis
of an extra charge and no charge is
permissible when cars are inspected
on terminal elevator tracks or while
hold in yards for tho convanience Of
the carrier.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-07-05
Every State Houored.

Coblenz. Friday, July 4.-(By the
Associated Press. s.)-A salute Of as
guns-one for each state In the union
flashed out over Coblenz at noon to-
day from the ancient walls of the
fortress of Ehrenbreitstein, echoing
up and down the Rhine and Moseile
valleys as the first part of the army 8
program in celebrating the Fourth in
Germany.
This was the nrst time that Ameri~
can artillery has barksd from the
famous fortress on the east bank of
the Rhine. The salute was fired from
75's of the seventeenth field artillery
and the roar Of the same guns was
heard before by Germans at st.
Mfhie1, in the Champagne and in the
battle of the Argonne.
The Fourth was celebrated
throughout the American occupied
area, all duty being. suspended except
what was absolutely necessary. The
afternoon was filled with athletic ac-
tivitiee such as boxing, track meets
and ball games and the evening was
devoted to theatrical performances
and pyrotechnic displays at the head
quarters Of various units.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-07-05
FISH HARVEST STARTS.

Juneau. Alaska June 15.-(By
Mail)-Fish harvesting days have
come again in Alaska. BY the middle
of July, when the season will be on
in full blast, tho scores of, fisheries
and salteries, which dot inlets and
river mouths all the way from Ketch-
ikAn to Nome, will be employing be-
tween $4,000 and 10000 people, it IL
expected.
War on the inny tribes of the north
Pacific will be waged all summer by
the fishermen and cannerymen. This
years pack is expected to equal the
pack Of last year, which was worth
over $4,000, 900, according to an es-
innate made by the territorial bureau
Of publicity here.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-07-05
ARMISTICE TERMS
SIGNED BY GERMANS
AND ESTHONlANS

Copenhagen, Friday, July A.
Through the mediation Of Allied rep
resentatives an armistice between the
Esthonians and Germans has been
signed at Riga. 1t provides that all
German troops shall leave Riga and
that the Germans evacuate Letvh at
the earliest opportunity.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-07-05
COMMISSION TO.
DRAFT NOTE FOR
THE AUSTRIANS

Paris, July 5.-The peace conference
commission on Geographical frontiers
met today to draft an answer to the
note Of the Austrian delegation on the
question Of the future frontiers of
Austria. Captain Andre Tardieu pre-
sided
The commission in charge of the
execution Of the treaty with Germany
held its first meeting today while the
supreme inter-Allied council met in the
afternoon to consider questions in the
Austrian and German treaty as we'll
as the revictualling Of central Europe.