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New-York tribune., 1919-01-05
British Report
Trouble in Troop
Camps Is Settled

LONDON. Jan. An official state-
ment concerning disturbances among
troops at rest camps arising from COM
plants over the delay in demobiliza-
tion was issued by the War Office to-
night. Il says:
The trouble which has arisen in the
last two days among troops returning
to France from leave in England has
been satisfactorily settled after a long
conference between the commanding
officer and representatives of the men.
The War Office authorities and the
rehabilitation officials of the Ministry
of Labor are engaged in investigating
each case individually at Folkestone.
As a consequence Of the difficulty, it
was found necessary to close Folke-
stone temporarily as a port OF embark
alton. Hence the departure of the
guards colors (for the Rhine) has
been postponed"
New-York tribune., 1919-01-05

pointed c. S. Birmingham, OF the
Eme erson- Brantingham Company, Rock
ford, H.; Horace Bowker, of the Chem
ical Alliance, New York, and F. H. Vo-
gel, leather manufacturer of Milwau-
kee. as a committee to further the meas
ure's passage. A resolution was passed
providing that each war service com
mlttee request the units of its in
dustry to urge upon their Representa-
tives in Congress support of the prin-
ciples of the bill.
Harry A. Wheeler, president Of the
Chamber of Commerce of the United
States. said that commission to rep
resent business at the peace confer
ence, which was proposed at the At
lantic City congress, is still being con-
sidered.
'It may be-" he added, that the
men accredited to the government can
adequately represent business In that
case we need not send separate COM
mission"
Charles W: Asbury, president of the
Anne rican Hardware Manufacturers
Association, was elected chairman of
the advisory council.
New-York tribune., 1919-01-05
Scandal Brewing
In England Over
Demobilization
Government Red Tape Holds
Thousands in Army Who
Are Needed for Revival
of Business and Industry
BY F. A. Wray
New York Tribune
European Bureau

tCopyrisht, 1919. New York Tribune lnc)
LONDON, Jan. 4.-Every newspaper
here devotes columns daily to attack
ing the rehabilitation scandal, but al
though Premier Lloyd George has in
tervened to accelerate matters and has
appointed Sir Eric Geddes to hurry
the demoblzilation nothing happens.
There are tens of thousands of men
whose employers will make any sacri-
hce to regain their services. And there
are an equal number Of businesses that
cannot be reopened. thus involving the
employment of many others, until their
release. Seven or eight government
departments are involved in the prob
lem. Applicants for release are re-
Ierred from one TO another and are
nnally comforted with instructions to
Ill out various complicated forms of
applications, the supply of which is
frequently short.
"Pivotal' men. who are necessary to
the reopening of trade and industry.
We're promised immediate release. but
elght weeks after the signing of the
armlstlce only an insignificant traction
nave returned to civil life. The ma
lorlty are still with the army, holding
rldlculously inadequate jobs at a high
expense to the country, with hopes
OF their discharge growing daily
fainter.
In the mean time all kinds of impor-
New-York tribune., 1919-01-05

last l1, month legislation superseaing the
sherman law and permitting price-fy
,nS combinations was recommended
put we cannot wait for legislation" ;"
Mr. butterworth said yesterday.
10 Make Appeal to United States
Calling attention to the fact that At
i,orney General Gregory has announced
ni cis intention to start Investigations of
nheIman law lnfractions, Mr.. Butter
worth proposed that the council send
committee to ask him not to prose
cute VIOLATIONS such as the government
lection was made that Mr.. Gregory
could answer that it was his duty
merely to enforce the law. Therefore
the council decided to permit its CEN
tral committee to decide what branch
or TIE government should receive the
request.
+. {. Hildreth. chairman of the war
service committee of the machine tool
industry, IN supporting Mr.. Butter
worth's plan, said: "Normally the
United States produces $4,000, 900
worth of machine tools year. Under
lhe pressure Of war necessity this out
put was Increased to sS4OO, 100000.
Maoreover, the government now holds
%oVV,ooO:ooc worm OF machine tools
IT competition under the Sherman law
IS resumed and these tools must be
sold at low price the result will be
far from favorable"
War Contracts an Issue
in addition to this action REGARDING
the Sherman law, the advisory council
decided to'support the bill proposed by
members of the War Industries Board
to protect manufacturers who took
orders or made informal contracts fo1
war supplies but whose contracts were
not completed according to law. This
bill authorizes the Secretary of Wa,
TO waive compliance with law in
these contracts and to make compensa-
tions to those who might otherwise
suffer unfairly from the cancellation
OF war orders. The advisory council
decided to favor this bill rather than 9
similar measure before the Senate
which places the power to make sucl
compensations in the hands of com
mission. One man, such as the Secre.
tary Of War, could work more effec
lively ahan commission, it was said
The War Industries Board bill is
now before the committees on Militar,
Affairs of both houses. The council ap
New-York tribune., 1919-01-05
Must Prevent
Future W ars,
Asserts Baker
Declares Spirits of Dead
Flower Over Versailles
Demanding Such Action
u. 5. Awake to Its Strength
Sacrifice of Lives Vain
Without International
Covenant Against Force

BUFFALO. Jan. 4.-Speaking here
tonight before the Buffalo Chamber
of Commerce, Secretary of War Baker
declared it inconceivable that the
peace conference would make the
world war an insupportable tragedy
by failing to provide for league of
nations or some other arrangement to
prevent such disasters in the future.
We. here in America, who have
worked and paid" he said, "the faith
ers and mothers who have given their
sons, surely have right to some high
assurances of future peace as a conso-
Iation for their sacrifices One can
not close his eyes and think of the
peace conference at Versailles without
feeling that there hover over it the
spirits of millions of dead men de-
manding that their sacrifices be not
in vain. that the statesmen of the
world now secure to mankind the
blessings which they died to obtain"
Mr. Baker said he had no intention
Of speaking for the President, whose
statements had been explicit and in
whose hands the case of America was
now placed.
tie stands with head erect" said
the Secretary, "in the ancient n1ocas
OF the Old World, where other kinds
OF treaties used to be made. and renre-
sents great and free people. He is
the advocate not of form, but of
principle.
Democracies of World Behind Wilson
1t may be that there are voices in
GUS country which culver with hesi-
tatIon, and here and there timorous
uncertainty, but back of him in that
council chamber are the voices OF the
democracies Of the world, of the men
VINO labor and the women who sacrifice.
lie is by force of events the spokes-
man of the democracy of the world
and the composition of this peace will
be new Magma Charta, a new Bill of
Rights, to liberate the children of the
future from the burdens of the past"
AS to the proposal for league of
nations, Mr.. Baker said it was not such
a scheme as the Holy Alliance, as sug
gested by some of its critics.
But we had world organized in
the old way in 1914" he continued. "In
the last months of that year the
heavy currents of International misun-
derstandlng swirled together, and I
know Of no more pathetic picture than
that of the helplessness of the great
and enlightened governments of the
world as their statesmen watched the
stream and realized shat no provision
rad been made to stem it. Sir Ed
ward Grey, in London. exhausted the
arts of traditional diplomacy to gain
q momen7 FOR reflection. Everybody
New-York tribune., 1919-01-05

saw the horrible magnitude of the i'm
pending disaster, bat there was no
organized opinion of the world. there
was no agency through which the sane
restraints of humanity and justice
could operate
at is incoAceivablc that the peoples
of the world willed such a war. 1t
is equally inconceivable that the pco-
pies of the world would be willing
now to face the possibility of another
such trial without perfecting IN adj
vance modes of concerted action which
Will restrain the madness of the mo-
ment and be assurances of just con-
slderation dispelling forever the illu-
sion that either national greatness or
national safety essentially depend upon
the ability of a people to destroy
life, wealth and property, without stop
ping frs. to test out the possibilities
OF acconimo dation and concord.
I'VE have had centuries of leagues
among nations for the purpose Of max
ing war offensive or defensive. Is it
too much to believe that in this en-
lightened age league to prevent war
has become impossible ?"
America Now Realizes Strength
The war had given America a new
Mr.. Baker declared.
U. s. Industry Met All Demands
Mr.. Baker made only one reference
touching subjects Of criticisms of the
War Department, recently voiced in
the Senate.
"Although there is much talk of the
United States having to rely upon
Great Britain and France to supply its
armies with heavy artillery" he said,
nevertheless, American industry did.
IN fact supply to Great Britain and
France practically an equivalent to
that made available to us from them.
"American industry was able to meet
the demands made upon it, and on the
day the armistice was signed our
army abroad was thoroughly equipped
with American made rifles and machine
guns, some heavy artillery had been
shipped and the stream Of supply Of
all types OF artillery. ammunition and
equipment was beginning at such a
rate as would have supplied our own
vast forces entirely from our own
sources within a very few months"
New-York tribune., 1919-01-05
North Schleswig Not to Vote
Expects to Join Denmark and
Ignores German Election

APENRADE. Schleswig. Jan. (By
The Associated Press).-The committee
and council of inspectors of the North
Sch!eswig Voters Association in Joint
session have unanimously adopted
resolution declaring that in view of
the approaching separation from Ger
many and reunion with Denmark" the
citizens OF North Schleswig, while still
entitled to vote in the coming elections
for the German National Assembly.
should refrain from exercising this
right. because it would be improper
for them to impose their influence on
the internal affairs of Germany.
New-York tribune., 1919-01-05

tant undertakings are held UP. The
transportation system in London is
becoming scandal, due to the present
overcrowded conditions, simply be-
cause men cannot be released The
raj ways cannct run the service they
wish to and motor buses are standing
Idle Just because men are lacking who
are burning with anxiety to return to
civil life
New-York tribune., 1919-01-05
Belgium to Expel Aliens
Who Gave Aid to Germany

BRUSSELS, Jan. 1.-The Belgian
Minister of Justice announces that all
foreigners of enemy origin who had
relatiens with the Germans during the
war Will be expelled from Belgium.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-22
ALFONSO EXTOLLED
IN PARTISAN PRESS
"Eciair," HoWeDer, Criticises
Spanish War Policy.

PARIS, Oct: 21.-The Paris morning
apers are nearly unanimous in well
coming King Alfonso of Spain to
France. They eXtol the Kings activi-
lies on behalf of French prisoners dur
ing the war ana the articles in practi-
cally all the papers appear under the
headlines of "a Friend of France
The Ecldir, however. criticises Span
ish policy, saying that Spain was a
nest OF German espionage throughout
the war. Enumerating Spain's war
time Premiers the paper says: Neither
Dato. Prieto, Maura. nor even Count
Romanones was capable Of applying to
the Germans the law OF strict nuetral-
.ty or of obtaining obedience from Ger
manopfile public servants. The King
OF Spain has much to make us forget,
but Spanish waters have been the grave
yard of SO many French sailors that
The King will understand we must de-
mand from his country serious guar
antees for the future"
The Ecldr, which was recently reor-
ganized. is now working in behalf of
former Premier BRAND.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-22
BRITAIN MAY SEIZE
ALL WAR PROFITS
Plan to Raise Fund to Meet
Debt Is Much Discussed.

LONDON, Oct. 21.-The movement for
the payment of part of the war debt by
a general levy on war profits. started
recently, has grown to such volume that
it promises to command much attention
from Parliament, which will reassemble
on Wednesday.
Several of the leading newspapers
headed by the Times and the financial
journals have taken up the idea. FL
nanciers and citizens of all classes are
flooding the press with letters.
While the project may seem revolu-
tionary finance, the country appears &c
be gaining the conviction that some rad
ical measures other than mere attempts
at economy must be adopted to meet
the financial situation
The plth of the new plan Is to take
away from the manufacturers. mer-
chants contractors and others who made
fortunes in the war sums representing
the difference between their wartime
gains and their normal gains. 1t is
based on the principle that the stay at
homes" should not benefit at all through
the war. Excess income taxes took sc
per cent of the extra profits, and it is
now proposed to take all.
The Governments programme, already
announced, includes the following meas
ures:
Joint Industrial council of capital and
labor, with extensive powers; maximum
working week of forty-eight hours and
minimum wage for manual workers
purchase of mining royalties; prohibition
of dumping and protection of key indus
tries development and control of a ma
tionwide electric and water power sup
ply !; appointment of a commission to sue
coed the war time liquor control board
last. but not least. new home rule bill
but it is not expected that this will be
reported before December.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-22
FRANCE TO BORROW
$500. OOO.O 900 A YEAR
Finance Minister Says Others
Que Her SI2, 900, 900, 900.

PARIS. Oct. 21.-Figures furnished by
M. klotz, Minister of Finance, in a
concluding debate on finance in the
French Chamber OF Deputies, shows
that 1t will be necessary for France to
borrow about 1000. 600, 900 francs ($4O0.-
COO,OOO) a year In the course of the
rext few years in order to balance its
budget, The bill authorizing the first
loan, NJ Klotz said, would be presented
In January or February.
The Minister declared that govern
ment receipts were showing an en-
couraging increase above the budget
estimates for revenue in 1919-roughly
l0,OOO.000.000 francs $4,000, 000, 00O) J.
snd that there was no doubt that the
country could support an Increase of
80 per cent. over present taxation.
France, therefore, had the means of re-
storing in time budget equilibrium be-
tween receipts and expenditures and
this the country determined to do.
Those who during the war had not borne
their share Of taxation would now be
able to do so.
Explaining his assertion that france
So still the greatest creditor country in
the world, NJ. Klotz said that before
he war French investments abroad
amounted to $4,000, 900, 900 francs ($e.-
600,00O.000), of which sum Russia had
absorbed fourth. France had ad-
vanced 7,000,000,000 francs (s1.40O,-
O0O.00O) to other countries during the
war and further sum of $500, 900, 900
francs (S1,300. 000,000) was due for ma
terial from various allied countries
only one-tenth of this amount being due
from Russia, so that approximately
$1,000. 100000 francs (s12,200, 900, 0O0)
was due France from other countries
This was so per cent. more than she
owed to Great Britain and the United
States. Germany, too, was a debtor for
sums which would certainly be col
.ected, said NJ. Klotz.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-22
BERNSTORFF is UP I'm
GERMAN WAR PROBE
Accuses Paris of Being Big Bar
to Ending Hostilities in
Early Days.
BLAME LAID TO ALLIES
Former Ambassador Says Will
sons Efforts for Peace
Were Nullified.
By the Associated Press.

BERLIN, Oct. 21.-The committee that
is to investigate the responsibility of
various German officials for bringing on
the war held its first session to-day.
Count Johann Won Bernstorff, former
German Ambassador to the United
States, being the principal witness.
Won Bernstorff related for the benefit
of the committee details of all the good
offices of President Wilson to end the
war giving the dates one date men
toned was August 1914, and another
September of the same year, to which
Won Bernstorff said the Entente appar-
emily did not reply.
when Col. House returned in 1916
from a second visit to Europe" said Won
Bernstorff. he told me the chief obsta-
Gle to peace then was Paris; that Lon
don showed a certain inclination to en-
terrain the proposal and Berlin also as
sented."
Col House told Won Bernstorff, ac-
cording to the witness, that President
Wilson no longer was able to force
Great Britain to observe international
law, but as American commerce was so
intimately acquainted with that OF Great
Britain the President could not possibly
disturb the relations without creating
a storm of protest
Col. House then intimated. the wit
ness continued that President Wilson.
on the other hand. was in position to
negotiate peace without victory and pro-
posed to do so as soon as the situation
was favorable. However. in view of the
fact that such action would be inter
preted as pro-German, the President
thought best to defer 1t until the senti-
ment against Germany had somewhat
subsidized
The witness added that the President
suggested a pause and hoped to resume
his effort late in the summer. When
Rumania entered the war he made FUR
Their attempts, but at that time they
were hopeless, as the Entente believed
1t was sure OF victory through the adj
dition of their eastern ally.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-22
Yale Choose. or. Murphy.

NEW HAVEN, Oct 21.-Dr. Fred FOWL
sey Murphy. who resigned recently as
Professor OF surgery at the Washington
University Medical School, st. Louis. was
yesterday chosen a member OF the Yale
corporation. He is to succeed the Rev.
Dr.. Parker of Hartford. who resigned.
d. Murphy was graduated from Yale IN
the class of 81 and was director of
Base Hospital 81 in France during the
war His present home is in Detroit,
Mich.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-22

GENEVA, oct. 21.-Prince Rupprecht of
Bavaria, who commanded the German
forces in northern France and Belgium,
learned yesterday at Davos, where he
has been staying. that he Is included in
the French list of 900 or more wanted
by the Allies for trial for crimes against
international law. He became furious
and said he would never give himself up.
Prince Rupprecht is accused of being
the first army commander to employ
poisonous gases. when several of the
commanders opposed such a project.
1t is reported here that Count Won
Berchtold. former Austro Hungarian
Foreign Minister is on the Italian list
as one OF the principal instigators of the
war. Several other officers, at present in
Switzerland, appear on the lists.
The question of eXtradition from n
neutral country is expected TO be settled
with Switzerland. thus creating "A prece-
dent for Holland In the case OF the for
mer German Emperor.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-22
Four Beethoven. Discovered.

LONDON, Sept. is { by maiD -Four
unknown pieces of music by Beethoven
have been discovered in the British Mu-
scum by French students and are soon
to be published. The manuscripts, to-
Fether with a number of others, were
given by the Emperor of Austria to Alb
dull Aziz, Sultan of Turkey. who gave
them to his bandmaster. They represent
Beethoven's early work between the
years 1855 and 1875.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-22
Japan-Paraguay Treaty Ready.

AsUNCIoN, Paraguay, Oct 21.-It is
announced that the text of the new
treaty Of friendship and commerce be-
tween Japan and Paraguay has been
agreed upon. Mr.. Tatzuke, the Jap
anese Minister to Paraguay. IS ex-
pected to arrive in short time TO sign
the treaty.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-22
GERMANS PLAN CELEBRATION
Social Democrats to Celebrate
Birth of Republic.
Special Cable Despatch 10 THE Sun rom N.
London Times Service.
Copyright. 1913; all rights reserred.

toppTDHt, lSlS; all rights reserved.
BERLIN, Oct 20.-November will be
the anniversary of the proclamation of
the German republic. Social Democrats
are arranging a great demonstration in
celebration of this event But already
in many quarters one hears whispers
and mutterings premontory OF an ap-
preaching storm
II is said the military commanders with
their large following of monarchiSally
minded troops will seize the opportunity
to try to overthrow the infant republic.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-22
600 GERMANS LISTED
FOR CRIMES IN WAR
Prince Rupprecht, Furious,
Says He Will Not Surrender.
By a Star Correspondent Of THE Sun.

Copv'10hf. tI9; al rI0hfS 'eStTted
PARIS, Oct. 21.-The Supreme Council
has drawn up a list of 600 German Of
ficers whose delivery will be demanded
as soon as the treaty is effective. In
dictments have been framed against
each.
The list as made up includes names
supplied by Great Britain, France and
Belgium. A formal note will be framed
demanding their surrender under thu
responsibilities clause Of the treaty.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-22
REDS FIGHTING TO
RETAIN PETROGRAD
Wireless Message From Their
Headquarters Says Advance
Is Being Made.
KRONSTADT NOT TAKEN
British Admiral to Keep Dis
tance Until Yudenitch
Takes City.

Special Gable Despatch to THE Sun and the
Public Ledger.
Copyright. 1919: all rights reserved.
LONDON Oct. 21.-Gen ,Judenitch's
forcer are still about eight miles from
Petrograd. where they are uniting for
achievements
From Denikine's army in the south
comes the information that the White
russians have lost Orel, the place where
Denikine was nearest Moscow.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-15
PROTEST At LONG RANGE

TNHE aspiration for Korean independ-
ence now being expressed at a con-
vention in this city is indicative of the
beginning of an awakening in one of the
most backward countries. That inde-
pendence will follow in the near future is
by no means certain.
Korea is controlled by Japan, and we
are now told that the country is the
Belgium of the East. The analogy is
far from perfect. The Belgians resisted
with their well-organized armies al!
efforts of the Germans to pass through
their country. They failed, but they
fought. When Japan passed through
Korea to meet her enemy further north
the Koreans contented themselves with
issuing beautifully worded protests. If
they had fought to the last man one
might listen with more patience to their
comparison of themselves with the heroic
Belgians. But the Koreans are not a
fighting race. Neither are they an in
dustral people.
If they continue their agitation and
demonstrate their ability to take their
place among the progressive peoples
their condition is likely to improve, but
they have long way to go. A conven-
tion in Seoul would be more significant
than a convention in Philadelphia.