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New-York tribune., 1919-02-26
Bararian Workers
Return to Jobs, but
Soon Strike Again

PARIS, Feb 25.-A dispatch from
Bavaria says the general strike was to
have ended Monday morning and that
the streetcars resumed operations and
the workingmen returned to the fac
tories, but that all Of them left their
positions shortly afterward.
According to reports from Weimar,
the Bavarian troops, with the exception
Of the Munich and NurembVrg rarri-
sons. have declared themselves in favor
of the council of the republic formed
ct Munich and have asked that a diet
be convoked. Other reports say the
entire Agrarian party in Bavaria IS op-
posed to the council of the republic
but that the peasants cannot exert any
great force, as they have only few
troops.
Dispatches received by local news
papers assert That government troops
made successful surprise attack
against the Spartacides at Starkrade
The chief of the Spartacides, Thele
was arrested and mobbed. The dis
patches report that the government
troops captured q large quantity of
arms and ammunition.
The Bavarian government has for
bidden the appearance of all non-
Socialist newspapers in Bavaria for ten
days, according to dispatches received
here.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-26
supremacy means the end of strikes
and the beginning of revolutions.
Hope OF Auerting Mine
Strike Cro,us as Plan
OF arbitration Forms

LONDON. Feb. 25.-The prospects
for postponing or averting the miners
strike are much improved. The House
of Commons to-day passed the third
reading of the bill for a commission
of inquiry Premier Lloyd George
gave a provisional understanding that,
provided the miners representatives
would consent to enter the commits
sion. thus insuring the presence of
the mine owners, the work would be
greatly Facilitated Justice Sir John
Sankey. who will be president of the
commission, stated that report could
be issued by March 20 as far as the
question Of wages and hours was con-
cerned.
This concession on the part of the
government. it is believed. will be
accepted ny the miners as justifying
their waiting for a report by the COM
mission before beginning their strike,
especially as it is understood that the
Railwaymen's Union is in favor OF
postponing the strike.
The "Triple Alliance conference to-
day agreed that no one section Of the
alliance" would take any action or
reach any settlement without consul
tation and agreement with the others,
thus establishing a powerful combina-
tion Of forces in the labor world as
this alliance embraces the miners,
railwaymen and transport workers.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-26
Daniels Sees Crucial Era
[. 5. Must Decide Between
League and NIiIitarism, He Saws

WASHINGTON, Feb 25.-Secretary
Daniels, speaking tonight before the
National Press Club, declared the
American people to-day were face to
face with making the choice either of
a league of nations to safeguard the
peace won by valor, or of entering
upon a career Of such naval and mill
tary expansion as would "enable US
singlc-handed to guarantee American
rights and American interests from
Halifax to Terra del Fuego.'
There is no halfway house" said
the Secretary. 1--WE must assume our
share of responsibility for world JUS
tice and world peace, in cooperation
with other free nations, or we must
reject the proposal of d league of ma
tions indorsed by the chosen repre-
sentatives of fourteen nations repre-
senting 1,200,000,,O ZOO people with all
the burden of military expense and
the danger of militarism which such
choice involves. 1t is momentous
choice to be made in a momentous pc
riod of world history"
New-York tribune., 1919-02-26
Taft Challenges
Foes of World League
Asks Poindexter, Reed and
Borah for Remedy Which
Shall Prevent War

ST. LOUIS, Feb. William II.
Taft, speaking here to-day at the
opening session OF the Mid-Continent
Congress for a league of nations,
challenged Senators Poindexter, Borah
and Reed to put their fingers on the
clauses of the Constitution which for
bid the United States to assume the
obligations Of the covenant OF a
league of nations.
Let him who objects to that sug-
gest another remedy to prevent war
or hold his peace" he said. "The
fundamental weakness of the attitude
of Senators PoindeXter, Reed and
Borah is that they confne their
arguments to pointing out the dan
gers of this covenant TO the United
States, which. think, are comparative-
ly slight, while they utterly fail to
tender any constructive suggestions
to the conference for a method bv
which peace can be maintained and
the just results of the war can be
secured
They arc merely destructive critics
and are not in search of a solution
of the difficulty
IF the United States does not en-
ter the league of nations the refusal
VIII leave a mere offensive and de-
tenslve alliance of countries and com
petitlve armaments, followed inevi-
taoly, by another war, as much more
horrible In its destructiveness of arm
les and peoples and civilization as this
one was more horrible than any pre-
viOus wars"
New-York tribune., 1919-02-26
Wilhelm Says Germany
VIII Wish He Was Back
soon They'll Repen; Having
Overil'rown The Monarchy,
Ex.k aiser Declares

LONDON, Feb. %" Germany viii
soon repent of having overthrown the
monarchy is the statement attributed
to the former German Emperor by the
Mails" Copenhagen correspondent, re-
porting recent conversation the royal
exile had with Count Won Brockdorf-
Rantzau. the German Foreign Minister
"All that is happening in Germany
goes to my heart" continued the erst-
while monarch u did not viii it.
There are still good patriots in Ger
many who will not allow her to become
bankrupt"
Count Won Brockdorf- Rantzau. ac-
New-York tribune., 1919-02-26
Reds Seize Mannheim
Public Buildings in
Rhine Neutral Zore

COBLENz. Feb 25 (By The Asso-
ciated Press) ).-Reports received by
the American Third Army to-day were
to the effect that Spartacide group
had seized many public buildings in
Mannheim, in the neutral zone on the
east bank of the Rhine, and that the
civilions Of Mannheim had appealed
to General Fayolle, the French com
mander,. for protection. The news of
the uprising came over the telephone
from Captain Benson, the American
liaison officer at General Fayollc s
headquarters in Kaiserlnuten.
In reporting the seizure, Captain
Benson said it was rumored there
were number Of Americans in Mann
helm, but that he did not know
whether they we're soldiers, civilians
or welfare workers. The American
Third Army has no record of any
Americans being in Mannheim. and
probably wiz take no action.
Aecording3to Captain Benson, French
soldiers in the French occupied area
New-York tribune., 1919-02-26
Bauarion Delegates
To German. assembly
Find Return Blocked

WEIMAR, Feb. % (By The .Associ-
ated Press) ).-Nearly all the Bavarian
delegates to the German National AS
sembly who left for Munich as soon
as the assassination of Premier Eisner
was announced have returned here.
Only few were able to cross the
frontier, and one of them, Professor
Mauidde, was arrested upon his arrival
at Munich.
Speculation as to Esner's successor
is general, and the names of Professor
Forester, Bavarian Minister to Switzer-
land, and Adolph Mueller, German Min
ister at Berne, are frequently men
toned. Herr Segitz, Majority>Social-
ist, is mentioned as the successor of
Herr Auer, the Bavarian Minister of
the Interior, who was shot during the
disorders at Munich. Latest reports
are to the effect that the situation
there is more calm
New-York tribune., 1919-02-26
Prague Communists
Are Defeated After
An AU-Day Battle

AMSTERDAM, Feb. 25. : Severe
fighting took place all day Saturday in
Prague, the capital of Bohemia, in
which the national guard and students
drove the antigovernment Commun-
lists from public buildings which they
had occupied, according to the "Lokal
Anzeiger,' of Berlin.
Quiet has been restored in Budapest
after the Communist disorders Of Fri
day and Saturday, according to tele-
gram from the Hungarian capitol
dated Sunday.
All the Communist miners who
started the trouble, are in prison, and
the police also have arrested the mem
bers of the committee of the Union
of Discharged Non-commis ssioned Off
GERS and Soldiers. The trouble is said to
have been due to the economic situa-
ton and not to any desire to over
throw the government.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-26
Ukrainians Reach
Truce Agreement
With Polish ARMY
Hostilities Were to Have
Stopped Monday Night;
Either Side May Cancel
Pact on II Hours Notice

WARSAW, Feb. "a By the Asso-
clated Press).-The Polish Foreign Of
hce has received telegram from Lem
berg saying that an agreement was
reached there Sunday for the cessa-
ton of hostilities between the Poles
and the Ukrainians, beginning at c
o'clock Monday evening The agree
ment can be denounced by either party
On twelve hours notice.
PARIS, Feb. 25.-The inter-Allied
military mission to Poland has left
Warsaw for Prague to act as medi-
ator in the conflict between the Poles
and the Czecho-Slovaks, according tc
wireless dispatch received by the
Polish bureau here. The mission is
composed of Major Fordhams, Captain
Coolidge ard Captain Duboste.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-26
Union With Teutons
Hailed With Delight
By German Austrit

BASEL, Feb. 24.-The Christian So
cialists of German Austria have agreed
to union of their part of the former
Austrian Empire with Germany on
condition that the capital of the united
countries be in Central Germany, ac-
cording to a dispatch from Vienna,
quoting the "Reichspost," of that city.
Immense demonstrations in favor of
n union with Germany were held at
Vienna to-day, and resolutions were
passed asking that the Weimar AS
sembly realize Immediately union be-
tween German Austria and Germany.
German Deputies and Austrian min
listers made addresses during the
demonstrations.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-26
Women Ask Glass TO Resign

A resolution asking Carter II. Glass,
Secretary of the Treasury, to resign
as vice president of the National Anti
Suffrage Organization was adopted by
more than 400 women who attended a
luncheon at the Hotel Commodore,
given yesterday by the Women's City
Club for Mrs. Norman de r. White
house.
1t was maintained that there was an
incongruty in Mr.. Gass's afiiliation
with persons who do not want women
enfranchised and the efforts of the
Liberty Loan officials to obtain the
voluntary services of women for the
success of the next drive.
Mrs. Whitehouse, who has recently
returned from Switzerland, where she
was the United States representative
of the Committee on Public Informa- =
ton, told Of her work there. Anne
O'IIagan Shirn, another speaker, paid
tribute TO Mrs. Whitehouse's work
abroad
New-York tribune., 1919-02-26
Wilson on Lafayette
President Writes Inscription
for PrODOsed Monument

BALTIMORE, Feb. 25.-President
Wilson sent to Mayor Preston to-day
an inscription for one side of the pro
posed monument to Lafayette to be
erected in Mount Vernon Square. 1t
is as follows:
Lafayette, immortal because a self
forgetful servant of justice and hu-
manity. Beloved by all Americans be
cause he acknowledged no duty more
sacred than to fight for the freedom
of his fellow men,
The Mayor asked for two inscrip
tions-ore to be written by President
Poincare of France, the country of
Lafayette, and the other by Pres dent
Wilson. President Poincare's inscrip-
ton was received several days ago.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-26
Opposition i'm L. S.
10 World League Is
Attacked by Temps
Paris Newspaper Says French
Believe Party Politics
Should Not Be Allowed
to Prevail Against Project
New York Tribune
Special Cable Seri,ire


Copyright. 1919. New York Tribune Inc)
PARIS, Feb. 25.-Each day brings
new assurance Of the increased mo-
mentum with which things are moving
toward climax in the peace negotia-
tlons. 1t is now certain that on Mr.
Wilson's return all will be ready for
the final session and agreement. Thus,
the most dramatic moment, when the
Germans will be summoned to Yer
sallles to hear the terms Of peace, may
be set for early in April
The interest of the conference here
is now concentrated upon Mr.. Wilson'S
reception in the United States, and the
prospect of the lack of any serious
American opposition to the league of
nations is serving to deepen in the
minds of the French the realization
Of their utter need of such covenant.
The Temps" this evening reflects this
feeling, saying:
at is not our business whether the
opposition in the United States is
aimed at the league or whether it is
merely struggle of political parties
ct we want simply to say that on our
side of the Atlantic, where the world
conflict was born and where future con
tlcts might have birth, the league ap-
pears to be a universal necessity
against which no party consideration
should be allowed to prevail
The Temps" counters the opposition
to the league in the United States,
based upon the fear that participation
in the league OF the United States
might drag her into distant quarrels,
by insisting that future conflicts can
not remain localized, and, whether from
immediate interest or the result of
fores ght. the United States could not
remain aloof from any great war or
even little war where the stakes are
great. Thus, the journal points out
III entering the league the United
States recognizes only concretely the
obligation incumbent upon her from
every viewpoint. Moreover, the paper
adds, in recognizing the obligation the
United States diminishes the number
of cases in which it would fall on her
for the disturbers of peace would re-
main quieter knowing that the United
States formed part of the league.
The "Temps' sees the chief precau-
tion to be taken in order to justify the
United States's entry into the league in
the settlement of the Prussian prob
lem, which, in the opinion Of the paper,
dominates the whole situation.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-26
Reds Lined
Up for Battle
At Dusseldorf
Continued from page !

labors, this step being taken to pre-
vent disorders, but several volleys are
reported to have been heard there
last night. Government troops are be-
ing awaited there
State of Siege Declared
A state of siege has been proclaimed
a Wattenscheid, in Westphalia, where
government troops have arrived.
A telegram from Karlsruhe reports
that serious fighting continues at
Mannheim, with varying success, for
the possession of the newspaper "V ok
stimme." AS everything is quiet IN
Baden, with the exception of Mann
helm, the state of siege has been
raised Six persons arrested on sus-
picion of being connected with dis
orders AT Mannheim have been released
on demand of the Soldiers Council OF
Karlsruhe.
A dispatch FROM Dresden says the
Soldiers and Workmen's Committee of
twenty Saxon garrisons has decided to
remove all their officers from the mill
tary service The War Minister il is
added, in an interview with a depu-
tation of the Soldiers and Workmen
said the dissolution of the old army
would be fully carried out.
General Strike at Halle
The dispatch says that at Halle the
railwaymen and metal workers have
proclaimed general strike.
The workmen of Munich returned te
work yesterday and the street cars
were running. Munich generally is
quiet, but the state Of siege con
tinues.
In the Ruhr region, work has beer
resumed at Mulheim, where the militia
IS maintaining order.
Herr Scheid has been named Ba-
varian Premier in succession to Kurt
Eisner, who was assassinated last
week. Herr Segtz, Majority
Socialist, has been appointed Bavariar
Minister OF the Interior, succeeding
Herr Auer, who was shot at Munich
ut the disorders there, according te
Munich dispatches to the "Politikcn
New-York tribune., 1919-02-26
O'Cealligh Had Key
Of Dublin for Wilson
Irish Envoy TO Paris Farley
Tried to Reach President
With erecting

DUBLIN, Feb. 25.-Sean O'Cealligh,
who yesterday presented himself to
the peace conference at Paris as an
accredited envoy of the Irish govern
ment was formerly in business here,
and was secretary OF the Gaelic League.
He was not prominent in the uprising
of Easter week. 1916, but was deported
Immediately afte the government had
suppressed the rebellion. He was re-
leased late in December, 1916, and was
re-arrested in February, 1917, but was
not detained long.
O'Ceallich is member of the Dub
lin Corporation and was elected to
Parliament on the Sim Fein ticket
in the recent general elections. He
was a member of the delegation ap-
pointed to present the freedom Of the
city to President Wilson, and when no
reply to the invitation to visit Dub
lin was received from Mr.. Wilson,
he obtained a passport to go to Paris
to inquire why no answer had been
sent. When he arrived in Paris he
announced that he was d representative
of the Irish government. and his action
was approved by his party.
O'Cealhgh was married last year to
Miss Mary Ryan, professor of modern
languages at the National University
New-York tribune., 1919-02-26
Weaphalian ''Red''
Leader Is Slain
Resisting Arrest

BERLIN, Feb. 25 (By The Asso-
ciated Press).-Herr Fuldzennek,
Spartacide leader in the Bottrop dis
trict, in Westphalia, has been killed
while resisting arrest by government
troops. He had attempted to lncite
mobs to further rioting there, it is al
legged.
The Gerstenberg division, which re-
stored order in Bremen, has arrived
in the Bottrop district and will be re-
lnforced by an army corps, which has
been stationed at Wilhelmshaven
The municipal elections in Greater
Berlin yesterday showed a remarkabl lie
increase in the vote of the Independent
Socialists. They led the poll with
several thousand votes more than the
regular Socialists, who made q far
poorer showing than in the national
and the Prussian elections.
Non-Socialists Fare Poorly
The shift of the Socialist vote from
the Majority Socialists to the Indrpen-
dents is attributed largely to the kill
ing of DR.. Karl Liebknecht, Rosa Lux
emburg and Kurt Eisner, which seems
to have driven many of the regular
Socialists into the radical ranks.
The non Socialist parties Jared poor
~ in the election, succeeding in elect
ing altogether an aggregate of only
fifty Aldermen, while each of the So,
cialist factions elected forty-seven
Spartacide appeals for demonstra-
tions yesterday and to-day did not
meet with the slightest success.
Spartacide forces have prevented
municipal elections from being held
at Dusseldorf. Armed bands on Sat
urday demanded from some election
presidents the list of voters. as a re-
suit of which action elections could
not be held in those areas.
Spartacidcs Seize Ballots
Other Spartacide bands, armed with
rifles and hand grenades, appeared at
most OF the polling booths on Sunday
evening, and seized ballot boxes and
thrown into the Rhine. Lively fight
lists of voters, which were burned or
ing is reported in some election pre-
cincts.
According to information obtained by
the "Vorwarts' from "member of tho
Majority Socialists in a responsible pub
lie posltlon,' the attempted assasslna
tion of Herr Auer, the Bavarian Minis
ter OF the Interior, was the work of the
revolutionary Workmen's Council o.
Munich, which is wholly dominated BY
Independent Socialists and Spartacans
The shooting of Auer is said to have
been done by one Lindner, butcher o.
Munich, who is openly boasting of hi:
deed, but is still at liberty
Guard Knew of Plan
Llndner, according to the newspaper:
information. is said to have gained ad
mission to tie Chamber of Deputie:
through the connivance of the repub
lican soldiers guard, who were in
formed Of his intention to kill Aucr
After firing upon Auer, Lindner, it is
said, proceeded to look for Minister.
Timm and Rosshauntor, who were alb
sent from the government bench. Lind
ner, it IS said, then fired blindly ant
killed Deputy Oesel.
During the shooting the galleries o
the Chamber were crowded with mem
bers and followers of the revolutionary
Workingmen's Council, who, it is said
were heavily armed with revolvers anC
hand grenades. After the shooting o
Auer, Herr Hagemeister, chairman o
the Revolutionary Council, exclaimed
THAT is the vengeance of the prole
tariatt'
New-York tribune., 1919-02-26
British Officials Want
Ministry of Information

LONDON, Feb. 25.-Thc setting up
Of department for public informa-
ton is being considered by the Brit
ish government, Andrew Bonar Law,
the government leader announced in
the House of Commons last night. He
said that attention would be given to
the undcsirability of committing the
government to propaganda on con-
troversia questions, but he thought
there were many subjects on which
information could be circulated.
The proposal to establish a min
istry of information is already arous-
ing unfavorable criticism. The Man
chester Guardian says that unless
such a department were virtually in
dependent of the party in power it
could only become kind of minis
terial press agency which would sup
pie newspapers gratis with camou-
tlaged lnformation
New-York tribune., 1919-02-26
Dawson Agrees to Represent
Red Cross in New Pro;ee,

WASHINGTON, Feb. 25.-The Amer
lcan hed Cross formally announced to-
1 nlght that at the request of President
W Wllson, Henry P. Dawson, chairman
or the organizations war council. had
agreed to represent the American
pfanch IN the plan to cooperate with
branches In other countries in devel.
oping an extended programme of Red
cross activities. AS Mr.. Dayison7s
work with the war council terminates
" W arcn l, 1t was said he would devote
ms M, entire time to the new project nm
til the world conference of ReS Gross
societies, which has been called to
meet IN Geneva thirty days after the
declaration OF peace. ''-e
New-York tribune., 1919-02-26
Some Battle Once a Month
Others Neuer, in Mosco,U

DARIS, Feb. 25.-The Soviet
4 government in Moscow IS
now regulating the number OF
baths each person is permitted to
take in the various public and
private bathing places, and for
this purpose has divided the
population into three categor!es,
according to French refugees ar
irving here from Russia. Those
in the first category are allowed
to bathe twice month, it is said.
and those in the second category
once a month, while those in the
third category, never.
The cost of food in Russia is
declared to be prohibitive, when
food is for sale at all, and
famine, made worse by lack of
medicine, was raging in Moscow
when the French left. The Boil
sheviki call it the "hunger ty
phus," and it claims from 1000
to 5000 victims daily.
Premier Lenine, the refugees
say, is not affected by the food
problem. Lenine has plenty to
eat, and his bill for fruit and
vegetables in recent month
amounted to 10000 rubles (about
S25.OOO).
New-York tribune., 1919-02-26
Sl00, 900, 900 Relief Bill
Is Signed by President
Fund to Feed Starving Europe
Now Available for Hoov-
er's Use
Ne,c York Tri5uue
lfGsblnOtO9l Rureou

eN'St''S|Oft
WASHINGTON, Feb. 25.-The 500
ooo'ooo appropriation for feeding starry
ing people in Europe was fnaxy made
available today, when President vii
son son signed the bill. The money was
asked a e., Tor by the President, at Herbert
{. Hoover's request, early in .Tanuarv
and there was violent criticism of
those Senators who insisted on debat-
ing 1t, the friends OF the Administra-
ton declaring that every days DELAY
was adding to the suffering and death
roll IL IN the devastated regions.
IN, me bill signed to-day was passed
nnaaily more than two weeks ago.
II me me fund Will be used under Mr..
the transportation to and distrihHtion
Of food in the devastated parts Of
france and Belgium and in Poland.
Syria, Greece and Armenia.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-26
Harrnswortla Denies Britain
Questioned L. :. Dry Action

LONDON, Feb. 2-Cecil B. Harms
worth, Under Secretary for Foreign AZ
fairs, in the House of Commons TODAY
denied that the British government mad
made diplomatic representations to the
United States government on behalf
Of British investors who may suffer
losses as result of the spread Of
prohibition in the United States.
MIR. Harmsworth said the British En-
bassy in Washington had reported that
no provision had been made by the
United States government Tor compen-
sating brewers for any losses they MAJ
incur.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-26
Ludendorf Ousted
From Suedish Soil

7 ONDON, Feb. 25. - General
Ludendorff, former quarter
master general of the German
army, left Sweden for Germany
on Sunday night, according to a
Stockholm dispatch to the Ex-
change Telegraph Company.
The Swedish Foreign Office had
refused his request to extend his
permit to stay in Sweden, which
expired Sunday.