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The sun., 1919-02-26
BUDAPEST IS QUIET;
MANY ARRESTS MADE
Vienna CroUds Demand a
Union With Germany.

bern, Feb. 25.-Quiet has been re-
stored in Budapest after the Communist
disorders of Friday and Saturday. ac-
cording to telegram from the Hun
garian capital dated Sunday. All the
Communist miners who started the
trouble are in prison and the police also
iave arrested the members of the Com
Commissioned Officers and Soldiers. The
trouble Is said TO have been due TO the
economic situation and not to any desire
TO overthrow the Government
Severe fighting occurred all day Satur-
day in Prague. the capital of Bohemia,
in which the national guard and students
drove the apti-Government Commun ists
from public buildings which they had
occupied. according to the Lokdl-An:ei-
ger OF Berlin.
The Christian Socialists OF German
Austria have agreed to a union Of their
part of the former Austrian Empire with
Germany on condition that the capital
of the united countries be in Central
Germany according to a despatch from
Vienna, quoting the Reichspost of that
city.
Immense demonstrations in favor of a
union with Germany were held at Vienna
to-day and resolutions were passed ask
ing that the Weimar Assembly realize
Immediately a union between German
Austria and Germany. German Deputies
and Austrian Ministers made addresses
during the demonstrations.
The sun., 1919-02-26

Of Auer is said to have been done by one
Lindner, n Munich butche-. wso Is
openly boasting Of his deed but is still
at liberty.
Lindner according to the newspapers
information, is said to have gained ad-
mission to the Chamber OF Deputies
through the connivance Of the Republl-
can soldiers guard. who were informed
Of his intention to kill Auer. After firing
upon Auer Lindner, 1t IL said proceeded
to look for Ministers Timm and Ross
haupter, who were absent from the Gov
eminent bench. Lindner, II is declared,
then fired blindly and killed Deputy
Oesel.
During the shooting the galleries of
the Chamber were crowded with men,
bers and followers of the revolutionary
Worltingmen's Council who. II is said,
were heavily armed with revolvers and
hand grenades. After the shooting of
Auer Herr Hagemeister, chairman of
the revolutionary council, exclaimed:
That is the vengeance OF the
proletariat"
Herr Fuldzennek. Spartacan leader in
the Bottrop district, in Westphalia, has
been killed while resisting arrest by Gov
eminent troops. He had attempted to
incite mobs to further riotinB there, 1t Ia
alleged.
The sun., 1919-02-26
BIG BERLIN GAINS
BY INDEPENDENTS
Regular Socialists SWamped
at Municipal Elections.

BERLIN, Feb. 25.-The municipal cleo
lions in Greater Berlin Sunday showed
a remarkable increase in the vote of the
Independent Socialists. They led the poll
with several thousand votes more than
the regular Socialists, who made a far
poorer showing than in the national and
the Prussian elections.
The shift of the Socialist vote from
the Majority Socialists to the IndcDend-
ents Is attributed largely to the killing
OF DIR. Karl Liebknecht, Rosa LuXeT-
burg and Kurt Eisner, which seems to
have driven many of the regular So
cialists into the Radical ranks.
The non-Socialist parties Jared poorly
in the election. succeeding in eecting
altogether aRs&.regate of only fifty AL
dermen. while eacff OF the Socialist tac-
lions elected forty seven.
Spartacan appeals for demonstrations
Sunday and Monday did not meet with
the slightest success.
The Conservative press laments the
passing Of the old Imperial army, which
will become a thing of the past when the
Weimar Assembly, perhaps this week,
adopts the national defence measure.
This bill provides for the organization of
a national guard. which will be com
posed OF one brigade for each former
army corps. CONSUMPTION will be
abandoned, according to the terms OF
the bill, and voluntary recruiting will be
conducted by central bureau.
The sun., 1919-02-26

The reconstruction problem there is one
Of the most difficult in Europe. The
money damage alone. not counting losses
due to idleness, will run to more than
$500, 0OO. 900
President Wilson will undoubtedly be
taken to Doua!, the now liberated town
which bears many heavy scars of its
occupation by the Germans. YESTERDAY
the first passenger train to arrive from
Paris reached Douai. carrying the cor
respondents. Half of the towns reduced
population. consisting OF thin. emaciated
boys and old men and women, came and
stared in Amusement at the friendly
visitors
BEFORE the war Douai was a prosper
Gus town where many forginss were
manufactured. but all these plants have
been dismanted. with not even enough
left to show where the buildings stood.
The Germans. in four years OF occupa
ton. first carefully took all the ma
ch!nery 10 pieces and then carried It
away.
Throughout these districts the PEG
PIE are united in demanding that Ger
many be made to return. not only the
machinery. furniture and objects stolen,
but grain, cattle and other raw ma
terials which they carried away, or their
equivalent In kind
II is in this demand that they are
looking forward eagerly to the support
of president Wilson upon his return.
The sun., 1919-02-26

ceeded even beyond their own hopes
Mere than twenty million tons. amount
ing TO more than so per cent OF the
French coal output. is now beyond re
covery for many years. The Lens dis.
trict presents a frightful picture. with
every structure razed to the ground and
every mine flooded.
III this part OF France 100. 900 workers
found employment before the war. To.
day the whole district is dead Lens is
silent. in vivid contrast TO the roar OF
industry that throbbed there ceaselessly
tefore the Germans came. One is driven
to despair when he surveys the lis
trict-despair for words TO describe it.
and greater despair for the future OF
that part of stricken France. So thor
ough was the German work that 10 coal
pits were made useless
Many OF the mining experts say K
will be fully ten years before the work
!ngs can be restored and production re-
sumed. The Germans systema t!cally
flooded every excavation. with the result
that more than lO0.000,o0O cubic meters
OF water will have TO be pumped out
before restoratio work can begin This
In itself, Is an enormous task.
Besides the work involved n great
amount OF machinery will be needed to
restore the mines. and this France lacks.
BY destroying the mines the whole popu-
lation was deprived OF employment, for
all industry was dependent on the mines
The sun., 1919-02-26
REDS MAKE HEAVY
TEN DAY ATTACK
Furious Fighting Is Reported
in BOlshevik Defence of
Petrograd.
TROTZKY AIMS AT Firms
War Minister Announces That
His Forces Have Fallen
Back.
Special Wireless DespotcA to THE sus from the
London Times Service.

Special Wireless Despotch to THE Sus from the
London Times Service.
COPYRIGHT. 1919; all rights reserved.
HELsINoroRs, Feb. 25.-Heavy fighting
has been in progress on the Esthonian
front since War Minister Trotzky, to
defend Petrosrad, opened a furious at
tack ten days ago. According to the
Esthonian General Staff Trotzky with
thirty-two battalions tried a new pus.,
along the entire 100 mile front be-
tween Narva and Marienburg with in
fantry assaults pressed by drumhre.
Over 1000 shrapnel shells fell In the
town of Narva, the scene of Trotzky's
recent isnominous fight from the then
advancing Esthonians. but the Bolshe-
visits despite seven attempts to advance.
failed. They now hold one or two little
villages in the neighborhood.
Near Pakoff the famous northern Rus
sian corps under Col. Balasovitch was
continually attacked by Bolshevists,
aided by the curtain Of heavy artillery
fire, but resisted stubbornly and took
prisoners and machine guns.
Trotsky seeks a quiet decision in order
to be free to attack Finland, step
which his Council of War virtually de-
cided upon February 16.
Trotsky in his report of the fighting
near Pskoff speaks Of the advancing
Finnish force having blown up the
bridge between Marienburg and Alb
chwanenburg. after a stubborn fight. He
adds: Our attachments on February
Fl retired"
The sun., 1919-02-26
GERMANS ASK AID
AGAINST RADICALS

Broadway and Fifth Avenue
at Madison Square

Gen. Fayolle, the French commander
for protection. The news of the upris
ing came over the telephone from Capt
Benson. the American liaison officer al
Gen. Fayolle's headquarters in Kaiser
lauten.
In reporting to the Third Army the
seizure Of the public buildings in Mann
helm by the Spartacans Capt Benson
said 1t was rumored there were a num-
Der of Americans in Mannheim, but
that he did not know whether they were
soldiers. civilians or welfare workers
The American Third Army has no rec
ord OF any Americans being in Mann
helm and probably will take no action. q
According to Capt. Benson French SOL
diers in the French occupied area or
the west bank OF the Rhine had not
crossed the Rhine at the hour of tele.
phoning. and the understanding a,
kaiserlauten was that no orders to cross
the river had been given. Capt. Benson
said he had no details as to the public
buildings seized
The sun., 1919-02-26
BOLSHEVIkI HALTED
AT FRENCH BORDER
Red Cross Agents Have $50.
900; Came With Refugees.

PARIS. Feb. 25.-Aboard a steamship
which brought French refugees back to
their homeland were three delegates of
the 'Bolshevik Red Cross, Dimtrt
Manouilly. president OF the delegation
Nine. Inez Armand and Jacques Davtian.
They have as yet been unable to get
further than a small hotel in the out
skirts OF Dunkirk. where they are under
the supervision OF a French Colonel.
Manouilsky is from volhynia Nine
Armand is of French descent she mar
ried Frenchman at Moscow. Davtian
is an Armenian.
These three Bolshevik delegates de-
posted in the Bank OF France $3.50. 600
Russian wireless message received
here says that the Soviet Government
authorizes the entry into Russia OF the
commission which the recent Interna-
tional Socialist Congress at Bern pro-
posed to send to investigate conditions
The Soviet Government will guarantee
the commission every facility.
The message concluded by expressing
wonder as to whether the governments
to which the members OF the Socialist
Commission belongs will permit Boil
shevik commissions to visit their coun-
tries.
The sun., 1919-02-26
TRUCE WILL DISARM FOE.
supreme Council 10 Add Financial
Questions, Foch Predicts.

PARIS, Feb. 25.-AIarshal Foch, in dis
.Issing the diplomatic situation with
preventative with Havas Agency.
said that the new armistice convention
VIII provide for the naval and military
That there was no doubt that the Su-
meme Council also would add to the
rtw agreement clauses concerning
anancial and territorial questions. In
at way the armistice convention, the
Marshal said, would comprise also the
basis for a preliminary peace treaty.
The sun., 1919-02-26
FRANCE PREPARES
MEMO ON DAMAGES
1t Will Be Presented to Presi-
dent Wilson on His Re-
turn From I. S.
SPECIAL Gable Despatch 10 THE sCN.
Copyright 1919: oil rights rcserrsd.

PARIS, Feb. 25.-The French Govern
ment has prepared n memorandum on
damages done to the French mines and
Industrial regions. This will be pre-
sented to President Wilson when he re-
turns. probably on the occasion OF his
next visit to the devastated regions.
The French hope he will make another
such visit Immediately upon his return
from the United States.
The French are seeking to obtain the
Presidents support in their claims for
the Saar Valley coal fields as COM
ncnsation for the destruction OF the chief
coal fields in France. As prelude to
the Presidents visit the Government
has invited all the foreign correspond
ents 10 inspect those once flourishing in
6ustrial regions. now a mass Of ruins.
Throughout the region the Germans
left an indellble mark OF their plan to
destroy, deliberately all property, and
this work they carried out with charac-
teristic thoroughness. always under d..
rect orders from the General STAFF
The original intention OF the Germans
was 10 remove competition from their
Westnhalian products. and they sue.
The sun., 1919-02-26
sEAPLANE WITH FIVE LOST.
Big Machine Dives Into Ocean Il
Flight Frsm Norfolk.

WASHINGTON, Feb, 25.-Loss of big
seaplane with three Ensigns OF the
Naval Reserve and two machinist mates
of the Virginia coast was officially an
nounced to-day by the Navy Department.
Aboard the plane were Ensigns Stuart
Mcdonald Terrier. Baltimore Clifford A.
Bell. New York city, and Robert +,
Dibble, Valley Stream, N Y: Chief
Machinist Mates Albert +. Hazel. West
Roxbury, Mass. and Roy L. Hobby,
Bowling Green, Ky.
The machine started on a flight from
Norfolk Sunday and failed to return. a
radio operator reported that afternoon
that he saw a seaplane plunge into the
water and disappear near Fisherman's
Island. Search of the coast failed to dis
close any trace of the plane and to-day
It was officially given up as lost.
The sun., 1919-02-26
FOCH INTERMEDIARY
IN POLISH QUESTION
Council of PoDers Also Takes
Up Morocco.
Ey the Associated Press.

TtRis. Feb. 25.-The council of the
-seat Powers continued the discussion to-
day Of Poland, and authorized Marshal
Foch 10 send a series of inquiries to the
interallied commission now in Warsaw.
Until reply is received, the question
Of getting the Polish divisions into
Poland by way of Danzig will be de-
ferred
The council also began a hearing on
Morocco, in which France seeks to termi-
aatc the present unsa tisfactory interna-
tonal supervision. Henry White, for the
United States, and Arthur ]. Balfour, for
Great Britain. spoke in favor of the OBJ
servance of the "open door in any re-
adjustmegt. so that all countries would
njoy equal trade facilities.
y w. Dulles and Prof Charles Sey-
Eour have been appointed the American
members on the special committee OF
ne Supreme Council to study the claims
o. CZecho- Slovakio.
IN official statement to-day says:
In behalf Of the interallied financial
.,mmssIon NJ. Crespi Utaly) ex-
p'aned tnc measures to be taken to
'vold the non-payment Of coupons OF
'A. Austro- Hungarian debt falling due
Ngrri I, In the absence of an agree
meut among the different states of the
former Austro-Hungarian monarchy.
Tho COMMISSIONS proposals were APP
proved.
The question OF the transport TO
'cland OF the Polish divisions in
France and Italy was examined. Mar
shall Foch taking part. The confer
Nnce sent instructions on this subject
70 the interallied commission at War
saw
VI. Perotti OF the African Depart
ment explained the demands OF
Fr4rcc1as1t r.e direction - the sseak
PRESTON OF the act OF Algeciras and
the imposition on Germany of neces-
ssry guarantees to prevent her from
resuming the hostile action In Morocco
which she has taken against France
during the last ten years.
The Peace Conference Commission on
International Labor Legislation at its
meeting to-day considered the British
draft Of articles dealing with the ques-
non Of economic penalties In the event
that a state fails TO carry out Its OBJ
ljgatons under the proposed interna-
'oral labor convention.
The sun., 1919-02-26
RED GAINS ACTING
AS SPUR TO PEACE
Delegates at Paris Fear
Spread of Unrest.
Special Wireless DespotcA TO The sus

NopV'UhI, 1917, dH TtUnIS rcScrce0.
PARIS, Feb. 25.-Grave fears are ex-
pressed in the American Commission
regarding developments in the near flu
ture in Germany The menace of Boil
shevism. which it was thought had
been removed for a time by the triumph
Of the Observation-Disclosures Government in
Germany and that of Paderewski in
Poland, is again threatening
The disturbances resulting from the
assassination of Kurt Eisner. Premier
of Bavaria, together with reports that
the Germans of East Prussia, despite
the armistice terms, are trying to make
new arrangement with the Russia n
BolshevIki for the overthrow Of Poland
are regarded with growing alarm. AL
though the most recent reports from
Germany were~that the Spartacan move
ment practically was dead 1t Is feared
that the shock of Eisner's assassination
by royalist plotrers may bring out, as
nothing else could. a general uprising
of radicals. alarmed lest the fruits of
the revolution should be lost.
The latest news from Southern Ger
many is even more disquieting than what
preceded. The revolutionary movement
that began in Munich on the assasslna-
ton of Eisner has been extended to the
former Kingdom or WurttemDerg, Where
there is a general strike and a state OF
siege. The Grand Duchy Of Baden Is
aflame. The Spartacan leader Eric
Muhsam OF Munich has aroused the
people of Mannheim to a point where
they seem to be on the verge of creating
virtual Soviet government, similar
to that at Munich. At Weimar the Ma
tional Assembly seems to be getting
shaky: many arrests have been made
and the guards have been doubled. Com
municatlons between Switzerland and
Baden have been cut
Not stree the early days of January,
when the Spartacans tried to get posses
sion OF the Government in BNlin before
the national elections could be held, has
there been so serious a situation. 1t now
is feared that the Radicals. who failed
TO gain control of Prussia. may succeed
in southern Germany If they do they
will be a very grave menace to the
countries bordering Germany to the
westward
The sun., 1919-02-26
PARIS ABATTOIR MEN QUIT.
slaught Employees Pro-
test Tax on Meat

PARIS, Feb. 2j.-Three thousand en-
ployees OF Paris slaughter houses have
struck, their demands being. first, the
abolition OF the tax on meat. and, sec.
ond. the prohibition of clandestine
markets by the insistence upon a direct
transfer of meat from slaughter houses
to retailers
The workmen declare the tax has
caused uneasiness in the trade and that
clandestine markets are allowed N
violate the regulations as 10 me safe 81
meat NJ. Vilgrain, Under Secretary OF the
Ministry of Provisions, has promised the
men that the tax would be abolished
Should the strike continue. Paris will be
without meat in few days
The sun., 1919-02-26
600 rmprisoned in Mine.

\ band Of maursuders in the vicinity
Of Essen, according to the Fot pdvrts of
Berlin, yesterday destroyed the airshaft
and other outlets OF a coal mine and i'm
Trisoncd 500 miners who weresat work
II will be impossible to release the mi
ncrs for fortnight The explosive maya
zine of the mine was pillaged.
The sun., 1919-02-26

BERLIN. Feb. 25.--According to in
formation obtained by the Vortraerts
from a member of the Majority So
cialists in responsibls~S,ibllcp position"
the attempted assassination OF Herr
Auer, the Bavarian Minister of the In
terror, was the work of the revolutionary
Workmens Council of Munich, which is
wholly dominated by Independent So
cialists and Spartacans. The shooting
The sun., 1919-02-26
FATE OF THE KAISER
PUZZLE TO ALLIES
Continued from First Page.

of the fourth class there is a difference
Of opinion. The British are determined
to get the German submarine COM
manders especially. but the American
viewpoint 10 that subordinates who
merely obeyed orders should not be
held responsible. The Americans want
to get those higher up. but just how
high up they are willing to go does
not yet appear.
Generally speaking. German conn.,
manders who originated or were really
responsible for illegal acts will be
sought, rather than those who executed
them.
Responsibility TRnEIe.
Regarding responsibility for the war
1t is said in some British circles that
the problem is impossible of solution.
They ask. for example, Where would
you Begin" Did the war begin with
the SaraJevo assassination and the Aus
trian ultimatum to Serbia, or would II
be necessary to go back to Algeciras, or
possibly to Bismarck?
There have been many complications
since then. these Britishers point out
|, and lots of dirty linen has accumulated
to be washed, but they add, IL you
begin to consider the conduct of the
great war you are on surer ground. II
the Kaiser. or some other high German
official, decorated a submarine COM
mander. for example, after he had killed
women and children he would thereby
become an accessory after the fact be-
cause he approved that murder. accord
ing to the principle recognized in British
and American law.
The first subcommittee has been
working upon mass of evidence sub
mitted to II by the French and British
who presented long detailed enumera-
tons of crimes and accusations against
individuals. The Belgians and Serblans
also have similar indictments. 1t must
not be forgotten that the Bulgarians lef,
in Serbia a red trail Of outrage
eQualling in savagery IL not in science
anything the Germans did. The Poles
also have claims.
All this evidence must be sifted and
weighed, a most laborious task, and 1,
is the general belief that the report OF
this committee will be one OF the last
submitted.
The sun., 1919-02-26

despatch from Dresden says that
the soldiers and workmen's commit
tee OF twenty Saxon garrisons have de-
cided to remove all their officers from
the military service. The War Minis
ter. it is added. in an interview with a
deputltion of the soldiers and workmen
said the dissolution of the old army
would be fully carried out.
The despatch says that at Halle the
railway men and metal workers have
proclaimed a general strike.
Spartacan forces have prevented mu-
nicipal elections from being held at
Dusseldorf. Armed bands on Saturday
demanded from some election presidents
the lists OF voters. as a result of which
action elections could not be held in
those areas
other Spa rtacan bands armed with
rifles and hand grenades appeared at
most of the polling booths Sunday eve
ming and seized ballot boxes and lists
OF voters, which were burned or thrown
into the Rhine. Lively fighting is re-
ported In some election precincts
Dusseldorf has been surrounded by
Spartacan bands, which have entrenched
themselves to prevent Government troops
from entering the city, which is COM
pletely isolated from the rest OF the
cot ntry. At Oberhausen. six miles north
west OF Essen, Spartacans ere reported
TO have seized the pan- deposits and Ia
have extinguished factory fires. A state
Of siege has been proclaimed at Wat
:enscheid. In Westphalia. where Gov
eminent troops have arrived.