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The Washington herald., 1919-03-23
BURLESON ORDER
MOST DESpoTIC,
CLAIMS DEEGAN
Excuse for Ousting Mackay
Denounced As Incredible
And Mere Pretense.
"DISTORTS THE FACTS"
Postal Official Declares Act
Turns Property Over to
Competitors.

New York. March 22.-Character-
izing Postmaster General Burle-
sons order deposing President
Clarence H. Mackay and other Pos
tai Telegraph officials as .'one of
the most despotic acts in the history
secretary of the Mackay companies.
one of the three deposed. declared
tonight that Burleson's move would
be Incredible. IL it were not true" :"
Burleson's charges of failure on
the part of the Postal to carry out
orders was denounced as "pretcnse."
The Postal Telegraph Company not
only carried out the wage increase
order. but went Burleson one better
by making the increase 10 instead
of per cent and made IT retroactive
from January 1, il was stated.
The demand that the Postal raise
its rates. made by the Burleson
board. was called untustifable by
Postal officials.
Following conference with
President Mackay, Deegan issued
the following statement:
BurIeson Reason "Pretense.-
This order of Burleson was deliver
ed to US at Il o'clock today without
any word OF warning or previous
notice and in the absence of Mr..
Mackay.
"Burleson gives as reason for the
order that we have failed to carry out
his orders and Instructions. We do
not know what Burleson refers to in
the way CT orders and instructions.
This Is all prstense.
THE statement by Burleson that we
failed to promptly put into effect the
wage schedule Is distortion. We an
nounced an increase iE the wages of
all our employees on March 5. TO take
effect January /, 1918, which was more
generous than that ordered by BurIe-
son. The Burleson schedule was bas-
ed entirely upon the Western Union
plan of organization. which is differ
ent from ours. and it was impossible
to apply Burieson's schedule to our
organization Burleson's operating
board admitted this and told US to do
the best we could with 1t.
And We made 1t even better than
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The Washington herald., 1919-03-23

Paris March "a complete agree
rnent on snsndrnents to the covenant
OF the league Of nations viii be reach
ed in the early part OF next week
WAS the prediction made here tnis
evening following the conclusion OF
the meeting Of the league committee
with President Wilson presiding.
Substantial progress Is known to
have been made today and President
Wilson, when he departed from the
gathering, appeared very well pleased
over the work.
A committee was appointed to deal
with the suggestions made by the
japanese delegates. These sugges-
tions were referred to the committee
at the request of the British delie-
gates.
Consider Austria.
President Wilson has let the var
-ious peace delegates know that he
IS most anxious to side track the
lesser matters now under considera-
tion and devote the coming week
TO the essentials which will make
possible a complete treaty agree
ment within the next seven days.
The Peace Conference will be able
80 devote their entire time to bring
ing about agreements in the various
committees as soon as the amend
ments to the league covenant are
agreed upon.
The commission spent the entire
afternoon clarifying the language Of
the whole covenant. The meeting
was originally intended to be con-
nned to consideration OF the amend
nents proposed by neutrals yester-
bat hA fQ-
sioners found thess recomme nda-
eons were largely for clearer YER
bisge and the constitution was re-
Viewed. article by article.
President wilson's desire to attend
both the league meeting and the ses-
sion OF the Supreme War Council
necessitated last-minute change Of
program. The former, at which he
presided. was shifted from morn
ing to afternoon. The council is un-
derstood to have decided definitely
TO give Danzig to Poland, together
with a corridor extending from the
Posen region to the Baltic. cutting
eff a portion of East Prussia from
the remainder OF Germany.
Postpone Japanese.
The Japanese postponed submits
sion OF their amendment II the
league constitution, providing for
racial equality. II is believed this
Will be brought up at the plenary
session Of the peace conference
probably Tuesday-when the coven-
ant will be openly debated. The
text OF the japanese amendment is
substantially as follows:
Equality OF nations being the basic
principle Of the lea cue of nations. the
high contracting parties agree to ac-
cord as soon as possible equal and
just treatment to all alein citizens Of
States which are members of the
league. making distinction either in
law or fact on account of race or
nationality"
The japanese delegates insist that
American immigration restrictions are
rot involved in the amendment. which
merely insures equality of treatment
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MEXICAN LAND
DEAL EXPOSED

The plan of the Mexican Land Com
pany, Of Los Angeles, Cal, to convey
nearly 100000 acres in Lower Cali
fornia to a japanese syndicate in
clear violation OF the principle Of the
Monroe Doctrine is regarded by stato
Department officials as already ef-
fectively scotched. if not actually
killed.
Mexico. IL appealed to. wouId he
Obliged under her own constitution
10 stop the deal 1t was pointed out
also that either the Japanese syn-
oicate Is a very disinyenuous kind
OF commercial combination or that
IT has bad promises that could be
Kept neither under the laws Of tba
United states nor of Mexico.
From what is gathered already nv
officials il is plain that the ultimate
object OF the syndicate. under supges-
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IL the league of nations plan Is
brought before the Senate in such
shape that IL cannot be untangIed
nom the treaty OF peace. the en-
tire treaty will be rejected by the
Senate: peace with Germany will
then be declared by a concurrent
resolution of Congress.
This is the position announced
last night by Senators who are
opposed 10 the dominating features
OF the league OF nations constItu-
tion. Their position was announced
in discussions of the cable news
from Paris that the league advo-
Gates have succeeded in tying the
league plan TO the treaty so in
eItricably that the Senate will be
forced TO accept it as a whole or
reject it
Standing Firm.
The Senators who arc directing
the night against the league insist
that the sixty odd Senators who
have pledged themselves to demand
the separation of the league con-
stitution from the treaty will stand
by their guns and that there is
not even a remote possibility OF
the Senate weakening.
Several of the Senators resented
what appears 10 be an attempt 10
force them to swallow the entire
league plan as a part Of the treaty
or accept the responsibility of defeat
ing tire treaty.
I'VE are ready to accept that chsl-
The Washington herald., 1919-03-23
BELGIAN H0NORS
FOR AMERICANS
King Albert Confers War
Medals Upon Nurses
And Officers.

Chaumont, March 2-American Off
GERS and nurses have received Belgian
war decorations from the hands of
King Albert and Queen Elizabeth.
The Nedalle de la Refine (Oueen's
MedaD was conferred on Miss Emma
Magruder of Nowata, Oklahoma: Miss
Mary Semans of Uniontown, Pa. Miss
Nell Deteur of Montclair. N j.. and
Pittsburgh, and Miss Lee Cromwell of
Austin, Texas. The latter already Is
wearing a decoration conferred by the
former Gar for hospital work with
the Caucasus army
The Order of Leopold and the
Order of the Crown were awarded
to Gen. Allen and Col. Ericsson, of
the Eighth Corps; Gen. Bailey. OF
the Eighty-first Division; Gen,
Drum, Gen. Spinks and heads of the
foreign mission.
Gen. Pershing and other American
Officers spent some time comforting
with the royal pair. Afteward they
witnessed a football game between
teams representing the Thirty
sixth and Seventh Divisions.
The Washington herald., 1919-03-23
MOTOR BALKS
BRAZIL FLIGHT
Lieut.. Jean Fontain to At
tempt 3,000-Mile Trip.

Paris. March 22.-The ambition Of
Lieut. Jean Pierre Fontain 10 fly to
Brazil was only temporarily thwa-ted
by motor trouble last Sunday. he said
tonight
Fontain expects 10 try again IN
a few days. flying direct from Wills.
Couolay TO Casa Blanca, Morocco. by
way Of Orleans. Toulouse. Vslepce
and Carthagena. without landing
The second leg will be 70 Dabsr.
the third to Cape Verde; the fourth
TO st. Paul Island. on the South
American coast; the NTH 10 Fer
nando, and the sixth to Perns m
buco. The total distance from main
land to mainland is 5,s2O miles.
The Washington herald., 1919-03-23
HERALD BALLOT
WON BY MANY
Special Offer of $1,000
Votes Causes Renewed
Efforts for Prizes.

The special ballot offer came to
a successful close at IL O'clock
last night. ALI day Saturday and
until the closing hour, candidates
continued to call at the club head
quarters and report subscriptions to
apply on the offer.
With the mail from candidates
living in the outside districts still
to be received. the results of the
special ballot offer are still incom-
plete. However, it is estimated that
practically every candidate has
taken advantage of the special bal
lot offer which closed last night.
Practically every candidate in the
Club secured one Special Ballot. A
good many secured two ballots and
a few may have secured more. All
of the new subscriptions turned in
from the beginning of the campaign
until the closing of the offer last
night will be totalled and ballots
issued for each 1920 worth of new
subscriptions.
The list will not be published again
until the votes that we're registered
Saturday have been tabulated and
the Special Ballots issued, which will
most likely be Tuesday and Wsdnes-
day.
The Washington herald., 1919-03-23

lense," declared Senator Watson. -
Indiana. II the league propositio q
bound up with the treaty we will uy'
TO untangie IL. IL that can't be done.
we will throw the whole treaty out
is there any discussion among the
Senators OF the plan TO declare peace
with Germany by a resolution Of Con-
sress ~ the treaty is UnacceptabieT'
was asked.
Yes. that plan has been carefully
considered. There is no qucston th.t
IL could be done. Congress might be
forced TO do it II there is an attempt
made 10 jam the league plan down our
throats as a part OF the treaty"
Armenian Proposal
Senator Watson has just returned
from Indiana and says he found th~.
sentiment in that State overwhelrp-
ingly opposed 10 the league as now
proposed.
Senator Poindexter. OF washing-
ton. made this statement:
The effort to coerce the United
States into an acceptance OF the
proposed covenant for a league OF
nations by weaving IL into the peace
treaty as stated in today's dis
patches. so that the two cannot be
separated. will fail. Neither the
peace treaty nor the constitution OF
the league Of nations has any val
idity whatever. so far as the United
States Is concerned. until il has been
advised and consented 70 by the
United States Senate.
"A sufficient number Of Senators
have already formally advised
against IL. Public sentiment in this
country is overwhelmingly AGAINST
IT. The more the matter is dis
cussed the stronger the opposition
to Il will become. The people doubt
the motives OF those who refused 90
join with France and England TO
prevent the war and waited two
years after the LUsitsnia was sunk
to assist in bringing IL 20 a close,
who now want TO pledge US in sd-
vance 70 participate in every war.
The American people will insist
upon the right OF self-determinsffou
Of issues as they arise, and will not
In advance sUrrendes their right Of
self-determinstion 70 an alien Iessue
"A coalition for the prevention OF
war such as that now existing. whers
each nation preserves its independ-
ence Of Sctt5a. while rejected oy the
Administratio is preferred BY our
people. What We insist upon is the
conclusion Of peace. and the return
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The Washington herald., 1919-03-23

Points in Common.
The points of agreement in COM
mon are. first, a violent antago-
nism to Bolshevism. Mr.. Gompers
and his group would not associate
with the Socialist party because
they feared the Socialists would
recognize the Bolshevlsts. And the
Socialists in their Berne conference
were most violent in their de-
nunciations of Bolshevism. Both
Mr.. Gompers' group and the
Berne Socialist group declare for
the eight-hour day. and a mini
mum wage which will give the
workman and his family all the
comforts of modern civilization and
enable him to live a decent, self
respecting life in his community.
Both groups demand equal pay for
women in industry doing the work
of men. And both groups de-
mand the right to organize unions.
and that the product OF child
labor shall not be permitted to
enter into international commerce.
These common demands of la
Dor, worldwide in their accep-
tance, 1t may be assumed must
be the labor prosram for the next
The Washington herald., 1919-03-23
LONDON CHEERS
HEROES RETURN
First Review of War Vet
erans Greatest Tribute
of Generation.

London. March 22.-London's pop
ular welcome home" to returned
soldiers was held today when the
guards. the very soul of the Brit
ish army paraded through the
streets and were reviewed by King
George and Queen, Mary. 1t was the
first review of war heroes. Many
bands blared the strains Of over
There" and other popular war songs
as deep crowds lining the curbs
gave vent to voclferous cheers. 1t
was the greatest tribute in the
memory of a generation.
The parade took two hours to
pass. The Prince of Wales. bearing
the rank of captain, riding behind
the Earl of Cavan and at the head
OF the srenadiers, who carried bay
onets. was constantly cheered and
was obliged to salute every few
seconds.
The Washington herald., 1919-03-23
BY WILLIAM ALLEN WHITE.

Paris Feb 7S-Manenance of the beginning
has been the job of gentlemen with clubs ships
sails and sealing wax gentlemen uniforms
until Now bustlng un-fanned oveas with
trowe oil pneumatic drills pick,
union card and II also this job Justice for labor
written into the of the league nations and while that
will be amended the
the of labor of the
will depart from the of Two
of the labor within the
been made In few points they dssma One
that OF the commission international labor legislation
directed by Mr. Gompe and the other the Bene conference
ional Z
The Washington herald., 1919-03-23
0'LEARY JURY
STILL HUNG UP

New York. March 22-The jury try
ing jeremiah A O'LeaTy for conspi-
racy to defeat the draft and espionage
act violation reported TO Federal
Judge Hand at II o'clock tonight that
it had not yet reached an agreement
and the court sent the jurors TO the
Hotel McAlpin for the night.
O'Leary, conducted to the court
room each time the Jurors returned.
observed with manifest interest and
an enigrnatie smile the events which
many in the room said portended a
disagreement 4
''You look worried Jerry" said ex-
Judge John J. Rooney OF his counsel
tonight. as the jury wss being sent
to the hotel for The night.
Worried Who Is worried7
O'Leary demanded 81 never worry. |"
The Washington herald., 1919-03-23
French Spread Report Italy
May Quit Conference, Claim,

A false report that Italy had
threatened withdrawal from the
Peace Conference il she was not
awarded Fiume. was regarded by
welI-informed authorities here last
night as another dash of Paris
propa ganda.
The difference Of opinion between
the Italian and American peace
delegates regarding the question OF
the rnal disposition of Dalmatia
and Fiume. has long been known
to those in touch with developments
at the Peace Conference.
President FaYors Claim.
President Wilson has had several
talks, both with Premier Sonnino
and Foreign Minister Orlando. and 1t
nas been generally known for months
hat the Presidents viewpoint was
hat Italy was entitled to part of the
EAST coast Of the Adriatic. including
Trieste and TrenUnO, but that Fiume
and Dalmatas were not so unques-
lonabIy Italy's.
The Presidents stand is based on
1 private investigation of the subject
ae ordered long ago. and is supported
~ experts who have been delving into
The Washington herald., 1919-03-23
ASK ENTENTE
FOR CRUISERS
3 Hun Agents Want 4 Ships
To Take Them Home.

Berne. March 2.-The German COM
mission at Spa has asked the entente
to provide four small cruisers to carry
them to Hamburg. Berlin dispatch
reported today.
The Vossische Zeitung says re-
cruiting OF sailors at Hamburg has
progressed to point where two of
the ships which will carry American
soldiers home from France already
have been manned.
The Washington herald., 1919-03-23
RAINBOW men
READY TO MOVE

Paris, March 2--The famous Rain
BOW Division will embark from Brest
,r St Nazaire. instead of Antwerp or
rotterdam, as previously planned, It
vas announced today. The division
YilI sail shortly after the Twenty
yxtxh. which is scheduled to leave
ne middle Of next month.
Special arrangements have been
made 10 make the long journey to the
French coast as comfortable as pos
fible. Sufficient cars Will be provided
n prevent overcrowding and each
rain will have a specially equipped
Eitchen car.
The Washington herald., 1919-03-23
Wipe the Slate Clean, Even
to High-brow, Post-war Stuff
BY GEORGE BERNARD SHAW.
Copyright, 1919. BY sthe Star Company

March z2I have figures the consideration
of had dust thrown in their until they red
by atroy mongering-hich very clean trade
time, and yllainous misunderstanding.
been atrocities physically impossible
quarter the that have been
this should have been recorded
the those which
OF them multiply them they
fall short OF the estimate of military which
tistan certainty consulting
reading single sensational column about German
The Washington herald., 1919-03-23
u. S. FIRMS
GET PROFITS
Germans Manage American
Factories at Cost.

Berlin. March 22.-American inter
ests In Germany have been fully pro-
tected by the alien property custo-
dian, while many British and French
concerns have been confiscated, IT
was learned today.
The custodian Informed the United
Press that American firms will get
the profits from their factories which
have been run by officials designated
by him-minus l per cent. the coat
of managing. Personal converse tions
with Americans here. whose families
have German interests. confirm the
custodian's statement
The Washington herald., 1919-03-23

half a decade before the lawmak-
ers of every civilized country.
For 1t is obvious that unless labor
conditions are standardized in the
civilized world. the knife edge of
competition will cut into labor.
and make such industrial unrest
that the peace OF the world will
be threatened. For war is a So
cial disease, and IL it breaks out
In one land 1t may spread to the
others. And the Importance of
having labor conditions just and
equitable in the world is as great
as having naval and military pro-
grams among the nations Just and
equitable. Hence, the international
labor commission in the league of
nations.
Conservative Program.
The Gompers group, in addition
to demanding OF civilized nations
the program just outlined in COM
mon with the Socialists, make also
demands for the following labor
program; Trial by jury rather than
Injunction. the rights of seamen to
leave their ships at any port, the
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remind US that they correspond TO
facts, it is idle to hold up an ideal
Englishman who is incapable of an
act of brutality or cowardice. side
by side with an ideal German who is
capable Of nothing else.
The plain fact is that both the all
lies and the Germans must have con-
scribed for military service not only
millions of average decent men. but
thousands of Internal scoundrels.
What these scoundrels did when
they got such chances as war offer
ed them cannot now be remedied and
had best be forgotteH.
Such memories are not useful even
as an argument for abolishing war,
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Idle to Hold Up an Ideal.
Before the war one in every fifty
OF our population was charged every
year with a nonindictable offense:
one in every 800 was charged with
an indictable offense, and one in g.
on was tried for crime.
The first two figures represent a
great deal of violent disorder, in
GLIDING the knocking about of women
in a highly unchivalrous manner; the
last includes acts of cruelty SO hor-
rible that they are too sickening to
be reported. some Of the victims be-
ing the criminals own infant chill
dren.
In the face of these figures and Of.
prison and police forces and assizes
and gallows that stand before us to
The Washington herald., 1919-03-23
SIBERIAN FORCES
DEFEAT BOLSHEVIKI
Push Red Army Back Thirty Miles,
Capturing Many Towns.

omsk. March ls.-The Siberian army
has inflicted crushing defeat on the
Bo'sheviki II was snncenced today.
Attacking along the Siberian Rail-
way IN the Perm region. the Siberian
forces pushed the Bolshevflr bscs
more than thirty miles at some points,
recspturing Okhsnsk- Between Oh
hansk and osss the Soviet sruay's
front was broken for p diSAspce o.
twenty miles. osss is practically sur
rounded.
The Bolsheyih are reported 10 be
retiring on tho entire 'front.' Their
railway transport is breaking down as
the result OF most OF he rolling stock
being IN disrepair.
The Washington herald., 1919-03-23
WILSON TO FACE
LEAGUES FOES
EARL YIN MA y

Announced Return Finds Republican Sena-
tors Determined to Untangle League
OF Nations Covenant from Peace Treaty.
By Defeating 1t and Then Ending War
Through Passage of Joint Resolution by
Both Branches of Congress.
The Washington herald., 1919-03-23
Germany and Austria
Talk Amalgamation

Berlin. March 21.-(delayed)-The
tational assembly unanimously
,dopted resolution for amalgama-
ion of Germany and Austria il was
announced in dispatches from Wei
nar today. Similar expression was
expected from Austria, IL was said.
The Washington herald., 1919-03-23
Pole. Pursue Ukrainian,.

Warsaw. March 22.-Polish troops.
after FIVE days hghting, have re-
entered LENDERS and are vigorous
" pursuing the Ukrainians, it was
announced today.
The Washington herald., 1919-03-23
Sinn Fein Priest Detained.

Dublin, March Prev. Father Mi
chael OFlannagan. vice president OF
the Sim Fem, who acted as leader
during the Imprisonment of Prof Ed
ward De Valera. has been refused
passports to America. it was an
nounced today.
The Washington herald., 1919-03-23
FRENCH WON'T
ATTACK REDS
Regiments Refuse to Fight
BolsheMki-No Penalty.

Paris, March %. = Two French
regiment, 81 the Odessa region
NUT rdered to attack the
Bof riding 10 reports re-
CO y in both Socialist
rtere.
~ are alleged TO have
- dcif sn to their officers,
- lnE they re ready to nght for
France, bus F-ouid not neht their
"brothers."
Reminded that this was mutiny
AND thst the penalty was death. the
deputstion Is said to have declared
IT Recognized this. but that its decis-
ion could not be altered. No execu-
uons were reported
The Washington herald., 1919-03-23
PEACE PARLEY
AMENDS WORDS
OF FINAL PACT

Delegates Expect to Reach Agreements on
Amendments At Meeting Early Next
Week, Although Session with President
Wilson Presiding Reported to Have Made
Substantial Progress in Preparation OF
Permanent Constitution.
The Washington herald., 1919-03-23
Labor Now Figures
In Worlds Desire
For Lasting Peace

Although Factions Speaking for Workers Do
Not Entirely Agree in Principles Which
Peace Emissaries Will Consider, the We'll
fare of the Toiling Masses Enters as In
tegral Part of Careful Deliberations
The Washington herald., 1919-03-23

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