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New-York tribune., 1919-02-04
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joHre Evades Comment
On Evacuation of Bricv
That Is Politics. He Replies
10 Question Abou, Early
Withdrawal

ANiS' Feb. S-"That is all politics,
sao l am no. q Politician Marshal
s''re declared 70 Paris newspaper cor
',ssspondsnts concerning MS Jews on
ae statement made in the Chamber Of
.sputies FRIDAY night by former Prem
~ 'iFiani that the French army. then
laaer command of Marshal .IofTre. had
~ s.u N,tndrawn on July 30, 1914, eight
s,. Sh siiometres from the frontier in
s'aer mat the French govern-ren
mlsht demonstrate that It's attitude
-. nor hostile. The "Matin" calls
w. oiScusslon concerning the with
t&nnai' ~hIch affected the iron basin
sNe brley, the "Briet enigma"
aarshst JofTre said he had carried
-. as duties fully under all circum
sis;I iisa-ss: and that he is drawing up a
s'eh historical statement OF what had
pssa done under his direction. which
Soalo contain the truth as established 4
oy documents. II ~
ssneral I1anYezac. who Commanded
.ss french Fifth Army at the outbreak
y iae war, told the petit Journal
.sss 'ne evacuation Of the Brisy region
s. 'su never been decided upon in ad
.s1' ssaee' and that want of material means
s,ohs ot. prevented the French staff from,
eng inc basin untenablc for the
1 'eneral Nlvelle. who al one time was
command at Verdun. the nearesr
I'M ned by the French 20 Briev. in
''aea !, w. the "Matin" that when he vas
s, ssfoun In 1916 the French were
r"sy-hVe miles from Bricr. which
- oo' Of range Of the French guns
s" a'rpiane raide were made on
90 cut they had little importa ot
,ss NJ. Al that time, the general added
;ss sernans we're working the metal.
,x'eal plants IN that region.
~ recent issue of the YMatin'
waefai Aessimy, who WAS Minister al
AZ the outbreak Of the war. con
$50. s.sIes an article corroborating the
vmsnts v:.snts made in the Chamber by
~ssl solIner Premier viviani said that tho
ssga'aNal ssgea from the Briey VALLEY
Sss, 10 an Important iron region. had
IN n.e'oed upon by the general staff
xavsauary' l91s. ard that when thc
.sfnrasnt decided 70 more hncs ~ ~
Csyrsa Csa troops, having heard thai tho
NAsas Ii, we're moving toward The from
Ths falshas JofTrs ra!ged no objection,
N.,t5msf Premier added that both
aaS aaas 5onrc and Minister Neseim
ssss ,ssared = that for diplomatic rem,
ss<s.' :. nas necessary that no incidents
wv AZ the front;s~
New-York tribune., 1919-02-04
London Traffic
Is Paraly yzed by
Strike lin Tubes
Continued from mage l

con with tho suburbs. There was great
congestion at all terminals.
The underground railway manage
mcnt in statement to-day declared
! that although the men were now de-
manding a tlirty-minute interval for
mealtimc within the eight hour day,
the agreement made wnen the eight
hour day was granted provided that
the eight hours should be exclusive of
mealtlme, but that special committee
sncuid meet on February II 20 deal
with any special points that might
arise
At the majority Of the meetings held
by the workers yesterday it was dc
clded to leave the mealtime question
IN abeyance pending this meeting. the
statement adds, but the drivers OF the
tube trains refused to abide by this.
The British Cabinet held session
20 discuss the labor situation. 1t is
said, however, that the government is
still against any intervention.
The parliamentary committee of the
summon special meeting to con-
slider the whole question OF industrial
unrest.
The next stoppage on the programme
is that of the engineers, who expect to
go on strike Thursday for a forty-hour
week. A similar demand is engaging
the attention of twentyfour trade
unions consisting OF skilled and un
skilled swomen workers and electrical
trades unions.
Other unions. such as the railway
clerks, are withholding strike until
the Cabinet is able to consider their
grievances.
The Corporation Of the City OF Bel
fast asked the Lord Mayor to inter
vene in the strike. It was announced
this evening that Lord Pirrie, Con-
troller of Merchant Shipbuilding, had
been obliged to cancel all his official
engagements in order to go to Bel
fast in connection with the strike.
A dispatch to "The Westminster Ga
zette" says that the Belfast strike com
mittee Is anxious for peace. The COM
mittee is said to have declared that it
Will not be its fault if conference
with the employers is not arranged
this week. The employers. however,
the dispatch adds, say they can do
nothing locally, as the question must
be decided hy the national organi
Zation
New-York tribune., 1919-02-04
Georgians Refuse
To Attend Parley
Of Russian Parties
independence Won. Has No
Interest i'll Proposed Con-
ference. 1ranscaucasian
State Replies to Offer

PARIS. Feb. 3.--The> government of
Georgia in Transcaucasia has respond
ed to the invitation sent out by wire
Russian factions to attend the pro
posed Princes Islands conference. The
response is aeclinaton TO attend.
on the ground th&. Georgia, like Fin
land, already had achieved her indie
pendence and vas no longer por-
tion of Russia so that she was not
interested in the subject.
The journal du Peuple" says that
the reply of NJ. Longuet a French
Socialist leader, to the Bolshevik gov
eminent concerning the conference on
the Princes Islands, which Foreign
Minister Pchon said yesterday the
French government could not forward
because its wireless vas reserved for
official use, has now been wirelessed
70 Moscow, ''thanks TO the American
government"
The American delegates deny any
knowledge of the dispatching of the
reply Of NJ. Longuet. who was ad-
dressed by the Bolsheviki in declining
me invitation 20 the Princes Islands
conference.
NJ. Longuet. a Paris dispatch Sun
day said had received communi-
cation from the Bolshevik government
regarding the conference Of Russian
factions
~OMSk. Jan. 3O.--Public opinion in
Omsk, where many thousands of ref
ugees who fed before the wave of
Bolshevism in European Central Rus
sia are gathered, appears greatly cX
crcised over the proposal of the Allied
powers for conference of the vari-
Gus Russian factions, including the
BolsheViki
The general idea among these refu-
gees seems to be that Boshevism
must be crushed bv arms and that
no negotiations should he held with
representatives. of the Bolshcviki re
gimc.
In the absence Of details the Omsk
government has not yet replied TO the
proposal to attend conference Of The
Russian factions on the Princes
Islands. Admiral kolchak. the head
OF the government however, has is
sued a proclamation TO the army in
which he says there can be no thought
Of an armistice with the Rolsheviki
who crushed the nation, pillaged prop
erty, dehlcd sanctu2ries and nassacred
the people,
"Tt is possible TO reach an accord
with the various provisional govern
raents, but with brgands never the
proclamation concludes.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-04
Mother Still Hopes
Ex-Czar and Grand
Duke Are Still Alive
Former Dowager Empress Is
Firm in Belief That Sons
We're Not Slain by Reds;
Real Proof Is Lackina

PARIS, Feb. s. - Dowager Empires $
Marie Feodorovna Of Russia has clung
so firmly to her belief that her sons,
the former Russian Emperor and Grand
Duke Michael, are not dead that many
OF her friends have been won over to
that view, and rumors in the European
press concerning Nicholas Romanoff's s
alleged whereabouts are attracting
much attention.
The aged Empress resolutely refuses
20 leave Russia until she learns posi-
lively Of the fate of her sons. She
continues to live simply at Yslta,
Crimea, declining invitations to visit
the King and Queen OF Rumanis, and
even her sister. Queen Mother Alex.
andra OF Great Britain.
Canadian Sees Ex-Empress
Lieutenant Colonel j. W. Boyle. for
merly OF the Canadian militia who was
commissioned by King Ferdinand OF
humanla to visit rata with ship to
induce the Dowaser Empress to seek
safety in Rumania, recently arrived in
farls and told the Associated Press
fhst the Dowager Empress's declination
was most affecting In spite Of the
gratitude she felt for King Ferdinand's
lnterest. she said her duty to her fam
llE and to Russia prevented her lcav-
ing, as she and her daughters had de-
clocd to remain until the fate of Mich
olas and Michael was cleared up.
Although the Dowager Empress's on
timism has possibly been based on the
fact that much unfavorable news has
been concealed from her, Lieutenant
Colonel Boyle says her hopefulness is
convincing and has spread to all her
associates, who co not believe the Pol-
shegist account Of the murder Of Mich
olas at Ekaterinburg and the death Of
Michael at Perm.
Real Evidence Lacking
Lieutenant Colonel Boyle says that a
report Of an investigation made by
Czech officers on the murder Of the
former Emperors family, which is the
only reliable source Of information, es-
tablished that buttons and Jewels be-
longing TO the former Emperor's
daughters were found in the ashes
where the bodies of the entire Roman
of family were supposed to have been
burned. This is not conclusive evil
dence, in Lieutenant Colonel Boyle's
opinion
Crimea is now comparatively quiet
and the Dowager Empress has an ade-
quate guard Of old officers to protect
her against local Bolshevik demonstra-
tions. Since the Allied fleets entered
the Black Sea there have been no dis
turbances at Yalta and food is plentiful
there.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-04
Defiance of Allies
Peace Terms Urged
Ne1c York Tribune
Special Cable Ssrrtcr.

Special Cable Servtcr
tcopy7lshl. 1919. New York Tribune Inc.)
BERLIN, Jan. Pit is significant
that Theodor Wolff. in the "Berliner
Tageblatt," now follows Count Revent~
lows example in setting his teeth
against Germany accepting what she
may regard as too oppressive peace
terms. Herr Wolff defes the Entente
to dc its worst, and asks what can the
Entente do if Germany refuses q
dictated peace and insists upon fair
application of President Wilson's
principles.
The blockade might be continued,
Herr Wolff suggests, but Germany can
afford to wait while for food For
the present raw materials might be
withheld, but, then, what's the use Of
raw materials if their products must
only serve to pay huge war indem-
nifty?
More German territory might be oc-
cupied by French, British and Belgian
troops, but even that would be pref
cradle 30 the permanent severance Of
provinces. Germany. says Herr Wolff
could wait and see how much longer
the Allies, especially France and Italy,
could postpone their demobilization,
and how the Entente governments
would propose to deal with their home
sick and disaffected troops.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-04
1aes and Brides Get
A ssHoneymoon Town,

sss<nes.v!IAY. England, Feb. 2.~-Tbis
sss ~ ssasown town. 30 we'll Known 10 Amer
sssn LIs'1ers, and which has hitherto
rsssr;rs.r ~ the queen of Western
gHari,ss Iiaees" viii have 10 be tenn
~. renamed Honeymoon town .
fas1 ~. 'gat me authorities have de +.
PIE VII - 1falsrld. troops shall Assem- =
tsssiny' ..' snr,f British brides before re-
lev s.;ss y;sssssas. Tn. daily arrivals ns
j@essds dss.ssnasrs - ard their wives are cx-
~ Z fesen 4 thousand.
s ssIs ~ u Teyauay arr 1et view
ses1k ~ .agesiofs altogether favorabjy.
fsi1. q ay asre ~ reason 10 con. +.
tssbxs<. 9.hsg naye already selected
ssysss &. ! feIn fFs 1900 New Zeasa1d
M 49, 49, naye yassed through fhe
New-York tribune., 1919-02-04
CzecIls Are accused
Of attacks on Poles
In 1'eschen District

WARSAW, Jan. 81 BY Wireless to
Vienna The Czecho- -Slovaks are Sc
verely denounced here because of re-.
cents events in the Duchy. of Teschen.
Lieutenant Reginald Foster, of the
American army, representing the peace
commission. is reported to have asked
DR.. T G. Masaryk. President of Czecho-
SlovaAla, if the Allies had given per-
mission for, the Czechs to attack the
Poles.
Doctor Masaryk is said to have re-
piled in the negative, but is reported
to have added that the territory is
necessary for the development OF
It is rumored that the Czecho-Slo
vaks planned to get control of Polish
oil lands in central Galcia, and it is
alleged that they have already made a
bargain, with this object in view, With
the Ruthenians.
DR.. Stanislaus Grabskl, member
OF the Paris council here, said TO The
Associated Press correspondent recent
ly that Dr.. Masaryk told him long
ago that there was never possibility
of trouble between the Czechs and
Poles DR.. Grabski stated that his
sister. Mrs. Sophia Kiedram, an author
New-York tribune., 1919-02-04
Lieut.. Craven Decorated
Rescuer of 600 Otranto Vic.
TINS Given American Medal

LONDON, Feb. 2~-The American
Distinguished Service medal has been
awarded by President Wilson to Lieu
tenant Francis W. Craven, who com
manded the British destroyer Mounsey,
which saved 600 American soldiers
from the British transport Otranto
when she vas sunk in a collision off
the Scottish coast on October 6, 1918,
with the loss Of 357 American soldiers.
The medal was presented TO Lieutenant
Craven at Chatham by Major General
John Bidcle, commander Of the Ameri-
con forces in the United Kingdom.
Thirty minutes after the Otranto
struck the rocks off Isiay Island the
destroyer Mounsey, herself damaged
by the heavy seas, answered the die
tress calls. Captain Davidson Of the
Otranto warned Lieutenant Craven not
10 attempt to reach the side Of the
transport. Craven, however carried
out his nanGuvre and succeeded IN
getting TO the side Of the Otranto,
from which he took 500 American SOL
dicrB
New-York tribune., 1919-02-04
soldiers' Councils Protest
/; the Sending of Troops TO
Large Towns Near W eimar
:.
Bremen Insurgents Yield
State Arsenal at Spandau Is
/: Closed by Coal Shortage;
! $4,000 Men Made Idle

BERLIN. Feb. > By The Associated
Press. In the face OF the clear IN
,sntion OF the extremists TO oppose
me meeting Of the National Assembly,
no government is taking strong mill
,arv measures. both in Berlin and Wei
mar. Troops in the newspaper quarter
a; Berlin have been reinforced and
heavily manned srmored cars stand
day and night before the Reichstag
Ruilding in readiness to proceed TO any
threatened point
The Soldiers Councils in the large
towns near Weimar. including Eisen-
acb. Erfurt and Gotha, have protested
spainst the sending Of troops to Wei
mar and have threatened to oppose
such measures. The Independents have
occupied the telegraph office a. Eisen
sch. move by which they are able
10 psralyze a large part of the tele-
graph traffic with Weimar.
There has been no change in the
,ituation al Bremen. and it is report
I'd that all was quiet there up to early
sunday evening. Herr Noskc, the COM
nander in chiei OF tho government
orces marching on Bremen, said to-
day tha, tie negotiations with the
spartacan Insurgents were continuing,
bu. tina. nothing definite has been con
GUIDED regarding the surrender of arms
oy the insurgents or the further adj
ysuce OF the government troops under
General Gcrstenberg.
The state arsenal q; Soanoau. en-
ploying 10000 laborers. has been closed
because Of th' coal shortage. The Of
acial information bureau here has gis-
N notice ;hat casl supplies for the
municipa! electric works are almost
Exhausted ard th.t further sharp
reduction III electric current is neccs
ssry. Street cars will be affected by
'he shortage.
BASEL, Feb. S.-Thc Peoples Com
missaries ct Bremen nave declared
themselves ready to Withdraw N ac-
cordance with the German govern
ment's request. and toe workers army
IS willing 70 hand over its arms and
ammunition . the Soldiers Council
Of the 9th Army Corps, which has an
dertaken TO maintain order in the city.
according to adv ices received ncre.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-04
100 Per Gent Raise
.4sked, 200 Promised

u ARIS, Feb. 3.-~The newly
N formed union of employees of
the Postotiice. Telegraph and Tel
ephone departments met to-day
to hear the report on a demand
for an increase in wages Of 100
per cent.
When the report was heard the
surprise was so great that there
were some moments of impressive
silence.
The report announces that the
Ministry of Posts. Telegraph and
Telephones mas bill prepared
For Parliament. by which all
wages would be raised 200 per
cent up to 1000 francs yearly,
which latter salary would become
10000 francs annually.
Women's wages would be the
Same as mems for the same kind
of work.
The 200 per cent increase may
be further increased by SO per
cent successfully if the cost of
living continues to increase, or
the amount may be reduced if the
cost of living decreases, but not
to an amount less than an in
crease Of 100 per cent over the
present scale.
A special allowance of 10
francs daily is to be given workers
until the bill is passed.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-04

day the arrest of thrty-fv leading
members of the Turkish Committee Of
Union and Progress. The dispatch did
not state by whose orders the arrests
we're made. but officials of the depart
ment believe the step was taken at
least with the approval of the British
and French authorities who are In CON
troll Ill Constantinople
The British and French command the
police and are endeavoring to eliminate
the leaders of the Turkish government
who have been intriguing against the
Allies and who are believed to have in
spired recent massacres among the
Armenians and other peoples formerly
subject to the Ottoman empire
New-York tribune., 1919-02-04
Turk Palace for Allies
Enver~ Pacha's Residence Seized
for d'Esnerey

PARIS, Feb. 3.-The Turkish author-
ties, according to the "Matin," have
requisitioncd the Constantinople palace
Of Enver Pacha, the former Turkish
Minister of War as a residence for
General Franchet d'Esperey, the Allied
commander in European Turkey.
dissolved. General de Castelnau has
been relieved of his command and will
be assigned to other duties
New-York tribune., 1919-02-04
India Cotton Workers Get
Wage Increase; Strike Ends

BOMBAY, India, Feb. 2.--The strike
which has affected eighty-six cotton
factories during the last three weeks
has been declared nn. The employers.
ON the advice Of the Governor Of bonn
oay. granted q 20 per cent increase In
wages and bonus Of twenty rupecs
- the men
New-York tribune., 1919-02-04
Bolsi1eviki Take
kiev; Ukrail1iall1s
In a New Capital

WARSAW, Jan. 81 (By wireless via
Nienna) BY The Associated Press ~
kiev has been taken by Bolshevik
troops, part Of General Petlura's troops
going over to the enemy
The ukrainian government has been
moved from Kicv to Winntza, to the
southwest. Railway communication
with kiev is cut off at kovel, where
q body of German troops is ATTEMPTING
to keep order among disorderly Ger
mans who arc retiring from the
Ukraine.
The cold wave here has resulted in
the deaths of hundreds, especially
babies, who were frozen to death while
being transported on railways.
(This probably refers to refugees
fleeing to Warsaw to escape from the
advancing Bolsheviki)
New-York tribune., 1919-02-04
Vienna Cro,rG Cheers
Plan to join Germany

VIENNA. Feb. l. Al manifesto
ton here to-day in favor Of the union
nj German Austria TO Germany. Otto
Bauer, the Foreign Minister. said that
the German Government had invited
German-AustTia to send plenipoten-
tiary 20 new commission being
formed in Germany 10 replace the old
Federal Council The plenipotentiarv,
ne said, would have only a consulta-
i've voice for the present. Minister
Bauer concluded.
I'm short time Gcrman-Austria
VII form a part of Germany. a part
o. the great German republic"
Inc crowd eheered and sang the
German national anthem
New-York tribune., 1919-02-04
Cuban Liberals May Ask
u. s. TO Guard Election

HAVANA. Feb. Should conditions
warrant action. the Liberal party will
call upon the United States to super
wise the next Cuban Presidential cleo
ton. This was decided upon BY a
convention Of the party after a long
debate.
The petition will not be presented at
once, but will be held by the executive
committee until it is apparent that su-
pervision is "a necessary guarantee Of
the purity Of the suffrage according
to an announcement made by the CON
ycntiou
New-York tribune., 1919-02-04
Serious Rail Strike
Called in S,ueden

COPENHAGEN. Feb 3.-A serious
railway strike has broken out in Swe-
den. Workmen last night stopped work
on nineteen different lines.
Railway traffic in Southern Sweden
is hampered greatly, and the govern
ment is making efforts TO maintain the
flow of food supplies to the larger
towns.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-04
Philippines Hope TO
Escape New Dry Ed;c,

MASILAr r. T., Feb. 2, The question
as 20 whether the recently ratified M
tlcnal prohImifion amendment IN tie
United States affects the Philippine
ISLANDS has been raised nefe.
Acting Governor Charles r.. Yeater
has sent an inquiry TO Washington
Sskinx for s.rulinF In the matter
New-York tribune., 1919-02-04

and member Of the Teschen com
nittee. was arrested at her home at
Dombrowa and her young son was
killed by the Czechs. He says that
six other boys were shot by the Czechs
for resisting
Telegraph lines and railways in the
direction of Vienna were cut by the
Czecho- Slovaks last Thursday.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-04

CONSTANT1NOPLE, Feb. 2 (yia
MontreaD D.-Information has been re-
ceived here of very disturbed condi-
tions in Turkestan, where Bolshevik
activity is prevalent and where some
10000 German and Austrian former
prisoner remain.
Fighting in Northwest
Fighting has taken place with Boil
sheviki in the northern region Gen
eral Denikine's army in the region OF
Ekaternodar, to which the British mis-
sion is attached, is making good prog
ress, but in the other parts of south
eastern Russia the situation remains
unchanged, at least as regards the in
terror, where the Bolsheviki are su-
preme.
The Russian Black Sea ports are safe
owing to the presence of Allied war
ships, but communications between
ports and the anterior country are
rendered difficult by the Bolsheviki.
A dispatch from Stockholm last night
said that, according to reports Of tray
ellers quoted by Finnish papers, Petro-
grad has been bombarded by Kronstadt
artillery and many persons killed
Serious disorders are said to prevail
in PetrOgrad.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-04
35 Turk Leaders Opposing
The Allies Are Arrested

WASHINGTON. Feb. 3-s- American
Commissioner Heck, at Constantinople,
reported to the State Department to-
New-York tribune., 1919-02-04
Rumania Threatened

LONDON, Feb. d Ukrainian troops
are preparing to attack Rumania, which
is said to have modified it's forces to
meet the assault, according to Copen-
hagen advices to "The Mall
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-07-15
WHO'S WHO. -

The republican steering com
mittee of the house is attracting
considerable attention by its re-
dictionary ways, which are arous-
ing resentment among Pro-
gressives" who east their lot with
the standpat organization to get
the loaves and fishes distributed
by the majority.
1t it just beginning to dawn on
the average member of the house
that this important and now all
powerful committee is composed
almost exclusively Of well-to-do
or rich business men of the city
type. The small town or country
district is not represented. The
working man an the farmer were
not considered in its makeup.
Here is the list; Representa-
tives Mondell of Wyoming, Moore
of Pennsylvania, Longsworth Of
Ohio, Wnslow OF Massachusetts.
Dunn Of New York, and Madden
of Illinois.
Mr.. Mondell is prosperous
business man, which in his case
includes mercantile and trading
enterprises He started on a
farm but soon quit the country
FOR the town, Colonel Roosevelt
devotes space in lis auto-bio-
9raphy to criticize him as a con
gresham. He says that he is u
lriend of land AMI money grab
hers againpt tie pc, ple
Mr.. Moore is .aNvycr, a ncW5-
paper editor and bank director.
Mr.. Longworth is one the wealth
lest men Ct the house. He inher-
tied riches, and his sympathies
are with the big man Of affairs.
Mr. Winslow is manufacturer
and a banker. Mr.. Dunn is re-
puted to be very wealthy. He has
many interests. Mr. Madden is
in the manufacturing business. y
The farmer and the working
man of the wage-earning type are
not represented on the committee
that dictates the legislation of
TIE house