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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-02-01
British Planes to Take
Food to Belgium Daily

I ONDON, Jan. 31.-The Gov
ernment has allotted squad
ron of military airplanes to con-
vey foodstuffs to Belgium for the
relief of the population. The
service, which is to be daily, will
begin Immediately between
Folkestone and Ghent.
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With the main qr-Ntions ali turn
Ing on the league. all decisions being
provisional, there is increasing inter
est In the solution of the economic
and military questions involved in n
which will bring up American con-
stitutional points, In the opinion OF
many here, and also the Monroe Doe!
trine.
The league plan DOW is being really
really evolved by President Wilson,
LORD Robert Cecil and Col. l.. W.
House in private conferences. Tho
President has decided not To- publish
IN America any suggestions or tcnta-
two plans. hut only the plan agreed
upon. which the whole conference
now aNaitS. wondering, not without
scepticism, II 1t means n new world.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-02-01
TEN CAPITAL
SHIPS VOTED
IN NAVALBILL
Construction of Ten Scout
Cruisers Also Approved by
House Committee.
OTHERS ARE DEFERRED
Provision for Cancellations
in Event Peace Council
Limits APmaments.
SPEED URGED BY WILSON
Wished to Have Three Year
Programme Defined for
Benefit Of Parleys.


WAsHINGToS, Jan. 31.--The navy ap-
preparation hill carrying the new three
year programme--with no provision
for battle cruisers. and with strict linn
itations surrounding the letting of
contraCts--was approved unanimously
to-day by the House Naval Affairs
Committee. The bill appropriates
$3.50, 900 900, which includes sl6? 0oo.-
600 TO be spent during the year under
:he new programme.
AS predicted in THE SrN yesterday
the bill contained express provisions
that tho construction provided for in
the bill should be uncontrolled for un-
Ill after February !. 1920 and that any
agreement entered into by the United
States in the meanwhile as to limita-
ton Of armaments should have the Of
feet of comforting on the President au-
thority to suspend naval expenditures
inconsistent with this agreement.
Work on the bill In committee was
rushed and the bill reported to-day. it
vas hnted by committee members,
partly because OF 'cabled requests from
President Wilson that this action be
taken so that the American delegation
attending the Versailles Peace Confer
ence could lay Its cards on the table"
in respect to competitive ornaments.
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Learn OF secret Treaty.

The secret treaty whereby Japan was
promised possession Of these Pacific
strategic bases only became known n
few days ago. That such an agreement
figured IN Japanese plans Is shown by
the following passage OF the secret docu-
mcnt OF February S, 1917:
In order to give a push to the highly
Continued NJ, Second pooc
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-02-01
President at Work Drafting
Plan for League of
Nations.
LORD CECIL ASSISTING
Balkan States. Poland and
CZechO-SlOvakS Heard
by Council.
ANOTHER SECRET TREATY
Concessions Were Made to
Rumania at Time Of En-
trance Into War.
SECRET TREATY
By LAURENCE HILLS.
StnG Correspondent of THE Sun.

ropyright. 1872: oil rights r'serred.
PARIS, Jan. 81. - Acceptance Of
President Wilson's plan for admins
tering the German colonies is provi-
sional, in that the details must he
worked out successfully in connection
with the formulation of the league
Of nations plan. 10 which the council
OF the five leading nations now will
give its chief attention. The Prcsi-
dent has won a diplomatic success
for the time hcing. how much Of
success cannot be determined until
1t is seen what kind Of league Of
nations plan cmcrges.
The important thing is that Pre-.
micr Lloyd George has stood by the
President in the crisis, finally com.
pelllng Premier Hughes of Australia
to give up his contentious for the
good of the greater number. As Pre-
mier t1emenccau put it yesterday,
1--WE will have to try It," Japan Is
the only Power taking exception to
the principle adopted, the delegates
saying that they must refer the mat
ter to their homo Government.
Details Left to Experts.
The details OF the mandate pan
are left to the geographical experts to
be worked out parallel with the
league plan. The hope now is OK
pressed that the latter can he finished
before fhe President leaves for
America. With the decision reached
yesterday In regard 10 the coionic,,
the labors Of the full conference viii
be held up largely until the league
plan is finished AS the basis Of set
tlcment.
Most Of the questions now before
the big five for consideration are
merely territorial disputes; 50 that
the weekly plcnary meeting ha, been
postponed. At the meeting yesterday
Premier Orlando practically a-recd
that tho italian claims should he ad-
iustcd In accordance with the priE,
ciplcs Of the league of nations priu-
ciples. thus marking one O.. thc
President most successful da,s, his
friends say.
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STRONGL Y OPPOSES PEACE OFLOOT';
SENA TORS SEE DANGERS IN FUTURE
All of Russia's Governments
to Spurn Invitation to Farley

'front.' Nc in
al
RERN JAM 3A Vienna despatch
Governments will accept Islands invitation
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G.0.P.LEADERS
ATTACK POLICY
Lodge Admits Lack of InfOr-
nation on Colonies. but
Sees Trouble.
BORAH WANTS PUBLICITY
Idaho Man Says He Would
Fight League "if Proposed
by Saviour.
Sp.cinI Dtspntch 10 TEE sly.

WASHINGTON. Jan. 3l.-The bare sug-
sestion OF complicating America in
the problem OF disposing OF the Ger
man colonies aroused storm OF at
tack to-day in the Senate.
Criticism Of the course which the
American peace delegates are alleged
to have taken in dealing with this sec
ondary problem Of the greater ques-
ton of effecting n durable peace came
first from Senator Knox 0Pa.), n mem
Der OF the Committee on Foreign Re-
lations and formerly Secretary of State
But Senator Knox's comment was
only the precursor of other criticism
from Senator'S Lodge tMass). Borah
GdaD and Johnson (CalD. developing
eXhaustively the suggestions advanced
by the Pennsylvania and denouncing
the present tendency OF the Peace Con-
ference toward secretiveness in its de-
liheratlons and diffuseness in its ac-
tivities
Senator Knox in opening the discus
sion read into the record excerpts from
the news cables OF this morning in
which il was stated that under the pro-
posed agreement whereby the United
states would assume a part in the
management OF the German colonies In
South Africa and Polynesia American
troops would be required 10 maintain
order.
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RICKENBACKER
HERE, TELLS0F
FIGHTS IN AIR
Landed Once With Wing
Gone: Another Time
Broke Ear Drum.
MEISSNER ALSO BACK
Flatbush Ace in Distin-
guished Party of 'Casuals'
OH Adriatic.
BIG RECEPTION BALkED
Committees and Relatives on
Hand. but No One Allowed
to Land.
BIG RECEPTION BALKED

The White Star finer Adriatic
brought in last night Capt. Eddie
pickenbacker and Major James A.
Me,ssner, two OF the most intrepid yet
unpretentious stars in the American
aviation service, but all the commit
,ees that wanted to welcome them were
tebarred from going aboard the ship
by order OF the War Department. The
aces" will receive their official and
popular gree ting to-day perhaps, and
may be allowed 20 put foot on the land
Of their birth with IDS other officers,
characterized officially as casuals, who
were detained all night at the foot Of
West Eighteenth street in the inter-
.sts Of discipline.
Capt Rickenbacker OF Detroit was
head OF the HAT in the Ring Squad
ron" otherwise No. "a, officially cred
ited with destroying twenty-six Boche
machines.
Major Meissner of Flatbush put
eight Hun planes out Of business,
Flatbush was sore because it could not
get anywhere near the Major, and
several automobile and aero organiza-
learned that they would have TO talk
with Capt. Eddie over the rail
footing Done by One Boat.
There was not much of water
demonstration for the returning war
riors as darkness had set In when the
Adriatic docked, and anyhow. as some
~ the officers remarked. all they could
see was one lonesome greeting boat that
simply footed and footed and footed.
when they were longing for newspa pers,
particularly from their own home towns.
and more substantial things than
screaming vapor. They got a few New
York papers later from newspapermen
who boarded the ship at the pier and
were as grateful as schoolboys.
When the officers, running from Colo
nels TO Second L!eutenants. learned that
they would not be allowed even TO tele-
phone TO their wives and relatives or to
greet some who were outside the GUS
toms lines waiting to see them. several
Save free rein to their impressions OF
what they called worse treatment than
tney had received even from the Ger
mans in prison camps" But Capt. Ed
lie was serene through all OF the tumult
4 Indignation. In fact, he hadn't much
lime to think ABOUT anything except
obiiging the fash light photographers
md the reporters who wanted him 70
.ell the story Of his life.
In an interval when he was able TO
think ccnsccutively and blush b bit he
asked what the reporters wanted. and
they called for his most dramatic. cx-
.er.ence. Capt. Eddie Is broad shouldered,
almost as tall as a village spire, ruddy,
aad has Q fine command Of excellent
1.nglish. He was bit conscious per-
Aaps but also marvellously ingenious.
much like a boy narrator who has con-
'nitted his piece to memory and at times
iorgets his lines. Detroit, represented
by several OF her correspondents. was
mighty alert, and Eddie did not disap-
:oiHt her.
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ships to Cost 100000 Each.

The bill provides for ten super
drendnoughts - carrying as heavy
armor and as powerful armament as any
OF their class, TO have the highest prac-
tical speed and greatest desirable radius
O! action" Two OF the vessels are to
be started as soon as practicable, but
this construction is subject TO the ltn.ta-
tions OF the dates OF contracts incor-
porated In tie measure The limit OF
cost of each OF these vessels exclusive of
armor and armament - place at
s2l ,o00. 900.
Ten scout cruisers are provided in
tho bill as has been repeatedly forecast.
Contracts for these vessels are likewise
subject TO the same restrictions as are
the FIRST ike fighting ships The limit
of cost of these vcsseis. exclusive OF
armor and armamerts. !s Sc, at
$4,000 900.
For vessels OF other types the bill
provides that study to gain every ad-
vantage Of progress in design and con-
struction and creation OF new types
shall be made and communicated to the
new Congress when IL meets in regular
session next December. No time will be
lost In this way, because no contracts
can be let for a year pending the action
Of the Peace Conference in regard to
limiting national armaments.
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Knox Sees Complications.

"One can scarcely read that without
reaching the conclusion that 1t Is the
purpose Of the allied Powers not only
to allow US to conduct operations In
these German colonies and take them
over under a trusteesh!p or receiver
ship" said Senator Knox. but that the
maintenance OF tine peace OF the world
Is 20 res; upon US.
"If that IL true or course there is no
army which this country could raise that
would be sufficient for such A purpose.
and there is no burden Of taxation that
shou,d be laid upon the people of the
United States that would be adequate
20 maintain such Il force.
Il hope these stories are not true;
cannot believe they can be true; l can
not believe shat without consulting the
Congress OF the United States. without
consulting the members OF committees
tha. have charge OF these special mat
ters, without consulting the people the
United states can be pledged to any
such stupendous and preposterous un-
Certaking.
1T is the widest kind OF guessing
as TO wha, the Senate will do. ! have
made d futile effort TO try TO get the
Senate TO express an opinion on two or
thrcc fundamental propositions TO which
I did not suppose there was any obiec-
,ion, but cannot even get IL out Of the
Committee on Foreign Relations"
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Contiased on Second Page.
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Continued on Second Page.
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WEATHER FORECAST,

Fair ana somewhat colder to-day; to-
morrow fair; strong northwest winds.
Highest temperature yesterday, Al; lowest, 90.
Detailed weather reports on editorial page.
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Continued on Third Pugo.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-04-13
The Thompson Flare-Up

Senator George F. Thompson is a
scenario statesman. He visualizes pol
tics as a series of five-reel adventures
to have some big moments when he set
ties into the witness chair and says
TO the man behind the film machine :
You may fire, Gridley, when you are
ready
Do things happen in real life as they
happen in the Thompson films? That
is the question which Scene First of the
new Thompson melodrama raises. En-
Governors, traction magnates, lawyers
and agents, 100000 campaign funds
all these pick-me-ups to the jaded i'm
agnation figure in Mr.. Thompsons
latest production. But they have added,
so far, only a slight verisimilitude to
an otherwise bald and sketchy revela-
ton.
Mr.. Thompson's high lights are con-
fusing and his backgrounds fade away
into nothingness. Was there any trac-
ton "slush fund" at Albany this session?
The intimation that there was passed
around the Capitol days before the
Thompson sensation broke. Now it
seems that the only "slush fund" remote
ly deserving the name was the one which,
in Mr.. Thompson's imagination or in
somebody else's, was to materialize in
time to promote the Niagara County
statesman's nomination for the Cover
norship in 1920.
Possibly it is a mark Of innocence to
take Mr.. Thompson seriously. Yet if he
cannot make good on his charges the
Legislature ought in self-defence, to
wind up his career one of Albany's
brightest entertainers.
The traction interests of this CITY
made mistake if they put themselves
IN position to suffer from his peculiar
Talents as sensationalst. The bill they
have been pushing is one for which a
perfectly open appeal could be made. If
hts reasonableness had been demonstrated
THE people of this city would have SUD-
ported it. Apparently there was no ade-
iquate campaign of education. That is
unfortunate. The real forum is here.
u the people of New York are con-
vlnced Of the injustice of the five cent
rare the Martin bill can be passed
without any of the risks which now seem
% De involved IN any campaign of edu-
cation directed intensively at Senator
Thompson.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-04-13

The primary object seemingly has been
not to do justice but to conciliate armed
and unrepentant injustice.
This spirit has never made for peace
and never will. To the degree such
false psychology is accepted, the inte-
grafton of the world is prevented, for
Indignation must be founded on the
everlasting statutes of morality. For
giveness, yes; but forgiveness must
grasp the hand of repentance to gain
power Yet for six months unending
propaganda has gone on to make it ap-
pear that the chief end Of the peace
must be to satisfy those whose argu-
ments were blood and who have never
pretended that they had altered their
views. A nominal peace may be writ
ten on this basis, but from the nature
of things it will settle nothing.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-04-13
Furnishing Friend.

Should Italy fail to obtain at Paris,
largely through the attitude of the
American delegation, the position in the
Adr'atic which her national security de-
mands. she would inevitably be alienated
from America much as France is be;nc
alienated
There is no occasion to enlarge again
upon the justice Of the Italian claim to
lands that must not be in hostile hands.
Premier Orlando may we'll feel that his
ministry would not last day if he went
back 10 Rome with these claims denied,
To regain Italia lrrcdcnta has lone been
passionate aspiration of the Italian
people.
Inc peoples TO whom the American
delegation il apparently giving the pref
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-04-13

AN alarming proportion of the $4,000, 900
foreign-born Aliens" etc. --- Circular of the
savings bank section of the American
Bankers Association.
Passing over the question of what is
"foreign-born alien" as apparently dis
tlnguished from native born one, it
may be remarked that the last Federal
census showed 13,515,00O aliens in the
United States, which number has prob
ably since decreased through the cessa-
ton of immigration and deaths. Of the
13,515,0O0 about half are citizens, and
thus not aliens. In the letter which ac-
companies the circular is this: ut is
estimated that unless vigorous action is
taken over 6,0OO,O00 of those aliens NAV
be lured abroad" That is to say, all
the aliens are to go. Preceding the Wig
orous aforesaid action, it might be we'll
to get the facts straight.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-04-13

erence have been bitter enemies of Italy
and of the Allies. The Croats and
Slovenes fought even against their own
Serb kinsmen. They were not unwilling
soldiers; Austria had no fears as to their
loyalty. Only when defeat came did they
profess conversion to the Allied cause.
Now they would take for themselves
what thousands of Italians died for.
To punish your friends and reward
your enemies seems to be one of the
fundamental principles of the new secret
diplomacy. 1t is not principle to which
plain man can easily give assent
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-04-13
The Tea Ships

From The Nution)
THEIR canvas 1ared across the China
4 Sea,
Back in the misty Forties ere the steam
And plate steel from the Tyne swept every
lea,
Crowding the sail to yards where they
might dream
Of vanished greatness when the seas would
cream
Across their surging prows on washing
lanes;
And DER the waste to catch Nantucket's
gleam--
Canton to Boston with their golden gains.
Days we're remembered when their canvas
showed
The tossing stretches on their western
drive;
No thoughts of coming years that would
corrode
Sailor and timber, when the will to
strive
Sinks with the passing days and on some
beach
Both watch the thrilling years sweep
from their reach.
THOMAS J MURRAY
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-04-13
The Exclusion of Brussels

IL Is reported that President Wilson.
When arguing against Brussels as the
assembly place of the so-caled league.
said
You will not dare to choose citv az
4ae capital Of the league of nations which
'4eafnates the enmity between races-a
Guy which has been wronged, doubtless.
oue which makes a reconciliation between
'ne peoples Of Europe more distant by
me very wrongs it has suffered"
Inc selection in itself is not important,
pu' 'ne argument is. 1t is symptomatic.
~ raises many questions not only as to
'ne war but as TO the peace.
brussels, it is admitted, has been
eravely wronged, as the capital Of q
s'ontry not merely neutral, but neutral
'1ec' IL represents public law, the prin
sip'eS which must prevail if there are to
&c institutions Of peace. Through it the
General interests of the world were at
''sAeo without shadow of excuse. Brus
e'i' and Belgium, indeed, cmbody in a
.''lctete way all the principles for which
a'"o'ooo brave and devoted men gave
their lives.
iet Brussels is held to lack proper
'a'mosphere of peace If it had received
'.'s Germans it would be fit, but it re-
's'''ea and is unfit. Righteousness must
- careful what it does. It must not 90
.ae IN opposing wrong. There must be
~ ,.ssu1saiity in words as we'll az in acts.
lug Archangcl Michael should not have
.aa Satan 30 hard. 1t was not agree
w 70 satan. Heaven IL no place for a
.'aee Of peace. Purgatory, or some
.ssf midway region, is situs TO be pre-
~ implication carried by the cx-
!. .a''on OF Brussels has run through all
49, peace negotiations. This has been
~ trouble With them-~the cause of the
~ sak'up OF the harmony on which rest
81 hopes Of mankind. Masqucrading
F@'s''sm has been received as genuine.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-04-13
Chesilbury Ring

(Frons Land and Water
THE turf girdles Chesilbury
L On the dead folks wall,
The plough drives in Chesilbury
Where cattle used to stall;
And there's no crying there now
Except the peewit's call.
What people had home here
Long and long ago?
What man used to come here
With his yew bow?
What woman used to roam here
When the light was low?
There's no fear of foeman now,
Nor Druid with the knife,
Nor man to love woman now,
Nor life to ask life:
Dust is the bowman now.
And dust is his wife.
Now wind sings DER Chesilbury
All day and night,
The rain chides. the moon rides,
The flints CLEAN bright:
And they look'd on Chesilbury
When its walls were white.
MAURICE HEWLETT
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-04-13
A Week of Verse
On a Memorial Stone

From The Lsric)
NOV we names that once wers
= young
And had our wifi of living weather.
Loved dark pines and the thin moons
feather,
Fought and endured our souls and flung
Our laughter to the ends of earth,
And challenged heaven with our spacioa.
mirth.
Now we are names, and men shall come
To drone their memorable words:
How We went out with shouting swords
And high, devoted hearts; the drum
Shall trouble US with suffered roll.
And stony latin laud the hero soul;
And generations unfuflled,
The heirs of all we struggled for,
Shall here recall the mythic war.
And marvel how we stabbed and killed.
And name savage, brave austerc-
And none shall think how very young we
were.
ARCHIBALD MACLEISH.