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New-York tribune., 1919-03-03
Vote Sho,us 100000
Germans FAVOR Monarchy

GENEVA, March 2 (By The
~ Associated Press. .-Profes-
sor Herman Fernau, author of
the book declaring Germany re-
sponsivle for the world war.
81 Accuse analyses the results
of the recent elections in Ger
many in the journal de Geneve"
as follows:
In favor Of a republic-Nearly
100000 votes, with 26O Depu-
ties. consisting of Majority So
clallsts, Democrats and Indepen-
dents.
In favor of the old regime
Nearly 100000 votes, with 63
Deputies, consisting offs *German
National and Peoples parties.
The Catholic Centre, the writer
says, with nearly 100000 votes
and SO Deputies, continues in an
equivocal attitude.
Professor Fernau, in conclu-
sion, says that the Allies must
make peace with the German peo-
pie represented by the 5000, 900
voters, and not with the govern
ment Of Scheidemann (the Ger
man Chancellor) and Count Won
Brockdorff- -Rantzau (the Foreign
Minister).
New-York tribune., 1919-03-03

dreds and even by thousands daily, in
an effort to save Russia from com
plete destruction, and all this is being
done without a thought of political
ambition" said Sergius Sazonoff, Min
ister of Foreign Affairs in the Deni-
kline government, who also is the rep
resentative in Paris for the Omsk
government, in an interview to- day.
He continued:
"ln addition to the Russians fighting
Bolshevism through and outside the
governments there are also hundreds
Of thousands of Russians within the
Bolsheviki battling daily against the
efforts to defeat reunited Russia.
"In the many months l was in
Yekaterinodar Capital of the Province
of Kuban) working with General Den
kline, Admiral Kolchak and other pa
triotc leaders for the reconstruction
of the Russian state | heard no talk
New-York tribune., 1919-03-03
BOlsheviki
Would Scrap
Peace Treaty
Would Abide by the Terms
No More Than by Those
of the Brest-Litovsk Pact
Seek a Respite for Food
Pefrograd Governor Ex-
plains Willingness to Con-
fer by Proposed Trickery

ARCHANGLE, March l (Ey The AS
sociated ress).-Governor Zinovieff,
Of Petrograd. in a recent speech 20
the Petrogrsd Soviet Council, explain
ing why the Bolshevikl were willing 20
ettend conference on Princes
Islands, to consider a compromise with
the Allied governments, declared that
any treaty the Bolsheviki made with
the Allied powers would be consdere
a scrap of paper. AS quoted in the
Northern Commune" the official or
gan Of the Petrograd Soviet, Zinovieff
ssd
1--WE ere undertaking this move
toward pence with clear realization
that IN the course Of time this peace
will he profitable 10 us and not TO our
enemies.
"Comrsdes. IL seems 10 me this hne
been proved up TO the hit by our ex.
perience with the Breat=LisovHk pence.
IL Is not the Russian wtfkmen md
resants who suffered for the Rrea.s
lItoysk peace, but aomo ono else --
william the Second and he band o..
robbers, the German Bourgeoisie and
Scheidemann and his crowd, all Of
whom were rubbing tncir hands In
glee over the Brcst-Litovsk peace "A
lew months ago.
Into History's Scrap.,eap
"Now every one of them is in far
from enviable position. But we were
able to put it on the scrapheap of
history and already are beginning 20
forget it,
"Thc signing of such peace with
the Allies would not mean that We
would even for second stop building
our Red army. 1t would only mean
that we put no trust whatever on the
bit OF paper which we would have
signed. We would continue to build
our army, but at the same time would
allow the workmen and peasants to
oraw few free breaths.
Throughout his speech, Zlnovicff en-
Ihasized that the Soviet leaders were
rot seeking peace with the Allies be-
cause of the military s;tuSt'on, which,
in fact, he said, was good from the
Bolshevik point of view, but only be
cause the food situation was bad.
Bound to Win in End"
The Governor declared the Sovi-t
government could afford to make IN
unfavorable peace on any terms in
sisted upon by the Allies, because "no
matter what mistakes we make now
we shall conquer in the end No mat
ter how cleaverly the imperialistio
bourgeoisie may push its pawns it
Will inevitably perish within few
years"
I'VE should be bound to accept these
conditions" Zinovieff continued, "in
the full assurance that history is
l.
brings US nearer to the final ruin Of
cur enemies; that we should use this
breathing spell so obtained to gather
cur strength. The mere continued ex-
.tence of our government would con
tinue on a grand scale the propaganda
which Soviet Russia has been carrying
on for more than year"
New-York tribune., 1919-03-03
Canal Planned to Link
Caspian and Black Seas
S2l,32O,O0O Project Would
Open Up Coal and Oil Regions
of Southern Russin
NeW Yorh Tribune
Washington Bureau

NfW Ofh Iftbnnr
Washington Bursau
WASHINGTON, March g.. One of
the greatest international development
projects since tho building of the
Panama Canal, according to official nd
vices from London to-day, is plan
under consideration of London and
New York capitalists to link the Cas-
plan and Black seas by canal by
uniting the Don and Volga rivers not
far from their mouths. The route has
been surveyed and an estimate Of the
capital required has been made.
The distance between tho rivers at
the point surveyed is approximate y
63 miles, and it has been determined
that the canal must have Thirteen locks.
The cost is estimated at approximately
$21 100000 and it will require little
more than three years to complete the
work.
The needs Of the world for the coal
and oil of the regions of Southern Rus
sa arc the main reasons advanced for
the need Of this canal.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-03
Wilson Appoints
Hoover Director
OfU. S. Relief Fund
Controls the Administration
Created by SlOO,O ,OOO,O
Bill; Names Whitmarsh
and Richards Aids Here

WASHINGTON, March .. Herbert
Hoover has been appointed by Presi
dent Wilson as director general of the
American relief association, Gre
ated under the new s10O,0O0,O00 Euro
pean famine relief bill.
Mr.. Hoover already has been made
director general of allied relief under
the commission sitting at Paris
In making public the Presidents ex-
ecutive order tonight, the food ad-
ministration announced that Edgar
Richard and Theodore F. Whitmarsh.
who have been directing the affairs of
the food administration during Mr.
Hoover's absence in Europe, had been
appointed by him joint directors in the
United States of the newly created re-
lief administration.
President Issues Order
The Presidents executive order fol
lows:
IN pursuance of an act entitled nm
act for the relief Of such populations
IN Europe and countries contiguous
thereto, outside Of Germany. Grrmsn-
Austria. Hungary, Bulgaria and Turkey.
as may bo determined upon by The
President Ms necessary approved Feb
tuHfy "a. 1919. ! hereby direct that
the furnishing Of foodstuifs and other
urgent supplies and tha tranaporta-
uon, distribution and administration
thereof, provided for In said net, shnl
be conducted under the direction of
Herbert Hoover, who ia hereby ap-
pointed director general Of the Amer
lean relief Illustration. with full
power to determine to which of the
populations named in said act the sun
plies shall be furnished, and in what
quantities, and further arrange for re-
endorsement so far as possible. as in
SAID act provided.
Must Use Grain Corporation
HE is hereby authorized to estab-
llsh the American relief administra-
ton for the purpose Of carrying out
the provisions OF said act and to en-
ploy such persons and incur such ex-
penses as may be necessary for such
purpose, to dsburse all sums appro-
priated under the aforesaid act of Feb
ruary "a, 1919, and appoint dsburs-
ing officer with that power, and par
ticularly to employ the Food Admin
stration Grain Corporation, organized
under the provisions of the food con-
troll act Of August 10, 1917, as an
agency for the purpose of transporta-
tion and distribution Of foodstuffs and
supplies in the populations requiring
relief
"He is hereby further authorized in
the carrying out of the aforesaid act
of February "a, 1919, to contract with
the Food Administration Grain Cor
poration, or any other person or cor
poration, that such person or corpora
ton shall carry stocks of food in
transit to Europe, and at points in
Europe, in such quantities as may be
agreed upon and as are required to
meet relief needs. and that there shall
be paid to such person or corporation
in advance from the appropriation
made in the aforesaid act of Febru-
airy "a. 1919, any sums which may be
required for the purchase and trans
portation of foodstuffs and the main
tenance of stocks"
New-York tribune., 1919-03-03
Poland Needs Army
TO Fight Bolsheviki,
Asserts Paderewski
Premier Nettled by American
Opposition to Raising of
Big Force; Favors League
of Nations Plan, He Says

WARSAW, March (By The Asso-
ciated Press) s).-"Can you oppose Boil
shevism with the Bible? That is a
question which the world is facing to-
day"
lgnace Jan Paderewski. the Premier
Of Poland, somewhat nettled at the ap-
parent American opposition to the big
Polish army which is being formed
while the peace conference is sitting,
asked this of the Associated Press cor
respondent to-day.
Il am feeling better now" he said.
in his familiar style. "Poland is be-
ginning to see daylight. We have lots
of TROUBLE ahead. but thanks to the
Allies. some of our bright future is
behind us. Poland has to fight for this
bright future and we shall fight. If
we perish, you will perish too.
1T IS not an individual peril, but a
peril for civilization. for the aim of
the entire Christian civilization peace
and work-will not kill Boshevsm as
TAR MS we are concerned. because you
cannot have peace and organize pros
perlty with YOUR next-doo neiphbor
advising your workmen not to work
ana paying agents TO destroy your fac
tories es quickly as you can build
them"
When asked if he was abla to recon
clio the 100000 Polish army with ihe
league OF nnlions plan, M. pederewstI
replied
"YeH, certainly. and nm quite in
sympathy with that plan. Poiand's
army rs to be recruited for such time
ns is necessary to restore order on our
frontiers, IT viii be an army Of peace
and order, or policemen, il you will,
the same as the United States called
up TO protect its borders along Mexico
from outrage.
shall be delighted to see this pacific
plan worked out 1t is exactly our
ideas as regards Poland's future which
are entertained by President Wilson,
proylding also that an organization can
be built up capable of enforcing the
mandates of such court"
Major General Francis J. Herman and
Sir Esme William Howard. representa-
tivcs respectively of the United States
and Great Britain on the intcr-Allied
mission to Poland, arrived at Posen
TINS mornlg on special train. They
were erected officially by the National
Council Of Posnania. They will spend
a week in Posen comforting with the
German authorities
Colonel William R. Grove, Of the
American Food Mission, has just visi-
ted Grodno, having encountered no such
interference from the Germans as they
offered last month, when he was not
permitted to pass through Bialystok,
between here and Grodno.
He found about 300 German sol
dlers. under command of Colonel
Schultz, who, it is said was embarrassed
by the arrival of Colonel Grove.
Polish troops are now within twenty
miles of Grodno.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-03

chaos and with anarchy in a life-and-
death struggle to preserve order and
avoid Bolshevism The noble and
splendid emotions shared by the great
nations at the outset Of the struggle,
the magnificent spirit of sacrifice Of
the French at Verdun, of the British
at the Somme, of both armies in so
many tragic fights, have inevitably been
followed by moral as we'll as physical
exhaustion
IF America should go home now and
wash its hands of Europe, refuse to
complete its task begun at Chateau
Thierry and continued in the Argonne,
If America is now to leave Europe
mentally and morally as we'll as phys
lcally exhausted by the great strug
gle, to find its own way out without
our help and without the assurance
that our presence gives, think every
body close to the European situation
will agree that we may have Boshev-
ism from Vladivostok to Lands End.
1t is simple fact, think that from
one end of Europe to the other millions
of men and women are watching the
conflict which is now beginning in
America with hope and with fear
1t may be that there Is less faith
here in the language Of the league Of
nations than President Wilson might
hope. 1t Is probable that Europe. with
n|l Its history, will remain skeptical
but do not think thers is anywhere
here any misunderstanding Of the in
nnite value Of league Of nations
with tho United States ms one Of the
principal guhrnntors of Its moral doe
trlncs, otherwise unenforcenblc.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-03
Europe in Suspense
By Frank II. Simonds

DARIS, Feb 26.-It would be diff
President Wilson's first speech al
home, so far as its Paris audience is
concerned. While it is recognized on
all sides that it was but beginning,
there was feeling expressed every
where by men of all walks of life
that President Wilson had accurately,
forcefully and courageously put before
the American people the conditions IN
Paris. and it was further felt that ne
was fighting in America to save all the
best possibilities Of the Paris confer.
ence.
In dayto-day reports of the proceed
ings here, the differences Of opinion
which loom up at the moment, conflict
ing purposes, and Misunderstanding
serve to give an impression which,
however accurate, is bound to be mis-
leading; and in no single detail is this
truer than in the case of the league of
nations.
The simple fact is that despite cyni-
c1sm on the part of some statesmen,
apprehension on the part Of some rep
resentatives Of the various nations,
there is absolutely common recogni-
tion Of the fact that the league of
nations is the ono single guarantee,
not merely against war between nations
in the future. but the only possible
guarantee against domestic disorders,
which may he very serious IN certain
At.s..
New-York tribune., 1919-03-03
All Germany
Mcnaccd by
Soviet Revolt
Continued from page !

ly to determine whether Creator
Berlin is to be plunged into gen
eral strike primarily for political mo-
tivcs. The Grentcr Berlin Sovicts have
adopted and tclegrnphcd to the AS
semby Mt Weimar a resolution protest
soldiers and workmcn's councils and
against the general hostility encount-
cred by the revolutionary boards
among the state military and municipal
authorities.
The resolution calls upon the So
viets everywhere to fight for existence.
Convocation of n national Soviet
congress on March IS is demanded.
The government has issued long
manifesto from Weimar denouncing
the Terrorist attempts to get rid Of
the National Assembly. Vt proclaims
faithfulness to the principles of de-
mocracy.
Greater than the political danger is
the economic Distress" says the mani
festo. ave cannot feed ourselves from
our own supplies until the next har-
vest. The blockade is eating away
the vitals of our people. Thousands
perish daily from i'll nourishment."
The manifesto denounces strikes.
saying: Every strike brings US a step
nearer to the abyss. Only work can
save us"
The manifesto promises Specialization
Of suitable industries and establish
ment of industrial councils representa-
tive Of all the workers and freely
elected. 1t closes with a strong note,
asserting the determination Of the
government to wage relentless war
against terrorism, concluding:
whoever assails the life of the ma
tion is our enemy"
Wilson Views Indorsed
WEIMAR, March 1 (By The Asso-
ciated Press) Members of the Ger
man National Assembly rushed through
several bills at this mornings session
in an effort to get back to and finish
tne discussion OF the national cOnSti-
tuition but the Deputies again fell
afoul of the transition law bill on
which discussion was deferred yester-
day.
A measure concerning the future of
the German colonies was sponsored by
the Colonial Minister, who declared
President Wilson in mis- fourteen
points unequivocally had spoken for
justice.
The features of the afternoon ses-
sion were a speech by DR.. Helm, leader
of the Bavaran Peasant party, in
which he protested against the CON
tinual appeals for raising the British
blockade and urged Germany to do
what was possible to feed itself by n
little real work. and lively contro-
versy between Emmanuel Wurm. form
err Food Minister, and Herr Bauer. In
dependent Socialist Labor Minister
Strikes Blamed for Prvation
Dr. Helm startled the House by re-
ferring to sabotage Ms being more per
tlncnt than WAS tho blockade.
Minister Bauer announced "A bill
would be presented soon transferring
the coal syndIcntcs to the government
M the frat measure Of the socialism.
tion Of ndustrica
New-York tribune., 1919-03-03
CarnivaIs Off in Coblenz
Ban Placed on Excesses; Press
Thanks u. s. Authorities

COBLENz, March 2 (By The Asso-
ciated Press) Carnival festivities
among civilians have been prohibited
by the Coblenz municipal government
for the remainder of the year. In oc-
cupied Germany, and unoccupied Ger
many as we'll, the newspapers for
weeks have been agitating against mas
querades and similar functions under
present conditions.
The "Volkszeitung" thanks the
Coblenz Police Department and says:
ave also thank the American mill
tary authorities, which clearly are de
termined to suppress excesses by those
who are only interested in amusing
themselves"
New-York tribune., 1919-03-03
Troops QueU Disorder
At Halle; Souiets ut
Munich Pick Ministry

COPENHAGEN, March g Govern
mont troops have entered Halle Prus-
sian Saxony. which now is quiet, ne
cordng to II report from Berlin
Serious food Disturbances are re-
ported from Thorn, West Prussia.
Soldiers intervened aud mob tried
10 etorm the military jail, A number
troops restored order,
Reports from Munich sny the Soviet
congress there hns chosen n ministry
headed by Herr Segitz, who also will
be Minister Of Foreign Annrs and
Minister Of the Interior.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-03

of politics. The sole idea Of those
men is to save Russia from the forces
OF destructiOn-to turn it back united
to the Russian people to do what they
wish with it.
"Socialstc and other liberal ele-
ments are taking very prominent
part in the movement for reunited
Russia, especially in the south In
the Crimea and in the Don and Kuban
governments the progressive men Of
all parties have Joined hands There
is not the slightest chance that au-
tocracy will ever return in Russia
Nobody, so far as | know, wants it
and it would be folly to suggest such
reaction.
"Frends of reunited Russia much
regret the effort made by certain prop
agandists to create the impression
that the southern government, the
Omsk government and the Archangel
government are led by men who would
favor a return to the old order of
things. | am sure men like General
Denikine and Admiral Kolchak have
no desire to turn back the wheels Of
progress in Russia and | do not be-
lieve they seek personal aggrandize-
ment.
"The effort to split Russia into
many Independent governments also
is a misguided movement. Scores Of
small governments cannot live indie
pendently. The larger governments
bowl them over by their sheer weight
and Russia, which finally will resume
her place among the important ma
tions, must be a great united Russia
directed by the majority Of the Rus
sian people and not by any one class
or section.
"Russa has such undeveloped and
unlimited resources that she is able
to pay her way, and the Entente will
be amply rewarded for any help they
may extend to patriotic Russians in
their effort to overthrow anarchy and
restore peace in country that has
been disrupted by Bolshevism'
New-York tribune., 1919-03-03
French Employers Unite
5000 Associations Organize 10
Deal With EmpiOycs

PARIS, March 2. Eticnnc Clcmcntcl,
Minister Of Commerce, has begun the
formation OF national federation OF
employers to act az N counterpart to
the General Federation of Labor
M. Clcmentel explains that when he
finds himself in the presence of II com
plicaton affecting equally tho employ
crs and the employees he always finds
the delegates Of the General Labor
Federation ready with the nee
ossary information. He has APP
preached twenty groups Of the com
mercial and manufacturing activity of
the country, comprising 5000 associa-
tions with 100000 members, with a
view to the formation Of a regular en-
ployers' federation.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-03
Jail German Liquor Men
Bring Brandy Into U. S. Occu-
pied Area; Fined Heavily

COBLENZ, March (By The Asso-
ciated Press.-Sentences of six months
imprisonment and fines of 100000
marks each have been imposed upon
Matthias Scheid and Jacob Ring. Ger
man wholesale liquor dealers, who were
charged with bringing brandy into the
American occupied area by misrepre-
sentations.
The prosecution asserted that the
defendants had conspired to bring to
Coblenz by boat from Oppenheim
cargo of TOO cases of cognac without a
manifest or proper bill Of lading. The
government council maintained chat
the cognac was intended for American
soldiers.
This was the first military commits
sion case tried in the occupied area.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-03

Socialists carry out their threat to call
a general strike. The council asks the
people to combat force with force.
Spartacde leaders in the strike dis
trict of Central Germany are sending
out propaganda by trains and automo-
bies into districts not as yet affected.
One of these trains attempted to pass
kothen, but station guards fired on it
with rifles and machine guns. One
woman was killed and eight civilian
passengers wounded
At Edderitz the authorities halted
an automobile and arrested Spartacide
occupants. who were heading for the
Anhalt mining region to ncite strike
there
New-York tribune., 1919-03-03
Chief Charged
With 100000 Theft

CTOCKHOLM, March 2-Ad-
~ vices received here from Hell
singfors say the Bolshevik food
dictator in Pctrograd, Strijevski,
has been arrested, charged with
embezzling 5O,O0O,00O rubles
(nominally about $25, ,0OO,OO0).
The advices add that the Boil
sheviki recently bombarded Mar
va, using 5000 shells. They de-
stroyed 175 farms and killed "a
civilians. The population of the
region is reported to be fleeing.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-03
Japan Soon to Abolish Its
Opium Monopoly i'm China

TOXIC, Feb. 81 (By The Associated
Press) Premier Hara to-day an
nounced that the government had de-
cided at the earliest possible moment
to abolish tho opium monopoly in the
provinces of Kwang-Tung and Using
Tao, China, and on the island of For
mosa.
The newspapers commend this action
As the removal OF another source Of
friction between natives and foreigners
in Chinn.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-03
Berlin Newspapers
Suspended as Result
Of the General Strike

BERLIN, March 1 (By The Associ-
atcd Press. Berlin newspapers, with
the exception of the Socialist organs,
we're prevented from appearing as q
result of the sudden strike proclaimed
to-day. 1t is uncertain whether this
strike is n prelude to general poit-
ica strike, for which a large part of
Berlin labor is agitating, or whether it
is due to trade demands Fear is ex-
pressed that the present situation may
be n spark in the political powder
barrel.
The Municipal Council Of Greater
Berlin to-day published an appeal to
the non-Socalst population urging a
counter strike in case the Independent
New-York tribune., 1919-03-03
Allies Insist Ukraine
Let Poles Hare Oil
Wells and Lembere

WARSAW, Feb % (By The Asso-
ciated Press).-The Allied armstce
terms submitted to the Ukraine gov
ernment to-day by the Inter-Allied
Commission stpulate that Lemberg
and the petroleum wells shall be left
in the hands of the Poles.
1t is believed that the influence of
the Ukrainian peasant leader Petlura
will be sufficient to insure acceptance
of the terms by the Ukraine.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-03
Reunited Russia Is
Ain, Of AU Parties,
Says On1sk Delegate

PARIS, March 2 (By The Associated
Press .-"Forty million Russians in
organized governments are now CO.
operating in a movement for re
united Russia; these Russians are
working and fighting, dying by hun
New-York tribune., 1919-03-03
23 Saved From Wrecked Shin

KINGSTON. Jamaica, March 2.-The
Dutch schooner Dreadnought has been
wrecked on the southwest island of
Morant Gays while on voyage from
Porto Colombia to Manzanilo. The
crew and passengers, numbering
twenty-three persons, have been landed