New-York tribune., 1919-10-10
French Liner Here
With War Workers
And Two Missions
Delegates From Egypt and
Armenia Seek Z. S. Aid:
Caby Deslys r eturn IS
to Enter Motion Pictures

The French liner France with 1,237
passengers docked here yesterday.
Discharge of travellers was q slow
process, as the company had to call
upon stewards to take ashore baggage
OF first and second class on account
CT the iongshoiemen's strike.
The France brought over delegations
of Armenians and Egyptians on mis-
sions to Washington for American sup
port in gaining independent rule and
protection from what they call op-
pressive rule.
sentative Armenans were among the
first to come ashore, They were met
by nearly 1000 OF their countrymen
who cheered them as they entered
automobiles.
Mahmoud Pacha, delegate from
Egypt, who was sent here to plead for
aid in shaking off British rule, will go
direct to Missouri to confer with for
mer Governor Folk
Revolution Caused Release
II started from Cairo" he said, con
March 8 to plead our cause in Paris.
The British did not like our mission,
and our delegation was arrested and
thrown into prison at Malta. News Of
this reached Egypt, and there was an
uprising which caused Great Britain
to release US. We went on to Paris,
but our request for hearing was de-
MED"
DR.. jams l.. Barton, of the Amer
lean Commission for Relief in the Near
East, who returned on the France, saiG
he had been in close touch with the
people of the Near Fast and that the
look only to the United States for aid
Miss Elisabeth Marbury, secretary OF
the Knights of Columbus, returned
after trip of four months in France
Belgium and Germany. She made sixty
addresses to American troops. anC
urged them to go back to the farms OF
their return to America.
Professor John Bates Clerk, Of
Columbia University, director of eco
nomics of the Carnegie Endowment fo1
Peace, came home after trip to Paris
Nearly $1.000,000, he said, had beer
wasted in the compilation of data rcla
tive to the cause and prevention of war
Head of Pathe Freres Arrives
AndTICS tdINc, uedu O1 INLHc IcIeS
motion picture producers, came tt
America to provide for the erection o
a big studio for his industry in this
country He was accompanied by hi
wife and daughters.
Alessandro Bonci, lyric tenor, VIII
was first brought to this country b.
the late Oscar Hammerstcin, was
passenger on the France, having bee
brought here by Cleofonte Campanni
of the Chicago Grand Opera Company
for the forthcoming season.
Abraham Cahan, editor Of "The Dali
Forward" was another traveller. II
had been abroad ten months, maxim
his headquarters in Paris. He vsite
Hungary and Germany, but was no
permitted to visit Soviet Russia
Attired in an all-fur dress cut low a
the top and high at the bottom, Mile
Gaby Deslys returned to America, de
termincd to break into motion pictures
She is tired she said, Of song an
dance, and feels confident she can d
better as "A screen artist.
Among others on board were Mis-
Malvina Hoffman, American sculptures
and pupil Of Rodin; Ernest Pcixottt
the painter, who served eightee
months with the Engineer Corps Of tn
A. r.. F.: J. r. Boucher, official painte
| Of the French government; Mr.. an
Mrs. Frederick Kipp, Robert Woo
Bliss, lielphen Dnl Piaz director ger
cral Of the French Line, and the Duk
de Crussol.