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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-08-16
Woman Whips Burglar in
Rough and Tumble Fight
Forces Him to Flee Leaving
Coat and Hat; Captured Sus-
necf Admits OMnershin

Miss Elizabeth Eldridge, ffty-hve, of
1874 York Street, Brooklyn, finding
burglar in her room at o'clock yes
terday morning, first screamed and
then got out of bed and conquered the
intruder IN a rough and tumble fight.
The burglar, thrown to the floor by
Miss Eldridge, got to his feet after he
had been hit in the face several times.
and reached a fire escape by jumping
through window He left his hat
and coat behind.
few hours later the police arrested
Joseph Callahan, who lives at the York
Street address. They say he admitted
ownership of the cap and coat found
in the Eldridge apartment
Miss Eldrdge told the police that
She was aroused from q sound sleep to
fnd man bending over her When
she screamed, she says, he seized her
by the throat, but she quickly freed
herself, leaped out of bed and fought
him.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-08-16

Refugees From the Bolshev;l;
Worked in Crew Of Ship on
Voyage of 81 DAYS
Special Dispatch to The 7rt,,r,


BOSTON, Aug. 15.-Prince Dins.z
N. Golitzine, thirty-eight, Russian M
bleman. and his American wife -.
was Miss Frances Sinpson Steven. =.
New York, Wellesley class Of -,
reached Boston to-day in the role =,
refugees from the Bolsheviki. m g..
crew list of the British cargo ea-~;.-
Persian Prince. She came as stevara
ess; he as steward. For eighty.sev.,
days the ship had been their ho,.
They sailed from Shanghai, following
hasty fight from Omsk.
The Prince two years ago cam. ..
Boston to supervise the conversion -.
steam trawlers into gunboats for -.
kolchak government. II was then :.
met Miss Stevens, their marriage !,
New York taking place April 10, iaIa
He was ordered shortly afterward =,
special mission to Japan and Siher;a
Wishing Vladivostok and Omsk.
Opportunity came for the Prince an,
Princess to reach the Russian war ys.
sci Oriole, manned by cadets OF ~
Kerensky regime, who never had r;.s s
drawn from those waters Even.naii,.
they journeyed to Seruga, Toxic ana
Shanghai S
Prince Golitzine early in the war u..
captain Of a Russian torpedo boat r.,
wife, at the outbreak OF the war va.
in Italy, and returning home becsms
head of the Red Gross Auxiliary i, No,
York. She was met at the Hoosac p;s,
Charlestown, on arrival by Mrs. A al
Probst, of New York, her mother.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-08-16
Poles Herois11l
Arouses FervOr
OF Big Throng
5000 Persons i'm Carnegie
Hall Applaud Tribute to
New Republic Paid by
Former A mn b ASA d or
U. S. Urged to Help
Resolutions Passed Asking
President to Give Moral
and Material Assistance

Six thousand persons crowded
Carnegie Hall last night and cheered
with wild fervor every reference to
the new Republic of Poland.
The meeting was arranged by the
American Committee for the Defense
of Poland, and many were unable to
gain admission to the hall.
Colonel Francis Fronczak, Health
Commissioner of Buffalo, was chair
man, and James w. Gerard, former
Ambassador to Berlin, was among the
chief speakers. A band had played
"The Star-Spangled Banner" and the
Polish national anthem and the great
audience was fired with enthusiasm
Mr.. Gerard told of the achievements
of the Polish people.
Gone hundred and twenty-five years
ago." he said, "the autocracies of
Russia, Austria and Prussia destroyed
Polish liberty and divided the lands
of Poland among them. Since that
time the Poles have ever kept the
fame of liberty burning in their
hearts, and in the mean time helped us
to win our liberty, and have, through
their splendid citizenship here, helped
to make America what it is to-day.
THAT old Poland was destroyed
through the weak kings and corrupt
mobiles, but the new Poland, created
by the World War, is founded on
equality. 1t is a Poland that can and
steppes of Russia, come the wolves
of murder, They threaten not only
Poland but everything that makes
our material and spiritual world
They are banded to destroy religion,
the family and civilization.
1--WE in America are now involved
in this crisis on the side of our old
ally, France. Our President has cor
rectly characterized the Bolsheviki
France has approved what he has said
and all Americans will stand back of
the President in his attitude toward
the people of Poland. The new born
Republic of Poland will live"
Other speakers were CASTOR Liebert
French Consul General in New York
Samuel Nauclain, president of the Bald
win Locomotive Works of Philadelphia;
William H. lie Gendre, chairman Of the
Republic of Poland; William Fellowes
Morgan, president of the Merchants
Association; the Rev Waclaw SEN
kiewicz, Professor hTomas /Siemieracki
and Bromislaw D. Kulakowski.
Asks U. S. Aid for Poland
Resolutions asking the United States
to extend to Poland further moral and
such material aid as will strengthen
the position of the Polish government
were adopted unanimously. A com
mttee of fifteen was named to deliver
these resolutions to President Wilson
kilograms were read from Governor
Alfred f. Smith, cambridge Colby
Secretary of State; Colonel Theodore
Roosevelt, William G. McAdoo and
many others.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-08-16
Martens Declares
Rus sO-P oils n
Peace Is Now Near
British Labor's Action Will
Result in Conference, He
Says, Severely Condemn
ing A merican Note

Ludwig c. a. K. Martens, head of
the Russian Soviet Bureau in this city,
said yesterday that he expects peace
between Russia and Poland in a short
time.
"Since British labor has taken &C
ton, we may expect peace very soon,"
he said. "The whole question seems
to rest with labor. We expect the
negotiations to be started at Minsk,
and in a very short time the general
peace conference in London will be
called. Labor, in England as we'll as
in France, will be the deciding factor"
Martens said that he expected that
workers in France now will take heart
with the backing of the British work
Will have brought enough pressure to
bear on the governments tc end the
war and bring peace and trade to the
continent.
"The peace terms of Soviet Russia
have been published in England ana
easily have won the confidence of
labor" Martens continued. France
is opposing Soviet Russia because she
is afraid that if corridor is set up
connecting Soviet Russia with Ger
many Germany will be placed m her
feet. But the French government VIII
soon see the impossibility Of isolating
Soviet Russia"
"Soviet Russia" the official organ of
the Soviet Bureau, will say in its forth,
coming issue in regard to the United
States note to Italy:
"The note places the United States
on one ground or another in direct op-
position to England. Italy and Japan.
If the policy of the American gov
eminent, reafiirmed in this recent note,
should prevail as the policy of the
Allies there would be no hope of peace
in Europe.
This utterance of the American gov
eminent may give temporary encour-
agement to the most reactionary ele-
ments in Europe; it may even prolong
the hloodshed and destruction a little
longer but it will not swerve the Euro
pean workebs from their determination
to achieve peace and freedom.
"The naive hope expressed in some
quarters that this note may affect the
purposes and actions of the Russian
people can only arise from ignorance of
the facts, and is too ridiculous for seri-
Gus consideration.
Calls Note Unwarranted
"For US to point out the manifest
inaccuracies contained in this note or
to defend the Soviet government against
such grossly unwarranted misrepre-
sensations would be to appear to accept
a principle in international dealings
which we must specifically repudiate;
namely, the principle put forward in
this note that the recognition of a for
eign state is determined by consider
atlOns of the social structure or politi-
cal principles of that state"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-08-16
L. S. Control Puts
Santo Domingo on
Road to Prosperit,
Military Government, Unded
Rear Admiral Snowdenl
Provides Self Rule; ReveI
nues Greatly Increased

WASHINGTON, Aug. l5.-The mill.
tary government established IN SAINT,
Domingo by the United States has
started the island republic on .hs
road to prosperity and successful self
government, according 10 q repor. Of
the Governor, Rear Admiral Thomas
Snowden, made public to-day BY the
Navy Department. It was prepared in
response to an inquiry from the Stat.
Department is to what steps had beer
taken to prepare Santo Domingo fol-
government by the Dominican people
The military government has sci
the country an unassailable example
of good government, free from graft
giving square deal TO all, an adminsl
tration absolutely above reproach,' thd
report said.
100000 Additional Revenue
Internal revenue collections of Sant]
Domingo have increased from an averI
age of S70o,n00 annually before occul
patton to approximately s3.500,000 las,
year. with prospects of million doll
lars more this year, the admiral's sum-
mary said. Certain taxes bearing
heavily on the poor have been eliml|
mated and a tax on property subsuI
tuted, the first attempt at direct tai
in Santo Domingo.
AS result of the financial RI
habilitation of the republic The Aos.I
ing debt has been liquidated. and int
dications are that the $4,000 900 LOAF
Of 1908 will be paid off by 1925. mori
than thirty years before maturity. tht
Governor reported. A revision of thi
tariff system has resulted in a 70 pei
cent increase in imports and added
customs collections.
Graft in Offices Eliminated
Much graft. dishonesty and inefi
cheney in government offices has beef
eliminated and the money saved thersi
by has gone toward building schools
roads and public buildings, port I'M
provements and sanitary arranesI
ments. Special attention has beef
given educational facilities with III
result that OF the 100000 children 4
the country 10000 have been suppllsI
with schools and a normal college nj
been established to provide teacherf
Manual training has been inauguratee
for boys and domestic science course
for girls. Later II is planned to estari
lish an agricultural college.
Great Improvement has been accom-
plished in the highway system, n
Postoffice Department and the harborl
under the American regime, the RI
port continued. 1t added that beforl
the government is turned over to M
people all these projects should y
completed. a basic civil code Of lusu1
promulgated, preferably that OF n
United States. and the boundary m
between Hayti and santo Domingo PEI
rnanentl,, es+a hlishei by arbitration.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-08-16
Reds Plan Pact
With Germany
To Fight Allies
CONTINUED from page one)

under Russian, Polish or, German rule,
but said they had heard rumors there
would be plebiscite in all this terri
tory in the near future in which the
people would be permitted to vote
whether they desired to adhere to Rus
STA or Germany The inhabitants de-
clared such a vote would be overwhelm-
ingly in favor of Germany.
Everywhere the people asked for
of the outside world, saying they did
all intelligence came from the German
border through conversation with the
German guards, who sometimes gave
them German newspapers.
There is no commerce with the rest
of Russia by telephone telegraph or
railroad and the inha bitants of villages
along the frontier have been existing
solely on the products of the farms.
They declare that unless commerce is
soon revived with Germany they will
experience great suffering.
Peasants Ragged and Dependent
When the correspondent was unable
after several hours to see Scharnewsky
again he prepared to depart, but an
orderly from the commissary's office
directed him to remain another hour,
by which time a high official was ex-
pected to arrive. The correspondent
ignored the order.
The villages about Kolno appeared
prosperous enough, although the peas
ants were ragged, barefooted and de-
spondent and presented a poverty
stricken appearance. In the fields were
fat cattle, tended by girls, while boys
and women were harvesting wheat.
ALONE the road were MANY iron cruel
fixes at wayside shrines at which the
pious populace worshipped.
In Kolno there is less evidence of the
recent war than in the towns of East
Prussia, where broken statues, Scared
houses and ruins of blown-up build
ings still bear witness to the damage
done by the Russian invaders in 1914.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-08-16
U. S. VIII Consider Joint Policy

From The Tribunc's Washington Burcou
WASHINGTON, Aug. l5.-Thouph
ofhclals insist that no definite policy
has yet been suggested by the Allied
government to preserve Poland and re-
SYST the further westward ADVANCE of
the Bolshevlk forces, it was said to-
day that this government would give
earnest consideration to any joint pol
Icy that might be worked out, provided
1T does not run counter 10 the Amer
lean statement on the Russo-Polish
situation issued last week
The proposed conference between
representatives of the American, Brit
ish and French governments to agree
upon some joint action, referred to in
Paris dispatches, will be watched with
interest by the American government.
Already the American government has
been asked by the Polish Minister to
approve the recruiting of Poles in this
country for the Polish army and to
permit the many American veterans
of the World War who have volun-
teered to go to Poland to Join the
Polish colors.
1t Is certain, however, that this gov
eminent will not be committed 10 any
scheme for Polish aid that may be
evolved at the conference until the
scheme is presented to President Will
son. The President has been giving
personal attention to every develop
ment in the Polish situation and is
understood to be prepared to give an
immediate answer to any proposition
directed to the preservation of the
Polish state that may be suggested
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-08-16
rs. 900 attend Polish Mass
Meetings Held in Chicago

CHICAGO, Aug. 15.-Seventy- five
thousand persons of Polish descent took
part in ffty-tive mass meetings
throughout Chicago to-day, at which
resolutions were adopted condemning
Bolshevlsm: calling attention to al
legged Bolshevik propaganda in the
United States, maintaining eve can
not make peace without becoming en-
shaved to Bolshevik rule" and thanking
President Wilson for his stand in re-
gard to Poland. Copies of the resolu-
tions will be telegraphed and also car
ried by delegations to the President
and other officials in Washington.
In addition to the mass meetings
half dozen parades were held and
prayers for Poland's success were given
al dozens of churches. The meetings
were part of a series of nationwide
demonstrations scheduled for to-day.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-08-16
AngIo-FrenchL1b0r
To Act on Russia
British Name Delegates
to Confer With Paris
Leaders on attitude

LONDON. Aug. 15.--William Adam
son, Labor Member of Parliament, and
Harry Costing. leader of the transport
workers, have been chosen by the
Council of Action of the triple alliance
of labor to go to Paris and consult
leaders of French labor and the chiefs
of the French Socialist parties relative
to their attitude toward Russia. The
council has called on trade unionists
throughout Great Britain to supply in
formation regarding munitions upon
which they are now working or trans
porting.
The purpose of the Council of Action
in sending representatives to Paris is
to obtain a common understanding be-
tween the labor forces of France and
Great Britain with a view to cooper
ating to prevent war against Russia.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-08-16
Poles to Ask Wilson
To Cire Aid to Nation
$500 in Worcester Pledge
to Make Sacrifices to Stamp
Out Bolsherisn1 in Country

WORCESTER, Mass, Aug. ID
twenty-five hundred people of Polish
blood in mass meeting in theater
here tonight unanimously passed a
resolution pledging themselves as
American citizens to the American
government and to make every possible
sacrifice for moral support and ma
teral aid to Poland, that Bolshevis m
country.
committee of four was appointed
to go to Washington and present copies
of the resolution to President Wilson
and the Congress and to have copies
placed in the hands of every member
of the Massachusetts Legislature as
we'll as men of national and state
prominence.
BOSTON, Aug 15.-A resolution adj
dressed to President Wilson and re-
questing that the United States govern
ment "extend to Poland further moral
and such material aid as will strengthen
the position of the Polish government
and make possible the conquest of an
honorable and just peace" with the Boil
sheviki, was adopted by large gather
ing of citizens of Polish extraction in
Faneuil Hall to-day.
ELMIRA, N Y, Aug. 15.-Southern
tier people Of Polish birth or extrac-
ton at meetings held here tonight
voted to petition the tier Congressman
to support their country in compliance
with the report made by Secretary of
State Colby
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-08-16
No Word From Farley

LONDON, Aug. 15.--No news has yet
reached London on the peace meeting
of the Polish and Soviet representa-
tives at Minsk.
The Central News learns that num-
Der of the journalists accompanying the
Polish delegation nave not been allowed
to cross the Russian lines.
NJ. Kameneff, one of the Bolshevik
commissioners here, to-day wrote David
Lloyd George, British Prime Minister,
notifying him that notwithstanding
the hostile acts of the French govern
snent. which are calculated to prevent
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-08-16

the holding of a peace conference, the
Soviet government does not consider 1t
necessary to alter./its conditions for
armistice and peace preliminsries al
ready communicated to your govern
ment"
The Bolshevik official communication
of Saturday, received here 40 day, says
ain the direction of Plonsk we have
occupied Serock (about thirty miles
north of Warsaw. In the direction of
Nova Georgievsk we have advanced to
the line of Marspolsk-S erock.
"In the direction of Warsaw we have
occupied the town of Novo Minsk
twenty miles east of the capital, on
the railway. Our troops are engaged
with the enemy to the east of the town
of Cholm"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-08-16
Text of French Reply to L. ,
Note to Italy Is Receive

WASHINGTON, Aug. l5.-Ine e
of the French rejoinder 70 the Am.
can note, defining the position OF
United States as to Poland and {
Soviet authorities in Russia.
reached the State Department. 1t
announced tonight. No arrangeme
for its publication has been MADE
was said, although II was thought pr
able the document would be given
early this week.
Pending its publication officials
fused to comment in any way on
note or 10 disclose its purport even
substance
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-08-16
Bus to Aid Strike Bound

Grover A. Whalen, Commissioners Of
Plant and Structures, announced last
night that he would have a new bus
line running this morning at o'clock
to take the place of the cars of the
Manhattan and Queens Traction Cor
poration cars, which are tied up by a
strike. The buses viii run from ia
maica, Queens. to Second Avenue and
f fty-ninth Street.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-08-16
De la Huerta Declines Villa
Invitation 10 Visit Hacien

MEXICO CITY, Aug. 15---Franc'
Villa, the former bandit leader, has
vited Pro lonal President de
Huerta to vat him at his hacienda,
has offered Sonora Villa and Hipo
Villa, his brother. as hostages for
safety of the Provisional Presid'
who has declined with thanks.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-08-16
Turk Nationalist Agree =
Gin Principle'' With Reds
Bolshevik Minister Notifies
Mustapha Kemal of Arrival


CONSTANTINOPLE, Aug. 14.-George
Tchitcherin, Russian Bolshevik Foreign
Minister, has sent a wireless message
to Mustapha Renal Pasha, the Turkish
Nationalist leader, announcing the ar
rival at Moscow of Nationalist dele
gates. NJ. Tchitcherin says the Nation
alists "have agreed in principle with
the Soviets."
Mustapha kemal has also received
message from Bekim Samy Bey at Mos
cow stating a provisional agreemen,
has been reached with the Soviets.
1t is not known exactly what the ne
gotiations between the Turkish Nation
alists and the Soviets concern except
that the words Armenian boundaries"
are mentioned in an intercepted mes
sage sent by Mustapha Renal to NJ.
Tchitcherin.
Constantinople advices of July "a an
nounced that considerable Russian Boil
shevik forces were overrunning parts
of Armenia apparently with the pur-
pose Of joining the Turkish National
lists.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-08-16
France Looks
To u. S. for
Aid toPo1and
Continued from page one)

labor forces have not yet recovered.
There is considerable doubt whether
M. Millerand is a satisfied as he might
appear to be about the democratic form
of General Wrangel's government or
that he seriously believes that Wrangel
and his army can be saved from ulti-
mate destruction by the Bolsheviki.
Wrangel is a pawn in the international
game.
At present the American pronounce
ments on Russia and Poland are help
ing France get her debts paid and
hindering England's policy to kill Boil
shevism by kindness and to get the
food she needs out of Russia.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-08-16
Americans Believe Poles Will Hold
Soviet Gains in North

AT THE FRONT WITH THE PO-
ciated Press).-The Polish Bolshevik
battle line to-day covered about zoe
Kilometres, extending from the Ru-
manian frontier northwest to the Prus-
sian border. When the Bolshevik Of
fensive began five weeks ago the line
was approximately twice 100 kilome-
tiers and was quite irregular.
The front stretches diagonally across
Poland. 1t is slightly bowed in the
sector, where the Bolsheviki stand just
on the other side of the capitals pro
tectors Slight gains for the Boil
sheviki were announced to-day in the
extreme north on the Russian right
and in the south, where the Poles are
readjusting their lines for the pur-
pose of shortening the front
Near the Prussian frontier, where
Bolshevik cavalry is endeavoring to
reach the Vistula, the Poles evacuated
Rypin, but to the southeast, near the
Warsaw 'front.' local Polish successes
are reported. Plonsk. Nowo- Miastc
and Nasielsk, to the northwest Of War
saw, for which there has been fighting
now are in the hands of the Poles. A,
last accounts the Poles also held Rad
zymin, to the northeast of Warsaw
after it had changed hands several
times.
Southeast of Warsaw the line is now
passing beyond Lublin to the Bug
River, to Sokal, to Kamionka- Strumi-
lovo, to Bialykamien and along the
Stripa.
Lemberg Bolshevik Objective
The Bolsheviki are striving to reach
the Vistula River, apparently to carry
out their encircling movement upon
Warsaw, from the south. Their obiec-
tive is Lemberg, where there has been
heavy fighting for various points of
vantage and villages. Here ground has
changed hands repeatedly in the last
few weeks. At the nearest point the
Bolsheviki are about thirty males. from
Lemberg in a rough country
1t is reported that General Budenny
brought up several divisions Of fresh
cavalry recently to participate in the
Lemberg drive and the operations in
the region of Lubln. The Bolsheviki
also are reported to be reinforcing
. northeast of the Vieprz River, chiefly
with infantry.
The Bolshevki threw 77-mm. shells
at intervals during the day from what
= observers believe is a German gun
Machine guns ratified and occasionally
there was rife fire.
To the northwest, nearer Warsaw
Z the Bolsheviki are using shells which
: sound like 1855 There is more ar
=. tillery activity in the Warsaw secto
than in any other part of the line
owing to the fact that the Reds hav,
been halted before the city and appar
emily are bringing up several big guns
Observers expressed the opinion
that Germans apparently were super
vlslng most of the artillery work.