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The Washington times., 1921-10-23
ALAN DALE.
NEW YORK, Oct. 22.

YORK
deliberately
trying shock this little metropolis
appeal to of humor The chap heard that
certain things critic mpeed
topics that audience poce
upon he stands
back and apparently the assembled Now let her Ac
cept that, if dare!"
always succeeded Critics came out
with bitter denuncaons audiences appearance being
intensely hagnd there
of those whose minds direction
were filled in this and occasionally the situation further
helped by gentle, minister arising
stringent words the production those days
Those were the when rich aped by audacou
today everything changed We have grown sophisticated
and we rather pride ourselves upon our meropoanism We
smile contempuously agedy
nonchant o perhaps the far distant wds they object
to all that. Let em."
desperation productions town. and
then when officials object
dialogue they on the glad news to this burg Ger
always be relied upon They will
discover double entende where red
meanings into situations than the author
Their endeavors in the direction of purity will be lively
will devise all kinds of schemes to boom the "show."
gee at the 1t has been whispered generally
lated the likely paragraphs
stage news have added to the excitement so that on nights
tickets sold premiums vaguely excited
the possibilities This has been produce the
play sensations has been the aim Of
very many managers
And today Oh, boyl
The rural officials have a of it The day will
when these easygong gentlemen all sort
of comment productions bound for New York
of the rdcue that being heaped upon that New
will the awfuly utterinp
marks likely to be quoted the metropolis humor
reigns They tell that Pittsburgh
tanngy indignant but the this diligently repressed
The Psburghan indignation NOT advertisement
Henceorh ouoftown Ridcue has
made it impossible. Imagine this being censored from
outside. The idea is laughngly preposerous.
XIII ARLING growing DID," they the song We
getting to be birds. The in which To
rid the town of productions that
of nicely silently avoid them To
sensible, reality worst method of
all in which to deal with the matter If the of doesn't
please stay This is free
direction So far nothing legal has happened force pepe
to the theater from it.
At this moment New York has dozen produo.
that other days. would have been profitable
sreks Of fright The haters harbong attractions wou
have been mobbed and the hekels would in But
not today.
was amused to at recent production daring how
the rstnigh audience yawned and
loed There not the slightest the proceed
The quickened The evident The
actors Veler and spontaneous no re-
from audience The critics the whole
thing duand there weel Had there
aand there might have beenbunes would increased
hundred cent and the would have nvece
has had its day. Nobody will what Medicine
gncies Of owaonna Mnn for metropolis They will
1t is Of course very difficult review pay calmly
Continued Page g. Column 2)
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nRS.FlSKtAPPEARS
AT NATIONAL
THIS WEEK
American Comedy Of Unusual
BrlIliancs. wake Up. Jona-
than" Said to Give Famous
Star Chance to Show Skill.

VVYAsHIN 0ToN theatersoers
" always regard with unusual
pleasure and interest the all
too rare engagements OF that most
distinguished star OF our stage. Mrs.
Ftske, who IL announced TO appear
at the National Theater for one week
beginning touorrow. Mrs. Fiske is
under the manasemnt OF Sam H.
Harris and her latest vehicle 10
Wake Up. Jonathan. a comedy
from the pens OF Hatcher Hughes
and Elmer l.. Rice. which enjoyed a
long and prosperous run at the
Henry Miller Theater. New York,
last season.
II Is an American comedy OF un.
usual brilliancs which serves to In
troducs Mrs. Fisks this year to an
affectionate and understanding pub
lie. II IL a comedy woven Of es-
sontially tragic strands. at times
ouriously austers and deeply moving.
Some of its scenes are Of inqompar-
able beauty.
But the story OF Wake Up. iona
thanv' is told, above all. In a spirit
OF high comedy, and gives the dis
tinguished star unusual opportuni-
ties for the display Of some Of her
best talents.
Mrs. Fiske's newest vehicle differs
In most respects from any Of the
other plays In which she has so thor
oughly entrenched herself in the
hearts OF American theatergoers. It
deals with American life and Ameri-
can character. and is written from
completely modern American
point of view. 1t deals with the
awakening of a super-egoist, a self.
centered money grubber,
The awakening comes only as the
result Of the high vision and sin
gle-purposedness of his wife, who, in
spite of all opposition. remains
steadfast in her ideas and unshaken
in her purpose to protect her fam
lily from the devastating influence
of the purely material Jonathan.
To a role of this sort Mrs. Fiske
naturally brings her rare magma
tion. her keen sensitiveness and all
those telling qualities which make
her one Of the most beloved stars
on the nations stage today.
The play has been staged under
the direction of Harrison Grey
Ffske, under whose supervision all
Of Mrs. Fiske's previous successes
have been scored. The supporting
cast. a particularly able one, en-
braces Charles Dalton. Donald Cam
sron, Helen Holt, Lois Bartlett,
Freddie Goodrow, Herbert Hodgkins,
Edith Lawson. Richard Abbott,
Walton Butterfield and Nora stirl-
ing.
A pleasing feature of the perform
ance is the incidental music, the
work Of w. FRANKIE Harling, played
off-stage by several soloists under
the direction of the composer.
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HpHI PHI" died a natural and
expected death at Polls last
night.
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saTHE BROKEN WING" seen at
Polls a couple Of weeks ago;
"Honeydew," a musical show of
cloying sweetness, and THE Detour'
gave up the ghost In Chicago last
week.
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TT is worth mentioning that the
rising Of the Garrick's curtain is
announced by the soft sounds Of a
hidden gong. Its heavy tones are
most soothing to the, ear and
already Manager L. Stoddard Taylor
is receiving congratulations on his
ns .py tr0ught. Just another inti-
mate touch OF Washington's comfy
theater."
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Memo Given to Poincare.

A day or so later, just a few hours
before j left Paris again. had a
long talk with Deputy Louis Farges,
who is the chairman OF a parlia-
mentary committee appointed to in
quire into the questions of Bolshe-
vism and Jewish propaganda. Dur
ing our conversation 1 approached
the subject of the Baltic states and
assured M. Farges that from my
experience I was convinced that the
peasants in those districts were alb
solutely opposed to Bolshevism.
He agreed with this and added the
further statement that his inquiries
went to prove also that the Rus
sian peasants were against com.
munism and he was firmly con.
vinced that Russia was destined to
become a monarchy once more.
Louis Farges has strong anti-Se-
mitic views, and is one OF those
people who believe that Jewish in.
flusnce and Jewish capital are at
the bottom OF Bolshevism. I asked
him II he would tell me what, in
View Of his opinions, was the griev-
ance against those states for which
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perience in preparing such docu-
ments. worked day and night until
the task was finished, but even
then we were not in bomplete agree
ment as to the contents Of the
Yvonne declined to
criticise the justice of the Polish
intentions to acquire the rich Upper
Silesian territory, but satisfied her.
self with exposing the clumsiness Of
their methods.
1 gave her a detailed report of my
experiences in Wilma and Kovno, but
only those parts of the report which
could be construed as supporting the
claims of Polish rule in Lithuania
were included. We urged that the
open display of ambition and in
trigue on the part Of the Poles was
stirring. animosity and hatred in
the hearts Of her neighbors and that
the hostile attitude Of certain men,
bers of the French military mission
was responsible for much of the
prevalent bad feeling.
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French Game Revealed.

Accordingly. when the next APP
pointment with Underwood came
around, 1 told him bluntly that I
would go no further until I knew
what was required Of me.
Well" explained Underwood, "it
is a matter of information. We un-
derstand that you are going to open
a Lithuanian information bureau
and the embassy might like to put
something in your way-to help you
financially. II necessary"
or course, had never mentioned
opening such a bureau. Nothing OF
the kind had ever entered my mind.
Underwood had been sent to make
the suggestion and the understand.
ing" was merely his tactful way Of
putting the case. However. I wrote
that night and received reply from
Capt. Count Kergorle, n member
OF the military mission In London
under General dc Panouse. An APP
pointment followed and Kergorle's
game came out.
we want you TO tell us anything
about Lithuania." he said. 'If you
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Backing For Pilsudski.

arranged with Mile. Pouvreau
that she should put the point to
Rure and ask for his opinion. The
reply from Bure was quite an en-
phatic affirmative. and Yvonne
seemed to think that l had set her
an unnecessary task. She asked sar-
castically II I had any doubt about
the settlement Of the Memel ques-
ton.
That business, at any rate, is
finished" she said. 1T is in French
hands at this moment and whoever
would alter that state of affairs has
a big Job before him."
She was getting a little bit angry.
so 1 asked half lsughingly. I'm the
circumstances what do you think
OF another war;"
The effect of that remark was
electric. Her whole manner changed
instantly as in tones Of utmost grav-
ity she said: "The work Of recovery
since the armistice has been great,
but the French army is strong to-
day. We have not been idle since
November. 1918. Anyway. the army
is capable Of giving very useful sup
port to the Poles"
I thought she might become less
communicative II this grave mood
remained, so / began to tease her,
asking, How are you going to get
this massive army to silesa7 BY
aeroplane"
Don't you worry" she answered.
There will be no difficulty about
that. They will go through Ger.
many. Berlin may protest but there
is always the Ruhr. II acts like
q thumbscrew. Germany would
speedily give way II she were con.
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Proofs of Plot Ignored.

This careful selection and elimina-
tion OF anything in the slightest de-
gree likely to be regarded as opposed
to the policy of the French Militarists
gave rise to considerable argument.
but I finally agreed to attach my
signature to the document IL the
following passage was included:
"It would almost seem that the
French Government were solely en-
gagged in satisfactory illegitimate
Polish ambitions. The recall Of the
Frenchmen referred to has long been
hoped for and the present state Of
affairs has been repeatedly reported
to Paris during the past year with
out having been thought worthy OF
serious consideration in responsible
circles"
told Mile. Pouvreau and made
desperate but unsuccessful efforts
to secure her agreement to putting
the charges In the memorandum,
that 1 could produce proofs Of the
most positive nature that the whole
of the French Military Mission in
Kovno were acting as Polish spies.
gave instances on the methods Of
Colonel Raboul, the head Of the mis-
sion, and Captain Dejentier, his right
hand man, who used every means
possible for securing detailed in
formation Of the disposition Of the
snti-Polish armies. / volunteered to
bring evidence to show that Colonel
Raboul had repeatedly and deliber-
ately threatened Mayor Marks, tho
Minister Of Defense at Kovno, that
II the Lithuanian army made one
false move to the detriment OF Po-
land he, Major Marks, would be
called upon to suffer for the conse-
quences.
Colonel Raboul was, in fact, virtu-
ally a dictator In Kovno. With Dejen-
tiers assistance he had bought"
Colonel sizych. the instructor Of mill
tary intelligence and a former chief
OF police for the Kingdom Of Poland
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Pilenas' Scheme Works.

prepared a statement describing
the conduct of all the French off,
cials with whom / had come In con-
tact in wilma, Kovno and the sur
rounding districts. told the
French in London. In q manner
which conveyed that believed
them to be ignorant Of the true facts,
the exact game which was being
n,aved by the French in the Baltic
Here is Kergorle's letter:
Dear sir-I beg to acknowledge
receipt of your letter. dated Sd De-
cember, 1920. I have forwarded 1t
to the proper French authorities and
will let you know their answer as
soon as I receive II. Yours sincerely.
"KERGoRLE."
In the absence Of any further
word from the French embassy 1
accepted an invitation some little
time later from the Lithuanian
legation to make a further visit to
Paris. My object was to secure
either from Emile Bure directly or
with the aid Of Yvonne Pouvreau,
all available information concerning
the official visit of Marshal Pilsudsh
to Paris and the instructions given
to him by the French military au-
thorities. 1t was a fairly open secret
in the French capital at that time
that Pilsudsk had been assured Of
free hand whatever course he chose
to adopt in Lithuania and Upper
Silesia.
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Attempt to Kill Plot.

It Is necessary at this point to re-
vert for time to Yvonne Pouvreau
with whom. after her first inquiries
on my behalf and my introduction
to Emile Bure, the editor of Brands
paper. L'Eclair, discussed the pos
sibility Of bringing to an end the in
trigue in Silesia, and the neighbor-
ing States.
realized, OF course, that II
would be fatal to my plans to try
to do anything which would show
me as an opponent of the alliance.
Indeed. Yvonne herself was a firm
supporter of the plan to use the
Poles as the tools of the French mill.
tnrists, as she afterwards proved by
conveying to me tempting offer
Of employment under the French.
We finally decided that our best
course would be to draw up a memo.
randum protesting against the hos.
tile attitude of certain members Of
the French military Missions in the
affected areas and urging the recall
Of the principal ofnnnders.
rvonne, who has had a wide OF.
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u. S. Architects Copy
Antique Home Plans

LONDON, Oct. s.-American
architects are travelling up and
down rural England searching the
old world villages for centuries-old
examples of this country's domestic
architecture, with the view OF re-
producing them in the United
States. Original or copied speci.
mems are in great demand across
the Atlantic.
In the quaint old village Of
Drayton, Berkshire, recently. an
American visitor stared In admira.
tion at the oak panels OF an an.
cient farmhouse parlor. "Thess
wooden walls" he exclaimed.
would fetch 1900 In my country"
During the summer there has
been a record demand by Ameri-
can visitors in London for old
English furniture.
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under the Russian regime. and all
information which reached siEych's
department was Immediately com
municated to Raboul. II Il was OF
sufficient importance II was OF
course. rushed through TO Paris.
Proof was also available OF an ex-
tensiye smuggling organization COM
posed OF members OF Raboul's mis-
sion and 1 personally was present
when a trap was set at, kibarty ON
the Prussian frontier when one
Freacb officer and three N. C. o.'s
(non-commissioned officers) We're
questioned as ito the five enormous
sacks OF which they were In charge.
They. declared that the sacks were
full Of diplomatic packages, but a
search revealed contraband TO tho
value OF between forty and fifty
thousand dollars. The goods were
confiscated and the facts reported
to Raboui and TO Paris, but no.
action was taken.
All these things Mile. Pouvreau
refused TO mention, remarking.
1--WE got myself to think about"
This is what / was up against.
She had her own game TO play. 1
had different one altogether and
she only consented TO assist me UP
to a point because-well. there was
money in It. For the effect the
memorandum was likely TO have It
was not worth quarrelling. so we
went to present Influential people
with copies Of our document.
Yvonne presumably to show that
she was still busy and had got me
in her pocket" myself TO plead that
the proposal to give the Poles a
mandate for Upper Silesia and
Lithuania should not be carried out
because 1 know what was to follow.
/ felt thatfit was grave injustice
not only to the states concerned. but
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DIS MASTER MOVE" I'm FRENCH PLOT PUT SILESLAN DISPUTE
O LEAGUE OF NATIONS SCOTLAND YARD INVESTIGATOR FNI

and asked n the seat next 10 me
was booked. / told him that IL was
not. and he sat down. He tried to
start a conversation OF small talk,
but. as l did not appear 10 be inter
ested, he remarked. apparently with
the object OF forcing me to talk:
II think know you. Isn't your
name Pilenas7" Z
/ agreed. adding that had no
recollection OF having met him be-
fore.
Perhaps not; but I've heard OF
you at the Lithuanian legation"
VERY probably. should 1 know
you by name2" st
IT don't think you would My
name is Underwood"
But that is surely a strange
name for anybody with such pro-
noupced Partisan accent7"
This rather took my young friend
off his guard for his pronunciation
OF English was not at all good and
he bore the unmistakable signs OF a
Frenchman. After lapse OF several
seconds he explained. my parents
were English and went TO live In
Paris before l was born. Anyway.
/ am a diplomatic correspondent and
pay frequent visits to the Lithuanian
Legation. They talk quite lot
about you there. You are not on
particularly good terms with them.
are you? You seem to have a lot
Of enemies"
expressed surprise at this and
pointed out that only visited the
legationn casually. adding. I'm any
case It is OF little importance whether
they are enemies or not"
That's not the point. Mr.. Pilenas.
You want to do yourself a bit Of
good II there is a chance. don't you?
Well. then. why not get In touch
with people who are not particularly
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friendly with your enemies and who
are strong enough to make them feel
their position?"
All this was very mysterious. I
pointed to this fact and asked my
strange friend IL he would not be
plain.
Very well, then" he responded.
II will. The French Embassy is in
terested in you. The circumstances
Of your flight from Wilma and the
fact that you have not been COM
pensated for the loss you sustained
are known there. They would, am
sure, be glad to help you. Take my
advice and write to the military
mission at the embassy in Albert
Gate"
/ said I was interested, but II was
not a matter to be settled in such a
casual manner and 1 should require
time to think it over. This was
agreeable to Mr.. Underwood and we
fixed a meeting at the same place
two days later.
In the interval carefully weighed
the matter and came to the conclu-
sion that after what 1 had already
seen in the Baltic States. coupled
with the fact that the French knew
Of my experience there, they would
not be likely to have any particular
affection for me. BY being openly
antagonistic could not hope to get
at the bottom OF the intrigue, there
fore it was worth while making an
effort to get into their good books
II 1 could only discover a little more
fully what they intended me to do.
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have anything sufficiently interest
ing from the Lithuanian military
intelligence we will certainly sup.
port you financially"
But can't you define the informa-
ton YOU require little more clear
ly?" 1 urged.
We'll" said Kergorle, anything
you could tell us which would show
that the Lithuanian military inteiii-
gence is acting as intermediary De-
tween the Soviet government and
the German general staff would be
very valuable. indeed. II there is
anything like that forthcoming you
are all right You prepare us a
statement containing any informa-
ton Of that description and send IT
on to me here"
I went away to prepare the state
ment. Fortunately. no definite agree
ment had been mentioned. i was
merely to be 'all right" As my
work In the immediate future was
likely to be in Paris 1t would have
been bad policy to have offended the
French by refusing to give a state
ment of some sort, and for a time l
was puzzled as to what to write.
made up my mind at length to give
some INSIDE information" which
would hurt nobody and yet convince
KerRorIe that was fairly well ac-
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extent the longing for revenge on
Germany, but will also be for the
good of those poor. illiterate races
of peasants"
To describe the overtures I re-
ceived to Join this conspiracy on the
French side, the scene must be
changed TO London once more. 1t
is my invariable habit. when I am
in that city. to arrange to meet diff
ferent people in the lounge Of the
Strand Palace Hotel. and one eve-
ming toward the and of November
1 had an appointment with a former
colleague at Scotland Yard.
Business delayed him. and as 1
sat there waiting a foreign-looking
young man of about thirty came UP
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to the benefit of mankind to create
in this manner a position compar-
able only to the conditions which
prevailed in Alsace-Lorraine-c
ditions which would, I believed. and
still believe, result in renewed war
fare.
Our first object was to get a copy
of the memorandum to BRAND and
for this purpose we visited Emile
Bure, his editor, once more. He
glanced through the whole thing
and then read carefully certain pas
sages which were thrown into prom
inence.
1T is of great Importance" he
said, "and deals with subject
which is very near to NJ. Brands
heart. I am afraid ] am not able
to promise to use any extracts
from 1t in L'Eclair because It is a
matter which must have M. Brands
attentions. will undertake to bring
it to his notice within few hours"
We next visited Versailles where
] saw a copy put into the hands of
Marshal d'Esperey, but the only
comment we received consisted OF
thanks to Mile. Pouvreau for a bou-
quet which she presented to Nine.
d'Esperey.
De Selves accepted a copy with
a remark that he would read 1t.
Poincare, Bourgeois and Millerand
received copies from Mile. Pouvreau,
but I was not present to hear their
remarks.
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Brands Master Move.

The question was referred to the
League Of Nations! -
We have been told that the orig
inal suggestion came from Mr..
Lloyd George. The idea may have
been officially vcicsd by the Brit
ish Premier but 1t emanated from
the Quai d'Orsay as being the one
salvation of the French Militarist
Party.
This schemes possesses two great
advantages for France. The first
procrastination-is obvious, but the
second, and greater. is hidden with
a cleverness worthy Of a better OBJ
1ect.
Who is regarded as tho principal
man at the headquarters Of the
League of Nations at Geneva7 His
name is LEON BOURGEOIS.
Who are the three prime movers
in the France-Polish conspiracy?
They are Foch, Berthelot-and
LEON BOURGEOIS.
On top Of that you have only to
realize that only a couple Of days
before the Paris decision was an
nounced a British Cabinet Minister
(Mr. Austen Chamberlain) in the
British House of Commons was glib
ing at the uselessness Of the League
of Nations, If you would appreciate
what a tangled skein has to be un-
raveled before the nations Of the
world can shake off the fear Of war.
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vinced that the occupation OF the
Ruhr was the only alternative. This
isn't conjecture. Foch and BRAND
have assured Pilsudski OF full sup
port for the Greater Poland scheme.
Piisudski knows that whatever
he does TO that end he will not find
any obstacles put In his way by the
French. He can have anything he
wants but organized armies provid-
ed II is done by subterfuge. He is
being encouraged to invade imme-
diately.