The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, March 8, 1921, Page 1

oo / HE BISMARCK TRIBUNE - a : ae ees BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, TUESDAY, MARCH 8, 1921. \ te A The Weather 4 Edition ' FAIR Last THIRTY-NINTH YEAR | GERMANS DO NOT RESIST ALLIES } “MISSOURTRIVER ICE EXPECTED OBREAK UP AT THISPOINT SOOM 1 | | |WOMENOF CITY “THIRD HOUSE’ TROOPS ENTER ASKTHAT PARK .SROMWAE T°” GERMAN CITIES; , PARTNERS Tho “third house” of the North had a small sum;of money’ left over which was given to the Sal- vation Army. Through the “third house” has | | unofficial recognition in ‘North Da- | | kota legislative circles the dance HARDING HOBBY TO HELP. OTHERS: Washington, Mar, 8.—3President , Harding, at a press, club hobby | o night, said his hobby was to helps REMOVE MACHI NE RY! the fellow who is down and out.\ Foundation. Cofapany Acts . SOVIET TROOPS : CRUSH REVOLT \ K * |Community Effort Suggested to | Make Custer Park Worth While ' President Ebert Calls It Examy_ ple of Foreign “Des- potism” River Is Now Open From South-' ern Border of North Dakota and in Montana i aD | | FRENCH ARE JUBILANT ‘Say Action of Allies to Enforce Reparations Is Diplomatic Stroke committee was unable to convince MAKE OTHER REQUESTS Berlin, Mar. 8—Occupation ‘of Duesseldorf, Duisburg and Ruh- rort by allied forces will not be Opposed by the rman govern- ' The Missouri rier is now open from the southern botder of North Dakota south and at Wolf Point, Montana. |, The river’ may break up at Bis- marck, within. a few days, and to avoid loss that would be caused by the Uncle Sam's representatives that \ as a “semi-official” branch of the | : eee | state government it was exentpt | Representatives of Women from ‘the; federal tx: ' i , Council Plan to Ask Park | \ 1 pe rs oan. ye | Movement | | WILSON ®COLBY, i : aaa i ATTORNEYS . . | Improvement of Custer park and/ ANNO “al =. = a, | beautifying of the city’s boulevaris ; X |are among the immediate objects to! | Woodrow Wilson (right) has announced th i ‘ he lty.| | s $ at he will take.up) be sought,by the women of the city.! i Insurgent Movement Reported Ser braghice ot law with: former Secretary. of State Bainbridge, Sentiment, of 800. women, members | ment it was indicated here today. \ breaking up of the ice the Foundation! to Gain Strength in ‘olby (left.) They‘will Have offices in New York and Washington. ! of various organizationg of tho, city..| eee | Foal othe Geren eee ap- company is removing equi ees was 35 pay a ee i i P ple to bear eon Leki my 1g equipment from Capital Ney 7 = n me expressed. through a commune. jj Also Plan to Revise Working; ‘this foreign despotism with aus- Had the tempJrary cold snap not. RECALL PLAN SKS PRESENT of the Woman’s Community Council,! H f the E | tere dignity.” His proclamation j Peary. COl i 2 “ 5 | which appeared before the city com: | ours of the Em- || aleo states that the Germans hee upon ‘this section of Northi GENERAL STRIKE IS. ON IS GIVEN UP. mission meeting last night. on i $ | ge Lane erected jakota yesterday and last night it is hE Ong | | 8 eet name ee ployes the London conference by Lloyd I a eedde of Thouaids et enh EMMONS CO-R ATL RATES BRisctec eras omen | Same eer eee 3 : eats pie os | " unity | : jes had been put into effect. accordlty 100 WW. Roberts, weather undr ands of el LigtoaliN Di ata dite eae ‘ enterprise and to have a general! PLEAD LOWER PRICES, b 2 Suceeesee: The, present’ eold. weather: “and: Women: Leave redatt elsction an (thee Firay’Conimie: \ clean-up day in the spring on which! ‘ aT | (By Associated Press.) is expected to disappear. within a day Tasks 4 sioner's vistrict,.came to a sudden end DECLARED LEGAL’ citizens would combine toSeed patel 7 | prceneh, Milltaryciieadquarters, \Ger- ‘ fi Ox two. . ~ 3 when the matter was- heard {before 4 Wirees a Ay, Aen mea oe Says Values Have Declined Ma-| ditioné hGenmiatietinae chien ane The stage of water in the river at A Ue ea Judge McKenna, at Napoleon* ‘The pica . y | trees and flowers were advanced dur-) teriall Uni M jdivionat German territory which the i all points \is very- low, and no, seri- Vara Mar, Pra strong deqach- court held that the county auditor nm jing. the informal discussion. i erally aon en May plea ee they would tee j ous damage is expected yhen the ice! ments ofpRugsian Bolsheviki cavalry! should be enjoined from proceeding Attorney-Ge i It is not improbable that a>day) ‘i i failures to ieee the ak € dlges go out. commanded By General Budenny are with. the “election, as asked! for in the, ay : ie oaks me will be set aside in. the spring “on rien | ea ronarailcc- dementarnes Gaied Go boo tin. Bal ; i being thehed sires South Russia to! action istarted by Mr. Goughnour. Petition With Rail ‘LAA. een NG uRbnatnineldent ave $30, Equipment. Moscow to crusit the-insurgents who. ‘he- recall titions contaj . Preparations’ for the breaking up te Par eatin’ ie cHlatclton Commission which citizens generally will be asked | . to lend their aid to filling in Custer; Chicago, Mar. §.—Wage decreases se keg tea enatwirdt Reon er allio park and make it ready for seeding of approximately 1212 per cent af-| troops, according to late reports, and planting of trees. It was said, fecting moye than 100,000 employes of, , The occupation of the city of Dues- ere said to be gaining. in power daily name of’ one gentleman in Hazelton in thé Ryssiaff capitak who has been extremely noisy about of the ice was well nigh complete o today by the superintendent of the Reports declare that many units of this recall business and who certified A petition asking that the present) that it would cost $3,000 | +i roxle ivi ey sey Aon ‘ 5 3,000 or $4,000 for! the packing i sel hi brides york Be led ahaa Ad da et omertest eh conavies that he was aurealdent and blector railroad rates obtiiuing in North Da-) the city to put enough dirt in Custer! country wero. aanoanted: me over by the ilies, + eae completed kis he tamporary bridge across 2 * 4 ‘ a of the First District when he was jota pe declared the legal rates for park to make it level or sloping and) reductions are effective on March 14., morning and the occupation of Duis- fit for plantings. i At the same time there will be a: burg and Ruhrort, comprising togeth- Look to Park Plan. ! revision of working hours time and er the chief report of the Ruhr coal To avoid spending so, much money| one-half for overtime being paid only, and industrial region, this afternoon. at this time one of the Commissioners | after ten ‘hours ‘labor in;any,one day ‘The. entire, movement was /eectod suggested the community effort. | oF 54 hours in any ‘one, week. D0 i in a.way to obviate, so.tariag, possible That the requests made of the com-' time will be paid for Sundays and) @ show of force but the French and mission, last ‘al ht A ly tite | holidays. * | British Rhine forces were prepared e Bhe areconty. be-' It also was announced that the’ for eventualities. ginning of what the women wish toj| ores zs | packers are working out plans to es-! Would Hel; Many Hato: Hakata it Hg "Gaia? are: Ge waieatee. 0. in the way of improvements, par-| tablish closer relations Between the! After the oecupation of DuseseTort workmen will build’ up the super-| . London, Mar. 8,--During a recent ablished i aki Crate. iallarly in the matter of parks, was {workers and owners of the plants with | ¢ : structure of pier No. 1, and will work | bombardment of the workmen’s head- ae aN aaLiS Aha jares eeeuata tne indicated by one of the speakers, | a view of giving ainplovee a voice in Fee ot poopie enlel ‘he declared a Ae ee ike ne Lue syne ihe tie ron a News rates now being charged in the state. | veprawentAtiiog oe foun | a et | 7 Che occupation: waa: nota, meaaure, of on: the Mandan ate, ° Pler No. 1 wit? dispatex from ‘Helsin fors today “sev: To obtain legal rajes the petition is; Smyth, Mrs. F. H. Register, Mrs, Geo. | + Say Values Slump, tarengel Hee ating varhmaat at } he} 5 5 ng filed. | Welch, Mrs. H. F. O'Hare, Mrs: B.'H. | pa: svatncror eect: ne ond Gennnky % paride roars eae He | y-pr 8 have suffered; “‘n the servjéejof the Communists are jn reality a resident,of the Second |, standing ‘fifmmly by their Soviet lead- District, and has therefore certified {6 state has been filed with the state | ers. Tee 1 to a lie. " , railroad commission by Attorney- Baris ‘Savinkow,s leader of the Rus- So = General William Iemke. The *com- sian socialist. révglutionaries, with ae headquarters hene, has expressed be- $ mission has set March 16 as the time lief that the present disturbance in when railroads shall appear to show} 10 CUT ” iy IN cause, if any, why the rates should! Russia may be the beginning of the’ end of the Soviet rule. not be declared legal. The present legal rates in North G. 0. P. Leaders Believe They'll “Get Away With” Cleanup river is heing removed, all of the ma-, \ " chinery, boilers and other equipmént i is being taken out to prevent loss i when the ice goes out. The machin-; ery and equipment that would, he in the path of the ice floe is said to be worth $30,090, , i kon tae piers will necessarily be discontinued to a large extent dur- ing the time the ige is going out, but ‘ini: ithin t ti it is. eral hundred persons were killed and i < be finished within a short time, It is the present schedule of rates! Tong, Mrs. C. L. Young and Mrs. D. |\No obstacle would, be raised against which the attorney-geneval is seeking T. Owens. They presented a written the moat severesdeclinoiever’ witnens:. 4 he eb of ‘ to: uphold before the Interstate Com-| request to the commissioners fo led, said the Swift company. “Our| ¢2ttying on the ecbnomic life of the women ow oe Hee ntsaion, | oleae commissioners for the; profits have fallen continuously since! Featon, he declared, fen the (alle d { —_—_ ’ 5. other Gf a , 491” authorities were ready to ai e The bombardment followed 4 call (By. Newspaper Enterprise.) erate ane utced eee St aaa The orders for, the reductjdn in| Workers in improving their condition, for 8 BOneTa EE Oy ne eee Washington, Mar. 8.—-Will the order the ommissiqn tava feccing oa 1. Order the curfew ordinance en-| Wages follows the cancellation by the, °SPecially as regards | provisjoning. i of President Wilson, made March’ 31,) 7, t pues 4 aC) Fores rivi i , a F var-( { \ immediate convocation of the constitu: 1917, placing thovaalentich of. first jJemestow ben Matgh 10 mayheaamat-| tow srectfled® paar ie Waltsation ageoement forthe settle? ENTER TOGETHER tent assembly. ‘second and. third-class postmasters ee crue aplication for EnerincHeaso | 2. Require more frequent collec- Ment of all disputes with their em- ateyonce, ‘Mary 8-— BHushi Bel has a cemant cover with air lock.’ | \ KERENSKY BUSY. under tivil service, sland the Die Ruri in" gismarck Inthe investi. oN, of Karbage in a tank or wagon, Ployen [fost tae montages a 1 ‘The fact that all of the piers are, -Copenhagen, March 8.—Alexander counter rush of job-hungry Republi-' mating (at the rates. of thes Hughes | tshtly covered and prescribe a stand-| A meeting of packing: house eM-| “French and Belgian troops occupied F completed far enough that the ice floe! Kerensky. premier of the Russian cans: “‘coni)| etd garbage can to be tightly closed gloyes from all parts of thy country: Duisherg at noon. t e fl Indications are that it will. not— Electric company, and in Beach April} will be held in Omaha, Neb., this} would cause no damage is gratifying | provisional government. which was asi it Will, not on the petition there for increased! “Md Used by all residents. ‘auction and) _, The allied Rhine flotilla took pos to those in charge of the work, who | that the 11,536 posteffices in those three D creased week to consider the reduction and! 51 o¢ Ruhrort. De cverturned by the Bolsheviki late in Glasseg will be utilized *to pay party €lectric rates. 2 |; 8 Make provision tor seeding and th | ‘ 5 : . , s Z auth » city’s 7 abi jon a a have been bending every. energy . to 1917, is reported at Kronstadt, the, campaign obligations, and strengthen, Complaint of poor ferry. serv! at ponUGrine onthe oe pouevare vereationt of “tte arbitration) Inhabitants were warndd in prevent damage by a sudden break: Russian fortress near Vetrograd. Republican organization machinery. | Sanish was filed. and application} grass and provid ay * it awa — | proclamation by ‘local’ authorit ing up of the ice. As soon as the ice, Kerensky, it is declared, is direct- ‘The incoming postmaster general, made for anthority ‘to operate such, prene “NG Provide water, eee oa READY \TO FIGHT. j against! taking a” provocative’attitude is out the’ work on the piers in the ing the | revolutionary | keep. , = Chicago, Mar. 8.—‘“The packers are toward the allies and they were ask- Publish regularly the notices in| jooking for a strike and there is no! ed to be quiet and keep off the streets. believed. numbers of others were wounded. ae Hundreds of thousands of men and Dow’t Fear Ice. ids 0 women now are on strike in Moscow, | Pier Nos. 1 and 2 are now about 50 percent complete above water, pier No. 3 is sealed off and No. 4 is nearly ready to be sealed. There is a ce- ment’ cover on pier No. 3 to prevent ice and water going into the tube- { like concrete caisson, and pier No. 4° ' What They Ask. offensive will H. Hays, who is also chairman ; ferry. middle of the river will be continued. 4 Snow Is Light The ice in the river at Pierre, 3. D. proke at 1 p. m..Bebruary 26, ac cording to the weather bureau’s in- formation and at..Chamberlain, S. D on Feb. 27. The, ice: went out at Mo- bridge, S. Di on March 2. The river is rising slowly at all points in-Mon- tana and North Dakota. The fact that the snoy covering in the terri- tory adjacent to the Missouri river in these two states is light makes a cdnsiderable rise from * run-off of melting snow improbable. The weather bureau, for informa- tion of readers of The Tribune, has prepared: a record of the dates of the breaking up of the ice in the river for the period from 1846 to 1919; the dates taken from official records. They follow: <3 1846 to 1873, inclusive; made at Fort Buford. *1846—April \o 1847—April 8 1848—April 8 1819—Aprit 1 1850—April 5 ) 1851—March 41 1860—March 29 1861—April 9 \ 1862—March 31 1863—March 3 1864—Aprii 9 1865—April 15 1852—March 26 1866—April 11 1853;—March 29 1867,—April 6 —April 8 186! March 29 —March 29 . | 1869—March 27 1856—April 3 1870—April 6 b hh 28 1871—March 13 1858—April 15 1872—March 18 1859—April 21 1873—March 17 1874 to 1919, inclusive; made at Bismarck. 1897—April 5 4898—April 10 1899—April 12 1900—April 2 1901—Marcth 31 29 1902—April 4 30 1903—April 5 1881—March 31 1904+-April 6 1882—April 5 1905—Maren 22 1883—April 10 1906—April 2 —March 25 1907—March 25 ° —April 4 1908—April 6 —April 8 April 3 —March 16 1888—April 9 1889—March 24 1890—April 4 1891—April 3 1392—April 2 1893—April 3 1894—March 16 arch 27 arch 22 96—March 29 1914—April 6 1915—April 6 26 Japanese-made matches, in boxes bearing Swedish labels can no longer vg imported into this country. against Petrograd with that fortress of the Republican ‘National Commit- as a. base. e tee, so far has-given no statement of ESDP BES TREY his future policy. Country Ready. But party leaders believe the coun- -s try is ready, psychologically, to sup- | port any move that sets aside orders EXP TED H RE of the Democratic regime. H No records are available to show the party affiliations of postmasters in the three higher classes of offices to- \ b day. : s $ un view of intimations by Républi- pare a cans, however, that the Democrats Appropriation had not carrjed out the' president's or- der in good faith, the depagtment on - Places New Problems Be- Feb, 12 asked postmasters in the up- per classes to state their party al legi- fore Board «ace. : . —— | | Governor Frazier may call the state; swers. highway commission into an early, were Democrats, 907 declared they session to’ determine the course to be’ were Republicans, 32 listed them; pursued ‘by that body as a result of! selves as Independent, 10 as Prohibi- the action of the legislature in cut- tlonists, 3 as Socialists, 129 said they ting the annual appropriation of the had no affiiliation. Ten failed to state department from $150,000 to $50,000. | their party. Under the appropfiation, unless a Republicans Lead. way is discovered to avoid the situa-, Jcjminating the answers from the tion, state highway work with federal 4; gouthern states, where Democrats aid willbe greatly restricted, accord-, might easily be expected to predom- veys and plans have been completed jnate, the lineup was: ‘ engineer. ‘At the present time the! Democrats, 598, Republicans 846, In- | commission is ready ‘to let contracts’ qependents 26, Prohibitiongsts 9, So- for 250 miles 6f roadwork scattered’ cialists 3, without affiliations 9. | in Various parts of the state, and sur-/ yen in the “solid south,” however, veys and plans have been, completed the returns showed G. 0. P. postmas- of 350 miles of road work which would ters in 6, Alabama offices, 5 in Arkan- be abandoned. ¢ ‘ sas,/7 in Florjda, 5 in Kentucky, 9 in _The amount, ‘of the highway fund) North Carolina, 6 in Georgia, 4 in available for counties will be material- | oyisiana, 11 in Texas, 5 in Virginia, ly reduced (by the appropriation of 1 @ Mississippi and 2 in South Caro- $175,000 to complete the Missouri, jjyo, ’ piver bridge) which amount comes out Whe pie-counter rush is, particularly | of, the motor vehicle license fund.’ strong toward the department to be With this amount and the $50,000 ap-| headed by Hays, as¥ his position as | propriation taken out of the estimated chairman of the national committee receipts of $700,000 in the motor ve-} ang manager of the Harding campaign hicle fund.in 1921 there would be left) nag fitted him to know just who did Jess than $500,000 to be divided inte) ang who did not pull zealously for one-half for state aid projects and one* party success during the campaign. aalf to go direct to the counties for z road work. } ‘ “The commission now has about 109 employes, and the approprjation is not sufficient to‘ keep up the present pay roll after July 1, it id. GUARDSMEN GET RECOGNITION ' Reduction , of o-March there ‘were 2,103 an- Of this number, 1,012 said they 2,388 DEPORTED IN '20. New York, Mar. 8.—Transatlantic liners in 1920 brougut 705,413 passen- gers to the United States from Eu- ropean ports and took away 464408. ; Net gain'in Uncle Sam’s population py this branch of immigration was. only 231,005 during the year. Those deported totaled 2,388, in- cluding ones rejected by immigration officials, also many radicals. Jamestown, have Present. Plays. eral recognition, according to word| ‘valley City, March 8.—The normal received at the office of Adjutant Gen-| schoo] presented three one-act plays G. A. Fraser, Company M, Grand) ynder the direction of Miss Susan McCoy, The plays were a’ success both from an artistic and fir* +2 | standpoint, nition sometime ing equipment. OF STATE GIVEN FAVOR IN LAW Legislature Also Takes Step, to Standardize Laws | The North Dakota Iggislature Bave| impetus to the movement ‘to stand- ardize many of the insurance require: ments of the state, according to in- formation obtained in the office of/ ; Commissioner of Insurance visness, | An examination of thé bills passed | revealed to the department that the following bills affecting the depart-| ment passed: house bill No, 72, ex- emptihg’ domestic stock companies from the gr premium tax; senate bill 97, providing for the valuation of stocks and bonds of companies on the amortization basis, as urged by_the) National Convention ,of \ Insurance Commissioners; S. B, 115,,making mis- cellaneous amendments to reciprocal or inter-insurance law to make it con- ‘form to the recommendations of the national association, and S, B. 192, re- ducing the license fee to North Da- kota insurance agents from $2 to 5% cents. The ‘insurance commissioner had recommended that domestic insurance companies be revuired to pay a one Rar cent gross premium tax, but this was defeated. FARM BUREA HEADS ACTIVE Mandan, Marc ‘he officers of the Morton Co Farm Bureau Fed- leration are ‘making plans for increas- ed activity. The address of Usher L. | Burdick. at the organization meeting last Saturday has put fresh enthusi- asm in the movement. The officers : — John Dawson,; Barnes, president; John Christianson, New Salem, vice-president; John C. Smith, .Mandan. treasurer, , The rfhembers of the board of -di- rectors are: Pawl Schultz, Hebron; | August Kaatzke, Judson; Joseph Un- kenholz, Mandan; Ed Sawtell, Flasi er; Paul Gwyther, Fort Rice Schmidt, falion, and Martin Klein, St. { Anthony. | to. the! W. A. { | Leach and Julia B. Leach, owners of} i | Pacific railroad, toward old. ‘ ib. a regard to analysis of milk and water. | doubt ‘they will get one if, they iny| i , There is an old curfew ordinance) sist on their proposal to return to the; a in the city, passed April 11, 1899,, old ten hour day,” said Dennis Lane, | which provided that all unaccompa-| secretary of the Amalgamated Butch-/ nied children should be off the streets; ers and Cutters Union. i between 9 p. m. and 5 a. m.-from; Mr. Lane paid that if it really was| March 1 to April 30; between 10 p. m. necesgary for the packers to reduce; and 5 a. m. from May 1 to Aug. 3);| wages to do business the employes between 9p. m. and 5 a. m. from Sept.; would be willing “to come half-way, 1 and Nov. 30, and between 8 p. m.| in any proposition that was made in a) and 5 a.m. from Dec, 1 to the last fair and just way.” day of Febftuary. i as = EEE A request was presented i | commission by I. P. Baker, not less than three-fourths of, a land lying south and west,of the Northern! he river, to have the property removed from the| corporate limits of the city. The pe-| — tition stated that there are no muni pal improvements of «ny kind jn the! tract. s | ing with the American proposals. State department officials today) “AGGHPTS PLAN Washington, Mar. 8—Costa Rica Women and children were especially warned to remainjat home. Up to the hour when British, French and Belgian troops entered Duesseldorf the people knew nothing of the na- tionality of the forces to be moved into the city nor was the hour of ar- rival known. |The population was gloomy but was resigned. The Belgians entered Duesseldorf by the bridge over the Rhine while the Anglo-French forces advanced by way of th@Cologne bridgehead, march- ing to the right bank of the Rhine and entering Duesseldorf from the south and east. PARIS JUBILANT. ‘Paris, Mar. 9.—An undercurrent of exaltation is expressed in newspaper coniment here on news of the break betwen the allies and Germany and as announced jts intention of comply-| the ending of the reparations confer- ~ ence, 4 ‘France did not seek the break, but ' i awaited the reply from Panama to! the break occurred,” said the Excel- j the indentic notes dispatched to the gior, “It may be said, however, we | Republic and Costa Rica. } do not regret it, for after all it will | Panama, March 8.—The foreign of-| y ifice gave out last night the govern- ment's reply to the note of former Secretary of State Colby of March 3 iar -and Secretary of State Hughes of anes Mer, 8.—Four persons were| March 5. if acceptance of terms of! ed, a dozen wounded and 200 ar-| Chief Justice White be essential to rested following a clash Setween Com-| peaceful North American mediation munists and’ extreme Nationalists. | such mediation would be a mord], \légal and’ constitutional impossibil-| ‘ity, the note said. iv NEAR FuTORE WON'T CURTAIL — TOBACCO CROP foreman authority to employ: neces- sary Ip. The foreman probably; | Lexington, Mar, 8.—Plans for the will be Named within a short time! curtailment of the 1921 crop of Bur- and the work started as soon as the| ley tobacco were abandoned by the road can be worked. The foreman growers’ association which failed to will be allowed to hire necessary help,! sign up 6 per cent of the growers. with maximum wages as follows: $4 — 2 ay Acs gee aig for mise ona | YANK SWIMMER SETS NEW RECORD four horses, 4. A. Varley has been appointed ‘Montreal, Can., Mar. 9,—Norman) ss, of Chicago, set a new world’s; constable at Baldwin, due to failure d of 5 minutes three and four-; of the elected constable to qualify. fifths seconds for the 440-yard swim. Celebrate Golden Wedding. Valley City. N. D., March 8 friends of Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Green, met with the couple last Friday to help them commemorate their golden wedding. The rooms were beautiful- yy decorated with yellow daffodils. The county commissioners have authorized the employment of a fore- man at $150 a month to supervise! grading on the Red Trail, giving the | Commits Suicide. Stanley, N. D., March 8.—No rea- son has been discovered for the sui- cide of Daniel Knutson, farmer, ‘who | was found hanging in his barn. The family was absent when the deed was done. He leaves a wife and six chil- dren, the youngest only five years ring a solutjon to the problem.” “It is most fortunate,” said the Fig- aro, “that the Germans decided to break off the negotiations.” “It was a brilliant diplomatic suc- cess,” said Le Rappel. The Communist La Humanite, how- ever, asks ‘are the Pan-Germans and the French Chauvinists again going to plunge the world into turmoil.” ONE PAPER DISSENTS. | London, Mar. $.—This morning's newspapers, with one exception, ap- proved of the allied decision to pen- alize Germany. This exceptidn was the Daily News which said’ Lloyd George had brushed aside solid Ger- man offers making for a peaceful solu- tion. a FRENCH FORCE LARGEST London, March 8—The * French army will furnish the bulk of the forces for the new monarch into Ger- many. Great Britain’s contribution in men will, be only large enough to show her solidarity with the allies, who wait with the deepest interest for any sign of, America’s attitude to- ward the new enterprise. The general feeling in England ap- pears to be one of relief, without enthusiasm. The prime minister ex- lained the position of the house of |commons last night in a speech, in which there was no note of jubila tion. The majority of English news- papers have taken the line that the most important point involved was that the allies should stand together, while the French press has freely voiced its fears that Lloyd George . (Continued on page 2)