Evening Star Newspaper, February 23, 1921, Page 13

REDS MASS TROOPS | [ mion or au setes 1 1] S, URGED T0 B|JY/PRESIDENT URGES BELGIUM ONEASTERN FRONT Thl;eat Against Japan Seen in Concentrating Bolshevik Soldiers Ngar Manchuria. FORCE OF 50,000 IN CHITA Soviet Army, Badly Clothed, But Well Armed, Being Aug- mented Daily. HARBIN, Manchuria, February 22. —Military operations by the Russian bolsheviki against Japanese forces in Siberia are believed to be fore- shadowed by concentrations of soviet troops in the easterfi end of the country. There were 50,000 bolshe- vik soldiers in Chita recently, and more are sald to be arriving at in- tervals. Units are declared to be Proceeding to points farther east, as- sembling principally in the Primorsky district and along the Manchurian frontier. While badly clothed and fed, these soldiers are reported to be well armed and under severe dis- cipline. Eighteen thousand troops have ar- rived at Verkhnie Udinsk from Mos- cow. At Khabarovsk, on the Amur river, about 40,000 bolshevik troops are concentrated and these are grad- ually being moved south to points on the Iman and Ussuri rivers. The| official reason given by the bolsheviki | for dispatching troops to Khabarovsk | is that there are large supplies of | grain there, sufficient to maintain the troops for a vear On the other hand, reports from there indicate that the supplies available are sufficient for about a month. To increase the regular and guerrilla forces the bolshevik authorities are said to be mobilizing the population of the Russian far east. This step| would have the double purpose of in- disintegrating, by calling into service of the existing government the men of the Kappel and Semenoft anti-bolshevik armies, still more or less intact beyond the Manchurian eastern frontier. The work of mo- bilization is meeting with some op- Pposition from the people, it is said. Troops are distributed along the whole line of railway from Chita east to the Manchurian frontier. At Man- chuli, on the border, bolshevik or- ganizations have been formed and are asserted to be smuggling agents through into Manchuria for the work of propaganda. Activity is noticeable in the movement of locomotives and | cars from the Pssuri railway (con- necting Khabarovsk and Nikolsk) to the Amur railway which forms the connecting link with Transbaikalia through Russian territory. Food supplies are being moved by rail from Vladivostok into the Primorsk province and attempts have been made to smuggle arms into these regions. The bolsheviki fear, according to in- formation received here, that the Japanese may create an opposition “buffer state” in the Primorsk region by spring, in which event they might make use of the Kappel and Semenoft troops, whose long experience in guerrilla warfare would be extremely valuable. The appointment of the Japanese general, Pachibana, to com.. mand troops in Si upon as signl v L . LANSBURGH . & BROTHER inot sign the bill and tha creasing the military forces and nli the |WOMEN TO STUDY CAPITAL In Old Russ Empire Plan of Bolsheviki COPENHAGEN, February 23. —DMoncow dispatches guote the moviet organ Isvestin as sta ing that soviet Russia is work- ing to create a federation of all the states which formed part of the old Russian empire and since have become dctached from {it. The object atated is to pre- vent “the growing entente in- fluence” in these countries. WINSLOW RAILROAD BILL NOW GOES TO PRESIDENT “Pocket Veto” Predicted in Some Quarters—Opposition in Senate Collapsed. The Winslow bill payments to railroads from ti government guarantee fund, which was passed by the Senate yesterday, now goes to the President for his approval. In some quarters it has been predicted the President would! it would | to permit part| be lost by a “pocket veto.” . Opposition to the bill collapsed in the Senate yesterday afternoon, and the bill was voted on two hours be- fore the hour set for the vote. Senator Townsend, republican, Mich- igan, in charge of the measure, in- sisted that not one line in the bill as passed by the House should be! changed in the Senate, lest confer- ence and ensuing parliamentary ob-, struction delay Wwhat he described | as action absolutely necessary to pre- | vent bankruptey, not only among i railroads, but also among railroad | creditors. The Senate followed his advice and the measure was sent to the President. Debate on the bill was ve, | barring a six-hour speech by Senator| La Follette, republican, Wisconsin, | who attacked it as designed to en- large the government's original guar- antee 1o the railroads. On a roll call the Senate defeated, 47 to 19.an amend- ment offered by Senator La Follette which would have required the Inter state Commerce Commission to in- vestigate railroad expenditures before further payments are made. Senator Townsend, describing the situation which he said made the bill emergency legislation, asserted that the railroads because of reduced earn ings were entitled to a total payment of $600,000,000 under the gevernment wuarantee against losses during the six months following the ending of government control. v brief, | Committee of City Club to Take Up Civic Problems. Civic problems of the National Capi- tal are to be studied by the civics committee, which has just been ap-| pointed from the membership of the Woman's City Club. Mrs. O. I. Woodley, for severad vears Vice ehairman of the civic section of the General Federation of Women's Clubs, is chairman of the new commit- tee, and Mrs. Henry C. H. Stewart is vice chairman. Tt is planned to in- crease the size of the committee to in- clude every member of the club who takes a special interest in civic de- velopment. - After Lent it is planned by Mrs. Woodley and Mrs. Stewart to hold several forum meetings to_ discuss civic questions. the first of which will be addressed by Rev. Dr. James" E. Freeman, rector of the Church of the Epiphany, who was for a time a leader in civic affairs in Minneapolis, and by Dr. Henry E. Jackson. Discussion from the floor is to be encouraged at these meetings. : On March 10 the committee will give a demonstration of the value of mo- tion pictures as an‘educational factor and discuss methods of extending this use of such films in Wa: 1316 11324. "7 $2 Flannelette Gowns.. ... $1 Pretty pink ,and blue gowns, in collar effects; three- quarter sleeve and in all sizes; very warm and durable. $1 Women’s Full-Fashioned Lisle Hose, 50c Choice of Black and White Seam-back Hdse, in all sizes; re- inforced soie and heel. Just enough to last Thursday. $1 Women’s Vests and Pants. . Low neck and short sleeve or sleeveless and high neck and long sleeve Vests and Long Pants; fleeced ined: in regular sizes. Single Bed Bleached or Unbleached Seamless Sheets, 84c Purchase of 750 Fine Muslin Sheets with 3-inch hem: free from dressing and perfect qualit grades that at present time are worth $1.33. Lay in a supply at $2.69 Large Size Choice of floral desi blue and green grounds: cloan eat ton filled and beautiful scroll stitch. fextrg heavy weight; exceptional Double Bed Crochet Bedspreads, $1.44 Purchase of 1.000 fine bed- free from dressing and quality; choice of several beautiful Marseilles designs: ex- tra heavy. Our leade Thursday. ¥ e o 25¢ White & Colored Outing Flannel . Made 27 inches fleeced on both sides plain solid colors; perfect and cut from full pieces. Thursday. wide; Special | Missouri Representative Points Out | | 19th ana H i made he mentioned the fact that RY KAUF INCORPORAT ED 12V5¢ Heavily in white anc auality THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, PAY DEBTS IN Congress Gets Reco Pagsage of Legislatio WASHINGTON HOME Association of Oldest In- habitants Passes Resolution at Patriotic Exercises. Congress is in receipt from President | Wilson of a_copy of the agreement wh ident W on, with the British and nch premiers, entered into June 16, under which they bound them- | selves to recommend acceptance of man bonds in full payment of lo to Belgium prior to the arm The B presented agreement endation enact les ble the Ame German bonds to the amount of $17 50,000, the amoun this_country's | | total loans to Belgium up to the armis- | interest, ment and recommendations hoth hous LLOYD LAUDS PATRIOTISM the Con- That First President Was General Without Pay. A resolution urging the purchase of the George Washington estate Mount Vernon by the federal ernment was ad pt | her n in the matter. | transmitting _the | made no explanation as 1o, 9 not been submitted xcept to say that the r ions com- | mission not tinall; de-1 termined the details of the issuance of the necess: bonds b the German He added that ghe agree- in the treaty of { exe «s held at Union House, streets, v The motion was made Clagett Proctor and is a reiteration of action taken by the pioneer r dents of the District in former Former Repr: Lioyd of Missour| ity—said this city having an organization o habitants “If you want to find genuine devo- tion (o country, look among the old men and women,” the speiker con- tinued. “The next ¢l tric fervor is the young boy and girl just beginning to learn the history of the country. In the period between child- hood and old age there is sometimes a period of distrust and complaint, but this condition you never find among the venerable citizens of the republi Mr. Lloyd declared the impression prevailing in the minds or many American$ that George Washington was born “with a silver spoon in his mouth” is wrong. The opposite W Calls Recommendation Premature. me that | hould be | on informed Congress, premature, but poroaching tern ion jon 1 have brought th attention, hoping that be taken at thel lin view of t of my admin matter to your uitable action opriate time.” submission of the agreement, &3 0 b rned, clears the could be learn ne Preel, th the excep- | ‘ersailles and the The the treaty and Americ in relations the c he said, for the man who o the forelen carned the title “Father of His |committec 2 S > v did not receive ca- . mmending to you that Con- Country” did not receive the educa ! it pprop D recment certain facts ion,” Should be brought to your attention, said the President's message to Con- ‘She neutrality of Bélgium was/ nteed by the treaty of Lo n In considering the repara- be made by Germany i vas Lon 4 that the action of Germany r erossly violating this treaty by an attack on Belgium obligated the Ger- man government under international law to repa am the costs of | On this principie the treaty of 2) provided that, pledges as to e complete Belgium, Germany | in addition to th material damage. nt of all sums \¢ borroweil from the ted governments up to November 11 1918, together with interest at 5 pgr cent per annum on This obligation was to be discharged=by a special issue of bearer bonds to an cquivalent amount payable in gold marks on May 1. th jon of the German tion the av day enjoyed. Always Mindful of Diety. The former representative recalled that George Washington rde nove, accomplished no deed, in which he did not recognize the naiw overruling Providence,” and added. ‘In these days when there is a tendency to rely on self and human power we would do well to follow the example of Gen. Washington in rec- ognizing the will of God in all our works.” Mr. Lloyd pointed out that George Washington served his country gratu- itously as commanding general of the revolutionary forces and in other ca- pacities “In our recent war” he continued, “we heard unkind things about dollar- a-year men. But there were men in that contest just as willing as Wash- ington to leave their business affairs and serve the country in its hour of nee Turning from Washington the man to the city which bears his name, the speaker expressed the belief that the National Capital is the most moral and law-abiding community in the United States. The District, he added, has a high average of church attend- ance for its population. He said he is inclined to think the average Washingtonian does not fully appreciate the advantages of the cit especiglly its rapid growth. To em- phasize the progress Washington has in 1880—withim the memory of prac- ti all those present—Washinstor had six bapks, with a capital stock of $660,000. A bank would not think of | Washington Topham repc th starting today with that amount.of | he and a committce of the association he said followed the custom ¥ morn- rage Virginian of that s of 1839, already given toration for hould undertaie, comy for to make re: wheh Belgum allied and as: demonstrate the In clos- t of Wash- pital of the further the city has made urged every reside to boost the c and let all Ameri fine Capital city liam Tayloe Wiliam M Washington's years to DrozTe ing. he ington nation what a Rev. V benediction. cerpts from | address { have. er offered ir read e farewell ted that ment With British and French. | the rlier. | ¢, | Belgians to pa | the { jrecommend to the appropriate gov- have been erected in the past twenty | ns know | FEBRUARY 23, 1921 GERMAN BONDS mmendation Asking n Upholding Agree- government an the first of May in any under- letter| various reasons the taking defined in th above s not embodied in the treaty. Bel- um's obligations to the United ates for advances made up to the| date of the armistice amounted to approximately $171,000.000, and to land and France they amounted, am informed, to about $164.700.000. In view of the special circumstances in which Belgium became invoived in w and the attitude of this country toward Belgium, it w that the United States might agree to make the same vement ting pre-armistice loans to Bel- | zium as England and France offered | Lo do. Debt Amounts to $17 Advances made by the Treasury to 1e Belgian government from the be- inning of the war to the armistice mounted to $1 0000, This prin- cipal “sum, however, includes ad- 1ces of $494,100 made to enable the y the interest due ) 1917, and $1,571,488 ayment of the interest | nterest on 1id up o due from date having loans for | holds however, | 11, 1!“‘4.\ This lat- ome within of the agreement above If, therefore, the United ccepts payment of ons gl 0.000. vember enable due 1 th May paid out’ of Trea: which the United Sta an obligations. _which, made after November the date of the armistice. asvance would not term. mentioned. State amount would seem it should receive Setman obligations amounting to 1,780,000 with intere: i 280 erest from April Ithough it i ers d ngland and Frince. win sas are of the German bonds when ccived by um. 1 am informed that the reparation commission has rot as yet finally determined the ae taiis of the nce of the necossa bonds by thé German governmen The copy of the agreement betwee: the Belgian government and the President and the French and British }JOI.IYOX:VEPE as transmitted to Congres “M. Hymans, Ministre des Affaires inagers, Hotel Lotti, Paris, : Phe reparation clause | draft treaty of peace with ((?rfm[:;; obligate Germany to make reimburs ment of all sums which Belzium has borrowed from the allied and asso- ted governments up to November 11, 1918, on account of the violation by Germany of the treaty of 1839. As t—\'ldun(“e of such an obligation Ger- ¢ many is to make a special issue of| bonds, to be delivered to the repara-| tion commission Each of the that | undersigned will ernmental agency of his government that, upon the delivery to the repara. tion commission of such bonds, his government accept an amount there- of coresponding to the sums which Belgium has borrowed from the gov- ernment since the war and up to No- vember 11, 1918, together with inter- est at 5 per cent, unless already in- cluded in such sums, in satisfaction of Belgium's obligation on account of such loans, which obligation of { Belgium’s shall thereupon be can- iceled. We are, dear Mr. Minister, very truly yours, (Signed) “G. CLEMENCEAU, ‘WOODROW W ILSON, then named more than g of placing & wreath at the base of magn Monument. Double-Bed LANKETS. .. $2-59 $4 B Full-size White Blankets, with pink and blue borders: heavily fleeced and finely finished with shell stitching: : warm and serviceable. Thursday m only. » ST.N.W. only Sale of 200 Fine New Spring Dresses Mignonettes Satin Silk Taffetas Charmeuse Georgette Combinations Special offering of finest creations for spring; beautifully self and contrast trimmed with stunning two-tonc sashes: ruffle and georgette effects: lace overskirt effects; tailleur models; in fact, everything that i new and lish. Creations for misses and women priced at half their actual worth. On sale Thursday for the first time. $4.98 $6 and $7.50 All-Wool PLAID SKIRTS Shipment of popular All-wool Skirts, with belts, etc.; the very latest u{‘)"le?: also box and accordion-pleated serge skirts in this lot; all sizes in this lot. Special Sale of 53 Fine BOYS’ $15 wea SUITS WMT(E Dress Gingham . Tremendous assort lar brands of 27-i ment of popu nch, fast-color 'ginghams, in plaids, stripes, checks and plain colors; special purchase of formerly at 25¢ yard. weant Shoes, Pumps and OXFORDS $3.19 Patent colt, dull kid, Koko calf, gun metal and gray kid; neat and stylish. AR sizes in the lot, 2% to 8 cut from piece; grades that sold Buy ail you A manufacturer's disposal of finest Woolen Suits in broken sizes, 6 to 16—Norfolk and belted models— and many of our own high-grade suits. S1ZES 6] 718] 9]10/1112|13]16|15]16)17 3| 7| 4| 1] 8| 7|8| 36| 4] 6|2 Boys’ $15.00 AllWool Blue Serge SUITS, $7.95 RGE PACT WITHFRANCE ERATIFESPOLES Frankly State There Is Com- plete th ITS TERMS MADE PUBLIC France Inclined to Deprecate the Really BY P. By Cable to Gl PARIS, Franco-Polish treaty, which was announced by this corre- | spondent the two obvious reasons, are inclined to dep- recate the really the conve According to Polish sources of in- | formation, consists of a preamble and four e: clauses. sen preamble to a d safety, political both cou ceeds very ingeniously to fr from all respo; enterprise on in e, present Fro marked which of insur: venture of Fixes Article fixes the th on all which nd to the fram, and in h; the leag This apparently establishes complet. Franco-Polish political solidarity. goes mu: Franco-R the best signed w Potsdam frair France. Article plication solidarity. a themselves to ing any central and cies. Th! be consul further wi countries tente” — Czechoslov: France a ship cornersto attempt “eastern Arteile olidarity of the two countries. governments will struction the first lishment articlel w merciul agreements which are about to be sig re to insure the as two countri They agree to reach an understanding questions of forei v settie ith tente,” which may become a sort of | how Economic Solidarity. economic | man for whom the university at Lex- The | ington, Va., was named. He closed his pointing out the solidarity of the north’and south. The committee in charge of arrange- ments was composed of Judkze James Raymond Kenney, Maldwin B. Baine and Woodson P. Houghton. Wade H. Ellis was toastmaster. Make By the Assoct BOSTO! vermouth immunity today to t terday und Alliance Between e Two Nations. hibition ag Within a will compl, a journey reccived by = | on petroleum | vention. Artcile 3 Vast Importance cf the Convention. AUL SCOTT MOWRER. o Daiiy News. | for the | tory and e new | mate interests sighing of | by the p; B fore, is immediate i to | intentions of hould February 23.—In the t i nations. The ri Reference 1o | t1at France | cate that she defensively the pos French, vast importance of ntion. ior or other anal article 3, as oon_ by application studied in 1 tween the Poll Marshal Foch i . the text of the document ! i After making in the customary re! pe; the, crences ce and! well a8 to advinee the and economic interests. of niries, the document pro- rance bility regarding any looking to territorial e which Poland may engage. ch guaranty limited Polish internationa has signed, Dy w against any furtl £ Folish Imperiatism Fran orn-of decision reard- | ble future extension of | 6o mot conte \F circumstanc ¥ cmy in the ression. Importan ant evi not astern | profession of Franee in the does not mea despairs of ! the contrary, ought i recovery by Frane ventures France beli incompatibil Poland zed Russia. attempt the of these two modern Euro; the present a solid in Poiand. reconciliation Political Co-operation. 1 of the alliance treaty political co-operation of s in times of peace. 2 polie France and Poland. these questions with: ework of existing trea with the spirit nations covena rest armony t ue of 1t the | in | further than d jan alliance. Indeed. of, that aliiance i ith Germany the so-called | agreement as to stern | nd did not even consult; ch us 4 makes an immediate ap- | of this new French-Polish | The two par engage gree before conclud- | new accords affecting their ! easte n poli is means that France must ted before Poland go [th 1ts negotiations whh that form the “little en-! Rumania, Jugoslavia and a. This seems to give, t a position of leader- “little en- Tribute to any | Of the Washin the | sociation by York. Lafayette Hots Im respect to the | ington. giving ne of French policy in its |toas to revive the old Frenchl! system. | Col. Robert upon incident: concerns the engage in recon- jaddress by work, which is regarded as condition for the re-estanh- of order in the world. This ill be supplemented by com- | Quarl ned, by a special agreemen The one characteristic that has made bread “THE STAFF OF LIFE" CORBY'’S RAISIN BREAD Not only contains the rich nutriants and building qualities of real whole raisins, but by the 100 per cent development of the Gluten (developed by _the Corby scientifip process of dough making) it combines a rich, delicious flavor with the strength-giving and tissue-building qualities substantially necessary for a “Balanced Food.” ORDER FROM CORBY’S RAISIN BRE Pure as Mother Made It 18.1 Liquars to Quench Diplomats’ of foreign gin, rum, whisky and tion of thirsty citizens. The liquors emtered port yes- are safe from capture by pro- Washington. iitary solidarity and provides that ation their governments shall exclusively defensive. < e : military esterday, the Poles frank- | called for and theoretical ly sce a complete alliance between | ernments remain free to guarantee those recoznized as FPoli; completed of are purely technical measur ench troops to Poland under an ply of war material and ofii ance to Poland and, finally. of co-operation agi The signing of this agreement on 19 undoubtedly to prepa in any toward and a hasis _for French will open the wa HOLD YEARLY BANQUET. { paia last night at the annual banquet The banquet was held at the they would talk if alive today. t was given to Mar the mother of the President. i famous general, YOUR ! Thirst | | :URGES CONGRESS Citizens Sad iated Press. February 23—Cases | 1 i ! tood with tantalising | | a pier houne “ere he envious admira- er & white flag and entx, few days the canes cte the last lex of from Eurepe and be foreign diplomats in and by a financial con- institutes defensive i the peaceful views and | both states, either or! be attacked without defense of their terri- safety of their legiti- within the limits fixed ble. This article, ag t in this respect. |} o the preamble shows | ntends clearly to indi- will not intervene even to Poland of territories bevond by treaties logous acts. However, ! 1 understand it. will by measures the which is now being | ong conversations be- ish minister of war and and Gen. Petain. These ich of n v mplate the sending but concern the suj i plai the common case of unprovoked ax t Historical Event. marks an ent in French history. only a_resurrection system.” but a sort of faith on the part of future of Poland. Th:s n. however, that France | Russia’s rery. On nch statesmen have way for that refusing to compromise possible Polish ad- the east. " es that there is no reul y between a 1easonable regenerated, modera- nece's real aim is to eventual reconciliation great Slav peoples of pe. France hopes that agreement, by insuring influence to this J George Washington was F gton and Lee Alumni As- James M. Beck of New el. Mr. Beck depicted as imaginary con- versation between Franklin and Wash- a picturesque fantasy of A v Washington, . Lee, grandson of the also spoke, dwelling s of the life of the other ts food value. W. B. Westlake Describes MILK APPROPRIATION CUT Arraigns Legislators for Contribut- ton public fected children as B. Westlake, president of the Federa- tion of Citizens’ open letter to members of Congress appeals to them to remedy the situa- 20,000 organized residents of the Dis. tr zle child, but on re. of the United States stands guilty of ration for a sick child.” !letter that the schoolhouse, besides | grow moldy from the dampness. Home Folks Plan Welcome for { hos GROCER 13 T0 FURNISH RELIEF Terrible Conditions at Hamilton School. ing to Mortality of Pupils—De- nounces Building Used. Describing conditions at the Hamil- school for tubercular-in- “terrible.,” William Assoclations, in an ion. Mr. Westlake points out in the etter that he is the representative of The letter says, in part: It would be a foolish individual ho believed that severai hunared re resentative men from every state in the Union would intentionally or know- death of a xin- rd the Congress nzly contribute to t othing less. You have specifically cut the ay propriztions for the purchase of miik to feed these children to a point where the school authorities must either ap- | peal to charity or allow these unfor: tuuate little people to go improperly nourished. ou need not be told that four tablespooniuls of milk is a starving Mr. Westlake further states in the being old, is insanitary and damp. that the walls of the building and the books and contents of the rooms “In the name of common justice and humanity,” the letter said in closinz. ‘make it possible to care for these smitten loved ones from our Washing- 10 mes with at least as much vom fort as the poorest of the children in your home communities enjoy." e WILL SING TO DANIELS. Navy Secretary and Wife. RALEIGH. N. C.,, February 23 —Sec- retary of the Navy Josephus Danieis and Mrs. Danicls will be welcomed on Sunday. March 6. after the, ration of eight years' residence in Washingtom. with a community sing, held in the City Auditorium of Raleigh. Former Go W. Bickett. will T. speak briefly and the program calls for a response from Secretary-Daniels and Mrs. Daniels. HELD FOR GRAND JURY. Van Ahn Denies Theft of Bond and Coupons Valued at $118.77. Harry L. Van Ahn, charged with the theft of a_liberty bond and -coupons valued at $118.77 from the American Na- tional Bank, waived preliminary hearing today upon his appearance before Judge McMahon, in the United States branch: of the Police Court, and pleaded not: ilty. ‘ ‘“’l‘he defendant was released on a bond of $1,000 to await action of the grand Jury. —————— Miss Annie M. Brown is Norfolk's first woman lawyer.