Evening Star Newspaper, April 30, 1921, Page 1

Fair and continued cool tonight; to- morrow fair, with slowly perature. Temperature for twenty ended at 2 p.m. today || at 3 pm. vesterday; low sL am. today. WEATHER. [ | rising tem- v-four hours Highest, 70, est, 50 at 9 Closing New York Stocks Part 2 No. 28125, 5i"omce wWa Entered as second-class matter shincton, D. C. bening WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION Member of the Associated Preu! the use for republication of all news dispatches paper and also credited to it or not All rights of publication of special | ‘ The Associnted Press is exclusively entitled to | | dispatches hereln are also reserved. | Lerwise crodited n this the local news published Lerein, A Y:;t;d;f: Net Circulation, 95,{98 W ASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY, APRIL 30, 1921 _TWENTY-TWO PAGES. "WO CENTS. TREATY T0 FOLLOW PASSAGE OF KNOX U. S. Will Not Abandon the Allies. LY SENATE MAY TAKE VOTE TO END WAR TODAY Republican Leader Points Out Fact All Other Countries Are at Peace With Germany. A treaty with Germany probably will follow enactment of the yeace resolution, Senator Lodge of Massachusetts, republican leader, said today in the Senate, in supporting the peace measure. Senator Lodge declared I'resident and State Dep: 5 that the tment had made it clear that the United States | did not intend to “abandon” the al- lins. ‘> Senator Lodge Opens Debate. With a vote on the peace resolu- tion planned late today, the republi- can leader opened the final day’s de- bate. He emphasized that all of the other nation, pt the United States had made peace, and aske “is it to be supposed that we are to £ on in a condition of technical war’ “The allies did not ask our leave to ake their pe: They cannot e are all at peac: “‘And if we choose to make peace by this resolution and by a treaty with | Germany, which probably will follow, we surely are not deserting them.” Surprised at Vehemence. “I have been surprised,” said Sena- tor Lodge. “at the vehemenee and ' the wide range of discussion indulged in by the opponents of the resolution. This pending resolution is not a treaty, it is a law. It is to repeal a jofnt resolution of Congress declar- state of war to exist between the United States and Germany and the United States and Austrix. Inti- mations have been made that in adopting this resolution Congress is exceeding its power. It is a truism that what a legislative body can pass it can also repeal. “The theory that peace can only be made by treaty has no support in the Constitution, so far as I am aware, nor in international law. Whatever is to be dome in the way of completing the work of restoring peace by a treaty must belong to executive power. Var with Germany has not exist- since November 11, 1518. Th resolution merely announces this fact and insists that all our rights be preserved and that the property of alien enemies be held until the claims_of American citizens are fet- tled. It also abrogates the old treaty with Prussia, whtch Congre right to do. course is pursued. ‘H-c‘s-e- Invasion of Authority. has been suggested that we are invading executive authority. The cases are many in which Presidents have asked the opinion of the Sen- ate before negotiating a treaty. The share of the Sepate in making treaties is found in many precedents. The President in his speech accept- ing the nomination declared that he would sign such a resolution as this ff it were sent to him. I realize that senators on the other side have fallen into the habit of regarding the executive in every insta o fhe Poesident has made t clear it we have no thought of abandon- ing the interests of the countries with which we were associated in the great war with Germany. But England has been trading with Germany and Aus. tria, and so have the other nation They are represented in Berlin and Vienna. Are we to remain unrepre- sented when all the others are repre- sented? We ought to put this coun- try on the same basis of commerce which all the other countries have had during the last two years. It is most important to get rid of the tougly anomalous position we occupy.” Senator Townsend's Comment. . Declaring that he was anxious to end the technical state of war b tween this country and German Senator Townsend of Michigan, r publican, expressed some doubt as to what would be the effect of the pend- ing resolution. He suggested that it would be better to declare that the | state of war is now at an end with- out_seeking formally to repeal the resqlution declaring the state of War | oivers also were found by the police, ' to_exi To this. however, Senator Lodge re- plied that it was better to repeal d rectly than indirectly the act of Con- to of war Eress declaring a stat exist. Senator Shields, democrat, Tenne see. interrupted to announce that Knox meas inasmuch ended to vote for the in order to get peace, as former President Wilson. ator Shields said. had so.intertwined the 1 ye covenant with the peace terms l impossible to get peace through the treaty. ‘ “That's w the pending resolution,” said Senator Shields Pomerene Files Report. During debate vesterday Pomerene, democrat. Ohio, filed a mi- nority report, signed by ail present demoeratic members of the foreign relations predicting that the resolut appointmen was an attempt to t's treaty-making pow | We conclude.” the “hat if the adminis willing to ratify the Vers with such reservations and upon fuc terms and conditions will sec i ure said not ® before request tate munication with th n govern- 1ocet and nezotiate a treaty by which ce 1o adjust all differenc ourselves and our asso- 1 along the lines set pending resolution. 1f will not enter into a treaty nes while the resolution it ermi along t do so when the reso led. If Germany d such a treaty we belicve more expeditiously with Jution on our &tatute is repealed. Noth- ter will do so Yo: v this course’ Much | today to have found practically no ine In any event we will | evidence pointing to serious May day | advirtage thereby in our|disturbances. Department of Labor negotiations officers were equally as optimistic. Criticism by Reed. iven blans of the radical eloments ek o the s 2 101 over e country, so far as known to | S R0, TN | covernment officials, contemplated Vewed eriticised Sceretary Hugle 'wi | nothing more than limited parades of | him carry his. e repRE i ively peaceful nature L S aropening b the ribution of literatur, dvo- | ¢ Ao cating communism and the establish- | zens i & | men Federal agents i rity, PEACE RESDLUTON: Lodge So Declares, Stating Knox s has a | With Austria” the same | 1y I'm going to vote for | ISTEUART TO HEAD CENSUS | Statistician. Michigan Man, Said to Be President's Choice. William M. Steuart of Michigan, as- sistant director of the census, will | probubly be named director of the cen- { sus within a short time, it was learned President It was understood an, m t to fill the v signation of § The nomin to the Senate nate Mr. Ste used by the r ers 4’ month probably be s L. tion | F 7 A 2 2 z E will soon. Mr. Stenart appointed to the was {census bureaw's division of manufac- | in 1880 and wi hief of the division of manufacture from 1890 to 1900, filling the office of chief from nd_stati ariff Com- tician for manufactur 1417 He w secreta | tician of the United States { mission for two ] 1 1d became as i the census in Augt post, created for the decenn| of 1 He was appointed to the census bu. reau from Michizan in 1880, after ha iz practiced law in Detroit and in the District of Columb euart was born in Corpus C| in 186 and took desrees lumbian Univer- s hington Univer- new 1 census member of the tion. His home ison street, Chevy kere is at 3 | Chase, D. | REDSNOW STRIVING TOSTIR OUTBREAKS fMany Agitators Rounded Up "| by Police After Seizing Treasonable Pamphlets. May day in the United States | may see sporadic outbreaks of communist followers and sympa- thizers with the soviet regime of Ru. Pamphlets have been distributed broadcast in many of the larger { cities of the United States calling upon the proletariat to strike | against the so-called bourgeoise. Police of many cities have al- | ready started their round-ups of | known radicals in order to pre- vent untoward incident: Extra men are being sworn in and every , effort will be made to stamp out |" demonstrations of treasonable | character. Department of Justice agents | also are declared active in many | sections, notably New York, ad- mittedly the hotbed of revolution- ary thought and activity. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK. April 30. entire police force of 11 ?mun to- |day was ordered to remafn on duty | continuously until Monday morning— a measure of precaution against pos- sible May day violence or radical demonstrations. Bluecoats were detailed to guard the city's churches, public buildings and meeting places, while others were assigned to protect private residences ger. Many others were d in station houses for emergency calls. To Guard Meeting Places. Assignments of police to various au- ditoriums and halls tomorrow—>May day—were announced, and members of the bomb squad, augmented by regu- lars, were set today to ferret oyt a { number of radicals believed to be ac- | tive in the attempt to cause a grea | demonstration here. | Police today declared that the arrest late last night of Abram Jakira and Jacob Amter, who were held on charges of criminal anarchy, had broken the spirit of communist work- ers who expected to bring about a demonstration_tomorrow. These men, charged by the police with having | sev wagon loads of radical litera- ture in their_possession, were said to {have been officers of the third inter- | nationale and in constant communica- Ition with Moscow. Amter were taken into |custody in the apartments of Mrs. |Helen Ware, daughter of Mrs. Ella Reeves Bloor, national organizer of the communist party in fiis country. | "In the seized literature the police said they found circulars similar to those scattered here and in various |other large cities calling attention to | the industrial conditions in the United {States and urging government. Jakira and the Several loaded re- | it was reported. | One of the trunks, poiics said. | containing statistics of the strength of the various revolutionary grou here. The membership of the ity and community of any size | throughout the United States, and dis- closed that more t {the members of the radical organiza- jtions were foreigners, | Many Reds Among Miners. | Russ Poles and found to be in the majority in the {membership of the reg organizations with which Jakira and Amter were |afliliated, the police claimed, and sta- in the mining ania and West eral other east of Chicago, the percentage { tisti, a revealed that ts of Pennsy nia, as well s in se | of radicals was very high. To offset expected red the American I nor of Among presentative hington the speakers will Albert Johnson Commerce of New York, many other patriot The meeting will be ! Harding will be read. | GOVERNMENT IS OPTIMISTIC. <tate of war is in «if.ct | Department of Justice Agents Ex- pect No Serious Disturbances. Despite strikes and threats v city of importan | «Continued on P'age 2, Column s.) 1 | tions Brought Up at Confer- American | ation and the Ameri- | INU.S. ONMAY DAY w York's | and individuals believed to be in dan- | the overthrow of filled with maps of the United States | e maps revealed the total | groups in every «n 95 per cent of Italians were activities, ense Society will hold s meeting tomorrow in Carnegie Newton W. Gilbert, former vice the Philippines, presid- be of Representatives of the Chamber of the Ameri- can committee for devastated Franc the Americ: Legion, th ationa i Letgzue, the American In- e ational Associatios istitution overnment and and civic bodies A letter from President of strikes and the already vast unem- ymient over the country, agents of Department of Justice were sald and |one iota’to the burden he is already PRESDENT URGED TOPCKEDATOR INMARNE DSPUTE |Secretary Davis Asks Com- | mittee of Three to Take Up Wrangle. ! [MEN WANT SAME WAGES | UNTIL REPORT IS MADE {Body Would Consider Only Ques- | ences Here, Under agreement with the marine representatives, Secretary | avis today urged President Harding! o appoint a committee of three to mediate in the dispute between ship {owners and their workers in an effort | |to prevent a strike called for tomor- row. The President rescrved judg-| | worker: 5 | The committee, under the plan ap- {proved by the union men, would re- | port within fifteen days, anid meantime {wages would remain as at present. | The committee would consider only | those questions of wages and work- {ing conditions which were brought up | at conferences here between the men, airman Benson { the ship owners and C] |of the shipping board. arlier in the day representativ |of “the marine workers' unions were told at the White House that the President would take up with his cabinet officers the matter of media- ‘tion in the wage dispute with a view | to preventing a threatened strike to- {morrow on American ships on the Atlantic, Pacific and gulf coasts. STAMP AGENCIES Mr. Davis Ready to Act. Thl~- Department of Labor inter- ested itselfl in the controve early {in the day and it wa stood | i | that Secretary Davis was ared u,;POSt Ofilce tO Open Many jask that his department author- | . - |izea to use its good omees m the| Stations for Convenience fevent the executive decided not to appoint a special board of mediation. | Andrew Furuseth, president of the | Union, and the of Public. {International amen’s £ R William Brown, repr. , “Dollar-a-Year Man” | to Again Be Vogue n told at the White House that the President would take the mat- as New Stamp Agent | [ter up with his advisors. They laid 0o Adadndord <Gl their uation before Secretary | £ | | Hoover at the Department of Com-| | mant |merce yesterday. He Ix the stamp agent, who is Soon after the labor men entered| ! ‘ashingto- | {Mr. Davis' office, President Harding| | 10 %€l stamps to Was "b | [sent out a_call for the Labor Secre-| | mians at stamp agencies to be | |tary and Secretary Hoover to confer { with him at the White House. It was {understood that Mr. Davis was pre- {pared to urge action and to tell the’ | President that experts of his depart- ment had catimated that the strike would cost the country 1.600,000 a v day on the single item of ship values.| | ments of 25 cents every three Plans Go Ahead. | months. | While the President was consider-! '———————————"—"""" ing the strike problem, Shipping | joard officials went ahead with plans |to operate the government merchant {flect irrespective of any strike. They |refused to disclose what preparations |were being made. | | " Mr. Furuseth and Mr. Brown were| understood to have told Secretary | Davis that they were rerfectly will- | ! ling to leave the whole controversy to| residents of the National Capital gen- | the settlement of three “fair-minded” | crally more and closer places where | men to be named by the government | postage stamps and stamped envelopes fand that they would accept the deci-|may be purchased. | sion of such a committee. They wait-| This will be the first time in about ed at Mr. Davis’ office pending the out-| twenty years that authorized stamp |come of the conference between the!agencies will exist in Washington. At President and the Labor and Com-|present merchants may purchase merce secretaries. | stamps and sell them to their patrons. | There were reports that President | put under the new system authorized Harding agreed with Chairman Ben- | persons will be given credit for stamps son of the pping Board that there | ana allowed to sell them. should be a wige reduction, but Sec- | These authorized stamp agents will \retary Davis was said to have urged | constitute the new “dollar-a-year men,” {upon”him that even if the President | gince the prospective clerks in charge | held to this view he should appoint a | pyst sign an agreement to conduct the | committee to decide as to working | gtations for a compensation not ex- '\\‘T‘:l"s‘lod’:;‘ The Labor Secretary, it| cceding $1 per annum. This sum will told the President that 5 { the marine workers felt that they had | D¢ Paid 25 cents per quarter. | entablished threughout the city by the Washington city post office. Thene agents will receive $1 | salary per annum, in inxtall- Stamp agencies will be establis shortly throughout the city by Washington city post office, under au- the Office Department. This new move is to help along the often” campaign, but also to give the xpected not only ot had : 4 Before the war the Washington city Neither Mr. Davi P | stations, located in drug and other Hoover wonld e Nor Secretary |giores. The merchants found it diffi- | When Thcy ctme 0wt of the conf.ronce | CUll, OWIDE to the hasy increase in with the President. Upon reaching | Pareel P ness, (o conduct, these his office the Labor Secretary re. | StAtions. coleqiontly mmany sumed his talk With reprecentatives|them resigned their commissions. now has twenty-seven some merchant » post office to | of the marine workers' unions. | Cane Before President. Late vesterday Chairman Benson of | the Shipping Board and representa- tives of the marine unions called sep- | arately at the White House to lay | their cases before the President. Pre- viously the chairman and the ship owners had rejected a proposal by Mr. Furuseth to submit the whoic Guos- tion to President Harding for arbiira tion. Chairman Benson declined to dis- cuss his visit at the White House, but the union representatives, in the absence of the President, left “a re- port and a prayer’ in behalf of all the workers submitting the matter to him. Breald After Conference. The break in negotiations came after a final conference called by Chairman Benson 10 consider new wage and | working agreements. The chairman’s proposal for a 15 per cent wage cut was rejected for the engineers on the ground that it was not justificd by livinz costs or nc an_ecan- {omy in operating expens H. P. Griffin, for the cooks and stewards, declared that the proposed wage cut was a “sign on the dotted line propo- sition” and asked that the controversy be submitted to a disinterested party. Mr. Furuseth asked for assurance that certain conditions would be made a part of any new agreement, includ ing preference for American’ citizens in employment, enforcement of the seamen’s cat and recognition of thel i {Unions' right to act for the men. fi§°,§;f",;:m'::}",,“k° DREY 15 the weall Chairman Benson replied that he in- - dorsed the idea of preference for B American citizens and would carry * oftic The new agencies will be open to mer- nts and others in all parts of the and the office anticipates a rush the part of those desiring such ign up contracts. will_be authorized by on agencies to cency is to be established with- t of an existing contract sta- quired to dispay a sign indicating that money orders, registry and parcel post business I8 not transacted. ’ It has been suggested by Col. Fu- bert Work, first assistant postmaster general, that temporarily closed con- tract stations be rcopened as stamp agencies. ‘The city post office has received many demands for more stations, and it is believed that the proposed stamp agencies will meet the needs of thou- sands of people throughout the city. Postal officials believe the establish- ment of the stamp agencies will have a peculiarly happy effect on the “mail early” campaign. It is pointed out that many people start to mail a let- ter, but, finding no station near at hand, pocket the letter until later in the day. ‘With a stamp agency near at hand. however, it is hoped that no one will delay mailing a letter, and that thus the residence as well as the business out those parts of the law under his jurisdiction, but that the other points were matters of working conditions to be determined later. Furuseth Offers Plan. Mr. Furuseth then offered his plan for arbitration by the President. “We are willing,” he said, “to submit this whole thing in its.absolute entirety, without reservation, to the President of the United States and we will adopt his decision as organizations and will go to every one of our mem- bers and plead with them to loyally abide by anything that he decides, and that is all we can do.” The offer was rejected by the chair- man and by W. A. Thompson for the steamship owners. “Men of America, men of the United States,” Chairman Benson sald, “we |are supposed to be the supporters and laid of the President of the United es. We are supposed not only to rry our own burdens, but to help 1 for one will not add miles an hour—and from Joseph Conrad, Sewell Ford, rrying. We are responsible citi- Ring W. 1 trust all of us arc of America {And it is for us to aid the President. lu attempting to carry this questior l i (Continued on Fage 2, Cotumn L) &) 10 AID MAILING thorization given today by the Post; ail eariy—mail ! What Chance Has an Enemy Fleet? Figure this out after you have read the thrilling story of a flight with Uncle Sam’s Navy bombers at Langley Field. Direct hits are being made while flying at ninety article appears in the Magazine Section of Tomorrow’s Star Also read the best fiction by leading authors: Two Wives Allowed One Man And All Agree to Live Happily By the Associated Press, | he met wife No. 2, a Pennsylvania AKRON, Ohio, April 30.—An un- widow. She hecame his common Al raliE iRags: Which cppa | 1AW wife, he said. Two children | L were born. | Sarniola will be allowed to keep Last week Mrs. Sarniola No. 1 os handed down by and her son reached Akron on an immigrant train. Sarniola hasten- { ed to the police with his troubles, his wives and chilcren. federal authorities and Akron po- lice when Sarniola, accompanicd by wife No. 1 with a ten-year-old | After an investigation federal Soh and ite leading a | @uthoritics told Sarniola to take e his wives home and support them. Loy and carrying @ | qhe abresd’ ‘to’ lovs each t police headquar- | other and live peaceably together. S sarniola married | They left police headquarters arm fe 'No. 1 in Ttaly eleven years | in arm. ago. Later he came to America. | “I love them both. They love Four years ago he sent for her. | each other. We all love. 1 keep them all. They say so, d in broken English. Sarniola | but, due to tae war. heard nothin and presumed she was dead. T W.R.&E.REDUCES HOUSE COMMITTEE LABORERS' WAGES, HEARS D. C. HEADS Local Items Receive First Consideration in Making Up Deficiency Bill. The District Commissioners, ac- companied by Daniel Donovan, Dis- trict auditor, appeared toddy before the House appropriation committee, which has started work on framing a { Unskilled Workmen on Tracks | Cut From 20 to 40 | Cents a Day. Reductions have been made in the| | pay of laborers working on the tracks | iof the Washington Railway and Elec- tric Company, it was learned today. According to William F. Ham, presi- deficiency bill, o ~t5- 40 P dent, the cuts range from 20 | The items for the District of Co- cents a day and will amount to a|jumbja are receiving first considera- avin of between $10.000 and 315,000 | tion. They came before the commit- gl kg ce in two requests, t. i 529,- {a vear in the cost of track work. | $81.52. The foop dv;cno':,‘c?'zfu:{fiis Mr. Ham explained that all 1aborers | {taicd $493,827.05, of | which | §28. |taken on recently have been paid at|433.34 is for the year 1922 for the Municipal Court. h The original esti- for deficiencies for 1921 was 2. The supplemental _de- 3 imates asked for $35.554.46 more, of which $19,181.79 was for the fiscal year 1921, and $16,372.67 for de- e wnta as Tow s 1t might have | ficiency during the fiscal year 1920 Leen fixed and still enable the com- | 40d prior years. | pany to obtain men. ; Needed This Year. lower rates than those men who were | lalready with the company and that {the readjustment puts this latter! group on the same basis. The company, the president contin- ued, has not reduced the per diem | The pav scale of skilled workers{ mThe Commissioners pointed out that ard mechanics is not affccted by theiwith the exception of the $28,483.34 | readjustment. Neither has the com- | for the Municipal Court and $300.000 thought to reductions in the pay of motormen and con- | ductors, as was stated at the last fare j hearing. The company now has ap- | proximately 300 men employed on track work, but not all of them are in the unskilled labor class. Accidents Being Reduced. There are indications that the Wash- pany given an: for increasing the water supply of the District :he items are deficiencies in ppropriations for the fiscal year 1921, and are needed by the depart- ment to_complcte the service of the present fiscal year. Regarding the item of $200,000 agked for increasing the water sup- ply of the District, the Commission- ington Railway and Electric Company |€rs argue that this money is needed for the preparation of plans and in- also will save money this year on ac-|for t cident claims as a result of the bonus!itiation of work, including the em- being offered motormen who operate | Ployment of all necessary engineer- their cars without nccidents. ing. technical, clerical and other The company's | services, in accordance with the re- plan is to pay $5 to oy s With. | Port by Maj. M. C. Tyler of the each man who goes three months with- 300 "% priincers 1. S, A, out a collision for which he was respon- sible. The first three-month period end- Various Items Included. ed today. Company officials mated | Other appropriations asked include that between 400 and 500 men have won ) $55,000 for the hospital for the in- the bonus by keeping their records clear of accidents since ¥ebruary 1, when the plan was started. sane, $15,000 for the industrial home school for colored children, $5,000 for the board in care of all children com- Payment of the first awards will be|mitted to the board of children's made about”May 10. While the gift of | guardians, $2,000 for the mainte- $5 to 500 men would cost the company | nance of feeble-minded children, $35,000 for water service for the Dis- of Columbia, $5,000 for chari- ies and corrections, $7,900 for the health department, $10,000 for sew- ers, $52,270 for the public schools of the District, $12,000 for the fire department, $15,000 for the rent com- mission, and many other smaller items about which the appropria- tions committee questioned the Com- missioners. $2,500, these payments probably will be offset at the cnd of the y v the fall- ing off in accidents for which the com- pany would have to pay damages. Figures compiled by the company to- day show that during February, March and April of this year there werc only 618 accidents, as compared with 750 for the same period of last year. This is a decrease of 132, or 17 per cent. These figures give the total number of accidents. The number for which the motormen were not responsible is still less. Motormen who_complete a year with- out an accident for which they are not to blame will be given new uniforms by the company. Today’s News in Paragraphs British advocate giving Germany seven more days to yield. Page 1 Post office to open stamp agencies for convenience of public. Page 1 Allies willing to transfer U. S. debt to Germany. Page 1 Music week gets hearty response here. Page 2 Obregon continues to execute alleged Plotters against administration. Page 3 Representative Kindred gives House staggering _figures on insanity and nervous diseases among former serv- ice men. Page 3 Eighteen new classrooms needed by first division schools. Page 3 Board of Trade defends leasing of coal dumps. Page 3 Secretary Hughes protests to Dutch for monopoly of oil felds. Page 5 The estate of the late John Burroughs, noted naturalist, is left by will to friends and relatives. Page 6 Drastic reprisals for Irish uprisings an- nounced by British military authori- 5,000 feet in the air! The Irvin S. Cobb, Holman Day, Lardner. ties. Page 7 ) |Two Army fliers and Ar mail pilot ’ killed when planes fall. x 2 2 U._S. Steel Corporation unfair, charges R T T Federal Trade Commission. ~Page 10 n - - | Simons is Expected | to Resign When U. S. Answers Proposal | | By the Associated Prese. PARIS, April 30.— A Berlin | dispatch today quotes the Vo xixche Zeitung an declaring that the resignations of Chancellor Fehrenbach and Foreign Min- inter Simons will follow the i resentation of the reply from | | Washington to the German | | note on reparations. ALLIES ARE WILLING T0 TRANSFER DEB Would Gladly Put Obligation on.Germany’s Back if U. S. Consents. { BY DAVID LAWRENC] { Although the United States govern- | ment has thus far avoided any com- ment on the merits or the latest Ger- {man proposal on reparations, there is one paragraph in the note upon which the allied governments would like an answer from Washington, be it offi- cial. unofficial, informal, oral or couched in any other language available. It graph in which Germany 3 her willing allied indebtedness to th. approxi many is the formally ex- to assume the United State ing ten billion dollars. Ger- s on this point: “In the United allies should de: would be dispo: limit of her ca ¢ the pa allied obligations to the on account of their debt to the are perfectly willing, s have been. They would sfer the debt they owe the ates to the backs of the Ger: The preceding administration to submit a similar proposition the Belgian debt. but i . Now the question arises { whether the German suggestion meets { with the American government's ap- i proval. The allies have insisted that United States in transmitting any { German proposal acquired a certain | responsibility for the fulfillment by Germany of her promises. Now it is lared if the United States trans- the German note as “a suitable basis” for negotiation, America tacitly admits that she will consider the | transference of the allied debt owed erica to the Germans for payment. Sentiment Against Transfer. | Sentiment inside Congress is strong- {ly against any such transference, and President Harding has been known to {hold the view that the foreixn loans made by the United States to the allies were a valued asset. There isn't the slightest chance of America agreeing to the German proposal for a transfer- cnce of the debts, even though the al- lies may so desire. On the other hand, can American avoid saying so and thus puncturing as unacceptable at least one clause in the German reparation pro- poSal? | That's the question which is being discussed among diplomats, and it would not be surprising if this par- ticular dilemma had_as much to do with the hesitation of the Department of State to forward the German pro- posals to the allies as the apparent un- willingness of the allies to receive the { German note at this time. | The more the situation develops the more the allied governments are pleased the | Washington administration that the i problems of the world, particularly | reparation, cannot be avoided by Amer- {ica. The passage of the Knox resolu- jtion declaring a state of peace with Germany comes at the very moment when Secretary Hughes is hoping the influence of the United States may be properly exerted for the resumption of negotiations over the entire reparation question. In fact, he is in the position of courting new proposals from Germany which he may present to the allies, After the supreme council has acted and France has ordered her troops into the Ruhr valley such proposals will unques- tionably be made by Germany, and the discussion will proceed. Germany is not in a position to resist. She therefore must continue to bargain, negotiate, dis- cuss and finally yield. U. S. Expected to Have Volce. Reparation negotiations probably will go on for several weeks and ulti- mately the allies expect the United States to have a definite voice in the settlement. Few of the diplomats shere see how the United States can ' maintain silence while her biggest { debtors arrange for payments with Germany which may affect the export trade of the United States. It was the determination of thisad- ministration to keep out of European affairs as much as possible. But {events are much more compelling than it ever seemed they would be when the political campaign_was in progress last summer. The Harding {administration finds foreign affairs a thorn in the side of every attempt to concentrate on domestic problems. (Copright, 1921.) SCAODL HEARINES BEEN NEXT WEEK Urgent Needs to Be Heard by Senate District Sub- committee. Hearings on the public schools of the District and their needs will be begun next week before the Senate | District subcommittee on schools, it was announced today by Senator Cap- per of Kansas, chairman of the com- mittee. A day for beginning the hear- ings will be set on Monday, following a meeting of the full District commit. tee. Senator Capper is anxious to gev before his subcommittee the views of persons who have taken particular in- terest in the schools and who have knowledge of their needs, including the parents of the pupils attending the schools. Senator Phipps of Colorado, chair- man of the subcommittee of the Senate appropriations committee in charge of District measures, has conferred with Senator Capper regarding the proposed school investigation. Senator Phipps is greatly interested in providing need- for the school children. His subcom- mittee will handle the appropriations for the schools. It is expected that he will hold an informal conference with Senator Capper and other members of the two subcommittees sometime next ‘week, to go into the entire subject. diplomatic | para- | L | of United | n acted upon by our @ with the apparent recognition by the | ed school buildings and other facilities | $200.000. BRITISH ADVOCATE GIVING GERMANY -~ TDAYS TO YIELD ‘French and Belgians Fight Proposal — Hold That Chance Has Been Given. [ITALIAN MINISTER ADMITS | SITUATION IS SERIOUS | ‘Briand Tells Lloyd George France ! Is Determined to Occupy Ruhr | Unless Berlin Pays. | By the Associated Press. LONDON. April 30 —An ultimatum to « ¥ iving her seven days from May 1 to comply with or refuse the allied reparations demands was being advocated today by the British ntatives to the allied confere he This proposal rey was opposed by the French and the Betgians, on the ground that it was unnecessary, as the Germans already had had sufli- | cient time, The French held that the default rmany in _her treaty obligations calls for immediate military and eco- nomic action, and that the note send- ing should come afterward. It is u derstood the Belgian ministers alsa favored this cour: Altied Minixters Assemble. as much activity among th? allicd minis variou ers this forenoo + in preparation for the afternoon ses |sion of the supreme council, whicg i was t for 4 o'clock. These activ uded an early morning m-’* attended by M. Jaspar, 1) \ foreign minister: M. Theunys Belgian minister of fi : Loud | Loucheur, French minister for the ‘d regions, and Premier Bré Later M. Briand went to Downing street for a preliminary conversation with Mr. Lloyd Georges Hope for an adjustment of the press ent tuation by common accord w: expressed by Count Sforza, the Ttalx [ian forcign minister, who arrived in. London during the morning. { "I do not deny that the situation is a serious one.” he said in conversation, “but the ultimate aim of all the entente powers is the same and, therefore, I have not lost hope of a settlement being reached in common accord.” i Holds Peace Supreme Need. " he continued, “is quickly re- her own efforts and sacri- [fices from what a year ago was regarded |as a very serious economic and financial | situation. 1f only for this reason I re- | gard peace and tranquillity as a su- | preme necessity.” { " Determination on the part of France {to order her troops into the Ruhr dis- trict of Germany in default of payment of reparations to the allics was ex- | pressed to Prime Minister Lloyd George | by Premier Briand here today. The two premiers met for an informal conference this morning and planned later to meet Count Sforza, Italian foreign minister, on_his arrival in London. During their private conversation Mr. Lloyd George, M. Briand and Count Sforza, it was believed, would pave the way to quick decisions at the formal meeting of the supreme allied council, which had been called for 4 o'clock this afternoon. . S. Not to Take Part. ! 1t was not expected that the United States would be represented at either the informal conversations or at the meeting_ of the supreme council. It was made plain that Mr. Lloyd George who was chosen as the presiding wili- cer at the council meeting, had not | extended an invitation to President Harding to instruct an attache of the American embassy, or any other rep- resentative. to participate in the day’s deliberations. The prime minister had taken the view, it _was pointed out, that initiative in_this matter rested entirely with the Washington govern- ment. There was no intimation that Mr. Harding or Secretary of State Hughes had sent any form of com- munication to the council. Reports of an impending minis- terial crisis in Berlin were current, but there was nothing authentic on which to base belief that Konstantine Fehrenbach would submit to Presi- dent Ebert the resignation of the German cabinet because of its failure to secure intervention by the United States. Indication was given, on the other hand, that Berlin was expected to make at least one more attempt to avert occupation of the Ruhr district. Troops as Policemen. It seemed probable that the eco- nomic phase of the French advance into Germany would receive close at- tention at today’s council meeting. Premier Briand had declared the French troops would act in the capac- ity of policemen and not invaders, should they be ordered forward, and French experts had formulated plans to feed the people and maintain pub- lic services in the occupied district. Information has heen received by the French delegation to the meeting of the supreme allied council that unofficial American advisors at Ber- lin are urging members of the Ger- man cabinet to accept the allied terms as laid down in the agreement reached in Paris last January. In this agreement. the allies demanded 226.000,000,000 gold marks in addition to the collection of a 12 per cent ex- port tax on German goods. British Envoy Returns. Baron d’Abernon, British ambas- sador to Germany, has arrived from Berlin, with_the most recent declara- tions from Foreign Minister Simons as to what Germany can do. Details of the views of the German foreign minister were not disclosed, and it was said the ambassador would make a report on them when he saw Prime Minister Lloyd George toda: The view was expressed in French circles_here today that approval of immediate occupation of the Ruhr dis- trict of Germany would be asked by Premier Briand. A few days of prep- aration would be required, and the interval between the decision and the orders directing French forces to ad- vance would afford the Germans time to yield unconditionally, if they were so disposed. French representatives declared that occupation should take place in any event as a guarantee. RUMANIA BUYS LEGATION. Sheridan Circle Property Acquired From F. H. Ellis for $200,000. The Rumanian government has pur- chgsed the residence at 1607 23d street northwest for its legation headquar- ters, it was announced today. The building was acquired from F. H. Ellis, the owner, for approximately It is located at Sheridan circle in the center of the northwest residential section and within a few blocks of the home of ex-President Wilson on S street. The house was erected in 1907 and has been occupied by Robert M. Thompson.