Evening Star Newspaper, May 1, 1921, Page 1

A WEATHER District of Columbia and today and tomorrow. Temperature for twenty: Fair, with slowly rising temperature ended at 10 p.m. last night: Highest, 59; Jowest, 51. Full report on page 5. Maryland— -four hours he Sundwy Star 1 ¥ No. 840—No. 28.126. intered_as second-class matter post _office Washington, D. C. WASHI ALLIES NEAR SPLIT IN SHARP TILT OVER OCCUPATIONPLANS Britain and Italians Hold Out Against Insistence on Action by French. | BRITISH CABINET CALLED INTO SESSION BY PREMIER Policing of Ruhr District With African Troops Reported De- | cided On by Paris. Bitter Argument Brings Plain Words by Premiers | By cabie to The Star and New York | ibune, Copyright, 19: LONDON, April .—The | | French plan for the immediate occupation of the Ruhr valley struck a snag tonight. The conference developed into a bitter argument and elicited some plain words frém several quarters, ending with Lloyd George's plea to Briand. i “You wouldn’t split the Anglo- French entente over a little | matter of seven days, would you?™ i | The French premier replied: “I can't give any answer to that question tonight.” Tonight Premier Briand is | | oconsuiting Marshal Foch and telephoning hurriedly to Paris. The British premier suggested | that M. Briand withhold an an- { swer to his counter proposal | until tomorrow morning, when | the couneil will meet again. By the Associated Pre: LONDON, April 30.—A sharp differ- ence of opinion between the French, on the one side, and the British and| italiaris on the other, arose this after- | noon at the meeting of the supreme council to consider enforcement of the -aty of Versailles, and the steps to be | ken to enforce payment of the repara- | tons by Germany. Premier Briand of France, who had | the support of M. Jaspar, the Belgian | foreign minister, made a strong fight | for the Paris plan, which includes im- | mediate occupation of the Rubr re(ionl of Germany, while 'the British Feffiic| minister, Llovd George, and Count| . Sforza, the Italian foreign minister, | brought up new proposals under which | the conference should decide how uwj obligation was to be satisfied and then | issue an ultimatum, which would have | a brief time limit, to Germany. ‘Phe ! experts tonight are considering the two | schemes and will report at another meet- | ing of the supreme council Sunday | morning. - i French Are Dissatisfied. | The French delegation is dissatisfied | with the results of the conference of | the supreme council. The present feel- | ing of the delegation is that Frante,l with Belgium, will have to act alone in the occupation of the Ruhr if the allies fail to approve such a step. They await | tomorrow's meeting with considerable | anxiety. | So serious was the situation consid- cred that Mr. Lloyd George. who w accompanied in the conference n,\-‘ Harl Curzon, the foreign ministe called an immediate meeting of the PBritish cabinet to discuss the matter. | Today's meeting of the supreme council was a protracted one, M. Briand taking a long time to explain| the French plan to Count Sforza and | M. Jaspar, who had not the advantage | uf being present at Hythe when the | French premier discussed the matter | with Mr. Lloyd George. | Italian Support No Surprise. | Only this morning was it made| known that the Eritish had a new | scheme to offer. which was communi- | -ated to M. nd when he went tal jowning sirect noon for a short! e with Mr. a George. It was| Jained from the British side after | he mecting of the council that the ew move made owing to the nding of the reparations commission the German indeb 9,00 was o rat §00,0 aid, greatly t was necessary Iyingiiheipis Ities that the provisions of the treaty hould be observed 1t no sforza supporti t had been to dnesy wa it ituation, pounds ed in ap i, was was surprise to find & the British pl ’ known Italy was strongly occupation of the Ruhr inless it was found absolutely neces- | ary In order to enforce Dayment of he reparations. u n spposed Tonizht's meeting of the experts! y find a way out of the difficulty d tomor W's meeting of 1 su- may ab pe cour to com- woge the d ences or i middle surse, but the diplomats took « ious w of the = ion, for i | greement ix ched, M. Briand is 1 with the prosi of having ance advance into the Ruhr region me, or best with the Be placing his cabinet in jeopardy. Military Men Not There. Mi | tary experts were not present at lay's meeting, but diplomats and anciers were there in strong force Lloyd George hud Earl Curzon at « rh id wid other officials at < beck and call; M. Briand was ac- smpanicd by M. Loucheur, minister s the devastated regions, and M. | erthelot, general secretary of the for- officd; Count by the | Baron Rayashi, ador to Great Britain, Kogo Morl, Japan's financial repre- sntative in Furope, and M. Jaspar by Wonlkucd on Page 4, Column 5.) la Torreta Cpan mb: I "PExpects to Make Direct Plea | | council meeting in London in order »avail something and make possible a {over its failure to get a reply from Washington to the latest German| reparations offer, and over France's! Peace Cleared,” BY RENE VIVIANT, Former Premier of France. to France on to the | | Viviani, re- 1| returned notable mi United Sta AL sumes today his dispatches to The Sunday Star. He feels that | | America has re-entered the Eu- ropean situation and that if her efforts are maintained peace will Having from h | come at last to a disordered world. He further feels that | France’s cry for justice has penetrated at last to Germany. If. however, action by France becomes necessary, M. Viviani is convinced the world will know and understand. By Cable to The Star. PARIS, April 30.—And now I am back on Frendh soil again! It seems that during my absence the international air has cleared and victorious France's great cry for justice, after echoing around the ! world. has been heard, even in Germany. Tomorrow, May 1, strikes the ter- rible hour when the conquered. drenched in innocent blood, must begin to pay for their wrongs to men and things. Germany's lies have availed her naught. In her sinister comedy of poverty. the | world refused to believe. Secre- tary Hughes' abrupt and loyal answer showed her that a weary world, having fixed Germany’s re- sponsibility for the war, would not accept from her an uncertain and unstable peace. Praises Attitude of United States. Germany proposes to repair the northern ruins with her own ma- terials. We see no objection to this provided the offer is serious and effective. May peace at last come to an enlightened world! Our sons fell for the sake of that dawn which our heirs may see. At all events, it X attitude is America's which has precipitated this prom- ised return to good sense, con- science and labors of peace. Your great people deserve once more the thanks of the world and its ad- miration. While awaiting Germany's final proposals let us bear in mind that even if serious they are tardy. For two years the conquerors have waited™and it is only on the eve of the day when France, in con- formity with the treaty, prepares to act, that Germany suddenly re- members her debt. If the new cf fer should prove another trick, another lie, the world must not be astonished if we maintain our stand, and refuse to be duped. In dealing with Germany one is never paid until he actually receives that which is due. ' VIVIANI SEES U. S. AGAIN - ADJUSTING WORLD'S WOLS | Declares America’s Atiitude Means European “International Air He Says. On leaving America 1 spo parting word to your journali to recurn. 1 merely expressed thanks wh a repetition cannot strenz@en. Everybody recognizes that my deep gratitude and the affection, which this last journey renewed, was not lost ove e home, hoard during the ocean pas- Worried by Lack of News. Among various things I noticed in a was one which particularly Sts American newspapermen. 1 hope they will ‘pt this for what it is worth and, will not im 1 think myself of reforming the most powerful press in the worid. But I speak in the interest of the American press, as well as the inter- est of my own country. In my farewell communication to America T mentioned how danger- ous silence is for even the best friendships. But I noticed another evil which the press could readil cure. I mean that half silence. wors than silence itself, proceeding from the mediocrity of the news service from France to America. What as- tonished me most in America was the acy gine capable paucity of French news. Moxt of the printed cablegrams seemed to deal with events of slight impor- tance, disproportionately emphasized or badly interpreted. Whose fault is this? Obviously the answer must be sought at Paris, the source of all French news. T am going to try to dis- cover the ans-er, for T know of nothing more dangerous than this kind of neglect of political intel- ligence. Tt can only injure the in- terests of good fecling between the countries. 1 have just had another opportunity to see how these cordial feelings shine out under your bright sun Delightfui Experience. It was a delightful experience. I cannot tell how pleased [ was with the conversations with your statesmen, your great lawyers, your soldiers, and I will endeavor to make my country profit by what- they told me. My thoughts go back to those kindly, generous throngs, acclaim- ing the name of France, assoei- ated with that .of America. while flags of the same battles and torn by the same shells were draped overhead. I sce again the. mag- nificent meeting in Carnegie *Hall, New York: noble passions graven on noble faces, and expressing such affection for my country I could not keep back tMe tears as I left to bring this loving testimony home. (Copyright, 1 BERLINPREPARIG FORFINAL APPEAL | to Allies if U. S. Does Not Reply. i 2 to The S By cable 10 T8 prright, 1921 BERLIN, April 30.—Although Ber- lin is waiting anxiously for a reply from Washington to the latest repara- tions offer, the Berlin government is understood to be making ready for a direct appeal to the allied supreme to forestall the anticipated ulgimatum | from the entente premiers. The cabinet is still hoping that Ger- many's appeal to Washington will solution on the basis of Dr. Simony’ Jatest offer, but in View of Germany's emphatic rejection heretofore of the allied demands, no alternative to bow- ing to the penalties threatcned by the allies is seen here if the note to thej government is unavail-} United Sta; ing ’ { Simons Resigned April overthrow of the Fehrenbach because of Growing anxiety he ministry unmistakable determination to com to submit to the Paris terms, is deemed inevitable tonight. The situation reached a imax when Dr. Walter Simons, foreign minister, handed his résignation to the chan- cllor on April 23. It was said of- ficially tonight that President Ebert personally requested Dr. Simons to! retain his portfolio pending the out-! negotiations with the He pointed out that the foreign minister's policy had the support both of the other members of the cabinet and of a majority in the reichstag. pel Germany | i of the s come United Change Is Unavoidable. The Vossische Zeitung asserts that a change of ministry is unavoidable, particularly if no satisfactory solu- t the reparations problem can be 1d promptly. Chancellor Feh- m o for Lrvnha«'h is said to be pleading for a . from office on the grounds of | of Wednesday last against the alleged The exit of Dr. Simons|crection of forts and garrisoning of - il health and the chancellor from the cabinet, the Vossiche Zeitung says. will be follawed by the resignations of the ministers of finance andjntcrios, & [ By the s PLAN T0 OCCUPY RUHR IN TWO DAYS Territory Will Extend From Wupper and Rhine Con- fluence to Wesel. MAYENCE, April Plans for oc- cupation of the Rubr region thus far perfected contemplate operations cov- ering two days, according to French military authorities. The territory to be occupied, subject, of course, to decisions reached at the meeting of the supreme council in London, will extend to a line beginning at the confluence of the Wupper and Rhine rivers, running to the northeast, kirting and taking in the towns of Solingen, Yiberfeld, Barman, Hagen and Unna. From Unna the boundary of the new zone of occupation will extend northward to the Lippe river, and thence in a northwester rec- tion Lo Wesel, on the Rhine. The opinion is expressed at mobilization of the class of 1919 will be required in order to effect the op- mobilization order will be issued until late Sunday, at the earliest. It is es- timated by the French authorities that if the order should reach the troops on May 2, they would begin to arrive on the following day at May- | -nce, whence they would move into the Ruhr. Actual occupation under these conditions is thought unlikely before May 7 BORDER DISPUTE INQUIRY. Paraguay and Bolivia Expecte* to Pick Commission. NOS AIRES, April 30.—A mixed ion, representing Paraguay and Bolivia, probably will be appoint- ed o investigate the truth of re- ported encrouchments on the disputed itory known as the Paraguayan Cuaco, the boundaries of which have been the subject of dispute between the two countries, says a dispatch to La Razon from Asuncion today. Each of the two governments has recently accused the othur of encroaching on the territory. Following the Paraguayan protest Bolivian troops near the disputed zone, the Bolivian legation in Asun- cion today presente rasuicd Lalaguaydn encroachinents. a protest against French | military headquarters that complete | ration, but it is not believed that the | b. NGTON, C. SUNDAY MORNING, MAY 1, 1921 Member of the The Associated Press is exclusively entitied to the use for republication of credited to it or nt paper and also the loc All rights of publ dispatches herein are Associated Press 11 news dispatches Jherwise credited o thi blished I | news b | tion of special ! o reserved. i | FIVE CENTS. | \ ! WoNDER i IFIT'D i MAKE HE | PLOWN' Tae Sfxé 3 : X A | Psuay! X EASIER NO SUCH, | HED HAVE s A THING AS Jgg | < R DISTANCE (N2" 4 ooy > ,.l,"o UNDERSTAND “4' SQUASH (L PRINGESS WEEPS 3DAYS OVER S 1Former Mrs. Leeds Grieves ' That Wm. B., Jr., Is to Wed | Grecian Royal Lass. {TOO YOUNG, SHE SA¥S | i Anastasia to Undergo Another Operation, Then Will Come to America. By the 4ssociuted Press.” ! i ! | ATHENS, Ayl 363 s8 Ana- stasia, who hgfoe h iage to { Prince€hristopher-ef Greece was Mrs. William B. Leeds of New York: her { son, William B.. jr.; the grand duch- | ess, Marie, and the latter will entrain for Paris. Princess An stasia will go to the American hospi- tal in the French capital for a second operation. When she recovers entirely Princes | Anastasja intends to go to America, but if Prince Christopher goes to th fighting front in Asia Minor, she will | return to Greece. She is endeavoring to postpone indefinitely the marriage of her son and Princess Xenia because of their youth. Objections to Match. ncess Anastasia today appeared extremely weak and much thinner than | before her critical illness. She sat in an invalid’s chair, being still too weak to stand. The engagement of her son, she declared, had broken her heart, and on learning of it she wept three das and three nights, refusing to see him. The objections of the princess to the match, she said. were based on the youth and inexperience of the cou- ple, but she finally yielded to her boy’s persuasion. Princess Anastasia denied that her | son would adopt the Greek orthodox religion or receive a title from the king. She said the young couple iprobably would live in America. | Newspaper statements that young Leeds was the richest boy in the orld, the princess declared to be labsurd. stating that his father's will Fprovides that he shall receive only $500,000 when he reaches the age of thirty-five. She said he is entirely dependent upon what she allows him. On his marriage the princess intends i lo arrange with the trustees of the estate to give him a moderate sum§ Final Distribution of E: | Princess Anastasia said her will i specified that upon her death her son { would draw her interest on the trust | fund, but would be unable to touch | the principal. 1f her son or his wife | should die, she declared, the entire | Leeds fortune of $40,000,000. will go | to their offspring as a trust fund, .. which will cease with the third | generation. If they have no issue, !lhe fortune, she said, would go to { the Lying-in-Hospital in New York. | Not one dollar did she settle on | Prince Christopher? the princess add- | ed. They were married under the | Swiss law, by which each keeps his {or her own money and property, and one is not responsible for the debts i of the other. j3125,00(10 NEGOTIABLE i SECURITIES DISAPPEAR Reported Missing From H. C. Du Val & Co., New York i Stock Brokers. { NEW YORK, April 30.—Disappear- ance of $125,000 worth of negotiable | securitics, property of the firm of {H. C. Du Val & Co., stock brokers, was reported today. Officials of the firm said the se- curities were missing at the close of business yesterday, and the stock exchange was notified to report any jofrerinas of the bonds that migat b made vn \.A’ change. two daugh- | ters, one of whom. the Princess Xenia, | Is engaged to young Leeds, will leave | | here May 4 for Brindisi, where they ' MY OLD B womArt SAYS /% P TS ALL MOONSHINE N » ER COMMENTS ON THE EINSTEIN THEORY. RS SO S || Boy Takes Flight ! In Clouds Hanging | On an Airplane By the ed Press. i OF| lown, April 30.— John Meeley, fifteen years old, i made his first airplane flight to- 1 day when he took an uninvited i trip inte the clouds by hanging i ] i HOUSE TS SIE FARY D 500 Slashing of Secretary Weeks’ i the tmit piece of an xhibl- 1 Figures Due to Shift in o e e G. 0. P. Ranks. mrasped the stabilizer am i e viese, the weimtor e, | |VOTE ~ MAY NOT _STAND ticed the youth and made a i | | foreed landing. 1 0. RENT BOARD. TOHAVEATIORNEY Senator Ball’s Plan for Legal i Adviser Assured After Seeing President. Kahn Insists 175,000 Men Are Needed. The smallest minority on record in the House took advantage of a re- publican split yesterday to force re- duction of the enlisted strength of the Army from 165,000 men, as recommended by Secretary Weeks, to 150000 and kept the proposal of | 1 fairs committee for a larger force 1 from éven being considered. There was no certainty, however, that the 150,000 figure would stand, for the vote was in committee of the whole and the House may demand a separate vote on the amendments in passing the bill tomorrow. An attorney at a salary of probably 000 & year is soon to be added to the cffice of the District rent commis- sion. Senator Ball. chairman of the — Only Two Democrats Opposed. | Senate District committee and father lof the Ball rent act, announced fol-| The amendment for reduction of the lowing a conference at the White |enlisted strength to 150,000—the low- est figure suggested in the long de- | bate—was offered by Representative Byrnes, democrat, South Carolina. 1Ondy two democrats opposed it and many republicans gave it their sup- port. The vote was 109 to 82. The House previously had adopted as a substitute for the Kahn proposal amendment by Representative i House with President Harding yes- terday. i It is pointed out that the work of the rent commission has been greatly increased since the decision of the United States Supreme Court uphold- ing the validity of the Ball act and | Senator Balt is convinced that the| members of the commission necd the [an constant services of a legal officer. [ Fish, republican, New York, for an Problems in connection with the vari-|army of 156,000, but the Byrnes {ous appeals and decisions of the com- [amendment went through and wiped mission are arising daily. Besides |it oul. this, a legal officer, such as planned, could represent the commission in court to answer the various appeals from determinations of the commis- sion growing greater each day. Senator Ball said he will, within the next few days, introduce in the Senate a bill making the necessary provision, and he has no doubt about its passage. {He stated that the President is keenly interested in the operations of the Rent Commission and is excedingly well in- formed as to the details of the act itself, Besides the bill providing for an at- torney, Senator Ball is preparing for ; the introduction shortly ‘of a resolution | extending the life of the Rent Commis- sion for two years after October 22, next, the date set in the act for its expiration. He also is considering some amendments to certain features of the act, which, it is believed, will work to the general ad- vantage of all concerned and which are made necessary because of the changed conditions and developments since the act went into effect. Mondell Pleads for 165,000, | Representative Mondell, Wyoming. |the republican leader. in closing de- jbate urged the republicans to stand by the bill as framed by the appro- | priations committee, with its enlisted total of 168,000, but many members of his party deserted him as the march was started down the aisle for the actual count. Chairman Kahn of the military af- fairs committee pleaded for at least 175,000 men, declaring the times too troublous for wholesale slashing of forces, Representative Wood, repub- lican, Indiana, taking issue with the Californian, insisted that if the world was on the verge of a fire a few thousand extra men could not put it out. AVERT TRACTION STRIKE. Detroit Street Car Men Accept Temporary Wage Cut. DETROIT, April 30.—A street car strike in Detroit was averted, for the next week at least, by an agree- tent reached this evening between : officials of the local street car men's union \ BOMB KILLS GIRL. Five Others Injured by Explosive Sent Through Mails. JOHNSTOWN, Pa., April eighteen-year-old girl was ki five other persons were injured tonight at South Fork, near here, when a bomb, sent through the mails, exploded in a istore owned by Tony Raneri. Ann | Raneri was killed and three of her si | ters, a brother and an unidentified man were injured. Annie Raneri went to the post office early in the evening and paid charges on the package, which was addressed to her father. The girl opened the package in the store, and as she re- moved the last wrapper. the explosion occurred. One side of the building was blown out and the store was wrecked. According to the police, Raneri had been threatened recently by unidentified persons. < andl o g 0-10 IS REFLOATED. MONTAUK POINT, N. Y., April 30.— The United States submarine O-10, which went ashore near here during a heavy fog early today, was refloated the men will remain at work under a reduced wage until May 7, their of- ficials are to explain in detail the wage plan offered by the company, and an- other referendum will be taken by the workers. The company agreed to delay posting of its wage reductions announcement until after the expiration of the seven- duy period. ROB BANK OF $10,000. LINCOLN, Neb, April 30—Bank robbers broke into the safe of the Citizens' State Bank at Palmyra to- day and escaped with safety deposit boxes containing more than $10,000. SNOW FAILS IN DAKOTA. FARGO, N. D., April 30.—Snow fell today throughout the northwestern part of North Dakota, according to re- ports from Minot. Wheat planting in late this afternoon. Little damage | that section is about complet@) and had heen done to the eraft, he farmersgeay the moisture will help the 2 < Mondell Urges 168,000,\ While | | Union, stated that the members of | Chairman Kahn of the military af-] flan Never “Out™ Unless He Admits It, Says President President Harding, in a letter read at n mass meeting of the organization here today, wrote: | %It in my firm opinion t man ‘out® unless himself confesses that he ix” The President added: “No orgunization has dome more vrove th or has proved it in more cases tham the Salvation Army. BENSON ORDERS 15 PER CENT CUT ix mever Owners Fruitless. i tracts, But No Tie-Up Is Anticipated. | ! A series of con {™ween American shipowners, | Shipping Board and the marine work- | €rs looking to a settlement of the | wage dispute between the workers janl the employers brought about lunly one cincrete result. That was an order by Chairman Benson to all |operators of government merchant craft 1o reduce wages 13 {effective at midnight last night. | Apparently none of those par- | ticipating in the conferences was pre- | pared to say what would be the full {effuct of the order. William S. Brown, Beneficial Association, said the en- isign any articles calling for wage {cuts, while Andrew Furuseth, presi- {dent of the International Seamen's { his union had voted against signing such articles. Mr. Furuseth said tonight that he had received reports from New York and Baltimore that the men were leaving ships in_those ports because |the operators were attempting to Shipping Bourd's 15 per cent wage cut. “We are absolutely in the dark.” Mr. Furuseth said, “as 1o any progress being made in the appointment of a wage commission.” did not know what to report to the men regarding the situation hete, but was awaiting some word from White House or Secretaries Pavis or Hoover. Want Commission Named. | Chairman Benson's order came while | President Harding and the Secre- consulting on the advisability of ap- pointing a commission of three to mediate the controversy. The sug- named was made by the union repre- sentatives, who agreed to abide by lany award it would make. It was | supported by Secretary Davis. Both Mr. Furuseth and Mr. Brown were hopeful last night that the com- i suspension of work by the marine em- ployes averted. On the other hand Shipping Board officials declared that diation by a commission. {least a 15 per cent wage reduction was necessary and that the respon- without burdening the President. At the White House it was said that the President did not intend to appoint any commission, but that such a body might be named by Sec- retaries Davis and Hoover, in whose hands it was stated the whole matter had been placed. Meantime, how- ever, Secretary Davis had left for Philadelphia and did not expect to re- turn until tomorrow. Secretary Hoover declined to dis- cuss the matter, but Commerce De- partment officials said that he prob- ably would take no action with re- spect to the appointment of & com- mission in the absence of Mr. Davis. Chairman Benson left for Annapolis before his order reducing wages was made public. In his absence officials said the order would stand unless |instructions were received from him !to the contrary. United railway. Under the agreement | officers, expire at midnight tonight, lit was explained, making a decision |by the board as to future wages {immediately necessary. | 30,000 Men Now ldle. | The cut will apply only to employes {on government ships. |cut, and were expected by Shipping The existing wage | and officials of the Detroit |agreements, except those with deck ; publican, Maryland, also did not offer “KNOX RESOLLTION - TERMINATING WAR, Parleys Between Shipping, Board’ Marine w0rkers and existing between the United States MEN LEAVING VESSELS Many Expected Not to Sign Con- | ferences vesterday | the | per cent. jpresident of the Marine Engineers | sign them up on the basis of the | He added that he | the | taries of Labor and Commerce were | gestion that such a commission be | BUrsum. Cameron, Capper, Colt, mission would be appointed and a{i.. Snortridg Chairman Benson was opposed to me- | ~ PASSES IN SENATE 49 té 23 Vote on Measure Expected to Get Prompt House Action. \TREATY WITH GERMANY WILL FOLLOW ADOPTION President Has Repeatedly Asserted | He Will Give Approval to Peace Plan. The Knox peace resolution, putting an end to the technical state of war ,and Germany and Austria, was adopt- «d by the Senate last night by a vote ,of 49 to It now goes to the House, where prompt action is expected. Chairman Porter of the foreign af- irs committee has offered two peace resolutions, more simple in form than | the Knox resolution, and they will be considered in committee along with | the resolution adopted by the Senate. ! President Harding has repeatedly al (‘,“'”Hl that he would give his ap- Toval to a peace resolution as soon | @8 Congress should send it to him. Treaty to Be Neg: It is expected that after this first step toward a definite peace with the | enemy nations, a treaty of peace will be negotiated by President Harding [ with Germany and with Austria. | Senator Lodge, republican leader, | 8ave such assurance in the Senate i during the debage vesterday. The vote came at the end of a long day of debate, in which politics played no little part. There was none of the tense interest that was feit in the Senate i when the war resolution was passed in ! April, 1917 With the ciose of hostilities | between the armed forces of the United gineers had been instructed not mgSLamq and the enemy a matter of his- tory—history already more vears old—and a virtual st already long in existence, there was comparatively little interest in the action of the Senate today. The gal- leries were not filled to capacity gnd the attendance of senators was comparative- ly small. That the resolution would be adopted was a foregone conclusion. Adopted as Reported. ‘The resolution, which repeals the ware resolution and undertakes to safeguard the interests of America and American citizens who have claims against the | enemy nations, was adopted as rcported |from the foreign relations committee. Senator Townsend of Michigan. republi- can, offered an amendment which, in- !stead of repealing the war resolution, would simply have declared the war ended. This was rejected, however, by {a vote of 44 to 26. It was supported ionly by the democrats and by three republicans—Senators Townsend, Nelson | of Minnesota and Sterling of South Dakota. d i Vete on Resolution. than two te of peace | The vote on the resolution follows | For adoption: }‘ Republicans: Ball, Borah, Brandegee, Cum- | mins, Curtis, Dillingham, Elkins, Fer- | nals, France, Frelinghuysen, Gooding, | Hale, Harreld, Johnson, Jones (Wash~ |ington), Kenyon, Keyes, Ladd, La Fol- !lette, Lenroot, Lodge, McCormick, Mc~ Kinley, McNary, New, Nicholson, Nor- | beck, Norris, Oddie, Penrose, Poindex- e, Smoot, Spencer, Stans- |field, Sterling, Sutherland, Townsend, | Wadsworth, Warren, Weller and Willis. { Total, 46. { Democrats: Myers, Shields and Wat- His posi- |son (Georgia). Total, 3. tion from the first has been that at| Against adoption: | Republicans: None. Democrats: Ashurst, Broussard, Car- sibility rested with the owners and |away, Dial, Gerry, Glass, Harris, Har- the men to come to an agreement |rison, Helpin, Hitchcock, Jones (New ‘Mexioo), Kendrick, McKellar, Pittman, | Pomerene, Robinson, Sheppard, Stanley, Swanson, Trammell, Underwood, Walsh (Montana) and Williams. Total, 23. Senator Reed Paired. Senator Reed was paired in favor of adoption, and Senator Walsh of Massa- chusetts, who was absent, was an- nounced as a supporter of the resolu- tion. Senator Nelson, republican, Minne- sota, was paired against the resolution with Senator Knox, republican, Penn- sylvania, its author, for it. In announce- ment of pairs it was said that all other democrats mot voting opposed the measure and all- other republicans favored it. Substitutes for the Knox resolution prepared by Senator King, domocrat, Utah, were not offered. Mr. King said that the republican majority appeared determined to support the Knox reso- lution as offered. Senator Franoe, re- his pian for a general world confer- ence to consider various questions af~ fecting a rehabilitation. He promised to offer his measure later. League Fought Anew. In the fina] clashes yesterday, the The ship own- | third day of debate, on the resolution, lers have contended for an even larger | the league of nations batltle was fought anew. Senator Borah declared Board officials to follow the example ‘:thlt President Harding had “scrap- set by the board. even if the men refused to sign up at the new scale ‘there would not be an immediate generdl tying up of shipping on the Atlantjc, Pacific and gulf - coasts by reason of the fact that many vessels are at sea and the men must serve until they are brought to port. The service, however, will be at the existing wage scale. It was stated that ! ped”, the league with the approval of the |American voters. Democratia senators denied that the last election ‘was a decision against the league, de- claring that many supporters of the republican ticket favored the league and believed that President Harding would endeavor to secure ratification of the treaty efs¥srsailles. , Senator Borah charged that the Shipping Board | treaty was not being executed and S officers said they had laid plans to|that the allies in fixing German repa- keep the government fleet in opera- | rations were acting without zuthority tion in event of any walkout by the|from the treaty. Semator Borah’s present orews. It was stated that|statement brought charp reply from there were some 30,000 seafaring men | Senator Hitohoook, the dem:c‘uc ) at this time and that little difi- ! iex: in ‘he treaty fight, who de. < STk Columi, 8.4 - Tl vas Yook < COIUMIN 2p o Wiiiieuty ob B s SR