New York Tribune.(New York, NY) 1919-01-12 [p 6]. · uStrip the Spoiler" PleabyDavisWins Brttoiis"...
Transcript of New York Tribune.(New York, NY) 1919-01-12 [p 6]. · uStrip the Spoiler" PleabyDavisWins Brttoiis"...
uStrip the Spoiler"Plea by Davis WinsBrttoiis" Applause
£unl>a>sa<lor's Speeeh at theFil£rims, Dinner Termed"Worthy of ComparisonWith His Predecessors'
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By F. A. WrayNeui York Tribune
ii d c ii BurcaH(Copyr n it. 1919, Xwi York Tribune Ii
LONDON, Jan. 11. TJie speeeh of.Tohn \V. Davis, America's new Ambas¬sador to Great Britain, in replying tothe welcome extended to him by thoBritish branch of the Pilgrims made afavorable impresaion herc. This wasespeeiaily truo of the ambassador's rc-tnarks on tho Allied peace terms to beimposod on Germany and the league ofbations.
Earl Curzon characterized Mr.Davis's reply as worthy of comparisoniritb those of any of his predocessors.Ambassador Davis said that "we moan
to strive for exact, complete and eve^nlybalanced justice, which will not bethwartod by sontimentality or passionand will not shrink from demandingthat tho spoiler retura evi rythingtnkenfrom thi rightful owner." Tho state-taent brought a s'orm of applause.
Earl Curzon emphasized tho im-bortance of a league of English-speak-in? nations, to which the "world willhave to look in the future .".s guardtanand trustee of tho Hfe and liberties oftho pcoples of the now nationalitiesriow arising," even thouirh the leagueof nations fail short of its goal. EarlCurzoi' extended on behalf of the For-eign Office kindliest greetings to thenew' American Ambassador.Tho welcome to Mr. Davis took place
Bt a lunchoon given by the' Pilgrims,v/bo. aecording to custom, are the firstto entertain now American ambassa-dor?.
England and L. S.Have Same Ideals,
J. W. Davis DeclaresLONDON, Jan. 11.. In commeriting
trpon the appearance of Mr. Davis attbe luncheon, "Tho Daily Telegraph"Bays:
"Mr. Davis laid, in aecordance withprcccdonts, the foundations of a greatEersonal success. Tiie American Am-assador, whoever he may be at the
momcr.t. i« always one of tho bestspoakors in England, and Mr. Davis isclearly no oxcoption to the mle. Itis no light honor to be told that GroatBritain bore some nart; in inspiringtho United States to the colossal ef-fort which placed that nation in eigh-tcen months arnong th» decisive fac-tors in the war 1'ought on EuropcanBoil."Those ",000,000 men repregpnt a
triumph over the impossible that. willstand in history. We believe it willrank higher than any other recordedfeat of its kind."Whatever may como during Mr.
Pavis*s sojourn 'nero as ambassadorthe I'nited States will assuredly wit-ness such a development of amity be¬tween the two peoples, bound by thenew comradeship in arms, 33 will goheyond the expectations of even tnerlrmest believcr in Anglo Americanfriendship.""The Times," in commenting on the
Bew ambassador's speeeh, says that histribute to the Rritish war effort is"prized beyond words.""We share Mr. Davis's hope and con-
ftdonco in the future," it says. "Mr.Davis insists that the justice we de-mand be undivided by sentimentalityor passion and that it be stcrn, look-ing to a long future as well as the pastard present. That was the poliey ofour most able atatesmen at the close ofcur last great struggle for the libertiesof the world. and toward the fulfil-jnent of this poliey to-day it will boonr joy and pride to walk hand inhand with the people of America."
food Board Takes UpRumania's Appeajrat
Its First MeetingPARIS, Jan. 11 i'By The Associated
Fress)..At the first sting of theInternational Food Co, nission hereto-day will be considered a pressing ap-peal for food from the Allied ministersin Rumar.ia. The commission havingabsolute control of all food relief, theministers have turned to it to avert¦what they say will be a most disas-trou=- situation if Rumania is not fed.On January 2 the ministers sent the
following teiegram from Jassy:"Situation becomes more and moreftUrming. [f the Allies do not bettor
the leaat possiblc delay and, inthe mean time, do not immediatelv an-nounce that all measures are in process
cution, trouble yet more seriousthan th p of last week will occur.anding the satisfaction
Riven to national sentiment, the people,who are dying of hunger, east backwpon the Aliies, from whom they awaitirnmediatc relief, the responsibility fortheir cxtreme misery. Rumania. afterhaving beeh entirely devastated by theCermans and Russians, is the only oneof the Allied countries finding itselffor fifteen months in total isolation. Itcould not, like Belgium, be regularlyTtvictualled durin:: the occupation.We insjst in the mo.st pressing manner,in the name of humanity, as well as for©OT political and economic interests inthis country, that with no avoidabledelay an amount in advance of the ra-tions to be apportioned to Rumania besent her."We call attention to the absolute
pectssity for not continuing the delaythat has deferred during the last vearthe effective opening of credits, which«?aa1 earnestly demanded in August, ac-corded immediately in principle, butnot realized up until the end of De-cember. It goes without saying that it\r. not now a quention of opening cred¬its, but of immediately scruling foodnupphes. payment for which will bearranged for after receipt." I
French Reject British ProposalFor Truce With Russian Bolsheviki( outlailPtl from luiltf 1
tion. they would be permitted to senddelegatea to the peace conference.
France Opposes Plan"While rendering full honiage to
the generous spirit of universal rcc-onciiiation with which the Britishtrovernment was insplred in makingthis proposition, tho French govern¬ment is unnble to give Its approvalto such a suggcstion, which i'ails totake into account the principleswhich have not ccased to dominateits poliey and that of the powers inKussia."The criminal regime of the Bol¬
sheviki, which docs not rcpresentin any degree that of a democraticgovernment or furnish any possi-bility whatever of doveloping into agovernment, since it is supportedsolely by the lowest passions ot'anarchicial oppiession, in negation ofall the principles of pubiic and pri-vato right, cannot claim to he reeog-nized as a regular government.
"If tiie Allies were woak or im-prudent enough to act thus theywould give tho lie, in the first place,to the principles of justice and rightwhich constitute their force andhonor and would give to the Bolshevikpropagandu in the outside world apower and extension to which theywould run the risk of being the firstvictims. Tho French government, sofar as it is concerned, will make nocontract with crim-r.
Would Disctedit Own Poliey"By agroeing to recognize the Bol¬
shevik government we should givethe lie to the poliey -which the Al¬lies have not ceasod to sustain inagreement.of furnishing at all ac-cessibie points of Kussia all the aidand succor possible to give to thehealthy.honcst, faltliful elements ofRussia in order to help them escapefrom the bloody and disorderlytyranny of tho Bolsheviki and to re-constitute a regitlar government by '.
'hemselves."It may be addea that aside from
the Bolsheviki the Allies can per-lectly well admit the different Rus-sian nationalities to present theirclaims. As regards the dangors withwhich the menace of the Red armiesthreaten them. we should not ceaseto supply arms and money and evenmihtary support compatible with ouraims. I
"^lethod nnd patience combined.together with the impossibility thatany regime can last without a regu-lar organization :"or maintaining pro-yisioning, transport, order, credit,it will in tho end overcome Rus-sian internal anarchy. It may beprolonged for a certaih time. but itcan in no case possibly triumphdefimtely, and we shall continueresolutely to reftise it any recogni-tion and to treat it as an enemy(Signed) "S. PIGHON."
Text Said to Be AnthenticThe Socialist newspaper "Humanite"
wa_s the only moming paper thatprmted J-oroign Minister Pichon's replyto Great Bntain regarding the latter'sproposals concerning tho Russian Bol¬sheviki, and apparontiy was the onlypaper having access to a copy of thodocument. "Humanite" printed the textof the reply correctly, with the excep-Uon that it had it duled Dccember 5instead of January 5.The "Temps" this afternoon says edi-tonally: "if there has been a con-lusion of dates it is perhaps becausethis exenange of notes was part of cor-respondence hcld through a long periodWhich will be very intoresting to roadwhen the Allied government^ judgeopportune a time to place the whole
matter undertfie eyes of the public."If,the indiscretion of humanity wasreprehensible and we like to believethat the conference of the Allied gov-ernments will arrange so that the pub-lication of diplomatic documents shallnot rccur in such fashion.we cannotregrct greatly that M. Pichon's re-sponse has seen the light of day."After the stories of atrocities whachScayenius (Harold Scavenius, DanishMinister to Russia') has reported fromKussia, after the intervention of Mus-covite Bolsheviki in German riots andthe speeeh of Karl Radek (Bolsh-vikagitator. who has been in Berlin forsome time). promising to bring waralong the Rhine, we are pleased at thevigor v/ith which the Foreign Ministerrefuses to treat with Bolshevism asa regular government."
1'ichon Meets Allied EnvoysM. Piehpn called upon the chiefs oflhe British, American and Italian dele¬
gations now in Paris at their respec-tive headquarters yesterday. Later hehad a conference with Egaz Moniz, thePortuguese Foreign Minister, who isin Paris.The American delegates to the peaceconference disclaimed to-dav anyknowledge of any such propositiontrom Great Britain regarding Russia
as that to which Foreign MinisterPichon replied. They stato that therehas been no change in the Americanposition regarding Russia, which con-templates only the maintenance of pro-tective measures, with no aggressiveaction. They admit, howevcr, tho pos-sibility of exehanges eonfined to Eng¬land and France.The Bolshevik government in Russia
is the enemy of France and the En-tente Allies, declares J. J. B. E. Nou-lens, the French Ambassador to Rus-sia who has arrived in France fromArchangel. In an interview on boardthe Russian stoamship Yarosiav dur-ing the tnp from Russia the ambassa-dor said to a French press correspond-ent:
"I intend to continue with renewedyigor the defence of French inteVestsin Russia. which is the task intrustedto me. The Bolshevik government hastakon a position as an enemy ofFrance and the Entente.
Germans Hcld Rcsponsible"The German government is respon-sible for the defection of Russia. Tho
pro.tests that Germany is still makingagainst the jus» conditions of the ar-mistice are proof of its irreduciblehostility to us. No pacific arrange-ment nor a society of nations can bereconcilcd with a government whose
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entire poliey is ditected to unchaininginternational internal war among theclasses."The ambassador said that all neutral
countrics, as well as the Ententnpowers, had withdrawn their officialrepresentatives from Soviet Russia. M.Noulens spoke of the criminal acts oftho Bolsheviki, not only toward Rus-sians, but against Allied citizens.
ARCHANGEL, Jan. 11 (By The As-sociated Press)..Nicholas Trchaikow-sky, President of the Provisional Gov¬ernment of North Russia, will leaveArchangol next week for Paris. Hegoes on the invitation of Prince Lvoff,the former Russian Premier, now inParis, to present the viawpoint of thonorthcrn regions of Russia regardingRussian problems to the participantsin the peace conference. While inParis M. Tschaikowsky hopes to con-fer with President Wilson.
V. S. Not ApproachedBy Britain in Plan
To Frame TruceWASHINGTON, Jan. 11..Great Brit¬
ain, it was stated authoritatively to-day, has never suggested to the UnitedStates proposals'for a truce in Russiaand consequent admission of delegatesof the Russian Soviet governmnent tothe peace conference, as stated to-dayby Stephen Pichon, French ForeignMinister.
Offtcials recalled that Great Britainwas the first nation to declare waragainst tho Bolshevik regime in Rus-sia. France soon followed with a sim-ilar declaration. Secretary Lansing, ina formal note to the allied belligerentsand to neutrals, aaked that the Bol-sheviki be regarded as enemies of allgovernments. Later it was stated thatreplies receivod by the State Depart-ment indicated that the civilized na-tiong of the world were arrayed defi-nitely against the Bolsheviki.The United States repeatedly has
made it plain that it would aid in therehabilitation of Russia and the resto-ration of a government of law and or¬der in that country, as far as compati-ble with its poliey of non-interference.It has furnished substantial aid to thegovernments at Omsk, Archangel andin the Don Gossack region. Arms, mu-nitions. food, clothing and medicalstores have been furnished when thegovernments to which they were sentproved their good intentions and theirdesire for a rostoratiow of law andorder.
In ^vevy case it was made plain tothe people of Russia, however, that theUnited States was friendly, but thatthey themselves had to throw off theyoke of Bolshevism.
Peace BodyTo Organize
To-morrowContlnued from page 1
chairnian from the country ontertain-ing an international gatherinj.Aside from the meetings of the su-preme council and the inter-Allied con¬ference, interest centres is the inter-Allied Rolief ConmiiUee, which heldits first meeting to-day after the ar¬rival of the Earl of Reading, reprcsent-ing Great Britain. This is the organi-zation of which Herbert C. Hoover isdirector genera), and to-dav's mo-tingwas to secure the coopcra'tion of allthe.Allies in the extensive reliefplans.Vance McCormick and Bernard M.Baruch arrived to-day and are bring-ing the results of their experience asthe heads of the United States WarTrade Board and War Industries Boardto the various activitiea of the Ameri¬can delegation.
Plan of ProcedureThe nlan of procedure for the begin-ning of the peace conference proceed-
mgs, so far as can be ascertained, isas follows:At tho last meeting of the SupremeWar Council Sundav, the firstbusiness will be the question ofthe renewal of the armistice, forwhich the German delegates haveboen summoned to come to Treves
on January 3 4. The Germans havenot fuifilled several of the armis¬tice conditions, notablv those con-cerning the delivery of railroad stocks.tonsequently, Marshal Foch has noti-hed Mathias Krzberger, of the Germandelegation. that he would not renewthe armistice automatically.The committee will next pass uponthe introductory memorandum drawnup in view of the gathering of thepeace conferrees. In this memoran-
dum, which will bc submitted to theAllied delegations, the members of theconference sot forth the object of theirwork and the order of it. The subject'of the league of nations and of Presi-dent Wilson's fourtccn points figure inthe very beginning of the document.
Corps of Etipcrts WillServe as Advisers toLJ. S. Peace CommissionPARJS, Jan. 11..Tho organization of
the American Peace Commission beganin Octobcr, when Colonel E. M. Housearrived in France with Admiral W. S.Benson and Joseph C. Grew, chief ofthe Division of Western Europcan AT-fairs of the State Department.The necessary personnel was select-
ed, and when the commissioners ar-rived in Paris everythirig was in work-ing order. The activities of the staffof the American commission are divid-ed into four general groups, as fol-lows: Secretariat, technical advisers,.intelligenco section and executive of-fices.The secretariat is composed of offi-
cials of tho United States State De¬partment, their assistants and theirstaffs. The assistanl sccretaries areP. II. Patchin, assistant to tho coun-scllor of the State Department, and Le-land Harrison, first secretary of theembassy. Sydney Y. Smith, chief ofthe diplomatic bureau of the State De¬partment, is drafting officer for thocommission, and William McNeir, chiefof tho Bureau of Accounts of the StateDepartment, is disbursing officer for'the commission. To the secretariatfalls the work of preparing diplomaticcorrcspondence, coding and decodingmessages, indexing and iiiing*. andtra/islafing. Under it is a communica-tions bureau made up of a personnelfrom the Navy Department under di-rection of Commander R, Tngorsol!.
Demobilization andFood Problems Are
Stttdied hy WilsonPARIS, Jnn. 11..Problems of great:
importance have been occupying Presi-dent Wilson during the time he haswaited for the opening of conversa-tions with the Premiers of the Alliednations. He has been devoting him-self to close study of the food situa¬tion, the actite questlon of demobiliza-tion and the extent to which hc willsupport the claims it is expected Italywill make at the peace congress.American participation in Aliled inter-vention in Russia and Poland or othercountries and the Bolshevist movementare problems also considered, but theyare not looked upon as paramount at'this time.
It is understood that Mr. Wilson hasinformed Premior Orlando of Italy asto his attittide relativo to Italian as-
pirations east of the Adriatic. It maybe said that the President's decisionas to this question can bo described as
only a portial indorsoment of Italy'sclaims. He is not, expected to r.p-prove Italian domination of tho Adri¬atic, but he will probably supportItaly's demand that her eastern coastbe made safe from military threats.Jugo-Slav claims have also receivedearnest consideration,
Studies Food ProblemThere is a collateral issue in con-
nection with the food situation whichvitally concerns the cconomic situationin the United .States and which hasnot been as yet fully worked out.Large contracts for food supplies inthe United States were cancelled veryrecently by France and Great Britain.France, after coming to an under-standing of tho fact that Americanfarmers had been spurred to foodproduction by the promise that theircrops would surely be marketed atgood prices, was willing to renew someof these contracts, but negotiationswith Great Britain have not so farbeen successful. A favorable outcomeis hoped for, however, but if the Brit-ish contracts cannot be continued, itis plain to experts hero that some othermarket must bo found for the immensoquantities of foodstuffs produced inthe United States in response to con-tinued uppcais that the Allies must beI'ed.
It is pointed out that American con-sumers have borne the burden of highprices partially for tho reason thatthose prices are necessary to stiimi-late production. Exports to neutralcountries may open a way for relievingthe situation. To that end, negotia-tions are under way for a partial re-laxation of tho blorkade.The demobilirntion problem is prob-ably the most acute of all. It is so
delicate that it is not openly discussed,but recent incidents in England, causedby the unwillingness of British sol-diers to return to tho Continent, areregarded hore by Americans and othersas an indication of what might because for grave apprehension. Soriiemilitary men feel, it is understood,yiat the withdrawal of Americantroops from France might bring a de-mand from French soldiers to be rc-turned to their peacetimo emplovments.President Wilson is studying this con-dition, the importance of which is notto be undorestimatod.
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Settle PrinciplesFor Peace LeagueAt Once, Says BryceWith Outlinc Approved by
Peace Congress, DetailsCan Be Arranged by Rep-resentatives of Powers
LONDON, Jan. 11..The main objectof a league of nations, which the peacecongres3 should create, is to preventfuture wats, possibly through arbitra-tion and conciliation, Viscount Bryce,former British. Ambassador to theUnited States, declared to-day. Whilethe congress may not bo able to fixall details, it should settle upon prin¬ciples and appoint committees to ar-
range the details. In a statement toThe Associated Press Lord Brycesaid: '
"The ereation of some combiuationor league of nations, disinterested intheir aims, trusting one another andstrong enough to enforce their joint[will, is a fundamental necessity in or¬der to carry out the settlement of Eu-rope and the East, which is the taskof the con*rence, and to determine thefuture of the German colonics."The main object of this league, be-sides jwoviding for the welfare of the
regions liberated from Turkish tyr-anny, and safeguarding the new freestates which are to arise. will be toprevent the outbreak of future wars.To do this some method of settlingdisputes other than war must he pro-Vided, and that, we are all agreed, mustbe found in the methoda of arbitrationnnd conciliation. These methocls mustbe studied and organizations for un-dertaking them must be providod."It may be impossible, for wa'nt oftime, to settle at the conference the de¬tails of these methods and the struc-ture of these organizations, but it isossential that a beginning should bemade and solid foundations laid beforethe conference separates."There is an increased volumn of feol-mg 111 Great Britain supporting thiaidea and wo trust that tho Americanpeople, eminently peace-loving, is over-whelmingly of tho some opinlon, andthat both the British and Americandelegations will have tho weight of!their two countries behind him."
President NotTo Re LenientWith Germany
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which in turn would affect the peaceconference.There is no doubt that the commis-
sion will keep within Mr. Taft's words,as quoted here from his pamphlet,namely:"The creation of a league of nations
does not mean completc disarmament.nor ineffective national defence, nor
the abanclonment of national rights nor
the Monroe Doctrine, nor free trade,nor letting Germany o.T easily."President Wilson knows that he can¬
not surrender America's defences anrldoes not intend to.,, He also sces thathe cannot let Germany off lightly, andwill make no effort to do so. He toldAmerican commissioners, after hisreturn from London, that he and Pre-mier Lloyd George were complctelyagreed in principle, and Lloyd George,it will be remembered, promised GreatBritain, while eiectioneering recently,to penalize Germany all she can stand.The President must agree to many
of the idoas of the Allied governmentsalse, because he cannot offer the Alliesmore than a substantial entente withAmerica and because of American con-stitutional limitations.Mr. Wilson's idoas have develcped
considerably since his arrival in Eu-r'opo, and while he still adheres relent-leealy to the principle of no annexa-tions of unwilling European peoples,he seeme will ing otherwise to agree tomany of the ideas of tho Allies,
Both he and Secretary Lanslng have¦aid that they intend to reach an
agreement with tho Allles, and are suru
they will bo nblo to do «o.Tho Amerieans uro now ready to en-
ter tho intor-Allied conference, which isnow delayed by tha non-arrival of
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be chairnian of the conference, Mr.Wilson desirlng recognition only ashead of tho American delegation.
Allied Socialists Plan to
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