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THE MORNING OltEUONlAN, 3IONDA V, ' '' JO. 19 J- POGROMS 10 31 TO BE FICTION Repoits of Massacres Blamed on German Propaganda. NEED OF RELIEF IS URGED Ignacc Paderewski, Musician, Sends AVord That Poles Are in Great Xecd of l-'ood and Clothing. CHICAGO. Dec. 29. "Distorted Ger man propaganda" and "malicious agi tation" were blamed for the reports of pogroms in Poland in a cablegram re ceived yesterday by John Smulski, president of the National Polish Depart ment, from Igrnace J. Paderewski, the musician. Mr. Smulski said Paderewski recently sailed for Danzig in a Brit ish cruiser from London. The cablegram said the recent dis turbances in Eastern Galicla were not pogroms at all. but "were really due to the wholesale release of criminals, and as a result 60 of the malefactors were Immediately shot by Polish troops and 1500 were arrested. Out of that number it was later learned that 60 per cent were Ruthenians, 30 per cent Poles and only 10 per cent Jews, so it is evident that religious persecution could not have been the basis for these disturbances." Keliet Appeal Is Made. The cablegram describes internal conditions in Poland as "extremely acute." recites the need of immediate supplies of food, blankets and clothing and continues: "Prospects for assistance from the inter-allied food administration are re mote as they expect the Polish gov ernment to deposit 2,000,000 pounds sterling for carrying out effective re lief work, which is out of the question as the Polish government in its present formation is powerless to raise such a loan." "Paderewski feared that the undertaking- is too vast for the Poles in America." hut Mr. Smulski said that steps had already been taken for the V organization of a strong American res cue committee. Discussing the political situation in Toland, Mr. Smulski pointed out that the provinces which comprised German and Austrian Poland seemed to be withholding co-operation from the min istry which is attempting: to govern the territory formerly held by Russia. I'ndtrstandlng Is Sought. -Tn view of these conditions." he added, "the departure of Mr. Paderew ski on a British cruiser i3 significant and manifestly an effort is in progress to bring about through Paderewski's instrumentality an understanding among the sections of the dismembered country over which Russian Bolshev ism, as well as German and Austrian intrigue is still trying to exert an in fluence." HUNGER MENACES POLAND Grave Danger That Population WilJ Join Bolshevists. PARTS, Dec. 29. (By the Associated Press.) Unless Poland receives food supplies and clothing from the allies immediately, there is grave danger that the population, which is facing starva tion, will join the Bolshevist govern ment and thereby menace the stability of the new government, according to Lieutenant Stanislaw llempel, aide-de camp to General Joseph Pilsudski, mili tary head of the Polish government. Lieutenant Hempel, who arrived in Paris a few days ago from Poland on a diplomatic mission, has issued an urgent plea through the newspapers that the United States rush food to his country. In this plea he declared there were only two or three weeks' supplies loft. uli.uiiaiii iiijiijm oulll lllfIL , Fhevism was the one thing which the new republic now feared. Poland was surrounded by revolutionists, and hav ing been stripped of virtually all means of making a livelihood, natural ly promised fertile ground for Russian and German propagandists. "I assure you that all that has been said about the Polish army massacring Jews is false," Lieutenant Hempel de clared. "The Ukrainians when withdrawing from Lemberg massacred 200 Jews and also 3000 Poles. As 49 out of 50 shops in our village arc kept by Jews, it was natural they would be the victims of the retirins Ukrainians. Hut the Poles had nothing to do with it." WILSON ATTENDS CHURCH (Continued From first Page.) Mitre hotel where other prominent cit izens were awaiting to receive the noted guests. Here Thomas Watson, an aged house painter and the last liv ing pupil of the school of President Wiison'a grandfather, was introduced to the president. President Wilson inspected docu ments dealing with the residence here of his grandfather, the Rev. Thomas Woodrow, and then drove to the Sal vation Army hall, where once stood the building that was the president's mother's home. Then he visited Cav endish House in Warwick Road, bnilt by his grandfather, and where his grandfather taught school and where the President's mother also lived for a while. The President remained here for 10 minutes and proceeded to the Lowther Street Congregational Church, which was crowded. SPrenli The Congi nt and hi ident Goes to Church. gresation rose as the Presi- is party entered and. were onducted to the front pew. As the rmrtv walkpd down the Aisln the ripran. i.tt played The Battle Hymn of the Re public, which was listed on the pro gramme as "The American National Anthem." The Rev. Sir. Booth entered the pul pit, accompanied by the bishop of Car lisle. rIr. Booth gave the invocation and the choir and the congregation sang the hymn "Before Jehovah's Aw ful Throne." President Wilson joined in the singing. Mr. -Booth read as the first lesson from the sixth chapter of Isaiah; the choir chanted "Oh, Sing Ui.to the Lord u. New Song." The bishop of Carlisle read the second lesson, which was from the second chapter of Luke the story of Christ questioning the doctors in the temple. x Then followed another hymn and the Rev. Mr. Booth afterward prayed for the King and the President and their families, and also for a lasting peace. The congregation then sang "The Bat tle Hymn of the Republic" and Mr. Booth delivered his sermon. Grandfather's Virtues Lauded. "I feel great pride," the pastor said In part, "that the great and honored leader of the American people should have left the company of Kings and set ido important functions to travel to this border city in which his mother ias born, to attend, as a tumble "vvur- fhiper. the church over which his grandfather once presided. Suc: action I reveals his character. It is a great Jlvctacle for the world. I "Mr. President, two-thirds of your I mmc belongs here, as the words j Thomas Woudrow' were inscribed on the church roll 9S years ago. From then until 1S33 he taught the church the word of God. He gathered around hiiu a devoted band of people who learned to do righteously. Here his children, among them your sainted mother, learned to sing their hymns and to fear God. "Hence the peculiar gratification their church felt and expressed on your election to your high and honor able office and which has deepened in the course of the eventful years of your Presidency." American Liberty Reviewed. The Rev. Mr. Booth reviewed the landing of the pilgrim fathers and the establishment of religious liberties in America. I "These men," he said, "laid the four. I dations for that great love of liberty and Justice which has made the Ameri can people and which has found such a practical expression in so signally helping to the great victory in the European struggle against oppression and wrong. It, is now a further mani festation of the same spirit, which, in the providence of God, is leading the world's conscience in its groping after universal peace. Mr. President, our prayers for you ascend; our love to you Is given and our praise of you shall be sounded as long as we have breath. "We all want to hear your voice. Won't you say a few words to us?" President Wilson hesitated a moment and then answered "Yes, Sir," and walked to a place in front of the choir. Ho was visibly affected as he resumed his seat after his address. Appreciation of Visit Shows. The Bishop of Carlisle then read an address in which he thanked the Pres ident for his visit "to your ancestral city and for your presence at our wor ship in thi3 sacred house, hallowed to you by associations and bonds of filial piety." "We recognize, with the whole of the God-fearing world,", the bishop con tinued, "the splendor of your ideals and the greatness of your achievements on behalf of humanity for the promotion of righteous freedom, peace and inter national brotherhood among men. We thank God that he has endowed in you tne purpose and the power to bring these divine ideals to the entrance gate of practical realization and that he has sustained you by the mighty concord of the American people in association with ourselves and allies. "We feel it of priceless benefit to mankind that, amid all the cares and burdens pressing upon you in this fate ful hour, you found the time to come to the city of your grandfather's min istry and the birthplace of your saint ed mother. God's Blessing; Asked. "May you, sir, and your consort be brought in safety back to your beloved land. God bless and guide you, cir." The service concluded with the sing ing of "God Save the ."ling." After the benediction President Wil son was taken to the pastor's study, where he signed the register and sat in the mahogany leather upholstered chair that was once his grandfather's. Then he returned to the church, where the congregation, was still waiting, and passed down the aisle and out of the door amid applause. It was still raining as the President drove back to the Crown and Mitre Hotel. Here he remained until 1 o'clock, when he drove to the station. He said good-bye at the car door to the notables who had come to the sta tion to bid him farewell. The Presi dent was cheered as the train, at 1:15 P. M., departed for Manchester. Mother's Life Once in Danger, During a conversation the President recalled an incident in his mother's life which all but affected the history of the United Slates and his own existence. "I will tell you," he said, "how nearly this ceremony caine to not taking place. My mother was playing on a rope on the ship while sailing for America, and a sudden lurch nearly threw her overboard. She swung far out over the water, but luckily for me she hung on and was not drowned." BIG CROWDS AT MANCHESTER Streets Packed With People to Wel come President. MANCHESTER. England. Dec. 29. (By the Associated Press.) President and Mrs. Wilson were greeted on their arrival here at 5 o'clock this afternoon by thousands who filled the streets to overflowing on the half-mile journey from the station to the official resi dence of the Lord Mayor, and many more thousands who were packed to gether in the huge square in front of the town hall. They cheered lustily from the time the President's car start ed through the troop-lined thorough fares until he disappeared within the building. The Presidential party alighted in ' the strikingly decorated station, which was ablaze with lights that set off the crimson carpet on the platform, the rows of palms and masses of bunting, the scarlet robes of Lord Mayor Sea gure. the huge white wia and full dress of the high city officials and the portly, florid, white-mustached mace bearer, who was quite a favorite with the American troops during the wait for the train. The President and Mrs. Wilson spent the night quietly as the guests of the Lord Mayor. The President had no en gagements and made no speeches. YANKEES ARE FIRED UPON (Continued From First Page.) ties In the street fighting Friday ag gregated seven persons killed and bO wounded. (By the Associated Press.) WARSAW, Poland. Dec. 28. A Polish official report concerning the riot in Posen on the arrival of Ignace Jan Paderewski, who is on his way here, says the trouble began when allied and American flags were hoisted over the city hall. The Germans demanded that the flags be hauled down. The Poles re fused to acquiesce, whereupon the Ger mans brought up rflachine guns and began firing in the streets, driving back the crowds and dispersing the Polish troops. Finally the German officials took down the flags. Meanwhile the Poles reassembled and began to return the German fire. The fighting continued from 2 o'clock in the afternoon to 7 o'clock. The Germans provoked an other incident by trying to prevent Paderewski from going about the streets. They called on the British Colonel Wads and told him that if Paderewski was permitted to go about it would be the cause of trouble be tween the Tolish and German popula tions. Colonel Wade made no answer. He merely turned his back on the Germans and got into a motor car with Paderewski. The arrival of Paderewski and Brit ish and American officers has created much enthusiasm here. The hope is ex pressed that their arrival will stamp out Bolshevism and prevent anticipated trouble in Warsaw. Brazilian Commander Dies. NEW YORK, Dec. 29. Captain Cesar Augusto de Millo, commander of the Brazilian battleship Sao Paulo, whic.h has been in -this harbor for several months, died in his apartment here yes terday of bronchial pneumonia. He was 45 years old and has held several posts ol-dUstinctioa in Uracil. BRITISH ELECTORATE S COALITION One Remarkable Feature Enormous Majorities. Is WOMAN VOTE BIG FACTOR Net Result of Election Summed Up by Press as Personal Triumph for Lloyd George. LONDON'. Dec. 29. (By the Asso ciated Press.) A remarkable feature of the elections for the new Parliament is the enormous majorities received by many of the winning candidates and a dearth of very small majorities. Under the provisions of the new franchise act every candidate who fails to obtain one-eighth of the votes polled in his constituency forfeits his depos of 150 sterling. More than 130 candi dates are victims of this rule. It is difficult to compare the results of this election with that of 1910, owing to the numerous rearrangements of constituencies under the last reform act, but a. comparison between the country areas, as a whole, shows that London has gone almost solid for the coalition. Yorkshire Returns Astonlsa. Only three Independent Liberals were returned and the two Laborites re turned are both coalitionists. The re turns in Yorkshire are no less astonish ing. Of the 56 members from lork- shire, 26 are coalition Unionists; 18 coalition Liberals; two members of the National Democratic party which sup ports the coalition are discharged sol diers and sailors' representatives; eight are Labor members, and only one Is an Independent Liberal. In Lancashire, the 66 members ' re turned do not include a single Inde pendent Liberal. There are 38 coalition Unionists; five Independent Unionists; eight coalition Liberals; 13 Laborites, one Socialist and one Nationalist. Even In Scotland the number of in dependent Liberals returned can be numbered on the fingers of one hand. Vote of Women Big factor. Coalition leaders claim that the two principal factors that contributed to their triumph are the votes of the women and soldiers. The former made the majority secure and the soldiers' vote, according to one leader, came later as a tidal wave in favor of Lloyd George. The 12 divisions of Birmingham re turned coalitionists, the only woman candidate in the city being at the bot tom of the poll and forfeiting her de posit. The forfeiture of deposit was also the fate of three other women candidates, including the only womati candidate in Scotland. Most of the ballots cast for her were those of soldiers who wrote across them such remarks as "Send us home and we will vote," "We have no infor mation about the candidates." Premier's Triumph Complete. The net result of the election is summed up In today's papers as a per sonal triumph for Premier Lloyd George in the disappearance of the two great parties, the Liberals and Irish Nation alists. The newspapers without excep tion emphasizes that the election is not merely a great triumph, but a great opportunity for Lloyd George, as the country insists on the carrying out of a vast programme of social reform. They declare that the governing classes are on trial, and if they fail to satisfy the country, a painful reckoning awaits them at the next election, which may come sooner than is now apparent. In this connection it is pointed out that labor largely voted coalition in th expectation that a policy agreeable to labor would be pursued. LLOYD GEORGE HAS PROBLEMS Policy of Associates in Domestic and I'oreign Questions Puzzles. BY JOSEPH W. GRIGG. (Copyright hy the New York World. Pub lished by arrangement.) LONDON, Dec. 29.-Speclal Cable.) Lloyd George is the man of the hour in Great Britain, with a clear majority of 250 in the new Parliament, which, many prognosticators believe, will be short-lived and will have a stormy ex istence and will be amenable to the Premier only under the big stick. He is faced with some of the gravest problems, domestic as well as foreign, that have ever faced a Premier before. It should be demonstrated how far many of his reactionary associates mean to go in the matter of League of Nations policy, which now seems un doubtedly the chief link in the conver sations between President Wilson and the Premier. It should soon also be demonstrated how far his reactionary supporters are willing to go in the matter of broad domestic reconstruc tion policies which the Premier has espoused, and which the Sinn Feiners" sweep of Ireland shows how immediate is the necessity of solving the Irish situation. The Sinn Fein Is the third party in strength in the House, if the Sinn Feiners change their minds and return to Westminster. They say they will not do this, although the Countess Mar kievicz might do so to create a sensa tion, as she Is the only woman elected. In his handling of the problems af fecting labor, Lloyd George has the support of 10 Labor coalitionists, char acterized by labor as representatives. One of the first actions of the Pre mier, now that the election has been concluded, probably will be the naming of the peace conference delegates, and tonight there is renewed speculation about the men who will accompany Lloyd George. It is considered certain that Foreign Minister Balfour and Bonar Law will be named, and probably Lord Reading. There is a rumor that Winston Spencer Churchill may go, but his recent election f ulminations, favor ing a big British fleet to guarantee the peace rather than a league of nations. puts him out of the running, well-informed persons say. He may, however, be in the new Cabinet formation, which is also an immediate problem, although little new blood is expected to be in fused. It Is reported that Mr. Churchill will succeed Lord Milner at the War Office. The selection of a new Ambassador to Washington is said to be occupying the attention of the Premier, for it is gen erally believed that Lord Reading may not return. Lord Robert Cecil's name is prominently mentioned in this con nection, but from responsible quarters tonight Lord Robert's presence here and at the peace conference is consid ered indispensable. No European dip lomatic post takes precedence over Washington in importance, and for this reason the keenest interest is taken in the appointment of the new Ambassador. COMPLETE RETURNS RECEIVED Only Three Small Factions Will Op pose Lloyd George. LONDON. Dec. 29. (By the Associ ated Press.) Complete returns for the election of the new Parliament give the following rejsults: Coalitiuu Uniuuifcts, 231; coalition CAREFUL SHOPPERS WILL QUICKLY DIS COVER THAT THE ONE "SALE" IN THE CITY. That Offers NEW Merchandise Complete Range of Merchandise Full, Unbroken Standard Varieties ILipinnisiinio Wolfe (Coianunnieircisil "(CsiinnioujifJlae Liberals. 127 Unionists, 5 I-aborites, 65 pendents. . 5: ers. 73: Irish ;' coalition Laborites, 10; , Asquithlan Liberals. 37; National Party, 2; Inde Soclalists. 1; Sinn Keln- Nationalists, All coalition with the Unionists ana National party may be regarded rough ly as supporting Lloyd George. The only opposition will be formed by the Asquithian Liberals. Laborites and Independents. Lancashire Labor Victorious. LONDON. Dec. 29. (Via Montreal.) Labor secured one striking victory in St. Helens, Lancashire, where the can didate of the dock workers, James Sex ton, defeated Kigby P. W. Swift. Union ist, for what always had been regarded a safe seat. Mr. Swift had held the seat since December, 1910. OVERSEA SOLDIERS RETURN Seattle Aviator Tells of Being Shot Down Three Times. NEW YORK, Dec. 29. The United i States transports Sherman, Cartago and Sixaola arrived here from France today, bringing about 250 officers Dnd men of the Army and Navy and a quantity of equipment and explosives. Among the officers arriving on the Cartago were three Brigadier Generals, W. J. Nicholson, a brigade commander KVEKY EVENING MUSIC AND DANCING From 6 to 7:30. :30 to 12:30 I'. .M. CORN KB l- nd I- OTON tupatuirv) Rear "Gerrr'a" Drlotal Jul Hand, the bent Jmi Band tn tha urthwent. Our laraa dining room' and danca floor ara Just ona flight upHtalra. where the ventila tion la perfect. No stuffy atmoaphera sanitation our motto. W. 3. Young Micr. Open 11 A. M. to t A. M. THY orK DAILY LUNCH 11 A.M. to 8 P.M. 35c. 30c S5e. 40c to 73c. inrlud 1ns ftou p. Yetrt-tift-ble. drinks. de,rt. 1SIERICAN AND ( II INKSK DIMltS Served at o-U Hours. t-PKCIAT. MN l)AY IIICKLN IHt.R otoT man woujG (as ,0. c Mei Merchandise And You'll Direct It Here! Turn Again to the "Sale" Ads in Sunday's Papers And That Our Price Offers Are as Low and in Many Cases Lower Than the Prices of Others' MARK-DOWNS and Odds Is Sadly Omit of Bate of the 79th Division. Daniel B. Dcvcrs. and John A. Johnson, of the 84th Di vision. Lieutenant Paul D. Coles, of Seattle, Wash., an aviator. wore the Distin guished Service Cross and told of three occasions when he was shot down, once from a height of 18.000 feet. POLAND ASKS MUNITIONS Germany Not Inclined to Aid Fight on Bolshcviki. BASLE. Dec. 29. (Havas.) The To lish Ministry has asked the German government for supplies of munitions Have You Fid filled Your War Savings Stamp Pledge? You have only a few days left in which to carry out your promise to the Government. 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