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MEDFORD, OREaOJf, SATURDAY,. MARCH . 8, 1919
NO. 29G
Medford I
RUN ROADS
OF
Suprome War Council Places Rail
roads Systems of Old Empire Under
Control of Food Commislsoner Who
Places American Armv Enalneors
In Chnnie Solvlna Problem of
Feedlnn Ocrnmnv America Sides
With Britain In Alillnu Germany.
PAH IS. Mnrrli 8. Tlio Kiiureme
War council has ilcc'nlc.l to give In
Herbert C. Ilimvcr, director geiirrnl
of allied relic!', practical control of
nil I lie rnilwuv in I he old Austrian
empire mill (o make him llio miindu
tnrv of the council in demanding In-
... .! I .!..!.. V I.
fiimtiuvvH Him in'iviii onrw irimi i-iico
of tin' Jicw slain of old Austria with
which In create n I'ooil unil relief mtr
vice. Tim relief trains will run over
nil line w it limit political or military
intcrforciieo.
Mr. Hoover Iiiin placed llio matter In
Ilia hands of Americnn nrniv en
gineers for execution
In I'lvo Nr Hlnlrx
Kivn new slate have arisen within
the area of old Austria and nil have
agreed tu place the entire uuextioii of
the iiitrilint inn mill management of
Did rnilnov rolliinr slock iu Mr.
Hoover's IiiiiiiIh. Tins- Italians, who
had lieen maintaining n food blockade
against Jiigo-Klnviii. hnvo fiiiallv al
lowed llio'r differences with t lio Jugo
'KliiVM lu he nettled hv n commission
unit the supreme war council hart di
rected that the hlockade lie raided lit
once.
Owing to rwlrietions placed on
American iippropiiulionx for relief.
Mr. Hoover him nrramied for the Brit-
imii government 10 nureiinxo hhii.ihmi,
lltlll worth tr foodstuff from Hie I'ni
tcd. Ktntcx Grain corporation. This
will lie turned over for distribution in
Vienna. Similar relief measure will
betaken in otlier parts of .the old em
pire. Bolting Food lrobiem
The supremo council when it met
Inilnv expected to nettle the difficul
ty over (ho (lennnn inerehmit ttlinut
bv arranging fur the food suiiplicx
asked for hv Germany, which the
'American delegation regard im part
of llio nrtiiixlieu pledge o Germany.
Puvmont iimv bo niiuln bv charging
off n sum for llio uko of llio (lennnn
hIhph mill iiIko bv German gold. The
French, however, hexitnto to wrmit
this diversion of funds, which tliev
hold ix part of III reparation. r
Tho Amorienn pence commission
ers, in pursuance of their effort to
hasten the eiiiieliiHion of n preliminarv
treaty of peace, are now in n poxilion
where thev. must take sides on the
conflicting views of the; ltritish and
tho French regarding reparation. '
To A 111 Gorman
Tho British feel Hint the Germans
miiNt ho enabled to receive, at the
curliest poxxiblo moment food and raw
iiiutoriolx and even e.reditH with which
to Htiirt buxiiioss. ho Hint out of the
proceeds of Hint biiMtiiOfs they might
pnv their debts. ,
, The French do not bolicvn that the.
Gormon-bnxinesx interests should ho
permitted to nut hack into their pre
war nelivilv tint il tho stricken busi
ness interests of Frnneo nnd Belgium
have caught up with them. Thev fear
that otherwise (lermnnv will bo nhle
to regain poxxossion of world nmr
kots. .
. The Americans, it is understood,
have decided fitnillv to ndhoro to I hp
Hritfxh position, which npponrs like
ly lo bo tho ono to bo niloptod,
Position Aftor Yur ,
Tlio Biipromo economic nominis
nion now is trvimr . to decide what
kIuiII lie the relntioim betwocn tho
United Slates nnd tho nllioa nnd tho
reeont onetnv sntos nftnr tho wnr.
Tho Americnn dolcorntinn points to tire
pledk'e civen in tho ncceplunco of
ProHidont Wilson's fourteen points
(Oontlnuea on Pago Blx.)
FOUND GUILTY
OF
CinCAClO, jrni'eh 8. J. Norninn
Cook was found iritiltv of mniiHliumh
tnr loilnv in tho killina ot Willinm E.
ilradvviiv Inst summer. Cook had vo
Honted ntleiitions which Dradwnv had
pitid to Norma Cook, his 17-vonv-olil
diiuifhlor. . i
Counsel for Cook will sook ft new
tritl. one of the itroimils boinir thai;
news of tho verdict boenmo public
hours before the document was open
ed iu court. , ,
BERLIN REVOLT
SUPPRESSED BY
50,000 TROOPS
General Strike Called Off Followlnti
Dofeat of Spartacans Whose Lead
ers Will Be Executed Flame
Throwers and Trench Weapons
Used In Desperato Efforts.
ISAKF.r.. March 8. (loverniiioiiU
lrooW Iiiivii HiipprcKKeil thir iirined re
volt lit Kerl n, iieeordinit to u ilix
paleh from that city a ml are now
protcctilik' woliiineii,
IIKHI.IN, March 7. (0 n. in. Hv (lie
Axoeinleil Prexx.) Tim Bcncriil
xtriku in Hcrlin will he called off to
niulll. The iiibor feiloraliim lit 11
iiieelintr eitrlv tliix evening' recom
mended that Hie workmen return In
work .Snltirilnv.
iiiivernini'iit Vlefrlonx
nil'I'.XIIAOKX. Mnreh 7. Oennun
unvernmenl trnopx have riipturvil the
polieu heailiiiiurlem nt Berlin and
hnvo completely cleared Alexander
Plntx of xlrikerx. acconlinir lo u Her
lin iI kimi ( -li .
Kinhtiini Iiiih eenxed in the center
of tint t'itv but continue in tho Mon
bil xeetion. The L'ovvrniiient troops
suffered xliu'ht Iokhcs mid raptured
iniinv prixonerx. To relieve tho unr
rixoii of the police headiiuiirterx the
uovernment troonx turned (heir lienvv
artillery miiiinxt the lioiixc neiirbv
nnd three xliellx hit n hoiixe which wax
used ax inxiirueiK lieniliiiinrterx. bcut
teriinr tlio oeetiitmitx in nil directions,
(lux was uxeil effectively in tho At
tack on th" xtrikerx, accordion to Hie
(lennnn Ciaxette of llerlin.
l'laino Tlinmem Xrl
LONDON'. Alnndi 7. Dexeribiinr
Die fiuhliiiK in llerlin on Thursday
niuht. n dixpntch lo Hie Kxchanuc
Teleirrnpli company from Copenha
uen xiivx thai durinir the whol niuht
there were xoiindx of lienvv delonn
t'unx of cannon noil explosions in
the districts where ficbtintr was tnk
inir pliiee. Flume throwers nnd Ireneh
weapons of nil kinilx were emploved
in the xtriiLxle. which was particular
ly violent around Hie police headnnar
terx, which the Spnrtiicitnx mndu des
perate efforts to capture. Lute in the
oveninir the mivernment troops under
(leneral Von LultuiU, retiorted to
nmnbnr fiO.IKIfl, entered Berlin nnd
surrounded n eront pnrt of the center
of tho citv. it is said.
At n stiirinv meettnn Thursdnv
eveninir the Soldier's nnd Workman's
council decided to extend the strike to
tho electric power plants and una nnd
wntor works, it is . reported.
Ternw for Strikers
WKlMAK. March 7. (Hv the As
sociiilcd l'resx. Social demoerntx,
who lieuan n consultation with the
German cabinet vcslcrdnv relntivo to
the llerlin strike nnd what conces
sions and L'liiirnnlee.s could bo offer
ed tho strikers- left for llerlin this
momini;. The conference is reported
to hnvo been Biitixfnetitrv.
Tho Icrms which wore decided upon
will be laid before the strikers nt ller
lin Ibis afternoon nnd nro said to pro
vide for rocoirnition of tho soldiers'
nnd workmen's councils bv the now
constitution. This is looked upon as
a most nrdiyal stop. It ix known that
tho entente allies do not favor it.
10 EARLY CONVOY
WASHINGTON, March 8. Assiim
inent of tlio following ovennizations
lo oarlv convov was announced toduv:
base hospital numbers 81 to IKi: liTllth
and U KIlli nero sipimlrons; cacuntion
hospital No. 0, baker company No.
0. it02nd tank center nnrt .11 7th re
placement nnd sulvatto conipnnv.
Annonncomcnt was made nt tho
snmo limo Hint tho following orirani
zations bud been removed from tho
list of thoso nssiirnod to oarlv con-
voS': lOHIh niobilo etorinnrv sootion:
Jltli. 12th, Kith nnd Hth eomimnics
of llio -10th Motonneehrtnics roirimcnt,
2'27th nero snuairon., '
youthful Hotel
THIEF CAPTURED
SAN FRANCISCO. March 8. Af
ter n chase through tho lobby nnd
ball room of n fashionable local hold
last niirht Hiclinrd A. Palmer, 21-
yonr-olil burirtur was captured. Tho
police said that ho confessed to tho
lluift of nrticlcs valued nt $20,000
from cuests nt two of the londinp ho
tels of this citv. The polico I'alcr
found ill.r),tl()0 of the stolen (roods, in
bib reuiuB, nuvordiuir lo their report,
CASUALTIES OF.-
ERIC AN ARMY
101111240,197
Figures Include Killed. Wounded.
. Missing and Prisoners Second
Division Shows Greatest Losses
Amiay Not to Be Reduced Bolow
Half Million. States March.
WASHINGTON. March R. rialtle
casualties of the American armv iu
France, ax shown bv revised divis
ional records" announced todnv bv
General March totalled 2-JII.197. These
include killed ill action, wounded,
mixxinir' in action nnd prisoners.
There prohnblv will bo tome slight
further revision or final report nro
received. - ,
Tho Second rcmihir division showed
the erenliMit losses in the revised list
with 2't.420. The First division cnine
next with 2.1.073. Tho 28th (New Jer
sey. Delaware. District of Columbia.
Vinrinin and Maryland! led National
Guard nnd National Armv divisions,
bcinir fourth in the lixt with 14.417.
The 32nd (Michienn nnd Wisconsin)
was fifth with 14.208. .
!,80O,(HM) Knicnged
Tn the new lixt tho 42nd division
(Rainbow) reported a total of battle
casualties of 12.252: the 77th (New
York Metropolitan National armv)
0.423: the With (New Encland) 8.0ri.T:
the 27th (New York) 7,940: the 30th.
(Tennessee. North Carolina. South
Cnrolinn.) 0.803. ,
Tho battle casualty fimires now an
nounced include wounded, which were
not included in tho tables of mnior
casualties recently n"de nuhlic bv the
wnr ilepnrltncnt. The list of divis
ional totals, shows: .
Olxt (Alaska. Wnsbineton. Orceon,
rnlifornin, Idaho, Nevada, Montana.
Wvomine. Utah.) 6838. . ' ;
American troops actually nnrtiei
patinir in ensaireinenls ncainst the
enemy numbered 1.300.000 men. Gen
eral March announced (he fiinires to
dnv showinf Hint 1.100.000 compris
ed divisional trnons nnd divisional re
placements: 240 000 corps nnd nrmv
troops nnd 50.000 service of supply
troops. .
Hnlf Million Kept
Gimernl March' announced .todnv
that the nrmv wolud not be reduced
under any circumstances below tho
fimiro mentioned in tho re-onraniua-tinn
bill wlpcli failed in contrress n
total of 5011,1)00 officers and men. He
suit! (his total would bo maintained
until Bonio law was passed providing
for a permanent force which would
"permit Hio military necessities of tho
United States to bo hniidlcd."
Tho statement was made in connec
tion with tho information that Gen
eral Pcrshinir hud been authorized to
resume enlistments for the reculnr
armv. Men now oversens who desire
lo enlist in tho reirulnr establishment.
General March said, would bo accept
ed and assigned to regular organiza
tions in the nruiv of occupation, re
leasing other men to bo discharged.
l,iW 1,528 lHMllobUUed
Demobilization reports uindo public
touuy bv Ueucrul Alaicu uuoweU i,
ooi.db otnucra una ineu aisuuui'Kua
to Uulu, wluiu, tuu number ordered
released had leaelied l.OlJ.oUU.
Op to Mareu 6 uupuriuren of sol
diers lrom jbruiico uuuiucrud xu.ojo
ol whom 3o4,t)'J4 had luuued in tue
Uuiteil&tutes up to yesteruay.
Hospital records from inc. expedi
tionary xorceu. Uenerul Ala re U said,
stiuwed 6i,i:ai patients on Jf'elmtary
'M, a reuuctiou lroui 112,2X when
tuu iirinislicc wux Kitiiicil.
A reduction in the number of de
uiuoiliiaiiou uumps from JJ lo 'i'i was
announced touay, tue purpose Dome
to enable tho war uopurtiuont to ro-
lcuso thousunils of men who. under
tlio original plan would have boon held
at the leu additional camps As ue
mobilizutiou personnel.
Demobilization Centers ''
Thirteen of tho oriuiual 33 cumps
designated as demobilization oeulcrs
will bo abandoned. Throo now onuips.
Forts Bliss, Oglethorpo and D. A.
Uussoll hnvo buon nddod, bringing tho
total to 23. ' . '
Tho new list of demobilization cen
ters us announced toduv. follows : .
Camps llliss, Bowie, Custer, Doy
ens, Dix, Dodgo, Funston, Gordon,
Grant, Jackson, Kearney. Leo, Lewis,
Menilo, Oglethorpe, Pike, Prosidib of
San Francisco. D. A. ltussoll. Sholbv,
SiiernCan, Taylor, Travis and Upton.
LINCL0N COUNTY FIRST
IN LIBERTY LOAN DRIVE
POKTLANIV March 8. In ' tho
Fourth- Lihortv loan drivo. Lincoln
county, Oregon, won first plnco in
tho stalo bv going farthest over tho
top with a total subscription of 040
per cent of the ouota, thereby oitrn-
itwr llm ,ei'ile'ir nf nt.mintr n vosnl
of the United Slates shipping board's
vmuruxucw licet corporation.,
WIREOPERATORS
READYTOSTRIKE
WHEN NOT FIED
Telearaoh and Telephone Employes In
Orenon Eauer for Walkout Ef
forts Underway to Involve Railroad
Operators Who Will Not Go Out
Only Hours' Notice to Be Given.
POHTLANI). Ore.. March 8. Tele
graph nml telephone operators in
Oregon, us well ax elect ricianx and
linemen nf'fctod bv Hie telegraph mid
telephone t.Uipiiiiics under govern
ment control, were ready toduv to go
on strike at an hour's notice from the
International Brotherhood oTl'icex in
Chicago, ('. H( Preston, secretary of
Hie Commercial Telegraphers" Union
here, stated nt noon. The strike will
be nation wide iu extent if called, it
was pointed nut, ..
To Involve ItiillrooilM
Efforts were being made bv the
commercial telegraphers' officials.
Prcslon said, to secure the agreement
of railroad telegraphers not to han
dle commereiul huxjnexs when the
strike becomes effective. While it
was known that railroad telegraphers
would not strike, he said, it was be
lieved thev Would co-operulo with
the xtrikingMmemtors and linemen to
this extent. This would affect 20.000
offices throughout tho eomitrv. wl-re
the railroad telegraphers handle com
mercial business under ordinurv cir
ciimstances, be said. t
It was expeeled bv local electrical
workers. Hint not more than one hour's
notice would be given in cast n strike
was ordered. . Postmaster General
Burleson was reported firm in his
stand against rcngnizinc- the unions,
which is ono of their chief demands.
It watj said thurihe notice tn go on
strike, which -would come in code,
might be received at nnv moment, but
nrohnblv would not he forthcoming
before next week. That there would
be a strike, unless overtures were
made b the government, was believed
bv local union officials,
Ilurleson to Listen , ,
Seercturv Preston received instruc
tions todnv from the eust to confer
with J. V. Mitchell, general chairman
of the railroad telegraphers' union in
this district. He bolieved Ibis was in
connection with an agreement bv
which the railroad operators would
refuse to handle commercial business
during a strike, should it be called.
POHTLAND. Maine. March 8. As
surance that the telephone employes
ninv negotiate with the telephone com
nnnv officials or with postoffiee de
partment officials at Washington re
garding wage or other demands wns
given Governor Carl E. Milliken nt a
conference with Postmaster General
Burleson, it was learned here toduv.
EMPL
PROBLEM SOLVED
PORTLAND. March 8. For the
first time since tho labor market be
came seriously flooded bv reason of
demobilization, thero is hope of
patching up with tho, situntion, Cnp
tain James Convill, in chnrgo of the
sailors' and soldiers' division of the
federal employment service said to
day. "We hnvo almost caught no in the
mechanical lines but the professional
and technical workers far outnumber
the jobs opened im to them," said tho
captain. Tho soldiors have express
ed n desire during tho 'Inst few davs to
take work in Alnskn or far distant
points. , .,
T. J. Conway, superintendent of
the local office of. the employment
service stated that many farm hands
are leaving the citv for rural districts
and logging activities are demanding
more men.
FRENCH DENY BLAME
FOR BREAK AT SPA
' PARIS, March 8. -An official note
toddy says tho impression is current
that the breaking off of negotiations
at Spa between the Allied and German
missions was iue to the initiative of
tho French delegation. It is declar
ed this is untrue. Thei allied dele
gates were under tlio chairmanship
of Admiral ITopo of the British nnvv
and it wns bv agreement that thov
decided to return to Paris to report
to the r respective governments, it is
sutdi -m . i. . , ..-
FRANCIS DECLARES
ROBBINS A COURIER
FOR THE BOLSHEVIK!
. DAVID l. FRANCIS
BATTLE RAGES
BETWEEN POLES
LEMBEKG, March 6. -(By Asso
ciated Press.) Not withstanding the
fact that fighting is still going on
here between the Poles and Ukrain
ians, with the latter bombarding the
city, there is still hope, that an ar
mistice may be arranged. It Is be
lieved, however, that there will be
more severe fighting. . '...-.
The renewed bombardment ot the
city has been attended by consider
able loss of life among clrlllans and
damage to public buildings, and
works of art. The people move about
the city freely during the day but
the artillery fire Is very heavy at
night. 'An average of 200 shells fall
In the city each day. 1
Colonel Smyth of tho British army,
who is still here, has been empow
ered by the inter-allied mission to
make a report on the situation. The
Ukrainians are said to feel that they
have been treated unfairly by the
mission and that their claims are
misunderstood, particularly by the
French.' The political and military
situation at Kiev Is said to be uncer
tain. .
STRIKERS'iVOTES
I
SEATTLK. JHirch 8. Results of
the vote being taken bv striking
Washington shipyard workers on the
oiiestion of returning to work will be
announced tonight, it was snid here
todnv. "
Officers of the Metal Trndes Coun
cil, which called the strike and which
is now taking the vole, said thev ex
pected to make known the results
shortly nftor 8 p. m. , Thev asserted
the Tacoma nnd Aberdeen results
probnhlv would be made known at
about the same time.
Voting started early this. week. It
has been generally thought here that
a majority of tho men tvould fnvjjr
returning to work. Unofficial claims
that the engineers' union had 'oted
to continue the strike enmc as a sur
prise as it wits believed the engineers
were anxious to get back to their old
posts. .;, : . ,.
No new results were announced
oarlv todnv. Officers have not vot
liir'shed countim? the 12,000 ballots
east yesterdnv bv the boilermakers.
TO ADJUST CLAIMS
E
PORTLAND. Oro., March 8. Spe
cial dispatches from Washington re
ceived here today stated that two
mcnibors hnvo been appointed on the
commission , to adjust chroma land
otlier wnr nr'nernl claims, providod
for in tho now law which sets aside
eight rind a half million dollars for
tho relief of investors in these mines.
Seputor Sha froth nnd Martin Foster
of Illinois, former congressman, were
tho commisisoners named.
Claimants in Oregon and clsewhoro,
in order to protcct their rights should
make tlievr claims at once to tho see
rcturv of the interior ns only three
month ix allowed for payment of ull
cluiui's, it wus suid,
AmericanAmbassadortoRus-
sialnformedthatFormerRed
Cross Chief Had Proposal
from Lenine to Secure Peace
WASHINGTON, Mar. 8. Ambas
sador David It. Francis, recently re
turned from Kusgia, testified before
the senate propaganda committee to
day that he was Informed that Ray
mond Robins, former head of the
American Red Cross mission In Rus
sia, had returned to the United States
as a courier of the Bolshevik govern
ment with a proposal for President
Wilson,
Offered; Concessions
From a source which be regarded
as reliable, Mr.'Prancls said be heard
tbat Mr. Robins brought documents
In which, the Bolshevik leaders of
fered under certain conditions to
make concessions to the United
States similar to those given Ger
many by the Brest-Litovsk treaty.
In support of this Information, the
ambassador told tho committee that
he had heard Mr. Robins, as the lat
ter was leaving Russia, say to an As
sociated Press correspondent that if
he could get an hour's conversation
with the president he could bring
about recognition ot the Bolshevik
government. ,
The ambassador said so far as he
knew, Mr. Robins did not get an op
portunity to see the president. .
Tells of Experiences
Mr. Francis went to Russia In
March, 1916, and represented., the
United States until, the allied and
American diplomats departed from
territory controlled by the Bolshe
vist. He explained that his mission
to Russia primarily was to negotiate
a new commercial treaty .to replace
the one abrogated because of Rus
sia's attitude toward traveling Amer
ican citizens of Jewish birth. He told
how- the foreign minister informed
him that no treaties would be nego
tiated until Russia's relations with
the allies were further defined and
how shortly thereafter the conclusion
of a treaty between Japan and Russia
was announced. The explanation to
the American ambassador was that
only commercial treaties had been
referred to In the conversation with
him. . '
Mr. Francis said he found the
Germans so strongly entrenched in
Russia that they could not have been
dislodged In years. Even the war had
not broken their control over Russian
Industry.
Lenine German Agent
Mr. Francis said he had not the
slightest doubt that Lenine was, from
the very beginning, an agent ot the
German government. -
"The Germans never would have
permitted him to come thru Germany
had they not known he would be use
ful to them," the ambassador de
clared. "Moreover, Lenine disbursed
large amounts of money. I believe,
however, that he was even more con
cerned about starting a world-wide
revolution than he was about fur
thering the interests of Germany. He
later not only permitted but encour
aged the reign of terror which still
prevails In Russia.''
Ambassador Francis said he be
lieved Kerensky made his big mistake
when he failed to arrest and try for
treason both Lenine and Trotzky
when they first appeared as factors
in the political situation.. He said
Lenine actually was the brains of the
Bolshevist movement, that he was a
fanatic, but at the same time held
sincere ideas. Trotzky was described
a3 being purely an adventurer, who
was dominated by Lenine. Both, he
said, were usurpers and did not rep
resent ten percent ot the Russian
people. .
Cause of Korcnsky's Fall
The Kerensky . government, the
t)N BOARD U. S. S. GTOEGE
WASHINGTON, March 8. (By wire
less to the Associated Press.) Pres
ident Wilson todnv received wireless
dispatches from Paris on tho progress
being mndo at tho peace conference.
Tho voyngo continues to be une
ventful. The president today sent
n wireless message of sympathy to
Mrs. Benjamin Micou of Motgomerv,
Ala., daughter of the late Hilary A.
Herbertformer secretary of tho navy.
The president said :
"The countrv has lost a servant
who illustrated in the wholo spirit of
his Hcrvieo a vcrv high order of pat
riotism us well us urcut ability."
ambassador asserted In response to
questions by Senator King, ; really
stood for law and order and did Us
best to set up a stable, democratic
government. All during the Kerens
ky regime, Mr...Prancis said, the bol
sheviHts were trying to undermlno
the government and they were given
considerable assistance by monarch
ist advocates and the Black Hundred.
These sympathizers with the mon
archist idea thought. the Bolshevists
could only last a short time and then
the entiro revolution could be over
thrown In favor of a monarchy.
The ambassador said It was upon
bis recommendation that he was
authorized by the state department
to recognize the provisional govern
ment after the overthrow of the czar,
and he added that he established no
relations with the Bolshevik govern
ment but advised the state depart
ment constantly that the Bolshevists
should not be recognized.
Doable Object Sought
He described the Bolshevists as
having two objects In view when they
seized the government;, one was to
establish what they termed the rnle
of the proletariat, and the other was
to help the cause ot Germany by forc
ing Russia out of the war. ,
" Mr. Francis said he personally was
delighted when the government -of
the czar was overthrown. . He added
there was as much, difference between-the
government of .the Bolshe
vists and the Kerensky government
as there was between the provisional
government' and that of the autoc
racy. ' : . ;" : ' '.
The ambassador said after he re
ceived instructions from the state
department tbat no American repre
sentative should have any . official
connection with the Bolshevist gov
ernment. Raymond Robins had gone
to the headquarters of the soviet, and
asked about the principles of the Bol
shevists. ' , - -
Robins Approved Bolshevists -'
"1 called Robins in," the' ambassa
dor went on, "and asked him about
his visit to the soviet headquarters.
He told me they had told him their
principles and said he approved of
them : He added, however, that he
did not approve of the excesses com
mitted b?r the soviet government. I
cabled back to the state department
and asked whether the instructions
included Red Cross men lp Uniform.
The department tn response said they
did and Davison, head of the Red
Cross, was going to instruct Robins
to discontinue his relations with the
soviet. Robins did receive a cable
gram bo instructing him. I told Rob
ins I thought It was unwise for him
to sever his relations abruptly and
moreover, I wanted to know what
the Bolshevists were doing. So I
cabled Washington along these lines,
but never received a reply add Rob
Ins continued to go to soviet head
quarters. ; .
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"Did Robins urge you," asked Sen
ator Nelson, "to recognize the Bol
shevist government?"
"I thought Robins was Importun
ing me to recommend that the Bol
shevist government be recognized by
the United States," replied the am
bassador. "I told Robins I would not
make guch a recommendation be
cause the Bolshevists did not merit
even business recognition, because
they wore killing everybody that a
wore a white collar."
The ambassador said ho knew It
to be a fact that the Bolshevists In
several provinces had nationalized
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: CONSTANTINOPLE, March 8.
The now Turkish cabinet, succeeding
tho ministry of Towfik Pasha, recent
ly resigned, is headed bv Dnraa'l Pn
sha as grand vizor nnd rsintxtcr of
foreign affairs: Mustopha Subri Ef
fenili is shoik-ull-Islam. . . .
The ministers arc : '
Wnr, 'Ahmed Abouk Pasha; intorior.
D.icmed Bev: marine, Shnkri Pasha:
finance, Tewfik Bev; bublio instruc
tion; AH Komal Bev; public works,
Avni Pasha; agriculture, Edhem Bev:
justice, Ismail Ildke Bev.
The. president of council of stuto in
Abdulbudu Efi'ondu