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K. VON LERSNER REFUSES p
ACCEPT ALLIED DEMAND ' 1
EXTRADITION GERMANS Jm
Immediately Upon Receipt of List Returns Same to President Miilcrand.
Resigns Position and Announces Return to Berlin On First Train
Special Session of Allied Council Called German Enov Explains His
Action In Case Demand Was Made Announced to Allies a Number
of Times No German Functionary Will Be Instrumental in Extradi
tion of Fellow Countrymen 896 Germans On the List Which Is Not
Made Public In Europe. But Chief Culprits Are Well Known Paris
Aroused to Hiiih Pitch by Boche Defiance.
1'AliIS. Pi'l. -I. Kurt von Lev.--1
ner. Iieml of the German noam ilt'U'
imtiou hero, has returned In Premier
Millernnd the list ennlainiiiL' Hie
iiunies of Germans whose extrailitimi
is demanded bv the. allies, whi.-h was I
handed to him last niuht and has in-j
funned the premier that he has re-1
signed and in leaving for Berlin hv
the first train.
Buron von Lersner told the Asso
ciiited Press his decision was in line'
with the attitude he had maintained I
throuidiout reirarihnir the iinestion ol
extraditions, lie declared he had
hold that no German officials enuhl
he instrumental ill earrvimr out the
extradition clauses of the treat
nnd eoiisenuentlv the matter havin.'
come u in a definite final form
there was nothintr left for liiia to do
but to resiun and l'O home.
Von I.ersnw's Stateinent
Immediately after rcccivim.' the
list hist nieht. Huron von Lersner
mlilressed the following letter to
Premier Millernnd :
"Your excellency lias transmitted
to me a note eontaininir the names of
Germans' whose extradition is de
manded bv the allied Dowers. In the
course of the Inft three months I
linvc most seriously laid before rep
resentatives of the allied and asso.
einted irovernnients ten times in wri'.
imr and l.'l times orally the reasons
'whv it was impossible to eoninlv
with such a renuest. no matter what
the social rank of the accused nel
sons miirlit be.
"I remind vour excellency of mv
constantly repented declarations that
no German functionary would he
disposed to be in any way whatever,
instrumental in the realization of the
demand for their extradition. 1
should be instrumental in it if I
were to forward to the German anv
eminent the note of vour excellency.
1 therefore send it back herewith.
"I have made it known to niv tiov
ernment that I cannot remain in of
fice and that I shall leave Paris bv
the next train.
"FKKIIIKHR. VOX LF.KSNllli."
The baron, it was said, will leave
for Merlin tonight.
HIHI ill List
PARIS. Feb. F.xtradition of
8!)li (iennans accused of violations
of the laws of war is demanded in
the list handed Kurt von Lersner bv
Paul Dutustn. secretary of the peace
conference, last night.
K.ngland demands !17 for trial.
Prance and Helu iuui Xi I each. Italv
2il. Poland r7, Humnniu 41. and Ser
bia four. The names of Germans
oomprised in the first list against
v'hom idiarges are preferred bv all
Hie allied nations are included in the
uhovc figures.
The ambassadors' council has
eonfiriiicil its decision not to publish
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i-AlilN. Feb. 4. Dunne Oriental
tints of lustrous gold and silver tis
"H's . nding j ntrousers legs, whi, h
,r held close to the shoe tops bv
straps, sometimes embroidered in
ffccioii, stones, passing under th.
carers insteo. are featured in di--
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,f . !..i i., lri.ian:
as
HWi-tcs parlors. Some models cov -
Iy;'t''l Hie trousers with fdmv male-
Hals.
., rumors that tight lacng
to be restored to favor have
,"ved ,0 he erroneous. In fact, lit -
'1 "ay eorsetilis; will be needed
the name- !,' th,,-,. (I, rn anv is ask
ed lo . iiri'i liilei . hat it is possible in
sav that in addition to those alreadv
reported as lieins; on the list, are the
f )llnviiiur:
Von Kluck Is Wanted
field Marshal Alexander II. U. von
Klui-Ii. commander of the rieht wiiej
of the German army in its advance
on Paris in PHI: General Huron
Kurt von .M'anteiiffel. German mili
tary commander in Louvaia, Belgium,
in PH I: Kielil Marshal von Buelow.
commander o' the second German
aritiv; General Stemi'er. eommauder
of the fiord German infantry brigade;
(letieral von lesiaa. lormer governor
of Luxembourg ; ihc Nieaicver broth
ers, one a captain, who were accused
in 1 ! 1 1 8 of mi.-t reatimr British pris
oners of war: Maior von Goerts' and
l.iealenalit Werner. Captain Max
alenliuer and Captain Korstner.
submarine commanders: Baron von
Per Lnini4vl-n. former military gov
ernor ol' T'.sseU; Admiral von Ca
pelle. fornu'r loid of the German
admiralty, ami Field Marshal Lvman
on Sanders, German commander of
Turkish armies.
PARIS. Feb. I. The allied coun
cil of ambassadors was called into
extraordinary session today to dis
cuss the situation created bv the res
ignation of Baron Kurt Von Lersner.
head of the German niisison here.
The session was held in the French
toreign office.
Hugh C. Wallace, the American
ambassador .who attended the
meeling. said afterward that he had
no statement lo make regarding it.
Tl -s mud,, known that all offi
cial commuaioue would be issued at
tir the second meeting of the coun
cil, which was set for li::tll o'clock
this evening.
France Is Indifferent
PARIS. Feb. 4. --Comment by the
French press and the attitude of the
public in general before this morn
ing's developments indicated the ut
most indifference toward the de
mand for the extradition of the Ger
mans accused of war crimes, al
though some of the names were those
of men accused of deeds which dur
ing the war aroused Ihc most intense
indignation of virtually the entire
population of France.
The general opinion, as expressed
in the public pre-s. seems to be that
France is not so anxious to receive
satisfaction concerning the punish
ment of the gniltv persons as -be i
lo get coal in order lo be able to pro
duce g Is for export. In other
Words, as one ciilanienlator express
es it, she would rather receive from
Germany the 'J7.UU0. "00 tons of il
promised vcarlv under the Versailles
treaty than the extradition of Hicjii'u
(Continued on Page Kight)
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men. I lie i'llgl II ol -li' '
,.. shown is about the same as hat
,,",, i vogue la-t fall but lien,
is narrower.
Bivht liAtun- w:i, appeal in
f ,1,,. most popular creations
and patterned wrt-R-l- w:,l be .en-
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tared by -!. "' 1
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Ml. ANGEL EDITOR 10
SIAR1S PROCEEDINGS'
AGAINST SENATE BILL
SAI.K.M. (He.. Feb. 4.- Con
tending that the foreign lan
guage bill, bv State Senator
.Vorhlail of Astoria, passed by
the recent special .session of the
legislature is uncoiistitiilioual.
St. Benedict's Abbey of Mount
Angel, publisher of several
newspapers and periodicals in
the German language todnv
brought suit in the federal dis
trict court to have the law ab
rogated. Attorney General
Brown. District Attorney .Max
Gehlahr of Marion county and
District Attorney Walter Fvans
of Multnomah countv were
made defendants in the action.
St. Benedicts nbbcv declares
his plant could operate onlv ut
great loss if the law was al
lowed to stand.
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U.S. EXPORTS 10
WASHINGTON. Feb. 4. How the
volume of trade between Germany
and the I'liitetl States jumped ahead
during tlie last iniartcr of 11H!I. fol
lowing the institution of the General
license system and culminating in a
.fUll.llim.llOil trade balance in favor
of this country is shown today in
the official toreign commerce statis
tics prepared hv the department of
commerce.
Ill August of H)l! exports from
the I'nitcd States to Germany were
valued at .tl.Otlll.HJtl. and imports at
8,li!l.'i. but in September exports
imape.l to ifB.H.'lll.litl.'l and imports to
s..',Hli.!Mi:i. Oclobcr doubled the
September trade volume of the two
countries while November was the
high month of the vear, cxpor's
rcachiicj- .L,;t.()44,14'J and imports
.(.JL'.H.IJl!!. A falling- off came in
December with exports of $17. 2117,
077 and imports of .'MH(l.."ij:i.
lETSMliELESS
POUTI-AND. Fob. 4 The commit
tee of the Portland chamber of com
merce on Kcenic highway protection
today accepted an invitation from the
National Parks association of .S.-attli;;
to join in a utatc-wpie campaign of j
tiiucution during the week nf May
:.; in an effort to prevent forest
fires during the season of IftL'i). The
movement will hn directed to eduva
tic.n of the public in having tourists
end ampers avoiil marring scenery
by carlepsnesH. The fire prevention
work will be heralded "by the slogan
adopted by the Kealtlo association:
l.et'.-i liave a smokeless Bummer."
GERMANY STILL IN WAR GAME
81,11 " US"nS 0n "OTl r"1
C. A. K. Martens Soviet Ambassador
Informs Senate Committee That U.
S. Officials Were Aided bv Bolshe-
viki in Pronauanda to Undermine)
i
Imiierial German Government!
Raymond Robbins Named as One
of the Aids He Will Be Called.
WASHINGTON. I'V!. -1. l-'OI'I'i-ciuls
ol' I lie I "nil eil Stiitcs" cihipit
iiteil -iclivt'lv with the Hiiss!iin so
viet linvci'iiMiciit in cinnhn'f iinr in-n-Ji.anila
tlcsi-jiicil to uiuifrmiiic I ho
nniicriitl (ic rn inn L'ovrrniucnt, l.ntl
wiir A. K. Mjirtcns, ropri'M'tihiltw
ot" soviet liussia in this country, (le
dum! ttnlav liefttre tlie semile inve
I iu'-tl inr com in it tee. In response to
(HU'stioiiN by ChuiriiiMn Closes, Mar
tens name.) Kavnioinl Koitms, J'inn
erlv of tiie lied Cross organization
in liussia ami "agents of the com
mittee on public information."
At a time when a branch of the
I'nitcd States iiovrcnmeiit ilurim:
HH8 was preparini: the issuance of
aMcL'cd expiKtircn, on the basis of
whh-h it was charged, officials of'
the soviet i.'overunient were pai 1
avents of the imperial German gov
ernment, Martin-, .-aid, "mv govern
ment Wii-i actively co-operat'iej wii'.i
agents of that branch of the I'nitcd
Stales government in soeiet K'ussi t
in combatting German propaganda."
rormer Senator llardwiek of Geor
gia, eomi-cl fur Martins gave notice
that Kobins wuul.l lie called lo tc
tifv regarding the assertions of the
soviet rcprc-i'iita I ive.
In correcting hi- previous tcsl:
monv be aid it "was a m.ittcr ol
honor'" with him to refuse to di
ebe the naiiic-. of the person- con
cerned. WASHINGTON. I-Vb. -. Ijidwi-j
A. K. Mart en , renrcsentiitive in
lbi eoniitrv ol' (lie b'us.-iiin sovn-i
L'overmnent. made public tnd:i a vi.
bleurarit he bad sent to .Maxim l.it
vinot I', as -tant eonimis--iiner oi'
l'rei-'ii nt'tair-, now at CoiMMiliaL-en,
:olviint.' tbat American Wed 'ros
1'Cixinnel, rei-entlv i'ailured in Silc
ria, be ndea-sed uin'onditioiialiv.
Pending lliat jit-pon. rarten- said in
a statt-rotni he ui-bed to a-nre rcl-
ative iij' the A rifjins that llicv
would be treatcil with everv cmi-iil-erat.nn.
WASillMITON, Pel). 1. In the
last five months the total public drht
has nh.rA-n a decrease of about $!:!),
000,0(10 and the floatiim ddit almut
$73Mmio.ihiO, S.'crelary Houston an
nounced today in comparative state
ments of the putdic debt on August
31. '.l'K when the debt readied ils
peak, and on last January .!J. The
doep as'-s were due principally to sal
vage and taxes.
RECS AID f
TOE BOSCOEji
' thu 'ok'3 n "'O I'PPW
ROSEBURG CLOSED UP
TO COMBAT THE "FLU"
IvOSKIM Iiil. (),-,.., .',.,. 1.
lirastir action lo stamp mil in-
fluenza in Ibis city was taken
by Ihc cilv eounc I al ils rcui-
lar session lasl n gbl when a '
resolution was adopted closing
all .public places of assembly
for a period of (wo weeks, 'flic '
order was effective toilav ami
no dances, religious assemblies
or public funerals will be per-
milled. The sel I board also
held a meeling at Ihc same hour
passing an order closing (lie
Public sol Is in ihc cilv for a
like period.
The decision lo close the town
followed a conference of Mnvor
Hamilton and Health Officer
Dr. Shoemaker, ami oilier phvs-
icians here.
I. WIDOW
TOM USTOXi;, Ariz., Feb. -1 .A
statement by C.unty Attorney liobert
r renin, puinisncd ni a local newa-
I paper thai '- have not an I. V. V.
on my list of witnesses, nor will 1
i prosecute anyone tor d'-portiiig uno
jfrom llisliee on July 12, I'M 7," was
jthe chief lepic of conversation
court reconvened today for the trial
of Harry K. Wotjtion, hanlware mer
chant or Pisbee accuseil of complicity
in conned ii a with the depurlations.
Wooiton is one of 2 10 defendants
aicu:;ed of part icipaCug In the depor
tation of 11 Mi men from Hisbee.
Kreneli's statement In part follows:
"In a statement published lad Hat
iiirday it was staled this would be the
first lime lhat an I. V. would
j be arraigned on the prosecuting side
in the history of courts. This is dc
jcldedly wrong, since 1 positively have
not on the pi i,t cut ion's side one man
that is an I. W . Y, or affiliated with
that organization in any manner, who
will testify in Ihei-o cases. , Puriher
more. there will not be a defendant
prosecuted fur deporting an I. V.
and what is more 1 am the. man re
spuisible for breaking up the I. V.
W. organizations in Cochise county."
Prospective jurymen of a new ven-
jire of one hundred drawn late yester
day were reporting to court this mor
ning. Meantime, examination of the
previous venire continued with nine
I passed by both sides subject to per
emptory ctiaiienge.
Liberty Borrl Prices.
NTAV YOUR', --h. -I.- Prices on
Liber'v bniP .it 'J :'t i. m. todav
were; :t'..'s. ')7.1it. First 1'. !)().!)S;
.ccoiul P.. h!.l)(i. Pud 91. 1H;
.ee,lfld PiV. Sil.fi I ; third IV.V.
'-'.7H; t'.Htrlh l1,'-. H'i.KH. Yielorv
o-W. i'T.'K); ietorv. l- U7.UU. '
FORCES COT :
ENGLAND Fl
Goventiiienl of Grunt Britain Deci les to Rii lticc Paner Mottev in Circula
tion bv 2U.000.000 Pounds Dcm-eciutiun in Exchamic Leads to Vir
tual Blockade On American Cott in Pound J limits Un to $3.31 In
Afternoon Tltcn Goes Bark to 3.19 a New Low Level at Close of
Market Francs Tumble to 6 Cents Willi Italian Lira at Five Call
Loans N. Y. Stock Exchanue Go to 25 Per Cent. Mew Hinb Rate of the
Year Entire Financial Market of World Unsettled bv Unprecedented
Decline in Foreitin Exchanue.
LONDON, Feb. i ' The uovern
nietit, it is annotiiu cd liy the l-A-eiiing
Standard this nt'teruo.ui, 1ms laUen
sleps to reduce t he pa ;u i money in
circulation by L'iiiio,otHi pounds
sterling.
UVPPPOOU Feb. . Tli- depre
ciat ion of exchange has brought col
ton imports to a virtual standstill ;r
the present high prices are handicap
ping the financing of manufaeturing
concerns. There is no tin mediate
prospect of a shortage, (hero being
abi.ut. five months supply of Amer
ican cotton in Knglaud but the trade
is emphasizing the urgency of reliev
ing the exchange difficulty.
MOW YOKK, Feb. - Petnand
sterling rebounded in mid -afternoon
trading lo $:t.::i after touching $:t.!H
soon after notn. The rally was at
tributed to unofficial reports thai
(ireat Itrilain had prohibited the im
portation of eotti.n. There were sim
ilar recoveries in other exchanges and
the advances were so rapid dealers
scarcely could follow the fluctua
tions. Frann checks which were (jur.-led at
nearly It! to (he dollar, rose to I l.r0
and Italian lira which dropped to a
ratu of more than 1 1) lo (he dollar,
rose to- IS. lo.
ItVuclion Follows
Total stock sales al 2:10 p. m. had
reached I ,-Mi l ,L'oo. Demand sterling
61 THE BRIGANDS
WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 Tho mur
der cf three America!: relief workers
in Syria was reported toilay to the
stato department.
The Americans wero part of a con
voy for American relief supplies and
wore killed by brigands on February
1 near Fl .Mall, north of Aleppo. The
names of the Americans wero ju.i
given in the dispatch.
The relief expedition was under
the auspices of the American commit
tee for I he relief of the Near Fast,
(he headquarters of which are in New
lork.
Official notification of the killing
of the Americans was given by Gen
eral Gciiraud, the French high com
missioner at Heirut, to American
Vice Consul McCutcheon at. Peirut.
General Gouraud formally expressed
his regret.
NP.W YOItlC l-'eh 1 The three
members of the American relief con
voy slain by brigands near Kl Mall,
1ERLAI
TO QUI! POSHOFFICE OR GO TO JAIL
POKTI.ANI1. (ire.. Feb. I. A
special di-aleh from Washington
received bere todav oiioted Senator
Clinmbcrluin as saving lhat if Frank
S, .Mvcrs, di.-mi.s-eil bv (lie nrei-
Unt as postmaster at Portland, per
sists in opposing (he order lie "wili
be treated as anv other private citi
zen who tries to obstruct public
business and will land in iail." The
senator is quoted ns declaririir Mv-
tcrs will not find anv friends in tbe
CHANGE
Give Scott 's a trial. Ji,
Scott St Ugwuc, Wjouj6elJ, fl. 9-U
1
ui?flLhlll!ILU
dropped aiMin to 1 shortly
after : ;;u t, dock.
ii.iles i ii call money advanced this
afternoon to per cent, a new high
record for the year. t
Tin short lived rally in exchange
exercised little influence on (he stock
market, being offset by an advance in
call loans (o per cent, the high
rate (A t lie year. The closing was
weak. Sales approximated 4,Sl)0,OUO
shares.
Sterling had gone hack to $3.194
when the market closed.
NFW YORK. Fel. 1. Demand
bills on the English pound sterling,
which dropped yesterday to the low
record of ?;t.:t;i, were r.-ffored at
?;t. 1174 at the opening of the mar
ket here today.
The first definite quotations for
foreign exchange showed further so
vere depreciation. Demand sterling
was qiK.-ted af $3.20 tho Paris
checks al I I.S2 francs to tho dollar,
a decline of :ix centimes and lira at
IS. 02, a decline of liO centimes.
At the end of the first hour tho
rate on demand sterling was quoted
at $3. Hanks and dealers In for
eign commercial bills reported' fur
ther heavy offerings on London, "with,
less pressure of French and Italian
remittances. Itolh of (lie latter wero
carried down, however, by tho fur
ther crumbling of the lirttlsh rate.
In the stock market there wus a sym
pathetic break, ascribed largely to In
ability of traders to renew loans.
north of Aleppo, February 1, may
have been natives and nt.l Americana,
according to C. V. Vlckery, secretary
of the Near Fast relief committee,
who today cabled .Major James Nicol,
in charge of the relief work at Beirut
tor details.
Much of the transpcrtation of food,
clothing and other supplies, he said,
is done by natives In tho employ o
tho committee.
AI.P.ANY, X. Y.. Feb. I. A sen
sation occurred today al Cue trial of
(be live suspended socialist assem
blymen when, hist before the l.mcli
kiii recess Asscuibl vmnn Maurice
Bloeh. member of tbe assembly ju
diciary commitlee, sitting1 as a tri
bunal, moved there be struck from
the records as "obviously impossi
ble," the lesiimnnv of Mass Kllen Ii.
Cbiver. !H year old stenotiraidier.
thai she liad seen Assemblyman
Charles Solomon, a defendant, spit
on the American flair in tbe presence
of a crowd. The motion was denied
bv Louis M, farlin, committee chuir
mnn. senate to take up iiis case, sliould he
carrv out bis announced intention of
' appcalinir to tbat bodv to retain him
in bis position.
Mvcrs, upon being advised of the
senator's statement said:
"I am well aware that for the past
six vears Senator Chamberlain hu
been trying1 lo have me removed but
I do not believe the United State
senate will detiv me a fair hearine." '
Mvers claims his removal was for
politicul reasons.
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