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PUTS EllilED
Quartermasters' Storehouses and Municipal Docks Are
Burned at Newark Westinghouse Corporation Loses
Plant at Buffalo Drydocks Company's Loss Placed at
Million DollarsOfficials Are Trying to Run Down
Nation-Wide Plot to Cripple American War Preparations
TODAY'S MYSTERIOUS WAR PLANT FLUES.
Seven quartermaster's storehouses and municipal docks burned at
Newark. Submarine Boat corporation plant menaced. Conflagration fol
lowed spy rumors. Dnmago unestimated.
Westinghouse Electric company plant, Buffalo, burned. Damage,
$200,000.
Cella Mills and IT. W. SiHtth Drydock company plant, near Balti
more, destroyed. Damage nearly $1,000,000.
New York, Jan.
men were detained
26. Twenty-threo
by Becret service
agents at Port Newark today on sus-; guards at different points were .mobil
jiicion of being implicated in starting j ized to stand guard by vital plants.
a fire which swept municipal docks, ' Whether the would-be spies were
.United States quartermasters' ware- i f orewamed or not, it not known, but
bouse and menaced the Submarine Boat : . , , . ... , , . ... .
corporation plant. jat a,,-V rate the allpeed Plot dld not
Damage iu the fire was estimated at j bpar f lult on tlie date originally set.
5u0,000 this afternoon, much lower j The fact that big fires broke out to
thau had been expected. 'day almost simultaneously at Newark,
The shipbuilding plant constructing Buff ao aud BaUimore destr0ying hun
jvessels for the government, narrowly os- , , . . . , . e
caped destruction. Seveu uncompleted , dreds of thousands of dolors in proper
quartermaster's warehouses wero prac- ty, leads officials here to strongly sus-
tically wrecked.
Maior Lamphere, commanding the
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'my. patrol which was guarding the plant
nud the sudoiv station, exm-caacd the I
,t -C-. opviion htit the. blaze was started by
incendiaries. Soldiers told of having
seen men running when the alarm was,
given early today.
Six hundred barrels of oil, waiting to
be loaded on lighters, ignited and burn-. wrecked big plants working on govern
ed on the ice which covers Newark: ment contracts. The Cella Mills in
bay. But for the quick arrival of a fire ' Howard county and the H. W. Smith
tug from New York, which smashed its Drydock company's plant at Curtis
way through the flames, the "shipbuild-i Creek were destroyed, the damage reach
ing plant would probably have been ing nearly $1,000,000. Two men were ar
taken. Dynamite w as used to blow up j rested but later released. Moto arrests
buildings between the flames aud the i are expected. There was indication of
nhipyard. : incendiarism.
"1'lie sound of shots fired into the air
by soldiers to keep b.ieii the crowd gave Fire Is Suspicious.
rise to reoorts of fighting between i Buffalo, N. Y., Jan. 26. Fire of sus-
troops and enemy agents.
The Submarine Boat corporation plant
8,emed doomed until two New. York :
fireboats broke
mill cheeked tl
inite was also used.
Neither the justice department nor
tho war intelligence bureaus professed
to kuow any suspicious details surround
ing the conflagrations, but the secret
service agents are busily at work try
ing to check up on the suspected ac
tivity of spies.
It is believed likely home guards will
again be expected to mobilize at many
points that might be endangered. Ko
orders have gone out as yet, however
President Receives Letter.
Washington, Jan. 26. A mysterious
letter warning President Wilson of a
nation-wide plot to destroy docks and
war nlants is beine used in connection
with investigation of disastrous fires
which have broken out at different
nnhita todav.
The "letter in question declared the
plot was to go into effect January
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Miss Fawn I.ippiu ut went t' Mor-f-actown
whrailess d;iy o" this week
t' remain until the second meatless
lar i:i Felruary- Spjakin o' shoes,
Ji'.t'iI vnn like t' i a blncksraith an'
liave t' buv a new aprenf
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It was read and discussed at the cabinet
'meeting January 15 and later home
Ipect that there is a wide movement
ar-jafield to concentrate enemy action on
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1 America 's war plants.
Authorities Are Busy.
Baltimore, Md.. Jan. 26. State and.
federal authorities are co-operating to-
day in an investigation of the fires
that at the same time during the night
picious origin today destroyed the plant
hi, i
of the Westinghouse Electric and Man-
ufactoing company, entailing a loss of
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Six Men Killed i
wasnington, dan. 20. dix men were
-Six men were
killed and several injured in an explo-1
sion at the torpetto worts on an lstana
near Newport it. 1., toaay, accoraing to
advices to Secretary Daniels this af-
rernoon. inere were 110 busjjicioiis cir
cumstances about the explosion, it was
stated.
Fire on British Liner
An Atlantic Port, Jan. 26. Fire
broke out here early today in the hold
of a large British -liner. The fire was
confined to a forward hold where oil tofiar following a battle between Unit
was stored. Rumors of a spy plot were CJ states troops and Carranza border
circulated. patrols lasting from 11 o'clock Friday
inc Aiitr, 11. nan oaiu, " w
trol shortly after its discovery.
TETANUS GERMS FOUND
Springfield, Til., Jan. 26 Tc
tansu and anthrax germs on a
bit of German newspaper were
found in the center of a cotton
roll prepared for use in Franco
and received at lrral Red Cross
headquarters. Federal author
ities are investigating today to
ascertain the source of the roll
Eleven Deaths Reported
From Natural Causes
Washington, Jan. 26. Eleven deaths
from natural causes were cabled to
the war department today bv General
Porshing. Among them were:
Corporal Clary Osborne, McKeesport,
Arbie W. McClafJin, Arpin,
Wis.
Sereeant Wilson N- Austin, 333 Kin
near Place, Seattle, Wash.
Private George Joy, Horatio, Miss.
Private Roscoe J. Leonard, Oakland,
Cal.
Eicht more deaths six from natur
a! causes and two accidentally killed
were reported this afternoon byjscene, regardless of the danger.
General Pershing. Tbey include:
Corporal Walter H-" Buckley, Dela
no. Minn.
Privfit' George Benjamin, Chicago,
(accidental death.)
Private 8. C. H3vin. Cochise, Ariz.
Private Lawrence C. Fisher, Fond
Drastic Restriction
On American Kitchen
Washington, Jan. 26. Dras-
tic restrictions upon the Amor-
ican kitchen will be-President
Wilson's answer to a new star-
vation cry from Europe.
The food administration has
determined upon sharp curtail-
ment of this country's wheat
consumption that 100,000,000 1
bushels may be supplied tho al-
lies.
President Wilson tonight
will issue a proclamation call-
ing for greater sacrifices.
War bread containing only
75 per cent wheat flour, a
wheatless meal . daily, two
wheatless days a wock and reg-
ular meatless and porkless days
will prphably be asked. At
least a thirty per cent reduc-
tion in wheat consumption will
bo asked by the food adminis-
I tration.
Allies have been promised 30
per cent of the flour output
this year. Wholesalers, bakers
and retailers will be permitted
to purchase only part, probably
75 per cent, o,f their normul re-
quirements in white flour. This
will throw the entire country
on ta 75 per cent wheat ration.
Bran, barley and corn substi-
tutes will be urged by the food
administration.
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CHANCELLOR'S SPEECH
ANOTHER STEP TOWARD
PEACE IS POPE'S VIEW
Many Points of Agreement In
the Wilson's War Aims
Are Pointed Out ?
By John H, Heaxley
(United. press staff correspondent)
Borne, Jan. 26. The Vatican today
'counted Count Czeruin-s speech as an
I ai. A
other positive step toward peace
In official circles the many points
of agreement between the speech of
the Austro-Hungarian statesman
anit
President Wilson's fundamental peace
aims were pointed out as evidence of
the gradual building of a basic struc
ture on which peace might later be
erected.
That there should be omissions and
reservations was to be expected, .ac
cording to Vatican v officials. Their at
titude was distinctly optimistic.
The Italian press comment, howev
er, reflected the view or Italian offi
cialdom that there was no genuine or
sincere desire for peace to be found in
either Czernin's or Hertl'ng's speech
es. It was the Vatican opinion that
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circ.imstan(18 than that 0f German
h Hertline and therefore
' hould he a(1j,lf,ed the more important
iaad more significant.
American Patrol Fights
With Carranza Forces
El Paso, Texas, Jan. 26. A rigid
Tnilltorir in vpatiffnfinn ia lllnrlpr wftV
,mgnc unin eariy iuia iiivruiug.
More than 500 shots were exchanged
(during tho battle in which Private
Harry Lyon, company H, Sixty Fourth
infantry," was shot through the lip and
one Carranca soldier? killed. Several
i Carranza soldiers are reported wound-
jed.
I The fight started near the intcrna-
jtional bridge when an Americ an pa-
itrol opened lire on a band or .Mexican
ismueirlers believed to have been smug-
'gling munitions across the Kio Grande
j to J uarez.
The smugglers failed to stop when
I challenged by the American patro!.
jScveral shots fired by American troop
er3 attracted the Carranza patrol to
the scene.
Instead of assisting the Americans
to capture the smugglers, the Carran
za soldiers oTcncd fire on the United
States troops, according to reports here
The American patrol returned this
fire and for an hour spirited volley
firing continued.
The Mexican troops sought shelter
behind an irrigation ditch. The Ameri
can patrol, commanded by Captain L.
M. Logan, was strung out along the
Rio Grande in skirmish formation and
directed their fire at the flashes from
the Mexican guns.
Private Lyons was struck by a bul
let which rieeochcted from the customs
house.
The exchange of shots created the
wildest excitement in El Paso, citi-
.znns hurrvina from their homes to thj
j Du Lac, Wis.
Private Philip Murray, i'ZS K street
SaTamento-
Private Ciopas Foreman, Ridge, la.
Private Clarence E. Standstedt,
Pas - o, Wash-
PRESIDENT WILL FIGHT TO
SAVE CONVICTED BOMB
MURDERER MOONEY'S LIFE
Mediation Committee Makes
Reaort to-Effect That
Prosecution Unjust
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LETTER FROM PRESIDENT
Washington, Jan. 26. Acting
upon tho recommendation of
special commission, which in
vestigated the Thomas Mooney
trial in San Francisco, Pres- .
idont Wilson as written a let
tor to the governor of Cali
fornia urging favorable consid
eration of the Mooney case.
Until the state supreme court
acts and the governor responds
to the appeal, the president
Will tako no further steps, it
was learned officially today.
By Robert J. Bender
(United Press Staff Correspondent)
Washington, Jan. 26. Presidont Wil
son today began an open fight to save
the life of Thomas Mooney, convicted
of the San Francisco preparedness par
ade bomb crime July 22, 1916.
Tho case is one of the most dramatic
in the legal history of this country be
cause of its grave local aud interna
tional aspects. It has resulted in wide
spread strikes and disorders through
out tho west, rioting about the American
embassy in Petrograd,' threats upon the
lite of American Ambassador Francis
and disquietude throughout tke labor
world. fi f
With a formal report before him de
livered by a special investigating com
mission, headed by Secretary of Labor
Wilson, tho president today took his
first steps toward securing a retrial for
Mooney. The commission s report, bas
ed on a searching inquiry into the trial
of Mooney and the evonts leading up
-
to and, following the bomb outrage in
San Francisco, was l, 'do public today.
It plainly intimates, that Moonoy was
tho viotim of a "frame up" basec on
dubious testimony. It recommends that
the president urge upon the governor
and people of California a new trial
for Mooney if the California supreme
court refuses to grant an appeal from
Mooney 's death sentence, imposed by
the lower court and once upheld by the
state supremo court.
As announced by tho United Press
before the president 's special mediation
commission went west some weeks ago,
the president determined upon a probe
of the Mooney case for two reasons:
To reassure a large element of west
ern labor in this country; and to off
set widespread propaganda in Russia de
signed to arouse the working classes
against the United States.
Tho president's attention was tirst
called to tho Mooney conviction's vast
influence when meetings of protest
sprang up in Russia and tho western
states.
From there the protest spread to the
entire country until it had gathered mo
mentum from many sources whose oppo
sition to violence is unquestioned and
whoso devotion to our cause in the war
is unstinted.
"The liberal sentiment of' Russia and
this country was aroused," the com-i or tno case, mooney, ui uiu unit ,u
mission report says, "because the cir- his arrest, was a well known labor radi
cumstances of Mooney 's prosecution, in cal on tho coast. He associated with
the light of his history, led to the be- ;
lief that the terrible and sacred instru-l (Continued on pago eight)
FRENCH PREMIER WILL
ANSWER GERMANY ON
BEHALF OF ALLIED NATIONS
By Lowell Mellett,
(United Press Stpff Correspondent.)
London. Jan. 26. Premier Clemen
ceau 3f France will likely be the al
lied spokesman responding to the . out
lines of Germany's and Austria-Hungary's
war aims.
More than tbat, he will probably
voice fo the world a joint re-statement
of allied war aims the very thing for
which President Wilson has been con
tending since Pope Benedict's peace
proffer.
From authoritative sources today it
was learned this framing of a joint al
lied list of war aims will be the prin
cipal problem before the forthcoming
allied conference in Paris.
Colonel House, as exclusive United
Press dispatches stated at the time of
his visit to London and attendance at
the inter-allied council, brought to
Europe President Wilson's urgent plea
for a joint war aims pledge. The mat
ter was discussed at Paris meetings
of allied statesmen. There were sev
eral conflicting opinions as to certain
planks in that war platform.
Since the Paris meetings these points:
of difference havcbeen cleared away,
The recent visit to -Paris of Premier
Orlando of Italv has resulted, it was
understand here today, in Italy's align-'bine's joint war aspirations and termi
ment with the ultra-program endorsed, for peace which Germany must accept.
ment s of criminal justice Wero con
sciously or unconsciously made use of
against labor by its enemies in an Indus
trial conflict."
A just disposition of the Mooney case,
the commission believes, is vital because
it's affects "influences far beyond the
confines of California and California
can be counted on to Bee the wider im
plications of the case.
"War is fought with moral, as well as
material resources," said the report.
"We are in this war to vindicate the
moral claims of unstained processes of
law. These claims must be tempered by
the fire of our own devotion to thcin
at home."
Apparently expecting the California
sumcme. court "confined as it is by jur
isdictional limitations", to sustain the
conviction of Mooney, the commission
urges the president to prepare to seek
cooperation of "tho California govern
ment and its prosecuting officers that
a new trial of Mooney may be "put to
tho tost of unquestionable justice."
This result can bo accomplished, the
commission advises, Dy postponing
Mooney 's sentence of execution to await
the outcome of a new trial based upon
prosecution under ono of the tried in
dictments against him.
This is the course President Wilson
will pursue.
commission's Keport.
Tho report of tho mediation commis
sion was submitted to the president to
day. It follows:
"To the president:
"Agreeable to your instructions, your
mediation commission, informally aud
without publicity, inquired into tho cir
cumstances attending the Mooney case
and herewith begs to report the result
of its investigation.
"Ono On July 22, 1916, while the
San Francisco preparcancss parade was
in its early progress, an explosion oc
curred on one of the city's side streets
filled with paraders and the public.
Without question ,the explosion was
murder designed on a large scale, and
its purpose was effocutuated. Six people
were killed outright and about 40
wounded, of whom three or four sub
sequently died. Indisputably a most
heinous crime had been committed and
the identification of its perpetrators
alone had to be established.
"Two The community was deeply
stirred. Aggresive activity was at once
undertaken by the police department
and the press was filled with clues aud
theories for solution of the tragic mys
tery. No premonitory acts furnished a
cluo, except that a number of letters
wore mailed, prior to tho parade, to
nrniiiinnnh
citizens and leaders in tno
parade, threatening destruction if tho j Morris, 14 98-100 per cent, or $2,247.
parade was undertaken. These letters ,45; Swift, 35 3-4 per cent, or $5,302.-
paradi
undoubtedly had a common source. They
all avowed pacifist purposes, threats
against such manifestations of 'militar
ism' as a preparedness parade was con
ceived by them to be. The public auth
orities, however, did not deem the let
ters significant and identity of their
writers never has been established.
"Three Tho police and district at
torney turned for an explanation to a
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different quarter. Arrests were , mado of
Thomas J. Mooncv and his wife, Rena
Mooney, Warren K. Billings, Israel
Weinberg and Edward Nolan.
r our j-iie-HnnruruiJiiio ui turno no
persons, particularly of Thomas J. Moon-
ey, have occasioned the war importance
by Premier Lloyd-Gcorgo and President
Wilson
Italy, it was authoritatively reported
is now willing to abandon her claim
for Dalmatia.
Alsace-Lorraine will be the big prob
lem which the forthcoming conference
must settle.
France is the only one of the big
powers in th allied camp which has
not recently formally pledged explicit
acceptance to the liberal democratic
program. ,
France's complete adherence to such
a program lias been expressed in votes
in the chamber of deputies, but Prem
ier Ciemenceau himself has been the
one allied premier not to speak. In
some quarters here today it was hinted
that ( lemenceau's silence had been do
signed; that the allies have foreseen
the necessity of having great bwder's
speech in reserve to unswer German
statements. j
Certainly, a speech from Clemenceau
the" tiger" would be of extra
ordinary timeliness at the present
moment. It would serve as the vehicle
through which to announce complete
and unchanged allied solidarity iu the
.face of the artful attempts of Hertling
. and Czernin to create division and
would serve also to record this corn-
FRANCIS IIENEY
CHARGES PACKERS
WITH CONSPIRACY
Prosecutor Introduces Many
Incnminatmg Letters
Showing Activity
POLITICS PLAYED TO
DEFEAT INVESTIGATION
Senator Wadsworth and E.
Dana Durand Involved In
Heney's Expose
Washington, Jan. 26. Subtle efforts
of tho "packers trust" to smash the
proposed investigation into their bus
iness, oar, failing in this, to control the
probe itself, were revealed in corres
pondence laid before the federal trade
commission by Chief Investigator
Heney today.
Tho machinations of the packers ex
tended, according to tho evidence,
from propaganda flooding congress, to
attempts at placing tneir own council
as chief investigutor of the federal
trado commission.
Legislators failing to respond to
their call were slated by packers for
revenge," lieuoy said
Private records from the officn of
Swift and company, disclosed an auree
ment of the big five to distribute tho
costs of the fight against the Borland
resolution, which later evidence show
ed cost tho trust $15,000.
Evidence was introduced showing
me packers had sought to worm into
tho foderal trade commission itself by
v . ' mjj ,1 ttu
Sa 8 City, as special investigator the
'post now held by Cheney.
Boyle was shown to have written
Representative Borland regarding his
candidacy for the post. Boyle was not
known to bo connected with the pack
ers at this time, Heney said.
In a letter Boylo said ho "hoped
the packers would not think he had
blundored in writing."
Honey presented figures which he
said proved conclusively the existenco
of a combine among the packers.
The expense of the Borland, fight,
Heney charged, was divided as follows
Armour, 29 26-100 per cent, or $1,-
398.90; Cudahy, 10 per cent, or 1500j
65, and Wilson 10 per cent, or $1500.
One of tho packers had decided not
to join in the attack, Heney shewed.
Ho said the basis of distribution Of
costs was worked out by Armour,
Swift and Wilson.
Heney told the committee he was
not yet ready to explain how the pack
ers "slush fund" was expended. In
response to an inquiry, he reiterated
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packers worked.
Edwin Hurley, now chairman of the
shipping board, formerly chairman of
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mmission
lmna(,i,,i : ti1B fil,f tn kill thn nrn-
iT)0se,i investigation, llenev rend the
following letter, duted Chicago. July
17, 3916, to Louis F. Swift aud signed
by Henry Vceder, general attorney for
tho fivo big packers:
"I was in Washington July 13 hn,l
H. While there 1 cnllcd upon Senator
Wadsworth, Representative Mann aud
Chairman Hurley of the federal trade
commission. I learned that the Bor
land resolution will nnt be taken up
for consideration by the house of rep
resentatives at this session of con
gress. I "I was also informed that if tho
fcdoral trade commission be instructed
to make an investigation under this
resolution they would make such in-
."vestigation as though it originated
wiiii mo coiimusHioii ; inur. is. mui. nu
with the commission; that is, that ths
investigation would be made by tho
federal trade commission's own exam
iners and employes without publicity negotiations at Brest LatovsK, m view
and directly with the firm or industry' of tho critical results of those confer
concerned and there will be during ences, the distintegration of the army
this investigation public hearings at
which attorneys may participate, or at
which attorneys may cross examino
witnesses."
Tho letter continued in a hopeful
tone, asserting Borland 's popularity
was waning.
A letter from Arthur Meeker, vice
president of Armour and company, to
F. E. White, Armour's confidential
man, was introduced. The letter, dated
Washington, July 7, 1916, follows; in
pert:
"We all agree it is necessary to
flood the judiciary committee with
communications from all over the
country and especially from the dis
tricts where its members come from,
protesting against the passage of the
Borland resolution, on tho ground tbat
livestock is selling at very satisfactory
prices and that any investigation win
only disturb present satisfactory con
ditions" It suggested then in tho letter that
a meeting of the five big packers be
called at once and some plan worked
out to defeat action by the judiciary
committee. '
"We presume," the letter continued
"that banks, commission men, feed-
'Continued on page three)
PEACE PROSPECTS
ARE NO BRIGHTER
IS
United States and Allies Must
Answer Count Hertlisg
With Bayonet
OPINION OF STATEMENT
ALMOST UNANIMOUS
Admit, However, That Central
.Empires Answers Have
More Conciliatory Tone
By Carl D. Groat
(United Press Staff Correspondent)
Washington, Jan, 80. Tho United
States and her allies must answer Count
Hcrtling with bayonet and bomb, ae- -cording
to the view of most diplomats
and army men today.
While seeing in the peace terms re- -ply
of Hertling and Czernin'a more eon- :
ciliatory spirit liem anything hereto-
fore manifested by the Teutons, the
general thought here was that Hurling
masked thinly the militarist views of ,
Germany. Czernin, on the other hand, '
showed symptoms of nervousness over
the internal problem'and appeared more
sincerely desirous of jpoace than hia
colleague.
But on the whole, authorities felt that
stronger war preparations must be the
answer for the time being. More allied
aud American forces on the west front,
they contended, will tho faster put more
conciliation in the German tone.
Army men in close touch with tha
internal and military problem of Ger
many and Austria have felt for a long
while that the way is being paved for
real peace negotiatltins. They still feel
the same, saying every statement, with
a'ny irt cfcConccsgion is a step near
er peac. v" " ' V'4 1 '
But ther share with Serbian Commis
sioner Vesnitch his thought, expressed tot
the United Press todays "The answer,
if any is necessary, shall consist in re
inforcements to tho allied fronts and
co-ordinating all our efforts for definite
victory; all talk about peace now goes
exclusively in favor of the enemy."
This will certainly be our answer.
(Continued on page three)
ALL NATIONAL DEBTS
THROUGH CONGRESS
Lenine - Trotsky Government
Has, However, Net Yet Ap
proved This Decision
By Joseph Shaplen,
(United Press Staff Correspondent.)
Petrograd, Jan. 26. Via London
(Delayed). The all Russnrt congress .
of Soviets,-called into being by the
BoHieviki as the law-giving body of .
Russia, todav announced its approval
of a repudiation of all of Russia's
debts. The decision, however has not
yet been officially Accepted by tho
Lenine-Trotsky government.
The Bolsheviki steam roller is su
preme in the soveit gathering. At to
day's second session there was never
sny doubt as to the overwhelming;
Bolshcviki strength. There was a lone
lv irrotin of about 75 opponents whoss
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activity was in aemanmng vuu
. llllineuiHio tuiiBtvti.isui.i. i"
and internal troubles. The group waa
regularly voted down.
One proposition fostered by the min
ority was tho immediate declaration
of a holy revolutionary war against the
central empires. The Bolsheviki de
clined to accept such a suggestion and
held the convention to tho Blated order
of business.
Nicholai Lenine, in ft lengthy speech,
reviewed the Bolsheviki administration
and predicted the defeat of General
Knledincs and Ukrninianrada's revolt
He said both moves were doomed tot
die out as the result of a revolutionary
movement from within tho- Ukraninian
and the Don.
Delegate Sverdloff re-read the so
called "rights of man" resolution,
which was injected by the constituent
assembly's anti-Bolsheviki majority.
The Bolsheviki delegates greeted it
with uproarious applause, particularly
its proclamation of a Russian republic.
It was noticeable tbat Lenine spoke
firmly as a complete victor over thu
mensheviki, but he took pains to ridi
cule the minority's cry that he was
dictator.
Announcement was made today that
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