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uStrip the Spoiler" Plea by Davis Wins Brttoiis" Applause £unl>a>sa<lor's Speeeh at the Fil£rims, Dinner Termed "Worthy of Comparison With His Predecessors' . ^. By F. A. Wray Neui York Tribune ii d c ii BurcaH (Copyr n it. 1919, Xwi York Tribune Ii LONDON, Jan. 11. TJie speeeh of .Tohn \V. Davis, America's new Ambas¬ sador to Great Britain, in replying to the welcome extended to him by tho British branch of the Pilgrims made a favorable impresaion herc. This was espeeiaily truo of the ambassador's rc- tnarks on tho Allied peace terms to be imposod on Germany and the league of bations. Earl Curzon characterized Mr. Davis's reply as worthy of comparison iritb those of any of his predocessors. Ambassador Davis said that "we moan to strive for exact, complete and eve^nly balanced justice, which will not be thwartod by sontimentality or passion and will not shrink from demanding that tho spoiler retura evi rythingtnken from thi rightful owner." Tho state- taent brought a s'orm of applause. Earl Curzon emphasized tho im- bortance of a league of English-speak- in? nations, to which the "world will have to look in the future .".s guardtan and trustee of tho Hfe and liberties of tho pcoples of the now nationalities riow arising," even thouirh the league of nations fail short of its goal. Earl Curzoi' extended on behalf of the For- eign Office kindliest greetings to the new' American Ambassador. Tho welcome to Mr. Davis took place Bt a lunchoon given by the' Pilgrims, v/bo. aecording to custom, are the first to entertain now American ambassa- dor?. England and L. S. Have Same Ideals, J. W. Davis Declares LONDON, Jan. 11.. In commeriting trpon the appearance of Mr. Davis at tbe luncheon, "Tho Daily Telegraph" Bays: "Mr. Davis laid, in aecordance with prcccdonts, the foundations of a great Eersonal success. Tiie American Am- assador, whoever he may be at the momcr.t. i« always one of tho best spoakors in England, and Mr. Davis is clearly no oxcoption to the mle. It is no light honor to be told that Groat Britain bore some nart; in inspiring tho United States to the colossal ef- fort which placed that nation in eigh- tcen months arnong th» decisive fac- tors in the war 1'ought on Europcan Boil. "Those ",000,000 men repregpnt a triumph over the impossible that. will stand in history. We believe it will rank higher than any other recorded feat of its kind. "Whatever may como during Mr. Pavis*s sojourn 'nero as ambassador the I'nited States will assuredly wit- ness such a development of amity be¬ tween the two peoples, bound by the new comradeship in arms, 33 will go heyond the expectations of even tne rlrmest believcr in Anglo American friendship." "The Times," in commenting on the Bew ambassador's speeeh, says that his tribute to the Rritish war effort is "prized beyond words." "We share Mr. Davis's hope and con- ftdonco in the future," it says. "Mr. Davis insists that the justice we de- mand be undivided by sentimentality or passion and that it be stcrn, look- ing to a long future as well as the past ard present. That was the poliey of our most able atatesmen at the close of cur last great struggle for the liberties of the world. and toward the fulfil- jnent of this poliey to-day it will bo onr joy and pride to walk hand in hand with the people of America." food Board Takes Up Rumania's Appeajrat Its First Meeting PARIS, Jan. 11 i'By The Associated Fress)..At the first sting of the International Food Co, nission here to-day will be considered a pressing ap- peal for food from the Allied ministers in Rumar.ia. The commission having absolute control of all food relief, the ministers have turned to it to avert ¦what they say will be a most disas- trou=- situation if Rumania is not fed. On January 2 the ministers sent the following teiegram from Jassy: "Situation becomes more and more ftUrming. [f the Allies do not bettor the leaat possiblc delay and, in the mean time, do not immediatelv an- nounce that all measures are in process cution, trouble yet more serious than th p of last week will occur. anding the satisfaction Riven to national sentiment, the people, who are dying of hunger, east back wpon the Aliies, from whom they await irnmediatc relief, the responsibility for their cxtreme misery. Rumania. after having beeh entirely devastated by the Cermans and Russians, is the only one of the Allied countries finding itself for fifteen months in total isolation. It could not, like Belgium, be regularly Ttvictualled durin:: the occupation. We insjst in the mo.st pressing manner, in the name of humanity, as well as for ©OT political and economic interests in this country, that with no avoidable delay an amount in advance of the ra- tions to be apportioned to Rumania be sent her. "We call attention to the absolute pectssity for not continuing the delay that has deferred during the last vear the effective opening of credits, which «?aa1 earnestly demanded in August, ac- corded immediately in principle, but not realized up until the end of De- cember. It goes without saying that it \r. not now a quention of opening cred¬ its, but of immediately scruling food nupphes. payment for which will be arranged for after receipt." I French Reject British Proposal For Truce With Russian Bolsheviki ( outlailPtl from luiltf 1 tion. they would be permitted to send delegatea to the peace conference. France Opposes Plan "While rendering full honiage to the generous spirit of universal rcc- onciiiation with which the British trovernment was insplred in making this proposition, tho French govern¬ ment is unnble to give Its approval to such a suggcstion, which i'ails to take into account the principles which have not ccased to dominate its poliey and that of the powers in Kussia. "The criminal regime of the Bol¬ sheviki, which docs not rcpresent in any degree that of a democratic government or furnish any possi- bility whatever of doveloping into a government, since it is supported solely by the lowest passions ot' anarchicial oppiession, in negation of all the principles of pubiic and pri- vato right, cannot claim to he reeog- nized as a regular government. "If tiie Allies were woak or im- prudent enough to act thus they would give tho lie, in the first place, to the principles of justice and right which constitute their force and honor and would give to the Bolshevik propagandu in the outside world a power and extension to which they would run the risk of being the first victims. Tho French government, so far as it is concerned, will make no contract with crim-r. Would Disctedit Own Poliey "By agroeing to recognize the Bol¬ shevik government we should give the lie to the poliey -which the Al¬ lies have not ceasod to sustain in agreement.of furnishing at all ac- cessibie points of Kussia all the aid and succor possible to give to the healthy.honcst, faltliful elements of Russia in order to help them escape from the bloody and disorderly tyranny of tho Bolsheviki and to re- constitute a regitlar government by '. 'hemselves. "It may be addea that aside from the Bolsheviki the Allies can per- lectly well admit the different Rus- sian nationalities to present their claims. As regards the dangors with which the menace of the Red armies threaten them. we should not cease to supply arms and money and even mihtary support compatible with our aims. I "^lethod nnd patience combined. together with the impossibility that any regime can last without a regu- lar organization :"or maintaining pro- yisioning, transport, order, credit, it will in tho end overcome Rus- sian internal anarchy. It may be prolonged for a certaih time. but it can in no case possibly triumph defimtely, and we shall continue resolutely to reftise it any recogni- tion and to treat it as an enemy (Signed) "S. PIGHON." Text Said to Be Anthentic The Socialist newspaper "Humanite" wa_s the only moming paper that prmted J-oroign Minister Pichon's reply to Great Bntain regarding the latter's proposals concerning tho Russian Bol¬ sheviki, and apparontiy was the only paper having access to a copy of tho document. "Humanite" printed the text of the reply correctly, with the excep- Uon that it had it duled Dccember 5 instead of January 5. The "Temps" this afternoon says edi- tonally: "if there has been a con- lusion of dates it is perhaps because this exenange of notes was part of cor- respondence hcld through a long period Which will be very intoresting to road when the Allied government^ judge opportune a time to place the whole matter undertfie eyes of the public. "If,the indiscretion of humanity was reprehensible and we like to believe that the conference of the Allied gov- ernments will arrange so that the pub- lication of diplomatic documents shall not rccur in such fashion.we cannot regrct greatly that M. Pichon's re- sponse has seen the light of day. "After the stories of atrocities whach Scayenius (Harold Scavenius, Danish Minister to Russia') has reported from Kussia, after the intervention of Mus- covite Bolsheviki in German riots and the speeeh of Karl Radek (Bolsh-vik agitator. who has been in Berlin for some time). promising to bring war along the Rhine, we are pleased at the vigor v/ith which the Foreign Minister refuses to treat with Bolshevism as a regular government." 1'ichon Meets Allied Envoys M. Piehpn called upon the chiefs of lhe British, American and Italian dele¬ gations now in Paris at their respec- tive headquarters yesterday. Later he had a conference with Egaz Moniz, the Portuguese Foreign Minister, who is in Paris. The American delegates to the peace conference disclaimed to-dav any knowledge of any such proposition trom Great Britain regarding Russia as that to which Foreign Minister Pichon replied. They stato that there has been no change in the American position regarding Russia, which con- templates only the maintenance of pro- tective measures, with no aggressive action. They admit, howevcr, tho pos- sibility of exehanges eonfined to Eng¬ land and France. The Bolshevik government in Russia is the enemy of France and the En- tente Allies, declares J. J. B. E. Nou- lens, the French Ambassador to Rus- sia who has arrived in France from Archangel. In an interview on board the Russian stoamship Yarosiav dur- ing the tnp from Russia the ambassa- dor said to a French press correspond- ent: "I intend to continue with renewed yigor the defence of French inteVests in Russia. which is the task intrusted to me. The Bolshevik government has takon a position as an enemy of France and the Entente. Germans Hcld Rcsponsible "The German government is respon- sible for the defection of Russia. Tho pro.tests that Germany is still making against the jus» conditions of the ar- mistice are proof of its irreducible hostility to us. No pacific arrange- ment nor a society of nations can be reconcilcd with a government whose Fstablished 1894 STAKE & ELDREDGE 9 Ea*t 45th Street Annual Clearance Sale Our Entirc Stock of FURS NOTED FOR QUALITY AT 20y0 Bona Fid* Reduction entire poliey is ditected to unchaining international internal war among the classes." The ambassador said that all neutral countrics, as well as the Ententn powers, had withdrawn their official representatives from Soviet Russia. M. Noulens spoke of the criminal acts of tho Bolsheviki, not only toward Rus- sians, but against Allied citizens. ARCHANGEL, Jan. 11 (By The As- sociated Press)..Nicholas Trchaikow- sky, President of the Provisional Gov¬ ernment of North Russia, will leave Archangol next week for Paris. He goes on the invitation of Prince Lvoff, the former Russian Premier, now in Paris, to present the viawpoint of tho northcrn regions of Russia regarding Russian problems to the participants in the peace conference. While in Paris M. Tschaikowsky hopes to con- fer with President Wilson. V. S. Not Approached By Britain in Plan To Frame Truce WASHINGTON, Jan. 11..Great Brit¬ ain, it was stated authoritatively to- day, has never suggested to the United States proposals'for a truce in Russia and consequent admission of delegates of the Russian Soviet governmnent to the peace conference, as stated to-day by Stephen Pichon, French Foreign Minister. Offtcials recalled that Great Britain was the first nation to declare war against tho Bolshevik regime in Rus- sia. France soon followed with a sim- ilar declaration. Secretary Lansing, in a formal note to the allied belligerents and to neutrals, aaked that the Bol- sheviki be regarded as enemies of all governments. Later it was stated that replies receivod by the State Depart- ment indicated that the civilized na- tiong of the world were arrayed defi- nitely against the Bolsheviki. The United States repeatedly has made it plain that it would aid in the rehabilitation of Russia and the resto- ration of a government of law and or¬ der in that country, as far as compati- ble with its poliey of non-interference. It has furnished substantial aid to the governments at Omsk, Archangel and in the Don Gossack region. Arms, mu- nitions. food, clothing and medical stores have been furnished when the governments to which they were sent proved their good intentions and their desire for a rostoratiow of law and order. In ^vevy case it was made plain to the people of Russia, however, that the United States was friendly, but that they themselves had to throw off the yoke of Bolshevism. Peace Body To Organize To-morrow Contlnued from page 1 chairnian from the country ontertain- ing an international gatherinj. Aside from the meetings of the su- preme council and the inter-Allied con¬ ference, interest centres is the inter- Allied Rolief ConmiiUee, which held its first meeting to-day after the ar¬ rival of the Earl of Reading, reprcsent- ing Great Britain. This is the organi- zation of which Herbert C. Hoover is director genera), and to-dav's mo-ting was to secure the coopcra'tion of all the.Allies in the extensive reliefplans. Vance McCormick and Bernard M. Baruch arrived to-day and are bring- ing the results of their experience as the heads of the United States War Trade Board and War Industries Board to the various activitiea of the Ameri¬ can delegation. Plan of Procedure The nlan of procedure for the begin- ning of the peace conference proceed- mgs, so far as can be ascertained, is as follows: At tho last meeting of the Supreme War Council Sundav, the first business will be the question of the renewal of the armistice, for which the German delegates have boen summoned to come to Treves on January 3 4. The Germans have not fuifilled several of the armis¬ tice conditions, notablv those con- cerning the delivery of railroad stocks. tonsequently, Marshal Foch has noti- hed Mathias Krzberger, of the German delegation. that he would not renew the armistice automatically. The committee will next pass upon the introductory memorandum drawn up in view of the gathering of the peace conferrees. In this memoran- dum, which will bc submitted to the Allied delegations, the members of the conference sot forth the object of their work and the order of it. The subject' of the league of nations and of Presi- dent Wilson's fourtccn points figure in the very beginning of the document. Corps of Etipcrts Will Serve as Advisers to LJ. S. Peace Commission PARJS, Jan. 11..Tho organization of the American Peace Commission began in Octobcr, when Colonel E. M. House arrived in France with Admiral W. S. Benson and Joseph C. Grew, chief of the Division of Western Europcan AT- fairs of the State Department. The necessary personnel was select- ed, and when the commissioners ar- rived in Paris everythirig was in work- ing order. The activities of the staff of the American commission are divid- ed into four general groups, as fol- lows: Secretariat, technical advisers,. intelligenco section and executive of- fices. The secretariat is composed of offi- cials of tho United States State De¬ partment, their assistants and their staffs. The assistanl sccretaries are P. II. Patchin, assistant to tho coun- scllor of the State Department, and Le- land Harrison, first secretary of the embassy. Sydney Y. Smith, chief of the diplomatic bureau of the State De¬ partment, is drafting officer for tho commission, and William McNeir, chief of tho Bureau of Accounts of the State Department, is disbursing officer for' the commission. To the secretariat falls the work of preparing diplomatic corrcspondence, coding and decoding messages, indexing and iiiing*. and tra/islafing. Under it is a communica- tions bureau made up of a personnel from the Navy Department under di- rection of Commander R, Tngorsol!. Demobilization and Food Problems Are Stttdied hy Wilson PARIS, Jnn. 11..Problems of great: importance have been occupying Presi- dent Wilson during the time he has waited for the opening of conversa- tions with the Premiers of the Allied nations. He has been devoting him- self to close study of the food situa¬ tion, the actite questlon of demobiliza- tion and the extent to which hc will support the claims it is expected Italy will make at the peace congress. American participation in Aliled inter- vention in Russia and Poland or other countries and the Bolshevist movement are problems also considered, but they are not looked upon as paramount at' this time. It is understood that Mr. Wilson has informed Premior Orlando of Italy as to his attittide relativo to Italian as- pirations east of the Adriatic. It may be said that the President's decision as to this question can bo described as only a portial indorsoment of Italy's claims. He is not, expected to r.p- prove Italian domination of tho Adri¬ atic, but he will probably support Italy's demand that her eastern coast be made safe from military threats. Jugo-Slav claims have also received earnest consideration, Studies Food Problem There is a collateral issue in con- nection with the food situation which vitally concerns the cconomic situation in the United .States and which has not been as yet fully worked out. Large contracts for food supplies in the United States were cancelled very recently by France and Great Britain. France, after coming to an under- standing of tho fact that American farmers had been spurred to food production by the promise that their crops would surely be marketed at good prices, was willing to renew some of these contracts, but negotiations with Great Britain have not so far been successful. A favorable outcome is hoped for, however, but if the Brit- ish contracts cannot be continued, it is plain to experts hero that some other market must bo found for the immenso quantities of foodstuffs produced in the United States in response to con- tinued uppcais that the Allies must be I'ed. It is pointed out that American con- sumers have borne the burden of high prices partially for tho reason that those prices are necessary to stiimi- late production. Exports to neutral countries may open a way for relieving the situation. To that end, negotia- tions are under way for a partial re- laxation of tho blorkade. The demobilirntion problem is prob- ably the most acute of all. It is so delicate that it is not openly discussed, but recent incidents in England, caused by the unwillingness of British sol- diers to return to tho Continent, are regarded hore by Americans and others as an indication of what might be cause for grave apprehension. Soriie military men feel, it is understood, yiat the withdrawal of American troops from France might bring a de- mand from French soldiers to be rc- turned to their peacetimo emplovments. President Wilson is studying this con- dition, the importance of which is not to be undorestimatod. Q*MALL enough to grace the drawing W room, yet of such marvelous tone- volume and richness that it satisfies the nnjst critical, the Knabe Mignon Grand is the wise choice of the discerning musician. In Mahogany $1,025.Rosewood $950 The Cekbrated Rctines Bros., Arrnstrong and Franklin Pianos jrom $850 up, Convenumt Terms of Payment Arran^od TParerooaw-Jiflii /Wtme <rt1hfrty-nmrti Sfreet Settle Principles For Peace League At Once, Says Bryce With Outlinc Approved by Peace Congress, Details Can Be Arranged by Rep- resentatives of Powers LONDON, Jan. 11..The main object of a league of nations, which the peace congres3 should create, is to prevent future wats, possibly through arbitra- tion and conciliation, Viscount Bryce, former British. Ambassador to the United States, declared to-day. While the congress may not bo able to fix all details, it should settle upon prin¬ ciples and appoint committees to ar- range the details. In a statement to The Associated Press Lord Bryce said: ' "The ereation of some combiuation or league of nations, disinterested in their aims, trusting one another and strong enough to enforce their joint[ will, is a fundamental necessity in or¬ der to carry out the settlement of Eu- rope and the East, which is the task of the con*rence, and to determine the future of the German colonics. "The main object of this league, be- sides jwoviding for the welfare of the regions liberated from Turkish tyr- anny, and safeguarding the new free states which are to arise. will be to prevent the outbreak of future wars. To do this some method of settling disputes other than war must he pro- Vided, and that, we are all agreed, must be found in the methoda of arbitration nnd conciliation. These methocls must be studied and organizations for un- dertaking them must be providod. "It may be impossible, for wa'nt of time, to settle at the conference the de¬ tails of these methods and the struc- ture of these organizations, but it is ossential that a beginning should be made and solid foundations laid before the conference separates. "There is an increased volumn of feol- mg 111 Great Britain supporting thia idea and wo trust that tho American people, eminently peace-loving, is over- whelmingly of tho some opinlon, and that both the British and American delegations will have tho weight of! their two countries behind him." President Not To Re Lenient With Germany Continurd from page 1 which in turn would affect the peace conference. There is no doubt that the commis- sion will keep within Mr. Taft's words, as quoted here from his pamphlet, namely: "The creation of a league of nations does not mean completc disarmament. nor ineffective national defence, nor the abanclonment of national rights nor the Monroe Doctrine, nor free trade, nor letting Germany o.T easily." President Wilson knows that he can¬ not surrender America's defences anrl does not intend to.,, He also sces that he cannot let Germany off lightly, and will make no effort to do so. He told American commissioners, after his return from London, that he and Pre- mier Lloyd George were complctely agreed in principle, and Lloyd George, it will be remembered, promised Great Britain, while eiectioneering recently, to penalize Germany all she can stand. The President must agree to many of the idoas of the Allied governments alse, because he cannot offer the Allies more than a substantial entente with America and because of American con- stitutional limitations. Mr. Wilson's idoas have develcped considerably since his arrival in Eu- r'opo, and while he still adheres relent- leealy to the principle of no annexa- tions of unwilling European peoples, he seeme will ing otherwise to agree to many of the ideas of tho Allies, Both he and Secretary Lanslng have ¦aid that they intend to reach an agreement with tho Allles, and are suru they will bo nblo to do «o. Tho Amerieans uro now ready to en- ter tho intor-Allied conference, which is now delayed by tha non-arrival of Chauffeurs' Fur Lined Coats, Speeial at $115 Made with the warmth, comfort and convenience of Winter Driving in mind, and of course for serviee and de- pendability. A fine dark grey kersey. warmly lined with Northern Muskrat, in a smart form- tracing model, with flarirrg skirt. exact- ly as illustrated, specially priced now at $115. CUAl FFEURS' OVTFITS Consi. .'..¦ Overcoat, Suit and cap to match. S'jfrfi ial at t7S BROADWAY AT 49th STREET Lloyd George. The commissir- ers now expect that the conference will begin within a week. Mr. Wilson sees the commissioncrs daily, generally in the afternoon, taking the morning to him- self. Premler Clemenceau of France will be chairnian of the conference, Mr. Wilson desirlng recognition only as head of tho American delegation. Allied Socialists Plan to Meet in lirussels Soon BRUSSKLS, Jan. 11. Socialists frcm Allied countries will bc called to m?t\ at Brussels in the near future, no <ird itig to an announc.e-mcnt madc l Belgian Labor party. Among "'h»v work to be done will be the rri stab lishment of the Socialist mter;.;. eongress. 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It also includes 108 Men's Fur-lined Coats.not the old conventional styles, but presenting in model and outer fabric the latest thought of the ex- clusive tailors. Taken as a whole the H. Jaeckel & Sons' collection of furs is America's representatiye stock.the models being the result of the collaboration of our own designers and the best in Europe; and the furs themselves being se- lected with a care which has always made them the standards of qualit\\ To secure them at these Removal Sale prices is the chance of a lifetime The values will be memorable to those who take this opportunity to make the acquaintance of the house. No Approvals Nothing C. O. D. No Returns or Exchanges 1NC Established 1863 16-20 West Thirty-second Street Our Only Addrcss.Eight Doors West of Fifth Av enue
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