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VOL. XXII. NO. 50.
CJIRTERSVILLE TOPS
LIST OF OPPONENTS
TO PRJNMRV BULE
John T, Norris Predicts Split
in Party if Subcommittee
Persists in Barring Her
bert Hoover
ST SOOBSS WIMTBH
(Th« Journ*l’» Staff Correspondent)
CARTERSVILLE, Ga„ March 15.
—Of all the places in Georgia vis
ited by The Journal correspondent,
where the action of the subcommit
tee in shutting Hoovtr out of the
primary is condemned, Cartersville
heads the list.
Going out in the business districts
and taking the citizens as they
came, talking politics with them and
asking their views on the subcom
mittee's action, it was reminiscent
of the practical unanimity of senti
ment encountered last week in
Athens, where one of the strongest
Hoover sentiments in the state is
rampant against the high-handed
proposition that Democrats are not
capable of exercising a sound politi
cal judgment in their own primary.
One of the first men interviewed
by The Journal correspondent was
John T. Norris, a prominent lawyer
and insurance man, and president
of the Joe Brown club in this county
in the well-remembered days of a
former campaign. Mr. Norris gave
• his views right off the bat. He was
in a hurty and did not have long to
talk, but he gave the correspondent
a large earful in a very few minutes.
"If the subcommittee persists in
this attitude," said he, "it is liable
to split the Democratic party in
Georgia and send the state Republi
can in the next election. It will
force many good Democrats to stay
away from the polls and not vote in
the preferential primary, and to
that extent will make a farce of the
whole procedure. I have just read
Judge Cobb's interview in The Jour
nal last week and read it again. I
r had received a letter from him ex
pressing similar views, and his in
terview went into the subject more
exhaustively than did his letter. His
argument cannot be answered. It
seems to be plain by this time that
the subcommittee is not going to
rescind its action unless forced to do
so by a vote of the whole state ex
ecutive committee, the committee
will make a serious mistake if it re
fuses zto have a meeting to consider
the matter fairly and squarely on
its merit. The referendum sent out
by chairman Flynt was not a ref
erendum, but an argument. I am
for Hoover because I think he can
win for the Democrats in the next
presidential election, and that is a
great deal more than I can say for
Palmer or SlcAdoo. Neither of them
Las a ghost of a show to win.”
Other Tie well
Judge John Henry Wikle, a promi
nent lawyer of long and distinguished
standing a| the local bar, had this
to say: 1
"I think the name of Hoover should
by all means go on the ballot. 1 am
willing to risk the Democrats of,
Georgia to expressman untrammelled'
preference for the nominee of their
party for president. If they are not
capable of doing that, then we had
better abolish the primary system."
Paul Gilreath, 4 prominent busi
ness man and fornier mayor, express
ed himself with the utmost frankness
and vigor. He said: “The action of
the subcommittee is a high-handed
outrage. If I expressed my real sen
timents th<y would not look well in
print. That certainly was an inter
esting roll call of the Georgia branch
of the department of justice at the
Kimball house Saturday. If there
was an officer or important employe
of the department absent from the
meeting, I was not able to de
tect it in a reading of the list of those
present. Maybe they can cram Mr.
Palmer down the throats of our peo
ple, with his unqualified indorsement
of every official act of the Wilson ad
ministration, but I do not think so. I
think the state will go Republican
before it will swallow such a dose.
President Wilson has many great
achievements to the credit of his ad
ministration, but there are some
things in it that I cannot indorse.’’
Another prominent Cartersville
man who expressed himself along
the same lines was Paul S. Aiken, a
lawyer and leading citizen. He re
gards the action of the subcommit
tee as an offense that is liable to re
sult seriously for the Democratic
party in Georgia. It is beyond his
comprehension that the subcommit
tee should attempt to defend itself
in refusing to allow the Democrats
of Georgia to vote as they please in
their own primary.
Wants to Vote for Hoover
The Journal correspondent asked
J. W. Knight, president of Bank) of
Cartersville, and of the Knight Mer
cantile company, one of the leading
business men of this section, how he
was going to vote in the presidential
> primary*.
"I would vote for Hoover,” said
he, "if the sub-committee would do
me a kindness to let me vote as I
want to vote. But apparently they
tijink I am not capable of exercising
a sound political discretion. There
are lots of Hoover supporters -here.
We regard him as the most available
candidate our t>arty could nominate.
Maybe we will have to put a Hoover
man in the primary and vote for him
as our choice by proxy if somebody
will lead the fight for a free Demo
cratic expression."
W. W. Callaway, sheriff of Bartow
county, and one of -the most popu
lar meri in this section, the
Journal correspondent:
• "You can put me, down in the
Hoover column, brother, and I hope
you win the fight to get his name
on the ballot.”
1 A similar expression came from
George Gaddis, a prominent farinm
from Cassville, in the northern pan
of the county. He said he would
.‘vote for Hoover if he were allowed
Ito do so, and believes the farmers
fin his section would do the same.
Editorial Campaign
One of the strongest editorial cam
paigns in the state is being waged
by the Tribune-News, of Cartersville,
in behalf of the right of Democrats
to vote without dictation in their
own primary. The views of Oscar
T. Peeples and Milton L. Fleetwood,
? associate editors of this Democratic
newspaper, are well expressed in the
(Continued on Page 9, Column 6)
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W Atlanta Sr i-Wcekln So uvna(
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“Is the Receiver as Bad
As the Thief”? Col. Perry
Asks in Card to Uoters
Can A> Mitchell Palmer Get
• His Consent to Run in
Georgia Under the Gag-
Rule of Subcommittee?
Editor The Journal: I have not the
pleasure of a personal acquaintance
<rith the Hon. Mitchell Palmer.
From all accounts, however, he seems
to be a gentleman of a high standard.
But what I wish to ask is: How
.can a man of such character get
his consent to go into a contest, with
the voters who desire to support
another, gagged and muzzled by a
little coterie of "gangsters” who ac
cidentally are in a position to do such
a job?
Certainly Mr. Palmer is not him
self a "gang politician.’’ If so it
matters not under what flag he
stands, the world has little use for
him. But I refuse to believe this.
On the contrary, I believe him to
be a man whom all Democrats could
cheerfully support, should he become
our standard bearer. In his Harris
burg speech on March 13 he said:
"To deny tfce people their right to
selection would be a distinctly back
ward step which I would be sorry to
see our party take.”
With such views, how can he ap
prove the present attitude of the
Georgia executive committee?
Will it be because he thinks Mr.
Hoover is not such a Democrat as
Democrats could consistently vote
for in the presidential primary?
I can understand how the reaction
ary politicians who masquerade as
Democrats can persuade themselves
that Hoover is not a "Democrat.”
For Hoover himself has declared war
against them and warned the Amer
ican people of the active efforts now
being made by them to place the
government under the domination of
capitalistic and reactionary interests
as well as of the equally objection
able movement to obtain control by
the socialistic elements.
I can understand how in Georgia
those characters, who have _£pr a
generation hovered like obscene vul
tures over our state politics and
spread their black wings over every
meeting of the legislature, in the
Interest of predatory corporations
and In opposition to every movement
in behalf of the people' at large, and
who, like wolves in sheep’s clothing,
have wormed themselves into the
Democratic councils in order to bet
ter carry out the behests of their
masters, should say to Hoover:
"What have I to do with thee?” And
make the air resound with the cry,
“Hoover is not a Democrat!”
I can understand how unstable men,
into whose ears whispers as seductive
have been poured as ever Satan
poured into the ears of Eve, have
yielded to certain sinister influences
and seek to excuse their pusilanimlty
by crying “Hoover is not a Demo
crat!”
I can understand how the hide
bound party Pharisees, and even hon
est, but uninformed, men, blindly fol
lowing their lead, can unite in the
cry, “Hoover is not a Democrat!"
But I give Mr. Palmer credit for
more intelligence and more mag
nanimity than to join in such a cry.
He goes before the country to vindi
cate the achievements of present ad
ministration as a basis for asking
that the party be continued in power.
Yet he will have to proclaim from
the housetops as one of Its, greatest,
if not its greatest accomplishment?,
the great undertaking of supplying
the millions of troops across the
ocean with supplies promptly and es-
, 1,000 Are Homeless
Following $2,000,000
Fire in Texas Town
GRAND VIEW, Texas, March 15.
Approximately 1,000 persons were
homeless here today and seven of
the eight business blocks were in
ruins, with an estimated loss of
from $1,500,000 to $2,000,000, as the
result of a fire which burned from
yesterday afternoon until early this
morning. The fire originated in the
southern part of the town and, fan
ned by a high wind, burned a wide
V-shaped swath through the residen
tial and business portions despite ef
forts of fire departments from near
by towi. . x
It was not believed anyone was
killed. Whether outside aid would
lus necessary had not been decided
rarly today.
, Are Clothiers Profiteering?
' “No,” says Mr. James D. Bell,
head of one of the largest tailoring
concerns of America., “Most of
the dealers are sincerely anxious to
reduce the present -high costs and
are selling as low as they can un
der existing conditions. The fault
lies in the present system of dis
tribution which requires' many un
necessary expenses afid unneces
sary profits which increase the cost
but add nothing to' the value of the
clothes. By dealing direct with
manufacturers a large saving can
be made. For instance: the Bell
Tailors, corner Adams rat Green
streets, Chicago, Illinois. manu
facturers of made-to-measure cloth
ing, offer a three guaranteed
ail wool sun for only $25. the equal
of which cannot possibly be sold
at retail, allowing even a small prof
it for less ti:=.n or $40.” This
company \ offers proportionate sav
ings on their complete line includ
ing their fine Australian all wool
Frenchback serpe, the most service
able and big: grade fabric made.
Readers of this paper interested in
buying the highest grade clothing
at the lowest possible price should
write the Bell Tailors. Adanps at
Green streets, Chicago, Illinois, and
ask for a free copy of their big new
spring and summer Fashion Book
No. 760, containing simple charts
for taking measurements, handsome
illustrations of all the latest New
York and Chicag- styles afid a large
assortment of cloth samples in many
beaqtiful colors, patterns * and
weaves. They will gladly send them
| free. — (Advt.)
ficlently, when the least relaxation
or delay would have at once ended
the war in favor of the Germans —
all carried out as perhaps no other
man could have carried it out by the
management of Hoover, whom the
far-sightedness of President Wilson
called to the work.
Can Mr. Palmer in face of that, say
that the name of this ablest of Wil
son’s lieutenant is not good enough
to go on the ticket? When he un
derstands the situation in y eor ®* a >
will, he not, in justice to his own
self-respect, refuse to enter the pri
mary, unless those who wish to do
•so be allowed to vote for Hoover?
I notice a meeting in Atlanta on
Saturday of many, many good men
and true to organize a campaign for
Palmer. Doubtless the Shyster and
the Devil were also present as they
were of old, when the sons of God
met together. I consider Mr. Stovall,
who was made permanent chairman,
as fine, as able, as patriotic, as ex
cellent a man in every way a? there
is in the state. Georgia is justly
proud of him.
But I appeal to him as well as the
other good men of that committee:
Can you gracefully advocate the
nomination of Palmer with Hoover s
name unfairly kept off the ticket?
Can you, to advance Palmer’s inter
est, take advantage of this unfair
deal? Will not this sticking in your
conscience cripple your every effort
and invite disaster?
The name of senator Reed, will, I
suppose, go on the ticket. He is
considered a good enough Democrat!
God save the mark! and I sympathize
heartily with the desire of the
Palmer men to defeat him.
But you will, perhaps, need the
Hoover vote to keep Reed from get
ting a majority. To say the least,
the resentment and dissatisfaction
and apathy accrued by the action of
the subcc tmitte, will not help the
Palmer movement. It always pays
to be fair—though some men think
chicanery is necessary. The stars in
their courses fight against unfair
ness.
A few days ago a gang of men en
tered a jewelry store on Broadway
and first barring the door \.ith a
heavy iron rod, captured the contents
of the cases. The executive commit
tee happening to be inside, have bar
red the door to rob us of ou. most
precious jewel—our birth-right of
freedom! Will the Palmer men con
sent to be beneficiaries of the rob
bery?
' Men of Georgia, we boast of our
great state, its wonderful resources
and its natural progress, but-what
is all this worth unless we are a
free people! If a few temporary of
ficials can dictate our policies and
deprive us of our free suffrages,
wh£t are we but political slaves?
Two hundred and thirty-two white
Democrats of Hall county, duly re
quested the committee to p .t Hoo
ver’s name on the ticket as we had a
right to do. The committee have
persistently declined us the right to
vote for him at the.primary. Out of
the 232, *T have heard of only one,
and he was the most enthusiastic,
perhaps, who has dropped off, but
that is his privilege. -•
Georgia spaid in revolutionary days,
when the soil of Massachusetts was
invaded: ‘,‘The cause of Massachu
setts is the cause of us all.” So the
patriotic men in all the counties are
saying in their manhood: The denial
of the right of the people to do their
own thinking and make their own
selection, now at issue, is the cause
of us all!” Gentlemen of the Execu
tive Committee! Gentlemen c-' the
Palmer committee, citizens f Geor
gia, Democrats, Statesmen, Patriots,
Descendants <-f Revolutionary Sires,
Sons of Confederate Veterans, Sons
of Honesty-Loving Mothers, Legion
iares of the great world war, who
risked your lives for Liberty, how do
you stand?
H. H. PERRY,
Gainesville, Ga.
HUN REVOLUTION
CAUSING WORRY
IN WASHINGTON
BY DAVID LAWMNCE
(Copyright, 1920, for The Atlanta Journal.)
WASHINGTON, March 15.—Plen
ty of theory, but not much fact,
that’s the most that can be said
thus far concerning Washington’s
opinion of the new German revo
lution. Where the wish is fattier
to the thought the upheaval in
Germany is regarded naturally as
confirmation and justification of the
large variety of opinions expressed
on Capitol Hill during the last
twelve montfis of-, treaty discussion.
Wilson defenders say it proves
that the president was right when
he said that chaos would come to
Europe if America withheld her hand
fnm the enforcement of the peace
treaty’s obligations. Former Presi
dent Taft, not exactly a Wilson apol
ogist, but a staunch friend of the.
treaty and league of nations, says
the same thing. But the irreconcil
able opponents of the treaty and
league call the German revolution
an'internal affair, entirely divorced
both in cause and effect from the
peace treaty,",
Information thus far available at
the department of state would seem
to bear out this view to a certain ,
extent.
Peace Terms Too Haren?
The resolution does appear, on the
face of official cables received, to
have been motivated by the desire
of the monarchists Knd reactionaries
to gettback into power/ Something
that whs'lnevitable no. rpatter what
happened’, outside of Germany. No
party that once held power, either,
imperial, Republican,,. Democratic or
autocratic. • ever is.-, content to stay
outside ttie gates of' the trasurc
house as lor. 5 as there is a chance
to get on the inside.
But while friends-of the treaty in
sist none of this German trouble
would have happened if the League
of Nations had been set up. impla
cable foes of the pact say it is a di
rect' ‘consequence of the "cruel and
harsh terms of imposed upon
Germans,” which is the way Senator
Philander C. Knox, of Pennsylvania,
himself a former secretary of state,
expressed it several months age.
only to be denounced immediately
as a pro-German.
But reecirt expressions and com
ments from Grefit Britain have indi
cated that the sober, second thought
0* ' the’, peacemakers' lias been one bi!
(Continued o.i Page 9, Column 4)
ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY MARCH 16, 1920.
FOUR RESERVATIONS
TOARTICLEIOARE
BEATEN IN SENATE
Frelinghuysen’s Substitute
for Lodge’s Defeated —Lit-
tle Hope for Ratification
of T reaty
WASHINGTON. March 15.—The
senate today rejected the Freling
huysen reservation to Article X of
the League of Nations covenant.
This was the first of the pending
reservations to this article to be
voted on.
The vote on Senator Frelinghuy
sen’s resolution was 17 io 59. Only
Republican and Democratic irrecon
cilables supported it.
The vote on the reservation show
ed that Senators Wadsworth, Suth
erland and Frelinghuysen have joined
the Republican irreconcilables as
they have been threatening to do,
and forecasts their votes against
ratification.
Following rejection of the Freling
huysen reservation, Senator Kirby,
Arkansas, Democrat, introduced ,a
reesrvation, to which forty Demo
crats have pledged their votes.
The resolution introduced by Sen
ator Kirby to Article X yas defeated.
The reservation was worked out but
not agreed to in tfie bi-partisan con
ference, and was Rejected, 45 to 81.
All the Republicans and Senators
Gore, Reed, Shields, Williams an<J
Harsiron, Democrats, voted against it.
The senate also promptly rejected,
46 to 30, the substitute reservation,
drafted by former President Taft,
which was offered in the bi-partisan
conference by Senator Hitchcock and
presented to the senate today by
Senator Kirby. The Taft draft dis
avowed any legal obligation, but
gave congress power to act under a
moral obligation.
, Bryaa Expected
Concerning reports that he had re
ceived a, letter from President Wilson
rejecting the Lodge substitute reser
vation, Senator Hitchcock today said
that he had not received such a let
ter, but had his belief that
the president would not accept the
Lodge substitute."
According to a report which Sena
tor Hitchcock declined to verify the
president instead of writing a letter
in reply to his inquiry concerning
the Lodge substitute, wrote across
the face of the reservation:
"This is not acceptable.—W*. W.”
W. J. Bryan was expected at the
capitol during the day to urge Demo
crats to disregard President Wil
son’s view and accept either of the
Lodge reservations. Democratic lead
ers said Hr. Bryan will be able
control only the small group of three
or four woh have already accepted
his view, but that he comes too late
to change any other Democratic
votes. ,
Under a unanimous consent’ agree
ment reached Saturday the reserva
tion must be put into final form and
adopted before adjournment tonight.
Debate was limited by the same
agreement of fifteen minutes on the
reservation and five minutes on any
amendment offered to it.
The compromise advocates,
though disheartened, continued their
efforts to modify the Republican ar
ticle ten substitute or else to bring
enough Democratic support behind it
to insure ratification of the treaty.
Among the leaders, however,\ the
general prediction was that the sub
stitute would be adopted «s it
stands and that with it the treaty
would fail of ratification.
While senators prepared to vote,
they were watching developments in
Germany with keenest interest, and
with some concern. The monarchist
revolution with its possibility of
treaty repudiation may’ make votes
against ratification.
Lodge Substitute
The long controversy over the ar
ticle hinges on the obligation It im
poses on. the -• United States to use
men, monpy, or resources in foreign
wars.
Indications were today that Sena
tor Lodge’s substitute for his origi
nal reservation, as amended at the
suggestion of Senator Borah, will be
adopted.
This reservation reads:
"The United States assumes no ob
ligation to preserve the territorial
integrity or political independence
of any mother country by the employ
ment of its military or naval forces,
its resources or any form of econom
ic discrimination, or to interfere in
any way ’in controversies between
nations, including all controversies
relating to territorial integrity or
political independence, whether
members of the not under
the provisions of article X or to em
ploye the. military or naval forces of
the United States under any article
of the treaty fob any purpose, un
less in any particular case the con
gress, which under the constitution
has the sole power to declare war or
authorize the employment of the
military or naval forces of the
United States, shall, in the exercise
of full liberty of action, by act or
joint resolution so provide.”
Wants Marshall’s
Name on Ballot
MACON, Ga., March 15.—J. L.
Lawton, of Macpn, has written Vice
President Thortvas R. Marshall ask
ing permission to, have his name
placed on,- the ballot at the presiden
tial primary in this -state. Mp. Law
ton wrote that he had ' a petition
sighed by the necessary 100 voters.
Among the signers is Judge C. L.
‘Bartlett, /f' o /- ;j?ears congressman
from this district.
CURED HER FITS
Mrs. Paul Gram, at 916
Fourth street, Milwaukee, Wis.. re
cently gave out the following state
ment: “I had* suffered with Fits
(Epilepsy) for over'l4 years. Doctors
and medicine did me no good. It
seemed that I was beyond all hope
of/ relief, when at last I secured a
preparation that cured me sound and
well. Over 10 years have passed
and the attacks have nb|t returned. I
wish every one who suffers from this
terrible disease would write R. P. N.
Lepso, 13* JslariU avenue, Milwaukee,
Wis., and ask for a bottle of the
. same kind of medicine which he gave
lue. He has generously pf-omisacl to
send it prepaid, free to any onfe who
v riteg him." —(Advt.)
SENATOR SMITH
HITS GOOD LICKS
TOR AGRICULTURE
Georgia Senator Working
Two Shifts Between Meet
ings of Agriculture Com-*
mittee and Peace Treaty
(The Atlanta. Jcvrn?. 5 Nows Bureau)
628 Rigrs Building.
BY THEODORE TILLEE
WASHINGTON, March 15.—With
the treaty fight raging in the sen
ate and the senate committee on agri
culture meeting both morning and
night for the past two weeks, Sen
ator Hoke Smith has revived his
hours of labor scale and is now
practically doing a double shift. The
Georgia senator, who is taking an
active part in {he treaty debate and
compromise efforts. spends from
noon to 5:30 each day on the floor
of the senate. The agriculture com
mittee meets at 10 o’clock in the
morning, quits when the senate con
venes and then comes back for a
night committee session at 8 p. m.
These night meetings rtin frequently
until 11 o’clock.
Senator Smith attends these agri
culture meetings because he thinks
that nowhere else can he render more
practical service to his Georgia con
stituents. The committee has now
agreed upon the agriculture bill, and
Senator Smith has had the satis
faction of inserting several amend
ments that will be to the benefit of
Georgia as well as the -country at
large.
Cotton Grades Limited
He secured the insertion of a pro
vision making permanent the limita
tion of grades which may be ten
dered on the New York cotton ex
change. This stipulates tender of
only two grades below middling..
The limitation was of originally
temporary* legislation, expiring July
1, but the Smith amendment makes
it permanent.
On Senator Smith’s motion, the ap
propriation Tor fighting insects in
jurious to eottdn was increased $50,-
000, and he has arranged with (he
agriculture department to use this
increase Tor the introduction of cal
cium arsenate to destroy the' bbll
weevil, and it is his especial purpose
to test it out with long staple cot
ton in south Georgia.
Also on the motion of Senator
Smith, 550,000 was added to the ip
ppropriation for'the purpose of con
ducting the work of the department
in grading and inspecting cotton -hi,
bonded, warehouses,
Senator Raasdell and Senator’ Smith
placed upon the bill an appropria
tion of $500,000 to fight the pink
boll worm, which is probably the
most dangerous pest to cotton that
has ever invaded our country. It is
supposed to have been brought over
from Egypt, and it* first broke out
in Texas. The department nearly
succeeding in eradicating the pest in
Texas, but last year it broke out
for the first time in Louisiana. It
is supposed to have been contained
in some Egyptian cotton, and the
effort will be to destroy it before it
spreads into other' states.
Tor Becan Culture
Senator Smith and Senator Raqs
dell are alio.enthusiastic about pecan
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Unsafe Naval Code PUas
Aid to German U-Boats,
Declares Admiral Sims
Only Measure of “Good
Luck” Brought Convoy
Safely to Port, Admiral
Testifies
WASHINGTON, March 15.—Ger
man submarines were enabled to at
tack the first convoy of American
troop ships sent to France because
the navy department used an unsafe
code wliich was intercepted and de
ciphered, Rear Admiral Sims today
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Only a measure of "good luck*’
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geied through similar incidents early
in the war.
‘ The announceiheat c? the sailing
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department not to send messages re
garding tfoop convoys tn the code
referred to, but the warning was
disregarded. All the other allies and
the enemy were using new war-time
codes, he said, while the United
States continued to trust invaluable
information to a code used for many
years.
Information Leaks
Information regarding convoys
bound for France was known in
social circles in Taris before even
General Pershing was informed of
ficially, Admiral Sims said. To illus
trate the widespread knowledge of
the plans for The first convoy’s de
parture, the admiral testified that
the United States naval attache at
Paris obtained his first word that
troop ships were sailing from a
woman whose husband had received
the information in a business me-s
--sage.
Arrangements for the early con
voys were confusing and did not con
form to the allies’ methods of safe
guarding troops in transit, Admiral
Sims said, -and the navy department
made 110 effort \to. consult him and
thus avail itself nf the experience
of the shies in haiTdling troop ships.
Regulations for'' the 1 convoys were
drawn up in . the .war and navy de
part hents and signed by President
Wilson, Secretaries Baker and Dan
iels, General Bliss and Admiral Ben
culture, and at their instance the
appropriations were well taken care
of for this work.
The house committee on agri
culture cut last year’s appropria
tion for the department down nearly
oue-:third. On the motion of Sena
tor Smith the appropriation for the
market division was restored, so that
the co-operation heretofore given by
the government to the marketing
work of the states will be conducted,
and this will be of especial value
to the fruit and melon growers of
Georgia.
Senator Smith also took an active
part in restoring appropriations for
the forestry service, and he is con
fident that, while a fight will prob
ably take place on the floor of the
senate over this restoration, and the
restoration of other ap >ropriations,
he will be able to sustain the action
of the committee.
son on May 27, without reference to
him, Admiral Sims stated, and his
first knowledge of these arrange
ments came when he received a copy
of the regulations nearly five months
later.
Sims In Dark, He Says
"As an illustration of how com
pletely I was in the dark,” the ad
miral
from both the French and British
naval authorities concerning the con
voy before I was officially informed
of it by the department.”
Referring to a message from Secre
tary Daniels dated June 6, 1917,
marked “very confidential,” and con
taining directions for the -protection
of the convoy by destroyers, Admiral
Sims said it “would be impossible to
find a more striking example of the
department’s insistence upon making
decisions based upon complete misin
formation.”
“The whole scheme of troop convoy,
outlined in this message, showed a
complete ignorance and disregard of
convoy methods and of war experi
ence in the submarine danger zone,”
he continued.
Congratulated by Daniels
In response to his protests, the ad
miral said, he received a reply that
the "department recognizes 1 the
soundness of your recommendations,”
but because of the “present sensitive
public opinion considers it essential
that the escort? orders for the first
convoy, already issued, be executed
Sy American destroyers.” The ad
miral had recommended, he testified,
that the convoys be protected by
whatever allied escorts were * avail
able. There was no question at any
time, Admiral Sims said, as to wheth
er troops should get- the very best
protection available.
"Throughout the war,” he added,
“American troops received more pro
tection than the allies were able to
give their own troops on the high
seas.”
On July 4, 1917, Admiral Sims said,
he received a cable from Secretary
Daniels congratulating him on the
suceessful escort of the convoy.
"I wish to make it perfectly clear
that I have no criticism to make of
the commander of the troop convoys,”
he said. “Such confusion and diffi
culties as arose wera« due to orders
and plans given him by the navy
department.”
Danger Realized
That the department realized the
inadequacy and danger of the ar
rangements made for the first con
voys was demonstrated, the admiral
asserted, by the fact that even be
fore the ships sailed he was asked to
submit recommendations for future
use aud these recommendations were
afterward adopted in their entirety.
Later, however. Admiral Sims said,
the department again complicated
matters by buying up all available
space in passenger ships and send
ing troops abroad without giving
allied officials advance notice.
Admiral Sims expressed complete
accord with Secretary Daniels’ state
ment in a cable to him that "every
thing is secondary to having *a suf
ficient number \(of escorting de
stroyers) to insure protection to
American troops," but declared that
the department, by going over his
head time after time, made it impos
sible for him to carry out the in
structions with entire efficiency.
Admiral Sims testified at length
regarding disagreements with the ’e
partment on plans to meet enemy
raids on convoys, possible German
battle cruiser raids in the Atlantic
and W’hat he called the department’s
"royal, road to victory” by block
ading ' German ports or similar
measures.
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BETWEEN GERMAN
RIVAL GOVERNMENTS
Ebert, Ousted President, De- •
nies Entering Negotiations.
Success of New Reaction
ary Government Varies
BERLIN. March 15.—(8y the As
sociated Press.) —An unconfirmed
report was current shortly before
midnight that the new German gov-...
eminent had reached an agreement
with the Ebert government in order
to avert the threatened railway* 1
strike. ' ’ “ ’ ■
It is reported here that the south •
German generals and the Saxon
troops have given their adherence
to Gustave* Noske, minister of de
fense in the Ebert government. «
The German national assembly has
been summoned by the Ebert govern
ment to meet at Stuttgart tomorrow,
Tuesday, March 16. Berlin advices
Sunday night reported that the old
German government has established
its seat at Stuttgart, the capital of
Wurttemberg.
Berlin was without news today
beyond the government manifestos,
as all the newspapers were sup
pressed. The government’s declara
tions continue to rail at the incom
petence of the deposed government
and promised numerous reforms. In
cluding early geenral elections. A
rigid telegraphic censorship has been
imposed.
Announcement made by the
new government late last night ot
reports from Munich that the Bava
rian Socialist government had re
signed and that the troops were In
control of that city. The reports
added that the landtag would meet
on Tuesday to form a new govern
ment.
Another announcement by the
Kapp government stated that condi
tions' in east Prussia were quiet, ci
vilians and militia guarding the rail
ways and the postoffices.
As regards Hamburg, the govern
ment statement said the situation
there was not clear. It added:
"In Mecklenburg-Schwerin n •
strikes have taken place, General
Lettow-Vorbeck (former commands
of the German troops in Germs l
East Africa) has taken, charge ol
the troops, who are supporting th
new government. Saxony Is quin
and the troops are neutral. Genera,
Mercken has ordered that no strike
take place. Stettin, Hanover, Hess:
and south Germany are quiet.”
GERMAN PAPER REPORTS
GENERAL RAILROAD STRIK!
FARIS, Marclv 15.—The railrdac
federation in Germany has declaret,
a general strike on the railways, ac
cording to the Lokal Anzeiger 6
Berlin. ■ It took this action, /lu
newspaper states, upon the govern
rent refusing io comply with th.
ultnna.um of the railroad men foi
the retirement cf Chancellor Kapp
Dr. von JagoXv and Dr. Traub, tin
minister of public worship, from th<
new government.
Chancellor Kapp has issued an ap
peal requesting the farmers t<
make efforts to supply bread ant
other necessary sod products to the
workers in the cities.
GENERAL STRIKE IS
REPORTED IN HAMBURG
LONDON, March 15.—An official
dispatch from an American source
in Hamburg received today says:
‘A general strike is in full force
here. The city is under military
control. No disorders have yet oc
curred.”
BAVARIAN MONARCHY
REPORTED RE-ESTABLISHED
PARIS, March 15.—Re-establiSli
ment of the Bavarian monarchy has
been proclaimed in Munich, accord
ing to a telephonic message received
in Berlin from tlie Bavarian capita!
this afternoon and telegraphed to the
Temps.
SUPREME COUNCIL
CONSIDERS REVOLUTION
LONDON. March 15.—The supreme
1 council of the peace conference me’.
I in Downing street today to consider
the situation brought about by the
revolution In Germany.
Germany Winning in
First Returns From
Schleswig Plebiscite -
BASLE. March ili. —First report
of the results of the recent Schels
wig plebiscite, received here today,
indicated' a vote of four to one i-.i'
favor' ot Germany over Denmark.
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