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r The Omaha" Daily Bee ' Y VOL. fO NO. 46. ALLIES PLAN BLOCKADE ON RED FORCES Reacts Complete Agreement For Dealing With Russ-Pol-ish Crisis Premiers Hold Out tittle Hope for Poland. GOVERNMENT EVACUATES WARSAW BEFORE ADVANCE Capital Moved to Kalisz as Bolshevik Soldiers Break Through Defensive Lines on All Sides of Capital. rfitSJJVpSTPORT OF PENZANCE conference here reached a complete ' , agreement this aiternoon on plans tor dealing witn the Russo-Polish crisis.- They include the reiniposi tion of the blockade, but on the ad vice of the experts, no allied troops will be employed. 1 he plans are subject to the ap prpvaj oi the which Premier British parliament, I . 7"aon Lloyd George will address tomorrow. , The conference of the premiers ended at 4 p. m. . It is probable, if the plans arc ap proved, that they will not go into effect until the preliminary results of the meeting at Minsk between the Soviet and Polish negotiators are known. If they indicate a willing ness by the Russians to adopt a course considered reasonable in dealing with the Poles, the allied aid may be withheld. The British government has de cide that the Russian mission may remain in London until the Minsk conference is concluded. Immediately after the conference Premier Lloyd George and Foreign Secretary Curzon took a train for London, while Premier Millerand and his party boarded a destroyer bound' for France. It is said that the allies,, though loath to admitting it, feel that there is little hope of saving Warsaw and that the question of saving Poland is not'the main issue. The main problems facing the premiers is the defense of western Europe., In British and French circles it is declared that the intention of the l-olsheviki regarding Poland is bc lomlng clearer every hour. The prevailing impression among the British and French officials is that the.--. , soviet, government ; hopes through the Polish offensive firmly to establish Bolshevism at" tlie'doors of the western "powers. i'The French delegation planned co )?ave for France at 6 o'clock. tonight ir.tid Lloyd George an hour later for London, where, it is stated, he will 'hold a conference with the cabinet. Situation In Poland Is Military Catastrophe ' ' . Sj l'he AMoclated Preta. Cologne, Aug. 9. The situation in Poland has developed into a military catastrophe and there is an internal collapse, says a-'Warsaw despatch to the Cologne Gazette. French military authorities. . it continues, are reported to have hastily approached the Geiman con sulate for passports for .the French (Continued na 1'aire Two, Column Three.) Quiet As Restored At Revere Following ' Rioting by- Sailors Revere, Mass., Aug. 9. Law and order agait reign at Revere Beach todfcy. The military and police pa trolled the beach to prevent a repe tition of list night's-rioting, vfhen several hundred sailors, reinforced by a few .:ivillais. attacked the sta- lion house o- she Metropolitan park police and troops were called out. fifty persons were injured, three seriously. . M-vj persons in the crowd of Sunday pleasure seekers, estimated at 100,000. were bruised by thrown mis.-iles. Although nearly ' 00 sailors were arrested, the po lice said nil but six would be re leased. Those, held were charged with inciting to riot. The battle wss predpitated when sailors,, attacked policeman who had arrested one of their com panions on a charge of drunkenness . For thrfe hours the conflict con tinued and ws brought to ah end only' when coist artillery men froni Fort Banks, i-i Boston harbor, sail ors from Chaestown navy, and po lice from adjoining cities arrived Press in Paper Plant Blown Up; Dynamite Used California, Pa.. Aug. 9. The press n the office of the California Sen tinel was destroyed earlv todav bv an explosion which, the authorities , beyeve, was caused by dviranutj. Bloodhounds picked up a trail whicn was followed throughout the morn ing. ' AH. J. Lamb, publisher, has waged vigorous warfare against "speak easies." which, the Sentinel charged, were being operated in California. Emma Goldman and Berkman Now Officials in the Soviet New York, ' Aug. 9. Alexander Berkman and Emma Goldman, de ported from the United States s undesirables, now are serving the Russian soviet government in offi cial capacities, according to a letter from Miss Goldman tent to friends ;n New York from Petrograd. , The couple are touring Russia as members of. a commission appoint- ed by the. fovtft government to - gather material for a museum i oi in revolution talma m .ua-Clan kUttw 2S. IM. at P. 0. IIHK M D (Urea a, 171. Two Burning Boys, Holding Live Wire, Saved by Motorist tlilcag Triaoaa-Oaaba Baa Laaaatl Wlra. Chicago, Aug. 9. An automo bilist passing Sixteenth place and Blue Island avenue Sunday after noon saw two boys in flames. They were 14-year-old John Miaeska nd 12-year-old George Betrizilek. They -were grasping a wire from which they were unable to loosen their grip. ( The wire had been ' 'hrown across the trolldy wire of an old spur of the Chicago surface lines while the boys were playing. George had gra.sped it first. His screams attracted John, who tried in vain to rescue him. The autamobilist, whose name was not learned, obtained a plank and removed the wire from the trolley. He than conveyed John to the county hospital and George to his home, 'I' he condition of both is serious. ' MANN1X TAKEN FROM STEAMER AT Afchbishop Placed Under Ar rest by Detectives From Scotland Yard. It A 9. Four British in on the British arrying Archbishop Manhix, from thee United StatesT off the Irish coast early in the morn ing and the commander of the de stroyer Wiverin. . . with two Scot land Yard detectives, went aboard and 'placed the Archbishop under technical arrest. They escorted prelate, with hiss secretary, the Rev Albrt Vaughn, ' to destroyed, which steamed toward Fishguard, A wireless from the admiralty, however, reached them en route, with instructions to proceed to Pen zance, at the' extreme southwesterly tip of England The archbish was landed there this afternoon. He was accompanied by a representative of Scotland .Yard to the home of Canon Wade and afterward left for London. London newspapers, except the Morning Post, are unanimous in de scribing the affair as a 'blunder." CUSTOMS SERVICE UNABLE TO CHECK SMUGGLING IN U. S. Traffic in Uquor From Across Line, Assuming Alarm ing Proportions. - Washington, Aug. " 9. W hisky smuggling into the United States has reached such proportions that it has brought in its, wake a large il legal traffic in other commodities, it w.as learned at 'the Treasury depart ment. Officials have become so' con cerned that they are considering a rearrangement of the government's coastal criminal chasing arms with a view to concentrating on what they described as a menacing situa tion. - TJie cuftdms service has found it self "wholly inadequate" to meet the situation, according to Assistant Secretary Shouse. He declared cus-( torus officials , were -, handicapped' "both in men and in money because of a refusal by the congress to ap propriate funds." It would require a small army of men to patrol the coast' and border territories, Mr. Shouse said, but he believed such a plan was the only sc'ution. Mr. Shouse declared it was no se cret that vast quantities of liquor had been coming in, although cus toms officers had confiscated "thou sands upon thousands of dollars' worth fronv ships." The largr supplies which officials believe have been smuggled in, how even, have come not through ports but by landings of launches and small boats in secluded spots along the Atlantic coast.1 - .' Raising; )ogs in Church,. Negro Pastor Is Arrested New Yolc. Aug. 9. Rev. Dr. John Buddis, colored, was held in $.'00 bail when arraigned in Ffatbush court, Brooklyn.' He was ousted by the board of trustees of the Jones African Methodist Episcopal Zibit church, of w hich he was pastor, be cause the board objected to his rais in," dogs on the church premises. The pastor came back to the caurch and, it is alleged, gained en trance by breaking locks on the Hciai Wm ha Kn frfir vr inrA Petros Named President of American Legion Branch Port George Petros was named com mander at the organization of the Hellenic branch post of the Amer ican Legion by Omaha ex-service men of Greek origin in the Army and , Navy club Sunday; Chris Georges, .vice commander, and John Pappas. secretary-treasurer. One hundred charter members were pres ent. The post will have club rooms of its own and will havee a float in the parade of Ak-SarBen this fall Show Man, Former Resident a a i - i ur umana, iweeis uia rnenas Harold Bushea, former jmuna and Council Bluffs resident, was re newing old acquaintances here yes terday. He was grieved to- learn of the death of J. D. "Dad" Weaver. Mr. Bushea was head 'oPthe Ken nedy shows, which were shown here ! several seasons during the Ak-Sar-Ben Testivities: and he is now head of the 'Frisco show s Bluffs this week. in Council Get Gold Shipment. New York. Ana 9. Announce- ment wavmade torlay that $1.300,000 , worth of gola consigned to Kuhn, ! Loeo & v.o.. Arrived yesterday on tht Impera'.or. TENNESSEE GOVERNOR AIDS SUFFS Chief Executive Urges Extra Session of Legislature to Ratify Amendment Fixing Women Right to Vote. QUOTES REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRATIC PLATFORMS Says Both Political Parties Have Clearly Declared in Favor of Act Resolution Probably Up Today. Nashville, Tenn., Aug. 9. Prompt ratification of the federal suffrage amendment was urged by Governor Roberts in his message to the .spe cial session of the legislature, called to act on the suffrage and other measures. The governor quoted the platform declaration of the republican and democratic state conventions, both of which favored suffrage, ffl ."It thus appears," he said, "that both political parties have clearly and unequivocally declared for the ratification of this amendment and hence no party nan is without party law to support his action in voting fsvorahlv nnrtn thw u-iini4ni,n dcrif The senate and housee adjourned theaf shortly after the reading of the gov ernors message and without the in troduction of the ratification- reso lution. It was expected that the reso lution would be offered tomorrow. No stand for or against ratification was taken at the caucus of republi can members of the senate and house today, it was stated after the meet ing. . Muggsy McGraw Has Very Stormy Session At Lambs' Club Room New York, Aug. 9. Alter was, described to the police "wild night" in the Lambs' what as a club. John (Muggsy) McGraw. manager and part owner of the New York Giants base ball team, went home about 8 o'clock Sunday niprning. With him were John C. Slavin, the musical comedy comedian, and -Win-field Leggett, described as a retired naval officer McGraw entertd the house. Leg gett and William Afeagan, "-taxieab driver; found Slavin lying on .the sidewalk. He was unconscious. At a hospital, . doctors said today, Slavin, still unconscious, vas suf fering from bruises and a sktfH frac ture. Detectives are mystified. " The said their inquiry during the day in dicated the possibility that Mr. Slavin had fallen and had rtruck th pavement. I The detectives said the mysterio is element was what has been described to them as a quarrel in the Lambs earlier in thr evening between' Mc Graw and an actor, whose identity is a mystery. They said McGraw had had much the worst of the, fight; had created a great deal of excitement in the tlub and had a discolored eye. McGr-iw could not be found today.. Body of Axtcll Youth, Drowned in River, Found Kearney,' Neb.. Aug. 9. (Special Telegram.) The body of Loran Johnson, 17-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. John A. Johnson of Axtell, drowned in the Platte river Sunday, has been recovered and sent to Axtcll for "burial. The boy, en route for Kearney with his parents, stopped off at the river and went in bathing in a small pool just beside the bridge. He wadfd out beyond his depth and went under, drowning in sight of his mother and father, who were unable to rescue him. - . , Man Confesses to Guilt of Defrauding Omaha Firms Chicago. Aug. 9. E. Blake Faust, who said he was "guilty of 'passing many forged che:ks invIowa, Mis souri and other western "places," gave himself up to the police today. His wife and family are at Clear Lake, la. Faust gave the police a, list of hotels and firms in Omaha, Central City,' Neb., Durean.' Neh., Kansas City, Mo., Des Moines and What Cheer, la., which he said he had de frauded. Elmwood Merchant Retires After 30 Years in Business Plattsmouth, Neb., Aug. 9. (Spe cial.) L. F. Langhorst of Elmwood is retiring from the mercantile busi ness after .10 years conducting a country store. Mr. Langhorst. is prominent in democratic political circles, having had charge of the. Ne braska campaign in 1916, but this year he has taken no active part in "the campaign and it is said he will go to Colorado -to look atter his ex- i tn civ la nit hnl dines. - - jal U I1GW I Ul IV O uaillNO IUI Interest Rate On Call Money Washington, Aug. 9.--National banks in New York City were called upon today by the comptroller of the currency to furnish a detailed statement of interest rates charged on time and call loans from Octo ber, 1919. to July. 1920. . Bloodhounds Trail Bandits. I Vancouver, B. C. Aug. 9. Blood- nounas were placed on tne trail oi three bandits who, a week ago, held up a Canadian Pacific railway train at Sentinel, near the British border, robbing passengers and train crew. OMAHA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 10, 1920. "SAVE LEAGUE," IS ROOSEVELT'S r CRY IN SPEECH Vice Presidential .' Nominee Joins Governor Cox In "Single Tracking" Along With President Wilson. Hyde Park. N. Y.,Aug. 9. Franklin D, Roosevelt, in a formal .iddress accepting the democratic vice presidential nomination at his home today, joined with his chief, James M. Cox, in accepting the challenge of the republicans to make to make of thf ial cani- the league ot nations one principal issues of the nation Daisrn. "The democratic party," he said. "has offered to this nation a treatv of peace ivhich to make it a real treaty for real peace must includi a league of nations" "Today," he continued, "we are offered a seat at the table of the family of nations to the end that ihz smaller peoples may be truly ?afe to work out their own destiny. We will take that place. I sav so because we have faith faith thai this jiation has no selfish destiny, faith that our people arc looking into the vears beyond for better hings and th? they are not afraid to do thei- part. Will Save Ideal "Even as this nation entered the war for aNi ideal, so it has emerged from the war with the determination that the ideal shall not die. It is idle to pretend that the war declara tion of April 6. 1917, was a mere act of self-dei'.nse or that the ob ject of our par.icipation was solely ft) defeat the .Military power of the central nations of Europe. We knew then ac a nation, even as we know todt.y, that success on land "id sea, cotild be but half a victory. To the cry of the French at Ver 'They shall not pass,' and the cheer of our own men in the Ar Connc: 'We sdall go through' we must add this positive declaration of our own wills; that the world shall be baved from the- repetition of this crime. "The league of nations is a prac tical solution of a practical situa tion. It is no more perfect than the original constitution,4 which has been -amended 18 times and will ' soon, we hope, be amended the nineteenth, was perfect. It is not apti-nation; it is anti-war." Face Two Problems. Two great problems, he declared, will confront the next administra tion, our relations with the world an j the pressing need of organized progress at home. Among the most pressing.of our national "needs he placed "the bettering of our citizen ship, the extension of teaching to over 5.000,000 of our population above the age of 10 who are illiter ate, the strengthening of immigra tion laws to exclude the physically and morally unfit, the improvement in working conditions, especially in the congested centers, the extension of communications to make rural life more attractive and the further protection of women and child life in industry." Reorganization of. governmental machinery, -"which, he. said, has be come antiquated, especially since the war, also was urged by Mr. Roose velt. Cummings Scores G. O. P. Homer Cummings. former chair man of the democratic national com mittee, declared informally notify ing Mr. Roosevelt of his nomination, that the American people have paid a "staggering penalty" for the re publican victory at the polls in 1918; Undisputed in the "material and moral leadership the world" when the armistice was signed, he said, "who will deny that our title to that leadership has been grievously im paired, if not completely lost?" "There is but one way out," he added. "It is to redeem America's word, to the world and to assume without hesitation our share of the task of rehabilitating the broken structure of civilization." Printers Are, in New York State for Annual Meeting Albany, N. Y., Aug. 9. Appoint ments of committees and w-elcoming addresses by (Governor Smith and Mayor Watt marked the opening session of the fiftieth annual con vention' of the. International Typo graphical union today. Addresses also were given by Thaddeus C. Sweet, speaker of the New York state assembly: Edward F. Boyle, chairman of the .state industrial commission; James f. Lynch, mem ber of the state industrial commis sion, and Marsdcn G. Scott, presi dent of the organization. The convention is expected to'be in session most of the week. One of the more important questions to be acted upon will be the recom mendation that no more news writers' charters be granted under the rules of the Typographical union. Two Are Killed When ' Building at Dallas Falls Dallas,' Tex.. Aug. 9. IVo Chinese were injured seriously to day when a three-story buil ling at Main and Poydras streets collapsed. Several persons were seen fleeing from the building or in front of it just as it -collapsed and policemen were unatye to say whether any bodies were under the piles of debris. The building crashed in without a moment's notice. I Fire in Joliet Prison. Joliet. III., Aug. 9. Fire whiclv de stroyed one building of the peniteu- ! ti.iry chair factory and damaged a second bunding was under control at 2 o'clock, this afterndon. Loss was estimated at $20,000. Penniten tiary officials admit- the fire was in cend:ary, but were unable to arrive at the specific cause .r-S vj ; : DENVER STREET CAR MEN READY TO RESUME WORK Send Word of Unconditional Surrender to Tramway Head Service Awaits De cision of Company. Denvet ' Aug: 9. Full resumptin of street car. service in Denver, 'which Was interrupted by a strike a week ago- yesterday .morning, waits .only for the Denver Tramway company' announcement of its willingness to re-employ the men who struck. .The men today offered to return uncon ditionally. A committee of three strikers, rep resenting the crafts involved the electrical workers, engineers and trainmen notified Frederick W. Hild, general marfager of the com pany, of the men's decision. Their notification-which was written, read: "We are glad to notify you that the men are ready to return to work." Mr. Hitd has refused to make any statement as to when or how the strikers will be taken back. He de clared this afternoon that the com pany had formulated no policy. Operation of cars manned by strikebreakers was begun at 6:50 o'clock this morning, the earliest they have been run since the strike was called. They have been ordered to be in the barns by 8 o'clock to night. Service has been promised for 6 o'clock, tomorrow tnorning. Troops Still on Ground. The cars today have carried no armed guards, although federal troops continue to patrol the Hires over which the cars operate. Today 106 cars were operating on 17 lines. Normally 325 cars operate on 35 lines. Leonard A. Temmer, 18. died in a hospital today as a result of being shot during the riotincr at the South Side car barns Thursday night. His death brought the total death list of the riots to seven. Ralph H, Pierce.' an American Le gion member who has been serving as a volunteer policeman during the disturbances, was attacked by three men this afternoon and severely beaten. Physicians report his condi tion critical. Wood To take Charge. Major General Leonard Wood and staff are due to arrive in the city late tonight. Col. C. C. Ballou in command of the federal troops in the city in a statement today said: "The attitude of the members of the Tramway Employes' union inso ftr as T have come into combat with them, has been such as to make me brtTeve they are asi eager to prevent disorder as I am myself, and as a matter of fact. I have received prompt warning of mishaps and threatened dangers from union men who were co-operating .with us in bringing about the restoration of normal conditions." Judsre Greeley W. Whitford. in district court this afternoon.' post poned sentencing the seven union leader declared guilty of contempt until Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock He held last" Friday that they were guilty of violating an injunction by issuing the strike call. Yawl Makes New Record. Cowes, Isle of Wight, Aug. 9. What is believed to be a record pas sage across the Atlantic for a 35 fnnt vawl was made bv the TvDhon. ! which arrived after making a non i stop run, it ' is claimed, from Cape i Race, Newfoundland, to Bishop's j Rock, Scilly islands, J.108 mites, in j 15 days and 9 hours. r tt II wtri. latMt 4th !. Daily ul lili). W: all Oal, M: M Oatrla at Zaa (I r) 0H aatf !: Dallv Oilr. 112: Suea Oil U Incompetent FOUR OF ROWDIES OF PICNIC KNOWN, VICTIM DECLARES . Charges WU1 Be Filed After Outcome of Injuries Is Determined H. G. O'Hanlan. 1311 North Thirty-first street, one of the victims among the Omaha picnickers who vere snhed in a grove near Wat erloo a week from last Saturday night by a bunch of rowdies, said Moaday four oh the rowdies are known. , - - '- The filing of. complaints is being postponed until the outcome of the injuries of to of the parties :,is known. i The trouble at the picnic arose when one of the" rowdies threw dust over tHe lunch and was knocked down by one of the picnickers. Mrs. Nellie Seele)', who was just recovering from an attack of ap pendicitus, was kicked in the abdo men in the row and is recovering slowly. Charles Lee, 50 years old. 2861 Dodge street, was. in a very serious conditio'n "yesterday. He is sufier :T from internal hemorrhages. Deputy Sheriff Foster is pursuing the investigation in conjunction with Couittjy Attorney Shotwell's office, High Priestess of Order of Magi Held In Minneapolis Jail Chicago, Aug. 9. Miss Arlir.e Hoffmann Richmond, high priestess of the Order of the Magi, is in jail in Minneapolis. Miss Arline has been, missing for several months ever since, follow ing the death of her fosrerrfatber. Olney Richmond, grand jnaster of the Magi, she flc with all the rites and rituals and "paraphernalia of the order. It nearly put the order "out of business." so they say. She took the breast-plate of the high priest set with precious i-tones; the astral mirror, the charts and zodiacal em blems, the altar cloth, sacred candle sticks and the trident and spear, the ritual books and prdphetic parch ments, the ceremonial robes and the priestly black jewels as well as the little black box that contained "all the secrets of the universe." Work on Plans to Handle Fast Grain Shipments Washington, Aug. 9. Plans are now being worked out by the inter state commerce commission and he railways to insure the largest pos sible grain movement on the Greit Lakes, Chairman Clark announced today at the conclusion of hearings on the request for additional cars to move grain from the northwest.. Boston Finance Wizard x Is Facing Bankruptcy Boston Aug. 9. An inveluntary petition in ,bankruptey was . filed against Charles I'onii in tne fed eral court today by Charles Cant well, James Fcrnald and Harry Farrcll, who hold notes totalling $750. The Weather Forecast. Nebraska Unsettled Tuesday; probable thundershowers; not much change in temperature. Hourly temperatures: S a. m. a. m. (3 I 1 p. ni. 66 3. m. ..7 .. ..0 . .10 ..SO ..ht .. 7 a S a II m T I I P .07 I I p. m. . ta, p. m. m. . . m.t. . i h p. m.. Ill ! f p. ro.. 5 I 7 n. m. . .....17 I p. m.. It noon MAN WHO BEAT BOY MAY FACE SEVERE CHARGE Officials Seek More Serious Count Against Attendant i at Father Flannagan's ' Home. ..'Rex Kling. 10 years old,, scarcely able id walk because oFan' alleged beating he received last week at the hands of P. J. Norton, attendant in Father Flanagan's home for boys, was brought to the office of County Attorney Shdtwell yesterday. A charge of assault and battery has been filed against Norton in po lice court.' Yesterday's investigations were to determine whether a chargs of assault with intent to do great bodily injury may be filed. Officials Hold Coherence. District Judges Sears and Leslie, Chief Deputy County Attorney Coffey-and Mrs. Hopkins, probation of ficer, conferred with the county at torney. "I know that Father Flannaa;an will be as indignant over this affair as the rest of us when he returns and learns of it," said Mr. Shotwell. "He will be as anxious to bring the offender to justice as we are." Body Black and Blue. The boy's body was examined and found to be a mass of black and blue bruises from his feet to his throat. He was picked up while wander ing on the outskirts of the city last Friday. Police learned that a boy had .run away from the home and Rex was found to be the boy. "Hebeat me with a strap." said Rex today. Father Flannagan is - expected home today. Norton, it is said, had been an attendant at the home only about three weeks. Detective Chief Seeks Victim of Negro Burglar Chief of Detectives A. G Ander son wants to get in touch with the man who was held up at Twenty second and Burdette streets last Sat urday by two negroes. The man was robbed of a certain amount of money, the chief declares, but talked the bandits into return ing it. Roy Carr and William Knight, ne gro youths, who were arrested Sun day night following an alleged con fession by Carr that six young ne groes were responsible for the recent wave of stickups in Omaha, were the ones who "pulled the job" Saturday night. Chief Anderson says, and he needs their victim as a complaining witness. Three Arrested In Act of Stripping Two Automobiles Three men stripping two automo biks in a barn at 1016 South Fifty second street w-.-r? surprised this morning by Detectives Pszanowski and Murphy, whe arrested thefn for alleged theft of the machines. The men are H. V. Westbrook 1016 South Fifty-second street; Hugh McCann, 251 1 Krug avenue; and Harold Walters. Pender. Neb. One of the cars recovered was identified as the one stolen from Tony Lango, 3553 South Twenty fifth street, last night. Good Fellowship Picnic The iOO, members of the good fellowship committee of the Cham ber of Commerce, with iheir fam ilies, will picnic at Krug park Wed nesday. August IN. I he meeting oi the committee today planned for a plunge at 4:30 p. m to be followed by dinner, dancii'.g, and a tour of the amusements. i THREE CENTS FEAR EUROPE ON VERGE OF GREAT WAR 1 Polish Situation Regarded as "Extremely Grave" by-4J. S. Officials Plan to Issue Statement Soon. DENY SENDING NOTE TO FRENCH GOVERNMENT Wilson Expected to Express Views on Failure of League of Nations to Take Action May Urge Settlements 4-By ARTHUR SEARS HENNING. f lnraco Trlhune-OmabB Bfe Leaned Vl'lr. Washington. Aug. 9 "EMremefy grave," was the official characteri zation of the Polish crisis here to- -day, concurrently with the receipt of London dispatches expressing fears that Europe is on the verge of another great war. It also was stated officially that, "before many hours have passed , the administration will set forth the position of the American govern--ment in reeard to the Russn-Pol-sh :war, and the adoption of measures to bring it to an end and to save Poland from dest'netion. Whether this pronouncement will be made in the form of a statement to the public, a note to the allied powers, or an answer to the note addressed by Poland to the United Stales, was not indicated. The State department said that the Polish note had not been re reived.' and denied the cable report from Paris that a note had been re ceived by France from the United States. v Wilson Preparing Statement. The statement of the American at titude in connection with the Polish crisis is beiniz orenared bv the pres ident, and other officials professed to be ignorant of its purport. The general expectation In official cir cles, however, fs that the president will tres the necessity of preserv ing the independence of Poland, recreated by the allied and asso ciated powers at Paris in 1919. a"d M maintaining territorial integrity of the little republic within the boundaries decreed by the same powers. The. western boundary was less formally' sketched by t'ne allied suoreme war council, and it was tbia eaestrn line which Poland exceeded in its offensive against Russia, dertaken. according to the Poles, M . a defensive measure. . The president is also expected t take a stand in opposition or any dismemherment of Russia, pending the establishment of a Russ'an gov ernment deemed representative oi the Reussnn people. Against thajf j a. .it: i t .........J tions. in his opinion, ought to act as frustees of Russia for the Rus sian people. His refusal to recog-, rtize the soviet government- is' founded on the contention that it is an autocratic and despotic regime the helpless majority of 'c people. May Urge Settlement. In line with this reasoning", -th president mifht reasonably bt ex pected to derbre for a settlement Of the Russo-Polish war on the basis' of recognition of the eastern bonn-"-dary of Poland laid down by the cf such a settlement -the holshevilict would be reanired to withdraw to ethnographic RiilNa and the Poles ' reqnired tn remain within ethno grannie Poland. - How to accomplish this or an? other settlement safeflimrding Poland without employing military force, is the ouetinn of the hour., with the Soviets daily driving closer to War saw, and there will be nmisuat in terest in what the president has to ' av on this 'point, particularly with reference to the ouestion of the it. j r-. . r i . f . i i y Ii l rn rtirs lurnismng pari oi inc forrs required. There also will be great interest - in what the president may or mayi not say with reference to the duties of the leaarne of nations, to stop the Russo-Polish ' war. He never has. made known in any public way, his view of the failure of the leasrue to take cognizance of this breach of neace despite the precise procedure laid down by the covenant for deal ing" with war and threats of war. Colby Sidesteps Question. -. Secretary of State Colby .was askV ed today if he understood why th league had taken no action to stop RiKso-Polish war. He countered with the challenge to show that the league had taken no action. He confessed, however, he had no information of any action but declin ed to offer anv explanation. This oc casioned some surprise in as much as other administration officials con-j tend the Russo-Polish was is a part of the war with Germany and is oro- perly being dealt with y the allied supreme council, instead of the league of nations which is intended to start with a clean slate after the settlement f the world war. European dispatches reporting popular British and trench opposi tion to sending troops to aid Po, land makes it more and more ap parent that the leagut. had it acted, could have looked -only to the Unit ed States to furnish an army ade quate for the purpose, but was un able to requisition American aid in the absence of American member- ' ship in the league. . . American Yacht Abandoned. tv..i,;.iAn a ,, iv o c.ri. reaching the Navy department to-day said the American yacht Hy perion of New York had been aban- -doned off the Florida coast on Au gust 3. the crew being rescued by the Spanish steamer Pequalba, en route from Tampa for Balboa, Spain, .--V .. . V. :f
