The Atlanta Constitution
July 19, 1920

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. Sie? a . % é 7 a =~ . yo" rs Democratic Opponent to Say Categorica]ly Where He Stands on League Problems. WILSON IN CHARGE OF COX’S CAMPAIGN According -to Harding. Senator Says Americans Want ‘to Know if Cox Has Shouldered All of Wilson’s Foreign Com- mitments. ~ Marion, Ohio, July 18.—A bill of particulars detailing the foreign policy now proposed by the demo- cratic party was called for today by Warren G. Harding, the repub- lican nominee for president. In a broadside of pointed inter- rogatories, the candidate challeng- ed his democratic opponent. Gov- ernor Cox, to say categorically where he stood on Article 10, the Armenian mandate and the other problems wrapped up in American participation in the league of na- tions. : More Light Wanted. Today’s white house conference between Governor Cox and Preés- ident Wilson, said Senator Hard- ing, coyld -not be fully explained by a statement of a “complete ac- cord.” He declared the American people not only would ask whether the democratic nominee had put Mr. Wilson in charge of the campaign ard shouldered campletely the ad- ministration’s program of foreign commitments, but would demand to be informed also just. what those commitments are, te “It is earnestly. to be hoped,” continued the republican nomine>. “that Governor Cox will frankly and promptly answer these ques- tions because the republican party wants the country to know it re- jects all of these _ ill-considered commitments and pledges its Admin- istration against them.” Senator Harding’s statement was Written while the cotference at Washington was in progress, and ’ tonight he had nothing to add to it. In the circle of his close ad- visers, however, it was militantly declared he might have a great deal } more to *say unless his ques... - . 2 e ; ’ ; : i ~ Roan " yeepted? be Ra oe 5 i" Bes *has stipulated th ' “Second, ha “treaty and league without essen a of the treaty, ~~ out would world.’ were answered. Senator Harding’s Statement. Senator Harding's statement fol- lows in full: -“The president and the democratic nominee for his successor are in conference today, and, at the con- clusion it will inevitably be an- nounced that they found themselves in complete accord, that harmony reigns and unity is established in the democratic party. The signifi- eance of that announcement’ will not be missed. There is just one way that one can establish accord between himself and the president —that is by yielding his own opin- ion at every point to that of the president. When the nominee es- tablishes accord with the president, it means that the latter is in charge ef the campaign and will be the real force of the next administra- tion, if it is democratic. Questions for Cox. “ “Therefore in connection with’ the announcement of harmony be- tween the president and the demo- cratic nominee it will be perti- nent to inquire the basis of the avieement. ; “The country ‘s very anxious to know if an unqualified acceptance of the league of nacions progra:n is ‘ed upon. ' s Gove.nor Cox plegg- ed himself to “Fourth, the president naturally at Governor Cox must assume, underwrite and i idate all the international com- eedtments in which the present ad- ot Ps # 3 we ever the various ministration has involved itself and the nation. The president could not possibly demand less. A demo- @ratic successor could not possibly nt less, because he stands on a makes the same which the us? Somebod the people ar ' “Bas Gover case he is mand that this c Armenia? n to maintain in roe t Piedges Has He Given. he pledged Thrace shall ng men to Bul- waria instead of to Greece, revard- jess of the wishes of the Thracians., the Greeks and our allies? - “Broadly, has the nominee-taken and unknown . ® « - gommitments of the present ad- 3 “‘ministration’s foreign policy in or- der to establish harmony between the president and himself? a 'o. «tttese questions. the Amer- himself to insist j sis nie: B FOE Tigh PRE TS on yeas 2, Column. 2 in lbvas divorced. PRINGE JOACHIN ENDS TROUBLES WATH A BULLET Died in Arms of Physician Several Hours After Fir- ing Shot--Effort to With- hold Details. 4 RECENTLY DIVORCED - AND IN MONEY STRAITS It Is Believed His Wife’s Desertion Caused Mental Breakdown — Prince Jo- achim Was Wounded During the War. Berlin, July 18.—(United News.)— Prince Joachim, former Kaiser Wil- helm’s youngest son, committed Suicide by shooting last night at his residence at Liegnitz. He died later in a hospital at Potsdam. Joachim is believed to have been financial straits. He recently The authoritles are endeavoring to hush up the tragedy. , Détails were successfully held from the public for many hovfs, but it finally became known that he died several hours after he had fired the shot, in the arms of his personal physician. To all inquirers, even those con- or by friendship to the former reigning family of Germany, those who were present at the time denied the truth, declaring Life Full of Trouble. There is no doubt, however, that Joachim’s wound was self-inflicted. His life of twenty-eight years has | been full of misfortune. Family troubles which did not culminate with the flight of his father to Hol- ever since, are believed to have un- settled his mind. ; Recently his wife, Princess Marie Augustine of Anhalt, whom he mar- ried on March 11, 1916, left him, and a divorce suit wag instituted. Their married life was far from happy. His latest publicity was gained over his suit against a publisher who had printed a vdlume entitled “The Married Life of Prince Joa- chim,” which was replete with the scandal of the court and sensational incidents attributed to the young prince’s life. The arguments made in this case aroused no particular public inter- est, but the judge sitting in the suit had set a time for trial in the near future. It is believed that his wife’s de- sertion led to his possible mental breakdown, and wag at any rgte re- sponsible for his suicide. The prince resembled the kaiser's eldest son in appearance, but was better looking. During the w he rained some ill repute by dashing through the country in an automo- bile, “burning up tires,” while there was a crying need for rubber in that country. Wounded During War. Prince Joachim was born Deéecem- ber 17, 1890 in Berlin. Hé served in the late war on both the western and eastern fronts. In the first year of the war he was wounded in the fighting in France, and for a~long time it was feared that he would not recover. When he did re- cover he was transferred to Russian front where he had several narrow escapes from c--‘nre and afterwards suffered a serious ill- ness. After the defeat of the Germans there were rumors that Empéror William would abdicate in favor of Joachim. Joachim was married in 1916 to Princess Marie Augustine, of An- halt, who then was just seventeen years old. A dispatch f Paris early in the present year said Jo- achim had brought a suit for di- vorce. | The prince during the war was ranked as a popular hero in Ger- many. Since the end of the war little has been heard of him. One report was,to the effect that he hoped to come to the United States after the peace treaty ‘was signed. Suffering From Dementia. Prince Bitel is the only one of the former kaiser’s sons in Berlin. Prince Bitel, questioned as to the motive for his brother's suicide, de- clined to make any statement, re- ferring the correspondent at the same time to the official announce- ment that Joachim was suffering from “a fit of excessive dementia.” The body was transferred . , 4. CHAMBER PROBING GOAL SITUATION Letters, Asking for Neces- sary Information, Have Been Sent to Local Deal- ers and to Manufacturers _— An investigation into the coal sit- uation is being conducted by the chamber of commerce. There is a scarcity of coal, the prices are climbing higher and the prospects of getting supplies for. the winter are not altogether bright. With these conditions before him, Eugene R. Black, president of the chamber, has had letters to be sent to the local coal dealers and manu- facturers for the purpose of ascer- taining (a) what their requirements are for the coming season, (b) how much coal they have laid in for use this season, (c) how much they now have on hand, and (d) what the prospects aré for getting coal and at what prices. A special inquiry is being made into the prospects for getting coal for homes. Coal Supply. - “This question of “coal . supply,” according to information given out by the local chamber, “has two phases—national and local. The chamber of commerce is interested in seeing that our local people are, protected as-giuch as- possible Prom | suffering during the coming. winter and in seeing that they secure theif coal at fair prices. Our investiga- tion is extending to fifty or more towns and Cities in the state and, so far, there has been no lack of co-operation in the part of anyone. “We find that fn some of the smaller cities there is little or no coal on hand, the prospects for get- | ting it are poor, and in asking the Atlanta chamber of commerce for assistance the statement is made that if conditions continue as they are, there will be much suffering. “Some of the manufacturers are protected by contracts and are se- curing deliveries. However, others are not so fortunate, and one of them reported that while the mine with which he had a contract for coal at $2.60 per ton at the mine claimed to be unable to make de- liveries on account of the lack of ears, he had little difficulty in s8e- curing deliveries from other mines at higher prices, Our information is that ordinary run of mine coal is selling at the mines for $9.00, $9.50 and $10.00 per ton, while local con- sumers are paying $15.75 a ton for lump coal, delivered. Various Reasons Given. “Differing reasons are given for the scarcity and consequent ‘high prices, and these we are looking into. When there is congestion in the lines of railroad traffic coal cars are tied up, and when. there are no cars for loading, activity ceases at the mines. Then, being unable to secyre coal, one dealer bids against another, and one ter- ritory bids against another, for the coal. o “While we cannot at this stage of the itvestigation tell what may come, ‘it may be necessary to seek the establishing by the government of maximum. prices for coal at the mines, restrict the movement of coal for export andsfrom the southern coal fields to the take region ant other northern territory. The ex- tension by the Interstate Commerce Commission of its Order No. 7, con- fining the use of open cars to the handling of coal gives a large added capacity for transporting supplies. “It is our aim to get the facts concerning thig: whole matter, botn locally and at the mines, and when these are in hand, suitable action. if any be deemed advisable, will be taken.” BODY. OF EUGENIE RESTS BY REMAINS OF NAPOLEON III. Farnborough, England, July 18.— With an impressive ceremony the pody of Empress Eugenie today was draw on a gun carriage through a troop-lined, leafy avenue to St. Michael’s abbey, to a rest- in a crypt of St. Michael's beside the remains of Napo- [.. and the prince imperial. ffin was covered with the pall used on the occasion of the death of ‘the prince imperial and was left in charge of Benedictine monks, who will keep vigil until the interment on Tuesday. The cortege moved to the abbey to’ the strains of the “Dead March” from Saul. The Rt. Rev. Fernand Casrol, abbott of St. Michael's ab- received the body while the d yed the “Marseillaise.” A short absolution service was held in the presence of Prince Victor Napoleon, Pri the —— a GUCKPIT 1S MADE OF ALL NEAR EAS BY TURK TREATY War From Black Sea to Dead Sea—Turks and Arabs Battling’ British, French and Greeks. ~~ HATREDS OF CENTURIES Religious and Race Prej- udices and International Battles for Commercial Advantages and Fuel Oil Appear in Swirl. Constantinople, July 18.—(By the Associated Press.)—The prediction of disinterested statesmen that the proposed peace treaty with Turkey apportioning the choicest parts of the Turkish empire among the va- rious European powers would Bal- kanize the entire Levant seemingly has *been realized. War exists to- day from the Elack sea to the Dead Sea, the Turks and Arabs being en- gaged in fighting with the British, French and Greeks in almost count- less places. Page Palestine, Syria, Cilicia, Anatolia and Thrace are in religious ferment. +The Mohammedans are massacre- ing or deporting Greeks and ‘Ar- menians. The Christians aré retal- lating everywhere they are strong enqugh: to do so. ‘The Russian bolsheviki are tak- the caftasus with the Tartars, their battle front from the Baltic to the Black sea and stirring the Moslem world to great résistance by Promising additional contact with soviet Russia through Rumania and Bulgaria. The bolsheviki declare they will subjugate these latter countries as soon as they have at- tended to Polard. They plan in this way to thwart possible domination of Turkey by Great Britain through Support of Grecian territorial as- pirations. Hatreds of Centuries. Hatreds of centuries are being displayed in their ‘most hideous form. Religious and race prejudices and international battles for com- mercial advantages in territory and fuel oil appear, in the swirl of which Constantinople is the center. Even the Russians here, who hith- erto apparently had been unsympa- thetic, are watching the strugele with more complacency. It is said they hope for actual control of Con- Stantinople by the Moscow govern- ment in the event of Poland’s defeat and the realization of the pledges made by Russia early in the war. ' In high official quarters here it is said that Great Britain and Greece stand alone with regard to the Turkish treaty. The Italians here openly disavow the treaty, while the French acquiesce in it grum- blingly. The indications are that Damad Ferid Pasha, the grand vizier, who is decidedly Anglophile, will organ- ize a new government which will Sign the treaty in order to check a further -Greek advance into Asia Minor. But Mustapha Kemal Pasha and his regular troops and bandit associates who are variously esti- mated to aggregate from 200,000 to 500,000, are still to be dealt with. To Clear Peninsula. The British and Greeks are ‘pre- paring to clear the Scutari peninsula of all nationalities and establish a line from Ismid to Chileh, On the, Black sea, which will control the bandit raids against Bosphorus townsand check communication be- through mountains., General Ironsides, of the British forces, probably will command the’ troops. His headquarters will be Ismid. Two British divisions al- ready are available. These wil! be increased to an -army corps.| Twwu Greek regiments will be used. Turkish nativnalists continue to raid Greek villages onthe south. shore of the Gulf of Ismid. The’ Greek patriarch reports that Foulad-'| jik, a Greek village with a. popula. | the Scutari peninsula virtually wiped out July 15, The entente is prepairng for a campaign for the extermination of bandtis. They will issue a warning that all villages which shelter or as- sist the nationalists will be shelled or burned. British torpedo boat de- stroyers have shelled and ruined Riva, a nationalist stronghold on the Black sea near the entranc the Bosphorus, and are carrying ou spasmodic bombdrdments elazwhere against the nationalists on the Scu- tari peninsula, who are shortly to be earned by land forces from the Failure by the French troops to display the Greek flag at a revicw omJuly 14, and failure by the Frencn to salute the flag when passing the Greek consulate, resulted in a pr>- test by the Greeks. The - French fe u vayral de | Clementine oa . in raddi-}genera LN IN MOST HIDEOUS FORM | ines hand through their contact in . y so z _™ con+ , hectizig the Asiatic struggle with tween Angora and Constantinople?! Hon of 2,000, near Karamorsal, war,} POX ANNOUNCES. HE WILL SUPPORT: the Nominee Is Ready to Be Champion of the Honor of the Nation. CONFERENCE WAS HELD ON WHITE HOUSE PORCH And Was Devoted Chiefly © to Discussion of League of Nations— Statements Issued by Wilson,- Co and Roosevelt. Washington, July 18.—(By the Associated Press.)—Complete agree- ment on thé league of nations ques- tion and unity in their party’s cause was declared’ today _>Y President Wilson and Governor Cox, of Ohio, democratic presidential candidate. after a conference at the white house. - Meeting for the first time since the San Francisco convention, the president and the governor, togeth- er with Franklin D. Roosevelt, the vice presidential nominee, spent an hour on the south portico of the ex- ecutive mansion discussing the league and other campaign issues. All three afterward issued formal statements voicing solidarity of purpose. None made any reference to recently published report sthat the chief executive and the presi- dential candidate were “far apart” On the league issue. “Absolutely at One.” The president’ declared that he and Governor Cox “were absolute-. ly at one with regard to the’ one great issue of the league of na- tions,” and that the nominee honor: of the nation and the secure }choiece, the president added, wJl have the vigorous support of an absolutely united party and, I am confident, also of an absolutely united nation.” Governor Cox déclared in his statement that he and Mr. Wilson were “agreed as to the meaning and sufficiency of the party platform and the duty of the party in the face sof threatened bad faith to the . world in the name of America.” He‘ ‘declared that he would give all his strength to the promises made by tS President Wilson to those who sace rificed in the great war. Mr. Roosevelt's statement spoke of the “splendid accord” of the president and Governor Cox and ex- pressed the wish that every Amefi-« can could have witnessed their con- ference. After the conference the three party leaders had lugcheon at the white house and Governor Cox and Mr. Roosevelt later conferred with several party leaders before leaving at 4:50 o’clock for Columbus, whére they will arrive early tomorrow to” meet Chairman Cummings, of the democratic national committee, and aitend the full committee meeting Tuesday. The conferencé on thé white house portico, held At 10:30 o'clock this morning, was said by Gov- ernor Cox to have been devoted - principally. to discussion of the league of nations. Statem-onts About Conference. Th. statement issued by the pres- ident 1ollows: “The interview was in every re- . spect most satisfactory. and grati- fying. I found what I indeed_4gl- ready knew and what Governor Cox has let the whole world know in his speeches, that he and I were absolutely at one with regard t0 the great issue of the league of nations and that he ig ready to be the champion in every respect of the honor of the nation and the Secure peace of the world. Ggy- ernor Cox will have the vigorous support of an absolutely united party and, 1 am confident, also of an absolutely united nation.” Governor Cox’s statement said: “iKtom every viewpoint the meet- ing was delightful. The president was at his best, recalling any <e- tail inquired about as bearing upon the international situation and en- livening the whole conference with a hi vewote now and then in his old-time, characteristic way. The Weather THUNDERSHOWERS. Georgia: Local Menday and Tuesday, except fair Tuesday extreme north portion. 7 ’ Virginia: Showers Monday; | Tuesday fair. North Carolina: Local thunder- showers Monday; Tuesday fair west, showers east portion. South Carolina: Local thundef- _ shewers Monday; y showers, — except fair northwest portion, — : Florida: cal thundershowers — Monday and Tuesday. ee Extreme northwest Florida, Ala- — eoane. thundershowers Mon- _ a ." ee “4 and Tuesda bs . ississippi: I inp, Gee fair T es re Ka air Tue no rticn. - Wet entest ‘« * ers Monday ard Tenn Fair west, - east portion Monday; Tuesday fair Sai ae xn ot the world.”’ The’ parths WILSON PLEDGES. And the President Says ~ is. £ ready to be the champion ef the ~~ ay 35 = P ght Se eae <r €4 +e thundershowers. — ee