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r I ... k h A -: 1? i ii iviiiiJi 'XXV. NO. 35. WILMINGTON. TORTH CAROLINA v ffl) AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 14," 1919. -ism FIVE CENTS G , 3 ill A' :i! t i-4 ' X n r..: ' I ' ' .. S - - ' ' ' , 1 '-',"' ".'"'V ' i if ., i.i HP SSIHWL SINNIpPARUAMENtlRMil IRKAND'S INDEPENDENCE uu i hi lu Jiw 4U. JKWr r&lKsyPJ Vl 1'itlnlll 1 , WEIMAR, Feb. 14. (By The Associated Press) Count von Bernstorff will not go to the peace conference as a German delegate; Germany plans for the timerbeing at least, a peoples' army - on th? basis of general conscription; Germany will an nounce within a few days her intention to carry out complete disarmament and demobilization and - a 'commission made up of the. center., democratic . and socialist parties ii now discuss ing detail:, of th2 new govern mentaf pro;jr.:. : The'-e poirts vere! made by Fried rich Ebsrt. t'.:e new president of Ger many, ;iti informal talk with for eign nev?puvev nisn.today. They an-8wereds-iojij ' Cbf American and EnglllpfreepcnUfents asked after he had i-ekd a foiratinocuous statement Je- emnliasized GecmaaJ'a !intenitioto f" President Ebert read his statement ii n - i MTrn i r n -. f.;r j'.-v. rapidly and tlien signified' his willing hess to answer'ijueftions an opportu nity of which tjie J newspaper men made immediate rise. - The auestion of disarmament .was first raised, since reports from- the. peace conference In Paris indicate it is occupying a large place In discus sion there. President Ebert frankly astonished his hearers by his declara tion thai a commission -was. already working on the problem.. He said Germany in future was. going -to Jiavo only an army of defense. It was at the very end of his talk that he ad mitted this guard will -.be raised by conscription, and: he left the room, be fore further details could be elicited. He said the assurance that, the bor ders of the countrj;would he protect ed was absolutely essential, although he would. -welcome universal disarma ment, wftiic'b, would' make such protec tion unnecessary. He declared an un derstanding, had already been reached by which various branches of industry will be united and. -operated socialisti cally, adding-that only monopolized business will belsocialized. In answer .to a question relative to foodstuffs in Germany, he said he regarded the sit uation as very gloomy, since -the con , ditions are very hard. Germany, he said, has only a minimum of foreign securities with which she 4 can pur chase food.' "Our, goldAas the whole world knows, ha lnf large part gone to the ( Continued . on Page EleTen) BANDIT; BANDS PUT AMSTERDAM, Feb. 14. There is a panic at Hamburg as a result of dep redations by .bands of thieves operat ing throughout the city, according to Berlin dispatches to the Handelsblad. The bands Are said to travel in mo tor cars and to be heavily armed and It is reported.' the places of mer chants ' have .been -pillaged and that the -police, are -helpless. HAMBURG IN PANIC 1 W If ,r -? m . ; ." AREA EARLY TODAY This is the Irish parliament, sitting in the Mansion House benches at tne ironi Sonne omn rein memoers 01 me ooay, cnusen 11 t mui9iiiKuuaiucuu - auuubii ovw; stitute treason toHlie.'Btifish tne nail migni do. witnessing NEW YORK,' Feb 14. The steam ship Finland and the cruiser Charles ton arrived her 'today with ,troops from France. The "Finland brought 3,333 men, of whom 924? are -sick r wounded. The- majority-o the .-men on -this vessel were 'casuals from the east and middlewest and aboard also1 was base h ospital If 6. i 1 8 axtdT: the. bri gade headquarters of the 34th coast artillery corps. ' . . . ' The Charleston brought - 1,27 1 troops of whom nearly aH were of the 50th regiment coast artillery corps (regular army)--. There" were a few casual- officers aord. ' ' Southern Men Coming , WASHINGTON, eb. -1 4. The 6 4th regiment, coast artillery, which in cludes a larg-UHber t--of -southern men, many from: South Florida, la among units aboard three transports and the" battleships Rhode lslandvftna Virginia' wificli have' sailed from France with 470 officers and nearly SOUTHERN TRDDPS SAIL FOR STATES Famous Woman Physician Advises Wilmington Femeninity How to Dresg to Avoid ... 'V lJ-J., k mMIRIMIIII Lf empire, the proceedings. were carried out without disorder and the awnony . legai assemuiy. PRESIDENT WILSON REPORT OF SOCIETY OF N 6EF0REPLENARY PAJUS Feb. 14. -At the plenary ference at 3:30 oclocJc thisv afternoon at the Qnal, d'Orsay, nresiaeni wu sOn, as chairman- - of - .the commission of the league of nations, will read and .explain the following report: " ' " Preamble: In order to promote International co-operation and to se cure International peace and security by the acceptance of obUgations not to resort to war by the prescription of open, just and honorable rela tions between nations, ny the firm establishment of the nnderstandings of international law as ,the Actual rule of conduct among governments, and by the maintenance and justice vand a scrupulous respect for all treaty obligations in the dealings, of oirganized people with one another, the powers signatory to this covenant adopt Ibis constitution of the leagne of nations: Article I. . "The action of the high contract ing parties under. -the terms of this covenant shall, be 'effected- through, the Instrumentality - of a --meeting - of - a body of , delegates , representing the' high contracting parties, ;of -meetings il-d VUAUMn in Dublin, proclaiming the Irish :. session of tne preliminary peace con j at more frequent intervals of an exec utive council and -of a permanent in ternational secretariat to be estab lished at the seat cof the league. . - Article II. 1 k ', "Meetings of the ; body of ', delegates shall be held at - stated intervals and (Continned onPage PHevcn) REA0S?EII1ST AT10NS I CONGRESS MEET I BEVARE upholstered' his body con Is the rear of audience whl( FOILED BY COPENHAGEN, Feb. 14 Papers and letters found in the home bf lart Radek, the Russian bolshevik emis sary; whose arrest -by the Berlin po lice was announced-yesterday, indicat ed he was planning a Spartacan up rising in Marchr not only, in Berlin but the . entire country at the same time, according to Berlin - dispatches received here. ' ', - . A bolshevist army was - planning, to attack the eastf frontier at'the date fixed for the uprising,; it. is -said. .; ' Radek is reported to have been dis gttised in a Oerman. ofHee.r's uniform on many occasions." . .; Off To Visit Ruse. PARIS, Feb. 14. Colonel. E. Fran cis Riggs, former.. American; military attache at Petrograd, .and eight other American military ' observers, ' left Paris- for the 'Black -sea'-region ; Where they will visit : the various Russian governments. ' : Republic In arrest Wi EPOMSI llECUIElUiil i IE! OlE ft IR United States, Great Britain, France, Italy, Jafian and FourOther StatesWiUBe Represented Executive Council; President Reads Initial , Report. " PARIS, Feb. 14. The executive council of the proposed league of nations, as outlined in iKe covenant read by President Wilson today will consist of representatives of the United States, -Great Britain, France, Italy and Japan together -with represen tatives of four other states VCi - r The council shall' meet as. often as is necessary but at least once yejar;at ? whatever place may be designated. Any matter -within .the sphere o 'action of the league or affecting the peac of th world will be dealt with. -". - . 7 The president of .the United States ; shall summon the first ,; meeting of -the body ofv the delegates .and-the". executive connciL , 1 1 U " v - WarlinlsStill Displayed Alongrthet; Atlantic - - ' CoastToday. SNOWING IN CHICAGO Hifeh Winds Accompany a Light Fall of Snaw m v; Western Country. WASHINGTON, Feb. 14. The mid dle Western dlsftirbance today was central over Illinois" with its center moving very slowly and with an ab normally lowbarometer over the east ern half of the - country. General rains continued over the low area with somp snow -on its northern and western boundaries. It was much warmer in the . Atlan tic states from North Carolina to south and" western "New England and considerably colder in the Missouri, Mississippi-and lower Ohio valleys but with temperatures still above the sea sonal average, Fait weather Is indicated for to night and, Saturday in the south. , It will be colder " tonight in the lower Mississippi valley colder tonight and Saturday in the Ohio valley, Tennes see' and' the south Atlantic states and somewhat colder Saturday in the south portion Of the middle Atlantic district. '- Storm warnings still . are displayed; on the Atlantic coast f torn Virginia to Boston. Snow in- Chicago ' . QHICAGQFeb.14. The storm-ac-companied by snow, wind and Vain, which7 for ,54 '"hours has demoralized wire- communication and . railroad trarac' in "Tfe territory -between the Missouri river itnd .the Rocky Moun tains, arid "from the Canadian border to Oklahoma, early today was still in progress and -moving eastward, though with decreasing severity. : Flu Frightfuliiess. Pa PllilJC PlSEilD '-The league will najye, a .secretariat iHnaer uie- axrection joi. a secretary t 1 "v,embers- secretary-general thZl act.in-thatcapaclty at meetirigi ; 1 Thi representatives, of the high -con-- tractinr jpaTtiea andivthe ifflc"lala"of r 4 th? league shanhave dlplomaUc priT" ueges an - dimmunlty. Tne building toceupled by the league or-its officials shall enjoy extra-territorial benefits. V The admission of 'states not signa torjr to the-covenant shall,. be with the. assent of not less cthan two-thirds of thV states represented in the body of delegates and shall be limited tdfully self-governing countries. : o state shair b,e admitted unless it gives effective guarantees toVJobserye . International obligations and unless it shall conform to conditions prescribed by -the league in regard to its naval and military forces and armament 'The high contracting parties under take to respect and preserve the terri torial integrity and political indepen- aence or au states members of the league against external aggression. In case of any such aggression or any threat of danger of such aggression the executive 'council shall advise up on the means by which the obligations of the members shall be fulfilled. The high contracting parties reserve the right to take any action to safe guard the peace of nations in the case of war or threat of war. In the case of disputes arising between them which diplomacy cannot adjust, the high contracting parties will not resort to war without submitting to arbitration or to an inquiry by the executive coun cil and .until three months after action by the arbitrators or the executive council. , : The executive council shall formu- (Continued on Page Eleven.) S AIDE IS PARIS, f Feb. 14. Colonel Carl Boyd, principal aide de camp to Gen eral Pershing, is dead after an attack of pneumonia. His home was Adams ville, Ga.j and for a number of years he was military attache of the Ameri can embassy- here. 5 - ' - : v ' .1 , f i"V5 - 4 f - t.;;.i-.ii- V.'' ,mm
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