North Carolina Newspapers

i IMPORTANT NEWS THE WORLD OVER President Wilson lias informed the senate that the presence of American troops is a "vital" element" in the restoration . and maintenance of traf fic on the Siberian railroad and that under the agremeent with Japan they could not be withdrawn only when the United States experts operating the IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS OFTHI8 road were withdrawn. The president says Siberia can be protected irom a AND OTHER NATIONS FOR SEVEN DAYS GIVEN THE NEWS OF THE SOUTH further period of chaos and anarchy only by keeping the' railroad open and that the people there are looking to the United States and the allies for economic asistance. Major General Graves, says Presi dent Wilcnn hna hppn Hirppfpd Stlficifi- What Is Taking Place In The cally .not to interfere in Russian af- land Will Be Found In fairs, but to co-operate in rehabill- Brlef Paragraph tating the Siberian railroad, under the direction of the inter-allied committee. Domestic Attorney General Palmer declares fmrtP. routes reaching: every quar- that the whole fight against him was ter of the globi have been established conceived and carried on . by Germans by the shipping board as a part of its opposed to his work as alien property program of converting the new Ameri- custodian in breaking up the German can merchant marine fleet from war industrial army in the United States, to peace work. '. As to paying excessive fees, the attor- A complete investigation of .Post- ney general says that is all bunco. master General Burleson's conduct of The suggestion that congress au office will be held by the house com- thorize the use of the powerful naval mittee on expenditures in the postof- radio station for , commercial mes- fice department. - sages seems to meet general aprpoval President Wilson favors promoting in house. . Rear Admiral Wiliam S. Sims, com- It is believed the wireless will prove mander of tin American naval fores a Dig factor in establishing much more overseas during the war, and Admiral satisfactory relations with the Orient' William S. Benson, chief of naval oper- Messages across the Pacific are now ations, in recognition of their serv- deiayed nearly a week, ices during the war. ' President Wilson is requested by the In the absence of laws governing senate to lay the proposed Franco- the case criminal prosecution is be- American treaty before the senate, in lieved to be unlikely to follow the a resolution offered by Senator Lodge halted inquest into the thirteen of Massachusetts. . 1 deaths resulting from a fall of a blaz- immediate sale, of the $120,000,000 ing dirigible through the roof of the surplUg stoCk of foodstuffs held, by the Illinois Trust and Savings Bank, at war department under a plan which Chicago. will "insure' opportunity for the peo- President Wilson has signed a omt . . thft TInited states to buy" is resolution authorizing him to invite recommended by the ten Republican others nations to send representatives memDers 0f the house war investigat- to the world cotton, conference 10 oe . ftnmmittftft.- The Avj Democratic held in New Orleans October 13 to 16, memDers withheld decision, pending inclusive. a review of evidence taken bya sub- Cotton producers will not oppose the world cotton conference to be held in TwQ gigantic ocean liners, larger New Orleans in October, u nau oeeu th&n ay ghipg now afioat and design renorted the association was suspi- , th Atiailtic in four days. cious of the conference. The efforts le tQ'be built by the shipping board. of the organization are aevotea enure- They wm be 1000 f eet long ana of ly to organization and not political or 30 knots speed and will be equipped for use as commerce destroyers in the event of war. economical. Patrick Cudahy, president of Cuda- hy Brothers Company, packers, of Hdenlv from apo- tIptv Death occurred in Milwaukee, t oreign j where he was endeavoring to recuper- The German premier has issued a ate He had retired, but assumed ac- warning to the country against hasty tive charge 'when his two sons went revolution. He admitted that the great into the army. masses of the people had 3ust grouna There is noreason or excuse for re- f0r discontent, and said it was the gov ;strictions of any kind in the sale of ernment's task to alleviate their suf suear to consumers. In this country ferings. i nn ahnndance of refined su- ttnicarian oppressions in eastern mxv - -a - ear. and in Cuba there is on hand Macedonia loom up as ominous as the plenty of the raw product. Turkish atrocities in Armenia. Dur- Cuba will produce this year the larg- mg the period of occupation of that est sugar crop in the history of the territory they reduced the population island. No one should pay more than Dy almost one hundred thousand, of 11 cents a pound now for the product, which thirty-two thousands were in and it will probably go lower. deaths caused hunger and ill-treat- The prosecution of the persons re- ment This statement comes from the cenly indicted in connection with the inter-allied commission. mobbing of Frank Foukal, a prisoner Twenty thousand Russians, many of :in the Baldwin county, Alabama, jail, them barefoot, and without rifles and June 22, scored practically complete j unsupported by heavy artillery, corn- success when trial of 28 men indicted pose the northern Russian army, the came to an abrupt end. uoniessions fr0nt of which extends from the Fin iot guilt were accepted by Assistant At- jsh roast to Pikov. and which is driv itomey General Wilkerson from all but mg Dacfc toward Petrograd a Bolshe- two defendants. j yjk army foilr times as large, says a When the national house passed the pari6 statement, drastic prohibition bill, a broad smile new political party has been bora -spread over the face3 of the prohibi- n Cuba, formed by a coalition of the tion. leaders, for they realized that m0st prominent leaders in the Liberal -their work in the lower house was ana Conservative parties, the purpose tended, and the measure was ready for 0f which is to prevent interference of jthe senate, where many of the restrict- other nations in Cuban affairs. 'tion may be modified or stricken out. sixtv Germans from Cologne, Ber- . A plan whereby Alabama would anHun ana other cities have been arrested nex all that part of the state of Flor- at Coblenz in connection with an al ida west of the Apalachicolt' river, in- leged plot to defraud the government eluding Pensacola, is being worked 0f minions of marks by eliminating out by a number of leading citizens of competitions at auctions of army sup- botn states. I plies The South's peanut crop this year A serious military revolt is reported promises to be a million bushels larg- from Croatia, which is said to be tak- er than last year's Alabama leads the South as a pea- ing the form of a movement for sepa ration from Serbia and the formation 'nut producer, growing more than one-1 of a republic. The railroads and tele- quarter of the country's output Jast I graphs are tied up from Casktorneys year, but her crop this year shows a southward, decrease. The known -casualty list in Washing- It is possible that former Emperor William may not be tried in London, ton's race war is ten, including two it has been announced in" the uppr deaths and two men probably dying, house. -Of the dead 'one was a city detective, The house of Lords of Britain-has shot through the breast by a negro passed' the peace treaty and the' Anglo girl. French treaty through, all stages. King George is eager to show ai i Washington . preciation of the services of David - Senator Harris of Georgia introduc- Lloyd-George during the war. George ed a resolution for an investigation of will not accept a peerage, and it is the packers, which was passed with- stated that the king may create him out debate. a Knight of the Garter, the highest Ten happy commanders of the Amer- gift the king can bestow. can expeditionary forces returned to Henry Morgenthau, former United i the United States upon the Cunar states ambassador to Turkev. has been line steamship Aquitania, which dock- made a commander of the Legion of ed here. The party was headed by Honor by the French government. Lieut. Gen. Hunter Liggett, commander As a protest aeainst h& increaa of the fh st army corps, and Maj. Gen. 0f six shillings in the price of coal. Joseph T. Dickman, who commanded which came into effect following the me American army oi occupation. refusal of the Enelish minora 'frir. At what was virtually an all-night ation to accept a compromise on the session, the British house ol com- Wace and other Questions, thousands mons completed its consideration of 0f miner;, in the Mansfield district of both the German peace treaty and the Nottinghamshire refused to irn down Englo-French convention. , into the nita. . Here is the Invitation which is sum- T,ftv,nr,0 nl(i a n,au moning Republican senators to the nf " ' , " ?r . , . of commons, replying to his critics. neace and the leaeue of nations- "Mv wno beieve ttLut the ex-kaiser should peace and the league or nations. , My De tried m a neutral cttntry, that the" Tear Senator? . "Matters nf ro rent ex-kaiser must be treated as a crimi- Ci. 77, m uuuerhal, and that "whoever comes to Brit- filflAratuvn trior . I nrmilrl vorv tviiVi o r I ; am or trial wlll receive a trial eaual predate an opportunity to have a talk to the highest traditions of the Brit- with yo about the treaty and a that ..ati and theVe are n'higher it involves. Sincerely yours. Wood- in the world." 6 row wiison. ' i - ... . Dr. Chao-Chu Wu. one of the Chinese "wMW-Mitun.prBnler, says: delegates to the peace conference, has I "lt war ls to be abolished it must arrived in Washington to discuss the be treated not as an honorable game d fn i i x senators with the prospect of personal glory, but as a crime. Ratification TRACKED im r 1 l -lllfrtM b m si III I A m mmKfww MuO:K ,.JQmm . hw ?f?t5?? Orel - 1 ly:? vi v.r ' 1 Mrs. James Hamilton Lews, wife of the former senator" from Ulinois, who has been given a medal of honor by the French government : for her; work for the French wounded. 2 Food shops in Berlin that-were raided by a hungry mob. 3 Residents of nStaten Island who were unable to get from Manhattan to their homes because of the strike of engine room me'.of the New York ferry boats. ..j ' . WranGLe 0F COLUMBI11, ret. - 825.000,000 is Cause Dcid5d c Kj Washington. 'ver the peace trM of nations covenant tomporarilv t.hi u be eiation of the w, ' ,alIo treaty. Howpvw rC and related subjects aif ae be to the fore l"c noor of the se,ate t,1 cloakrooms and ia .v. tt-iiaio corsM ticaties, the hcuso f;" 7 with a rush of legisia'Uoa tr rno 7-v I o ti m a ,1 Mils The Colomhian . h payment of 125,000,000 Panama but with tha Jt1 expressing America's "nSi ; , a 01 anaaii nated by asreempnt w-. department and pnw.-. taken up Tuesday by the fc3 pected to be tee and ratified by the senatej Developments thought the treaty fieht inrinda e,.. - " awieip President Wilson outlining ft on the proposal for ntifit;. vations and giving new infaJ to me bnantung provision, i the exDected statem - "vo nuum; direct bearine on dehatP tung provision is the subject a! matic discussions now in with Tokio designed t.n nfci w vwmi4 cation of the secret understai restoration of the province other public declaration ofj; tentions. NEWS REVIEW OF CURRENT EVENTS ' ' Me. : Mr. Taft's Plan of Interpretive Reservations May Solve the Treaty Problem. If LIKED BY MANY SENATORS President Wilson Rebuffed by Foreign Relations Committee Austria Gets Her Peace Terms News.. ! From Russia Not Cheerful I More Trouble With 'r . j Mexico. r' By EDWARD W. PICKARD.-'f, William H. Taft, actuated by the two worthy motives of trying to aid in the speedy stabilizing of world peace and of averting possible disaster to his par ty In the next presidential elections made a notable contribution last week toward the ratification of the peace treaty and League of Nations covenant by the senate. In letters to Republican National Chairman Hays he suggested, a way in which he thought this mfght be brought about with the votes of those Republican senators' who'; are friendly to the league but are doubtful concerning certain of its articles;! ;Mr. Taft's plan Is that the treaty berati fied with "interpretive reservations" that would satisfy the consciences ot those senators and that would be ac ceptable to the administration. These, not being amendments or flat reserva tions, would not necessitate the recom mittal of the pact to a peace confer ence. I-1 . Making it clear that he favors; rati fication of the treaty as It standst jtb be amended later by the league if .neces sary, Mr. Taft declares it to be fthe part of statesmen to recognize tbeJexi gencles, personal, partisan and polit ical, of a situation in seeking to achieve real progress and reform. He admits that there are reasonable and sincere criticisms made against the league and believes these must be satisfied In order to obtain the nineteen Republican votes necessary to ratification. This he seeks to do with his suggested reser vations, which cover most of the' ar ticles criticised but Ignore the Shan tung feature. This latter, he asserts, has been deliberately exaggerated. . Mr. Hays looked with favor on Mr. Taft's plan, and In Washington many Republican senators were '.said-' 'to be so Impressed with -Its- value that 'thejy already ' were at work on a program of interpretive reservations. President Wilson had ' been aware of thei'Faft suggestions for several days, but his at titude toward them , was not stated. The administration senators, however, were said to be still determined -to at tempt to force unreserved ratification. Mr. Wilson, though suffering from a slight attack of Illness, kept tfp his work in behalf of the treaty, palling into conference at the White House a number of the opposing senators. Most of these asserted that the 'presi dent had not been able to change their views or indentions by his arguments and explanations, and the debate in the senate did not indicate ttiat he had converted any of them. It la only fair to assume that few of theses sena tors i are governed by anything; but patriotism and honesty in taking the attitude they do, but it is hard to see anything but partisanship in such "ac tion as , that of the majority of the committee on foreign relations!? the other day. The president, i the in terest of business, asked for authority to appoint provisionally an American member of the . interallied coran)sslon on reparations pending action m the treaty. This the committee refused, adopting Instead Senator Knox'reso lution declaring: "That It Is the judgment of the com mittee that until the treaty Is ratified no power exists, either In thepresl dent or congress, to execute any provl slon of the proposed treaty, el thr pro visionally or otherwise," ! And yet, only three weeks ago .Sen ator Knox declared that the treaty ot pence will appiyt to the United JStates when ratified by three other powers, "whether we shall actually have rati fied or not, because peace will then be a fact." ' The president inay go ahead any how and name the member of the repa rations commission, and It was report ed that Bernard Bariich Is to be his se lection. Some of the senators, and perhaps a great many other people, do noi agree with Mr. Taft that the Shantung affair has been exaggerated. Mr. Wil son Is said to have explained to cer tain of his callers that the other peace makers, entangled in secret treaties, left to him the settlement of that an noying matter and that it was neces sary to yield so much to Japan in or der to assure her joining the League of Nations. It was believed he might now bring some pressure to bear to persuade Japan to declare formally her intention to return the province to China. within a short period of time. That, of course, would do much to si lence the criticism against the clause. The Japanese, however, are not dis playing a very compliant spirit lately. They have vigorously denied the story that the- Shantung settlement was in exchange for the Japanese withdrawal of the racial equality clause from the league covenant, and the intimation is plain that they will renew later their demand for the inclusion of such a clause. Also there is open opposition In Japan to participating in the inter national tribunal to try the former kaiser, based on the assertion that such action would have a bad effect on the Japanese people. The British parliament has ratified the peace treaty with Germany unan imously, and also has adopted the Anglo-French alliance bill. Austria has been handed the peace treaty she must sign and of course is protesting hopelessly against the terms Imposed. The reparation terms are similar to those In the German treaty, and the financial terms pro vide that the prewar debt shall be apportioned among the various former parts of the Austrian empire and the coinage and war bonds taken up by the new governments and redeemed as they see fit The Austrian army Is to be reduced to 30,000 men and she is to give up all her merchant shipping and fishing boats and 20 per cent of her river fleet. Large numbers of cat tle also must be surrendered, as well as quantities of stuff stolen by the Hapsburgs. In the revised territorial terms is seen a possibility of future trouble, for Austria Is to receive the Oderberg region of Hungary. The Hungarians are nqt likely to submit tamely to this and Bela Kun, if he is still In power there, may find in it a chance to keep his army from disinte grating by appealing to the national feeling. Conflicting stories concerning Bela Kun have been coming from Vienna. One had It that the communist leader had been deposed by a triumvirate and that "terror troops" were in control of Budapest. Another and later dispatch showed he was still in the saddle. The tangled mess known as the Rus sian situation has no very promising aspects of late. The British comman der in North Russia reports that the Russian- volunteer troops .that have been co-operating , with him have muti nied and joined the bolshevists; Gen eral Denikine has been suffering re verses at the hands of Trotzky's army find -Admiral Kolchak, head . of the Omsk government, does not seem to be getting anywhere. Lenine has of fered to cede Bessarabia to Roumania if the latter country will prohibit Kol chak's supporters - from crossing Its frontier. This may amount to nothing, as Roumania already holds possession of Bessarabia. In eastern Galicia. where the Ukrainians and Poles are fighting for the territory, the Poles have captured the important city of Tarnopol. Delayed dispatches from Vladivostok tell of a successful excur sion in the Suchan vailey district by an American military' column which cleared out bands- of bolshevik! at ; a cost of two men killed and eleven wounded. The bolshevik! in Siberia have released all their American pris oners, five In number. - ' 4 ... ... v - - - ' , The peace conference Is now attend ing to Bulgaria. ' The delegates Jrom that country t arrived , In Paris from Sofia Friday and were quartered at the suburb of Neuilly. The French troops have been taking care of Bulgaria late ly and when the other day some of them were attacked by Bulgarians a French regiment occupied Sofia and disarmed the local garrison. Sweden, Is expected to make a loud wail over the report of the Baltic com mission of the peace conference. It recommends that the Aland islands at the mouth of the Gulf of Bothnia, which Sweden has claimed, be neu tralized under the guaranty of the League of Nations. The Swedes are not in high favor with the allies and any protest they may make is not like ly to be considered. Our relations with Mexico seemed to be approaching the well-known climax, as they have been intermittently for years. Senators and representatives from the border states clamor for in tervention, more Americans are killed or kidnaped or robbed by Mexicans, interested European nations become more and more exasperated by the chaotic conditions below the Rio Grande, but the administration keeps Its own councils, giving no intimation of its intentions, if it has any. Among the recent outrages to be reported were an attack by armed Mexicans on a boatload of sailors from the U. S. ship Cheyenne near Tampico and the robbery of about $10,000 from the Puerto Lobos station of the Atlantic Refining company. Some trifles were stolen from the sailors and the Mexi can government says It was their own fault because they disregarded warn ings and went into rebel territory. Most of the other outrages the Car ranza officials try weakly to explain away. Henry P. Fletcher, ambassador to Mexico, appeared before a house com mittee and said that, although hun dreds of Americans had been killed in Mexico In the last few years, and 50 since February, 1917, he had never heard of the prosecution or conviction of any Mexican for the murder of an American. He thinks, however, that nothing would be gained by withdraw al of our recognition of the Carranza government and lifting of the embargo on arms. Word was brought from Chihuahua City to El Paso that Villa and General Angeles had disbanded their forces un til September and were going to Japan to obtain arms and ammunition for a renewal of their revolution. The city of Washington was greatly upset early in the week by mob riots that amounted to a race war. Whites, angered by alleged attacks on women by colored men, made indiscriminate warfare on the negroes, and the latter retaliated In kind. Several persons, Including two policemen, were killed. After long and wearisome debate, the house of representatives passed the prohibition enforcement bill by a vote of j 287 to 100. Nearly all the rigid restrictions insisted on by the radical drys were retained, but indi viduals are permitted to have liquor in their homes for their own consump tion. The measure is now in the sen ate and may be changed in Important particulars. The chief , counsel for the Associa tion Opposed to National Prohibition, in reply to numerous inquiries, has is sued a statement concerning the sta tus of the fight j against the constitu tional amendment. He says the right of referendum on acts of the legisla ture exists in 15 states. Petitions for referendum have been filed In seven of these and are being circulated In the others. If the people in ten of these states reverse the action of the legis latures the prohibition amendment will be void, since it must be ratified by 36 states and 45 have- taken that action. The validity of the amend ment also will be attacked on consti tutional grounds before the United States Supreme court in the fall, All the world was (startled and shocked by the unique airship disaster In Chicago. A dirigible balloon was making experimental flights over) the loop district of the city when it burst into flames and fell through the roof of one of the largest banks. Ten em ployees ; of the bank ; and three ! men . who were In the car of the balloon were killed and more than a score were injured. The ' cause of the accident was a mystery. - - "OCCUPATION TAX" BRINGS GE0RG ' Macon, Ga. C. L. Peacock. lector of Dodge County, an! Mullis, sheriff of that conn; every other tax collector in & of Georgia is made defendant suit filed in federal court here J. B. Colt Company of New Toil ing a permanent injunction the collection of the state "od tax" provided in an act pa last session of the legislate company claims to have 1 000 business in Georgia, " plants, the past year. The w based on alleged- immunity fe Article 1, Section 8 of the era of the United States. Judges D. Evans fixed September 1 1 date for hearing the applicatt permanent injunction. MARYLAND GOVERNOR TO GO AFTER PROFIT Baltimore. Governor Harri? Maryland, is planning to take similar to .that taken by J rn-r nviin fn dealing profiteers. He will immeW suit Attorney General it erance to what legal steps bee tha Maryland laWS. HM es, first, to locate by investipj responsibility for the w- ing, and, then witn uw i.i v., to ascertain v. with crimen tions. PRES.DENT-S SW.N0 A4 CIRCLfc mn. Washington.-An annJjJ -DcMpni Wilson ing trip to the Facinc - . m ii. rh a house- is said to have under co Itinerary caums j from WashhigtonAn? CZECHOSLOVAKIA PROTESTS TO Prague.-In the mu- . Slovak government, r Tusar sent a strong no Beia ivun, u0- .inew i lKn minister W$J bombardment of Czecu i by the Hungarians, 1 Premier Tosar in W , ed compensation 1 sacking of vanon fa c states was carried the Hungaria "Col Washignton-eutt Ansell. who fJA military jstice' ed fi ide in his renewj t retirement fro t Ansell make, Vfc ?i?fj by him to George fj he charges l.ZZ of the tVZ? terea mi" v" foreclosed. V )