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WEATHER Fair Mo.dy ui TseWij; rising trmperilare. -W 3. cSili VOL. OX. NO. 13. RALEIGH, N. C, MONDAY MORNING, JANUARY 13, 1919., PRICE: FIVE CENTS TEMPORARY TROCE AFTER REIGN TERROR IN BERLIi1 Hostilities Can Be Resumed On12-Hours Notice By Party Either P ALL-NIGHT BOMBARDMENT RECOVERS NEWSPAPER Many Spartaeans Beported Taken Prisoner By the , Ebert Government BAVARIAN PREMIER APPEALS FOR PEACE Maakn, Bavaria, Jaa. 12. Pr Birr Eisner, of Bararia, has tele graphed U tk Berlia government a appeal that the warfar thera be braagat to aa end. Th telegram aajrai . With f rowing "error wo follow tka asnrderou civil war. It mast and aaleM all Germaay la alowly to perish. Berlin's' example every where la having a damorallxlng ef fect a ad la producing aa epidemic of Insanity. The only mesas of salva tloa appears to be a government aatalaed by the confidence of the people, ceaiprialaf all aecUliat par ilea aad reaolred to bring democ racy and soelsllsia to victory. Everywhere la Soath Germany the anger against Berlia It growing. At the aama time ainlater persons hero are calling aha for fratricidal war. fare." Ledebonr Arrested. Berlin, Satarday. Jaa. II. Tilt p. m. (By the A. P.) George Lede bonr and Eras! Meyer, Independent socialists, hare been arrested by of Been and soldiers. The charge against them haa not been made pebliCj ' Ledebour haa beea one of the moat active leaden against the Ebert gov. rament. (Br ths AMOcisted PrtM.t Berlia, Saturday, Jan. 11. (By the A. P.) The plant of th Vorwaerts, was recaptured by government troop thi morning in heavy fighting. Three hundred Spartaeans are reported to have been taken prisoner. Mora thin twenty fpurtncans Were killed and iorty wounded in tho. fighting. The government losses are said to have been light. .f,-' ' ' r ' . .' -" . fsed C Bombs. The building was attacked from ad joining atreeta and house tops. The attacking forces used light artillery, mine throwers and gaa bombs in on all night bombardment. The Spartacan who were barricaded in the building replied with heavy rifle and machine fire. Panio reigned throughout the neighboring district during the bom bardment. : Temporary Trace, t ' Newspaper row where , the plants of the ,TaitcbUtOTosaisc4e Zeitung and Lokal Anxeiger are located, was tem porarily quiet this morning as the re sult of a truce patched up Friday night between the government forces and the Spartaeans. The armistice which was not without elements of humor, was dictated by the urgent need of the civilian population . living in the dan ger zone to attend to its marketing and to afford tho business firms In the neighborhood nn opportunity to look irer the situation. :, Caa Era a me oa It Hoars Notice. By the terms of the truce hostilities ran pnly.be resumed after twelve hours notice jnva by either party, lne gov eminent troops and the Spartaeans are dividing the work of patrolling the street loading to the big publishing plants whose owners are still excluded from their property. Street traffic in the district was resumed immediately after the signing of the trace. .. TkaTaaeblait baildinsr is badly scarr ed from rifle and machine gnn fire and virtually all the front windows have been blown -in.. In the window spaces the Spartaeans have piled up rolls of print paper aa barricades. Leases of Spartaeans. The losses of the Spartaeans during the fighting In this district Friday are said to have been heavy, while the gov ernment troons declare that only two Daring Friday afternoon a. squad of , fpa,rtacans attempted to enter the Tage-J-blatt tmldinr iniHhotoT-earvlaga Bed Cross flag on the -pretext that they wanted to. bring out the dead and wounded. The government troops halt ed the ear mid f onnd that tha occupants were armed with' revolvers and hand ' grenades.' ; The Spartaeans are said to have lost twenty dead and forty wounded in the three days fighting around the Hranaen- burg gate at' the western end of Untet den Linden. FIGHTING REPORTED TO ' V HAVE BEEN RESUMED London, Jan. 12. Fighting has beea resumed in Berlin, according to advices received here tonight from Copenhag- en. The Spartaeans are said to be still holding a portion of the Tageblatt building. The 8partacan losses since the out b:eak of the revolution are about 1,300 persona killed. CREW OF THE CASTALIA STILL ABOARD VESSEL Halifax, N. 8, Jan. 12. The crew of the disabled American steamer Castalia wns still aboard the vessel at dark to night. The captain bad sent an earlier message anying that the crew had en' tered boaia to be taken to the Nor wegian steamer Bergenef jord, but later he reported vast because of .Wf high eat and the rolling ol the snip it had been Impossible for the mcri to take to the boats. PADEREWSKI WOUNDED BT ASSASSIN AT WARSAW London, Jan. 12. Igaac Iaa Paderewski, the Polish Leader, haa beea slightly woaaded by aa assess la who entered the raoaa of his hotel at Warsaw and fired one shot at hiss, according to aa exchange telegraph despatch from Copenhagen reporting advices front Vleaaa. Several Bol saevikl implicated la the plot to kill hint have been arrested. Mr. Paderewski kaa beea la War saw for several days conferring with polish political leaders la aa attempt to form a government representa tive of all parties. Whea he arrived la Danilg oa hie way ta Warsaw, the Germans attempted to prevent him from going to Posea, After he ar. rived at Poaea and while he was asleep la a hotel a crowd of Get mans fired an a parade of childrea who were marching la honor of Pad erewski. Two of the children were killed and several ballets atrack the window of the room accapiod by Mr. Pr.derewskl. 21 ILEA 111 It Y, CENTRALVRECK Rear-End Collision in Which All in Rear Pullman Car Perished . Batcvia. X. TV. Jan. 12. Twenty-one persons were killed and several injur ed, three seriously in a rear-end collis ion on the New York Central Railroad near flouth Byron this morning at 8:40. The Southwestern limited, westbound, crashed into the Wolverine limited, al so, westbound, which had (topped to take on an extra engine. Every person n the rear Pullman coach of the Wolverine was killed. Only a few of the dead have been identified thus far, most of the bodies being man gled beyond recognition. Up to a late hour tonight enly a few of teh 21 dead had been identified, ana the tttfinated eVindirM'bf " bodie and the absence of clothing making th srerk of Identification slow and difficult. All of the fatalities occurred ia the last car of the Wolverine. The rear Pullman, a steel car, wai T ducedsto complete wreckage, . When the engine hit, the npper part of the second coach from the end was torn from Its trucks and, lifting slightly smashed di rectly through the center of the rear coach for its entire length, sweeping the bet ths and seats Into a compact pile of wreckage. Into this debris the bodies were tightly wedged. Not a sleeping passenger in the ear escaped death or serious injury. Tbere aoDears to be some conflict be tweenthe statemeitol liHroaTWcWf' and Engineer John Friedley of the Southwestern as to the responsibility fot the disaster. The railroad officials say that the rear of the standing Wol verine was protected by the block sys tern and that in addition a flagman with a lighted fust was sent back along the trucks. t Engineer Fricdlev says the block was clear when his train entered it. fire man Brill backs him up in this claim. ' OFFICIALS CONSIDER FIFTH LIBERTY LOAN Washington. Jan. 12. Opening of the fifth Liberty Loan campaign April 6, the second anniversary of the aet- titration of war against Germany, is under consideration by treasury offi cials, but no decision has been reached. The third Liberty Loan drive Itartca on April 6, 191 S, the first anniversary It is planned to have the campaign run for three weeks, and to ask for between five nnd six billion dollars. Whether the interest rate will be higher than the four and quarter per cent borne by the last issues depends partly on the movement of the market price of Liberty Bonds during the noxi two months. The bonds will be of short maturity iifclhe ..neighborhood of five years. . ;.". TO HOLD MAMMOTH MILITARY" OLYMPIC (Rv th AsKciated Prut.) Paris, Saturday, Jan. Hi A mammoth military Olympic i.ect to be held in Paris ia May or June, nnder the au spices of the American srmy for atn letics from all the allied fighting forces projected in plans announced tonight. General Pershing, the American com mander in chief who is taking a teen interest in the plans, is sending a per sonal letter to the commanders in chief of the armies of all nations with whom the United States has been associated during the war inviting the officers and men to participate. Twenty-one allied countries will be asked to take part and it is planned that the games will surpass any other athletic competition ever conducted in the his tory of sports. The games will be financed entirely by the American army in co-operation with the welfare agen cies now operating with it. The French .government and the Frencl army have given their approval of the plan and have promised their hearty co-operation. Troop Ships Sighted. , Norfolk, Va Jan. 12. The.,,; battle shins Louisiana and Ner HamDshire, with contingents of returlftig American troops from France, were reported early tonight as a few miles off the Virginia capes. Both are expected to pass ia be fore dawn, but hsd not been sighted at 10 o'clock tonight by the Cape Vcnry observer. t . . - Alff WILL HEAD7 H u ruKbkS Durham Member Will Be Chair man of That Committee " in the House . WINBOfiNE CHAIRMAN HEALTH COMMITTEE Gardner, of Yancey, Will Again Head Counties, Cities and Town Committee From a general impression obtaining among members ia the lobbies yester day and last night, Speaker Brummitt will announce this week the assignment of members to a half dosea of the strongest committees of tbe Bouse, in cluding Finance, Appropriations, Edu cation. Health, Counties. Cities and Towns, and Constitutional Amend ments. The probable chairmen men tioned aret 1 : Flnaaeet Doaghton, of Alleghaaey. Appropriations: McCoin, of Vance. Health i Wlaborne, of Chows a. Education: Bryant, of Darham. Craatlea, Cities and Towns i Gardner, f Yaaeey, . Coastitational Amendments: Gold, of Cailford. Governor Doughton Tieaded the Finance committee of the 1917 session and G. Ellis Gardner waa also chair man of the same committee last sess'on that he is slate for this time. Outside the two judiciary committees, the bulk of legislation w!l be hncdled bj the six committees named above and there seems to be practically unanimous ap proval of the c lurmanships as fore cast. Maay Eligible far C. C aad T. There were psrhaps more aspirants for the Counties, . Cities and Towns Committee than for any of the others. according t the, greater weight of lobby gossip. It appears early that there will be a plurality of contests over the creation of new counties, the extension of boundaries, the .emoval of county seats and the hundred and one other things this committee is supposed to attend to. Mr. Gardner is fairly well removed from tha most of th fights NrbeffitlrA and. in aArliftan. tins th 1- iWaniaso ' ef most" of the -others- who wanted this chairmanship ia that tie understands its intricacies tad is familiar with the thousands and eae arguments that advocates pro and eon use. . " ' Governor Doughton is perhaps the best equipped man in the House to shape ths revenue and machinery acts and this time the burden of piloting tha new tax measures will devolve upon him also. . Bryant Is Happy Choice. The selection of Victor 8. Bryant, of Durham, to Jiead the Educational Com mittee regarded by most of tbo mem' hers as a very happy one. The Durham maiririHitf iptrntiTm-t)f-i-Hre strongest men in the present General Assembly, and jt is no secret that strong men are in greater abundance this year than at many previous ones. Ha is keenly alive to the educational problems of the State! intimately acquainted with the needs of the various institutions and a hard fighter. Incidentally, he is from the some towa as the new State Superintendent, Dr. Brooks, and the probabilities are that they will work together in perfect harmony. Mr. Bryant is also an earnest advo cat of the Governor's plan to trans fer the State Prison to the Halifax farm and convert the present build ings into hospital room lor the incur (Contlnncd an Pag Six.) Spirited Debate Over 100 Million Dollar Measure Is Predicted Washington, Jan. 12. With only fortyrfour working days remaining in lie present session both houses of Con- rcrew expect to speed work this week The House, afte disposing of tho riv ers and harbors bill tomorrow, will take up the rule for tonsideration of President Wilson s request for flnn,. 000,000 for famine relief in Europe with spirited debate in prospect. . While committees are working on ap proimation measures, and other legist lation, the Senate tomorrow will begin consideration of legislation to validate Informal war contracts. Addresses 'by Senator Sterling of South Dakota, Re publican, and Myers of Montana, Dem ocrat, while Senator Thomas of tolO' rado, -Democrat, expects to discuss the American policy in Russia. U. S. ARMY TRANSPORT TUCKAH0E IN DISTRESS New York, Jan. 12. The United States army transport Tnckahoo, which sailed from New York January 9 for St. Kazaire, was reported today by wire' less as leaking badly, and putting into Halifax. Word of the ships distress wan received here by officials of th United States Shipping Bosrd and it ii presumed by thenuthat she was disabled in a storm. The Tnckahoe was launched last July at Camden and was built in the record time Of 38 days. Until her present voyagif when sho was loaded with army supplies lor France, she was in coast- wise trade. TO TAKE UP FAMIHE RELIEF BILLTODAY THOMAS WATT GREGORY RETIRING ATTY.-GEN. Phot by American Press Association, L "Pecuniary Responsibilities" Given As Reason For His Retirement MAYJE SUCCEEDED BY POLK OR J. HAM LEWIS Text of Letters By Mr, Gregory And the President; They Had Talked It Over (Br ths Amoeisted PrM.) Washington, Jan. 12. Thomas Watt Gregory, Attorney General of the United States since 1914, has resigned because of "pecuniary responsibilities" and will return to tha practi.ee of law. Presi dent Wilson has agreed to his retirement next March fourth. . r MrGre:rory'B Wwr of resicnation dated January 9, and the President's reply, cabled from Paris the next day, were made public tonight at tbe White House, Th-Attorney General's letter disclosed that he had long considered retiring front office and had discussed the matter with the President before Mr. Wilson went abroad. Mr. Gregory's successor has not yet been appointed, and there has been no official intimation as to whom he will be. In speculation today tho names of Frank L. Polk, Counsellor of the State Department, and Acting Secretary while Mr. Lansing is in Europe, and Senator James Hamilton Lewis, of Illinois, were mentioned. -MrCressBry'a.Lettor, "TiCr. Gregory's letter of resignation follows: "Dear Mr. President: "In accordance with the nnrnose ex pressed in our conversation just before you went abroad, I tender my rcsigna' tion as Attorney General. It has been not quite six years since l became, connected with your' adminiS' tration and more than four years ago, a few days after war was declared by the European nations, I became a mem ber of the Cabinet. It can be fairly said thst during no other six years in the history of our country have so manv great problems been presented and solved. The reflection that at such time I have been permitted to stand by your side and assist in a "modest way r-: dealing with those national and in ternimonal issues is now, and will al wayrbe.my greatest source of "wide. "No man over served a leader who was more uniformly considerate, more kind ly helpful nnd more generously appre ciative. No subordinate was ever more deeply grateful for the numberless friendly words and sets of bis superior. "Pecuniary responsibilities of a sub stantial nature rest upon me and mv private affairs have, long demanded;. at tention. During the continuance of aet t:al 'Warfare, I did not feel at liberty to weigh these personal considerations in the balance against the public duties with which I was charged. By March 4 of the present year the Department of Justice will have substantially brought its' war activities to a closo end be working nnder normal condi tions. ' I therefore ask that this resigna tion take effect on that date. ' Paithfully yours, T.'W. GREGORY." President's Reply. The President's reply said: "My Dear Mr. Attorney Genernl: It is with profound reluctance and re gret that, I accept your resicnation. do so only .because you have convinced me that it is necessary ..in yonr own Interest for you to retire. There has been no one With whom 1 have been associated in Washington whom I have learned mora to trust nor to whose counsels I htve attached more vartie and iiuportancel Your administration of our office has been singularly able an-i singularly conscientious and watch ful of tho public interest, and I feel that it is a very spoils Iors indeed to the nation that you should find your self objgd to Withdraw from public life. . "My best wishes not only, but my affectionate friendship will folIowi you into retirement and 1 hope witn ail my heart Miat in soma way and at some time I shall again have the privilege and benefit of be.ing associated witn you. "Cordially and faithfully your, ' "WOODROW WILSON." Financial Considerations, Mr-'-tiregory is the second cabinet officer to resign recently on account of Continued aa Pag Two.), ATTORNEY GENERA GREGORY RESIGNS LEAGUE PROPOSAL Reception of President in Eu rope Marks Distinct Advance in Movement OPPONENTS OF PLAN HAVE NOT BEEN IDLE William Bandolph Heart Joins Seed, Lodge and Others In Opposition New York, Jan. 12. 'The reception of President Wilson in England and Italy and the popular acceptance of his addresses on both sides of the At lantic mark a distinct advance ia the movement toward a strong and inclu sive League of Nations," says Norman Hapgood, president of the League of Free Nations Association, in a state ment just issued. . "The contest over the question of whether or not we are to have a League of Nations was put on a new and much more advantageous plane by President Wilson last week in his speeches in England and Italy. At Manchester he said, If the future had nothing Jot us but a new attempt to keep the world at a right poise by a balance of power, the United Btates would take no interest, because she will join no combination of powers which is not it combination of all of us.' In other words, the President takes the position that it ia against American tradition and American policy to join an alliance which means a combina tion of powers who are bound to pro tect one another, whatever the rights or wrongs of the controversy. He holds, however, that American policy absolutely . favors membership in League of Nations aa merely an exten sion to the old world of the Monroe Doctrine, which was created to protect the small nations of this hemisphere, In Italy, the President spoke out boldly in favor of a settlement that should give self-determination' to the Balkan states. While this open decla ration of the President's aroused some excitement among politicians, , his re ception by the people in Italy had an extraordinary fervor, The first meeting ef tha Italian so ciety for a League of Free Nations was held last weik. The society lias J.V) branch Italy aad taeladea ia its membership nine ministers, among them Premier Orlando, and former Premier Boselli.- 'The -issue waa made still mora defl nite during the week by further light thrown on. the secret treaties by which the entente, powers have undertaken to divide np their conquests oa tha old. Imperialistic lines. It ia becoming clearer every dav that for this reason the question of tha settlement and the question of the foundation of a League of Nations cannot be separated.' A set tlement cannot be right unless it made unselfishly, and a league would have small clisnce--of -success if it hsd to begin working after a large part of Europe had been made deeply discon tented by such a settlement. "In his New iear s message to the American people, Papa Benedict gsve an enthuslastie adherence to the league idea. 'In England, January , 5 was ob served as the Lesgue of Nations Run- day, the lead being taken by the Trade unions Congress and the Labor Party, in favor ' of the i immediate establish ment of a League of Nations, The resolution that was passed at the dif ferent demonstrations held on January 5 was as follows! "That this meeting joins in the address of welcome pre sented to Frcsident Wilson by the (Contlnncd aa Ptge Six.) IS Entire Force of 16,000 Men Will Be Back on the Job Today New York, Jan. 12.-Wilk Nw York's harbor strike ended today by the de cision of 16.000 members of the Ma rine Workers Affiliation return - t work" pending arbitration by the Na tional War Labor Board, Joseph Moran president of the New York Towboat Exchange, announced tonight that pri vate boat owners would attend the hcaf' lne of the board here tomorrow and nn der certain eoditios would 'receive with th, ntmst respect ay suggestion it may decide to offer. The' Tour government departments- Army, Navy, Hnilrosd Administration an) Shipping Board have agreed to abide by rulings of ths Labor Board Virtually a normal Sunday force manned tha tugs, ferries and lighters operating in the harbor today. Union leaders -said that the entire force of Iti.OOO men would me on the job tomor row morning and wojjld continue work pending the War Labor Board's decision on their demsnds for higher wages and an eight-hour dayA. resumption oiihe eirike was threatened, however, in the event the boat owners refused to abide by tbe findings of the board. Condition of Ambassador Francis. London, Jan. 12. David R. Francis, ths American Ambassador to Russia, who recently underwent an operation, is progressing favorably towards re covery. His condition is said to be so satisfactory today that he will be able to leave shortly lor the tnited btates, NEV YORK HARBOR STRIKE OVER Wllffl I GOf ERICE WITH PEACE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC PROCLAIMED AT BREMEN Basle, Jan. IX. A socialist repub lic kaa beea yroclaissed at Bremen, according ta a dispatch from Ms nlch. The communists In Bremen have taken the alaces ef the majori ty socialists aa tha soldiers' and workmen's coancll aad have seat a massage t the Ebert government that they reajga. Tkey ara also re sorted to have sent a telegram ta tha Raaslaa Bolshevik hoping that tha revolationa In Rassia and Ger maay weald be vietorioas. About Proposal To Admit Rep resentatives of All the Elements ACTING SECPY POLK CORRECTS A STATEMENT Proposition Carries with It Agreement to Cease righting; During Conference (Br the AwKtstsd Prau.) London, Jan. 12. The British govern meat, the Sunday Express understands, has proposed that all the different par ties in Russia, including the Bolshevik!, should present their programs to the peace congress in order to ascertain if it is possible to come to any under standing with i any responsible authority In Russia. Ths paper adds; "The French government is not hostile to this suggestion. J There Is no difference of opinion between the British .and the French government! and there has beett no idea on the part of the British gov, emment to invite delegates from Ruj cm to attend tbe peace conference. . Secretary Polk's Statement. .Ttashiagtoa, Jan. 12r-Great Britain's proper1 that the allies and tha United States inter Into negotiation with all Russian factions, referred to at Paris yesterday by Foreign Minister Pichdn, with aa tmpbatie statement that France would not deal in any way with "the criminal regime of the Bolshevik!,' was transmitted to the ..State Department re ea Jafcttarr 3 by the British Em basny. It was not sent to the American peace delegation because State Depart ment officials assumed, it would be de livered directly at Paris, but since it now appears this was not done it will be forwarded at once. Acting Secretary Polk disclosed, this today, correcting a statement he made J-day--wbe-Mj-iebofl!s-atbu was brought to his attention. Mr. Polk is sued this statement: "On January 3rd, the State Depart mentreeeived from the British charge a memorandum proposine hot the al lies and the United States call on all tho factions in Russia to suspend hos tilities pending the peace actuations and that if the aforesaid governments and parties will immediaiuly suspend Hostilities on all front for the dura tion of the peace negotiations even if they or any of them, should desire to send representatives-to Paris to tliscuss with tbe great powers conditions of a permanent settlement, the great powcrti would be prepared to enter on such a discussion with them. This messaRp waa not forwarded to Paris at that time as it was expected thst a -similar proof sal would be presented at Pans, in view of the fact that the Russian question was, one of tha subjects for immediate attention there. It would seem, however, from the reports In th newspapers, that no such proposal was prcsents4-4 tbe American peace miS' smn In I'aris. "The question was asked me, as I un, derstood it, by a newspaper man yes' terday afteroon as to whether a proposal had been made to have delegates from the liolsheviki attend tho peace confer ene and reference ' was made to Mr, Pichon s statement. Not having seen Mr. Pichon's statement I did "not con nect the question with the proposal re terred to in the memorandum from the British charge, Which had been received by the department, and I therefore re- Jtf' frTB0. bcfn received. I wish tojutsiime full respon sibility for this misunderstanding. No one hr Washington ia prepared to state what may be the attitude of I rci dent Wilson and the American dolegn. proposition as an offer on the part of recalled everywhere, however, that the United Htntcs virtually has declared the Bolithevikl outlaws by calling upon the civilized world to join in condemning their reign of terser in Russia. Where Mr. Polk refers to the British proposition as an offer on teh part of the great powers to enter .into discussion with the Russian representatives if they would cense hostilities, M. Pichon said specifically that the proposal was to per mit the sending of delegates to the p. ace conference npon the conditions named, DR. H. 0. ALEXANDER J ONE OF THE COMMITTEE, 'Washington, Jan. 12. Representatives selected at the Fsrmers National Boefin struction Conference here Inst week to attend tho peace conference at Paris were announced today. They are 0. H, Oustafson of Nebraska, H. A. Fuller of Minnesota, Ora.nd Hloeum of Michigan, If. Q. Alexander of North Carolina Dr, E. F. La dd of North Dakota,, Arthur Lee Sueur, of Minnesota and Feorge I. iiamptoa of Washington; It was announced that the delegation RUSS DELEGATES TO PEACE COUNCIL 3 now arranging lor passports, DELEGATION 'resident Spent Two Hours Sunday Evening Conferring With Representatives of the United States rULL ATTENDANCE AT INTER-ALLIED COUNCIL1 French Program Will Include Internationalization of tbe . Hirer Rhine . - - IBr the AMoetatrf Fnst.) Paris, Jan. 12. President Wilson went 'to tha headquarter of the Ameri can mission at 5 o'clock this afteraooa aad remained ia conference with, th American peace delegates for nearly two hours. . later AlUeTcoaacll Meeting. Paris, Jan. 12. The supreme inter allied council met at 3 o'clock thi aft' ernoon at the Ministry of Foreign Af fairs. Those present were President Wilson, the Ame-ican Secretary of Btatsf Konort Lansing, Premier David Lloyd George and Foreign Minister A. J. Bat four, of Great Britain, Premier Geerge Olemencean and Foreign Minister Stephen Pichon of Franee, Premier Vit torio Orlando and Foreign Minister Baron -Sidney Ronnino of Italy, Marshal Foeh, George Lcygues, French Minister ot.Marinu..teinne Clementel, Minister of Commerce and Louis Loocheur, Min ister of Industrial reconstruction. Tk French Program. ' 1 Paris, Jan. 12. The program Franc will propoie as host to the peace con ference ir understood to provide first for presentation of the statu of a society of nation and the appointment of a committee to consider it, and wake recommendations, to th fall confer ence. Th text te would ba settle ment of the statu of Germany, Aastria, the Balkans' aad other esstera coun tries. . Th adoption of th recommenda tions of th committee oa a league of nations, according to this program would be tli final act of th coo fur sac. It is pointed out in support of thi method of roeedur. that while th announcement of tha frame-work of a league of nation must form th basil ef th other work ef th confer ence th completed plan for a league logically will come up hit, sine it mnst safeguard all th decisions ef th conference. The proposal to gsre preference to the qncst'on of th status of Germany, after the appointment of a lesgue of nations committee it is expected that the decisions regarding Austria and th Eastern countries will King upon th conclusion rerahed regarding Germany. It is suggested that it would, for ex- ample, b impossible to settle th future .-of. German-Austria without knowing the,deeigiona affecting Ger many.,. : Another French Demand. ";-- When the ;.eace conference officially Inaugurates its work on January 20, ac cording to the Echo de Paris, ther will be brought before it fur considera tion a memorandum of a French de mand for the Rarra Basin. The memo randnm will also include a plan for the internationalisatioa of ths navigation of the Rhine with special advantages for nations bordering on that river. REFUSAL TO DEAL WITH - BOLSHEVIK! GOVERNMENT. Paris, Jan. 12. (Havas.) If Franc took the initiative in refusing to deal with th Russian Bolshevik: govern ment, declares the Excelsior, the London and Washington governments mad it known that they "agreed absolutely with the French viewpoint." SYRIANS ASK FOR FRENCH INTERVENTION, Jf Paris, Jan. 12. a letter from Cliekrl Ganem, president of the Hyrian commit tee, to Premier Clemenceau asking that in response to various requests of Ayr inn organizations that Clemeneeait "de mand at the peace congress that Franc be confided with the reconstruction of all Syria under a regime of federated autonomous states." Th requests, it ia declared, come from organizations in North and sSoutlt Am"ric, Africa and Europe, represent nig 600,000 Syrians. LAGUIA TALKS ABOUT CHILE-PERU CONTENTION -Washington, Jan... J2. Augusta . B. Lnguin, former president of Peru, whs is returning home after an absence of five years to again become a presidential candidate, left Washington today for New;; York where he will: board a steamer Wednesday. . While here la urged upon officials and members of the Senate the desirability of requiring arbitration of the dispute between Chil ond'Peru over the province of Tacua and Arica, which contains nitrate de posits regarded as of world-wide im portance. Mr..Lnguia said that in his opinion direct understanding by negotiation between Chile, and Peru was impos sible and for that reason be had urged the support of tho American govern ment for- arbitration' proposals. ' Ha added that he looked to American opin ion to enforce the disposition of th controversy in this way and waa eer tain that Peru wohld submit to a de cision thus obtained. ;' Need for American capital in Peru also was explained by Mr, La girt a, and he said that if elected president h would encoursg investment thor by Americans, '-
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