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Korth Carolina
VOL CDC NO. 38.
RALEIGH, N. C, FPJDAY MOrJwCG, FEBRUARY 7, 1919.
PRICE: FitECEfiTS
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nraoNi
OF NATIONS
COMPLETING ITS VORK
General Agreement Reached
On Principles Which Un -.
derlie Whole Draft
QUALIFICATIONS FOR
.V . MniDPDPuin iti i rsrMie
Article! Which Deal With Mo-
tires Behind Formation . of
League and Objects Which
Would Safeguard Its Consti
tution; Rumania, Poland,
77T Ore ece and Czc cho Slovakia
Bepresentatires To Be As
sociated With Commission
in Its Work; Text of Official
opments , :
Circles Thursday
Paris, Feb. 6. (British Wireless Serv-4)--Th-
official -e mmunieatien'-'on-Ieaee
natters issued this afternoon
sari:
"The commission on the league of
otios heid- -itS'tlriTd" meet ittg- - ht
" Bight. Appreciable progress vn made
itt the consideration of the draft. It
wis further unanimously agreed, in ae
loriUoco with the derision of the con
ference at the Quai d-Orsay yesterday,
that representatives of Cxccho-8iovakia,
Greece, Poland and Rumania should bo
anoriatrd, Kith
deliberations.
"In their second and third sessions
the commission hare eovered practically
one-third of their task. They have dis
cussed those articles which deal with
the motives behind the formation of a
league of nations and the objects' which"
would safeguard the constitution of its
chief ergons and the qualifications for
membership in the league.
"While the decisions of thOTommis
sion with regard to each article are pro
visional, many apparent difficulties have
r-.'ready been resolved and a general
a.vreement has beta reached on the prin
ciples which underlie the whole draft.
It it therefor to-be.eipKted.lhat the
remaining articles will be i: eorered
quickly."
WORK OF COMMISSION ON
INTERNATIONAL LABOR.
Paris, Feb. 6. (British Wireless
Service.) An-. official communication
issued today say:
"The President of the United 8tates,
the premier and foreign ministers of
the allied and associated powers and
Jr.pan's representative on Feb- 6 heard
Prince Feisal, who presented the caso
of the Arabs.
"The commission on iniernational
labor legislation under the chairman
ship of Mrfl Gomgers also met. The
Commission commenced a detailed ex
amination of the draft of a convention
which providea for the creation of a
general organization with a view to so-
";uring the progress of the interna
lional labor legislation. Small slates
members of the league of nations, would
necessarily be members of this orjrani
xsttoii - Tho 4wo- first - -articlvs-of the
draft were adopted."
SOVIET GOVERNMENT
WILLING TO PARTICIPATE
London. Feb. 8. M. Tchitcherin, the
" Bolshevist foreign minister of . Russia,
announces in a wireless dispatch picked
' up here, that the Soviet government is
Tilling to participate in the Princess'
Sads- coaferwfc"' Thn wieswrt
Alosrew.
The disateh begins by referring to
V-jniplamts fro 'He rntente l -ss
' concerning international revolutionary
propaganda" and declares that the So
viet it ready "if there bo occasion to
enter into general agreement with the
Entente powers on their undertaking
not to interfere with Russian internal
"affairs.
It then announces that the govern-
latent Is disposed to confer oa .the basis
indicated la the note from the peace
conference at Princess Islands or else'
where, "with all the Entente powers or
some of them separately, or even wits
tmaso of too Kornai political groups at
the request of the Entente powers.
Ia conclusion, the Entente powers are
eked to inform the Soviet government
, without delay where its representatives
are to go, also what data and route to
be taken.
Persia Wants Representation. '
Parmf-reb. -Persia is pressing
earnestly a elaim for repreKntstkm- at
the peace conference the same as that
aared-fwlaa,' Serbia. 'Rumania and
ether of the leaser belligerents, oa the
tronniHhat Persia suffered more wa
damage, perhaps, thaa any of the
smaller nations with tha exception of
Belgium, but that because of British
pressure sho was nnablo to take part
In the war.
Persia will ak that Kurds on their
northwestern boundary bo added to Per'
ia oa the ground that the two peoples
re of the same blood and religion,
Great Britain hat granted the Per
tiana a aympathetio hearing snd . the
America delegation ia apparently dis
posed te eonaidei their claims carefully,
Magdeburg lies oa the Elb 76 miles
southwest of Berlin. It ia eniidered
. aao of, the strongest fortresses of the
German Empire. Before the war the
city had a population of nearly 300,
Magdeburg is one of the most im
portant commercial town ia northern
IS
A
Should Be Prevented
From
Declaring Herself a Bank
rupt State
PERIT SAYS SHE SHOULD
BE MADE TO PAY TO LIMIT
Financial Problem, He Adds, Is
Host Momentous One Be-'
Paris, Feb. 6. (By The Associated
Press.) Germany is making utmost ef
forts to have the Allies believe that she
is ncaring bankruptcy , declared Raoul
Peretr chairman of the budget commis
sion of the Chamber of Deputies and
former minister of justice, in discussing
today the financial problems facing the
peace conference. The first measures of
ibe ,ennf crence. along Jjjancjal Jjnes(j!e J
tailed, should, be to take measures to
prevent Germany If om doehfring hersell
an insolrent debtor or a bankrupt state.
Then, Pcret continued, "we should
immediately fix the amount of our ac
count against Germany which she must
be made to pay to the full limit of her
financial ability without consideration
for her feelings. It will be time enough
"ificnloccrdcTabouO
ment. She may pay either in capital
immediately or in yearly installments.
I do not believe that Germany at
the present tune is in a position to pay
a large amount in cash. We must not
demand from her a too heavy .. payment
now, so as not to place her in a post'
tion where sho might argue that we are
strangling her and killing the goose
that is to lay the goldca eggs. -
Guarantee of Payments.
"Whether the installments . we shall
demand from Germany be twenty, thir
or fifty billions of franca yearly de
pends entirely upoa our decision, after
an investigation at to. what . amount
aisrmaay, will bo. able U pay. 'Thee
payment would be guaranteed by cus
toms tariffs decided upon at the confer
enee, reserving for ourselves the right
to raise. such tariffs should Gerniany fail
to meet ber obligations. '
This would act as a moans of coer
cion because I do not believe that we
should occupy Germany with a military
force until her debt is paid. It is my
opinion that once our armies of occu
pation return from Germany, ill meas
ures should be taken te make reoccur
pution unnecessary.
For Financial Society of Nations.
"I believe in the creation of a finsn
eial society of nations and that all ex-
penscs incurred by each nation should
be put in common and an international
tax levied upon all until such debts are
paid. Neutrals should be included in
this financial society of nations, espec
ially those neutrals who profited by the
war."
Discussing the question whether Ger
many should be permitted to import
raw material so ns to enable her to re
sume hor manufacturing industry, M.
Peret said: "I do not believe that all
importations of raw material to the
Germans should be forbidden, because
their industry would then be ct a stand'
still and thcyjrouUHje,, iiuablo to pay,
Preferential Treatment.
I would suggest that preferential
treatment be given the ulhod countries,
a , Faacc, Belgium, .-and,., Serbia . have
suffered thn Brentest Hnmnar. Raw mil.
leriaT7ro1inTmncaouI(f "sent"fo
these three countries first, the overflow
being allowed to revert to Germany so
as to enable her to keep her machinery
working without enabling her to on
dersell us.
"The financial problem Js the most
mompntous .one before the.nrue eon
fcrenco and I am greatly surprise)! that
it has not been considered before, this.
The first thing usually dene when
(Ceatlaaed oa' Page Two. , ,
GOVERNMENT CONTROL '
OF THE WHEAT MARKE
Price To Consumer Should Be
Dictated By Law of Sup
ply and Demand
Washington, Feb. (). While the far
mer would bo paid the S2.26" govern'
moji jjiirantee for the 1919 wheat crop
the wheat woum be tola to the consum
et at a price ta be.diftolcd.by the law
of supply and demand under Tegisht'
tion approved tonight by the House
Agricultural Committee. The govern.
ment. would lose the difference between
the purchase and sale prices.
With the government given absolute
control of the wheat market in the
United States members of the commit
tee skid it would be difficult to deter
mine what would be the prico if the
usual law of supply and demand were
in operation, but they thought it would
be based largely on the world market
price.
The bill approved by the committee
it a substitute for that presented by
the Food Administration and Depart
ment Of Agriculture. It gives the
President discretionary powers to coa
tinue the present agency for handling
the wheat crop or creates a new one
and appropriates (1,000,000,000 at a
volving fund to carry out the gtfaran-
WHY GERm ANY PUTS
POOR
MOUTH
Wcimer Filling Up With Ger
mans of All Degrees From
Over Former Empire
EBERT AND SCHIEDEMANN
AND ERZBERGER THERE
Town Strongly Policed To Pre
vent Any Possible Attack
- By Spartacans
Weimar. Wednesday. Feb. fi-Wtl.
mar today it filled with the most o
table throng that probably ever assem
bled in thit beautiful little German
cltyr Borne 3,000 German political lead,
ers, ranging in repute from such well
known men at Chancellor Ebert, Phil
Ipp Schneidemann, Count Von Brock-
dorff-Rantzau. the foreign secretary
and . Matlnae Erzberger, to fte bum-
blest and hitherto unkonwa figures
from every corner of the former em
pire have been gradually assembling
here and are ready for (he opening to
morrow of the first German national
.Special trans for the last two days.
a IBS Woow I
have been poring passengers into wei-
tnar until the city is filled to overflow
tiir
"."
.Actio thorough baa tie arrangements
been made that each person not only
had his living quarters' definitely as
signed to him in advance, but bit eat-
, I, m -
rag place bb won. .
The entire arrangement tt a etisrso
leristlcT Gcrfflair systrnr nad -it-seems to
work excellently except for the annoy
ance of keeping track of so many carat,
Town strongly Police.
Weimer it strongly policed with ear.
airy and infantry to prevent n possible
spartacaa attack. .
The special . arrangements mde for
f cedina- the delegates will admit of the
serving of saeaio-witk-a- good thoka-ol
dishet and a fairly wide selection ox
luxuries. The butter served is appar
ently the real article and marmalade
and tea may be bad.
- The government hat occupied the
beautiful, ancient, but recently renova
ted theater where the assembly win oe
held and which baa already been trans
formed into the appearance of n leg
islative chamber; The telegraph serv
ice was busy today putting the : final
(ouches oa the tremoadous extra wire
facilities for the accommodation of
both the newspaper men and the dele
gates; .. Weimer, a elean and attamiva . tilj
eompartd vith tho pretest Berlin,
lies undera covering of now which
btS broifht numbers or Height ia
whieb the delegate swiftly drawn
on their errands.
Althourh the constitution for the new
republie undoubtedly will be oae of
the firtt subject brought up for dis
cussion and consideration, tbers are
on the scene those who would like to
push to tha foro the discussion of a
leagut of nations, 4 there were pre
dictions in some qurrtert today tnat
this subject might have first consider
ation.
Mr. Bryant Introduces Town-
------ -- f.-r a :if nsti
snip Annexation did
in House
SAVE M0RGENTHAU,
HOUSE FEATURELESS
Thirty Working Days Passed
Yesterday and All Big .
Ambassador Morgenthau't teven-min
uto speech in the House yesterday
afternoon saved the day from being
a featureless one, it having recessed
scon after convening in the morning
to allow members to attend the funeral
of the late Dr. Kemp Battle and re
convened to hear Mr. Morgcmthau. The
only legislation proposed yesterday -was
purely local, but of. paramount impor
tance to Chatham county. Mr. Bryant,
of- Durham, introduced a bill to give
Durham eounty the right to annex about
half of a Cbathannownship so that
Chathamitct who now trade in Durham
might also get some of the benefits of
Durham eounty government,
The House wt convened with prayer
yesterday morning by Rev. Milton
Barber, rector of Christ church, and at
soon as it pasted the Joint resolution
inviting the ex-ambassador to speak,
it recessed -on account of tha funeral
..lutJDiBattle:. On the part of the
House,JSps,kerUrummrcr, sppwmea
Metsrsj JWiaeborneMcMullan, May,
PaweU and Williams, of Cabarrus, to
represent the General Assembly at the
funeral services tad the members of
the House who art truntees of tha nni
versify attended in a body
Barbara Waata Castnamltea.
Mr. Bryant aad Mr. Bay, .who reprc
tents Chatham, both agree that about
half the Chnthamitet living in Wil
DURHAM IS AFTER
PART OF CHATHAM
liamt township want to be annexed to54 twenty-eight enlisted men of the
Durham eounty and Mr. Bryant it wil
ling for them to be taken ia. Mr. Ray
objeett on behalf of hit county ss
whole because it meant the 'lost
much taxable property- about 15,000
acres. Politically, there h not much for
either eounty to gaia or lose at the
Republican - addition to Durham an.
loss to Chatham would be negligible
far at affecting the result in cither
eounty. Mr. Ray estimates that there'
are about 130 votes; practically all Re,
publican, In that portion of the. town
Slayer of Mr. Grove r Dickey
Shot and Hanged Prom
- River Bndge
ETTEWAY ALSO TAKEN
FROM JAIL NOT LOCATED
' i i .
Jailer Says He Was Forced To
Oire Up Keys When, v
...... ....fieiiei. t :i:
(StMcial ss the i siJIStoiww.T"
Kew Bern, N. C, Feb. SV-Joha Dan
iels, slayer of Mr Graver. Dickey, the
Boper Lumber Company farm manager
at Camp Perry, near Jacksonville, on
January 25th, was early this morning
taken from the Onslow county jail by
n party of masked mea who overpow
ered the jailer after he had been called
up to aaswer n knock at the front door.
Citizens found the body of the negro
at daybreak- banging from the draw
Daniel Petteway. also colored, an ac
complice in the murder, was alto taken
from the jail at the same time by the
mob, but nntil a lata hour tonight he
hat not been located. Sheriff Walton
wns reschedot tbn telephone lad stated
there is every reason to believe ePtta
way was also lynched, bat searching par
ties had failed to locate kirn. Daniels
was taken from the Jail fully dressed,
but Pettewsy wore only one shoe.
Mr. Peter Androwt, the JaileT, stated
that throe, possibly : four automobiles,
stopped is, front of the jail at about
midnight Wednesday. . Ho soon heard n
knock nt tha door, no uncommon occur
rence, aad ho responded. As ho opened
the door two men seised kits turning
hit bark to them so that he could not
recognise nay one. while otnors thrust
phrttrt into hirtncr dcnwwnti-tho'"tw
negroes. I siluro to obey their orders
was pusctuated with tho . throat of
death, and the keys were delivered up.
Tha mob went upstairs while' Mr, An
drews was guarded. Ho wan toon sent
for. to unlock tha cells containing the
negroes. While being forced to do this.
Daniels asserted that hs woald kill the
first man who came into his cell. Ia
reply four shots were fired and the ne
gro slid to tha floor. Ho was seized aad
whiskod away together with rttteway.
Mr. Dickey was ttrnck o nth koad
with a heavy wooden polo by Daniels
Saturday afternoon, Jajnary 5, wjtil
Mrmay , wtt je mestXrtUng ru
oPtteway for lcavia,- certain gates pea
ia the farm nog patturoa. it was said
that Daalelt took no part ia tho ex
change of words, bat simply dealt tho
unfortunate blow that caused hit death.
and afterwards assisted " eFttewnjr In
beating Mr. Dkkty about the body. AU
this took place in the preseaee of Mr,
Dickey 'a wife, who had gons to the pas
ture with her husband in n car. Mr.
Dickey died jnst before being placed
aboard a special train to bo brought to
a New Bern hospital. His remains were
taken to Braneh, Arkansas, his old horns,
for burial. . '
Rivers and Harbors Congress
Also Hears From Sec
retary Redfield
(Br the AHeehtoi Pnas.)
Washington, Feb. 6. Plans for the
solutiba of the railroad problem were
presented to the National Rivers aad
Harbors congress today by William
Jennings Bryan, and other freshers.
Improvement qf port ; " facilities was
field- ss n means of tnereasiBg the
nation's foreign commerce.
In presenting a dual plan of state
and government ownership of railroads,
Mr. Bryan predicted tho. roads would
bo returned to pnvste ownership at the
end of twenty-one. months after peace
pn tb name basis as .that existing when
they were taken over by tho govern'
ment, nnlesa the President should arbi
trarily turn them back before-
"The railroads do aot want this" said
Mr. Bryan, "nor has suck n plan' any
advocates, bat it it likely to bo ac
cepted because no other plan will bo
accented by av majority."
Mr. Bryan's Plaa contem plated own
ership by tho government of freak lines
so aa to giro every citato an outlet lor
its products with the diatributisg rail
roads under Htsta ownership. -
Secretary Dedfield declared in favor
of wise expenditure of public money
for betterment of wttrrwnya and Bar
bor facilities and deplored the delays
la loading and discharging vessels ia
American ports aad inland harbors. He
said radarmp'ro
t be mads if A me ric. was to
pete successfully for the world's com
merce, . --- . -....,
ENLISTED MEN OF NAVY
COMMENDED FOR BRAVERY
Washington, Feb. B Secretary Dan
Iels announced todav he had commend-
Navy for acta of exceptional bravery,
AmoaAihcm were 23 members of the
crew of the stoamer Rat rice commend
ed for efficiency in action aad accuracy
In firing during aa encounter with
German submarine November 8V
For bravery displayed, is. unloadin
tho cargo and assisting ia putting out
firs ' aboard the American ' -steamer
Ophlr at Gibraltar, November 10, Be
retary-Daniels commended Man ley
Fawectt, Norfolk, Ya.j Jerome A. Giles,
Beaumont, Texas, and t Maynard A.
BRYAN'S SOLUTION
RAILWAY PROBLEM
SEAT IS WEAVER'S,
SAYS COMMITTEE
Decision Likely- Marks Begin
ning of End of Celebrated
Election Dispute
STEDMAN ASKS $500,000-
- SITE AT, GREENSBORO
Yates Webb Says He Was Mis
quoted On What Brewers,
Would Dp
KiwS-sTJbttrwruiW
M Dfctrict National Baas, BMs.
Br SL WINTEBS.
.. (B Ssaeial Lm4 Wire.)
Washington, D. C- Feb. 6. With
jsity lines strictly drawn, committee
oa election No. 8. by a vote, of four to
three went on record today in sustaining
the claims of Representative Zebulo
Weaver of tho Tenth Congressional Dis
trict of North Carolina Ihatrlie" Wat
duly elected to the 63th Congress of the
United States. The efforot to unseat
Representative Weaver as advocated by
Jesses J. Britt, of Asheville, former
Republican Congressman from the
conaty canvassing board, through tha
SopremarCourt of North Carolina, to a
eommitteo in the House of National
Rroreseatatives. The deeitida today
hkely marks the begianing of the end
of tho celebrated eleotion dispute..
Whilav tha committee on electiont No.
ia composed of nine members six
Democrats and throe Republicans
seven members of tho eommitteo de-
eidad tho Britt-Woa ver contest, Bepro-
scttative William J. Sears of Florida,
a Denwerat, and ficprcsentativs Harvey
Helm of Kentucky, a Democrat, wore
detained at their respective hornet en
recount of illness in their-' fsmilles-
Tho following members Of tbn com'
nsittoa voted to sustain the statements
of Representative Weaver:
Rep rtss aliti 1- WaiUj. k. fataon.
cbairstaa, of Virginia; Represnntativo
Michael F. PkHan. of Matsaahnsotts:
Rcpresentativ H. C. ClsypoeL of Okin 1
Rcpscacatativa Tom Connaly, of Texts.
Hero are tho committee doubting the
validity of tho claims of Bopresenta
ties) Weavar aad voted to dee)larn for
mer CongTtsssuasr James J. Witt duly
elected to tho 65th Congress t Repre
sentatives Cassias C. Dowel!, of Iowa:
F. H. Lagnardia, of New York, and
Everett Saadara of Indiana.' Whether
a majority report will polled in the
Hesse of Representatives, nas not tt yet
bean atabbahM as otttatat J
, sWan Kawwmhor, lfli. X
Til celebrated alec tint controversy
bttvsea ReprrsesUtHs Weaver aad the
former Rpublican eongrossmaa had its
Inception on November 17, 1910, when
Mr. Brrtt served n writoc mandamus on
tho Bnneombo county eanvsesing board.
Ta bearing was acid ueiore Juuge
Adams, with the result tbtt the in
junction proceedings were dismissed.
J 'eraser. Congressman Britt appealed
to the Supreme Court or North Cn ro
ll aa, thit tribunal confirming the de
cision of the Asheville jurat. Conse
(Continued on Page Two.)
SENATE TAKES UP
HIGHWAYS TODAY
All Sections off North Carolina
Wilt Be Represented By
Many Delegations
SENATOR STEVENS TO
OPEN DEBATE ON BILL
Solons Did Not Take Up Dog
IgisaUtionTesterdayanfi,
gesiiou Was QoiekPae-
Excry section of North Carolina will
be represented by delegations today
whea the Senate, takes up the considers
tion of the BtVjHhiales road bill which
has been set r? Jcil order at noon
Senator Hearr UT8fvens. of Asheville
will onen the debate in advocacy of the
bill.
While every one is in sympathy with
the purpose of the bill, so fsr as secur
ing Federal aid for a State system of
highwayas-coeeraed, there are vary
lag ideas as to the proper ways of work
lag out the means, and the debate prom
isrs to be spirited. It wns not the in
tent ion of the authors of the measure
to perfect a bill, but rather to furnish
nucleus upoa which to graft any other
faihuJ
i i- Ki. tw l amendments
will be accepted, but it is not desired
to overload the bill so si to make it in
operative. -
Senate Has Qatet Day.
Tho Senate was in session .for little
-nuu.Jtibwito
early in order that the (senators migut
atteai the f unrToftbe Urtw DrrXemr
Battle. Tho hour was devoted mostly
to local bills and measures of minor inv
nortaace.
Judge Stove as' dag bill had been set
for a special order and the galleries
filled up early in order to hrsr the dis.
enssioa. They were doomed to disap
poiatmeat, however, as he asked that
t.he. .bill go ever untU next Wednesday
in order that several persons might be
beard oa tho matter.
- Sreds. containing wildomon or garlic
seed must bo plainly marked ''not
cleaned" or "not tested" if a bill in
traduced by- Senator -Connor yesterday
becoraes a ha. Senstor Davenport
would make it unlawful for any one to
sell or manufacture aati-bog cholera se
rum ia North Carolina except the serum
plant of tho State Department of Agri
culture. Senator Glidewel! would make
development companies file plats of
t
Long Delayed Meastire Carry
ing Six Billion Dollars
For Year 1919
PRINCIPAL FEATURES
OF IMPORTANT MEASURE
Feeling of Assurance in Con
gressional Circles That . It
. , Will Be Passed
TTairiingron7TeoWiTl
mission to Congress todsy of tha con
feree's agreement on the long-delayed
war revenue bill, tha American 'people
were presentd - with Uheir- prospective
federal tax budget for 1910, and ensu
lng years something over $(1,000,000,000
this year, and ,OQO,00y)00 thereafter,
the subject to the rcvisioa of future
ratct expected tobo undertaken-byihe
next Congress.
The conference report, presented to
the House by Majority Lesder Kitchin,
in regarded as assured of adoption by
both Uouso and Senate and of approval
r,SllJUJ.,.i.j....-. j
r -.r- -w.t ---v7 f. -
about 479,000,000. Besides this year's
tax levy of about .0,000,000,000 further
treasury needs, to be raised by bonds
snd. oilier .metut, are rstimaiod,by the
treasury at about 112,000,000,000.
. Tha completed measure will not be
tent to Franco unlets ths President ' de
parture for home is delsyed well beyond
ths data .now act for his sailing. The
Presidest ia expected to sign the bill
toon after tit -arrival Jir re.
About one-third of this, year's esti
mated -federal expense are provided in
the Bill Which; Trnmmnry-loilowTngMh
original House plan and the peace-time
modifications of ,the Ssnato, provides
that the bulk 'of revenues shall be se-
tured from incomes, corporate and in
dividual, and Trsrexcess profitav Large
MTtttuc8.aiaaaW-e.jpcdciirein,lB.t(!ii'
eating boversgot until Juiy 1, when pro-
Libttlon legislation becomes effective.
Etcept for slightly increased war
txeess profitt rates for 1919 and eor
porationa" income tax rates - for 1020,
virtually all the rattt at revised in the
biU pasted by the ttonate are approved
by tho conferees and remain in the
final conference draft. Like the origi
nal House bill and. ths Senate s revis
ion, thn bulk of 'the taxes artevisd
upon wsr excess profits of corporations
and an incomes, individual and corpo
rate. Rates of the Senate on trans-
port tion. UreTaget, elgarjl snd tolacco
amOsemeul aumitslons, eJiib flues.
luxuries .aad semi-luxuries, stamp and
special taxes, all substantially vrers
adopted by the conferees, while the
House rates on estates and insurance
were reinstated;
-Ceeaofatlsn -Increase Tax Raised.
The principal rate increase agreed
to in conference were te raise the
corporation " income rttta ' fof " 1!3)
from 8 per cent, as proposed by
the tfenate, to i per rent, and aa
increase from 00 to 65 per eont In
the second "bracket" of sliding rate
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RESOLUTIONS BY
THE PEACE LEAGUE
Declares Society of . Nations
Necessary To Achieve 0b
jects Peace Treaty
- (Br the Associated Vr.)
New York, Feb. 6. Resolutions de
daring the American peoplo were ready
and willing to take up their "proper
tionate burden in company with the
other great nations to maintain a so
clety of nations were adopted at the
InnTsmfon' fodnjr' of ' tTie i Atlantic Con
"The purposes of tho war can be rf
feeted and tho objects of the treaty of
peace abeut to be drawn" said the rco
lutions, "can be achieved only by the
creation of a league of free nations to
safeguard the pence now wbn by the
allies and the United States and to
maintain the settlement of interna
tional differences and disputes by res
son, justice and conciliation, rnther
thaa by war, and thereby to promote the
free, orderly and peaceful development
of the world. And this league should
have behind it the united force of these
nations.
"The league to enforce peaco standi
by and upholds the President In his
efforts to secure an agreemeut between
the powers covering the details of or'
ganirat ion ,
the definition of functions
Snd the formulation of the joint obli
assume for maintaining the authority of
itch a league and carrying out its pur
poses. w
"We are convinced that the pubK
opinion of the United Slates is in favor
oT1rfue-tW"Wwwte
the wetld-aad-W4ll-.wtnJUid.JuaUtjr.
the President and -bis colleagues at the
peace conference in approving in terms
consonant with the constitution or tne
United States and the spirit of the
American people, the assumption by
this country of its proportionate bur
den ia company with 'the other great
nations for maintaining the authority
of auch a league.
A copy of the resolutions will be
cabled to Prctident Wilson.
The congress went on record as re
questing" the governors of the States
represented 'to issue proclamation!
bringing the league of mil ions to the
Attention of tho people for eopsidcra
tion and approval on Washington'i
birthday.
' State chairmen -elected included: Yir
ginia. George Bryan, of Rich.rn.ond. The
governors of all the Stalee represented
except Maryland . arid! Delaware "were
elected honorary chairmen for their
FOURTEEJl
Conference Working As Pre
vious conferences Could
Not Have Worked .
IDEALISM MODIFIES
DEMANDS OF NATfONS
01d-Pashioned Diplomacy With
ItiOId"ObJectives-Alr-i;
Porco That Is Operating;
Coming of Mr. Wilson Coin
cided With General Aspira
tion For a New Order
.'
Copyright, 1919, by tho McClure News
paper Syadieate.) ' v
(Special Cable From Paris.) ,
Tarit, Feb. 6. There are in Parit st
fa n t-an It t t'l mm tmtit .nl. t lHd..AAAAa
JMWEj7KIWCt ' W Wllu:lkvSS.jaiMCH''Jt? '
and either of which seen outside Its
proper perspective might give n to
tally inaWwrtte1 lrteriof the actual eon- .. . ,
Bltlons. Theso two forces are idealism, ..
whicn it slowljr but surely modifying
lbs ambitions, appetite and demands of
the various nations and which ia con
tributing to the creation of real
league of nations, which in my judg
ment will novo permanent' value for
Wbtia-'beafe-f n'd" worTO' underslahaihg
and in tht second place, old fashioned
diplomacy with its old objectivet, Itt
ancient;' time" bbnOFcd "methods; seek- -ing
to do in Paris in 1019 what It did
in Berlin snd Vienna in the last cen
tury. Jb Jhe present Article I am going to
try to give an example of the operation . ,
or-rhrs--i)ld-"faKhrOTcd-ethod;-i)eastr--
I think it is valuable for the American
people to understand thit phase, at it
is, and exactly as it is;, neither exag
gerating nor minimising its effect. And
I am going to try then to indicate some-
or the effects of this sort of thing..,.
1 or n period of time stretching back
to fh erusados Traneo bat exercised a
certain half real, half ahadowy prro-
tecjoroia over , tho Christians of the .
nsar east, and- particularly those of
Syria. This hat had Its practical value,
but band In hand with thit in 'tha last
century and in the' present thcrs baa
grown up a measure of economis de
velopment in Sj.rU for example tb J,
French railroads and harbor works at
Boldut. Jn clear fashion Syria baa
been marked as a future field for
French occupation territorially aad
otherwise when Turkey should dit
olve. ' 7 '
Byrls Given To France.
In 191t) Kngland and France signed
a treaty, secret thon but known gen-"
erally now, which in substance recog-"
nizad that France should have in Syria
for the future precisely the status
which England wat shaping for her-'
self in Mesopotamia. The language
wat perhaps veiled but the purpose of
the document was unmistakable. I
Somewhat later the British entered:
into a. second treaty with tht therif?
of Mecca, now known at King of thn '
HedjaJi, by which Great Britain recce-'
nired the sovereignty of the King of " .
the Hedjnz, over the Arabian Eart, in- '
eluding Syria, already promised to
France. On evidence of thit agree
ment the King of the Hedjat joined
tho Allies and contributed material, if
not deeisive aid in Allenbyt great
campaign of last year.
Ia thit situation the British' positisin,
became difficult. The French demand
ed' that the agreement of 1910 become -effective.
The-King, .of the Uedjaa
with equal emphasit called attention to
the British commitment to him,- and
tent bit son, Prince Feissel to Parit,
accompanied b-sr very- Interesting
voung llrijish officer, Colonel Law- ;
reriee, In iime rejieetsone of the" mort '""
plead the cause of the Arabs. .
, Meantime England and Franco via i
November of lust year uttered a joint
agreement, pledging themselves not to
annex territory in the near East. But
thit meant much or nothing ,'as one
ehosoto tnke the French or tho British
view. What is of importance Is tho
fart that British policy hat decided to
support this Arab commitment and bat
pitched itself formally on that part of
Mr. Wilson's fourteen point! which de
mands self-determination. , for small
raeet and peoples;
' Embarrassing Problem. ;
' Now tho fact of the ease seems to bs
that, left to themselves, ths msjority
of the Syrian peoplo would not choose
a French protectorate. They would ;
seek some form of independence guar
antecd by one or more protecting nn------
tions. Therefore it will be teen thai
the present British policy, which would
exclude France frftm Syria, ftllt la'''
with President Wilson's policy; but,
for the French at least, there is n sug
gestion that tho President's principle!
iTiavr'mmivTmrmrTiw
bole," 'ahdird"" fsiif-t0''"tilaa th--"-
Krench fipm Syria. Clvea thit matoriai
to work upon, it it easy to set how the ''
professional diplomats of the old or
der would borrow and dig snd mine
and manipulate; find they have done it,
and from one quarter therefore, wo
have an insistent whisper that tho ' ,
French have become Chauvinistic,' and . - -from
other still, the relet! vely old -
whisper that the British have remained
hypocritic. And -out of exactly this
sort of mixture growt the impression
one gathers over and' over gain in the
American Press that tho Paris Confer
ence ir after all a gathering plaeo of
the old reactionary apportioned and
diplomats who behind a facade of
idealism, are doing tho name old thing
in the same old way. Thit after til it a
part of tht Syrian mess.
But it ia worth recalling again that
I Ltrmany. ,. :
tcs.- ' '
KCentlnncg oa Psge Viae.)
Botenaund, Berkeley, taU
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