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Y aed Observer WATCH LAEEL yr assert Sn4 resewsl I Sara beere esairstiea sea. aveld eslsain; a stasis coot. Fair tad cooler Monday; Tan day fair. 1 .V . "... ; . VOL CIX. NO. 90. RALEIGH, N. C, MONDAY MORNING, MARCH 31, 1919. PRICE: FIVE CENTS. V" FORMER SECRETARY OF - STATE ROOT DECLARES I FAVOR OF THE LEAGUE IIHDI1M PEAC& CONFERENCE FORMER SPEAKER OPPOSED AS LEADER TACKLE THE ' . -1 -Granted ! Corn ' Corporation 5,000 More or Less "Social OF BIG ITEMS THIS WEEK VUllliCddlUIIO MJ l.lGArijU III Lower California ACQUISITION U. S. ! LAND BY lAPAtiESEi WILL ANARCHISTS ROUGH FINALITIES W . Eminent New York Statesman Qualifies His Declaration By Pointing Out Desired Amendments PRESENTS THEM. SIX IN NUMBER, IN A LETTER TO REP. CHAIRMAN HAYS Republican Party Leaders Ee quested His Opinion and Po sition and These Are Incor porated in The Following Story;. Would Safeguard Monroe Doctrine and (CaD For a Bake To Becover From The Scrap-Heap The System of Arbitration; While Eas era Barbarism Threatens Civilization and Christianity Uncle Sam Cain Not Quit Now York, March 30. Elilm Boot declared himself tonight an advocate of tho League of Nations covenant made public by the peace conference, provid ing it it amended, primarily, by writ ing enforcement clauses into the ar ticles calling for arbitration and limi tation of armaments by restricting, to five years the unanimous guaranty of the present political snd territorial status of members and by protecting from non-Amerieaa interference the ff ir f the American continents. Miaii his approval contingent also ii...n amendments assuring pcriodie re vision of international law and a gen eral redrafting of the covenant in an atmosphere removed by several years from the issues attendant upon the set tlement of a world war. To dispel doubt to the right of withdrawal JIUUI inn wugutr, no iJ dviiiiv reservation of this principle to any signatory coincident with or after the proposed redrafting nfereur.;-'"" , .... , "Clear Duty If.CMnge WadV " It Jtione changes etiultf be-tnafe( former Secretary ef State asserted, it wauld le the "clear duty" of the Uni ted States to enter into the league nsrcenient in keeping with whnt he termed the apparent general desire of the American public that the country "do its full share toward the estab lishment of an effective international organization to preserve the peace of the world.. Sir. Root reVSewel the league project and proposed his amendments, six in number, in. A letter to . Will H. Jlavs. . chairman of the Republican national committee, which the latter gave out for publication. The discussion was in response to a request by the party lead ers who advised the former calrinet tnonilier and Senator that citizens in the Republican ranks "determined to do all that can possibly be done toward the maintenance of peace without sac rificing onr own supreme nationalism, snd seeking "the best judgment" to aid them in reaching conclusion would appreciate a study of the covenant from Mr. Roof. Safeguarding Monroe Doctrine. Mr. Root proposed that the Monroe Doctrine "the United States tradi tional attitude toward purely American questions" to be withdrawn from "dc eisions or recommendations of other powers' in a paragraph inserted in the league constitution lmmeuiuieiy w-mn-the signature of th American dele gates. Ho based this suggestion upon ; America's contemplated entrance into ' the league not because of any need of Old World aid in preserving peace in the Western Hemisphere, but in com pliance with the rcqnest of the "peace able nations" of Europe that the United States wlaee its power and influence behind theirs to lessen the possibility of wars "in their part of the world." Without such amendment, he contend ed, "surrender of the Monroe Doctrine is inevitable," nnder the terms of the covenant. -A Great Step Forward." ' The league's provision for compulsory intcrnati nal conferences on political questions in times f .inger was classed bv th former secretary s "a great step forward." But the scheme was ant carried far enough, be said- It should ...jtvfilv Imf rnmiu.1 arbitra tion of all j. ..iciable questions includ ing thoso affecting honor and excluding only those of policy or politics. He added tL-t the draff of the league plan, in lea.ing to disputants the prm - lerc of submitting to arbitration ques ,vtions "which they recognise as suitable for submission." had set the entire sub jeet of arbitration, "back where it ws U3 rears ago. , Instead of perfecting and putting 'teeth into the system of arbitration provided for by The Hague eonven- t ions." fie stated, ' Jhey have thrown ' these conventions upon the scrap heap." He cited the efforts of the Grant, Ar thur, Harrison, Cleveland, McKinley, Roosevelt and Taft administrations to advance the cause, of arbitration and confessed he could not without protest "see the judgment of three generations of the wisest, sad bent of American statesmen, concurred in by the wisest and best of our allies, thus held for naught. . " Along wW. ompulsory arbitration Mr. Boot nrged adoption of the sugges- tion of Leon Bourgeois ef the 'French ' peace delegation that the league lie given powers of inspection and verifi- n cation to make effective the proposed general agreement for reduction of armaments to the lowest point consis- (Cestlnaed Psgf Two) ROOT SAYS U.S. CAN NOT QUIT NOW . V' p iw! -r - - - ' 7 0 K ' 7 UHy.ROQT.. 1 THE AMENDMENTS SUGGESTED BY ROOT The former Secretary's suggested amendments, annexed to his letter to Chairman Hays, follow: 1 Strike oat Article XIII (relat ing to arbitration) and Insert the following: "The high contracting powers agree to refer to the existing per manent court of arbitration at The Hague, or to the conrt of arbitral jnstire ' proposed at the ' second Hagne conference when established, or to some other arbitral tribunal, all disputes between them (Includ ing those affecting honor and Vital Interests) which are of a Justiciable character and , which the power concerned hire fsiled to settle by , dlplcmetts siethoda. - Ths powers ' referring Ut arbitration agree to ac cept and gise effect to the award of the tribunal. Disputes of a justldsble chsracter are denned as disputes as to the interpretation of a treaty, as to any question ef international law, aa to the existence of any fact which If established would constitute a breach by the International obliga tion, or sa to the nature and ex- tent of the reparation to, be saad, for any such breach. Any question which may arise as to whether a dispute is of a Justi ciable character la to be referred for decision to the court of arbi tral justice when constituted, or, ntil it Is constituted, to the ex isting permanent court of arbitra tion at The Hagae. I Add to Article XIV the fol lowing paragraph; The executive coancil shall tall a general confer ence of the powers to jneet not less than two years or more than five years after the signing of the con vention for the purpose of review ing the condition of international law, and of agreeing noon and stat ins; in authoritative form the prin ciples and rules thereof. Thereafter regular conferences for that purpose shall be called and beld at Mated times. S Immediately before the signs ture of the American delegates, In sert the following reservation: Inasmuch as la becoming a mem ber of the league the United States of America la moved by no Inter est or wish to I'ntrnde upon or in terfere with the political policy or internal administration of any for eign state, and by no existing or anticipated dangera In the affairs of the American continents, but accedes to the wish of the European States that it shall Join its power to theirs for the preservsllon of general peace, the representatives of the United States of , America si sn this convention with the under standing that-nothing therein con tained shsll be construed to Imply a relinquishment by the United States . America of its traditional atti tude towards parely American ques tions, or to require, the submission of Its policy regsrding suck ques tions (including therein the admis sion ef immigrants) to the decision ror recommendstloa of ether powers. ' 4 Add to Article X (guaranteeing the existing slat as of member states) the following; After the expiration of Sve years from the signing of this conven tion any party may terminate Its obligation under this article by glv - Ing one year's notice In writing to tho Secretary-General of the league. S Add to Article XI (relating to a communion to Supervise the reduc tion of armament) the following! Such commission shsll hsve full power of Inspection and verification personally and by authorised agents as to all armament, equipment, ina nitions, and Industries referred to la Article VIII. Add to Article XXIV the fol lowing. ... ' , . The executive council shsll call a general conference of members of . tho league to meet not lean than e or more than ten years after the signing of this convention for the revision thereof, and at that time, or at any; time thereafter apon oos year's notice, any member assy withdraw from the league. ATTITUDE U. S.. TOWARD SUCH MOVE DEFINED Iiodge Resolution of 1912 Ap plies in Present Case; Wash ington Takes tfotice (By the Associated Prm.l Mexico City, Saturday, March 29. ; That Japanese corn corporations have ! been grant! concessions to exploit ! agricultural lands in Lower California was. the statement made late today by Gen. "Amado Aguirre, under secretary of development and agriculture. The' ffirmation 'was made, however, that the concessions were fully author ised by the provisions of the Mexican constitution regarding the area and position of the territory in relation to the ocean shore and the frontier line. There was nothing in the concessions, it waa asserted by the under secretary, that might possibly lead to difficulties as far as the Monroe Doctrine waa con cerned. , Reports that there is a possibility of International - controversy over" the granting of the concessions sto the Japanese were said to be absurd by Gen. Amad Aguirre in an interview earlier in f e day, in which he said the action was legal. At that time, he would not admit con session had been granted. The Japanese legation here denied it had any official knowledge of the action. Wsshington la Interested. Washington, March 30.-Attention of the State Department was called about two weeks ago to the reported proposal of Japanese interests to acquire l large tract of land in Lower California from the California and Mexican Land Cora- pany, of Los Angeles, in telegrams for f warded to the department by Senator Phelan, of California. I The attitude of the United States gov . ernn. nt towards any si oh wove by for eign interest! was set forth i" a com- murdcatiou sent at that time by the De ( j piirtarient to the IaA els "iompany. T1S; ea)pay was femd spiincally I to two doeumeuts, the Lodg resolution I I nthe Si'ty-second Congres and a mes ; s8j by President Taft, both - 1912, !aBl each of which were inspired by the proposal -f Japanese fishing Interests , to establish a base on Magdalene Ray. The Lou..'1 r ol-ition declared that sales of proiiev'y fry Amer' j. to any nation whic' might use the tract as a I base tojhreaten the United States could I not be viewed without gra concern by fib nvernmcnt. This message of Pres ident Taft transmitted a re.ort by Bee. niry m rrespoiisr to Senate tes- olution. Tho message nn.i ,'eport ' .e ; similar to Lodge resolution in content, j Iu view of the "re 1 communication ; officials tonig'ut . ere greatly interested in '.he an oiincement yesterday in Mex ico City by General Amsdo Aguirre, un der secre iry o development and agri culture in the Mexica" cabinet that (Continued on Pegs Three) IDE TV r,, s s iuj ni TO UOUnteraCt Alleged Plan OI tiquui men mi in u. o. GOeS Dry New York, March 30.-PIans for a world wide prohibition campaign to counter-act an alleged pkn of Ameri can brewers and distillers to transfer their activities to other countries after the United States goes "bone dry" were announced here tonight st headquar ters of the New Era Movement of the Presbyterian church. Especial emphasis, it was said, will be given to the campaign in the Orient, aa according to the statement, the Pres byterian church "fears that the brewers and distillers have particular designs on China, India and other countries where the 'Presbyterian missions have been making great headway, " In addition to the anti-liquof fight in Mexico it was announced that the ehurch also would conduct an intensive campaign against gambling, cock fight ing and bull fighting. Kpur representatives of the church, it wa.t said, already kjpe in Europe plan ning the prohibition fight there. LOCAL BUSINESS MAN DIES AT THREESCORE R. N. Bagwell Will Be Buried This Afternoon; Survived by Six Children Aged 60 years, Mr. B. V. Bagwell,! well known business man of this city,, died early yesterday, at his home on West Davie street. ', Mr. Bagwell Is survived by two ions, R. L. Bagwell, of Richmond, and Daniel V. Bagwell, of the American Expe ditionary Forces; and by four daugh ters, Mrs. W. L. Jones, Mrs. Sherwood; Brockwell, Mrs. L. B. Bacon, and Mrs. JunniU Aptiel ' Funeral services will ie conducted at 3 p. m. today at the residence of Mrs,' Brockwell, 113 South Salisbury street, . by Rev. George D. Eastea of the Chris-1 tian Church. Interment will hm is Oak- i wood Cemetery. j PLANS- FOR WORLD DRY- CAMPAIGN f iN jsjasn .. i. '. ' "M ' . - : i I : - 1 " CltlS . WANTS NEW KIND OF HOUSE LEADERSHIP Minority in Coning Congress Needs Administration Man, Says Rainey thereforeheIs AGAINST CHAMP CLARK FOR THE JOB Should Have Steering Commit tee in Charfe; Tarheel News From National Capital New and Observer Bureau. 40 Dlatriet Nation. I Usnk Bids. Br 8. It. WINTERS. (Br Speckl Lesterf Wire.) Washington, Mm-h. 30, Representa tive Henry T. Bainey ef Illinois, the ranking member of the Ways and Means Committee of the Sixty-fifth Congress, who lias had sixteen years service in Congress, endorsed the- anti Clark movement today in the follinw eratle reorganization committee: "The way to escape the kind of lead ership we have been having in the past la to submit the control of the Demo cratic minority in the next House) to a steering committer. It is a well known fact that throuri eat (ho wsr, leaders of tho Demoirs its ;fcsiporit of the administration and there was no at tempt on their part to conceal their hostility to teh administration and the administration plans for organisation of the army and carrying to a suc cessful conclusion oar participation ia the great war. "It would be particularly unfortunate at the present time to place the Demo cratic administration between two fires. We can expect all sorts of investign tions to eb inaugurated by the Re publican majority in the House, We Ought to It least have g DemoCTatie 6T ganization and a minority leader who will defend the administration when it ought to be defended. A militant mi nority leader properly elected by the steering committee, which cannot be mid to h snitlnntii in chflrAetnr. act- ing in harmony with the Democratic administration, may retrieve the losses of last November. The Demoerntie party IS not sectional, urn me mure Demoeratsin Illinois, a Northern State, than thero are in several Bouthern States. A steering committee, such as proposed, will offset the argument of ten used with so much effect that the Democratic party is merely a party of the South. 1 regard it as of the great est importance that the Democratic minority in the next House of Repre- ' sentatives act in harmony with the ad- , ministration and my duty, as I see it, j compels me to support the plans of the i . , T ..,. A marriage license has been issued in Washington to Ober O. Strauss of ! law, Indiana, and Miss Lillian Ballen - t tine of Middlesex, N. v. Colonel J. H. Allison nas gone to nis home in North Carolina, where he will soon be joined by Mrs. Allison, who is a present visiting her mother at West Mrs. Goodwin D. Ellsworth, a native of Wilson county, and Mis. Lee Robin - son. wife of Representative Lee Robin - son, of Wadesboro, are among the North German west Hungary but were Carolinians named as patronaesses of j "Pulsed after several conflicts with the the Dixie Ball to bo held at the New I inhabitants, according to a dispatch Willard Hotel on Easter Monday, April I 'rem Berlin quoting the Vossissche Zei 21. The event is held under the sn-l ,un elating that a deputation from spices of the Robert E. Lee Chapter, 1 Hunkary arrived yesterday in No. 644, United Daughters of Confed- i Vienna to report to Secretary of State eracv, , j Bauer concerning the invasion. Many Msny Disabled Will Need Work. ; s were piudered and bured. i Plans for enlisting the aid of com-; . mercial organisations thro hout the ! REVOLUTIONISTS WOULD enuntrv in training1 snd niacin disabled i BECOME GERMANY'S ALLY. soldiers and sailors was announced to- (Continued en Psge Three) Important Notice Subscribers Watch the label on your paper. It shows the date to which your subscription ia paid. It possible, send In your renewal at least five days before the time U out. This will prevent your missing tingle copy. ists" Storm Public Hall To Hear Debs Speak DEBS SICK IN BED AT HOTEL, MOB DISPERSED One of The "Beds'' Threatened Td "Wade Through Blood" , and Oot Free Bide To Jail Toledo, Ohio, March 30. When they were refused admission to Memorial Hall, a eity building, this afternoon by city officials, where Eugene V. Delis was scheduled to speak, 5,000 persons Stormed tho place, broke windows and doors and then paraded the streets, cry ing "to hell with the mior." '. And all the time Debs was in bed in a Cleveland Hotel, where was said he was too ill to appear Jn public. ' A substitute speaker for Dobs appear ed about 3:. 10 o'clock, but when ho at tempted to make an address in public was chased away by policemen. Policemen Break Up Mob. More than 79 men. were arrested, in cluding Thomas Devine, social member of the eity eouneil. Charges of inciting to riot were placed against them, but after 300 policemen had succeeded in breaking up the mob the prisoners were au released without bail. . Announcement that Debs would not be permitted to speak was made late Saturday night, after the Socialists here had prepared to handle an overflow crowd. The announcement appeared in the morning papers and was the first notice that the Socialists had that their meeting could not be held. When the hour for Debs to speak ar rived there was at least 6HXl men and women congregated about the Willinm McKinley monument in Courthouse Park across the street front Memorial Hall. Would "Wade Through Blood," But Didn't. A man mounted the base of the monu ment. . "We'll use Memorial Hall this afternoon If we have to wade through blood to do it!" he shouted. ' A policeman grabbed him and he waa thrown nnceremoniously into a patrol wagon. The man who essayed to speak next also wss arrested. As the crowd sensed what was occur ring the radicals began to hoot and boo the officers. Clubs wers drawn and the erswd wss rot moving..- Th; cama the eaW -through the streets, ant ertwof "down with the mayor, "hang hint, "to hell with the polico" and others of a similar nature. Many Plst Fights. It was after 5 o'clock before the police were able to disperse the crowd. Fist fights by the dozen occurred on street corners. Hotel lobbies were in vaded by the malcontents. Street cars were, beld np and threats of serious out breaks were to bo beard on every band. i German PfOteSt, It U RepOft ed, Will Be Disregarded By The Allies Paris, March TO.-fHavas.) The Temps today say that the allied and sssociated governments seem to have decided to disregard the German ob jections concerning Danzig and to lad, by force if necessary, Polish troops at this Baltic seaport. But this move, says the Temps, would not neeessartly imply in the mind of ! the allies, the union ef Dnniig and Po . , , , i . i . i . i ii . ' land- The newspaper adds that con- i eerning the questio of the Polish fron- ' t ; " ""' 'IST r." ; " .-.... ..... I P"' coast either to Oermanjuju. I to Poland. . , Rg . REPULSED BV GERMAN'S, 1 Copenhagen, March 29.-(By the As- ! wiated Press.)-Communist troops in Copehagen, March 30. (Hungarian.) Th. Vienna Volks Zeifun's Budapest ) correspondent says the Hungarian gov I eminent has offered te lily itself with , the Gertna government against the en tente according to a despatch received : here. A telegram of the Wolff Bureau 1 aavs. however, that nothinir is known in official .quarters in Berlin concerning AS TO LANDING OF TROOPS AT DANZIG ,uctt " h GARNISHEE DECISION .Boatmen Accept Offer. , ' . - r, T-n '(By the Aaseeieted Press.) . New York, March 30.-The Tidewater I Nashville, Tenn., March 30.-The Pu Boatmen'i Union, one f the six organi-! Pr" Court of Tennessee decided the rations participating in the harbor I r Dickens vs. Btaosforil Realty strike, -voted today to accept aa offort Company, Involving the right of a .credi- of a $110 month wage with the same wcrking conditions aa before the strike, The chief demand of the strikers has been for an eight hour day. The mem s bers of the uhion are employed on coal and grain boats. ' Thomas L. Delahuntr, president of ,the marine workers affiliation who de ! c la red that the decision would not affect i the strike of the other unions, said he would recommend at a meeting to j morrow of the full strike committee' that the Tidewater ansa be allowed to 'accept the offer. ilWH RULE OF REVOLUTIONISTS Hungarian Reds Have Got Throat Hold On Banks and Money at Budapest WEALTHY REDUCED TO 15 ACRES LAND AND V HORSE All Estates Have Been Appro priated By 'Government ; Up risings in Ozecho-Slovania (Br th'Aasscisted Press.) Vienna, Saturday,' March 20. Fol lowing the practice, put .into effect by the Russian soviet government at Kios eow, the bank presidents in Budapest, have become mere, figureheads while soviet clerks administer the business, Rente no longer are paid to landlords but to the government which is repre sented by the janitoTi, The stores hsve been nationalized and the heads of fac tories have been replaced by those elected by the workmen. The banking business is beiug hand! capped under the new regulations. No one is allowed to draw out more than 100 except in the payment of salaries. A check must be signed by all the trus tees before it is submitted -to a bank where it is honored on the condition that the trustees of the Institution are shown to be employes. During tho period in which inven tories are being taken all stores are closed except for the sale of food aud drugs. i Thousands of refugees are traveling toward Vienna. All are deprived of their belongings at the frontier if they attempt to pass the border without be ing searched. - And Vet They "Tarry." , Memliert of the wualthy classes have resolved to tarry in Budapest and await rviitav fooatfoi Jto,7'''furtlji,,st J0? sin oi lount aruiyi, wuo rerrmiT re signed as provisional presdient of Hun gary, is quoted as saying: "We have been reduced to fifteen acres of land and one horse. It is bet ter to have them than roam over the world homeless. We have got to live somewhere so it will bo here.'' There are but- twof classes in Hun garyaristocrats and peasants. The re public seemingly is more Russian than Gorman. Estate "Appropriated-" Alt -estates have been appropriated by the government. American officials are being well treated by the Hungarian officials and American couriers are al lowed to pass in and out of Budapest without hindrance. Telegraphic service is restricted and slow. Count Karolyi's position has not been damaged by the new regime according to politiual observers, who say ha clev erly vacated his position as provisional president by shifting responsibility for the course of events to the allies and then urging resistance against the en tente which resulted in a union nf fhe !aciai democrats and tho communists. i SUko Stops lt.il ways. The railwsv strike in Hungary was followed by the engineers leaving their i iraina at. wnaievcr iiutcc incv uunmnit'u t0 ic wi,CB ti,g gtnke was eullfd. Trains ', i,u,cd with hundreds of passengers -ere )ft landing in the loneliest t places. , . ..... . In Czecho-Movaaia it is reported that uprisings have occurred. News of the Hungarian Bolshevism hss spread rap idly and the revolutionary spirit i West Ukraine and Rumania is said to be increasing. GERMAN SOCIALIST LEADER THREATENS Says Workers in Germany Will Quit Work If Allies Too Se vere in Peace Terms Copenhagen, March 30 Here Stoessel, a member of the German majority socialist party addressing the council of soldiers' and workmen at Bromberg, Prussia, Recording to the. Berlin Tage blatt, threatened that if the entente powers enforced an oppressive peace the workers of Germany would cease work and letJthe allies come and make what the wanted themselves. "We in the executive committee," Iterr Htorssel Is quoted os saying "are resolved that in given circumstances we may follow the example. of Hungary. We also can ally ourselves with Russia." HIGHER COURT REVERSES tor to garnishee, wages of an employe of the United States Railroad Administra tion. It was contended by the defend ants that sucu an, employo is an agent bf the government, and that the dispo sition of funds of the Railroad Admin ist ration whict were due 1iim as wages eould not in any way be interfered with by creditor of the employe. The Court of Civil Appeals held that the wages eoul'd be garnisbeed but that no exe cution eould issue to enforce the gar nishment until the railroads were re turned to their private owners. The Rnpreme Court reversed this decision. Disposition of Monroe Doctrine and Reparation Subjects are Going - To Be Settled After Much Discussion AMERICAN DELEGATES DETERMINED TO SPEED UP; OTHERS HOPE FOR IT Real Progress Has Already Been Made On Terms of In demnity and U. S. Delegates ,, Have Convinced Colleagues Not to Make Them So Heavy They Could Not Be Paid; Work On League Covenant The Past Week Has Been Progressive; General Belief That Germans Will Accept and Sign, Treaty of Peace ; Other Conference Develop xnents at Paris SEPARATION FIGURES. Parle, March 3. The Intranal geant prints the report that the in demnity which Germany meat pay for the damages of the war has been fixed at a figure between 150,000,800, 000 and 250,000,000,000 francs. Th yearly payments will Increase as Germany's economic life revives. (Br the AHoctsted Prise.) Paris, March 30. Persistent efforts, principally by the American delegates, but seconded for the most part by tho British and Italians, to speed up the work of the various eouncils and com mission preparing the details of the pence Treary, resuites in tietter prog ress during the closing days of the past week. That most important results will he attained during tho present week is predicted by those who 'are in a position to speak, including the disposition of thwjft J)Mttsine-U jwparut tc; the two Ml.jeota which have been the main obstacles to the eoniplctton of the treaty. End Appears Around Corner, It is learned that there has recently been a revival of rertuia propositions and arguments, which has tried the pa tience nf some of the participant! In the deliberations. But apparently new ideas had been exhausted and there are signs of the rapid approach of the end of the discussions, - Therefore It It et peeted that President Wilson, whom some-or trie rrcnett newspapers, S well as some influential British papere have held responsible in a measure. for the delays, is about to exercise the power, which goes with the responsibility te make an end to the delays. Reparatlona Become Clearer. The most stubbornly contested sub ject was that of reparations and it is suggested that the delay in this case cannot be c'mrged tip to the American, but rather to the pre-election promises nf Premier Lloyd George and Premier Clemeneeau to make the Germans pay the whole cost of the war, which hare let to some embarrassouut, because of the patent inability of the enemy to pay more than a fraction of the enor mous indemnity that will be required fur that purpose. Ilottever, real progress has been mads in bringing about an agreement on the total amount of indemnity and the terms of payment on a basis of pains taking studies of the exact state of Ger man industries antlvrejsouFee at the resent time and jrospects for the fu ture made by the financial commissions of tho conference The American rep resentatives on these commissions have convinced their foreign colleagues ef the danger of forcing Germany to sign under duress conditions they honestly believe beyond the ability of Germany to meet, pointing out that such a peace would" surely never tie permanent but would result in repudiation at some fu ture day when Germany felt sha bad the sympathy of. the majority was strong enough from a military stand point. Lesgue of Nations, ' Although President Wilson stated thst the League of Nations covenant did not delay the progress of the treaty, because the work of the other commissions was eauually esseutial to its completion, the matter has been the subjoet of much anxiety and close stury during the pust week. The desire of the American delegates to safeguard the Monroo Doctrine and to insert other amendments to meet home criticism bas temporarily prevented the report of the revised covenant from being sub mitted to a plenary meeting of the conference. The meeting of the com mission on Thursday, however, gave the finishing touches to the formula, which it is believed, is satisfactory to the council of four, and a plenary session will likely lie held nest Saturday. It has been decided to avoid con troversy over the guarantee of religious freedom by remitting the subject to special treaties, which must be made with all new states that hsve arisen throug -the Or. - The Japanese dele gates are expected to complete their 'record by calling for an expression cf sentiment by the eouneil of ten, and perhaps .the plenary conference, upon their dcclaratio nof equality before the law of all nationalsl in the League ef Nations, .fciigtts that the .directing: forces of Ihe conference look for the early comple tion of the lint peace treaty are found ia the preparations now going en at Contlnsed on Page Two)