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WEATHER Partly cloady east, probably skaweat wast portlaa Taesday, eirv 7ATC3 ra Mm alrattoa aad tnii baiaa smfl eaav. VOL OX. NO. 119. RALEIGH, N. C, TUESDAY MORNING, APRIL 29, 1919. PRICE: FIVE CENTS ill 01 PEACE CONFERENCE ADOPTS TWO OF THE BOYS WHO'RE OUT TO WIN FOR AMERICA IN OCEAN FLIGHT L WITHOUT CHANGE IN DRAFT Col. Woods Calls on Police - Chiefs To Aid In Getting --; Rid of Fakirs . -1 . , . - ..... BAN Oil BEGGARS I N ARMY UNIFORM REVISED EAGUE COVENANT UNIFORM SACRED AS THE FLAG, MUST BE PROTECTED distant To Secretary of War Bays'. Police Force Can Do No Better Than To "Go the Limit" in Dealing With the Subject; North- Carolina News From Washington " Ntw rod Otacretr Danad, Ot District National Bank Bid. By . . WINTERS. (By Special Lnssad Win.) Washington, April 28. Col. Arthur' Woods, assistant to the (Secretary of , War, ha written to Uhiet of PolUe C. B. Barbour of Raleigh aal -police chief ; of other North Carolina eitiea asking for their co-operation in dealing with ; the peddler, pan-handler and street .fakir in the uniform of the army and nary, la his letter Col. Woods attacks the . employers who make it possible for a . discharged soldier or sailor to peddle on ; the streets, calling them "cooties" who j do this sort of thing simply to play on i the public sympathy which the uniform j irouse. He says that the uniform is is sacred as the flag and that the police force of the country can do no bette "1 thing than "to go to any limit to pro tect it. . Col. Woods states in his letter that at least 80 per cent of the men coming out ; of. the itbij : ntl navy go straight to ; their homes Icaviug but 2U per cent to linger around the cities and that but a .Tory few of theau resort to the use of ! the uniform for improper purposes. He ' describes bow the, chief of poliee in one city o!-vd tho problem if soldier,' sailors, sad marine panhandlers and f cleared the town of them in tV hours, indicating that the same thing can be done in almost any community. Text of the Letter. The letter follows: I "This letter is writtcu to you wi-.h t!;e memory in my mind of my own old days in the poKce department, aud "v rant to take up especially with you 'he ' question of men panhaadling ia ser T ce uniforua. You knoall the aagles ' of the street-faking and paa-haadling g ins. You are dealing with it daily in maay-pbHse,' lt as I had to deal ' v.ti it a i-olice commissioner of tin , t.ty of New York. . "Although the demobiliiation of our V niy aad ay Las aot progressed far. the supposedly discharged soldier, sailor end marine in uniform peddling in our Streets is a problem to engage our most tvr'OuS nttcr.tlun. "You knoT hs well r.j I ' ow grateful the country !; ti those who h.ivc served it In t': 1:1 ".Inry aud naval forces. p;:d how c?r:..ia it is that no discharged man has to rrcort to panhandling for a r.vir-e. ou t-iow as well is I that t'.if 'cooties' who send them out to do tYs sort r.f thinj arc doing it simply to firy upra the publie sympathy which t : ua'u'arm crouses and will continue foaio:' Jar a Ion; time to come. The ti.en ; ,J2 lu t landers iclds aad in tin Argnaae, nnd oa (lie hills around Cha'cau-Tliicrry, who can never come l-eek, and tho great majority of their pals who are returning to civil life, . have niade that uuiforni ss sacred as tho flagitsclf; aad the poliee forces of thu United Btate. eould do o better ' . . , . ,, IDina; tula i prvtvxfr it. 'lt will be Interesting and gratify ing to you to know that 80 per rent of I he sue a coming out of the army ah 1 rary go straight from .he demobiliza tion camps to their homes. This leaves only 3D per cent to linger ; round cen tn of demobilizatioa and large eitiea. A few of these may be panhandling but 1 am inclined to think mailt, if not A Ik. MaM : nn'.Cn.M. t K.I M' peddling in the streets never entered i The X. C.-3 mado successful trial the service, and are pure frauds. i night today. The X. C.-l, which has The .chief of poliee of one city during been in service, is undergoing alter the past month took the bit ia his own ; ations, while the X. C.-4, a new ma teeth, and in twenty-four hoars cleared rhine, is eipceted to be ready to take the town of all uniformed panhandlers. The police of this city issues all ped - tiling licenses, and the chief bid down . the rule that he would give licenses to evenr discharged soldier, sailor and narimi . who annlied. but In none in iii.ifnrm. Then ho aeut an.neriodv around ia Ih. .varies which hid heen utilizinf die harged men to panhandle and peddle for them, alid pointed out the pro Visions tf tho Federal law applying to the.. improper use of the uniform. This happened ia the ourse of one mora lac. That night there was not a 'serf li'i p .handler ia tow a. For weeks be f -i this ttrr had been a pest. 'If you do aot control the issuance cf peddling licenses ia your eity, would ' ft be asking yoa loo. muck to bring this to the attention of the one who doesf "One more thing, and a matter of: at least equal importance, npoa which i 4 -i...iri:L. 1 i. . it J Snouid IIBV Mn fvu fVVICIBUUa .. is this will you aot instruct all mem ' tiers of your force to familiarise them : selves with the location of the United ' ftntjs Emp'.oyrneat 8crvice bureau or! bureaus lor returaiag soldiers aad tailors so that if a discharged ma a t omes to their atteatioa they can put him directly ia touch with these sgen ties! There aeeme to have beea some difliculty about getting this iaforsaa lion dowa to the mea, aot la your eity, I it generally, aad it will be of geaulae help to soldiers if they know that aay policemaa, anywhere ia tho eountry, ran direct them ta the office that will fad a job for them." . MosrasnaaU of Tar Heehv While Becretary of the Kavy kal JIrs, Daniels are touring foreign coun t: 'es, a pet Airedale dog decided to take (Cewtiasttd m Faga Twelve) I f v v wry4. r 4 L4 ifaY.v,i ., ..,.,... ... i -1 ii mi r .a David McCullojth. at the left, by the United States navy to pilot I Department Announcss Person nel of Crews Who Will Make the Attempt unp. THREE HYDRO AIRPLANES, 5 MEN TO EACH PLANE Expedition, Which Is Staged for Early Practicable Date, Will Be in Charge of the Three Plane Commanders, Towers, Read and Bellinger, Towers Banking Officer New York, April 2.-The Nary De-;-::i'i:irnt announced here, tonight the personnel of the aviation crews live ,non to a plane nho ivHI attempt early next month to cross the Atlantic in ;hne hiice hydro-airplanes. Commander J. 11. Towers, Lieut. Commandi d A. C. Kead and Lieut. Comm. u.ler i X. U Belli.iufr will lie the jih.ne commaii'lers, with the first n:;mcd j.i ceserul charge of the expedition. The airships, the X. C.-l, X. C.-3 and X. C.-4, after a flight from their home station at Rockauay point on Long Island to a base established by the navy off the Xew Ko midland coast, will set oat together in an attempt to reach a Ktiropean destination not yet made public. It i. couernlly lielicved that the planes will touch the Azores and again off the Portuguese const, there resum ing the 1iir cruise to the British Isles. V""? "." l,H "V, T Point that no bad stop, would be made. At the New Foundlund base and wher- Officially, it was stated at Buckaway 1 ever else the machines may descend they will' be moored while waiting a re sumption of the flight, as ereciton of appliances to haul the craft out of the water would require much time and en- ; tail heavy expenses. The planes, only one of which is now , ia operation, have a span of 12rt feet aad are driven by four high eompres- i sion Liberty motors. 1 1 Saeceaafal Einerlmtatal Fllrhts. ' the air tomorrow or Wednesday. Confe ! mandcr Towers, ia charge of the flight stated that until he returned Wcdnes . J - t a i uay irom a eonierenee ai navai neaa 1 quarters in Washington he would be un ! Wt to announce definitely the date of He wid, however, the l.lflo mile flight side red part of the ocean voyage, would be taken in easy stages. The threo planes probably would start from Roekaway ia a squadron, he added, though this was not essential, and might descend at a place already aeleeted on the trip north. He expectel spproxi mately a week's wait at the Newfound land station, provided there were no de- lays on the wa-r there. For the trans , sea flight, be said, it was important that the fliers keep within tight of each ' (Continued an Page Two.) . GERMAN DELEGATES ARRIVE AT VERSAILLES Versaillea, April 28. (Havas.) The Germaa delegates ta the peace congress arrived hert thit evtning at I o'clock. The party numbered SO. Immediately oa their arrival tha delegates were takea ia y utomobilet to tha Hotel Dcv Reservoir. There wat ao untoward in eident. Probably No Difference," Paris, April 28. No credence is givea at the K'hita House" to tho statement that Thomas Nelson Page the American Ambassador to Italy, ia coming to Pari oa account Of differ ence with the President ' over the Fiuma question. It ia declared that aothiag is kaowa of any rack differ ence. AVY AIR ME TO PIS LAI ...... . swwRU't'iH iiisiiji r i v y jki is first aid to Lieut. Com. Patrick the NC-2 in the first American LOAN SALE FIGURES $200,000,000 Less Subscribed Thank At Like Period In Fourth Campaign SALES TOTAL ONLY 18.65 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL Official Tabulation Last Night Footed Up $839,479,900; Yet Three States and a Nnm ber of Cities Have Already Oversubscribed; Statement By Treasury (By tha Aarociated Prc.) Washington, April 28. Tho Nation hat, subscribed 83tt,4"9,9tH) to the Vic tory Libtrty Loan, according to tabula tion announced tonight by the Treas ury. This tifTure, representing the first weeks business, is 18.6o per cent or the $4J(Hi,(iliJnW total sought. Subscriptions by, districts and per centages of ilistriets quotas are as fol lows: District. Subscription. . . 69P'tu2,000 .. 172,909,0011 . . 9(l,710,0ti . . :'.4,ir8,000 .. 41,850,000 . . 56,890,000 . . .'1835,000 . . .ri,890,00fl .. 201,000,000 .. ii3;i,ooo . . 3:1,720,000 . . 848,000 Pet. P..-..54 26.04 24.18 21.81 21.46 18.37 8.2tt 15.17 14.88 12.01 Ht. Louis Chicago Ilostou Minneapolis Kansas City . Cleveland ... Hirhniond . . . Fhiladelphin . New York ... Dallas fan Francisco Atlanta 10.85 4.04 Tho proportion of the loan already subscribed is a fraction of a per cent more than that raised at the eorre- siionding time of the Fourth loan cam lign, although the amount Is about 1200,000,000 less, since the total of the lonrth loan was greater. This looks rather discouraging for the Victory Liberty Loan," said the Treasury's daily review, "and the most hopeful sifrn - 'nneeted with the situa tion is that some of the remote district are slow in reporting their sales to head quarters. This is particularly true in the Atlanta district. Third State Goes Over Top Vermont today over-subscribed its quota, according to a message from E. R. Morse, the state director. He re ported alsft that 102 cities bad exceeded their minimum allotments, Vermont is the third state to make a 100 per rent record, Michigan and Iowa having done tii:s last week. Toledo, Ohio, today reported that it had oversubscribed its quota by 2i per cent and had sold to 23 per cent of its population. 'his record and the manner in which it' was received greatly pleased treas' ury department offcials, said the treasury statement. "Not a single sub' scription was takea from a bank, tho sales committee declining an offer from banker several days ago to buy up the uasold portion of the city quota. Th Sir Loiitr-distrtct reported to- uight that southern Indiana was lead ing all states in the district, having 71 pur cent of its quota subscribed. Ten nessee advanced 18 per cent in its sales today. Mississippi has 53 per rent. Seventeen rouats have obtained their quotas ia Kentucky. Selling Slow la Chicago District, Washington, April 28v Workers throughout the Chicago district today were arged to speed up the campaign as subscriptions there were reported to be "somewhat slow." The best prog ress la this district Is being made ia - - (Continued aa Page Thirteen.) i v w Dresdew Ore as Close Berlin, April 28Tbe Sarrasani Cir eus la Dresdea ha had to clot be cause nearly all th animal of it men sgcri have died f hunger. , ... t. OFFICIAL VICTORY N SATISFACTORY N. L. Bellinger who is picked flight across the Atlantic. Government is Preparing To Restore Various Lines To Private Ownership INCLUDES TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH SYSTEMS Plan is to Do This As Soon As Congress Can Enact Laws Necessary To Safeguard the Properties ; No Legislation Needed for Release of Cable 1 Lines, Says Burleson (Br tht Associated Prm Washington, April 28. The govern ment is preparing to relinquish con trol next month of American cable lines nnd to restore the telegraph and tele phone systems to private ownership im- mediately after enactment by Congress 1 of laws necessary to safeguard the properties. Post muster General Burle- son, as directing head of the extensive. wire communication service taken overi as a war measure, announced today he had sent to Prenident ,Wilson a recom mendation that the cables he turned back forthwith, probably not later than ; May 10. Statement By Burleson. An hour-lator the Postmaster General , gave out a statement saying he would recommend that the telegraph and tele phone service bo returned to private ' ::c.. contingent, however, upon finan cial protection to le obtained from Congress. It was explained by Mr. Burleson that j no legislation was necessary in the case of the cable company properties. lessening 01 me iranie oorne oy inc. rabies and other circumstances arising) from transition to a peace basis, Mr. Burlotu said, bad resulted in his; recommendation to the P..lident that! the lines be no longer operated by the government. Ia the matter of land service, how- ever, the solution of the problem will be put squarely up to Congress. Com RELEASE FEDERAL C0NTR0LOF1ES ing so soon after the recommendation )SpteW l(- Nfwt nJ mmmu , in his annual report that the telephone' ... . . ... - , - , , . , ... . wadesboro, April 28. The biggest and telegraph lines become government . . . ' " ... ... , .! . . -V ,u. 1 fir here in 50 years this afternoon de owned at the conclusion of Yeace, the 1 " . .... , . ,, . ' . ,, . . . .,. stroyed the Heaboard freight depot, 400 Postmaster Generals statement ereated .. ... . . . ,. bales of eotton, three warehouses, one unusual siJarV ' mrbl" P1""1 iil W The l0M Postoffice'Depa'rtment officials who ' v.tively at 150,000 have aided ia control of the telegraph 1 fn1 .'' .J n and telephone companies expressed the , ly ""urance. The buildings burned belief that few of the companies could ! re 0B th orth ,,le of the railroad weather the financial storm if the prop- track and had the wind not been blow erties were turned back without reme- ing from the south, other structures in dial legislation. Home officials said that eluding the A. C. L. freight depot, union while the properties must be returned j passenger station and the Wadesboro in the same physical condition in which : eotton oil mill would have been de they were taken over, to do this now. stroyed. without added revenue to meet wage demands and increased cost of opera tion, would wreck the entire industry Officials responsible for the actual management of the property under government control declined, however, to suggest exactly what sort of legis lation would be necessary. Bepubli- (Continued oa Pag Thirteen.) ONE' YEAR AGO TODAY Washington report that atari) M,0M ton of atecl ship war com pleted and ready for service at Amer ica shipyards during th last year. The war ao far this month (April) 118), baa cost tha United State aa averag of 4t,M.M a day. which laclndea a dally loaa at Sl,M,tM to our allies. Aanonnccd that LUat. C. DeFreost Laraer, A merles a aviator la Franca, has brought dowa hi second German airplane. American troop take part la th Bghtiag before Amlsas, winning tho prals of seasoned campaigners af British and Froach force. . They Foaghti W Mast Pay. WILSON'S SPEECH AT PEACE COUNCIL Text of President's Address in Moving Adoption of the League Covenant CALLS ATTENTION TO THE NEW FEATURES Most of the Changes, He Says, Are in Phraseology Only, Intended To Clarify And Make Meaning More Explicit Some of New Features "Con siderable," Others Trivial (By tha AaaMiaUd Praaa.) Paris, April 28.-Following is the text of President Wilson's speech before the plenary session of the peace conference today: "Mr. President: When the text of the covenant of the League of Nations was last laid before you I had the honorf reading the covenant in extenso. I mill not detain you today to read the cove nant as it has now been altered, but will merely take the liberty of explain ing to you some of the alterations that have beea made. ' "The report of the committee -ha boea circulated. You yourselves have in kand the text of the covenant, and will ao doubt have noticed that most of the changes that have been made are mere changes of phraseology, no changes of substance, and that, besides that, most of the changes are intended to clarify tho document, or, rather, to make et' plirit what we all have assumed was im plicit in the document as it was ongi ually presented to you. But I shall take the liberty of calling your attention to the ltVw features, such as they are. Home of them are considerable, the- rest trivial. Slawataroa of the Treaty. "The first paragraph of artiel 1 is aew. In view of the insertion of the aveaaat lajwtha peace treaty, tpeeifle provision a to the signatories of th treaty, who would become members of the league, aad also as to neutral atstes to be invited to accede to the covenant, were obviously necessary. The para graph also provides for th method by which a neutral state may accede to the covenant. "The third paragraph of Article 1 is PrW, providing for the withdrawal of any member of the league on a notice given of two years. Increaso In Coaacil. "The second paragraph of Artirle 4 is new, providing lor a possiuie in crease in the council should other pow ers he added to the League of Nations, whose present accession is not antici pated. "Tho two last paragraphs of Artirle 4 are new, providing specifically for one vote .'or each meni'..cr of the league in the council, which was understood (Continued oa Pag Two.) BigfJCSt Blaze in FlftV YearS n tT..:k n riCiyill UCfJUl dllU 400 Bales Cotton The blaze is believed to have been started by a spark from a shifting en gine, which became lodged either ia the cotton, part of which was on th plat form, or ia on of the 29 bales of eot ton yarn, which had just Iwen placed on the cotton platform to lie loaded into ears. It was a few miautes after noon when jhe fire jraa discovered and the volun teer fire eonpany was ordered 'out. The men worked with a will aad soon had 'several streams of water from the eity waterworks playing oa the roaring flames. It waa two hours before it was gotten under eoatrol and tonight watch was being kept over numerous charred bales of cotton to prevent its breaking out, again. ,The cotton is almost a com i plete loss. Th warehouses destroyed are, those of the Blalock-Allea Co. Leak Mar shall, both of these being filled with general merchandise, and of th Vir- ' ginia-Carolina Chemical Company. The plant of th Wadesboro Marble Works was also ba. ned to th ground. . Thls'wsi the biggest fire here, old , citizens say, sine th eonfUgratioa .of , I860 whi th entire up towa aeetioa was burned. The freight depot is located a toil from th up towa ectioa, 150,000 DAMAGE FIRE IN WADESBORQ GOING H0MTOTELt" JAPS OF U. S. ATTITUDE ITS' . m'mLm I VISCOUNT Ishii i Japanese ambassador to the United States and he is going home to present to his government first hand information on the attitude of tho American government and the American people toward Japan. 1 L New Appointee Has Held Posi tions That Peculiarly Fit Him for the Place Paris, April 28. Sir (James) ErU Drummond who has been nsined as First Secretary General of th League of Nation, hat been private secretary to A. J. Balfour, the British Foreign Secretary sine December, 1916. Previa ously he had served Mir Kdwsrd (Now Viscount Grey) in the same capacity while Sir Edward waa foreign secre tary. From March, 1912, to JuneA 1915, be was private secretary to Herbert H, Asquith, then the British Premier. Sir Erie was born oa August 17, 1876, a son of the eighth Viscount Mtrathallan and is a half-brother of the heir pre sumptive to the Earl of Perth. He be came a clerk in the foreign office in 1900 and from 1907 to 1908 as private secretary to Lord Fitzmaurire, parli mentary under secretary of state for foreign affairs and continued under various under secretaries until 1912, when he became private secretary to Premier Asquith. Sir Erie accompanied Foreign Minis ter Balfour to the United States in 1917 aa a member of a British high com mission. In 1904 Sir Erie waa married to Angela Mary, youuget daughter of the eleveith Baron ''crries. They have two daughters and one son. Captain Madwin Drummond, who married the widow of Marshall Field, Jr., of Chicago, is a distant relative of Sir Erie. CAROLINA TROOPS LAND IN NEW YORK 117th Engineers, Composed of N. C. and S. 0. Men Brought Over By Pueblo New York, April 28. The eruiser Pueblo arrived from Brest this nfter noon with 1,799 troops including the 117th Engineers, consisting of 43 offi cers and. 1,390 men of the 42nd (Bain- bew) Division. Other troops on th Pueblo included one officer and 78 men of the 117th Engineer train and casuals. Most of the men of the 117th Engi neers were recruited from North and boutli Carolina and were commanded by Col. John M. Johnson, of-Marion, 8 C. A number of the officers and men wore the croix de guerre and many ether, it was said, had been recom mended for the D. H. C. Toward the close of the or the engi neer under Cot. Johnson it was said were nicknamed "Tank Orderlies' aad the "Death Squad" because of the ex tremely hazardous nature of the duty they were called upon to perform, that of advancing before the tanks and. un der fire, cutting barbed, wire entangle ments and other impediments placed by tho enemy. PRESIDENT STANDING PAT ON ADRIATIC ISSUE Paris, April 28. (Havas.) The Tempt bays today that it asserted in American peace conference circles that President Wilso i doe not expect to ai l anything to his recent statement jn the Adriatic issue with Italy. French Labor Holiday May 1. Paris,April 28 (Havss) The French government has no fear of serious man ifestations May 1, which the labor anions have declared a general holiday, it is learned . from (a authoritative source. Premier Clemenruiu, it is said, a- authorized peaceful demonstrations aad has placed responsibility lor main- j teaaac of order oa tht organiser. did m EAGUE SECRETARY PLENARY SESSION II ITHOUT Covenant Was Presented By President Wilson Who Moved Its Adoption COMMITTEE TO PREPARE PLANS OF ORGANIZATION Baron Makino of Jap Delega tion Says Effort To Secure Eacial Equality Will Be Con- -tinned; Prance Withdraws Proposed Amendments; Plan To Prosecute Ex-Kaiser PLAN TO PROSECUTE FORMER KAISIR. Paris, April 28 At today' plenary session of th Peace Con f crane th council of foar preecatad tk toxt of a peace treaty provlaloa for th prooeentloa of former Emporor Wil liam by a court of Sve Jadgoa ''far a so pre me offense against laUraa- nnal mor ty a-d the sanctity f treaties." (Br tba Aaaoelatad Praas.) - Paris, April 28. The revised eovtnant ' of th Lcngue of Nations was adopted by the plenary session of the peace con ference this afternoon without division and without amendment. Th coven ant had been moved by President Wil son. President Wilson, in his speech ex plaining the revised covenant of th league of Nations, said that Sir Er)o Drummond, of Great Britain, bud been named aa th first secretary general of the league. Belgian, Spain, Brazil aad Greece. Begarding th eompoaitioa of th ei exeutive council, tha President Mid that Belgium, Bra ill, Greece and Spain would be represented on th eouneil ia ad dition to th five great power until a permanent choice had been mad. Presentation of tha amended Jgut of Nations covenant by President Wil oa marked the opening of th sessioa. The President then explained th vari ous alterations. Th President moved that the power nam representatives to form a com mittee of nine to prepare puns to or ganize the league and establish th seat of the league. Will Help Latin America. Chairman Arevedo, of the Uruguay! delegation said he saw ia th leagu I great aid to the, realization of Latin American industrial and commercial prosperity. The President said if was not neces sary to emphasize the signiflcane of the grent covenant and tie hop en tertained that a conference of th Ire lialn-s o' the world would maintai justice in their international rtlatlesl and pence between the nations. Jap Persistent Still. Baron Makino, of the Japanese dele gation, snnouneed that the effort would It untiiiued to have t!ie racial equality prin. '..le adopted as a part of tha covenant. The Japanese ststesman added that ho felt it hit duty to declare th poig nant regret of the Japanese delegatioa over the failure of the Leagu of Ns lions committee to do justice to tkd Japanese demsnd which was bated a deep-rooted national coavictioa. Baron Makino spoke after President Wilson and said he regretted that th President's speech had not been trans lated. He then moved th JapaneM rmendment on r ial equality. He laid it was a race question with th pos sibility of becoming acute. The equality of nations, he asserted, should b a fundamental principle of th leagu. French Withdr-w Amendments. Leim Bourgeois, former premier, spoke for France. He said that th Frenjch amendments to the leagu, ia eluding a demand for a national army and pliec force and the limitation and vr : " 'ion of armnn i of all nations, had not been adopted. France, however, would sign tbt pset, M. Bourgeois declared. M. Clrmrnrean announced the with drawal of the amendmenta and Pres ident Wilson's proposal that the Cove nan of the League of Nations, b4 adopted, was carried. There was not more than a moment's pause in honor of the creation of tht League of Nations, the conference the -proceeding with the regular program. -For Fatare Derisioa? The Japanese and French amends ments were withdrawn, and it i under stood that they have beea left for decision by the League of Nation it self. The text of the labor principle fot insertion in the treaty was adopted, and th conference adjourned without cob- ' sidering responsibilities. The South American representatives expressed approval at great length be fore the covenant was adopted. During this part of the afteraooa a distinct restlessness was ' noticeable, President Wilson walking over to a friend, and Premier Lloyd George disappearing from the room. -Whea the decision wat . taken Presi- - (Contlaaed an Pag Tw)
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