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News and Gfeerver " '!-. WEATHER Probably thunderstorm day aad Moaday, , , WATC3LALIL m'-rm ssr. B4 mnil I ear Mat tzsintitti e-4 nvtM alttla stasis 7. .... , , , we San- VOL OX. NO. MS. THIRTY-SIX PAGES TODAY. RALEIGH, N. G, SUNDAY MORNING, MAY 25, 1919. THIRTY-SIX PAGES TODAY. PRICE: FIVE CENTS. ALLIED TROOPS PUT H READINESS ir OF HOSTILITIES OCCURS German Protests Against Sec tions of Peace Treaty Have Little Effect; Sign or Take . the Alternative is Issue BOMBASTIC ATTITUDE OF HUN DELEGATES AND GOVERNMENT CHANGING Von Brockdorff Back in Ver sailles and the Opinion if Ex pressed That He Already Has . Instructions To Sign ; What Transpired at His Conference With German Chancellor And Other German Leaders Hot Yet Authoritatively Divulg ed; No Mandate For Con stantinople Tor U. 8. (By the Associated Pree.) Germany' aerie of note protesting gainst various sections of the peace treaty apparently bare had little ef fect oa the purpose of the Allied and associated goTernmeats to have the Ger man delegates sign or refuse the treaty virtually as presented. Paris reports are that the only changes of moment made in the treaty have heen in phraseology and details. Several German notes, however, remain unanswered. It is indicated in various reports from Germany that the attitude jo! the Berlin government is changing, some observers expressing the opinion that it will order the delegates st Versaillee to sign the treaty. Count von Brock' dorff-Bantzau is again at Versailles after his conference Fridsy at 8pa with Premier 8eheidemann and other German leaders. What transpired there has not beea disclosed, nor have the German delegates sent any further com munications to the peace conference. Liggett and sUkartm Center. Meanwhile the Allied troops are be Ing held in readiness along the Bala. General Bobertson, the British com mander, had a conference at Coblens Friday with Lieu tenant-General, lig gett, the ram mender of the American bridgehead, in regard te their plans should the Germans decline to sign. President Wilson, it is said ia Paris, has let It be knows that the United State probably would not be able te take mandate for Constantinople or ether parts of the former Turkish ess pire. It has keen suggested consequent It that Constantinople either be pine ed under joint control of the great powers er, failing that, that Greece be sivea the mandate lor tae inraisn capital with the. support of the pew er. Bolshevist Lealng Oat. Further reports indicate that the po sltlon of the Bolshevik! at Petrograd is growing worse. The advantage of the Finns and Esthonians eoatiaue and loud explosions and great ires are re ported to have occurred ia Petrograd, indicating that the Bolsneviu were destroying ammunition. Other reports say that the inhabitants ef Petrograd have arisen against the Bolshevik! aad that there had been seme rnaeain gua firing. WOKK POl COUNCIL TO DO APTIR WILSON LIAYatS. fBv The Associated Press.) Paris, Friday, May 83. The Aatarleaa delegation has prepared memorandum ahowine- the statu of affair before the Deaee conference en the conclu sion ef the Austrian treaty. This discloses a formidable amount ef business still is to be transected beeidee the Turkish and Bulgarian treaties, covering the whole range ef istsr-allied subject. Th memoraaaum ran through many pages, with scores ef headless. It leaves no doubt the conference will continue for eonsid erable time after the treaties have been signed aad President Wilsea has left, it being expected the other Amerieaa members will rem sis te consider mat ters still requiring attention. NORTH CAROLINA CONFERENCE LACKS $50,000 OF QUOTA Total Subscribed in Conference . Up Until Last Hight leport ed as $1,558,446 Onlv $50,000 remains to be ub- ssribed of the North Carolina Con ference quota of 1 1,804,435 for ths Methodist Ceatsnsry fund, sad this, it Is believed, will be covered , ia subscrip tion todsy, the Jubilee ef the drive, ac cording te Conference Campaign Diree- tor D. W. Kewsom, or Durnsm. - The' quota for the North Carolina Conference was 1,60,455. Th total subscribed no to last night was SI.- 558,446. Durham, New Bern, Rocking ham and Warreaton districts are offi cially reported a ever the top with, the oontas. Th total for the Southern Methodist ' Chareh up te last night waa reported through the North Carolisa Conference channele as $29,555,000. Th aJlotmat ia 135,000,000. Out of th forty con ference in th 8outh, esly seven are officially reported ae ever ta top. 1 A meeting of th conference aeia- sioaarie and th conference campaign 'director ef the Southern church has been celled for Memphis, Tens. May 28-29 to consider th detail for a follow-up campaign together with th pro gram x sosstrncuos ror u year. ID DPHPTI1 .Ujl.DWHli PEACE BASIS NAVY Problem Subject of Confer ences Between Secretary And Bureau Chiefs Washington, May 24. Ways and means for getting the navy and marine' corps strength down to a pence-time bssis hss been the subject of seversl conferences between Secretary Daniels aad hie bureau chiefs during tho past few days. The problem is regarded as ons of the knottiest post-wsr pus sies now confronting the department, end although greet progress has been mads ia demobilizing the navy proper sines the nrmistice wss signed, thous ands of officers aad enlisted men still must be released before normal strength Is resetted. It is believed by officers concerned, however, thst at the present rate of demobilization the num erical strength of the navy will be' well below the 250,000 mark set by the secretary at the end of the fiscal year, 1 July 1.- ! On May 1, there were 285,000 officers and enlisted men in the service, a re duction since November 11, of 245,000. The figure set for the reduced'atrength of the nsvy in ths Senste nsval de ficiency bill of the last Congress was 250,000, and in the House bill the num ber wss placed at 225,000. Based on total strength of 250,000 men, naval officials ars confronted with the ne cessity for reducing the officer person nel from more thsn 20100 now on duty to less than 10,000 by July 1. like the navy, a problem confronts the marine corps in what to do with nearly thousand excess officers who must be disposed of within the next month. Most of these officer roes from th non-commissioned gradee, and will revert to their eld status, to be se lected for promotion to officer rank ia the future as th needs of the serv ice require. All of them are graduates or th marine schools, and most of them Saw net ire service at the freak SERGEANT YORK SPENDS BIG DAY IN WASHINGTON LJonixed By All, Prom Baker To Bell Hops, Tennesseean Causes a Flurry Wishina-ton. D. C Uav U &rvt Alvin C. York, Tennessee's mountaineer war hero. Dronouneed bv Marshal Foch snd publicly acclaimed as the greatest of all. had a memorable dav in the National Capital. Freeh from his remarkable reception yesterday ia New York ia which he saw everything but the subway, York came to town, and escorted by Congressman Hull, ef his native 8tate, aad a dele gatioa of admiring townsmen from Pall Mall, visited the War Department, where he met Secretary Bker; the Whit Hons, where he met "Secretary Tumulty, aad later th Capitol. Three highly prised war decorations oa hi sergeant's blouse the Cosgres tioaal Medal, the D. 8. C. and the Freaea Croix d Guerre aad a record of twenty Germans "popped off" with hi trusty rifle; US German captured aad 33 aaaehiae gun put eat ef busi ness, all at a single exploit at the bat tle for Hill No. 240, ia the Argonae fighting Inst October, seemingly have sot changed York aad he still was th modest, smiling Tennesseean lis neigh bor knew whea he was only an elder of th Church of Christ and Christian Union la his horn town. York had no lee of a time than he did ia the metropolis. Worshipping bellboy and porters scrambled for the privilege of carrying his kit bag, his equipment; statesmen and leaders of national life wrung his hand; ad miring throngs crowded the street corner whea he psssed by and choked the corridor of th publi buildings where he went. He took it all in with sn iatereeted air aad dismissed the comment ef those who argued he really didn't do what his eommandine general said he did with the comment that it would be "nn-Christisn-like" to "bite hack" jnst because they wanted te "bite at Urn." PASSENGER TRAIN WAS DELAYED BY FIREI I Wilson, May 14. Passengers oa the northbound passeager traia from Wil mingtoa were delayed two hour Friday night oa account of the burning of the large lumber pleat at Mount Olive. The plant was near th railroad track and it waa impossible te get the traia "jy. Poliee Officer J. H. Hlnton received distressing news from Greensboro Fri day afternoon. Hie sister, Mrs.- H. B. Cousin, wall burning trash ia hsr back yard, was so badly burned that ah Is aot expected te live. REFORMATORY BOYS STEAL OFF TO BE! TROOPS MARCH. Richmond, Vs., May 14. Believed te have beea inspired by a desire to tee th home-coming parade her today la honor ef th 116th Infantry, twenty in mates ef the Boy Reformatory aear Ha never Coarthoase nude their escape by lowering themselves from a second story window this morning by the as ef blsnkets mad lat a rep. . All MARINE CORPS CALL FOR COIN BY RAILWAY DIRECTOR To, Finance Roads For Balance of Year .And To Pay Loss Of Operating WANTS A BILLION AND TWO HUNDRED MILLION This In Addition to the $500, 000,000 Appropriated By Last Congress, and He Wants It In a Hurry; More Appro priations Probable To Meet Future Deficits (By the Associated Press.) Washington, May 24. To finance the railroads for the balance of this year and to pay ".he government's operating loss for 16 months up to this month, sn sppropriation of (1,200,000,000 was ssked of Confess todsy by Director General nines. More msy be sought later if the government continues to lot) hesvily in operation. Ths 11,200,000,000 is in addition to the $500,000,000 appropriated the last Congress, and deludes the 1750,000,000 which failed of appropriation when the session ended in a filibuster. Out of this appropriation, which Con gress will be asked to eipedite, rail road will be paid the sues due them' months ago as standard compensation, and for which they have accepted the Bailroad Administration's certificates of indebtedness. Approximately 486,0O0,O0O represents the government's loss in operating ths railroads from January 1, '8, when private control coded, and May 1, last. This is the difference between the sums for wh'ch thi. government is obligated to psy the roads on contracts, and the net actual operating Income from oper ations. The balance, or about 214000.no of thi 1,700,000,0"0 now ap propriated or sought, represents work in; etpital to be repaid to the govern ment evmtially. This was explained by " . Hines in his request for th appropriation, submitted to Congress through Secretary Glass. Usees Last Year Aad This Year. The deficit last year was $236,184,000, and ia the first four -months this year, the government. Iocs was about $250, 000,000. These, said Mr. Hinos, "are clearly leese due. to the war snd ought to be treated as such. By reason of af-ter-the-war factors tending to impor tant "changes in the situstion, the esti mste herewith submitted does not st Umpt to forecast results beyond the first four months of this calendar year." Fatars Deficits Probable. I I This comment of the director general prompted belief that the administration miS"ht have to call on Congress for ad- 1 d''.'0"1 f,lml" f m.,ke nP fu,ure de" j 1 nur" '"" n"v w "J raising rates, but the director general ) V --.! - .U.. k- J - I wish to consider this until opportunity hss been given for general business con ditions which are reflected in traffic, to be restored to a more normal basis. This is interpreted as meaning thst there probsbly will be no rste advances before next Fall, and the director gen eral's attitude is that it may then be unnecessary to raise them. NlClDfflOR APPEAL 15 FILED Supreme Court Formally Gets Judge Boyd's Decision Before It Washington, May 24. An appeal was filed with ths Supreme Court todsy in ths North Carolina ease brought to test the constitutionality of the child labor provision of the new war tax law. In this ease Federal District Judge Boyd, of Western North Caroline, de cided recently the child labor provis ion of ths revenue act is void, because beyond the powers of Congress . Ia the litigation, the Atherton Mills, of Charlotte, N. C, which today brought the appeal to the Supreme Court, was defendant ia a suit filed by an em ploye under the minimum age fixed in the child labor legislation. The war tax law levies a tax ef ten per cent upon products of child labor ' entering inter-state commerce, and to ! test its validity, the amnlnva of the A,hertnB mh ,oabt kai obtained an injunction against threatened dismiss- 1- NC4 STILL HARBOR BOUND BY WEATHER ' II SI I I Pont Del Gadav May 24. Weather reports received thie morning indicate that the strong easterly winds be twees here and Lisbon will continue today and tomorrow. This make the start of the seaplsne NC-4 for Lisbon unlikely before Monday. ' NORFOLK POLICEMAN ' MURDERS HIS WIFE. ,1. 1 1 1 Norfolk, Vs., Msy 24. Ia a fit of jealousy H. J. Smith, a former police man, this morning .brutally murdered hi wife, Mrs. Beulsa Smith, and at tempted te end hi own life by swallow big a deadly drug. With a blunt cold chisel the husband backed his wife about the heed and neck until life was extinct. lie is now a prisoner ia a local hospital. i i ' ' WHERE THE ALLIED TROOPS WILL ADVANCE IF TREATY IS NOT SIGNED -- The heavy line formed of black squares marks the feaition of ths opposing armies at the tjme the armistice was signed. The spacer between that line and the black line which forms the border of the shaded area marks the advance of the allied troops under the truee terms. The shaded areaajepresent the territory surrendered by Germany, snd which is War Department Answers In quiries of Anxious Parents , Who Gave Their Sons . i ' : FRENCHMEN TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF DRY WORLD Notable Speakers Scheduled To Make Addresses At Prohibi tion Conference In Washing ton ; Census Supervisors Named; Burlington To Have Big Celebration News and Observer Bureau, 603 District National Bank Bldg. (Br S. R. WINTERS) Washington, May 24. Answering in quiries from North Carolina congress men, prompted by anxious parents who sacrificed their sons in the world war, the War Department announces that it will be approximately 12 months ltefore the bodies of dead soldiers can be re turned to the United States. A com mittee constituting of representatives from America and the Allied countries has been appointed and waye and means for conveying the bodies of the soldiers to their native soil will be formulated. Representative Charles M. Stedmaa has recommended J. E. Tucker, repre sentative in the General Assembly of North Carolina from Caswell eounty, as supervisor of the census-taking in the fifth eongression.il district. No Coanty Supervisor There will be no eounty supervisor, but census enumerators will be nsmed ia each township. The township super visors selected by the eivil service com mission will draw a salary of $100 a month. Direetor 8amuel L. Rodgers, the Tar Heel census director, antici pates that the actual census taking will begin some time next month. Repre sentative H. I Godwin has recom mended H. L. Cook, of Fsyetteville, as censusVsupervieor for the sixth congres sional district. Acting upon the favorable presenta tion made by Postmaster O. F. Crow son and Manly Baker, the War De partment haa given definite promise that an airplane and tank will be sent to Burlington for ths soldier home coming celebration oa Msy SO. Ala mance eounty will likely revivify the scenes of other years in welcoming back its heroes and ths tank and airplsns will demonstrate how the Hun was sent to cover. The orcssion will at tract thoussnds of visitor from the country round-about. ' All Frenchmen Don't Drink. .That all Frenchmen do not drink wine; that the French temperance for ces, strong in number, are opposed to nine drinking and are seeking com plete prohibition of the liquor traffic, and that the drys ef France will wel come cooperation of the Anti-Halooa League of America and . prohibition forees of other nations ia drying up France, will be some of the things asserted by Jesn Le Tort. Psris at torney, scheduled te speak at the eon veatioa of the Anti-8aloon League ia Liberty Hut, Washington City, June 4. ' Secretary of the Nsvy Josephus Dan iels and Representative Edwin Yates Webb are the only two North Carolin ians on th program for addresses be fore the world-wide prohibition con ference. . Among the notables from other States scheduled for speeches are; Prof. Irving Fisher, ef Ysls university: Rev. Samuel W. Braall, Dr. Harvey W. (Continued ea Page Two.) NEXT YEAR BEFORE RETURN OF BODIES now occupied by the allied armies. DEADLIEST OF ALL Sample of "Lewisite" at Expo sition Guarded Every Hour . Night And Day - Armistice saved huns FROM THIS AWFUL THING One of the Big Secrets of the War Revealed; Ten Airplanes Carrying "Lewisite" Would Have Wiped Out Every Ves tige of Berlin, Human, Ani mal and Vegetable Washington, Msy 14. Guarded night and day, and far out of human reach on. a pedestal at the Interior Depart ment Exposition here, is a tiny visl. It contains a specimen of the deadliest poison ever known. It ie "Lewisite," product of an American scientist. It is whst tiermany escaped by signing the armistice. Ten airplane carrying "Lewisite" would hav wiped out every vestige of life human, animal and vegetable in Berlin. A single day's output would snuff out the four million lives oa Man hattan Island. A single drop poured ia ia the palm of the hand would pene trate to th blood, reach 4hw heart and kill the victim ia great agony. When the armistice waa signed it was being manufactured at the rate of tea tons a day aad three thousand teas would have beea ready for business oa the American front ia France oa March 1st. "Lewisite'' is another of the big se crets of the war just leaking out. It was developed in the Bureau oi Min-s by Prof. W. Lee Lewis, of Northwsstsra University, Evanston, 111. It was msa ufnetured in a specially built plant near Cleveland, called the "Mouse Trap," be cause to protect the secret every work man who entered the stocksde went Ba de r an agreement not to leave the eleven-acre space until the war was won. NEW ANNOUNCEMENT OF TRANSPORT SAILINGS. Wsthington, May 24. Transport sail ings announced by the War Depart ment include the Koeningen Der Ned erlanden, due at Newport News, June 3; Trop, due at New York June 3; Dora d'Aoeta, due at New York June 2. The Koeningen Der Nederland will bring headqntrters detachment, camp infirmary detachment, dental unit, am bulance companies Nos 349, ISO, 351 and 352 j hospital section and field hospitals Nos. 349, 350, 331 and 352, of the 313th sanitary traia; detach ments 313th engineer, headquarters and medical detachmeats, Companies A and B; 510th engineers, headqusr ten, medical and ordnare detach ments, Companies A to D inclusive; 350th machine ama battalion, 275th mil itary police and (W military -police companies. TWO SUBMARINE AND . DESTROYERS LACNCBED. 'Quiney, Mass., May 24. Two submar ines and a destro; er were launched at the two plant of th Bethlehem Ship building Corporatioa her today. Th destroyer wss ehristeeed the Mead for th lat Bear Admiral Bichard W. Meade, his daughter, Mies Aani rul ding Meade, acting as spoasor. The submarine sent verbord were the B t and the AA-I, th latter ne f th largest aader-water craft afloat. THE MANY POISONS E ED E Bay Line Steamer "Virginia" Ablaze Off the Mouth of the Potomac: THRILLING RESCUES BY MEMBERS OF SHIPS' CREWS Several of the 156 Passengers Aboard the Vessel Injured; Passengers Forced To Leave Vessel Hurriedly Lost Be longings; Burned To Water's Edge; Cause Unknown (By the Associated Press.) Bsltimore, May 24. Several of th 13d psssengers on the Old Bay Line teamer "Virginia," which burned at t o'clock this morning in Chesapeake Bay off the mouth of the Potomac river, were injured but none was lost. Many thrilling rescues were made by members of the crew of the burning vessel, and officers and members of the erew of the Chesapeake liner "City of Norfolk, which was elose to the "Vir ginia when the fire occurred and stood by her till the last. Mrs. E. L. Newberry, of Baltimore, and Capt. W. O. Lane, of the "Vir ginia," were the most seriously injured. Mrs. Newberry was hurt when a life boat fell and Captain Lane is suffering from bad burns. Other, injured persons who are in Baltimore are: Miss Lillian Jones, hark injured; Miss Mary Riney, of Newport News, body bruises; Arthur Whitney, of New berry, nine years old, severely shocked; Maek Williams, negro, body bruises. Three Vnscceanted For. The "Virginia" was bound from Bal timore to Old Point and Norfolk, Vs. She carried a crew of 82. All eicebt three of the erew, negro deck hands, have beea accounted for. The steam er's passenger list wss lost. Csptain I-ine stayed with his boat till the lsst and was so badly burned that on his arrived he went at once to a hospital. Captain Lane, Maj. C. D. Davidson, of Camp Meade, who was going to New port News, and a laborer were the last persons to leave .e stricken ship. These three men stayed until the Are got so hot their hands and faces were blistered. Then they leaped into the water. Major Davidson wss picked up by a life boat aad takes to the steamer Florida, rinding that the Florida was bound for Baltimore he got into an other life boat and went over to the City of Norfolk, who were doing all in their power to rescue those on th burning vessel, hesrd cries for help. Th boats of the two vessels, guided by th cries of those who, with life belts around them, were battling with the water, picked up all they could find. By 1:30 o'clock the Virginia was a blackened and smoking hulk, burned right down to the wster line. The weather was dear and the seas calm, facilitating rescue work. Two life boats filled with passengers cspsired. One turned over immediately after leaving the Virginia and another a short diitane from the Florida. Being forced te leave the ship hur riedly, psssengers left their clothes, jewelry, money aad other valuables be hind snd all war lost. Ths company' officials have as yet (Cm tinned ea Page Two.) Proposition of Presbyterians For Evangelical Alliance Turned Down Denver, May 24. The Northern Bap tist Convention today unanimously re jected a proposal for a conference to eoasider sn organic union of evangelical churches of Amerira. The propose! was made by the Presbyterian ehurch. "The democracy which ts ths very basis of our denominational life, makes any organic union with groups of Chris tians holding opposite views unwise snd impossible," declared the resolution, which wss adopted oa the subject. An amendment to the resolution ask ing Congress to Ignore President Wil son's request for rspeal of war-tims pro hibition was adopted, omitting all ref erence to President Wilson snd his reeommendstion to Congress; " Reports oa Young People's societies and work among ths negroes were pre aeated and a recommendation adopted that a conference of Northern and. southern llaptist conventions, negro Baptists aad Canadian Baptists, to be held to discuss post-war problems, i Aeeeptsnce of the inter-church world , movement and the gift of $2,000,000 by John D. Rockefeller for mission work, were the ether outstanding features of today's session of the Northern Baptist Convention, - The Rockefeller gift, contingent upon the completion of the $6,000,000 church fund, was said to be the largest indi vidual g ft ever made to missionary work is any denominstlon. Five mil lion, live hundred thousand dollars of th sum already baa been raised. ..... Caslmaa Charged With Murder. Norfolk, Va May 84. Ellier D. Chat snan, of Lewiston, Maine, companion of Airs. Dorothy Schwab oa th night she was mysteriously murdered ia the ne gro eeetioa of the city, waa formally charged with U killing today. NGERS SAV LI IRFIR BAPTISTS RUECT ORGANIC UNION REVENGE DICTAT ED I FF French Thirst for Retaliation, And England's Commercial Needs Ruled, He Claims HOLDS PRESIDENT WAS OVERRULED Field Marshal Gives Exclusive ERWIS OF PEACE SAYS LUDENDOR Interview in Which He Sajs He Is Less Surprised at Hard ' Terms Laid Down By En tente Than Majority of Hit Countrymen By CYRIL BROWN. (Copyright, The New York World.) (Special Cahle Dispatch to Th World.) Berlin, May 24. "I hav never doubted that the entente ia it poller of annihilation, would Impose its stern wilt upon us ia th event of victory. Therefore, in th stadium of war, in which the leadership of operations wa co-intrusted to me, I never gav my -aelf up to dreams of a peace ef mu tual understanding and equal right.. Now I am less surprised thaa are th majority of my countrymen, whs had lulled themselves with illusions." Bo spoke Field Marshal Ladeadorft in an exclusive interview ' with Th World correspondent today. He wore an undeeorated double-breasted black sack suit with sober civilian trimmings, and he gave to me freely hi personal judgment of the terms of the pending treaty. Tor reasons which I will not hsr discuss," he went on, "the deeiatoa of the war fell against us. I eaa under- . stand why President Wilson wa an able lo put through his fourteen point! ana tne otner measure which he fav ored ss the basis of th pesee treaty. As I assume, he could net withstand the pressure and Insistence of . hii : t much more seriously wounded comrade in the battle that had beea fought. Why was this sot It waa because ia the present situation the United State a longer had th necessary power evet ite Allies. Sara Force Dictated Treat "America' power has aot bee la creased by eur collapse," th Germna commander said laconically; Moa th -contrary, condition hav turned against it, aad they will se remain for long tint to com. Th President main tained hi good faith but ha could aot rank effective his idealism ia great business transaction of th nstloaa Now his power i scorned. Th help ef th United State ha not beea regarded s essential ia th arrangement ef terms, showing thst brute fore Is aot to be displaced by even the noblest Idealistic aspirations. "However the difference between th fourteen point and the peace term is so far beyond anticipations that I must suppose that your Presideat will not be satisfied with the result of the conference. "Conditions imposed in the treaty ars citrsordlnsrily hard aad they display shortsightedness on the part of th frsmers of that instrument. In th main, the terms appear to m to be more in accord with the Preach thirst for revenge and the need of English rommercial operations thaa with th great interest of humanity. Calls Peace Term Impossible "la my opinion, th peace terms a drawn eunnot be carried out. A a soldier the provision for the army lies closest to my interest. Of eonrs I am now a private citizen, 'but I may hep that competent authorities will take u correct what may be necessary la res pert to the terms without appealing te experts. I cannot think that I a ted to prove, even to half-way educated laymen, that nader present conditions Germany cannot and doe not think of etting up a new war army. But with the number of troops prescribed by the. Versailles treaty, internal order aad quiet cannot be restored aad mala talned in Germany. For this work, ia my opinion, 300,000 mea will barely suffice. Reduction of that number may be possible later, and for financial rea sons alone a reduction would b mad as soon ss we eonld have well ordered conditions again, after the shocks aad disorders of th war. "The western powers must hav quit as much interest as we in th return of orderly conditions. They hav now gradually com to know how Germany looks and en what wavering basis ear state snd social order stands. Their own interest demands a Germany cap able of living, capable of working aad taking joy in it work. That would be impossible with the paring down of West Prussia and the cutting off of Knst Prussia. "Without the agricultural produc of these province we cannot feed evea th . two-thirds of our population which Ger many's own agricultural production hss scantily fed In the past. Without the upper Bilesian and the Saar coal fields and with the loss of 80 per cent of our ores in Lorraine, which mode possible our large-scale steel production, we esh- not hope for sufficient export quantities of steel to permit us to buy necessary foodstuffs. Vatenable la All Fields. "Similarly, I may explain th untea ability of the conditions of the pese terms in every field. The worst thing about thein in a word i th extent ef th unemployment that will eoatinually menace Germany. Whoever ha aeed of a healthy Germany which will be .safe against revolution or industrial ' and social, overturn must aot throttl Germany, but must see te It that th -German can work as a free msa la his home land and . regain love for hi work ; .most protect Germany from hunger and unemployment; must fur-... ' (Cestlaaed ea Fag TwtvJ