I ,. -. . . ,. . , - WEATHER T7ATC3 tll-L fMf " (""4 I--! I tars trfet , J Lecal thaadrshWr Weaaee day aad probably Tharadty, yOLCDC NO. 143. SIXTEEN PACES TODAY. RALEIGH, N. C, WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 28, 1919. SIXTEEN PAGES TODAY. PIUCEs FIVE enrrs first flight across is a victory f or jj; s.navy iic; le ws tiii.iLi yi!i& ri i v FLIGHT ACROSS AILANTIC FEAT ACCOMPLISHED BY .. . , . , .. J ...... ... .. .-. U; S.NAVY SEAPLANE NC-4 Made Trip From Azores To Us bon in Nine Hours and 44 "- Minutes, at Rate of 0 Miles Per Hour PLANNED LASTNIGHT TO GO TO PLYMOUTH TODAY Much Coveted Honor of Accom plishing The First Aerial , Voyage Across The Atlantic Belongs To a Machine De signed, Built and Manned by Americans; "We Are Safely On The Other Side of The Pond," Was The Authorita tire News Flashed Back From The NO-4; Crew All Safe and Well Washington, May 27. The American ural teapline NC-4 arrived at LLbon, Portugal, at 4:01 p. m. Washington time, completing the first trans-Atlantic flight. The ship made the distance from PonU Del Gada to Lisbon in nine hoar tad 44 minutes, making her actual fly ing time in eroaeing the Atlantie from Newfoundland 24 houri and 41 minute. PonU Del Gada, May 27. (By The Allocated Pre.) The arrival of the NC-4 at Lisbon marks the eompletioa of the Jlrst trans-Atlantic airflight in history with the coveted , fcpaor owing to a machine designed, built and maa- .flotilla Commander Wortmann at Pont.Jel Gada ha received ' radio message relayed from the plane sayings We are tafeiy m th wtlierfidre the poad. Sagln. Worked Splendidly. ' Later mesiagei reported the crew all well and gave brief detail! of the ar- rival in Portugal. The engines worked splendidly and apparently there was no ' nntoward incident of any kind. The NC-4 was greeted by the cheers of great crowds on th' waterfront, the shrieking of whittles and the ringing of bells. The plane covered the distance at a speed of more than 80 miles an hour. Whistles Blew Greetings, As soon at the n ws was received here, Admiral Jackson ordered all the war ' craft in the harbor to blow their whistles and sirens. This was kept up for Are minutes, the sailors and officer .meanwhile iheering the great Ameri can triumph: Off to Plymeath Wednesday. Commander Bead, according to in- ; formation here, plans to remain at Li boa, overnight and continue to Ply . month tomorrow, weather permitting. WILL CONTINUE PLIGHT TO PLYMOUTH, ENGLAND (By The Associated Press.) Washington, May .87 Biasing the wy of th first air trail from the West " ' na to the Eastern .Hemisphere, the 'United State Navy seaplane NC-4, ader Litutenant Commander Albert ' Cashing Bead, swept into the harbor at Lisboa, Portugal, today, the first airship of any kind to have crossed th Atlantie Oceaaulider its own power and through its natural element Taking the air at Ponta Del Gada, Asor, at 0:18 a. m. Waihingtoa time, ) the last leg of th traas-Oceaai por tioa of th. voyag from Boekaway Beaeh, L. L, to Plymouth, England, th SC-4 covered th 800 mile ia 0 hour tad 44 minutee, maintaiaing aa average wed of better than 80 kaot aa hour, The total elapsed flying time from New roundland to Lisbon wa 86 hour and U minutes. Object Already Accomplished. At th flrst opportunity th big plan sill continue to Plymouth, 775 nautical i ! to th north. Possibly Comman 1 ' ler Beed can start tomorrow. Te the j Xavyv Department, however, it maVes ) KUle difference when he complete th louraey. Th great object of all the iffort lavished on the undertaking, aav tgation of a sesplanj across th Atlantic through th air, las beea accomplished. Twentieth century trsnsportation has reached a new pinnacle and the United ttate navy ha led th way. Weather Only Canted Delay. Navy officials emphasized that the toag delay at tu .Azores was due to ih weather, and to ao weakness of th machln or its daring erew, aor to any failure of th carefully laid plans of the department to guide the flyers to their destinatioa. The 14 destroyers strung from PonU Del Gada to Lisboa reported with machine-like preeisioa, to day as the flight progressed. The nlaaa was never off it's eourse, and there was.ng moment whea officials ia Washington did not tnow witnin a lew miles where it was ia tne air. rhata af Cemmaalcatiea Cntroke. To maintain adequate eommuniatio? for this sum of the Journey, tne ae jtroyer stuck to their post after the flvint- boat had passed, relaying back te PonU Del Gada reports from ship farther eastward.. The enain was not broken aatil after th plane was safa (CatUad a Pag Five) CBXAT ENTHUSIASM AMONG PORTUGUESE Lisboa, May 27. (By The As soeiated Press.) The achievement ef the flrst trans-Atlantic air flight, with Lisboa ar the flrst European stopping point, hrc aroused the n thuaiaam of the PDrtugtws as ae event has stirred them for many yemrs.Whta th American aeaplaa NC-4 cam over th Tagua river this vning, th populace crowding all places of vantage, gave full expres sion to this enthusiasm by cheers ef welcome, the booming of guns aad the ringing of bells. for days the peopls of Listen had beea awaiting jth eompletioa of this momentous wyag over th At lantic aad, though disappointed from day to day because of the inability of Commander Bead's craft te eon tine Itjt-jftifht iron the Aiorcs be cause of unfavorable weather con ditions yet each day they looked hopefully toward the west, for th coming ot th Americans. Now they are abls to aay that they never doubted that the NC-4 would wing its wsy safely across th interna ing 800 mile of water. Early in th day word wa flashed that the NC-4 had sUrted and at interval there were bulletins of the progress made. URGE IRE SHIPS FOR LAI TRADE Seven Southern Senators Con tlnue Fight For Allocation o f Vessels To South RECENT ASSIGNMENT NOT SATISFACTORY Seven North Carolina Post. offices Advanced in Eating Because of Increased Be teipts; Former Siiperinten dent High Point Schools Named Minister To Finland (By 8. B. WINTERS.) (By Special Leased Wire.) Washington, May 17. The contents of a letter jointly signed "by seven Southern Senators and forwarded to Edward N. Hurley, chairman of the United States Shipping Board, leaked out today in whic insistent ..request is mad for th allocation of fourteen ship for commerce between the South Atlantie ports aad Latin-America. The communication wa written subsequent to th allocation of sii cargo carrying vessels to Wilmington, Savannah, Jack sonville, Brunswick and Charleston. Th unyielding attitude of the South- era Senators indicates that the South Atlantie Maritime Corporation will not be content with lee than fourteen ves sel. ?W have gone over- the lit of over Ave hundred chip allotted to eompa nie in other ports, end wa (nd it difficult to underiUnd why th faeili tie requested for the Southeastern ports are not furnished, is the straight forward challenge made to th chair man of the shipping board. I "We are deeply Interested in th sub ject ef shipping from Ue Soutbeastera ports and we feel that we are justified ia urging you to furnish the means to accomplish the result, reads a para graph in th latter lent Chairman Hur ley. Appreciation for the allocation of the is Mips is expressed in the communica tion, but th ton of th letter make emphatic its position of accepting the sis ships assigned only ae "part nav- meat" of the fuii claims to fourteen hips. So far so good, la the vernacular that reflects the contents of the let ter. A report from Matthew Hale of Wilmington, president of the South At Untie Maritime Corporatioa. was en closed with th communication aad Mr. Hurley is requested te give thi presen- Ution special consideration. -Th memorial to Chairman Hurley was writtea ia the office ef Senator Dune in U. Fletcher of Florida and jointly signed by th following seven boutaern senator: 8enator F. M. Simmon and Le 8. Overman of North Carolina. Hok Smith of Georgia, Park Trammell and Duncan I. Fletcher of Florida, E. D. (Coatiaaed aa Par Two.) HAWKER'S BIPLANE REPORTED RECOVERED St. John's, N. F., May 27. Th Sod with bipUne, la which Barry Hawker and McKeasi Grieve attempted U fly across the Atlantic, was picked ap In Latitude 49.40, north, longitade 29.08, west, by the American ship, Lak Char- lottesviu, according ta a radio ai sage received by th Furness liner, Sachem and relayed here tonight. MAP-SHOWSiROUTETRAYELED Hawker had traveled over average speed of 130 miles per from Paris to Morocco.) Read's time from Ponta Del two "legs" from Newfoundland Allied Commander Makes Fur ther Inspection of The Oc cupied Area SOVIET AUTHORITIES IN PETR0GRAD OVERTHROWN? Keport Confirmed That Allies Wifl Lend Aid in r Supplies, 'and Money To Antl-Bolsfiev-ist Forces ia Russia; No Def inite Hour Set For German Reply Today (By The Associated Press.) Iu anticipation of the possibility of a declination on the part of the Ger mans to sign the peace treaty, Marshal Foch, the commander-in-chief of the allied (.nd associated armies, haa made a further inspection of the occupied area ia the west and iU general vicinity and reported his observations to Minister of War Clemenceau. The Uading of American and British marines at Danzig probably indicates that another step to meet any eventuality haa beea ;-' en. The question whether the German plenipotentiaries will affix .heir signa turea to the docunvnt is still a moot one in Germany. Confir natioa haa beea received of th report that th allied and associated powers sr to lend aid ia aupplies and money to Admiral Kolehak, th anti Bolshevist leader iu Russia conditional upon the establishment of a eonstituect assembly and a lawful government ia his country. " w A report from Viborg is to the effect that the Soviet authorities ia Petrograd have been overthrown. There is no con firmation of the report. Tim Not Definitely Set. ..Germany's eounter-proposais to th peace treaty of the" Allied and Asso ciated Powers, comprising a volume of goodly proportions, ar in readiness for epreentation t th Peace Congress nt Versailles. No official announcement haa as yet been made of th time when Count von Broekdorff-Santtau will appear before the represenUtivea of the victors ia th war to make Germany's final plea for the amelioration of some of th con ditions of the tresty which are de clared to be too severe for fulfillment, but the time cannot be extended beyond aoon of Thursday when the limit for reply expire. Manifold Argamenta. Late dispatches from Berlin indicate that the Germaa document ia to con tain manifold representations and argu ment for a lessening of th severity of th terms, not alone from the finan cial aad economic standpoint but also with .regard to disarmament, both en Uad aad ses, but a plan for no tualixing under the League of Nations war craft am' merchant shipping of th mrlil'a fiatinaa. Territorial relinauilh ments also a re to be arrued against Friday is to witness the receipt by the Austria!. of th. terms of the pence treaty that has beea formulated for the former empire of the Hapaburgs. The plea of the -hief of the Austrian dele gation for haste by the Allies ia making kaowa their terms probably respon sible for Friday having beea chosen as the da, for the Austr'anj to appear before the Peace Congress, i. previously having beea believed f nt th ceremony would aot toke place until text week. " Te Reseat Scml-Lnxary Taxes. Washingtea, May !7. By unanimous vet th Heae ways aad means com mittee todsy ordered a favorable re cert on the resolution repealing the so-called semi-luxury Use ia the war revenue hill. Action en proposed . re peal of other tas levies ia th bill wa deferred. , . FOCH IS READY FOR AY EMUAUIY BY READ'S NC-4 AND WHERE HAWKER DESCENDED AND WAS RESCUED 1000 miles, about half way to hour. . (Insert shows Roget's Gada to Lisbon was 9 hours and 44 minutes; total time of the 26 hours and 41 minutes. FIRST TROOPS OF 81ST DIVISION ON WAY HOMS Brest, May 27. The American battleships South Carolina, Minnesota and Missouri are tailing this af ternoon with the first troops of the 81st division, the "Will-Cat" division, to be repatriated. The troops are from North and South Caro lina and Georgia. On board also are the 156th artillery brigade. sn4 thi 806th am munition train complete, i The three battleships are bound for Newport News. ELECT PENROSE Republican Progressives Apparently Tamed To a Frazzle All (By the Associated Press.) Washington, May 27. Election by the Senate tomorrow of Senator Penrose, of Pennsylvania, and Senator Warren, of Wyoming, as chairmen of th Finance and Appropriations committees, re spectively, is regarded certain as a re sult of the epea conference today of Republican Seaators. Th Progressives, led by Senator Borah, of Idahtr.-wer routed by a vote of 34 to 8 ia their effort'' to supplant Senator Penrose, and ia private state ments later agreed that their fight would not be taken to the Senate floor. Bepubliean Leader Lodge plan to present in th Senate tomorrow th Be publiean committee assignments, with prospects of a solid vote of-the- Be publiean majority for their adoption'. t The committee nominations are to be made en masse, but the Republican plan of avoiding a separate vote for chairmanships required by Senate rule wa threatened tonight by opposing th Democrats, who were- said to be pre pared to demand vote on th chairman ship so as to reqair th Progressives to record themselves sqnarely oa Sen ators Pen roe and Warren. REPEAL OF DAYLIGHT SAVING LAW IS RIDER TO AGRICULTURAL BILL Washington, May 17. Th agricul tural bill, carrying appropriations of $32,828,000 and a legislative rider pro viding for th repeal ef the daylight saving act, was before the House today. Principal increases to the bill, which originally totalled $31,873,000, were appropriation! of $500,000 for fighting animal tuberculosis, and 8200,000 for eiterminatlon of the eora borer, aa in sect whieb hss caused much damage to crop in New York and Massachu setts. The rider for th repeal of th day light savings act provides th act shall be repealed on th second 8undy after the measure is signed by President Wilson. , Tne Senate wa idle, having adjoura td 'yesterday until Wednesday. POLES AND CZECHS TO SETTLE DIFFERENCES. Copenhagen, May ST. Premier Pd ereweki of Poland has arranged with President hlassry ef Caeehe-Slovakia, according to a dispatch from Orage, that the Teschea questioa which has eaused much difficulty betweca Poland and Caeeho-Slovakla shall b settled by a Polish-Cteeh commission, which will it at Cracow. AND WARREN TODAY Ireland, in eight hours at an flight on Saturday of 1S50 miles E Mid-Biennial Council of Gene ral Federation of Women's Clubs Adopts Program ELABORATE LUNCHEON SERVED FOR VISITORS Lieut. - Orov. : Max Gardner fctd iSf-T IL T'V?F-?,f Other ' Prominent Speakers y WelCom Uembers ToraaDy To AsheviQe ind To The 'State; Dr. Anna Howard Shaw Attending Convention Ashtville, May 27. At the two busi ness sessions today of th Oeneral Federation of Women' Clubs of Ameri ca, plans wars worked out for a pro gram of "Americanization for the women of the United States." Th offi cer of th federation and th others in authority, spent the entire morning on this idea, and plans hava begun to reach a definite program for th big task. Th Americanization of the woman is th great object of the mid Biennial Council and th Oeneral Fed eration, which meet in 1920. This afternoon on of th most beau tiful and elaborat luncheons ever held ia Ashsville, took place at Orov Park Inn. Th luncheon committee had pre pared covers for 3u0 ladies, and the speakers' table wa to accommodate 25 of the more diatinguisbed guests. The speakers' table, however, had 85, and scores of women were turned away be cause of the lack of room. Telegrams from 25 women wishing to reserve seaTT at th luneheon were turned down. Maay Reaaeed to Teeata. Among the speeches which were made at the luneheon thi afternoon were responses to toasts by. Mrs. William J. Bryan, Mrs. T. W. Bickett, president of th North Carolina U. D. C; Mrs. Le Roy 8pringa, president of the. Soma Carolina Federated Clubs, and Mrs. Clarence Johnson, president of the North Carolina federation. Mrs. Charles M. Piatt, of Ashcviile, responded to a toast to ths ''Womanhood o ' America." Mrs. Eugene Beilley, of Charlotte, was toastmistrsss, and showed herself very eapable of this position. The presiding officer at all of the meetings ia regard to the -business of th Oeneral Federation of Clubs is Mrs. Joaiah Evans Cowles, of Los Augeles, Cel., president of the Oeneral Feder ation. She came here in company with her husband, a noted physician of California, to attend the convention. Mrs. Cowles was the daughter of Thomas Clarkson Hill and the granddaughter of Henry Braaeoa, who represented Randolph county for many years in the North Carolina Legislature. Her parents moved to 'ndiana in their early life. Visiters Are Welcomed. Tonight st the city, auditorium the first official welcome of the soavsntion was aeeorded the delegates. The theatre wa most beautifully decorated and a large "welcome1 sign wss placed across th front of the stage. Berry's band, which is hers for th summer, furnished th music Addresses of welcome were mad by. Mayor Gallatin Robert, Mrs. James M. Oudger, Jr., Mr. Clarence A. Johnson and Hon. O. Mas Oardnsr. Mrs. Josiah E. Cowles rejponded to the addresses on behalf of the Mid biennial Council. After the welcome exercises at th auditorium a reception was given th ladies at the Battery Park Hotel by the Ashevill Board , of Trade, This affair waa equal to th luncheon in its beauty and grandeur and nothing was spared to make it on of th best vnU ef th entir convention. There were several hundred , ladies present, prac tically all of the Ashevill club women (CeaUaaed at Pag Twa.) TO AMERICANIZE HISPURPO BIGGEST NAVY OR LEAGUiE OF NATIONS Secretary Daniels Prefers and Recommends .The Latter To Committee j ; NAVY HEAD EXPLAINS WHY HIS MIND HAS CHANGED When He Recommended The Big 1919 Nary Program Last December The League of Nations Plan . Was Not Under Consideration; Other Nations Will Follow Suit Washlngtoa, May J7. Tn policy f th Navy Department for a fleet "sec ond te non in th world, ha beea temporarily abandoned. Secretary Daauls, appearing .before the House Naval Affairs Committee to day to outline th need ef hi depart meat for the aeit fiscal year, rosea- mended that th sntir 1018 three-year building program of tea battleship aad tea battle cruiser be abandoned, saying that th tread of th world to wards uaivsraal peace aad th opera tic ef the proposed league of nation mad competition for supremacy of the seaa ao longer accessary. Mae Shew Faith la League. The Naval Secretory asserted that a th United States had taken a fore most Dart ia cromotin- th league of aatioaa plan, it would be this nation's doty to show faith ia the covenant by rofuiang to authorise further largs ad ditioae to th sea forces. Work ea th 1818 program, he said, ahould be com pleted a aoon aa poesible, but th 1818 program, whlc, It i estimated, would Involve aa eipendtiture of more thaa a billion dollars, shoald be ''wiped off the slate. N Half-way Creaad. "There eaa be no half-way ground,' be told the committee which will initiate all naval legislation. "Either we must have the League to safeguard th inter- eat ot every nation, or th biggeet aavy ia Ut world." Why B Changed FeHcy, Pl Wig The o7, lot 7m Navy lbep.rtmatr change of policy, Seer- tary Daatels Mid that whea he appeared before the committee last December and arged additional ship sosstrwotloa, the associated govtrameat bad aot be gan oasidrtioa ef th Laagu of Na tions plan and condition mad it nec essary that th United Bute should not be caught again as unprepared as it was at the outbreak of the war. New Era Ha Begaa Slac. "But sine then." he (aid, "th cove aant has beea drafted aad a new era for the world ha begun. Peace will take th plac of bloodshed. It will be far beat for the interests of all nations that the United States should set a preee dent by stopping where it la. Other Natione Will Emulate V. S. Mr. Daniels said that if th United States did aot launch new building pro gram, othsr nation would follow th example aad change their naval plans accordingly. Great Britain, France and Italy, he asserted, were waiting on the United 8tates. The Work ef the Navy, Starting with some observation of his went trip abroad a related to naval plans and construction, the secretary touched upon almost every feature of th navy's work in th war and will continue his testimony tomorrow. There hss been noj change, he said, respecting a division" of the fleet, hslf of which will h known th Atlantic and the other half the Pacific; with two of the beet ad mi rale in th navy in command of each. Th divisions will b equal aa to dreadnoughts and ships of every type, he said, and the plan was devised to ward pff th danger common after every war, that the per sonnel would grow stale... . Aviation th Big Thin. The real big thing that should have attention, Mr. Daniels said, is aviation and at great length he told of what other nations had accomplished, partlea larly Italy, and of the vest sums appro priated for this service, which required constant changes in order to provid modern equipment. In this connection he declared that the nnvy should hnv at least forty-live million dollsrs this year for eicrinif ntal purposes mostly 48 SOLDIERS PERISH AND Is INJURED IN BARRACKS FIRE. London, Msy 27. A building' used as a barracks by the oceupstion troops at Ludwigsehafea, has beea destroyed by fire. Forty soldiers perished, aad a hundred were injured, according to s Central News dispatch from Berlin via Copenhagen. . Lewis Defeat Stecher. Norfolk, Vs., May 27. In a finish wrestling match tonight, Ed (8t rang ier) Lewi defeated Jo Stecher two out of three falls. 8teeher won th first fall ia 37 minute with the double wrist lock, and Lewi th second and third falls with hia famous head lock, in 59 snd.four jnlnutea. Lloyd-Ceerg Ceasing Over Pari, May 27. (By th Associated Press.) Premier Lloyd George of Great Britain, it is understood, is considering favorably a proposal from the American peace delegation that he visit America this year. Th Premier would go to the United State especially to attend th first meeting ef the league of nations in Washington in October. . Mr. Bryan Will Speak. (Special to New aad Observer.) Winston-Salem, May 27. Hon. W. J. Bryaa will make two addresses ia thi city oa th evening of Jun 10th, under th auspices ef the Anti-Saloon League. Hi mibjeet will be -National aad World-wid Prohibition." . GERMANY WOULD BE BER OF LEAGUE And Wants To Be Given 'Equal II i s am' - voie-; uemand in Answer For Plebiscite : , SIGNING OF TREATY SAID TO DEPEND ON THESE BMwaaBwnmal , 'Cardinal Features' of German leply Approved v By Zbert Cabinet and Ess Feace Dele gation ; . Forecast f . Cga Spots In The Kepi Which Is Izpected Any Hour ? Berlia, May t$-(By The' Associated . Press.) Th questioa whether Graaaay will eiga th peaaa treaty ar net. It wa belisvsd her tonight, depend alto- gather ea whether the aSiai and a. . elated, power will agree to plbieit la all disputed torritorie aad the re ception af Germany late the league at aatioaa aa a member with aa nal vet. Reply Exported Aay Beam, Both these issue ar made th ardi- . ai feature of the Germta reply whisk ha beea approved by the cabinet tad Count Tea Bmkdorff-Baataaa aad hi associate aad which 1 being put fat hap for present within the neat 36 hoar. Belf-DetermlaatUa. Th reply ia geasral will reaffirm th adhereaee of Germany ta the priaeipies laid dowa la th armtattee eoadltJma and will lay special weight oa the right oi seir-fleiermiaauoa watch Ucraaay 1 willing to gnat ia all contested sec tions ef her frontier. Th allies bum will be asked to abid by the deeUioa of a popular rote ia Austria ea the question of anion with Germany. With th Leaf or Agaiaat K. Bom of the more prominsnt econa mie and financial issue suggested I th allied peace terms, Germany ia will, lag to have adjusted by the leagw nations ia which th expect to become a member ea a basis af equality. , If the world Waga were based pa aa , other schem ef membership, it wee. declared to the correspondent te a thoritativ quarter toalght, Germaay . would be forced to oaidr it aa aa alliaaea agaiaet kev. Army af 1M.8M Mesu Th Germaa reply to th allied peaei term will agree that the Germaa army (hall be 100,000 mea aa a pae foot ing, but will urge that thi Umit be . aot enforced aatil condition art thor oughly stabilized. WIU Peed AaU-Bwhhevleta. London, May 7.-By Th Associated Pre.) Th aUied aad associated pow ers have made srraagemeate to feed Petrograd aad render assistance te th stsrving popolstion after the expulsion of the Bolsheviki. Herbert C. Hoover the head af the allied relief, ha the detail tia hand. It la hoped that re lief will be ia the city within M heart sfter the Bolsheviki withdraw. AUSTRIANS TO GET PEACE TREKS FRIDAY. St. Germaia, May 87 By The As- -ciated Pre.) Th allied eoanejft re ply to th protect of Dr. Baaaar, heal of th Austrian delegation agaiaet th delay ia th presentation ef th peat term ha been received by the Austrian delegation. It is nderttoad that th reply give formal notice ef th pre sen tat io a of the term aa Friday. BOLSHEVIKI PANIC AT PETROGRAD REPORTED (By Th Assoetatod Press.) Stockholm, May f7 Th sound ef a heavy bombardment ha beta heard within th last few Jay la the dim Hea of Petrograd aad Krematadt, ac cording to advicea leeelsed .from Viborg. The advice report a pead esaeagth Bolshevik leader fat Pttwgrad, a number of whom. It ia assarted have fled with Stat faada. Ceatoreaee at Steckkela. Stockholm, Sunday, May 85, (Preach Wireless Service.) The Premier aad Foraign Minister of Denmark aad Norway ar expected here thie week to eoafer - with the Swedish goveraanat eeneerning the tituatloa ia which the League of Nation places th Sraadlaa viaa eon n trie. It to held that th league weald demand the breaktaa ep of th Scandinavia league. P0IN DEXTER THINKS PEACE TERMS TOO EASY Bepubliean Senator Qbjeots To Food For Germans Under Hoover Flan Washingtoa, May t7 Lack ef a, verity of the peaec term Imposed a Oermaay wa criticised by Senstor Poiadciter, Republic, ef Waibiagtrja, la a letter writtea to a constituent aad made public today by the teaator. "Foch was right," said Senator Pol dexter, in hi letter, "th Frch hav beea fortunate esough to produce tv rnl mea ia this war who eombiaed the grains of great soldier aad great statesmen. Foch is oa. I am vary sorry that th United State wat humiliated by having a aslf-ppoiatd repreata tiv who used th control of .Intact and of food of this great aatioa-to ameliorate the terms to be imposed upoa Germany. Thr are timet w,hea softness ia aot ia th interact ef hn manity and civilisation, aad taia was I tag u that tins." . '

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