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PROHIBITION HOW
READY FOR MOUSE
Whole Question - of Enforce
ment Is Transferred From ,
Judiciary Committee
NO PROMISE MADE AS TO
, SPEEDY CONSIDERATION
, Ceneral Measure mbracing
.Both War-Tlme and Consti
tutional Prohibition Beport
ed; Minority Will i?Sek Modi,
. fication 8o As To Allow Sal
of 3 8-4 Per Cent Beer
i. Washington, June ' I7 The whole,
question of prohibition enforcement was
transferred today from ; the judiciary
comnltte to the Hours, without prom
ise or assurance of speedy consideration.
A geaeral enforcement measure, em
bracing both war-tim aad eonititu
tionnl prohibition; pat together in inch
a way aa to let on . tend independently
bf the other, was reported out by a rot
fcf 17 to 2, after the committee had re
futed to split- it into two aeparnte and
tinct parti. Bat thii rote did not
aedus-ately represent the eatimnt or
the rammitteeanme member of which
will send -Ha minority, report and In
aiet upon the elimination of some of the
drastic provisions.
WIU Seek afediacatloa. ' .
Backed np by representative from
districts outwardly hostile to war-time
prohibition, the minority will attempt
a' flying wedge fight lit hop of eo
mending the war-time enforcement bill
a to -permit the manufacture and tale
of 234 per cent beer. While the pro--;
hibition leader elaim to have tuffleient
yotee to put the bill through without
substantial change, they conferred ta
, formally tonight to decide upon a plan
.of action hollering that there was so
indication that the President, before
July .1, would issue a proclamation de
claring demobilisation and war-time
trohlbtion ended. ,
Anti-prohibition forces in the House
Wanted heads today and agreed to put
jup a desperate battle for wholesale
tnodiflcationt of severe sections. There
Jwaa wide difference of opinion among
members tonight aa ti how soon th
fight might begin. After the bill waa
formally reported ant late today Chair-
nan Volstead anno, need that ne wouia
suk for rule giving it th right of
Jwny, but strong objection developed.
Eh general view waa that th bill would
ot be called np in the House until
July 7, at the earliest, and how long
to fight would last no on would Tenure-
a prediction.
- Haas is Cennted "Dry,
There waa little disagreement how.
Tr, oa th bill's ultimate passage' for 1
th House is counted
margin
Some of th prohibition members
tainted out that there was no great di
vision except oa th definition of in
toxicating liquor and while they ex
pected a atrong effort to raise th per
centage from one-half of one per cent,
they expressed every eonfldene that
ia this tec pert the bill would be pass
ed aa, drawn, by the committee, and aa
endorsed by all of th anti-liquor or
ganizations. -
Th real, battle will be for I 8-4 per
teat beer.
. Befnsal of the Hons majority lead
Sera to git th bill a special rule for
) immediate consideration waa due, they
explained, to "failure' of the committee
i to send ia a war-time prohibition en
,, oreement bill by itself. Had this been
; none, they say, it eould hare been
' passed ia a day, but they are nnwill
I Ing to ruth .through th joint measure
; without giving opportunity for' debate
) pa ita far-reaching sections.
! : MeyVSeparate Measarea.
1 ' : It 1 not at all unlikely that aa ef-
fort will be mad to separate bodily
' th war-time and onstltutional meaa
. Qrea, described by some members aa
tb Siamese Twins of prohibition leg
) ialation," and endeavor to pass ths
former mean re for which thera is
pressing demand, and let the other
"wait. Even as the Joint measure
,lstande it contains on part or title
; -which would take effect after its ap-r-wroveL,
and two that would not be
I fom effective until January 18, 1920.
" There will b ample time for mem
Hwrt'jto eutlin their pita of attack and
' defease, for ths Hons plans to ad
journ early next week after disposing
of the last, of the supply bills early
gaext week, until July 7.
Cenmltte. sUpeet Teds.
i Chairman Volstead will send his re
!Yort oa the enforcement bill . to the
Hons tomorron, but th mlaority re-
. pert may aot get la quit so early. Th
J lajtet will ba, signed by Bepresentatlr
Oard, of Ohio; Igoe, of MisaourlajMl-faiticdr
tMsaibly -others. Whil "toting with" th
. majority, Mr. Oard announced that he
J would prepare a minority report, at
, tacking principally the provision that a
ftitiren ahall aot "possess'' liquor and
lot her features.'
I in question or wneiner ine prrsiaeni
i would hav th . powct to repeal war-
i ttaia prohibitioa by declaring demo&m
J action completed, was discussed in th
9 Hons today by Bopresentativ Hoch,
J Bepublicaa, of Kaana.
1 Arne Aialast KeaeaL
;Ther sesms to h a general belief
fair. Hoch said, "that th president not
f oaly haa th power to repeal the act,
t but intends to do so. Th Honor' ia
terests ia many sections of the country
are openly aerying tn law aaa are
taking out licenses for th next fiscal
j-ear, and newspapers are devoting much
par to the publioatloa of stories fore-
easting a repeal.
"Nevertheless it is certain that the
. rresMeat has no moral or Jegal right
to repeal the art. Ha lacks the marsJ
tihtbeean4 hofb branches of Con
gress andth country at .large express
ed la no uncertain terms opposition
V his request that the act should 'be
(Celtic WrrrTlf
President's Signature Will
End Government Wire Control
, Washington, June 27 The bill ending government con
trol of telephone, telegraph, cable and radios was made
ready in Congress tonight for President Wilson's signature.
Final legislative actidn was taken by adoption by the, House
and the Senate tonight of the conference agreement which
is expected to terminate government wire administration
July 31. As finally approved, the legislation ends govern
ment control at midnight of
month in which President Wilson approves the bill. Chair
man Cummins, . of the Interstate Commerce Committee, told
the Senate tonight that it was assumed that the President
would sign the bill next month andvthat the repeal law will
be effective July 81. .
The only other important provision of the measure con
tinues toll and local telephone rates for four months after
approval of the bill unless sooner adjusted by State
commissions.
WAVY FLIERS BACK
FROM EPOCHAL TRIP
Official Welcome Extended To
Commander Redd and His
Associate Officers
New" York, June 27. Aa officialVwel
ome Von . such as preriously had
been accorded- only to returning cabi
net members, awaited lieutenant-Commander
Albert C. Bead, who command
ed the first aircraft to eroas th Atlan
tic Ocean, and ' his associates, Com
mander Joha H. Tower and Lieutenant-Commander
P. N. I- Bellinger,"
when they Stepped ashor her today
from th army transport Zeppelin.
While heary rain squalls interfered
with thsvplan of having th Zeppelin
greeted by a fleet of aircraft off Bandy
Hook, the reeeptioa at th dock win
none th lee enthusiastic. Bear Ad
miral Jamea H. Olennon, commanding
th third narai district, waa at the pier
with hi entire staff to xtend aa offi
cial weleom to ,th aviators and th
crew of th bow world-famed NC ma
chines on behalf of th Secretary of
th Navy. . He congratulated them oa
their achievement which he said "add
ed to th glorious lustr of th Ameri
can aavyr .:r :
I" . Glvea Great Wekoane.
After being officially greeted and
eaaered by th reception eomnrtttee,
tna men war hnstied away in sd to
mobile to th offie f Brigadier-Oca-eral
MeMnus where their wives and
members of their families were await
ing them.
Th pier where the Zeppelin docked
waa a mass, of ,flg and bunting. In
addition to Admiral Olennon and his
stair, an army guar of honor waa
drawn np and aa th men stepped from
the ship bqgles sounded and bands
played. ., - k
" A clear space around the shore end of
tha gangway -was maintained and the
overseas flyers -marched off, led by
Commander Towers, who commanded
the flight. He presented esrh one to
tha Admiral and General MrManus, for
personal congratulations. The end of
the dock waa crowded with army and
navy officers and officials of the port.
Vessels Greet Transport.
As the Zeppelin steamed iv'.j viett
through the mist, escorted by s aror of
email naval eraft, whistles blended Into
deafening roar of welcome." Oa one
or tna navy ooaia wer in wive aaa
other relative of th (aviators who
greeted th ship as ah entered th
harbor.
Among those oa the dock was . C.
Howard, formerly mechanic of th NC-4,
wbo was prevented from making the
flight by an accident (which cost him
one of his hands) a few days before tha
departure from Boekaway Beach. No
one was mora enthusiaatio in his con.
gratulations and th response froth his
xormer associate was no lass warm.
A detailed report of tha flight has
been prepared which will be presented
to the Navy Department. Before they
go to Washington, hoVcver, th flyer
will be guests of honor at dinners to
b glvea here by th Aero Club of
America and the American Flying Club.
FORMER GERMAN CABINET
PLANNED FOR INVASION
would Have Attacked Allied
' Troops With Strong Forces
at Biver Elbe
Berlin, June 27,Th German gov
erament, headed by Philipp Bcheide
maaa, had planned to refuse to alga
the peace. teeatijnd to permit ths
treop to. march Into Germany
as far as th Elbe, where it would be
attacked by atrong German forces, the
Pansig correspondent of the Tageblatt
declares in a dispatch, describing th
details of secret plan to create a sep
arata atato ia northeastern Oermsny.
' The plan failed because of jealousies
and differences of opinion between the
government and tha army leaders, th
correspondent says.
(A report from Geneva Thursday
night said Hen rVheidemann had ar
rived in 8wltse.r!nd after rowing the
frontier an foot).
Th last proposal mad, by th o re
spirators planning to oppose the allies,
it is ssid, was to ask Poland to com
bin with caster Germany in th for
mation or aa independent republic Th
offer, it ja declared, was rebuffed by
th Poles, who asked why it had not
been ensrea tea year ago.
Ianne4 Bavalatlaa la list.
V . Conenharenj June 27 (Bv Th Aesn-
eiatea rress.j isnan, ucrmaa ana
T . . - .. .
Austrian .Communists held a confer
ence la Southern Tyrol a few day ago,
for the purpose of preparing for a rev
nliition in Italv. aavs a 4ianatch from
Vienna. The revolutC was fixed for
th middle of July.
the last day . of the calendar
BERLIN RADICALS
ARE UNDER ARREST
Their., Connection With Hani-
burg Insurrectionists Caused
Speedy Action
Berlin, June ,27, The Independent
Socialist and Communist members of
th executive council of th greater
Berlin Soviet, were arrested Thursday
aight by order' bf Minister of Defense
Noske. They ar charged with having
been' in collusion with th lenders of
the uprising in Hamburg.
The arrests followed ihe intercentlon
ef a telephone messaae lata Weitmts.
day aight between Hamburg and Ber
lin" in which the (nsurroctlonists at
Hamburg informed the Berlin Baal
eals that the fcln for ahother revolu
tion was at hand, and them to
take acWrf-ateps immediately. The
local leaders are said to hav advised
the Hamburg leader to arm their par
tisans for the purpose of opposing th
government troops being mobilised
against Hamburg.
The Independent Socialist and Com
munist in th Soviet ar facing
charges based oa treason. Amonc
uose said to M implicated ar Bieh
ard Mueller, th chairman of the com
mute, and Herr Daumig. Mueller is
anown ot tn aonriaua ar ? m
v.' - " "
BUVI BXEN BEXIA8ED.
LONDON REPOKT STATES
London, June 27.-BeubrV Berlin
correspondent days that th Independ
ent Socialist and Communist leaders
of the Greater Berlia Soviet Executive
tduncil, arrested Thursday night by or
der of Oustav Noske, Minister of Na
tional Defense, hav been released. It
was impossible to prove that thev were
concerned in the telephone conversation
between Hamburg and Berlin Wednes
day night with regard to th beginning.
or a new resolution which caused their
arrest.
Plundering commenced Thursday
evening in the western suburb of Ber
lin, begming at Sehoneberg and ex
tending quickly, the correspondent
adds. Ther was also looting at Frlde
asu which continued until early this
morning. Troops have been sent to aid
the resident guard to restore order.
GOVERNMENT TROOPS REACH
HAMBURG TO STOP RIOTING.
Berlin, Thursday, June 26. The Ver
mes government troops ordered to Hnm-
ourg to suppress disorders there,
reached tha suburbs of th city this
morning. Th troops ordered the im
mediate cessation of hostilities, the- re
lease of all prisoners and th delivery
of weapons, - .
All criminals released during recent
turbulent event, were ordered returned
to jail. -
The casualties ia the rioting are es
timated to hav been 20 killed and 159
to 200 wounded.
Oa the surface th situation Is ouiter
today. The banks ar open. Th official
omcers ar doing business and the city
transportation systems are operating.
The authorities, however, hsvs hot
re-established their control. Ther is
ho disciplined organiMtion to take
ehargj of food ships la.the harbor er
to police the city. The Spartacan com
munists still ar ia power, although the
approach of th government troops, it
ia expected, , will result in the restora
tion of order and quiet within S hears.
- Th greatest anxiety ia felt here for
the, food ships. The Communists, it is
reported, announced, they would selie
and destroy th (hips if the food situs
tioa ia Hamburg does aot improve at
one. ,
Th only measure the Communist
leader ia - Hamburg apparently hay
beea able to agree on is oppoositioh to
the entry of government troop. It is
felt here there is a possibility that
civil wsr may occur in Hamburg if the
government troop should attack' the
city.
Government authorities express them,
selves as eertaia that the Hamburg dis
orders were inspired. They were said
to ,b the beginnign of generally cha-
oti condition planned by the Bpartn
cans, aad expected by them to eitend
throughout tha country. The authori
ties" eaid the Hamburg working- peonle
aollowed themselves to be misled into
starting this movement: and were per
suaded to riot ostensibly to get better
rood, put actually to further Spartacan
political purposes. The authorities
ner tnid they expected that the nr.
taean element would attempt aa upris
ing lomonvv, - ,
,' On Barnk Robber Killed.
- Benton, , UK, June 27. Fiv robbers
held ap the efilcei of the Middle fork
Mine, two miles east of hern today, and
after .wounding three employes of the
company, escaped with 11.000, One M
t: 1 bandits was shot snd killed ss he
ran from th offie. Bit companions enr
ried hi body to a waiting automobij
aad mad weir caps, Y
OVERUSI
NAME VASFORGED
Congressman Kinkaid Joins
Tar Heel Senator in Preferr
ing u he Charges
WOMAN IS DETAINED IN
BALTIMORE FOR HEARING
Posing As Missionary Worker
' She Is Said Jo Have Checks
Cashed Bearing Names of
Two Legislators', War' De
partment Tigures Up Terri
ble Cost of World. War --
The Newa and-Observcr Bureau,
03 District National Bank Bldg.
By S. R. WINTERS,
i (Special Leased Wir.)
Washington, D. C, Jnn 27. Posing
aa a worker for a missionary band, Mrs.
Eva Hermanson, of Washington and
Baltimore, ia being detaiaed in the Bal
timore jai) on charges preferred by Sea
ator Lee 8. Overman, of North Caro
lina, and Representative Moses P. Kin
kaid for forging their name to cheeks
from hifh she obtained funds. The
womaa has been arrested twic withia
four months on similar charges.'
About four months ago aha was ar
rested in Washington on charges pre
ferred by- Senator Overman aad Bepre
aeatative Kinkaid. Shear waa released
after giving bail ia thxnm of 500.
She was alleged to hav forged the name
of Senator Overmaa to three checks and
that of Congressman Kinkaid to Sre
cheeks. Her apprehension in Baltimore
today was made on complaints from
private eitixena and department stoles
that she was at the same. old game
which was alleged to have beea played
so successfully by her four months sgo.
What World War 'Oat.
Th world war cost th lives f 7
582,300 soldiers of all countries) th
money cost waa between 11 85,000,000,000
and 1195,000,000,000; in shipping, the.
toll was 23,003,383 tons of merchant ves
sels and 1382,129 tons of war vessels.
These figure were compiled by the
War Department at the request of Sen
ator Porter .'McCumber, a Republican of
North Dakota, and were made public by
him aa the aaoet telling reason why
there should b a League of Nations.
Plenty f Caache Asm red. - .
Bepresentathr Charles M. Stedmsa
today obtained assuraiteee from the
War Department aad Southern Bail
way' Company that extra coaches would
.be placed at the disposal of crowds
journeying to Greensboro on July 4 for
the celebrstloa at ths Guilford Battle
ground, Senator Lee B. Overman and Repre
sentative H. L. Godwin accompanied
Tnited fitatea Marshal GeeJrge H. Bel
Inmy to the Department of Justire to
day 'where he conferred witlvjiflierAls
in the hope of obtaining an increase in
salary for some of his deputies. There
are some eleven deputies under the
direction of the "DuUe of Brunswick" in
eastern North Carolina and he would
obtain betjer pay for some of them.
To Speak, 1st Tammany Hall
Representative Claude Kitrhin has
practically a wired th Tammany So
ciety of New York City that he will de
liver the July Fourth address at Tsm
many Hall.. The immediate, return, of
President Wilson and the demands of
Congress oa his time that day would j power sew lo maae ameno
.1... ..iki ..... -i.i. .1.--.(...laaenta, then the wsr will not- be over
alone possibly interfere with' the plan
of th North Carolina Congressman in
making his first speech to the Tammany
Society. X
Capt. Raymond Allison, of Statesvllle,
eon of the rati United States. Marsh si
T. J. Allison, of Iredell county, cam to
Washington today to confer with the
Navy and War department: with the
view of getting their consent to make
an official flight in a flying machine
from Washington to Btateevillc Cap
tain Allison obtained a double A-l rat
ing whea engaged la the air service
and was pronounced a perfect specimen
in She physical test. He was given
most difficult assignments, and fully
measnred np to the tasks, tl
Tar Reel Tialta.
Dr. H. W. Chase, president of the
University of North Carolina, was a
visitor to Washington today. He eslled
to See Secretary of the Navy Daniels.
Bepresentative H. L. Godwin will
leave Washington tomorrow- for hi
bom la Dunn. H will attend h
July fourth celebration at LUIingtou.
Maj. L P. McLendon, bf Durham, Is the
principsl speaker at the exercises cele
brating the home-coming of Harnett
county soldier.
A marriage license was issued tn
Washington today to Fraak P. Bidenour,
of Atlanta, Ga and Miss Effie A. Law
son, of Liberty, Randolph' county,
North Carolina. The ceremony will be
performed by the Rev, J. T. Hnddle.
Worth had Joaathaa Daniels spent
yesterday with- their psreata. Secretary
of the Navy and Mrs. Daniels, en their
way from Raleigh to a houae party be
ing entertained by Mr. aad Mrs, Henry
T. Oxnard at Uppervijle, Ya.
Bepresentative C M. Stedmsa has
been selected to deliver the priaclpal
address at tha dedlcatloa of the me
morial erected -in North Carolina ia
honor of her Confederate eon, General
Bamseur, known by some of his .man
as "th lion of the jCafederacy.,,
"TROOPS HAVE ENTERED "."
HAMBURG, SAYS REPORT
:" Copenhagen, Jane ITrOeverament
troops catered ft 11 bar g tedar, ac
cording tof advice from that ci ..
Th ccipatioa ta'freceedlag la aa
orderly manner. The Ceaamaaiste
declined to glv. gaarac'.eee which
weald have averted the ajecaaetiee
ef the clfjr. .
NEW GERMAN DELEGATES
ARRIVE
TO SIGN
WELL SATISRED
AH Things Considered, He
Thinks Peace Conference Has
Been. Great Success
THINKS TREATY SHOULD
BE. RATIFIED AT ONCE
Feeling in Presidential Quar
ters Particularly ; ' Strong
Against Senator Fall's Reso
lution; President Made No
Promises As To Mandate
For, Turkey, It Is Stated
Paris, June 27. (By the Aasocinted
Proas.) The eojour of Preridcat Wll
aon ia Europe will come to an end to
morrow when he' starts homeward Im
mediately, following ths sighing of th
peace treaty. "All arrangements for. his
departure have beea, completed, and the
special presidential train will leave
the Gere Des lavalides at Sn'urtny I
evening. It will arrive , at Brest on
Sunday morales-, where the President
will board the steamship George Wash
ington, which sails shout noon. Oa his
arrival ia the United States President
Wilson will go straight to Washington
to lay before Congress the results of the
Penes Conference.. Be will leave ooa
afterward for aa extended tour of th
country for the purpose of explaining
directly to the people all Question re
lating to th peace treaty and the
League of Nations covenant.
la Mare Thaa SatiaSecV
' Th. President goes baah to the
United Statea more than satisfied, his
friends say, with th act results of ths
conference and, all thing considered,
it is his opinion that the conference
haa beea a wonderful eucees. While
it ia regarded aa ar disadvantageous
'peace for Germany yet against this it
is held that ermsny committed a great
wrong and quite naturally ' and in
evitably must make just reparatioa for
that wrong. ,
But outside ef German results, the
conference is viewed In presidential
quarters as liberating peoples' who
never before had a rhoare of liberty,
eueh as Poland, Jugoslavia and Cfho
Slovnkia. Also th conference i cred
ited with handing totfether the people
of th world to mr.ke the peace regime
enduring. Other large. -resplta, it was
pointed out, are the giving of a charter
to lnbor, removing itetrlction t on lnter
nntional iqt.-'fcourse snd maay ether
international results which can be tum
mcd up as' ;'a colossal business, such
as the world never drCsmed of before."
Weald Have Ne Choice.
The pear e treaty tad the League of
Nations covenant should be ratified
wit boat amendment, according to the
presidential view as it understood, for
certain definite reasons, namely, that
until every one of the 21 associated
nations learaa the results of the amend
ment. This can only be done through
processes of negotistlon aad it Is held
that It would" be a no pries process ef
delay ia restoring peace. It is slso
held that the effect of the amendments
would be to keep the Uaited States
out of the treaty and out of the lesgu.
Th qnestioa ha arisen whether res
ervatioas amount to amendment, and
presidential quarter are understood
to hold tbt .reservation, edch as the
proposed Root resolutioa to article 10
of th covenant, are equivalent to
amendment.
Agalnat Fall Reaalatloa.
FeeJing .ia said to- be partfeujarly
atroag in preaidentlal quarter against
the resolutioa of Senator Fall ef New
Mexico, to declare a state of peaee
with Germany, which is characterised
In these reepeasibl quarters a hav
ing ths effect of allying .the Uaited
States with Germsny aad placing the
country in n position ef contempt thst
no nation over suffered. It It the
preeident' belief, according to relia
ble sources, that a mora thaa a heed
ful ef people in America will approve
.auch a reeolutioa.
- The length of the peace ceafereaee is
regarded, it is said, ss beneficial on the
whole,- as the long discussion brought
about a fuller understanding among the
nations. There is special pride ia the
fact that the views ef the American
experts nsnally prevailed, probably be
cause the Uaited States had ae selfish
interests involved la the difficult ques
tions settled. It it slso held that sinister
I fluence played comparatively little or
no part ia the results ef the confer
ence. (
He Prorata as to Turkey.
'Concerning the mandate of the United
States la Turkey, the presideat i known
to hold that he had ne right to make
any promise and that the most, he
eould do waa to present the subject to
1 the people at home. One of the maia
I reasons foe the proposed American maa-
' date in ConstsntiLeple, it is pointed
ont, is that it would keep Constantinople
out ef European politics and keep the
Black Ben opea for tire world t com
aaerre. -. ., -, " . ( ... ,
Coaceraing Mrvkd 'snd ?osta Rica aot
. being in the league of nations, th
presidential jriew it ssid to be that the
situc'ioB is of their own waking and
t t It necessary for . those govern
1 mcntt "to' Sad thmselven." Relative te
(Centinned Page Two.)
Ul RETURNS
IN PARIS
PEACE DOCUMENT
CONFERENCE SECRETARY IS
SENT TO MEET DELEGATES.
Paria, Jane 17. Pal Dataata,
secretary ef th peace Mafereare,
want to Versailles at i:J o'clock
tkhv evenlag to eabmlt to the Ger
man; delegates ' a letter fr Pre
mier Clemenceaa, preeident of the
peace ceagreva, certifying that the
peace treaty to be submitted to the"
Germane far i signature Saturday,
conformed In all point to th text
of th amendment aabmlttcd Jane
llth. . ' " '-5
Action of Delegates Is in Line
With Instructions sentsev
, eral Weeks Ago t
ANNOUNCEMENT WAiS NOT
SURPRISE IN WASHINGTON
Failure To Sign WW Probably
Exclude Her From League of
Nations, Officials Explain;
Some Reservation As To
Japan's Sovereignty Over
y Shantung Asked By Chinese
(By the Associated Press.)
Washington, June 27-Announcemeut
by the Chinese pence delegation in
Paris today that China would noaign
ths peaee tresty is ia line with th in
structions sent the delegation several
weeks ago by the Chinese government.
These instructions were to refuse to
sign the treaty unless some reservation
was perm it ted as to Japnn t nover
eignty ever the Shantung, peninsula,
acquired by ..Germany from China un
der the treaty of 1897.
These instructions, it was learned to
day, have never been changed aad, ac
cordingly, th aaaostneoment of th
Chines delegation waa aot surprising
to officials here.. Until very recently.
however, If was considered here a pos
sible that Chiaa might sign the treaty
la view of private assurances said to
havs bon given her represent stive that
Japan a teaure of Shantung would not
be loug. China, It also bd beea be
lieved, was thought probably would as
sent te the trenty and leave the Shan
tungv.question to be worked out by th
League of Nations.
, The Chinese decision, was believed
here to be based on the 'following;
Definitely- esprcsred sssurancea that
Japan would give np the Shantung
province within a short specified time
aad that' th Japanese tenure would
not be- permitted to run for the re
mainder of the M year period under
which Germany held th territory; and,
Sefpnd, that definite assurance wer
larking, that Japan would relinquish
control of the railroad from Tsing Tao
to Tsin Aufu, including all facilities
and milling rights snd privileges of ex
ploitation of the Tsing Tao, Shanghai
Chefoo cablet and of facilities at the
port of Kino-Chnu. ; , ,
. Failure of China to sign the treaty,
officials explained, probably will ex
clude her from the League of .Nations,
Including eertnln rights of redress un
der that eovensnt a well as working
to her detriment in the resumption, f
trade. , . , , -V ' ,v; "" ' ' '
PEACE CONFERENCE WILL
' CONTINUE ITS DELIBERATIONS.
Paria, June 27. The work .-of th
peaee conference will not be interrupted
by the signing of the tresty with Ger
many, although Presideat Wilson will
leave Paris tomorrow night and Premier
Lloyd-George will return to London on
8unday. Foreign Seeretsry Balfour aad
Secretary of State Lansing will repine
th British premier and Presideat Wil
bob ia th work yet to be done. Th
peace treaty with Austria probably will
be taken up Monday. "
AUSTRIAN MINISTER ASKS
FOR CHANGE IN TREATY.
Paria, June 27. A dispatch from
Vienna says news has reached that city
from St. Germain that Pr, Karl Ren
ter, head of th Austrian peace dele?
gation, has delivered to the peace con
ference a note requesting suppression
of Article 48, of the peace treaty with
Austria. This article authorises the
States wtiieh formerly were part ef-th
Anstro-Ruagariaa empire to pay their
share of the war indemnities from pri
vate Austriaa properties 'in those states.
The aote demands the formation of
specie commission under the super
viaioa of the great Entente powers to
settle the qnestioa without a decitioa
baaed oa might.
. Aaatrlaas Make Protest.
Pari, Jan 27-Th" Austrian hav
protested to th council ef four agninst
the- division ef the Klagenfurt district
between Austria and Jugo-Slavia, at
recommended by th special commission
which .investigated the maffcT-j-'
'- N3-Partlaa Wine In Daheta.
Fargo, NV D. Jnn S7-With 1,10
precinct out of 2,856 ia North Dakota
reported, the on-partisan league laws,
voted on la y:tcrday a refrreacum elec
tion, tonight eh-wd affirmative
and 25,02 negative votes. t These -e-fnrns
Indicate the adoption ef all th
law try a substantial majority.
CHINA'S REFUSAL
TO SIGN DCPEGTEO
READY
STAGE IS PREPARED
FOR SIGNING TODAY
en. . ' .0 " . t
German Delegates Left Berlin
Secretly To Avoid Possible
Mob Violence .
) , -.-y.y - mmmmmmmmm''- i'."-V :';'f"
CHINESE MINISTERS NOT
TO SIGN, THEY ANNOUNCE
President Wilson Is Expected
To Sail Fr,om Brest Sunday
Afternoon ; All Arrange
ments Have Been Completed
For Concluding Act ' That
Will Establish Peace
(By Tha Associated Pre.)
Everything is in readineea for tht
signing Saturday afternoon by the Ger
mane ef the peace treaty framed by
the Entente and associated power.'
Dr. Hermann- Mueller, foreign min
ister la the new German cabinet, aad
Dr. Boll, ehief of the colonial effie.
designated as Germany's signatories to
th momentous document, arrived in
Versailles-let Friday night in order to
carry out th promis of th cabinet
snd th national assembly to teal th
compact. ' ,
That the .Germans still are dissatis
fied with th terms of the treaty It ia
dirated by reports that Dr. Mueller aad
Dr. Bell left Berlin for VsrsaiUs se-
eretly, fearing attempt oa their Uvea.
Chines Wont Sign, ;:
An eleventh hour discordant aot hat
beea struck by the Chinese delegate
who announce that they will not affix v
their signatures to the treaty beesusc
nitn& will Bnt ha iMiwm . ffA Mitlr
reservation concerning the province at
Shantung. . C1 .
President Wilson is expected to ask
homeward en the teamtr George Wash
ington from Brest Sunday afternoon
Shortly after hU arrival ia the United
States, It ia laid, the preeident win
make a tour of (he country pa behalf
of the peace treaty and the league- of
aations , covenant. Secretary of Btatt
Lansing will take the president plnrt
in the pence councils. Thus the treaty
with Austria will be completed withdul
tht aid of President Wilson.
Mam 1 ..!. luul
Some anxiety hav been aroused la
Paris by news of further Germsa ag
gressions sgninst Polsnd, The import-.
ant city of Cxenstochowa, 150 miles
southwest of Warsaw, is reported at
being under heavy attaek by artillery.
At acme rwint .thr Germans tr de '
clnred to be withia twenty miles of th
city. .
Vienna advices say that Austria, Ger
man and Italian Communists 'havs de
cided to attempt to raise the red Dag
of revolution in Italy about July 15.
.1 '
CEREMONIES TAKE PLACE
AT S THIS AFTERNOON.
Paris, June 27. While no efflelal an ,
nouneement had beea made Up te short-
time for the ceremony of. signing the
peace treaty with Germany, arrange
ments for the event ere proeeediag en
the understanding that it will occur at
S p. u. on Saturday. The Council ef
Four was in session this morning per
fecting the plane for the signing.
If th signing oeeurt aa contemplat
ed, President Wilton plan to leave for
Brett . immediately afterward, sailing
for the United State at Boon Sunday.
, Those holding tickets of admission
to the peace signing ceremony ia th
Hall of Minora In th Versailles pal-'
ace have beea notified that they must
be provided with identification paper.
Thee papers moat carry the photo
graph' of the pertoa to be admitted.
Ticket holder ar requested to be at
the palace by I o'clock la the after
aoen. -
Oa Japan Parchment.
Paris, Juae 27-The original ef the
treaty of pea which will be signed
by all tha plenipotentiaries, will be en
Japan parchment, according to Lie
traasigeaat. It will cost 15,000 franc
to prepar the document.
CHINESE DELEGATES WILL
NUT B1GM THE! DECLARE.
dj in Aseonaiea rre.;
Pari, Juae 27,Th Chlae dtlega
tioa aanounecd tonight that Chiaa
would aot sign tb peac treaty with
Germany because China would net be
allowed to make reservations concern
ing the province of Shantung aad also '
haa been refused the privilge ef mak '
ing a declartioa with the time ef the
signing of the treaty . ,
FATHER CONTRADICTS SON .
IN GIVING KJS TESTIMONY
CTwrlottesviUeC'Va., June 27. Former"
Deputy Sherif. George Morris, father of
Fdgar Morris, oa trial for Shooting ap
tha Greene county eoart room en March .
29, was a witness todsy. Tha elder Mor
ris (oatradicted come of th testimony
given by th to a yesterday. The young
er juorri asterrea mat wnen a oraw
hie two gun and opened fire on Mag
istrate Bluford Sullivaa, he -wet con
vinced that Bullivsn had retched for
hi pocket, apparently to drew a gun.
The father today testified he taw ae '
movement made by tht' dead magistrate
to Indicate that Sullivaa sought to draw .
a pistol. . : ' . '
Testirn,onjc taking waa oaclud i today
and tt Is expected the arguments will
take pp tomorrow) nnd Moaday 1 ,
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