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FORTY PAGES TODAY.
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SIGNINaOF PMCJI TREATY -
WORLD WAR ENDED BY
AND
VM1E
PRESIDENT
WILSON IS ON THE WAY HOME
H,L NOT BE SUSPENDED
vBY PRESIDENT VILSON
Says He Hat No legal Power
: at This Time In The Matter
I of The Ban On liquor
IAW BECOMES EFFECTIVE
-AT MIDNIGHT MONDAY
president Guided By Opinion of
Attorney General and Takei
.Position That The "Terml-
: nation of Demobilixa,tion" It
Not Beached With The Biffn
in of The Peace Treaty;
"J Will Act When Vested With
. - ' The Power Without Con-
freseional Action 7--y
' rt. Tli. nuiuriatad Prose.)
son has decided hs saanot legally lift
tho war-time probibHim-faai-Mfor the
country goes dry at midnight Monday,
but ho expects to do so aa noon there
after m hii power hu been made clear
k tha enmriletion of demobilisation.
: In a cablegram made publie tonight t
the White House tho President Mid hi
was convinced after consultation with
his legal advisers that he had an
MJt ..t mt thin time.
"When demobilisation it terminated,
he continued, "my power to act without
congressional action will be exercised.''
' The menage expressed noopinioa us
to the authority of the Preiident when
he does raise the ban, to make hie ft
tion aonlicable only to beer and wine.
t; Refusal of Fresidsnt Wilson to act at
1 ibis time means that the. long arm of the
wartime law will reach ont quietly at
midnight Monday and clot the door
of .evsry liquor establishment oa Amsri
sn soil, Next in publie interest to an
nouncement of President Wilson's atti
tude eomes tho question, Hew soon will
the army be demobilised! There was
a strong belief in some quarters tonight
that this date would not be long de
layed. In view of the signing of the
treaty, the action of Congress in re
ducing the also of the1 standing army
i and the -effort of the government to
j bring back all troops from abroad fart
, as speedily as it is hnmanly possible
i to bring them.
V Tho President's emphatic announce
ment as to what he would do when de
mobilisation "is terminated was asset'
Ty la line with the opinion of "members
of the House Judiciary Committee st-
pressed heretofore that it did not rs-
quire congressional actio to autnonse
him to - declare wartime prohibition
i ended. This may some, it was pointed
! eat, much sooner: than most people
imagine, and there were predictions to
j night 'that ssloosi in cities where the
I sale of liquor now is permitted might
! be ia operation by the end of the sum
! men They could not operate, however,
j beyond January 19, 1020, for on that
data the eonntry will become dry by
eenotltntlonal amendment
s freaaat Laws-Ample.
I With all donbt remored as to what
i the preeidsat would or would not .do,
anti-prohibttionists in the House pre
pared to. make the best fight possible
on the general prohibition enforcement
bUL which was reported out yesterday
by ft Judiciary committee. It will
sot be taken upon the floor until after
tha short holiday recess, which means
the government will depend wpon p rec
ent laws for enforcement of the war
time Set Warning already has bees
given that these provide ample penal
ties and ample mesne of prosecution.
Chairman Volstead,, of the Judiciary
committee,- announced today -that the
majority report recommending pasesge
of the -enforcement measnro would be
presented to the House Mqndsy, and
t meanwhile, Representative Dyer, Bo
j publican, of Missouri, made publie the
minority report attacking the sections
for enforcing the war-time act.
In Conneas thf only move was made
by BepresentaMve Hoeh, Bepvblican, of
Kansas, a prohibition advocate, who ins
tredwoed a resolution sailing on Beers
tary Glass for a report as to whether
government tax receipts, permits or li
censes hsd been issued, entitling man
afaernrsrs or venders of liquor to eon
tiano ban nets after June SO. The
ij are, Introduced without comment,, i
r referred -to a committee. , ,
Wets IttU Piece Howe ra Coarta,
' Xa attacking the general enforeo
ment bill, Mr. Dyer declared that the
war-time act "has ao affect or force
because "war is ovsr," aad that "any
effort to enforce It will meet with fail
are In tits courts. Hs also contended
that Congress was V without . authority
to define intoxicating liquor for either
enforcement of war-time or constitu
tional prohibition, and that such dell
nition was solely a Judicial question
; Tho PreeldentVJtatessesit
Washington, June . 2. President
Wilton announced ' .tonight that he
would not suspend operations of the
wartime prohibition law, effective Moa
day night.,-'5 ..-' . ; '::-. -
.President Wilsoa ii I cablegram to
tfis Whits House aa'.d: '..;. . '
' "I am eoavineed that, tie attorney
PROHIBITION .
GREATBRITAirrS
GREETINGTO U.S.
Warm Feelings, Beautifully Ex
pressed By King George To
President Wilson . v
(By The Associated Prose.)
Loadoa, June Sl-Kina; George has
Mat the following Mttn to Preei-
dent Wilsoa: s ,
lm this glorious hoar, vkfi tho long I
struggle of nations for right. Justice
and freedom is at Jast crowned by a
trinmphant peace, I greet" ' -you, Mr.
Proside'nt, and the great Americas peo
ple im the name of the Britiah nation.'
'At a time wnen lortuno seemed to
frown, and the issues of the) war
trembled in the balance, tho American
people stretched out the hand of fellow-
ship to those, who oa this aide of the
ocean were battling for righteous
cause. light aad hope at once shone
brighter in our hearts, and a new day
dawned. -
"Together we have fought to happy
end; together we law down our arms
in proud consciousness of salient deeds
nobly dons.
"Mr. President, it is on this day one
of our ' Hppiest thoughts that the
American and 'British people, brothers
in arms, will continue forever to be
brothers in peace., United before, fey
laaguage, traditions, kinship and ideals.
there has now beet set upon our fel
lowship the sacred seal of common tee-
riflce.".
LONDON CUrlS TBUNDKKKD
DirrERENT WARNING THIS TIME.
London, June -London Jssrned H
tie signing of the peace treaty at Ver
sailloa at :0 o'clock. Tha news became
known through the firing of guns which
had been installed during the war to
warn the city of air raids.' They now
were used as harbingers of ths long-
awe it ed peace,
The moving throngs came te a aait
when the first report was beard. The
tension lasted only a few seconds. Then
too people gave inemseiTes spni tew
bratioa of the event.
The treat belle of St. Paul's cathedral
and Westminister Abbey and virtually
nil the churches of ths metropolis added
to the din. Bands of boy seouts sngsged
in their usual afternoon marching, put
even more than customary force into
tho blowing of bugles and the beating
of drums.
Trafalgar Square, already crowded
by those attending a huge war bond
sale, was a magnet that drew many
other thousands. The crowds poured into
thn . square. ., cheering ae they
White Hall aad ether eontors, including
Hyde Park, alee hsd their demonstm-
tiona,
SECRETARY DANIELS
MESSAGI TO NATAL SHIPS
Washington, June 18. -Secretary Dan
iels today sent this assesagw to all aavaj
ships and stations:
The signing of the treaty of peace
at Versailles ashen in tho best dsy in
tha history of the world since the sag la
sang ia Bethlehem "Glory to God is the
Highest on Earth, Peace, good will to -
ward men.'
We are living the fulfillment of that
prophecy. As a republic wo arc grateful
to have borne a part In making stmlgbt
aad plain tha path of pomuineat peace
with Justice to the world.' . Coca the
receipt sf news of ajgnjng of the treaty
of peace, tho most important doenmeat
ia the history of ths world, every chip
ana snore station will Bra salute of SI
guns with national snsiga at each mast-
"JOSEPHTJS DANIELS."
GERMAN HONOR HAS BEEN
CARRIED TO THE GRAVE
So Declares v Pan-German ;
Newspaper Across Its
Front Page .
Berlin, June 88. 8 the Associated
Proas.) The Psa-Germaa Deutsrhs
Zoituag prints the following serosa its
front pager
Threatens Vengeance.
""German honor today will be carried
to its grave ia the hall of mirrors, la
which ths glorious year of Ti the Ger
man empire was , resurrected la all its
former splendor. Lest vs forget 1 In
restless labor the Germ a a people will
again strive to attaia that place among
tho nations of the world to' which It
ia eatltled. - Then vengesncs of the
disgrace of 1919!"
The Tageblatt ssyei Ths German
people reject the treaty wbleh Its dete-L
gates are signing looay, ana u aoee not
believe for a singls moment that it
will endure. Despite tha fact that it
ia written on oarehment. tt malna a
scrap of psnsrT because it is a mockery
of nil toe laws or reason and morals
and the most disgraceful exhlfVt la the
DEID ADMISSION
HIS 01 VESSEL
Cant. J. J. Day, of New Bern,
Appeals To State Depart
ment To Help Him
SCHOONERtlBELLED IN
FRENCH POpT RECENTLY
Sepresentatire Pon Introdnc
SiBi Proridiso; For lfew
P. OBnildhigi in Smithfleld
and Lonisborg; Will Not Be
Acted On at Present Seiiion
of Congresi
Tha News aad Observsr Bureau,
603 District National Bank Bldg.
(By 8. R. WINTERS.)
. (By Special Leased Wire.)
Washington, D. C, June 18 To be
denied admittance on the vessel of
which he
is managing ownsr, wss the
embarrassing experience shared by
Cspt. J. J. Bay, a master mariner of
New Bern, N. C in Havre,' Frsnec,
and an appeal today to- tha mate de
partment alone relieved him of the
r-redirsment. The omee or Senator
Simmons interceded in behalf of the
North Carolina eitisea who left New
York for Southampton, England, June
If, and thence to Havre, 1 ranee
Captain Day was destined to Havre
for the specific purpose of. releasing the
Americas schooner, "0. J. Cherry,"
which vessel wss libeled for some claim
that ths cargo ' consignees made for
damaged cargo delivered from the
schooner! Upon a? riving overseas. Cap
tain Da was denied admittance on ths
vessel by the present master, J. C. 01-
The chip stnd freight brokers of
New York City wrote Senator 8iramons
stating that Mr. OJsen was engaged Dy
them upoa'the authority of Captain Day
to taks command of the vessel for Cap
tain Day's account. '."And Olsea'i re
fusal to demit Captala Day oa board the
1 seems to us very arbitrary," said
tho chip brokers of Nsw York, i
"we are net acquainted wita tho lew
of rraaee," writes the ship brokers,
the mansging owner hs the right to go
"bat la the Uatted States, of coarse,
on board the vessel, asd if necessary,
disehsrge tho master'
The State department this sfternoon
divpstched a cablegram to the Americas
consul at Havre asking that assistance
be rendered Captain Day in removing
OIen snd In taking charge . of the
schooner. The Nsw Bern citizen is the
principal owner of the Ship.
Want New PoetoOoea.
Representativs . W. Pou today in
troduced bills in the House of Bepreun:
tatives suthoriiing ths appropriation M
175,000 each for Bmithfield and Louis-
burg In purchasing sites and erecting
poetofiice buildings, i The items will sot
receive consideration until the regular
December session of Congress Since th
pork bill has been deferred until
then, according to an agreement be
twees leaders of the House.,
Representative Zebulon Weaver will
likely deliver a speech en July at
Wa'yneoville. He has tentatively agreed
to go to the county seat of Haywood,
the banner Democratic county of the
Tenth District, anlcss ths immediate
return of President Wilson and his in
tention to address Congress, upset his
plana.
Ths tows of Salisbury today applied
to the War Department through Sen
ator Overman for the loan of buntings
aad flags for decorative purposes
staging its July 4 eelebrstlon. Senator
Overman hss accepted the Invitation
I of his home town to make, the prln
leipel address aad He will leave Wash
I in it on for Salisbury Wednesday night
I He had other invitations to sneak but
I rcsretfully declined them In v deference
to home folks.
Miss 8a rah V. Alley, of Wsynesvllls,
daughter of Zeb Alley, has taken a po
sition as stenographer in tha office-of
Bepreeentatlve Zebulon Weaver., she
will begin her aew duties In Washing
toa July 1.
Tar Heels la CapltaL
A marriage . license was issued In
Wnshincton today to Lennl R. Harrod,
of Wilmington, N. C. asd Delia K.
Bobersoa.
lira. Hubert Martin,' wife of Hubert
Martin, private secrets ?y ; to Svnstor
I. 8. Ovormaa, is ill ia a wasiuhgtoa
hospital. She is getting along nicely.
Former Postmaster snd Mrs. Willis
Briggs, of Raleigh, are visiting rela
tives ia Washington.
Mr. and Mrs. Wade Meadows, of New
Bera, arrived la Washingtoa today for
a visit to relatives. Mrs. Meadows is
a daughter of Senator Slmmone.
-ueorge K. - Welle hss been reesm
mended for peetmaster , at Skylsnd
Buncombe county. Mr. and Mrs. O,
Jones, of Stratford. Alleghany county,
arrived ia' Washingtoa today, oa their
boncvauoa trip. Mr. Jones tis principal
or-'jn Mirstrora scuoois.
J. U Critehar, trf Furchcs, Alleghany
roanty, was a visitor to Washington to-
Jay, os his way te Bsltlmore. t ,
Brig. Oea. T. Q. Dossldson, U. S. i
who hss been ia France for -almost
year, landed In New York yesterday,
and. will come directly to Washington
no was mr ins re by two ot nis sons,
Ituiga Augustas Dossldson. U. 8. N
nl ljnf. O. Dnnsldson. of ths Avis
tion Corps, who flew down to New York
rfrnM o
N. T.
M.-s.. Donaldson hss ss her guest'
ATISFACTION AT
HATIONAC CAPITAL
i '.r-i--",'; " - ' 'V. :.;:s-'-: . ,-.f
Word of Consummation oi
Peace Received Without
Demonstration'
SILENCE IN THE SENATE;
SOME HOUSE APPLAUSE
President Expected About July
7, and Official Notification
Is Expected To Wait Until
Then; Congress "Slay .Take
Becess After Tuesday Until
President's Arrival
(By Ths Associated Press.)
Washington, June Mr-Word of tht
consummation of peace was received by
the National Capital with scarcely
flutter, of popular or official sentiment
At the White House and the Bute
Department tho news aroused only
quiet feeling of satisfaction, that the
pro-arranged program for the signing
at Versailles had gene through-. In
Congress there was but momentury
demonstration, aad en the streets ths
Saturday crowds gars ao show of in
terest . " '-
Gathering the News. '
The story of the historic ceremony,
flashed over a direct wire to the. State
Department, was given to ths press in
brief bulletins, keeping close step with
the developments in ths ball of nar
rows. The account was brief, and was
made publie without comment by de
partment officials. As soon as tha sign
ing wsl concluded, President Wilson s
ige to the American . people an
Bouncing the long-waited event and ap
pealing for acceptance of the treaty
without change or reservation was mads
public at tha Whits House, together
with sons, details of the president's
homo-coming; , .-T '.
It wsvby tft reeding of this
sage Congress was informed that the
Versailles negotiations wtre at an end.
It waa expected tonight that M official
notification would await tha arrival of
Mr. Wilson and would, to delivered
person by him at a Joint session of the
senate and House. - V
-1 Ia tho Senatci lUencfc-
In the Senate chamber, to which the
nation's Interest In the outcome of the
peace segoUstiona now is transferred
announcement of the signing wss re
ceived in' silence. Interrupting sn ap
propriation bill debate. Senator Hitch
cock, of Nebraska, senior Democrat of
the Foreign Relations Committee, read
tho president's message to sn sttcntive
audience, comprising less than half the
Senate's membership. Without any com
ment he then relinquished the floor snd
the appropriations debate proceeded.
- Boms Applause In House.
Ths House, however, ' punctuated
reading of the message with applause
and there wss a short outburst of
cheering when the President's name
was read st ths end. There wss no
discussion of It, the only comment be
ing an announcement by Former Speak
er Clark when be sent it to the clerk's
deck to be read, thst he wanted to put
into the record some 'good news.'
Privstely Senators aad Representa
tives who hsvt supported ths leagus
of nations expressed high praise for the
President's message while Chairman
Lodge of ths Foreign Relations Com
mittee aad other opponents ef the
leagus covenant had nothing to say.
Senator Borah, Republican, of Idaho,
Issued a statement oa the subject, how
ever, in which be bitterly criticised the
trenty provisions affecting Shantungv
Wilson Expected At White Hoase Jaly T
Whils ths Whits House was aot fully
advised tonight regarding the Preei-
dent's plans, it was the expectation ef
officials thst he would reach this sous
try about July T and coma almost im
mediately to Washing-tea. It was re
vealed thst he expected to lssd at Nsw
York aad it was thought entirely likely
ho would remain there a few hoars ts
attend a meeting of welcome.
Mr. Wilsoa's appearaneo before Con
gress probably will follow quickly bis
arrival In Washington, though it may
bo delayed a few days because ot the
piaa ef the senate Jeaaere to take a
series of short recces ss after July L
Tho President's sneaking tour for the
League of Nations expected to aegis
almost as soon as hs has laid the treaty
before Congreee.
, Ovnoaeata actio.--.
Ths imminence of the treaty's sub
mission for ratlfleatioa served to quick
en todsy the efforts of Senate leaders
opposing its acceptance, witaeat reser
vntioa. There' was a thorough esavaas
of Senate sea times t followed by ex
pressless ef confidence among epposi
tioni Senate that the1 aeeeeaary , ma
jority could be .mastered, 'to iaeorpoT
n nnrTsuim sisansiss raiiDen-
tloa resolution. ;. ,
It became known that tome ef the
rseervatloa exponents are counting en
the support of Senators McOumber, of
North Dakota, aad McNary, of Oregon,
the only Bepublicaa members who have
announced thslr advocacy of the league
covenant, Neither would give pub-
lieally any oefiaite assurance, however,
that hs was in favor of the reserva
tions urged by Eliha Root and others
. Sapporters Confident
The President's supporters, on ths
other Jissd, reasserted their confidence
of enough votes to defeat any specific
reaervatioa thst might be proposed.
One result , of the dsy'i conferences
wns to dlspsl likelihood of actios In te
nenr iniuro oa me resolution or rB
LIBERATES GREAT
ENDS OLD
ORDER; LEAGUE OF JUSTICE
PRESIDENT WILSON MAKES
ANNOUNCEMENT TO AMERICAN
PEOl PLEA FOR ACCEPTaAJNCE
(By The Aesodatod Press.)
Washington, Jaaa Xfi-Proeldent
Wilson In aa address to the Ameri
can people oa tho occasloa of the
stewing of the peace treaty made a
plea for the acceptance of the treaty
aad the covenant of the League, eP
Nations wlthoat change or reeera
Men. - ... J
Hie message, given ont hers by
Secretary Tumulty, aaldt -
'My fallow countrymen! '
, "Tho treaty ef peace hss been
signed. If It Is ratified andVeted
boob in full and sincere execution
of Ite terms, It will furnish ths
chsrtsr for a nsw order of affairs
In the world. It la a severe treaty
la the duties and penalties It Im
pose upon Gsrmsny, but It Is severe
only becsnss great wrings done by
Germsny ore to' be righted snd re
paired; It Imposee nothing thst
Germany cannot do; and she esu
regain her rightfnl standing In the
world by the prompt and hinorsble
fnlflllment ef Its terms. 4 j
MORE THAN A TREATY.
"And It Is much more than a
treaty of peace with Germany. It
liberates ' greet peoples. who have
never before been alia to find the
way to liberty. It ends, once for
all, an old aad Intolerable order
asder- which small groups of selfish
' men could ass tho peoples of great
empires to serve their smbltlea for
power nnd dontlnloa.
IN PERMANENT LEAGUE.
"It associates the free govern
mente of the world la a permanent
league la which they, are pledged to
use their united power to maintain
peace - by ' maintaining right and
- Jostles. It makes International law
a reality supported by Imperative -
TREATY'S
iirtT mini i a ur-ir
NUI rUDLIb Ttl
'resident Wilson Will First
Send The Document 'To
The Senate .
ACTION TO COME BEFORE
PUBLICITY OF ITS TERMS
But There Are Projects That
Mnch of It Will Become
Known , in Advance of For
mal Senate Action; Start To
Ke-establiih Consular Senr-
ice in Germany
Washington, Juno 18, 60 far at offl
sials hers know tho poses trssty will
aot bs formally mada public as yet,
ovea though it has been Signed, ts the
ststs depsrtmsnt - hss ao instructions
to publish it and does not Intend to do
so ualess President Wilson directs.
Tho President s first act Probably will
bs to send the document to the Senate
snd it would bs counter to custom if
the Senate itself published ths treaty
before It acted upon it.
The movement however, to conduct
the Senate debate oa it ia the open
instead ef executive session may bring
about early publication. It Is slso
probable that some part of the treaty
will go Into effect before the Senate
ratines. The torn missions for sdminis
tratloa of Dansig aad ths Saar valley
it is thought hers, will hsvs to begis
work at once to prevent a renewal-of
hostilities and useless . bloodshed on
account of the disturbed conditions in
those regions. But these and tome
other provisions sf similar character art
aot regarded as being involved in the
controversy ever tho league ef nations.
Reeetahliehmcnt of Ceasslsr. Service.
The ststs department has been con
raiting ths Asicriesn commissioners in
Paris regarding the speedy reestablish
meat of American Consular service hi
the former central empires. It Is felt
thst the restoration of the diplomatic
sstablehmenta can wait for u time. But
as raising the blockade will open the
doors to trade relations, and ss under
American law consular certification of
irvoices snd papers relativs te trade is
essential, aa effort is being mads to find
corns wsy to reestablish these officials
throughout Germsny and Austria with.
out awaiting the approval or the Mnste
to tho peace treaty. ,
' Week's, Weather Forecast. - ' "
Wsshlngtonr Juns We'sther pre
dictions for the week beginning Mon
dsy,' issued by the Weather Bureau to
dsy, nrsi
South Atlsntic snd' East Gulf States
GeneraUx-falr. although local thunder
TERMS
showers prebsble; assrly normal tern-
.
AND INTOLERABLE
enactions. It does away with tho
right of eoaa,ueat aad rejects tho
policy of aanoutleoa aad sakotl
tales a aew order ander which bock
ward nations pepalatlona which
hsvs not yet eemo to political eoa
scieusneas aad peoples who are
ready for Independence but not yet
quite propped to dispense with
protection nnd guidance shell no
move be subjected to the domlnntloa
end exploitation mt a stranger na
tion, hut shsll ho pat under Iho
friendly direction aad afforded tho
helpful assistance of everameate
which aadertake to, be responsible :
to the opinion of sasnklnd In tho
executloa of their lark by accepting
the direction of the League of Na
tions. It recognises the Inalienable rights -of
nationality; the rights of minori
ties sad the sanctity of religions be
lief and practice. It lays the basis
for conventions wbleh ehall free tho
commercial intercoorao of the world
from antuet nnd venations reotric
tione snd for everyort of Interna
tlenal ro -operation, that -will nerve
to cleanse the Ufo of tho world and
facilitate Ite common action la
bencflclent service f every hind.
, FREEDOM AND RECOMPENSE
OF LABOR.
: "It faratshco' guarantors each as .
wsrs never given or ovea content-
aed for the felr treatment of all
labor st the dolly tseke of
the world. -
"It is for thlo reason that. I have
spoken of H as a greet charter fo,
a aew order of affaire. There la
greaad hero far deep estlsrortlon,
anlvsgssl reassurance, and confident
(Signed). "WOODROW WILSON."
MO OTIIDDnnil
VlHIlOOIUDDUmi
TO THE BITTER END
And They Must Ratify Treaty
beiore Kesioration of Reg
ular Relations
DISAPPOINTMENT OVER
ACT0N OF THE CHINESE
. j:-' " -
rrotest BY Qen. BmntS Another
Disappointment; Not An
Event of Unalloyed Satis:
faction Ovation To Wilson,
Clemencean asd Lloyd
George After Adjournment
Versailles, Ji SS. (By Ta Aseo-
cisted Presi.)-World peace wss signsd
ana scaled ta the rUstirie Hall ot Mir
rors at -Versailles this afternoon Nit
under cireumatsnces which somewhat
dimmed the ciDectstioaa of thoao who
naa worked and fourht durins lone I
years ef war and months of negotiations
01 11s aenievemcnt
The Bbsenoe of the Chinese delentea.
. !.. 1... . . -T, .
-" imm nuimni wri, OBOUIO IO
reconcile themselves to the Shan to a g
settlement nnd left the Eastern Empire
outside the formal purviews .of poaco,
etruek the first disrordaat Bote InJhe
nssembly. A written protest which Gen.
Jaa Christiaa Smuts lodged with his
signature was another disappointment to
the makers of the treaty.
wrung ef Blockade Not. Yet.
But. bulking lnrswr. was th. .tt;.
of Oermnny and ths Germaa pienipotes-
tisries,'whlch left them, as evident from
the official program ef the day aad front
the expression of M. Clemenceau, stilt
outside any-formal reconciliation nnd
mads actual restoration to regular rcla-
tiont Snd intercourse with the allied na-
hobs aepcMtfest, aot upon the signaturs
taH.v
but nbnn rstiflrstion by the Natioaal
Assembly.
... -. . '
"''Th' " Kaewa." '
Tp M. Cleuienccas's stera warning in
hls opening remarks that they would bs
expected, and held, to observe the
tresfy previsions legnlly snd completely,
the German delegates, through Dr.
linnseil von Hnimhsusea, replied after
rriuraisg ie the hotel that had they
known, they would he treated on a dif -
fcrrnt status after signing than the si -
iieo representatives,' ss shsna .by
thcii
separaie exit oerore the general
ef the conference, they never s
have signed. '
Cnder the circumstances, th
Id I
cnerhl
tone of sentiment in the historic eittlng
wns one rather of relief st the uncon-
trorertlbie end of hostilities, than of
complete and unalloyed satiafsctioa.
Dramatis Close.
Ths ceremony caoilo.ldraniat4f
mm
ULII
PEOPLES,
il OF:
Occurred On 5th Anniversary
ot Alleged casus belli, Mur
der of Archduko
MUELLER AND BELL '.
SIGNED, FOR GERMANY
Brief Ceremony In Ball of Kir
tors With Conditions of
1871 Kewsed; This Time
The Disciples of .BUmarckr
Sat in The Seats of The
Lowlj; China' Pails To Sign
TO LIFT BLOCKADE . ' 1
WHEN GERMANY RATIFIES '
- VerasJHos, Jane If (Hsvsa.) The
allied nets to tho German delegation
dealing with ratification ot tho treaty
by Germany waa delivered lato this
sftoraooa. It to polated oat In the
Bote, amoag other thiags, that with
drawal of the blockade of Germaay
djrpsads on ratincstloa of the treaty.
HL'N DELEGATES RETURN TO
CERMAKY.
Hermann Maellev and Dr. nun
aad a boot fifty Members of she Cor.
in mlasloa left Versailles at S:
e clock this evealns ulna to the
Kofay U Rot stattoa. There Ihev
hoard a trala aa their return
trlnVto 'Germany, -w - tr -
Fortv GrnsEn nMMtsrlaa 4T m.
mala; IsrVeraelllea to coaclade the
affairs' ofj the Germaa delegaUoa.
Versailles, Juns 28. (By tp Aseo
cistcd PrjL-st.J-Germany had the Allied
I
and. Associated Powers signed the peace
terms here today In ths same imperial
ball where the Germans humbled ths
breach so iguoutiaioutly sH ysars ago, -
This formally ended ths world war
which lasted just S7 days lsss thsa five
years. Today, the day of peace, is the
fifth anniversary of ths murder of
Archduke Francis Ferdinand at Sera-'
Jcvo. '
The eercmoay of signing tho peaes
terms was brief. Premier, names sees
of mirrors of tha Cbateas Of Vsrasillea
I at 11:1(1 o'elm-k. Tho tlnl,, !
called the session to order" ia ths hall
1 . w--"- "
I Dr. Hermann Mueller
Dr. Hermann '
Johannes Bell, ths Germaa signatories.
aasxen tueir names. , Horr Musllor
signed at 1:11 o'clock aad Herr Bell at
1:13 o'clock. President Wilsoa, first
ot tho AUied dslegatss, signed a min
ute later. At 1:48 o'clock the momen
tous session waa oencladed.
AU tho diplomats aad members of
their parties worn aeavoatioaal civilian
clothes. There was a marked lack st
gold lace aad pageantry. There wars
few ef tho faasifui uniforms of tha
middle ages whoso traditioas and prac
tices are so etcraly eeademaed ia too
great, aeal-eoverod doeament slgnd to
day. A spot of solor was mads against tibia
sombre ' bschgronnd by the Freneh
T?" TJIm
1 1 - ow wmn aaeaaoers el
the guard wsrs resplsadsat la their red-
plumed silver helaste aad rod, white
aad blae aniforms.
At a soatraet ewith the Franeo-Gtr-sits
peace sessiea of 1871, hold la the
asms hall, there were preosat today
grixxled veterans of ths Franeo-Prus-
sisa wsr. They replaced tho Prumiaa
guardsmen ef the previous eercmoay
I At Frenchmen today watched ths
treoBr with grim satisfaatjon,
Tk" Bam"ne ot M71 were exactly
rrsed. Todsy the disciples of ; Bis-
riarek sat' in tho seats of tha lowly,
wuU tb whiu marble statue ot Mia-
,rT goddess of war, looked oa. .
Overhead of the fyeseoed ceiling wsr
I scenes (rom 1 ranee a ancient wars.
I Three incidents wsrs smDhasixed bv -
'Mho smoothness with which the cere
I mesy wss conducted. The first of these
wjs the failure of ths Chinese delcgs-
tisa to sign. Tho second waa the pa-.
lost- submitted by Hen. Jaa Christiaa
Smuts, who declared ths pence unsatis-
factory. The third, unknown to the gen-
rsl public, csme from the Germans.,
when the program ef the ceremony was
I shown to the (icrmin delegation, Herr
l'sa HaimhauscB, of tlitf ticfilidn dele-
1 gstioa, went to Colonel Henri, French-
won odlcrr. snd ProtosIcL He ssidi
Vs csnnot admit tbst ths German
DESCRIPTIO
v AT VERSAILLES"
delegates should enter the hall by a .
different dooc' than ths Entente dele
gates, nor tmt military honors should
be withheld. Had' we knows there would -be
tuck srrsnaements .before-, the dele-'
gstrs would not hsvs come.
After a conference with the French
Foreign Ministry, it wss decided, BS a
compromise, to roadet jnjlita.n. goasri
' tConawod oa Psge twej,
museum of elvihastioa.". ' ; I (Ceatlaaed oa Pets Throe.)
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