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'it ' .-" '" i ' ' - ' 9 ' " i -'.V ' -L.. The News aM THE WEATHER Showers Moadsy an! probably Tuesday, ' WAtCH LABEL. .' rsat paatt. . renewal t ears Mar envliaitai aod evM uasiae a siasi n. erver VOL CXI NO. 117. TWELVE PAGES TODAY, RALEIGH, N. G, MONDAY MORNING, APRIL 26, 1920, v TWELVE PAGES TODAY. PRICE j FIVE CENTS JOfERSDElNDS iPTintinniinnrrc Huliuiiuuiitinuo; - TOO MUCH VETOING Veteran Labor Leader Hurls Broadsides Against Repute lican Lawmakers COMPLETE FAILURE TO MEET SITUATION CHARGED Head of American Federation of Labor Calls For a Oon ' grins Whh WiU Turn Its Face To the Task Confront ing American Citizenship; Dilly Dallying Must Stop Washington, April 23. (By the Asso ciated Press-) -Sweeping . charges that the present-Congress has failed the ne ' tioa "with completeness and abandon'' are made by Sawiuel Gomperi, president of the American federation of Labor In the currentpifue of the American Federations f ; , "America muijt get rid of ita veto Con tress and elect an astion Conzren," be eaya, Th Jno' Congress must give place to a Trem' Congress." The labor tyader asierta that Congress has failed on the pence treaty, in reeon struction, Q. the hgih cost of living and that it tilao has "failed us in intel ligent Mirfyfrthenslon of every great question affecting the live and welfare ox our peaple' The "sins of present Congress," he adds fttf of commission as well as omission. Jus there had been "almost an eagernes to do the wrong things." The enaetmfenl of the . railroad bill being cited lis tt "shining example. ' Mast Face Present Tasks. fere must be a Congress which will turn Ita face to the task confronting the .American eitixenshln in the true spirit of American institutions,' Mr, Gompers sayaj "a eosstant genius lor aceompusn meal must" replace an ill-considered manna, fa restriction and coercion. ' "America cannot play forever tfi part of at peevish child In international rela tionfc,, The affairs of the world are the . eon era of the United State. There) mtiy b oropor limits to which this eon vesrn may go, uus iners j j - War thing tat abaoiete divorcement rroos .bat transDiraa elsewhere. -.', 1, "The blind and bigoted action of Con gress in refusing to deal intemgouuy vin th peace treaty s maae un pouible for the United Btatee to mani festo the proper coneem, in these Af fairs. '. ': ' ' ; "" " " Condemns Mexican Frees.' "On our own continent there is the same need. For weeks a Senatorial sub committee has been going up and down the country gathering testimony, the evident purpose of which can be bat to inflame the minds of those who think little and who take much on faith. At periods all too ' frequent the United K tares is brought to the verge of wn with Mexico. It is not difficult to see ik. uiiinna af Attifafttlon on the Dart of predatory interests at each of these ; periods, nor is it difficult to discern the propaganda which. loiters ine acreiop ment of them. ;v ... ''' "Falsehood, vilification, studied mis representation these are the- weapona constantly in use by those who, to serve their own ends, would precipitate war between these two American republic. It is no longer possible to feel with cer tainty that high government official have not been made the tools and pawna of those who seek intervention, the latest term for which is CnbanizatioK "At home, across our borders and over the teas, Congress has made for itself a record of failure, reeora i mo tion opposition to that which is good. Eaulitv at Oooortnnity. "Democracy must mean equality of opportunity. It must mean tne sover inirntr of the masses. It must mean ab sence of domination by select ruling class or caste or clique. ' ,-Congress has done much in recent months to indicate hostility to thee principles. Powerful forces in ' the United States are seeking to wound and erippla democracy. They do not want quality of opportunity. Theywnt an unfair advantage in the . industry of the nation, in legislator of the nation and in the courts of the nation. "When the labor movement protests gainst tne pressure ox um wuuui tarn, backward the tide of progress and deny the sunlight to lives but just merging from the dark, it speaks with authority. Leber Movement , Speaks. , K ' , ... "The labor movement of America does apeak and it mast be beard. Where the effort is made in industry .to crowd r; men and women backward and down ward, we will resist and resist and re sist, for it is better to resist and lose " than never to nave resisted. " "Where the effort is made in' the nana of Congress end legislatures, will rssist and resist end resist. - "We will resist with all ear power the re-election of those who hare been falso to the - trust which humanity placed in them. . . - crrws np PFRsnNS PERISH JN JAPAN BYFOREST FIRES Honolulu, TV. 1L, April 23v-Scores of persons were killed and twenty-live thousand acres of valuable timber land destroyed by forest fires in the Kamo district. Hiroshima Prefecture, seeord-1 here today by Kippn Jiji, Japanese language newspaper. Congressman Dies la Waahiagtoa. 'Washington, April 25 Representative r-Chsstt A -SCibols,f - JeUit, ol-, lapsed at his borne here tonight while t dinner with his mother and died within few minutes. Death was said to bar been due to heart failure, f ETKRAN LABOR LEADER ATTACKS INACTIVITY OF A REPUBLICAN CONGRESS. Some broadsides by Samnel Gem. pen, veteran labor leader, against record of present Republican Cos- 'America mast get rid of It veto CeagTee and elect aa action Con- "At home, acre ear borders and ever the aeas, Congreea Res made for Itself a record ef failure, record f stabbora opposition to that which Is good." "America cannot forever pUy the part of a peevish child la Interna, tloaal relations. The affair of the world are the affairs of the United StfttMe "The blind and bigoted action of Coagreas la refaelng to dea lutein, gently with the peace treaty has msde It Impossible for the United States to manifest the proper concern In these affairs." "There mast be a Congreea that will turn Its face to the tasks eon. fronting I be American eitlscnahlp la the trae spirit of American Instits tleas." "We will resist with all oar power the re-election of those who have been fats to the treat which hamaa Ity placed la them." Former Secretary McAdoo An swers Questionnaire As a "Private Citizen" wasnington, April zo. nepiying as a private citizen" to the questionnaire is sued to all candidates for Presidential nominations by the National board of farm organizations, former Secretary MeAdoo tonight outlined his position on various propositions being agitated in the pro-convention campaign. Present tax laws, Mr. McAdoo declar ed should be simplified and the burden of taxation "redistributed so that the men who earn their incomes by the sweat of their brow and with their brains shall not be required to pay as heavy taxes u those who live in idle ness and draw incomea from . safe in vestments,'' A distinction should be made " said he, ''between earned and unearned in come." lie declared aim sell opposed to all tax free bonds. If after a two year period of private ownership, me rail- roads failed to function properly, Mr. MeAdoo aaid, he would favor reopening the railroad question. Be declared for a "fair trial" of the new railroad law but declared it "cannot settle the railroad problem because it does not reach fun damentals.'' Mr. MeAdoo declared himself for broader publicity for operationa of the farm loan system; for means to bring producers and consumers closer: for representation of agriculture en boards and eommisalons who "understand act ual farm conditions" for reduction of farm tenancy; for the earns service and supplies for farmers organizations in interstate commerce aa apply to private enterprises in the same circumstances j for regulation ef monopolistic control of corporation in interstate commerce and as absolutely opposed to any abridg ment of the right of tree speech, free press or free assembly." "I regard with eoncern," said Mr. Me Adoo, "the tendency to restrict or im pair tfeose great constitutional guaran tees upon Which rest the foundations and perpetuity of democrati instltu- Mr. MeAdoo s answer was given in a letter to C. A. Lyman, secretary of the National Board of Farm Organizations. JERRY DALTON AGAIN SENTENCED TO CHAIR White If an Convicted 'Second Time In Macon Court For Murder of Two AsheviUe, April 25. Jerry Daltoa was convicted Saturday in Superior court in Franklin, near here, ef murder la the first degree and sentenced by Judge T. D. Bryson, to be electrocuted June 8, according to news received here tonight. Dalton was convicted of kill ing Miss Maude Grant . and Merrill Angel, near Franklin la November 1918. . This is the second trial of the ease, the Supreme court of North Carolina matin a new trial when the defen dant was sentenced to be electrocuted last year. . The case attracted the widest attention in that section of the State and many prominent people were called as witnesses. Daltoa is alleged to have met Angel and the Grant woman in the road near their home and step ping the automobile in which they ..were ridinr. invited them to set out. when he opened Are killing both, . INTERNATIONAL BRIDGI AT LAREDO, TEXAS BURNED. Teredo, Texas, April 25 Fire late today - destroyed the : International foot bridge here connecting the United States and Mexieo, All communication minding telephone service wae cut off aa a result ef the fire. The loss was es timated at $300,000.' CHICAGO CLERKS DECIDE TO WAIT ON LABOR BOARD Chicago, 111, April 23. At a mass meeting here today representatives of 36KX) railroad clerks nad freight hand lers decided to await" action fey the railroad board 'en their demands for wage increases. Although strike action wsa discussed the men voted to remain at work after four brotherhood leu ilcn urged then to await the railroad 1 i l'i decision, . FAVORS TAXING OF UNEARNED INCOME MEXICO PLANS TO - ENCIRCLE STATES NOW IN REBELLION In Meantime Troops Will Crush Sporadic Outbreaks In Other Parts of Republic LONG LIST OF ALLEGED LOYALISTS MADE PUBLIC Central Government In Mexico City Claimi Only Two State Executives Have Repudiated the Present Administration Whereabouts of General Ob regon Said to Be Uncertain Mexico City, April 23. (By the As sociated Press.) The developments of the last two weeks resulting from the Sonora revolutionary activities show that the Central government ia pre paring to encircle the rebellious State with a steel ring,' meanwhile crushing sporadic outbreaks in other parts of the republic with a strong hand. A summary of the seditious aeti vities in various sections of the repub lic since the northern state broke with the Carranxa adminstration to gether with the resulta of the govern ment s military measures has been issued by tho War Department officials, two weeks after the open break between the Obregonistas and .the administra tion and is cited as proof that the gov ernment s official statement character icing the Sonora outbreak as merely local is well founded. The long list of professions of adhesion to the Cen tral government frpm virtually every state executive and military leader, would seem to indicate that the repub lic as a whole is solidly supporting the present government. Aaide from the Honor state govern ment, only two state executives have repudiated the present administration these being General Enrique Estrada, in the state of Zaeateeas, and Paseual Ortis Rubio, in t he state of Michoacan Both of these executives, however, have failed to attract any great following and are being pursued by loyal forces. The state legislature in zaeateeas has repudiated the attitude of . Estrada and cited him for treason, while the MicHoaeMt legislature nas unseated Ortis Ruble and named Primo Serrania Mereadm as bis successor. The present whereabouts of Cen. . I' varo Obregon, the former war minister, who is slated for the presidency of Mex ico by the Sonora rebels, and General Benjamin Hill, his campaign S,ner, ia uncertain, the official war office state meats failing to locate them,-while press despatches are' widely at variance. WASHINGTON CONSIDERS ' MEXICAN SITUATION SERIOUS. Washington, April 25. Advices from Mexico reaching here today, including some reports to the government, ap peared to be in sharp conflict with the summary of the situation as to the Sonora . revolutionary movement made publie in Mexico City today. Army officers who are studying the situation beyond the border were frank in de claring their opinion, based on govern ment advices that the revolution was more serious than the ..Carranxa offi cials were willing to admit. These officers attached much import ance to the southward drive of General Angel Florea' revolutionary forces through the State of Binaloa, south of Sonora. They also saw no probability from their advices or unofficial reports of an early attack in force by the Fed' eral forces on the revolutionary forces in Sonora itself. Bo ports of defections by Federal group! at widely separated points, some of which have been conceded by the Mexico City authorities, have been sup plemented by claims of General Salva dor Alvarador Sonora agent here; that many leaders who have been in revolt for yean have joined the rebel cause. Notable among them was Genevevo de la O, ess of the nneonqueaed Zapatista group, who was said to have' furnished the eseort. which enabled en. Benja min Bill to escape from Mexico City about the time General Obregon dis appeared from the capital.' A; new revolt in southern Vera Crux also was mentioned among reports re ceived. Rebels there had ent the rail road from the north to the Isthmus of Tehuantepee. ' - Ne report bad been received today that American war craft ordered to West Coast ports had arrived.' Topolo bampo one of these ports already has been occupied by the rebels. CAPTURED MEXICAN CITY . 'WITHOUT FIRING A CtN. Los Angeles, CaL April 23. The city of Guaymas, Sonora, on the Gulf ef Calif ornia was captured April 13 with out a shot being fired, by 6,000 . ynprs state troops commanded by Gen. Aug 1 t'lores, according to Captain N, K. Jaeobson, ef the Golf Mail steamer Ns- balem, from Coriato to 8an Francisco, which arrived at Los Angeles harbor today. .. . -'a;.;; , y. c:.- ' Kills Bride ef Three Months. ' Richmond, Va.r April 25-Charles Thaeker, 15, shot and fatally woundel his bride of three months, Mrs. Allen Thaeker, tonight, and then ended lis own life. The shooting occurred en the street as the woman was returning from church..: A quarrel and aeparatloa Ave days age is believed to be the cause ef the-tragedy. ' Closea Moaday Night. -Paris, April 5. The Ban Reme con ference will close Monday night, accord ing to ft Bavas despatch. Ll OUISIANA LEPER CAUSES CONGRESS SOME EXCITEMENT John Early, Polk County Leper, credited with Being im plicated In Plot, PLANNED WHOLESALE ENTRY INTO WASHINGTON North Carolina Victim of An cient Plague Wants to Bring AH Lepers In Country to Pre vail On Congress to Provide National Leprosarium For Their Treatment The News and Observer Burean, 603 District National llank Building. By R. E. POWELL. (By Special Leased Wire.) Washington, April 25. John Early, Polk County leper, has shaken the offi ciate of the U. 8., public health service and in so doing has caused considerable uneasiness among members of Con gress. The Tar Heel victim of the ancient plague, according to a atory printed in Washington this afternoon, has been the "master mind" in a' daring plot to bring all the lepers of the country to Washington to impress upon Congress the need of a National leprosarium for their treatment and care. Every effort ia being made by the government to forestall the movement and warnings have been sent particular ly to the Louisiana State leprosarium, near rtew Orleans, to take extra pre caution and guard against the escape of lepers there this week. Leper Fraternity Exists. Senator BansdeH. and Congressman Jamea O'Connor, of Louisiana, have been warned of the plan of lepers in the leprosarium of their State, and they, too, have urged that every effort be made to prevent an escape' of lepers from that institution. barly now is confined o the Louis iana state leprosarium, Tt ws at his suggestion that Willard Centlivre, the leper, who several weeks ago walked into the Peblio Health Service came to Washington. . -, , Following his isgliboo, at toe District quarantine nospltal, Centlivre declared ha came to Washington solely to help his fellow victims of the dread dis ease to receive recognition of Congress, and to get aa appropriation for the proper care of lepers. The first knowledge of the depers clan developed when Congressman O'Connor, in, whose district in- Louisiana Cent livre lived, went to the quarantine hospital, and interviewed the man. Cent livre "explained that there was in ex4 istenee an organised leper fraternity and be intimated plana were on foot to take drastic action in calling the at tention of members of Congress and of President Wilson to the need for colon izing lepers and for a Nations! lepro sarium. CentUvre further told Congress man O'Connor that "there are many lepers in every city of the United States and they are known to one another. Wanta To Stay In Washington. Br. William C. Fowler, district health officer, has taken steps to have Cent livre returned to New Orleans. Dr. Fowler does not feel Centlivre should be a "guest" of the district. He haa urged the publie health service to take the man back to New Orleans, in a box ear, if necessary. But Centlivre does not want to return to New Orleans. Ue appears contented in his "home" back, of the District quarantine atation. There waa a leak la the liana of the lepera to march on the capital ia indi cated by the fact that Dr. Allen J. Mc Laughlin, assistant surgeon general and director of the interstate quaran tine service, yesterday Bent a letter to Dr. Oscar Dow ling, State health officer of Louisiana, notifying him of the re ported plan of the lepers of that State to escape ana come to "Washington, When Early escaped from the quaran tine hospital, here, in 1908, he was hounded from one end of the United States to the other. MEN IN VIRGINIA TOWN THREATEN MOB VIOLENCE One Thonsand Citizens Gather At County Court House To Demand Policemen Bristol, Va, Tens- April" 23. Mob violence waa threatened at Norton,- Va, today when nearly one thousand indg nant citizens of that clace rathered at the courthouse and demanded Police men . Worley Wells and Harvey Ages, wo."'ae-hs-JEr'bhvr'''estied the death of Armor Cowden. a Wise county mail carrier, late last Sight, ac cording to reports received tonight. Information received by the two offt' eers that aa eseaped convict from Wise eonnty jail was heading for Norton is said to have caused, them to hslt the mallearrier. who was well known throughout that section. Cowden Is re ported to lave Ignored the officers, probably through his deafness sad the officers fired. The sutomobile in which the mail erarier was riding was wreekod, i m.i , . .... piuui sun uuvraeaui. rtBen cow den wae taken from underneath : the car be was fosnd to here two ballet holes In the baek of his bead. ' Agee and Wells were smarded by a detail ef special officers in the hotel lobby today while a hnge mob surged tne streets. An appeal addressed to the crowd by Commonwealth's Attor aey MeCorkle dispersed them eiter lie had assured them that the men weald be prosecuted. After a preliminary hesring the two officers were released pa bond of $3,000 each, IF YOU CANT AFFORD SILK, MAKE IT OF GINGHAM I :.- ! .-?t- It lliir r. mil linn i ii i.nam.111 n, i mfc .- , i i-mn m. mniiSfiiV Just to prove we don't hare to jit memoration of the days when silks and Miss Peggy Shanor, one of tho poor little rich girls of the movies, wearing an evening gown of gingham. "Why not!" says Peggy. "Are we not just eraxy about'gingham patterns in silk for evening! Then why not just tho old. original standby f" This gown cost $15 material,' material is guaranteed to stand up against 'any style and is here shown in a pretty flue pink check. e Supreme Council Sends Reques That United States Take, Mandate Over Country i - . San Bemo, April 25. (By the Asso ciated Press.) The supreme eounell is sending a formal request to President Wilson that the United States govern ment take the mandate for Armenia. The council ia leaving to President Wil son the arbitration of the differences over the boundaries of Armenia. The council awarded a mandate for Mesop otntnia and Palestine to Great 'Britain and a mandate for Syria to France, Ia placing Palestine under the Brillsn mandate the council established within the ancient limits of Holy Land what is called "the National Home of the Jews." Tke terms of the mandate protect the national rights of Jewish citizens of other countries, that is to any, a Jew of American, British, French or other nationality may retain his nationality. although he ia also a citizen of the state of Palestine. The rights of Arabs also are protected, there being 800,000 in. Palestine and 100.0UO Jews. Tne mandate is limited generally by what is known aa the Balfour declaration. British forces have been in occupation of Palestine since the defeat of the Turkish forces by the British field Marshal Viscount Allenby. France has been the protector of the Christians in. Syria .since the middle ages having been designated' for the pur pose by the .Holy Sec The question with regard to Syria has been in serious controversy between':'' the ' French Jid British governments since the armistice was signed particularly over the point whether France should have all of what is geographically, outlined aa Syria or only certain parts. The boundaries of Syria and. Mesopo tamia will be determined by. negotia Hon later between France and ' Great Britain. The Mesopotamia mandate is given subject to friendly-arrangement with the Italian government over eeo nomie rights. The Turkish treaty is now what is officially called practically finished. The Turkish plenipotentiaries, alter reeelv lag it in Paris about May 10, will have three wek'-tonside'?her'A.lre after receiving the Turkish reply, will take a few days certainly 'to examine It, then the Turks will be allowed s final ten days in which to make , up their minds to sign tne treaty or not. TELEPHONE OPERATOR ' FOUND DEAD ON PORCH Pontiae, Mich, April 5. -The police and sheriffs departments and a detail from the Detroit detective burean were tonight engaged ia the . investigation of the death early today of Miss Vera Schneider, a telephone' supervisor, whose bodv was found on the porch of a dwell ing ia one of the city's best residential sections. -' .v ""':. Tbs girt,':wmf was 20 years "old and whose home was at Elkton, Mich., had apparently been choked to death, accord- surrounding the porch was torn up in places, indicating a terrific struggle. The officers had been nnable so far, they said.' to develop any clue as to the WANT AMERICA TO IPALIVIER COUNTS OH GUIDEARMENiANS TAR HEEL SUPPORT identity of the assailant. - around in sackcloth and ash es in com sulins were tho price of gingham here is chargo for making and "findings." The Attorney General Wants To Get Some Of Simmons' Votes After First Ballot v The News and Observer Bureau, 603 District National Bank Bldg, By R. E. POWELL. (By Special Leased Wire.)' Washington, April 25. The decision of Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer not t3 enter his name in North Carolina for the Presidential preference primary on June 5 does not mean that he will not "make a fight for a part of the Tar Heel delegates, at San Francisco after they have cast the complimentary vote for Senator Simmons. This, substantially) states the position of Mr, Palmer with respect to,North Carolina. Announcement from his headquarters was made today that num erous telegrams came yesterday urging the Attorney General to have his name entered in the lists. It having been eX' peeted that Governor Edwards was not going to let "favorite son" courtesy stand in the way of lining up the light wine and beer vole. Just what method of campaigning will be done in the State to bid for a part of the Tar Seel delegates is a matter yet to be de termined recording to CV U. tarlin He Palmer manager. Mr, Carlin pointed out today that the Attorney . peneral oas interpreted tne resolution ot tne recent State convention as binding upon the delegates elected so long as Senator Simmons' name is beforo tho conven tion. The general impression obtftintnff among the Tar Heels is that after the first ballot the North Carolina vote will be free and in a position to go where it pleases. There has been a suggea tion that the eonvention elected an un- instructed delegation; that it only en dorsed Senator Simmons for the i presi dency without directing "the delegate from the eonvention to east their vote for him. ' Apart from such a suggestion, how ever, is a condition brought about by tne ruling ot Judge James H. Mans'ng, attorney general. Under the State's primary election law, it is understood Manning holds that it Senator Simmons name ia the only one entered in the primary, the convention dclczntes will bo bound .to support, .him., on-. Una, first oanot. Whatever may be the construction of the primary law, the. action of the eon vention imposed a moral obligation upon the delegates named to support Sen' ator Simmons. If for no ether reason. the faeffhat ""Senator Hems:l"not making any campaign for votes ia North Carolina or elsewhere precludes serious consideration ojrhis name st San Fran cisco., ... . .... ' The preference of the senior Senator and his friends, however, after the firnt ballot will have something to do with the direction the Tar Beet tatS tikes fter the. first round. The Palmer forces, accord in g to Mr. Carlin, do not feel that the Tar Heel delegate are tied fast enough to Mr. MeAdoo to pre vent some of them voting for Mr. Palmer. . " . ' 1 j ' ' ' ... Find Gorman-Cannon Paris, April 25. Two hundred and fifty cannon hove been discovered st Koenigsherg, East Prussia, - by ths In-ter-sllied commission, according' to ad vices received here- E fr- FOR SETTLEMENT Premier Nitti, Given Two Al ternatives, Expected To Fol low Wilson's Plan CONSTITUTION FOR FIUME CONSIDERED TOO LIMITED Agreement Between Trench and English Premiers Will Form Basis of Stiff Note to Ger many Regarding Payment of Indemnity; Lloyd George Favors Liberal Policy , ADRIATIC BEFOR SUPREME COUNCIL San Bemo, April 2fl. (Byj the Asso ciated Press.) The Adriatic question was brought before he Supreme Coun cil this 'ternoon. The Italian premier, ' Signor Nitti, proposed a settlement that ' followed generally President Wilson's note of December 9. It varies, how ever, to Include a constitution for the . buffer state of Flume, to which both the French and British premiers ob jected on the ground that it limited too greatly the Character of the new state. - - Premier Nitti pointed out that the Italian proposal , was almost identical with that of President Wilson. Neverthe less, after considerable discussion, both 1. 1. . .1 tl.Ut.k J.lamlA. mtA they could not aecept it. They declared . Italy should either take President Wil- son's plan or abide by that of the pact of London, which gives Florae to the M Jugo-Slavs. or Premier Nitti promised to give his decision tomorrow. The general belief is that he will prefer President Wilson's settlement to the pact of London. AGREEMENT WILL FORM BASIS FOR STRONG NOTE. San Remo, April 23, (By The Asso ciated Press.) The agreement between' Premiers Millerand and J4oyd George concerning Germany was presented to the Supreme Council late this afternoon and will form the basis of a very stiff note to Germany, which will be- ready for signature tomorrow by Great Britain, France, Italy, Japan and Belgium. The United State! Will not sign the note. .Either the declaration or any autho ritative condensation will be made pub lie tomorrow, Mr. Lloyd George an nounced tonight. v "The document Is the result of pri vate conversations between Premier Mil lerand and me, which resulted in conw plete agreement upon the policy to be adopted," said the British Prime Min ister. "The document will be communi cated to the press tomorrow snd the publie can then form its own imprem sions." Mr. Lloyd George, replying to que tlons, also mid; "We have discouraged the use of mill tsry means to enforce the treaty when not necessary to use them. My state ment to the Bouse- of Commons is per fectly clear. My view is that Germany should not be prevented from restoring ojirder in Germany. The same thing happened in France in 1871, when Ger many proposed to put down the Com mune, Thiers objected because the in tervention of foreigners would tend to make the Commune popular. No one has the right to say we are not prepar ed to use military force to enforce the treaty." It is understood from Quite another source (than Mr. Lloyd George that one extremely important point in the agree ment Detween the British and French premiers defines it to be in the inter est of! .France to fix, st a meeting to be held early in May in a Belgian citv. where1 representatives of the Allies will meet representatives of Germany, a global sum Germany must pay the Allies immediately. It. is even said that the Allies have tentatively fixed aa annual payment of three billion marks, pre-war exchange, for thirty years, as a suit able payment, but that the German gov erament will be asked in the' meantime I to make the proposal of a lump sum, OFFICIAL STATEMENT GIVEN OUT BY COUNCIL' San . Bemo, April 23. The official statement given out after. the morning session of the council says: H r-' "The Supreme council met this morn-t' Ing at the Villa Dceavhan. Premiers Nitti, Millerand and Lloyd George, Am bassador Johnson, Signor Scialoia, M. Berthelot and Earl Curxon were pres ent and discussed ths question of man dates over Palestine, Syria and Mes opotamia. They settled the Question of the now state of Armenia, Finally they discussed the Question oX a restimntton of commercial rela- '." tions with" 'Eussfif 'M"'far M!thy "eon-"'' earned the negotiations entered upon by the Bussian commercial mission which is actually in Copenhagen' FIVE HUNDRED FRENCH 1 TROOPS REPORTED DEAD flonstantinnnle. ' Anril 4. CBv The Associated Press) Fir hundred French troops are reported to have been wiped out in- the evacuation of TJrfa, in the aorthwest part of Mesopotamia. De tails' are lacking. American relief work ers, among whom was Mrs. Kiebaid Mansfield, are all reported safe, BUGS WAVE BREAKS OVER WHARF, KILLING SIX. San Salvador, April 25.A huge wave swept --over- -a wharf - Champeneo- -Guatemala, killing six persons end de stroying more than six thousand bags of coffee, resdy for shipment to Ban , Francisco, Cal., and many bales of 'jnsrebsndi. X
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