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E GHABILO5! JL AND EVENING CHRONICLE PAGES TODAY I GREATER CHARLOTTE'S HOME NEWSPAPER" - ' j IT:! ,.F f IT UM OTTR SEWS Efttabltftlt. Dallv. I?SSi s,i min rvi'MXC CHRONICLE pstabliahed, 1903? sy. "IK CHARLO' g. C.8 TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 11, 1919. THE CHARLOTTE NEWS , (Consolidated I lTTr,T? "I7TVT? PTTIMTQ if THE EVENING CHRONICLE 1 May 8, 1914. ( 1 Ivilrij Jf 1 V Hi Ku&lX 1 0. -HIT1 Nr N 1! -N 1EWS NIGHT EDITION JL a IM MR. WILSON -CAN 3TAY MIMED JAPAW HOLDING BLUDGEON OVER CHINA FOR TELLING OF fflST THE TREATIES WERE STOLEN FROM CHINA JAPS DELEGATES MAKING DEMANDS Imperialistic Program on Part of Japanese Representa tives at Peace Conference Has Aroused Plenipotenti aries China Envoys Have Had to Tell Conference Gist of Treaties Ratified by Japan from Memory atf the Acts Themselves Were Stolen When They Were Passing Through That Country. Washington, Feb. 11. (By the Associated Press.) -Japan's attitude toward China in the peace conference is causing pave apprehension among the representatives of the other as sociated powers. According to official diplomatic information reaching here, Japan virtually has threatened war if China makes public secret treaties be- ween the two countries and fails carry out an agreement to e Japan the successor of Germany in rights, property and concessions held by Germany at the outbreak of the European C.rina is relying on the peace con re:! cp. where her delegates are said io have made an excellent impression, nd is seeking support from the Tinted States and Great Britain. ' Aavices from the Orient- through '!ri!rmfiti rlionnolo cqv " impriran Minister Reinsch at Peking, speaking to reassure the Chinese foreign min ster with statements of the friendship cf the United States government, was 'Ola irankly that the foreign minister did not see how at this time the United States or Great Britain could divert their attention to the Orient '-en the European situation demand- tu so much attention. When the Chinese peace delegates arrived in Paris, the' information now available discloses, they reported that meir copies of the secret treaties were stolen from their baggage while they vre passing through Japan, conse ntient y they were unable to carry out tfcir purpose of making them public tile conference. . Officials of the state department de flinel to make any formal comment today on the situation.. The impres sion whs piven that the whole mat tfr was ijeing handled in Paris. According; to the reports received he, the threats against China were rom-Ayci t0 tne Chinese foreign min uter hy thr Japanese minister in Pek ln? in ihinly veiled terms. The Jap aKese minister is said to have point- 0'it that Japan had an army of tnore th?.n a million men idle at home, equipped and with arms and mu nitions enough to conduct a long war, 2nd to have pointed out that Japan "ad more than a half million tons of Vippin- with the intimation that this juld ;,e ready on short notice for ive work. He also is said to have sterred pointedly to large sums of money owed to Japan by China and tne fact that China had been-unable hve up to her financial agreements. Lpon arriving in Paris without the ,i;ies of the treaties which they had instructed to use in seeking to brea 9les made verbal reports of the jance of these treaties to sorr ' 1 Peace delegates of the other i- ies. This led the Japanese av jr- Jes to demand of China that sl. 'is- xv this action on the part o er - egates and that she keep seen :e 'Katies. Scmu. of the secret treaties have n ;t f.- UJ LUC UlllCOC y-J theSent althouSh Japan has ratified ... 1)1 and arrnrrtinir tn tndav's ad- ice3 o - " 1 Jananesp s-nvfirnment is ChiTi every pressure to bear on tan h t0 ratify tnem before anything be fJone at Paris. The . most im- lCoutiuuea on. Page Thirteen. 1 ENCE Erl GEORGE ISVERY Anxious King in Address to Parlia ment Urges Quick Action to Put Down Spirit . of Restiveness. London, Feb. 11. King George, in opening the new parliament today, af ter, alluding briefly, to. events since the dissolution of the last parliament just after the armistice, urged quick and decisive action on reconstruction measures and asked parliament to "spare no effort in healing the causes of the existing unrest." The king stated that a government bill would be presented simpliyfing the procedure in the house of com mons, so that the lower body might expedite what the government consid ers imperative measures. Among the measures, he said, were better hous ing, the formation of a department of health, the fulfillment of- pledges to labor that unfair competition would be prevented, and the betterment of the agricultural situation through improv ed transportation. In concluding 'the king said: . "We shall not achieve this end by undue tenderness toward acknowledg ed abuses and it must necessarily be retarded by violence, even tusturD ance. We shall succeed only by pa tient and untiring resolution in carry ing through the legislation and admin istrative action which is required. It is that resolute action I ask you to support." ' EDISON KICKING LIKE XOUNG COLT New York, Feb. 11. Thomas A. Edi son stretched an arm out in front of him at right angles to his body and and kicked with each foot in turn until his toes touched his finger tips. "Now I dare any one .to say I am getting old," said the inventor who is 72 years old today, to men who had assembled here from all parts of the country to congratulate him on at taining another anniversary.' Mr. Edi son said he never had felt in better physical condition. Tomorrow he will be on his way to Florida for a six weeks' rest from his war activities on behalf of. the gov ernment. These have not been com pleted, he said. TANKER IN DISTRESS. Halifax, N. S., Feb. 11. A wireless call saying -the American oil tank steamer J. M. Guffey was taking wa ter In the.forehold and was sending out S. O. S. calls was intercepted here today. The vessel's position was given as off Cape Race. Owned by the Gulf Refining Company, the tanker sailed from Inverness, Scotland, on January 24 for Hampton Roads, Virginia. GERMANY. TO NAME PRESIDENT. Weimar, Monday, Feb. 10. The Ger man national assembly has adopted the provisional -constitution with lit tle amendment. The national presi dent will be elected Tuesday. n JAPAN IS TO HOLD ISLANDS Caroline and Marshall Isl ands Taken from Ger many Will Not be Given Up, Delegates Say. Paris, Feb. 11. Japan has reiterat ed her intention to hold the Marshall and Caroline islands in the Pacific which she took from Germany during the war, as well as to insist upon the execution of her agreement reached in September last with China regard ing Shantung. A formal statement to this effect by Japanese representa tives has been made public here. It is -considered that the Chino-Jap-anese controversy or Japan's claims regarding the Pacific islands are like ly to delay the society of nations pro ject. It seems probable, however, that these matters will be considered later by that organization. GERMAN '.vv I N W AR Destruction of French In dustries Was One of the Main Purposes of the German insArms. Paris, Feb. 11. (By the. Associated Press.) The report prepared in 19115 by German main headquarters to show how Germany .would benefit from the destruction of certain industries in France, contained 482 pages, accord ing to the statement made to the su preme war council at its meeting Monday afternoon by Louis Klotz, the French minister of finance. Material for the report was collected by 200 experts who were released from mil itary duties for the purpose. A full review is made of every French industry, including spinning, dyeing, pottery, chemicals, suga'r, brewing, mining, leather, milling, clothing and rope making. The re port says that all these industries "offer Excellent openings for German traders in spite of a somewhat hostile feeling." As- the French metal industry in the occupied regions had been "sup pressed" and was without supplies of raw material, which the occupied re gions could not produce, the report says that it was impossible for Ger man traders to "substitute yourselves in this new market." Regarding the French sugar indus try the German headquarters' pamph let says: "Business relations with Germany are sure to continue because the French sugar industry cannot do with out German beet seed without dam aging itself and it must also buy large quantities of German coal, the French coal mines having suffered se verely." . In its inventory of the ruin caused in the .weaving plants of northern France the report says: i "Considerable quantities of . raw ma terial, manufactured goods, -thread on bobbins and warps-have been sent to Germany. In Sedan all the plants have been destroyed. The machinery has been taken away and the build ings lie onen to the winds like scrap iron. There is an enormously impor tant opening there for German con structors." BOLSHEVISTS REPULSED. London, Feb. 10, Monday. The bol sheviki launched an infantry attack on Saturday against the allied posi tions near Sredmakrenga, southeast of Archangel, and were repulsed, accord ing to an official statement on activi ties n northern Russia issued by the war office tonight. WW WW WW WW WW WW W-rt' w THE WEATHER w w Pnrcrast for Nocth Carolina. w Fair in east, probably rain in w X west portion tonight or Wednes- w w day; warmer. Moderate winds w becoming sputh. M . " f m jui. out. '-J. juh. i'cC'z ;H;Sa wl WW WW WW WW WW WW WW1 WW WW w-v? STATES' ONLY FEW DAYS WHEN TEXTILE WORKERS GO BACK Employers Assert That More Hands Are at Their Jobs Now Than at Any Time Since Strike Started. Lawrence, Mrss., Feb. 11. While leaders in the textile workers' strike here for 48-hours' work with 54-hours' pay asserted there was no increase in the number who returned to work either yesterday or today, mill offi cials said today more employes were at work than at any time since the strike" started a week ago. The Lawrence Central Labor Un ion isued a copy of a-statement , sent to Frank Morrison, secretary of the American Federation of Labor, set ting forth what it declared to be the "true conditions existing in the city." The statement says the Central Labor Union sought and obtained a 48-hour week for .the textile workers, but de clares while negotiations were going on "a group of bolshevist and I. W. W. propagandists" arrived and became active among the non-English speak ing, non-orgrMized textile workers, "making rash promises and giving un American advice." ''They also stated," the Central La bor Union says, " that they were in a position to supply unlimited funds, which up to the present time has prov en to be untrue." The statement adds that on the ad vice of the Central Labor Union many of the workers went back into the mills, but at present it is unable to meet with any success in its efforts for the textile workers "because of the trouble and unrest caused by these bolshevik and I, W. W. representa tives. . ' ISSUE GETS M O M E WEBB NOT PRESS ING HIS CLAIMS Several Cities of State Have Aspirants, Notably Among Them Being Charlotte With the Name of T. C. Guth rie, Esq. Simmons and Overman Unmoved in Suf frage Vote. By W. C. LYON. Washington, Feb. 11. Interest in the campaign for the new federal judge ship for the western district of North Carolina was revived this week" by the appearance in Washington of North Carolinians who spoke of additions to an already long list of candidates for the position which it is believed will be available before a great while. A bill has been passed by both hous es of congress which authorizes the president to appoint an additional dis trict judge where it is shown that the incument, by reason of physical or mental "slowing-up" is not able to at tend to th duties of his office fully. The bill has' not 'been signed by the president and Representative m Webb, who is chairman of the house judiciary committee, and who has fostered the bill through the house, said today that he had advised that the bill be held here awaiting the return of the presi dent and not be sent abrdad to him. It is believed by those who have followed the measure through- ccn gress that the president will sign the bill shortly after his return and be fore the end of the present session of congress. The bill does not contem plate the forced retirement or resig nation of a federal judge who may be unable to fulfill all of his duties, it merely gives him assistance through another judge.. Judges under present conditions may retire at the age of 70 if they have served 10 years on the bench and are entitled to full pay after retirement. Judge Boyd, of the western North Carolina district, has passed the age of retirement and it is said has no present intention of making use of his privilege along that line. Members of the bar in the district say the addition al judge is needed at present. Real campaigns for the place have been under way for some time. W: C. Newland, of Lenoir, has been spoken of here as the candidate who at pres ent has the longest line of endorsers for the place. T. C. Guthrie,-of Char lotte, also has been mentioned as a likely candidate for the place. Greensboro comes forward with two candidates in the persons of A. B. Kimball and H. C. Strftdwick, both prominent rembers of the bar. Julius Martin, of Asheville, has been promi nently spoken of for the place and E. E. Raper of Lexington, has a num ESIDENT IS TO '. PR HURRY BACK FOR -THE CONFERENCES TO SAVE BILL BY A COUP Naval Expansion. Project Has to be Plucked Out of the Burning by a Parlia mentary Device. Washington, . Feb. 11. To save the new three-year naval building program from defeat through a parliamentary coup, the house rules committee today ordered the report of a rule making the legislation authorizing construc tion of ten battleships and ten scout cruisers in order for house considera tion as a part of the $720,000,000 naval appropriation bill. Champions and opponents of the ex pansion policy prepared for a test - of strength in the house in consideration of the rule. A vote on the rule was to be taken after two hours of de bate. No record vote on the rule was tak en in the house committee, but i three republicans present Represent atives Fess of Ohio, Snell of New York and Campbell of Kansas said they .did not support the rule on the viva voce vote. ber of friends actively presenting his case to those who will be in at the sitting when the time comes to choose. Some of these friends have been here this weelc. Representative Webb has been spoken of by many as a man who might do honor to the place. Mr. Webb, however, declines to admit that he is a candidate. He is. not making any ap parent effort to put himself in the light of being a candidate or an aspir ant for the place but he is close, to the president and his duties as chair man -of the judiciary committee have put him in close touch with Attorney General Gregory as well as Mr. Greg ory's predecessor in office, Justice McReynolds, so that , endorsements to the man or men higher up in Mr. Webb's case would be rather superflu ous. Mr. Webb's predecessor at the head of the house committee on the ju diciary now holds a federal judgeship for an Alabama district, an appointee of President Wilson. Senators Simmons and Overman re mained firm in their opposition to the resolution to submit the amendment to grant suffrage to women when the vote was called in the senate yester day, in spite . of last-minute appeals from the state. Senator Simmons re ceiiied a telegram from Governor Bickett urging his support to the reso lution and Senator Overman received a joint telegram from Lieutenant Gov ernor Gardner and Speaker Brummett. The joint telegram from the presid ing officers of the General assembly rccicl "We believe that party policy at this time justifies the submission of the federal woman suffrage amendl ment." Senator Pollock of South Carolina, led the discussion in the senate in favor of the amendment. He met the often-used argument against equal suffrage that it would be distasteful at least to have the vote given to negro women of the South. Mr. Pollock said that would be a mat ter to be attended to by the states of the South and that they we're compe ent to settle such matters themselves and that the people of the South want ed woman suffrage. He stated that the while women of, the South would out voet the negro men and the negro wo men. - - , N T UM WILL SIGN BILLS AND GO AT ONCE Importance of Issues That Are Pressing for Attention at Peace Conference, Even After Question of Society of Nations Has Been Determined, Necessitates Mr. Wilson's Speedy Return to Paris. Paris, Feb. 11. (By the Associated , Press.) Evidence of President Wil son's intention, not to abandon the peace conference upon the ratification of the society of nations plan was found in the disclosure yesterday of his plan to return from Washington to Paris by March 15. This involves so brief a stay at Washington as to per mit only the signing of bills during the closing hours of congress. It is understood that Mr. Wilson intends to give personal attention in Paris to the work of the supreme executive council which promises to be the most important feature of the peace con ference after the disposal of the soci ety of nation's. Interesting developments in the work of the supreme council of the peace conference are expected today. The draft of the plan for a society of nations will be before the commission for second reading and it is probable it will be prepared for action by a plenary: session of the conference late in the week: Unanimity continues to prevail that the commission's report will be adopted. V The supreme war council, although hearing the claims of Belgian dele gates in support Of the French view that their country should be protected until on the same footing as Germany, is expected to refer this matter to an economic committee. It is now evi dent the supreme war council will be relieved entirely of this question, which is regarded as an economic rather than a military question. The supreme economic council, which is about to be organized, is ex pected to consider the French and Belgian proposals that Essen and other German industrial towns should be occupied to prevent the manufac ture of munitions and arms. This is a question which bears on the ability of Germany to pay heavy indemnities through products of industry and it is the American view that the suppres sion of Germany's munition production can be as well assured by a system of authorized inspection by entente agents. This would permit German industries to continue with safety to the allies. The French and Belgian plea that they should be permitted to recoup their losses by the destruction of their industrial plants through the stoppage of German industries until France and Belgium have been rehabilitated Is met by the American view which is shared by the British that such losses should be reimbursed by cash In demnities from Germany within a rea sonable time. The supreme economic council can regulate the distnoution 'of raw materials between countries so as to insure France and Belgium of a proper advantage over Germany and prevent the latter from gaining the world' markets. Once divested of its economic fea tures arrangements for an extension of the military armistice can be quickly completed. It is believed certain American troops will not be employed as permanent garrisons in the Rhine country longer than is necessary for military puurposes or to insure the carrying out of the commercial con ditions of the armistice. To meet doubts cast upon its authority, the Chinese delegation has published cablegrams received from Shanghai, the provincial legislature of Shantung and the Chinese society for a league of nations at Peking. ' These cablegrams overwhelmingly favor the activities of the delegation and direct that there be restitution o China of properties in . Shantung. Franklin D. Roosevelt, assistant sec retary of the United States navy, has virtually completed the work of dis establishing American shore stations in France. He will return to America on the George Washington with Presi dent Wilson. TQ STUDY ARMISTICE TERMS. Paris, Tuesday, Feb. J.I. In view of the complexity and diversity of . the problems raised by the armistice, says a Havas report, the supreme war coun cil has appointed a committee of eight members to which would be entrusted the task of studying these questions. The council therefore has postponed for a few days the adoption of condi tions to be imposed upon Germany so as to be better prepared as to means for insuring their execution. ' The committee is composed of Norman Davis and General Bliss for E COMES America; Lord Robert Cecil and Major N. G. Thwaltes, for England; Dr. Silvio Crespi and General Cavel lero for Italy, and Etienne Clementel and General Degoutte for France. It held its first meeting last night at six o'clock.- General Degoutte ho had been summoned by telephone from Lille, could not arrive in time, how ever, and the committee meeting wilL continue today. When a draft of the conditions has been prepared it will be submitted on Wednesday to the supreme war council for definite ap proval. FRENCH DELEGATE IS OPPOSING PLAN a. Paris, Monday, Feb. 10. (By Asso- citeed Press.) The commission on ports, waterways and railways of the peace conference, met loday with Dr. Silvio Crespi, of Italy, in the chair. England, supported by America; pro-'" posed the proclamation of the, P?JrC ciple of complete liberty "of transit o every country on equal conditions all. This .proposition was opposed by Albert Claveille for France and Lam bros A, Coromilas for France, who pointed out that England and America occupied, special situations that made the question of commercial land tran sit insignificant for them. . The commission appointed two sub committees, one to study the question of the control of ports, waterways and railways, and the other the question of liberty of transit. The first commis sion has ' approved of the principle ihat no country may charge duties on goods passing through " its ports or over its railways or waterways other than the freight rates paid on goods destined for the country itself. Neith er may they levy on such goods cus toms or local taxes. Belgian delegate's . protested against allowing freight destined for German ports to pass through their territory exempt of duty,, thus - expediting the, prosperity of Germany. They claim ed also such measures should be tak en as would make navigation of the Scheldt river free for Belgium. The Czecho-Slovaks and Poles insisted on having ports of their own, the former cn the Adriatic and the latter on the Baltic. M.' Coromilas proposed to give them, respectively a't Trieste and Dan zig, the' same privileges that Greece granted to Serbia at Salonika, where Serbia has part of the port and en joys territorial rights. The Czecho slovaks and Poles consider this pro position an insufficient guarantee and definite decision was postponed. The commission agreed that naviga tion of. the Rhine and Danube should be free to all countries bordering on them 'or through which those rivers' pass. The Rhine passes or borders Switzerland, Germany, France and Holland and the Danube holds . the same relation to Germany, Austria, Bohemia, Hungary, Serbia, Bulgaria and Rumania. MAY MOVE CONFERENCE. Paris, Feb. 10. The questioa of moving the peace conference from Paris to a neutral country may be considered by the conference if what is characterized as the obstructive pol icy of the French press and certain French officials continues, it develop ed today. Representatives, of various other powers taking part in the peace con ference, it is declared, believe that the work of the body is being greatly hampered through unfriendly criticism by the French press of various lead ers in the conference. They are rep resented therefore as inclined to con sider the removal of the conference if the hostile attitude of the Ftewch press is maintained. Should it be deemed necessary to take up the matter it would- be con sidered at a full meeting of the peace conference. - . ' ; v WANTS PACTS KEPT SECRET.. , London, Feb. 10. Japan has notified China that China must work inhar mony with Japan at the peace confer ence and must undertake not to reveal to the conference secret Chino-Japa-nese agreements, according to a Reu ter dispatch from Peking dated Feb ruary 3. . ' , . The correspondent says his informa tion comes from Chinese sources and Reuters says it should be regarded with some reserve. . 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