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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
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theSent althouSh Japan has ratified
... 1)1 and arrnrrtinir tn tndav's ad-
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Jananesp s-nvfirnment is
ChiTi every pressure to bear on
tan h t0 ratify tnem before anything
be fJone at Paris. The . most im-
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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PR
HURRY BACK FOR -THE
CONFERENCES
TO SAVE
BILL BY
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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. - - ,
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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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