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MORE SKEPTICAL ONES AT THE!
PEACE CONFERENCE GRADUALLY
TURNED TO THE
j President Greeted With Cheers Despite Cautioning
Remarks As He Entered Senate Chamber To -,
Speak On The Treaty arid Nations League.
"REBEL . YELLS" GREETED EXECUTIVE
"League of Nations Was Practical Statesman's!
'Many1 of the
' ; as Attempting," The President Asserts.
Washington, July 10 (By Associated Press) .-President Wilson
today laid the peace treaty with Germany before the senate without
attempt to explain its specific terms. His address, which required 40
minute for delivery, was devoted
nation,' Vr ,V ' ,
American isolation, he said,
the war with Spain. Fear of American motives now also has ended,
he declared.. , ' .
"There can be ho'question of our ceasing to be a world power,"
said Mr. WilsonI . -The only question is whether we can refuse the
moral leadership that is offered us, whether "we' shall accept or reject
th confidence' of the world." ' v .-,., ; '
jThar alnct'mVp In hil opinion; the President
said, had already answered that question, "and nothing but out mis
taken action can alter it.", '' 'k,, )-r.-Js..'
Afte.thedfc.lhe great
v enlightened judgment demanded that at whatever cost of indepen
clent action,' every government that took thought for its people or for
its justice or or 'Ordered freedom should lend itself to the purpose of
destroying the .old1 order f international politics.'' x
"Statesmen might see difficulties 'in accomplishing this purpose,
but the people cpuld see none and would brook.no denial.. The
' league of nations was not merely an instrument to adjust and remedy
... old wrongs under a hew treaty, of. peace; it was the only hope for
mankind."
. "It had not been, easy," he said, "to draft the new order of ideas
on the old and some of the fruits of the grafting fnay, I fear, for a
time be bitter. " - v , ' ' ' '
"Bui with very few exceptions," he, added, the men who sat
with, us at the peace table desired as sincerely as we did to get away
from the bad influence, the illegitimate councils and the experience
. out of which the sinister designs of Germany had sprung as a natural
growth.'" V-" ' '". - v'-.
V. President Wilson, was given an ovation when he entered the
senate chamber ,and when he completed the reading of his address,
but he was n6t interrupted during the reading senators and diplomats
. and crowded galleries following him .closely. , J
After concluding his address the President gave the formal copy
of the treaty of peace to the senate, which was rushed to the printers
in order that it might be hf senators' hands in the shortest possible
tfme. - Fifty thousand copies of the treaty and the President's address
- were ordered printed by the senate.
, ' President Wilfion ,in presenting, the peace treaty.whh Germany
to the senate today, , declared "that a league of free nations had be
come a practical necessity," to whici the framers of the treaty felt
obliged to tura "as an indispensable instrumentality for the main-
" tenance of the new order it has been their purpose to set up in the
. WOrld.;.;;' '
- The most skeptical of the" peace conferees at Paris the President
said, had turned more and more to the league as discussion pro
' gressed in seeking soluticm of the problems that arose in framing the
- terms of the treaty., v
"The fact that the covenant of the league was the first substantive
...part of the treaty to be worked out and agreed upon,"., the President
said, "while all else was in solution, helped to make the formulation
of the rest easier," ''" . . '' ' ' '' - -
Mr. Wilson 'said the agreement on ,the covenan t had given the
conferees a feeling that their work was to be permanent and the most
" practical amohg theni "were at last .the most ready, to refer to the
. league of nations the. superintendence of all interests which' did hot
admit of Immediate determination of all administrative problems
which were to-require a continuing- foresight" v t C ' ?; --
!'What had teemed a council of perfection," said the President,
- "had come to 'seem a plain council of necessity. The league of na
tions was the practical statesman's hope in many of the most difficult
, things he was'attempting." , ' - -
-When the President entered
senators the crowded galleries rose and cheered- The President
mounted to the Vice-President's seat'as the cheering continued, punc
tuated with "rtM j " i." - :
ARE TOLD THAT LEAGUE OF
FOR- MAINTENANCE OF NEW ORDER WHltttas NOW
LEAGUE HE SAID
Most Difficult Things He
almost wholly to the league of
' ' x
ended 20 years ago at the close of
war the Predent d,'iVtiidZZ
the chamber-escorted by body of
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RAPID TI,V E TODAY
E
R-34, Monster Super Zeppelin,
Was at 8:10, Washington Time,
oday, 345 Miles Due East of
New York, Says the
' . Report.
LEFT ROOSEVELT FIELD
. . LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT
WasnlngtotfrJuly 10.The Britisti
dirigible R.3 wae 315 miles due
east of Ner York Qn her return
lunvH'fNiuo iuua .ccuraiiij io a
jadio message !to the haty depart
ment. V ... , v.
Nw JYork, July lo.The British
dirigible today Is well on Let
way toward home after p stay in
America "of 8S hours following' the
first' non-fitop trans-Atlantic flight
of a lighter than air ship. Taking the
air at 11.36 o clock, last night ut
Roosevelt field, ' Minaola, :' Long Is-
iana, me pig airigioie passea ovr
New Tork, circled the Times build
ing tower,' at , 12.45 remaining in
sight ota dense Broadway crowd for
fire minutes before heading south
end disappearing in an easterly di
rection at 1:16 a. m. v
' Paris, .July 10. Austria Mill be
admitted to membership tn the
league of nations as soon as the al
lied find BHOciated f powers consider
that Bhe frosKcss a responsible gov
ernment with both the will and the
power td' fnlflll its obligations. The
Austrian delegation hna been-so In
formed ,!n arcply by the supreme
council of the conference to an Aus
trian plea for imediate admission o
the league, r ' . '
Exchange Bolshevik Admirals.
. London July lOBrltlHh , naval
authorities are holding at Heluing-
fors the Bolshevik "Admiral" Ras
kellnkofT, to exchange; him and his
aide-de-camp for 22 British, sailors
who bate been prisoners in Russia
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for some time. Raskellnkoff was cap
tured Vhen a Russian deutroyer was
taken by, the British while engaged
in lalng mines la the Baltic'
' When the . British flrst proposed
his exchange for 22 sailors, the Bol-
shevlkl demurred On the ground that
the eichanga was not 'fair, but ihe
"Admirars" wife interfered
knd
persaaded them to make the ex-
exchang
('rown Is Knrkhed,;
; Londo July io.-TSecurittes val-
."tti i!'?.05'00S.t,Je'ti!Sin8; t6for-J
mer ntng Ferdinand of Bultcarli
which, have heen in London since tho
bcglnnifig of the war. were declared
forfeited to (he crown totltiy.
mm
in;
ON RETURN VOYAG
TO ADivilT AUSTRIA
TO LEAGUE SHORTLY
M110NS HAS l
FIRST PICTURE OF
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cnuhu uiscovereu iue ncKery 01 me
PRESIDENTrEBERT SIGNS BILL
; STATING GERMAN ACCEPTANCE
IlorllB, Vednosday, July 0( By
Associated Press) President
Ebert sigDed the bill ratifying
the peace treaty, at 8 o'clock '.to
night, according to .' tho Vor
waertH, and the doruniCnt has
been dispatched to Versailles. .
'f'TMiillctt, July 10 (Ity As3
. elated Pn x.-OlticiaI notlflc-
tion of the ratification of the
O. E. Kearns And A. M. Rankin
Will Utilize Part of PerYy Prop.
; erty Nearest Main Street for
That Purpose. e-
f). E. Kearns and. A; M. Rankin,
who on yesterday purchased what Is
known as the Perry ; property on
Washington . street, through George
T Penny from the Perry. heirs, Mr.
Minnie Vait and Mrs. t. J. Ingram,
for apprbximately $ 30,000,' today an
nounced that they would at an early
date have' work started toward the
conxtruction ' of a modern' garage
building and storeroonil on that 'por
tion nearest Main street.v'''- f
The size of the tract Is 157 by 175
feet, the former being, the frontage
on Washington street and the alley
br street paralleling the main line
tracks of the Southern on .the north,
and the latter the depth ( between
Washington street and the alley. Mr.
Penny has had an .option on the
property for some little time and this
afternoon at 3 o'clock the transac
tion was completed .
There has long been a teed here,
it Ity contended; for additional store
room and garage epace. Mr. Kearns
and Mr. Rankin will sVpply this, ac
cording to thlr announcement.
More Fighting..
Bucharest, Rumania, July 10
Hungarian BoUhevik troops which !
were withdrawn from the Czecho
slovak front on orders of the pe.ice
conference, have attacked Rnm
. . - ' - - -
ai,uiuiug lu repor'S irOlQ
Transylvania which say
the- flght-
tng
continues.
- Restrict Allen IalMr.
U London, ;July 10, Notwithstand
ing strong opposition by tho. govern
ment a house of commons committee
todayv adopted by a , vote of 15 to 12
a clause In the. alien bill restricting
the' "employment of ialiens In Great
Britain. '
Weather
Local
t
showers
t thunder
. probable
and Fri-
tonight
ayr ! not- much
change in temper-:
ature mwlerate,
variable winds,'',
iOPOlEEUAROWT
STORE HI Mi MUST BE ATTEHOED
HUN FLEET SINKING '
, '
Huns left aboard too late o save tin
peace treaty by the (jernuut na
tional assi-mbly was given the
peace conference thi morning.
The notification was preHent
t by the head of the German
peace miiMion here. Colonel
Henry, the French Hanson office
at Versmilles, was the recipient,
the hour was 11 a. tn. .
Colontl Henry ininiediutely
conveyed the notification to the
French foreign office.
If you Are Among the Negligent
Members of Local Guard, It Is
0 Tune That You Take Notice
and Keep Off Books. ,
Are you a delinquent? . .
The liqme guard will really., drill
tomorrow, Friday, night, July U at
8 o'clock according to orders sent
out by Lieutenant A. S.. Caldwell.
It has been announced that no ex-
cuses will be granted to absentee:)
and that no member of the local guard
will be fined. . j
The names f those members who
are absent Friday night will be sent
into Raleigh and If this is done of
course they will have to be sent in
is deserters. It does not seem fair
that a few members should do all
of the drilling for the locajl guard.
V More than the mere drillifljB jriust
be taken Into consideration! t6 The
home guard is not often called out in
the mailer cities but where 1 would
High Joint's home guard be in case
It should be needed? Negligence on
tho part of some of the "members
makes the entire guard inefficient.
V In this time of strikes and other
industrial revolutions no -v one can
tell when and where bucIi an organiza
tion as the home guard will be need
ed and it should behoove each mem
ber to try to have himself ready for
! any call that may come.
It. Is hoped that there will be a
f nit guard present Friday night snd
that Rtrtncent. ineHSures ' will
have to be taken in order to keep theT
c
I
kut(V buaiu ni nui
, Pilfer Army; Stwres. , ;
London, July 10.- "Knocking off,",
a term used by soldiers to describe
pilfering of army stores, is aid to
bo becoming " epidemic 1 In Brlt'wh
business life. ' Exporting firms com
plain of an alarming increase In tJio
thefts of goods sent overseas.; ' In
one shipment recently goods , valued
at $2,500 were stolen between the
warehouse and the docks.? Anything
tp wear or eat disappears like magic,
said an exporter, adding:,' .."A- great
Impetus seems to nave been given to
the 'knocking off habit hy the war."
Free Trade 'Campaign.:;:
'Lcfndon. Jnlv'ifi a i,i f saik ,1 . I
v., ij " -. , ' . !
speialters'sre H. H.,-.Asqulth,-forjnet:
prime mitiister, lord Crewe.' Lord
Ileauchamp and Sir Donald Maclean.
BEING .SET" UP
Her
lie prizes of war.
I
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Such Is View of President Wilson
Made Public in Conference
With Newspaper Representa
tives at White House Today
Wilson's Views;
MUST RESUME ALL TRADE
RELATIONS WITH GERMANY
' Washington', :Jul? "io.'(By The
Associated Press.) President Wil
foii conferring with newspaper cor
respondents at the white house to
day Indicated that he was extremely
gratified that the treaty of peace hud
been rati fled so promptly by the Ger
man national assembly.
The President also indicated that
he felt trade relations between Ger
many and the associated nations
should be resumed at the earliest
moment possible lor. without trade
Germany could not meet the repara
tions demanded of her.
It whs made clear that the Presi
dent felt troops should be maintain
ed in Germany until the Germans
have complied with all the military
terms of the treaty. It was pointed
out that there are several million
pyeteran soldiers in Germany an,d mu
nitions sufficient for them to oper
ate. ,.
The Germans have from one Id
four months in which to deliver all
matcr'al except that sufficient for the
reduced Germany army provided for
in the peace trestr 'and the Presi
dent believes AnieriCM-t ti .:pi should
tay on din Rhine until the material
is" delivered.
J)lsi.uasing the pence, n gotletlons
h;re the President Ket it be known
that the league of nations covenant
vlll be in every treaty negotiated at
Versailles including that with Bul
garia with which country the United
States never was at war
' In response to questions regarding
the Fiume situation the President
points out. that, the treaty of Lon
don provided tiat Flume was to go
MUST KEEP
R
ran
ALL TERMS FILLEO
Boto Crotia and that Italy did not lay
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D I .H An
The President made it clear that
demobilization of the American
army would depend upon the speed
with which the military conditions of
the peace treaty were executed by
Germany and the treaty ratified by
the various governments.
' Air, Wilson feels that the United
States must play a generous part
in the reconstruction of Europe but
he believes this slTould be accomplish
ed by establishing ' some basis of
credit rather than by direct govern
ment "aid. . . j- v ' '.
' Export Duty Reduced. .
J , Mexico City, July 10. Export du
J ties on Mexican tobacco, according to
Excelsior, will be reduced about 50
per. -cent.,' under a decree signed bv
shortly,.
'.Cotton futures opened flrtn.
34.85; October, 34.75; .!")."
July,
ffiStiUM ?
lA
OF FRENCH TREATY
President I Preparing Separate
ment to Protect France from
Unwarranted Attack by '
the Germans.
WILL BE IN EFFECT UP
V' TO FORMATION LEAGUE
Washington, July -10 (By As
sociated Press). President
Wilson plans to submit to the
senatc'today only the treaty con- ,
T; tainfitg 'the covenant ;- '-. Uhe
'league ,of nations. The pro- ,
posed supplementary treaty un-j (
der which the , United ' States ''
would agree to go to the aid bt -France
In case of an unprovoked
assault on that country by Gey
muny will be presented.' sepa-1
rately nt a later date.'; Mr. W11-' '
; son is preparing a separate d- '
dress to the senate explainlag
this agreement. ' " ,
mm
Mr, Wilson's purpose to) present r
the treaty and the agreement sepa-I '
rately was disclosed oday at a con
ference with preks 'representatives, f "
It twas Indicated that , his time had;J'
been devoted to preparing; his ad--dress
on the treaty,-with Germany
and that opportunity' had been lack-
ing to complete an explanation of the
proposed pact with France. " , '
'Mr. Wilson let it be known that 'J
the. treaty yith.Fr&tice.was designed
for the protestation of France until ,'
such, time as the special guarantee
would.no longer ,bV needed because;;
of the protection 19 be 'afforded all v
nations by the league of nations.' ,
Air. Wilson has the impression that
the French people, would be cut to
the heart if the United States should
fail to approve ths special trealy.'He ' '
does not believe there1 would "be any
difficulty in recognizing such an act
by Germany as would necessitate ltd
to France under the pat.' v "'
The President is saw to take the "
position that while there Is a slight
difference In wording ' between the ; -new
treaty with V France and the "
similar treaty between, England and ;
France, there Is no difference in the "
meaning. It Is said the President
believes the obligations Imposed on .
the United States and Great Britain
nre identical. f'
It is understood that the President
does not regard these ; treaties as
forming an alliance in a general ac
ceptance of the term.' He Is report
ed as conceiving them of being only
instrumentalities to further protect ' 1
ranee while the permanent plans of ",
the league of nations council are be-
ing worked out. - ' ..','
SIMS OFFICER OF
LEGION OF HOJOR
Washington, July 10.Rear Ad
n lral William S. Sims who command
ed American naval forces in Europe
during the wr was decorated with
the rank of cross of the Grand Officer
of the Legion of Honor today at tha
navy department. Only two other"
American naval officers bold this '
tank In the legion. V i "
- Hamburg Malt.
Theves, July 10. Mall from Ham
burg passing through the Americas
censorship indicates a glotny condi
tion of affairs there socially and econ
omlcatly.,,: According to letters from
individuals .writing tov relative or
friends In the American occupied
iea, since all the navigation com
panies had to" surrender Ihflrshlpi
to the Entente there have been 60,
000 to 70,000 men walking the
street In search of work.
Reume Wei k.
Rome, July 10. The chamher of
that liitving recoiv
1 111'
the price of ite-...
due 1 50 j r j.t