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THURSDAY AFTERNOON, NOV. 20, 1919
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FATE OF TREATY WITH GERMANY NOW IN HANDS OF THE PRESIDENT
SENATE ADJOURNED WITH
OUT PASSING RATIFICATION
IILD RESERVATIONISTS FAILED IN THEIR EFFORTS
Much Speculation Today as to Whether Presi
dent Wilson Will Resubmit the Treaty to the
Senate in December - May Put it Aside Entire-
ly.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 Although not changing tech
nically the existing status of relations between the United
States and Germany, the senate's failure to ratify the peace
treaty at its special session is expected by administration of
ficials and diplomats to have an indirect result of some im
portance on the steps now being taken to restore the world to
a peace basis
One of the first consequences, according to the view taken
here, is likely to be the hastening of the negotiations in Paris,
including promulgation of the process verbal, which will re
store full commercial and diplomatic relations between Ger
many and the powers which have ratified the treaty. Paris
despatches have said this step was waiting, for one thing, on
the action of the senate, but it is thought there will be no fur
ther delay now for that reason.
Congress will meet on December 1, but not even the most
.Ardent supporters of the treaty believe it would be possible to
take it up again at the outset of the session. The Christmas
recess was expected, to intervene before much could be ac-
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COmpUSneu Willi ine rctUll Ilia l vicai iiciu iwi caijr wiuiu-
mtion would not be opened before January at the earliest.
Once the great powers have gone ahead
with their establishment of full trade and
diplomatic relations with Germany, of-
lieiats say new arrangements will have to j
be made by the United Htates to fit into j
the commercial scheme thus created what
ever trade the United States has with
the central powers.
At present the war arrangement by
which Bpain is taking care of American
interests in Germany continues in force,
and that is not expected to be disturbed.
The rationing of supplies of various sorts
to Germany must begin under the treaty
srms, however, and the powerful reparu
tions commission will le set up to de
termine all the details of Germany's com
mercial intercourse with other nations
On this commission the United States
will have no representation, though it is
hoped to work out a plan by which this
ountry can keep in close touch with the
body's work in order to protect Ameri
can interests. The administration of
.ficials were not prepared today to pre
lict Just what form this unofficial con
nection would take nor to outline just
what could be accomplished by such a
connection.
The state department is emphatic in
its stand that no American consuls can
be sent into Germany until peace has been
definitely established between the I'nited
States and that country, and .they de
clare only an imperfect trade relation
can be built up without the consular of
ficers who are in charge of the legal end
of international trade
A contrary view is held, however, by
some of the senators who oppose ratifi
cation of the treaty. Notable in that
connection is the stand taken by Senator
Knox, republican of I'ennsylvania, form
er secretary of state, who holds that. by
the language of the treaty, full commer
cial and diplomatic intercourse can be
resumed with Germany by all of her late
enemies as soon as the process verbal
is exchanged
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 The fate of
the treaty of peace with Germany and
the s League of Nations, so far as the
United States is concerned, today is in
the hands of President Wilson. Failure
.yesterday and last night of all efforts to
iiave the treaty ratified in some form
PRESIDENT WILSON CALLS
INDUSTRIAL
(By The Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20. President
Wilson today appointed a new industrial
conference and called it into session bere
December 1.
The president's letter of invitation
follows:
"In accordance with the suggestion
given me by the public group of th. re
cent industrial conference, I am calling
a new body together to carry on this vi
tally important work, and I trust yon will
give me the pleanre of naming you as
one of its members.
"Guided bj the experience of the last
conference, I have thought it advisable
that in this new body there should be no
recognition of distinctive groups, but
that all of the new representatives should
ftave concern that our Industries may be
by the senate brought the situation just
where it was six months ago when the
S8 )t,t.ini(.av is no
,1Pari.r thini it wiin on armistice day,
more than a year ago.
I)erision o the senate last night to
lay aside the treaty came after two at
tempts to ratify it with the foreign re
latum committee 's reservations attached
and one attempt to adopt it without
reservations of any sort, all had failed.
The first vote on tlie treaty with reser
vations attached showed thirty-nine for
and fifty-live against. The second, which
cariie several hoius later, showed forty
one for and fifty-one against. The vote
on straight ratification recorded only
thirty-eight for ami fifty-three against.
WASH I NiiTON. Nov. 1!) Failing af
ter three attempt!) to ratify the pace
treaty, the senate late tonight laid it
aside, ended the spcriul session and went
hoine.
All compromise efforts to bring ratifi
cation failed, the three resolutions of
ratification all going down by over
whelming majorities. The republican
leaders, apparently despairing of bring 1
ing two-thirds of tlie senate together lor
any sort of ratification, then put in a
resolution to declare tlie war at an end.
Two of the throe ratification votes
were taken on the resolution drafted by
the republican majority, containing res
ervations which President Wilson had
told democratic senators in a letter ear
lier in the day - would mean nullification
of the treaty. On each of the votes most
of the democratic supporters of the treaty
voted against ratification.
The first vote on this resolution stood
IIP for to 55 against. On the second vote
taken after several hours of parliamen
tary wrangling in which the democrats
made vain efforts to win over some of
the republican group of mild reservation
ists, 41 senators voted in the affirmative
and 51 in the negative. '
The third vote was on a straight-out
ratification without reservations which
got only M votes to 53 opposing it.
Only one republican, Senator McCumber
of North Dakota, voted with the demo-
( Continued on page 8.)
ANOTHER
CONFERENCE FOR DEC. I
conducted with such rerard for justice
and fair dealing that the workmen will
feel himself Induced 10 put forth his best
efforts that the employer will have an
encouraging profit, and that the public
will not suffer at the hands of either
ctess.
"It is my hope that this conference
may lay the foundation for the develop
ment of standards and machinery within
our industries by which these results may
be attained.
"It is not expected that you will -deal
direetJy with any condition whi.h exists
today, but that you may be fortunate
enough to find such ways as will avoid the
repetition of these deplorable conditions.
4 The conference will nteet at a place to
be hereafter designated in this city on
the first of December, next
VLADIVOSTOK SCENE
OF REVOLUTION
Government Troops Defeat
Forces Which Have Been
Attempting to Get Control
of City General Gaida
Wounded.
(By The Associated Press)
VLADIVOSTOK, Tuesday, Nov. Is.
Hevolutionry forces which for the last ,
two days have attempted to obtain con- I
! n! of this city were completely defeated
by government troops today in a battle .
which was commenced before dawn. Gen. !
Gaida
the revolutionary leader, was p
wounded ::!! rnptured
were ill i t-n I rum ever
i"d Ms followers j
1 1 1 1 1 1 III WtlllMgi
'A' government troops.
Shirtly alter midnight the government
troops moved two three inch liel I guns in
to position at the Svetlandskaia bridge,
by which this main thoroughfare of the
city crosxes the Siberian railroad. The
village is only .llMI yards ninth of the sta
tion, the strongest position of the rebels.
A little later, troops reinforced by 100
cadets from the naval training s hool,
proceeded to the business center of the
city, while armored cars began arriving
at the bridge.
Before the battle opened international
politcmen and three American soldiers
gained entrance to the railway station,
from which they took two Russian women
who had been marooned there since the
fighting started. At 1 o
a burst of machine gun fi
rloi k there was
1' against rebels
holding the railway yards and gunboats!
, . . 1
started to drop shells on the station
Some of the shells set fire to the bar
racks of the American replacement bat
talion. While government officials ex
pressed the belief there would be little re
sistance by the rebels, the latter seemed
to be in control of the railroad yards, al
though exposed to artillery tire from the
high ground about the city.
Fire was opened at 4 o'clock on. the
station from field guns stationed at tlie
Svetlandskaia bridge, which had a clear
field of fire. Later, the riglfting became
general with the revolutionists falling
back everywhere and finally being driven
from the station.
Monday morning at s o'clock the social
revolutionary zemstvo group proclaimed
a new democratic representative govern
ment. At 2 o'clock Mon'lay afternoon the op
posing forces clashed in a savage battle
for the possession of the railway station,
approximately 5,000 rifle and machine
gun shots being fired before nightfall.
(Sovernment forces under Oen. Rozannff
held ffrc entire town with the exception
of the immediate vicinity of the station,
and in addition being in control of the
line of hills west and north of the town.
Machine guns were placed at street cor
nels early i-i the fighting
Allied tro.;ps patrolled the . i ;. . wi;
American troops protecting Anieri an or
gaui.ntinns. The I'nited States i uiscr
New Orleans and Brooklyn, under' com
maud of Vice A.imin'.I . Rodgers, are ly
ing in the narbor. The allied military
council went into session .just as the
fighting started near the railway station,
all of them, including the- Czechs, being
neutral.
Hoisted on top of General Oaida's
train near the station was a green and
white flag, the colors of the Siberian as
sembly, which was dissolved by Admiral
Kehhak. On ti:e banner was inscribed
the words: ''For a constituent assem
bly." After the proclamation of the revolu
tionaries yesterday morning in which they
announced their opposition to Kolchak, a
semblance of a ministry was formed on
General Gaida 's train, Ivan Alexandro
vitch Yakushiff being named president.
(ieneral Gaida, a Czech who commanded
the Fral army of the Omsk government
until his recent resignation, was named
commander in chief of the new govern
ment's military forces. Two hours af
ter the proclamation had been issued by
the revolutionists he said that a coup d'
etat would be effected without blloodshed ;
that" he had 2,000 men opposing 1,500
government troops and that soldiers in
the governmental army were deserting
rapidly and taking the oath of fealty to
the new regime, being installed in its
military forces.
After the fight at the station started he
sent a note to the commander of Crechs
in the far east, declaring the troops of
the new government had not started the
firing. Announcement was made by the
allied military council at 6 o'clock last
night that it had decided that the allies
could not interfere in the movement,
which was considered political in charac
ter. Property of Russians and allied sub
jects was protected last night by Ameri
can, Japanese, French, Italian, Serbian,
Lettish and Russian soldiers, forming the
international police corps. All approach
es to the railway station were under
heavy guard.
After three raids against the railroad
station, General Gaida 's troops occupied
the building and he established head
quarters there at about 5 p. m. The loss
es in this fighting were six dead and 20
j NOTABLE SPECIAL
! SESSION OF CONGRESS
Much Work Accomplished
During Session Which Ad
journed Last Night Some
of the Measures Which Be
came Law ' During the
Special Session.
(by The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON'. Nov. 20 While con
sideration of the treaty of Versailles was
the outstanding event of the first session
of the sixty sixth congress - the first
ve:irs in
which republicans hnve
hrx.le
important legislation was completed and
"l;,"-v ,,,l"'r 1 smvs I'l-'M'ared for dis-
posal when the regular meeting begins
December 1.
The session closed today was an ex-
traordinnry one, convened May 1!). un-
der a call cabled from Paris May 7, by
1 rcsnicni h 11111, ro consmer primarily
1 1 : 1 1 1 i ..: 1 . 1 .
lie nr .1:101m ""'' laiieii "i
Ibe session .'inline last .March.,.
.Among Mic prim ipai legisiauxo aenne-
uchive-
1111 nts were:
Submission of the woman suffrage con
stitutional amendment to the states for
ratification. The amendment resolution
was adopted .'to 4 to si) by the house as its
first legislative act and by the senate
dune 4. oti to 25.
The prohibition enforcement bill, pro
viding for enforcement of war time ami
const i t lit imiii I liroliibitioic hiishoiI iiver
,, , , . ,
1 resident Wilson s veto.
The act repealing the daylight saving
law also passed over the President 's veto.
Providing for return of telegraph, tel
ephone and cable wire lines to private
operation.
Continuing government control of
dyes to .1 miliary 15, next
Kxtension of the Lever food and fuel
control law to clothing and other neces
saries and penalizing hoarding and prof
iteering. Grunting permanent rank to (ieneral
I Yrshing.
Providing fur demobilizing the army
to a peace basis of approximately IIUO,
iMin men. pending permanent peace-time
legislation
Authorizing completion of the govern
ment railroad in Alaska.
Continuing wartime passport restric
tions so as to prevent an intlux of radi
cal aliens
Ten appropriation bills, aggregating
.ibout ..;.uii(i,iioii,iiiii also were passed.
They included 7.1il,iMHl,(lilil for the rail
road administration; $W L'.oon.lKMI for
the army; iflllfi.mHi.lHKi for the navy and
a sundry ivil budget of $til:l,00(l,lil)ll.
I Numerous minor bills ami resolutions
nisi were enacted, but no attempt was
j made to pass over the president's veto
1 the Cummins' bill to restore the pre-war
j rate making powers of the interstate com-
merce commission
The Gcriu'iu treaty so engrossed senate
j attention that it shut off consideration
ot much legislation. Senate discussion
of the treaty began May -'', but the doc
ument itself was not submitted by Pres
ident Wilson until July 10. Committee
hearings and consideration replied two
uiunths, thu report with fourteen reser
vations being made to tlie senate Septem
ber I".
deliberations on the treaty evoked one
of the most bitter and prolonged contests
between congress and the president in
American history, with the controversy
centered largely about the league of na
tions covenant
The French treaty, providing an Amer
ican guarantee to assist France in the
event of unprovoked German aggression,
was submitted to the senate by the Pres
ident July "f, afer demands from sen
ate republicans, but still remains in the
foreign relations committee.
Another treaty, the Panama canal set-
(Continued on Page 8.)
wounded on the Gaida side. The losses
to the government troops were not an
nounced. It is estimated that 100 civil
ians were victims of the firing, some being
killed. The American Red Cross is car
ing for 58 wounded.
A British Red Ciiss officer was killed
at the; station plaza. T. W. Rowland, of
Hennosa Beach, Cal., a sail maker 's mate
on the New Orleans, was hit hy a bullet
and is not expected to live. At night
the government troops held the town with
the exception of the station. The fight
ing yesterday afternoon was continued
through a rainstorm.
During the station fight Russian gun
boats bombarded the railroad yards, their
objective evidently being General Gaida 's
train. By 11 p. m. there was only desul
tory rifle firing south of the station. The
warships plying their searchlights on the
city aided the allied palrols in their
work. ,
Communication by railway with Vladi
vostok has been suspended. It is reported
that a similar uprising has occurred at
Chita, in the Trans-Baikal region.
FURTHER CURTAILMENT OF
COAL JN THE SOUTH
DOMESTIC CONSUMERS ARE LIMITED TO ONE TON
Coal Mines Not Producing Enough to Take Care
of First Five Classes on Priority List - May
Close Movies and Shut Off Signs.
(By The Associated Press)
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baling with curtailment of non-essential
1 industries and unnecessary passenger
trufm. extraordinary efforts to con-
j Herve aml distribute the nation's steadily
diminishing coal supply were being mad.',
! rmler that authority, granted bv Walker
, p I)im.K federal director general of rail
, ,..,., alter a fwo-dav conference
with
the seven regional directors, tin
entire
J south, east of the Mississippi and south
, ,(. ,iv(, excel. t for a small
area in the Pochontas region, today had
been placed 011 a wartime ration basis
and annulment of trains in addition to
the 14(1 already taken off was under con
side ration.
Other drastic action looking toward re
serving the available supply for essential
industries, public utilities ami domestic
consumers included stopping deliveries to
all 11011 essential industries in Cleveland
and deliveries in Omaha, Neb., only on
written application approved by the I dim I
coal committee.
Kxcept in the West Virginia fields, up
on which it was announced the rest of
the country would draw for absolutely
necessary requirements, there was little
hope today for increased production. The
majority of the 425,(1(10 bituminous min
ers who went 011 strike nearly three weeks
ago maintained their disposition to disre
gard the strike recall order issued by
their acting president under direction of
the federal court ami to await develop
ments from the miners operators confer
ence at Washington-
The I'nited States court at Fargo, N.
I)., had issued a decree that apparently
would lead to restoration of the mines
to their private owners. No state court
has yet acted to change the situation
brought about by the government 's action
in seizing the lignite mines and ordering
them operated by the state.
Application f ir an- injunction in the
state courts to restrain the governor is
scheduled to be heard at Bismarck, N. I").,
today. The federal court order to show
cause is returnable November L'4.
Should the apparently dead-locked con
ference at Washington not reach an n-
POSTOFFICE DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS SCORED - .
FOR IGNORING CIVIL SERVICE RULES
WILL OPEN AERIAL WARFARE
AGAINST TRIBESMEN.
(By The Associated Press) ,
LONDON, Nov. It). Opening of aerial ,
warfare against Mali Sud tribesmen ou
the northwestern frontier of India has
been ordered, it is stated in advices from
India today. The order was given No- ,
vember 12 after the Mali Suds had failed
to comply with the terms laid down in
the British ultimatum late in October in
which the tribesmen were informed that
unless they discontinued attacks on Brit
ish posts and convoys and their raids in
to British territory they would be sub
jected to an intense aerial bombardment.
The British airmen now have been in
structed to bombard the villages of Kani
gurun, Makin and Marobi.
The Waziri tribesmen in the same dis
trict, who were similarly notified ill the
ultimatum, had been given until today to
reply and this morning the notification
was still unanswered.
GERMAN MASK IS
WORTH ONLY 2 2-5 CENTS.
(By The Associated Press)
NEW YORK, Nov. 19. Foreign ex
change again dropped to new low levels
today. The English pound sterling
brought only 4.03 3-4, which is 3-4 of a
cent lower than the lowest rate reported
yesterday. Franc checks dropped to 9.70
for the dollar, one centime below yester
day 's quotation, the previous low record.
Lire cables were quoted at 12.40 for the
dollar, 35 centimes below yesterday 's
closing prices, and the German market
brought only 2 2-5 cents as compared
with 23 and 24 cents before the war.
Interurban Service Curtailed.
(By Associated Press. )
INDIANAPOLIS, IND., Nov. 20.
Curtailment of interurban service as an
other step in the efforts to conserve the
coal supply of the' state, became effective
on several electric traction lines in In
diana today.
gieemeut within a week, martial law in
mining districts and state operation of
mines w:i planned in Iowa. Governor
Harding said he wns considering taking
over the mines, offering the miners aa
increased wage and compensating the op
erators until a settlement was arrived at
The first troop movement into a coal
field since the first days of the strike was
reportvd from Wyoming. Thirty soldiers
were sent to Winton, Wyoming, where a
small group of alleged alien miners, arm
ed with rifles, stopped American and
naturalized workers from returning to
the pits.
ATLANTA, Ga.. Nov. 20 Another
sharp curtailment of coal went into ef
fect in the south today, domestic con
sumers being limited to the purchase of
one ton of coal at a time to a household
by orders of the southern regional coal
committee of the railroad administration.
Coupled with the order w-ent a fore
cast from the committee that unless the
strike situation improves shortly it may
become necessary to forbid the use of
electricity for advertising signs and show
windows of stores and even close moving
picture theatres and non-essential in
dustries. This, is was indicated, would
l a nation-wide movement.
"The public generally does not real
ize the seriousness of the situation,"
said a member of the committee. With
coal shipments already limited to the first
five classes of the fuel priority list which
excludes factories, it was said,- the coal
mines are not even producing enough
coal to supply these classes.
The southern mines ore yielding only
about a third of their normal supply and
part of this has to be diverted to th.
southwest to .maintain public utilities and
transportation there. Coal from the Al
legheny nnd Pocahontas fields, intended
for southern points, is being diverted to
other sections.
Limiting of domestic purchases of coal
already had gone into effect in Mobile
and Atlanta, but the order effective to
day uppiies to all the territory east of the
Mississippi and south of the Ohio and
Potoiiiiu- rivers, with the exception of the
Pocahontas region of Virginia.
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20.-POstoffice
department officials and members of the
.v' serviie commission were severely
. rL.cised in a report submitted to the sen
ate before adjournment late last night by
'' p st. (lice committee, for failure to
a.n.cre t, civil service regulations requir
the appointment of persons receiving
e highest ratings provided by the com-i-issjon.
The report, which became pub-
1 nay. was made in
connection with
tin
i ,
mmittee's unfavorable action opoa
'pointment of R. T. Wade lm
crut, to be postmaster at Morehead City.
N. C. after his rating had been changed'
si :;s to place him ahead of C. L. Willis,
i republican.
While the appointment is for a seeond
class postoffice senators declare this is
the first time a senate committee has ever
taken action upon this question and the
report is regarded as a precedent In its
report, the committee said that any 'other
construction of the civil service regula
tions than that the person receiving the
highest percentage should be eligible
would not only destroy their effect, but
"would also open the way for the easy
overthrow of the results of an honestly
conducted competitive examination by
outside influences and if extended tn th
ci vil service generally would speedily ac
complish its ruin."
8enator McKellar, democrat of Tennes- -ee,
has announced that he will file a mi
nority report.
URGES ECONOMY
IN TTB ov on 1 ,
" WAJU
(By The Aaaneiat! TVi
PITTSBURGH. Nov. 20. TV. 4
the use of fuel by Pittsburgh consumer
was urged today by the coal diatributioa
committee of the United States railway
-ummisirauon here. It was declared that
consumers would have to adopt strict
measures of economy if a possible fuel
famine was to be averted.