GERMAN ENVOYS
AT PEAGE TABLE
First Session Lasted Scarcly
Five Minutes
LEADER SHOWS EMOTION
Brockdorff-Rantzau Nearly Fainted As
He Passed Through What Was
The Most Distressing Moment
Of His Life.
Versailles.—Thursday afternoon a
session, lasting barely five minutes,
the German plenipotentiaries of the
Peace Congress presented their cre
dentials.
It was the first step in the peace
negotiations. The German credentials
were presented to representaeives of
the Allies and the United States,
Pale and almost fainting from emo-
tion, Count von Brockdorfl-Rantzau,
the German foreign secretary and
head of the delegation, passed through
what evidently was one of the bitter
est moments of his life. He was bare
iy able to sustain himself through the
brief ceremony and reach the waiting
sutomobile which had brought him to
the gathering.
The meeting took place in the room
of the Trianon Hotel, previously used
tor the sessions of the Supreme Mili-
tary Council, Count von Brockdorfl-
Rantzau, on entering, was accom
panied by Herr Landsberg, Professor
Schuecking and two secretaries, and
waiting for him the Allied representa
tives were grouped around Jules Cam-
bon, the former French ambassador
to Berlin, who is chairman of the com-
mission.
Other members of the Allie
included Henry White, of the
States; Lord Harding, Great
and Ambassador Matsui, Japan.
M. Cambon immediately
Count Brockdorfl-Rantzau,
ing that he was chairman of the
mission entrusted by the Allied
ers to receive examine the
dentials of
the first step in a conference
was hoped would lead
“Here are ours,”
Cambon, extending as he
formal credentials of the
mission as plenipotentiaries to
Congress,
Count
rendered
with even
i party
United
Britain,
address
von
com
Pow
and cre
delegates
which
to peace
the German a
continued
spoke the
Allied Com
von Brockdorfl-Rantzau
the German
legs of formal
sur
credentials
a address
Bim to deliver an extended discourse
After these brief the
Germans turned and
walking a few steps
waiting. They
mediately by the
tives. The whole cerem
by 3:20 o'clock. The Allied
then rode to the chats to
the Hall of Mirrors, the
will be signed, and eventually returned
to the hotel for tea.
The setting for
meeting was dull
The skies were an
were occasional bursts of rain This
caused abandonment of origi
plan, which contemplating having the
German delegates walk from the Hotel
des Reservieres across the park to the
Hotel Trianon, This would have
lowed the involuntary precedent
by Louis Thiers, the French
in discussing peace with Bismare
1870. He, like the Germans, res
the Hotel des Reservieres, and
his afoot the little hots
cupied by Bism the
center.
ceremonies
left {he
the
He wed
to
fol
Allied
Cars in
were im
representa
ony was over
delegates
eau inspect
where treaty
the
and
overcast
prelimina
unimpressive
thers
ry
nd
aad
the
fo!
delegate
way to
arck, then world's
STRIKE AT INDIAN HEAD.
Washington. —A walkout of 265 car
penters employed by the United States
Houging Corporation tied up work on
100 dwellings being built for workmen
at the Indian Head, Md., naval pr
grounds. The carpenters quit because
of a factional difficulty with the metai
workers’ union and authorities de
clared if the unions’ dispute was not
settled soon the work would be com:
pleted with non-union labor.
OvIng
ADMITS $204,000 THEFT.
Cashier Of California Bank Given 10
Years In Prison.
Bacramento, Cal-—Frank A.
cashier of the Santa Rosa National
Bank, Santa Rosa, Cal., pleaded guilty
in the United States District Court tc
a charge of embezzling $204,000 of the
bank's funds,
He was sentenced to 10 years im
prisonment in the Federal penitentiary
and fined $5,000.
$3,000,000,000 IN CONTRACTS OFF.
War Department Suspends Big Ord
nance Orders.
Washington.-—~The War Department
bas suspended to date nearly $3,000,
000,000 in ordnance contracts, Up to
April 19 these suspensions had reached
a total of $2,623.500,000,
Of this amount cancellation negotia
tions had been completed in the case
of $404,.800,000, suspensions ordered
and accepted by contractors, but ne
Brush,
000, and suspension ‘ordered, but ac
ceptances by contractors not on rog
ord, $470,600,000,
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TE HTN
REDPLOTTO
SPREAD DEATH
Bombs in Mail for Leaders
War on Disloyalists
in|
CAUTIONED TO BE WATCHFUL
Sixteen Infernal Machines Seized By
‘Postoffice Inspectors In New |
York Were Intended For Such
Men As Justice Holmes.
in New|
each put to
in a gen
employes
authorities
plot
ountry
Discovery
bombs,
experts, resulted
government
for what
be an ana
through
Washington, —
York
gether by
eral warning t«
be watch
re believe to
spread terror
While
deal with the sit
Postoffice
clals frankly
absolusely
of sixteen
on
hist
the «
taken immediate
uation already de
Department offi
admitted that there was
14
at
slling exactly
steps were
ivy to
lope d,
no means of
posited in the malls
The 16 picked up
regarded 4s a catch
having been for lack of
Coming on the beels of the
by an infern
hine to former Senator Hard
wick, of Georgia, and in the sort
of package, with the same departme
label, led to prompt confiscation
the government quick
simdlar destruction
ing through
of
om
find, held
postage.
damage caused nal ma
nailed
same
Li
store
by
for
mov
and search
of
he mails,
Weapons
character of the
packages were i
thought of the
in the mo
mpt
Because the
of wh the
the one
men al
au
In a
the lives
of the
State
dressed,
thorities centered
general way the
of cabinet members, a justice
Supreme Court of the United
& governor, 8 mayor and others, was
linked up with recent agitation and
discussion of the question of afterthe-
war immigration. But the authorities
could together agree on this a
the behind the wholetale
tempts at destruction of life
Word the investigato
that Gimbel Brothers, New York de.
whi mailing
package, including
tor Hardwick,
forgery. Ni
the fact
tive,
atte on
not al
reason at
reached
yao
tags were on each
that sent to former Ser
had declared the tag a
effort was to disguise
that this information was disquieting,
for it means, officials gaid, in the event
of a wholesale mailing of bombs that
many reach their destinations
bearing the mark of other firms, which
would make the work of preventing
delivery all the more difficult.
$58
made
would
as to the
the
realized
The public was cautioned
opening of strange packages,
partment’s detective force
that if all of the infernal machines
put in the mails have not been re
covered, it the department's job
to get them before delivery.
Every branch of the burean of com
munications was set to work to this
end, starting with the men who take
mail from street hoxes,” and ending
with the carriers who deliver it at of
fice and home. Not content with |
these precautions, steps were taken in
Washington to safeguard government
officials to whom other dangerous |
bombs might be sent. Personal or)
ders went to all departments, includ |
ing the courts, so that by no possible |
chance will strange bundles pass the
net spread out to seize them.
Sa far the only damage reported |
was that in the home of former Sena:
tor Hardwick at Atlanta, where the |
package, mailed at New York, was
opened by his wife's maid in his ab |
sence. It was said here that the ma:
chine received there was similar in|
every way to the others, but officiale |
could not account for the different day
and hour of mailing.
a
POSTAL ABKS WIRES BACK.
de
is
Makes Formal Application To Burle
son For Immediate Return.
New York.—The Postal Telegraph
Cable Company made by telegraph to
Postmaster General Burleson “formal
application” for the return of its tele
graph lines at once,
ilo
Br
OME MYSTERY
IN MEXICAN WAY
Ph
Trying to Find the Power
That Egged Her On
PROCESS OF
—
Both France And Italy Have Refused
To Accept Her Envoys—in Bad
Odor With Civilized
Nations.
w
as
to
rest
es
Unusual inte
in official cire
SCenuly the “governments
to Mexico” that have request
Mex an Forelgn Office 0 ex
press an opinion on the
the Monroe Ix A8 annous
official dispatches fro ME {
The of
the Nation
of those
Washington,
nifested here as
of
as §4 Lory f
recogniiion of
3
trine, need in
ity
publication
League of
Ch
which countries had mads
quiries of th
matter,
oC
Circies
il
. s
ment
off
invesiiga
the
1¢ Carranza govern ou
it was
cial that diplomatic
tions might be made to ascertain
identities of the nations referred to in
the Mexican official statement
Officials pointed cut that Argentine,
Chile, Salvador, Colombia. Paraguay
and Venezuela were the only Latin
American countries that did not break
ith Germany during the war it
was said that the “governments {riend
ly to Mexico” mentioned by the Mex
Foreign Office might be among
this intimated in
wi and
Can
“80,
It is possible acca
ficial,
nized by the U
th
rding to a high of.
that Costa Hica, yet Uunrecog-
not in
Nations
author
ally of
the in
an
nited States and
Join League of
the inquiry The
Baly ador, Ar
vited to the
made same
ity stated close
Mexico
quiry
made
policy would
upon M
because
would not
because her be
largely dependent
Paraguay was
her isolated
terest in the subj
out that Colombi:
on & number of o
application of i"
®o it is considered uni
exXiCo 8s
of
of in-
nted
eliminated
lack
It was poi
and Venezuela
asions approved the
Monroe Doctrine,
kely they sought
territory and
ot
the information,
Thus by pr
conclusion is
were
from
COouneries
the League of Nations
officially expres
the organization,
Monroe Doctrine
covenant of the jes igus has not brought
forth any protest from either country.
Mexico's ar
z¢ the Monroe Doctrine,
stated by a high oficial,
after she had learned definitely
was not to be invited tc become a
member of the Leagne of Nations
This 15 also believed to bave precipi
tated the recall of Alberto J. Pani as
minister to France, where he could
not secure an audience for the presen
tation of his cradentials. Rumors have
that Eduardo
Hay, who was accredited to the Italian
Government by Carranza and has not
been received, also has been recalled.
OES
that
ms: aide
of elimina? the
if such an inquiry
actually it probably came
Argentina and hile Both these
invited to join
and both have
thelr approval of
rclusion of the
ifically in
00,
have been
wed
The
ape
recogni it was
SAN SALVADOR SHAKEN.
Colony Escapes.
San Salvador.—A violent earthquake
occurred in this city. Later about twen-
‘ty additional shocks were felt, but of
| lesser violence. No member of the
| American colony has been injured, ac-
cording to the best information obtain:
able. Many persons were injured in
one of the theatres.
THREE KILLED IN WRECK.
————————
Two Others In Caboose Injured In
Crash In Pennsylvania.
Scranton, Pa-Three trainmen were
killed and two others Injured, one
probably fatally, when the caboose in
which they were riding crashed into a
train on the tracks of the Delaware,
Lackawanna and Western Railroad.
HIGH TRIBUNAL
10 TRY EX-KATSER
A Supreme Offense Against
International Morality
——————
———————
MEET AMERICAN OBJECTION
W————— w—-
Germany To Be Required To Help
Bring To Justice All Who
Violated International
Laws.
Washington.—Former Kaiser Wil
helm and his agents must answer to
the Allies for every outrage and viola
tion of international law during the
WAr.
Furthermore, all secrets of the Ger
man War Office must be bared to per
mit the Allies to discover Lhose re
gponsible. The former Kaiser would
be tried by an international high court
composed of five judges. The United
States, Creat Britain, France, Italy
and Japan would each select one
judge.
Other persons, including probably
Von Tirpitz, who was the leader of
the submarine campaign, and possibly
Hindenburg and Ludendorff, probably
would be tried my military courts.
The text of the proposals, as given
out by the State Department.
Text Of Proposals.
ARTICLE 1. The Allies and asso
of Hohenzollern, formerly
not for an offense
criminal law, but for a supreme
fense against international mora
the sanctity of treaties. A spe
#1
agsinst
of.
ity
whether they provide punishment for
avery one violating not only the lawsg
but the customs of war. Whether this
would reach those responsible for in
troduction of deadly gas in warfare,
the submarine and their inhuman
methods is not made clear. However,
all such persons would be brought be
fore militar yeourts and could expect
little mercy through the recent mill
tary code,
ROADS ADD 145,000 EMPLOYES.
Payroll Under U. 8. Control Increased
Nearly 50 Per Cent.
Washington...
of various classes of railway employes
during Government control was shown
in detail by a Railroad Administration
report, giving numbers employed ip
each class, days and hours worked,
pay in the aggregate, per day and per
hour, and the rate of advance, as
December, 1617, the last month of pri
vate operation, and January, 1518.
prepared by the Railroad Administr:
tion,
In
dates
from
cent
the 13 months
the number
1.703.000 to
between the
of employes
1.E4E 000, 5.5
twie
rose
or
classes rose from $152.039.000 in De
cember, 1917, to $220.800.000 last Jan
unary, with the average rate of pay in
crease 48 per cent.
TOTAL OF MISSING DROPS,
Too Soon,
Washington,
ported
American soldiers re
missing
will not be presu
aw in aclion
med to be dead by
the accused, thereby assuring him the
guarantees essential to the right of de
It
one =
will be com
ppointed
POWETS,
of America,
Japan
will?
fense,
judges
five
United Statos
Britain, France and
the
ghes
Italy
wislon tribunal
by the h
tional policy
ng the
internatio
duty to fix the punta
impose
lied inated powers will
AUG BEX
to the Government
dress a request
the Netherian for the
of the former Emperor in
that he may be put on trial
ARTICLE II. The German Govern
ment, not baving insured the punish
©
ds surrender
them order
the War Department af
tion of six hs
ter the expira
moant
nt A cablegram from
de
atic
by the
stated that
checking of
ing the list of mi
the
therelt it was not
gysten
search and records was
lally reduc
that
REINER, and
re deemed ad
le to presume death too soon
neral Pershing said, however
ing officers
would
o
exercised acts in violation of the laws
and customs of war, such persons will
be brought before the military tribu
ers and, if found gulity., sentenced
the punishments laid down
law The German Government
so request, all persons accused of hav
ing committed an act
the laws and customs of war who are
ified either by name by the
office or employment which the;
eld under the German authorities,
ARTICLE I Persons guilty
criminal acts against the nationals of
any one of the-Allied and associated
powers will be brought before oe mil
itary tribunal of that power il per.
sons guilty of criminal acts ag
the nationale of more than one
*
BI or
of the
will be
before a military
tribunal of the powers concerned
every case the accused will be entitled
name his own counsel,
ARTICLE IV. The German Govern
undertakes to Turnish all docu
ments and information of every kind,
the production of which may be con
sidered necessary to insure the full
knowledge of the incriminating acts
to
The proposal to try the German ex
Provisions requiring a fair trial
overcome this opposition and to Insure
justice, even If stern to those responsi
ble for the war.
Germany would be required to assist
the Allies in running down the guilty
ones, and this provision, if adopted,
will force the German peace delegales
to admit the responsibility of the for-
mer regime for the war and would put
Germany on record for all time. Not
only perpetrators of outrages in Bel
glum and France, but the thousands
of spies working in all countries, in
cluding the United States, could be ap.
many would promise under the pend.
ing articles. The record of the Ger
man Secret Service and her efficent
eepionage service and scores of spy
plots in the United States would be
mn down,
Papecially significant is Article 11
which provides military trial for those
guilty of eriminal acts against citizens
of Allled countries. ‘This provision
would rope im the hundreds of military
who took Just in the ruthless
the sword in Belgium. There
some doubt as to how far the pro
-.
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RAISING BAN ON GERMANY.
Blacklists And Trading Disablli
ties Removed.
The
mass
All
Berlin
ish
President of
in Germany
armistice co
the Brit
bas not
mmission
withdrawal of all blacklists and
trading disabd
isabil
wever
‘om
m
fied the (
ion
Ferman
all
ties, He added. ho the
governments
introduce
should
that
served
any
the right to
such blacklists
The resolution of the Allied and
Eovernments was
express proposal made by
as
ale taken on
the
&®"n
an
Iritish
i
PAGE'S 8 DEPARTURE | MYSTIFIES.
ots -
Ambassador Was
From Rome For Consultation.
of
from
Details
departure
mystery
officials
Washington Ambasea
Rome
here, State De
said No
received of his report
ed resignation, and it is
called to Paris for consultation
with American peace delegates,
The State Department was advised
of the sefsure of the American fishin
schooner Cape Hora by the Mexican
authorities on the ground that she
carried munitions for revolutionists.
Postmaster General Burleson hase
recommended to President Wilson. that
all telephone and telegraph lines be re
turned to their private owners as
soon as Congress can enact legisia
tion deemed necessary.
President Wilson cabled Senator
it was doubtful that
importation of German potash could
be restricted without further action
of Congress,
Captain David C. Hanrahan was de
tailed as naval attache at Warsaw
Poland.
The Supreme Court refused to ap
point receivers in the Virginia debt
cage,
Victory Loan campaign has reached
nine hundred million in first week of
campaign, which is slightly ahead of
bp first week of fourth Liberty Loan cam
paign.
Alfred Everson Pearsall, of Weat
fleld, N. J. dean of the commercial
market reports of New York, died Ir
Melrose, Fia.
James Kennedy Lynch,
the United States Twelfth Fedoral
serve Bank at Ban Francleco, dled
denly.
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toms of kidney trouble.
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