X' v & v& 1 "' It t faienfttt Ifhtbtic ffie&ger iiis. it NIGHT EXTRA FJ2STA2VCIAJL THE WEATHER Washington, May 8. Probablofralns tonight and tomorrow. TtJirEnATcnr, at each noun lY"o lio In i3 I i L2,l,ajllrrT nlaToa lot vt (W (io m s i 1 CI M s!i ' "ft VOL. V. NO. 202 fublUhcd Dally Kirrpt Sunday. Subncrlpllon Trie $ a Year by Mall. . Copyright. IMP. ty l'ubllc Ledger Company. PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, MAY 8, 1919 En It led aa Beiond-t'laaa Matter at III" Puatotnte, at 1'lilladellihla. 1'a.. Under tha Act of March 8. 1S7D PRICE TWO CENTS GERMANS WILL BOW TO TERMS, U. S. IS CONFIDENT; THREE NAVAL PLANES BEGIN TRANSATLANTIC FLIGHT '33 tJta ii li SE FLIERS START ON FIRST M OF JOURNEY Hydroairplanes Hop Off From . Rockaway Beach on Trip to Halifax SHOULD REACH INITIAL GOAL BY THIS EVENING Aviators Pass Chatham Point Toward Cape Sable Course and BIG CROWD SEES START Last Units of Flotilla Which Will Aid Aviators Reach Trepassey Progress of Birdmcn on Flight to Halifax ' 10:02 a. m. Threo American sea- I planes hop ofT at Itochavvay Uracil for Halifax on first Irs of transat lantic flight. It "a. m. Filers pass between Fishers Island, off New, London, Conn., and end of Long Island. Noon Hydroairplanes cross south t end of Itloclt Island, R. I. 12:50 p. m. Naval tilers head i through Vineyard sound and approach ' Cape Cod coast. . 1 : 10 p. nt. Ilyannis, Mass. 1:28 p. m. Chatham naval si a- tlon passed. Airplanes take Cape Cod Sable course. Hy Associated Press f New York, May 8, The first trans Atlantic flight was, Jcgun when three N-0 (Navy-Curtiss) hydroairplanes I left the government's nir station at Hockaway Beach at 10 :02 a. m. today I on the first leg of the journey Rocka-, way to Halifax, a distance of 510 miles. The NC-Jt, with Commander John II Towers, chief of the expedition, amis the first piano to take the air. The NC-,1, with Lieutenant Commander I. N. L. Bellinger, and the NC-4, with lieuten ant CommarJder A. C. Rend as the com manding officers, were close behind the NC-3. The seaplanes made rapid progress. They had passed the Chatham naval station nt 1 :2S p. in,, n dispatch from Chatham states, and, taking their bear ings, they appeared to be pointing northeastward on the Cape ' Sable course. 2000 Feet in Air The planes at this point were n con siderable distance off shore and 12000 aaf In flift nil flvint- nnn nftnt ,lin " r other. The naval fliers passed over Nnushon Island nt 12.50 p. in., says a djs , patch from Woods Hole, Mass. They were going fast, heading through Vineyard Sound nnd approaching the Capo Cod coast. .'-The. sun was not shining, but there was' no wind and weather conditions were good. Tho south end of Block Island was crossed a little after noon. One sea plane then had a considerable lead, and the other two wcro near together. Tho Newport, It. I., naval radio station at Newport, It. I., wns in con stant communication with the planes as they passed along the southern New England coast. Tho fliers reported that the machines were working satis factorily and making good progress. ' The planes were escorted to sea by a squadron of navy scout planes. , Halifax by Nightfall Procee'ding ia a general northeasterly direction the three giant air and water birds should reach Halifax before night fall, barring mishap. Then the route runs 4C0 miles" to Trepassey, N. t, 1350 miles to the Azores, another 800 miles to Portugal, and on to Plymouth, England The' total distance between nock-away-Bcach and Plymouth Is 3025 nau tical miles. The NC-3 cruised toe n minute northerly in Jamaica Bay after the hop off, moving nt half speed through tho water and then turned west for the open Bca, Tho throttles were thrown open, and with a roar of the 1000 horse power motor the plane took to the air. , One minute .later the NO-1 lifted herself from the water, followed with in fifty seconds by the NO-4, and the world's first transoceanic flight was ac tually In progress, As the three craft vanished into the light haze the sun broke through, flood ing the bay and Illumining the wings of the "planes. Escorts Turn Bach When the planes were fully a mile away the even-toned roar of their huge, motors assured officers that they were working perfectly. Tlie escorting scout planes turned back about three miles from Hockaway, and the three traus- Caetlnued en Pas Twfntr, Column Ttjre T 7 tviJis)7 7svs7 f umuiw.uuujo. ; 1 Shotccrt and Irecse) tear and sigh dau. ' Pralablu rah tonlaht and Friday, iFMprv.PdjtiHrB'ako it o Buy dayf v NAVY FLIERS OFF ON FIRST "HOP" l; '' ,!' 1J UratlMjiaGa ' ili!' " l ilPIs I K 7l Ataaaatflafe. i ita ; V , I ; afBBB . - ;!!B?L 1 ' r j wl 1 1 & WmtKr 1 I'M iWiiimtiM II JIM ''"IT11 -r-." """It'l i iliiirni fpBBHF-' v i 'i'-pf " - 4 "'V w?Ki&j!SS&l9iiBBlSS8S3BSSs'Sf aaaaaaafcw?:-&siA. UfadHBaHaab S XEiAVPK f1 f BERMUDA ' "J At top is the NC-:t, first to take the air of tho three big naxiil planes leading Knehaway Iteach today for Halifax. At right is Lieutenant Com mander P. X. L. Bellinger, in command of (lie NC-1. The map slious tlie "seeral jumps" that will ho attempted in tlie effort to 'fly across the Atlantic FIXLOlERROUiriSsllSN" , ' FOR BipDE; RECORD IRK fc) Harris i. Kulns. COMMANDKIC J. II. TOWRUS In command of the U. S. naval Plane -NC-3, tho first of three planes which started from Ttncka wa.v Hcacli for Ilalifav on the first leg of tlie flight across the Atlantic WOMAN FIGHTS FOR PURSE Captures Suspect and Holds Him Until Policeman Arrives Quick action by Sadie Kline, 10i: Kast Willnrd street, brought nbotit the arrest of John Million, Knst Ontario street, nftcr he had grabbed the woman's pockctbook 011 Market street, the police say. Accordiug to the testimony, when Mallon grasped her purse Miss Kline chased him through the cloud nnil held on to his coat until the nrrivnt of n patrolman. Tim man struck nt her, it is said, but Miss Kline held fust. Mallou was held in SSOO bail for court todny by Magistrate l'cunock lit Central Police Station. HUNGARY SPURNS TRUCE Will Fight .Rather Than Accept Terms Rumania Offers Copenhagen, May 8. (By A. P.) The Hungarian communist government ha refused the armistice terms offered by Itumania and has decided to fight to) the utmost, a dispatch from Budapest says. In reply to the Hungarian request for an nrmistire, the Rumanian Govern ment demanded the disarmament of the forces fighting against Bumnnia nnd her allies in the present operation, the surrender of wur material and tho re turn of prisoners and hostnges without icciprocity. BURNED UNDER ARMY TRUCK Flames Envelop Chauffeur When Leaking Qas Is Ignited Mt. Holly. N. J May S. Harold Conner, 27 Hunterdon street, Newark, army truck chauffeur nt Camp Dix, is in tho Burlington County Hospital here with burns received early today, when fumes from gusolino leaking from a drainago valvo o his-truck were ignited by tho headlights while ho was under the machine shutting off the valve. The flames burned his hands and his legs from the waist to tho knees. No damage was done to the truck. Con ner's companion aud a trained nurse hurried him to the hospital. TO ARREST 2500 SLACKERS U. 8. After Men Who Dodged Draft In Brooklyn ' NeV Ybrlt; Jtay "8. Arrest of 2500 draft slackers will begin in Brooklyn within a few days, it w'ns announced to day by United States District Attorney Bell, after conferences -with Federal Judges Garvin and Chatfie)d and Fed eral Marshal Power. Many of these slackers are foreigners, Wilsons at Longehamps Races , Paris. May 8,T-(Ry A. P.) Presl. dent Wilson, went to Lougchamps this Procession of Twenty-eighth Di vision to Start Below Wharton Street RESIDENTS' PROTEST WINS The starting point of the Twenty -eighth Division paiade on May I," will bo determined this afternoon. It will be on South Broad street, at some point south of Wharton street. Adjutant General Frank lleary made this announcement todny following a conference with Lieutenant Colonels Charles V. Clement nnd I'red Tn.lor I'usey nnd Victory jubilee officials, held in City Hall: "Colonel Clement nnd I will make nn inspection of the route today," he said, "and announce the starting point later. It will be beyond tho Third Regiment Armory nt Broad and Wharton streets." Tho announcement will be ice rived joyously by South Philadelphia business men and mothers and fnthei of the regiment personnel, who felt the Imjs should be permitted to pass near their homes when Philadelphia welcomes nnd reviews them. In addition, Adjutant General Henry announced that n slight change had been made by the committee in tho route around City Hall. It was orig inally planned that tlie troops pass nrotind this building and swing into the Parkway. Instead the men will inarch north on Broad street to Arch and out Arch to the Parkway. Floral Keystone a Feature A huge red floral keystone, with the number of men who paid the supreme sacrifice on it, will cover a caisson which will be driven along with the troops, it was nuuounred. Adjutant General Peary announced that members of the 111th Infantry nnd the 100th Machine Gun Battalion, who desire to participate in the parade will report to Colonel E. O. Shannon n the Third Regiment armory. Members of tho 112th Infantry should report to Colonel George C. Itiekard", at the same place. t The men should bring their helmets, and be in uniform. No transportation Will be nllowed them, however. Casuals who desire to participate will have tiieir transportation paid by the state. The women's committee of parade ar rangements announced following n meeting nt t.he Liberty Buildiug Hint nn effort is being made to locate nil re turned Philadelphia nurses who have seen overseas service. The committee has not complete lists, and therefore hopes that thp nurses will report nnd register at the headquarters In the Lib erty Building. Mayor Smith presided tot a session of the Philadelphia welcome home commit tee held this morning in Councils' finance chamber at City Hall, At tho conference various questions pertain ing to the parade were discussed, aud plans already agreed upon were reported fcy the chairmen of subcommittees. Joseph Gaffncy, chairman of the com mittee ou boats and stunds, reported that contracts had been let for reviewlug stands on both sides of Chestnut street between Fifth and Sixth, with a break at Independence Hall on tho south "Ida jf the street. The Liberty Bell will bo displayed either on the steps or the navement of the old State House. xnr mam rcvivwiuj; Biauuwu ne wise 94 aTa,vW$,Xs OF SEA FLI GHT Day's Subscription of $42,502, 400 Here Breaks All Pre ceding Totals $93,341,500 IN THE DISTRICT Philadelphia's quota $104,0511.000 Subscriptions to date. . 1 11,1 I8,:SoO Federal Reserve distriit qliota .".-,-,,000,0(10 Subscriptions todate... 202,IK,K.'0 -All lecords in the present Victory Loan campaign were broken today. The gain in Philadelphia ocr jes tcrday was $42,!02.-100. The increase of suhKTiptions in the district ocr jes tcrday was $."0, Sit), 100. making a total gain of 5n.1.341,."O0. In addition to these big gains sub scriptions, are still piling in. Bond sales totaling more than ,S2,l,l)(K).tH)(l were obtained from six banks and lni-1 i urn panics this nfternoon. Women work ers are working harderthan ever before and nnnounce safes of S0..V.t,."()0 dur ing the last twenty-four hour" Inclusive of tlie big subscriptions this afternoon, the total to date for Hie Third Federal Rescue District is ?202,"4:i,8."O. Of this nninuul the sub sfriptions in Philadelphia 're Sill, 118,"."0; for PennsjKnuin outside of Philadelphia. ?0!),r,.o,4,30n ; southern New Jersey, .$11,043,450; Dclawaie, $0,717,750. Bank Takes $10,000,000 The largest subscription received this nfternoon wns one of SIO.OOO.OOO from the Fourth Street National Hank This was followed by bond purcliifes to the amount of $5,000,000 b the Philadel phia National Bank, subscriptions of $3,000,000 from the Peun Mutual Life Insurauce Company nnd additional pur chases of $1,010,000 by George F Mr Fadden & Bro. The Commercial Trust Company sub scribed $3,050,000, anil the Western Savings Fund, $1,500,000. Caleb F. Fox made personal subscription for $250,000. There was $800,000 from the Columbia Avenue Trust Company ; $UK),000 from the Equitable Life As surance Company of tlie United States, aud $227,000 from the Drovers nnd Merchants' bnnk. The Industrial committee up to Tues day had obtained 28.8 per cent of its quota, $28,001,800 being the amount icported. The quota is $100,51)0,000. Many Philndelpiiiaiis will have nn opportunity to soar above tlie city dur ing the remaining days of the Victory Liberty Loan campaign. The Twenty -eighth Balloon Company, from the Aberdeen, Md., proving grounds, is hero to aid the campaign and will take sub scribers ns passengers. ft The first Jllght will be mie this afternoon from tho Parkway and Twenty-second street. Passengers will be selected by tlie Victory Loan execu tive committee nnd the selections will be based upon tlie amounts subscribed. The balloon will remalu in the nir about an hour, taking two passengers at a time. It is expected to carry at least ten persons daily, nccording to Lieutenant M. F. Mover, seconc in command of tho company, A height of about 1500 feet will bo maintained on the flights and the balloon, of the ob-i nervation type used In Frnpcc, will he T S Brockdorff-Rantzau Refuses to Admit Germany Was Solely Culpable in War RECKONING HOUR HERE, ASSERTS CLEMENCEAU ! World Peace Congress, Trimmed of Frills, Impressive in Its Sternness TEUTONS SHOW ARROGANCE German Leader May Have Been Physically Unable .to Rise to Speak 11 the Associated Press Versailles. Mnj 8. The scene at ves- terday'.s session of the peace conKress. when the terms of, he trenty were pre sented to the German delegates, was an impiessive one, aud tlie function hod its tense moments. The eutire half hour wliiili it took Count von I'.rockdorff Unnran to deliver his repl.v to Premier Cleuicnrrnu was u period of tenseness for President WiNon, Pre mier Clenieiueiiu nnd Premier LJnyd George, nnd for virtually every one present. The speech wns translated, sentence by sentence, by the German interpre ters, who did not Jil to bring out. with full emphasis, every sharp phrase in it and the three Allied statesmen put their heads together In evident anger at more than one of tlie German spokes man's rutting utterances, ns if they were dcribejntingv.;ipg,u. the udvisability of nu immedinte answer. The program was unaltered, however, and when the German plenipotentiary had finished Premier Clemenccau arose and put the customary phrase: "Has any one further observations to make';" nnd when there was no response, con tinued: "I then declare the session closed." The allied triumvirate lemnined after tlie Germnn delegates, had left for a half-hour discussion of the new situa tion. Meeting Without Frills ' The scene within the hall during the ceremony had none of the pomp and glitter of earlier Pence Conferences no display of oiirt and militar.v uni forms, such ns marked the Congresses of Iterlin nnd Vienna, no theatrirjl ceremonial. It seemed to gain in ini piessivcness. however, by these ver.v circumstances. At the head of the table, the striking faces of Premiers Clemeneeau and Llojd George nnd President Wilson attracted every cje. Marshal I'oeh. sitting with the French delegation nt the head of one of the side tables, was another con spicuous figure. The bearded fn es of the Serbian statesman, M. Pachitch, and tlie Greek premier, M. Veuizclos. ns well ns the familiar head of Iguacc Jan Paderewski, the Polish premier, also stood out from the muss of delegates. Tho impassive faces of the Japanese representatives, the Orieiitul lineaments of the Chinese, the blown routitounmes of the A rubs from Hcdjns, and the presence even of the two delegates from Liberia nnd Haiti gave evident e that this was renllj n vvoild cougress. Not tile Attitude of Conquered The Germans, who entered the cham ber with nil tlie innhdeiicp of victors, bore themselves without u trace of nervousness and acted as if they were taking pnrt in the deliberations on equal terms with their adversaries. Cuntnuril oft Puae 22, Column rive MAYOR TO TAKE UP HOUSING Smith Will Confer With Aides on Situation Today Major Smith will confer today on housing conditions with Director Kruscn, John A. Vogelsou, chief of the Bureau of Health; Michael J. Kelly, chief of the division of housing unci sanitation; George 13. Dntesmnu, di rector of public works, nnd Joseph P. Gaffney, chairman of Councils' finance committee. The Major has approved tlie pro posal to increase the salary of the chief of tlie division of housing and sanita tion from $3400 to $4000, as n step toward the solution of tho housing ques tion. This was announced bj Dr. Wilmcr Kruscn, director of public health and charities. Director Kruscn stated he supported the Major in favor ing the advance. WAR HEROES ORGANIZE Lancaster Boys Plan to Obtain New Armory for Their City Lancaster, Pa., May 8. The first orguuizattou of soldiers to bo formed here And which is expected to wield an influence in tho political world was organised last night by members of old Company K, who as heroes of the Rain, bow Division reached home Inst Satur day night. The- boyu nnnonncco n movement would bo launched to obtain fqr Lan ' B II N U Allied Council Considers Peace Terms for Austria Treaty, Which May Levy Billion Indenlnity, Takes Form Austrian Envoys Named. Mandatory Issue for Congress ltv the Assorlated Press Paris. Mn.v S. The Council of Pour, with Piemier Orlnudo of Italy present, began todnj lo arrniiK" the program for the presentation of pence terms to the Austrian, Hungarian ntid Ilulgariati delegates The Aiidiinii lieatj has begun to take form l'nilion of it nlieailv have h-eii d'.nfied It appeals t lint . instead of tieiniimy being icquireil to pa.v the entire indem nit.v demanded l. the Allies, n consid erable sum will be demanded of Austria, the estimate of this sum at present being .-,,(100.000.000 nowns fXl.000. 000(11101 . This inilemnit.v provision and the cle- Ihiiilillion of the frontieis of the new stall will lie the niniii feuliiies of the tienu jyiw in the making Provision is' to be made for dividing AiMi iii-llun ' gnr s jire-vvur debt mining tin new stnlis foimed fi oin teriitorj foi merlj belonging to that empire. The frontiers between Gorman-Austria and Itnlj. ami probablj the Adriatic SEAPLANE NC-4 MAY HAVE TO I AND WASHINGTON, May 8. Commander Albert C. Read, of the seaplane NC-4, repotted to the Navy Department by radio at 2 o'clotk through Chatham, Mass., station that his plane wns ex periencing engine tioublc nnd might be forced to land. "Wc me running on thiee motois, oil tiouble on one, sr may have to land." ' ASKS REMOVAL OF GEORGE GOULD AS EXECUTOR NEW YORK, May 8. George J. Gould, son and executor oi the estate of Jay Oould, was required by order of the Supreme Court today to show cause why ho should not be lemoved. rrank J. Gould, another son, in asking the order, charged frauds nnd violations costing the cttate $25,000,000 PENROSE CRITICAL OF TREATY TERMS Senator Opposes Any Pact That Cuts U. S. Prepared ness FAVORS OPEN DEBATEl I Aiij peace tiealy must peimit the Failed Suites In have udeqtinte pic paicdiicss. both military nnd naval. This is the opigioii cwpics-cd riv Sennto" Peni osc in :i ilictnted state nii'iit on sinh of the details ns have been leceived so fnr of tlie peace treat) submitted to Gerninnj by the allied governments. "I slinll not vote lor any irruij m league of nations." said the Senator. "which imposes unreasonable or uncle- siraule obligations on tne i nueci mint'" i or which infringes in uuj way on tlie Monroe Doctrine or even makes it de pendent on n treaty or ncciiicsence of other nations The siMiutor dictated hi" vimvs he j "" l v'" '"" the league of nations prau will come fore leaving Han ishurg for Washington After the conference. Hie dispatch ( the pi ovisious suggesting a special ar this afternoon, wheie lie will assist in j states, the fact that the inemberH of iiingenient by which the I'nited States the nrrangemeiits for the caucus of Re-! the Council of Four did not appear ' nnd Great Britain would go to the aid publican senators cm Mnj 14. Governor i made the crowd niixiniis, but it trail-lot France: the clauses which China Sproul left later in .the nfternoon for spired the.v were holding a meeting, and j protests give her rightful territory to Washington He and Senator Penrose shnrtlv after I :H0 o'clock President Japan, the Involved nnd technical pro will confer tonight and tomorrow. Wilson departed, looking serious hut I visions of tlie economic sections on Senator Penrose's stntement follows ;i smiling. lie suluticl the crowd as he i which the advice ot experts doubtless" "It seems to me, with the pence terms i "ollt ,0 his nutoinoblle. I wil be sought, nnd a score of other mixed up n they nrc witli the league Clemeneeau Iiuillv Cheered points, uli of which promise to furnUh of nations, the.v will have to be care . m,lf ... , , the material for a history-making ses f, considered ,. debated in the ' f..An "' ' ' '" P "ranee of M. ! sion of the Senate, if not indeed both Senate. 1 miiv saj I emphatically fa- , ,, . r . . vor open public sessions of the S"i.ate i.. . . .,.K .i;L,iiiC(.inti for such discussion. Wants Ligfit Turned (In "Notvvithstnnding the fact thnt we were promised open covenants, openly arrived at, we have as a matter of fact had nothing but secrecy unci mjstcry. "The time hns come to turn on the light. We should not be cnlled upon to take such a departure from our tradi tions and policies without the fuller in formation us to the direction we are go ing. "Information is still badly lacking as to the details of the peare treaty. The newspapers make reference to eco nomic supervision which the allied unci associated nations are to exercise over Germany nud it is intimated that the United States is to occupy u foremost placn in the financial arrangements. "It remains to bo seen how far wc are called upon to nssume the, fiuancial nnd economic responsibilities and how far public sentiment in the United States will toerate such assumption. "Numerous other dctnils of the treaty ktlll are undisclosed or vaguely descrlb- Colium rtr settlement will nlso figure in the Alls trian treat v. Austrlans Name Kuvos The French foreign office received in foimntion lute todn.v that the Austrian peace delegation left Vienna last night and would reach St. Germain probubl tomoirovv It iui lodes l)i. Fran. Klein. Prof. Heiurich Lammnseh. Prof von Liiiiii. I nder Seeretnr.v 1'liickc mid Dep uties Ktegliger and Rudolph Lodgman.1 Hen I'liicke will represent the Tvrol and Deputv Lodgman the Geininn Ho ' heinians What the Austrian delegation will iicfompllsli is not clear becnuse of the economic chaos in the former empiie. The Autrians prolmlilv will sign un.v pence offered, but onlv for the n-lntivc ' lv small pari of the former empire ' which thei represent "The solution of the i.icial pmb U in," dispatches quote Ilerr I.odguinn, i "l to give all the old provinces with conflicting nationalities new frontiers Later thej will be obliged to unite vol ' ( ontlnuei! on I'iikci '. ( ulunin Kialil AT PEACE TABLE Attitude Brockdorff-Rantzau's , . , , - . in Remaining Seated Insult, Says Australian Premier WILSON IS NONCHALANT IJ London, he Associated Press Mnv s After the con ference nl Versailles vesteida.v William M. Hughes, premier of Australia, said, according to u Iteutet dispatch ; ,.,.. 1111 attitude of Count von I'ltocl.iiorlT-ltnnt-7(iu was an iiitolernb'e insult to the conference, for while Premier Clemen eeau spoke standing, the German spokesman did not rise while making lis ,(rP. sliu nf (,1(,ir illt,.r. ,ll)Ir ,,,.,, ,Ms NI, )et, ,lnv of j lllniiliaticlll flir ,,. ;,,rmllIls hi(.i,' p could see had entciecl into their souls." William !' Masse.v, premier of New .euianu. said : "me tieininiis were moie impudent and aggressive than ,, . , , ,. MX, Mill,.. I lt.,1 .. n. h ...... ' , , ,.r ..,,....... ':."' V'01 ! 11 11 111 Villi llllt; () I IIP fffl v ,.romi(,r Orlando nkn received .,, c.vn .. .-. . . "' !! lion, but rreniier Llojd George, the latest to leave, is said to have been given a more generous icception from the throng. Describing the scene at the Trianon Pulaco when the terms of pence were handed to the German delegation u Paris dispatch to the Central News sajs that Count von Rrockdorff-Raiit-zau, vvhilo reading his .speech, which was translated sentence by sentence proceeded witli increasing decision, and that It was Interesting to note tho de iiienuor of the assembly. The Germans seemed to stiffen their bodies, and, with folded arms, they sat stern nnd silent by Count on Brockdorft-Itantznu's side. AVhilc the spenkor was admitting the acceptance of defeat and the obligation of reparation, those watching the Ger man delegates snw that they turned their eyes in other directions. , Wilson Appears Unconcerned While the address was proceeding only Premie? Clemeneeau and President . CwtMttett cm Pate , Cohuaa Jftyfef ENEMY ARROGANT TREATY PUCES T Peace Calls for Vital Action by Historic Session of Amer ican Senate WILSON MAY CARRY CASE TO THE PEOPLE Opening of Teuton Commerce to Be Strong Incentive for Ratification r , AVOIDS PARTISAN QUESTION Precedent Will Be Broken- if? Cabled Message of Executive iV By the Associated Press Washington. May S. The ejes of the , world today are focused on the treaty of Versailles. Statesmen and diplomats everywhere are turning over the phrases of the official published summnry ot Its terms to form their opinions. In the I'nited States the questions being ashed aic: How does it affect America? Will the Senate ratify it V Will GermanyA accept it? Official Washington, with M OPT I the President nnd the secretary of state, sLS i.. it.. -:.. f . . . . Y.'a I Km", v.uuKr,:s in aujournment and. .S&j many lenders on both s ties absent, uai I rattier nevoid of authoritative express "9 . :. .. .i , . . . . ... Mini uu iiie nrsi ivvo questions; For the third the generally accepted optaf3 ion seemed lo be that tlie Germni"ri vrmtlcl ni'cpnf Clin inni.iilinn 1,, I,.-. it ....-i... "...I -"".,:.'"'". .f- itUi.: ii iiiiKHi ii-iiiiiii- i-vuuuHiii: pressure to 5Sa bring about the fulfillment of some of 1 its tcims. - The few Congress leaderH who were In. the capital were carefullj studying thu published summary, prcpnriug to issue their comments in the form of state ments Some of these were expected during tlie elaj . Wilson Won His Point One point seemingly generally ac cepted nt first glance was that Presi dent WiNou has successfully carried out his determination Hint the league of nations covenant should be an in separable part of the peace treaty and that the whole document must stand intact ns it conies up for ratification or i eject inn. Of course, the Senate1 ' might cusilj. in the resolution express- !i,f if. tint inn twfil.ii i-rLnttTaf innai nk ' lt' ' iiui nitinv ii'iimiiuuij H nnv ,ti,m, hich it does not ap prove. Another point which seemed evident to those who studied the summary was that the rejection nf the treaty by nny single nation would only hnve the ef fect of dela.ving the restoration of re lations between that nntion nnd Ger man, while nations which do accept tlie trent.v will enjoy the advantage of opening up trade and commerce with Hie remnant of the great central Lu- ropenu power. Some observers were in- .,! i , i ,i,: fn.,,..n. .... ,... cjlinril III li'Klilil nil- nuiiur u- I wi - midalile ngenc.v in the hands of the President when he urges the acceptance of the trent.v by the I'nited States. Will Begin to I Jne I p The probabilities are thnt the forces in Congiess, for nnd ugainst tlie treaty, will begin to line up nnd show thom- -I .. CI.!.. l.n ..nv. f... .In... hhJ M ""'"., '"""" M ' take on a moie definite position ns the , fn tvt nf the rccord-brcaklne Inn of the diieiimetit. becomes available. -,..!... i. .!.,. i. .i : i i i tjlllli' iir-iin- mi- i in piiiun luiuiim iu ' ... 1 houses ot.iougress, Wilson Breaks More Precedents Ah Itrpuiflfinl; WHson will not he nres- . . .i. i..- .1.- ..i..i -.-1r. cut at inc upfuiu m mi- pin-iui uca-. sion of Congress on Mny 10 he will' cable his messnge from Paris and it will.J1 he rend immediately after Congress cou vcncH, This was announced today at t Jj the White House. jJ-3 Cable advices received at the Wit y$& House Indicated that the lTcsitlfiir. f$ would not hasten his return to Waih'? f S ington because of the extra session R5; There was no intimation as to whtn ho expected to return to the United," ArJj States, hut the general belief now J h ,f'?! that this will not bo before June 1. - ril Not within the memory of. the oldest ,13 jiilnelic' at tne vv niie Jiouse nas a ij.- cj gress met with the President absent from AVnshington, nnd It Was said 'tbt this would be the first time that. ! executive ever had sent his message 't ' Congress by wire. f f rresiuenc vvnson tjoij ior iue trsordinary session of Congress to an- semble ou May 10 already Is brtifqjt'jj the nauoum icgmiaiurB cumru iTaaiyvs tniton. In the few day MmwiIK? auuliMi opens there Wttl U atsftnmm"- ' , "Sy:rf "'' ?' j." """ trt ;. rr':',T', sr?r ' .. , ..? ',kSW - . - V ihVL& Jle&toJ. 3-
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