UW V 6 . -,l 7 Evening public Slefctjer NIGHT EXTRA THE WEATHER Waihliif Ion, May 28. Fair today J :'f and probably tomorrow, warmer. TEJIPEItATtmU At kacii hour fi 8 I iu Hi lia I l i!'i :t 41 r, i fill 0O 101 04 05 I I I I VOL. V. NO. 219 Publlibed bally Eic.pt Sunday, Subscription Prlot a Tear by Malt Coprrlaht, 1918, by l'ubllc Ledger Company. PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 28, 1919 Entered aa Beeond Claaa Matter at US Poetomce. at Philadelphia. Pa. Under the Act of March 8. 1ST". PRICE TWO CENTS M GERMANY OBJECTS TO SURRENDERING EX-KAISER: !," PORTUGAL DECORATES CREW OF VICTORIOUS NC-4 ' iV Sign R U. S, SEAPLAME TRIUMPHANT IN I OCEAN JOURNEY Ik,. American Fliers Safe at Lisbon After Dashing Across Atlantic PREPARING FOR FLIGHT . TO PLYMOUTH, ENGLAND f& Naval Aviators Soon to Hop Off 'for Coal in British Isles 1 EAGER TO FINISH VOYAGE Read.and His Aides in Excellent Condition in Spite of Strain" NC-4 Covers 3150 Miles in 43 Hours, 32 Minutes Washington, May 2S. The NO-1 covered 3150 miles In fortj -three hours and tliirty-two"minutcs actual I lining llinr emeu ivaviuh iiuvnunuj Beach, May 8. Following -arc tlic legs covered and the official flight time for each : rRockawny to Halifax (540 miles), 7 holirR, J7 minuter. Halifax to Trcpasscy (400 mljcs), 8 hours, 59 minutes. ' Trcpassey to Horto (1200 rnileaj, 35 hours, 19- minutes. " Horta to I'ontu Delgadii (150 Jmiles), 1 hour, 44 mluutcs, 4 , ,Pontns Dclgada t6 X1sbod(800 miles), I) houis, 41 minutes. t liy the Associated Press pf, London, Mar 2?. The tiew of the American seaplane JfC-1, which made Wthe first transatlqntic aerial passage, .1 landing nt Lisbon last' evening - ,1from the Azores, has been decorated I?1 nlth C RmnH Prnss nf thn Or is, !' " .. ,dcr of the Tower nnd Sword, sajs a Ij- message lo inc wiieiess presa irqni nn - tbon. The decoration was.presentcd by ; the Portuguese foreign minister. V Washington, May 28. (By A. P.) p feat of seaplane NO-4, which yesterday t achieved tho distinction for tho United w she flcw-froni Ponta Delgada to Lisbon, completing tfie Inst leg of the nctunl mcontincnt-to-contincnt flight, continued myta be the chief topic in uapl nnd of- ' f ficial circles here today. lu audition to the honor which litstorywtll give to 1 American naval fliers as the first to fly SKacrossthe Atlantic, it was with pfide fcthat navy men pointed to tho splendid In performance of the machine, a purely jfe"made-ln-America" development. Without a mishap of any Kind, the W'NC-4 made tho jump of approximately i',800 land miles irom Jontn Delgada to RfClUB 1UUU1UK JU iUllUKUKJU UIUU 11UU1A C-vand forty-three minutes, or at the into -rot silently more than ninety land miles r3in hour. Official reports show the flight, ir.wbtch started at U:l8 a, m. (Wnshing- , ton time), ended at 4:01 p. m. (Wash ington time). To Fly to Plymouth -Reaumntion of tho flicht with Plv. '(nouth, Kngland, as the finish, which was expected today if weather condi- .ftlons permitted and it was found the J steady driving of yesterday had left . 4t..k An.ln.a in n.Ar1 .n.n. md. .a.n.ilAil 1 IUD CU6IHU1 .U WVU PUUJ, ,TCT IBIUVU j as ot oniy secondary importance wnen t, romnarod to the flight across the At- lantic. the real object of all the navy's Yl fffortSi Commander Albert C. Reed '."Vand his &e companions are eager to itMn tnnmpnt: now that the most dlf. fc" ficult obstacles to their undertakingJiave ; been passed. iteports nere snowed all iof the fliers to be in excellent physical ;conditlon, despite the strain they "have ", been under continuously for more than ' two weeks, ii The flight from Lisbon to Plymouth, it w .pointed out, will be the least dimcult. pt any oi tne legs, as virtually all the way the seaplane will be in sight of land, -running up the coasts ot Portugal and .Spain and then ccross the bay ot Biscay and on tne jJTench eoast. Tho distance is approximately ItX) nautical or 844 land miles and with an early start should be covered in da'vllcht. 'Destroyers have been stationed along the route, with night flares for use, if necessary Kept Original Crew Commander Head. bad with him on ithe flight to Lisbon the same crew as stbat which left Newfoundland on the KCM on May 10. Lieutenants E. F. Stone of the Coast Guard, and W. K, Mlnton were the pilots, with Ensign It. C. Kodd as radio operator and Clef Machinist Mate 13. H Rhodes aa xe mMve pilot engineer. The crew w-as met atlTjlsbon by most members of the crews of the NQ-1 and NO?8, who had (receded tnem on a aestroycr. The .'chart of the flight, as shojyn bf'tbe reports ot tne station ship de- rra on wv -v m firiflarwpa f esavr-. Course to Plymouth w V"' Tt i ' BAY S.'t' . $! BISCAY ?i ' , J '! " ' i -fcf'" ""' "" pQWPEAatt 'J'1' . . 'V.v. 'I, T J 1 I ! t t J ' ! 4 ,. ." J jJfilBRALTAR" FIGHT OPENS ON " REGISTRY BOARD i Winston Assails Commission as 'Outrageous'; More Important Than Contract Vote, He Says , CHARTER IN COMMITTEE Charter Bill Sent Back to Committee for Changes " " Atrcndv top-hcaiy with nmciid ments. the Woodward chmter bill was sent back to committee in the Ilotisc this morning, according to agreement, for more changes. Xo ono sceifis to know just what' the new amendments, will comprise, but they will bo submitted bj City Solicitor Connelly and Joseph P. (iaffuej, chairman of Councils finance committee. 'ou that the charter rcislon fight irtually is oicr, the battle lto shift to Ihc board of registration cqinmis tfoncrs, either to oust the present mchi bers or to clin their powers. The registration commissioners were assailed today as "outrageously parti san" by John C. AVinston, chairman of (ho Philadelphia charter revision committee. Getting fair board for this city, Mr. Winston declared; is far more im portant than was the three-fourths vote provision on contracts, strickenfrom, the Woodward charter bills, . .JLr.r N'insin. Thomas Itacburn Mbltc, Predcrick P. Cirucnberg and other members of the charter revision committee were unanimous in 'stating that the charter bill, even in Its nnwnt amended Jorm, is n great victory. 'In my judgment," said Mr. Win ston, "it is of far more importance to the cause of, good government in Phila delphia that we secure a fair and im partial registration board than tl.nt . should further contend about a matter! oi actaii sucn as tne three-fourths ote ot council was, "The registration board has immense power. Ahen it was created it was made appointive by the Governor with a view to securing a nonpartisan board, free from local factional politics. The present board has become outragepusly partisan and tne complaints ngalnst it have been sustained bythe courts," Even the majority ote provision on contracts, Mr. Winston asserted, makes tho question ot city contracts a clean cut issue in local politics. City'llas No Option r "It should be borne in mind," said Mr. Winston, "that under the present law the city has no option and Is re quired to make contracts limited to one year. Under pur present bill as amend ed the city is empowered and required to do certain unspeclfiable work, such as street cleaning and collection ot garbage, by its employes,- and cannot (do such work by contract unles both the Mnyor.apd a majority of the new Council shall agree to do sot In other words, it requires amrmuthe action on the part of Councils and the approval. oi tne mayor to cnange tne uxed po( ley of doing this work without con, tract, aB it is now done. "In our original bill on this sub jeet all tha,t wo provided for was ta give tp uouncus tuo option tne power to decide by majority vote whether the" work Bhall be done by contract or by the city itseU. The- sentiment In our committee and among citizens generally was so strong that this class of work should hi done by tho city that we felt that nothing butnn emergency which 'wpuld appeal tp at least three-fpyrths Continued on Tate Tejie. Column Ono Same Old Stoj-y Fair ionlflht and TAundajf Sure! UfiitlC tiornivwinqi glow TROOPS OF 315TH ' SAIL UP DELAWARE ABOARD DAKOTAN Vessel, With 79th Division Vanguard, Expected to Dock Here at 5 o'Clock THREE MORE TRANSPORTS TO ARRIVE TOMORROW) One of the defendants is accused of .. ,' . Jvnudalisin and robber) of the .tames 11, , . , Martin public school, Ontario and Santa Rosa, Texan and 5110- Illchmond streets, Causing damage esti shone Bring Philadel phians Home One Ship Due Tonight With 79th, 2 Tomorrow The vanguaref of Philadelphia's selected men in the Scvcnty-nluth Division is due to dock it the Stjjder nenne wharf hcrer'nbout 5 o'clock tonight on the Dakotan. A part of the 315th Infantry (Philadelphia's own is on the Dakotan. Thu Dukoton passed in tho Delaware Capes at 0:50 this morning. The remainder of the ,'U5th and other units will arrive tomorrow in Philadelphia on the Hanta Hosa, the Texan and the Shoshone. The tiansport Dakotan is now in the Dolawarc rier on thc'wny to its dock here with part of the ,115th Infantry "Philadelphia's Own" and Pthcr units of the Seventy-ninth Division. The big troopship passed Reedy 'Is land at 1 :30 o'clock, where it was given a big send-off by hundreds of personn who lined the shores. It was in-sight of Marcus Hook at 3 o'clock unci Is duo to dock nt Knyder avenue wharf at about 5 o'clock. " , "Welcome boats' carrying more than 100 rclntjcs'aml friends of the return ing soldiers have gone down the Dela ware river to greet the, boys, 'nho will be glen n rousing reception when the land. All nlong the riverfront thou sands of persons arc gathered to wel' come the big contingent of Philadelphia soldiers. Whistles Blow Whistles blew as the big liner neared Marcus Hook; flags were waed and there were shouts of joy that could be heard distinctly by the bojs on board the vessel. They nnswercd the wel coming shouts and were apparently tliklcd to death to again get back to the home town. The Texnn, due here today, is ex pected to arrhe lntc tomorrow afternoon and the reception boats probably will icac at noon. So far the Shoshone nnd Santa Rosa, which Tarry the remainder of the Blfith and other tinitji, have not been heard from and it is thought they rnay not arrive till Friday. Should this be the case they they will be the first troopships docking in Phila delphia to come unescorted upthc river. Georgo W.' Webster, director of docks, wharfs and ferries, said today it would be absolutely impossible to obtain a sin gle; boat to meet nnv transports arriv ing in Philadelphia Friday because thc hae all been previously engaged for Memorial Day purposes. Texan Sends Word The Dakotan reported to the com munication office of the Philadelphia Nny Yard 'last night, The Tcxau's commander tcported he expects to reach tho Delaware Capes early tomorrow morning. No word had been received from the Shoeshone, Onlv tickets issued to welcome men aboard the Dakotan' will be honored to day. The other tickets will be good tomorrow or whatever day the trans ports for which they were Issued ar rive. Kroonland in New York The Kroonland, due at New York to day, will not reach 'port untiLtotnorrow. The Edgar Luckenbach, due jesterday at New York, dorked tHis morning. Ma jor General Kuhn, commander of the Seventy-ninth Division, Is aboard the Kroonland. Mayor Smith will, wel come him and confer with him on the parade details. Next Wednesday is tho tentative day selected for the parade, A shorter route than that of the Twen ty. eighth Division procession will be selected. On thn Dakotan-are: 304th Division Supply Train, headquarters and sani tary detachments and Companies A to v. inclusive, eicht officers and 4-5 men ; 304th Mobile Ordnance Repair Shop, $ne officer and forty -four menj 305th clothing unit, scattered, one officer and four men; Fifteenth Company. Sec opd Regiment. Air Service Mechanics. one officer and 140 men; Fifty-fourth Rare Hospital, two officers and 185 menfnigbtysixth Rase Hospital, two officers and 14U men; fccvcniy-ninin Military Police company ami weuicui detachment. 'two officers nnd 385 men; 310th Field Artillery detachment, scat tered! oue officer and sixteen men; 315th Tnfantry, Third Baltalion.headquarters. sanitary detachment, and Companies L and 51, Ave officer and J33? men: 008th, discharges, one officer and 112 men Total, 1650. Men Aboard Sliosbone ' Liberty Division and other un(t on the Shoshonq are: 304th Ammunition Train. 'hwdrortr department horse .HMUn artacunwui. , uuTl"ur,l"1" jr, anisa- vwrwr cejm 8 BOYS ARRESTED AS ARSON SUSPECTS IN 5 SCHOOL IFRES One of Defendants Accused of Vandalism and Robbery, Causing $5000 Loss Kight bojs have been arrested on suspicion of arson in ronneetion with three mvstcrimis fires In the St. Adal bert's Polish Catholic school, Allegbcnv avenue and Thompson street, and two ' fires In the temporary school nt 2013 AlleMifmi ninmin mated at $500. He is Joseph Itogo zinsM, fifteen years old, of Fifteenth stiect near Tioga. i The other defendants are ; Joseph llcakscki, twehc, and his brother, Peter, seven ; Renjamiu Bliigus, nine, nnd his brother, Joseph, ten; Tony Pocalukn, nine, and his brother, Con- .staut, eight, and Audicw 8amt-ki. All 'are Polish and live in the loiiiit of, the Martin school. The will be gnen a,hearhig before Judge Brown in the i.Iiucnilc Court. The fires in the school occuned nbotit a month ago and the ones in the an nex on Allegheny nenue since that time. The Inst fire occurred on Wed Incsday night when a crowd of bojs en ' tered the school d'iriug the temporary 'absence of the wntchmau and started a fire under his chair. Hie police, allege that Rogozinski broke into the Martin school last Sat urday .njid rifled the principal's office. On Monday night the building was broken Into ngain nnd the police be lieve the other defendants ma) have been connected with tho robber). 4 YOUTHS FREED IN ROBBERY CASE Woman Unable to Identify Any One of SuspectS'W Manwho Blinded Her With Pepper , Charged with having participated in the attack yesterdnv on Mrs. Rpse Rap paport, of 1700 Point Breeze avenue, four youths were nrrested today, but were subsequently released when nt a hearing before Magistrate Raker SJrs. Rappaport was unable to identify any of the suspects. Mrs. Rappaport was robbed of $00 after Aer assailant had blinded her tem porarilj by throwing pepper into her eyes. Later the highwayman set lire to her store and escaped. The robbcty occurred in broad day light while scores of pedestrians walked by the store the woman conducts. At about 11 o'clock yesterday morn ing, the man, who said he was n dis charged soldier, entered the stoic nnd said he desired to purchase some goods. He selected about $11 worth, uud of fered Mrs. Rappaport a ?2() bill In payment. As she was unable to change It the man offered to get it changed in tho neighborhood, but returned unsuc cessful after half an hour. Mrs. Rap paport said she thought she could give him change if he puichased another dollar's worth of goods, which he did. She then went into the dininj room, which adjoins the store, and opened the 'drawer of a buffet in which she had been accustomed to keep bills of large denominations. As she did so, she thought she saw some one behind her apd' turned to find 'the man stauding there. He seized pepper from tlic,diu ing room table, threw it into hcrcjes, nnd strangled her until she almost suf focated. Then he took ?02 from the buffet drawer, $3 from the cash regis ter, set fire to tho building anu mane his escape. Flames attracted the nejgh Knra tihn'niit out the' blaze and tailed a physician, w'ho'found Mrs. Rappaport UttU BUIICIIU Pv:-- - WOULD PROBE WAR COST House Republicans Draft Resolution Demanding Action Washington. May 28. (Dy A. P.) Plans of the Republican leaders of the Tfnl for Investieation of war expen ditures of the War Department, took defidite form today when Reprcsentatvc rt.n-hnm if Illinois, nrennrcd a reso lution providing ffci- appointment by the , - H'.iuil.l i,Ammttlpf nf nt- teen members to conduU such an in- quiry. Immediate consideration will be Republican leaders, Including Speak - nuiKtt. floor leader Mondell, mem bers of the legislative steering committee - nilipra. nre understood to' have SLa nn Mr. firnhnm's course of ac n' - . . , .. -,,!,, tlon. They pian to nave nil.- i""" begin work soon. Mr. Graham is ex pected to head it. The resolution would direct the comt mittee to "fully investigate all con tracts and expenditures made by the War Department' or under Its directions during the present war." k KING ALBERT TO VIST U. S. Belgian Ruler Expected at Session of League In October T.el.. Mar 28. (By A. P.) King Albert of Belgium is expected to visit Washington to attend the initial me?t., Ing pf the league of nations next Oc tober, rf" ' ',,, , I ! Ull I I .. rt PENROSE WINS, BORAH AIDING, AVERAGES Entire Lodge Committee Slate Sweeps Senate by. Vote of 48 to 43 DEMOCRATS SARCASTIC ABOUT "OLD GUARD' Standpat Wing Only One Left to Republican Party, Says Thomas By HART HALEY Staff Correspondent nf the Eteninf Tublle ledger Washington, Mn 2S. Senator Borah nnd the teveu who were n part of his progressive movement until jes tcrdaj voted solidlj for Senator Pen rose as finance committee chairman todaj . The resolution to displace Penrose was defeated l a, vote of 4S to A". The same vote made Warren head of the appropriations committee and car ried all the Lodgc-Peuioce committees through. Senator Thomas, of Colorado, Democrat, was thcreb.v moved to a mournful and infinite!) sarcastic attack, on the Republican methods. "The Old Guard is again in. the bud die nnd its policies are saddled on the country," said he. "I canuot sec why we should single out i'eurose or lull. longer of the : Jrtandpat wins of his (he only wing that ic- party. It is mains. Tho lion nud the lumh me l)ing down together." I? , mi.-.....,. r-lf-..J tit. m 1,.n CieUBllT -1J1UIHUO iuiiuwcu Mllll 11 luii i and sarcastic istic arraignment of Repub- refer insistently to the secretar? h plan thods "as they have beeujfora large nnv) us "a club" though uo lican me known to the country since the da) of kMarUj;Hanniu'k' . , w , ,., Borah Group Supports Slate Senator Hitchcock moved when the Republican committees were named fori ratification that Mr. Penrose's name be I stricken from the list of the finance) committee membership. This was In i order to force the Borah group to regis- i tcr their votes for the slate. j McCormick, Cummins, McNarV. ' Johnson, Keuyon nnd Norris, who have been assuring the Middle West that they would unseat Lodge and Penrose I nnd modernize the Republican wing in the Senate, voted iu unison with the Lodge majority. While Senator Thomas continued to analyze the evils of the seniority rule on Senate committees, one jlepuhliinn member after another rope nnd left the floor. Senator Thomas looked up toward the end of his speech nud saw that nil scats on the Republican side were vneant. Senator Thomas went on lelentlessl) nevertheless and told the galleries that since all is harmony in the "slim but dangerous" .Republican Senate mnjorltv the) might expect to sec the Old Guard's policies completely revived in every avenue of the business life of- the couutr). Trnde Unrest Revealed The anxiet) being felt by busiuess in terests in America b) the .signs of n tcvivinc trade between France, England and Germany found its first expression in the Senate when Senator Uoro an nounced n rrsolutiqn In the interests of the cotton, oil and wheat producers of the country. The President would be required under the Gore resolution to inform the Sepate whether a blockade likely to stop the shipment of such materials from this couutr) to German) exists or may exist under the peace treaty. DEFER DAYLIGHT REPEAL House Rules Committee Blocks Ac tlon Until Tomorrow on Bill Washington, May 28. (B) A. P.) Refusal of the House rules committee to act immediate!) on n request that a privileged statement be given the pio nosed reneal of the da) light saving law- delayed consideration of the proposal today in tho House. Tho committee postponed action until tomorrow when it will heur the attorney general of Nevv.Yprk us to whether the lepcal would aucci icgui comrucis in that state. C. R. Crane Goes to Turkey Paris. May 2S. Charles It. Crane, commissioner to investigate conditions in the East, has gone to Constanti nople, Dr. II. C. King, president of Oberlin College and a .member of the paihe commissipn, will follow tomor row. Man in Love With an Ape ' .Of course-Jt was a love that could ujt endure, but Edgar Rice Bur roughs In "The Jungle Tales of Tarzan" gives naturalness to its in ception", even as the conclusion is inevitable. The Tarzan talcs have had a won derful popularity. Read the begin ning of the new series next Satur- Evcry Saturday there will be a irarW story complete lu itself, OWt fall toreed the first; Congress Backward Child in Schoolroom of World Members, Succumbing to Ancient Lure of "Record," Fail to Grasp Isolation of U. S. if League Fails B BAKT 1 1 ALKY ' Stan Correspondent of the Ktenlni rubllc I-edirr Washlngtoii, May 2S. It is not a j revived partisanship that chiefly alls Congress nud hampers its mind, as its imind unquestionably is hampered, in the prei-ent crisis. Nor is it the erratic emotionalism thntthe AVest inflicts on the eountr) in the persons of men like Sherman. Borah and Johnson. The Lodge-Penrose clique, serene, icy, frank 1) icactionar), is not altogether to blame for the present aspect ot affairs iu the Senate. . Congress, ns n whole, is uninformed It is entering upon the greatest scssiou of historj in n Mate of acute mental iinpn1inrednes. Congiess is resolved to defeat the league of nations. Itut it has no alternative polic.v. Be jond the point nt which Mi. AVilson's plans are to be trlumplinntlv l ejected there is. so far as Congiess is coucenied, oulv i linos and n political no man's land through which the nation mny be loft to drift alone under n Htiiggering armament adequate to stand off those foieign nllinnces that are certain to form automatical!) if the le'ague of nations fails. And it is worth observing that the Senate is opposed to nn alliance with France and Biltnin even more resolutely than it is opposed to the league of ua . tionX 'Hie appeal ance of Secretar) Daniels befoie the House military affairs com mittee makes it plain that Congress abhors the thought of a great nnv) and shriuks from the prospect of n weak Members on the Republican side one asks how we aic to get ulong iu the 1 I Association Head Suggests t "" Concern to Build Oil Co- operative Basis SUCCESSFUL IN ENGLAND "Build homes by co-operation and bent the profiteer." This suggestion is made by John llilder, executive secretar) of the Phila delphia Housing Association. Mr. Ihlder has worked out n tentative plan which in piniticche believes would go far toward solviug Philadelphia's difficult housing problem. With an estimated shortage of at least 15.000 houses in Philadelphia rents are soaring and houses cnu be bought only nt prices ranging from sev eral hundred to more than .$1000 above their formei values. Housiug experts arc agreed that the situation cannot be bettered until there are more liouses. Operative builders so far have been able to do nothing toward catching up with the lions' shortage. They have not even kept up with the building program of ordinnry years. Normallv riitladclphin builds between (iOOO and 7000 houses a car. Thus far iu 10111 houses built total only 04.". S Proposes Stock Companies Mr. Ihlder proposes the formation of stock companies to build homes. As n preliminary it would be necessary to creator working capital by getting men of some means to suWribc a portion of the cost price ot dwellings. At present trust companies will lend 40 per cent of the estimated cost of a building opera tion. Building nnd loan societies will lend a varying proportion of the bal ance upon the completed dwellings. -alio difference between the actual cost of the 'house.- to bo erected and the money that could lie borrowed on tnem on urri uuu second mortgages would have to be sub scribed in advance, uttr in the co-operative companj would be authorized to the full ninoutt called for by the cost of buildiug the number of nquses prwicw... '''"' u ,iolllns were to cost 8400.000. there would be $400,000 worth of stock. Prospective liome, onqirn nui nan- scribe for is much Mock ns wouui cover i, ent of tho individual dwelling. Builders estimate that at presentprUes for labor and materials me nnunary small house would cost nrouml $4000 to build. The hoiisci, lu tljo govern ment's operation on Elmvvood nvcuuo cost something under this figuie, with land. These bouses are small but well laid out nnd set on w ide .streets with far more nir space thVn is tho rule in smalHlouso building operations. . S)slem Like Loan Association H the IndlvidUl house costs $4000. the prospective owner would tako $4000 vvorth of Btock In the co-operative coin- nany. H" would pay on bis stock monthly n qfficletit amount, Ho mtwt Kat fAi. M ( pwUwi MHm STOCK COMPANIES FOR HOIS URGED future magnificent isolation which Congress proposes w ithout a large navy. Signs of .Mental Deficit The Senate has been debating on the league of nations for a week. If it is permissible to form" judgments upon the addresses already made the United Stntes is intellectual!) the most back ward nntiou of nu.v now concerned in a large wnv with the negotiations at Paris. ' It is clearly apparent here that these arc the crucial hours of the pea'ee ue gotiatious and that the efforts of the American delegation at Paris to balance stupendous economic issues with the humane purposes of the league plan represent n truly heart-breaking task. The leaders .in Congress ate well aware of ull this. Yet no word has been uttered in the Senate or even in the House to strengthen the American position, to aid the President or to support those who, in one way or an other, have to dinct the future c.ouri.e of humanit) for good or ill Nothing constructive hns been added to the general discussion. Senaloi Reed's addresi may be fairly regarded as n disgrace to all the better tradi tions of the Senate. It religious!) avoided evpry rational and essential is sue involved in the .negotiations and was, in effect, n direct appeal to the Ingotiy and prejudice of the Southern states, whose senators Mipport the President. Old , Lure of "Record" Survives The American people have a right to expect fiank and intelligent criticism of the league of nations in Congress.- But it begins to appear that Congress is Continued on Page Two. Column Hlx F Allies Debate Austrian Border. Terms to Be Presented in Part Friday DELAY CAUSED BY ITALIANS By Ihe Associated Press Paris, May 28. The Council of Four qf thr Peace Confeienee is making a determined effort to effect r. settlement of the Italian question toda). Andre Tardieu. of the French delegation, after consultations with the Italian repre sentatives, framed a formula over night which is undeistood to follow generally the lines of n compromise- propoed by Colonel E. M. House, of the American mission w which was considered last vv eek Colonel House, Captaiu Tardieu and Premier Orlando were present at the council meeting this forenoon, and there was said to be a fair chance thnt an ad justment might be jached this after noon. Kalians Cause Dcla.v The hour of the deliveiy of the Aus trian peace terms Tridny probably will be changed because President Wilson is due at Suiesues, a suburb of Paris, to deliver a Memorial Da) address at 2 o'clock in the afternoon. It is un derstood that the time will be ad vanced from uoon to 11 o'clock in the morning. Seveut) newspaper men, in cluding nine Americans, will be pres ent nt the ceremon). , Although nrungements hnve been made to present the treaty, efforts by the Peace Conference to rcuch a decision relative to the southern bound-, arics of Austria havo been delayed be cause of the position of the Italiau delegation, The treaty, the newspapers say, will Include clauses nn the league of nations similar to those which were a part of German peace terms. The Italians are linking questions regarding Austrian boundaries and the Dalmation coast together, but the Council of Four hnnetc to linri the Dfll- Lnlatiau problem postponed' for subse quent settlement. Both the Council of Four uud the Council of Ten had the southern boundaries in Austiia under consideration jesterc'ay. Tho entire tieaty cannot be presented to the Austrlaus in the first iustaucc. The clause relating to Fiume, as well as that dealing with military and naval reparations, will be omitted for the pres ent. These clauses will be taken up ut subsequent meetings of (he Allied Coun cil, and the decisions will be communi cated to the Austrian delegation during the consideration of, the main documents Financial Terms Settled The financial terms were settled yes terday by the council. Tho treaty will be, banded to the Austrlans iu the St, Germaliv Palace drawlug room, which is mrmsnea anu nnii swiff, A number of tH Austt-ta MAY ADOPT HOUSE LAN ADA ' , , ..i . ..-- . j0.:. TEUTON REPLY TO TERMS OF; l 'J i i 4 T! Enemy Proposes Impartial Tri bunal to Try All International Law Violators i OFFERS TO PAY ALLIES 100,000,000,000 MARKS Foe Seeks to. Be Mandatory for Own Colonies Under League of Nations SUGGESTS FREE DANZIG Berlin Desires Return of Ships. Contests Transfer of Silesia Belgian Frontier Closed as German Reply Impends Amsterdam. Jlnj 2S. (By A. P.) A dispatch received here from Eindhoven states that the Belgian' frontiers linve been closed, nnd that nil Belgian soldiers have been re called fiom leave. It is reported that general mobi lisation will be ordered nt the ter mination ot the period given the Germans to sign the treaty of ncace". - i , By Berlin, the Associated Press Tuesday, May usss t ... 1 .- .u i.CTJviBI umuy t;uuiui-c-juuLiupilia iu vuc: vcrnff i of the nence treaty nrrsenteH.tnliecftl'' Lll n I W Ul H 1 1 V j nLfliinLHMits plenipotentiaries at Versailles includell the following points. unofficial summary available today i lr$$ Germany objects to the demand forSI the surrender of the kaiser and others w for trial in enemy courts and proposes that all violations of international law, ,: "by whomever committed, be tried by an Impaitial tribunal." Gcimao) offers to disarm 'all of her ' I battleships, on condition that a part - I of her iiicicuntile licet ue rcstereu to her. She proposes that there be no terri torial changes without consultation of the populations nffectcd. Reject Silesia Cession The cession of Upper Silesia and the claims to East Prussia. Vest Prussl nud Mcmel are emphatically rejected. It Is stlnulatcd that Danzig slinil bo come n free port and the river Vistula neutiuli.ed. Occupied tcrritor) is to be evacuated within six months. It l.n !.,,. in nf .ifitinna is estnhliffhed with (iermauv ns a member, Germany 7$M shall continue to ndminister ner c-oiumr. " ' , i , , Vr3 in accordance with the principles ot tne league as its mnudatory. Geimnn) offers to pay 20,000.00000 marks in gold b) the .vcar 1020 as ln- demiiit), nnd to make annual payments ( from 1027 onward to a total not In ex cess" of 100,000,000,000 marks in gold. Based On Fourteen Points The counter -proposals in the opening section argue for the existence of Ge' manv's contractual right to u pence, based on President Wilson's fourteen points, because the Entente nations ngiccd to peace on that basis nnd neither Mr. Wilson nor the representatives of nnv othei ullied government have since demanded thnt peace be established 6a any other basis. The second section deals with the contradiction betweeu .the draft ot the treaty and previous assurances from Entente statesmen and the .general ideals of international right. s The counter-proposals declare that the terms of peace completely ignoie the fact that Germany has replaced nn mncrinl st c nnd irresponsible govern-. meut" by a Rttictly democratic one, and that Germany, in ner proposals lor a . league of nations, has adhered to the principles of n limitation ot armaments. "It would be difficult to see," one , section reads, t'what different conc t t nns could have been imposed upon nn v Imperialistic government. Tbp solema-g assurances of France, Great Britain uud President Wilson that the pence f4 would be a peace of right aud not of," Continued on Taie Moe, Column Tw4 til A Welcome in Every Window to the 79th Tomorrow'a EVEta Pttpuq Lepoeiv will contain a bsndsoau poster, in colors, bearing tthe Sun signla pf the Liberty Division and welcome to these gallant, veteratur.' from their families and friends herV nt home. ,, ArrtMnent'fet'tei Blade far g'lr MUw; iwtv? to fBi mssu'lir tmu wsfligw,- i : Mmmmtmy ifr ' f &X1 sh im -I- 4 & ,7..v?a "-' -JOB aE&S M iM Ts S - m .aVVw m ' kV '- i W M 4MBWW - f-r ' r nt w'.r. j BMIMMta 1M H. HIS T 3'TJ c':;
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