Draft of Society of Nations to Be Presented'to Congres 'BjfihesiiSeffiWilson This Afternoon • \ ■ HARRISBURG lffi!§i|j TELEGRAPH Jok ®ljc olac-3n&cpcnseri. I.XXXVIII— • Xo. 38 22 PAGES ?hS d p&t aSOTt 1 Ha S r e ri.°bur£ u " HARRISBURG, PA.FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 14, 1919. i™™csS EM 51^ cents' 3 HOME EDITION "BIG FIVE" TO RULE THE WORLD PRESIDENT PLANS IN HIS DRAFT OF PROPOSED LEAGUE OF NATIONS U. SGreat Britain y France, Italy and Japan Selected as"Big Five" COUNCIL WOULD MEETANNUALLY Other Nations Must Agree to Keep All World Covenants By .Associated Press• Paris, l ob. 14.—The executive council of the proposed League of Nations, as outlined in the covenant read by President Wil son to-day, will consist of rep resentatives of the United States, Great Britain. France, Italy and Japan, together with representatives of four other states. ihe council shall meet as often as is necessary, but at least once a year at whatever place may be designated. Any I matter within the sphere of J action of the league or affecting the peace of the world will be dealt with. J'lan l'irst Meeting The President of the United States shall summon the first meeting of the body of the delegates and the ! executive council. The league will have a secretariat ' under the direction of a secretary- j general who shall appoint the other j members. The secretary-general j shall act in that capacity at all ; meetings. The representatives of the high i contracting parties and the officials ! of the league shall have diplomatic ' privileges and immunity. The build ings occupied by the league or its i officials shall enjoy extra-territorial benefits. Must Give Guarantees I he admission of states not signa tory to the covenant shall be with the assent of not less than two-thirds of the states represented in the body j of delegates and shall be limited to fully self-governing countries. No state shall be admitted unless \ it gives effective guarantees to ob serve international obligations and unless it shall conform to condi tions prescribed by the league in re gard to its naval and military forces and armament. To ITe.serve Peace The high contracting parties un dertake to respect and preserve the i territorial integrity and political in dependence of all state's members ! of the league against external ag- 1 gression. In case of anv such ag- ' gression or any threat or danger of ! such aggression the executive coun-i ■ •il shall advise upon the means by i which the obligations of the mem bers shall bo fulfilled. The high contracting parties re- i serve the right to take any action ' to safeguard the peace of nations in ! the cause of war or threat of war. ! In the case of disputes arising be- i tween them which diplomacy cannot f adjust, the high contracting parties ' will not resort to war without sub-' mitting to arbitration or to an in quiry by the executive council and until three months after action by the arbitrators or the executive council. The executive council shall for mulate plans for the establishment [Continued oil Pago 21.] RADEK PLANNED SOVIET UPRISING By Associated Press Copenhagen, Feb. 14.—Papers and letters found in the home of Karl Radek, the Russian Bolshevik emissary, whose arrest by the Berlin police was an nounced yesterday, indicated that ; he was planning a Spartacan up- | rising in March, not only in Ber- 1 lin, but the entire country, ac- i cording to Berlin dispatches re ceived here. A Bolshevist army was plan ning to attack the east frontier at the date fixed for the uprising, ! it is said. Radek is reported to have disguised himself frequent ly in a German officer's uniform. | THE WEATHER For llarrlxburg and vicinity: Un settled tills afternoon: probably rain to-niglit and Saturday: "armor to-night, with lowest J t aipirature about 4.*, drgrprs. I'nr Kuxtern I'rnnxy Ivanla: Prob ably rain to-nlgbt and Satur day: warmer tn-nlght In "est portion; moderate, shifting "inds, probably Increasing Sat ii riltty. Illver Slight In moderate rises wljl oe eur in the Susquehanna river anil its tributaries as n result of the rnln thnt has fallen and the higher temperature which has melted some snow. A stage of about t.:t feet Is indicated far llarrlsburg Saturday morning. Text of President Wilson's Proposed Plan to Organize Nations Against Future Wars Paris, Feb. 14. —At the plenary session of the preliminary peace conference this afternoon at 3.30 p. m., at the Quui d'Orsay, President j Wilson as chairman of the commis sion on the League of Nations, will read and explain the following re \ port: COVENANT | "Preamble—ln order to promote in ternational co-operation and to secure international peace and security by the ' acceptance of obligations not to resort [ to war, by the prescription of open, just | and honorable relations between na l tions, by the firm establishment of the understandings of international law as ! the actual rule of conduct among gov ernments, and by the maintenance of i justice and a scrupulous respect for all J treaty obligations in the dealings of or , ganized people with one another, the j powers signatory to this covenant adopt this constitution of the League of Na ! tions: Article I I "The action of the high contracting parties under the terms of this covenant shall be effected through the instrumen tality of a meeting of a body of dele gates representing the high contract ing parties, of meetings at more fre quent intervals of an executive council, and of a permanent international secre tariat to be established at the seat of the league. Article II "Meetings of the body of delegates shall be held at slated intervals and from time to time us occasion may re quire for the purpose of dealing with matters within the sphere of action of the league. Meetings of the body of delegates shall be held at the seat of the league or at such other places as may be found convenient and shall consist of representatives of the high contract ing parties. Each of the high contract ing parties have one vote, but may have not more than three representatives. Article 111 "The executive council shall consist of representatives of the United States of America, the British Empire. France. Italy and Japan, together with repre sentatives of four other states, members of the league. The selection of these four states shall be made by the body of dele gates on such principles and in such manner as they think fit. Fending the appointment of these representatives of MARKET SQUARE CHURCH CLOSES ITS 125 TH YEAR Special Services to Mark Cen tury and Quarter of Active Life Market Square Presbyterian Church will celebrate its 125 th an niversary with special services Sun day morning. It is planned to have the services as nearly similar to those held at the time of the 100 th anniversary us possible. The same hymns will be sung and the sermon will be preached by the pastor, Dr. (1. E. Hawes. from the tame text used by Dr. T. H. Robinson twenty five years ago at the centennial service. The church organization will be exactly 125 years old on Sunday. It was on February lfi, 1791, that the organization of the first Presbyterian congregation of Harrisburg was completed by the installation of the ruling elders, Samuel Weir. Moses Gilmore and Adam Boyd. Services had been held regularly some time before this date. The first pastor, Nathaniel R. Snowden, had been or dained October 2, 1793. Many residents of Harrisburg will recall that in February, 1894, a very elaborate celebration of the first hundred years of this church's his tory was held. This was in the pas torate of Dr. George B. Stewart. The proceedings of that occasion were carefully preserved in a volume of 135 pages. Sunday morning It is planned to reproduce, as nearly as possible, the musical program ren dered by David Crozier on that oc casion. The same hymns will be sung which were sung at that time. Dr. Hawes has chosen for his text the one used by Dr. T. H. Robinson as the basis of his wonderful his toric address. • At the time of the celebration there were seventy-nine names on the roll of persons who had united between 1827 and 1876. There are thirty-one of these names still on the roll of the church. The pastor has written each of them a personal letter, expressing the wish that they may be present. There were 689 other names on the roll in 1894. Of these 184 remain. The twenty-five years cover the last five years of Dr. Htewartis pastorate, all of Dr. J Ritchie Smith's pastorate, the in terval when W. D. Cooke served and the three years of the present pas tor's work. THE NEW RIVER "O'RYAV" In a letter from General McCov to bis uncle. George F. Ross. 3 South I ront street, he mentioned having messed with the officers of his former command, the One Hundred and Sixtv fifth Regiment of Infantry, formorlv the Sixty-ninth Regiment. New York National Guard, connected rtow with the Rainbow Division, when at Coli lenz, on the Rhine. The happv irish men of the regiment have named the historic unit "The O'Ryan," General •McCoy ccnt'""'es. the other states, representatives of (blank left for names), shall be mem bers of the executive council. "Meetings of the council shall be held from time to time as occasion may re quire and at least once a year at wliat j ever place may be decided on, or failing i any such decision, at the seat of the | league, and any matter within the sphere of action of the league or affect ing the peace of the world may be dealt with at such meetings. "Invitations shall l>e sent to any power to attend a meeting of the council at which such matters directly affecting its interests are to be discussed and no j decision taken at any meeting will be binding on such powers unless so in j vited. Article IV "AU matters of procedure at meet ' ings of the body of delegates or the j executive council including the ap t polntment of committees to investigate particular matters shall he regulated I by the body of delegates or the execu tive council and may be decided by a ] majority of the states represented at ! the meeting. "The first meeting of the body of I delegates and of thy executive council | shall be summoned by the President ! of the United Stateh of America. Article V I "The permanent secretariat of the I league shall be established at (blank). I which shall constitute the seat of the ' league. The secretariat shall comprise ; such secretaries and staff as may be required, under the general direction and control of a secretary-general of jthe league, who shall be chosen bv the | executive council; the secretariat shall ; lie appointed by the secretary-general j subject to confirmation by the executive I council. i "The secretary-general shall act in i 'hat capacity at all meetings of the • body of delegates, or of the executive j council. ! "The expenses .of the secretariat shall be borne by the states members of the league in accordance with the ; apportionment of the expenses of the international bureau of the Universal Postal Union. Article VI "Representatives of the high con tracting parties and officials of the league when engaged in the business of the league shall enjoy diplomatic privileges and immunities, and the buildings occupied by the league or its ' KREIN, CAVELL PLOTTER, TAKEN BY FRENCHMEN By Associated Press Paris. Feb. 14.—French rnili • tary authorities now hold, on a ; charge of dealing with the ene my. a man named lvrein, who is i alleged to have played a leading • role in the tragedy which cost Miss Edith Cavell her life. Police Inspector Cholet reports that Krein was in jail at St. Quentin at the beginning of the war. He was released by the j Germans and went to the man sion of Prince and Princess Croy in Belgium, where he denounced the Prince and Princess as liav j ing ( aided French prisoners of war to escape. As a result the Princess was condemned to ten years' imprisonment at hard la i bor. Krein is said to have gone to Brussels, where he went into Miss Cavell's hospital service and helped to "work up", the case ' against her. —————————-——— POLICE CASES ARE RIGIDLY PROBED, SOLICITOR SAYS I All Evidence in His Hands Gone Into Fully; Public Looks to Mayor City Solicitor John E. Fox to-day t emphatically denied the report that | he had "steered a safe course around I the city scandal" at the police hear | ings before Council yesterday of Of- I ticers Theodore A. Magnelli and Ed- ] ward E. Sclimehl, suspended by i Mayor Keister because it Is alleged : they accepted graft to the extent! of 30 cents, and Victor H. Bihl, for | | misconduct jn trying to stir up a : | light at the police station. "I went fully and completely in- ! to the complaints as made by the i Mayor," said Solicitor Pox. "I in continued 011 age 10.] ' HI! HO! DAN CUPID DONS KHAKI PANTS FOR CHANGE The Old How and Arrow Is Dropped For the (inn at Old St. Valentine's Suggestion What struck America on this Val entine Day'.' Hardly a sign of the familiar and grotesque cartoons which were wont to shocks enrage and embitter the re cipient. no matter how keen his sense of humor. Xix on the heart stuff, too, ex cepting for the soldier boy who fig ures in the king row of nearly all designs, like this: "My heart is true to the boy in blue," or "'kittle boy blue, whose lover are you?" As for poor old, wornout Dan Cupid with his bow and arrow, .officials or by representatives attend ing its meetings shall enjoy the bene ! fits of extra-territoriality. Article VII I "Admission to the league of slates ; not signatories to the covenant and not named in the protocol hereto as states i to be invited to adhere to the covenant J requires the assent of not less than ! two-thirds of the states represented in l the body of delegates, and shall be j limited to fully self-governing countries | including dominions and colonies, j "No state shall be admitted to the | league unless it is able to give effec tive guarantees of its sincere Intention j to observe its international obligations, and unless it shall conform to such I principles as may be prescribed bv i the league in regard to its naval and j military forces and armament. • Article VIII ! "The high contracting parties rec | ognize the principle that the main j tenance of peace will require the re ; ductlon of national armaments to the lowest point consistent with national | safety and the enforcemen by com ! mon action of international obliga , tions, having special regard to the i geographical situation and circum j stances of each state: and the execu tive council shall formulate plans for j effecting such reduction. The execu tive council shall also determine for ] the consideration and action of the I several governments what military I equipment and armament is fair and reasonable in proportion to the scale i of forces laid down, in the program of disarmament; and these limits, i when adopted, shall not be exceeded j without permission of the executive i council. "The high contracting parties agree ' that the manufacture by private en j terprlse of munitions and implements of war lends itself to grave objec tions, and direct the executive coun cil to advise how the evil effects at ■ tendant upon such manufacture can be prevented, due regard being had to the necessities of those countries I which are not able to manufacture • for themselves the munitions and im j plements of war necessarj- for their i safety. | "The high contracting parties un dertake in no way to conceal from each other the condition of such of their industries as are capable of be- I 1 ing adapted to war-like purposes or the scale of their armaments, and (Continued oit Page 16) ALL ROOMS OF PENN-HARRIS ARE NEARLY READY j Interior Decorators Have Big Task About Finished; Stores to Open "Penn-Harris Coffee Room" will be the identification of the Third • street restaurant of the'big j which is now in process of being j completed, with prospects that it I will be ready for the public within j two weeks. The last ten days have | seen almost as much activity in the j huge hostelry as when the forces i were beating all records to have the hotel ready for the public on the day assigned. I To-day saw the full bloom of some jof the lessee*—Belsingcr, optician, I nnd Forry, haberdasher. The Gor- I pas drug store tvill swing open to- I morrow. The Klaus Company, of Heading and other cities, will be on the job March 1. "Every bedroom is finished now," announced Manager Horace Belaud Wiggins, "except twelve on (lie sec ond floor. When the Coffee room is finished it -will be popular and take the place of the present grill room, which will then be vacated for the painters. It was a herculean task to get the Penn-Harris ready on the day set. and, you might say that Harrisburg has not seen this place in all its glory." ' louiigo Redecorated 1 ragedy echoed to-dav in the construction of this great 'home for Harnsburgers. The lounge was be ing redecorated after being painted by the forces of .Max Phillips a ramous decorator, of Detroit. Mr Phillips spent much time here over [<'oiltinned un p a gc 16.] HITIjOCK GOES TO PARIS Paris, Feb. 14.—The Belgian pre mier has left this city, according to a Havas dispatch from Brussels which adds that Brand Whitlock' the American minister to Belgium' has been summoned to Paris by President Wilson to discuss import ant financial questions. plugging at a red heart; heigho! He's a benchwarmer this year, and, as one critic observes: "Seems as though the fair sex is too much in terested in Industry and eurning good money to trifle with the St. Valentine pleasantry." Some cards of the old "knocking" variety with darts for Germans und slackers got to town, but they, were not popular. "Present arms" was probably the hot stuff legend which dented thousands of valentines which were sent to heroes of the war. WILSONS LEAVE PARIS TONIGHT FOR TRIP HOME Parly Will Include Anibassa-J dor Francis, White House Staff and Troops LANSING MEN TO STAY Plenary Session of Peace Con ference Meets in Fam ous Room HEARINGS GRANTED ALL Congress of Paris to End About June 1, Author ity Declares By Associated Press Paris, Feb. 14.—Preparations have been completed for the homeward voyage of the presidential party, which will leave Paris to-night for Brest on a special train and sail to morrow on the liner George Wash ington, on which it came to France. This time the party will be reduced, the large staff of state department employes and numerous experts who came over with Mr. Wilson' remain ing in Paris. The party will comprise President and Mrs. Wilson; David 11. Francis, ambassador to Russia: White House employes, secret service men, the three hundred soldiers who have formed the guard around the Murat residence; Congressman George White, of Ohio, and P. D. Norton, of North Dakota, and representa tives of three news associations. It will number 319 persons. Troops Coming Too Not only will every cabin and stateroom be occupied, but the vast hold will be filled with several thousand American soldiers who have seen service in France and who are going home to demobilization camps. Thp agreement on the constitution for a Society of Nations by the com mission which has been framing the plan was effected on President Wil son's lucky day—the thirteenth— and there are just twice thirteen ar ticles in the document. The plenary session of the Peace conference to be held in the famous Clock room of the foreign office this afternoon may mark the conclusion of the first and possibly the most important phase of the work of the world's greatest international gath ering. The view taken by many dele gates early in the conference was that nearly every important subject to be adjusted depended for satis factory settlement upon the Society of Nations, which the conference pledged itself at the outset to organ ize. Thus it became the custom to give a patient hearing to everybody who came to Paris to present the claims of oppressed and dissatisfied peoples and then refer the claims for justice to the Society of Nations to he created. To Prepare Mass of Material While the project of a Society of Nations is under consideration by the various governments represented at the conference, preliminary to the final vote, the conference, through its commissions, is expected to pre pare a great mass of material relat ing to the many subjects that will make up the docket of the society. As soon as the conference has re lieved itself of this burden it is ex pected to adjourn sine die. A high ly competent authority has said the date of adjournment would be about Jun? i- VICTORY LOAN TO FIND CITY WELL PREPARED Six Millions Likely to Be liar risburg's Quota in Next Campaign Optimism is the sentiment of the officials of ttie Harrisburg district liberty Loan organization, as they contemplate the prospects of float ing the Fifth Liberty Loun, sched uled for about April 1. With rea sonable terms for the bond buyers, Donald McCormick, chairman of the Harrisburg district, announced this morning there will be no trouble selling the district's quota. The Peace issue probably will be about $10,000,000,000, he said. Four billions of it likely will be in the form of short-term issues and will be taken up by the banks. Six bil lions. it is thought, will be the amount to be subscribed by the peo ple. If the loan is for six billions. Ilar risburg's quota will be approximate ly $0,000,000, and the quota for the district, comprising Harrisburg,'Dau phin. Perry and Juniata counties, $10,000,000. Those were the quotas for the Fourth Loan, which was for $6,000,000,000. The same organization # whieh floated the previous loans so suc cessfully will bundle the last loan,, Mr. McCormick said. "Banks ajready are getting into splendid shape for the loun." said Mr. McCormick. "They are,buying heavily of the short-term certitl catos, which are issued twice a ntonth and which are exchangeable for the bonds of the next loan." Mr. McCormick said the officials of the organization do not feur that the ending of the war und cessation of high war-time wages and shut down of many war industries will (Continued on rage 16) LONG TIME LOANS SUGGESTED AS AID TO HOMEBUILDERS Problems of Labor Men Are Cited as Important Recommending the establishment of a Federal fund, to be enhanced by state appropriations, to enable workers to borrow at long-time rates enough to provide homes for themselves and thereby raise the standards of citizenship, Joseph G. I,eland, 3rd. vice-president of thei United States Housing Corporation, declared at the Chamber of Com merce luncheon in the Penn-Harris to-day that a housing board should be established at Washington to fos ; ter a universal housing plan. He declared the Housing Corpora tion during the war prepared much valuable data that could be devoted toward making the plan feasible. The Housing Corporation has pre pared a rider for a bill which it is hoped will pass Congress before March 4, providing that through the Secretary of Labor, the data of the Housing Corporation should be made available to the public, and that an investigation of the Corporation's methods be made so that the es tablishment of the Federal fund can be made possible at the next ses sion of Congress. Ol' Local Interest Mr. Leland was introduced by Horace J. McFarland, chairman of the newly-organized housing com mittee of the Chamber of Com merce. Mr. McFarland has been holding an important position on the housing committee at Washing ton. He declared that those present should instruct their Congressmen to support the rider read by Air. Le land. Air. Leland began his address by declaring that 1,000 years have passed, except for time, since the war began. A new world is taking shape, and those who do not adjust themselves to it will be left way be hind. He declared our policy at present was not one of reconstruc tion. but rather of readjustment. When he went to Washington, he said, production was way behind and full production was not scheduled to pome until April of this year. Alan ufacturers guaranteed to increase production if the labor could be se cured Hnd kept on the job. Labor could not be kept on the job, how over, for there was no place to put them. All along the Camden shore, where shipbuilding was carried cn extensively, the expansion was tre mendous, unl lucre was no place for the worker-- to live, he said. The greatest trouble was with skilled mechanics, who insisted on adequate housing facilities. Slabilixlnx Condition* "It was one problem, therefore, to stabilize conditions by securing housing," said Air. Leland, who pro ceeded to tell how money was secured from Congress to carry on the work Their first plun wlien hearing that housing was needed, was to open a registration bureau and to get resi dents of the localities to throw open their houses to boraders. In this way,' more than 150 localities had their houses to borders. In this without the expense of building houses. He told about how the Perth Am boy transportation was furnished to carry the workmen back and forth from Asbury Park, forty miles away, where there was plenty of housing. The expense of commuting was large (Contiiiqcd on Page" 16) HEIR APPARENT TO MILLIONS IS ON MISSING LIST Sailor Boy Who Claims Loan Shark's Millions Has Merry Chase The course of new-found heirs rarely runs smooth. Take the case of Daniel IT. Tolman, 18, a $3O a month "gob" at the Great Lakes naval training station who, two weeks ago, learned that he may be the missing heir to the $6,300,000 fortune left by a grandfather, Dan iel IT. Tolman, known in Harrisburg and a score of cities as the "king of loan sharks." Hushed to Philadelphia by lawy ers, taken in charge by the Hcd Cross, then "kidnaped" to New York, only to reappear again in Chi cago—that's been the 1 exciting ca reer of the sailor heir-apparent. These facts came tp light yester day in following news received here from Chicago that the young man reappeared at the Great Lakes sta tion and asked for a twenty-day fur lough-so that he may go to New York, where the greater part of the Tolman estate is, and be present at the court proceedings at which the estate will be probated. The youth's request, coupled with that of the surrogate court of New York, won the furlough for him and [Continued on Page 12.] Germany Prepares to Raise Loan in U. S. When Peace Is Signed Geneva, Feb. 14.—The T,ausanne Gazette says Germany is preparing to raise a large loan in the United States as soon as peace is signed. The dispatch adds that the money Is to bo used to pay for expected raw materials from allied countries. t J Welfare Work High spots in to-day's session of the Pennsylvania Conference on Social Welfure included: Discussion of legislation to remedy present housing condi tions in the state. Discussion of the problems of dependent and neglected chil dren and of "Insurance as a State Contribution to Public Wel fare." t Address by Joseph G. T.eland, 3rd, on "Housing." SLUM AREAS TO HAVE NO PLACE IN HOUSING CODE Noted Speakers Address So cial Welfare Conference on Civic Problems Prevention of duplication of pres ent slum areas in the future develop ment of the cities was the theme of the housing session of the Pennsyl vania Conference on Social Welfare, held in the Penn-Hurris hotel this afternoon. Proposed legislation which is designed to met the present con ditions and remedy them, was dis cussed. A plan which met with favor included the establishment of a state bureau of bousing to supervise Hie cities, boroughs and townships which do not have housing codes. Housing legislation in the cilies which is now in force will not be changed if it meets the need. The housing conference was open ed following an address by Joseph G. Leland. vice-president of the United States Housing Corporation, before the Chamber of Commerce and (he Conference on Social Wel fare in joint session. A. B. Farquhar, York, president of the Pennsylvania Housing and Town Planning Asso [Continued on Page 12.] 4* *** ** SENATE ACTION MUST AWAII j|j * Paris—The plan for the creation oi the 1 4* Ll Nations which President Wilson will take wi< Q * * the United States will not be in condition to ] , Iz J* Copenhagen—The program of the new German gov- J eminent, which has just been published at Berlin, in- • ► X eludes equal rights for men and women, the improve- , ment of the educational system, conscription along dem . *P kt # | cratic lines to establish a peoples' army, ratifying jijU maxirrfum prices of food and necessaries of life, ca e .f 4* wounded and the families of those killed during V '. £ |tf ■ ju the socialization of all industries ripe for such treatment, *jr t / . f V <•.' / - j+ T MAY CALL BIG SYMPARTHY STRIKE 4* New York—The execute council of the building X trades department of the* A merit tnn 'fed mi X T meets here to-morrow to take action on calling oF strike 4* 4* of thirty crafts it represents in'.symp'athjh with the X X Brotherhood of Carpenters and JoineTu, announce *f 4* jp |* last night it? members on Monday would r : * strike against the Building Trades Employer -4 tion. Representatives of the Carpenters and Employer 4* X Asosciation at a meeting yesterday failed to agree on a X T wage scale, and the former announced that at the expira- T p tion of a truce lasting the remainder of this week' the 4 f* . Jm union would again walk out. The carpenters demand a X X wage increase of on edollar a day. A sympathetic . ril;c <# 4* of members of .the "basic trade" unions already litis been X called in sympathy with the carpenters. * if? * 3 | MARRIAGE LICENSES t T A"e Saunders, Steclton, and Kya Wells, Hurrlsbura. . 4 EBERT OUTLINES POLICIES OF NEW HUN GOVERNMENT Commission Already Work ing on Problem of Disarm anient For Germany TO HAVE DEFENSE ARMV Large Part of Teuton Gold Has Gone to Entente Countries FOOD PROBLEM LOOMS Von Bernstorff Not to Go to Paris as a Peace Delegate By Associated Press, Weimar, Feb. 14.—Count vor | Bernstorff will not so to the Peace 1 Conference as a German delegate. | Germany plans, for the time be i ing, at least, a people's army on ] the basis of general conscription. 1 Germany will announce within a few days her intension to carry >at complete disarmament and de mobilisation. A commission tan.if i up of the Center. Democrrt'c and j Socialist parties now is discuss vl j details of the new government IT | gtant. These points were made by Fried j rich Ebert. the new President of I Germany, in an informal talk with j foreign newspapermen yesterday. Working on Disarmament | 'The question of disarmament was ' first raised, since reports from the | Peace Conference in Paris indicate : tlhut it is occupying a large place m discussions there. President Et>,rt | astonished fhis hearers by declaring ■ that a commission was already working on the problem. He said Germany in future vas going to have only an army of de fense. It was at the very end of litis talk that he admitted that tins J guard will be raised by consertp ' [Continued on Page 21,]