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nouncement. The council also heard i
delegates of the administrative iuun-.j
cil of Lebanon, As?n Minor.
Colonel E. M. House took the place
of President Wilson and will attend
the 'council meetings regularly until
the President's return to Paris.
With the subject of the League of
Nations now out of the way for some
time to como, the biggest problem
before the peace conference at present
is believed to be the adjustment of
the world's financial and economic re
H?tions, which have been torn to pieces
by more than four years of war.
Economic Council at Work
Three different organizations have
been created to Jen! with these sub
: jects, and they have been so hard at
work while the conference lias bee"
struggling with the central idea of
the League of Nations that already
tome of their conclusions are ready for
consideration as soon as the confer?
ence is wilting- to receive the reports,
although the last body created in I
connection dates back only to I i b
ruar y S.
This body is the Supreme Econ >mu'
Council, and its work is of the great?
est immediate importance. It lia.-' been
charged temporarily, during the ar?
mistice period, to handle only such
pressing questions as are the disposi?
tion to be made of shipping, the abate?
ment of the blockade, which lias been
holding back not only the enemy's
industry but that o? neutrals; the dis?
tribution of raw materials, and, finally,
those financial questions that require
instant attention.
This council, which includes in its
membership some of the ablest finan?
cial and business minds of America
and Europe, lias firmly bin quietly and
without exciting animosity been sup?
planting the military officials who had
been dealing with the same >e!>
Incidental to War
It was felt the handling of these
questions by the military was only in?
cidental to the war ami that tile time
liad come to place them in hands
trained to deal with them. It was tiiis
?ppinion held by the Supreme War
Council which caused the economic
, council to be created, as it was desired
that they be dealt with on the safe and
sound lines of civilian experience.
Of more permanent value i i <pected
to be the work of two other organiza?
tions created by the peace coi erencc.
These are the economic draft rg com?
mission and the financial drafting com
mission. They also include in their
membership distingushed financiers
from a'l the Entente countres.
The Economic Drafting Commission
already liar- its report before the peace
conference awaiting action by
body. Its high importance may be
judged from the fact that it has under?
taken to make a practical applical on
of the third of President Wilson's four?
teen points, namely, that declaring for
the removal as far as possible of all
economic barriers and the establish
nient of an equality of trad?' condi?
tions among all of the nations consent?
ing to the peace and associating then;
selves for its maintenance.
Tariff Question liaised
The problem involves the right of na?
tions to discriminate between friends
and foes in their trade relations and
the propriety of continuing the mi
special trade treaties, with their dif?
ferential tariffs, which in the past so
often liave jeopardized the peaceful il?
lations of states.
The Financial Drafting Commission
is dealing with another bubjec! of the
greatest moment to the business world.!
It i-.- this con mission which will have
to meet the insistent demand of ; on e
of the European nations for the pool
? g of all the er. dit -. debts an,i re
hourc< s of the ; .?.'. '.en's propo - i
which seems certain tu be strongly re
.- isted by the Am. ?? ?can repr< s< '
t i v e s.
Of scarcely seeondary importance
?s the task whioh is being set before
this commission of obtaining informa?
tion as .to the financial re ources, | ??
ent prospective, of the enemy coun?
tries, in order that the Commission on
Reparation may complete its work,
which is based on the idea, one of the
delegates intimated, of mak
enemy pay all that he can safely be
i ac|e to do.
Poles Deny Reports
Of Anarchy and Urge
Allies Supply Arms
TARIS, Feb. 15. - A Polish de
lion which will place before the peac?
conference historical, geographical, eco?
nomical arid political information con?
cerning Roland and ; .-? neighbor* In
arrived in Paris. It i ed of
scientists, writers, bankers ami politi?
cal leadeis, and ?.- headed by M. Pu
laski, presiden! of Pol
Council.
M. Rula"-! said thi < n ??' nt
elections in late
friendly to t ? Bolsheviki has
elected, at.ci I ?? urged that
power.-, give the Pol
r.ition ' ? :
?Report.-, of ai a rchy n Polane
true, h?
quiet .>inc:e the (
Reparation Claims
Of France. Belgium
And Serbia Are Heard
PARIS, Feb. !.. ?The peace confer?
ence commission on reparation con?
tinued to-day its examination ol
principies upon wl
: o i eparal ion. The com? itte< I
Huron van den Heubel, foi Belgium;
M. Stoyanowitch, for Serbia, and
Finance Minister Klota, for ?ranee.
An official statement issued by the
commit Bion on re ? t he
war yesterday folioi
"At a meeting of thi Department
of the Int' rior I at 11 ;'i"
o'clock ?:',?
procedure en connection with the
three sub-comm ttees of tie commia
o|i reap ity for ti
-were discuss*
of war,
."??I oisibtl ty for the war and
lespoimibiUt) tor tin- violation o? ti?.
war mid customs of war.
"An arrangement was made by
r?j vfetc tortured
on pa rude by (he ?tcjiiy rite ami
? . . .,
t those boot! jicrc ill-filling
-double torture!
in any trete, it i? good sen?e to
be unbothered and unfretted by
*<*hing feet,
TfiOM who use their fr.et con?
tinually, ?:<,<?:.-[ or later learn to
t.iir for them. I
Pediforme Shoe-? help. For min,
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SHOE Co
sn Weal Thirty-Sixth Street
Foch Demands More
Courtesy From Enemy
AMSTERDAM, Feb. 15_? A
not?.4 containing an insinua?
tion that the occupation of Ger?
man territory was not due to
military superiority, according
to the Cologne "Zeitung," was
handed in recently to the Allied
Armistice Commission by the
German delegates and is said to
have drawn a sharp retort on be?
half of Marshal Foch at the meet?
ing of the Armistice Commission
on February 7.
A French general, acting un?
der instructions from Marshal
Foch, the newspaper adds, re?
fused to make an answer to the
note and declared that it would '
b? examined only if it was pre- j
seated in a more courteous form. '
General von Hammerstein, the |
leading German military dole
gate, postponed a declaration in
the matter until the receipt of in- !
structions from the German gov?
ernment.
which each sub-committee is to meet j
at l''a.-' twice during the next week."
Neutral Conference lo
Discuss World League
BERNE, Feb. 15. The international !
conference arrapged by neutral peace
locietii - will meet here from March;
f) to 12, the discussions probably cen?
tring about the society of nations.
Amone the conferrees will be a seme
of Swiss parliamentarians and paci?
fists. I4 i understood that Dr. Wil?
helm Muelhon, former director of the
Krupp Work;, will attend. 0. Weber,
of St, Gall, Swiss National Councillor,
has been chosen chairman of the con
i
Auto Driver Tells
Ilow(!oIoiielRollni?r
Died in His Defence
Kan Into a Machine Gun
INet-t on Way to Briti^h
Force; Shot One German,
hut Another Beste?! Him
Firsl definite details of the death of
Colonel Raynal C Boiling, of the
American Aviation Corps, who was
killed near Amiens, France, last March,
have been received in this country by
Charles 1?. Lanier, secretary-treasurer
of "The American Review of Reviews."
Colonel Rolling died a hero's death,
falling victim to a German officer while j
he was defending his helpless chauf?
feur.
The chauffeur, Private Pan! !..
Holder, of the '_'Jd Aero Squadron, was '
captured at the time Colonel Boiling
was killed and has just been released
by the Germans. Thus his story," the
first true account of Hie fight, has but
y become known, [I is told in
?.i: affidavit made before Captain E, P.
Merrill, Holder's commander, wit?
nessed by Major R. M. Colt, chief per- j
sonnel officer of the American Expe- ',
ditionary Force. Friends of Colonel
Boiling in France also have verified the
story in interviews with the chauffeur.
Colonel Boiling was killed near
Amiens, Mardi Uli, K'liS, while he was
n hi way to join the Royal British
Flying Corps, as an observation officer,
lie was driving 1 is own automobile,
bul had asked fi a military chauffeur
am! Holder had er assigned by Lieu?
tenant Egbert. Holder then took the
wheel and drove toward St. Quentin.
About twenty-sis kilometers east of
Amiens Colonel Boiling met several
officers and inquired of them
whether the Germans had arrived near
that point. Tiny told him they hud
seen no Germans near; that the ene
my'i '. i . yvi still three mile s to the
east. The Colonel directed Holder to
proceed. The car began the ascent of
:? hill near'Kstrees, but before the sum
mil .vas reached concealed enemy ma
-; in guns suddenly opened lire upon
both sides of the rond. The
chauffeur attempted to turn his car.
racing the engine to avoid "stalling"
it, I ? the hail of machine? pun bullets
ncl ired the radiator and i !oloi el
Boiling ordered Holder to jump and
? ,i .i ? o cover,
? r found a shell hole by the
thai : ave protection and lay in it
face turned, watching ('"lone!
Boiling, in a depression nearby, coolly
load his pistol while machine gun bul?
lets o :n: around I hem.
Soon the firing ceased and n German
office) appoared on the rim of the ?-hell
hole occupied by Holder, who was un?
armed, and began shooting at him.
Colonel Boiling, who wa-. an expert
with the resolver, shot and killed the
German. immediately a second Ger?
man officer appeared and fired twice
at Colonel Rollins-. The first shot went
through his heart.
Holder pretended thai lie was dead,
but lina!!;, was discovered to he alive
and was marched back to a prison
camp.
ist American officer of his rank
to give hi;-' life in the war, our govern?
ment ha provided a national memoria)
to Colonel Boiling's distinguished ser?
vie? - by giving his name to the aero
ground completed last year in the na
4 e. j.] capital "Boiling Field."
Poles Storm Peace Train
To (>hc Mission Greeting
WARSAW, Fib. H! 'By The Asso- i
ciatcd Press). The peace conference;
mission to Roland arrived here from
Paris last night. It received a boister?
ous welcome. The people veritably
stormed the train in their enthusiasm ;
to greet the delegates. Princes and
?es struggled with peasants for
placea of vantage. Some of the enthu
- ' even climped the engine tender as
the train halted.
\ pecja] feature was. the presence of
? n'a ?,'uildh and .imilai organisa?
tion | which previously have refrained
from taking part in affair:-; of the Pad- i
erewgkl government.
The mile drive of the mission to the,
Hotel Bristol, where the mission Is '
quartered, v/nn taken under the eacort. :
of a squadron of lancers. Auto-mobiles i
bei ring the member.?- moved ?lowly
through the throng? and Profesor R.
H. Lord and General Francia J. Krr
nan, th<. American members, narrowly
? : ed loaing all th< ?r coat buttons
and other .r. ignis a i ouvenir -
1 " "b nt l'ad'-i e?.....i.i received the
peaking to the members of
? -.- i native tongue. [
The delirium in th? ?treat! reached
it? I'lii/m? when M. N'ouieiii?, formar
h Ambassador to Russia, now h
member of the mission, cried from the
?i of the hotel, ".JpH?c/.e Po!?<kH!"
the h rut word? of Poland'? natlonul an?
them, meaning, "Poland lives again*."
Strong Pressure to Amend World
League Draft Is Virtually Certain
a
PARIS, Feb. 1,5. -While most of the
speeches delivered at yesterday's ple?
nary session of the peace conference
following the reading by President
Wilson "f the proposed constitution of
the league of nations expressed hearty
indorsement of the covenant, there
were indications that the draft will not
he accepted as it stands without at?
tempts to amend it in important par?
ticulars.
I ord Robert Cecil, of Great Britain,
and Premier Orlando of Italy voiced
their approval, but Leon Bourgeois, of
France, while expressing his general
satisfaction, made reservations which
indicated that his proposals for an In?
ternational military force will be heard
again when the. debate proceeds fur?
ther.
Another slight evidence of dissent
was found in the remarks of W, M.
Hughes, of Australia, who inquired,
with some show of feeling, if ample op?
portunity to discuss the scheme would
be given". The Arabian delegation also
sounded a minor note of discord in
culling attention to secret treaties
which were said to interfere with the.
principle of self-determination ex?
pressed by the covenant.
Address of Bourgeois
M. Bourgeois spoke as follows:
"I rise to express the deep satisfac?
tion of all, and of France more than
any other country, because she is
among the countries who have most Buf?
fered, to see the unity of our wills and
of our hearts in a passionate adhesion
In the principles of the league of na?
tions. That, act of faith we. shall do
in a spirit of cordiality and good will
that, has been that of the committee.
Under the eminent chairmanship of
President Wilson the committee has
worked with all their hearts to attain
this great object.
"Lord Robert Cecil has said we now
present, lo the conference and to the
world the result, of our work, but. we
do not present it as something thai is
final, hut only as the result of an
ho ' ?l effort, to he. discussed and lo he
examined not, only by this conference,
lut Die public opinion of the world.
"We are unanimous in our opinion
thai ''his scheme must be presented to
the world, and it resulted from our de?
liberation. We must preserve the char?
acter of unanimity which ils noie lias
given il- We still retain our rights
when further discussions take place
to state more definitely our views on
some details.
"Signer Orlando has said how diffi?
cult it seemed at the beginning lo con?
ciliate two apparently contradictory
principles-- that of the sovereignty of
nations and that, of the limitations
thai nations must accept in order t</
secure the reign of right and justice.
That conciliation has taken place with?
out effort, and we have demonstrated
movement, as Signor Orlando said, by
walking.
Musi Curb Entire World
"We rise to prevent the renewal of a
war like that which we have just seen;
we rise at tlie appeal of all those-who
have fallen to spare their offspring the
renewal of such an ordeal. We are per?
suaded that no war in the future can
be limited to a small area. The inter
depeii'lence of the different parts and
different interests of the world has be?
come such that no conflict can be lim?
ited. It is that the whole world may
keep itself from danger that we to-day
have ordained that, right and justice
must lie the basis of settlement in all
the conferences
"In the view of jus! people there are
no small and no great states. All are
ami ai! will be equal before the princi?
ple of international justice; and in the
tribuna! that will give the decisions the
judges will sit, not as the representa?
tives of one particular nation, but as the
r. pvesentatives of international right.
"This is a principle to which we are
particularly attached. All the states, in
consenting to submit to international
justice, take at the same time a definite
pledge to guarantee to each other the
integrity of their territories as estab?
lished by the settlement of the present
peace treaty, and also to guarantee
their political independence against, fut?
ure aggression. This is the'object of
our scheme. I hope the means which
are suggested by it will allow us to at?
tain our object.
"We have established a certain num?
ber of judicial principles and interna?
tional organizations binding the states
together; binding them to u common
work and binding them to the, truce
without which their common develop?
ment would be impossible.
"I hese organizations, the creation of
which is provided for in the last arti?
cles of the covenant, arc similar to some
which have existed already, hut which
were scattered through various parts of
the world and which had never been
brought together !o form part of the
common body of humanity. The foun?
dation is now laid und we Hre certain
that the organizations will he multiplied
and will help humanity more and more
to attain its common aims.
What League Must Resist
"We have been unanimous in pro
claiming these principles so much tha
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we have no doubt that a strong light
will penetrate into the darkest portp,
that the light radiating from those
principles will find its way in lands
that seem to be the least open to it.
"But it is not enough to proclaim
such great principles. We must organ?
ize a system of guarantee and a sys?
tem of action, both judicial and prac?
tical. The plan laid down is a cjear
and simple one. There is a council,
where all the states are represented
equally, each having only one vote, and
there is an executive committee, which
is constituted on a different principle.
But even in this case, where it has
been found necessary for purposes of
aetion to give five votes to the larger
powers, the principle of equality has
been secured by giving as much as
four votes to the smaller states.
"Respect for the decision given by
that body will he assured by definite
rules, the viol?t irn of which shall b??
considered as an act of war against all
the contracting states. If one state
it may be the smallest and most re
mote of all the states is attacket
without justification, then the whoh
of (he league of nations is being at?
tacked, and will resist.
Would Limit Armaments
"But. we must go further. In ordei
to secure the execution of ?nternationa
sentences there must, be a limitatiot
of armaments. This has been the wisj
of the world for u great many years
What was formerly so difficult has to
day become possible. Our victory ha
made it possible, because it has en
abled ua to disarm the barbaric fere
that, was in the way of such an un
provement.
"That, ?imil.at ion must be such fha
no state can be capable of prevailini
against the will of the law of nation?
but a! the same time each state shcul
be strong enough to contribute to th
force that will enable the league o
nations to impose its will. There ha
been unanimity upon all these points.
"There are one or two points upo
which I wish particularly to insist, be
cause they are connected with dangei
that may be of special moment to sum
of us, dangers that may arise no
equally for all.
"There are special dangers for com
fries like France. Belgium, Serbi
and the new states that aVc in th
stage of formation in (.'entrai Kurop.
tl is neeussary to give them specii
guarantees, and this has been recof
pized by the committee, when it .state
thai special account should be take
of the geographical situation of, an
the mode of application to, each stal
in the scale of armament.-'. Whei
the frontiers are more exposed il mu:
be possible to have stronger systen
of defence and, possibly also, grcati
armaments.
"This is all right, but there is r
doubl, that, it will put on the shoulde
of the nations that, happen to he i
that difficult position a special b?rde
It will hamper them in the peacef
competition that is Le life of tl
world.
Must Control War Industries
"And here again two practical que
tions must be RUt.T o give all natioi
necessary security, the principle
the elimination of armaments must n
nly lie executed, hut executed ve
fast. It has heen said and no 01
has said it more forcefully th:
President. Wilson that, modern w
has become a war of material, thai
such a war as the one we have ju
seen, and such as we hope never to s
m t'ne futur.', what has triumphed h
ben science turned into barbarism.
"Now it ;s necessary for us to co
trol the War industries all over f
world. The nations who arc the co
traeting parties of the. covena
pledge themselves mutually to cm
municate to each other full inform
tion about their aivnaments and tin
means of productions. This is a ve
good plan, with which I am particuli
ly satisfied.
"At the same time I propose
amendment which I think I ought
mention. I thought it would be neci
sary to institute a permanent orgai
zation for purposes of inspection, a
this amendment was not at the nioim
embodied in the text. We have. :
cepted the text, as it is before you, a
we now mention that amendment,
is because, as the whole scheme
going to be discusfied by the world,
is better that all the points that In
given occasion for important obs
vations should be mentioned.
Raises Mobilization Issue
"Here is a second point. Take
state that violates the internatio
covenant. That state is supposed to
in a state of war against all the mi
hers of the league, and all are \
pared to compel it to execute its
ligations. But war is not someth
that can proceed at once, especi,
when the question is how ?.o bring
gether forces belonging to states wl
are very different from each other
may be at the" four corners of
world. Fach nation will have to \
in order to act until a certain pro?
tire is gone through and until for e
particular nation a vote has been ta
by its parliament and so on. 'I
means time and delay.
"And. supposing thut there is on
part of the aggressor a will to prec
t?te a situation, then ?> must pro
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for the possibility. For this purpose
it would be desirable to have ail the
means of resistance studied, and con?
certed action prepared berore the occa?
sion arises. This would be the best
check against, any i'.l design.
"If the would-be aggressor knows
that resistance is fully prepared
against any action .such as he contem?
plates, then he will be restrained.
Where, on the other hand, he knows
that no Buch preparation exists and
that sudde naction on his part would
encounter no prepared and well
thought-out resistance, perhaps lie
would not he restrained, and it would
be extremely dangerous.
Demands World Police
"If you do not wish to s<?0 the terri?
ble ordeal through which the world has
passed renewed in the future, we ought
to have a permanent organization to
prepare the military and naval means ?
of execution and make them ready in
cas- of emergency.
"This has been objected to by some j
of the members of the committee, be- ;
cause it would involve some difficult !
constiuiional problems. This is why
we have agreed to the text without !
that, amendment. But we think the;
principle of that proposed amendment
ought to be put before public opinion
at the same time as the scheme to
which we have agree.].
"I hope no one, either here or any?
where in the world, will be mistaken
about my intention. I will not say, and
I have not said, a word that could
weaken the feeling of our complete and j
hearty unanimity. We have acted with
one heart for the triumph of the cause
which is thai of our conference, the
cause of right against violence, the
cause pf right against might.
"We believe that this scheme that Is
now before us is an excellent one. We
believe in its virtues and its possibili?
ties. The observation we 'nave made j
on some points will, we hope, be of
some value in the further discussions,
since we are at the beginning of the
examination of the whole plan.
"Now, we must, at the end, express
our deep gratitude toward our col?
leagues, and our deep gratitude toward
President Wilson, who presided over
our labors in such a competent way
and with such high spirit, and we wish
still more to express the sincere wish
of France to see that the great pact
becomes, possibly with some improve?
ment on the two points I have men?
tioned, the law of nations.'1
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Meets British Labor's Favor
George Nicoll Barnes, Labor mem?
ber uf the British delegation to the
peace conference, said:
"Mr. President: As representing es?
pecially the working folk of Great
Britain. I just want to make a very
few observations. I think I know the
mind of the British people on this
question of a league of nations, and I
call assure you that it is one of eager
( xpectancy.
"The people of Great. Britain have
shouldered their burden during the
war, but through all its struggles and
sacrifices they have looked eagerly for?
ward to the day when aggressive war
shall he no more. That, day is dawn?
ing, and, I believe, lias been hastened
by the work of the last month- To my
mind, Mr. President, there are three
outstanding principles in this docu?
ment, which. 1 believe, will stand out
conspicuously as landmarks in the his?
tory of mankind.
"First of all, tiie substitution of an
altruistic principle for imperialism and
violence in the adjustment, of interna?
tional affairs. Nations which have suf?
fered ami sacrificed in the acquisition
of territory have agreed to the over
seership of the league of nations in the
administration of that territory.
"They have further agree, to the
principle thai tin welfare and assent
of the peoples shall he the determin?
ing consid?ration in its administration.
"There is in this agreement, Mr.
President, to my mind, a great advance
in the application of the principle of
moral idealism, and I can only say that
I believe that, tl^at will strike the imag?
ination of the world.
Wants Armament Reduced
"Second, they have agreed in prin?
ciple on the reduction of armaments to
a point, of national safety as prescribed
by the league of nations. This I be?
lieve to be the essential feature of the
condition of permanent peace. If there
he 'in excess of guns there will always
be :i chance of them being tired off. I
am, therefore, glad that in this docu?
ment provision is made for the reduc?
tion of armaments, thereby, I believe,
lessening the risk of war and easing
the economic burden upon the people.
"The third is a principle to which 1
wish to call the attention of the signa?
tories to this document. They have
agreed to a recognition of the evils of
private profit in the manufacture of
armaments, although, for my part, I
should like to have seen a more robust ?
Upper Class Germans
Want ''Popular Army"
New York Tribune
Foreign Fres? Bureau
T1A HE military programme of
-*- the upper bourgeoisie of
Germany is given in an article in
a recent edition of th? "Vossische
Zeitung," which is regarded as
the organ of German Foreign
Minister Brockdorff-Rantzau. The
paper ?says:
"What we need is a popular
army, developed from volunteer
contingents on the ancient demo?
cratic principle of universal obli?
gation to military service. This
army would lie imbued with the
new spirit, but'at the same time
filled with patriotic pride and
saturated with the good traditions
of the old Prussian army."
declaration in favor of the abolition of
private arms'making.
"Abolition, I believe, is a step which
will ultimately be found necessary, and
I further hope that the Executive Coun?
cil may be able to devise ways and
means by which private profit .may be
eliminated, and I am perfectly sure
that nothing would be more welcome to
the minds of the working folks.
"There are just two or three things,
Mr. President, which, to my mind,
might have been more explicit, and
which, 1 believe, wjll have to be graft?
ed on to a league of nations as the
idea of world unity becomes more
widely accepted. Lot nir mention one.
I am afraid that when the time comes
for the enforcement of decrees ---- if
ever it does come, which Cod forbid
there may be delay and confusion
on the part of the league.
Favors International Force
"What I am afraid of is that an !
aggressive nation might again try to
break through alid win its way to its
object before ihe forces of mankind
can he mobilized against it. 'Therefore,
I should have been glad to have seen I
some provision for the nucleus of I
an international force which would be
ready to strike against any aggressor. I
This, ? know, cuts into the idea of
the soven.'ig'ntv of nations, but I hope
that there may be future discussion
on the part of affiliated states as to
how they can adjust their national life
so as to admit of a greater degree of
cooperation than there is in this docu?
ment.
"Finally, I gladly note the insertion
of a clause providing for the formation |
of international charters of labor.
Hitherto, nations had endeavored to
protect themselves against low-paid
labor by the imposition of tariff bar?
riers. I hope we shall in the future,
under the authority of the league of
nations, seek and lind a better way ?
by abolishing low-paid labor altogether.
We hope to raise the life of labor
from the mere struggle for bread on
to the higher levels of justice and hu?
manity.
"The commission, Mr. Chairman,
which was appointed a few weeks ago
to go into this matter is now busily
engaged on its detailed plan and we
hope to report it in a few week?. I
can only say now, on behalf of that com?
mission, that we shall endeavor to ,
bring ourselves in line with the epoch
making document which President Wil?
son has submitted to us to-day and,
through us. to the war-weary world."
Japan to Suggest Change
Baron Makino, the head of the
Japanese delegation, spoke as follows;
"I beg to add another voice to echo
the congratulatory speeches that have
been made on the presentation of a
document which is. perhaps, the most
important document that has been
compiled by man.
"The great leaders with staunch pur- !
pose have personified this great move- ?
ment, a movement involving intricate i
problems of divers nations, and they \
deserve the gratitude of their fellow ]
men for successfuly piloting to this j
advanced stage a most effective in- ?
strument for the maintainance of the i
peace of the world. Their names will :
be written indelibly on the pages of'
history and that will be the grateful ;
acknowledgement of humanity for their ?
labor.
"As I understand it, there is to be ?
no discussion of the project before us.
I will limit myself to these few re- j
marks, observing that at a later stage ?
in the discussion of this project I ?
shall have the privilege of addressing j
certain propositions which I hope will
receive earnest and favorable con?
sideration from the distinguished men
who represent the nations assembled
here."
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Chief Executive:
Plans Speaking
Tour in East
Continued from page 1
were draw? up a battalion of American
soldier?, and ? French marine band
played the "Star-Spangled Banner" as
the gunboat left its moorings. All the
ships in the harbor displayed the
e American flag and all traffic was sus?
pended while the President's party was
. transferred to the George Washington.
Ship Left Promptly
On the arrival of the Presidential
party on board the George Washing
; ton there was little formality except
i for handshakes with M. Leygues and
I Andr? Tardicu, French High Commis
; sioner to the United SUtcs, who ac
: companied the President on board the
j George Washington to bid him goodby.
, Orders were for the Geopge Washing
? ton to get under way as soon as the
party and its baggage had been re?
ceived.
A French naval escort, consisting of
the cruiser Conde and several torpedo
i boats, acted as a guard of honor for the
! George Washington. This escort, with
j the American battleship New Mexico,
j will escort the President out to sea and
' then return. The New Mexico was ac
| companied by four American torpedo
; boats.
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New England Governors
To Meet the President
On Arrival at Boston
BOSTON, Feb. 16.?Immediately upon
the receipt of the news that President
Wilson had accepted an invitation to
land here on his return from abroad,
Mayor Peters called Joseph P. Tumulty,
the President's secretary, on the tele?
phone at Atlantic City to ascertain what
the plans of the President were and
how long he would be able to remain
in Boston.
Although unable to get definite in?
formation from Mr. Tumulty, Mayor
Peters and other city officials at once
proceeded to devise a programme of wel?
come for the Chief Executive, whom
Boston never has entertained since his
assumption of the Presidency.
According to present plans it is ex?
pected that a committee of welcome,
to include the Governors of all the New
England states, v/ill meet the President
and Mrs. Wilson at the pier.
President to Speak
On Day of Arrival,
Tumulty Announces
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., Feb. 15. -
President Wilson will make his Srst
address in this country on his work at
the peace conference in Boston on Feb?
ruary 24, the day the George Washing
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established at the Hotel Truymore.
Mr. Tumulty with his family end two
secretaries and other officiais baie
taken the Presidential suite at the
Traymore.
Nicaragua Sends Delegate
MANAGUA, Nicaragua, Feb. 16.
Salvador Chamorro, Nicaraguan dele?
gate to the peace conference, will leave
to-day for Paris. He is .-peaker of th:
House of Representatives and the
father of the President pf Nicsragu?.
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