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that none oi the pending plans offer such of a prospect tor arriving at a sat isfact .a v solution. The official statement on the meeting ?>f the Supreme War Council says: "The Supreme War Council met to-day at the Quai d'Orsay from 3 p. m. to 5 p, m. Marshal Foch in? formed the ministers of the Allied and associated powers of the accep? tance by the Germans of the condi? tions for the renewal of the armis? tice. "The next meeting will take place to-morrow at 2 p. m., when the Ser bian delegation will be heard." It is understood the terms provide for the continuation of the blockade during the armistice. Two notes were handed to Marshal Foch by Mathias Erzberger when the renewal of the armistice was taken up at Tr?ves. One note concerned the employment of the German mercantile various purposes, while the other was longer and contained several requests, including tho release of Ger? man prisoners and the maintainance of economic intercourse between Gcr ! German territories. Res trict ions A gai nst German Armament To Be Made Perpetual By Frederick Moore Sew York Tribune Speeieil Cable Si -vice i- . : PARIS. Feb. 17. 1 learn that the restriction on German armament is] intended to he perpetual, passing from the newly imposed armistice conditions to per- mtrol by the league of I learn also that no real progress has been made by the peace conference or, the Russian problem, which seems ble tu many of the peace dele? gates, their views being radically dif Latest Truce Terms Give Part of German Posen to the Poles REVKS, Feb. IT. Unler the new renewal of the armis - t ice, ;: the < ?ermans by 1 Foch, Germany must abondon all offensive movements against the ai d ni o > .'.: -' prohibit her from crossing the Russian ? : certain line. The line of demarcation between ? y and Poland is outlined as I a ? of Gi o -er Neudorf - f Bromberg I south of 1 abischii . ? out h of Schodziesen ( ?), north of Exin (southwest of Brom berg), south of Sano i '.'', north of i zarnikau I eai I of Kreuz |, w? si of .-hen , west of Posen"). Wolistcin, Lissa and North of , - i thence along the - between Silesia and Poland. This line of demarcal ion gives to ? part of German Posen. i ? v >?? i-t "? ??led by the Al lied terms -i ust be renewed 1 for an indeterm mate pi riod with a ,! delay ? threi daj - for the de of ?t? Phe old term ?? oi .-?.,'? ? '-i ?i d out com nleti Iv by Germany. i., rman di legato.? re loi ? '< -, i. : and Marshal Foch arrived ai noon. The first dis n i.!, a al ?? o'clock Friday nd vas begun by Marshal Mathias Erzberger spoke first for the (;,. rraans. Germans Want Right To l se Force Against Polish Encroachments i OPENHAGEN, Feb. IT. The re? newal oi th armistice was signed at ? ? g in Mar iccording to ?? il h- re from Tr?ves, Thi Cei nan g< on Sunday night :. \ ied terms for t he ? armistice, according to a dispatch to the "Politiken" from ? acceptance ? I e "Politiken's" cor Speaking of Leagues President Wilson's League of Nations (five of them) is de? signed to prevent war by stand? ardizing ;. Par-amount's League of Shops (five of them; is designed to prevent waste by ttandardizing rt i 'dun. If the League of Nations works as well as the Par-amount League of Shops it will benefit all mankind. Nowhere in any of the coun? ties comprising the League of Nations can you buy better shirt? for $1.50 and $2.00 than right here in little old New York at the Par-amount League of Stores. Values of which you are the judge absolutely. Your money baek ?f not satis? fied. That's a better guarantee than even the League of Nations can offer. Core! PAR-AMOUNT ^^ F XVI HUB )( shirt Shops INC. ?t? snaetT |20iwii*TwBT.? xvh* rr,AHo A?'./i,''uAvt I MA&LEM. i JkoAVE. 149 TM SrT Ajsit I ?A?2R2&UNE taoHX la PAIX ANOTHER CURB ON GERMANY ^ y x.) G e R m ^ BELGIUM / ?BERN i 'w- ??* \; VIENNA SCALED HUE S ? 50 ? 100 200 The black sections indicate the ier mistice. The while dash line marks t when the armistice was renewed Sunda original terms. respondent said, was attended by lead? ers of the various parties. The following dispatch from Weimar gives the German account of the sign? ing of the a runs! ice renewal: "The government instructed Herr Krzberger to sign the armistice, but be? fore doing so to hand to Marshal Foch a written statement declaring that the German government was aware of the serious consequences involved in either signing or rejecting the agreement. "Instructing its delegates to sign, it enes so with the conviction that the Allied and associated governments are endeavoring to restore peace to the v. ui'li!. "The German government is obliged to define its standpoint toward three art ule-. "First, 'he agreement entirely ig? nores the German government, which has arisen in an orderly manner from the will of the people. It imposes in the form of curl orders provisions for the evacuation in favor of the insur? gent Pop's a number of important places, including Birnbaum and Pent Schl ?:. "Although we are ready to cease all military aggressive action in Posen and ether regions, we must expect the Poles ?" respect the line of demarca tion; otherwise we must he authori? zed to defend ourselves by force. "Second, Germany promises to carry rut those armistice terms which she hitherto hail not, succeeded in doing, but she ventures to assume that her obligations will not. be. interpreted in a manner incompatible with President, : principles. We must vva it and sie whether we are in a position fully to follow the- contemplated in structions of the Allied Supreme Com? mand. "Third, objection is raised to the point in the agreement giving only three days' notice for it-; denunci? ation." Line of Demaraction Deprives Germany of Pood and Grain Regioti BERLIN, Feb. 16 (By The Associated Press). The German Cabinet, meeting m Weimar, debated (ho new armistice c u ditions through Saturday night ami resumed its deliberations before II o'clock t h is morning. Mathias Erzberger, the head of the German Armistice Commission, pos? sessed plenipotentiary powers to make the necessary decisions in case the answer of the Cabinet, was delayed. The Berlin staff of the Foreign Office is without social information re? garding the armistice proposals, which apparently were published here only in part. The staff, therefore, is unable to . press a definite opinion regarding the Gi rman Polish frontier. nev roi ' 'er as outlined, how ever, appears at least, as favorable to Germans as the present military! ? situation, and leaves them in control ; of the railroad line throuprh Schneide-1 ! meuhl to East Prussia, which is a vital artery of communication with the troops operating against the Bol sheviki. On the other hand, the demarcation line, which coincides generally with the language boundary framed by the P ? , deprives Germany of an agricul? tural region on which the authortities say Germany depends for a large I amount of food and grain supplies. Erzberger Protests Inquiry Into Seizure Of Allied Machinery LONDON, Feb. I?. The terms of the new military treaty to he imposed on Germany in lieu of the monthly armis? tice and as a part of the final peace 1 conditions will, according to the "Daily , Mail's" Paris correspondent, include | the immediate surrender of certain : warships which have not yet been given up as required, and the conversion of the status of the German fleet in the Scapa Flow from that of internment to surrender. It may be taken, the correspondent adds, that these surrendered ships eventually will be destroyed, the idea i of dividing them among the allies hav? ing been abandoned. The German Cabinet discussed the armistice terms from 10:30 Sunday morning until 4 o'clock in the after? noon, when an effort was made to sum? mon the National Assembly to decide upon the -. i wer, according to an Ex | change Telegraph dispatch from Copen? hagen. I' was found impossible to summon the Assembly, it is added, and alter a conference with the party lead it wa decided to accept the terms uncondit ?onally. Some of the requests made by the Germana m connection with the re ' ncwrtl of the armistice are reported in a Berhn d. patch, through Copenhagen to the Central News, quoting from let tera written by Mathias Erzberger to Mai hal Koch. In tiie first two letters Herr Erz? berger enumerated requests, including , the releane ot the German prisoners, 'he maintenance of in-e. intercourse, especially ?conomie, with the terri? tories occupied by the Allies and'the 1'oie;', freedom for the Gorman coastal trade and better treatment for the German populace of Alsace-Lorraine. .'he letter ul^o protested against the opening up of the question of machin i pry carried oif from Franca and Bel ; gium through an investigation of the ?ubject. Brockdorff-Ranlzau Reported to Have Quit As foreign Minister BASLE. Feb. 17.?Count von Brock dorff-Rant-jau, the German Foreign Minister, ha? resigned, according to a ? Weimar dispatch to the "Voaaischc ri tory lost by Germany under the ar he new Polish-German frontier, fixed y, Alsace-Lorraine was lost under the Zeitung" of Berlin. There is no con? firmation from other sources. Count Brockdorff-Rantzau, in a speech before the Weimar Assembly, published Sunday, declared that he had resisted hitherto arid would con? tinue to resist the efforts to make Germany militarily impotent, lie also insisted upon the return of the Ger? man colonies and Germany's partici? pation in the solution of the fate of Alsace-Lorraine. His speech con? tained many veiled hints to the Lu? iente to the effect that Germany would go so far and no further. The unconditional acceptance by the Ger? man government of the new armistice terms in the face of Count Brock dortf's defiant attitude may be re? garded a t!ie cause for his resigna? tion. Count Brockdorff-Rantzau prior to his appointment as Foreign Minister wiis German minister to Copenhagen. He ?s regarded as belonging to the liberal school of German diplomats and was mentioned for the chancellor? ship doling some of the Cabinet irises in Germany prior to the signing of the armistice. He is a brother-in-law of Count Johann von Bernstorff, former '' Cern?an ambassador to ihr Unitod States. Rumania Asks Allies For Right to Patrol Frontier of Bulgaria PARIS, Teh. 17. The committee of the Supreme Council charged with the exam ination of Rumania's territorial claims met at 1<) o'clock this morning. The official communication on the work of the Commission on Reparation to day say.-- : "The Reparation Commission me.! this morning, with M. Klotz in the chair, The commission continued with the examination of (he princi? ples on which is based the right to reparation, and heard in turn MM. Chiesa, Italy; Protitch, Jugo-Slavia; Loucheur, France, and Van den lleuvel, Belgium. "The next meeting will take place .m Wednesday, at. in:rto a. m." A statement, on Rumanian claims say : "The commission for the r-tudy of Rumanian territorial questions met. this morning at 10:HU, under the chairmanship of M. Tardieu, and con? tinued the examination of Rumania's claims.-' Thi.' sub-committee of the peace conference commission on responsi? bility for the war met at !Q:30 o'clock and the Finance Comission is to meet at H o'clock this afternoon. Reports of a revolution at Bucharest aie denied by the Rumanian press bureau here. WASHINGTON, Feb. IV. Rumania has addressed a note to tin allied ministers at Bucharest, the* State De? partment was informed to-day request? ing that Rumanian frontier guards and customs officials be placed on the fron? tier of Bulgaria because of the con? tinued transportation of whole trains of woo], flour and other products into ! (Bulgaria. The note stated that the j Dobrudja was Rumanian territory, that frontier guards were not consid? ered fighting troops and that the arm? istice terms could not. be interpreted i as giving Bulgarians a right, to tcr : ritory of Rumania. I ; Dutnour Frges Curb On ''Babble"' Against American Idealism PARIS, Feb. 17.?Under the captain, ; "Let Us Be Just to America," Deputy j Maurice Damour makes in "Le Jour I nal" a strong protest against "the na ? tionalism, as exasperating as it. is j ridiculous, of certain of my fellow ! countrymen, which, if allowed to go ? unchecked, is likely to alienate our most devoted and most trusty friends. 'There are," he continues, "French people who keep repeating to our friends that, if the armistice is con ' eluded on bad terms, if the Cern?an : troops return with colors flying, if their defeat is not sufficiently brought homo to the Germans, it is because our practical, resolute realism clashes with American idealism. They declare that. ' the, is the same idealism which is ! preventing L?nine and Trotzky am! | the Bolsbeviki generally from being crushed, which makes the work of tlie eminent diplomats assembled in the Quai d'Orsay so coherent and which : ?? keeping in the background the questions of indemnities, reparation and territory. "It is time," adds M. Damour, "to put a stop to this babble, which is cre? ating a serious misunderstanding be? tween America and France -two coun? tries which have everything to gam by : a closer and closer union." Four Great Powers Ready to Admit Women To Peace Committees PARIS, Feb. 17. The [nter-Allied Women's Council now has the assent, of four ?if the five great power? in the council of ten to its rcqueM. for rep resentation of women on all peace con? ference committees dealing with the interests of women and children. Baron Sonnino, the Italian Foreign | Minister, to-day consented for Italy, France, '?rent Britain and the United | States already having agreed to the i proposition. The plan for participation of women \ comprises also formation of an inter? national women's committee to be con? sulted on such, questions as may be of interest to them before final action is taken. Secretary Lansing told the .'.otiien delegates he would support the plan and also announced his persona] approval of womnn ??ufTrago. The American dele?tate? on the Inter Allied Women's Council arc Mrs. Juliet Barrett Ruble?, Mrs. J. Borrlen Tlarri tnan and Wit? Katharine B. Davis, Wilson Studies U. S. Comment On League Plan First Statement of His In? tentions Ts To Be Made on His Arrival in Boston Extra Congress Is Likelv Sea (?rows Rough and Ship Is Not Expected to Keaeh Port Before February 25 ON BOARD UNITED STATES SHIP 1 GEORGE WASHINGTON, Feh. 16 B<, The Associated Press). President Wil I son passed his first Sunday at sea in attending church services, sleeping ,and resting. He considered no official busi ne : whatever and received no official dispatches. The President read with interest a wireless digest of newspaper opinion ami expresses in ( ongres ional cir les regarding the constitution of the league of nations, but made no com? ment apon it. It is ver;, pi however, that he will express his own views to the people of the United States in his speech at Hosten on laud? ing, while later he undoubtedly ,vi 11 address Congress, making his address one in the nature of a report on his two months' work in Europe. While the President's plai fol in forming Congress of his work are not yet fully shaped, he is expected to do ekle upon the mosl direct method which, in addition to his speech, will probably be through conferences with the Foreign Affairs Committees of both houses. It is quite mil of the '?liest ion that the Senate will be called upon at present to act upon the league of na t ioi ; ' real y, as it will not be per fected before i he President's rol urn to Paris, and it seems probable the C0\ enanl draft as ?t has been published will be subjected to some change b< fore it is put into trcatj form. The President's plan.- are still bused on his returning to Europe immediate? ly after adjournment "; Congrci . with the possibility that he will i. main abroad until summer, The chances seem to favor the calling of an extra session of the Senate, and po bly .?". of the House, after the work of the peace eon f e ronce ?p finished to pass upon t reat ics and ! ais'- any ni ce ?a t y legislat ?\ e act ion. The George Washington to day was steaming for t he Azori - ? lighl ly he I b i nd he r scheduh . 'I he se i wa - g row ing rougher to night, nod unh ???? ; the weather i- uniformly favorab e i throughout the voyage it unlikely ! that the steamship will reach Boston before February 25. ?German Army to Quit. Lithuania and AUou Pidish Troops to Enter BERNE, Feb. LG l1 ? announced that i" gol al on between Lithuania and Poland have resulted !" an agn r. men!, by which the Tenth Gorman Army will withdraw tyom Lithuania and the Polish army will occupy the territory thus evacuated. It. is sad that, the Polish forces have already entered Volkovisk, near Grodno. Will Protect Frontiers BASLE, Feb. 17. Gustav Nosko, Genr.au M mister of Dcfi nc ?. fending the attitude of Germany toward Poland before the German Na? tional Asseml ly at Wi imai, id: "The honor of Germany mus? be de fended at all co Is au. ist Pol pi rialism. We regn I i bility to do mere for I hi pro! eel ?on of our frontier." The minister promised that tin law would be applied in all sever:: y those whose guilt '.vas established in connection with the deaths of Dr. Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg. Explains Posen Dispute WARSAW, |.', b. 17. The Polish side of the eo.et.'o-.! ?? -, between Poland and ( lermany over the Province of P.n and the happenings in conn ction with ?1 '.?nee the declaration of the armistice has been presented ince the urrivaI of the Allied mission to Poland by M. Korfanty, a former member of the German Reichstag from one of the Polish d'si riet M. Korfanty declares that at the be? ginning of the difficult .e Posen the Poles informed the Berlin government ? hat they had no intention of dispul ing the sovi v ign I y f I ru ia pend? ing the ''?(?: sion if the peace con? ference, and that they protested vainly against the formation of a frontier guard by the Germans. All the ri gul ir German regiments in Polish territory had been driven out by the Poles, the Deputy declared, but sine" then ir regular bands had leen organized ? under the command of the German general whom the deputy accused of attacking, plundering and burning Polish villages, thus compel? in;; the Poles to organize an opposition. At present, t he Deputy conl i n ui d, . the Germans have a certain number of I division.; of their regular army attack ing the Poles, apparently with the in? tention of reoccupying the Province of i ' i > i ! :. German Brutality Alleged All the Polish forces in the province had been enrolled from natives of the province, M. Korfanty added, and the Polish government had not int< rvened : in the struggle. He accused the Ger ; mans of great, brutality, of executing Polish prisoners and seizing notable Poles as hostages, and expr?s od the fear of reprisals in ease the Germans reoccupied the district, Posen, lu- de? c?a red, was now controlled by the Polish population. The associated governments, through the Allied commission now here, pro? pose to make every effort, to cause a ce . at ion of host ilities ponding the decision of the peace conference. The Poles of Posen, it was pointed out, sent a delegation to Berlin which almost succeeded in reaching an agree? ment with the German government for a conclusion of an armistice, but the Germans finally refused to sign it. England. France and Italy Agree Privately On ""Great Questions" LONDON', Feb. 17. The German Cabinet discussed the armistice terms from 10:.'i0 Sunday morning until 'I o'clock in the afternoon, when an effort was made to summon the National As? sembly to decide upon the answer. according to nn Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Copenhugen. It. was found impossible to : ummon the As sembly, it is added, mil after a con? ference with the party lenders it was derided to accept the terms uncondi? tionally. French Leaders Seel; American Good Will New York Tribune Special Cable Service i 01 rrlglit, 1?19, New York Trlt me, Inc. I pAR?S. Feb. 17.?French of -*- ficiala have become exceed? ingly anxious over the critical attitude of the American press 1 and the American soldiers return? ing home, and to-day made an appeal both to the American Peace Commission and corre? spondents to endeavor to pre? serve the good feeling of the peoples of the two countries. T am officially informed that Secretary Baker will come to Europe soon solely for the pur? pose of military investigation. War Council Now Planning Withdrawal Continued from we* i President desires that his action and the rear un- for it be communicated to the military committees of the Senate and House for their ?nforma ? on." "i i' addil ?on to the foregoing, General Bli: .- tells me that the British government is sending a force of about 2,400 men to Mur? mansk, and that they have requested ; i,.' cooperation of tin- President to the extent of two compan'es of rail? way troops above referred to. The di sire tor the railway troops is based upon tie fact, that supplies and reinforcements for Archangel during tin- winter have to go by railroad south from Murmansk to a poinl near tile southern extreme of the White Sea and that the opera? tion of this railroad is believed by the British to ne absolutely neces? sary to guarantee the prcmpl move? ment of reinforcements and supplie.', to Archangel and tlie troops south of A relian gel. General Ulis-' also in on . ? me t hat the Brit :. h military authorities do not feel any appre bei "' :. ' to the nul it ary situ?t .mi : : Archangel. "In accordance with the direction of the President, ! transmit, this in? formation to the Senate committee on m i 1 ?ta ry affai r Johnson Demanded Wit lid raw ai The President's decision to withdraw American forces from Russia follows an agitation in Congress for several months against the use of the armed forces of this country ai.rain.--t the Bol? ?n North Russia. Senator John? son, of ( California, ha ; been the prime mi h er in thi s agi i al ion, a resol ut ion introduced by him calling upon the Pre ?dent to recall \merican troops : from Russia having been defeated by ' t!:, vote of Vice-President Marshall only la ?. ' ? '' after a t ic \ ote in t ho ite. I' has been contended that Ihi President was using the armies of tin I'uited States in Russia in direct con! r.i'. -? i I ?on i f law and w ithoul the : , . m ry ant hont y from ? longr? - - in 1.1 ii this count ry had never declared thi i : fence of a state of \\ ar wil h n; n thi faction - in iiu - ia. More recent i\ the situai ion has hi come increi i embarrassing for the Administration through reports brought back by officials who have at tended . se .-ions of the peace con - i", i ence in Ra? i ;, to ' he effect that the unities in Russia had been heavy and that the American exp?dition was danger of annihilation unless prompt measures were taken either to ? hem ade p?ate support or to with? draw American soldiers from Russia. . m;. Senator Johnson said : "When, on the 12th day of Decem boi -, we commenced the agitation ret ii n ol our ; roops in Rus ..- : he sole purpose of saving the : . of American boys tin're. we Vue1. . ttli ympathy and less support. After more than two months of absolute silence on the part of th" government, ii:,- denial of information of any son, either to Congress or to the people, cornea to-day's communication, the first of its kind, to the military committees that our soldiers would bo returned. The strangeness of this communica ,. i. . i ' detract from my very great gratification.1' '1 feel that Senator .Johnson has won his fight," said Senator William !?'. Borah "The country owe.', him a b1 of gratitude for bringing these boys oui of Russia. The presence of our troops there was undoubtedly a source of irritation and was arousing : pic on in the minds of all the Rus? sian people. We did not have a suf? ficient number there to do anything ..al even if we had had in mind particular thing we wanted to do. But we did have enough to create in ' h ' minds of tl e Rtll :.; i". people the feeling that we had some ultimate and sinister design. 1 am glad hat no more of our soldiers are to be sac? rificed and that they an coming home." Bolsheviki Refrain From Attack After Repulse by Allies ARCHANGEL, Feb. In (By The As sociated Press), Since February 11 the icviki have made no attacks against ?;, Allied forces on any sector of the Archangel front. Allied uirplanes, which are continually aloft, report that there have been no new movements of troops behind the enemy lines since the Bol? shevik withdrawal south from Sredma k renga. While the cessation of attacks has been coincidental with the Bolshevik offer to attend the Princes' Islands peace conference, their offensive was checked ! by the American and Allied troops. The Allied military leaders do not believe the Bolshevik acceptance of the invitation to the conference caused the Bolshevik inactivity of the last four ?lays. Commenting on the Bolshevik mes? sage of acceptance the "Vozroshdenie Sievera" (The Resurrection of the Mort h ) says : "From the note of Minister Tchit ! cherin it appear.-; clearly that the Bol? le viki are ready to sell Russia at auc : tion. They intend to arrange this nicely at the Princes' Islands." Th ' Bolsheviki are increasing their efforts t" destroy the morale of the new Russian conscript soldiers, as well as of the American and British troops. Bolshevik propaganda, well written and printed in English, has been distributed mysteriously among the various Allied units. Leaflet : disl ributed in villages on the Onega front, where American forces are operating, call upon the American soldier.--, to organize Boldiers' ' committees and demand of the officers that they be returned home, as the war with Germany is over und there is no reason for remaining in Russia. While I there has been no appreciable effect | because of the Bolshevik propaganda, the Allied soldiers are looking for? ward to some statement as to what the Allies intend to do with the force here. Reports of Bolshevik misconduct after the occupation of Shenkursk, which are printed as fac?-; in the Arch? angel newspapers, have greatly stirred , the population here, ami Russians | friendly to the Allies arc anxiously in? quiring whether the Allied force is to I be witndruwn or retained. British Views Grow Critieal Of New League Doubt Is Freely Expressed Whether Franee Safely Can Trust Its Protection Wilson \ ision Is Criticised Belief Exists. However, That Lloyd George Will Win Indorsement of Compart By Arthur S. Draper New York Tribune .-1 ecial Cable Service (Copyri?t, 1919, New York Tribuno Inc.) LONDON, Feb. IT. The second thoughts of the British conservative press are a little more critical of the : league of nations. In private conver? sations many Britcns express sharp' criticism of the scheme, but prefer to I reserve their attacks until the draft comes up for final consideration. They see strong reasons why Americans should oppose the covenant, which draws the United States into the whirlpool of European polities and ends for all time that country's "splen? did isolation." But the British op? ponents of the league feel something in the nature of an alliance necessary. "The .Morning Post," which calls the league "Cinderella's Slipper," consid? ers it poorly made and asks, "Will any one dare to call France cynical if she hesitates to put. her 'r;i<' in any? thing iiu', the solo leather c^' reality after what she has suffered? (alls Wilson View Limited "Mr. Wilson may have an ?magi native conception of the sufferings of France, although he has not given him self the spiritual and physical dis comfort, of exam in in;;- for himself the devastations of the battle area and t he occu pied I "fr;' oric i. !'??: t M r. VV ii son himself has suffered no danger or even inconvenience by tin war. He has not i.eeii compelled to do v so much as a lump i^i sugar : eoeoa. "It i:- pi rhap - for '? ha I rcai on be? cause his mind never ha? really grasped the terrors arid tribulations of war, the: avvfulness and the burden of war, and the burden of the past and danger of the future under which France lies that, he expects path n and heroic nations to lind anything but mockery and bitterness in this elaborately elusive covenant. If he could truly real /.v. what an attack by Germany means he would not be in? sulting France by offering this docu menl as security. As it is, France recognizes 'he document for what ii is a singularly futile if well meaning performance." Hopes Clouded b> Fear rhat is t be frai '-?'? v ?ew "fa minority. There is another group much larger which hopes the league will prove highly successful, but feai it may be' doomed to disappointment. Then there is a still larger group which is delighted with the covenai t. The fourth group would have the docu? ment even stronger. Mr. Lloyd George has nothing to fear when he presents the document for ratification to Parliament. He knows he has the country behind him in this measure. The American and British : viewpoints are totally different. Amer? ica gets nothing out of the war except a large share of responsibility in .world .affairs, while Great. Britain gets a powerful ally in the maintaining of - peace. The British insist that Amer ; ica is morally forced ta assume this responsibility. Taft Says League' ? Is Stronger Than One 11e Proposed PORTLAND, Ore.. Feb. 17.?Indorse? ment of the constitution of the league of nations was given by William II. Taft, former President, of the United States, here to-day at the Northwestern Congress for a league of nations. The constitution, us read in Paris by I resident Wilson, is indeed wider n the scope of it s | :."i o? e than was t he platform of Our League to Enforce : Peace," said Mr. Taft, in describing the purposes of ; he league "Article 10 of the constitution x finds our Monroe Doctrine to the world by making it an obligation of ihe league members to respect and pre? serve as against external aggress on the territorial integrity and existing political independence of .all states? members of the league. "The punishment of a universal boy? cott is a very formidable instrument of repression. We may reasonably hope that this prospect, will minimize the temptation to make war and to se? cure the object of the league. "This Paris covenant has been made by the five nations who are to prescribe the terms of the treaty of peace. A convention of all the nations would never have agreed on anything as prac? tical as this. This league is growing up as an institution forced by the nec? essities of the situation. "In the President's addresses an 1 messages during the war and sine-, he has promised to the long-harassed peoples of the Allied nations that the United States would press for a league of nations which should secure per manent peace when this war ended. The nation is thus pledged to the idea of a league of nations to render peace permanent." Germans Call League Five-Nation Alliance To Control World BERLIN, Feb. 16 (By the Associ? ated Press).?"The so-called league of . nations," is the headline placed by the "Zeitung am Mittag" over its report from Paris giving the outlines of the pi'oposed constitution of the new world society. The newspaper declares that the prcposed league is simply a Compact 6 Bell-ans Hot water Sure Relief BELL-ASMS FOR INDIGESTION Germany Had Prepared To Use Superair plane BERLIN, Feb. 16 (By the As? sociated Press).?If the war had lasted a few months longer Germany was prepared to sur? prise the world with an enormous airplane. The new giant of the air, which was planned by Har? old Wolff, an engineer, will have its first triai at Doberitz within a few days. The new machine is nearly 1.65 feet from wing tip to wing tip and stands more than# 23 feet high. It has six motors, with a ?total of 1,800 horsepower, driven by four propellers, two of which are forward and two aft. Each | of the propellers has four blades. The two motors, it is said, can stop simultaneously without af- ; fecting any of the propellers or having' any result except to re? duce the speed of the airplane. The device for determining the absolute direction consists of an instument adapted to receiv? ing messages from various wire? less statin:.., and capable of such adjustment that a message from any particular station can be heard only when the device is turned in that direction. alliance of five great nations who re serve t he right to admh or i other nations. The reservation disarmament clause that di shall take into consid? rat ion the "geographic! I tat on" of a plainly means, the "Zeitung am Mit? tag" tisser;.-:, that France shal exempli d 'rom its pro\ isions. Paris o: ?patches coverii ':?? ' u of i: at ions covenant Berlin too late for commei ? .:-? fs. I hum Keeps Congress Seat WASHINGTON, F b. 17. 'o-day adopted a unanimous report of it ; elect ? Lti tig thai Represi tit? 1 ; ... B Dui York- District, R ? ntitlcd to his sea'. Jacob who cont ted Dunn's elei lion, -. olal ion of the state coi ' lui ioi be ?a u si of the u e or vo\ rh ines. 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