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Vol. LXXTX No. 20,17^
fCopyrlght. 1910,
New York Tribune Ine.l
SATURDAY, MAY 10, 1919
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Twnntwi!1^ Oreater ?w York and | THRF.B CEMT8)
TWO CENT8) within comroutinB dUtam-e | EUewhere
Germany Decrees Week of Mourning Over Treaty;
America Sure of Victory Loan; N. Y. to Pass Quota
?496,309,000 Raised
on Sixteenth Day;
Total Reported at
$3,314,870,000
Over a Billion
Still Needed
Second District in
Second Place With
81,204,375,250
New York District
Subscriptions.$1,204,375,250
Quota .$1,350,000,000
New York City
Subscriptions . $99,996,350
Quota .$1,000,561,600
These figures are only for sub?
scriptions recorded up to the close
of business yesterday afternoon.
America will see the Victory Liberty
Loan through, returns last night indi
catcd.
In the New York Federal Reserve
District an oversubscription is a prac
tical certainty, according to Arthur M.
Anderson, director of the government
loan organization here. Without in
cluding returns for the last two days,
thc St. Louis district iast night al?
ready had passed its quota, and the
Minneapolis district unofficially notified
the Secretary of the Treasury that it
had attained its goal.
A gain for the nation of $496,309,000
for the sixteenth day, announced last
night, was the largest of the campaign,
aand brought the official total for the
entire country up to 13,314,870,000, re
vealing a gap of nearly $1,200,000,000
to be taken care of by subscriptions
filed yesterday and to-day. Official op
timism regarding the outcome was
based on the assumption of a tremen
dous spurt to-day before the final pop
ular finar.cial drive of the war closes.
Small Bnyers Sure of Notes
Subscriptions flowing to loan head
quarters in a tremendous swell brought
the feeling of victory to loan workers,
who to-day will drive hard to get the
widest possible distribution of the new
gold notes of the United States. Under
a ruling of Secretary Glass, in the
event of an oversubscription, a'.l buyers
of $10,000 or less of Victory notes will
be allotted the full amount, and the
deliveries to the large buyers will be
?pared off.
After the statistics showing that the
country as a whoie in the first sixteen
of the eighteen business days of the
campaign had filled 73.68 per cent of
its quota of $4,500,000,000 and that the
New York Federal Reserve District had
in the same period subscribed ?1,204,
375,250, Mr. Anderson said that the
Second District, including untabulated
tubscriptions, had gone over the top.
Oversubscription Indicated
"The figures at the closc of to-day,
?omething over $1,200,000,000," Mr.
Anderson :-;aid, "indlcate the practical
certainty that the loan will be over
subscribed in the 2d Federal Reserve
District. Reports from the districts
e of New York City indicatc that
the expectation is that each one will
.'each its quota. This will mean close
'.o ? 150,000,000, in addition to the vol
virr.e of .-.ubscriptionH which is in proc
';S* of being recorded at the banks or
in tranxmission, apart from the sub?
scriptions which we have fair reason
to ' xpect will be taken to-night and
to the close at midnijjht Saturday.
"Our relative showing at thc present
f'ajre of this campaign is far ahead
of that of any of the other loans, and
> am confident the final result will be
ejn i tu r t ly satisfactory."
Nc* York in Second Place
The otTicial statistics last night,
which were twenty-four hours behind
?'Ttual riiing of subscription?, revealrd
NV.v York in second place. The stand
fi!C of the twelve Federal Reserve dis
tneta folkrws:
Diatriet, Kubscription. Per Ct.
Rt Loota. $106,221,000 K>0.1
?'?>" York. 1,204,000,000 89.1
Minneapolis _ 130,301,000 82.1
Kansas City. 150,481.000 77.1
Baston . 281,8*8,000 75.1
Pljiladelphia .... 269,fi00,000 71.8
Cnieago . 487,4?7,??0 70.1
RUhmend . 137,184,000 '"5.3
I leveland . 242,10OjOOO IJ3.8
Atlanta . 74/.57.000 51.7
?'>?? Franciaco.. . 186,020,000 45.1
Dal!*H . 30,008,000 38.1
Two of the diatricta?San Pranclacc
*M Dallas -have not passed the half
*?? rnark, aceording to tbe Tre&sury
l*Uttn?, *nd campaign workera heri
?eel that it is ab?olut*ly necessary tc
*'-rive after ? huge ovcrsubacription
Wtm to take care of any deficit that
**7 be incurred in any of the les?
torttinate place*.
Hpart for Small Buyer*
Effort* wJH be keyed to the mcit in
W??ive pi*ch of the earnpaign in New
fork to-day. The drive will )>i dt
"Wo' pfcrtieularly at tbe rnao ot
?oman who ha? only $2 to ?pare to
HWt a eoopon book for h $50 note on
l*f. psrtial payment plan. At the
Jktx'mri* Vortnt," at Broadway and
Continued on pagt ?i%
President Appeals
For "Loan Victory"
117 ASHINGTON, May 9.?
r r President Wilson to-day is
sned this appeal to the American
people:
"I appeal to my fellow citizens
on the eve of the consummation of
a victorious peace, to sustain the
honor and credit of our country
and to pay tribute to the valor
and sacrifices of our fighting men
by making this last liberty loan
not only a nnancial success, for
that it must be, but a great popu
lar thank offering in which every
American will share according to
his ability."
Legion Rejects
Chicago; Mayor
Hotly Rebuked
Minneapolis Chosen for Next
Convention as A11 a c k
on Thompson's Record
Forces Windy City Out
Staff Corfespondence
ST. L0U1S, May 9.?The American
! Legion at its second session here to
| day administered a rebuke to Mayor
! William Hale Thompson of Chicago by
turning down the invitation of Chicago
to meet there in November.
Colonel John F. J. Herbert, com?
mander of the 102d Field Artillery of
! the 26th (Yankee) Division, said that
j by the election of Mayor Thompson
I Chicago had reached the standard of
j the most despised city in the nation,
|and that until it had regained 100 per
| cent Americani8m the American Legion
! could not go there with self-respect.
The convention also refused to seat
Sergeant Curtis, of Seattle, represent
ing the Soldiers' and? Sailors' Council
of Washington, on the ground that his
organization was inimical to the
United. States.
The attack on Mayor Thompson came
when, in reporting the place for hold
ing the convention in November, the
chairman said the committee on selec
tion was unanimous in favor of Chi?
cago.
Rebukes Mayor Thompson
Colonel Herbert, of Massachusetts,
formerly managing editor of "The
Worcester Evening Post," took the
floor and said:
"As spokesman for the Massachu
| setts delegation, I want to say that if
! no other body wants to rebuke any
j city or its representative for un-Ameri
! canism when the soldiers of that city
i were offering their lives in defence of
the word, then Massachusetts stands
ready to offer that rebuke. Massachu?
setts* will not agree willingly to having
a convention of soldiers go to a city
t that has as its first citizen by vote, one
j who cannot measure up in any small
i part when the test is 100 per cent
j Americanism.
"The hall has been placarde'd with
' invitations, 'The American Legion, Chi
: cago wants you in November.' If these
placards read, 'American Legion, Chi
; cago soldiers want you in .November,'
; our answer might be different. The
j answer of Massachusetts would be dif
i ferr-nt. But when your placard roads,
! 'Chicago wants you in November,' the
! answer of Massachusetts is, 'Chicago
j cannot have us in November*- or any
; other time until Chicago has an Ameri
! can for Mayor in an American city.
Causes Near Riot
"The literature circulated through
J the convention reads: 'Chicago pledges
I itself to go any other city one better
[ on anything this convention requires.'
i This convention first requires that Chi
; cago shall reach a standard different
from the standard of being the most
? despised city in America, and when it
i has reached that standard, it is then in
a position to say whether it can go one
better. It has not yet reached par.
Until Chicago reaches par, Massachu
I Betta votes, 'No.' "
This declaration caused a near riot
' Large barmers booming Chicago as the
next convention city wojy torn from
\ the walls and boxes, and for ten min?
utes it was pandemoniurn.
Major John P. GumminK."., of Chi
j caKO, replying to Colonel Heibcrl's. at
| tack, said:
"Gentlemen, I don't believe thero is
j a siugle dek-gate to thiu caucus who
i would b** so unfair as to impugn the
, | patriotism of 650,000 mon who rallied
' i tr, the colora of thla country by saying.
! "Because Chicago had u Mayor of
! > which they are all a?hained that they
1' ar<- not patriotic. Had tho men who
wer< serving the eolors in Franco been
| in Chicago, they would hnve had no
apology '.o offer for fhefr Mayor. I am
? h?ying that ln the invitation that was
extended to you that v/c urc speaking
? i for the boy;? of khaki and blue who
raliied to tne colora from IlllnoiB and
who ?re here to-day, extending the In?
vitation to you potwith?tandioe the
fact that we are eursed by a Mayor
who -.? not our choice. We would
throw him out lf we had the chance,
but w? aro extendfng the invlfation to
you on behal? of 7&0.000 men from Illi
n' in."
On tbe firat rollcall Chicago trmiled
Mirincapo!iN ar.d Pittaburgh as the
?;ext ?onventlon city. Then Chicago
wr.n dropped out of tha race, and on
tho second baliot the voUj stood Min?
neapolis 603. Pitttburgh 476. Trx- Nrw
York delegation backed the loseron the
' i second baJlot,
The legion plann to get through with
its work to-morrow.
Two Bribery
Charges Shot
At Whitman
Ex-Governor Denies He
Offered Official Favor
in Trade for Vote for
Perkins's Gonfirmation
Senator Cotillo
Says Orr Did It
INames Secretary as Man
Who Dickered With
Him: Witness Grilled
Former Governor Whitman was
asked yesterday if he had partici
pated in an attempt to bribe two mem?
bers of the State Senate to vote for
the confirmation of George W. Perkins
as State Food Commissioner during
the special session of the Legislature
in 1917. In one case money was
alleged to bo the consideration. In
the other the price for a Senator's vote
was said to be the restoration to citi
zenship of a man who had been con
victed of a felony.
The former Governo. indignantly
denied the implied charges. Intense
anger was shown, both on his face and
in his words and voice as his one-time
Assistant District Attorney, Frank
Moss, hurled question after question at
him with pitiless persistency in the Al
dermanic Chamber at City Hail.
i. Big Crowd at Bearing
The room was. ttirongefl with politi
cians and street railway men long be?
fore the hearing by the Senate Judi
j ciary Committee, which is investigat
! ing the $500,000 slush fund charges
made by Senator George F. Thompson,
of Niagara, wa3 begun.
It was a day that Moss had looked
; forward to. He had been Whitman's
! first assistant during the former Gov
| ernor's incumbency as District At
i torney, and had been his chief col
? laborator in the prosecution of Lieu
i tenant Becker and the four gunmen
i who murdered tho gambler Rosenthal.
At the next gubernatorial election
Whitman was elected Governor, and
i Moss expected to be appointed by him
as his successor. When another was
', named there was a break.
Moss forced Mr. Whitman to admit
that he Was under retainer by the
: Interborough and conferred with The
i odore P. Shonts, president of that
. company, and with James L. Quack
l enbush, its chief counsel, before he
. talked with Senator Thompson in the
^Hotel St. Regis, on March 29.
It was on that occasion that Senator
Thompson charges that the former
. Governor tried to induce him to sup
i port the Carson-Martin increased fare
I bill, holding out to him the promise of
powerful support for the Governorship
I in 1920.
Moss brought out the fact that last
| year, while Whitman was Governor, he
1 had opposed a similar measure, but the
former Governor stuck fast to his story
i that he did not double-cross the street
railway men on that occasion.
The two Senators alleged to have
, been improperly approached during the
fight to confirm Mr. Perkins, who was
a heavy contributor to Governor Whit
| man's campaigns, were N. Monroe
I Marshall, of Malone, and Salvatore Co
' tillo, of New York.
Senator Cotillo, who is a member of
i thc committee, took the stand after his
' name had been mentioned and said that
it was not the Governor who asked him
to vote for Perkins, but his secretary,
| William A. Orr.
One of the spectators who sat drink
ing in every word of the testimony was
j Rlchnrd II. Durke, the seller of street
car supplies, who, Thompson charged,
had told him thnt if he would support
tho Carson-Martin bill he would be
i furnished with a campaign fund of
| $500,000.
Whitman Wants Counsel
"Governor Whitman," began Mr.
| Moss, "I want to dirnct your atten
I tion to the Pratt bill of 1918, de
j oigned to obtaln somo relief for the
I Interborough and other railroads in
j New York City: Did you take a posi
tion in favor of it?"
"Now, Mr. Chairman," said Mr1.
Whitman, rising from tho wltnoss
ehair, "b<rfore I anewor I want to re?
serve tho righte of all the wltnesaen
and protect them; and 1 understami
that the committee will extond the
same privllcgo to any witnesa of re
talnlng counsel."
i "Not to any witneas, Governor," eaid
| Chairman Burllngame.
"I ask the samo privilege for my
( eolf." contlnued ' the witneis.
"The privilege of cross-examinatlOn
| will be extended to you."
i "Through counsel?"
"Through counsel."
"I don't know how to nnswer your
j Continued on pnge four
\aval Fliers
Start Second
Lap To-day
NC-1 and NC-3 Ready to
Depart for Trepassey
This Morning, Capital
Is Told by Wireless
_?_
NC-4 May Resume
Flight on Sunday
Two Engines Made Dead
by Overheating Will
Be Replaced, Read Says
HALIFAX, May 9. ? The United
States naval hydro-airplanes NC-1 and
NO-3 will start to-morrow morning at
8 o'clock for Trepassey, X. F? the
jumping off place for their trans?
atlantic flight, if the weather is favor
able. The aviators said to-night that
tests made after some of the pro
pellers on both 'planes had been
changed showed both to be in perfcct
readiness for a resumption of their
journey.
Word of the postponement of the
start was forwarded to the Navy De- \
partment in Washington by tho sup- ,
ply ship Baltimore at Halifax. The j
message from the Baltimore said:
" 'Planes will not start from Hali
fax to-day because of renewal of four
| propellers. Will be ready to t 'start
Saturday morning."
Trial Spins Taken
I After the c-ngines had been over
j hauled, the propellers replaced and :
! the fuel tanks reiilled, the 'planes were
taken down the bay for trial spins
j this evening. ,
The roaring of the engines ns the |
two 'planes shot into the air for their
tests nfter dark brought thousands of
residents to tho waterfront. As the
airmen had all theix lights in opera
tion. there was a brilliant spectacle as
the 'planes left their moorings in the
harbor and circled over tho city. The
moon was bright, there was a gentle
breeze and the water was calm.
When the test was ended the ma
chinea swooped down into the harbor;
again with ease. It was nearly 10 j
o'clock when the airmen left the 'planes
and went to the mine-layer Baltimore.
to spend the night.
Naval vessels- which will be sta- I
tioned along the route of to-morrow's j
journey began moving into their as- ;
! signed places to-day.
CHATHAM, Mass., May 9.?The sea- ,
| plane NC-4, which was towed hero j
i after having been compelled to land [
| yesterday because of engine trouble, :
probably will resume the trip to Hali- ;
fax Sunday, according to naval offi
I cials. '
Two of her four engines were out of
; order and at. least one and possibly ;
j both of them will have to be replaced. ,
I Except for the engines, the machine is I
in good condition.
Overheating the Cause
Lieutenant Commander A. C. Read
i telephoned the Navy Department in
j Washington to-day, explaining that
! overheating in one of the engines had
j developed soon after the start from
I Rockaway Beach Thursday morning.
! A second engine became disabled when
j about 100 miles northeast of Cape Cod
j and the. 'plane was forccd to light in
i the water.
Lieutenant Commander Read said he
j would proceed to Trepassey Bay to
join his comradcs as soon as the re?
pairs on his machine were completed.
Lieut. Jim Europe
Stahbed to Death
"Hell Fighters'" Band
\ Leader Said to Have
Fought With Drummer
BOSTON, May 9.? -Lieutenant James
? Recse (Jim) Europe died at a hospital
here to-night aa the result of a wound
i in the neck nlleged to have been in
! tficted by Herbert Wright, a drummer
i in the "Hcll Fighters" (369th Infantry)
Band, of which Europe was leader.
i The two engaged in Rn altercation at
i Mechanlcs' Hall, where tho band has
been giving a neries of concerts.
Europe, who was standing in tho
; wings whilo tho band was playing a
j selection, called out to Wright to "put.
I more pup in tho sticks." Wright left]
j his drum and wnlked hastily over to
| Europe, who retrented to his dressing
! room.
Wright followed him, and after eomo
j words, tho police allege, ho drew a
I knifc and slashed Europe In tho neck.
j Wright wns arre3ted.
Lieutontnt "Jim" Europo, the only
? , ? oftteer of the old 16th Regiment,
.'?nar.icd tho 369th, won famo on two
contlnent.B througii his music. Bo
foro tho wnr ho was an exponent of
"jax-/," tunes In Npw York, particularly
w?ll known to patrons of the Castlc
House end tho Zlngfeld Tloof.
Europo roturned W> this country
with lii-< regimont on February L2, and
led the music ns tho troopship Stock
holm passed thn Statilo of LiberLy.
He marchod with his rcgimenl in the
Imewell revlaw to ihu negro warriors,
and since thon had been touring tho
country with the band that took jaza
to the battle araa.
Treaty Terms
Will Abolish
Austrian Navy
All Ships of That Nation
Are To Be* Surrendered;
Work on Pact Is Begun
by Drafting Committee
PARIS, May 9 (by The Associated
Press").?The naval terms of the treaty
to be presented Austria, as they have
been completed, abolish the Austrian
navy. All the ships of that navy, large
and small, are to be surrendered.
Their disposition among the Allies is
to be adjusted later.
The drafting committee this after
r.oon began work on the treaty as a
whole.
[The strength ,,of the Austro-Hun
srarian navy at the time of the sign?
ing of the armistice, according to best
available information, was as follows:
Fifteen battleships, 16 cruisers, 21 de?
stroyers, 67 torpedo boats, 10 torpedo
gunboats, 45 submai^nes, 45 mine
layers, 1 river torpedo boat, 2 trawlers,
11 river monitors, 6 scouts, 3 armed
steamers and 7 patrol boats. These
figures were comp.iled without ref
erence to the losses in the closing
months of the war.j
The majority faction in the Austrian
National Assembly, according to a re?
port from Vienna, by way of Basel, has
decided to renounce tho idea of the
union of German-Austria and Germany
in tho interests of Austrian and world
peace.
The Austrian peace delegation, ad
vices from Vienna say, will leave the
Austrian capital for Paris on May 11.
The delegation will number fort.y to
fifty persons nnd is expected to arrivc
at St. Germain on May 12. Information
from French sources is that the dele?
gation has not as yet left Vienna, ow
jng to difficuities encountered in select
ing its members because of ditTerences
of opinion regarding tho proposed in
corporation of German-Austria in Ger?
many.
Dispatchos to-day indicate that while
Frana Klein, president of the delega?
tion, fnvors annexation, Profcssor
Lsmasch. another influontial member,
opposes it, and that sentiment against
the proposal is growing. The rest of
tho delegation is said to be dividod on
tho question.
Iioth the council of four and thc
council ef foreign miniutots resumed
thoir sessiona 'his morning. Tho for?
mer ia giving syecinl attrntion to tho
impending negotiatlons botween the
Alltea and Austria, and the lntter is
discuaaing reports on the boundaries
of former Austro-Hungarian terri
torlca.
Wilson to Ask Senate
Pledge Aid to France
WTASHINGTON. May 9.?In re
*' sponse to an inquiry from Sec?
retary Tumulty regarding the pro
posed pledge to help defend France,
President Wilson cabled to-day:
"Happily, there is no mystery or
privacy about what I have promised
the government here. I have prom?
ised to propose to the Senate a sup
plement in which we shall agree,
eubject to the approval of the coun?
cil of the league of nations, to come
immediately to the assistance of
France in case of unprovoked attack
by Germany, thus merely hastening
the action to which we should be
bound by the covenant of the league
of nations."
English Mutiny
Plot Is Found
Leaders Sought to Com
pel Force in Quelling
Uprising, Says Londor
LONDON, May 9.?A aonspiracy to
induce British sailors to mutiny and
soldiers to demobilize themselves by
marchiiig out of their barracks has
been discovered, according to the
"Daily Mail," The premises of vari?
ous persons have been searched and
documents s.eized.
The stations involved, the new6
paper says, include four in France and
several in England, while the sailors
in naval ports have been circularized
with a view to inciting them to seize
the ports and invite the soldiers and
police to join them.
The object of the plot is stated to
be to compel the government to use
force if the projected disorders should
oocur, the organizers believing that
I this would prccipitate anarchy.
The first sign of discontent in the
j British forces was seen early in Janu
I ary, when demonstrations of a charac
| ter bordering on mutiny occurred at
Dover and Folkestone among troops
who had been in England on leave and
who objected to being sent back to
Frnnce, Germany and the Balkans. On
January 8 there were demonstrations
,' of a similar character in front of the
j Wnr Office in London and in some of
I the country camps. Premier Lloyd
I George issued an appeal to the soldiers
in which he declared that, as Germany
j was st<ll pov/erful, it. wns necessary
I for Great Britain to maintain a atrong
j army during thc peace negotiation-..
The government, promised to grant
j disi-hurge:i in individuai casos la the
| army and navy, whore also unreat v.-ns
i reported,
nea? the laboln to Unnw whothfr you get
domoatir glnser ?li? nr HOSS'S Imported
oncn more from BEI.KA8T.?Advt.
k
4
Foe Demands
Verbal Parley
Over Terms
German National Assembly
to Meet in Berlin Monday;
Treaty Dictated by Hate,
Says PresidentFehrenbach
BERNE, May 9.?The German gov?
ernment has telegraphed to the peace
delegates at Versailles ordering them
to present to the Allied and associated
powers within the fifteen days allowed
a proposition demanding verbal dis
cussions, dispatches from Berlin say.
The German National Assembly has
been called to meet in Berlin on Mon
! day, May 12.
The peace committee of the As
, sembly at a meeting Thursday dis?
cussed the peac& terms. President
. Fehrenbach of the Assembly declared
i that the terms presented to Germany
; were more drastic than the most
, pessimistic forecasts had indicated
; and that the provisions meant the per
; petual enslavement of the German
j people. He declared the treaty was
dictated by hate.
The committee adjourned after ap
proving the announced intention of the
j government to obtain "an acceptable
j peace" by negotiation.
Observers at Versailles, according
i to a dispatch from there, anticipate
i that verbal discussion of some parts
! of the treaty may be pcrmitted, ai
!though the announced decision of the
Inter-Allied Peace Comission has been
p.gainst such procedure. It was added
'. that rooms at the Trianor. Talace HoteJ
| were being held in readiness for a
possible session of the Inter-Allied
! and German peace commissions.
i
1 Argentina to Deport
300 Aiutrchist Agitators
, |>UENOS AYRES, May 8.?Within
; ????* the next few days,'000 anarch
. ist agitators will bo deported, the
moat of them being Russians and
Itf.Hana. Among tbem are seven
?' "? "? "' The chief of police
I <' ? ' l;a\ t J'""1 more vondv
for deportation to their respcctive
homelands.
Imperial Ministry
Urges All Stated
to Plaee Ban on
Public Amusement
People Demand
PaetBeRejeeted
Berlin and Hamburg
Exchanges Closed;
Loan Bonds Drop
BERLIN, May 9 (By The Associated
Press).?The president of the Imperial
Ministry has sent the following tele?
gram to the governments of the free
states:
"In deep dlstress and weighed
down by cares. the German people
have waited through the months of
the armistice for the peace condU
tions. Their publication has
brought the bitterest disappoint
ment and unspeakabie grief to the
entire people. A public expression
> ought to be given these feelings by
all Germans. The imperial govern?
ment requests that the free states
have public amusements suspended
for a week and allow in the theatres
only such productions as correspond
to the seriousness of these griev
ous days."
The people, though fairly stricken
dumb by the peace terms, are now re
covering sufficiently to declare that
Germa'by can not and will not sign the
compact, no matter what comes.
Strikes Are Increasing
Strikes are increasing, and Bolshe
vism and the Spartacan uprisings of
the last two months have, if anything,
made Germany immune to the possible
horrors which are to be anticipated if
they are again plunged into war, ac-fc
cording to the best opinion here.
There exists a small group of Ger?
mans, chiefly conservatives, who pre
fer to see the Entente occupy the
1 whole country than to have it Bolshe
vik, but they are in the dwindling
minority.
Reports from the Versailles corre
spondents emphasize the feeling of
. amazement and excitement which pre
. vailed on the reading of the terms of
i the peace treaty. All the correspond
I ents agree that no hasty decision will
; be reached. A fortnight is allowed the
! Germans for the return of an answer,
' and this time will be used for carefui
| consideratien of the demands and the
? preparation of counter suggestions,
jthe correspondents say.
j Death To Germany, Says Scheidemana
After a five-hour session of the Ger
, man Cabinet Thursday, Philipp Schei
; demann, the Chancellor, delivcred h
i speech to the committee appointed to
iconsider the treaty. After comparing
! the most important conditions laid
'down by the Allies in connection with
.President Wilson's fourteen points,
j Scheidemann is reportad to have said:
"These conditions are nothing else
j than death for Germany, but the gov
I ernment must discuss this document of
! hatred and madness with sobriety."
The Chancellor indicated that the
j German delegation at Versailles had
| been instructed to hand avjaote to the
'Allies showing the difference between
| the treaty terms and President Wil?
son's fourteen points and submif
j counter-proposals and endeavor to
j start ar, orai discussion. He expressed
! the hope that the peace conditions
: would be considered with good-will
j by both parties and that a satisfac
|tory result would be reached.
There is much speculation in Berlin
i as to whethcr the terrns represent
maximum demands wh;ch may be re
| duced or whether they are minimum
! and irreducible.
Counter Proposals Prepared
According to the "Berlin Zeitung am
; Mittag," the delegation at Versailles
[wiU carefully avoid any bargaining.
, but wi'T present definite, clcar-cui
; counter propositions, which, in part,
have a!ready been prepared.
"These counter proposals," the news
paper declares editorially, "will be
. bascd on the fourteen points so ds*
jgraccful'.y abandoned by Fresident
W ikon. If the Gerir n.n people had
to vote on these terms as a wholr.
there would not be in the whole em?
pire a single 'yes.' Force without
mcasure or limit usrd to be a Wilson
phrasf, and the Wilson peace offered
us yesterday falls in this category,
instc.ad of on his fourteen points."
Members of the Bourse reached the
lexcbange yesterday without knowing
J that the exchnnge committee had r?
' solved to cease trading for three day i
jas a roMi't of the excitemtnt riue to tlv
jdehvery of the peace terms to the U?r
jman delegates at Versailles. The mem