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bers at first exprcssed indignation over
the terms of the treaty, and then began
trading in tbe strcets.
Loan Securltlea Orop
The war loan socurities aold away
below previous figures, and tra-'ing in
local loans was feeble. German ship
ping securities were down in price,
while foreign shares, notably Canadian
Pacific and Baltimore & Ohio, and Eng?
lish pound notes rose noticeably.
The financtal writers comment ex
haustively on economic problems, solu
tion of which, they say, will be ren
dered impossible by the peace terras
which will mean the destruction of
Germany. The "Tageblatt's" financial
cxpert says that Germany had hoped,
if not in this generation. at least in
the next, to be able to recover and
live by her own work, but that that
belief now has been completely upset.
The "Vossische Zeitung" estimates
that tho indemnity will total 180,000,
000,000 marks, gold, ($45,000,000,000)
and complains that the Entente has
not taken into account the war mate
nsl and the navy delivered up. The
writer declares that a smaller and
weaker Germany will be unable to pay.
HAMBURG, May 9.?The Stock Ex
change has decided to cloae for two
days, as a result of the situation cre
atcd by the publication of the peace
treaty.
Polish Frontier Terms
Are Slwck to Germans
Delegates Also Question That
Teutons Can Pay Claims
to Extent Allies Demand
VERSAILLES, May 9 (By The As?
sociated Press). The question whether
Germany wiU sign the treaty or not
is the pressing one of the hour. It is
impossible yet to gain an indication
of the attitude of the German pleni
potentiarics here, but information
coming from German sources goes to
show it is quite possible the Ebert
Seheidtfmann government is consider
,ng itr, fate if it should accept such a ;
drastic treaty. It may choose to re>
^'use to sign the treaty and go down
in a blaze of patriotic glory.
According to this information the
greatest shock to the Germans was
jciven by the formula establlshing the
frontier of Poland. ,Tiving, as it does,
a great part of West Prussia and a
<-onsiderable seacoast to Poland, in
addition to largo coal fields in upper
Silesia. When the German delegates
!eft home they expected to hear more
moderate proposals regarding the Pol
isb frontier and Danzig. 4
The delegates also question the pos
sibiiity of Germcny's paying repara
rion to the extent laid down by the
?reaty, and they doubt whether they
should sign ciauses which they are
said ostensibly to regard as impos?
sible of fultilment. They object also
ro the surrender of their entire mer
i-antile fleet, arguing that this would
.'orce them to pay an additional in
demnity to England in freight for
? very ton of raw material imported,
!'ianufactured and exported under the
. irtual British monopoly of ocean ton
iUgc which the;/ assume would soon
oflow the elimination of the German
--cantile fleet.
Crisis for Ebert
Consideration is naturally given to
?ne fact that the declaration that
Germany would refuse to sign the
peace unless the conditions were
greatly modified in her favor may
nossibly have been put out just now
with the object of influencing the ne
gotiations. and that it ia not neces
sarily concluaive. Experts attached to
'.he Inter-Allied conference who have
.iust returned from Germany, where
they endeavored to obtain material
for a deftnite verdict on this subject,
heiieve, however, that a refusal by
the present government to sign ia
vot impossible. They expect that in
1 his case the existing government
t.wiU! fail immediately and be auc
t.oeded by an Independent Socialist
gttvernment, which would sign any
treaty presented, without any inten
i.ion. however, of binding itself by its
signature or of observing the condi?
tions if the. opnortunity arose to dis
regard them.
The German delegates to the peace
congress quartered here conferred
among themselves all last evening, the
conference lasting until midnight.
Six Leave for Berlin
Six members of the mission have left
?^or Berlin, three of these being newa
paper men, who are reported to have
been commissioned to begin a press
' ampaign at home. Arnong the return
ing newspaper men was Frcderick
Stampfer, chief editor of "Vorwaerta."
None of the German plenipoten
?ua-nea, as far aa can be learned from
Fre/ich officials here, has yet departed
for Berlin, but the d?parture of Minis
tera GieabertB and Landsberg, ln order
to give their personal views on the
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Cabinet, is considered probable.
Eight mew members of the German
delegation have orrived here, but as yet
they have* not communicated with their
colleaguea who arrived prior to the
presentation of the peace treaty.
Colonel Henry, who was the only link
between tae Germans and tho Allies
up to the time of the presentation of
the treaty, has ended his activities.
The Germans have generally relaxcd
their rigid routing of the past few
daya and walked in tho park this
morning.
Among the arrlvals was Count Alfred
von Oberndorff, a member of the Ger?
man Armistice Commission. He
brought credeutials as a minister plen
ipotentiary at the congresa and is ex?
pected to take an important part in the
negotiations.
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Treaty Is Denounced
By German Delegates
Terms xAre "Impossibie" and
Mean' "Mailed Fist Peace;9
Envoys Say in Protests
BERLIN, May 9 (By The Associated
Press).?"There is only one immediate
solution?peace with Russia and the
use of Bolshevik troops for Germany,"
Herr Gefleberts, one of the German
delegates at VersailleB, is quoted by
the "Neue, Zeitung" as declaring with
reforence to the peace terms sub
mitted.
Other of the German delegates are
quoted by the newspaper's Versailles
despatch as stating:
Herr Landsberg: "The cruel an
nouncements of the press have been
exceeded. No verbal objections can
be handed over. We can do nothing
but say yea or no. That is the
quintessence of a peace of force."
ProfeoBor Sehuecking; "The docu
ment is simply awful."
Called "Mail Fist" Peace
Premier Hirsch of Prussia, speaking
in the Prussian National Assembly to
day, characterized the peace terms es
representing a purely "mailed fist" j
peace, which "would mean slavery for
the Fatherland and fresh bloodshed for
Europe."
"The government appeals to you," he
continued, "to close your ranks, pre- |
serve your calm rnd avoid indiscretion
in case of disaensions. We are faced i
by the question of to be or not to be.
The entire nation must stand behind <
the government to convert this pro- i
jected peace of violence into a peace I
of right. That is possible only if the '
nation, which is expected to sign its j
own death warrant, firmly supports the |
government. This, the most mournful I
day in our history, must flnd us j
strong." I
Are Stunned by Terms
The parliaraentary leaders of all fac- i
tions who are irt Berlin to attend com- !
mittee meetings admit they were !
stunned by the severity of the pro- j
posed peace terms. Beyond casual |
comments they declined to discuss the '
Entente's conditions or details or to '
forecast the assembly's probable atti?
tude.
A leading member of the Independent'
Socialists declared the peace offcred
waa wholly dictatorial and that its re
viaion waa possible only through a
i world revolution.
Condemnation of the peace terms is
! expressed by all the newspapers here,
; those of the extreme Right referring
jto the conditions as "unfulfillable" and
\ to the treaty as "an instrument of
! robbery."
Preaa Condemns Terms
The "Tageszeitung" says: "One
thing is certain; there can be no ques?
tion of this being a peace of justlce.
What a peace of justice after the En
tente pattern and in accordance with
French desires looks like is shown by
the conditions, which leave nothing of
Germany but a torn and tattered
i terrltory."
The "Freiheit" says that, compared
Jjwith tbe policy Germany pursued at
i j Brst-Litovsk, the Entente peace "must
' j be termed quite moderate," but it
argues that the terms are in sharp
contradiction with President Wilson's
"fourteen points," and that if peace
is to be built on this comprcmise it
aasuredly can have no flrm and lasting
foundation.
Will Sign if Forced
"A peace by annihilatin" is the
caption used by "Vorwaerts," ? which
which says there is "a ruthless desire
to lay Germany permanently low by
lorce. . . ... If we sign this peace
it is because we are bound by force,
but in, our hearts we resolutely reject
it. Such a peace ia an attempt to ex
terminate a nation, not by force of
arma, but by a means more brutal,
economie elavery."
The Frankfort "Gazette" says: "We
are at the graveslde of right. The
only doubt is whether it also means
the graveside of the German natlo.
Never has murder been committed in
more courteous form or with more
cynical eqaanimity. The German reply
will have to consider that the draft
deviates from Mr. Wilson's 'fourteen
pointa' as far as the East is from the
West."
"Anarchy Rather Than
Slavery," Teutons Whine
| 'Beriin Report* a Widespread
Ontbuntt Against Terms of
Treaty; WiUon Is CrMcised
LOHDON, May 9.?In, a review of
German oplnfon on tha terms of peace*
telegraphed fcare, Reutar'a Berlin oor
reepondent aaya that a raanark heard
on all eidac in Berlin ia, "Bather an
areby than such alavary," and that all
of the people are dUcusatng the con
aequencea of a refnsal by Germany to
sign the treaty.
"Pmldent WUbou," continue* the
corwwpqndent, "i? partieaiarly the oh
Ject of cmfciBm, hie so-called weak
i ness evoVing indignation, although
there are still many who base their;
l hopes upon him.
i "According to the 'Zeitung am Mit
! tag,' all the parties, fiom the extreme ;
left to the extreme right, regard the
treaty as impossible of acceptance.'
The president of the Berlin Chamber
of Commerce, Franz Mendelssohn, says
the flrat impression is a crushing one,
but he is hopeful that the Entente may
be finally convinced that Germany can
only discharge her obligations if she i
remains economically sound.
"Director Guttmann of the Dresden '
Bank- expresses himself as convinced
that the peace proposals, unless they
are altered, mean Germany's absolute
ruim"
German Delegation
Divided Over Treaty
Intimation Given That Envoys
May Refuse to Sign Pact;
No Slatements Issued Yet
PARIS, May 9.- A Reuter statement,
quoting a high British authority, says
the German delegates to the peace
congress are considerably divided in
their views on the peace terms sub
mitted by the Allied and associated
powers.
The German delegates in their an?
swer to the peace terms, some news?
papers say, will propose especially to
assume the burden of making repara
tion only for damage caused in North
ern France and Belgium. The papers
say it is not unlikely the Allies will
refuse the proposition. The German
delegates, it is added, also intend to
give battle over the questions of tho
Saar Valley, Danzig, the former Ger?
man colonies and military occupation.
Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau, in a
long wireless exchange witm Berlin,
the newspapers declared, expressed a
desire to confer with tho German
Austrian delegates on their arrival at
St. Germain.
One of the Allied delegates told tho
"Echo de Paris" that the attempt bv
Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau to make
other countries besides Germany re
3ponsible for the war and his appeal
to universal brotherhood was coolly re?
ceived by the chiefs of the Allied and
associated powers, especially Premier
Lloyd George and President Wilson.
In the lobby of tho Chamber of Dep
uties yesterday, the peace treaty gen
erally was approved by the Deputies,
but some reservations were made con
cerning the financial clauses. Raoul
Peret, president of the budget com?
mission, said France apparently would
have to bear all her war expenses and
it probably would be necessary to ask
for ten billion francs ($2,000,000,000)
in taxes from the French people in
the next fiscal year. M. Peret ques
tioned if the people could pay such
a sum.
British Labor Party
Criticises Peace Treaty
Committee Says It Does ISot
Follotc '14 Points'; Socialists
in France Also Complain
LONDON, May 8,-After meeting to
conaider the terms of peace imposed
upon Germany by the Allied and asso?
ciated nations, the national executive
committee of the British Labor party
issued a manifesto declaring the treaty
in some essential particulars "opposed
to the declarations of President Wilson,
of the Inter-AUied Labor Confercnco
and the Berne conference, and very
defective from the standpoint of world
peace.
"It bears evidence of a compromise
by capitalism and imperialism, which j
still dominate European states," the I
manifesto declared. "Any permanent i
denial of Germany of an opportunity !
to become a mandatary under th? I
league of nations must cause jealousy
and unrest, leading to further inter- '
national disputes."
Other points criticiscd were the fail- '
ure to give Germany representatlon on :
the reparations commission and the
omission of provisions for a progressive j
limitation of armaments by the other j
signatories to the treaty. The mani?
festo protcsted against the permament
separation of the Saar Basin from Ger?
many and advocated a plebiscite in Mal
medy and other contested territories be?
tween Belgium and Germany.
PARIS, May 8.---The Socialist press
criticises the peaco conditions severely.
One newspaper, for example, under ?he
caption of "A Peaco of Oppression and
Injustice," says: "The capitalist and im
perialist world as it exists could only
produce a capitalist and imperialis't
peace, which prepares the way for an?
other war. Between President Wilson's
'fourteen points' and certain stipulations
communicated to Count von Brockdorff
Rantzau there are hiatuses and con
trasts which are too striking."
Danes and Poles Are
Satisfied by Treaty
Csecho-Slovaks Also Pleased hy
Terms; Copenhagen Gets
More Than It Had Asked For
PARIS, May 9.?Interviews with rep
i reBentatives of countries whose terri
j tories are aflected by the peace treaty
! are published in the "Temps." Paul
Hymafis, of Belgium, says he is gener
i ally satisfied, and the Polish delegates
j also expressed satisfaction, although the
i solution of the Danzig problem does
; not give them all they expected, and
i they are uncertain whether they will
i be allowed to fortify tho coast of inter
I nationalized territory.
i Daniah representatives express deep
j satisfaction with the disposition of
j Schloswig-Holstein, but surprise that
i the boundaries of territories which will
I be called upon to decide their own
j destiny were fixed, according to a sum
! mary of the treaty, considerably further
! south than elther the Danish govern
; ment's Parliamentary delegates or the
j delegates of the Schlcswig Danes bad
; propoaed at the peace eonferenco.
Dr. Benes, the Czecho-Slovak Foreign
j Minister, aiso voiced his satisfaction
with the arrangements which havo been
| made, with some minor reservations.
German Press Voiees
Threats Over,Treaty
Editorials Shotv Voe Realizes
at Last Who Won the War;
Comment ls Bilter
New YorU Tribune
Special CabU StrvUit
(CemUfiO. 1919. W?w Tortt Trlbuw Inc)
LONDON, May 9.?Writhing beneath
a full realitfltion of the weight of the
Allies' terms, Germany at last appre
oiataa who won the war. From both
political wings and from all quartern
of tha country the outcry ia loud and
vehement.
Among the newapapera of the $x
tremo Right there are several open
threata against France. The Berlin
"Poat," for Inatance, aays:
"The time will come wliei* tb? 'whele
world will no longer be Fjjance's ahield,
Counter Proposals hy
Germans Are Expected
"DARIS, May 9.?It is generally be
lieved the Germans will answer
the delivery of the treaty of peace
by proposals relative to certain
phases of the document.
A competent commission will ex
amine the German answer and if
modifications are necessary the Ger?
mans will be notified. It is expected
that in this rejoinder the enemy will
be allowed four or five days to agree
deflnitely to the whole treaty. It is,
therefore, probable that from twen
ty-five to thirty days will elapse be?
fore the pact is finally signed.
when an honest duel is conceivable
The French people tremble in the face
of this possibility. Germany must
therefore, be dismembered. WTher
France, in 1807, dictated its will it was
ns mighty a state as ever was seen
Prussia seemed crushed forever. Sever.
years later Friedrich Wilhelm III rode
into Paris. We will tolerate no chains
that have already been broken."
Another organ of the Right, the
"Frankfurter Zeitung," says:
"We are at the graveBide of right
The only doubt remaining is whethei
it also means the graveside of the
German nation. There is a more glori
ous death than to die by Clemenceau's
hands."
The Hamburg newspapers call the
Allies' demands monstrous, meaning
absolutely a throttling peace for Ger?
many. The editorials urge against. ac
ceptance of the treaty.
The papers' of the extreme Left take
things more mildly.
The "Borsenkurier" says: "The terri?
torial conc'-xsions demanded of Ger?
many are much larger than had hither
to been assumed?more extensive, more
unbearable."
The "Lokal Anzeiger" calls the con?
ditions crushinp. The "Rundschau"
Bays: "It. surpasses the darkest antici
pation of the pessimists. The peace
treaty seems a continuation of the war.
Fresh revolutions are inevitable."
The "Tageblatt" declares: "Tho
treaty surpasses our worst Oxpecta
tions. It doesn't evince a trace of
statesmanship, but is a brutal and
thoughtless product of thoughtless, in
toxicated brutality. If it remains as
it is we can use only one word?No!"
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British Advance on
Afghan Tribesmen
Moving Against Natives Who
Send Mission to Deal
With Lenine
LONDON, May 9.?General Sir A. A.
Barrett, in command in Northern India,
has begun operations against the Af?
ghan tribesmen who crossed the Af?
ghan border and occupied positions on
the Indian side. Reuter's, Limited
learns that the advance of British
mobile columns in the neighborhood
of tho northwest frontier is having a
reassuring effect.
The latest news from Kabul, capital
of Afghamstan, dated April 30, *ays
Kabul was the scene of great exeite
ment; and there were numerous troop
movements in the eurrounding countrv.
A Russian government wireless mes
aB/u receivcd to-day says that an
Afghan mission has arrived at Moscow
to establish relations between Afghan
istan_ and Russia.
This is a violation of the treaty be?
tween Afghanistan and Great Britain
under which Afghanistan is not allowed
to entcr relations with any foreiirn
country except Great Britain.
The Indian Office in London Thurs?
day received information that Afghan
tnbesmen, aided by Afghan regular
:l00p**l , occupied positions east of
tho Afghan-Indian border. It was said
the British government had addressed
a vlgorous note. to the new Amir.
U. S. Asked to Accept
Mt. Ararat Mandate
. The principality of Nakhichevan at
the foot of Mount Ararat, to which
Noah is said to have descended when
the ark grounded, has asked the
United States to bocome its manda
tory. Its prime minister, Jaffer Koolle
Khan, a Tartar chieftain, has ad?
dressed such a request "to the Imnoria]
Keprosentative, tho Supremo Presidem
of the United States."
The appeal has been transmitted tc
1 resident Wilson by the .American
Committee for Armenian and Syrian
Relief, Nakhichevan being in a remote
section of the Caucasus where the com
mittee recently opened an orphanage
Jaffer Koolis Khan in his letter, as
translated, thanks "your Suprem*
Hlghness for the money, clothing anc
grain given by tho American reliel
workers.
"From the depths of our hearts wi
applaud tho advance and incrcase ot
glory of the American Repnbllcand hei
mamfeet faithfulnesfl and sincerity ir
the .pathway of humanity's progress
B'rom Almighty God wo pray long lif?
for your Supreme Excelfoncy.
"We are confldent also that m th?
future, America, the Servant of Hu
mantty, will extend to our state c
guiding hand."
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Liebknecht Killere on Trial
General von Hoffmann Presidec
at the Heoring
BERLIN, May 8 (By The Aasoclatec
Preas).-?Trial of the alloged murder
ers of Dr. Karl Liebknecht and Robi
Luxemburg, the Radlcal Socialist lead
ers, was begun to-day with Genera
von Hoffmann presiding.
There are nine defendants and sixtj
wltnessos will be called. The huBsar
Otto Runge, the first defendant qnea
tioned, admitted Btriking both Lieb
knecht and Frau Luxemburg. This, h<
said, waa due to overpowering anger
owing to their propaganda in connec
tion with the strike then in progress
French Cliarge
jWilson Blocks
Pactof Fiume
Paris Press Says President
Clings to Original Views
and Italian Issue Is as
i Acute as At the Outset
FARIS May 9 (By The Associated
Press).?The Italian difficulty is as far
from scttlement as ever, according to
the French press, which asserts that
President Wilson maintains his posi
tion, and it is not believcd he will de
part from it in the slightest. Hc has
not adhered to the proposed compromise
by which Italy would administer Fiume
as a mandatary of the league of na?
tions until 1923, after which Fiume
would revert to Italian sovereignty, the
" j Jugo-Slavs being given a port a few
I miles lower down the Adriatic coast, it
, is said.
j The impression in French conference
? | circles is that Italy is temporarily
; | abandoning her claim to Fiume and will
| exact full execution of the Pact of
i London, which, as it involves not only
j Dalmatia but the Dodecanese Islands,
| will raise the whole Greek problem and
j singu'.arly complicate thc situation.
Rome Hopes for Compromise
1 ROME, May 9 (By The Associated
Press.) ? The "Oaservatore Romano."
the organ of the Vatican, in an evi
dently inspired articlo to-day deals for
the first time with the Adriatic ques?
tion before the peace conference at
Paris. The newspaper exprcsses the
hope that a coinpfomise will be reached.
"Once Great Britain, France. and Italy
agree to this copipromise," adds the
newspaper, "there will only reraain to
be overcome the opposition of Presi?
dent Wilson, ' ut we trust that the emi
nent chief of the great Republic will
insure the final success of tho great
work of universal peaco to which he
has dedicated so much study."
Jugo-Slavs Thank Wilson
BELGRADE, May 9.?The National
Councils at Zara, Fiume. ..nd Susak
have sent telegrams to President Wil?
son expressing gratitude to him for
defending the Jugo-Slav people. (Pre
sumably the Jugo-Slav repre&entative
bodies in these towns ar: meant.) They
demand their incorporotion into the
I Serbian, Croatian and Slovenian states.
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American Ofiicer and
Three Mexicans Killed
Border Guards Almost Annihi
late Party of Smugglers
Near Laredo
LAREDO, Tex., May 9.?Charles
Hopkins, an immigration inspector. and
three , unknown Mexicans were kille.d
and two men seriously woundod in a
gun fight between American officers
and Mexican smugglers, seven miles
southeast of Laredo last night. Ira
Hill, of the Texas Health Service, and
Jose Valdez, an alleged smuggler, were
wounded. Valdez is not expected to
live.
A party of two American customs
inspectors, three immigration inspec
tors, including Hopkins, and the Toxas
health officer, whilo on patrol duty on
the river encountered the four Mexi?
cans, who had just landed on the Ameri?
can side. When called upon to halt, the
Mexicans opened firo with rifles and
revolvors. Hopkins was mortally
wounded and died within a short time.
Tho Amoricsn returned tho firo, kill
ing three of the Mexicans and wound
ing Valdez.
DOUGLAS, Ariz., May 9.?Twenty
fwo mounted bandits last night raided
the town of Cananea, Sonora, robbed a
hank, killed fivo police officers and tho
city jailer and reloased all prisonera.
The chief of polico was among the offi?
cers killed. The bandits stole a num
.ber of horses and escaped to tbfc moun
taina.
180,724 Soldiers Ask U. S.
Aid in Obtaining Jobs
WASHINGTON, May 0.?02 the 711,
447 soldiers discharged between Febru
ary 8 and April 19, 180,724 requestoa
governmental assistance in securing
work. The proportion of those re
questing assistanoe to the total dis?
charged Was highest in the weeks of
March 8 and 15, when about one-third
sought aid. For the last week recorded
this proportion has been reduced to
20 per cent.
Page Admits Intention
Of Resigning His Post
Step Has No Relalion to Recent
Italian Dispute or Differ
ence With Wilson
PARIS. May 9 ( By The Associated
Press).-- Thomas Nelson Page, the
American Ambassador to Italy, has
' made known his intention to resign
j after the conclusion of peace, it was
. stated in high quarters in Paris to
j day.
| Ambassador Page has contemplated
i this step for the last two years, but
! it now has become definitely known
i that it has no relation to the recent
j tension over the withdrawal of the
Italian delegation from the peace con?
ference.
The nmbassador's efforta to restore
relations have led to the circulation
of reports that he differed with Pres?
ident Wilson, but it is stated in au
| thoritativc circles that these reports
i are unwarranted and that his intention
to resign has not been caused by any
| question that has arisen in connection
with the Italian issue.
Belgians Oppose Britain
As Mandatary in Africa
Delegation "Unable to Believe"
Council of Four Has Made
Such a Decision
PARIS, May 9.-After Paul Hymans,
head of the Belgian delegation. had dis
cussed the rights of Belgium in Ger?
man East Africa to-day, David Lloyd
George, the British Prime Minister,
telegraphed Viscount Milner, Secretary
for the Colonies, to come to Paris. On
his arrival here questions concerning
the East African mandate will be con
sidered again.
The Belgian delegation had issued a
note relative to Great Britain being
appointed mandatory for German East
Africa, saying that it is "unable to be
lieve that this action has been taken
by the council of four."
"In view of Belgium's important
military operations in Africa, her sac
rifices to insure the conquest of Ger?
man East Africa and the fact that her
situation has given her rights on that
Contihent," the note says, "Belgium ls
unable to ndmit that German East
Africa could be disposed of by agree
ments in which sho has not partici
pated."
The Belgian delegation also com
plained strongly of the omissions
from the peace treaty of a provision
indemnifying Belgium for the sevon
billion marks of German money forced
into circulation in Belgium during the
German occ.upation and which has de
preciated to one-fourth of its face
value.
BRTJSSELS, May 9.--Some of the
Belgiun newspapers point out that
Germany, by admitting defeat, must
submit to the cousequences. "Etoile
Belge" is of the opinion that the hard
terms do not even indemnify the Allies
for their losses. The newspaper ex
presses surprise that the proposed stip- ]
ulation regarding British and Ameri?
can support of France in case of attack
was not also made for the benefit of
Belgium.
The "Independance Belge" says that j
it is impossible for Germany to offer I
further resistance or to refuse equit-i
able reparation.
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Treaty Clause on Papers
Seized in 1870 Puzzling j
Paris Speculales on Nature of |
Documents French Minister
of Justice Lost
PARIS. May 9.?Tho clause in the !
peaco treaty calling upon Germany to
return to France papers taken in 1870
belonging to Eugene Rouher, a prom
inent French statesman under the Em
pire, has caused much speculation as
to the naturo of the documents.
Rouher, who was Minister of Justice
when tho Franco-Prussian war broke
out, had secreted a great number of
private and official documents in his
chfiteau. Thcso were seized and car
ried away by tho Germans when they
invaded France and were never re
stored.
The treaty does not say to what
questions the official papers relate, but
it is recalled that Rouher was vio
lently opposed to Thiers in 1867 on
tho questions of German unity and
Italian unity as weil as on' the ques?
tion of confiscating the property of
the Orloans family.
Rouher was a refugee in London dur?
ing the Franco-Prussian war and was
among the followers of former Em
press Eugenie. Later he became a
member of the Chamber of Dcputies
and was- active in attempting to re- |
organize the Bonapartist party.
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Borah to Bolt
If Republicans
Accept League
Issues LUtimatum to Lead?
ers, Threatening if No
Fight Is Made to "Fumi
gate Himself and Get Out"
American Ideals in Peril
Calls Covenant a "Base and
Treacherous Surrender of
Our National Honor"
A'nui Torfc Tribung
Washington Bureau
WASHINCTON, May 0. - Senator
William E. Borah, of Idaho, in a letter
made public here to-day served notice
on the Republican party that unless
it took an unequivocal star.i in oppo
sition to the league of nations, which
ho characterized as a "surrender of
our national honor," he would bolt the
party.
"If the party opposts the league,"
said Senator Borah, "let it say so.
"Let it surrender its place, if it wants
to, as the defender of American insti
tutions and American ideals. And let
those who abhor si.ch hideous coward
ice^ fumigate themselves and get out.
"I would not ask my party to agree
with me," Senator Borah added, "but
1 would ask it to state its position, and
I will soon determine my course. I
despise a coward and I hate a traitor."
The Borah letter, written to James
T. Williams, editor of "Tho Boston
Transcript," in commenting on an edi?
torial in that newspaper, follows:
"I have just read your editorial of
the 5th, entitled 'Defeat Is Better Than
Desertion,' and I canont refrain from
expressing my sincere admiration for
this courageous and patriotic stand. It
is time we read just such messages.
Foreseeg Grave Perils
"We have before us now a question
greater and graver than wo as a
people have ever considered. It in
volves the abandonment of the policy of
j Washington under which we acqu'ir?d
our present prestige and power, and the
surrender of the doctrine of James
Monroe under which this Western Con
tinent has been kept free from the
blighting systems and the turmoils of
. tbe Old World.
I "It involves our taking on the obli
| gation of furnishing money and men to
\ hold in fixed status the boundaries of
| all the nations of Europe and Asia for
: all time, and of sending out soldiers
J at the dictation of foreign powers to
| serve as policemen. It places the ques?
tion of peace or war not in keeping of
our own people, but in the control of
those over whom we have not and over
whom no people have control.
"It involves the establishing of an
autocracy which, sitting behind closed
doors in Geneva, with a jurisdiction
undeflned and, therefore, unlimited, will
hold the power of life and death over
our own kith and kin.
Surrender of National Honor
"Whether one sees in this a possible i
| good or wiser policy than that of the j
I past, or whether one looks upon it as :
jI do, as a base and treacherous sur- ;
: render of our national honor and a be
j trayal of our people, still it must be ''
j conceded that it is a matter about >
i which only cowards could have no con
i victions.
: "If the Republican party could even '
, through defeat save the sacred tradi- I
I tions of America, preserve American
| institutions and maintain unimpaired
the independencc and untrammelled
sovereignty of the Republic, it would
render a service second not even to
, its heroie service under the leadership
i of the blessed martyr."
There was a difference of opinion
i among Senators to-day regarding,- the
! signficance of Senator Borah's letter.
jAlthough a few saw in it an open defl
| to the party leaders other Senators
were not disposed to treat the letter
in such a light.
Not Time to Join Issues
Practically all the Republican Sena
I tors and certainly all the so-called Re
; publican leaders, it is pointed out, are
opposed to ratification of the league of
nations covenant without. amendments.
Senator Borah knows this very well.
The Republican leaders are waiting for
the development of a public opinion
which will austain their opposition be?
fore they launch their campaign
against the league. This can Cft?
only. they say through acquaintia*T
public with thc *ull meaning to t
i??\istates of the- prop?"I le.JJ:
and they are counting on onen Tr '
cussions of the covenant in the Senat
to effect this. 1-=?ate
Once acquainted with its fnii ?_
tent the Republican leaders believ^w"
rhen will be time enough to make th.
league a partisan matter, they ??
Senator Borah has diajrn'ose-l \w
situation, Senators say, and has t*l
a step which will give him a comnW
ing position should eventa d?iti "
along the anticipated lines. He r??iS
claim to have been the first Rer>uM?.
Senator openly and unequivoK^
denounce the league, and could furthlr
claim to have driven his partv ??
prestjge which mignt make him a''*'
pelhng figure in the 1920 campafgn
Norris Will Oppose
Triple Alliance for
Protection of France
New York Tribunt
Uashmglon Burtau
WASHINGTON, May H.-Senator
Norris, of Nebrask*, in a statemtst
here to-day, declared tnat negotiatio*
of the proposed alliance between the
United States, England and France to
protect France from German attack
would "kill the league of nations" and
develop a situation which would pro
voke future wars.
"I shall oppose the proposed alliance
between the United States, England
and France for the protection of
France in case of an attack from Ger?
many," said Senator Norris. "It i, tb
solutely contrary to tTi.e theory of the
league of nations.
"If this alliance is formed it kills the
league of nations, and the next loeieal
step is the creation of a big armv anrf
great navy to carry out the alliance
and then the next logical step will b?
an alliance between some other power*
to prevent France from overrunnin*
Germany, and they will proceed to
build Up a big navy and army, both al
liances being formed to prevent a?
gression. Then with all great nation.
armed to the teeth the invitation il,
another world war is presented
"In short, this proposed alliance i?
the nose of the camel of militarlnw
entering the tent." "wnsm
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Wilson Sees U. S, Horse
Win Race at Paris
Lloyd George Plays Golf and
Clemcnceau Motors as Relief
From Conference Strain
PARIS, May 9.?President Wilson's
visit to the Longchamps races yester?
day was by way of relaxation from the
hard work which he, in common with
Premiers Lloyd George and Clemen
ceau, has been engaged during the
last few days. After turning over to
the Foreign Ministers the probiem of
the new Austrian territorial bounda
ries, the three leaders spent the after
noon in much nceded reoreation. The
British Premier went into the country
to play golf, while rremler Clemeneea?
took a long motor ride on the bright
cst, cleareet uay of the season.
Mrs. Wilson accompanied the Presi
Jent to the racecourse, as did Rear
Admiral Grayson, the partv witnessing
the reopem ng of the -superb track,
where cows had been pastured since tn?
ast Orand Prix was run in 1614 They
;ook great interest in looking over the
Deautiful grounds, which bear few
scars now of their rough wartime
Jsage, and they watched with evident
oleasure two American owned horaea
romp home ahead of their fields in the
flrst two races.
One of these horses, W. K. Vander
bilt's McKinley. confirmed in dashine
style the opinion formed of him here
last year that he was one of the crack
racers of his generation, and caused
him to be set down as the probshle fa
vorite for the forthcoming French
Dcrby and the Grand Prix.
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Lenoir Appeals Sentence of
Death for Dealing With Foe
PARIS. May 9.- Pierre Lenoir, who
yesterday was convicted by court
martial of having had dealinga with
the enemy and was sentenced to death,
to-day formally appealed from the
decision of the court. Lenoir was
tried with Senator Charlea Humbert,
Captain George Jiles Ladoux and Will
iam Pesouches. Humbert and Ladoux
were acquitted, but Desouehna was
convicted and sentenced to a t?rm of
five year3 in prison.
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