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Cloudy, with light rain, to-day.
morrow, warmer.
Full Report on Tace 1?
To
MAY 12, 1919
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THREE CENTS
Elhewher?
Marshal Foch Leaves for the Rhine Front To-day;
Ex-Kaiser Learns Fate; Allies Demand His Surrender
U. S. Fliers to
Hop Across at
Anv Moment
Preparations Completed
and Gnardships at Ocean
Stations ; Motors De?
clared in Fine Shape
Towers May Not
Wait for NC4
Crews Are Rested and
Eager to Start Flight at
Earliest Opportunity
TREPASSEY, X. F., May 11. -With
the navy's transatlantic flight guard
ships at their ocean stations, and the
big seaplanes NC-1 and NC-3 declared
after inspection to have been unin?
jured by their long trip from Rock
nwny Beach, X. Y., indications to?
night were that the 'planes will start
0:1 their 1210-mile "hop" for the Azores
ct the first instant Commander John
il. Towers decides the weather is
favorable.
Preparations virtually are completed,
and it is believed the aviators will not
sacrifice a favorable opportunity by
waiting for the delayed NC-4. The air?
men held a closed conference after
examining the 'planes to-day, but the
decisions reached were not announced.
The NC-1 was refuelled after her
propellers had been shifted and minor
repairs effected. The motors on both
'planes are in excellent shape. The
crews are rostod and eager for the
trip.
May Make False Starts.
Officers expressed satisfaction with
the result of the Ions coastal flight ?
here. Although their machines were
four times driven from their course by!
shifting winds, such as are expected in 1
midocean, they were enabled by their
navigation anoaratus to correct errors!
?? thm two minutes.
A warning has been issued to the
pui : to be prepared for false starts,
? is intended to "hop off" with ex
mally heavy loads of fuel, and j
the planes may be comnelled to return
if the loads prove excessive.
Officers directing the naval flight;
said the question of whether the NC-4
"hopa off" with the other two planes
depends upon the time she arrives
here, as favorable weather may cause
I ?!. and NC-3 to start with little
warning. The elevator of the NC-1
was injured by bumping into a motor
boat on landing and a leak in the grav- !
ity tank of the NC-3 needs repairing, |
but these repairs are not expected to ,
take long.
The start probablv will be made !
without further trial flights if weath-:
er conditions in midocean soon become j
favorable. Conditions at sea were de- j
clared bad to-day.
May Fly at Night
When the start is made the 'planes
probably will fly the fim part of the
Azores "leg" by night, hoping to leave ;
tne fog area when they get 400 miles ?
out. The 'plane? will be manned by I
crews of five. A speed of sixty miles.
an hour ia expected to be made, with j
the weather determining the altitude. '<
The "planes yesterday carried 25,000
pounds each. The overseas flight will
be attempted with 28,000 pound bur?
dens.
Plans for the return trip from the ?
foal at Plymouth, England, have not
een determined, but it i:i not expected !
that the seaplanes will fly ?>uck.
New Devices Make
Sea Flight Safer
AerUd Sextant und Drift
Speed und Course Indi?
cators Navy inventions
\'ixr Yuri: Tribun*
Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, May 11. The im?
portant part played by three delicate in
?tlantic flight now
??? , attempted by the American navy
' -' made known to-day by the depart
rriptions of the aerial sex?
tant, tie drift and speed indicator and
the courue and distance indicator, with
the NO planee, are equipped.
: ement?, the navy announced,
?'??'?M; invented and designed especially
for use in oversea navigation.
i?, wa*. explained that no airplane lias
'?-."i- flown Un enough to sea to warrant
of the tun, moon and ?tar? for ??x
'?r'g a position, as is done by seagoing
(avigation <>n the transatlan
' ' flight, therefore, i? an experiment
? ? ? .; instruments were d??
fi "i to me?t.
Describing the three instruments; th?
;-' itement ?aid:
<? ? ';?? Hms of Columbus celestial
' ' - ' been used to t?cate tn? po??
* " -, b ' to do this a clear day
* "? ?????t'j. Tor thin flight,
??'?.'< an instrument b?? been de
? ? ?. that will enable the air m
' ' - wsete hi poi itlon regardless of
?onttmitd on pag* m?
Wilson May Call Off
War-Time Prohibition
New York Tribune
Special Cable Service
(Copyright, 1919, Now York Tribjina Inr.)
pARIS, May 11.?If President Wil
-"- son. upon his return to the
United States, finds an overwhelming
I sentiment in favor of a change in the
liquor restrictions incident to the
i war, it is highly probable that he will
withdraw them.
There is no possibility' that the
President will move for a resubmis
sion of the prohibition amendment.
Of course, he cannot set aside the
present amendment. 'Che most Mr.
Wilson could do would be to advise
Congress to take steps to repeal the
amendment, but this could not be ac?
complished within two years.
So far as the President is con?
cerned, therefore, the amendment
will become operative on the date
-specified.
Fifteen Million
Bought Bonds
In Fifth Loan
Quota Taken Throughout
Country Without Material
Assistance From Banks,
the Treasury Announces
WASHINGTON', May 1.1.?Fifteen
? million Americans sought Victory Lib
: erty notes in the campaign which
i closed last night, according to esti
! mates received to-day by the Treasury
? from Federal Reserve banks. This
! compares with about 21,000,000 pur
; chases in the fourth loan, 17,000,000 in
! the third, 9,400,000 in the second and
1 4,000,000 in the first.
A few additional reports of subscrip
j lions came in to-day, but no attempt
was made to tabulate them, and the
| Treasury announced that the. official
total probably would not be known
until Mav 20. The total as compiled
still stood at $3,849,000,000, but late re?
ports emphasized the earlier indica?
tions that the loan had been heavily
oversubfcribtd,
''Reports from all districts indicate
that in practically the entire country
the quota was taken without material
assistance from the banks," said a
Treasury announcement.
Federal Reserve district committees
estimated the number of subscribers in
their territories as follows: Min?
neapolis. 1.000,000; Chicago, 1,200.000;
Cleveland, 1,560,000: Boston, 940,000;
Philadelphia, 1,500.000; San Francisco,
800,000; Kansas City, 906,000. The
other districts could not estimate ac?
curately their subscribers, but based
on the reduced totals as compared
with the fourth loan, the remaining
five districts should produce enough
additional individual subscribers to
bring the total up to 15,000,000, the
Treasury announced.
In New Fngland 904 cities and towns
had achieved their quotas before the
closing hour, divided by states as fol?
lows: Maine, 250; Vermont, 198; New
Hampshire, 100; Massachusetts, 159:
Connecticut, 120, and Rhode Island, 17.
The Chicago district estimated its
to? a! at more than $745,000,000, of
which the Citv of Chicago subscribed
about $240,000,000 without the aid of
its banks.
Bones of Infant
Found in Cellar
Newark Woman is Held;
Analysis To He Made
of Charred Remains
NEWARK, N. .1., May 11.?The po?
lice here are holding Mrs. Albert J.
Hang!in, of 54 Howard Street, follow?
ing the discovery to-day in the ceilar
of her home of the charred bones of
an infant.
Mrs. Hanglin says site contracted
last December to car? for the four
months-old baby of John Esdorn, who
had been left a widower with five chil?
dren. A few days later, she says, she
returned from the store to find the
baby carriage in which the child lay
aiire. She says she took the body into
the collar and buried it there.
When Esdorn inquired about, the in?
fant, fhe says, he was told the child
had been sent away to the country.
1 Later he became suspicious and noti
fied the children's society, which start
. ed an investi nation. Yesterday Mrs.
! Hanglin told her husband what had
, happened and he at once informed the
police. An analysis will be made of
the bone;: recovered by County Physi?
cian Warren in an effort to determine
whether the baby was burned to death.
Mother Finds Bulge in
Boy's Coat Only a Bomb
"Russell, what have you in your
pocket?" demanded Mrs. Thomas Cor?
don, o? 150 Sheridan Street, Brooklyn,
a;< her fourteen-year-old son gat down
at the dinner table yesterday with the
right-hand pocket of his Sunday jacket
bulging.
'"i don't, know," replied Ruaaell,
truthfully if conventionally, "I found it,
In the lot at Euclid and Dumont Ave?
nue?, ' und he managed with some diffi?
culty to haul out what appeared to be
a varnished ball of cord with a per?
fectly obvious fuse hanging from one
end,
"Take It tight back where you found
It," commanded hin mother and Russell
did ko under the supervision of his
father, who then called a patrolman.
At the Liberty Avenue police station
an inspector from the bureau o? cois
buetlbfea declared that it wae n real
bomb and not a Fourth of July con?
trivance, it v/nm labelled, inaidc the
I wrapped cords "18780? Lud or? Ka?
netten Hchiag. Light futa and hoy
twenty-live seconda before casting,"
Fight Planned
On Prohibition
In Congress
Amendment and War Meas?
ure To Be Attacked From
Two Angles by Representa
tives Haskell and Gallivan
Legion to Take Hand
Fighters Out for Light
Wines and Beer for the
Workingmen of Country
Action in a nation-wide fight against
prohibition is to begin with the open- I
ing of Congress next Monday. The i
headquarters of the Association Op- I
posed to National Prohibition, 10' West ;
Forty-fourth Street, announced yester
day that the enforcement of prohibi?
tion will be attacked from two angles, i
They are:
The Federal prohibition amendment, i
due to become effective next January !
16, will be attacked by Representative j
Reuben L. Haskell, of Brooklyn. He I
will introduce in Congress a r?solu- !
tion for the repeal of the amendment.
Another resolution will be introduced ;
by him calling for a referendum vote ]
of each state on the prohibition
amendment.
The Sheppard amendment to the ag- ?
ricultural war emergency measure, !
which makes prohibition effective next I
July 1, will be attacked by Represen- I
tative James A. Gallivan, of Massachu?
setts.
Test Case Planned
The anti-prohibition forces tiius I
hope to put prohibition to a test in
Congress before it becomes effective
throughout the country.
Mr. Haskell yesterday, in a state- ?
ment outlining ,the association's pro?
posed fight, declared that prohibition |
savored of a "dictatorship.''
"If prohibition by force is permitted
to stand free America will soon be
faced with a series of blue laws, which
will make honest people feel like crimi?
nals when they attempt to exercise ;
personal liberty." said Mr. Haskell.
"When we come t? consider that the ?
history of prohibition in this country j
h#s been a chain of statutory enact- '
ments and that it has never been
really sought by the people, I believe
that Congress, if it must meddle at all
with the state, should have considera?
tion enough for the will of the people
to specify that constitutional prohibi?
tion must be ratified in a referendum
to the people of the several states.
May Seek Repeal
"I am going to Washington next
Thursday or Friday to begin my cam?
paign against Federal prohibition
along these lines. I shall hold confer?
ences with my friends as soon as 1 get
there. Some of them voted for the
amendment, but now that they have
had opportunity to observe that state
legislatures have ratified the amend?
ment when the people of the states, or
some of the states, had already re?
peatedly voted down prohibition, I
know Congressmen are farsighted and
fair-minded enough to reverse their
votes.
"1 am going to ask that the Federal
prohibition amendment be resubmitted.
The time is coming, anyhow, when the
people will demand the referendum on
this and all other matters restricting
! their liberties or changing their con?
duct in affairs which are not of them?
selves immoral or evil. If it be nec
i essary to introduce a measure calling
I for a repeal 1 will do that; but. my plan
is to ultimately let that repeal rest
with the people and not with the legis?
latures.
"if Congres? had the power to cali
for and obtain ratification from the
necessary number of states for a popu?
lar election of United Stales Senators
as a perpetual rule it ought certainly
to haye the authority to call for a
popular election on a matter which in?
volves the individual and inherent
rights of the citizen as prohibition
does."
Legion Against Prohibition
"bar?es H. Duoil, jr., dolegate-al
large from New York State at the St.
Louis convention of the American Le?
gion, declared on his return last night
that the sentiment among the soldier
and sailor delegates against prohibition
was such that he was certain that when
the legion is fully organized and meet i
next November in Minneapolis light.
wines and beer for workingmen will go
over the top with :> bang."
Mr. Duell offered the resolution de?
claring for light wines and beers at
the meeting of the New York State
Committee when it organized in St.
Louis. He said that the feeling toward
prohibition among the soldiers could
| be guessed at from the fact that there
were only two votes recorded against
the following resolution:
"Whereas, the officers and enlisted
men of the American army, navy and
| ?Marine Corps, while more than two
million of their number were lighting
abroad and at least another two
million were engaged in military sor
j vice of the United States, have had
i no chance or opportunity to express
! their opinion on the question of light
-, win?s and beer, tho uso of which was
; permitted by th? American army in
I France by military order; now, there?
fore, be it
Rcaolved, that It is the sense of
the New York State Committee of
, the American Legion, eliminating
' whiskey, the wnloon and liquors con
' taining an obviously high alcoholic
percentage^, that tin? Bale of light
j wines and beer should b? permitted
to cjnUuuu in the United Slates."
Allied Forces Prepare
to Attack Petrograd
STOCKHOLM, May 11. ? Entente |
forces are preparing military opera?
tions, with Helsingsfors as a base, for
an attack upon Petrograd, according
to a Helsingsfors dispatch to the
"Afton Tidningen." Fifty thousand
troops are expected to take part in the
operation, according to the dispatch,
which says that French cruisers are j
now lying in the Gulf or Finland, ofF
Helsingsfors.
National Union
Of Tenants Is
Started Here
Representatives of Seventy
Trade Organizations Are
Present, and Membership
of 5,000,000 Is Sought
Rent disputes in several instances
were adjusted yesterday in the Browns?
ville section of Brooklyn, which long1
has been the centre of "rent strikes,"I
but the organization of a national ten?
ants' union was started at a meeting
held at 5 75 East Broadway, under the
auspices of the United Hebrew Trades [
and representatives of seventy unions,
including the Brownsville Tenants' !
Union, attended.
It was said that a membership of
5,000,000 in the national tenants' union '
was the immediate aim, and that the
organization probably would affiliate
with the American Federation of Labor. ;
"it is our object," said Morris Fein
stone, assistant secretary of the Unit- i
ed Hebrew Trades, "to organize every!
tenant ir. the country who favors col-1
lectivo action against rent profiteering.
So far the tenants' union represents;
seventy organizations, with a member?
ship o'f more than 200,000.
Plan Strikes Everywhere
"It is the purpose of the national
union to order strikes in all sections
of the country where the rents are ex- I
orbitant. and we purpose to bo active |
everywhere that rent, payers have griev?
ances. The national union will sup?
port tenants' strikes wherever they are
voted."
Judge Jacob Pank*>n asserted that the
tenants' union would be a power in pol?
itics, and could compel specinl sessions
of legislatures to authorize the con?
struction of municipal tenements in
cities which suffered from greedy land?
lords.
"The only method which will be pur
Coniinv.ed on page ten
Peek Charges
Polities Killed
Pri?e Fixing
Piano of Board Continu?
ally Interfered With by
Mysterious influences,
Asserts Former Chairman
Glass Attitude Shifted
Asks Whether Results Con
flirted With "State So?
cialism 1920 Platform"
Neiv York Tribune
Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, May 11.?George N.
Peek, chairman of the defunct Indus?
trial Board of the Department of Com?
merce, in a statement issued here to?
day "as a private citizen," charged tha
Administration with playing politics
in forcing abandonment of Secretary
Redfield's scheme for stabilizing prices
through voluntary agreements with the
trades.
In an answering statement late to?
night Secretary of the Treasury Glass
charged that the industrial board had
been "hopelessly committed to an un?
sound and dangerous policy," that it
had repeatedly disregarded warnings
to change its ways, and that Mr. Peek
"has persistently and consistently
practised deception in nearly every
public statement he has made."
Reviewing the history of the board
and attempting to analyze the situation
which brought its demise, Mr. Peek
found many inconsistencies in the at?
titude of Administration leaders, He
charged Secretary of the Treasury
Glass with a direct reversal of his po?
sition with reference to the board, say?
ing he forsook the board after having
recommended its creation to the Presi?
dent. Attorney General Palmer's opin?
ion, Mr. Peek said, is "inapplicable,"
but "has been used as a basis for the
abandonment of the board's plan."
Three Explanations Suggested
"Did the present opponents of the
board fail to foresee the farreaching
results to be achieved-, and was the
growing importance and power of the
hoard's policy too powerful a political
engine to leave outside the Administra?
tion's arsenal and in the hands of a
non-partisan board?" Mr. Peck asked.
"Does the Administration plan for 1920
a platform of state socialism, which
it now finds inconsistent with the rc
Continued on -page three
Terms of Treaty
Read to Willielm:
For m e r Empress
Shows Emotion
Rumor That He
Tried Snieide
"Temps*' Says Du Ich
Report Receipt of
Extradition Note
AMERONGEN, Friday, May 9 (By
The Associated Press).?An official ab?
stract of the preliminary peace terms
published in the Dutch newspapers,
which was retranslated and read to
the former German Emperor to-day,
has aroused considerable excitement
among- the members of the Hohenzol
lern party. An inkling concerning
what the Entente intended to do in
connection with bringing William
Hohenzcllern to trial had reached the
German officials earlier in the week,
They communicated the information to
the former Empress, who displayed
signs of marked emotion, but decided
to await the appearance of a fuller
official report before making the news
known to her husband.
A special messenger motored to Ant?
hem Thursday 1o procure a copy of
the local newspaper. Meanwhile the
former Emperor continued his usual
occupation of sawing logs, but appar?
ently he is suffering from ever-grow?
ing nervous excitement. His saw
worked as never before, and his physi?
cian, Dr. Foerster, who assisted him
was completely exhausted at lunch
time.
How the former Emperor took tin
news the correspondent was unable t(
ascertain; as every" one in the castle i
sworn to secrecy regarding happen
ings. Rumors were circulated in th<
village that he attempted to commi
suicide by hanpin.^, but these are con
sidered canards, since his attendant:
are quite calm.
The former ruler looked wonderful];
well as he walked out to his sawinj
this morning. It seems he intends t<
stay in Holland, if he can. througl
the summer, as further precaution:
have been taken around the castle
Orders have been given to erect a higi
fence along the entire side of the moat
PARIS. May 11.?The "Temps" pub
lishes a note from the Dutch Lega
tion at Paris declaring that the de
mand for the extradition of the for
mer German Emperor has reachet
Holland.
AND THEY HAD TO &IVE BACK ALL Tm?
NICE LITTLE TOYS AND THINfcrS THEY ,.
STOLE FROM. THE LITTLE FRZtfCtt AND
BELCfAN CHILDREN - AMD ALL THE LOVELY
PIAK06 AND MACHINERY T*{Ey HAD
CARRIED 0*T FOR little KEEPSAKES
MUST BE ?ETUKNED ? AND NONET OF THE
LITTLE FRlTZlES COULD EVER CROW UP
AWD BE ?FIERCE SOLDIERS ANTYMORE AND
MURPER wo/MEM AND CHILDREN or Blow
UP SHTPS VMITH TORPEDOS OR DROP BOMBS
ON HOSPITALS ~ EVER. A&AIN *
Silesia Renounces
"Desperate** Peace
? ONDON. May 11.?The chief
-^ president and Central Council
of Silesia, according to a wireless
message, have issued a proclamation
renouncing the peace treaty and de- .
daring that the transference of the ;
greater part of Upper Silesia can- j
not produce a lasting peace, but !
"only a peace of desperation for ;
Silesia."
The proclamation calis on the i
Silesians "to let the world know we
will not submit to such a peace."
Harden Assails
Germany for
Treaty Stand
Provisions Would Have Been
Softened if Delegates j
Placed Their Cards on!
the Table, He Declares
BERLIN, May 11. Maximilian Har- \
den, editor of the Berlin "Zukunft,"
writing on the peace treaty, says:
"The peace conditions are not hard- I
er than I expected. They were un-1,
pleasant to the greater part of the [ \
people, but could one really have ex-1
pected them otherwise? j
"The Germans have not given very'
convincing mental guarantees during!
the six months since the revolution '?
that they have changed their system;
on the contrary, the present govern?
ment and the press have used the
rame methods of incitement, the same
tricks of bluff, as under tne old rule
of the petty nobility.
"The government's proclamations and
speeches are only bad copies of the
Kaiser's time. The whole press re?
sounds in protests and has started a
campaign of incitement against the
Allies, couched in violent language, it
is agitating for refusal to sign the
treaty, and to what use? All must!
know that the Allies, by keeping up the
blockade and occupying the coal dis-]
tricts, can force Germany to sign what- j
ever they want.
"The Allies have been threatened I
that Germany would join the Bolshe- ?
viki. But that would be suicidal. The j
only way to rescue the country is by
openness and honesty. The revolution
has been a great disappointment.
"Germany should have sent men who j ,
would have laid their cards on the j
table and got the Allies to understand
that some of the conditions were unac- ,
ceptable. If Germany showed its good ? i
will to do what is in its power to com- )
ply with the Allies' requests the Allies].
would see that conditions were changed
in favor of Germany, because they
know there must be a Germany and ? .
that it is impossible to destroy the !
German people."
Lichnoivsky Says Terms
Equal "Annihilation"
PARIS. May 11. Prince Lichn?wsky,
the former German Ambassador at Lor.- !
don, commenting on the peace terms to i
the correspondent of the ?Temps,' j
said:
"Such a peace would be equivalent to !
the annihilation of Germany. It is '
acceptable oniy with serious modifica- !
tion?. I suppose it is meant, as a basis '
for negotiation'--.
"After Napoleon Europe did not hold ?
the French people responsible. This ]
peace is a peace of violence. It up- ?
pears to me to have been dictated under , :
the influence of Foch."
Mathias Erzberger, who was head of i
the German armistice commission, said!
to the same correspondent: "All bad I
propositions made to us are unaccept
able and unrealizable."
Edith Cavell Shot
4 Times. Body S hows
Body W ill Be Removed ?
To-morrow for Trip to \
England for Interment \
_ i
BRUSSELS, May 11.?The removal of
the body of Edith Cavell for interment
in England will take place on Tuesday.
Miss Cavell was the English nurse who
was executed summarily by the Ger?
mans in 1915 for aiding prisoners to i
cross the frontier into Holland. Her i
body was exhumed at Brussels on I
March IT and placed in a double coffin !
of zinc and oak and conveyed to the j
?ir National. The body was found i
clothed in a black dress under a blue !
cloak, and there was a black hat be- |
side it. The bod;, was well preserved '
and the features were perfectly recog-!
nizable.
It is understood that the examina?
tion following the exhumation revealed j
that the nurse's death was instantan?- !
oub. She was struck by four bullets, j
:\vo of which entered the righ
and two the left, one of them piercing
the heart.
On Tuesday the coffin will he placed
on a gun carriage drawn by six black'
horses and taken to the Gare du Nord.
Military honor;- will be rendered Rt
the Tir National and at. the station.
The long route of the cortege bas been
arranged in order to enable the public
to pay its last respects. The gnu car?
riage will bo preceded and followed by
British troops with bands. The Belgian .
army airo will be represented.
The coffin will be entrained for Os- !
tend, where It will be placed aboard a
British warship and transported to
Dover. In London a military escort
will be provided, a"<? lb? coffin will be
. : ced fit a Bun carriage, covered with
?'?? i nion Jack and drawn to We?t
|minster Abbey, where fum-rul services
will tako place. ?
Six German Envoys
Depart for Berlin
to Discuss Treaty
With Government
Foe'sComments
On Pact Filed
Notes Request Tliat
Prisoners of War
Be Freed at Once
LONDON. May 11. ?Marshal
Poch is returning to the Rhine front
o-imrrow, according to a Reuter
iispatcli from Paris.
VERSAILLES, May 1) (By The As
ocialed Press I. Six members of the
German peace mission left Versailles
ast night for Berlin. They include
he labor leader, Carl Legien, head of
he German Trade." Union Confedera
ion; Privy Councillor Eberbach, rep?
resentative of the Ministry of Rail
oad , and Herr Schmidt, of the For?
eign Office. All three men rank ns
ommissioners next in importance to
he plenipotentiaries. Tliey have been
?harped with carrying on direct dis-V
sussions of the situation with j j
German government.
Want Prisoners Freed
The German delegation at Ver?
sailles, in notes transmitted Saturday
light to M. Clemenceau, as president
)f the peace conference, proposes
ihanges in the clauses of the peace ?
:reavy covering labor problems, and
isks that prisoners of war be re?
turned immediately after the signing
Df the preliminaries.
The notes suggest the holding oi' *
joint labor convention at Ver.-ailles for
consideration of the points raised.
Satisfaction is expressed with the
labor clauses in geneTal, bvt it Ig
pointed out that they cover principle?
already in force in Germany end that
they do not go far enough.
Food for Prisoners Asked
The Germans suggest, that the 'aoor
igreement be considered at the pro
josed conference along the lines of tn?
onclusions of the labor conference of
ruly, 3917.
The note relating to prisoner?
:riticises the clause dealing with ?ha
'oturn of prisoners of war and ask*
hat they be returned immediately after
he signing of preliminaries and that
idequate supplies of food and cloth
r.g be guaranteed them. It is con?
sidered in peace conference circles that
he treaty as it stands provides amply
"or this point.
The notes hi
?idered by the council of four, buc will
ie taken up to-morrow.
Wilson Helps Draft Replies
Other communications from th#
? er man peace mission were submitted ',
:o-day in sealed envelopes through
he French liaison officer to the
he French Foreign Office. The For?
eign Office alone is cognizant of th?
lature of the documents.
Tiie replies which the counc'l of
our sent to the preceding Germa?
lotes, made public Saturday, wer?
irawn un, according to the ''Temps.*
.vith the personal and particularly ac
ive collaboration of President Wilson.
Herr Gicsberts, Count Oberndorff
ind several other Germans attended
nass to-day, while the usual smail
jarty went to the Protestant church,
rhe remainder of the delegation
worked part of the day on German
counter propositions to the Entent?
demands.
Rantzau May Leave This Week ?
It is considered possible that Count
ron Brockdor?T-Rantzau will leave some
time this week for Berlin to consult
with the government.
The counter proposals on which Ce
subordinate members of the delegation
are busily at work are not expected to
be ready before next week. That they
?re to be of considerable length is
surmised by the fact of the purchas?
to-day by the Germans of 20,000 sheets
of paper.
During the day, as on Saturday,
Coun' von Brockdorff-ltantzau took a
long promenade in the park with five
of hia colleagues, evidently discussing
with them the terms of the treaty.
Later the count took his usual auto?
mobile drive.
Counter Proposals
Discussed in Berlin
Cabinet Council * Ebert Presid
ing, Talks of M etc Terms:
Tuh> More Envoy* Are Sent
BERLIN". May 11 (By The Associated
Press).- The Cabinet Council, under
the chairmanship of President Ebert,
discussed to-day the counter-proposal?,
which the German delegation at Ver?
sailles will make to the Allied and a?*
sociated powers.
The Assembly committee also met
to-day and discussed the terms. Tw.?
additional colonial experta have beer?
xnt to Paris.
The protest?- that ran?e from vari?
ous quarters in Germany over th?
11 ace terms, as they were reported beet