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Under the Act of March 8. 1870.
PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, JUNE 19, 1919
Tubliihed Dally Except Sunday, Sulerlrtlon Trice 10 a Tear by Mali.
Copyright. 1010, by Public Ledger Company
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RITISH FLEET READY TO SAIL IF GERMANY BALKS:
"REJECT," FOE'S ENVOYS URGE; "SIGN," PEOPLE PLEAD
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Emphasizing Need of Prepared-
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tration Linked With Strength
YARNS OF PROPAGANDA;
JDOWN WITH REDS,' HE SAYS
90 Students Receive Degrees.
, Honorary Titles Conferred
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"Help for returning soldiers, co-
loperation between capital and labor,
preparedness in the event ot luture war,
nd a campaign against bolshevism,
vere urged today by Major General
Leonard Wood.
rHe delivered th6 annual oration to
khe graduates of the University of
Pennsylvania at the Metropolitan Opera
louse.
General Wood emphasized the need
jf preparedness. "We have a great
future before us," he said, "and we
shall undoubtedly from time to time
in our national life have to perform
jur duty through war."
Without making a direct reference
to the league of nations, General "Wood
aade it clear that he is opposed to
anything "that interferes with 6tir es
sentlal sovereignty o'r with our tradi
tional policy In our relation to inter-
atlonal affairs."
890 Receive Degrees
.This Vas the 103d commencement
of Ihp" University. Eight hundred and
alnety students received degrees.
I'sAn unusual feature of the exercises
fas the conferring of degrees on twen
right undergraduates who gavo their
lives forthe!r country in the war.
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I- Doctor of science Arthur -Hopewcll
Smith, Harlan Sherman Miner and
harles Lee Reese.
Doctor of letters Charles Penrose
Celth.
Doctor of sacred theology Dr. Rich
ard Montgomery.
Doctor of laws Dr. Edward Mar
con, Brigadier General William Wal
lace Atterbury and Judge J. Willis
lartln.
I ProvoBt Smith, Introducing General
food, spoke of him as :
;"Not only a brave and able soldier,
but also a wise administrator with
broad vision." -
Ik-General Wood's speech follows in
parti
t "The problems which .follow the war
lie many and some of them arc difficult
and will require our best efforts in their
(solution.
"One of the. first problems Is the re-
aro-to their homes and occupations of
he men who arc .oming back from
ferseas add from the training camps
at home.
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Show Appreciation
"Wo show our appreciation by our
latment of them upon their return.
oat of the men are going back either to
irfarma or their old jobs. There is
proportion wno want a cnange.
ey want something new. It is hard
!f them to settle down. The exclte-
ent, of battle is still in their blood.
me of them have spent their money.
ey are a bit uneasy; possibly a bit
treasonable. We must be patient with
em and do everything we possibly can
o re-establish them in some line of oc-
patlon for which they are fitted. Wo
ant them to go back to their homes
Continued on Pare Nine. Colnmn Two
JHILDREN, SAVED FROM FIRE
loy and Girl Playing With Matches
Start Smedley Street Glaze
..Workmen today rescued two children
from fire in the home of Mrs. Malissa
Sliver, 3528 Torth Smedley street.
eat from home, had left Harvey, aged
onr ypears, and Phyllis, aged two, at
tome alone. They had locked them-
tlvts in tho ailor of the house.
HThe children evidently had been play
ing wim inuicuea, unci in mis way set
are to a baby coach in the room. The
Karnes ignited the window curtains,
pieces oi mrnicure ana tlie woodwork.
Woyed at a garage opposite the house,
WW toe names and burst in the door,
fhey found the children crouched be-
itu a sofa, screaminc in fear.
ff'After rescuing the children the men
ran a hose from the garage and soon
wtlngulshed the blaze. The damage
uaounts to about $1C0.
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-Major General Leonard Wood delivered the annual oration to the gradu
ates of the University of Pennsylvania at the Metropolitan Opera House.
John Wanamalier was among the guests of honor. Ho occupied a scat on
the stage during the exercises
SUFFRAGE FACTIONS AT ODDS
IN BAPTISM OF POLITICS
Cqlonel McCain Says Militants and Conservatives Dorit 'Speak
as They Pass By" Both in Their Glory
By fiEORGE.XOX McCAIN
Stan CnrrrntKimlrnt nf
Harrisburg, .Tunc 10. HnrrNburg Is
a bubbling cauldron of Woman's Suf
frage politics.
There are two factions of. the suffrage
organisation, but they do not speak
as they pass by in the white marble
corridors. In their initial plunge into
the sea of practical politics they arc
having the time of their lives. As
there are no precedents by which to
judge, comparisons are in vain.
Comments about a Penrose combina
tion, a Vare control, or an Independent
outfit are puerile, as the suffragists
seem to .have the mere-man veterans
nt the game beaten by several laps when
it comes to playing politics. The pros
pect of the ratification by the Legisla
ture of the national amendment was
the genesis of the present trouble.
Politics Is "Ladylike"
It should be distinctly understood
that this display of Woman's party
politics is a very polite and ladylike
affair. They do not proclaim in rude
and outlandish phraseology to a listen
ing wold what they privately think of
each other.
Such a courso would shatter the lofty
contention that woman's presence nt the
polls of the future will exert a soften
ing and mellowing influence over the
knock -down-kill-and-drag-out of say
tho Hurlcson brand of politics.
As a veracious chronicler, I am .com
pelled to state that the Woman's Suf
frage Association of Pennsylvania has
done nil of the actual work for suffrage
in Harrlsburg up until a few days ago.
ROGUES' GALLERY FOR REDS
New Bureau to Get Photos and Data
on All Arrested Radicals
A "radical identification bureau,"
to be conducted along the lines of a
rogues' gallery, was established here to
day by. Superintendent of Police Rob
inson, All persons.known to be radicals
who aro arrested will be photographed
and listed in the new bureau, which
is to be run under the supervision of
Lieutenant Emanuel, head of the re
cently organized anti-bomb squad.
Superintendent Robinson ordered
Captain of Detectives Souder to co
operate with Lieutenant Emanuel in
every wny and to notify all the city de
tectives that information on all radicals
in Philadelphia is wanted.
The lieutenants of the various police
?i?trIClrrnC ' SL"0"",.8' .
be sent directly to Lieutenant Emanuel
at City Hall rather than arraigned be
fore the district magistrates.
TEACHERS' BILL REPORTED
$6,000,000 Provided for In Senate
Measure, as Sproul Predicted
Bv a Staff Correspondent
Harrlsburg, June 10. Governor
Sproul's prediction of 50,000,000 as the
irreducible minimum for the teachers'
salary Increase bill was made good when
the bill was reported to the Senate last
night.
It carries an appropriation .of $3,
000,000 a year for tho next two years.
xne Din is Axpectea to pass the As-t
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trTe Ermine Public Idrer
The delegation was in charge of Mrs.
J. O. Miller, of Pittsburgh, with ,thc
persuasive assistance of Mrs. Oifford
Pinchot, Mrs. L. L. Smith and Mrs.
William Ward, Jr., of Chester county;
Mrs. John A. Nauman, of Lancaster;
Mrs. George A. Plersol, of Philadel
phia, nnd Mrs. H. Talbot Peterson, and
Mrs. Mary Flinn Lawrence, of Pitts
burgh."' With colors flying nnd gonfalons
streaming, they have carried their ban
ner with dignified Courage in the face
of obstacles that would hae daunted
less persistent fighters. By their meth
ods they gained the sympathetic sup
port of Governor Sproul and his ad
ministration. Then Came Militants
But alas ! nnd alack ! When the apple
of victory was just within reach of
their daintily manicured fingers, in
rushed from all the regions round about,
the militant suffragists, otherwise
known as the National Women's party,
who, in flying wedge formation en
deavored to snatch the coveted prize.
In whispered comment the emissaries
of the latter faction, arc known in the
descriptive slang of the hour as the
barn burners."
With a hackgrrund of police encount
ers, patrol wagon rides, and Washing
ton jail experiences, as n triumphant
testimony to the militancy of several
of thejr leaders, notably Mrs. Lawrence
Lewis and Mrs. Mary Ingham, the new
comers succeeded in suarling up the
Continued on Tare Thirteen, Column Two
COL. CUTLER GETsT). S.
M.
Chairman of Jewish Welfare Board
Is Honored for Work Overseas
According to an announcement re
ceived at the local headquarters of the
Jewish welfare board, 1016 Master
street, Colonel Harry Cutler, chairman
of the Jewish welfare board, has been
awarded the Distinguished Service Medal
at Washington, D. C. Secretary of
War Newton D. Baker pinned the medal
on Colonel Cutler in the presence of a
distinguished nudience of high officials.
In a short address Secretary Baker
highly praised the work of the Jewish
welfare board, both here and overseas,
and Colonel Cutler for "especially mer
itorious and conspicuous service," as
the citation reads.
BICYCLIST RUN DOWN
Boy in Hospital After Crash With
Automobile
Clark Brinker, sixteen years, old. of
3415 Chestnut street, is in the Presby
terian Hospital suffering, from seven
broken ribs as the result of a head
on collision with an automobile at Man
tua avenue and Belmont today, Patrick
Horace, who drove the machine into
Brinker's bicycle, was released on $400
bail, signed by himself, pending the
outcome of the youth's injuries.
Each blamed the other at the bearing.
Horace was driving on Mantua toward
Belmont, having just left his home at
4110 Mautya, when Brinker rounded
the corner, crashed into the radiator,
end was hurled several feet away.
Lieutenant Elwell, of a nearby Are
stance, .together witn JJetectiT Rose
SENATE RATIFIES
SUFFRAGE; BILL
Vote in Upper Body Is 30 For, 6
Against Speed Dazzles
Supporters
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE
REPORTS RESOLUTION
Five Philadelphia Senators
Vote "Yes" Vare Absent.
Vote by Proxy Denied
Bv a Staff Corrf;ionrfoi(
Harrlsburg, Pa., June 1!). The Sen
ate this morning passed the Phipps reso
lution to ratify the Susan 15. Anthony
fedcrnl suffrage amendment by a vote
of thirty for nnd six against. Ten
senators were absent.
As soon as the resolution passed the
upper chamber it was hent to the House.
Republican leaders, who made ratifi
cation a party measure nt the request
of Governor Sproul, were determined
to expedite passage of the measure im
mediately.
Speaker Spnngler, of the House, re
ferred the resolution to the judiciary
sperial committee of which J. It. K.
Scott is chairman.
Mrs. J. 0. Miller, of Pittsburgh, nnd
Mrs. Gifford Pinchot, of Milford, offi
cials of the Pennsylvania Woman Suf
frage Association, went to Srott nnd
asked him if it was possible to get first
reading in the House today in order to
bring the resolution up for final passage
in the lower chamber Tuesday.
Scott moved for unanimous consent to
permit a committee during the meeting
of the House, an unusual procedure.
The motion Wns unopposed and the
meeting wns called at once.
House Corrmittee Reports BUI
Sixteen members of the committee
voted favorably to report the measure
immediately on motion of Representa
tive Marcus, Pittsburgh. Only-one ote
was cast against the motion. Repre
sentative Zimmerman, Lebanon, was
the only opponent.
The committee quickly returned to
the House, nnd Marcus asked unani
mous consent to have the resolution
read a first time. There was no ob
jection. The Marcus motion nnd the leading
of the title by the desk clerk went
through so quickly that the big delega
tion of suffragists, wearing ellow
badges, who lined the Bide aisles of
the House, did not even have time to
cheer.
Senator Woodward just entered the
Senate chamber as the clerks finished
calling the roll. He asked to be per
mitted to vote forthe resolution.
Senator E. W. Pntton, Philadelphia,
then asked permission to have Senator
Vare recorded as voting for the resolu
tion. The Philadelphia Senator left here
yesterday afternoon to attend to busi
ness matters in Philadelphia, and told
the suffragists ho would return today
to vote for ratification. His train had
not reacched here when the resolution
was called up. Republican leaders found
they had enough votes" to put the rcsolu
tion through, and decided to call it up.
Vares Vote Not dded
The Senate permitted the names of
Doctor Woodward and Senator Davis,
of Lackawanna, who also came in late,
to be added to the list of those voting
for the resolution.
Senator Vare's name was not added to
the roll.
Continued o-i Pace Thirteen, Column Four
GIRLS ESCAPE FROM FIRE
One Injured an Flames Damage Plant
on North Second Street
Thirty men and girls employed by
Betzold Brothers, skin dressers, 3523
North Second street, climbed through
the second story windows of the plant '
and escaped to the roof of an adjoining
building this morning when the estab
lishment took fire.
The blaze, confined to the first floor,
was started by the explosion of a dust
drum, which shook the building. There
were fourteen girls working on the
upper floors. After they had reached
safety on the roof, they climbed down
to the street on ladders put" up by the
firemen,
Ella Snyder was slightly burned. She
was treated at the plant. The damage
amounted to $ouu.
It was the first time that this firm,
which is one of the oldest in the city,
has had a fire in eighty-two years.
ALIEN BOARDERS IN PERIL
Flames That Threaten Harrlsburg
District Cause $10,000 Damage
Harrlsburg, Ta., June 10. Fire in
the section occupied chiefly by alien res
taurants and boarding houses early this
morning damaged property to the
amount of $10,000. Peter Panas and
his wife, who occupied the second floor
of the restaurant building oft 1001 North
Seventh street, where the flames orig
inated because of defective wiring, nar
rowly escaped with their lives. 'Owners
of the property are. rhiladelphians. The
flames were' cenflnedto two buildings
GALLED IN HOUSE
ENGLISH ARMADA
CLEARS ITS DECKS
Britain's Grand Fleet Ready to
Sail if Germans Reject
Peace Treaty
TRANSATLANTIC, FLIGHT
OF DIRIGIBLE CANCELED
Titanic Aircraft Waits to Take
Part in Invasion of Ger
many by Allies
By tho Associated Press
London, June in. Morning newspa
pers feature British naval nnd other
preparations in t;he event of Germany
refusing to sjSn the trcnty of penre and
print, under big headlines, several un
official reports which were current dur
ing the night.
The grand fleet has again been placed
on n war footing, it is reported, and
ready to sail for German waters at a
moment's notice. The dirigible R-34
has been diverted from her transatlan
tic trip and is goiug to the Baltic, while
her companion aircraft, the It-.Tl, simi
lar! equipped, left Wcdnesdny night for
a cruise which will include tho Kiel
canal.
Should Germany refuse to sign, ac
cording to one officer, the flight of the
R-34 will be enstward instead of west
ward. The airships, which now are engaged
in a demoustrative flight over Germany,
will return to their bases tonight and
remain there until the German decUion
is announced.
"Bombs nnd machine guns were un
necessary in the present flight," said
the officer. "Should they have to go
eastward again, however, these things
may oe ueeuea.
j The foregoing appears to dispose
of reports in London last night that
the R-M and R-34 were armed for
their eastward cruises.
A telegram from Copenhagen reports
the arrival there of a dozen British
cruisers and several destroyers prepared
to enforce the blockade.
The Dnily Sketch says the R-D4 was
over Berlin at 4 o'clock Wednesday
afternoon.
New York, June 19. (Bv A. P.)
Lieutenant Colonel Frederick W.
Lucas, U. A. P., in charge for the
British Government of preparations now
ncing maoe at Mineoln for the nrrivnl
of the R-:t4 in the United States, said
today that he had not been officially
advised of the postponement of the
uiKiii, uui nun uie news wns undoubt
edly correct.
"The decision is only in accordance
with the understanding we had in Eng
land when the invitation to come to
America was accepted," he said. "We
shall continue, however, to get r&.Jy
for the flight, which will take place n's
planned, if the Germans sign the peace
treaty. If war is resumed, of course,
the departure will he deferred until it
is settled. In any event, we nre not
ready jet nnd would not be for several
days."
Washington. June 10. (Bv A. P.I
The war trade board is ready to en
force embargo measures against Ger
many as boon as word is received from
the interallied blockade council that
the blockade of that country is again
'n foree iu the event that Germany re
fuses to sign the peace treaty
Acting Chairman Volley said yester
day that a skeleton of the war-time
machinery of the board has been kept
intact and the board could again put
into effect immediately its war-time re
strictions. In this event the board's principal
weapons to make the blockade effective
probably would be rigid prohibition
against neutrnls trading with Germany,
the adoption of a new enemy trading
ijst, absolute prohibition of anything
going to Germany direct, no recourse
to the rationing plan applied to neu
trals during the war to prevent the pos
sibility of surplus supplies being ob
tained by the neutrals which could be
exchanged for German goods.
HOUSE VOTES FOR
RETURN OF WIRES
Reconsiders Its Action Extend
ing Federal Telegraph Rates
for Six Months
Washington, June 10. (By A. P.)
After reconsidering its action extend
ing government-fixed telegraph rates
for six months, the House today, with
out a record vote, passed the amended
Senute bill providing for return of the
telegraph and telephone properties to(
private control. ,
The bill also repeals the' law under
which those properties and the cable
systems were taken over by the Presi
dent. ,
A BAT IN NEW YOBK
Special train excurtlon Sunday, Juna S3,
leavlnr Readlna- Terminal 8o A. il atop-
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AMERICAN PEACE
OPTIMISTIC ON
Paris, June 1!). (By A. P.) While admitting that it has little direct
or comprehensive Information regarding the (iermnn attitude toward the sign
ing of the peace treaty, the American delegation to the Peace Conference is
optimistic in its iew of the situation.
In common with Peace Conference circles generally, the delegates are not
disturbed hj the newspaper reports from Germany rcecicd here of nn un
friendly n.rtuic toward the letised terms.
VARE HITS PENROSE
ON TRANSIT STAND
Says Senator Advocates Bills
Without Ever Reading Them.
Deplores Partisanship
NOT TOO LATE, HE DECLARES
Senator Penrose was attacked todaj
hj Senator Vare for supporting "fac
tional bills which he netcr ccn read"
and opposing "bills which would benefit
the people."
Senator Vare
ire Was aroilscil hv
tlie defeat Of tlie SslllS trails hill In
the Legislature. The bill would permit i
the witos nt fV to lecnnsider tin
! ln-T,Lp,nn t0 wl"c'h th" ".v ' 'Sally
' I'Ullllllll'U.
Senator Penrose is in the city today.
He is known to be preparing a state
ment on the transit situntion. His fol
lowers negatived tlie Salus bill in com
mittee meeting, and aftei wards blocked
n move to have it pined on the House
calendar.
The downtown state semtnr sail! to-
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or lint the transit miestinn is mnrlp n
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lug Issue in the coming mayoralty cam
palgn.
"Witli the eltv being hamstrung by
high prices lesulting from war condi
tions." he said, "which bronchi nricesl
nir iioote rue total appropriation voted the Monroe Doctrine "nn essential na
on bv the people for eaeli unit of the" tipnal policy." nnd that "the necessity
transit system, it is n great pity that1 nnd extent of its application nnd cn
senntor I enrose ever brought fnctlonall forcement nre matter to be determined
politics to Harrisburg. j alone by the United States."
hill n !l ifri,",,M r,nI,' th,P f?al"S,. Th0 ,arilT' "'ntenitloii and similar
hill in the back behind closed doors1 internal questions would be declared
n n committee room without ever giv-, "matters to be determined entirely bv
ing friends of the bill notice of the the country in which they arise and
meeting. mrr circumstances, questions for
Net Too Lite, He Sas settlement under the league of nations."
"Th- .nli. of this city nre entitled ,, T,lp r,nJition yould declare also
to rapid tiansit. and it isn't too lute "t!lnt the 1'nited States 'rauniit hind it
for t' e V 'i. in- p"o;:o to reconsider sr,f ln ndva-jce. neither to make war in
their foolish action, otherwise rapid' "" '"'lre nor to send its army and navy
transit will be dormant until the next!'nt" otller '""'J'' for purposes of con-
Legislature gets opportunity to act
two nnd a linlf jears from now.
"It must be remembered that more
than three years ago Councils outlined
several routes covering the whole city
where tlie people were to have high
speed lines and the money wns appro
priated to fully construct every one of
these lines, bv inte of the people. But
the war came and prices soared until
there isn't near enough money to build
any one of these lines, and leaves the
city no possible way for relief.
"The Salus bill would have given the
people the right to take another vote
and not only revise the appropriations
but revio the loutes in accordance with
this reconstruction period.
Never Read Bills
"If Senator Penrose cared to leave
his duties at Washington and spend his
time nt Ilarrislmrg for the last five
weeks it would have been very much bet-1
ter for him to interest him-clf in bills
of this character where the people are!
to be benefited, rather than be up there
lining up his force in the state for
Continued on 1'uge Two, Column Kliht
PEACE HOPES CAUSE COTTON RISE
NEW YORK, June 10. Expectation that Germany would
sign the peace treaty was among the reasons attributed for a
rise of $6 a bale in cotton in the market here today.
PARIS AND LONDON GET TREATY TOMORROW
PARIS, June 10. The peace treaty, as submitted to the
German delegates June 16, with all revisions and corrections
embodied in it, will be published tomorrow in London and Paris.
Forty-five copies have been sent by aeroplane to London.
TAFT AT FINANCE HEARING
Says Public Utility Corporations Are
In Poor Shape
New York, June 10. (By A. P.)
Ex-President Taft testified today that
the general situation among public
utility corporations is most discourag
ing and that wage Increases, higher
cost of materials and kindred circum
stances have greatly depressed the finan
cial strength of the companies,
Mr. Taft gave this testimony as first
witness at the Federal Electric Hallway
Commission's hearings Into the, prob
lems ot public, utility flnancejand ienr
DELEGATES ARE
TREATY OUTLOOK
SENATORS CLASH
IN LEAGUE DEBATE
Vice President Kept Busy Warn
ing Participants in Bitter
Partisan Struggle
KNOX MOTION ATTACKED
By the Associated Press
Washington. June 1!). Adoption of
the Knox resolution regarding the leagne
of nations and the peace trcat would
he interpreted as nn uncalled for effort
I the Senate to dictate to the Peace
(V.nfprnnrn Snnntnr Tlinmim Dninnnrnt
I'nlnmln sni.l tml.lt in .nv!ii,r tl.n
mensure.
The Colorado Senator declared the'
proposal that the Senate declare it
self now against accepting the league
as entwined with tlie peace terms was
improper nnd unwise.
Before Senator Thomas spoke. Sena
tor Spencer. Republican, of Missouri,
who had not previously indicated his
views regarding the league of nations. '
introduced a resolution proposing that '
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nn- .-senate (leeiareu mat under anv
lmKa" ",a" "'"P"1 application of the,
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.iimriie uoririnc must oe reserved en
tirelv for national determination. The
icsolution went over without action.
Would Qualify Covenant
i IIP Knenrrr rt.n1iitiiin iiriti1il ilnln
trol.
Senator Thomas, in open' -g his ad
dress on the Knov resoluti n, declared
the measure raised fundamental ques
tions regarding the power of the Senate
in treaty making and also of expedi
ency of an expression b the Sennte.
"I believe it is not only improper
for the Sennte to adopt or reject it."
he .Md. "but it is also unwise nt this
time to go on record regarding it. As
a part of the treaty making power, we
should not attempt at this time to ad
vise the Pence Conference at Paris,
either of our own views concerning its
work or as to what the treaty should
contain."
Committee Stacked Against League
Rcpljing to Senator Knox's charees
,,lnt t,,(" Democrats had made the league '-" reported in n dispatch received here
a partisan issue. Senator Thoiniih iitedlat night.
the round robin of the last sesion ' , "!"npn' among the Clericals and
against the league, "on which the name , . ,"i5 Rc'morrnts- under the lendor-
of the Republican lender led nil the i
rest." Democratic Senators, Mr.
rhnmns said were given no opportunity
to sign the document.
Continued on Pace Two. Column Tuo
N. Y.-T0-TURKEY SHIP LINE
U. S. Shipping Board Announces
Commercial Service
Washington, June 10. (By A. P.)
Inauguration of a cargo steamship serv
ice between New York and Conrntl
nople and Black sea ports w an
nounced today by the shipping board.
The steamship Huachuca, of 7300 dead
weight tons, is booked for sailing this
month and will be followed by the
steamship Polyblus, of 10 000 dead
weight tons, In July.
Present plans contemplate at least
oue sailing a month and the service will
be developed. as.,rpWlr,M trade de-
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Rejection of Treaty to Cab
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MAJORITY SOCIALISTS
START MOVE TO ACCEPT
Ruling Faction in Assembly
Hears Public Voice and
Counters Envoys' Reports
"END WITH TERROR" IS BEST
Inter-Allied Control of Danzig
Planned Until League Can
Take Hold
While the German peace mission i
reported to have recommended re
jection of the treaty to the cabi
net at Weimar, a movement in
favor of acceptance has set in
among the Majoiity Socialists, the
controllinp; party in the assembly,
and the Clericals and Democrats
of the Left are said to be aiding
this movement. The mission will
resign unless their report is
adopted, the dispatches say.
London papers report tho British
grand fleet ready to sail on a mo-'
ment's notice of rejection of the
treaty. The trans-sea flight of the
dirigible R-34, scheduled for to
morrow, has been canceled and the
balloon is reported to have been
equipped with bombing apparatus
for use against Germany. One
newspaper reports this aircraft
over Berlin yesterday. Twelve
British cruisers are already in the
Baltic.
Peace circles are passive while Wil
son and Lloyd George are away.
By the Asnoriated Press
Berlin, June 111 "Sign the treaty
nnd be through with the agony" is the
gist of the comment of the people of
Berlin on the pence situation.
After the vvinth provoked by the
! moral indictment contained in the cover
ing note of the allied answer, the resi
dents of Berlin seemed to have resigned
themselves to the inevitable.
"Rather the end, with (error, than
terror without end," was the way one
small merchant put it. '
A pronounced movement in the ranks
of the maioritj members of the assembly
;at Weimar in fnvor of sicninir the treatv
'"' ".'"""' '"" "0t"'en, is nN
reported to be crjstalizing in that di-
lection.
The German peace delegates have
drafted a memorandum recommending
that the cabinet refuse to sign the peace
treat, nocordlng to a "Weimar disputch
to the Zeitung am Mittag.
Count von Brockdorlf-Rantzau, head
of the delegation, the Tageblatt says,
will resign, as well as the other mem
bers of the delegation, unless this view
is taken.
The premiers of Bavaria, Wurttem
burg, Baden and Saxony have arrived
at Weimar.
Weimar, June 10. (Bv A. P.) The
cabinet yesterday debated the peace
terms of the allied and associated pow
ers. It was officially announced that
no decision had been arrived at. The
cabinet probably is awaiting the result
of a conference of the south German
premiers with the government.
The full original Trench text of the
Entente nnswer. including the covering
note, was finished yesterday by the
printers and was distributed this after
noon. The government has received Pre
mier Clemenceau's terms apologizing for
the stoning of members of tho German
peace delegation at Versailles.
Sclieidemann's View of Terms
However, Philipp Scheidemann, the
head of the German cabinet, in speaking
to the peace commission of the na
tional assembly here, declared the allied
reply without the complete text did
not yet permit of final judgment and
that premature judgment would be a
mistake. v
"There is nothing new In the general
accusations made against the German
people," said the premier, "but we
must note with regret that the Allies
have rejected tho proposal for the ess
tabltshment of a neutral tribunal which
alone could impartially examine these
accusations. It also Is lamentable that
the whole nation should be charged with
the offenses and crimes alleged. ,
"This charge is to constitute justifU
cation for the 'heavy conditions which,
according to the second section of the
covering note, are" to' be Imposed on the
German people.
"The justification put forward for
the projected eettlement of.affalra In tl
Eas( permits of little hope that we cai
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