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MONTANA PR ESS ASS OCIATION AT GREAT FALLS, SEPT. 4-5-6 . COME ALL YE E DITORS! 1
GREAT FALLS DAILY TRIBUNE
THIRTY-SECOND YEAR GREAT FALLS, MONTANA, SATURDAY MORNING, AUGUST 30, 1919 PRICE, FIVE CENTS.
LABOR CABBIES CONTROVERSIES TO WHITE HOOfTORAID
Republicans Want Wilson to Stay Home
Senators Offset British League Primacy
GOVERNORS BACK
PALMER EFFORTS
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Base Their Plan Upon
Greater Production
and Economy.
FUR PRICE COMMITTEES
RELIED UPON FOR RESULTS
Washington. Aug. 20.—New impetus
was given the government's campaign
to reduce the cost of living, at confer
ences here today which assured the
closest co-operation between federal and
state authorities.
Six governors, Gardner, Missouri;
Millik»n, Maine: Burnquist, Minnesota;
Mitchell, Arizona; Sproul, Pennsylvania,
and Cooper, South Carolina, and lieu
tenant Governor McDowell of Montana,
representing the National Conference of
Governors, spent several hours study
ing the situation with Attorney General
Palmer and then called at the White
House to offer President Wilson the
full machinery of the states in the ef
fort to restore a normal price level.
Capital Is Optimistic.
As a result there was greater optim
ism in the capital tonight over Ihe out
look than has been evident in many days.
With the far-reaching state organiza
tions carrying the message of economy
and increased production into every
county and aiding the federal authorities
in bringing tr justice hoarders and prof
iteers, officials believed excellent results
would be obtained in the next 90 days,
which would avert the menace of trans
portation strikes to obtaiu higher wages.
"After our meeting today with the
president and the attorney general,'' the
committee of governors announced, "cer
tain facts are clear:
"1. That all the people of the na
tion and all organizations should imme
diately co-operate for the purpose of in
creasing the production of necessaries of
life.
Co-operation Against Gougers.
"2. That economy in consumption and
care in purchasing the necessities of
life are equally important with produc
tion.
That every agency of the federal
and state government should co-operate
forthwith to prevent profiteering.
"The attorney general has assured
us that he will pursue every existing
and proposed law against all profiteers.
"The suggestion of the attorney gen
eral that a fair price commissioner be
appointed in each of the states and a
fair price committee in the difference
localities of the states, upon the nomi
nation of the governors was advocated.
Every Agency at His Back.
While the attorney general expressed
a desire to rely upon the assistance of
community efforts in the direction of the.
elimination of profiteering through local
fair price committees, he gave assurance
that when such efforts were not forth
coming and results were not satisfac
tory, his department would handle these
questions directly.
"The attorney general was assured
that, every state agency which could be
of service in this emergency would be
placed at his command and he was at
liberty to call for any information end
assistance he desired from the state au
thorities."
Results of the conference here will
be communicated immediate!? to every
governor by Miles C. Riley, secretary of
the national conference, along with cer
tain other recommendations.
EMBARGO ON GRAIN
SHIPMENTS TO GULF
AND ATLANTIC PORTS.
New York, Aug. 29.- Grain shipments
to Atlantic and Gulf ports have been
placed under embargo. owing to a
shortage of vessel tonnage and a re
sultant overcrowding of storage facili
ties. officials of the Inited States
Grain corporation announced here, to
night.
AVIATOR FINED $25 FOR FLYING
OVER FARM AND SCARING STOCK
Kansas f'ity. Aug. '29.—On a charge of I
flying his airplane within ten feet of the;
roof of a farmers' house, Charles II.'
Levy, today, was fined $25 and costs
for disturbing the peace, in a justice of i
the peace court at Dodson, Mo.
The complainant, Fred Iloenaman, a j
farmer living near Alcohol station, as- i
serted that the aviator had scared his'
family and frightened his stock. While j
it was admitted that no Jaw on the !
statutes covered the case. Justice Si ;
Farmer declared that it was bis opinion ;
the aviator had disturbed the peace of i
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PACT CHANGE GIVES
U. S. SAME VOTE AS
BRITANNIC EMPIRE
Knox Urges Rejection of Treaty Entirely; Terms
It Mere T ruce, Eventually Unenforceable;
Means More Torrents of Bloodshed, He Says.
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Washington, Aug. 29.—The treaty of
S peace was aggresively assailed in the
j senate again today, the foreign relations
! committee approving three more textual
amendments to its provisions and Sen
ator Knox of Pennsylvania, a republican
member of the committee and former
secretary of state, advising the senate
that the only safe way to deal with it
was to reject it altogether.
The committee adopted, with extend
ed debate, amendments designed to
equalize British and American represen
tation in the league of nations, to pre
vent the British dominions from par
ticipating in a league decision affecting
any one of them and to curtail the power
of the American representative on the
reparation commission, which is to col
lect Germany's reparation bill, by de
creeing that he shall vote only when
specifically instructed to do so.
The vote was 0 to 8, Senator Me
Cumber, republican. North Dakota,
standing with the democrats against-tho
amendment.
The reparations amendment was
proposed by Senator Fall, republican.
New Mexico and th'» other by Senator
Moses, republican, New Hampshire. The
vote in each case was 9 to 8, the
democrats and Senator McCumber vot- j
ing in the negative.
Not Treaty; Truce, Says Knox.
In his senate address, Senator Knox |
declared that the full purpose of Araer- j
ici i participation in the war had been 1
accomplished with the armistice, and ;
that there had been no reason for pro
jecting the nation into the European j
settlements. He said a complete peace
basis could be established by action of ;
congress as ?oon as the principal pow
ers had ratified the treaty and that such j
a course would free tile country from !
many dangerous possibilities of foreign !
entanglements.
The peace terms imposed upon Ger- j
rnan, said the Pennsylvania senator, j
went beyond the pale of international :
law and would be impossible of enforce- j
ment. He characterized them as con- j
R. R. STRIKERS VOTE I
2 TO I TO RESUME
THEIR JOBS TODAY
Los Angeles Men Yield Only at Eleventh Hour !
After Brotherhood Members Had Gone
Back at Most Other Points. '
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Los Angeles, Aug. 29.—The |
four local railroad brotherhoods :
of trainmen conductors, en
gineers and firemen, following a
meeting here tonight, voted a
two-thirds majority to return to
work at 7 o'clock tomorrow.
The action of the men will
bring to an end a railroad tie-up
without precedent in the history
of the West. It caused cancella- j
tion of trans-continental trains, j
kept many people in California j
without mails for days and;
threatened a water famine at;
desert points which depend on !
railroad tank cars for their sup
ply.
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[the farmer and his family. Levy stated
he would appeal the case.
1 In his testimony, Iloenaman charged
i that flights over the farm had frightened
his chickens who acted "as if the planes
were hawks," had caused a hog to break
its leg and make so much noise he "could
not hear over the telephone."
The motor company which employes
Le\i recently was temporarily restrained
from flying over Hoenaman's farm, and !
witnesses for the defendant today assert- |
ed that Levi had not done so.
Following the hearing. Iloenaman j
agreed to make a flight with Levi, Sun-j
day, according to the aviator.
stituting "not the treaty, but the truce I
of Versailles" and as laying the founda- j
tion, "for centuries of blood letting." I
Wilson Sends Polish Pact.
During the day another of the treaties!
negotiated at Versailles was sent to the i
senate by President Wilson. It was the ;
treaty made with Poland by the principal j
powers and signed on Jue 28. With it,
the president sent an agreement for 1
occupation of the Rhineland by th-
Fnited States and other powers on the
same day.
Submission of the Polish treaty, the I
Rhine agreement, and other data wa.i j
requested in a letter sent to the White j
House several days ago by the foreign:
relations committee, but to this request
the president made no reference in his
letter of transmission.
A British print of still another,
j Versailles treaty, an air convention be- !
! tween the Fnited States and various
other nations, was put into the senate j
record by Senator Knox. An explana
tory note heading the convention said j
it has not been signed, but was bein,i j
given to the pubiic for their informs - ■
tion. Mr. Knox said this plan ap
parently had been followed out in every j
country except the Fnited States.
Other Hearts to Break.
Claims of India, Lithuania, Ukrainin.
Esthonia, and Livonia for self govern
ment were presented, today. to the
senate foreign relations committee.
Dudley Field Malone. of New York,
representing Hindu Indians, told the
committee that if it would "break the
heart of the world" to reject the peace
treaty, ratification in its present form !
would break the hearts of millions in I
Ireland. Egypt and India. Great Britain;
had secured a place „for India at the ;
peace table, he asserted, for selfish j
reasons only, meantime making more;
and more severe her oppression of the j
Indian people.
"England wanted to get another vote," :
he declared, "but she didn't ask tie
people of India to even choose the j
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| tinned most of the night. They con
ferred among themselves, with railroad
officials, and then with each other again.
They asked what terms could be arrang
ed for a' return to work and were told
that they could come back as though
there had been no walkout: that is. with
out prejudice to any of their rights, and
with the explicit understanding that
their former contracts would be fulfilled
to the letter.
Electric lines, both city and interurban,
were operating their cars on practically
I a normal day schedule.
FULL PASSENGER SERVICE
i San Francisco, Aug. 20. - Strikes of
railroad trainmen throughout central
California formally ended, today, when
the yard and switch men returned to the
passenger and freight terminals here at
8 o'clock today, officials of the railroad
administration announced.
Full passenger service was restored
at once fr<>m this city and the vast freight
accumulations began to move.
The Southern Pacific company report
ed ail inbound trains arriving on time.
Annul Los Anoeles Schedule.
Annullment of through trains between
here and Los Angeles continued, however,
because of the strike conditions in
southern California.
The strike began to break when the 1
Oakland switch and yard men returned j
to work at the Oakland mole, Wednesday ;
at midnight, after being out for !)N hours. I
Other points in the San Joaquin valley
where the men had gone out reported the
strike ended, and all services out til' Oak
land, which had been suspended, were
restored.
The return of the San Francisco work- j
ers followed notification by the govern- |
men and by the chief executives of the ;
trainmen's brotherhood that the govern
ment was preparing to run the trains
with the assistance of the brotherhoods
if the strike was not ended.
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PRESIDENT 1ILL
BE TRAILED WEST
: BK LEAGUE FOES
* Labor Revolts and H. C.
» L. Urged as Reasons
for Sticking to Desk, j
ITINERARY OF WESTERN
■I TRIP COVERS 30 CITIES
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r j Washington. Aug. 20.— As the final
' itinerary for President Wilson's speak- j
' | ing tour in support of the peace treaty j
i was announced, today, republican sena- j
' ; tors began conferences to decide on j
■j j plans for sending opposition speakers j
> | along behind him.
1 j While resolutions were being offered j
' i in the house by republican members, call- j
« i ing upon the president to abandon bis ,
! tour and engage himself in Washington I
r with domestic affairs of the nation, re
- I publican senators who opposed the treaty ;
«I met with Senator MeCormick, of Illinois.
>! Nothing was finally decided and another '
- ! conference will be held tomorrow, after j
| I which it is expected a definite program j
; | will be announced.
Representative Tt -leiiburg, repub- j
■ lican, Illinois, introduced the resolution.
" i proposing that congress declare that j
"the president should postpone hin j
i proposed tour of the country, at least j
until such time as we may know defi
' nitely the problems which confront us
, growing out of the country's industrial
situation and the cost of living prob
lem."
A second resolution, by which the ;
' house alone would ask the president to j
' remain in Washington, was offered by
' Representative Stringe, republican,
| Kansas, who, in an address in support ;
i of his measure said domestic and inter- j
I national conditions were such that the j
j absence of the president would be j
. "fraught with very grave dangers." j
No Action So Far. j t
The resolution said the railroad labor j -
situation generally indicates the ne- j
■ | ce.ssit.v for immediate steps to bring ;
| capital and labor together for a better ;
I understanding: that congress would j j
! soon adopt the president's suggestions j,
; to combat the cost of living, and "that ! ,
j renewed absence of the president at a (
' time when his signature is required to
place in effect measures adopted by
I congress to reduce the high cost of liv- j
j ing would occasion serious delay in solv- j
I ing this vital problem." (
The resolution went over without de- ,
bate. j
Where Wilson Will Speak. ,
President Wilson will visit, thirty cities
during bis tour of the country in the j t
interest of the peace treaty arid will be j f
absent from Washington until Septem-j\
ber 30. The itinerary was announced, {>
today, at the White House. The address ! t
will be delivered as follows: September j t
4. Columbus, O.; evening September 4,;
Indianapolis: September 5, St. Louis:!;
September <i. Kansas City: September j )
<» and 7. Des Moines: September S. morn- j j
I ing address in Omaha, Neb., and evening j
address at Sioux Falls, S, I).; September!!
'ft. St. Paul and Minneapolis; September j g
10. Bismarck. N. IX: September 11. fore- j
j noon address in Billings, and evening ad- j }
! dress in Helena; September 12. forenoon | j
i address in Ooeur D'Alene, Ida., and after- i ;
noon address in Spokane; September IT! j v
| and 14. Tacoma, with evening address in j
Seattle. September 14: September 15, i
Portland, ore.; September 17 and 18, J
! San Francisco; September 10, afternoon
land night in San I>iego; September 20
and 21. Los Angeles; September 22.
| Reno, Nov.; September 2,'i, Salt Lake
| City; September 24, late afternoon ad
j dress in Cheyenne, Wyo., spending the
i night in Denver; September 25. a fore- •
j noon address in Denver, and afternoon j
j address in Pueblo: September 20. fore-1 1
| noon address in Wichita, Kan., evening!
I address in Oklahoma City: September ] "
| 27, mid-afternoon address in Little Rock, j s
J and night address in Memphis; Septem- j v
j ber 28 and 20. Louisville.
27 of 52 Aviators (1
Finish in Air Derby '
Mineoh. N V.. Aug. 2ft.—Twenty- ; J
! seven aviators had finished in thejl
I Toronto-New York aerial derby, this j
(morning. Nine others were expected to
1 finish today. Fifty-jpven planes were!
1 entered and T>2 started. Sixteen were !
slightly damaged.
The best record thus far is that of j
Lieutenant B. W. Maynard, who com- j
pleted tho 1.040-mile flight from Roose-;
veit field to Toronto and return in j
407'4, minutes actual flying time, j j r
Lieutenant Daniel It. Gish made the I
flight from here to Toronto, according I J.,
to unofficial estimates, in '_'10 minutes I ri
and has yet to return. The race will <
end at midnight. j
BOOM VON HINDENBURG j
F OR GERMAN PRESIDENCY j ,,
Berlin, Aug. 2ft.—(By The Associated!
Press I The national liberals are boom- o
ing Field Marshal von Ilindenburg for j ft
the presidency in the first, elections to j ".
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VANDERBILT, JR.,
DROPS GAY LIFE
TO BE REPORTER
; New York, Aug. 29.—Cornelius
Vanderbilt, Jr., son of Brigadier
General Vanderbilt has forsaken
Newport and its gay social life to
accept a job as "cub" reporter of
New York Herald at $25 a week, it
was learned here tonight. The young
millionaire obtained the position on
his own initiative by a letter ne
wrote to the city editor of the paper.
"I wanted to be a reporter" he
said tonight, "because I have always
found newspapermen to be the j
brightest and most alert people I
know. When in France with the
Twenty-seventh division I always
noticed that the duty calling for
service and initiative was nearly al
ways given to a former newspaper
man."
LIIIE STOCK OROP
FAILS TB REDUCE
PRICES DN THREE
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Consumer Not to Benefit
Till Carcasses Bought
Now Are Retailed.
Chicago. Aug. 2ft.—Although live j
hogs have declined slightly better than j
S'.'i a hundred pounds in three days and j
dressed beef was down S2 a hundred ;
pound" in the wholesale markets today, !
with genera! bearish sentiment prevail- •
ing, consumers in Chicago had gained i
no benefit from the lower prices.
The retail price of beef, pork and
mutton continued high, though mutton ;
was down with beef and pork in the 1
wholesale markets.
The drop in live hog prices at the 1.
stock yards, today, was about 50 cents {
below yesterday's general average.
"Wholesale beef prices have shown j
an almost steady decline for almost four ;
months," according to a statement from j
II. E. Swift, vice president of the;
Swift & Co.. today.
"Our company's average wholesale
price of beef sold in Chicago the week
ending May 30 was $20.01. The week
ending August 16. it was $17.54. as
against $16.63 for the week ending
August 23.
"This is the time of year. too. when
the heavy shipments of grass-fed cattle
begin to arrive. Couple this with the
slackened demand in consuming centers,
caused in great part by continued agita
tion. and the drop in prices is explain- !
ed. ' j
"Mutton lamb wholesale prices alsojj
are off considerably, there having been i
i drop of about $1.20 per hudred j
weight in the List week and these lower- j
?d prices are also, no doubt, being re- 5
fleeted to the consumer to some ex- j
tent."
Cattle sales began at around $16.75 i
per hundred, an average of $1.50 under j
;>riees at the close of lust week's trad- • 1
n g.
Only the buying of more dressed meat :
>y the pubiic will revive the market,
iccording to stockyard officials. 1
The consumer will not receive the :
benefit, of the lower figures, it. was 1
>ointed out, until meat purchased dur
ing the decline is released for sale, '
.vhich will l>e in about a week. <
Palmer Confirmed ,
Again as Attorney J
General by Senate '
Washington. Aug. 2ft. In an cxeeut- 1
ve session which lasted two hours and 1
i half, the senate, tonight, without a
•coord vote confirmed the nomination \
>f A. Mitchell Palmer to be attorney
;eneial, recently confirmed by mistake,
I'hicb action was reconsidered.
MUZZLE OF IRISH PRESS. J
Dublin. Aug. 2ft. The government lias ^
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BRYAN URGES DUAL OWNERSHIP
OF RAILROADS BY NATION AND
STATE, SCORES PRIVATE CONTROL
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Washington, Aug. 20.—William Jen
nings Bryan today laid before the house
interstate commerce commission his dual
plan of state and federal ownership of
railway lines as a solution of the rail
road re-organization problem.
In doing so, the former secretary
of state denounced private ownership
of the railroads as indefensible and in
tolerable and chracterized railroad mag
nates as political corruptionists.
"We have never tried government
ownership," declared Mr. Bryan, re
ferring to the railroad administration.
"A subsidied newspaper declares that
Ihe government took over the railroad I
STEEL WORKERS
ASK PRESIDENT
TO AVERT STRIKE
Gompers and Committee Inform Wilson U. S. Cor
poration Is Trying to Force Walkout Before He'
Can Act, by Wholesale Discharges; Railroad
Problem and High Costs Are Also Discussed.
Washing-ton, Aug. 29.—After two days of conferences with
other officials of the American Federation of Labor, 'President
Gompers, who returned from Europe this week, rather unex
pectedly discussed the disturbed labor situation over the country
with President Wilson today at the White House.
No announcement was made on behalf of the president, and
Mr. Gompers and the labor officials who accompanied him, in
cluding representatives of the steel workers, steadfastly refused
to discuss what had transpired.
It is known, however, that the president was asked to intervene
in the dispute between the steel workers and the United States
Steel corporation over wages, hours, working conditions and tha
right of collective bargaining.
Charge Effort to Force Strike.
The announcement was made, today, by the committee of the
steel workers, who charged that the steel corporation was trying
to force the issue before the president could have an opportunity
to pass upon the merits of the controversy.
In a telegram to the union of steel workers at Gary, Ind., the
committee said the workers were not to strike "under any cir
cumstances" until the strike date had been set by the committee.
The Gary union had telegraphed that the steel workers were being
discriminated against and "discharged wholesale, for the purpose
of forcing a strike."
Labor unrest over the country was the subject of further con
ference, today, between President Samuel Gompers and the mem
bers of the executive committee of the American Federation of
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(tempers and the committee discussed
I the general strike situation with Presi- j
' dent Wilson at the White House, mat-,
! ters discussed including the demands of j
\ railroad employes for increased wages i
■ unless living costs are reduced.
Following Wilson Advice.
Some officials saw in tiie messages!
sent to the railroad shopmen. Thurs- j
day and to the steel workers, today, aj
disposition on the part of the labor lead
ers to follow the suggestion of President
Wilson, that the matter of wages and
working conditions be held in abeyance
until government agencies had had time
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CONDEMNATION
OF RYAN SPRUCE
ROAD IS SOUGHT
Rival Company Says Its
Survey Was Gobbled
by Government.
Port Angeles, Wash.. Aug. 20.—•
Civil court action, seeking to condemn
about 20 miles of the United States
spruce production corporation's logging
railway between Joyce and Lake Pleas
ant. two Olympic peninsula points, was
filed here today by the Port Angeles
& Grays Harbor Railway company. The
railway was built for the government
by the Siems-Carey-H. S. Kerbaugh
corporation, to get out airplane spruce
during the war.
According to the petition filed today,
the Siems-Carey-H. S. Iverbaugh corpor
ation built the road over 20 miles of
a right of way surveyed, staked and
adopted bv the Grays Harbor railway on
Jtlt.'O IS, 1917.
The spruce production corporation at
Portland, Ore., has advertised the rail
way for sale and has asked for bids,
WALES ACCEPTS MAYOR'S
INVITATION TO NEW YORK
New York, Aug. 29.- -Mayor Hylan has ;
received a telegram from the Prince of I
Wales, accepting the mayor's invitation, i
sent by aeroplane mail, to visit New .
York and accept the "freedom of the j
city." The prince said he expected to j
come to the I'nited States in November. j
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them. The government has been only in
temporary control, and the roads iu the
hands of those who wanted to see gov
I eminent ownership fail so they could
•i get the roads back."
j Mr. Bryan advocated that the federal
; government own a skeleton trunk line
system, reaching into every state, which,
in turn, would own the other carriers
within the state boundaries. This plan,
he estimated, would cost the govern
ment four or five billions of dollars,
while state ownership would be decid
ed by the people, who might decide for
temporary private ownership.
to carry out their program looking to
a reduction of living costs and a general
restoration of conditions to something
approaching normal.
While the federation members wera
meeting with the president, the labor
situation was discussed at the capitol.
Senator Poindexter, republican, Wash
ington, urged speedy action on his resolu
tion asking the president to call a con
ference between representatives of
capital and labor. Chairman Kenyon, of
the senate labor committee, said tha
house and senate committees planned
joint action.
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FRENCH DEBATE
ONTREATVENDS
DRAMATICALLY
Score of Deputies Drop
Intent to Speak; Vote
Backs Up Premier.
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Paris, Aug. 29.—(By the Associated
Press)—The general debate on the rat
ification of the peace treaty came to a
dramtic conclusion, this afternoon, in
the chamber of deputies, when, after a
stirring speech by Albert Thomas,
former member of the war council,
more than 20 deputies who were ex
j peeted to take part in the debate an
nounced their decision to refrain from
speaking. j
The government was plainly embar
rassed, all the ministers gathering
around Premier Clemenceau. They con
ferred for several minutes and, finally,
Andre Tardieu rose and said the gov
ernment had anticipated a discussion
j lasting well into next week, but was
ready to proceed and would require an
' hour and a'i half.
"We will listen to you," came from
' all parts of the house.
Jean Boh, socialist and extremist,
came to the rescue of the government
| by the very bitterness of his attack, re
■ fusing to hear Captain Tardieu or any
! subordinate and calling upon Premier
; Clemenceau himself. He declared he
, would hear no one else.
This made it a question of confidence,
i and all the government's supports ral
; lied to the premier. The meeting wan
j then adjourned until Tuesday.
Ken Viviani and Louis Barthou will
; speak on that day.
M. Viviani told"the Associated Press
that lie expected the treaty would be
ratified on Thursday or Friday next. >
Albert Thoauas advocated the neu
tralization of the Rhine valley under
occupation, with the league of nations
in control and the capital of the league
at Cologne or Aix I .a t'hapelle. He de
clared that the former German emperor
must be brought to trial, in order to
establish full responsibility for the war.
Sedan Flag Day Put
Under Prussian Ban
Berlin. Aug, 29.—(By the Associated
Press) -The Prussian government lias
ordered a discontinuance of the custom
of hoisting flags on public buildings on
the anniversary of the battle of Sedan,
lest the people regard the hoisting a>l
« demonstration in favor of the old
re£*me.