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ALBUQUERQUE MORI JOURNAL CITY EDITION VORTIKTII YEA It. vtn.. ci.x. x. a:t. Sixteen Pages Albuquerque,, New Mexico, Sunday, February 2, 1919 Sixteen Pages Daily bj Carrier or Mail. 70c a .HonU Single Copies, 5o cmTl EDITION I xSlNG OPEN REVOLT II HUNARMY CAUSED - BY- ORDER AT SOVIET Council of Ninth Army Flatly Informs Government That It Will Not Obey Order and Force Is Threatened, INSIGNIA TORN FROM OFFICERS BY MEN Dodgers Issued in Berlin De mand "Red Soldiers Union" and Call Upon People to Arm and Resist. tmt MOftN,N4 JOURNAL FKCIL LIAI?!) Wl, Iierlin, Friday, Jan. 31 (by the As sociated Press), A p order Issued by Colonel Keinhurdt, Prussian minister of war, has aroused open revolts on the part of soldiers' councils in the German army. The council of the Ninth army has declared that it will not obey the order and has been in formed that the government will find means to enforce it. The order of Colonel Bernhardt concerns a lessening of the authority I of the soldiers' councils. Up to this time the councils have! been exercising virtually complete control. ( llrst Open IScvoIt. The first open revolt came from the soldiers- council of the Ninth army corps, which sent delegates to" Oustav Noske, . the military command er of Berlin, with the demand that the order be rescinded. ITerr Noske refused, whereupon the delegation ill formed him that the order would not be obeyed in the army. The councils of many army corps as weHas a great number of local councils already have eiven notice that the order will not be obeyed. The council at Luebek. to whom a colonel was sent by the government to discuss the matter, ordered the colonel to leave the city within twenty-four hours. The officers of a pio neer battalion at Hurburg resigned owing to the attitude of the council. On the day after the publication of ihe order 200 soldiers from the gar rison'at Alluiiiiteiii paraded the streets with a placard Inscribed: "Down" with officers." Offi'r Assaulted oil Strcel.H. Officers were stopped in the streets and their shoulder straps torn off. One officer who resisted was stabbed fatally. The soldiers' council at Co burg is-. sued a warning against enlistment in the forces designed to protect the eastern frontier. The workmen's council at Steele, Uheinish Prussia, "forbids the recruiting of volunteers for any troops." The council of the Nineteenth army corps at Dresden has issued a similar order. The council at Arnswalde, Branden burg, forcibly deposed the president of the civil district. In northern Iierlin, which is a Spartacan stronghold, forged military orders to report to the colors are be ing sent to hundreds of men of mili tary age. The government has form ally declared these orders to be for geries and that there is no intention of conscripting anybody. Dodgers arc being distributed in Berlin by the "red soldiers" union, which is a Spartacan military organi zation, calling on the proletariat to armand consolidate. The press Is just beginning to wake up to the seriousness of the situation. The Vorwaerts declares tile democ racy has no place for these councils as the possessors of political power. The Tageblatt says: "It will be harrier to dethrone the soldiers' and workmen's councils than il was to dethrone the pr:nces and kings," BAUMGARTNER CASE. AFFIRMED BY COURT V MOtNINO JOURNAL SeciAL LKASBD WIIC1 Phoenix. Ariz.., Feb. 1. The Judg ment of the superior court of Coco nino county was affirmed in a decis ion handed down today by the state supreme court in the case of George I'aumgartner, against the state" of Arizona. Baumgartner had been convicted of selling intoxicating liquor to a detec tive employed by the county, W. A, Shackley, who, with two other de tectives, had visited . Baumgartner'B pool hall. The appellant contended the detectives, in- buying the liquor had become accomplices and that as such their testimony "ought to be viewed with distrust." The court's refusal to so charse was made the basis of the appeal on a statement of error. This the supreme court re fused to allow'and the previous judg ment was upheld. Margaret Wilson Ifns.llu. . Brussels,' Feb. 1.- Miss Margaret Wilson, -daughter of President Wil son, according to the Etoilo Beige, is suffering from an attack of influenza. She is confined in her room in the American legation. THE WEATHER FORECAST Donver, Colo., Feb. 1. New Mex ico: Sunday colder with snow north; probably occasional rain south por tion: Monday partly cloudy, colder east portion. - . Arizona: Sunday snow north, part ly cloudy south portioh, colder; Mon day probably fair. ... TXJCAIi REPOKT. " A summary of local weather condi tions for the twenty-four hours, ended at 8 p. ni.. Saturday, ioiiows:- aiaxi-. muni temperature. 50 degrees: .mini-' mum, 81.; range, lit: temperature at 6 p. m., 40; precipitation, ,2 of an inch; snow, trace;-partly cloudy. 0 RULE ALLIED COLUMN IN RUSSIA FORGED TO FALL BACK FORT! MILES Bl ENEMY Bolshevik Army in Great Force Attacks Small Band of Am . cricans, Russians and Brit ish at Taresevo, SOVIET TROOPS USE GAS FOR FIRST TIME Shells of German Type Appear On North Russian Front; Use Other Artillery .in Great Quantities, - IBY MOHNINA JOURNAL .,AL LVA9ID WIM) Archangel, (Friday), Jan. 31, (by The Associated Press.) Another vi olent attack by the Bolshevik! on the American, Russian and Pritish posi tions at Taresevo compelled the" hard pressed and outnumbered little allied column in this sector to withdraw yesterday approximately forty miles. Its new position is at the village of Sardmakrenga. The Bolshevik attack followed a bombardment In which gas, inendlary shrapnel and high explosive shells were used. It was the first time that gas shells hud been employed in this northern Russian warfare. The shells were of German type. The Bolshevik! in the field from the river Dvina to the Vologda rail road, are estimated to number 15. 000. Thev have brought up still more artillery and are heavily shell ing the new American position on the Yaga river and also the position on the Dvina, at Taigas. The other sectors are comparatively ciuiet. Enemy Tjokh Considerable. The American evacuation of Tare sevo came only after a. week of fight ing in this sector in which the Bol sheviki kept persistently on the of fensive after having suffered consid erable loss. ' , Although' attacked at Taresevo from three sides and greatly outgun nd the 'S-.-ndprs he'd r,'i trier" un-i til yesterday w'.ien a flanking column of the enemy, with guns,' proceeded northwestward over a winter road and began an attack on the village of Gora, which is on the line of com munication northward between Tare sevo and Srdmakrenga. The little detachment of British and Russians at Gora held out until the American Taresevo force com pleted Its evacuation- The two forces then joined, retreating northward In good order. Situation Critical. Washington. Feb. 1. The situation in the Archangel district is regarded by military officers in northern Rus sia as extremely critical. Advices to the war department to day made no reference to an appeal for reinforcements, but it was said here that Inasmuch as this was a mat ter for determination by the supreme war council at Paris, a more complete report had been sent to that body, possibly with a request for additional (Continued on Page Two') hoqveWtrip Administration Counsel Tells . Senate Agriculture Commit tee He Went to Sell Meat to .Nobody, fV MORN, NO JOURNAL SPCCIAL ItASlO WIRE) Washington, Feb. 1. Discussing the relation of the food administra tion with the large packing interests VV. A. Glasgow, Jr., counsel for the administration, told the senate agri culture 'committee today that the visit of Herbert? C. Hoover to Europe was not in any way In the interest of the packers and that the sole purpose of the trip was to arrange food relief for Euro pean peoples. Mr. Glasgow appeared before the committee in connection with hearings on the pending bill to regulate the meat industry. Asked by Chairman Gore if one of Mr. Hoover's objects In going to Europe was to "make a bigger market for the packers," Mr. Glasgow replied that "Mr. Hoover Went over there to sell meat to nobody.", .. The witness told of an agreement between the packers and the food ad ministration whereby in return for aid given the packers by the food admin istration in finding markets in Eu rope, the former promised to co-operate In price arrangements. Mr, Glas gow denied the charge of Senator France of Maryland that this agree ment was a "promise to throw the packers as much business as possi ble". In answer to the question whether the wheat price guarantee would be carried out through the food adminis tration thereby keeping that agency in existence after the declaration of peace, si .had been charged by some members of the senate, Mr. Glasgow said the administration planned to close its activities within three weeks and would pass out of existence be fore this year's wheat crop was har vested. v . - . ....... 10 EUROPE NOT TO AID PACKERS II DC T- ED FOR.LAST WAR IIEIT LIST Some May Be Found When Troops Return From France, but Fate of Majority May Always Remain Mystery, TOTAL DEATHS NOW MORE THAN 40,000 Tables Do Not Furnish Names of Men Other "Than Those Hurt in Battle and Therefore Are Not Complete, HOINIIfl JOURNAL RRCCIAL LAt. 'WI Washington. Feb. 1. Official tables ot the major .battle casualties of the, American forces In France was made public today by General March, chief of staff, show that approximately 10. 000 men remain wholly unaccounted , for nearly three months 'after the end ing of hostilities. The deaths missing and known prisoners uro tubulated up to January 10, for each of the thirty combatant divisions of General Per shing's army. The total is 56,592, of whom 17,434 are classified as missing or captured. An appended statement shows that only 4,800 prisoners had been checked up as returned ana 118 died in captivity. Some portion of 1 lie great body of missing men may be located as the return of the army thins out the American army In France. Indications are, however, that the majority of the 10,000 finally will be added to the roll of honor shown in the tables of those killed or died of wounds, now record ed as 311,158 men. To that figure also must he addl 1,351 men of the marine brigade, fig ures for which, not carried in the ta bles were obtained from official sources. This brings the grand aggre gate of deaths from battles dp to 40, 709 on returns estimated officially to be 95 per cent complete. As figures on missing and prisoners ofthe ma rines are lacking, the number of unac counted for which finally will be ad .11 ttr the roll of the dead cannot bfi accurately estimated. Error Is A(ln ttotl. The army tables, however, give a total of 1 4,649 men missing in action, and 2,785 known prisoners, making up the 1 7,434 missing or captured. The army rolls record 4,918 American military prisoners accounted for. Ad mittedly there are many possibilities of error, but the statement says It is anticipated that tho Indicated unac counted for list ot 12,516 will be brought "down to less than 10,000." The tables do not furnish any data as to the wounded or deaths other than those resulting directly from bat tle, A new estimate of the complete figures on American casualties is therefore not complete. It Is signifi cant, however, that up to tonight, the war department has published the names of 43,882 men killed or died of wounds as against 39,15s shown in the 95 per cent tables. The difference is made up by the additional returns since the tables were closed January 10. On November 27, General Pershing estimated that his total killed and wounded had been published up to tonight, compared with a November estimated totul of 189.955. Of tnose m'ssing In action, 11,678 have been published against the estimated 14,260 total and compared with the 17,434 missing and prisoners shown in today's lames. Department Explanation. The war department's explanation of the tables follows: " "The following casualties re a tab ulation of casualty cables received through January 10. They give totals of the casualties which put a soldier permanently out of action. They do not include wounded figures, us the lists of those slightly wounded are still incomplete. "The totals given are about 95 per cent complete for each division. Field signal battalions, ambulance com panies and trains are not included in the tabulation of the divisions. , "The records of units outside of di visions will be available in a few days. This addition will have a ' relatively small effect on the totals here given." Infantry Bears Brunt. Examination of the losses by regi ments shows clearly that the brunt of the fighting fell on the Infantry. In every division which got into ac tion, losses were many times greater, even proportionately to the strength of the units, than those of the artil lery, machine- gun battalions, trench mortar batteries or engineers. A score of regiments lost fully one-third of the full strength of 3,700 men. kill ed, died of wounds, missing and pris oners. When figures on the wounded are available, officers believe the total casualty in several regiments may equal "the full strength. The artillery regiments . escaped with relatively light losses. In some cases machine gun battalions suffered severely and there ane a number of the divisional engineer regiments that paid a heavy toll for their place in the front lines. . l- The first regular division, built up out of the original force General Per shing took to France, suffered I the heaviest casualty with a total of G,248 recorded In today's tables. Th,l di vision was first to reach the lifte and was almost constantly in actiott until the end. A Btrikrng feature of the table Is the losses of the Twenty eighth (Pennsylvania national guard) division, which stands second in the list with a total of 3.890 casualties. The records of the Twenty-sixth (New England national f.ard), the Twenty-seventh and Seve .y-seventh, both New York dtvisions.he Thirty, second, the famous J ortv-second (Rainbow), and the Seventh -ninth (Pennsylvania, Maryland and District (Continued on Pa(; Two.) in ira P FRANCE EXPOSED HER FRONTIER TO HUNS IN ATTEMPT TO AVOID BATTLE Rene Viviani Tells How French Troops Fell Back From Bor der When They Heard Ger mans Were Advancing, DID NOT WISH TO ' RISK WAR ON CHANCE Joffre Acted When the French Frontier Had Been Violated Seventeen Times by Inva- ' sion of German Army CY MORNIN JOURNAL RRCClA KARID WIR(1 Paris, Feb. 1. On July 30, 1914, the French government ordered its troops to retire eight, or ten kilome ters from the frontier, having heard that the German trooja. were moving toward It. Rene Viviani. former ure- micr .lunlarufl in tha fllfimlloi1 tf rial,- uties last night ,in the course of dis closures concerning the origin of the war, M. A'iviani was premier when the war broke out. "It was on July jlO," he sulci, "that the government "decided that the French troops should retire eight or ten kilometers from the frontier. On the same day I. requested Paul Cam bon (French ambassador In London) by wire to inform Sir Edward Orey of the measure taken. " 'England," I said, 'will realize that If France is firm it is not she who is taking measures of aggression. Al though Germany has. moved her troops upon her battle line the gov ernment of the French republic in tends to demonstrate that Franco as well as Russia bears no responsibility for the attack.' Wish to Avoid War. , "Could we risk a murderous war upon the chance meeting of patrols? We desired to proclaim high before the world that If France were forced to fight she would do so for right and justice and not take advantage of any equivocation." M. Vt vtfMKr spei '. j1 in questions by Deputy F and, who sharply critic donment of the ten k He claimed that it w. mistake because tho mil Briey was within range , guns and had It been bi tensely for three Or fou. '"ilv to jan one. ileal y 'of ench -d in ,ys the German iron ore deposits and fac tories would have been destroyed and Germany placed In an inferior posi tion, regarding minerals. This, the deputy thought, would have brought about an end of the wur in six months. Deputy Engerand added that the abandonment of the French sources of minerals and iron without a fight created a situation which caused the first battle of the Maine to become a pyrrhic victory instead of the abso lute defeat of the enemy. Former- Premier Viviani replied that the abandonment of the Briey valley in the event of war had been decided upon by the general staff in January, 1914. A withdrawal to a depth of twenty-five kilometers was first considered, said M. Viviani, who then read a telegram from General Joffre, dated July 30, reading as fol lows: .' "For diplomatic reasons it Is in dispensable that no incident occur at the frontier. No unit and no patrol shall advance east of the line fixed." W'Lshett English Collaboration. M. Viviani then read n message from Adolph K. Messlmy, the minis ter of war at that time, as follows: . Chinese and Japanese Claims to Tsingtao Is Understood to Be Left Open -for the . League of Nations, (V MORNINO JOURNAL RPICIAL tAID W RC, Paris, Jan. 31 (Friday, by the Asso elated Press. ) No official statement of the details of the "compromise plan" for the government of the for mer German colonies by mandatories has been made, but it is understood that the use of the word "colonies" in official statement does not limit the scope of the plan to former German territory. It may alo apply to such territories as Mesopotamia, Armenia and Palestine. t Chinese and Japanese claims to Tsingtao, it is understood, will be for adjustment to the league of nations, and it ii! alo believed that the same order will prevail as to Dalmatia, and Albania, over which Italy and Jugo slavia are at odds. The present program contemplates the -hastening ot the league of na lion's plan by the committee having it in charge, so that a .report may be made before President Wilson's de parture. The secretariat has changed the name of this body to "the com mission on the society of nations," in deference to the wishes of a numberof erice to the wishes of a number of delegates who regarded the use of the word "league as indicating an alii ance for offensive and defensive pur poses. - . . . (Continued on Page Five. COilifPLAN NOT CONFINED TO GERMAN COLONIES Britain Stands With A gainst Claims of the Titled Leader Who Will Try to Put Irish Claims Before Peace Conference I'nless Jiill doors t,pen Count Plun kelt, titled although he i.s a Sinn Feiner, will be the only representa tive of the newly proclaimed Irish republic to go to Paris asking for representations at the peace confer ence. The other delegates named, Prof.' Edward de Valera and Arthur Griffiths, are in .prison because of their activities in recent Irish upris ings. PAINTiSlSER AS BROKEN EXILE, Sympathy for Him in His 'Dark and Joyless Future" ,1s Ex- ' pressed - by the - 'Ultra-Conservative Press in Berlin, Hy Arno hoseli-I'leiii-ot, Copyright, 1310, by lh0 Press Pub lishing Co. , (The New York World!) ' (Special Cable Despatch to. World and A.lbu(Unniuo Journal.) Berlin, via Copenhagen, Feb. 1. Sympathy for tho ex-Kaiser in his exile is openly expressed by the ultra conservative press. The L,okal- An zciger says: . , "Lonely and broken, the Kaiser, an involuntary exile, teteps over the threshhold into old age. Behind WiU helm lies a rich life ending in the dreadful four years of war, durlnv which his tortured soul fell from proud posts to bitter disappointment when each victorious Joy was drown ed In a flood of calumny. "llefore him lies a dark and Joyless future, over his hend the hatred of the whole world susfends a Damocles sword Judgment, the necessity for which is proclaimed by authorities called up by his accusers to make the Intended miscarriage of Justice ap pear to the world as a deed o right eousness. Ictors May Cut Thread. "It is possible, that the victors, who, on account of Germany's com plete breakdown, can force any In justice, may cut tho thread of the hanging sword on the sixtieth birth day of their most hated enemy. It is wholly within the law Of humanity to express to this man in his misery that he is remembered in love and venera tion, it must be expressed to him that in the thirty years when he wore the crown with nil the rich blessings he brought to Germany, the people cannot' be deprived of this brightness by the judgment of the entire world. "The' only consolation we can give him is to tell him that millions of German hearts feel deeply that this awful accusation made against him only veils the guilt of his accusers and to justify his punishment al though the people are equally guilty and to tell him that this Judgment cannot stand before tho tribunal of world history." , Congratulations to Kx-Kalwr. Courage to print this kind of thing comes from long lists of congratula tions sent to the former Kaiser. It also represents that small but bitter portion of the people who will not admit yet that they are defeated, and whoe utterances constantly tend to prove the necessity for firm armistice conditions for which tho whole Gor man people, suffer. Their political unimportance is shown by Sunday's vote for the Prus sian Assembly, in which the Demo cratic, Social Democratic and Inde pendent Socialist vote has completely snowed under the feactionjiry which talks ia words such as I have quoted above. The Germans have not yet discov ered that as long as this type of bumptious arrogance is expressed, even by so small a minority, the En tertte is bound to hold defeated Ger many in a firm bund. Av-.ators Pause at Tucson. Tucson, Ariz., Feb. 1. Because of unfavorable weather, Lieutenant Searle and his aerial squadron from Ellington field, Houston, Tex., today deferred tho resumption of their flight to San Diego tomorrow morning. The aviators who arrived here Thurs day from HI Paso will leave the Tuc son field at 10 a. m., making their first stop at Phoenix. The aviators gave an exhibition flight over Tucson to day. .. ','" v SWORD OVER HEAD PRESIDENT HEADS FIGHT TO PREVENT AuUISM OF ARMS IN Representative Gallivan Says Men We're Removed for No ' Other Reason but to Make Room for Regulars, imt mo. ,, a jojftNAi ipici.k ittco wine Washington, Feb. , 1. Iteiterating in the house today charges that na tional guard officers were removed from their commands after practical ly continuous fightin-f service to make I room tor regulars. Representative Gallivan of Massachusetts, democrat, read a letter sinned liy'forty wounded officers saying investigation would prove that medical officers had been ordered to report as unfit who might replace the regulars first assigned for duty. Tbo letter 'also asserted that na tional guard officers ami reserves were sent into the thick of the fight ing while the regular army men were held back. Asked by lieprcsentatlve Hamilton of Michigan who was re sponsible for the removal of the na tional guard officers after months of service on the front line, Mr. Gallivan Ha 1,1 it was due to "the Leavenworth clhiue by its. influence with the high command." The "high command," lie explained, was the general stuff in Washington. Referring to Mai. Gen. U-onard Wood the letter read bv the Massa chusetts representative said: "When General Wood visited the front he was treated more like a Ger man spy than an officer of the United States. We have the word of several colonels Mv.it- kiutv fcha'-'rulf for'SJiS.'. , He was ordered back from his visit' here without being allowed to visit the Italian front, or returning through Knglund us ho was invited to do by Lloyd George. "General Wood was the Idol of the army, officers and men alike, and was one of the most efficient officers, yet he was kept on a corner ull the time. .Who did it?" "Wo rail prove also that scores of men were sacrificed because officers In command were anxious for promo tion," the letter also declared, "Wo know of a national guard colonel re lieved of command after a successful advance and stnt back to the service of supply because of Jealousy." The letter concluded by saying tliu officers signing it were of various political affiliations. Fight said they were national army officers, four na tional guard officers and the remain der reserves. Their mimes were not made public by Mr, Gallivan. RGFT ADMITS SECURITY LEAGUE F Congressional Committee Con cludes Chicago Hearing and Adjourns to Meet Next at . National Capital, V MORNINa JOUMN..L .-'CIA,. LltlCD WOK Chicago, Feb. 1. The congressional committee investigating the National Security league concluded Its hearing in Chicugo today and adjourned to meet In Washington. Today's witnesses were Willet M. Spooncr, secretary of the Milwaukee branch of the league; August H. Vogel, president of the Milwaukee branch; Peter S. Jambros, Chicago, member of the committee of the Chi cago branch which investigated Into the qualifications of certain congres sional candidates last fall, and Edgar A. Bancroft, chairman of the execu tive committee of the Chicago branch. The men from Milwaukee testified that tho leuguo in their city adopted a resolution In 191(1 blading the league to steer absolutely clear of politics and adhered scrupulously to that covenant. The allegation of members of the congressional committee that the acid test chart of the New York branch of the security league was unjust re ceived some support in an individual! opinion elicited from Mr. Bancroft. Whereas the chart sketched eight war measures on which the congressmen, according to the chart voted "right" or "wrong" as viewed by the chart makers, and on the face of it gave the vote on each measure equal value, Mr. Bancroft thought the vote a test of loyalty became more and more Im portant as the United States drew closer to war. He had seen the chart before, he said, and regarded It only as an Index wihch might guide in vestigators who cared to pursue the subject. Ilalloon Companies to Iteturn. Washington, Feh. 1. The Third, Sixth and Kighth balloon companies and the 30Sth ammunition train have been assigned to early convoy, the war department announced today. , REGULARS SHELVE NATIONAL GUARD OFFICERS, CHARGE BANC TEST WAS UN Atralians OF TERRITORY Bl FORGE GREAT WORLD WAR United States Refuses to Be come Mandatory for League of Nations in Control of Af rican Colonies Taken From ' Germany. DISPUTED ISLANDS TO BE IN TRUSTEES' HANDS Possible That Washington May Becorne Responsible for Dardanelles and Other Territories Formerly Part of Turkish Empire. Hy Herbert Itayurtl Swope. (Staff Correspondent, of the Albiunier . ii Journal uml New York World) Copyright, 1919, by the Press Publish ing Co. (The New York World.) Special Wireless Dispatch.) Paris, Feb. 1. The American atti tude ot opposing annexations won a big victory In the secret mooting of the supremo bureau of the peace con ference when President Wilson stood firmly against the Australian plan of tuking over the South Sea islands con tiguous to1 her territories. He com manded thj support of Great Britain, which went to him against the claims of Premier Hughes of Australia. The session of tha bureau was of special significance in that it practi cally established the principle of for bidding forceful acquisition of terri tory but permitting control of disput ed areas by a designated power re sponsible to the league of nations. This formula will rule In the rase of the former German Pacific colonies, the Jurisdiction of those north of tho equator going to .lapan and those othf the equator going to Aus tralia or Ne w Zealand, who will hold them, as mandatories under the di rection of the league of nations. No conclusion was finally reached regarding FCInehow, which will be ad ministered either by Japan, now hold ing It, or by China,' from which It was originally taken by Germany. The meeting brought out tho firm refusal of America to act as steward for any of the (mentioned dominions, with' especial reference to tho African colonies, over which It Is likely that Great Hritain will exercise authority delegated by all the nations Included In the league. The only possibility of American accepting mandatory con trol Is In the Dardanelles and In Syria, and even in these cases the probability is against the exception being made. Certain members of the American commission fear that there is dyna mite in a resolution presented by Louis Klotz. the French minister of finance, Saturduy. They read into it an effort to revive the Paris econo mic conference against which Amer ica stood when it was organized in 1916. Our mission expects the world's economic relations to be built by the conference with the definite applica tion to be made by the reparations committee. That body has now hcen increased to twenty-five members because of the extra allowance made for the small nations, which have ten repre sentatives, ami the "Big Five" fifteen representatives. I can say that the chairmanship of the committee on rep arations is almost certain to go to France, represented by Louis Klotz, who is an uctlve candidate for the po sition. . pui:siii:XT Hi-pi n s TO PKK.UIKll HUGHES tty .rumen M. Tuoliy. (Stuff Coiitffpomlent of the World.) Copyright, 1919. bv the Press Publish ing Co. (Tho New York World.) (Special Wireless Dispatch.) Paris, Jan. 30 (Delayed in Trans mission.) The peace conference to day got to close grips with problems of the future of the German colonies. There was a meeting this afternoon of "The Bureau" as the Belgian Premier Hymans christened the su preme council of the five great powers at Saturday's plenary meeting and It was attended by Premier Hughes ot Australia, Premier Massey of New Zealand, Premier Botha of South Af rica and a Chinese delegate. The proceedings were opened by President Wilson, who replied to tho plea put forward at the last meeting by Premier Hughes In feavor of tho retention by Australia of the New Guinea group. ' Australia's case was stated to the World in a recent interview with Pre mier Hughes, which has caused more 'liscussioii than any other emanation from any delegate since the confer ence fuel and which has been the sub ject of entirely inaccurate quotations in the British" press misrepresenting Mr. Hughes' perfectly clear, straight forward statement. .Wilson Suggests Plan. ' It is" understood that today's meeting, where proceedings resolved theiuse'ves Into a businesslike discus- sion. during which a free interchange . of views took place, the president broached his proposal for the interna tionalization of the captured Pacific islands. On? gathers, thut while Aus tralia would naturally prefer to retain possession of the New Guinea group, whit h, as Mr. Hughes. ' said to the World, "lie as it were at our back door" s between that solution and their being placed anuder aay foreign mandatory, their Internain.naliiatlon would, no doubt, go nearer to satisfy-