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VOL. 14, NO. 127.
Wants No Territorial Changes
Until People Are Consult
ed Declare Some Nations
Entered War to Gain More
Land, in Counter-Proposal
to the Allies.
Berlin, May 27.—(By 'the Associat
ed Press)—Germany's counter pro
posals to the terms of the peace trea
ty presented to her plenipotentiaries
at Versailles include the following
points, .according to an unofficial
summary available today: Germany
offers to disarm.-all of her battleships,
on condition that a part of her mer
cantile fleet be' restored to her she
proposes that 'there be no territorial
changes without consultation of the
populations affected
The cession of upper Silesia and
the claims to East Prussia, West
Prussia and Memel are emphatically
rejected
Want .Danzig Free Port.
It is stipulated that Danzig shall
become a free port and the river
Vistula neutralized
Occupied territory is to be evacuat
ed within six months if the League
of Nations is established with Ger
many as a member, Germany shall
continue to administer her colonies in
accordance with the principles of the
league as its mandatory
Germany offers to pay twenty bil
lion marks in gold by the year 1926
as indemnity and to make annual'pay
ments from 1927 onward Ho .a total
not in excess of one hundred billion
marks in gold.
It was expected today that the
counter proposals would be officially
made known on Wednesday.
The reply complains that "might
before right" dominates the whole
Allied treaty.
Objection is expressed to the de
mand that 'Germans be surrendered
for trial in enemy courts, the reply
contending that, an impartial author
ity ought to be instituted to establish
all violations of international law by
whoever committed.
It is declared that although the
speech made by President Wilson in
October, 1916, recognizes that, re
sponsibility for the war rested on the
entire European system, the featy
requires Germany to acknowledge
that she and her allies were responsi
ble for all damage suffered in oppos
ing countries. It is asserted that it
is incontestible that some of the Al
lied and associated powers, such as
entered the yrar
.'/•* lor bt-Utvitoria] conquest!
The, Germmj, Counter proposals ar
gue that theire is no basis of right for
thf^-obirgatioii to make compensation
which is to be imposed on Germany.
Complaint^'made that the amount of
compensation is to be fixed by a hos
tile commission whose powers would
enable it to administer Germajiy as a
bankrupt state. .This, it is declared, is
incompatible with the innate right of
nations.
The statutes of the League of Na
tions, it is further asserted, contradict
numerous assertions made by men
opposed, to Germany and the league,
is a mere continuation of the enemy
coalition. It is padded that there' is no
realization of a real League of Na
tions and that in its. present form the
league re-establishes in effect the al
liance of 1815.
Talk of Destruction.
The reply maintains the treaty
shows Germany as a nation which is
simply to be destroyed and. adds:
"This is a complete repudiation of
the idea that every nation has a right
to existence and violates the right of
self determination."
The statement details long objec
tions to the proposed treatment of the
Saar region, Eupen, Malmedy, Moros
net and Alsace and the eastern fron
tiers and urged that the worst mani
festation of the disregard of the right
of self determination is the separation
of Danzig from the German empire.
Other abrogations of this right, as cit
ed in the statement, include the re
'fusal to allow the millions of Germans
in German Austria to unite with
Austria, while ether millions of Ger
mans are forced to remain under the
new Czecho-Slovak state.
The counter proposals reiterate the
declaration that the draft of the peace
treaty is in sharpest contradiction to
the basis of right for a lasting peace
"of a right which was agreed upon."
It says that the treaty involves de
struction of German economic life
and subjects the German, people to a
financial slavery "unparalleled in the
history of the world."
If such a treaty came into force, it
is declared, it would mean a fresh
catastrophe for the whole world. The
German statement adds:
"A dying philosophy of imperialistic
and capitalistic tendencies la here
celebrating Its last- terrible triumph.
.Declare Forces Are Holding
S, Back Enemy in Petrp
grad Vicin|jy.
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DEMAND PART OF
MERCHANT FLEET
TO DISARM SHIPS
GENERAL STRIKE
IS CALLED IN
TORONTO TODAY
Winnipeg Strikers Receive
Request to "Hold
Fast."
Winnipeg, Man., May 38.—
Ernest Robinson, secretary of
the trades and labor council,
stated tills morning that be had
received the following message
from Toronto:
"Winnipeg bold fast. General
strike called here ten a. m.,
Wednesday to support the metal
trades."
CREW OF NC-4
DECORATED BY
PORTUGUESE
Grand Cross of Order
Tower and Sword is
Presented.
The bad£e is five:, polrtted, star ip
white ort the-center of- which
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We appeal to the innate right
of men and nations, under which the
British state developed, the Dutch
people liberated themselves, the North
Americart nation established its inde
pendence and France shook off its
absolutism. The sustainers of a-sacred
tradition cannot refuse it to a people
which has just won the power to live
according to its own free will."
BOLSHEVISTS
DENY REPORTS
A Russian wire­
less message today denies the report,
that explosions had occurred in Petro
grad due to its approaching evacua
ttoiv?' 1%e dlipatch declares there ti
Ab. Intention of abandoning the cify
.nfQfoenpenta already sent
south of Petror
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London, May 28.—The crew of the
American seaplane NC-4 which made
the first trans-Atlantic aerial passage,
landing at Lisbon last evening from
the Azores, has been decorated with
the grand cross of the order of the
Tower and Sword, says a message to
the wireless press from Lisbon. The
decoration was presented by the Port
uguese foreign minister.
The order of the Tower and Sword
was founded in 1808 in Brazil by the
regent who afterward became King
John VI of Portugal, as a revival of
the Order of the Sword founded by
Alfonso in 1459. It was again re
modeled in 1832. It is a- general order
of military and civil' merit aiid has
five classes.
int-'
posed a sword surrounded by a laUnd
wreath and ,w»?dB vsfeiHfjHng- rrferit,
valor and loyalty. 'A laurel wreath'
Connects the points pf the star and at
the' top is'a tower in go_ld. The ribbon
is blue.
SEAPLANE WILL
LEAVE LISBON
ON THURSDAY
Trans-Atlantic Flight Will
Be Completed When
Plymouth is Reached.
Washington, May 28. The navy
seaplane NC-4 will leave Lisbon for
Plymouth on the last leg of the trans
Atlantic flight early tomorrow morn
ing, weather permitting, according to
a dispatch received at the navy de
partment today from Lieutenant
Commander Albert C. Read, com
mander of the plane.
FALSE REPORT
CAUSES RIOT
IN NEW HAVEN
Soldiers and Yale Students
Clash Bolshevik Ele
ments Responsible.
New Haven, Conn., May 28.—The
riot which kept this city in an uproar
last night was attributed today by
Mayor Fitzgerald to "Bolshevik ele
ments" which' had taken advantage of
a minor clash between discharged
service men and Yale undergraduates,
caused by unconfirmed reports that
Yale men had hissed the 102d regi
ment band.
Throughout the night the college
authorities had complete control over
the students keeping them within' the
dormitories.
Those students who figured in
fights were sqch as were caught upon
the streets by the mobs while return
ing from theaters or dances.
Police reports showed five young
men hurt, two by bullets, none seri
ously, and about a dozen detained
pending inquiry, Considenable win
dow glass in Yale buildings was
broken and a few store windows
were shattered. Many cltilens were
knocked dowh or roughly Joistled.
The students' council In -,a state
ment, after expressing' admiration of
Yale meq for the men who. served
under the colors especially the 102d
qieh, expressed the. opinion that
neither service men hor studehts were
responsible* for last night's.'outbreak.'
It 'believed, -that other, elements
plynned ami coatrolled the affair
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Crosby, N. D., May 28.—The mem
bef» -of-.the DJyide county boa^d,,of
commlaprfp^etti have voted fmr a bpme
demonstration agent to begin hpr
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Associated Press Again Demonstrates Reliability And
Speed As a News Distributor.
FIRST WITH THE NEWS ALWAYS
In the regular Evening Edition of The Herald, yes
terday, the public was given the news of the landing of
Commander Read, the American aviator, in Portugal.
This edition was put into the carriers' hands and on the
street shortly after 5 o'clock.
At a little after 6 o'clock the!same evening the
Socialist paper in this city came onto the street with
the same news. Apparently they did -not dare take an
other chance of going entirely wrong as they did when
they announced a few days ago "Hawker, First to
Cross Atlantic." "Briton Chases And Passes Yanks."
"With one companion he makes 2,200 mile hop to
Ireland," so they waited to see what The Herald said.
Instead of acknowledging the "beat," however,
they labeled their paper with a big black "EXTRA" in
one corner at the head of the front page and delivered
it to their city subscribers. Probably the subscribers
noticed, however, that they were not getting anything
EXTRA but were getting their regular edition labeled
EXTRA to take the sting from the "beat."
GERMANS TO DEMAND MORE THAN
TWELVE BILLION MARKS FROM
ALLIES FOR BLOCKADE DAMAGE
This Demand Will Be Presented as a Counter Claim to
Offset the Reparation Demands of
the Allies.
Versailles, May 28.—The Ger
man peace delegation here, it was
learned today, will present a
counter claim of 12,850,000,000
marks for damage from the Al
lied blockade aa an- offset to the
reparation demands of the Allied
powers
Peru—Six persons were kill­
ed and 20 wounded in rioting, and
fighting caused by a strike.
London—When the barracks of .the
occupation troops at Ludwigshafen
burned, forty soldiers perished y. and
one hundred were injured.
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New York—Federal Judgea^Mayejr
has signed three injunctions distrain
ing the United States district-.attor
ney and the acting collector of, in
ternal revenue of the New York dis
trict from interfering with production
of "war beer."
Chicago—Ruth Law, aviatrix, plans
to attempt .a trans-Atlantic flight
within six weeks.
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Paris, May 28.—The German
counter proposals to the Allied
peace terms, the Petit Parisien
says, will not be made public
until the Allied answer has been
sent to the Germans.
New Haven—A mob composed
mostly of discharged soldiers and
sailors 'attacked Vtoye-^'university
campus and beat a number of stu
dents because of an alleged slighting
rfemark du-rlng a parade of soldter&v
London—-The Allies'have made .lur-'
rangements to feed Petrogrsidr aftef
the expulsion of the Bolshevist Her
bert C. Hoover will be in chaxtte'.of
the rationing. ,.
St. John's—The Sopwlth airplane in
which H'awkei attempted .to flyt-vthe
Atlantic was picked, up by an Ameri
can steamer.
Winona, Minn.—Thor Jensen won
two straight falls from. Irish O'Dbn*
Coblenz—When American troops
marched through Coblenz in review,
the male civilians were compelled."to
salute the American flag.
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NEWSPAPER
GRAND FORKS, N. D.. WEDNESDAY, MAY 28, 1919. PRICE FIVJE
SOLDIERS AND
FEDERAL MEN
CO-OPERATING
IN WINNIPEG
Postal Service Being Reor
ganized by Men Returned
From France.
STRIKERS APPEAL
TO OTHER UNIONS
Opinion in Calgary Seem
ingly Divided Regarding
Winnipeg Strike.
Winnipeg, May 88.—Represen
tatives of the Canadian brother
hoods of railway trainmen at a
meeting here today voted to offer
their services to all forces con
cerned, as mediators of the Win
nipeg general strike and the vari
ous principles involved.
No statements have been made
as yet by government, labor and
industrial representatives 4s to
whether the offer of the brother
hoods as mediators will be ac
cepted.
Arthur Meighen, minister of
the interior, has returned to Ot
tawa*, Minister Robertson tflll
remain inWinnipeg for the pres
ent. It is understood that
Melghei) will confer with Premier
Borden as soon as he reaches
Ottawa.
Winnipeg, Man., May 28.—Return
ed soldiers in "pleasing numbers" are
co-operating with the federal govern
ment to reorganize its postal service
in the Winnipeg district, it was an
nounced at the postoffice at noon to
day. A number of men who have
been sworn into the federal service to
replace employes who deserted their
posts to join the sympathetic strike
are men who fought for the dominion
in Flanders and in France..
The government, it is understood
has assured thofie men that they are
not being hired temporarily but that
their positions will be permanent.
Members of the Royal Northwest
mounted police, with, pistols in their
holster belts, were on duty today in,
around and near the postoffice and at
the railway stations. Mail wagons
each was. guarded by a scarlet rider.
Trains jeaving here this morning
were- manned by regular and volun
teer clerks.
--TV^^Ukers Ask Aid.1.
Winnipeg, Man., May 28.:—Efforts
of leaders of the general strike move
ment in Winnipeg to enlist sympathy
from unions in other cities was the
outstanding development in the local
situation this morning. Ernest Rob
inson, secretary of the Trades and La
bor Council, said that communications
have been received from unions
throughout Canada and at least one
important union in Great Britain.
Federal government officials who
have denounced the strike leaders as
revolutionists, said they were not
alarmed at the efforts of the local
leaders to obtain sympathetic sup
port as assistance in trying to force
theft maximum demands upon the
City and the dominion. They pointed
dut that ten days ago the strike forces
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BIGWELCOME
King George Bestowed In
signia of the Air Force
Cross on Fliers.
London, May 28.—Harry G. Hawk
er and Lieut.-Commander Mackenzie
Grieve, who reached here yesterday
from Thurso, Scotland, after being
rescued in midocean when their air
plane in which they were attempting
to cross the Atlantic alighted near
the Danish steamer Mary, were re
ceivi by King George at Buckingham
palace today.
King George bestowed on Hawker
and Grieve the insignia of the air
force cross. They are the grst actual
recipients of this order.
An immense crowd gathered in
front of Buckingham Palace to wit
ness the arrival of Hawker and Grieve
who were loudly cheered when they
made their appearance. The crowd
gave them an ovation when they left
tl.e palace.
The air force cross with which
King George decorated Hawker and
Grieve is a new honor which is be
stowed for "devotion to duty."
Such enthusiasm as was shown in
the greeting of the two airmen prob
ably never has been exceeded, except
in the times of coronations.
The crowd began gathering early
along the route from the railway sta
tion to the Aero club, where Hawker
and Grieve were formally weloomed
on behalf. of London. When the
train arrived the entire line over
which the procession was to pass was
jammed with cheering people.
A forecast of the great welcome
that the aviators were to receive
came when Mrs. Hawker went to, the
railway station to proceed to Gran
than to meet her husband. The
throng about the station cheered the
plucky little woihan.
Arriving in London, headed by an
Australian band and a body of Aus
tralian troops and many automobiles,
Hawkerr and Grieve passed through
the packed streets on the way to the
Aero club. In the procession were
the mayor and the councillors of St
Pancras and a deputation- of the
Royal Aero club, including General
Brancker, the Duke of' Atholl and
other famous airmen. Another dele
gation in the parade was composed of
workers from the Sopwith works,
where the machine Hawker used was
constructed. •••-i-.--
The first official welcome .was ac
corded the airmen on the station at
St. Pancras fsy the -mayor, but still
another was given them Inside the
Aero club building. After the cere
mony. at the Aero club. tjie aviators
were entertained ^. the Sopwith
workers.'
Like Mrs. Hawker, ^lr. and Sirs.
Grieve proceeded up .the line and met
their son and bada hlm welcome and
congratulated him on' Aia rpacue be
fore he reached Xiondob.' •.
In every town Uirohgh *hich: the
train carrying the timea passed
crowds gathered to, cheer them.
Wherever the train stppped ttfflcial re
ceptions were extended by the maj
ors and corporations.
Asked whether'he would make an
other Attempt to fly across the At
lantic, Hawker said last. nigh«£.'T
don't know. It depends upon the
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International News
Events Summarized
(By the Associated Press.)
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It is expected the German peace
delegation will present its counter
proposals to the peace terms at Ver
sailles today. It is known that the
German reply has been completed,
and as the extension of the time limii
expires tomorrow noon, the official at
titude of Germany toward the treaty
must be made known without delay.
Dispatches from Berlin and Parisv
indicate the Germans will base their
proposals on the claim that they ac
cepted the offer of the Allies to con
clude peace on the basis of President
Wilson's 14 points and other asser
tions by Allies representatives that
the peace would not be one of vio
lence. It is said the Germans will
claim to have ousted the old imperial
istic regime and substituted for it a
democratic government and will for
this reason ask for amelioration of
the price they are asked to pay for
peace.
.There are reports which seem to
reflect a disposition on the part of
the Allies not to parley long if the
Germane actually refuse to sign the
terms. An Amsterdam dispatch states
that the Belgian frontier has been
closed and that all Belgian soldiers
have been recalled from leave. It is
further reported that general mobil
ization of the Belgian army will be
ordered as soon as it is definitely
known the Germans will not sign the
treaty, if that decision is reached by
the enemy delegation.
It may be the treaty with Austria
will not be presented Friday as
planned. The Italian delegation is
declared to be delaying consideration
of clauses of the treaty dealing with
the southern frontiers of Austria, in
sisting that the question of the fron
tiers shall be coupled with that of the
Dalmatian coast. It seems probable
the whole treaty will not be presented
at the first meeting between the Aus
trian and Allied delegations. The
military, naval and reparation clauses
may Be omitted, together with defin
ite demands regarding Fiume.
Limited recognition may be accord
ed the all Russian government at
Omsk, in the form of lending aid in
supplies and money to Admiral Kol
chak, head of the Omsk government.
This will be conditioned upon the
holding of, general elections, or if the
Kolchak army reaches Moscow, the
reconvoking of the Russian constitu
ent assembly elected during the in
cumbency of A. F. Kerensky, 'as pre
mier and nominal head of the Russian
revolutionary government. j./
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and Leaves.
Mr. Townley's wattles were very
red ,„by this, jitme. The picture of*
anger, fJil'^'ana trembling, h"e called
for a vote "to sec how many were
with htm."
His JSfteen organisers held up. both
hands. That made thirty ~handa! The:
crowd was estimated at from 360 to
600.
Senator Mees, taking pity on his
former chief, then jumped into the
breach. "You're calling .for a vote on
something the people ./don't under
stand. Let the chairman call for
vote."
Townley: "This is a teaxue meet-:
ing—you have ne busin .hs here."
Mees called upon the c'lairman for
a ruling. Townley objected.
At this juncture. T. J. Nelson
stepped from the crowd: declared this
a Glen Ullin Mfegue meeting, ami de
clared they were going to hear what
Mees had to say. The crowd then
went wild, shouting: "Mees! Meea!
Speech!"
-The chair then called M.ee* to the
stand. The senator from Morton ac
cepting the invitation, turned directly
to Townley and said:
"Did you not say in caucus that I
should go home and 'life like a horse
thief?'
Townley: "Mr. Chairman, let me
explain."
Mees: "Yes, or no. Mr. Townley?"
Raising his voice, as Townley re
mained silent: "Did you or did you
not?"
Townley: "I'll explain."
Mees, shaking his fist under Town
ley's nose: "Did you say so?"
Townley: "Yes."
And then pademonium broke
loose.
Mees: "Did you oppose the one
man tax commission two years ago?"
Townley: "I can't remember."
Mees: "Call on Senator Cahill, who
is present, and your official stenog
rapher."
Nothing doing.
Mees: "Did you say in caucus yott
would oppose it if any man other'
than Frazier were governor?"
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Glen Ullln, N. D.. May 28.—A. C.
Townley's efforts to grill Senator By
W. Mees in his home town for his in- lyj?
dependence of the sort of domination
which has resulted in the longer
Kcwitzky Hall-Mees Nagel faction
splitting with the big hoes has not as
sisted Mr. Townley's cause in Glen
Ullin and vicinity. In spite of the
energy displayed by a clique of fifteen
or more Townley organizers to make
applause for the president of the Na
tional Nonpartisan league during his
speech here, the meeting "got/ away
from him Townley lost his temper,
made damaging admissions and final
ly blew up altogether. -b
The crowd began to grow restless
when Townley in effect declared Sen
ator Mees a traitor to the league de
clared he had signed an agreement
to abide by the decisions of the se
cret caucus, and that he had gener
ally refused to be good, especially in
connection with 'the one-man tax
commission bill.
"How many votes were there In .'/•
favor of this measure, in caucus?"
asked a voice from the crowd.
"Forty-nine or fifty," replied Town- ..
"What is the membership of both
houses?"
Townley: "One hundred sixty
two."
"Then, because a man does not
vote with 50 against 112 he's a
traitor!"
Townley: "You're d—— right."
Then there was a reference from
the crowd to Townley's advice to Sen
ator Mees to go home and "lie like a
horsethief."
Townley in effect said that he didn't
accuse Mees of selling out, but that if
he didn't sell out he was a "d
fool," as there was all kinds of money
to be had, "and I repeat he's a
fool if he didn't get it."
"You say Mees is a 'd fool' if
he didn't lake money?"
Townley in a sense affirmed the
statement.
"This applies to anyone?"
Townley: "Yes. d- it."
I "You handleija.ll the league's money
—then this applies to you."
Townley, with mounting tempera
ture: "Yes!"
At this point Townley sought to..
leave, but "the crowd was too dense,
and before he could finally force his
way through the deep ranks many
things were fe&id which did not add
to the former league leader's com
placency. The excitement was so in-'
tense that had the crowd been com
posed of less sober individuals some-1
thing really regrettable might have
occurred. .,
"Better stay. Townley," Senator
Mees called after the retreating form
of the man who was king: "Things'
are just getting interesting." ,p.
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Paris, Tuesday, May 27.-—(By the
Associated Press)—Although arrange
ments have been made to present the
treaty' to the' Austrian delegates Fri
day nofeh effort* by'the peace confer
ence to reach- a- decision relative ta
the southern boundaries of Austria
have been delayed because of the po
sition of the Italian delegation,
The-Italians 'are linking
regarding Austrian boundaries
the Dtyaatian ooast toe
council of four hopes
Dalmation problem p—r—.
subsequent aettfetnent Both the ««E*j
ell of four and the pouacil of 'faAliMMi
the southern boundartes ^ia AMIrta
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AUSTRIAN BOUNDARY
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