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J Senators Confer With President; I
i Bitterest Opponents Are to Be I
I Invited to the White House I
f WILSON
BEGINS
TALKS
Series of Conferences
I With Republican Sena-
tors Opened.
I McCUMBER HEARD
Wide Range Covered in
Conversation With
the President. j
WASHINGTON, July 1 7 President
Wilson toda began conferences with
L Republican senators for discussion of i
the peace treaty and the league of na
tions covenant. His first callpr was.
Senator McCumber of North Dakota, a
supporter of the treaty and the cove
nant. Three other senators, Jones of Wash
ington, Colt of Rhode Island, and I
sou 0( Minnesota, had been invited to
call at the Whttr House during the'
day but Senator Jones was out of the
city The president expecteu to
St nators Colt and Nelson this afternoon.
in nations io several mure neyuuir
can senators to call at the White
Hun c tomorrow has been Benl by "Ik
president, it was announced. Their
names were not disclosed, but it was
understood that there were five on the
list.
it was Intimated that the president
planned to Invite all of the Republi
can senators to the White House, de
oiiug four or live hours eacfa day io
conferences with them. Senators
Borah. Idaho, and Johnson. California,
two of the bitterest opponents of the
league of nations, wore expected to be
on the list, but there was some doubt
in administration circle;-, whether the)
would accept.
"Our conversation covered a wide
ranee," said Senator McCumber, "and
if the president wants to say what
we talked about that It all right. But
as far as I am concerned, I consider
thai our conversation was confidential
and I do not feel at liberty to disclose
what happened "
Senator McCumber added that his
position in regard to the league of
nations had been made B Clear as I he
English language could make it" and
thai ins position now was the e imt ae
it always had been.
Senators invited to the White House
tomorrow to discuss the treaty includ
ed McNary. Oregon, who is under
let stood to favor the league Oi nations,
and Kellogg, Minnesota, and Capper.
Kansas, who have not announced any
detinite stand on the league proposal.
WASHINGTON .Tul 17--Three
i hannels were outlined for senate con
sideration today of the peace treaty.
President Wilson begins a series of
conferences with Republican senators
The senate re-opens debate on treaty
subjects. The foreign relations com - I
mitten resumes preliminary reading of'
the document.
President Wilson's conferences, how
ever, surpassed all in interest.
Senate debate on the treaty was ex - j
pected to center about the Shantung i
provision with Senator Sherman, Re-;
publican. Illinois, the principal spe;ik
er. Discussion of the subject v,.iS
considered likely to cause Senator
Borah. Republican, Idaho, to call his
resolution asking the president to I
transmit a letter said to have been
written by three members of the
American peace delegation Secretary
Landing. General Blis and Henry
White prole- ling against even tem
porary Japanese sovereignty oyer the
Shantung peninsula.
Senator Colt, Republican, Rhode is
land, who has not made known his
position on the league of nations,
planned to speak during the day and
Stfg address was awaited with interest
by both factions in the ratification
contest
Republican leaders opposing the
treaty in its present form did not hes
K itate to predict the Whit- House talks
would fail to lessen the opposition to
unreserved ratifications Democratic
senators supporting the president,
i
LV
COMMANDS ON RHINE
S Ml j
Major General Allen has been
placed In command of the Ameri
can troops along the Rhine, suc
ceeding Major General E. T. Mac
Lachlln. who has been in com- .
mand since the departure of Lieut.
General Hunter T. Liggett.
however declared his course undoubt
edly meant that he haa convincing ar-,
guments to offer.
Those in the president's confidence
indicated the burden of his appeal to i
the Republican senators would on
cern the league of nations and the
Shantung settlements ihe two provis-
ions also have aroused greatest cri
ticism in the senate. It was predict
ed that he would tell his callers the
complete details of the negotiations on
these points and on any others iha'
might be brought fnto question
BORAH RESOLUTION ADOPTED.
WASHINGTON, July 17. Without a I
record vote or debate, the senate to-)
daj adopted the resolution bv Senator:
Borah, Republican, Idaho, asking the
president to send to the senate "if not
incompatible with ihe public interest,"!
a copy of a protest said to have been
made by some members of the Ameri
can peace commission against the
shantung provision in ihe peace
treaty."
nn
MURDERER TEARS
BLANKETS AND
: PLANS SUM
FREEHOLD, N. J.. July 17 Edward;
O'Brien, the youth held here for ex j
tradition to New York where' he was
indicted yesterday for the murder of
'Gardiner C. Hull, a Manhattan sta-!
Doner, was discovered shortly before'
midnight miring his blankets and ap- '
parently tieing them into a rope Jail i
officials believe he was planning to
take his life by hanging in the man
ner which Dr W. tiler Keene Wilkins,
convicted of slaing his wife, commit
ted suicide in the Mlneola jail.
Guards entered O'Brien's cell and
I everything by which he could harm
! himsell was taken away.
O'Brien has broken down, jail offi
j eials say, and rapidly is losing the
bravado which characterized him
when be made his confessions of the
crime and told lale- de.-i-ned to -t.imp
btm as a "bad man." He recounted
last nlghl his declaration ihal he killed
I the Manhattan stationer.
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Round of Pleasure
For Convalescent
Men From Hospitals
NEW YORK. Jul 17 Sergeant
John B. White, of the 28th Infantry
1st division, who was wounded Sixty
three times, today commanded a de-j
tachment of 182 convalescent soldiers
from six army hospitals near New
York on a campaign of pleasure thai
begin with luncheon at the Yale club.
Following the luncheon the men were
to be guests of the New York National
League Baseball club at the Polo j
grounds.
After the game ihe social depart
tnetn of the New York war camp com
munity service will entertain the com
pany at dinner at Pershing house In
Qramercy square.
SARIKE BEING CURBED
COPENHAGEN. July 17. The Btl UH
of agritculural laborers in the Franz-
burg district of Pomerania is being put
down vigorously by German troops, ac
cording to a drepatch from Grlefewald.
The soldiers a-e forcing the laborers
I to return to warlc
SEN.C0LT
UPHOLDS
LEAGUE
i
Announces Support of
Principles Embodied
In Covenant. I
PEOPLE IN FAVOR
Would Be Dishonorable
to Withdraw in Criti
cal Hour.
WASHINGTON, July 17 Announc
ing his support of the principles em
bodied ii the league of nations com n
anl, bin withholding judgment regard
ing certain reservations, Senator Coll.
Republican Rhode Island, told the Ben
ate today lhat "the nation must at
least see ihe great undertaking upon
which we have embarked, in enterliig
the war, through to the end, which can
be done by our becoming a member
of the league.
The Rhode Island senator declared
himseif unable to agree with the ob
jections that the league would create
a super-state or subvert the American
constitution. He said, however, that
tlii Mnnriip rl rtrf r In mnct hi- r lr-irlx1
safeguarded and domestic question;
left for national action
Association of Free Nations.
"The league of nations in it,s essence
is simply an association of free na
tions." he said ' The principle of in i
ternational co-operation a.s ihe means
by which international peace can be j
made secure has never been tried be
fore. All other means of prevent ins
war have failed Not to try thl ex
periment would leave the world in the
same condition of international an
archy as it was before the war. There
is no antagonism between true na
tionalism and an internationalism
which would subject the reign of law
io the reign of force.
"If we believe that It would be dis
honorable to withdraw from Europe at
this time to desert Franco, England
and Italy m this critical hour when
the whole world is in a turmoil, then
the I'nited States should certainly re
main in the league during this worid
settlement and until peace and order
are restored. To my mind we must
at least, see the great undertaking, up
on which we embarked in entering lt
war, through to the end and. as a prl
oi i his undertaking, we must help re
establish a new world order bv the
enforcement of the terms of peace
which can only be done by our becom
ing 8 member ot the league of na
tions. People Are Convinced.
"I believe the great mass of the
American people are convinced that
sornethlntr must he dene io nreven
future war-. TheV want something
done. They do not want to lea e th
world in its old condition, and th )
i.ior the league of nations, based up
on international co-operation as the
best solution of the problem I am
in favor of the principles embodied
in the league of nations. This does
not mean that 1 have reached i dei tl
ion that the league should be ratify 1
in the precise form in which it is now
presented
League. and Treaty Inseparable
' There has been much controversy
over the quest Ion whether ihe league
should uoi be separated from the pence
treaty, l have always believed the
league to be inseparable from ihe
peace treaty because 'he treaty can
not be enforced except through the
league-. The peace treaty leaves the
world on fire. With national aspira
tions unsatisfied, territorial limits Mi
ll' fined, rac ial conflicts impendinp. and
with incipient wars already Btarted
If it is unthinkable for U$ to desert
England, France and Italy when the
world Is in chaos, we must become a
member of the league as providing the
only machinery for the restoration of
peace and order
"The provisions of the league with
respect to arbitration or investigation
and report have been criticised as not
strong enough, but they clearly will
tend io prevent war As to the gen
eral objection that the league creates
a super-state and hence is deslruc-
FLOOD OF BUSINESS
f
NEW YORK, July 17 The re-
sumption of trade relations and
4- restoration of the mall service to
that country has resulted in i
flood of business io steamship -
4- companies connecting with Ger-
4 many via Scandinavian countries
and Holland. -f I
The New York postoffice re- !
ports heavy mail receipts for
Germanv.
"H
tive of our independence and sover
eignty! I am unable to see the force of
the arguments in support of this prop
osition. A super state cannot be
formed when every material power
that is exercised by the league re
quires the unanimous consent of the
executive council or of the delegates '
"Nor am I impressed with the con
stitutional objections The trcat
making power under the constitution
is of the broadest character and it in-
e ludes eervthing that Is properh cov-,
ered by the term treaty and Is not in
conflict with some express provision'
of the constitution.
Monroe Doctrine Should be Safe
I believe the popular sentiment is
univeraalism, and I certainly share it.
lhat the Monroe doctrine should be!
clearly safeguarded. I also believe
that domestic questions, like immlra
tion, which in some of their aspects .
ma be international should be prop- :
erly safeguarded. The storm center
of these reservations seems to be Ar
tie le lp. As to the retention of this
article much may be said on this side
It may be argued that the I'nited
States ought not to bind itself for allj
time to guarantee the territorial in
tegrlty and political independence of
he members of the league against ex
terna! aggression and yet that argu
ment might not apply with the same
force to protect the territorial settle
ments made by the peace conference
until this new world order is fully es-(
tablished and the present peace of the
world made secure. There is a wide
distinction between a temporary and
'a permanent retention of article 10.
Upon the question of reservations
I reserve my judgment for a full dis
cusslon and consideration."
League Article Indefinite
SEATTLE, Wash July 17 The pro
posal in ihe league of nations cove
nant for withdrawal from the league
is indefinite ' United States Senator
Wesley L Jones. Republican, Wash
ington, declared in an address here to
day oeiore me loung .Mens i;epuou-
can club, giving his first statement
ol In- position on the league cove
nant. There should be a reservation,
he added, making it impcssible to hold
any nation as a league member after
two years if that nation Is unwilling!
to remain, and providing thai it can I
be held to the discharge of its interna - j
tional obligations "in the ordinary way
after withdrawal."
Senator Jones said the president
should make public his view of ihe
covenant's declaration regarding the
Monroe doctrine. intil he does so."
be declared, "it is only reasonable to
insist upon declaring to the world in
a proper w.iy exactly how we under
stand it."
The senator suggested that Ameri
can representatives on the league
council should be chosen by popular
election with the requiiement that. be
fore thej consented to n proposition
involving war they should submit lt
to a decision of congress.
NATIONAL GLMB
TO BE PROMPTLY !
REORGANIZED
WASHINGTON, July 17 Immediate
organization of the national guard in
the states and territorial possessions
of the I'nited Stales in accord with
plans approved by the war department
was looked for today by army officials
here, The guard is to be formed on a
basis of sixteen divisions with a maxi
mum expansion of about 110,000 men,
but federal funds available will permit
ol only 106. nun men for the present.
As soon as the units allotted to each
state are formed and inspected, fed
eral aid will be made available. It la
expected that all the units authorized,
including 17 regiments and eighteen
battalions of infantry, six regiments,
seventeen squadrons and nineteen
troops of cavalry'. ;ind ten regiments,
twenty battalions and seven batteries
of field artillery will be organized
speedily on a skeleton basis, which
-.ill provido 65 men per company of
infantry
Guard units already bave been organ
ized in several states and it was an
nounced today at the war department
that federal recognition had been i
tended to some of these, including six
companies of Infantry in California.
Among the State assignments are
the following:
Arizona one squadron cavalry; one
battalion field artillery.
California -Eight companies coast
artillery, one regiment infantry, one
baitaiion field artillery, one battalion
VALERA I
SENDS A
MESSAGE
America Characterized
as Moral Leader
of World.
PEOPLE LOOK TO U. S.
American Public Opinion
Will Be Great Aid
to Ireland.
SAN FRANCISCO. July 17. Earn
mon de Yalera, provisional president
of the "Irish republic," speeding to
day on a spical train to San Fran
cisco where he will be the central fic
ure during the remaining sessions of
the national convention of the Ancient
Order of Hibernians, telegraphed to
the San Francisco Bulletin a message
in which he characterized the United
Slates as moral leader of the world
"People of every country look to the
I'nited States of America as their
natural leader in the cause of human
liberty." de Valera said.
"Your own conception of liberty and
your consistent traditions of liberty
. i ,i .. : , . I
at iiouie, as wen as vuui iuioi uauuuai
policy abroad, have won for you the
moral leadership of the world
"The cause with which American!
public opinion aligns itself today as
being just, the whole world will ac-'
cept and support tomorrow. The clear
evidences of the sincerity with which
Americans support ihe cause of de mo-j
cratlc. go eminent in Ireland Is to me
the greatest surety that government bv
the consent of the governed will ob-i
tain in Ireland and that our people
will no longer be compelled by mili
tary force to live under a sovereignly
which the do not desire and never
have desired "
An excursion headed by national of-1
fleers ol the Hibernians was organized I
lu San Francisco to greet de Yalera
at Sacramento today and escort him I
to San Francisco, but no formal ap
pearance until tomorrow had been
planned for him here.
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HOUSE PLANS PROBE.
WASHINGTON, July 17 Without
a dissenting vote the house rules com
mittee todaj decided to recommend I
that an investigation of the expenses
and operations ol the shipping board
and emergenc y fleet corporation be j
ordered by the house Early action
;n the house was planned.
engineers, one signal company (radio),
one field hospital company, one am
bulance company, two troops cavalry J
Colorado One regiment Infantry
one ticiop cavalry-; one battalion fielcL
;.rtillery. one company engineers; one j
Blgnal company (outpost), one ehgl
iii . ! train, one ambulance company
Idaho one battalion infantry; one
'machine sun company; one company
I engineers.
Kansas. One regiment infantry; one
squadron caalrv; one battalion field
artillery; one signal company (out
I post); one engineer train, one field
'hospital; one ambulance company,
j Montana Two battalions Infantry.
Nebraska - One regiment infantry';
one Signal company (radio), one field
hospital companj
Nevada One squadron cavalrv
New Mexico One squadron cavalry-:
one machine gun troop; one battalion
field artillery.
North Dakota One regiment infan
try; one field hospital company.
Oregon- Four companies coast ar
tillery; one regiment infantry; one
battery field artillery; one compan
engineers; one ambulance company:
one iroop cavalry.
South Dakota One regiment infan
trv; one ambulance company.
I i ah On 3 battalion field artillery;
one hospital company; one squadron
cavalry.
Washington Four companies coast
artillery, one regiment Infantry; one
baiters field artillery; one signal com
pany (wire), field hospital company
one machine gun troop
Wyoming One squadron cavalry
one battalion field artillery.
SHERMAN'
ASSAILS;
TREATY;
Shantung Treaty Super
lative Treachery of
Modern Times.
JAPAN COVETOUS
Would Soon Become as
Autocratic as German
Overlords.
WASHINGTON, July 17. Urging
the senate to refuse compliance of th?
Shantung provision in the peace treaty,
Senator Sherman. Illinois, declared to
daj that the section giving Japan con
trol of Shantung peninsula, "so taints
and poisons the professed altruism
'with which the league of nations was
, heralded as to crown if the superla
tive treachery in the history of mod
ern times "
I The provision, asserted the speaker,
would aid Japan in becoming "the sa
Ibre rattler of the world." and strength
en her for the day when she might
i try. like Germany, for world empire.
, In such an eventuality, he continued,
and with British and Japanese inter
ests in the orient identical, me i unea
States might well look to the safely
oi the Philippines
Japan Covets Chinese Territory.
Why China should be exploited," he
said, "her territory' absorbed In the ,
guise of lease holds, her port cities
dominated by alien powers, her mining
and railway rights seized by Japan,
does not appear except under the rule
of covetous eyes coupled with military
force.
"It Is material to notice under the
Japanese constitution the emperor has
the supreme command of the armv
and navy, declares war. makes peace
and concludes treaties. The kaiser
could do no more in the days he men
aced Europe and the world. It is as
plain as tne noon aay sun iuc m
government is autocratic and that it
will add Chinese province upon prov-inc-e.
rone . .nn upon ( oncesion, un
til an Asiatic kaiser will dominate he
afafirs of Asia and the Pacific ocean.
Germany's Notorious Acts.
' In 1807 Germany, professing to be
exasperated by the murder of two
exiled German missionaries by ignoL
ant fanatics in Shantung, sent Ger
many's warships to the bay, bombard
ed the ports, landed troops and occu- j
pled 'he territory In settlement Bho
compelled the Chinese government toj
sign a 99-year least- with concessions
for railway building and mining. A
mere lease of property by one govern
men! to another does not divest the
lessor government of sovereignty qv I
the territory' so leased Japan entered;
the war for the express purpose of
iliivinr; lh' Germans out of the leased
territory The expulsion of Germany
cave Japan no sovereign rights there
which she has since assumed.
"The Japanese occupation, the cruel
tlos inflicted on the helpless inhabi
tants, the seizure of property and the;
resulting looting irresistibly turn one's
thoughts to the German conduct in I
Belgium. We denounce one In un-,
measured terms We are asked to ap
prove the other and declare it Justi-j
Ued in a holy cause.
Japan Fails to Keep Pledge.
"Japan intends, we are told, 'in a
limited time to withdraw from Shan
tung and return that country to the
( hinese. In every instance in which
Japan has pledged herself ou the con
tinent of Asia to occupy temporarily
she has made occupaupy permanent
"The United States exercises sov
ereignty in the Philippines. Japan's
i xpansion is seaward as well as land
ward. Her ambition covers the Pa
cific ocean as well as the Asiatic main
Hand. With Germany in perpetual in
llrigue it is no far inference that a
practical partition resulting from a
union of those two powers in Europe
and Asia as no impossible event.
Assumes Sovereign Right.
"Japan assumes sovereign right3
over Chinese territory. Mere reflne
meni of language or specious inter
Ipretation will not remove this impend
ing iruth. Japan will not surrender
STRIKE I
TIES UP I
BOSTON I
Eight Thousand Union B
Employes of Elevated H
Railway Quit.
WORKERS WALKING I
War Board Fails to Settle
i Demand for Raise and
8-Hour Day. I
BOSTON, July 17 Car service oh If
the street, subway and elevated lines t
here and in twelve adjacent cities and
j towns was tied up today by a strike of T
S000 union employes of the Boston ele-
vated railway system.
l Thousands of workers walked from j
'suburban homes while extra "shuttle"
trains and added coaches on the reg
ular trains on the Boston and Maine,
Boston and Albany and New York, New
Haen and Hartford railroads were
Drought into service. Commercial and j;
industrial concerns were handicapped I
las hundreds of additional employes !
were forced to remain away from their
w'ork because of a lack of transports
tion.
The strike was called In protest j
against the delay of the war labor 1
board in announcing an award in the
wage dispute between the company
and carmen. J
The strikers demand an eight -hour j
day and a wage of 73li cents an hour
Freight Embargo Threatened
NEW YORK. July 17 An embargo
on export freight was threatened to- 1
day as the 'strike of firemen, oilers
and seamen continued to spread. Con- I
gi tion of freight on the docks has
become a serious matter and an cm
bargo on shipments for transfer to
coastwise steamers was expected to
be made operative at any time i
ALL POM E RAN I A AROUSED.
BERLIN, July 17 (By The Associ j
ated Press) All Pomerania i aroused
over the proelainal ion of martial law
there and the order prohibiting work- 1
men from striking. The workmen in- I
sist that martial law be abolished, thai j
prisoners arrested during the present
trike be released and that recognition I
be extended to workmen's councils.
WILSON NOMINATES NEVER
WASHINGTON, July 17 Represen
tative Lever, Democrat of South aro j
Una, was nominated today by Presi-
denl Wilson tb be a member of tne 1
farm loan board. '
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WILSON NAMES COLLECTOR I
WASHINGTON, July 17- President
Wilson today sent to the senate the j
nomination as collector of customs of j
Thomas H Tulley. District 47. Den
ver, Colo.
this, advantage so gained. Article 10 I
and the portion of the treaty relating
in Shantung are twin brothers of a
common iniquity. They speak ihe
language Of a joint outrage and bear
the evidence of deliberate pre-arranged
conspiracy
Great Britain bore a large part in
the war The life blood of Gra
F,ritain is her foreign trade. We aM
without adequate experience in foreiMl
trade. We are upon the threshold hi
that experiment Great Britain la y
keenly observant of our course Sic
has been void of sentiment and some- f
times of humanity in breaking down j
and destroying her rivals. II
Vulnerable in Philippines.
"We have denied Japan the right t
of immigration for her subject It li
a wound to their pride. We are vul
nerable in the Philippines, our greau jj
friend lives beyond in the people of j
the Chinese republic. In our day of
peril it must be remembered that the
interests of Great Britain and Japun J
in the orient are Identical. I
"We can defend ourselves, lt will ;
be a heavy price to pay, but it wtij I
be paid We may lose the Phillppin- I,
Our greatest friend may then be the i
Chinese people whom today we are
asked to humiliate and dismember." f
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