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MUON'S COOIN
BEING DEPLETED ST
LESSENED OUTPUT
Miners an.d Operators’ Con-
• ference Shows No Results.
z Nation Must and Will Have
Coal, Says Garfield
WASHINGTON. Nov. 20.—Coal op
erators and miners seemed far from
agreement here today as the nation
began to feel the fuel shortage.
As members of the wage scale
committees prepared to go into exec
utive session on this, the sixth day
of their conference, reports reached
government sources of the closing
of plants in the middle west for lack
of fuel. »
In the south domestic consumers
are on a basis of one ton per house
hold. dictated by the regional ra
tioning committee of the rafriroad ad
ministration.
’ Despite optimistic views -of of
ficials of the labor department that
the strike would be settled within
a few days, few of'the 400,000 miners
who struck November 1 have gone
back to work.
Operators in conference here are
delaying negotiations on the question
of a wage scale, it was learned today,
and are insisting that President John
L. Lewis, of the United- Mine Work
ers, make a new attempt to get the
rren back to the mines.
The operators deny they have pre
sented an ultimatum to the miner*
refusing to consider wage scales un
til the men return to work. Bur
they admit that the suggestion has
been made to the miners’ chiefs that
they may hasten agreement by get
ting the men back to work.
Meanwhile the nation's supply of
i coal is running short. When the
strike began November 1, coal deal
ers had a month’s supply. In ad
dition much coal just mined was <n
transit to dealers. Most of this,
seized by the raijroad admin'stration.
now has been used. The remainder
is stored in cars ion railroad sidings.
Miners *•- t qhe strike prepared
to hold out at least thirty £ays. De
cember 1 thus should bring borh
sides near the breaking point. But
before that the public will begin to
make itself felt in the situation, gov
ernment officials believe. Letters
and telegrams are flooding almost
every government office in- W ash
ington. cong essmen and senators
are being bombarded.
The possibility of federal control
of the mines in case of popular dis
approval of higher prices of coal
was said to be receiving the close
attention of the operators.
That the mine operators would of
fer some increases was taken as a
foregone conclusion.
Meanwhile the bottom of the na
tion's coal bin is beri n(-~ to s'?
bare. Coal being mined by non
union workers approximates, only
4.000,000 tons a week, or about one
third of the normal weekly tonnage,
government reports show. The na
tion’s reserve stocks are beginning
to near the end as each wteek sees
between 5.000,000 and 8.000,000 tons
drawn from them.
Industrial managers are flooding
the raifroads with demands for coal.
Scores of factories are near shut
down for lack of fuel, managers
complain daily.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 19.—Speak
ing with the authority of President
Wilson’s cabinet. Fuel Administrator
Garfield told representatives of the
bituminous coal operators and miners
here today that "the people of the
United States need, must have, and
will have coal, and as .long as the
government stands they will not be
prevented from getting It by any
. thing the operators or miners may
do."
Dr. Garfield explanied that his
purpose was to furnish the confer
ence the data which he wuld use in
determining what wage advances, if
any, agreed to by the operatots and
miners could be borne properly by
the public.
Dr. Garfield said:
I represent the people of the
United States in a different sense
from the secretary of labor. It
is part of Mr. Wilson’s function
to effect conciliation. Lu is my
sole function to exercise those
powers conferred on the fuel ad
ministrator: to see that an ade
quate supply of coal is furnished
the people of .the United States,
and to see-thaf in times of stress
- such as we still are unhappily in
.she midst otj. the prices asked
and received for coal are not ex
cessive.
We all realize now that in the
* great coal industry the public is
an important partner. At one
time the operator? apd mine
• workers, like farmers, considered
themselves peculiarly indepen
’ dent. But the public has a para
mount interest
The people of the United
States will not consent to pay an
excessive price for coal. We are
all agreed to that, but the ques
‘ tion now is. ’what is an exces
sive price?' Nor will the public
agree to go without this commod
ity. . *
The people of the United
States need, nfust have, and will
have coal, and they will not be
prevented by anything the opera
tors and miners may do unless
the government is dissolved .into
a chaotic condition.
The people of the United
Stfttes are 4villing to pay suffi
cient to maintain American stand
ards, but the question is what
are American standards? The
people want the operators to have
a just return, but what is a just
return?
Dr. Garfield said he was not yet
prepared to say what changes could
reasonably be made in the price of
coal as all the necessary data was
not in hand. One of the items not
yet determined, he. said, was that of
the federal income taxes for 1918.
Which the operators .have claimed
should be trcluded in the cost of
operation. The government has dis
puted this.
American Delegation
Will Sail in December
PARIS, Nov. 20. —The American
delegation to the peace confe.ence
will sail for home on December 5
Jor ( 6, it was learned today. The
British delegation will probably
leave Paris about the same time, al
though no official announcement has
been made.
Took His Trolley Cars
Away, So Toledo Walks
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Toledo citizens voted to bar the
Toledo Railways and Light company
from operating because fares were
raised to six cents, with two cents
extra for a transfer. Henry L.
Doherty, head of the company, hur
ried to Toledo and the company was
so prompt in obeying the mandate
that several mornings after election
day no cars were running. During
the night all the rolling stock had
been spirited away int’o Michigan.
Now residents of Toledo are angry
because they have to pay from ten
to fifty cents to ride to work in
buses and auto trucks and Mr.
Doherty is quoted as saying that To
ledo will have to “beg to get its cars
back.”
GERMANY DOOMED
BEFORE REVOLT,
SAYS HINDExX’BURG
BERLIN, Nov. 19.—(Delayed.)
The “final judgment of history” will
show that the revolution really was
only the “keystone” of Germany’s
military collapse. Field Marshall
von Hindenburg today told the
reichstag committee investigating
the war.
Lack of co-operation, the weakness
and failure of political leaders and
lack of support in his demand for
obedience was the real cause of the
disintegration of the German land
and naval forces, he declared.
Operations were doomed before the
revolution. Von Hindenburg insist
ed. It only put the finishing touches
to Germany’s collapse.
Following Von Rindenburg, Eric
Ludendorff. former quartermaster
general, who shared with the field
marshal the command of Germany’s
land iorces declared the situation
was “most serious” when he and
Hindenburg assumed command. Ger
many’s armies were outnumbered 10
to 6, he said and inadequate equip
ment and ammunition caused heavy
losses.
During Von Hindenburg’s testi
mony yesterday the probers produced
reports from Haniel vo.i Haimhaus
en, former secretary of lhe German
embassy in Washington, warning the
imperial government that America
would enter the war if the then
threatened unrestricted submarine
warfare was started.
America’s entry meant defeat for
Germany, Von Haimhausen warned,
according to his reports, adding that
German-Americans in the United
States generally were loyal to the
American government.
Ludendorff brushed these reports
aside, declaring that “such memo
randa” always was referred to the
“proper sources.”
FRENCH PREMIER
SEES PROSPERITY
FROM ELECTIONS
PARIS, Nov. 20.—1’remier Clemen
ceau said today that Sunday’s elec
tion returns showed France under
stood she must proceed according to
law and order in the
of the country. France would be
stronger than ever, he declared, be
cause more united.
Georges Mandel, who was elected
to the chamber of deputies in the
Bordeaux constituency, today ten
der I his resignation as Premier
Clemenceau’s chief confidential?, The
premier congratulated M. Mandel an
his election, saying that no one bet
ter than he could appreciate the
enormous difficulties Mandel had
overcome.
Plot to Send Bombs
In Christmas Mail
Is Bared By Police
PHILADELPHIA. X’ov. 20. —Dis
covery of a “red” plot to slaj of
ficials with explosiv' Christmas mail
packages was announced >day by
the superintendent of police
Information of the plot, which he
considers reliable indicates i. na
tion-wide and directed against ”ed
erai, state and city authorities .vho
took part in the national round up of
radicals alleged to have been pian-''
ning the overthrow of the govern
•c.ent.
Clothing Prices Reduced
By Large Manufacturer
Chicago, Nov. 17. —Mr. Jas. D. Bell,
head of the Bell Tailors. Adams at
Green St., Chicago, 111., said to be
the largest made-to-measure clothing
establishment in the world, recentlv
stated that his firm is now able to
quote prices on Fall and Winter
sijits 35 per cent below what others
ask. To prove his point, he showed
the? writer a very attractive piece
of all wool cassimere for which
they ask only $20.00 a suit made t->
individual measure, whereas the same
fabric is now being offered by mer
chants at $30.00 to $32.00 per suit
Even larger savings are offered on
their higher priced suits. Every
reader of The Journal should write
Mr. Bell for his price list, and a
free copy of his style book No. 386.
which contains large cloth samples
of many beautiful patterns.— (Advt.)
DOHWWSS
DDDIi SESSION
Two Vetoes of President
Wilson Overriden —Treaty
Fight Outstanding Feature
at Capital
WASHINGTON,
consideration of the treaty of Ver
sailles was the outstanding event ot
the first session of the sity-sixth
congress—the first in six years in
which Republicans have controlled
both branches —considerable impor
tant legislation was completed and
many other measures prepared for
disposal when the regular meeting
begins December 1. .
The session closing today was an
extraordinary one convened May 19
under a call cabled from Paris. May
7. by "President W Ison to consider
primarily the appropriation bills
which failed at the session ending
last March 3.
Among the principal legislative
achievements we.e:
Submission of the woman suffrage
constitutional amendment, to the
states for ratification. The amend
ment resolution was adopted 304 to
89 by the house as its first legislative
act, and by the senate June 4, 56 to
25.
Two Vetoes Overri tt en
The prohibition enforcement bill,
provding for enforcement of the war
time and constitutional prohibition
passed oves President Wilson’s veto
The act repealing the daylight sav
ing law also passed over the presi
dent's veto.
Providing for return of telegraph,
telephone and cable wire lines to
private operation.
Continuing government control of
dyes to January 15 next. j
Extension of the Lever food and
fuel control law to clothing and
other necessaries and penalizing
hoarding and profiteering.
Granting permanent rank to Gen
eral Pershing.
Providing for demobilizing the
army to a peace basis of approxi
mately 300.000 men, pending j. rma
nent peace-time legislation.
Authorizing completion of the gov
ernment railroad in Alaska.
Continuing war-time passport re
strictions so as to prevent an influx
of radical aliens. •
Ten appropriation kills, aggregat
ing about $3,000,100.000. also were
passed. They included $750 000,000
for the railroad administration;
$772,000,000 for the a: ’: $616,100,-
000 for the navy, and a sundry civil
budget of $613,000,000.
Treaty Tight
Numerous minor bills and resolu
tions also were enacted,'but no at
tempt was made to pass over the
president’s vet 6 the Cummins bill
to restore the pre-war rate-making
powers of the interstate commerce
commission.
The German treaty so engrossed
senate attention that it shut off con
sideration of much legislate n. Sen
ate discussion of the treaty began
May 23. but the document itself was
not submitted by President W Ison
until July 10. Committee hearings
and consideration required two
months, the report with fourteen res
ervations being made to the Senate
September 10.
Deliberations on the treaty evoked
one of the most bitter and prolonged
contests between congress and the,
president in American history, with
the controversy centered large.’v
about the League of Nation’s cove
nant.
Important Measures Go Over
Another treaty, the Panama canal
settlenYent with Colombia proposing
payment of $25,000,000 by the United
States also remains in the "ommii
tee. It was reported to the senate
but later withdrawn because of Co
lombian decrees regarded as inimical
to American interests.
Several important legislative meas
ures went over for final action at
the regular session. The oil. coal
gas and phosphate land-leasing bill
was passed by both bodies and re
trains in conference, as does the
Edge bill authorizing organzatien
of corporations to help finance Amer
ican export trade.
The Esch railroad bill passed the
bouse and will be taken up with the
senate interstate commerce commis
tee’s bill at* the December session.
The house also passed and sent <o
the senate bills providing for de
velopment of waterpower projects
for establishment of a federal budget
system, and providing a permanent
government shipping policy.
There were numerous investiga
tions during the ex.tra session. Be
sides the house inquiries into avia
tion. ordnance, contracts and other
war department activities, the sen
ate investigated the steel strike.
Mexican situaton, theacocl situation
hnd other matters. It also authorized
investigation of the print paper sit
uation.
Army Legislation
Preliminary steps looking to revi
sion of tariff and internal revenue
laws also were taken, with general
revis on planned during the regular
session.
The effort to reap war taxes on
soft drinks and other luxuries failed.
Permanent army legislation was
advanced b«th by the senate and
house military committees, which
Completed hearings on peace-time
arr. , proposals and are prepared to
present bills in the new session pro
viding for a permanent army of
about 300,000 men as compared with
the war department’s request for
500,000.
Bills to increase pay’ of the navy
personnel also are in readiness.
Controversies during the extra ses
sion resulted from opposition to sed
ate confirmation of Attorney General
Palmer and Comptroller of Currency
John Skelton Williams. The former
was confirmed, but the latter’s nomi
nation still is pending.
The house refused to seat Repre
sentative-Elect Victor Berger, So
c alist. of Milwaukee, because of his
attitude during the war and ousted
John F. Fitzgerald, Democrat, of
Massachusetts, whose election was
contested by Peter Teague, of Bos
ton,
1 Six months to the day afteh the
congress convened in special session,
the house formally adjourned at 4:02
p. m. Wednesday’ after receiving worn
from President Wilson that he did
not object to th s action. The ad
journment resolution was adopted by*
a vote Os 55 to 5.
ATLANTA, GA., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1919.
MORMON LEADERS
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WASHINGTON—No personage wno has visited Washington dur
ing the war period, whether lord, earl, duke or king, has been the
object of more curious interest that the elderly, gray-haired head ot
the* Mormon church, Heber J. Grant, who has been visiting his felloe
church official, Senator Reed Smoot, of Utah. Women wanted to see
the man who took two brides on two successive days. For, back in
the old days when polygamy was practiced among the Mormons, Grant
did that very thing. Grant at left, Smoot at the right.
REDSYiMPATHIZERS
ORDERED TO QUIT
LOUISIANA TOWN
BOGALUSA, La., Nov. 20.—Because
of the alleged statement of Ed
O’Brien in which he was said to
have upheld the I. W. W. members
who fired upon the former soldiers
at Centralia, Wash., a band of thir
teen former service men, members
of the American Legion, called upon
him, invited him to leave' the town
and after giving him a ticket placed
him on boaid a southbound train
here yesterday with a warning not
to return, according to a statement
issued today by a committee of citi
zens.
The statement said that the former I
soldiers created no disturbance but I
conducted the affair orderly. O’Brien. I
a mill employe, was taken to the j
train in a carriage. The statement I
said that he apologized to the former |
oldiers but did not hesitate to obey I
heir orders to leave.
ALASKANS COMBATTING
REDS, SAYS GOVERNOR
SEATTLE, Wash., Nov. 20.—Alas
kans are combatting radicalism with
the hope of making Alaska 100 per
cent American, Governor Thomas
Riggs, Jr., of Alaska,' declared to
day on his arrival from Juneau.
“W 6 are going to make it so hot
for those who are not red-blooded
Ame.icans, that they’ will have to
go up above the Arctic circle,” he
said.
Governor Riggs told of the recent
organization in the north of a body’ ;
known as the Americans. The Amer- 4
leans, he said, will oppose every ef
fort to change the present form of
govern ment.
LAND REFUSED RUSSIAN
COI.ONISTS IN ARIZONA
TUCSON, Ariz., Nov. 20.—Russian
colonists were deported from Casa
grande, Pinal County, Arizona. Sat
urday, by members of the American
Legion, according to word brought
here today. Real estate men refused ■
to sell them lands because it was !
alleged they had refused to do mill- I
tary service. A colonizing agent was 1
loaded on the cars with them, under i
Sheriff Sullinger, of Tucson, said
on his return here today.
I In Hospital, 2 Jailed
In Wood Alcohol Case
Luther Hardeman, colored, is at
the Grady hospital in a seriour con
dition a? a result of alcoholic poison
ing while George Watson, colored, of
16 Lester street, and John Coklin.
c olored, of 198 Magnolia street, are
under arrest on charges of having in
their possession whisky believed to ;
contain wood alcohol. A chemical I
analysis win be made Thursdayq of!
the contents taken from Hardeman's
stomach and of fifteen gallons of
liquor said to have ben found on the
premises of Coklin.
Hardeman told officials at the
hospital he purchased the liquor from
Watson. The later, it is said by the
police, admitted the sale, claiming
he purchased it from Coklin.
Vladivostok Quiet,
Says State Department
WASHINGTON. Nov. 20.—The rev.
olution at Vladivostok has been
quelled, dispatches today to the state
department said.
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REBELS DEFEATED
IN FIERCE BATTLE
I AT VLADIVOSTOK
VLADIVOSTOK, Tuesday. Nov. 18.
<By thfe Associated Press.) —Revolu-
tionaiy forces which tor the last two
aays have attempted to obtain con
trol of this city, we e completely de
seated by government troops today
in a battle which commenced before
dawn. General the revolution
cry leader, was wounded and cap
tured, and his followers were driven
from every point of vantage by gov
ernment troops.
Shortly’ after midnight the govern
ment troops moved two th.ee-inch
field guns into position at the Svet
landskaia bridge, by which this main
thoroughfare of the city crosses the
> Siberian railroad. The bridge is only
-500 yards north of the station, the
I strongest position of the rebels. A
little later, tiocps reinforced by 100
I cadets from the naval training
I school, proceeded to the business cen-
I ter of the city, while armored cars
I began arriving at the bridge.
pefore the battle opened interna
tional policemen and three American
soldiers gained entrance to the rail
way station, from which they took
two women who had been marooned
there since the fighting started. At
l.J&’clock there was a burst of ma
chine-gun fire against rebels holding
the railway yards, and gunboats
started to drop shells on the sta
tion.
Some of .the shells set fire to the
barracks of the American replacement
battalion. While government offi
cials expressed the belief there would
*-be little resistance by the rebels, the
latter seemed to be in control of the
railroad yards, although exrosed to
military .fire from the high ground
about the city.
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Wilson’s
Letter on
\ ■■ Treaty
t Y ’’ASHINGTON, D. C„ Nov. 19.
VV The letter from President
* Wilson to Senator Hitchcock
! follows:
My’ Dear Senator:
You were good enough to bring
me word that the Democratic
senators supporting the treaty
expected to hold a conference be
fore the final vote on the Lodge
resolution of ratificati n and
that they would be glad to re
ceive a word of counsel from me.
I should hesitate to offer it
in any detail, but I assume that
the senators only desire my’ Judg
ment upon the all-important
question of the final vote on the
resolution containing the many
reservations by Senator Lodge. On
that 1 cannot hesitate, for in my
opinion the -'solution in that form
does not provide for ratification,
but rather for the nullification of
the treaty. I sincerely hope that
the friends and supporters of the
treaty will vote against the
Lodge resolution of ratification.
I understand that the door will
probably then be open for a gen
uine resolution of ratifination.
I trust that all true friends of
the treaty will refuse to support
the Lodge •'esolution.
Cordiallv and sincerely yours,
WOODROW WILSON.
MBS. BBJOSTBEET'S
FIGBT LM) TO
lECGVEB_PROPERTY
Denies Receiving’ Funds of
i Fairburn Banking Com
pany—Claims Purchases
Macle With Own Funds
Denying that she ever received
any of the funds of the Fairburn
Banking company and asserting that
he diamonds, automobiles, wearing
ipparel and real estate she purchased
vere bought with her own money,
.Irs. Catherine Queen Bradstreet,
me of the principal figures in the
Fairburn bank case, on Thursday be
gan her legal fight to recover the
I thodsands of dollars’ worth of proper
ty seized by the authorities after her
arrest on the night of October 12.
Her first step was the filing in
the Fulton superior court of a formal
answer to the civil proceedings in
stituted by the directors of the Fair
burn Banking company. This was
i done through her attorneys, B. H.
; and Harvey Hill and Fred B. Har
| rison.
I Formal answers and interventions
1 were filed by her husband, Clarence
,F. Bradstreet, and her father, A.
IP. Queen, of DeKalb county. They
I also were involved in the property
i seizure proceedings, Bradstreet’s jew
i elry and sundry articles of clothing
i be.ng taken by the authorities, while
the grocery store on East Lake drive
; sai dot have been purchased by Mrs.
Bradstreet for her father, was also
seized and turned over to Receiver
John H. Longino.
An order was taken before Judge
John T. Pendleton fixing November
i 29 as the date of the hearing at
| which the prosecution and the three
; defendants alre required to appear
! and present their contentions.
In her answer, Mrs. Bradstreet de
nies having received any of the funds
or property of the Fairburn Banking
comply. It has been charged by
the pr secution that William B.
Green, former vice president of the
bank, and now under charges of em
bezzlement. misappropriated funds of
the bank to the amount of SBO,OOO,
and used them to purchase costly
presents for Mrs. Bradstreet. It is
als oaharg?d that Mrs. Bradstreet
had knowledge of the source of the
funds. *
NEW CONFERENCE
i ON CAPITAL AND
LABOR IS CALLED
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20.—Pres
ident Wilson today appointed a new
industrial conference and called it
into session her/ December 1.
The conference will .be composea
of seventeen men, including govern
ment officials, business men and for
me • members of the cabinet and for
mer governors of states, and it will
| carry on the work undertaken by
, the National Industrial Conference.
I which foundered on the rock of coi
’ iective bargaining.
i Secretary Wilson will be included,
‘ it was announced. Others invited
I were:
I T. W. Gregory, former attorney
I general; George W. Wickersham, Os
i car S. Strauss, Henry W. Robinson,
Prof. Frank Taussig, Samuel W. Me
Call. Herbert Hoover, Martin H
Glynn, Henry C. Stuart, Dr. William
O. Thompson, president of the Ohio
State university; Richard Hooker
George T. Slade, Julius Rosenwald
O, D. Young, H. J. Waters and Stan
ley King.
None of these men was a membei
I of the industrial conference which
brcike up in Washington in October.
Wilson’a lietter
• The invitations were sent through
i Secretary Wilson to whom the presi
! dent dispatched the following ex
i planatory communication:
My Dear Mr. Secretary:
In accordance with the sugges
tion g ven me by the public group
of the recent industriH confer
ence, I am calling a new body
together to carry on this vital
important work and I trust you
will give me the pleasure of
naming you as one of its mem
bers.
Guided by the experience of
i the last conference I have thought
it advisable that in this new
: body there should be no recog
i nition of distinctive groups but
that all the new representatives
should have concern that our in
dustries may be conducted with
such regard for justice and fair
dealing that the workman will
i feel himself induced to put forth
his best efforts, that the em
ployer will have an encouraging
i profit and that the public will
i not suffer at the hands of either
side. It is my hope that this
conference may lay the founda
tion of for the development of
standards and machinery within
our Industries by which these
results may be obtained.
It is not expected that you will
deal directly with any condition
which exist stoday. but that you
may be fortunate enough to find
such ways as will avoid the rep
etition of these deplorable condi-
I ions.
The conference will meet at
t place to be hereafter designated
in this city on the first of De
cember, next.
Cordially and Sincerely yours,
WOODROW WILSON.
CURED HER FITS
Mrs. Paul Gram, residing at 916
Fourth Street, Milwaukee, Wis,. re
cently gave out the following state
ment: ”1 had suffered with Fits
(Epilepsy) for over 14 years. Doc
tors and medicine did me no good, it
seemed that 1 was beyond all hope
of relief, when at last 1 secured a
preparation that cured me sound and
well. Over 10 years have passed
and the attacks have not returned
1 wish every one who suffers from
this terrible disease would write R
P. N. Lepso, 13 Island Avenue. Mil
waukee, Wis., and ask for a bottle
of the same kind of medicine which
he gave me. He has generously
promised to send it prepaid, free to
any one who writes him.”—(Advt.)
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TOPEKA, Kan.—ls she 23 or
29? The picture of Lucita Alise
Bropuet is an exhibit in her suit o
share in a million dollar estate
left by the mother of Ernest Bio
quet, whom she claims was her
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her father, that she was born fiv w
years before his marriage to the
dancer.
SENATOR SMITH’S
SPEECH IN BEHALF
OF RESERVATIONS
BY THEODORE TILLEB
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20.—Senator
Hoke Smith, of Georgia, taking part
i in the closing debate on the Bodge
[ resolution proposing ratification of
the peace treaty with reservations,
explained that, although the lan
guage of the reservation was in some
instances not what he desired, he
' thought it far better to ratify the
' treaty with these reservations than
I to ratify it without reservation. He
I emphasized that he followed his own
I convictions In the matter without in
| fluence from anyone else, and that
I he acted for the good of the country
! as he saw it. It is his belief, he
I said, tnat the language of the League
i covenant is in many instances un
j certain and douotful, paviijg the way
for possible future disputes. „ He.
I voiced strong opposition to Article
■ 10. His speech follows:
“Mr. President, I have given the
j best tnought of which I was capable
' to this treaty and to these reserva-
■ tlons. I have declined to allow m.v
i views to be controlled by those of
i any one else. .There are parts of
these reservations that do not ac
cord with exactly what I would pre
fer.
"The introductory resolution, I
think, is ill-advised. I believe it
would be much better if, by acquies
cence, the other nations agreed to
our action, and if our treaty with
Germany was in no sense dependent
even upon their acquiescence. I re
gard the language in the * Monroe
: Doctrine reservation as too extreme,
! and also in the Shantung'reservation.
To Clear Up Uncertainty.
"But. Mr. President, the treaty
! with these reservations is vastly
i better than the treaty without them.
As between the treaty with these
reservations and a resolution of rati
fication without reservations, I have
no difficulty in reaching a conclus
ion. These reservations free the
treaty from language of uncertainty.
They take from it provisions doubt
ful, provisions which both on ac
count of uncertainty and their doubt
ful nature must necessarily lead to
disputes, and from disputes to war.
"There is no intelligent provision
in the treaty as to who shall de
termine whether a nation seeking to
withdraw has complied with its ob
ligations The second reservation
clarifies that question, and declares
that the United States will pass for
itself upon the question of a per
formance of its obligations in case’ of
3 notice to withdraw.
"The language of the treaty with
reference to our domestic problems,
including immigration, with refer
ence to the questions that are to be
investigated by the council and even
submitted to arbitration, is doubtful
and unsatisfactory. It is language
calculated to bring dispute, and to
involve this nation in war. It is
language not to preserve peace, but
language to bring war. The reserva
tion upon that subject is excellent,
and meets my hearty app-oval.
"The league covenent gives Great
Britain six votes and gives the Unit
ed States only one vote in the league
assembly. A reservation provides
that the United States will assume
no obligation to be bound by any
vote or decision of the league, where
a member and its colonies cast more
than one vote.
As to Article 10
"Then, when we come to Article
10. the reservation is not quite as
strong as I wish it were, but it is a
vast improvement upon the article
as it is found in the covenant. I
cannot consent to see a treaty fasten
ed upon this country, if I can pre
vent it, which places upon our coun
try the burden that the first para
graph of Article 10 places upon it.
I hope no treaty will ever be rati
fied with a reservation less strong,
so far as Article 10 goes, than the
reservation now in this list of reser
vations. To preserve the status quo
of the world is practically its ef
fect. After exquisite language about
‘freeing subject nations’ nad
determination,’ expressing the atti
tude of the United States, we prac
tically assume under Article 10 the
burden of maintaining the status
quo. when nearly one-third of the
people of the world are subject na
tions under our four principal alies.
I cannot vote for such an article. I
cannot vote to draft our boys for
every war and to maintain the pres
ent world status.
“I shall vote for the resolution and
the reservations that have been pre
sented. although, as I stated before,
in several respects I would be grati
fied to see them changed; but they
are so much better than the treaty
as it stands that, as I desire the
treaty ratified |k’en with these res
ervations, I support them.
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SEiTEFSILSTO
RATIFY TREATY *
ffIADJOURNS
European Chaos Feared
Again—President to Issue
Statement Treaty Will K
Go to Congress
WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 20.—»
After failing in three attempts to
secure ratification of the peace treaty
Wednesday, the senate Wednesday .
night adjourned until the next ses
sion of congress, which will begin De
cember 1.
Two ratification votes were taken
on the resolution drafted by the Re
publican majority containing the
reservations which President Wilson
earlier declared constituted a nullifi
cation of the treaty; and on each of
these votes the Democrats suport
ing the treaty voted against ratifica
tion.
The third vote was on straightout
ratification of the treaty. 38 sena
tors voting for Ratification and 53
against it. Senator McCumber, of
North Dakota. Republican, was
among those voting for the treaty. A
two-thirds maiority, 65 votes, is re
quired for ratification.
National attention is now riveted
on the White House for the next
move in the treaty battle.
Nov. 20.—Presl
dent Wilson will have no statement
to make on the failure of the senate
to ratify the treaty of Versailles,
it was said today at the White
House.
Senators Hitchcock, of Nebraska,
the administration leader, and Under
wood of Alabama, called at the
White House during the morning, but
did not see Secretary Tumult", who
was with the president on he south
lawn. They- took a philosophical
view of the action of the senate.
“Democratic leadership played its
cards to the limit and for all they
were worth and lost —that’s all,” 1
said Senator Underwood.
Complete records today showed on
ly three senators, La Follette, Re
publican, Wisconsin; jicCumber, Re
publican, North Dakota, and Shields,
Democrat, Tennessee, used the en
tire hour given each se.’.ator under I
the cloture rule which was applied '■
to bring action on the treaty.
During the four days the rule waa
tn operation 21 hours, 38 3--. • • nutea
of the maximum 95 hours was used
among 48) senators, an average of
about 27 minutes. For.ty-seven sena
tors used none of their time.
Majority Leader Lodge spoke only
18 minutes under the rule and Admin
istration Leader Hitchcock 35 1-2
minutes.
The senate’s failure to act left on
the hands _of the administration a
big collection of knotty problems,
chief among which is the question of
property rights In the German ships
and other property of 6netny aliena
seized by the government in thia
country The state department ex
perts say there is no legal sanction
for retention of this property unless
the treaty, which contains a provision
legalizing it, is ratified.
Another Fight Probable
As a corollary to this problem
stands the question of what is to
become of the vast American inter
ests in Germany, especially if the
technical state of war is to continue
and no American consuls or diplo
matic representatives are to be sent
to take up the subject directly. j
In these property questions Is un- I
derstood to Le one pf the chief ob- 1
: jections of teh administration to the ,
plan of Republican leaders to declare
the state of war ended by a resolu
tion of congress. Without the treaty
provisions, officials say, a state of
peace would leave this country in
an awkward position when it came
to establish its title to the German
ships and the other German inter
ests taken over and in many cases
liquidated by the alien property cus
todian. ,
There is every evidence, however,
that the Republican leaders in con-
I gress, anxious to get the country to
an actual peace basis so that the
many war-time legislative provisions
may be erased and a more normal
legal foundation placed under the
country’s trade, are going ahead,
with the!r plan of declaring peace
by resolution as soon as the new
congress meets.
A resolution making such a dec
laration was introduced last night by
Republican Leader Lodge, after |hree
attempts to ratify the treaty had
failed. Not only is it exepcted to
start another bitter fight in the new
session, reviving many issues of the
peace treaty controversy, but if it
is passed the constitutional authority
of- congress to take such a step is
sure to be questioned. In the opinion
of some officials a situation will re
sult which only the supreme court
' can untangle.
No Action Before January
Although not changing technical!!*
' the existing status of relations be-
I tween the United States and Ger-
I many, the senatek- failure to ratify
I the peace treaty at Its special ses-
I sion is expected by administration
officials and' diplomats to have an
I indirect result of some importance
!on the steps now being taken to
i restore the world to a peace basis.
One of the first consequences, ac
cording to the view taken here, is
likely to be the hastening of the
negotiations in Paris, including pro
mulgation of the proces verbale, *
which will restore full commercial
and diplomatic realtions between Ger
many and the powers which have
ratified the treafy. Paris dispatches
have said this step was waiting,
for one thing, oh the action of the
senate, but it is thought there will
be no further delay now for that
reason.
The new congress will mejet on De
cember 1, but not even the most
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