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"~ These girls who are in ‘‘the pictures’’ volunteered for an athletic meeting ang gymkhana held at Stamford Bridge, in Eng
land, for disabled soldiers home from the front. The girls’ stunts were received wigh salvos of applause.
“Indication that the divorce evil in
Atlanta is increasing was found Sat
vrday in the fact that 215 undefended
divorce cases” have been docketed by
Deputy Clerk Clark Lewis, in Supe
rior Court, for grial mext week in the
Jfrst session of the revived “divorce
court,” which is to be convened Mon
day morning by Judge John T. Pen
dleton. Thig is one of the largest di
vorce dockets inithe history of Fulton
County céurts, particularly as to un
defenced suits.
This session will mark the return of
the courts to the old system of hand
ling divorge caseg through a special
grind for which one week in eaeh
term will be set aside, When the
regular divorce court was abolished
some time. ago the Superior Court
judges put into effect a new system of
disposing of five undefended divorce
cases each day, sandwiching th?n in
the regular trial calendar along’with
damage suits and other civil litiga
tion. This was done with the purpose
of speeding business and preventing
the further accumulation of divorce
business. The judges, in reverting to
the eld system, announced that the
courts have now caught up with their
business—the first time in many
years, »
Among the more than 200 cases are
represented both first and second ver
dicts and pleas for anpulments,
Divorce cases, In which a defense
is offered by the verson sued, will
continue to be tried as part of the
regular trial calendar, the same- as
other litigationt it was announced.
Macon Captain Cited
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For Bravery in Action
MACON, GA., Jan. 25.—After a bar
rage had failed to fall on time, Cap
tain Wilbur Collins, formerly a mem
ber of the Macon Volunteers, led his
platoon of the 327th Infantry, Eighty
second Division, trained at Camp Gor
don, into the face of a withering ma
chine-gun fire, personally capturing
one gun and turning it on the enemy,
causing them to flee in disordergac
cording ta a citation made by ),r;;jor
General Duncan. Having reached his
objectiye, Collins organized and held
it under heavy artillery barrage.
Captain Collins comes frpm a fight
ing family, several members of which
have war records to their credit. #He
18 a son of E. P. Collins, of Cochran,
and was employed in a local store be
fore joining the colors 7
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Necessary to Keep Men ~._
For Present, Says March
WASHINGTON, Jan, 25.~*“The miHi
tary situation and the actual machin
ery of demobilization necessitates the
retention in the service for the present
of a considerable number of men,train
ed or fitted to the work required.”
General March, chief of staff, thus
expressed himself, relative to the pros
ect of immediate demobilization in a
Fetter to Representative ' James R.
Mann, minoriti; leader, which was read
in the House thig afternoon
Full International News Service
American Ideals Rule
In Poland, Standing Like
Wall Against Red Russ
_ By JOHN F. SMULSKI,
Commissioner in the United States
for the Polish People.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 25.—With the
first general election under way in
Poland tomorrosy, and with the day
being celebrated -in many States and
the Distriet of Columbia as “PoMsh
Day,” the news from that greatfre
stored nation—-the fourth in Edrope
in population—is sp thrilling that
Americans can mot help but take
pride in the fact that its Premier,
Ignace Paderewski, has pledged that
“it shall he a land full of the great
spirit of tiis great country.”
This great musician, whose success
as a statesman has thrilled the world,
already has employed American
methcds. When his first interview
at Warsaw failed to bring about the
desired coalition . with eneral Pil
sudski, he went to the peasants and
workinen and it was through the'r
support that the harmonious ar
rangement was reached which the
world has hailed and by which Pad
crewski became Premier.
American Ideals Prevail.
American ideals wi prevail in Po
land and one of the greatest stabil
izing forces that will stand like a wall
between the Bolshevism of Russia
and western elvilization will be that
a great army of 200,000 men, leav
ened with the 30,000 “boys who left
school degks, to carry American ideals
Tnto the Polish army Dbecause as
techpical alien encmies they were
barred from the armies of Uncle
Sam. Because of lack of military
suppiles which we“had hoped the Al
lies would furnish and which it now
seems are forthcoming, they have
gone forth with thflr feet on the ice
and snow to fight! the forces which
threaten the disorganization of the
world.
Among Americans there is a feel
ing that some of the revived hations
in Europe will be a liability upon the
credit of the world, Let me say that
Poland will not be an orphan child. It
will be a nation competent to make
good its covenants in a league of na
tions. It stretches from the Baltic to
the Carpathian Mountains. With a
population of 35,000,000, it will have
a population in excess of the sowm
blne\d populations of Norway, e
den," Denmark, Belgium and Seruia,
It will include Prussion, Austriafand
Russian Poland, after a lapse of 125
vears, It will have its own port at
Gdansk (Dantzig).
Has Second Rail Terminal, *
Warsaw is the.second largest rafl
way terminal in the world. Coal,
fton and zinc are found within its
berders and its 01l wells are among
the T;eatest in Europe. Its pegple
aree‘: ined, not only in the arts and
sciehces, but in steady, Industrious
toil. Seventy per eent of the land is,
held in small parcels by the -tillers.
The only land problem will be the
partitioning of the lamd which, un
der the German expfopriation act, the
Imperial German Government ac
wquired wh it was trying to drive
the Poles g‘m the face of the earth.
lt%us «a wonderful public sghool sys
tem. Through the gateway of War
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saw traverses traffic into Siberia and}
the Far East. This is one reason the
Germans are seeking it. J
Real Foland’s plains furnish a fer
tile traffic way from Russia into Ger
many and Western Europe. Thus
Poland has served as a bridge “be
tween the Russian forces of disorder
and western civilization dand the bat
tle for the possession of the bridges
which has been going on for some
time.
Germany Still Warring.
Had Poland weakened, had Pade
rewski failed, the Bolshevjki would
have conquered, thW® cotiniry would
have been overrun and the ‘zning
of a peace pact at Versailles, no mat
ter how honguy drawn, would have
been a mere gesture, nothing more.
Germany would havé been-the first to
prosper. German commercial war
fare is still being waged and Ger
many has planned to reap grade, even
qut of the storm. A kened Po
land would of ne('nssltyw?\fi\'e become
economically subservient to the Pan-
Germanists. That, .thank God, has
been avoiaed.
German Bolshevik forces directed
the bullet of the man who attempted
to assassinate Paderewski in War
saw, It will he well for the Amerjcan
public to be prepared for all sorts of
direful stories of Polish happenings
with Berlin date lines, of alleged
‘riots end disturbances, calculated to
createsq feeling that things are going
to pieces. -
Need Not Fear Poland.
But as for the new Polahd, which
‘will be erected under Mr. Paderewski,
American pecple need have no fear
of their foster parentship. It will be
a liberal Poland, without castles or
titles, true to the traditions of its
history: open to the suffering and
oppressed, even as in the old days
the peoples opened their arms to the
survivors of the massacre of St. Bar
tholemew and to the Jewish people,
tortured by the brutality of the Rus
sians and the more refined but pone
the less sacrificing exclusion of the
ola Imperial German Government.
4nd in this the American people have
returned, In part, the sacrifices of
Kosciusko and#Pulaski. It was ffom
the lips of President Wilson the first
}de'_‘laration in favor of Poland came
| Pcland needs money and materials,
‘but more desired. than all, it needs
strong moral support; the pravers es
‘the people of this country.
The creation of a stropg, lndqnend
€nt Polish state means that the perilk
from Bolsheviki in Europe, yes, and
in America, have been materially re
duced. So tomorrow people may
gather in their meeting houses and
from there, issue a great sustaining
wave of confidence to those overseas
who are fighting not only for the se
curity of Polish but American hm}le.
holds as well,
. .
Strike Causes Seizure of
Paris Subs and Trains
'g'v International News service.)
ARIS, Jan., 25.—~The Government
requisitioned all of the Paris subways,
tramways and busses today on account
of the strike,
ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, JANUARY 27, 1919
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(By International News Service.)
NEWARK, N. J,, Jan. 25.—Bertram
Ripley, wealthy member of Newark'’s
oldest families, today shot and seri
ously wounded his wife, Marion, and
Sergeant Maitland Petrie, of the n’-
rine corps, and thén committed sui
cide,” The shooting occurred in the
library of th/e Ripley residence.
The tragedy was discovered by
servants who heard the shots. Ser
geant Petrie, the 22-year-old stepson
of Dr. @harles Ripley, a brother of
Bertram, is on furlough from the ma
rine corps training station at Parls
Island, S. C. He arrived Wednesday
in Newark to visit the Ripleys,
Attracted by the sounds of the
shots, servants rushed into the li
brary and found Mrs. Ripley suffer-
Ing from a bullet wound in the left
side, Petrie wounded in the abdomen,
‘und Ripley dying from a self-inflicted
wound in the left temple. All three
were rushed to a local hospnml,/whero
Ripley died. Physicians say Mrsa
Ripley and Petrie may recover.
Says He Was Unbalanced.
Shortly after the shooting Mrs.
Ripley’'s mother, Mrs. Marion Dore
mus, who was in the house at the
time of the shooting, issued a state
ment in whieh she charged that Rip
ley's mind had become unbalanced
“by his struggle to decide whether or
not he should enlist.”
"I think the sight of Maitland in
uniform unbalanced him,” she added.
“He had acted strangely since Mait
land arrived. There was no trouble
‘between my daughter and her hus
‘band and I know he had no trouble
with Mditland.
.~ “My daughter was in the library
reading a newspaper and Maitland
was in lu\ru reading a letter when
Bertram went in. Then we heard
two shots,
Husband Followed Her,
“Mrs. Ripley sctheamed and ran
across the hallway. Mr. Ripley chased
her and fired again. The bullet broke
a window. Mrs. Ripley ran back and
fell on the floor,
“Then we heard another shot in the
library. Bertram was found lying
by the firepluce with a revolver in
his hand.”
Detectives questioned Sargeant Po.
triec a few minutes after the shoot
‘ng.
“Oh, vhy didn't he sheot ine in the
head " Petrie moaned, and would net
amplify the statement at the time.
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18 U. S. Soldiers Killed ;
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30 H’itrt in Rail Collision
(By International News Service,)
PARIS, Jan. 25 Kighteen American
soldigers were killed and thirty lnj‘Ah‘d‘
when an American lrma» train from
Neufchateau collided wRh a fro'lgl\t‘
train at Manoirs Station. "Heavy dum»‘
age was done to the right of way and
the railways cars
Break in the Bolshevist Ranks
MAYOR ASKED
10 SUPPORT
TAX PLAN
Rumor of an unoffictal question
naire being circulated among Atlanta
public school teachers, sounding their
opinion on a strike to follow possible
refusal of ,h.ry demands Monday
z:temoom was a development Satur
y of the campalgn for better pay.
Another development was a confer
ence between Mayor Key and a sub
committee from the executive com
!mltm of “the Atlanta Teachers' As
‘sociation, at which the former's view
‘wag asked in the matter of antici
pating city revenues by granting the
‘teachers a salary lncr&e., Mayor
Key was asked if he would favor this
‘move conditional on a proposed in
crease in the city's tax rate from
$1.25 to $1.50 a hundred.
Must Go To People.
“I answered that I should favor the
anticipation if the question of tax in
crease were placed before the people
at the bond elestion March 5, the
Mayor explained to The Georgian aft
er the conference, “and if the people
indorsed the raise, if Council author
ized it, and the Btate Legislature put
into force the legal machinery to
make it effective, I shouid favor lt’
also if the incresfe were made retro
active to January 1.”
Would Address Teachers. -
Mayor Key ‘offered also to address
the executive committee In explana
tion of his attitude. The subcommit
tee returnéd to the executive com
mittee meeting with a report of the
conference. Its members were Eu
gene Ragland, Miss Lucile Nolan and
Miss Jennie Bloodworth, principals,
respectively, of the Boys' ldigh, Adair
and lvy Street schools.
The executive committee meeting
was preliminary to the meeting of
the school teachers and the School
Commission arranged for Monday aft
ernoon, at which the teachers' ultl
matum and the commission's atti
tude would be developed.
Refuse to Discuss Plan.
C. E. Phillips. president of the
teachers’ organization, . would not
give any hint as to details of plans
by the teachers,
Indication that the plan has been
Geveloped and will _be submitted to
the commission for consideration be- ‘
fore the meeting Monday was con
tained in the request of Fred E. Wln-‘
Eurn, chairman, that the finance com
mittee of the comn*ulon meet Sat
urday afternoon at 3 o'clock. |
Mr. Phillips said also that if Mayor
Key will assure the teachers that the
Council will anticipate these funds in
time to give the teachers a raise in
pay for this month, they will all get
out and work for an increase in the
efty tax ratp, as Mr. Key suggested ir
his -address Thursday afternoon,
The teachers have made no plans to
go on strike, Mr. Phillips said, declar
ing that the teachers and the new
School Commigsioners were in accord
and anxious to help each other meet
the problems of this time. He be
lHeved lack of sympathy and co-oper
ation had been responsible for a great
deal of the friction and trouble of !hel
pastt \
Waulter P. Andrews, State Senator,
declared Saturday that the most
feasibie way to raise funds for the
|t(»flcheru salaries i# to levy a munic
iipal income tax, fixed in such a way
| that $500,000 would be ralsed
R T amisniiotbi |
l Has Four Sons Killed in
War and One Wounded
(I' International News Service.,)
P T"SBI'HG, PA., Jan. 26.--Mrs. An
nie Dubravshiy, of Pulaski, Pa., has had
| four sons killed”in action and a fifth
| wounded, Jumes Horner, a son by her
'first ghusband, was a captain in the
'th Artillery. He was killed *in Au
f”s" 1917. Charles Horner was a first
leutenant in the Sixth Infantry and was
killed in August, 1917. Joseph Dubrav
sßky, a machire gunner, fell in January,
1918, and Michael Dubravsky, anotner
machine g.unner. died in battle in Oc
tober, 1918, George Horner, the only
survivi son, su®ered injuries when
the Rflmsffiter was torpedoed and was
}dlurrhurlz d from the service,
Boy Killed by Fall Into
'!’otaah Bin at Rockmart
OCKMART, Jan 36 lLewis Randall
}lfl, sonof W. M. Randell, of Portland, Ga.
employed as a kiln-feeder al the American
Potash Works, at Portland, was killed hy
ifn]nnr into a bin of raw material Hlnl
denth was not Adiscovered until the bin
refused to feed, the outlet being ohstructed
by the voung man's bhody ]
lasued Daliy and Entered as Second-Class Matler ad
the Postoflice at Atlanta Under Act of March 8, 1879
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(By International News Service.)
STOCKHOLM, Jan. 25.—A serious
breach has followed a bitter gquarrel
in the ranks of Bolsheviks, according
to information from Moscow today.
Nicolal Lenin, fearing an economic
boycott and the action of the farmers,
is advocating compromise at home
and abroad, but is being opposed by
Trotzky, who favors forcing the Al
lies to postpone demobilization, mean
while propaganding the Allies’ sol
diers. .
Lisbon Forts
Fire on Rebels 1
(By Agence Radio to the I. N. 8,
LISBON, Jan. 25.—The battleship
Vasco de Gama and all of the bat
teries in the Lisbon forts concentrated
their fire today against the mon
archist forces gathered at Meonsanto.
The wireless station, which was
taken over by the monarchists, was
rlestroyed.
’ The banks are being guarded by re
| publican troops.
Foreigners Warned
To Leave Oporto
~ (By International News Service.)
VIGO, SPAIN, Jan. 26.—A1l forelgn~
ers have been warned to leave Oporto,
‘Portugal, to escape “wholesale slaugh
ter,” according to travelers arriving
from Oporto today. The warnings
were printed on leaflets dropped from
‘ariplanes.
The troops holding the forts at Lis
‘LQon still remain loyal to the Govern
| ment.
Cavalry detachments and some in
fantry units joined the monarchist
counter revolutionaries.
‘ The republicans are awaiting rein
forcements.
‘British Troops
Destroy Hun Bridge
(By International News Service.)
THE HAGWE, Jan. 25.—Troops of
the British army of occupation In
Rhenish Pruseia have destroyed a
bridge near Cronberg to prevent the
Germans from communicating with
occupied territory, said a dispatch
from Solingen today.
Russ Reds Form
Army of 350,000 .
(By International News Service.)
COPENHAGEN, Jan. 25.—~The Bol
sheviks in Russia have created a great
army of 350,000 men, it was reported
from the Russian frontier today. of
these 200,000 are on the Volga and
about 30,000 are in the Baltic prov
inces. '
Ukrainians Declare
War on Bolshevists
(By International News Service.)
BASLE, Jan. 26.—The Ukrainian
{ Government has declared war against
the Bolsheviki as a result of the de
\crc\e of the Bolshevik regime aboligh
‘lnx Ukrainian independence, said” a
'dispatch from a German source to
- day.
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Sparticides Plunder
North Sea’ Islands
(By International News Service.)
COPENHAGEN, Jan. 26.—Sparta
cides aré plundering and murdering
on German islands in the North Sea,
Anarchisty were landed from mine
sweepers upon Wangeroog Island and
laid the whole island in waste after a'
battle w.ilh the garrison, in which
Prussians Oppose
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German State Plan |
(By International News Service.)
THE HAGUE, Jan. 26.--The Prus
slan Ministry has decided to oppose
the new CGerman constitution, espe
clally the article providing that any
distriet having a population of nvvrl
2,000,600 ecan declare its independence,
#:nl:l a rli:arrm(‘h from Berlin today.
Fighting Renewed
In Berlin Streets
(By International News Service.)
BERLAN, Jan. 24 (via The Hague,
Jan, 26). -~ Fighting between Govern«
ment troops and Spartacides broke
out again today near the Amhalter
Station, Hallee Gate, and in the nPwn-I
paper district. Both sides employed
rifles and machineguns
George Imilel»our. a radical, is ac
cuged of inciting the outbreak
GLEEEATR
[ A Paper for Atlanta, Georgia, ]
and the South
American A
Armistice D
(By International News Service.)
ASHINGTON, Jan. 25
America had the second
largest army of the Allies
on the western front at the time
the armistice was signed, General
March, chief of staff, announced
today in his weekly conference
with representatives of the press.
The Allied armies on the west
ern front at this time ranked as
follows in proportionate strength:
First—France, total strength of
2,267,000 men.
Second-—The United States, to
tal strength of 1,950,700 men.
Third—Great Britain, total
strength of 1,718,000 men.-
Next ranked Belgium and Italy,
with a total combined strength of
approximately 200,000 men, the |
general said.
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atest N. Y. Cocktai
Contains No Alcohol
ontains INO AIICORNOL,
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But*Has Real Kick
Many years ago two cocktail jests
were accounted of some small
I merit—the Fairbanks cocktail and
the automobile cocktail. The first
grew out of the reputed fondness of
Vice President Fairbanks for butter
milk. The Fairbanks cocktail, there
fore, consiste® of a glass of butter
milk with a radish In it. The auto
mobile cocktail was a subtler joke.
It was a glass of gasoline with a nut
in it.
Now from New York comes word
that a new and ligourless cocktail
has ' been invented, and while this
sounds like another joke, those who
have tested it say it is no joke at all,
but a bone dry cocktail with a kick
in it
The new drink is known as ‘“cock«
tail a la mode,’”’ which suggests in
nocuous things like pie and ice cream.
It appears equally harmless, too—
merely a cocktall glass of grapejuice
when it is served to yßu. The “kick’
is served on the side, a pellet of
yeast done up in a tissue papef
packet.
You drop the yeast in the grape
juice and stir it hopefully. The grape
juice at once becomes agitated and
uneasy. Consumed in this ebullitive
sltate, it is solemnly stated that tme
pretty purple dr?x delivers a Jolt
equal in voltage too that of a Man.
hattan of the first force.
Again, it seems, old Dame Neces
sity has become a mother.
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Albany Transit Company
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Files ‘Fare Raise Petition
ALBANY, Jan. 26.—~The Albany Tran
sit Company, which operates the street
rallway here, has filed with the Geor
fln Rallroad Commission a petition ask
ng the right to increase its fares from
5 to 10 cents and to sell books of ten
tickets for 76 cents. The petition re
cites that the .company has done all
in its power to hold gxpenses; that its
overhead expense is practically noth
ing and its office expense nominal, but
ia spite of all these measures of economy
the company lost $4,000 on its opera
tions last year,
The street lines here are not heavily
Futronltod, but the statement that the
088 last year was $4,000 came as a nu'
prise to most of the people Ne .of
anized effort to fight the Inerease has
seVFlnphd so far, but it Is not antici
raled the Rallroad Commission will al
low an increase so large as that asked
in the petition.
27 Arrested on Charge
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Of Looting Camp Mail
CHATTANOOGA, TENN., Jan, 25,
Arrest ¥riday of 26 enlisted men and
one civilian here disclosed a whnl»s”-
plunder of mall at Camp Greenleaf, -
clared to bhe without Qrm-vdwn!. For
some time Captain George Whatley
Hall, army intelligence officer, has
been Investigating affairs at the branch
office at Camp Greenleaf,"and the devel
opment cameé today.
The officers were unable to approxi
mate the Joss. They sald, however, that
every piece of ‘outgoing and incoming
registered and special delivery mall has
been confiscated by employes of the
camp gnn:umf‘r. As & result of thlevery
few Christmas packages were received
by the soldlers at the park. More than
700 packages are unaccounted for,
Names of the men arrested are with
held
Bath Makes Pollock Mad ;
v »
He GGoes on Hunger Strike
(By |flt.rqlt|onnl News Service.)
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 25 Abe Pol
lock is a firm believer that a man serv
ing a term for vagramcy should not be
forced to take a hatn Jariers and fel
low prisoners thougnt otherwise, and
Pollock was duiy erubbed in a tub
mm!’lnlng soapy suds Immediately
aftefward he went Hn a hvager Strike
and for #ive du s all efforts have failed
to make him take food
No. 151
~ PARIS, Jan. 25.—1 n addition to
ifyrmulnllm; a tentative draft of the
plan fßr the league of nations, ves
terday’s plenary session of the peace
conference definitely decided that the
responsibility for the world war must
be fixed and its promoters punished.
This decision took form in the nam
ing of a commission of two delegates
from each of the great five powers
and five representatives to be elected
by the other powers to bhe appointed
to inquire and report upon the fol
lowing:
To Fixe Responsibility,
“First—The responsibility of the
authors of the war,
“Second—The facts as to breaches
of the laws and customs of war com
mitted by the forces of the German
Empire and their allies on land, on
sea and in the air during the present
f war,
’ “Third—The degree of responsibil
ity for these offenses attaching te
particular members of the enemy
forces, including members of the gen
“eral staffs and upon individuals, how«
ever highly placed. .
‘ “Fourth—The constitution”and pro
cedure of a tribunal appropriate to
the trial of these offenses.
« “Fifth—Any other matter cognate
or ancillary to the above which may
arise in the course of the inquiry and
iwhlch the commission finds it useful
and relative to take into considera
tion,
“That a commission be appointed
with not more than three represens
tatives apiece from each of the five
great powers and not more than twe
representatives apiece from Belgium,
Greece, Poland, Roumania and Serbia
to examine and report:
Reparation To Be Made,
“Section I—“ First, on the amount
for reparation which the enemy couns
‘tries ought to pay. :
| “Second, on what they are capabléd
10( paying; and,
~ “Third, on the method, the form and
time within which payment should
be made,
“That a commission of two repres
sentatives aplece frqm the five great
powers and five representAtives to be
elected by the other powers gepro
sented at the peace conference beap«
pointed to inquire into the conditions
of employment from the international
aspect and to consider the internas
tionalY means necessary to secyre
common action_on matters affecting
condition of employment and to rec
ommend the form of a permangnt
:u:(*.v to continue such inquiry and
consideration, in eco-operation with
and under the direction of the league
of nations.
“That a commission composed, of
two representatives apiece from iho
five great powers and five represens«
tatives to be eleeted by the other
powers be appointed to iAquire and
report upon:
“The international regime of ports,
waterways and railways.”
Second Session Is il
Quickly Convened '
By JOHN EDWIN NEVIN:
PARIS, Jan. 25.~The ‘second ple«
nary session of the peace conference
was held at the Foreign Office today
for consideration of the league of na
tions, responsibility for the war and
punishments and lerri(orl:‘ll questions,
No pomp marked the opening. It was, -
evident also that the publie was
showing.little interest. d e
As soon as the delegates of the
associated powers had gathered, Pre« .
mier Clemencean declared the busi4
ness session, ynder way., =t .. ¢
Reports were &urrent: that th'-.w*';w-
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