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(Copyright International Film Service.)
No sport just at present is so popular in London as the Saturday ‘‘sky-larking’’ which seems
to have taken the British nobility by storm. The photograph shows the Duchess of Sutherland
starting off on an aerial trip in an**Airoe’’ De Haviland maehine piloted by Captain G. M. Gather
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By BERT FORD, |
Staff Correspondent of the |. N, S.
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY
OF OCCUPATION, COBLENZ, GER.-
MANY, Feb. 15.—“ Take the Dean
brgthers. If it had not been for me,{
the cars in the press section vuuldn‘t‘
have run, and, without ecars, the |
American public would not have had |
much war news. They show what
‘was done behind the scemes by men
of the A. E. F,, who don't get cita
tions or medals, but who are there 24
bours a day.” '
Sergeant Jack Corper, of New York
City, senior N. (I, 'O, of the transpor
tation branch of the American press
section, spoke with feeling and he was
right. Officers, chaaffeurs and mech
anieians contributed to the harvest
ing of news of what the Yanks wen'
doing along the western front, a.‘-‘
though the part they played was nm.l
spectacular, and might easily be over- '
looked. |
Mechanics toiled over cars plastered
thick with the grime of battlefields,
day and night, in heat and cold, fair
weather and foul, and they never‘
grumbled. Chauffeurs went without
sleep and meals. They remained out
all night, often forced to convert the
front seats into beds in wet, penetrat
ing weather, i
Rode Into Gun Range. ‘
They drove through areas shelled
and gassed. They carried their cars
into ma;hme gun range under the or- 1
ders of “correspondents whose duties
compelled visits to advinced F. C's
They drove without lights on nights |
#s black as ink, during air raids, and
navigated through the hazardous eon
gestion of armies moving into battle.
And yet In spite of the dangers and
the hard work the chayffeurs who‘
drove the correspondents had the
most fascinating Jobs in the army.
They went everywhere and saw about
everything that was going on, because |
the accredited correspondents had tu‘
keep close to the heels of the dc-val—‘
opments, They saw every nook and
eranny of the battle area, toured the
Britsh and French fronts in addition
to the Ameriean battle lines, They
saw all the big generals and dignita
ries and they had no end of mu—mwi
escapes Meanwhile the mechanics,
the Dean brothers and others toiled
under ‘cars and tinkered with parts
and listened to the doy's adventures, |
and did not complain about their lot,
because they are soldiers. But they
sure did envy the men at the wheels
of the correspondents’ cars |
Drivers Showed Bravery. ‘
The drivers often were placed in |
tight places with their machines,
owing to the zeal of the news hunt
ers, but they never showed the white
feather. One dpy Corper was at
tucked by a boche aviator who let
loose a 4 machine gun. Jaek first speed.
et and then slowed up, avoiding the
range, untit the Hun was drivém off
by Al“fié, planes. The chaulfeurs
and mechunics came from all parts
of the United States
There wasn't an abler driver in
the bunch than Corporal Charles |
Barnes, of Aurora, 111, Sergeant Jack
Smith, of Sioux City, Towa, drove |
for a geweral before joining the nromx‘l
gang. Cloyd Bish, of San Antonio, |
cume over with the first American |
mluy |
{ Qorporal Clyde Fogker, of Advan(-',l
Full International News Service
B e ee e eet
. Call for Trial 3;
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. . of Ex-Kaiser Is
~ Put in Record
! (By International News Service.) |
i ASHINGTON, Feb. 15—Vice .
{ W President Marshall has :I
caused to be read into the |
{ Congressional Record a resolution
adopted by the Ohio Legislature, '
{ calling for the “apprehension and j
, trial of Wililam Hohenzoliern.” I
COLUMBIA, 8. C, reh. Pfi.—'flml
Equal Suffrage lLeague of (‘o'umbhl
has appealed to Mayor Blalock to re
quest the members of the Wamen':-xl
Party, who are to visit Columbia nn;
Monday, to refrain from any demon
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strations or utterance of disloyalty |
to the President. The Bgual Suffrage
League emphasizes that it is a branch
of the National American Woman
Suffrage Association, the tactics of
which are diametrically opposed to
the spectacular practices of the Wom-,
an’s Party. In the appeal to Mayor‘
Blalock, the BEqual Suffrage League
says: (
“Hearing that a permit has been .
given ‘to the Women's Party for a
street meeting on February 17, the
Columbia Equal Suffrage League ear
nestly begs you to request their
speakers to refrain from any demon
stration or speech of disloyalty to
President Wilson.”
The Mayor is urged to take such
action as is incumbent upon the of
fice, ‘
N. C, was an undertaker before he
came over.
Other drivers who never shirked
or finched inelude Corporal William
Burgess, of Johnson, IIL; Frank
Jones, a North Dakota cow puncher;
Percy Callahan, of Detroit; Frank
West, Spanish war veteran, and John
McEnery, of New Yerk City.
Couriers Given Praise |
The couriers deserve a lion's share
of praise. They carried the copy to
the telegraph stations through mud‘
and rain, often riding all night.
They included Sergeant Hermun |
Downer, of Richmond, Va.; Corporal
Robert Ash, of Plaza, N. D.; Cor
poral Hugh Thompson, of (‘huflnlln\J
N, O, and WHliam Carnall, of Farl
ington, Kun. The latter was the star
dispatch rider,
The Dean brothers are John and
Joseph, both corpomlis, from Perry
ville, Mo,, and David Faust, of l,xn-l
wood, N. ~ wax a factor in the re
palr crew The other members of
the press section included Sergeant
Achilles Kwers, of Minenapolis Ser
geant Chester Loomis, of Los Angeles, |
truck drivers, formerly attached to
the propaganda section: William
Bulot, of Chicago; George Beard, of
Cornwall, Pa,.; Oscar Bullinger nf|
Creenville, 8 D.; Juliug Bellinger, of
St. Joseph, Mo.; Thomas May, of |
Clayburne, Texas: Jess Burley, 0f |
Rideg®, Mont.; Ralph Lewis. of Pinto. |
Mont,, and Mergan L. Parrish, of
Pansy, Ala,
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Crashing into a tar-kettle while re-z
turning to his home on Pacé's F‘erryl
road -Friddy night at 10:30 o'clock,
William D. Grant, 22-year-old son of
John W. Grant, was seriously injured
when his car overturned on Peachtree :
road and he was pinned beneath thv{
steering wheel Mr. Grant was f'ar-l
ried to the Davis-Fischer San;mrlum,l
where Saturday morning his injuries
were repeorted as serious, but not
fatal. l
Mr. Grant had just completed the
turn beyond the Brookwood Station
of the Southern Railway. The tar-|
kettle, being used in repairing Pna(-h-}
tree road, had been left in the road byi
the workmen. Mr. Grant did not see
it until too late to avoid contact with
one wheel of his car, and the kettie
was dragged for 50 feet, scattering tar
over the roadway. The force of the
collision threw the Kkettle directly in
front of the machine After being
pushed for 40 feet it stalled, causing
Mr. Grant's car to be overturned
A Buckhead car passed the scene
just after the accident, the passen
gers alighted, and Mr. Grant was sent
to the hospital in a passing auto, He
was stunned, and it was believed that
his injuries were more serious than
subsequent events vroved.
Mr. Grant was discharged from the
naval flying corps only a few weeks
ago, after qualifying at Pensuacola as a
pilot. He had enterd the real estute
business with his father in the Grant
Building.
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Would Provide Funds
To Try New Torpedo
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 15.- The experi
mentation by the United States Gov
ernment of the operation of torpedoes
and ‘‘under-water carriers of high ex
plosives” - with the view of determin
ing the advisabllity of constituting this |
marvelous invention as part of the de
fense system of the UUnited States—and
the appropriation of $417,000 with which
to carry out these trials, are recom
mendad to Congress in the !--rn‘!h-n(mnnl
u'i.mrnprm\'wn bill for the fiscal year,
1012, Just reported to the House |
John Hayes Hammond, of Washing
ton, D. C., is the inventor of the radio
dynamic torpedo, and although the in
vention for some time has been under
investigation by a joint army’ and navy
board, this is the first step toward act
ual demonstration by the Government
of the radio torpedo
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Golden Fails to Get
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Conference on Strike
COLUMBUS, Feb, 16.--After spend
ing five days here in a futile attempt
to _obtaim a conference with Columbus
mill owners, John Golden, president of
the United Tex®ile Workers of America,
left last nieht for Tennessee and North
Carolina. He will return here later and
attempt a 2 settlement of the textile
strike
Approximately SB.OOO striking opera
tives staged an orderly parade on Broad
gireet yesterday., -~
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Michigan Wants Yanks
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Withdrawn From Russia
(By International News Service.)
WANSHINGTON, Feb 15 A petition
signed by 105,000 clizens of Michigan
and caling on Congress 1o request the
War Department at once (o withdraw
American troops from Russia or rein
force them, bas been presented In the
House by the Michigan delegation, act
ing jointly in behalf of the Michigan
citizena l
ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1919
31,500,000 Georgia Cotton for Czecho-Slavs
SAVANNAH LOSS $3,000,000
SAVANNAH, Feb. 15 q‘mmw'vu‘l
tive estimates of the great fire whivhl
Friday swept Hutchinson Island, de
stroying the plant and stock of the
Soutehrn Chemical and Fertilizer
Company and two warehouses of the
Seaboard Air Line Railway, placed the
loss at about $3.000000, The fire was
under control at 9 o'clock Friday
night, but certain portions of the fire
swept area continued in flames all
night.
The origin of the fire is supposed
O Have HeewMrthe motor room of the
Southern Chemical and Fertilizer
Company The flames had gained
some headway when discovered, and
before the force of fire flght’nlrs on
the island could be mobilized, the
flames were being swept across to the
cßtiem platforms of the Seaboard Air
Line Railway, where thousands of
bales of cotton were stored, driven by
a wind which almost reached the pro
peortions of a gale
General Fire Alarm.
All the tugs and other craft in the
harbor responded to the general fire
alarm, and firemen from the Savan
nah side of the river were guickly fer
ried across to the island, which is on
the South Carolina side opposite “;PI
Savannah Cotton Exchange I'wo |
British vessels laden with ammunition
were hurriedly drawn away from
proximity to the fire by the river tugs,
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Thousands of persons lined the Sa
vannah side of the river throughout
the night, watchingethe progress of|
the fight, which at first appeared to
be a losing one The battle against
the eastward march o the flames,
aided by flying embers and firebrands
carried far from the scene of the orig
inal fire by the gale sweeping the
coast, was an epie one
Loss Estimates Growing. |
Early this morning with new_esti
mates of the damage coming i, the
loss was st mounting One cotton
man declared that the lossg in cotton
alone would be $1,000,0 The loss
of the Southern Chemical and Fer
tiliber Company was officially “.‘l‘.i-‘
mated at close to §1,000,000 Sea
board Air Line officials stated that
5,000 bales of cotton had been de
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stroyved The naval stores wharf,
which caught fire early in the eve
ning, was damaged to an uncertain
oxtent Seaboard officials say that
the damage to wharves and sheds will
not be xtensive and that all damage
ig fully covered by insurance Ac
cording to Savannah insurance men,
practicallv the whole loss is covered
by insurance ‘
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Glass Says Congress |
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Should Aid Railways
(By International News Service.) ‘
WASHINGTON. Feli™i I l'nngl._un
fails to provide the gppropriation of
$750,000, 000 requested D»N rector Gen- |
eral Hines to add to the §500,000,000 al- |
ready provided as a revolving fund for |
the railways under Federal control, the
effect will be distreseing, Secretary of |
the Treasury Glass told the House ap
propriations committee during its hear
ings on the bill, it Is learned
‘lf the rallways are compelled to go
into the open market for the money they |
may need - probably SI,OOO 000,000 it |
would have a disturbing effect upon Hn-:
next, and I hope the last, Liberty loan, |
and It may have a very distressing and |
demoralizing effegt on business gener
ally,'”" the Seeretary declared
A bill embodying the request will be
presented to the House ’
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Special Board Examines |
‘onscientious Obj |
Conscientious )r('clors’
(By International News Service ) |
LEAVENWORTH, KAN.. Feb. 1 ,
When Judge Mack, of Chicago, and |
Dean Stone, of Columbia University, |
special investigators of the War De ‘
partmemt, arrived at Fort l,t'n\l'n\\ur‘lh'
they immediately began reviewing and
going over the cases of the 460 or mors
consgclentious objectors now confined to
the barracks Ax in the previous ex
amination of the objector following |
whict 113 of the oblectors were re- |
leased from the barracks upon recom- |
mendation of the investigntors the '”"“i
apoeared before the examiner A wv'vl
Asked questions and stateme: of their
casex are taken |
It Ia thought the present session of
the Investigating board will OCCupy
severn! weeks
After paving the way for the sale
of 10,000 bales of Georgia cotton te
the new Czecho-Slav republic, and
arousing the National Food Admin
istration to a probe of alleged dis
crimination against Georgia farm
ers by hog buyers, Lem B. Jackson,
director of the State Market Bu
reau, left Washington Friday night
for Atlanth. He is expected here late
Saturday .
Mr. Jackson arranged for the sale
ot about $1,600,000 worth of Georgia
cotton ¥ (he Czecho-Slavs through
Charles Pergler, American commis
sioner to the new republic. He went
to see Mr. Pergler concerning the
cotton requirements of his country
men and was informed that a pur-
Chase of 10,000 bales was contem
plated Pergler agreed to cable to
his country at once for further de
teils and then to eome to Atlanta for
final negotiations
Mr. Jackson expects no trouble in
securing the export license and put
ting the deal through Therefore he
pians to locate the cotton needed as
'soon as he gets back to this city
| Another matter to be taken up by
the market director upon his arrival
‘?un.« will’ be a thorough investiga
tion of the Georgia hog market. He
reported to Chief Spyder.ol the meat
division of the food administration,
| that at an auction sale at Valdosta
No. 1 hogs brought only 11 1-8 cents
in the face of the Government’'s sta
bilizing price of 17 1-2 cents. Allow
ing the 2Z-cent differential which the
trage has established against peanut
Ited hogs in favor of corn fed negs,
| Jackson claims that the prices being
||\end in Georgia are too low He is
rnot willing to admit that peanut fed
hogs should be so penalized, but
watving that, he still contends that
Georgia farmers are discriminated
agalinst by hog buyers Copsumers
| he says, are charged the same price
fo' pork, whether it be the peanut
l'n corn variety
Jackson has been instructed by the
food administration to look into the
mjtter thoroughly to ascertain wheth
¢. the buyers in Georgia are not
;r..l‘mg excess profits, and to report
|to Washington. If conditions warrant,
the whole matter may be referred
1t the Federal Trade Commission for
}mu'.\uuumn and action,
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Carolina Lawmakers Get
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| Suffrage Valentines
i COLUMBIA, 8 C Feb. 15 Every
| member of the House and Senate of the
South Carolina General Assembly found
L valentine on his desk Friday It wias
in the shape of a red heart and bore the
| in ription, "Have a Nttle heart Votes
for women There ig no clue as to the
;..y gin of the valentines
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Open Until 9 o’Clock
Tonight For Sunday
WANT AD Users
That gives ample time for all
Want Ad users to get their
ads into the greatest Wani
Ad medium in this section of
the South.
You ean not afferd to over
look the wonderfu! opporiu
nities which the Want Aq
columns of The Sunday
Americun offer for results
and we are making it as easy
ax possible for everyvbody to
! take advantage of them by
putting the closing hour as
late as 9 o'clock.
In The American tomorrow,
yvour ad will reach more
newspaper readers and have
more chances to make good
than in any other newspaper
in this section of the South,
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The Gieorgian and American
Atlanta’s Want Ad Directory
Read for Profit-Use for Results
““No-Beer-No-Work”
Plan of Labor Likely
To Cause Stir Here
The “mo beer-mo work” mowvement,
started by union labor of New York
as a protest against nation-wide pro
hibition, is destined to provoke a spir
ited fight among Atlanta union or
ganizations when official request by
the New Yorkers for action here is
received, it is the expressed opinion
of leaders, who Saturday awaited its
arrival with especial interest.
It was stated that the New York
plea, when official notice arrives, will
be given due consideration and that
definite action will be taken by loeal
labor bodies, but the labor men hesi
tated to venture a suggestion as to
the possible outcome. It generally
was conceded, however, that the
movement would not receive as strong
backing in Atlanta and the South as
bas been indicated it will attract in
other sections, It was regarded as
very doubtful that the Southern la
boring men would go to the extent of
joining in a strike to force the Gov
ernment to permit the sale of beer
and light wines.
Opinion Divided.
It was pointed out by one labor
leader that the Atlanta and Georgia
union men are pretty badly split on
the prohibition question, one element
favoring beers and light wines as a
solution to the porhibition problems,
another backing absolute prohibition,
and still a third element that is op
posed to the injection of the prohibi-|
A spirited protest, charging that
Federal fixing of intra-State (ele
phone rates in Georgia is a violation
of the constitution and direct disre
gard for States’ rights has been sent
by the Georgia Railroal Commission
to Postmaster Gieneral Burleston
who instituted a new schedule of
rates in Georgia in January
The commission ordered also that
Judges J, K. Hines, its legal counsed,
intervene in behalf of Georgin, in a
test case to be instituted in some
oither State, to be decided upon later
The telephone companies them
selves were freed of all blame, the
commigsion recognizing the me,iis of
thelr argument that they are operat
ing under supervigion of Mr,; Burle
son and that they have no other al
termative than to obey any orlers
coming from Washington
Postmaster General Burleson’s fix
ing of intrastate rates was (ermed
by the commission as a direct vlow
al the very fourdation of State soy
eregnty, depriving the States ¢of the
cxercise of police powers vested sole
ly and directly in them
Putting its protest in a more gen
eral way, the commission sall “we
view with apprenension the inf ‘inge
ment on the police powers of the
Stutes by the Federal Goves nment
under a Democratic administration.”
In the opinion of the commission
Mr. Burleson's tactics have brought
tbout a revulsion "of feeling on the
part of the public against aull Govern
ment control
The protest to Mr. Burteson and
the decigion to intervene were the
outgrowth of hearings held last week
when the Southern Bell, Gainesboro
Consolidated and Fruit Belt teiephone
companies wore' summoned by rule
nisl to appear before the commission
ind show cause why rates in force
previous to new =chedules promulgat
ed by Postmaster General Burleson
should not be restored
A comparative table prepared by
the rate iepartment of the commi
slon shows an average increase of $1
# month in bhoth residence and busi
ness rates, in Moultrie, Boston, Car
follton, Greenville and Fort Valley
which are servod by the enapanies
cited
lssued Dafly and Eutered as Second-Class Matter ay
the PostofMos at Athania Under Act of March 3, 1378
tion question into the affairs of the
unions, holding that it is entirely an
outside martter. This dln‘or.ence n
sentiment, it was suggested, presaged
some lively discussion whenever the
“no beer-no work” question is raised,
The New York labor men, accord
ing to Wmformation from that city,
have planned to ask every labor or
ganization in the United States to act
on the proposition of calling a nation
wide strike to induce the removal of
beers and light wines from the ban
of the new “dry” amendment to the
Federal Constitution. The move to
submit the proposition to labor in the
remainder of the country was report
ed to have been indorsed by 300,000
labor men in New York. No objec
tion was raised by the New Yorkers
to outlawing whisky, it was said.
éonurhd Action Likely.
Atlanta labor men were of the opin
ion that the movement would gain
considerable momentum outside of
the Southern States, and said that,
regardless of whether a nation-wide
gtrike is called, they anticipated some
kind of concerted action before the
new amendment becomes effective,
“The South already is accustomegd
to prohibition, but it will strike other
sections of the country pretty hard,
and indications now are that there
will be a mighty loud clamor for beers
and light wines," remarked one prom
inent labor man, who has been closely
studying the situation.
(By International News Service.)
MADR'D, Feb. 15 A\ state of siege
was declared at (asrenada today, fol
lJowing riots in whick three persons
vy ere killed apnd twenty injured
U'nequal diast ywution o food was
said Lo bhe the cause .
The custom house wis burned by
the rioters
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Berlin Warehouse
Y datlenwa >3
Strikers' Riot
(By International News Service,)
COPENHAGEN Feb 1 Consider
able rioling ha irked the trike of
the warchouse workers ir Berl 14
ordiug to a dispatch from there today
Forty thousand worker ire out
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Government Seizes
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Belfast Plants
(By International News Service.)
BELFAST, IREKILLAND. Fel B o
ernment troop today possession
of Lthe gar work il electr power sta
tion. The Mayor } wppealed f vol
unteers 1o carr " he nunicipal sery
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67 Conventions for
e y
W ianta This Year
Sixty-seve nventior will be held
in Atlanta th ear. Fred Houser T
retar of ythe Atla k 4 wentli I
reau {NNot I Frida Twe v oon
ventione have been added to he list
inoes h neeting o ¢ bureau Janu
ary 258. One of the most impor
venlt n anded within the last month is
tha k 1 Aine wn Institu of Civil
W u_rm“v' who w come to Atlanta in
the latter par of June I'he douthern
Furniture Manufaeture A lation
will mes Atlanta Marct | Mr
House 1A
I'his th econd vear \ Atlanta
hag been hogt to the furniture men
Meeting here t year, the ceded no
great urging on the pa of Mr. Houser
to ge them 1 ome agailr Andrew M
Fairl | ent Atlanta mical e
gineer. gave ‘ s ance to M
House A 4 ¢ ) vers to
Atlar One of the prime requisites
for mvention was avallable lab
aratoris A “re OXe n nt cOnid Iw
made and Mr. Fairlle proved Atlanta's
supersority in Lhis respect
{ AFTERNOON |
_EDITION
(By International News Service.)
BREST, FRANCE, Feb. 15.—Presi=
dent Wilson began his relurn journey
to the United States at 11:15 o'clock
this morning.
At that hour the American transe
port George Washington, formerly the
Hamburg-American liner, with the
Chief Executive and his party ahpard,
steamed ouwt of the harbor,
The scenes attending the departure
of the President were spectacular,
Huge crowds lined all parts of the
water front and there were continual
cheers as the liner slowly made its
way out to sea
Attack on League
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Plans Forming
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Feb, 15.—The lines
of attack and defense of the league
of nations constitution, read to the
plenary session of the peace confer
ence by President Wilson, were take
ing form in the Senate today
Preliminary skirmishing was ex«
pected this afternoon, but the main
battle of #finion is not expected be
fore the constituwtion draft is. aected
upon by the peace conference,
Senators expect that many amends
ments to the proposed cunsth.ux&:
will be offered, especially by the
resentatives of the smaller possers,
These amendments, they believed,
would b rejecred for the most part,
and the constitution approved by the
conference practically as it was rew
ported T 4
Principal Objections.
The principal objections in the
Senate to the covenant as it was
drafted are:
1. That it does not make clea®
what agency is to control the naval
and military forces that may be call
ed upon to eanforce the judgments of
the league
2, That it leaves to the judgment
of an outside agency how great shall
be the reduction in the armaments
of the geveral members of the league
These will be the two main points
upon which the attack of opponents
ol the League of Nations idea in the
Senate will center There are many
minor objections and at the same
time many of the general ideas con
tained in the constitution are com~
mended, even by those most bitterly
o 1 posed to any departure from the
prelicy of “no entangling alliances.*
Views as to Success.
Senators on both sides weree in
clined to ugree that the Leagvne of
Nations will be successful only in se
far as it is successfully administered.
This idea was expressed by Senator
Hitcheock, chairman of the foreign
relations committee, and Senator
Lewis, administration whip, both ar«
dent supporters of the idea, and by
Senators Borah and Knox, two of its
opponents
Senator Hitcheock has prepared an
analysis of the constitution and a de«
talled interpretation of its provisionk
for submisgsion to the Senate, He will
not make the statement this after
noon, he said, unlesy forced to do so
by oppesition criteism
The most frequent criticism, head
among opponents of the idea toduw
was that the plan was “unconstitue
tionak” Another criticism was thad
it “throws the Monroe Doctrine om
the scrapheap.” Neither point will be
greatly stressed, however, when the
debate begins
There were reports today that adé
ministration leaders in the Senate
were planning the introduction of &
resolution putting the Senate on rece
ord as “approving the Preskdent'y
course”
Would Cause Long Debate \
It s recognized by the Democraty
that the introduction of such a resos
lution would oceasgion “prolonged
bate” ffom the Republican side
chamber, all of which wonld hake
be answered on hehalf of the
istration Thus the Republcan
the forcing of an extea
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