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Tax Defeat To Close Schools, Orme Says
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With Atlanta’s .public schools de
clared bankrupt, with indication of
wholesale resignation of teachers in
the next month, and with the neces
sity of immediate and drastic cur
tailment of its plans, the city’s entire
"(Lu‘kllil\;]\.il system is about to col
lapse as a result of the defeat of the
proposed $1.50 city tax project Wed
nesday, according to expressions by
leading officails Thursday morning.
The tax project was defeated by 895
votes, and all four propéSed bond is
sues also lost. Here is what Coun
cilman A, J. Orme, chairman of the
Council bond committee, had to say:
“The people have what they want-
M‘ And they will get what they pay
for. I see no chance for the schools
to reopen in September. |
“The schools are practically bank
“rupt now, with less than SI,OOO in \‘.‘lsh’
“wufter the present teachers’ salaries
have been appropriated. All of the
departments will have to be cut dnwn?
to such an extent that I heartily ne-|
lieve the people will regret their ;u'-z
tion of yesterday.” ,
Situation Called Acute. |
The situation was described as |
acute by Paul L. Fleming, <-h:lirmani
of the Board of Education I
“The result of the election was vm'_\"
disappointing,” Mr. Fleming!' S”mi
Thursday morning, “and the school
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department now is in a very ('l'ill(':xli
condition. I am informed that 150 |
t4achers will resign within the nvui
lt\‘l'nty days, but we hope to retaih ;ni
number iarge enough to complete the,
present school year. It is doubtful |
if under the present conditions the
schools will be able to reopen in Sep
tember.”
Charles 8. Culver, superintendent
of the city schools, said:
“The results of the electioh were
very disappointing
“We must live within our present'
income, which situation ig bound (n‘
result in a crippled condition of the!
school system. 1t means further a
multiplication of already deplorable |
conditions in the physical affairs of |
the schools, and Atlanta children—
thie children of the voters who took
part in vesterday’'s election-—can not
hiive o fair chance under the \'n-tdlvt(
of the voters. -
“It is not merely a question of
{‘l chers’ salaries, nor of new hulhl-l
Wigs. It is a crisis In the life or the|
schools, But the people have said |
wheat they want and we shall furntsh
what they pay for.*
Mayor James L. Key remained up
Aie Wednesday to get the final re-|
turns of the election, and could not hn‘
reached at an early hour 'l‘hursnlu,\‘}
morning.
All Issues Are Lost. l
\tlanta voters very definitely de |
cided Wednesday that they do not
sant an increase in the ad valorem
tax rate, nor did they see the neces-|
ty of improvements in the water-|
work motorization of the fire de
partment, construction of a building
to replace the present frame cyclo
rama at Grant Park, and for the issu
ance of $300,000 of bonds for the erec
tion" of an electric plant at the city
crematory, .
A total of 9,243 votes were cast in
the election, 4,174 voting for an in
crease In the tax rate, whiie 5,069 were
"Rigainst it. This large majority was
ftributed to the negro vote, which
practically was unanimous in opposi
tion. It wag hoped by the campaign
committee of Couneil that out of the
registration of 15,660 enough voters
would go hllhv polls to offset the rec
ognized yote against the city admin
istration’s plans.
The vote on the four bond issues
was 28 follows:
For $£500,000 for improvement of the
waterworks, 6,161; against, 2,855,
For issuance of SIOO,OOO for the mo
torization of the fire department,
6,300; against, 3,289. !
For the issuance of SIOO,OOO for the
building of a fireproof building to re
place the present cyclorama, 5,638;
against, 3,316
, For the $300,000 in bonds for the
ematory, 4,972; against, 4,175,
The vote on the first two issues
vave the necessary two-thirds ma
jrity, but ‘as the majority was not
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Atlanta and Chattanooga teams open the Southern League baseball season here this afternoon. For i ull.details, see Sporting Page.
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TAX RAISE.
For. Against.
First Wand A..... . 107 2%
Fist-Wam B, ... 14 325
Second Ward A..... 499 460
Second Ward 8..... 61 67
Third Ward A...... GOR 553
Third Ward 8...... 147 97
Fourth Ward A..... 172 148
Fourth Ward 8..... 40 562
Fißh - Ward A... ... 161 219
Fifth Ward 8...... 112 72
Sixth Ward A...... 326 360
Sixth Ward 8...... 162 114
Seventh Ward A. ... 376 292
Seventh Ward 8.... 83 87
Eighth Ward A..... 422 569
Eighth Ward 8..... 61 47
Ninth Ward A...... 557 443
Ninth Ward 8....,. 112 96
TaNth Y A, 83 66
Tenth Ward 8..:.1. 171 217
Tl . s S 0 5,069
CREMATORY BONDS.
For. Against.
First Ward A....,.. 118 240
Firat Ward 8....... 26 315
Second Ward A .... 583 334
Second Ward 8..... 83 ~ 42
Third Ward A...... 675 394
Third Ward 8...... 189 48
Fourth Ward A..... 184 131
Fourth Ward 8..... 49 H 46
Fifth Ward A...... 233 142
Fitth Ward 8...... 141 a 5
Sixth Ward A...... 240 328
Bixth Ward 8...... 222 47
Seventh Ward A.... 102 261
Seventh Ward 8..,. 114 04
Eighth Ward A..... 342 647
Eighth Ward 8.... 5 27
Ninth Ward A....., 718 292
Ninth Ward B ..... 133 T
Tenth Warad A...... 111 35
Tenth Ward 8...... 2N 153
O .h i R 178
- WATERWORKS BONDS.
“For. Against.
First Ward A.....<. 161 225
First Ward 8..~..,. 27 314
Second Ward A..... 664 251
SBecond Ward 8..... 87 38
THirG Warg A... ... 763 296
Third Ward 8...... 200 -84
Fourth Ward A...,.. 253 67
Fourth Ward 8...,, 66 532
FUth Ward A...... 259 116
Fitth Ward 8...... 147 11
t.\‘lxlh Ward &...... 505 180
| Sixth Ward 8...., 226 44
Seventh Ward A.... 517 136
Seventh Ward 8.... 136 29
Eighth Ward A.... 761 229
Eighth Ward 8.... 87 21
[ Minth Ward A...... 617 136
Ninth Ward-8.,.... 156 H 4
i'l‘vnlh WRre Ay, 120 26
Tenth Ward 8...... 250 123
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IR iiy lINO 2,856
FIRE DEPARTMENT BONDS.
For. Against,
First Ward A....... 152 231
et Ward 8....... 22 319
Second Ward A,... 634 280
Second Ward 8..... K 4 41
Third Wargd A...... 729 317
Third Ward'B...... 192 41
Fourth Ward A...., 238 85
Fourth ‘)\'m'll Bl K 0 HIR
Fifth Ward A...... 242 122
yilth Ward 8...... 148 * 40
Sixth Ward A...... 460 218
Sigth Ward 8...... 2256 46
Seventh Ward A.... 481 177
Seventh Ward B. ... 132 32
Eighth Ward A..... 706 280
Eighth Ward 8.... 81 23
Ninth Ward A.....q 37 223
Ninth Ward 8...... 164 b 6
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CARUSO SNGS N MARTH
N TODAY'S PERFORMANGE
| Thursday’s matinee of the Metro
ipolflan opera season promises to be
‘the outstanding afternoon perform
‘ance of the week, for the reason that
the only Caruso is.to sing. Indica
tions. were that the crush would be
ething to worry the traffic cops.
The opera of the afternocon is
“Martha,” which the Metropolitan
scorned to include in its dignified re
}pertoire until a few seasons ago,
‘when it was given a fine setting and
‘oflered in New York as a concession
to the demand for a light work of
lyric qualities. It pfoved an instan
taneous success, ang bhig audlencesl
clamored for seats to hear Caruso
sing “Ah, So Pure, Ah, So Bright,”
and Hempel soar into the clouds
while she plucked the petals from
the “Last Rose of Summer.” It was
‘hrought to Atlanta three years ago,
‘Barrientos having succeeded to the
coloratura role, and the little Span
ish soprano made the favorite old
part sparkle with sunshine,
There are no great dramatic epi
sodes in “Martha,” no pomp and cir
cumstances—and no. tragedy. But
there are many moments of lovely
melody and of rollicking fun, marked
by several beautiful airs and concert
ed numbers. The spinning wheel
quartet in the second-act is & most
notable bit of writing.
Barrientos is again to be the Mar
tha of the opera; Caruso, the un
happy Lionel, and Malatesta the Sir
Tristan. Adamo Didur, who sang thei
bus o role of the quack doctor mi
“L’Elisir D'Amore” so delightfully,
will sing Plunkett, and Kathleen
Howard will be the Nancy of the
quartet. Genmaro Papi will conduet.
The matinee begins promptly at 2‘
o'clock,
Tremendous Throng |
Hears “Aida”
By DUDLEY GLASS.
Atlanta's fourth performance of
“Aida" by the Metropolitan forces
was given at the Auditorium Wednes
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Tenth Ward A...... 121 27
Theth Ward 8...... .. 244 135
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ko SN %1] 8,289
CYCLORAMA BONDS.
. For. Against,
First Ward A...... 143 241
Firgt Ward 8....... 22 218
Second Ward A.... 532 87
Second Ward 8..... 80 45
Third Ward A...... i 324
Thitg Ward 8.....: 194 39
Fourth Ward A..... 223 95
Fourth Ward 8..... o 6 H4O
Yitth Ward A...... 230 126
Fitth Ward 8...... 137 50
Bixth Ward A.,.... 453 220
Sixth Ward 8...... 224 16
Seventh Ward A.... 400 172
Seventh Ward B. ... 124 41
Eighth Ward A.... 612 378
Eighth Ward 8.... 82 23
Ninth Ward A...... 712 162
Ninth Ward 8...... ¢ 188 <« 11
Tenth Ward A...... 112 33
Tenth Ward 8...... 239 ‘/4:«
TOWME soccnnsssise 5,688 5,316
ATELANTA CUA:
day night before an audience almost
as large as the record-holder, the
“Aida" audience in 1910, |
A cast entirely new to Atlanta was
presented, and it ‘may be said at the
outset that it was not entirely ati
home in the vast spaces of the Audi
torium, though ‘growing familiarity
brought an improvement in the later
acts, |
Clandia Muzio, as Aida, won the
greatest success of the performance.
She has gained much in the two
years since her debyt, and her por
trayal of the Ethiopian slave was one
of the best we have heard. She sang
her opening air, “Return Victorious,"”
in a way which satisfied everybody
there need be no worry over the so
prano. And her “O patria mai” in
the Nilesceme was given all the soul
and all the beauty one could imagine.
Hipolito Lazaro, the Spanish ten
or, made his debut here as Rhadames.
If anyone had heard the first act
only he would have decided that
Lazaro was not up to Metropolitan
standards. The great “Celeste Aida”
caused no furore. The tenor's high
tones were clear and full, but the low
ones were left to the imagination.
But there is every reason to believe
Lazaro had not “found himself.” It
is no easy task to sing for the first
time in the big Auditorium. One
must “feel it out” for a while. Even
Matzenauer, about whose voice and
artistry there can. be no question, un
less the critics have been deceived
for a decade, was nothing to marvel
at in the first act,
But both tenor and contralto show
ed marked improvement when once
they had become accustomed to the
house, It was in the Nile scene that
Lazaro pegan to prove that he can
sing. His duet with Muzio was beau
tifully sung, in tone and in emotion.
And in the great finale, when these
two sang the “Farewell to Rarth”
duet, there was one of these great
moments which lift one out of the
material into the ethereal. If there
were nothing else in “Aida” than this
duet and the triumphal return scene,
the opera still would be worth the
investment,
Thomas Chalmers, the baritone,
was very much better than in
“Faust,” when he had been feeling
indisposed. The role of Amonasro
is a brief one, but it makes consid
erable demands upon a volce, and
Chalmers sang it well. His debut
with Muzio in the third act drew a
big round of applause,
One of. the surprises of the evening
was the singing of a basso who came
to Atlanta as a substitute, and who
made a dull role stand out through
the beautiful clarity of his tones,
This was Louis D'Angelo, who sang
the King, father of Amneris. Jose
Mardongs=sang the High Priest part
splendidly, and the clear soprano of
Lenora Sparkes rang out crystal
clear from behind the scenes in the
haunting priestess’ chant.
But whether or not one considers
the work of the principals up to for
mer presentations of “Ailda,” there
can be no doubt that the production
was the most ornate, the most lavish,
ever given Atlanta, The Thebes
scene in the second act I 8 the “big
gest” scene in all opera, 'There are
more than 1300 persons grouped on
the stage. And in this year's pro
duction it has been given a new set.
ting. new costumes of unusual beu
tv, and a-new ballet, with Florence
Rudolph as the solo dancer,
THURSDAY, APRIL, 24, 1919
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% By HARVE WESTGATE. |
© Y Hrlhey-vatog-down-the- taxes
O and they voted down the
) bonds, and the teachers |
§ may go hungry and the youngsters :
<lose their ponds; they voted for;
) retrenchment, and a city standing,
§ still, but we've got to take it calm
g ly, for it tells the people’s will, Old
) Italy has quit us, and she’s rearin’,
§ tearin’ mad, but perhaps she’'ll re
§ consider, and come back again, by
2 dad; no secret pact in London will
) our Mr, Woodrow stand, and his
) words today are ringing o'er old
:fi Europe’s bloody land. They're tak
s ing in the shekels as the op'ra
goes along, and they're paying |
gobs of iron men, just to hear Ca- .
ruso's song; they're buving gowns .
{ and feathers that would make the
é peacocks blush, as they don their :
) silks and satins, and their velvets |
f and their plush. Oh, boy' Get out |
; your megaphone, and play a little
{ air, and greet the diamond fellows |
{ and the game beyond compare; |
} just yell and laugh and holler, and |
;’ let loose a screeching call, for |
{ we've reached that gladsome day |
?uguin to slam the little ball, |
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(By International News Service.)
ZURICH, April 24.-—Austria has
broken off relations with Hungary,
accordihg to a dispatch from Berlin
today, queoting the newspaper Vos
sische eZitung
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WILSON'S DECLARATION
~ AGAINST LAND-GRABRING
President Wilson's statement on the
Fiume and other territorial disputes at
the peace conference follows:
In view of the capital importance
of the questions affected, and in or
der to throw all possible light upon
what is invoived in their settlement,
I hope that the following statement
will “contribute to the final formation
of opinion and to a satisfactory solu
tion.
When Italy entered the war she en
tered upon the basis of a defipite pri
vate understanding with Great Brit
ain and France, now knoéwn as the
Pact of London. Since that time the
whole face of circumstances .has been
altered. Many other powers, great
and smal, have entered the struggle,
with no knowledge of that private un
derstanding. i
The Austro-Hungarian empire, then
the enemy of Europe, and at whose
expense the pact of London was to be
kept in the event of victory, has gone
to pieces and no longer exists, Not
only that, but the several parts of
that empire, it is agresd now by Italy
and all her associates, are to be erect
eéd into independent states and assos
cinted in a league of nations, not wlt&
those who were recently our enemie,
but with Italy herself and the powers
that stood with Italy in the great war
for liberty.
Smal| States To Be Guoarded
We are to esmbgfnh their liberty as
well as our own. hey are to among
the smaller states whose interests are
henceforth to be safeguarded as scru
pulously‘as the interests of the most
powerful states,
The war was ended, moreover, X
proposing to Germany an armisti
and peace which should be founded
on certain clearly defined principles
which set up a new order of right and
Justice. Upon those principles the
peace with Germany has been con
celved, not enly, hut formulated,
Upon those principles it will be exe
cuted, We can not ask the T‘eut body
of powers 10 propose and effect peace
with Austrja and establish a new ba
sis of lndc-w-ndflnw and right in the
states which originally eonstituted the
Austro-Hungarian empire and in the
states of the Balkan group and on
principles of another kind, We must
apply the same principles to the set
tlement of Jurape in those quarters
that we have applied in the peace
with Germsny. It was upon the ex
plicit avowal of those principles that
the imitlative for peace was taken,
1t is u'pon them that the whole struce
ture of peace must rest,
Fiume Must Serve M-ng
If those principles are to be ad
here to, Flume must serve as the out
let of the commerce, not of Italy, but
of the land to the north and northeast
of that port; Hungary, Bohemia, Rou
mania and the states of the new Jugo-
Slav group. To assign Flume to Italy
would be to create the feeling that we
have deliberately put the V"" upon
whiteh all those countries chiefly de
m»nd for their access across to the
editerranean in the hands of a pow
er of which it did not form an inte
gral part and whose sovereignty, If
set up there, must inevitably seem
foreign, not domestic or identified
with the commercial and industrial
tife of the regions which the port
must serve, 1t {g for that reason, no
doubt, that Fiume was not included in
the pact of London, but there definite
ly assigned to the Croatians,
And the reason why the line of the
Pact of London swept about many of
the islands of the vastern coast of the
Adriatic and around. the portion of
the Dalmatian coast,*which !l:u most
openito that sea, was not ly that
here and there on those islunds, and
here and there on that coast, there
are bodies of people of* 'alian blood
and connection, but also, and no
doubt chiefly, because it was felt that
it was necossary for Italy to have a
foothold amidst the channals of the
- eastern Adriatic In order that she
might make her own coasts safe
AIVT =T -
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_EDITION |
agninst the naval aggression of Aus
tria-Hungary.
But Austria-Hungary no longer ex
ists. It is proposed that the fortifica
tions which the Austrian Government
constructed there shall be razed and
permanently destroyed,
Peace Assures Equity.
It is part also of the new plan
of European order, which centers in
the league of nations, that the new
States erected there shall accept a
limitation of armaments, which puts
- Aggression out of the questipn. There
~can be no fear of the unfair treat
- ment of groups of ltalian people
~ there, because adequate guarantees
~ will be given, under international
- sanction, of the equal and equitable
treatment of all racial or national
minorities.
| In brief, every question associated
with this settlement™ wears a new
aspect—a new aspect given it by the
very victory for right for which Italy
- has made the supreme sacrifice of
blood and treasure. Italy, along with
the four great powers, has become
i one of the chief trustees of the new
~ order which she has Phyed 80 honora
- bié a part in establishing.
; And on the north and northeast
~ her natural frontiers are completely
- restored, along the whole sweep of
~ the Alps from northwest to southeast
to the very end of the [talian penin
sula, including all the great water.
shed within which Triest and Pola
lie, and all the fair regions whose
face nature has turned mwuzi the
great renlnsuln upon which theé his
toric life of the Latin people has
been wroked out through centuries of
famous history ever since ’Roma was
first set urou her seven hllls,
| Italy’'s Unity Restored.
- Her ancient unity is restored, Her
lines are extended to the freat witlls,
which are her natural defense. It is
within her choice to be surrounded
by friends; to exhibit to the newly
liberated peoples across the Adriatic
' that noblest c’unlu{ of greatness,
} magnanimity, friendly generosity, the
preference of justice over interest.
The nations associated with her,
the nations that know nothlng of the
pact of London, or of any other spe
clal understanding that lies at the
‘ beginning of this great struggle, and
who have made thely supreme sacrifice
also In the interest, not of natienal
- advantage or defense, but of the set
tled reln-e of the world, are now
united with her older assoclates in
- urging - her to assume a leadrship
- which can not be mistaken in the new
~order of Europe.
| America is Italy's friend. Her lu.-o
- ple are drawn, millions strong, from
Italy's own falr countrysides. She is
linked in blood, as well as in affec
tion, with the Italian peoxlu, Such
ties can never be broken, nd Amer
- lea was ]lrh’ih‘%’d. by the generous
commission of her associates In the
- war, to initiate the peace we are
about to consummate—to initiate it
upon terms which she had herself
formulated under which | was her
} spokesman,
\ Must Square With Principles.
‘ The compulsion is upon her to
‘ square every decision she takes a
- part in with those principles. She
‘ can do nothing else. She trusts ltaly,
and in her trust believes that Italy
will ask nothing of her that ean not
be made unmistakably congistent with
those sacred obligations.
The interests are not now in ques
tion, but the rights of peoples, of
Htates new and old, of liberated peo
ples and peoples whoge rulers have
never accounted them worthy of a
right; above all, the right of the
world te peace and to such gettlements
of interest as shall make peace se
cure
These, and these only, are the prin
ciples for which America has fought.
These, und these anly, are the prine
cipler upon whiech she can consent to
miake peace. Only upon these prin
ciples, she hopes and helleves will
the people of Italy ask her to make
peace.
NO. 226
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By JOHN EDWIN NEVIN,
Staff Correspondent of the L. N. S.
~ PARIS, April 24—France and Great
Britain are fully in accord with Pres
ident Wilson's publicly announced po
sition on the Italian-Jugo-Slav ter
ritorial dispute and any attempt by
the German peace delegatés to make
capital out of the temperary break
will meet with no success, it was de
‘c‘l.ut-d today in American circles,
‘ Should the Germans attempt to
make any arguments, hasing their
contentions on the fourieen princi
ples, President Wilson will interpret
them himself.
' It became known today the Presi
dent’s statement had been prepared
three days ago with the approval of
1"1'!'"\4('!‘ Lioyd George and Premier
Clemenceau. It was re-read severa!
‘honrn before it was made public and
'the two Premiers were asked for sug
gestions,
| “It is admirable in every way, and
H would not change a word of it,”
Premier Clemenceau is said to have
remarked
Fear for Americans.
There is no apprehension among
‘lhr American delegates as to the ef
tect the statement will have in Italy.
‘Mul in official circles some seams
were expressed for the Americans now
in Italy. Prastically all of the Amer
ican troops are out of Italy, but there
are some Red Cross workers in that
country.
It is learned from French sources
that 42 members of the German peace
mission already have reached Spa and
are ready to leave for Versailles on
short notice, Accompanging the del
egates and their secretaries are a
number of telegraph and wireless ex
perts to keep Berlin in touch with the
developments
When the Germans are called in the
only suggestions they will be allowed
to make will pertain to details for
the application of the treaty terms.
No arguments that the Teutonic en
voys may undertake to raise will be
entertained, This apparently disposes
of the rumor thatythe Germans will
be permitted to discuss the dispoei
tion of the Saar basin of Dunzig or
the German colonies.
If there are any hopes In Germany
that the * German plenipotentiaries
may be able “to talk the Allied dele
gutes out of seme of their dedsions
on territorial questions™ they are
doomed to disappointment,
Two Points of Interest,
Chief interest centeved today upon
two subjects:
First, the effect of President Wil
son's Italian statement.
Second, the exact time when the
Cermans would be called on to sign
the treaty and the attitude the Teu
tons would take on territorial and
indemnity questions.
Premier Orlando, of italy, did mot
know in advance of the preparation
of the President’s announcement,
When a copy was shown to him, he
said
This is a document of the highest
importance. But I can not_discuss it
until it is translated into Italian and [
have had a chance to canvass it at
length with my colleagues, Later we
shall decide whether we shall answer
it with words or deeds. I am here
representin the Italifan people and
therefore 1 am only able to speak
when I am certain that I reflect thelr
sentiments. In any eévent [ can not
be drawn into a discussion whiech
might give the false impression that
there is a fight between President
Wilson and myself"”
i Following a conference between
Premier Orlando and his colleagues, |
was announced that the Italians had
decided to leave Paris on Thursday
afternoon
The action of President Wilson re
garding Italy is regarded in some
quarters as a strong indication of the
\, inziple that President Wilson will
ipply 'n dealing with Japan's clalms
lv‘-r Chinese territory This has
brought about a revival of the re¢
ports that Japan may withdraw from
the peace conference if Italy takes
formal tion in that direction.
ke s 2 . ys
Criticism of Wilson
Is Diverse In Paris.
By International News Service.)
PARIS \pril 24 Diverse new
P riticism today greeted #resid
L Wilkon's public declaration
‘l') ime should not be given to Il
The Kignre reforved v sha Arat