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VOL. XVI
ITALY’S CLAIMS TO BE DECIDED THIS WEEK
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(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, May 24.—An
America as dry as the Sahara.
This is what prohibition advocates
in the Senate were striving for as
they went to work today, attempting
1o round up a sufficient number of
votes to pass the prehibition enforce
anent acts which were introduced yes
terday by Senators Sheppard, of
Mexas, Democrat, and Jones, of Wash
ington, Republican, the two leading
prohibition legislutors on the Senatw
side.
Little definite success met the ef
forts of the prohibition woerkers, who
wera busy in the Capitol today., The
great majority of members of Con
gress were shying from any definite
promises as to their future attitude
on prohibition, until sofne definite
stand has developed which will show
whether or not Congress. will follow
the President’s recommendation that
rohibition on light wines and beers
be repealed.
Measure Comes as Surprise.
Only the most ardent prohibition
ists seemed willing to go ahead at
the present time to fight for a totally
dry America. The stringency of the
two prohibition enforcement measures
which were introduced yesterday has
sather surprised a number of mem
bers of Congress. Already there is
opposition to an appropriation of
$3.590.000 for the enforcement of the
prohibition laws by a proposed pro
hibition commissioner. y
The powers given by the proposed
act to the commissioner to enforce
prohibition and secure as many
agents as necessary will undoubtediy
cause lengthy debate on the floor, it
was stated, as many Senators have
expressed fears that this will epen
the field for a great deal of political
patronage.
Theroughness of the most exacting
kind in the drawing of the prohibi
tion enforcement acts is admitted on
all sides. Should the act zo into ef
fect, some members of Congress be
lieved that within a few years intoxi
cants would be unmentioned subjects,
s¢ effectunally has the proposed bill
aimed to check even the public men
tion of alcoholic beverages. Evasions
of the prohibition law, which have
been given some publicity already,
are aimed at in the enforcement acts
now before the Sénate. There are
provisions in the act which would
make it unlawful to advise or com
municate mformation of means or
methods of securing intoxicating lig
uors “on land, sea or in ‘he air.” |
No Aerial Trafficking. |
These provisions are aimed to pre
vent any aerial or marine trafficking
in liquor beyond the jurisdiction of!
the United States. To make the law
water-tight a clause has been added |
whieh would make unlawful any|
“shift by means of which the law
might be evaded.” |
Senator .Jones' bill, which prov im‘s‘
that beverages are intoxicating when
they contain one-half of one per cent )
alcohol, will meet with considerabie
opposition, it is believed. This con
tention of an intoxicating liquor V\HH
conflict with several State laws n!-i
ready in effect and will be attacked
on that ground, leaders said. ]
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Auto Injury Case Taken |
To Coyrt of A ppeals'
MACON, May 24.—Having been tried
twice in the City Court and new triuls?
granted after each verdict, the case of
1. 12, Jones against Mrs. M. M. Stapler, |
a prominent society woman of Macon,
has been appealed to the ourt of Ap- |
peals. 1
The cclebrated case had its beginning
when Jones was injured in an automo
bile accident. Mrs. Stapler’g automo- |
bile, which ran jinto Jones as alleged .in |
the petition, was driven by Mrs. Slu-‘
pler’s chauffeur. Jones brought suit
for SIO,OOO and was awarded $5,000. Mrs. ‘
Stapler asked for a new trial and it was
granted by Judge Dupont Guerry. .\t{
the second trial Jones got a verdict for
SIO,OOO. Again Mrs. Stapler appealed to
Judge Guerry and she was gpanted an
tther mew trial. “Today Jones, dissat
-1 fied with Judge Guerry's action, .filed
§ bill of exceptions. :
.
Brig. Gen.o.B. Rosenbaum
Assigned to Camp Gordon
Brigadier General Otho B. Rosenbaum,
who is expected in New York within
the next few days after service over
geas, has been ordered to proceed to
Camp Gordon, according to a message
frem Washington received by the At
lJanta Georgian Saturday. Camp Gor
don officials stated that the assignment
of General Rosenbaum to Gordon would
not in any way affect the styva there of
Major General Samuel D. Sturgis, who
recen‘#; assumed command. It is under
stood to be the -plan to put General
Rosenbaum in charge of demobilization
at Gordon.
1. C. C. Will Probe
. . .
Rates in Illinois
. (By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, May '24.—The inter
state commerce commission this after
noon ordered an investigation of the
rates, charges, rules and regulations
yid classifications existing in Hlinois.
g‘ e action followed complaint of In
-3 shippers that they were being dis
el ted against in favor of Illinois.
Full International News Service
l .
Grins and
G sint
roans in the
Day’s News
Possibly the person who broke
into ‘“Doc” Mitchell's house and
stole his wife's silk dress last week
saw the error of his way--that, or
he grew sorry for his victim—any
way, when Doc went home \Wed
nesaay night he found the dress
wrapped in a neat little bundle that
hac¢ been left on the front veranda.
Doc is ‘a porter at the State Capi
tol.
| Several days ago The Georgian
| published an account of the theft
~of the dress from Doc’s home in
. Kast Point. Doc said he paid S4RB
~ for the dress and had just made the
1 fina' payment on it. He also told
of previous hard-luck experiences—
~how a burglar had stolen all of his
furriture and chickens and even
all the eggs from the hen house.
| Ana then Doe claimed for himself
the uncoveted honer of being the
tne and only original hard-luck
guy. He was all smiles Friday
morning, however.
“l sho’ am happy today, white
folks,” he said. *“De pusson what
stole my wife’'s dress done brung it
back, and 1 think that theah piece
what you had in the paper done
made'de thief 'shamed o’ hisseff.”
Once more the meanest man in
the world has been discuvered, if
the police have correct information
cancerning the conduct of W. F.
Brown, otherwise known as J. B.
King, who says he lives at No. 280
East Fair street.
The police were told that while
Brown’s aged mother was in a dy
ing condition at No. 8 Spencer
street he went to her home and sold
practically all the furniture, includ
ing her only bed. Oflicers Horns
- by and Howell made the arrest at
tre request of relatives. The aged
woman was taken to the Grady
Hospital, where her death js expeci
eq hourly.
Brown is being held for trial In
the Recorder’'s Court under a SSOO
bond.
A 4-month-old pig. complete in
all details, including a silvery tail
that curls, is missing from its wont
ed habitat, and all Decatur street
mourns. It was lifted from its pen
some time late Friday in front of a
notions store, No. 137 Decatur
street, and as late as Saturday aft
ernoon some stout hearts held out
hope for its survival.
The owner, J. J. Angljn, told the
police in reporting the outrage that
life never again would - mean the
same to him. ¢
"[)vork eleven hours a day, judge,
and ‘when I get on a street car to
go home I find- it crowded with
women who've spent the day at
the movies. And I am just too ex
hausted to hang on to straps and be
jostled by the crowd in the aisles.”
This was the explanation of Jerry
Blankenship, of No. 90 Means street,
to Police Judge Johnson for having
sat beside a negro in a Peachtree
car Friday afternoon. He was fined
a dollar under the Jim Crow law.
Dr. E. C. Davis, oi the Davis-
Fi:scher Sanitarium, reports that he
is one cow ahead at his home at
I"'ourth and Spring streets, and ear
nestly desires the owner to come
and take her away.
The cow wandercd meditatively
into Dr. Davis’ back yard Thursday
evening, a rope still attached to her
neck. ohe evinced a friendly dis
position and fondness for flowers,
taken intefnally. The cow is giving
plenty of milk, as well as a good
dea' of trouble, Dr. Davis having no
cow garage, but he will be very
glad for the owner to turn up.
World Commerce Body
.
To Meet in Brussels
By LOUIS PIERARD,
(Exclusive Cable to the I. N. S. from
“ The London Daily Express.)
BRUSSELS (via London), May 24.
This city is to be made the head
quarters of the International Insti
tute of Commerce, it was learned to
day following a conference of repre
sentatives of the various allied pow
ers,
An international trade route is te
be established between Bordeaux,
Venice, Trieste, Fiume, Agram, Bu
charest and Odessa. It will not cross
either Germany or Austria.
The Orient express, which formerly
ran between Berlin and Constantino
ple, will now cross Europe by way of
Italy sand Jugo-Slavia with London
and Paris connections.
.
Justice Department
To Probe Steel Trade
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, May 24.—The De
partment of Justice, it was learned to
day, will make an investigation of Rail
way Director Hines' charge that the
steel interests are plotting to maintain
prices at an inflated level. Officials of
the department refused to make any
comment, but it was known that they
had Hines’ statement before them, and
that they were prepared to take some
action.
Hines made the assertion following the
submission by six companies of identi
cal bids on 200,000 tons of steel rails.
Course of Four U. S.
Transports Changed
(By Internarional News Service.)
. WASHINGTON, May 24 —Four trans
ports from France have changed thei#
course, the War Department announced
this afternoon. The Finland will dock
at Newport News May 31,<instead of
Boston; the Canandigua at Philadelphia
May 31, instead of Newport News; the
!Dakntan at Philadelphia May 27 instéad
of New York, and the battleship New
Jersey at New York June 1, instead of
Newport News.
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By WINFIELD JONES,
Wachington Correspondent of The
Georgian.
WASHINGTON, May 24.—That the
members of the House military com
mittees will return from France, fully
convinced of the folly »f depending
upon the league of nations for the de
fense of the country, is the prediction
of a high officer who has just re
turned here from France. He predi
cates this assertion on the assump
tion that the members of Congress
really made a full investigation of
the situation abroad. He declares that
Irance ig still holding 2,000,0000 men
under arms, and is giving no consid
eration tc the suggestion that con
scription should be abolished. He
also calls attention to the fact that
the military budget of Great Britain
provides for 1,500,000 men in its army
and navy. In his opinion, England
will never return to the velunteer sys
tem for the army. \
“I make the prediction,” he said,
in discussing the prospect for mili-|
tary legislation, ‘‘that the congres
sional party which has been in Eu
rope will not listen to any suggestion
other than the adoption of universal
training. In saying this, T assume
that the congressional committee has
made a thorough investigation of the
sitvation and will be fully advised as
to the military policies of France and
England. None of the large powers
are {aking into consideration the
league of nations in shaping their
military policies.
2,0000,000 Men in Army.
“France is still holding 2,000,000
men - under arms. and no intimation
has come from the authorities as to
when it is expected to return to a
peace basis. The suggestion that
France will abandon conscription or!
universal service is met with a smile.!
Eneland has now 1,500,000 men in her
army and navy. Her last budget pm-'i
vided for universal service, and I do
not believé that she will ever aban-|
don this policy. ?
“By the tenor of Representative !
Kahn's interview, which I read while !
veturning to the United States, I am |
convinced that he has seen the light.
I am surprised to hear tlhre serious
talk of disarmament in this country.
You hear no such talk in Europe, |
where the league of nations is re- |
carded as a doubtful experiment. At |
the best, it will require the support |
of a strong military force, not only in |
this. country, but in the other }ururr;
Favor Universal Trair.ina.
“ne sentiment of the oflicers and
men of the American expeditionary
forces is overwhelmingly in favor of
universal training. On numerous oC
casions by ballot, the sentimnent has
beer: tested, and despite the home
sickness of officers and men, they are
fully alive to the importance of main
taining an adequate army based on
universal service,
“In my opinion, it is time for all of
us who have served in the army to
foreet our differences and uniteron a
constructive policy. We should have
twenty divisions. They should be or
ganized as a Federal force out of the
army that the ceuntry has put into
the field, The National Guard and
officers should be given an opportu
nity to come into this force. At least
twenty divisions should be organized
and localized. National Guard and
reserve officers who have made good
in this war should be given equal op
portunity with the regular army.
Congress should giye us a policy
which will wipe out the factions in
our army by recognizing the men who
inade good in the service. Let us
have one army built on the lines of
the force which won the war.
Hand Grenades To Be
. .
Used as Dime Banks
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, May 24.—The
Government has found a unique use
for the 15,000,000 hand grenades left
over when the armistice was signed.
They are to be converted into dime
savings banks, it was announced
this afternoon, and Several large con
cerns are being interested in the
proposition.
Surplus stocks of all kinds still to
be sold by the War Department are
valued at $1,695,370,000. Sales since
November 11 have reached a total of
$236,130,000.
t
Sergeant York to Come
To Gordon for Discharge
Atlanta will have a chance to view
at close range Sergeant Alvin C. York,
the particular hero of the Eighty-sec
ond Division, whose capture of 132
boches and killing of 25 others, ma
chine gunners, has been officially de
clared the greatest individual exploit
of the war. Yerk will be sent to
Cemp Gordon soon for demobilization.
His home is at Pall Mall, Tenn.
Canada to Deport All
. -
Bolsheviki and I. W. W.
(By International News Service.)
OTTAWA, Ont., May 24.—The Can
adian Government will deport all revo-
Jutionary agitators, Bolsheviki and
members of the I, W. W, who have been
at,temptin§ to set up a soviet governs
ment at Winnipeg by taking advantage
of the general strike, it was announced
today. .
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CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA, May 24.—
The thirteenth body was taken from
the ruins of the Douglass Starch
Works today. Three hundred em
ployees of the company were engaged
in clearing away the wreckage and it
is expected that the rémaining bodies
will be uncovered during the day.
The official list of missing still
stands at 35. Five of the injured are
barely alive in the hospitals this aft
ernoon, and physicians say they will
die. There is small hope that any of
the missing 35 are alive. The police
say the death list will reach 53 if the
five in the hospital die.
Coroner David E. King summoned
his jury this morning from among
the leading business men of the city
and they viewed the wreck. A search
ing inquiry will be started tomor
row or Monday.
The coroner is investigating a re
port that the Douglass Company was
engaged in the manufacture of black
powder and that 3,600 pounds were
stored in the plant at the time of the
explosion.
Company officials denied powder
was being manufactured, but so many
stories to the contrary have been
heard that the coroner deems an in
vestigation necessary. Investigators
from the Department of Agriculture
will arrive in the city tomorrow from
Washington to start an independent
probe of the explosion,
The department wishes to know if
dust was the cause of the accident.
At 9 o’clock a phone message from
the wreckers announced that they
had almost reached the spot where
it is believed that eighteen hodies are
incinerated. They may be gotten out
in a few ha{xrfl. The western head
of the Red Cross has arrived to take
charge of the relief work.
.
Pershing To Be Host to
.
15 Nations at Event
(Bl{ International News Service.)
PARIS, May 24 —Fifteen allied na
tions or colonies have accepted General
Pershing’s invitation to be guests of the
American expeditionary Zforce at Per
shing stadium, near here, during the
athletic tournament from June 22 to
July 6.
Three nations that were created dur
ing tHe war will have representatives—
:llugo Slavia, Czecho Slovakia and Hed
az.
On account of the distance, China and
Brazi] are no# entering any contestants,
but will have representatives upon the
advisory committee.
$1,200,000,000 Is Asked
.
‘ For Roads by Hines
. WASHINGTON, May 24—An ap
propriation of $1,200,000,000, to be
'added to the “révolving fund” for
financing the railrpads under FPederal
econtrol was asked of Congress this
‘afternoon by Railways Director Hines.
The requirements for 1918, according
t 0 Mr. Hines' esttpato, are $941,802,-
428, of which $500,000,000 already -has
| been appropriated.and for 1919, $758,-
i 197,362. 4
‘ Premier Georges Clemenceau reading the terms of the peace treaty to the German delegates.
The Germans sit at tables at the extreme left, facing the Premier. This is the first photo to reach
here from France showing the historie scene on the momentous occasion,
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, May 24.—Four
American soldiers were killed and
eighteen injured in two explosions at
Camp Williams, Is-Sur-Tille, France,
on May 12 and 16, General Pershing
this afternoon informed the War De
partment. {
On May 12 a car of powder blew up
at the construction engineers’ quarry,
killing four and injuring eight. Four
days iater ten were injured, one se
riously, when 400 tons of asserted
high explosives blew up.
Among the dead are:
CORPORAL CLIFTON GORDON,
Greenville, S. C.
PRIVATE TOM ADDISON, Tren
ton, & C,
PRIVATE JOHN SMITH, Bethune,
B G .
Deserts Navy*to Gel
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In Fight; Is Freed
(By International News Service.)
GREAT LAKES, 11., May 24.—Be
cause of his gallant service as a
doughboy in France, Frank Wesley
Ailee, of Springfield, Mo., will not be
punished as a deserter from the navy.
Allee deserted from the U. 8. S.
North Carolina and joined the infan
try because he wanted to see real
fighting. He went to France and
fought in some of the most notable
battles of the war.
4 fter his discharge from the army,
Allec surrendered as a navy deserter
and has been in the brig here for two
months., Orders received from the
Navy Department today restore Allee
to duty. He was placed on probation
for one year. ;
U. S. To Be Organized
. .
| For Irish Republic
~ (By International News Service.)
PARIS, May 24—Michael J. Ryan,
of Philadelphia, one of the Irish-
American delegates in Paris in the
interests of Ireland, sailed for home
on the Touraine today to organize a
series of masg meetings to demand
that President Wilson insist on the
recognition of the Irish republie.
Mr. Ryan declared the meetings for
Iriech-Americans would be organized
everywhere, Officials say this action|
will be embarrassing to the Govern
ment. ‘
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Convict Lease System
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In Florida Abolished
TALLAHASSEE, FLA. May 24.——“
The Florida Legislature has just
passed a bill creating an extonslon‘
department at the University of Flor
ida similar to the one maintained by
the University of Wisconsin, which
wil. carry education to every man,
woman and child in Florida who
wants it. Governor Catts today signed
the bill abolishing the convict lease
system which has existed in Florida
for half a century.
Train Passes Over
2-Year-Old Boy;
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Child Not Injured
JOHNSON CITY, TENN, May
24.—Snuggled closely against the
ties, unconscious, but whole, Clyde
Swearington, 2 years old, was found
by frantic parents this morning be
tween the rails'of the main line
after a train of nineteen coaches
had rushed past, an inch above his
tousled and gritty halir.
There was one little bruise, hard
ly more than a scratch, and even
this he may have recelved.in his
play before he ventured onto the
tracks in the path of the oncoming
train.
The usual crowd had drifted down
to watch the passing of the limited
express. But when they saw the
child the train was too near to at
tempt rescue. Almost as it reached
him the tot lay down and the loco
motive roared by.
There was a gasp, and the crowd
stood tense until the train had
passed. The parents were first to
reach the child. A close examina
tion was made by a physician pres
ent, and after the boy had been re
vived he was said to be little the
worse for his experience.
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Bomb Explosion in
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Costa Rica Explained
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, May 24, —The ex
plosion of a bomb in the American
Legation at Costa Rica was the work
of an enemy of the Tinoco Govern
ment who desired to precipitate
strained relations between that coun
try and the United States, Dr, Carlos
Lara, confidential agent in Washing
ton of the Costa Rican Government,
today told the State Department.
“There was practically no damage
done, but my Government will capture
those guilty of this dastardly act, and
apply sternly the merited punish
ment,” Dr. Lara'stated.
‘Since Mr. Tinoco was given the
presidency by the sovereign and free
wil of the people, my Government has
demonstrated on all occasions that it
is the true and excellent friend of the
American people, and therefore is
worthy of receiving what all Amerls
cans stand for—fair play.”
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Decision on 1916 Income
| Tax Laws Is Wanted
: (By International News Service,)
WASHINGTON, May 24.—An _early
decision by the Supreme Court whether
stock @vidends are subject to the in
come tax carried in the 1916 Iaw"l is
sought by the Government. Solicitor
King has joined with former Supreme
Court Justice Charles E. Hughes, coun
sel for Mrs. Myrtle Macomber in the
Macomber-Eisner stock dividend tax
test case, in a motion filed with the
Supreme Court today, for a rehearing
of arguments in tha case immediately
after the reconvening of the court for
the October term. This case was grgued
early in the present term, but the Su
preme Court ordered return of the case
to the docket and a reargument,
Issued Dadly and Entered as Second Class Matter at
the PostoMce at Atianta Under Act of March 8, 1879
! WASHINGTON, May 24.—*“You are a
brave man and I congratulate you,” was
Secretary of War Baker's greeting to
jday to Sergeant Alvin C. York, of the
| 328th Infantry, who, at the head of a
detachment of seven men, killed twenty
Germans, took 132 prisoners and put
thirty-six machine guns out of com
mission.
York, who was accompanied by Rep
resentative Hull, of Tennessee, who was
showing him the sights of Washington,
‘h]ushml scarlet and stammered his ap
preciation of the secretary’s tribute. It
‘was obvious that he wa more at home
on the battlefield than in an office re
‘('vi\‘lllL{ the praie of his chief.
Later Representative Hull took the
‘hero to call upon Adjutant General Har
ris and Secretary to the President Tu
‘multy. ¢
This afternoon York appeared in the
speaker’'s gallery of the House as the
guest of Representative Hull. He was
recognized immediately and the mem
bers of the House interrupted proceed
ings, rose and applauded vigorously for
several minutes. Under the leadership
of. Representative Sims, of Tennessee,
many left the floor of the House to
shake hands with the Tennesseean. i
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Planes Used to Take |
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Two Recruits to Camp
AMERICUS, May 24.—The first two
recruits to'be brought to Souther Field
by airplane arrived there yesterday,
coming from Montezuma, and enlist
ing immediately following their arriv- |
al. They are Herbert Darley and Fred |
Varden, both residents of Marshailville,
from which place they communicated
with the commanding officer at the
flying field here. I
There being no suitable landing field !
at that place, they were requested to
travel by train to Montezuma, |
where they were picked up In |
planes and brought here, Colonel Ra
der, commanding officer, will send next |
week to a number of places to bring |
in recruits who are waiting for planes
to bring them' here to enlist in the air |
service. |
30 Burned Severely |
In Bayonne Blast|
(By International News Service.) |
BAYONNE, N, J, May 24.—Thirty;
persons were burned, none of them so|
seriously that they are not expe('tad;
to live, in an explosion in the case and |
can department of the Standard Oil
‘Company here today. The explnsinn.i
which is believed to have occurred at|
a faucet at which the cans were fil]ed,
with gasoline, threw 400 employees of
the plant into a panic. Nearly all the|
‘wounded were taken to Bayonne Hos
pital.
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American Girl Gets
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, French Legion of Honor)
BREST, May 24—(By French Gov
ernment Wireless.)—General Smith, of .
the Thirty-sixth American Division
(Téxas and Oklahoma National Guard |
troops), was decorated with the insig
nia of the Legion of Honor just before
the division sailed for home. Miss Marv,
jory Allen was also decorated. |
A reception was given at the Conti- |
nental Hotel just before the Americans
departed. i
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A Paper for Atlanta, Georgia,
and the South
(By International News Service.)
PARIS, May 24.-~The Polish situa.
tion today was causing great anxiety.
Word has reached the peace confer
ence that the Poles, in defiance of
that body’s wishes, have crossed the
Dniester River and are fighting their
way through Ukrainia.
President Wilson is known to have
drafted a statement, in the name of
the “big four,” which, it is reported,
states clearly that the Allies and as
sociated powers will not countenance
Polish aggressions. Publication of the
statement is being held up until Pre
mier Paderewski arrives from War
saw.
} By ROBERT J .PREW,
Staff Correspondent of the I. N. S,
PARIS, May 24.—Final settiement
of the rival Italian and Jugo-Slav
territorial clglma on the Adriatic will
not be. reached before the middle of
next week, it was learned from an au
thoritative source today.
Progress is being made toward a
soiution that will satisfy all parties,
but it is not yet known whether the
conferees will make iume a free city
under the league of nations or confer
upon Fiume the same regime as ap
plied to the Saar Valley.
[ Fremier Orlando is making a final
‘effort to retailn, in some measure,
Italy’s preponderance at Fiume by
having Italian diplomatic and consu
las representatives abroad to look
after the interests of Fiume, even
though it is made a free city.
Free City Favored.
A canvass of the peace delegates
leads to the belief that the plan for a
free city will eventually be adopted,
but Signor Orlando has expressed his
disapproval of the proposal to have
the league of nations supervise thé
administration of Fiume’s affairs. He
desires the city and port to have full
sovereignty in themgselves.
In connection with this same sug
gestion wa:s the demand that the
whole of the Istran Peninsula be
granted to Italy. In the earlier stages
of the negotiations President Wilson
drew a frontier line between Italy and
Jugo-Slavia immediately northward
from the Arsa River., When Premier
Orlando returned from Rome he ob
jected that such a frontler would
leave Fiume isolated in Jugo-Slav
territory. He therefore proposed that
the border follow a line laid down in
the pact of London running north
ward from Volosca, which is only a
few kilometers from Fiume,
House Represents U, S.
Colonel E. M. House has been rep
resenting the United States in these
negotiations. When the proposals are
crystallized and the situation clear,
the plan will be presented to Presi
dert Wilson for his approval.
it is considered probable that Pre
mier Orlando will give way and will
make the claim for Italy’s diplomatic
representation of Fiume. It is now
very certain that the big islands in
the Adriatic off Fiume will go to
Jugo-Slavia and, only a few smaller
islands to the south, such as Lussin
ard Unie, will be given to Italy.
On the Dalmation coast Italy will
receive Zara and Sebenio and will be
grented a port on Lissa Island. Italy
is receiving the friendliest support
from the United States and Great
Britain in regard to her claims in
Asia Minor. In the northern part of
Anatolia, however, their demands are
in conflict with French claims. It
is likely that, Premier Clemenceau will
win out in the negotiations over this
territory.
Italy and Greece Agree.
Baron Sonnino, the Italian Foreign
Minister, and M. Venizelos, the Greek
Premier, have settled the differences
between Italy and Greece on the-basis
of Greek concessions to Italy in
Northern Epirus.
In return, Italy will surrender her
claims to the Dodecanese Islands,
which will revert to Greece.
In behalf of Great Britain, Lord
Milner has announced that part of
Judaland will be ceded to Italy, ex
tending her possessions in East
Africa.
The Austrian treaty may be ready
by Tuesday, in which event another
plenary session of the peace confer
ence will be held on Wednesday, it
was reported today.
The question of reparation is now
one of the biggest problems. The
Austrian army will be greatly re
duced.
German Cabinet ;
Split Over Terms
(By International News Service.)
AMSTERDAM, May 24.—A split hus
developed in the German Cabinet o\ er
the peace terms, it was learned from
Berlin today.
Premier Philip Scheidemann, Dr,
Mathias Erzberger, head of the Gers
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