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SUNDAY, APRIL 27
HUNS PREPARE FOR TREATY
Peace Document Is
Not to Be Finished
for Hun Delegates
Plenary Session of Paris Conference Is Called for Monday to
Take Up Revised Covenant of the League of Nations —
Another Session to Consider Treaty as Whole Necessary.
Paris.—When yie German peace del
egates arrived in Versailles on Tuesday
the peace treaty will still be incom
plete, according to every indication to
night.
The latest information from Berlin
stated the delegates will leave that city
Monday. Thte trip should not require
more than 24 hours.
A plenary session of the peace con
ference has been called for Monday.
It is scheduled to take up tile revised
covenant of the league of nations, the
report of the commission op responsi
bility for the war and amendments to
the report of the international labor
commission.
Necessity for another plenary session
to consider the treaty as a whole, ap
pears certain, even though no fresh dif
ficulty is encountered in ratification of
Victory Loan Drive
Opens in Augusta
Tomorrow Morning
Chairman Brown and Commit*
tees Ready for Enegertic Drive
During Balance of National
Campaign.
RICHMOND COUNTY'S
QUOTA $2,563,200
Those Conducting Drive Confi
dent Augusta Will Measure Up
Fully in Government’s Last
Great War Financing Project.
TO THOSE WHO LOVE LOGIC
This nation—your country and
mine—has an unpaid balance of
some billions of dollars of war
debt —for a Victory that we are
now enjoying.
The nation must pay this debt—
if it is to continue to exist as a
nation among the nations of the
world.
There are only two ways that the
nation can secure the money—by
the sale of bonds (or notes) and
by taxes.
Taxes are already high and yet
insufficient to meet our outstand
ing obligations.
Therefore notes (or bonds) must
be sold.
Again, there are only two ways
that several billions of dollars of
notes (or bonds) can be sold—to
the banks or to tho people.
If they are placed with the banks,
industry, commerce, your busi
ness will suffer. The banks
would be unable to purchase
several billion dollars of Liberty
Bonds and continue to loan
money in sufficient quantities'
and at a fair rate to the busi
ness man. You cannot have your
pudding and eat it, too.
It is, therefore, your business
and my business# to prepare for
the Victory Liberty Loan, that
we may then invest as largely as
each of us Individually can—for
America's welfare and for our
own. m
The Victory Loan Campaign will be
formally opened In Augusta and Rich
mond county tomorrow morning at 9
o’clock when artual solicitation will be
begun by the committees in charge ot
the undertaking.
With a quota of $2.563.200 to be raised
in this county, Chairman Henry (’.
Brown and his co-workers face the task
with the realization that hard, syste
matic and intensive efforts must bo
put forth during the next two weeks in
order to reach the goal; yet their confi
dence in the patriotism, the Americanism ;
and the business acumen of the men and
woman of the city and county inspires
In them an assurance that Augusta will
measure up fully in this the last of the
government's great financing projects in
connection with the war.
While -the workers have confidence in
the patriotism and civic pride of Au
gusta. which alone would cause them to
measure up to such an occasion: they
also believe that the nature of the
bonds .themselves- they' are really short
term notes rather than bonds—will prove
most appealing to the prospective In
vestor. Being four year notes and bear
ing 4 3-4 per cent for one class of them*
(which are not altogether tax free) and
3 3-1 per cent for the other class <th#se'
being free of taxation) the Victory
Bonds offers the man of large income
an opportunity to Invest his thousands
In such a manner as will greatly reduce :
his income taxes.
• However, the Augusta committee is
not looking alone to the large investor. ;
The man and woman r,f small means who
will take a SSO or :• SIOO bond 4trill.be as
eagerly sought. The Idea Is to secure
as many Individual subs-ribers as pos
sible: and In view of the lessons of
thrift and frugality that salaried men
and women have learned In past cam
paigns. It is believed that they take ad
vantage of this opportunity to
another bond which they can pay for on
the installment plan aw previously.
Chairman Brown will be aided in the
work locally by a number of commit
tees, all of them men repre*-. ntative
their raipectlve Hnrti of endeavor. Thi
house to house canvass in the residential
portions of the oitv will be In charge of
the ladles Tt Is planned that tne cam*
paign shall he concluded as speedily as
possible, and employers of labor will aid
In the cause If they will take up the
question of investing with those under
them nr d
Committees get there
The campaign out in the county as
V
the A Jgusta V. ore will )»*• waged during
tin. pi * two we k* of the nation*' drive.
*»unc wor’, ha; already been done In a
t-w of the counth -■ but their greatest
effort will be mndte vd simultaneously!
wMn the Augusta ran nalOT.
4Phe Victory Loan •«, ill hr .p-rompmitsd
here by more features than nny of the
previous loans. The big Jubilee In con
nection with the drive Is attracting
Videspread attention and I sure to Im
part an Impetus to the drive throughout
4he gone
Chairman Brown, through the news
paper*. Is requesting all manufacturing <
eoncern* 1 .»i vit / >.f*arn w'hlstlcs to blow,
them at nlr * oW i. Monday morning, j
creating a bedlam of noise to remind Au- 1
the covenant and acceptance of the com
mission reports.
The advance guard of the German dele
gation alrady is in Versailles, hav ; ar
rived there yesterday. These enemy rep
resentatives are assisting the French au
thorities in completing arrangements for
reception of the main body of delegates
Conflicting reports are in circulation
regarding the status of Japan’s terri
torial claims which, together with their
defeated amendment to the league, cove
nant. providing racial equality, wore ex
pected to develop an episode similar to
the Italian debacle.
The major! tv of observers are inclined
to accept the persistent reports that the
“big three’ lias decided to defer settle
ment of Japan aspirations until after the
German treaty is signed. This could be
accomplished by inserting a clause in
the treaty, abrogating German claims in
China. This solution is said to have
been referred by the Japanese and Chi
nese delegates to their respective gov
ern Hints.
gustans that the drive is on and to be
prepared for the arrival of the commit
tees.
EDITH CAVELL MET HER
EXECUTION MOST CALMLY
London. —"l expected my sentence, but
l am glad to die for my country. In the
sight of eternity. I know now it is not
enough to love only your own country.
You must love all. and not hate any.’'
Those were among the last words of
Edith Cavell, the British nurse who was
executed by the Germans in eßigium.
The churchman to whom they were
spoken, the Rev. H. S. T. Gahn, has just
returned to England from Brussels,
where with his wife he remained
throughout the war.
Aided by a German protestant military
chaplain, Mr. Gahan received permission,
he says, to see Miss Gavell in prison on
the night before the death sentence was
executed.
“With the chaplain.” Mr. Gahan said.
“1 went to the cell door and it opened
and Miss Cavell stood in the doorway. 1
had gone prepared for a very trying
scene. There stood my friend—looking
as calmly sweet as anyone could look.
She was unchanged, except that she ap
peared better for the enforced rest in
prison. The warder withdrew and we
were not interrupted.
“I remember practicaly all she said.
She was thankful for the quiet time, as
her life had been such a burden and rush
in many respects. She was not sorry to
go. for her life had contained so much
trial that she was weary beyond endur
ance. ‘They have treated me very kind
ly here.’ ” she said. •
The little communion vessels were
placed on a chair, and after tho service
Mr. Gahan recited ‘Abide with me," Miss
Cavell joining under her breath.
“Then I felt,” the minister continued,
“that 1 must not stay much longer, for
l had been there an hour. I stood up and
said, ‘Good-bye,’ and we were face to
face. She was looking slightly strained,
but nothing more. We shook hands and
smiled, and I added, ‘we shall meet
again. Good-bve.’ ’’ a
The great crime of hurrying
cution, according to Mr. Gahan, belonged
to the military governor of Brussels,
if, ho would not wait to communicate with
headquarters.
KANTSKY FINISHES PROBE
OF GERMAN DOCUMENTS
London. —Karl Kautsky, an under sec
retary in the Herman foreign ministry,
who has finished an examination of the
secret documents of the German foreign
office, a task assigned to him by the
government last winter, is quoted in an
Kxehanxo Telegraph dispatch from Ber
lin yesterday as declaring the govern
ment had decided not to publish these
documents unless the allies agree to a
similar publication of secret documents
from their archives.
Herr Kautsky added that certain docu
ments “which might have been .peculiarly
compromising” were destroyed before
the German revolution.
Mathias erzberger. head of the German
; armistice commission, was responsible
for the order that the documents be not
made public. Kautsky is quoted as say
ing. Kautsky declared that hp was great
ly surprised at this and pointed out that
the refusal to make the documents pub
lic would have a very bad effect In allied
countries and would perpetuate suspi
cions of the good faith of Germany by
revealing that the revolutionary gov
ernment was prepared to shield the old
rulers of Germany.
TROOPS DUE
Washington—Five army transports le
| turning with troops from France have
changed their courses, the war depart
ment announced late today.
Two of them will dock at Newport
| News instead of New York, two at Phil
adelphia instead of New York and one at
| New York Instead of Newport News.
Discovery of floating mines off the
Atlantic coast lias nothing to do w,*h
the change of course, it was stated. Con
gestion of phipn in New York hamor
and the fact that one transport v.jh I
filled with Philadelphia men caused the I
changes, it was sold. The transport:*
are:
West* Mad&kct, willed from Brest,
• April 12. due at Philadelphia, April 2s:
Western Hero, sailed from LaPalllce
Rochelle, April 8. due at New York.
Mav 1; West Oaleta, sailed from Brest,
Anri! 9. due at Newport News, Mav I;
Liberty, sailed from Bordeaux, April 16.
due at Newport Ngws. May 1. and Lib
erator, vailed from St Nava Ire. April
, 24, due to arrive at Philadelphia, May 0.
THEY’RE BUSY ON THE WALL.
| Nearly every office has a sign hawk
'who plasters all the available wall space
around his toil stall with ■ busy placards,
i He k *eps a fast eye mm for every new
I "on-the-hop” motto that comes along.
They are posted to give the Idea be is
stuff'-d with business like a gumslot Is
j with burn pennies. Jf signs denoted work,
he'd b** ha busy as a stray grasshopper
In an aquarium. When he’s so rushed,
one wonders how he manages the time
for hunting and tacking up the “let's.go”
,slgns. You’ll always find with these birds,
the only buly side of them notice*b *.
Is op the wall Aa in the esse of the
, accompany Ing sketch. The “up-antf-at*
i ’em’’ occupant of the closed roll-top la
| out waving hls chin at a bill game. Ac-
Itlons whisper louder than “hurry-up
j posters!
SIMOKDS EXPLAINS PROPOSED ALLIANCE
• BETWEEN UNITED STATES. BRITAIN AND
FRANCE FOR THE LATTER'S PROTECTION
Declares if Congress Sanctions
Proposal, The Ideal League of
Nations Will Take On New
Vitality.
(By FRANK H. SIMONDS.)
(Copyright. 10 10. by t.ie McClure
Newspaper Syndicate.)
Paris.—The past ten days have
seen a remarkable change in the
main topic of interest at Paris. The
forthcoming settlement with Ger
many has been totally subordinated
to speculation on the treaty of alli
ance between the Unitqd States.
Great Britain and France, a purely
defensive alliance, in fact, amount
ing to a treaty of re-assurance guar
anteeing France against German as-
Ka wit.
The origin of this new proposal
for 1 am told upon good authority
that it has not been signed yet- is
patent. As a result of the war,
Great Britain has acquired the Ger
man fleet- aim. in company with her
allies has eliminated the German
colonies. She thus sits once more
securely In her island, protected by
her ancient rampart or son. The
United States is about to withdraw
from Europe, and three thousand
miles of ocean will separate us from
German attack. But France and
Belgium remain exactlfe where they
were in August. 1914. subject to Ger
man attack and protected only by
their own armies, which, given their
populations, must he inferior to
Gorman resources.
Realizing this situation. France and
Belgium have sought to have insert
ed in the League of Nations some
form of guarantee which would pro
vide that in case any one of the na
tions belonging to the league should
1»» attacked, that attack should con
stitute a cause for war for all the
members of the league, and also that
effective methods should he provided
by the league to insure the perma
nence of German disarmament which
will be ordered bv the treaty of
peace. Both these amendments were
rejected mainly through Amreican
objection.
WHY FRANCE WANTS
DOUBLE SAFEGUARDS.
Tn this situation Franco, and what
is true p France is of course true
of Belgium, saw quite clearly that at
the end of the time necesasry for
Germany to recover from the present
war. she would find herself once
more exposed to the attack of her
ancient enemy, with no other hope
of aid than that which flowed
putting into motion the cumbersome
machinery of the League of Notions.
In other words, while it would take
montUfc for the league of Nations to
act. it took onl ,r six weeks for the
Germans to get within sight of Paris
in 1914.
Of course if the Germans should
accept the treaty of peace in good
faith and subscribe to the League of
Nations without reservation, this
agreenmt would necessarily suffice,
but no one can foretell what the
course of Germany will be. She may
go Bolshevist as Russia had done,
and attack her neighbors as Russia
is doing now. She may become im
perialistic again, *and follow the old
pathway. If she does, either. France
will be left to meet the storm ex
actly as in 1914.
As a consequence, the French first
asked that the League of Nations
should contain provisions insuring
prompt action in case of German
aggression and then with repeated
emphasis requested that the United
States and Great Britain should un
derwrite the League of Nations by
agreeing that in case of German ag
gression. and specifically in case Ger
many should send troops across the
Rhine to attack France, the United
States and Great Britain should
pledge themselves to recognize this
as an act of war against themselves,
and automatically set their forces in
motion without waiting sow the
League of Nations to examine the
case. , .
British consent to such a proposal
was ready and natural, since the Bri
tish recognized that only accident
and German blundering prevented
the kaiser's troops from getting to
the channel hi 1914, with all the
consequent perils to (Treat Britain,
and the mistake of 1914 will not be
repeated; but the British are insist
ing that America share the guaran
tee, only to insure America’s great
potential aid. but also In the belief
that the grentest possible guarantee
for the future will be the recogni
tion bv the Germans that aggression
against France will mean war with
both Great Britain and the United
States. Had Germany realized that
in 1914 Kurope believes she would
have hesitated long before precipi
tating wa»’ Obviously. President
Wilson could give no such under
standing. and quite as plainly Lloyd
r.onrzr will not venture to clve Hueti
a guarantee without referring it to
Parliament, but as it stands there
seems good reason to believe that
botli the Ainerienn iireshlent anil tne
Uritlsh prime minister have iil'iußea
themselves to Bo before their re
spective legislative branches nml
make every possible pleu that such a
course simll he adopted. real oh
ntac'.e lies In the way with Great
Britain. hut it is patent that there
are many obstacles tn America.
WII SON NOT SEEKING
EUROPEAN ALLIANCE.
It should be clearly understood that
the president is not seeking to cre
ate a European alliance for hls own
country, that h- is nnt l u,.leriaklnK
!„ hind our fortunes wlti those of
Vritnin or even of Franc**. He is
merely consenting to do all that he
ran to protect France, to save her
from having to hear alone the first
weleht of another German attack if
Germany follows her old Ideas To
ask France to be the soldiers of the
1 ensue of Nations In Europe and.
siaglehanded. face the first onslaught
after ner terrible carfifh es and roomie
o' the last four ears. Is to ask too
much, and the president has wisely
r< Tl’a'd" the V.eaEue of Nations cove-
Aunt sirovided sny method for en
forcing its decisions or protecting its.
ruemh'TS from attack, the present.
‘ proposal would have been unneces
sary hot as It stands the League of
Nations covenant in -o more than a
declaration of principle, and purpose
* w those who signer! It to llvo unuer
International law. Tt ha* no power
to rp'iipt Bolshevism or German mill
tarlrm. I« hss no mf'hlt.ery f .r de
it represents an experiment
in Idealism, and 'hls experiment can
only succeed If the great powers of
she world are equally agreed to try
l, Germany hss as .vet ntni no
«| K n either t.y word or hv <leed that
she «•; I accept the League of Na
flons ecvfnant. behind Germany
lies ltut..ia Irtveh over to aggressive
nt arehv Nothing In th- League of
Nations covenant will protect France
, .tie smaller who nave
mJn rear oed Tom slavery from
STther German or Itnsnlar, attacks.
The proent proposal, therefore. Is
the firs' practical effort to guarantee
the pence of the world by a defensive
amat oe until. If ever, all «he great
m. .hall accept the League of
Nation* covenant In the spirit in
’ hlch It has been drawn, and seek
the same end toward which It
points- namely Inte national peace,
assured by International law uni
• v.rianv sceetded. It Is unj..st to any
that the -reside t. by consenting to
use hls Influenct to promote thisj In
■iir'inrc of the League of Nation*,
has surrendered nnv prlncMe or anv
M.-al On the contrary. If he shall
succeed In persuading ongresa to
follow him. hla Ideal League of Nu-
11,,,,., will take on new vitality, will
regain ground Which It haa lost In
Kurope In the recent weeks; for In
the presence of Kitfope torn by an
archy. an<l the acetic t,f many wars,
there has been a natural and Inovlt-
THE AUGUSTA HERALD
able loss of faith in a League of Na
tions proposal which carried with it
no method ot' protection and no guar
antee of safety.
BLIND AND WITHOUT
HANDS, WRITES LETTER
New York. —The first letter ever writ !
ten bv one blind soldier without hands \
to another similarly crippled and afflict- I
ed has just been received by an Ameri
can soldier in a New York hospital. II j
was a message of good cheer written by I
Alan 11. Nichols, of London, a British
soldier, to show his American comrade
and fellow sufferer that "u man’s a man
for a’ that.”
A copy of the letter and of another
dictated by the sightless and hand’ sm ,
British soldier have been received by The '
Associated Press from Fir Arthur pear- ,
son. newspaper publisher and president |
of the British National Institute for the j
Blind, of London, England.
One letter was written l>y Nichols 1
with artificial bands on a specially con
sti ncted typewriter Keyboard. Its pur
pose was to encourage all war cripples
and HS show them that no matter how
terribly handicapped they might be. they
could rise above their deprivations and
conquer the giant despair. This blind
but cheerful and happy Tommy Atkins
informed his Yankee fellow in affliction
that he was still .able to dance, swim,
ride horseback, play dominoes (with his
nose); feed himself: carry a cane; take
his handkerchief from his pocket and do
almost everything a man wUh two eyes
ami two hands could do exe. pt roll his
own cigarettes, and rtrike a match, 110
uses a taper.
Sir Arthur, in a rote accompanying the
missive, said he supposed it was the
first ease on uecord where a man “suf
fering the tremendously severe handicap
of blindness and the loss of both hands”
had been able to write, unaided, to any- ,
one. The original letter, he said, was j
sent by Nichols from the Blinded Sol- .
diers’ and Sailors’ Institute, known as St. j
Dunstan’s, to the wounded American
sbldiir whom the London publisher had ,
seen in a New York hospital.
The First Letter.
Here Is what is believed to be the first
letter ever written by a Mind man with
out hands:
.1 New Street.
St. John’s AV i N. \v.
17th March. 1910 '
Pear Mr.
“Enclosed you will find rather lengthy
letter which I dictated for you. but I am
typing this one myself to convince you
that this is practicable.
"1 understand from Sir Arthur Pear
son that vou are free from othf>r physical
disabilities and in this respect you are
more fortunate than I.
“Li September. 1916. I received my
little souvenir and I still have quite a
number cf pieces of shrapnel in my dvst
and legs whhh cause me no little annoy
ance at times.
“In September, 1917. an operation was
necessary to remove some of the shrap
nel from my chest and three weeks later
another operation resulted In the re
moval of portions of ribs and still more
pieces of foreign matter.
“At Brighton where 1 was sent to one
of St. Pustan’s Annexes T soon found
myself getting fit ami it was during mv
convalescence that Sir Arthur arranged
for me to take lessons in elocution which
enables me t*> earn my own livelihood.
“My work is most interesting and con
sists of speaking on the work of St.
Dm stan’s ar.c the National Institute for
the Blind It will surprise you I know,
when I tell you that in addition to this
I control and organize the lantern slide
department which is the advertising med
ium of the N. 1. K ami St. Punstan’s.
"In conclusion permit me to express
the hope that you have not given up the
Idea of ever doing anything when I feel
sure there is so much for you to do.
‘‘Yours sincerely,
"ALAN M. NICHOLS’*
To His Fellow Crippte.
In his dictated letter Nichols assured
his American fellow' cripple: “When you
are fit and well and able to run about you
will find there is still plenty In life worth
living for. When I first became like
this.” he continued, “I could not see any
tiring that was likely to Interest me on
this earth. I was inclined to think I was
the inoFt unfortunate person on earth.
In short I was often contemplating a
method of quitting this life. At that time
I never dreamed of the possibilities of
a pair of artificial hands anj) I con an
sure you that I now surprise everybody
but the one I surprise most is myself.
“I can take off my hat. carry a walk
ing stick and attache case and feed my
self with a spoon and fork. I have a
specially made cigarette case similar In
appearance to a metal match box which
fits in my waistcoat pockst. I cat) take
tlds from my pocket, and help myself to
a cigarette. 1 have not yet accomplish
ed the feat of striking a match blit this
Is overcome by having what we call on
this side spills, strips of paper a foot in
length. There are a hundred and oiu*
little things I can do such as using my
handkerchief and this Includes taking it
from my pocket."
Encouraging the American to write his
own letters, Nichols said that he used an
ordinary typewriter with u metal case
over the keyboard having holes irnmedl
ate]v above each key. The case re
sembles four steps and in tin* middle of
each step is a rib “to let me know when
1 am central. Attached to my iiand I
have a key or striker which resembles a
small hammer. It takes me about half
an hour for one sheet of foolscap doube
spacing hut of course fit is will improve
by practice."
"Nichols advised the maimer] American
to carry a soldier-like appearance and
to Hwing his arms, walk in th<* center
of the sidewalk and avoid larnnposts hut
not to carry a ran** Hw dish drill,
swimming and dancing were udvised for
recreation. "When playing dominoes,"
Nichols added, "I use my nose to feel al
though this has the tend' ncy to give one
the appearance of a chr sufferer from
indigestion or a slave ‘fu* bottle."
Telling of his amusing experience in
travelling, Nichols wrote, "j tak** con
siderable satisfaction In the fact that I
arn able to deceive 99 per cent of the
people I meet.
“I am wearing a pair of artificial I lands
which are quite useful," Nichols went
on. "They are made of aluminum and
I can wear them all day without the
least fatigue or discomfort. They are
of French manufacture and so made that
however tender the gtSyii* rn/iv be It
does not Interfere *witli t.he wearer’s com
fort The movement of the hands is ob
tained by a shoulder movement. Tin
hands in appearance are perfectly natural
In fact, the pubiie would not think there
was anything the matter with m» I
once addressed a meeting without any of
the audience knowing I was wearing ar
tificial hands."
Nichols concluded bv saying that de
pression bad been a freouejit visitor to
him and that he found thinking of him
self was dangerous.
ADD HUN HORRORS—THE 1919
TAX tCA B
Berlin. —You've got t*. have a horseshoe
hanging from your neck, and that tiers*-,
shoe has to m functioning, too. if you
even expert to get a taxi, either horse,
power or gas-power, In Berlin these days.
Furthermore, you're not going to hop In
and says, “Take me to the Potsdarnmer
plats," because you can't get awity with
that any more. First of all, you've got. to
run along beside the taxi, making of
fers, and maybe *‘!flg Highness” on the
seat wll Istop, and rnavt)** he’ll only slow
down while you talk to him If h«* does
n’t like your offer, he doesn’t stop
Msvb* he’ll agree to take you n*ar
pMsdarnmerplalx. with the remark JLh;*t
he’s going that way, but not so far Bet.
Iln chauffeurs and drivers say If doesn t
do to let the public go wherre it wants to
—lt sprills the public to be able to t#*ll a
tax! man where to go. The**. «r*. da>s
when the proletariat shall dictate.
GERMANS RILED AT
FRENCH FENCE TO
KEEP THEM PENNED
Versailles. Tht‘ Germ ns registered
their first kick in connection with the
peace conference today.
When the vanguard of the enemy
delegation which arrived here yester
day discovered it was figuratively
tethered to its quarters, German choler
arose and spilled all over the place.
A ponderous protest was Immediate
ly indited and duly filed with the con
ference. Inasmuch as the allies are
extremely busy with matters of slightly
greater importance, no reply has yet
been received.
According to tlw' very host informa
tion obtainable, it happened thisGvay:
Yon Kessler, Warburg and the others
after breakfasting today started to
stroll about the park between their
quarters i:. the Hotel Des Reservoirs
and th*e Traion Palace Hotel where the
conferences will be held. Contentedly
puffing cigars, they arrived at a point
where carpenters were pjttlng up a
six foot hoard fence. They demanded
what the harrier was for. They were
informed that It marked the hounds of
the area in which they would bo al
lowed.
The Germans Were furious, not tak
ing Into consideration the fact that
the fence would serve equally to keep
an embittered French population from
possibly spoiling the peace conference
by eliminating the enemy participants.
"We will not he prisoners,” they de
clared. “We will not submit to he
herded like she*ep."
They sought to pass the barrier. The
suave French carpenters politely re
quested them to refrain. the while sig
nificantly handling their hammers and
other hefty tools. Another "German
offensive” was stopped.
In high Indignation the Germans re
turned to their hotel. There the cap
able Lersner wrote a formal protest
which was signed and dispatched to
the peace conference.
Aside frcvfn rest riot ions of their move
ments the Germans are finding very
little to remind then of the ever
present "verboten” sign < five Father
land. They have exeellent quarters,
with every comfort and facility. They
have the privilege of using cod)' for
oommiinh atlng wth Berlin and special
direct telegraph and telephone wires
have been installed. The first direct
messare between Berlin and Paris over
these wires were exchanged today. The.
enemy delegates also are allowed cour
iers who cn*oy diplomatic immunity.
Captain Henry of the French army
at present is acting as officer
between the Germans and the allied
officials.
HUMANE SOCIETY
ANNUAL MEETING
The regular monthly meeting of the
Augusta HuTna.no Society was held on
Thursday, April 24th, at humane head
quartern. IH> Ninth street, at (1:30 p. m.
It was very gratifying to tho society
to have the little office completely filled.
The minutes of the last mooting were
read and approved. The treasurer’s re
port showed up creditably.
Committees were heard and other com
mittees appointed for next meeting.
Field agent, Mr. G. H. Wolfe, made the
following report:
Stopped a negro from heating ills horse
wiUi ii stick.
Stopped three negroes from beating a
cow.
Had negro driver quit heating hls little
mule.
I Had three drivers take bits from
horses’ mouths while eating.
Had driver take out poor horse and
give better feed.
Visited "Old Hors** Sale” and present
ed soiii* literature from cruelty to ani
mals. .
Stopped two negro hoys from running
mule unnecei ulh
Warned two negro women against
whipping cow when milking her.
Had two white men drivers quit whip
ping their horses.
Stoppitfi boys from running cows.
Warned a party for violating law by
holding chickens heads down.
Had restaurant water fowls In coop.
Dr. S. D. Davis’ field report as fol
lows:
Humane leaflets distributed, 112; horses
unchecked, 10; animals treated, 8; ani
mals fed, 8; articles for newspapers, 13.
Petitioned city for drinking fountain,
corner of ones and Ninth streets.
Made visit to man reported working
horse with sores on back.
Had saddle of harness removed from
sore-back horse. •
Hent man and woman to our veterina
. ri:iu to destroy goat hurt by mule.
Warned man for violating law by hold
ing chickens heads down.
Had call to visit express company and
water and feed chickens.
Mailed eleven letters to nrinclpals of
public schools, calling attention to the
“Roster Prize Contest.’’
Warned cotton driver of violating law
by having on hls wagon'eleven bales of
cotton.
Had chickens in coop watered.
The set rotary announced the following
names secured as members for the past,
month ,
Hr. It. I Gardiner, Mrs N. G. Htory.
Mrs. Frank Barrett, Miss Annie Craig
Barrett, Master William Kitchens liar*
ret t. Mrs. M H Pfeiffer, Mrs. W. A.
Dellquest, Mrs Grace DellqucMt., Mr. A.
W. Dellquest, Jr., Mr. W, R. Walton, Mr.
B. B. Russell, Jr., M y. 10. H. Vogelsang,
Mr. Geo W Wright, Mr. It. 10 Allen,
Mrs. D. Nachman, Mr. W. 10. Sikes, Mr.
T. G. Story, Mr. N. L. Willett., Mr. Chus
10. Dilirnan, Mr. W J. Frith, Mr. arms
Wingfield. Mr G. 11. Paul, Mr. W H
Gill, Mr. J J. Wirz, Mrs. lOmrua Parker,
Mr Geo. It. l*ornbard, Mr. W. K. Monk,
A I* Hurt, Dr llenry J. Godin. Mr. C.
T.Pund, Me. Maxwell, Mr. It. L. Rock
well, Mr. 'I (J Farrar, Miss Leona Kllsh,
Mr. J Lee Kthoredge, Mr. C. D Klrno,
Mr T. I Hickman, Attorney 11. B. M*•-
Cowen, Mr. Jacob Phlnliy, Mr Jesse L
Fuller, Mr T F Balk, Mi F. P. Gracey,
Mr. K 11. Brown, Mr. J. (1. Weigh*, Mr.
L c llayn*-, Mrs. Florence Guest, Mr.
Pierre Heard, Mrs. Pierre Heard, Mrs.
W D. Cain, Mr C. J. Rooney, Dr. W.
lOdward < lark, Dr. W. c (’leeklef, Mrs.
W. C. C|< * kley, Dr J It. LicflAfon, Mr.
10*1 Hook, Mr. J. Harry Johonson, Dr.
Jtobt I- llenry, Dr. V’ I» flarbot, Mr.
It J ICdenfleld, Miss 1011 a Spivey, Mr.
w P White, Mr It Ii Allen, Mr. / W.
('arwile, Dr W if Doughty, Attorney T.
H Lyons. Mr. (*ort<z ('lark, Mrs. Cortex
Clark. Mr. John W. (‘lark, Dr. C. T.
Goetehlus, Mrs. i. c. Ist.vy and Mr Henry
Prontaut.
Wien busbies* was finished little Mis*
Connor C’leckley honored the society with
a recitation. “Tim Dead Kitten."
This gifted ||ttel genius seemed at her
best ftn*l hearts were stirred and eyes
i moistened a* w* listened to the pathetic
story ho well delivered Had we been
sure of pres**ne*' we would have an
nounced P In the newspapers, for w«
f*«l that our absent members missed a
great treat.
Now. all this shows the society Is down
to b islriess and all we laek to dto s good
work for the children and animals of our
city I* funds. Not everyone is adapted
to th* work and those who desire to do
It should lie paid
We ask b**lp to finance the society.
Augusta Humane .Society.
Huns Adopt Course
if They Refuse to
Sign Peace Treaty
Will Appeal to Workers of Great Britain and France to Pre
vent Allies from Enforcing the Terms —Member of Prus
sian Assembly Outlines the Plans.
(By John Graundez, United Press
Staff Correspondent.)
(Copyright 1919.)
Berlin. —ls Germany refuses to sign
the peace treaty she will appeal to the
workmen of Great Britain and France
to prevent the allies from enforcing
the terms.
President Leinert of the Prussian as
sembly, a member of the German peace
delegation which will leave Monday
“PREMIER DID SPLENDIDLY; TOLD THEM
NOTHING," O'CONNOR COMMENT ON SPEECH
Lloyd George’s Temporary Triumph No Indication of What
May Come in Fu turc, He Declares.
By T. P. O'CONNOR.
(Copyright. 1919, by Public Ledger Co.)
Special Cable Dispatch.
Paris. —I did not return to England
to hear Mr. Lloyd-George’s speech.
I refer to his camouflage. I knew
Lloyd-George well enough to antici
pate exactly the kind of speech ho
would make. The b st comments on
the speech are the words of an ad
mirer: "The premier did splendidly,
lie told them nothing at all.”
The success of lhe speech in the
commons Ih the best justification of
the now universal contempt for the
competence of that assembly. I must
keep repeating tt is a parliament of
inexperienced politicians, held to
gether by no common principles, and
composed largely of nouveaux riches
whom war-times always beget, de
prived through a sordid bargain of
all the b-st minds of the country,
such as ex-Premier Asquith and
others.
Thus the ship of state drifts In
tempestuous seas without a captain
and without a rudder. It was inevi
table Lloyd-Oeorgo should for the
moment persuade, perhaps even now
does. such a house of commons. The
good maxim not to talk to the man
who is at the wheel is powerful iik
England as In France and Inis saved
Lloyd-George us it did almost simul
taneously Have t’lernenceau from it
vote which might involve his disup
nearanco from the peace conferenee
in tin* midst of a tremendous task,
with such Illimitable, and affrighting
consequences to all the allies as
would turn the allied vletory to a
German victory.
Mr. Lioyd-George had a further ad
vantage in coming from Paris to Lon
don transformed from its passionate
irritability of last week to a com
placent sense of having carried most
of its demands. How far this trans
formation was produced by pressure
on Lioyd-George from press crltietsm
and by defeat in the bye election,
Hie secrecy at the peace conference
prevents me from declaring definite
ly. But the London Times may con
gratulate itself upon having forced
Ll»*yd-Georgo to change at least Ids
tactics and temper. Home ten days
ago ho was denouncing attacks by
French journalists, but Ids mood soon
changed and every man lie denounced
was soon after invited to a friendly
timet)'
Similar attempts were made to win
over Lord Northdiffo bv
to his retreat at Fontainebleau. Ev
erybody who knows Lord Northellffe
might have foretold the result of
Hindi approaches. Northellffe,
I arn informed on good authority,
abandoned Lloyd-Ooorge finally when
lie reappointed the old English Junk
er gang to high places in his mink)
try. Wlillo the new, brilliant editor,
Wickhum Steed, is calm and digni
fied in his public articles in The
Times, Northellffe’s private com
ments are severely contemptuous of
Ids former fighting partner.
This addition to Lloyd-George’s
many enmities Is an Important fac
tor in Ids immediate political future.
Lloyd-George’s labored denunciation
of Lord Northellffe, while agreeable
us a comic: relief to his speech, does
not raise* his prestige, especially as
suggesting a sharp contrast with Mr.
Asquith's dignified reticence under
much fiercer attacks from the same
quarter.
Thus Lloyd-George's temporary
triumph roust he discounted as giving
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Confidence was expressed by Leinert
that, the Anglo-French workmen woulcf
not “see their German brethren crush
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many's final decision on the peace
treaty will rest with tho assembly or
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any indication of what happens In
tho near future. The real clash comes
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nounced In spite of Lloyd-George’s
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his pledges at the general election
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windy orator and reminds his admir
ers Unit there Is nothing so resonant
as emptiness, and that Lloyd-
George's speech was empty of any
thing of real moment.
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are severely criticised In the com
mons. The new alien bill does not
satisfy thr violent finding against
all Germans, while the hill to fulfill
tin* promise to give land grants to
soldiers is denounced as guarantee
ing landlords the present inflated
prices created by war exigencies.
The most significant symptom of
the ehbing Lioyd-George tld > is the
passing over of coalition Librals,
whom Lloyd-George’s coupon elected,
from the ministerial to the opposition
side of the house.
MAY MOVE OVER.
What, will the versatile premier do
when he faces all these troubles im
mediately after the signature of
peace? 1 prophesied immediately af
ter the defeat at Leyton lie would
move from the Tory right to the
liberal-labor left and I have a curi
» ous intuition that lie may find salva
tion in the Irish question. A hold
scheme of settling that question
would restore dignity to his adminis
tration of shifts and shufflingH. I am
convinced he could now earn sudti
a scheme with (''arson discredited and
the commons panting for a settle
ment.
Even the thickest headed reaction
ary is now penetrated by tin* cyclone/
blowing against tin* present Irish pol
ity from every quarter of the horizon.
Secretary MarPherHon’H impossible
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days of Orange rebellion as “Gal
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of lords.
Mr. Asquith lost Ids superb c.*ilm
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full publicity to Sir Horace IMunkett
demanding dominion home rule.
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ference In Baris through such pow
erful personalities us Messrs. Walsh,
Dunne and Ryan, while, simultane
ously u cable from Australia reports
a meeting making a vehement de
mand for Irish liberty in a resolu
tion proposed by one and seconded
by another Irish-Australian soldier
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