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VOLUME XXVI, No. 175
GERMANY DECIDES TO SIGN
THE PACT UNCONDITIONALLY
More Hun Ships
Sunk By Crews,
States Reports
Weimar. —The German warships which were not sur
rendered to the allies and which have been anchored off
Kiel, Wilhelmshaven and other points have been sunk by
German sailors manning them, according to a report re
ceived here from a reliable abthority.
According to the reports, there were twelve German
war vessels, besides destroyers, which were in German
waters, not having been turned over to the entente under the
armistice provisions.
London. —Although reports have stat
ed that six Germans were killed and ten
wounded when the boats of the German
fleet at Scapa Flow were fired upon sub
sequent to the scuttling of the German
fleet, the Daily Mail says that others
may have been drowned and some may
possibly have reached the Orkney Islands
and have not as yet been reported.
The main force of the British fleet was
absent exercising at sea when the Ger
man ships were sunk, only some drifters,
small warships and patrolling aircraft be
ing on guard over the interned enemy
squadron.
Admiral von Reuter, commander of the
surrendered German fleet, says he issued
an order to sink the ships, the Daily
Mail adds, and did so because at the be
ginning of the war the German emperor
directed that no German warship should
fall into the enemy’s hands. He says
that he believed, from newspaper reports,
that the armistice had been ended.
Admiral von Reuter visited Germany
some weeks ago, it being understood at
the time that the reason for his trip
there was that he was ill, but he soon
returned, and it is believed that at that”
time he circulated the order to sink the
German ships by evading the censorship
or making signals to the various vessels,
an act which the close proximity of the
German ships made quite easy.
The Mail quotes the admiralty as deny
ing that the German crews were period
ically changed and saying that the origi
nal crews remained on board the vessels.
There were from 150 to 200 men on the
big ships and from 10 to 20 on board the
destroyers. Therefore, nearly f.,000 men
were in the water or in the ships’ bows
when the fleet was sunk Fourteen were
landed by the British on Sunday at Nigg,
Russhire, on the northern shore of Crom
arty Firth. They were, plared in hut
ments and are being held under military
guard.
From the behavior of the ships, accord
ing to the Mail. It was evident the sea
valves had been opened and in a sur
prisingly short time the vessels, big and
small, began to settle down. Every ef
fort was made by the British naval craft
to beach the sinking ships, and in the
case of destroyers considerable success
was achieved. By one o'clock in the aft
MEIN'S STRIKE
Nil ENDORSED Bf
LABOR FEDERATION
Atlantic Ctty, N. J.—Endorsement of
the Commercial Telegraphers'strike was
unanimously voted today by the Ameri
can Federation of Labor. The conven
tion also went on record in favor of a
44-hotir week for labor generally and dl
rected the executive council to work for
that etui
A resolution adopted on the subject of
the wire strike directed the appointment
by President Gompers of a committee to
go to Washington to confer with Post
master-General Burleson and ask that
eoncrtslon* recently granted telephone
and electrical workers be extended to In
clude emplyes of the telegrsph eompane,
under gvoernment conlrol. Much exten
sion, It was declared, would result In the
ending of the strike.
CLAIM PHONE CONCERNS
VIOLATE BURLESON ORDER
Springfield, lit.—"An unreasonable In
terpretfltlon ha* been placed upon the
Burleson order, and It may be necesnsary
to call a nation-wide strike of electrical
work ere before the telephone corn pan leu
will accede to our demand*," *ald Secre
tary Charle* l* Ford, of the International
Brotherhood of Klertrlcal Worker* | n „
.Utement given out here vfr
Ford said that the telephone companies
In many sections of the oounlry had fall
d* to follow out the provisions of the
? M ‘‘ r m ? l,ch ‘he men
the right to organize.
'An Impossible construction has been
placed on the Burleson order." said Mr
Ford "Vice-President Noonan, of the
tlectrlcal work, rs, will confer with post
'flics department officials In Washington
tomorrow In order that we may have a
ruling on the order A conference will he
held In Han Fraud*** with company of
aB! 'iron theae two conferences
will depend wh.tlter a nation-wide stride
wtil be cgilpd.
THE AUGUSTA HERALD
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ernoon, however, what an hour had been
stately fleet riding calmly at anchor,
was an array of reeling, rocking battle
ships, the doom of which was written
in tnhir movements.
Here a destroyer would disappear amid
a cloud of steam, and there a battleship
would take her last plunge and disappear
in a cloud of spray. One would settle
down by the stern and another would
heel over until only the keel showed
above water. The Derfflinger, Hinden
burg. Von Der Tann. Moltke and Sevd
litz settled dotfn beside each other, the
last named turning turtle as she filled
with water. Her keel is still showing
where she capsized. The waters of Scapa
Flow were dotted with small foats full
of men ho had. with dramtic suddenness,
settled the question of the disposition
of the interned ships.
The first boatload was towed alongside
of H. M. S. Victorious by a drifter, a
German officer in the boat ordering his
men to cheer. They responded with three
vigorous "Hochs.” Craft of every de
scription followed fast to the side of the
warship. Each towing boatloads of Ger
mans who were taken on board the Vic
torious, the decks of which soon became
crowded with men and bundles.
A German officer who came aboard
wore a sword and seemed to wish to
make an impressive ceremony bv hand
ing it over to an officer who had been
in command of a division of interned de
stroyers.
“We are not Bolsheviki,” he said.
Peace was signed today. We had our
orders and have carried them out.”
The Germans were not aware that the
armistice had been extended until Mon
day and there was an almost continuous
heel-clicking and saluting as the officers
of various ships greeted each other on
coming aboard.
That the Germans were ready for the
event was apparent from the amount and
variet of the gear they had with them,
some seamen staggering under the weight
or bundles bigger than themselveß, the
salvage representing everthing from ban
joys to pet dogs. Both the officers and
men seemed ver anxious that none of
their ships should be saved.
One officer who wore the iron cross
pointed to the sinking ships ami said:
.. „ thp .?‘', rman nav y Roes down
with its flags flying. ’
tj-oTL h ?, Wf ' v 7' wa:! not the case, as
British sailors had boarded most of the
'.erman ships and had hauled down the
'W* before the vessels went under.
The prospect of salvaging a few ships
is hopeful, the Mail says None
has gone down in really deep water. The
of , the sinking ships proved a
difficulty and at times a dangerous mat
ter. One destroyer sank as It was being
towed afchore. British sailors on board
having scarcely time to jump dear be
fore the craft went down. About twenty
destroyers out of the fifty that were in
terned were beached during the after
noon. The German crews which were
taken to the Victorious were later trans
ferred to other warships.
U .?"J correspondents who
, th ?, Ki " k,n F H >>il>« from the air
station at Bouton, which overlooks the
anchorage, writes:
‘The battleships, as a rule, gradually
submerged until their decks were almost
awash. Then they turned turtle and weht
quickly out of Hight. there being a slight
boiling of the sea at intervals for several
hours and a bluish scum on the water
caujed by the release of oil. These were
all that marked the spot where the ship*
had gdne down The light cruisers set
tled by the stern or bows and sometimes
one hundred feet of the hull of one oft
these ships projected into the air like
huge whales leaping from the water.
•'When the last sinking battleship dis
continued from naae one.)
CONIES NAMED
PERU AMBASSADOR
Washington, o. C.—William E. f.on
zales of Columbia, S. C., now minister
lo Cuba, wan nominated today by J'reai
dent Wilson to be ambasaador to Peru.
IP’ix W. I/mif of New Mexico, former
chlefgf the Eatin-Amerlean division of
ths state department, was nominated to
be minister to Cuba and Itejiton O. Mc-
Millan of Tennelsee to be minister to
Guatemala.
POLK MADE UNDER
SECPETARY OF STATE.
Washington, O. C.—Frank F, Polk of
New York, counsellor of the state de
partment and now acting secretary of
state, was nominated by President Wll
ron to be under-secretary of state, a new
office created under the IRJO legislative
executive and Judicial appropriation bill!
pasaed by the last congress.
David Copperfield
THE ONE PAPER IN MOST HOMES—THE ONLY PAPER IN MANY HOMES]
WILSON PREPKRING
TO COME HOME IN
VERY SHORT TIME
Paris.—'The activities rioted today at
the Paris residence of President Wilson
appeared to indicate that preparations
were being: made for the President’s de
parture for home.
Up to 2 o’clock this afternoon there
had been no announcement made, but it
seemed probable from what was known
that the President would leave Paris
Wednesday barring the unexpected.
71 DIE AND
100 HURT IN
DAD STORM
Fergus Falls Minn.—Between 60 und
70 persons were killed and more than
a hundred were badly Injured by the
tornado which struck Fergua Falls late
yesterday and tore a large seel ion of the
city .including the business district, to
pieces Thirty-eight bodies have been
recovered.
Evansville, Minn.—/Forty-seven persons
are known to be dead. 160 are injured
a*id in emergency hospitals, and property
Valued at $6,000,000 is destroyed as the
result of the tornado which swept
through Fergus Falls late yesterday af
ternoon.. Relief work is underway with
l lenty of doctors and nurses on hand.
There is a possibility that the death list
may reach 60 when the ruins of **ie
Grand Hotel have b«:en thoroughly
searched, as it is known many bodies are
i still beneath the pile.
I The greatest loss of life occurred at
jthe Grand Hotel .a three-story building.
Thirty-five poisons are believed to have
been killf.l when the hotel was smash' d
by the twister. More than f.’fty guests
were in tb- tuildir.g.
Special relief trains from St. Paul and
Minneapolis arrived at Fergus Falls this
morning
I The Ottertail county court house, coun
jty jail ana sheriff’s residence were de
stroyed At One Mile Lake, near F< r
gu; Falls, four children of John Kreid
|ler, a farmer, were blow’n into the lake
an. drowned.
St. Paul, Minn.—Only meager reports
[were available early today of loss of
| life and property damage caused by a
tornado which swept Fergus Falls last
night. Latest reports received from per
sons who traveled to other in
the vicinity of the storm-swept city say
that at. lease 200 persons were killed and
the number of injured is placed at 700
Both telephone and telegraph wires are
dowrn for miles on all sides of the city
and those who have tried to reach the
scone of the disaster in automobiles re
port that the roads are impassable,
i Although no report has been received
it is believed that at least two relief
trains carrying doctors and nurses have
arrived and that other trains carrying
supiJics will reach their destination
soon.
RadroaJ officials here said they were
unable to obtain accurate information of
the conditions caused by the storm Kf
forts to learn the number ot persons in
jured when Groat Northern passenger
train No. L, known as the Oriental Lim
ited. wa sswept from the track, hav<
been unsatisfactory. Karly reports said
that only one girl was Injured and her
j hurts were not. of a serious nature. No
mention has been made of th' members
of the train crow.
| The storm swept through the busi
[tcsh section of the town ,dcmolish ! ng
everything In its path At least fifty
bodies are said to be In the wreckage
of the Grand Hotel, which was raged,
ns was virtually every other building for
two bb eks on either side of the hotel.
In format‘on obtained from the pas
sengers on the Oriental Limited said the
rear roaches of the train, which num
bered eleven cars, were lifted in tin- air
by the tornado. Only the high banks
of the cut through which the train was
passing saved the coaches from toppling
over when the rear coaches slid Into the
hole gouged in the roadb d by the blakt
as It swept the baggage out from the
train.
The baggage car probably saved the
from * otri * into l*e||can river
which was only 200 £e«t ahead of the
tram when the storm came. Twisted
across the rails, the baggage car effect
ually halted the rear coaches .which then
toppled over against the bank, remaining
almost upright.
AFRICA DAY OBSERVED
BY CENTENARY WORKERS
Columbui, Ohio.— I Today l* hrlng oh
««rv#-(J AM Africa day at the Mothodlat
centenary cxpoßltlun here, and a choir of
nlxty native hoy» are a feature of (ha
from Comco Liberia.
South Africa and other principal countrle*
or Africa are arnonir the apeak era.
Blah op Joeeph Jlartxall. of the Method
i*t t hurch. who ha« •(lent twenty year*
of nervine In all narta of Africa, la act
ing as chairman top th« d av
r»r Itn , M / Vf-rner < * |\g*-p» «.«htor
of the Moslem World, was scheduled to
speak during the d*y
Yesterdnv's attendance fur exceeded
expectations of centenary officials.
AUGUSTA. GEORGIA. MONDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 23, 1919
Great Ceremony
likely To Occur
Upon Wednesday
French Foreign Office Makes Formal Announcement Removing
All Doubt As to Huns’ Intentions —Italy Authorizes Her
Delegates Now In Paris to Sign the
Document on Her Behalf
PARIS.— The German government at Weimar has
formally communicated its willingness to sign the peace
terms unconditionally, it was announced by the French for
eign office this afternoon.
The day and hour for the formal signing of the treaty
is uncertain. The signing possibly may take place Tuesday,
but more likely Wednesday.
The Italian delegates at present in Paris have been au
thorized to sign the treaty on behalf of Italy. This an
nouncement removed one question which it was feared might
delay the signing.
The German note of acceptance, it is said, is couched
in such language that it maintains the German position that
the peace conditions are a “peace of violence.’”
Paris, —The German answer regarding the peace treaty
was received by the peace conference this afternoon. Its
contents had not been revealed up to 3:45 o’clock.
Paris.— Germany today requested an additional 48 hours
within which to make known its decision relative to the sign
ing of the peace treaty without the reservations refused by
the entente. The council of three flatly refused the request.
The request for additional time pleaded that the
change in the government and the generally disturbed con
ditions made it difficult to complete the arrangements.
The communication from the Germans was received at
3 o’clock this morning. At 9 o’clock President Wilson and
Premier Clemenceau met with Premier George at the lat
ter’s house for consideration of the note. The character of
this communication was not disclosed, however, until some
time later in the morning when announcemerft. was made
that the German request had been rejected.
The decision to refuse the request was reached after a
discussion lasting less than an hour.
The German note read as follows:
“The His Excellency, the President of the Peace Confer
ence, Mr. Clemenceau.
“Mr. President, the minister for foreign affairs in
structs me to beg ot the allied and associated governments
to prolong for 48 hours the time limit for answering your
excellency’s note communicated yesterday evening, and like
wise the time limit for answering the note of June 16th
1919.
“Jt was only on Satulrday, after great difficulties, that
a new cabinet was formed which, unlike its predecessor,
could come to an agreement to declare its willingness to sign
the treaty as regards nearly all its provisions. The national
assembly has expressed its confidence in this cabinet by a
large majority of votes. The answer only arrived here just
before midnight, as the direct wire from Versailles to
Weimar was out of order. The government must come into
contact anew with the national assembly in order to take
the grievious decision which is still required of it in such a
manner as it can only be taken in accordance with demo
cratic principles and with the internal situation in Germany.
Accept, Mr. President, the assurance of my distinguish
ed consideration.
(Signed) “VON HANIEL.”
The following reply was sent after its approval by the
council of the allied and associated powers:
“Mr. President: The allied and associated governments
beg to acknowledge the receipt of your communication of
June 23rd. After full consideration of your request they
regret that it is not possible to extend the time already
granted to your excellency to make known your deciseion
relative to the signature of the treaty without any reserva
tion.
(Signed “CLEMENCEAU.”
Pans.—The Weimar dispatch carrying the official an
nouncement, that Germany would sign the peace treaty was
filed in Weimar at 4:08 o’clock Sunday afternoon. Appar
ently, it referred to the decision of the German government
to sign the treaty with the reservations of which it gave
notice to the allied powers and which the atter rejected.
Paris advices this morning show that the Germans made
an appeal for an additional 48 hours to make known their
decision regarding the signing of the treaty without any res
ervations. It would thus appear that Germany has not yet
officially notified the peace conference that she would sign
(Continued on Page Two.)
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this was his best novel fliarles F Belden, librarian of Bouton Public |,|.
I.rary, ha* condensed this nov*l for The Herald to 10-mlnut* length, To
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a scrapbook of these novel* and you will have a "library of classic*" for the
price of The Herald.
(ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Italian Cabinet Is
Completed By the
Newest Minister
Rome.—The new cabinet- which has been chosen to
succeed the one headed by Vittorio Orlando which resigned
last week, follows:
Premier and minister of the interior, Francesco Nitti; 1
foreign office. Tommaso Tittoni; colonies, Luigi Rossi; jus
tice and worship, Signor Mortara; war, Lieutenant-General
Alhrioci; finance, Francesco Tedesco; treasury, Signor
Schanzer; marine, ad interim, Rear-Admiral Sechi; instruc- j
tion, Alfredo Baccelli; public works, Signor Pantano; trans- •
port, Signor Devito; agriculture, Signor Visocchi; industry,
commerce, labor and food, Carlo Ferraris; posts, Signor
Chizenti; military assistance and pensions, Signor Dacomo;
liberated provinces, Signor Denava.
No More Parleys
Will Be Allowed
the Hun Leaders i
Paris. —Tho German note to which the
council of four replied Sunday by definite
ly rejecting any suggestions for an alter
ation In the treaty declared that the
Germans regard the terms of peace as
impracticable and that their signature
having been given under duress, pro
tests were made against the clauses con
cerning reparations, the forfeiture of col
onies und others.
Asserting that the terms cannot be car
re d "in ,nni i hat ito (isrman gov• in
merit cannot be hold responsible for what
may occur, the note concluded by say
ing that the Germans will sign, with re
servations relative to the turning .over of
those alleged to be guilty of crimes and
also the admission of the guilt of Ger
many In causing the war.
In replying, tin* council of four said:
"The allle<l and associated powers have
considered the note of the German dele
gation of even date and In view of the
shortness of time remaining, feel It (heir
duty to reply at once, of the time with
in which the German government must
make its final decision as to the signa
ture of the treaty, less than 24 hours re
matn The allied and associated govern
ments have given fullest consideration to
all representations hitherto made by the
German government with regard to Ihe
treaty and have replied with complete
frankness. They have much such con
cessions as they thought It were just to
make. The present note of the German
delegation presents no new arguments
or considerations not already examined ”
The council then declared that, the time
Jor discussion was past and that the Ger
man repi eaen tat Ives must make a deris
ion to sign and ai**ept the treaty ns a
whole or to reject It.
Tho fuli text, of the German note, shows
that whtU* blit two reservations were
made, the Germans askd feor the Inser
tloi In the treaty of a clause providing
that within two years that document
should be submitted to the council of the
league of natloriH for reconsideration of
that portion of the treaty which, as the
Germans phrased if, "Impair the rights
to self-determination of the German peo
ple" Similar reconsideration of that por
tion "whereby the free economic develop
ment of Germany on a footing of equal
rights is denied, * also was provided for
Iri this suggest'd clause
Tho tour) lifting paragraphs of the Ger
man not** are ax follows:
"I The tr xt if the first portion of the
German note was made public Sunday
night )
“The gevernment of the German re
public engages to fulfill the conditions o'
peace Imposed upon Germany It desires,
however, in for solemn moment to ex
press Itself with unreserved clearness In
order to meet In advance any accusation
of untruthful ss that may now or later
be made aga’iist Germany,
‘•The conditions imposed exceed the
measure of that which Germany can In
f«'t perform The government of the
German republic, therefore, feels bound
Peace of Violence,
Says Bauer Before
National Assembly
Wslmsr—ln announcing ihc decision of
the Herman government to sign the
peace lerbs before Ihe national assembly
today, Premier Bouer said
“At this hour of life sod death, under
the menace of Invasion, for the last
lime I raise Iti free fiermany a protect
against this treaty of violence and de
struction I protest against thin mo. k
cry of sols determination, thin enslave
merit of the Herman people, thin new
menace to the peace of Ihe world under
Ihe mask of a treaty of near. So sign
Ing can enfeeble this pro tee! which vie
raise and swear to This treaty dnrn not
lose Its annihilating character by altera-
HOME
EDITION
T 3 M .. WE 4 THBR —Augusta and vicinity:
Tartly cloudy tonight and Tuesday.
to announce that It makes all reserva
tions and declines all responsibility as re
gards the consequence which rnay be
threatened against Germany when.
Wh,< »Kiiu M hound to tiappen, the im
cenw.M « of carrying out the* conditions
cornea to life, even though Germany's
capacity to fulfill them is stretched to
the utmost.
"Germany further lays the greatest em
phasis on the declaration that she can
not accept Article 230 of the treaty of
peace, which requires Germany to admit
hersf-t. to be the sole and only author
or toe war and she does not cover this
article by h#r signature. It. consequently
follows without furt her argument that
Germany must also decline, to recognise
that the burden should be placed upon
her on the score of the responsibility of
the war which has unjustly been laid at
her door.
"Likewise, it Is equally Impossible for
a German to reconcile ft with his dlg
r.ity andl honor to accept and execute
Articles 227 to 230, by which Germany ts
required to give up to the allied and as
sociated powers for trial, Individuals
among th© German people who are ac
cused by the allied and associated powers
for the breach of International law and »ff
committing acta contrary to tho cus
toms of war .
"Further, the government of the Ger
man republic makes a dlctlnct protest
regains! the taking away of all the colonial
pot*fssions of Germany and the reasons
riven therefore, which permanently deny
to Germany fi It ness for colonial activity,
although thr- contrary Is clearly establish
ed and Irrefutable evidence to this effect
is contain'd In the observations of th©
German freace delegation on th© condi
tions of peace.
"The government of the German re
•nh ,hi i l ,f *" ,n acrordanc*
with the desires of the Silled and asso
ciat'd governments that it has spoken
openly both us regards what concerns its
good will and also as regards Its reaor
vattons Therefore, in view of the con
dition of constraint Into which the Ger
man people ttn forced by ihe require
merits of the allies-a condition of con
straint such as has never been inflicted !
on any people In a manner more crush- i
nit and more disastrous in its coin-*--
auencMs and relying on the express un
dertaking of the allied and associated
governments in their memorandum of 1
June 16.1.HD, the German government
be„<.ve* lUMdf to be entitled to addrSS
lie following modest request to the al
lied and associated governments in th©
expectations that th© allied and associat
'd govern men la will consider the follow
m: declaration ms an Integral portion of
the treaty:
'"Within two years, counting from th©
day when the treaty is signed, the al
a*‘,oclaf,‘d govern merits will sub
-5, 11 If 1 * Pwm treaty to the high coun
il of the powers MS constituted by th©
league of nations, according to Article 4,
(Continued on Page Two )
• lona In detail Prnteaflng against It ts
Krrftja “Wi!
the treaty Itself, however, does give u*
a handle which we . annot allow to I*
/IS?, namely, Hie entente *
.. .I y .a* ’. from time to tlm*
Hid adapted to new conditions. That
is one of t hefew words In treaty Ivrealh
ing Ihe teal spirit of peace •'
nil'Vr'Jl’v'*'. '’"' hided by expressing
tils faith In Ihe Herman people and th*iflk
final realisation of a belter future. Me
said they were fa. e.l with years of labor
for the foreign account, hut owed It to
their descendants lo hold Ihe country
together.
"They must safeguard our new llhertv.
he said 'There must be a will to wor*
and a discipline In all ranks of society, i
there ar» no miraculous .harms in .ur* 1
s nation Kvcn a world revolution ran* '
not ride us of the malady from which
we are wearing away. Only by a revo
lutlon of our moral r > oni«*iou*n<uMi «s4n
w#» In rUtriK nur*Hveii out mi
our nttflit Into a better futur*"