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WILSON FOR PEACE
WORLD ALLIANCE FINDS FAVOR
UNION OF POWERS SHOULD
PASS ON DIFFICULTIES.
FREEDOM OF SEAS URGED
President Declares They Should Be
Open to Unhindered Use of All
Countries Address Made Before
League to Enforce Peace.
tVMtem Kcmpiptr Union Ktf frlc.
Washington. President Wilson de
clared hero Saturday night before the
League to Enforco Peace that tho
United States was ready to Join any
feasible association of nations to pre
serve tho poaco of tho world against
"political ambition and selfish hostil
ity" and In service of "a common or
der, a common Justlco and a common
peace." Ho expressed the hope that
the present war would Include Buch
an arrangement
Outlining suggestions for pence,
which the president said he hoped tho
United States would mako If It has op
portunity to do, Included provision for
absolute freedom of tho seas, tho con
tention which has been tho koynoto
of all tho diplomatic discussions with
Germany and Great Britain, and vir
tual guaranteo of territorial integrity
and political Independence.
Officials interpreted tho president's
address as a preliminary feeler for
peace In Europe. lie outlined tho con
ditions on which tho United States
would move if it mado a formal media
tory offor, with tho idea, it was under
stood, of learning how Buch sugges
tions would bo received abroad.
Text of the Speech.
In full, tho president spoke as fol
io ws:
"When the Invitation to bo hero to
night came to mo I was glad to accept
It, not becauso it offered me an oppor
tunity to discuss tho program of tho
league that you will, I am Bure, not
expect of me but because tho desire
of tho whole world now turns eagerly,
more and moro eagerly, towards tho
hope of pcaco, and there Is just reason
why wo Bhould take our part In coun
sel upon this great theme. It is right
that I, as spokesman of our govern
ment, should attempt to givo expres
sion to what I bellovo to bo the
thought and purposo of tho people of
tho United States in this vital matter.
"This great war that spoko so sud
denly upon tho world two years ago
and which has swept within Us flame
bo great a part of tho civilized world,
has affected us very profoundly, and
while wo aro at liberty It is perhaps
our duty to speak very frankly of It
and of tho groat intersests of civiliza
tion which it affects.
"With its causes and Us objects wo
are not concerned. Tho obscuro foun
tains from which Us Btupncdous flood
had burst forth wo aro not interested
to search for or explore. But so great
a flood, spread far and wide to every
quarter of tho globe, has of necessity
engulfed, many a fair province of right
that lies vory near to us. Our own
rights as a nation, tho liberties, tho
prlvllogos and tho proporty of our peo
ple have been profoundly affected. We
aro not moro disconnected lookers-on.
Tho longer tho war lasts, tho moro
deeply do wo become concerned that
It should bo brought to an end and
tho world permitted to resume Its nor
mal life and courso again. And when
It dooa come to an ond wo shall bo
as much concerned as tho nations at
war to seo peaco assumo nn aspect
of pormanenco; glvo promise of days
from which tho anxiety of uncertainty
shall bo lifted; bring somo nssuranco
that peace and war shall always bore
after bo reckonod part of tho common
Interest of mankind. Wo are partici
pants, whothor wo .would or not, In tho
lifo of tho world. Tho Interests of all
nations aro our own also. Wo aro part
ners with tho rost. What affects man
kind is inovltably .our nffnir as well
as tho affair of tho nations of Europe
and of Asia.
"Ono observation on tho causes of
tho present war wo aro at liberty to
moke, and to mako It may throw somo
light forward upon tho futuro as well
ps backward upon tho paBt. It Is plain
that this war could have coino only
ns It did, suddenly nnd out of socrot
counsels, without warning to tho
world, without discussions, without
any of the deliberate movements of
counsel with which It would seom nat
ural to approach so stupendous a con
tost. It Is probablo that If It had been
foreseen Just what would bo formed,
Just what forces arrayed agninst one
another, those who brought tho great
contest on would havo been glad to
have substituted conferenco for force.
Code of Honor Necessary.
"If we, ourselves, had been affordod
Romo opportunity to apprise tho bel
ligerents of tho attitude which it would
bo our duty to tako, our policies and
practice, against which wo would bo
bound to uso our moral and economic
strength and in cortoln circumstances
our physical strength also, our own
contributions to tho counsels which
might havo avoided tho struggle
Nould havo boen considered worth
ivoighlng and rogarded. The lesson
fthloh tho shock of being taken by
lurpriss In n mutter bo deoply vital to
ill tho nations of tho world has mado
poignantly clear, is that the poace of
Jio wortd must honceforth dopond up
n more wholesome diplomacy. Only
when the grout natlonB of the world
lave reached somo sort of agreement
is to whet they hold to bo fundamon
el to thelrcommpn Interests, and as
to somo feasible mothod of acting la
concert when any nation or group of
nations seeks to disturb thoBo funda
mental things can wo feel that civili
zation 1b at lost in a way of Justify
ing Its exlstonco and claiming to bo
finally established. It Is clear that
nations must In tho futuro bo govern
ed by the same high code of honor
that wo demand of Individuals.
"Wo must, indeed, in tho very same
breath with which wo avow this con
vlction ndmlt that wo havo oursolvod
upon occasions In the past been of
fandors against the lav of diplomacy
which wo thus forecast; but our con
viction Is not the lass clear, but rather
the moro clear on that account. If
this war has accomplished nothing
clso for tho benefit of tho world, It
has at least disclosed a great mora
necessity nnd set forward tho think
ing statesmen of tho world by a wholo
ago. Repeated utteranco of tho lead
ing statesmen of most of tho great
nations now engaged in tho war havo
uado it plain that their thought has
como to this, 'that tho prlnclplo of
public right muBt henceforth tako
precedence over the individual Inter
est of particular nations, and that the
nations of tho world must In somo
way band themselves together to seo
that that right prevails as against any
sort of selfish aggression; that hence
forth nlllanco must not bo set up
against alliance, understanding against
understanding, but that there must
bo a common agreement for common
object, and that at tho heart of that
common object must Ho tho invlolablo
rights of peoples and of mankind.
Tho nations of the world havo become
each other's neighbors. It is to their
Interest that they should understand
each other. In order that they may
understand each other, it is impera
tive that they should agree to co-oper-ato
in a common cause, and that they
should so act that tho guiding prln
clplo of that common causo shall bo
even handed nnd impartial Justice.
Right to Choose Sovereignty.
"Tills Ib undoubtedly tho thought of
the American people. This is what
wo ourselves will say when there
comes proper occasion to say It. In
tho dealings of natlonB with ono an
other arbitrary force must bo rejected
and we must movo forward to tho
thought of the modern world, that
thought of which peaco is the very
atmosphere That thought constitutes
a chlof part of tho passionate convic
tion of America.
"Wo believe thoso fundamontnl
things: first, that overy peoplo has a
right to cliooso the sovereignty under
which they shall live. Like other na
tions, wo havo ourselves, no doubt,
onco and again offended against that
prlnclplo when for a llttlo while con
trolled by selfish passion ns our frank
er historians havo boon honorablo
enough to admit; but it has becomo
moro and more our rulo of lifo and
action.
"Second, that tho small states of
tho world have n right to civjoy tho
samo respect for their sovereignty
nnd for their territorial integrity thnt
great and powerful nations oxpect nnd
insist upon. And, third, that tho world
has a right to bo freo from overy dls
turance of its peaco that has Its origin
in aggression nnd disregard of tho
rights of peoples and nations.
"So sincorely do wo bellovo In tho
things that I am sure that I Bpeak the
mind nnd wish of tho pooplo of Amer
ica when I say that tho United States
la willing to bocomo a partner In any
feasiblo association of nations formed
In order to reallzo tho objects and
mako them securo ngalnst voilatlon.
"There Is nothing tho United States
wnnta for itself that any other nation
hiis. Wo aro willing, on tho contrary,
to limit oursolvos along with them to
a proscribed courso of duty and re
spect for tho rights of others which
will check any selfish passion of our
own, as it will check any aggrosslvo
impulso of theirs.
Outline a Program.
"If It should over bo our privilege
to auggoat or initiate a movement for
peaco among tho nations now at war,
I am Euro that tho pooplo of the Unit
ed Statea would wish their govern
ment to movo along thoso linos:
"First, such a, settlement' with ro
gard to their own Immediate Interests
as tho belligerents may agree upon.
Wo havo nothing matorinl of any kind
to ask for ourselves and aro qulto
aware that wo aro In no bciiso or de
gree parties to tho present quarrel.
Our Interest Is only In peaco and its
futuro guarantees. Second, a univer
sal association of tho nations to main
tain tho invlolato security of tho high
way of tho seas for tho common and
unhlnderod uso of all thoso nations
of tho world, and to prevent any war
begun either contrary to treaty cove
nants or without warning, and full
submission of tho causes to tho opin
ion of tho world a virtual guaranteo
of territorial Integrity and political In
dependence. "But I did not como hero, let mo
repeat, to discuss a program. I camo
only to vow a creed and glvo expres
sion to tho confidence I feol thnt tho
world is now oven upon tho ovo of a
groat consummation when somo com
mon forco will bo brought Into exlst
onco which will safeguard right ns tho
first and moat fundamental lntorost of
all tho governments, when coorclon
Bhnll bo summoned not to tho servico
of political ambition or boIIIbIi hostil
ity, but to the sorvlco of a common
ordor, a common jiiBtlco nnd a com
mon poace. God grant that tho dnwn
of that day of frank doallng nnd of
sottlod poaco, concord and cooporatioo
may bo noar nt hand."
Bad Cyclone In Nebraska.
Hnrtlngton, Nob. -A cyclone swopt'
across Cedar county from the south
wist to tho northwgBt during tho n'..'l"
of May 26
VIGOROUS NOTE 10
ENTENTE
POWERS
UNITED STATES DENOUNCES THE
SEIZURE OF NEUTRAL
MAILS.
JOLTS BRITAIN AND FRANCE
American Commercial Interests Have
Been and Are Now Great Sufferers
as Result of "Lawless Practice"
Claims Soon Will Be Pressed for
Losses Already Sustained.
Wuttra Ntwpspr Union Ntw Stt.
Washington, D. C The United
States, denouncing interference with
neutral malls, has notified Great Brit
ain and Franco that It can no longer
tolorato tho wrongs which American
citizens havo suffered and continue to
sufTor through tho "lawless practice"
those governments havo indulged In,
and that only a radical change in pol
icy, restoring tho United States to its
full rights bb a neutral power, will be
eatis factory.
This notification Is given In tho lnt-,
est American communication to the
two governments. The time In which
tho change must be effected Is not
specified, but the United States ex
pects prompt action.
"Onerous and vexatious abuses
which have been perpetrated by tho
British and French governments in
seizing and censoring neutral malls
recited in the communication, and an
swers aro made to the legal arguments
contained in the reply of the entente
governments to tho first American
note on tho subject. It Is vigorously
Bot forth that not only have American
commcrcclal Interests been injured,
but that the rights of property havo
boen violated and tho rules of Inter
national law and custom palpably dis
regarded. Notice Is served that the
United States soon will press claims
ngalnst tho British and French gov
ernments for the losses which already
havo been sustained.
Text of the Note.
Tho text of the communication ad
dressed to tho British and French am
bassadors follows:
"Department of State, Washington,
May 24, 1916. Excellency: I have
the honor to acknowledge receipt of
your excellency's note of April 3, last,
transmitting a memorandum dated
February 15, 1016, and communicated
in substance to tho American ambas
sador in London, February 28, in
which aro stated tho contentions of
tho British and French governments
(n regard to the right to detain and
examine parcel and letter mails on
route by sea between tho United
Stat08 and Europe.
"After discussion of tho uso of the
malls for transmission of parcels and
of tho limitations to bo placed on 'in
violable mail,' tho Joint memorandum
of February 15 closes with the follow
ing assertions:
"'1. That from tho standpoint of
tho right of visitation nnd eventual
arrest and seizure of merchandlso
transported in post parcels needs not
and shall not bo treated othorwiso
than merchandise shipped in any oth
ro manner.
" '2. That tho inviolability of postal
correspondence stipulated by the elev
enth convention of Tho Ilngue of 1907
doos not In any way affect tho right
of tho allied governments to visit and
If occasion nriso arrest and seizo mer
chandise hidden In tho wrappers, en
velopes or letters contained in tho
mail bags.
" '3. That truo to their engagements
and respectful of genuine 'correspon
dence,' tho allied governments will
contlnuo for tho present to refrain on
tho high sens from seizing and con
fiscating such correspondence, letters
or dlspntchos, nnd will Insure their
Bpeedlest possible transmission na
soon bb tho sincerity of their charac
ter shall havo been ascertained.
Contention of Uncle Sam.
"In reply the government of tho
United States doslres to stato that it
does not consider that tho postal union
convention of 1906 necessarily applies
to tho interferences by the British and
French governments with the oversea
transportation of malls, of which the
government of tho United States is
complaining. Furthermore, tho allied
powers appear to havo overlooked tho
admission of tho government of tho
United States that post parcols may
bo treuted as merchandise subject to
the oxorclso of belligerent rights as
recognized by international law. But
tho government of the United States
does not admit that such parcels are
subject to tho 'oxorclso of the rights
of pollco supervision, visitation and
eventual seizure which belongs to' bel
ligerents as to all cargoes on tho high
seas,' as asserted in tho joint noto
under acknowledgement.
"It Is noted with satisfaction that
tho British and French governments
do not claim, and in tho opinion of
this government, properly do not claim
that their so called 'bloclmdo' mens
ures aro Buillclont grounds upon
which to basq a right to interforo
with all classes of mail mnttor in tran
Bit to or from tho contra! powers. On
tho contrary, tholr contention appears
to bo that 'as genulno corrospondenco'
Is under conventional stipulation In
violable' mall matter of othor classoa
Is subject to detention and examina
tion. While the government of the
Unitod' Statas agrees that genulno cor-
I respondenco mail is inviolable, it dnoe
! not admit that bolllgereats may Bearch
other private sea-borno mails for any
other purposo than to discover wheth
er thoy contain articles of enemy own
ership carried on belligerent vessels
or articles of contraband transmitted
under scaled cover as letter mall,
though they may Intercept at sea all
malls coming out of and going into
ports of tho enemy coasts which aro
effectively blockaded. Tho govern
mouts of tho United States, Great
Britain and Franco, however, appear
to be in substantial agreement as to
principle. The method of applying the
prlnclplo Is tho chief cause of differ
enco. Ignore All Assurances.
"Though giving assurances that they
consldor 'genuine correspondence' to
bo Inviolable,' and that they will,
'truo to their engagements,' refrain
on the high seas' from seizing and con
fiscating such correspondence, the al
lied governments proceed to deprive
neutral governments of tho benefits
of thoso assurances by seizing and con
fiscating mall from vessels In port in
stead of at sea. They compel neutral
ships, without just cause, to enter tholr
own ports, or they Induce shipping
lines, through somo form of duress, to
send their mails in ships via British
ports or they detain all vessels mere
ly calling nt British ports, thus ac
quiring by force or unjustifiable means
nn illegal jurisdiction. Acting upon this
enforced jurisdiction tho authorities
remove all mail, genuine correspond
ence as well as post parcels, tako them
to London, where every piece, even
though of neutral origin and destina
tion, Is opened and critically examin
ed to determine tho sincerity of their
capture, in accordance with the Inter
pretation given that undefined phrase
by tho British and French censors.
Finally the expudgatcd remainder is
forwarded frequently after irreparable
delay to Us destination. Ships are de
tained en route to or from tho United
States or to or from other neutral"
countries, and mails are held and de
layed for several days, and in some
cases, for weeks and even months,
even though not routed to ports of
north Europe via British portB. This
has been the procedure practiced since
the announcement of February 15,
1916. To some extent tho same prac
tice was followed before that date,
calling forth the protest of this gov
ernment of January 4, 1916. But to that
protest tho memorandum under
acknowledgement makes no reference
and entirely unresponsive.
"The government of tho United
States must again insist with emphasis
that the British and French govern
ments do not obtain rightful jurisdic
tion of ships by forcing or inducing
them to visit their ports for the pur
pose of seizing their malls, or thereby
obtain belligerent rights as to such
ships than they could cxerclso on tho
high seas; for thoro is, in the poinion
of the government of hto United States
no legal distinction between the seizure
of mails at sea, which is announced as
abandoned, and their seizure from ves
sels voluntarily or involuntarily in
port. The British and French prac
tice amounts to an unwarranted limita
tion of tho use by neutrals of the
world's highway for tho transmission
of correspondence. The practice act
ually followed by tho allied powers
must bo said to justify the conclusion,
therefore, that the announcement of
February 15 was merely notice that
one illegnl practice should be aband
oned to mako place for the develop
ment of another moro onerous and
vexatious in charactor.
Hague Rule Violated.
"Tho present practice Is in violation
not only of the spirit of tho announce
ment of February 15, but of the rule of
Tho Haguo convention upon which it
Is conccdedly based. Aside from this
it Is a violation of tho prior practice
of nations which Great Britain and her
allies have In tho past assisted to es
tablish nnd maintain notwithstanding
tho statement In tho memorandum that
as lato us 1907 tho letters and die
patches themselves could bo Bolzed
and confiscated.', During the war be
tween tho United States and Mexico,
tho United States forces allowed
British steamers to enter nnd depart
from the port of Vera Cruz without
molostlng tho malls Intended for in
land points. During the American civil
war Lord Itussell endeavored to in
duce tho United States to concede
that 'Her Majesty's malls on board a
private vessol should be exempted
from visitation or detention.' This ex
emption of mails was urged In October
1862, in tho case of British mails on
board tho Ahela. On October 21, Sec
retary Seward announced that 'public
mails of any friendly or neutral power
duly cetlfied or authenticated as such
shall not bo searched or opened but be
put as speodlly as may bo convenient
on tho way to their destination.' In ac
cordance with this announcement tho
govornment of tho United States in the
case of tho British steamship Peterhoff
which had been seized with 1 v malls
against tho protest of her uajesty's
govornment, had her malls forwarded
to destination unoponed.
"Tho samo rulo was followed by
France, as I am advised, In tho Franco
Prussian war of 1870; by tho United
States In tho Spnnlsh-American war of
1898; by Great Britain in tho South
African war, in tho case of tho Gor
man mall stoamers, Bundosrnth and
rGoneral; by Japan and subsequently
by Russia, In the, Russo-Japanese war
of 1904. And even In the present war,
as tho memorandum of Great Britain
and Franco statos, their enemy, Ger
many, has desisted from tho practice
of interfering with neutral malls, oven
on board belligerent steamers, this la
illustrated by tho case of the French
stoamer, Florlde, captured by the aux
iliary cruiser Prlnz Eltol Frledrich
cited by the British nnd French gov
ernments In support of their argument
regarding parcel mails. In this case,
the lotter mnlls of the Florlde, amount
ing to 144 Backs, wore forwarded to
their destination by tho commander at
the first opportunity on arriving In the
United States. It would Beem therefor
to be conclusively established that the
lntorfercnco with mails of which this
government justly complains are
wrong in principle and practice.
Methods Disastrous.
"Tho arbitrary methods employed by
tho British and French governments
have resulted most disastrously to cit
izens of tho United Statea. Important
papers which never can bo duplicated,
or can bo duplicated only with great
difficulty, euch as United States pat
ents for Inventions, rare documents,
legal papers relating to the settlement
of estates, powers of attorneys, fire
insurance clalmB, income tax returns
and similar matters, have been lost.
Delays In receiving such documents
havo caused great loss and inconven
ience by preventing prompt delivery
of goods. In tho case of the Macnlff
Horticultural company, of New York,
large shipments of plants and bulbs
from Holland wero, I am informed,
frozen on the wharves becauso posses
sion could not bo obtained in tho ab
sence of documents relating to them
which had been removed from the New
Amsterdam, Oosterdyk and Rotterdam.
Business opportunities are lost by fail
ure to transmit promptly, bids, specifi
cations and contracts. The Standard
Underground Cable company, of Pitts
burgh, for example, sent by mall a
tender and specifications for certain
proposed electrical works to be con
structed in Christlnnla; after several
weeks of waiting, tho papers having
failed to arrive, the Amrlcan comp
any was told that the bids could not
be longer held open and the contract
was awarded to a British competitor.
Checks, drafts, money orders, securi
ties and similar property are lost or
detained for weeks and months. Busi
ness correspondrnnp relating to legi
timate and bona fide trade between
neutral countries, correspondence of a
personal naturo, and also certain offi
cial correspondence, such as money
oder lists and other matters forward
ed by government departments, aro
detained, lost or possibly destroyed.
For instance, the postmaster general
Informs me that certain international
money order lists from tho United to
Germany, Greece and other countries
and from Germany to the United Stat
es, sent through the mails, have not
reached their destination, though dis
patched several months ago. It was
necessary to have some of these lists
duplicated and again dispatched by
the steamship Frederick VIII, which
sailed from New York on April 19, and
from which all the malls intended for
Germany have been taken and held in
British jurisdiction. As a further exam
ple of the delay and loss consequent
upon the British practice, the post
master general also sends mo a copy
of a letter from the British postal ad
ministration admitting that the mails
were removed form the steamer Me
dan, in the Downs on January 30 last,
and not forwarded until somo time 'be
tween the 2d of February and tho 2d
of March,' and that 182 bags of these
mails 'were lost during transmission
to Holland on the 26th of February
to the Dutch ship Mecklenburg.' The
Medan arrived safely at Rotterdam a
day or two after she left the Downs.
Numerous complaints similar to the
foregoing have been received by this
government, the details of which are
available, but I bellove I havo cited
sufficient facts to show the unprece
dented and vexatious naturo of the in
terference with malls persisted In by
British and French authorities.
American Interests Injured.
"Not only aro American interests in
jured, but tho rights of property arg
violated and the rules of international
law and custom are palpably disregard
ed. I can only add that this continuing
offense has led to such losses to Amer
ican citizens and to a possible res
poniblllty of tho United States to re
pair them that this government will be
compelled In the near futuro to press
claims for full reclamation upon tho at
tention of his majesty's government
and that of tho French republic.
"The prlnclplo being plain nnd def
inite and the present practice of the
governments of Great Britain and
Franco being clearly in contravention
of the principle, 1 will stato moro in
detail the position of the government
of the United States in regard to the
treatment of certain classes of sealed
mails under a strict application of the
principle upon which our governments
seem to bo In general accord. The
government of the United States is in
clined to the opinion that tho class of
mall matter which Includes stocks,
bonds, coupons and similar securities
is to bo regarded as of the samo na
ture as merchandise or other articles
of property nnd subject to the same
execlso of belligerent rights. Money
orders, checks, drafts, notes and other
negotiable instruments which may
pass as tho equivalent of money aro,
it la conslreded, also to bo classed as
merchandise. Corrsepondence includ
ing shipping documents, money order
lists nnd papers of that character, oven
though relating to 'enemy Bupplles or
exports, unless carried on the same
ship as the property referred to, are
in tho opinion of this govenment, to
be regarded as 'genuine correspond
ence' and entitled to unmolested pass
age. Tho government of tho United
States, in view of tho improper meth
ods employed by tho British nnd
French authorities in Interrupting
mails passing between tho United
Statos and other neutral countries and
between tho United Statos and tho eno
mies of Grent Britain, can no longer
tolerate tho wrongs which citizens of
tho United Statea suffer and continue
to suffer through these methods. To
submit to n lawloss nrarjlcfi of this
character would open the door to re
peated violations of international law
by the belligerent powers on the ground
of military necessity, of which the
violators would bo tho solo Judge.
Manifestly a neutral nation cannot
permit its rights on the high seas
to be determined by belligerents, or the
exercise of those rights to bo permitted
or denied arbitrarily by tho govern
ment of a warring nation. Tho rights
of neutrals aro as sacred as tho rights
of belligerents, and must bo us strict
ly observed.
"Tho government of tho United
States, confident In tho regard for in
ternational law and the rights of neu
trals with the British and French gov
ernments havo so often proclaimed
and tho disregard of which they havo
urged so vigorously against their
enemies in tho present war, expects
the present practice of the British and
French authorities in tho treatment oi
mails from or to the United States ta
ceaso, and belligerents' rights as ex
crclsed to conform to the principle
governing the passage of mall mattei
and to the recognized practice of na
tions. Only a radical change in the
present British and French policy, ro
storing to the United States its full
rights as a neutral power, will satisfj
this government.
"I have, etc., Rabert Lansing."
BIG SUM FROM REVENUE TAX.
Will Reach Over Half a Billion Dol
lars, Estimate.
Washington, D. C Half a billion
dollara will bo tho govorriment'a inter
nal revenue tax toll for tho fiscal
year ending June 30 next, according
to a statement issued by Secretary
McAdoo. This sum, which McAdoo
says exceeds by many millions all
previous estimates, will be made up
substantially as follows:
Taxes on whiskey, beer, cigars, cig
arets and tobacco, $303,000,000.
Taxes on tho incomes of individ
uals and corporations, $115,000,000.
Emergency tax collections, $S3,000,
000. The volume of money pouring into
the treasury has steadily increased
more and more since last fall, until
It is now greater than at any time
since the effects of tho war began
to be felt.
Walte Satisfied to Die.
New York. A declaration that ho
wisheB no appeal in his behalf was
contalnqed in a statement from his
cell in the Tombs May 28 by Dr. Ar
thur Warren Walte, convicted Satur
day of the murder of his father-in-law,
John E. Peck, of Grand Rapids,
Mich. "I am satisfied with the ver
dict," he said, "and don't want any
appeal made by Walter R. Deuel
(Walte's chief counsel) or any one
else. I am willing to take the punish
ment for my evil deeds, and tho quick
er that punishment comes tho better."
To Study Oil Industries.
Washington. Tho seriousness with
which naval officials view the threat
ened loss to the navy of the Califor
nia oil reserve fields through enact
ment of legislation legalizing certain
entries on tho lands is reflected in Uio
announcement by Rear Admiral Grif
fin, acting secretary of tho navy, that
a special board of officers had been
appointed to study the question of oil
industries In tho United States, with
particular attention to tho present and
future supply available for national
fuel.
Knife Uced On Hill.
St. Paul, Minn. James J. Hill, rail
road builder, capitalist and pioneer,
underwent a critical operation Satur
day afternoon. Mr. Hill rallied quick
ly and favorably from the operation.
There was no alarming fever and his
temperature was very good. Physi
cians only fear because of the pa
tient's extreme age. Mr. HlU'has been
suffering with a carbuncle on the pos
terior of his thigh, which ha3 result
ed from bowel trouble.
Second Ford Party May Sail.
Detroit, Mich. Henry Ford, who oi
ganized tho Ford peace expedltiaf
which sailed for Europe last winter,
may return to Europe to renew his
efforts to bring about peace among
the warring nations. TI1I3 pos
sibility was mado public by Theodore
De Lavlgne, who is in clo3e toucn
with Mr. Ford. Ho said Mr. Ford
might sail for Stockholm about June
15.
Man Who Saved Paris Dead.
Paris. Gen. JoBeph S. GalllenI, for
mer minister of war, died at Versail
les May 27- While Von Kluck's army
was rapidly advancing on Paris Gal
llenI hurled forco against flank and
started great victory of Marne. Short
ly before his death an operation for
transfusion of blood was performed,
but it had little effect.
Hailstorm Sweeps Oklahoma.
Enid, Okla. Northern Oklahoma
was swept by wind and hail storms
Sunday, with the damage centering
around Garfield county. Seven build
ings wero wrecked at Fairmount.
Lower Court Upheld.
Chicago. Tho United States circuit
court of appeals has uphold tho lower
court, holding that Joseph Leltor
could not bo compelled to pay notes
for $257,390.71 becauso they were, un
der tho statutes, gambling debts.
Rome to Turn Clocks Ahead.
Rome. Tho daylight saving genome
has been adopted in Rome. An offi
cial decree published orders that tho
olooks be advanced ono hour begin
ning at mldnieht June 3.
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