DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD, DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA.
GEM
BLOCKADE
HAS BEEN RAISED
THE ALLIED TRADE DOOR8 ARE
TO SWING OPEN AT
ONCE.
TO USE BLANKET LICENSES
Details Governing Transactions by
American Firms Will Be Given
Within 48 Hours Teutons In Great
Need of Raw Materials.
Paris. TJio council of flvo has de
cided to ralso tbo blockade against
Germany at onco, it was announced.
The council's decision was taken af
ter receipt of tho report of the logal
experts declaring tbo official docu
ment notifying tho council of ratifica
tion of tho treaty by Germany to be
in duo form.
So far as tho action of tho council
concerns Franco, tho measuro will bo
effectlvo only aftor publication In the
Journal Offlciol of a decree annulling
tho proccdlng decrees regarding tho
blockade
Washington's Announcement.
Washington, D. C With tho lifting
of tho blockade ngalnst Germany
trading botwoen that country arid the
United States as well as tho other as
sociated powers will begin.
Acting Secretary of Stato Polk an
nounced that blanket licenses would
bo issued for transactions of Amor
ican firms and that details would be
given within 48 hours after dclslon by
legal exports as to whothor a formal
proclamation by tho prosldont would
bo necessary.
Trading in all commodities, oxcopt
dyo-stuffB, chemicals and potash, con
trol ovor which will bo exercised by
tho reparations commission sot up by
tho poaco treaty, will bo unrostrlctod,
It was said. American firms dolnp
business with Germany muBt send
their agents into that country without
passports, howovor, as theso cannot
bo issued until tho proclamation ot
poaco, It also was said at tho state
department that there was no certain
ty whon Amorlcan counsuls would be
sent to Germany.
To Arrange Credit 8ystem.
Payment tor tho goods which thtf
country sends to Oormany must bo
mado under a systom ot credits to bo
nrrangod later through prlvato capital,
officials said. Details as to this sys
tem havo not been worked out While
Germany hns Inrgo quantities of goods
ready to bo exported, officials doubted
that thoro would bo any great demand
for them In this country und conse
quently tho trudo balanco In favor of
tho United Btatos is oxpocted to bo
largor.
Germany was said to bo In Immo
dlato and pressing noed for raw ma
terials of almost all kinds, particular
ly cotton and coppor. in ordor to ro
habilitate hor Industries, Largo
amounts of food havo boon sent into
that country undor direction of tho
Interallied relief commlttoo, but It is
believed tho demand for grain and
othor coroals will by great, frothing
of all kinds also is noedod.
80VIET8 ATTACK JUGOSLAVS.
Advisability of Suppressing
Beta
Kun's Followers Discussed.
Paris. Marshal Foch and represen
tatives of Czocho-Slovnkla and Jugo
slavia were boforo tho supreme coun
cil of tho poaco conforonco for a dis
cussion of tho movement (of the par
tisans of Hclu Kun, Hungarian com
munlat foroign minister, ngaliiBt
Czechoslovakia and Austria and tho
advisability of combined military ac
tion against thorn The different rep
roBontatlvcs woro asked to confor
with their governments to find out to
what oxtont they are ready to parti
cipate In military operations against
Dola Kun's forces. No dactalon will
bo reached until their reports aro ro
colved Indian Settlement Wiped Out.
San Francisco, Confirmation ot ro
ports that tho natlvo Indian popula
tion ot nrlsto! Bay, Alaska, virtually
was wiped out by an epidemic of In
fluenza was brought hero with tho re
turn of tho United States crulaor
Marblohoad from a roliof expedition
to tho north. According to Lieut. W.
H. Loahy. sonlor medical officer of the
expedition, 35 per cent ot a population
of moro than 900 persons had died by
tho time tbo expedition reached Bris
tol nay. Tho Marblohead left hero
with doctors, nurses and supplies on
June 4.
Chaplin's Baby Dead.
Los Angeles.' Charlie Chaplin's son
is dead, expiring 72 hours after birth.
Whites and Blacks Clash.
Longvlew, Tox. Nearly 200 mem
bers ot tho Texas national guard from
Dallas and Nucogodoches, ordered
hero by Gov. W, P. Hobby to provont
further clashes botwoen whites and
negroos, woro arriving by train and
automobile The situation romalns
quiet aftor a clash early In tbo day
In which four white men wore wound
ed when a small party of whltos was
fired upon by negroes, estimated to
bavo numbered about 75. Reports
tbat pno negro had beon killed aro
not confirmed
PRESIDENT
MAKES
PLEA FOB TREATY
BEFJISENATE
Wakes Assertion That League if
Free Nations Has Become
"Practical Necessity."
MEANS RELIEF FROM WAR
Chief Executive Refers to It as an
"Indispensable Instrumentality for
the Maintenance of the New
Order 8et Up In World."
Washington, July 10. The senate
was called Into session at 12 o'clock
and prayer offered by the chuplaln,
Ilev. Forrest J. Prettymnn, who asked
divine guidance for the senate and the
chief executive In tho work It was
about to undertake.
President Wilson spoke from a smnll
rostrum erected by the desk of tho
reading clerk of tho senate.
Ills address was as follows :
Gentlemen of tho Senate:
Tho treaty of peace with Germany
was signed at Versailles on the 28th
ot June. I ii vull myself of the curliest
opportunity to lay the treaty before
you for ratification and to Inform you
with regard to the work of the confer
ence by which that treaty was formu
lated. The treaty constitutes nothing less
than n world settlement. It would not
bo possible for mo even to summarize
or to construe its manifold provisions
In nn address which must of necessity
be something less than a treatise. My
services nnd all the Information I pos
sess will bo at your disposal and nt
tho disposal of your committee on
foreign relations nt nny time, either
Informally or In session, as you may
prefer; nnd I hope thnt you will not
hcsltnte to make use of them.
I shall at this time, prior to your
own study of th6 document, attempt
only a general characterization of Its
scopo and purpose.
Problems of Conference.
In ono sense, no doubt, there Is no
need that I should report to you what
was nttempted nnd done at Purls. You
havo been dully cognizant of what was
going on there of tho problems with
which tho pence conference had to deal
and iof tho difficulty of laying down
straight lines of settlement anywhere
on u field on which the old lines of In
ternational relationship, nnd tho new
alike, followed so intricate n pattern
and were for the most part cut so deep
by historical circumstances which
dominated uctlon where It would have
been best to Ignore or reverso them.
The cross currents of politics and of
Interest nuiBt havo been evident to
you. It would be presuming In mo to
attempt to explain the questions which
nroso or the iniuiy diverse elements
thnt entered Into them. I shall attempt
something less ambitious than that
and moro clenrly suggested by my duty
to rcnort to tho congress tho part It
seemed ncce.ssnry for my collengues
and mo to play ns tho representatives
of tho government of tho United
Stutcs.
That part was dictated by tho role
America has plnycd in the war .and by
tho expectutloiiH that had been created
In tho infndH of the peoples with whom
wo had associated ourselves In thnt
Brent struggle.
8aw Supremacy of Right Periled.
Tho United States entered tho wnr
upon n different footing from every
other nation except our nssoclates on
this side tho sen. Wo entered It, not
bociiuso our material Interests were
directly threatened or becuuso nny spe
cial treaty obligations to which we
were parties had been vloluted, but
only because wo saw the supremacy,
and even tho validity, of right every
where put In Jeopardy nnd freo gov
ernment likely to be everywhere Im
periled by tho lntolernblo aggression
of n power which respected ( neither
right nor obligation nnd whose very
system of government flouted the
rights of tho citizens as against tho
autocratic authority of his governors.
And In tho settlements of the peace
wo have sought no special reparation
for ourselves, but only tho restoration
of right and the ussuruueo of liberty
everywhere that tho effects of tho set
tlement were to bo felt. We entered
tho wnr its the disinterested champions
of right nnd wo interested ourselves
In tho terms of tho poaco In no other
capacity.
United States' Timely Aid.
The hopes of tho nations allied
agalust tho central powers were nt a
very low ebb when our soldiers began
to pour across tho sea. Thero was ev
erywhere amongst them, except In
their stoutest spirits, u somber fore
boding of disaster. Tho war ended In
November eight months ago, but you
liuvo only to recall whut was feared
In midsummer Inst, only four short
months before tho nrmlstlco, to real
ize what It wus that our timely nld
ncoomnllKhed nllko for their morale
nnd their physical safety.
The first, never-to-be-forgotten ac
tion at Chateau Thierry hud already
taken place. Our redoubtnblo soldiers
and marines had ul ready closed tho
rup tho enemy lmd succeeded In open
ing for their advance upon Purls lmd
ulreudy turned tho tide of battle buck
toward (ho frontiers of Franco mid
begun tho rout that wbb to save Eu
rope nnd the world. Thereafter the
Germans were to be' always forced
back, buck, were never to thrust suc
cessfully forward ngnln. And yet
thero was no confident hope.
Anxious men und women, leading
spirits of France, attended tho cele
bration of the Fourth of July last year
In Paris out of generous courtesy
with no heart for festivity, little zest
of hope. But they cumo nwny with
something new at their hearts; they
have themselves told us so.
Tells of Feeling Men Created.
The mere sight of our men of their
vigor, of tho confidence that showed
itself In every movement of their stal
wart figures and every turn of their
swinging march, in their steady com
prehending eyes nnd ensy discipline,
In the indomitable air that added
spirit to everything they did made
everyone who saw them that memo
rable day realize that something had
happened that was much more than a
mere incident in the fighting, some
thing very different from the mere ar
rival of fresh troops.
A greut moral force had flung Itself
Into the struggle. The fine physical
force of those spirited men spoko of
something more than bodily vigor.
They carried the great ideals of n
free people at their hearts and with
that vision were unconquerable. Their
very presence brought reassuranco;
their fighting made victory certain.
They were recognized ns crusaders,
and ns their thousands swelled .to mil
lions their strength wns seen to mean
salvation. And they were fit men to
carry such a hopo and make good tho
assurance it forecast. Finer men nover
went Into buttle; and their officers
were worthy of them.
Comrades In Great Cause.
This is not the occasion upon which
to utter n eulogy of the armies Amer
ica sent to France, but perbnps, since I
am speaking of their mission, I may
speak also of tho prldo I shared with
every American who saw or dealt with
them there. They were the sort of
men America would wish to be repre
sented by, the sort of -men every Amer
ican would wish to claim as fellow
countrymen and comrades In a great
cause.
They were terrible In battle, nnd
gentle nnd helpful out of It, remember
ing the mothers nnd tho sisters, the
wives and the little children nt home.
Thoy were freo men under nrms, not
forgetting their Ideals of duty in the
midst of tusks of violence. I am proud
to have had the privilege of being as
sociated with them nnd of calling my
self their lender.
Duty to Quiet Fears of World
And tho compulsion of whnt they
stood for was upon us who represent
ed America at the peace table. It was
our duty to see to It that every de
cision wo took pnrt In contributed, so
fur as wo were nblo to Influence It, to
quiet tho fours and realize tho hopes
of tho peoples who had been living In
that shndow, the nations that had
come by our assistance to their free
dom. It wns our duty to do every
thing thnt It wns within our power to
do to mnko the triumph of fieedom
and of right u lusting triumph In the
nssurunco of which men might every
where llvo without fenr.
Old entnnglements of every kind
stood in the way prpmlses which gov
ernments lmd mnde to one another In
tho days when might nnd right were
confused nnd tho power of the victor
was without restraint. Engngements
which contompluted any dispositions
of territory, any extensions of sov
ereignty thnt might seem to he to the
Intcrert of those who had tho power
to Insist upon them hud been entered
Into without thought of what tho peo
ples concerned might wish or profit
by; nnd theso could not always bo
honorably brushed aside. It was not
easy to graft tho new order of Ideas
on the old, nnd some of tho fruits of
tho grafting may, I fenr, for a time
bo bitter. y
Thrust Upon Conference.
Theso woro not tasks which tho
conference looked ubout to find and
went out of Its way to perforin. They
wero Inseparable from tho settlements
of pence. They were thrust upon It,
by circumstances which could not be
overlooked. Tho war had created
them. In all quarters of tho world
old established relationships had been
disturbed or broken nnd affairs were
at loose ends, nocdlhg to bo mended
or united again, but could not be mnde
whnt they were before. They had to
be set right by applying some uniform
principle of Justice or enlightened ex
pediency. And they could not bo ad
justed by merely prescribing In n
treaty what should bo done.
Now states wero to be set up which
could not hope to llvo through their
first period of wenkness without ns
aured support by tho great nations
that had consented to their creation
nnd won for them their Independence.
Ill-governed colonies could not bo put
In tho bunds of governments which
were to act ns trustees for their peo
ple, and not as their masters, If thero
was to be no common uuthorlty among
the nations to which they wer,e to be
responsible In the execution of their
trusts.
Future International conventions
with regard to tho control r,J water
ways, with regard to Illicit traffic of
many kinds, In nrms or In dendly
drugs, or with rognrd to the adjust
ment of many varying International
administrative arrangements could
not bo assured If the treaty wero to
provldo no permanent common Inter
nntlonal agency, If its execution In
such mutters wns to bo left to tho
slow nnd uncertain processes of co
operation by ordlnnry methods of ne
gotiation. Would Forbid New Moves,
If tho pence conference Itself was
to be the end of co-opcrntive authority
nnd common counsel nmong the gov
ernments to which the world was look
ing to enforce Justice and give pledges
of nn enduring settlement, regions
like tho Snnr basin could not be put
under a temporary administrative re
gime which did not Involve a transfer
of political sovereignty nnd which
contemplated a final determination of
Its political connections by popular
vote to be tnken nt a distant date;
no free city like Danzig could be cre
ated which wns under elaborate Inter
national guaranties to nccept excep
tional obligations with regard to the
use of Us port and exceptional rela
tions with a state of which It wns not
to form n part; properly, safeguarded
plebiscites could not bo provided for,
where populations were nt some fu
ture date to make choice what sover
elgntythcy would live under; no cer
tnln nnd uniform method of arbitra
tion could be secured for the settle
ment of nntlcipated difficulties of final
decision, with regard to many matters
dealt with In the treaty Itself; the
long-continued supervision of the task
of reparation which Germany wns to
undertake to complete within the next
generation might entirely break down ;
the reconsideration and revision of ad
ministrative arrangements and restric
tions which the treaty prescribed, but
which it was recognized might not
prove of lasting advantage or entirely
fnlr if too long enforced, would be Im
practicable. A league of free nations had become
a practical necessity. Examine the
treaty of peace", and you will And that
everywhere throughout Its manifold
provisions its framers have felt obliged
to turn to the League of Nations ns an
Indispensable Instrumentality for the
maintenance of the new order It has
been their purpose to set up in the
world, tho world of civilized men.
That there should be a League of
Nntlons to steady the counsels nnd
mnlntnin the peaceful understanding
of the world, to mnko, not treaties
alone, but the accepted principles of
International lnw ns well, the actual
rule of conduct nmong the govern
ments of the world, has been. ono of
the agreements accepted from the first
as the bnsls of peace with the central
powers.
War Statesmen Agreed.
The stntcsmen of all the belligerent
countries were agreed that such n
league must be created to sustain the
settlements that were to be effected.
But at first I think there wns a feel
ing nmong some of them that, while
It must bo attempted, the formation of
such a league was perhaps a counsel
of perfection which practical men,
long experience In the world of affairs,
must ngreo to very cautiously and
with many misgivings.
It was only ns tho difficult work of
arranging nn all but universal adjust
ment of tho world's affairs advanced
from dny to day, from one stage of
conference to nnqtjier, thnt it became
evident to them that what they were
seeking would be little more thnn
something written upon pnper, to bo
Interpreted nnd applied by such meth
ods ns the chances .of politics might
muke ttvnllnble, if they did not provide
a means of common counsel which nil
were obliged to accept, a common au
thority whose decisions would be rec
ogntzed ns decisions which nil must
respect.
Skeptical Turn to League.
And so tho most practical, the most
skeptical among them turned more
and moro to the league as the author
ity through which international uctlon
was to bo secured, the authority with
out which, ns they hnd come to seo It,
It would be difficult to give assured
effect to this treaty or to any other la
ternutlonul understanding upon which
they were to depend for the maintenance-
of pence.
Tho most practical of tho con
ferees were nt last the most ready
to refer to the league of nations
tho superlntendunco of all Interests
which did not admit of Immediate
determination of nil ndmlnlstrntlve
problems which were to require a
continuing oversight. Whnt had
seemed u counsel of pcrfccttcm hnd
conio to beeni n plain counsel of neces
sity. The lengue of nntlons was the
practical stntesninn's hope of success
In many of the most dltllcult things
ho was nttemptlng.
And It hnd validated itself In the
thought of every member of tho con
ference as something much bigger,
much grenter every way than a mt-ro
Instrument for carrying out the pro
visions of u particular treaty. It was
unlvcrsnlly recognized thnt nil tho
peoples of tho world demanded of the
conference that It should create such
a continuing concert of free nations
as would mnko wars of aggression
nnd spoliation, such as this that hns
Just ended, forever Impossible. A cry
hnd gone out from every homo In
every stricken land from which sons
and brothers and fathers had gone
forth to the great sacrifice that such
n sacrifice should never again bo
exacted.
It was manifest, why It had been
exacted. It hud been exacted becnuso
ono nation desired dominion nnd other
nntlons hnd known no means of de
fcuso except armaments nnd alliances.
Old Policy Meant Force.
Wnr hnd lain at the heart of every
arrangement of Europe of every
arrangement of tho world that pre
ceded the war, llestlve peoples hnd
been told that fleets and armies, which
they tolled to sustnln, mennt peace;
and they now know thnt they had been
lied to; that fleets und armies hnd
been maintained to promote national
ambitions and mennt war. They knew
that no old policy meant anything else
but force, force nlwuys force And
they knew that It was Intolerable
THE CORN CROP OUTLOOK
Latest Government Report Shows
Prospect Better Than Generally
Believed.
A stntcment Issued by the stock
yards nt South Omnha concerning the
condition of the corn crop nnd live
stock at present says in part :
The present outlook for a good corn
crop throughout the entire corn belt
Is much moro encouraging than It was
two weeks ago, notwithstanding the
wet weather throughout the corn belt
which prevented the proper handling
of tho crop earlier In tho season. The
Ideal wenther we havo had since then
hns chnnged conditions very mu
tcrlnlly. According to Government calcula
tions tho ncreago this year is estimat
ed at 100,030,000 as against 107,000,000
acres Inst year. The present condition
of the crop, however, warrants an es
timated yield of 2,735,000.000 bushels
compared with 2,682,000,000 harvested
in 1018.
While there has been some dnmnge
to the crop by heavy rains, and some
by cut worms, the general condition
throughout the corn bolt Is far better
than Is the general belief.
Some parts of the country would be
benefited by rnlns, while In others dry
weather Is wanted. Southern Minne
sota, Eastern South Dakota und pnrt
of Northwestern Iown nro suffering
from too much moisture. Tho nvornge
reports received this week on tho
growth condition of tho corn is three
points better thnn reported two weeks
ago, indlcntlng an improvement In
the growth condition which is quite
appnrent as the fields havo been cul
tivated and tho wenther turned warm,
affecting rapid growth.
The growth condition ns reported by
each stnte is ns follows: Ohio 88, In
diana 00, Illinois 88, Missouri 08,
Iowa 00, Nebraska 85, Kansas 82, Ok
lahoma 87. Basing the acreage of
corn planted Inst year at 100, the per
centage comparison of tho acreage
planted this spring ns reported this
week Is ns follows: Ohio 95, Indiana
05, Illinois 90, Missouri 70, Iowa 91,
Nebraska 88, Kansas 71, Oklahoma 85.
Pastures In Nebraska, Iowa, Mis
souri and Illinois wero never In better
condition. Alfalfa producing sections
of these stntes report the largest yield
for a number of years and the second
crop Is practically ready to cut. A
large crop of prairie hay is also as
sured. There Is every reason to believe thnt
during the period of reconstruction
Europo will make heavy demands upon
this country for meat food products,
ns tho European farmers will slaughter
a smaller number of meat animals
than normally if sufficient supplies of
meat can bo secured from abroad.
They must save, so far as possible,
every fcmnle for breeding purposes.
These facts lead us to believe that
American fanners and live stock pro
ducers should pursue a policy of
moderate growth, expanding the meat
animal industry in a rational normal
manner, improving methods, introduc
ing more economical methods of feed
ing and mnnngement, nnd by skill and
science reducing their production costs
to the lowest possible point.
This Is, a growing nation, growing
fust, few of us realize that In tho past
fifteen years wo have gained In popula
tion, twenty-four millions, a population
three-fifths of Franco. We have gain
ed 3.5 millions of people during the
Europenn war. We will without ques
tion gain nt the rate of a million or
more for the next twenty years. Tho
llvo stock production In this country
hns not kept puce with the Increasing
population.
Tho number of cnttlo In this coun
try this year Is given at 44,399,000. In
1000 we hnd 50,000,000, In 1914, 30,
000,000. While it is true thnt there has
been some Increase In the last five
years, theso Increases havo not been
sufficient to meet the demands ; In the
next twenty years we must plan to
take enro of twenty or twenty-five
million moro people.
In 1900 wo hnd 01,501,000 sheep In
this country. In 1910 we have 49,803,
000, and this is about the same num
ber we havo hnd In the country for
tbo Inst five years, this year showing
about ono million Increase over last
year. The number of hogs in the
country this year Is given at 75,087,
000, In 1900, 02,808,000, thero having
oeen n stendy Increase in production
since that yenr; but the pork supplies
sent nbroud In such stnggerlng vol
umes have been Just partly mnde up
by the Increased productions.
Tho present outlook Is for u very
largo fall run of live stock 'and with
plenty of feed In tho corn belt there
will bo a heavy demand for feeders.
Here Is n cooling drink for fever
patients: Put u little sage, two sprigs
of balm and n little sorrel Into a
stona Jug, hnving first washed nud
dried It Peel thin u umall lemon,
sllco It and put a small piece of the
neel In; then pour in three pints of
boiling water. Sweeten and cover it
closely.
Metropolitan Jealousy.
It is characteristic of New York
that It has to havo a ntuno of Its own
for that part of the Hudson which
wushe.i the shores of Manhattan.
Doughty old Heudrlek Hudson's name
would seem nn nproprlate ono for any
river, nnd that part of It which lies
between the Battery nnd The Bronx
Is not north of anything in particular,
except possibly New Jersey or Flori
da; none the less, New York wills K
the North Hlvcr, apparently mm tiling
to share even n name with "upstate."
U. S. TROOPS TO
STAY ON RHINE
Wilson Says Yanks Will Remain
Until Foe Hands Over War
Material.
PLEASED OVER RATIFICATION
Feels Trade Relations Between Gen
many and Associated Nations
Should Be Resumed So Teutons
Can Meet Reparations.
Washington, July 12. President
Wilson, conferring with newspaper
correspondents at tho White House,
indicated that he was extremely grati
fied that the treaty of peace had been
ratified so promptly by the German
national assembly.
The president also Indicated that
ho felt trade relations between Ger
mnny and the associated nntlons
should bo resumed nt tho earliest mo
ment possible, for without trade Ger
muny could not meet the reparation
demanded of her.
It wus mude clear that tho presi
dent felt troops should bo maintained
in- Germany until tho Germans hnd
complied with nil tho military terms
of the treaty. It was pointed out that
thero wero several million veteran sol
diers In Germany nnd munitions suffi
cient for them to operate.
The Germans hnvo from one to four
months In which to deliver nil mate
rial except that sufficient for the re
duced German army provided for In
tho peace treaty, and the president
believes American troops should stay
on tho Rhine until tho muterlnl Is
delivered.
Discussing tho peaco negotiations at
Purls, President Wilson let it be known
thnt tho League of Nations covennnt
will bo In every treaty negotiated at
Versailles, Including that with Bul
garia, with which country the United
States never was at war.
In response to questions regnrdlng
the Flume situntion, tho president
pointed out that the treaty of London
provided thnt Flumo wns to go to
Croatia and that Italy did not lay
claim to the city when that treaty was
signed.
The president made It clear that de
mobilization of tho American nray
would depend upon the speed wltb
which tho military conditions of the
peace treaty were executed by Ger
many and the trenty was ratified by
tho various governments.
Mr. Wilson feels thnt the United
States must play a generous part In
the reconstruction of Europe, but he
believes this should bo accomplished
by establishing some sound bnsls of
credit rather than by direct govern
ment aid.
Mr. Wilson let It be known that the
treaty with Franco wns designed for
the protection of Franco until such
time as this special guarantco would
no longer bo needed because of the
protection to bo afforded nil nations
by tho League of Notions.
Mr. Wilson Indicated thnt his -time
thus far has been devoted entirely tc
prepnrlng his address on tho treaty
with Germany and that opportunity
had been lncklng to complete n slm
llnr explanation of the proposed pact
with France.
President Wilson Is understood tc
tnke the position that a two-thirds ma
jority will bo required to adopt any
senate reservations In ratifying the
peace treaty. The Impression of oppo
sition leaders in the senate bus been
thnt only a simple majority would be
required.
U. S. JULY REPORT ON CROPS
Government Estimates Corn Yield
This Year at 322,000,000 Bushels
Over 1918.
Chicago, July 12. Tho government
July crop report released by the agri
cultural department at Washington Is
n much better report on corn than
generally looked for; on both wheat
and cats It showed mnrked deteriora
tion slnui the otllclnl figures of a
month ago. A wheat crop of 1,101,
000.000 bushels Is indicated by this re
port, of which 839,000.000 bushels aro
of winter and 322.000,000 bushels
spring wheat. Thero wus n fulling off
of 75,000,000 bushels In both crops since
tho Juno report, when the combined
crop of winter nnd spring wheat wns
foreenst at 1,230,000,000 bushels.
Thero wns a great Improvement in
the prospective corn crop, ns the fig
ures furnished July 9 were for 2,815,
000,000 bushels, compared with 2,735,
000,000 bushels estimated two weeks
ago by a local expert, and with 2,583,
000,000 bushels harvested last yenr.
Tho outs crop was indicated' at
1,403.000,000 bushels, compared with
1,440.000.000 bushels n month iigo, and
1,538.000,000 bushels a year ngo.
President Signs Important Bills,
Washington, July 14. President
V.'llson signed tho District, army, navy
and deficiency appropriation blils nnd
tho Joint resolution providing for the
return of tho wires of tho country to
prlvnto ownership.
German Plot for Theft.
Coblenz, July 14. A plot Involving
wholesale thefts of food, automobile
tires nnd other troop supplies for Milp
ment to Gcnnnny hns been uncovered
by army officers. Several Germuus
were arrested.
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