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BITS OF NEWS
WESTERN SHIPPERS HELPED
BY GREAT LAKES BOATES.
Chicago, June 22. The steamer
Lake Grandby, 4.100-ton capacity,
al! steel constructed in Chicago, will
sail r.ext Wednesday for Liverpool,
the first sailing of a ship of the
United States shipping board's fleet
f'om Chicago to the United King
dom. It will mark the inaugura
tion of a port of export here.
The trip by way of the Great
Lake:, Montreal and the Atlantic,
is expected to require three weeks.
The shipping board is turning out
steel steamers here at the rate of
one every 10 days, and these will
follow the Lake Grandby on the
route to Liverpool.
Advantage in rates is provided to
middle western shippers;
JAPAN WANTS TO BE GOOD
TO CHINESE, ISHII SAYS.
..Seattle, Wash!, June 22. Japan
wants to be a good and just neighbor
to China, Viscount Kikujiro Ishii,
Japanese ambassador to the United
States, declared in a statement pre
pared just before he sailed from here
Thursday for the Orient.
"Whatever has been done by the
Japanese is looked upon by the
Chinese with suspicion and even
with resentment while the same ac
tion taken by the western powers is
either overlooked or tolerated the
statement said."
"You know and 'have experienced
that there always exists a peculiar
feeling of suspicion too often un
founded between any two neighbors.
Your attitude and whatever you
have done in Latin-American coun
tries have met with the same consid
eration or lack of consideration on
the part of your neighbors."
The ambassador pointed out that
Japan twice fought for China, first
against Russian aggression, and lat
er against Germany's holdings. Jap
an is now willing to transfer to
China the fruits of her last victory,
he added.
ALL BELGIUM NOW NEEDS
IS WORK CARDINAL SAYS
Brussels, June 22. (By the As
sociated Tress). Cardinal Mercier
in granting a special audience at
Malines to Frederick L. Collins, an
American publisher, authorized the
publication of the following state
ment apropos of president Wilson's
visit to Belgium:
"America will be rendering an in
Valuable service to Belgium in the
early fulfillment of president Wil-
- son's promises of practical assist
ance in the way of raw materials,
machinery and credit. In the little
city of Malines we've 30,000 work
ers, most of whom are involuntarily
"idle because they have no material
Nr machinery.
"Since the armistice was signed
reconstruction in Belgium has been
going forward at an astounding
rate. During the war Belgium
needed charity and receivedx it. Now
all Belgium requires is a chance to
work." 0 .
REVOLUTIONARY MEXICAN
WILL TRY FOR PRESIDENCY.
El Paso, June 22. General Felipe
Angeles, revolutionary leader in
northern Mexico, will be a candidate
for the presidency of the Republic of
Mexico in the elections next year,
men connected with the Villa move
ment announced here. General An
geles now, they said, is second in
command to Villa.
It also was announced that as
soon as the time was deemed ripe
a provisional president would be
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civilian and has not been chosen,
they declared.
U. S. MINING ENGINEER
IN MEXICO MISSING
Juarez, June 22. Woodrow
Mack, a mining engineer, owner of
t mine 110 miles sooth of Chihua
hua City, has been missing, presum
ably in Modico, since last Tuesday,
Mrs. Mack, informed E. A. Dow.
U. S. consul here.
Mr. Mack, his wife said, left El
Paso , Tuesday, to meet a mechanic
employed at the mine who had sent
word he was coming north.
FOREST'FIRES
ARE RAGING IN
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SEVERAL PLACES
Fourteen Reported Near Mis
soula, Mont.; 300 Men
t Fighting Them.
Missoula. Mont.. June 22. Three
logging camps and several million
feet of lumber near Haugan, in
western Montana, were destroyed
Saturday night by fire in the Lolo
forest, which continued to burn
Sundav. according to re
norts received at district forest
hrarinuarters here.
"Despite efforts of a crew of 175
fire fighters the flames were said
' to be spreading rapidly. More than
1,500 acres had been burned over up
to noon.
14 Forest Fires.
, Fourteen forest fires were re
norted burning in Forest district
No. 1 with a force of 300 men fight
intr them.
Nine of the fires were reported in
the Flathead forest, three in Lolo
. forest ari one each in Missoula,
and Madison forests.
The most serious blaze in the
opinion of officials was one burning
on a two mile front on the south
fork of the Flathead river.
Still Burning.
Helena, June 22. A forest fire
near Canvon Ferry which burned
out Helena's light and power lines
Saturday night, leaving the city in
darkness and without street cars
for many hours, was still burning
late Sunday.
Fire Destroys Timber.
Pneblo, Colo., June 22. Seven
hundred acres of timber have been
destroyed in a fire that is sweeping
the San Isabel forest reserve near
Btnlah. 35 miles west of Pueblo, ac-
cotding to word received here.
high wind at noon fanned the flames
and forest rangers asked Pueblo for
assistance. Lightning started the
fire Friday. It is reported under
control
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BUSINESS
SECTION
OF CITY IS
WIPED OUT
Train Also Blown Off Track
by Terrific Wind That Hits
Fergus Falls, Minn.,
Sunday Afternoon.
Fargo, N. D.. Tune 23. Reports
of a death list ranging from 300 to
400, due to a- tornado that struck
Fergus Falls. Minn., about 70 miles
southeast of here, Sunday afternoon
were received this morning. Ad
vices to the Northwest Telephone
company here say that a lineman
working out of Fergus Falls re
ported that '300 persons lost their
lves while information from Evans-
ville, 35 miles southeast of Fergus
tails, was that half the town had
been blown away, and that between
300 and 400 were dead. A relief
train passed through Evansvil'e
early this morning.
St. Paul, June 22. Destruction of
the central section of Fergus Falls,
Minn., bv a tornado Sunday evening,
with a loss of 200 lives, was reported
by railway officials and dispatches
from nearby towns. The storm
struck the city about 7 o'clock, de
stroying among other buildings the
Grand hotel, in which it is reported
75 'persons were trapped when the
structure collapsed.
I he telephone operator at Wahpe-
ton, a town on the North Dakota
line about 50 miles west of Fergus
Falls, said reports there placed the
loss of life in Fergus Falls at 200.
seven hundred houses and other
buildings were destroyed by the
storm or by a fire which followed.
Great Northern train No. 1, the
Oriental Limited, west bound, from
Chicago to Seattle, was blown from
the track about 6 miles west of Fer
gus Falls, but earl reports said only
one passenger was injured.
brainerd, Minn., residents saw the
storm sweeping in northeasterly
direction, passing over several towns
after its destruction at Fergus Falls,
but no other towns in that vicinity
reported serious damage.
Twister Hits Baggage Car.
Train No. 1 was traveling between
30 and 40 miles an hour when the
twister struck the baggage car and
tender about 6 miles west of Fergus
Falls, throwing 7 of the 11 cars from
the rails. The coaches were de
posited along the roadbed, all in an
upright position.
More than UU passengers were on
the train.
Shortly before midnight the
storm struck the Twin Cities. Rail
road and commercial telegraph
wires were prostrated all through
the section and adjoining the
Dakota line.
Bumper Crop
By U. P. Traffic Manager
J. A. Munroe Returns From
Western Newspapers
Market Conditions in
"Nebraska has the appearance of
being the garden spot of the world
and during my long stay in the
state. I have never seen crop pros
oects anv more encouraging than
right at this time," said J. A. Mun-
roe, trattic manager ot tne union
Pacific, who Friday night returned
from a western trip of two months
duration, during which the Union
Pacific system and connecting lines
were covered. Speaking of the trip,
Mr. Munroe said:
"We were out two months by
train and auto and traveled nearly
12,000 miles. The entire country is
in a mijst prosperous . condition.
Generally crops are ".splendid and
everywhere in Nebraska, so far as
I could learn they are ' of the
bumper kind. The acreage is
enormous. "
"Everywhere business is good,
with a prospect of being better as
soon as the harvest is out of the
way and the crop starts to market
"There is no boom- in any
locality, but in every section of the
country visited evidences., of pros
perity are apparent on every hand.
This applies to both city and coun
try. Considerable building is under
way and conditions are rapidly get
ting back to a pre-war basis. Peo
ple are in good spirits and are look
ing forward to a long period of un
interrupted prosperity.
"The coast and mountain sec
tions have splendid prospects for
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The Story of the Two Letters
One From a Paid Press Agent for Public Consumption
and the Other an Honest Confession to Associ
ates Not Intended to Ever Reach the Public.
Two letters were written in
Omaha last week one by Elmer
Thomas, Commissioner Ringer's
press agent and spokesman for
the "Committee of 500," for pub
lic consumption and the other by
Mayor Ed. P. Smith, which was
not intended for the public.
The fjrst letter, a copy of which
was handed to all the papers, was
an "Appeal to the People of
Omaha" to support the majority
in the present city administration
"because they had made good and
would continue to make good."
It was intended to answer the
outburst of public indignation
pursuant to a multitude of de
fects and shortcomings shownup
recently in certain offices at the
city hall.
The second letter, which was a
confidential communication to
members of the city commission
from Mayor Smith and which
was never intended to reach the
public, was an honest confession
from the soul there was no
reason why it should not be as
Mr. Thomas and the author never
dreamed it would be made public.
But somehow it reached the
press.
The Thomas communication
wai an appeal to the public for
stippcrt of the city administration
and declared it had "made good."
The mayor's letter, which was
not intended for the public,
branded his own administration
as a failure, and appealed to the.
commissioners to make an at
tempt to improve the disorgan
ized government of Omaha.
Here are some comparisons be
tweer Elmer Thomas' public and
political appeal and Mayor
Smith's confidential and honest
appeal: ' " " ' '
"This committee at the last
election recommended to the peo
ple Mayor Smith and Commis
sioners, Ure, Towl and Ringer.
These men have all stood for
good government, are making
good, and will continue to make
good."
This is the ibriening paragraph
of the communication prepared by
Elmer Thomas forthe Committee
of 500.
Here is what Mayor Smith says:
"I believe I speak the judgment
of our friends who elected us, iand
I know I express my own per
sonal views when I say the pres
ent city council has not anywhere
rear measured up to what our
friends expected of us, and had a
right to expect of us, when we.
went into office."
Elmer Thomas explains further:
"The foul tongue of ridicule and
slander has never been still. In
the case of Mayor Smith, and more
often of Police Commissioner
Ringer, newspaper criticism has
passed beyond the bounds, of truth
and into the realm of scandal. The
campaign of The Bee against Com
missioner Ringer has been one of
malice. The World-Herald has
joined the outcry and demands the
removal of Ringer."
Mayor Smith is .even more
sweeping in his criticism of his
Predicted
12,000-Mile Tour of West-
Ignore News and Reports of
Omaha.
an enormous fruit crop and the
growers are anticipating a good
market for their products.
"During my trip what I missed
most was news from Omaha. It is
remarkably strange that so few of
tv.. t ...... rt
news. In Los Angeles there is one
paper that each day carries a
central west department and print
news from Omaha. The other
papers make no mention of Omaha,
or Nebraska.
"The big papers of the west, with
the one exception, print no Omaha
grain, or livestock markets yet in
the press reports there are the
market quotations of Kansas City,
St Joseph and many other points.
Omaha seems to be in bad.
"Even the Omaha weather report
goes to the discard. Pick up -any
of the western papers and you will
find the weather reports of North
Platte, Valentine, Cheyenne and
points of about the same im
portance as these, but nothing con
cerning Omaha."
Urge Wilson to Recognize
Officially Irish Republic
Chicago, June 22. The Irish Fel
lowship club adopted resolutions
urging the President and congress
"to accord official recognition of
the Irish republic as has been done
in the case of Czecho-Slovaki and
Polish republics.
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own administration than news
papers yet have been when he
says:
"I don't feel there has been a de
partment or a councilman (and
that includes the department of
public affairs and mayor) who
made good as our friends had a
right to expect. I am just as much
to blame for this as anyone. I am
ready and willing to assume my
full share of responsibility.
"We owe it to the City of Oma
ha to change our way of doing
business."
In regard to the recent outrage
ous acts of the police, Mr. Thomas
comments:
"This committee excuses no un
lawful or unwarranted act of the
police, but we prefer to learn facts
from public investigation rather
than from statements from preju
diced sources. Their purpose is
plain. They have determined upon
the removal of Mr. Ringer. If he
were incompetent, as they say, we
believe that they would have re
mained silent."
While Mayor Smith does not at
tempt to place the responsibility
for the condition in regard to
which he registers his complaint
upon the shoulders of individuals,
he refuses to remain silent, and
Mr. Ringer's shortcomings are in
cluded in the following indictment
"Now I am not trying to lay the
responsibility for present condi
tions on the shoulders of others
and exonerate myself. I am just
as much to blame as anyone, and
am willing to assume my full share
of responsibility, and am more
than anxious to do my part to
ward remedying these conditions
and giving Omaha better service.
"If we cannot do all this, then I
feel we are too small for our jobs."
Mr. Thomas continues to speak
of Mr. Ringer, whom he tells the
public has made good, but whom
the mayor declares in private has
not measured up to expectations:
"We believe Commissioner Ring
er will not resign and that the city
commission will not remove him.
He made his campaign for this
place and was elected upon that
issue.
''We call upon all good citizens
to line up for good government,
behind the city commission, and
not be stamped by false accusa
tions. "We expect no cessation of the
present campaign of falsehood."
Mr. Thomas continues in his
statement to the public:
"It shall be the purpose of this
committee from time to time to
address the people through the
press and by direct communica
tion as to the real facts as they
relate to the government of the
city."
Will the committee's next state
ment attempt to reconcile the wide
differences between Mr. Thomas'
public utterances and Mayor
Smith's confidential communica
tions? Mr. Thomas in public declares
the city administration has made
good.
Mayor Smith in private asserts
it is a rank failure.
GERMAN OFFICIALS
BUSILY ENGAGED
WITH EX-KAISER
Visit Said to Be Connected
With Plans for Future Resi
dence of Former Emperor.
Amerongen, June 22. (By The.
Associated Press.) Reliable circles
declare that the presence in Amer
ongen of visitors from Germany is
connected with plans for the future
residence of the former emperor.
Discussions are said to be in prog
ress for the purchase of a property
in Holland, lying in a secluded spot
within twenty miles of Utrecht, but
nothing definite has been decided.
Dr. Kriege of the German foreign
office, who is charged with realiza
tion of the former monarch's private
property, is understood to have
brought a report that the German
government intends to deduct a con
siderable sum as taxation for un
earned increment. The amount is
reported from one million to twenty
million marks.
- German officials here are busily
engaged ' with the ex-kaiser. Ob
servers here are of the. opinion that
some movement is afoot, as the serv
ices around the castle have been
changed since yesterday. The mili
tary police, under orders from the
war office, have been removed, but
armed country police,-under the min
istry of justice, remain guarding the
grounds.
Flight Again Held Up.
St Johns, N. F., June 22 Unfa
vorable weather conditions again
caused a postponement today of the
projected transatlantic flight by the
Hadlty-Paige biplane.
JUNE 23, 1919.
ABANDON
PLAN TO
Senate Leaders Turn Atten
tion to Crystallizing Senti
ment Behind Root Proposal
That League Be Ratified.
Washington, June 22. Senate
leaders opposing the league of na
tions abandoned their plan to try
for a test vote in the immediate fu
ture on the Knox resolution and
turned their attention to crystalizing
sentiment behind Elihu Root's pro
posal that the league covenant be
ratified with reservations. The de
cision was taken as a forecast that
the league fight would remain in a
quiescent state during the coming
week and probably until the treaty
is submitted for ratification about
two weeks hence.
Republican Leader Lodge, in a
statement announcing the Knox res
olution would not be called up Mon
day, said the decision had been
prompted by a desire to give undi
vided senate attention to pressing
appropriation bills.
"I am very strongly in favor of
the Knox resolution," said Senator
Lodge in his statement. "I think the
league and the peace with Germany
ought not to be interlocked. We
ought to be able to ratify the peace
with Germany at once and then give
the proper decision to the covenant
of the league of nations, which in
volves the entire future of the
country.
Want Press Resolution.
"I should like to bring the Knox
resolution to a vote at once but
after consultation with Senator
Knox I have come to the con
clusion that in the present situation
of the appropriation bills and es
pecially the army bill now before
the senate we ought not to press
the Knox resolution at this moment
because it will lead to debate and
nothing should be allowed to inter
fere with the passage of the ap
propriation bills before July V
Despite Mr. Lodge's inference
that the resolution might be taken
up later, the general feeling was
that with Sunday's decision the
measure passed into history. Be
sides the separation proposal it
contained ' several declarations
known to be objectionable to some
league opponents and the question
of what should be done with it has
been a source of many animated
conferences. The prediction most
commonly heard tonight was that
if it ever were revived its friends
would modify it in several respects.
Irish President in N. Y.
to Drum Up Funds
for "Irish Republic"
New York, June 22. Eamonn De
Valera, "president of the Irish Re
public," is in New York, his native
city, according to an announcement
made by Harry J. Boland, secretary
of the Sinn Fein party and member
of parliament.
Bcland refused to give any in
formation as to where De Valera
was staying,. but said that he would
See newspaper reporters Monday
and issue a statement in regard to
his purpose in visiting America.
On his own behalf Boland gave
out a lengthy statement which said
one of the principal reasons of De
Valera's visit to the United States
was to float a bond issue, "which
will start the new republic on a
financial plane equalled by few and
excelled by none."
The Sinn Feinn leader has a plan
of reconstruction for Ireland and
will try to interest American busi
ness men "in the broad field of Irish
commerce." In addition, "he will ap
peal to official America to stand by
the Irish republic and recognize
it before the world."
Calm Succeeds Strife in
Winnipeg's Strike Zone
Winnipeg, Man., June 22. Winni
peg was quiet Sunday after the riot
ing of Saturday afternoon. The city
no longer is under martial law.
Mayor Charles F. Gray issued a
statement in which he declared an
ii.vestigation showed that strikers
and not Royal Northwest Mounted
Police fired the first shots. Early
Sunday night the soldiers were
withdrawn from Main street. and
the duty of policing this district was
again taken over by returned soldier-constables.
VOTE ON
COVENANT
By Mill M yttr). Dally. S4.50:
Dally an Sua., SS-S0: oatila Nak.
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Hand, Not Heart,
Agreeing to Terms
of Allies Bauer
Weimar, June 22. (By the As
sociated Press.) In announcing
the decision of the government
to sign the peace terms, Premier
Bauer said before the national as
sembly: "The allied and associated
powers cannot expect the Ger
man people to agree from inner
convictions to a peace instrument
whereby, without the populations
being consulted, living members
are severed from the German
empire, German sovereignty per
manently violated and unbearable
economic and financial burdens
imposed upon the German peo
ple." LACK OF SUNDAY
ICE DELIVERIES
CAUSES BIG LOSS
Drug Stores Hard Hit Early
in Evening; Much Candy
and Serums Spoiled
by the Heat.
Several Omaha merchants buf
fered severe losses to their perish
able stock yesterday through the
want of Sunday ice deliveries.
According to Joe Merritt, proprie
tor of Mcrritt's pharmacies, the lack!
nr ice last mgnt cost mm aDout $iuu.
The contents of two large candy
cases, one of which contained about
$225 worth of sweets and the other
about $23 worth, were spoiled by the
lack of ice.
"Our ice supply ran out about 5
o'clock in the evening," said Merritt
last, night. '"Most of. that candy in
those two refrigerator cases is
spoiled. We have about $150 worth
of suppositories and serums in a re
frigerator case upstairs in which
there has been no ice since 4 o'clock
this afternoon. By morning these
will probably all be spoiled."
Borrow Supply.
Beaton's Drug Co. ran short about
5 o'clock yesterday and they had to
"rustle" some ice from the Fairmont
creamery in order to continue run
ning their soda fountain. "It is im
possible to get enough ice stored
here on Saturday to last us until
Monday morning," said one of the
soda dispensers.
J. H. Green, proprietor of Green's
pharmacy, said he had $1,000 worth
of serums and the like in the "bio
logical case" which must be kept
iced all the time. At 11 o'clock last
night he had run out. "It is doubt
ful whether or not the stock in that
case will be a total loss in the
morning," he said.
Many of the candy kitchens and
ice cream parlors about town have
their own refrigerator plant and so
were not inconvenienced by the re
fusal of ice companies to deliver on
Sundays.
Many of the outlying drug stores
suffered minor losses to fruits and
other perishables used about its
soda fountain.
Omahan Named Speaker for
League to Enforce Peace
New York, June 22. Lysle Ab
bott of Omaha has been appointed
director of the Nebraska state
speakers' bureau of the League to
Enforce Peace. He will have
charge of a state speaking ramprgn
now in progress for ratification of
the league of nations covenant.
500,000 Allied Soldiers
Ready to Smash Teutons
All Under Arms in Occupied German Territory Prepared
to Advance Against Huns in the Event the Peace
Treaty Is Not Signed in the Time Stipulated by the
Entente.
Coblenz, June 22. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) More than 500,000
allied soldiers in the occupied areas
stood ready Saturday night for a
further invasion of Germany in the
event that Germany does not accept
the terms.
Even brders tr the civilian popu
lations printed in French, English
and German, as framed by Marshal
Foch, are ready for distribution in
the districts and villages taken over
by the allies. One order in the
military regulations says that any
house from which civilians may fire
upon the marching troops shall be
burned immediately. Another order
provides for the requisitioning of the
railways, telegraphs, telephones and
other utilities as well as those em
ployed in the services.
About 100,000 Americans will
move forward if the final order
comes. The concentration iust com-
I pleted is America's greatest display
ot strength since the armistice.
Marshal Foch's proclamation says:
Sunday. 12 M;
aaitaoa axlra.
TWO CENTS.
DECISION FAVORED
BY LARGE MAJORITY
OF HUN MEMBERS
Five Legislators Abstained From Voting at AH; The
Council of Four Has Definitely Rejected the Teu
tonic Suggestion That Further Alteration Be Made
in the Treaty and Is Considering Vote of Assembly
at Weimar.
Berlin, June 22. (By the
will sign the peace treaty.
The national assembly by a vote of 237 to 138 decided
to sign.
The assembly also voted confidence in the government
of Herr Bauer, 236 to 89. Sixty-eight members astained
from voting.
On the question of signing the treaty five members of
the assembly abstained from voting.
AUTO THIEF IS
ARRESTED AFTER
CHASE INTO IOWA
Larry O'Neill and J. Jones
Held as Members of Big
Ring; Had Stolen Car
in Possession.
With
O'Neill
the capture of Larry
4226 South , Twenty-tfyrd
street, on the Douglas street bridge
Sunday morning, and the ;hase and
capture of L. Jones, Pacific Junc
tion, la., after' he had leaped from a
stolen automobile, police say they
have two of an extensive automo
bile stealing ring.
O'Neeill wa driving a machine
tolen from E. L. Barnum, 2918
Sor.th Twenty-third street, when
stopped by Detective Armstrong at
the toll house on the Douglas street
bridge.
Jones jumped from the machine
and leaping aboard a passing street
car made his way as far as the
Council Bluffs car barn on Ave
nue A. Omaha police, notified by
Armstrong, pursued the trolley car
into Iowa and overhauled it at the
car barn.
Both men are held at the city
jail charged with grand larceny.
The car was stolen from Barnum's
garage Friday night when thieves
sawe the steel hasp from the doors.
Sunday afternoon Chief of De
tective; Dunn sent Omaha detec
tives to a farm owned by Jones'
father at Pacific Junction. They ex
pect, according .to the chief, to find
a .hnt of stolen automobiles in the
neighborhood of Pacific Junction.
British Food Controller
to Remain in Office
London, June 22. George H.
Roberts, food controller, presiding
at the labor conference, said that in
the interest of the consumer he had
decided to retain control of food
during the coming winter.
While the average cost of food
was four shillings nine pence weekly
less than in November, he added,
there was no reason to believe that
there would be a further decrease
in the near future.
The allies entering into German
territory will respect persons and
property and will enable the Ger
man population to carry on their
ordinary business, provided the
safety and movements of billets and
supports of the allies are fully
guaranteed. All the personal of
public administrations must remain
at their posts and continue to carry
out their duties under control of
the allied armies. Any infraction
ot these orders will be punished in
military regulations."
"All persons guilty of any hos
tility against the allied troops,
whether in firing on them or de
stroying railways, roads and water
ways or cutting or damaging tele
graph and telephone lines, or in
communicating with the enemy,
are amenable to military law. In
al! communities all arms must be
handed over to the area com
mandant one hour after the proc
lamation of this order."
-Germany
?) Before the
taken Herr Bauer, the new pre
mier, declared that the government
would sign the treaty, but without
acknowledging the responsibility of
the German people for the war and
without accepting the restrictions
contained in articles 227 to 230 ir
the treaty relating to the trial of
the former emperor and the extra- '
dition of other German personages.
Sweat to Get Cabinet
Weimar, June 22. Germany ac
quiesced in a new cabinet only after
nearly a week of literal sweating'
in blazing Weimar weather. The
signing of the peace terms naturally
was the only question around which
the cabinet construction hinged and
the government, which went on rec- .
ord as considering the terms unac
ceptable, found a surprising follow
ing behind them. The first party
ballots, however, seemed to make
the signing of the treaty inevitable,
for the powerful majority socialist
party voted two-thirds for ending
the suspension. With the independ
ents supporting them, the conserva
tives as a party behind them, and
the centrists on the fence, the result
appeared a foregone conclusion.
But the conservatives suddenly
swung around and declared for non
signature; the centrists wavered and
imposed conditions, and the demo
crats temporarily balked any hope
of a majority by stubbornly persist
ing against the extradition by the
entente cf the German emperor and
other German notables.
This was the stumbling block, for
the democrats could not be budged
from the attitude which they held
through the belief that a revolution -would
break out in protest by the
people should Von Hindentmrg, Lu
dendorff and other idols be humili
ated. Bemstorff in Big Role.
Count Von Bernstorff played a
prominent part in the proceedings,
not only as president of the German
peace committee but according to
persistent rumors as the possible
successor of Count Von Brockdorff
Rantzau, for there was a powerful
group that wanted him to suffer the
poetic justice of signing the terms'
after he had helped -to bring-the
United States into the war. -
Von Bernstorff, however, resisted
and after having been appointed in
the morning to the cabinet refused
to accept the appointment or have
anything to do with the matter.
Later in the day the centrists
dropped their demand for modifi
cation ot the terms and expressed
their willingness to sign." Their de
mands also weakened to such an ex
tent that fifteen of their 65 mem
bers in the assembly went over to
the side in favor of the signature.
The first ministry headed by Herr
Bauer lasted exactly one hour. . It
crashed on. the stubborness of the
democrats and von BernstorfPs flat
refusal to head the ministry of for
eign affairs. Dr. Dernburg, who had
been named as minister of finance,
declared he could not co-operate.
They then reduced their demands
to one point on which they were
adamant, namely, that the former
German emperor, Von Hindenburg
and Ludendorff, must not be deliv
ered to the entente for trial.
Bauer Cabinet Reconstructed. :
Eventually the Bauer cabinet wai
reconstructed with . Dr. Herman
Mueller, the majority socialist
leader, as minister of foreign affairs
and Mathias Erzberger as minister
of finance and vice premier.
In his first speech in the afternoon
Premier Bauer outlined his program
to the peace committee of the as
sembly. Count von Brockdorff
Rantzau will leave Weimar for a
vacation in his private capacity.
Herr Baufer, the new premier, had
hitherto scarcely been mentioned for
the position. Prior to his appoint
ment as labor minister, he was sec
retary of the labor unions of Ger
many. He is rated as a long-headed
conservative socialist.
Gustav Adolf Bauer, who succeeds
Philipp Scheidemann as premier, is
second chairman of the general
commission of the federation of la
bor unions. He was elected to the
reichstag in 1912 from Breslau and
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Associated Press.)