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"COTT STRAFE WILSON,"
GERMAN PASTOR SAYS.
' Coblenz, July 9 (By the Asso
ciated Press.) Additional intelli
gence officers have been assigned
to duty in Coblenz owing to the ap
pearance in the last few days of
small "stickers" bearing the words:
"Gott Strafe Wilson." These were
posted on the walls of several pub
lic "buildings. The wording was
printed in colored crayon, the first
two words in blue, "Wilson" in red.
Handwriting experts said the
printing appeared to have been done
by some one familiar with the
English language. The intelligence
operatives are endeavoring to ascer
tain where the paper and crayon
were bought
CLEAN HEALTHBILL
93 PER CENT IN .ARMY.
Washington, July 9. More than
93 per cent of the 2,000,000 officers
and men of the army who have been i
demobilized since the signmg ot the
armistice were discharged with a
clean bill of health, according to an
r announcement today from the office
of the surgeon general of the army.
Negro troops showed a slightly
better physical condition than the
white, but a higher percentage were
held for communicable diseases.
JOHN D. PICNICS ON
PLENTY OF BUTTERMILK,
v Tarytown, N. Y., July 9, (By Uni
versal Service) John D. Rockefeller,
observed his 80th birthday Tuesday
; by starting with his brother, William
Rockefeller, on a motor trip to Seal
Harbor, Maine. The aged financier
' decided to take no chances of what
he might find to eat along the route,
for the first day at least, so he had
a picnic luncheon prepared, consist-
' ing largely of buttermilk.
Air. KocKeieiier nasi to oe very
. careful what he eats in public
places," said one of his men. "He
took along a picnic luncheon to pro
vide against having his digestion' up
, set. Buttermilk is his favorite drink."
"SPIRIT OF MUNCHAUSEN
LIVES IN TWO AVIATORS.
Washington, July 9, (By Universal
Service.) Munchausen is-dead but
the spirit of the precocious prevari
cator still lives. It is to be found at
times even in the stilted and dry
oftiical reports of the War depart
ment v
Such an instance occurred when
' a report , was received at the de
. prtment of a flight made by Lieut.
R. C. W. Blessley, June 13, over the
if-thmus of Panama, in which he ran
intc a heavy rainstorm and was
forced to descend.
, . Ia describing the storm. Lieuten
ant Blessley reported that jf he had
' been in a seaplanes instead of an
airplane he would have "made a
. - landing right there in the clouds and
waited until it had, passed over."
Captain Boland, who also made
the trip, goes Lieutenant Bleessley
one better in his report. In writing
of the forced descent through the
rain,, he repored that "we did not
know half tjie time whether we were
(iaiun lake." .,--- :::rr'--t.rr
"MASTER RESPONSIBLE
FOR HIRELING'S ACTS."
' - Paris. ' July 9. (By Universal
Service). "The master is responsi-
v ble for his hireling's acts."
That will be the burden of Pre
mier Clemenceau's rply o Dr. von
BethmannvHollweg, former im
perial German chancellor. .
The "Tiger." with the approval of
the-"big five." will convey the same
information to Field Marshal von
Hindenburg through the ex-chancellor,
it is understood. Both begged
to be allowed to take the blame for
the ex-kaiser's acts and stand trial
"in his stead." They will be told that
fulfillment of their request is im
possible, f
Both Hollweg and. Hindenburg
will be invjted however, to testify
at the ex-kaisef's trial. But it will
be made clear by the French pre
- micr that no immunity can be
granted them.
' REED ESTATE TO PAY,
$3,500,000 INHERITANCE TAX.
Denver, Colo., July 9. That the
1 late Verner Z. Reed, Colorado capi
talist and federal mediator, left an
'. estate of nearly $14,000,000 it be
came known following the opening
of a safety deposit box maintained
' by Mr. Reed in Colorado Springs,
(his former home. He was one of
the organizers of the Midwest Oil
. company. : '
Mr. Reed died .April 21, last, at
Coronado Beach, Cal.
Eesimates place the amount of
, the inheritance tax to be paid by
.Mrs. Reed and her children the
onlv heirs under the will at $3,
500,000. Of this amount the United
' States government will get about
$3,000,000 and the state of Colorado
approximately $500,000.
MOTHER DISCREDITS
HARRY NEWS CONFESSION.
Los Angeles, July 9. Firm belief
- that her son, Harry S. New, is not
guilty of the murder of Miss Frieda
Lesser, his fiance, in Topango
'canyon last Friday night was ex
pressed by Mrs. Lulu Burger upon
her arrival from Indianapolis. Mrs.
Burger was said to be upon the
i verge of a nervous collapse and upon
advice of her physician did'not visit
her son in the city jail but com
municated with him through his at
torney. ;
Mrs. Burger asked me to convey
to her son her belief in his inno
cence and to assure him that
nothing 'would be left undone to
aid him in his defense," the attor
ney said. He declined to say if
Senator Harry S. New of Indiana,
whom the accused man claims, as
his father, will come to his as-
: sistance.
Temporary insanity will be New's
defense-according to his counsel.
The theory that Miss Lesser com
. mitted suicide as the only way out
of her aSemma may also be yintro-
duced by the defense, -the attorney
admitted. . -
- "I am convinced that New does
not know what happened from the
moment Miss Lesser told him she
wouldn't marry him until he dis
covered her dead body in the rear
; of the machine. New's confession
. that he kilted his fiancee may welt
have grown Jrom his discovery of
. himself beside her,?, the attorney
said. ' v
VOL 49 No. 19.
Enter
OnM
30 BILLION
AMERICA'S
WAR DEBT
Glass Makes Estimate in Sub
mitting to Committee Prelim
inary Statement on Condi
tion of Nation's Finances.
NO DEDUCTION MADE
FOR LOANS TO ALLIES
Big Improvement in Market
. Prices of Existing Govern
ment Issues Before Others
Are Offered Is Predicted.
Washington, July 9. The war
cost to the United States was $30,-
177,000,000 up to June 30, 1919.
Secretary Glass made this esti
mate in submitting to the congres
sional appropriations committee the
preliminary statement of the treas
ury on the condition of the nation's
finances. He arrived at the esti
mate by subtracting the average
peace-time expenses for the same
length of time, at the rate of $1,000,
000,000 annually, from the total ex
penditures, $32,427,000,000, during
the war. '
Taxes and other revenues than
borrowed money took care of $9,
384,000,000, or about 29 per cent of
the war cost. The remainder came
from Liberty bond and Victory note
issues and savings stamps.
Allied Loans Not Deducted.
In calculating the war cost, Sec
retary Glass made no deduction of
expenditures for loans to the al
lies, -which amounted to $9,102,000,-
000 on June 30, or for other invest
ments, such as ships, stock of the
War Finance corporation, bonds of
the federal land bank, etc. The
gross public -debt June. 30,, without
deducting such j' investments, was
$25,484,000,000, a net in'crease for the
war period of $23,043,190,346, rep
resenting the excess of disburse
ments over receipts.
Recent disbursements have been
on a steadily descending scale. Ex
penditures in the fiscal year just
ended amounted to $18,514,000,000,
virtually the estimate made by
treasury experts last November,
when the cessation of hostilities
necessitated sudden revision of the
government's plan. In June the ex
penditures were $809,000,000, the
smallest amount in any month since
September, 1917.
Large Floating Debt.
The floating debt June 30 was $3,
634,000,000 in the form of treasury
certificates, of which more than
$608,000,000 "matured or were re
deemed July 1, leaving , slightly
mpre than $3,000,000,000 outstand
ing, which is roughly the amount of
the deferred installments of the in
come and profits taxes for, the fiscal
year of 1919, but coming due this
year, and of the deferred install
ments of the Vitcory loan subscrip
tions. Marked improvement in the
market prices of existing govern
ment issues in the interval to elapse
before other bonds are offered to
investors was predicted by Secre
tary Glass with corresponding de
creases in the interest bases at
which they hav been selling, and
consequent assurance that the gov
ernment will be' able to finance
itself for a longer period upon bet
ter terms when the four-year
Victory notes mature.
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Under Secretary of
, ' State to Sail Soon
to Assume Duties
Washington, July 9. Frank L.
Polk,' under secretary of state, will
succeed Secretary Lansing as head
ofjhe American peace delegation1 at
Paris, it was said today-in official
circles. Secretary Lansing will sail
for home Friday, but the time of
Mr. Polks departure for Pans has
not been announced. It is expected,
however, that he will leave within
a short time. v '
Appeals to President to
End Strike Qf Operators
San Francisco, Jily 8. Mayor
James Rolph of San Francisco ap
pealed today to President Wilson
to take i some action to end the
strike of telephone workers. -The
strike has brought about a -serious
labor situation on the Pacific coast,
the mayor's telegram said, and
unions other than the telephone em
ployes are about to become in
volved. ' .
Two Alleged Auto Thieves v
Brought Here From Ogallala
Bert Harris, Jersey City,-N. J,
and B. F. Emerson, Penns' Grove,
N. J., were brought to Omaha last
night by Detectives Murphy and
Pszanowski from Ogallala, Neb., on
a charge of stealing an automobile
belonging to il. L. Stevenson of
Malvern, la., July 6. .They are be
ting held for investigation :
ikwMm Hitter May 21. IMS. it
l. 0. - Mt f March 3. 1179.
ROME LABOR
HEADS PROCLAIM
GENERAL STRIKE
Ordered as a Sign of Protest
Against Police and Military
Interference.
Rome, July 9. The chamber of
labor has proclaimed a. general
strike as from midnight Tuesday,
as a sign of protest against the po
lice and military measures adopted
by the government to prevent fur
ther disorders.
The entire police garrison is held
in readiness and strong contingents
of troops occupy principal points
in the city, the government build
ings and the banks, while armored
cars and machine gun crews patrol
the different quarters. The cham
ber of labor maintains that these
measures were adopted to prevent
the lowering of the price of neces
saries as demanded by the people.
The proclamation of a general
strike coincides with the reopening
of parliament Wednesday after
noon. " - '
During the morning mobs at
tacked several shops, because the
shopkeepers refused to sell at lew
prices, otherwise there were no seri
ous complications.
The food shops were crammed
with people buying provisions in
the fear of being caught with scanty
supplies.
City Swelters During
Hottest Day of Year;
Thermometer at 101
Omaha's 1919 heat record was
broken yesterday, when the mer
cury rose to the 101 mark shortly
before 5 o'clock. No heat prostra
tions were recorded at Central sta
tion, notwithstanding Old Sol's su
preme effort to burn things up. -
The .thermometer registered yes
terday 23 degrees more than it did a
year ago yesterday, while the mean
temperature yesterday 89 degrees,
was just 17 degrees more than it
was July 9, 1918.
Children swarmed ' to the public
swimming pools all day long 'and,
althoughra storngEjhriirjied- early
last evening," 'hundreds of bathers
flocked t the lakes and pools for
a plunge.
Mrs. Clara Quimby
New Head of Girls!
Industrial School
Lincoln, July 9. (Special Tele
gram.) Mrs. Clara Quimby, for
two years superintendent of Clifton
Hughes training school of Colorado,
has been appointed superintendent
of the .girls' industrial school at
Geneva by the state board pf con
tral to fill thevacancy caused by
the resignation of the present su
perintendent. Mrs. Quimby is the widow of a
physician and is a trained nurse.
She has had experience in similar
institutions in Massachusetts and
Vermont.
She will take charge about July
Kidnaping and Assault
Laid to 64 Prominent
Men of Bisbee, Arizona
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Bisbee, Ariz., July 9. Sixty-four
men, many of them prominent
locally and over the state, were
named defendants in complaints
filed charging kidnaping and assault
in connection with the deportation
Of more than 1,100 alleged members
of' the I. W.. W. and their sympa
thizers here July 12, 1917. The com
plaints were filed before , Judge W.
C. Jacks of Douglas, who came here
for that purpose.
Kansas Harvest Hands to
Help Nebraska Faremrs
Lincoln, July 9. Within 48 hours
Nebraska wheat 'farmers, who have1
been pleading for help to harvest
the grain, may expect relief, accord
ing to J. S. Schofield of Kansas
City, representative of the United
States employment bureau, who ar
rived in Lincoln today. Several
thousand harvesters will be liberat
ed from the Kansas wheat fields
within a day or two, Mr. Schofield
said, and most of them will be sent
over the Nebraska line. From Ne
braska they will be sent northward.
Mrs. Mabel Louise Atherton
Found 3hot in London Home
London, July 9. Mrs. Arthur El
liott, better known as Mrs. Mabel
Louise Atherton, divorced wife of
CoL Thomas Atherton, was found
shot this morning in her home in
London, according to the Evening
Standard.
John W. Davis to Represent
U. S. on League JCourt
Washington July 9. John , W.
Davis, American ambasador 4-to
Great Britain, js understood to have
been selected as the American rep
resentative on the permanent court
of international justice which is to
be formulated by the council of the
league of. nations, ,1
OMAHA, THURSDAY,
WILL QUIZ
PRESIDENT
Bitter Critics of League of Na
tions Ready to Question Wil
son if He Appears Before
Foreign' Relations Committee.
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WILL TELL SENATORS
OF PEACE PACT TODAY
Expected NVIso to Give Rea
sons Why He Feels U. S.
Should Endorse Covenant
Made With Other Countries.
Washington. July 9. President
Wilson will present the peace treaty
and the league of nations covenant
to the senate Thursday.
The president will deliver a
lengthy address in which he is ex
pected to outline the details of the
negotiations recently concluded in
Paris and tell why he feels that the
United States should endorse the
league of nations covenant. His ad
dress promises to mark the opening
of one of the bitterest fights ever
waged in the senate over ratifica
tion of a treaty.
It was announced at the White
House that the president would
place himself unreservedly at the
disposal of the senate in its con
sideration of the treaty. He was
represented as being: 'anxious and
eager" to appear Before any com
mittee of the senate or of the house
or both, in open or executive ses
sion, to answer any questions that
members might desire to ask with
regard to the tifcaty and the league
covenant.
May Question Delegates.
. While member of the senate
foreign relations comniittee declined
would be nvited before? the com
mittee, there was a general feeling
that should he make known directly
a desire to appear, he would be
given the opportunity. The usual
procedure - would" be- for the committee-to
ask for the diplomatic
correspondence leading up to the
treaty and since most of the Ver
sailles negotiations were conducted
orally, some senators believed the
alternate course will be to questfon
the principal delegates. -
Opposing this view, however, is
the feeling of some committee
members that it would be too wide
a departure from precedent to in
vite a president before any com
mittee of "congress. It has been
pointed out that the chief executive
constitutes in himself a co-ordinate
bfanch of the government, and as
such never has dealt directly with
such a subordinate body as a senate
r.ommittee.
Session Likely Open.
Should th president go before
the committee, there are indicatiarns
the sessions will be open. Some
members are known to' be deter
minedly opposed to any' secrecy in
senate consideration of the treaty,
and in this stand they expect the
co-operation of the president and
his supporters on the committee.
The effect may be to throw into the
open the entire Committee consid
eration of the treaty as well as the
debate in the senate chamber. It
is considered more ' than likely,
however, that at least some of the
committee discussions will be in ex
ecutive session.
A vigorous questioning undoubt
edly will await the president should
he appear' Before the committee.
Among the members are some of
the most bitter critics of the league
(Continued on Faaa Two, Column Four.)
Condemned Slayer
Granted Reprieve .
' Until September 19
Lincoln, July 9. (Special Tele
graphsGovernor McKelvie has
postponed the execution of A. B.
Cole, convicted of the murder of
Mrs. Lulu Vogt, in Howard county,
until September 19. This extension
was necessary pending the decision
of the supreme court on the appli
cation of Allen V. Grammer for a
new trial, as it is alleged that Gram
mer hired Cole to oommit the deed
and Cole's estimony might be need
ed at the trial, if one is granted.
This;, is the third time ' Cole's
execution has been postponed be
cause cf the possibility of his evi
dence being needed in the. trial of
Grammer. v1. V v v
Irish Self-Determination
Club Condemns Covenant
The league &f nations was con
demned by the Irish Self-determination
club in a meeting at which
John Rush and A. Ji Donahoe were
speakers last Sight Resolutions
were adopted urging the senate to
withhold its approval from all vio
lations of the principles of the peace
treaty and so to amend the cove
nant of the league as to leave un
impaired the full sovereignty ot the
American peopley -
VGOBOUSY
JULY 10, 1919.
I , ,' ' Rebuke To Egoism gQQ Q
BIG' DIRIGIBLE
SETS SAIL FOR
SCOTTISH COAST
One Thousand American Bal
loon Men Held Blimp in
Leash Until Time of
Departure.
Mineola, NY., July 9. The Brit
ish dirigible R-34 left Roosevelt
field shortly before midnight on her
return cruise to East Fortune, Scot
land. The great ship held in leash by
1,000 American balloon men, ; was
released at 11:55 o'clock and floated
leisurely up to a height of 200 feet
with her motors silent The motors
then began to whirr and the craft,
nosing upward, headed for New
York. i
Three great searchlights playing
on the ship made her clearly dis
cernible to the thousands who had
gathered to bid her bon voyage.
With three engines port, star
board -and forward running, and
two others in reserve, the R-34 glid
ed off toward the south, then swing
ing in a westerly course, bringing
her nose in the direction of New
York.
Three Minutes to Rise.
It took the R-34 about three
minutes to rise to the height at
which she began cruising. At 11:59
she was about 500 feet up, barely
discrenible' and with no lights visi
blc,vwas skimming along at a speed
of about 35 to 40 miles an hour.
Brig. Gen. Lionel. Charlton,
British ayiation attacne in the
United States, Said the ship would
employ only the three engines.
Major Scott leaning out of the
port window -forward, cried "Cast
off."'
'In a statement to the Associated
Press Major G. H. Scott, comman
der of the dirigible, declared:
"I am going to follow the line of
the southern steamship course, pass
ing over New York before starting
overseas. If the present weather
conditions continue I expect 'io
make the" homeward' trip iir 70
hours." .
Says RooseveltjWould Have 1
Fought League of Nations
. Boston, July 9. Theodore Roose
velt would oppose ratification of the
league of natioas pact were he alive,
Senator, Hiram W. Johnson of Cal
ifornia .said today at a luncheon of
the Roosevelt club of Massachu
setts. - '
.Stating that he4iad followed Col
onel Roosevelt in every -fight that
he had made since 1910 and that he
knew the late president as few men
knew him) Senator Johnson said:
"I believe if he were here that he
would be the one man who would
defeat .it-. (the league)."
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Dally an ., SS.M; .utild. Nek. awitM txtra.
Die ver idea ! This
new mart of. yours
iasists on reading
and tebaiin MY
Covanaat before.
Ke will sitfv t f J
Nubs of News.
Chicago, July 9. One hundred
special deputy sheriffs are patrolling
the vicinity of the Corn Products
Refining company's plant at' Argo,
a suburb, where Tuesday night two
men were killed and about 50 other9
wounded or injured in fights be
tween armed guards and strike sym
pathizers. One of the wounded men
was reported in a dying condition.
Wednesday passed with compara
tive quiet, but was marked by con
tradictory statements from officials
and union men.
El Paso, Tex., July 9. Julius
Sinner, caretaker of the Santa Bar
bara, Chihuahua, properties of the
American Smelting and Refining
company near Parral, was shot in
the leg Sunday, held for ransom
and released on payment of 500
pesos, according to a telegram re
ceived here. His Mexican chauffeur
was also slightly wounded by the
bandits. Sinner is a German.
Denver, July ?. Mayor Dewey
C. Bailey announced that fit was
considering submitting a proposal
to the city council that the city ex
pend $3,000,000 for establishment of
a municipal motor service to take
the place of the Denver Tranfway
company, whose service is now tied
up due to a strike of its employes
following a reduction in wages.
Rome, July 9. Premier Nitti, in
a speech in parliament, urged that
the peace negotiations be concluded
and friendly relations with the al
lies, especially France, be main
tained. Denver, Colo., July, 9. A resolu
tion to co-operate with the three
other railroad brotherhoows for the
creation of a national labor party
was adopted at today's session of
the annual convention of the Broth
erhood of Locomotive Firemen and
r-nginemen.
A
Washington, July 9. Vigorous
opposition to the confirmation of
John Skelton Williams as comp
troller of currency was expressed
before the senate banking and cur
rency committee today by Frank J.
Horan, counsel for -he Riggs Na
tional bank of this ctiy,( who reiter
ated charges by the bank offiicials
that they had been subjected to per-
ofcMr? wiiriam5.the personal malice
Washington, July 9. Representa
tives of American oil companies op
erating in Mexico were said to have
asked the State department today
to request permission ' from the
Mexican government for their em
ployes in Mexico to arm themselves
for protection against bandits.
Washington," July 9. Payments
by the war risk bureau to soldiers
and their dependents amounted to
$30,832,726 in June, 862,322 checks
being mailed. Payments this year
have amounted to more than $250,
000,000, , .
TWO CENTS.
(well : 1 MniAf 1AII II
'pears to 'mc
6aV$ wlut"
ke, wis
elected iodo.
GOMPERS WOULD
BAR IMMIGRANT
FOR FOUR YEARS
Opposition Based on Desire to
Checkmate Trusts Which,
He Says, Bring Jhem in
Under Contract.
New York, July, 9. Opposition
of the American Federation, of La
bor to unrestricted immigration
during the next four years is based
largely on a desire to checkmate
"a combination' of corporations,
trusts and shipping companies" to
bring immigrant; .to the United
States under contracts which made
them 'virtually "slaves to , these
trusts," Samuel Gompers, president
of the federation, declared in an ad
dress before the Pan-american Fed
eration ofr Labor. 5
Discussing the alleged "combina
tion," Mr. Gompers said
"The contracts which these in
dustrial trusts and corporations hatt
with thos.e people were of such a
character that the people were for
years slaves to these trusts. Per
sons what observed vessels coming
into this country could see the im
migrants, each with nothing more
than a little box, herded into trains
and taken to factories, stock yards,
steel plants and other industrial es
tablishments, i
Didn't Want Americans'
"To such a pass did the situa
tion come that the trust jnagnates
would advertise in American news
papers ,and papers of other coun
tries that they wanted men, but did
not want American workers."
Mr. Gompers asserted that the
federation had been trying for years
to organize workers in the packing
and iron and steel industries, but
had met with but little success be
cause "these men had been kept in
bondage and have been allowed only
their own - language newspapers,
which taught them they should hate
the American labor movement and
not join It"'
Mr. Gompers added that a period
of non-immigration would material
ly aid America's campaign, to Amer.
icanize all her inhabitants.
Seven Killed, Others Hurt, .
When Rains Cause Washouts
Dubuque, la., July 9. Seven per
sons were killed and a number of
others seriously injured as a result
ot two inches of rain falling in Du
buque county. Five were killed
when a pavilion at Union park was
undermined by the heavy rain and
fell. Six bridges were washed out
in Dubuque county, crops were
ruined and trains were delayed by
washed-out tracks.
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MIMUVV VVIK.IL
BE LIFTEI
Commercial Censorship Over
Communication With ' Teu
tons Also to Be Raised,
Decision of Council of Five.
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY v,
VOTE WAS 208 TO 115
Treaty Has Been Laid Before
British, French and Belgian
Parliaments and Will Go Be
fore U. S. Senate Today. ,
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Weimar, July 9. (Via Coblcnz.)-7
(By Associated Press.1 The resolu--tion
ratifying the peace, treaty was
adopted by the German national as-
sembly here today by a vote of 208
to 115. ,:.;v;:t
Most of the ministers were"pres
ent at the meeting of the national
assembly and there was a full at
tendance of deputies. Dr. Hermann
Mueller, foreign minister, in intro
ducing the government bills ex
plained that the hastening of the ,
ratification order would bring about .
the lifting of the blockade.
"We are about to enter upon a
40 years' march through" a desert,"
he said. "I can find no other term
for the path of suffering which ful
fillment of the treaty prescribes for
us." ' - ;
Dr. Peter Spahn, leader of the
Catholic center party, said: v -'
"We agreed to the. treaty under
hard compulsion to save ourselves
from anarchy and . to preserve the
fatherland from internal ruin."
Protest Injustice of Pact. f '
- HerrtKreizig, -socialist' professor;
Sehuecking, democrat; Dr. Traub,
national party, and, Herr Kapl, peo
ples party, all violently protested
the injustice of the treaty, the im
possibility of its fulfillment and de-!
claring that the day of Germany's
liberation would come. r
These speeches were greeted with
such turbulent applause and hand
clapping that the president of the
assembly called attention to the
fact that hand-clapping was against
the rules- and threatened to have the
galleries cleared. The debate, how
ever, proceeded with similar'
speeches by other members . and
Similar applause. '
v The national parity' introduped an
amendment in favor of .ratifying'
with the express reserve thatthe
sanction of international law ex
perts of repute should first be obS
tined concerning articles 227 to
230, and that a neutral court should
be created to investigate the rtb
sponsibility for the war. ;
. , Alsace-Lorraine Talk. :
President Fehrenbach protested
against Alsace-Lorraine being torn
from Germany. He said that the
treaty of 1871 simply' made good
what had been taken from Gernw.nyv
150 years before. He hoped that
the people of .Alsace-Lorraine
would preserve their German
character, customs and civilization.
Ninety-nine, deputies abstained
from voting on the resolution to
ratify the peace treaty. i i
Articles 227 to 230 relate to pen
alties. Article 227 arVaigns the for
mer German -emperor for "a su
preme offense against internationat
morality and the sanctity of treat-,
ies." The (6ther articles relate to
the bringing before military .tribunals-
of persons accused of hav
ing committed acts in violation of
laws and customs of war. ; ' ,
Ratification of the peace treaty by
the German national assembly re
moves all doubt of the acceptance of
the terms by Germany.
Will Raise Blockade. ? ,
The national assembly by ratifying j
the treaty makes It possible for the ;
allied and associated powers to raise
the blockade. - Official notification
was sent Germany June 29 that the
blockade would be raised when the '
treaty was.ratified. Placing this con- i
dition on the raising of the blockade
was looked updn in peace conference i
circles as a sure plan for securing '
speedy ratification by Germany. '!
The council of five on Monday de- !
cided to lift the commercial censor i
ship on communication with Ger
many simultaneously with the' re
moval of the blockade. - ,
Three Ratifications Necessary. k
When three of the principal aK
Llied powers, in addition to Germany;
nave ratified the treaty it become '
effective for those who have rati
fied it After Germany and th 1
three allied powers have ratified it,"
the treaty will come into force for; i
each other power on the day when
it notifies the peace conference sec-'
retariat of its ratification J
The German national assembly is j
l- -I--..' i i r
me xiisi c ict live uuuy in mny coun
try whose representatives signed
the treaty to adopt a ratifying reso-,
lution. The treaty has been laid
before the British, French and BeN
gian parliaments and will be placed
Detore the senate of the United
States tomorrow by President WiU
sou. , " .