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"~~~ i London, Feb. 12.?Progress on the formation of the society of nations ras very satisfactory, Premier Lloyd jeorgc said today in the house of QUESTIONS FOR 1 I M DECIDED: Each Country Will Prerid* List of ' . .<, Exp?rtt on International Law . _ V.:/- ; From Which Body WOl Bo CIwmk Arbitrators When i ' Disputes Ariso. \ ' < T "k Paris, Feb. 12.?The plan for a ? league of nations which may now be 1 considered as virtually approved * by all the members of the special' * *?* * *" "" 4t\v a cnrtnl] I s CUIIHHIIVUVU jj/iUT 1UVO ?v* - body of representatives of the groat * and small countries which trill govern the society of nations, meeting t every-two or three months in a place t that will be internationalized. The t meeting place was not indicated in t -the plan but. during the discussion 1 llr members of the commission spoke < -1 , ? k of Constantinople or some island. f Each country- will provide a list of 1 experts on international law from j t "' >wMoh body will; be chosen arbitra-j i tors when disputes between nations " are submitted for settlement. j v ' If the country which the decision t of the arbitrators places in the wrong t does not accept the^ ruling of the c arbitrators and tjlfeii recourse . in r arms, not only the?orcea: of the c other contending party in the dispute c hut the forces of all other membfers , of the society of nations in a position to help will take up annsagainst i't. The covenant , establishing- the fl rules of the society of nations , does ? ' r> C ' n?jt make it compulsory for all the ^ attracting parties to go to war to t help one of their associates.- . r This was decided when M. Bourgeoise, in the name of France asked . that there should be a naval and v ^ natiATu 13 ready to'repulse an enemy attack j. Whenever necessary and in the pres-j eat case to keep such force in France! until possibility of attack from | ^ v- Germany was over. I ^ ?4 i-) - V _ * J.?< This was opposed by the United j11 States anil Great Britain and other i / countries and after a long discussion j s It was agreed that no permanent in-j ? ternational military should be kept if: a country should attack in violation j* f the rules of .the society of nations. ^ / the attacked . country would employ t: .her forces Covering troops" waiting P 'assistance from, other members of 0 the society which would more easily , kelp her, ' No country would'be obliged to go p to the rescue of another country un- n justly attacked but all the signatory v lea to the society of nations would ii ' m compelled to,Join in an economic g boycott against a. country which violates its rules and also to main- h lain friendly neutrality in t*T6r of fi ? - - - - MIDDLE OF MARCH ? \ N _ Trvwttry Official* D*clar? Thar* Can 8 rs1 mm_ ? 0 ?. a " f ? bKiauion or tune ] Graatai ^ ?_ -S V Washington, Feb. 11.?Treasury n -'v.: officials today reiterated that there h WO old be no extension of the time for filing income and profit tax re- 5 torus beyond March 15. This ap- 8 . p^ies alike to individual incomes, ^or- " poration incomes and profit returns '.i?d to similar reports required by the law on that date. > t . Officials denied rumors reaching tiie treasury that extension might be q granted in certaii^ eases for these re- j ' tarns. Additional time may be t , granted, however, for socalled "in- j. formation at the source" reports. e These are required from persons or ^ business interests which paid more j n than $1,000 last year in salaries and t wages, rents and a number of other t specified classes of expenditures. ^ ' I ^ OFF TO MARKET. I ;t MrpR. C. Ehilson leaves Monday j a for markets^of the norths where I - '-yffe gofcs to-buy lh? best- in the way } ' ?f;' of spring goods." ' - -k'V i "" ' ' *\ ;K . \ ' S ' I V " ' . f ' t :ommons in discussing.the work of ;he peace conference. He said he toped a report would be issued soon >y the commission appointed to conlider responsibility of the war and inexny outrages. Is The premier in answering.a question said that the. British representors es, like the others^ would sign' the reaty of peace provisionally and .-that he treaty would be presented to par-. iament for ratifiefttiOn. If the house ihooee to repudiate it the house was ill powerful, he said. The peace commission on indemnitee, the premier said, he hoped would ssue its report soon; ^ The premier declared that'the conference had made progress beyond he most saniruine anticipations and bat it was approaching.an agreement >n most questions. It would be a 1 nisfortune, he added, if the peace 1 onference deliberations were dismissed in any parliament before they rare concluded. If industrial unrest continues the onsequences will be grave to trade nd industry, Mr. Lloyd George delared . The government, hesaid, ; rould agree to any kind of an invest igation into the. causes of the un- 1 * i ?St. , 4 ; Special war conditions, the prom- j er thought, had contributed to fbe , rarest Among these cojffifrfop were | he strain ~oi foUr years of war and" he fear of unemployment. The premier said that bills would >e introduced nejjt week dealing with lousing, health, the revival of ruial ife, land settlement for soldiers, and reclamation and afforestation. Mr. Lloyd George said there would i e plenty of opportunities for emloyment if confidence was given.' hose responsible for starting iridus-| ries and unless the cost of produc-J ion went so high that it reduced the i' urchasing power of the community J r put the country out of the world larket Discussing housing conditions, the ( remier referred to overcrowding in lany districts which had been aggra- ^ ated during the war by congregat- ^ ng in (already crowded areas. The ^ overnment would do its best to alle- . : s t iate such conditions, and hours ' of i ^ kbor, he said, already have . been:} txed in industries involving three j j lillion-persons. t- k lhtfl? war th? ?r?nicr - mi id..! 00,000,0t)0 tons of gcrods and it was omputed that half th? cost of the oods was wages. The difference of few shillings on a ton of commoity, like eoal, he declared, might de-1 rire the country of hundreds of lilliops of pounds and might throw undreds of thousands out of work. The premier concluded with an apeal that the victory won by battles! hould not wantonly be dissipated in , few weeks by.increased strife. LIEUT. KING LEAVES. Lieut. Allen G. King has gone to Charlotte, where he has secured a ucretive position with the Ford Moor Company, of that/city. Mr. King, s a fine salesman, and will, make his j mnlnvoKs a firtt i<1?? man HnFinffi I he years he resided in Abbeville he < < nade many sincere friends among he young people, as well as among; he older hftads, who regret to know hat he has left us. > He writes that he ipust have the' *ress and Banner promptly in order o keep up with the times. We are ending it along with the hope that ie" will do mighty well in his new, tome. | # UNREST OF LABOR BRINGS MENACI *" 4 X Almost m Dangerous at War ItselfAdamson in . House?Leader of Labor Party Say* Principal Amendment Will Deal With Situation. i i London, Feb. 12.?William Adas son, leader of the Labor Party in tb house of commons, speaking today o the industrial situation, said it m almost as menacing and dangerous ? war itself. He said the principal If bor amendment to the reply to th .J ^1>a 4<V?a?a rttATvlil* ralo auu; coa x&uiu vuc uu. i/uv ?im *?*?? to the' causes of industrial -uhreS "I hope," he continued, "that no ai tempts will be made to disappoir the legitimate expectations of th working people. All sections of th people should understand that "w have reached the stage when we hav laid the card on the table, and .whe the working classes win refuse longc to- be treated as cogs in a machin for mere profit making purposes." Mr. Adamson said he. regretted n mention had been made in the king1 speech Concerning pensions, or of th disposal of government t ship yardi factories' and other properties o Which millions had been spent or c Russia. v i Mr*- A Hom*rtn nlH Ka smVa tnr th party of constitution*! laborites. I referring to a suggestion that tb present unrest had beienf caused by. revolutionary group, he said, hi rroup never would encourage revolt fcion or unconstitutional action. The revolutionary elements, th labor leader said, could exercise lit tie influence unless there were gene ine grievances which, they could ei ploit. Unfortunately, he said, ther svere many grievances coricernin tvages and hours of employment an Fear of more unemployment as we! is a fear that the government wa encouraging monopolies which woul make the cost of living impossible. 3UR)ALS AT BREST TOTALLED IN REPOR' Figures Include Men Who Hart D!? After Being Brought Ashore From Transports. \ .Tours, France, Feb. ll.__An off :ial report "has been made of burial it Brest of American soldiers durini ;he occupancy, of that port by th American expeditionary forces. Th igures include the men who died af ;er being brought ashore at Bres from transports before October, th nonth.in which influenza was ait it ieight, and those who died in Bres mtong the sick and wounded brough "rorn variou.r, hospitals oji their ^ra; iome. ; The report shows Burials prior t Dctober to have been 1,577, and dur ng October 1,586. Pontanezen earn; pras not then open. In November the burials numbers and in December 52, of whic] J 5 were at Pontanezen; in Januar; * 59, of which 68 were at Pontanezer prhich in Feburary up to date ther lave been eight burials, all at Pon aneren. This gives a total of 3,365. Daily admissions to the hospita luring December amounted to on in every thousand. The sick durin; Jie first week in January number, ind 35?100 per cent. The sick re ported during the remainder of Jan lary number 2 and 3?10 per cent. The average strength of the troop iuring December was 33,292, an iuring January 57,698. uvvv vvv COTTON MARKET. Good cotton brought 27c. on the local market yesterday, ' March futures in New York closed at 32. HUNS Will REM I 10 CONSCfilPTK * * v ^ . V.. ? Government to Pat the Army on feet it* Footing to D?f?ul Frt tier*?-Hindenbarf, DechmWill Toko Four Army Corps o 200,000 Men. i- Be#lin, Sunday, Feb; 9.?Con? e tion of various classes of men, u] n thirty-five years of agfe, wall be v 73? . ' is creed soon, according to ixiforma is given the correspondent today, i- thority in this direction; it is e pected, will be given the governs e by the national assembly'in the i t. future and it is, understood that < fc- tav Noske, who is mentioned for it post of minister pf national def e e wiQ. adopt immediately measures e reestablish the'' army put it e an elective ^ooqpgi e Recruiting of volunteers, w n has been proceeding in hapha: ir fashion, stimulated by the Sp^rti e riots, and chiefly financed by pri sources, has failed, o Of practical results, it is said, 's contemplated- emergency action t e been hastened by the. Increasing r s, ace of Poland and more urgent! n for forestalling: an expected Bol if vjk invasion. To Strik* BolakvrikL e If the Bolshevik dangerbeeo n more than a mere spectre, as it e seems to bev it would . require a army of ample size %o strike a q is offensive blow. Both these fr I-1 aggregaiw. two mousana Kiiome j and military nien. ingress the opi] e that it will require a large figh > force to i defend1 the frontiers i- regain the territory already "us t.. ed." ; V'r+%. ?; Field Matvhal Von Hindevft g has indicated that it would req d) four well equipped army corps U; solve the problem on the eatrl ,s border. It is estimated that tl d, corps would aggregate 200,000 n The Bolsheviki are now near nough to the German frontier tc i able to bombard Lyck, Eydtkuh: 1 Tilsit, Memel and other points i I* 7 | average long-range guns. J In addition to the military acl d * , tifcs of the Poles, who are renoi I ' I to becoming bolder every day; ( j many is also forced to reckon , | the Czechs. Both these fronts sinow projecting into German tf j tory. e! ' *\ e LIQUIDATE BUSINESS *| AFFAIRS OF THE A. E ' " ' e Edwin B. Parker,.of Hcyuston, Cb s man of Committaa Namad by t Bakar. i .ss y l Washington, Feb. 12.?Appc ; ment of "the United States liqu 0 tion commission?war departme: Lf> liquidate the business and fir P cisl affairs of the army in Engl and France, was announced "todaj ^ Secretary Baker. Edwin B. Pa] h of Hquston, Texas, is chairman. 1 , / Y | The other members already '?: pointed are Senator Henry F. Ho * | of New Hampshire, whose term '".the Senate expires March 3, H<x | H. Johnson, of Cleveland, and Br 1 dier General Charles G. Wawes, ^ Chicago, who is now serving i e the American expeditionary for ? A fifth member may be appointee 1 a later date. !"l In addition t*o settling all cla l" of and against associated govi | ments the commission will be s powered to dispose of. movable d immovable properties in France i England used by the Ameri i forces and "generally to liqui< k i ' ' j .e :_i _?_ tne DXismess ana miancjut auau ^ France and England of the Ameri V expeditionary forces." Headquarters will be maintai ^! in Paris. *! . - ?* t; Mr. George White has retui k from Clinton, where he haB I fc' spending some time with his dai t ter, Mrs. Wright. i [ Duiuyinu DILL j ADOPTED IN HOUSE I 111 Administration Leader* Finally Win 111 *or Expanaion After Rule# ConJ&iittee Makes Consideration of Proposed Legislation Ef- Possible. . 3 on- ' i St Washington, Feb 12.?Adminisr tration leaders in the house last night . won their fight .for a declaration by congress of a policy of naval expan- \ . . sion unless Imitation of world arJilp p ^ mament is agreed upon at the peace j q . conference. After an all day debate t-on the house vd&d 192 to 142 to approve the new three year building ^ ^ program of ten battleships and ten lent^8COut cruisers anc* immediately at- w terwards adopted the entire naval ap- r( 3ug_ propriation bill. U The::vote on the adbptioivof the ^ bill waa 281 to 50. As finally approv- ^ ^ ed the measure carries a total of ^ $721,000,000.for the naval establish;. on I wi ment during the next fiscal*year, in. eluding $179,000,000 for the unfin ~~~ ished part of the first three year pro- *" k gram7 adopted in 1916. ^ Daring the day the house adopted 8 by a vote of 205 to 148 a resolution w of the rules committee making the ^ naval expansion policy legislation, in 81 order, thus overcoming a pari jam en- ^ feed tory a(*vanta?e grained .yesterday by ^ Republican Leader Maixn, whose ^ points of order against the program : had been abstained by Representsma ?f* * who was- temporarily presiding. now The votes on the. resolution'and n" on final approval of th. prop-am ? were strikingly similar. Neither 81 ontal a,..CTT\ v, i*r*^ ' on P*"* unes, Dirc vcne Republicans on each roll call cast ^ the majority of the votes in .opp'oai- p' and tion. On formal appoval of the pro- C( gram 125 Republicans with 14 Demo- *>< Urn- * **" * : -v.. __ crats,, an Independent, a Prohibition- y a "Socialist "voted in'^the nega-. tive,' vfrhilfe lSt Democrats with 35: V : Republicans; an independent and a n( . Nonpartisan cast affirmative votes. ? One Minor Amendment. ai j Except for one minor amendment, *c flen':^he'building program legislation was' ^ ^'adopted by the house as drafted' by w ^ | the naval committee. The amend-,13 ^jjiment by Representative Humphreys ai j of Mississippi (Democrat) provided, . that construction authorized under ^ tivithe program could be started before i June 1, 1920, instead of February'1, be Jcr- . . ^ jJ 1920, as provided by the original bill, j P( are j A legislative rider inserted in the, B . j house forbids the navy department'm 1 j from buying wireless stations or pay-! w ling for those alreajjy' purchased out oi " . .of funds carried in thp new bill. This th | amendment was adopjted after action j th . F. of the department in purchasing Bta- ( bi | tions and ship sets from the Marconi to *?* Wireless and Federal TelegraphCompanies, during the war had been entici??4._. . .. ? . _ Opposition to Ithe new building hi iii&? pro^am >s voiced again today .byj A ida- Republican Leader Mann and other|W nt,"i Republicans and Democrats centered: in ian- on the complaint that no declaration .in and | of policy should be made as "a bluff"; tb r by, designed to influence the peace con-' w< rker, ference. Supporters replied that J . [ President Wilson had asked for the el ap-' declaration and that the policy would ci llis, I be carried out if the peace confer- li< injence did not agree to* limitation of ei mer , world armament. sii iga-1 Representative Mondesi of Wyom- hi , of. ing, Republican, criticised the "policy! w irith' of the big stick," which he said the to ces.; president was furthering as "neitherhi i at! seemly nor persuasive." He said the i peace conference was aware that j w lims' Amfeiica could build a big navy, so sa ern-l "we need not try to bluff the diplo- n< em-j mats." ft and i ... a -_d! ANOTHER SOLDIER HOME. jcan 1 Ernest Pennal, who has been in jate Camp Custa, Michigan, for some-1 5 jn time, has been mustered out of the g jcan service, and has returned home. He ^ ! is now visiting at the home of hisjm ne(j I mother, Mrs. Agnes Pennel. jg Before entering the service Mr.: I Pennel was one of the trusted em-1 jr Tied; ployees of Mr. L. C. Haskell. He leenj has not yet decided what he will doj lgh- but will likely return ;to his old po- si ; sition. . . Wr*' ' ft id GEORGE TALKS OF PEACE ' rititb PHme Minister Girea Imprealion*?Not Easy Solution?Settlement of German Western Bonn. . v i dtuy Difficult Question to Oe- ^ cade?Problem of Rnatia. ' London, Feb. 12.?Premier IJoyd eorge spoke again today on the eneral peace situation. ' The occasion was brought about y the Bight Hon. Rupert Guinness, ' nionist, asking whether the premier jyt ?? prepare a to press io tne utmost ' jpsiration from Germany and. also > make Germany, pay to the full . ctent 6f her resources. HJe also- rjessed for more information as to. le status of the British colonies- at if peace conference. "We have had far too much of the articular panacea which America is ^ ipporting at the conference," said 1 aptain Guinness. "Since the day I Mahomet no prophet has been Earned to with more superstitions reject than President Wilson.** Mr. Lloyd George began his reply . -v 9 K*Vrno? fVmf wmaMfin* fl*m f ~~D ?**/ MV*~ iany was the election pledge given / the i government after careful -\h wisideration by the cabinet. The ' ') overnment, he added, stOod by evry word 6f this pledge. . The premier defending the ^xrosedings of the peace conference ?d' the government had been de- ?/& * . ' -? >ting its time to speeding up agree* <]& tents. He was sanguine that a com- , . lete agreement would be reached v ' }?S >ncernmg the German western jundary, but the eastern boundary '? as a difficult matter. Until the )mmission sent to examine the qiat>r reported, the allies would be in 9 position to make demand- upon ermany. The conference was unlimous, he said, that Germany had ' irfeited all rights to her colonies. Mr. Lloyd George contended that itfy regard to indemnities the Brith government was in advance of , iy* government," as it1 was the first i appoint a committee to deal with is inatter. , He declared that there had never sen any proposal advanced at the . v sace conference to recognize the' olshevists. Russia was easy to dogmatize about, but difiScult to deal ith. He admitted that the horroni ! Bolshevism were so great thai ere was a sense of disgust when iey came to deal with its leaders, it it was useless to blind their eyes -i i the real facts. Bif Ar*& R?pr**?nted. .u si Russia represented in area ore? . . 1 ilf of Europe and: nearly hfttf _ sia and he pointed; out, if -.peac* ?/ ere not made, the whole of unense territory would be seething anarchy, disorder and bloodshed; tere would be no peaee in thi orld. The Bolshevists, the premier deared, were assassins, guilty of the imes laid to their charge. The al?s had given the anti-Bolshevik gov nments financial support- and asstanee. Much of their equipment id been supplied by the allies, who ere anxious to keep the rich terriiries of Russia out of German ^ inds. If troops were to be /eent to Russia ho should send them? America, he tid, would send neither men, money 5r material, and the work would ill upon the British and French. The Bolshevist machinery in Rusa was ruthless and brutal but thera as no doubt about its efficiency and was the only machinery theTe. verybody in the past who had in srrered m Kussia had come to griel. here was no idea of recognizing the olshevists; it was quite impossible , ) do so as long as they were pursaig their present methods. Young James McCombs is quit# > ck at his home on Greenville street. e is a victim of the "flu."