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U'“ THE CHRONICLE —r,. f Strives to be a clean newspaper, complete, > 1 newsy and reliable. _ ■ . . I ; "6. v f ' * H You Don’t Read The Clinton Chronicle You Don’t Get The NEWS ■' VOLUME XIX CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 6th, 1919 NUMBER 10 WILL >OT NOW ADDRESS CONGRESS ON LEAGUE Senator Hitchcock Makes Strong Plea for League in Answer to Its Critics. Washington, Peb. 27.—Further im- .jiflirtant expressions of opinion on the league, of nations came today fF6m ! President Wilson in his conference^ at the capitol, from Senator Hitch j cock,‘of Nebraska, chairman of the , Fofeign Relations Committe, in an address to the Senate, and from sen ators and representatives who at tended the dinner last night at the White House. President Wilson, in dicussing the league with members of Congress and also at a conference with newspaper correspondents, expressed^confidence in the success of the-plan. He also let it be known that he had every ex pectation of the conclusion of peace within a few months and in this con- nection said that territorial adjust ments presented Ahe most delicate problem remaining. Work on all other questions, he stated, is rapidly nearing completion by the commis sions appointed to handle it. The President was emphatic in ex pressing his belief that in no particu lar did the proposed constitution of the league conflict with the American constitution or the Monroe doctrine. He also said he had in mind only one amendment, designed to clarify the cause dealing with, enforcement of territorial decrees and reiterated that he would not address congress before it adjourns and would not ask any formal expression from the Sen ate on the league. Mr. Wilson was said to have indica ted that he was reluctant to reopen the league constitution before the peace conference. . He was represent ed as feeling that with document ap proved unanimously by fourteen pow ers later many weeks’ deliberation it would be inadvesable to reopen the negotiations unless changes proposed were fundamental. The change he has in mind was' not so classed by the executive. ^ ^ Senator Hitchcock in addressing the Senate in vigorous support of the league, replied to recent critics of the plan. He declared that the alterna tives before the world were peace with the league of war and prepara tions fob war without it; the interna tionalism of nations or that of “the socialist, the anarchist and the Bol shevist,” the senator flatly denied that .the league violates either the Mdhroe doctrine or the principles enunciated by Washington and charged opponents with magnifying what they regard as. dangers and with “conjur ing up a scarecrow.” ' Senate debate will be resumed to morrow, with addresses by Republi can Leader Lodge and Senator Free- inghuysen of Now York, Repubclian. Today Senator Owen, of Oklahoma, Democrat, introduced a resolution ad vocating amendment of the league to definitely declare that American sov ereignty is not affected, while Senator Spencer, of Missouri, Republican, offered a resolution proposing that the league be excluded from author ity over “purely American questions.” Both resolutions went to the foreign rplfltlons committee without nrosnect ing, 1,000 new cases beings reported at Moscow weekly, and the hospitals are unable to take care of them; Lack of milk has resulted in many deaths of children from starvation, The food situation in Russia is very bad and the food is distributed in three categories, a full portfon to those doing heavy work, a. half portion to employees of the soviet government and private houses and general office work and one-fourth portion to people not en- j gaged in any occupation. . • The portions depend on the supply j at hand, a full portion generally being one pound of bread daily. Soldiers get an army portion of two pounds of bread, half pound of meat daily, and an additional monthly allowance of two and one-half pounds of sugar and one and one-half pounds of fats. “All clothes and other necessaries can only be secured through permis sion of government by cards and at fixed prices. of action before adjounraent of Con gress. « FOCH’S MILITARY IN AWFUL PLIGHT State Department Makes Report Pub lic. News From Refugees. Washington, Feb. 28.—Additional light on the situation in the portions of Russia under Bolshevik control is given by a summary of reports ob tained recently from a number of refu gees who passed through Helsingfors on their way from Moscow to Stock holm. The summary was made public today by the state deparment because of the \arious conflicting accounts of conditions which have been received recently. “The party at Helsingfors,”‘said the summary, “was composed of French, Belgian and Italian citizens, most of them Red Cross workers. The reports all agree as to the excessive cost of all necessaries and the scarcity of fowl. Dog meat is quoted at. four rubles ($2) a pound, horse meat at 15 rubles per pound, pork at GO rubles and bread at 15 rubles. The country is practically stripped of all manufac tured articles, especially wearing ap parel, and all grain and supplies are requisitioned by the soviet government from peasants who receive nothing in return. “Typhus is reported to be spread Monday. .. .. - „■ Paris, March 1.—Marshal Foch pre sented today to the council of the great powers the military terms to be incorporated in the peace treaty. These w'il be crmsidertl Monday v ith the council. The,military terms provide for the disarmament of Germany down to twenty divisions of ten thousand men each. •Including 15 division of infantry- and five of cavalry. Severe restric tions, are placed on the manufacture of all classes of war materials and the military and commercial use of ihe airplane is limited to the minimum. Beyond Marshal Foch’s presenta tion of the terms today, they were not / i discussed. : '''■ The naval terms how before the council provides not only for the com plete suppression of Germany’s sub marine equipment, but also, for the termination of all submarine warfare “The rumor as to the natlonalizafibiT of women is not true although such a decree had been .issued by ihfe com- missair of Saratov, ' but was imme diately cancelled by the soviet gov ernment and the commissair promptly dismissed. “It is not known that any -serious conflict exists between Trotzky and Lenine. The Bolshevik power is main tained by force of anhs and terror as well as by an elaborate system of spying and the control of the popula tion by the Bolsheviki is reported to be more effective and severe than under the regime of the czar. “Most of the factories have been obliged to shut down and those that are still running do not produce one- third of the normal output. As a re sult of the closing of the factories, workmen are leaving the cities and industrial dist-ycts for the villages where the situation ift equally as bad as the majority of the peasants re fuse to do any more work than is ab solutely necessary for their susten ance as they are required to s$ll all surplus to the goverpment at Very low prices and receive -paper- currency in which they have’no faith.” - FART OF RUSSIA TERMS PRINTED Generalissimo Would Limit German Army to 20^,000 Men of Ten Divi sions. Proposals will he Taken Up by gll nations throughout the wc i thus ending the use of the submarine in naval warfare. The provision for dismantling the fortifications of Helgoland ana Kiel canal has been made the subject of reservation by Admiral Benson, rep resenting the United ® tates > whereby this shall not be a precedent appli cable to American canal and harbor defense, such aa Hell Kate, Cape Cod canal, and others. The proposal for the destruction of the large German warships is ap proved in the report by the British and American naval authorities, hut the French still make reservations against the destruction of these ships. The supreme council is expected to pass on this and other naval and mil itary subjects Monday. Paris, March 1.—The official state ment on today’s session of the su preme council, issued this evening. “The representatives of the allied and associated governments met at the Quai d’Orsay today at three P. 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