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'SIMPLE GEREMONIE!
OF PEACE TREI
Signature Affixed in Historic H
Before, Humbled France
Hands of Her Ge:
'because of shantung settl
World War is Finally Ended,
Seven Days Less Than Five
Exactly Reversed; Germa
Fancied Ii
Versailles.?World peace was sign- j
?d and sealed Saturday at 3:12 |
p. m., in the historic hall of
mirrors at Versailles, but under circumstances
which somewhat dimmed
the expectations of those who had
worked and fought during long years
of war and months of negotiations for
its achievement.
The absence of the Chinese delegates,
who at the last moment were
unable to reconcile themselves to the
Shantung settlement, and left the
eastern empire outside the formal purviews
of peace, struck the first discordant
note in the nssembly. A written
protest which General Jan Christian
Smuts lodged with his signature
was another disappointment to the
makers of the treaty.
But, bulking larger, was the attitude
of Germany and the German plenipotentiaries,
which left them, as evident
from the official program of the day
and from the expression of M. Clemenceau,
still outside any formal reconciliation
and made actual restoration
to regular relations and intercourse
with the allied nations dependent, not
upon the signature of the "preliminaries
of peace" today, but upon ratification
by the national assembly.
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In hla opening remarks that they
would be expected ,and held, to observe
the treaty provisions legally
rand completely, the German delegates,
? - through Dr. Haniel von Halmhausen,
replied after returning to the hotel
that, had they known they would be
treated on a different status after signing
than the allied representatives, as
shown by their separate exits before
.he general body of the conference,
they never would have signed.
As a contrast with the Franco-German
peace session of 1871, held
In the same hall, there were present
grizzled French veterans "of the Franco-Prussian
war. They replaced the
Prussian guardsmen of the previous
ceremony and the Frenchmen watched
the ceremony with grim satisfaction.
1871 Conditions Reversed.
The conditions of 1871 were exactly
reverted. The disciples of Rlsmarck
sat in the seats of the lowly while
the white murhln atntlm r\t Mln.
erva, the goddess of war, looked on.
Overhead of the frescoed ceiling,
were scenes from Prance's ancient
wars.
Three Incidents were emphasised
by the smoothness with which the ceremony
was conducted. The first of
these waB the failure of the Chinese
delegation to sign. The second was
the protest submitted by General Jan
Christian Smuts, who declared the
peace unsatisfactory. The third, unknown
to the general public, came
from the Germans. When the program
for the ceremony was shown
to th? fl?? rmnn d?l?irotliMi
Haimhausen, of the German delegation,
went to Colonel Henry, French
liaison officer, and protested. He
said:
"We cannot admit that the German
delegates should enter the hall by a
different door than the entente delegates,
nor that military honors should
be withheld. Had we known there
would be such arrangements before,
the delegates would not have come."
After a conference with the French
foreign minister .It was decided, ns a
compromise, to render military honors
as the Germans left. Otherwise,
I the program was not changed.
An hour before the signing of the
treaty, those assembled in the hall had
I '>een urged to take their seats, hut
heir eagerness to see the historic cerk
nmonv wn<i an Unon that ttw?v rofn?o/l
B to keep their seats, and crowded tor
ward the center of the hall, which Is bo
L long that a good view wan impossible
W - from the distance. Even with opera
glasses .the correspondents and others
were unable to observe satisfactorily.
The seats were in no way elevated;
consequently there was a general
scramble for standing room. J
HINDENBUKG HAS THROWN UP
JOB OF COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF.
Berlin.?Field Marshal von Hlndenburg's
letter to his troops runs as
follows in part:
"Soldiers, I intimated some time
ago to the government that I must
prefer an honorable defeat to a shameful
peace. I owe you this explanation.
Having already at an earlier
stage announced by intention to withdraw
again into retirement after the
dMtoion to paace has been made,
t A?w lay down my command in chief."
i IRK SIGNING
MY AT VERSAILLES
all Where Nearly Half Century
Acknowledged Defeat at
rman Adversaries.
EMENT CHINESE DO NOT SIGN
Having Lasted Just TwentyYears;
Conditions of 1871
ns Enter Protest Against
adignities.
| The delegates of the minor powers
ntnilu Vhote mUU ? ai *
> * ? ? iucu naj Willi Ullliuuiiy UirOUKC
the crowd to their places at the table
Officers and cfvilians lined the walli
and filled the aisles. President Wil
son's arrival 10 minutes before th?
hour for signing was greeted by j
faint burst of applause from the few
I persons who were able to see him.
The German correspondents wen
ushered into the hall shortly befort
j 3 o'clock and were given standing
I room in a window at the rear of th?
correspondents' section.
When Premier Lloyd George arriv
ed many of the delegates sought auto
graphs from the members of the coun
cil of four, and they busied themselves
signing copies of the official prograix
until the Germans entered the room.
At 3 o'clock a hush fell over the hall
and the crowds shouted for the ofTi
cials who were standing to sit down
so as not to block the view. The del
egates showed some surprise at th<
disorder, which did not cease unti
all the spectators had either seate<
themselves or found places agains
the wall.
At seven minutes past 3 o'clocl
Dr. Hermann Mueller, the Germai
secretary for foreign affairs, and Dr
Bell, the colonial secretary, wen
shown into the hall, and quietly tool
their seats at the left end of the U
shaped table. They showed compo
sure, and manifested none of the un
easiness which Count von Brockdorff
Rantzau, head of the German peac<
delegation, displayed when handed th<
I treaty at Versailles.
M. Clemenceau, as president of th<
conference, made a brief speech in
viting the Germans to sign the treat;
and there was a tense pause. Wll
liam Martin, master of ceremonies, af
ter a moment's delay, escorted th<
German plenipotentiaries to the signa
tory table, where they signed th<
treaty, the protocol and the Polish un
dertaking.
After the Germans had signed, Pres
Ident Wilson, followed by the othe
American delegates, made his way ti
the table and he and the others speed
ily affixed their signatures. Premie
Lloyd George came next with the Eng
linh delegation. The British domin
ions followed?Canada, Australia, Nev
Zealand, South Africa and India, ii
the order named.
A murmur of surprise passei
around the hall when it becami
known that General Smuts, represent
ing South Africa, signed under pro
tost and filed a document declarini
that the peace was unsatisfactory.
M. Clemenceau and the French del
egates were the next in line for thi
signing, and Baron Sonnlno and thi
other Japanese delegates. The Ital
ians came after the Japanese, an<
they, in turn, were followed by thi
representatives of the smaller powert
During the attaching of the signa
tures of the great powers and th<
Germans a battery of moving pictun
machtnes and cameras clicked awa;
so Audibly that tbey could be bean
above the general disorder.
Cannon Boom.
At 3:45 the booming of cannon ii
celebration of the peace broke th<
monotony in the hall of mirrors, when
the crowd had tired of the almost end
less signing.
China's failure to send her dele
gates to the ceremony created mucl
comment. The vacant seats of thi
Chinese were noted early in the pre
ceedings, but it was expected that thi
delegates would arrive later. Thei
the report was circulated official);
that the Chinese would not sign with
out reservation on Shantung, am
would issue a statement this evenini
on their position. M. Clemenceau'i
announcement thnt the ceremony wai
at an end made it clear that China in
tended to have no part in the day'i
ceremonies and thnt she must be deal
with by letter if the signatories ar<
willing to grant her the privilege o
making the reservation.
WASHINGTON RECEIVES NEW8
WITH SCARCELY A FLUTTER.
Washington.?Word of the consum
matlon of peace was received at th<
national capital with scarcely n flut
ter of popular or official sentiment.
At the white house and the stat?
department the news aroused only <
quiet feeling of satisfaction that th<
pre-arranged program for the signini
at Versailles had gone through. It
Congress there was but a momentary
demonstration and on the streets th<
crowds gave no show of Interest.
i
KERR LANDSBERQ
Late photograph of Herr Landsberg,
, secretary for publicity, art and litersi
ture in Scheldcmann's cabinet, who Is
one of the German delegates to the
, Versailles peace congress.
I STIRRED OVER SIZE OF ARMY
5 Senator Borah Pessimistic Over What
5 Other Nations May or May Not Do
in Matter of Armament and Men.
Washington.?Failing to command
the united support of opponents of
the league of nations, the proposal for
an immediate declaration of peace by
congress was blocked in the Benate
foreign relations committee.
After a long and lively discussion,
' the committee voted 12 to 4 to defer
action for the present on the resolu*
tion of Senator Falls, of New Mexico,
embodying the peace declaration. Five
' senators opposing the league, including
Chairman Lodge, joined the league
advocates in supporting the postponement
motion.
Although the peace declaration proc
posal was not discussed in the senate
1 chamber during the day, Senator Bo'
rah aroused a three-hour debate on
3 other issues of the ti^aty fight by re- j
c newing his attack on the league cov
ouuul. veiling me army dui s proK
vision for an army of 400,000 men, the
* Idaho senator declared the league
* would increase rather than decrease
3 armament.
3 "Heaven only knows what we will
need If other nations do not share. If
9 we are going to exercise economic
- pressure on other nations for every
f little cause and If we're going to po*
lice the world, he is a driveling idiot
- who thinks that means anything but
3 a stupendous army."
3 GERMAN DIPLOMACY INTENDS
TO PULL PLUG OUT OF PACT?
Ir
Paris.?There has been a wide0
spread feeling that whatever Germany
might sign would be subscribed to
r with more than one mental reservation.
That conviction has been
strengthened in a most definite manf
ner by events of the last few days.
1 The sinking of the German fleet at
Scapa Flow found blunt expression
j in the threat in the note to the ala
lies. In more than one French paper
attention is drawn to the contrast be'
tween the Germany of a few weeks
ago, apparently struggling with acute
bolshevism, and the Germany of today,
whose language and actions dif'*
fer but little if at all from those of
9 the old regime.
9 It is clear beyond argument that.
Just as Admiral von Router opened
the seacocks of his fleet, so in the
9 future German diplomacy intends to
'* pull the plug out of the peace treaty.
b LAST OF 81 ST DIVISION
0 TROOP9 AT NEWPORT NEWS
V
1 Newport News, Va.?Practically every
city and town in North and South
Carolina was represented b ymen ar1
riving here aboard the small transport
Montpeller. which reached this
B port bringing the last units of the 81st
I division.
Said to be the last selective service
men to sail from France 9 officers and
** 470 men of the 300th supply train.
1 Elghty-flrst (Wild Cat) division, arriv9
ed in port on the IT. S. S. Montpelier.
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9 MANY WILD CATS WILL REACH
1 THEIR HOMES DURING WEEK
y
Petersburg. Va.?The 321st infantry
* regiment, 81st division, numbering 9f>4
< men tmder command of Lieutenant
9 Colonel L. R. Bohucker, of Norfolk.
9 which arrived at Camp Lee from over*
seas for demobilization, will bo mus9
tered out of service at once by tne
1 officers of the regiment themselves.
> who it is said have volunteered to porf
form the service in order that the
men may get to their homes as soon
as possible.
SURRENDERED WITH GEN.
JOHNSTON AT CHARLOTTE
s Chattanooga, Tenn.?Col. Baxter
. Smith, aged 87, assistant secretary of
the Chicamauga park commission and
? Confederate soldier, died at the gen1
eral hospital at Fort Oglethorpe.
J Colonel Smith war born March 10,
t 1832. Entering the Civil war aa a
1 volunteer, he at the close of hostili'
ties was colonel ot cavalry. He sur1
rendered with Oen. Joseph E. Johnston.
at Charlotte, N. C.
TRICK or GERMANS
BALKED ^POLAND
PLOT FRAMED TO FORM WITH
POLAND A REPUBLIC IN
NORTHWEST GERMANY.
SCHEIDEMANN IN SWITZERLAND
All Plans Fail Because of Jealousy
and Differences of Opinions of
Government and Army Leaders.
Berlin.?The German government,
hended by Phlllpp Scheidemann, had
planned to refues to sign the peace
treaty and to permit the allied troops
to march into Germany as far as the
Elbe, where it would be attacked by
strong German forces, the Danzig correspondent
of the Tageblatt declares
in a dispatch describing the details
of a secret plan to create a separate
Btate in northeastern Germany.
The plan failed because of Jealousies
and differences of opinion between
the government and the army leauers,
the correpondsent says.
(A rennrt from flonnvn oald Uorr
Scheldemann had arrived in Switzerland
after crossing: the frontier on
foot.)
The last proposal made by the conspirators
planning to oppose the allies.
it is*said, was to ask Poland to
combine with eastern Germany in the
formation of an independent republic.
The offer. It is declared, was rebuffed
by the Poles, who asked why it had
not been offered 10 years ago.
MOVEMENT OF GERMAt
GIVE GREAT UNEASINESS.
Paris.?Movements of the Germans
against the weptern Polish boundary
at three points are giving great uneasiness
in conference circles, and
Ignace Jan Paderewski, Polish premier,
Is making earnest efforts to obtain
ammunition from the allies before
the Germans cut the principal
railways, which it is thought they will
attempt.
Heavy artillery' attacks upon Ozenstochowa
from the south and west
threaten to cut the railway connecting
Warsaw with Cracow and the
Teschen coal fields. Czenstochowa is
a city of 40.000 persons and an Important
railway junction.
QUESTION OF ENFORCEMENT
PROHIBITION UP TO HOUSE.
Washington.?The whole question Oi
i>ruiiiLMiiuu eniorcpmeni was transferred
from the Judiciary committoa
to the house, without promise or assurance
of speedy consideration.
A general enforcement measure embracing
both war-time and constitutional
prohibition put together in
such a way as to let one stand. Independently
of the other, was reported
out by a vote of 17 to 2, after the committee
had refused to split It into
two separate and distinct parts. But
this vote did not accurately represent
the sentiment of the committee, some
members of which will send in a minority
report and insist upon the
elimination of some of the drastio
provilsona.
SENATE O. K'S INCREASE
IN SHIPBUILDING FUND.
Washington.?Increase in the shipping
board fund from 1276,000.000 to
$491,000,000 for completion of the
government's authorised ship building
program was approved by the senate
with but one dissenting vote at a late
session held in an effort to pass ths
sundry civil appropriation bill.
AGREEMENT REACHED TO FIX
SIZE OF STANDING AHUV
Washington.?Senate and house conferees
on the army appropriation bill
reached an agreement to fix the average
size of the 1920 army at 325.000
officers and men. This total Is 75.000
less than that proposed hy the senate
and 25.000 more than the strength authorized
originally by the house.
REQUESTS SUPPRESSION
OF ARTICLE OF TREATY.
Paris.?A dispath fcrom Vienna says
that Dr. Karl Rennenr. head of the
Austrian peace delegation, has dellv- j
ered to the peace conference a note
requesting suppression of article 49
of the pence treaty with Austria. This '
article authorizes the states which
formerly were part of the Austro-Hungarian
empire to pay their share of
the war indemnities from private Austrian
properties in those states.
CHINESE DEFINITELY DECIDE
.".w. .V oivan inc. I MtATT.
Washington.?Announcement by the
Chinese peace delegation In Paris tuat
China would not sign the peace treaty
is In line with the instructions sent
the delegation several weeks ago by
the Chinese government. These instructions
were to refuse to sign the
troaty unless some reservation was
permitted as to Japan's sovereignty
over the Shantung peninsula, acquired
by Germany from China under the
trsaty of 189T.
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C.R3. INA J. N. PERKINS
glTBWWBSSS!
Mrs. Ins J. N. Perkins, as chief of
the child conservation section of the
council of national defense, directs the
activities of women's committees all
ovsr the country In tho campaign to
"Save 100,000 babies."
SUPPORT OF PROHIBITIONISTS
Ardent Prohibitionists Vote for Section
Because Nothing to Be Gained
by Too Drastic Law.
Washington.?A man's right to store
liquor in hiB home for the long dry
period after July 1, stood up against
an attack on that provision of the
prohibition enforcement bill before
the house Judiciary committee.
Near the end of an all-day session
the committee voted down an amendment
which would have made it unlawful
for a citizen to have liquor in
his possession; struck out a section
which would have prevented "use" by
a citizen of liquor In his private dwelling.
and decided that in the matter of
general enforcement there would be
no difference between war-time and
constitutional prohibition.
In a general consideration of the j
measure the committee made & nnra- j
her of minor changes, but the principal
fight was over the question of
the right of home storage for personal
use. Representative Morgan of Oklahoma
endeavored to have stricken out
the section reading that "It shall not
be unlawful to possess liquor in one's
private dwellings while the same is
occupied and used by him only as his
dwelling.
Ardent prohibitionists on the committee
voted against the Morgan proposal
for the reason, they said, that [
nothing was to be gained by enacting
a law so drastic as to arouse the lios- I
tillty of people who rejoiced that the
day of the saloon had ended. Prohlbl- j
tlon members supported an amend- '
ment eliminating the proviso that the
liquor must be obtained and placed in !
storage prior to date the act would
become effective. A? amended the
section reads "that surh liquor need >
not be reported, provided the burden
of showing that possession la legal is
unon the nosseaaor."
DEMOBILIZATION OF THE NAVY
PROCEEDING WITH DISPATCH
Washington.?Demobilisation of the
nary is proceeding rapidly and satisfactorily,
Secretary Daniels announced,
with the result that the total
strength will hare been reduced to
250.000 men by the end of this week.
More than 500 men a day are being released,
the secretary said, most of j
them being taken from the shore establishment.
Since the signing of the armistice
more than 265.000 men have been discharged
from the navy or released to
Inactive duty In the reserve forces.
Between July 1 and October 1. 50.000
additional men will be released In or- j
der to meet the reduction fixed In the
new navy bill.
TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE
LINES RESTORED JULY 31.
Washington. ? Agreement was
reached by senate and house conferees
on legislation to repeal government
control of tele?rraph, telephone
and wire systems. The conferees
adapted the house plan of terminating
government control at midnight
on the last of the calendar
month In which the law is approved.
Toll and local exchange telephone
rates would be continued four months
unless sooner changed.
GERMANS TO SAIL FROM
OU A Ul COVAkl PAn UAUPt
vnnni.b?j i v/n run nwm c
Salt I>ake City, UtalT.?Under guard
of United States troops, 267 enemy
aliens from the war prison barracks at
Fort Douglas, near here, started for
Charleston, S. C., in a special train.
Upon arrival at the Atlantic port they
will embark on a s;i iclally chartered
ship and start on tJ.elr way to Germany.
The shtp. It In understood
here, will carry close to 2,000 enemy .
aliens who are being deported.
HUN GROWN MCE
AGAIN IN GERMANY
ESCAPE FROM HOLLAND IS OP
SOME SIGNIFICANCE JUST
NOW AND STIRS PAR'S.
MAY ADD TO COMPLICATIONS
Impression Prevails That Government
of the Netherlands Can Be Held
Accountable For FlighL
Paris.?Frederick William Hohenxollern,
the former German crown
prince, has escaped from Holland and
made his way into Germany.
News of the escape of the ex-crown
nrinon p.tiicoil a ; ? 4"
peace conference circles. While it i8
not felt be is a flguro around which
the reactionaries and monarchists
would gather enthusiastically, nevertheless
his act is regarded as an eveut
of cnsiderable significance.
Hints havo come from Germany
within the last few days that the
military caste there would not he
averse to bringing nbout a military
situation within the former empire
that would embarrass the allies in
putting the peace treaty into effect,
and it seems not improbable that the
move made by the ex-crown prince is
connected with some such plan.
The former crown prince made
his way into Holland shortly after the
signing of the armistice last November
and was interned there by tlio
Dutch government, taking up. his residence
on the island of Wieriugen, In
the Zuyder Zee.
Washington.?The former German
crown prince was interned by the
Dutch government on the iBlanu of
Wieringen and if he preserves his
status as a soldier, the opinion of international
law authorities here is that
the Netherlands government may he
held accountable by the associated
powers for his escape.
It was explained the rules of war
and neutrality require the government
of any nation that affords asylum to
a fugitive soldier to intern him for
the period of the war and that in this
instance that period technically had
not elapsed. Officials said one effect
of the escape undobtedly would ho to
cause the authorities of Holland to
renew precautions to prevent the escape
of the former etnpror.
HERMAN MUELLER AND BELL
SELECTED TO SIGN TREATY.
While no official information is yet
at hand with regard to the appointment
by the German government of
plenipotentiaries to proceed to Versailles
to sign the peac treaty, the
latest unofficial advices arriving in
Paris from Germany are to the efTect
that Dr. Hermann Mueller, foreign
minister in the cabinet of Herr Bauer,
and Dr. Bell, the minister of colonies,
have been chosen for the duty.
The time for the signing of the
treaty also still is in doubt.
Everything seems contingent on the
actual appointment of the men who
are to act for Germany and their arrival
in Versailles.
No further news from nny source
has been received regarding the return
to Germany of the former German
crown prince who had been interned
in Holland since hostilities
ceased.
AMERICAN CASUALTIFS IN
ONE DRIVE WERE 120,000.
Washington. ? American casualties
during the 47 day Meuse-Argonne offensive
aggregated 120.000 men. or 10
per cent of the total- of 1.200.000 engaged,
according to a "statistical summary
of the war with Germany" prepared
by Colonel I^eonard P. Ayres,
chief of the statistical branch of the
general staff, and published by the
war department.
"Of every 100 American soldiers
and sailrtrs who took part in the war
with Germany," the report said, "two
were killed or died of disease during
the period of hostilities.
COMPANIES OF WOMEN
FORMED AS RED GUARDS.
Helsingfors.?A terrible story illustrating
the nature of the war waged
bv the bolsheviks is recounted by a
traveler from Riga. Towards the end
of the bolshevist rule, before the T^ettish
red leader, Statska, fled, companies
of women were formed as red
guards. Their duty was to carry out
executions when the men refused that
duty. Nearly 100 executions are known
to have been carried out by these
murderesses.
CLAUDE KITCHIN CHOSEN
TO ANSWER REPUBLICANS.
Washington.?Claude Kltohin h rM
boen seelctod to answer claims by
republican leaders that they
HHved one and a half billion
by cutting off funds from appn^^^E
tlon bills. He Intends to speak
house in a day or two.
The republicans at the capi'^^^Hf
preparing to Are all the white^^^^|
tor conductors and substitute
drivers instead, according to
going the rounds.
1
RECOMMENDS BOTH
PACT AND^ LEAGUE
THE PRESIDENT STRONGLY IN
FAVOR OF FAVORABLE AND
PROMPT ACTION.
NEW WORLD ORDER ASSURED
Great Peoples Willi Be Liberated Who
Have Never Before Been Able to
Find Path to Liberty.
Washington.?President Wilson in
an address to the American people on
the occasion of the signing of the
peace treaty, made a plea for the acceptance
of the treaty and the covenant
of the league of nations without
change or reservation.
His message, given out here by Secretary
Tumulty, said:
"My fellow countrymen:
"The treaty of peace has been signed.
If it is ratified and acted upon in
full and sincere prpfntlnn of i(?
it will furnish the charter for a new
order of nffairs in the woild. It is a
severe treaty in the duties and penalties
it imposes upon Germany, but it
is severe only because great wrongs
done by Germany are to he righted
and repaired; it imposes nothing that
Germany cannot do; and she can regain
her rightful standing in the world
by the prompt and honorable fulfillment
of its terms.
"And it is much more than r treaty
of peace with Germany. It liberates
great peoples who have never beforo
been able to find the way to liberty.
It ends, once for all. an old and intolerable
order under which small
groups of selfish men could use the
peoples of great empires to serve their
ambition for power and dominion. It
associates the free governments ot
the world in a permanent league in
which they are pledged to use their
united power to maintain peace by
maintaining right and justice. It
makes international law a reality supported
by imperative sanctions. It
does away with the right of conquest
and rejects the policy of annexation
nnd substitutes a new order under
which backward nations?populations
which havo not yet come to political
consciousness and peoples who are
ready for independence, but not yet
quite prepared to dispense with protection
and guidance?shall no more
be subjected to the domination and
exploitation of a stronger nation, but
shall be put/Under the friendly direction
and afforded the helpful asistance
of governments which undertake
to be responsible for the opinion ot
j mankind in the execution of their
j task by accepting the direction of the
league of nations.
Signed) "WOODROW WILSON."
EXTRADITION OF KAISER
NOT TO BE REQUE8TED.
Amtserdam.?The allied and associated
powers will not ask for the extradition
of the former German emperor.
the Paris correspondent of The
Telegranf says he learns, hut will ask
the Dutch government in the name of
tho league of nations to see that Herr
Hohenzollern does not escape the
moral consequences.
It is expected that as a member of
the league, he adds, Holland will inform
the former emperor that he must
appear before an international court
or leave the country. A highly placed
French authority on international law
told the correspondent that the proceedings
against the former emperor
would be on moral grounds and the
sentence would he of a moral character
entirely. There is no question of
a death sentence or Imprisonment, th?
correspondent was told.
DEMONSTRATION AOAIN8T
GOVERNMENT IN ROME.
Rome.?Serious disorders marked
anti-government demonstration In
Rome. The demonstrators attempted
to reach the residence of Premier
Nitti, but were driven back by large
forces of military police. Order flnallly
was restored after midnight.
C08T OF WORLD WAR TO
ALL NATION8 INVOLVED
Washington.?The world war cost
the lives of 7.R82.300 soldiers of all
^ b^
twwn $185,000,000,000 and $195,000,0000.00;
In shipping, the toll was 23,005.383
tons of merchant vessels and
1,882,125 tons of war vessels.
These figures were compiled at request
of Senator McCumher, of North
Dakota, and v/ere made public as reason
why there should be a League of
Nations.
THE PRE8IDENT COME8 BACK
WELL SATISFIED