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? i ? ? - ? Consolidated Aug. 2, 1; HUNS FORM PEACE CABINET Government Make Dr. Bauer Premier to Accept 1 Treaty LONG SUSTAINED BLUFF ENDS j Germany Will Submit With! Bad Grace to Will of Allies, j No. 3 On the very day the German mihis . try under Premier Scheidemann was giving way at Berlin to a new minis j-try.; under the premiership of Herr Baher for the purpose of meeting the allied demands with respect to the peace treaty, the German officers and crews 'of the German warships in terned at Sea pa Flow opened the sea T cocks $f the vessels. Many of the larger vesels?battleships and crui { aers-~were sent to the bottom. Some of the smaller craft were beached. Only a very few remain.afloat. Under the terms of the armistice according to the British, admiralty-, % -these interned-vesels were manned only hy Germans. When the ships - were settling deep the .Germans took to the boats, some of which, refusing ? .to ' surrender, were shelled and a number of' the Germans killed or . wounded. The new German cabinet includes Dr. Eduard David, formerly president ? of the assembly; Mathias Erzberger, kead of the armistice commission, and Gustav Noske, minister of national de fence. ' Peace conference circles view the situation with optimism and plans for the signing of the treaty are being carried into execution. The conference has . not received any official com munications or requests from the Ger mans. Reppi'ts. from Berlin, however, say - Mathias Erzberger, head of the Ger man armistice commission is sending $te'{ conference a request that Ger many be admitted to the league of na tions,- that. the purpose to' try the fQrmer Emp?rer be not' pressed and -?that, the German indemnity be placed -a*~ $00>(H>. 0 g?;9W"-gatrkjs,: gold; J%here %'cx official confirmation of this and a report from Weimar: received hi. Copenhagen says it Is not in accord ance with the actual facts. t"he; German government leaders at Weidar, after ,_n -unsuccesful attempt to form a cabinet favorable to signing oii-Friday, announced that they would Wait 4$ hours before making another attempt. Late Friday* night, however, the leaders went into session again. ? A state of siege has been declared in. the* region of Munster east of the Rhine. in Westphalia. Spartacan dis turbances are reported to have led to the proclamation. The Italian cabinet situation has not yet been cleared up. Frances Cbnitti, minister of finance, apparent ly is continuing his efforts to form a ministry. It is reported that Tdmasso l*"ttoni will resume his old post as foreign minister. Berlin, June 21 (By the Associated Press.)?A new German cabinet has been formed under the premiership of Herr Bauer, formerly minister of la bor, with Dr. Hermann Mueller, the inajority socialist leader, as minister of foreign affairs. The other members of the cabinet are: Minister of the interior Dr. Eduard David. ' Minister of finance and vice prem ier, Mathias Erzberger. Minister of econonmics, Herr Wis sel!. Minister of labor, Herr Schlicke. Ministry of treasury, Herr Meyer. Minister of posts and telegraphs, Herr Giesbcrts. Chief of the colonial office, Dr. Bell. I Minister of national defense, Gustav ; Noske. Minister of food, Dr. Schmidt. No appointment has been made to j the ministry of justice, Herr Meyer, j the new head of the treasury depart- i fhent, is a native of Kaufbeuren, Basvaria. Herr Bauer, the new premier, is a Socialist and held the post of minister ! of labor. In the course of his official i duties he has had much to do with | the striking workmen and recently! brought about a settlement of the j general strike in Berlin. ilffl Dr. Mueller has become one of the i leaders of the majority Socialists since the revolution. He was party whip in the national asembly. In a recent speech Dr. Mueller declared the former German emperor was not! wanted in Germany and that he "be- j longs in a pathological ward." The name of Eduard David has j been linked with that of Philipp: Schiedemann as one of the leaders of the German Socialist party in the I reichstag since before the war. From 1915 to the time of the revolution last I November. Dr. David in his speeches in the reichstag opposed a war of j conquest by Germaiy. Dr. David was a member of the Original delegation of the peace con- \ ference but retired in favor of Herr i Landsberg on account of ill health. ! Mathias Erzberger was head of the German armistice commission and is ?one of the leaders of the centrists or; the clerical party. The famous reichstag peace resolu- j lion adopted in July 1917? and de-j elaring for peace" without annexa-' fcfced April, 18S0. ?Befatf? 881. I SHIPS SUNK BY ORDER OF KAISER Admiral Von Reuter Says He Carried Out Order of Emperor i CLAIMS HE THOUGHT ARMISTICE ENDEDj ! British Fleet Was at Sea at Time Ships Were Sunk. London, June 23.?Although re ported that six Germans were killed and ten wounded when boats of Ger man fleet at Scapa Flow were fired upon after the scuttling of warships, The Daily Mail says others were probably drowned and some may i have reached Orkney Islands and not vet been reported. The main force of | the British fleet was at sea when the German ships were sunk, only a few vessels being on guard. Admiral von Reuter, commander of the surrendered German fleet, says he issued the order to sink the ships, The Daily Mail adds, and did so be cause at the beginning of the war the German emperor directed that no German warships De allowed to fall into enemy hands. He says he believ ed, from the newspaper reports that the armistice had been ended. Mote Ships Sunk; German Sailors Sink Warships in German Waters Weimar, Sunday, June 22.?German warships not surrendered to the allies i and which have been anchored off Kiel, Wilhelmshaven and other points have been sunk by German sailors manning them, according to a report received here from reliable authority. According to the reports there were twelve German war vessels, besides destroyers in German waters not hav ing been turned over to the allies un der the armistice provisions. Unconditional Surrender Germans Formally Accept Peace Terms Dictated by Allies Paris, June 23.?The German gov ernment has formally communicated its willingness to sign the peace terms unconditionally, it was announced this afternoon by the French foreign of fice. The day and hour for the formal signing of the treaty is uncertain. The signing may possibly take place Tues day, but more probably on Wednes day. The German note of acceptance it is said, is couched in such lan I guage that it maintains the German position that the peace conditions are "a peace of violence." President Wilson's I Home Coming I -~* Preparing To Leave Paris Wed-1 nesday Morning: Paris. June 23.?Activities today at the Paris residence of President Wil son appeared to indicate that prepar ations are being* made for the presi dent's departure for home. Up to two o'clock this afternoon no time of de parture had been announced, but, it seemed probable the president would leave Paris Wednsday morning. \ tion or indemnify" was the work of Erzberger. ? Gustav A. Xoske became a leading figure in German politics under the j republican government set up in Ger- J many was Fridrich Ebert as presi dent. Herr Noske was a -storm center early in the year because of his dras tic measures as minister of defense in putting down the Spartacan upris ings. Noske policed the country effective ly but incurred the criticism of those who objected to his firm tactics in i dealing with all opposition. Many j summary executions followed an or der issued by him that all persons i found fighting the government forces j should be shot immediately. He was I mentioned as probable dictator if it j should become necessary to appoint i one through the predicted fall of the j government some months ago. Weimar. Friday, June 20 (By the ; Associated Press.)?Caucuses of j three prinicpal parties, voting Th?rs- j day night on the question of signing i of the peace treaty resulted as f??} i lows: Majority Socialists 75 in favor of; signing the treaty and 39 against; Democrats. 1 ("Baron von Richthofen) | in favor of signing and 58 against; ! Centrists, four in favor of uneondi- ; tional acceptance and 69 for condition- j al acceptance." _ I ? Paris. June 21, (Havas)? The i Temps says Tomasso Tittoni whose I! appointment as foreign minister in! the new Italian cabinet seems prob- j < able, will replace Signer Orlando as j principal delegate to the pence con-} ference. od Fear not?Let an the endj Thon AJ 3UMTER, S. C, WEDN WEIMAR VOTES FOR TREATY German National Assembly Ac cepts Terms by Large Majority VOTE OF CONFIDENCE FOR BAUER Last Effort is Being Made To [ Save The Former Kaiser. Berlin. June 22.?Germany will sign the peace treaty of the allied and as sociated powers. The national assem bly this afternoon by a vote of 237 to 138 decided to sign. The assembly also voted confidence in the new gov ernment of Herr Bauer, 236 to 89.; Sixty-eight members abstained from voting. On the question of signing the treaty five members of the assembly abstained from voting. Before the vote ofr confidence was taken, Herr Bauer, the new premier, declared that the government would sign the treaty, but without acknowl edging the responsibility of the Ger man people for the war and without accepting the obligations contained'in Articles 227 to 230 in the treaty re lating to the trial of the former em peror and the extradition of other German personages. Weimar, June 21.?In announcing the decision of the government to sign the peace terms. Premier Bauer said before the national assembly to day: "The allied and associated powers cannot expect the German people to iagree from inner convictions to, a I peace instrument whereby without the populations being consulted living members are severed from the Ger man empire, German sovereignty per manently violated and unbearable ec onomic and financial burdens imposed upon the German people." Paris, June 22.?Communications from the Germans to the council of four, relating to the vote of the as sembly at Weimar, reached President Wilson at 7.45 o'clock this evening and are how being considered by the council." One of the communications is understood to announce that the assembly voted in favor of signing the treaty with certain reservations; It is not know what the reservations are. beyond a declination to admit the guilt of Germany in starting the war and to give up the former em peror for trial. Paris. June 22.?The council of four has definitely rejected the Ger man suggestion that further altera tions be made in the peace treaty. The council received four notes from the Germans, which are suppos ed to have been prepared in advance and were held to await advices from Weimar on the result of the meeting of the assembly. President Wilson went at once to the residence of Pre mier Lloyd George, where the council took up consideration of the notes. One of these, from the new German government, declared that Germany was ready to sign peace if the clauses making Germany responsible for the war and calling for the trial of the former emperor were eliminated. The council of four remained in ses sion until 8 o'clock in the. evening and then adjourned for dinner. The council met again at 9 o'clock and af ter brief further consideration took its decision to reject the German re quest. Wire Strike Endorsed American Federation of Labor! Backs Operation Atlantic City. June 23.?An endorse ment of the Commercial Telegraph ers' strike was unanimously voted to day by the American Federation of j Labor convention. They also went on [ record in favor of the forty-four hour! week generally, and directed the ex- j ecutive council to work for that end. I Ambassador Gonzales j Former Editor of Columbia! State Promoted _ j Washington. June 23.?Wm. E. j Gonzales, of Columbia, S. C, now min-; ister to Cuba, was nominated today j by the president to be ambassador to i Peru. Boaz W. Long, of New Mexico,! was nominated to be minister to Cu-j ba and Benlon C. McMillan, of Ten nessee to be minister to Guatemala j New Office Created _ i Frank L. Polk Becomes Under; Secretary of State Washington. June 23.?Frank L.! Polk, counsellor of the State depart- i ment and now acting Secretary of! State, was nominated today by Pres- j ident Wilson to be under secretary off State, a new office created under the j 1920 legislative and judicial appro- i priation hill passed by the last eon grf.?s, imfi tu be ttj Country'!, Tkj God's i ESDAY, JUNE 26, 1919 MAN SAILORS SINK WARSHIPS Surrendered Hun Fleet Sunk in English Port By Germans ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF HUN TREACHERY i Ships Were Given Up Under Armistice Terms But Were Manned By Germans N "London, June 21 (By the Associated Press)?The German officers and ^sailors forming the complements of the German ships interned at Scapa ?Flow sank most of their fleet today. All the big ships, the battleships and battle cruisers, excepting the Baden, and numerous smaller craft were sunk, while others went ashore in a half sunken condition. Eighteen destroyers were beached ;by tugs; four are still afloat, while the remainder went under. The wholesale sinking of the Ger man ships, which were surrendered under the terms of the armistice, was carefully arranged by officers and crews. All explosives had been re moved, and therefore, the only means of destroying the fleet was by opening j thet seacocks. The ships went down slowly with the German flag, which the crews had hoisted, showing at the mastheads. I The crews, composed entirely of Germans, under the terms of the arm istice, which did not permit of Brit ish .guards aboard, took to the boats when the vessels began to settle. While making for they shore the boats were challenged and called upon to surrender. Some of them ignored the summons and were fired upon, a few casualties resulting. This stroke apparently was an en tire surprise, and the first news reach ed London through a correspondent who was informed by farmers in the neighborhood that, they had seen the German ships sinking with their flag aloft. The admiralty at first denied the re port, but later confirmed it and is sued an official statement. The Ger t man officers- and crews- have been made prisoners. None of the officials tonight would offer an opinion as to how they are to be dealt with. The statement which was issued by the admiralty, says: "According to the latest reports from Scapa Flow all the - ? interned battleships and battle crruisers have been sunk except the battleship Ba den, which is still afloat. Five light cruisers have been sunk but three have been beached. Eighteen de stroyers were beached by local tugs. Four destroyers have sunk. "A German admiral and most of the Germans from the ships are now in custody aboard British ships. Some boats from the ships refused to stop when ordered and were fired on. A| j small number of Germans were killed i i or wounded. "In accordance with the terms of the armistice the German ships were interned with skeleton crews as care takers and without British guards aboard." When the German high seas fleet ! surrendered last November and was j taken to Scapa Flow it comprised i nine battleships, live battle cruisers, seven light cruisers and 50 destroyers. As far as is known, all the ships are still in Scapa Flow. The battleships at Scapa Flow are Uhe Kaiser. Kaiserin. Koenig Albert, j Bayern, Markgraf. Kronprinz Wil ihelm, Prinz Regent Luitpold, Grosser I Kurtfuerts and the Frederich der I Grosse, about 25,000 tons each. The battle cruisers were the Seydiltz, Hin denburg, Moltke, Von der Tann and Defingler. I Thurso. Scotland, Juno 21 (By the; [Associated Press)?The hoisting of a I I red Hag at noon was the signal for the crews to scuttle the German warships at Scapa Flow. The crews took to the boats and rowed toward the shore. The guard ships fired at the Germans, who jumped overboard and swam ashore, where they were rounded up. San Juan Theatre Fire i Victims Number Sixty. Women and Children Trampled to Death in Panic - I San Juan. June 21.?Sixty bodies! have been recovered from the ruins of the movie theatre at Mayaguez, j which was destroyed by fire Thursday' night. One hundred and fifty werej injured, many of whom may die. Wo men and children were trampled to death in the panic. Only Seventy Killed j Fergus Falls Tornado Not So, Serious as Reported i Fergus Falls. June 23.?Between sixty and seventy persons were killed,!: with more than a hundred badly in jured and a property damage of six | millions in the tornado which swept 1 Fergus Falls yesterday. Thirty-eight bodies have been recovered, m? Treffet.9 CHX TRU1 >4 AUEN ENEMIES i ATTACK PALMER ; He That Charges Senate Con> mittee is Being Used by German Agents HOT TIME IN COMMITTEE MEETING New Jersey Senator Leading The Fight on Attorney General. Washington, June 20.?Attorney General Palmer, at the first public hearing in the fight to prevent con firmation by the senate of his appoint ment turned . sharply today upon his accusers and boldly charged that they were aligned with German interests in a concerted attempt to discredit his administrationo as alien prperty cus todian. , During the year and a half he was in charge of the office Mr. Palmer de clared he had been denounced by eve/y enemy alien and every friend and at torney of even* enemy alien in this country and that in Berlin he was characterized as the "official Ameri can pickpocket." Every friend of the 40,000 aliens whose property had been seized were attacking him, he said, because his or ganization had seized enemy property and captured the German industrial army in the United States. It would be shown, he told the committee that the particular-charges lodged against him were not based on the ground that h< had sold enemy plants at too low price, but that he had sold them to Americans who had turned them to profitable account. For nearly five hours the senate judiciary subcommittee, conducting an open inquiry at the request of the at torney general, was in continual snarl. For two hours a crowd that was kept on edge by the tense feeling breaking out at intervals witnessed the remark able spectacle of an attorney general of the United States defending his re cord and slashing at his enemies.before a senate committee sitting on his fit ness for a place in the cabinet. The hitter feeling that broke out at the beginning remained to the end, the meeting closing abruptly and in disorder, with the announcement by Chairman Dillingham that another session would be held tomorrow to determine further procedure and sum mon witnesses, asked for by the com plainants. There was a strong belief at the capitol tonight that no further hearings of consequence would be held and the committee would recom mend confirmation of Mr. Palmer's nomination. The first evidence of bitterness was displayed at the very oustet when Sen ator Walsh, Democrat, of Montana, charged Merton Lewis, former attor ney general of New York, with de ceiving the committee last week through failure to quote all of the sections of the law bearing on the right of the alien property custodian to seize property. Mr. Lewis who is counsel for Harvey T. An drews, the principal complainant, frankly stated .that he had been in error and that he had come prepared to offer apologies. Senator Walsh re torted that while he accepted the statement without reservation, Mr. Lewis should realize .that the com mittee thereafter could not rely on any thing he Said. Frequently during the presentation by Mr. Lewis of documentary evidenoe he clashed with Mr. Palmer and no effort apparently* was made by either to conceal his feeling of hostility. Dur ing his long and at times dramatic re cital the attorney general spoke with his voice thrown to hair high pitch, reached far down the corridors. It was near the close of the session and after the attorney general had given the committee some account of Andrews' connection with the Bosch Magneto Company plant at Spring field, Mass., that he came to an open breach with Senator Frelinghuysen, Republican of New Jersey,, leader m the fight to prevent confirmation of his nomination. Mr. Palmer was proceeiingrto take up charges as to the alleged- placing of friends in position where they might profit by the sale of enemy property and had just stated that these charges were made by Senator ? Frelinghuysen and others when the senator jumped to his feet. For an instant he and the attorney general glared at each other. "You can't bluff me like that." the ? senator shouted. "I urn a senator of ? the United States and I demand that . Mr. Palmer answer criticism of his i administration brought before the - committee in a proper way." j* The attorney general snapped back ? that he was not trying to bluff any- j 1 body. "However." he added ,"I will j answer and leave Mr. Frelinghuy- * sen's name out of it." j < When Mr. Palmer concluded hisji two hours* statement. Senator Fro- 1 linghuysen told the committee that if t it decided to go into the investigation h of the alien property custodian's of- j fice. he would present witnesses in j t support of charges against his admin- t istration. Complaints had come to j r him from some of his constituents, heil said. |s Mr. Palmer came back with the as- , J portion that Senator Frelinghuysen 11 bad visited New York detective agen- a cies to find out if they did not have s "something on Palmer." He ac- c S SO?THEON, Srtftbtebei *aa* ?4M Vol. XLVIII. Wo. 38. ARMY ON GUARD ON RIO GRANDE War Department Discards Watchful Waiting Policy - 'fei * -f FORCE WILL BE USED PROMPTS* Mexico Will Be Punished for Outrage On American Citi zens. Washington, June 21.?Recent n"e- . velopments along the border and within Mexico, it was learned official ly today, has brought about a radical change in the attitude of the United States toward Mexico. It can be . stated that "watchful waiting" been discarded for "watchful prepared ness." The war department has per- ? fected plans to throw a punitive ex pedition of adequate strength across the Rio Grande the moment official" word is received of reprisals oh the . part of Villa for the Juarez incident. . Passenger Steamer Stranded * ?" ?/. Three Hundred and Fifty Pass engers Saved ?_; Newbedford, Mass., June 2L-^-The steamer Northland bound from :NCw York for Boston grounded in Buz zard's Bay in a fog ealy today. The passengers numbering three hundred and fifty who were taken off by tugs and small boats were landed here. Committee Kills Pro hibition Amendment I Washington, June 2i.?The p^opais* ed amendment of the prphibitidn eh i forcement bill giving the president I authority to repeal the wartime, pro hibition act insofar as affects the sale 1 of light wines and beer was i^e^r/ ed by the house judiciary commftfceV Bill On Peanuts ? Washington, June .20.?Represcnta-; tive Lever, democrat, South Carolina, introduced a bill today directing., the census bureau to compile and pub lish monthly statistics regarding the peanut industry These ^statistics he said would be of immense benefit, to Southern producers and- to, manu facturers of peanut products. ?-:-? . ??? ; '? - Head of Sinn Fein New York, June 21.?It is announc ed here that Prof. Edw/ Devaieray president of the Irish Sinn Fein re public had landed in America and would be in New York city Sunday. Apartments have been engaged for him at the Waldorf Astoria. . . cused the senator of making state ments to newspapers regarding charges against him, and said there was little difference between making direct charges and repeating those alleged to have been made by others. Lewis and Andrews also . were ac- . cused of giving out statementsApur porting to be evidence and distorting the facta The New Jersey senator, the attor ney general went on, might feel that he was entitled to consideration'be fore the committee but that he, too. was entitled to consideration in view of his selection by the president as attorney general. Andrews, who had been picked out by the attorney general as one of the particular objects of his wrath, broke into the hearings ?t the close; by chal lenging Mr. Palmer's statements con cerning him. The room soon was in an uproar but Chairman Dillingh?m suddenly ended the meeting. "Stop, stop," he shouted to An drews, jumping to his feet as did oth er members of the committee. "The present hearing is ended; the com mittee will go into executive session. Later it was announced that -the . committee would decide tomorrow whether to issue subpoenas for wit nesses desired by Lewis and whether it would grant his request that the attorney general be required to pre sent voluminous records, which the latter said would fill the committee room. In connection with the seizure and. sale of the Bosch Magneto plant, Mr. Palmer charged Mr. Lewis did not ob ject to the price at which it was sold aut to the fact that it was bought by \mcricans. He told the committee Lhat there was no record of Andrews md that the custodian's organization irst heard of him last June when he vent to the Bosch company repre sentatives in New York and demand ?d a fee for legal service. He got *500. the attorney general said, on :he ground that he was counsel fcr he general manager of the company vho was a German subject. Mr. Lewis' charges against the at orney general related to the sale of he Bosch plant and the organization tnd incorporation of the American ?osch Magneto Company whose stock howed considerable advance from ranuary to June. Mr. Palmer showed hat similar stocks had made similar tdvances and declared he was glad ome good Americans made money nit of the Bosch purchase.