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THE SOEEER W ATCHMAN, Estabj Consolidated Aug. 2,1 TRADE WITH JAPAN CHARGED Republicans Assert That Allies Bought Japanese Support With Chinese Territory CONTROL OF SHANTUNG PRICE PAID Treaty Debate in Senate Grows More Bitter and Partisan As It Proceeds Washington, July 25.?The stormy) senate fight over the peace treaty i ? - ? . . .? i shifted away from the league of na- i lions covenant today and broke with j ? new fury about the provision giving - Shantung peninsula to Japan. ' In five hours of debate the treaty j opponents charged in bitter terms that; the Tokyo government had wheedled * Shantung from China at the peace] table without the shadow of a cause; except the ambition of conquest, and j supporters of the treats* defended the f course of President Wilson in the j negotiation by declaring the only cth- | er alternative was failure of the whole peace conference. Chairman Lodge of the foreign re- J lations committee declared Shantung! was "a price paid" for Japan's ae- j ceptance of the league of nations. Se-t- j ator Xorris, Republican, Nebraska, J charged that Japan in 1917 secretly! had inveigled the European allies I into a promise to support her Shan- j tung claims. Senator Borah, He pub- j lican, asserted that if the United J States must either underwrite the i Shantung agreement or accept the | challenge of another power the conn- j try would choose the latter course. J . Senator Hitchcock, Nebraska, rank ing Democrat of the committee, re plied that* the German rights in Shan tung were obtained legally by treaty,} in 1898, and were won fairly from j Germany by Japan long before thej Imited States entered the war. Sena- j tor Williams, Democrat, Mississippi, j the president had to . accept the I Shantung settlement or come home j Without a general treaty of peace and i that Japan never would give up :he| peninsula unless forced to do so by j war. In the end the senat*"- adopted with- j out a record vote a resolution by Sen-1 ator Lodge asking the president for i any available information about a sr> j cret treaty alleged to have been ncgo- \ tiated between Japan and Germany in i 1918 embodying a plan for Russian re- j habilitation and promising Japan's! indirect protection or" German inter- ? ests at the Versailles negotiations. A sweeping request for information about the conversations at Versailles also was sent to the White House by the foreign relations committee, which adopted a resolution by Senator Johnson, Republican. California, call ing for all proposed drafts for a league covenant, for the reports of the arguments relative^ to the league and for "all data bearing upon or used in connection with the treaty of peace." At its meeting the committee began the reading of the treaty covering in less than two hours about one-fifth of its section .but passing over for fututre consideration the legue co venant, the boundaries of . Germany and many minor provisions. The reading will continue at a long session tomorrow, the senate having adjourn ed tonight until Thursday so that the committee would not be inter rupted in its work. There was no dis cussion of President Wilson's offer to consult with the committee on doubt ful points of the treaty, nor was any attempt made to have the committee open its docSrs to the public. It was said these questions might not come to a head for several days, after the reading of the document was finished. Ther* was a growing conviction, how ever, that should the prescient see the committee it will be at the Wh te House and not at the committee room. .Senator Lodge's charge that Japan's support of the league had been pur chased by the Shantung agreement was coupled with a warning that Ja pan was following in the foosieps of Germany as an empire builder. "There's another ?xeat power behi? built uj) on the other side of the Pacific." said the foreign relations chairman. "We are asked to put our name at the bottom of that robbing of China?handing over control prac tically of that great province to Ja pan. I do not want to see my coun try's na*vse at the bottom of such a thing." Asserting that the senators oppos ing the Shantung settlement never had raised their voices against Germany's acquisition of the Shantung right :n 1898, Senator Hitchcock declared tin only legal objection to Japan's title to those rights had been removed m the treaty of 1915 by which China ex pressly cancelled a stipulation that Shantung never should pass to a third power except by consent of the Pek ing government. With this treaty an I with Japan's seizure, of the territory from Germany. Mr. Hitchcock said. China's claim to it terminated. When it was objected that the 151". treaty was imposed upon China by force. Senator Williams, another member of the foreign relations com mittee replied: 'iSo was our treaty with Mexico im posed by force. So is this present treaty. Do you want to repudiate a ftfced April, 18S0. "Be ixu* m 881. i IN SPARTANB?RG 'Street Railway Strike Takes On I Threatening Aspect AUTHORITIES APPEAL TO GOVERNOR Military Company Ordered To I j Guard Power Plant?Green- j I ville Company in Readiness j _ I Spartahburg. July 16.?Governor; I Cooper stepped into the Spartanburg; street railway situation this afternoon j following a conversation with Mayor J. F. Floyd over the long distance phone by ordering the mobilization -of i the Spartanburg Hilles, Company F.\ South Carolina Militia. for guard duty under Capt. W. M. Willard, and notifying the local authorities that the South Carolina State board of con ciliation would be sent to Spartanburg! to investigate conditions. It is ex- j pected that members of the State board will be in* Spartanburg for their first meeting tomorrow night. It, is also understood here tonight that j the Markley Guards of Greenville have also been ordered by the govern- ! or to hold themselves in readiness for service in Spartanburg should the sit- i -uation warrant it. The governor's action resulted from i rumors and threats that the steam plant and sub-nation of the South Carolina Light, Power & Railway j Company were to be attacked by strike sympathizers tonight. The mil itary company is on guard tonight at these points and at this hour the town is quiet. The company made no effort whatever to operate cars to day, though it had been promised po- ! lice protection both in the city and on the suburban lines. An unexpected development in the; situation today was the resignation I from the police force of Capt. Moss Hayes, a plain clothes man, who has; been in the service fcr many years, j .Officials stated today that Captain' Hayes had been assigned to go on* one of the cars to be operated by the J company, but refused to do so. He I is said to have told Chief of Police j Hill that he was ready for any oth- j ^r service, but would not act as guard on the cars. His resignation was ac-! cc-pted this morning. Another plain I clothes officer assigned to this duty! reported out as the company decided] not to operate cars he was net on j 'duty. It is* understood a determined ef-; I fort is going to be made by local in-] 1 terests to settle the striko tomorrow, i ! At a meeting of the Spartanburg; j Commercial Association. h<dd this af ! ternoon, the situation was discussed I in detail and a committee on arbitra tion was appointed, who have asked I representatives of the company and representatives of the strikers to come before them tomorrow afternoon, it is said both have accepted the invi ; tation. I. ! The National Guard Washington. July 17.?The imrce i diate reorganization of the National Guard in the States and territorial I possessions of the United States, in i aoeorfl with the plans approved by ; the war department, was looked fcr ? by army officials here. The Guard is to be formed on the basis of sixteen divisions, with a maximum expansion j to about four .hundred and forty thousand men. but federal funds i available will permit of only one ] hundred and six thousand for the present. ' treaty because it was the result of force?" Senator Norris put into the record what he said were copies of diplomatic correspondence in which Great Brit ain and France promised in 11' 17 io uphold the Japanese claim to Shan lung. Announcing for the first time that he could not vote for the treaty, he characterized the Shantung agree-: ment as an "outrageous perversion of justice" and an attempt to "pur chase peace at the sacrifice of hon-1 or." Senator Underwood, Democrat, Ala bama, also making his first announce ment in the senate regarding the treaty, said he would support it whole heartedly as a step toward world peace. j Senator Fall, Republican, New Mex ico, declared that by the Shantung provision, control of all of the gate-; ways to China as well as of the Chinese capita! virtualy would be :v. the hands of Japan. Notice that he would speak against the Shantung agreement Thursday was given by! Senator Sherman, Republican. Illi nois. The debate closed with tin ex change between Senators Williams and Fall, the former reading as a com mentary on the day's proceedings a humorous article in which the senate was represented as debating "Now 1 Lay Me Down to Sleep," ami Mr. Fall responding: "The account would be more com plete if it were said that the pray, r was presented by a Republican and that some one on the other side ob jecting had passed the word 'Run. run to the telephone and find out whether; the president wants this prayer in dorsed by the senate' and on hearing the president was at golf the reply wo?ld be "Then tell Tumulty/ " nd Fmt not?Det all the en da Thou AH 8UMTER, S. 0., SATO" UNBOTTLING | THE SOUTH! The Railroad Administration i i i I Pledges a Square Deal To Southern Ports i REMARKABLE HEARING IN WASHINGTON j ?-" \ i Delegates From Chambers of] i Commerce from the South At- j lantic, Gulf and Mississippi; I Valley States Present Claims' i for Fair Play ' j ! _ I j Washington, July 17.?A "square j j deal to the Southern ports!" j To the student familiar with the j [South's long uphill struggle for herj I share of the country's trade, the j i words sound like the words of a dream I but to those who attended the. re j markable hearing last Tuesday given j i by the railroad administration to I I delegates from the Chambers of Com- j ! inerce from the Scuth Atlantic, Gulf j j and Mississippi Valley ' States, the ! ' words came from too solid and sub-1 stantial a person to be pur down as' i a mere dream. When the hearing j was over and the briefs and arguments ; were all in, Edward Chambers, di ; rector of the division of traffic of the railroad administration rose and said: "I think I can assure you gentle- ' [ men that the railroad administration] I is in complete sympathy with the con-1 [ tentions for fair play which you have: j advanced here today and that we! j expect to grant your reouests. though j i perhaps with some minor changes in j j detail." I His sententious remarks were greet ' ed with prolonged applause by the I audience which was made up of dele jgations mobilized by: j The Scuth Atlantic ports, through j I the South Atlantic Maritime Corpora- j ! tion. ; The Mississippi Valley Association. I j representing the Middle Western IStates which demand additional gate-! I ways through the South. The alliedj Gulf porvs^aided jgy the: \organization ^uift^up by William Al len of New Orleans. In the audience were United States) Senators Simmons and Overman ofj North Carolina. Hoke Smith of Geor- j gia. Ransdell of Louisiana. Gore of' .Oklahoma. Harrison of Arkansas, ?Jc- | KeUar of Tennessee, Flereher and ! Tramm ell of Florida, and Smith and I Din! of South Carolina. Among the speakers were Judge J. i Harry G?yington of Washington, D. j C, counsel for the South Atlantic Maritime Corporation; Atterney L?th je r M. Walter of Chicago who argued j the technical case for "equal rates : with New York for the Gulf and I South Atlantic port?:" Senator Hoke! j Smith of Georgia: Senator Simmons ?of North Carolina; Senator Fletcher ? of Florida; Senator Ransdell of Lou"-! ! isiana; Senator Smith of South r*aro |lina; Senator Gore of Oklahoma; and '.Colonel Hubert F. Miller of Chicago. ; representing the Chicago Association ; 3f Commerce and the Mississippi Val ! rev Association. i 7n the audience were a number of ; men conspicuous in the new com- j j mereial life of the South: George H. j j Baldwin and V. O. Nelson of Jac'< ; sonville. Florida; C. W. Thacker of j the Chamber of Commerce of Pensa- j I cola. Florida: J. A. Von Dohlen of Atlanta. Ga.: Congressman J. W. j j.Overstreet of Sylvania. Ga.; John D. j iFrost of Columbia, S. C; W. W. Mun-| I nernyer. E. C. Campbell and James ? IT. Fraser of Georgetown; S. C; Hugh! j MacRae, Frank G. Harris and C. J.! i Becker of Wilmington, X .0.: ?H. B.1 ?Tanner, Jr.. of Chaiiotte, N. C; C. G. j Tate3 of Greensboro. N. C: .besides! an enthusiastic delegation from New' i Orleans headed by John M. Parker: and deluding Edward J. Gay. H. C. j ! Donaldson, W. L. Ruheson, Carl Cres-1 l son and others. j j Director Chambers' announcement..' : whiie not unexpected by his hearers, I : fairly electrified them by its inform- j ality as well as by its significance, itj .means that the railroad administra-; ! tion has determined: i i To give the Gulf and South Atlantic. ports substantially the same freight: rates from the Middle West, for ex-; port and import, as those now enjoy-, I ed by New York. To give the Middle West all the; gateways to foreign trade which it' needs instead of compelling it to ship! everything through "the neck of the; 'bottle," namely, the approach to N-wi I York. i To cut down transportation costs.: and indirectly the cost of living, by! I encouraging goods to be shipped by the shortest rouie instead of. as at present, over the powerful but con- 1 posted trunk lines running into New; York. ; "We have determined to treat the; ports of the country :es ;i whole." said Director Chambers, "instead of as merelv sectional affairs. We want to equalize port charges and rates, so far as we can, so that the great pro-' du ein g sections of the country can get to the seaport at th?- lowest pos sible cost. We have had this matter winter consideration for some time and while there are some minor difficul-, ties in the way. we believe that you ? are substantially right in your con-i tention that discrimination as between j [sections of the seacoast should bei ; done away with." Judge Covington, in opening the i hearing on behalf of th^ applicants for the proposed rate change, poiot-j ed put that New York had complete-' ?OM't mt be thy Country's, Tkj God's a RDAY, JULY 19, 1919. WILSON CALLS j LODGE'S HAND Partisan Leaders Invited to White House to Discuss Peace Treaty CANNOT DODGE THE ISSUE NOW! Fifteen Republican Senators Re quested to Meet President in Conference - Washington, July 1 6.?President Wilson has decided to invite the Republican senators to call at the j White House to discuss the treaty and league of nations, Secretary Tu multy announced today. Chairman Ledge, of the senate foreign relations committee was understood to be one of th* fifteen Republican senators ; with >hom the president desired es ! pecially to confer. ly broken down during the war from , the load that was imposed upon it. New York, he said, had been choked up like a funnel with goods bound in and out, while at the same time the South Atlantic and Gulf ports, with every faeiltiy for handling fcreign trade, had borne the appearance of j being on a "holiday." "This anomalous situation was due only to one thing," he declared, j "namely, the ability of the powerful j Eastern trunk lines to secure and i maintain railroad rates from the West to X#-v,r York which were lower than the rates to the Gulf and South Atlan tic ports. We do not ask for favor itism; all we ask is that these ports be allowed to compete with New York on an equal basis. "Look at the preposterous condi tion in the South now. The South has goods to ship North, but no cars to ship them in. And why ha.s it no ?cars? Solely because the bulk of the I country's traffic to the seacoast now j goes to the North Atlantic ports, in-, stead of being distributed equitably [through the South Atlantic and Gulf j pcrts." Liuther M. Walter of Chicago de j clored that th. three sections repre I sented?the Mh Mq West, the Gulf j ports and the South Atlantic ports? i had sunk all their differences and were absolutely a unit. The Middle i West, he asserted, needed more gate ? ways, especially to the Panama Ca | r.al and to Latin America, and the 1 port cities were entitled to a fair I chance with New York for this for I eign trade. : "Give the shipper from Ohio. In ! diana and Illinois his choice of the j most economical rou^e to foreign ! markets," he declared. "Remember ! he has got to compete in the world's j markets with other countries. Don't i load him. at the start, with a need I less and unjust burden, j "Remember, too. that the cost of I moving freight through the South is ; less than through the North. Remem i her, too, that it costs far less to han : die freight at a Southern port than j it does in New York." I Senator I-Ioke Smith of Georgia re jminded Directors Chambers and'The ! Ian, who were hearing the argument, : that the roods to the South Atlantic : ports had earned better dividends I than other properties enjoying more ; favorable rates and argued that the ! rates could well be lowered to meet ? hose of New York. "Another factor for your consider ation." he continued, "is the fact that these Southern ports are open all the year around and the railroad lines to them are never winter-bound. They have cheaper terminal 'facilities 'to I offer you and docks which, unlike -those of New Fork, are free from congestion." Senator Simmons of North Carolina told the directors that the country's j troubles during the war grew out of] the artificial conditions growing out i of the unfair advantage enjoyed by j the eastern trunk lines. "In the days before the war," hej said, "they had immense influence and; they shaped things to suit themselves, j But today the railroads are paid fori by the people and are run by the peo-j pie and in the interests of the peo-j pie. He asserted that former Director! General McAdoo had told him that, the only reason the administration , did not divert more tramc to the; Southern ports was that all the avail-! able shipping was tied up with the | North 'Atlantic ports, a condition) which, the senator pointed out, no i longer obtains. Senator Gore told the directors I that the old system of figuring rail-j road rates was all wrong. "There is no economic reason " he said, "why a single bushel of grain j from Oklahoma or Kansas or South-j em Nebraska should pass through j New York. The natural and economic] channel for that grain is through thei Gulf or the South Atlantic ports." Senator Ransdell gave it as hi<*! opinion that the relative isolation, of' the Southern ports was due, not to1 natural economic causes for there j were none, bu; solely to the unfortu- ! nate cleavage produced by the Civil: War. j "Produce ought to be moving north i and south instead of east and west," ; he asserted. "Prior to the Civil Warj that is the way it did move. New; Orleans was one of the greatest ports! in the country. Savannah and Char-' pout m& InthV THE TRUE CROP PROSPECT ! LITTLE CHANGED' Boll Weevil Reported to Be Ac tive in All Excepting Two States DAMAGE AS YET IS VERY SLIGHT _^_' Weathet Conditions Favorable During Past Three Weeks, But Labor Shortage Interfering With Field Work TMemphis Commercial-Appeal, July 14.) Little change in the cotton crop prospect is indicated by reports dat ed Jul" 10, sent in by correspondents of The Commercial Appeal, the com parison being made with the end June period. Temperatures and weather" con ditions generally have been mostly favorable during the past three weeks. Good progress has been made in killing grass, but stands have been somewhat broken in the process. Backsets, due to other causes, have about, cr a little more *han, offset the advantage gained) b> cleaner fields. Boll weevil is very numerous, active and becoming more destructive as the plant begins to show squares. Compared with our estimate as of June 20, which placed the condi tion as of that date at 73.2 per cent of a normal, we now believe that a condition as of July 10 wouid be some j thing between 72 and 73 per cent of a normal. D^nite figures will be issued by us on July 23, as f July 20. The crop seems to be in good shape for rapid improvement from this time forward, which it must do with in the next few wTeeks, or fall much ! lower in the scale as a prospect. The boll weevil is now the source of greatest apprehension. Arkansas, North and South Car olina, Tennessee and Oklahoma, it is indicated, have made distinct im provement during * the past throe weeks. Louisiana has gone back woefully, and Alabama has deterior ated very slightly. Georgia, Missis sippi and Texas are about unchanged as to the general condition as com pared with a normal. Large areas in Texas are still in i the grass, and others in the same State are just getting out. Louisiana is grass-ridden and Arkansas not much better off. Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee and Oklahoma have had about equal success in light ing grass, but the work is far from done. The Carolinas are clean. Boll weevil has appeared in ail States excepting North Carolina and j Tennessee, and has become numerous j and active everywhere found except jing in South Carolina, where the visi I tation seems to be confined to one ! county, and in Oklahoma. This report is based upon reports from 7S2 counties in the 10 principal i cotton growing States. These reports make out that boll weevil has ap peared in 389 counties, and that in the remaining 393 counties has not been found. Of the 3S9 counties in which boll weevil has been found 14 report no damage, 1S7 little damage. 27 moderate damage, 57 considerable damage, and 94 serious to great dam age. A total of 348 counties report clean fields, or fields that are in reasona bly safe condition in that regard, IS2 counties report more than 60 per cent of their cotton areas as out of the grass, and 252 counties report more than 60 per cent of their cotton areas as grassy. Labor scarcity has interfered with cleaning out and with much needod cultivation. Wages very high. Com-1 plaints plant rank and fruiting poor-1 iy. Spanish Cabinet Resigns Premier Maura Fails in Effort to Rule Spain London. July 16.?The Spanish cab inet, headed by Antonio Maura, which j was formed April 15th last, has re signed, according to a Reuter's dis patch from Madrid. Franco-German Peace French Senate Names Commit tee to Frame Agreement Paris, July 1G.?The foreign affairs committee of the French senate met today and named a subcommittee to 1 study the matter cf a treaty of peace! with Germany. Leon Bourgeois will draw up a general report and also a special report on the league of na tions. lest on were booming. Rut now they j suffer fron? the artificial conditions j prevailing." Among the others who spoke were j Senator Smith of South. Carolina. ('ongressmen Godwin of Wilmington. N. C, and Colonel Miller of Chicago. The delegations will have a hear ing before the Shipping Board tomor row to ask for more ships to be as signed to the South Atlantic and Gul' ports to handle the business which i? expected to seek an outlet through those ports. i : SO?TKBON, ErtabMahed Jons, MM, VoLXLVIIL No. 45, ISSUES EVADED BY REPUBLICANS Effort to Sidestep Question of Veto PARTISAN FIGHT i / IN HOUSE Most Hotly Contested Parlia mentary Mixup in Years Re sults in House Discussion Washington, July 13.?Considera j tion in the house today of the- sundry j civil appropriation bill as remodeled j to meet the objections raised by the j president in vetoting it precipitated a {partisan battle which finally prevent j ed further progress on the measure and ended only when the Republicans forced through a motion to adjourn. Leaders on both sides admitted it was the most bitterly contested parlia mentary mixup in years. The discussion began when the rules committee brought in a special rule for the immediate consideration of the appropriation measure changed to provide $ 12,000,000 for the rehabi litation of wounded soldiers and sail ors, instead of $6,000,000 as original ly carried. Democrats opposed the resolution declaring that if it were adopted and I the sundry civil bill passed, it would I enable the Republicans to evade plac ing themselves on record as being op posed to the president's veto, and therefore opposed to an increase, in ! the appropriation for the vocational training board. They contended that a president's veto, according to the constitution, would have to be re jected or accepted by a record voto.^ Republicans argued, however,- that such a course was backed by prace j dent and would expedite action on the j measure. Speaker Gillett overruled ja point of order 'raised by;Mihority Leader Champ Claris and the resolu tion was adopted by a substantial, ma jority. Debate on the appropriation hilt it self resulted by attempts of D^hlocr?tfl and Representative Madden, Republ ican, Illinois, to increase the vocational I training appropriation. Thfcr^^ntl ments were opposed by "?fflsSifan/ Good of the apropriations commit tee. The first amendment to be voted'-on, increasing the amount to $18,000,(100 was supported by practically eyevry Democrat and several Republicans and it passed, 120 to 119. Later votes, however, reversed the result. Nearly every Republican who had voted lor the increase changed sides as other amendments were brought up and they were defeated by increasing majorities Uhe votes being almost entirely along j?axty lines. ! Eftprjts of Democrats to send the j bill back*"^>>.^ojnmh?pe^with instruct I tions to increase the amount resulted j in increased confusion at the comple j tion of the reading of the bill for ? amendment. A complicated parlia mentary tangle resulted in which storms of protests arose from one side or the other, and members be sieged the speaker with ^points of order" and "parliamentary inquiries." Democrats made it plan, that what they desired was that the majority party should go on record ?s opposing an increase in the appropriation ahd when Mr. Good, by mistake, made a motion which apparently made this possible, they were insistent that - a roll call should be taken. Before a decision on the matter was reached, a motion to adjourn was made and passed 198 to 160, the vote being., strictly along party lines. Republi can leaders tonight were confident that a final vote would be taken to morrow on the measure. Is Henry Ford Ignorant? Attorney for Chicago Tribune Obtains Admission by Bad gering Witness '] Mount Clemens, Mich., July 16.?In a moment of petulance while on the witness stand today Henry Ford, the plaintiff in the million dollars libel suit against The Chicago Dally Tri bune, admitted that he was "an ig norant idealist." Subsequerrtl. he re versed his statement. That was one of the alleged libelousf charges made against him in The Tribune odhorial. The attorney for The Tribune had been asking ques :ions to establish, if possible, that Pord as a matter of fact was ignor ing The witness said he had mado he admission merely to stop the ex imihation. Cheap Food in Germany Profiteers Cause Panic in Prices By Unloading Hidden Supplies Berlin, July 16.? The price of all foodstuffs have falen with a crash in Rerlin as the result of the lifting of the blockade. They began to show weakness when it was rumored that the embargo would be lifted.' but the real drop came only when illicit, deal- . ers with huge concealed stocks threw ihem on the market in virtual panic ;n an effort to unload before, compet* ng supplies entered Germany.