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Show 1 Handley Page "Berlin Bomber," with Rolls Royce engines, that Is being set up in Newfoundland for a try at a transatlantic flight in .Tune. 2 U. S. S. Westward Ho In the Kiel canal carrying food sent by the Polish national na-tional committee to the starving Poles and Jews. 3 Arrival of the transport Mount Vernon carrying the One Hundred and Thirty-second Infantry, formerly the Second regiment L N. G. of Chicago. NEWS REVIEW OF CURRENTEVENTS Germans Given Another Week to Complete Their Protests Against the Treaty. ALLIES CONCEDING NOTHING Ironic Replies to Brockdorff-Rantzau's Notes Displeased American Experts Ex-perts Resign Wilson's Stand on Wartime Prohibition Arouses Storm Suffrage Suf-frage Winning in Congress. By EDWARD W. PICKARD. Stalling and playing for time by handing in many voluminous protests and promising to produce many more, the German delegates to the peace conference con-ference succeeded last week in gaining an extension of time to May 29 for making their full reply to the treaty terms. To expedite the work Brock-dorff-Rantzau asked leave for a special spe-cial train to take printing presses and printers to Versailles. Among the notes, he said, that are to be presented to the allies were those dealing with Alsace-Lorraine, with the occupied territories, with the extent and discharge of the reparations repara-tions obligation undertaken by Germany, Ger-many, with labor laws, with German private property in enemy countries, and with territorial questions in the east. The answers of the allies to the notes already submitted by the Germans Ger-mans could not have given the latter much encouragement as to results. 'When they complained of the taking of mines and nitrate beds they were told the treaty did not prevent their buying minerals and nitrates from other nations; na-tions; when they objected to the loss of their mercantile shipping and the consequent loss of employment for their sailors, they were reminded that the allies were not thus nearly compensated com-pensated for their losses due to submarine sub-marine ravages ; and when they said Germany would be unable to feed her population If deprived of agricultural lands, they were told the reduction of population through the loss of territory left her fewer mouths to feed, and the Germans could easily obtain agricultural agricul-tural products from other countries. The attitude of the allied delegates Is flint thoiv pminfriac tinvo en fFoi-orl limit." However, the Germans choose to remember rather his former stand, and on that and the .Fourteen Points, they base most of their objections to the treaty terms. Those points are especially emphasized in the statement issued last week by the Scheidemann cabinet which says Germany cannot possibly accept the treaty as formulated. formu-lated. What the Germans really will do about the treaty is still the subject of much speculation. Opinion in Paris that they ultimately will sign is unchanged, un-changed, and is supported by advices from Berlin to the effect that a powerful power-ful party is growing there in favor of submitting to the allies and gaining peace that will permit the resumption of business. , In this the Independent Socialists are joined by bankers, merchants mer-chants and many others, who say that anything would be preferable to bol-shevism. bol-shevism. In Washington it is believed that the Ebert government may retire temporarily in ordeV to let' a dummy government approve the treaty. The dummies thereupon would be ousted by public opinion and the Ebert crowd could return, but the treaty would have been signed. It may be that final ratification of the treaty will be delayed by the action ac-tion of the United States senate, which has begun debate on the league of nations covenant. Some Republican leaders wish to notify the peace conference con-ference formally that the covenant must be amended and should be separated sepa-rated from the peace treaty of which it is now an Integra) part. It is certain, too, that the peace terms will be scrutinized scru-tinized at length by the senate. Senator Sen-ator Hitchcock and other supporters of the government are convinced that both the treaty and the league covenant cove-nant will be ratified by the senate. An interesting fact concerning the peace negotiations has just developed. A number of the experts attached to the American delegation have resigned, declaring the treaty is unacceptable to them in many respects. They were taken over to gather historical, racial and other data, and they assert that the mass of information they handed in has not been used or even read by the delegates. They more than intimate inti-mate that the framing ol the peace treaty degenerated quickly into a process proc-ess of bargaining and that Mr. Wilson was compelled to surrender his ideals, one after another, in order to put across his main idea of a league of nations. According to these malcontents, malcon-tents, the settlement of the Saar basin. Ditnzig. Shantung and other problems was all wrong, and they evidently have no confidence that the Italian muddle will be cleared up properly and justly. Poles deny the accuracy of the stories and point to the fact that their relief organization is supplying food and clothing to Jew and gentile alike. Becent news from the near East says Lenine and Trotzky have established airplane communication with the Hungarian Hun-garian communists and are urging Bela Kun to hold out at all costs, promising aid as soon as they get possession of Boumania. The Red army, it is asserted, assert-ed, has orders to burn Budapest and scatter if too hard pressed. Meanwhile an anti-communist government has been set up at Arad, Hungary, and the belief that it has the backing of the allies is confirmed by the arrival there of Gen. Franchet d'Esperey for the purpose of directing a new movement against Budapest. Lenine is quoted as declaring he will make class warfare until capitalism is destroyed and the whole world is one in brotherhood. Admiral Kolchak has been notified that the allies will recognize the government gov-ernment at Omsk as soon as it is firmly firm-ly established and a constituent assembly as-sembly is formed, and he has replied that he is striving hopefully toward that end. It is said only 50,000 of the Czecho-Slovak troops who went to Russia are left, and these are making their way to their homes in Bohemia. The international woman's congress at Zurich, after registering its opposition oppo-sition to the peace treaty, has adopted adopt-ed a resolution declaring that the women of the world will go on strike the moment another war starts, whether wheth-er or not it is ordered by the league of nations. President Wilson's message cabled from Paris and read to congress assembled as-sembled in extraordinary session, made various recommendations for domestic do-mestic legislation, most of which had been anticipated by the caucus program pro-gram of the Republicans, who control both houses. These include the question ques-tion of labor, the revision of taxes, the' stimulating of foreign trade, the return of telegraph and telephone lines to their owners, the settlement of the railroad question and the adoption of woman suffrage. Mr. Wilson added the advice that the war-time prohibition prohibi-tion law, which goes into effect July 1, be amended or repealed in so far as it applies to beers and wines. For a day or so the "wets" were jubilant over this part of the message, but the "drys" promptly declared their intention to prevent any such action as the president presi-dent recommended, and took steps to put into effect the measure as It stands. Temperance and church bodies bod-ies all over the country joined in denunciation de-nunciation of Mr. Wilson for what they termed surrender to the enemy. Sheppard of Texas, introducing in the senate a bill providing means for en- far too much already, and it is the turn of Germany, and they assert the German people cannot shirk the responsibility re-sponsibility for the war because of a partial and perhaps nominal change in their form of government and in Its personalities. Such, indeed, was the substance of the reply of the council of four to the German note regarding reparations, in which the Hun delegates dele-gates declared Germany would not admit ad-mit responsibility. They were told it was too late to take such a position and that It was impossible to disassociate disasso-ciate responsibility from reparation. Having asserted the German people would not have undertaken a war of aggression, they are reminded that they approved of Secretary Lansing's note of November 5, 1918, in which it was stated that the obligation to make reparation "arises out of Germany's Ger-many's aggression by land, sea and air." The Germans asked that the report re-port of the commission on responsibility responsibil-ity he communicated to them ; this was peremptorily refused. Of course it is apparent that in trying try-ing to disclaim the responsibility of the German people for the war of ng gression the Berlin delegates are relying rely-ing on President Wilson's earlv contention conten-tion that America was making war not on the German people but on the military autocracy that was oppressing them. After a while he admitted he was disillusioned by realization that the German people heartily supported their government as long as they were winning battles ,and then he directed the exertion of "force without stint or I I What shall be done with Turkey? was a question that occupied the attention atten-tion of the council of four last week. President Wilson acting rather in an advisory capacity since America was not at war with the Porte. Some of the delegates wish the sultan to be removed re-moved to n small territory In AsLa Minor and Constantinople turned over to the United States under mandate. The Indian delegates, however, fear that to force the sultan to quit Constantinople Con-stantinople would cause great trouble in the Mohammedan world, and therefore there-fore the British prefer that he be left there but with only spiritual powers. Though it seems to be accepted that America shall be the mandatory for Armenia, it Is not at all certain that the American people would he willing to take charge of the Turkish capital. Continued fighting between the Poles and the Ukrainians gave the delegates added trouble, for the Ukrainians, who were losing ground in Galicla, complained com-plained bitterly, blaming the "insane policy of the allies in supporting the Poles." Paderewski apparently cannot compel his countrymen to cease hostilities, hos-tilities, and the council of four took under consideration the wisdom of giving further support to any people who refuse to obey orders from the conference. Jews throughout the world also have been aroused against the Poles by reports of bloody pogroms In which thousands of their race have been slain, and mass-meetings of protest pro-test twere held last week in the larger American cities. The leaders of the forcement of the law, said he knew of no senator brave enough to introduce intro-duce a bill repealing the measure, and in any event such an attempt would be certainly defeated. He attributed the president's attitude to representations representa-tions made to him of widespread unrest un-rest among labor as to enforcement of the law. The suffragists are about to reap the reward of their years of strenuous effort. The house last week passed a resolution for a suffrage amendment to the Constitution, and there seems to be no doubt that the senate will take similar action, for enough votes are pledged. The vote In the house was 304 to 88, most of the opposition coming from the Southern Democrats. Spectacular success and tragic failure fail-ure marked the week's doings in aerial navigation. Three American navy seaplanes, sea-planes, after making the flight to Newfoundland, New-foundland, sailed away for the Azores along a course dotted with navy vessels. ves-sels. One reached its destination safely, safe-ly, one was lost near the Islands, though the crew was rescued, and the third, after landing on the water, "tax-led" "tax-led" 205 miles to its port- a wonderful wonder-ful achievement. The s-uccessful plane was prepared for further flight to Portugal and thence to England. I'ilot Hawker and Navigator Grieve, in their Sopwith plane, undertook their long-planned flight direct from Newfoundland New-foundland to Ireland, and met the fate of so many pioneers. They never reached land, and just what befell them probably will be forever a mystery. |