Show A Av v 1 r rr r r 1 g d Y 7 ja jai i iaU aU d I SITUATION N NAT AT rA PARIS I II I I American Participation May Be Withdrawn If Delays Over Details I Are Carried Fu Further Furth-er PARIS April The 8 8 The drafting drafting- committee of the league of nations nations nations na na- na- na has now completed its work The covenant as revised contains twenty-seven twenty articles I The meeting for consideration I of the completed draft of the tho 11 I covenant which had beer been planned for tonight has been postponed until Thursday It is I understood the postponement was necessitated by the inability of J Wilson to attend a aI I meeting meeting- earli earlier than Thursday I OARIS IRIS April j 8 S. 1 The lh council I 11 of four met this morning morning- at atthe atthe I the residence of Ir Premier Lloyd George President Wilson as not not able to the Uw forenoon session but hoped to lie he able aule to at attend the meeting this a afternoon at al th the I Paris White House The overnight tension in COllI conference con cott- I ference circles had not been dispelled when hen the council o of four met today In conference circles however ft It was felt I that the sc session don today would serve sene to clear the atmosphere The rhe first question taken up UJ at the tho th I forenoon session of ot the council at which Colonel represented President PIes Pres ident Wilson was that of ot procedure In an effort to accelerate the tho work of or orthe I the council It It was planned to devote oto the afternoon after after- I noon se session slon to the subject of or responsibility I for the war including the tho thoI i question of a tribunal to try the former for for- former I mer German emperor the former Cormer crown prince and others on which di divided divided divided di- di vided reports have ha been presented SITUATION IMPROVED It was said b by American members rR of ot the peace conference conference- that the pen pen- el em eral 11 situation was Improved somewhat to today ay because of or the agreement reached b by the tho commission on reparations Hons on the main features o of tho reparations question leaving lea only a a. afew few tew unessential details detail for tor adjustment Generally a more moro hopeful tone prevailed prevailed prevailed pre pre- In conference circles as the tho day went on Members of or tho American 4 delegation declined to give hive an nn explanation of oC tho the many rumors in circulation that tho the conference would complete completo Its work ork shortly One OnG member when asked for tor definite information on the situation said ald You know the George Goorge Washington has been ordered to Brest That ls- ls s Is-s good subject for speculation TURNING POINT PARIS PAnIS April S. S The S-The The peace conference conference confer confer- ence has apparently re reached tho the t turn turning turnIng turn turn- un ing point between definite and sped results and further prolonged delay ela The Tho council met at t Lloyd Georges George's residence with Premier Clemenceau I Premier Orlando Colonel House nn and andall andall all the financial experts present I Representations were again the chief I issue issue- su The principles which seem to tobe tobo be bo settled arc are that reparation and restoration shall be bo In accordance with the presidents president's ent's seventh and eighth points and that the tho actual damage and ami destruction shall hall be bo tho the main basis for Cor estimating the damages damas-cs and that the commission shall formulate categories cate- cate I I gones gories of cla classes es of or these damages Payment Is to be spread over o a 1 t p period pe period pe- pe of years year without a 1 specific total being fixed NO AGREEMENT REACHED At the tho close of or the thc councils council's session sension It was stated slated that no agreement had been reached reache Extreme tension was evident e as r n. n re result of ot the discussions and It Is be believed believed believed be- be that another critical stage has been reached Ono of or the most rEi- rEi 10 re- authorities associated with President Wilson son said ho he would n not t the be he surprised if Ie American participation was brought to an early close if tho the delays delas over details were carried much lurth F. F The differences still remaining on on the subjects ot or frontiers and reparations reparations lions are arc comparatively comparative light b ba he be a added ded and yet It these slight differences are arC so o persistently maintained as us to Continued d on pan pusa pu u S S. S I SENATOR ASKS JUSTICE Continued from page pago 1 still struggling lIn in th tb thy West cst for Cor equality equal equal- It ity of or rates both In and out of ot our territory ter ter- The whole rate fabric seems to toI have hao he been n built up In order to compel the time Western producer of oC raw materials I to lo ship his ills products to the Iho East Easl to for fOI manufacture In order to prevent the tile development de of oC our local In Industries and now after the Eastern astern market for manufactured man man- JOO goods s has hag been monopolized by the Eastern manufacturers of or Western m products the Eastern manufacturer manu manu- I is not satisfied d nn and Is de demanding de- de e- e manding discriminatory rates which will ihl 11 0 him an nn advantage antage to th the Pa PaI Pacific Pa- Pa ports port over oer Western ers cn Some time limp ago no the lie war wal In industries les board fixed a common price on manganese man nian- at al Chicago o and then lien allowed a Il differential at 1 15 p per r cent com In lie price In iii favor of oC the tile Eastern producer because because be because be- be cause he ho was nearer the market an and should have his advantage ad in mm tIllS this re respect tC- tC recognized d and confirmed Tills This I is merely ly t on n example as ni to how tho the Eastern manufacturer or producer fi figures fig fig- tires mires for tom his own advantage nd wherever his Ills Interests nl are aie concerned It Tt is about time that there ther should be lie some equality and amid equity In iii these matters mailers antI and that rat rates s should be lie put upon a I trul truly compensatory basis and not arbitrarily arbi manipulated for fOI the advantage ad I of or certain localities We havo abolIshed abol- abol I discrimination between ten Individual I tiM ual shippers but th there rt remain gross ross I j amId discriminations I flagrant inequalities lions between the thc different localities beauties and regions of or time the country DECISION QUOTED It was laid down lown by Mr Ir Tu Justice Hughes of oC tIme the supreme court In the tIle Minnesota rat rate ca cases c that the tIme rates I should be lie each compensatory a as to lo class of traffic tr handled and that thai losses made In handling one kind of or traffic should not nol be bt ma made e up by Inordinate gains made malc In handling other oiher classes clashes of oC This is a ml true anti and proper principle Rates nates should hm be ht compensatory and should cover the tIme cost coH of the time traffic tr including of course both carria carriage and terminal charges and perhaps In Insurance Insurance a ance nce 3 against t loss Ius In iii transit This la hatter latter lat hat lIr 1 t- t ter item Hem Is not as tR Important n as cs one ml might ht assume and would hardly warrant warrant warrant war war- I rant hi higher hr rates rales en because of tile the greater value value- of oC the lie goods shipped I Th The government on has been Iwen n operating tho the railroads for more than a year n ahli parentI no progress has been een mall madri I I I toward the tho equalization and rationalization of or freight rates rotes In him the tIme United States It If there I Is to be e any anta ad advantage whatever from the time temporary operation opera opera- lion tion of the railroads at government O ac account ac- ac count it should bt lie manifested In the Iho equalization and adjusting of or rates to toa toa toa a reasonable and compensatory basis What hat we we want is equality between sections due r regard being had hut to the volume of or traffic in each locality This I Is not primarily a a. matter of cheaper rales rates It Il Is a matter of oC equality which Is but bul another r name for justice It If this mil may not be e obtained any other othera I a way aIt It mi might ht b be well wi-Il for congress cObe to enact f that thai the Ian 13 Cui oh rat rate rale for any railroad should he be the tho rates accorded to tho most favored ored locality and anti that thai the tho horates rates rate for all an localities should be he made upon this IJa basis lg for Cor the lie mileage Involve In- In volve voi-ed plus Illus terminal charges which should bo he separately stated Uniform and amId compensatory rates would al also o abolish h some Mme of the arbitrary features of or freight classification There Thele I MHO sno classification of or for to- the parcel post nn and l there is not nol much more meason reason mea rea son wh why there should bo he arbitrary classification of matter mailer for ilie gradI graduation grad grad- of lC freight ht rates Certainly classifications which have no relation to the difference In the cost of oC carriage car car- m-lage m should not nol be he permitted The proposed blanke rate rale on Oil Iron and steel to lo the Iho Pacific coast seems to tobe tobe tobe be distinctly a discriminatory proposition proposition tion In favor favol of Ih Eastern mills and anal equality of or treatment would require that a Ii lower rate rote on these products be le het t established hed between Utah points an anthe and the lie Pacific coast I |