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VOLUME XII.
NOME, ALASKA. SATURDAY, MAY, 17, l!)tO,
2«64.
VERSAILLES, May 12—Six mem
bers of the German Peace Delega
tion including Karl Legien, the pres
ident of the German Trade Union
Confederation left here today for
Mcilin, for a direct discussion of the
Peace terms with the German gov
ern.uent.
Pro’ isions of the treaty, on which
the Delegates are unable to agree
w-ill be laid before the German gov
ernment and Whatever standpoint
the latter will take will be consider
ed final by the German Peace dele
gation.
PARIS, May 12—It has been
slated on reliable authority that
six notes regarding some of the
Peace Treaty clauses were sent by
the German Delegation to the French
Premier Clemenceau. The replies to
these notes which the Coun^l of
the Big Four sent are reported to
have beea drawn up with the active
collaboration of President Wilson.
It is stated that as far as the Peace
terms are concerned, the Allied gov
ernments are firmly resolved to pre
sent a solid and united front, and to
firmly resist the Teutonic protests
and desire for an abatement of the
Allied Peace terms.
LONDON, May 12—Frank Van
derlip, American financier and bank
er stated in an interview which has
aroused considerable public interest
that the terms of the Peace treaty
will not bring the long desired peace
to Europe. A real peace treaty ac
cording to Vanderlip would include
a plan whereby Europe would be
able to get machinery, rolling stock
and raw materials whereby the peo
ple of Europe would be placed in a
position to help themselves.
Vanderlip stated that something
would have to be done to relieve the
distress among the people of the Eu
ropean nations to prevent worse
happenings. With more than one
million unemployed in England whc
are receiving regular grants from
the British government, vfth this
enormous number increasing daily
as the British army is further de
mobilized, eight hundred thousand
unemployed in Belgium, and enor
mous numbers of workers unem
ployed in the other Allied and Neu
tral countries, instant action to re
lieve this situation was imperatively
demanded.
BASEL, May 12—An unverified
report received here from a Berlir
news agency says that the majority
of the members of the German Na
tioual Assembly have decided to re
ject the Allied Peace Traty unless
some of the provisions in the lattes
are modified.
PARIS, May 12—A note writter
by von Brockdorff-Rantzan, head ol
the German Peace Delegation <|c
Premier Clemenceau relative to th«
repatriation of the German wai
prisoners asked that the details ol
the transfer be entrusted to a com
* mission.
Von Brockdorff-Rantzan stated
that the German Peace Delegatior
had noted with satisfaction that tlu
Allied Peace Treaty recognized ir
principle the repatriation of the
German war and civilian prisoners
with the utmost expedition.
LONDON, May 12—Dispatches re
ceived here from Berlin state thai
the resignation of von Brockdorff
Rantsan the head of the German
Ijeace Delegation is imminent.
According to a statement made by
Hen- Landsberg, a member of th«
German Delegation, von Brockdorff
Ttanfzan's resignation is considerei
Vnevitable. ^
PARIS. May 12—It has been oB
cially stated that the Council of the
Big Four has- decided to refer the
notes of the German Peace Delega
tion relating to the repatriation of
the German war and civilian pris
oners to a committee of experts for
consideration instead of answering
! them immediately. 0
i
—
I BERLIN, May 13—The German
■ Chancellor Scheidman declared in a
• speech in the German Assembly that
! the Allied peace is not acceptable.
The Ger/nan people be declared are
willing to sign a peace treaty, i
j only such an one as the German
■ people can fulttll, a peace that will
gi ve Germany a chance to work and
| pay otf what is just. Not a peace
j a3 proposed by the Allied govern
| ments that reduces the German na
1 tion to slavery and binds the chains
j of servitude upon unborn genera
] tions. Scheideman said that the
j German people no not wish to fight
| as they see to what brutal ends mil
itarism leads, from the example set
by the powers of the Entente.
VERSAILLES May 13—-An ap
peal of the Central Committee of the
| German Socialist Party says that
I "Tete remains no choice, but to
bow t^ compulsion and sign the
Peace treaty however onerous the
terms are that are imposed upon the
German nation."
BASEL, May 13—The Berlin cor
respondent of the “Nationale Zei
tung” reported today that the Ger
man Chancellor Scheideman inform
ed German and foreign journalists
that if important changes in the
Peace Treaty are not made during
the negotiations now being carried
on in Versailles, that there remains
| nothing for the German government
j to do but to order the German Peace
> Delegation not to sign the Peace
I Treaty in its present form, as it is
! absolutely out of the question of the
German nation to fulfill its terms.
Scheideman is reported to have
stated that the German Government
and people are fully aware of the
J ser ousness of the crisis but that
they could see no way out of it unless
the Allies moderate their excessive
demands and brot them in harmony
with President Wilson’s Peace prin
ciples.
ZURICH May 14—The Euro
pean press news agency is circul
ating an interview with von Brock
dorft'-Rantzan, in whiich the latter
while discussing the Allied Peace
terms is reported to have stated that
the Allied Peace terms are simply un
believeable because they ask the im
possible. According to von Brock
dorlf-Rantzan the Entente powers
ask for material guarantees and will
not accept moral guarantees, as de
manded in Wilson’s fourteen Peace
princfples and this shows that the
Allies distrust the II. S. Von Brock
dorff-Rantzan stated that the Ger
man people want an organized world
in which Germany will have the
same right as other nations.
BERLIN, May 1 1—The dissatis
faction of the people of this city with
the Peace treaty found vent today
:n an anti-American demonstration.
| Fifteen thousand members of the
majority socialist party assembled in
j front of the hotel Adlon the Aracr
| ic.an headquarters in this city crying
l Down with Wilson, down with the
j Americans.
Socia’/st speakers denounced the
l Peace treaty in unmeasured terms,
I condemning President Wilson’s pres
ent attitude, and comparing his
present views on a just peace with
the view he held when he promulgat
ed his fourteen peace principles.
The tumult grew to such an ex
tant that the authorities were com
pelled to clear the streets in the
neighborhood of the Adlon with the
help of soldiers.
PARIS, May 15—Premier Clem
enceau replying for the Allied Gov
ernments to the note of the German
Peace Delegation asking for a re
adjustment of the labor section of
the Peace treaty, indicated that this
clause must be accepted by the Ger
man Peace delegation, as it has
been drafted by the Allied Council,
BERLIN, May 15—It is stated
here that Count von Brockdo'tf
Rantzan pointed out in one of his
notes to the French Premier that
owing to the army of occupation
the aggression of the Poles, Ger
many has ceased to be an agrarian
state and can feed no more than
| forty million people at the present
| time. *.
The economic terms propose' by
the Peace Treaty with the imposed
trade restrictions and other factors
j involved mean, von Brockdorff
| Rantzan said, that many more mil
i liens of German people will perish
i from starvation, and all the more
1 quickly as the health of the entire
[ nation is already broker, by the four
! years of food blockade. ’* *
j Von Brockdorff-Rantzan stated
I that it would be of the greatest bene
! fit to the Allies to moderate their
: demands, a3 on the other hand the
i nation would be too enfeebled to
live up to any of the Peace treaty
provisions.
! PARIS, May 15—It lias been stat
. ed that the German Peace Delegation
’ is opposed to signing that article of
the Peace treaty which provides for
j the trial of the former German Kai
ser.
In a note forwarded this after
noon by the German Minister of
I Foreign Affairs to the Allied govern
j ments, Germany accepts the respon
sibility for the war to the extent of
agreeing that reparation is neces
sary but denies the individua lre
sponsibilily which can only be set
tled thru an investigation by an im
partial tribunal. Such an investiga
tion would be heartily welcomed by
the German government who is ready
at all times to place their archives
at the disposal of a tribunal of inves
4'gation.
PARIS, May 15—It has been of
ficially announced that General Foch
has arrived#at the Rhine front,
where he is arranging to take mili
tary measures in the event that the
j German Peace Delegation should fin
| ally refuse to attach their signatures
j to the Peace treaty.
What action the Allied govern
| ments have concluded to take if the
| German Delegation rejects the treaty
I is not known, but it is believed in
' well informed quarters, that a gen
eral advance of the Allied army of
occupation will be ordered and that
j the pressure thus exerted will force
j Germany to accept the treaty uncon
! ditionally.
—
LONDON, May 16—Dispatches
received here via Paris stat.e that
General Foch arrived at Mainz today
and that he Will after conferring
there wfth the different commanders
: of the Allied army of occupation,
proceed to Wiesbaden and Coblenz
! to make preparations for the occupa
tion of the districts adjoining the
! right bank of the Rhine by the Al
I lied forces in the event that Germany
refuses to sign the Peace treaty.
No information is obtainable re
garding the extent of the new terri
tory to be occupied by the Allies in
case the German Peace Delegation
proves refractory.
TREPASSY, May 12—It is stated
that owing to unsettled weather con
ditions is very unlikely that an at
tempt will be made today by the
American flyers to start on thef.r
flight to the Azores today.
ST JOHJJS, N. B. May 16—The
American Naval Dirigible C. 5 broke
from its moorings and dritfed eighty
five miles to sea yesterday afternoon.
According to a wireless message
received here the dirigible was pick
ed up by the Destroyer Edwards and
is being ^owed back to port. The
dirigible had sustained only slight!
injuries in its voluntary flight.
TREPASSY, May 1G—With the
weather along the route to the
Azores the best yet reported the
American Naval planes N. C. I and
N. C. Ill started on their second leg
of their attempt to cross the Atlantic
at three o’clock this afternoon.
A great crowd of spectators wit
nessed the departure of the flyers,
wishing them God speed and suc
cess.
WASHINGTON, May 17—-The
Nrtvv Department confirms the cont
i iVe destruction of the missing Dir
igible C. V.
SEATTLE, May IT—According
to a statement made public by the
Xavy Department the crews of the
Naval Seaplanes which are attempt
ing the Trans Atlantic flight con
sist of the following afticers;
N. C. I., Lieutenant Commander H,
N. Bellinger, Lieut. Commander M. |
A. Mitzher and Lieut. L. T. Barien,
Pilots, Lieutenant Harry Sadenwater,
Radio Operator, Chief Machinist
Matfc, C I. Kessler and Machinist
Rasmus Christensen, Engineers.
N. C. III. Commander Towers in
charge, Lieutenant Commander H.
R. Richardson and Lieutenant I). H.
McCulloch. Pilots, Lieutenant Com
mander R. A. Lavender, Radio Op
erator Lieutenant Rhodes and Boats
wain L. R. Loove Engineer.
N. C. IV. In charge of Commander
A. Radd, Lieutenants Walter Hin
ton and E. F. Stowe, Pilot Ensign
Charles Rodd. Radio Operator Lieu
tenant C L. Brease Jr. and Chief Ma
chinist Mate, Rhodes, Engineer.
PUNTA DEL GADA. Azores, May
17—Sea plane N. C. IV has landed at
Horta on the island of Eayal in the
Azores.
The landing was safely accomplish
ed at 1:25 New York time. ITorta
is about 160 miles from the American
base at Punta Del Gada. Seaplai
N. C. IV which was the last to lea’
Trepassv accomplished the flight
Horta, a distance of 1200 miles
the remarkably short time of 1
hours and 13 minutes.
Seaplane N. C. I passed static
ship No 19 at 6:14 a. m. Washingtc
time while Seaplane N. C. Ill was r
ported to be off her course sonn
where between Station ship No. 1
and No. 18 about 100 miles fro
Horta at 5:15 a. m. Washington tim
LISBON Portugal, May 17—TI
population of this city is greatly e
cited by the news that three Amer
can Seaplanes had started the
trans Atlantic flight and that one (
them had already succeeded in lam
ig on one of the Azores Islands.
Great preparations are now beir
made here for a grand fete in horn
of their expected arrival at Lisbo
LONDON. May 17—All thrc
American Seaplanes N. 0. I.. N. (
III and N. .C IV have reached tt
Azores according ! 1 dispatches r
reived this afternoon. The la
Seaplane arrived at 1.3$ p. m.
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INIHOTE COPS
SEATTLE, May 17—Eight mem
burs of the local police force includ
ing Ed Hager former police sergeant.
Smart and patrolman Patton, who
were some time ago arrested in con
nection with the purloining of seven
teen hundred quarts of whiskey from
the IT. S. Customs Warehouse were
indicted by the Federal Grand Jury.
A no true bill was returned against
Police Sergeant Hasselblad who had
been arrested for complicity in this
crime.
APPROVE STRIKE
WINNIPEG, May 17—The re
turned Canadian soldiers, members
of the War Veteran Association
unanimously voted to approve the
general strike which has been called
here.
It is reported that the Canadian
government will take a hand in set
tling the trouble between the strikers
and employers.
Business is completly paralyzed in
this community. No newspapers are
being issued and the foodshortage is
becoming very serious.
BERGER SAYS WAIT
WASHINGTON, May 17—Con
gressman elect Berger has issued a
statement, demanding that the Con
gress withhold its decision to not
allow him to be seated owing to be
ing convicted for violating the Es
pionage Act, until the courts have
finally disposed of his case.v
ADVISED TO SIGN
PARIS. May 17—It is reported
that Arthur Henderson, British La
bor leader stated in an inteview that
his advice to the German Peace
Delegation would be to sign the
Peace treaty.
POPE INTERCEDES
ROME, May 17—It has been offi
cially announced that his Holiness
Pope Benedict XV has in re
sponse to a petition from the entire
German Episcopate, begging to se
cure his good offlcoo in securing a
mitigation of the Allied Peace terms
has taken steps to communicate with
the head of one of the most import
[ ant Peace Delegations represented at
the Paris conference, with a view of
getting the Peace conditions modi
fied.
It seems to be the consensus of
opinions among the diplomatic corps
that President Wilson is the party
referred to in the official announce
! nient.
MASK MEETING CALLED
MERLIN, -May 17—According to
an official announcement, the Ger
man counter proposals to the Allied
Peace treaty will probably be com
pleted by next Sunday. •
Vast meetings in the Reichstag
I and thruout Germanw are being call
ed to protest against the signing!
of the Peace treaty unless the latter
is modified and resembles in its
terms something like President Wil
son’s fourteen Peace Principles.
GIVE VP ISLANDS
PARIS, May 17—It has been offi
cially announced that Italy has fin
i . * 1 •' ~
WILL MEDIATE
PARIS, May 16—It has been semi
officially announced that tha pend
ing negotiations for" an adjustment
of the Adriatic controversy ara about
to be concluded.
A direct settlement of the Italian
claims between a Jugoslav and Ital
ian Commission with the assistance
of American mediators has bean pro
posed and it is very likely that both
! sides will be prevailed upon to set
1 tie their conflicting claims on this
basis.
CROATS AND SEEKS SCRAP
LONDON, May 16—V. spatches
received here from Vienna state that
serious fighting has occurred at
Agram the capital of Croatia, be
tween Serbs and Croatians in which
many of the combatants were killed.
This trouble had its inception in
the divergent national claims of
both factions. The Serbian element
in Croatia altho, in the minority be
ing in favor of joining with the Jugo
slav's while the Croatians prefer in
dependence and are bitterly opposed
to be ruled by the minority.
Tb dispatches state that unless
ally been prevailed upon to relii
quish her claims to tho Dodecanes
islands fronting tho coast of As
Minor in favor of Greece.
This ends one of the most acu
controversies before the Peace Co:
ference, as Greece was bitterly oi
posed to the Italian claims regardii
this disputed territory which is a
most completely inhabited .by
population of Greek extraction.
WINNIPEG, 'May 17—Sev<
thousand Canadian troops arrive
here and have been ordered by the
commander to be ready for instai
duty. The Northwest Mounted P<
lice are also ready for duty. Oi
resturant was mobbed by strike!
because the owner displayed a st'g
reading “Shall Bolshevism flouris
in Canada.”
WASHINGTON, .May 17—TI
Presidents message to Congress wt
received today.
the Allied governments intervene th
trouble between the contending fa<
tions may lead to civil war.
TO CALL rtEFEIUMHJM
BERLIN, May 16—In discussln
the question whether the Germa
National Assembly should accept o
reject the Allied Peace Terms, th
Socialist publication Vorwaerts an
the Local Anzeiger editoriaally urge
the German government to subini
this momentous question to a refer
endum vote of the German peop!
as the vote of 'the members of th
National Assembly might not ex
press the sentiments of the Germa!
nation.
The Munich Post the most inde
pendent Majority Socialist publica
tion in Bavaria- said “We can neithe
accept nor refuse to sign the Peac
treaty, but must sign under protest
hoping that the Allied Powers w*il
ccme to their senses."
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