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WEATHER FORECAST. Rain to-da- y and probably 4 fs\if IT SHINES FOPv ALL warmer; fresh and strong south winds. Highest temperature yesterday, 37; lowest, 30, DtUlttd waatntr reports on editorial pats VOL. LXXXVL NO. 197. NEW YORK, SUNDAY, MARCH 16, 1919. CoVVCht, 11. bv the- Sun PrlnfWfl and rullHMns AMOciation. 76 PAGES. PRICE FIVE CENTS ( In New Crvntxr Tork. BREWERS OPEN FIGHT TO SAVE LIGHT BEER FROM JULY 1 FINISH Elihu Root Appeal's as Counsel for Joseph E. Everard. BIG ISSUE IS MADE Attack on Measure Begun in U. S. Court on. Const- itutional Grounds. WAE PHASE IS INVOLVED Making of Bovorago Contain- ing' 2 8-- 4 Per Cent. Alcohol the Main Issue. , The constitutionality of the act of Congress of November 21, 1918, which Incorporated Into the food law the pro- vision which will make the country dry on next July 1, Is attacked In an action begun yesterday in the United States District Court, and at the same time the court Is asked to rule whether malt liquor containing no more than 2 per cent, alcohol is an Intoxicant within the meaning and contemplation of the act. The suit is brought by Joseph E. Kverard, naming the board of direc- tors of the James Everard Breweries corporation as defendants and alleging that at a meeting held last Thursday hey voted not to continue the busi- ness of brewing after June 30, 1919. Me asks the equitable relief of an or-U- er restraining them from closing the breweries, declaring that if they sus- pend their plant and oqutpment will become of so little money value as to leave him without remedy at law. His attorneys of record are Guthrie, Bangs & Van Slnderen.but the name of Elihu Root appears as of counsel on the bill of complaint, and It is assumed that he will represent tho plaintiff upon his day in court. The defendants nro all Interested with the complaint in the brewing and vend- ing of malt liquors, and the complaint carries no Inference that they are likely to put up a spirited contest or that they may be expected to stand in the plain- tiff way of an early trial. The com- plaint asks that they be directed to an- swer, '\but not under oath, thj answer under oath of each of them being hereby expressly waived.\ What la nn Intoxicant? That part of the complaint which is not taken up with a recital of facts neces- sary to establish a cause of uctlon and a recital of the grounds upon which plaintiff considers himself entitled to equitable relief Is devoted wholly to raising the question of fart as to what constitutes an Intoxicant, and the ques- tion of law whether ttie act of November 21, 19 IS, passed ten days after tho nrrlstlce. Is an Invasion of tho plain tiff's constitutional right to brew malt liquor. Copies of the armistice, of the law complained of and of President Wilson's address to Congress following tho armis- tice are attached to- - the complaint as exhibits. In an early paragraph tho complatnt sets forth: \This Is a suit of a civil nature aris- ing under the Constitution and laws of the United States and pi enema a con- troversy between citizens of different states. Tho suit Is brought In good faith and Is not a collusive one to confer on a court of the United States Juris- diction of a case of which ald court would not otherwise have Jurisdiction or cognizance.\ I Demands Continuance of llualucss. Setting forth In the next Instance that the Everard brewing business n as Incor- porated In 1S95, owns three large par- cels of real estate wholly devoted to brewing, has done an average business of 11, 600,000 a year and last year paid $36:, 290 In Federal and J106,3i9 In State liquor taxes, It goes on to say; \Since the enactment and approval of the act of Congress of November SI, 1918, and tho making and publication of paid regulation or decisions of the Com- missioner of Internal Revenue, the com- plainant has been Informed and verily belie e that the defendants herein have declared their purpose and intent!on-- 4 cease and suspend the business of the corporation from and after May 1, 1919, until the termination of the demobiliza- tion of the United States army and navy, as tho same may be and when deter- mined and proclaimed by the President of the United States, because of the terms, provisions and penalties con- tained In said act.of Congress of Novem- ber 21, ISIS, and said regulations or de- risions of the Commissioner of Interna) Revenue and the penalties of fine and Imprisonment Imposed In and by raid act. \Complainant alleges that If the de- fendants should carry out their said pur- pose and Intention, the valuable business and good will of the defendant corpora- tion will be destroyed, future profits therefrom will be rendered Impofmlble, the value of the property of the defend- ant corporation as a going concern will be dissipated, its business and Btaff will be disorganized, and the value of Its plant and physical assets be at once de- preciated to Its junk or salvage value only, to the great and Irreparable and damage of the defendant cor- poration and Its stockholders, and such Injury and damage would be incapable of being admeasured and adjudicated In an action at law. The next annual meeting of the stockholders Is to be held January 1, 1920. It would therefore be futile for the complainant to seek relief at a stockholders' meeting. CliHma Exemption Under Act. \Complaint is Informed and verily be- lieves that beers and malt liquors whlh contain not to exceed 2?t per rent, al- cohol by weight are not In fact Intoxl- - Con Hutted on Tenth Page BATTLE STARTS ON PROHIBITION Society Formed by Prominent Men Not in Liquor Trade to Combat Dry Laws. TOBACCO MAN AT HEAD To Trotoct Cigarettes, Chew- ing Gum or Cough Drops if Menaced. The Association Opposed to National Prohibitions has opened national head quarters in the Berkeley Building, 19 West Forty-fourt- h street. It will in corporate Wednesday or Thursday at Albany. Nobody connected with the organization has any direct or Indi rect interest In the liquor business The list of Incorporators Includes among others Perclval S. Hill, presi dent of the American Tobacco Com pony; Joseph W. Harrlman, president of the Harrlman National Bank; Michael Friedsam, president of B.Alt man & Co; Laurence McGuIre. presi- dent of the United States Realty and Improvement Company; Arthur Cop pell of the banking firm of Maitland, Coppell Co., and Cornelius J. Sulll van of tho law firm of Nlcoll, Anable, Lindsay & Fuller. The association already has ar- ranged to establish branches In twenty-n- ine States in the East, middle West, Northwest and far West, and no person connected with these branches will have any connection with the liquor Industry. 800,000 Seeklnc Membership. Thus far nearly S00.OOO applications for membership have been received. 'These have come from every one of the forty-eig- States, from American citi- zens In Europe and from the soldiers of the American Expeditionary Forces. The membership fee has been fixed at Jl and the dues at $1. No contributions from any source will be accepted, how- ever, until the association has a legal and financial standing before the law. This will be the case the moment the organization Is Incorporated under the laws of New York. According to a statement Issued yes be GERMANS TURN terday from the national headquarters There Is available In England for lm-th- e prime object of the Association Op- - ' mediate movement to Germany approxl-pooe- d to National Prohibitions will be mutely 00,000 tons of . pork products, \by every legal, honorable and reputable 5,000 tons of beans, 5.000 tons of rice means tomake forever lnopcratIe the arid 15,000 tons of cereals. The United eighteenth amendment to the Constltu- - tlon or any other similar amendment which attempts to abridge or. obliterate the rights of free men In a free ro- - public.\ The association Is opposed to all kinds of prohibition whether of sales of hard liquor, with or without light wines and beers, or the forbidding of, sales of cigarettes, chewing gum or cough drops. Alma omeliilly Set Forth. The purposes and alms of the associa- tion, as set forth in the certificate of in- corporation, are as follows : \1. To collect, distribute and dis- seminate Information regnrdlii the political, social and economic effect of the prohibition of the use of al- coholic beverages. \2. To promote terrfieranee In tho use of alcoholic beverages and to op- pose any movement to limit or dis- continue the use of tobacco. \3 Hy letters, circulars, advertise- ments, literature and In all other proper and lawful ways to discuss the civil rights guaranteed under tho Constitution of the United States of America. \i. In all proper and lawful ways to influence public opinion, to the end that the standards of personal liberty of thought and conduct, which wore established by the founders of tho Government of the United States of America, shall be maintained and safeguarded. \The association Is not Interested In any Federal or State law providing for the enforcement of the eighteenth amendment,\ the official statement says. because It Intend by every legal and icputable force that It posaeses or can createjo make the enforcement of the amendment Impossible. There can bo no compromise with principle. laaue la Clrnrlj- - Drrlllcil, \Thorofore the Issue Is clean cut and clearly denned between the Association Opposed to National Prohibitions and an unincorporated organization known as the Anti-Salo- league. The Associa- tion Opposed to National Prohibitions will meet any pertinent prohibition is- sue that may be raised. \The Association Opposed to Na- tional Prohibitions therefore Is as strongly opposed to any bill Introduced in the Congress of the United States or In the legislatures of tho several States providing for the sale of llBht wine and' beer and excluding the shIo of all other alleged Intoxicating beverages as It is opposed to any bill providing for the sale of whiskey and other 'hard' liquors and excluding the sale of llRht wines and beeis. It Is as strongly opposed to prohibition by constitutional amendment, of the manufacture and sale of cigarettes or chewing gum or cough drops as It Is opposed to prohibition by constitutional amendment, of the manufacture and sale of Intox- icating beverages. \The Association Opposed to National Prohibitions Insists that the personal rights and liberties, hitherto Insured and safeguarded by the Constitution of the United States, must and shall he preserved. The assocl-- has no quarrel with the poople of any \Slate !,. the Union t any T r.iUi u. de- pendency of the United Stales, who have tho opportunity by popular ote at any election legally called for tho purpnso to Continued on Tenth rage. OVER 700 SHIPS TO GET RATIONS U. S. Receives 9 Big Craft, Including Imperator, by Food Terms. . 370,000 TONS A MONTH Liners Will Be Used to Carry Troops Back to This Country. PAYMENT PLAN IS FIXED Teuton Owned Securities Taken for Debt Delegates at Brussels Accept, Paris, March 15. The terms of the agreement of Brussels by which Qer many gives its merchant shipping to tho Allies and the United States in ex change for food were made public to day. Tha United States will receive nine liners, including the Imperator A monthly ration of 370,000 tons of foodstuffs was promised to Germany In exchango sho ceded 700 ships, of an approximate tonnago of 1,500,000. The vessels awarded to tho United States arc the Imperator, 52,000 tons; 7cppelln, 15,200 tons; l'rinz Friedrlch Wllhelm, 17,000 tons; Graf Walderseo, 13,000 tons; Patricia, 14,100 tons; Cap Flnlsterre, 14,500 tons; Pretoria, 13, 200 tons; Cleveland, 16,900 tons, and Kaiscrlu Augusta Victoria. Slllpa llrady for Sea. All of these vessels aro ready to go to sea within a few days except the Imperator, which Is In the mud. It may take a week or more to float her. The vessels picked for tho United States are passenger steamships that will be available for carrying troops. Ships going to France and England Immediately are cargo vessels In neutral ports In South and Central America and the Dutch East Indies. They will be permitted to leave with cargoes for Ger- many with German crews but under allied flags. When the ships put out from German ports to be handed over they will be manned by Germans, but oh arrival In allied ports tho crews will be replaced by allied crow a and the 3cr mans returned. Plan for Payment. States has In Rotterdam and on the way there approximately 75,000 tons of bread-stuffs- . A summary of the ajreement shows that payment by Germany will be made by freight hire accruing to the Germans for thu use of the shipping and part from credits that Germany may continue to establish and maintain in neutral coun- tries, part from German exports, part from tho sale of German owned foreign eecurltlen and part by tho use of Ger- man gold. Tho Germans agreed to place a deposit of gold In the National iBank of Uelglum at Brussels for use as collateral. \Acuto unreet prevails In the whole Westphallan Industrial region and It will probably be necessary to enlarge the British bridgehead In that direction, saH a defiiatcli to the Mail from Its correspondent with the British army. Thb German province of Westphalia Is one of the most Important Industrial districts In Kurope. It has one of tho richest coal Heidi In the world and Uie Iron Industry there has been developed on a vat scale. The British bridgehead east of tho IUilne Is semicircular In snape, centring arjoui vvouienz. uie nuima of the circle being approximately eighteen miles. It docs not reach the lino be iween ine iinme iiruwm-- aim ncoiimu - lla at present. GERMANY ACCEPTS TERMS TO GET FOOD Surrenders and Will Get 370,' 000 Tons Monthly. BnfssEi.R, March 14 (delaj-eil- ) The German uelegates to mo conference Here regarding\ thu taking over t?5.J-AIII- e.s of the German mercantile lleit and the provisioning of Germany definitely ac- cepted to-d- tho conditions imposed by tho Allies. A board of control for German ex- ports will bo established under the Continued on Eighth Page. Fund Smokes Help in Long Hikes Overseas J?EAD on pago 1, section 4, a letter from n soldier who tells of hikinrr thirty kilos to bo re- viewed by Gen. Pershinp, nnd just before starting his company had tho. good luck to fill their pockets with cigarettes dis- tributed to them by THE SUN Tobacco Fund. This soldier, Corporal MacRoe of Company I, 30Gth Infantry says, \It's our greatest pleasure to have a good smoke on a long hike.\ Tho fund is trying to pass the $450,000 mark this week and it ought not to be difficult becauso it is pretty closo to it now. A few generous donations will tako the fund over. WARNING! THK SUN TO IJACCO FUND has no connection with any other fund, organiza- tion or publication. It employs no agents or fcolicitors. JAPAN'S STAND ADDS RECRUITS AGAINST LEAGUE Senator King of Utah Says Eacial Question Will De- feat Covenant. ISHII MAKES IT CLEAR Chamberlain Says Nippon Insistence Impairs Success of Wilson Plan. QUESTION IS DOMESTIC Poindoxter Holds Problem of Immigration Is Vital to tho United States. Special Despatch to The 8cx. Washinoton, March 15. Japanese insistence that the racial bars be dropped as a condition of her entrance Into any League of Nations has stiff- ened the opposition to tho Wilson plan, particularly among the Senators from the Western and Pacific coast States. This stiffening has been to such an extent as to win over at least one more Democratic Senator to op- position to the league covenant. The reason for the opposition on ac- count of the Japanese raising the question of racial discrimination Is the i fact that tho league covenant as it now stands would accomplish Just the things that the Japanese openly have served notice they will require. Even Senator King (Utah), one of tho pio- neers for the formation of a plan for an international league for universal peace, asserted to-d- that If Japan insisted upon equality for her citizens in immigration It simply meant that \either Japan or the United States will not bo a signatory to the League of Nations compact.\ At Variance With Aaanrnnrea. The speech of VJscount Ishll before the Japan Society In New Tork last night demanding racial equality proves conclusively to the Senators still re- maining in Washington that the ques tion of immigration is one over which . to disarm American criticism Is to the league In Its present form tho Monroe Doctrlue Into the nave .control. Tnis Is at direct variance with the assurance given by the PresI-- ! dent to the foreign committees of Con-gre- while he was here that Immigra tion Is a purely domestic question under his league covenant. Senator King pointed out y that ' Japan could not be blamed for her In- - slstcnce, because the question of racial equality \ touched Japanese honor. ' , \\7 7. i AI,er attention uw sit-- . a a makes States Wilson a British Kn.ler. . ' before knows am ' 1 ' .Monrno n minor enough In leopiP If to be covenant acting Senator 'the the a d leaving until hpmtte ra,lf' of body of reaction various a nations as to would for a tribunal of consider to the to Nation thU concrete wil- - son covenant before us. when come to analyze Its contents find j It which be I have reached the unless the league plan Is amended I shall vote against It.\ Vims Ilrltrrntrd. Senator Chamberlain (Ore.), chairman of the Senate Military Committee, made \The Kpecch of Viscount Ishll Is but a repetition of Insistence made by r , , \ prcparC(1 b' T J.T. , n.. v . r 3 f--T., - --- - tho abandonment of racial Hon. A copy of it was printed In the CannreSSlonnl I?eVif..r anrl npn,.P..t to century extent in the Western provinces of Canada. \The Peace ronference and tho pro - League of Nations has given Japan the first opportunity she has had to. on the abandonment of racial discrimination and It nan that that opportunity not lost sight to Okuma China, In as Insisted sneaks I It Is to u one blamed, proud as remaining M'ould Lengne's as West Is as one familiar with the that section the believe the Inclusion of the Insisted upon imperil chances League at the same mfety States as whole. the question Im- migration aliens America on fllxt 1 Join British in to Heed Protests of Senators. WANT U. S. LEAGUE by for Would Ease By Btaff Correspunitent oThb Sun. Corvrtaht, 11; all riff fi rttrrxtd. Paris, March In high dlplo-mntl- c here llttte doubt 1 en- tertained that President Wilson pressed the point he could provision completely safeguarding the Monroe Doctrine Included In the cove- nant of the League of The portion of Uird nohert Cecil of tho British delegation has been that the provision which unanimity of the Suprpfne Council of the league necessary before the In- tervention of any nrmed force pro- tected the States In the Western Hemisphere, any European Intenentlon there would be Impossible unless tho United approved It beforehana. The British nro eager for Ameri- can participation the league and are willing to make many concessions to end. If President made strong hid for the Monroe Doctrine, admitting frankly that ma Jorlty opinion In America demanded It. the would support This was Indicated ome time ago; It Is even truer now, sltico much in formation Is reaching Paris from the United States that the only sure way ,f Wonld lie The fact Is that 111 some quarters the feeding would be much easier If President Wilson did this as rf,,i,.P,in.. imprira vnnMmxnr r.nr.. Iican would be placed In a \'' l\\ltiou toward their . .. ltiiiliinry treaty with Oermany, dlplo- - mats here nre asking, why not also In the treaties with Austria, Bulgaria aml lurkoy? 'lhls would mean that boundary lines and n multitude of other questions, many of which are far from settlement by the coramls- - slous studying them, would to Ikj determined tho documents nre Concerning Turkey one vet what Is to bo done with tho vart- - ous nationalities of tho oM ; '.cn'Plre; \C Involved are endless. President Wilson's of jamming ,l,HA.,rl. tltn Innm.f. mtt-nna- If' dent Wilson or Is not supported j American nubile opinion they ...., ,lnl,t 1,1. 1 , ( word lf \C'lni'ed that American l,lulon Jll\1''' l'm KolnR ahead With the lioctrino oilier of Lord Ilobert Cecil per- mitting the election of delegates the permanent congress of the league concession to British labor sen- timent. With this reenforcoment President Wilson may bo able to force this jcovenant, all the features that aro to the Republicans, through tho conference with only changes. The now that they are assured of n safe Continued on Second Pagt, uation Itself, he said, to the President declared the Insure strong opposition permitting Monroe Doctrine need not Included influx of Oriental labor hero the In the and, that Utah said whole situation assurance, if they agreed upon clearly exemplifies the urgent necessity .constitution with that feature of concluding peace treaty Immediately om,t,e(, BubMqucnt,y the Amerl-an- d later the format ,' Ca\ prfused U' Tne an international some sort. not necessarily league of Popu'nr in tliolr we have come understand tho term, countries not be pleat-an- t but arbitrament which will these leaders. and decide questions likely If the covenant of League of lead war. Is to be Included In the nro- - Wlth proposal-t- he we we much In must modified. point where Oknmn'a this comment: the '''' Idea SuLr h 1s IH,lntC1 Ut b' tlon and questions akin It have for a tll,lt lattpr wnnt Europeans may half or more been extremely \ acute; nnd not only in the United States think of tho to which Presl - but posed Insist expected would be have have with of. The refusal recognize the lnsls-- 1 Republican Ideas left out. tence of Count and Viscount Ishll opens the door dangerous possl-- 1 Prranmptlon of Tllplnmnta, billtles of comblnatlonn among Germany, ,, Russia and Japan and possibly the Uc-- 1 &0 fnr ns t,,e Plonintb of the while, on tho H\?\ l,r( concerned President Wilson hand, tho Inclusion the League Na- - mut be presumed lo speak with the Hons of a clause, sucn that vni.0 0f America, Just ns Premier by Japan and her upon statesmen, Opot- -e for firent up the question unrest of, the \rltaln and Premier Clemenceau for Stales and of complications between the United States and the Kxecutlvo Council I'rnnco. The Hrltlsh express by the Leaguo of Nations selves as satisfied with the present which Impossible forecast. That ' covenant virtually ns It trtnnds. Ono Japan will remain firm In her Insistence Is aramimpnt they propose the stlg- - .,....-- - ..annul uc and efficient nation sho Is. upon Insistent. Imperil Hureeaa. \So far the concerned, speaking situa- tion In of country, I provision by Japan would greatly the of success any proposed of Nations, and time Imperil tho peace and the United a Per- sonally I feel that of of to Ih Pant, IN It 15. circle If Nations. United fully because In that him. '..., Krrlliic present .statesmen own ilgned. no subject i,u... Is i,v .,. or gestlou to as an on on t0 C to of other of of of of purely a domestic question and ought Khlno frontier, may relent somewhat 1'\'iUl!\1 t!'u I'OJt!UO utjon their liilenmiluti,.! army ldi-- a ' \The\' question has been treated by rntl,er tl,nn rlsk fll \'\rd\ \f n Japan herself as a domestlo question ' future partnership with the United Continued f French, Jstm. WILSON WILL FORCE LEAGUE PLAN; IGNORES OFFER OF GREA T BRITAIN TO SAFEGUARD MONROE DOCTRINE wouldlWrlto FRENCH WILLING TO AMEND PACT Bcadincss Bequest President Modifications Situation. complications objectionable .Trerlenta mmS'ma-- '\''J'1 United:''?, President Cables Tumulty That Council Decides League Will Be Part of Treaty JOSEPH P. TUMULTY, secretary to President Wilson, announced in New York yesterday that President Wilson had advised him by cable that tho Plenary Council \has positively decided\ that tho League of Nations was to be part of tho peace treaty, thus confirm- ing the exclusive announcement in THE SUN yesterday thafc the Presi- dent would insist upon tho league, covenant as now drawn. THE SUN'S announcement by its staff correspondent in Paris said there would be no material change in the covenant framed if President Wilson had his way, and that the President, convinced that the people of the United States were behind him and were about to demolish tho Republican Senators' opposition, would make no com- promise ti speak of in the way of acceding to any Republican sug- gestion. In addition, it was asserted the convenant would be \Jammed\ through, without permitting time for extended debate, and made part of the peace treaty. Mr. Tumulty's statement was made in response to inquiries made of him regarding whether there was any truth in newspaper stories that the league was not to be incorporated in the peace treaty. The state- ment follows: \I cabled diroct to the President at Paris, asking if there was any truth in these reports, and I am this morning in receipt of a cablegram from the President stating that the Plenary Council has positively decided that tho League of Nations is to be part of the peace treaty; that there Is absolutely no truth in any report to the contrary.\ BRITAIN YIELDS ON LEAGUE PACT Willing to Include It in tho Treaty in Order to Hasten Pence. WILSON AVOIDS SESSION Draft to Bo Presented Will Be One to Be Submitted to U. S. Senate Bv Ma Aiiociated Prtit. Paris, March 15. If President \Wi- lson Insists that the League of Nations be Incorporated In the preliminary peace treaty th Prttlsh, It Is under- stood, will concede the point, although they still believe that the preliminary pact is not the proper place for the Inauguration of tho league. whch. they hold, should bo included in the Oral peace pact. This attitude was indicated y after the announcement that the American delegation strongly desired the Inclusion of the. league In the pre- liminary treaty as well as In the final pact. It was stated at American head- quarters that thq treaty now being framed would be the definite treaty covering all tho main subjects, and would not be a preliminary treaty It Is the treaty which will be submitted to the United States Senate for rati- fication, and after Its conclusion the remaining details largely will bo for- malities. r.asjrr to Get SlKnilturra. The British, It Is made known, do not wish to delay the League of Na- tions programme In any way. but they express the keenest desire for the im- mediate signing of the preliminary peace treaty so as to alleviate unsatis- factory conditions resulting from the continuation of the arm'stlce. To net speedy action they purpose to irh the nrellmlnarv coniDact of all extraneous matters which, they believe. Include the league of Nations. The conclusion of the pre.lmlnarles of peace, with any amendments which might be added would be made part of the final pact. The Supreme w ar ounrti remimeu us \'n\ thl ernoon with a dlstln- - KUlam'1 \rr3- - \f nuntary ana cm nan chlcf\- - xPlng that President Wilson wouM be prclU foP ,0 nnil, con. deration of the military, naval nnd aerial terms oi uie im.iinm- - ment Wilson Not nf Session. The President did not attend however. Col. House taking his place, as the draft of the terms In treaty form had not been completed In time to permit of trtv hefnrn the meetlni. The Presi dent received the full draft late thu afternoon and went over It article oy nriicio wmi vien. nn unu Admiral Benson. With the President absent, the coun- cil deferred tho military and naval terms until Monday. The Polish frontiers of Germany was the next subject on the programme, but the British Prlmo Minister was not pre- pared to proceed, ro this nlso was de- ferred. Mr. Lloyd George left the coun- cil room soon after learning that Presi- dent Wilson. would not attend and pro- ceeded to the \White House\ for a con- ference on the situation. Treaty Mny lie IJelayrd. ' The Inevitable delays on various de- tails lead to doubts 'for the first time In American quarters on completing the treaty by March 25, as was expected It has developed slsq that Mr. Lloyd George Is obliged to return to London the tnlddlo nf the rnmln week and ho Is Continued on Seonnif Pnae HTF.AKNS ('Alt' H.WK M Kit. Now at IS Central Park West. Thty Merit Your Inspection. Ait. 31 VARIETIES OF FOE ATROCITIES Massacres, Starvation of Civil- ians and Killing of Hos- tages Listed. MOBE TO BE REPOBTED Commission on Bcsponsiblli-tie- s Collecting Facts to Place the Guilt. ny O. .. ADAM. Ajieefal CaM lfpa(rA fo Tss Srs from the Lontbtl Times JrrHee. CopiiigM, 1915; all rtVAM reserved. Pms, March 15. Here Is the list of tho thirty-on- e varieties of crime com mltted by the enemy countries during i ' rej.on - ..n-- ,,, ' \'t\ on fact appointed by the Com mission on Hesponslbllitles for the War: Massacre of civilians. Putting to death of hostages, torture of civilians. Starvation of civilians. Abduction of girls and women. Deportation of civilians. Internment of civilians under brutal conditions. Korccd labor of civilians in connec- tion with military operations. Enomy usurpation of sovereignty dur- ing military occupation. Compulfory enlistment of soldiers among Inhabitants of occupied territory. Pillage. fonflseatlon of property. Kxaetlon of illegitimate or exorbitant contributions and requisitions. Debasement of currency and Issue of spurious currency. I Imposition of collective penalties. Wanton devastation and destruction of I property Bombardment of undefended places. Wanton destruction of religious. chnrltable, educational and historical buildings and monument'. Destruction of merchant ships and passenger vmsels without warning. Destruction of fishing boats. Destruction of relief ships. Bombardment of hospitals. Attacks on and destruction of hospital ships. Breach of other rules relating to the Bed Cross. Use of deleterious and asphyxiating gases. Use of explosive and expanding bul- lets. Directions to jtle no quarter. Ill treatment of prlsuners. Misuse of flags of truce. Polsonlrg of sc','fi. Ken this list, as takes pains to point out, does not :lie record of the enemy 'h crimes, and it r mmends thi .i,, ointment of some ft.indlng body. for the purpose of eollectlnc and ss stematlrlng further in- formation with the view of laying be- fore a tribunal, or tribunals, to be set up, a comprehensive list of charges and accused persons. 4 MORE SENATORS JOIN LEAGUE FIGHT Middle Westerners Opposed fQ Covenant. WAsniNnTON, March 15. Four more Senators, representing the agricultural IntereMB In the middle West, are lining up against the league of Nations cove- nant aa now drawn. These Senators are Kenyen (la ). Gronna (N. P.), Kellogg (Minn.) and Norrls (Neb). The first announcement of his stnnd was made by Senator Kenyon In an ad- dress at Kort Dodge. In , and it was followed by statements from the three ither Senators. These announrtmcnts aro of particular importance because they havo come from men who purposely reserved Judgment until they had heard from their constituents. Senator Kenyon went out to his State and got thorounhly In touch with home sentiment. Now he Is emphatically against the league. Senator Kellogg was Inclined to favor the league plan. He got in touch with his constituents and now he Is emphatically against It. Senator Oronna waa regarded as a man, but has found that all his contltutenf except the German Lutheran ministers were against the league and went on record early against the covenant u President Throws Down Gage of Battle to Repub- licans in Congress. TO HALT DISCUSSION Opposing Nations to Be Ignored by Him in the Peace Conference. ALLIED LEADERS AMAZEB Lloyd George and Clemencosu Havo Not Yet Given Approval. nr i.AUitUNCr: hills. Staff Correspondent of The Sun. Covvriaht, 1919J all rightt rettrxei, Paris, March 1,\. President WH-so- n virtually has thrown down the gage of battle not only to the Re- publicans In the American Congress but to the representatives of other na- tions In tho Peace Conference who have been opposed to his plan to Jam through the present covenant of the League of Nations without any op- portunity for lengthy discussion or revision in order to Insert It In the preliminary treaty with Germany. That tho President had any Idea of pursulug the course advocated strongly in British and French cir- cles In the last two weeks, namely, to defer discussion, of the leaguo until tho preliminary treaty has beou signed, was dissipated y by a denial Issued by him that such a course could or would be pursued under the resolution of the con- ference. Tho President's denial confirms the despatch to Titr. Sun yesterday that I bo had returned resolved upon forcing 1 the league through Immediately, prac- - I tlcally as It stands, thereby obtaining this tactical advantage over the Re- publicans, yJio, ho believes, will bo compelled then to ratify the treaty, lurltidlng the league covenant. foreign Stntramen Amused. The statement by the President to- day admittedly Is one of tho most extraordinary developments of tho Peace Conference. It Is absolutely contrary, ns The Sun has Mated, to tho programme suggested here by the leaders during his nbsence. Andre Tardleu himself, tho repre- sentative of France In league mat-ter- n, declared publicly only last Thursday that the league covenant would not be a part of this treat-- , although he Is an earnest supporter of the league. The same statement was repeated jcsterdiiy by Uie French and British representatives, who then apparent! hud not been Informed of the mood In which the President re- turned to France. RurpriM' Is no word to express tho feelings caused In foreign circles by the President's stand. Politicians like Premier Lloyd George and Pre- mier Clemenceau undoubtedly ex- pected some sort of compromise. The British, If statements to the corre spondent of Thk SfN as to the Presl dent's role as spokesman for America havo any effect, have now been In- formed that the I'nltfsl States la for the covenant and does not approTO any change'. In effect, as they see It. the President has Issued hln de- fiance to the Hepiihllcans In Congress and demanded that they hack hlra. TnUea Cue From Despntrhei, The President's statement was Is- sued early this morning after ho had tend despatches cabled from America that the conference now Is expected tn postpone the League of Nations until the prelfnfinary treaty with Germany has lieon signed. These exinvtalliitis apparently were based on despatches to America to tho effect that British and French spokesmen hud stated the leaguo would not be Incorporated In the treaty. While the denial was based upon these despatches, It Is believed It was Inspired principally hy Information Imparted to the President by Ool. Mouse regarding the feeling of the French mid British that this peace treat should not contain the cove- nant. The President dicused the league question. It Is now known, with Pre- mier Lloyd (ienrge and Premier Clemenceau jpsterdny to some t, but gave no intimation of this move ., which surprised both of them. The British Prime Minister plainly had relied upon Col. House to Inform President Wilson of tho good progress made toward conclud Ing a simple preliminary treaty with Germany In short order nnd also to persuade the President to defer tho league discussion sn that this Im- portant step toward establishing peaco In the world could be accom- plished In the quickest possible time, Sonio hint nf the lreMdenl! Inten- tion seems to have reached Premier
