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w WEATHER FORECAST. Fair to-da- y; fair and warmer he moderate northwest winds.. 1 IT SHINES FOB ALL Higl??.M tfroperajure yesterday, 6a: lowest, it. nvu j uesthtr reports on dltorUl pat A VOL. LXXXVI. NO. 200. NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19, 1919. Copyright, 1919, 1J the Bun Printing and Publishing .Association, PRICE TWO CENTS. RUPPERT WILL BEQIN BREWING 2.75 P. C. BEER New York Plant to Lead Way for General Resump- tion of Manufacture. EHRET WILL FOLLOW Other Firms Inclined to Hold Off Until Test Case Is Settled. ROPER ASKS TOR ADVICE Admits Knowing of No Spe- cific Law for Ono-ha- lf Per , Cent. Ruling. -- - Brewers In this city made prcpara- - i Uons yesterday to resume the making i of boor with 2.75 per cent, alcohol. The Jacob Ruppert Brewing Company will be tho first concern to start work under tho opinion sanctioning such a courso which was. given to the Lager Beer Brewers' Board of Trado on Mon- day by Ellhu Root and \William D.\ Guthrie, special counsel in tho flght against prohibition. Tho Ruppert brewery will probably proceed on this basis and tho results are being watched by the rest of tho brow-or- s, as tho action of the Rupperts promises to develop into a test case. Col. Ruppert planned to assert his right in this way to disregard tho rul ing of CommlsslonerKopcr of tho In- ternal Revenue Bureau on February 0, that any beverago containing an excess of halt of 1 per cent of .alcohol wosln-toxlcatln- g. At the same time this was announced the Government was asked to cooperate with tho defenco in the test case brought by a minority stock- holder ! against tho James Everhard's Breweries quesUonlng the constitu- tionality of the. war tlmo prohibition act \We shall- - take no action with re- gard to tho brewing of 2i per cent-bee- until wo receive Instructions from tho Bureau of .Internal Revenue In Washington,\ said ;Wllliam H. Ed- wards, Collectorof- Internal Revenue, in this city Yesterday. Itaprr Aak for Advice. From Washington came the statement from Commissioner Roper that \we will mect tlio lesuo when we come to It.\ Meanwhile he decided to ask the De- partment of Justlco whether the bureau has authority to enforce Its rule against the sale of beer containing more than one-ha- lf of one per cent of alcohol. This decision was reached by the Com- missioner after conferences with legal advisers and deputies of the department in charge of enforcing liquor laws', when the Commissioner found tho various laws and food administration regulations, were so complicated that It would require aa authoritative legal decision to clarify the situation. The recent ruling from the bureau pro- vided that beer containing not more than 3.75 per cent, of alcohol could be brewed, but that before tale the alcoholic content must be reduced to not more than one-ha- lf of one per cent. Revenue ofllclals maintained that this percentage limit w?s based on precedent and on court decisions in various States. It has been used for years In collecting taxes. Com- - mlssloner Jtoper admitted, however, that Stato laws vary and that he knew of no specific Federal law or court decision prescribing one-ha- lf of one per cent, as the Jlmlt of alcoholic content for beer. Contention of Brewer. the Passengers, k'\c1d' wdlctmnt up degree ht',n, 1'. dated products. were leaders are pinning tho prohibiting manufacture of wlno malt vinous liquors\ does .iway necessity proving containing than one-ha- lf of 1 ot is intoxicating, sines expressly mentioned In pro- hibitory Wheeler, counsel the said at Washington yesterday would be' to define Intoxi- cating liquor measure went Into effect on July trrpretntlon. As matters Messrs. and hold that neither that act nor the law 10, 191.7, \authorizes pny executiro officer determine what malt are or prescribe any fixed test standard for when beverages shall Intoxicating.'' Commissioner Roper looks for an opinion from the solicitor the Bureau Attomey-aener- Palmer, as roon as Interpretations the have made, will determine what courso to pursue. those decisions him enforcing tho H per cent rule, reve- nue will be forbid the shipment .beer from, breweries nntalnlnr larger ef In cw.swtypolfoVf VMrtftpi, U. S. to Lease Islands for Canal's Protection pANAMA, March 18.--T- hc Cortagcna correspondent of tho Panama and Herald tho United is arranging for a ninety-nin- e year lcaso from tho of Adrcas and New Providence, off the north coast of Colombia, near Colon. it is will bo $40,000,000. islands contain small cocoanut plantations, and but little agriculture Is carried on upon them. The islands are considered to have military value, as they are immediately off tho Caribbean en- trance to tho Panama Canal. BLEWITT FREED IN B. R. T. CASE Official Accused Fatal \Wreck Acquitted Less i Than Four Hours. MOTORMAN'S TRIAL NEXT Judge's Charge Hinged on Ob- taining Competent Help for Road. The Jury in the Nassau County Su- premo Court at Mlncola which has been hearing the evidence the trial of Thomas F. Blcwitt nn Indict- ment charging him with manslaughter In connection with the wreck on the Brighton Beach line the Brooklyn Rapid 'Transit Company Novem- ber, when ninety-tw- o persons brought in verdict of not night 8:18-o'cloc- \With tho exception \an hour for the Jury had been deliberating since 4:45 At the conclusion of the trial E. Lewis, Attorney, announced that the next of tho indicted B. R. ofllclals employees to be tried would bo Edward Luciano, also as Anthony the of tho train which was wrecked. This arrangement, however, was said by Lewis be only tentative, but that was likely the trial would begin on March Lewis also said that he did not think the would permit the trial of on a second Indic- tment found by the Grand Jury con- nection with tho Isaac ft. for for the dismissal of the Indlct- - ment as soon as court convened yes- terday morning. motion was de- nied by Justice and Mr. QclanJ then suggested the attorneys ab- stain fron summing up and submit tho case to the Jury on tho charge of the court. District Attorney Lewis, how- ever, refused to content to this arrange- ment, and Mr. Oeland then began his address to Jory. He completed this task shontly after noon, nnd then, Mr. Lewis plea for the State. Justice Seegcr his charge to tho Jury at 3:10 o'clock. \Tho defendant was charged operation of trains,\ the \and had tho to com- petent workmen by any The rules for tho preparation and In- struction motormen were necessarily somewhat embarussed. If the motormen selected were competent It makes no difference that tho rules of tho com- pany were violated. The rules arc not \The defendant, as superintendent of the has charge of the transpor- tation of passengers, Including tho se- lection of motormen for I charge you ho was bound to exerclso the utmost and. highest care as far as hu- man foresight can go. If failed In that dlllgenco In tho appointment of trains on the day of wreck should have no bearing on their verdict, even If tho motormen had been Blnco were required to de- cide whether Lewis B. R. T. EMPLOYEES MEET. Krtort 31 a Up to Knroll Them in Notional Association. An all night meeting was held In Halsey (street, near Broad- way, Brooklyn, last night in an effort to enroll men and women employees of tho B. R. T. In tho Amalgamated Asso- ciation of Street and Hallway Employees ot America, which mado un unionize surface car, elevated and subway employe In Manhattan In the summer 'l916. William Collins, general organizer the American Federation Labor, who was chairman, that 4,000 the workers already secretly Joined the union. Frank Morrison, secretary the American Federation of Labor, \hirelings of \attempt-In- g to break up the meeting\ when remarks were Interrupted from rear the hall. Capt. Kane und reserves from Ralph avenue station were present butchers was disorder. If you can 'roony you can Invnt while you . Ask ior'Drilculr o r.. J'artlol \Mau- The of this latest phase of the Lewis. endangering tho health and afelJr of and thereby as a the fight of rests on point beer containing 2 per cent ' re8ult ThnJ\ t.il!,fea,hel; was. of alcohol Is Intoxicating The brewers 'you . may count , auitalned. naintaln that It Is and tne dcfendant knew Lewis was not prepared to back their claims , competent, I charge you that It was th testimony experts and with lawful to appoint him. If he did not ourt decisions. Relying on I know or omitted to eierciao tho highest to thatieffect from the organl- - I of care and failed to learn of his Root and Guthrie handed i , C0?TL.l \ was \\nl;\ their opinion that \tho proclama- - how ,0 operate tho traln lt maltcrs not Hons of the President January 30 wny or how lle wa8 BCiected. If he was and March,4. 1919. authorlzo tho use competent, but his careless actions \\t.aln \a.nd other food In the caurcd the wreck, th cj-ino- t bo production of malt liquors which are not ' borne out.\ ,n Intoxicating and that tho act \of Justice Seeger cautioned tho Jury that K...n.v- - . mi. .... , . . I evidence Introduced hv the State tend ng non intoxicating beers motormen .put In of T.eaguo their faith, 'they contend that phrase the \beer or other Intoxicating or wltu the of that beer moro per cent, alcohol beer Is the phrase. However, Wayne B. general for league, that Con- gress urged before the 1. Lnir)rr' In stand Root Outhrle of August of tho Government to liquors In tact Intoxicating, to or determining malt be deemed On this point shortly of Internal Revenue nnd and their of vari- ous been .the Com- missioner If uphold Jn lOfllcera instructed, to of a amount alcohol. Jf in; 2 Star as- serts that States Colombia of islands San The payment, asserted, The in in In on of lust were killed, a guilty last at of dinner o'clock. Harry District T. and known Lewis, molormon Mr. to It 26. Mr. law Illewitt In wreck. Oeland, attorney Blcwitt, ..moved This Sceger, that the made his began to main- tain safe said Justice, right get lawful means. of company division, trains. that he the proved Incom- petent, they only was Incompe- tent. Ar- cadia Hall, Klectrlc unsuccessful attempt to of of of said of B. R T. had of accused of tho B. R. T.\ Ms the of the no Varment weight brewers whether ..Jr ire by assurances brewers' Ballon. Messrs. .nit of charge fact charge statutes, statutes. G. 0. P. LEADERS DECIDE TO KILL N. Y. INCOME TAX In Conference at Albany $25,000,000 State Levy Is Turned Down. PRIMARIES TO STAY Women on Executive Com- mittee Insist on Passage of Labor Reforms. 3 P. C. BEER BILL DOOMED Calder Says Congress \Will De- fine State Rights as to Prohibition Laws. Special Despatch to Tax Bcn. Alhnt, March 18. As a result of- a conference y of tho executive committee of tho Republican State Committee ond a conference of the Republican members of the State Senate, which wao expected to bo far from harmonious before lt ended, predictions arc being made that tho Legislature will kill: The proposal of the Davenport committee for levying a State In- come tax to raise $25,000,000 needed for tho Stato treasury. The plan to pass a hill doing away with the present direct primary system of nominating State officers and returning to an amended form of selecting them nt party Stato conventions. Tho Walters bill to permit con- tinued sale of 3 per cnt. beer for home consumption notwithstanding the prohibition amendment to the Constitution, nnd await action for prohibition enforcement by tho United States Congress. Tho liberal labor legisla- tion for health Insurance, minimum wage and the eight hour day for women. Will II. Hays, chairman of the. Na- tional Republican Committee, was ex- pected to bo at the conference of the executive committee, but wired that he was unable to attend, saying: \There Is nothing so Important for the country's welfare as complete Repub- lican success. This is no time for little things. Just as during the war. so now we have no time for petty Jealousies, carping criticisms, pulllni; and hauling The Ilcpubllcan party accepts tho re- sponsibility which comes with Its new opportunities and with our eyes solely on the country's welfare we will meet the new needs of the nation in the wisdom of experience and the efficacy of honest, zealous service. \This Is only possible If we all do our part Tho party In New York will not fall the party In tho nation.\ Cnndldntea A if- - on tlir Ground. Tho omission of Mr. Hays to come here for this meeting was attributed by some politicians to a desire to keep out of what might have turned Into a nice little Republican party fight In caso the executive commjtteo should havo talked about \candidates of whom there are several In Albany at this min- ute. His friends, however, say other business made lt Impossible for him to nttend. Great secrecy was sought by those at- tending the executive committee con- ference. They agreed to give out noth- ing of what happened, except the general statement that everything was harmo- nious; that- - all pending legislation was discussed, and that a committee com- posed of George A. Glynn, chairman of the State committee: Hertrand H. Snell of I'otsdam, chairman of tho executive committee.; Republican leader J. Henry Walters of the. Senate and Speaker Thad-deu- s C. Sweet of the Assembly would have more talk on these questions and might have something to nnnounco as to tho attitude of the party later. Nothing surprised politicians more than the well defined feeling that the Republicans havo nrranged to forget for the present nt least their plans to rehabilitate the party State convention system of choosing candi- dates, for county committees nil over the Stato have gone on record as opposing tho present primary system and asking a return to the convention method. Women Upheld I'rlmnrlrs. I In some quarters It Is that the attitude of tho Ivo women members of tlm execute o com- mittee, headed by Mary Garret Hay, head of th Woman Suffrage party, had more to do with the decision to let he primary system nlono than anything else. Miss Hay told the executive com- mittee that she thought It would be better to withhold action for a while Continued on Fifth Page. 'Sun' Fund Smoke Good After a Long Hike the American soldiers go under review by Gen. Per- shing they ask fpr smokes either before or immediately after n \hike\ to the review ground. \A smoke after a hike is neces- sary,\ writes a soldier whoso card is printed on page 10, \but I guefs THE SUN and its friends know that.\ A card of thanks to a smoke fund donor arrived simultane- ously with its author, J. V. Gray of tho 107th Infantry. It's worth reading. WARNING 1 THE SUN Q FUND has no connection with any other fund, organiza-tlo- n or , publication, It employs no agents-o- r solicitors. Gen. Crowder Flies to Havana in Seaplane JJAVANA, March 18. Major-Ge- n. Enoch F. Crowder, Judgo Advocate General of the American Army, who hod been invited to Cuba by tho Govern- ment to revise the election laws, arrived hero from Key West this afternoon by seaplane. After landing, Gen. Crowder wont' aboard tho American cruiser Cin- cinnati. Gen. Crowder left Key West at 12:30 o'clock. The plane carrying Gen. Crowder was es- corted by another plane. PICKS U.S. FLIER m OCEAN RACE Navy Department Summons Licut.-Command- cr Bellinger to Conference. GOOD-B- Y DINNER GIVEN He Expects to Begin Transat- lantic Trip in Few Days From Hampton Roads. Special Dttpateh to Tns Sex. , Norfolk, Va., March 18.. Lieutenant j Commander Patrick N. L. Bellinger. ; commanding tho nlr station of tho Fifth Naval District, will attempt to fly across the Atlantic Ocean In a na-v- at seaplane. .Ho was notified to-d- by tho Navy Department to proceed to Washington at once for n confer-- I ence. Ho Is expected to stnrt on the ocean flight within tho next few days from Hampton Roads. A fnrcwell dinner was given for him by officers of the nlr station I and n loving cup was presented to him. More than 200 naval officers were rresent to wish him godspeed. He will leave for Washington Lieutenant-Command- Bellinger Is said to have been the first American nvl-- ! ator to pilot an airplane under fire. He 'flew over Vera Cruz In 1913 nnd wis under fire of Mexican snipers for more , than an hour. He has been conducting experimental 'flights for several weeks. He flew 300 miles to sea several days ago and picked up a destroyer which had several hours start on him. He Is thoroughly familiar with the sea lanes which steamships fol- low In tho transatlantic service. Lieutenant-Command- Bellinger said ho felt sure the flight would prove suc- cessful. He did not know where the Hart would be made, but Intimated that Hampton Roads would probably be se lected. Details of the flighthe said, uould be arranged In Washington. He mentioned that the start would probably be made In the next few days. BRITISH SHIP PLANE -- FOR OVERSEA FLIGHT Secretly Built Machine is Sent to Newfoundland. fly the Astorla'td Vr. London-- , March IS. British aviators are to try a flight across tho Atlantic, i A secretly built airplane, accompanied by Harry G. Hawker, ns pilot, and Com- -, mander Mackenzie Glrvc, Iloyal Navy, as navigator, was shipped from England yesterday for St John's, Newfoundland. from which It will start at the earliest possible moment In an attempt to win the Dally Mall prize of J30.000 for the. first machine to fly across tho Atlantic. The machine Is a Sopwlth two sealer biplane, with a 373 horse-pow- engine. The fusllago Is boat shaped and will sup- port the machine In the water. Pilot Hawker said lie believed that ' tho flight would occupy about nineteen and one-ha- lf hours. Tho machine, he added, had flown 900 miles In nine hours and flve minutes on one-thir- d of Its petrol capacity, and is capable of malu-- I tabling a speed of 100 miles an hour for twenty-fiv- e hours. l Harry G. Hawker won the British ; Mlchelln prize for 1912 by a flight of i eight hours and twenty-thre- e minutes. He has made many long distance flights ' along the British coast. He established u! world's altitude record of 28,500 feet In 1916. Newfoundland lies nearer to Kurope than any other part of North America, the dlst mice being about 1,900 miles. ENGLAND SETS AERIAL RECORD. General Slakes 172 Mile Fllitht In 7-- t Mlnntes. Paris. March 18. Major General IJohn 10. B. Seeley of the British War Office on Sunday flew from Folkestone to Paris, a dlstanco of 172 miles in sev- -' enty-fou- r minutes, establishing a for the flight, It was learned , The airplane had the wind behind it. FLIGHT TO BRAZIL HALTED. jcrnt'krd G Under Forres I.anillnn of Filer Xrr Hints. J.ONDON, March 18. A telegram re- ceived here from Paris says that Lieut. Fontan, who plans a flight from Capo Dakar, ScnegambU, to Pernambuco, Brazil; left Vlllacoublay for Dakar on Sunday, but was compelled to land near ' nomorimtln. southeast of Hlols, beeauso of a cracked cylinder. I It Is said he Is now In Paris and In tends tnstart onco more for Dakar In a few days. I HOFFMANN SUCCEEDS EISNER. MlnUter of Worship Made lln- - vnrlan Premier. Basel, March 18. Herr Hoffmann, Socialist Minister, of Worship in tho Eisner Government.- - has been elected Premier or Havana by tlio Diet, accord-lin- g to the Frankfort Ua:ctte. After' the election tho Diet adjourned to give tho now Premier time to form a cabinet At the beginning of tlio sitting party leaders declared their adhesion to the Stato constitution which was framed by the late Premier and ugreed unanimous- ly on the first ni( second, readings of tne document it JjJrejwtea. ENGLAND'S NEW TRANSPORT BILL CAUSES TANGLE Sir Eric Gcddes Forced to Change Many Provisions of Measure. ANGERS ALL CLASSES Municipalities- - Object to Surrender of Authority Over Projects. 1 s CALL IT \PRUSSIANIS1I\ Great Parliamentary Fight Predicted Before Law Be- comes Effective. Special Wirtlrii Deipatch to Tbz Sex. Copvrlght, 1919; all riahta retcrved. London-- , March 18. Forced by se- rious labor difficulties to legislate It- self Into nlmost absolute control of every means of transport and commu- -' nlcatlon, tho British Government now Is seeking tho passage by the House of commons of a ways and communl- -' cations bill, nnd ono of tho greatest Parliamentary fights slndo 1918 ap- parently Is at hand. Sir Eric Geddes, Minister without i portfolio In tho present Cabinet, who ' has been trying to placate the various Interests, Is meeting insurmountable ' difficulties and, realizing that ho can-- , not bring about acceptance of the measure In Its original form, has ma- -' terlally altered the bill. The original draft allowed the Govern- ment to take over any or all existing railways, harbor works, canals, docks, fee. This proposed arbitrary power does not fit In well with the British Ideas of Individual liberty or and as a result a tremendous hue and cry has ben raised throughout the country against the passage of such radical legis- lation on such short notice. Opponents of the measure declare It will enable the State to seize control of every vehicle and vessel In the country and they assert that this contemplated control Is equivalent to Germanizing the British transport system. They visual- ize the Issue as \a battle between the forces representing good and evil, even of spiritual liberty versus bureaucratic dictation \ Shipping Men Olijrct. While tho bill to a certain extent would meet the demands of the railway men for nationalization, it would seriously af- fectthe harbors and docks, which are elements vastly more Intractable and the structures are much more costly. While water traffic lacks the regularity of rail- ways, \hipping is vastly more expensive and the cargoes carried moro costly. Therefore the great body of opponents of the measure Is found among the docks, which really are municipal Institutions, governed by expert trustees. U cannot reasonably bo expected that snich Institutions could be nbsorbed or controlled by Inefficient offi. ' rials. It is asked why men who have built or aro building splendid harbors and magnificent docks should be com- pelled to make way for less representa- tive men. It Is pointed out also that any Inter- ference whatever from the Government In the operation of the great national gateways must Inevitably and badly af-fe- the approaching contest for Interna- tional trade. Looking at the ways and communica- tions bill from the viewpoint of Its op- -, ponents, It Is found to rontaln a variety of propositions that apparently are un- - Jut. I)i Manchester, for example, the great work of canalization was carried out not only by the municipality but by private interests', working hand in hand with tho city. It is asked If all the efforts made In 'the last decade are now to bo taken over by tho Government, deposinR the men who have devoted their lifetime to work- ing out the many problems involved and replacing them with political ineftlclents. Concession Arc Made. ' Owing 'to the heavy opposition some concessions already have been made. The Government is prepared to modify the- - procedure by which It can acquire ccntrol of tho railways, cannW and docks, und also to (establish separate departments under a ministry to deal the various forms of transport, a lesportsible and prominent official nt the I head of each department to be In con- - tlnual touch with the Minister. All pro-- i posals for constructing new railways or 'the abandonment of existing works aro to he determined by tlm Mlnlst w.'trr conference with tho chiefs of depart- -' ments. Sir Krlc Intends to emphasize the con-- . dlllons discovered by the Government during the war, when It was found that tho los In tho railways' business ran Into millions ns a result of lack of unl-- j formlty In administration, nnd also that the canals wvre unprofitable because of their Inefficient competition, while nearly all tho poris were operated under officials who continually sought parliamentary power to Increase their charges. Theretoro no transport system can continue, on Its present lines, it is and the Government must have control of the whole. it Is believed ninety members of Par- liament will vote against tho present bill. FRENCH SEIZE TWO The Ill), mt CartBKnin, Spain, Taken by Tims. ( London, March IS. The German pub-- I marine l'-- nt Cartagena. Spain, and tlio remaining German submnrtnc at Ferrol have been \Reze\d by Frencli tuc- - boa'ts,\ according to a despatch from Madrid. Unr,l tilt-- til. Crmaii unl.n.n.tn. K.M8 was suhk by a Spanish destroyer I while attempting to escape from Ferrol. Tlio crew was saved. The 8 was In- terned at Ferrol In March, 1918, The 9 was very active In the Eng-- . Ileh Channel during May, June and July of 1 9 1 f, nnd at one time was reported I to have sunk the l.usltanla.- - It was re -- . ported later that the U-8- 8 torpedoed the Lusltanla. Vpb WILL 1INI) Till! HTK UlXS KMUIIT at 13 Central Park Wai- t- m una it. it's wondttful. .tou. i m v X BRITISH ACCEPT LpAGUE AS PAR T OF FIRS T TREA TY; ACT AFTER WILSON ' . TALK TREATY ALONE, 'AIM OF SENATE Covenant Will Be Cut Out if Woven With Wilson's Peace Pact. PLAN SEPARATE ACTION Monroe Doctrine and Ameri- can Action in Armament to Bo Insisted Upon. Special Detpatch to Thi Sex. WASiriNOTON, March IS. Out or the' confusion of statements and denial about the Lcaguo of Nation's covenant nnd Us probable Inclusion In or exclu-- 1 slon from the peace treaty, Senators here have gathered that It Is to bo oc-- 1 cepted as the President's purposo to weave tho leoguo constitution and the peace treaty together as hard and fast a-- j he can. As a result of this amend- ments to the constitution as proposed by Mr. Wilson' are already being dis- cussed. Two general amendments to the league constitution If it comes in ns Mr. Wilson has promised It will nre now being talked of by Senators, who will refuse to surrender the sover- eignty of tho United States ns the Wilson pact would do. The flrst amendment has to do with tho Monroe Doctrine; the second has to do with tho Army nnd Navy of the United States. So far as the Monroe Doctrine is con- cerned, it is proposed that an amend- ment shall be added' to tho Wilson pact stating definitely that nothing in the League of Nations constitution shall be construed In any way to mean that any European or Asiatic Power shall be per- mitted to acquire any territory In tho Western Hemisphere by conquest, pur- chase, cession, lease, or by any action of the proposed League of Nations. \Will Guard National Armament. So far as the army and navy aro con- cerned, this amendment would provide that nothing In the league pact shall be In any way construed as prcent!ng the United Stntei from building a navy Just as large as the navy of the greatest naval power In the world and that noth- ing in the league constitution shall be construed as to prevent the United States from raising and maintaining an army as large as tlio army of any other nation in the world. In both amendments under discussion U would bo expressly provided also that no further action of the league or of Its exifutlve council could reverse this situ- ation. , Of course these two amendments arc far from being all that would be pro- posed, nnd tho Senate Is more than likely to adopt these amendments nnd others when the Wilson league pact conies be- fore it. The Senate' Is determined not to treat with tho pcaco treaty and tho League of Nations covenant as one document, lt Is regarded as nothing more nor less than coercion on the part of the President to try to get the unpopular League of Na- tions through a hostile Senate on the back of a popular measure as the peace treaty with Germany Is expected to be. To l.op Oft Covenant. Cabled advices from Paris y In- dicated that the last attitude taken liy the President Is that the covenant will be attached to the peace treaty as an ap- pendix. If this proves to be true, In- stead of tho IYesldent's former threat of weaving the two together inextricably, t lie task of the Senate acting ns surgeon on the twofold document will bo Im- measurably simplified. If It is true that the league Is to be merely appended to Instead of woven Into the peace treaty, Senators said to-d- only a minor operation in- stead of the major un ot dlsst-ctio- will be necessary. This operation is expected to he quick and successful, with Sena- tors Lodge (Mass ) and Knox I Pa.) act- ing In their capacity as chief surgeons. Then tho peaco treaty, relieved of the encumbrance, will be considered und . . Tho exclteA. portion of the twofold document, these Senators declare, will then come in for separate consideration. If It proves Impossible to amend It to remove tho denationalizing ot It, It will bo defeated when the utc on ratification Is reached. Opponents of the Wilson scheme now declare that fifteen Democratic Sena tors will oppose the pact In Its present farm, nnd they nre counting on sqmo of tho Southern Democrats to take the snine stand when It comes to a phodoui. They are convinced that American would be surrendered to alien hands under the Wilson plan GERMANS FLEE TO ARGENTINA. Former Cnptnln Xiiioiir Officers l.'nlnir Assnmeil Vnnie. llt'KNos Atues. March IS. La llaon j announces that between v dozen nnd flf-- 1 teen German ofllcers arrived here from . Amsterdam on board the steamship Krisla under assumed names. Their past-ports- , vised by the Soviet Govern-- 1 ment In Germany, were issued by the Ar- - j gentlne Consul-Gencr- In Hamburg on December 6 of last year. Among the olllcers was a former submarine captain named Seldel. An Argentine student returning from Hamburg on the Dutch liner also had hln passport vised by the Soldiers and Workmen's Council I'rench 3llalan to Visit Vlennn, Pahib, March IS. The Government nun unuri ..uiiaiii.iutiwii, .uu i ciiiyn says, t'-- c sending of a lVene'i mission to Vienna to Uku uituigc of Picnci ecu-uoi- Intercals, In. German Auutrla. Nevada Senate Refudes to Indorse League Pact Q ARSON CITY, Nev., March 18. By a vote of eight to four tho Senate of the Nevada Legis- lature refused to pass a resolu- tion indorsing a League of Na- tions \of which the United States shall be a member.\ The resolu- tion was passed by the Assembly early in the season. Last week the Senate tabled a resolution condemning the proposed League of Nations. SAYS CONGRESS WILL END WAR i Senator Lcnroot Sure Pence. ' I Cnn He Concluded With- out President. RESOLUTION THE METHOD Is Opposed to League of Na- tions Idea and Will Not Re Coerced. Special Despatch to The Srx. Washington, March IS. Warning to I'resldcnt Wilson that his Intended-attemp- t to club the Senate into ratifica- tion of the League of Nations cove- nant would fall tvas uttered hero to- night by Senator Lenroot (Wis.) in an address before the Washington Com- mercial' Club. Senator Lenroot said the \supposed club over the Senate of postponing peace is one that is stuffed with straw. \It does not seem to have occurred to the President that If he is not will- ing to negotiate a treaty of peace sat- isfactory to tho American people Con- gress itself may and undoubtedly will pass a Joint resolution declaring the war with Germany terminated.\ The allied nations of Uuropp. In cluding Great Britain, are hound by a formal agreement that no one of them shall coiuiifde a separate peace j but all must act together. The United Stntes has consistently refused to be- come n party to this agreement, nl- - though such action has been urged in , England and France.- - The United States is nt war only with Germany and Austria and is perfectly free to malto a separate ponce with ono or both of them at its own discretion. In the beginning of his speech Sen- ator Lenroot pointed out that the United States is In \a most critical situation ,\ and that it will re- quire all of the patriotism and all of ; the courage ot the American people to Keep tlio American principles a,m has mak- - ing we permit peace attached Germany to .some that this will be done to force Senate accept without amendment tills stltutlon revolutionizing our Government and Its forelxi and domestic policies. Snyn Wilson Is Hrror. \In other words,\ Senator \the Senato to coerced de- -. manding ratification. ' President Wilson has once mis- - lemper favor of Leaguo Nations. In favor general league proposed, but one Senator will that will coerced Into otlng constitution League Nations, and the Senate will not be. The proposed constitution will bo considered upon merits and action taken will bo upon merits regardless of whether coupled treaty predicting U..:t CosArtC pass resolution declaring war; at end, then consider Nations pact separately, Senator Irfn- - -- ny me will Homing, lor me, onilga tlons Imposed upon by pruposed league outweigh any joslbp bene- fits criming to us. \Wlillo am in favor of Nations nt time proper to point recent opinions or some very eminent flrst quota from made 1P1I. less ago, follows '\There Just as things stilling that coiuern exist- ence of nation as then (the early of republic) and man worthily stands lu this presence should examine and see whether he conception of what America should live life. Washington taw he Farewell Address. not nierel) because of passing nud tran- sit circumstances that Washington we keep alliances. ot Looking Oar \'It because lie saw that country had set Its face Hie same, direction In had set cannot alli- ances whu are our way, and our might and and of our own we need rniithiuefl on Page. IIAHTSIIOKNK.ftUM CO.. Mmbtrt Conference \With Clemen-cea- u and Lloyd George Precedes Announcement. 'BIG FOUR' HEADS MEET No Final Action Until All Questions Arc Threshed Out. KACIAL MATTER ARISES Japnnchc Delegates Press Point After Mnin Issue Ts Settled. By tf.e Atiodated Prett. Tamp, March 18. Lord Itobcrt Cecil. tho British authority on the Leaguo of Nations, after n conference with Pre- mier Lloyd George declared in oT the British delegation tho Leaguo of Nations covenant, in the opinion of the delegation, should be In- corporated In the preliminary peace treaty. His announcement followed nn Im- portant conference this afternoon among President Wilson, Premier Lloyd George and Premier Clemen -- coau, tho conference taking tho ot the session of tlio Supreme War Council, which will be Lord Robert Cecil, while dlscusslnn tho League of Nations covenant with British corrcspondentr said: \If the Monroo doc- trine means, as I believe it does, that there ought to be no interference with affairs on the American continent Kuropcan Powers without consent of the United States, l'say the doctrine strengthened by the Leaguo ot Nations.\ .Announcement made at the close the conference that no final decisions been taken but that all tho main questions surrounding the Peace Conference had been discussed, that the mooting had been entirely satisfactory nnd that there had bcen no change In the plans previously an- nounced, which contemplate the com-pletlo- n of the peace treaty within the next two weeks, including the League of Nations. The conference extended, lasting from 3 o'clock in the afternoon until o'clock this evening. hnd been in- tended the meeting .should at tho \White IlSusc,\ but the pro- gramme was changed ami the con- ferees gathered in the apartment of Col. Kdward M. House at American headquarters. Orlando, the Italian Prim Minister, did attend the conference. tlm iltunlioulnn i.pti.ninnll.. tirPat nrilain I,1,.lnc \States. During the meeting Cap! crowds gathered to witness the arrival of tlio heads various Govern- ments. .Inpanesr llrlnu Knrlnl I'nlnt. Lord .Sumner and Norman Davis tl,. lirltlsli American financial ports, were nNo called in. Toward tlir .close of the meeting two of the ,Inp omii,t,',.irn .1.. ,, ii. lknow when the League of Nation ommKsioii would resume Its session\ ns they wished rigiiin to offer amendment terminating racial dls. crimination Their inirnnn. ,h,.ir offl,,. ()f ,,, atm.lmptlt n0, ,.,.., i.,.i,,i.. ,,,.,. ,ll)lnt arcept tr(..lty w,thout ,,. :imrn(1. ws will tie heard later ,,, ne,ltrals hearing win. to.,JlIV flx(.,, ()Vck' ,ay afternoon. jn of (lie conferen. Lloyd George made tlio f- that he probably would bo able to liinlu for the concluding wink w th treaty. developed that different In ipinlon existed on the lln.iniiiil term- - of the treaty. While no iithoruntlv stnteinent.wiis there reason believe that the question or tlio League of Nations llgured m th deliberations. No lln.il decisions vcr reached, but the general trend tin was favorable nnd tended dissipate any apparent dlvergem In viewpoint Treaty Itemlj In I'nrtnlulit. That general salisfuciion f Indicated tlio statement man' li.t the close uf the conference that tip treaty doubtless would re.nlj to pre- sent to the Geiiiiiins a fortnight from Returning the \While House\ President Wilson dined Lord Rob ert Cecil and Col. House. Hefore the Lord Itcibou ceived tlm British American coi respondents and announced th.Tt was tho opinion of tho British delegation tho Leaguo of Nations covenam should bo incorporated irj the prollml peace (renty with German Lord Roliort previously expressed this as his personal opinion, Ittt his annouuqemeut ht f,ter, Ji ideals destruction. Andre Tardieu of the French peace \The great war been won,\ said celegatlon and M. Loiiehetir. French he. \Peace Is here except for the Minister of Reconstruction, visited the of the formal , but nre told apartment of Col. House, that the President will not Great interest the meet-wlt- h unless there is made as Ir.g owing report that there was part of the peace treaty the constitution oivergence lews on of the of the League of Nutlons. arc told main questions to bo discussed. Great the to con- -' In the said. is be into In my Judgment moro of' und juukpu ,e or me .Miiencan pco- - vlsco,lt nr.vi.(1 iln( talkr(1 pie and has misjudged tho 1 ami,,.,... IlmlM ,,,, n, in a of of the plan of the as as 1 say I not bo for the of the of 1 am sure ; Its the it- - It Is with tlio peaco or not.\ After Joint the an the of rnoi mis courso i niten Mtaies lose us the far I Leacue of this It Is to gentlemen. I a speech than five years as : are vital now the the were Hlrrliig days the ever) who him- self has the full It meant, that her own It when wrote his It was ald that mut from en- tangling j Wnj. was no yet which America her face. We form with those not gazing In maj- esty In the confidence and purpose fourth behalf that plact; held 'and American by the then that is was had was '' It that occur Vlttorio not n..nnfl.n ,,, of the I n and e.- ....... . v ... v . I i, .1 . ... t an m r- wfts ... , , '. f ,n K, ment Their have n fr . Tbm C1)1rs, e Mr known r It no os n ni.-ul- is territorial nf discussion 'o e was by be to with dinner ie it that nary v had wa. from j to a a in We . Senate. , . a a in in f i 1
