GERMANY ACCEDES TO SHIP DEMAND
GERMANY ACCEPTS ALLIES CON
DITIONS REGARDING TRANSFER SHIPS
Special to The Nugget by The Associated Press.
BRUSSELS, March 15—The German envoys attending the conference
with the Allies regarding the exchange of German shipping for food sup
plies have announced that Germany has accepted the conditions imposed by
tike Allies regarding the use <»f German snipping and the provisioning of
Germany.
Berlin dispatches reaching Brussels say Germany expects the Allies to
provide enough food to meet the requirements of the German people until
August 15. by which time it is expected that this year’s harvests will lie
available.
Germany’s principal needs are reported in the German press to be gratp,
pcik and fats.
DISSENTING SENATORS FORMING ORGANIZATION
TO OPPOSE LEAGUE OF NATIONS PLAN
Special to the Nugget By the Associated Press.
WASHINGTON. March 15—Senator’s Heed, of Missouri, Borah. Poin
dexter and George Pepper, a Philadelphia lawyer, are reported making plans
for the formation of an organization to oppose national compliance with the
proposed constitution of the League of Nations adopted by the Paris Peace
Conference as it now stands.
The plans for the organizaion are said to have been practically com
pleted and embrace a nation wide publicity campaign directed against thfc ac
ceptance of the proposed League plans in their present form. Speakers wiM
Le appointed to address the people in all parts of the country and a central
bureau will be appointed to direct the campaign. The plan is said to have
ample financial backing and is expected to receive the support of numerous
local organizations, the work of which will l»e co-ordinated by the central
bureau.
Harry Watterson. the noted publisher will be the president of the or
ganization.
CONTEST EXPECTED IN NEXT HOUSE
. OVER COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS
Special to The Nome Nugget by The Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, March 15—The refusal of the House Committee on
Committees of the next House of Representatives to add four members to a
Republican committee is expected to result in a contest at the party conference
which will be held prior to the convening of congress. The action <*f the
Committee on Committees has created considerable opposition and is prac
tically certain to lead to a contest over the committee decision.
It was announced today that Representative James Mann has been
selected for the chairmanship of th Woman’s Suffrage Committee and is said
t0 he preparing to introduce an amendment to the constitutional suffrage am
endment on the first day Congrcsf meets which is expected to rev ive speedy
adoption.
A canvass of the ifiembersbip of the new congress is said to show that
a majority are in favor of the proposed amendment z
LEAGUE OF NATIONS WILL BE A PART OF PEACE TREATY
Special to The Nugget by The Associated Press.
NEW YORK, March 15—President Wilson has cabled Secretary Tum
ulty from Paris that the plenary council of the Allied Peace Congress has
decidod that the League of Nations plan will be inqorporateed into and form
a part of the peace treaty with the Teutons.
The Presidential cable w’as sent in reply to a query addressed to Wil
son by Tumulty asking whether there was any truth in the newspaper reports
that the League of Nations was not to be incorporated in the peace treaty.
JAPS CLAIM CHRISTIANS INCITED KOREAN REVOLT
Special to tho Nugget By the Associated Press.
HONOLULU, March 15—A cablegram from Tokio today asserts that
the Tokio government has issued a statement regarding tho action of Korea
in declaring independence from Japan in which it is declared that Christians
incited the Korean activity for independence'and were primarily responsible
for the revolt.
The cable says the Korean situation is subsiding and the Japanese a»e
still ip control. The Japanese authorities are reported to have arrested many
of'the leaders of the uprising.
BRITISH NEGOTIATING FOR GERMAN PRODUCTS
Special to The Nome Nugget by The Associated Tress.
LONDON. March 15—Indications that the Allies have to some Extent
modified their views regarding the maintenance of a trade embargo against
Germany following the war are presented in the announcement of the British
War Trade Board that British and German committee’s have opened negotia-.
tions regarding the exportation from Germany of a limited variety of much
needed piroducts.
The negotiations are being conducted in Rotterdam. The principal i
commodities to be exported if agreeable conditions can be arranged are potash, |
timber dyes and other products of similiar character.
AVIATOR'S ASHES SCATTERED OVER SEATTLE
Special to JTbe Nome Nugget by The Associated Press. *
SEATTLE, March 14—Aviator Eddie Hubbard, flying in his airplane
over the city today, scattered to the winds the ashes of Sergeant V. A. Hud
son. an army flyer who died recently of the influenza.
The parents of the dead aviator requested that the ashes bo scattered
over the city.
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WILSON PAROLES TWELVE ALIEN8
SCHEDULED FOR DEPORTATION
Special to The Nome Nugget by. The Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, March 15—Announcemnt has been made by tiU'i
Department that Secretary of Labor Wilson has granted paroles to twelve of
the fifty four aliens who were sent from the Western States some days ago'
for deportation as undesirables. j
The names of the twelve men have not been made public. The re
mainder of the groi^> are being held at, Ellis Island pending final action by i
the Labor Department ,
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fcHINESE WOMEN ADOPT
FRENCH HEELS
Associated Press Service.
PAPEETE, Island of Tahiti.—The
Chinese women of Papeete have with
one accord, discarded their national
dress of oil-cloth pantaloons and tun
ic and adopted the semi-European
dress of the Tahitian belles of the
town. This includes the highest of
high heeled French shoes.
The result has been the infliction
of much torture which the women are
enduring with the greatest fortitude.
For centuries they have trod the
bosom of mother earth barefooted but
today they parade the length of the
beach road proud in their new acqu
isition. As soon ns they are out of
the public eye off come the shoes
and they return to their dwelling, af
ter the fashion of their ancestors—
carrying their shoes.
JAPS MAKE SHIP
BUILDING RECORDl
Associated I Yess. Service.
TOKIO,—A Japanese shipbuilding!
yard at Kobe announces that it has
built a steel steamer the Daifuku -Ma
rti, of 9.GOO tons in 23 days after the
laying of the keel. The Japanese]
compare this with the building <>f a,
5000-ton steel steamer in 27 days at!
the Camden. N. J. shipyard.
BRITISH RESUMING TRAF
FIC with Mexico;
i Associated Press Service.
MEXICO CITY —Representatives!
of several large British steamship
lines have announced the resumption
in the near future of ocean trallio he-J
tween British and Mexican ports.
GERMAN TRADESMEN AFTER
U. S. ARMY TRADE
Associated Press Service.
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY « >F
OCCUPATION IN GEPJMANY, —
Within a few days affer the Ameri
cans reached Coblenz tradesmen’s
signs of various kinds appeared in
English, in many stores along the
main streets. German lumps showing
an outline of the bridgehead to be oc
cupied by the Americans across the
Rhine were in several bookstores in
Coblenz on the day the advanced
guard of the army of occupation ar
rived.
URGES ABOLITION OF GER
MAN IN U. S. SCHOOLS;
NKW YORK, —A nation-wide cam
paign is being conducted by the Amer
ican Defense Society to eliminate the
throughout the United States. in i
letter written the principals of public
schools, and colleges, throughout the
country the Society urges that. French.
Italian, Spanish and Russian should
be given prominence in the curricul
um with a view to strenghtening trade
relations between those countries. The
letter which is signed by Dr. William I
T. Hornaday, reads:
“Reports are rife that with the end
ing of the war there is to be an at
tempt to force upon our American
youth the language of the people
whose hands are stained with the
blood of their fathers and brothers.
The German language has been used
as a weapon directed at the heart of
America by German propagandists. It
is the opinion of many of our promin
ent educators that German is not an
essential in any course of study, and
it is to be hoped that our American
youth will not permit its being forced
upon them for any reason whntsoverc.
The next five years will witness a
crystallization of educational opinion
and upon that crystallization will de
pend the future of American educat
ion.
“For those who would study languages
for its future utility the choice lies be
tween French, Spanish, Itallah and
Russian as our trade relations with
these countries will be immeasurably
increased now that peace is in sigh".
To studs’- German would be to‘condone
the atrocities perpetrated by the
people who speak this language.”
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PERSHING REVIEWS ARMY ON GERMAN SOIL
Special to The Nome Nugget by The Associated Press.
COBLENZ, Germany, March 1 —Yesterday, for the first time since tho
armistice was signed and the American forces took possession of German
territory. General Pershing hud a view <*f the American troops in combat for
m: tion on German soil when he reviewed the troops in occupation <*n the oj.it
ak of the Rhine opposite Coblenz.
The review included the. bulk of the American fighting forces in Ger
many and was held in what is designated as the Neutral Zone established by
the armistice along tin- east, bank of the river.
Following the review, Pershing distributed eighty decorations to mem
bers of the expeditionary forces who have distinguished themselves and in
termingled with the troops in true democratic fashion.
Pershing chatted witii the doughboys and asked a considerable
number if they wanted to return home All of them replied in the affirmative
but said they are willing to remain as long as necessary. Pershing also
visited the hospital and talked with the wounded, asking many of them bow
they were being treated and if their wounds were healing
The review was watched by the German residents with great interest,
the populace of the nearby districts turning out enmassc to see the spectacle
of a foreign army mnneotivcring on the soil of the Fatherland.
NEUTRAL POWERS ANSWER INVITATION
DISCUSS LEAGUE OF NATIONS
Special to The Nugget by The Associated Press.
PARIS, March 15--Announcement was made today by the peace con
ference officials that several of the neutral powers which were invited to par
ticipate in discussions relative to tlie formation of the League of Nations
have answered favorably and will probably appoint delegates to confer with
the Allies regarding tin* project.
The nations answering the invitation favorably are Norway, Sweden,
Denmark. Holland and Switzerland.
Argentine R‘ady to Join League of Nations
lil'ENOS AIRES, March 15—Foreign Minister L'uyerdon announced
today that the Argentine Republic will deliver a favorable answer to the invi
tation of the Allies to joint the proposed League of Nations.
The rcj»ly of Argentine, however, will convoy to the Allies that cer
tain features of the proposed plan are not in accord with the views of the Ar
gentine government and certain changes will be suggested
GERMANS MUST GIVE UP ALL AIRPLANES
AND STOP PLANE MANUFACTURES
Epc :m! to The Nome Nugget by The Associated Press
I‘AIMS. March 15 The Supreme Cum.il of the Inter-Allied I'eae;
Conforem-e h.-is decided 111:11 (!ri 111:i ny must be compelled to deliver, not only
the two thousand aeroplanes called for in the armistiia but also all other
planes in her possession and under construction, according to an official state
ment i-manating from the counc il today.
Tin; Allies will also include a clause in the preliminary peace treaty
prohibiting Merman.' from constructing aeroplanes until such time- as a per
manent peace treaty is signed, which will not occur until such time as Ger
many has complied with tin* demands of the- Lntente nations with respect
to the- peace settlements.
Tin- Allies are apparently undecided as to what "ill he* clone with the
aeroplanes surrendered by Germany. Germany may later be authorized to
use-'tho planes for strictly commercial purposes
BRITISH CONTEMPLATE SIGNING SEP -
ARATE TREATIES WITH TEUTONS
SpeCial to the Nugget By the Associated Press.
PARIS, March 15—The British peace program contemplates the sign
ing of separate preliminary treaties with the Teutons as soon as possible,
leaving the final peace settlements to be resolved later when the pressure •
of the present situation is somewhat relieved. The next move on the British
program will be to whip tlie League of Nations into final shape and the third
ttill be to frame the final peace treaty. A statement embodying the British
views as indicated above, has been issued by the British delegation at the
Peace conference.
The British delegates say that the completion of the peace settlements
by three stages of progress as indicated above, have the two fold object <>f
stripping the final peace treaty of all unnecessary encumbrances and getting it
signed as speedily as possible so that the world can return to normal
conditions
AMERICAN TRANSPORT SUNK BY LOOSE MINE
Spec’iaJ to the Nugget By the Associated Press.
LONDON, March 15—An Admiralty announcement today reports the
destruction of the American army transport Yselhavcn by coming in contact
with a loose mine off the Dutch coast while the vessel was bound from Balti
more to Copenhagen. It is reported that the steamer was carrying freight
and no troops were aboard.
LONDON, March 15—Reports reaching here relative to the sinking of
the American transport Yselhavcn by contact with a loose mine, say nine
sailors belonging to the crew of the destroyed steamer were drowned when
their vessels went to the bottom. The remainder of the crew, amounting to
thirty five men, have been landed.
WILSON GETS BUSY ON ARRIVAL IN PARIS *
Special to the Nugget By the Associated Press.
PARIS, March 15—President Wilson resinned his activities almost im
mediately after his arrival here yesterday. During the afternoon he held a
lengthy conference with President Poincare and later conferred with Premier
Clemenceau at IJyod George's house for nearly two hours
In the evening ho was visited by Tardieu the French peace delegate,
at the president’s new residence in the Place D’Etats Unis.
MILLION FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND TROOPS DISCHARGED
Special to The Nugget by The Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, March 15—The War Department announced today
tnat a total of one million four hundred and nineteen thousand, three hundred
find eighty six officers and men have been discharged from the national mill- '
tnry service to date.
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