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POUTLAXD, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 2, 1919.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
WAR HEROES EAGER
FOR SIGHT OF HOME
Oregan Veterans at Camp
Dix Relate Experiences. .
FEMININE TROUBLE
MAKERS ARE FOILED
BUSY WEEK LOOMS
ALLIES IN NORTHERN
RUSSIA FORCED BACK
SITUATION" IX ARCHANGEL DIS
TRICT CRITICAL,
ARMY CASUALTIES
NEW YORK PLAYERS
HONOR NAT GOODWIN
I'CNERAL SERVICES V.NDER AUS
PICES OF LAMBS' CLUB.
PROCESS MADE IN
FOR SRitrdL0i
COLONIES PROBLEM
rKESJDEXT NOT TO BE PES
TERED -WHILE IN FAIUS.
GIVEN BY DIVISIONS
MANY BATTLES ARE FOUGHT
Men of 65th Artillery Return
Loaded With Souvenirs.'
OLD JOBS WANTED BACK
Icoloncl Kerfoot Tells of How Sol
diers Performed Wonders at
Front, Despite Difficulties.
" ET PEGGY CURTIS.
TRENTON, N. J., Feb. 1. (Special.)
Some of the pride of Oregon men.
1 1 limits up a. ifce vxi. l mo njLii i
Coast Artillery, now are in barracks at
Camp tix, one of the largest and best
cf all the Eastern camps. It is likely I
that -lAMtliin n fnrl nifht ttiPKii rrt c r, will I
be near their home.
It is probable that the 65th will not I
be sent back as a regiment, but by I
smaller units to the places nearest I
their homes. If that is the case, thejare wholly or partially self-supporting,
companies containing Oregon men will, I according to records compiled by Miss
it la safe to say, oe sent to Camp Lewis 1 Tirza Dinsdale, general secretary of the
lor demobilization.
There are In this regiment men who
were ic the old Oregon National Guard.
Of these there are Battery C, Battery E
and the Supply Compapy, composed
largely of Portland soldiers. I
Flgb9e Record Brilliant.
Camp Dix has never seen a better I
looking bunch than these rugged young-I
slers, who came out of" the West and
fought on at least five sectors of the
western front. They figured in the re-
1 duction of the St. Mihiel salient on
September 12. They did notable work
in the Argonne-Meuse drive, which be
gan on September 26, and they" were
commended for their snlenrild fiehtin
under French command iie3?r old Fort
Pouaijniont, on the east bank of the
Meust. on October 8
They attacked
with he French on Boise da Tray on
O-tclf. :- 23, a fd their fighting in the
ljtt .ysonnc-McuBc drive of November
11, inV itself is. sufficient to mark them
as Eaperinen. That is what thetr com-
mavfder. Color el Benjamin H. Kerfoot,
thinks of theei.
He said. "Of those Oregon men, who
are in the 60tii Artillery, l cannot say impracticable on this acount and also
enough in praise. They are supermen. I because travel conditions would pre
inean it in every sense of the word, vent the delegates from reaching the
They aie wonderful. There are no men
in a.it.- l'i ativ u vr nu . nine Hit;
no more wonderful men tn the world
And men in the regiment related how
the Colonel had told an incident to
prove his point. That was when the
huge 9.2-inch howitzers, which shoot
thelf-i weighing 2S3 pounds, were mired
down and had to be gotten to the front.
Twenty-four of these guns with ammu-
nition were 2(i kilometers behind the
front. The roads were believed to be
impassable. Colonel Kerfoot, stern dis-
ciplinarian that he is, said that for once
he could not command men to do the
impossible. He turned away. The men
began to labor and the guns began to
move. The men slaved to draw the guns
ncarer the front, and when four days
and three nights had passed the guns
all were in action at Boise de Forges.
"Only supermen could have done that,
l iSoreu esoafflcn-
Da v One to Be Remembered.
Tho 65th, Artillery arrived Thursday
In Philadelphia. It was the first troop
shiD to return soldiers at that nort. The
welcome to the 'returning troops there
was suh a one as never before has been
recorded in this country. All of Phila-
dclphia turned out. The men' had the
first ice cream they had tasted for
months siven them there by Philadel-
phians. . All branches of relief workers
were on hand and the dav was one that
will be remembered in years to come,
It is the custom to take the return
..ing troops to camp immediately on
finding. The 65th was no exception
There are processes of sanitation to be
tronc through before they will be given
my leave of absence, but in the mean
lime they are comfortably located at
Camp Pix. The rapid movement from
i'liiiaaeipnia to Camp Dlx prevented
any visiting in the city. When I visited
them at their cajnp headquarters at Pix La I-a.s:m. the foremost evening news
thcy were silent and bashful at first. Paper of Buenos Aires, has been elected
It took some time to break the ice and
f:ct them to talking, and it was young
Sergeant Huntington Malarkey, son of
l:in J. Malarkey, of Portland, who
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Stories Are Toiii
"Sure, we're tongue-tied.- We know
if he said, "but who- woujd not be?
that we've talked to for months. Some
one from home, too. Give us lime. We'll
fe-et used to you in a minute.'
That was the beginning of the uu
winding of tales of war, and longing for
homes. When they were In the thick of
it they were not lonely, but as soon as
to be restlesi There were 'boys from
Ashland, Eugene, Cottage Grove and
Jledford. members of Battery E,
number of Portland men of the Supply
Company and Battery E men, who soon
"i.a.
' muoi
of them want to pick up the threads
oC civil life where they dropped them
i ouiik AiaiarKey wants to become a
timberman. Lieutenant John Ferguson.
o.-.m.c. " "
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Woman's Parly Delegates Planning
to Annoy Executive Arc
Denied Passports.
WASHING-TON. Feb. 1. In connec
tion with the cancellation by the
State Department of the passports of
Miss Mildred Morris, of Denver, and
Miss Clara Wold, of Fortland, Or., Just
before they were to sail for France
this week. It was stated at the State
Department today that the two women
had represented they were going abroad
for war work and that the cancellation
order was issued when the department
learned that they had been engaged
in the activities of the Woman e party
before the White House.
A statement issued by the Woman s
party headquarters declared that some
of its members already are In France
and that it was their intention to "peti
tion the President by banners and
demonstrations wherever he goes for
enfranchisement of American women.
The statement quoted a number of in
scriptions for banners which it was
said Miss Morris and Miss Wold wouvi
have displayed outside the peace con
ference and before the President's res
idence in Paris if they had been per
mitted to sail.
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CO - EDS SELF - oUrrUn I IIMU
University of Oregon Y. V. C. A
Compiles Statistics
UNIVERSITY OK OREGON, Eugene,
Feb. I. (Special.) Approximately 25
per cent of the women of the university
y W. C. A., on the campus. Nearly all
university women who are employed
get their positions through the student
employment bureau, with headquarters
jn the Y. W. C. A. bungalow.
The bureau has just issued a revised
(scale of payment for the various kinds
of work. A sliding scale of compensa
tion is used and overtime Is paid on
the basis of this scale.
IHORVATH DISTRUSTS REDS
Russian General Scouts Feasibility
of Proposed Conference
(Copyright, 101!). by th New York World
TOKIO. Feb. 1 (Special.) General
Horvath, interviewed by the Wotid
I corresoondent iu Vladivostok regarding
the peace conference plans for all. the
delegates of the Prussian factions to
meet on Princes Island, said it was im-
possible to conclude an arniirti.-e with
the Bolsheviki, who would not respect
It even if it were made.
He regards the plan as practically
designated conference l'.ace .by the day
I opcdilcU.
WINTRY FEBRUARY STARTS
La. Grande Weatlicr Changes as
LA GRANDE, Or., Feb. 1. (Special.)
1 King Winter took a new lease on
life with the birth of February in the
I Grande Ronde Valley and beared the
I atmospheric market to a point below
freezing, where it has not been for
I some time. While not unduly cold or
I stormy, February opened with a touch
of cold that seems like olden times.
January, records show, was the mild-
I ets and most void of snow of any Jan
I uary so far as official records i date
back, and that is about .20 yeare
BELGIUM GETS BIG CREDIT
LTen Billion FranVs Advanced bj
PARIS. Friday. Jan. 31. Ten billion
francs have been advanced to Belgium
Great Britain, France and the United
States, the, amount to be deducted from
the first Installment of the war m-
demnity to be paid by Germany, accord
to a Havas dispatch lrom Brussels
The dispatch adds that the amount
will be raised either by an Inter-allied
bond issue or by a government loan
having priority over all other loans. '.
BUENOS AIRES GETS NEWS
F.ditor of livening Paper Member
0- Associated Press
NEW YORK. Feb. 1. The editor of
to membership In the Associated. Press,
and beginning today will receive a
daily news report filed from New York.
This is the twenty-first important
South American paper to join the As-
I sociated Press since January 1
SLEDS USED BY RED CROSS
Service Established for Soldiers in
North Russia.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1. The Ameri
can Red Cross has established a sled
service between its base at Archangel
and the outlying1- posts where the
American, are opposing the Bolsheviki.
cablegram from Archangel to the
Red Cross today said ice-breakers are
keeping the harbor there open.
PASSENGERS SAVED
1 , . . . . I A." 1 i .
sel Accounted For.
the American steamer Pi'ave. wrecked I
- oft nere, nave oeen accounted for.
- I incre was no toss 01 me. 1
Few of -Re?' y Important
. Bills '.esented. ...
SENATE MEMBERS MARK TIME
Road Bond Measure Occupies
Center of Legislative Stage.
ANTI-TRUST ACT IN DANGER
Longer Hours Forecast to Care for
Flood of Bills Expected to Be
Reported Out This Week.
STATE CAPITOL. Salem, Or.. Feb. 1
(Special.) Although the Legislature
tomorrow will enter upon-the fourth
week of the 30th session, but very few
of the really important measures have
been presented on the floor of either
branch.
The general road bill, with the JIO.-
000,000 bond issue, naturally occupies
the center of interest, and will over
shadow In public interest all of the
other legislation to be determined by
this assembly.
. Next in interest are the several con
solidation bills, but the keen interest
evidenced at the opening of the ses
sion has simmered down, and about the
Capitol corriders now there can be
heard but little discussion of these im
portant economy measures.
Vote-trading on the part of the con
solidated opponents Is said to have
been brisk during the past week, and
legislative sentiment, as It is sounded
unofficially, appears to be strongly
against legislation of this character.
Illness Retards Legislation.
The illness last week of Senator
Eddy, chairman of the reconstruction
committee, halted progress of this
form of legislation, but he is expected
to be back In the harness tomorrow,
following a brief illness from the
"flu," andit is reported that several
important measures relating to the re
construction progtamrae !, the state
will bo taken up.
The one important reconstruction bill
to receive approv.' of both houses was
the DiniK;k-Kubi c.-tminal syndicalism
bill, which is intended to suppress the
Boshev-iki and I. W. V. movements in
Oregon.
Of particular Interest to the legal
profession was a bill introduced . last
week by Senator Norblad, of Clatsop
County, providing for a non-political
judicial system in Oregon. This meas
ure is one which has for many years
been advocated throughout the state.
and the present assembly Is expected
to enact this bill ir.to a law.
Anti-Trust Bill In Danger.
The anti-trust bill, which was passed
in the Senate last week, without oppo
sition, is expected to find rough sled-
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Bolshevik Forces 'Said U Be , Using
Gas Shells, Supposedly Supplied
by Germans.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 1. The situation
in the Archangel district is regarded by
military officers In Northern Russia as
extremely critical.
Advices, to the War Department to
day, made no reference to an appeal for
reinforcements, but it was said here
that. Inasmuch as this was a matter
for determination by the supreme war
council at Paris, a more complete re
port had been tent to that body, pos
sibly with a request for additional sup
port. Reports that the Bolshevik forces
were using gas shells wero taken here
by, some officers to mean that this
equipment had been supplied through
German sources, notwithstanding the
terms of the armistice, and if this was
established as a fact It was intimated
that drastic action against the Germans
would be taken by Marshal Foch.
' Figure, on Forces (. Iven.
Available figures obtained by War
Department . officials show that the
British force in the region of the North
is ' approximately 6000, American 4300,
French 1500, loyal Russians under Brit
ish officers 1200 and 1000 other soldiers
of one of the smaller allied countries.
The exact disposition of these forces is
not known officially In Washington, no
report on this having been made this
week. . ;
Army officials say that the body of
troops now retreating before well-
armed and reinforced Bolsheviki was
small, being little more than an 'ad
vaiced post. Reports of a 40-mile re
tirement, however, led experts to be
lieve that a larger body was engaged
than had been supposed heretofore.
General March, chief of staff, expressed
the opinion a week ago that the num
ber of troops in the advance eouth from
Archangel was sufficiently large and
strong to keep the situation in hand
Disturbing Ken to re Noted.
Cse of gas and high explosives by
the Bolsheviki was looked upon by
Army men as the most disquieting fca
lure of the military reports as they
affected Americans. Taresevo, from
which it was reported the Americans
had been forced to retire, is a small
town about 130 miles directly south of
Archangel. It docs not appear on War
Department maps.
ARCHANGEL. Feb. 1. ( Uy the Asso
ciated Press.) An official statement
on thf operation:, on the North Russian
front, issued today, says.
"Wednesday and Thuisday tl.-e Bol
sheviki srrongly attacked the positions
at Twresevo." compelling the allies to
retlr northward, and they are ;ov
hol'iiiig pontlo'is 20 rr.ll"s north of
Taresevo. It is reported that the Bol
sheviki are using gas shells. Tl:; allies
are completely equipped with anti-gas
apparatus.
"In Murmansk allied patrols con
sisting of Karelian volunteers have
reached Ondozero (NoVtsero?). From
this village, the Karelians have been
enabled to enlist more volunteers."
Mask Ordinance Suspended.
SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 1. The ordi
nance compelling the wearing of the
gauze masks as a protection against
influenza was suspended by a procla
mation of the Mayor here today.
TEACHER'S FAVORITE.
Approximately 10,000 Are
Unaccounted For.
NEARLY . ALL BELIEVED DEAD
Grand Total of 56,592 Does
Not Include Wounded.
MARINES IN SEPARATE LIST
First Regular Division Lead in
Number of Killed Losses in
9 1st Division 17 02.
CASUALTIES IN OtST DIVISION.
1702
Washington, Feb. 1. The table
4 of losses by divisions shows the
t following casualties In the 91st:
t Killed 934
I lted 273
I Missing 470
1'risoners 23
Total ' 1702
The division is composed of
Western men.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1. Official tables
of major battle casualties of the Ameri
can forces in France, made public today
by Oencral March, chief of staff, show
thnt approximately 10.000 men remain
wholly unaccounted for nearly three
months after the ending of hostilities.
The deaths, , missing and known
prisoners are tabulated up to January
10 for each of the 30 combat divisions.
The total Is r6,5S2, of whom 17.414 are
classified as missing or captured. An
appended statement shows that only 2
American military prisoners were be
lieved to be Mill in Germany January
and that 4S00 prisoners had been
checked up as returned and 112 died in
captivity.
Mojorltr Mill Be Added to Honor noil.
Some ct the great bo.iy of missing
mtn may be located as the return army
thins out the American force In France.
) indications are, however, that the inn-
IJority of the lt'.oO finally will be add
ed to the roil 4i honor shown in the
tables of thost killed 'or died of
wounds, now recorded as 39.15$ men.
To that flguro also must be added
1551 men of the Marine Brigade, fig
ures for which, not carried in the
tables, were obtained from officiul
sources. This brings the grand aggre
gate of deaths from battle up to 40.7OS
on returns estimated officially to be
95 per cent complete. As figures on
missing and prisoners of the marines
are lacking, the number of unaccounted
for which finally will be added to the
OoncIucl-,1 on .. t'nllimn 3)
He . Wolf Hopper, With Arms Out
stretched, Facing Coffin, Voices
Lovo and Sorrow for Actor.
NEW YORK, Feb. 1. Funeral ser
vices for Nat C. Goodwin, who died
here yesterday, were held today under
the auspices of the Lambs' Club, a the-!
atrical organization, and in tho pres
ence of hundreds of men and women
who were associated with tho actor
during his stago career.
The Lambs' Club quartette sang
hymns. Tho Rev. Dr. Nathan Seai-lc.
pastor of St. Stephen's Protestant Epis
copal Church, conducted the services
and the eulogy was delivered by Dc
Wolf Hopper.
Present also were the actor's par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Nathaniel C. Good
win, of Roxbury. Mass.. where the body
will be buried, and Miss Georgia Gard
ner, who was to have been Goodwin's
sixth wife.
Mr. Hopper stood facing the casket,
with his arms outstretched, when ho
spoke. This was his eulogy.
"Nat, I came here to voice my love
and sorrow. What a wealth of signifi
cance is conjured up by that name!
What talents you possessed! Nat. you
would go so far out of your way to do
something for me or any friend. And
what talents! Oft. you were swayed by
evil influence, but so many times more
by the good and the pure. You occupied
a pinnacle of success. For a time you
weakened from the series of blows
rained upon you, but' you rallied and
came back. Your whole life was such
a wealth of nobility. Nat, your flesh is
gone to the Lambs, but the renierr
branoe of your comedy, your pathos,
your altruism, will live wi:h us for
ever. We arc grateful to you for the
lesson you have taught us."
EGGS TUMBLE IN SEATTLE
IHvclinc of .12 Cents Per Iozea in
Week Is Ileported.
iKATTLi:. tVssh., Feb. 1. Seattle
wholesalers an,I brokers said tolay
tiist the week just ending marked
by the most panicky produce market
known In this city.
Kgss during "the week dropped "2
cent's per dozen and butter 20 cents per
pound. i:ggs sre retailing now at
about "i5 cents and best grade cream
ery butter at 53 cents.
LABOR SITUATION BETTER
Seattle stands Out With Tfii Thou
sand Still I'nemployvd.
OIJV.GONIAN NKWS BI-'REAl". Wash
ington. Feb. 1. Muili improvement In
the unemployment situation on the Pa
cific Coast is reported by the Depart
irent of L.aior today for every city ex
cept Seattle, which has 10.000 unem
ployed today as ar.ainst SOQu one wtek
ago.
San Francisco drops from S'H'O to
4000 and Portland from 700 to 6500.
OCCASIONAL RAINS DUE
Weather Prediction I for Wet Con
dition; on North Pacific.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 1. Weather pre
diction for the week beginning Mon
day, issued by tho weather bureau to
day, are:
Pacific States Occasional rain after
Monday over northern district; gen
erally fair over southern; nearly nor
mal temperatures.
HUNS WOULD COME TO U. S.!I,;ill MJ'1 wa.s hav,"E '"''.IV
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Kager to Finis-rale.
NEW YORK. Feb. 1 Warning to the
American people that many German
officers are planning to come to the
United States, "to evade payment of
war taxes at home." was given here
today by Major Monson Morris, of the
369:h Infantry, upon arrival on the
Army transport Siboney.
BRITISH AIR LOSSES HUGE
Total of Casualties During; War
Period 16,62:1.
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LONDON. Jan. 21. The total British
casualties in the air service for tho en
tire period of the war was 16,623. Of
this number 6166 were killed and T3ti
wero wounded.
Tho remainder arc missing or known
to have been taken prisoner.
PRESIDENT'S DAUGHTER ILL
Miss AMlson Ileporled Suffering
From Influenza.
BRUSSELS. Feb. 1. Miss Margaret
Wilson, daughter of President Wilson,
according to the Etoile Beige, is suf
fering from an attack of influenza.
file is confined to her room in the
American Legation.
FORMER QUEEN NEAR END
Condition of Maria Theresa, of Bavaria,
Very Serious.
MUNICH. Feb. 1. (Havas.) The con
dition of ex-Queen Maria Theresa, of
Bavaria, has become very .serious. It
is feared that her illness will terminate
fatally. '
Yukiina Hotel I'ortcr Suicide.
YAKIMA, AVash., Feb. 1. (Special.)
H. P. Yer, Corean porter at the Ticton
Hotel in this city, stood before the
mirror in his room last night and shot
himself through the head with a re
volver. He will "die. No motive for
the act is known to his sister or
brotUcr-iu-law, who also live acre.
Nations .Concerned May
Be Named Mandatories.
BRITISH OPINIONS WROTH
Australia,- South Africa, New
Zealand Oppose Decision.
ANNEXATION PLEA BEATEN
WiKon Takes I Exception to Armuno
of IrK-eedlns- oT Conference
Given by Loudon Daily Mail.
RY .TAMl-JS M- TI'OHT.
(CorTip'iv mm. i.v ihe Ww v,rk Vs -.rld.
t'utllj.:ie J hy Arrini meni.l
PARIS. Feb. 1. (Special, by
less. The future of the former Ger
man colonies -was the subject or ox
tended discussion at two session of th
pe.-tce conference today. It is und-j--stu-od
that an agreement virtually was
rtached to appoint the nations con
cerned the mandatory power In each
case, under the league of nations.
This does not iinolve in any degree, a
diminution of the importance of the
diplomatic vletory already achieved by
President Wilson for ihrt principle of
"no annexation." which is untouched,
and for which he still stands.
Colonies Are li-.n1i.fled.
Australia. South Africa and New
Zealand are dissatisfied with the de
cision, although their ripht in each
case to act as the mandatory power is
a point gained. They ate now hopinff
tit induce the. bureau to give them ad
ditional advantage, on the ground of
tiieir contiguity to the colonies con
cerned. They argue that already they
have administered the colonies success
fully. In that thev have a direct Inter
est in them, bo'h nationally and eco
nomically. It seems probable that Australia wilt
appeal to the buieau'to gie tho com
monwealth the rlht toapply Its own
.I'linlninration to New Guinea, ui'Si:K
that this right would safeguard the
commonwealth from the danger of
wholesale Immigration of cheap Aslatio
lpbor. If Australia shall succeed in
this demand, that achievement wou! 1
go far toward reconciling her to thf
decision, vhieh. it may be aid. sur
prised the Australian represen -at Ives,
for they had counted, on gaining their
claim for annexation.
lUun Rolled mt Morj.
General Botha has taken a standi
equally determined for Siuth Africa,
in respect to which the right of the
mandatory to Impose its own laws is
strenuously advocated.
There via- something of a stir In tho
executive session this morning when
the President took exception to the
account of yesterday's proceedings con
cerning this subject as printed in tho
Paris edition of the lndon Daily Mall,
on the ground that the publication im
plied breach of confident c on the pait
of some delegate.
The matter was satisfactorily ex
plained presumably by citing the fact
that the information was nuie general
among the new: paper men of all tho
countries; and that the offense of th-
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cloomy colors. The account hud tii
,fhat the disappointment of Austral!
I was so serious that it threatened th
I existence of the ith Empire. Thai
statement implied a flight of imagina
tion for which no delegate could b
held responsible.
International Control la Aim.
Tho two points settled In regard to
the colonies were that they are not to
be annexed by any power and that the
power interest In each case Is to bo
mandatory under the league of nations.
The league will be the supreme author
ity controlling the mandatory and thus
tho control will bo indirectly interna
tional.
It seems probable that China will win
her contention for the return ef Kiao
Chau through the peace coa.crvnce
and not through Japan a.s an interme
diary. Japan has been insistent upo
the xercise of this function. The point
is one of considerable, moment to ""hina.
for a decision in her favor will confirm
tier Innerent. right to regain this col
ony without conditions, expressed or
implied, and without obligation to any
authority except the peace conference.
There is reliable authority for. saying
that throughout the discussions Japan
has joined in the deference shown by
all the powers to the authority of tho
bureau. Her attitude furnishes no
justification whatever for the publica
tion here this morning of a report that
the Japanese might defy the conference
unless disposition were made to her
liking of the islands seized by her
north of the equator.
Reparations to Be Derided.
The success with which the confer
ence is handling the subject of the
colonies with all its complexities has
impressed all concerned and the con
ference has commanded respect for the
strength of its decisions and its fidelity
to principle. This demonstration wiil
be helpful in the disposition of other
delicate problems that are ahead, no
tably the problem of reparations, whit h,
will require the full exercise of all its
powers.
COLONICS' 1HSPOSAL DFXIDFl
Nations Named, as Mandatories to lio
Itejponsible lo League.
TARIS. Fb. 1 (By the Associated,
Press.) The aei-ord reached by the
V-uiitludtd uu l aio coluua I.).
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