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i . - The- Statesman recelrthe T f flO fl V? ( tft KCf ' JrH ,jsj lfjfffS ' ,, -.j ; . "t. :-.' j I'"--' r ' ... 4 .: -sWAj ,. ""j !' i, - VV W VA w- i morning: gentle westrlay winds. tt .' '. W -- . '" " .r : ; '-.' f - SIXTV-MNTH VKAH - : . . - -. , , -t . , , . p ' " . -jLJ : i ' SALEM. OltKfiWit Tl KsDAy MOItMXC; MAY 1.1. JH , PRICK KIVK CENTS OCEAN TRIP TO HINGE ON TEST FLIGHT New Navy Balloon C-5 Will Leave for Newfoundland as Soon as Weather Is . Favorable. niOI rim V IM rUADPC DIK1U1DL.C in. VnnrVVlC I OF COMMANDER - COIL Delay in Jump-off of Two Planes Caused by Atmo . T spberic Conditions WASHINGTON, May 13 Official announcement was made by the navy department today that upon the outcome of the proposed test .flight of the new navy dirigible C-5 om the naval air station, Montauk, yS'. Y., to St. Johns, NewFoundland. would depend the future plana in re-, gard to the possibility of attempt in gj later a trans-Atlantic flight by dirigible. "The flight to New Fcj&pd land, a distance of aproxImaTy 1,000 miles, It -was said, would be made whenever weather conditions were favorable." .. In making thU announcement the navy department disclosed much "data regarding the C-5 not hereto lore published. - The new dirigible, which was commissioned only a week ago, is commanded by Commander E..W. Coll. and the members of the crew are Lieutenants J. V.; Lawrence and M. If. Easterly, Ensign D. P. Campbell and Chief Machinist's Mates L; T. Moorman and S. H. Blackburn. " , "r " The C-5 Is & twin engine, non Tigld airsTiip with two - 125-hirse-power engines. The - dirigible has an envelope displacement of approx imately 178.000 feet, an. envelope length of 192 feet and envelope dia meter of nearly 42 feet. making hef1 the largest pf he navy's airships.- . The normal speed - of the C-5 is placed in the army' department's an nouncement at 50 miles an hour with endurance at normal speed of. 10 hours. However, in addition to the fuel load of 4000 pounds and to the erew of six, it was learned that pro-; vision can be made for a greater gas oline carrying capacity, thus increas ing her cruising ability greattly be yond the estimated 500 miles.- At a speed or 42 knots CEe airship has a eoasomption of 10 gollons. .. . Officials at the navy department appear to be entirely confident that the C-5 has ample endurance to cross to Europe without a- stop. There Is a general belief at the navy department that the trans-Atlantic attempt will be ordered immediately after the arrival of the C-5! at .St. Johns and before the naval craft patrolling the Atlantic for. the flight of the heavier than air machines. k the and the NC-l have - dis- Jt T'Yrsed. ." ; i : :. - PREPARE FOR C-5 ST. JOHNS. N. F.. May. 12 Prep arations were completed here today for the landinjr of the United State navy dirigible C-5.' which Is to make a test night of 1,300 miles from Montauk Point. N. Y.. to this port. TOWER H IS IIEL1 tP TRESPASSEY.- N. P.. May 12.j Tf Pnmmander John If. Tower, di rector of the navy's trans-Atlantic fllrfct nlannod ft hOO-off . today Of the NC-l and the XM for ' the Aiore. a disturbance prevailing late this afternoon in the north Atlantic compelled him to change his mind Commander Towers said he Wbuld like to have the NC-4 join the divi sion before the start, nut mai oe willing to sacrifice favorable wea ther In waiting. . . The Americans were confident , fha. motnnroloHical conditions s,jica would keen the British aviaiors. Harry G. Hawker and Captain Fred erick P. Raynham land-bound at St. .IMinn i.'l . Indications tonight were that the .tav -mrtu h tinfavorable again tomorrow. , ; Boys' Qoorrel Results in Serious. Shooting PORTLAND, Or., May iz. joej Bates, 12-year-oid son of Paul Bates, a Portland businessman." may We-the"slght of one eye as a re sult of being shot with a I shotgun ,AVy. a boy friend named Johnson ati fladwlAW s(tMA ftAttv the Waverly golf links here today. A half dozen men were playing golf withjn rangje of the gun when It was fired. . The two boys had quarrelled, ft was reported, and young Johnson, aged 13, went to his homel and got a revolver and shotgun. He tired the revolver into the air but nhpt the gun in the direction of his play mate. About ten shots lodged in young Bates' head and 25 in hi3 body but the one In his eye proved, the most serious wound. which caused them to hug their oasejm?ae today a9 jirs. Mary Elklng- OPPOSITION TO GIVING SENATOR PENROSE CHAIRMANSHIP FORMS TOPIC OF REPUBLICAN DEBATE WASHINGTON'. May 12. Repub lican senators continued today to discuss plans for organization of the new senate preparatory to the meet ing of the partyj caucus Wednesday. The conferences centered about the opposition of the progressive group of senators to the election of Sena tors Penrose, of Pennsylvania, and Warren of Wyoming, as chairmen of the finance" and: appropriation com mittees, respecjyely. " M0" both the regular and the progressive groups tonight said fifc "S n - w 15 UUUIUCi Ul me latter group willing to carry their oppositions o Senators Pen rose and Warren to the floor of the senate. . ' . ' j - , Several senators considered as be longing to the regular group assert ed but that two or three progres sives could carry their attack to the floor while the progressives, said they, did .not know how many of them "would go the limit." Sena tor Borah of Idaho, leader of the forces opposing Senators Penrose NO CHANCE FOR BOLSHEVIIQ TO GAIN FOOTHOLD Secretary of Labor Wilson Sees No Reason to Fear Radicals Will Stay PROGRESS TOO RAPID America Declared to Be Na tion That Can Go Ahead Without Using Force NEW YORK, May 12. William B. Wilson, secretary of labor has no fear that Bolshevism will ever ob tain a foothold In the United States, he. said at a puncheon of the United Waist league :of America, j f: My reason for this belief,"' he declared, "Is that we are developed much more, from the standpoint of democracy, than any country in Eu rope. e can make progress without-force, unlike some other conn tries. Force (used for overthrowing autocracy may be the highest form of patriotism but force used to de throne democracy is treason to .the masses of the) people. For two years the department' of labor, with, a email force has fought the philos ophy of the 1 1. W. W. and Bolshe vism, which are closely allied." ; In investigating the disturbances which occurred la western mining arl lumbering regions at the begin nng of "the jwar, Mr. Wilson said, the special mission appointed by the president found the I. W. W. "which had almost gone out of existence, had! suddenly "become rejuvenated and active.' j 1 , ; 'Mx. Wilson believed, he said, that evea the radicals lp. the United States would depud fate Bolshevism which quite falsely claimed to pro tect the proletariat i ''The Bolshevik! leaders consider only themselves." declared Mr. Wil son. "Their only purposes is to rule as the czars and emperors of Europe have done. ' They even go farther than that. for. they propose to set .tip an. obligatory and compulsory form" of living. Men ae not to be allowed to leave their Jobs, under certain conditions, even if they want to." Body Identified as Wife of Civil War Veteran PORTLAND. Or..May 12. Identi fication of the woman . whose body was found in the Willamette river nonr Xliluankift last Thursdav Was i t(m 75 years old. widow of a Civil War veteran. Her son, willard Shaver .driver of a delivery wagon here, went to Oregon City today and Identified the body as that of his mother with whom he has been liv ing.' - Acquaintances of Mrs. Elkington said today that she had been de spondent Tor some time and had re cently threatened to jump in the river. jfm W 4f 1. f. New Chaplain at Pen Rev. Georee Koehler of Salem. who for several years has been Prot estant chaplain for the Oregon state penitentiary and "the state trait lag school, is not a candidate for re appointment when his term expires 'June 1. he informs the state board of control, and to take his place the board -has appointed Rev. Horace N. Aldrich, pastor of Leslie Methodist church.. -'. 1" j "Rev. Mr. Koehler has done 'con scientious aad efficient service. says a statement issued by the board, "and his action is regretted very much." and Warren, said he , would "never vote for Penrose" but added that he was unable to speak' for the others, who declined to say whether they would go beyond the party confer ence, 'i The progressives were Raid to have admitted their willingness to support Senator Smoot of Utah for the . appropriations committee but refused to favor him as president pro tern. The Utah senator was un derstood among both groups as .will ing not to seek election as president protem. Senator Johnson of Cali fornia, and Len root, of Wisconsin, were mentioned by the progressives as .acceptable to them for president protem. but neither has rsignlf ied a willingness to seek the office. Formal notice of the attitude of the progressive group was given to Senator Lodge of Massacbusette. re publican leader, by Senators "Borah and Johnson and it was understood they were told by the pasrty leader that, their fight was solely one for consideration at Wednesday's con ference, i , FORD CASE IS UP FOR TRIAL j f ' " 'Jl N IN . Libel Suit Against Chicago Tribune Opens Seven . Jurors' Examined " -U MOUNT CLEMENT. Mich.. May 1 2. The preliminary! examination of seven members of the) panel by coun sel for the plaintiff marked the first day's progress in. the $l.obo.000 li bel suit ;i)f Henry Ford against the Chicago Tribune. . Mr.v Ford s. complaint Is that on June 23, 1916. th Chicago Daily Tribune, in an editorial, injured him in his good name, credit and reputa tion; brought him nto ruble hatred, contenrpt and rdicule and injured him in his feelings, business and oth erwise. ! The Tribune,' he alleges, did this by calling . him "an anarchist." an "ignorant idealist," an "anarchist en emy of the nation" and as being "so incapable of thought, that he caa- not see the Ighomy of his own per formance," . I ' : Alfred Murphy of counsel for Mr. Ford, begran'the examination of mem bers of the panel. He explained that the Tribune editorial was written at the time the national guard was be ing recruited and seat to the. Mexi can border and that two days prior to the alleged libelous editorial the Tribune carried a dispatch from De troit stating that Mr. Ford would not hold open the position of any of his men who quit for military service, nor would he pay their salaries, as some other employers were said to be -doing, nor care for their depend ents. This he said, was untrue, but 'aevertheless served as. the basis for Ihe subsequent editorial. ' The 'suit. he said, was the: result. ANTI-BOLSHEVIK AGAIN ON MARCH Rumors of Attacks. Due at Petrograd Soon Reach Lon- I I ' don News Agencies LONDON, Further reports having to do with the. reputed intention of an ti-BolshevikJ' forces to attack Pe trograd have been received from Hel Eingfors. Finland. The socialist newspaper published in Helsingfors says that General Rodzianko. with 8.000 Russians.-will march against Petrograd from the south shore of the Gulf of Fialand. while General Judenitch, with S.000 men will at tacR jrom tne uionetz district, on the north. 1 A Helsingfors dispatch to the siocKnoim svensKa uagDiadt, re-, layed here, gays that twenty British warships are expected at Hclsing fors. "probbly to watch the Bolahe vikl ,fleet" ,whVle a Renter's Mis patch from: Helsingfors. dated Sat urday, announces that the British admiral. Cowan, on board his flag ship Curacao, has arrived there and has been entertained by General Mannerhaim, the Finnish premier. A Helsingfors dispatch to a Stock holm newspaper on Sunday reported that entente forces were preparln for an attack oa Petrograd with llel singfors as a base. It was stated that 50.000 troops were expected to take part In the operation and that French cruisers were lying In the GGnlf of Finland of Hensingfors Icebergs Pass Close to Transatlantic Liner 4- NEW YORK. May 12. Five Ice bergs, one of 'them , 1 80 feet high were passed bythe Norwegian-American liner Bergensf jord last Friday In latitude 45.48. longitude 46.57. it was reported when she arrived here tonight from Christlania. i .. t " . - , , p EVERYBODY GROWLS AT CLUB LUNCH Speakers Complain of Every thing from Soup to Salaries and Selfishness Attend ance Large. COMMITTEE DENOUNCED BY MANY AT MEETING Oyer Twenty Give Voice to Criticism in Less Than Hour Everybody had a, grouch. r.vej-y one of the 70 Dresent at the Commercial club lunch yesterday told their troubles and of more than 20 speeches made there were only iwo wnicn'were commendatory. All manner or subjects were taken and if the speaker when called upon to complain on a 'given topic didn't like it he told the toastmaster .so and growled about something 1se It developed into a free for all early n me game and kept it up. State biologist W. Finlev was allowed to.niaketne longest sDeech and talked for about seven minutes in which he .complained of the dis regard of game laws through the selfishness of Individuals and dis tricts. Todd Say: "Shut Vp." Superintendent of School John W. Todd complained of present salaries for the teachers. Robert C. Paulus who sat next him tried to interrupt ana : Mr. Todd silenced him with: Shut up. I'm making this SDeech. Mr. Paulus obeyed. William H. Lerchen told why he withdrew from the Commercial club asserting that the organization was not run to suit him in matters of expenditure. William McGUchrist denounced laksitudef in suonortine the Fourth of July celebration. Wil liam Gahlsdorf complained that lew whe were .willing to work in the Commercial club had it all to do Theodore Roth as vice president of the club said that all the work was forced -upon him and crabbed the service of Robert C. Paulus who rose and declared that he was sore for being criticized and that he held in disfavor everyone in the organiza tlonIfl not working harder and ev eryone out or it for not being in it mc aiso Derated California weather August Huckestein spoke about carelessness In preparing mail nfat- ter. W. 71. Dancy was called upon to complain of tbetelephone service and when he ddin't speak hard enough the -diners berated him L. J. Murdock who Is in' charre of physcial training In the schools complained of the lack of facilities for proper education along these lines. Frederick Schmidt, and F. Deckebach were frequently heard and they were never complimentary L.umer J, Chapin expressed his de preciation of the fact that he had appointed the committee . and they nad not even asked him to speak capt. Bloom of the Oregon City Transportation company declared his dissatisfaction with the mearne patronage given by Salem merchants to the river steamers. t lit. c e.. r isner was caned upon tor one subject but he -said he didn like it so he .humorossly criticized tie elevatotr service in the I'nited Slates National bank building. " am on the rifth floor." he said, "and on Saturdays the elevator is always out of order. If the people are sick iney-cannot climb the stairs and they do' make it the xercise cures them and I lose the business.' J. F. Hutchason read an original poem which described Hal D. Patton. chairman or the committee putting ontbe. lunch, fn terms rar rrom gentle. Robert C Paulus read an-' other rhyme written by Harry K. Spalding crabbing the rise In tele phone rates. Committee Denounced. The committee came in for its share of denunciation and none of the speakers was satisfied with the others. Hal Patton came back by proclaiming that the business men present were a bad lot and he also said he didn't like his pie. . The -meeting was lively rron start to finish., the , twenty or more speeches being, made in less than an hour. Committee for the next lunch is composed of W. H. Dancy, D. W. Eyre and John H. Scott. Quits Banking to Buy 'Silverton Grocery Store SILVERTON. Or.. May 12. (Spe cial to The Statesmen) Earl Ad ams, who has been with the North western National bank at Portland for some time, has purchased the C. W. Rogers grocery stock in the Dullum building on Main street. . Mr. Adams Is a son of Ed R. Adams of the Coolidge & McClaine bank. He was employed there before going to Portland. He was nd. He was a member ofjacc0rding to S. J. Small, president graduating class of the Sil- of the telegrapher, who arrived the 1915 verton high school. NEW AMERICAN PRINCIPLE FOR EXTENDING FINANCIAL SYSTEM ! SCORES VICTORY WITH CHINESE WASHINGTON. May 12. Organl- zation of a new consortium Tor fi nancing Chinese loans, announced today in Paris dispatches Is regarded In official circles here as a triumph for the new American principle of extension of the scope of participa tion In international financial ar rangements. At the state department It was said officially that under the condi tions which are to govern the new consortium the government practi cally if not in specific terms, guar antees the investments of the bank ing trroiin Interested. It was an nounced that If the terms of the loan are just and the conditions fair and If China agrees to the terms un der which the loans are made this government would assure the bank ers that the United States would pro tect all interests secured in rood faith. Thirty-seven American banks. It was learned, are interested In the loans that will be made to China by the international group. This is un derstood to have been one of the points contended for by the state department after the United States withdrew from the former consor tium when the American represen- JAMES STEWART WILL CAMPAIGN Legislator to Speak (or Road Building Bill in Marion County James Stewart, who was a repre sentative of Wheeler county In the 1919 legislature. and known throughout the state as an advocate of sjood roads, has been employed by the Marion county market roads committee to campaign for the $850,000 road building program ror Marion county and also for the state market roads bilL Under a ruling of the attorney general the former will be on the same ballot for this county at the special election on lune 3 as the measures that were re ferred to the people by the legisla ture. Mr. S'ewart has been provided of fice room by the county court In the court house and he will work in re operation with the court and the market roads committee. In aboat a week he will begin a speakinfc campaign in the county which will be continued until the election. Mr. Stewart has been in eastern Oregon counties recently working in the interests of road bonds and other reconstruction measures that are to be voted on Jane 3 and says sentiment in that part of the state is strong ror all of the measures. SOLDIER HOME FROM SIBERIA C D. Gabrielsbn First to Reach Salem from East ern Expedition The first Salem member of the Si berian expedition to reach home la First Lieutenant Carl D. Gabrielson who arrived yesterday morning from San Francisco. He was with Com pany A. 27th infantry when he re ceived his sailing orders and was relieved by First Lieutenant Willis E. Vincent also of Salem. The com- pany with the remainder of the first battalion of the regiment has gone 1 to Chita. 3000 miles into the in-1 terior. Lieutenant Mn'ent will re main in the service-. Lieutenant Gabrielson came out by war of Japan and Manila, being about six weeks making the' trip. .While in Manila, be uw Odin or "Katy" Roberts who was formerly one of the best known Salem base ball players and who Is now holding a responsible position with the Amer ican Hard ware company. The stations where Lieutenant Ga brielson served during his nine months In Siberia were Habarocsk. Volnchlefka. and Spasskoe. He wae in Vladivostok only a short time. He reports that the weather generally was top cold to snow it being 40 de grees below, tero at times. A few laches of snow fell early in the win ter and it remained. Lieutenant Gabrielson has received his discharge and will spend some time In Salem with his parents. Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Gabrielson and may decide to make his home here. Telegraph and Electrical Union Men to Confer . X m m m CHICAGO. May 12. Conferences between officials of the Commercial Telegraphers and the Electrical Workers' unions will be held this week to decide whether a Joint strike I or seoarate walkout shall be called. from Washington today. tatlon was limited to four large New York banks and no other American banks could secure an interest in Chinese loans. The 37 banks which are to compose the proposed Ameri can group are said to represent all the geographical sections of the Uni ted States and the same principle is said to obtain In the group of na tions represented. While the present organization Is a four-power group, the United States , Great Britain. France and Japan, with a reservation for Bel gium when the hankers of that coun try are able to participate. It Is not limited to these countries. Other countries may be admitted. It Is said, as well as otKer banking hous es In each of the countries may be admitted to th banking group of any country. The American repre sentatives at the Parts conference were Thomas W. Lamont of i J. P. Morgan and company of New , York. and Jerome T. Greene, of Lee, Hlg- ginson and company, Boston Loans, guaranteed by the various countries under the conditions pro vided by the respective governments it was explaineV. may be made to the Chinese government direct or for Industrial or political purposes in China. 1 EVERYTHING IN READINESS FOR MORE MARCHING Allies Prepared for Advance Into Germany If Terms Are Not Acceded ENEMY VIEWS DIFFER People Are Sullen, But In clined to Resign Them selves to Harsh Terms LONDON. May 12.(Yla Mon. treal) Router's Limited leatns that In the event of Germany not sign ing the peace treaty, which is re garded as unlikely, all military ar rangements have beea made for the allied armies to advance ;!a exactly the same way as they wpuld have done had Germany not accepted the armistice terms. GERM ASM ARK. HITTER - CODLENZ. Saturday; May 10. IRy The Associated Press) The im pression gained by American officers through talking witn Germans re garding the peace terms Is that many of them are bitter and sullen, but are !nclijed to resign themselves to accept any terms no mater how harsh. No concrete plan of action 'c-ru luuniiM in in evrni met German delegates at Versailles re-1 fuse to sign the treaty. American officer xay the common people in the occupied area had widely divergent views, out that as a whole, they appear .nrore or leas stunned. Some, are sbowtjg a spirit or nravada. One American who had circulated frely aong the civilian f reported that none or them expected ithat Ger many would accept the terns. They said they could not see how the peo ple would be able to pay the I ad 'ra ni ties, s six Tbjey asserted fort he-more that . in.i rrwgrcfi 01 uermany V. a - . m m . I w"c ""V V .!f rro" 01 mr ((jiji?qi 01 maemstmes lor gen erations to coiue. 1 SUMMARY Ort INTERNATIONAL SITUATION (By The Associated Press) A conference between Haroa Son- nlno. Italian minister and Colonel E. I M. House, of the American 'peace det ection, ragarding Italy's t claims to r iume and the Adriatic. coast, a meeting or the council oT rour at which the notes presented, by the, German peace delegation fonrernirrg prisoners or war and labor were turned over to experts for) Investiga tion and the completion of the task of defining the new Austrian boun- dsrles represented the activities In peace conference circles ,ln Paris The result of the convocation be tween Baron Soncino aod Colonel House has not leen made 'public. Meantime, dispatches from Rome In dicate that the Italian population again is becoming restive after hav ing learned that the report last week that Italy's claims to Flume hsd been settled was erroneous. Added to this irritation is the dis satisfaction because Italy was not mentioned as one of the parties to the proposed Anglo-Franco-A inert can alliance; the question of the di vision of Austria's merchant marine: the treaty provision with Germany mat the three principal powers were sufficient to ratify the treaty and other smaller matters In, which the Italians, feel they have been sllchted WhWe the Austrian delegates are well on their way to 8t. Germain-En- Lay e. they seem to be Informed of the conditions for peace for their country, the Germans at Versailles are still examining the peace treaty, GERMANS GO FROM PEACE CONFERENCE Herr Giesherts and Herr Landsberg Leave Ver sailles and Begin Trip to Berlin. WILL RETURN ONLY TO PUT NAMES ON TREATY President Ebert Says Young est Republic Has Found Big Brother Wanting VERSAILLES. May 12. -(By The Associated Press) Herr Ciesberts and Herr Landsberc of the German peace delegation, accompanied by several secretaries, will leave Ver sailles tonight for Berlin. The departure of Landtberg and Ciesberts Is in no sense to be inter preted as a breach In the peace ne gotiations. These plenipotentiaries not only have the Important minis terial portfolios, respectvely. of Jus tice and posts and telegraphs, bat are among the most Influential po litical leaders In Germany. . Landsberc is regarded as the brains of the majority socialists. while Ciesberts Is very high in the councils of the catholic party and the Catholic labor onions. ' Their council Is therefore required by the' government in determining . his at titude toward the peace condtions. It Is understood that both the min isters will return to Versir.a In case, the peace treaty is signed. ; KRF.RT TALKA FRAXKLV ' I BERLIN. Sunday. May 11. Pres- ident Ebert declares that the world's youngest republic In the hour or gravest peril has welgbed its over seas btg brother and found him wanting. la a statement intended primarily for the American psople, which be designated "a moral declaration of war upon all that remains of the old system of international politics. the . first president of the German repub lic discuss? with outspoken frank ness the peace situation, the state of the German people and the pros pect of the immediate futare. $ GERMAN PLAN PRESENTED PARIS. May 12 (By The Asso ciated Press) Berlin has handed to the council of four the German plan for a league or nations. ; This plan was drawn np by Professor Sch neck ing and the principal feature. Is an International parliament composed of 10 representatives from each na tion. A ANIMALS ARE WANTED BERLIN. Sunday. May 11. IB? The Associated Pres) The stipu lation ia the peace terms that Ger many must surrender thousands of dometie animals to replsce those lost by the allies through the war. has created violent protest among rich and poor alike. . The Tageblatt describes . the de mand as "monstrous and impossi ble." It declares that this is a de liberate effort to contlnne hanger among the German people and 1 "brutally not to be exceeded." i The paper says the cattle would toU, 2.500.OOO hundredweight, as compared with 1.40.i00 aundred- (Continued on Pact S) 1. In addition to the six minor mem- bers of the delegation who left Ver sailles for Berlin . late last week. two of the more prominent members Herr Ciesberts and Landsberg. bar gone to Germany, evidently to con fer with the German government. From Germanr come retmrts ef dissatisfaction over the treaty terms. Keiteration that it will be Impossi ble to carry out the provisions are to be beard everywhere. firt demonstrations of protest have been neid in . Berlin, Breslaa and other cities. . ... No less perscnate than Friedarlch Ebert.. president of Germany, nas announced that he Is standing on President Wilson's 14 points for Peace. Ebert alluded to the neace treaty as a "montroas document. which, he said, holds no precedent In determination to completely an nihilate vanquished peoples. 4 German government troops are Mill hard after .the radical elements. They have .seized Lelpsic. one of the last strongholds or the Spartacan. A -state or aelge has been proclaimed there; - Early Jnne has been tentatively chosen for the commencement of the withdrawal of American troops from North Russia. The Americans have not been engaged in fighting of great Importance for several montns. Recognltlon of Korea as an Inde pendent state and the liberation of the country from Japan has been re quested of the peace conference la Paris.