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SEVENTIETH YEAR
SALEM, OREGON. TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 8, 1921
fcRICE: FIVE CENTS
IPS AGGEPT
HATE OVER
ISM OF YAP
Former German Possessions
In Pacific North of Equa
tor Included; Reserva
tions Granted.
LAST RITES
PERFORMED
FOR CLARK
Hundreds of Political Admir
ers Honor One-Time Dem
ocratic Leader N
COUNCIL MAKES REPLY
TO AMERICAN NOTE
Slave Trade, Intoxicants,
Military Training v
,' . Prohibited
WASHINGTON. March 7. Ja-
' pan accepted the mandate for for
m fiermin' nosseBsions in the
Pacific north of the equator, in
cluding Tap, with the reservations.
ht lininM citizens should not
' be subjected "to a discriminatory
! and disadvantageous treatment,"
v in other mandated territories, .
This was disclosed in the text
of a mandate granted Japan by
the league of nations obtained to
day at the state department. The
reserratlon was similar to one ad
vanced by the American govern
ment in reference to Mesopota
, mla. ! K ; ...
' , The United States has main
tained that it was never a party
to the agreement by which Yap
was. conferred on Japan and it
also has insisted on equal com
' mercial opportunities for all na--'
tionals in the .mandated territor
' tea. Japan's contention for equal
opportunities is understood to ap
ply particularly to the mandated
territories south of the. equator
Of Particular Interest to VA.
Desides the grant of freedom
- only to nationals or league mem
bers for the : prosecution of their
calling as missionaries In the
mandated territory, the mandate
In the opinion of officials, is of
- particular Interest to the United
States. In that it provides that
. the consent of the league council Is
. required for modification of Us
terms.
The council in Its reply to the
American note concerning Tap
stated that this was a question
which would have to be settled
between the principal allied and
associated powers as the function
,of the league was only adminis
trative.
The text says: "
"The mandatory shall have fnl
power of administration and legis
latlon over the territory subject
to the present mandate as an in
tegral portion of the empire of
Japan, and may apply th9 laws
ot the empire; of Japan to the ter
ritory, subject to such local modi
fications as circumstances re
quire. Tbe mandatory shall pro
mote the material and moral well
being and the social progress of
the inhabitant of the territory
fcubjeet to the mandate.
"The mandatory shall see that
the slave trade is prohibited and
that no forced labor Is permitted,
except for essential public works
sod services. ! and then only for
'r adequate remuneration. The man
datory, shall also see that the
traffic in arms and ammunition
iff controlled In accordance with
principles analygous to those' laid
down in the 1 convention relating
to the control of the arms traffic,
signed on September 10, 1919. or
in any convention amending the
same. The. supply of intoxicating
' spirits vand! beverages to the na
tures shall Ibei prohibited.
"The. military training of the
.natives, otherwise than for pur
poses of internal police and the
local defense of the territory shall
be prohibited. Furthermore, no
nltltarv imIh.iiiI k. . A .hall Ka
wi iiaiai uaoca ouii w
Ubllshed bf fortifications erec
ted. ;
"Subject to the provisions of
(Continued on page 2.)
nOWLINO GREEN, Mo., March
7. Champ Clark was laid at rest
today, his 71st birthdayafter a
simple ceremony in the Llttlr;
Mound cemetery.
The services were conducted by
the Rev. R. S. Boyd, Presbyterian
minister, a nephew of Mrs. Clark.
Prayers also were offered by
the Rev. Ray Charles Jarman.
Christian, and the Rev. O. C.
Hitchcock, Baptist, both of Bow
ling Green.
Hundreds of men who had
known Champ Clark iu life and
followed his political leadership,
stood with bared heads while the
last rites were being performed.
All, business houses were closed
from Iff a. m. to 6 p. m. i
The forenoon was cloudy and
chilly, but just before the burial
the sun shone brightiy.
The Democratic leader was bur
ied beside his father. John Hamp-
on am, ana two of bis child
ren. Champ and Anna, who died
in infancy. '
10 DIE n
TIN STIES
Al Jerman, Prominent Far
mer, and Charles James
Are Victims
F
ANGERS
OF
POULTRY
M
UNITED
Willamette Valley Associa
tion Effected at Meeting
Held at Commercial Club
Last Night;
2 ARRESTED
AS SUSPECTS
OF ATROCITY
Henry Cravens and "Dutch
Wilson May be Able to
Solve Yoder Case
ANNUAL EXHIBITS ARE
ORGANIZATION PLAN
Officers Elected and Date
Set For First Show to
Be Held Here
Al Jerman, wealthy Marion
county hop grower of the Howell
Prairie district north of here, and
Charles James, an employe of the
Jerman farm, were instantly killed
about 8:45 o'clock yesterday
morning when an automobile In
which they were driving was
struck by Oregon Electric train
No. 1, south bound, two miles
south of Salem near Hazelau sta
tion. '
Jerman and James were on their
way to the Croisan hop yards
south of Salem to obtain some hop
roots. .They did not observe the
train as it approached parallel to
them and going In the same direc
tion, and without seeing it tney
turned through a gate in the right
of way fence and onto a grade
crossing where the tragedy oc
curred. The body of Jerman was
hurled a distance of 50 feet. The
running gears of the automobile
were carried a distance of 200
yards by the train before it could
be stopped. The only witnesses
were the motorman and other per
mni Ml the front coach. Men In
a field 400 yards distant. Includ
ing a son of Jerman, heard the
Imnact.
rnndnetor Frank Johnson was
in charge of the train and En-
.inoor rion Barker was the pnoi.
niriM the conductor and the
w.ntnman a II Leabell. eiec-
1UVWS - '
tHoian. and II. WltnyCOmDe. roau
mo.tpr for the Oregon Electric
company, witnessea me accmcu.
trnm tha front oi tne uain
Tor-man was 66 Tears old. lie
orn.nAd the nlains to Oregon when
9 rears old. , He leaves a wiaow
and three sons, H. Jerman, A. M
Tor-man and O. C. Jerman.
: Besides the members of his im
mediate family, Mr. Jerman Is sur
vived by three brothers and one
i.tr The brothers are uave jer-
nun. who lives east of Salem;
Lafe Jerman of Portland, and
Newt Jerman. The sister is Mrs.
Mary Gervais of Silverton. He had
lived In this vicinity 67 years,
crossing the plains from Missouri
In 1862.
James was 23 years old. His
mother.! a Mrs. Adams, lives in
Portland, but has not yet been lo-
ratrdi The funeral of Mr. Jer
man Will be held at 2 o'clock
Wednesday at the.Rlgdon chapel
and interment will be in uity view
cemetery.
: I . ;
PKIjSIXCIKR GETS DECISION
At a meeting of some of the
leading poultrymen of the Salem
district in the Commercial club
rooms last night, organisation of
the Willamette Valley Poultry as
sociation was effected for the put
poses of holding annual poultry
exhibits and shows and generally
promoting the poultry interests of
the Central Willamette Valley.
BIjC Territory Covered
The territory to be embraced
will include Clackamas, Washing.
n Von, Villi Unit- Mlrlnn Tion.l '. ' 7
.vri., ........... i rstaoen also
ton; una ana iane counties. j j,eid jn ja
temporary oincera were elect
ed as follows: President, George
E. Shaw; secretary, W. C. Con
ner; treasurer, David W. Eyre;
advertising manager, H. O. White,
all of Salem. Vice presidents will
be elected for each of the counties
above named at the next regular
meeting.
Joint Shows Planned.
It was voted to hold the first an
nual show of the association in
PORTLAND, March 7 Officers
working on the case of Simon J.
Voder, the Wcodburn, Or., gar
age owner found slain in the road
near Gervais yesterday, after he
had started to take a stranger to
Salem by automobile the previous
night, touight announced the ar
rst at Oregon City of a man
known as "Dutch" Wilson, who
they believed would be able to
throw some light on the tragedy.
Wilson was said to be a friend
of Henry Cravens, who was ar
rested here today on Suspicion of
connection with the case, follow
ing the finding of Yoder's aban
doned automobile at Vancouver,
where it apparently bad been
taken by the 3laycr qtter the mur-
d-r.
The case against Cravens and
Wilson was said to reft mainly
cn threats they . are alleged to
have made una Inst Yoder because
of quarrels of long standing. They
were imprisoned some months ago
for stealing tires and accessories
troni Yoder's garage.
CONGRESS NOT
TO BE GALLED
BEFORE JIPBIL
PAIR'CAVORTS AT PALM BEACH
Program of Legislature Is
Discussed at Conference
Of Harding and Party
Leaders.
COOPERATIVE POLICY
OF PRESIDENT BEGUN
Panama and Costa
Situation To Fill
Big Place
Rica
PORTLAND. Ore.. March 7. -
Officers working on the case of S
J. Yoder, slain Woodburn, Ore.,
garage man, late tonight obtained
the release of "Dutch" Wilson, ar
rested earlier in the evening in
connection with the case, after
closely questioning him. Henry
arrested, was being
DALLAS TO BET
IL
11
conjunction with the annual Mar- Delivery System Assured In
fair grounds early In 'January. i-CUCl rium ajimiS'
ton Officials
1922. and the secretary was in
structed to procure stationery and
ret an estimate on the cost of a
'premium list which will be com
piled and oraerea pnniea ai me DALLAS, Or.. March 7. (Spe
next resrolar meeting oi ine.asso- rial to Tb5 Statesman.) IL A.
elation in this city, subject to the joslin, president ot the Dallas
call of the president, rermauem Commercial club, has been as-
nrzantsation will be etrectea ai sured by nostoffice officials In
the next meeting ana iurmer ae- Washington that in all prorabil-
talls - of the forthcoming snowi ity this city will be provided with
worked out. . . I f ree mall delivery service about
July 1 of this year
Tbe main requirement for free
delivery is the receipts of the
local postoffice, and this has so
far exceeded the amount required
by the government that little dif
ficulty is expected in the matter
of securing the tervice
Another main feature of the
delivery service required by
Uncle Sam Is the nroner naminr
AR Allpn nf Fa K CllV. ot streets and the numbering of
, Di Alien ui ranj wiiyii
With r ant ana IViaSn, attended to by the city council
- - ,. . . .
ana an sirevis ana nouses are
now ready for the mail carrier.
ST.
Harry
obtain
DISTILLER
IS
Til
Is In Custody
LOUIS. Mo., March 7.
Pelslnger of San Francisco
ted the newpaper decision
over Kewple Callander.
f ' -
Women Who Earn Big Wages
Xo. i
ANNE VAUGHN HYATT
Prowtnent Srul pi rew W'hn Kara
More Than 23.00 a Year
By Her Art
(By International Xevrs Swvice)
Anne Vaugtin Hyatt has won
unusual fame as a sculptress. Her
Joan of Arc faces the Hudson riv-
... . . . r a . Vaw
er at jsinety-inira sircci. .-c-York
City. Her works, "Winter
and "Tiger Hunting." are on ex
hibition in the Metropolitan Mu
seum in New York. In 1917 she
was appointed curator of sculp
ture of the French Museum ot Art
in the United States. She sp2
cilize In small bronze figures.
DALLAS. Or., March 7. (Sp--clal
to The Statesman) A. B. Al
len of Falls City was arrested
Sundav bv Sheriff John W. Orr
of Polk county on a charge of op
erating an illicit still, and brougnt
to this city where he Is confined
in the county baetlle awaiting a
hmrinr.
The Polk county officials have
hoon nn thn lookout for a still
that they were certain was in op
oration in the Falls City country
for some time but were not quite
sure lust where It was locate!.
Allen In particular had been
watched on several occasions and
it was just lately that they came
to the conclusion that he was the
operator of the still.
ThA Rill and all the liquor mak
inir naraohernalia were secured in
tho raid Sunday. It consists of a
copper boiler fashioned Into one
of the neatest suiih yei capwr
by the county officers with several
T-at-rt. nt mniwr Die for COilS.
Allen rlaiw that the still is cap
able of producing' about one quart
of moonshine in 15 minutes of
unsurpassed quality. Several
gallons of mash ready for distil
ling were also taken fn tbe raid.
Allen will have a hearing be
fore Justice of tbe Peace Kd F.
Coad.
Railroad Labor .
Calls on Davis
4-
WARHIN'GTON, March 7.AX .
L McMenimen. deputy president
of the Brotherhood of Railroad
Trainmen and a member of the
f-.n r op adlnstment board, called
srretarv of Labor Davis to
day, being the first represents-
tlve oi organieu .
tVia np secretary.
"I am more optimistic since
muii.. ih. new secretary o?er
the prospects of close relations
between the department of labor
and organized labor than I was
before." Mr. McMenimen said. I
merely called to pay my respects.
KFMX)UI1 FMfillT 3L1BK.
jlALT IKK CITY. March 7.
Mail which lert San Francisco at
7 o'clock this morning was in the
hands of Salt Lake addressees at
2 o'clock this afternoon. This is
said to be record for combined
flight, transfer at Reno and Elko,
s Week Awards
Statesman Classified
Ad Contest
Each week the Statesman
will Rive three. cash, rewards
for the best "stories" about
Statesman Classified Ads.
The awards will be announc
ed each Tuesday morning;
1st reward. $2.50; 2nd re
ward, 11.50; 3rd reward,
1.00.
Contestants niuet see that
their "stories" reach the
Statesman of rice before Mon
day morning of each week
In order to be considered.
laM Week' Awards.
A number of very inter
esting "stories" were receiv
ed last week, and the JihIkps
have decided upon th fol
lowing as the winners:
1st reward, $2.50. "Mrs
Nellie Oakes. Spee apart
ments. 2nd reward. $1.50. Mat
tie Allen. C2.' North Win
ter street.
3rd reward. $1.00. Lillian
Stlne, box 97, It. F. D. 5.
The story winning first
award is published In full
below: the others will be
published in future issues of
The Statesman. Watch for
them.
CLASSIFIED
ADVERTISING
Tli' Poultry BiiirHM I BuoMert
By Bringing Buy-r ami Holler
TogetlKT Through. Clarified
Advertising.
Nrighlor A "Good morning,
neighbor."
B "Fine weather we -are hav
ing lately."
Neighbor A "Yes; It makes
one fel like getting out and mak-
( Continued oa page 3.)
WASHINGTON. March 8.
President Harding announced
early today that the special ses
sion of congress would be called
not before April 4 and might be
a week later.
The announcement was made
after a White House dinner which
Republican leaders Of congress
attended. The conference lasted
four hours and tbe president said j
tne legislative program naa oeen
discussed.
The president said this was the
beginning of a program of co
operation. Various subjects were
d!scuss?d, he added, in an attempt
to ascertain the most important
to be taken up by the next congress.
Taxation lirnwcd.
It was exactly midnight when
the conference finally broke up.
After his Kuests had' departed
the. president came out on the
front portico of the White House
to talk to the newspaper corre
spondents, about 50 of whom were
present.
"We discussed a taxation pro
gram for the session, tbe pr?si
dent said. "We are. trying to de
termine which was the real press
ing business for congress, emerg
ency tariff legislation or a com
plete revision of the tax sched
nles." '
"We passed the matter up for
further conference after there had
been a canvass of the committee
In charire of that legislation. It
means that instead of going Into
a session of congress without
knowing whither we are going, we
re trying to canvass the whole
situation and arrive at a pro
gram. Co-OjMratlTO Move lirgun.
"This is the beginning of the
program of co-operation between
the president and congress. It
is an early step in the fulfillment
of what I believe the best policy
of conducting the government,
bringing the fellows together and
getting them acquainted with
ethers' views."
The president said army and
navy matters had been discussed
"very casually." The failure of
the appropriation bills had been
referred to. he said, in consider
ing what the special session would
have to handle.
Ratification of the Colombian
trAofv wna montlAno1 malA t Vt A
president, but he indicated that
there had been no decision.
Opposition to the re-enactment
o the Payne-Aldrich tariff law as
a stop-gap measure until a new
lw can be enacted, developed at
the conference, according to some
of those attending.
Chairman Fordney of the house
ways and.mnans committee was
said to have laid before the con
ference his plans for tariff re
vision and the proposal to re-
enact the Payne-Aldrich law met
with opposition from renators
present.
' Tariff It-iiion Muddled.
One ineiTi!er of the house said
the legislative situation Insofar as
it affected tariff revision wat
more "muddled" to his mind than
it was before the conferrnre. 1I
leferred to differences between
Chairman Fordney and Rppresen
tative Ingworth of Ohio. mm
ber of ths ways and means com
mit too. over tariff r-vi?ion. but
whether these were aired at the
confereiw-w was not made clear
Chairman Fordney was said to
hajo presented an equalization
tariff plan to protect American
industry designed to place for
eign goodrf on the American mar
ket on a par with the wholesale
prices of similar American goods.
Tomorrow the president is ex
pected to discuss most of these
problems with his cabinet at its
first meeting. The call for the
cabinet session was issued today
from the White House, Vice-presi
dent Coolldge being included.
Delay of Sekn 1kc1.
1 Although legislative and organ
ization policies are expected to
have a large part in the first
gathering of the Harding cabinet,
he Panama and Costa Rica situa
tion ajso will be considered.
During a busy day, which in
cluded talks with many callors.
Mr. Harding gathered much ad
vice regarding the special session.
One of tlioM with whom he talked
was Senator Underwood, demo
cratic senate leader, who is un
derstood to have urged that the
date be delayed for a month at
least to permit senators to get
home and attend to personal business.
V ;r-
1 A
Kr. & Kw. J. Willi aav Souther ,x.
Georgette Cohan, daughter-of
George M. Cohan and Ethel Levy
(Mrs. Claude-Graham-White)
photographed at Palm Beach with
her husband. J. William Souther,
of New York City and Albany
The newly-weds eloped from Palm
Palm Beach to West Palm
Beach. Fla. The bride's father
wired his congratulations from
New York.
MEASURES TO
GO ON BALLOT
Attorney Van Winkle Writes
Titles For Bills at Spec--
ial ; Election
FORMER
JUDGE
PAS5ES B 0!
Lonq ?nd Active Life 0
Daniel Webster is Ended
On Sunday Night
FRENCH TROOPS
START ADVANCE
INTO GERMANY
Final Break is Made After
Two Sittings of Confer
ence British Premier Is
Reluctant to Foreclose.
SIGN OF AMERICA'S
ATTITUDE AWAITED
England , Shows Relief But
Not Enthusiasm Over
Settlement
60 -DAY SESSION IS UP
Bonus, Marriage Test, Sin
gle Item Veto, Women
Jurors Included
CAREER IS VARIED ONE
Veteran Honored as Oregon
Department Commander
Of Grand Army
At least four othr measures
besides soldier bonus legislation,
referred to the people by tM 31st
legislative assembly, will be on the
ballot at the special eU-ction of
June 7, according to an opinion
that has been reached by Attorney
General I. II. Van Winkle, and he
has prepared ballot titles for the
measures.
The bonus legislation provides
for cash bonus ot $15 a month or
not to exceed $500 in any one
case, or loans not to exceed $4000,!
which may run for a period of 40
years. The interest rate is 6 per
cent.
Scrvire i Optional.
Another measure to be voted on
is the woman jury bill, which
qualifies women to sit as members
of Juries in Oregon, but leaving
the duty optional with the women.
The marriage test bill is an
other, providing for physical and
mental examinations of both male
and female applicants for mar
riage licenses is another. The bill
provides that if one or both of the
applicants fail to pass a satisfac
tory examination one or both must
be sterilized before the marriage.
I monger Slon lnHiMMl.
One of the most Important of
the measures is the AO-day legis
lative session amendment, increas
ing the duration of the legislative
sessions from 4 to 0 days and
increasing the pay of the members
from $3 to $5 a day.
Another is the single item veto
bill. At present the governor is
empowered to veto single items in
appropriation measures, but not in
other acts. The pending measure
is aimed mainly at promiscuous
ue ot the emergency clause and
would enable the governor to veto
the clause.
Army of Occupation
Not Feared in Germany
Dl'ISMMKG. Germany. March 7.
The roming of an army of occu
pation Is being awaited calmly.
The chatnWr of rommerc" has
urged the I'.erlin government to
pay no more attention to com
mercial Interests but to act pa
triotically, although business lead
ers here ar pessimistic.
The combined harbors IVilsberg ! tirmont
and itiihrort make this the lark'-! Ju lte Webster
est nvfjr port in uie wona. n oh, in tRin mnd
napaies more man two minion
tons of shipping annually.
Judge Daniel Webster, 87 years
old. former commander of the de
partment of Oregon. G. A. K., and
who for 12' years was Justice
of the peace for Salem district,
died at 9 o'clock Sunday night
at hl3 homi. SOI South Thirteenth
street, after 'an illness ot one
week.
The funeral .will be held at the
First Congregational church to
day at 2 o'clock p. m.. with Rev.
W. C. Kantner delivering the
funeral address. Interment will
be In City View cemetery, the Ter-
williger funeral home In charge.
Judge Webster. was active as an
F!lk and as member of. the
Knights of Pythias, and Elks will
be pallbearers at the funeral. He
was a native of Ohio. Miss Julia
K. W-bster of Salem, a daughter.
is the only immediate member
of the family surviving.
lUnk of raptaia Held.
Judge Webster devoted much of
Ms attention to the work of the
Grand Army of the Republic, and
as wil as serving as department
commander, ne had served as
commander of Sedgwick post of
Salem. During the Civil war he
served wiUi the Wisconsin light
srtillery and held the rank of
captain.
judge ebstr was a man
bose physical activity was lit
tle Impaired by advanced are, and
he was accustomed to ride a M-
cvrle to . his office. Neither did
;ige mar a humor that was the
delight of th" Jndge'3 acqualn
tances.
"There are only two things '
can think of that I haven't been
at some time or other," he said
upon retlrinv from the office of
justice of the pace at the end of
101;. "They are deckhand on
a i'eamioat and orakle on a rail
road. Of all of them, being Jus
tice of tbe peace has been the
moM peaceful and satisfactory
Job."
i:ridenf Here 20 Year.
Judge Webster came to this
vicinity in l9r, and settled on a
prune ranh in the Rosedale sec
tion wIitp h" lived for seven
yearr. eventually seillng the farm
and movinr to Salem In 1902.
Four years later he was elected
Justice of the peace and held th-
office continuously nntil his re-
rtMrTII.!.Ii xvi;.Tio.
NKW YORK. March 7 Recom
mendation that the football rule
committee call annually a jit
teason convention of roaches, of
ficial.' and graduate managers to
o!f?r and consider suggestions for
development of the game, was
made tonight at a conference of
prominent coaches.
was born In
as he said in
a r mini scent account of hi life.
I is care-r began at the age of 19
when he took his first Job away
from home driving oxen into the
wood for timber. Next he took
employment in a warehouse on
the great lakes, and later was a
railor bfore.be mast on those
bodies of water.
The next step was course In
bookkeeping In Cleveland. After
completing the course Vung Web-
LOXDOX. March 7. Negotia
tions over the German Indemnity
were broken today; action comes
tomorrow with the march ot
French. British and Belgian forc
es Into Germany and occupation
ot a large section or her richest
manufacturing country. Even
now the allied troops are mov
ing, tor a late Berlin dispatch
says French troops who will oc
cupy Daesseldorf have advanced
to within sir miles of that city.
The allied ultimatum was fore
closed apparently with reluctance
by the British premier. The
French do not appear regretful.
while the Germans, im leaving,
were painfully depressed.
Two long sittings of the con
ference threshed out the. final
break before Marshal Foch and
Fietd Marshal Wilson wrote tele
grams -ordering commanders at
the front to execute orders al
ready given. Dr. Simons. Ger
man foreign secretary, presented
an alternate plan whereby Ger
many agreed to pay annuities for
the first fire yean demanded la
the Paris plan, and also tfc
equivalent of the propesed 12 per
cent tax on exports, but clung to
tne conditions for the retention
of upper Silesia and freedom ot
uerman trade. , . y.
IfcrnuuKls Held Isnpowfble.
Mr. Lloyd Georr. dellTertar
Judgment for the allies, said they
aeepiy deplored the necessity of
the decision, while Dr. Simons
clung to the contention that the
l ans demands were Impossible of
fulfillment. The allies regarded
tbe German course as strategy
for delay, and the latest plan as
on whereby the treaty would have
to be reconsidered and debated
after five yean, when Germany
might hold a more favorable po
sition. Dr. 81mons was denied
fnrther time In which to Tontult
the German cabinet.
France will furnish the bulk of
the forces for th new march Into
Germany. Great Britain's con
tribution In men will be only
large enough to show her solidar
ity with the allies, who wait with
the deepest Interest for any sign
irora vvasntngton of the American
government's attitude.
Englaad Keel- Itellef. -The
general feeling In England
appears to be one of relief, with
out enthusiasm. The premier ex
plained the position la the house
of commons tonight la a speech.
in wnicn mere was no note of Ju
bilation. Most think there ahonM
be a definite settlement of ques
tions betsreen the allies anTC?r-
"That Is aa appeal to common
sense." he continued. The ex
perts made some suggestions
about trying to agree for five
yan. but that was not a plan
adopted by any conference of
statesmen. We wanted to, know
where we stood.
He pointed out that Dr. Simons
acceptance of the Paris proposals
for five years was apparent bnt
not r?al. It was subject to con
ditions which might terminate It
in a few weeks. It -was subject
to the plebiscite in upper Silesia.
If the plebiscite were adverse to
Germany she would be Justified
in saying: ,
fjennen lropoal Tagwe.
"Germany Is deprived of terri
tory upon which she depended to
pay those annuities, and there
fore the agreement Is at an end.
He continued:
"The German proposals are
vague. There Is nothing the al
lies could raise one paper Jrane
upon, let alone a gold mark. Trre
r rope sal that Germany should pay
annuities for five years by means
of a loan Is disquieting. She Is
thereby mortgaging her Income
for the years that come after to
pay the annuities of thrf first
five."
The premier spoke aboyt tho
enormous sacrifices it wo) Id be
necessary for Germany to; make
to pay the annuities for the first
five yars. and added: '
"This year we have a million
unemployed as a result of the war
but we have to find for paying
our debt charges and pensions
and disability allowances five
hundred million sterling. If Ger
many carries out this year the
Paris proposals, she will have to
find one hundred and twenty-six
million sterling one-fourth the
sum Great Britain alone has to
find.
"France. In addition to wr
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