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gil Medforb The Weather Aliulinum yestorclny.. ft I minimum tmlny. ;.IMI . -..-....Voir.:,:. Dally Kourtiwiith Your. I'orty.nlniu Your. IREATY CHINA REFUSES TO SIGN PEACE TREATY ENGLAND AND U. & A. MAKE SPECIAL PACT TO PROTECT FRANCE Anglo-British A lliance Form ed JnTreaty, To WarOnGer mahy If She Ever Attacks PARIS, May 7. (JlnyfiH.) Franco, Hie United .States and (Ireat JJritain Jiavo concluded' an agrceinciit giving Hupplonu'ntary.KuarantceH for France and Heeurity for the Iieaeo trcnty, the Echo de Paris today says it lias learned, t adds that Premiers Clcnicncoaii, Lloyd (leorgc and President, Wilson will at a meeting this morning draft in final,forni this additional pact, which will not he secret. NEW YORK, May 7. An official summary of the peace treaty delivered to the Gorman delegates at Ver sailles by the representatives of the associated powers was made public here today by the committee on public infor mation. It follows: "In addition to the securities, afforded in the treaty of peace the president 'of the United States has pledged him self to propose to the senate of the, United States and the prime minister of Great Britain has pledged himself to propose to the parliament of Great Britain in engagement, subject to the approval of the council of the League of Nations, to Come immediately to the assistance of France in ease of unprovoked attack by Germany.'.' NKW YORK. May 7. Following In (Unimury ut trouty of pcacu: "PARIS, Hif 7. Tle Ironty of peace batween tho 17 allied anil asso ciated power on the ono liand and Oormnny on tlio othor, win bnudod to tho Ourmnn plortlpotonflnrlua ut Vor. million today. It ia tho lonKoat treaty ovor drawn. It totala shout olithiy thoimand worda divided' Into IS main no.tlonH and roprnaentx tho comldncd product of over a thouaand oxporta working con tinually thru a aorlon of conimUnlona for throo and a half mnntha alnco January is. Tho treaty printed In parallel pukch of Knicllah and French which aro recognized na having oiiiml vnlldlly. It does not deal with qm tlnna affectinc Auatrla, Ilnlijarln and Turkoy except Inaofar na binding (lormnny to accept any nKroomout roach od with thoao former alllea. i. - AImico limilno Hcstorcd "Oormnny by tho lorma of tho tronly roalorea Alunco-Lorritlno to FTanco, nccepla thil Intomntlonnllza llon of tho Hanr basin tumporurlly and of Danzig pormnnontly, agroes to tarrllorlal changes toward UolKium and Denmark and In Kut Prunaln, codoa moat of Upper Silesia lo Poland and ronouncoa all torrllorlnl and po litical rlKhla outaldo. Europe, aa to nor own or hor alllea' turrltorloa, and espoclnlly to. Morocco, Kitypt, Slam, Liberia and Shantung. Sho also roc OKiilioa tho total Indopondonco of (lormnn-Aualrln, Czocho - Slovokhi, and Poland. . Army Reduced to 100,000 "Hor army la reduced to ono hun dred thoiiannd mon Including orrl- . coriO Conner Ipl Ion within hor torrl torloa la abolished;' nil forta fifty kllomotera onat of tho Ithlno razed: and all Importation, exportation and noarly all production of war material topped." Allied occupation- of pnrla of Oormany will continue till repara tion la mads out will ho reduced ut tho ond of ouch of throo five-year pnrloda If Oormany la fulfilling hor " olillgHtlona. Any violation by Ger many of tho conditions, na to tho'zono fifty kllomptora oaat of tho Rhino will bo rogardud na on act of wnr. ' Navy la Itciliiccd "Tho Clorninn nnyy,,ln. roducort to ONM-STAND SKATXM'jt Muv 7.4liss liulli Giu'risou's' nuil her was lo iro on tho witness slnlid hero loduv ut tho trial pf lier'dauirliler, who is cliuruied Willi mtmleriiiit Mrs. D. M. Slorrs, her ri val in love. Mrs. Garrison, nccordini; lo the defenso iilloruovs, was to loll of. truces ol! menial weakness dis played. In 'tlie mini; bv her diuiulilcr, Mrs, Garrison's - sisler, Mrs. Clnrii lliep, was In follow I ho mnllioi', 'I'll ci ease prolinlilv will tto lo tho fury lulo tompyrow, ". OF six. tiattUmhlpa. alx light crulaora and 12 tnrpodo boala, without aubmar Inrn, and a personnel of not ovor fif teen thousand. All othor vcaaola niuat he aurrendored or destroyed. Oormnny la forbidden to build forta controlling tho Unliic, must demolish Heligoland, open tho Kiel cnnul to all nations, and aurrondor her 14 suhmarlno cables. Bho may havo no military or naval air forcea oxcopt ono hundrod unarmed oupluncs until October first to dotect mines, and may manufacture aviation 'material for alx months. ItcwpoiiKllilllty for Damage , "Oormany accepts full rcsponslhil Ity for all dnmagoa cnuaod to allied iitwl nMtmttlnt ntl irnvnrnmiinlu nltH tint. lonals, ngreea apoclflcally to rolm - hlirun nit plvfllnn tlnmnireH Itnclnnlna with nn initial payment of twenty hllllon mnrka aubsouuent payments to bo secured by .bonds to bo lssuod i at tho discretion of tho reparation commission. Oormany Is to pay ship-, plug diimngo on n ton-for-ton basis by cusslon of n largo part of hor.mor- cliiml cmistlne and river fleets and' by now construction; and to revert hor economic resources to tho ro- building of tho devastated regions. "Bho ngreea to return to tho nlno toon fourteen most favored nation tarlffa, without discrimination of any sort; to allow allied and associated nntlonnls froodom ot transit thru hor territories, nnd to accept highly de tailed provisions as to pro-war debts, unfair competition. Intornntlnnnllsn tlon ot roads nnd rlvors. nnd othor oconomlo nnd financial clauses. " Trial of Kaiser Sho also agrees, to tho trial of tho ox-kalsor 'by an Inlornutlonul high court for a supremo offonsa against International morality and, ot other nntlonnls for violation ot tho laws nnd cnntoniB of war, Holland to ho nskod to oxtrndlto tho formor ompor or, nnd Germany being responsible for delivering tho latter. : "Tho boaguo of Nations Is. accepted (Conttnuod on Pago Throo.) , H 1IKUSSKLS. Mav 0. (Bv the As sociated Press.) A depot of Gor man, ammunition eonlaitiinir shells nnd bombs of every caliber nnil many ens shells bus been .oxpjodimr since ycslordav mornim,' nt the railway sta tion ut flroeneiidael, six miles soulli of Brussels. Tho depot has been un der iriinrd of liiO, Doltiinn soldiers and (100 German prisoners Imvo been nt, work' nenr il. It is believed there are Hiunv killed and wounded. II is reported Hint while workmen were unlotiilinif n wawoti filled. Willi shells n dnliiniiliir explmlcil in the, hands of n German prisoner sett inn J'iru to Urn jiniinuiution boxes, MEDFORD, , PEACE SESSION OF THE L .18 Time From Armistice November I lth Occupied in Preparino Claims and Reports Review of the Session Wilson Took Leadlnq Part Ulti matum to Italy Sessions' Sensation VEItSAILLKS, May 7. (Ily Asso ciated Press.)' Germany today waa told tha tonus upon which tho allied and associated powers will make peace with her. , . ' Those terms were contained In a treat some 80.000 worda In length which was handed to the German plenipotentiaries at a memorable as semblage here, attended by the dele gates or tho 27 nations which are parties to tho peure pact. The trcnty handed to tho Germans today nt Versailles la the result of tho work of tho representatives of the allied and associated powers ar rayed against Germany who convened officially on Jniyiary'18. Tho time between (he armistice, November 11 and January IS, waa occupied In pro paring claims and reports, In tho aol- octlon of dvlogates, and In their travol to I'arla. The first act of tho peaco confor once at Its meeting on January IS, waa to elect Georges Clcnicnccau, premier of France, aa chairman.' On January 21, the conference adopted tho proposal that all Russian factions meet on the Princes Islands to dis cuss tho Russian situation. Nothing over enmo of tho proposal. Throe days later tho conforenco ordered "KhUng over disputed torrltory COOBO. to Txir,, I,le tnvnlnl The plan for a League of Nations ' waa concurred In by the conforenco " January si ana a comnmioo was fl'Pn'i'ted to draw up a covonant. i i JJIscusslon In tho supremo council r council of ton then turned to the lira of tho future government of ter- r'try freed from enemy rule and on January 30 tho conference accepted tho plan of mandatories, On February 14 tho I.onguo of Na tions commission reported tho coven ant It had prepared. An attompt to aHsasslnnlo Prom'ior .Olomenceau oc curred on February -19. Council of Four rrmcd ' On March 20 tho council of ten was brAken up In two bodies, a coun cil of four and a coilncl! of foreign ministers. Tho council of four was composed of Promlors Orlando, .Cte- (Continued on page two.) ALLIED COUNCI STARTED AN NS WILL SEE SELVES SIGNING .PEACE IN In Hits I unions chamber of Hie 'Versailles Pnlticc, where Wilhnm. I wns proclaimed cm ''Tor ol derniaiiy the Germans will sign lb" Ircuty that recognizes the breaking up ot tho' emiim empire. Jt w the Hull of Mirrors,' - ., v . 4 . . . OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MINDED CONGRESS IS CALLED President Wilson Cables for Special Session Money Measures Given as ' Cause - Democratic Leaders . Surprlsej at Action Secretary of Treasury Glass SaH to Have Uraed Move Be?au:e of Financial Situa tion of Country. WASHINGTON. '.May 7.-Pn.-si-dent Wilson issued n cull liv cable lo dnv fur a special session" of congress lo meet Mvmluv. .Muv 10. Secretary Tumulty in making the announcement mid it would be iioinjs sibie, of course, for .the prcsiuuiit to be here on the opening dnv. dav fixed for the special e.ion " much earlier than Democratic li-nil-ir had exiK'cted. , White House official snid that in nutnini: tin earlv date for tlie ..is-ion. President Wilson wa. cuiiled larcelv by tlie advice of Secretary Glass as to tho necessity of pussinir annual appropriation measures which failed in the closine. ilavs of the last ses sion. . . v , President ; Wilson's " proelamntion enllini: the extra session follows: "Wherens. public interests renuiro that the conffrcss of the United States should be convened in extra session at 12 noon, on the l!th dav of Muv. 10W. to receive such communications ns mnv be made bv the executive: . "Now. llierdfore. I. Woodrow Wil son, president of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim ami decluro that an extraordinary' occa sion rciiuires the eoncress of the United States to convene in extra session . nt the Capitol. District of Columbia, on the 19th dav of Mnv. 1910. at 12 o'elock noon, of which nil persons who shall nt that time be entitled to net us members thereof nrc hereby remnrcd to take notice.' ''Given under mv lmnd nnd the seal of the United States of America, the til (lav Ot .MaV. In tllO Ydtr Ot Olir I-ord oue thousand nine hundred and nineteen and of the independence of the United Slates, tuo ono nnnurcu nnd forty-third. fSiirneil) "WOODROW WILSON. "Bv tho President. , "IfORKKT LANSING. . "Secretary of State." " KANSAS CITT. Mo.. Muv 7. The bodies of Sheriff Joseph C. Tolbert nnd DepiUv John McDonald, of La Fnvctto couiitv, both dend probably since Sunduv niirht, wero found to day in tho underbrush seven miles southeast of Lexington. Mo. James C. Stubleton. another dep uty, fntnllv wounded, wus found nenr the two doud men. The officers had left Marshall, Mo., Sundav to brinir three suspected automobile thieves to Kansas Citv. No trneo has bcHMi found of fhe prisoners. MAY , MAY 7, 1919 CHINESE CABINET BY CABLE INSTRUCTS HER DELEGATES TO QUIT LAST YANKEE E AUGUST Net a Member of Expeditionary Force In Franrc Bv Auaust Declares Secretary of War 300.030 Men a Month lo Be Transported More Than Ha'f Home Now. WASHINGTON. Muv 7. Secretory Baker unnounced today that bv'Aue tist tho inst man of the American ex pcilitionarv forces will have been withdrawn from France. He said this estimate was based on the movement of aOD.OOO men a month to the'United Sutcs.. - , ., .' . . '.Already. Mr. Biker said, the Auiericnn forces in France have been divorced from the nnnv of. occupa tion. Plans have been completed to supply. the force in Germany throuch the ports of Anfwcrn anil Rotterdam, rcmovin:.' tho necessity for maintnin tho 7011-mile line, of communication from Brest. The French ports will be maintained, however, for tho with drawal of the A. K. F. ".,- ' " More than half of the expcclition arv force has now left France. Mr. Baker Said. " " .. . Mrs. Wilson to Attend PARIS. Mav 7.--When the terms of pence are handed to the Germans this afternoon. Mrs. Wilson, wife' of Pres:dcnt Wilson, savs the Intran siiieant, probably will be present. EOF DALIES SHOT BYi THK DALLES. Ore.. Mav 7. Chief of Police ltnlph Gibbon of The Dulles was shot anil probably ..fntnllv wounded today bv one of two men he had arrested on an nn east bound train here in the belief that thev were wanted for the robbery of tho Clark County hank at Wasliouanl Monday. The two men escaped after Gibbon was shot, but the man who shot him was recaptured,. The other esenped across the river into Washinaton. and is beina pursued by tv hastily orenn ized posse. "HALL OF MIRRORS' 1 SAYS BAKER BUNE M Eleventh Hour Ultimatum From Pekin Confuses Paris --Jap Control Resented I'KKIXG, May 7. Tho Chlncae cabinet at a mooting Tuesday decided to Instruct tho Chinese delegates In Parts not .to sign s peace treaty as signing the German rights in Shan tung to tlie Japanese. ' TOKIO. Mav 7. Japan has noti fied China that the anti-Japanese aeitation in Peking at present is lia ble to cause misunderstandings. The Japanese eovernment' also has ad vised the Chinese eovernment that it would be Well to prohibit 1 the "na tional discrace" meetine planned to day in Peking. NEW YORK. Mav 7. The coven ant of the Leaetie of Natiqns consti; tutes section one of the peace treaty and placed noon the leaeuc manv spe cific! duties in addition to its eenernl duties. It mav aoestion Germany ot anv time for a violation of the neu tralized zone east of the Rhine as a threat against the world's pence. - It will appoint three of .the five members of the Snar commission oversee its reeime. and enrrv out the plehescite. - , It will appoint "the hieh commis sioner of Danzisr.- enirantee the in dependence of the free citv nnd ar range for treaties between Danzitr and Germany and Poland. . ... ; . . '--It will work out the mandatory sys tem to be applied to the former Ger man colonies, and net as a final court in part of the plcbescites of the Bel-sian-German frontier, and in dis putes as to the Kiel canal, and de cide certain of the economic and fi nancial problems. . An intemntionnl conference on la bor is to be held in October under its direction, nnd nnothor on the inter national control of ports, waterways and railways is foreshadowed. , Membership Provisions , ."Membership:' The members of the leacne will he the siimatories of the covenant and other states invited to ncccdo. who must Incise n declar ation of accession without reserva tion within two months. A new state, dominion or eolonv mnv be ad mitted provided its admission is airrced to bv two-thirds of the assem bly. A stute mnv withdraw upon giv ing two vents' notice, if it has ful filled all its international obligations. "Secretariat : A permanent secre tariat will be established nt the seat of the league which will be at Geneva. Each Stato Ono Voto : . "Assembly; Tho nssemblv will con sist of representatives of the mem bers of the league, and will meet nt stated intervals. Voting will be bv states. Each member will have one vote and not moro than three rep resentatives. ( "Council: The council will consist of representatives of tho fivo great allied powers, together with represen tatives of four ,niembers selected bv the nssemblv from time to time. It mnv co-opcrnto with - additional states, nnd will mcot nt least once a year. Members not represented will bo invited to send a representative when uncstion affecting their inter ests are 'discussed. Decision taken . bv tho assembly and council mnct be unanimous ex cept in regard to procedure, and in 7 PAY INDEMNITY PARIS, May 7. The German dele gates to the peace congress declare that thev will sign the peace treaty but that Germunv will not pay on in demnity. . In the discussion of - peace terms v Ciermanv through both her official and unofficial spokesmen she has in variably drawn a distinction between leparation and indemnity, conslrn nig the hitler in effect ns piimlivo cliinmges, ' ' NO. 39 certain cases specified in tho coven and and in the treaty, where decis- . ions will be bv a majoritv. Reduce Armaments ... "Armaments: The council will formulate plans for a reduction of armaments for consideration and. adoption. These plans wit be revised, every ten vears. If a member fails to. carry out the award, the council will propose the necessary measures. Tho council will formulate plans for tho establishment of a permanent courjj, of international Justice to determine international disputes or to give ail- 'visorv- opinions.- Members who do not snbmit their case to arbitration1 1 must accept the -jurisdiction of tho : assembly. If the council, less tho, parties to the dispnte, is nunanimona- . Iv agreed upon the rights of it. the members agree that they will not go to war with anv party to the dispute which complies with its recommenda tions. In this case, a recommenda tion bv the assembly adopted, no member must exceed the armaments filed without the concirrrence of the council. All members will exchange . full information ns - to ' armaments programs, and a permanent commis sion will advise the council on mili tary and naval ouestions. ' Validity of Treaties ' "Validity of treaties 1 'All treaties or international, eniragemcnis ccm cluded after the institution, of tho league will be registered with the sec retariat and published. The assem bly mav from time to time advise ' members to ire-consider treaties which have become inapplicable on involve danger of peace. Ihe covens ant abrogates all obligations between members inconsistent with its terms, but nothing in it shall affect the va-t liciitv of. international engagement such as treaties of arbitration or re gional understandings like the Mon-; roe doctrine for securing tho mnin tenance of peace. '... ... . "The mandatory system : The tute lage of nations not vet able to stuntj bv themselves wil be entrusted to ud vaneed nations best fitted to under-. tiike it. .'... Iicrt Ilnnk ot Rhino "Left Bank of the Rhine: As pro vided in the military clauses. Gcr manv will not muintain any fortifica tions or armed forces less than fittv , kilometers to the east of. the Rhine, hold ativ maneuvers, nor maintain any work to facilitate mobilization. In case of violation, 'slie shall bo re garded ns committing n hostilo uct i against the powers who sign the pres ent treaty and as intending to dis-. turb the pence of the world." . . , Alsace-Lorraine Alsnce-Lorrnine: Attor recogni tion of tho moral obligation to repair the wrong done in 1871 bv Germany , to France and tho people of Alsace Lorraine, tho territories ceded to Germany bv tho treaty of Frankfort are restored to France with their frontiers as before 1871. to duto from the signing of the nrmislieo, nnd to be free of nil public debts. , , . . Belgium , "Germany is to consent to tho ab rogation of the treaties of lS.'I'J bv which Belgium was established us a. neutral state and to agree in advance to anv convention with tho allied and and associated powers mav deter mine to replace them. She is to rec ognize the full sovereignty of Belgium over the contested territory of Mores net and over part of Prussian Mores- , net. and to renounce ill favor of Bel gium all rights of the circles of Eupen and Malmedy. the - inhnbitants of t which are entitled within six months to protest against this chiingo of sov- , cYeignlv either in wholo or in part, . the final decision to ho resorved to the League of Nations. A commis sion is to settle" -the - details of the frontier, the various regulations for change of 'nationality are laid down. ! 1 Luxemburg . "Luxemburg: Germany renounces , her various treaties nnd conventions with Hie Grand Diiebv of Ltixembcrir, recognizes that it censed to be n part (Continued on rage Eight.)
