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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.)