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I ended by the defeat Of that power, and
! "Whereas the United states OF Amer
lea and the French Republic are fully
persuaded that an unprov0ked move
ment Of aggression by Germany against
France would not only violate both the
letter and the spirit Of the Treaty OF
Versailles 20 which the United States
OF America and the French Republic
are parties, thus exposing France anew
TO the lntolerable burdens Of an un-
provoked war, but that such aggres-
sion on the part OF Germany would
be and Is so regarded by the Treaty
OF Versailles as a hostile act against
all the powers signatory to that treaty
and as calculated TO disturb the peace
OF the world by involving inevitably
and directly the States Of Europe
and indirectly, as experience has am
ply and unfortunately demonstrated,
the world at large; and,
Whereas the United states OF Amer
lca and the French Republic fear that
the stipulations relating to the left
bank Of the Rhine, contained in the
said Treaty Of Versailles may not at
first provide adequate security and pro-
lection 10 France, on the one hand. and
the United States Of America, as one OF
the slgnatories Of the Treaty OF Yer
sailles on the other:
Therefore, the United States OF Amer
lea and the French Republic having
decided TO conclude treaty 10 effect
these necessary purposes. Woodrow
Wilson, President of the United States
Of America, and Robert Lansing, Secre-
tary Of State Of the United States. spe-
cially authorized thereto by the Presi-
dent Of the United States, and Georges !
Clemenceau, President Of the Council, |
Of War. and stephen PichOn, |
Minister Of Foreign Affairs, specially |
thereto by Raymond Poin- |
,are, President OF the French Republic, |
lave agreed upon the following ar
lcles:
Article 1. In case the following
relating 10 the left bank
II the Rhine contained in the Treaty OF
PEACE with Germany signed az Yer
allies the 2Sth day Of June, 1919 by the
Iritsh Empire, the French Republic
nd the United States OF America
mong other Powers:
Article i2 Germany is forbidden 20
or construct any forti1cations
lther on the left bank Of the Rhine or
n the right bank to the west of a line
rawn 80 kilom. to the east OF the
hine.
Article i3. In the area defined above
le maintenance and assembly OF arm
I forces, either permanently or tenn
Orarily, and military manoeuvres Of
ny kind, as well as the upkeep Of all
ornament works for mobilization, are | =
the same way forbidden.
Article "a. In case Germany violates {
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EDITORIAL OPINION

before the Senate to deliver the peace
treaty. Certainly Woodrow Wilson
deserves the title Of our 'best-dressed
President Not in our time has any
President been so punctilious as 70
dress"
The author OF this well deserved
tribute is Senator Arthur Copper Of
Kansas, for at least thirty years
trained observer Of politics and pants-
looms More than that he comes from
a state where folks have real money
10 spend on clothes. AS Kansas is
the greatest winter wheat State and
as the Government guarantees 1926
bushel. every Kansan has that per-
fectly tailored look. The clothing
barons of New York. Rochester and
Chtcaso would starve IL Kansas stopped
getting measured for suits.
\ President Of guile might be e1-
pected, at the hour Of Kansas SEN
stor's call. 10 put on his incest clothes
TO make the Senator feel ct ease. No
such suspicion attaches In the present
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Railroad Regulation and Politics
Cost OF the Interstate Commerce Commissions Long Psyros
From the New SUM-

To the Editor Of the sun. Sir:
was greatly interested i'm the communi-
cation Of Hard Pan" printed in The
sun Of July 49,, wherein the writer
spoke OF the Interstate Commerce
Commission and its shortcomings in
its dealings with the railroads Of the
country and ascribed most Of them 10
the fact that the commission was domi-
mated by politics and politicians
through members Of the House Of Rep
resentatives and Of the United states
Senate
l agree with these statements and 7
know that many railroad officials,
many bankers, many business men
agree with them But how in The world
are you TO expect The politicians OF the
House Of Representatives and the
United states Senators and affiliated
politicians TO relinquish their grasp on
the Interstate Commerce Commission?
TO satisfy myself that The statements
made by Hard Pan" that the commits
sion is nothing but a political body
were correct have taken the trouble
TO note the record in one or two par
tlculars Of the commission since IFS in
ceptlon i'm 1887. There IS no record Of
the number Of employees Of the com
mission prior 10 1905. 70 Is only with
IN the last fifteen years, I believe, that
the commission has been permeated.
saturated deluged with politics. Dur
ing that time, from 1903 90 1919. inclu-
sive, the number Of employees has
grown from i79 to 2,2i3, and in 1917 the
total number Of employees was 2.26i
The number Of employees for the rs
cal year ending June 30, 1920, is not
yet known, but It is needless TO say
that they are not less than those OF
1919, 10 Is safe to add that there isn't
a member Of Congress or a member OF
the United states Senate or some ar
flliated political friend who has not
been instrumental I'm the appointment
Of one or more OF these employees and
that these appointments represent part
OF the patronage enjoyed by these poll /
ticians
Look at the following official figures
concerning the appropriations and /
number Of employees Of the commits /
sion:
No. OF En-
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A Mere Conjecture
(From The New York SUM.

The failure OF the President to sub.
NIT 20 the Senate the text OF the spe-
cial treaty Of alliance with France
which he negotiated, on the side, al
Paris is surprising in view OF the fact
that the fourth article OF that special
treaty provides that 10 shall be sub
mitted to the Senate "at the same time
as the Treaty Of Versailles is submit
ted to The Senate for Its advice and
consent to ratification"
Perhaps President Wilson, with that
haziness Of perception in matters CON
crete which so perplexes and sxasrcr-
ates his early friend and faithful men
tor Colonel George Harvey, interprcis
Article ~, as meaning that the special
treaty will be simultaneously submit
ted If Il gets to the Senate at any time
before final action on the Trelty OF
Versailles. We can only guess at the
workings Of Mr.. Wilson's peculiar
mind.
But his reluctance 20 submit The
special treaty, his disposition 10 put
or the unpleasant ceremony as Ions
as possible. may readily be understood
II we turn back 10 these noble utter
auces IN his address az the Metro
politan Opera House on September 27.
1918. He was laying down the pro
gramme OF settlement:
"There can be no leagues or ALI
lnces or special covenants and under
within the general and COM
mon family OF the League Of Nations.
Special alliances and economic
'ivalries and hostiliiies have been the
prolific source in the modern world
IF the plans and passions that pro-
luce war. 1t would be an insincere as
we'll as an Insecure peace that did not
EXCLUDE them in definite and binding
erms.
"The confidence with which I ven
ure to speak for our people In these
matters does not spring from our ira
lit.ons merely and the well known |
principles Of international action which J
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II will be noted that under Presidents
Cleveland, Harrison and Mckinley and
dVing the first term Of President
Roosevelt the Interstate Commerce
Commission was not active as a pollt-
ical body. With the beginning Of what
may be looked upon as the second
term Of President Roosevelt. I'm 1905
the appropriations began 10 increase,
also the number Of employees. and these
increases continued during the last
years Of President Roosevelt. During
President Taft's four years In the
White House the appropriations and
number Of employees made startling
jumps. With the advent Of President
Wilson and the Democratic House and
Senate the appropriations for the com
mission and the number Of employees
were very largely increased. In other
words in the closing months Of Presi-
dent Tafts Administration the number
of employees was no and the appro-
priation for the commission for the
fiscal year 1912 was i,79i,2s7. From the
beginning of President Wilson's FIRST
House and Democratic senate. the
yearly appropriation jumped TO si.S53.-
629 and the number Of employees in
creased from 739 TO an appropriation
for the fiscal year 1919 Of S5.7ii 600.
while in 1917, during the early part OF
which Mr.. Wilson was reinaugurated.
the number of employees jumped to the
startling number Of 226i.
All told, from the date Of the birth
Of the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion TO the present time the commits
sion has cost the Treasury directly a
Total Of siI6u. .70i20 and the political
oerths have totalled 1914. The cost
10 the country in the injury il has
worked may amount to billions.
From 1905. when The appropriations
and the employees began TO multiply. |
.he commission by its acts has been |
he circumlocution bureau 10 retard |
very seriously railroad progress in the |
United States, to destroy morale, 10 |
wipe out efficiency and TO iniure Sc |
.urity holders and all hands. T.J.H.
Washington. July 26.
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THEM rLL or GOVERNMENT OPERATION.

CMyRNA folk certainly must have than their oil
- Of government control and operation Of railroads.
The manner In which the government has operated,
and still Is operating, The little branch line between
Smyrna and Clayton Is rayesS upon the Of rail-
rosdng
While the line IS short one It represents principle
that Is being violated much shamefuy under gov
ernmen operation than Il violated under private
operation. Here is sample OF what Is being done on
that short line:
Tho train takes passengers from Smyrna out 90 the
first northbound train at Clayton, but n does run
back to Smyrna for the accommodation Of passengers
from down the State, who get of Clayton and who
desire to go TO Smyrna They walk or II there be
Jltney there, twenty-five cents for ride to Smyrna
Other main line trains not met at all
The policy that has been inaugrated at the expense
Of the metropolis OF northern has caused usnabe
Indignation throughout the neghborhood
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CANAL OBSTACLE REMOVED.

co far as is known here, the last obstacle the way
OF the acquisition and improvement Of the Chesa-
been removed
Following conference participated In by lawyers rep
resentng private interests and United States Attorney
Charles f. Curey the United States District Court has
issued an order requiring the canal company 10 pay the
governments 10000 judgment against the company and
accrued interest amounting to about $4,000
II is to be hoped that the taking over OF the canal
and the work Of converting into wide deep and free
waterway viii proceed speedily and that the antc
pated benefits OF the enterprise viii be realized
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we have always professed and fol-
lowed. In the same sentences in
which I say that the United States will
enter into no special arrangements or
understandings with particular nations
let me say also that the United States
IS prepared to assume its full share OF
responsibility for the maintenance Of
the common covenants and under
standings upon which peace must
henceforth rest.
I'VE stlll read Washlngton's i'm
mortal warning against 'entangling al
liances' with full comprehension and
an answering purpose. But only spe-
cial and limited alliances entangle: and
we recognize and accept the duty OF a
new day in which we are permitted
to hope for q general alliance which
VIII avoid entanglements and clear the
air OF the world for common under
standings and the maintenance Of COM
mon rights"
That declaration against such spe-
cial and limited and entsngling all
liances as he has signed with Premier
Clemenceau may not have REQUIRED 10
Mr.. Wilson's mind until after his re-
turn to Washington. He may have
picked up by the merest chance, a
printed copy OF his forgotten speech
OF ten months ago. or may have run
across the original manuscript while
Overhauling the archives for material
with which TO respond to the Senate'5
request for documentary information.
Or the resourceful Tumulty may have
reminded him.
All this is conjecture. But certain
IL is that any statesman with the
ghost Of a conscience might be ex-
pected 10 hesitate about submitting the
special treaty with France after read
ing again his own recent and positive
declaration that the United States VIII
enter into no special arrangements OF
with particular ma
ions-and France, heaven bless and
prosper herl is a very particular ma
ion
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Does President Wilson regard the
Franco-Amefican Treaty as mere
scrap Of paper? II not, why did he de-
| llberately violate one Of It's most I'M
/ portant provisions within a fortnight
after he, as president Of the United
] States and Mr.. Lansing, as "Seecre-
tary OF State Of the United States" at
tached their official signatures 10 the
agreement
That he did that very thug there can
be no question. Article OF the
treaty reads:
"The present treaty will be submitted
70 the Senate OF The United states at
the same time as the Treaty OF YER
sallles is submitted TO the Senate for
It's advice and consent 10 ratification"
sumbitted by whom2 BY the Presl-
dent himself. OF course, who alone Is
empowered TO submit treaties. who
alone with the Secretary of State has
a right TO Sign them and who with the
Secretary OF State did sign this one.
And 10 was as president Of the United
States Of America that he entered into
this engagement with the duly auth
Orized representatives Of the French
Republic and gave IN writing under
the great seal Of this honorable Nation
that solemn pledge.
Did he keep It? He did not. This IS
what he said and all he said respecting
the treaty on July 10, when he submit
ted the Treaty OF Versailles to the
Senate:
II shall presently have occasion TO
lay before you a special treaty with
France whose object is the temporary
protection Of France from unprOvOked
aggression by the power with whom
this treaty Of peace has been negoti-
ated. It's terms link 10 With this
treaty. / take the liberty however, Of
reserving it for special explication on
another occasion"
He did not submit the treaty: he did |
not dlvulge It's terms he did not even |
summarize IT, he simply took the lib /
erty' Of violating 10.
Why? There must have been some
reason for the incorporation Of that
particular provision in the Franco
American Treaty. There is none such
IN the FrancO-Britlsh Treaty wherein
Article z provides merely that "the
present Treaty shall before ratification
by His Majesty be submitted TO Parlia-
ment for approval" not coincidently
With the submission of the Treaty Of
Versailles nor at any other specified
ime
How can this marked difference be
accounted for? We can only cOniec-
ure OF course. but it is surely fair
resumption that the provision was not s
Inserted at the insiigation Of the Pres '
dent, who would hardly have gone
mt of his way TO bind himself unneces-
Evening journal., 1919-07-29
GEMS OF THOUGHT
Prayer purines; for II is a seif-preaohed sermon

Prayer purihes; for II Is a self-preached sermon
| --+:
They alone that are acoomrantei with o,,.
| thoughts. "iNn nonle
am more and moro impressed with The duty ~ andn
happiness.
.-@-.
II you're corfent with bare living that's prohah, al
you'll ever get
OF course your rich negbor probably is not as hannv
as you are you haven't heard him say anything about
getting rid OF his wealth he be poor happy
have you?
-:-:-:
Beware that thou tell thy dreams in company
for notwithstanding thou mayest take pleasure in te-
ing thy dreams but the company will take pleasure
g hearing them-
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Frank Haley, agent FOR the and Order Society OF
this city has been quoted saying that 900 speskeases
operating in Wilmington Since then he has .repud-
ated the alleged interview. However il there be any
considerable number Of such speakeasies isn't it high
time for this seuth OF the society get busy show
that he is seuth in fact well as in name? Unless
he breaks them up those speakeasies may do harm
than did the much smaller number OF licensed places that
existed here prior 10 the advent of wartime prohibition
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case. The long frocked Senators from
the South. the baggy kneed Senators
who represent the impoverished. non
wheat producing East, all find Mr.
Wilson as Arthur Capper found him.
And all, without reservations, admire
the cut Of his garments. Fabric and
fashion are so lnterwoven that 1t is
impossible TO separate them. They
are regulated by open covenants or
perfection, openly arrived at Not one
OF the fourteen points Of style is ever
abandoned
II Mr.. Wilson should embo1y his
Articles Of Apparel in 4 treaty the
Senate would ratify it IN a minute.
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II WAY INTEREST YOU.

Forman's Special Sale OF Tennis Shoes
for Boys and Girls. The kind that wear
well, at very reasonable prices.
Women's fine Oxfords and Pumps, a
dollar less than usual. Our Working
Shoes are the talk OF the town for
quality and price. Pay us less for
better Stockings for the children. PER-
FUME SOUVENIRS. Open this evening.
Forman's, Fourth Street. between Mar
ket and King.--Adv.
Evening journal., 1919-07-29

Just when quiet has been restored in Washington.
riots break out n Chicago Il is another demonstra
ton OF how evil begets another evil We hope sin
cerey that the seeds OF racial dscord flung broadcast
national capital viii not bear fruit any Delaware
community. II is time when the orderly white and
Negro elements should exercise their best powers TO pre-
vent outbreaks OF any anywhere We want in Della
vestge OF the midsummer racial madness that
has swept Washington and Chicago
Evening journal., 1919-07-29

Pan-German newspapers in Berlin endeavoring
20 show that Wilhelm Hohanzoern never abdicated as
Emperor OF the German Empire and King Of Prussia tt
is explained that Prince Max OF Baden, the Imperial
Chancellor gave to the Wolff News Bureau an unau-
torzed statement that the Emperor had abdcated WELL
the Pan-Germans will admit that he out anyway;
and II ne wants 10 start something both within and
without Germany let him try TO come back.
Evening journal., 1919-07-29

Many persons I'm Delaware do not seem TO be able 10
grasp the meaning OF public school consolidation In
plan English 10 the taking Of poor schools
and making really good school out Of them; the
taking OF several poor schools and merging them into
good and centrally located already existing
In each instance the effect the samethe getting Of
really good educational agent for several poor
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why should they try the Kalscr?" inquiries an
change. BY the token, why should they try any
boodyhanded murderer? II the Kaiser be permitted to
escape punishment for the manifold and monumental
crimes he has committed what be offered by
anyone for the punishment Of any murderer.
Evening journal., 1919-07-29
A PORTRAIT OLA
WELL-DRESSED MAN.

WELL-DRESSED MAN.
From the New York sun.
Before the reader drinks OF the sub
iacent sartorial lucubration we must
assure him that it is taken neither
from the Haberdasher nor from the
Beau Brummel Column Of a theatre
programme:
''The President received me in the
large reception room Just or the room
that he uses as an office. No one else
was present. 1 spent an hour with
him. Next to his amiabiIity !
was most impressed by the nicely OF
MS dress. He was attired in a blue
coat white flannel trousers and the
most immaculate OF white KID shoes.
HIS eravat, or tie. as we say out West.
was tied with the most punctilious
care II recalled an old saying OF my
ooyhood. He looked Ike ne mirht
nave Just stepped out Of bandbox.'
Il had observed the same care IN
regard to his attire wilBn he appeared
Evening journal., 1919-07-29

President Wilson may be thinking, and practically
saying THE Senate damned" but the American people
will continue TO place their confidence in the legislative
branch OF the the safeguard Of popu-
lar rights and the preservation OF national independence
Evening journal., 1919-07-29

The Want Ads will advertise bust
ness partnerships in many lines OF
work.
Evening journal., 1919-07-29

President Wilson would be justified in the conclusion
that the American people are ungovernable lot Of
beings. They got the habit in ITO
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BUSINESS AND SENTIMENT.

the average Wilmington business made much
noise City Council is doing the sale Of one
carload Of foodstun everyone Wilmington would
eardrm protectors night and day, say moth
dng OF gas masks
To handle this carload Of government foodstun
our city fathers have six special committees follows:
Receipts and Checking, Transportation Distribution and
Display Storage Justison Street Sales and Public Build
ing Sales.
10 roll in?
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European nations seem 10 think that America is 50
ron 1t might well the burdens OF the world and
aere are lot of Americans who seem to agree with
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President Wilson Violates His Own Treaty

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