Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1919-03-07
Washington

Washington
President Wilson has denied the
published story of his views on ''e
Irish questions. John Sharp "ill'"iia'
Mississippi senator, says the pfeS''
dent, when asked about Ireland r.
plied that the league of nations haa
nothing to do with domestic ques'
tons.
Differences between Democratic ana
Republican leaders over the legis'a'
tive situation, echoes from when nave
been heard daily since President "h'
son made known his determination not
to call an extra session OF the NJ"
congress until his return from France
NAV be forced to an issue in me sen
ate with the calling up of the victor!
loan" bill The Democrats are iuolNd
as being resolved to push TIE lean
measure.
A London dispatch says 1T is n"c-
essary to hold the Dutch army ready
against any effort to annex Dutch yer.
ritory the Dutch minister declared
in an address to the second chamo'r.
He said disarmament al present w@uta
be dangerous.
A Paris dispatch says: 1T would be
difficult TO exaegerate the success OF
President Wilson's first speech al
home so far as its Paris audience -
concerned. President Wilson accurate
". forcefully ard couraseously put oe'
fore the American people the cohGi-
lions in Paris. and it is further feh
that he is fighting in America 10 save
all the best possibilities of the PARIS
conference
News comes by way of Copenhagen
that Norman Hapgood of New YORK
has ben appointed American minister
IN Denmark in succession to Dr.. Mau'
rice Egan, who resigned on account OF
i'll health. !,
Nomination of Hugh c. Wallace OF
Tacoma. Wash, to be ambassador 10
France, has been confirmed by the
Senate.
Authoritative opinion OF American
navy officials apparently is dehni'eiy
crystalized against any proposal "
sink the surrendered German Meet.
An outline obtained of the views held
in Washington pointed out that such
course would represent sheer eco
nomic waste for which there could DC
no possible excuse.
Special allowances for traVei anu
subsistence are classed as compensa-
ton on which men in the military or
naval service are not required to make
= income tax returns or pay taxes, pro
= yiding the total does not exceed 90,
!, 500 for 1918.
. Representative Frederick Fl. Gillei'
of Massachusetts was nominated Oh
. the first ballot by the Republican con
> ference as the party candidate fol
l. sneaker in the next house Of represen
: tatives.
The administration bill appropriat
;, ing one billion dollars to fulfill the gov
U ernment's guarantee of wheat prices
" to the farmers for the 1919 crops wa
, passed by the senate, without materia
amendment, and now goes to confer
- ence.
Uncertainty over the status of rail-
roads IN the immediate future has beel
a largely removed by Director Genera
y, Hines, announcement after conterrn
n with President Wilson that the gov
nm eminent would not turn the roads bael
h to private management until congress
ss had more opportunity to consider
az uermanent program of legislation.
w Homer 8. Cummings, of Connection
al has been reelected chairman of tn
81, national Democratic committee an
ty the committee voted complete REQ
ganization for an aggressive campaig
,p- in 1920.
te. Three additional cases of soldiers
III This country sentenced to be shot l
Or. courtsmartial for military offenses al
he whose sentences were either remitts
ed or commuted by President Wilso
H. have been made public by the war d
partment.
te- Major General Crowder, judge a
OF yocate general Of the army, appearil
= before the senate military commit
Il. Of n resumption of hearings on Z
4 courtmartial situation, said that all l
n. prisonment sentences imposed on M
i. ~ the army during the war and foul
anon review to be too severe would
Il sa,tigated through the presidents po
ne er OF remission.
n will cost the American peoI
- ho,t 4 billion and a quarter doiia
. vaar for the next twenty-five yea
4 = nav an the war debt, in addition
y interest - Of s7e5.ooo.oOo q year.
80 president Wilson will not can an
= ssss;on Of congress until mis-
turn from Europe xn.a,rost
% the Japanese staff ct via na'.e
VI 80 reorested Col. Henry p. S1yer'
n ~ American army. to turn over
uf 49, Iananese the arms, horses
equipment Of the cossack ., ,roopg !,
on General Kalminoff. who inutlnieu !
We = January. and surrendered tne'1 8
20 ana horses 10 the Americans
~ r.aafbs from disease among
IL troops In the unifea 800. 80. u !