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New-York tribune., 1919-05-08
Irish Alumni Pledge
Faith to ''Republic''

Tho Maynooth Alumni Association
held it's annual banquet at the Hotel
Astor last night. Among the guests
we're Archbishop Hayes, Chaplain Duffy,
DR.. P. McCarten, envoy of the Irish
Republic; Diarmid Lynch, national sec
retary of the Friends Of Irish Freedom;
the Rev. Richard Tierney, S. j., and the
Rev. Father Chidwick.
At a business meeting, which pre-
ceded the banquet, the unwavering
support of the alumni was pledged in
q cable sent to Eamonn De Valera,
president Of the Irish Republic. One
thousand dollars was also cabled to De
Valera as personal gift from the
alumni in recognition of his stand for
Irish freedom.
The congratulations Of the organiza-
tion were cabled to the Irish cnvoys
from the United States Ex-Governor
Dunno, Of Illinois; Frank p Walsh. Of
New York, and M. J. Ryan, of Philadel
phia. An invitation was extended to
Rev. DR.. Manix, Archbishop Of Mel
bourne, to visit this country.
Rev. Daniel ]. Lavery, D. D., acted ns
toastmaster at the banquet. The spenk
ers included the Right Rev Mgr. Smith.
the Rev. Peter Donohoc, the Rcy. Fran
els F. Duffy, the Rev. James II. Nc
Iinnis and the Rev. William Living
stone, p. r.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-08
President Wilson
Receiued These

The members of the league will
make provision to secure and main
tain equitable treatment for the COM
merce Of all members of the league.
All treaties or international engage
ments will be registered with the sec
retariat, and obligations inconsistent
with the covenants terms are thereby
abrogated.
Germany must expedite Allied
goods in transit, may not discrimin-
ate against the ports of Allied or as
socated nations, and must grant the
latter's seaports all factors and re-
duced tariffs granted her own or
other nationals, and afford the Allied
and associated powers equal rights
with those of her own nationals in
her ports and waterways.
THE measures which the Allied and
associated powers shall have the
right to take, in case of voluntary
default by Germany, may include eco
nomic and financial prohibitions and
reprisals"
New-York tribune., 1919-05-08
Army Expected
To Quit Rhine
By. August 81
Officials Say Withdrawal
of American Soldiers in
Germany Is Provided for
in Terms of the Treaty

WASHINGTON, May z. PROMPT
withdrawal of the American army of
occupstion from Germany has been
provided for in the Paris treaty, in
the opinion of army officials who
scanned the official summary of the
document to-day. In the drastic mill
tary and naval terms imposed on Ger
many, coupled with the pledge of Presi-
dent Wilson and Premier Lloyd George
to ask that Congress and Parliament
guarantee the protection of France
against assault, they read definite in
tention to turn the task of garrisoning
occupied Germany over to France at an
early date.
The treaty terms were studied closely
to determine just what they meant for
the United States. Officers felt that
the whole subject of future American
military policy was closely interviewer
in these provisions. 1t is upon obliga-
tions incurred under the treaty, if it is
ratified here, that the policy must be
framed In all probability, it was said,
Mr.. Wilson will desire to outline COM
plete military programme to Congress
when he carries out his pledge.
No German Armed Force
Military and naval experts declared
that under the terms of the treaty
Germany would cease to exist, even as
potential military power, on land,
sea or in the air.
There will be no German army or
navy in any modern sense, they said,
for what remains after the treaty pro-
visions are carried out will be no more
than a national police force, lacking
every essential for international con-
f!ict.
The terms are taken here as indie
alive of what Austria, Bulgaria and
Turkey may expect. To open the door
for worldwide reduction of armaments
the treaty trainers appear to have
grappled with militarism, intent upon
tearing it out by the roots. it was said.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-08

January 8, 1918.
Germany cedes to Belgium two
small districts with a total area of
382 square miles. She agrees to pay
damages for personal injuries to
civilians, for maltreatment of pris-
oners, for property loss, for forced
civilian labor, and to offset fines
imposed on invaded areas, and she
undertakes to devote her economic
resources to the physical restoration
of invaded areas.
Germany cedes Alsace-Lorraine to
France, granting concessions in
property, citizenship and customs.
turning over to France the Rhine
bridges and agreeing to reduce for
tifications at Kehl and Strassburg.
Germany cedes ownership Of the
Saar basin coal mines to France as
the price Of destruction Of the mines
OF Northern France, and loses SOW
ereignty In An area Of 738 square
miles in the Saar Valley.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-08
Many Killed as German
Ammunition Blows In

BRUSSELS, May (By The Asso-
ciated Fress). - A depot of German
ammunition containing shells and
bombs of every calibre and many gas
shells has been exploding since yes
terday morning at the railway station
at Groenendael, six miles south of
Brussels, where Canadian troops were
inspected by King Albert eight days
ago. The depot has Deen under guard
Of $50 Belgian soldiers, and 600 Ger
man prisoners have been at work near
it. 1t is believed there are many
killed and wounded, but the number of
victims will not be known for several
days.
Many houses in the neighborhood
have collapsed and windows and roofs
for two miles around have been shat
tered: This is especially the case at
Hoeylaert and neighboring towns.
where there are thousands of hot
houses. The movement of trains over
New-York tribune., 1919-05-08
Western Boundary Of Germany

1.-The peace must deliver Belgium
and Northern France from the Prus-
sian conquest and menace. ce."-An-
nual message to Congress, Decem-
Der 4, 1917.
Belgium, the whole world will
agree, must be evacuated and re-
stored, without any attempt to limit
the sovereignty she enjoys. With
out this healing act the whole struc-
ture and validity of international
law is forever impaired. ed.",Seventh
of the fourteen points, January 8,
1913.
esAll French territory should be
freed and the invaded portions re-
stored, and the wrong done to
France by Prussia in 1871 in the
matter of A1sace-Lorraine, which has
unsettled the peace of the world for
nearly fifty years, should be righted,
in order that peace may once more
be made secure in the interest of
alLn-Eighth Of the fourteen points,
New-York tribune., 1919-05-08

Germany agrees Co respect the In
dependency of all territories which
were part of the former Russian
Empire, to accept the abrogation of
the treaty of Brest- Litovsk, and
other treaties entered into with the
MaXimalist government, and to recog-
nize the new frontiers.
All German troopA 1T present in
territories to the east of the new
German Polish Russian frontier
shall return as soon as the Allied
and associated governments deem
w Use. They are to abstain from
requisitions and are in no way TO
Interfere with measures for national
defence. Questions regarding occu-
patton not provided for in the pres
ent treaty will be covered in a sub
sequent convention.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-08
President Wilson
Wanted These
Economic Barriers

The removal, so far as possible,
of all economic barriers and the es
tablishment of an equality of trade
conditions among all the nations con-
senting to the peace and associating
themselves for it's maintenance" -
Third of the Fourteen Points. jan
uary s, 1918.
There can be no leagues or al
liances or special covenants and un-
derstandings within the league of
nations. . There can be no special.
selfish, economic combinations within
the league, and no employment of
any form of economic boycott or ex-
clusion except as the power of eco
nomic penalty by exclusion from the
markets of the world may be vested
in the league of nations itself as
means of discipline and control."-
Liberty Loan speech, New York, Sep
ten1ber 81, 1918.
"The establishment of selfish and
exclusive economic leagues we deem
inexpedient"
New-York tribune., 1919-05-08
President Wilson
Wanted These
League Of Nations

"a steadfast concert for peace can
never be maintained except by
partnership of democratic nations.
1t must be q league of honor, part
nership of opinion" message
to Congress, April 2, 1917.
"a general association of nations
must be formed under specific cove
nants for the purpose of affording
mutual guarantees of political inde-
pendence and territorial integrity to
great and small states alike. -Four
teenth of the fourteen points, jan
uary s, 1913.
There can be no league or ali-
ances or special covenants and un-
derstandings within the league Of
nations. Liberty Loan speech in
New York September 81, 1913.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-08
Poland

There should De a united, indie
pendent and autonomous Poland.r-
Address TO tho Senate, January %,
1867.
fAn independent Polish state
should be erected, which should in
Glade the territories inhabited by in
disputably Polish populations, which
should be assured free and secure
access to the sea, and whose political
sgtd economic independence and ter
riEorial integrity should be guaran-
tcfd By international covenant
Thirteenth Of the Fourteen Points,
January 8, 1913.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-08

Every convention or international
engagement entered into hencefor-
ward by any member of the league
shall be registered with the secre-
tarlat and shall, as soon as possible,
be published by it. No such treaty
or interternational engagement shall
be binding until so registered"
The league assembly may from
time to time advise members to re-
consider treaties which have become
inapplicablo or involve danger to
peace. The covenant abrogates all
obligations between members incon-
sistent with its terms"
New-York tribune., 1919-05-08

AS military men see it, there will be
left in central Europe, where this
menace to world peace was reared,
hardly sign that it ever existed.
In view of the extraordinary nature
of the terms imposed upon Germany,
officers regarded the agreement of
President Wilson to seek from Con-
military power will rush to Frances
aid If that nation again is attacked as
arising from other causes than any
doubt that Germany would be power
less when those terms had been carried
out.
All Home by September
This led to the belief that plan
to withdraw without delay the Amer-
lean army of occupation in Germany
was what prompted the insertion Of
the agreement clause.
Secretary of War Baker, who was
back in his Office to-day from his third
trip to Europe, said the American army
in France would all be home by Au-
gust. but that the homeward movement
OF the army of occupation in Germany
would depend upon the agreement
reached by the Associated Powers at
Paris. 1t has been stated officially,
however, that the War Departments
Piono, as HoW 1IdIneu, 40 not cOntem-
plate the stay Of any American troops
in Europe beyond September. About a
mouth would be required for the with
drawal of the 100000 men in the army
of occupation.
If Congress agrees to guarantee the
protection of France, as the President
will ask, it was suggested that there
must be concrete evidence of the inten-
tion and means to carry out the pledge
in the shape of an organized expedi-
tionary force within easy reach of en-
barkation points, and the maintenance
of transports to be made ready quickly.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-08
Access to the Sea

sEyery people should be assured of
direct outlet to the sea. Where this
cannot he done by the cession Of ter
ritory, it can, no doubt, be done BY
the naturalization Of rights Of way"
Address to tho Senate, January
70. 1917.
when said i. the nations were
s--titied TO assured and upmoiep.ed
gseess 70 the sea, ! was thinking of
Austria, as well az Of Serbia and of
Poland Fifth annual message TO
Congress, December 4, 1917.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-08

the NamurL rLuxemburg line has been
interrupted.
1t is reported that while workmen
we're unloading a wagon filled with
shells a detonator exploded in the
hands of a German prisoner, setting
fire to the ammunition boxes. After
the explosion the German prisoners
broke the barbed wire Gordon sur
rounding the camp and fed in all di-
rections through the woods. Only $50
have been arrested since. The Bel
gian guards at the depot succeeded
in escaping safety. The explosions
are clearly heard in Brussels and may
continue for days.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-08

Germany cedes to Poland the
greater part Of upper Suesia and
Posen and that part Of the province
of West Prussia lying west Of the
Vistula and extending north to the
Baltic. In East Prussia plebiscites
will be taken to fix the frontier on
the south aud east. Dantzig is made
free city under guarantees from
the league Of nations, the rights and
property Of Polish nationals there to
be protected. Traffic across Poland
and on tho Vistuia is arranged
New-York tribune., 1919-05-08
Russia

"The evacuation of all Russian
territory and such settlement of all
questions affecting Russia as will
secure the best and freest coopera-
tion of the other nations of the
world in obtaining for her an un-
hampered and uaembarrassed oppor-
tunity for the independent deter
mlnation of her own political devel-
opment and national policy and as
sure her of sincere welcome into
the society of free nations under in
stitutions of her own choosing."-
Sixth of the fourteen points, JAN
uary 8, 1918.
II intend to stand by Russia as
we'll as France. ."-Speech at the
Metropolitan Opera House, May IS,
1918.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-08
President Wilson
Receiued These

The covenant of the league of ma
tions which will include the Allied
signers of the treaty and their as
sociates, but exclude the Central
Powers, constitutes Section l of the
treaty.
1t provides for q permanent secre-
tariat in Geneva, a council of nine
and an assembly. The executive
council will plan reduction of ar
maments and permanent court of
international justice, settle interna-
tional disputes, attempt to prevent
wars, validate treaties, arrange man
datories over parts of Africa and
Turkey, supervise international COM
merce, and take charge of all exist
ing international bureaus and COM
missions. An international labor or
ganizatidh is provided.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-08
Open Diplomacy

ut will be our wish and purpose
that the processes of peace shall be
absolutely open.
"Open covenants Of peace, openly
arrived at, after which there shall
be no private international under
standings OF any kind, but diplomacy
shall proceed always ~rankly and in
the public view. First of the four
teen points, January 8, 1918.
"All international agreements and
treaties Of every kind must be made
known in their entirety to the rest
Of the world. Liberty Loan speech,
New York, September 27, 1918.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-08
Repration and Indemnities

I'VE seek 10 indemnities for our
selves, no material compensation for
the sacrifices we shall freely make"
War mesnage to Congress, April 2,
1911
America seeks no material profit
or aggrandizement OF any kind. No
indgmnities must be insisted on except
those that constitute payments for
manifest wrongs done-"-Message to
EnSsiA, May 26, 1917.
Punitive damages we deem In
expedient- Reply to tho Pope,
August 27, 1917.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-08

Germany agrees to pay damages
for all losses and injuries incurred
by the Allied and associated gov
ernments on account of the war, with
an initial payment Of s5,00O,000 900.
In addition, Germany surrenders all
claim to ships seized during the war
by other powers and will build new
merchant ships for the Entente.
To pay for works Of art stolen or
destroyed in Northern France and
Belgium. Germany will replace or
give full value in similar articles.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-08
Limitation OF ornaments

"Armaments should be limited to
the necessities of national order and
domestic safety."-Second inaugural
address, March 5, 1917.
adequate guarantees that ma
tional armaments will be reduced to
the lowest points consistent with do
mestic safety. y.'-Fourth Of the four
teen points, January s, 1919.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-08

Poland is given direct access to the
sea by the ccssion to her by Ger
many Of most of tho province of
West Prussia lying west of the Wis.,
tula River, and the opening Of Dan
zig to both Germans and Poles by
It's establishment as free city.
Austria and Serbia ara uninclude d
In this treaty, which concerns only
the relations between the German
Empire and the Allied and associated
governments
New-York tribune., 1919-05-08
Freedom, Of the Seas

Absolute freedom Of navigation
upon tho seas, outside territorial
waters, alike In peace and in war,
except as the seas may be closed in
whole or in part by international
action for the enforcement Of inter-
national covenants s.'-Second of the
fourteen points, made in address to
Congress, January 8, 1919.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-08
England-to-Spain Flight
Is Halted at Riarritz

BAYONNE, France, May major
barley, of the British army. who
started from Margate. England, yester-
day to fly to Madrid, landed on the
house yesterday afternoon. Low clouds
prevented the aviator from seeing the
peaks of the Pyrennese.
The flight will be resumed when the
weather clears.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-08
Half of Swiss War Debt
To Be Paid by Income Tax

BERNE, May Tt is announced that
the citizens of Switzerland by 100000
votes to $4,000 have approved meas
ure imposing a war tax on incomes, the
tax to be levied until one-half of the
country's debt due to the war is paid
off.
The only cantons which returned a
majority against the scheme were
Geneva and Neufchatel.
The tax is to be applied to incomes
exceeding 1000 francs, with progress
sive increase in taxation on the larger
in .omes
New-York tribune., 1919-05-08
Responsibility for the Var

"The war was started by Ger
many. y."-Address at A. F. of L. con-
vention, Buffalo, November u, 1917.
"The war was begun by the mill
tary masters of Gcrmany."-Flag
Day address, June IA, 1917.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-08

The council of the league, taking
account of the geographical situa-
tion and circumstances of each
state shall formulate plans for the
reduction of national armaments to
the lowest point consistent with ma
tional safety and enforcement by
common action of international OBJ
legations.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-08
Pan.American Congress
Is Planned by Women

BUENos AYREs, May Ga Pan
American Woman's Congress, to be
held in this city in July, 1921, is be-
ing planned.
Womens organizations Of the United
States are expected to cooperate with
the woman's party which has been
formed here in arranging for the meet
New-York tribune., 1919-05-08

Germany accepts the responsible
ity for starting the war of aggres-
sion. The Allied and associated gov
ernments affirm this responsibility
and publicly arraign William II of
Hohenzollern for supreme offence
against international morality and
the sanctity Of treaties.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-08

Five great rivers in German ter
ritory are internationalized. The
Kiel Canal is made open and free
to all ships of all nations at peace
with Germany.
(Traffic on the high seas is not
mentioned in either the league cove
nant text or the treaty summary
New-York tribune., 1919-05-08

Germany surrenders her overseas
possessions, with all rixts and titles.
Diplomatic protection to their in
babitants is to be given by the gov
ernments exercising authority.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-08
Monroe Doctrine

~ am proposing that the nations
should with one accord adopt the
doctrine of President Monroe as the
doctrine of the world. ."-Address to
the Senate, january %, 1917.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-08
German Colonial Claims

~ free, open minded and abso-
Irtely impartial adjustment Of all
colonial claims" fifth Of the Four
teen Points, January Q. 1918.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-08
Joffe Is Reported Shot
Poles Said to Have Executed
Former Bolshevik Envoy

COPENHAGEN, May 7.-When Polish
forces captured Wilma recently they
seized and shot Adolph Joffe, the for
mer Russian Bolshevik Ambassador at
Berlin, according to Polish newspapers
received here.
Adolph Joffc was first chairman of
the Russian peace delegation at Brest
Litovsk, and after the signing of the
treaty was appointed Bolshevik Ambas-
sador to Germany. He was received in
Berlin by the German imperial govern
ment last May and was in Berlin when
the revolution occurred. The new Ger
man government expelled Joffe late in
November. He returned to Berlin in
December and was said to have brought
money to aid the Spartacides in their
activities against the government
Joffe finally was expelled from the Ger
man capital in January, and since then
had been in Russia.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-08

Nothing in this covenant shall be
deemed to affect the validity of in
tcrnational engagements, such as
treaties of arbitration or regional un-
derstandings like the Monroe Doc
trine."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-01-27

competitive bidder for deposits of
hanks and probably forcing the state
reserve bank to pay the usual rate
now of per cent instead of 2.
The opinion prevails among some
bankers that if a state reserve bank
is established in Kansas it will n can
the drawing of a distince line between
state and national bankc; that other
states are liable to take up the plan
and as result a realignment of finan-
cial institutions thruout the nation
may result. In answer to this the
friends of the state reserve plan con-
tend that if the Kansas plan is adopted
by other states and spreads over the
nation this will only be proof of its
merit and of the necessity for change
in the present system.
In all probability the committee on
banks and banking of the senate will
hold its public meeting for a discus
sion of the Bergen bill this week.
Senator Charles E. Snyder, chairman
of this committee, says he intends to
make an effort to get as many repre-
sentative bankers as possible at this
Among those who will I'M
doubtedly be invited are ]. z. Miller.
governor of the federal reserve bank
of Kansas City; former Governor Bal
ley, of Atchison, and P. w. Goebel, of
Kansas City, Kan.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-01-27
COMMITTEE WON'T OPERATE
Upper House Ready Now for
"Full Speed Ahead"
Personal Message From Allen
Expected This Week.

The Kansas senate was prepared to
get down to real business when 1t
convened at four o'clock this after
noon. The senate has been 1oafing
along and killing time since the begin
ming of the session. But now with all
of its working machinery in order and
a stack of bills ready to be threshed
business before it. Also, the fact that
the house has accomplished more
than it has in the first two weeks is
expected to act as a spur.
Some of the most important bus
mess of the session is expected to come
up this week. 1t is probable that
Governor Allen will accept the invita-
ton of the senators to explain his land
tenantry remedies before the body
during the week, and the Montee
antitrust measure that Governor AL
len has gotten behind is expected to
come up. Also, the committee on
banks and banking plans to hold it's
open meeting for a public discussion
OF the proposed state reserve bank and
after this meeting the Bergen bill will
undoubtedly be reported out of COM
mittee without delay.
See Big House Delay
Altho every indication is that this
will be a sane and sensible session
and that the number of bills will be
small enough to permit the winding
up of all business in the 5O-day per-
iod members of the senate are build
ing no hopes on being able to get
home by the time the March winds
begin blowing. Some of them think
they may be forced to remain in To-
peka until the June corn blowing is
finished if the ways and means com
mittee of the house does not change
fronts.
The house ways and means commit
tee still insists on working independ-
emily on all appropriation bills, and
if this is done there is no telling when
the business of the session will be
completed. The stand the house has
taken means that every appropriation
measure will have to be threshed out
twice-that every bill providing for an
appropriation for a state institution
will have to be originated in both the
house and senate and that it will prac-
tically be an endless task getting the
two sets of measures enough alike for
both houses to agree on them.