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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-19
TREATY TRAINERS CERTAIN
BERLIN ENJOYS WILL SIGN
Architects of Pact Believe Germans Are Initiating
Italians Fiume Fuss-Saar Residents Are Be-
coming Reconciled to French Control.

conference has chosen for them. The
correspondent OF the Pett PorSsien at
Saarbruck says that the Germans Of
Saar for the most part realize that
without an economic union with Lor-
rnine they would be seriously handE
capped.
AT this moment there is a clear
French majority" says the correspond
ent. Most 0; the people Of the saar
Valley expected outright annexation to
France and some OF the largest manu-
facturers there are hostile TO any con-
nection with France, but the average
citizen believes that under France the
Saar Valley and its mines will attain
greater productiveness than under Ger
many"
The Germans gave the Ruhr Basin
preference over the Saar. says the cor
respondent. and kept the Saar produc-
tion stationary. In Saarbruck the resi-
dents themselves have renamed many
streets with French names, including
an Avenue Marshal Foch
The optimistic feeling that prevails
to-day was strengthened still further
by an announcement that the French
troops remaining with the colors up to
and including the class of 1911 will
be demobiiized after peace Is signed.
thereby resuming the rehabilitation
which was stopped on April 20 when It
was decided 10 summon the Germans
to Versailles.
Up TO the present France has de-
mobilized 2.750.0oo men.
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BY Sfa6 Correspondent. o. THE srs.
Coprriohf, 1919: oil rioAts reseypsd.

PARIS. May ls-The Germans may
rage and fume ard send out broadcast
hints and statements that they will not
sign the treaty, but the architects Of
the peace edifice here refuse to be per-
turbed and took week end rest, there
by giving assurance that the treaty
surely would be signed.
The American commission regards re-
ports from Germany as bearing out the
belief OF its members that the apparent
popular indignation In Germany over the
treaty is a tempest in teapot. created
largely in the hope that It may have
some effect upon the Allies.
1t is declared that the Germans are
trying to take leaf from the book OF
the Italians and make the same kind
OF n demonstration over the treaty that
the latter did over Fiume. They say
that the italian surrender on F1ume was
inevita able. as they believe a German
SURF ender on the treaty is. Importance
is attached to the news that the German
Wtrkmen's Council and Herr Kautsky
urge the necessity for signing the treaty.
Tho American commission has been led
10 believe that the strength Of this ele-
ment Is growing steadily In Germany
and that its opinions are those which
are most likely TO prevail
The feeling of reinsurance is increased
by the first published reports OF how the
people of the Saar Valley received the
news of the future lot which the peace
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-19
RANTZAU ASKS
TO RESIGN POST
Differs With Emissaries From
Berlin, Seeks to Be Relieved
of Peace Work.
By the Associated Press.

VERSAILLES. May 1s.--It is quite pos
sible that Count Won Brockdorff-
Rantzau, the head OF the German
peace delegation, who left here last
night, will not return to conduct fur
ther negotiations at Versailles, accord
Ing to reports received here to-day
from Spa.
The views OF the chief Of the Ger
man delegation and those represen-
tatives sent from Berlin to consult
with him differed so strongly as 10 the
further conduct OF the negotiations,
according to these reports, that Count
Won Brockdorff- -Rantzau requested that
he be replaced at Versailles.
The special train which took the Ger
man party TO Spa last night is expect
ed to arrive at one OF the suburban
stations OF Paris tomorrow afternoon
on it's return trip. II will then bs evil
dent whether Count Won Brockdorfr-
Rantzau has abandoned the mission or
not.
Serious dlsagreements have arisen in
the last twenty four hours among the
German delegates. A majority, includ-
ing the financial experts. is said to be
violently opposed to signing the treaty,
while Count Won Brockdorff- Ra ntzau,
with the minority. sees no way out but
to sign Tho departure of the Count Is
said to be in connection with the dis
agreements.
A member OF the German delegation
with the rank OF Councillor OF Legation,
who returned here recently from Ber-
lin, made this declaration to-day con-
cerning the peace treaty:
I'VE will sign despite all, because we
will be hacked to pieces II we return TO
Berlin without signing"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-19
BABY M'LEAN
KILLED BY CAR
Boy Heir to Millions Run
Down in Street by Ford
Automobile.
GUARDED ALL HIS LIFE
Kept in Steel Barred Carriage
to Balk Wallpapers Who
Trailed Him.
GUARDED ALL HIS LIFE
special pe,pateA TO rur stx.

WAsHINGToN. May 1s.--Vinson Walsh
Mclean, 9 years old. the 800, ,O0o.-
900 baby" son OF Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
ward p. Mclean, and heir to one of
the greatest fortunes in America,
was run down by a Ford automo-
receiving injuries from which he died
at o'clock tonight. The accident
happened in front OF the Mclean
mansion and country estate on Wis
consin avenue, which was the old
Georgetown pike. a part of the Old
Trails road system.
Since his birth the boy had been
famous as the most closely guarded
child in America. He was always
closely watched by guards and SER
wants and police. This morning he
escaped his guardians for a moment,
slipped through one OF the great gate
ways and was run down in the road.
Three women were in the car which
struck him. They stopped and were as
assisting the lad when his guardian ran
to him. He was taken to the mansion,
but insisted upon walking. Apparently
he was not seriousl yhurt. and after
seeing him In the house the women drove
of. They have not been identified
Constantly Feared kidnapping.
Physicians were hurriedly called, and
after examination said that the boy had
, n compound fracture OF the skull. He
was put to bed and began to sink. He
grew rapidly worse through the after
noon and died unconscious.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mclean were at Louis
VILE, where Mr.. Mclean has a stable,
| attending the races. They were notified
shortly after the accident. and are
! speeding to Washington on a special
train.
The Washington police have the West
! Virginia license number carried on the
Ford car, but up to a late hour they had
! not located II. Police OF the adjacent
States have been notified.
During his infancy. and indeed even
| after he became old enough to take care
, of himself to a certain extent. Vinson
Walsh Mclean was probably the most
carefully guarded baby in the United
States. So much was printed In the
, and about the fact that he was heir to
much OF the 100000 estate OF his
! grandfather. John II. Mclean. a news
paper publisher Of Washington and
Cincinnati and holder in great utilities
| companies, that letters threatening to
kidnap the child were received almost
constantly by his father and mother.
The Washington home of the McLeans,
was guarded by a detail OF city police
men to keep the kidnappers away. and
the baby never travelled without a
large encourage OF private detectives
and special policemen. When the child
/ was only few months old his parents
! had constructed for him. as an addi-
tional safeguard against kidnapping. a
| steel cage on wheels. or an armored
| baby carriage. which was closed and
! bolted by locks Of special design and
| intricate pattern, 1t was in this that
the baby's nurse, accompanied by half
dozen detectives. took the child for
his mornings ride. And besides the
detectives. the McLeans employed thirty
house servants and hfty outside re-
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Wilson VIII Ask Congress to
Keep Detachment There
With Allied Army.
PROMISE TO CLEMENCEAU
American Force Will Be Com
posed of Volunteers if Plan
Is Sanctioned.
BY. LAURENCE HILLS.
stdr Correspondsnt o. TIE suS.

Copyright. 1919; all roAfs ressrped.
PARIS. May 1s.-President Wilson
has made for the United States an
other promise which is filled with pos
sibilities OF involving America in what
ever future troubles may arise in Eu-
rope from Gerinany's failure to fulfil
the conditions Of the treaty. The
President has assured Premier Gle
menceau he will ask the sanction OF
Congress to permit a detachment of
American troops to remain on the
Rhine for five years as a part OF the
interallied army which will enforce
Germany's compliance with tho treaty.
This promise. on top of the triple
alliance" constitutes another victory
for Premier Clemenceau and makes
still clearer the price which President
Wilson paid for the adoption of the
covenant OF the League of Nations and
the rejection of Marshal Foch's plan.
The Presidents idea. it is understood.
is that the American force, amounting. II
is said now. to "a regiment or two" will
be composed OF volunteers officered by
lregulars. and will remain at the Cob.
lenz bridgehead until the expiration OF
the first fve year period specified in the
treaty.
This will require special legislation by
Congress, for which the President will
ask at the same ting that he requests
the ratification of the triple alliance >
This Is certain now, despite reiterated
American statements that Immediately
after the treaty has been signed the
American troops woula leave the Rhine
II Congress approves the plan the new
watch on the Rhine Vtll be composed OF
volunteers recruited in the United
States, the first thousen of whom have
Just arrived, and OF IOlunteers recruited
in France. OF whom There are now less
than a thousand fro& the two millions
who have been or ard here.
In this matter President Wilson finally
Welded to the Fre4ch Premier, who
urged that some trobps should be left
on the Rhine ''to keeH the American nag
fiying'' as ocular evidence for the Ger
mans that the American Army still was
patrolling the beat wi h the other police
men. 1t 10 understood that the Presi-
dent had grave doubSs as to his ability
TO get the consent Of Congress and the
American people TO this, but as on the
question Of the "tripN alliance" PreyIieI
Clemenceau finally wbn him over.
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IA POINTS ARE
HELD AS TREATY
German Peace Delegates Will
Contends Policy Binds
Each Side.
BY KARL II. Won WIEGASD.
Stdr Correspondent Of TIE Sun.
Haa..Lnha 1910. all .inhia E.s.e...d

Copyright 1913; all r0hts reseroeo.
BERLIN, May 10 (delayed) IF in
formation from those who are in n
position to know something about the
long debates Of the daily cabinet ses-
slons may be taken as n trustworthy
basis the following forecast indicates
the cardinal points of the German
counter proposals now being worked
out for submission to the Peace Con-
gress, some of which may be said to
have been adopted already by the
cabinet while others still are under
consideration and are the subject Of
much discussion.
Germany has taken the attitude
that President Wilson's fourteen
points and his subsequent speeches
relating thereto, together with the eS-
change of notes with Washington be-
tween October 3 and November 5,
1918, constitute to all intents and pur-
poses an international agreement SOL
EMMY binding on both sides, the
abandonment Of which would be moth
ing less than a violation In sense of
international law.
1t is proposed that Germany shall
declare It is her view that this SOL
emn agreement to make peace upon
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Ready Mades Are Rare
in German Cities

SOLDIERS in the Army of Oc-
- cupation write to donors of
THE SUN Tobacco Fund saying
that to get tailor made" ciga-
rettes is an occasion of much
joy. According to postal cards
just received for John P. Nor
gan, DIR. and Mrs. Morris, Mrs.
A. o. Randall and a number of
other donors there was a large
distribution of these joy bringers
the first week of May.
WARMING! THE SUN To-
BACCO FUND has no connec-
ton with any other fund, organi-
Eation or publication. 1t employs
no agents or solicitors.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-19
Airmen and Officials Give Full
Credit to Planes Crew
and U. s. Navy.
LONDON Is ENTHUSIASTIC
Hawker's Wife Contrasts Ad-
miralty Apathy With Amer
lean Support.
Special Cable Despatch TO TIE sun.


LONDON. May 1s.-With their GUS
tomary sportsmanship all Britisher
give the American naval airmen full
credit for their great feat in flying
from Newfoundland TO the Azores Air
Ministry officials unhesitatingly
praised the pluck and endurance o
the Americans and praised the Amerl
can naval authorities for their share
in accomplishing the great feat.
Mrs. Harry Hawker, wife of tn
British airman, when told that tn
American fiiers had reached the
Azores said:
There is no doubt that the Ameri
can boys are fine sportsmen. The
have been admirably backed by the'r
Government, however, which is grea
help to them. Our Government has
done nothing. I feel this is an injus
tice to our men. because II is not
merely a matter OF winning a prize
but rather a great international honor
Our boys haven't even had satisfactory
weather reports. However, l still hope
we will be first across"
In some of the conversations in naval
circles chagrin was expressed over the
delays which handicapped the British
fiiers at St. Johns. All. however, were
willing to concede credit to the Amer
leans. and particularly TO the manner in
which the naval vessels cooperated with
the fliers.
Called Great Accomplishment.
One Of the best known of British fiiers
declared that the Americans lived up TO
the best traditions OF the sea. This
Official was unwilling to have his name
I used, on account of Ministry regula-
tions, but he wanted 1t known that
every English airman was heartily glad
because OF the success achieved by the
Americans. That the Americans were
able to hold their course through the
uncharted air over the Atlantic and at
night. was, in the minds OF the Brit
ishers. a great accomplishment.
There is considerable speculation here
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Valuation Nearly CompIeted.

This plan involves the actual valu-
tuon at which the roads should bs
,e"en over. For several years tho
bureau OF valuation, under the direc-
uoh OF the Interstate Commerce Com
mission. has been engaged in making
valuation. Senator Cummins has in
'eshga,ed the progress made in the
TASK, and commented:
Nclua! valuations have been COM
p"ted OF only a small group OF roads,
''I4 'hese all minor ones. But on the
o'ner hand. the inventory of the rail-
so0u property OF the country is about
" per cent. finished. In addition the
,on'H' ssion has decided many OF the
uncut questions that must be settled
80 order TO fix the principles that,
nFn applied to the inventory, will en-
a'e determination OF the actual
,'.4e. The data which the bureau of
a'1at'on has gathered will be of the
u"host utility in the final determina-
"ol o' value under the plan in mind"
f., IS explained that as a whole about
per cent OF the value OF the rail-
% ,oHns Is represented By underlying Sc
H''s The bonds the other 40 per
IN oy the stock II when the valua-
.ph Vas completed II be found that the
- value OF any road was iess than
So, ,"ee or the bonds outstanding. then
Oonds would be required to scale
-. ana be brought to the amount OF
-''eFmined value; and on such a
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-19
CRISIS IN CoNSrANT1NoPLE.
Political situatida Acute Since
Troops Left.

PARIS. May 1s.-A political crisis has
arisen In ConstantiHople since the de-
barkatIon of Greek and allied forces
at Smyrna, the Jour4al says.
The Turkish Grar{d Vizier. OF Prime
Minister, Ia said to- have resigned.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-19
Australian Racing at LOG
Miles an Hour Direct
for Cape Clear.
NO HOPE IF HE FAILS
Discards Ground Structure
as He Sails Over Camp
of Rival.
GRIEVE rs HIS NAVIGATOR
Venturers Use Biplane and
Are Helpless Either on
Land or Sea.
iRIEVE Is HIS NAVIGATOR

St. Johns, N. F., Monday, May
l9.-UP to 2 o'clock this morning
no word had been received from
Harry G. Hawker since he started
on his transatlantic flight. Weather
reports from the Atlantic were
favorable and indicated improve.
ment in some of the storm areas.
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Special Despdtch TO TIE Sun.

ST. JoHN's, y. F.. May 1S.-Harry
U. Hawker. the noted Australian
aviator. and I.ieutenant-C Commander
Grieve Of the British Navy, his navi-
gator, flew out to sea this afternoon
In a Sopwith biplane in an attempt
to span the Atlantic in less than Q
day and night.
The decision Of Hawker and Grieve
to start to-day In the face of uncer.
tain and probably unfavorable
weather conditions after the first
thousand miles was made because
Hawker feared that the American
seaplane NC-4 would beat him to Eu
rope. depriving himself and his coun.
try OF thee glory of the first transat.
lantic flight. The L. s.. Navy is not
/ competing for the $4,000 London
Daily Mail prize the Australian
hopes to win.
The two men are entrustinp them.
selves TO single engine, which must
drive the biplane more than 1000 land
| miles 1,I6O nautical miles) before
| they again sight land-the imposing
mass of Cape Clear, on the southwest
coast OF Ireland. The flight, made
without chain OF protecting ships
peiow, in machine which probably
VIII sink within few minutes II the
! engine fails. can only be compared
for daring in the air with the at.
; tempt of Prof. Solomon A. Andree 10
reach the north pole by balloon IN
lS"'' Andree's alrship disappeared
into the north, neither he nor his
two companions ever being heard Of
again.
! Drops Carriage TO Ground
Hawker mounted from his hangar
on the Mount Pearl plateau at 1855
L. NJ. (12:55 New York time) and
roared along at hundred miles nm
hour over to the camp of Frederick
Raynham. his rival Within the sight
OF the camp he pulled lever which
released the wheels and under car
rlage Of his machine The structure
crashed 10 the earth as Raynham
watched. a challenge and fair warn
ing to the Martinsyde man that
Hawker was off on the record flight
which now can end only in a forced
landing on water or crash landing"
In the British Isles with almost GER
tain death In the former and possibly
with serions injury to the men In the
latter case.
Raynham watched the carriage
crash and saw Hawker and Grieye
wave gay farewellS. Then, although
taken by surprise. he quietly ordered
immediate preparations to take of on
the flight. He had recognized in the
| dropping wheel the symbolical thrown
gauntlet and had picked 1t up. Young
Raynham and his navigator, Capt.
Charles Morgan. sprang into their
1 machine. but were compelled to wait
more than an hour after all gasolene
and supplies were aboard for favor
able breeze TO help the heavily laden
machine get of the ground.
Ihelr trau Is Wrecked.
Finally Mt 400 Il. NJ. Newfound-
land time the biplane rocked its way
across the uneven cricket field Mt
Quidividi and finally rose slowly in
the air Four hundred yards from
the start. when the plane had reached
only slight height above the field,
she nosed suddenly downward and be-
fore her pilot could check her had
crashed to the ground.
The plane was useless wreck and
out Of 1t crawlcd Morgan and Rayn-
ham. their faces bleeding and their
bodies bruised, but otherwise unin-
tured.
Young Raynham, who is only o.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-19
Wilson at sc| Itch Church.

PARIS, May 1s.-Ifesident Wilson at
tended services at The Scotch Presby
terian Church In the lRus Bayard to-day.
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CUMMINS GIVES
RAILROAD PLAN
FOR CONGRESS-
Interstate Commerce Com
mittee Head Wants Pri-
vate Operation.
FAvORS U. 8. GUARANTEE
Senator Would Divide All
Roads into Is or 20 Cen
eral Systems.
FAvORS U. s. GUARANTEE
Special Dessotch 10 The Sex.

WASHINGTON, May 1S. Senator
bummins (Ia.), who will be chair
man of the Interstate Commerce CON-
mittee in the Sixty-sixth Congress.
which convenes tomorrow. to-day out
lined his plans for legislation han
ding the railroad situation. Senator
Cumnins said that his programme
was based on three general principles
that he believed should outline the
policy. These principles are:
], The roads should be organ
lied In comparatively small
number Of systems, say fifteen or
twenty, but not on what has been
called a regional plan.
. There should be a govern
ment guarantee assuring the roads
some fixed minimum of earnings,
say per cent on their valuation.
8, They should be operated by
private corporations, all of them
organized under Federal iax, the
law providing for this plan max
ing provision for their formation
and, the terms on which they
she aid operate.
90 Protect Weak Lines.
Cnder this plan 1t would be possible
for the strong and weak lines. which
now are in competition to the great
disadvantage of the weak ones. to be
SO pooled together that all could earn
enough to support them without per-
hitting the large roads to earn ex-
Cessivoly.
When a large. road and a weak
road compete IN the same territory"
said the Senator, they must make the
same rates, and those rates must
either starve the poor or else give its
powerful neighbor earnings that would
~ regarded as excessive and a burden
IN business. Putting them together
makes it possible to provide identical
rates and avoid either starving one or
overfattening the other"
To the proposal OF Government
rlarantee the Senator recognizes that
lherA will be strong objection, but he
Is convinced that 1t is necessary. at
VIII he objected to-" he explained, ."as
giving special preferment and security
70 private capital invested In railroads
But, under the conditions that will be
imposed. OF limited profits. Government
controlled rates and the like. they will
largely lose the attributes of private
property. Taking any period OF three
Years in their history, the roads will
oe found 20 have averaged higher
earnings than they would be guar
Sn'eed under this plan; so the bust
ness community would not be losing
By It.
In comparison with the present
rental the Government guarantees
while II is in charge OF the properties
mere would be a saving of at least
e5Oooo.oO0 a year"
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Whore OF hers sell
ETsyEsTfl Msy a91, ssSSSs, sSS By
The best 80 and eI00 Investments.
John Muir q o. q B'way--Adr,
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WEATHER FORECAST.

Far to-day; to-morrow cloudy, prob
ably showers, moderate variable winds.
Highest temperature yesterday 81; lowest, "a.
De'aiied weather reports on editorial page.
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Evening journal., 1919-11-26
At THE RIiLTO.

Jack Pickford co-starring with love
ly Louise HUI released a picture sew
cral years ago that was entitled "Freck-
les Everyone knew and knows now
that IL is a perturbation Of the famous
Gene Straton Porter story and in its
showing found delight not only in the
mere story but also in the charming
and unaffected fashion in which both
Mr.. Pickford and Miss HUFF succeeded
in portraying tbs leading roles.
TodayN0t he Blaito this picture will
come forNa a return date and this news
cannot but be interesting to every
one.
Tomorrow, Thanksgiving, is ~ be ap-
propriately celebrated with the coming
OF Mabel Normand in Upstairs" Every
one can remember that this picture
was at the Queen but several short
weews ago and that the riot Of fun il
started there was sufficient to spread
the news to everyone and as a conse-