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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-10
Ars,,nents POSTPONED.

WASHINGTON, April 1o.-Argu-
nents to the jury in the Baltimore
Tedsral leagues 100000 damage
su;f against organized baseball were
postponed today until tomorrow.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-10
Peoria Grain.

PEORIA, H., April 1o.-Corn---
Market unchanged to 1c lower. No
8 white, s1.59@1.594a; No 2 yellow
s1.57B@1.5S: No. yellow, S157 ;
No. 2 mixed, s1.57h@1.5s; No. 4
mixed, s1.57.
Oats-Market 1kc higher. No.
white, 68hc; No. white, CSC;
standard, 68Ac.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-10

Guest Of Wednesday Reading Club.
The Wednesday Reading club
which met yesterday afternoon at the
home of Mrs. Henry w. Huiskamp,
sol Grand avenue, had for a guest
Mrs. Evans Of Minneapolis, who
spoke on the recent meeting of the
National Woman Suffrage associa-
ton in st. Louis to which she was
q delegate. In addition to giving a
report of the action Of the conven-
tion, she gave delightful characteri-
cations of the prominent women Of
whom she had photographs. The
meeting was one of the most inter
esting which the club has enjoyed
for a long time. Mrs. Huiskamp
served afternoon tea. following Mrs.
Evans talk. Mrs. Elizabeth Parrot
LeBron, the president, presided.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-10
No GYM Glass TonIoht.

Because of the repairs being made
at the Y. w. G. A. building the
classes which were scheduled to
meet in the gymnasium tonight will
not meet until further notice.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-10
May,

mo. 8 white, s1.62@165; May.
s1.6O1s; July, $1.511 Is.
Oats-No. white, 6997oc; 10. 4
white, CSC; May, CSC; July. sc
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-10
Kansas city Live Stock.

Kansas CITY IfVc oNOSN'
limited Press Leased Wire Service.l
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, April 10
Cattle closed steady. Top, $3.50.
Hogs opened 10 and 20 cents high
er. closed steady to 10 cents higher.
Top. s2o.70; bulk. s20.00@20.S5.
Sheep were steady to 20 cenSs
llower. Top, S1s.2ss s4-4s~ !,
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-10

FOR RENT-Twenty acres with
buildings, north of city, near tire
and smelter factories. Inquire TIT
Morgan.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-10
MOVING PICTURES.
poua Fairbanks In ARIZONA"


A famous star in famous play
at the Grand today and Friday.
Douglas Fairbanks, peer of all screen
actors, surrounded by such other
stars as Theodore Roberts, Marjorie
Daw, Raymond Hatton, ETC., in Angus
tus Thomas great, gripping drama OF
the American frontier army posi-
ARIZONA"
Swift action. fight, romance and
adventure abound in "Arizona"-ai
set in the big outdoors, on the wide
plains and in the beautiful noun
tains of the west. 1t is an ideal role
for Doug, permitting plenty of COM
edy, highly dramatic moments, CALI
ing for the athletic rrowess of which
Doug Is supreme master. Every one
of the star cast fits into his or her
part, perfectly cast.
If you were one of the millions who
saw ARIZONA" ON the stage, you
don't need two askings to see it on
the screen. The real west. real cav
airy, and Doug as the dash1ng,
fighting and fearless lieutenant Den
ton. Needless to harp on its dra-
matte quality-"Arizona" is an Amer
lean classic; the extended scope OF
the screen enabled the producers to
give full range to the bigness and
beauty of the scenes, as well as to
the development of the characters.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-10
Mission cjrcIe Thla Evenrno

WTSSIOU OfTCIc THIB Evening".
The Mission Circle of the First
Christian church will meet this even
ing with Miss Leota Jester, 212
South Ninth street. Miss Florence
Brown will be the leader.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-10

The Society Editors Phone Number.
Those having society or club news
which should appear in the society
column are asked to note that the
society editors telephone number Is
B-515. Society news should be tele-
Iphoned to that number or II sent by
mail address to Mrs. Winona E.
Reeves. LOG North Second street,
Keokuk.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-10

WANTED-A place for boy 1s to
work on farm. Address Boy, care
Gate City or phone Red 638.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-10

WAITEDA-Lawn mowers to sharpen.
price SOC. Work guaranteed. George
Talley, phone Black 429.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-10

ST. Louis Cash Grain, Close.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, April 1o.-Corn--
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-10

FOR RFyNT-Modern furnished or
unfinished house Of four or i've
rooms "E," Gate City.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-10
FOR RENT

FOR RFNT-F'ive-room house, Eigh'
teenth and Concert street. Tel
1910.
FOR RENT furnished rooms for
light housekeeping, modern conven-
fences. also barn suitable for garage,
315 Blondeau
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-10

Hlppodrome Tonight and Tomorrow.
In "The Probation Wife," Norma
Talmadge's latest Select Picture, which
can be seen tonight and tomorrow at
the Hippodrome theater, Norma Tai
madge again demonstrates that re
markable versatility in her roles for
which she is rapidly becoming dis.
tinguished.
At the opening of the picture we see
her as an inmate Of notorious cafe
She is young, vibrating with life, and
with an inner refinement which makes
this life repulsive to her-and Norma
Talmadge is the girl who can make
you feel all these things.
From an inmate Of a cafe, to a
slavey, to a lady-INorma Talmadge is
all of these in 1.-THE Probation Wife,
and she is as perfect in one part as
in the other. Her acting is excellent.
One can feel what in words she can
not tell us. She Is a vital, living force
upon the screen. Never has she done
better work. Thomas Meighan, as her
leading man. gives her splendid sup
port. Also Mutt & JEFF Cartoon COM
edy
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-10

IWANTED-At once, good granite
letterer for one man shop. Steady
work the year around. Highest wages
paid. J. r. Boland, Muscatine, Iowa
Box 494.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-10

WANTyED-A 8 or Z room modern
house, close in. Call B 1858.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-10

WANTED-Egg for Matching March,
April, May delivery, from full blood
ed stock State number you can fur
nish weekly and lowest price per 100.
10. H. Turner, Lancaster, Mo.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-10

WANTED-Gir to take care OF chill
dren and help with housework. A
G. Larson, 140S Main.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-10
CLASSIFIED COLUMN
WANTED.

WANTED dish washer
at once. Syngel Cafe.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-07-09

Park Units SEQ, sss. 400, b2S. 4O5 and
800. Motorized Company $50. 312th Sup
ply Train and Motor Supply Train AIS.
Thirteenth. Sixth. Fourteenth and FIJI
teenth Transportation Corps Companies,
Third Corps Headquarters, Headquarters
Troop and Military Police Company,
30Sth Field Signal Battalion, First Corps
Field Artillery Park. 299th Military Po-
lice Company. Third Army Military Po-
lice Battalion. Fourth, Sixth and Sew
enth Corps Military Police Companies,
Fifty-hfth Pioneer Infantry Band.
Evacuation Hospitals 80 and rs.
Laundry Companies sos, 523. 525 and
522; Clothing and Bath Units 322 and
s27, Supply Companies 32S, 306. $40 and
s25; Butchery Company 31s.
Railhead Supply Detachment S04, Fire
Hose and Truck Company 345, Advance
Animal Transport Depot 3o4, Service
Battalions sl4 and S13. Headquarters
Companies A and b, Third Corps Air
Service Headquarters; First, Twenty
fourth, 1Ssth, 1s6th and 25Sth Aero
Squadrons t82d Aero Squadron.
Photo Sections s, 10, 1o1 and 1914;
Third Corps Balloon Group, Headquar-
tiers Balloon Companies ~, "a and ~ (;
SID and I17th Telegraph Battalions.
Evacuation Ambulance Company 10 |;
Third Corps Sanitary Train. Headquar-
tiers Field Hospital. Section Headquar-
ters; Field Hospitals S29 and 332 (;
Motor Transport Company 6S6; Evacua-
ton Hospital FL Salvage Company SOC ;
Supply Company 317.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-07-09
ELECTORAL REFORM PASSES.
French Chamber of Deputies
Agrees to Bill, ga to 121.

PARIS, July S.-The electoral reform
bill, with amendments. was passed yes
terday by the Chamber Of Deputies. The
vote was 1874 to 121.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-07-09
GEN. PERSHING GIVES
MORE WAR CROSSES
New York and Neu Jersey
Men on Latest Honor List.

WASHINGTON, July Seen. Pershing
notified the War Department to-day that.
acting for President Wilson. he had
awarded Distinguished Service Crosses
to the following officers and men:
Captains-Charles D. Harris ode
ceased), Washington, D. c.; Christie F.
Mccormick. Alva. Okla; Charles E.
Wise, Mankato. MINI.
Lieutenants-C. p. Mason, Rillsboro.
Tex; Samuel J. Marks, Pittsburg
Henry c. Merritt, Tuckahoe, N. Y; ].
c. Mckinney. Comanche. Tex.
Sergeanis-Albert c. Meyer (de-
ceased), Jeanette. Pa; Ian d. Nc
Vicar. Norfolk. Conn. Pearl ]. Wines.
Bartlesville. Okla. Tracy s. White. Long
Branch, N. J.. Archie NJ. Zavits. Fruit
port, Mich.
Corporals-John Niles. Chicago; John
9. Manning. whorton. Tex. Cook Willis
C. Miller, McLouth, Kan.
Privates-Oliver Marquis (deceased)
Poseyville. Ind; William B. Main
Housewife. Pa; Malcolm A. Macauley
Roxbury, Mass; Alexander Zambrycy-
ski, Worcester. Mass. 1.-TWO citations)
Walter D. White (deceased), Byron. "
Y; John Samuel Weimer, Mount Pleas.
ant. Tex.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-07-09

F. q and II. s13th Pioneers Infantry ;
three casual companies.
President Wilson, New York, July 1s
Thirteen casual companies, 320th
Butchery Company, 85th Transportation
Company, 2t7th Military Police. 126
csaual officers. including Brig. Gen.
Leroy Eltinge.
Soma, New York, July 1i.-Three
ordnance casual companies, Company c
and medical detachments, 33sth Labor
Battalion, ssd, 134th. 136th. 16oth and
s1st Transportation companies, eight
casual officerA
Cruiser Pueblo, New York. July IA
Eight casual companies. sS7th and 41sth
Service Park units, Motor Truck Com
pany 4, 109th Transportation Company.
18th Field Remount Squadron, Veter-
mary Hospital Is, medical detachment,
267th Provisional Battalion.
Can Finisterre, New York, July IA
Headquarters First Battalion, Compa-
MES A, d and l., s1sth Pioneer Infan-
try; medical and headquarters detach-
ment. Companies A and d. 3f1st Ser
vice Battalions; two casual companies
and three Casual nurse detachments and
$40 casual Officers Major-Gen. Will
lam II. Hay Is on board.
UIua, New York-Third Battalion
hea dqua rters. medical detachment, Com
panies /, w and X, s04th Pioneer In
fantry; two casual companies.
Alaskan, New York, July 16-Head-
quarters detachment and Companies d
and C, 1s7th Engineers; Evacuation
Hospital 20, Camp Hospital 4. Third.
Seventh, Eighth, Ninth and Twelfth
Transportation companies. and four
casual companies.
Santa Malta. New York. July IL
Five casual companies, 237th Military
Police, Headquarters Company and Com
panies B and C, 121st Engineers; 459th.
460th and 6s0th Motor Transport COM
panies; Sections l to IS, S12th Repair
Unit
Philippine, Newport News. July IL
Eight hundred and third Pioneer In
fantry. less ten ofiicers; medical de-
tachment and Company L, e04th Pioneer
Infantry S5sth and s5sth Transports
ton companies. two casual companies
and eighteen casual officers.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-07-09
NUMEROUS UNITS TO
HAVE EARLY CONVOY
Long List of Organizations 10
Issued at Washington.

WASHINGTON. July S.-The following
organizations have been assigned to early
convoy:
Guard Company 117; Field Remount
Squadron $40: Service Park Units 416
and Sos; Transportation Corps Com
panies 142. SIT to S23. inclusive; Base
Hospital OIL; Motor Supply Train 427 +;
Headquarters Company Sill; Pioneer In
fantry; Headquarters Second Battalion
and Company H 225th Military Police
Company; Motor Truck Company 4 |;
S14th Pioneer Infantry. Companies to
II inclusive Headquarters Second Bat
talon Ambulance Section $50.
Butchery Company No. a04; Sales
Commissary units 20 and 81 Service
battalion 322; Battalion Headquarters
Medical Detachment, and Companies A
to d inclusive: Service Battalion 341 :
Battalion Headquarters Medical De-
tachment and Companies A and D: 13lst
Engineers Company C. Service Battalion
345. Company d, graves registration
unit; 3o2d Watertank Train Headquar-
ters Detachment and Companies A to
Inclusive.
Motor Transport Companies 457 and
627, Repair Unit 32S, Group c. Section
IL, Third Corps Artillery Park, Com
pany A, 301st Watertank Train. Com
pany b. Guard Company III. Camp Hos
pital So. Sales Commlssary Units Z and
81 Sales Company 8, Bakery Com
panies $40. 800, 321 and 316, Service
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-07-09
ELEVEN TRANSPORTS
WILL ARRIVE SOON
Nine Are Coming Here With
United States Troops.

WASHINGTON, July S.-Expected trans
port arrivals are announced as follows
shoshone. Newport News, July IL
2rsth Depot Company; First Company.
sosth Pioneer Infantry; Company e,
S13th Pioneer Infantry; detachment
Company d. 526th Engineers; detach-
ment sara Engineer Service Battalion
Company D. Saith Engineer Service
Battalion. 156th Transportation Com
pany. Fifty-third Sanitary Squad dem
tai detachments SIS and 9s, Ave casual
companies. six officers.
Cruiser st. Louis. New York. July II
Six casual companies, a32d Field Re-
mount Squadron. 412th Service Park
unit. 1920 Transportation Company.
Field Hospital 80. Ambulance Company
SO. Ave officers.
Freedom. New York; July 15-Field
and staff. headquarters supply and
medical detachments. Companies B, E,
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more soldiers In the country than ever
before because they have to fight the
Bolsheviki of Austria and Hungary.
There IL no Bolshevism In Rumania-
Serbia, Czecho-Slovakia or Poland.
thanks TO the assistance given these
countries by our own sending food and
the splendid work Of our Red Cross.
The new republics are anxious to do
business with America, but the value of
tho American dollar Is SO great In COM
parison with their own money that they
cannot buy from us. 1t Is for our
bankers, with the help OF our Govern
ment, to arrange the exchange between
our money and theirs. expect to re-
port to the Department OF state regard
ing the standing of the governments
mentioned and their banking business
and Industrial institutions"
Baron 'Estournelles de Constant Of
the French Senate and fifty officers and
$40 men Of the American Expeditionary
Force also arrived on the French liner.
Shortly before the armistice Baron de
Constant prepared q draft for considera-
ton by Premier Clemenceau OF a plan
for a constitution Of q League OF Nations.
He Is here on a diplomatic mission.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-07-09

know his propaganda as well as they did
his car"
Lucking read from an editorial urging
that the United States ought to take
Mexico. This was quoted In support Of
the Ford contention that the Tribune
wanted a war of conquest for the benefit
OF capitalists and indirectly to keep the
United States 80 busy that It couldn't
ala the foes Of Germany.
Defends Editorial,
Blake said the editorial merely dis
cussed Intervention for the sake OF set
Ting affairs in Mexico and putting the
country on q better basis for the good
CT Americans and Mexicans.
Lucking took up an editorial pub
lished soon after the President had
stated in the Sussex note early in 1915
that continuance OF such methods would
lead to severance of relations with the
United States. This editorial and an
other which was produced maintained
that the submarine controversy was not
sufficient to unite the country for war.
WAS this editorial intended to deter
a declaration of war;
1T was not
ITO weaken the Presidents position r
Certainly not"
TO encourage Germany
Certainly not We merely sought to
show that the submarine issue as an
academic question wasn't sufficient to
unite all the people Of the United States
against Germany as they should be
united before entering into any war"
You don't claim longer that when
the United States took a decided posi-
tlon, you backed It up?"
IT do"
you supported the President by argu-
ing that there was no general ground
for severing relations"
I'VE thought the one thing not suffi-
Client ground in itself"
But we went to war on that issue"
Not alone. When we went to war the
President said II was to make the world
safe for democracy, which was one OF
the grounds on which the President had
not appealed to the people before. We
had said repeatedly that there might be
something back In the Presidents mind
which would Justify our going to war
Present indications are that Ford will
be called to the stand Thursday.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-07-09
JERSEY HERO WON
HONORS AT MARINE
Lieutenant Displayed Extra
ordinary Bravery-Others
Named in d. s. G. List.

Lieut.. Henry c. Merritt of Tuckahoe.
N. Y. has been awarded the Distin-
guished Service Cross FOR extraordinary
heroism in action near Gland. France,
on the night OF June Is. 1918.
After having successfully crossed the
Marine with a night patrol from the
Thirty-eighth Infantry, Lieut.. Merritt
captured three prisoners and engaged in
hand to hand conflict with a party Of
the enemy in which all of the enemy
was killed. He then brought his patrol
back with only two Of its members
wounded.
Others cited in the latest list pub
lished by the War Department are {:
Cook Willis c. Miller. 10th Engineers
OF McLouth. Kan. Corporal John Miles,
131st Infantry. Chicago. Ill: Sergeant
Albert c. Meyer tdeceased), 326th In
fantry, Jeanette. Pa. Lieut.. C. II. Ma
son, 141st Infantry. Hlllsboro. Tex. (:
Private Oliver Marquis 156th Infantry,
Poseyville, Ind. Lieut.. Samuel ]. Marks.
314th Infantry. Philipsburg. Pa. /:
Corporal John C. Manning. Twenty-sixth
Infantry. Whorton. Tex. Private will
lam r. Main, Sixteenth Infantry, Rouse
Vile. Pa. Private Malcolm A. Macau-
ley, 104th Infantry, Roxbury, Mass.
Capt. Charles d. Harris (deceased),
Sixth Engineers. Washington. d. c.;
Sergeant Ian d. McVicar. Thirtieth In
fantry. Norfolk. Conn. Lieut.. John C.
Mckinney deceased. 141st Infantry,
Comanche. Tex; Capt. Christie F. Nc
Cormlck. 1921 Infantry. Alva, Okla.
Sergeant Archie NJ. Zavitz, 126th In
fantry, Fruitport, Mich. Private Alex
ander Zambrycysh. Ninth Infantry.
Worcester. Mass; Capt. Charles F.
Wise l32d Infantry Mankato MINI
Sergeant Pearl ]. Wines 35Sth Infantry
Bartlesville. Okla. Private Walter d
White (deceased). 3osth Infantry. BY
ron. y. Y: First Sergeant Tracy s
White. 311th Infantry, Long Branch
N. j.. and Private John Samuel Weimer
Forty-seventh Infantry. Mt. Pleasant
Tex.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-07-09
Customs Receipts big Yesterday.

The receipts for duties at the Custom
House yesterday leaped to s1,033.s41,
only $1,000 less than on the record day
last month when receipts were higher
than any other day since Collector New
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-07-09
NEW CHARGED WITH MURDER.
ArraiGned In Justices Court and
VIII Plead Next Monday.

Los ANGELES, July s.-Harry s. New.
who claims to be the son OF Senator
Harry S. New of Indiana. was arraigned
before Justice OF the Peace Howard
Hinshaw late to-day on a charge OF first
degree murder. He will plead Monday.
New. according to his confession to
the police. shot and killed Frieda Lesser,
his hancee. in Topango Canyon last Fri
day.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-07-09
$7s, 900 GONE; BANK AID HELD.
Buffalo Employee Confessed t,
Theft, Chief Says.

BUFFALO, July S.-John T. Coonan,
an employee OF the Erie County Savings
Bank. was arrested to-day on a 1000 se
of Incorporating $4,000 Of the
banks funds.
Robert 8. Donaldson, president said in
a signed statement that Coonan has
made a confession.
The banks loss will be reduced by
Cconan's surety bond and property
which he has transferred in trust to the
bank, the statement said. Coonan was
arrested at sanitarium to-day and
brought to Buffalo.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-07-09
WILL HUNT VILLA BANDS.
Gen. DieRuex to Take Field at
Pillar De ConohOs.

JrAREz, Mexico. July S.---Gen. Manuel
Dieguez. commander OF the northeastern
military zone, has arrived at Santa Ro-
sai!a. ninety miles south Of Chihuahua
City en- route to Pillar de Conchos to take
the field against tho villa bands re-
ported gathering there. It was announced
at military headquarters here to-day.
villa detachments were reported by
American refugees to have occupied Par
raj Saturday and Americans have aban-
doned the camp.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-07-09

ton has been In office. The merchandise
on which the importers paid the big
money consists chiefly Of linen. sugar.
precious stones and tobacco.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-07-09

The most important feature of the
electoral reform bill provides for the
election of members OF the House OF
Deputies by departments instead OF by
ACCOMPLISHMENTS. Other provisions are
more or less minor in character.
New Britain herald., 1919-04-29
FRENCH NEWSPAPERS
 BELITTLNG LEAGUE
One Says it is Dead Before Birth-Hint at Secret
 Intrigue.

Paris, April 29.-The covenant Of the League of Nations arouses little enthusiasm in the Paris press. Many of the newspapers abstain from com nent altogether. L'Oeuvre which has always been d champion of the league and of President Wilson says:
 'Spcaking generally we are bound to say the pact of the League of Ma tions causes a certain amount of dis appointment Its 26 articles consti- tute really that status of the league of government to safeguard their ter riorial sovereignty, and arc not a new charter of the law of nations which had been hoped for.''
 The newspaper thinks that the res ignation shown by Belgium, Japan or special guarantees which will be known. perhaps, "when diplomacy is no longer secret"
 Writing in the Echo de Paris, "Per- tinax," spokesman of the nationalists, declares outright:
 ''The League of Nations is dead be- fore birth.' He also refers to rumors Of treaties being made between the Allied powers, remarking:
 To reassure us, Premier CIemen- eau and Foreign Minister Pichon a1- lege they hold favorable alliances in their portfolios. These parchments must be beautiful. complete and elo- auent to justify such docility on the French minister's"
 All the newspapers point out that great concessions were made bv France. Some of the journals even declare that these concessions amount to a surrender.
 On a whole the press expresses the hope that later amendments will sat isfy the claims of France and the other countries, which as the Havas Agency summary words it. showed their moderation by abstaining from insisting yesterday upon an imm ediate vote on the changes in the covenant which they were adding.