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^^y^^P^„ p^   THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 27. 1919
NO. 17
fiy Not llave,ia Statue of Whitefield?
A Correspondent Suggests a Combination'of aJWar Memorial
With the Great Colonial Exponent of Democracy
and Founder of Nazareth.
ITALY GEr«1ANGS FIUME BY TREATY i
FREDERIC SEMPRINI.
Is    Chief    Instructor    In American   Pilots'  School.
Peace   Delegates   Threaten Withdraw From Conier- ence if Refused.
to
MAY     DELAY     SETTLEMENT.
MEETING OF THE COMMITTEES MONDAY EVENING
A few weeks ago  I visited an ex-1 referring to tho "Ei)hrata"    aa    the hibltion of sculpt.ire ut the Art Club ' \\ hitolieUl House.
Jn Philadelphia. The dominating It would seom most ap:)ropriata figure of thc exhibit was a heroic ior one or a group oi: the men who bronze statue of George Whitefield,' iiavo made fortunes in or around who was one ot the founders of Naza-' N'aiiareth duriug the la:;t twenty-five reth. As I was studying this work ot years to raisi; a fund to defray the Art, it occurred to rae how woivder-i'-''I'euse of securing a repiicW of th« fully effective that statue would be in \Vliit«lield Statue for Xazareth. It the center of the old town of Naza- •¦.uuid be one of the most impressive reth.    Aceording to an KditoriM:! the  things that could    be done    for tho
"Item" 'of March 13, I learned that it  town, and not many American towns! slial    Foch,   iiniiled was contemplated to erect a perma->'"" boast of so illustrious a foundar ' nent  memorial   at  Nazaretii   for  the  i's Whitefield.
soldiers. It occurred to ma that it! I>i"- MoKeuzie's statue represents might be possible to Include in any Whitefield preaching to a fleld con- plan suggested a copy of this wonder-, Kregation. Ther- are tno ooldness, ful stit ue of Whitefield, v/hich is to'^'S"'' and freedom consistent with be erected Ulwn the campus ot the ^^^ outdoors setting VVe have the University of Pennaylvania next definite impression of the exhorter. June and which wiVJ thus commemo-:''"tl it Btyn^ one that breathless feel- rate ior all time that great preacher's '"K fo know «hat unshot rrow ot connection with the University in co- thought A-iil come from his lips. All Gonial days. On an artistic base or! t''^' "i-'je^ty of his personality ig j everything necessary pedestalupon which the statue would "^'"-'r*^' "n<J "^e dignity of this power, to'T stand, might be recorded the namea '^ "O' 'o^' '" tl'e ardent gesturing. | I'lvsidciit of those Nazarenes who fought in the ' _t!eorge Whlteneld was ^uorn In great war of Democracy. It would l''-* at the Bell Inn, Glaucetlter. thus not only become an artistic war l''"Sli"il- "« was educated at Ox- memorial, but at the same time be a '"'"'l' ordained iu 173B, and reached monument-to Whitefield, a great ex-' ^"^'"'"^1'. tJeorgia on .May 7, 173S. ponent of democracy ot colonial days ;^lt«'' " ''""• '"""ths' residence there and the founder of Nazareth. It 1"^ returned to England to raise funds would be dlstlnctiye   otand    unique "*¦•""  orphanage    in    Georgia.    It
was stated that  upon his return he
Whitefield was a k'nd of Billy Sun-  frequently    preached  from    forty to
day of his day, with probably consi- sixty    hours a week.    He    oame    to
derably more ability, greater dignity; ! America no less    than six or    seven
Envoys Say   Hungarian  Seaport  Must Be Assigned to  Italy Contemporane¬ ously With Signing of Peace—Foch Wants French Defense on Rhine.
Paris.—The Iliiliiin (lelri;iili(in to the lience Cdiiferciict! hns miniiiiiiDiisly dcciclcd td uilliiiniw frciiii lhe con¬ ference unless i-iiinie is iissigned lo Italy cdiUeniporaiii'iHisly Willi llie cmi- dnsidii  of  iJiMi-e.
''The lUiiiie is our only ^rood line of defense. 1 do not deiiiaiiil iiiiiicMi- tioii, but If we do not secure tbnt iiiill- Inry frontier we will have foiiKlit in vain." is u sliileiiieiit nmde by Mar¬ in an inlcivievv printed lu tbe Hnt in.
In  discussing  tlie  last  days  of  the
war  the  nmrshal   said:
"It was tlii^ wonilfrfiil soldiers who
j nave  us  victory.     .My  only   merit  was
I lo  have  bad  failli  nnd  never  lo  have
despaired.     We   sii-'iied   the   arinislice
in   spite  of  the  certainty  of  criisliiiig
the  (iernian   nrinies.   to  avoid   killiiiL'
.11;- more iiiiiii and because it gave ns
to a  French  vlc-
and even In those early days he prea-1 limes, and died    at Newburg, ched to greater crowds   his audiences  England,  on  September     30, fretiuently numbering    as  many    as | where his body now rests.
New 1770,
twenty thousand.  He usually preach¬ ed in the open air.    L'ke Billy Sun¬ day,  Whitefield   had   many   enemies, i and many    were    skeptical as to his' sincerity,  but  he,   like  Sunday,  ulti¬ mately made Iriends with some of the greatest men ot his time, and won the friendship  and   respect  of   men  who : were of a liberal    turn of mind    like ;
"A EormerNaziTene."
Wilson, Dr. Clemenceau and Iiavid l.loyd (ieorge are holding a series ot meeiings to adjust difTer- ences among Ilieni. These c<inslitiite some of Ibe larger questions pending now—reparalions for war lossi'S and the Frani-o-(!erman frontier. These questi(ms, for the moment, hnve ns- siinied paramonnt importance, even taking place ahead of tlie lengue of nations.
("ol. E. M. Honse told British corre- i spoiKlents he was convinced the peace trenly,   inclnding   the   league   of   na¬ tions'  covenant,   would   be   ready   tor signature    on    JIarch    29,   ndding   he ^   , would   "be   disapiioiiited   If   the   Ger-
..Meetlug of the Welcome Committee,   mans   were   not   at   Versailles   three
lhe committee    to Welcome    the  ...poks hpnce" Boys and   Provide  for  a   Permanent      J^,       ,;', f ,t *¦ f
.Uomorial   met   on   Monday   evening      ^he ..hief   ssue of the questinn  of :;4th inst at the y. M. C. A. ^reparations    is    nnt    what    f.ermany
in llie absence of Chairman Brob- should pny, but what sbe can pay. The 'son .Mr. Charles Knecht was caUed to r""""'^"'""^' "'"''''^ ''"^¦'- sf'-"llP'l "'"' Benjamin Fra^ikiin. Practically [ the chair. The meeting being ot a j siil>.i'''t gni<liiall.v, have reduced tbe Whitefleld's entire life was spent in fc'et-togelher character and tor gan- claims to a total of about $40,(XK).000,- evangelizing tours  i.-. Great  Britain, leral suggestions alung the line of the  OOO.
Jfjiiland and Ameii-ica. Everywhere committee's work, the chairman ! One proposal inis been to spread the I Cj left his impress, and in many pla-I called for the roading of a letter | paynient over a period of !0 yenrs. On Ices he devoted his earnings and col-: "ritten to the "Itom" making a pro-j ,|,i's i,.,sls the prii-.cipal. with interest, lections to pubilc benefactions. It is ' position lor a permanent memorial, t ^.^j,,,, nniount to iSSO.OOO.OOO.OOO at stated that, when in 1740 Whitefield -^o action was liken. A full state-[ j,,^ p^,, „f „,j,f ,|,„p Agaln.st this preached concerning an orphanage/i^ent of the proposal appears above, proposal the cominisslon has estl- whidi  he   was  founding  in  Georgia,       With   regaru   to   the   financing   ofi available wealth nnd re-
Benjamin Franklin, having some dia-  '"« i^ommiitee it was conslOered best   '' (:,.r„i.,nv   at   home   nnd
pute with Whitefield. refused to con-1 tl'"t  there should  be bul one treas-} ^"""^^^^    Ti„   \  n •  ..n   view  is  th tribute.    After attending  one of his  "''-V and one treasurer, Asa Wunderly  ^       ;',„', '   "       "  „.   "(hnt     m sermons, Frankliu first resolved that  "'as placed in nomination f r Treas- ^l-.'"«'""^""" i^ the utmost that .at he «ould get nothing trom him.     He   '"''T  and  unanimously elected. '>e    expected,    this    being    estim.ited
had In his pocket some copper, some'     'I'ho committee adjourned to meet! roughly as follows: silver and some gold.     In  his Auto-  '"-'•'^t .Monday, 7:45 P. Ai. at the samel    Oennan resources oiilsid(> thnt conn- biography  ho  stated  that  as  ^\•hIte-  l''"'^^'-'-   ^^''th   the   idea   that  tho  suD-¦ try. .<:S(.(H)0.iinit.noi). nqtresented in mer- fleld proceeded  he concluded  to give  committe ;s should in the mean time | chant slii]is. railways and mines in -M-
the coppers,     a stroke in his oratOTy  'ormulaie plans'lo be laid before the ! sace-I.orralne il   and   iron  de|iosits
made him ashamed, a'nd he determin-  f'oeliug. | In the Sarre valley, foreign securities
ed to give his silver, ami Whitefield . .>'i.i>.»ing udju rnmeni tUe Com- n,,,] ynvcnimeiit property in the erst- ended so admirably that Franklin'"'ii'ee on Iminediato Welcome heiu „.i,ii,. (!,.nnaii colonies. Seven bil- finally emptied the entire contc-nls ot ¦' ^es>iun. Permanent orgjnizatlou i,,,,,,, „f f|||^ iiniperlv, the I'ommission his pockets in the collecticn dish. j »'. "s ancctcd by the election of the ] p^.^,,,,,,,,., u, p,.jv,,,Hv owned und the The Moravians, who were really | fnlru^s Cic^'efrs s^et^';" ^:t\<^>'^^'^!^>-y^nt.. Uy ^. ...etrtttttt^n. the first settlers of Nazareth, ante- commiitee plans to co-ordinate its i *" '"¦'^¦"t« Resources <¦«;¦;¦¦;;•'';>¦>''« date most of the early Protestant work with that of the goneral com-j f"'"l"''''>' ^'n'"'''' nt .'?1.0()0,0(MU100, faiths.    They started for America in! mittee plans to co-ordinate ils work I |'."yP-'l"n';tP'"s   ^f ,"';),t J'nni
Frederic Seinprini, cliief iii.-<irucior of the American pilots' school in Milan, Italy, has written nn army offi¬ cer In the United States thai a huge CapronI biplane is being prepared In Milan for a  traiisatlnntlc flight.
LAND DEAI^IN MEXICO
State Department Service Notice
on American Syndicate at
Los Angeles.
1734, landing In Savannah. Georgia;
with   thai   Ul   the   general  committe.
l'nited   States   and
In    the .$3,000,000,000   in
but no  permant>nt    settlement     was ! with the adoption of a program which I "ther  countries
may  be repealed with subsequent ar-
ettected by them until they came to
what is now Nazareth,    where    they rivals  of  returning  soldiers  or sail
,were    persu .ded    to go by    George ^,^.^      Auolher  meeling   iVill  bo  held Whitefield and    there    ou a tract of ^^jUuwing the meeting of the general
. B,000 acres fo    erect a large    stone ,joninuttee on  .Momlay evening next.
buihiing,  which     he designed    as a ^ —	
echool tor colored cliildren. The Moravians arrived in 1740. and built the house to the second story, when Winter overtook thom and a numbor Of log cabins were hastily construct¬ ed, in which they lived until.the fol¬ lowing spring, when having a mis- Understanding   with   Whitefield.   tho
wmr lE.V 50 VKAKS
ACiU "J.iriLiK WO.ME-N"
IS SWEET AS EVEU
Oue of the most charming adapla- lious of well known siories lo the bcreeu is "Lillie Womeu," the famous
All the outside property Is regarded by the commission as subject to con¬ fiscation hy the allied and assoiMated powers. Should this dew prevail It wonld yield .«,S.I)0(I.OO(1,00() for the Im¬ mediate liquidation of war losses. This would leave .$ 1,000.(M)0.000 to be paid if the Amerienn estimates of the total  to be clnimed  is ndopted.
The Anierican view ns lo the menns to provide for Ibis bnlance Is that the chief reliance will have to be pinceil In  Oerinany's bnlnnce of trade.    This
they hail .started three yiars before This building," which is still in exist¬ ence, is sometimes re'erred to as tho "Ephrata"  or  the  Whitefield  house
evoning. Tho four famous "litlle womeu '—.Meg., Jo, Beth and .A.my havu been visualized With Uoiighliul etiecl and ull who havu read the story It is in"splendld"condi'tion""a^ isVuso .vill find the piciure e.xcellent in ovory one of the log cabin   just referred to. «ay.
Architecturallv this building i* one The photoplay pre.senls "V«ry pK.- 01 the most beautiful colonial .-true- minent character ot the novel aud an twes in existance, as Is also the will be instantly recognised by Miss mansion which Count Zinzendorf had Alcolfs admirers bweet, geuue Jo, jonstructed for himself, and whteh whose sacrifice ol h.r wondcriui hau has been used by Nazareth Hall since so ihat her mother tfif ^fve monej 17B9 ' for the journey to Washigton to see
L    Had it not been tor the groat dls-, ^1-' t;^tlier '^f «^[',i'--e^V/,''-;i"4; » ance of Nazaretn    in colonial    days '^'^^'"^^^rii. "ohn  Brooke after she
St'iravrr.r ^hreir-as^r sife i i:r .Xa whuo he ^^ t^...^
Jor the  University ot  PennsyKania. |ot the Union  comes to life in the per
liueed the Moravians BUbacribod H" «'«i "'i^^^'o'^Hnd Arm^ are ^"ay: ''e'-ally to the fund, which made it | is Brooke. "^^^^ »°'^^ ^"^"ly "%?/^^^ possible and Moraviana also gorved ed by Lillian Hall and Florence Hinn «n Its early boards.    The UnlversitlM respecUvely.
Place In which Whltofleld and others > Cijnoord, Maas where ^-'I'le Wo- wich subsequently became the Unl
WORLD'S  NEWS  IN
CONDENSED  FORM
verlsty of PoVnsvVvanl'aT    For almost a century and three quarters the Unl
The home of Ralph Waldo Emer«>n also is shown and In this respect, the picturo is «;.K'"eiV?'"!:*i'°"*.'uI"i-*
»~ ,. ""' """ '"¦oo ijuariDiD IUD vjui-;-^--- i/-„,,hiu« who directed tha Dro- *frsity has had CO memorial of any Harley Kn""'^''5?/^ ,0,'^d?' ^t Jind to Its flrst benefactor, nor even <lucU"U, ''»«P'^°^^!?','?hT varies •nvthlng which perpetuated his of Pl''>«-'r';,.t^l"i«?,';!VJifH^*n ""f »fme, but now It Is to have In one
f
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?¦ "8 dormitory courtyards thlr huge "fonze statue execvted by one of America's most eminent sou'ptora, J"' tl Tait McKonilc.    Nazareth has
somewhat more liberal In oom- "wnoratlng this great patriot, by r*™!"!? one of Its principal streets •w Whttefleld,  and  by  occaalowally
roles, ^ that from thU sUndpolnt well us all    othe-^.    the    photoplay doubtless will attract widespread at-
A special nlatlnee tor children In the aftemoon. This picture wUl be very interesting for the yc unger peo¬ ple and a large number oi  hem are expected to attend thb. matln-e.
PARIS.—Oswald Garrison Villard, nfier a trip ibrongH. Germany, reports to President Wilson and Mr. l.loyd George that the old eniplre Is drifting rapidly Into Bolshevism.
NEW YORK.—Clarence Mackay and nther officers removed from control of tbe Postal Telegraph ('able Company by the postmaster general, wbo names A. F. .\danis to operate properties.
WASHINGTON.—Edward N. Hur- ley, chnirman of the Sliipping Board, reported optimistically on his observa¬ tions nbrond and declared tbut Ameri¬ ca potentially Is the world's greatest maritime power.
LONDON.—The Turkish flag Is rais¬ ed In Kgypt, where grave disorders are 'gpreaitlng. tieneral Allenby Is i hastening to Cairo from Palestine and reinforcements have been rushed to the nrmy of ociai|iiiiion.
PARIS.—Ukranian troops have cap¬ tured Lemberg afii'r flve days of hard fighting.
NEW YORK.—Wall street In wild rush to buy steel stocks after trade reaches agreement to lower price of sfeel product. Scenes In Stock Ex¬ change are reminder of famous North¬ ern Paclflc comer. Some traders start upward movement.
Washington.—The state department. In response to a number of telegrams from Senator Phelan, of California, now In that state, w'.ilch reported the alleged negotiations by .Japanese in¬ terests for the purchase from Ameri¬ can Interests of 800,000 acres of land In Lower California, bas telegraphed to the California-Mexico Land Com¬ pany, of Los Angeles, warning It .hat consummation of a sale of such prop¬ erty will not be tolerated by this gov¬ ernment.
The nature of the warning Is con- contained in the text of the Lodge res¬ olution, adopted by the senate in 1912, and which caused the suspension ot negotlatiiios at that time between Jap¬ anese interests and nn .Vmerican syn¬ dicate tor the purcbase liy the latter of Magdalena Bay, Lower California, but which, if allowed, would have fur¬ nished tn Japan a valuable site for n naval base.
The consequence ot the reviving ot the oW queslion of purchase by Japan of territory on this continent was re¬ garded here by students of the inter¬ national situation ns liaving possibili¬ ties of important developments. At the Japanese embassy knowledge of any negotiations between any Japan¬ ese Interests nnd .¦Vmerlcans or others for the purchase of Mexican land was denied. One Japanese autliority stateil his personal belief that the report was an Invention.
Some ot the consequences of the dis¬ cussion which the raising of tbe ques¬ tion is thought to make pos.silile are :
First.—Strengthening the position of those critics ot tho present draft of the covenant of tbe lengue of nations wbo assert it does not conserve the Monroe Doctrine, nnd that n specifle reservation ot that document in tbe trenty of peace creating a league ought to be made.
Second.—Defeat ot Ihe Japanese amendment of the league covenant guaranteeing internatioiuil racial equality.
Third.—To bring In question the re¬ lations between Mexico and .Tapan. In one quarter It was asserted It was hardly probable thnt a sale of such extensive tracts of Mexicait territory could be considered wlthnut first ob¬ taining from Mexico City nn Indication of tbe Mexican government's altitude towards it.
The state department, it wns learned has no Information concerning the re¬ ported negotiations other thnn Sena¬ tor Phelnn's •elegrnms.
NO   THREAT,   SAY   JAPANESE.
Delegation at Paris Disturbrd by First Report  of  Ishii's  Speech.
Paris.-Tlie Japanese delegates to the peaee conference sny that at no time have ihey made any threat to break away lYoin the conference If cer¬ tain claims of Japan were not recog¬ nized.
Some concern bnd been nroused In fhe delegation by reports printed Iiere
of  fhe   speech   r ntly  delivered  by
Viscount Isllil, Japanese ambassador to the United States, In New York city.
PURCHASE   28   CAMP   SITES.
Less Than $15,000,000 Involved In Plans.
Washington.—Decision of the War Deportment fo purchase flfteen nrmy camp sites nnd thirteen balloon and flying flelds was announced by Act¬ ing Secretary of War Crowell.
Less than fin.OOO.OOO will be In¬ volved, Mr Crowell said, and It will not be necessary to await action by Congress, as Ihe department has the necesaary funds to cover tbe coat of theae purchases.
..iru-NRED Oreat Events ol the World
""^*i[^Y
Bolshevists Seeking to Unite All
Central Europe's Proletariat in
War on "Capitalistic Allies."
RUSSIA   IS   ALSO   AN   ALLY.
Karolyl   Deserts  Entente and  Appeals to  Workmen  to  Save  Nation—Se¬ cret Army  of 70,000  Men Formed.
TginParoflraplis
Short Chronicles of Past Occurences Throughout the Union
and Our Colonies- News From Europe
That Will|Instruct.
ITEMS OF INTEREST BY CABLE, WIRE, WIRELESS
London.—The lindapesl government is reported to he signing a proclama¬ tion aeUiiowledgiiig a stale of war be¬ tween Hungary und the entente, says a dispaleh to the Exehange Telegraph from Vienna.
'i'lie dispatch adils tlie Czecho-Slovak govi'rnnient is preparing to issue a moliili/.ation cirder.
The Berlin Lokal Anzieger's Buda¬ pest correspondent says an army of TO.OIX) men hns been formed secretly niiiler the command of .Major (Jeorgey. The correspondent adds that the non- Soeialists nnd llie rural populations are supporting tlie new Soviet govern¬ ment.
Copenhagen.—Ilnngary has turned Bolshevist. A Soviet government has laken the place of the Karolyl cabi¬ net. It is heuded by Alexander Car- boias as premier and P.ela Knn as for¬ eign minister. Communists nnd ex¬ treme Socialists druniiiate the new regime, which is out and out Bolshe¬ vist.
Several regiments of Czecho-Slo- vaks. inspired by HoLshovist propagan¬ da, hnve nuitined and gone over to the Ueds.   They are now in Hungary.
There Is danger, according to late dispatches, of the Red wave spreading tbrongli the ranks of the Czecho-Slo¬ vak nrmy In the south owing to exten¬ sive agitation carried on for months by Lenine and his lieutenants.
Count Miehael Karolyl before re¬ signing issued n proclamation urging a "world war of the proletariat for justice" and pleading for support of the Hungarian masses against the de¬ cision of the Paris Peace Congress to occupy Hungary.
Paris.—A proclamation of the new Hungarian government (nnnounclng Soviet rule and tiilianee witb Uussia) Invites the workmen and peasants of Bohemia, Uiimaiiia. Serliia and Croa¬ tia to form an armed alliance ngalnst the aristocracy, landowners nml dynasties.
It reipiests also that workmen of Austria nnd Cermany follow the lead of Hungary in breaking off relations with tbe Paris peace conference.
Tbey nre requested to rally with tbe Moscow government and constitute a Soviet repnlilic and to resist, arms in hand,  tho '•i,„|iorialistic conquerors."
The proclnmntlon says the Hun¬ garian governmenr will organize an .irmy which will eiil'on-e the prole¬ tariat's diciales auniiist Hungarian landowners and eapiialists. the Uii- innnian aristocracy and the Czech boc.rgeois.
The document cmhIs by urging each workman and peas;nit to work in or¬ der tojiroduce or to enlist In the army.
Copenhagen. — Solidarity with the Russian Soviet government and nn arnieil alliance with ihe proletariat of Uussia have been proelaimed by the new Hungarian gn\ eniineiit, according to n dispatch from r.iaiapest.
The telegram reportiiiL' the Hun¬ garian alliance wiili the Russian Bol¬ shevlkl which the Herlln correspond¬ ent of the Biidape^t Pesii-Xaplo says he has received from that city add< that three Russian envoys already in Budapest declare a Kussian Ued arni,\ Is on n line frmn I'.rody to Staiiislan and Is ailvnncim.' on l.emberg, approxi¬ mately 7.") miles disiant.
This nrmy, tbe telegram continues. Is expected to urrive in P.udnpest with¬ in a fortnight.
PITH   OF   THE *   N VICTORY   NEWS   i
American peace delegates will attempt to carry out the program of league covenant changes proposed by Sena¬ tor King and indorsed by adminis¬ tration senators. This includes safe¬ guarding the Monroe doctrine and Inunlgration laws and guarantee of right of withdrawal from league. Belgium proposes Brussels as capital of League of Nations and offers Eg- mont palace for use of the officials en both practical and sentimantal grounds. Poland, Serbia and Rumania may get surplus United States army uni¬ forms. Neutrals complete scrutiny of the League of Nations covenant, and the amendments proposed are being considered by President Wilson and the full commission who have begun the flnal draft of the all important document. Premier PaderewskI declared Germa¬ ny still Is unbeaten In the east and that a Poland strong enough to shut off German access to Russia is the only hope of preventing werld do¬ minion by Germany. Britain has found housing the mest serious problem growing out of ths war.
Italy's demand that I'iume be uHow- cd to that counlry or liiat no peace terms will be considereii is a prolilem that causes uplireliensioii among tlie delegates ill I'aris.
The North (lerinan line lias '_:; >liiii>
ready  lor .Vnn'iieaii   use  i  llie  il'eu
of   the   Impenilor   has    leleiited    and agrees to take ilie \e>.--el to sea.
Switzerlaiiil would like to Join the League of .Nations, Init asks to he ex¬ cused from military action against any violaiors of its eoveiianls liecause (d the dilfereiit races uniong her citizens. (Ipposition to the League of Nations covenant is weakening as a result of reports from Paris us to its probable revision so ns to safeguanl lhe Monroe ^dditrine and tlie country's immigraiion luus.
An ultimatum is that tlie -envoys from Uome will witlidraw from ali peace negotjatioiis unless assurances are given tliat in the final settlement Fiume is to be assigned to Italy.
Neutral nations have a hearing in I'aris on tiie proposed world league covenunt  and ask for changes.
A coiUeieiiee ot English speaking Turks in (Joiistaiitinopie denounced tlie •'iiiirigues of foreign powers" In Turki-j and called for complete Amer¬ ican control ot the Ottoman govern¬ ment.
The Polish Conimission at the peace council decides to leave the status of Alleiistein to a plebiscite.
French triiops occupied Mannheim and Karlsruhe on the west bauk of the Rhine.
A conference to wbicli international autliorities have been invited has been called at Washington .May 6 by the Ue¬ partment of labor to consider the les¬ sons of the war on child welfare.
Leaders of both parties in Congress welcomed the prospect of a special ses¬ sion in .May and began preparations to spi'fd tlieir work. *
Seerelary of Treasury Glass says ¦V'ieiorj loan to open in April wili be tile lasi  issue by the government.
Pulilic feeling in Jnpan and eastern Asia is being watched with great vig¬ ilance and some concern by this gov- ernrtient, it liecame known. The anti- | American campaign carried on by the I press of the (Jrieiit has reached an uunsnai stage. I
The war department has decided to j bny 17) army cantonment sites and I.'l balloon and tlyiiig tield to the l.'i cantonnieiits now owned out- rigiit. .\il other traiii^ig centers will be aliaiiiloned ns soon as conditions permit. 'If the New Vork district camps Upton and Camp Dix will be retained and llazelhurst Field and Camp .Merritt abamloned.
.V llli of from 10 lo 14 per cent. In j the price of sleei will go in effect as j the result of llie agreemeni reacbed I at a conference between memliers of tile Iniliislrinl lioard of ('oinmerce and j representatives of llie iron and Steel ; Insti nne. ,
Siatistics   show   that   divorce, is   in¬ creasing twice as fa^i as marriage and : tlial   one   divorce   now   is   granted   for ¦ esery   nine   mari-iages   in   tlie   United Slales.
Census Bureau puts cotton ginned for 11118, liiilers exciudi'd, at ll,S8S,lo8 bales.
O'Leary Jury disagrees in New York after being out for ."14 hours, with vote 7 to ."1 for acquittal. Adolph Stern, "ISnll" and American Truili Society ac¬ quitted.
Five .Mexican bandits are killed and twi> woiimleil in a bailie with a detach- nuMil of rnited Siaies cavalry, wliicli imrsneil iliem aeross ilie border inlo Mexico sonlh of I'.iililosa.
.\ scheme for a Joint commission on wl.ich the governinent, niiners nnd op- f'l-a'oi-s shall be represented Is propos¬ ed III solve all coal problems. The nperaiors have submitted the proposal to a  referendum.
Eiglity-four niembers of the marine corps, the flrst .Vmerican ftghters to land in France In June, 1U17, are among 1,912 offlcers and ini'ii who ar¬ rived ut New York aboard the (ilu- seppl Verdi.
Receiver is appointed tor the Inter¬ borough Consolidated Corporation, the parent company ot the Iiilerbortmgh line of New York, after Ils principal subsidiary passed its usual quarterly dividend.
Fraud or misrepresentation by pri¬ vate Income tax advisers In many cities wus reported tiy revenue offl¬ cers. It was learned In Washington.
The fnlted Stntes niakes avsllahle $i;i!(i.(KHl.il00 for the const ruitlon of highways In states which will lieui halt the expen.se.
Thousands of wounded soldiers at the Hippodrome. New Vork, see and hear erlpjiles who have won success In life nothulthstnnding handicaps.
In a I^-ague of Nations ballot al Wllllnms College 218 students voted for and 12 against the league.
Receiverships for the B. B. T., In¬ terborough and New York Ballwayt Companv have doomed all rhaona fot
municipal ownership, experts say.
Spnin is making elTorts to wrest the Cuban market frorn the United Slates and to control certain exports, includ¬ ing food prodiiits.
Success ill attempts to fly across th« Atlantic wiil require n flying boat equipped with four motors, snid Frank H. Uussell of the Curtiss company.
The state department has warned a Cnlifornia land comiiany that the L'nited States government does not approve of a proposal to dispose of the company's large holdings on the Western Mexican coast to Japanese In¬ terests.
Fifty members of tb Missouri leg¬ islature accept Senator Reed's ofter to resign oflice and cnnipnign for re¬ election on the issue of President Wil¬ son's  proposed   League  of Nations.
In cutting the price of Iron and steel products, llie government and tbe In¬ dnstry believe ai. era of even greater prosperity for the country Is coming.
Shipping Board will need 30,000,000 barrels of oil the coming year and fuel,
\\ ar Department announced that 90.0(H) motor I rucks were delivered up to February 1. 1,19.
Treasury Deiiartment advanced au additional credit of $75,000,000 to Ital¬ inn government.
Ordnance contracts valued at $2,941,- 0CiO,(HX» were recommended for cancel¬ lation up to February 27.
Hog Island launclied its nineteenth vessel, the Sarcoxie.
The Fnited States National Lawn Tennis Association, representing one million players, petitioned Congress to legislate against the proposed 10 per cent, tax nn sporting goods.
William A. Tilt and J. Howard Shoe¬ maker tied for first place in tbe an¬ nual nntional amateur pocket billiards championship.
The Giants began their preliminary spring training nt Gainesville, Fla., the city turning out en masse with Its bruss band to welcome McGraw's men, as the muyor had declared the duy a holiday.
Ibe champion socker team of the Twenty-seventh Division played a 2 to 2 tie eame with the Morse Dry Dock eleven.
J. H. Vanderveer made high scratch score of 01 in the trap shooting com¬ petition of the New York Athletic Club at Travers Island. Sir Thomas Llpton is en route to in addition ' **''•* I'n'ted States to confer with yachtsmen about the resumption of international yucht racing. A chal¬ lenge by bim in December last was declined on the ground *hat the war had not  really been  concluded.
John \V. .A.ppel, Jr., of the Harvard Club, won the national amateur8()uaah tennis  chanipionsliip.
Wladek Zbyszko threw Strangler Lewis with a body hold in lh. 34m. HTs. in flnish wrestling bout In the Garden, New Vork.
Eugene J. Giaiiniiii. foruierly coach at the New Vork .Vthletic Club and Yule, has been chosen to teach the Columbia candidates oarsmanship.
Announcement was made by the Cu- ba-.'Vuierican Jockey (lull tbut the winter nieeting at Oriental Park, Ha¬ vana, will close on April 6.
Cy Fulkenliurg has sent word 10 Manager Jack Hendricks of the In- diunupolis Club thai he was through with the association. The former leader of the Cards was depending on the pitcher to account for many vic¬ tories this sunimer.
Hank Severeld Is back from Franc* and Mannger Jimmy Burke ot the Browns Is counting on him to do the bulk of the team's backstop work next season.
President and .Mrs. Wilson pass Sun¬ day by u trip over the old Aisne and Dise battleflelds and see Solssons, Chemln des Dames. Chauny, Noyon and Jlontdido r.
Spanish troops In Morocco are re» ported to have hud an encounter with partisans of tbe brigand Ralsull, foi^ merly governor of Tangier, who was approached by Germany to lead an up¬ rising agnlnst the French In Morocco.
The new Hungarian government, with Count Karolyl as President, la re¬ ported to be ready to proclaim a atate of war with the allies. The new goT- emnient has formed a union with th« Russian proletariat and the Bolshevist army uearlng the southem border of Oallcia tu join hands with the Hun¬ garians.
Colllnstown aerodrome, near Dublin, was raided during the night and 80 rifles  und  ammunition   were  taken.
Britain will construct dirigibles flOO feet long with a lifting power «f M tons.
German sailors at Hamburg a<r««d to man tbe ships on which food mi^ piles will be taken to Oermaojr tma the Allied  counirlea.
The Ukrainians are striking bnck •t the liolsheviki. General PsUon moving north toward Breat-Utevik and Vilna and occupying towns,
Finnish government has ssst • onde commlaslon to ths VMt