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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1919
Page
12
Lodge and Borah hint copies of the peace treaty circulate with persons in New York. If they refuse to name informants, committees must seek other sources. Rumor suggests Elihu Root may be called. Senator Hitchcock notes the President may abstain from submitting the treaty per Johnson resolution and likely send a reasoned message if he declines.
London report quotes Dr. Bernhard Dernburg, Germanys finance minister, saying Germany cant meet peace terms or pay reparations and the Allies cant force payment. He argues terms must allow quick reparations via German production and notes Wilson failed to show peace conciliation. He mocks Wilsons redeemer image and criticizes the peace treaty.
Paris dispatch reports most commissions at peace conference in session under orders to accelerate work. Fiume and Upper Silesia plebiscite debate drew attention as Poland’s Paderewski influenced council. Brockdorff-Rantzau visited Cologne amid Rhineland tensions while western Polish frontier questions remain unsettled.
Paris June 7 Associated Press. Jane Addams Crystal Macmillan and other delegates of the Women International Conference for Permanent Peace report they were received by Tardieu and others from the French and Allied delegations. An American delegate said women would participate in plebiscites under the peace treaty and could seek high posts in the League of Nations.
Zurich report states a Polish military commission has taken control of Eastern Galician oil fields to safeguard Polish and Allied interests. German Austrian and Hungarian owned shares have been seized to guarantee payment of damages. Work has resumed at all wells.
Captain Funck of the Austrian army was tried and sentenced to death by a secret court martial in Paris for spying. He allegedly remained in the city before and during the war and passed information on air raids and long-distance shelling to the German attaché in Madrid.
Paris dispatch states the Turkish government has appointed a delegation to the peace conference led by Damad Ferid Pacha. Other members include Tewfik Pacha, Tewfik Bora Riza, Tewfik Bey, and Rechid Halim Bey. Damad Ferid Pacha is the current prime minister. Tewfik Pacha a former premier. Tewfik Bey the finance minister. Riza Tewfik Bey presides over the Council of State.
Austrian Chancellor Dr Karl Renner and delegation head back to St Germain after a Feldkirch meeting with Vienna government representatives on peace terms. Accompanied by technical counsellors Richard Schuller and Herr Sternbalk, the group returned following talks with the Austrian government.
San Francisco dispatch says the Crown Prince of Japan will undertake a European tour next September. The trip’s object is to observe events after the war and engage in diplomatic exchanges with European leaders.
ERNE June 7 reports strong German recruiting activity for the army and stockpiling ammunition. Socialist papers from Berlin Vienna Basle describe recruiters at work in Austria offering inducements including pay and fidelity premiums to enlist.
A Tokyo cable reports the Crown Prince plans a Europe tour next September to study postwar conditions. The battle cruiser Kongō of 27,900 tons will transport him abroad. Another Tokyo cable says Mari J. Saitonji will depart Europe later this month aboard a Nippon Yusen liner via the Mediterranean.
RIS, Tune 7. The report accuses Irish prisons of brutal abuse by authorities, detailing willful murders, inhumane treatment, and mass suffering. Coroners cite numerous cases of torture, cold water punishment, unheated cells, and pneumonia risks. The document, by Walsh Ryan and Dunne, urges action and full inquiry.
A London dispatch reports a deputation of South African natives seeking King George's redress and loyalty. The petition thanks the King for Allied war aims and outlines grievances including opposition to a republic and protection for Lobengula's family, seeking restoration of lands not sold or leased by the Chartered Company.
Berlin turmoil deepens after Levini Nissen execution sparks a 24 hour general Berlin Soviet strike and widespread disorder. Munich reports shootings and a metal workers strike spreading to Nuremberg and Fuerth as occupational troops are readied.
Peking June 7 The British Minister Sir John N Jordan on behalf of the diplomatic body in Peking delivered a memoire to President Wan attempting to conciliate North and South China. The note says it was sent in friendly spirit with no intent to intervene in domestic affairs. Wan Shih Chang replied that peace talks continue though the Shanghai conference is at a standstill and hostilities would not be resumed.
Paris June 7 Admiral Kolchak head of Omek government replies to Entente conditions for recognition. He agrees to a Constituent Assembly with full powers but opposes recalling the 1917 assembly and says it was elected irregularly. He also objects to Finland representation and says the Constituent Assembly must decide this. He concedes Polish independence.
President Wilson visited the Lafayette tomb in Picpus Cemetery and placed a bronze wreath. The wreath mirrors the floral wreath he laid on arrival in France, with the same inscription: To the Great Lafayette, From a Fellow Servant of Liberty.
A dispatch from Omsk reports Admiral Kolchak's government will honor debts contracted before the Bolshevik rise in 1917. General Semenoff, who had been branded a traitor, renounces opposition and places his forces under Kolchak's command in a telegram dated in May.
Archangel report states all American forces including engineers will be withdrawn from the North Russian front and be ready to sail by late June. The second contingent prepares to depart Archangel in about ten days, with Major J Bronka Nichols awarded the British Distinguished Service Order and awaiting the Legion of Honor at Brest. General March announced the Archangel expedition will sail home within two weeks.
Testimony at the Zurich anarchist trial claims a band member blew up a train in the Mont Cenig tunnel in November 1917. German manufactured bombs and arms were found in the River Aar. Money was said to come from Berlin and Hindu communities in America. Enrico Malatesta sought to join the group from London but could not obtain a passport. A former German consul at Tubin allegedly delivered bombs from Berlin in a valise. A Turk member Ardaya aided literature shipments to Persia and Afghanistan via German bags.
Atlantic City June 7 delegates at the National Conference of Social Work endorse the League of Nations but attack treaty provisions that threaten self-determination and justice. A cable to President Wilson urges prompt disclosure of Kiao-Chau and Shantung transfers to Japan and notes opposition to the ongoing settlement terms. James G. MacDonald presides as Owen Lovejoy is installed as president. New Orleans is chosen as next meeting site.
The text argues that Saar cost should go to France to offset German wartime devastation, opposes political sovereignty talk, urges harmony of economic provisions with the armistice, and calls for admitting Germany and Russia to the league once stable, democratic governments are in place.
Albany June 7 Former President Taft warned in a speech tour that ratification of the League of Nations covenant is essential. He urged business leaders to scrutinize arguments for and against and warned that delay could keep the United States at war if Senate amendments fail to be ratified.
Hog Island yards launched the Fleot Spar today, the 35th ship in the series. The brig named My Miss Frances M. Grey, from My rion Ky, adds to Hog Island totals, bringing launched dead weight to 272000. Mayor Dr A. Mernes of Asuncion inspected the launch.
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