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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1919-02-20, Page 9-NEUTRALS OR ENEMIES MUST ENTER WITH PROPER MOTIVES Though, When Such is Proved, They VIM be Welcomed to League No Neutrals Ilider the- Pact, So Freedom of Sea & Unimportant /Paris Cable —Now that the pro - islet for the creation of a Leeeue of Nation, which was the priucipal ota Ject of the gathering of the Apresen- tative3 of most of the states of,,, tbs, world whica are not In arms agelat the Entente, aim been eaccessfully launched, it may be proper to tell Of eome of the difficulties encountered and to indicate the status of some of the great issues remaining to be ad - Jug -tett by the Peace Conference. BALANCE Or POWaill. 1Vhile there was unanimity as to the desirability of a League of Na- tions, it soon developed that some of the delegates, sceptical of its• imme- diate elticiency, deeired to maintain the old order of balances of power . -andprotected frontieruntil the ;new system had demaustratecl ite capacity to meet the neecte of peace -loving na- tioue. Patient endeavor end. many, long sessions of the Supreme Connell ite- Self, and afterwarde of the epecial eommission created to deal with the ubect, wore neeensaryet bit h t the satisfaction of these threatened. • dieeentere the ImpossIbility sat contln- ng the old orUer while Installing the new. In fact, it wee only within the loot \Met that the difficulties fecing the League of Nations were • overcome, although with some misgiviags,..eit is true, the doubting nations Were in- duced to try the experiment of rely - leg upon the limier and coMmen in- tends 0-tette...other nations toeleeure the success of the project. Then there Was the difference over„the 'auetetioa .of Mandatoriee for backward peoples. „hatterheated arguments developed eat times., but theee differenees aleo ,Were adjusted with unanintity,. In the end. .••Varieus big !sauce presented them- selves,:eome of wleich were ekilfutlY • 'diverted to commiesione wbicheare to report afterwards to the. Leaeue of Netione while .othere were ratar sud- denly. dieepproVed in the light ef the deVelopment of the plan for\ the •League of •Natione. PREEDeael OF SEAS,- - Of such was the vexed qtMetion of freedom of the seas, which jeepardized the. support of !Great Britain. It was -realized that with a perfect League of Natione there would be no .neutrals, and that consequently no questions could ariee as to freedom of the • seas In time of war, while in Line of peace. equitable relations between nations . were guaranteed by opecial provielons of the covenant. Finally, after .eheea discesslons were .over, it can be stated that no hard feelinge remained,. Therewas absoe lute unanimity so far aa the Opeciel eon:mission was concerned; that those t haloes which at Bret had douDted the • efficiency of the project came out of 1 the diecuseions in an attitude of Us firmest advocates. Looking to the future the special elcommiseion attactes much importance to the provision made for the admis- sion to dee league of neutral or late enemy states. IThe latter are known to be &mamas to adhere, but the commission has taken every precaution to make sure that they enter with proper motives and prepared to live up to the obliga- tions of the league. The pointewas made that such adhesion should be encouraged as it was highly desirable, having at heart the Interest Of the whole world, that the industries of late enemy states and neutral cella - tries which suffered from the block- ade to be set itt motion at the earliest possible moment. . . SAFETY OF WORLD. This decision was not based upon sympathy for Germany, but neer the absolute 'conviction that the eacety of continental Europe, and perhaps of the whole world, depended upon turning the German population into wxys ef industry. so that it might be able to nroduce goods to pay off the enormous' indemnities to be imeiosed upon it. . It was the conviction that &hose . wise Germany might soon drift into the condielon of Russia and that there would be also resPonsible Government with which the peace treaty ceuld be coneluded. In that case it would De necessary for the Peace Congress to continuo indefinitely in existenoe, awaiting the economic reorganization that might follow an era of. Bolshe vism lasting perhaps for years. Russia itself was regarded, by the delegates as the great problem, yet te be settled, although the hope was ex; pressed that the Prinkipo conference. would be realizedeaud that semeith'itig like peaceful relations restored bez tween the various factions. It was regarded as necessary 'at the. outset to convince the:Bolshevist elements' that the Peace. Congress had no desire to force. upon them settlenients of debts and other such Matters as con- ditions of a successful confereace. Much' work remains for the various .cornmissions before, the return to Paris of President Wilson, Premier Lloyd George, of Great Britain, and • Premier. Orlando, of Italy, but the ma- terial gathered by them is expected to facilitate greatly the -Work of the closing, days of the Conference. In conclusion, it may be said that the special commission did maunder - take to select a permanent home for the League of Nations athat was laft for the determination of the Confer- ence later. ALL NATI NS NAM MOIIS FOR DRAFT OF THE LEAGUE -Fourteen Powers in ,Sigued Re - :port of the -Commission No Nation Can • Rusk Into lyVar, No Nation Can. Selie lerritory Paris Cable — President Wilton this afternoon in person appeared be- fore the plenary Peaee Confeeence and read the covenant establishing the League of Nations. When be entered the chamber the President was greeted by Premier Clem,enceau, Foreign Secretary Bal. tour and Viscount Milner, of Great Britain, and the American delegates at the head of the table,. There was little formality. Premier Clemenceate who is precedent f the conference, called the conference to order and President Wilson rose and addressed the gathering. UNANIMOUSLY SIGNED. "I ba.ve very great pleasure," said President Wilson. as he begaa, "In Presenting the report of the commie- sion wbich has framed the constitu- tion of a League of Nations. I am par- ticularly happy to be able to say it is unanimously signed by the representa- tives of all the powers on the com- mittee. ,"The best report I can tnake," •the President continued, "is to read the doeuinent itself." Thereupon he read from a printed" sheet the constitution of the league, while the assembly followed his read- ing with tire eloseet attention. ;The reading* continued for 35 tniautes Without interruption of ap- plena°. As he elosed the President laid testae the document and spoke of What had ,been aceomplished. 'The deliberations of the committee had lien most instructive, and through - dal: the proceedings there was an riadertonei of enthusiasm in the great week being aeconiplished, he said, The results, 'said President Wilsote represented the ittdgment of fourteen nations represented on the commis- sion, atutethese fourteen netions were a representative group of the eonfer- trice Itself. "There La it union of will in it com- mon PurPoaer the President preeeede ed. "It les a union whieh cannot be resisted, and, I dare say, One which no rittiOn will attempt to resint." 'Tjie President pointed out that the dobnient was no "straight jacket." It Waleatic, and net a vehicle of might. he *Aid. It we.a yet to be developed, and ae yet ettre should be taken tie to the clothe, put on it. While elastie yet it was definite. PLASTIC, YET DEFINITE. "It is definite," contintied Presi- 17 dent Wilson, "as a guaranteeof peace. It Is a defenite guarantee against ag- gression. It is definite against a re- newal of such a cataclysm as has yet Oaken civiiizetion."e The President spoke with especial emphasis as he referred to the -Wrongs committeed against helpless peoples. "There is one especially notable feature In this document," he said. "We are done with tannexations of helpless peoples, at times accomplish- ed in the past for the purpose of ex- ploiting of these peoples. In this document we recognize that these helpless communities are first to be helped and developed and that their own interests and wellbeing alien come before any material advantage to the mandatory entrusted with their case." Too often in the past, the President elided. the world has seen the lands of helpless communities appropriated for politital purposes, "And so," he said, "while this is a. practical document, it is above all a human document. It is practical and at the same time It is designed to purify, to realty, to elevate." Lord Robert Cecil, head of the Brit- Ish 'Commission on the League of Na - Liens, followed in an earnest speech. It was a good omen, said Lord Cecil. that this document had been laid be fore the 'world before being finally en- eteteci, so that peeple eVerAtere advise upon end eritielze it. The amb- ient had been one of great difficulty, for it was to preserve the peace 'of the world with the least possible inter- ference with national sovereignty. TWO imAIN The results accomplished, he cone tinued, embraced two main principles: First—No nation shall go to war until every other means of settlement shall be rfully and fairly tried. Second. ---No national sea foreibly seek to disturb it territory's integritt or interference 'with the pelitical in- dependence of the nations of the " world. These were the great Dendrites, but later another great princiPle must be laid down, namely, that no nation Should retain armaments fit only for aggressive purposes. Dr. Vittorio Orlando, the Italian Prime alinitter, .expressed deep satis- faction at having colloborated in what sees going to be one cf thee greatest documents of history. He would not 1 spoilt of the merite of the ocheme, Dr. Orlando continued, as these baa been explained by one whoee treble inspir- ation had brought it into existence. The war had brought forth the neces- sity for this doeunient. "Thus born out of, the penis, of war," the Premier exelaimed, "this is a doc- ument of freedom and right which represents the reeemption of human- ity by sacrifice." Leon Bourgeois, of the French dele- gates, spoke in behalf of France on 4the goodwill which he paid had Pre- vailed in formulating the project. At the same time., he mid, the French delegates reserved the right to pre- sent theirsviews an certain details of the phut as is whole, which waS work of right and justice and knew no disteaction between great and small atatese Later, he said, this beginning must be extended by a lenitaleon of arm- aments. On of „the chief results of the victory was ia permitting the disarmament of the barbarous talon that had, stood in the way of world disarmament. Daneers to states were not all equal, M. Burgeoie eat& Some states, like.Delgium and France, were especially exposed and required addi- tional ettarantees. He urged a sys- tem of permanenteinspection of exist- ing Armaments and forces as one means of avoldine a renewal of war- fare. Baron Milano, of Japana, after aP- proviug the high purposes of the league,,added that a proposal woula be submitted later which it was hoed would receive favorable atten- tion. The nature of this proposal, he did not make known, bet it is sup - Weed to refer to an amendArt abol- ishing racial distinctions in nterna.- tional affairs. George Nicoll Berries, the British ?sinister of Labor, and Prertier eVeni- zelos, of Greece, also spoke approv- ingly of the League of Nations. Dr V. K. Wellineton Koo, the Chinese deleeate, gave China's adherence to the leaeue. SECRET TREATIES,, The Arabian delegaten pointed out tae existence of tho league recog- nized the tight of self-determination, but said certain secret treaties were iu existence which would. prevent this self determination. He there- fore ohped that teach treaties as effect- ' ed Asiatic Turkey would be declared by the powers, null and void. Premier Hughes, of Australia, ask- • cd if full opportunity was to be given Lor discussion of the proposed ,league, at Premier Clemenceau replied OW President Wilson had presented the -document with the expectation that there would be the fullest oppor- tunity for discussion, but when this would occur would be determined later. • The conference adjourned at 7 o'clock this evening. - to• CANADA WILL SUPPLY 20 P.C. Of Bacon Reserve Sent From England To Furnish F.00d for Ger- , many. (From J. W. Dafoe, .Correspondent of the •Canadian Government), Paris Cable •--There has been a tentative agreement between the allies and German representativs .as to rade lashing food to 'Germany, ,but this ar- reagent ent is conditional upon the ac- ceptance by the GermarA of the terms to be submitted. ` Germany wants immediately 30,000 tons of [fork stuffs and 250,000 cases of condensed milk. Following this' there will be a second order- for 200,- 000 tons of wheat and 25,000 tons et pork 'products. additioh, Germany will require between alarch and August,. 400,00Q tons • of wheat, with large quantitieV of other grains, maize and forage.. Germany's urgent food requirementle aa inclocemext which will compel her peaceful acceptance to the now terms to be submitted. Canada has a direct. commereial in- terest in the impending settlemeht, because there is an understanding that 20 per cent. of the meat prodllets shipped to Gerniany from tete reserves in Great Britain are to be replaced by purchases in Canada. Thus tile expected submission by Germane as to tete conditions will Mean the (ship- ment in the .couple of months of the bacon surplus whieh hits accumulated in Canada. 'BRITISH DRAFT. IS: ACCEPTABLE Commission On internation- al Labor Progresses. Work People Given 'Vote at Conference. Paris, Cable.—The Peace Confer- ence Commissioe on ,International Labor Legislation, at its meeting to- day, ttdopted articles IV. and V. of the British drat of it plan for an interna- tional labor organization. • Article IV. ef the British draft pro- vides that at the proposed iaterna- Genet tuber conference of the repre- sentatives of the Governments, eiii- ployers and work people should be en - ;titled to -speak and vote independent- ly withou tregard to the views report- ed by other representatives of their nations. hitherto the delegates pre- sent at these conferences have repre- sented their Government:: only and the voting has always.been by natione, The commission discussed the artieles dealing with Ufa establishment of a permanent interaational labor of- fice and the governing body that will direct lei work, It was agreea that the office should be established at the capital of the League of Malone as and should the ertanization of the Icagtto and should be under the 'control of it director appointed by the governing or Spring 1919. The cape le still papule? Ae is the new sleeved wrap. Of wool trieotine or of eaehntire ve- lour. They are ready for spring wear. FRENCH STILL' ,.ERVOUS While American Comment on Nations League Approves Within [imitations Britain Sees ban of New fra—France Fears . the Cerman Menace alt London Cable — (Cauadiati Press, via Reuter's)—The covenant of the League of Nations le hailea by British papers as an hietoric document, draft- ed in an atmospheee of good faitt, postulating Ana foreshadowing bet- ter and wiser ,governments through- out the -,,world, Though the personal triumph of Preeident Wilson Is ac- knowledged, it is pointed out in a Modified form that the covenant in- dicates that he. has learned a great deal since he carne to Europe, and pride is expresded that ea much of the work of Britishers la visible in the league...The mandatory principle is based one the relatione between Great Britain, India and the overseas Do- minion. a he recognition of the De- minione as nations is welcomal as not the leaet eignificant feature at' the covenant. PRANCE STILL FEARFUL, Faris Cable --aCommeeit in repro- sentetive French newspapers on the constitutlen of the league of nations as preseuted at yesterdars reeaary eession of the .Peaco tCotiference, re- veals little enteualaem over the etape the project hae taken.. The Firaro saes: "The commission wisely decided not to ravieh. to-merrow from the eternal, and confined itselt to making safe the present. The writer, Alfred Capue, editor of the Figaro, says in addition that "the future is openeed to a bet- ter settlement,,, but that matutally is as yet vague 'and nebulous." The Journal, one of the zicet widely circulated newspapers here, says: "While all are apeaking ef fraterna zatien and eternal peace, the French people cermet losesight of reality, and reality is the vicinity of 70,000,000 humillated,eGermane shuddering limier merited punishment. It is half ot Europe in hace. When we see evoked, amidet such perspectives, the seduc- tive idea of disermtment, it is our duty to ask plainly where are the guarantees, and what is the force which will shelter' us from therac- tion of tragic surprIee." "Pertinax," in the Echo de Paris, ends a long article by saying: "We are forced to conclude that the twenty-six artialee bring tes no secur- ity. Until they are changed Wo. cab sacrifice nothing of our means of' de- fence to them," The Socialist newspaper Humanite Is even lose pleased than the Bour- geois papers. AMERICAN COMMENT, New York Report— American press comment eh the covenant of the League of Nations shows, for the most part, approval mixed with warning not to expect top much from the league at the beginning, but express- ing hope that the league would ulti- mately develop into an international force making for 'world peace Tire New York World says: • "Even five Ydars ago such it con- stitution would have been received with derision as the. week of amiable and impracticable dreamers:" The Trilittne says* "There is nodirect safeguarding of peace To each Tuition is reserved liberty of action. Thep is no limi- tation on annex/rents; no international police force under tho control of the league. Every serlous question is re- ferable to home governments for the real decision. But indirectly there is a gain. We have before us something In the nature of an entente cordiale such as was established between Great Britain and Prance when they agreed not to act together, but to con- fer with a view to. action when trouble threatened. The Sun says: "The geestion foremost in the mind of the Sun, as it must be in the Minds of all friends of peace and all well- wishers of any practical scheme of war prevention, is whetter, after the elimination of provisions requiring a constitutional amendment before they can be effective, the, remainder of the plan which the President is to bring back from France will differ greatly BRITISH POST AND WIRE SERVICE ARE LATEST TO THREATEN STRIKE Industrial Situation Marks+ Time Pending "Triple GAl- liance" Conference. KINEDWARD London Cable— The industrial sit- uation is marking time, pending the meeting to be held on Tuesday of the Consultative -Committee of the Labor- ite "triple alliance' --the Miners' Fed- eration, the Railwaymen's 'Union, and the Transport Workers' Federation. At that meeting it is understood there will be a discussion of the question of common action. The Miners' Federa- tion is thus far the only union that is committed to a definite course, nego- tiations regarding demands of the .railwaymen and the transport workers being still in progress. Premier Lloyd George is anxiously interested in the situation, realiertg that labor troubtes nitre serioue retard nationa lrecon- saltation and trade development. For tIsis reason, -it is understood, he will probably prolong his stay in England, instead of returning almost immedi- ately to Paris. The latest outbreak of discontent is among the employees of the postoffice and the teleeraph and. telephone ser- viees, all of which are in it state of tiiirest. The trouble has been brew- ing for some time, and the workers' dissatisfaction was voiced unreserved- ly at a meeting held here last even - ince Resolutions were passed de- manding the immediate convening of a congress of em,ployees to formulate demands for higher wages and better working eoaditions for submission to the Postmaster -General. Speakers at the meeting said that it strike might be necessary if the demands were not granted, and co-operation with the miners, railwaymeh and transport workers to enforce claims was fore- shadowed. Shipbuilders an dengineers at the Mersey -Side have -voted by a big ma- jority against striking to enforce a reduction in working hours. The men favor remaining at work, pending ne- gotiations. , HOW GERMANY • WILL FINANCE 'Weimar Friday Cable — (By the Associated Presse—There will be it sharp seizure of tho forinnes of the wealthy, according to, a prediction made before the German national as- sembly to -day by De. Mint, Socialist. He did not believe, however, that the governmeirt would be able to get the great sums needed by seizing 'Mr - tunes and he thought that the balance must be taken from the war profits. The wealthy, Dr. Hahn added, will be hit "at their most sensitive point, the pocketbook." Luxuriee will not be permitted and ieheritanres will be taxed so that alt over a certain mod - ;crate stint will be taken by the gov- ernment. NEW Intride PqOPOsgo, Niagara Palls, Ont., Despatch. ---A bill was introduced into NeW York Legis. lature to -day in connection With the building of ,a ram bridge over the Niagara. River between Ilridgeburg and Buffalo. The Canadian Govern- ment at Ottawa will be asked to eo- operate with the Washington Govern• ment, and if theme decline efforts will be merle to have °uter) and New York State put tip the money. BLAMED FOR WAR London, Cable.—In one ot the most remarkable katements made from the German side since the close of the war, the :Armor Crown Prince blames the late King Edward VII. for provoking the confliet. John T: Parkerson, correspondent or the Daily Exprese, wires an interview with the younger alohenzollern from his place. of' exile; Wleringen, Reiland. In defending his part in the world's greatest drama, the Crown Prince said: "If you want to know who started the war I will tell you; it was Edward 'VII I have talked wart him for hours at a Lira°, just as we are talking now. 1 know perfectly What was in hie mind. He did not want to fight Germany; he wanted to squeeze her, but the creation of . the Entente was the beginning of the world ware Neither my father nor I began it." DIE IN STREETS OF PETROGRAD People Passed Semi -Starva- tion Stage. kurder by Wh.olesale by Bolsheviki. London, Cable.—There has just errived'in London an English trade unionist who hes lived in closest core - tact with Russian workers in different parts of the country for the past five years. He has Come direct from Petrograd, and in the, course of an interview with a London Daily News representative he described the ter- rible conditions of life, in Russia under Bolshevik rule. "Conditions In PetrOgrad," he ectida "are, beyond belief. The suffering of,„ the people Is so terrible that it can hardly be imagined DI England. "Machinery for food distribution has completely broken down and prac- tically all the workers in the city are suffering from sheer starvation, They have passed the stage of semestarvit- tion. I have seen people literally dying in the street. At night Petrograd was likeit eity of the dead. "I often asked people why they dtdn't overthrow the, Bolsheviks, and the reply I got WM: :Weecan't. If we lift a little finger that will be the end of na.' "Ituseia has peesed beyond the sphere a politics. The qUeetion bit now one of huManity. People are dying wholesale of starvation. The population of Petrograd has dwindled •from 2,000.000 to about 00,000. Thou. sands e,..caped from the city. Thousands have been killed or have died from the effects of starvation. The reign of terror extentle to the country districte. There, however, the people are not !darting, e "The Salets are generally formed of the very towed elementa. They lune taken the best heses ewes from the peasants, preenffably for the neerle of the army. 1 believe ne one is allowed to keep more theft one OM. "If it workman or a Weller of the Red Army dares oppooe, or even speak against the, lioleheviks he is given short shrift. If he is a work- man lie la excluded from his union, end,oI course, that means etarva- Ron. If he is in the Rea Army Ite usually disappears and no one knows whet becOmes of him. A friend, of mine told me that 10 out Of 100 men who belonged to the Red Army dis- appeared in a fortnight. ShOuld Man desert hie parents or neareate relations are held to- account and severely pualehed. They may be im- prisoned, fined or sent to • forced labor," PRINCUS PAT. Her Own Regiment Guard at Wedding, London, Special Cable. — The infantry of the Princess Patricia's Regiment will form the guard of honor at Weetminstee Abbey on Feb. 27, and will be composed of the original mem- bers. The Ontario Hospital at Orp- ington, in which the bride showed active Interest, will; be speelally repre- Boated. The trousseau will be simple, and not beyond that of any bride of an officer of equal rank with the princess' future husband. No mater- ials are being ordered outside the British Empire, stories of lavish ship - merits of silk, etc., being pure fiction. DIVISION OF HUN TONNAGE Maritime and Transport Council Decides On Disposition of the Foes' Ships. Parte, Cableee-Anofficial commun- ication issued this evening says: "The Maritime anal Transport Council met Feb. 1, Feb. 4 and Bab! 11. Those present were MM. Clem- entel and Boisson for France. Signor Crispi for • Italy,. George Rtiblee for the United States, and J. A. Salter for Great Britain. "Important' decisions were Inge as to the allocation for management and use of Austrian and German tonnage. Passenger vessels will be mainly em- ployed in the 'repatriatiom of troops • and gargo vessels for the carrying of food to different ports in Europe, in - electing liberated areas and enemy countries. The vessels are to be di- vided for the purposes of. management among the associated Governments. "These aarangeemnts were made on the enderstandlag that the ultimate disposition of the vessels by the terms of peace would in. no way be preju- diced, and in order to make this a fact they are being administrated in the meantime in trust for the Associated Governments as a whole. They will fly the flag of the Allied maritime transport service, as well as the na- tional flag of the country undertaking their management. "The council appointed delegates to proceed to Spa, together with repre- sentatives of the Food Departments and the naval authorities of the g sev- eral Governments, to meet theeeepre- sentatives of the German Government 'February 16 and arrange with regard talthe delivery of vessels which the • German GoVerpment was bound to hand over under the armistice of January 16 and the Treves agreement of January 17. "The preparation for a considerable number of vessels has been proceed- ing, and about 750,000 'tons dead- weight tonnage, have been named ,by the German Government arid are now ready to sail. Meantane the associ- ated Governments at.re making an ex- amination on the spot of other Ger- man vessels in German ports." PEASANT ARMY WINS. Petlura's Ukraine Force to Fight Bolsheviki. Vienna, Cable.—Advices received hereefrom Kiev say that the forces of Petlura, leader of the Ukraine pea- sant army, bee -a Veeu in possession of that city for five davs, having de- feated the local 'Bolshevik'. Petlura, the advices add, is preparing to help the French at Odessa fight Moscow Bolshevikl bands which are attempt- ing to inaade the Ukraine to secure food. The delegate of the Ukraine in Vi- enne elm the Ukrainians and Ruth- enians in the region of Lemberg have expressed a willingness to sign an armistice with the Poles, but that the Poles demanded that they lathe 20 kilometree from Lemberg, whieh the Ruthenian leaders were unwilling to do. The delegate also said the Pelee were unwilling to accept an armietice which did not place In their hands an important part of the oil region. 4 • IS A WONDER' •••••••••••••••• London Cable —The first 'details of the construction of the British super-Zeppeliii which, her builders as- sert, is capable of a non-stop round trans-Atlantic voyage, are published in the Daily Mail. Shetwas eecretly built, The ship's length is 670 feet and her diameter 79 feet. Her weight in flying trim will be more than GOO tons, including a carrying capacity of tetween 27 and 20 tons. For -war .purposes she was to have carried four 5e0 -pound and eight 250-opnud bombs, also =Ovine and other guns fore, aft and on top. • A Pledge. will not trade with a German shop, That lives by the German hand. buy no goods with a German name. That's made on German land. 1 will not take it German's word - He'll break it if he Can. There is no love in it German heart, Or faith In it German man. not forgot Clem awful deeds To girls and title hey& No 211011, rn hang on Chrettmets trees, Those blood-stained (lemma tate Tha Is my orttle and from this day on AWCIAT to keep ft true. And Mace 1 know eau feel the ratite, I'll ask this oath of you. f • .w...er9,,r. PLACE INN IN POSITION OF IMPOTENCE s to Fix Germany She Cannot Renew Hostilities. 111. 110 nit: PEACE' ...11Fin MPS OFTIIF NY So Dardanelles On Saturday Opened to U. S. Trade fOI? Pin* Time. SILK STRiKEINIS RACK Armistice Conference HO Been Postponed In- definitely; London, ,Cable. --A despatch to the Exchange Telegraph front Copenha- gen eaye the German. Armistice Com- iniseien has been informed that the armistice conference hes been post- POned indef.nitely, Paris, Cable, The Supreme War Council met at the roman Office at 11 o'clock this Morning for the pur- pose of reachiug a final determination of the new teepee of the German ar- mistice. There were preeent in addi- tion, to the Foreign minietere oe the great Powers, Marehal Foch, Field marshal Haig. Marshal Petain, ?reel - dent Wilson, General Pershing and General Diaz, A full agreement on the terms wee presented in the report from the :sub -committee, embracing military auti economic members. The report wae 0:anti:roue, including the adhereace of the `Anierican mernbees, Ceneral (aBlise and Norman Davie, which indicates, that economic ince- aurce figure an the new terms equally with military measures. The German autporities have been asked to furreish ieformation confirm - lug amount- of peer war materlal, cannon, pert:lance and other equiP- ruent. .question came ap in the recent sessioeof the War Council, when the extent of this war material wae advanced as a reaeon for taking effective rne,esureeagainst the re- newal of warlike activities. Before determeping . on any sech step it was -conaldered desirable to request infornitalon, both as a memo dealing with the subjeet and as test. fug the good faith of the enemy in diaelos:ng the statue of his military equipment. The Hosea Agency understands that the _council decicled fist to place Ger- mane in a military situation, where It would be impossible to recommence heatilities. It is pointed out that the enemy countries are preserving war material permitting them to equip very rapidly an army of at least 3,000,000 men. The council decided, secondly, according to Havas, to make Germany realize that we are the con- querors and that It is not a "witite peace" that we are seeking to impose on her. In case Germany submits with good grace, continttee Haves, it is possible that the Entente would faeilitate the resumption of the Entente's works of peace for the benefit of Germany. The council also had to examine the demand by the Poles that a clause be introduced into the armistice that the agricultural machinery stolen by the enemy should be metered. Tho council's programme ale() con- tained questions of effeetives curd the raising of the blockade concerning Turkey and Bulgaria. INTERNATIONAL ARMY OPPOSED .....•••••••=.1.101••••••••1•10 French Delegates Strong for the Plan But Other Powers Are Against It. - Paris, Cable.—Lord Robert Cecil, the British representative on the League of Nations Commission, em- phatically deeled to -night the report spread in Paris to -day that the League of Nations Commission had approved the creation or an international army and that the United States anti Great Britain had conceded a pOint tie France. Lord Robert eald that in his opinion the commission would decline, more. over, to approve of any such.plan. lee added that such a report must have originated from an enemy of the Peace Conferente, THE FRENCH CONTENTION. - Paris, CAblat—The French Gov - eminent formally presented to the Leaeue of Nations Connnission last night an article creating an interna- tional military force. The introduc- tion of this article for inclusion in the Society of Nations plan -closely follows the disclosure by Premier., Clemenceau in his recent interviev. with the Associated Press of hls conviction that the League of .Na, - tions must ba—supported "by the determination of each nation entering into the agreement to be willing to renounce its traditional aloofness from other peoples and willing to employ tho nationalstrength outside its own country in lioth time of peace as well as under the pressure of War." The contention of Leon Bourgeois, who presented the article in ques- tion, is that the international force proposed must be of sufficient pro- portions to prevent GerMany or any other cotmtre from breaking the peace, or, if the peace were brokeri, to resore It promptly elven • by the collective power. The contention of those Who de not bellece in a permanently organized in- ternational army, these including the U.S. delegates is that toeereate mot an army would require changes in the constitutione of seveettl countries, which may become members of the eo- dote, and that the difficulties in the way are not of it character to be solved quickly. ' They argue that the society conld be maintained effectively ty its measures being absolutely bound, the moment a hositle move- ment was made bv any nation, to Co- operate with their forces against the aggressor, The Mem is advanced by some of the delegates on the Society of Nations that ettottirl Germany ,for example, send it single militarr unit aeroes the Frerteh frontier, that act should auto- matically be .a declaration of war atesinet all the other members of the society, who would thus.bo bound autematiertily to set in motion their eollective Military and naval forces. Brantford 4.W.V,A, lAtuld Ban Returned Soldie‘' amassers. Plainclotnesmen were met be a shower of alcohol in raiding a. pine., inhabited by foreigners on Sime00 street, Toronto. 'General IVIannerheim, the Firinfili. -Regent, has been taken ill and has cancelled his visit to Covenhagen. The Derdanelles were thrown, *Pen to American trade interests for the first time since the world war, on Sat- urday. It now nppeara likely that tile Peace Conference's invitatitne to the Russian factions to naeet. at PrinkiPo may be withdrawn. The body of a new-born baba was found under the verandah of a, frame house at Kitchener. L. Wilgress, Canadian Trade Contralesioner ter Siberia, has resign- ed. He intends te enter the, eeteilces of the Royal Bank or •Ca,nada. The a/Plosion of an oil lamp used In lighting Grevel runk 'station at Yonge Milis, near- Brockville, is given as the cause' of it$ total destrelction by fire, • Striking euembers of Silk Workerte Unions at Petersen., N. S., affiaated witIs the rnifed Textile Workers, vot- ed unanimousey to return to work. ?residen't' eWilson has norainated Hugh d. Wallace, or Tacoma,. Aare bassader te,Franoe., to fill the vacancy mussed by 'the resignation of William Grave; Sharp, III less alien a, week with pneumonia the death of C. C. L. Wilson, president and mantiging director of the Ingersoll Packing Company, occurred oe,Satur- day. is' A public appeal tor the suppression of the returned soldier canvasser, util- ized by finis to play upon the sym- pathies Of the general public, has been issued by the Great War Veter- ans of Brantford. • Fire was discovered in the rest• dence of Mr. Abel Hendren, Cenees' sian street, Lakefield, and the build- ing was completely destroyed, Most of the contents were saved. The loss is $2,500, insurance $609. The cause of the fire is mot known. The Peace Conference mission to Poland Arrived at Warsaw frornelearis by way of Prague. It received a bals- terous welcome from the people of the city, wile over -ran the statiou and stormed the train in their enthusiasm to greet the delegates. FOCH CALLED -HUN TO TIME Refused Extension of !gime for Signing And Erzberger Accepted the Terms. Copenhagen, Feb, 16. ---Replying to a request by Mathias Erzberger, b.ead of the German Armletice, Coeamis4ion, for a delay itt the signing of the arnastice terms until Monday noon, alirshal Foch declared that the armistfee ex- pired at 5 o'clock Monday Peeping, and that the last hour for 'elgning would be 6 o'clock Sunday afternoon in order to be able to issue the neces- sary orders to the troope, If not signed then,,Marshal Foch Wel he wauld be obliged to leave Treves,andthe armis, ace would nO longer be in foree, Answering Erzberger's counter -de- mands, IVIarshal Foch said the new armistice terms tad been fixedly the heads of the Associated Goveraments and that he wee unable tons.ltee them. SUBSEQUENTLY SIGNED IT. pule, Feb. l6.—Th ei eirtaistiee has been extended indefinitely, according to a Treves despatch to the havaS Ageney. The derrnans'are remitted to cease their offensive against the Poles and carry out the previous terins of the armistiee until completed. ROSS . pgnnirit ifirkt Was Before the Peace,Oon- ference Saturdpiy. Day Set for Prince's Islands Meet. Paris, Feb. 16. ---The Russian pro- tein was again before the Supreme Council of the great powers yesterday. This was the day originally set for the assembling of the eonference at Prince's Islands, but while the day passed without a conference, hopes of holding the Islana meeting haye not entirely been abandoned, r1114 ea- preme Connell heard 'eVineten Snenctr Churchia, the British Seeretary of War, yesterday. Col. Churthill pro- posed furter means for the adjust- ment of the Russian situation. "NO action was taken on his propOsal, how. ever, which went over until Monday. The general outlook for an adjuatment of the situation was said not te be eneouragillg- InvItation of the Peace Congress to the various Russian factione to meet itt Prinkipo may be withdrawn 0.0 none of the parties have complied with the condition that they etalIe fighting each other, according to Reim ter's. This and other questioris. the correspondent .filtre, were diaeuesed be- fore Preeident Wilson left ?aria.