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trimmer. hand to
'Ewcn Tempted by $1,300 to

‘scicntious ()lljt'Cllll'S. :li'tcr beings, “hull-
lorahly l't‘r‘lOl‘l‘ll to duty." ll’pon orders

‘59 [lllllli‘ilCL‘ for Releaselrmm the “'ar Department, were rc-'

) . 'm .; . 'I ‘ . , lit-used at tho 'l'nitctl Slates Disciplin-
' } th“ S‘findi 1 llli“ (”S gal-v Barracks. 'l‘wn ol‘ the total (It
'11:; objectors hI-ld hcrc had l't-l‘uscd

fdischarccs, its such Would not bc “for
.‘tht- glory 01' God," and two wow to”
ill to go through the proocss today.
. 'l‘hc good t'ortunc which‘llas a. :-.-Iu~
3panicd the men who rei'uscd to “war
’thc collntr)"s uniform hccausr oi st‘i‘lk
plcs against war, continucd until they
left llll' prntcction‘pl the govcrnmcnt
{lil‘t‘y'VL’l' l‘ilI-tl high upon a desk in the bar

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hid Legislator Has l3
t‘ouvictcd of Forgery

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L ~ n 3t-n_ was $3...00t) In cash. back pay and
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Nu' Ill Elwin l-‘IaukI. Horns. it. no-
mr is; t’ l'lJillr’ ll King has been
- .Iil- 1.: tile prison after having
twri out on parole since July. 1915..

tl'i'l‘lt‘i'llllLT action by the
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mm a rock :Igti, ItpUll l'L‘CllllllllPlltlll‘,
.I of Secretary Frederick M. SalC .
.I o; \\ r-stport. a personal acquaint-' ““SHINGTON. Feb. 15-MT1W an»
at Mr. King. lnl‘oI-malion had nuai public buildings appropriation

' - _.._ ibill, carrying $50,000,000 for construc-

(Contimg On Page new“) illUIl of post offices and other public

' 'structures. and for the purchast- of

‘ .. ' Esites, was ordcrcd favorably reportcd

a, iycstwrday by the house public build-
, 'ings cmlllnittcc:

i The large-st item in the bill is a

$»t.;’:'.0,000 additional appropriation till
the. purchasc ot' a site for a new post
ollicc building in Chicago. which.

r ,“‘1”1 Dl‘t'i‘lflus appropriations, amounts

. 'to $6,000,000.
._ .P ' ' : Boston would receive $3 500,000 for
lnlons .
’3-‘2 Than 000 0]) a new post office building: Pittsburgh.
men to the Department $2,950,000; and Springfield, Muss.,
.I' l: h r’— ‘ s ‘ Mater-'31v400t000'
_ _ A .0 (/0.t 0f 1 Philadelphia would get $1,000,000 for
«ll-“t High Freight Rates—,,, site l'or a new custom house.
tn t" - 1 .' t i en VJ Otllcr large appropriations for pub-
fl 1 Int? “'lal S 1' an lc'ulic. buildings included in the bill are:
mmc or the Obstac esimlamic (7",, N, l,
”5th . l’zl.. $250000: Scranton, I’a., $525,-
- 000: Norwalk Conn, $165,000; Union.-
. l .'. J., $125000: W’atcrbury. Conn.
“m $265,000: and Lancaster. Pa.. 15500.-
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mil i~ holdill: bat-k building

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””t‘ than five hundred opinions on
Itilt'SllOn harc been reccivbd in
. nut two weeks by the information
.. Education Stu-vice of the U. S.
- ..:II-tlllctlt ol' Labor. Many building
Moritit-s blalnc Congress, others
Al'uv the financial interests of thct

mutry with responsibility. lu Cen-l SfllflN

.I “Had. freight rates are said to be.

IIIIN tilts STATE
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wrung an injurious influence; In;
~ main, high cost of materials are, I
. m in hi: the Chif‘l' obstacle. iMany NItmbers .0f General
-mn't expect private capital ‘ to Assembly Fall to Meet
- at Increly l'or the sake of furnish-1 .
jobs for workmen." writes a well— Duties

zn'fn architcct from Buffalo. ”That-
11w obligation or the Government,

at local, State or national. [.ct pub-

- works he started at oncc tor the
.(‘lit Oi the public, 'l‘hc cost will
high and thc public. will have to

tile princ. but tllc public will

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HARTFORD, Feb. 15.——Rain was a
factor in keeping members of the Gen-
t-ral Assembly at their homes today.
Governor Holcomb sent to the Senate
his nomination of John W. Banks. 01
Bridgeport. as judge of the Superior
'(‘ourt for eight years
.1920, to fill a vacancy which will
created by changes in that court.

The governor lct‘t today for Boston
to attcntl a conference which-will ar—
l~lrngc for a reccption to the Yankee
Division. He has signed requisition
papers for the mt-n hold in New Jer-

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CHURCH BELLS ,
TO BE RETURNED

MUNICH. Feb. 15.~—All illOSG

 

tlporto Recovered After 90.
Minutes of Fighting

HNlION. l~‘4-b. 1.5. ~Tii6‘ pcoplc- ()1.
win. .Luplull'lud by republican i’oi'cu
"all: I‘c-lt’tl‘t‘tl lilt' l‘t-ptlblic
:r. Portugal. according to a Lis- possessed of beautiful Churches read
Ill spatch received by the Portu- with a deep sense (ll-regret. a year 01‘
. i.c'.:l’iutl. Pavia (‘ouceir0. the two- ago, that the military authorities
Ti lcarlr-l', has been arrested. had' requisitioned the church bells for
’.;i:tl2‘i,2 a: Oporro lasted ninetylthc sake of the copper and other me-
ital they contained. The government
crcated enthusiasm at tried to do it systematically, and tool:
\ lqlrt oi‘ tlw Govelnlnent is 'only such bells as would leave har-
t: In ()porlo. nuonious parts of a set of chimes in-
'1i.'~'|.iT(L\V. Feb, 15.—An om-‘tact. .
3c: mum. from Lisbon to the, Now the bells, or such of them as
. Ecl‘l‘llt‘ni says that Lamegoihave not been melted up and used,
=llilli'Wi from the Royalistsmre to be. returned to their original

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‘Illfllt‘r‘li’ troops. The ad-iplaces. The government has issued

m.- :Iml the coast north [an official notice to the effect that it

‘ :‘x'm -*> has. been blocked surrenders its purchase rights and
Yinuotin (‘astello i'ortrcss'will rsell back! the bells to all who

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22m Government forces. claim them.

PAY A3 SilllllEliS

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on Railroads by Order of

Havc‘om hulltlrI-d and nine- rcliuious Pink:

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Senators and Representa-
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[Elli Pills ‘0N lllilR NII ;

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0f Autocrats—Officers Re'IPatrolman John L. RobertsE
sponslble For Excessive Brings Action For Backi

l0 HOME IN

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Mayor Puts Soldiers in Com“
trol of the Gas Works and{
Electric Power Station and

Court-Martial
to Be Exposed

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\VASlllNHTON. Feb. 13. Tm 5H,.
2catraoI-dinary sevt-I‘iiy in court-martial
:SFlllt'l'ltft-s disclosed to thv Military
ECOmmiltci‘ yesterday by acting Judge
lAtlvotxllc (lcncral Ansell. and for al-
Ilnost an hour indulged in bitter cou-
Itlcnlnation not only of the faulty mili-
itary law‘s which provide inadI-quaIc
éupportunity tor lllo‘revicw of court-
‘lllill‘llill findings and insutficicnt
:portunity tor apt-cal 10 higher juris—
idiclion but Isl” thl" type of men who

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‘atc took up yesterday tllt' question of

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tlcmoon on tho City ‘of Norwalk.
through City Clerk lrving l). Robcrp
on. by ("unstable “'illiam \‘olimer.
for. Patrolman John L. Roberts. who is;
suing for his back pay amounting to
$50. Damagcs ol' 73 are asked by
the Dinner in the first step taken by
local police to secure Ihcir back
pay, due since Novunber lst, 1018.

The suit of Robcrts vs. the (‘ity is

 

Pay—Papers Served Yes-5
terday Afternoon’on Citv

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iChancellor Scheidemann, of the New German Govern-I .
ment, Handles Demonstrations in the National 185-. ,
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FRENCH NEWSPAPERS Nfll ENTHUSIAST“; 3.
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tracks whorc’ The (liscllurgt-s were ,L’iv-_

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:iliatcst Outbreak of Discon-
tent Is Among Post-Office

Ecould inflict such drastic tunishnzcn s '3 ")5‘ ”is“ that Will have an iln lortan:
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1.;llator liol‘ah (1(lil.) led in the (I..bm,.:lation.< between Mayor Jeremiah Don-

'whit'h w,” juim‘d mtg”. Senators KnOxiovan and the police departmcnt. The
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from Jan. 10.3

boy on charges of complicity in thc'
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BELFAST. Feb. ‘13.” Troops took

{possession oi” the gas \vorks‘ and elecn'

ltlic power station in this city. early
ilhis morning. Thc mayor. in a proc-
,lalnation, says it is now assured that
lmilitaly support will be given the air
lthoritics and asks for volunteers to
rally on municipal services.
i 'l‘hc gas and electric service had
,lIt-cn put off for thrcc weeks because
'ot‘ strikcs.

infantry was stationed inside the
plants with machine guns command—
ing the entrances. Most of the work-
on; who had been ordered out by the

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MllllthS tilt e
IN FLAMES In
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lVorks
ed at Savannah, Ga.

SAVANNAH. Ga.. Feb. 15.~—Fed by
large quantities of rosin and turpen-

 

3245_000._ Erie. ltine, fire late yesterday destroyed the!

,plant or the Southern Fertilizer and
l(‘hemical Company and burned
swath three city blocks long and about
'two hundred feet wide through the
tcrminals of the Seaboard Air Line
railroad on Hutchinson Island with a
:loss estimated in millions of dollars.
1 Cotton, naval stores. sugar,- lumber
land nitrate of soda added to the in-
gtensity of the flames.

The fire. the origin of which has

the railroad terminal and quickly
spread to the fertilizer plant. Fire
walls prevented the fire spreading to
the general docks. but the flames
leaped over the 'Walls on the naval
stores and lumber wharves

Railroad' officials were unable last
night to estimate the loss to the ter—
iminals and materials _stored there.
,VVith the fertilizer plant more than 30
‘treight cars loaded with nitrate of
!soda and ‘other fertilizer materials
were destroyed. The nitrate of soda
‘burned was valued at $1,500,000.

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. BAlltll PREVENTS
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WASHINGTON. D. C.,‘Feb. 15.——0n-j
ly the vote of Vice resident Marshall.
exercised fpr the irst time this ses—
sion. saved the administration forces
in the Senate yesterday from a seri-
ous defeat on'the Russian policy. -

A tie vote—‘—33 to 33—resulted when
Senator Fletqher, of Florida, one o!
the democratic leaders, moved to ta-
ble the resolution of Senator Hiram
Johnson, of California. calling for the
withdrawal of the American‘troops
from Russia. ' '1,

Vice President 'Mar'shall, then pre-
siding. promptly cast his vote with the
administration, forces. and the resolu-
tion was tabled. "

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and Freight Houses Burn-.

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'not been determined was discovered in-

l(l‘a), l’omcrcnc (Ohio) and Norris

own).

Early in the discllgsion Senator Nor-

,I-is askml it the account‘s printed in

Ilills‘ morning's pant-rs were accurate.

110 was told by Scnator Knox. who had
wt-

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i I’lTTSBl'ItGIl. Feb. 15I—-—Twelve
‘pcrsons were injured. several serious-
;ly, when a steel girder protruding from
In flat car of a westbound freight
ltrain, early today. tore one side from
Ithree.‘ parlor cars ut “the mt- d
.Cincinnati-Pittobulxb‘ieXpress on. the
.Pennsylvanla Railroad at Oakdalc.
{near here. The injured. some of whom
.wcre women, were brought to I‘itts-
{burgh hospitals.

! Both trains were moving slowly
;whcn the sixty—foot girder. believed to
have been jolted from its position 0n
.the flat car. struck the express. It
glorc the root from one of the steel
[parlor cars and ripped the side from
,all three.

' Most of the injllrcd'welc cut by fly-
«ing glass. Several women fainted and
,were trampled in the panic which fol~
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MUNICH. Feb. 15. (Correspondence
of the Associated Press).——The new
Bavarian government has undertaken
wystematically to organize the recolv
Istructlon‘ of Industries and the devel-
opment of tr‘ade by the organization of
a new state commission to be compos-
ed of engineers who will endeavor to
lsolve many of the iKtchiité" prommS‘
:of a return from a war to a peace bas-
Iis. The new organization is to be
'knoWR as the Commission for the
Furtllerance and Development of In-
dustry and Trade.

Minister of the Interior Auer, who
,was forced by a mob to resign hill of-
irice had promoted this organization
land declared that the upbullding of
{the farm. trade and industry was the
lmost urgent problem to be solved, dur-
ing the reconstruction period. “KVith-
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HAISTON STOLE
RUBBER BOOTS

Patrolman Frank Raymond yester-
day afternoon arrested Frank Haiston,
colored, an orderly at the Norwalk
Hospital. on the charges of forcibly
entering the Cabin on the oyster boat.
"Media,” of the Bade] Oyster Com-
pany, and stealing a-pair of rubber
boots.

On January 25th last, Haiston board-
ed the vessel around 9 o’clock at
flight and forced hisjay into the ca-
bin. He was apparentWhunm for
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them on the table and then proceeded
to ransack the place. A pair or rub.-
ber boots, however. were the only ar-
ticles taken. The police were notified
and they started a search for the man
which ’ended yesterday when Patrol-
man Raymond learned of Haiston's
whereabouts and “arrested him at the
hospital. \ ‘

He was arraigned this morning be-
fore Judge George‘ H. Vosburgh ,‘and
uponlentefing a' plea. of guilty, was
bound over to the next. termini, the
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"IIIINIII MEN’S
VALENTINE NINII.

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EAssembly Hall Well Filled
With Jolly Crowd

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The Valentine Dance givcn by the
members of the Men‘s Club of Trinity
parish at Assembly Hall last night was
,fthe biggest kind of a success. There
Iwas a merry word of young men
land women. timlyvtroan this city,
tbut from Br! port and Stanford.
«,wbo took full‘ndvanue Lunar!
.music furnished by the
lace Orchestra. _

The committee in charge was .How-
lard Acton. Wesley Chambers and Ar—
{thur Casey. ‘ ‘

' The committee on hall was James
iH. Lincoln. License, police and press,
(ling). Bailey.

3 erreshmente, James H. Lincoln. H.
'0. Bailey and Richard H. Ireland

, Dressing room, Earl Smith-Frank
gScofield, Frank Druskey and Wesley
iChambers.

l Selling tickets,
gGeorge McKibbin.

tilt Wilton
malnutrition

“'ASHINGTON, Feb, 15. Exclusive

61' expenditures by Belgium. Portugal.
Rumania, Austria-Hungary and Bulgar-
ia, the total cost of the Eumpeanwval‘
was fixed at 8179.000,000,000, in an ab
.flcial estimate made public'here to-
day, compiled on estimated expendi-
,turea up to Innuary 31.
! Total expenditures of the Allies and
ethe United States were fixed at 8119.-
581,000,000, exclusive of loans among
themselves, which totalled 818.375,-
000.000. .

The individual expenditures of the
nations Were given as follows:

Great Britain $37,1000,000,000;

France, $27.000,000,000: United States.
”8,481,000,000; Russia. $18,000,000,~
000; Italy, 810,000,000.000; Serbia, 88,»
000,000,000; Japan and Greece, $1.-
000,000,000. The loans made by these
pOWers were included in the individ-
ual expenditures, although not added
‘to the total as a separate item, were;
i Great Britain, 38.500.000.000;
France, $2,000,000,000; United States,
37.875.000.000.
i The total expenditures of Germany
,were given as $36,500,000,000, and of
Turkey, $23,000.000,000, making an
aggregate of 359.500.000.000 for these
two members of the Germanic Alli-
ance.

PRESlllENT lint
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BERLIN Thursday, Feb. 13, (Asso-
ciated Press).——The mistress all
German presidential residence is

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to the present. has always attended to
herown household duties. done the
family cooking and his Ever been her
own drasmaker. ~Frau Luise Ebert,
wife of the President or the new Ger-
man Republic. wag born tortyfiye
years ago in a workingman‘s home in
Bremen. She views her new social
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NIIIIINIIIIIEIIS ‘
INII SUNS HAVE
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{Annual Feast of Y. M. C. A.
Combine Sports, Speeches,
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While rain and mud served to keep
dOWn the attendance at the annual
Father and Son dinner of the -W‘ilton

anchpt} the p 3

e chapel of the Wilton Congregation-
h, last night, some sixty mem-
braved the
good time.

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bers and their daddies
storm and had a royal
“'hile the supper, which
such an important feature of these
functions was being prepared. a. set,
(if boxing gloves on the hands of some
'ol the husky members provided plenty
of trouble for those venturesome fa-
thers who saw fit to stand up against
them. .

Then came the supper (allowed by
the speeches with Rev. Frederic M.
|Hollister, chairman of the “'ilton
'Branch as toastmaster.

Following a prayer by Rev. J. How-
ard Fairchlld. of the Zion's Hill M. E.
Church, Benjamin H. Gregory was in—
troduced. and made a short speech on
What benefit and pleasure men like
LinCOln wofild have derived from an
institution like the Y. M. C. A.

Sam M. Fitch spoke of the strong
bond of sympathy between ‘Lincoln
and and his Soldiers, and told &.num-
ber of characteristic stories to illus-
trate his points. -

Rev; Charles A. Marks
the speaker of the evening, Judge
Harry C. Scofield, of Stanford, who

‘madé a strong address on 9“ “fork of

the good work of the association over!
seas.

Then followed songs and a bit more
of the boxing and the party broke up
with many expressions or satisfac
tion at the good time enjoyed.

FIXING BLAME I R
FOR THE WAR

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PARIS, Friday, Feb. LIT—An oflicial
statement issued by the Commission
on Responsibility for the “far, issued
today, follows:

“At a meeting of the Department of
the Interior this morning at 11:30
o’clock, questions of organiation and
procedure in connection with the three
subcommittees of the Commission on
Responsibility for the War, were dis-
ussed. These subcommittees ‘are
those dealing on acts of war, respon—
sibility for the war and the responsi-
bility for the war and the responsibilr
ty for the violation of war and cus»
toms of war. '

"An arrangement was made by
Wich each sub-committee is at meet
at least twice during the next week.”

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TWO MORE HOLD-UPS
IN NEW YORK TODAY

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NE“? YORK. Feb. 15.——Another
holdup and robbery was reported to
the brooklyn police early today, when
Dr. Harry Ballisher, a druggist, Was
shot by a bandit who afterward rifled
his wash register nd escaped. The
druggist is expecte to recover.

In another section or .Bmoklyn
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American Anti~Saloon League A
Trade Agreements After Prob

Rural Y. M. c. A., 'u.

introduce?

the Y. M. C. A., partly?! in its r_u.__
ml branches and st, .aiy defend .l.

sks For Protection in ‘
ibition Goes Int-105..

“REST. Fch. 14.»Prcsident.
Wilson left Brest on his return tow-
the United Statcs‘on board the U.‘
S. S. George \Vashington shortly a,
nicer ll o'clock this morning. in
George \‘x'aslliugton vwighcd an».
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. PARIS, Feb. 14. Friday—\Vith‘
today ‘s plenary session of the
Peace Conference over and the
newly framed covenant of the,
League of Nations r-ad and dis-1 ‘
President Wilson left, ‘

cussed, _
Paris tonight for Brest, on his way
‘back to the United States, accom-
panied by Mrs. Wilson.
When the delegates to the Peace”
Conference gathered at. the .35:
eign Office “this afternoon, there.
1was the feeling Mawthammlfi
la historic momentrhul arrived. It-
itVas the third plenary seshitm of
the Peace Conference.
President \Vilson presented a.
striking picture as he stood before ’
the delegates to read the covenant
and expound its merits. He spoke
ill a calm, even tone, without gets»
'turc or emphasis, except twnce,
when he referred to “army! I .. ‘
forces in the background” and to.
“exploitation of helpless pet» ;
pies.” ..
i ’ Lord Robert Cecil,‘ of Great.
'Britain, and. Premier Orlando, 0!, ' p
' Italy, voiced their approval“ the w
covenant, but Leon Bourgeois, of. ’
lancc, while expressing his gen.- :
‘eral satisfaction, made reset-limp
itions which indicated that his pro 3 ,,
" an international 1min» ,’ ,'

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' ”will 'be» minimum; ..

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‘ Sight evidence of dil—‘

v—c. Was found .in tlui remarks! of“ '_

'lv.‘Ml" Hughes, of- 3’ ' ' W: ‘ ,,

inquired, with some Show of feel»:
ing, if anlple'oppoitimity to dis-f
cuss the scheme wbuld be given“

The Arabian delegati . 0100i ..
sounded a minor note 0 discord;

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in calling attention it secret
treaties which were sgidto inter-
fere with the princlpl selfJe-..

terminatou expressed by » e cove- _
nant. - " -

Mr. and Mrs. \Vilion a ivcd at }
thc lnvalidcs Station at o’clock. .
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their arriVal in Paris od’bccember _'
14, but there was e 1313! 0v§dcnee .
of ofiicial and p0 , creel-didn’t..-
WEIMAR, Thufl'sd-fl)’. Feb. 13 .
(Aesociated Prst). —'Philipp
Scheidemann, thefChanoellor' in
the new Germanigofiemmont, to— '
day showed llimséf able to'landle
conflicting demonstlfitiont 3: the .
new National Assembly wi no '
Sign of being intimidated by the ,'
,wildest opposition: No speaker:
since the meeting of the National. ‘
Assembly was opened, has been no :‘
outspoken towards his opponents; .-
‘Onc of the incidents of his speech .
Twas his reference to Austrias’ dei '
sire to join Germany. He said
“We desire no reluctant adhere
ants, and by the same token no»
body wishing to join us should“ ,
prevented.” There was almollt "
threat in his warning: "film

 

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