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LEAGUE CHANGES i ME ANNOUNCED

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lM«w Provision Specifically Rec­ognizes Existence of the

Monroe Doctrine.

CAN SEVER RELATIONS

Any State, Providing It Hat Livsd Up j to Ita Obligations, May Withdraw

Prom the League on Giving * Two Yeara' Notice.

ADMIRAL CAPERTON

Commander of Pacific Pleat Will Retire June 30.

DRAFT CHANGES IN BRIEF * •

Important change* in the draft * of the league of natlona covenant * at announced in the official aum- * mary Include:

Unanimoua consent, including parties to dispute, required on any matter threatening peace of world.

Right to withdraw from league upon two years' notice.

League officers and members may be women representatives.

Permanent court of justice. * Armaments can only be reduced * with consent of each state affected. * Domestic questions specifically * excluded. * Left to each state to say wheth-* er it will take part in international * punitive expeditions. * States not members of league * may be forced into accepting obli-* gations of league for the purpose * of particular disputes. * Mandatories cannot be forced on * states without their consent. * .* Monroe doctrine specifically ex- * * empted. * * States disapproving amendments * * are not bound by them. Amend- * * ments now require vote of council * * and majority of assembly instead * * of three-fourths of assembly. * # • • » • * « * » • * * •

1 Paris, April 15.—Specific mention of the Monroe Doctrine with respect to Its bearing on the future activities of the league is made in an oilicial sum­mary of the revised covenant of the league of nations issued. It says:

"The covenant does not affect th» validity of international engagements, such as treaties of arbitration or re­gional understandings like the Mon­roe doctrine, for securing the main­tenance of peace."

The league, says the statement, will include all belligerent and neutral state named in a document annexed to the covenant and "In the future any self-governing country whose ad­mission Ik approved by two-thirds nf the states already members of the league."

Withdrawal Regulations. Providing it has kept its obligations,

a state may withdraw from the league on giving two-years notice, and states which signify their dissent from amendments approved by all the states on the council and a majority of those in the assembly are not bound by them, but, in such case, cease to be members of the league.

Mandataries for the German colonies and territories are to be administered by states willing to be mandataries of the league, which will exercise general supervision.

The new text contains 26 articles The entire document has been care­fully revised from the point of view of drafting.

Changes Only Made Public. Washington, April 15.—The official

summary of the amended covenant of the league of nations has been re' ceived.

It was apparent, that important changes in the original document were designed to meet criticisms made on the floor of the Senate and elsewhere by friendly critics as well as oppon ents.

It was pointed out that it was dlfll cult to make a comparison of the offr clal summary of the new covenant Issued at Paris with the original con' etltution, as it was possible to tell only what new matter had been in jected and not how much of tlie old language had been retained.

Admiral William B. Caperton, la command of the Pacific fleet since May. 1917. will be relieved from that duty April 30, and pending his retire­ment on June 30 will be dstailed to prepare a detailed memorandum of his el-vice for the historical section of tha

navy.

FLAW IS DISCOVERED Wartime Prohibition Law

Be Hard to Enforce. May

Internal Revenue Bureau Is Without Power, According to Commis­

sioner Roper.

Washington, April Commissioner Daniel clared, after analysis and regulations, tint

15. — Revenue C. Roper de-

of all statutes enforcement of

VIQXO^Y LOAN I*

Amount and Details of Fifth Issue Are Announced by

Secretary Glass.

BEAR 4 3-4 PER GENT Financial Men of Minneapolis Declare

Liberty Bonds Will Be the Most Attractive Securities Ever

Offered by Any Nation.

Minneapolis, April 15.—Secretary of the Treasury Glass has announced full details of the Victory Liberty loan, which Minneapolis flnanclal men de­clare will be the most attractive securi­ties ever offered by any government.

The new call is for a total issue of f4»&00,000,000 4% per cent bonds.

Upon receipt of a telegram ' an­nouncing the terms, A. R. Rogers, head of the bond selling organization in the Niuth Federal Reserve district, annouueed' the- quotas by states*, as follows:

.Minnesota $92,000,000' Mich. (16 counties)...... 4,500,000 South Dakota 22,500,00ft North Dakota ;.... 18,500,00® Wis. (2t> counties,).... 9,000,000 Moutana .................... ll,000,000>

FOE'S WAR OEBT RAISED

Nop Said to Havp Been Placed atflfty.aiipns.

Election In England Causae Lloyd George to Urge Change in Plana,

Which Is Mado.

the wartime prohibition, which De-comes effective July 1, Is not lodged with the internal revenue bureau or with any otiier government agency, but is merely left to United State attorneys.

In this connection it became known that a number of administration offi­cials and advisers of the President had recently urged hint to prevent pro­hibition from going into effect July 1, by proclaiming the completion of do-mobilization by that time. This view is understood to be held by Qpmmis-sioner Roper, who Is represented as believing prohibition cannot be en­forced adequately without specific leg­islation establishing an enforcement agency.

Intimation that because of the ap­parent difficulty of enforcement, the President or Congress might be called on to postpone the law's operation was given by Mr. Roper in a statement say­ing that "the issuing of licenses for the manufacturers prohibited by the war-time prohibition act will naturally cease w#!i July 1, assuming, of course, that neither the President nor the Congress stays the operation of that law."

CENSORSHIP IS ABOLISHED America Takes Lead and Calls on

Allies to Follow. Paris, April 15.—The United States

has informed the associated govern­ments that American cable censor ship on communications to Central and South America and also to the Orient, with the exception of Vladivostok, will be abolished April 18.

The American representatives ex-pressed the hope that the associated governments would And it possible to follow suit.

Total $157,500,000' $20 500,000 I* Minneapolis Quotas The quota for Minneapolis was sot

at $20,500,000. which is $7,000,000 less than the- qpiota for the Fourth Liberty Loan.

"The terms of the- Victory I.oan at* so extremely favorable^ the amount t» be raised ia the district so compara­tively smalt' that to my mind there is absolutely no doubt but that the loan will be promptly oversubscribed in the district," said Theodore- Wold, gover­nor ol' the- Ninth District Federal Re­serve bank.

Mr. Rogers, as chairman of the cem tral Liberty I^oan committee, express­ed great satisfaction oncer the terms of the loan.

"The Victory notes are the finest se­curity ever issued by the - United States," Mr. Rogers said. "People in this district and all over the United States will take them because they appreciate their value as an invest­ment and because they believe in their government.

"The Treasury department's an­nouncement af the terms should dispel the last trace of pessimism and this has been the cause of our only fear about the overwhelming success of the loan."

Will Mature in Four Years. The unexpected small amount of tbe

loan and the high rate of interest has brought great joy to the workers of tbe Ninth Federal Reserve district, it was indicated in long distance reports received at the headquarters in the Soo building last night where the executive committee met to discuss the new terms. The loan will take tbe form of gold notes maturing in four years. These notes will be ex­empt from state and local taxes, aad from normal federal income taxes.

The notes will be convertible at the option of the holder throughout their life into 3% per cent four year notes of like maturity and exemi-t from all federal, state and local taxes except estate and inheritance taxes.

The notes of both series will be dated and bear interest from May 2C, 1919, and will mature on May 20, 1923.

ANXIOUS FOR RECOGNITION Red to

PLEDGE INDUSTRIAL PEACE

ON SHORE OF LAKE GENEVA Magnificent Site Chosen for League of

Nations Capitol. Geneva, April 14.—At a special

meeting of the State council it was reported that a magnflcent site on the shore of Lake Geneva and facing Mont Blanc, had been chosen for the building which will in future be the capitol of the league of nations. The people of the city are rejoicing over the decision of the commission on the league of nations at Paris. The de­cision has greatly enhanced the popu-larity of. President Wilson and America In the Alpine republic.

Rainbow Commander Assigned. Washington, April 15.—Major Gen­

eral Clement A. F. Flagler, who was In command of the Forty-second (Rainbow) division, has been assigned to command Camp Bowie, Texas, effective about April 35.

Paris Fears Strike May 1.

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Paris, April 16.—The approach of Mar 1 Is arousing uneasiness as re­gards the manner in which that day, long notable in European labor an nals, will bo celebrated here. Some Parisians, who are. leaving the city tor the Easter holidays, intend to pro­long their stay until after the first of the month. On the other hand, soma visitors are expected from the industrial centers In the provinces to

over tka first in Paris.

Five Leading Packers Agree to Main­tain Wage Scales.

Chicago, April 15.—Heads of Chi­cago's five leading packing companies assured labor, the government and the nation that there would be no reduc­tion of wages in their plants for at least one year after the signing of peace.

They gave their pledge in a letter to Secretary of Labor William B. Wilson.

Regime in Russia Willing Make Concessions.

Paris, April 15.—Bolshevik Russia is readv. according to reports, to agree to a suspension of executions and pun ishnients In the case of its opponents in return for goods and recognition It is also willing, it is said, to agree to the suspension of the campaign to extend Bolshevism and overthrow the existing order in the countries of the associated powers.

It will insist on the recognition of 'the de facto and de jure government

of Russia" and acceptance of the prin­ciple of the soviet rule.

Paris, April 15.—Alarmed by the re­sult of the by-election at Hull last week, Premier Lloyd George of Great Britain, according to the Echo do Paris, has perssaded the Cornell of Four to revamp completely tire finan­cial plan to be incorporated la tho treaty of peace.

Instead of a payment of f&OW.MOr 000 on acconnt and annual payments to be fixed by a commission. It haa been decided to fix at once the amount which Germany will have to- pay with­in 50 yearB.. This amount Is kept m-«rst, but it is indicated1 by tlie news­papers that a figure of $50,000,000,000' has been agreed on, which includes all war damages as well as the cost of pensfons. The first installment of $6,-000,000,000 must be paid within 18' months, the newspaper declares.

Indications are that a combination of the peace treaty and league of na­tions dbeuments win be written into a preliminary peace treaty within the coming two weeks-. The Germans the* will be' called: In and the* preaenC "Peace conference" will be' nergid into the- "Peace congress."

The' Council of Four is understood', to have fixed for the Peace congress-tentative dates between April 26 and. May 5t but' no announcement has' been made as to details, so that Premier' Lloyd1 George may have- something to disclose when he addresses this- Brit­ish Parllinent.

Premier Lloyd1 George's trip to- Snip-land will be a brief one, according to' the Petit Journal. He will' be back in Paris in two- or three days the news* paper says.

OVERSEA FLIGHT DELAYED Rac* of Two, Planes

by Fog. Is. Put Off

St. John's, N". P"., April Mf.—Harry G. Hawker and' Lieutenant Command­er Grieve, the Sopwith biplane team, In view of adverse conditittns, inti­mated that the- start of the trans* Atlantic flight for the next few hour* at least was doubtful. Although the rain has stopped, the ground' is soft and the hangars are enveloped, in a-, dense fog.

Meanwhile Captain Raynham and! Major Forgan, other contenders for the London Dally Mall's $60,000 prise for an over the ocean flight, an­nounced they might make a trial trip in a few hours.

If Hawker is delayed' two days low­er, the prospect of a race between t'lw rival pilots on even terms may be­come a reality.

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AERIAL COVENANT COMPLETE Peace Conference Committee Prepare*

Forty-one Articles. Paris, April 14.—The proposed con­

vention regarding international aerial navigation has been completed by tha Judicial and military sub-committeea of the aeronautic commission of the Peace conference, on which Brigadier General Benjamin D. Foulols, Major Pollock and Captain Bacon represent­ed the United States.

The convention Is composed of forty-one articles, which establish an international agreement on sovereignty of the air, .provide for the concession of inoffensive voyages between the contracting states and deal with for­bidden zones, and also international

-aerial routes.

DAILY MARKET RbPORT

TAFT EULOGIZES G0MPERS Says Defest

CLEARS ATTORNEY GENERAL Iowa House Committee Favors Im­

peaching Governor. Des Moines, Iowa, April 15.—Im­

peachment of Governor W. L. Hard­ing and exoneration of Attorney Gen­eral H. M. Havner in connection with charges growing out of their activi­ties in the Rathbun pardon case, will be recomme.nded to the Iowa house of representatives by Its judiciary com­mittee.

Labor Leader Helped German Propaganda.

New York. April 15.—Samuel Gom-pers, America's labor leader, was eu­logized by William H. Taft as the man who in 1918 had "stabilized" the workers of the world and helped win the war when German propagandists had divided the ranks of labor abroad and were scheming to bring about a negotiated peace. ,

League Debate Arranged. Washington, April 15. — Senator

Pomerene of Ohio, Democrat, accepted an invitation to engage in a Joint de­bate on the. League of Nations with George Wharton Pepper, a Philadel­phia attorney, in Indianapolis, on April 16.

M Killed in Cairo Riot. U. S. Doctors to Balkans.

Cairo, Egypt, April 15.—In two days of rioting here, ending at noon, 38 persons were killed and one hundred] wounded. It is announced in an offl-l clal communique. Armenians were [ chiefly the objects of the mob's at­tacks, and seven of those killed were I of that nationality. In rioting in Alex­andria three persons were killed and] six seriously injured, while a contlnu-l ation of attacks on tbe troops resulted j In the killing of 17 other ,persona dur­ing the afternoon.

Athens, April 15.—Eleven womun doctors attached to the American Women's hospital of New York and fifteen - United States army surgeons have been assigned to the American Red Cross'for civil relief work in the Balkans. These doctors; who are In charge of Major Burke C. Hamilton of Goshu. N. Y., medical director of the American Red Cross commission to, the Balkans, will be sent to Serbia. Montenegro and Albania, where there is reported to be much Illness.

Minnespolis Grain. Minneapolis, April 14.—Oats, April,

68%c. Rye, April, $1.68%. Barley, April, $1.01.

Chicago Live 8tock. Chicago, April 14.—Hogs, receipt*

47,000; bulk sales, $20.36030.55; hsavy weight, $20.45@20.60; medium weight, $20.40@20.65; light weight, $19.90020.46; light, $18.90020.25; sows, $18.60@20; pigs, $17.50© 19. Cat tla, receipts, 14,000; heavy beef steersa $11.50020.25; light beef steers, $100 18.60; butcher cows and heifers, $7.60 016.60; canners and cuttera, $6,750 10; veal calves, $14016; stackers and feeder steers, $8.50015.60.

Mlnnsapolia Butter, Eggs and Poultry. Minneapolis, April 14. — BUTTER—

Creamery extras, per. lb, 61c; extra firsts, 68c; firsts, 67e; seconds, 56c; dairy, 44c; packing stock, 38c.

EGGS — Wash, prima firsts, new eases, 40c; current receipts, rots out, 911.70; cheeks and seconds, dos, 34c; candled, 34c.

LIVE POULTRY—Turkeys, tat, 1$ lbs and over, 28c; thin, small, cripples and culls, unsalable; stags and cocks, 21c; ducks, 24c; geese, 18c; hens, lbs and over, 30c; hens, under 4 lbs. Me; springs, young, smooth, 26c.

Must Have'Potash Trade, Washington, April 16.—Bernard M.

Baruch, former chairman of the War Industries board, now in Paris, has written Senator Hitchcock of Ne­braska that the. American potash In­dustry can be protected from German potash imports only through legisla> tion by Congress. Reports were re>, ceived recently that 5,000 toss of Ger­man potaah was at a French pent awaiting shipment to the United States, bat snch a shipment has not

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