St. John's Daily Star, 1919-01-16

              The St. John's Daily Star Newfoundland VOLUME V. ($3.00 per Annum) *^,' THURSDAY, JANUARY 16, 1919. (PRICE: One Cent.) No. 13 NFLD. IS NOT REPRESENTED I Not Even in "Nigger" Class at Session of International Peace Conference UPROAR CAUSED BY PROPOSAL TO \iAVE SESSIONS SECRET POO KILLED IN UPRISING Reign of Terror by Spartacans in Berlin has Been Finally put down by Government.MOSCOW INSPIRED THE OUTBREAK H' RLIN, Jan. 14.—(8y the A. P.) .Berlin's lon*, »veek of Bolshevism tally ended. Here and there scat* icred desperadoes, mostly youths, still tonally rrom some houses and during the night attempts liidc by small bands of the foll- Dr Liebknecht to revive tne ol terror. They are insignificant . compared with what has c!. \ infhcled on each side during week are as yet estimated on ily, but it is believed that they greatly exceed two hundred dead a thousand wounded. The over; majority of these are boigoVernment has no intention! -cning its efforts against the tacans and The Band Zeitung i, learns from best authority en-1 ergetic measures are being taken agains! the leaders of the movement. snorted that documents found By tayat troops show that the Sparin uprising was inspired from Mm Will Command Forces ihagen, Jan. 15.—Field Mar-j I Hindenburg will soon take command of the German troops opilish iorces in eastern Germ- ! any, according to advices received here from Bromberg, quoting newspapers printed in the province of Posen. -* HUNGER RIOTS IN PETROGRAD  SOLDIERS FIRE ON POPULACE  * ♦ * Ten Thousand People Make Demand For * * Supplies of Food * *  STOCKHOLM, Jan. 15—Hunger! riots took place in Petrograd on Saturday and Sunday, according to advices received here. Ten thousand i people paraded Inrough ihc streets shouting for bre«d and were fired upon by Boishevjst droops who art ♦ said to have been Letts, desperate from hunger. Ihe crowds are reported to have asked the soldiers to fire upon them. Despatches state that not a single piece of bread is to be found now in Petrograd and that unground oats are being given to the people. BRITISH FORCE FULLEST COMPENSATION Will Man No Ships Trading To Foe Countries Until Full Justice Is Done LONDON, Jan. 15—In the absence i of a definite policy from the allies j concerning the manner in which Germany shall make compensation for the dependents of submarine victims! aniong seamen, the executive committee of the international federation of seafarers has evolved a plan by which the officials hope to force the J peace conference to act. The committee has called an international conference in London on I February 24th at which the Britisn delegates will present a resolution pi€viding that the seamen will not man any ships, going or coming from an enemy country, until the proper compensation is agreed upon. J. Havelock Wilson, president of the international seamen's union, sad to the Associated Press today: "It seems that the British statesmen and these of other nations have I been 100 busy to think of the seamen in preparing for the conference, so we will take the matter in our own hands in the hope of emphatically bringing to the notice of the peace delegation the necessity for taking care of our people, I have no doubt that the conference will adopt a resolution providing that no food sha!.* go to Germany until these dependants are compensated." The leaders of the seamen, including Andrew Fiuruseth of the United Slates, expect that the February conference will adopt a universal wage scale. . Passed Through Panama Canal Panama, Jan. 15—The British troopship Empress of Asia passed through the Panama canal today on its way from England to Vancouver with 1400 discharged soldiers on boaid. It is understood that it is proposed to send home all Canadian .roops who live west of Winnipeg by way of the canal. O- ONE MORE STATE WILL PUT U. S.  IN THE LIST OF 'DRY' NATIONS  ♦ ♦ ♦ Thirty-Five American States Have Voted * ♦ For National Prohibition * ♦ * * WASHINGTON, Jan. 15—Legislators of thirty-five states, one less than the required two-thirds, haveratified the prohibition constitutional amendments. Several state assemblies now in session are expected to take action to-movrow with a probable race between Nebraska and Minnesota as to which will be the thirty-sixth on the list. Ratification was completed to-day by the legislatures of five states, lowa, Colorado, Oregon, New Hampshire and Utah, making a total of twelve in two days. The amendment under its provisionsprovisions becomes effective one year from ; the date of its final ratification. Ad- t <$itional legislation by , Congress is ] necessary to make it operative, and ; the ground work for this already has been laid. The legislation will pre- t tecribe fof penalties fot violations , of the amendment as well as deter- • mine how and by what agencies the / law shall be enforced. lowa Goes Dry Desmoines, lowa, Jan. 15-—The lowa legislature ratified the federal prohibition amendment to-day. This is the thirty-first state to approve it. MINERS DEMAND A SIX HOUR DAY Also Want Government To Pay Disabled Men Full Wages London, Jan. 15—The South Port miners' federation has unanimously adopted a resolution demanding that miners in the British army be demobilised immediately and given employment.The resolution also asks those disiabled in the war be paid the wages which they would have earned if they had not been hurt and  those totally unfit be trained for other work at the expense>oF the government.The resolution concludes by asking lhat a six hour day be substituted for the present eight hour day. ■ «  Earl Crowley Dead . London, Jan. 15—Earl Cowley whose martial affairs caused much talk in England society from 1905 to 1914, died this morning. He was born in 1866. The schooner General Byng arrived at Marystown yesterday to load codfish from the Marystowu Trading Co. for Oporto. WRECKED SEAMEN  REACH HALIFAX Crew of Schooner Lost on Labrador Coast Rescued by Cruiser Halifax, N. S., Jan. 15—The United States cruiser Tallapoosa arrived here this afternoon with the crew of the Gloucester schooner Arkona, taken off the Labrador coast, near Forteau after their vessel had been caught in the ice floe and lost. They speak gratefully of the treat ment accorded iiicm by the residents of the Labrador coast. They will be re-turned to their homes by a United States torpedo boat. « ■  Want Formation of Republic Copenhagen, Jan. 15—The govern ment of Brunswick has issued a proc lamation proposing the formation of a "Central North German Federal republic" with a preliminary constitution resembling lhat of Switzerland. » ■ m* •  May Visit England Paris, Jan. 15—President Wilson may visit England on his way back lo the United States next month, but it will not be to confer with statesmen. , „, . —^ DELEGATES INDIGNANT I -  Newspapermen "Blew the Roost" as to the Source From Which Information Was Obtained. CONSIDERED AS BREACH OF FAITH DARIS, Jan. 15—The American del egates to the peace congress are indignant at what they regard as a breach of faith on the part of some persons who had been admitted to the informal discussions they have been holding daily .with newspaper men. These conferences were inaugurated immediately after the delegates arrived in Paris for the purpose of keeping correspondents properly advised of development further than that given in offt. ial communiques. At the outset : t was stipulated clearly i that nothing communicated to the ! correspondents daring these conferj ences should be -credited to official I sources, the restriction being so severe as to prohibit the customary mii timations as to sources, so that what\ ever a correspondent elected to I write should be stated on his own ! responsibility. Despite this a statement of an informative character m.ide by- secretary of state Lansing to newspaper men appeared in some French newspapers directly or indirectly attributed to him. It was made more embarrassing to the American delegates because the publications appeared in newspapers opposed to the present i French government At the request or the American del egates the correspondents have under taken to adopt disciplinary measures and require a separate undertaking rrom each of their number to observe restrictions impese-d regarding the news use of matters discussed at these conference*. BREAD CAST ON THE WATERS  RETURNS AFTER MANY DAYS  * Austrian Humanity To Prisoners Rewarded * ♦ With Supplies of Food * ■I* asm. The British officer in command ! explained to the burgomaster that the supplies were sent in recognition of the fact -that Austria had treated hei British prisoners with consideration. Three additional trainloads are to follow, the first to alleviate the needs of the women and children until regular shipments begin to come in. 5 _ ; yiENNA, Jan. 11— A small body of British troops arrived here to-day j as the cr-dvoys of a trainload of food stuffs, a present from the British army in Italy to the women and chii, drea of Vienna. Great crowds follow • ed the convoy through the streets giv ing the men a cordial welcome, bui I one devoid of any especial enthusi ! 0 GERMANS MUST DESTROY ALL U-BOATS IN BUILDING New Armistice Terms Also Call For Surrender '. of Cargo Ships : . . . lONDON, Jan. 15.—The new armis-; tice terms to be presented to Ger-! ■ many by Marshal Foch are unoffi-i cially stated to include the following: First, retribution on the Germans for [ the murder and ill-treatment of allied i . prisoners. Second, the machinery and goods; , stolen by Germany from France and , Belgium to be at once given up. It U pointed out that France alone has; 500,000 men who will be out of . j work fintil this machinery is returned. Thirs, German gold amounting to C ' more than £100,000,000 to be moved from Berlin to a safe place, probably j Frankfort, and protected from Bolshevism in Germany en route, and certain other property to be surren: dered. Fourth, Germany to gfve over her shipping of which she is believed to have 4,000,000 tons, to carry food supplies to countries in Europe in J need of them. Fifth, any u-boats on the stocks to be handed to the allies for their disposal or to be destroyed and no more submarines to be built. 3  CONFERENCE COMMUNIQUE Conference Rules of Proceedure Drafted—lnternational Representation Is Decided Upon. NEWFOUNDLAND NOT REPRESENTED pARIS, J an. 15.—Hitherto it has1 been the practice of the governments, taking part in the preliminarypeace conversations, says a statement given out by the official press bureau today, to issue separate comminiquesj regarding the proceedings. From today it has been decided to issue a jonit communique and of this first j communique the following is the Eng-| lish text adopted by the British and ' American delegation. "The president of the United States and the prime ministers and foreign' ministers of the allied powers, assist ; ed by the Japanese ambassadors in ] Paris and London, hold two meet- ] ings to-day. In the course of these ' meetings the examination of the rules > ] of the conference has been continued, ' and almost completed. "It was decided that the United Slates, the British Empire, Francs, [taly and Japan should be represented t by five delegates apiece. The British] b i BRITAIN'S IDEAS ON LEAGUE OF NATIONS An Agreement of Nations By Which Each Nation Binds Itself to See That All Warlike Disputes Are Presented To League MORAL FORCE WILL BE POWER EMPLOYED TO PREVENT NEW WARS Lord Robert may be epitomised a follows: "An agreement amo«g nations b which each nation binds itself t see that all warlike disputes are pre sejited to the leasue's tribunal fo consideration and (he use of force to accomplish this if necessary. "Quarrels are to remain under con sideration for a specified time, and further >time is to elapse after a decision has been reached before the contending countries shall be allowed to go to war. Moral force, however, is to be the ultimate factor em ployed to preven'. war." dominions and India, besides, shall be represented as follows: Two delegates respectively For Australia, Canada South Africa, and India, including the native states, and one delegate from New Zealand, and Brazil will have "Belgium, China, Greece, Poland, Portugal, the Czecho-Slovak republic. Rumania and Serbia will have two delegates apiece, Siam one delegate and Cuba, Guatamala, Hayti, Honduras, Liberia, Nicaragua, Panama one delegate apiece. "Montenegro will have one delegate but the rules concerning trie designation of this delegate should not be fixed until the moment when the political situation in that country shall have been cleared up. SFhe meeting adopted the followtwo general principles: (one)— delegation being a unit, the num Ibrr of delegates forming it shall have nfluence upon its status at trie jrence; (two)—In the selection s delegation each nation may itself of the panel system. This will enable each state at discretion to entrust its interests to such persons as it may designate. The adopt ion of the panel system will, in particular, enable the British Empire to admit among its five delegates representatives of the dominions, includ ing Newfoundland, which has no sep rrate representation, and of India. Mr. RencMl W. Jeans who his been laid up with a heavy .cold since jeiore Christmas, was outt yesterday. *\ PARIS, Jan. 14—Lord Robert Cecil, ] who has been charged by the British government with the duty of presenting Great Britain's ideas with regard to a league of nations, tonight gave the American journalists his views as to the actual working details of the proposed league. It was the most comprehensive statement yet undertaken by any of the delegates to the peace conference. At the outset Robert offered his definition of a league of nations as follows: "An improved association of nations providing safeguards for peace and the securing of better interna- DISAPPOINTED  OVER WILSON'S STAND > American Statesman Believed to Oppose Italian > Ambitions For Annexations of Territories Be- j i yond Trieste and Trent ; ITALIANS WANT PORT OF FIUME, BUT ARE NOT LIKELY TO GET ITi Jan. 15—In commenting on a conference between Premier Orlando of Italy and President Wilson last Fiday, persons in touch with I the Italian mission declare that the premier was surprised at Mr. Wilson's attitude, say, the Paris correspondent of The Daily Mail. President Wils.;n was firm in his refusal to recognise Italian claims beyond Trieste <?nd Trent. The correspondent writes, it is known that foreign minister Sonnino of Italy demands an important part of the Dalmation coast as well as the Fiume, while premier Oriando would be content to give up the Dalmatian coast if sure of Fiume. It is stated that even on this point Mr. Wilson wail unwilling to give way. While the majority of the inhabitants of Fiutne «ie Italian that port is t,he natural oullet for the Austrian Slavs. It is pointed ovtt that the commer-i cial necessities of the Jungo-Slavs demand an outlet to the Adriatic and that if Italy ignores those necessities she may incur the enmity of those! populations and create a new danger to the peace of Lurope. It is supposed that President Wilson does not consider that Fiume, as a free port in Italian hands would meet the demands of the Jungo~' Slavs. PEACE CONFERENCE MUST BAN  SUBMARINES, BRITISH DEMAND  ♦ + ♦ U-Boats, Criminal In War, Useless For * ♦ Peace Trade, Must Go * ♦ * lONDON, Jan. 15—Commenting on| the unofficial report that the new armistice terms with Germany require the destruction of German sub-j marines now in course of construction The Daily Mail characterises this con dition as a vital one. "Some 170 boats have been discovered on hand at German yards," | says the newspaper, "and these mu:t' obviously be de:ll wilh. Mankind | would not be safe if they were left! in German hands intact. We may hope that the peace conference will forbid submarine warfare and construction in the future. "Submarines are valueless for commercial work and are capable of such criminal use in war that they ought not to be tolerated. The British navy has provided appliances which rid them of their sting and the British submarines are by far the most powerful 9h the world. Nevertheless the submarine ought to be banned." RESUMED ITS SESSIONS Supreme Council of the Peace Congress Opened Again Yesterday Paris, Jan. 15 (By the A. P.)— The supreme council of the peace congress resumed its sessions at 10.30 o'clock today. Those in attendance were Premier Clemenceau and foreign minister Pichon for France, President Wilson and Secretary of State Lansing for ihe United States, Premier Lloyd George and foreign secretary Balfour for Great Britain, foreign minister Sonnino for Italy, and Viscount Chinda and Baron Matusi for Japan. ■ «  The weekly meeting of the Llewellyn Bible Conference takes place this evening. The subject will be "The Ideal Soldier and the ideals of a British Soldier.,, MINISTERIAL STATUS STANDS Air Ministry of Great Britain to be Still Maintained i London, Jan. 15—(via Reuter'd Ottawa agency)—lt is authoritatively , stated that the status of the air mm,-, istry will be unchanged. It remains a separate and independent ministry, its sole connection with-the war being that one secretary of state controls both departments. The relations of the air force withi • the army and navy continues annul* led. The air ministry is proceeding \ to carry into effect legislation and international agreements to permit { the speedy navigation of the air. The ministry is being prepared to , provide for the needs of civil aviation ' as well as for the needs of the war f forces. PRESENTS HER CLAIM TO PEACE CONFERENCE ft Premier Venizelos Presents Memorandum  lining the Situation of Greece and Setting) Forth Her Demands WOULDN'T REFUSE CONSTANTINOPLE IF CONFERENCE WILL GIVE IT TO HER PARIS, Jan. 15—(by the AP.)— Greece has laid before the peace conference a memorandum signed b; premier Venizelos setting forth t! situation of Greece and her clai . in the settlement of the war. The memorandum says, the Hel- j enic nation consists of 8,256,000 > oersons of whom fifty-five per cent. ! ive in the kingdom of Greece and he remainder ouloide its limits. Half i million Greeks in the United States ire included in the figures submitted. Wishing to unite the Greek popllation in the Balkans, Asia Minor md the islands adjacent to the kinglorn, Greece asks first Northern Epiris which contains 120,000 Greeks a;ainst 80,000 Albanians; second ireece asks for Thrace without Contantinople. Thrace, according to he memorandum, is peopled largely >y Greeks. Since Coustantinoploj ac cording to the twelvth point of President Wilson's programme, should not remain under lurkish rule, the memorandum declares the natural ution would be to award Constan.ople to Greece and to establish international guarantees for the freej dom of the straits. The third ter; ritorial claim made by Greece is for ' parts of vilayets in Asia Minor. The Armenian provinces with Russian Armenia, the memorandum says, should be erected into a separate j state, organisation of which of which) should be entrusted to one of  great powers by the society, of na-J tions. 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