Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 211, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 September 1919 — WASHINGTON NEWS IN BRIEF. Washington, D. C., Aug. 31. [ARTICLE]

WASHINGTON NEWS IN BRIEF. Washington, D. C., Aug. 31.

On the eve of the departure of the president_tq urge the country to insist upon ratification of the treaty and league of nations covenant without modifications*the lineup in the senate indicates the defeat of the Shantung and other direct amendments voted by the foreign relations committee, but the adoption of reservations protecting the rights and interests of the United States. . —o Frig. Gen. Charles G. Dawes, of Chicago, who may be a candidate either for senator from Illinois or for president, issued a statement ap_pealing for the unqualified ratification of the treaty, the covenant, and the tri-partite alliance. —o— Production of both bituminous and anthracite coal is picking up, (but even should there be no miners’ strike there will be a coal famine next winter unless all production records are beaten between now and the end of the year. —o— ; . ■ The republic of Corea officially announced renunciation of the sovereigntyof Japan and called for the recognition of the world. —o — Chairman Payne of the shipping board has created an upheaval in the shipping board by a reorganization in the interest of economy, his orders having brought about wholesale dismissals of employes and the abolition of entire divisions.