Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 44, Number 179, 10 May 1919 — Page 1

RICHMOHB PALLADIUM VOL. XLIV NO 179 PllJ'um. Est 1831. Consolidated vi-. -V-.lv., llg wUh Sun.TeiegTam 1907. RICHMOND, IND., SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 10, 1919 SINGLE COPY 3 CENTS NAVAL PLANES BEGIN SECOND LAP OF FLIGHT ACROSS OCEAN HUNS PROPOSE COUNTER PLANS TO FIX TERMS WILSON HOLDS TO ORIGINAL STAND 0P0F1 HUME CASE Uncle" Joe Cannon is in Sunny Porto Rico Resting up for Opening of Next Congress Once Proud and Haughty Prussian Officers Now Earning Living by Doing Odd Jobs About Home

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Germans Must I n s i s t on "Peace of Right" Declares Ebert Assembly to Meet. (By Associated Press) BERLIN, May 10. Germany's reply to the terms of peace presented

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Two of American Hydroplanes Leave Halifax on Way to Trepassay, New

foundland N C 3 Delayed. AZORES NEXT WEEK (By Associated Press) HALIFAX, May 10. Two of the three slant American naval hydroairplanes commissioned to attempt a trans-Atlantic flight the N. C. 1 and the N. C. 3 took the air today on the second leg of their cruise from Rockaway beach In New York to Trepassey, N. F., where they are expected to start next week for Portugal, with a stop at the Azores. The N. C. 1, In command of Lieutenant Commander P. N. L. Bellinger, set out for sea ut 8:44 a. m., followed at 9:07 o'clock by the N. C. 3 carrying Commander John H. Towers, chief of the expedition. The start was made under an almost cloudless sky with a gentle northerly wind cutting across the course, which lay slightly north of east. The N. C. 3 was forced by propellor trouble to return here after cruising fifty miles on the flight to Trepassey, N. F., but made a fresh start at 12:35 p. m, Man Witness Flight The- people of Halifax, many of whom witnessed the brilliant spectacle when the lighted planes Bailed over the harbor and city In the moonlight, were out In large numbers to watch the start for Newfoundland, a distance of 460 nautical miles, 80 miles less than the nine-hour cruise from the planes' home station at Rockaway Beach, N. Y., on Thursday. The aviators' plans call for s start from Trepassey for Lisbon, Portugal, via the Azores, In about a week. By this time it was expected that the N. C. 4, forced to descend at Chatham, Mass.. because of engine trouble. would reach the Newfoundland base . so as to participate In the ocean cruise. " FIRST PLANE SIGHTED AUSTRIA LAKE, N. S., May 10. The leading American naval plane, flvine t crpflt heieht. nnsflAri this

town, 30 mller from Halax,-io4lGB- It- Is predicted that motor car

SPEEDS MILE A MINUTE SHIP HARBOR, N. S., May 10 Speeding more than a' mile a minute the first of the American hydroplanes ! passed this harbor, fifty miles from Halifax at 9:40 a. m. plane was not seen. The second PASSES NOVA SCOTIA LISCOMBE, N. S.. May 10.The ' American naval plane No. 1, flying , low, passed this town, 100 miles east of Halifax at 10:02 a. m. The N. C. 3 was not in sight. . FIND BODY UNDER GAR; NECK IS BROKEN WINCHESTER. Ind., May 10. The body of Frank Ohler was found under his car near New Pittsburg with his neck broken Wednesday evening, by Ollie Sipe. It is not known what caused the accident, but it Is supposed to have been caused by a blowout of a front tire Ohler had left Union City with Peter and Cornelius Hoover early in the evening, leaving the two Hoovers at the Mississinewa river fishing while he (Ohler) went on to his farm near Rldgeville. The accident occurred about 10 o'clock on the return trip before he arrived at the river. The body "was brought to his home In Union City. Ohler was fifty years of age and is survived by a wife and one daughter. German Republic Flag Duplicates Belgian (By Associated Press) UARIS, Friday, May 9. Belgium has protested to the entente allied powers against the proposed use by the German republic of a red, yellow and black flag which is almost identical with that of Belgium. Germany originally proposed to use the red, gold and black flag of the old German federation, but later adopled yellow in place of the gold, the result being a duplicate of the Belgian colors. Weather Forecast For Indiana by the United States Weather Bureau Fair tonight and Sunday. Light frost in low places tonight. Rising temperature Sunday. Today's Temperature. Noon ....50 Yesterday. Maximum 51 Minimum 43 For Wayne County by W. E. Moore Fair and continued cool tonight Probably frost in lowlands. Sunday fair with rising temperature followed by increasing cloudiness. General Conditions The cool wave wave is still central over the Great Lakes; getting warmer over the west with temperatures of 80 at Medicine

ir in Saskatchewan. The weather will clear somejtime during the next twenL ty-four hours, probably this afternoon - A,or tonight, followed by more unsettled - weather.

Uncle Joe Cannon enjoying life In Porto Rico. Here is the latest photograph of Uncle Joe Cannon. He is enjoying his famed long cigar in the shade of a palm tree overlooking the beach at Guayanilla, Porto Rico. Uncle Joe, who recently celebrated his eighty-third birthday, will be returning soon to attend the special session of congress. He Is in good health.

WAYNE SURROUNDED BY ARIDITY WHEN OHIO GOES DRY MAY

HEN Ohio goes dry, on May 27. nothing but aridity, with out a sign of an oasis, will stretch for hundreds of miles in every direction from Wayne county. Eaton will cease to be a mecca for thirsty Rlchmondlans, and the only remaining recourse , here will be to private stock, already sadly depleted by a. year of prohibiwrecks on the Eaton pike will show a .

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diminution of 100 percent j that year forded by the league, resultFar more significant than these lo-! cd in a defeat for the drys by an 85.cal facts, however, Is the passage of 000 majority. this great state, long regarded as a; Then began a great up-hill fight by

bulwark of the wets, into the dry column, only six weexs oeiore wb wnoie XI a CI UU gUctJ urj. vviiu no gicat tntco, and many Bmaller industrial towns, always fortresses for liquor, it passed the dry bill by the efforts of the rural population which literally forced the , cities into prohibition The Effect is Problem. Just what is going to happen, however, when the prohibition amendment to the state constitution becomes effective, is a problem that is bothering state and local officials. The state faces the situation of having a dry constitution but no statutes to enforce it. The general assembly enacted enforcement measures but they must run the gauntlet of a referendum next November before they can become operative and should the voters disapprove of them there will be no particular authority by which to enforce prohibition, it is said. AntiSaloon League officials say they have "" f " "SfZl : iLD1S, " " . May 27. Wets Plan Campaign. i The Ohio Home Rule association, the "wet" organization, is planning its campaign to defeat the enforcement bills next November. It has also started a referendum on the resolution ratifying the - national prohibition amendment, but this is being resisted in the courts by the anti-saloon league. Liquor has been sold in Ohio since the state's earliest history and when the industry was most flourishing, almost every tiny town and hamlet had its saloon or store licensed to sell liquor. The large cities had whole districts devoted to beer gardens, like the "Over the Rhine" district in Cincinnati, and for many years I here was not much opposition to the liquor trade. However, as early as 1826, the state was powerfully affected by the great wave of temperance reform which swept the whole country, and reached its climax in Henry Ward Beecher's "Six Sermons on Intemperance," and the Washingtonian movement of 1840 also had its effect in Ohio. Attempt to Tax. Trade From that time thence there was opposition to the liquor traffic. In 1851, the state adopted a constitution which prohibited licensing, and following this several fruitless efforts were made to tax the trade.- These were all without effect until In the eighties, when the tax law was framed which was held valid by the state supreme court. This law placed a tax of $200 a year on each saloon and this sum was increased year by year until in 1896 the saloons had to pay $1,000 each for the privilege of doing a year's business. The fee remained there in spite of another constitutional amendment in 1913, until the present time. The law made by the 1913 amendment is the one which will be shelved when the state goes dry. The Anti-Saloon League' of Ohio, which celebrated the state victory last fall with a national meeting of antisaloon workers at its home at Westerville. Ohio, was organized at Oberlin In 1893, and under the leadership of Howard Russell, the founder, put through a local option law under which half the municipalities of the state

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went dry. In 1906 the league secured another law, providing for county local option, and under this law more than fifty out of eighty-eight counties voted out the traffic. 1906 Law Is Repealed In 1914, the first year of the state wide elections which finally resulted in the state's going dry, the law of 1906 , was repealed for an amendment known as the Home Rule amendment. which destroyed the county local option law. The state-wide campaign In the drys. The league forced the issue io a. voie again ju ixo. ine majority iuuu iui ma ncu w cvo i cuulcu tu oor 000. In 1917, at another state-wide election, the drys were beaten by only 1,137, and they claimed that unscrupulous tactics by the wets robbed them of a real victory. However, in 1918, the drys forced another election, and this time they secured a majority of 25,000, far too big, as Timothy Nicholson said, "for all their crooked work to overcome." From that time until the present tha state has been preparing for the great arid time which will be ushered in on May 27. Licenses of all saloonkeepers In the state expire on May 24, and none has applied for a renewal. LICENSE COMES HIGH COLUMBUS, May 10 Attorney General John G. Price, in a ruling to the state liquor license commission today, ruled that saloons may operate In Ohio on Monday, May 26, the first day of the next license year. It will cost them $305, however, so many will not want to go to that expense for one day's sales. BISHOPS DENY REPORT BUFFALO, N. Y., May 10. The board of bishops of the Methodist Episcopal church in conference here today adopted a resolution denouncing any effort to have the war prohibition law effective on v July 1 set aside by presidential action. 17-YEAR LOCUSTS APPEAR IN WAYNE Hundreds of seventeen-year locusts, of which a plague is expected this year, have emerged from the ground throughout the county in the last few days, said farmers at the courthouse Saturday. Two types, the seventeen-year and the thirteen-year locusts, will infest Wayne county this summer. Hogs and chickens have been doing their best to keep down the locusts, by eating them before they are fairly out of the ground, but with only partial success. SONS OF VETERANS COMMITTEE TO MEET The memorial day committee of the Sons of Veterans will hold a meeting at 9 o'clock Sunday morning to discuss plans for the memorial day exercises the afternoon of May 30. The committee is a standing com mittee and serves from year to year. The members are Charles W. Jordan, chairman, George Mathews, Lawrence Handley, William Hansche, Otto Sprong, John C. Darnell, Scott Webb and Fee Ireton. BANDITS KIDNAP MAYOR (By Associated Press) NACO, Ariz., May 10. Reports received by American customs officials say that Mayor. Rocha of Casanea was kidnapped Thursday night by bandits who raided the town.

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proposal "for a peace of right on the basis of a lasting peace of the league of nations," according to a proclamation to the German people issued today by President Ebert. The proclamation says the treaty would "deliver German labor to foreign capital for the indignity of wage slavery and permanently fetter the young German republic." The proclamation closes with an appeal to the German people to stand together, knowing no parties, and to "preserve with the government mu tual trust in the path of duty in the beliel of the triumph of reason and right." The text of the proclamation follows: "The first reply of the allies to the sincere desire for peace on the part of our starving people was the laying down of the uncommonly hard armis tice conditions. The German people, having laid down its arms, honestly observed all the obligations of the armistice, hard as they were. Notwithstanding this our opponents for six months have continued the war by maintaining the blockade. The German people bore all these burdens, trusting in the promise given by the allies in their note of November 8, that the peace would be a peace of right on the basis of President Wilson's 'fourteen points. Terms in Contradiction. "Instead of that the allies have now given us peace teAns which are in contradiction to the promise given. It is unbearable for the German people and Is impracticable, even if we put forth all our powers. Violence without measure would be done to the German people. From such an imposed peace, lresh hatred would be bound to arise between the nations and in the course of history there would be new wars. The world would be oblig ed to bury every hope of a league of nations liberating and healing the nations and insuring peace." "The dismemberment and mangling of the German people, the delivering of German labor to foreign capitalism for the Indignity of wage slavery and the permanent fettering of the young German republic by the entente's im perialism Is the aim of this peace of violence. ' The" German ' people's government .will answer the ' peace proposal of violence with a proposal of a peace of right on the basis of a last ing peace of the nations." The fact that all circles of the Ger man people have been moved so deeply, testifies that the German govarnmnt Is giving expression to the united effort to secure for the German people the same national unity and independ ence and the same freedom of labor in, economic and cultural respect which the allies want to give to all the peo ple of Europe, save only our people. Assembly to Meet. "Our nation must save itrelf by Its own action. In view ; of thia danger of destruction the German nation and the government, which it shews must stand by each other, knowing no parties. Let Germany unite in a single will to preserve German nationality and liberties. Every thought and the entire will of the nation ought now to be turned to labor for the preservation and reconstruction of our fatherland. The government appeals to all Germans in thia hard hour to preserve with it mutual trust in .tho path of duty and in the belief in the triumph of reason and of right. The proclamation which was issued by the imperial president and the Imperial government bears the signature of President Ebert Philipp Scheidemann, the German chancellor, will at the opening-of the sitting of the national assembly here on Monday, make a long address ex plaining in detail the government's viewpoint as to the peace terms, ac cording to the Zeitung am Mittag. RAINS MAY CAUSE REPLANTING OF CORN Part of the county's corn crop mayj have to be repiantea, rouowing the heavy cold rains of the last few days, according to farmers at the court house Saturday. Corn which has been in the ground long enough to sprout before the rains began, will not be Injured, but that which was planted only two or three

days before the rain began, may rot, - commence an annual count of mail, it was said. About half the crop has First, second, third and fourth class been planted, most of it in the days mail delivered by rural carriers will just before the rain. be weighted, counted and the amount No other crop was Injured. Al- of postage noted. The time spent by though the clover crop looks discour- carriers on routes, length of routes aging, this is not due to the rain, but and hours in an dout of the postoffice to the grasshopper plague of last year, also will be recorded. The tabulawhich left a very poor stand of clover i tion will continue during the thtrty-

to make this year s crop. Young clover planted this spring was not injured. Japs Express Gratitude For Friendship Of U. S. (Br Associated Press) TOKIO, Friday, May 9. An impressive celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the transfer of the imperial capital from Kioto to Toklo took place here today. The emperor and crown prince participated and the occasion was marked by a historic tribute from official Japanese to American ambassador, Roland J. Morris and through the minister of war thanked Mr. Morris for his great ofBer In behalf of the friendship existing betwen the two countries and added: "I earnestly hope this friendliness will be strengthened by your excellency's attitude of fairness and your pre-eminent talent for bringing about harmony."

Ex-Prussian officers carrying propaganda posters for Ebert government. Four years ago every Prussian army" officer had dreams of winning and dining In Paris while the allied people paid homage to him. But the receiving

of the peace treaty by the German delegates finds ths proud officrs, sans dazzling uniforms, doing odd Jobs at home to earn a living. In the photo two exofficers are carrying posters for the Ebert government. These posters say,

Mother, think of me. Vote the Social ture of a child. The poster in the center urn (the ballot box.)"

RICHMOND TEACHERS GRANTED

INCREASE Increases in Richmond school teach-1 ers' salaries for the next year were announced at a general meeting of the teachers institute held Saturday afternoon in the auditorium of the High school. Announcements regarding the increase in pay were made by J. H. Bentley, superintendent, during a discussion of the plans for the next year. During his talk, Superintendent Bentley touched upon the subject of the new Junior High schools. " - The school official also announced the appointments for the following school year. Almost all of the teachers have been reappointed. The majority of those who will not teach next year have either resigned or had contracts only for this year. The appointment of teachers for next year follows: Ralph Sloane, John F. Thompson, L. B. Campbell, August J. Eckel, Frances M. Berry, W. O.- Wissler, Charles O. Mays, Bertha E. Hawkins, Elma L. Nolte, Emilie Maue, Harry F. Ross, Elizabeth Smelser, Samuel S. Vernon, Emma Bond, Garnet Thompson, G. C. Sipple, Ruth Craine, Elbert Vickrey, Stella Kelsey, Flora Broaddus, Anna Finfrock, Martha A. Whitacre, Anna Bradbury, Shannon Neff, Inez Trueblood, Florence Bond. Donna I. Parks, Margaret E. O'Niel, Dorothy Gebauer, Florence Ratliff, Mary Morrow, Tresea G. Sharpe, Margaret Wickemeyer. N. C. Heironimus, Clara B. Grave, Edna Marlatt, L. H. Lyboult, W. W. Cottingham, A. S. Thomas. E. E. Rice, Elizabeth N. Williams, E. Annie Wilson, Herbert Warfel, O. L. Eilar, Francis F. Browne, Magdalena Schultz, Bertha E. Larsh, Catherine V. Reese, Nellie Mawhood, Hettie Elliott, L. S. Walker, Alsie L. French, Susie V. Edwards, S. H. Hunt, Margaret Kiff, Katherine Cox, A. M. Tschaen, Ethel L. Peterson, Martha I. Boyd, Mamie Lott, Emma Leeson, Evangeline Gentle, Elizabeth E. Foulke, Mabel E. Ellis, Harriet A. Thompson, Sarah Sanderson, Marguerite Hill, Nelle M. Driggs, Carolyn L. Salter, Agnes Stillinger, Zona M. Grave, Sarah J. Williams, Ethel May Wessell, Scphie Marchant. Alice W. Hill, Lucile K. Mayr, Anna M. Lupton, Emma E. Newman, Anna H. Kienker, Anna K. Iredell, Grace E. Simpson, Myrtle E. Skinner, RURAL CARRIERS TO OUNT ALL MAIL I Beginning July 1, all rural carriers out of the Richmond postoff ice, will one days of July so that a well-balanced average may be secured. It is thought that July is an average month for mail, and therefore a satisfactory one in which to make the count. Announcement regarding this extra work for July was received by Postmaster Beck today. , Navy Victory Ship Is Now Off Sandy Hook (By " Associated Press) WASHINGTON, May 10. The destroyer Calhoun, the navy victor ship, which Is recording subscriptions to the Victory Loan by the progress of her voyage from the Pacific coast to New York, anchored off Sandy Hook at noon today. The navy department announced that the vessel was await ing announcement that the loan had been fully subscribed before putting into harbor.

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says "Social Democrats, to the red IN PAY NEXT YEAR Sarah J. Harned, Minnie E. Hale, Ber tha L. Kelsey, Joseph H. Blose, Nora A. Murphy, Kate W. Morgan, Mary L. Jay, Nellie M. Feasel, Lura M. Dean. Nellie Ferrell, Anna M. Schultz, Edith S. Moore, Alvina F. Steen, Daisy Petty, Josephine Buhl, Annette M. Edwards, Ella Wuenker, Hilda Marlatt, Ada Woodward, Margaret E. Mooney, Mrs. G. Andrew Steely, Caroline Heitbrink, Eva A. Mawhood, Lulu Gans, Cordya Simpson, Ruth Bishop, G. Andrew Steely, Eva "ArTJohhstonr Mary M. Lemon, Emilie E. Walker. Mildred Dickinson, Myrtle M. Shallenberg, S. Eva Phelps, Alice Phillips, Emma A. Riley. J. W. Outland, Lola Parry, Alice E. Unthank, Martha Dickinson, Grace E. Shera. Alice Vore, Jane 4M. Dunlop, Mary E. Davis, Jeanette Murphy and Electa A. Henley. The assignments of the teachers to the different school buildings will be made in August. : FARMER IS INJURED AS TRUCK HITS GAR John McGill, a iarmer living two miles north of Campbellstown on the traction line, suffered a broken leg and severe bruises about the head and his brother-in-law, John Johanning, 521 South Twelfth street, this city, driver of the George H. Nolte Carpet company delivery truck, escaped uninjured when the truck collided with an east-bound interurban leaving Rich mond at 10:05 this morning. The ac cldent occurred directly in front of the McGill home as Johanning was attempting to cross the interurban track and turn into the McGill yard. The delivery car was damaged. Johanning had taken a load of car pets and mattings to Eaton from the Richmond store, and was returning when the accident occurred. It is understood that he picked up his brother-in-law in Eaton and was driv ing him back to his home. Three Eaton doctors were called into attendance on the injured man, who was carried into his home immediately after the accident. His injuries, though serious, are not thought to be fatal. One Day Of Sunshine Coming-Then' More Rain A brief period of sunny weather, and then more rain, was the prediction of Weatherman Moore' Saturday. Sunday will be a bright pleasant day. says the weatherman, but Sunday night or Monday the rain will start again, followed by colder weather. Rainbow Officer Made West Point Commander (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, May 10. Appoint ment of Brigadier General Douglas MacArthur, formerly brigade commander in the Rainbow division to be superintendent of the West Point Mili tary academy was announced today by General March chief of staff. General MacArthur will assume his duties June 12, relieving brigadier general Samuel Tillman, who will return to the retired list IRISH RECEIVE AMERICANS. (By Associated Press) DUBLIN, Froday, May 9. At a special session of the Sinn Fein parliament held today a reception was accorded the delegates from the Irish societies in America. Professor Edward De Valera, the Sinn Fein leader declared in speaking that "Ireland will never be cheated by England," and expressed cordial thanks to the delegates for "coming to defend the right."

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of Saar Region Boundaries Fixed. - AGREEMENT HELD UP (Br Associated Tnmm) WASHINGTON, May 10. Reports from Paris that President Wilson had committed himself to a proposal to settle the Flume dispute by giving that port to Italy after 1923, were said In dispatches to the White House today to be "absolute fiction." It appeard from today's advices that the president had not deviated In the slightest from Its original stand in opposition to Italy's claim to Adriatic port. ' Other dispatches from Paris said the President would personally address congress and discuss the whole subject matter "of the Paris negotiation Immediately after his return to the United States. It is understood that the President is being urged by his advisors to make a speaking tour over the country after he addresses congress. FIX CZECH BOUNDARY. PARIS, Friday, May 9. It Is underv stood that the council of four is continuing its study of the Flume Question on the basis of the agreement ' reached relative to the future status of the Saar region, . The Saar region, according to the terms of the treaty of peace presented to the Germans will be governed by a commission consisting of five mem bers appointed by the league of na tions. One will be French, one a native inhabitant of the Saar region and three representing three different countries other than France and Ger many. After fifteen years a plebiscite will be held to ascertain the desires of the population as to coutiauance of the existing regime under the league of nations, union of the section with France or return to. Germany sovereignty. The council of foreign ministers this afternoon fixed the boundaries be tween Czecho-Slovika and Jugo-Slavia and made progress toward the adjournment of the new Rumanian boundaries. The question of lifting the blockade against Hungary was discussed and was referred to the supreme economic council for action. Leave Vienna Monday. The Austrian peace delegates will leave Vienna on Monday and reach Paris probably Wednesday, the French foreign office was advised today, Previous advices had indicated that the Austrian delegation was expected to reach Paris Monday. The naval terms of the treaty be- , tween the allies and Austria, as now are completed are far more stringent than thenaval terms in the treaty with Germany as the Austrian navy Is completely extlnguisheL All the large ships are to be surrendered to the allied and associated powers and no nucleus of the fleet will remain. The only craft of any kind which the terms give to Austria are those for use on the Danube, but these will not be available outside that river. The terms are restricted to the sur-' render of the Austrian battle cruisers, destroyers and other ships without providing for the disposition to be made of them, which will be subsequently adjusted between the allies and the associated powers. As the fleet operated in the Adriatic, chiefly against the Italian navy, the Italians are showing great interest In the allotment, most of the ships being at ports under Italian control. Jugo-Slav Want Fleet. Jugo-Slav authorities are also show. ing an Insistent desire to be represented when the disposition of the Austrian fleet is decided upon. The American delegation has received a visit from a Jugo-Slav official holding the title of "admiral of the Jugo-Slav fleet" He said that most of the crews has surrendered the ships to the allied powers with the expectation they would be allotted to the Jugo-Slav navy. He was advised that the new state should not seek naval development, as its interests are largely inland. It is expected, however, that the Italian-Jugo-Slav issue will be renewed when the disposition of the ships Is undertaken. President Wilson expressed the belief today that nothing would be heard from the German plenipotentiaries for about a week. Neither he or the other members of the American delegation have heard anything regarding the published report that the German delegates were preparing to depart from Versailles. The German delegation worked , nearly the whole night In preparing counter propositions, the clicking of typewriters in their offices not ceasing until 4 o'clock this morning. No communications have as yet, been sent to the chiefs of the allied missions. ' The portion of the German treaty which has not as yet been made public contains a provision that ' GermanAustria's separation from Germany shall be inalienable" unless approved by the council of the league of nation. The use of the word "inalienable" Is for the purpose of settling the question, not only for the present but for a long period.