The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, April 14, 1919, Page 1

~Generally. Fair. |” THIRTY-NINTH YEAR. NO. 87. BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA MONDAY, APRIL@ NORTH DAKOTA BANKERS AGREE T0 SCRATCH INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION'S: ~ BACK IF IT RETURNS THE: FAVOR’ Executives. Representing Hundred Financial Institations Do Not} Believe Bank With All Its Special Privileges Assured by Law Should Become Competitor for Local Commercial Business— Governor Frazier Unable to Give Any Assurances Until He Hears From Somehody—Committee Named to Spread Favor-| able Publicity. Co-operation and support for the Bank of North Dakota was pledged by. representatives of 100 national and state banks who met the industrial commission and Manager J. R. Waters in the office of Governor Frazier, chairman of the industrial board Satur- day afternoon. In return the bankers asked assurance that the ,, GERMANY MUS TR. JR. WILL HE. | __ FILL RATHER’S SHOES? “PAY VICTORY LOAN 4, 1919. 25 IS FOURTH LESS 9 “THAN THB SS OVER PERIOD OF nancial Circles Generally Sur- prised to Find Amount Asked So Small 8,500}000 FOR DAKOT! Amount Later. WAR INDEMNITY 10 BE PAID DEMAND INTEREST BEARING BONDS Defeated Nation Must Also Obligate Itself.to Pay Other Amounts for Damage Done Aprropriate to Her Means—A Committee to Fix This My FIFTEEN YEARS; {Quotas Generally Will Be ‘About| : Paris, April 14.—Germany, under the peace treaty, must pay «Three-Quarters of Those 1 in Fourth Liberty ° ' i Washington, ‘April. 14,—Announce- | ment. by Secretary Glass that the ;$5,000,000,000 in cash, or its equivalent in commodities; before | May 1, 1921; it must also issue to the allied and the associated jgovernments $20,000,000,000 of interest bearing bonds. Thelin- !terest on the bonds until 1926 will be either two or three. percent ‘and after that date five percent according to the present plan. j PAYABLE IN 15 YEARS | The bonds will be payable in instalments during’a period of They probably will be kept in the control of a central ;committee of the allied and associated governments so that they jShall not be marketed in quantities sufficient to break the price. j : EXACT AMOUNT LATER : The exact amount of the bond issue will be determined later, according to the kind of money‘in which it must be paid. If the ;money is the mark the sum will be larger than $20,000,000,000 lat the rate of exchange before the war, but that is the general inominal sum. These two sums, $5,000,000,000 in cash, and $20,- y will have to pay. Germany must also obligate herself to pay other amounts for age done appropriate to her means, to be determined by a com- mittee. of the allied and associated governments and)of Germany, ' EVOKES NO ENTHUSIASM London, April 14.—The summary of! |the amended covenant of the league q | wsz.euseé DEMOCRACY HAS hundred thous-+ jor nations evokes no enthusiasm in |mornng newspapers, and it is de- iclared by some to be less satisfactory. Bank of North Dakota would not take advantage of the special | [amount of the, Victory loan, would be privileges conferred upon it by law to enter into competition with! | $4,500,000,000, came as a surprise to 16 Wears, ' private banks for the individual business of local depositors. | jfinaneial circles, as it had generally; 1) years. Governor Frazier, as chairman of the board, stated that the com-' jbeen expected the amount would be mission had not formulated the rules under which the bank would | 3 4 4 er. i a fer pee on bs be operated, and that he could not give this assurance. He ex-} : [Pe SeeL CLAY i Ulass advised: shee the eae tt fs y Po D ake 3-4 con-; f pressed the opinion, however, that the small rate of interest which | TEDDY, JUNIOR, TEDDY, SENIOR ’ {oats ould aks tite forma of - ot fous the Bank of North Dakota would in itself serve as a check on! How young Theodore Roosevelt would lodk if he had his | Yenrs} with the treasury department individual depositors, and he appointed a committee of five bank-{ famous father’s mustache and eyeglasses. {reserving “the right to take them up ers, consisting of Waiter C. MacFadden, secretary of the North 3 2 ee Sareea nee ; ins . jin three years. ; f None _ 1 ON. BUA. Special to The Tribunes OTHERS WHO FOLLOWED IN | 7 ayy Dakota Banking association ; Samuel Torgerson of Grand Forks,| sa) FOOT Ss [ug are quarter xO ate Lonn i F. W. Cathro of Bottineau, J. J..Neiring of Jamestown, and Capt. | Roosevelt, junior full heir to the po-| JOHN QUINGY ADAMS, sixtn | Vietory Joan will be three-quarters of |900,000,000 in bonds, are not all that German, j 1. Feaken oF Hemaarek, ia ort er yh eneipda ta Seon LI he be ayorn i ls futher? al president, was fhe son. of John {the fourth Liberty loan, the treasury | They are the minimum. ~) on system of operation which would |be generally acceptable 'to t aps 4 i AMIN: HA TURISON, twen- narcantages eds aWounte setts a {dam is banking business of the state, a ae Fee eee ee eee son kon Wy Mince diicy Harewen, {nounced today. The quota of the | mit leg a Early Criticism. ee oa aca Tint president. : ‘linneapolis district, the ninth, was! Which shall report before May 1, 1921. In view of the eurly criti¢ism of the cite aaa rarer yen Oe Fe ee RE. T, LINCOLN, secre. jannounced as 31-2 per cent, $157,- | wn f Tank of North Dakota plum, Satur- PROHIBITION itictans AAA tools aheu Wnlelctnterent ury of war ine the cabinets of haa eee : ao day's conference was conceded by ye daily inerensing stream of -Amer-{ Garficid and Arthur, was the son | North Dakota has } a sone to Wave been remariably BY JULY 4ST lieing, | oof Abraham Lincoln, sixteenth | gighteen million. five harmonious. | There was a very free Many astute political leaders believe; Pt" BC and dollars of the Victory Liberty)! ) . Manager J. R. Waters set“Some doubts (ident. Indeed, they are grooming hin!’ lit oe mheadore Roosevelt, was |.) Th@ ninth district's quota is $157.14 * at rest when he flatly declared that the Nonpartisan league was not in the Nanking game; that the Bank of North Dukota was not a league institution and that in spite of reports to the contrary the Nonparisan leagne owned no banks in North Dakota, He declared, farther, that it. was not the intentio1 of the, league to establish a bank in each couny,-as a Member of the Bank ef North Dakota, as had, ager Waters stated, been rumored. Governor “Erazier.and, Commissioner ‘ Magan commented upoii* the fact that] ¢ reports tending to dutidge the creat:|Says Enforcement of Act Is of theratate of North Dakota ‘had been |, F Pe cirenlated!:in ‘other ‘states. in’ connec: Not Lodged With His tionwithcghe Bank of North Dakota.| > . Bureau ‘She bad impression, created intention-| * : nily or through’ misintrepretation off = 0. a ea the reports emanating from North Da-, kota and North Dakotans, was as det- IS UNCERTAIN Wilson Has Been Urged to Prevent/ Law Taking Effect EF MAKES ST 3 CHI ‘ATEMENT Washington, April 14.—Trans- is “tithe! for the job. Others vg to elim) | on the band wagon, | AN ABBOTT SEES | REAT THINGS.” “I predict great things for him,” s Dr. Lyman Abbott. “1 won't ‘ ure Try i iW he i will follow in. the footsteps of his fath- or Noman ean follow in another's ! footsteps. He must make his own mark. | {if this hoy isy anything like his father | ‘he will strike out along original Hnes, * And Tlent-Col. [Pheodore Roose \ (ike Mis father. His head is shaped} like that of his father, only broader at} ithe top above the-eirs. In his'conver | ion Iedg quick and de », He has! Se MIGAL NGO KELE DMPA AMashiie of teeth. me heatty handshake, The son huis the broad shoulders, the} | pewerful frame, the quick motions of His. forehead, chine He has the ‘the father, hnose'are most like the {With the addition of [wiry gray mus' ache, iwould be more. st His square chin and strong neck are peculiarly 'Tooseveltian, | Also he's a hard work 14,-—Enforee. | er: Tikes the outdoors and likes hook portation of intoxicating liquors for beverage purposes through a dry state is not prohibited under the Reed prohibition amendment, the supreme gourt held today in an opinion interpreting the act. Washington, April ; rimental to the banking interests in Nerth Dakota as to the Bank of North Dakota. — Anything injurious to the credit and good name of the state, sald the commissioners, must adversely asfect every branch of business in the state, 1. P. Baker Endorses Bank. Ider T. 7 ses und the resembhinee , ment of war-time prohibition whic! He has tossed his hat into the rin: The bankers concurred in these sen- tees ‘sitectiva ane : n ie not {meaning the ring of polities jand pub-| timents, and expressed the opinion that fp ates os {lic Jife, At this moment Pheodore, lodged with the internal revenue bu-!” SRC EaNic Ps 2 reau or with other government agency | iuplor, is the most talked of youn but is merely left to the United! mr in America, { States attorneys, Revenue Commis-! EXPECTED TO REFUSE sioner, Daniel C. Roper declared to-|\1CE PRESID! oy ee canals Of all statutes and! yq hus heen asked to hecome 4 is \ ididate for vice. president next K In this connection fit became known ‘qhis, it is believed, he will refuse, And today ‘that a ‘number of administra-| 54) s friends point to the fact that tion officials and advisers of the pres-|jije tathor went from (hut office to the ident had recently urged him to pr vent. prohibition from. going into e! fect July 1, by proclaiming the com-/, pletion of demobilization by that time. | y, the truth about the Bank of North Da- kota scheme should (be promulgated through a publicity commlittee of the bankers themselves, and that the foets should be spread broadcast. over the country. Capt. I. P. Baker, one of the-oldest bankers on the Slope, thoroughly en- dorsed ‘the Bank ‘of North Dakota idea, declaring this parent institution, with its two million capital and many millions more'in resources _ woul: strengthen thd‘credit of the whole state und make it easier fot every bank to Norrow the money needed-in the devel- opment of North Dakota. He saw nc reason why the banks should not operate in complete harmony with the mother bank, and-he expressed con- fidence_in the suc of the plan. i Remington, Favors Bank. P, C. Remington, president of. the City National bank, declared: he had fuvored the institution from the first, and declared his belief that the, bank would bolster up. the credit of the state and serve as convenient clearing house for all state banks. B.C. Marks, vice president of the City’ National and secretary of the Bismarck clearing house association, stated that this or- ganization had tendered its support. ta. he industrial commission the day fol- lowing the passage of the act creating the bank and had invited the bans ~to become a member of he Bismarc! association. J.H. Kling, cashier of the First Na- ¢ tional bank, of New Salem. declared ‘thas in his community there was an impressidn that the money needed fo: financing the farmers .of the Slope vould be cut off unleks the banks cor- ‘snved their connections with the large city banks. He believed this convic- tion could be ovefcome through a-gen- 1 understanding that the Bank of North Dakota could and would earry ceposits wherever they were necessary to establish erédit for/this bank ani. a cans! f ‘esent. “Colonel Roosevelt ts desk in the brokerage concern of | Mentgomery & Co,, 14 Wall street, and abs view is understood to be held: giying most of his spare hours to. the y Commissioner fone. whe is rep-|crganizafton of the American TLegion, eerie is bel ane aa proh pition can-| American vetern: of the world war, doecitis Sastalg ion oun ante arek| the national convention of which has PN] Hean ¢ in St. forcément agency. we piedied Intimation that because of tie ap-! parent difficulty of enforcement, the president or congress might be called on to prostpone the law’s operation, ils credit, having been elected: to the was given by Mr. Roper in a stat |New York legislature at 24, and beinz reinea tan tha ctamuatactice peontotted [2 31 United States civil service com: missioner, by the. war-time. prohibition act will} T. R., the: first, went into the Span- naturally cease with July 1, assumjng, | ich War a lieutenant and came out 2 vertu: that neither ips presi ent colonel: T. R.. the second. went to e congress, stays the operati on | France a major and came back a lieu- of that law. tenant colonel, Toth were educated at y ITTAMAYT ‘Harvard -and both married into weit- to-do families. i i ‘1 shall conduct myself as 1 believe | mr father would have me,” Colonel | Z “Tam not so im- . A R M A D A | N iniche: But this is a peridd in which} jevery young American should find out GOTHAM PORT" his epecific duty is, and perform, HAG Tei ie Ramo een i ISTANDARD OIL | AGENT IS DEAD, Colonel Roos university | man, a Republican, and married, with three children. At 31 his father had already several years of public life to i Koosevelt, Jr.. said. | modest’ as tg dream T can fill his big} \ New York, April 14.—The Atlantic fleet, comprising, in ships and ton-/ nage, the greater part of the “Victory| ; Armada,” ordered here to give 30,000) sailors and:marines a vacation, steam- ed|into New York harbor today. With; ember institutions, its arrival the greatest assemblage of | The representative of a state bank|warshivs ever seen in an .American'| | Z which is a member of the federal re-| port, 103 vessels, road at anchor in| Lastiweek occurred the death of W. serve bank at St, Paul brought up the| North river, and almost immediately|K. Brewster. About ten days ago question of carrying reserves in both | launches started shoreward with offi-| Mr. Brewster was taken this bank and the Bank of North Da-jcers and men on leave. bronchitis which soon developed into kota. He declared that for the pres- by destro: and subma-|@ severe case of pneumonia. - Mr. ent at least it seemed advisable to con-jrine chasers, the dreadnaughts, the tinue’ conections with the reserve bank} teeth of the fighting fleet, \entered in St. Paul, stating he would: be glad| Ambros channel shortly befoge noon, the Standard Q later, to transfer this reserve ‘to ‘the |the Mississippi, Oklahoma and Wyo-| vious to this “time being in Under- Bunk of North Dakota, should it| ming leading, and close in-their wake | Wood. Though. his residence here was sep assurred. of success. Hg sug-|the Pennsylvania, flying’ the flag of | short ‘te made many friends. { gested that: in view of the fact) that | Admiral Mayor, ranking officer of; The remains! were taken to\Under- “many other banks niente — the | the fleet. a fi sal position it would wise to leet-sailed into, port, divi- minke the reserve to be carried in the livision was met by squad- Pank of North Dakota small.” He-be-|rons of naval airplanes. . lieved that in this event many national | © 3 oe ~ PROTECTING KOREA. banks. would be glad to come in. He \- Tokio, April 14.—The Japanese war niso thought bankers should know whether the Bank of North Dakota in-| office announes that it is reinforcing its garrisons in Korea by’ ments of infantry and 400; géndarmes, W. K. Brewster Passes Away at; Garrison , § middle of January to take charge of ducted there. DIRECTOR GENERAL TO MAKE. A TOUR Washington, April 14 General, Hines plans to make an in- Brewster came to Garrison about the} Oil here; his home pre-! —Director} RNR eee NEW COVENANT elt is! n, with the; Special imary jleague of n 'preme court: was asked in’a motion wood and the funeral services con-; are { 1 1 speRate jour through the west, leav- ing a mn tonight and visiting ‘because the riot’ there has\ assumed. & dangerous character. the Pacific coast before he retruns: | 500,000.out of a toaf for the nation of | $4,500,000,009. 4 3-4 per cent. \ | : ,The unexpected small amount of the} {loan and the high rate of interest! |have brought great joy to the. liberty! loan workers of the ninth federal. re- ferve district who will’ begin’ their jcampaign on ‘Monday. April: 21. | t As announced by the treasury de-! \ |partment, the Vietory Liberty loan| ¢ {will take the form of Gold motes ma-| DOCTRINE LIVE: turing Mm four:years. - These notes will) jexcept estate and inheritance taxes Ene ‘and from normal federal income tax- 1 os les. The notes will be .cgnvertible at Clause Declares ‘the option of the holder, througho i} Not Be e; their life into 3 3-4 per cent four-year; j notes of like maturity and exempt! from all federal stae and local taxes cept estate and inheritance taxes. | the son of James A, Garfield, twen- lieth president, The rate of interest ts} \ Edict Will Affected ASSERTS HANLEY {Judge Who Commanded Machine} jbe exempt from state. and ‘local taxes |SOUND: | Declares Legislature Which Re- J\than the first draft The’ Chronicle points out some points which it con- tends make the new draft ‘distinc- jtively and decisiveiy inferior to the j old.” ‘ Other newspapers do not mention lany change in the terms, but alli in- 'formation in French quarters agrees jin regard to the Saar valley.’ It ds [stated it is settled the mines of ‘that valley will become the I i ferty of France, which heels ag region. Tle region, however, will be jadministered by a directorate under | the league of nations, to:consist.of ope « Gun Battalion in France Scores’ Bolshevism ‘CAMPAIGN NOTE Frenchman and three to be nominated ‘by the league. This regime. will be jcontinued for 15 years when a-plebe- :$eite will be held, and should the in- thabitants elect to renew allegiance to fused to Ban the Red Flag Disgrace to America ‘inhabitant of the Saar region,’ one: CAN QUIT ON NOTICE Amendment Guarantees Sover- Despite, League Membership eignty (By Associ April the re a -An official sum- covenant of the issued last makes specific mention of the-Monroe Doctrine with respect to its bearing on the future activities of the league. It says: “Thé covenant does not affect the validity of international engagement such. as treaties of abritration or gional understandings Jike the Moi roe Doctrine, for securing the main- tenancd of peace.” The league says the statement, will include all - belligerents and neutral states named in a document annexed tao the covenant, and “in the future any self-governing country. whose a mission is approved by two-thirds of the states already members of the league. I Providing it has kept its obliga- tions, state may withdraw from the league on giving two years’ notice, and (Continued: on Page Two.) Pari SUPREME COURT URGED T0 PASS ON N.D. CASES Government. Wants Rate Fixing Authority Settled With- out. Delay Washington, April 14.—The_ su- filed today by the government to ex- pedite consideration \ of _ appeals. brought by the railway administration !from_a North Dakota supreme court opinion restraining Director General Hines from increasing freight and rates under an order ins' passenge! sick with!tuted last June. The motion was con-! curred in by state and federal authori- ties. The case presented the question of the authorify. of the director general to. interfere with rates established by state law or by auth6rity of a state tribunal. T&e supreme court of North Dakota has decided against the au- thority now clairned. Similar suits pending in South Dakota, Iowa, Nebraska; Minnesota and Washing- ton supreme tourts, and others ate ‘threatened. 3 Infinite confusion and uncertainty must attend the operation of the rail- ways by the government so long’as this question remains unsettled and the state courts assert the right to en- join the collection by.the director gen- tal of ‘ibed by him, said 5a night} "The notes of both series will be dated | }and bear interest from may 20 1919, and will mature on may 20, 1923. | i the loan is oversuberived, as is {find an even greater battle facing us’ iprobable, only subcriptions of $10,000{here at home,” said Major J) Mo dan- ‘and le% will be alloted in full. Theljey, sjudge of the 12th judicial dna! ‘terms of this issue have been based cea irr ee upon the des to devise a securi aye eae {which will not only prove attracti' orth Daiota, ad-| to the people but the terms of which | dr baquet given) {will insure a good mark for the} in honor of Lieut. W. B. ywhing of | notes and not affect adversely the! Ameapolis and other vis market to Ghee sng government tat the Grand Pacific on Saturd: Theo Wold, governor of the feder: yr e bank, commented today follow: “The terms of the Victory | Liberty loan are so extremely favor-| rie Se cae gk az| lable, and the amount to bo raised in| Prevent the flaunting of the red. flag) i 8 ' Bolshevism and the black flag ‘of this district is so comparatively small |°' Bols! a that Sanat kes Ae ausciucel, lanarchy here in our own stae. The is absolutely no | . be a doubt that the loan will be promptly | ght is sfil on, and we must fight to iAhaial eres in the ninth federal ré-| "North Dakota ‘soldiers who shed} “A. R. Rogers, chairman of the Cen-| their blood’ on foreign fields for the; tral Liberty loan commitee, expressed | Preservation of their country We eager satisfaction over the terms of | $¢@ it stabbed in the back by cowar “We returned victorious from the) great world’s for democray to war commander of a1 y/ion of the Second ssing a testimonial ‘ ridiers | y eve] nig. : “After smiling anarchy abroad, we, {return to find that our own legisla: | lture has defeated an act designed to i the loan. “The Victory notes are the |Y oned ing here it home. vet i finest security ever issued by, the|/earned to face the foe, and we al United States,” said Mr. Rogers.! not shirk our duty. I have yet to find; i a soldier wi is not disgusted with a! District and all over}# Soldier who is no ait eee sas T!regime which would take advantage jthe United States will take them be- |cause they appreciate their value as an, 0f their absence to exalt the red flag investment and because they believe |@"4 every#hing it stands for. | in their government. The treasury de-| Soldiers Enthusiastic. A 'parement’s announcement of terms; Major Hanley addressed an audi-| should dispel the last trace of pessi-|ence of more than a hundred, largely| |mism, and this has been the cause of|composed of returned soldiers, sail-| lour only fear about the overwhelming | ors and marines, and every point wos | success of the loan.” ;aproved with enthusiastic applause.. | “North Dakota will be there wit; Major Hanley followed Chief Justice; the old-time spirit’ that put over the| Christianson, who made some poinied! |first four loans in this state,” said!allusions to conditions at home and| ! Wesley C. McDowell, state chairman /abroad, in brief adr P. R. Fields, } of North Dakota. ‘No state in the! president of the Bismarck Commercial |union is more ready to help finish the|clud, paid a tribute to the soldiers, | jjob than our state, and subscribing)and there were interesting descrip-| the $18,500,000 that Uncle Sam hasjtions of experiences abroad from} asked of us will not be difficult. ; Lieut. Browning, Earle E. Tostevin of; “The amount asked is so much less; Mandan and Mr. Skinner of the tank than was expected that our work will | brigade. be all the easier. The luncheon was wholly informal, | | 2 and all of the talks were impromptu} | and the more interesting and effective | for that reason. British — Company. Will Start Trans’ Atlantic Air Service London, April 14.—Vickers Ltd., are. about to start a trans-Atlantic air ser- vice with airships which the company was building for the British navy when the armistice was signed, the it is hoped that every bisiness place/ Pall Mall Gazette says. The passén- in the city will be represented. States |ger rate will be 48 pounds, and mail Attorney Hutchinson of LaMoure,|at 405 pounds per ton. having offered to come over and as-j sist in the organization—e is familiar | 1,200, cubic feet and engines of with the work of organizing through 1,000 horsepower. Larger ships ‘are his connection with the LaMoure club {being designed to carry 200 passen- )cchas been asked to be in attendance | gers. at the next meeting and unless some-; thing unforeseen happens to prevent he will undoubtedly be there. ‘ATTEND PATIENTS. Washington, April 14:—A Tokio dis- patch to the state’ department report- | “People in this KULM WILL HAVE | COMMERCIAL CLUB) Kulm, N. D., April 14.—The _ pri- mary move toward the establish-| ment of a Commercial clud for! the city of Kulm was inaugurated last | Wednesday evening when a majority | of the business men met at the Lange j store and outlined a plan for organi- zation. Another meeting will be called for the fore part of next week, when MILITARY DICTATORSHIP. | Neuremburg, (Sunday via Copen- | hagen) April 14—a report frem third army headquarters at Munich says that the garrison has: established a military. dictatorship in suport of the i | The ship will have a gas capacity of | ‘ficial statement at head Germany, that nation may buy the mines, paying in gold. t DELEGATES TO COME SOON Paris, April 14,—The peace con- ference leaders have come to an un- derstanding regarding the dates when the German delegates shall be called into confrence, la Petite Parisian says it understands. The date, it declares, is close: at hand, before April 20. . ADMITS DEFEAT London, April —Léon Trotzky, he minister of way and marine of admits defeat on the eastern front in a wireless message from Moscow picked up here, > “All our efforts now must. be di- rected to the eastern front, which is the only front upon which we have suffered deefat. We must send old and experienced troops to that quag- ter. It is absolutely necessary for us to capture Ekateranburg, Perm and Usa.” é ASSAULT ON SOVIETS Berlin (Sunday), April 18.—A Dres- den dispatch says that an assault by soviet forces on the citadel in the Neustadt section of the tity on. the right bank of the Elbe is capered: Frontier troops and soldiers fro! Pirna, 11 miles southeast of Dresden, have established themselves near the — Catholie church to defend the ‘north- ern end of the Frederick ?7Augustus bridge. ATTACK SPARTACANS Dusseldorff (Sunday), April 18.=- On Saturday night and Sunday morn- ing government troops attacked Spat- tacan forces entrenched in the south- eastern section of the city, ejecting, then: A majority of the Spartacidés. ied. e\+ e INDEMNITY REVAMPED Paris, April 14.—Alarmed: b; result of the election at Hull last week, Premier Lloyd George of Britain, according to the Echo @” ‘Paris, has persuaded the coundil four to revamp completely the finati- cial plan to be incorporated -in he treaty of peace.. Instead of a payment of 25 billion francs on account and jeg annual payment to be fixed committee it has decidéd ‘to “fix ‘at once the amount which Germany will have to pay within 50 years; This amount is kept & secret, but is indicated by the newspaper ‘that e figure of 250 billion franca has been agreed on, which includes all war damages as well as the cost of ‘peti- sions, The first instalment of francs must be paid within the newspaper declares, QUIET PREVANS: Cairo (Saturday), April 12—An ef- | ‘General Allenby, "hd missioner of eae reas ed that gendarmes took from the Sev- erence hospital at Seoul, an institu-| regime seeks. to.oust from. office. Ac- tion maintained by Americans, tare¢ | tion to-recover the capital from soviet Korean patients suffering from gun-|forces is progressing favorably it is shot wounds inflicted by the police. {sald. Hoffman nfinistry, which the soviet when: they) ting telegraph