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wil Peace Treaty Terms in The Evening World To-Day— the Fourth Anniversary of Sinking of the Lusitania TWO CENTS, Copyright, 1919, by Ce. (The New [“Girculation Books Open to Ail.”| _ NEW YORK, ‘WEDNESDAY, “MAY 7, 1919. The Press Publishing bail Werte). “Circulation Books Open to Aul.”” 1 28 PAGES PRICE Two | ALSACE TO FRANCE: BILLIONS IN INDEMNIT BELGIUM RESTORED; KAISER MUST BE TR GERMAN CONSCRIPTION ENDED; RHINE FORTS ARE TO BE RAZED WILSON SUMMONS CONGRESS FOR EXTRA SESSION MAY 19) BEFORE Hild Early Date Set on Advice of Glass, to Pass Appropria- | tion Bills. WASHINGTON, May 7.—President ‘Wilson issued a call by cable to-day for a Special Session of Congress to meet Monday, May 19. Secretary Tumulty, in making the announcement, sald it would be im- possible, of course, for the President to be here on the opening day. The @ate fixed for the Special Session was tmuch earlier than Democratic leaders bad expected. White House officials said that in naming an early date for the session, President Witvon was guided largely | by the advice of Secretary Glass as to the necessity of passing annual) appropriation measures which failed in the closing days of the last session. | President Wilson's proclamation calling the extra session follows: WHEREAS, Public interests require that the Congress of the United States should be con- vened in extra session at 12 o'clock noon, on the 19th day of May, 1919, to receive such com~ munications as may be made by the Executive; NOW, THEREFORE, I, Wood- vow Wilson, President of the United States of America, do here- by proclaim and declare that an extraordinary occasion requires the Congress of the United States ‘to convene in extra session at the Capitol in the District of Columbia on the 19th day of May, 1919, at 12 o'clock noon, of which all per- fons who shall at that time be entitled to act as members there- @f are hereby required to take notice, Given under my hand and seal of the United States of America, ‘the 7th day of May in the year of our Lord One Thousand Nine Hundred and Ninetcen, and of the independence of the United the One Hundred and Forty WOODROW WILSON, By the President; ROBERT LANSING, Secretary of State. There was no information at the White House either as to the prob- able time of the return of the Presi- dent from France or the submission of the peace treaty to the Senate. fSoon after the President's proclama- tion was made public, Senator Lodge of Massachusetts issued a call for a Republican conference to be held May 14 for the purpose of perfecting an organizatjon in the Senate, and Representative Mondell, who will be Republican floor leader at the coming session, announced that a conference ot Republican House members would be held on May 1 Besides the seven appropriation bills, aggregating more than $4,000,000,000, which failed of passage at the last Cangress, the list of unpassed measures facing Congre rcludes all recon- struction lex’ and bills defin ing the shipping p« general rail- TOMA JOBiolarive +4 employinent questions. lation, ey, Ane you ean wave money is 4 while you suave. TROLLEY CRASH INJURES RETURN HOME 23 PERSONS IN PATERSON Collision Results When Haledon Car Jumps Track Near City Hall, PATERSON, May 7.—Twenty-three Persons were hurt in @ collision be- tween two trojley cars to-day nédr the City Hall. The collision occurred when 4 Haledon car cdming down Market Street jumped the track and crashed WILSON AND LLO AGREE TO SPE Be Submitted t and British and England to come to th President of the United States has Unprovoked attack by Germany." vl YD GEORGE CIAL TREATY TO AID FRANCE IF ATTACKED Officially Announced That Engagement Will o U. S. Senate Parliament. e aid of France in the event of an Orns announcement of the agreement of the United States attack by Germany was made through the Committee on Public Information here to-day, The announcement reads: “In addition to the securities afforded in the treaty of peace, the pledged himself to propose to the Senate of the United States and the Prime Minister of Great Britain has pledged himself to propose to the Parliament of Great Britain an engagement, subject to the approval of the Council of the League of Nations, to come immediately to the assistance of France in ease of GENERAL EXPRESS into a Park Avenue Car, Motorman William Woolworth, No. 122 Maple Strect, Paterson, on the Park | Avenue car, Was the most seriously in- Jured. His left eye was gouged out. The others suffered brulses and cuts) from flying glass. shies. See START OF NAVAL FLIGHT HALTED AGAIN BY WIND Weather Conditions May Be Favorable To-Morrow. Commander Towers again announced [the postponement of the Navy Depart- ment's trans-Alantlc flight by way of Halifax to-day because of the stiff north-northeast wind sweeping the coast. There was too much wind and the weather report indicated tho storm area would continue until Friday, though conditions may be such the start will be possible to-morrow, ‘The postponement proved a great dis- appointment to both the crews and the mechanics, who are anxious to be among those who complote the first air flight across the eastern ocean. The mechanics worked practically all night going over the machines, and the crews were up long before the break of to- day to examine carefully every part. Grounded Destroyers Floated at ‘Trepaesey Bay. ST. JOHNS, N. F., May 7.—The United States navel vessels which grounded at Trepassey Bay in the storm Monday have been safely floated No serious damage is believed to have been done to any of the ships. — PLANE WITH 25, UP 3 MILES. Panseu- tes. Farman Machine Carry gers Descends tn 23 3 PARIS, Tuesday, May 6.—The giant Farman airplane Goliath which has been flying between Paris and Brus- scls Jast night uscended to a height of 5,100 metres (more than three miles), while carrying twenty-five passengers, The ascent was made in one hour and fifteen minutes and the descent in twenty- minutes. U. S. FORCE TO QUIT ENGLAND Headquarters There Be Cloned on Jou LONDON, May 7 uarters American forces in closed June and t Biddle wil! leave fo - FLLANS BELORE MEATS wnt e od tte Gad Guevecica wakes TOU tale THE WORLD TRAVEL BURRAD, | ‘Arcade, Puliteer (World) Budidieg Ota oust Hom, X.Y, Cit, ease rot Wictory. fl pig Noes debs i ee "ie ss seas ts Sra Fleet Commander Hopeful That} “STRIKE VOTED HERE “BY 2 000 10 WORKERS Dissatisfied With W With Wage Award of May 1—Service in City Largely Curtailed. ‘Two thousand 4,500 drivers, chauffeurs, and garage men of the Railway Express Company met at the Amsterdam Opera Hoase to-day and indorsed a general strike of em- ployees of the company. They were addressed by Organizer William Col- lins of the American Federation of Labor, and voted to enroll organization. The express company accept packages for shipment to-day except at railroad terminals, and Rave notice it would make no-deliv- eries except over the counter at ter- minal offices. The following statement was given out at the office of Robert E. 8. Cowie, Vice President of the American Rail way Express: “The strike is due to dissatisfaction with provisions of the wage award of the United States Railroad Adminis- tration on May 1, The wage award granted to the men a flat increase of a month, the incroase to be dated back to Jan, 1, 1919. Also the eight- hour day was granted, with pro rata time for two hours beyond the eight hours and time and a half over ten hours, “The men demand that they shall not be compelled to work more than two hours overtime; that double time men, mechanics in the refused to be paid for Sundays and holidays, and that all Sunday work is tary. to be volun- They also demand one week's cation a year with pay ences will be referred to the directors of the Divis of Labor of the United States Railroad Admi istration at Washington as provided for int ‘a d order.” A Jersey City employee of the co t | pany pent t explanation to 1 Evening W 1 “They took away vacations, sick be fAts and pa f h jays we didn’t work, and \a e day's pay when did on holidays, Under 1 ny We were paid a s pay we didn’t work and a day when we did, Did we gain or lose, and how much?" Pe a representing | American | LSI AMERICA SOLDIER TO LEAVE FRANCE BY AUGUST No United States Ti States Troops Will Stay in Army of Occupa- tion, Wilson Announces, | PARIS, | definively -It can be stated that President Wil- ed the Peace Conference May 7. to-day |son has notit American troops will be re- moved from possible time, Both France and Great Britain asked America to leave a force, made up of Regular Army troops, in Ger- many as long as an Allied Army of Ocoupation should be maintained there. The President positively fused, declaring no Americans would remain in the Army of Occupation, save for a brief period WASHINGTON, May 7.—Secretary Baker announced to-day that by August the last man of the American Expeditionary Forces will have been withdrawn from France. He said this estimate was based on the movement of 300,000 men a month to the United |that all Europe in the shortest States, Already, Mr, Baker said, the American forces in France have been divorced from the Army of Occupa- tion. Plans have been completed to supply the force in Germany through the ports of Antwerp and Rotterdam removing the necessity for maintain- ing the 700-mile line of communication from Brest. The French ports will be maintained, however, for the with- drawal of the A. E. F. More than half of the Expedition ary Force has now left France, Mr. Baker said, and as the withdrawal progresses facilities which were used for those force back either to private the municipalities to which they be longed. —_ CHINA NOT TO SIGN TREATY. ides Not to Ac. « Cession to Ja PEKING, Mey 6.—(By the Associated Press).—The Gh Cat at a meeting to-day decided to instruet th not to sign rma Adve WORLD REST AURA N'r, specie) caneday, i i, sae, yet” Brolor, Jarcloiers Roast Freel with Gaple 4’ Hote ping Damage, Ton for Ton— Kiel Canal Made Free. SUMMARY OF PEACE TERMS| VERSAILLES, May 7.—Following are the principal points the Treaty of Peace to-day handed to the German delegates a ila NLA cago a Germany is required to accept any agreement reached with her for- mer allies, League of Nations promulgated. The ex-Kaiser to be tried by an international high court. Holland to be asked to extradite the ex-Kaiser. Germany restores Alsace-Lorraine to France. All Hohenzollern property in Alsace-Lorraine goes to France without payment. France gains permanent possession of Saar coal mines regardless of resull of future plebiscite. Germar y cedes to Belgium 382 square miles of territory between Luxemburg and Holland. Germany's cession to Poland ‘solates East Prussia trons the remain- der of Germany Germany’s cessions to Poland comprise 27,686 square miles; to France, 5,600 square miles (Alsace-Lorraine). Germany cedes to Japan all rights in Shantung Peninsula German Army must demobilize within two months after peace is signed. Danzig permanently internationalized. tritorial changes toward Belgium and Den- Germany agrees to mark and in East Prussia. Conscription within German territories abolished. All German forts for fifty kilometres east of the Rhine razed. Allied occupation of parts of Germany to continue until reparation is made. Any German violation of conditions pertaining to the Rhine zone constitutes an act of war. German navy reduced to six battleships, six light cruisers and twelve torpedo boats, with no submarines. German’ navy personnel! to consist of not over 15,000, Germany renounces all her territorial and political rights outside of Europe. Germany recognizes total independence of German-Austria, Cz Slovakia and Poland. German army reduced to 100,000 men, including officers, Germany must reimburse all civilian damages, beginning with an initial payment of 20,000,000,000 marks, Subsequent payments in reparation to be secured by a bond issue cho- owners or to} are being turned | PP roved by the Reparation Commission, Germairy must pay shipping damages, ton for ton, Germany to accept full responsibility for all damages to Allied and ciated governments and nationals, German: forbi to build forts controlling the Baltic, Ml Helgoland fortifications must be demolis! Kiel Canal to be open to all nations. Germaty must surret ider her fourteen submarin. cable Germaiiy must accept highly detailed provisions for iionaliza. iiun of roads and rivers Germaay is responsible for delivering jolators of international iaw, Commissions created for plebiscites in Malmedy, Schleswig and fast Prussia Details of disposition of German tleet and cables left to Allied | These plans will be revised rs. powers. Disposition of former Germap colonies also left to Allies. IED | Loses All Colonies, Must Pay Ship-|All Cables Given Up, Forbidden to Build Forts on the Baltic, Heli- goland Fortifications to Be De- stroyed—No Forts Near Rhine. PARIS, May 7.—The Treaty of Peace between the twenty-seven Allied and Associated Powers on the one hand and Germany on the other was handed to the German plenipotentiaries at Versailles today. It ts the longest treaty ever drawn. It totals about 80,000 words di- vided tmto fifteen main sections and represents the combined product of over 1,000 experts working continually through a serics of commission for the three and @ half months since Jan. 1%, The treaty is printed in parallel pages of English and French, which are red) siized as having equal validity, It does not deal with questions affecting Austria, Bulgaria and Turkey, ex- cept in 90 far as binding Germany to accept any agrebment reached with those former allies. [Concessions to Italy, the contro! of Fiume and other matters will be covered in the treaty with Austria] POWERS OF LEAGUE OF NATIONS. From the coming into force of the present tree* af will terminate. From the moment and subject to the p| vt this treaty offictal relations with Germany, and with each of the German states, will be resumed by the Allied and Asbociated Powers. Section one, League of Nations, the covenant of the League of Nations constitutes section one of the peace treaty, which places upon the League many spocific in addition to its general duties, It nay question Germany at any timo for a violation of the neutralized zone east wf the Rhine as @ threat against the world’s peace, It will appoint of tho five members of the Saar Commission, oversee its regime and carry out the plobisclte. It will appoint the high commissioner of Danzig, guarantee the tndependence of the free city and arrange for treaties between Danzig and Germany and Poland. It will work out the maudatory system to be ap- plied to the former German colonies and act as # final court tn part of the plebiscites of the Belgian-German frontier and in disputes as to the Kiel Canal and decide certain of the economic and financial probleins; an inter- national conference on labor Is to be held in October under its direetiun, and another on the international! cuatro! of ports, waterways aod railways three ig foreshadowed. Membership--The members of the league will be the signatories of the covenant and other states invited to accede, who must lodge a declaration of accession without reservation within two months. A new state, do minion, or colony may be admitted provided its admission is agreed to by tworthirds of the assembly. A state may withdraw upon giving two years’ notice, if it has fulfilled all its international obligations. @ecretariat—A permanent = s¢c-@——_______—~ retariat will be cstablished at the| “Ward. the Council will propose the ch will be ut | 2°CeM#4ry measures, The Councl! wilt seat of the league which wi “"| formulate plans for the establishment Geneva. of & permanent court of international Assembly—The Assembly will con- Justice to determine International dis sist of representatives of the members| pitas of ty give advisory opinions’ of tho league, and will meet at stated) Arinters wny do not submit thelr Intervals. Voting will be by states | ogo, to arbitration must accept the Each member will have one vote and) srisgiction of the Amminbly, if the tot more than three representatives | Qo inoy, jess the purtics to the Ql Counell—The Council will consist Of) pute, is unanimously ugincd upon the representatives of the Five Great Als) nents of it, the members agree thas Hed Powers, together with representa- they will not tives of four members selected by the go to war with any party to the dispute which complies with tts A embly from time to timo; tt may recommendation In case u receom- jco—opt additional states and will) nondation by the Assombly udopted, meet at least once a year, Mombem@) ag point ust exceed the armas rot represented will be invited to NE} menace fined without the currence & representative when questions af-| o6 en All mombors will ex fecting the rests are discussed. ange fu vformation as to arm@e Voting will be by states, ach state) ments ang sham and a pere will have oné vote and not more than} mang comnilssion will advies fia one representative. Decision bY} Council! on military and naval quese the Assembly and Coun sust bel tions. | unanimous except tn regard to 4 LEAGUE EMPOWERED TO TAKE cedure, and in cer cases speci- STEPS TO PREVENT WAR, fied in the covenant and tn the treaty pore r threat of wary where decisions wl be by a maj rt will to consider Armaments. The Council « what common action sh be taken, mulate plans for a reduction o Mamiera ave pledwed to autnlel | ments for consideration an adoption. | mat f dispute to arbitration @& inquiry and not to resort te Once they are with any party] unil three months after the |to the dispute which compiles with Members to « fails to carry out the bitral ; te ka