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RADIO PRESS REPORT Fobruary 2, 1919. Dos ton Tho House of Reprosentatives passod a bill authorizing Inssachusetts citios and towns to appropriato monoy for the wolcoming of ro- turning soldiors and soilros. Now Haven, Conn. As a result of a clash betwoon the police and a hun- drod Yolo students, the Univorsi ty issuod a statement forbidding all students to ontor public danco holls undor penolty of dismissal. Camp Taylor Jomes Vengorson, a convaloscing soldier, obtained a vorrant for the arrest of Vilholm Hohenzollorn, charging the ex-Kaiser with moliciously cousing wounds to himsolf or through his orders. Rockeway Boach, N.Y.. A firo destroyed two hangars containing four big sonplonos and bight "Spad" plonos and fivo auxiliary buildings at the United Statos Noval Air station. Tho oxplosion of a gasoldno tenk is belicved to bo rosponsible. Now York, N.Y.. 1 Naval Inquiry Board is to bogin investigation to fix tho blame for the grounding of the Unitod States Tronsport "Northern Pacific" off Firo Islond on Now Yoars Day, ondangoring the lives of two thousand soldiors. Daytona, Fla Driving an automobile which has boon equipped with an airoplone motor Ralph DoPalm mado a hundred and thirty fivo miles an hour over the Daytono Spoodway in tosting the machino which will undortake to break the record mado by Bob Burmin of a hundred forty two miles an hour in 1911. (From Strassburg) Throe British gunbocts hoisting the British flag arrived at Strassburg on Friday. Tho British flag is scon hore on the Rhino for the first time. FRENCH PRESS. Amorica has sont a commission hoaded by Captain G. Horardi, U.S.N., to Gormany to investigate political and othor conditions. Their hoodquarters will bo in Borlin with ropresentativos in Munich and othor important points throughout Gormany. Tho purpose of the commission is sololy to reccive information reports. Tho commission consists of Majors Arnold Thitmon and Lindsoy and Captains Robort Dlack and L. S. Chondlor and Licutenants Albert Stone and Goorge Howe The in- vostigation will probably last two or throe months. From many sourcos comos the information tonight that the draft of the Loaguo of Nations will bo submittod to tho Peaco Conference early in the caning wock. Porhaps at a mooting of the Committee on Monday. Moreover it is definitely intimated that tho Prosident will mako public the plan before his return to Amori- cc. It is ontiroly certain thet the fundamontols will bo accopted by the leading powors. In a genoral way the plan is now consumated at least to the extent of an agreement roachod by the uso of economic resources as a moans for the punishmont of offonding nations: as Lawong submitted as imploment of warfaro: limiting of all armament to polico necessitics, and the modification of anti-conscription clouse to allow* the mintcinenco of modorate armod forcos to domostic purposes Insofar as the actual machinory of the Loa,uso is concorned this is still undeterminod al- though assurances aro givon that no serious conflicts as to the mothod of formation of voting power and nstrumontability to bo croated for the carrying into exocution the docreos of the League. It is known that loading small notions as woll as lergo aro boing considered as the League plan is unfolded, which soems to assure an unanimous consent of its incoporation in the peace troaty. There is a foeling of the doopost satisfaction over the Socioty of nations in American and British circlos. NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS SERVICE" E CONTINUED

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