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GENERAL NEWS NOTES OF THE DAY WASHINGTON D C July 10 President Wil ¬ son in presenting the peace treaty with Germany to the senate today declared that a league of free nations had become a practical necessity to which the framers of the treaty felt obliged to turn as an indispensable instrumentality for the maintenance of the new order it has been their purpose to set up in the world The most skeptical of the peace conferees at Paris the President said had turned more and more to the league as discussion progressed in seeking solution of the problems that arose in framing the terms of the treaty itself The fact that the covenant of the league was the first substantive part of the treaty to be worked out and agreed upon the President said while all else was in solution helped to make the formu ¬ lation of the rest easier Mr Wilson said the agreement on the covenant had given the conferees a feeling that their work was to be permanent and that the most practical among them were at last the most ready to refer to the league of nations the superintendence of all interests which did not admit of immediate determination of all adminis ¬ trative problems which were to require a continu ¬ ing oversight What had seemed a counsel of per ¬ fection said the President had conle to seent a plain counsel of necessity The league of na ¬ tions was the practical statesmans hone of success in many of the most difficult things he was at ¬ tempting temptingWASHINGTON WASHINGTON D C July 10 The war cost the United States 30177000000 up to June 30 1919 Secretary Glass made this estimate yesterday in submitting to the congressional appropriations committees the preliminary statements of the treas ¬ ury on the condition of the nations finances lie arrived at the estimate by subtracting the average peacetime expenses for the same length of time at the rate of 1000000000 annually from the total expenditures 32427000000 during the war warWASHINGTON WASHINGTON D C July 10 President Wilson is understood to take the position that a twothirds vote will be required to adopt any Senate reserva ¬ tions in ratifying the peace treat The impression of opposition leaders in the Senate has been that only a simple majority would be required requiredST ST JOHNS N F July 10 Two men were killed and two injured when the Allan liner Grampian Montreal for Liverpool collided with an iceberg off Cape Race last night The steamship with 750 passengers and a crew of 350 arrived here this morniug for repairs repairsWASHINGTON WASHINGTON D C July 10 Rear Admiral William S Sims who commanded American naval forces in European waters during the war was decorated with the rank and cross of a grand officer of the legion of honor today at the navy depart ¬ ment PARIS France July 10 Reports received from German sources that American troops would occupy Upper Silesia were denied in American circles here today A member of the American peace delega ¬ tion characterized the reports as perfect rubbish rubbishLONDON LONDON England July 10 Notwithstanding strong opposition by the government a house of commons committee today adopted by a vote of 15 to 12 a clause in the alien bill restricting the em ¬ ployment of aliens in Great Britain BritainPARIS PARIS France July 10 The coal miners of cen ¬ tral and southern France decided to resume work Friday The differences between the miners and their employers were adjusted through the azbitra tiou of the ministry of labor
