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HICKMANS TRYING
Til WIN FAVOR
ill AMERICANS
'h,- Kran.i. \mori,iin Army
* • I*,iimn. Tuesday. I>*•■ -t -
\ ns. f in ted l’ros»i General
■ i ,| tf»ln\ i* na* doubtful
■ "ii ,.in.'' »"uld Int'o roalixfd
imMia part tho Aniortoans
* ilavod in tin war had thry
• n t o opportunity. To tho
n . irpospomlonts wlioni he
• I ti ., pro a 'hrisiniH.M Inn, lioon
iM.hiuarters nt Mayonoo. Gen
"* p-alsod tlio work of the Atll
• pomillN those division*
* had fnuiht u'vdor him The
• il p.• inlf,l /.nt how the Oer
" ■ wore now flabtlni: to win tho
f t o p.f from uvr"*s tlio
’* "»r Hat tbolr propaicandists
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RED CROSS ROLL
CALL MAY EXCEED
20,000,000 IN U.S,
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Washington. Dec. 25.—An en
, roMm«nt of nearly 17.000*000 was
shown by reports from the Am*r
j ican Red Cross Christmas Roll
call received tonight at National
Headquarters here. Many divi
sions reported that thus far they
, have been able to get only scat- 1
termg returns from many chapters
: and this led officials to believe that .
the ultimate total will exceed 20.
000.000.
I i .
THREE WEEKS •
Before Peace Confer
ence Assembles
Probably No Official Statements Con
cerning Number of Governments to
Be Represented or Tests to Be Ap
plied to Determine Right of Appli
cants to Participate
IDtc. ( H> The Associated |
I'ii ssi M Ti than thrii- nii-ks prob
,ili|v w|'| i lapti l i lnii the general
pi ii» i onfi ,■* lit ■ a ■ m mill' s It nil- ■
likl :h.it n,i\ * i,. il statci I'rnts will
m r.Miiilinih' ni' .inlini-- conci ruins ;
■ li' t ilmlii i nl governments to be ri p- .
ii . • nil 'I nr tin li ~ts to I e applied to i
ilitiiiuini the risl o '■! applieant* to
pnrlieip ite ,
Tei linn al • Xpert s attached to the:
• I* b (tut inn* nf the ptimipal powers,
nlrindi li.-vi- .-ivn mil' ll study to this
u'ljei t If m initiations looking to an
aprienu nt on this point have not been ;
umJi i liihi n ilf ni'' it i> certain they
will In imnn dliat • •! \ atp t I’resident i
W ilson's return tn in boudon.
.Notw ithslar.iliiu: tin1 mdisposition \
nf the I tilt 1st; l'iim rilin' lit to inji' t j
I'U.sili* s.s Into Mr. Wilson's \isif it >■
i ,i mthat in hm r onl’ ieuees with
I’jeinnr l.hoil t.ioruo and foreign
Mmistir Itallonr t! • • otinilation ma\ i
la laid ini some ot the 'iin stions np
risintalmn wlitrli Mi Wilson prob
able lijs diseiissi d willi I'remier
t 'li'iiii.ra ean.
KAROLYI CLAIMS
AGREEMENT NOT
BEING KEPT
r.ij.ia;*. * I• it i !I i\Count
K »r * th«* 11 nng.inan !• ;ui» rt m ad
*irr >in” t !• pr^pl*-* a->« nil'ly lotiav
>in• j»1 %»n• 11 tlft.it. ill** A ill**aoi'i; no:
(..in "i. u.r th* ir part ♦ *s' t!v* annia
ti— ..i. . in.-» ; FI. • !» "'i.'ii* i| that it
v iitijms.-11• I• tf* Miajntj' i hmUt while
tin- tM«*ii t:i i • situ s of In** country re
nianii i jn.-.itisfi* «i Count Karolyi toM
tin iiwscniM’ h* li:i*l s*i-nt a rm^ag* to
Pr#*id< VVt . expressing adherence
* • ih" rresnti s:t s prm pies and pr »
listing i jbt .1 i r. • l what h* ih c!ar«*«l %vcre
vh'I.i ! .oils "f tin' 1'otnlitions of the anil*
, * . ||i* was t’onhdrntly awaiting the
l*r l< :i* s decision, he added.
K. C. GIVE TURKEY
DINNERS TO BOYS
IN HUTS OVERSEAS
Paris. Tue.sd.i', Dec. -1—The program
o (lie knigh . ..f Columbus for Chrisl
ii, .ih it.i' hi. Iixlfil the .'icing of tu-Uev
ilimin , at tin ir \inoiis lints in France
.nut in tli. o. . U|.|. <1 districts of Cier
iii. iiiv f..r housands rc ..hr members of
tl ,• \merienii expeditionary force. The
Santa Cl.ms nt the occasion at several
huts i« William l Mul!,gan. chairman of
tin- Km.this of •' "Unnbus war activities
committee.
Chairman Mulligan is the man who
will it it per vise tin transition of the
Knights of r ounihos organisation o\er
hcas trom a war to a peace oasts.
RKUEF EXPEDITION
TO NEAR EAST TO SAII,
COM I NO MONTH
New York. I ice flj—An American
it bef expedition carrying physicians,
nurses and supplies will sail next
month for tlie Near East, it was an
nounced here today l.v tlie American
committee for Armenian and Syrian
relief "The Enited States govern
ment.' the statement said, "has
loaned t' e rommittee a 7;f*00 ton
transport which- will sail about the
middle of January with a commis
sion of agricultural experts, doctors,
nurses medieal supplies, and great
numbers ..f modern American farm
ipmlemeiits which will i>e used in
increasing next year's crop'' Con
tributions from all parts of the Unit
ed States to the committee's relief
fund during the week ended Thurs
<ja> were announced today, totalling
Ud l.'A The largest gifts were $10.
miv by tiie McKeesport. Pa.. Com
munity 'Var Chest Association and
UO.ono hv the Citizens' War Fund
\ssoiiation of Springfield. Mass.
CHRISTMAS* MESSAGE
SENT TO All COM MRIA
I'M. MEN IN FRANCE
Rutler. president of Columbia, it was
announced toda> "Tliosc who have of
fered their lives are now called upon
t<• offer their minds and souls.'' the mes
sage said n part. ' The sacritiees of
war are over, but the sacrifices of peace
are only now to begin. These are sac
rifices that will put Iwhind us selfish
ness creed and a willingness to exploit
flic souls and the bodies of other men.
These *rc sn riti. es that will turn our
minds away from bigness, from num
bers and trom a ’cumulations. to char
art. to quality and to spiritual pow
er "
U. S. FLEET
ANCHORS OFF
SANDY HOOK
Vanguard of Amer
ica’s Oversea Armada
Home Again
GRAND
REVIEW OF
SHIPS TODAY
Home Fieet Already in Hudson
River—Secretary Daniels to
Review Sea Fighters from
Deck of Mayflower, Anchor
ed Near Statue of Liberty
New York, lie'-'. 25—Ten great bat
tleships, the vanguard of America's
overseas armada returning to home
shores after IS' months' ser\ice in
European waters, dropped anchor
this afternoon off Sandy Hook.
They will enter the harbor tomor
row in triumphal procession and. un
der the shadow of Liberty’s statue,
pass in review before Secretary
Daniels. These Titans of the sea,
leading scores of smaller craft in
tlie race for the homeland, reached
the Ambrose Channel lightship at 3
o'clock this afternoon. They were
headed by the superd read nought
i’etmsplvania, which with Admiral
Henry T. Mayo aboard, convoyed
President Wilson's ship to the coast
,,f France. The First word that the
buttle licet was about to enter home
waters was received here shortly
after midnight today when the De
spatch. the yacht from whose mast
now Dies the Hag of Vice Admiral
A W. 11 rant, picked up a wireless
message from the Pennsylvania.
This message, signed by Admiral
Mayo, the commander itt chief, ex
pressed to the officers and men of
the home fleet the Christmas greet
ings of thousands of sailor men re
turning from war duty. A few min
utes later the radio apparatus of the
Despatch crackled out this message:
••The commander of buttle force No.
I and the officers and men of battle
force l sincerely appreciate the sea
sonal greetings received front the
comanmder in chief. In return, the
commander of battle force 1 and the
officers and men of his command
wish a Merry Christmas and a Hap
py New Year to the home-coming
overseas force-'.’*
Outdistancing the destroyers and
smaller craft which left for home with
thiin, tin- 10 battleships reported by
wireless that they could st< am into New
York on Christmas day They were or
,irrcd. however, to "loaf ' along as their
fContinued on Page 4, Col. 5)
1
FOR REPUBLIC
Appeal for Union Ger
man Liberal Parties
Made at Sunday , Meeting German -
Democratic Party at Coblenz—De
sire A United Germany Including
German Austria
Coblenz. Dec. 33.- (By the Associated !
Press).—Appeals for the union of all the .
liberal parties which desire a republic!
anil do not wish the new Germany to i
fall nto the hands either of reactiona- ;
ries or socialists were made at a meet
ing Sunday of the German democratic ,
party, which assembled in Coblenz to |
adopt a platform The parly desires a ,
united Germany, including German Aus
tria; equality before the law of citizens ,
of all classes male and female; free
dom of thought and religion; a fret,
press and free speech, but no arbitrary
attacks on the rights f the churches.
Families with many children, it jg de
clared, should be protected from exces- ]
sivc taxation. So that the burdens may
be oorne, strong industry and healthy
trade are necessary, as well as freedom
of trade from the fetters of war indus
tries.
U. S. THIRD ARMY
PLANS EXCURSION
ON RIVER RHINE
With the American army on 'he
Rhine, Tuesday, Dec. 34.—(By The
Associated Press).— Excursion trips
on the Rhine, requiring three to five
days, have been planned by the Amer
ican third army for officers and m it
on leave. Arrangements are complete
for requisitioning thre,e large river
boats each with accommodations for
from three to four hundred men. The
plans also provide for shorter trips
to begin soon and for this purpose a
fleet of 10 to 13 steamers has been
275,000 FRENCH
PRISONERS BACK
FROM GERMANY
I’aris. Dec. 25.—Two hundred and
seventy-five thousand French pris
oners have returned from Germany.
There still remains in Germany JuO.
"00 Frenchmen, a large number • f
whom are already homeward bound..
River Rhone in
France Swollen
i By Rain and Snow
Lyons, France. Dee. 25.—(Havas).—
Heavy rains and melting snow on
the glaciers have swollen the Rhone
to such an extent that most of he
cellars and basements in this city
have been flooded. The bridge bu It
in 1914 was swept away bv I no high
and lapidly llowing waters. The en
tire plain 1-oth to the north and south
of Lyons is inundated.
WAR’S END ENHANCES CHRISTMAS JOY
SPIRIT OF GIVING THROUGHOUT THE LAND
! WILSON PASSES DAY WITH U. S. FORCES
HEALTH GOOD
Of U. S. Troops Occu
pying Germany
Percentage of Sickness Lower Than
Among Troops in Peace Time—;
Excellent Condition Due Partly to j
Good Billets
i 'oblenz, Tuesday, Dec. lit. — (By The]
Associated Press).—The percentage of j
sickness among the occupying inter- I
ican troops is unusually low. accord-!
ing to the estimates of the third army
medican officers. The number of cases j
in the eight evacuation hospitals
within the evacuated area is about
4000 most of them being influenza, j
Figuring the approximate number <>£
occupying troops as IfOO.OO*', the sick-:
ness amounts to less than 1 1-2 per
ceni. Tr* peace time the. sickness
among soldiers averages from if to
il per cent. The excellent condition of
the raor is due partly to good billets.
There is just enough drilling to keep
the soldiers in condition and there is
jto overcrowding or illness from fa
tigue or exposure. The third army
has five hospitals in Coblenz and two
at Treves and one at Mayc.net*. Mov.
of these arc former German hospitals
and the equipment is modern in ev
ery detail.
EIGHT DEMOBILIZATION
DISTRICTS ESTABLISHED
Washington, Dec. Establish
ment of eight major demobilization
districts to which men returning fiorn
abroad would be sent as units for dis
charge has been completed by the
War Department. In making up cas
! uni companies for convoy home, army
commanders organized them on the
basis of this new districting including
1 so far as possible only men front
one district in each company and ns
i signing that company to tin* port
1 ceding its district. District* No. 1 is
! made up of the New Kngland states
land New York. Illustrating the op
j eration of this plan, casual company
I No. 404 announce d today ns returning
! on the transport Uijndam, was as
signed to District No. 1, indicating
that all or tit" great majority of the
men m this company are residents of
New Kngland or New York.
Prayers of Peace and Thanksgiving Offered Up in Churches and Homes
Throughout ihe Whole Country-Many Unique and Pretty Observances
of fhe Day in Boston and New York, Made Possible by Termina
tion of War-Soldiers and Sailors Accorded Lion’s Share Attention
PRESIDENT REVIEWS U. S. TROOPS AT LANGRES
TELLS MEN HE AND ALLIED HEADS IN AGREEMENT
RINGING ADDRESS DELIVERED DT GEN. PERSHING
AT liOSTON . ,
Dost on, Dec. J''. The sound of!
Christmas enrols breaking tli<• tin- j
wonted silence ol the city streets as
the singers passed through the-resi
dential districts, pausing at cact
house where ;t service flag was ills*
played brought to a. close a quiet hut
joyous holiday In this city. The tain
which prevented outdoor observances
on Christmas eve ceased early in the
day and before the night the son was
shining. I'ai t of the postponed pro
gram including a pageant in (rent of
the State House and on the Common
arranged by the League of t’ree Na
tions was carried out tonight. Aside
front the customary home festivities
and church services the day was es
sentially one of ri ioieing and enter
rainment for soldiers and sailors,
man \of tiK-m home from their victo
rious fighting overseas. The war camp
community set vine provoked a Christ
mas frolic in Horticultural hall to
night. at which gifts were distributed
to service men. Other patriotic organ
izations kept open house at service
clubs for the men in uniform Dinner
tables m thousands of homes spread
their bounty tor soldier and sailor
guests, ’file patients in the naval and
marine hospitals were cheered with
suitable entertainment. Jn remem
brance of the poor, which was gen
erous. service men themselves took
a hand. The officers anil men of the
battleship Nebraska. l<5r example,
provided a Christmas patty for a
hundred children of the South Knd
district. Kven those without human
comprciiension ol the meaning ot the
day were given good cheer. A special
(Continued on Page 4. Col. 8)
H PEACE POINTS
Have Been Accepted
by Belligerents
Declares Count von Bernstorff, For
mer Ambassador to U. S. Only
Question to Be Discussed Is Thoir;
Interpretation
j.ari;- r>f -. .,.-.‘11 tlie belligerents!
have accepted President Wilson's 11
points and the only question to be dis
cussed is their interpretation.'' said
Count von Bernstorff. former German
ambassador to the United States, in giv
ing his opinion of what Germany s at
titude would l>e at the peace conter
eneo. according to the Geneva corre
spondent of the Matin. • Germany," de
clared the count, "will keep to the
1 resident's program, which grants each
p0Oplt of an ethical group the right to
dispose of itself.
Asked if he thought the Presidents
program would furnish the basis for a
lasting peace. Count von Bemstorff
shrugged his shoulders. "This is the
onlv one which can be proposed at pres
ent." no added, "and the attempt must
be made to apply to i'. At any rate we
shall support it."
When he was asked by the correspon
dent what attitude Germany would
adopt toward the Hast, lie replied: Ail
ihe questions concerning the new states
which have sprung up on the Russian
frontier are the affairs of the Allies,
lat them disentagle things as best they
can We wash our hands of Russia. Wc
aie content to safeguard as far as pos
sible the integrity of our territory, con
sulting at the same time the will of the
populations."
Asked about the White Book which
Karl Kautskv is said to lie preparing in
Berlin. Count von Eemstorff said. "1
don't think the book will reveal the in
dividual responsibilities of the persons
tvi,o directed Germany in 1914. It will
rather show the collective faults of the
regime. 1 do not favor handing over
the Kaiser to the Allies. A sovereign
is n,it responsible for the policy of liis
government."
5 KILLED AND 27
HURT IN WRECK
AT NORGE, OKLA.
Chiekasha, Ok., Dec. 25— Five persons
lost their lives and 27 were injured. 10
of them seriously, when a St. Louis <&
Sail Francisco freight train crashed into
a passenger train at Norge. Ok., sis
miles southwest of Chiekasha. today. i
Among the dead was Second Lieutan- i
ant .1. H. Mcl*srsn, addjj^ss unknown. |
BRYNHILDA SAFE
Now at Algoa Bay,
South Africa
Thought to Have Been Lost Through
Striking Mine Off American Coast
Late in Septembei—News Brings
Joy to Relatives of Crew
New York. Dei-. —“Arrived, Dee.
1:0, ship Brynhilda, at Algoa Bay,
South Africa." This brief routine an
nouncement in the cable sl.ip news
received here Christmas eve may
prove to be th* best Christmas gitt
possible to the wile and family of
Capt. J. S Keunmallj. master ot the
ship, who live at Maiden, Maes., and
to the families of her crew of tl men
in that it is news from a ship pre
sumed to have been lost n ith all on
board through striking a 'submarine
mine off the American coast late in
September.
The Brynhilda, with a full cargo,
inciuding a deckload of lumber, left
here Sept. 117 for South African port?.
Two days later a passing steamer
picked up a lifeboat, badly damaged
as if fmm an explosion, to which was
still fastened part of the davits torn
from the ships side. The boat was
definitely identified as having been
part of the Brynhilda’s e'/uipmenr.
and later on navy craft searching the
scene ror survivors found consider
able quantities of floating lumber and
wreckage which was also identified as
coming from the same vessel.
The ship carried wireless but noth
ing was heard from her. N val ships
instituted a search and requests were
sent out to vessels covering th-* route
the Brynhilda would have taken to
watch for the ship m- some evidence
of survivors. Nothing was h2i:rd and
her owners gradually accepted the
belief that she had gone down with
all hands. Tills belief was so firmly
shared by thr underwriters that they
paid SO per cent of the insurance on
the ship and her cargo.
Maritime records show no other
vessel of the same name and the own
ers. the Cosmopolitan Shipping Co..
today cabled Algoa Bay for confirma
tion of the arrival and tor a report
by the captain. In tlie meantime the
captain's wife was notified by tele
gram that the ship had been report
ed and that it was possible the sea
had given up its supposed dead.
The Brjnhilda is a sailing ship of
1,502 tons gross register, built at
Glasgow m !<>s5 and was reconstruct
ed two fears, ago when the demand
for tonnage made heavy call on sail
ing craft.
BOLSHEVISM
Widespread A m o n g
Released Russians
Who Arc Making Their Way Home
ward Through Poland—Causing
Much Trouble by Lawlessness in
Search For Food—Many Joining
Bolsheviki Army
Warsaw, Monday, J "c S. -fBy the
Associated Press).—The flocks of re
leased Russian prisoners who are mak
ing their way homewhard through Po
land, all of whom appear to he tainted
with Bolshevism and are recognized ac
a danger in this respect by the Polish
authorities, :■ e in fact attracting much
trouble by their lawlessness in their
search for food. The Bolsheviki are tak
ing advantage of the penniless plight
of these first thousands of released
i prisoners whose total number is esti
' mated :.t two million, and have picked
up several thousand of them for their
army by offering ihe men clothes, food
and money, of the last of which there
is plenty sirce the Bo's'neviki control
ll.e printing presses for the production
of rubles. The first important arrests
have just been made of Bolsheviks who
are arriving from Russia with rubles
for the purpose of agitation and are
spending several thousand rubles daily.
Four men were taken into custody on
this occasion. They claimed they had
the right to spend their money as free
ly as they pleased. They are declared
to be for the most part Russian Jews,
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THE WEATHER
LOCAL SNOWS
North New England: I-oca 1 snows
and colder Thursday; Frida> gen
' erally fair
South New England: Partly cloudy,
I colder Thursday. Friday fair.
East New York Partly cloudy and
somewhat colder Thursday; Friday
I fair.
Bozton Forecast
Forescast for Boston and vicinity:
Thursday partly < loudy, colder. Fri
day fair, moderate to fresh west
winds.
General Forecast
Winds along the North and Middle
Atlantic Coasts will be moderate to
fresh west. The southwestern dis
turbance of the last two days is
| central off the east Maine coast to
i night. i
NO INTERVENTION
In Russia on Large
Scale at Present
Would Involve Difficulties and Dan
gers of All K mds—Sol ution at
Present is to Guarantee Moral
Support to Various Governments
Which Have Sprung Up
Pari.-I, Dpi?, 25—The Allied govern
ments have decided against further
intervention in Russia. tit least for
the present, according to indications
from official sources. Great Britain
anil the United States, it is repre
sented, while recognizing that Rus
sia should be assisted in a way to
permit her getting back tf» normal
conditions, point out that military
intervention on a large scale would
involve difficulties and danger gif nil
j kinds.
■ Stephen Pi'hon, the French foreign
minister, explained to the committee
: on foreign relations yesterday that
the solution at present favored was
to guarantee moral support to the
governments which have sprung up
at various points on Russian and
Siberian, territory.
Fore River Ship
Employee Killed by
Auto at Weymouth, Mass.
Weymouth. Mass., Dec. 25.—-Harry
Quilliean. an employe of the Fore
Hi vet Shipbuilding Corporation was
struck and killed by an automobile
i r. Bridge street. North Weymouth,
tonight. The machine was owned
and driven by .John B. Rudderham. a
prominent resident of Hull. Rudder
ham picked the man up and drove to
the police station at Quincy where he
said that Quiliigan had been walk
ing in the street and that he had not
seen him until the car was almost
ut>on him. The Quincy police held
Rudderham on a charge of man
slaughter and he furnished $1,000
bail.
GERMANS RETURN SIX
BILLION FRANCS TAKEN
FROM NO. FRANCE BANKS
Paris. Dec. 23.—(Havas).—The Ger
mans have returned stocks taken from
the banks in northern France, amount
ing approximately to 6.(00,000.000 franca.
Several safes, weighing from five to
seven tons each, which the Germans
did not open and are now in Brussels,
will be brought back shortly to Valen
ciennes. .
AT NEW YORK r
New York, Dec. 25.—Xcw York to- 1
day celebrated its greatest Christmas |
since war clouds enveloped the |
world. In every church was poured j
torth praise that ptaee had come j
again to mankind while homes with |
out number offered prayers of '
thanksgiving for loved ones spared in j
the fiercest conflict of all time.
The spirit of unselfishness was j
abroad as never before. The trials !
which the nation had endured in the '
anxious months before Germany was!
beaten to her knees apparently had j
purged the city’s millions of petty j
desires and had taught them the true j
joy of giving. From the Bowery to 1
Fifth Avenue. New Yorkers joined m
common celebration.
Soldiers and sailors were feted at i
every hand, and while the eelebra- 1
tion centered on the military, the
metropolitan poor were not neglected.
Welfare organizations entertained
thousands from dawn until far into j
the night, and countless men and '
women without formal alliance took !
boys in khaki and blue into their !
homes to share their own Yuletide!
cheer. The spirit of giving reached I
even to the Waterfront where on the |
giant Leviathan and other ships,
thousands of orphaned children were
made to feel that Santa Claus was
indeed a very real person. In the
Hudson, where the home tlect lay at
anchor rea'.'f' to welcome tomorrow
the warships returning from over
seas. approximately lu.OOO sailors ate
their Christmas dinner at noon in
mess rooms gaily decorated with
holly and wreaths. The meal ended
the blue jackets joined in singing
carols and later cleared the halt for
“stag" dances, made possible by
‘•Jazz" bands organized among the
crews. The men were given shore
liberty but many, strangers in this
port, preferred to remain aboard for
Hater, however, cutlers darted from
warships to landing stage and by dusit
only skeleton crews remained aboard.
Tonight greet Christmas trees, ablaze
with electric light bulbs, were scattered
through the city's squares from the
Battery to the Bronx, and grouped
about each tree were thousands who, in
giving or receiving, found there the real
spirit of Christmas. The Ked Cross dis
tributed presents to and provided enter
tainment for 13,000 soldiers and sailors
in hospitals and camps. Ten thousand
families opened their homes to one jr
more service men who were provided
holiday dinners. At War camp commu
nity huts throughout the city-15,000 sol
diers were beneficiaries of gifts, amuse
ment and food. At many Broadway
theatres the men found attendance
free. The Y. M C A . Y. W. C A .
Salvation Army and other war wore
organizations contributed similarly to
make this day a joyous one for dough
boy and tar. In'every hospital where
these men die sick or wounded bundles
of presents were, placed at the bedsides
At the Battery and in Madison Square
yuletide celebrations were held tonight,
men In uniform and civilians joining
in festivities around tall Christmas trees
ablaze with colored lights. Children of
the allied nations were the guests of
army and navy men at these ceremo
; nies. and the service me i were trans
ported from all parts of the city in om
I nihuses commandeered by relfare war
1 workers.
Men of th<- allied merchant marines
who have survived l.'-boat attacks
found their welcome at the searmen a
i church institute, where Christmas din
ners were served and useful presents
distributed. The Salvation Army aban
doned its customary program of dinners
for “down and outs. ' but instead pro
vided 10.000 meals for needy families and
presented safety razors to army and
navy men who visited the organization
headquarters. For men who could rot
come because of their wounds Christ
mas trees and entertainments were pro
vided in some of ihe hospitals. San la
ciaus visited many of the police sta
tions and ministered to the children of
the poor wulai candy, clothing, fruit and
toys. To the wives and children of hun
dreds of men who are in prisons the
“Volunteers of America'’ sent packages
containing clothing and other useful ar
ticles. Within the Tombs and other pe- ,
nal institutions men nnd women were
provided with dinners, gifts and enter
tainment to make their Christmas day
a happier one to bear.
Orphaned children of New York
OKyand Hoboken, little folks at
whose homes financial circumstances
made Christmas a slim affair, and ,
-New sies'' from the Hoboken streets I
and New Jersey terminals number- |
ingr in ail more than 1.^00. Were the j
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W ILSON AND l . S. ROYS
Ohaumont. Dei-, -j.—(Hy The As
sociated I• i ss)— President Wilson
receive i a most eoiui.il welcome to
day from the people of Chaumont. :i
town watch lias lieen closely asso
ciated with the histoo ot the \mcri
can expedition;/1 > forces in Prance
and is now the headquarters of the
commander-in-c hi* f. It is the town
from which America's part in finish
ing the war wav directed. The Presi
dential train, which h :t Paris at mid
night. dew into lhe t'hanmont sta
tion at 'i o‘i lock (his morning (Jen.
Pershing, ilm. Wirhcl, the Kreneh
oftiiei commanding Hie zone. M. Hos
sicn, prelect of the department of
-Marne, and M. l.c vy - Alpha ndery,
mayor of t'haumont. were on the
platform to receive the President and*
Mrs. Wilson, who aftei responding to.
the cordial gieeiings. passe i through'
a salon hung with ted tapesliies aud
flags to the courtyard where a com-,
pane of the 109th l«’rench Infantry
and a. Company .f the lO'.'nd Ameri
can Infantry were drawn up to ren
der honots.
President Wilson reviewed the
American troops at I .angles, south
easi of Chaumont, this afternoon, in
accordance with the prearranged,
program. The review t .ok place on
tin t.angres plateau. Accompanied
hy Mrs. Wilson the President return
ed here and took a special train lor
the North coast, whence tie will em
hark for England.
In his address to the American sol
diers today President Wilson said
llu.t h< did not imd m the hearts of
the great had. is with whom he was
i:o-operatiirg any riiflorcnce of pnn
ciide or of fundamental purpose.
Tne exterior ot the statu r. and the
courtyard had hecn decoi&teJ lor tb«
occasion h> \m> man soldiers with
the i-'e-nch and American colors. Af
ter passing the guard ot honor in re
view, the President took his place in'
a molor ear and the party proceeded
to the Cit\ hall. Dense crowds massed
behind the lines of guards and thn
streets were brilliantly decorated and
hung with banners bearing inscrip
tions of welcome. As the parly passed
through I he people of t'haumont
joined in continuous acclamation
of the President.
PRESIDENT RESPONDS TO
CHAl MONT ADDRESS
Oiaumont. Pec < Hy The As
rooiated Prc.ssi -In response to :tn
address presented to hint at the .lo
ti I I to Villf soon after his arrival
here. Presidi n' Wilson said "I feel
that 1 have been particularly honor
ed in the generous reeeption >ou have
given me and it is the more delight
ful because it so obviously romes
from the heart. And I cannot hut be
lieve thill it is an instinctive te
sponse 10 the feeling that is in mv
breast because I think that even von
who feel contact with our soldiers
cannot hut realize the depth and sin
cerity of the feeling of the I’nitod
States for France.
"It is an ancient friendship which
is not only tentative, but one based
upon a communion of principle.
"You have spoken very generously
and beautifully of the relations whi:it
have sprung up between yourselves
and bur soldiers. That is because they
came not only to associate themselves
with you as tlie- champion of liberty
but they came with personal affec
tions in their hearts for the people of
France, and i: must# have been that
which you realized. They did noi
<-ome as strangers in their thoughts.
They brought with them something
that made them feel at home the mb
mint they were at Havre or at lirest
in France
1 So I am very much moved by be
ing thus drawn, as they have been
into your midst and into vour confer
ences and wish to thank you very
warmly for litem and the people of
the Fnited States. I, like them,'shall
carry away with me the most de
lightful recollections and in mv
heart shall always say as I nowsay.
•Vive I.a France.' ”
Gen. Pel-shins Speaks
To President and Troops
Chaumont, Dec. '£>.—< By the Associat
ed Press).—Immediately alter the re
ception at the Hotel He Ville. President
Wilson with Hen. Persh ng and party
motored to Humes, where the President
reviewed a detachment of the first army
of the American expeditionary formee.
Addressing the troops, 'Jen. Pershing
said:
"Mr. President and Fellow .Soldier*:
We are gathered h eYo today to do hon
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