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ALLIES PROMISED
200,000 TROOPS
BY ABYSSINIA
Emperor Pledged Services
of Army, French Offi?
cial Says.
DSF OF SOLDIERS
IN EGYPT URGED
Tran?por? ?'?'? n h>' thc Japan?"-**-*
,ted McKenna
May Be Viceroy.
the
s de
I. iada
?
?Jence
? this !
that the
?reaty i
! rench
? ? French port of
Abys- '
could |
? roops, i
,-vncd,
?
most
n of
tad for
- He I- To !>??
Appointed Viceroy of India
? r of
Kenne, au
?
i
..: ?
nial Russians
?lerican Building
? ??. s.
?
?
IS allega
?
airmen
:zlou
.ted in
.
? i, in
'oats
aiding fly
?
m Con
?
who had been
? ? .. . .
Em
?**s)' al an
ive immedi
?
KAISER WOULD
EXPEL ALLIES
i ned from pas' 1
turn* of
?*
ui* A'v;.- ? ? e? ait It due ?
-.traut
'?
Italy Supply II
Bg in
dis
?
M
*? uiK
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ay of
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S_ UM ?
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n camp.
u_
*mm m j ?
Aus
; -
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jr01' day?'
. re was
'? L
?
fc?. mta*
HOLDS UP COD LIVER OIL
New foundlsnd lind* t.ermsns lue It
?n Making Kxplosives.
y . Doc IT. Restr C
Newfoundland government
?
ere annoaaced to-day. Be*
I rtr.ation had been received
large quantity of ell had found
ita way to <>ermany. where the glycer
.tained in it could be utilixed in
the manufacture of explosives, the gov
ii.1 the licenses
under which traders formerly exported
the product.
II? reiifter oil may be sent to the'
? y if consigned to the
? cens?is g?-n?*ral _t New York or
B, or to a few firms which have
dur?, d by the consulates. Ar i
been made for the
?Bion by the consuls of any re
chiprr.. rom 'h*? l'nited States
ther countries.
The -' "' cod liver oil '
from ?he colt?! y eoi i yeas is about 87,
alloas, valu? d at .soo.ooo.
MRS. ASQUITH
ACCUSES "GLOBE"
Seeks to Restrain London
Paper from Publishing
Alleged Libels.
London, Dec 17. Mr?. Herbert II.
. ? the Premier, appeared
?is a ? Chancery Court to?
day, demanding an order to restrain
"The Globe" from the publication of ;
i libels. Mrs. ?-sqsrith. ?
a w h('le . before the
r:t Mrs Asquith has
deliberately pursued In the de?
fendant's newspaper with accusations '
of disloyalty and of association with
German prisoners at Bonning"ton Hall,
.?-he has beer, described as a traitor and
a disgrace to her sex, and attacked in
most opprobrious terms. These at
tacks were systematically and malevo
malatalaed and were only sus- i
I after the writ had been issued. '
The attorney opposed "The Globe's"
' for a postponement, urging the
court not to deprive the plaintiff of
this opportunity to clear herself pub
"Tho persecution of Mrs. Asquith
. r. nearly a whole year,"
he said. "It began last apring in an
wbieh the defendant
was nf a lower
; i Globe.' That ]
ologise publicly and. at Mrs. As
I i'i" to the Ked
The same people who
nated these libels through 'The
M ( t*nonymous let
ntiff, and imputations
Wl re made in social cir
? r has row come to a
where the ricftndants
. ? to account and made
their reasons for the accusa
? ;el pointed out
that ? .tits in question were
? ?? . ' ? 1 name,
? min
Thers was sufficient evidence,
? d, tu chow that ?Mrs. As
?luith was the person referred to. i
? I. a confession had
? I of the parties
"to th bela which are cal
confidence in the ad?
ministr?t!'
The defendant having undertaken to
-.. from publishing anything af
urt allowed the
until Tuesday.
, i.ourned the
Said Mr?. Asquith
.-.der oath of the
? ntS concerning her.
FRANCE APPROVES
OF HAIG AS CHIEF
Praises Sir John French?Berlin
Press Doubtful as to What
Chanpe Means.
Paris. I'ec. 17. The appointment of
General ?ir Douglas Haig as British
snder-lB'Chlef In place of Field
Marshal Sir John French was entirely
! ranee, where it has
made a great impression. The presa it
[ restions of regret at
the departure of Field Marthal
particular emphasis
on his set-.-iee* during the trying
times when the war opened.
SI. expr?s? tstisfaction
that Field Marshal French is sneceed
: nifl most apt pupils, whose
bin! good luck is mentioned,
pe that it may prove to be
a favorable omen.
<ral Haig has been in close and
? int relations throughout the war
tho French General Heedqunrte-?,
his appointn.ent is received w ?.
immense satisfaction," eays "Le
Matin."
London, Dec. 17 German news
* the most part seem to he
? view- the appointment
? r Douglai IL?.g as Briti?h
in place of Field
al Sir John French
from two Berlin new?
er, is q mted by Beutel '?
V-isterdam. The
' jtik" charac'
si Ms pushful,
while the "Lokal
taig I
? o.mmand of large
FORD PEACE SHIP
LEAVES KIRKWALL
British Require Bond for Return
of Contraband to Ln^land.
1 he steamship Os?
car II, board '.he Ford p?ace
? | /.wall this aftei
. ' 'iristiania and CopoBha_?en
? :,t she had been
and was made by the
tr* ? lired that eet
Iteaatshlp's car?'.
g und The cap
'a.n of the Oscar II baa give* ? bon i
. ,? , f .. ,
n, which has been ?!?
r rgaat renue??
. allowed te pro
[" 'tish authori'ie?
iCd arrant*?* PSaPS If
eaatries.
UNIONS GROWLING AT FORD
Warned In heep Peace at H?ime In
ituiidm_ Pinada,
labor Balaai are beginning '
Henry Parti The central i
? : ' u orfaniiation yaoterd
?'. t )iht the antoaiehils
tnrti ea ploy as lea label II
Okla- i
Ls
"Perhaps Mi pard
? ' gnan Is an esce? dingl,
??mlea lllilttt," I
PARIS EXPECTED
A SHORT WAR
-
"Now No One Can foresee
When It Will End," Says
Finance Minister.
PUTS COST SO FAR
AT 38 BILLIONS
London Subscribes $120.000.000
to New F rtnch I.nan Russian
Issue a Success.
? ?. || delayed i, li
toarse of his demand to*
?han : that th? chamber
grant three months' credit on the'
account, Alexandre
"
thst the sabscription to the I
French nstional loan from London ;
tlone n
The minister ths caleula
oitecrning tl of the loan
WM fhr from I
fore he won
tire. He stated tha' he eoal
?vi-r, that t)ie country nad BBBS
II and thn- been
a similar number of ? ?? He -
declared that the loan had been made '
dtion ,
played no part in it, end that the sub
scriptioas '
ine.
"At ths i.ret ning of |
said M. Kihot, "financial c'.:
took a secondary place. We ii
think the war would las'
months, and now no one can :
ta I end."
In the course of the discussion Dcp-'
?
had c - ?,,] her
whole, he said, had expem;.
Preach expenditures at the beginning
of the conflict were
month, whi
M. Ribo:
ment that as one measure of finan?
cial relief the government had decided
to propobe an extraord.i.ary tax i
i kptional ii..:-- realised darii ,
war.
The chamber, by 6o4 to I, voted the
credits asked on account of 1
semester of
Russian Banks Subscribe
$300,000,000 to New Loan
Petrograd, Dec 17. The foi
details were fur:.
ces :.
the Rn
nor cent: Three hundred n
iars uas aabscril
and the remainder was piacid at the
ditposal o." the
have take- 111 00 wor-h.
The success of the !
assured through the popnlai
tions, which are continuing t
tion is regarded in official c :.
being vor] tisfactoi
when ? red that 1
is not accustomed to the absorption of
large state .
The I iaance Ministry has
prepared a bill providing for a general
increase In dir? et ": I Indirect
tion. to result
increase in revenu'?.? lO.OuO i
annually.
At for indirec
of prim?; necessity w.M !
yield more. W
trie.'y are
.. C"f
fee and matches .??.
SAYS DERBY HAS WON
2,000,000 NEW MEN
London "Daily News" Reports
270.000 Direct Enlistments.
- - -
London, Her IT. The official results
of Lord Derby'i reem I i ? --Io an?
? eing free i sd in
cal cire'.??. I* ii? said 1
number of attestations ws
and m addition I
a din
?
new men.
"In g ? - c these unofTicIs
says "The 1 ?aily Newa," " I ?
attes*;.
winnowing process which
on. and thai
ment can be formed OB
rer deductions from the gi'
tal may be necei
will remain -that, althougl
?
at the nation, call a:.'.M ei two n
men have heer? foaad *pring
tu ar; , A
this number more than a *?
million have i * into the
army without waiting f"r the working
of the gro ;
600 WAR HORSES
IN SEA BALAKLAVA
I ?Mtlaaod from |*B?e 1
animn era was no i
"'.?'??:? . - To hell wil
i horses, if you want to tuve
. ?? ted I
hole. One
aloft, and .
the lighter larch? I,
brimais light for Ufa.
I Net a sound rnmc from Die '
below Tie of
on the upper tier made the deck
and plunged into the ley waters of the
?
n the blind
a ni the J' ?
The/
?
?ruft passing, Harl
nade a mi
' firebnat I'nane was h.
In the i
riverfror.? Was forgotten 8U|
? ' . be Anchi.i
ed all
an aal
hor?.
'Ili'
the erewe el
-.. becam? '.?; Oi
.orses were dru ?
Rice.
the i r. v?. lo ? his bal
anr?. and f.- SB) I .t the rnd "f h ?
laase went down as the would-b?
. I fell
A cry of "Man overboard!" was an
awered by Marvifl Loar, el th? crew,
and be draggi I te safeti
( real beb I s he dldn'l
. . | r ?
I
_?>i Erie h er fall itaam.
It had r? ' ?'"
j?jm^mm^m mem mem? *>? . ^?- mi'mu> \
gling in the water. I.a??os came oat,
and two of the animals were rapture.'.
he ropes about their bodiei
animait were towed Dl
ty-third Street and ho
?nimals wer
?
of Cruelty to Animal- I '
-
Marry Howard and Si Simon.
? up a r.g?,
both animai?
.
aid saved one; the other d ?
The ? police boat hove
to aJongsidi I ? Just
?
I
about two buadn
the^e ? is I
one hers?
top of a
? th?re it hung, a mal
- ?
?
Sarge of carmg
...
Mr
the Anchor Line. !!??
to bring out
? ?
'. II v
that wer.
I I
It is estimate ibably be
?
board ??
? ? will
In r s ei
amp'.? played in
rl
of the crew of the J1
I
?
?
Hundred? of .1. on the
which
wa? lighted by searc
shore.
The sinking of the barge wit?
he All i< red
a A
sugar vessel, the Crag ? sum?
mer.
RINTELENS RELEASE
SOUGHT BY GERMANY
Offers to Exchange Canadian
Ex-Minister for Captain.
Mont) IT. The German gov
ernmei _e Dr.
Henri ? i
?
..- to advic -
ere to-ds
I>r.
: .:1 of
Antvv. ?
? r was removed
?
roots tatas to Hal
He has be?
?
in, nndei ?
He has been
I
? ?
the
I si
York for obtaining a false past
?hen taken
?
to Mr. Forement
r Borden, who
?
? r I'r
?
t<
outlir. s Val
can to l'a lib- .
?y Howard,
? '
wrote :
"The Papal Nuncio at Ifuniel
been .- ??ern
thnt the libers
would ;
Cap
en, now held pi ? i.ner in
I hone tl si
.
the (.? ernment i
will be pe
PLOT TO BLOW UP
WELLAND CANAL
? nntlmieil from pii.e I
?
their
ephone calls, whiili wci
tig Up the ?
leged plotters and their allies we*
call whicb
?
? me at I'ahst Cafe."
rtain inter
ests as wegonkamp, Wegener, Winter,
Staml' ? and T. W.
ay.
he represented
Murphy, .lames Blank. Kell? .1
dy ?
/ as C. D.
?
: of hnving
proco n Goal
re thi
?
srman
?' ?
arrest of Koenig was made as
? at his desk in I
V-lericiin I ?
oso of
a number i
the
?
? . ? I pn
lemorandn which the Federal ait
thorit.. will clear un the work
of the
now impriaoned In default of
0 bail.
Canada Unaware of J'J'ot
to Destros Weiland Cana!
, , .? ? '
?
?
laaL
, ithori
? iiP a).
CHINESE ATTACK NEWSPAPER
Baaab Thrown a) the Building of a
Shanghai Hall?..
Shanghai. I'?. 11 A bomb was
throw it the 1 ngof "The
Asiatic I'S- : P,ln
whieh
to nush
? f the
ly wat !
the i
i cony
?if the baildiag. The damage was:
?mall and there were no casualties. |
"Ii.e Daily News" was the only.
iper to pui'li-h the,
il orders la r?gi. cele-,
- i. .,'. 'tie i ? Yuan
?runt of the bl)
a bomb ispleeioB in
? ber, m ?* i
? mo tn?- groand
? been rebuilt, hmv
___ ___? _____ ?*??? i?mU. t
BRITISH SCORN
EARLY PEACE
Forces at Last Ready. Na?
tion Prepares for
Greater Efforts.
PREDICTS QUICK
GERMAN DECLINE
London Analyst Says 1 nemys
.Streagti Will Benin to Wane
in a Month.
Bj un m I | DSAPI R.
i? in no
tram* of mind for ron-idermi? pea?.-.
?rcrtarM -? ? -
. has ?he recoc?
has in
and how mocil nvjst be accomplished
honorable peace" ran SO
?UM.?. Though the erst, tanancially and
r.umer , ?h.
'
t/Oth in men and money. It ha?
und a hftlf to collect
v that
- '
?
rmation her* I
that
t'y ha? rea'- ?ht of her
? . ? a
will Ml in in ?ix ?
? a keen, i . 1 an
I t?nn
f the "ene
I ir Britain's
?? r hand, he?
advantl a
Fur: r
a- wllO
? the Balkans. !i ?xpeet
'
I rent
?
?ike a
will be liiKting and
II war
for ma. ?orne.
? groan and warn about
admit
?
-'
tany.
Mr. M.Kei
ration'! wealth I new
?
'
.- ?
:-.y to
-?ve more for the ?t?te to use in
?g.
rtnight agro there wore ?orne
of restleianeat, verging on a
form of panic, ?speeches by men
hijvrt in official life, following a lone
reversa.?, r
??? ar.d a hundred and one
anees and disappointments, left
the country' wondering ??"?at .'. wa
about.
M hy men back from the
trenches told of the hardship? - t_B
? : human endurance they I I
face, and tl ? help to r*
? :a'.ion. Rumort and
-
? -...?
?ad ? ?s little wonder
peace *?> ercu'.ate and
gsir ???i?.'"l. It is said that ever;
-,ot members had los?, touch
th- people.
kai sen a
?
to a clear
gramme o? : rognai ?ad er* ?
.
nothing has hear!
r? ' g
?
? rnoi
mont.
Th.
July th* Welltl coal miner? har*' y
? '
: look for m a country a
union? are opposed to c.nscrp
? r any form of com?v;
po?e.i ?
of the South \\'n
the |?j ? ,
ml Labor partv. but he
asked
.ment tritt ?? ? i
and relentless |
of tht --ese ?ame minor?
made ? ? ? wonder m
demoi tu m
? -eir feelings In no ??
tain way. It ?a i g blow to
- and Germany's hopo ?'.
m?,
Mo.-?- loenl in character but nono the
lr?? tigniflcnnt was blow Ne, 2. which
n Monday night. E. P. Moral,
- ?p| ??:?r? ?i in Th? Tr
moathl hack, antl Charles Trevcl
yan. who recently made a "<<??
fpeech in Parliament, were the chief
?ts scheduled to talk under th?
at of
il hall.
Admilllon ?a? freo antl the hall was
Bni before the spoakor
ftarted the audience, made up Mttl
-lidian
???ok things
antl who?.
? |
-.
i ti i r Member, of l'.tr
?-iice the platform
it was a lively
little meeting while it lasted and full
Ut not of th(
?r Mr. Moi
I .iTie.
FRENCH EMBARGO GROWS
Ceaaal ?.eneral at Paris tables I . S.
\biiul Ni? Ust,
A meagre dis
?ul l_ent i
." Department to
l?id the French government had
1 a new and important embargo
. _
No details were given.
BRITISH HOLD SWEDISH SHII
Former Holland- Vmerica I iner Pot?
dam Taken to K i rk** ?all.
London, Pec. 11. The So
eteamship ?
land-Amcr.ca l.ner P ??-..-? hound
from Gothenburg for New
a general cargo, has been I
? all by th'
The Stockholm * .< purchased in Oc?
tober by ?
?i her
? r the
?
GERMANS RENEW
THRUST IN RUSSIA
Bepin Fresh Movencol in Void)
nia, but Kail in first Attacks.
Petrograd Reports.
'. <ee. 17. T i
Velhyi
I'ctrograd Three se
Pubno arc recorded in the officia'
manic ? tes thai
?
north are
?
lapse of Russian at'...
MCI ' e sunn r. -
I 0PPICTA1
The '
- .rtli of
Lake Driv)
era
our favo) .tnber
nf prisoners, some machi i
rrhlights.
was mark'?) hf
em y in..* ?
ments of the
vitsy, on the Ikwe Bl I faur
*???? miles north of Pubno. Toward
evening the ? tied to his
trenches under
Fast of Hutchach the ?nemy twice
assumed the offensive against the
heights abou* two miles from the
village of Medviednitsa, hat both at?
tacks wer.
GERMAN OPPICIAL.
The German stal ITS!
Hindenhu - tackt be
? ?
broke down during the nigh'
early morning in front of our ?
tions. with considerable losses to th.?
enemy, (?ne hundred and ?
men remain in our hswdf
GERMAN WARSHIP WRECKED
Bodies of Officers Found on Baltic Isl?
and Where Patrol Boat Foundered.
London, Dec IT, The German p
boat Bunz has been wreck?
island of I.angeland, in the Bal'
according to a dispateh - the 1 ?hange
Telegranh Company from Copenhagen.
The bodies of terveral German of?
ficers were found on the shop-,
dispatch add?
?. S. WAR SALES
ALMOST A BILLION
Total for Fifteen Months
Excludes Foodstuffs
.nid Clothing.
.< 100,000.000 WORTH
SOLD IN OCTOBER
?' htivei Qollg Abroad Were
Valued at II0I.87S.8C9 and
firearms at S13,40 4.625.
-
War i-?rplie?
?han tbree-quai.-tor? ?I
?von? export ??! froia
1 r 81, till.
to account
' foodstuffs
and elothing. The _nlj tere item?
? ?' ii?*r then?*
the ?bore total Mr? sugar
and men's boots and shoes.
i '" th* w ar ?r
1*9,403.
' "?onr-.'sent-xl th?
i
r : eg 'he pj?.
I ore valu- ! .t 51.
T'ij rep ret. i patenta
?tenta of explo
* ere valued at 5. ? ',Jpt$. nrfo
ihipmentt representing f i ?
Ol??.
? d part? of au'omr?
pmi lient place in
these, ctjnr value. ft?r the
months b?ing Hldd-f.ltt.
Commercial automobile? ?hipped out of
the co-m'ry titi'ing <>ctoh?_" last num
? I^MT.IM, and
Rger automobiles, S.47?, valued at
12,74?,
The tremendous sale of a,immobiles
to the t ?owera i-, no sign
that horses are no longer h va!jali|e
?n war times. The value ?
hortet and mule?
trot 1121,*
;?
?' mules,
value?! at ? . nrere exported.
? ?! a'
-.- of at roplanea, worth
? airted during October.
.lue of the*
'laaillthi emle.l Or
- 1 to $.3-4 ,
Sal' ? boot! and shoet were
' aiming the iirat ftf.
menthe of the war. Th? to:?!
rts during that
; .3,469, Oetebet alone
recording ^iinn-it'Tita of .Y'.'0,15'i pair?,
?reined a*. $M ;_
Who the Republican
Presidential Candidate Will Be
As Foretold by
685 REPUBLICAN EDITORS
FROM MAINE TO CALIFORNIA
I he Editors of IMF. LITERARY DI GEIS I have made a country-w?de inquiry of
Republican l.ditors, Senators, and Representa fives to learn their choice for the Presidency.
IV result of this poll is published in THE Ul ERAR Y DIGEST for December 18th.
platforms, and candidates are suggested and discust and the chances of victory
analyzed Every -?hade of Republican sentiment is reflected, and ?ill sections of the
country are represented. Altho one Illinois editor claims that
The Republicans Can Elect a "Yellow Dog"
next year, yet he and his colleagues state that it behooves the party to pick a man who will not
shrink in size before the nation's grave problems that loom in the immediate future. Th
are four "favorite sons" who show unmistakable strength. Included in the erticl
ere
are
Exclusive Statements From
Senators Smoot, Works, Warren, Kenyon, Catron, Clapp, and Sherman,
and Numerous Congressmen
llus poll is by far the most comprehensive analysis of Republican hopes and ex?
pectations tor the coming Presidential campaign that has been made. Not the least
interesting phases of it are the views, convie ?ions, and speculations as to
What the Progressives Will Do
The exclusive and timely article outlining the Republican Party's views upon their
(.mdidates, policies, and platform, is by no means the only feature in the issue of The
Digest" for December 18th. As usual there will be found a wide sweep of news of
intense and general interest, among which may be mentioned:
A Presidential Peace-Message in
War-Time
The Eastern Freight-Flood
Points of Friction With Japan
Two German Captains Who Depart
Chicago's Quest of "Union-Graft"
Revolts in India
A War of Tendencies
Germany's Mysterious Peace Hints How to Cure Bad Habits
SurgicalOperationstoMusicalAccompaniment Where are the Christmas Stories of
Three Nobel Prizes for Americans Yesteryear?
The Usual Feast of Illustrations, Comprising Cartoons and Photographs
At All News-dealers, To-Day, 10 Cents
Tie Jterdry Digest
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