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WASHINGTON, D. Ct, SUNDAY, JANUARY 6. 1918. *
TWO CENTS.
KAISER OUTWITTED BY LLOYD-GEORGE
PASSENGER TRAVE CUT
20 PER CENT BY M'ADOO
Order of Director General Applies to
Eastern Roads Only; Further
Curtailment Is Likely.
DE LUXE TRAINS ON BLACKLIST
Day Coaches Will Supplant Parlor Cara on
AH Linea; Report Shows Unuaual
Congestion of Freight.
Director General McAdoo last night announced that, beginning to
day, pa.senger travel on all the Eastern railroads would be curtailed 20
per cent.
This will apply principally to the Pennsylvania, Baltimore and Ohio
and the New Haven roads.
There will be little, if any. reduction of passenger trains in the
West; nope on the coast. Commuter service will not be interfered with.
>? Mtire l>e Lau Tmbw,
Ther* ?ill be no more dp luxe J
it. ma. They wttl be turned into reg- ?
ular trains. The Congressional Lim
ited and .?? i mi tar expr?s? parlor cat*
?tiers will be restricted 'to four Par
lor care with the day coaches. Most
?'( them will he made up aa regulation .
tiay coaches.
With arts order. Director General !
McAdoo took definite steps to pre- j
\ ?/,._ shippers and consignees from !
iO-MinK freight cars on .-..dings at .
.he terminals, tie ordered that no- j
?Ace be given to all shipp is that ?
?? January ?! they must begin to un- I
? ? heir oars and have them moved
?v.thin forty-ei^ht hours.
? demurrage rharge of ?? a day
? ill be in effect from that date.
Thi* will be aaaeased against a car
after it has been in the yards eignt
for unloading.
In making the announcement Mr.
U? Adoo said:
I have rone-ented to this ehangr
because it is imperatively necessary
that the passenger travel be re- !
*;<teed ?? much, as possible in tbje
present serious - emerge*?' whipi
??nfronts the people irTtW e?et-*rn
district ?G the cowntry. ?a?
'"The trt-iKdnwri ?? the passenger '
service of tn- various railroaJs in
the Kaa-t has not m-ftd*^ pi*, a.sant
imprese i on on the p?Vnc but**Uj
must be borne In mind that the rail- |
road camparne*.? tf ? ?6**1 ?j? aUleU
- riously congested with aJF?na-'ual !
?.mount ot freight trafile, th?- move- J
uent of which is more vital to the]
t-ountry than the movement of pas- !
n?ers, and titat th? weather con- '
c ions for lite last two week? have I
seriously impeded railroad opera- '
tion"
K.?. ors nalerwayi Legisla.????.
The director general expressed him- j
-?If as greatly pleaded with the pro- ?
nions fer co-ordination of water I
transportation, as made In the bill ;
just introduced "Into Congress.
**I am very much pleased." he said, i
'"that Provision is m;>de in the rail- -
toad bill for the use of the inland <
waterways of the l*nited States in
? onnection with the railroad systems
now under government control. The
proper nee of these waterway? will
largely increase the transportation
facilities of the country and if the
pending bill is passed giving authority
to the President to expend money
Tor development of transportation
facilities, in the inland waterways.
every effort will be made to utilize
them to the full capacity'*
Director General McAdoo was in!
? onference most of yesterday with !
the passenger and traffic managers
of the northeastern roads. TI.e rail
road men submitted suggestions and
many of them will be embodied in
rules to he promulgated by the Di
rector General. Those in the con
ference were A. R. Smith, of the
New Haven: L F. \"ossburgh. of
the New York Central; W. C. Hope.
of the Jersey Central; R. E. "Wright
and J. P. Anderson, of the Pennsyl
vania, and Judge Edward Chambers,
member of the Advisory Board in
charge of the general traffic prob
lem.
l.a Pellette Opp*-e* Bill.
Meanwhile, at the Capitol, Sena
tora and Representatives were lin
ing up for the biggest fight on the
railroad bill. This will center
?round the proposal in the final
section of the admini^ti -it ion mea
sure, that the railroads shall not
return to private operation until
rnvnNCED ON PAGE TWO.
SALOONS IN PARIS
OPEN FOR SOLDIERS
American Troop?, Barred During;
Holidays, Now Served.
Paris. Jan. G..?The American bar?
In Paris were allowed to resume
h?ir "soldier trade" today after a
period of two weeks' restriction.
The order went into effect on De
cember ?1. to last over the holiday
?t>on. It was feared that pro
miscuous drinking; might lead to
trouble. Military police were posted
?t th? entrances to enforce the de
cree. The two principal American
bars are "Henry*?" and the "New
Tork B?r."
After the military authorities
?Creed upon th? order G?n. Persh
in? undertook a mor? effective
means of guarding the Americans'
morals by cancelling all Paris
leave? of absence.
U-Boats Beaten Off
By Japanese Warships
Tokio. Jan. 5.?Enemy submarines
whldi attempted to attack British
Irai?port? convoyed by Jap?neee
war-irt? in the Mediterranean on
liecember 311 were repulsed, says an
announcement from the Japanese ad
r>iralt-r. Tre w?rehio? we.? not dan -
a red.
COLLAPSE OF
CHAIRMAN ENDS
COAL MEETING
W. H. Smith Faints After
Protracted ?Session* to
Pool D. C. Fuel.
The "onfereac?' pf the committee Of
ten coal dealer^ working out the or
ganization of tbe entire coal ??usines*
of Wa-ihingtoa>?fcme to a dramatic
end late yestlSrlsy afternoon when
W If?iiiilion 4Si?mh. chairman, fainted
mid was taken to hin home suffering
:Yr,m ;i complete breakdown.
The conference began at 9 o'cloc.: in
the morning and continued m'ithout a
letup until Mr. Smith fell forward hi
a faint.
The meeting was immediately ad
journed. Mr. .Smith Jfc__i_ftkEB U> bamt\
flirfte. IT?.!! Twen
west, where he waa ordered to bed by
his physician.
Whether he will be able to partici
pate in the further conferences today
is not known. Hia physician said hi.?
condition wus grave and orde ted com
plete rest.
Plana Vet ('?mplm-lr.
Details of the plan for pooling the
ccal businesses of the city have not
ye; b-een worked out and members of
the committee refused to discuss the
conferente.
C. F. M. Fadeley has been appointed
chairman of the committee and is
working ont a draft of an organiza
tion to operate the coal business of
the city. Thia preliminary plan will
be submitted to the full committee at
a meeting at 9 o'clock thia morning in
the Coal Merchants' Associ*tion head
quarters, 1413 F street northwest.
A central office will be vstabliahed
in the quarter? of the Coal Merchants'
Association, to serve as a clearing
house of information for dealers.
Whether a directing head will be
chosen has not been decided. It
ia probable t hat one or more of
the committee wi'l take active direct
ing charge of the combined buri
ne;sees.
Coal will he distributed to dealers
'?.rough the central office. Dealers
.. ito have no coal for distribution
will allow the use of their teams
by dealers who have coal. They will
be paid for the use of their teams
CONTlNrED ON G?G.? TWO.
HAIG'S MEN REPULSE
GERM?N AIR RAIDERS
J
Aviators Figure Largely in Latest
Reports from Front.
London, .Ian. 5.?Fighting activity
on the various fronts was limited
today. On the British front in
France Gen. Ha ig s forces repulsed
several German raiding detach
ments.
A spirited artillery duel is in
progress on the Italian front in
the Asiago Plateau and Brenta
Valley sectors. In the Calcino Val
ley Teuton patrols were driven back
by the rifle Are of the Italians.
Airmen were again .active. Brit
ish fliers bombed several sheds* and
buildings of the German pero- \
dromes at Ghistell?s.
Italian aviators bombarded with
?rood ? ?fluita enemy aviation camps
and encampments and also the sta
tion at Lev ico and adjacent maga
zines. Som? casualties resulted
and ali?Itt damage was done when
"Teuton fliers bombarded Mestre,
Bassano and Castel Franco.
Two Policemen Shot
By Secret Service Men
Kansas City. Mo.. Jan. 5?Two Bov
ernment agents ?nd two city detec
tive?? assigned to ferret out "dope
? d?-ns'? met today whore ?300 worth of
nsreotics were ???.?<-??<1 rmrt not rec
oini?-ine each other as officers a bat
tle followed. Tl?r> two officers were
?hot and badly wounded. The? an
J. F. Tully. of Kansas City, and A.
L. Rithal. of St. Louis.
Six Montks for Kaiserite.
New York, Jan. j.?"Those buttons
smell badly. You should not be ?ear
inn ihls uniform." said Carl Kosswlts.
a natural?cri Gern??, a? he laid his
bassi?i on the uniform of a petty officer
of the Marine Corps. He was sent to
th? workhouse today for nix month?.
Here's Billy, His Smile, and "Ma," Too
?3G-?7***
_ii_S
home a!
choii
shed. j'irst thing
Godspeed in the Nation's Capital.
Sunday, 'Trimed" for Big Revival,
Arrives in Capital Several Hours Late;
Greeted with Song at Union Station
HUN FAILURE
SOUNDS KNELL
FOR SECRECY
Bolsheviki Forced Diplo
macy Into Open, Disclos
ing Perfidy of Plans.
By KR..XK W. (.ETTY.
Spee.nl Cable *? The Waahlaaloa
Herald ? ad New York Trlliune.
London. Jan. 5.?The Bolsheviki
have dealt a knock-out blow to secret
diplomacy. Whether they have ac
complished anything else, they hive
undoubtedly fixed the form which
future peace negotiations will take.
A good evidence of this is the wide
spread satisfaction ex**?resaed by the
entire British press over the matter
in which the Ruh.-.an delegation at
Brest-Lttovsk dragged the German
proposals into the sunlight, thereby
with a single stroke proving the false
ness of the German pretensions more
effectively, than could years of allied
propaganda.
The persiatent talk of allied or
at least British recognition of the
L?nine government is a sign of this-,
for such a suggestion would not have
bet ? tolerated a week ago.
"I do not believe' such recognition
is imminent, and the Bolsheviki
themselves apparently do not insist
I upo,ii it." Litvinoff. recently appoint
ed ambassador to Great Britain, has
? announced. He con.sidexs himself ac
? redi ted by .he Bolsheviki to the;
( British people, not to the government, j
l What ij more probable than the im
! mediate officia! recognition of the
\ L?nine government in some sort ot
working agreement landing the res
toration of order in Tetrograd. Th?
: departure of Buchanan from Petrograd
? has rendered such action possible.
? While he was there in the capacity
of Ambassador he naturally was un
able to deal with anything leti? than a
recognised government. There is a
new and interesting light thrown on
one feature of the Russian situation
by certain dispatches today from Pet
rograd which allege efforts are being
made by Russian conservative ele
i ments to establish communications
I with Austro-Germ?n delegations.
These reports would seem to con
firm warnings voiced by those with
intimate knowledge of Russian af
: fairs predicted at the time of the
Kormtoff revolution that the great-;
est danger of a separate peace was ?
that it was a way to the succ?s? of
the reactiona/?**?
By ARTHUR JOYCE.
Billy Sunday is in Washington.
He and "Ma" ?Sunday arrived last
night a little before 9 o'clock on
the Pennsylvania limited from Chi
cago?four hours behind schedule
time.
A big crowd was at Union Station
to greet the evangelist. More than '
1,000 members of the combined
Sunday choirs stood in lin? and !
sang "Brighten Up the Corner" in !
greeting. Percy S. Foster led the
singing. *
Sees l'alternarle.
The Washington campaign commit
tee, headed by Postmaster Chance,
took Billy and "Ma" in tow and
whirled them around the Tabernacle
for an "outside glimpse" of the big
building, where the Sunday meetings
will be held for eight weeks, begin
ning this morning. Then the evange
list and his wife, accompanied by the
other members of his party and the
campaign committee, wajit put to Mt.
Alto Inn, the Washington "home" of
the Sunday party, for an Informal re
ception.
At the station to greet Billy and
"Ma" Sunday were their eldest sop.
First Lieut. George M. Sunday and
his wife; Homer A. Rodeheaver,
chorister; Dr. Isaac Ward. In charge
of noon-day meetings for men; **->**.
?lames E. Walker, advance representa
tive of the party; MtM Florence Whit
beck. executive secretary and Georg:*
Ashley Brewster. pianist.
After circling the tabernacle,
preceded by four motorcycle police
men and followed- by two others,
the procession of automobiles carry
ing the committee and members of
the evangelist's party started for
the Sunday home here.
The procession went out Rhode
Island avenue to Wisconsin avenue,
and whirled up to the Inn, wh;ch
was brightly lighted for their re
ception.
Greets OM Ktlfod?,
"Fine, fine," 'Mr. Sunday exclaim
ed jumping from the machine and
turning to help "Ma" Sunday out,
and led the party into the house.
Old acquaintances Were greeted
Joyously and for a few minutes
there was no time1 for anything else
but handshaking.
He insisted that he wanted to
meet the policemen who accom
panied his party to the home and
Maj. Pullman called his men and
each was Introduced and shook
hands. Both Mr. and Mrs. Sunday
were tired from their long trip,
made without anything to eat since
-???????-???. *-uK Pi';.? Vin ? *
?.S JAIL SACK
MISSING; LOSS
IS $400,000
-'?
Postoffice Inspectors Invest
igating Disappearance of
Registered Packages.
Bps? ial to The Waahin?l<~m Herald.
New Haven, Conn., Jan. D.?Post
office inspector? have ben working
here since last Monday in an effort
to obtain some trace of a sack of
registered mail which vanished from
the postoffice on Sunday. The sack
contained many valuables said to
he worth $400,000. chiefly stock,
bonds and negotiable paper from
brokers in Boston. The postal au
thorities have notified all those who
had sent mall in this pouch of ita
loss, and believe that payment has
been stopped on most of its con
tents.
The mail sack left Ro^ton at 1?
o'clock Sunday morning. The train
was nearly two hour's late and did not
arrive at New Haven until 4 o'clock
in the afternoon. The mail ?-nck was
taken to the postoffice and laid on a
table while the clerk in charge of it
went into another room for his keys.
When he returned the sack was gone.
Since then no trace of it h.ia been
found.
ritlaaate 1,om HgU
Postmaster Philip Troup. of the
Now Haven office, claimed tonight
that thr ultimate loss caused by the
disappearance would be slight in all
probability.
Boston, Mass., Jan. 5.?An official
of the Federal Reserve Bank ad
mitted, here tonight? that postoffice
inspectors are making strenuous
efforts to locate a registered mall
pouch which has "gone astray" be
tween this ctty and New Haven.
Conn. The pouch was sent from the
Federal Reserve Bank here several
days ago.
It- was not stated that there was
evidence the pouch had been stolen
and admission to this effect could
not be obtained.
Officials said there wa? possi
bility that the ?pouch had been mis
sent and would reappear.
The pouch was made up in the
*5<-????? fwCtetoffl ?_- uvaral dava a aro.
PREMIER EXPOSES HUN PEACE PLAN;
! ALLIES' UNITY OF AIMS EMPHASIZED
Interpretation of Address
to English Labor Reflects
Solid Satisfaction.
WARNING TO RUSSIA
LINKED WITH THREAT
Separate Treaty Would Pre
clude Entente from Pro
tecting Slav Interests.
Upon the shoulders of Kaiser
Wilhelm rests full responsibility for
a further continuation of the war.
This is Washington's unofficial
interpretation tonight of Lloyd
George's portentious speech before
organized labor of England.
By "unofficial interpretation" is
meant informal, first-hand views in
official quarters.
The official interpretation, if any
is to come, must come from Presi
dent Wilson. There is a suggestion
in administration quarters that he
might see fit to follow up the Brit
ish premier with an indorsement.
???.?p? la Sliest.
The State Department, always loath
to give an opinion or an interpretation
in connection with matters of such
moment without the approval of tbe
President, withholds all comment.
Aa to selecting the occasion be did
for his speech. It Is stated, Lloyd
George acted without consulting the
G nil ed States. But because there is
each a striking similarity between
th? terms laid down by the British
premier and the term* laid down by
Presldcnt Wilson in his recent annual
message to Congres, allied diplomats
in Washington believe that there la a
thorough understanding.
The impression grows In usuali.?
well-informed Quarters that at the
recent interallied o-Miforeoces at Paris ,
and ?London, attended by Col. House,
an agreement in broad outline, if not j
as to details, was reached concerning
war aims; and an agreement was also
reached that the allied governments, ?
and the I'nited Stae*. singly or in
groups, should meet each German
*K*ace drive with a clear and unmis
ta kable definition of why <;* imaoj 'a
enemies are fighting her.
Caaae af Desaerary.
From the very date of Ame-ri
ea's eratt y into the war and Pretti
dent Wilson's first enunciation of \
America's aims in the contest there
has been felt a growing: need fori
a constant reiteration of allied war
aims in order that the German peo
ple may never lose sight of the fact
that the peoples in arms against ?
them are lighting the cause of]
democracy.
This is the put pose of Lloyd
George's speech, as seen here. Iti
is a diplomatic drive, a counter *?t- '
tack against the efforts of the!
German states-men to undermine the]
morale of theli enemies. But it is I
no evidence of weakening on the ?
part of the allie.-. Lloyd George, !
as the unofru-ial opinion here is ex- |
pressed, la not suing for peace: he I
is giving but another notice of the ?
fact that Germany's enemies are |
prepared to IKht to the last bit of1
endurance in order that tbe aims;
he outlines may be won.
Once more notice is given the ,
German people, as Washington sees
it, that the German government's,
war aims must be defeated?wheth-|
er~lhe defeat is administered In the
field or through an underminin-*: of
the German morale, are matters
which the future will determine.
< ode
The Lloyd George speech, from
the Washington viewoint, set forth
a code of principles and mark? out
the course by which these principles
may be applied.
The latest Prussian terms, for
which Czernln, the Austrian pre- ?
mier, served as mouth iece, were
grandiose and full of generoua
liberalities, but in the firm applica
tion of them, in the negotiations
with Russia, tho treachery hrhind
them was portrayed.
As clearly as possible Lloyd
George, for the entente. h..s re- ,
nounced what President Wilson ?
from the first renounced for,
America, any purpose to ci ush Gel - j
many or to gratify any aims of ma
terial conquest. The Pzernin terms j
were hardly spoken ai l?.est- ?
I-itovsk before the mask was torn
from the Prussian purpose to wrest
from Russia the levies of conquest.
Thus officials and allied diplomats j
in Washington draw the deadly)
paraMol between the assurances of j
the ?lilies and the performance?, of ?
Prussia.
tiouada War ft la* No.?-.
With respect to Russia. l.?oyd
George goes farther t nan the Tutted \
States h-*s none in sounding a note of '
warning.
"It is difficult to ?peak of Russia." '?
says the British premier, "without
suspension of judgment. Russin can
only be saved by her own peonie."
As seen here, this simple statement
reveals to the people of Russia the J
liandwriting on the wall. If she wills
M to drink deep at the feast of Get-j
man promises, and allow.?* herself to
fall victim to the wiles of Iterila, she
must take the cons?quences of her
folly. If by negotiating a separate
peace she elects to paddle her own j
canoe, the warning la read here, the i
allies nt the peace conference cannot
undertake to safeguard the destinies j
of Russia. To the extent that Lloyd
George says that Russian salvation |
is In the hands of her people, he ad
heres to the American belief that!
Russia is entitled to work out her
future course. The threat originates
with him. i
SAYS AMERICA
SLEEPS WHILE
HUNS WIN WAR
Judge Gary, Steel Magnate.
Calls Upon U. S. to De
stroy Menace.
Chicago. Jan. d.?E Inert H. Gary.
chairman'of the board of directors
of the United States Steel Corpora
tion, tonight pointed to a United
States still asleep and a Germany
stronger, more virile and aggressive I
than at any time since the war start
ed. It is such a Germany, he said,
the United States, riep.ng. must de
feat. Mr. Gary spoke before the
Commercial Club.
The United Ststes must call for
every ounce of strength, every dol
lar, every atom of skill, to win. he
said. He demanded more men for ,
our armies, factories and farms, and ?
proposed importation of sailors. ?
workmen and even soldiers from ?
China
War af ?taaiw??.
Mr. Gary predicted ultimate victory ,
followed by a war of commerce as
great as the present war of arms.
in which every" country would strive ,
to gain a part of the trade held by
the T'nited States.
"Prepare for this war as England. <
Germany and other nations are pre- j
l-nr?ng." was his warning.
"Fro-n the beginning of the war
there has been a lack of information
on the part of the general public in
the oountr.es opposed to the central
powers. But from the existence ot
many facts there is cause for fear.
Tbe most convincing circumstances
has been the location of opposing
armies As they* move backward or;
forward they demonstrate sueoesa or
failure.
"The fearful fact remain that at th?
end of nearly- three years and a half
Pnyisian Germnny is tn ?control of the
German and Austrian empire*, of Tur
key. Rumania. Servia. Albania and a
large area of the richest part of
Fnince, Poland and a considerable
portion, of Russia and Italy. The
natural resource*? under the dominance
of Germany have been augmented
many fold since the war commenced.
'Germany is more virile, more ef
ficient, more learned and ?sjrgrwsatve
than she was at the beginning of tbe
war. As a nation, if she wins in the
near future, she will be stronger finan
cially, industrially, commercially and
?nilitavaUy. w'th a comparatively small
rc-ductton of men,
Prette???? mt Aaaertea.
**A war policy which recocniaes no
God except by pretense, which knows
no law, no justice, no mercy?noth
ing but the right which brute force
commends?has a decided ad\anta*ro
<?v?r those whoa?? principles are hu
mane, honorable and Christian.
"Our country as a whole, includ
ing several branche.* of the govern
ment- does not appear to appreciate
that in order to win this war it is
necessary to appropriate every ounce
of energy, every dollar of money and
every atom of skill within reach.
" We ma y be excuse*! for ha ? ing.
been slow in getting ready, but there
can be no just i tica tion for failure
to push vigorously.
"If we over-prepare for a long
war we shall only have done what
prud* nee requires. For the labor
shortage the United ^tat?-? should
imnvdiauly draw from the islands
and the Orient enough m?ii, includ
ing soldiers anfi sailors, to provide
for e\ ery emergency.
"We believe the war will end vic
toriously for the allies within two
or three years: we hope a much
shorter time. It could not terminate
in favor of the other side within a
decade, for with all the means at
our command we would ti?ht that
long or longer before we would sub
mit to the despotic rule of in auto
cratic tyrant."
U. S ARMY OFFICER
UNDER SUSPICION
?Sergeant Major Arrested for Al
leged Disclosing of Secrets.
Taeoma. Wflk-sla-, Jan. ?<.?S?-rgi. Maj.
Thomas llelmuth Ritter, of ?'amp
Lewis. Is under unsi in s?-..ttle
* harged with having stolen valuaMe
I apers snd disclosed military Menta.
It also is charged that it was informa
tion he smUfjcled m outside interests
that caused the troop train wreek
near Minneapolis six weeks ago in
whit h a number were injured.
Ritter is a native of Germany and
la said to be ? elated to f?en von
I.udendorff. auartei nisster general ot
th*- German army. It has been estab
lished, that he had d< alines with
Fi anx Mopp, former tjerman consul
gesten, at San Francisco, now on
dial in the Hindu spy plot
lie has se?*n s?-ivtce in the Philip
pines and on the border with the
United Slates army. He was taken
into custody November U\ but his ar
rest was not disclosed until today.
His alleged offense is punishable with
death.
McCormick Out f?r Semate.
Chicago, Jan. ?V?Congressman
Medili McCormick. Republican, to
day formally announced his candi
dacy for the United Staes Senate
and will contest the seat held by
James Hamilton Lewis, Democrat.
M hint Ir -fosal I.lae Hallr
On acnaint of 'hanavd ?juadition?. Ttate No
67. reacia* JaokeomiUe and all ??ida K*-t
?Joaat point?-. 14inn? fly ?beSukd t- lea?* wash
ing,'??., t s ?*? tit 1? January *\ at t'.lt p. m.. ?ill
Wve Wa_l> tnjft on at MS p.?. laJmsialwn and
Piilhnan ac*oomi_od?tuna, litt, Me? Tork av-nroc
Rays Annexation Clause as
Bait Offered by Prus
sian Mailed Fist.
DEFINES ESSENTIAL
FOR LASTING PEACE
Endorses President Wilson's ?
Peace Aims and Chal
lenges German Reply
London. JaJnJ. 5- ? Premier
Uoyd George today ripped the cam
ouflage off the Central Power?'
peace statement at BreM-Litovsk.
He exposed its annexation clause at
a bait held out by the mailed list ot
Prussia?ready to strike the death
blow to freedom everywhere and
garner in the spoils of war.
On such "lip service" basis, he
said, lasting, secure peace is impos
sible.
Then he denned with greater di
rectness and explicitness than ever
before Great Britain's war and
peace aims, mentioning all the vital
disputed territories by name. Hi?
basic principles are those first enun
i ciated by President Wilson. I?
whom the premier referred re?
peatedfy.
He said tate ti)ree mam pillara ?\f
a lasting peace must be:
1?Sanctity? of treaty.
???Go\ ernment by conaent ?** t*?
gove roed.
-i?International limitation af arana
menta.
The premier's speech waa deliver-,
ed before the Knttah labor confer
ence on man-power. It waa hallad
here aa a master stroke of statea
manshtp, in forni, ?subatam e and tlme
Iltneaa.
On the whole it ?aiae ? l Ir
? doua surpriae. Though it had
rumored for several days that auch
an utterance was ?onhcominf:. it had
not been expected to come ao soon.
Only m a limited, political circa?
waa it known last night when the
International News Service waa en
able., exclttaively to foreahadow tt'
"within the neat twenty-four hour*."
The prender'? speech was addressed
to ih? people?, rather than to tha
government* of the quadruple alii-.
ance. Particularly did it contain a
wrtuaJ heart-to-heart talk with the
people of Germany. Only ene ,-t
the central powers he ignored en
tirely?Bulgaria,
9arwatart ?af Fpeeetv.
Briefly eummari?ed. the spechi con
atituted:
L A solemn pledge '??> Great Britain t?
stand by her allies t? the end. Tha
wrong done to France in IaTl whin
Alsace-Lorraine was taken from her
must be ?'reconsidered.'' Italy's legiti
mate claims for the union of her raca
and tongue must he fulfilled.
X. An explicit leiteration of the de
mand fo." restoration and reparation,
not in word, bui deed, and to be ap
plied to France. Italy, Serbia. Monte
negro and Rumania.
3. A challenge to the central power?
j governments to rvply to pi-**sid**ni
? Wilson's invitation of a Tear ago and
state why th? ? a e fighting.,
4. A full assurance to th** ? I
people that the allies are turhur.g nei
ther to destroy th? m as a nation nor
as a great power, but aalrty ta an
nihilate militarism.
5. An indirect hut unirne... kahle in
vitation to the (?rrmat. ? ?eoi de to re
place autocracy by a d?mocratie cx-ii
J stitution. This, how? v. ? the pre ?. ? r
added significantly, was " r. mailer
for the ?German people to decid?*." Nor
la it th?- allies? .-urn to deeiroy tha
present imperial constitution
6. A rally call to the people of
?Russia to awak-c to th?- fa? t ti t
?Prussia means to em-lav* them. The
j Russian people therm-elves are now*
? the masters of their fate. TI.-?
? western powers wejeom?? Rus* ??*.
back to the fold but cannot stay
tbe catastrophe if herpreaetH mint
insist on plunging her mio it.
warwa Aaairta.
7. A warn?p-g to the people of
Austria that they must cr.oo.-e be
tween letting their country b? ..ma
Prussia ? vassal, and remaining an
independent world power. Austria
Hungary's oppressed national. ?
must be freed. That, not ihe di?
membernu-nt of Hapsburg Empire.
is the allie-.* aim
8. An aHsuran*?? to Tuikey iv.at
the allies do not *eeW po-.pessi.fi ?*-?
< 'onf-tantino||le? provided the strait?
are neutralized and international
I ?zed?nor any of Turkey ?. horn -
[lands in Asi? Minor and Thrace
I Hut Arabia, Armenia. Mesopotamia.
(Syria and Palei-tir,?- must emerg*
'? from this war undet separate ?-. -
tional condition?
I. A challenge 1o the cenital
powers to declare where they . tand
on arbitration.
16. A reiteration of the princpl*
of nationalities and of government
by the consent of the governed. The
inhabitants of the ?.em.an ?olon -a
must aay the decisive word *?> :-*?
their future allegiance.
T? Make FuHher *>erril.m.
To fulfill theae aima ??. I
George aald Great Britain ? od?
? eau ? to make further ?acri -a ?n
blood and treasure. The ?tat? ant of
aim?, he d? dared ia an evpi ?ion of
?the will and the reaolve of ?? ?hole
j British empire Before mal ?\g it ha
j added, he had conferred ***. ? fortner
| Premier A**j'*iith and Vim ant Gt?***
-tu w?u aa other Brinai, a- teamti?