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No. 27,261. WASHINGTON, D. 0, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1918?SIXTEEN PAGES. *__ TWO CENTS.
PARIS MAKES
, OF PRESIDE]
VOCIFEROl
American Party Greete<
and Mme. Poincart
Cheering Throngs
innrrrn rr
rm VC ATTAUCU tu
IMPATIENCE/' M
Two Republics' Chief Executives !
Visitors' Honor?Crowds Waii
of Tram on Wa
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By the Associated Press.
PARIS, December 14.?Presii
into Paris at 10 :i5 o'clock this mi
at the capital was greeted with a s
crowds were massed around the 1
ing the President's coming.
As he alighted from his trai
doubt of the cordiality of the welc
guest.
President Greets President. |i
President Wilson was greeted by i
President and Mme. Polncare. Premier 1
Clemenceau, Andre Tardleu, French J
high commissioner to the United j
States, and other high officials. ?
| President Polncare greeted President
Wilson warmly as the latter
stepped from the train, the French
executive firmly grasping him by I
the hand. William Martin, who is at- ?
tached to the foreign office as in- ?
troducer of ambassadors, presented j
rk-iri,m,nr?nii. who welcomed .
President Wilson In English, saying
he was extremely glad to meet him. j
M. Martin then Introduced the other j
> members of the French cabinet.
Bouquet for Mrs. Wilson.
A girl in Alsatian costume stepped 1
forward, courtesled and gave Mrs.
Wilson a great bouquet of orchids. t
After all the members of the receiv- t
ing party had been presented. Presi- 1
den Poincare conducted President c
Wilson to the top of the station steps, t
where Mme. Poincare was awaiting t
them. I
_ r
Drive to Murat House. t
* The formalities Of the greeting over, J
the President entered a carriage with
President Poincare. Mrs. Wilson with t
Altss Margaret .Wilson, daughter of t
the President, followed in another t
carriage, accompanied by Mme. Poin- s
care. The party drove immediately (
to the residence of Prince Murat, in t
the Rue de Monceau, where the Presi.
dent will reside while In the French
capital.
The route' to the presidential residence
was lined with French troops t
In solid array along- Its entire length. I
The welcome given by the crowds as I
the President drove by was voclfer- i
ous and hearty. t
The city was making a vast fete of 1
the President's ooming. c
i
Old Glory Is Broken Out. 1
* ? M 1
President Wilson reached Prince t
Murat's residence at 10:45 o'clock. His t
nrrival was the signal for the hoist- j
ing of the American flag amid loud v
cheers from the crowd. I
President Poincare and Premier r
Plemenceau took leave of the presidential
party here and the escorting t
troops returned to their barracks, ac- e
claimed by the crowds on the boule- s
vards. Groups of American soldiers a
seen on the streets were warmly hail- e
ed by the people and In general the ?
enthusiasm of the occasion ran high. t
s
Mr. Wilson Speaks at Bunch eon. t
President and Mme. Poincare gave
, a luncheon at the Palaoe de la Bflyseea
In honor of President and Mrs. Wilson.
President Wilson, on this oc- j
' caslon. spoke as follows, in replying .
- ? eMeAsa PnlnoArs! .
"Mr. President: I am deeply Indebted c
to you for your gracious greeting. It ?
is very delightful to And myself In (
France and to feel the quick oontact r
of sympathy and unaffected friend- j
ship between the representatives of t
the United States and the representa- f
tlves of France.
"You have been generous In what ,
you were pleased to 6ay about my- j
self, but I feel that what I have said t
and what I have tried to do has been a
said and done only In an attempt to
speak the thought of the people of the t
United States truly and to carry that s
thought out in action. "
i
TJ. S. View of War Winning. i
"From the first the thought of the j <
people of the United States turned to- j ?
ward something more than the mere; ?
winning of this war. It turned to the ,
establishment of eternal principles of ,
right and justice. It realised that' c
( merely to win the war was not: t
enough: that It must be won In such ,
a way and the questions raised by It
settled in such a way as to insure the ?
future peace of the world and lay the
foundations for the freedom and happiness
of Its many peoples and na- t
4 tions. c
"Never before has war worn so ter- t
ribie a visage or exhibited more' r
grossly the debasing influence of 11- t
licit ambitions. I am sure that I e
e 'tall look upon the ruin wrought by c
the armies of the central empires with '
the same repulsion and deep indigna- , c
tion that they stir in the hearts of the I 0
men of France and Belgium, and I appreciate.
as you do, sir. the necessity < 1
of such action in the final settlement i s
of the issues of the war as will not
' >!" -akalfa eiink onto of tAwn an<l I
spoliation, but men made everywhere |
aware that they cannot be ventured. t
upon without the certainty of just e
punishment. ri
Praises Yankees' Ardor. ,
know with what ardor and en- *
thuslasm the eoldlers and sailors of the ?
United States have given the best that v
was in them on this war of redemption.
They have expressed the true spirit of J
America. They believe their Ideals to J
be acceptable to free peoples everywhere 11
i nd are rejoiced to have played the part
they have played In giving reality to
those Ideals In co-operation with the *
armies of the allies. We are proud of n
the part they have played and we are e
happy that they should have been asso- 11
< iated with such comrades In a common ti
, i a use. g
"It Is with peculiar feeling, Mr. Presl- r
dent, that I find myself In France Joln
ing with you In rejoicing over the victory
that has been won. The ties that
bind France and the United states are .
peculiarly close. I do not knew In what r
ether comradeship we oould have fought 7
, with more seet or enthusiasm. It will *.
} dally be a matter of pleasure with me to y
he wrought into oonsultatton with the
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VAST FETE
NTS VISIT;
IS WELCOME
1 by French President
5?Drive Through
to Murat Home.
MING WITH
[R. WILSON IS TOLD
Make Addresses at Luncheon in
t All Night to Catch Glimpse
y From Brest.
lent Wilson made his entrance
orning. The President's arrival
alvo of artillery in salute. Huge
3ois de Boulogne station awaitn
a roar went up that left no
:ome given by Paris to its latest
tatesmen of France and her allies In
concerting the measures by which we
nay secure permanence for these happy
elaUons of friendship and co-operation,
ind secure for the world at large such
lafety and freedom in its life as can be
lecured only by the constant association
ind co-operation of friends.
Brings Greetings of Americans.
"I greet you, not only with deep
iersonal respect, but as the representitive
of the great people of France,
ind beg to bring you the greetings of
mother great people to whom the
fortunes of France are of profound
ind lasting interest.
"I raise my glass to the health of
he President of the French republic
ind to Mme. Poincare and the pros>erity
of France."
President Poincare's Address.
1
In his address to President Wilson,
'resident Poincare said:
"Mr. President: Paris and France
iwaited you with impatience. They
vere eager to acclaim in you the 11ustrlous
democrat whose words and
leeds were inspired by exalted
hought. the philosopher delighting in
he solution of universal laws from
articular events, the eminent statesnan
who had found a way to express
he highest political and moral truths
n formulas which bear the stamp of
mmortality.
"They had also a nassinnate rleslre
o offer thanks, in your person, to 1
he great republic of "which you are
he chief, for the invaluable assistince
which had been given sponaneously,
during this war, to the decnders
of right and liberty.
Praises U. S. Women.
"Even before America had resolved
:o intervene in the struggle she had
ihown to the wounded and the or>hans
of Prance a solicitude and a
generosity the memory of which will
ilways be enshrined in our hearts.
Che liberality of your Red Cross, the
sountless gifts of your fellow citilens,
the inspiring initiative of
tmerican women, anticipated your
nilltary and naval action and showed
he world to which side your sympahies
inclined. And on the day when
rou flung yourselves into the battle
vith what determination your great
leople and yourself prepared for
inited success.
"Some months ago you cabled me
hat the United States would send
iver increasing forces until the day
hould be reached on which the allied
.rmies were able to submerge the eninay
under an overwhelming flow of .
lew divisions and in effect for more'
han a year a steady stream of youth
ind energy has been poured out upon
be shores of Prance.
Enthusiasm of Crusaders.
"No sooner had they landed than
-our gallant battalionsi fired by their
hief, Gen. Pershing, flung themselves
nto the combat with such a manly
lontempt of danger, such a smiling
llsregard of death, that our longer
ixperlence of this terrible war often
noved us to counsel prudence. They
irought with them In arriving here
he enthusiasm of crusaders leaving
or the Holy Land.
"It is their right today to look '
vith pride upon the work accom- i
ilished and rest assured that they !
lave powerfully aided by their courige
and their faith.
"Eager as they were to meet the
inemy they did not know when they
irrived the enormity of his crimes. '
["hat they might know how the Ger- j
nan armies make war it has been
lecessary that they see towns sysematically
burned down, mines flood- !
id, factories reduced to ashes, orchirds
devastated, cathedrals shelled
tnd fired?all that deliberate savigery
aimed to destroy national
vealth, nature ana beauty, which the
maglnatlon could not conceive at a
iistance from the men and things
hat have endured It and today bear ,
vitness to tt.
Measure Disaster With Own Eyes.'
"In your turn, Mr. President, you .
vill be able to measure with your
iwn eyes the extent of these disas- ,
ers, and the French government will
nake known to you the authentic . :
locuments In which the German gen- j
:ral stall developed with astounding
ynicism Its program of pillage and
ndustrlal annihilation. Your noble i |
:onscience will pronounce a verdict
.n these facts.
"Should this guilt remain unpun- i
shed, could it be renewed, the most I \
plendid victories would be in vain."
Welcome Beyond Precedent.
The crowds that assembled in Paris
o greet the President were at an
arly hour large beyond the prece- .
lent set on the occasion of previous ;
isits of heads of foreign states. The
reather was favorable, for, although
he morning was* rather gray one, it 1
arly gave promise of decided lmrovement.
*
The scene at the station where the ,
resident's train came In was beautl- ,
nllv set. The nlatfnrtw ? - - ?? ? ?* 1
v ? ? " VOI)/OIOU 1
ii red and palms adorned the broad
tairway.
The band of the Republican Guards
ras playing "The Star Spangled Baner"
as the presidential train, decorat- ;
d with the Stars and Stripes, drew
nto the station. Immediately the arillery
gave a voice and a salute of 104
una announced the President's arlvl1'
*
Crowds Await Train.
The vantage points along the route
j be traversed by the party were
ikon an by the crowds In the earl?
ours. The favorite posts of observe- i
on were captured German cannon t
{Continued oo Isoond PagsJ
IS U.S> IMPOTENT?
IS 0. C. UNFIT!
No. War Shows Power of Nation
to Give and Fitness ol
Capital to Receive Nationa
Representation.
v
VICTORY THROUGH UNITY
THEODORE W. NOTES.
[Editorial Correspondence of The Star.]
II.
The wonderful showing of powei
made by the United States In thi
world-war now ending?the power o:
self-control, self-denial. self-saeriflc<
?the power to sweep away every obstacle,
however formidable, lncludim
even constitutional limitations, whosi
suspension was demanded by nations
safety?the power to arm quickly, to de
fend effectively and to strike irresistibl;
under the inspiration of a Just cause
has taught us and the world that thii
nation is mighty, not Impotent.
This demonstration of power shamei
the plea that the nation is impoten'
to provide national representatioi
for the people of its capital without
abandoning necessary national control
of the nation's city.
The suggestion of impotency to cur<
the evil of a non-representative unAmerican
capital without undermining
the republic's foundation stone!
and without endangering the nations
welfare is an insult to America!
character and capacity. No other nation
in the world degrades in national
representation the people of it!
capital below the residents of it!
other cities. "Can do" is the nations
slogan, not "Can't do." Nobody ha:
ever been able, when the real tesl
came, to induce Uncle Sam to permil
a confession of impotency to continut
long to be the national watchword.
National representation of the Dlatrlct
will remove from the nation th<
shame of Impotency and from Wash
InKtOQlans the alar or anntness.
It will proclaim to the world thai
the great republic is as devoted tc
the principles of representative government
and as capable of enforcing
them as other republics with capitals
in nation-controlled districts
like Mexico. Brazil and Argentina
These nations have not found themselves
impotent to give full national
representation to the people of theii
capitals.
It will proclaim to the world thai
the people of Washington are as fii
to participate in national representative
government as the people of Rio
Buenos Aires and Mexico City. Washington
will cease to be the only capital
in all the world whose people
slurred as tainted or defective, are
unworthy to enjoy the same MtlfMl
representation as that enjoyed by all
other cities of the nation.
Setting: a Bad Example.
From Germany comes the expression
of desire for a republic "like th<
United States." The half dozen othei
republics, likely to spring from th(
Versailles conference, may naturallj
feel and express the same desire
filled as they will be with the gratitude
and admiration which the United
States, their creator, has inspired.
But in studying the model whlct
they wish to imitate they make a discovery
which shocks and distresses
them. For example, hear Germany's
tale of embarrassment, if not of woe
"I wish to .be a republic like th<
United States. But I find that on?
characteristic of the United States
which distinguishes it from all other
republics is that it deprives the people
of its capital of all participation ir
the national government, that it is
tin-republican, un-democratic, anc
lutocracy-fostering at its heart. This
feature of non-representative autocratic
government for the capital
of the new republic is approvec
heartily by the ex-kalser and dxirown
prince, by Hlndenburg anc
LiUdendorft, by the militarists and imperialists
and by junkerdom generally.
But I cannot find a city of th<
new republic which is willing to become
capital If, as a condition of the
honor, its people are to be shut oul
from participation on equal termi
with other German cities in the nevt
representative government. The
people of Berlin are made murderout
by the mere suggestion. The 'fre?
cities' of north Germany scoff at the
proposal. I find no German city anywhere
so small and low that itf
people will consent to this political
abasement.
"What shall I do? Can I follow the
American example where It Is souncl
and wholesome and shun It where
it is evil, without arousing the resentment
of the great republic?"
Ignoring What Is Vicious.
Let the republics which have imitated
most closely the United States
make answer.
"In shaping my republic," Brazil
says, "I copied the United States governmental
system faithfully. Including
the creation of a capital in a nationcontrolled
District; but I was Unable
to follow its example in shutting out
the people of this capital from participation
in the national government
The people of Rio de Janeiro are represented
in the national government
by three senators elected for nine
years and by ten deputies elected foi
three years."
Argentina says: "I, too, in following
the example of the North American
republic, put my capital in a nationcontrolled
District; but I refused "to
follow this example when it led from
representative government to autocracy.
Buenos Aires is represented in
the national government by two senators
and by members of the chamber
of deputies, one for each 33,000 inhabitants."
Mexico says: "As with the United
States, my congress is the capital's
exclusive legislature, but, unlike the
United States, my capital has full
representation in the national con
- ?T.rr> canotnro and nna d/.n..e..
C33, l"" ai>u VUO UCJJUl^
for each 60,000 inhabitants."
Brazil, Argentina and Mexico have
thus followed the example of the
United States in establishing federal
iistricts and national capitals distinct
from the states and controlled in the
last analysis by the nation. But these
republics have improved upon our example
by developing the relations ol
nation and capital on true republican,
lemocratic and representative principles
and in accordance with the dictates
of fairness and patriotic pride.
\o other capital In the world, where
my form of representative government
. prevails, lacks national representation!
Are we alone as a nation
Impotent to prevent the monstrous
nomaly of a republican capital populated
by people who are politically
ratslde of the nation f
Republics Fathered by Uncle Sam.
We all know of fathers, even outside
if Sunday school books, who, hardened
to the discredit, so far as they
ire personally concerned, of some pet
rice, have nevertheless abandoned It
n order not to set a hurtful example
:o their admiring and Imitative sons.
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L OPPOSES DROPPING
! IA FOLLETTE CASE
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. Minority Report to Senate
Urges Complete Hearing of
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> Dislnvaltv Charaes.
; EVIDENCE HELD STRONG
i
Further proceedings In the case of
Senator Robert M. La Follette of Wis
consin, looking to his exoneration,
; censure or expulsion from the Senate,
. as the facts may warrant, are recom,
mended In a minority report from the
L JSaflaX? .privileges and elections^ com['
mlttee, presented In the Senate today
by Senator Pomerene of Ohio, democrat,
chairman of the committee.
The report charges the Wisconsin
senator with violation of the espis
onage act by alleged misstatements
in his address before the Non-Partlsan
League at St. Paul, Minn., September
' 20, 1917. The report opposes the
pending resolution recommending that
\ the proceedings be dropped.
The misstatements alleged to have
i been made by Senator La Follette are
. declared'by the report to be a "slani
der" upon the government and sufllj
cient cause for conviction in criminal
: proceedings.
s "Complete" Hearing Urged.
Specifically, the report urges that a
i "full and complete" hearing be or1
dered by the Senate, to the end:
[ "First, that the senator from Wis!
consin can be completely exonerated
if the testimony justifies it.
"Second, that he may be expelled If
I the testimony justifies it.
'"third, that the Senate may pass a
1 vote of censure or administer such
other punishment as the testimony may
justify.
> "This la our duty," the report de
Clares. "It !s_? duty which we owe
> to the aator rrom Wisconsin, to too
| United States Itself and to the pub'
llo. More we ought not do and less
we cannot be expected to do."
) "We do not say In the present state
' of the reoord," the minority report
says, "that Senator la Follette should
be expelled from the Senate or that
J he should be convicted of a criminal
offense under the espionage act, but
we do say that, applying the principle
of criminal law, a grand Jury inqulrlng
Into the case, with no other evidence
before it than the speech it,
self and the facts as In this report
cited, would have been Justified in returning
an indictment against him for
violation of the espionage law. And
we further say that with this evidence,
and none other, before a petit
. Jury, It would have been Justified in
returning a verdict of guilty under
this section of the statute, and no
. court would have disturbed it
Would Avoid Injustice.
"If there is any reasonable expla1
nation which can be made of these
' utterances which would tend ot prove
an Innocent purpose such explanation
ought to be given, to the end that no
injustice may be done and that It
' may not be charged that the United
States Senate passes lightly over wrongful
speech, when others are criminally
prosecuted for offense, in our Judgment,
no less severe."
Senator La Follette, in his St. Paul
' speeoh, the report declares, "wholly
ignored the real causes which led to
the war" and says that "these statei
ments could not have been made by
accident or slip of the tongue be'
cause the same thought If not the
very same language. Is reported several
times within the space of a few
minutes."
"The constitutional right of freedom
I of speech cannot be pleaded In de
fense," the report commutes. r ,
dora of speech never Justified the
slander of the chastity of a woman
or the honor of a man, or the cause
i of a country when in the throes of
i the most terrific war ever waged."
i CATALONIA DEPUTIES OUT
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, Twenty-Six Abandon Seats In
Spanish Parliament for Alleged
, Ignoring of Their Demands.
1 MADRID, Friday, December 13.?
| Catalonia is no longer represented in
the Spanish parliament. The twentysix
deputies from that province abandoned
their seats last night, led by
Senator Cambo.
Senator Cambo explained that he
and his followers believed themselves
obliged to leave parliament and seek
under a new regime consideration of
their demands. Premier Romanonea,
la replying, said he was convinced
d'w?qag deputise from1
Catalonia wo?ld ntvq aeons
At
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SMALL NATIONS' LEAGUE
MEETS IN NEW YORK
Attitude Toward Peace Conference
to Be Discussed
4
Tonight.
i
NEW YORK. December 14.?Representativet
of twenty-two nations attended
the opening session here today of
the second annual congress of the
League of Small and Subject Nationalities.
The principal event on the afternoon
program was an address by John
Barrett, director general of the PanAmerican
Union. At tonight's session
there will be a general discussion of the
attitude of the league concerning the
peace conference.
Senator William E. Borah of Idaho i
will be the principal speaker at a mass
meeting tomorrow night. It was an- 1
pounced Representative Jeannette Ran- <
kin win be the guest or . (
ENVOYS TO RESUME TASK ;
Preliminary Conferences of Allies ^
Were Suspended Pending Ar- <
rival of President.
PARIS, December 14 (Havas).?The
preliminary diplomatic conferences
among the allies, which were suspended
temporarily pending the arrival of
President "Wilson, will be resumed
early next week, according to Le Jour- j
nal today. David Lloyd George, the j
British premier, and A. J. Balfour, the j
British foreign secretary, are expect- ;
ed Monday or Tuesday, th? news- j
paper states, while Premier Orlando
and Foreign Minister Sonnino of Italy
will arrive with King Victor Emmanuel
on the coming Thursday, Decenvber
19.
HUN ARMISTICE EXTENDED
Dispatch Prom Treves Announces
the Period Prolonged Until
5 A.M. January 17.
COPENHAGEN, Friday, December i
13 (by the Associated Press).?The German
armistice has been extended until
5 o'clock on the morning of January 17,
and the allies have notified Germany
that they reserve the right to occupy
the neutral zone east of the Rhine from
the Cologne bridgehead to the Dutch
frontier, according to a dispatch from
Treves.
This prolongation, it is added, will
be extended until the conclusion of a
preliminary peace, subject to the consent
of the allied governments.
REICHSTAG PRESIDENT
I CONVOKES ASSEMBLY!
! '
j AMSTERDAM. December 14.?Kon- 1
etantln Fehrenbach, president of the 1
relchstag, has convoked a meeting of
that assembly, "reserving further in- .
dicatlon of the time and place of meet- <
ing," according to a report from Berlin, i
HOUSE OF LORDS REFORM
PROMISED IN BRITAIN
LONDON, Secember 14. via Montreal.?The
reform of the house of
lords will be one of the tasks undertaken
by the coalition ministry
If It is returned to power In the
election taking place In the United
Kingdom today. A. Bonar Law,
chancellor of the exchequer, declared
In a speech at Glasgow Friday.
Mr. Law said the coalition government
believed that a second chamber
with adequate strength was
- necessary in any democratic country.
but it was not intended that it
should be a hereditary chamber. J
The government, the chancellor (
continued, Intended to give the new |
upper house the strength that
could alone come from direct access
with the people.
The chancellor reiterated his pre- (
ions statement that the govern- ,
ment would see that the empire's
naval safety was not Imperiled at 1
the peaoe conference. He was not i
afraid of bolsfcswlsm In the TThlted_ ]
Itingds^h l . ,.. ? , J
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15,000 RELEASED
FROMARMY DAILY
Gen. March Predicts a Rate
of 30,000 a Day Under
Full Momentum.
MORE DESIGNATED IN U. S.
DemobiKzatjnT, in +>? TTnifaA Hfo+o.
is now proceeding at the rate of 15,000 ,
men released from the Army every
isr? Gen. March, announced today. It i
stm is agftirftiatoil )" ? of 30,000
si day will 1^ reached when-full momentum
is attainwl. ^ ^
The War Department has now designated
a total of 824,000 men in the
United States for discharge, an inbrease
of nearly 200,000 during the
ast week. Gen. March made it clear,
lowever, that designation of troops '
ioes not mean immediate discharge,
nut severance from the service as
their turn is reached in demobilization.
Branches to Be Beleased.
Among the new branches of the
Army to be included In demobilization
nrders are 13,000. Porto Rlcan troops
nrdered discharged. Of the total of
124,000 men designated, 362,000 are in
iepot and development battalions and
similar limited units. In addition 18,)00
men on- industrial furlough have
been ordered released.
Demobilization of officers is proceeding
more rapidly than is the case
with the men. Gen. March said a
total of 17,203 officers had been honorably
discharged since the armistice
was signed.
Summarizing the flow of returning
troops from France, Gen. March said
a total of 6,863 officers and 135.282
men had been designated for return
by Gen. Pershing up to December 12.
Df that number 1,373 officers and
10,703 men have actually sailed from
Prance..
No tmiversa! Training Plana.
In answer to a question. Gen. Marsh
said the War Department was not at
present prepared to make publle any- :
thing as to plans which may be recpmmended
for universal military
training. His remark was prompted
by a published report that the gensral
staff would ask for nine months'
training of men in their nineteenth year.
The chief of staff set at rest rumors
that the 82d Division (Georgia, Alabama
and Tennessee) had suffered unusually
heavy casualties, one report having
been that 60 per cent of its personnel
bad been killed, wounded or captured.
A report from the division, dated November
13, two days after fighting
ended, Gen. March said, recorded that
224 officers and 5,253 men were need- '
ed to fill the organization to its full
strength of approximately 27,000 6fScers
and men.
The record of this division shows that
t entered the line in the Argonne forest
October 6, pressing forward across the
Aire river until October 29, after which
late there is nothing in the War De
jartmeni to maicato uu it was in aolon.
Summarizing the record of the 91st .
Division (Pacific coast). Gen. March said '
t Joined the British forces In Flanders
iarly In October and on November 1 ad- .
ranced six kilometers on the Scheldt line
igalnst Intense rifle and machine gun
ire. On the 8d and 4th of November it
lid patrol duty on the Scheldt front and
>n the 5th was withdrawn to rest billets.
Christmas Packages for All.
Gen. March took occasion to compll nent
Brig. Gen. Frank T. Hlnes, dl ector
of embarkation, and the emlarkhtion
service generally in stating
hat all Christmas packages for the
:roops In France had been cleared
from New York without delay or contusion.
With the sailing of the Mat;onia
and Pocahontas last week the
Irmy has sent six Christmas ships,
jarrylng 98,000 sacks of 2,248,000 :
Christmas packages. Gen. March said ;
his number would assure for every offi- ;
:er and man of the expeditionary :
'orces of holiday greetings from home in
his substantial form.
CARTER GLASS RESIGNS
HIS SiEAT IN CONGRESS j
???_ j
ine rcBiBiiB.iron or Representative ,
barter Glass of the second Virginia dis- 1
xict, who has been appointed Secretary J
>f the Treasury, wf^ today received by '
Speaker Clark andread to the House.
Uiu Ballard Die* at Hoipital.
Hiss Ella May Ballard, daughter of ]
2apt and Mrs. J. W. Ballard of Fairfax, '
?a_ died Wednesday of pneumonia at !
Provtdsnoa Hospital. Funeral aervloes {
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U. S. MORAL FORCE
MEANSJUSTPEACE
American Ideals, Exemplified
by Mr. Wilson, Guarantee
Unselfish Settlement.
NO SESSIONS THIS' MONTH
BT DAVID LAWRENCE.
(Copyright, 1918. by N. T. Evening Poet, Inc.)
PAKI8, December 14.?When Presilent
Wilson touched the soil of France
it could be said that he touched the
soul of France. He is a spiritual influsnce
which the peoples of Europe hare
sxalted, and he is admitted^ the most
powerful factor in making peace.
After examining all the elements in
the situation, including those which
are ready to forget the sacrifices that
have been made and to go back to the
old order of things that breeds more
war, as well as those which look upon
the decisions of Wilson as ancient
people looked on Aose of Solomon,.
and especially the common folk and
plain people, there can be no doubt
In the mind of any American that
Just as the United States sent France
the physical force that fought alongside
the brave French and British
troops in the allied armies and navies,
turning the tide of victory, so America
has sent to those nations her
greatest moral force to turn the
scales in favor of a righteous peace.
Allies' Conscience Must Guide.
It isn't a question of obtaining for
Germany advantages or even an equal
voice in the peace conference, for Germany
must accept a dictated peace,
but it is a question of the conscience
of the allied nations not permitting
themselves to forget that a righteous
peace can be based only on the practical
application of principles already
laid down and accepted by all the belligerents.
After talking with many of the
principal persons who will have in
their hands the shaping of the course
of the peace conference, I would summarize
the situation as follows:
Notwithstanding differences in
viewpoint, and at times' of desire, the
allies are going eventually to get
together; Col. House, following closely
the instructions of the President,
has been expressing the viewpoint of
America with traditional directness,
though the terms of the armistice
follow in some cases the provisions
of famous secret treaties, also the
pact of London, the allied governments
are pledged in the final analysis
to tnake peace along the lines of
the original, fourteen terms.: .the
French already have agreed to return
the Rheinish provinces, and the
present Italian line is open to discussion,
with every indication that the
Slavic peoples will be given an outlet
on the Adriatic; in the flush of
victory governments will unquestionably
wish to retain much more than
was originally asked, but the spirit
of the people everywhere makes impossible
a deviation from pledges, so
that it may be considered definite
that territorial lines will follow
closely the principles laid down in
the fourteen points of President Wilson.
Start First Week In January.
-It will be difRcult to get down to
business before the first week in January.
David Lloyd George, the British
premier, and Arthur J. Balfour,
the foreign secretary, are at the moment
busy with demobilization problems
in England, but will be here the
last week of December. The King of
Italy and Premier Orlando are coming
at the same time, so that instead
of Mr. Wilson's going to Rome, the
heads of the principal countries involved
will sit down to discuss everything
informally, laying the foundation
for an agreement among the allies,
after v-hich they will open the
formal peace conference with representatives
of Germany present. President
Wilson probably will attend the
opening session, make a speech, keep
in touch with the proceedings for a
few sessions, and then go back to
America, leaving the conference to
arrapge the details. If any more fundamental
questions arise, Mr. Wilson
will return to Europe about May or June
for final action.
The President himself works fast,
but Europeans believe much in social
preliminaries, so the rest of the
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monm prouauiy will WO lanou UK nuu
that sort of thing. The President
must take some part In social functions
also, but he is less Interested In
that feature than are his colleagues.
Any one who supposes that Mr. WilBon
was persuaded to come to Europe
through a sense of vanity or expectation
of public manifestations is seriously
mistaken. Undoubtedly the
reception given would be flattering to
any man, and Mr. Wilson is no exception.
but fanatical outbursts of joy,
the public's tribute, are only of a few
days' duration, and it is the practical
business of the peace conference that
requires the presence of Mr. Wilson.
Traditions Inspire Delegates.
Whatever the mistakes of the President
at home, whatever his errors In
Judgment, particularly his failure to
appoint conspicuous republicans, nevertheless
this atmosphere Is such that
every man with American blood In his
veins feels that what is here is not
the man Wilson, but the spirit of j
America, the spirit that freed Cuba,
that emancipated the black race, that
fought the war of 1812, that gave the
world the Declaration of Independence.
It is this which is incarnated in
the American delegation, which is insisting
that the settlement must not
follow selfish interests but principles
and pledges already given.
Because certain interests recognize
that behind President Wilson is American
public opinion, they are making
assiduous attempts to prove that the
last election meant the repudiation hy
America of all of the fourteen points,
and saying that Col. Roosevelt Is right
in declaring that President Wilson does
not represent America. But while there
Is this distinct effort to weaken Mr.
Wilson's power, one must not lose perspective
and believe the effort will be
successful, or that It truly represents
the French or. British people. Rather
does It represent the pressure of certain
business Interests upon the foreign offices
of Europe, so Americans of every
political party should be particularly
careful at this time not to furnish ammunition
for these elements.
Statements sucn aa tnat maaa by
Representative Mann, the republican
leader, produced a favorable Impression
here, and what Is needed Is more
like them. Even Col. Roosevelt could
do no better service to his country at
this time than to join with other
prominent Americans In saying that
as America was united In war, so she
Is united In making a peace upon the
principles of American democracy, and
that everybody Is behind the American
peace delegation. Otherwise the
peace conference will resolve Itself
Into the old-fashioned kind against
whtoh even a man with the viewpoint
of Col. Roosevelt would protest with
aU the vizor of his eharaotar.
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PRO-GERMAN TALK"
AMONG LUTHERANS
IN PULPITCHARGED
Capt. Lester Says Instructions
Were Given Before
U. S. Entered War.
SOME WERE DISLOYAL
AFTER JOINING ARMY
Hale Cablegrams to Newspaper
Bead at Propaganda
Hearing.
German Lutheran pastors were Instructed
to preach pro-German sermons
before the United States entered
the war, Capt. Lester of the
Army Intelligence service told the 1
Senate propaganda Investigating
committee today, and some of the
pastors who Joined the Army later
and continued preaching favorably
to Germany now are In the Atlanta
penitentiary.
Others Loyal to Country.
On the other hand. Capt. Lester said,
other Lutheran ministers were wholly
loyal and aided In giving the government
Information. He said representatives
of the larger German Lutheran
synods Informed the Intelligence service
that unfortunately some ministers
were disloyal, and that steps were
being taken to get them out of the
church.
Describing unsuccessful efforts of
German propagandists among American
negroes, the witness said word
was passed among the negro recruits
that if Germany won and occupied
the United States a portion of
the country would be turned over to
them exclusively.
Conference of Negroes.
This propaganda became so annoying
to the federal government that a
conference of leading negroes was
called for in July, 1918, In Washington,
and a movement immediately
: started, through the committee on
public information, to offset that
propaganda. As a result of the work
OI tna-L CUIIICICIII-I: Iicic LUC w ui n. ui
the German agents soon ceased, he
said.
Shortly after the Washington conference
of the negro leaders, President
Wilson Issued a public statement deprecating
mob violence and calling on
the loyalty of the negroes for support
of this country.
The German agents also caused the
word to get to the colored soldiers
that negroes on the battlefield were
left to die alone without attempting
to save them. They were also Informed
that In Germany no color Jine ^
was drawn and that blacks and whites
were all considered equal.
Refers to Newspaper Attack.
Capt. Lester opened the session today
by referring to an attack on his
testimony published this morning by
the New York American and distributed
by the Universal Service, a
Hearst organisation. Capt. Lester explained
that In his testimony yesterday
he made no statement that Edward
Lyell Fox, an American writer,
who was on the German government's
j pay roll, was In the employ of the
'Hearst organization.
I "Bin that Fox did receive credeni
tials from Merrill (then manager of
Heart's New York American); that
he received letters from Gustav
Schweppendick, the Hearst manager
in Berlin, and that he wrote articles
for the New York American and that
htese articles wero published In the
American."
Capt. Lester stated further that he
had documents showing why the International
News Servloe, a Hearst
Institution, was barred from oable
facilities by the Blrtlsh government
In 1916 ana the reason for restoration
of this servloe. He said he would
present the evidence if the committee
asked It.
Telegram From Hale.
One telegram from Hale to the New
York American, dated March 1, 1917,
after the severance of relations, said:
"Precisely what is Mr. Wilson's Idea
armed neutrality present day unknown
here. Thus suddenly to
assert rights of neutrals apparently
against Germany after having two
years submitted British pretensions
rule seas confuses European minds
President's idea arm merchant ships
arouses profound astonishment, as
arming merchants undoubtedly places
j them In category of combatants.
which legitimate prey.
"Berlin isn't without Information of
famous Sullivan law, and wonders
why American President so far departs
from usages deemed necessary
even by Tammany as to legltimatlre
possession and use private weapons."
The Sullivan law, Capt. Lester explained,
was a New York state
statute forbidding carrying of ooncealed
weapons.
More Hale Messages.
Cablegrams from William Bayard Bale
to the Siew York American late In 1>16
and early In 1917 were read by Capt.
Lester, in an effort to prove Capt. Lester's
assertions that Hale's utterances
were "pro-German, anti-English and
anti-American."
Many of these messages were sent
through German wireless to the Tuckerton,
N. J., wireless station after the
severance of diplomatic relations between
the United States and Germany.
They sought to give the German attitude
toward the United States and
toward President Wilson's notes.
Capt. Lester selected thertl from a
great pile of dispatches and submitted
them by request of Senator Wolcott.
Referring to the messages. Senator
Nelson inquired i
"Was this the only American newspaper
service which got the use of the
German wireless 7"
"There was no other that I know
of," the witness replied.
T?mnn ?randlsts Here In 1914.
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Capt. C. E. eater of the Army Intelligence
service yesterday afternoon
laid before the Senate committee more
evidence of German propaganda In
this country. Describing further the
sending of 131 trained German propagandists
to this country on July 10.
1&14. nearly a month before the war
began in Europe. Capt. Lester said the
delegation on arriving In this country
established headquarters at 1123
Broadway, New York, arrangements
having been made in advance, Capt. '
Lester said, by George Sylvester
Vlereck. then publisher of a weekly
known as the Vaterland. Matthew B.
Claussen. publicity manager for the
| Hamburg-American Interests, the witness
testified, directed work of the
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