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Report of Association De
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justed to Make Revenue
Sufficient
(AMoriaicd Press)
NEW YOKK, Dec. —Unless rail
road rates ate adjusted to make
revenues conform proportionately to
expenses, federal control of the coun
try's railroads Is inevitable, accord
ing to the annual report of the gen*
eral executive committee of the Kail
way Business Association, rr.aue pub
lic here tonight.
“If total revenues are nut made
adequate to total expenses,’* the re
port states, “no question will long
remain as between federal and state
authority because sooner or later the
federal government under those con
ditions must take over the roads.’*
Two Elements Recommended.
“The present law,” the report points
out, “declares that each rate shall
be just, reasonable and non-discriml
natory. It is our purpose to recom
mend that two additional elements le
embodied in the statutory rule:
“That in regulating rates total rev
enues shall be permitted sufflcietU fur
total legitimate purposes.
“That legitimate purposes shall
embrace the attraction of v investment
for improvements and extensions,
j “We yield to npne In favoring ef
fective federal supervision under con
ditions advantageous to the whole
rpublic, while insuring that the states
j may retain such jurisdiction as local
self-government requires; but at the
same time we emphasize this aspect.
I roMnage increases.
“Every substantial increase in ton
I nage brings oar shortage. Only 933
linear miles of road were constructed
in the calendar year, 1915, and ap
parently the record for 1916 will bare
ly exceed that figure, although the
volume of Industrial activity and
hence railway earnings is considerably
greater than in any previous year.
Those who deal with investors con
tinue as for several years past to re
port indifference of their clients ;
toward railway securities except for
refunding and for mortgage bonds now
rarely feasible, upon unencumbered
property.
“We approve abstention by legisla
tive bodies from dealing with rates.
We see no exception even in eo cost
ly an item as the eight hour law.
The new legislation wMch we urge is
that It at any time In any place rate
advances should become necessary in
the public interest authority and ob
ligation to sanction them will ex
plicitly reside by statute in a specified
f ranch of the government.
Public Interest Yards Tick.
“The ‘public interest—that is the
yardstick proposed by the railroad
leaders for measuring the provisions
which they advocate. Responding in
kind, members of the Newlands com
mittee have rivaled one another in
keeping the discussion at that high
level. Commercial organizations hav
ing membership in forty-eight states
have transmitted to us declarations
for a unified regulation where state
regulation conflicts with federal. More
than sixty bodies have urged that the
statute proclaim adequate earnings the
policy of the government. These sug
gestions at Washington and through
out the! union we hail as a bow of
promise as the token of a factor des- :
tiued to work for prosperity in the
future, affording in all years an
adequate instrument of commerce and
in lean years a purchasing power
tending to mitigate industrial dis
tress.”
“Peg O’ My Heart” at the Grand
Theatre Friday and Saturday, Seats
tlila Morning.
Birmingham Works to
Handle $3,300,000 Order
(Associated Press.)
PHILADELPHIA, PA., Dec. 26.—The
United States Cast Iron Pipe and
Foundry Company announced tonight
that it had received a $.3,509.009 order
for cuwt iron pipe for the Argentine
government, most of which will be
cast at Birmingham, Ala., the remaind
er being distributed among the ten oth.
er mills of the company. The order
comprises 65.000 tons of pipe.
A commission of five men represent
ing the National Sanitary Works De
partment of Argentina, arrived in New
York yesterday to supervise the manu
facture of the pipe.
Johnson Resigns as
Receiver of G. A. G. R. R.
PENSACOLA. FLA.. Dec. ;r,._
Thomas A. Johnson today resigned as
receiver for the Florida. Alabama nnd
tiulf Railroad. JulgeW. B. Sheppard
of the federal court, appointed Hal
Scott as his successor and ho will as
sume hi*3 new duties nt once.
Birmingham Boy
Killed in France
. * Special to ’file Advertiser.)
BIRMIXt # If A M, AI.A.. IV, ;« _
Sergeant Robert Scott, of the'seventh
Argylls and South Highlander St. rpng
shirc Territorials. is the latest Lirm
ingham mar, to fall in action along the
great battle line in Western Europe
Word has been received that Sergeant
Scott was killed by a shell nn he was
leading his platoon into an
trench November 15.
Sergeant Seott was well known In
Birmingham. He lived in Wd,m f "
four years. Just prior to the outbreak
of the war he went to Scotland on his
In st holiday to his family |„ VPU
While there lie joined the Argylls and
was among the (inn detachments that
went to the front. ",at
Ho was soon promoted to the grade
of sergeant, and during the last several
months he had been in command of r!
Platoon. lie had been in the thickest
of the fighting, and was leading hi*
metf on a daring charge w hen he was
sti .ick by a Phell and killed Instant),
11. !«- sti-vi eil I, ytwo hrst <mains In
Biriiungham. John Brown, of Wvl-im
I atul Sam Brown of Pratt City. '
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DIPLOMTS BELIEVE
REPLY HAS BROUGHT
PEACE STEP CLOSER
_H'»ill»»t4 Fr*nn Page Owl
that Uermany expects the I'nited States
to Inform her enemies of her rtply.
Two features of the note beclouded
the situation slightly and earned some
et neern among officials here. The first
vns the gt -Ing our of the note In Ber
lin before It had opportunity to reath
Washington and the other was the
connection of the reply with the origi
nal German peace proposal. President 1
Wilson went to great pains In his note
to disavow any association or Influence I
with this proposal and the association
In the German reply was somewhat
disquieting to officials who foresee the
necessity of probably reiterating the
position of this government.
Refusal Is Predicted.
Pending receipt of the official text,
attention turns to the reply of the en
tente governments. At their embassies
here the view prevails that their an
swer, while expressing sympathetic re
gard for the president's purposes and
Ideals, will decline to negotiate on the
status quo. The entente reply to the
German proposals k3 expected to be
couched In the sharpest language,
probably taking opportunity . to lay
stress on the moral questions to which
their statesmen have devoted much at
tention in public utterances.
Hfcpatches today from Fetrugrad
outlining the official view there, fore
shadowing that the allies would not
discuss peace terms until they stood In
military possession of territory they
claim, attracted much attention.
German Reply Proposes
Conference to Discuss
Peace Negotiations
IAimcUM Ptmi.)
BERLIN, Dec. 2*.—(By wireless via
Sayvllle.)—Germany and her allies—
Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria and Tur
key—today replied to the note of Presi
dent Wilson,, in which he asked that
the belligerent nations state the alms
for which they were fighting. The
proposal Is made by the central powers
that a conference of the delegates of
all the belligerents be held Immediate-'
ly in a neutral city. The task of pre
venting future wars, the official state
ment says, can be begun only after tho
end of the present struggle.
The answer says:
"The high-minded suggestion made i
by the President of the United States !
of America in order to create a basis'
for the establishment of a lasting '
peace has been received and considered
by the Imperial government in friend
ly spirit which bras expressed in the 1
President's communication.
"The President points out that which
he has at heart and leaves open tho
choice of road.
"To the Imperial government an Im
mediate exchange of views seems to
be the most appropriate road in order
to reach the desired result.
"It begs, therefore, in the sense of
the declaration made on December 12,
which offered a hand for peace negotia
tions, to propose an immediate *meet
Ing of delegates of the belligerent
states at a neutral place.
"The Imperial government Is also of
the opinion that the great work of
preventing future, wars can be begun
only after the end of the present strug
gle .of the nations.
"It will, whed this moment shall
have come, be ready, with pleasure^ to
collaborate entirely with the United
States in this exalted task."
The answer of the central powers
concludes with the usual diplomatic
terms of politeness.
Sweden Presents Peace
Note to the Belligerents
* (Associated Press.)
LONDON, Dec. 27.—The Dally Tele
graph says it understands a Swedish
note, identical in purport with the
note of the Swiss government concern
ing President Wilson-^ peace initiative,
has been presented to the belligerent
governments.
Seats oa Male This Morning at the
Grand for “Peg (£• My Heart.”
CARRANZA HAS
NOT ANSWERED
U. S. DEMANDS
(Continued From Page One)
fecting the interests of the two coun
tries.
Disruption of the commission would,
it is believed, make very slight the
chances of Carranza obtaining a loan,
without which those high in his own
government concede It will be almost
impossible for him to continue the task
of conducting an administration beset
by organized bandits.
Cabrera Denies a Time
Limit Wes Agreed on for
Carranza to Make Reply
(Associated Press.)
NEW YORK, Dec. 26.—Luis Cabrera,
chairman of the Mexican delegation on
the Mexlcan-American joint commie,
sicn. said here late tonight that no time
limit had been fixed for General Car
ranza either to accept or reject the
protocol proposed by the Mexican*
American conference at Atlantic City,
X. J. There was no understanding
during: the seaaions of the Joint com
mission, he added, which Rave the j
American commissioners authority to
impose such a time limit. ^
General Carranza. Mr. robrera de
clared. would have ample time to con
sider what action he would take. Mr.
Cabrera said he was surprised when in
formed that a reply was expected by
the United States government .today
He asserted that he had ntended to
take a vacation beginning tomorrow.- .
but that he had altered his plans and
would remain here.
Up to n late hour tonight. Mr. Ca
brera said, he had received no instruc
tions from General Carranza. The re- ,
lations between the United States and
Mexico he continued, are tho same as i
when the tentative agreement was first J
signed by the commissioners at At- j
lantlc City. i
'‘Remember.** said Mr. Cabrera, "that
the next move in adjusting the rela
tions between this country and Mexico
is not General Carranza’s."
Questioned a« to the significance of i
his statement. Mr. Cabrera would give |
no explanation. He said, however, that 1
he knew nothing concerning General
Carranza’s attitude toward the Ameri
can demand that he ratify or repudiate
the protocol.
When the joint commission adjourn
ed in November. Mr. Cabrera added,
the understanding of the Mexican
member* was that the joint •ommis
sion would meet on January 2. prob
ablv in New York or Philadelphia.
Not one word. Mr. Cabrera declared,
had been said in the session of the
commissioners concerning a loan to
Mexico. The call of the Mexican treas
urer upon him in New York Sunday
night was a social call only, lie de
clared.
UMPIRE THEATRE
Today Is the Last ( Nance
To See the Funny Mule
nring the Children to Sec
This Amusing Vaudeville Show.
PROMINENT COFFER DIES.
< Associated Press.)
MEXICO CITY. Dec. •>«.—-Willie
Smith, golf professional at the Mexi
can Country Club, and formerly nation
al open golf champion of America, died
here today of pneurnonlt.
Willie Smith was professional at the
Mexican Country Club for a number of
years. H* won the American open
championship at the Brltimore Countrp
Club In and played in the open
championship of Great Britain and St.
Andrews, Scotland, in 1910.
ELEVEN DEAD KM
SCORE HUM II
ms SEMI
Feared That Stale Convicts
May Have Been Freed—
Seventeen Negroes Are
Reported Dead
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LITTLE ROCK. ARK., Dec. Eleven
perenne are known to have teen kill
ed and mere than a score injured,
several probably fatally. In a tornado
which swept a four mile path through
Arkansas late today. Other reports,
which could net be confirmed late to
nlRht o'wIt.r to an Interruption In wire
communication with the storm swept
area, were that seventeen negroes lost
their lives near Keo and It feared that
some of the 325 convicts quartered at
the state farm near Tucker were eith
er killed, or injured. No estimate of the
property damage wgs available to
night.
The known dead are Albert ,li.
Schwartz, a farmer, near the towdl of
England, three children. Choice and
Allalee Padgett, and Frances Snow,
near Carlisle; four negroes near Pine
Bluff: two at Sherrill and another
nenr England.
Reports indicate that the storm first
Btruck north of England, moved north
east for a distance of about sixty
miles and finally spent Itself in the
vicinity of DevalPs Bluff.
1
South Dakota in Grip
of Worst Storm in Years
(AuacliM Proas.)
SIOUX FALLS, S. D„ Dec. 26—The
vorst storm in years is raging over
he western and central part of the'
itate tonight, according to reports
tere. A heavy gale is drifting the
mow which fell early today and rail
■oad traffic is badly crippled. Aberdeen
1. D., reported ar fall Of 12 inches
if snow yesterday.
Zero Temperature Is
Deported From West
(Associated Press)
BISBEE, ARIZ., Dec. 26—Near sero
:emperatures and a serious shortage
of fuel today caused suffering in
southern Arizona and northern Mex
ico.
INDEPENDENTS WILL
DETERMINE WHICH
PARTY WILL CONTROL
(Continued From Pace One)
Pennsylvania 'district, where Repres-•
rntative Barchfeld. republican, is con
testing the election of Guy E. Camp
bell, democrat, who on the face of the
returns won by forty-six votes, and
the Third New Jersey district, where
Representative Scully, democrat, in
opposing the election of Robert Car
Bon, republican. Scully now is reported
to have a lead of 12r> votes on the re
count but there still are about 3,000
votes to be passed upon by the courts.
At least twenty seats, it la said, will
be contested In the house after it has
organised.
Should the republicans seat both of
their contestants and hold their mem
bership solid for their candidate, they
would need only two independent votes
to win the speakership while the dem
ocrats woufci need--five. On-.the-other
hand, should the democrats win the
contested seats the republicans would
need four independent votes while the
democrats could win with three votes.
Deni or rats For Clark
There is no question about the
democrats voting solidly for Speaker
Clark, but there are some signs of
strife among the republicans. Repres
entative Gardner already has an
nounced his opposition to Representa
tive Mann. Every effort will be made
by leaders, however, to have the solid
support of republicans assured in con
ference before voting starts.
Mr. Mann tonight expressed the
view that the republicans would stand
united at least in the organization of
the house.
“I have nothing to say about the
speakership matter or the Gardner
episode," he said, “except that I still
hope that the president in some way.
through God’s providence, may aid in
bringing about a peace which shall be
lasting and permanent and provide for
disarmament and the removal of the
heavy burdens of military and naval
preparedness and if I can in the slight
est degree'asslst to bring about such
a result, I would rather do that than
to be speaker.
"The charge of Mr. Gardner that I
am for Prussia and Prussianism is of
course utterly untrue, I am for Amer
ica first, last and ail the time and do
not take sides in the European war. 1
In Mr. Gardner's opinion that is my I
offense. j
Sees Harmony la Rad
"I suppose it is inevitable that In
the present situation in regard to pol- j
Itical control of the house every man
who gets a grouch will be tempted to
bluster arond and say that he will
not play unless he can have his own
way. But in the end I think the repub
licans will have the good sense to all
get together and act as a united party
at least in the. organization of the
house.”
Representative Lenroot of Wiscon
sin. whom Gardner will support for
speaker, had no comment to make on
the situation.
At the Grand This Morning, Seats on
Sale for “Peg O’ My Heart.”
I.ES DARCY GETS .MATCH,
NEW nm.KA.NS. Dec. 26.—A local
fight promoter announced today re
ceipt of a telegram from Mike Gibbons’
•manager at St. Paul, accepting the
offer of a New Orleans club for a fight
here during February with I-.es F>arov,
Australian middleweight. A *15,000
purse was offered.
Bellans
Absolutely Removes j
Indigestion. One package
proves it 25c at all druggists.
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Stetson Shoes for "Men
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CHAIRMAN HEARS
NFW ORLEANS HAS THE
FEDERAL FARM BANK
(Associated Pma)
NKW ORLEANS, LA., Dec. 2«—Wil
liam C, Du four, children of the citi
zens committee conducting New Or
leans campaign for one of the 12 fed
ertal farm loan banka, announced to
day he had received a telegram from
sources he considered absolutely re
liable in Washington stating that this
city had* been selected by the Feder
al Board as the location for a farm
loan bank. The district to be, served
by the New Orleans bank, Mr. Dufour
stated, embraced Louisiana,'Alabama
and Mississippi.
FOUR FIRMS
GIVEN SPACE
ON THE STAGE
<Cw«Iib«< Prat Page 0—>
would be the manner In which the
spare would be assigned. After giving
every ether person at that meeting
in opportunity for the stage, and none
wanting it. I took (lt. This was in
good faith and I am ready now to
stand by my agreement, and you have
no right to take it from me.
"I cannot make an exhibit on one
fifth ncr even on half of the stage,
for I want to exhibit an article that
is manufactured here, one that will
advertise Montgomery as a manufac
turing center, not an exhibit that Is
not really a manufactured article por
one which will not advertise Mont
gomery as a manufacturing center.
Praises others Oslyst.
"Of course I know that bread and
good bread is n.anufactured by Mays’
and I know that the Rosemont Gar
dens have the prettiest flowers as
well as Coleman making fine photo
graphs and the Montgomery Light and
Water Power Company making gas.
but gentlemen, these things do not
advertise Montgomery as a manufac
turing center.
"There Is over SO feet cf space yet
unasslgned, iso surely It is not the need
if space which 'has caused the move
ment to take the stage for four other
concerns, and I want to ask you not
to take It from me.”
After a vote was taken, with only
me dissenting vote against the pan
sage of the motion made by Mr. Bear,
snd that was Mr. Johnson's, though a
number did not vote, Mr. Johnson
again took the floor and said:
Calta It Steam Haller.
“Something has been said about
manufacturers not co-operating for
Montgomery, and I want to say that it
is possible that they too, have, on pre
vious occasions, felt the ‘steam roller'
is I have felt It tonight when you all
bv your vote absolutely ruled the Lewis
Bear Drug Company out of the show.
However, I assure you that it has my
every wish for a great success.”
The plans for the show are rapidly
being perfected and there is every in
dication that it will be a great suc
cess.
Entertainment Features.
B. F. Noble, chairman of the com
mittee on entertainment und decora
tions made an extensive report In
which ho stated that there would be a
special entertainment; program each
night during the show that would
last from one hour to an hour and a
half, after which there would be dan- i
dng.
A baby show, for which babies from I
one year to four years old will be eligi
ble, will bo held Tuesday. A five dol
lar gold piece will be the prize for the
best baby between the ages of 1 and 2
years, and the same for tftat of the
2-to-4-year-old class. The judges have
not yet been selected, but probably
will be three traveling men, who will
be gotten out of the city as soon as
possible after their decision.
It is also the plan to have a real
wedding Wednesday night, if the
couple can be obtained. The exhibi
tors each will give a present to such
couple, if they will be married there.
If not. It is probable that a mock wed.
ding ceremony will be performed Wed
nesday night, Which day has been set
aside as "Women's Club. Day.”
I.aat Half of Week.
The' .Shriners' will be In charge
Thursday, and will offer some inter
esting events Thursday night, and Fri
day will be Rotary Day, with a cos
tume ball that niertj^ v ith prizes for
bent costume*. No masking will be
allowed.
Saturday will be Traveling Men's
Day, with appropriate entertainment by
the male chorus.
J. M. Jenkins, chairman of the com
mittee on publicity, suggested that a
prize of $20 bo awarded the merchant,
either wholesale or retail who has the
best decorated store front, and reported
that the city commissioners had been
requested to string incandescent lights
from The Advertiser building on Dex
ter avenue to the Union station on both !
sides of Dexter avenue and Commerce
street.
Beautiful Girl Contest.
It is also proposed to have a beau
tiful girl contest, for which a prize of
$100 in gold will be offered. Votes will
be sold at the booths at u rents for
ten. In order to get the money for the
prize, though should the sales not net
this amount, the committee will make
up the difference.
W. B. Nelson of the committee on
finance, said the committee had noth
ing to report as yet, as only *t»rtv
tliree of -he forty-five exhibitc-s had
signed contracts, and the members
could not begin the collection until all
contracts are signed. He urged that
the manufacturers who desired to place
exhibits and had selected space to
sign the contract at once.
There are quite a number of manu
facturers of Montgomery who have not
yet decided to enter the show, but they
are expected to come in now that the
Christmas rush is over and other busi
ness can be atlemaa to.
routs CAI'SE HEADACHE AND GRIP
I.AXATIVB BROMO QCININE removes
1 he lause. There is only one "Bromo Qui
nine." E. W. GROVE'S signature is oji box.
Matsuda and Carter
Wrestle to a Draw
C*p*eial to The Advertiser.)
TIIOV. ALA.. Dec. 26.—The sport
fans of Troy yesterday afternoon wit
nessed the prettiest ' and swiftest
wrestling match ever staged in this
section, when Kddie Carter of Defiance,
uhio, met Matty Matisuda. of Troy.*
The bout lasted for two hours and
neither gaining a fall, it was declared
a draw. The contestants were very
evenly matched, there being not tnore
than four pounds difference in their
"eights: however, Matty took the of
fensive and kept the visitor on the de
fensive during almost the entiia? two
h ouis.
Carter, with hta ever ready smll> was
a favorite as soon as he reached the
mat and the yells of encouragement
from many enthusiastic fans demon
strated that he had made a nit. The
match was dean and spirited through
°»jt. the Interest never lagging for a
moment. An effort is being made to
dage a finish match between Carter
and Matsuda. *
A bout will be held soon between
Ma’suda and Joe Turner.
Admiral Dewey, 79 Years
Old. Greets His Comrades
(Associated Press.)
\VA AHlNfJTON, Dec. 26.—Admiral
Dewey was 79 years old today and
Secretary Daniels and his council and
most of the high ranking officers of the
navy made their congratulations in
person at his office. Secretary Daniels
read to the Admiral part of a diary
Kept by an officer of the United States
•steamship Colorado, dated December 26,
1S«H, which told First Lieutenant
Ccorge Dewey had tried to make the
Christmas season on that old steam
frigate happy by giving each blue
, J41' ket a bottle of wine.
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PRESS COMMENT ON
GERMAN PEACE NOTE
(AnadatH Praaa.) I
PARIS. Dec. 28.—In addresses at
the National Congress of the French
Socialist party, Arthur Henderson, the
British cabinet minister and G. H.
Roberts, member of the British parlia
ment, both affirmed, amidst an en
thusiastic cheers that the war must be
fought out until full* guarantees have
been obtained for a lasting peace.
"In my opinion," said Mr. Hender
son, "if France and ourselves were to
enter into negotiations under existing
conditions we should be nations In
bondage. Nothing less than that is the
price our enemies would exact for
peace today."
Emile Vandervelde, the Belgian So
cialist leader, sgid:
"Our comrade's who have remained
In Invaded Belgium endure German
dominion with admirable firmness.
Nothing but encouragement reaches us
from them. So that it would seem that
the persons most hostile to war are
those farthest to It.”
M. Vandervelde also declared that
the struggle must be carried on until
Belgium a riel Serbia are delivered and
"Caesuriam is laid low.”
In his speech Mr. Henderson said:
“In my opinion we have now reach
ed the most dangerous and difficult
period of the war. During the next
few months the democracies of Eng
land and France are going to be tested
as never before. Do not misunderstand
me. I do not mean that the stress and
strain of fighting In the field will be
more severe, although I do not ignore
such a possibility. But the danger is of
entirely a different character.
“Our stupendous losses, our unprece
dented sacrifices, our horror of war,
our love of peace, may lead us to
mortgage the future. With such aw
ful experiences we are apt to forget
the great moral eternal principles, and
locals ior wnicn we emereu u« bums
gle. We are not only fighting a nega
tive action against material forces
which are highly organized, but we are
engaged In a great spiritual conflict
upon the result of which depend all
our great ideals. If we enter Into ne
gotiations now we do so when Germany
is not repentant for her wrong doing
and is glorifying in the success of her
military efforts, in fact. In the victory
of German imperialism. In my opinion,
if France and ourselves were to enter
into negotiations under existing condi
tions with such a Bplrlt, we should be
nations in bondage. Nothing less than
that is the price which our enemy
would exact for peace today.
"I cannot tell you how many months
and what'^eacrlflces stand between us
and victory. But I can tell you what
will be the rewards of victory if we are
true to ourselveB. We shall have as
serted the rights of nations, large or
small, to live their own lives undis
turbed by the ambitions of powerful
neighbors. We shall have exacted such
reparation for wrongs done them by
this war as will be a warning to ag
gressors for all time to come. We shall
have laid the ' foundations of that
league of nations, beginning with
those who have fought and suffered at
our side, which will deliver Europe
and the world from the terror of war.
“The choice today is between an un
timely peace with years of fear and
a few months of suffering with a last
ing peace. Take into consideration all
the consequences of our decision, I say
that now, as in August. 1914, that na
tions are presented with the choice as
between honor and infamy. The choice
is more sacred now as the cause has
been sealed by the blood of our heroic
dead. We in Britain feel that to make
peace now., to think of peace with less
than full'indemnity for the past and
full security for the future, would be
to desert our allies and betray the
hopes of freedom throughout the world.
“We hate war. It is brutal, the nega
tion of everything for which we stand.
Therefore we must prevent its recur
renceaso far as is in our power. We
desire* to see the democracies of the
world free to progress to their highest
ideals. To accomplish this We must
stand together for the destruction of
militarism, the vindication of national
right and liberty, the punishment of
national wrong. Be the nations large
or small, they must be free.”
LONDON, Dec. 26.— Interest In the
receipt of President Wilson's note re
mains unabated. Newspaper discus
sions were renewed today with a new
Impetus administered by the issde of
the Swiss note, with its disclosure of a
Swlss-Arfierican consultation weeks
ago, nnd by long cable despatches
recording the discussions, speculations
and criticisms in America. On the mnln
questions as to how President Wilson's
note and similar communications
should be treated by the allies opinion
remains as already recorded. There Is
on the one hand a reiteration of “the
rooted objection of the allies to inop
portune and ill-advised intervention by
neutrals,” and on the other an appeal
for courteous treatment of neutral rep
resentations, it being urged that the
allies are bound to take them into ac
count, for to do otherwise would be to
reduce themselves to "the level of the
aggressors who began the war.”
Apart from the main question there
is much discussion as to the genisls
nature and probable effects of I’resl
dent Wilson's message. Dispatches
from Washington and New York rep
resent public opinion In America as
uninformed and as curious on these
points as opinion Is here. It seems a
matter of special satisfaction to snie
editorial writers that criticisms of the
President's phraseology and surprise
at the course he has taken are, accord
ing to these despatches. Identical on
both sides of the Atlantic. The Times,
says: *
“It would not be easy to discover in
the recent history of diplomacy a state
paper issued by any great power which
has proved so exceedingly difficult of
plain intdrpretetion. President Wilson's
first duty to his fellow citizens,, to the
combatants and to other neutrals would
seem to make his meaning less, ob
scure. Unless and until he does so the
allies must put upon It what seems to
them the natural interpretation and the
character of that interpretation may be
Inferred from Mr. Bonar Law's re
marks the other night."
Switzerland's action while declared
In quarters where President Wilson’s
note was met by an emphatic 'no' as
offering no greater prospect of bringing
>t>eace than that of the president is
treated more leniently. “It will not
suffer”, says The Chronicle, “from the .
misfortune of.the circumstances under
which the American note was publish-,
ed, making It seem an appendix to the
German proposals because the Swiss
statesmen make it clear their overt
agreement is the outcome of an ex
change of views which had been pro
ceedings confidentially for weeks." »
The Telegraph, taking the same atti- ’
tude, says: "The Swiss note prudently"
avoids the line of argument" which ■
earned for President Wilson so cool -a
' reception by all the belligerents and
j takes only that ground on which every
neutral has a right to be heard."
PETROGRAD. SUNDAY, Dec. 24'.—
(Via London, Dec. 26.)—(Delayed.)—
Discussing the forthcoming reply to
the peace proposals, the Rech says:
"The official reply cannot state that
the entente allies aim to bring^ the
Turkish empire to an end In orde'r to
remove forever German alms of world
dominion or that the allies will demand
reorganisation of Austria-Hungary in
order to make Impossible the fulfill
ment of German Ideas regarding cen
tral Europe which form the first step of
their program for world power. Di
plomacy cannot suggest these terms
until the allies have laid the firm foun
dation for success of their present mili
tary tasks. But by saying less diplo
macy would acknowledge a result of
the war unsuccessful for the allies.
"Italy has not occupied Triest, France
has not created a firm frontier along
the Rhine, England has not destroyed
the German fleet, nor have the allies
as a whole succeeded In crippling the
German land forces; and therefore,
there are no guarantees for the future
in national relations which will free
the world from the oppression of
militarism.'*
The Rech says that even If Germany
should iVtnke the unexpected conces
sion of relinquishing territorial gain
and restoring ante-bellum conditions
the alms of the allies would not be
fulfilled and that the only terms accept
able to Russia would be those dictated
by herself find her allies. t
LONDON. Dec. 2*.—Professor A. F>
Pollard, who holds the chair of Eng*
llsh history in London University
writes to The Times urging that,while
it Is clear that somebody blundered re
garding the phraseology and presenta
tion of President Wilson's note. It is
also clear the people here are blunder
ing In Interpreting It.
“We have to remember," writes Pro
fessor Pollard, “that.lt Is addressed to
our enemies as well as to ourselves and
has therefore to observe the diplomatic
covenances and to assume the sincerity"
of enemy professions. Secondly, we
should ' remember our own procedure
before the war. We addressed, an
Identical Inquiry respecting German
neutrality to France and Germany.
France gave prompt and satisfactory
assurances. Germany evaded the ques
tion and Invaded Belgium.
"Immediate war between the United
States and ourselves is out of the ques- '
tlon, because we are bound by a recent
treaty to a cooling off period of not
less than a year. Germany refused
that restraint and the Immediate Issue
therefore turns on Germany's reply to
the President's note.”
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