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•T-r- 1 V 4 IV* v 7 Full Associated Press Leased Wire Service CERS HAVE 5SIKLIN LONG RIDE Are First To Arrive In Capital Since Signing of pi 4 .Armistice EXCITEMENT IN COBLENZ SUBSIDES British Enter Bonn £nd Take Possession of V: Bridge Over Rhine ff Associated Press: Berlin, Wednesday, Dec. 11.—(By The Associated Press.)—«Brig. Gen. Harries and Lieutenants Gailard and Schelling of the American commit tee for the repatriation of war pris oners arrived in Berlin last night They were the first American offi cers in Berlin since the signing of the armistice. They had a 25 hour ride from Spa, Belgium the .former German ehadquarters. Co'blenz, Monday, Dec. 9.—(By The Associated Press.)—The flutter of excitement caused by the arrival of the American troops yesterday hav ing subsided, Coblenz settled down today to taking the occupation of the city by the armed khaki-clad sol diers as a matter of course. In a proclamation issued 'by the Burgomaster children ar* forbidden to stay In the streets after 6 p. m., while all civilians must be off the streets by 11 o'clock each night. The proclamation al§o forbids the gathering of more than three per sons in the streets. The store windows of the city are full of toys and Christmas decora tions, some of the shops devoting all their show space to suggestions for Christmas and New Years. London, Dec. 12.—(British Wire less Service.)—The British advance guards have entered the city of Bonn and have taken possession of the bridge over the Rhine there. Bonn is situated On the left hank .of the Rhine, 15 mile southeast of Cologne and between that city and Coblenz, where American troops are flow stationed. It is the site of a geelebrated university founded in 181S Sind is one of the most picturesque Cities along the Rhine. discount Grey 'Favors League Dewsbury, England, JVednesday, Dec. 12.—A league of naticftis is the ..."solution of the question of "freedom Iff the seas" and Great Britain and the United States can reach a com plete agreement on that question by fining such a league, declared "Vis count Grey, former foreign secre tary, in a speech h£re tonight. The seas, the Viscount said, were free in times of peace and Great Britain has placed no restrictions tipon them. Duriiig the war the American navy had aided the British Ijavy in maintaining the blockade And Lord Grey thought that the Uni ^•ied States would use the' wea.pon if ecessity arose for it in the future. •rithout the blockade Germany might have won. The term "freedom of the seas" ,,yas American in origin and had been i Adopted by the Germans for their tfwn purpose, he said. He believed president Wilson meant freedom of Ihe seas to all who Joined a league nations but the phrase needed Clearer definition. Viscount Grey protested against the election of a servile house of commons, saying that in such case -inhere would be a drift toward dic tatorship oi^ Bolshevism. While giving credit to the present govern- Orient, he said that the people muBt '$je fair to the men who preceded the present cabinet in office and who ihade ultimate success possible. Speaking on relations after the war between Great Britain and the "United States Viscount Grey said: "If there is competition in naval shipbuilding between Grealt Britain fnd the United States it will be fatal good relations. What is desirable i In our naval policy is not domina tion or supremacy, but security. I do not believe a conflict between American and Great Britain possible. We must not be jealous of any ship building* on the part of the United States." m- eather Bb §dmoliton avre Huron Medicine Hat •Jiloorhead Qu 'Appelle .. St. Paul Wniiston ..... Winnipeg Chicago Kansas City .. Omaha St. Louis el's*! Barometer, 2 A ^5" 1 (D o a I & ST'5' CO 01 n-C* 3 ovo 5B G.W a 3* 6 Bismarck Calgary Pevils Lake .. eS. b- .01 !io .01 rise is'i nnctttcd y i'ain nf) wan portion. ly rain tonight and Mlnnesota—I Friday," probab and south porti east and north Iowa—Probal Friday warme tion tonight cjo^vjq tonight and fnow in east j'^r tonight in Semxtreme §ast por 4jn west portion Friday. _T North Dakota-*10 2sorj» ekmdy to night and Frid*"» ably unsettled in east portion^Ae .....tonight, South Dakoti rain or snow in «ttled tonight, vcirtion warmer Friday partly regs in central port cloudy. Montana —Generally fair tonight 3,iid Friday warmer tonight. 83 '*•& X: ESTABLISHED IN 1878. THE FARGO FORUM, THURSDAY LET'S SEE NOW, here Was i •j OSlKl i PLAN TO BRIf NEW PEOFLE TO NORTH State Association Commit tee Sponsors Immigra tion Movement To induce a good class .of immi gration to this state and to see that new settlers are treated right in the purchase of land, and assisted in getting a start, if necessary, is a good work well gotten under way by the executive council of the North Dakota Banker's association at its midwinter session just closed in this city, For a year past this.'matjter has received the' serious cons!deration of the bankers, but definite action was reserved until the close of the war. During this time a concensus of the bankers has been taken^on the sub ject, it being pointed ojit by the council that this "must be conducted in a fair and unselfish desire to bring good people to the state-and extend help when needed," as one of the members expressed it. Association Uses Advertisements In furtherance of the project ad vertisements are being inserted in outside newspapers by the Bankers association asking communications from those contemplating a change of location, either for farming or business purposes. Upon receipt of replies questionnaires are returned, and if any county is mentioned as a place the party desires to locate in, the matter is turned over to the banks of that locality, and it Is up to them to. see that the immigrant, when he comes, is well taken care of. This work is handled by the banks without charge to the settler and as surance is given that the price of the land sold is comparable with real, rather than fictitious values, the idea being to satisfy the. newcomer that he has got his money's worth and that friends are at hand to make him feel at home and to aid in every way possible. y Send for Convert* An effort will also be made to in terest North Dakotans who have done well to make periodical trips back to their old homes and tell their old neighbors of their success, it being recognized that these men can do more toward bringing desira ble settlers than any other agency. The banks will endeavor, to interest the people of their communities in this campaign, and incidentally to make their towns so presentable that the first impression of the newcomer or visitor will be favorable, and to follow this up with friendly interest and co-operation on the part of the local people. The movement is a. pufely philan thropic one on the part of the Bank ers' asspciation, and the heartiness with which the members have taken hold, the officers say, encourages them to believe much idle land can be brought under development through the residence of actual set tlers. Many inquiries have already been received and the work is well under way. Similar cordial consideration will be given by the banks to all propo sitions looking to the establishment of industries and the bringing of new business capital to the state. He'll Be All Right As Soon As He Collects Himself I ^'CfeLisr ^.iks-r 150 Jobs Await c: Fargo Soldiers One hundred and fifty positions await 150 returned Fargo soldiers. This was the number of positions listed by the Fargo office of the Uni ted Istatea Emplojment service to dafr." "Ihexinajority of the returning sol diers have jobs waiting them on their return," William English, examiner in charge, said this afternoon," "but our efforts are being directed for the fellow^who have no jobs. We ex pect to have 300 to 400 jobs listed when our canvass of employers in the city has been completed." Of soldiers demobilized at the North Dakota Agricultural college Wednesday, 70 per cent had jobs awaiting them on their return home, Mr. English said. Several Fargo soldiers at the college were put In touch with employment today. JOINT PLAN FOR FLOOD CONTROL BE OB Legislatures Will Be Asked to Provide Machin ery for Work ^7 A joint plan for flopd control in the JEted River valley will be outlined by North and South Dakota and Minne sota as a result of the meeting of the Tri-State Flood Control association in Fargo Wednesday afternoon. The legislatures or tne three states will be asked to provide the necessary legis lation and appropriate money for a survey that will make clear to the government just what relief is neces sary. A legislative committee com posed of William Lemke, St. Paul A. Y. More, Fargo and A 13. Kaercher, Ortonville, Minn., was named. Minnesota has flood control laws which were considered ample at- the meeting. The North and South 'Da kota legislaures will be asked to enact similar laws to permit united action in securing relief. A committee was also appointed to confer with officers of the Tri State Grain and Stock Growers'.as sociation, which meets in Fargo Jan uary 14 to 17, relative to including debates and discussions on flood conditions in the program for the convention, thus bringing the facts before the men most vitally inter ested in bettering present condi tions. J. P. Hardy, secretary of the as sociation, was authorized to request the ^governors of the three states to each name a delegate to a committee of three to name a competent engi neer to determine the. nature and make feuch survey vas is wanted by the government. Attendance at, the meeting was over 30, among those present being A. B. Kaercher, Ortonville, Minn. F. H. Peterson, Moorhead W. (R. Dodds, Wheaton, Minn. J. P. Hardy, Fargo H. F. Emery, Fargo Prof. E. F. Chandler and W. H. Brown, Grand Forks D. P. O'Neil, Thief River Falls, Minn.I W. B. Stevenson, Fargo Prof. P. T. Trowbridge, Agri cultural college^ O. C. Neuman, Wheaton, Minn. and H. A. Hard, Fargo. /tw-yM AND DAILY REPUBLICAN & S /V. 'AS? V///W y v v/yV V WAk- T" fV STAPV OF THT u i v n i V i i i i i i HYANKS NERAL, FOCH, IS HELD UNTRUE "Our old friend Matt is home again," sang the iFargo liotarians and their guests at a dinner given Wednesday evening in honor of Cap tain M. W. Murphy, of the American Ked Cross, who arrived in the city Tuesday. The Rotarutns" gave Cup tain Murphy the finest kind of re ception, the singing of an original song of welcome to the returned Ko tarian being a decidedly novel fea ture of the evening's entertainment, held at the Moose hall. Mr. Murphy addressed the gather ing after being introduced by Col. T. D. Hughes, and related some of his experiences abroad. "When you read of the alleged tilt between General Pershing and Mar shal Foch, just make up your mind there isn't anything to it," said Cap tain Murphy at one point in his ad dress. He declared that the Balti more editor, one Mr. Kent, who came home with the story of such suppos ed tilt, spent three weeks fignting "The Battle of Paris," and that the very fact that Marsnal Foch had given the Americans the post of hon or in the second battle of the Marne, or the "Second Victory of the Marne," disproved Kent's assertions. Captain Murphy declared that 600 American machine gunners, a mo torized detachment from the Third division, who battled the Germans three days at Chateau Thierry, hold ing a bridge head, really made the subsequent victory possible, for they held-up the German hordes while Foch gathered his army of 100,000 men and hit the blow that sent the Hun reeling back from the Chateau Thierry-Rheims salient. Captain Murphy hacl high praise for the First and Second divisions of th& American army—the divisions that were assigned to the great work in the Marne light. For the United States Marines Corps, he had the highest praise, too,, relating their wonderful work in Balleau woods, or in what -is now known" as "The Wood of the Ameri cans.'" The individual initiative of the American soldier said Captain Mur phy, had been a great factor in the swinging of the tide of battle, while Yankee fighting spirit turned the Hun on his heels and started him back to the Rhine. 'Captain Murphy told interestingly of Paris on Victory day, and of nu merous other experiences. Numer ous war relics he exhibited added in terest to the event. Pledge to Save food Still Holds The federal food administration of North Dakota is calling upon the people of the state, to maintain their pledges for continued preservation and conservation of foodstuffs, to the end that the American plans for giv ing food relief to European peoples may not be thwarted. "While the Hun is defeated, It is stated that' hunger reigns in Eu rope," said Dr. E. F. Ladd, food ad ministrator for North Dakota. "In Poland and Serbia hardly a child Is left alive. Fields are weed choked, and those who formerly tilled thern lie on a hundred battlefields. Widows and childless women are left alone to care for the aged and wounded." EVENING, DECEMBER 12, 1918. PRUSSIAN CU IS GIVEN SOL RECEPTION AS IT REACHES BERLIN Troops March Under Na tional Colors To Deutsek land Uber Allies" ARE WELCOMED BY PREMIER EBERT Soldiers Desire Convening Of National Assembly At Once Copenhagen, Wednesday, Dec. 11.— Berlin's welcome to the Prussian guard of Tuesday was solemn rather than triumphant, according to Ber lin advices received here. It was generally observed here that the troops inarched under the German national colors and that the bands played "Deutchland Uber Allca,"' and not revolutionary airs. Brandenburg gate and the streets through which the soldiers marched were decorated with evergreens and flags. The officers and men were decorated with national rosettes of flowers and wore their Iron crosses. The soldiers in the procession par ticipated in the last battles of the war and suffered tremendous losses, some detachments being reduced to almost the vanishing point, it is said. The ranks, however, were filled with men from other detachments. Owing to the fact that no steps to control traffic had been taken many persons were injured when the vanguard of the troops passed through Brandenburg gate. The throngs for the time completely ar rested the parade and force had to be used to open a passage for the soldiers. Frledrich Ebert, the premier, wel comed the soldiers. He declared. It is said, that a new government had ben established in Germany and that the army will be its support. In be half of the troops a sergeant replied to the effect that the watchword now must be "quiet." He said that the soldiers desired the convening of the national assembly at the earliest mo ment and did not want to be led away from the "secure patch of quiet and order by Dr. Karl Lieb knecht or other dreamers." Premier Ebert's speech to the sol diers Is reported as follows: "Your deeds and sacrifices are un exampled. No enemy overcome you Only when the preponderance of our opponents in men and material grew ever heavier did we abandon the struggle. "You endured Indescribable suffer ings, accomplished incomparable deeds and gave, year after year, proofs of your unshakeable courage You protected the homeland from in vaslon, sheltered your wives, chll dren and parents from flames arid slaughter and preserved the nation's workshops and fields from devasta tion. "With deepest emotion the home land thanks you. You can return with head erect. Never have men done or suffered more. The German people have shaken off the old rule. On you above all others rests the hope of German free dom. The hard requirements of the victors are heavy upon, us but we will i not collapse. We will build a new Germany. With the strength and unshakeable courage you have proved a thousand times, see to it that ^Germany remains united and that the old misery of a system of small states does -not overtake us again. "The unity of the German nation is a work of religion, of Socialism. We must work with all our strength if we are not to sink to the state of a beggar people. You are laying down the aims which, borne by the sons of the people, should never be a danger but only a protection for the people whose happiness your industrious hands must build up from new foun dations." Close Race for Boxing Honors (By Associated Press.) London, Dec. 12.—The teams of the American army and navy, the British army and navy and the Canadian army were bunched closely at the end of the first day of the boxing tournament here. The Americans are pinning their hopes of winning in the finals today on Eddie Mc Goorty and Mike O'Dowd, who have not yet appeared in the tournament. The points scored at the close of the first day were: British army, 21 British airmen, 21 British navy, 19% United States navy, 16V*\ Uni ted States army and Canada, 16 each Australia, New Zealand and South Africa, trailing. King George, Vice Admiral Sims, Admiral Beatty and General Riddle will attend the tournament today to present the service trophy and em blems to the winning teams and in dividuals. Double prices jsvere of fered for tickets last night but none was available. F. C. Laney, of the American navy defeated Corporal Bingham of Canada yesterday. Both men were featherweights. Eddie Coulon, Of the American army, beat J. Davies, of the British navy, in the featherweight division. Lightweight Gamester, of the British royal air force, defeated Eddie Shan non of the American army. C. De laney, of the American navy, beat Wilkinson, of the British navy, in the middleweight contest. No Reduction In WagesIsLikely (By Associated Press.) Washington. Dec. 11.—No reduc tion in wages can be expected for a number of years because the demand for labor will exceed the country's supply, the house rules committee was told yesterday by Secretary of Labor Wilson. He appeared to urge the completion of legislation to pro vide useful and necessary public work for discharged soldiers and in dustrial workers. .-. .v" 1 Washington, Dec. 12.—Acting Sec retary Polk made public at the state department today the text of the note handed by the United States ambassadors recently to tho presi dents of Chile and Peru, urging that the two South American nations owe It to the rest of the world to compose their differences, and informing thf»m that the United States "stands read to tender alone, or in conjunction (By Associated Press.) Washington, Dec. 12.—Secretary McAdoo's proposal to keep the rail roads under government control un til 1924, met instant criticism from the Republican side when the senate convened today. Senator Kellogg of Minnesota declared that a proposi tion for permanent government own ership of railroads is at the bottom of the whole thing. Referring to Mr. McAdoo's letter to the congressional interstate com merce "Commission made public last night, Senator Kellogg said: "It is a most remarkable document, com ing as it does a few days after the address of the President in which the President said he had no Judg ment of his own." Before Senator Kellogg spoke the senate committee decided to meet Thursday to discuss the railroad problem. "The railroads were taken over for war purposes," said Senator Kellogg. "It was denied then that it was to test government ownership. Now Mr. McAdoo comes making a propo sal for a five year 'test.' A test of government ownership really is at the bottom of tho whole thing." Declaring congress can immedi ately act on railroad legislation Senator Kellogg said ho favored uni fied operation under "A strong gov ernment control together with feder al regulation of railroad securities Thft railroad ndmfnistration ha* no Intention of reducing wages of rail road men generally after peace is declared lit was stated authorita tively today, and if the period of government control is extended for five years as suggested by Director General McAdoo, it is probable that wages will stay at their present level. (By Associated Press.) Washington, Dec. 12.—Extension of the period of government control of railroads for five years, until Jan uary 1, 1924, was recommended to congress last night by Director Gen eral McAdoo. Advantages of this, Mr. McAdoo said, are that it would take the railroad question out of politics for the present, give time for carrying out an extensive pro gram of improvements, and provide opportunity for a fair test of uni fied control to indicate the perman ent solution of the railroad prob lem. "The President has given me per mission to say that ttys conclusion accords with his own view of the matter," Mr. McAdoo concluded. The Jetter Vjras addressed to Sena tor Smith of South Carolina and Representative Sims, chairmen, re spectively, of the senate and house interstate commerce committees. Mr. McAdoo explained that to con tinue government operation for 21 months after formal declaration of peace under present conditions would mean disruption of morale among employes and officers ahd could not enable the government to go ahead with improvements and purchase of equipment. Another alternative, the prompt return of the railroads to private control, without legislation to permit elimination of the old wasteful competition, would be "hurtful alike to the public interest and to the railroads themselves," he said, and the difficulty of obtaining immediate legislation providing a permanent solution, is apparent. The One Alternative. "There is one, and to my mind only one, practicable and wise alterna tive," Mr. McAdoo continued, "and that is to extend the period of fed eral control from tho one year and nine months provided by the present law to five years or until the first day of January, 1924. This exten sion would take the railroad question out of politics for a reasonable per iod. It would give composure to railroad offikier and employes. It would admit of the preparation and carrying out of a comprehensive pro gram of improvements of the rail roads and theii^ terminal facilities, which would immensely Increase the efficiency of the twinsportatlon ma chine. It would put back of the railroads the credit of the United States during tho five year period &o that the financing of Oiese improve ments could be successfully carried out. It would offer the necessary op portunity under proper conditions to test the vale of unified control and the experience thus gained would of Itself indicate the permanent solu tion of the railroad problem. "The American people have a right to this test. They should not be denied It. It is to their interest that it should be done. In my opin ion it is the only practicable and reasonable method of determining the right solution of this grave econ-! omic problem. Has No Theory Himself. "I am not now and have not been for the past year interested In proving or disproving the theory of government ownership of any other kind of theory. The railroads have been operated for the past year with the purpose of serving efficiently the paramount needs of the war and at the same time furnishing the best possible service to the public, wheth er such operation tended to prove or to disprove any theory of railroad control, no matter what it might be. (Continued on page 7.) V"'"--' '1 Offers to Mediate In South America (By Associated Pre«s.» PLAN TO ROADS FOR FIVE YEARS 1ST LY 0 Senator Kellog Insists They Were Taken For War Purposes Only with other countries of this hemi sphere, all possible assistance" to bring about an equitable solution The note said the United States viewed the severance of consular re lations between the two governments with the gravest apprehension, par ticularly on th eve of Paris peace conference "in which it is con fidently expected that steps will be taken to provide for an era of last ing peace among all peoples." BREST IS READY 0 PAY TRIBUTE 0 PRESIDENT ON utaL THERE Fleet Not Far From French Coast Due Tomorrow Brest, Noon, D«c. 12.»—(Br The Associated Press.)—Brest has put on its holidaj' attire and Is eagerly awaiting the arrival of I'r sirtf-nt Wllf»on tomorrow. Tho American naval establishment here got. Into direct wireless touch this morninpr with the presidential fleet, which Is approaching this port and which now is not far off the coast. Th© weather which the fleet is experiencing is favorable to its quick progress. If the weather early tomorrow fk rough, tho steamer George Wash ington bearing the President may enter the sheltered roadstead toward 10 o'clock. Otherwise the regular program will he carried out, the steamer entering the harbor about noon and the President landing from her at 3 o'clock In the afternoon. A large delegation of Socialist members of the chamber of depu ties has arrived to greet President Wilson, but tho principal figures expected, Albert Thomas and Marcel Sembat, were unable to come. Dep uties Goude, Longuet, Pressemane and Raffin-Dugens were among the delegates. They called a mass meet ing last night which initiated friend ly demonstrations toward the presi dent. The cabinet ministers and officials who are to welcome the President will arrive here tomorrow. Tho Place President Wilson and the Cours Dajot, along which the President will pass, are elaborately beflagged but the decorations were dripping today from a steady down pour. Four Transports Sail for Home Washington, Dec. 12.—Sailing of four army transports bringing addi tional units from France was an nounced today by the war depart ment. The ships are the transports II. R. Mailory,, Rappahannock, Lev iathan and Celtlo with about 9,000 men. The Rappahannock sailed Dec. 6 and the other vessels Dec. 8. The Leviathan brings casual companies Nos. 301 to 813 Inclusive, ,1,419 hos pital patients 500 casuals, and the second antl aircraft sector. The Celtlo brings headquarters, 3rd battalion, headquarters com pany and medical detachment of tho 814th pioneer Infantry (colored) casual companies Nos. 1,051 to 1,057, Inclusive 220 patients and several civilians. The Mailory has on board the headquarters^ sanitary detaohment, ordnance detachment, headquarters company, band, supply company and batteries A and of the 143rd field artillery regiment the Sixty-fifth field artillery headquarters brigade, and 921 sick and wounded. Shotl2SpiesIn Tower ofLondon London. Dec. 12.—(British Wire less Service—During the war twelve spies were shot in the tower of Lon don, according to the report now current. Carl Hans Lody, alias Charles A. Inglis. who at one time was a resident of Omaha, Nob., was the first to be executed. Two women spies were sentenced to death, but both were reprieved, the sentences being commuted to long prison terms. One of the women, Lizzie Werthe, regarded as danger ous, was tried in company with a man named Rowlands. Rowlands was executed. This couple made frequent Journeys between London and Rosyith, Scotland, and obtained Information regarding the move ments of the British fleet. This in formation, however, it is declared never reached Germany. The other woman spy was Eva De Bournouvill, who is undergoing penal servitude for life. One spy hanged himself in Brix ton prison, while many others con victed of espionage, escaped the ex treme penalty. Two More RusS Generals Shot Stockholm, Dec. 12.—Generals Rus skl and Dimitrieff of the Russian army, have been shot by order of the local Soviet at Prapragorsk ac cording to an official Ukrainian statement received here from Pet rograd. M. Rukhloff, former minis ter of Commerce in the Russian cab. inet was shot at the same time. General Russkl at the outbreak of the war commanded the Russian troops in northern Poland. Some blame was attaeher to him for tile success of Field Marshal Von Hin denburg in the successful German campaign in Eastern Prussia. Gen. Radko Ditrieff is a Bul garian and played a prominent part in the Bulgarian campaign against the Turks in 1912. He joined the Russian army as a volunteer in August, 1914, and commanded the Russian forces which captured Przemsl. Later he was commander of the Russian troops on the Riga front. rices of Eatlra Buy. War Savings Stamps i VOLUME XLI, NO. 22. NEGOTIATIONS TO PROLONG ARMISTICE ARE NOW UNDER WAY German Delegates Want Further Aid In Maiur| taining Order BRITISH DRAFT A NAVAL PROGRAM Solf Resigns And Ebert Government Shows Greater Strength (By Associated Trrsa.) Paris, Dec. 2.—(Havas)—Negotia tions for the prolongation of the Get man armistice began today at Treves, Rhenish Prussia. The Matin says that the German armistice delegates have requested that the allies reinforce their troops at certain points in order to aid the German authorities in maintaining order. The newspaper adds that It* osises where tho Geripan military chiefs may urge more extended oc cupation in central Germany th al lies will limit the sending of troops info German territory only to the necessities of occasion? that May arise. .Th# British Attitude London, Dec. 12.—The British gov ernment has decided upon the atti tude it will adopt at the peace con ference regarding the freedom of tho seas, according to the dally Express today. The newspaper refers to the American na%*al program as stt forth by Secretary Daniels and says: "Official circlef In London are com pletely satisfied with this and with the grateful tributes to the British navy by former President Roosevelt, Admiral Sima and other Americans. The British government is ready to concede to the United States the freest, of all free hands in naval de velopment, and it welcomes the ide* of tho extension of American sea power as one of the best guarantees of the peace of the world and of real freedom of the seas. "All we ask for the empire is what we will willingly concede to ths United States—freedom of action.** 8olf Resigns Berlin, Wednesday. Dec. 11—Dr. W. 8. Solf, the minister of foreign afT&lis, lias haiiiled In his tion which has been acccpted by th« Cabinet. Tho foreign secretary's retirement does not come as a surtvrfse, as hlf relations with the independent Socli'" alist wing of the Ebert-Haaso ca'ulif net reached the straining point som# tima ago. Will Convene Reichstag The German cabinet, anticipating a refusal by the allies to deal with the present government and the sol diers and workmen's council, accord ing to the Tageblatt of Berlin. Is considering convoking the relchstag to give the government a .parlia mentary basis. The relchstag session, the Tage blatt says, may be expected to begin next week. Ebert Qaina Courage London, Dec. 12.—In consequence of the support he is receiving from the Prussian guards, newlv arrived in Berlin, Premier Ebert is taking a, stlffer attitude toward the Spartacus group, the special correspondents in Copenhagen of the London newspa pers are advised. 'The proletariat must be prepared for tho worst," the "red flag" organ of the Spartacus faction is quoted as saying. A dispatch to the Daily Mail from Copenhagen says the Ebert govern ment, feeling that its position is bp coming stronger, evidently has decid ed upon sharp measures against th» Spartacus group. The officers of th* Spartacus organ underwent an ex amination Tuesday by government forces the Mall's advices added, anil arrests are expected. Still on the Payroll Copenhagen. Dec. 12.—The Ger man imperial revenue for December, it is reported from Berlin, have heeit paid to all the former royal person ages remaining in Germany who are entitled to them. The Vossische Z»l tung says that the former Gf-rrnaa emperor has authorized Eltel Fred erick. his second son, to represent' him in all matters concerning th* former Imperial house. New Definition 'j Of "Deserters Chicago, Dec. 12.—Baseball play ers of the American league who de serted their clubs last season for tho ship yards probably will be barred from playing in the league if a reso lution to be introduced at the annual meeting of the league is adopted. Radical retrenchment will be the policy adopted for the 1339 season, ', President Johnson said while thq club owners did not favor reducing the present player limit of 25. they* would not carry any more player# than was necessary on the roadi trips and that the club trainers prob ably will be left at home. Await Wilson's I Speech ToArmy (By Associated Press.) Paris, Dec. 12.—The address which President Wilson will make to the American troops, probably as soon after his arrival in France as possi ble. is expected to be one of the most important delivered during his s av in Europe, and Ik being looked for ward to by Europeans, who hope to gain from It a more definite idea of the President's exact position re-' garding numerous vital points. It is considered that the President wi!l$f $ make this speech at the American front, but at what place has not veu £l been determined. The length or* President Wilson's "official" visit ini Paris has been fixed at 48 hours, ac-", cording to the Matin. The remain- 1» der of his stay here will not be mark-'-' ed by any state ceremony. ^Flll v.. H-