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I Great Liner Leaves for "Over There" with Bis Convoy II
IaLUES SEND FORCES INTO SOUTHERN RUSSIA I
NEW YORK, Dec. 3. The George Washington turned
f her head toward the sea shortly after 10:30 o'clock. As the
big liner straightened her course, the presidential salute of 21
:j guns thundered from the transport's guns.
I As the fleet started down the bay a squadron of airplanes
dropped from the clouds and executed a series of daring loops
';; above the president's ship.
i The liner and its convoy steamed toward the sea with the
I George Washington's band playing martial airs and with
harbor craft of all types, including many Allied merchant ships,
dipping flags and tooting whistles in salute to the departing
j, chief executive.
Off Staten island the George Washington met its ocean
convoy, the dreadnaught Pennsylvania and a quintet of
y destroyers, trim in new coats of battleship grey.
The presidential fleet passed quarantine at 11 o'clock,
'. the Pennsylvania leading and the destroyers deployed on either
' side and in the wake of the transport. Gunboats in the lower
bay fired salvos in salute.
As the squadron steamed out to sea a single airplane,
' traveling only fifty feet above the water, could be seen lead
ing the way toward the eastern horizon,
p Across the waters of the Hudson just as the George
Washington was about to sail there came the roaring cheers
of more than two thousand American soldiers returning to
American shores on the British transport Lapland. From
f crowded rigging, from densely packed rails and from every
porthole the home-coming fighting men shouted greetings to
: the president; and from the decks of the presidential liner and
the destroyers guarding her answering cheers came back.
INEW YORK Dec. 4. Woodrow Wilson, president of
the United States, sailed today for Europe to participate as one
of five representatives of the United States at the peace con
ference to be held in France. The transport George Washing
ton got under way at 10:15 a. m.
i The president's party included two other members among
J the delegation Secretary of State Robert Lansing and Henry
! White, former ambassador to France, and Italy. Colonel E.
i1 M. House and General Tasker Bliss, the other two members,
are already in Europe.
J As the George Washington swung out into the North
river on a voyage unprecedented in American history, Presi
!, dent and Mrs. Wilson stood on the flying bridge, the highest
: point to which passengers could climb. An army band on
. the shore played "Over There."
J President and Mrs. Wilson had breakfast alone in the
- private dining room which is part of their suite.
The president, in high spirits, said he was looking for
! ward to the voyage as a rest indeed the first real rest since
he assumed office. .He remarked that it might be "an en
:! forced rest for a few days," thus acknowledging his reputation
for being a very poor sailor. The George Washington vith
j its convoy of war vessels will take the southern route, going
J by way of the Azores in order to avoid the colder temperatures
which would be encountered on the northern route.
!J A wireless telegram was report-1
ed to have been received by the i
; president late today from Secre- j
r tary 0f the Treasury McAdoo an
' Bouncing the acceptance or rejec
. tion of the treasury secretaryship j
j by the man to whom it has been i
offered. It is believed to be Rep
$ resentative Carter Glass of Vir-
finia. His decision is expected to ,
be made known at Washington
during the day.
''With the transport's departure!
j today it was disclosed that Secre
? tary Tumulty had been very anx
;! jous to accompany the president
out yielded to the wishes of the
president, who believed that Mr.
I Tumulty's presence was needed in
Washington.
I Jv the president stepped
aboard, the ship was virtually
sealed, even army officers of high
j rank being barred. George Creel,
) who did not go aboard at the time
I jne president did, found difficulty
jin later joining the peace party.
te was obliged to exert official
pressure in order to be allowed to
go aboard.
John W. Davis, newly appoint
ed minister to Great Britain, with
Mrs. Davis and the French and
j Italian ambassadors with their
families, also were on the passen
ger list.
Prior to President Wilson's de
iparture it became known that he
(goes determined to oppose militar
ism in any form. The crushing of
Prussian militarism was a part of
his plan for the future peace of
the whole world, the president
feels, according to persons who
conferred with him on the trans
port George Washington before it
sailed.
Long before President Wilson's
special train arrived from Wash
ington today there was unusual
activity about Dock No. 4, at Ho
boken, where the transport George
Washington was moored. Work
men were busy throughout the
night putting on the finishing
touches on the liner and complet-
Cummins' Resolution to
; Send Committee to ;
I Europe Held Up.
G. 0. P. STARTS FIGHT'
'Opposition Leaders Dis
I cuss Wilson s "Four-
teen Points'
I WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 Action on1
(the resolution of Senator Cummins of
J Iowa, Republican, proposing that ai
l senate committee be ce'nt-to-Paris-YoH
the peace conference, was postponed'
until tomorrow by the senate foreign
relations committee today after an
executive session to dlscucs the reso-,
'lution and hear Senator Cummins in,
'its behalf.
When the meeting was over admin-
' istration leaders said privately the
resolution would not be approved.
Most of the Democratic leaders of the
.committee are said to have opposed j
lit while the Republicans were divided1
1 on the subject, J
During the deate Senator Borah of
Idaho, Republican, introduced a reso-;
lution providing for publication of the,
peace terms as soon as agreed upon'
, and for open discussion of the treaty!
1 in the senate. j
I
j WASHINGTON. Dec. 4 General!
' discussion of President Wilson's four-1
teen peace principles was started in)
the senate today by a speech of Sen
ator Frellnghuysen of New Jersey, lie-1
! publican, advocating a resolution he!
had introduced calling upon the prcsl- j
dent to make a public declaration in-!
terpreting the principles.
Senator Frelinghuysen said the pros-'
ident's fourteen principles were open
( to various interpretations and added:
"The president should not on be
;half of the American public make rad
ical proposals until he is sure that
they are endorsed by the people." i
' Senator Walsh of Montana, Demo
j crat, declared that lack of criticism1
i until recently of the president's four- j
! teen terms had justified general bo-'
lief in their acceptability. Senators
Knox of Pennsylvania and Poindexter'
of Washington, Republicans, sharply
dissented. i
ing the elaborate decorations of i
the pier.
The usual barred zone was wide-j
ily extended and only those armed
'with special passes were allowed
to approach streets leading to the
' dock. Military police kept an all-!
night vigil over the route from the
railroad station to the pier while
hundreds of agents of the secret
i service and of the army and navy
intelligence services watched the
(Wide streets and kept inquisitive
persons on the move. War vessols
kept a ceaseless patrol of the wat
ers near the transport while at
!dawn army airplanes circled over
I the vicinity and maintained a
! watch from the air. Perhaps nev
er before have such elaborate
plans been mapped out to guard
I the president.
The long pier was gaily decorat- j
ed with thousands of flags and,
(bunting. A canopy consisting of
a mass of American flags and em-;
,blems of the allies, extended overi
jthe gangplank. ,
I Stewards and their assistants
'worked well into the night com
pleting their arrangements for the
comfort of the party. Phono
graphs were installed in the gen
tlemen's smoking room and the la
dies' lounging room, the records
i (Continued on Page -1.) ;
German Population As
tounded at Appearance
of Forces in City.
Ihuns arepolite
Country Shows No
Marks of the Four
Years' Conflict. 1
WITH THE FRENCH ARMY IN
GERMANY, Tuesday, Dec. 3. (By
The Associated Press) The Tenth:
French army on its way to Rhine and1
jrMsyencc ..h5Jt.Med the -.German'
frontier of 1870, occupying the valley
of the Saare. The advance into Ger
man territory was without incident
and appears likely to be carried out
In perfect order and quiet
The population of the districts thus
far reached appears to be more as
tounded than downcast, and those that
come Into direct contact with the
French officers and men show more
politeness than displeasure.
Thei mperial functionaries still In
charge receive the French military
authorities with coolness but without
rudeness.
Town and country life arc proceed
ing to all appearances undisturbed by
the momentous historical incident.
Business goes on actively.
LONDON, Dec. A The Russian gov-j
crnment has refused to admit 1,500,CO0i
Russian soldiers who have been pris-!
oners in Germany and has turned them ,
back at the frontier, according to a '
Berlin dispatch to the Express, under,
date of Monday. The incident is ser- i
ious for Gcrrnany because of the nc. J
cessity of feeding these men.
oo
AMEBIC! ARMY ,
RMS ADVANCE
INTO GERMANY
I WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 Reporting
on the advance of the American army i
of occupation Into Germany, General !
Pershing's communique for Tuesday
says: ,
Headquartere, American Expedi
tionary Forces, France, December 3:
! The Third American army In itc
advance Into Germany today reached
I the general line Dahlem-Elscncchmltt-
; Wittllch-Berncaotel - Osann - Stein-,
berg.
TRICK IN f E
: KAlSEff S MOVE
Allies Are Advised to Keep a
; Watchful Eye on !
William.
LONDON, Dec. 4. (British Wire
less Service) The correspondent at
Amsterdam of the Dally Express calls'
attention to the fact that former Em
peror William's act of renunciation
'was dated at Amerongen, Novembor
1 28, and was published In Berlin. No
' vember 29, and adds:
I "It was obvious that telegraph!
communication between Amerongen '
and Berlin is neither cut as might bei
j expected in the case of communication j
I between an exiled monarch and rovo-!
lutiouiatts nor Is it subject to the
delay that all messages sent by ordin
ary mortals meet with. IIany persons
consider that both tho document and
the manner of its publication more
than over justify tho Allies In Icoep
ing a watchful eye on William." J
KAISER
SHOWS
TERROR
Exiled Hun Wears De-j
jected Appearance;
Fears His End.
COUSIN'S-OP I N 1 0 N
King George Says For
mer Emperor Is World's
Greatest Criminal.
LONDON, Dec. 4 William Hohen-
zollern wears a dejected appearance,
according to the Telegraph's corres
pondent iat Amerongen, Holland, who
says he has talked with "some one
who has come much in contact with
the exile." This person is quoted as
follows:
"The former emperor wore an air
of relief when he arrived at Amer
ongen, but that 60on vanished. Even
his cheery wife cannot now rouse him
from moodiness. The distinguished
fugitive has terror in his heart."
Herr Hohenzollern keeps more and
more to himself and Is constantly less
Inclined to go about. The correspon
dent cays that his Informant took him
to an unfrequented place from which
an unshaded window in the castle was
visible. Pointing to the window, the
gentleman said:
"The former emperor sits at that
window writing as if against time,
hour after hour."
LONDON, Nov. 28. (Correspon
dence of The Associated Press) What
does King George really think of his
cousin, William Hohenzollern, former,
German emperor? According to a'
writer in the Dally News, which is'
usually very careful as to the trust-'
worthiness of what it prints, King
George regards him as "the greatest
criminal In the world today."
The writer says that he was talking
a few days ago vith a well known;
statesman who has had many oppor
tunities of hearing the king express
his views of the kaiser. And he thus
summarizes what the "well known
statesman," told him:
"My informant says that the king's
feelings and expressions are so strong
that they could hardly be reproduced
verbatim but that the substance of
them is that the kaiser is the greatest
criminal in the world today; that he
Is directly responsible for the outrages
on the Belgian and French civil popu
lations; for the bombing and air raids;
on the innocent inhabitants of unfor-1
tlfied towns; for the torpedoing of
passenger and hospital ships and the
sinking of survivors in their boas
for the first use oL pslsoned- gas7 the
poisoning of wells, that he has not
only permitted these things to proceed
but was In many cases a personal as-,
sentor to and director of them and
that for such a man no retributive
penalty, however severe, would be
undeserved."
DESIGNATE CAMPS
TO DEMOBILIZE
OVERSEAS TROOPS
i
! WASHINGTON, Dec. -1 Thirty
camps were designated by the war de
partment today as demobilization cen
j ters to which enlisted men aro to be
transferred for discharge from the
army.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 The war
department today outlined a plan con
templating that reservo aviators will
be called to active service at army
flying fields two weeks each year for
experience with up to date planes.
00 r
PARIS, Dec. 4. The royal. Montene
grin government has issued a state
ment, denying tho report that King
Nicholas has been deposed.
ENTENTE FLEET I
TAKE HUN SHIPS I
IN BLACK SEA I
STOCKHOLM, Dec. 4. The Bolsheviki government has arrested Ml
and imprisoned the Persian minister to Russia. According to advices III
from Petrograd, they evidently intend to hold the minister until the fll
soviet representatives in Turkestan who were reported arrested by fill
order of the British authorities in Persia, are released. if H
LONDON, Dec. 4. In reviewing the question of whether Ger- In I
many is able to -pay war damages and the war -expenditures incurred ili III
(by the allies, the Daily Mail declares that the estimated allied ex- lil II
penditures of 25,000,000,000 pounds are less than one-seventh of the m III
main German assets in sight. 1 1 I
The railway systems in the German states are the property of I ! H
the various governments which, in addition, own forests, mines and vvM
large areas of land. The newspaper says that a moderate estimate of IpM
German mineral deposits is 191,000,000,000 pounds. ili III
LONDON, Dec. 4. The abdication of the German crown prince Hil l
was expected to be published today, says the North' German Gazette, ijljlll
, the former semi-official organ, according to advices received here. ill I
ON THE BRITISH DESTROYER TILBURY, SEBASTOPOL, HI
Wednesday, Nov. 27. The Allied fleet lias taken from the Germans fillj
ten. warships in the harbor here,. The. Russian dea.dufVDgJLWVolia: is fflml
now under the British flag. Five British destroyers were appor- gnjjl
tioned among the allies, the British taking two, the French two and ffljjl
the Italians one. Four submarines, all German, were divided be-
tween the French and British. All the remaining warships and mer- I (ml
chant vessels of the German Black sea fleet will be held here. lni
There are about 11,000 German troops in Crimea. They have re-
quested permission to procesd to Germany by way of Triest HI
Sebastopol is governed by a coalition committee of workingmen, B ffl
merchants and professors. The people want to establish Crimea as l
a self-governing state, with its capital at Simferopol under the fed- fflml
eral republic of Russia. Armed workingmen maintain order in the Hwl
city at present, but the committee in charge fears disorders after the WmM
departure of the German troops and the allied fleet. nl
PARIS, Dec. 4. The government has taken all necessary meas-
, tires to insure the demobilization of all classes of the territorial re- Sffll
(5erve before the end of February, according to L'Oeuvre. BjSjl
COPENHAGEN, Dec. 4. The soldiers and workers council at 111
Lerpsic has decided that German general headquarters shall be dis- 1 I
, solved and Field Marshal von Hindenburg arrested, according to the R II
Lokal Anzeiger, of Berlin. Iffl I
PARIS, Dec. 4. King Albert of Belgium intends to create a new Hi II
military order to be known as the Order of the Yser, the Echo fj
Paris says. The first man to be decorated with the new order will be Hi I
Marshal Foch.
GENEVA, Dec. 4. (Havas) The Pol
ish government has cent an ultima
turn to Germany asking for the im
mediate evacuation of Polish territory
by German soldiers who are said to
have been committing atrocities, ac
coVding to the- Geneva Journal. If
the German answer is not satisfactory,
it is added, "most energetic measures"
will be taken by the Poles.
, BERLIN, Tuesday, Dec. 3. (By the
j Associated Press) Soldiers returning
from the front have torn down the
flags at the postoffice and railway sta
tions at Eessen, according to reports
iTeceTved here, and exchanged shots
with delegates of the soldiers' coun
cil. The soldiers had been disbanded
at Verson because they sold to civil -!
ians hundreds of thousands of marks
worth of wine and cigars from the
army stores.
LONDON, Dec. A No confirmation
has reached official Rumanian quar
ters jn London of the recent German
report that Bucharest was burning and
t that the peasants had revolted in
Rumania.
The latest official news shows that
Rumania is quiet and that the German
evacuation is proceeding regularly,
1 PARIS, Tuesday, Dec. 3 When the
German revolution broke out on No
vember 7, many Gorman officers vis-J
ited the prison camps to ascertain the
attitude of Allied prisoners toward the)
revolution. Each prisoner was asked
if he intended to join the revolution-
Ists and those who replied in the nega
' tive, saying that they wished only to
i rejoin their regiments, were asked to
i give their parole not to try to escape.
Captain James Norman Hall of Col.
, fax, la.; Lieutenant Henry C. Lewis
of Gcrmantown, Pa.; Lieutenant Rob
ert J. Browning of Minneapolis, Minn.;
and Lieutenant Charles R. Codman of
' Boston, Mass., refused to give their
'parole but agreed not to join the revo
lutionaries. A camp inspector then
gave a strong hint that no great diffi
culties would be placed In the way of
their escape.
The four Americans finally reached
Berne where they received outfits
from the American Red Cross. ffiB
AMSTERDAM, Dec. A Mathias Erz- Hill
berger opened the first sitting of the Hjj
German commission to investigate the Ejjjj
treatment of war prisoners on Monday, Kju
according to Berlin advices. The meet- ttjl
ings are open to the public. Ml
"The task of the commission," Err-
berger is quoted as having said, "will Mm
be to prove the new government of
republican Germany is resolved to pro- ifijll
cecd ruthlessly against any one treat- - BHjn
ing prisoners contrary to the orders of Mm
those in authority or in violation of tho j!
laws of humanity." uHj
I LONDON, Dec. A The Express (j
claims to be able to deny the report
from Berlin yesterday that a new ul- IfflU
timatum has been sent to the German Rn II
government because the locomotives Kj
to be handed over under the terms of
the armistice can be delivered at once. Sj: I
The newspaper says that it is true that Jj j
Germany is not keeping up to the stlp- la
ulated schedule and that Marshal ftj
Foch has given warning that Germany llil
will be responsible for further delays, WW
but he has not fixed a time limit for jEn
the carrying out of thee clause re'a- WJj
tive to railroad equipment. ami
Place Steamer in 11
South American
Shipping Trade 1 1
WASHINGTON, Doc. 1. Withdraw- II I
al of tho 7,000 tou steamer San Louisa Baj III
from the traus-Atlantic service for a Wl III
voyage in the South American west 8w Ijl
coast trado "was announced today b fpl'lil
tho ship control commission or tho ?jj(
shipping board. The vessel Will Ienvo 111
New York immediately for San Fran- 5t1l
Cisco to take passengers and general uM
cargo for South American ports. Re- mill
turning she will bring nitrates and Willi
other products from Chile. rtfO'l
The San Louisa was in the wast MWm
coast trade before the government J jljl
took her over., ( nljl