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'lIRST GERMAN CONGRESS IN SESSION 1
PRISONERS KILLED SINCE ARMISTICE I
! PARIS, Monday, Dec. 16. After conferences in Paris, President
Wilson has come to understand fully why the peace conference cannot
get under way before the first of the year. The mere physical propo
sition of getting- the American mission to the conference settled in its
offices is a tremendous job.
President Wilson's visit to the American troops at the front and
his review of them in Paris that is planned, will be out of the way by
the first of the year. Meanwhile, the informal conferences which
mean so much in laying the ground work for the peace conference
will continue. The president is seeking to get acquainted with the
men with whom he is to deal so that he may discuss with the great
est freedom the problems arising, and develop the value of the per
Eonal equation.
From the president's point of yiew, it is indicated, there are plain
things to be said arid he wants to say them and avoid antagonisms
because, notwithstanding all the points upon which wide divergences
of opinion have been expressed as representing public opinion in Eng
land and France, the president is confident that an acceptable agree
ment will be reached before the peace conference adjourns. Diplo
matic history shows that conferncesjrfhis;skind usuallyif-not in
variably, assemble without definite program to work and such, a con
ference probably never accomplishes precisely what is expected of it.
4 While things are shaping for the great gathering, President Wil
i son is evidently working out his own plans and for the most part keep
i ing his own council,
f t President Wilson's health continues good. He has completely
j' - shaken off the cold which followed him to Europe. He is keeping in
I the closest touch with affairs in the United States through advices
from the White House, from members of the cabinet and the heads of
some of the special war bureaus upon whom he is depending for accii
; rate inf ormation.
i So far as is known, the president has not yet selected a director
general of railroads, and Director General McAdoo may hold over un
til the president's return.
President Wilson's official visit to Paris came to a close last
; ; , night. The Paris correspondent of the London Mail, in discussing the
'president's reception, says:
"He has one of the most remarkable receptions ever accorded p
i ' guest of the French nation although the president has been careful
to give his view that in him Paris has seen the representative of the
American nation. ' '
BERLIN, Dec. 17. A revolution has broken out in Bulgaria, ac
,t cording to information received by the Lokal Anzeiger by way of
3 Hungary.
1
y PARIS, Monday, Dec. 16. President
p Wilson's visit to Versailles today was
:? unannounced and informal. Mr. Wil-
son's Idea was to inspect the golf
f course which, on advice of Read Ad
, miral Grayson, his personal physl
. cian, he will probably visit as often
) as time permits. The driver who was
unacquainted with the route, missed
the golf course and Mr. Wilson saw
, only the palace, returning to Paris in
time for luncheon.
: Tomorrow night the president will
; attend the reception to be given by
j Ambassador Sharp at the American
Embassy. King Victor Emmanuel and
Queen Elena, of Italy, will be re
ceived at Murat residence between
i five and seven o'clock Thursday eve
1 nlng.
Today's reception was the last of
; the affairs arranged wholly by the
French government. Hereafter all
Mr, Wilson's movements will be ar-
ranged for by his personal staff. His
conference with Premier Lloyd George
of Great Britain Is still indefinite as
I to time but Is Is not improbable that
It will occur before the end of this
' week or the beginning of next.
PARIS, Monday, Dec. 16. President
Wilson has been deeply impressed by
the magnificent roception given him
I in Paris, the more so that assurances
are declared to have come to him that
the French people as a whole are sin
cere in their acceptance of his prin
ciple., and will uphold them. That the
People are supported in this by the
flovernment eeems to be indicated by
the first Interview between President
: WIaon and premier Clemenceau.
There was no lack of warmth in the
statesman'6 appreciation of the'Amcr
can position, It was declared, it be
,nQ Indicated on the other hand, that
"'attitude was thoroughly sympa
i thtf.
14 iftftRls, Dec. 17. Monslgnor Ccrret
I? !' Papal under-secretary of state who
1 1': Is in Paris on his way to the United
ll-Mates to participate in the jubilee
IV celebration of Cardinal Gibbons, will
jU' call on Colonel E. M. House today to
MiiS10 arr:ngemcnts to be received by
MilPreeidcnt W-Uson. He will discuss
jl 1
arrangements for the visit of the
president to the pope'.
PARIS. Dec. 17. Secretary Lansing
was in conference this morning with a
number of members of the American
delegation to the pence conference In
an effort to organize the working force.
The secretary began the assignment
of duties to the various members of
the American group.
Secretary Lansing that that it was
clearly impossible to do anything more
than this preliminary work before the
holidays, although there might be in
formal conversations between the
American and Entente delegates to the
congress as they met socially and un
officially. HOME, Dec. 17 Changes havo been
made in tho personnel of the Italian
delegation to tho peace conference
which was unofficially announced yes
terday, nccording to the Tribuna. That
newspaper says that the representa
tives at Versailles will be: Vittorio
Orlando, prcmior; Baron Sydney Sid
inlo. foreign minister; Francesco Sa-verio-NItti.
minister of the treasury;
Leonida Blsolatl-Bergamaschl, leader
of the reform Socialists and minister
of military aid and war pensions; Gen
eral Armando Diaz, commander-in-chief
of the Italian armies, and Vico
Admiral Paolo Thaon di Revel, former
chief of the navAl staff.
NEW YORK, Dec. 17 Among the
passengers sailing on the White Star
liner Adriatic today was Dr. Herbert
Putnam, librarian of congress, who is
going to France to supervise a plan of
instructing American soldiers in vo
cational subjects through the distri
bution of books of a technical nature.
The books havo boon collected through
the American Library association, of
which Dr. Putnam is director general.
Other passengers included Henry P.
Davidson, director general of the
American Rod Cross, who is going to
Versailles in responso to a summons
by President Wilson, General Gvos
donvitch, Montenegrin minister to the
United States, and Alexander Wisch
negradskl, member of the Economic
League of Russian interests in this,
Spanish Investigators
Make Report on Mur
j dering of Prisoners.
iRU-SSIANS SUFFER
i
I Murderous Huns Shoot
Down Prisoners Since
Armistice.
PARIS, Dec. 17. (Havas) Spanish
Investigators who have conducted an
inquiry into the shooting of French
prisoners of var at Langensalza have
forwarded their report to the French
j government, according to the Petit
'Journal. The newspaper says the re
Jport declares that the attitude of the
'prisoners did not justify the ruthless
methods of the Germans. The pris
I oners had erected a theater. Before
leaving the prison they attempted to
tear it down and while they were thus
I engaged were fired upon by German
j sentries,
j ZURICH, Switzerland, Dec. 17. (Ha
Vas) German soldiers at Cracow are
j reported to have fired upon Russian
(prisoners who refused to work, killing
! six and wounding seven, according to
the Stuttgart Tageblatt. It is stated
that the incident occurred since the
signing of the armistice between the
I Allies and Germany.
country. The latter two arc also go
ing to Versailles.
J PARIS, Dec. 17. (Havas) There is
an important movement under way in
Dutch commercial, political and fin
ancial circles, according to a dispatch'
from The Hague to the Matin indicat
ing that the foreign policy of Holland
will assume a new direction based on
closer relations with the Entente na
tions. The leader of the Dutch Economic
league in a speech at Harlem de
clared his party recognized that tho
river Scheldt should he Internation
alized. PARIS. Dec. 1 7. King Victor Em
manuel of Italy who will reach Paris
Thursday will visit President Wilson
the following afternoon, according to
tho present arrangements.
It was originally intended by the
Itnlian embassy to have King Victor
Emmanuel and President Wilson at
tend dinner on Friday but for cere
monial reasons it has been desided
that this will not be practicable as
tho dinner is to bo in the king's honor
and it is not customary to havo two
heads of stale at a dinner when one
is the guest of honor.
PARIS, Dec. 16 The arrival of the
various officials to meet President
Wilson has now been arranged for.
Tho Italian premier, Vittorio Orlando,
and Foreign Minister Sonnino will
reach hero Thursday. Tho British
prime minister, David Lloyd George,
and Foreign secretary A. J. Balfour
will probably reach Paris next Satur
day or Sunday. With Premier Clem
enceau, the presence of these peace
delegates will permit of discussions
between tho four leading powers,
Great Britain, France, the United
States and Italy.
Tho inter. allied conferenco prob
ably will assemble next Monday, but
tho sessions will bo brief, not ex
ceeding two days.
Tho initial meeting of tho inter-allied
conference probably will be held
in the French war office and will givo
President Wilson his first opportunity
to meet the delegates around the con
ference table. After two days tho var
ious leaders will separate for the
Christmas holidays. j
i Ebert Fears That Ger
many Will Suffer as
Mas Russia.
! KAISER AT FAULT
t
! Germans Created Bol
shevism and May Yet
. Suffecf rom It.
LONDON. Dec. 17. (British Wire
less Press) Freidrlch Ebert, Socialist
premier of Germany, declared in an
interview yesterday that he did not
know of any legal method by which
William Hohenzollern's surrender
could be forced.
"I cannot think of any provision in
law upon which tho former emperor
would havo to be given up," he said.
"But that is not a question that con
cerns us. Wo have separated our-
! selves from him and desire that the
guilt for the outbreak of tho war
should be finally fixed in order that
he may be exposed, onco for all."
Asked as to his view of the future,
Ebert replied:
"I am optimistic but must remem
ber that our influence upon the course
of events is limited. We cannot cre
ate ifread for the German people. If
the nation is allowed to starve, then
the inevitable will follow. That any
nation can bo brought to a desperate
pass and burst through all restraints
have been shown by the experiences
of the past year. Our ' old system
came to the ground as a result of Rus
sian events which it Itself provoked.
It is poor consolation, however, that
j In falling one drags one's enemy to
j the ground. To us any other solution
would be preferable."
I BERLIN', Monday, Dec. 16. Seeral
I hundred boys and girls paraded
through the streets of the city today on
their way to the reichstag building
i where the soldiers' and workmen's
; congress is being held. They deiuand-
cd, among other things, votes for per
sons IS years of age, the aboli'.ion of
corporal punishment in schools and the
participation by children in the ad
ministration of the government and
schools. The marchers carried red
flags and incendiary placards.
A 17 year old boy made an address
warning the congress of "terrible con
sequences" if tho juvenile program was
not carried out The chairman of the
executivo committee declared his sym
pathy with tho children's demands.
Later tho procession gathered in the
square in front of the reichstag build
ing whore youthful orators demanded
tho removal of Premier Ebert and
Phillpp Scheldemann from office, op
posed tho convening of the national
assembly and threatened a Juvenile
strike throughout Germany if their de
mands were not immediately accepted.
PARIS, Dec. 17. Several groups of
Fronch women suffrage advocates
have joined in Issuing a manifesto de
manding that tho political rights of
women bo recognized by the govern
ment before tho next election.
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CASTRO ELECTED
AS PRESIDENT
QFPORTUDAL
LISBON, Portugal, Dec. 17. (Havas)
Admiral Canto y Vastro has been
elected president of Portugal in suc
cession to Dr. Sidinio Pacs, who was
.assassinated last Saturday uishL
jPolish Military Chief
Says Pogroms at Lem- '
berg Being Probed. ;
OPPOSE BOLSHEVISM1
i
i
I Jewish Party Chief Pre-!
sents Grievances
... Against Poles.
WARSAW, Sunday, Dec. 15. Gener-
i
al Pilsudski, the military head of the
Polish government, spoko freely to
day with the correspondent relative to
the situation in this country. '
"The Jewish question is most diljfi-
cult for Poland," he said. "One of the
best proofs of our tolerance toward
the Jews may be found In the fact
that they were permitted to participate
I in the recent election.
I "A special commission is investigat- j
ing the alleged pogroms at Lemberg. '
It has been established that the first
act of the Ukranians after occupying
that city was t6 release prisoners. I
These prisoners began to pillage the j
city. When Polish patrols entered i
the Lemberg ghetto they were fired
jupon from windows and hot water was
! poured upon them.
j "At the beginning of the trouble the .
'forces of Polish regular troops in Lem-:
I berg were unable to cope wilh the I
situation, but when reinforced, re-i
i stored order and placed in jail fifteen!
I hundred persons, many of whom were I
tUkranian soldiers."
I Noah Prilaki, a leader of the Jewish I
I Nationalist party, said to the corres-1
Ipondent: I
j "The trouble between the Poles and 1
i the Jews is the outgrowth of the in-1
i disposition of the Poles to meet our
demands in the light of President Wil
i son's terms. We have aspirations sim-'
! liar to the Czechs and the Sorbs but ;
lack territory. Anti-Semitic agitation i
I began forty years ago when Poles 1
jwere urged to take up land, open small J
j stores and overcome Jewish competi-'
' tion.
I "Jewish nationalistic aspirations
' look form nine years ago being stimu-1
jlated by the Russian revolution. After
the present war tho Jews hoped to
i gain political freedom but friction be
i tween the Poles and Jews began again.
(When German occupation came the
j Poles accused tho Jews of co-operating
with the Germans. It was then that
Warsaw elected its first municipal j
council.
"In this council began the formation
of parties which now exist. Our Na
tionalist party seeks autonomy for the
Jews, reconciliation by the Polish state
with them, the right to havo our own
schools and libraries and the privilege
of using Yiddish in the schools but to
study Polish history and the Polish lan
guage. "Wo have no objection to the Polish
flag but wo wish to have the right to
regulate matters affecting Jews. The
representatives of our party arc large
ly Socialists but aro opposed to Bol
shevism. Also unlike German Social
ists we are not internationalists. It is
not true that Jews acted as spies for
the Germans.
"It is true that Jails were opened at
Lemberg but Polish soldiers .began the
disorders by setting fire to the homes
of Jews and then thieves came.
PARIS, Dec. 17. In discussing the
severance of relations botwecn Poland
and Germany, the Petit Journal sees
an alliance in the near future of an al
liance between Poland and tho Demo
cratic government of Posen (German
Poland). The Democratic government,
the newspaper says. In preparing to
adhere completely to the entente allies-
A
BERUN CONGRESS
REJECTS DEMANDS
OF RED GUARDS
BERLIN, Monday, Dec. 16. The central congress of delegates
from soldiers' and workmen's councils from many parts of Germany hi
opened today in the building formerly used by the Prussian diet. f Mi
There were three women among the 450 delegates. jf;l
During the organization of the congress it became evident that i
the independent Socialists and the Spartacus group were greatly out- 1 1
numbered. None of the important posts in congress was given to dele- I U
gates from Berlin. M
The Spartacus group made a futile 'attempt to intimidate the con-
gress. A resolution was submitted that Dr. Karl Liebknecht and Rosa nf!
Luxemburg, leaders of the Spartacus group, be invited to attend the
congress as guests with advisory powers. Less than 15 per cent of fl
the delegates voted for the resolution. D
Later while Herr Muller, chairman of the workmen's section of Or
the executive committee, was speaking, the chairman of the congress
interrupted to say: "There is a comrade present who wishes to sub- ; L
mit a communication. ' ' ', (
The newcomer announced that he represented 250,000 workmen IP
who were then assembled outside the diet' building. He read a list of Jl
demands identical with the Spartacus program including retention of I1
all power by the soldiers' and workmen's councils, no national assem- : j i
bly and the formation of a Red guard. This aroused a storm of pro- ; rt
test and the intruder left the building. . '
The 250,000 workmen who, he said, were outside the building
proved to be about 7,000 from five factories, whom the Liebknecht II
agents had induced to go on strike temporarily. In the meantime Dr. , i
Liebknecht succeeded in entering the building and made a speech to i jfc
the crowd from a window. If
COPENHAGEN, Dec. 17. Herr Mueller, in presenting the report u
of the executive committee to the congress of soldiers' and workmen's I
executive committee to the congress of soldiers' and workmen's coun- ,ji
cils, according to a report from Berlin, and announced that Carl Kaut- I
sky had examined the documents in the German foreign office and
had been unable to find that any had been destroyed. He confirmed jl
the report that the resignation of Dr. Solf, the foreign minister, had r
been accepted by the government.
STOCKHOLM, Monday, Dec. 16. An English squadron has bom- ,
barded Bolshevist positions along the southern coast of tho Gulf oi ' m
Finland, according to an official statement issued from the Esthonian m
army headquarters. Bolshevist forces have been repulsed, according
to the report. The statement ad$s that the mobilization of the Es- 31
thonian army is progressing satisfactorily. IR
LONDON, Dec. 17. The Italian embassy here states that a re- ,j
port from Laibach to the effect that an American sqitadron had ar- ,
rived at Pola was unfounded. , 11
PARIS, Dec. 17. General Le Comte, commanding the Three Hun- Jj
dred and Thirtieth corps of the French army entered Wiesbaden yes- fi
terday. J
ATHENS, Dec. 17. The situation in Smyrna is critical, accord- !B
ing to dispatches from Mitylene. Young Turk officials have posted IB
armed bands in the town and these have been bombarded by the al- Jf
lied fleets. : jl
ODESSA, Friday, Dec. 13. Serious rioting occurred here last
night when elements opposed to the hetman of the Ukraine burned the ; it'
city prison. Five persons were killed. Eight hundred prisoners, most ; j
of them adherents of the hetman 's regime, were released. U:
COPENHAGEN, Dec. 17. At a monarchist meeting yesterday in ! If j
Vienna which was attended by a number of generals, Archduke Maxi- jl
milian, brother of former Emperor Charles, was nominated as the sue- H j
cessor to the crown. The Socialists, a dispatch from Vienna adds, in- uj
tend to take sharp measures against the monarchists. w
COPENHAGEN, Dec. 17. The elec
tions to tho national assembly in the
former Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg
wero announced to tho congress' of
soldiers' and workmen's councils in
Berlin as follows:
Socialists two; liberallsts 16; "han
dicraftmen" 3and peasant party 1.
BRUSSELS, Dec. 17. Tho Belgian
government announces its delegation
to tho peace conference will bo com
posed of Paul Hymans, minister for
foreign affairs and former minister in
London; Emil Vanderveld, minister of
justice and Socialist leader, and Baron
Van Den Hovel, Belgian minister at
justice,
BERLIN, Dec. 17.. (By The Asso
ciated Press) The elections to a na
tional assembly In tho former Duchy
of Anhalt, which is the first German
federal stato to vote for a constituent
body, resulted today in a marked vic
tory for tho majority Socialists. The
Socialists polled 92,229 votes against
a total of GG.951 for the combined
bourpeoise groups. In the reichstag
flection in 1912, the second had 31,165
against 36,6-19 for the bourgeoise par- ,m
ties. f
Tho increase In votes was duo to !,B
tho lowering of the age limit and lh : 1
votes of women. I K
The Anhalt national assembly will u'
bo composed of 22 majority Socialists, w,
twelve German Democrats and two , uj
conservatives. The independent So- i
clallsts failed to get a sufficient num- ;',B
bcr of signatures necessary to nomin- t
ato a ticket.
COPENHAGEN, Dec. 17. A general
meeting of the independent Socialist
party has decided that the party shall W
vote' In favor of a national assembly. ! j
The Berlin correspondent of tho Ber- jUil
lingske Tidende of Copenhagen says fl
this Is a great defeat for the Sparta- ' H
cus group.
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WASHINGTON. Dec. 16 The Na- j
tlonal Colored Democracy congress ' , H
met her to olect a commission to go H
to Trance to ask that "full democracy jl
for colored Americans be made a part J
of tho world's peace settlement." Del- ,S
egates were present from thirty-seven ' jl
slates,