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' PARIS, Dec. 18. Unofficial reports still persist, says the Matin, i
that the EberWEIaase government has entreated the allies to occupy !
; Berlin. '
AMERICAN ARMY OF OCCUPATION, Tuesday, Dec. 17.
; From left to right the first line American divisions in the Coblens !
; bridgehead area are the Second, Thirty-second and the First divisions,
f The Second division occupies the right bank of the Rhine to Hon
! ningen with headquarters at Hedesdorf. The Thirty-second division ,
line runs from Brietscheid east to Herschbach, where the line extends i
; southeast through ALsbach to Sayn, which is the headquarters of the ' J
: division. The First division is located between the Thirty-second and i
French headquarters at Montabaur. 1 .
f The dividing line of the French and American portions of the
bridgehead is the Lahn river from the Rhine to the region of Ems,
whence the line zig-zags northeast to the region of Malmes Eicht, di- i
;! rectly east of Montabaur.
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British Admiral Delivers1
; Farewei Address to j
j. Americans.
REVIEWS TBE WAR;
f Says Gereian Fleet Gavej
Up Like Let of j
Herded Sheep. :
LONDON, Dec. 18 The American
; battleship squadron attached to the
British fleet displayed a spirit of true
jV- comradeship throughout its period of
' service, declared Admiral Sir David
Beatty, the commander-in-chief of the
grand fleet, in a farewell address on
; board the U. S. S. New York on De
cember 1, tho day the squadron was
, detached from the grand fleet. All
i; hands had been called t muster on the
forecastle to hear Admiral Beatty.
j After thanking the American off ?
j) cers and men for their co-operation,
i Sir David remarked that both the Bri
ll Ush and the Americans were dlsap
" pointed at not having been able to
meet the German fleet. He declared
, that the day the German fleet surren
I dered was "a pitiful day to see." Sir
it David said ho had always had misgiv
Inge that the Germans would never
; come out for a finish fight and these
vj misgivings had been strengthened by
', the coming of the American squadron.
; "I could not let tho sixth battle
; squadron go without coming on board
-i 0 New York and saying something
: of what I feel at this moment of your
; departure," said Sir David.
"I had intended to aak Admiral Rod
i man to permit mo to say something
j to the representatives of all the ships
i of the sixth battle squadron on board
t nls battleship but tho exigencies of
the service- have not permitted it
i Therefore, as Admiral Rodman has
; suggested, what I say to you I hope
, you will promulgate to your comrades
in the other ships and also to your
comrades of tho Atlantic fleet
t. "What I say I hope you will under
' stand, comes from tho heart, not only
' my heart but the hearts of your com
I rades of the grand fleet I want first
t of all to thank you. Admiral Rodman,
d and tho enptains and officers and the
II- snip's companies of this magnificent
quudron for the wonderful co-opera-Hon
and loyalty you have given me
,i my admirals and the assistance
you have given us in every' way you
l Have had to undertake. I
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"The support which you have shown
is that of true comradeship and ill
time of stress that is worth a very!
great deal. As somebody said the
other day 'the fighting now is over
and the talking now is going to begin.'
Therefore I do not want to keep you
hero any longer but want to congrat
ulate you for having been present upon
a day unsurpassed in the naval annals
of the world.
"I know quite well that you, as
well as your comrades, were bit
terly disappointed at not being
able to give effect to that efficien
cy you have so well maintained.
It was a mo9tf disappointing 'day
It was a pitiful day to see those t
great ships coming in like sheep I
being herded by dogs to their fold j
without any effort on anybody's I
part, but it was a day everybody '
could be proud of. j
"I havo always had misgivings and j
when the sixth battle squadron became
part of the gTand fleet, those misgiv
ings were doubly strengthened and I
knew then they would throw up their
hands. Apparently the sixth battle
squadron was the straw that broke tho i
camel's back. J
"However the disappointment that
the grand fleet was unable to strike
their blow for tho freedom of the
world, is counter-attacked by the fact
that it was their prestige alone that
brought about this achievement.
Know Each Other Well
"During the last twelve months you
have been with us we have learned
to know each other very well. We
have learned to respect each other. I
want you to take back a message to
the Atlantic fleet that you have left
a very warm place in the hearts of
the grand fleet which cannot bo filled
until you come back or send another
squadron to represent you. You have
given us a sample of the Atlantic fleet,
which, I think, the Atlantic fleet, ef- j
ficient as it is, will find it very hard I
to reproduce. .
"I understand that you now are go-1
ing to Portland where you are to get
leave. There is a duty to perform in
bringing your president to these wa
ters and then you will return to your'
own shores. And 1 hope that in tho
sunshine, which Admiral Rodman
tells me always'shlnes there, you wllL
not forget your 'comrades of the mist,'
and your pleasant associations of the!
North sea. 1
"Come Back Soon"
"This is a queer place as you have
found, but you arc not the first to find
it out There once was a great ex
plorer, Marco Polo, who after travel
ing over the world for thirty years,
one day found himself in the North sea
and then went home and went to bed
and did not travel any more. I trust
it will not havo tho samo effect on any
of you but I can say that those of you
I have seen during tho last twelve
months seem to have improved in
many ways, if that were possible, nnd
I think tho health giving quality which
must be put against all its bad points
of which there are so many.
"I thank you again and again for
tho great part tho sixth battlo squad
ron has played in bringing about the
greatest naval victory in history. I
hope you will give this message to
your comrades: 'Come back soon.'
"Goodbye and good luck!"
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GENERAL BOTHA
GIVEN RECEPTION
LONDON, Dec. 17. Via Montreal
General Louis Botha, premier of the
Union 'of South Africa, with his party,
arrived today from Capetown and took
a special train from Tilbury, where he
landed, to London. Upon arriving at
the station hero Gerieral Botha was
given a great ovation by the large
crowds which had assembled to meet
hiui ' ,
Americans From Prison
Camp Tel! of Crimes
of German Officers.
RUSSIANS STARVING
Yanks Compelled to
Protect Own Food With
an Armed Guard.
BERNE, Dec. 17 Lieutenant James
Duko of Washington, Lieutenant Cas
sius Styles of Willsboro, N. Y., and
Lieutenant Robert Raymond of New
ton Center, Mass., have arrived in
Switzerland from a German prison
camp on their way to France. These
officers are attached to tho American
aviation service.
The Americans informed tho Red
Cross 0At lhe.-RuKSiaiis Jitf.-Rastatt,
Germany, wero dying at the Tato of
about six or eight dally from starva
tion. .The Americans were given rifles
by the German guards to protect their
food stores from the Russians who
threatened to raid the American com
pound, they said.
The American cemetery at Rastatt
now has nine graves.
The German guards left the gates
of the camp open for the Americans
to escape but an American sergeant
posted American guards around the
compound and compelled tho prison
ers to await the arrival of the Red
Cross and American sanitary trains
Irom Switzerland.
Herbert Jones of the 110th infantry,
declared to the American Red Cross
that a German sergeant major at
Langensalza camp struck American
prisoners on the face with the flat of
his sword without reason after lining
them up for roll call. Jnoes himself
was kicked by a guard until the lower
part of his body was temporarily para
'lyzed. Langensalza Is tho Gorman prison
camp where a considerable number of
French prisoners wero killed or
wounded by guards several days after
the signing of the armistice.
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Dismissal of Members
From Force Leads
to Walkout.
TORONTO, Dec. IS The Toronto
police force began a strike this mor
aing against the dismissal by the po
lice commissioners of thirteen mem
bers of the police union, which the
commissioners had refused to recog
nize because of its affiliation with the
trades and labor council. Of five hun
dred policemen about ninety remained
on duty.
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FOR SOCIALIST CONGRESS.
BUENOS AIRES, Dec. 18. Juan
Justo, Socialist leader in the Argen
tine chamber of deputies and his col
league De Masso havo been appointed
by the Socialist party to attend the
Incoming Socialist congress In Eu-
,10110.
President and Marshal
: Discuss Armistice
' Terms at Conference. ;
PEACE IN' JUNE
Foch Will Lead Aled
; Armies Under Arch of
Triumph in Paris.
i PARIS, Dec. 18. Up to this mo-1
Iment President Wilson has not ex-1
i pressed himself in favor of any of ;
the various propositions that have !
jbeen advanced as regards the crea
tion of a league of nations, says a ;
statement issued today by the i
American peace commission.
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i- PARIS, Dec. 1G President ' Wilson I
'and, Marshal Foch talked for half anj
hour Ia6t night. The subjects underi
discussion were mainly in reference to
the armistice between the Allies and I
Germany. Mr. Wilson was most fav
orably impressed as the result of this:
; first extended conversation he has had
jwith the marshal, according to Marcel1
(Hutin of the Echo de Paris. Hutin
states that it is most probable that1
the treaty of peace will be signed atj
Versailles some time about the begin-'
ning of June and that Marshal Foch;
will lead the Allied armies under the
Arch of Triumph in Paris within fif
teen days after peace is declared. j
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PARIS, Dec. IS. Much interest at
taches to the conferences which'Pres-
ident Wilson will havo with King Vic
j tor Emmanuel who is expected to ar-
;rive tomorrow It is known the presi
dent feels the. warmest for the pur
poses which leu Italy to enter the war.
Nevertheless, tho tentative lines laid
out In consequence of an investiga
tion by Colonel Edward M. House res
pecting the probable extent of terri
tory which should go to Italy, on the
principle of racial or linguistic deter
mination do not fully accord with the'
'ideas of the Italian government, which!
I feels that it should go further than Is ,
indicated by this outline. This is ono
of the subjects which Mr. Wilson dis-
I cussed with Count di Cellere, Italian ,
ambassador to America, whom he Is'
believed to havo told tho extent toj
which the American representatives!
were willing to go in support of Italy's
claims arising out of the war.
PARIS, Dec. 17. (Havas) Thol
American ambassador, William G. j
Sharp, gave a dinner this evening in
honor of President and Madame Poin
caro and President and Mrs. Wilson.
The guests Included the ambassadors
' to France, the presidents of the sen
ate and chamber, the ministers of
marine and foreign affairs, Marshals
Joffre nnd Foch and the prefect of the
ISelno and their wives, the American
I delegates to the peace conference and
I Generals Pershing, Bliss and Harts.
I A reception followed the dinner, at
.which niahy notable men of France
land the United States were present.
I A great crowd massed in frpnt of the
I embassy acclaimed both presidents.
PARIS, Dec. 18. Another raw, wet!
I day kept President Wilson Indoors to
day except for a ride in a closed mo
tor car. The only conference on his
program was one with Gabriel Hano
taux, formerly French foreign minis
ter. The president worked late last night
after his return from tho reception
given by Ambassador and Mrs, Sharp
and slept late this morning. The
president is missing the entertainment
he gets from attending tho theater, and
he Is planning to witness a theatrical
performance here soon. A gala night
at the opera Is being planned for him.
Tho president has expressed a de
sire to meet Lieutenant Rene Forick,
the noted French ace, and tho aviator
will bo brought to tho Murat mansion
in the near future.
PARIS, Dec. IS This morning's
Paris newspapers variously place the
probable dato of the peace conference
at from January 10 to Jnnuary 15. The
meetings preliminary to the confer
ence will take place arthe ministry of
.foreign affairs with Premier Clemen-
Senator Knox Wants
Question Postponed
Until After Peace.
DELAY ALL ACTION
Declares Widest Diver
sity of Opinion
Existsc
j WASHINGTON, Dec. IS. Declaring
i that the widest diversity of opinion ex- I
ists regarding formation of a league j
; of nations and on the definition of;
j freedom of the seas, Senator Knox of:
Pennsylvania, formerly secretary of
state, in an address to the senate to-1
iday urged postponement of these ques-
tions until after the peace conference,
i Just before Senator Knox spoke tho
I foreign relations, .committeo had de-
cided -to,, delay .action. rtnilwSaturday
on his resolution which would record 1
I the senate in favor of such postpone- J
jment and also call for the withdrawal!
of Amorican military and naval forces j
I from Europo and abrogation of the j
, president's extraordinary war powers, j
Chairman Hitchcock said later that i
division of opinion in tho committeo '
1 on tho resolution was not confined I
to party lines. He would not predict
'what action might be taken,
j Tho function of the peace confer
I once. Senator Knox declared In the
! senate, is to settle Issues with the1
j enemy. Revision of the marine laws'
and a league of 'nations, he said, "are!
! issues between the Allies thomselves," !
and neutrals, and should not bo com- ,
plicated with "simple demands," of the ,
peaco treaty.
Instead of a league of nations, Sen-1
ator Knox suggested a "definite En-,
! tente, provided it be a small and nat
ural one. bringing only limited and ap
propriate obligations." The league of
nations, he said, should "await exhaus
tive consideration."
"Even without an Entente," the sen
ator said, "the United States can
without 'entanglement' whatever placoi
In advance at the service of the world's i
peace, if seriously threatened, the
' whole of its influence and of its po
! tential power. This can be done by a
, declaration that a menace to the lib- J
j erty of Europe is a menace to Auleri-j
ca. and that America will consult her
.friends and prepare for action if ever'
I such menace should arise again." !
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 17. Tributes
to the work of Charles M. Schwab as
director general of tho Emergency
Fleet corporation and of P. A. S. Frank
lin, as chairman of the ship control
committee, were paid by Chairman
Hurley of tho shipping board in cable
grams transmitted today. Mr. Hurlej,
who is in France, also conveyed to
Mr. Schwab the thanks of General
Pershing, particularly for the launch
in gof eighty-seven vessels on July 1,
which General Pershing said heartened
the American army and hastened the
victor".
ceau presiding. Prior to this, ex
tremely important conferences will be
held, including ono President wilson
will have with David Lloyd George,
tho British premier.
Most, wild rumors are In circulation
regarding the interviews Premier
Clemenceuu and Marshal Foch have
had with tho Amorican president,
PARIS, Dec. IS. (Havas) Among
those who signed the visitors' book
vestorday at the Murat residence, the
temporary homo of President Wilson,
were Viscount Northcllffe nnd Paul
Painlovc and Jules Meline, former
French premiers.
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OTTAWA, Dec. IS., S. Cohen, San
Francisco, is listed as a repatriated
prisoner in the Canadian casualties
list issued today. J
(B' the Associated Press) j ijjH
WARSAW, Monday, Dec. 16. The manner in which the Russian ijjl
peasants in Volhynia have risen against their landlords is shown hy ' II
the experiences of Princess Potocki, who is one of the refugees gath- i MM
ered here. Her estate at Dombrovitza was besieged for. one week by ! l
, the peasants. Several Polish peasants aided in beating off the at- 1 j 111
, tacks and a dozen or more of the Russians were killed. j l
' Finally the Russians threw benzine on the roof and set it on fire. j jjl
. The defenders then agreed to surrender if the women could go free. l
The peasants placed the men against the wall and executed all of the : i jjl
main personages of the palace, 1 jjl
WARSAW, Monday, Dec. 16. The mother of former Emperor t 111
i Nicholas of Russia who is living- near Livadia in the Crimea, has been ' jjl
i receiving letters every ten days that purported to come from the for- i It I
' mer ruler, according to Polish officers who have arrived here from , f jjl
;Sebastopol. The dowager empress and all about her are convinced j 1
j that Nicholas Romanoff is still alive, according to information given ( 111
the officers by a member of her household. ; j :I
COPENHAGEN, Tuesday, Dec. 17.
The Polish government has declared
itself ready to conclude a military and
political alliance with the Entente na
tions, according to the Cologne Ga
zette. Dispatches from Vienna report that
the town council of Carlsbad has
asked President Wilson to recognize
Carlsbad as an independent republic,
under American supremacy.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 18. The Pol
ish government has proposed that a
treaty signed by Bohemia, Poland and
Jugo-Slavonla, says the National Zei
tung of Basel, according to a dispatch
received today. The national conven
tion would Include military, railway,
and commercial agreements, closly
uniting this group of new states to
the Entente powers.
Poland would include all Prussian
! territory inhabited by Poles who would
number in the new country about
35,000,000 people. Hungary, according
to the National Zeitung, dcsircs to be
included artthe alliance.
SALON I Kl, Friday, Dec. 13. (By
The Associated Press) Food condi
tions in Bulgaria are good, according
to reports here, this being especially
true of the country districts. In the
cities food Is available to all having
the means to pay the high prices
asked. Clothing, however, is scarce.
There aiso io an acute shortage in
drugs and surgical dressings. Qui
nine sells for a thousand dollars a
pound.
There Is much money In the coun
try, the reports indicate. The Bul
garian government recently sold 2,
500,000 pounds of tobacco at nearly
$3 a pound, receiving payment In gold.
During the entire period of the war
immense stores of tobacco belonging
to American companies was left un
disturbed. SALONIKI, Dec. 18. Charles A.
Dana, former executive secretary of
the Armenian and Syrian relief com
! mittec at Beirut and Constantinople
land William S. Nelson, former Amer
ican vice consul at Tripoli, Syria, re-
turned here from Syria declared that
there is urgent need of relief among
'the survivors of the deported Armen
! ians new in Asia Minor.
J Both men agree that out of the 2,
1 000,000 Armenians deported by the
j Turks 400,000 survived and say that
not more than one-fourth of the pres
' ent Armenian population can survive
until the next harvest unless there is
outside help.
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MARSHALL IN
i APPEAL FOR THE
SYRIAN RELIEF
NEW YORK, Dec. IS A telegram
was made public here today from Vive
President Marshall expressing his
hope that the cry of Armenia and
Syria against the wrongs done them
by Turkey "will reach the hears of
just men who will sit at the peace
council."
Tho vice-president's message, sent
December 11 to the Armenian National
Union of America, said that the suf
ferings of Belgium nt the hands of the
Germans seemed to him to have been
mild in comparison with tho brutality
and inhumanity oxhibited by Turkey
toward Armenia.
As an individual American and
speaking without authority Mr. Mar
shall said he voiced the hope that the
peace conference would not forget "the
great problem of the Near Bast." '
Country s Altitude on
Peace Terms Not
Made Known. j
AN OFFICIAL TALKS I
iWouH Not Give Germany
i Back Any of the I
' Captured Colonies. : II
TOKIO, Nov. 18. (Correspondence ! 1
of the Associated Press) Official Ja- 1
pan js silent as to what Japan will ' .
ask at the peace conference, but Mar- j
quis Shigenobu Okuma, the venerable.
: ex-primo minister, has given a state-
ment as to what he thinks Japan's I
peace torms should be:
The Marquis says that Japan should j
approve all decision to "be reached by j
Great Britain, France and the United i
Statos so far as the territorial alter- I
ations on the western front, Central
Europe, the Balkans and in the African
colonies are concerned because Japan. ' i
has therein no direct interest.
As to the future of Germany and ; t
Ttussia, Japan's attitude should be de i
j cided in accordance with tho conclus
ions reached by the Allied conference :
but the fundamental principle of set- n
tlomen should bo the universal desirei fl
to obtain permanent peace.
The other points which the marquis
makes are as follows:
The future of the Somoa Islands
should ho decided with the Intention
of destroying German bases In the
Pacific. ; !
The German New Guinea which is
now occupied by the British should !
not be returned to Germany. The
principle should also be applicable to !
the Bismarck islands. '
Japan should hold islands like Mar- J
shalls, Caroline and others, which aro
now occupied by tho Japanese navy, j , Y
as it is dangerous to return them to ;i j
Germany and as there is no reason to i j
let the other powers occupy them. j .j p
The cablo line between Tsing Tao jj
and the Southern islands, which is now ' ;
occupied by the Japanese navy, should ;
be held by Japan.
Tho problems relating to Siberia ;
should be settled by the Allied confer
once, but all the Allied powers should
refrain from any demand for acquir- ;
ing concessions in Siberia. ;
The relations between China and ; !
other powers should be based ipon the J
principle of open door and equal op
portunity. lf !
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