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D President Confers With Italian King and Ministers
I on Italy's ClaimsFirst Week in France Brings
Results England Prepares to Receive Ameii
H can Executive on Dec. 26 London Press
H Foresees Great Benefit From Visit Plans Be-
I ing Considered for Relief of Famished Europe.
El (By the Associated Press)
r PARIS, Dec. 20. President Wilson spent most of today confer
if ring with. Italian statesmen and considering1 the claims that Italy will
it lay before the peace conference.
N Early in the day Mr. Wilson conferred for some time with Pre
13 mier Orlando and Foreign Minister Sonnino of Italy, who explained in
Kg detail their country's ambitions. The president has expressed warm
ly est sympathy with Italy's aspirations but has not committed himself
n fully as to his views.
EE After the conference, Mr. Wilson spent some time in going over i
It material presented and comparing it with data collected by Colonel
Mi E. M. House, who spent some time in attempting to determine what i
II in his opinion should be Italy's legitimate claims. Mr. Wilson frankly
1 told Premier Orlando and Baron Sonnino that he did not know what
Italy should receive but added that he intended to support action that
; would be just.
i ' The program for the day also included a reception at the Murat
residence of the ambassadors and ministers accredited to France. The
ceremony, one of the most colorful and dignified to take place dur
: ing Mr. Wilson's visit to Paris was scheduled to begin at 5 p. m.
The majority of the members of the large diplomatic corps here had
never met the president and all were eager to greet him personally.
While the diplomatic corps was being received, a committee from
I the French senate waited to formally welcome the president to France
Eand give expression to the cordial sentiments and bonds of friendship
between the two republics. Because of this engagement a previously
arranged luncheon with .Stephen Pichon, foreign minister, w,as can
, celled.
B The cordiality shown at the meeting between Mr, Wilson and
King Victor Emmanuel yesterday was a subject of much comment
m by those who were present. The president had been somewhat con
's ' cerned as to the event, not knowing that the Italian king speaks Eng
. lish. After the exchange of greetings, the two statesmen came to a
! : mutual understanding and during their conversation they could be
I, seen to be smiling- and gesticulating in the most friendly manner.
It is probable that members of the American peace delegation will
: hold informal conferences with Premier Orlando and Baron Sonnino
' ,for the purpose of gaining personal knowledge of their views which
have been explained in a preliminary way by Count di Cellefe, Italian
I. ambassador at Washington. This will go far toward laying the good
i work for consideration and determination of Italy's claims in actual
conferences later.
Mr. Wilson's first week in France is drawing to a close with his
I! advisers feeling that much has been accomplished in a preliminary
if way. Organization is now appearing out of the confusion which pre-
vailed during the first days after the president's arrival. Various
I sections of the American mission are settling down to the work which
1 must be done before the early part of January when the first sessions
J of the peace conference are held.
PARIS, Dec. 20 rresident Wilson's
, plans for visiting London, while not ,
; as yet positive, contemplate that he
j' will leave for England next Thursday, :
; December 20. He probably will re-
'main In England four days.
I Details of the trip to London arc
jf being worked out by the president in
J consultations with Colonel House, Cap-1
ij'taln Andre Tardieu, French high com
missloner to the United States and
I members of the American embassy
staff in London.
Sj. The president will start for London
immediately after he has Christmas
Jj dinner with the American troops in
? the field. The president will not re
$turn directly to Paris, but it is ox
K pected ho will visit the devastated re
fl glons of northern Franco and Belgium,
jilltis expected ho will be back in Paris
,about January -1 on the eve of tho first
K (meeting of the inter-Allied conference
IK on January 6.
IB I The oponing meeting of the inter
IK lAllled conference will be confined to
IK (representatives of tho Allies and tho
Ka United States who will arrange for the
KV formal sessions of the peace confer
m cnce whIch- WU open toward the nild
IKIdle or latter part of Janunry. It Is
Kj expected that the Gorman delegates
Ml T1'111 be Prese"t then for tho first time.
IH ,S po,nteu" out that this is not a nc
IK GOtiatcd peace, but a victorious peace
Hg based on virtual unconditional surren
Wjj der. The main purpose of the prc
Knhminary conference beginning early in
IH January is to arrange a common front
IKffor the peace conference.
WJ For that reason the conferences go
Kxuig on between Premier Orlando of
K Italy and President Wilson and later
WA'Itn Premier Lloyd Georg in London
mm Javo an important bearing on this pro
Klhnlnary adjustment
Hj LONDON, Dec. 20 Newspapers here
KFake extended comments on the Im
KPendlno visit of President Wilson to
KEngIand. The Dally News expresses
f profound satisfaction over Mr. Wll
Kjion's plan and adds:
Hti "Every section of the nation Is
mml fi,fler for an opportunity to display
it8 flratitude and admiration of the
UU President's unfaltering Idealism
' V" od ateadfactress of purpose."
I K?L newspaper hopes that nothing
I B"ay stand in Mr. Wilson's way to prc
j Bwjf his coming In personal contact
IKl tne poople rather than the rulers.
Hk Thc paper continues that it is ne
cessary to press forward to the ne
gotiations and name conditions for
Germany and determine the future of
Russia.
"Onfy swift decisions by the Al
lies." it says, "will enable Ger
many to resume something like
her normal life. Tho condition of
Russia is a matter upon which Mr.
Wilson's voice can carry greater
weight than any other. Ho has no
material conditions to influence
him and no question of the bond
holder will affect his judgment.
He presumably has full knowledge i
of the facts which the people of
this country have not and a
straightforward declaration from
him that the Allies are taking tho
only course open to them would
dispel misgivings which Viscount
Milner's statement yesterday left
unallayed." .
PARIS. Dec. 20. The London cor- j
respondent of the Mnnchoster Guard
ian suggests that President Wilson's
sudden determination to come to Eng
land is duo to his doBire to consult
the British government regarding the
Russian situation before the prelim
inaries to the peace conference. He
calls attention to the statement by Vis
count Milncr, the secretary for war
on tho Russian situation which he
says "was evidently intended to pre
pare the public for events to come."
"Rumors of an advanced policy
against Russia aro growing dally,"
tho correspondent continues, "and
feeling has become very- intenso
about the next adventure in Rus
sia. The share which America
might take in any attempt to over
throw tho Bolshevlki and tho roign
Of terror in Russia if she takes a
further share, must be a largo
one."
PARIS, Dec. 20 Count Romanoncs.
the Spanish premier, arrived in Paris
today. He comes for conferences with
President Wilson and representatives
of the Allies.
FOR RELIEF OR EUROPE
PARIS, Dec. 20 Plans for oxtendinc
relief to famished Europe, which Pres
ident Wilson recarda an the moit im
mediately pressing question, arc rap
idly maturing In nuch a way as to se
cure full co-operation by the Allies.
The president lias made it known to
i
Number of Dead Will Be
About Two Million :
Men.
"APPALLING LOSS"!
More Officers Killed1
Than Total Loss in:
Franco-Prussian War.
NEW YORK, Dec. 20. When the
total German casualties arc published
the number of dead will be about two
million, according to the Cologne Ga
zette of November 25, a copy of which
has been received here. Up to Octo
ber 25 the total casualties reported
were 6,066,769, of whom more than
4,750,000 were Prussians. The total
includes the naval casualties which
were 70,000 comprising more than 25,
000 dead, more than 15,000 missing
and nearly 29,000 wounded.
The Cologne paper uses the word
appalling In describing the casualties
among the officers. The total on Oc
tober 24 Included 44,700 officers killed
82,460 .officers wounded and 13,600
missing, a total of 140,760. The loss
In officers alone, the paper points out,
exceeds the total casualties of Ger
many In the Franco-Prussian war of
1870 when the total losses were 129,
698. oo
REDUCE EXPENDITURES. I
WASHINGTON. Dec. 20. Measures
to compel government department
head? to reduce expenditures were in- i
troduced today by the senate Demo
cratic steering committee. No action
was taken but it was said there was
a general disposition lo undertake
some move toward bringing about
greater economies in the readjustment
lo a peace basis.
the Allies that he regards the relief
(measures as of extreme importance
both for stricken populations and also
as a means of holding back tho wave
of discontent and resentment sweep
ing westward in the train of the Bol
shevist movement.
Tho relief plans that have matured
since tho arrival of Herbert C. Hoover
are understood to have been referred
to a committee upon which England,
France and Italy are represented. A
number of exchanges have been going
on with the committee which 3 grad
ually tending toward agreement.
As a great deal of German tonnage
is lying idle In German ports, the use
of this was contemplated, the pas
senger ships to be employed in mov
ing American troops homeward and
jthe bulk of the freighters, augmented
with American and Allied freight ton-
Inage to be devoted to relief work.
Because of President Wilson's spe-
I cial interest in the subject he has
made it known that he considers it
highly desirable that corporation by all
the Allied interests be secured at the
earliest possible moment and it now
is believed that the entire question
will be speedily adjusted.
PARIS, Dec. 20. Definite plans for
the peace conference are not shaping
as rapidly as some of the American
commissioners expected. Meanwhile
President Wilson is taking the oppor
tunity to assess public opinion in
France and incidentally his advisers
I are entirely satisfied that these peo
I pic are largely in accord with tho
principles he has advised as neces
i sary to a durable peace.
The members of the American mis
sion are employing their time before
the peace delegates from the various
countries actually assemble in a ser
ies of informal conferences which
eventually will Include a representa
tive of each of the entente belliger
ents. Neutral states will not come
into theso discussions.
The feeling among all the entente
conforoes Is that the making of peace
should be their first task, so that they
may determine upon the broad out
lines of a league of nations which la
i ter representatives of neutral coun
I tries will assist in completing.
While tho American commissioners
are holding these informal exchanges
which are designed to clear up diver
gencies of opinion tho president is
constantly giving the closest attention
to immediate problems. He is receiv
ing reports from tho United States,
from American diplomatic agencies
throughout the world and from the
group of investigators brought here
for tho purpose of studying tho many
special problems which will arise.
These investigators are continuing
their studies with the advantago not
of being on tho ground and' in con
stant touch with original sources of
Information.
The president may change the pro
gram of his movements whllo await
lac tae opening o the conference. It
was not supposed until today that he
would visit England before the new
year but he has received urgent invi
tations to come soon,
California (143rd) Artil
lery With Headquarters
Lands Today.
UTAH MEN ABOARD
Five Transports Reach
Port With Boys From
"Over There."
"NEW YORK, Dec. 20 The United
States army transport Henry R. Mai
lory arrived today with 1,161 American
soldiers from Bordeaux. Nine hun
dred and one of the mon were sick or
wounded. The units aboard were
headquarters sanitary and ordnance
detachments, headquarters companj,
supply company, band and detach
ments of Batteries A and B of the
143rd regiment field artillery, compris
ing 10 officers and 492 men; and
headquarters of the G5th field nrtil
lory brigade, comprising three officers
and 55 men. The sick and wounded
comprised 32 officers and S89 men,
of whom 30 are bed -ridden, six tu
bercular, one mental case and 884 re
quiring no special attention.
The transport Manchuria from Brest
carrying 15S officers and 4,003 men,
also arrived today. She carries 13
officers and 52 men of the C6th Field
artillery; 64 officers and SGI men of
the 116th Field artillery; 51 of(Icers
and 1,452 mon of tho 117th Field ar
tillery; 10 officers and 98 men of the
31sL cavalry; 10 officers and" 50 men
of the 106th ammunition train; IS mon
headquarters company, G2nd infantry
brigade; 10 casual officers and 9GG
sick and wounded.
Another arrival was the White Slav
liner Megantic from Liverpool, among
whose 310 passengers were a number
of American, Australian and Canadian
army and naval officers and Y. M. C.
A. and Red Cross workers.
An Italian trade commission com
posed of Colonel Hugo Pizearcllo and
Lieutenant Angelo Fanelli also was
aboard.
NEWPORT NEWS, Va.. Dec. 20
The transports Martha Washington
and Mercury came into port today
bringing home from Franco 3,720 of
ficers and men, including GOO wounded.
Chief of Commission to
Investigate Ukraine Af
fairs Shot Down.
GENEVA, Dec. 20. Lieutenant
Cononel Henri Vilalne, chief of th
French commission sent to collec1
evidence concerning the conflict be
tween Ukraine and Poland, has beer
shot and killed by Ukrainian soldiers
according to a telegram from Lem
berg Just received by the Polish bu
reau at Lausanne.
The French commission was abl
to "complete its inquiry and was about
to return to France vhen its chief waj
killed. Details of tho fatality an
lacking.
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RENEW BANG PRIVILEGES.
PARIS, Dec. 10. The senate today
adopted the bill, recently passed by
tho chamber, renewing for twenty-five
years the privileges of the Bank of
France.
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U. S. ENGINEERS IN PARIS.
PARIS, Dec, 19. A delegation of
American engineers, headed by Major
J. F. Case who will discuss with
French engineers matters of construc
tive work to be carried out after the
peace treaty i8 signed, were greeted
(today by M. Millerand, former minis
Iter of public works, who delivered a
I short address.
DELAVj
G. 0. P. Leader Wants
Formation of League
i Delayed. j
ADDRESSES SENATE1;
Declares Question Must
Be Considered Separ- J
ately and Later.
!'
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 Senator'
I Lodge of Massachusetts, the Republl-I
jean leader, in an address to the sen-'
ate today advocated postponement of.
'the formation of a league of nations!
j until after the peace conference. He
'said the question should be considered
, separately and later. f
I
WASHINGTON. Dec. 20. Plans for
a senate holiday until January 2 with
lout formal suspension but by a three
J day recess agreement for transaction
j of routine business only, were com
pleted todny by the senate Democratic
steering committee. The recesses
will begin as soon as the war revenue
bill is passed, probably on Monday.
The house is expecied to adopt a sim
ilar schedule. j
NEW YORK, Dec. 20. The Feder
ated Council of Churches announced
j today it had sent 'to President Wilson
la cable message conveying the action
of Its executive committee at Alantlci
City favoring tho proposals for a
league of nations, supplementing this!
message with a letter containing the'
J declarations in full. ,
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JAPAN'S PEACE i
i ENVOYS ARRIVE
AT ilLULIl
HONOLULU. Dec. 20 One section
of the Japanese peace delegation ar
rived here today en route to San Fran
cisco. The party Included Baron N. 1
Maklno and General Nara and Vlco
Admiral Takeshita, leaders of the mtll-
tary and naval groups. There are
about forty members in the party.
Another section including Marquis i
Saionjibi, who heads Japan's peace 1
mission, will meet them in Paris. The
I marquis is going by way of the Indian
ocean route.
Tho departure of the delegation was
hold up because of the ill health of
Baron Maklno. Baron Maklno refused
to be interviewed regarding the peace j
program outlined by Japan, saying it
i was improper, worthless and foolish to
I discuss the subject now. Ho did say,
however, "that Japan today is no less
in accord with her Allies and friends
in America and Great Britain, France,
Belgium and Italy than she has been
from the day she entered the war on
1 their side. Wc are seeking to assist
' our friends conclude a just, honorable
peace and if we can contribute any
thing which may bring about such re
' adjustment as will enable the world to
free itself from the burden of war,
lour mission will have been accom
plished." ( The local Japanese residents are
i entertaining the peace treaty tonight
jas they will resume their journey tomorrow.
ENGLAND MUST i
OF HER NAVY
i
LONDON, Dec. 19 The American
view of the relation of the freedom of,
the seas to the league of nations, aB
he understands It, is explained by the
Paris correspondent of the Manches
ter Guardian in a-dlspatch to his news
paper. Tho British people, he says, are not
asked lo surronder their means of
pressure, "but to ngree on the condi
tions for their use. The correspon
dent supposes the case of a govern
ment becoming recalcitrant and going
to war and declares that in such a
caso the league would use all tho force
at Its disposal against that govern
ment, including the Ulockad d cap
ture at sea.
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Hope make a man believe that some
thing will happen which he knows will
not. "
aSwtes plan I
. COUNTER-REVOLT I
Hun Field Marshal Reported to Be Back of Move-
ment, Which Present Government Is Incapable , Lm
of Preventing Ebert Reported to Be in Power H
"People's League" Organized in Berlin H
German Elections Fixed for Jan. 19 Erzber- H
ger Claims Huns Being Expelled From Alsace. ! H
(By the Associated Press) ' 'H
LONDON, Dec. 20. Reports from Copenhagen state that the Ger
man cabinet headed by Freiderich Ebert has,resigned but there is no 'H
confirmation of this as yet.
PARIS, Dec. 20. Field Marshal von Hindenburg has telegraphed fl
the Berlin government, advising it of his intention to form a new
front six miles behind the neutral zone fixed by the armistice, accord- ,
Lng to a dispatch, from Zurich today to'Le Journal. ;
The government has asked the field marshal for an explanation, ' H
adds the dispatch, but has not yet received a reply. It is also an
nounced that two regiments of the active army will be sent to Frank-
f ort-on-the-Main at an early date. , LLm
The correspondent affirms that Major General Schupp, the Prus- , LW
sian war minister ; Field Marshal von Hindenburg and General Lequid LL
(probably Lieutenant General Lequis, former governor of Metz), who LLl
is in command of the active troops in Berlin, are behind a counter- LL
revolutionary movement. He declares the existing government is '. MLm
manifestly incapable of preventing the realization of their scheme. LL
BERLIN, Thursday, Dec, 19. The congress of soldiers and work
men's councils has, decided that elections to the national assembly
shall be. held January 19. Those opposed to the summoning of a na- H
tional assembly polled only forty votes out of a total of 240. . ,H
LONDON, Dec. 20. A "people's league" has been organized in !H
Berlin, says a Central News dispatch from Copenhagen today, The f
league committee included Prince Maximilian of Baden, former Ger- I
man imperial chancellor; Hugo Haase, independent Socialist; Count ii
von Bernstorff, former' ambassador to the United States, and Mathias
Erzberger, the Centrist leader; Dr. W. S. Solf, former German for- 1 kH
eign minister; Prince von Hohenlohe-Schillingsfuerst, the Austrian :
ambassador, and Cardinal von Hartmann, archbishop of Cologne. 'H
COPENHAGEN, Dec. 20. Mathias Erzberger, head of the Ger
man armistice commission, according to a telegram from Berlin, has
made an announcement in which he claims that expulsions from Al- i
sace are increasing daily. Herr Erzberger declares further that fif
teen persons recently have been arrested, including Deputy Bochle of :.
Strassburg. He says that Herr Robhaltz, chairman of the soldiers' 'H
council at Strassburg-, has been arrested and is being detained in a i 'H
fortress near Strassburg. 1
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MUNICH, Thursday, Dec. 19. Gen
eral Count Marc Montgelas" who was
recalled from Switzerland to enter tho
Bavarian cabinet on November 21 and
who has been referred to by French
aowspapers as the "second Lichuow
3ky," because of his revelations of
conditions prevailing in Germany early
in the war, has published an open let
ter to President Wilson. In it he
says :
"The eyes of all the world are
upon you. Above all, the eyes of
the German people arc watching
you. We do not beg, we do not
want forgiveness but want justice.
We do not sr para to ourselves in
these days of suffering from any
of our countrymen, high or low.
We want to bear in common a por
tion of the blame devolving upon
our people in this world catastro
phe. "Each of us, who knows your
country, knows well that proud
conscious nation beneath the Star
Spangled Banner and honors it.
We expect, Mr. President, that you
will, despite all opposition, achieve
success with the principles you i
laid down. We are .building upon
the words you spoke at Washing
ton's grave, when you said that
every arbitrary power, regardless
of what side St appears upon, must
bo destroyed or condemned to 1m
potency. We are building upon the
word of impartial justice, which
knows no difference as to those
to be judged , ,
"If our expectations are de
ceived wo shall not cease fighting
on for the attainment of better
days. Your message is hopeful,
but ye must be afraid that not all
the allies will listen to your words.
You have power and you have a
duty to perform."
COPENHAGEN. Dec. 20. Dr. Gus
tav Strescmann, leader of the National
Liberty party in Germany, has an
nounced hat the German People's par
ty Is absolutely opposed to a Social
Democracy, according to Berlin news
papers received here. Tbo center par
ty has been summoned to a confer
ence which will be held at Frankfort
on December 30.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 An appeal
for protection from the Bolshevlki was
received by the state department to
day from the Lettish government
through the American legation at
Stockholm. The Lett repreoentativeo
aald the German troops were not re-
malnlng to maintain order as tho ar
mistice terms permitted, but were
leaving the country at the mercy of
the Bolshevik!.
During the German occupation the
Letts were not allowed to organize 1 fll
their own army, police or militia and rH
the appeal to the United States says
that the Germans in retiring now are I'H
carrying on the movement in such a t mM
way that small bands of Bolshevlki
troops advance immediately behind t Ml
them along the road. IH
The Bolshevlki are declared -to be
taking hostages, pillaging the country 1
and levying contributions on the
wealthier people. They have now I Umm
reached a point about 60 miles east of
Riga and unless checked can soon over i'l
run Finland and Courland.
The Lettish representatives contend
that the Germans purposely hand
over this territory to the Bolshevlki 1
with a view of having the people apply i
to Germany for help until Allied as- ' iH
sistance is given. I
j WASHINGTON, Dec 20 In spite of H
Secretary Lansing's emphatic admoni
(Jon. that such communications must
not be addressed to the United States'
alone, the German government has
sent another appeal to tho American
government for modification of the ar
mlstlce terms and for food. The re
ceipt of the note was announced at
tho state department today with the '
explanation that it would not bo made
public, because it did not differ from
previous appeals and was in violation
of the decision that communications
must bo addressed to all the govern- J
mcnts associated with tho United j
States in the war. The persistent ap
peals are regarded here as a part of
propaganda by which the authorities
at Berlin hope to escape some of the fW
results of defeat.
AMSTERDAM Dec. 20 All the lead- J I
lng officials of the German foreign
office are on. strike as a result of tho 1.1
government's acceptanco of tho resig- ''11
nation of Dr. Solf as foreign minister, " mm
according to the Ithcnish Westphalian V-M
Gazette. None of the officials has ap- j, j9m
pearod for duty Jn the last several hum
days. The routine work of the foreign ft mm
office is piling up and there Is nobody Pl
to look after it.
CHARLES H McKEE DEAD. !H
ST. LOUIS, Doc 19 Charles H. Mc- f mm
Kee, president of the St. Louis Globe- vikH
Democrat, died tonight at his home ftimu
from pneumonia which followed an at- lmm
tack of Spanish influenza a week ngo. IjjH
Mr. McKee Is survived by his widow. 'f H
Ha was 66 years old and had been con . 1
nected with the Globe-Democrat for
thirty-two years. He was elected presl- V-H
dent of the newspaper in October of 41 H
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him a loL more.
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