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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1919-01-23, Page 7BETTER PROW SS IN PEACE CONFERENC afr Defeat of Bolshevism in -Germany Means Speed At Great Congress Which Opened Saturday Paris Cable—With the assembling of tile first full session of the peace congress to,day, the prospects of the notable assemblage of statesmen making rapid progress with its work seem enhanced by the apparent defeat of Bolshevism in Germany, thus opening the way to the stabilizing of the Government, and the prospect of its being able to send responsible representatives to the peace conference. The congress is expected to devote itself single- minded to the creation of a league of nations, and the first steps towards formation of that league, it is under- stood, will be taken to -day. A Study of the methods by ,whicla the league can be organized will be committed formally to an inter -Allied commission, sitting contem- poraneously with the congress, which will present the suit of its labors for ratification at the end of the con- gress. All questions at issue, of whatever kind, will be set- tlikl. before the enemy delegates arrive, the Allied Min- isters recognizing the vital importance of preventing an unbroken front to the enemy. As regards Russia, it is said that the five leading -powers have agreed that her representation by any Russian element is impossible:for the moment. It is argued that the admission of former rremier Lvoff or any -other man who figured in previous Russian governments might give the Bolsheviki a chance. to declare that the pOWeyS Wer e supporting a monarch, regime . e•As to the other question e befog e tin+ eMegress, territorial, 'financnel and; a•-•-•44444444444-•444-•444-4-** erionomical, the 'order of theirconsith neation will be indicated in therules of aproeedure to be read by Premier Glinnenceau as president .of the 3coa- atess. It is understood that :the method of work will be such Unit sleet deleaation will record its opirlion..on each question in a memorandum which it will hand to the general. seceetariat, I"Vive Aussi L'Angleterre!" .....„.÷..„.., (By Douglas Durkin). , • Thetfive great The average man's opinion is proh- power% organizem oe tire conference,. wht delibee ate en ably not worth any more in the Unit - these memoranda, either making a ed States than it is anywhere else in decielote at once or Inviting the dele- gates or the countries especially affect - eta by tae question at issue to come and discuss It with them. " Tittle the 25 representatives of the: greal powers will act, in a way, as tha . arbitrators of the coaflicting deltas of the email nations. By this method there well be few _plenary sittings, there, being no reason fora -holding them, except when the gaettion is one of' ratifying an entire category of decisions affecting the ageenaeled states as a whole, and, above, all, when the future organize - Got of the world, that is to say, the question of the league of nations, is dealt with. "SCENE,OF THE COUNCite All preparations had been coin,pleteci earlyto-day for the holding of the first formal session of the peaee con grass at 3 o'clock this afternoon. The Salle d'Harloge, new rechristened the Salle de la Paix, and one ef the most splendid reception rooms hi Europe, has been placed in readiness for the delegations of the various nations as they entered to inaugurate the Sittings of the full cotegress, the entire cham- ber having been rearranged for the spoelal purpou to which it ,is now being put. 'First to catch the eye of the pleni- potentiaries entering the hall, a statue Of peace holding aloft the torch of civ- ikation, has been placed': This heroic trialiele figure stood direetly aellindthe chair of Premier • Clemeaceau of France, the presiding officer. In front of the statute was spread the council table, covered with the traditional green baize of diplomacy. This table is in the form of a huge tion his cleverest was in lauding. horse shoe. Across the upper end French' courage and French daeh and the world but it certainly receives more attention. The agents of the A.merican government haven't yet finished counting up the millions that Germany has spent during the past five years in an effort -not altogether fruitless -to shape the opinions of .the average man and make them over to her own liking. .A. visitor 'in a city like New York might have met the Kaiser face to race, in the earlier days of the war, without turning the corner. ,He dodged one's footsteps like the inevitable. Mr. Toll of Haw) thorne's creation. You • went to luncheon and he stood at your elbow with a white apron on. You picked up your paper and be glared at you trom behind news items and even edi- torals. You strolled down town and he harangued you from soap boxes op the street corners You spoke to a aew acquaintance and he enteral the conversation unhearlded. You went to church and he. stood behind the' pulpit. IHe was everywhere. The reasons are not far to' seek. The creation of •a spirit favorable to Germany was the one thing needful In the Ka:leer's dealings with the United States. He had hundreds of thousands of men and women who were ready and anxious to help the • fatherland in any wayepossible, He _spent money lavishly and gave his sympathisers the time of their lives. He brought up journals of some stand- ing and never Wearied of sounding such slogans as "Business as usual!' and "Nix en the War!" "But of all his Countlese schemes for keeping the opinions of the aver- age man in the most desirable condi-' were nino seats of honor, for the pre- siding officer, the vice-presidents and preiniers. On each side of the two arena of the horse shoe there were fif- teen seats, making sixty seats, besides the nine at the head of the table. Leading from the coUncil room was another large chamber overlooking the garden Po To this room the delegates can retire for eonsultations. IS TO PUBLICITY. Paris, Friday cable: It is under- stood that when the Supreme -War Coancil adjourned to -day, there was pending a plan for one open and five secret sessions per week. It now seetils that the econcessions made by the Supreme •COuncil to -day toastiatte what might be called "half a ittar. It is utiderstood that these cOneessions were made aftet a vigor- ous ditcussion led by President Wil- son, Who was supported by British aelegates. BOLSHEVIK! ee** occurv M I TAU, Lend" Jan, 19,-Mitau, capital of Couriand, has been occupied by the Bolshevik' according, to a German wireless despateh received here to -day., The GerMane Were obliged to leave behind numerous gens ated supplies -of arnmunition. After the Giamans evacuated Miteti fire broke out, ale- etroying a great number of 'tenses In tae entre of the town. - True Priendship. A true friendship is one of human kind' sweetest ties. and it should be haeredly regarded. That sterling soul Who always ha. a Millie foe us-awno sees in us only what is fine and com- mendable -should not, and will not, if we are made of the right stuff, be entioyeel by Our over familiarity. 40 *00 Let the best Moen be our ettnntrYht Otiose. Heater. dress by crying: "(lo . to France? I'll go to hell first!'" The announce- ment undoubtedly merited applause anti it got it, It would be easy to mention dozens of incidents and to quote scores of little bits of conversation the% bore witness to the nefarious operations of the Gerntan propagandist, The cul- tured well-bred Americans shared no euch sentimeuts, They saw clearly what the issue was and lavariably ex- pressed the regret that Anierica had not gone in at the beginning. The. anti-British sentiment was largely, if not wholly, the sentiment of the aver- age plan. Nothing could possibly be more gratifying to the man of British al- legiance than the complete change that to -day Is evident every where. The part that Britain herself has play - in beingine about the change is charaeteristically British. There is no evidence of any organized cam- paign to awaken the sympathies of the Americans and fire their hearts with' zeal for -England. They are making ne aired appeal to the Aenerican im- agination. The process was excel- lently illustrated in the visit of the French and Britisb. missions last sam- men • General Joffre was the bril- liant French hero whose magnetic Presence moved the crowds to cheers. Balfour went about his affairs quiet - 1Y and reservedly appearing Only sea - nom in public and never causing any oxcitement. The average man did not know about Balfour until after he had left. The morith of June broke all previous records in the number of American troops landed in France. Everzone, even the German Kaiser, knew what a magnificent undertak- ing was being carried ot in spite of the submarine. But only the other day, in about two inches of priated matter, was the world at large teal of the part that British ships were playing in the accomplishment: The welcome that has been accorded. American soldiers in England, more- over, has gone a long way to warm American hearts towards the Old Country. The Amerien soldiers have Incorporated the word "Blighty" in,, their new trench vernacular and Make no secret of the satisfaction that many of them feel in knowing that when wounded they will go to English hospitals for treatment. The spirit Of the press is wholly different. In an editorial published just d few days ago one of the leading editors of New York quotes a French editor who calls upon his people to shout "Vivo l'Amerique et vivo aussi l'Angleterre!" The New York editor emomenting up- on this said, ."Let us mot forget that England for four years has stood dog- gedly in the breach. Her navy has 'held the mastery of the seas, her re- sources have been poured out without stint in the support of her allies, her citizen soldiery have been battling nobly in France and many other parts of theewerich Had it not been for England's' heroic, • resistance in the war which Was so unexpectedly thrust .un her the cause of hberty and jus- tice might long before thes have been lost: Let ns join most heartily in the cry a 'Et vive aussi l'Angleterrer " And in A.meriert to -day the average Man bas taken up the cry. French brillianey and French sac- rifice,. at the same time that he rang the changes on British muddling and British imperialism alga British snob- bery and British degeneracy or damned with faint praise the most notable schievemeots of the British Tommy. Even atter America had 130fi in the war for four months the game was in full swing. One met continually with. men who seemed to be finding a strange satisfaction in regretting that the Allied armies in France were' vdthout any leaderahip. 1 Shall never quite forget a shock I received one evening last August. On one of the busiest corners just off Broad- way and not far from Times Square a large crowd had gathered to listen to someone speaking on the war. When I croesed the street andcatue within comfortable hearing distance of the speaker he was holding forth on the part that England was playing in the • Present war. His language was pic- turesque. It was highly colored with • the kind of thing that New York 'street audiences have come to take for granted in their out door orators. But h* words in effect were these --`omit- ting the fireworks: "The English won't fight. They'll fight to the last French soldiers, that% their way of fighting. Now taat feranee le bled white they Wangles to go over and do their fighting for them, When the last German • and the lest lereriehtenug and the last, AMerieen are dead or helpless then England will eoitut In and finish up Thet'e England's genie." At that time America had been in the war for mere than four Month% At that time too Eriglieh Weekly e.asitele ties lists were being Written in five figures, Another elleaker ite a Street • down on the Fest side egprestied emi- thnent for England that Were renterk- ably sintilar to those- of the man lust riled and closed one period .of 'hie ad- bend that way. The 1,)ropherry of Herwegli. (London Times.) —Editor Titnes-I. came across Her- wegh's poem of February, 1871, the other day, and its wonderful and prophetic' in- sight suggested to mc that a- translatlon might bo of great interest at the present day. 1 have rendered it freely, in order, if possible, tO represent its rough spirit and its Main theses. I am, yours ,faithfully, " KARL PEARSON. EPILOGUE TO THE WAR, 1871. Being 5, free transliftion of George Her- owegh's prophetic hymn of February,. 1‘84011)01', Germania, o.rt thou: Let flags wave high, let bells loud thun- der Alsace is thine, Lorraine thy plunder, Thy fabric shall not fall %sunder, The coping stone we fetch e'en now. Firm rosting on thy sharp sword's hold, With phrase devout the Lord thou'rt praising - From whom thy lordlings elahn uprais- And out destruction, death and blazing Nally trolled, thanks towards heaven are d, By four and twenty battles worn The'foe beneath thy feet lies battered; Till in Ilia burgh with blOod bespattered -Last hopes of late reedmption shat- • tered- Thou brolest thy victor's way in scorn.. Beneath one flag., black. white and red, Thy peoples north and southtake sta- tion. • Belaurolloci murder, thy creation. Makes thee to -day earth's leading nation. Germania, for thee I dread. 1 I dread for thee: iny mind will fret That thou in wild delusion sunken, With body, bulky, spirit shrunken, That thou, with too much God's grace drunken, Will soon all human laws forget. E'en now a Kaiser curbs thy speed, A. stringent hand thy spirit cages; Souls sycophant devote their Pages To hymn resurgent Middle Ages. And few to "forty-eight" pay heed. No hoed? 'Thou ken'st hcrw Franco fell prone' Through sUch a Caesar, saw'st the shriv- ing, Culprit on traffie scaffold writhing. -. Prussia, thou'est ne'er be Cleansed and thriving, Until this tragedy's thine -Own: 4., PRINCE JOHN PASSES AWAY 0‘4. x.* Maui $o Give "Up 08,000 Vann Mehines. Perlin cable: Under the terms of the prolongation of the anniatice Ger- Many must defter bv February 17 some 58,000 aerieultural machines of various kinds. A$ a guarantee for the fulfilment of the demands of the Entente also re- serves the right of occupying the sec- tor of the fortress of Strasbourg form- ed by the fortifications on the right bank of the Rhine, together with a Ara) of territory frem five to ten kilo- metres in front of it. The Haves Agency announces the signature of the new clauses of the armistice as they stood concerning the surrender of German submarines ready for sea and the destruction of the sube matinee in the course of construction which the allied commiesioners dis- covered in German ports in December. ORIGIN 00 VIE DOG. klacl All Kinds of One Common Ancestor? • The ancestry of the dog has been the occasion of much controversy, ac - caviling to Leo S. Craudall's book, "Pets." Many naturalists have con- sidered that it is descended from a single ancestor, soda as the common wolf of Europe. Darwin, however, leans toward the theory of multiple origin, and advances much convincing Proof in support of his belief. It ie widely known that many savage tribes have dogsa which appear to be simply half -tamed representatives of the prai- 'Gooier wild doglike animals inhabit- ing the mune regimes. The dogs of the American plains In- dians closely resemble the email prai- rie wolf or coyote; the husky of the north country is plainly not far re- moved 'from. the -gray wolf; the Ger- man sheen dog and the Sninoyedeeare strikingly wolflike in appearance. Whether our present dogs are the re- sult of orossino, these many simple derivatives of wolves and jackals among themselves, or whether there was an original ancestral dog, now ex- tinct, with which the blood of other rapecies have become mingled, we have not yet been able to determinethough so many primordial animal remains have -come to light.' • According to Sir George Mivart, the Moro is the only wild dog still exist- ing which eneete the requirements of ell ancestor oe, Our modern breeds. This species is fOuna throughout Aus- tralia and fossil bones which have been found' show its presencs there from very early times. o LONDON CAPTIVE BROKE FPOM JAIL London, Jan, 19,-Pr1ace John, youngest son of King George, died at Sandringham last night. Ile had been ill for some time, The Prinee was possessed of exuberant spirits, He was the prime ftWorite of ail classes and the idol of the servants and ten- ants at Windsor. It Is said that he Was the favorite brother of 'Princess Mary, who loved to Mem with him: The Prince was born et Sendringliem, ditlY 12, 1005. An official bulletin lamed thla eVelling see's: "Pririee Johnt who slue Infeney had auffered epileptie fits which lately had become more f flameout end severe, passed away in his sleep following an attook ttt 5.30 p.m. Seturdey, Dilly -There arc germs in kitsee, Milly Are they entehing? Billy Sure. Many a girl lino caught it htue Prisoner, Who Carried Hamilton Man's Card, !Trapped Turnkeys and Made Escape. London, Ont., report: One of the most daring jail breaking escapades Perpetrated in London since the escape of Texas Burdell ten years ago was ef- fected to -night by a prisoner KnOWn as Elroy George. George was -taken into Custody stnue days ago, charged with stealing au automobile owned by Tent. Campbell, of Loodotaand einother ma- chine belonging to W. Wedlake, Brantford, Tonight the turnkey and night watchman of the county jail were en- gaged in the process of locking up for the night when they heard footsteps Fn the corridor beyond the tier of cells at which they .were engaged. t They raced tocapturethe prisoner, but he slammed' the heavy barred corridor anu locked.both in. The turnkeys set up a. lusty:shout and attracted the matron, but while. she was securing keys with which to let the custodians out, George smashed a locker, obtain- ed keys and let himself out intogethe north exercise yard. Armed with an iron bar he canie over the wall. into the arms of a man and 'woman. Threats to kill them gavo the escaping Prisoner the right of way, and he fled in the darkness south on Mclean street. A policemanoattracted to the scene; gave chase. but efforts to locate the prisner proved futile. When arrested here, he gave the name of George and also of Abraham Rosenthal, of Bailey street, Hamilton. To prove his identity hie exhibited a certificate of membership in Hamilton itiosicians' Union. Since, however, the police have learned that Rosen - thee wallet and other valuables had been stolen ,some days ago from the Hamilton YI M. C. A., where George had evidently been operating. He had Papers made' out in the name of• George, admitting him to shipyards and also licensing him to oper- ate out of Milwaukee as a Great Lakes steward. Governor James Carter, of the county jail, whoecondrated an investi- gation into the escape, received the • explanation front the turnkeys that they were certain the man had not • Passed them when they entered • the corridor, and they alleged that he must have been i11 hiding since the after - item, in the position from whence he :slammed the door on them. ••.*.••4.4• The tricolor of France flies once more frown the pire of Me. StrassbUre cathedral. POJKARE'S SPEECH OPENS PEACE PARLEY French President Takes World League as His Xeynote. AS Miff Germany Would Rule by Iron, and, Perished by Iron. Paris, Jan, 19. -The Pc,ace Confer. once Was formally opened Saturday with a speech by President Poincare af Fiance. The President's speech Was as follows; • "Geatlepeen,-France greets and thanks you for having chosen as the •seat of your labors the city which for More than tour years the, enemy hae made his principal military objective, and which the valor of the allied all70$. 1eu e avictoriously defended against unceasingly. renewed offen- ai"Penult me to see in your decision the homage of all nation that you represent towards a country -which more than any other hats endured the sufferings of war, of which entire inoeincan have been traneformed into a vest battielleica and have been sye tem:lac:Ally laid waste by the invade:. and welch line paid the Mullen tribute itt deatb. *TRIBUTE TO HEROIC FRANCE, "France has borue these enormous sacrifices although she had not the Wettest responsibility for the fright- ful catastrophe which has overwhelm- ed the universe, and at the moment when the cycle of horror is ending all the powers whose delegates are as- sembled here may acquit themselves of any share in the crime. which has resulted in so unprecedented a disas• tee. What gives yOU the authority to establish a peace of justice is the fact that none of the peoples of whom yeti are the delegate:3 has had any part ih the injustice. Humanity can place confidence in 3•eti because you are not among those wbo •bavo outraged the rights or humanity. ' •, "There is no need of further infer' neiion or for 'speelal • enquiries iuto the origin of the drama which has jeet shaken the world. The truth, balled it blood, has -already escaped ;loin the impeyial archives, The pre- mrelitand character of ahe trap is to -day clearly proved." HUNS PLOTTED WORLD MASTERY, "Ie the hope ofconquering. first the hegemony of of, end next the mastery of the world, the Central Empires, booted together by a secret plot, touted the most abominable of pretexts for trying to crush Serbia and force their way to the east. At • tlee same time they _disowned the most solemn undertakings in order • to crush Belgium and force their way into the heart ofFrance. "These are the two unforgeStable outrages which opened the way to aggeeasion. The combined -efforts of Great Britain, France and Rue'ila were exerted against this man-made arrogance, e "If, after long vicissitudes, those who wished to reign by the,sword have perished by the eword, they • have but themselves to blame. They have been destroyed by their own blindoess. . What could be more significant than the shameful- bar- gains they attenmted ta offer to Great Britain and France at the end of July, 1914, when to Great Britain they suggested, 'Allow us to attack France on land and we will not enter the Channel,' tend when they in- structed their Ambassador to day to France, 'We will only accept it de- claration of neutrality on your part if you surrender to us Bey, Toulon and Verdun.' It is in the light of these things, gentlemen, that all the conclualoies you will have to draw from the war will 'take shop& "Your nations entered the war successively but came oue and all to the heap of threatened right. Like. Germany, Great Britain had guratee teed the independence of Beigiom. Germany sought to crush Belgitun, Great Britain and France both swore to save her. Thus from the very be- ginning of hostilities there came into conflict the two ideas which for fifty months were to struggle for the domination of the -world--the idea of sovereign force, which accepts neither control nor check, and the idea of Justice, 'which depends on the sword only to prevent or repress the abuse of strength." BRITAIN'S PART IN WAR. - "Faitafully supported ley her do-. minions and colonies, Great Britain :leaded that she, could not remain eloof from a struggle In which the. fat de of every country was involved. has made and her dominionS and colonies' have maae with her, prodigious effoit to preveut tho war from ending in a triumph for the spirit .at eonquest and dastruction of right. Japan,• in her turn, only decided to take up arms out of loyalty to Great Britain, her grout ally, and front the .eonsciousness of the dam • ger ip which both Aga and hatrope- would have *steed from 'the hege- mony of which the Germanic lempiree dreamed, • "'rely, who froin the first luta re. (need to lend a helping hallo to (ler man ambition, rose against an age- loag foe only to answer till call of oppressed populations and to tleetroy at the cost of her blood the erti- ficial political cc mbination •eatlell took no account of human natty. "Roumania resolved to fight only to realize that national UnitY which was opposed by the same powers ot . arbitrary force. Abandoned, be - frayed and strangled, ehe had to submit to an abominable treaty, the • revision of which you will exact. "Greece, whom the enelnY for sew eral months tried to turn from iter traditions and destinies, reised an army to escape attempts at domina2 tion of which she felt the growing threat. "Portugal, China, and Siam ahem timed neutrality only to escelgi the strangling pressure of MO central Domino Thus it was the extent of • German ambition$ tbat broUght so • many people, • great • and' smelt, to align against the Name adversary. "And what shall we tittY Of ilia solemn resolutions taken by the 11 Vottod tsts In tht Soling of 91.71 under tho auspices et the President, Ailri W00% whoot 1 WTI hltpPY to greet litre in the lietiee Pe SrAtsfui France, 444 if you wIll *it toiy tuo to My so, gentleman, io • name of all the nations represented iu tins room. AND OTHER AMERICAN POWERS. "What ehall I say of the MallY other Ainerlean powers %each either declared themselves agoInst Cler- Mama-Brazil, Ottba, FAMIMA, Qua- toMala, Nicaragini, Hayti, Honduras -or at least broke off diPlernatic relations -Bolivia, Penh Sounder, Ureguay. From north to south the now world rose with trolignation Mame it sow the Empires of Ventral Europe, after having let loose the war without provocation ana with out excuse, carry it on with fire, Pil- lage and massacre of iooffeueive being% • "The intervention of the- 'United States wail something more, some- thing greater than it great political and military event. It 'was a su- preme iledgment passed at the bar of history by the lotty conscience oe it free people, and their ehief magis- trate on the enormous- respell:11bl". ities tneurred in the frightful eoriauct which was laceratipg burnaiiiter. e It was not only to protect themselVee .froin the audacious alms at German megalomania that the 'United States equipped fleete and created immense arrieles, but also and above al' to de - tend an ideal of liberty over Which they saw the huge shatiew of the Ito - penal eagle encroaching farther every day. America, the daughter of Eur- ope, crossed the ocean to wrest her mother from the bunahation fo thral- dom and to save 'civilization. GREATEST SCANDAL OF. WORLD. "The Aniericen.peOple • wiehee put au an to the .greatest scandal .that has ever eullied the annale of mainland. • Autocratic Governments, having Prepared in etho secrecy of the COancellories and general etaff a mad programme of universal do- minion and itt the time flaw" •by their genius for Intrigue, let loose thoir hacks ana sounded the horns for the chase, ordering science, at the very titne when it Was beginning to abol- ish distances, to. bring men closet and make life sweeter ,to leave the bright sky towards • whioli it wee soaring, an to place iteelf subenie- sively at the service of violence; lowering the religious ideas to the extent ot nfaking God the complac- ent auxiliary of • their passions and tbe aCcOMplice of their crimes, Ira short, counting as ,naught the tradi- tions and wills of the peoples, • the lives of citizens, the honor women and all those principles or public and private morality, whica we, for • our part, have endeavored to keep unaltered through the war, and which neither nations, or peoples can repudiate or disregard witb impun- ity. "While • the conflict, was gradually exteneizig over the entire surface of the earth. the clanking of chains was heard here and . there,- and captive nationalities., from the depths of their age-loreg Jails, cried out to us for help. Yet more,, they escaped to eome to our ,ald. Poland earns to ' life again; sent us troops. The Czecho-Sloveirei .won their rights to independence in Sibera. in France and Italy. The Jugo-Slays , the Ar- menians. the Syrians and the Le- banese, the "Arabs, all oppressed peo- ple% all the victims: long helpless or resigned of great Metairie deeds of injustice, all the • Martyrs of the paet, all the outraged consciences, all the etrangled liberties reviewed the clash of arms and Wined toward us as their natural aegeodere. • ."War gradually attained the 'full- ness of its first eigalfleance and be- came in the fullest eenee of the term, orusgde of humanity for right. and if aoything can consoleaus. in part at least; for the losses we have suffered, it 19 assuredly thought that our victory is also the victory of right. This victory is complete, for the enemy only asked for the armistiee to escape from an irretrievable military disaster. In the. interests of justice and peace it now nate with you to reap from this victory its full fruits. "In order to carry out this im- mense task you have decided to ad- mit at first only the allied or as- sociated powers and. In so far as their intereste are ,involved in • the debates the nations which remained neutral. You have tholight that the terms of peaceought to be settled among ourselves before they are communicated to those against whom we have together 'fought the good fight, SOLIDARITY TO CONTINUE. "The solidarity 'which has united us during the war and has • enabled us to win military sitcom ought to remain unimpaired during the nego- tiations for and after the signing of the treaty. "It is not only Governments, but justice, that demands first; when it has been violated, restitution and repanititin for the Peoples and in- dividuals wile have beeo despoiled or maltreated. In formulating this lawful claim it obeys neither hatred nor an instinctive or thoughtless de - ire for reprieale. It pureties a two- fold object -to render to each his due and. not to criticise the crime through leaving it unpunished. "What Justice also h - emands, in- spired by the seine feIing, is the Punishment of the guilty and e.ftfeocy- tive guerantees evilest the aetive return of the spirit by whhh were prompted, and it is logi,calto demand that these guarantees should be given, above all, to the nations that have been and might again be Most OxPosed to aggression or threat, to those who have many times stood in danger ef being -submerged by the periodic tide of the same invasion. "What justiee banishes is the dream of conquest and imperialism, contempt for medusa will, the arbi- trary exchange of ,provinces between states, as though people were but articles of furniture or naWne in it game. The time is no more when diplomate could Meet to redeem With authority the map of the em- pire on the corner of it table. "If you are to remake thajarta et the world it is in the moo of tire peoples, and one unditfon is that you shall faithfully interpret their thoughts and reapeet the rights of ittialitolotnuse, ofdoiet; of theroselvea to Monello 'With cal and religions mineritlea-a for - tradable task *which Science nod history, your two -suivieers, will con- tribute to assist and facilitate, TO CON$Tgityn. panimoivr. , "Yon will naturally strivn to Se - mare the material end morel Meltris of eubsistence for all these People who aro eonatiteted or reeonstittlted into States, for thoce who wish to unite themselves to their neighboes. for those who divide therriseivoe Weeding to their ragAinod strocIttiontl. "ITALY'S PREMIER, Vittoria Orlando, Premier of Rely, whose Cabinet has resigned an4 who Is prevented from attending the Peace Congress by the political crisis. and, lastly, for' ail; tbose whose free. dorn you have already eauctiened or are about to satution; Ida will not calt theni into existence only to sem tence them to dealti immediately because you would like your work rtihuisit,alsanlidt lasting, nil Matters, to be tu "While introducing into the wOrld as much harmony as possible you win, in conformity with the four- teenth of the propositions you may lave savagery.,An immterfal glory-wilf _again:et every Possible teareelyal of prira- ful conclusions of .the.•:',blood-steined e-b.entoii,o,Tntbyhl,itisish,03,:pa general league of nations adopted by the areat allied powers, against any fresh assault upon the right of peoples. You do not intend - which will be the supreme guarantee againet aro:body in tbe future, It by tile nations tbat have sacrificed and fundamental rules, Miele of the renewal .af; wars, it will,. lished and will find it the less diftl. attach to the names of the nations this international association .to be will not, of a set purpOSe, $111it 0127 anybody, present or future adherence aim the prevention g's far as pow - above all, seek t gala respect for' peace will in itself imply the greater humanity, whieh, e after the v.fright• years, ardently wiehes e to feel itself: and the men who have desirea to peace causes of disturb ence and insta- anybody, but having been organized will receive from them its statutes and as it ita to have her its essential cult to maintnin proportion as this things you will meet tinpaplrations of protected by a union ,& free people co-operate in this graneevork in faith end brotherhood, and who have taken themselves in the defence of right, it the Peac'e which you, evill bave estalo realithy; of justice and aaafe gitarantees of stability. »Dens to eliminate from the futtire "It will lay dawn conditions con - "By establisheng thiee'new order Oa WILL MEET ASPf•RfONF.i. • AT fiday forty-eight years ago th ef 'January,- '1871 -the German Empire' was prealaimed by an termer of invasion in the chateau at Versailles. It was consecrated bY the, Late of two French provinces. It was thus a 'violation from its origin and, by the fault of tts founders. It was born in injustice. It has ended in ob- livion. "You are assembled in order to repair the evil that has been done and to prevent it recurrence Of it: You hold in your hands the future of the world. I leave you, gentlemen, to your grave deliberations and declare the Confer- ence of Paris open." • CLEMENCEAU CHAIRMAN. President Wilson, when the busin,ese seessioa began, nominating Premier. Clenienceau for chairman of the con- gress. The nomination was aeconded by Premier Lloyd. George in an earn; est speech of tribute to the French Premier. .„ President Wilson., in nominating, Premier Clemenceau, delivered. 'speech in response tO that of President •Poincare and paid tribute to Premier Ciweinheeneeeharue. etired, President Peincare shook hands with President Wilson and the members of the delegations. Premier Clemenceau was meanie mouslg elected president of the confer- . ence. 'In all 72 seats were provided for the openinee; session of the Peace Confer- ence, On- the Outer side of the great horseshoe were arranged the Japanese, the British and Colonial delegates and the seat of the Fang- Britieh delegate. A chair for the fifth American dele- eate also was reserved • immediate to the right of the table of honor, " The Italian, Belgian, Brazelian, Cu- ban , Haitian, Peruvian, POrtitgueee, Serbian, Czectio-Slovelian and Crete guayan delegates tat in the order named. Across at the' left wing.of the table sat the Siamese, Roumanian, Polish, Liberian, Hediaz, Guatemahot, Ecuadorean, Chinese and Boliviao det- egatiofls. As the delegations arrived they were met by fanfares of trumpets ail& ac- corded military honors by the freebie • The Japanese were among the earlier arrivals and were followed by the Sire- - mese awl East Ind ians in picturesque turhons. SENTENCED TO HANG. Halleybury, Jan. 10. -The jury on the Taylor cue here returned a verdict of guilty against- Charles Cooper for the murder of Theo Taylor, of Tomas - town, on the night of May 24 last, Fuller and Morrison, who Were 'With Cooper on the night of the murder* pleaded guilty to "robbery and vio- lence." Sentence of 14 years' impris- onment was passed on Fuller, who is 19 years of rage, while Morrison, who Isla years at age, received sentence of' years in Kingston Penitentiary, Coop- er was sentenced to be hanged • at Notra Boy on the morning of Apri1,18. next. He is 30 years of age. COooer eollapsed itt the...,..4.4._.prieorie_ra' dock it Ohne uto Or 80 after Sentence was passed, ANZACS THREATEN -rtuiuttLe. ?ADAM Jan. 2..' -Owing to the terms • of their eniletturit providing for Ser- • vice for the duration of the war and four Menthe afterward, there is an implied obligation on the part of the Australian authorities to return the • soldiers to Australia, within four mooths tator the deelaratien of peace. Borne of the mon declare that if they are not returned by that time they win sue the Commonwealth for bresieli of *greet:tent. Ontario Commission OA Polio Sy.steTs of r'o- vftoe fliertNed. RIOTS IN ..01111tAN4 "Gran,thnother of Russiat Revolution" at Vie• - - toria, 'Officers of tire 75th Battalion haVe decided to erect a naarble tablet in St. An.glicaettviri ehl,trohlie,TO Tati t tio CoI Gut coulee home, Bleck Haud 'lettere Were aeon received by two Weiland citizens, one a Prominent Serbiatt merchant. ;Six children were lin:Alen flaegt Cobourg to Toronto for Pasteur treat talent, and doge, in that town are or* demi restiained, ' Zinn Fein handbills were distribUte ed in Windeor, inviting to a. Sunday maes inaeting in Detroit of "Friends °Ciarnilthditra7nai,thilnlie'r's' will be. permittSd to manufacture, flour into Patents. 'f'tfr export fo Newfoundland and the West , Mary arolland, aged 24, was Walla flniojourreard inlet 'al 6a ,C6lafthfrIll4c 11.aenitheilta- ",t• Toronto. Workmen in Eseen clistriet are be- ginning to revolt against efforts of Spartabeas to conien,1 strikes. Die 'J.. T, Jenkins, aged ' ninety, knownas thei'Greoa Old •retengef. Prime Pelwerca-Island," died Friday. Catherine ' 'Bre,shloavekaya, the "grandmother ,of the Roeslep reiroloe' the iori n,0"aeenetlyd. :at Vietoila, B. °C., fr m Andiew,lierrington, a farther, liv- ing about n1r Miles from Napanee, was killed 11e"4" runaway. Lieut. Engineers, ha cou6rt-beneeena r.fic:tl4erinEe4laboYd. sentence of The Standard announces that there g Will be aelfrovincial•general election ia Quebeenext• May. . A seiril-effineal'intithation has been • received aetheecityeehall that the -lion- :don StreeteRaitieteais soon to **ewe* ' its endevom to obtain an inarease.in fares • • perienee With the contract astern of Brarittoni,.after a few months' ex - :garbage echelon, has decided to re- turn to thii old .method of doing the work evitkeivih employees. The CleilMatt, ex -royalties are liviog, in fear ot e a coep.Otat. The Handel: -- bled. reperee -that „the object of the myieterititte'vigt of .Athericati 'Officers' tinogAminevreosntIggeantodn; January 5 is still bee (Hon. T. 11.4olincton, Attorney -Gen- eral Of Manitetliete atenethiced that the. Provinciaareahlhet passed an order -in - Council on Friday Waiving succession duties on esiafs tfr who died'on active service: • Grave election riots took place in Germany, where the people were vete 1ng to choose 'members of the Nation- al A general strike has beetir declared at Leipsic, which ie 'without gas and water. - • lairs. G. Suiztean is under •sentence of cleaeli at Yeihten, Sask. ,as the re-- ' stilt of the finding of the' jury. when she was con:tided of the murder of her husband. She was sentenced to , hang on. April 2encl, • Fire destroyed the large continua- , ,tion; soliPPA gree.t011. f.011K, Years ago at, South -.`it/fountain, near Brockville. It ' wee one if the' most' rootlet:la"' school buthlingeritr taatith:Otetaffee'erfuipped irvlohm: tn 'eleleridideillerarry ;Ableitce o 4 Earl Stevenson, aged 12, of Toronto, was fatall elw7ha thrown.4e his a Y ntte r n- oo,n, when he sfrom bi- cycle on whiche an brother Roy were ding The Oak Hall clothing store at Owen Soloed was broken, iuto and quite a quantlteaof elothing and gents! furnishings eitolen. The robbers ed entrance ,taneugh, the back ing two of his keepers A eel,so far succeeded in evading the po- Alici%e.litI19 haa ti' frain the • Middle:Sex county jail. Priaay night after lock - Elroy George,' who made a, sensa- tional eacepft Willfebiler ' Chief Justice Sir William Mere- dith, S. R. ,PariOnst, niethber of the Dominion Labor, Anneal Board, and .T. T. Gunn, 'form the conuoiseion, to 'Inveetigete the police seretems . of, the preartzece, bat' partienfilAY the troubles' fn Toronteowlidelteled to the recent strike. ealr. Morley L. Smith, airootor, Of engineering at the 'Teteento' Technical :School, 'tied 'ittetaritia- len 'Vettoidety ' while examining parts • of a belief it( tba boile-rdom, athlete he. had, been, toldwere ha need of repair, It * be- lieved that he Was eleetrocuted. It 'was offiCially announcedthat aleatoric Martin, Mayer ' "Montreal, lasuladtijve't4Lsrenily"ltroalr Itriselsottlhot Lhegod' been called tt- the Legislative Coun- cil of Quebec.: The appointment' of Napoleon -Sequin, Montreal, as a Min - Without portfolio; ')Vtitil 'WO an- nounced. " eo RED tistyr grAdatittio. ;Poles Olalinjtuns Aid the BolShevild. Warsaw, SondaY, jtttt. 10. ---(Ely the Associated PrIss)-Boishevist troops have slackened their advances at the Polish frontier. The Germans are 'delaying their eaaettletbati of GrodnO for several day% although Generg iltalltenlifOrt has rental: to Snitaligt and General froffinann has gone to 'Reditrilgaleeige " Polish leaders allege that Gernlabt are senior arms tothe Botshevists un- der the pretense of aiding the "sotiety for provisioning Ukraine." In. Ilithuan. la and Ukraine the Bolshevists are is. Suing proclataatiOns. that .they liave Come to restore order. DeSPatetiesi state, however, that Bolshevist sodiers: have been seen carrYing banners ht. • scribed with the words, "Long live this red terror." and "DteAlit to isea.work- era."