The Wingham Advance, 1919-01-02, Page 7MATES TO PEACE TABLE
ARE NOW VIRTUALLY NAMED
Total Membership Win he About 1120, Rep-
resenting 27 Countries
Great Powers to Hava Five Men There
Others From One to rour
Paris Cable—The pereounel of the • Greece—Premier Venizeloo and M
Polies, Foreign Minister,
Rabe—Premier Orlando; Baron Son-
net°, Foreign 1M1nister; Leonid°, 1310-
solatieBergamaschi, Minister of
Milt-
lary Aid and War Pensions; Oen.
Diaz, cOnlaiali4er-111-ehief of the Ital.
lan army, and Admiral Paolo Thaon
di neve), former chid of the naval
staff.
Great Britaine-David Lloyd George,
PrimeeMinister; Arthur, J. Balfour,
Foreign Secretary; Andrew Boner
Law, Chancellor of the Exchequer, and.
George Nicoll Bunco, labor member of
the 'Cabiuet, and one other delegate
who has not yet been. desiguatee.
Lieut. -Gen. J. G. Smuts and Gen,
Botha, representing South Africa. are
expected to accompany the Braise
delegation., in wheel probably ale° will
• be representatives of Canada, Atm-
rtralia and India.
4 France—el, Clemeneeau, Preinier;
Stephen Inchon, Foreign Minister, and
three others who have not yet been
announced, although the names, of
• those mentioned as probable• ° mem-
bers include Leon Bourgeoise former
Premier; Jules Camboa, general see -
rotary to the Minister of Foreign Af-
fairs, and Capt. Andre Tardieu, head
of the General Commissiou for Franco -
American war mutters, or termer
Premier Aristide Briand.
The foregoing delegations comprise
those of virtually all the Lrueopean
countries which eave taken part in,
the war, except Roumania and the
four enemy countries, wheae delegates
Imre not yet been announced China
will be represented by one Person,
probably the Ambassador to Prance.
Siam and, Cuba and a number ot South
and Central .America republichave
not been heard from,
On the whole, the lists given above,
though unoffieial and subject to
change, indicate that tate delegatleins
have been virtually formed ,and that
• they seen will be in a - position to take
up the wor kot the congress.
Peace Congress is gradually taking
form. A number of the main cletaila
Of the composition ot the congress are
now fairly well settled as a .result or
root conferences. These led:nate that
the total membership of the congress
will be between 100 and 120. There
will be 27 couutries repreeeetral by
delegations, including those which de-
-dared war and a nurater winch, have
come into exietonce as a result of the
war,.
The great powers, notably Great
Britain, the United States, Prance and
Italy, each have allotted five delegates
white tile other delegations will vary
from one to four members, according,
to tbesize, of the couhtry, and the in-
terests involved.
Wottt luts been recelvecl that the
Belgian and Portuguese delegatione
soon will joirt the repreoentatives of
the United States, who thus ear are
the oily members of the Peace Con,
greea: to arrive.
Mlle the personnel of few clelega,
tions have been ainounced, unofficial
atterees Indicate that most of them will
be forned substantially as follows:
Delgiuni—Taul Hyinans, Fofeign
hilnitter; Emile van Derveldo, Migis-
ter 41 Justice' Baron van clan Hovel,
Minieter t die Vatican.
Portugal—Senor Egas MoniznFor-
eign' Minister Espirito Santo Lima;
Senor Frlere de Andrade, Senile/. San-
tos yip, and Augusto Yascoecelros,
aliniother of , the, Celonies.
Pecarina, Foreign elin-
isteett Ruy Barbosa,. Admiral littet
Buena/. and Gen. Thompowslty,
Japan—Viscount Chhada; Ambassae
dor tit Great Britain.; I3aron. Matsui,
Ambheso.dor to France, and two other
delegates now on their way to Paris.
Serbian-Nikola: P. Pachitch Premier.
Dr. M. 33... 'Vesnitell and. Dr. Cum.
eritele.
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EBERT HAASE
GOVERNMENT
RESPONSIBLE
Is the Claim, for the Sailors'
Revolt in Berlin
Early in Week.
uounced that. the .Government wanted
both armed forces to withdraw.
'khe Cabinet, he said, was satisfied
to dispense with further protection
A long controversy as to wbdch side
ehou'd move first was settled by the
siintilta,neons 'departure, of both the
guards and sailors, but in opposite
directions
Wets, the military 'commander, had
been particularly obnoxious to the
It wheals, and there had *been stria*
rivalry between the Republican
Guard under his leadership and the
public safely ponce organized lee
the Independent Socialists • Both or-
ganizations probably will, be stip-
planted by mounted- troops which arq
now stationed In local barracks
• ' THE VGRWAERTS 'SEIZED
. TROUBLE 'OVER -NOW The editorial rooms
lishing plant of the Socialist Vor-
waerts were seized and occupied at
and the pub -
10 o'clock to -night by memberof the
Igarirfes Have Le -ft Capital Spartacus group •
The building Was invaded by a
•for Kiel, Under 15 -arty with 13 machine guns After
Guard. • taking possession teey issued hand
• bills on red paper under the, caption:
Red Vorwaerts." The chief of police
London -Cable.—Political lead
ers le Berlin, including -mane who
are not idehtified with the present
Govertiment, were dispcsed to -day,
says 'a Berlin despatch, to believe
that the Ebert -Haase Goverment
was net longer intact as the result of
the happenings of Tuesday. The
Independent Soclallats hold that, Pre-
ttier Ebert was responsible for the
predicament into Winch the Govern -
Pewit •pas forced Tuesday. They
declare that their repreaentatives in.
the, Government were not. aware that
Eberrhad called on the troops in
Potsdam under Lieut. -Gen. Liquous
to oppoae the sailors with armed
font.
Other circles wiaielt are opposed
to the Government allege that the
Cabinet'e compromise with the sail-
ers =Minted to an abject capitula -
Con and wee a victorY for the radical
elements and thee opposing the call-
ing of the national aeSernblY•.
'Ile mutinous sailors hoisted the
White fiag and 'have been allowed
te leave under guard. Government
troops how occupy, the palace and
theeteyal stables.
sCAITSE OP THE PIGHTING.
The cause of the fighting between
Oilers and soldiers atm the Remits -
lieu Vara an -Berlin yesterday and
to -day Was the decielon or Otto
Wets, the military cornmanuer. of
(Berea, to diebana and pay off the
greater I:lumber of navai reeervists
• who had been deists guard auty at
revolutionary heaaquartere ranee the
outbreak of the revolution.
• OPPoeitiose to the continued pres-
ence of the *idiom grew with the
* returtt of tioldiere from the front
and. Wets finally announced that all
but six huedred of the two thou-
sand sailors, Would be paid off add
dieebarged.
he controverey reached a climax
late yesterday, when a ddIegation of
diallers marched to the headquarter
of Weis in tinter den Linden to pro-
test against his alleged hostile atti-
tude, Wets eummoneti the Republican
guard, which opened fire on the sail-
ors with machine gene as soon as it
arrived.
Then the sellers attacked the
headquarters and captured Wets and
hie aide& They were detained in a
palace', but were released ultimately,
About the same time a crowd of
salient marched to the Chancclior'a
palace for the purpree of interpellett-
ing the lebertellonee Cabinet. The
zoembere of the Cabinet were detained
for two hours. •Preinier Ebert, fearing
that an ttempt este being made to
overthrow the Cabinet, eurnmoned the
Totedate. Guards. Three companies of
Infantry and a battery of field
lore presently appeared before the
palace behind the Iron gates of vrhich
were eighty tenons with machine
guns. The troop* defended that the
Selene disarm end disband. It appear.
44 for It while that a lark:mil eleth
Was impending, but Premier Ebert nn.
ally mounted a motor truck And an -
in Berlin, Eiehhorn, who had sent
police, to protect the premises, appear,
ed on the ecene and assisted in the
suppression of the majority SOcialist
It Was manounced by the Spartan
group to -night that, Dr Liebknecht.
their leader, would proelaim the over-
throw of thq Ebert Government to-
morrow morning During the past,few
days the radical element- have threat-
ened to suppress -the Vorwaerts be-
cause of its attacks on the revolution.
y terrorists
Both the Red Palace and the former
royal stables were damaged externally
by the artillery and machine gun fire
of the opposing fecal:up The north
facade, of the palaee shows two big
gapa made by seven centimetre shells
The window were destroyed and the
interior of • the former royal apart-
ments is plainly vieible from tile street
The west front of, the paltvre also was
damaged he.a.vily, while the north walls
of the royal stables were riddled with
shot and shell. 6
At 11 o'olock tonight the Govern
-
meet sent out a general order to the
troops in Berlin to hold themselves in
readiness. Spartaeue forces have seized
the Prussian War Itlinistry in addition
to the Vorwe.ts,
SERBIAN HOPES
FOR THE FUTURE
15,000,000 of One 10467
Would Be a Nation
Dispute Italian Claim On
the Adriatic,
Parts Cable — The "aepiratione
the Sorbian Government for the fit-
ture of its country were explained to -
mein to tee torreepondent by Dr.
R. Vesnitch, Serbian: Minlister to
Franee, who, in all probability, will be
one of the Serbian delegates to the
Peace ,Conference, M. Vesniteit was
the head of the Serbian mission ee
the United States In the Winter of
111. Dr. Vesnitch eaidt
"The Serbian people, composed of
Croats, Slovene% and Serbians living
tvithin the boundaries of what hither-
to las been .called Serbia, and in the
former Austrodlungarlert Empire,
number about 15.000,000. These are
an ethnological whole, and they elect
to beeathe one nation under the, prin.
oiplee Ittid down Jr Preeident Wiesen
and ticeepted by' the ativerninente of
Greet Britain, Irrane. and Italy as
canditinui preeedmit to the erinisticee
Signed With Austria and GerillanY.
."APProXimately teverity Per cent
of our People ere Orthedox hive.
Intim tweety per cent. ("ethane, aztd
ten per eent. Protestant, Jewtola or
ilioltiountedau. Art the Montenegrius
have decided to boat) a Part of
Oteeter Serbia, teel beine or the same
rece, the frontiers of eur reentry are
Groot+, 3U1gatL Rounianta, Hungary
and the Adriatic. That le our concep.
tirat of stile fatale) Serbia ati a mail
Whoe—the reatleatten or our raee tue
piraeions whIell have Servivee right
through centuriels a war, diviMen. an
'fileurtlig."
w11at of the Italian claims to
U e Adriatic coast?" the correspon.
dont aelted.
"Italy"- replied Dr. Vesnitele "ae-
cording to the consictions of the Ser-
bian Goverment, has no just claii
ta the eastern Adrlatic eoat, The
Governmentof Great Britain, Russia
and France arranged by agreetnent
with Italy to alve her that coast, or a
•large part 0 'it, at the Loadon con-
ference in April, 1915. Had Itiltolia tile
right to, dielnee At the Adrietic
eeest? ererzateland? or Prance? they
were eatth giving away what had not
• heleuged to them. -•
enre do not recognize tile title d
Italy under that agree/tient to allY
part d the Eastern Adriatie."
"Net to Trieste?" engtered the Or,
respondent.
"No," declared the Serbian-. Minis.
ter, "Not to Trieste; but I will not
go into that questlen at this moment.
The Italian claims to Trieste herve
been so persistent and continuous for
a long period that we are williag to
leave that question aoart.
."The Serbian Government and peo-
ple stand squarely upon the basis ot
President Wilsean prinelples, Those
principles hove sbeeti ac,cepted by the
GOYernments of Great Britain, France
and Italy. They have been accepted
with no limitationo except on the
points concerntng the ereedom of the
seas and tee inclusion of the recogni-
tion of damages which must be paid
for injuries done.
TUNNEL STRAIT
OF GIBRALTAR
.S. PRESHENT
VISITS TROOPS
AT THE fROliT
t
Spends Olirletraas at Chau-
mont? American. }lead -
quarters,
•01.
EI8 RLVIEVI
4n. Address, Tells of V..
Friendship for
France.
.1(thaureoht Cable Prestdoe Wil-
• son received a, moot cordial welcome
to -don from the people of Chaumout,
a town which bas been closely aesocit
ated with the history Of the Ameri-
can Expeditionary roma in Prance,
and le now the beadquarters of the
Commander-in-chief. It is the town
from which Ainerlea's Part la finish-
ing the wee was directed,
The Preslftt's txttin, which left
Paris at midnight, drew into the Mae -
!tient station at 9 o'cleck this morn-,
ing. Gen, Pereeing; Gen. Wirbel, the
lerench ()Meer eammanding the zone;
M. Passion, Prefect of the Department
of Marne, and M. Levy-AlpeanderY,
Matter of Chaumont, were on the peut
form to receive the President and Mrs.
Wtlson, who, atter responding to the
cordial greetings; passe through a
Won bung with red tapestries and
fiags, to the court yard, witere a Com -
pony of the 109th French infantry and
a company of the 102nd American in-
fantry were drawn up to tender hon-
ors.
the exterior of the station and the
court yerd had been decorated for -the
,occasiota by American soldiees with
Talk of 'Joining England the French and American colors. Af-
. With Africa, - ter passing the guard elf honor in re-
view, the Preoident took his place in
a motor car and the party preceeded
to the City Hall. Dense crowdsemas-
•seti eelencl the linos of guards le
khaki; the streets were brIlliantly
demoreted and hung tv,ith banners
bearing inscriptions of Weleome.
As the party paeeed through the peo-
ple of Cha,ulmont joined in a continu-
otto acclamation cd the Preeident,
All this part of Franee lay Under
a gray, cloud and "melte of drizzling
cold rain when the President's trala
Pulled into the station, Tee troops
declared the weather was exception-
ally fine, as compared with the usual
• brand- of wee:thee/and everyone ead
a broad B111110 battling above his mud -
bespattered khaki uniforin.
' BIG DAY FOR TROOPS.
As his train molted in American sol-
diers swarmed on the locomotive,
box cars, tree tops and every point ot
vantage' to get a glimpse of the Presi-
dent and shout a "Merry Christmas."
The folks back home would have
called it the dreariest Christmas Day
in history, but it was the greatest one
for these American. troopa and evident-,
ly a very happy ,on.e for the President.
He was ready for the "big day," and
looking forward, to every feature, ,
In response to an addrese presented
to him at the Rotel De Ville soon af-
ter bis arrival, President Wilson. salde
"I feel that I have been peculiarly
honored in the geherous reception you
have given me, and it is the more de-
lightful .because it so obviously cornea
from the heart. And I cannot hut be-
lieve that it is an instinctive response
to the feeling that is in my- own
breast, because I -think that even you,
who feel contact with our soldiers
cannot but realize the depth and sin-
cerity of the feeling of the United
States for 'France.
And Exchange of Territory
There.
• Paris , Cabie.----The cession of
Spanish Morocco to France in ex-
change for a cash ciensideration of cute
• billion francs, the return -el Gibral-
tar to Spain by Great Britain and the
abandonment of Ceuta, Moroectt, to
Great Britain by Spain are being Open-
ly discussed. It is asserted that the
Spanish 'Premier, Count Romanones,
recently during his visit 10 Paris,
made such a proposal to PrcSident
Wilson and AL Clemcnceau, the French
Pi:order.
While officials have declined either
to coufirm or deny this report, the
question was freely discussed in the
corridors in the chamber to -day,
There also has beett a renewal of the
talk of the building of a tunnel
across the ntrait • of Gibraltar and
making a direct all -land aeonnection
between Africa and France • which
might be extended to England If the
English Channel were tunneled.
A despatch from Paris last Monday,
referring to the Visit of Count Ro-
manones, used the Spanish Premier
Intended. to return to Paris in the
'near futuee to discuss evetbathe allied
Premiers and the Atneelean questions
vitally concerning 'Spain. J , some
quarters the Premier was credited
with, the intention to raise the ques-
tion of a retutn of Gibraltar to Spain,
making it a subJect for deliberation
at the PeaceConference.
,
NAVAL peucy
OF DOMINIONS
-
• '• a
Premiers Have Already
• 'Adopted the Basis.'
.e
Jellicoe Will Advise Along
This Line. ,
•
(By John W. Defoe, Correspondent
of the Canadian Government.)
London Cable — Announcement
tbat Admiral Mimeo is goinh to visit
the Dominions in, turd toadviseon
naval matters is the -subject of' free
discuseion in the LontiOn press, mato;
papers having articles dealing with IL
The Times In its Comment seemto
assume that the whole question of the
term of naval activitiee by 'the Dentin -
Me is etill open for discuseion, look-
ing to the adoption of a policy. It
notes the pronunitude with which the
Dominions placed their naval re-
sources at the disposal of the Empite,
but as "that shouldenot obliterate the
fact that the problems of the Do-
nlitilents share in British ptace Unto
has riot been solved. The broader ques-
tion of peace control of naval acees-
siona in the Dominions can hardly be
useftilly discussed at a moment when
the whole balance of eea power
throughout the world lute been alter-
ed." That the Timer: dote not appre-
ciate the actual situatIon is made
clear by a public etolement of air
eoseph Cook, all/eater el the Navy for
Atetralia, as harass:
"It is fundamental to the idea of
Etnpiro navel detente that, though
the :Dominions retain control ef their
shipa there should be a templet°
stepdardization of pen -tonne', ships
ale/ equipment, and this should be sup
to the level of the beet." Tine atate-
ment is in atria. keeping with the
memorandum adoptee by the Domin-
ion Premiers defining a bask: naval
policy for the Dontinicns, a P111)1 -
Mary of which watt given in e former
despatch. Lord Metre Is thus to al -
vise the Dorniniona' on theheads of
policy which has Lee allorted.
NORTHLAND LANDS PeteSENGENS
-Halifax Report. saye—The eteenter
Northland, qnanantiried 'because of a
ease of smallpox on board, docked
early this afternoon for the purpose
of landing her passengers h el
near a thouaand !soldiers on board. du
AN ANCIENT FRIENDSHIP.
"It is an ancient friendship, but
It has been renewed andha e taken
oa ttnewyouth. It is a friendship
which itIC's`,it only tentative, but one
bnsed tilion a communion of prin.-
ctple.
'You have spoken very generously
and beautifully of the relations
which have sprung up -between your-
selves and our soldiers, .That is be-
cause they cant'e not only to associate
themselees with YOU as the champion
of liberty, but they came with pee -
/tonal affeetfon In their hearts for the
people of Franee, and it meat have
been that which you realized. They
did. hot come as strangers in their
thought. They brought wtth them
something that made them feel 0,1,
home the moment they were at Havre
or at Brest in France.
"So 1 am very much, nueved by
being thus • drawn, as they have been,
tritce your midst and -into your con-
ferences, end wish to thank you very
Warinly for them and Um people of
the United States, 1. like than,
shall carry away with me the most
delighttul- recolleettono, ancl int'
heed ,dhall always say as I now say,
'Viva. la Franeee "
REVIEWS TROOPS.
Immediately after- the reception at
Lha Hotel De Ville, President Winton.
-with Gen. Pershing and party, meter-
ed to Humes, where the President
reviewed a detachment, of tha First
Army ofetbehAmerican. Expeeltiontry
Forces. Addreesing the troops, Gen,
Pershing said:
"Mr. Preeldent and fellow sol-
diers: eVe are gathered here to -day
to do honor to the commander of
our aruilea and navies. For the
Cast time alt, American President •will
review an American army on forelge
soil—the mail of it sister republic,
beside whose. gallant troops we...11mo
fought to restore 'meets to the woeld.
"Speakine for you and your coui-
t am promd to deetare to the
President thin no army has ever
more, loyally or mare ere:divots?' served
it entintrY. and 110110 ila.3 eve:- fought
in a nob'er eateee.
"You, Atte Prestdeet, by your eon•
Mance and ey etio support. have
made ihe success of our army, and
to you, as our coturoncler-Inetelst
may I now orezent the, natioe'svle
torlous muse"
ilttlir PURPOSE' OP U. O.
In releying, Prealeat Wilton raid:
"0 Meal 1,'1h!n and f ?flow com-
lades: I wish that 1 mid give to
each ene of you the measage that
know you are Tonging to reteivo -
from OW at llama, who love yeti,
ettunot do that, but I can tell you,.
hoWever, that everyone luta put hie
part Intel it, You have done your
The pa:Mengel** leave for the vrer bY
two epee:al train& the Peet for truce do
bee city, Winnipeg end the West de, Ms
partod at $ o' lock t h , and th
Steend for Montreal And Ontario be- of
tenon 3 lead a otelotk, ye
ty, and conietlang Mere. Yon
ye done your duty, and you have
tie it with a opirit Which gave it
Unction and glerY.
And now we are to ball the frUlto
everything. VIM Mattered, when
U . came over, what You eaMe over
tor, andeYou have done what it we
eppointed for ye u to do. allow
weal you enacted of me. Some, tint
leo et gentleman front one of th
tiottntreet with whice we are towel
taw wee diectieting with Me the talora
aspects of this war, elle I Said Dui
L f we del not insbit tapOn the high
PerPose whielt we bave accomPlislied
the end, 'would not be eistifled.
"Everybody et beme is proud of yell
and luta lee:towel eery movement o
thie great alley with confidence and
anectl°15.114s14COttliti AWAITING.
"The tvhole ,people Pat 'the 'United
States ere now waiting to Welcome
You home with an 1100111illt whteh
probably bas never greeted any
other army, became) our country
thia country, we lupe been co
Proud of the etand taken ;of the pur-
pose for which the woe was entered by
the United States.
"We know what we expected of YOu,
and YOU •did It. I 'mow what >ant
and the people: at home 'expected of
Me; and I am happy to say, My toilette
tountrement thee I.did not fine in the
hearts of the great lea.deett with Whom
lade my privilege now to co opeutte
any differenee of principle or ot fun-
damental purpooe.
"It bappened that it was the preva
lege ot America to present the clutrt
for peaee, and now the process of set-
tlement has beeit rendered aomixtr4-
tively eimplo by the fact that all the
nitt!onta concerned have ace anna that
chart, and the application of these
principles laid down there will bo
• their application. The world will now
haw that the nationthat fought this
war, as well as the soldiers who repre-
sentee them, aro rode to make good,
make erred not only in the assertion
of their own interest% but make good
in the eetablishment of peacewoe.
jtuhnottiemer.manent furtetion of right and of
"Because this is not a war in which
Ora soldiers of the free nations have
obeyed mestere. You have command
-
ere. but you have no Incident. Your
very commandere represent you in
representing the nation of. which you
constitute a part.
• A PEOPLE'S PEACE.
"And everybody concerned in the
settlement knows that-dt must be a
people's peace„ and that nothing
must be done • in settlement of the
issues of the world which, is net as
handsome as the great achievements
tohfothlualersuties of the United. Stites and
"It is very difficult, very difficult,
melt, in any normal shape like this, to
show you any real heart. You teen
probably -do not realize with what
anxiotto attention and care we have
followed every etep You have
vanced, and how proud' wo aro that
every step was in advance, and not :al
retreat: that every time You set your
face in aoy direction you kept your
fate in that direction,
"I feel comradeship with you to,day,
which is delightful, as I look down
upon the undisturbed.fields, and
think of the terrihle scones through
which you have gone, and realize how
the quiet of peace, the tinnquility of
settled hopes, has descendha upon us,
and, while it is hard, far away from
home, confidentially to bid you a mer-
ry Christmas, I can, I think, confiden-
tially prorelee you a happy New Year,
a:lia I can from the bottom of my heart
eay God blew you!"
RUSS LEADER
By Deoision Against
Intervenefon,
DISCOURAGED
WOULD BECOME
PART OF ITALY
Italian Deputies Ft.om Re.
deemed Provinces
Give Their Grounds for
Their Demand. •
Paris, Tuesday,. Cable—Italian de-
puties of the redeemed provinces who
represented their districts in Vii tti
and Peulapest Parliaments and ernee
to Paris expressly for the purpose rk
submittirae their case to tne Americart
mission. have been reetive,I by Col. E.
M. House. Through Col. Il'16use the
deputies presented a Memorial to Pre-
sident Wilson: The daraties are Pit-
acco for Trieste. Bennet,. for Istria,
ntanella for 'Fiume. and Ghigle Ano-
vicb. for &ea. The memorialtrecites
that their country luta been for 2,00a
years Italian; that Trieste -has suffer,
ect under Andtrian onpreesion for :pen
centuries, and: Dalmatia since 1917 has
:need all kinds of persecutions to de-
fend its nationality. The people of
the dietrietts, says the memorial, have
fought in all wars for'Italian inde,
nominee and participated in the pre-
sent war with 4,000 men. R.egarcling
the atinexation of Trentino, T.rieste,
and Istria the memorial says there is
no question that can be raised, but
adds that Fiume being a free city,
similar to Bremen and Lubeck, has
the right to decide its own . govern -
'tient Mel any eontrery decision would
°e,teteninst the principleproclaimed
let President Wilson. Plutne already,
has ahown by a plebiscite her deter-
mination to be united with Italy.
THE DALMATLe COAST.
Dalmetta has 310 miles of coast, of
which Italy claims loss than 300 miles,
comerising the cities of Zero- Seltenice
ane Eatalate, testate the greatest part
ot tho Dalmatian Wel. Austrian stet-
ist!ca., rays the memorial, shows that
the ma:amity of the Population are
Slave in Spalato and Setebnico, but
they aro actually at markedly Italian
an the population really is preclomint
rattly Prench in those distects of Al-
sace-Lorraine. Where (rennin statis-
tice :how S7 per cot, of the impute.
tioe an Clermen. Besides the ports ot
rtntes ari and Du:eigno, formerly be,
'o iIoutengro, oarittod:.c:Vnenutetemairli,Y
'hat 1)2 fhar'nri, the districts w411 have
aleteovich, Ragusa, Gravosa
and the military pe -t, of Cretan° eale
able of elieltertlIf; the entire Italian
n.)•iny, ft rays in eon-
elintion that Italy is ready in make
Taieste end Fiume free ports for every
country.
ak -
NORTHLAND To DOOK,
Ilalifax Report.--Milltary trans -
Port officere bave been advised that
the steamer Northland, quarantined
T:ecaute of a case of smallpex aix
heard,
will dock early this morning
for -the purpose of landing her passen-
gers.
and toldierit on board.
The Northland has nearly a thous-
..ennentese...—
Yoe never an tell about a girl.
There teems to be quite a difterenc‘
betv,eon an angel and it high fitter.
We alioUld all try to at along With
as little as Praalblet espeCielly in the
Metter 01
Hacl Expeeted a :Sig
tary Force,
Paris Cable — The recent an-
nouncement by Stephen Piehoil,' the
,French Foreign Minister, that the
Entente lute decided againet eaten-
siVe Military intervention in Russia
at prow:nit has had a discouragiug ef-
• fect upon former Premiers Lyoft and
Eoltovseit and other prominent Rus-
sians, and who are noW in coufereuce
in Parts. Thi a matt be said hi view
of •the fact that they ad not :expect
an inuttediate response to their ap-
peals, because of the lack of unifica-
tion of the forces operated to the Bol-
sheyiki and the iliability of the remote
Provisional .Clatterterieato to co-ordin-
ate their Movements.
The Russian leaders continuo tee&
conferences et the Ruotean Embassy
in the hope that they will get it for-
mal hearing when the Peace •Conter-
ence actually opens. Former Prone -
ler Irvoff, who is the chit spokes-
man of the Russian group in Paris,
urges against delay in any extension
of the 'Entente militarY nieseement
there, beeause• it would tend to en-
large Bolshevik traritory and would
play into the hands of the Germano,
who are planning for thie domination
of Russia through co-operation, with
the 13ol5heyiki. •
BOLSHEVISM
18 SPREADING
Chiefs Are Buying Up Re.
leased Russ Prisoners,
Sending Emissaries- Into
Noland Now.
Warsaw Cable—The flocks or re-
leased. thussian prisoners who are mak-
ing their way homeward through Po-
land, all of whom appear to be tainted
With 13olehevism and are recognized
as a danger in Ms respect by the
Polish authorities, are in fact already
causing much trouble by their law-
lessness in their seareh for food.
Tho Bolsheviki are taking advantage
of the pennileas plight of these first
the:teazels of released prisoners, tvhoso
total number is estimated at 2,000,000,
and have picked up several thousand
of th'ena for their army by offering the
mem clothes, food, and money, of the
last or which there is plenty, since the
BeishevIki control the printing presses
for the production of rubies.
The first important arrests have
just been made of Boesheviki wets-
sarles who are arriving from Rus-
sia with mations of rubles for the
purpase of agltation and are spend-
ing several thousands of rubles daily,
Four men were taken in custody on
this occasion. • They claimed they
had the right to spend their money as
freely as they pleased. They are.de-
°tared to be for the most part Reselan
Jews, nearly all of them barring pass-
ports issued by Count Kesler, wbo waa
expelled from here a week ago as rep-
resentative of the Berlin Government.
They were sent Imre by Leon Trotsky
as member a of an alleged Red Cross
delegation, claiming that thelregission
was the care of Ruselan Olson:ere:-
With the Russian rubles flowing bree-
by, the Polish police are aetempting to
find the source of t11-0 paper ruble epi-
demic, •
"Only 'American interference eau de-
stroy Bolshevism," declared Count Al-
exander Leluchin to -day, in talking
with the correspondent. "It will not
be downed by mere hunger. It is a
mistake to assume that it wilt die with
hunger, boauee that is wbat it start-
ed with. At the present time there is
• no food In the cities and towns, no
tobacco, no salt and no sugar.
"The Bolsheviki began by robbing
and ,killing the nobles and the rich.
Then they attacked the Bourgeosie,
the merchants. Now they aro reach-
ing the bottont and trying to rob each
eother."
Relief, however, seems to be com-
ing from the south. Gen. Sitoropad-
ski, the deposed Heenan of the Uk-
raine, and French troope are acleane-
• ing from Num and it is believed the
Ukrainian altuation will soon be under
control, ?alum, with his army ef
peasants, and also tb.e French are mov-
ing upon Kiev, where order is soon
expected to regn.
• • •
.13111110 VIEW
Or,.CONFERENCE
Would Not Have Reporters
at Peace Table
But Hand Out Statements
Regularly,
• Malicheeter Cable — "When ere
snag ot eliminating secrecy, we do
• not, of coulee, mean that reporters
should attend the Peace Conference,
• bet teat, though the discussions are
prtvate, the results should be publish-
ed, aud that not on the cense .of the
negotiations, but throughout them."
'Ohio view waa etcproseed to -day by
C. P. Scott, editor of the Manchester
Guardian, lu a talk with the Aseociat-
nd Press an the (Amain of eecreey at
tee Peace Conference.
"Naterally, there aro draWbaekse"
continuee tae editor. "'Delicate mat-
ters, involving special national inter-
ests and national pride, may in sonic
ways be more difficult et adjustment
when made the subject of public: con-
troversy, blitnen tile other had the
Only mans of bringing effective pres-
sure to bear in the general intercet
Itgainet particular intercets is by
1111bliocultYt'
Irblees public discuselon would
nod, to be conducted With restraint
and under a •Sento of responsibility
and with unbroken friendlincsa. That
weuld tenth° duty of dee public, every -
wham, Nebo would then become ittA
real sense partics. to fl negotiation in
which the interests of all aro onvoleed
It would be the duty of the neeit-
paws., se powerrel Ixi ete reattor, tee
&seise But eae funderaental Imes
for breaking with tee old treaties a
secrecy arise* out of the varY eon-04P-
ctiooriefersonudoe. tbe primary object of the
"The eonferense IL 0 ought to be,
the coming together of the nations in
the world in the conunon enemies et
the world end or the attainment of
objeete in which ell ere equally pea -
mimed. Ae lone as nee move and
object are thallium: there i' no rea-
son for eecrecy. Publieity it tee ;rar-
est means of looping them dominant.
"M the Preetdent luta well Siteted,
ale international relation we now
seek to establiell la the relation of
under:deleting and ef frtenclehip. We
had better begin tie we intend to go
ou. Again, though the primary ob-
ject of the conference is to establish
and niaintaln thle relation of amitY
between the nations, there is no en-
traltionor porisibillty of overriding
Oesential nationel rights. The na-
tion, rightly regarded and defined,
romaine am the dietivetive unit In the
new order, even more definitely than
in the old, but a League or Natione
involves rightly and of necessity ewe
tnei.oetnivie•easattilri7ions on independent na-
tional action eubversive Doe coM-
t"The nature and Mate of these
restrictions need to be deeply cone
eidered and carefully defined. Every
nation hes a right to knew how
mueh of its unrestricted and soltie-
times an anarceic freedom of act
eon, it le expectee to earrentler, and
Lor thie also frank and °pep dims -
son is needed in oreer to remove
natural prejudice and meet all 'lea -
sortable objectione.
"LaetlY, or perhaps wd should 'put
this conaideration first of all, we are
!acre concerned with defining the
rights and betiding up the effective
of the free peoples —with
making, to use a. famous Oros°, the
world ore for denmerucY, .the abid-
ing home of freedom, But freedom
4111410a free play of public opinion
and pdpular forces.- It wOuld be
wholely Inconstetent with this conceits'
tion Of eacial organization and of
Government to hide from the po-
nies the making of the structure of
freedoxu in which they are hereafter
to dwell. Such a procedure of con-
eealment belongs to the era when
sovereigns and etatesinea were to
ordain, and people -to obey and fol-
low. All Europe is saying good-bye
to that and joining her voice to that
of America. We must take counsel
together on the ground of the future,
liot of the past.', .
er to.
ICAROLYI KICKS. ,
•
Says Alliee Not Carrying
Out Agreement,
13uadpest Cable -- Count learolette
the Hungarian leader, in addressing
'the People's Assembly to -day, cone
plained that the Allies were not carry-
ing out their 'part of the armistice
egreemeet. He declared that it was
impossible to maintain order while the
food necessitie3 of the country re-
mained unsatisfied.
Count Iealolyi told the assembly he
had sent a me,ssage to President Wil-
son expressing adherence to the Presi-
dent's principle and protesting against
what he declared were yielatione of
the conditions of the, arinietiee. Re
was confidently awaiting the Presi-
dent's decision; he added,
4 0 -
EX -EMPEROR IS
GETTING BETTER
Stays Indoors, but is Miss:.
ihg' No Meals.
'Gets Hundreds of Letters
From All Over.
Amerongen, Holland Cable — Wil-
liam Hohenzollern's health shows a
marked improvement but he is etill
compelled to exercise the greatest pre-
cautions owilag to the penetrating and
damp cold weather. Since Saturday
the former ,Emperor has not left his
suite of apartments In Araerongen
Castle, bu thas been able to join the
members of his retinae at all meals.
Ile occupies other periods of the day
in reading hundreds of letters reach-
ing him from all parts of the world.
He receives only an occasional tele-
gram and these rarely evoke a reply.
Several days during his illness the ex -
Emperor saw only his wife and his im-
mediate attendants.
The former Empress also remains in
her apartment,not even going into
the gardens within the eturrountling
moats.
Tuesday morning a chrlstmas, tree
was brought into the Castle for to-
night's celebration, which will be a
most unpretentious affair. Those
participating besides the ex -Emperor
ante Empress will be a number of of-
ficers who resigned taeir Commissions
in the Germany army in order to re-
main itt the vicinity of their former
ruler'sretreat aud hcusehold servants
and orderlies. Several of these of-
ficers were busy throughout the day
arranging the details of the celebra-
tion, in tvhich Cott von ., Bentinck
will partielpate. They purchased
presents tshich the former lienetror
and Empress will exchange aceording
to custom and also gifts for their at-
tendants. -
The ex -Emperor is as yet undecided
about. making a public declaration
and still &clines to receive any tor.
respondents.
COMMON FRONT
AT PEACE TALK
Parla Cable—An international or-
ganization lute been. formed to ecare
uniformity of Drinelples tespecting a
league of nations for presentation, at
the Penne Cenfercnce. This action fol.
'owe Premier teremenceauts recent
suggestion. to Leon 'Bourgeois and
Baron D'Estournellee de Constant that
the Advocates of it league of tenons
ehould reconcile their difference -3 and
Present a common' front before the
Prato Congreea. An international bur-
eau ttecorangly ha- ham established
with otf1ea itt tlte Bonlevara St. Ger-
main, for the purpose of reaching an
RCCIOrPi between the British, French,
American, Italien, ana all other ne.-
timid organiratime rupperting the
leAgue.
Iternstorff Says "We Was
* Our 'iamb of Ifer."
Opposed to,Surrencler of ex.
Kaiser.
•
Paris Cable —"All tit° belligerenta
eave accepted President Wiloorea
point, and the only question to be
discussed is their interpretation," said
Von Berustorff, tomer Clermou Ane
bassador to the United States, in Ifiv,
ing opinion Of What Germarty'a attitude
would he at the Peace Conferees.,
acording to the Gerulen cerreeiroadt
ent of the Uteta.
"Germany," staid the •eountt
• keep to the President's programme
which grants each people of an ethni-
cal gimp the right to dispose of
itself.' t
Asked if ee thought tint President's
programme would fernieh the etude
for 0, lasting }tepee, Count von Ilera- "
storff shrugged. leis ohouidere.
"This is the only one whitah can bel
proposed at presene" he added, "and
the ettenta must be made to aPPIty re
At any rate'We shall support
When hei wee asked by the orre-
epondent what attitude Germany
would adopt toward the, Irsett
replied:
"All the queotions concerning the
new states whielt have sprung up ors
the Russian frontier are the affair of
the Allies, Let them disentagle Mums
as best they call. We wash our betels
of Russia. We are ontent to aafte
guard as far as Possible the integrity
of our teritery, consulting at tee
same time the will of the pope:m-
eaner"
Asked about the White Book which
Carl Kautsky IS said to be prepering
in Berlin, Cottnt you Bernstorte Maid:
"I don't think the hook will reveal
the -individual responsibilitite of tee
Persons who atreetecl Germany in 1914,
It will rather seew the eolleotive faults
of the regime.
"I do not favor handing over the
Kaiser to the Allies. A sovereign is
not responsible for the policy of hie
governmeat." •
4 • la
PRINCE ii1OFF
- AIRS HIS IDEAS
• Additional Ally Forbes
* Needed in the Ent.
200,090 Soldiers Would Be
Adequate.
Paris Cable.— Prince Lvoff, who
is the gueet of Basile' telakIakof, Rue -
Wart Ambassador to France, and
who is participating in the lengthy
conferences being held here by Rus-
sia/I etatesmeett discussed hie views
of *the immediate future In RUBS:a
with the representative of the Ake-
soctated Press. He Said:
"Additional Entente milttarh firma
are necessary •to restore • order anti
check anarchy he Recede, It le ,
Int-
poasibie for the dietorganized country
to right itself otherwise."
"I am -not a military expert," he
said, 'when epee hew Maur troops
Would Ite necessary, "and coy opin-
ion on that subject would be of little
value, but its my judgment 200,000
soldiers would be adequate. The
opposition is weak. Petrograd 'prac-
tically ha o ceased to exist, and could
be taken with slight resietatice."
In reply to a questioe as to What
form of goverxunent would be belt
for Russia, Prince "waif said that
It must be a republic.
Paul N. Milukoff, former. Russian
Foreign Minieter, who was ortiered
to leave France- became of alleged
passport irregularities, bas gone to
London. He was accompanied he
.several politicians front Ukraine.
who came from Odesea wlth
".Germ -Proof" Money.
To, a bank in Spokane; Wrath., be-
longs the distinction of eirculatiug the
first antiseptic germ -proof ' national
bank notes.The United States 'Pewee
ery is still experlmenting with deissices
to lautuiry dirty batik noteto bright
crisp ones, but the Spokane bankluto
the first sanitary money on -record.
Fitts, thousund dollars in blllSf putout
by the bank, were signed with an'inle
said to consist largely of carbolic acid.
The result le the bine are eater/Red
with an agency winch 'anemia t oath to
the Most vigorous gerrit Wiled IiVe
there,
FIXES THE' liAME
UPQNi ThEliiiiY
.Hun People's pominissary
Nantes Camera of War...
Kaiser, Then 'War Chiefs,
Then= Big Business.
-
Perla Cable — Responsibility for
the tear and its prolongation is aecrib-
ed by Mr. Kautsky, Commissary of Ibe
People of the Gentian Foreign (Mee,
to the following In order: .
First —The Gerntioa Emperor and
the Crewn Prince.,
Secoucl.—Gen. Ladendorff and Ad-
miral, von Tirvitz,
Third.—The great " Induatrial cos-
cerna, and ,
Fourth—The pan-Gerreans.
Thie Atietv of Mr. Kantsky, Volta ,s
examining documente in the archives
of the Fereign Minister, woe give, to
it correspondent of the Petit Parthen
In ni interview.
The official documents, eo tar ae it:t-
angoed, Kautsky said, prove 1 -be truth
of etatexnents made by Dr. Mulhon,
dirt:0UP of the Krupp factories, and
by Prince Liehnowski, German Am-
bastador to England at the outbreek
of the war, both of whont have laid
the war at Germany's doors.
Tho first iart of the documents It-
leting to the Nato of the war wIll bo
made public within A motttb, autakY
said, and at the AMU* time the Ahatri-
an Government will publiah some of
the documents found in the Archives
of the BallpIetz,
MOSt Mau wallet likt to live thee -
over Again, net thinking that they
Might make an a, wrasse job of