warn Hi 1 SEEKS HKIK OH BAIII OF NO ANNIXATWM OR INDEMNITIES FOU *?TH1H GOVERNMENT. - ? T NOTE HAS REACHES EMBASSIES I rropirr' For Immeriats Opening of Pooeo Negotiations lo Mode ty U?e? Trotsky to all The Bolllaoront Natl one. Petrograd. Thursday?The note ol Loon Trottky, tho Bolahevlki minis ter, to tho allied embaaelea conveying tho announcement ot tho propoaal tor ?a armlstldP has reached the embas sies The text follows: "I herewith have the honor to in form you, Mr. Ambaaeador, that the ?11-Ruaslan congreaa of aoldiers' and j workmen's delegate, organised on Oc- , tober 26 a new government In the form of a conacll of national commls alonera. The head of thla government ( U Vladimir Hich Lentne. The dlreo- I tion of the foreign policy haa been en trusted to me 4n the capacity of na tional commiaaloner for foreign afTalra. "Drawing attention u> the text of the ofTer of an armlatlce and a demo cratic peace on the baala of no an nexations or lndemnltlea and the self determination of nationa, approved by . the all-Ruaalan congreaa ot eoldlera' workmen's delegataa, I have the honor to beg you to regard the above document aa a formal offer of an Im mediate armlatlce on all fronta and the Immediate opening of peace nego tiation*?an offer with which the authoritative government of the Rua aian republic haa addressed itself sim ultaneously to all the belligerent peo pies and their governments. "Accept my aasurance. Mr. Ambaa aador of the profound respect of the soldiers' and workmen's government for the people of France, which can not help aiming at peace as well aa all the rest of the nations exhausted and made bloodless by this unexam pled slaughter. "L. TRoTZKY. "National Commissioner for Foreign Affairs." AMERICAN TROOP8 ARE ARRIVING IN FRANCE Movement Keepa Pace With Expecta tlona of War Department. Washington?Arrival of American troopa In France has kept pace with the expectation of the war depart ment. Secretary Baker said In the tat ?iB&ment he haa ever authorised In connection with the progress being made In Increasing General Persh ing's forces. Mr. Baker declined, however, to atate the number of troops forwarded or to Indicate whether he anticipated delay from this ttme. Movement of thee aforce. he aaid, depended on two elements, the training and equipment of he men and the availability ot ships. "Aa fast as they are ready, ships and men will be combined." the secre tary aaid. "As many American troops ?re now over seaa aa we expected In the beginning to have over seaa at this time." s" Mr. Baker Indicated that an official atatement of the number ot American troopa in France waa not to be ex- | ported at any time during the war. He ; cauaed an Inquiry to ?e made ot the military censor. Major General Mc Intyre, however, which may result In more liberal regulations aa to publica tion of the designations of regiments, brigades or companlee which are en gaged in action on the front from time to ttme. If there Is no sound military reason for suppressing that Information. Mr. Baker aaid. he dealred to give it out. The aecretary'a attention waa call- | ed to the faot that the British official | statements have recently named at ' least by geographical deaignatlon the 1 troopa used In varloua offensives. Ap- i parently a new policy In this regard haa been adopted in London and the war department may do likewlae. CAPP8 RELIEVED FROM DUTY WITH SHIPPING BOARD Washington?Rear Admiral Wash ington L.'Capps. general manager of the shipping board's emergency fleet corporation, was relieved from duty In that position by President Wilson at his own request because of 111 health and with expressions of deepest regret by the chief executive. His successor has not been named, but Chairman Hurley, of The board, was known to favor appointment of a man trained in the same service LOOKS UPON MOVEMENT AS AN UNFRIENDLY ACT Washington.?Officials of this gov ernment regard the Bolshevik! move Brat for an armistice between Russia and ber enemies and ths opening of pence negotiations as an act that wo?M place Russia almost in the lint of nnfrlendly nations. Press dispatches telling of the pesce movement were confirmed by a cable gram from Ambassador Francis re calved at the state department. 'I ? "? mi VILLA COLUMN MOVING ON CHIHUAHUA CITY Presidio, Texaa.?Villa's troops have drivea the advance guard of the Mexi can federal force la the vicinity of Onchiik) Parado bark toward Chihua hua Cky. according to information re received ham. VHIa waa in command of his col umn .which Included half of hia en tire (are*, the remainder being left at San,Juan del Rio and OJlnaag. ac cording to the information received LORD READING i . A new photograph of Lord Reading, lord chiof Justice of England, who haa taken charge of tho financial negotia tion for hla government betweer. the United States and England. , DISCUSS WITH WAR COUNCIL BRITISH PREMIER URGES THAT AMERICAN TROOPS BE SENT . AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE. Ruaala'a Collapse and Italy'* Reverses Make It Neceaaary That Troopa Ba Sant Ovaraaaa Quickly?Alllea De pend an America for Food. London.?Premier Lloyd Qeorge told the Anglo-American war cooncll, in aeaaion for the flrat time, that the collapse of Russia and the revereea to Italy, "made it eveq more imperative than before that the United States send as many, troops as possible across the Atlantic aa early aa pos sible." "I am anzloua to know how aoon the Drat million men can be expected In Prance." The premier explained that Brltlab shipping now waa wholly employed In war work, partly for the allies, partly on the British account, adding: "As suming that the submarine situations geta no worse, the easing of the posi tions to the allies depends entirely upon the dates on which the Ameri can program for the launching of the six million tona of shipping promised for ltlg comes Into practice effect. I bar* no doubt that with the largest Induatrlal population and an excep tional national gift of organization the accomplishment of America In the ?alter of shipbuilding" "will aiionlsh everybody." Dealing with the airplane situation, the premier said: "Command of the air In the battle line la almost eesentlal as command of the sea. The people of the United 9tates possess to an unusual degre9 qualities of enterprise and daring neceaaary to the creation of success ful airmen. The American climate also lends Itself to the development of the air aerrlce. because It Is clearer and more equable than the climate of the British Isles. This'Is of special ?alue because the training of pilots, the creation of flying units, and the building of air-domes are as essential to the creation of an air service as the building of airplanes themselves." Referring to food the -premier said that the allies were becoming Incraaa ingly dependent upon what the North American continent could produce and economic pressure to bear on the cen sured the mission that the moat dras tic restrictions were about to ba lm poaed upon the people of the British j Isles, partly In order to assist the al lias, partly In order to leave more room for the carriage of men and mu nitions to the battle fronts. The pre mler said he regarded the tightening of the blockade aa of next Importance. "Close cooperation between the United States and the powers of west ers Europe can bring still greater economic preasure to bear on the cen tral powers during the war," he aald. The premier then thanked the mis sion for the great services rendered by the United States navy. ANOTHER ISSUE OP " TREASURY CERTIFICATES Washington ? In anticipation of huge returns next June from Income taxes under the war revenue law. Sec retary McAdoo announced an Issue or tour per cent treasury certificates of Indebtedness of Indefinite amounts due June 26. lilt; the Anal day (or pay ment of Income taxea. This waa the flrat action taken by the secretary to prepare the law for the great volume of receipts under the war revenue act. WAR WORK FUND WENT FAR ABOVE GOAL SET New Yprk.?The National War Work council of the Young Men's Christian Aaaoclatlon announced hart that tha grand total of the nation-wide war fond campaign la t4D.20t.411. Thla exceeds by nearly 116.000,(100 the ttS *00,006 goal set at the beginning of ' the campaign on November 11. Preal dent Wllaon On being Informed that the fund was greatly over subscribed, telegraphed congratulations to Dr. Jno. R. Mott genera laecretary of council. LABOR FEDERATION LOYAL WITHOUT DISSENTING VOICE Buffalo. S. Y.?Without a dissenting rote, the American Federation of La bor reaffirmed Its unswerving loyalty to the country and a determination to stand behladthe national administra tion until peace comes The paclflat element, which muatered a small mi nority against President Oompers' at titude In support of the war waa silent. The resolution containing the declara tion waa reported favorably by Ik* ree 0< at tons committee HW MISSION III FRENCH MIL UNITED STATU COMMISSION ARRIVES IN PARIS FROM (NOLAN Dl STATEMENT BT COL HOUSE Which Was Mads la London With Request That It Ba Withheld U*; Ml Party Reach Parte la Made PuS 114 by Officials Parte.?Col. E. M. House and the members of the American mission which ha heads, arrived In Paris from England. London.?Prior to the departure of the American mlsslop tor Paris, Col. i E. M. House authorised the following statement to the British officials, press and public, which he asked should not be published until atfsr the mission reached France: '1 hare been impressed by th*( wonderful machinery you have cre ated here at the heart of your empire to control your part of the war. Yoa have given the world an example of the efficiency of democracy which will be of lasting value. "We also are creating In Washing ton a vast new machinery of govern-1 ment to bring our resources to bear.! and we shall profit by what we have seen here. We all realize that no hu man organization Is perfect, and I am aure you will not be content with yours any more than we will be con tent with ours until the tools that we are making have accomplished the great work for which they are being , forged. "It is Inspiring to feel that our two organisations will work closely t and frankly together in the cauae of, liberty. We appreciate beyond meas ure the kindly reception your officials, your press and your citizens have giv en 4s. and we will take back to Amer- I lea a delightful sense of your warm ( hospitality. Our visit has been mem- , orable and I hope profitable to the i cauae In which we both are enlisted." | RAISING ARMY IS FIRST DUTY SAYS SECRETARY BAKER Man-Pjower Exerted In Field Will Win the War. Washington ? Man-power exerted on the field of France wlU bring vie tory in this war. Provost Marshal General Crowder declared In a state men of the alms, accomplishments tem addressed to members of the local board and made public. After review ing present conditions and necessities, General Crowder predicted that the se lective system would become a perma nent part of America's governmental system for war. Every precaution possible has been taken with the new draft regulations. General Crowder said, to conserve eco nomic interests but the paramount duty of the country is to r|dse an ef fective flghtng force. "We are committed to this war." the general continued, "and we ought to ght It In the most effective fashion possible to us. The necessity of rais ing an army 1s paramount. The de crease in the labor supply must be adjusted in some way other than can be adjusted there is no question. "The problem Is not to maintain the labor supply of agriculture and every Industry Intact. It is to make with drawal of men In the most sclentiBc manner possible. I think we h?ve done that, and what Is offered here Is the basis for a nice balance between [two necessities. "There are those who My that we must win this war In the economic field, with the Inference that the rais ing of an army In a aide Untie. I aay to you that with any greater Inroad* into the fleid of recruiting of out army we shsil be sending inferior men to the field ;that If thia nation Is not competent to make the slight adjust ments necessary to compensate for this scientific selection, then It is not competent to enter this war. "Cerainly no man can urge in this day of trial and sacrifice that this na tion should deliberately neglect to make Itself effective In the field of mil itary operation on the plea that our I greatest contribution to the cause of humanity Is In attaining an economc supremacy To do so would be to relegate the United States to the role of sutler for the fighting nations. | "We shall, of course. Increase our | production. We shall become more and more eSeltive as a nation, and we | shall supply our own armies and do 'all that ran be expected of ua to sup \ ply the armies of our alllea. I "Rut we ahall not. under the guise confine our participation In this con flict to the baking of bread and the ; sharpening of the swords of other ^ men" GREECE It PREPARING TO TAKE HER P'.RT IN WAR Washington?Greece la rapidly pre paring to take her part In the war. A cablegram received here ?.-om Athena via Swhterland says many new divi sions of Greek troops swiftly formed, have taken their places at the front. GERMAN PROPAGANDA CARRIED ON OPENLY Washington.?Ambassador Pranclel at Petrograd has reported that tar tan propagandist* are now carrying on almost openly their actvltiee to keep alfiars unsettled In the Russian capital. The ambassador's message, dated November M. said all Ameri cans in Petrograd and Moscow were safe and those at Moecow had decided to remain. Eighteen Americans had left Petrograd on a special taata (or the Swedish frontier. PRINCESS JOLANDA OF ITALY ? < Prlnceae Jolanda I* the eldeat daughter of the king and queen of Italy, and Ilka them aha hae endeared heraalf to the Italian people during the war. AMERICANS IN RUSSIA SAFE AMBAS8ADOR FRANCES AND CON SUL GENERAL SUMMERS MAKE A REPORT. Recommended That All Unattached Woman and Men Accompanied by Children Leave?About 200 Ameri cana In Petrograd. Washington.?Messages from Am bassador Francis, at Petrograd, and Consul General Summera. at Moscow, received at the state department, aald all Americana In the two principal Russian cities were aate. Conditions In both places were repreadnted as quieter, but still chaotic. Ambassador Francis reported that he hAd obtained tr?arP"rt?"r>" rrnm Petrograd to Harbin over the trans Siberian railroad for Americans who wished to depart from the capital. He had recommended that all unat tached women and children leave. Of ficials have estimated that there were about 200 Americana In Petrograd, ' No suggeetlon waa made of moving the Americans from Moscow, although the fighting In that city appeared to have been more general and sanguin ary than that In Petrograd. During the fiercest of the street battling, many Americana were gathered in the Hotel Metropole. Ambassador Francis' dispatch salt] the Petrograd city duma had not rec ognlxed the Lenine-Trotxky faction and that many of the government de partments were closed while others were operating under subordinate of ficials. A few Bolshevlkl newspapers were appearing at intervals with fre quent changes of names and banks were open part of the time. Dis patches from the state department were beginning to reach Mr. Francis, the first one being dated November 9 and containing the Amerlcan-Japan ese agreement regarding China. Conditions In Moscow. Consul Gen eral Summers' dispatch under date of November IT, said, had somewhat Improved after a week of fighting. The maximalists had taken over the government. x OVERWHELMING INDORSEMENT GIVEN SAMUEL GOMPERS | Buffalo, N. T.?Union labor pot Its ?tamp of approval on the attitude of Samuel Gompers, president of tbe American Federation of Labor, In working hand In hand with President Wilson and placing the needs of the nation above all otiter considerations In questions Involving the working men's part iij a vigorous prosecution of the war against Germany. The teat of strength cam* upon a report from the committee on resolu tlona. The committee reported favor ably a resolution Indorsing the "pa trlotlc work of the Alliance for Labor and Democracy which Mr Gompers took an active part In organising as an offset to the' People's council, a pa clflst organization. CHIEF OF MEOICAL STAFF AT MACON DEAO j I Macon. Ga.?Major Richard Well, chief of the medjcal staff at Camp Wheeler base hospital, "died1 from pneumonia, it waa announced. Major Well came here from New York at the opening of the base hospital at Camp Wheeler. He was taken seriously 111 eight days ago, pneumonia developing Mrs Well, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs Isador Strauss, of New York, who were lost In the Titanic disaster, hur ried to the bedside of her husband. APPOINTED MEMBER OF AIRCRAFT BOARD I _____ Washington.?Appointment of R. F. Howe, of New York, a director of the International ^Harvester Co.. as one of the civilian members of the aircraft board which will be in charge of the development of the air service In this country, waa announced after a con 1 ference of the aircraft production board with President Wilson. How ard ?- OOffin. chairman of the present present production board, also will , head the new hoard. WISH PENETRATE IDEM LINE SMASH THROUGH AIRMAN FRONT FOR.DEPTH OF OVKR FIV* MILKS. ALONG THIRTY-MILE FRONT '? Success Om of Greatest Achieved an W??tern Front During Progress of War,?Capture 8,000 Prlaontrs and Many Guns. London.?Andrew Bonar Law a? ' nounoed In the bouae of commons that I eight thousand prisoners. Including one hundred and eighty offcera hare been taken by the Britlah la their present operations. At one point the British penetrated Ave miles behind the German lines and several villages In addition to those already announc ed, have been taken. Germans Are on Last Line. British Army Headquarters In on their laat line o( defense at one point ot the British attack. dearly a. score of guns is reported t? have been captured. The British are pushing on towaard Cantalng. three miles southwest of! Cambral. Northwest of Marcoing, the high ground known as Premy Chap pelle has been fought over, and the Germans have been forced to with draw. The advance of the British army against the Germans was continuing. The towns of Maanieres, Marcolng, Rlbecourt, Havarincoort, Gralncourt anad Plesquleres all were behind the British advancing line and the cav alry, which is co-operating with the tanks and rendering valuable ser vice, was drawing in toward the Bour lon wood, west of Cambral. Paris.?The French troops attack ed In the region to the north of Cra- ! onne and Berry-au-Bac on a front of about two-thirds of a mile and pene trated the German positions to an average depth of about 400 yards, cap turing strong defenses and taking 176 Germans prisoner, according to the French official communication Issued this evening. UNNATURALIZED GERMANS ? LEAVING BARRED ZONE Compelled to Vacate Under Preel dent'a Proclamation. Washington.?Thousands of unnat uralized Germans were forced to ee?e-*em-their iromei HBtr ISctsf piers, warehouses, railway terminals and other establishments declared barred sones by President Wilson's alien enemy proclamation. For many the new regulations meant not only the actnal moving of the place of resi dence. but the loss bf jobs In the for bidden areas as well. To those without work. Including many with dependents, the federal employment agencies were open and officials were emphatic In explanation that the help of these agenclea in finding new employment for the alien enemies would not be withheld. Thli waa only one evidence of the govern ment's anxiety to treat law-abiding Germans with courtesy and consider ation, while applying drastic rules to detect the few with harmful Intent. Mayors of eastern seaport cities to day were asked for the cooperation of their polfce departments In the registration of alien enemies under the President's proclamation, and a few early replies to the department ot Justice Indicated that the police would willingly undertake the task of enroll- { Ing thousands of German adult males and soliciting data on their occupa tions and habits tor future references. j Along the Atlantic coast, where danger from alien plotters Is consid ered greatest, the registration enter . prise will be undertaken flrst, and will be followed later by registration in the Interior. John Lord O'Brian, special assist ant to Attorney General Gregory, In alien proclamation, expects to com plete regulations for the registration late this week, and to put them into effect next week. BOL8HEVIKI ISSUES WARNING TO WEALTHY Petrograd.?The Bolshevist have Is sued a warning to the "wealthy classes and their servitors" who are accused of Inciting striken In state and mu nlclpal services. The warning ears: "You are playing with lire. You will be Drat to suffer from famine that Is threatening the country and tie army You will be deprived of the right of receiving products. All your stores will be requisitioned and your proper ty confiscated." THREE OFFICERS. AND EIGHTEEN MEN LOST Waahlngton.?Lieutenant Command er Walter E. Reno, the commanding officer, his two Junior officers. Lieut. Charles r Wedderbnrn and Rnslgn Harry O. Skinner, Jr., and 18 enlisted men were lost la the linking of the American torpedo boat destroyer Chauncey In a collision In the war zone Monday morning, November IS.' the navy department waa advised by Vice Admiral 81ms. ? WAR DECLARATION ON GERMANY'S ALLIES Washington.?Whether the United States ahall declare war against Ger many's allies promises to be a subject of much dlscusalon at the next ses sion of Congress, Senator Hitchcock, ranking member of the foreign rela tions committee, said upon his return to Waahlngton. In his opinion, the question presents many complications and la ons of extreme delicacy as well aa Importance ta Immediate and fnture developments of the war. lists ammffl fwlSEM Provost Marshal Gives Rules Re garding Liability for Mili tary Duty. Waahlngton, Nor. IS. ? The fivt classes Into which 9,000.000 men reft* tered for military duty?art those who are registered hereafter?are defined and the order la which they will be called for service were officially an nounced In the provost marshal gen eral's questionnaire which every regla tefed man must fill out and file. The order shows some change from the tentative draft published some time ago. Contrary to some published reports. It does not exempt married men as ? class, but it does place married men ?vltto dependent wives and chlldreo far down on the list of llables. In fact the questionnaire indicates that only men of the first cluss will be called to the colors, except In the gravest emer gency. The five official classifications of registrants follow: CLASS I. (A)?Single men without dependent reta il vee (B)?Married njan. with or without chil dren. or father of mothsrless children, who has habitually failed to support hi* family. (O?Married man dependent on wife for support. J (D)? Married man. with or without chil dren. or father of motherless children; man not usefully engaged family sup ported by Income Independent of hla la bor. (FT>?Unskilled farm laborer. (F)?Unskilled Industrial leborer. * Registrant by or In respect of whom no deferred claaslfic&lon Is claimed or made. Reirtstrant who falls to submit queetlons nalre and In respect of whom no deferred classification Is claimed or made. All registrants not Included In any other division In this sche*--'? CLASS II. (A)?Married man with children or fath er of motherless children, where such wife or children or such mothsrless chil dren are not mainly dependent upon his labor for support for the reason that there are other reasonably certain sources of adequate support {excluding earnings or possible earnings fn>e. the labor of the wife) available, and that the removal of the registrant will not deprive such de pendents of support. (B)?Married men% without children, whose wife, although the registrant Is en gaged In a useful occupation. Is not mainly dependent upon his labor for sup port. for the reason that the wife Is skilled In some special class of work which she Is phvsfcally abls to perform and In which she ?s employed or In which there Is sn Immediate opening for her under conditions thst will enable her to support herse'f decently and without Suf fering or hardablp. CO?Necessary skilled farm laborer In necessary agricultural enterprise. (DV-Necessarv skilled Industrial laborer In necessary Industrial enterprise. CLASS III. (A>?Man with dependent children flint Me own tut tim?i d wh*ea he stands In relation of parent). (B>?Man with dependent helpleee broth ers or staters. ' (I?-CountT or municipal ofttcer. (E>?Highly trained fireman or police man. at least three year* in service of municipality. (F)?Necessary custom house clerk. (0)?Neceaary employee of On! ted States In transmission of the mails (H)?Neceeeary artificer or workman In Cnlted States armory or arsenal. (1)?Necessary employ* In service of United States. (J>?Necessary assistant, associate or hired manager of neceeaory agricultural enterprise. (K)?Neceeeary highly specialised tech nical or mechanical expert of necessary Industrial enterprise. 0L>? Necessary assistant or associate manager of necessary Industrial enter prig*. CLASS IV. (A)?Man whose wife or children are mainly dependent on hie labor for ear port. (B)?Mariner actually employed on eea service or cltlsen or merchant In the Unit ed States (O?Neceeeary eo'e managing, con trolling or directing head of neceeeary agricultural enterprise. fP)?Neceeeary sole managing, con trolling or directing head of necessary Industrial enterprise ? CLASS~V. (A)?Officers?legislative, executive Of Judicial of the United States or of Stat*, territory or District of Columbia. (B)?Regular or duly ordained minister of religion (O?Student whn on May IS. WIT. wal preparing for ministry In recognised school fT??Persons In military or naval serv ice of United States. I (B>?Allen enemy. I (jr)?Resident alien (not an enemy) who claims exemption. (O)?Person totally and permanently physically or mentally unfit for military service fH)? Person morally unfit to be a soldier of th* United States | (j)_Licensed rHot actually amploysd In i the pursuit of his vocation. j Member of w?ll-recogn1?*d religious sect or organisation, organised and exist ing on May 19. 1?17. whose then existing creed or principles forbid Its members to participate In war In any form and who** r*11*tons conviction* ar* against war or participation therein. The questions on th* subject of