RUSSIA ORDERS A
CESSATION OF WAR
Wir With
London, fab. 11.—A dispatch to the
Exchange Telegraph from AmiUr
4m says:
"There la great enthusiasm ia Ger
many over the reported end of the
etate at war between the central pow
er* and Russia. Cities everywhere
are beflagged and there i* much re
joicing over Trotxky'» unconditional
aarrender.
"It ha* been arranged that the cen
tral economic cnmmUaion now in Pe
trngrad shall nettle the detail* of the
resumption of relations between Rus
aia and the central power*."
Almoat simultaneously with the an
nouncement by the Bolahevic govern
ment that R11 a*La ia out of the war
and that a general demobilization
along the entire Rusaian front ia to be
carried out, thua permitting the Teu
tonic alliea to withdraw all their for
ces for uae on other battlefronta, Pres
ident Wilaon haa reatated to a joint
session of Congreaa the fart that the
United States is in the war to stay
until thoee principles which the people
regard as fundamental to a perma
nent peace are obtained.
Although no formal treaty ha* yet
been signed between the Ruuaians and
the central powers, the Bolshevic gov
ernment ha* ordered cessation of hos
tilities by the Russians against Ger
many, Austria-Hungary, Turkey and
Bulgaria and the withdrawal of its
troop* from the trenehea and forti
fied positions from the Baltic sea to
the Rumanian frontier. It long had
keen foreseen that such an outcome
eventually would follow upon the rev
olutionary movement in Russia, where
for nearly a year civil strife and war
weariness generally proved most po
tent factors in weakening the battle
front. Long afro the enemy forces be
gan the withdrawal of troops from this
front, and virtually only a handful j
of them have been faced by Rusmans
there.
I «ava unviii^ iirrn unecieu nom
by the Russians and Ulkrainians with
the Ten tonic allien, the situation of
Rumania become* am oat critical one.
Entirely cut off now from her alliea
the Rumanianii apparently are faced
with the absolute necessity of effect
ing a separate peace or being over
run by auperior enemy armies. Noth
faf has as yet come through to show
Whether another Rumanian cabinet
to take the place of the one which
lasigned last week has been formed or
whether any reply has been made to
the ultimatum of the central powers
that peace negc'iationA^ould im
mediately be started.
Aa had been anticipated- the terms
of peace between the Ulraine and the
eentral powers contain the much de
aired clause providing for the imme
diate entering into economic relations
between the contracting parties by
which Austria and Germany may ob
tain much desired food stuffs.
On the various hattlefronts except
that in northern Italy, operations by
amall patrols and artillery duels are
in progress. On the Italian front
enemy forces have heavily bombarded
Italian positions and delivered attacks
with infantry in the Frenxela valley
region and on the new Italian posi
tions on Monte Val Bella. Col Del
■psso and Ma.vso Rosao. In all ef thv
attack ■< the enemy was repulsed by ;
the Italian batteries.
Wood Pu!p Uied in Germany.'
Wood poln i* being manufactured'
In'n cloth in n»m«nj according to ad
vW ■ t«c*(ve<l '•/ the Bureau of For-'
•i^n tind Dor r "<• Commerce.
The puip is into a thiead and
th»-t woven Inti •* fabric, the warp of
wkirh ia linen thread. It la aaid to
be durable and to stand washing Ave
er six times, H I* utilised for cloth
fcig of all kiada. hat especially fur aa
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AMERICA TO CONTINUE
THE FIGHT FOR SAFETT
PmidMfi Addrcu wu Notice
to the laity That America
Could not Im Timiid Acid*
Fran Object for Which wo
Fight.
Washington, Feb. IU- Pro* Iriant
Wilson addressed Congreaa today to
clear tlx* atmosphere of any ronfus
mon resulting from the recent speech
es on peace term* by the German
chancellor and the Austrian foreign
minuter, and to reiterate that until
the military masters of Germany are
ready to consider peace on principles
of Justice the United States will con
tinue the light. It is just beginning
for the safety of itself and mankind.
In the speech of <Jount von Herl
ing, the (iermaii chancellor, the Presi
dent found no approach to the path of
peace, but rather a proposal to end
the war on German terms and to set
up a league of nations to maintain
the balance of pow-»r so established.
Count Cxernin, the Austrian spokes
man, the President »aid, employed a
very friendly tone, seemed to see the
fundamental elements of peace with
clear eyes, and probably would have
gone much farther if it had not been
for Austria's alliances and her de
pendence upon Germany.
.Notice to Central Powers.
Members of Congress accepted the
address not as a peace message, but
as a notice to the central powers that
the United States cannot be. turned
aside from the ot^ect for which it is
fighting and a warning to Congress
and the American people that the task
of sending the nation'! fighting men
to the front must not be interfered
with by equivocal and misleading ut
terances of Teutonic statesmen. The
President was warmly received and
cheered as he concluded, and leaders
without respect to party afterward
expressed hearty approval of his ad
dress.
ter conferences durinif the part few
days with Col. E. M. House, who head
ed the American mission to the great i
inter-allied conference. An usual,,
the President announced his coming
only long enough in advance to permit,
of arrangement for a joint session in.
the house chamber.
Settle Questions on Principle
While in official and diplomatic
quarter* today there was a disposi
tion to let the President's address
speak for itself without interpretation
there apparently was no division of
opinion on the point that his prime
object was to bring the "extra-official
negotiations" as some observers have
termed the speech-making of the chief
statesmen of the nations at war, back
to the fundamental issuer, the settle
ment of each quection on principles of
justice; the cessation of the barter of
provinces and peoples; the settle
ment of territorial questions for the
benefit of the populations concerned;
and. Anally, the recognition of nation
al aspirations as a basis of perman
ent peace.
Another purpose served, It was
pointed out, is to remind the German
reichstag of the great distance that j
Count von Hertling has traveled from
its resolutions of last July regarding
:>elf-determination of the rights of
small nations and peoples, no annex
ations, contributions of punitive uam
nges. Responsive echoes among the
German socialists and may in
the end bring culmit fi. SS*'««ure to
bear upon the war lord^at present1
controlling the fate uf Germany.
SUM another object "f the address,
it ia suggested, was to serve notive in
advance that any peace treaties re
sulting from the Bre't-Litovusk con
ference would no* of necessity be re
garded a* binding upon America or
the entente allien.
Entente Not ( maultrd.
"We cannot have general peace for
the asking, or by the mere arrange
ments of a peace conference" llr. Wil
son said, "it can act to pierad togeth
ci out of individual understandings
Iwtwocn powerful >UU>. All the
pa-Mas to this war Hunt Join In tha
settlement of every isaue anywhere
involved in It bacauaa what wa ara
Making la a paaea that wa can all
unita to guarantee and maintain, and
•vary itam of it must ba submitted
to tha common judgment whether it
ha right and fair; an act of juatiea
rather than a bargain between novar
eigna."
The statement wai made in high of
flcial (fuarters that the ententa allien
ware not consulted by President Wil
son in tha preparatnai of his addreee
nor wae it even made known to them
that it wan to ba delivered. However
it waa pointed out, th;s fact wai not
ta ba taken aa indicating any lack of
unity of purpose and aims between
the co-belligerents aa nowhere in his
addreaa did the President depart from
any of the principles he has laid down
in common with the British, French
and Italian premiers in their preced
ing public utterances regarding war
aima.
Diplomats of the older school are
watching with keen interest "extra
official negotiations" which depart so
radically from all of the ancient and
accepted practices of diplomacy. They
point out that peace negotiations on a
great scale actually are going on, only
instead of being conducted in tha se
crecy of the round table conference,
which was the aim nf the central pow
ers in the early sti.ges of the war, the
great war i»tuA are now being ex
pounded and critically examined in the
light of publicity and the world's
forum.
President Wilson himself today
seemed to recognize and call attention
to that fact when he inquired" is;
Count von Hartling not aware that
he Is < peak In* In the court of mankind
that all the awakening nationa of the
world now sit in judgement on what
every public man of whatever nation)
may say on the in sues of the conflict1
which has spread to every region of
the world V
As has been done in tha post, the
President's speech today was prompt
ly cabled to all the prinoipal capitals
»f the world for telegraphic distribu
tion.
Requirements L»n«n*d Now.
The phisical requirement* neces
:ary for entrance into the national
irmy have been lessened considerably
in a revision of the requirement*
receive*! by the district medical ad
visory board. Under revised require
ment*. for instance, a man five feet
high and weighing 100 pounds i*
riualifted for service provided he meet*
the requirements otherwise. All re
medial defect* are passable. A miss
in* finger does not disqualify a man,
and eyesight and hearing requirement
»re lessened somewhat.
The local exemption board* can
not new pas* or disqualify a regis
trant unless he meets with or fails
to meet with the former standards for
physical examinations. It the local
board is at all uncertain regarding a
man's physical qualifications he must
be sent to the district board.
The district board alone can deter
mine whether a registrant is qualified
for limited of special service. The
selective service regulations specify
that registrant* unable to withstand'
field service can b*. drafted for lim-'
ited or special servtee. The district'
board must determine the kind rf1
service the reristrbht in capable of
performing. Local boards must dia-j
rpnlify or pass a registrant "thoy >
rant go half way in the matter," it
wa* explained.
About t«N>»ll|»»tH»ll.
Ci'tUia aiticle* of diet land to
eh«<k movements of the bowels. The
m >at totamon ot these are cheeex, tea
an I h i led milk. On the other band
raw fiuit*. especially apples and ban
anas. also graham bread and whole
wVsat bread promote a movement of
the bowels. When the bowels are
badly constipated. however, the su-e
way is to take one or two of Cfcam
be "Iain's Tablets tmeieiftately after
•upper.
DR. SQUIRES SAW '
U-BOAT RATTLE.
Charlotte Mm DMcriW* what
ha Himaelf Wilamid.
Charlotte Observer.
It la entirely probable that Dr.
Juiu W Squirea, now Captain
.Squires, of the United Statea army, ia
the only Charlotte man who ha* been
an actual fya vitneaa of a real eub
marina battle, ami in • letter to C.
L. Myera, of thia city, Captain Squiraa
tella something of hia experiencea.
After referring to peraonal mattera,
Captain Squlrea writea:
"Since laat seeing you in Charlotte
I have had many experiencea, some
very exciting hut at the name tiae
moat interating. On hoarding our
tranaport in the harbor in the atataa
we were given the moat atrict insiruc
tiona concerning precautiona to be
observed during our voyage. After
remaining at anchor for several daya
we made our daah for a deatination
unknown to ua. To an obaerver no
one could have auapected that there
were on board man) ioldiera, cannon,
auppliea, etc., becauae everything waa
concealed and one would have
thought we were a harmleaa veaael
rruining with a cargo of little im
portance. But on the other hanti wa
had a moat valuable cargo. Not only
in the number of soldiera and office ra
but in equipment for our army.
""After several daya out we sighted
land again and soon were anchored
in a peaceful harbor auppoaedly only
for a few daya, but on account of cer
tain unexpected event* ware forced
to remain at anchor for 10 daya. At
laat we moved on again and when in
mid-ocean I woke one morning juat
in time to aee one of the prettiest
sighta that ha* ever come undar my
observation. Our boat being the faat
est wa* now leading a fleet of 10 other
transport* which had joined ua dur
ing the night and we were all aur
rounded by beautiful little American
deatroyera with the American flag on
each fluttering in the breeze, vwming
ly throwing deflance at any German
submarine that dared to show ita per
iscope. A great cheer went up from
liic mm-1j oviuiers un uuur wmi an wcj
saw ourselves completely surrounded ■
by a flotilla of American destruytrs.
They were beautiful little trim boats,
plowing the sea and flirting with dan
ger at all times. They reminded on*
of a graceful greyhound first stand
ing up as it were on it* hind legs, then
taking a plunge into the ocean. It'a
a marvel to watch their maneuvers,
circling around our boats, prowling
here and there and ever on the alert,
night and day.* However, this pretty
sight did not last long, as soon we
noticed that everything was stern and
tense on board, a determined expres
sion seemed to prevade the whole at
mosphere and of the crew. Soon we
understoon why 'S. O. S.' calls had
been received from another ship.
Shortly after this I was standing on
the hurricane deck of our boat when
an observer yelled "periscope," and
a submarine was naneuvering to get
a shut at us. At this moment our de
stroyer was on the starboard side of
us and the submarine was on the port
side. In this position the destroyer
could not get a shot without hitting us.
It therefore littemlly stood up as it
were on its hind legs, turned in its
tracks and dashed to the port side
to get a shot at the submarine. The
prettiest and qui-kest piece of work
hat co*iId ha-'e > done. J'irt at
this moment a terrific explosion oc
curred apparc tly in he aft of our
boat, then, the tt>.»< Ma ts c' the
whistle were he-' ' » !'•" us th.it we
must put on «'Hr lifebelt* a <1 pro-'
ceed to the lifeboats. I h»-i h >n ap
poiiitd in cha - e ' < •- boat, so rush '
ed to my statioM f"M»«- rtjr -new, call-j
*d the roll an-l t». 1 to lower By
boat into the ■ J t at thia mo
ment I NMivv) aiwtfcar order to
stand by my kK#t ui' Le ready bat
to rewaia until further < rder* ram*.'
Now we were expaiiia* to be shelled
from Um ■larboard aula of tho boat
aa oar dr troyer had gotl9h over an
tho part aid* and «u fighting Um
submarine. You know, tho auba uau
ally travol in pair* and wo fully as
poctod tho other orvo to cofno up but
it did not. Our do* troyer won tank
tho aub and waa aoon back on tho oth
er lido. Howovor, wo woro oxpoctlnu
our boat to aink any minuU. Whiia
waiting I grit permia:;ion to go and
rot my overcoat and aomo blanket*.
I aiao had aomo chocolate candy, ci
garettes and matrhaa in my quartora,
ao ! ilaahed back to got thoao bocauaa
I thought if wo war* not drown ad or
othorwiaa doatroyad thay would coma
in Ana.
"Tho next rarsiage t rocoivod waa
think wo ran moko it to port.' and
nhortly aftor that I rocoivod another
manage: 'Diamiaa man,' that we wore
thought to ha safe. I think we were
hit quita hard by a torpedo and un
der* tood that two compartmenta were
flooded but all of theae had been cloaad
before we entered the danger tone and
no further damage »-ould come from
that source. We have never yet been
able to be abaolutaly aure we were
hit t>ecauae if ao it waa below the wa
ter line and no information ia given
out by the naval authoritiea.
"In my opinion wo were hit—other*
think the torpedo simply exploded
near ua. Probably some day we will
know.
"We sighted another submarine but
nothing happened, aa it diaappeared
almost immediately. When we were
first attacked, if we had not been run
ning a zig-zag course I am afraid
there would have been a different tale
to tell. You know running at full
speed and zig-zaging makes a ship
a very difficult target. However, 1
feel that the submarine ia a great
menace and we must not underesti
mate it* ability to give ua great trou
ble
"Our voyage was very trying, aa it
-eemcd that the Germans were leav
ing nothing undone in their effort to
sink ua. We were all ao thankful
when land was sighted again and we
were able to have a night's rest in
ieace."
Captain Squires' letter is much
longer, telling of hi* work in the mo
bile and base hoapitals near the front
linea, tailing something of the people
and of the country, ail of which makes
the most intereating letter I have read
from "over there."
Sty» Greatest Med of
The Allies now is Ships
Newport News, V»., Feb. 9.—Craw
ford Vaughn, former prime minister,
of Australia, speaking in the plant of.
the Newport News Shipbuilding and
Dry Dock company to several thous-j
and men this afternoon, declared the
greatest need of the allies at this time
is ships.
"Lack of ships on the part of the
allies is the biggest asset the kaiser
possesses," he said.
"Every shipyard is a fort for free
dom; every man behind a riveting
machine is in effect firing right intoi
the enemy ranks. Dont slacken fire
in the yard because that lets up on,
the enemy ranks. Don't slacken fire
in our ranks at the front that can't be
filled. It means that the barrage fire'
under cover of which our boys go
over the top can't i-e maintained.
"T>ie facts are twat the world's
tonnage is less today than it was be
fore the war.. Yet the. tonnage to be
parried is infinitely greater than it
was before the war. Amcrica has to
lift five millions of men to Europe. \
Do you know what that means? It
means a great bridge of ships. Your
boys can't go over to Trance in any
Dther way. Yon men of the shipyards
have got to build the bridge. Think
what it take* to nupply live millions, j
Think at the food, clothing, ammu
nition, rolling stock alone. You have
got to keep the lines of coenaiimita
tion span, (or if skips do not go acroas
in bit enough aw here your amy
will be cut off freas Us base ef sup
plftMe"
FRANCE TO SUPPLY US
THE NEEDED ART1LLEHY
Will Malta Enough for 20 Dt
rm— Q»ir 200,000 U. S.
Troopi Abroad.
New York, F*h. 7. Ar.oun< annwt
that Franca wilt ba able before July 1
to manufacture enough artillary to
supply 20 American divisions. or ap
proximataly 500,000 troop*. if lha
Unitad Hiatal meanwhile adher** to
an understanding liy which Franca
would r*eaiv* tha ner*«»ary raw raa
' tarial from America, wu road* her*
taut night hy Andre Tardiau. French
high commissioner to thia country.
Mr. Tardiau mad* tha "taU-ment aiaa
that lhara ara in Franc* today mora
Amarican troop* than c< mprised tha
Amarican army at tka tima th* Unitad
State* entered tha war; at that tima,
ha Mid, th* Amarican army rnntainad
212,000 officers and man.
Th* French official spoke at ■ din
nar which wan part of New Year'*
calabration of the Jour de L'Allianca
Fransaiae, which waa observed
throughout the Unitad State* and
Canada today, the anniversary of tha
treaty between France and the Amar
ican colonic* in 1778. Julaa J. Jua
serand, the French ambassador, al
so waa a guest of honor.
Asserting that "secrecy ought to ba
a thing of the past, because our de
mocracies want to know in order te
will," Mr. Tardieu said that "just ap
preciation or the results achieved" by
America in its war preparation "la
stimulant for effort and nobody has
th* right to refuse to the American
people this stimulant." The commis
sioner reviewed the nation's accom
plishments and outlined what Franca
had done in the way of manufacturing
ordnance both for the limited Stataa
and for France's other allies.
Mr. Tardieu described America's
military effort as "wonderful and
splendid," and asserted it had been "*
surprise to the enemy."
"I have co-operated for nearly 10
months, hour by hour, with every part
of your war organization," he said.
"What you have done is magnificent
worthy of your allies, worthy of your
selves."
Alluding to tnc raising or tile na
tional army Mr. Tardieu declared that
"no event of wider impart hag ever
taken place since the beginning of
the war."
France, he said, ha* taken "every
necessary measure" no that America
can complete in France, the training
begun here. Regarding aviation,
American evelopment had been "be
yond all expectation," he declared.
The speaker recalled that America,
in order to e<|uip its army with guna
and airplanes, called upon the allies
for it* immediate needs, at the same
time inaugurating a program of
American manufacturing.
"Some people, in Europe as well aa
here." he aaid. "have been wondering
why you should not, in thgt respect,
have done everything by yourselves.
This criticism shows that those people
ignore, firstly,/what time meana in
war, and secodUly, hew infinitely com
plicated is thJ industrial organisation,
which from (he very start is required
by the extenMve production of ord
nance and aviation."
Mr. Tardieu reviewed what Franc*
is doing today. "Officers and soldier*
mobilized on January 1, 1918, not in
cluding the native trnope from the
colon iea and the workmen in the fac
tories," he said, "amount to 4,73^,000
men, of whom near!. 3,000,000 are
in tl)e army tone.
"The extent of the western front is
755 kilometers. Belgians hold 2t,
English ICS, French M*. We hold,
therefore, th ree-quar* -rs of it We
have in front of us >0 Gtrnuui divis
ions; that means two-thirds ot the
German first line troops and mora
than half of the German man di
visions. The Germans do net entrant
to any one ef their divisiewa a
larger than six hUeOir'ers; oers i