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' , Vttfuva FORECAST. W- -iina Colder tonlal Carolina Colder tonight North av. Prooably rain, turn 3d Cold wave. ing L,,th Carolina KroDaor to snu"' - Probably rain tcnig ana wave fuesday. XXII- NO. 372 Germans repulse ENTENTE ALLIES; ikely Skirmishing is in Pro greSs Along Rumanian front Artillery Active . FRENCH DRIVE BACK ADVANCING TEUTONS cillery Fighting Evident in Sector of Cote de Poivre Parol Encounters in Alsace and Lorraine." (T,r Associated Press.) Berlin, via Sayville, Jan. 22. Night .ids in the Riga region in wnxcn rne iussions were repulsed are the only evelopraents on tne ttussian irout re- ir-fd in today s 'army neauquaners ;atenient. which reads: Eastern Front .front tTince ieo ? west of Friedrichstadt, nocturn- i attarks by Russian raiding detacu- L..jts wove repulsed." The repulse or a minor isritisn ac- ack on tne uermaii imets uear xjeus, jannounceil in today's German army tatement regarding operations on the Yanco-Belgian tront, wnicn reads i "Western Front Near Lens a minor i i- i British attacK was repuista in a and grenade engagement. Near Dez- L-aux and east of Mont-a-Moussen, re ! knnoiting detaenments Drougnt. m; r i , i everal prisoners and one machine j hn from short lxcursions in nostile fcsitions. .ivdy skirmishing has oeen m pro- cress along ine nuiuamaa iruiit, ac- rding to today's army headquarters anoimcement. In the ntna Valley rea on the Moldavian western front, bnce line, but 'were repulsed. Inei n9h est of the statement reads: Smithnnrt Mv r '.Tn 99.Jm Front of Archduke Joseph In the I a occurred at several place he Oituz valley there has been lively rtillerv attacks on both sides. Army group of Field Marshall von Hindenburg, west of Panciu, a hostile company attacked our protecting posi tions on the Putna. The attack was "Macedonia Front Aside from iso- ated clashes during reconnoitering, wrations there nave shown no 1m- ortant events. tack each time by the French fire. The communication follows: 'On the right bank of the river, Meuse, after a violent bombardment, German troops yesterday evening at tacked on two different occasions the Tenches northeast of Caurieres Wood. The fire of our artillery together with that of our machine guns, checked these enemy attacks, and our lines were maintained without break. "Artillery fighting proceeded ac tively during the night in the sector of Cote de Poivre. In Lorraine and 1 Alsace there have been patrol en on the remainder of the front." lit ATTENTION USS SUPPLY Czar OrcJ Deeper Thought to Furnish ing the Armies ' Ry Associated Press.) relrograrl Tan 91 fVin Tinrtnn. Ian --) A profound impression has ue(1n niarip hero Uir tVia rocfrint art Wfrssod by Emperor Nicholas to .the Russian premier, Prince Golot- 7itl Q 1 1 r . . . . . 1 . "s -cUiing upon him to see tnat '"""'nil ucvui.es ilo iiibi J.U.- iion 1.0 ihe question of supplies "unit's armies. The rescript is regarded as a clear Penution of the problems which u'f oppressed the nation for the last J' months, as well as an exhortation 0 more prompt, and energetic action m meeting tl,Pm. evol' 0 (!atlK0 PromTsirig a more ben tiv 1 KUitU(le towards tne legisla e .ciambers is received with partic- elation and has dissipated the S'OOra vJlir.!, ll-.l X1-- " yievaiieu aner me re (he ri -i'"'uieiiL ui iue sessions ux Th r1 and imDerial council, the 1 i- eror's order according to a( - belief here, could not have come mom nK ro opportune or . dramatic ine ;i moment when the gather Vo, 'UU( ::' had reached the greatest of ih ' aml 1he Possibility of solution mora rolmcal problem appeared !P "'mote than ever. Some nf x. . x. ' Lin- iir-u firiri tti i dt i r f itii. bur LITTLE ACTIVITY -x- GERARD SENDS CLIPPINGS. , T . (By Associated Press. " ' k 1 Washington, Jan. 22. The moi uispawu 10 tne state De- partment from Ambassador Ger- ard at Berlin about the German raider and the prisoners-brought in on the prize Yarrowdale was received today, it merely quoted from Berlin, evening pa- persthat the"' Yarrowdale had put into port with 469 prisoners, of whom 103 were neutrals. It was merely a newspaDer snmmarv without any official cbnfif mation ' j Inquiry of Germany as to ' wnetner tnere were any Ameri- cans among the 103 neutral sail- ors brought in as prisoners of war on the German prize Yar- rowdale for having taken pas- i sage on armed merchantmen j was made entirely on press re- ' ports and not on any official ! information which has co,me to the State Department. j . ! -X- ! " t Well Known Merchant Passed Away Today Had Been in 111 Health for Over Year mm rt nniiTiinnnTi he Russians attacked the German ad- (Lone Distance 'Phone to The TOs- tastern i arpamwiH,, ouipobi engage- liked citizens and ; one of the town's! bents, Vhica were successful to US, ryrominont mrrhntfR' rllprl this Trmrn.i,iQHr,nnflTit rrr, T- (.nnforoiinp ea at several places. North or io- nhnnfli; nVinMr Ho-tH rnmincr i comparatively suddenly, though the j the North Carolina Municipal Associ end was not unexpected, as he had j ation. the State Board of Health, the been in failing, health for over aj Federated Women's Club and other year, months ago suffering a stroke organizations and individuals. One of of paralysis. However, he had been j the bills provides for county homes able to attend to , business and. was of. this character,. .it tpysSisrjSf more -aliUtl9i1tl-''te:. fe4 lthaiHd6'e9tiWHy ''-'limits tal attack this morning. i Mr; Drew was a.bout 64 years of I age, and survived by his wife and j i five children, Mrs. Price' Furpless, of j Southport; Mrs. J. Davis Robbins, of I French Repulse Germans. vvnmingxon; jurs. tsaney noDDins, or j pti, Tn o9 rpwo ottnf.ir? wprplSanford; Mrs. Alice, Skinner, of Ben-j Me by the Germans last night on ";'"V o1V " ItTT I he Verfln-i front nn the risht bank 1 c "aicl6". " .-v. ..uoC. ---" - T7iio Wilmington, and two sisters, Mrs louncement savs they were driven TTT., - o ,' Wilson McKeithan, of Supply, and Mrs. H. F. Wiley, of Birmingham, Ala. The deceased, was a -man of ster ling qualities and loved by all. He was a devoted member of the Meth odist church. Funeral arrangements will be made later today. SUPREME COURT BACKS UP BLUE-SKY LAWS j 1 (By Associated Press.) j Washington, Jan. 22 Blue sky laws 1 of three states Ohio, South Dakota counters. The- night passed quietly ' and Michigan designed to curb sale of fraudulent securities were today upheld as constitutional by he Su- preme Court The court' held that authority exer - cised is not in excess of the states' nolice nowers. and that the law is not a burden upon interstate commerce in sale of stocks and bonds. SENATOR SIMMONS TO RETURNTO NEW BERN (By Georqe H. Manning.) - Washington, Jan. 22. Senator Sim mons has returned to his home at New Bern for a week or ten days to rest and recuperate. He has been quite ill with a severe cold for the past three weeks and was confined to the house for the past ten days. His physician advised him Sunday morn ing to go homeland take a thorough rest. Accordingly he left for New Bern at 9 o'clock last night. Senator Simm6ns concluded it ' was best to , take his physician's advice in view of the hard work he will be called on to do in a few weeks, having charge of the new revenue bill in the Senate. BULGARIA'S ANSWER TO ENTENTE IS DELIVERED (By Associated Press.) Amsterdam, Jan. 22 (Via London). A Sofia dispatch says Premier Ra doslavoff has handed to the diploma tic representatives of neutral coun tries the reply of Bulgaria to the Entente note regarding peace condi tions. The' text of the Bulgarian re ply will be published on Wednesday. EDWARDS, OLD SCRIBE, DIES IN WASHINGTON (By Associated Press.) Washington, Jaii. 22. Charles a. . l"L0rs resrnrrl v. x , tt'i. n traaya nno of thA "heat ,. . 'in -n mg point in th intmni nn.!known Washington newspaper corres-, their (l!riiculties and believe that ' pondent, died hereulast, night, after a 'v ciuineintirn rf V,r ..,Vlc- nf lt,iminir illnoaa n ewt hh VfiarS. 16 and f- ' Wlucn had taken vague represented a number or Texas news win b jl,sllc form in recent months, papers up until about three years ago them first step in overcoming! when he was compelled to giye up act- i ive work. i :. ... -. . ' w , 1 FULL TT ' 1 1 - T WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA, MO NDAY WILLING TO TABOO PRAYER UNTIL AID EN GIVEN Charlotte Minister, in Raleigh, Pleads for Home for De- ' linquent Females "LETS STOP SINGING LONG ENOUGH TO ACT" He Tells Big Congregation, That Church Must Do some thing Else Besides Cry "Holy, Holy" (Special to The Dispatch.) Raleigh, Jan. ' 22 "Oh, in God's name, let us stop singing una praying long enough to. do something," Rev. Dr. A. A. McGeachey. of Charlotte, exclaimed this . morning in the close of his now historic sermon on the home for delinquent women. The Presbyterian minister was in the pulpit of his faith in Raleigh and before him sat divers Senators and Representatives ' in the General As- sembly. Despite that fine socrn with which current Presbyterianism credited toward secular advertising, the little preacher from Charlotte was heard by a big congregation that rarely has been so moved by any message. . The exclamation was not addressed to the General Assembly, but to the j Christian church whose "Holy, holy, ' ; and "Lord, Lord," 'the little preacher (declared to be so impotent for the all Christian peoples. The happiest day of his life, he said, was that on which he discovered that -he could hold is hand upon Jesus Christ and in working out the social program which His Gospel contains. The call to the Charlotte minister 1 to speak here today on the opening of the Social Service Conference was distinctly for an appeal to the Leis- ! lature before which body two bills will soon b nresented for homes for ; ai ii oo ine the number to verv few. Then the State home is the work set out for these various organizations. The sermon of Dr. McGeachey was not published as having any special reference to the home lor women. Me was heard chiefly because he has rep- il ... l"c "LLC1 01 a ires wwu. TMirrvAP rr nio in air was lost. Nevertheless, perhaps half of the General Assembly remaining heTe foi Sunday heard him. He made a profound appeal to the common sense of men. For thirty-two min utes he spoke without manuscript oi any kind and told the General As sembly if it denied the home, the de mand for w,hich he had seen in all the relations of pastor to pastored, it would break his heart.- AfrnnrJ tmvn thpv havp hflPTI talk- ing about this bold man's declaration that the church must do something besides sing psalms and cry, "Holy, holy," and "Lord, Lord." He advert- e(i to those ministers who declaim against social service and the unli- X , :i ,1 . censed incursions of the Church into j secular realms. He was more than ! equal with Scripture and native wit ;to the answer. The hymn singings j the prayer books, the litanies, ! 3 the baptisms are infinitely im- porfant, but he doubted their absorb ing interest for persons literally starving or for women who are seek ing the restoration of their woman hood, Hi3 text was from the ninth chap ter of the Gospel according to St. Luke, verse 53: "And they did not receive Him because His face was as though He would go to Jerusalem." The reference was manifest. The application was automatic, but the minister drew a picture really mas terful of Christ's going to His doom. The crowd did not like Him He had the face" of a Jew, and the Jews and the Samaritans had no dealings with each other. What a commentary upon the narrowness, the bigotry, the intolerance, the pitiful hatreds of to day, le said. Dr. McGeachey drew a fine picture of those who sit upon the high bas tions of traditional belief and observ ing the move of the age toward the mass, see in it only the tramp toward heresy or worse still toward subter degradation. He quoted Sydney Smith's classic slander of the Meth odists whose emotional demonstra tions and popular warmth aroused that prince of religious standpatters. "Why did he utter those foolish words " the minister asked. And everybody knew why. , His picture of the condemned Christ and the blindness of men to what was in his face, furnished the direct application of his sermon. "We have no reformatory for the most needed class,"' he said, "no place uAoro o wnmnn who has lost he.r wo- ! manhood can again find it. We have penitentiaries for criminals, asylums for the insane, reformatories for boys, poor houses for the paupers homes i fn vthn onliliora hut Tin nOf fnr thft woman who has lost her virtue. Our judges fine them, banish them to other places, scatter them, and men nice the flock of birds into which has beeti thrown a stone, they settle back. , 0 1M (Continued on Page TJiree.) LEASE D WIJRE S ERVICE tl. S. MARINE IS PRi ISIDENT MLLtU Hi Hbnl Another Injured, When At tempt is Made to Disarm Natives in Republic (By Associated Press.) Washington, Jan. 22. a night fight between native bandits and American marines in the Dominican republic, 4. resulting in the death of one marine'. and the severe injury of another, was reported today to the Navy Depart-! 4 ment ' i Captain Knapp, commanding" the 4. American cruiser forces, reported the 4. fight occurred Saturday night in the 4, vicinity of Porvemr sugar plantation,' near macoris, me scene or two simt- lar encounters recently. Private J. Flftlft5, company, was killed, and Corporal George Wil- son, of the Fifty-second company, was snot- in the neck- 4 Officials hre assume that the two companies were engaged in tne dis-' arming of the natives and establish-, ing the new government under trie American military authorities. North Western States Digging Of ! lit nr Nnnwl (By Associated Press.) ! Special to The Dispatch.) St. Paul, Minn., Jan. 22 This and j Washington, Jan. 22. Trademarks other cities of the Northwest sec j and copyrights which will afford pro about today clearing awaythe results 1 tection in the northern group of of one of the heaviest snowstorms in twenty years which yesterday cov ered Minnesota, Wisconsin and South and North Dakota, with from two to seventeen inches of snow. A wind that reached 42 miles an I hour piled the snow into huge drifts which impeded all traffic. Some j trains still are stalled in great banks-! 01 snow, and others are being drawn i by two locomotiYes. A sharp drop; in temperature fol lowed the storni, and below zero weather prevailed ; today. Many public schools in Minneapolis and other cities- were closed, today because pupils could not reach the' buildings. CAROLINA GIRL HALTS DOOR (By Associated Press.) Columbia, S. C, Jan. 22. The story i of how a 14-year-old girl, the daugh-J The commission has discussed uni ter of J. P. Bowers, a jailer at Hamp- j form legislation in Pan-American ton, S. C, held a mob at bay at the countries governing negotiable in point of a pistol, and probably was struments, commercial arbitration, responsible for saving the life of Da-! regulations - governing commercial vid Richards, a negro, was brought travelers and allied matters. The es- here today. The mob had followed Richards from Estill, where he was' captured, to Hampton Saturday night. When .ihe crowd appeared at the jail the girl forbid entrance and backed her statements with the pistol. Fearing she might be injured, her brother took the weapon from her. The mob immediately got the negro, but Jail er Bowers arrived on the scene and pleaded fot the prisoner's life. The negro was taken to a forest and se verely . beaten, but will recover. Rich ards is charged with assaulting a white man. & 1PV DISPATCH ENDS IN Rules and Conditions That m"st certainly exert every effort pos '"W'U r r r sible during the six remaining days of Will LiOVern dose of Con-; the contest. You certainly cannot af- tcf PnV.lioV.arl tnJTr C I tovd. to stop now, ifyou expect to be test rubhshed today Can- L winner. Those who do not do some dldates Should Head I hem 4fr TODAY'S LEADERS. Mrs. James E. Holton . . 125,574 -X- Mrs. Herbert McCartney125,213 w Mrs. J. A.. Raynor 125,038 4f Pauline Renfrow 124,986 Minnie Hardy 124,777 Blanche Surles 124,587 -K- -X- Annabelle Nurnburger . . 124,082 Maude Ivey 123,867 THE PRIZES. $685 Overland Autmobile. Ford Automobile. Carolina Beach Lot. $100 in Gold. $75 Victrola. $50 O. K. Mystic Range. $70 Sellers Kitchen Cabinet. $25 Wrist Watch. Two $60 Diamond Rings. X 3f X 5fr -jf 4 - The rules and conditions that will govern the close of The Dispatch con test are published on the same page as the standing of the candidates and all contestants should read them care fully and be sure that they under stand them thoroughly1. The ontest will close promptly at 9 o'clqck next Monday night, Janu ary 29? which leaves but six more days for work. Those . candidates who improve these days the best are the ones who will, win the two auto mobiles, the building lot, the-$100 in gold, the $75 Victrola and the other prizes. The candidates who .'expect , to win F&TGH AFTERNO ' JAUARY 22, SEjJATE on peace LEAG UE OF WILSON TO HURRY PROGRAM. ' 4 (By Associated Press.) Washington, Jan . 22. Presi- dent Wilson plans to go to the capitol two or three times each 4 week to keep in close touch with members of the Senate and House fDr the purpose of hurrying con- 4 m sideration of his legislative pro- 4 gram and avoiding an extra ses- 4 sion. He began the new custom tftdav an(1 nmlZWv win mnHnnR a it each Mondav. Wednesdav and 4-f - Thursday 4. 4. a" 4. 4. 4, 4.. 4. 4. COPYRIGHTS FOR LATIN AMERICAN r j. j: Y77:ii D 1 D.. rrOlCtUOIl Will UC VJIVCII UV ' n o D t tJ i In Havana Latin-American countries and the United States shortly will be issued by a bureau of registration to be es tablished at Havana, Cuba, according i to an announcement by the interna- tiemal high commission. The commission stated that with the ratification of Costa Rica of the trademarks convention enough of the republics now have sanctioned the Pan-American trademark and copy right agreement to make it become generally effective as soon as the necessary diplomatic negotiations have been completed. Such protection has long been de manded by American business men and agitation for general trademark and copyright -agreements nas.been i e-hine' forward sdnrp 1910. The inter nal 'hiff-'h .rnririTnisfrm-.vTfr.ts thar republics shortly will ratify the agreement and that another registra tion bureau will be established at Ri0 Janeiro tablishment of a gold clearance fund to clear foreign trade balances ex peditiously among Pan-American countries and the question of govern ment ownership of wireless stations also were discussed by the commis sion. Philadelphia, Jan. 22. Announce ment was made today of the death at his home here yesterday of former Judge James M. Dallas, of the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for th third judicial circuit. He was 78 years old and retired from the bench in 1909. CONTEST SIX DA YS j work during the next few days will regret it, when the final count is made by the judges. Don't let it be said that you lost by one yearly sub scription. If you do all that you pos sibly can, and then fail to win, you cannot blame yourself you will have "done your best." At this time reports will doubtless be circulated by candidates and their friends that may have a tendency to chill the ardor of some of the less courageous candidates. Such reports are always found to have been care fully passed out to the right parties, so that they will reach the contest ant's strongest opponent, in the hope that shewill become discouraged. Right now, if ever in the life of the entire contest, DO NOT BECOME DISCOURAGED This ,week means an Overland automobile, a Ford auto mobile, or one of the other prizes or defeat. Where will you be at the end? - It is going to rainv ballots around The Dispatch office on Monday, Jan uary 29, and each candidate shpuld be determined that she is going to make her opponents believe they have been in a cloudburst. The leaders for today are all new ones, but all have, had their names on the Honor Roll before. Mrs. Herbert McCartney, . Wilmington, made the largest gain for 'the day, depositing over 33,000 votes, ' which puts her in second place. In tbe order in which they come they are: Mrs. James E. Holton, Wilmington; Mrs. Herbert McCartney, Wilmington; Mrs. J. A. Raynor, Wilmington; Pauline Ren frow, Fair Bluff j Minnie Hardy Free man; Blanche.' Surles. Proctorville ; Annabelle Nurnberger, Wilmington ; and Maude Ivey, Clarkton. : (Continued on Pages Seven.) . 191 7. SO RIVERS ARE RISING WEST VIRGINIA iDowivpour of Rain on Top of Three-inch Snow Promises Much Damage. v(By Associated Press. Pittsburgh, Jan. 22. Rivers con tinued to rise throughout the night in Northern West Virginia, following a heavy downpour of rain on top of a three-ineh show, and reports indi cated a heavy property damage. Street I car traffic' between Fairmont and Mannington.. has been suspended, while parts of the latter place have been flooded. The lower section of Weston was also inundated. Reports frcm Elkins said that the Tygats river was rising rapidly and y, oi-asts waa e.x.ptH;Lt;u .v u reached later in- the day. The Weather Bureau said that while the Monongahela and Allegheny rivers would probably approach the flood stage, cold weather would prevent them from getting out of bounds. HIO RIVER MAY EITS Weather Bureau Announces Swollen Stream Will Pass Flood Stage. (By Associated Press.) Pittsburgh. Jan. 22. Heavy rams and melting snows over the water- of the Monongahela and Alle- .:kkAmr-l RANKS last "night, prompted t "T' ' "X '""" " Bureau to announce this morning! jUsf before the receipt of Foreign that the Ohio river would pass 4he ( Minister Balfour's note, President Wil flood stage, 22.5 feet here. . jSOn told inquirers he had nothing on The gauge at the Point Bridge reg--the subject of peace to warrant-an ap istered 9.2 feet at 8 o'clock, when it pearance before Congress. His deV went out of commission, but the cisisn to address the Senate. - cominic water continued to rise rapidly. Both,aimost immediately after the -receipt the Allegheny and the Monongahela were reported rising at all observa tions. Predictions based upon last night's observations were that a sudden drop in temperature would check the flood, but while the temperature fell it did not reach- the point where swollen tributaries were frozen. "Cop" Braves Fire to Save Woman, Kids and a Crutch (By Associated Press.) New York, Jan. 22. After the dar ing rescues of an unconscious woman and several children from a burning. tenement house last night, a police - man named Halzmacher made what he thought was his last trip with Daniel Gorman, a six year old cripple, in his arms. When the boy was revived on the pavement, he cried for his crutch. "Well, a fellow like you is not much good without a crutch," said the po liceman. "I'll see if I can get it." Pushing a number of firemen aside, Halzmacher ran up the stairs through blinding smoke and after searching through several rooms that were ablaze he found the crutch. When he reached the sidewalk his coat burning. . was U. S. FEEDS BELGIAN KIDS TO GET THEM TO ATTEND SCHOOL (By Associated Press.) New York, Jan. 22. The giving of an extra daily meal to 250,000 Bel gian school children was the greatest accomplishment of the American Association for Relief in Belgium, in the opinion of its chairman, Herbert C. Hoover, just arrived from Liver pool. Mr. Hoover today began with his colleagues to devise relief plans for another year. The extra meal consists of only meat hash and bread, the commis sioner said, but it has helped great ly to increase the attendance at school. Many children previously brents feared they wou hungry j Portunity for which they have sought Ff allowed to go to school. to prepare themselves by the . very Mr. Hoover said there are 5,500,0p0 'PPles and purposes pf Uieir, pol destitute persons in Belgium andijey and their approved practices of 2,000,000 in France and it will take! their government -ever since the days ' L,-n,,)fii ir:nftrtn tn rrv nn when they set up a' new nation in the work another year. , "The situation is far worse than at any time since the war started," he declared. "It is a jesult of a steady degeneration among the peo ple." . Only a negligible amount of busi ness is transacted in Belgium, Mr. Hoover said. All social and intellec tual life is at a standstill j Flit EDITION '( PRICE FIVE CENTS. UNDS WORLD "Shall U.' S. Depart From ltd Traditional Policy, of No alliance?" PLAN TO PRESERVE PEACE AFTER WAR Senate is Informed of a Move to Bind Nations Together in Some Sort of League to Pre vent Re-occurance Gf War. (By Associated Press.) Washington, Jan. 22. President . Wilson in a personal address to the Senate today, laid down the question of whether the United States shall de part from its traditional policy of iso lation and no entangling alliances and take part in a world league to pre serve peace after the 'war. Although no official explanation of the President's action was given in advance, it became known to Senator Stone, chairman of the Foreign Rela tions committee and other Senators in touch with foreign affairs, that the President felt the time had come when the Senate, whieh is clothed with the treaty maknig power, should be in formed of the status of the movement to bind the nations together in some sort of league to prevent recurrence of war. ' Some officials thought Great Brit ain's acceptance of the idea, express ed in the supplementary note from ! Foreign Minister Balfour, had advanc ed the situation to the point where the President decided to address the Senate, where there is a decided di vergence of opinion as to whether the United Staes should abandon its pol icy of isolation and enter into any sort of world league. It was pointed- out that Great Brit ain, speaking obviously, for her allies, made the acceptance of the plan in the principle complete, for Germany . and her allies accepted.lt in that manner ia - their Trenl-iiPldtUot . of Great Britain's note, led many of ficials to believe that it had been one of the determining factors! i ' The contents of the President's ad dress has been placed in the hands of all foreign governments. The President in his address said: "Gentlemen of the Senate: "On the 18th of December last I jaddressed an identic note to the gov-. ernment of tne nations at war re questing them to state, more definitely than they had yet been. stated by eith- rer group of belligerents, the terms up on which they would deem it possible to makepeace. I spoke on behalf of humanity and of the rights of all neu tral nations like our own, many of whose most vital interests the war puts in constant jeopardy. The Cen tral Powers united in a reply which stated merely that they were ready to meet tneir antagonists in confer ence iQ discuss terms of peace. The Entente powers have replied much more definitely and have stated, in general terms, indeed, but with sufn cint definiteness tp' imply details, the , arrangements, guarantees, and acts of reparation which they doom to be the indispensable conditions of a satis factory settlement. We are that much , nearer a- definite discusion of peace, which shall end the present war., We are that much nearer the discussion . must thereafter hold the world at peace. i "Tn evprv diRnnsfsnn nf nAUPA thut.t Imust end this war, it is taken for- granted that peace must be followed . by some definite concerts of power which will make it virtually -impossible that any such cataBtrophe should overwhelmed usNagain. Every lover of mankind, every sane and thoughtful jman must take that for granted. "I have sought this opportunity to address you because I thought that I owed it to you, as the council associat ed with me in the final determination t of our international obligations, to disclose to you without reserve the thought and purpose that have been taking form in my mind In regard to the duty of our government in these days to come when it will be necessary to lay afresh and upon a new plan the foundations of , peace among the na tions. "It is conceivable that the people of the United States should play no part in that great enterprise. To take part in such a service will be the -op- the high and honourable hope, that it might in all that it was and did show mankind the way . t6 . liberty, They cannot in honour withhold the service to which they are now about to be challenged. They do not .wish, to, with told it. But they owe it to themselves and to the other nations of the world to state . the v conditions- under which ' ; (Continued on .Page . 9x.) 'I it if I i! Jj i !l if - t(i -Is M ii 'At -T 7 W " 0 I? 1 s I 1 1 - .