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liXXlV. No. 35. ' , WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1918. f v PRICE FIVE ;Gll3iSi l5
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l oll rr; Rip.nlv is
Scheduled tor iNext i ues
German Drive
Set for Next Month
the Imperial
Dual Empire and the En
Nearer
fnnt von nrn.u,,,
iu"- ur,v it is renoneu uu-
. answer President Wil-
cc in VlO fJpT.
Reichstag next Tuesday. PresI-
r tendon a ulJJ-iC"
W vv 1 " t iinr' rponnt state-
..n thp i uaiiLcu"' v
at and tnai ui uu
j5tro.HuBgar.ai prtli had
ired mat T-
1 withdrawn trom nis yusiuuu
IjCe ShOUia Ue uiauc v. -
as.
pacts are known in London, The
Lv Vpws savs. wnicu mmg uuaui
L possibility of a separate peace be-
W6H AUbu la """o"'
...-.; !r coir! tn Ifllf WltTl
fkvor on sending her soldiers
lanist the troops or ine unueu
Ices and ureat cruain.
iTiallensed to move want of confi-
ljce in his government by Premier
'mi-George, the Bntish House' or
SCOTLAND'S COAST
The Bodies of 1 64 Americans
Have Been Placed in
Scottish Soil
THIRTY-THREE BODIES
WERE NOT IDENTIFIED
In Addition to the Americans,
Bodies of Seven Members
of Crew Were Found.
Graves Numbered
anion? yesterday tailed to take land
A Scotch Seaport, Tuesday, Feb. 12.
At points along the Scottish coast
the bodies of 164 American "victims of
the sinking of the Tuscania by- a
German submarine have been found.
Thirty-three of these have not been
identified. Most of the Americans
have been buried. The bodies of sev
en menibers of the crew also have
been washed up on the coast of Scot
ch action. Criticism or tne ver
ges council and the Premier's at-
ade concerning it, "was voiced m the
33? by former Premier Asquith and
ber speakers. As to reports that
idllarshal Haig and Ueneral Kod-
hon had been dismissed-or had re-
m. m . Jl
fined, spoKesmen ior tne sworn- imxlitM&ttoo
m aeiueu me truiu ur eucn otaic-M- -manv ttiIIas in a rinvnnnnr of
The Associated Press correspond
ent co-operated with the American ar
my officers in obtaining these figures,
which go forward to Washington 'as
the most accurate and complete list
obtainable. The; last 17 of "these bod
ies recoveredr-kll Americans were
Council of Versailles Subject
of Bitter Controversy.
Loyd-George Heckled
During Speech
London, Tuesday, Feb. 13. Parlia
ment reassembled today on tiptoes
with curiosity as to how Premier
Lloyd-Geofge would meet President
Wilson's latest declaration and the
dissatisfatcion manifested by a sec
tion of the press and public over the
Versailles council, and al o as to
how far H. H. Asquith, the former
Premier, would respond to the de
mand of the extreme wing of his fol
lowers before the" abandonment of
the policy of benevolence toward the
government in favor of active opposi
tion based on disapproval of the gen
eral war policy and especially the en
largement of the functions or the Su
preme War Council.
Perhaps the most notable thing
was the contrast in the speeches of
the Premier and the former Premier
with referenc to- President Wilson's
speech. While Mr. Asquith endorsed
fully the President's view, Premier
Lloyd-George did not even mention
AMERICAN WOMEN. DO WAR WORK. American women are; not being
outdone by their Allied sisters. Not an American would permit that.
This photograph shows women working on aeroplane turnbuckles being
manufactured in a plant "over here." Women are also taking men's
places in the munition plants.
Copyright, Committee on Public Information. Underwood & Underwood.
RAILROADS FAILED TO
E
PAR
AYS STONE
Lack of Preparation for Win
ter . Weather Caused
e Traffic Congestion
Washington, Feb. .13. Lack of prep
aration by the railroads to meet the
winter weather was the cause of the
great traffic congestion -Warren . S.
Stone, grand chief of the Brotherhood
AMERICAN ARTILLERY
DEPOPULATES
TRENCH
Germans Have Almost Aban
doned First Line Trench
Under Fire
With the American. Army m
France, Feb. 12. Aside from increas
ed aerial activity the American sec
tor has been normal for the last 24
hours. Harassing artillery fire and
AS RSCHIAIRMAN
Adams Withdraws From Con
test Leaving the Feld to
Indiana Man
CHARGE DISLOYALTY
Business Men Promptly Pledge-
WW v m m m m w. mm m ' : wmi' faf
Malt Million Uollars tor r ,1 tft ;
Trust Company
WILL GIVE AN ANNUAL
PAYROLL OF $2,500,
the railroad wage commission, in ask
ing for a mihimum wage of $6 a day
Mr. Wilson's last speech and declined !f?d Penalty time and a half for over-
to see in Count Czernin's statement!
of Loconiotive Engineers, today told Lpatrolling operations have been, kept
up but there have been no clashes.
The American gunners are said to
ate.
Premier Lloyd-George in the House
pi King George in an address to
piament asserted no basVj for a
lemocratic peace could be found ha
went statements of leaders of the
atral Powers. The Premier said
p could see no difference In sub-
ace between the recent utterances
Ckncellor von Hertling and Count
win. Before the Italian ParliR-
pt, Premier Orlando has declared
4 Italy will fight on until victory
wuevea.
&ere is yet no indication thai mil-
operations on the Western front
a about to be resVned on alrge
cle. Attempts by raiding parties
mowing stronger, especially on
Jrench front near Verdun and in
"uevre. out there have been no
-t&s m iorce.
etime March," according to
"erman prisoner ih :it
on the P.r-:tiu ti. .11 j
la general offensive would
SZ? frt continues
ting st and roads arfi
Nes of Pill. j o . i..
. "icgc ana orutanty
me From Italy's Oc
cupied Territory
'aris. Feb.T73rT0 a
-"v- Auaviu-ucr-
'liVHnr.i.r. : -
ftsortine orth Italy daily
Ll('mcre acts of
ac o :iu?' p.ulaSe bru-
Msoner , L. V18. statements
.He . " "IJiurea t)V the Tfal.
s arfn from Rome says. Of-
.... 0S 1 lit! r.Ul
iting. cumiers are partic-
buiiHi " 7 n P5llased and stores
Seated r uestryed wantonly by
W ,troo- The rivalry in
N
! OF VANDALISM
I
IAN
S
t Jrtt v said' has been so great
groups
er- In t- VL Lne central
K'a fte deRth ,Tr nsat3 result-; Besner, B. L, Weeks, Henry F. Bpiaei,
ELe! Bosnians ermans
r"? cnnfu: were also
rain to pay their simple ..tribute to
the American dead. The bodies were
brought to the burial place on one big
motor truck which was followed along
the route several miles long by the
squad of 25 khaki clad American sur
vivors and the village mourners. One
of the villagers caried the Union
Jack, while an American soldier held
aloft the Stars and Stripes. .
At the graveside the American sol
diers sang the Star Spangled Banner
followed by the natives, singing "God
SaVe the King." The usual military
salute was then fired, ending the cer
emony. Temporary fences have Jbeen uilt
around the graves to be re-placed by
a permanent enclosure as soon as the
materials can be brought to these des
olate shores. A British colonel, who
has worked day and night since the
disaster helping the Americans bury
their dead, announced today that the
people of the nearby countryside had
started a public subscription to erect
a permanent monument to the Amer
icans. There are eight Americans still here
too 111 to leave, several of them tsill
dazed by their experiences. They
are quartered in nearby farmhouses
and village hotels. These men are F.
I. Benefleld, E. L. Lystrom, Wilbur
C. Nutt, Boyd E. Hancock, E. E. Harp
ham, Henry Schurting, James J. Col
well and F. A. Gocher.
One American officer, and 14 men
are still fn a hospital at Glasgow.
The following is the first complete
list of Americans now buried on the
Scottish coast." Each body whether
identified or not was given a number.
Thus, at a point where 78 victims
were buried side by side in a long
I trench, the numbers run from one to
78 in the following order:
T. W. Herman, L. B. Reeder, Wil
liam C. Keown, L. Roberts, Orville
Casper, E. H. Duffy, Paul John C.
Wood, W. R. Johnson, H. E. Page,
C. B. West, T. Tuttle, Walter Brown,
Clarence W. Short, H. Stewart, fire
man, member of" crew; Raymond But
ler. State of Wisconsin; James Lo
gan, member of crew; G. V. Zimmer
man, J. Edwards Buttemont, George
H. Bernhardt, Walter Crelline, Wil
liam E. Bennett, G. E.iwanson. uni
dentified private, WilUatoi P. Moran,
G; J. Jenkins, Jharles McMillan,
crew: Raymond . T. Hurst, T. E. Law-
itdn, T. E. Davison, W. Hardey, C. H
UJ Conflict weie tusu
ffpf8 at Polo Cattaro be-
Wiv xiaans and Anctrtano
?; 6 bi strin 1!!dren U is ded,
S fca Kir ed of the clothing,
e food.tV. l to Germany.
50 arP "7s' wnerever
be
found.
'n- i '
an nri; 'I dy y omcera.
A . .
ustrn-no. a --vo
derfPH Tdns are reported
lth ca Iti and forea to subsist
--ows or horses,
F?ent in the ' 3-,A marked
?0re RoOSevep,Cfondltin of Colonel
revelt hn.jy.as announced a
David G. Renton, Julius D. Wagner,
William J. Tragesser. Alfio Licari,
Percy A.' Stevens, W. W. Wright,
Morcus B. Cook; Gr N. BJork, John C.
Johnson,. T. T. St. Clair, Arthur W.
Collins, G. Lankenan, J. U. Cheshire,
Gerald K..Grover, Frank Burns, Mil
ton Tully, Edwin JL. Berkey, unidenti
fied soldier. Philip ts. Leigana, uurus
Willard Wilson, unidenUfied member
of crew, Frederick Allen, W. Raines,
Homer L. Anderson, Fred M. Linthon,
J. B. Guerney, J- L. Pearce, Elmer R.
L. Cowan, William T. McMurray, Sam
uel A. Pentecost, Russell F. Bennett,
Robert W. Warren, L. W. Ozment,
William Greggs, I. Sims, J. P. Haw-
any nearer approach to reasonable
terms than in Count von Hertling's.
Moreover, the Premier regarded the
German Chancellor's demand that
flreflt Ptritfli-n H vf iit hnr onaliner sta-?
tions as proving fully ' that the con- fftanco where 25 to 30 engines were
rAiiorc of CprmaT, nniirv wro in no kePfc burning all night, using perhaps
mnn to discuss rMnn ahla terms of,one ton of 003:1 each an hour, to keep
time.
"Many roads went mto the winter
with no provision for taking care of
their motive power," he said: "There
were no doors on roundhouses, no
means of heating. I know on in-
peace.
Declaringabsolatejy ithat keweuld
not yield on the matter "of revealingl
more about the Versailles conference.
Premier - Lloyd-George challenged the
houe if dissatisfied with the gov
ernment's conduct of the war, to put
another government in its place.
The question of enlarging status of
the Versailles council led to a little
scene between the Premier and Mr.
Asquith, and throughout his remarks
about the council the Premier was
subjected to a running fire of heck
ling, punctuated with loud cheers
from extreme Liberals, many of
whom in later speeches made strong
attacks on the Premier regarding
his alleged connection with the press.
, Lord Hugh Cecil, member for Ox
ford University, admitted the Pre
mier's speech was reassuring, but
said that the weakness of. the gov
ernment lay In the existence of co
incidences between utterances in the
press and certain lines of governmen
tal action. He hoped the govern
ment would not hesitate to suppress,
if necessary, even the most influ
ential journals acting contrary to the
national interests. Adlairal Sir Hed
worth Meux invited the Premier to
get rid of his private secretaries ud
also the press which was hanging
around his neck "like an albatross."
While the Versailles conference
was under discussion the Premier
also was met by constant cries of
"Don't divulge."
At one point Andrew Bonar-Law,
Chancellor of the Exchequer, inter
posing to deny that Field Marshal
Haig or General Robertson has been
dismissed or resigned and being
closely pressed by a heckler, added:
"As far as I know."
The House then adjourned and
thus far no motion of want of confi
dence in the government has been
placed on paper. The government,
Premier Lloyd-George said in his
speech, would stand by the declara
tion of war aims 'he made last month
to the trades unions representatives.
He said he had read with most pro
found disappointment the replies of
Count von Hertling and Count Czer
nln to the statements made . by him
self and President Wilson. There
was a great difference in the tone of
the Austrian and German speeches,
he said, but he could find no differ
ence! in the substance. As to the re
ply of Chancellor von Hertling the
Premier said:
"What was his answer to the Al-
Infehiiurg MrJ
otone aexounceoris a Tnexace to puD
lie .safety.- He said a majoority of
yards. were working on an S-hour shift
Juntjl the movement was begun for in-
creasea wages, wn en ine worK was
lengthened to enable, the railroads to
show larger amounts paid to em
ployes. More than salf the engineers
of. the country receive less than $150
a month, he said.
Employment of women hTfhei place
of men also ' was condemned by Mr.
Stone. He said women now were be
ing used as engine wipers, cinder
shovelers, lumber pilers, freight truck
ers and for other dirty and heavy
work, although he declared there were
plenty of men to fill such positions.
BAKER
P
VISIT
ROM
ISESTO
CAMP
GRH
Is Being Urged Not to Aban
don Training Camp
at Charlotte
Washington, Feb. 13. Secretary
Baker told members of the North Car
olina . Congressional delegation today
that lie would personally inspect
Camp Greene at Charlotte, N. C, later
in" the" week wlien lie plans to visit
also Camp Wheeler, Georgia. The
War 'Department has .determined not
to make use 'of the Camp Greene site
after the Regular Army troops now
training there., have been sent forward
for embarkation. Ax report of the med
ical corps shows conditions to be high
ly unsatisfactory at the camp, . al
though there ! is no" immediate danger
to health of the" troops.
The delegation, which' was accom
panied by representatives of the com
mercial bodies of Charlotte, urged the
Secretary, 6; revoke .his. decision to
abandon the, site. "This .would necessi
tate construction of. an elaborate and
expensive sewerage" system and Mr.
Baker, lit .is! understood, does not feel
that the - construction work is justifi
ed. 7 He wpuid not go ibeyond the
promise- to visit the camp personally.
Blenheim Man Dead.
Washington,' Feb. - IS. The death
from pneumonia of Private William
Rogers, R. F. D. No. 2, Blenheim," S
moderate demands? His JfC, was reported today by General
lies' very
answer, was that Great Britain was
to give up her coaling stations
throughout the world. I confess that
was the last demand Germany ought
decently to have put forward.
' "These coaling stations had been
as accessible to German as to Brit
ish ships. In the past the German
flee alwaysThas received most hos
pitable treatment at all these sta
tions. During 1913 some 65' visits
were paid to them by German men
of war and they received exactly the
same facilities as British men of war".
The same thing applied to German
(Continued on Page Ten).
Pershing,
be growing more, accurate daily
They have been especially, effec
tive in registering on the roads, and
light railways back of the enemy
lines. So accurate has been the sharp
nel fire against the first lines of the
enemy that they ore now nearly
abandoned, the Germans keeping only
a few men in them. -In a sector such
as this, the Germans seldom man
their first lines fully, but opposite tlie
American positions they are- repoftedJ
the usual number in the trenches.
The number of enemy snipers' and
sniping posts has been reduced still
further by the American sharp-shoot
ers, machine gunners and artillery
men.
Airplanes were overhead every
where today. The enemy, late in the
day sent over a considerable ' num
ber of machines in battle formation.
They ere met and driven back by a
French squadron.
The wounding of three men in con
sequence of an accident was reported
today, constituting the only new caa.
lualties. -
ITALY'S PARLIAMENT
APPLAUDS AMERICA
Rome, Tuesday, Feb.- 12. Enthusi
astic applause and cheers for America
met the declaration of Premier Or
lando at the opening of Parliament
today that the war situation was grow
ing better, due to help from the Unit
ed States re-placing Russia.
Premier Orlando reviewed the Ver
sailles conference and pointed out, that
so far as Italy was concerned the con
tinuation of the war was no longer a
matter of choice, but necessity Also,
he said, this fact is understood by all
patriotic Italians who are now willing
to wage war to the bitter end. Re
garding Italy's aims, the Premier de
clared that they wereunimperialistio.
"All she wants," Premier Orlaudo
declared, "and no less, and she can
wish for no more than the security !of
her national boundaries by land ami
sea-and also the fulfillment of lier. na
tional unity."
PEACE NEARER.
London" Feb. 13. According to
the lobby correspondent of The
Daily News facts are known which
bring the possibility of a separate
peace between Austria-Hungary
and the Entente Allies much near
er. . Great reluctance, he says, is
manifesed "in Austria toward the
prospect of fighting with British
and American troops on theTWest
ern front.
T
CANADA'S MILITARY
IN GOOD CONDITION
Canadian Army Headquarters in
France, Feb. 13 (By Canadian Press,
Limited. )--After three years and a
half of war Canada is entering upon
the spring campaign stronger in men
and material and guns . than at any
previous time. The Canadians are
holding a larger front than ever be
While military regulations prevent
any extensive statement from the
field as to developments it may be
said that one effect of the recent in
crease in forces has been to add ma
terially to rifle strength in the line.
Canada's splendid ' home support of
the military service ' measure has
placed the military authorities in a
position where they not only are as
sured of reinofrcements for the ex
isting units, but can add largely to
thei? fighting establishments.
Lightship Probably Lost.
Boston, Mass., Feb. 13. For 7 the
first time since it broke away from
its anchorage in Nantucket sound
February 1, officers of the lighthouse
service today expressed fear that the
Cross Rip lightship probably had gene
dowii with all handa. Captain R. E.
B. Phillips was ashore when the
lightship was torn from its moorings
by ice,, but six members of the crew
were aboard. . .
' ' ' : t
Letter to a Newspaper
Praising Germany and
Denouncing Allies
St. Louis, Feb. 13. John f. Adams,
of Iowa, this afternoon announced his
withdrawal from the contest for
chairman of the Republican National
Committee. Will R: Hayes, of In-
m.
iff
us
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1
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The letter was dated, in Berlin, Au
gust 31, 1914, and said that "as
America has been flooded , with lying
and misleading: reports from London,
Paris and St. Petersburg," the writer
were the German white book and
,?Tfuth About Germany."
. "I will make the assertion," the
letter continued, "that there are no
more peace-loving people in the
world than the Germans, from the
i
,;li
Proposed Trust Company Will
Be Capitalized at $1,000,-
000, Operating Plant
at $2,500,000
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Responding in a manner that leave ;f
the older men present flittins: meni ' .1
ories of the spirit that prevailed wlien -ilf't
! Wilmin erf on woo fha m anoo r-f - N'
MADE AGAINST ADAMS ! State and the river teeming wltb
traffic and travel from every pift;?tf.i-fj'
kXrr "! i ij 7 , e world, the business interests of
Was Claimed Me Wrote a the city today at noon, at a meetu
at the Chamber of Commerce under-
wrote a half million dollars toward"1 77 tj
the formation of a trust company with
the object of locating an indusrl'at
plant here that will be second to none " '
in this section of the country aiid,
which will give the city a 2,BO0;wjO -payroll
annually It was the biggest'' 7
and best meeting ever staged in- the f
city and rather than writing, the St37
epitaph by falling down, the assem7 7 !
uiea uusiness men erected a monu- c
diana, will be placed In nomination i er" V1" DWl"u w "
by Mr. Adams and his election by ac-j The 'proposition was outlined "by.h
clamation probably Will follow. Mr. J. A. Taylor, who presided - over:
The fight on Attains by his oppo-Uhe meeting, and then subscription- .
nents is based on charges of disloy-i blanks were IssPd andiAe indivtduai
aitv 3oDt- w m r. m -kt 'asked to make known in black and
alty. Senator W. M. Calder, of New ( white now Dadly. they want the .pri--,-
York, yesterday produced before the (posed industry located here. Cbufitvt
executive committee a .letter which ; the subscription .blanks was dlfepttrif :
he said Adams had written to these Sl
,iv .c; v . . - v - c , or considerably less than . blrf -.MC?..iV
amiotmt-V aTftoXtttelrr" neeesttffy'fc
SBDsriDea At: this; ppmtir5Tor7-
took,; the reins jm-'Bis wi4rfllSo'i &
brought everyone to aUenUtand'hjK
practically 'every ' man that had. sfp- : j3
scriDea agreed to double his amount. v 7i
would like to see nublished in the In t,ssro or three Instances the amwf
Telegraph Herald some article wW, .bsbed were . T?Mfatf
he Was forwarding. These articles ,f? "5K TtJl f 4
than the necessary sum by. $89,0PQi7A i-j
halt million was the . figure -
Vin KiihsftrinHn'fta. hat hv 'rtlfru.tn.i tl f
heir feet every man present vpjyede5'- mU
tn artrt thA Tponortionat irwr t.tii. f ;! i i
Kaiser himself to the humblest cltl ihe uiuttisedamounl in'etenCfBH'w
zen, ana mere are no people who , mlttee was unsucessful m :r&i8ttS.;tht'.f
aave progressea rurtner in all that is
best in cultured civilization.
"But Germany in recent years has
surpassed all other countries in Eu
rope in prosperity and she has inter
fered with the foreign commerce of
4H
k 1
rl
!' M'i
$89,000 difference. This assured.-S-J'
:i'.t
This money will not be paid'-to-VlTt'r
Taylor made that plain. Only :$25,1w7
in actual money is necessary 'jtnl,i''
those subscribing will only he "called J k'
Great Britain. This is the principal ! uPn for five Per cent, of : the aapttiti t
reason why the small war party in j subscribed. In event the indU8tril0 7 X,
England, headed by the arch-hypocrite a failure, which is not only IxlffiVfi
Sir Edward Grey, has nursed theiProbable but almost imposslhlje,; :tb7 !
anti-German sentiment among theL1118 company holds a nr8Umortggv
bloody shirt' politicians of T rance on the PeratinS " company. 7 This c
and the degenerate artistocracy of imeans that the subscribers cannot 7: ;
Russia, This is the reason why Sirolse anything ergardless of what hap-: i
Edward Grey, while makings few .. TT .'i
plays . to the galleries in favor ofi (Continued on Page, Nine). : .,7 1
peace, was actually working 24 hours I ; : J ::M,
a day to make certain the outbreak 11 111 rthll mm HDIinw . . 771
m
i
of hostilities.
"It isnbw perfectly clear to all of
us who have been living in Germany
that when Russia and France were
secretly planning to make Austria's
determination to punish the Serbian
assassins the occasion for a sudden
attack on , the German border, these
two countries were given, adequate
assurances that England would sup
port them.
"That France has intended to march
her troops through Belgian territory
in-order to flank the right wing of
the German army, and that she was
to do so with the knowledge and ap
proval of England is absolutely cer
tain, and that Belgium was a party
to the understanding is highly prob
able." The letter closed with the predic
tion that the German empire would
not be destroyed because "the hostile
preparations which have been going
on in France and Russia for several
years have been too evident-"and too
threatening for Germany to ignore, so
they have prepared themselves,' and
. . . will successfully maintain their
right to live and prosper against the
whole gang of devilish conspirators
who have forced the innocent masses
of Russia, France and England to
fight against them."
Give Valentine party.
.Members of the Immanuel Presby
terian Church will give a valentine
entertainment tomorrow evening at 8
o'clock in the hall at the corner of
Front and Queen Streets, and a big
attendance is hoped for. A small ad
mission will be charged and this will
include refreshments.
WILoUlN
UMAbY
IS HIGHLY
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mm
si;
London News Looks to WawK
ington for Allies' Con--structive
Policy J
3-..
V.
London, Feb. 13. If anything 7H7
needed to emphasize the dijfloinata 7;
wisdom of President Wilson's Th 7
Daily News says, it would be supplied .
by a contrast between the prtedplei p
laid down in Washington and;-.the A
principles laid down in Versaiea.7It 'M
adds: ' - " - 7 f tJ'X.
"From the bankrupt statsmanship 4
Ihe allied conference has : emged
what is in effect a reasseron oi-.th 7
knockout blow doctrine. No dlara ', :
tion of war aims is formulated; iyd -h
distinction between the speeches, of -JS
von Hertling and Czernin is- reco$ 7
nized. . , - 'j M
"The keynote of the President's
speech is the policy of the -Topen-' '
door, peace is waiting as soon a7tftft77
Central Powers are ready. Count irap-?-Hertling
having balked , at the' PtpsI- !'
dent's fourteen definite 'proposatMiV$
Wilson goes back to first princlplief :
and substitute four fundamental prop- :
ositions which the Chajicellor. can r i
pudiate only at the cost : ot wrttfoj ,
himself down a ; brigand. The fdoor
still stands, open. . r X?.
"We are accustomed to lpok7 tit :7
Washington- alone for any, construp- .. :
tive contribution to the ' diplonjSypy. ;e.f
the alliance. Monday's1 address . to 7.
Congress does much to cohfirmrth'it -
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