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!$ ' . - I I POT.K COUNTY NEWS, TjtYON. lg C. a i i , ,7 , . I HE WEEK'S EVENTS IMPORTANT NEWS OF STTE, NA- TION AND THE WORLD i BRIEFLY TOLD ABOUT THE 70RLD A Condnd Record Of Happenings 1 Of Interest From All Point , Of The World Domestic ; , ,.- , John. Barrett, director general of the pan-American .bureau in Washington, & KftVQ a niin.AmfirlQn troatw I peace oriJ the western hemisphere is I . urseavaau imponani. "ims pague," eays-ne, "not coercive, nut moral, can make peace forever permanent on the western nemispners, avoia European um Asiatic - mtenerence in American affairs, and preserve inviolate the fiioaroe aoctnne." , . .The 'strike In Kansas City t of the traJnment of the Kansas City Rail- 1 waya company has grown serious. It is feared state troops may be resorted ; to quell disorders resulting from the ciasnea between strikebreakers and strikers. uatnenng mistletoe in a tree-top for Ills mother, Lyman Hearn, an! Eaton- ton, Gal, boy, touched a live wire, and wa xusuuiuy eiecixucuiea. Responsibility for the -disposition of - I the surplus . stocks of equipment and supplies, . acquired by the war depart- ment during the war has been as-1 sumed j by Assistant Secretary Crow-1 -J. . A- 1L. . A. . M T J x TtTJI I v ;uio request -oi rresiaept wii-iea son. The second section of the Dikie Fly- er, which recently left Chattanooga, Tenn.,; was wrecked six miles this side ing rails, which caused the locomotive, i Under the spur of war. mineral pro tender, two mail coaches and the bae- duction in the United States has gage car, to leave the track. None of the nasseneers was lniured. 1 Tl u MQW no o f-n- daughter of Gen. Robert F. Te. was admitted to Drobate in Washington: I D. C,i recently with the regiker of consul at ruruanairo, state or juicnoa wills. in which she made beautests to can Mexico, recently was assasinated Virginia institutions and relatives ag- sregating $157,000. She reqiiefeted in her will that her body be cremated and the ashes placed in an urn inscribed with her full name, date of deith and the words: "The last surviving child of Geni Robert E. Lee." Pnwmpnn " v. A report sent out 'from Copenhagen rays tne lormer uerman empress wm hardly live' to see the new year. Her ailment is "heart disease, and she has rown gradually worse since the "Ger man debacle. ' The .Sinn Feiners of Ireland want to meet President Wilson, a4d have Invited him -td tlisten to their side of therquestion. The president may yis- t Dublin before returning to France. The Mbntenegrihs are hot after heir king. They don't like h s flight roxn the country.: when they' had to rive up to the central powers. Italy will act as trustee for 500,000 ons of .Austrian shipping now in Ital- an porta anl distribute it for use ex- lusively fori war supply and trans xjrtatidn, none to be used fbr com erclal traffic. Bulgarian troops fired on the Greeks ar, jTroussbva and wounded Ihree eejit soiaiers. Tne . uree&s returnea 5s T fire and went over the top. The ulaarian hot footed to Mont Beles. f. By way of Copenhagen comes the Tiort : that-a-"school of revolution U hopn PstabHRhpH at Moscow. The hool is attended, by Chinese and rep- sentatires of nearly every European rjntry. Uepores are w cii-v x- an teachers are studying all the lan- izges of the earth in order to teach e philosophy of the Russian revolu- an to the world. ! The whole Russian question of Rus- . is under serious consideration by o allies. No plan has been; f ormu ted," however, because President Wil- n has not yet made known hi? views. ie president has already tbld the Wilson is truly representing the Amer 3rld that no one man has the secret lean people abroad regardless of poll- solving present world problems. It ;se ms now - mat uermany wui :nd a republic- The executive head 11 have authority midway between V; of -ithe- president of the unitea ites and the present king o: Great :,.n - ; Xi t rrrnn minister to' (xemburg since March, 1914, K ierwltn ms aavisers, oeu the. country by the grand ducal increase bf Trmlmen; Hsd strength of i'm nrni mn toi217.000 Wn recommended to thi house 1 affairs committee hy Capt. H. w acUhe chief of the bureau of '"rf . -'' nt "aMon. : This wouia mciuue. nu,- seamen,1 24,000 apprentice feeamen -remen in training, 12,000 in trade ols in training and 6,000 in .orps. - : - . ' 3 .are tmd, that German .i is still rampant in the ropa- United It is . being directea, accord- " rLnrtan! tirofea- f The Hague, and is trying tu 1 men on iue wesiera iront. u was ow animosity between the United ing to . their betrayal that , Roumania and: her associates m mBW' j Xmnt of ncials are ireticent lf report, but some of .them ?t-i a f pip aream. H f ' h actor of the Russian. informa - -xreau in ,New , York . ays that , lost eight , minion meni Deiore it, the war, Tnree touch. . w "ere killed and one million- dis- t-r life. ; i Reports current in Washington are that the people- of the United States as represented in their senate, "who are supposed to read correctly the pub lic barometer and ; write their wishes into law, will violently' oppose the sinking of 4 the German nary. There is no developed plan as to its disposi tion, but many say it would be - wan-1 ton waste to sink such fine ships. . , . i ai. ' ... . 'A Declaring that the widest diversitp of opinion exists regarding formation of a league of nations and on the def inition of freedom of the seas, Sena torXKnox of Pennsylvania, formerly secretary of state, in an address to the senate urged postponement of these, questions until after the peace conference.; . Jb. Amsterdam hears that a revolution Via a nnton rvii f 4n Pnlfrorlo ! o r la 1n full swing. German soldiers, according to re- norts from French officers In' Berlin. are returnintr home like conouerors. They are singing "Deutschland Uber Alles" with all the enthusiasm of vio tors, and are bedecked with flowers hi,. aioHotAro : MAW fcWA 0 WA - WAU A. J. Sack, director of the . Russian information bureau, recently told the New . York Foreign Commerce Club that RnssiaV-niriii 'rondioTi was d t0 exhaustion from war in behalf, of democratic ideals, "rihe is vrinir in Baa t millions of her people are facing deaths this time from starvation. She exhausted her food supply from the war.; T There is much speculation as to what will be the final outcome in Germany, Many believe the peace of the world will best be subserved by keeping a strong central government as ' oppos -m i ' m . ' ' m to a league 01 states use, ior in stance the "Joke league" of Balkan states. Washington reaced the unprecedented value of $5,010,948,000 in 1917, exceeding by HPW cem me previous recoru mau 0011 Leopold Ocejo, Spanish vice Dy a captain or tne Mexican govern- ment torces accoraing to stones toia in wavana, uuDa on tne arrival irom Mexico of the steamer Estrada Palma, It is reported that Emiliana Zapata la rebel, has captured the Jalapa, capi- tal of the state of Vera Cruz, Mexico; and rebels are reported to be con stantly atuiCKing trains running oe- . m 9 A , . H - Unnvinr fmrti them executinEr Carranza e0ldier escorts. The general opinion expressed in all quarters towrd the south is that the Carranza government . in Mexico is slowly tottering. ' ' The latest report from Mexico is that followers of Felix Diaz are con-, tempiatlng a revolution. The American battleship1 squadron attached to the British grand fleet dis played a spirit of true, comradeship throughout its period of service, de clared Admiral Sir David Beatty, the commander-in-chief of the grand ; fleet. in a farewell 1 address on board the u. S. S. New York, on December, 1, tne day the squadron was detached from the' grand fleet. All hands had been called to muster on the forecas tle to hear Admiral Beatty. President Wilson gave his personal impressions at a meeting with repre sentatives of the American press of his experiences thus far in Farnce. At the same time . announcement was made that the members of the Amer- ican . commission to negotiate peace would meet daily with the press. "I am confident that the big council of statesmen of the world will be able to reach a just and reasonable solution 1 .ki. will hA nresftnted WA -r ' ,7 r to them, and ;thus earn the gratitude of the world for the most critical and necessary service which has ever been rendered it," said President Wilson, in an interview, referring o the ap proaching peace conference. It is the observation of all states- i men in all countries that President tics or other sentiments, ww cumeu-. ; '-r . heads togetner ana pooi veryuim8 nave gox ior tu wnicu - rr T:C' become tne . unmuyui WA Party ojereat Britain. President Wilson says the Versailles congas was a f es -7$--,M ' -AV Mnf. .yancea o r - more thin 4 meeting place of the serv- ants of peoples represented by delegates. tThere is no master mind who can.kfone nd unaided, settle the problems plLtoaay. ir tnere is any- bojyho thinks ne Knows wnat is m I minilo nf all nonnlAS that man tn a too. , The royal castle in Coblenz. to pre- ing guarded by American troops. "it was owing to tne action ot the Russian. Bolsheviki that hundred o? Lthousands of German troops were let; I InnsA . to hurl themselvp.a aeral-nat :' nnr iwuu wi i xu icsuurces m grain ana 1 oil fell into the hands of the Ger- mans." This is theexplanation the onuu wwewny w war oners ior tne 1 keeping: of allied troops in Russia. v-V Undoubtedly Kerensky and his foV 1 towers, want to represent Russia, in the peace conierence, out whether their Bta.tus will be recognized l entirely anmnar rinn. -lv- . 1 '. fl:il pli S ;v' I ! . K li If fiMf, fMi iM ill I. villl i; vQ a ft ' n ijpipi ' f 0 ' l"1 vl, ' 1 : p 1 pi? Photo by buwmiKSr' V:- . &f.uu..A Ti "1 v.-Xv. ;.v.;.;:;N W.:.;.:.:.7v?v 1 President AVilson and President Poincare of France riding down the Champs Elysees on the day of Mr. Wil son's arrival in Paris. 2 First photograph showing theBritish occupation of Constantinople i ; Geir. Sir Henry Wil son Inspecting released prisoners of war. 1 3 American &llors in London on shore leave sleeping j in the great hall or tne royal courts or justice, turned NEWS REVIEW OF CURRENT EVENTS PRESIDENT WILSON GIVEN ROYAL WELCOME BY THE BRITISH f KING AND PEOPLE. CONFERS WITH WAR CABINET League of Nations Subject of x Warm Debate, Here and Abroad Prog- j rest of Germany's Revolution . Watched With Suspicion I 'V by Allied Nations. By EDWARD W. PICKARD. Mingling - business and pleasure, President Wilson spent a busy Christ mas week in France and England. After two days of conference in which several pressing problems, notably that of supplying food to the hungry peo ples of Europe, were thoroughly! dis cussed, Mr. Wilson and his party were taken to Chaumoht to spend Christmas day with the . American troops there. General Pershing! was his host,' but the president devoted- much of his time to the doughboys and both, he and they , enjoyed the day Im mensely. A review oflO.000 American troops was a feature of the day's do ings. In the course of his address' to the men of the First army Mr. Wilson said: "It was the privilege of Amer ica to present the chart for peace and now the process of settlement! has been made , comparatively simple by the fact that all the nations concerned have accepted the chart." Next the presidential party traveled to Calais and thence to Doverj and London, arriving In the British capital Thursday; afternoon. "Throughout the trip they were accorded ail the honors that royalty could claim, and the short drive through London was like a royal, progress. King George, Queen Mary and Princess. Mary met them at the station and the Household cavalry acted as escort. As it was a holiday boxing day the entire population of the metropolis seemed to be out, de termined to see the famous American. After a night's rest in Buckingham palace Mr. Wilson met the British war cabinet and discussed with it the British peace terms that the cabinet had formulated for presentation to the interallied conference preceding the peace congress. On Saturday he, con- iferred with Premier Lloyd George, Foreign Secretary Balfour and Chan cellor, of the Exchequer Bonar Law, and on Sunday went to Carlisle, where his mother spent her girlhood, j t In London there was more than a hint that the chief object of Mr. Wil son's visit to England, aside from the courtesy feature, was to ascertain definitely the views of the British! gov ernment on the question of the terms of restitution to be imposed ' on Ger many. It was said he had found opinion on the continent very hard set on this question, which is not In the least surprising. The people -who were most directly hit by the hard ships and "horrors of the war are1 not likely to be forgiving and altruistic In their attitude toward the conquered Huns. If, as has been often said. America Is to ask nothing from Ger many, it would j seem to most of us that the matter of payment might well be left to the victorious nations of Eu rope, who do Intend to be repaid, so far as Is possible, for their enormous losses. .me proposed league or nations and the' cognate question of the "free dom of the seas are still the' subject ofj warm discussion, both abroad and tn America. President Wilson seems to be seeking the support of : the neu tral nations in the matter of the league, and his plans are backed up by various organizations in France and England. It is reported that the neu trals will be permitted .to participate in the, deliberations Incident to the formation of the -proposed . league though they" will not be admitted ': to the peace conference Itself. It IS be lieved many of tbem will favor the formation of , the league, which, under t 1 ' II... I . ' over to them by orer of the lord chancellor. .- . f ' I . . . .-.; - ., i any j plan of representation yet sug gested, would givehem much greater power in world afliiirs than they, now wield. ' In; the United States senate there is likely to be a shoykwn on the league of nations plan lna very jshort time, as Its opponents, asad others, too, feel that : the president should know defi nitely the major!ti opinion of the body that must finally accept or" reject the peace treaty tha he arid his col league assent to agVersallles. Though the Republicans 1 the senate are nearly all opposedto the president's plan to make the organization of the league a part of th peace treaty, they do not ptand alone. Quite a number of the Democratic?senators also are against that profwsitlon, believing that at least the Question should be made the subject 60a separate treaty after matters-? relatg directly, to the war shall have be disposed of As for the freedoln of the seas, the expression is now interpreted to mean that Britain may nt at one and the same time have th largest, navy and be the exclusive interpreter of sea laws, and this it i! believed Britain will accept, consenting to an agree Inent among natiois regarding the laws and rules of thjtrsea to which all must submit III Prompt denial caie from Paris of the report that thef American delega tion had agreed to ihe sinking of the surrendered Germanwar vessels. The president said, he as absolutely op posed to such a course, and Secretary Lansing declared thaT proposition had not even been discussed. It is not likely j$iat the general peace conference will assemble, before the middle of, January, nori Is any offl cIbI statement expected before then as to the number of governments to be represented. It is considered prob able that the Unijpd States, Great Britain, France, Iily and perhaps Beglum will determhe the matter of admission - of delegates. The repre- sen atlves of the ctral powers will be called in unfp the, final stages reached, for tbey will be com not are pelled to accept 'whatever the others decide upon and to j&ave been present during the prellmpary discussions woiild only prolqngt the proceedings unnecessarily. ?M ' ' feeT lie entente, nains are & rather corny and skeptically watching the appirently desperatj efforts of the new German government to establish ItseEf. The distrustif the Hun, en gendered by the wafand destined td last tor generations, 6 applied to pres ent pvents and theattitude of the conquerors is rightly one of cynical, watchfulness. The pjrevolution" was In the main so easy and smoothly accomplished and thef unprotesting pil lars bf autocracy arpso rapidly slid ing Into positions 4 power behind the Nominal heads i the people's government that ther; is reason to be suspicious. Hindenbjrg still controls a laige part of the 1my and his un expl.' ined intention of! forming a new defeisive line a fewi miles from the Rhin ; has been accepjed by Ebert and his (Colleagues. Suchflmen as Prince Max and the treacherous and hypo critic il Von Bernstoril are still pow ers1 I: thenland. It apiost seems that the oily genuine, sincere advocates of a rejil revolution In Germany are the bolsh Jviki. Under, tfe leadership of Liebfcnecht and Ledelur, they are un remitting In their .stnggle to overturn the fcbert government, their latest manifestation being' ap?loody revolt in Berlii last week. , glutinous sailors seize( the red palaceVdnd neighboring biiildiigs and "for twoldays fought the republican guard, abut lOO&persons beinglkilled. " The sjiilors demanded that Ebert and Haa resign,; to be replaced by Ledeboulnd Liebkriecht! In th0 end the mutiners were forced to -sufTender and were permitted to leave the city under gfiard. ' , This was. regarded a virtual vic tory by; the 'Spartaddsf and nex,t day theyseized the plaritf of the; Socialist' organ Vorwaerts anl the pfficesr of the Prussian war mtssistry Vajid an nounced that they wdild at once pro claim the downfall )fthe. Ebert gov emment ';. Thet chancellor called trot all the troQps;BerII:' Thlwaff the? last, that had been Heard f rom the German capital at theilme of -writing. mk L The German democratic party, In assembly at Coblenz, adopted aCplat form on which It will stand In the na tional assembly. Combating both the reactionaries and I the socialists, it calls for -a united Germany, including German Austria ; elquality of all . citi zens, male, and female; freedom of thought; religion, jpf ess and speech. Ofllcials of the Rhejnish province have suggested another plan of reorganiza tion, the formation of seven minor republics, which shall be united under a central government In all their planning and scheming the Germans of all shades of opinion and sincerity are counting more and more on the Influence of President Wilson and of Americans generally to obtain easier terms from their con querors. Their words and actions make this evident, notwithstanding the fact that there Is little on which they have any : right to j base such hopes. Our army of occupation, according to reports, Ishavlng an elaborate exposi tion of the German! policy of spread ing soft soap, and j the Boches there took full advantage; of the Christmas spirit that pervaded the troops. IS3I 1 Charles It Crane of Chicago, just returned from Siberia, says: "No one -knows anything about Russia. It is a tragedy." That sums up the situ ation in the" distracted, starving coun try that, spreads fjom the Baltic to the Pacific. No one knows just what Is happening there,! still less what is likely to happen. The stories of those who claim to have accurate information are utterly conflicting' and confusing. One says the bolsh eyiki are gaining in strength and are the only force that can be counted on to restore order and save the country from absolute disas ter. Another avers j that the bolshevik movement is waning and that the gov ernment at . Omsk must be relied on. Yet others call loudly for intervention in force by allies, and they are opposed by those who declare the allied troops must be withdrawn! and the Russians left to work out their own salvation. In the Baltic provinces .the bolshevikl continue to push back their opponents, Including such Germans as remain there, ' and both Prussia and Poland are becoming anxious concerning their borders. On the Archangel front the Lenine forces are said to be numerous and well organized and the position of the allied expedition in that region ia none too corafortabie. 5 General Semenofiq the anti-bolshevik leader who refused to recognize the au thority of Admiral j Kolchak, dictator in the Omsk governriient, is said "to have consented to give his recognition provided Kolchak retires in favor of General Denikine, hetman of the Cos sacks, as soon as a! junction of the eastern and western; forces is effected. The Russian statesmen who are in Paris, headed by Prince Lvoff, are re lying largely on Kolchak and Denikirie, but they are also urging that an allied expedition of at lea?t 150,000 be sent. They have not received much encour agement of their plea for intervention. Here is one of the many instances that made, it impossible for the out sider to understand j what is going on in Russia : Last summer SkoropadskK hetman of the ; Ukraine, was deposed and driven but because he was notori ously the tool of the Germans. A few days ago a dispatch from Warsaw said Skoropadski and the French troops were advancing from Odessa to bring the Ukrainian situation under control. Italy and the Jugo-Slavs are no near er agreement concerning the western coast of the Adriatic than they were a week ago, and their dispute undoubt edly must be settled by the interallied conference. Jugo-Sl a via has not -vet been recognized as ai nation and Its leaders want to know who will repre sent its component parts, Serbia Mon tenegro and large parts of the former Austrian empire, In the peace congress. f The senate passed, without a j roll call, the largest tax measure In ! the world's history. It Is designed to raise 6,00)0,000,000 in 1919 and $4,000,000,000 in 1920. -Among 'the; amendments ac cepted .was one making' the district of Columbia 'borie dry and another, levy ing a" 100 per cent'.ta on nil campaign contributions In excess of $500. ' The latter. It is supposed will weaken the Influence of "big busineri" In politics. PEACE LEAGUE IS PRIME WEGESS IT! SOME TRIBUNAL MUST LIMIT SCALE OF INTERNATIONAL ARMAMENT. MUST GIVE MEM AND MONEY With Completion of, New. Three Year Building Program America Will v Still Rank Second. Washington. Unless a league of na tions or other tribunal that will make certain the limitation of international armament is established, the United States must build the greatest . navy in the world, Secretary Daniels told the house naval committee. , "It is my firm conviction," declared the secretary, "that if the conference at Versailles does not result in a gen eral agreement to put an end to naval building on the part of all the na- ms, then the United States must bend her will and bedhrnergies. must give her men and give her moneyTo. the task of the creation of incomparably the greatest navy jmthe world' : With the completion of the propos ed new three-year building program, adding 10 dreadnaughts, 6 battle cruise erslO scout cruisers and 130 . smaller; craft to the fleet, America still' will rank second In inaval strengrth to Great Britain, said the' secretary, who1 appeared before" the committee to make his final recommendations for; the 1920 naval bill. THE MOST ACTIVE DAY IN PEACE CONFERENCE CIRCLES Paris. This has been the most act ive day's discussion in peace confer ence circles since the American dele gation arrived, as the declarations of, premier Clemenceau and Foreign Min ister Pichon in .the. chamber of depu ties gave a rallying point in the form of the first official announcement on the plans of the French government.; The statements disclosed that France had determined upon its line ; of action on practically all the ques-j tions involved, including a society of nations. . Premier Clem,encead's statement on; the freedom of the 4seas was the,-first announcement from a : high authori tative source. This was , accepted as showing that the British and French viewpoints were in accord. M. Clem enceau'sj reference to .his ' talks with President Wilson indicated that they had tended to bring out the signifi cance of . the French premier's pre-' ious conversation with the British prime minister regarding the action of the British fleet during the war, without j which he admitted France could not have continued the war, as well as his favorable attitude toward the future British fleet.' The sentiment prevails m confer ence circles here that jthe American attltud4 will not become definite until further knowledge is . obtained con cerning - the conversations between President Wilson, Premier Clemen ceau and Premier L0yd George, j M. Clemenceau's overwhelming ma jority in the vote of confidence in the Chamber of deputies makes him a com manding figure in France, similar to that of Lloyd George as a result of ihe British elections. CAMPAIGN SOON OPENS TO SELL' $2,000,000,000 STAMPS Washington. The 1919 war savings campaign will be opened actively by a nation-wide celebration on January 17,1 the aniversary of the birth of Benjamin Franklin. District war sav ings directors in conference here were so informed by Harold Braddoek, the new national director of the' war sav ings movements. The day will be devoted particular ly, Mr. Braddoek said to the organi zati6n of thousands of war savings societies to systematize the preaching of thTift and promote the sales of $2,000,000,000 worth of stamps during the year. NORTH CAROLINA DOCTORS TO BE KEPT IN SERVICE Washington. The services of N&rth Carolina doctors I are so badly, needed by the government that they' will not now be released from the army for neaitn worK in tne state, ine smgeuu general holds, that because of the of returning soldiers. ' large number who must be examined and treated, it is necessary to retain tne experts ior this work. , " " Many communities in North Caro lina are asking for their doctors. - CITY OF LYNCHBURG SCENE OF GREAT CONFLAGRATION Lynchburg, Va: Ftre originating In a four-story brick building in the heart of .Lynchburg's business section burned fiercely for about an hour "de stroying the building, damaging the Y. M. CL A. building slightly and for a time seriously menacing1 others, "but was soon under control. The stock of .'a Main street florist and a clothing store were, ruined, causing de greater part of the $40,000 low. - COMP POW A DAT! Vic tie Do CC Jai Plav Jai railv Br Gen Ja Brit Ja zati U. Si ing j ica' Jj ara Jj of are F tici J ces th J he Di cr as 6t P G tl t! a 1 1 ' 1 A. i ! . 1. .... 1 ; a - a