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- ' r1: . Associated-Press -. Xr ... -; TOL. CIII-NO. 96. WHOIiB S'lTStBBR 8pf618. 1 PEACE CONFERENCE TO OPENS THE FIRST BRITAIN TO DEMA ND 8 BILLION POUNDS AS 1 1, 1 1 1 r ( WEEK IN JANUA Fffi . GERMAN INDEMNITY :' . Hi If . V r k v K ' ' .. ' ? - - ' TT w-1 ' . ' 1 r- 1 -t :v V - : t : : : : r : 1 1 r- : !r 1 VffiZ v - WHERE THE PRESIDENT, WILL ARRIVE, ; . ' .1 ' V t ' " ' ' ' ' ' ,,", '.l,,,, r-n'',, Minn, ' .V ' ' ' Deliberations May Last Four Months, With Final Action Early in May jflLSON LEARNS OF PLANS President Was Due to Be In formed Aboard Ship By Wireless Yesterday. ALLIED COUNCIL DEC. 16 Americans Want to et Down wto Work Quickly, ; v faris, Dec. fit (By -the Associated Press.) Prsident Wilson iwill be 'in formed by wirless today on the plans jor the assembling "of tthe' inter-allied conference and the meeting of the peace conference. He will also ; be advised concerning the recent gathering, of the supreme war council at London. In the meantime reports that the president ias approved of anything done at the supreme council are premature.: as the, steps taken at that meeting will Jiet be made known to him until today. The plans concerning the peace meet ings are the results of Col. E. M. House's long tallt with Premier Clemen ceau, following a conferences with Baron Sonnino. the . - Italian foreign minister, and the Earl of Perby, Brit sh ambassador to Prance;-, ... ' :, The inter-allied conference will reassemble on Decensber 16 or'JT. . The meetings will' be at the foreign jjfice in the Qual D'Orsay. ana not at Tersailles. David Lloyd-George, the British premier, and 4Frelgn Minister. Balfour expect to come ?iittrrthat toe to meet 'l". -.flVaiiijBtr' lend the conferencei but theifelections hi Great Britain may not permit jthem to remain more than two" or three fays. . . . ' . y :. -', The opening of the peace' congress i set fof the first week in January. It was the desire of the Americans to begin at the earliest possible moment.- Other delegations felt that a later date would be necessary, . owing to ; the Christmas holidays .and the ofllcial func tions connected with the presence of President Wilson and King Victor, Em manuel of Italy, but the first week in January finally was chosen. ;.Th.e first meetings will be for the actual framing of the preliminaries of peace with the representatives of the enemy-powers, rlo will be present. v . The names of the French delegates U the peace congress have , not as yet ken announced, but it is understood 'Ae ywill be three members of the gov ernment and possibly a. fourth member. The British delegates will be Premier uoyd-George, Foreign Minister ' Bal four, Chancellor , of the Exchequer An drew Bonar Law, George Nlcoll Barnes, bor members of the war ca.hfnt. anfl flf-i delegate, not yet selected. It anticipated that the peace delibera tions will last about four months, and jaless unforeseen obstacles arise, that ai action will be reached toward the arly part of May. . . - v. ' ' HAJOR CASUALTIES NOT REPORTED TOTAI 16,000 tar in Minor Casualties, Sfuek Larger War Department Hopes to Speed Up Wow. ' Washington, Dec, 6. The war de- i?rtment announced today that 16,000 ,-jr casualties, including killed in ""on, died of wounds, died of disease other causes, severely - wounded and .sing have not yet beem finally re Wed to the next of kin. Thevarrears minor casualties is much larger it s added. ' ' Jrom cable reports now" - ekpected, .VV V S..Wl. Up "Jears in major casualties . within a except for a few names with rKCt t0 which identification- has hot 'ei been completed. The minor casual not yet reported to 'ih'e' 'next of represent slight wounds, involving 'IllS Class alsn inilno. mniw M. ai""s- tne same soldier having been e nffinil 4- x x , s i s that t)a bVLH,i. lilUJUt laDUat reported by Gen. Pershing on' No- mber 27th 50.928, have been reported the next of kin witv. 7 ffsfi J-rti tV k Jffted. Of the 14.565. jnlssfne'. anA a soners of war sent in by Gen. Persh kL have -been 'reported to re "sly i e 1S5,'S& total wounded yJ,841 have been' cleafe'd' up final ma vs MAKES ANNUAL' REPORT" O-V HEALTH OF THE ARMY l sh:ngton, Dec. 6. The health of 've n ariy oth ot home land 'seas, has bee nexcellent and 4the k.."'.' rate ' 'a.c uom aisease propaoiy "than in any similar bodv. of PS in the hiatorv of warfare. r Riiri . 4 vpn r s. . . - "s an - orgas aeciarea -.in 'iiie -nUai repoct for; the year ending 117 -1 :010' maae pudiic toaay. r, m tti l0lal deaths frnm riisAnsA wai-a U Tind the deatn rate per thousand t.era "!S :;omPares with a vsevefcyar -a per thousand,-; u-m-1S ulaced at the head .of the W ,causing deaths, although", the u" mat 65 per cent, of : the ere tn. ie to resultant pneu- i a. EX-CROWN PRISCE renod&cesMhts as heir to thr01je Document Dated Dec. t Signed ' At Wierihjgen, His Isolated -Dutch Home. CONFLICTS WITH DISPATCH Was Quoteid Early: in the Week As "Saying HeHad Re ; : . ; nounced Nothing. j '" Paris,, Iec. - 65:25 p. m. (By . the Associated Press. )-Crown - Prince Frederick Wilhelm has. renounced his right to the German throne. " ' A dispatch received1 in- Basel' from the eemi-official Wolff Bureau, quotes the crown prince in renouncing' the throne as having said: ; v ' " I renounce iformally and definitely llrights to the crown of Prussia and the imperial crown: .which . would have fallen to me bythe renunciation of the emperor-king br for other r eksonsJ"' ,. ' - VGiven :- by my authority and signed by: my hand.. -Done at Wieringen, Dec 1:1918 . -, '"4;-.i-fv-; '.- (Signed) "WILHEiaty In an interview with an Associated Press . correspondent on the island of Wieringen, received in -New Yprsi Dec S- which bore- no evidence of. -delay, and presumably was given not - earlier than Dec, 2, rederiplt William, said: '. Akhav inbih renounced:, any thing and I have not signed any document what ever. -r.w ' gowmlitfairec A7W.ouia:i)e con tent, to return ttfGer manias asimple citizen,'" HOHEXZQxJLERjjs - JfO JLOXGER 'J, v laOIUHTK FROBX THE LAW Berlin, Dec. 6-The Prussian govern ment .has .-formally withdrawn the privilege heretofore held by the mem. bers of the Hohenzollern family of im- muniiy irom uaw. THREE ARE KILLED Southbound A. C. L. Train No. 89 Splits Switch. 1 One Negro Man 'and Two Ne&ro Wo men Xose Their lAvem and . Other ' Passengers ; On Mainline Train Are Injured In Smash. One negro man and two negro wo men whose names had not been re ported up, to a. late -hour -last night, were killed and a number of passen gers were more, or. Jess injured, hone of . them seriously however, .witlf the possible .exception -of one other negro man, whensouthbound Atlantic Coast Dine train' No; 89, from Richmond to Jacksonville, Pla., was derailed at El rod,i N. C, on - the main lihei 37 miles south of Fayetteville, early last night. Official report of the wreck had hot been made - completely to Coast , Dine headquarters here &t 10:30 o'clock last night, but from, the best ; information obtainable the train had slowed down for the station, Elrod being the junc tion point, of? the Elrod and Conway branch " with the main line, and the train was under a moderate rate of speed, i the accident having occurred at the north pass, switch.' ' . : . . ' The c.ause . of the accident was ap parently a split, switch or ah obstruc tiion in f the switch,. The engine turn ed completely over,' three' day , coaches turned, partly over, two . Pullman sleep.-' ers twere derailed "but ; did .not leave the roadbed and the" remainder, of the train, .mall. , baggage and express' Cars . oiv the rear, did not leave the : track at all. Although the - engine and .tender wftnt ;entirely overyv; the : engineer, whose;- pamiwas jttot" . learned, -. is Td-' ported, to 7 have7ecapd with1 no injury whatever' as did also, his fireman,' the names of . none ' of them beings given. Elrod Is on another . operating dl visioni'from the general Offices, here, hence details, of th wreck were lack ing here last -night,' but it is stated that those who'.v witnessed . the'; wreck can not- ' conceiVe ; why X there .. was not greater: loss of life 1 and more serious injury : to .passengers" and, trainmen. The negroes who ' were, reported killed were in the day i coach for colored per? softs and . .while thee is -a -possibility thajt, tlvere- may. be more bodies in .the wreckage, V only three, had been', recoy ered up to 10:30 o'clock' last- night and it was stated that all others liad been accounted for. , ' . ; Wrecking crews , are x understood! to have been, sent out from Florence and Rocky iMountiSfnd ; possipiayetter vllle" and nit - was expected that i the wreck would fte clearea up' during the' i Elrod is the Vfirst - station; south . of f the . Coast -Xane ' andi thei Seaboard . Air IN WRECK AT ELROD .; i liinim iiimwii Il .III i I i i i iiii l ii i in I y..w.vv-........-......t..Y-----'f.-f--.-.-.-y.-- r 1 '"' J it ' fl 'T f T IT 7 - Brest will be. the port of debarkation of the presidential p;artyi:.whih, saile'd Wednesday 'aboard, the George Wash ington; The party will be received bytihe French foreign rniinistervancL: some it -the most Celebrated fmen of Prance. . . - -"-.-:-.' ; ' ' ; ;. . -. ... . . ' ' ' - ';.. - ':.iV;", - . r-' ... v.- (C) .'-Underwood & Underwood. -4 INDUSTRIAL MISSION TOMNCE Will Give-Advice to, Peace' Con y -T gress llegardiig Economic i -. Reeonatrvetlon Cogreas Favor Speedy Return of Railroad to Qmtcn -: t and Opposes Federal Owner- " ? kip of Wire Ones. j. : t Atlantic City, N, J., Dec 6.' -Appointr ment of a European commissioni rep r resentative of American' business 'to go to France And be available for any aid to the peace delegates from the IJnitd states, in. - considering - economic prob lems that might -enter- into- the : peae. J-negotiations was decided.' upon; today at the final session of 'the reconstruC- ' . . tion congress of the industrial war-service., committees. ' ' ' Other resolutions adopted urged the speedy ' return . under - federal charter to their owners of all railroads, now operated by the government,! opposed government -- ownership and operation of telegraphs, telephones . and .cables, appealed for modifications .of the. Slier man anti-trust Jaws, endorsed : the in dustrial creed" re-speeting labor : ehufi- yclatediby: John ;D. Rockefeller, Jr.; yes- teruay. i . - . . V . Chfeers greeted the ' adoption ' of the resolution providing- for the European commission. The. chamber of commerce , of the United States, through iits presi dent, v Harry A. Wheeler, ;of Chicago, recently inquired of 'President Wilson whether such a commission would be helpful, but according to Mr. Wheeler 1 the president made, no reply The proposed 7 commission , while abroad also; will study, the. reconstruc tion needs of Europe, v The' size' of ' the body has ; not been : decided .' upon 7 bin will probably number .15 to 25. ' It.'ls planned to pick" at lea'sty jqhe'epresen tative from each of the "important in dustrial groups. ;-v.a v , ' -' ,57 , t Only one vofceT -that 7p,v a' delegate from Lynn, Mass., was iraASed: against the passage of the resolution for 7the prompt return of -the railroads to their owners,-, and f he only Tasked delay?, un til more light could-be jiadtort-jhe sttua t'ioii." 'Tlie resolution, favoring -modifications in zthe. an.tt-trust rats. declared that the war has., -demonstrated that through industrial -TOperation great economies may. be- achieved," waste eli minated an'd efficiency Incf eased:" - ? . . The. congress decided .that, it is In the public interest that -ajl war .orders placed by the - government,!, whether regularly executed "or ' not,' should upon 'cancellti,oni:be ' promptly i And equitably adjusted and; satisfied- as .Jf every formality had been observed, T. What 4 is regarded as an important step in the work . br stabljteing business through 'the readjustment .period ;,1vas j the .creation xt a war. service executive commitee which will. keep the, business and- industrial interests ;o the country in close touch with, - the governnieht. ' Jfte 'congress urged i tfie.'gbvern'mertt 1 dustries"that rfhave been develced dur ing the war. ' These pivotal 7 industries, produce articles upon. Which other, in dustries defend' and which; wererforni erly obtained ; from foreign r countries, depend .; and which - were f ormerly obtained- from - foreign ,vountrles, notably 3ermany.7 : : 1 , :P3W'Sr P Other . resolutions . adopted v Tjy :.vvthe Congress ihciudedthese: ' ; f . ; S Recommending the 2 deyelopmentv of public'.works of ever sort so "that- en plormeht imay bb reate?d dr unskilled ' Ta:K'hvtlt'-t'Keebnst'rUcan; of? great merchant marine be continued, and am;-: plified;f.that revenue viegislatlon vto ;; be hviews exi jewSi expresseaD -7"-; (Continued- on .1 Page 7 Six-.lt: WILL GO i.- BERNSTORFI1 AND VARIOUS OTHER AGENTS OF GERMANY INTERESTED IN THE PURCHASE OF NEWSPAPERS :irr7 . - ---fc'.-r.;.-- 7 ':. .: . t.yW's.'$' -. " .Washington Dec. 6 Confidential re corda f of r.the'' departments? ''otC$iflfi dealing with the activities ct,&man agents andthers .in, ;tbehit''B were placed u today , heforeX the senate commute - investigating - ore wers t ... They "5deali with Consp.oudence of Count "von BernstorfC-'-' f or m er'-. German ambassa4or,''!and,':otherscbre possible v purchaee fvthe-. WraBliington Post and- pjther.. newspapers ; the fond- inig of wj,BykM! Hale to! Ger mjan as .eofespb'ndehit oi!t - Hearst hewspapersVV described by jVpn ,Bern- storff.as hv.ihgr; ''outspokenly yp'laced themdeive ,$li2ltha tJefman ' side,Mt?and with sug'gespolrisbr' i f omeating trou ble .between :Uie,.United StatfS, and. Ja-t panlisamesmsloftbppihg.mUnons shipments, to Ihe rallies, 7". . "'. ' Mtf Bielaskttolff tfrecommitteeittKat undir date of jOctdbe ?17. i9i4;: .'Cauhf Vbh'-Beh-sto:rjifBeftHhj.s'-'mes.8a'ge.;frp Washington to "Dr." Bernard Dernburg MOONEY'S fr3 Secretary; Wilson AppeaIs;lb itKe Country's Workers Against 7 - Such ai Moveniehti: .fi: COULDN'T HELP MOONEY Secretary -Point -Out Feasibility, ;of a 3f ew Trial and Says' It thVPrlsoner :.'' Is Gniitr Labojr Dbn4 WaWt ': ; . J , - . , to Protect Hm. x'- ''; Washingtbnecl 6.Ah appeal to the workers of i the country not . to engage in a natlohwid strike aa protestritf ; the case of iTnomas J Mpbney,f convict ed" of . murder in t connection, with the. ; Oreoaredness daV -bomb ' explosion, tin i San; , Francisco, wassued today" by. 'Secretary bfLabbr Wiisbri. 7 :' 'Ji' v. In a telb'graih to OttQ-Hartwig, presi- L dent or, tne 'qregon state .-feneration 01 Labor, the secretary - said- that ifV the evidence now. ' available I5 isulHcieht;-to con vi p ce a "?; iuryr ;tha t ''Hh ereV' 'is;--')n-a' conspiracy . to"! cbnyicVMooney .' there ls bvery probability -that.hewill secure la" -new'trial rtdhaye" his 'guilt - or ?ln- 'inocince 'determined byf & jury'in-the 1 lUkht of facts that, are now known : -t b ii-'" ;' ''" .' ; " eXISt. .. .,;.-.; -. - fi -: 7 , ).T7 - :. The ' secretary - 'added that the only . affect of a I strike' would -be -"tovbrihg into! dlsrebute and tend to destroy the jury systeniof? trial twhlch'ls the re sult oi" a-; tnousano.' years oKBtrugsie on-the 'part -of the masses -to protect themselves'i against criminalsphnhe, ionerahdr tfnd pToflteering' on the other."; SaniinVtrfibhs""-bVer We country have . voted to strike December 9' as a 'protest in "th"b"M6bney. case. Ofijcials f "the; American" Federation', of Labp.r ;h"aVe : publicly; ahhouhced' that thegdy ernor f- calirnlj'ihcomutihg .the Wntenfee1 did not meet the "demands of i. I MbbnbJ'aaVbeen liilty Cot 4thls biBf.bt,;ift'erise ,tin x prptecting ;hlmifhei'inuocehtanfjOur pie are interested in his AcAuittal." f A istrike ?can neither' give afairYtrlal tb 'ttAr-'ijfte'ure a 'f Aif.'trlal: for ,.--M)6ney:ana I. inC6 reiyhope ;i that no sucn strjKjj will take place;.:,. lr . : .i..-: . ,-: ; OPPOSES STRIKE IN BEHALF and Heinrick F. Albert, German prop aganda agents in " New York": ,, "The-"Washinigton Post was offered trie? to buy: today for 12,000,000 with the :understanding to' buy it t back again after the "war 'for a million -anif 9.? half4JAli second btfer was y to put th$ aiitto'ehUrelykt vdispbstl? 6r tW9 months fo $100,600. The paper id anxe as.AnqyUax aVar.fthetal-Xli Flip stan'd on the question of the- noney? I have not . yet 'inquired at BerUn: - ; There-was he,thinta show?that' anj reply was itiadev but,Mr. Bielaski said that under date of October 27,1916, the Oennanambassador sent this' message to' the- Berlin foreign office in - cipher: ;l- n vtnevofltoia.l Sccountsfor'' the first and'-second - quarters--of ' 1916-' Will" be 'fbunTd entries of .payments "to 'Mr. Theodore Lowe.; As to this I have to repdrt- thafhis gentleman is' of Ger man origin and ia" married to . a Ger man: lady. - He bftdredus' his services ,to 'jWdrkon a papery iri Washingto r ; the National Courier; This dffer came a't,thertime-we wer..4eepiy. regretting the -death of - John R.-; McLean. This gentleman had givenrhis newspaper 7 . (Continued On. Page ; Three "-.' BEGIN DEBATE ON -'-?. i -: ' : ft' - . . v -I t , ....... TUESDAY Chairman Simiridns Reports Re vised Revenue Measure g To the Senate. " ITt PROVIDE? $5,953,466,000 rA- Slmmons . Serves Notice That Every Ef fort to Expedite .Passage Will be V Made iRepabllcans Preper- ': ;') ",- togto:WageiWgtft.'. ' v Washington, Dec' .-r In' reporting the 'war,, re venue ..bill. to' the senate today Chairman-, Simmons Of the flnance-,com- mittee; arranged for beginning ofji! bate-next Tiie'sday with 'exclusiveright of. awy 'Siven'the measure, ' Filing : of.- committee reports on the bill was deferred, until next week Sena- tor Simmohs will present .the majority report'-an d ..Senator. Penrose of Pen hsylVania, will file a minority report at tacking '.especiajlyi 'the plan . of .fixing 1920. rates. : . Senators .Sm'oot: ' of Utah andj La Foljette of , 'Wisconsin, , republi cans, gave, notice, that they would file separate v reports to . present their . in dividual VieWS. , ; '' -.-..A- Sf'Sr 7 5 Senator I Simmons ser ved notice r td ; day that every effort . to v expedite ;the bill's passagewould hej mare.- and Sena tor'.'Penrose replied that while 9.0 .flli buster would be attempted,vthere'rwPUld b "thorough discussion., v. As . f evised by the senate committee: to. meet peace time conditions the" measure is. designed to ; raise $5,53r. 466.000 . as , against $8, '2t6,0P0,0;b0,j; which wov(ld 7 jhaye ' ibeen yielded, by-the house draft passed Sep :temberj20i: ,7t?-':'i ;;:;' StX'H. ,J. vf-V' fllbwiI'tTSare estimates ; of s senate committee experts I . of cpmparative tylelds f rom the . revised bill: - - ' v Incomes. . .'. .. . . ' . . .'. $2,207,000,000 War excess profits . . . -2,400.00000 Sstates' or. inheritances. . ...4.75,000,000 ortation and in- ,; :; . - . . ,, 229,000,000 450,009,060 - 54,000.000 740,600,000 123.d0fi.000 73,8664)0.0 :3$,000,000 ': -.sura.nce.. r. . j ,. Beverages ; .. i' . . j. Admissions, and dues . i'. Tobacco.". , i, .7. ? , ir lEJxlfiisei'ta.es..y . ,- ,.k;.-'yj;:: Special taxes si .Stamp 'taxesVviviv',tvW Miscellaneous ftiV';.- FloofV toxeSi7; r. V SS.SCO.cao j Total, estimated . j revenue. : ' . i ... . - i ; V, . . $553,466,000 J TAX BILL THIS STATE LEADS . NATION IN NUMBER OF ILLICIT STILLS Roper's . Report Shows 746 "Moonshine" Outfits Seized Iir North Qarolina. THIRD OF ALL SEIZURES Taxes Fall Heaviry on Corpora tions and Persons of Large Ineomes. ; o Washington, Dec. ' Direct" taxes fell heavily on ' corporations and on persons' having .large incomes and lightly on. the,, great majority of! per sons ea.rnlngyless thanj $3,000 a-year, it was. shown . today by the annual report of. Interna Revenue kCommlsslofter Roper for the year ending; last June 30. Although 2,319,000- persons with incomes of M,00.0"br less in 1917 filed returns, .including many heads of fami lies; having incomes ranging between 91000 and 12,000 which were reportable but not taxable, they were assessed only $22,385,000 in "aggregate, or less than $10 eaeh.5,TOn the other hand, .665, 000 Wdivlduals : Witij incomes of more than $3,000 assessed, $592,813,000. 'Corporation- excess ; profits :,; taxes of $2,045,713,000 came 7 from , 11 7,000 ; con cerns! while 218,000 corporations were assessed Income . taxbs "of l$48.I75,000. tQther;;assiriieni Ay . classes were as profits , tax;3,000 re turns. , $ 8 g,7.31,p00 partnership e.xcess profits- taxes, 37,500 returns,' $93,125,000; munitions . manu facturers, 2,248' returns.- $9,418,Q0. Act ual collection figure's differed slightly fromthe 'assessments. ; , , - Revised reports on -collections' show that $3,694,619,000 was collected from internal revenue including $2,888,999, 000 from income ' and excess , profits taxes, $317.553;000 from distilled spiritfi, $12,6,285,000 from fermented liquors, a total7of ' $ 44 3,83 8,00 0 from all liquors and' $15,6,188,000 from tobacco. ' The year 101 marked the beginning of a new era 'of taxation, commented. Mr. Roper, because the bulk came from income and profits taxes rather then from .liquors as in previous, years. The report deals with the efforts of the bureau to' suppress the illicit man ufacture and sale of' intoxicants under the head, . "Conservation of Manpower ancfc War Materials." "Illicit, distilleries,? the report con tinues, 'numbering 2,288 were ' found principally in the; southeastern sec tions, long notorious for 'moonshining.' Of these seizures . 746, or exactly one third, Occurred ..within the single state of North ' Carolina. Ninety-five per cent of the illicit distilleries were seis ed within the six states of Alabama, Florida, North Carolina, South Caro lina, Tennessee and Virginia. "Besides . illicit distilleries ,seised, 1,849 illicit stills were seized and de stroyed, of which half were discovered inGeorgia and .North Carolina. During the past year 'moonshiners' have been unusually active In the Piedmont sec tion and .in, other localities adjacent to the, army camps , and' cantonments. A special ,orce. of revenue, officers has been employed' to protect the capips from. this demoralizing traffic. Squads of specially , trained officers were -sent to. sections .where , unsatisfactory con ditlons were , reported and they have een. largely successful In keeping the traffic In abeyance.. ,' : . - "Efforts ,to arouse and strengthen publib'. sentiment against, this form of lawpreaking and, to secure the more active 'co-roperatlon- of state and county officers have . met wltht gratifying re sults. ; Pne'iof the most serious impedi ments encountered Is ' the tolerant , at titude "'of- certain, district judges toward this clasjs of offenders. ..Their apparent unwillingness to impose, adequate pen alties? even in flagrant cases where the evidence 'submitted is indisputable, tends to ;nullify the bureau's efforts to enforce the law. ' Fortunately the number ? of Jurisdictions .'., where such conditions exist is decreasing as public sentiment and .grows stronger." r AMERICA KEEPING. dtJIET . -- r ''. AS EX-KAISERS. STATUS :. Washington, ' Dec -. 6. The United States government is , still - standing a. T . 4 '.'JXm 4-UAVaai4Avair I ft. Xt a. over the . possible extradition of the former German emperor for trial." It was said officially at the. state 'depart ment , today that this question had. not been . considered ln : Washington and that" the American irdvernm'ent had 'ex nao.al nnfMnlnlnn nn'th TiiifiUfil- vhaf. I ever.r , . ) Xy- '."'' '.'' -"' ' LINE OCCUPIED BVUS.-: ; ? r THIRD ARMY IN GE8MAXY ; : v'j v-', .-,-' ' . ft-; ifr-i ; .-Washington, "Dec. 6. General Persh- llng's report s to the war department on the progress ff the Ajnerican ' army' of occupation l in - Germany . . Wednesday igt.f6noB'-.';f:; Ong; Its afivaaee into 'Germany, is to-1 lenborn-Daun-RaversheurenRlngelkof." f f v.Tnnmiii. AMTvania -Income.'., 'taxes.. most important vand ithe; lorter-f. '-:" 1?;: panies-Tfncom taies, 4,09ereturhi 29- wtji the" 7 conclusions i reached: -nrVtrl J'ijtj 87S0i indivfdda subject to exbeVst Mr.BaJfottr sAid the British govern-' ' ? Ki ! ! This Sum, the Dally MaQ Says ' ..." A . 1.4' " ' I. .. Is What War Cost British , . Empire. - i PREMIER TO ANNOUNCE IT Will Relieve Taxpayers of 400y- 000,000 Pounds in Taxes Annually. ' BALFOUR TALKS PEACU - ,er'.-;. 7-?' . ' '--?i :,,- Gives Views OnWarious -Proii'$M lems Facing Conference. '3 demand of Germany 8,000,000,000 pound v Vi u . ... x.WMlfu MtllAiU ,VT til. i, I, L ,., sterling for Great Britain and .her:Y dominions as reparation f or . the war, ' according to the Daily MalL The news-? - - . .. - - t . L'loyd-George; the prenal. 1 wiU makeV S this announcenvent in a speech at Leeds iHt ,,.,.;-7: 7. V 7f.:V ' , f I, , today. , This, . the Daily Mail adds, is what ' the war. cost i Great Britain and her. dominions' and -British taxpayers will be refievdVrv406t00O(00Opbiind8 per annum by. the German payment. BALFOUR OUTtlXES VIEWS - m mmm a MfrnnM rvi1 a1 IK J,Jh11 i yVti ! J ; London. Dec. 6,' (By the Associated n PrMi.drl$n:;!S$ftm butlining-hir.'views,:bn'the ' peace .'cbn4 :'t'?:'k!i!j he'thoueht -the'' nfeetlnsr.' if '-'Paris iW'feyMil month would be merely Informal -and v'Vfli' preliminary to theconference of the as h'Vi -ififiiu SOCtatedfi-nvernrnftrttft at rhA flrt iif thi '":W Ml year which ' would - formulate - ail the1 ' important terms of peace' agreemehtsi" ; This '"conference." he added, would be irfen't vhad Hot ft made any fixed 1 ar raugements for' President Wilson to'.. . visit. England as ft would be premature tb?do so until more was known regard Ihe the Dresident's own nlans. ' I The foreign secretary said he bellev-',, ed the question of a league ' of nations was-the most important work imposed' . on the conference.-"- y- ' if ' "The prominence Mr. . .Wilson has given the subject is a valuable con : tribution to civilization," he declared 4-'I think," continued Mr. Balfour, "a this 'war: is to-; produce, all 'the good w? rVf.lllVV! ' A. a. . A. M J A. Hi. JV Mill-. bijibbis to come pui-Of ii,, xne unnea wtates would nave to bear a large snare i nthe work; it involves. It' would, be ;::''fipmh: folly to inarln It ; .possible to . constI-.'.vS;i:;ji.l luxe a. woria wun ssaies onaowea wun equal powers and rights. ; "But I wish to say emphatically in my opinion to devise ; In Conoert work able machinery for them is one of th' ' highest' functions, the. conference' can ' j a - - t . t . ' Referring i. to ' President Wilson' phrase, "make the world safe for demo cracy," Mr.' Balfour said:, 7 vs .; "I do not ' think ..the world can b made safe -for . democracy merely ' by multiplying the number of democratic states." ... 7.i':- - '."-- Mr. Balfour- explained,' that7-.be,? was ii''.!.KrV'iS not ."thtnklng, especially -of .Germahyi S.tV$M'wT mation f in Europe. . , r?--""; 7V l'w::f-;4 Ssi'Vfii' "Wo mnaf nn at mil ma " hai "f Valf K when such , a system 'is created in .eas tern Europe -like that, wrbhr , will bee- impossible. The passions -which arise)! C between neighbbring dembcracles mak '.'; them quite, ai prone to undertake strlf $ as if under other forms of government; It would be intolerable If Europe and America made no' provision agaihit:7-7 i -turning Europe - into a cockpit -torf'P ptr'i s further .wars, J ' '--V iSA h 'H. be required to superintend- and "cCn-fii; trol not only the 'criminal ' ambitions' 1 of great autocracies, but to prevent!., any rash and - inconsiderate countries'' from going to war. ' It is lmpossi&le.' ' t btalk about ; democracy 'except ' for It i countries which -have reached a relatl developed;, Holding th1f view J regard: 'p,; l ? a" league of nations the greatest work , ; A . s ; Asked if Russia would be represented at the peace - conference; Mf.' Balfdur; ; '- s repUed: -.'":; ';';'': ,-v' ". ' -flfA'i-"It fs hard to define what Russia. '. ; -''.7 :-' : is nowJ ' We haVe . no relations v with; -'. ':' .-''.'.. 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Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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Dec. 7, 1918, edition 1
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