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a ca:.;li.: i::::.e k ev. g f af eh, c c ; . gth l oti vz, clc:.::. heliacle- v:::i : ;7; c:z it i:; the c::ehvih ire 10." CHARLOTTE. N. G, MONDAY -MORNING,' DECG.'IBE?, 1918. C" ,'J i;r TiiEin m BccaL-s Paiers - Consistently f Lied Throifshout the War. BOLSHEVISM INCREAS I N G ? , r Half of XBeriirf Will 'Co Up; In ! ; "iSmok,: Whe RealReyolu;. , . : 'rNtlon Starts, Is Prediction.-. ' f , ;..; v, . - I:--' bipedal Cable to' The Observer From V Y Tbo London Times. - - (CoprHcht, till, by Public ldr Co.) The Hague, Dec. 8. Many Dutch- v men who have come from Germany " say . the Germane' art disgusted with ' ' then" owT presa, fwhlcJt. consistently lied to them throughout the war. as . . a result of which they are unable to . " feel confidence any longer. At pres- ent If one were to take German ewa ' paper sUtements at their facevalue,, ' - one might believe that everytblng.was going awImmlngly'foptheTgoyern ' . ment; that tha national assembly- was held In 'almost universal approval; ' that tha extremists wer tflscomnted, ' and , that complete-, harmony existed between:-the soldiers! ,and workmen's 1 7 council and 'the ; government - The V .very klinanlmity theserepreienta-. iV- 4100 fBaakesif. them Suspicions. ;.; ! v "f " 1 Comet:'ifttl4-lIgllC;,' breaks S ..through. iFoi Instance. -HerrGiebel.'i ' .a membeT "of s ... nartv. i sneaklnirJ "the? majority vsoclalWtj r? atEm ,t ,vepresen-i . fFrankf artsr 'Zeitung, e.uestto'i- den. v t nfteJy asked as;towI;.lah:' socialist par- v ty had a malv in th Bern festive- counc U .h nsked 'Where iv re-the- art". ,in.rer'ihBe,eald fey " V, ABwlki'jro.'kera "liadt! firm, but haf prVu therp-ofrwen jprobably an V. - A the hand-? x V.o rsartactxf groups jt s4 WILCCrj ATTEf.D3 CUr.DAY. c:j COAHD CHI? ; ' On Enard V. S. S. Oorc Wash ington, Dec. 8, (By WlreU'sa to tha A&aociated Press.) President Wil son attended religious services this nornintf with .the enlisted men of t iO American forces on board the .Goorgo Washington,. The services wore held in the quarters of the men some distance below decks. The President joined In the singlna; and the prayers and In the recital of the services, y . ;-. . Later, the. President took his. usual y vr&lk on deck and then rest ed, lie did not . work during the dy.V-'--'.'Y :' ' ' :. The George Washington is run ning through smoother seas and encountering warmer weather. ' - ( Ji TO M C'ji. Fl !r I nniiin p VERSAILLES COMED, WIRE FACILITJES Ban. ,of , Organization, of United ;- States ;j Peace Mission Is Shown. onChart; Described j- In Paris Dispatch. Proclamation of President Wil " V son Is Made Public. ,: , ,. 'Barth 'firml. deni. J. itbeexfeinie xrf j r bolsheyism'in rUitfr4-J 1 it w impossioie sy.siow; iar i,n ..( ' menac .of - bolshevWm VJn Crmariy . 4 rests on a basis of faolsr hdvfan it - f is a mere lever, to tort concessions i . "l porta prom wrioua-'" placos. .Ger-iv,- many,-1 am Inclined' to believe ?Jlt is 1 Increasing and wiU continuo, td 3a -. i. crease as whiter proceeds.: One re- '-' , port, is that thera wiU.be. a genera! strike within a fortnight and that an archy then will reign supreme. NaU. j, , urai ir, i am, uneti-tO guarantee rtne - aecOracof rfuch.aforee8t;bl't 1-am Vsoivineed tha' situation v. :te4fwtAg. "t "more" critical than the German press will admit ; . . Persons who toma from Germany . fell me the real revelation has hot yet t . begun and when It does half of Ber ' lln will ascend to heaven in flames. This may be alarmist talk, but if tha bolsheviks ret their way. they cer- 1 , talnly will not atick at trifles. ' ins urernernaven nan puDusnea a report which says the workers on the great ship construction docks have gone over to the bolshevik camp. The paper says if the workers demands A6ks AJI to Enroll During Christ mas Roll Call Week and Help, 1 :ln Work Ahead Washington. Dec. ; 8. Prealdent Witeon,t in a proclamation, made public tyday, calls on every American oi JoM ' the -i; American - Red' Cross Christmas' rollcall week December 18 23, '.'and thus send forth to the whole human, family, tha Christmas greeting i for which, it works- and for which, it stanaa in ' greatest need. . The proc lamation, prepared . by. thr- President before ha (.departed , for r'Buropo, ';folr lOWBly I Sfflt4. - ? r1Vf ' i-t 'i-Tbe iWhlta tfotise , -V Kumncala(pl:;',4 .fOfta-orear agov 2,000,000 'Americans-, by enrolling as members -of the , Redv Cross at-Christmaa .tlmej sontf to the menvwhd were flghtjbg aovr- bat ties ' overseas "a. stimulating ,mssaga tt.'cheer and g6od. wilL They- made itmlear that ur neonle werelf their' xwBf,, free,':jqhoica -,nnited with their government in the determinaUon not tonly: to wago i war- yntivi the instru- neoqr;.:or 'destruction, but t also -by every means' in their power to ' re pair!! the ravages , of the. invader and sustain and renew the spirit of the army and of the homes which they represented. ; The-,-; friends efV ; the American Red . Cross in Italy, Bel gium and. France have told, and will tell again, the story of how the Red Cross .worker restored' morale in the hoealtals, in ihecamoa- and at the cahtonmentsi , a4wai ought ::tv. .be w fnas irj, inry:: oeeoperr wttua. W- aewJc tO'lHoss-whOse sufferings and 'Whose glory are the heritage of humanity. " - 1 "Now, by God's grace, the Red Cross Christmas message of 1918 is to, be a message of peace as well as a message of good will. But peace does rnot mean that 'we can fold our hands. It means further sacrifice. Our membership must hold tocrthp and be Increased for the great tasks to come. We must prove conclusively to an attentive work that America is permanently aroused to the needs of are insisted on, tha builders cannot ac-' Jhe new ravour old Indifference gone cept more orders and the docks will .He idle. . " utiu ,.:.: - Meanwhile dangers, .also threaten Germany from another quarter, it be ing reported in circles frequented, by active : officers of tha army that ex Grown Prince Rupprecht Of Bavaria is drawing together the threads, for a , counter-revolution and 1s trying to se cure the, participation by high officers forever "The exact nature of the future sevice of the .Red Cross will depend upon the program of the associated governments,; but, there is Immediate need today ' for every heartening word and for? every helpful service. We must not forget that our soldiers and our sailors, are still tinder orders and still have duties to nerform of Paris,' Saturday; Dec. 7. -The plan of organisation of the United States peace mission ' which is now tenta tive, but which in Its essentials un doubtedly will stand unchanged shows tha body which- will look out for .America's interests when the world's delegates gather at Versailles as com plete in every detoU.,;;.;;.;:,,, v",, -, The chart of the organization which has - been prepared here ' shows the large American organization headed by the members of the peace 'com mission itself, -with ; the chart lines running from this, group ' to that. of the first secretary, John C. Grew, to the second,, or' liason and diplomatic intelligence group, and the third, the group rof advisors, principally techni cal, with large staffs of assistants,;. Under the liaison and diplomatic in telligence group are-military and na val officers, including tha commander of the American expeditionary forcea, naval . and military attaches and .for eign representatives. Under some of these heads are officers dealing - with the peace commission, delegates of organizations, diplomats' and ceremo nial officers, whose duties, will be along such -Jtnes as the making of formal' calls . and attending to similar mai-tersA- ,-.: w' , i -A. i i '- w One of the two assistant secretaries will have-Within his secretarial, duties the '. panting ;of communications, the distribution of press information, fil ing sbf ; reports... coding 5 matter V i for transmission id, the signal corps and WJrei trmmaja&.ete; :i s'HV-l''- r A ubb,ranch - of ,'the llason - and diplomatic intelligence : b)cers is j a bureau a which American civilian ac ttvitles will .be 'represehtsd such as those--bf Heybert C Hoover, the iood administrator, the' Red Cross, the , T. M. A . the JKhlghta of Commbue, the ICnlght of Pythias, jthe BalvaUon army-and 4ho wa rtrad4 board, ? There 'are vast - staffs a of ' v coding clerks, stenographers, translaters,6on- naennac secretaries, ? ; cartographers, paraphrasers, y message transmitters and receivers. ' TJiere are special cart tographers for western Europe,' south east Africa, Africa n general, Poland and Turkey, which go to show ; the scope of American , interest in the comlnsr dlicuasloriH ?.x' .-"v.,".,-' ? .". .' I '. "i , 1 . '. ... Also Recommends ' Pooling ' of Marine' Cable, Lines.'-' - OFFERS PLAN TO BURLESON Properties, : Not ; Dismembered, ' . Would Be , Turned Back' to . . Private Control Ultimately. wmm mm REcouiiEiiDS In, AhnualRepQrt Secretary of the Nayy Urges Preparedness: to ilcei Demands ;of Peace' fo r 'National .and. International Vgrk on Sea Tells Story of Brilliant Achievement of Amer- Vican Navy in the War; ;SeemIngly. Impossible -Accomplished; SQtDliiir-J 1 ; C i nr Hi ill Ul ittlii.Uw . . . i i a"- WaahlnpfAtt Tti x T.ir.. . tha .i.niini. ..j . .ot the k Washington. Dec.-8 -With a story of - -brilliant achievements of the American, navy. in. the war, Secretary Daniels couples,'; in his annual report made public today, an urgent recom mendation for continued naval expan sion to meet the demands of peace for . national And 'international t work on. the MtL.-' , i :, v " -H Through nearly all of 144 printed pages the ; secretary J tells In brief phrases of the-navys part in' the war, of the doing of xhe seemingly : impos sible through teamwork; He speaks mighty- 'accomplishment or thevmarlne cible lines on throth;iou lVn&Z each with a comnrahensiv nnmtin hip through enemy actionv .ana .he. orMnisaoi ndfr 1 t deyote. a graphic chapter to the. ma- head, is recommended o -Poatmajitjir General Burleson by- Theodore N," VaU, president of "the American Tele graph and Telephone company. - ' ; In hi letter,, made: public today, Mr. Vail said . the noollna .arranen. Went Could be brought about without raTnner-that SS3 I T JJrXSL treaty there, will undoubtedly be-incorporated President Wilson's4 pro posal f or a reduction of , armament rine brigade,' which as all the , world Knows blocxea tne jast Prussian aa vance on Paris, and started the Ger man retreat that.ended.wHh the war. This reference to the' future "con cludes the report: - ' '-The day is not far distant when ,the world will' witness an end of com- w-i CROWN PRINCE PLAYING ; BILLIARDS WITH DUTCH ' PEASANTS MAKES FRIENDS is ATraia ot tverymingj; ana tv ; - erybody and Dreads Influenza : and Other Disease and Death. and the leading men in the. former the highest conseauenoo. and that tt regime. 1 There is nothing improbable Red Cross Christmas membership in this report, since The Vorwaertx means a great deal to them. The says the counter-revolutionary exoess' people of the saddened, lands, more of officers of all ranks is notably in- over, returning home . today where creeping. - , m they have no home must have the as- , A Munich telegram aays Kurt Eis-Isurance that the hearU of our people ner has sent a telegram to Herr are with them in the dark and doubt Ebert and Haase in Berlin, saying the ' f ul days ahead. Let us, so far' as we ministry of tha people's state of Bava- ' can, help them back to faith in mercy !". uu.uuuvij ui mo vpiuiuu mm anci in luiurs nappiness, turned back tor nrivata owners at tha expiration '.of the "period of govern ment "control, . - , , .' "Wnnf ahnilM tna ....1. L . . - " v V caw u Ideal system'ajd Mr. Vail, "can not be done because of existinar lawn, nor would, complete; consolidation be jua- Mnti since- to j unoo a .consolidation system in ita former unltawould lead to unwarranted waste. v i -V' Would Improve Service. r'There are many vthings, however, which could: be xlone which would not produce waste, and Which might, by, improvement of , service, :help to further educate the public- and create an actively, favorablo attitude towards some corelation or . coordination of operation and ; servie with the con trol, and regulation and restriction, through some combination cf gov ernmental;' authority;, and private ownership reoperation, retaining all the . advantages - and incentives of both." ,.. ' - '-.Mr.. Vail, who' is acting as confi dehtlat adviser to Postmaster Bur-1 leson in the control of the wire com munication systems taken over by the government, ;, discussed Hhe: land and marine -wire organization separ ately. If thai. United States, he said Is o become: a commercial and in- i dustrial world center, an 'Americanj cable system Consonant with, the ob ligaUons an, opportunities of the I country mtistL be, orgaoisedri - i i system which will, place, this country uj.vw fit uinmunication wun every to the lowest point consistent with domestic safety , i.t-' "Navies will stlU. be needed as an International police force . to compel compliance with the decree of an in. ternatlonal tribunal which wUl be set up to decide differences between na tions. . , Naval vessels will have large peace '.tasks of survey and discovery and .protection In addition-to police duty of an international as . well as of a national character.; ' '' To Preserve Vm&Z-'s','.'. ."'Inasmuch as the United Stateu is the richest of the .great nations and has suffered less in war than any'ot the allied powers, it will devolve' upon this country to make a contribution to the navy to preserve; Ithe peace of the : world, commensurate with ? its wealth, its commerce, ita growing and expanding merchant marine, and its leadership, in the council of free peo ple. It:, is therefore,, our duty now not,;: Indeed, tp ienter upoi any 1 new and ambitious naval program, but to go forward steadily upon the lines of naval' increase, to which -the country committed itself by the adoption three years ' ago of , - the first far-Teichlng (Continued on Page' Two.) ; Peace Conference jo Be Littered v Deep' With, Them. Various populations in Eastern ;f Austria Engaged In Struggle O . Costing Lives. fir 3. yu JEFFRIES. Special Cable to Hie Observer From ,:TbeIjondon.ThicV; v.-j J (Copyright,ltL by. Tabilo Ugr "",) i : Vienna. Dec. 4 .Vdslv4l. Aiti atach 4enbu;Wl needad in thi eastern poruons or tae former Aus trian empire, where the various popu- country with whichvwe hai 1 . lonf .ae ena " futile strag- to haJmpomlaT J'Z a conference of representatives of the , German governments should be sum moned Immediately In Vienna or in I some , centrally situated place where . unity shall be attained on a program of foreign, and domestic policy. FIRE" RUINS DORMITORY :AT CASWELL SCHOOL Damage Estimated at "between $35,000 and $40,000 Kit ten Causes Excitement Klnston, N. C, l)ec. 8. Flre ruined the main dormitory for girls at the Caswell Training school near here to day. The damage la estimated at be tween 135.000 and $40,000. Super intendent McNairy and a colored la borer were slightly. Injured. , , Rnrenmlnv rlrla vkn . for the dormitory to rescue a kitten f ' Il'ew YorK A message from were held in restraint until the pet 5,nsf Q0, expressing the hope that iww orovgm ouu-.-xne-'BUHdlnr -con' ,r V , s Ulned tha school chapel and aleenlna1 united-in peace as they were in "As president of the Red Cross, conscious in this great hour Of value of such a message from the Ameri can people. I should be a-lad if v American would Join the Red Cross for 1919, and thus send forth to the i whole human family the Christmas I greeting ror wheh it waits and for which it stands in greatest need. (Signed) "WOODRQW WILSON." KING GEORGE THANKS THE PEOPLE OF AMERICA FOR HELPING: IN TH WAR Sends Message tq Be Read at Britain : Day Celebration. - Hopes for Continued Unity Between the Nations. - quarters for many. HERRMANN PREDICTS - - ' V HEYDLER'S ELECTION - w " - Cincinnati. Ohio, Dec. 8. August Herrmann, chairman of the National baseball commission, said today that action would be taken at the National league meeting in New York next Tuesday to, resume the league -schedule and to elect John Heydler presi dent of. the organization. "We are going to ataat right where we were when the war stopped us," said Mr.v Herrmann, x "We- will not icpunui tne game is back upon its oe as war. was read today at a meeting in the Hippodrome arranged as the climax of New York's celebration of Britain day. ' The king's message, read by Alton B. Parker, who presided,-stated that "the people of the British empire Join with me. in thanking you. and those associated with you for your efforts in promoting this celebration, which will, we neiuuiueu aa a pruui or me true and lasting, friendship t of the United States. " K "It will be a particular satisfaction to my navy and army to feel that they have won the esteem of the na tioitvwhlch has sent so jnany gallant men to,, suffer with them the trial oia rooting. We shall vote to resume! the orioriaa afhsi vwn n-.. uea me message . "m tne name , of the British empire, I thank the people of the United States of America, and I pray that the coming era of peace may find out two nations, always united as they are today.'' ... A' message from v Premier Lloyd George read: ?"I am always delighted - with any work . which helps to make our two nations understand one another bet ter. We shall never forget the prompt and decisive (response of the. Ameri can President and people of the allies call: this spring, and .the Invaluable part' played by th Amerlopn navy in helping to free the seafroai the Ger- the Rational league schedule and we shall make John Heydler president in naroe as well aa In fact" ' ' REQUEST OF BETHLEHEM' Jm STEEL COMPANY DENIED ' NW4Ttt',k. Dec, 8. The national '. war labor board' made public here tonight anorder denying the request r the Bethlehem Steel company that . the Jboard's examiners Ue withdrawn from the - company's machine ; shops - and : that it be permitted to ''"make the -nccesfsary . arrangements 'of our ,,'workin forces to meet the new peace time co.'jwUons." ' - man pest, Special Cablo to The Observer From The London Times; -t. ... (Copyright, 1918, by Public Ledger Company.) . t ... The Hague, Dec 8. The Telegraaf publishes an article by Henri Habert, who has been Jn the island of Wier- ingen. The German crown prince, he says, has already made, a great num ber of friends, especially among mem bers of the, local peasant population, with whom he plays . billiards." s He exhibits much politeness towards his new friends, whom ' he frequently treats to beer, and offers cigarettes. He speaks a , little broken Dutch mixed with German words. His fa vorite word is "dag,"j meaning good day, which- he pronounces "tag," whereas the Dutch draw out the word thus, "daag." The peasants try to get . him to talk, but the prince pru dently never speaks of German politi cal anrairs.. . . , . ... Young Wilhelm Hohehzollern, con tinues Habert, has above all an extra ordinary dread of everything connect ed with sickness and death and there fore takes the strictest precautions against Influenza. He is afraid of everything and everybody and his anxiety betrays Itself in his slightest gesture. ' If you make a sudden mo tion with your hand or put your hand in your pocket, the prince's eye fol lows it and he never loses sight of you. He is suffering from severe de pression from which he occasionally endeavors to obtain relief by lying down and letting his friend Goebelitx read aloud to him. According to an eye .witness, he frequently dons his full uniform with all his orders and parades in front of the mirror in his room, after which he again dresses in ordinary - woolen things with checked trousers. - ,;.," . . i He appears already to have recon' ciled himself to his fate. He seems to think he will remain here always and ! often tells the Dutch servant h pects shortly a visit from hid wif children, who then will again , leave ay "these defects were unavoidable him. For they couldn't endure thls m many cases and were remedied as " no aeoiores me lanir . " vrucucaoie." ... .. . . . ...... . . v.ct' uons, ; aeciarea Mr. Vail. "As it- is now, we are on one side of the world system, we, must be made one of me centers or tne world system if we expect lo complete on even terms who ine worm or be. nronnrlv sldered by the countries we wish to ,JCmnicdlat6 Action Needed, The immediate and nreminar n. cessity is for the East Cnaat.Roti, American cable to give this country and the riven Platte countries direct cable communication. . , "There is one thing that calls for immoumie action. The cable situa tion is and has been rmv rnn0.. tion is now the rule and cumulation of business Is at times serious,, and when the activities of the eace con ference are really, coramenoed in Europe, It wUl be greatly increased. "By one trafflo head controlling cable operation and a few slight changes , in the- physical property which could centralize the cable ter minals, as it were, the efficiency can be somewhat increased." For the unification of. the land wires, Mr. Vail suggested creation of three operating divisions, each em bracing the distinctive operation of "telephone service" and "telegraph service" and -"the maintenance and manipulation of wires of systems" as distinct from trafflo operations. Below those divisions the organization could be amplified and arranged to meet the necessities, he said, and the whole should operate under one ex ecutive head ....... FOOD SERVED SOLDIERS PROVED SATISFACTORY - e : . Washington, Dec 8.The food served to the American soldier, both in the camps and in the field, has been "universally satisfactory," Briga dier W. T. : Wood, acting Inspector general of the army, says in his an nual report, made public today, v . It Is admitted that complaints have been recorded regarding some of the clothing equipment, but the report of saddle horses and carriages, which would "fill up the day so well." Not to find this lack too trying he writes and reads much. w:s- CLEMENCEAU MAY LEAD FRENCH PEACE MISSION " Paris, . Dec. 8.- Premier Clemen ceau may act as nresinnnf ni French delegation to the peace con- i ference. It is reported ; that the ' yi.iiv.ivt ficwueni nuson, as neaa of the American delegaUon, has led to this decision on the part of the French premier. It is said that he may select as his collaborators. Cap tain Andre Tardieu, head of the gen eral commission for "France-American war matters, and high commis. sioner to the United States," Jules Harnhnn K n.1 ......... . , . t , . . .-.-. , v.wi; m vine ministry of foreign affairs arid former ambassador to v the United, state. Marshal Foch and tha French minis ters of the navy and labor, Georges Leygues and M." Colllard, respectively. Fop a time the French newspapers were not . permitted to forecast the composition of the French delegaUon but this restriction seema now to have been withdrawn'. Recently the names of , former premiers, Leon Bourgeois and Aristlde Briar, have been men. tioned' in connection with the con ference, and some of the papers have taken them under consideration as suitable delegatearv.-.u,,A.jw-,M.,. JO-JO "SAYS imouay 1 bj; :: the possession of towns and countrv- slde in the areas of debaUble nation ality. -.V; V5f'-. ' There was typical ' useless affray yesterday ' close to . Marchers- - near iPlessburg, The Czechs occupied the onage over tne March and the Hun garians attacked thenu A train hap pened to arrive with returning detach mente from ' Mackensen's army who Joined the Hungarians, using machine guns , and . hand grenades. From Marchegg a , detachment of Germans and Austrian troops hurried up. They also Joined the Hungarians and forced the Czechs to retire.- ' All this bloodshed would have been stopped by the presence of a few allied soldiers probably. . ?; i - The , ancient kingdom' of ; Poland Is at the mercy' of the Ruthenlans who are contemplating new military action for the encircling and starving out of Lemberg and other Pollshtowns. Be tween the, Poles themselves and the Czechs there are germs of discord aris ing over mining possessions and the oil supply. In addition to the larger disputes between the states, punitive states and pseudo states, there has arisen a-craze for auto-determlnaUon, which if allowed to continue wilt lead to chaos. . . Communities are declaring everywhere that they are "speech la lands;" that Is they have a different tongue from those around them, and therefore they must have new self governing institutions. . ; Maps in support of these "speech Islands" are appearing everywhere. These maps are being prepared in great numbers and the peace con ference will be littered . dteep ; with them... ; : . ; ...,."-v Meantime, the disorder and disarray are inconceivable." Those who are trying to wind up the Austrian em pire so that new republics may be made at least to know where they begin and what they own, are making insufficient headway with their task. On the eastern horizon there continu ally hover the jshadow of bolshevlsm. Another of my Lemberg documents is a wireless appeal sent by the so called workmen's and soldiers' coun cil in Moscow which is being carefully circulated by the Ruthenian forces that tried to master Lemberg. ' The Austro-German republic will be represented at the peace conference by a mission whose head will be Dr. Franz Klein, a well known writer on legal questions. ..'He maintains that, if free trade is not adopted among all the new states the Austrian empire will be dissolved and there- will be ruin all around. Dr. Klein makes general appeal for the German-Aus-j trlans to Bohemians to allow those wealthy manufacturing portions of the Bohemia which the former claim as German to Join the German-Austrian states, "Otherwise,"! he says, ; ; "we shall become a mountain state, with ! the city of Vienna Irixita midst" Such a state .il physical impossibility. : j Telegrams from Vienna announce arrival at Imst of two trains contain-1 ing UrltUh troops. Imst ta 80 miles i west of Innsbruck.- FRENCH, PRISONERS SHOT IN PRUSSIAN PRISON . Partly, cloudy? today; probably rain The fellow with a hard cheek, real ly has no- business to Jia thlq skinned, ' - ' . - . . Paris, - i Dec 8. (Havas.) Nine French prisoners were shot by the Germans, and 15 other: prisoners se riously wounded at the prison camp In Langensalza, Prussian Saxony the Spanish ambassador at Berlin reports. The behavior ' of 'the prisoners did hot in the ! least Justify the severity : of Ot his act of repression, it, was declared, - The French ' government l( is in dicated, is resolved to demand re paration for-this act of tha Germans, which will b added, to t the already long list of occurences of this and aim liar, nature. ... , r U. S. BATT Premature, Occupation Due' to Request of Germans. Main American Army Continues ; Its Advance In Germany In the Usual Manner. American Army of Occupation, Dec. 8. (By the Associated Frew.) A battalion of the Thirty-ninth infan try left Treves by train 'today tor , Coblena, a four hours run. The -pre mature, accusation : ef Coblenz is due to tho 'reciuest of .the OMmejUlaW ities, who are apprehensive of the con ditions that might prevail there after the withdrawal of Jrne German forces, This is the first time the Ameri cans , have utilised railway trains for their advance into the territory from which the Germane have withdrawn. The main army continues its ad vance in the usual manner and last night had reached the general line of Geldsdorfau, , Mayen, Kloenlg and Bchwarden. All reports continued to indicate that the Germans were with drawing in an orderly manner and that the inhabitants of the villages occupied -by the Americans were re fraining from any antagonistic acts. It was not expected that there would be any trouble at Coblena and the appeal by. the burgomaster ' to send troops was denied until It was supplemented in writing by the retlr ing military commanders. .' AMERICANS MARCH ALL f DAY TOWARD COBLENZ BY HERBERT BAILEY. ! Special Cable to The Observer From - , The London Tunes, n 4 . .-.-tCopyrlght, 11, by Publlq Lodfter Ca. The American. Army, rDec 8.- American troops have been 'march ing all day in the general direction of Coblenz. They have been received everywhere ; with the usual resigned attitude by the people. The women seem to feel their, position more keen ly than the men. There are many averted faces as the troops pasa - The Americans are' working in co operation with the burgomaster of Treveas Inquiry- by the Americans reveals there are sufficient food sup plies in the territory occupied, only the. quality. Is poor. 1 The - Treves Landes Zeitung devoted a four line Item to the entry .of the American troops in its last, issue. : : ,''0 '' ,'"';'-,'''',.'.f:' ADVANCE ! 0F AMErMa? THIRD ARMY CONTINUES f Washington, Dec? 8. General Per shing's communique Jor 1 yesterday gidt 'w'.r;vv& ? "Section A The third .American army, continuing Its advance into Ger many, today reached the general line Rupperath-Boos Kempernich-Mayen-Gr etmersburg-Sl mmern-Kel lenbach. i "Section B -There Is nothing to re port in this section." ; "':"" -.:--v,,;;j,', e"'.:v' ttniif-.;i.i :k'.tvA CHILE CONSIDERING . . - OFFER' OF MEDIATION 601 KM rvnen; U ULII Dozen'orJ More persons Ki:!:d,; 'Including Sevcrii'Crli ; NEWSPAPER PLANT :. STORED ; Leaders .'of Insurgent Forces, - Armed With Hand Weapons,' Are Detained 1 ' " . ' f Santiago, Chile, Saturday. Dec. t; The council - of ministers has under consideration the offer of the United States of mediation in the question of the provinces of Tacna and Arica, in dispute with Peru. The ministers will confer on Sunday' on this subject with the committee of foreign affairs of the senate and chamber j of com merce. "Opinion in the Congress ap pears to be divided as to the proce dure to be employed, but all seem agreed that a difficult Solution would be speedily reached. , ! A. Santiago dispatch. Saturday' re ported the tender of - the officer of mediation by the United States - by Joseph II. Shea, the American am bassador. it was also indicated by Bueaos Aires advices that the United States had. made known to Argentina tat the . Washington . government would be willing tp offer intervention In the Chilean-Peruvian -controversy Jointly with Argentina, : it was j ad dressed that President Irigbyen had accepted the invitation and instructed the diplomatic agents of Argentina in Chile and Peru to this effect y.,-w,i-.;,rSi( ,".. ...,. Zurich,' Dec 8 The casualties li . the fighting at Berlin Friday arounM " to 180, according to latest. Boillo ad- . vloee received here. Saturday, - T) Spartacus or j-adlcel-racialist group ,. . are reported to be defending with ma chine guns, three sections - of the " ' . suburbs of Berlin. J V .Berilnl; Saturday Dec. t-By! the Associated Press. )--The ' rioting of. Friday in Berlin, it ba mysterious raid- ' on the executive Committee of th .: . .', soldiers'' and-workmen's-council "and : -the .demonstration by-Soldiers and.' '-' -sailors on behaU of Chancellor Ebeft v- ' When he. waa, acclaimed as presidehtt , f thei'tepublfe but :-cj' aside th ' ' hbnor, have widened the existln g gaps' vj , between the Vings of Wclat democc . . racy; which seems ' now more' thai ever hpoelessly 'divided. ' 1 ,"i . t . - s- - Political onlookers are - wondering today whether the .Ebertand Haasei v, ; factions: have reached-the parting, of, the ways, and are asking what will . 1 the :attHudeof the' Berlin?-. r,egiftjeqt ' from the front when. hey arrtveiomo.; , -nextveek.:'.. tJ i .vl Berlin, Saturday, Dec." By "th ht Associated Press. j-i-The cfeish be.-i , tween government troop and follow : ',. era of the 8partacus, or-rudioal group; '., resulted in "from 13' to 16 t person. . being killed,, according ta various x- t ports. :The number of-wounded-is not expected to exceed fifty. Several ' girls who Ware passengers on a street , car were among those- killed. . , , ' ; . It appears that the audience fromf -, one of the three .meeting of de serters from the army was marching, northward -ln ChaUssee Strasse to join the audlenpe'from a meeUng held in a hall . further north. The fussiler- guards jVere drawn up at the-Jnter-. "' section of . In vallden Strasse , and ..tiw , 1 commander warned the people to dis-v , -perse.' , Thefavcher . were - crylngr;. ', , Fiorwajrd. The soldier won't shoot neiemMekr'cicher tried to pierce the lines, whereupon the order to fire, was givenw Besides the . ' wounded, several were badly .hurt. , rushing through broken show win-, dows seeking cover. , ; , - J" A. group of soldiers stbrmed the editorial rooms of Karl Liebknecht'a newspaper and attempted to destroy the plant Frustrated in 1 their raid f on the newspaper: office by govern- ' ment orders, the soldiers then at-- i tempted to arrest the members of th . . executive committee of the soldiers' and workmen's council, the soldiers v apparently laboring under the mlsap ' -prehension that their officer had been; ordered by the government tq mak r the arrest C af 5' ': . Meeting la Held. ., This occurred at the same hour ai -the clash , between thq 1 government i troops and the Spartacus insurgents. , , The executive committee. was holding, a meeting. In , the formet Prussian;-." house of deputies, f The chamber waa invaded by the armed forces and ft demand made for the surrender of. - . the council of twenty-eighth in the ; ' name of the "Ebert-Haase government.' . . People's Commissioner Berth, who also is a member of the commission." faced the invaders wjth a challenge " for their authority. , ' V ". " Meanwhile, inquiry ' was, made at government headquarters and resulted in the detention of the leaders of the. insurgent forces, who were armed ' with band weapons and flame throw ers, for the purpose of establishing responsibility for the attempted revo lution. j. It developed ' that the v men -, had been Invited-by unattached om- -cers to meet at a given hour at the ; Brandenburg gate for the purpose or ,,? raiding and overthrowing the soldiers' -and workmen's committee, " as such action, -they were told,, was demanded, ? in the interest of the Ebert-Haase government and furthermore that it was certain to meet with public ap-. , Raid Proved Fiasco. - . . , . CThe 'raid proved a- complete fiasco , a did also a similar attempt an hour later, which apparently was planned ., by 'Dr.'Llebknecht's followers, aa it was announced at. their meetings. . Ybsterday evening - Berlin ..foot guards and. sailors marched to th former chancellor's house and calied1 , out - Premier Ebert, ,who made a. speech; urging 'the men to keep the ' mlliUry unit intact for the purpose of responding-to hurry calls. Pre mier Ebert was cheered aa tha comlntr, president ofthe German republic. Ho inodestly declined to seriously con r aider the proposition, urging that th cabinet for the present was concerned in problemi' of v immediate- urgency, : such as the foedW situation and de mobillsaUon.'. , " -" The streete'jtontght are deserted the, University lo-closed. as ita build-; tugs on the Unter'.Den Linden have , beeh requislUoned tor the, purpose ot quartering troop there. -, - GERMAN MINISTER MADE TO RESIGN BY"f'RED3" ' Munich, Saturday,". Deo 1. A crowd of armed - soldiers last night went to the residence of the minis ter of interior and after forcing an entrance, ;? demanded the mlntiit r a resignation,; which he concedd. Revolutionist -j also - storm'1 r newspaper offices except cr , 1 withdrew Bcveral hours Lit earnest request ot the premier, Kurt Eisner, who 1 to the scene., Herr Aeur, the mint .'--r 1 1 ignation was demanded, two minutes to decide at t of a revolver. Ke -aas the 1 -to put his res' -itlon la At first ha wrote: "I iiave bt n 'o re 800 armed mt I t r v forced to rer' 1 tri t of interior. I t ' 0 1 (Cor