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I - - , .. T" T "r 7 "v vt Ik' A s-' A i-'-k k4 M W . fcUc 1 LAU .- - A CAROLINA K0::,' NEWSPAPER, CONSTRUCTIVE CLEAN. BELIABLE-"VHEN YOU SEE IT IN THE 03SERYEH TPS SO." FOUNDED 1869 CHARLOTTE. N. C, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1918. TRICE FIVE CE?iT3 JlSffilO si mm Taken From the Files of the De--s ' partment of Justice ( IN ; PROPAGANDA INQUIRY Telegram Rejating to Famou Zimmermann Note Among Those Read to Committee.' Washington, Dec. I0.Coples of In- V trucUowi j telegraphed f by . William Randolph Hearst to the editors of bis newspaper ana of other messages re f celved . and dent by him at Palm Beach, Fla early In im, iuBt before V the United Statea entered the war , were read today Into the record of the senate committee Investigating brewers' and German propaganda. 7 They were taken from the files of -the department of Justice and given j to the committee by A. Brace Blelaski, .. . chief of the bureau of Investigation. Mr. Hearst's messages directed that editorials advocating embargo on snip ' mnnta of munitions and food to al- lies be prepared for his New York , papers: Instructed that a "referendum peace vote" in, an election aisirici in each city where .Hearst organs were printed, be taken... and that Windsor . McCay prepare a cartoon for , The m New York American, showing the United States and Germany shaking their fists at each' other and a huge :t Jan bendlnt forward awaiting to i strike "Uncle Sam'n the back. Measase Slimed "Doctor." Others 6f the telegrams related to the famouateimmerman note In which Germany proposed an alliance -with ' Mexico and Japan and which - the ' Associated Press revealed to the wdrld. One message, signed "Doctor" and sent from Palm Beach, said the note . probably was a forgery prepared by the attorney general "to frighten , - Congress Into giving tHe President the powers he demanded and perhaps also into passing tne espionage om. This telegram was dated March 2, and was sent after 'fVan Hamm" at New York had telegraphed Hearst at Palm Beach a copy "of the instruc tions as sent by Dr. Alfred Zimmer mann,' German foreign secretary, to German Minister yon Eckhardt , in " Mexico through Von BernetorflV now In possession of the united states goT . rnmit .. . ' - r4 f..K.-i4' "...! ' Oft Marchr.tmlbO.'ot The New York American, also sent Mr. Hearst a telegram saying that !'8ena- tor Swann (Swanson of Virginia) an nouneed in senate this morning that he was authorised by the; President to state that the Zimmermann note to Mexico was textually correct. Lan sing made same announcement from " state department," and asked, "Will - you outline such editorial as you want printed 7" " Dr. Hart Heard, Before the telegrams were read into the record, the committee neara ur. Albert Bushneil Hart, of Harvard uni versity, whose name was contained Jt- in a "list of important,; names" found in the diary of Dr. KitJ F. Feuhr, a German propagandist Dr. Hart, who has two sons In the army, entered an emphatic denial of pro-German tendencies and declared he was strongly anti-German before and after the United States entered the war. Message from, Ellhu Root and Charles W. EUoft vouching for Dr. ' Hart's Royalty, were received by Chairman Overman and placed in the record. , . In the senate during the day Sen Wator Hitchcock delivered a prepared address1 explaining his attitude to ward the shipment of munitions to the allies before the United 8tates ntrd the war. He had been men agents as favorable to this proposal. Senator Hitchock recalled that bis at tltude on the subject was well known since he had introduced a bill to make such shipments unlawful. Like of.-r. Americans, he said, his views1 had undergone a change. He first favored . peaceful neutrality, he said, then armed neutrality, and finally a declaration of war. The committee adjourned today. un til Friday, when German propaganda will be further inquired into, it was saldY , Witnesses will include Deputy Attorney General Becker, of New York and Francis Garvin, of the bu reau of investigation of the alien prop, erty" custodian's office. t l Hearst Messages, Among the messages received and sent by Hearst and others read into the committee's record today was one from The Vossische Zeitung, of Ber- , lin, sent via Sayvllle. N. Y February 22, 19 days after the United States severed diplomatic relations. -It was v .addressed ;---- --,.-.,..;:;.; - J 'William Randolph Hearst, the Breakers, Talm Beach, Fla." and said: "Since rupture relations Reuters mis representations more than ever un controllable. Kindly ' cable brief statement precise situation opinions - leading American . circles. ., Many thanks beforehand." On February 24, Hearst sent this message to Mr. Carvalho, of The New York American; "Don't you think we should print in New York the dispatch from Vqs slsche. Zeitung which query reads as -: follows: A ; ;,r Ss.vvvv..?'-' " 1 note - (probably quote meant) since rupture relations Reuters mis presentations more than ever uncon trolloble&i Kindly : cable brief state ment precise situation.' My reply In ' New York?-'-'f.;"fi- er--.v . On the following day, February 25, Hearst sent this message to Carval- . ho? :Jr.-r',..:u-Kr "Use 8tartSpang1ed Banner in all . morning papers. : Do not print ,Vos sicho Zeitung message.";:': '-'':'.:' Message as to Zimmermann Note. The message regarding the Zim mermann notes, signed "Doctor,", read as follows,' In .part; ;;,; :?,"i;vv;: -y&: "Agreo with Francis, Zimmermann note all probability absolute fake and i forgery, .prepared by very unscrupu lous attorney general's, very unscrupu ious department, f Everybody Knows .Ihatthe secret police are. the most '(Continued on Page Two.) URGES TAKING FULL ADVANTAGE OF WORLD TRADE OPPORTUNITIES To Give Effective Aid to American Manufacturers and Merchants in Realizing Fully the Post-War Advantages, Secretary Red field, in His Annual Report, Recommends 'Expansion i of Bu- ,. reau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce Intra-Coastal Waterways Approved. Washington. Dec. 10. Expansion of the bureau of foreign and domestic commerce to enable it lo give effective aid to American manufacturers and merchants In taking full advantage of after-the-war world trade opportuni ties Is the chief recommendation of Secretary Redneld in his annual re port made public todays . ; The secretary also reiterates his ap proval of the proposed development of a government-owned intracoastal waterway to link up the great cities of the east, from the lakes to the coast and down the Atlantic seaboard. Dealing with post-war traae ana me part the bureau of foreign and do mestic commerce can play, the report mnhidiM eanecially the need for ad ditional commercial attaches and trade WiniHiawvuQia. ww. I in favor of the United states ior ine MAYORS SPEAK Heard at Sessions of Southern ' Commercial Congress. Discuss Inland Waterways and Latin-American Trade Devel opment After War. Baltimore, Md Dec. 10. Develop ment of trade with the Latin Amer ican countries and the improvement and further construction of inland waterways were leading features in the discussion of after the war prob lems and reconstruction by governors of western and sduthern states and mayors of seaboard cities before the various sections of the southern com mercial congress today. - At the session of the house of gov ernors tonixht Gevernor Emmet Boyle, vof Nevada," declared that-Xf the western enirit prevailed in the south, 'the land between Baltimore and New Orleans could not be dupli cated in any other territory In the country." Governor Boy! e told how the barren, arid and unused lands in the west had in recent years been converted into fertile and productive territory and .pointed out to the southerners the opportunities pre sented for similar work throughout the south and southwest Governor Richard I. Manning, of South Carolina, said "thjs time is now ripe in the south to realize our re sponsibilities and - solve the great questions that confront us. We have made rapid strides during the prog ress of the war and we must con tinue to advance. But the stamp of illiteracy stands against us. It is a lln ana a sname. Jt nas oiocKea our Progress materially. We must rem edy the underlying principles, in: our program of advancement we must seek a better of education, road build ing and other things that tend to uplift the south. If the states cannot carry on an educational program suc cessfully, let the government inter cede. Even at a loss, federal control of education ' would do -wonders to assist the south in its wide program of development" A meet of ' delegates interested In dressed by S. Guyt McLendon, newly elected , secretary of Georgia, who represented Governor Hugh M. Dor sey, told or a plan to estaousn a col ony of Slavs in Georgia. . Congressman Stuart F. Reed, of West Virginia, in an address to the congrens, took exception to the pro posal for a league of. nations which was advocated by former President Taft yesterday before "the congress. "We must beware of . this league of nations,'! said Congressman Reed, "for it is a serious problem when we are invited to emerge ourselves to. an alliance that makes our America the victim of racial prejudice,, Amer ica should take no subordinate peace. We have shown ourselves the lead ers Of the world. Representatives of the allied nations appealed to us to save them. And we are not ready to surrender this supremacy of the world, that is ours. : - "That is a dangerous matter for a few men around a table to prepare a peace for all times.:: We do not want to lose the supremacy that came to us through the war." . ; . "Americans can, congratulate them selves that Kthey can - look forward and face the financial future with courage, faith' and optimism," said W. P. G. Harding, governor of the federal reserve board, in an address today before the southern commer cial congress.- - , . "Just as soon as the war financing is cared for," Mr. Harding added, 'our thoughts will be turned to com mercial and industrial development. We can look forward to what is to comee with a spirit of optimism." Mayors of many of the cities along the Atlantic seaboard and gulf coast met today in conjunction with ' the commercial congress, and decided to form a permanent organization, the chief purpose of which is to -urge the construction of an intercoastal canal .connecting New England and' the south. , k . t . , ', ' , BATTALION ARRIVES AT GREENLEAF FROM . SEVIER ' Camn Greenleaf. ; Chickamauga Park, GaTTDec. 10. The first battalion of the 89th infantry; 'consisting of 25 officers and 200 men, arrived at camp today from Camp Sevier, Greenville, 8. C.,, under -command of Major A, K. Legilre. ' The "detachment was formerly a parr of the 2tj division, organized at Camp Sevier. GOVERNORS AND P 0 U FAVORS AN fiscal year 1918 was $2.82.22,238: the total of the merchandise export trade was $6,128.285. 41 and of the import trade 2.46,O6l,40J.S ; "Measured by the economic needs of the country and by the grave re sponsibilities of post-war competi tion," the report says, "the bureau should be expanded substantially In every branch of service. "New attaches should be assigned to a number of Important, capitals, especially Athens, Rome, Madrid, Ottawa. ' Mexico City, and Santiago, Chile. We should also establish at the earliest possible moment resident trade commissioners in, Sweden, Nor way, Great Britain, France, Greece, Switzerland, Russia, Mexico, Bolivia, Uruguay, Brazil, Colombia and Vene- t, t-. m : ivonunuea m jts- " Says National Security League May Be Menace to'Congress. Elihu Root and Other Well Known New Yorkers Are Members. BY H. E. C. BRYAXT. Washington, D. C, . Dec. 10.In supporting today the resolution to in vestigate the National Security league, of which Ellhu Root, and other prominent New Yorkers are members, on a . charge that it had been persecuting congressmen, . Rep resentative Pou, Mf North Carolina said, "Most , of . the members of the house are familiar with the activities of themuonai Becumy ,MTJexyctaLrt appear thatthiaan wganl of the state of New York which has undertaken to pals, in" a large meas ure, upon the fitness of the members to sit in this body. But for a tew things that-have developed' in the course of the Iprelimlnary Investiga tion, the National Security league would not be of sufficient importance to lustlfv an Investigation, but it At. v j. m i anneared that a large amount of money was raised and expended by this oriranlsatlon. I heueve it is aa mltted that something over a million ..dollars was raised Vy the gentlemen who have charge of this organization. That is a large amount of money, certain gentlemen, who stand high in the esteem of the people or this na tlon. have lent their name to the organisation. Now the organization has " undertaken . to prescribe a cer tain standard by which men must stand or fall in this body. "If they attain to the stand of this organization they get a clean bin of health. If they fall to reach the standard of this organization, the or ganlzation goes into' the districts of those men to accomplish their de feat, if possible. That fact, accom panied with the names of the gentle men who have lent tnem to tnis or aanization. presents quite a serious question.. It .matters not how hard a man may work here, how patriotic he may have been, unless he comes up to the standard or this organiza tlon, he must go down in defeat. , "It is no light matter in an hour like this to have a man s patriotism or his loyalty '.to - his country im pugned. I will not say loyalty, be cause if I am not patriotic, I am nothing. I do not want "any man to call me loyal. Loyalty keeps me out of jail. .' Patriotism is my love for my country and my flag, a love that Is willing to give all, life itself, if neces sary. "Isay this would not have been such a series matter if it had not been for the powerful names behind, this organization, and the great amount of money they have been able to raise. If they' go before the people with clean hands they need not fear an investigation. If there is a sinister purpose behind this organization, if it shall develop that some man . is using this organization to start propaganda here for a selfish pur pose, then the people of America are determined to have the investigation in order . that the whole . truth . may out' . ' -- : .;,:::;;;. SAYS GREAT BRITAIN AND AMERICA CAN AGREE NOW Roosevelt Says . Universal Arbi- tratiori Treaty Between the Nations Is Now Possible. . , New York, ' Dec. 10. That the United States and Great Britain could today agree to a universal arbitration tneaty which would make war 'be tween the two nations impossible for all time is the opinion expressed r by Theodore Roosevelt in a letter made public here today, to George Haven PutnamM president' of the "American Rights league. - ' . - "I am now prepared to say what Ave years ago I would hot have said," the former President wrote. "I think the time 'has nome when the United States and the British;: empire: can agree. to a universal arbitration treaty. In other words, I believe that the time has come, when we should say that under: no ctrcumataYrces shall there ever be a resort to war. between. the t United States and the British empire, that no. question can ever artse be tween them that cannot be settled In judicial fashion, in some such manner as questions between states of our own Union would be settled." , ,v FDiiriGE READY TD RFRFIUF 111 s iiaWkii as ' . aa i w s q American and French Warships to Meet His Ship Friday. PORT. OF BREST IS READY French Ministers to Extend For mal Welcome as President Steps on French Soil. Brest, France, Dec. 10. 4 p. m. (By the4 Associated Press.) The steam ship George Washington, carrying President Wilson and the American delegates to the peace congress at Paris, was reported by the naval wire less as passing the Azores at 1 o'clock this afternoon. All on board wereH well after the stormy weather through which the presidential liner passed. Preparations for receiving Presl' dent Wilson here have been complet ed. The progress of each step taken by the American visitors is followed with eager interest. The first plan of sending an American dreadnaught fleet seaward has been changed. Ac cording to the new plan the fleet will go out early Friday to encounter the American party a short distance off the coast French warships also will take For eign Minister Plchon, Minister of Ma rine Leygues and Andre Tardieu French high commissioner to Amer ica, for the first greetings by an ex change or salutes. - French officers have arrived from Paris to make llnal reception arrange ments. The George Washington draws too much water to enter the inner harbor. so it will anchor about a mile Off shore. ' An American party, conslstlnsr of Generals Pershing and Bliss, Admiral Benson, Admiral Henry B. Wilson and Col. E. M. House, then will board the liner and bring the President and Mrs. Wilson ashore aboard a naval tug. 'ma French ministers will extend a formal welcome to- the American President as he sets foot on French soil. To Land Friday P. M. J The George Washington is expected landing of PesidenTWilson R for 1 1 f'einru il h -fti.S,,t a ior o clock in the afternoon and he to arrive aoout noon Friday. - i This schedule would leave less than an hour for ceremonies here, which neeessarUy will be restricted; althoughi tne areton peasantry it gathering from, miles around to give Mr. Wil son an enthusiastic greeting. President Wilson will drive direct from the quay to the depot, passing along the Cours Dajot, a splendid terrace overlooking the harbor. The populace and soldiers and sailors will be massed along the Cours, an if time permits there will be a brief address of welcome by the mayor and a re sponse by. the President. The presidential train will proceed slowly, stopping some during the night so as to arrive at the Dauphine sta tion in Paris at .10 o'clock Saturday morning. URGE WRITING - LETTERS FULL OF HOME FLAVOR Baker and Training Camp Com . mission Want Home Folks to Send Messages to Soldiers. New York.t Dec.-. 10. An appeal to the people of the country to make a concentrated effort to "break down the barrier created by three thousand miles of ocean" between American troops and their homeland by writing "letters full of the home flavor" was made here today Jointly by the war department commission on training camp activities and Secretary Baker. Secretary Baker, in a letter to Mr. Fosdlck,: of the commission, declared the postponement of the home-coming of soldiers would often be. upper most in their minds, and that perhaps now more than at any other time these soldiers needed to be inspired and strengthened; "I believe that among all the Influ ences which may be focussed upon this object," Secretary Baker wrote, "the strongest and most far-reaching is that which emanates from home letters, and :I therefore-urge the la thers, mothers, wives and sisters of our soldiers overseas to express them selves earnestly In , their letters as their share in seeing that the hleh standards ' which America represents both here and abroad shall be con stantly upheld."-. ; , J0-J0 SAYS Rains and 'warmer , today; fair and cooler Thursday. Set a thief 4o atrh-a thief and he Will AMERICAN SHIPS CARRIED 46 PERCENT OF TROOPS, WHO rWERE SENT ABROAD United States Furnished Nearly 83 Per Cent of Total Strength of Naval Escort Convoying Them. - V New York, Dec 10. With, the navy department's consent, the office of Admiral G leaves, commander of, the cruiser and transport force,- made public tonight figures showing exactly the proportionate share or troops con veyed to Franco in American vessels. Of the entire army of 2.079,880 men taken over, the statistics show, 4U per cent were carried In American ships, 48 ft In British,' and the bal ance in French and Italian vessels. Of the total strength of the naval escort guarding all these convoys, the United States furnished 82 per cent. Great , Britain -14 V per cent and France t per cent , In actual numbers of men trans ported, 912,081 were carried in Amer ican naval transports and 40,499 . in other American ships; 1,006,987 were carried in British bottoms and 68.248 in British leased Italian ships; and 62,000 by French and Italian ships. From May,. 1917, to November 11, last, there were 891 sailings of Ameri can naval transports,, 12 J of other American troop ships,. 646 of British ships, and 82 or other ships. Not a single soldier of those carried in Unit ed States naval transports were lost. Returning Soldiers F.ollow "Kaiser-True" Suggestions? Contradictory Dispatches Indi cate Great State of Agita tion in Berlin. Special Cable to The Observer From The London Times. , (Copyright, 1111, by Public Ledrer Co.) The Hague, Dec. 10. German sol diers returning from the front to Berlin express themselves as feeling the .need of a, dictator. How far these soldiers are acting In response to mill tarist "kaiser-true" suggestions is not jpjear U is though tIhat probably these elements prompted the soldiers GERMAN TROOPS WANT DICTATOR iirilto offetaha-nresidnecy to Ebext. The T0" ta wldespread.in Uerlin , that tftha extremists Icould !,. v.. .n - two yachti return tothe former state of thingiiand tw0 tuw Ml th, total loss of Ufa vunuin ranv in mnv xiirm nr numraL Ti VK. t0-n "TO- PverB:1 mens wnjen proHiweu iruoKnu tihe list as "mysteriously disappeared." property j whether monarchlal or-oih erwise. ,. ' . . rS . - ' London, Dec. 10. Agency dispatch es today are contradictory but Indicate that Berlin is still in a great state of agitation and, in addition to the counter-revolutionary coup in Ham burg which failed, another such move ment is reported in progress in Pots dam. Increased attention is given Prince Henry's proclamation of a royalist party. Pan-Germans "are also reviv ing an agitation for Reventlow, mak ing a disparaging attack on the kaiser. The red flag is reported to have disappeared in Potsdam, where a, secret movement of troops is causing excitement in Berlin. An article entitled "Another Ger man Protest" In The London Times of Tuesday says: "The ink is hardly dry on Germany's signature to the armistice before she began to clamor against the terms she so prudently accepted In order to save hnr undefeated armies from destruc tion. She has continued the process ever since without regard either ror her own dignity or common truthful ness.". k "'' -r.t.i .'. .,,;: The article points out that the de mands of Admiral Browning were in entire harmony with the terms of the armistcle as a close perusal Immedi ately indicates. , The Times' article concluded: "Such a mixture of bluster and whimpering as Germnay's attitude is not prudent She should remember ner position which she- brought on herself. She nnnt hullv any longer and---would Axclte more sympathy if she bore her disgrace, with sometnmg nae maniy .and reticent self constraint that France exhibited in 1871." HEYDLER UNANIMOUSLY CHOSEN NATIONAL CHIEF Veteran Baseball Official Suc ceeds John K. Tener- Toole and Brown Mentioned. New York, Dec. lO.Johtv A. Heyd ler was elected presidents secretary ball league, at its annuavWetlng here I - Mr. Heydler was unanimously elected for a term "r three a term "r three years. He had been acting president since the resignation of John K. Tener last summer. He had acted as president once previously, after the death of President Pulliam in -1909 until his successor; Thomas J. Lynch, was elected. He is thoroughly conversant with every detail of the national game, having been connected with the nationalleague executive office for the past 15 years. ' Mr. Hedler was born at La Farge ville, N. T., July 10, 1889. His first professional experience in Dasenau was a National league umpire in 1898, when the doublerumpire system was nrsi established. vraor to mav ne was a writer en SDOrtlng " Life and The Washington Star and subsequently he was sporting editor of The Washing - ton Post. , In 190 Zt at the request of President Pulliam, he compiled, tne National .league averages for that sea son and became the president's private secretary in l903. t;In, 1907,-when the offices of president-secretary-treasurer of the National league were split, Mr. Heydler was appointed secretary, a position he has filled ever slnee. t -Prior to the election of President Heydler. two other names were in formally discussed but neither was put in nomination. These were John C. Toole, a lawyer? of this city, who for years hat been the legal adviser, of some of the i leaaue members,- and Robert- Brow-ew8paper m an. . or Ijouinvllle, Ky. - , FEilCi El! IIL TD EXPRESS THEIR GHATITUD ONLY 44 VESSELS OF THE UNITED STATES IVY LOST VHILE NATlOf Only Three of 12 Ships Tor pedoed Were War Craft. Three Ships Lost by Mines. Daniels Reports. Washington, Dec. 10. Only 44 ves sels of the navy, including army and cargo transports manned by naval crews, were lost from the declaration of war, April 6, 1917, until hostilities ceased November 11, and' only 12 of these were destroyed by enemy sub marines. A This is revealed by an appendix to the annual report of Secretary Daniels made public today, only three of the 13 ships torpedoed were war craft, the destroyer Jacob Jones, sunk December 6, 1917, with a loss of 62 lives, and the coast guard cut ter Tampa, sunk September 6, 1918, with a loss of 112 lives, and the armed yacht AJcedo, which carried down 20 JUVII. Three shins lost by mines included only one war craft, 'the armored cruiser Sandiago, which went down off Fire Island, N. Y.. Inst July 19, with a loss of 60 lives. This was the only loss of life on ships destroyed by mines, but a total of 678 men on tor pedoed ships were drowned or killed by explosions. These included 40 men on two ships, the transport Mount Vernon, and casgo carrier West Bridge, which were towed to port and repaired. Fifteen ships, including the destroy ers Chauncey and Shaw, the, subma rine F-l. four submarine chasers, the coast guard cutter Mohawk, the cruis er Schurs, the yacht Waklva I. L, and the patrol boat Tarantula, were lost in collisions. The other vessels of l-tke fifteen were cargo carriers. The Hotal loss of life was 77. A . Fourteen vessels: Including the col lier Cyclops, were given under the -head of miscellaneous sinkings. These Included three submarine-.. chasers. - was 341 Tha Cyclops a given In m- - r i One of ; th patrol boats was sunk by German short batteries while one of the submarine " chasers was "shelled by mistake.: Two of the ships were destroyed by internal explosions. A total of 151 American merchant vessels were lost between August, 1914, and November 11, 1918. Sub marines accounted for 1S9 of these, mines five, and enemy raiders seven. Naval casualties, in the enlisted personnel from April 8, 1917, to last November 16, were 1,121, Including 65 men of the U. S. S. Scorpion in terned at Constantinople. The sum mary shows: dead, 893; injured, 130; missing, 22; prisoners, 8; unaccount ed for, 8; and in hospital, conditions unknown, 10. ADMIRAL MAYO PRAISES MEN OF ATLANTIC FLEET Washington, Dec. 10. In a special report to Secretary Daniels, made pub lic today, Admiral Henry T. Mayd. commander-in-chief of the' Atlantic fleet, said the adaptlbllity and effic iency Of the men of the navy, includ ing the marine corps, have been so apparent during the war as to fully warrant the oftmade statement that they "can do anything, anywhere and at any time." "This large body of men as a whole," said the report, which dealt with the United States naval activities in Europe, "have so conducted them selves as to earn the highly favorable comment of ; the cltlsens in whose country they found themselves and whose guests they are in some meas ure, it is believed that it may be, said that men on duty in Europe, far away from home ties and influences, will return to their own country unharmed by the temptations and pitfalls which their relatives and friends may have feared." - ' Referring to the co-operation be tween the American and British naval forces. Admiral Mayo said this was carried to such' an extent, in many cases as to amount to. practical con solidations. , " , - . CAMPAIGN IN BRITAIN ON WHOLE LETHARGIC i KesUIX - IMOX in UOUOX; Govern ment Will Carry ; More Than 400 Seats, Says Dispatch. London, pec. 10. (via Montreal. ) The British election campaign on tne whole is lethargic, owJng to the re sult ; not being in V doubt, v There Is general agreement as to the outcome. The government will carry more than 400 seats and of these members about 80 will be liberal supporters of, Lloyd Geora-e. The second largest organ lsed groun , will be the labor party. which may get 100 seats.. The fol lowing of ex-Premier Asqulth is de velonlng strength and may elect 85 l' 90. members. . The remainder or i fh. , nou.e , wm 1 ot felner be composed mainly Felners. ' ' , The Virtual destruction of the nationalist party Is . looked for In soma Quarters.- s There ;is ; very1' little controversy over the government s program which Is generally accepted. . The, feature of the- campaign are the bitterness shown toward Lloyd George by the Asqurth liberals and ngs addressed by extremists In the the laborltes and the (act that meet labor party are very large attended. . NO NOBLE PRIZE IN 1918. ChrlBtlanla, Norway. Deo. 10. The Noble' committee haa resolved not to award Noble peace prize m 1918. . GUI HILSiiu ,, 1LC0LI: ALL iiillUS Overwhelming Majority in Com ' plete Agreement With Him. ' CANNOT STAND ANOTHER ; ' DRAII) ON HER BLOOD- Lost Over Half a Million Jen in Dead Alone During War. EXPECT MUCH OF; WILSON No Possibility of Dissension ' Be tween France and Great Brit ain, Writer Declares." - Special Cable to The Observer From The. London Times. (Copyright, 1111, bjr Pablie UlfW 'Ct.) Paris, Dea -19. Those in France who have not followed closely tbe course of American politics for the ' -last few weeks are generally un acquainted with the opposition Pre ident Wilson's " departure , aroused. They see in him a leader of a great people which arrived : to tha allied relief Just in the pick of time, a man " who at any rate has been an active - . Instrument of the war. He will re ceive a splendid welcome bat one in spired of mixed motives. it is a curious and unhappy fact that the extremists in Trench poli- tics, such as Jean Longuet, are kjie loudest in singing praises of Mr. Wil son. Day after day. Longuet, who - denounces the "imperialist" England - ' of Lloyd, George and Lord North- -cllffe, proclaims his admiration of the England of William Morris and Ramsay MacDonald and believes 'he and Mr. Wilson see eye to, eye mat ters affecting the settlement of the ' world. .., i . -. r . . , . ...ni,;:;.. vi:0v More responsible people have other reasons for welcoming Mr. 'Wilson. American effort, becoming effective as ' It aid wben tne late of France seemed to hang; in the balance, deeply touch ed the heart and Imagination of the French. : They are all anxkraa to ex- ' press then feelings.. Some, however, view Mr. Wilson's arrival wKh. pleas ure .In. that It gives him aaapporpw , tunlty to coma more clossly In con . tact with the hard facts of peace and war, to which . principles must be s adapted 1 if - the' settlement fs - to ' be : durable.' v:-' . 5 1 ft,v 4 J-fc?: France Needa WUaon.'.'v., -KS'li' These facts govern the whole atti- tude of France shaping her peace ' policy; There is perhaps not another ' ' country In the world to whom peace Is more essential for the generations to come than France. She cannot stand another drain on her blood. Be- " fore tbe war her birth rate had fa I len to an alarming depth. During the -war sho has lost over half m million v. In dead alone. The men who have gone were her best . and swould .have . been fathers of the next generation.'. With diminished population . France has set about the tremendous task.' . of national reconstruction. Even were Germany to pay to tha last farthing her awful debt the whole energy of France for yean to coma ' must be concentrated on that re- , , building. French have no need to read Jean Longuet to know that per- -, - manent, peace in tha world la vital if France is to continue to play a splen did part in history. Neither do they think It necessary to plunge the whole world in the chaos of revolution as a -' preliminary to - peace. The over" whelming majority of Frenchmen, on the contrary.-' prefer the .peaceful . path of mternatlonat nnderstanding towards permanent peace. Therein' they are In complete agreement with ' " Mr. Wilson and see In existing accord ., the first motive force along that road. Maintenance ' of the alliance an friendships France has so consoli- ' dated on the field of battle is the one great aim French peace negotiators have ever before their eyes. In par ticular they will have at heart the -strength of the . Franco-British in timacy. The friendship .of , France and. Italy is important for the good ',, of the world; that between France . and Britain is vital to the security of Europe against the peacebreaker. Fortunately, in whatever part of the world with which the interests of, our two peoples are in contact or even trrT"" apparent opposition, the solution lies - immediately ana obviously at hand. ., Stronger Eastern Bulwarks. -In Europe it la clearly to our in terest to approve the French . mak ing their eastern bulwarks so strong that an attack would be s folly even' ' greater than in 1914. In the. world elsewhere certain corners are not ' rounded off by the Franco-British agreement which formed the political inauguration . of the entente, cordials, , Lingering -remnants c of Interna- - tional obstruction tov the great work , of France m Morocco and ot Great Britain in Egypt can easily be swept out 01 . tne way. v eyna t nas also to be considered in the light of old French interestsr also the question , of - Palestine in its strategic relation to Egypt In its International iigniflcance , -to the whole religious wdrld.' ' Any hopes , of dissension ; between ' France and Great : Britain tbe , en emy may hava ! . are , happily doom ed to disappointment Franco-British . friendship w tne . strongest - rounds- tlon on which to build the new Europe. 'French mean to see that no spirit of bargaining shall prevent thu concrete of that, foundation from.be-. ing well mixed. FrancofBrWsh unhy la already so Arm It cannot but xerr a decisive Influence on the whole European settlement Franc has desire to maintain as the basil of h larger internatlonal.action tha r h ' 1 police' force of liberty when f v ' t alongside her allies and v 1 f ' the whole; weight -of her rcr' . 1 into the scales of moderation i. t difference of pinion which may or-arise between1 the new an, I old states of Europe. It' would be fo'ilv to rrf' th 'dIrlomats-of Franc r 1 those of any . other. co.-- "" (Contint'fi o- find a foeman worthy of his steel. Ijouln V' ' '"V - . v""''"