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SOMAN RIGHTS
DISTRICT ATTORNEY WHO
RESIGNS AID SUCCESSOR
DINED TOGETHER ITALY iYifET WILSON
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Official Luncheon To President
By Ambassador Page
In Rome
KINGANDWILSON
PROTESIANTSIII
LAWMAKERS BACK
EARLY IEEI OF
ON THE JOB TODAY
M M EREN
WERE DISPOSED OF
President Receives Represen
tatives of the Evan- ,
gelical Churches
EFFECT OF UNION OF ALL
CHURCHES IN RESULTS
Holiday Vacation of Congress
Over and Peace Debate
To Be Resumed
Strong And General Demand
Premier Vesnicht Talks , cf
For It By the British
Newspapers
Secret Treaty By France,,
England And Russia ."T
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FEATURES OF LAST DAY
IN THE "ETERNAL CITY"
Chief Moran of U. S. Secret
Service Among: President's
Party Who Meets Pope :
Home, Jan. 5.-Tbe official luncheon
Riven by Ambassador Pag and Mm.
Pago Saturday in honor of Presideut
Wilson, was attended King Victor
t:iiimanu(4 aiid (JiieiV3til''iia," lneniterspia'isy,' whence he drove with Mrs. Wil
of thp cabinet and coilrf officials. An
American military hand in the court
,yard, flayed the Ttuliau and American
' national airs. There was a most cor
dial tonnto the conversations engaged
in by President Wilson, King Victor
Emmanuel, Premier Orlando and For
eign Minister Snnino. i
After having -conversed for almost
twenty minutes with Pope Benedict
after his reception by the PontiJ to
day, President Wilson pros utod to the
Pope several members of entourage.
These included W. H. Moran, chief of
the American secret service; the Presi
dent's secreiorjL. for his tour ami the
clerks of his suite, comprising in all
more than a dozen individuals. Pope
Benedict convened with oai-li in turn,,-
ViSIT TO CO USE I'M AND
ARCHES OF CONSTASTINE.
Pome. ,ln.n. fi.-ln their tour of Home
-. toJuy President and Mrs. Wilson visit
d the Coloreum and the Arches of
Cortstirititie, .rtitus and rVptitnius Re
verm. I'min entering the Komnn forum
they weri' met by the noted archeolo
TS T'rot'eor (liaecm V Itoni, who pre
tented them with branches of laurel nnd
myrtle. Professor IVmi explained that
- in the o'den days of Rome the laurel
ririniflrd purification after havii g rhed
the blu'd of an enemy and the myrtle
i.fter having shed blood in civil war.
America's Eovo for Humanity.
"Today, I offer these symbols to you,
llm upholder of the freedom and civil
isation of peoples," said Professor Bon'i
to the-President. Coaliniiinj their tour
through the sra-rcd nay, the House of
the? Vestal Virgin nnd the Tomb of
' Romulus President Wilson exclaimed)
"These rticred symbols speak rt greatj
ort preromiu language, to which Pro
;f Boni said : "Vou Atnei-Uaas have
'...'. uiiiulluug, Juut Kat-red atilir bat-jron
carry it. in your hearts a love for
- humanity."
Meanwhile, that- wonderous region
comprising the Forum, the Palatine,
the Capitoi and the Coliseum became
b'aek with a crowd of the popu'aee,
climbing the ruins, the broken columns,
t he U-TUio jjiuLAhoToni iMtaiidaeela im
HIT A n-r.n .jfm Ihj -n,.,rli.m ikumpint.
of tlie rivilizatiou which had its birth
there nearly three thousand years ago.
t .vr.t Flic well Visit In Rome.
Although President and Mr.t. Wilson
dined informally (Saturday nigiit at the
yutri4 wib King -Victor Emmanuel
and (Juco Helena, the President and
his v,ii went Inter to pay the royal
couple o. farewell visit at the Villa
Hnviiui, They took this occasion to ex
press to their host their deepest ap
preciation and feeling of gr at it ude for
the cnthuMuntie reception that had
been .accorded theni in Rome, which
they considered as a tribute puid by
the pede--i Italy to the people of
America. .. . - "
Valuable gifts were presented by the
King bad the Wueen to President and
Mrs. Wilson and the -memlient of the
presidential party.
TO STWlifED '
Purpose Is To Raise Ten
Million Dollars For
Emergency Needs ' -
New Vork, Jan. ,r. A united church
campaign to raise lO.dfld.Omt for after
war emergency needs will be started
soon bv T-T Protestunt denominutions,
it was "announced here tonight by the
jntcr-church emergency campaign com
mittee. Each of the denominations will
carry ou a separate campaign at ap-
liroximately the same tune.
The principal purpose for which the
money will be used were eunimunzeu
by the committee as follows:
'''MitimnmiiiB additional pastors to
assint the regular tJuIfilains in minU-
'tectig to the nn1dieTr-nTid-siloTS, et-
peciaUy -the iik and those-recovenng
'from wounds.
'Providing adequate" equipment awil
workers for locaU-hurches in tlie neigu
hnrhnnd nf ' norts of debarkation, in
ramus' and industrial centers;
".Supplying Bibles and other books,
equipment and emergency funds to
army and navy, chaplains during the
period of demomrti.oii.
"Assisting church colleges to readjust
IhoiiMielves upon the discputinuance'"of
the student s army training corps.
"Providing scholarships for returning
soldiers who would not 'otherwise be
able to complete their college courses.
'Assisting in the restoration, and ex
tension of the evangelical churches of
Europe, especially in the war zone.
Denominations participating In the
campaign ' are Protestant Episcopal,
Methodist Episcopal, Presbyterian.
i'hurch in 'the United States, I'nited
Presbjterian Church, Baptist I'liiirches,
North, ( nngregational Keformed Church
in America, Jtefornied Church in, the
'I'nited States. I'nited Lutheran Church,
. Evangelical nssoruftion Inited Evan
gelical Church, Evangelical Synod of
North America, Pisciple of Christ, and
(.luutiaa. Church.
CHURCH CAMPAIGN
Hand of Providence Seen In
"Mobilization of Moral
Porces of World"
, Rome, Saturday, Jan. 5. Ater his
visit to the Vatican Saturday President
Wilson returned to the American Em-
son, to the American Protestant Epis
copal Church. He was accompanied by
Thomas Nelson Page, thc Ameriean
Ambassador j Brig. Gen. Wm. W.
Harts, 1'. 8. A., and Count Brusebi
Falgari, gentleman-in-waiting to King
Victor Emmanuel, nnd Countess Brus-j'hi-Falgari
lady-in-waiting to Queen
Helena.
In the vestry of the church the Presi
dent received representatives of evan
gelical churches in Italy. They were
introduced by Dr. Dexter fl. Whitting
hi!l, superintendent of the American
Baptist Mission; the Hcv. Walter Low
rie, rector of St, Paul's. American
church, and Francis B. Keene, the
American- consul-general. Other bodies
re'resnte'w'ere''s 'the'" ' Waldonsian
church, the English Baptist mis
sions, the Italian-American Motnodist
churches; tho Wesleyan missions, the
Presbyterian church, and . tho British
Bible Society. '
The Hand of Providence.
After the presentation of the various
representatives President Wilson had
pleasant talk with his callers. Being
told that all wore praying the success
of his. work, the President un
swereiL. that he thnugh the hand of
Providence might be seen in the "Mob-
ViM-tion of the Moral Forces of the
World, nnd in the union, of all the
churches or a, high standard of eivili-
zation.
The President remarked that General
Pershing had told him the war had pro
duced stronger religious feelings
rtmong the soldiers and he added that
the manner in which the different peo
ples throughout the w;orld had respond
ed to the appeal to their Idealism bad
touched him.
A vast crowd awaited the President
moat cordial greeting. -
Geo. F. Von Hertling Passes
Away in Bavaria After
6 Days of Illness
Copenhagen, Jan. &. By The As
sociated Press.)-Count OeorgoT. Von
Hertling, the former Imperiul, Gorman
Chancellor died - Saturday night at
Ruhpoldiiig, Bavaria. He had been ill
for six days.
. Sketch cf Hla Career. "
Count Oeorge F. 'Von Hertling; was
considered the most learned man of all
the men called to the chancellorship
of (iennuny since 1H71. He had won
for himself a scholar's reputation be
fore he entered political life and up to
1912 when he became Bavariau a min
ister-presldeut, he had combined edu
cationul and literary work with his
political activities. Von Hertling was
appointed, Imperial German Chancellor
in October, UII7, succeeding Dr. Geo.
MichaidisHe resigned In the fall of
last year and the then emperor William
conferred upon him tha Urder of the
Blaek Eagle and his warm thanks for
the "self sacrificing faithfulaesa'' with
which. Von Hertling had served the
country. "
Von Hertling. was born In August,
184,1, in Darmstadt,' of a well known
family. t
Count Von Hertling was" a member
of the Reichstag continuously from
D7. to 1912, with the exception of theT
period of 18!K) to 1894). He became the
clerical party leader in HX after tlie
death of Count Hompesch. . Von Hert
ling was often the' semi-official Inter
mediary between hi party Hid the gov
ernment. In the latter months of his occupancy
of the chancellorship Von Hertling wa
assailed by the Socialists jrj the Keich
stag and the German newspapers, the
StH-inliHts charging that he had entered
the chancellorship with the understand
ing that he would speak for the whole
of th German people but that he had
gone over to the Junkers and repre
sented ideas that were obsolete. The
press generally attacked the Chancellor
as a result of the increasing 'frictions
between the Berlin and Vienna govern
ments. The workers' unions' also turned
against the Chancellor accusing the
-government of being responsible for
lack of food.
In his last speeches before the Reich.
stag. Von Hertling dwelt on the possi
bility of peace. These addresses were
characterized by the newspapers of al
lied countries as "peace feeler" and
even were attacked by German writer
and politicians ' as insincere or un
truthful. 8. Sl'PREME COI RT
WIIX It EC) W E.N E TODAY.
Washington, Jan- 5. The Supreme
Conrt will reconvene tomorrow after a
two weeks' recess over the holidays.
After rendering opinions, the conrt will
hear argument in, a, number of eases.
CONFEREES WILL TAKE
UP REVENUE MEASURE
Effort To Be Made To Compose
Differences At An Early
Date As Possible
(Br The Aiwettd Pros )
Washington, Jan. 5. With ita holi
day vacation ended, Congress will set
tle down tomorrow to the task of clear
ing an unusually heavy legislative cal
endar .before the session en Is early in
March.
Peace debate will be reopened in the
Senate tomorrow with an address by
Senator MeCumber, of North Dakota.
Republican, in support of a league of
nations. Senator' Hitchcock, of 'Ne
braska, chairman of the Senate Foreign
Relations Committee, plan an address
on the resolution of Senator Johnson,
of California, asking the State Depart
ment for information as to America's
relations Vith Russia. Senator Hitch
cock conferred with Acting Secretary
Polk yesterday regarding Russia.
Revenue Bill Cenfereea.
Senate and House conferees are to
meet tomorrow in an effort to compose
differences over the war revenue Hit,,
with night sessions planned if neces
sary so thatan early report may.be
made.
The House Appropriation Committee
plans tomorrow to begin consideration
of President Wilson's reeommendation
that lrtO,OOO,OO0 be appropriatf(lfor
the relief of demoralised civilian popu
lations in Europe, outside of (le,rmany,
and other committees also will be busy.
An effort will be made early in the
week to have the Senate consider Sena
tor Hitchcock's bill legalizing war con
tract held by the Treasury Department
to be invalid because they were made
informally. In the House the rivers
and harbors bill will he called up dur
ing the week.
Senate committees will resume inves
ligations into government merchant
shiiibailding on Thursday and (ierm.in
propaganda on Friday while the SEee
inl House committee will reopen to
morrow its inquiry into the activities
of the Nnt.onal Security eLagu.
Next Thursday Senate and House
conferees plan to meet in another cf
fort to brenk the cailftokoa lh oil
leasing bill. . . . ,
First Battleship To Arrive At
New York With Troops
From the Front
New York, Jan. 5, Five transports,
and the battleship North Carolina
steamed Into New York harbor today
bringing a total of nearly' !),(H0 officers
and men of the army and nnvy from
France.
The North Carolina, which is the
first battleship to arrive here with
troops from overseas, had ainotig her
l,n9 passengers, a (detachment of ma
rine who had seen' servlee at Chateau
Thierry, Belleau wood and the Argonue
Forest, and 19 officer and 994 men of
the 113th ammunition, train.
The giant transport Agamemnon,
which formerly was the Kaiser Wilhelm
U, of the North German Lloyd Line,
brought thebiggost contingent of any
of. the ships arriving today, having on
her passenger list 17." officer snd L',711
men. The list -, included 330 wounded
and more than '2,000 , officers and men
of the 345th infantry, as well' is a num
ber of casuals.
Secretary of War Baker, who was on
his way to Washington from Buffalo,
where he spoke last night, visited the
Agamemnon and spent a half hour chat
ting with the troops on board.
The other vessel arriving were the
Santa Teresa, with 7.1 officers and l.tVK)
men of the lVt!i Held artillery recruit
ed in I'tab; the lleadenon, with 8
officer and 818 men,tnrluding mem
bers (if the naval land battery- which
operated on the western front, and
nearly 400 wounded; the Nieiiw Am
(terdam, with 79 officer and 1i92 men,
including fhe 301st field artillery, and
2l!& wounded,, and the Heredia, with
Vi officers and 10 enlisted casual.
' The Heredia, whitth ha a quantity
of mnnitionir on' board,' and Ihe North
Carolina anchored for .the night in
Gravesend Hay. The other vessels pro
reeded through cheering throngs to Hrt
boken where the men were debarked
and transferred to hospitals and de
mobilization rami.
NAVAL fil'N'N'ERS ox MERCHANT
MARINE-SHIPS REMOVED
Washington, Jun. fi. Naval guns and
gunners placed on American merchant
hip to protect the vessels against Ger
man submarines are being removed as
rapidly as the vessels reach home ports
tit id an announcement today by the
Shipping Board. The rifle and their
erew are returned to. the navy, while
the iteel gun emplacement mounted on
the bow and stern are dumped on the
dock without ceremony aftrff jliey me
ent away
- With the withdrawal f the
naval
erew, aeeAMmndfttion a,r afforded- oh
each ship fr apprentice seamen. Are
men and stewards, junior deck officers
and junior engineers, who will lie given
their final .training at sea after the
course in the shore schools. The of
ficers, must have three months sea duty
befera receiving their license. ,
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And Senator Simmons - Will
Recommend Thos. D. War
ren To Succeed Him
WILURETURN TO
PRIVATE PRACTICE
Appointd Nearly, Fpur.jY3,rt
Ago As Successor. To Judge
Francis D. Winston; Admin
istration Has Been Zealous
One; Warren's Eeward For
LParty Service
I'nited States Attorney J. (). Carr,
who succeeded Judge Francis D. Win
ston when the hitter resigned as prose
cuting officer in the Federal Court, will
today tender his resignation to Attorney
Genoal Thomus WUregoiy and return
to private practice in Wilmington.
Thomas D. Warren, of New- Bern, ac
cording to authenticated rumors r-ueh-ing
the News and Observer. Inst night,
will lie recommended by Senator Sim
mons to.succeed hirii.
In this way, one-more possible choice
for the Eastern Murshaiship is eliml
nated and the State Chairman moves
into a post that will admirably suit his
taste, according to Kaleigh admirers.
It ha I icon rumored fur some time that
Mr. Warren hud an eye on u junior
Federal judgeship in tlie Eu.ster.ii. Dia
trie), iu the event Congress passed the
bill that would retire Federal judges at
seventy, and the District Attorney's
oftiie furnishes the logical stopping
stone.
Humors that Mr, Carr had resigned
liecause of differences of opinion with
the Internal Revenue Department were
given Hat denial here last night. It is
known, however, that he recently made
the .statement that he did not intend
to continue to approve compromises, of
liquor charges against ilefenduntir tijiou
payment of liquor dealer's licenses.
Administration' Zealous One.
' During TtiB " period Tif rif arty-four
years that Mr. Carr has beeo 'District
AUoreey in the tas.ern district, bis ad
ministration of oft'iee bar been a uiosit
aealor one. Few, if any Federal ap
pointees in the hia.c, have won such
high praise from officials, lawyers and
the laity.' Tim bulk of thu work of the
District Attorney's office has fallen on
hi shoulders and he has admirably at
tended to his jidi.
Whether Mr. Carr will resume part
nership connections in Wilmington or
not eon Id not be leurned here yester
day. It is understood here however,
that flattering offers of retainers from
Wilmington rrtrroratfonr frnnipfeiT' his
decision to resign. .
If appointed to successor to Mr CaTr,
and it is fell practically certain here
that he will be, Mr. Warren i.s in meas
ure rewarded fur hi parly y.eal as
State chairman of the I)emo ;a!ic' exe
cutive committee for the past eilit
years. Ho has consistently declined of
flee during this period of time.
Whethir tlie change in District At
torney's would effect the present assis
tant attorneys, Ernest M. Greeu, of
New Bern, nd O-w-ar F. Johnson, of
Wiliuing'oii, could not lie learned here
Mast H!yl:t.
Poles Face Starvation.
Washington, Jan. 5. John F- Hmiil
ski, Foliidi commissioner in the I'nited
State in a pnblie appeal' today to tlie
l Auieriran government for rmiterinl aid
for his countrymen, said im,tf) lJole
I would die. of, starvation thru winter un
less food siiptMit-wvre funtvVd 4y
the victorious associated nations.
, Mr. mn!ski said I'olimd-w-' Jtghtilig
the battles' of the world to.lay by op
posing German ojipression and hid for
the Bolsheviks of Uusiia and by pre
venting t!i-lUiif uviiid xrsui nU.-g
esrera Lurtu.
CARR WILL RESIGN
TODAY AS EASTERN
DISTRICT ATTORNEY
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Association Railway Execu
tives Against Plan of
- Director McAdoo
STATEMENT ISSUED
' GIVING THE REASONS
Session of Association Held in
Philadelphia Sunday Takesu
Action on Subject
. (By the Assoc 'jT.cd TraM.I
1'hilndelphla, I'll.. Ja:i. 5. Opposition
to a prolongation to five years of-the
period of government Control Tif rail
roads was reiterated today at a session
of the Association of Kailwar Exeeu
tives. Ninety-ttto per cent of the
mileage of the country was represented
at th" meeting anil practically every
railroad had its president here. The
session lasted nearly three, hours uud
ut its conclusion u statement was
issiiciT. .- T "'" .-.
A iw eioliorateTpreseiit at iin-f the tou
tention of the railroad ha be prt:
i;ired ami this will bo laid fyefore the
Sei.ate inlerstute loiiinierce comrmttee
lit its hearing next Wednesday. A
coiiiuiitiee of six will 'then appear on
behalf of the companies. 455.
, The Statement g.ven out:
Adoption of Set I'riitciples.
''.Tlie -.Association of liitilna.v Eiecu-
tl vest representing 9 pi r cent of the
railroad. mileage of the country adopted
a set of principles thut it believe ought
to form the foumlution of the national
logif-lft! 'on lieri-a ry ' f or the readjust-ment"-
of - the- rnitrond topecp rnri
djt.ouit, Thci-u jirHiic pk's am the re
sult not only of almost eiintinuous con
ferences ariiimg the ejeeutives since the
coticltision of the war but or' Jheir earn
est efforts over a jierioil of several
years to work out a permanent solution
of the raiirond pnddem. that would
giiartiniee for the future the adequate
deveiop.rtf nt of our national trulispor
tnt:ou system.
''Throughout our conference we have
kept uppermost inj iiiind J'.ficl,. now
universally recognised that t rnnspota
tiun is esseiil'iiU.v n 'public ervice ami
that the jmbl c interest must bo pirn
liioui.l in any proposed dan .worthy of
serious' eonsidi riit'im, The railroads
will urge that legislation be enacted
as soon as compatible with tho pjiblic
interest, they will urge against such a
prolongation of the period of uncer
tainty as has -been ( proposed 'by the
dim.'lur.Ct'fle. mL-.o f ja i! roa dsj fl ml Ju
therr defin te suggestions as to the fown
of legislation they will favor the legis
lation under future private operation
olV r. l-'rge pirt'nf the lneasures taken
Irj- tlie per.-' im tit railroad administrn-
tCoallnicd oa Pag Bevea.)
QUICK ACTION NEEDED
TO CHUCK BOLSHEVISM
Danger of Tidil 7ave of Mis
rule Sweeping Ovor Europo
Pointed Out
(llT ri "9 AssocUU'J Pnwt
Inion, Jau. i 'li e p-,i week ha
witnessed a slri-i-K Ji f 'i cral demand
from the moa ii.i'.ui I British news-
papcrv-rcgarJic .H..of 4.MjJIUcv-fortlie
proinpt iiuet ni: ot the pcai'e congress
and j.roiiij t lu'ii.:; to stem the tide of
ehno.-i wlt'jh U ' hr.v.tei.ing Germany
hecs!, ( f lii, i.'trou; ,-iion of Bolshe
vism by way of the border states. There
is tifttriuii;; recofc-uaiou that if an
archy Kcir.es J'entral, Kjrope the decis
ions of the peace congress in drawing
boundaries,nd levyinjf indemnities can
be enforced only through military con
trol by the allies, rtlicrwise becoming
merrly "sersps of papers."
I he chief desire ot the British peo
I le is to have the armv demobilized ns
quickly ns possible. The labor ele
ments in particular oppose- the reten
Hon of a large conscripted army, for
the policing of foreign territories with
the possibility of being drawn into eon
Hirts."The "Sunday Observer, under the
herding of "A Warning,'' gives prom-
inenele to the following:
Dangerous Conditions In Grrmjiiy
'The allies are in some danger of
precipitating in Germany what they
rhould most wish to avoid, They are
perfectly entitled to insist upon the
(Msbandment of tho .army. They are
also perfectly entitled to maintain ''the
full right of blockade. But simultan
eously to empty millions of men into
civilian life and to exclude the raw
materials which alone can give thein
enployuient is the most rapid process
for making Bolshevists that has been
discovered.
I'ncmplovmrnt Breed Bolshevism.
H'nemplnymcnt and Bolshevism soon
establish nicious circle of mutual
stimulation and it has -already legun
In operate in Germany upon a very
(.eriotis rcale. Nothing could be more
calculated is 1hnt country to frustrate
the uppearance of an authentic govern
ment with with peace might he conclud
ed.' . '-,. .,-v , '
"There- ments bolti for mili
tary and economie pressure. But one
must he chosen and th other abjured,
en the pennlty of giving the empire of
chaos a most menacing extension. It
Is un option that cannot be deferred
tiutil the pease conference has finished
Itr InhofsV ''A fidat wave of Husso-Oer-mau
Bolshevism sweeping over Europe
rmghtgtve tnoregnwrmrrBssment -nt
l'aris than the escape of Napoleon did
at Vienna."
if Restoration of Order,
Tho warning of The Observer, is in
line with the growing belief that the
most Urgent business now before the
conquering nations i to restore the
conquered nation and nil of central
and southeastern Europe to a status of
order and .normal living, .or something
asi near ti) this as possible.
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Disease and Brooding Have
Made Nearly a' Wreck
of Hohenzollern
r-f-
Ainerotigeii, Holbtnd, Wednesdiiy,
fun. I. (By The As(eiiited I'ress.i
Even the wonderful npring-like weath
of the nitii' year did not bring the
former German Emperor outiide of
Aineroiiqeii castle, nltbough hi condi
tion is improving diiTfyX The principiJ
cause of his indisposition apprari to fe
mental depression, iiidncid by the
gradual reslirition of the full client
of his downfall liecent reports .f rom
Germany are said to have uei eotiiuted
this feeling. . -
Ijtck of open air exercise and con
tinual brooding .have had such telling
effect 011 Herr Hohenr.ollcru's appear
ance that he scarcely is recognisable
to Jhfiio who saw him when he first
roino to Atuerongen. Jlis nife, who' is
with him nliuost eonKtautly, displays
much more buoyant spirits and makes
every effort to cheer him.
' ot.thsL.!irth.,.of..iiot!iet-gfBud-child
by the mifiv of I'rinee Oscar
reached the former Imperial couple
yesterday"' And siibsequeiil ly several
despatches were, received by them. "The
ex-monarch did not ait up ''to see the
new year in" but attended the custom
ary morning prayer in the castle
hope
VERY BAD SHAP
V The vnoHeiitimks hud lafge shootihsTere cAlTflntrale.d on the front between
parties yesterday ami today in the
vicinity of the castle, but Herr llohen
rolle.ru could not bo induced tiiptwii
them. -1 One of tho youngi-e von Ben
tiioksi who.. had bee;i 1111 officer in the
German navy returned to Amcrongi-A
Inst night, liaving res gned his jfjm.
misaion. ' .... '-.... t- c-
There is no sign nf the iimuVliato
removal of the former Emperor al
though many reports are current to
that effect.
Independent BoriaLlst Te Resign.
Berlin, Jan,- 5. i By the --Assoc iiue4
Tress. ) Independent eoeialift members
of the Prussian cabinet have decided to
resign, it has lieen learned. Among
them will he-. Adolf Hoffmann, Whose
eourjuL-tnward churches nod sepooF has
resulted in bitter oirpositiua evua from
soait of his evllvaguoa.
EXPRESSES BELIEF IT
WILL NOT BE ENDORSED
Says He Relies Largely On In
fluence of America at Peace '
Conference
(Br th Assuc'alcd Pens.)
Taris, (Saturday, Jan. 4. "France,
England and Rnssia. in their treaties
w.tJr Its'y-aod -Runianta.-disposed- of
Servian rights," said Dr. M. K. Vcs
nitch, rremier...of-,eVrbia, today in an
interview given The Associated F;reas. ,
''Rumania 'lost her bargain whea she;
bejan j-ace negotiations with the eea
trul powers in 1917," he continued.
''IKhs the treaty of 1915 between Italy
and France, England and Russia re
garding the eastern coast of tha Adri
atic still-stand in international law
l". S. Against Secret Treaties
"These are two facts which would
seem to negative this question.' Amerirn.
entered the war after the signing of
the treaty. She eame In as the avowed
enemy of secret treaties and the en
tente r.rcepted-lhat principle. Farther,
at the time of the signing of this treaty,
Italy nnntel the territory in question
as a protection against Slavish domina
tion, burked by Russian iKiwcr. , But,
with the political upheaval in Kussin,
this s.tuatiou has disappeared. The
time is over it seems to me whea an
ilnperinlbt: policy might be favored in
Europe, ' '
"Why should not the nation of the
Balkans have the same rights as the
other f
"At the peace conference there will
be represented four different kind of
nations: First, those who entered the
war with the idea of domination;
second those who were defending
themselves; third, those aho entered it
with high ideals, like America, and,
fourth, those who entered it as a bui-ne-
proposition. Vnhappily for Herbia
those nations surrounding her belong
to tlie last named rlas.
Look to America far Relief.
'I believu that Herbia will "demand
to know on what basis she enter the
peace conference and I think that in
this, she will have the assistance of
America. I'resident Wilson ha b
nouifeed that the Tailed Htatwt eame
into the war to abolish secret treaties.
If America enter the conference with
sueh Jreatjcs ' to be considered then
liat will the people-of the world
think '
J.'What -credit-wilt he given in future
to those speaking on behalf and in the
name of the I'nited Matcsf
"Some of these treaties were' made
with reference to natiittis who were
not consulted and , !e governments
concluding them had no right to di
pone of fieople not their own."
In the first portion of the foregoing,
in'erview cabled on Nat ur, lay night Dr.
Vemitch declared that if the treaty of
191.1, by which Italy was to come into
posessiorifof the eastern roast of the
Adr.utie slum Id U?- confirmed be the
eneo . confertnee ''then Serbia would
light uguiu, and fight to the linish." He
udd.'d: "Serbia 'did" not enter this war
to beeonie the vassal of any nation.
She cannot agree to have Italy control
the territory in .iicstion.-lie added,
however, that he believed the preaeaea
at the iH'ace conference of the I'lutft
States, which had already flean-.I
against secret treaties and in favor t
the rights of small . nations, astorod
"fair pluy." r:i
Mere I'ece Delcrste to Pari.
l'aris, Jan. 5.-- ( lliv.yi.) -Tho 8er
bion -Croat an-Klovt-ne delegation to the
icare conference headed hy Nokola I.
Facliiti-h arrived in Frris today.-
Got Wind of Big New Allied
Offensive Just in The
"Nick 0' Time
J'uris, Jan. '. illuvaa.1 liermany
hurried to renuest the armistice when
she saw that a aevi' allied offensive was
to be launched on the Lorraine front
by November !--, by )."" men under
command1 of Gouirat h- Castelnau, any
Hie Excelsior.
Briey and Chateau Kilins. They were
supported by three thousand gun of
alt calibres nnd had three hundred
tanks ("itaaa-tajut of fjrty-five miles.
Inke Albrecht of Wtirttemberg, the
tier inn if commander on this front, had.
iivaHiftnt' iiiily' 'tnentyK3r division of
inferior lighlUig . quality. These divis
ion's ' contained approximately lflO.OKt
men. Tie hadonly ona fhousund guns.
This allied atlaik. the Kcelsior con
tinues, wonMJave carried the war in
to annexed lrraine, and into Rhenish
Prussia, threatening to cut off the
Uirrmuu army , ,in . lh-lgtum aiuLiln tha
Ardennes from its bases.
ticruftn neral headq.urters real
i7.iitg ihat tite divisions on otheree---tors
were exhausted and that it force
were demoralized nnd worn out avert
ed a catastrophe by piriding for as
armistice,
WHYHUNS HURRIED
FOR ARMISTICE
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