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THE ASHEYILLE CITIZEN TflEWEATHEBt PAIR AND COLDER. CITIZEN WANT ADS BRING RESULTS VOL. XXXIV, NO. 61. THE CITIZEN, MONDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 24, 1917. PRICE FIVE CENT'S TRQTZKY CHARGES IN WITH AIDING KALEulNES 3ays Letters From Ameri can Red Cross Officials Q Offer Aid to Revolution. THREATS AGAINST AMERICANS MADE Says Heavy Hand of the Revolution Will Reach After Them. PETROGRAD, Saturday, Dec. 22. Leon Trotzky, the Bolsheviki foreign minister, at a meeting of the revolu tionary organization assembled In congress today, read documents and yj telegrams which healeclares contatn d evidence that Americana were "helping General Kaledlncs, leader of the Don Cossacks. "Last night," said Trotxky, "we found thai American agent in Russia Were participating in the Kaledlnes movement We arresrted Colonel K61 paahnikofT, attached to the American mission to Roumanla, who was trying to get a trainload of automobiles, clothing and supplies to Rostov. Among the documents was a letter from David R. Francis (American am bassador to Russia) requesting that the train be given free passage, as it was bound for the mission at Jassy. Mast Break Silence. , . "One letter from Colonel Anderson (of Richmond, Va., head of the American Red Cross mission to Rou-' mania) to Kolpashnlkoff said that if money was needed, Ambassador Fran cis was ready to advance 100.000 rubles on the account of the Red Cross. We think that the American ambassador must break his silence now-. "Since the revolution he has been the most silent diplomat In Petrograd. Evidently he belongs to the Bismarck school. In which It was taught that s'lence is golden. He must explain his connection with this conspiracy. "We will tell all the ambassadors 'If you think you can, with the help of American gold, under the guise of the holy mission of the Red Cross, sup- ' "-r and bribe Kaledlnes you are mis .-veil, if you think that, you are no ' rr the representatives of America, : "ii l hp adventurers and yie neavy '-I Hi i f the revolution will reach out PEACE NEGOTIATIONS ARE OPENED BETWEEN RUSSIAN AND TEUTONIC DELEGATES Germany Scores in First Round By Se lection of Von Kuehlmann as Oiiicial Chairman Little Fighting on Any of the Fronts. The Day Before KAISER WANTS PEACE. LONDON, Dec. 23. A dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph company from Copenhagen says : "The Berliner Zeitung, says Emperor William has informed his government that he contemplates going to Brest-Litovsk if the diplomats arrive at an agreement, in which case he will endeavor to assemble all the sovereigns and regents of Europe in a peace conference, as was done after the Napeoleonic wars. "The emperor is credited with having declared that everybody wants peace, and that the future of fers , so many great tasks that all states must co operate in them." tfter you. JT Not Blind. V"T flcslre to let the representative - ',11 lha fnrolcrft hnliani knnw that are not w SHOTIKI trie lie- i -".: J, i T , Wa. a r I A . . . W , , . - jo rie tram me I -rf Tchiteherln and Petroff. w .'.-. ivribrwador that the revolu- 'P"ern"'nt Is not lacking in pride, and that we ery'not - - unrtir the influence . of. . the ' - Awiericnn bourgeoisie, but have in re pr'r.ciple for which we wilj -1 r cr perish." TV- rudlpncc cheered these utter-f-es wildly. Madame Alexandra I" i' r.y. Bolshevik! minister tt pub ! welfars, moved then ' that ths r-tl-a s-d delegates to. France and Flnsrl." -"1 "to light the torch of a world revolution." r.iymnnd Rrbir.s head of the per naP'ri" American Red Cross mission l'i HiimIb. on learning of the arrest of KolpashnikofT prior" to Trotiky's sneeeh, offered to explain the matter to the Bolsheviki leader, but Trotzky refused to hear him unless he came a the representative of the embassy. Ambassodor Francis, in a statement tc the Russian press, declares that the etnhasy and the Red Crops are In no way Involved in the counter-revolu-tioi... He says that KolpashnikofT re ceived no funds from the embawy. ENTHUSIASTIC MEETING HELD IT CARNEGIE HALL BY JEWS OF NEW YORK Peace negotiations between the Teutonic allies and the Russians havehegun at Brest-Litovsk and apparently the enemy has played a trump card at the outset, for on the proposal of Prince Leopold of Bavaria, the German commander-in-chiel on the Kussian tront, Dr. von Kuehl mann, the German foreign secretary and an astute poli tician, has been chosen unanimously as ofhcial chairman, Russians Unknown. A noteworthy fact in the composition of the delega tions from the various countries allied with the Austro- Germans is that they include men who have stood high in the councils of their respective countries, while the men who are to handle Kussia's interests for the most part are unknown in world politics. Still another outstanding fact in the meagre details of the conference that thus far have come through, is that Roumania is not credited with having sent delegates to Brest-Litovsk. The possibility is therefore, that Rou mania has decided to hold aloof from discussing a separate peace, notwithstanding the fact that geographically she gotiations result in Russia quittnff the war. Little Fighting, On the fighting fronts, even in Italy, the activity of IX. A. 1. it 1 T- -m J Tt 1 ... 11 uiev troops is ueiow normal, xn x ranee ana jpeigium me fighting that is in progress is merely in the nature of out post encounters and bombardments, while on the north ern Italian front the enemy has lost the initiative, which is entirely in the hands of General Diaz's men. The situation on the Italian front is not expected long to remain as it is however, for the Austro-Germans are con stantly bringing up heavy reinforcements and a return to (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO.) OF Rejoice Over "Scrap Jf Paper," Written, How- of ever, in English. REAFFIRM FAITH. NEW YORK, Dec 3. -In celebra tion of England's declaration in favor of Mtabllshlnsr a Jewish home land in ' Palestine, ths Jews of this city held a mass meeting at Carnegie hall to night. . Ths building was packed Ions; before ths exercises oegan, ana tnou f d were clamoring for admission. : VAev. Dr. Stephen 8. Wise, chairman of ths provisional executive committee of , the Zionist organization of America, nreelded. "W rejoice, tonight over 'nothing mors than a scrap of paper," Dr. Wise said, "but that ecrap-of paper is writ ten In English. It is signed by Ths British government and therefore la taered and Inviolable. "Mors than all else," he added, "this meeting baa been called to re affirm ths faith of every living- Ameri can Jew, not only in ths certainty of ' the triumph of our arms, but in .the righteousness of our aims." Abram L Elkus, former , United . States ambassador to Turkey, and Otis A. Glaaebrook, American consul at Jerusalem, also spoke. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED. PHILADELPHIA, Deo. it. Reso lutions in favor of magink Palestine a Jewish stats fo be populated by Jews from all parts of ths earth were adopted today at a conference of Jiewish labor organisations held under - yr"V auspices of the Poale Zlon. ths workman's wing of ths Zionist move ment. . . ...-. . , . . .4 registration of all Jewish work-1 men. It was announced, la te bo mads anon to ascertain the otmber who would sxpsct to . emigrate and thai manner in which those who Would not i wo to Palestine can help U tha SMlontaatlon of ths land. . Will Concentrate Attention 1 on Supreme Issues of the War. CAMPAIGN APPROVED. NEW TOKK, Dec. 81. X nati wide campaign of education through th churchs to concentrate atten tion upon the supremo tames of the war, as Interpreted by PresHervt Wil son in his message to congress, was announced hero today by tfhs diurch peace mion. Th campaign will be undertaJcsn jointly with tfhe league to enforce peace, and will be in- charge or a committee of ton oc which wm. H. Taft, preeiaeftt of the teaguie,' is a menrber, . Ths announced ami win be to point out that the fundamental purpose of the war is a permanent peace guaranteed by a league of na tion. . Th announcement says the twm pahrn has the wpwoval of the admin (strati on. Meetings WIN be organised at important centera to be attended by cerymen and lead Ins; laymen rep resenting cTiurohes oc an aonomina tlons in the eurround-rnsr " tsrrtOTyi These meetincs will be adHxressed by speakers of nationsd and international proenl nence. It is expected that these who at tend these raffles win advance ths 'movement by subseouent meetings In their own eburehes so chat eventual ly it w4M extend to practhsaHy every eeooBuntty-in the country. - DIES SCDDEJIXix". OATNESVILIJ:, Oa., Dee. II. B- V. Stall worth. aed fortyjflve, protn- m en try idenwfled wM3i the cotton m(H industry for many years M Oeorgta and South CajroUna and gentorat enan aer of Paootot mltls at New Holland, near here, died suddenly at his borne In New Holland late today. . Heart failure was said to have been Che cause of Ins death. Mr. mallwortn, who was a native of Greenwood county. 8. C is s.ur- vtved y his widow, two broth re and a stater. 0unai wui ax uaonsy. WASHINGTON RED CROSS TOCONTII Many Sections Have Ex ceeded Their Quota in .. . Present Campaign. i bXi, l i"e' I You'vf OttM I MUM. but mt ) CHURCH T9NHHT RUSSIAN PEACE DELEGA1ES RETURNING TO PETROGRAD, ACCORDING TO REPORT GIVEN QUI AT THE SMOLNY INSTITUTE No Reason For Their Return Mentioned and No king Is Said About the Reported Refaction of Russia's Peace Terms By GermanyTeu onic Delegates Not All Present and Utile Importance Is Attached to Russians' Return. LONDON, Dec. 2$. "Russian peace delegates are returning to Petrograd, according to reports at the Smolny In stitute, said a dispatch from the As sociated Press4 correspondent in the Russian capitali'flated Friday, and, re ceived here today. The message sug gested no reason for their return and said nothing about the reported Ger man rejection of Russia's tertna It added, however, that no definite new regarding the negotiations was being given .out at the- i)o1iy-infrtHitev headquarters of the' Bolehevlkl. Attracts Utue Attention. The story of the recall of the gradu ates and the restriction Of Russian terms has not . attracted much atten tion here apparently from the fact that the, heads of some of "the enemy delegations had not arrived at Brest. Lttovsk. when the report became cur strongly reinforced body of Cossacks at Ufa, where he suppressed Bol sheviki organisations and continued his advance tp Samara and Saratov. Orenburg is surrounded by Cossacka Ukrainian troops are said to be con centrated between Homel and Bakh match, while Bolsheviki forces are gathering at Minsk. Th Maximalist troops trying to reach Kiev were stop ped by torn up railroad tracks. The rada is said to be in complete control of Odessa and to havd been joined by the Black Sea fleet' Ths Bolsheviki have occupied Proskurove, .ta-J.'odttUa-, The -ftysean. aevtoMs ssasV to have dismissed four Cossack regi ments there. All reports continued disconnected, however, and often con tradictory. Ixxtlng Orgies. According to a dispatch to The Times from Odessa, liquor looting or gies similar to those in Petrograd, oc curred there with much lndlscrlml- rent. Count Czernln, Austro-Hunga-j nate shooting, incendiarism and de SOME ARE BEHIND. WASHINGTON. Deo. St. (Manag ers of the Red Cross campaign , for ten million mvetalbers before Christ mas day decided to permit toast field work-era to continue their drive throughout the weest In several of the divisions. . because of . unfavorable weather during the first-days of ths onmipatgn , ' . . ToTirentml rains In the northwest washed out bridges and'snads roads Imipaeeable, but m spits of this Oregon has exceeded its quota of J8.000 and Washington and Idaho promise to pass theirs. The gwf division at ready has reported t M.0 14 enrolled members on a quota of 104,000; Penn sylvania ie within 12,000 of Its quota ox 1,182,000: the Pacific division is within 14,000 of its 467,000 quota and the central division has volunr tartly raised its quota from- 1.189,000 to 1. BOO, 000. a figure which the local directors expect to pass. Secretary of Btatte Jjanslrw'tonrlrhit wrote this Red Cross Christmas mes- "The Christmas tide has 'become, bv Ions; establish sd custom the time for the gtvrng of gifts, a time wlien hearts. Inspired with thankfulness to God for His suprlrae gift to man kind, throb with reaponsrre emotions which find expression in acts ef love and generosity. . 'i'-'-v' It is peculiarly fitting therefore in these days when tire world Is dark ened by war and misery - Phal ths American people should with a true Chrlstmssi spirit give of their bounty to that great asrency of mercy, th American Red Cross, Which 4s doing such splendid service in aSsvlatrng suffering on the battle fields of-Eu rope and In ortnjtfng comfort to the thousands of belplees onies who are victims of the brutalities of war. "In response , to the generous im pulses awakened by thoughts of Ohrtsttmas let us as a nation show our love for humanity and euv gratitude to God toy reaesofcerme; at thai sssaj rlan foreign minister and his suite. In eluding General Ritslnirer and soms German staff officers are now In that city but the arrival of Dr. von Kuehl mann, the German foreitrn minister. has not yet been reported. Meantime the conflict between the Ukrainian rada and the Bolsheviki commissaries continues unabated. The rada, replying to an ultimatum of the Bolsheviki, Insists on creation of a federal socialist republic embracing Maximalists and socialists, which It contends alone can be competent to decide the question of peace for the whole of Russia. . The rada declares Itself favorable to settling by peaceful methods political and national ques tions, but asserts that if the commis saries assume the consequences of civil war. It will accept the challenge and stop at no obstacles. one .reason for tne quarrel n the ada's refusal to permit breadstuffs to be sent to northern Russia in con sequence of the refusal by commis saries to issue money to meet the needs of the Ukrainian government. This stand, it is stated, threatens even tually to starve the north, especially as General Dutns .uossacks held Chlliabinsk, thus preventing the trans mission of supplies from Siberia. In the meantime, the Ukraine has begun to Issue its own notes. General Verk hovskl, Kerensky's minister of war, has offered his services to the Ukraine government Most of the reports of military movements1 In connection witjtt ths impending clash; are under Thursday's date. They Include th arrival of General Dutoff with a rep- k- structlon of puperty. Finally, resentatlves of the soldiers' and wor men's delegates and the rada co-oper ated, appointing a committee to re store order. A Reuter dispatch from Petrograd reports that notwithstanding the state or siege, sacking of wine stores con tlnues in the capital, accompanied by the riotous scenes now familiar. Many shops and dwellings have been pil laged, as wen as the Danlslt ned Cross. Mobs have been attacked with machine guns and at one time there was a regular engagement in the streets. The Moscow soviet has de cided to establish martial law, hut tha reason for the action is not stated. Trouble is recurring in Finland and serious rioting has again broken 'out at Abo The long strained relations between the railway union and the commis saries have been broken and the rail way men have moved their headquar ters to Moscow whsrs they threaten to call a general ralalroad strike. The Bolsheviki military revolution ary committee in Petrograd has ceased to exist. Explanations for its aboli tion vary. One is that It was because of failure to maintain order In Petro grad and another that its action was voluntary for the purpose of placing greater power in the hands of a com mittee of eight NO OBJECTIONABLE PEACE. PETROGRAD. Dec. 21. Detailed reports from th special session of the central executive committee of soldiers' and workmen's delegates, the Petrograd delegates and the peasant congress, called to consider the peace negotiations, show Leon Trotsky, th Bolsheviki foreign minister, suaraeat- ing a plan by whioh military opposi tion might be offered If there were an attempt by the central powers to fore objectionable peace terms upon Russia. . "We have called you here to. ask your support," Trotxky said. "Tou must help us In our efforts to make peace with nations snd not with Ger man militarism. If our delegation Will meet eye to eve renresentatlves of ..tba .Grmanv smiMroa-wUhAMt 4tiij people, inen peace will be Impossible. If dead silence should continue in Europe, If the German emperor should be enabled to offer offensive terms of peace, we would fight against "I do not know whether w could fight because of economic conditions, utter exhaustion and the disorganised stats of the armv. But I think wa I would fight. We would release all elderly soldiers and call the youth of the country to tight the last drop of their blood. The allies must under stand we did not overthrow osarism to bend our knees before the kaiser. They know our game is not yet ended. "If they should offer unaoceotabls terms directed against the basis of our me, against other neoDle. then we shall submit the question to the constituent assembly. But our party takes its position for a holy war against militarism in all countries. But, if exhausted as w ar by this unprecedented slaughter, we must ao cepi ine terms or the . German em peror we would accept them only in order to rise together with the Ger man people against German ' mili tarism as we did against csarlsm." CZERNIW ARRIVES. LONDON, Dec. 28. Vienna papers, according to a Reuter dispatch from Anvsterdaim, report the arrival of Count Cserntn, Austro-Hungarfan for efgn minister and his staff, at Brest Ldt&VHk, Thursday. The first mest big with the Russian peace de-liegates took pfoce at dinner and was of a friendly character. Formal peace ne gotiations, the papers say, wIM toegm early this week. The present discus sions are not binding aw the German, Turkish and Bulgarian delegations have not yet arrived. strain MARKS OPENING SESSION OFPEACEMEETIWG Delegates From Central Powers and Russia Are in Attendance, DR. VON KUEHLMANN DELIVERS ADDRESS Hopes for Re-establishment of Peace Between Rus sia and Teutons. AMSTERDAM, Dec. ItA dis patch received, her from Brest Litovsk, Russia, dated Saturday, says: "Today at 4 o'clock In the afternoon the peaoe negotiation were begun at a solemn sitting. The meeting was attended by the following delegates: "Germany -Dr. von Kuehlmann, foreign minister; Herr von Rosen berg, Baron von Hoch, General Hoff man and Major Brinckmann. "Austria-Hungary Count. Csernln, foreign minister; Hrr von Merey, Freiherr von Wisser. Count Collerda. Count Osaky, Fisld Marshal von Chiacerles, Lieutenant Polarnu' and Major von Glulse. , ' . "Bulgaria Minister Ponoff. former Secretary Cossell. Postmaster General Stoyanovlch. Colonel Gantliff and Dr. , Anastasoff, "Turky Former Minister of For- sign Affairs Nessimy Bsy, Ambassador Hakkl, Under-Foreign Secretary Hek mlt Bey and General Zekki. Russian Delegation. ' i- ' "Russia Joffe Kamineff. Blsenko Pokrosky, Karaghan Lubinskt, Welt man Pawlowich. . Admiral - Altvater. General Tumorrl, Colonel Rokki. Colonel Zeplett and Captain Llpsky. - "Prince Leopold t of Bavaria, T as . commander-in-chief . of th German forces In th east, welcomed the dele gates and invited Hakkl Pasha, as the senior delegate, to-open th con ference. Hakkl Pasha, after ant ex pression of a desire for a satisfactory result, declared th . negotiation formally open and .: proposed -Dr. . Kuehlmann a the presiding officer. The German foreign minister wa unanimously elected chairman.- ' "The most Important speech before ' th delegates ' was made . by Dr. von Kuehlmann. He said: Vou Kuehlmann' Speech. " The purpose of this memorable meeting Is to terminate th war be-, twaea thSi.sAri powers- and-Russia--' and re-establish a state of peace and friendship. In view of th situation. It will be impossible in the course of these -deliberations to prepare tm in- strument of peace . elaborated in- It smallest details. .What I have In mind '' Is to fix ths most Important principles -and conditions upon which peaceful and neighborly intercourse, especially in the cultueral and economic sense, can be speedily resumed, and also to (Continued on Pag Two.) . , DELIVERS ULTIMATUM. PEKING. Friday, Dee. 21. Th Chinese commandant at Harbin, Manchuria, dfUyereid an ultimatum to (Continued on Page Two) CONSPIRACY TO VIOLATE DRAFT flCT IS CHARGED Fred Toney, Star Pitcher of Reds, and Jesse Webb Are Arrested. : NASHVILLE, Tenn., ' Dec.' 23. On the charg of conspiracy to violate the selective service act, KrSd Toney, star Ditcher of the Cincinnati National and- Jesse Webb, tax assessor of Da vidson county and government repra entativ for on of th local exemp tion boards, war arrested early .today by a United States roarsnai. xney were given a preliminary hearing at which both pleaded not guilty ana waived . examination. They were bound to the March grand Jury of the federal court on bonds oi iz.ftoo seen, which wr given. -' " Th warrants charged mat xoney, who was registered under th draft act.- had an understanding by which an effort was to be made to have Toney discharged from military ser vice on the ground of dependency and that Webb mads an amaavit, as gov ernment representatlvs which did not state the facta The salary or Toney. who la a Nashville man. Is alleged to be approximately S,oe annually. The local board reiusea -io gram Toney exemption claim, and his case was appealed to the district board, which rsferrsd th matter to District Attorney Douglas. The arrests fol lowed an Investlgatles. by th district atteraer. ' 1 CHIEF WITNESS TODAY Will Be Called by Defense at Trial of Baroness Iona Zollner. CHATTANOOGA. Tnn.. Dsc S3. Lieutenant J. M. Spalding, who is un der arrest at Fort Oglethorpe, in con nection with th arrest her lsst week of Baroness Iona Zollner, of New Tork. will be th first witness called at resumption of th woman' prelimi nary trial her tomorrow, on charges of violation of th espionage act,' it was announced tonight by th defense. Lieutenant Spalding was arrested In ths woman's room at a local hots). and after forfeiting police bond wt taken in charge by military official. It was also announced that th baroness would go back on th stand. Federal officials said today that Mra Adrian C. Pick hard t. of Boston, di vorced wife of Baroness Zollner's brother, had delaru she had Infor mation that th woman wa working in th Interests of Germany. j DETECTIVE BELIEVES Starts Back to Richmond With Middlesex Dentist and Letters. THE WEATHER. WASHINGTON, Deo. M. Forecast for North Carolina: Generally fair Monday and Tuesday: somewhat warmer Tuesday, WILSON. N. C, Dec Or. Lemuel J. Johnson, a dentist of Mid dlesex, N. C, wanted at Richmond, Va., on th charge of the murder of hi wife, was started beck to 'that city today in the custody of PoKc Sergeant Jchm F. Wiley, of Richmond. ' Wiley said he was convinced that Dr. Johnson was mentally unbalanced and that upon his arrival at Rich mond he would institute proceedings to have Johnson committed to the Vn-g:n4a hospttat for the Insane. The officer said Dr. Johnson attempted to Jump from a third-story window of a local hospital Saturday where he was under guard. ' He also said that Johnson had in his possession a bou uet of flowers in which were woven the words "My wife at rest.' and also had the nam plate from Che casket In which his wf was burled. Sergeant WHey took with hifn to Richmond a number of letters which he said would be used by the prose cution. ' Ths tetter wer ald to have ben taken rrom th hotel room Johnson occupied after evening her from Rkrlanond. - - , Dr. Johnson's eMTher ' today xn- (Acred uutansl for bis GERMANY'S NAVY WITH IE IME FLEET Admiral Fiske Says Navy Is Still Potential Ger-: man Force. SHOULD DESTROY IT. NEW TORK,' Dsc. 23. Use of alr: planes In a major attack on German's navy was .recommended in a letter made public here today from Rear Admiral Bradley A: Fisks, to Allan R Haw ley, president of the Aero Club ' of America. The Idea, the latter says. -is not a "foolish irotlofl of fanatics In' aeronautic," but la a sound Idea . based on ths principles Of strategy., r "All Germany's naval eggs ars in -on basket," Rear Admiral Fiske de clared, and thos eggs are vitally sential to her. existence as a nation. ; It is my profound conviction that w can smash these eggs by torpedo-plane and air-bomb attacks, if w can pre pare and deliver them on a seal aufc---. flclently great., v.,. . t..i - ; , "Whether or not th gubmartn nas t been beaten," . Admiral Flak added, , "let us realise that the submarine la only one of many naval weapons and that 'naval strategy recognises the fact . that so long as the enemy fleet exists as a fighting force, so long as -it re- v mains what we call 'a fleet In being It continues a continuing menace from which an attack of some kind may be expected at any time. For this rea son, no mere subsidence of submarin activities should blind us to a desira bility of sinking or disabling th Ger man fleet. v - ;: i - "If th only way to win this was la ' to fight a long succession of enormous land battles, then w must nght them; . s but It may be advantageous to see if an alternative method less bloody but equally decisive can be devised." TBE SUNDAY CITIZEN Circulation Yesterday ' City . . . Suburban Country .. . 4.724 .2.146 . 1.251 . Net paij . . , 8, 1 2 1 ( Service . , . , y."" 220 Unpaid . v " . 76 Total 8.417
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