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Washington, Dee. 2. — Congrcu hi
Joint session heard President WUaorv
announce formally hla purpose to at
tend the peace conference, and give
hit views on the part the government
•Hoold play in dealing with recon
struction problems.
Democrats of ths house rsesivsd
the announcement with cbeors- in
which same senators Joined; the Re
publicans ware eileot almost through
out ths address except when the Pres
ident referred to the valor and olfici
tncy of America's soldiers end me tv
tioned the names of Pershing and
Sims. Treater, od interruptions by
members who disapproved of th* trip
and of the President's failure to In
clude s senator among the peace del
elgatei however, did not materialise.
Daring the first hoar of the new
session, Senator Cummins, of Iowa,
Republican, introduced s resolution
to send a committee ef eight senators
to Paris to keep the senate advised
of the progress of the peace confer
ence, and In the bouse Representa
tive Bodenburg, of Illinois, Republi
can, had offored a resolution propos
ing that ths Vlee-President tabs over
the executive function* upon the de
parture ef Mr. Wilson from ths coun
try. Senator Sherman, ef Illhiota,
Republican, announced later that he
would submit tomorrow a resolution
suniur u) wot ol Representative
Rodenburg, except that it would de
clare tan office of President vacant
Tbs President’s annual address
was rood before a crowd that filled
the boors chamber.. Ha reviewed at
Itngth Um country's *ccorep)Uhn>«nta
in the war. paying tribute to the arm
ed forces and to loyal workers at
homo. Ho disclosed that ho thinks
the problem of readjustment is tak
inj core of itself without government
*•' ’ Ofjhe railroad question, JHr. WU
{•* he had do resolution to offer.
He said be was ready to return the
BfwMo^prtviU oDotro) vbcnmr •
tama under private management
without modification, end asked Con
grata to study the question.
Rsecommendationa included a re
newed appeal for woman suffrage
lo recognition of woman's work in
the war; a request far early and fa
vorable action on the unratifird Col
ombian treaty, and a suggcitlon that
authority should bo given the war
trade board or some other body tf
continue eontool for a time over ex
ports.
Tbe President concluded with the
announcement of his forthcoming
trip overseas. He said since the al
lied governments had accepted prin
ciples enunciated by him as the basis
for peace, ha regarded it as his para
mount duty to go.
Foil Tool of President's Address to
Tbe Congress.
Tbe President aria:
Gentlemen of tho Congress:
Tbs year that has elapsed since I
last stood before you to fulfill my
constitutional duty to the Congress
from time to time information oa the
state of the union has been to crowd
ed with groat events sod great results
that I cannot hope to give you an
**•*■■*• Picture of Ha transactions
or of the far reaching changes which
have been wrought in the Ufa of our
nation and of the world. You have
rourselves witnessed these thing*, as
have. It is too soon to assess them;
and wo who stand in the midst of them
and ora part of them are loss quali
fied than men of another generation
win be to say what they moan or even
what they kora been. But soma
groat outstanding facta are unmista
kable aod-constitute la a sense port
of the public business with whichit
>» our duty to deal. To state them
is to set the stage for the legiaUtivo
and executive actios which must
grow oat of than and which wa have
yst to shape and determine
A T*ap ago wo had sent 146,918
men overseas. Bines than wo have
sant 1,950,518. an average of 168,848
aaeh month, the namber in fact ris
ing, in Hay, !**», to 846,851, in Jane
to 878,780, to July to 807,182, and
continuing to reach similar figures in
August and September—In August
889.670 and In Septet*bar 2671488.
No such movement of troops ever
took plats before, across three thou
I sand miles of see, followed by ade
quate equipment and supplies, and
carried safely through extraordinary
dangers sf attack -dangers which
were alike strange and infinitely dif
ficult to guard against. In all this
movement only asvon bund rad and
fifty-sight man wars lost by enemy
■ttaefc 880 of whom wore upon a
single English transport which was
sunk near the Orkney Islands
* need not toll you what lay back
of this movement of man and materi
al- It la net invidious to say that
back of It toy a supporting organisa
tion of the Industries of the coun
try and of all its productive activi
ties mors complete, more thorough In
method and effective In result, mors
spirited sod unanimous la purpoea
and effort than any other groat be
tigersat had bean able to offset. We
profited greatly by the experl race of
the nations wkleh already had bean
engaged for nearly throe years In the
exeunt and exacting baslneoe, their
every resource and ovary executive
proficiency taxed to the utmost Wa
wars their popils. Bat we learaed
quickly sad acted with a promptness
nad a readiness of os-op oration tost
Justify ear groat pride that wa wars
aMs to serve the world with utipar
sfifWd energy and quick aceemptWk
••t It Is not the physical seals
I •
and executive aOeiqncy of prepara
tion, supply, equipment and dispatch
that I would dwell upon, but tha met
tle and quality nf the officers and men
w# sent over and of tha aaiiors who
kept tha seas and lhe spirit of the na
tion that stood behind tham. No aul
diara or aailora aver proved them
aalvaa more quickly ready for the tort
of battle or acquitted themselves with
mors splendid courage and achieve
ment when put to tha tort. Those of
u« who played some part In directing
the great processes by which tha war
Was pushed irresistibly forward to the
Anal triumph may now forget all that
and delight our thoughts with the
story of whst our men did.
Their officers understood the given
and exacting task they had under
taken and performed it with an au
dacity, afflcuncy, and unhesitating
courage that touch the story of con
voy and battle with imperishable dis
tinction at every turn, wheth
er the enterprise were great or smell
—from their great chiofs. Pershing
aod Sims, down to the youngest lieu
tenant; and their men were worthy
of them—euch men as hardly need to
be commanded, and go to their ter
rlblc adventure blithely and with tha
quick intelligence of those who know
juirt what it is they would accomplish.
I am prood to be tha fallow rouu
tryiaan of man of such stuff and val
our. Those of us who stayed at
homo did our duty; the war could not
have been won or tha gallant men
who fought it gives their opportuni
ty to win it otherwise; bot for many
a long day we shall think ouraelve*
'•aeeure'd wc were not there, and hold
our manhoods cheap while any
•peaks that fought" with those at St
Mihiel or Thierry. The memory of
those days of triumphant battle will
go with thvae fortunate man to their
graver; and each will have his favor
ite memory. "Old men forget; yet
all shall b« forgot, bat hall remem
ber with advantages what feats he
did that day."
What we all thank God for with
KniHiBuf is uit[ cur man
went in force into the battle Just
at the critical moment when the
whole fate of the world Memcd to
hang in the balance and threw their
frevh strength into the ranks of free
dom in time to turn the whole tide
and sweep of the fateful of straggle
—turn It onco for ell, so that hence
forth It waa back, bark, back, for
thair •otniet, always back, n«vtr a
ffain forward.
Aftar that it was only a scant foot
months before th« commanders of the
central empires know themselve*
boatan; and now Chair vary empires
tr» hi liquidation
And Uirourhout It all bow Ado the
spirit of the nation waa, whai umity
through all la splendid display of
strength, its untiring accomplish
m»nts I have said that those of us
who stayed at home to do tho work
of organization and supply win al
ways wish that w, had been with
the men whom we suitained by our
labor; but we can never be ashamed.
It has been an inspiring thing to be
hers in the midst of fins men who
bad turned aside from every private
interest of their own sad devoted the
ample of their trained capacity to the
task* that supplied the sinews of the
whole great undertaking.
The patriotism, the unselSahnem
the thoroughgoing devotion and dis
tinguished capacity that marked their
toilsome labor*, day after day, month
after month, have made them fit
mates snd comrades of the men in the
trenches and or the sea. And not
the men here in Washington only.
They have bnt directed the vast
icklevencnt. Throughout innumer
able factories, upon innumerable
farra in the depths of coal
mines and iron and copper mines
Wherever tho stnffz of iudMtry were
to be obtained and prepared, in ship
yards on tb* railwayi, at the docks,
on the aaas. in every labor that was
needed to sustain the battle, lines, men
have vied with each other to do their
port and do it well. They can look
any man-at-arms in the fees and any.
*!? ,*U,nr* *" w,n »od r>vt the
best that was In os to make oar
fleets end armies sura of their
triampe.
And What shall wa Bay of the wo
msn--«f their instant intelligence,
quickening every task that they
touched; their capacity for organisa
tion and co-operation, which gave
their action discipline and enhanced
I th* effectiveness of everything ther
which they had never before not their
hende; their utter eelfsacrifice alike
In what they did aad in what they
®eve 7 Their contribution to the
runult to beyond appraiaaL
.•hey have added a new luster to the
•“"**» of American womanhood.
tribute we can mv thein
** them tlic equals of men in
Ek iLC*i M they have proved
themselves their equals in every field
°f P^*®t***1 nmrk they have entered,
whether for thorn soiree or for their
country. Thooo grout day* of com
plated achievement would bo sadly
marred were we to omit that act of
fuauco. Booidas tho Hamsnao practi
cal service, they h«ve rendered, the
women of tho country have bean tho
moving spirit. In tho .yetewi.tle ocon
omloo by which our people have volun
J^rily aaatotad to simply the suffering
P«*plos of the worldnnd the amiee
»p«» wry front with food and every
thing else that ws hsd that might
•we tho common cause. Tho details
Ofwh a story can never bo fully
written but wo carry them at our
hurts and thank God that wo can say
that w# are tho Itinames of such.
And now We are sire of the groat
triumph for which every sacrifice wae
**•'*•• f1 has eomc, come hi Its eom
pIctoiMao. and with tho pride and In
•pireUoa of those day* of achieve
ment quick within ns wo turn to the
tasks of near* again—a neaee stem
against thovieUnco of Ewsspoti^blo
monareha and smbMoos military ea
teries and made ready for a now ot
dor, for new foaadaMono of justice
and fair deal lag.
Wo are about to give order and or
ganisation to this psaca not only for
oamot.es hat for the other peqatoo of
the world as well, os far as they will
•affsr as to servo them It to inter
• national justice that wo sash, not dm
ssaotie safety sternly. Oar thoughts
GLASS NAY ACCEPT
TREASURY POST
Virginia Congressman Tender.
•d Position in Cabinet By
President Wilson
LOATH TO GIVE UP
HIS SEAT IN HOUSE
Nomiaatiee Win O* To SoaoU
ImmodUtoir If Ho
Assorts
Washington, Doc. 4—Represent*
tlvc Carter Glaee, of Virginia, chair
man of the House Banking and Cur
rency Committee, ia undotatood to
Kara been offered the poet of Soere
tnry of the Treasury by President
Wilson and hia nomination it expect
ed to go to the Senate immediately
if ha decidas to accept.
Members of the House said today
that Mr. Glass’ reluctance to surren
der the Seat la Congress to which he
has Just been re-elected after eigh
teen years of aerrico was the only
consideration holding op the appoint
ment. Mr. Glass himself would not
talk further than to aay that ho was
not ready to make any statement.
The understanding bath at the eapl
to! and in official circles generally is
that President Wilson hod the nomi
nation postponed last night after a
conference with Mr. Glaso. |f Ur
G.U** »iH go in. possibly
afUrr Secretary Tumulty comunica
tca by wirsleaa with the President »
board the transport Georgs Washing
ton on his way to France.
Secretary McAdoo’a roaignatioa as
head of tha Treasury is to taka af
fect upon the appointment of his suc
cessor. Ha continues as Director
General of Us 11 roads until January 1
or until a successor is named The
Indications now are that a new dtrec
tor general win not ho named hum
iliate ly.
have dwelt of late upon Kurope, upon
Asia, upen near and the far oaat
imry little upon the act* of peace
end accommodation that wait to he
performed at our own doom While
wr axe adjusting our relations with
the rest of the world is It not of cap
ita! Importance that we shoe Id clear
sway all grounds of — * ritsiW
log with oar -j'-sa ...shirk-,., «Ju
fc'niwnars
friendship and adjustment with the
republic ef Columbia. I very ear
neatly urge upon them an early and
favorable action upon that vital mat
Ur. 1 believe that they will feel with
me, that the stage of affairs is now set
for such action aa will be not only
Just but generous and in the spirit
of the new sge upon which we here
so happily entered.
So far as our domestic affairs sre
concerned the problems of our re
turn to pesre is s problem of econom
ic anil industrial readjustment. That
problem 1* less serious for us than
it may turn out to be for the nations
which have suffered the disarrange
ments and the loeeca of war longer
than wo. Our people, moreover, do
not wait to be roeehed and led.
They know tk«ir own boiinfii, arc
quick and ramurtefal at every read
justment, definite in purpose, and
self-reliant in action. Any leading
string, w, might sock to put them in
would spj-edily become hopelessly
tangled because they would pay no
attention to them and go their own
way. All that wc can do on their
leflMitivt and executive amtiiU Is
lo mediate the process of change here,
toero arnl claowhor* aa wo nay. f
have heard much counsel as to the
plans that should bv formed and per
10Daily conducted to a happy consum
mation, but from no quarter have I
seen any general scheme of “recon
St ruction" emerge which I thought it
likely we conld force our spirited bu
siness men sad self-reliant laborers
to accept with due pliancy and obedi
one*.
While the war lasted wc set op
many agencies by which to direct the
industries of the country in the ser
ricee it was necessary for them to
render, by which to make sure of an
abundant supply of the materials
needed, by which to chock snrlM.t
in*» that could for the time be dis
pensed with and stimulate those that
were most serviceable In war, by
which to gain tor the purchasing de
partments of the govornment a cer
tain control over the prices of eeeen
tial articles and materials, by which
to restrain trade with alion enemies
maks the most of the available ship
ping, and systematise financial trans
actions, both public and private, to
that there would be no annecesaary
conflict ot confusion—by which, in
short, to pot every material energy
of the country in harness to draw the
common load and maks of us one
team |n the acrompllshmant of a
great task
But tba moment wc knew the armie
' Ice to have boon signed we took the
harness off. Raw materials upon
which tbu government had kept Its
band for fear thsrc should not he
enough for the tnduatrteo that sup
plied the amkiee have been released
and put ihto the general market
amin Great Indnstrisd Plante
whose whole output and machinery
bad boen takes over for the uses of
the government have been set free to
Teturn to the usee to which they were
put before the war. It has not beoa
possible to remove so readily or so
quickly the eoatrot of foodstuff, and,
of shipping, because the world has
still to be fed from our granerios and
tbo ships are still needed to send sup
plies to our men oeeraoaa and to
bring the men hack as fast as the
disturbed conditions on the other side
of the water permit; but even there
restraint* are being relaxed aa much
aa possible sad more and more as the
ereetm go by.
Never before have there been open
ctea In existence Hr this country
which knew ee mooh of the Held of
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lUIrtffh.
Week for h
•erved throi
and the nation.'
eervance
■agfc from Mr.
ran peopla wi
ten to their'
wher-j. Thia
U bo>ir praat
ternal unfen
meetin«e. Thl
bo ranaa maotii
nity meetings f
Stala at wMch
scribe the world
plain the
taek of th
Food Adminie
that situation,
the live* of :_
ro|>eana but hi
ernment and ai
self of F.crepe
Women's da
saliona tp coa>]
mure of World
Friday a W>eeln]
icntcd In oeaty
To quote a
official the Mf
Week it to
country to the
of the nereeafty
%nd produetloo
sf world Pc lie#'
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Door of His Hsnrhmsii
DR. WAGENER WRITES IN
THE COLOGNE GAZETTE
Writer ImmiIi CeMamlin With
Wilhelm Jmi
Tie Latter Fled
Copenhagen. Net. go.—Further
revelations showing that former Em
pnror William of Oennaay is seeking
la raeape rseponstWiity for bringing
on the war are contained in an article
by Dr. George Wegener, appearing
in the Cologne Caxette, recounting a
conversation which the writer hud
with the Emperor just before he fled.
In thi* interview the Emperor at temp,
ed to shift the blame for the world
conflict to tha ahouldera of Dr. Thoo*
bald von Betbmaan-Hollweg, former
Imperial Chancellor, end Gottleib von
Jaeow, former Minister of Foreign
Affaire.
“Against my will they sent me to
Norway,’ William is quoted as hav
f»if Mid. “I did not with to mdar
take the voyage because 0f tha gravi
ty of the situation after the murder
of Archduke Francis Ferdinand was
dear at first sight. But tha Chancel
lor said to me: .
“ 'Your majesty reset take this voy
ays in order to maintain pence If
y°«f majesty remains here, it nn
doubtedly means war and Use world
wUl lay to your charge responsibility
for thi war.' WelL I then under
took the voyage. During an thia
time I received no reporta from my
government concerning current
events StricUy speaking, I only
learned from Norwegian newspapers
— , .— . wwtMiinn ill ui« wwrig
■nd in this way 1 learn.d of the Bos
nian mobilisation moasarea.
.,*•*"'*of HI* On Aoaord.
But when > baaed that tlx British
Oc«t had put -o M>a I raturned of my
own accord. Thsy bed nearly caught
me. On my older*, Genuan ship* re
lumed at once t oth« security of Nor
wegian harbor*. Later it would not
have been possible for them to do
•o. •
The Emperor thou mentioned dec
laration* of Gen. W. A. Boukhomlloolf
Muxiau minister of war. durine tha
investigations which occurred after
warda, which be Ut«r altered to tbs
b* •*«> not ordered
mobilisation but only rewdinex
for mobilisation. The Emperor, haw
ever, insisted eo the correctness of
lh« *r»t declaration, according to
C“r h**1 h**" hsdtteod by
»• recall his srdar for
Ha declared tint Gan.
•ral Nicholas faauehkevHch. chief
of the Kuxlan imperial staff, deeefv
cd the lt« and the ordx we# earned
eat in spite of Mss. This moidllx
tioo. the Kaiser weald have It, was
th# (Inal reason for tlx wor.
court the Kaiser contTnoad, “siren
dr, in tho, spring of 1014, compelled
the Csar to make prepare*toes for
war. Brew that ttma Siberian regG
.gredeally drawn wont
wart. They were told that maaon
vers were the reeslotten for these
movement# sad thx they marched
am te the Volga Hver and farther
westward anUl thsf reached VHne,
where they were auddsaly headed oat
looded cartridges and told that they
were aew going to fight la eeroest/'
In fact/* said the Kaiser la end
ing tha interview, "Hessian troops
were already over'oar frontier be
fore war was derluxl"
SECRETARY BAKER
EXPLAINS DELAY
Think* Mont of tho Unmport
•d Nun Am Slightly
)N otmdad
NO NAMES HELD UP
FOR ANY REASON
One Hundred TWarned Naaeee Be
P*rled( Oner IM.000 Yet
(e Cem.
Washington. Dec. I.—Secretary
Baker, appearing before the Senate
Aiililury (lommlltee today to rrpliln
'-bo delay in completing tW publica
tion of American caauaJtia* nmracai.
aid he thought moat of tha aaro
ported oames were those of man
lightly wounded and would cob* by
mall
Senators were unable to undsr
land why only something over l(>a,
•■'X) name* have boco published, whan
il bar been oMcialiy announced that
the casualties number 10k,60S.
The Si c rotary afld every effort con
tinent with accuracy »u mad* to
prevent delay, and that General
Ferritin* had been urged repeatedly
to expedite Mi llata, sending tha
■nto of the dead first.
“the department from the begin
ning,” Mr. Baker raid, "baa never
held up, withheld or delayed giving
out casualty list*. Our policy has
been to trve * complete statement as
aooc as possible.”
General March, chief of staff, and
Amudaat Secretary Kappel, were
with tb* Kecnrtary. Mr. Krppel Bid
the system of securing gad verify
■c* casualty report* in France had
bran slow at first and if H had to be
done "ver again— It probably would
be don* differently.
General March, dieeuaatng drmeb
ilxution, cplH General Pershing was
--——-»w aw* w.« w\ upatjiiniu
forro of aboht 1.24c ,000 men and
Iliac all Ik* other American soldier*
m France woald be brought home as
rapidly as shipping could be provided
Secretary Maker mid many caw
plaints had been based upoa —1—
otnUiialnv) tftd suipicioM ^
lists Ware being held op aad that dis
tress had bean censed among rela
tive IrUeim. 9a told la detail of the
publics ties plan under which a tele
gram is seat immediately to the meat
"Das there been any unwarranted
delay on the other aide,*' naked Sen
ator Weeka.
“I don't fool free to any that.”
klr. Baker answered.
“Hu General Pershing been asked
ui expedite the reports?"
"Repeatedly. repeatedly.”
• here have been so asasy causa
:t t» »• tha system waa ineffici
ent.” Sanalor Weeka okesrved.
"The system at Central Hcadguar.
ten was too slow at the outset."
Mr. Baker continued, "but it baa been
improved. We bad to chooee be
tween speed and unreliable informa
tion and a somewhat slower system,
but reliable. Whether we've had too
much ttmo spent on reliability sod ae
cutucy la a question on which there
might be e difference of opinion."
Senator Johnson of California aak
rd what was bolding up the namsa
of the men included In the total num
ber already announced.
"I don’t know why,” Secretary
Ralcer answered. "We’re getting
them as rapidly as the cables arc able
to carry them. 1 think the major
part of thoee misting are of slightly
wounded, and are coming by mail.
"1 cabled General Pershing a sag
pevtion msde te me by Mr. Stone of
The Associated Press to send the
dciilhs f.rtt and let the seriously
•forded fullow sad then the slight
> wounded. 1 asked General Penh
mg .1 klr. machinery waa adapted te
.-olte the deaths first. He replied
that rending of wounded was not de
laping the lists of dead and that ao
TX'id could be gotten by the proeeee
■mgmeted.
Senator Johnson naked hew many
Americans had been in actual fight
biff up to the signing of the armis
tice. Secretary Baker estimated
7,'OJiOO. and General March added
'somewhat I cm Uum 1,000,000. ^
GrnrraJ March also said ualaaa rai
auvca of AasaTiesaa who hove lost
:hnr lives request otherwise all bo<ii.
of the American dead win he
’'-ought home, without legislation by
Congress. Hew sooa the transports
-•on of bodies will bsgln. General
March said he could not state.
Obviously, Gansral March said
While active fighting was in program,
jport* of rasualtisa wore slow. He
rsad telegrams exchanged between
the department end General Pershing
tart July and August after the heavy
American leasee in the Chateau-Tbt
erry lighting, which were delayed la
transmission, la reply to order*
I from Secretary Baker advixfae Qen
eral Pershing that the delay was
‘‘creating a foiling of distrust" of tha
department. Genera] Pershing replied
detailing difficulties of securing and
verifying casualty reports and assur
ing that all possible spaed was be
ing saonhod. i
General Pershing explained that
the troops were widely separated
with tome In British and French ho*,
pltals; that sometimes records were
destroyed and that Urn Said tala
graph wires word overburdened. Gey*,
era! Pershing Insisted that to avoid
unnecessary distress, verification of
reports was nacaMUr/.
Senator Hitchcock conceded that
while IIghtirg was in prtgrsM re
torts might be Blow, but ailedi
"Bat It stopped November II, and
still,^we don't know what baa hep
iX“S^T3ti’Srt2C
i Geweral Pershing replied that it
would be done and g report af the
st us-V wounded weald coma wMh
oot dckyinf report* on tire dtid mm
nUflMBf.
Senator Hitchcock observed that
aijparcntly about 1*0,000 eaaaaltiai
•tBJ ware a arc ported. General
March aaM a* Secretary Baker had,
that moat of three waa slightly wean
J*™* Lrel/thIti^2I^y dM total
•L£r~.•££
ported. Be urged that the committee
act to expedite the ftnal return.
_
FLU HAS CLAIMED BETWEEN
300AM aad 330.00* CITIZEN*
Washington, Dae. 4.—Between
340.000 aad 360,000 deattofremto.
fluenas and pneumonia hare occurred
•atong the cielliaa population of the
United States since September It,
acrerdtn* to estimate, uday of the
Public Health Service. Thee# calcu
lations were baaed on report* from
ertire and States keepiog accurate
record* and public health odlcUl* be
ll era they are conserve tire.
The epidemic persists, but deoDw
arc much leas aaaeeroas, according
to report, reaching hare. A recrude,
reanca of the disease trw is occurr
ed, •" "*ny coma, unities, but this l.
Micved to be apordaic and net to ia
****** * keneral renewal af severs
epidemic. government reporU indi
cate. About 24,000 dratto occurred
» tho camps in the United States.
War Department report, dm.
CROWN PRINCE HAS
NOTABDKATED
Dedaraa Ha Ham’t
Anythin,, ~
TALKS TO ASSOCIATED
PRESS CORRESPONDENT
THU aad ltf> “Cn.r
thing Aggnri Chess" ia Cw
■*»» a* Pimmi
OUeriend, Holland, Dee I,_(n>
AiocUted ^“1 hTte’^^
aeunced anything and I have net
wha HJU claims tha Jitl* of crown
prince af
»a « j
wuS5J3?^525?haiC
intaiwq.
"However," ha continued. “shoald
tha Caiman government decide to
fetal a republic eiznilar to tha Uaited
Stetea or France, I shall be perfectly
coaten t to retara to Germany as a
•imple citltcn ready to do anything
to assist my country. I should even
>*• happy to work aa a laborer la a
factory.
“At present everything appear*
Germany, bat I hope things
will right themselves."’
. *Tkc<i w!**t, in Ms opiaion, was the
turning point of the war, he said:
"I convinced early in October
l*ld. that we had lost the war I
considered our position hopeless after
the battle of tbs Marne, which we
stould not hare lost, if thi chiefs of
onr general staff had not suffered a
CISC af nerves.
WtsItJ to jut |#oo4V«
. “* FW to pepsuadj. the general
ttaf to seek ponce then, eve* a a
trret iscrllce, pwiag re far aa to give
up Alsace-Lorraine. But i was told
to mind my own business end confine
my activities to commanding my ar
mies. 1 have proof of this.”
What finally brought about the
downfall of toe German military
power, he declared, was revolution in
duced by four years of hlepr e
mong the civilians and the troops ia
die rear, together with the overwhelm
ing superiority ia number* attained
by Ue entente powers since Amrri
ea’s entry Into tho wer, which had
undermined the confidence of the
Csrmen fighting forces.
’’My so Id lore, whom I loved and
with whom I lived continuously, and
who, if 1 may say so, loved mr. fought
with tha utmost courage to the end,
even nrben the odds were impossible
te withstand," tha refugee prince
wmvst mm “TV.u kail earn mm_* _A
•omethaee an entire divitien numb
ered aaljr ttx hundred riflee. Tkaaa
ware oppoted by freak allied traopa.
unoog whom ware America a dhrMone
containing 27.000 maa apiece.**
Never DwirW #ar. '
DvtcrlMng how ha loft the front.
Frederick William declared: "I waa
with my group of armlet after the1
baiter left Germany. I naked the
Berlin government whether they de
alrod me to retain my eotammad.
Titer replied negatively, and I ceuld
not continue te lead ermine under
order* of Hie eoldleca' and worker*'
MWA
‘Tbenrfere,, I earn* toHeUaad
without hindrance. No rtnitl^ or
bomblag occurred and I quit the army
with An greatett regret after havtag
partkhmtod In the trench Ufa with
the eoldlert for to long.
MI have not been in Germany far
over a year, and from the begin King
of the war I have taken only three
or four fortnight leave*.”
Speaking of the beginning af the
war Frederick William aaaomed:
"Contrary te all otntamanta hither
to made abroad, I never daetred war,
and Hwnght the moment quite Inep
pertane. I waa never consulted, and
the report about a crown council be
ing held In Berlin la decide on the
war I deny an my onih. I waa an
“My father, atm, I am aura, did
not denlrt war. If Germany had
•aught the boot opportunity far mak
ing war the would have cheeea the
pedod either af the Boer war er the
KWMMBpMMM W.
^ WmOd Satwr..
I tala that K no land
conflict. TUi view_
. r9* tow* m4M me wtth war.
* ,■*■«! »>«t I wa» only a oah
S£. »«* »«•*♦>» -a tot ««y
kept 1 oraaghly otoaiaat. and I wa«k>
•f »• krtnc tM. about, Fan
grirSAJSBVMrs
aarr »jfM for Ha lm thro* daya, bat
“i boajirtS^tba^ltotoa attack
ww . "bdaka. Wa afcoald hava at
tots 4 t otba iidaH of Vardan. ’
•to tharo would hava boas groat
I too*-' titty of raccaan”
" ■■>< <-*x-crown prise* woo ratbag bit
ter ,i: ordlng tho work of tbo Moral
star, hick ba amartad was riwiwl
hla for dumtow laiiukaa. Including
the i.i ft«k to Martk. 1»|T w|j|gfc g
waa ricrad to wkt, contrary ta Mb
ESgfcSpKT.
ttoil . wk«» van Hindanhcrg waa «.
mor' rcarohond.
I , ldorff and Me alaff titattotol •
sraw^roarta
Am. • ft’* eantrlbatioa af aaMtora
»* t graat a* It aatanMy mwvad ta
rtick VINm doatorad
to b* is admlrar af Frmidc
mb < >■ ha felt aaanrad
brto;: boat a lull of JMMm
Go-. I' M aaaab, and caadadad:
"A.rs-Baniliatioa of a aatiaa aan
toln VMSSSoO af paayla waald
fe'-SfSaJSsr
WILSON SPEEDING
TOWARD FRANCE
On Transport Cl togs Wash
Naw York Harker
MANY NOTABLE MEN
AMONG PASSENCEBS
Ob r, m u
,Nrw York, Das. 4.
mission the principal «
ar« tb* abolition of _
the attainment of a jam
Woodrow Wllaoa. fwt
State, to visit
wUU ta office. «a
scrota (ha Atlantic
attend tha araataat
' fertaei in liitort.
, °* »fc«>n»apx>rt George Wa
ton, aac tit»« German pmamw -_
maaand bv a navy craw and wMi deck
anna ready for aettoa, and aaeoama
ol?!* • »avsl caa “ “ -\
left Now York
a <1 am ana fare tie n ..__
«h» history of tha port.
The Preudcnt tookhla plaaa aa (to
aANSU** »“<** —
■^•jggf^ra ssl.*:
meuad far*wall, aad monitors. ——
hosts and arUBarymaa at Port HuT
ssy?%£5s.*vfS:
sssskd?^ .“sasnrr!
troy ora. With bar eArlel eoaaort and
ton other daatreyaw which Joined the
8«rt for a cm lea to the Bmk of A
mcr.raa Urritorial waters. thevGaam
Wa ’hiagtoa diaappmied «w to
aaatrra boritoc shortly aftor law.
tir Wilma Irftkh S&’SJ
artth Mm before the George WaaSm