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From Holland .to Denmark Ia-i
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' Associated Pr6sa Retxrt.'
GENEVA.' SwltsNov. 4rtavaa)
AU telegraphic ommunicnUon .be-
tween Germany and Swltterlsnd has
oeen iniorrupwJO.; is khistbu oer
that the re baa been some unnsual oc-
currence la Germany to aua thla Jn-
. terroptkm.c ;.' ..y ' . .- j -
fEHEJZLAJID DISAITECTED.
Secession v' Sentiment f Bpreidinj
' -. f ? Throughout This Section. . V.
" ' AmotOmiti Praia 'Report ''
BE RUN Via 'Copenhagen' No.
Ths movement to withdraw from Ger-
many and create.' separate repubUe to
gaining ground rapidly In tha Rhineland
-according to report from Cologne) to the
Socialist -VorWeerts... Tha movement flnda
strong aupport on Um part of tha clerical
as.aresult of tha Prussian government's
annpuncemntvof j Its Intention'. to dla-
'eatabllah.tha churchci..j'; (Jf-.
; Recant erenta In Berlin nas Alio ap-
parently tncreaaed tha fears pf tha Rhine'
laneera regarding boUhevUm aa the oor-
- reapondent decJarea we ahaO .ttava' to
reckon with aeoeealon as almoat unavoid-
able unices an .immediate oonaolldallon Is
reached in Berlin and the date or elec
tions t tha -oenatlt aent assembly set with
the greateet apeed.- - : . f ... -v -
"It can not be denied nor oonoaaled that
the situation becomes more dlfOoult and
more dasgeraus every day."-says Theo.
dor Wolff iq the Tageblatt in referring to
; Voo Hlndenburg regarding alleged French
plans for the permanent conauest of tier
man' territory.. . .N " t;;.ti-?'--'
Her? .Wolff declares' that'i aj) Sotith
Germany la dissatisfied with conditions
in Berlin and Is beginning to consider the
question of leaving tha apltsi to Us fata.
Be Wlnta out thatthe reported FoVab
aggression axainst the eaitertrnordera of
Oermany may -have -fatal eonseqoeacei in
Count Herentlow in the Tagea Zeitung
taken the same atandDoint.; declaring thaa.1
vent a catastrophe. . ... (
NEW ILZJTJBLIC PEOCLilMZD.
Entire sTorth Sea Coast of Germany
...j lBTOiveo.. -:
'.Associated Press Reports s v'i
COtENHAGEN; " Nor. t.Garman
newspapers report that the united work"
: era" and sotdlera' coonclls have proclaim-
ed Oldenburg. Oestfrtealaad Bremen.
Hamburg and Schleswlg-Bolstein n
-pttblic
J
'. Major General1 Beaumont B. Buck."wlvo
armed. only' with a. riding crop Jed his
men of the Id brigade-of the first A mart-
can division when they charged and cap
tared Bemyle-Seo en July XI. has Just
returned rora Prance. ' Be was a briga
dier general at the Ume. Be Is new wear'
lng the distinguished service cross of the
United 'States the Region of Honor rib
bon and tha Croix de Guerre with a palm
as a reward for his gallant services v
GERI1M: SEEKS: TO
Commissioa Apjsointd to CarefnDy
Ezutsoe Secret Arairei.Jv
World - WiU -.Be Appalled H; Is
Promiied at Siscloinres Tnat '
V ' ' Will Eeaalt rrota This .
iV.'t;?' Iwsa4ioB...;i
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)llc The capital win. be at Hamburg.
?H. nA AM 4 Msmail 'smanetplsU aa Is Mian
iram Houtaa to ovtUAmtiL. :Brmn tuia
Hmburf .ar the two most Unportant
Udsrmaa snipplnr orU no r trtt
.iai..- m. avi. a " er-a-.s
VILICs. AIIVJ- esnvIWsV V1UM VfjrifJJi -J XIV) I
v 'Civtt W Threatened. "
1 Associated Press Report. "
UURUN Saturday Nov. . via Am
sterdam Nov.1 83. The Atigsberg Kvsning
Gasette advises the Bavarian provisional
government to take a." positive .stand
against the Berlin radicals and to threat-
eq the. North German terrorists with the
secession of Bavaria and other German
states unless they 'adopt a different policy.
The paper state that th opposition of
the Berlin soldiers and workmen's council
to. a' democratic republic- will 'not ijnly
prove to be a signal lor civil war but will
also result in breaking oft peace ncgoMa-
tlonr'and the entry .of entente troops into
Germany. Continuing it-aayut r. ..
"Atf bf South Germany must disengage
Itself .from this Berlin reign Of blood
and terror and prove to the world that it
respecta Breaident Wilson's ultimatum-
'no peace with autocracy " 1
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; CBadioals in Ugly Mood v '
Associated Press ReporL
BERIJN Tuesday Jor.- 19.. via Am-
sterdam - Saturday- :' Nov. . The 't left
wing of tho social democrats and the
ultra-radicals today launched their an-
ticipated Bght on the . national assembly
during the cours-a of a 'largely attended
meeting of the worklaginen's' counoU for
greater Berlin called by the . executive
board of . the Soldiers and workmen's
council.- . It was presided over by Her-
manu Molkonbulxr and Hen. Mueller Joint
Vi)arOnanslilp . phslrmen ' of- the body
which considers Itaelt the highest authority-
la the present government and Inci-
dentally claims the right to disband the
cabinet If the latter refuses to carry out
Its policy ' ' 1
Ilnrr Mueller: who is the JndependentsM
rcprreentive in me committee cnairman-
Mimertcd at the meeting hat an at-
tempt to eonvene. a national assembly la
a pluln endeavor to lve th -bourgeois
'ontrol of tile new democracy. . He U-
innna. d a-aoclallatlc republic and added:
"A rntlonol acmWv - v ai.m to ;ur
Uli warrant Xhe path lj It can only
d over my dead. body." "
I'riudrlch Kbert.' head of the irr-
n cobliiet an I-r:
i the meetlHif. 1
1 the nerd of a )
I (lint the ad s..v
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'l.w' ' Hyajlf! aBreilea'aBj '.-. - lt
Special Cable te the New York Times
Chicago' Tribune end' Houston: Post
Copyright' Mil.' by New Tor iTImea.)
Bk:RNE.A coamlaslon M . being ap
pointed to Berlin to eaamlhe all seoref
documents -and ascertain whTch 'Qennoin
statesmen a ad aillltary:men were respon
slble tat tba war and ' Its orolonaatlan.
The berlTRers-blattdemands also an
Inqniryae-to- wttom-waa.reapsaslbls for
repeatedly preventing ;peaee and drag-
ging out the war until a catastrophe was
inevnaoie.' i j -s - - i:
Thecounc1r which' decided on. the de
lentlcss submarine warfare Included Herr
Ballln Von Jagow yon Tlrplta and one
director of Kruppe. Herr Ballln is dead
and Von Tlrplta and one other member
of this eounctl have fled to Bwitserland.
I also learn from' a trustworthy soiirce
(hat about three mpnths ago the Qernuui
council decided on av4 attack on the
English coaat- and; consequently ail the
German; submarines were recalled "to
German' ports.' Then- the German : sail-
ora . realising the futiUty of the nlan.
began their mutiny' and the ex-kaiser's
laat visit to JKlel waa intended te pacify
them. ' y ;.."'. : ':''' r - -.
''i The' German sailors. ' however bad "too
vivid a recollection of tha 'battle of Jut-
land and declared .openly that they would
not again . encounter ' the British fleet
Hence their insistence' on 'not abandon-
ing the mutiny without assurance from
the governor of Kiel? that the German
fleet' would ton no ' account leave- Kiel
while the war lasted ' ' .
when the German secret documents arc
published .the world will be appalled. at
the depth of degradation to which Oer(
mans with 1ilgh sounding names anc
titles' eanlc' Thus after Italy's entrance
Into' the wnr Prince Von Buelow in con'
Junction with the German consul general
at Zurich was engaged In endeavoring
to introduce poison: bombs cholera be
-I ' '- (Continued on Pate Two.) ' S v.
Airmce Units si Airy of Occcpa
v tica Cros ti Cdrsfcr'tl '!
v -'Kadber of Pobts. -
Zxtrj Consideration Is Seported toJ
V'Me.by -Peopisof the -
rJ-"-..". l.ta J.'-v W- 'd
associater Press Report j
.AMERICAN rABMT OF -OCCpPAf
TlON. Batunlay No. .. t3. EJrenlns.
Thev-Germaa .tronUarvwaa'.erotsed at
leveral places Batnrday by 'American J
lrnai corps nnita . and ambulance
workera. Ihort .tripe were made into
Rbeniah Proaala" where' tha Inhabl-
tanta are reported to have' afiown thai
Americana every oouidereUon J ; ;
The front lines of the American army
of occupation tonight rested along the
Lntemfeurg-Oennaa border on the Bauer
river and thence along the Moselle river
to the region east of Remtch. The Amer-
ican army will nark time' juntll further
orders. At Jeaat three er four day are
expected to pass before the next move is
made.
The Oertnans apparently ere' withdraw.
lag aooordlng tn schedule. Beports reach-
ingy'the third army- were that the Ger
mans everywhere were whistling and
singing as they marched. : The 'general
line -of the German withdrawal' Is along
tha Perl-Saarturg road.-'The southern
limit of the flfth German array is re
ported to be the una. of Blerek-Thlonville
Several instances.. m-reported where
Amertoans encountered Germane along
the roadwaysanyeach time-Um Germans
showed the Americans every courtesy.
While an American of Beer to an auto
mobile '. was riding; .along the'. Remich-
Treves road east of the Moselle be en-
countered v German . troops . -jnarchlng
northward" ' A column of .German Infantry
and aofneHJertnan trucks withdrew to the
side of the road in order to elear the
way for the' jtmsrlwawa i'P'
Owing to the ' shortage o ' horses the
Gehnanaf are using oxen to haul their
supplies -and some artyiery.- V '.'(xy
LONDON. NOT.' . Weld' Marshal
Halga report flupdaf of 'the Brittan d
Vance saver '. -f.
W. reachea. today the-" German. traeW
tier -inunedlateli north f .i Ijoaemburg.
Our general line along the frontier7 Bee
south pf'Beho Grandmenll BornaJ' Hoy
and east .ot'Avennes.". :...' . ' " '.V..:. i
BERLmERS LISTLESS
AUD DEMORALIZED f
Hnsjer id Priratioa Hare Sapped
i" ...tl a. . J 1- .;
-. v : mania asa Aioraie. -"' .-immr.h.r. r it
FeeliBf Thai Nothing Hatter Is
Giving A Few Energetio ranatioi
Opp'ortunitjr to Tarn" Thingt :
' . ' . v - Totjit Tnrrr rt.:it
Uzi:rn :rr:;::dU.S.idED.
..bC-.-.'.-JOTf.m'.W
vtcod t:
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r.'fC"r"!iVcmic
Should Any ITatio Dart leaort to
. Arma It ; Would;. Bo Promptly
Snppreiied by OnstdiAni " '
; r''-.""of WorldV Peaoe. . : ;
Associated "Press Report
NeJW YOK K6r. Jff.-Tba League
torJEnforce;Peace announced bare. Sun-
day nlsbt ita 'victory progrant'' It
calls tor the rormaUot) at ha oomlns
peaea congress 01 a league of free &av
Uona oasessing Juflicjal' aamlnistm.
Uto and taxecutiv1 powera and fonc-
Qona -which' would be- so administered
aa to guarantee a permanent peaea.
The program' which it Was announced
ready' had been adopted by the Mew
York lasagne of Free Nations association.
a wall as' the league to Enforce peace.
was drafted by A special committee.
which "William H.-Tart. president of the
league ' wag ehalrmenv Other .members
of the committee were A. Lawrence
IiOweU- president of the Harvard enlver-
sltyt Oecar 8. Straus former minister to
Turkey; Theodore Marburg forsoer min
later 'to Belgium; Hamilton Holt Talcott
WUIiama and William H. Short of New
Tork and Glenn Frankt ef Boston.
In announoing the program which to to
be submitted for-consideration' and ' to-
uurwrooro oy au Brsaanaiuna .ana per
sons favoring international reconstruction.
the league made lt plain that the program
did not attempt to Solve the details Of
world organisation nt suggested the
principles merely as a "basis for discussion
And criticism.- i ''
:; " -WArt Yq CNOWAft. f f ')
; The. league's platform follows: -
'"The. war now . happily brought ' to
close haa beea abova . all a war to end
but- ta order: to Insure the. fruits
of vlotory and to prevent the recurrence
of auoh a catastrophe' there' should be
formed a league of free nations .as unl
veraal ai possible based upon treaty and
pledgedbat -the- aeourlty. of each state
shall rent upon the strength of he whole.
The initiating noeieua ef the fnembershln
of thd leaglle'eftHil oe ihewiUoriSTiLe
elated as belligerents in. winning the war.
-TThe league should Aim- at .promoting
the liberty progress and fair- economic
opportunity Pt au nauona ' ana tne oroer
ly development -cf. the world. .
"It should insure pence by eliminating
causes ef ausenslon by Oecldlng cootro
veratea bv oeaiceafele means and to unit
lng the potential force' ef all' tha members
na 'a standing menace' against any nation
that- seeks to -.upset .the peace of the
world. . ''
"Tito Advantage of membership in the
lesgue i both economically and from the
nolnt -el view of aecuritv-enouid DO' so
clear that an hatione will desire to be
For1 this purpose It la necessary - to
create'.-. " ; .
'Lr. For the decision of justiciable quea-
' . .' (Continued on Page Two.) .
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Today V Calendar
Jorecastg of the Weather')'
" Asaolatedi.Press tsnnH.4i4r??
- WASHINGTON e. U.But Tent
UnJf rsis aerswt TuttJay mtutttlti rste
iMtf r in 'ntrtlmnt tartio cl4r MasrtS-
wJ portion. ' . . - .
Wttt Tixofitondi ' rain . in' - sad
central itrtiem; num tmming':t4 . reisVIa
Ptnltmndle. swrsMr except in extreme met pr-
Utmi Tntethy 'frobtbef fair celier. '
Ismuimna ifenJoy incremnnt ciuliuete.
rein is west fertion y night f ruing temper-
tnrex' Tnejity rain mmrmer. v'J f nr. ": y '..
--f-;-Today Event: ' ; K
' Pirst y ef- educational - fesUvsl "at
Rice Institute. Proaram onena with re
ception to British mission at institute at
u m. cc - v - ' . - - ' . -
Conference' of county food admhitstra-
tors beginning at 19 a. m. in Rice hotel
banquet hail. ": :t . r-.;:"
' Houston Retail ' Credit ' Men' ' aaaocl-
atlnn meet at a p. m. la room; I19 .Rloa
notuu i ..
Regular meeting of city council in city'
ban. at 4 p. m. .
Lunrheon of Uons club. Bender hotel
noouUme. " . i - k
' " ' AMi'nEMKNTS. '-'
TURXlSR HALL: Dancing. . '
KEt.THEATER: 'The GoatT; :; jy
Zom THEATEH:V "A- Perfect' ." .'
TRAV18 TIIEVTERh "Xena' Rivera.: n
ISIS THEATER: "I Ir' Great' Chartce.7
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'bbbian. Via Copenhagen Saturday
Nov 23. Strange are the experiences of
a traveler who enters Germany after an
absence o several yearav Formerly there
were many and varied governmental ar
dors and reetrioUona to be obeyed. Now
a days when you .go- to a police station
the desk sergeant will sayiadly: .
v rTou are not required to register any
hger. They doJiot even look at your
paasport."' . -y :hZ v -i
Another feature of the "new freedom'
In -Qermanye which ; may ". surprise the
traveler. Is. that the private soldier no
longer salutes his superior ef fleers. The
soldier calls' his-officer "comrade"
'Berlin outwardly Is as orderly as ever
but . order to no ' longer maintained by
policemen hut by soldiers with arm bands
aa. tha badge of vofHce. The picture la
familiar to tnoee wno saw. Petrograd dur
ing the Kerensky regime. . Another sight
recalling PetrogradSare th- military and
royal automoblles-i-the latter UU sound.
tag the. musical call denoting the. ap
proach of royalty-whlch- dash through
the streets with loads. of soldiers.-
The: prevailing tone In Berlin la atill
military but it U a militarism of pri
vates and noncommissioned of Beers. Their
symbol to the red flag wbloh Waves above
overy government building and from every
automobile. As far-aa any participation
in directing the-ffalra of - the govern
ment v the bourgeoly dtlirns simply do
Hunger has net IU unmistakable stimp
on the inhabitants of the capital. ..Here
and. there hollow cheeks sunken eyes and
pasty" ' complexions ere evidence - of the
privation of-the last four .years. Similar
conditions could be observed two years
earlier In the city's poorer quarters but
today they 'prevail among nearly -nlf
classes. Dilapidated street cars and cabs
drawn by skeleton horses . Intensify- the
picture of misery. 1 .'..'
The United States la regarded not only
aa not an enemy; but actually -. as a
friend Berlin r"l6nts hoix-fultv recall
aiwuranco of I'residont Vtllwa'that
AniorH-a does not intrrid.to wipe out tit
Uwuinn people. 1
. 1mtI rrutihed vlr ' "t 'nn f ' nr'-f-l
iv .iiion. nus U"i i . i i
uredible lui.v( .It 19 n..inoi I-
s and liiii'n v evn mms-i. ii
t-i aiit. h i i .
iw rn.ri...iio i ... a .
a rolipllv (he nrflv-- f i. - r i-
cuiete iuiUi of te ..rnMi
1 iiv thle
J nt
. a of a !
GERIJANS BIUII6 . IN
Tlird Squadron of 23 Fcrzafiy Sor-
-' renaerea u i.ck.
t A)
Fsmoas IrentsehUnd Among -This
If umber Two Captive Amert
can Offioers Brpaght 0rer.o r
Board TJndem&v Crullers
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Associated Press Report.:.: V-
- HARWICH England Nov. 14. in 'the
presence ef Sir E.vj Geddes' Orst lord of
the admiralty. 18 more' German TJ-boaU
surrendered Sunday. . This was .the- most
imposing flotilla to hauldown the Ger-
man flag thus far. . It Included several
very large submarines end four ef the
cruiser type eno being nearly JSO feet In
length.. . ' fl f '".'. i'
The noted cruiser Submarine Deutsoh-
land u-16j was among the. : number.
She carried two American offlcerg who
bad- been rescued from the . American
army cargo ship Tlconderoga. torpedoed
on September ie laaur The officers were
token to Kiel by the Deutschland which
was returning from a three months cruise
In. American waters and were sanded on
Sunday at Harwich ). . .'-'-.': ; :
Another '''Surrendered ; boat ' Was. the
U-US which . nao just returned to i
Gennaa pert after .f 4-day cruise ptn
mended byv Lieutenant 'Commander Ar-
nautd' de la perrlere who In 1B1 -was
awarded tlie ordef- pour le nerlte for
sinking in 'vessels t -ine u-139 how-
even H brought la by a first lieutenant
who explained that Perrlere was too -sad
to undertake the euty.. - a r
' ' i . a
American "Warships Band
Withdrawn; From .Europe
?:p 5 7 .' "
.' Assorlated Press Report. . "
: PARIS KT. Tte A. riean .
. naval "establishment 1n 1
porta and waters hi belr.j " -ed
- rajilslly alncw the arn ' " . s j
nler.d to order I.
. email craft destroy s r a-
f!n"i used prlnrtt'y -'
t a I." lilted run--..' .-r 1
"i ! -1'datyr v-.-fri.---'
rrrp r? tti? eric rii
..i Vf ll. iMJVJ HUM
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Kaval Expertf Confident Snbmt:
Operationt Will Be Eeatricte l
V : as - to Pretent . Eepetitioa
z of IntitssiB Tragedy.
If;
klsnrie Adelaide Grand Ichesr 'rf iemburt beelde Gen
Pershing and reviewed the American army of occupation aa lt passed through
her capital' hound for 0rmany. Aooordlng to recent dlipatcb.ee) socialist
leadera are demanding' that tha Grand Dacheaa abdicate to trhlch aha re-
plied that ehe was willing abida by tha wlU of the majority expressed at
tha iWllsV'-frV S iU-t W V V;:;' -t (: - . ...p "-.'' J V:'.-':: .''V. " V
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.i'yKswdatedFVessVBe
. PARIS- -Not' 84. Restriction
mb marine Opermtlona against
chant abipe'eo as to prevent att
Oka that.axalnit the Lasltanla 6
leas will be proposed m the dlscn
by the peace congress ot the "i
Joni ot the seas" question - '
It ia tha rlew'of leading naval
tborlUea V who have examined '
branch .ot the sahject that anbm
Dperatlonsslionld fte limited to e'
lng varshlpt forming theregul&r ;
of navy. Attacks woald bo pr
I Ited against merchant ships e
passenger or freight and whe
armed defensively- or otherwise
cording io Vhia Tietr ' "aubmar
would oontlnue to bo aa arm of a
ral service bat' their nsa would be
fined strictly to -naval' warfare.
;Th!a and auay other subjects to -before'
the pease congress are now )
formative" sute. as it wlU be some t
pertope-fortnight before the r.
sittings of. the Interallied eonference
resumed to arrange the preilminari
the
FUIMPEPEHDEMCE
FOR BELaiDII 1
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'3 W
let Alert tvzii Futsw
Ib ' Speeeh - of ' Psiyament' Soldieiv
Monarch Seolarei la ravor pip
Ettusl Suffrage for AU -; '.
Mea of the Hatio
-; Associated Press Report"')-.f'
BRUSSELS Friday Nov. M. King Al
bert having been received enthuelaslloalty
by the Inhabitants of his redeemed capi-
Ul Friday made an important speech
from- the throne In parliament his fhwt
utterance ' lr 'the capital since almost
the beginning Of the war. " Near the
KAISER FEASTED AS
PEOPLE STARVED
f! v.f ' v " - . 7-'..".'r..'''.':'v-'
- 4
Inventory .. of tie - Hoard I Xeteals
Enongh to Have Fed Several
ThosaandTPedplej 'far ' ; ;
".;' loaf $imt.Z
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Assecfated Press Report. '.-"
" AMSTERDAM Nov. t4. "How .W11-
helm HelA Ottt. to the title of an article
Inithe Ftankfort Volkee Stlmm;. by WU-
belm Carle a sooiallst' Who . discovered
the hoards' ef provisions which the for.
mar emperor; had hi. his Berlin palace.
tTbe euaatlty' the writer says. ?'ea-
throne stood General . Pershing ! repre- fseeded all expeotaUos.Mn arge white
senting the : "American army; General
Plumer-of the British -army and other
generals. The chamber ' was filled with
members ' and In Ithe saHeries "was the
diplomatic corps including Brand" Whit-
locki .tne American minister who returned
Thursday to his post 'In Brussels. '. ' J
One. of the most vital .points iln -;tne
klnga address dealt' with '.the question of
suffrage for Belgium and in this connec-
tion be said: ' v ; - .
"The government propoees to the cham-
bers to lower" by patriotic agreement; the
ancient barrier 'and to -make the cobsO-
tutlon of the nation a reality on the basis
of "bqual suffrage- for ail men of the ma
ture age required for the exercise of civil
rights a' f-l
i ms statement areusea a storm 01 ap-
plause from all of . the members. Re.
ferrlng to the' Flemish quest ion" King "Al
bert ssid: . - -' .-v;-.
-"The necessity of a fruitful union de
mands' the' sincere collaboration of all
cltlsena of 'the- name country Without
distinction ' of j origin ' or " language. i In
this domain of language the ' strictest
equality and the moat aboalute Justice
win preside; over tha elaboration of pro-
jects which the 'government' will submit
the national representatives. ' - f
'A. reciprocal respect for the Interests
ef the Flemings and the Walloons ought
to be an Integral principle ef the admin-
Istratioa ' and. should give td" each the
eertalnty of. being.- understood: when he
speaks hid own language and assure to
him his ' fun Intellectual . development
especially higber eduoatlon" ? t'-'
la regard to. the future status of Bel-
glum he derlarede. 'ir!;..'- r-)C
Belgium victor ioua and freed from the
neutrality that was Imposed upon her by
States .which have been shattered to their
foundation by war . will enjoy complete
tiled- reams was t everything' literally
everything one -can imagine In foodtuKa
R to Inoonoeivable-that after our years
of war 'such. bug quantities .eoutdV: be
hoarded. There -was meat and game In
eold storage salted' provisions in large
esses white rasa! la sacks .piled to the
roof .thousands of eggs" elntle"boase
flUed with .tea coffee. chocolate.' 'lard.
Jelly and . Jarn: hundreds of sugar loaves
and endless stacks ot peas beans dried
fralta and biscuit. Their value amounts
to several hundred thousand marks. .
"These hoarded JoodstuiTs can. not. be
better used than to-be preserved as a
lasting tnemorlal to our: posterity which
Should see. how. while minions' In Ger
many starved- those elected by the graoe
of God held ont;"'- V'v-'f- j:'":-;a'v-..t.
-..'-.- . 'i' ' r-'' is
I: .- i-.-'v... ... ' -v. . - ?'
fWalks sad Beligioas Services' Wi-
vhelm't lTiaeipsl Oeoapatioas.
i ..'"..' Assodaled Press Report. ' Jf 5 t V
AMSTERDAM Saturday Mov. "" Wil-
liam Hobensonem ' they forrdert German
emperor .has not left tbe .grounds" ef
Amerobgen castle since be was interned
there. Dutch newspapers any.
The; former emperor beglne each day
with a. walk about the castle grounds
and then attends a religious service con
ducted . by ..Count Voo Bentlrtck or . the
count's son.;' The day 'closes 'with ani
other walk' 1n the gardens. The officers
of his suite hoieverdash about -the
country' la-automobllesv .
V.
mmmmj iiw-i(iwi asv ' "n
tie. .'. -
papers criticise "tle gov
placlngi special ' telerooe
lndpendnc. VJ ivK :' ff.
Uolglura . re-established la aU its
rights. wlU rule Its destinies' acoordlhg te
Ite aspirations and ha full eoverelgnty.
Klna Alhsr mfermti with mfltliila 4
the great efforts of all the -entente conn
tries and ef the United States. "a new
end stalwart ally which added the Wight
of her effort so greet ana antoualaslM
te that of the other nations and caused'
our. formidable adversary to totter.;1
lemi
berg Reported Qptured
r by Poliph ;Troop$ ( t " "
'. 'VAasoctated -Press 'Report.' V .' ':.'
COPRNHAO-BX. Nov. "tl. PoiUh troops
Saturday captared limbcrg the capital
of Gallela and 'ita environs aooordlng to
tlie' Polish Telegraph bureau at Craoow.
There has been hwr fighting In and
bout Tomherg sific is-ly In November
' i-alntan tr. $ :(-r. tiallcla
... J (B rlt... ...
1 .The: pastor of the village church twice
-has "-dined ' with' .the : former emperor's
party. : Other local;; hotsMes .also have
visitea in trastie.
. 8ome Dutch pa
ernment for placlngi eoec!
facilities at the disposal of the. former
emperor.' Tn Ken tinea . lamiiy ess in
emuhaslae the fact tbet they received the
former emperor only at. tae request of the
Murat ' PansPalace to Be
-WAeebemte- .press Report;": I'M'-
.PARIS. Saturday Nov. tt.Prlnce and
Princess Joachim Murat. at the request
of the government . have ' placed their
town house at M Rue de Moiireau at the
disposal of the French authorities' to re
ceive president WilBon during hie etayJ
. The president will And In the maaaioa
various sou venire of lYesidsnt'- Wllsoa
Whoee niece " married Prlncex Achilla
Murat; The bouse which waa noted be-
fere the war tor the Mlendid reoeptlens
heMXhera has a h.-rfe garden.
- Prince
who was r-
mi. Sr I
t H a son orprince Juachlm
. tl i-i nilant . of arolino jdisa-uxmn'r in-. n
- "e r t J' 'iinn. I very
- In the meantime none of the Bi
Italian or "Other foreign - de legatee
here except Colonel K. M. House
American representative to he con
enea who to eonflned. to his bed with
grip. Several members of his staff
are down with the prevailing epidem
But' those;; charged' with? the' pre!
aerlee are- going ahead andr-dlplon;
dvelea re acUvely discussing var
phases of .the big questions to come
fore-the eongrees. v . . . .''..
: PANLBVS BCSIM IN JANUARY.
Aoaordlng'!'to 1 formation t from
ntsn -saagotkrtlonav Jbf TttAJai;)
preliminaries of peace car not eomnn
before earig hi January. 'The dlaou.
will take a beat a month and a naif
that th Signing Of tbe protocol wo
not- occur before the enjl of Februi
This will Mosssitato a. renewal of t
armistice which expiree oq -December
unless extended before that time. -
Previous t the January sittings
the oongress howaver the Inter-ai '
conference will have sessions during I
camber in which President "Wilson t
tak part. v.; U ' '"I
The signing of a peace protocol cover
tlals and the JaUr deve!
meat )ef lengthy toeaty covering i
la in aoooroanoe fwan tae pi
Uoe at the time of the conclusion
peace between the United States
Spain. S.f.U-.5V.;J-;v-.iSv'-'':-V.'" -
Active preparatkma for the peace c
gresa art" shown In the requisitioning of
iarga number of the most InVport.
notels in . Parte for the eoeommodati
of the extensive ataffa at the Briti
French AJBtericaai Italian and other i
atloasv M-i'S" V-'-Al .v'ii'-. t'''-'
:The 'Americans have taken' the Hoi
Crillon. facing the Place de la Concord.
and the' adjoining extensiva offloe: quar-
ters" formorly occupied by trie 'American
Red Cross ;. This gives ; the ; Amerlcn
opposite aide of the. Rue Royalo from t
ministry f marine. ' .
.;.';';No Change in armisticb.a
tt Is declared that Marshal Foob tl.-
anted cofnmarder-ln-chlef ' lias said In
wffl give no heed to protests of the Gcr
man armistice delegates made throut
communication front; Foreign' Minister
Solf eonoemlng the manner of. earrylnc
out 'the: armistice. This reply Soubtlfs-
will oover any further - repreaentatloii
that may ha made by th Germans
The armistice as a- whole lasts M days
from the. date- of the .algalng November
11. -with lUie right 4f extension and the
right of denunciation on e. hours notice.
The evamiatlon.vot Alsace-dUrraine must
be oompletod by November tt. and the
Wltltdrawar of the German troops from
the Rhine country 'designated In the ar-
mistice I limited tox December la.
A MMinl of the armistice will carry
It beyond the opening of the peace oo
greeev. when fuller consideration can I
given to its' continuance. s .'' -'
The Matin states that it I hMe to In-
form Dr. &Dll the German JorolKn secrr-
taryv that 'the overtures lie. has inpireti
at The Hague are vain and that .!-
United States and the allied government:
will never modify the armlatiee clause.
CLiuaiJJiJlia.U o ; Ausaiua.;
jTreaoh lremiep Witt Discnif Peace
Problemi With Engliari Leaders.
; Associated Press Report. A
TiABT.q . ..' Katurdar: : .NoV.if'SS. JPremlfr
Cwmenceau'a intended' : visit Xdndon
early la December doubtles will give him
an opportunity to' discuss a numper
the mora irhportnnt issues to oome e.
the- Interallied vOonference and t
peace .congreit with V ; Prender' M
Gcorsjv. a;Ratrour the BrRish for.
serretaryand vtber rltleh lenders v
are' dutalntd 'in Engloud 'by the elec
campaigd.' ' ";;' " .''
(Announce" t of the prerulor Hit
Lti M to l.k-lnt follows tha vl
Pari. .'of Taul Camhon French a" '
dor to'Great Britain who la beli'
have'l" "4 the authnrlilos h"
th' prevni'.nir 1' itiHh m-nnm. - t
mnln potHM n: r iiMfui'-
U liMf llii rn . .1 (if-n ri-t
In mill.-.
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