Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 43, Number 350, 28 December 1918 — Page 1

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STRICT RULES ISSUED TO KEEP ORDER IN GERMANY U. S. Authorities Know Whereabouts of Every Person in Land Occupied by Americans CENSOR NEWSPAPERS (By Associated Freas) COBLENZ. Dec. 28 Rules for the guldanco of Inhabitants of regions occupied by American forces were issued today by Gen. Pershing. Except for minor and specific regulations, the Americans have not interfered in local affairs up till today. Cafes bave been open and theatres filled night after night. Newspapers, until recently have published without restraint such articles as they desired, while crowds promenaded the streets until midnight, and even later. The Cermans had come to be- ' lieve that such conditions would continue and while there were no serious Incidents as a result of the tolerant rule of the Americans it was deemed best to check any tendency toward abuse. The regulations published today it was reported were signed by Gen. James W. McAndrew, chief of staff, "by command of Gen. Pershing." In drafting them an effort was made to avoid the inclusion of any rules which would merely humiliate the population, or which savored of retaliation or revenge. They are intended simply to maintain good order. Have Military Court. Under the terms of the regulations, the authorities will know the exact whereabouts of every individual, for each must carry an identification card and give notice of changes of habitation. Householders must keep posted on their doors a list of the residents of their buildings, with their ages, nationality and occupations. All weapons and ammunition must be surrendered. The gathering of crowds is forbidden and no meetings except courts, schools, councils and religious services will be allowed without permission. The people arc informed that a mili tary court will punish any attacking or impeding American soldiers or or , fleers and those wJao. destroy, or, injure property belonging to or used by the army, or "who commits any act what ever injurious to the American army." , , The custom of soldiers trading or selling chocolate or soap to the Ger mans is forbidden by the rules. The text of the proclamation fol lows: All gathering of crowds is forbidden. No meeting or assembly of persons shall take place without authority from the local military commander Sessions of courts, councils and schools as well as religious services may be held as usual. Mail Censored. "A copy of each newspaper of other publication will be delivered to the local military commander immediately upon issue and the appearance of any matter reflecting upon or injurious to the American military government will render the publication liable to suspension or suppression. Excepting the periodical press no printed matter will be published without permission from the local military authorities. "Mall will be subject to censorship by the American military authorities. The use of the telegraph and long distance telephone is forbidden except by permission from the local military commander. The use of aerial wireless apparatus is forbidden and all private telephone or telegraphic apparatus, ground or aerial wireless apparatus must be reported to the military commander at once. No person may, without authority from the local military commander, transmit any mesragp or communication to any person outside the territory occupied by American troops, except through the postoffice. "The use of carrier pigeons is forbidden. Owners of carrier pigeons will make immediate report of their pigeon cotes to the military commander, with a list of the marks borne by their pigeons. Pigeon houses must be kept open day and night. "The taking of photographs out of doors except by permission from the local military authorities, is forbidden. Give Special Rules. "Special rules: Whosever attacks, disturbs cr impedes any American troops or officer or soldier thereof, or destroys, damages or disturbs any railway, telegraph or telephone installation, any lighting or water power system or any part thereof, or who destroys, damases. steals or secretes any property of or in possession of the American army; or purchases, rereives in pawn or has in his possession articles of clothing, equipment or rations furnished to American soldiers. or belonging to American armies: or destroys, damages, pollutes or secretes any fodder, water or other things useful to the American army; or acts as a spy or commits acts of war or treason against the American army; or commits any act whatever Injurious to the American army or in obstruction of the military government, or In vio'atlon of these regula-

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tempts to do any of the foregoing things, or advises or assists, anyone else to do or attempt to do any of them, will be punished as a military court may direct. "Miscellaneous: The term civil authority used in these regulations means the burgomaster or head of Continued on Page Eight.

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U. S. Merchant Marine Sends Call for 2,000 Men for the Service my Associated Prt WASHINGTON. Dec. 28. Immediate need for 2,000 young men to be trained for service in the United States Merchant marine, was announced today by the shipping board. Because of the rapid delivery of cargo vessels, which are now to be manned exclusively by merchant crews, the board said there was an unusal demand for men which must be met within a few weeks. Of the 2,000 men now wanted, 1,500 are to take the places of apprentices Just sent to sea from ehip3 of the board's Atlantic training squadron base at Boston and BOO for its Paciflc Training ship at San Francisco. 1,100,000 YANKS DESIGNATED FOR DEMOBILIZATION 100,000 Discharged by This Week 174,800 Are Com ing From Overseas. (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Dec. 28. More than 1,100,000 American soldiers at home and abroad have been designat ed for demobilization since the armistice was signed. General March gave the figures today as 937,000 In home units to be discharged and 168,000 men and 6,800 officers assigned by General Pershing for early convoy home from France. This Includes men already dis charged and those who have landed from France. To date official reports show 533,334 men and 35,409 officers actually discharged. Complete reports for the week just ended are expected to raise the total at least 100,000. LLOYD-GEORGE HAS MAJORITY (By Associated Press) LONDON, Dec. 28. All indications at three o'clock this afternoon were that Premier Lloyd George and his government would have an overwhelming majority in the new bouse of commons. Herbert H. Asquith, former premier and leared of the Liberal party, has been defeated for his seat in the house of -moment-, from- the-east -H-isi onof Fife, Scotland. Arthur Henderson, leader of the British labor party and former member of the war cabinet, also has been defeated for re-election to parliament from the south district of East Ham. DEVELOPMENTS SHOW CRISIS IN GERMANY BERLIN, Dec. 28. While the government continues to deny the existence of a crisis, developments appear to be rapidly approaching the point where the Ebert-Hasse cabinet will no longer be able to assert its authority. The Berlin newspapers reflect the apprehension pervading all circles. The Vossische Zeltung, for instance, says that the six men who sign for the government are no longer the government, and it calls upon the newly created central council of soldiers and workers to assume the responsibility. According to a Copenhagen dispatch of Friday night, the workmen's and soldiers' central council has been summoned to meet with a view to reconstructing the government in Berlin. This report was contained in a Berlin dispatch to the Copenhagen Berlingske Tidende. Divorce Suits Show Slump for 1918; Marriages Less Than Last Year Cupid seems to have been busy keeping marriages intact this year rather than making them according to the record in comparison to that of 1917. In 1918 there were 353 marriage licenses issued and in 1917 there were 443. In 1917 there were 126 divorces granted and in 191S only 81. In 1918, 25 divorce decrees were issued on charges of abandonment: 34 for cruel and inhuman treatment; 1 for crime; 4 for adultery; 2 for drunkenness; 11 for failure to provide and 4 for other causes. In 1917, 26 divorces were granted on charges of abandonment; 55 for cruel and inhuman treatment: 1 for criminal conviction: 18 for adultery; 9 for drunkenness; 16 for failure to provide and 1 for other causes. The Weather For Indiana by United States Weather Bureau Local snows tonight. Sunday generally fair, little change in temperature. Today's Temperature Noon 24 Yesterday Maximum 30 Minimum 22 For Wayne County by W. E. Moore Partly cloudy tonight and Sunday. Local snows followed by fair. General conditions Barometric pressure continues low over the lakes and light local snows are falling over the central states. No severe cold weather is reported any part of the United States, although it is near zero in Souh Dakota, which is about normal for this season. Weather continues cold in the south. It is much warmer than normal over Montana, above 40 in western Montana.

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President and Mrs. Wilson leaving the S. S. George Washington at Brest. Presidents Wilson and Polncare driving to the house of Prince Murat In Paris. That the cable dispatches telling of the warmth of President Wilson's reception in Paris were not exaggerated seems to be evidenced by the lower photo, which has Just been received from Paris. Great French crowds are seen

shouting their vivas as President Wilson, accompanied by President Poincare, way to Prince Murat's home.

U. S. Sailors Tell Performed by (By Associated Press! NEW YORK, Dec. 29 The thous- ,. :.' v" ty, dreadnaughts. destroyers and other naval craft at anchor in North River are finding the sailor a3 uncommunicative as their soldier brothers in arms as regards their own personal experiences on the other side. However now and then a visitor is rewarded after much questioning with a story always about some one else that promises to fill a space in the annals of our naval participation in the war. On the Nevada, Captain William C. Cole is held in highest esteem by his men. This is the reason, as related by a sailor and corroborated by others: "We were out in the North Sea at nine o'clock in the morning, when in the thick fog we ran into a flock of cruisers, we set signals to show who we were, but those cruisers did not answer. "Then captain ordered us to show our signals once more and we did, and when there was no answer he gave the order: " 'Sound quarters, train all guns and open fire.' Just then, the sailors add, the cruisers signalled that they belonged to the British grand fleet, and the Nevada lost a chance to fight the whole fleet singlehanded. Other members of the. Nevada's crew said those few foggy early moments were the most thrilling that they put in during the war. Of the ten thousand officers and men of he overseas dreadnaught unit about six thousand are on leave from two days to a week. The fleet is expected to remain here until about January sixth. Whether there shall be a reception for the destroyers that served in foreign waters rests with secretary Dan- ! iels. The desire of New York to ao honor to the men of the destroyers will be called to his attention within Council of Free Churches Pays Respects to Wilson Associated Press LONDON, Dec. 28. President Wil - son today received a large delegation from the national council of the evangelical free churches. In addressing the delegation, the President said: "Gentlemen: I am very much honored and might say touched, by this beautiful address that you have just read, and it is very delightful to feel the comradeship of spirit which is indicated by a gathering like this. "You are quite right, sir, in saying that I do recognize the sanction of religion in these times of perplexity with matters so large to settle that no man can feel that his his mind can compass. "I think one would go crazy if he did not believe in Providence. It would be maze without a clue. Unless there were some supreme evii dence we would despair of the results of human counsel. "Sn that it is with eenuine symoathy that I acknowledge the spirit and thank you for the generosity or your address." FRENCH TO LIFT CENSORSHIP PARIS, Dec. 28. According to the Temps Premier Clemenceau intends shortly to recommend to the cabinet the suppression of the political censorship in France and the retaining of control only over military news.

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Gets Royal Welcome in i.3MrtTrt6(B on of Heroic Deeds Their Mates at Sea a few days. It is said that' the des troyers may not cross the Atlantic in a unit and may Jiot.head lor this DorL There are said to be fifty-six destroy ers on th other side of the ocean or I headed this way. Some are coming home by way of the Azores, others will stop at Bermuda and still others will come over the northern route. The destroyers, it is said, have been ordered to proceed to their home ports and New York is the home port of only a few of the fifty-six. FEINERS ANNOUNCE IRISH REPUBLIC (By Associated Press) LONDON, Dec. 28. Posters will appear in everj' parish in Ireland today announcing that the Irish Republic has come into being, says the Express. The newspaper adds that the Sinn Feinera, in the recent election swept Leinster. Munster and Connaught. Seventy members of parliament were elected by the party, but they will not take their seats. It is stated by the Express that a central Sinn Fein council will be established in Dublin almost immediately and will call itself the Irish Parliament. If the eovernment orders its disbandment, it j js stated, it will establish itself elsewhere and if necessary place to place. move from SOME QUESTIONS MAY BE LEFT OVER FOR ARBITRATION (By Associated Press) PARIS, Dec. 23 In conference circles the opinion prevails that several difficult questions which will come bei fore the allies at some nine uurmg ithe peace conference may be leit over for arbitration after an agreement has been reached as to a league of nations. One of these questions may be the future status of Luxemburg. One party there desires the re-establishment of the grand duchy. Another favors the proclamation of a republic. A third advocates annexation to France, while still another prefers annexation to Belgium. The same course may be followed concerning differences between the Italians and Jugo Slavs as to a division of Territory on the eastern shore of the Adriatic. A question which attracts attention is the future of Serbia where there is a conflict of several European influences. The archbishop of Westminster, went to Serbia recently and before leaving Rome had a long interview with Pope Benedict. An anglican bishop also had visited Serbia, it I is reported Railroad Rolling Stock Turned Over by Germans PARIS, Dec. 2S. Armistice conditions .relative to the delivery of railroad rolling stock are being carried out satisfactorily by the Germans. In a single day 3.D00 cars and 200 locomotives were turned over to the allies.

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rides through the Paris streets on the , FRANKLIN SIMONDS WILL REPORT PEACE MEET FOR PALLADIUM Franklin Simonds of New York, Ltecoenized,: JLS-jQae of the leading The Palladium at the Peace conferAUUUU1 IUCO U" " " - ence. He win send aireci caoie dispatches to The Palladium, and will give a more comprehensive survey of the situation than can be obtained from regular news cables. In his articles on the process of the war Simonds showed a keener 'comprehension of the developments in the war than any other American writer. His predictions were based on a knowledge that was remarkable, and he was taken generally as an authority on the reasons and possibilities of battle tactics. His sense of the philosophy of the war was keener than that of the average war writer. His comprehension of the war will make Simonds invaluable as a reporter at the peace conference. He understands Europe and the'questions that will arise at the meeting, and he will be able to get the situation before the readers of The Palladium in a clear, concisive and readable manner. On Monday, the first of his articles, a resume of the year that saw the closing of the war, will be published in The Palladium. Who wants to make a wounded soldier happy? Frank Sepaugh, from somewhere in the United States, was wounded in action and is now in a hospital at Hot Springs. N. C. According to Miss Harriet Bell, a Red Cross nurse from this city, who is now in a general hospital, this boy has never received any packages from anyone since he has been in the army. Sepaugh has lost one eye and with other minor wounds presents a piti ful scene, Miss Bell says. He is supporting some one back home and sends all his money there, but ha3 never been the recipient of a single package, except what has been given him by men in his company. Sepaugh's address is General Hospital, Hot Springs. Ark., and Mis3 Bell asks that some one give him a real surprise by sending him a package for New Year's. Veteran Indian Fighter to Entertain Soldiers (By Associated Press) NEW YORK. Dec. 28. James A. McKenna, of the "Fighting McKennas," a veteran Indian fighter on the plains and a picturesque figure known in many western states, will be sent to France by the Knights of CalumbuB, to entertain American troops, it was announced today. "Uncle Jimray," as he is familiarly known, has bene secretary for the fraternal organization at Camp Cody, N. M. Since he left his home at Pittsburg at the age of 13, McKenna has had many thrilling experiences in various part3 of the world. As a rancher and mining prospector, he had battles with Indians, Mexicans and. horse thieves, and had many narrow escapes from death. While a sergeant in the U. S. Army in the Philippines, he was awarded the medal of honor for bravery In action. Six yeara ago he was captured by a Villa band in Mexico, but escaped. He has engaged in mining in British Columbia, Siberia and Central America.

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Arab Prince Decorated

by King George for Action in Palestine (By Associated Press LONDON, Dec. 28. King George recently decorated with the Chain of the Royal Victorian order, Prince Feisal, son of the Arab King of the Hedjas. who distinguishes himself in the Palestine campaign. The prince, who looked very strik ing in the Arab headdress, does not speak English and during the cere mony the conversation was cornea on by means of an interpreter. BRITISH WARSHIP INSPECTS NAVAL BASES OF ENEMY Allied Vessel Passes Through Kiel Canal for First Time Since 1914. (By Associated Press) LONDON, Friday, Dec. 27. Bearing an allied commission which inspected German naval bases and airship and seaplane stations under the terms of the armistice the British battleship Hercules has returned to her borne port . During a trip fraught with peril many German ports were visited and preliminary arrangements for the surrender of German warships were made. A dramatic episode of the voyage was the passage of the Kiel canal on December 18. Accompanied by the British Destroyers Verdun and Viceroy, the Hercules gave the Germans alone the banks of the canal their first flight of the British flag eince 1914. when light British cruisers passed through. The Germans who watched the ships were, for the most part, indifferently curious, but not infrequently women and children waved their hands at the Bailors. There was not the slightest response from the ships. Discipline on' board the German wasps is very low, according to officers of the Hercules. They found, on the first enemy ship boarded that the sailors were lounging about the ships in bad condition as a result of neglect. This is in direct violation of the terms of the armistice and drastic action was taken by the inspecting officer. He notied the Germans that the ships must be cleared of sailors, and if his orders were not obeyed he would return to the Hercules and report that he was obstructedin his work". Fearful of probaTle"HCOliBequence3 the German seamen left their ships at once. Inspect Plane Stations. Inspection of airship and seaplane stations required considerable land travel, which permitted the members of the commission to gain information as to the condition of the people in the interior of the country. It is reported that every one encountered in Germany, even in such an industrial center as Hamburg, seemed as well clothed and fed as are the people of France and England. Winter crops, owing to the mild season, are doing well, and the land is well cultivated and fertilized. Admiral Sir Montague Browning, head of the commission, was accompanied by the best men from allied nations available for the work. They met interminable objections, obstructions and evasions by the Germans, but the commission ultimately was able to induce the Germans to find means to fulfill many points of the armistice which they at first flatly refused to carry out. Admiral Goette of the German navy seems to be only the senior German officer still attending to his duties. Admiral von Scheer and Admiral von Ripper apparently have disappeared into the same obscurity which hides General Ludendorff and other former leaders who have sought safety in "retirement." A notable member of the German commission was Captain von Muller of the first Emden. to whom the British Press paid tribute at the time his ship was sunk, because of his sportsmanship. Unfortunately the identity of Captain von Muller was not definitely known to the allied commission until after the final conference at Kiel was over. BOLSHEVIK TROOPS ' THREATEN VILNA (By Associated Press) LONDON. Dec. 28. VfliSi. the capital of Lithuania, is threatened by an advance of Bolshevist troops, according to a Warsaw dispatch to the Mail under date of Thursday. The Polish chief of staff has demanded of the German generals Hoffman and Falkenhayn free passage for Polish larins over lines now in German hands from the Polish frontier to Vilna. The Germans are also asked to permit the rejoining of the Polish and Lithuanian railroads which were cut by the Germans. .-. If the German reply is unfavorable the Poles will begin a march into Lithuania, fr they are determined not to allow the Bolshevists to capture Vilna without an attempt to prevent it. The Poles have telegraphed the allies, asking them to send officers to accompany the troops. A later dispatch from Warsaw to the Mail says the Poles have acceded to the request of the German generals for delay of twenty-four hours awing to the difficulty or communicating with Berlin. PRINCESS PAT ENGAGED LONDON, Dec. 28 King George an nounces the engagement of bis cousin Princess Patricia of Connaught, daughter of former governor-general of Canada, to Commander Alexander Ramsey.

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POWER MUST KEEP PEACE SAYS WILSON Old Order Based on Balance of Power Must Be Done Away With, Tells English Statesmen. NATIONS BE TRUSTEES (By Associated . Press) LONDON, Dec. 28. Speaking today in the historic Guild Hall at a ceremonious gathering of Great Britain's most distinguit&ea statesmen. President Wilson reaffirmed his principles that there must no longer be a balance of power which might unsettle the peace of the world but that the future must produce a concert of power which would preserve it In the course of his speech the president declared the soldiers had fought to do away with the old order and established a new one. .The old order, be said, had for its center the "unstable thing" called the balance of power, determined by competitive interest, "jealous watchfulness" and "an antagonism of interest" The men who have fought the war, he said, have been "men from free nations who were determined that this sort of thing should end now and forever." Must Be 8ingl Group. The suggestion for a concert of power to replace the balance of power, he remarked, was coming now from every quarter and from every sort of mind. The concert to come, he declared, must not be a balance of power or one powerful group of nations set off against another but "a single, overwhelming, powerful group of nations which shall be the trustees of the peace of the world." The minds of the leaders of the Brit ish government, the president said, were moving along the same line as his own, and their thought had been the key to peace, was the guarantee of it and not the items of it. The items of it, he added, would be worthless unless a concert of power stood back of them. No such potent union of purpose had ever been seen in the world before, he said, as that which now demanded a concert of power to preserve the world's peace... . Foundations Laid. Whereas, it had been the thought of closer students and academic men, he now found the practical minds of the world determined to get it. "I am particularly happy that the ground has been cleared and the foundations laid," he continued, "because we have already accepted the same body principles. Those principles are clearly and definitely enough stated to make their application a matter which should afford no fundamental difficulty. The people of the world want peace and want it now not merely by the conquest of arms but by agreement of mind. Such an achievement, the president added, would be the finest enterprise of humanity. Conferences Harmonious. There has been just a hint that the president's address would be the key to the conferences he has been holding with British statsmen and the address as it was delivered was interpreted in American quarters as confirming the previous intimations and these conferences had been satisfactory from the president's view point. At the outset of his address. President Wilson declared he did not fancy that the welcome of both Paris and London to him as purely personal but rather that the voices of the people were expressing not only emotion of gratification that the fighting had ceased but also their conception that the peace to be made must guarantee that the war would not be repeated. Conferences between President Wilson, Premier Lloyd George and other members of the British cabinet yesterday were extremely successful, according to the Mail, which says that the most cordial harmony of ideals was found to exist "with the happiest aug ury for the future relations of the United States and Great Britain.' The premier rarely has been so en thusiastic over the results of any conference, the newspaper continues. It states that the flrst session of the peace conference at Paris will begin late next week or on the Monday fol lowing. Unprepared for Ovation. President Wilson cordially assured all the statesmen who met for the. conference of the gratitude of himself and wife over the reception on Thursday at Dover, during the Journey to London, and in this city. He said they had expected a fine reception, the Mail says, not essentially for themselves, but for all America, but they were not prepared for an ovation of such magnitude as was given them. When Mr. Wilson reached the Palace last evening he was in conspicuously good spirts, without the slightest trace of fatigue. Those nearest him, who were trained observers of his moods, were according to the Mail. "Convinced the President had a fruitful and satisfactory day. They believe it unquestionably laid the foundations for an Anglo-American entente cordiale on all vital subjects at Issue." "The conferences were conducted In that heart-to-heart atmosphere which the President is trying to find In the capitals of Europe as best designed to enable him to give a calm and cogent exposition cf his views on cardinal issues." The newspaper says a member of Mr. Wilson's party remarked:- ; ". "Mr. Wilson encountered a good deal (Continued on Page EIhO

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