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THE OREGOXIAX, TTTESDAT, XOVE3rT5EU 12. 1018. FINAL. LASTING PEACE NEXTTASK FOR ALLIES Greatest Conference in His tory Will Now Be Held. TIME ALLOTTED 30 DAYS Extension Poftiblc, Owing to Colos sal Nature of Problems and Pos sible New developments. aVASIIINGTON, Nov. 11 Prepara tions for final peace negotiations will engross American and allied statesmen during the next few, weeks, while Mar shal Koch and the naval commanders see to it that the terms of the armistice which ended the fighting today are carried out. Thirty days is the armistice period, and since it hardly will be possible to as.scmblp the greatest peace confer ence in history within that time, an ex tension practically is certain to be granted by the victors and accepted by the vanquished. What happens in Germany, in what once was Austria-Hungary and in Kus eia during the meantime probably will govern the solution of many of the complex problems awaiting: the con ference, t Absorbed in the celebration of the German surrender, the officials today were unwilling to - even discuss for publication the steps to be taken to hrcure the fruits of victory and make future wars, at least on so vast a scale, impossible. Hut in a general way what is to be - expected already is known. Wflson'M Ittcranres Hllft. The various utterances of President "Wilson and the Premiers and public men of the entente countries all have been carefully studied by those who must plan the next step. At one time or another these spokesmen have touched upon nearly every idea that might be . properly included in the treat ies. This is particularly true of President Wilson's declarations, which represent not only the ideas of the American Government, but from their almost unqualified acceptance by the entente powers may be regarded as already constituting the framework which can be clothed with the details necessary to round out a complete fabric of peace conventions. Vanquished Must Wait. This framework, in all probability, will be put into final shape by dis-a-Asston. among the chiefs of the vic torious powers long before the repre sentatives of the vanquished are called in to accept or plead for modification of what is to be dictated to them. The preliminary work is expected to be carried on much as the armistice terms prepared, the nations which have taken the largest part in the war and whose voices consequently are entitled to greatest weight, preparing the outline with the spokesman of the many others with aspirations to be satisfied joining in the discussions when their interests are involved. Probably the violent changes in the existing conditions which will result from the enforcement of the terms of the armistice will powerfully strength en the earnest desire of all nations con corned to have the final terrm made at the earliest possible moment. One of the most weighty problems connected with geographical re-arrangements the future of Alsace-Lorraine has already practicr.lly been settled 'by the acceptance of President Wilson's declaration for righting the wrong of 1870 which means uncondi tional return of the provinces to France. New Problems Appear. In his address to Congress today in connection wtih the armistice President Wilson indicated another serious prob lem that must engage the attention of the peace conference the question of the stability and competency of the governments with, which covenants of peace are to be made. Signing of the armistice with Ger many was proclaimed today by Presi dent Wilson, who also announced its terms at a joint session of Congress. ,rhe terms herald the end of the war Detause they take from Germany the power to renew it. Just before he went to the Capitol the President in a proclamation ad dressed to his fellow countrymen said: "The armistice was signed this morn ing. Everything for which America ffuvtit hafl been accomplished. It will Combing: Won't Rid Hair of Dandruff The only sure way to get rid of dan druff is to dissolve It, then you destroy It entirely. To do this, get about four ounces of ordinary liquid arvon; apply It at night when retiring; use enough to moisten the scalp and rub It in gen tly with the finger tips. Do this tonight and by morning most. If not all, of your dandruff will be gone, and three or four more applications will completely dissolve and entirely de stroy every single sign and trace of it, no matter how much, dandruff you ma iiave. 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Assembled in the hall of the House, where 19 months a;o Senators and Rep resentatives heard the President ask for the declaration of war, they today heard him speak the words which herald the coming of peace. The President spoke as follows: "Ccnlfcrnen of the Congress: "In these anxious times of rapid and stupendous chang-e it will in some de cree lighten my sense of responsibility to perform in person the duty of com municating to you some of the lartrer circumstances of the situation with which it is necessary to deal. Araiiiitlre I Signed. "The German authorities, who have at the invitation of the supreme war council been in communication with Marshal Koch, have accepted and signed the terms of armistice which he was authorized and instructed to communi cate to them. (Here Mr. "Wilson read the terms in full.) Then the President continued: 'The war thus comes to an end: for, having accepted these terms of armistice, it will x be impossible for the German command to renew it. "It is not now possible to assess the consequences of this great consumma tion. We know only that this tragical war. whose consuming flames swept from oue nation to another until all the world was on fire, is at an end, and that it was the privilege of our own people to enter It at its most critical juncture in such fashion and in such force as to contribute in a way of which we are all deeply proud to the great result. We know. too. that the object of the war is attained; the ob ject upon which all free men had set their hearts; - and attained with a sweeping completeness which even now we do not realize. Armed im perialism such as the, men conceived v.ho were but yesterday the masters of Germany is at an end. Its illicit am bitions engulf id in black disaster. Who will now seek to tevive it? The arbi trary power of the military caste of Germany, which once could secretly and of its own single choice disturb the peace of the world, is discredited and destroyed. Great Thing Aeeomllahed "And more than that much more than that has been ' accomplished. The great nations which associated themselves to destroy it have now definitely united in the common pur pose to set up such a peace as will satisfy the longing of the whole world for disinterested justice, enibodied in settlements which are based upon something much better and much more lasting than the selfish competitive interests of powerful states. "There is no longer conjecture as to the objects the victors have in mind. They have a mind in the matter, not only, but a heart also. Their avowed and concerted purpose is to satisfy and protect the weak as well as to accord their just rights to the strong. "The humane temper and intention cf the victorious governments has al ready been manifested in a very prac tical way. Their representatives in the supreme war council at Versailles have by unanimous resoiution assured the peoples of the central empires that everything that is possible in the cir cumstances will be done to supply them with food and relie-o the dis tressing want that is in so many places threatening their very lives; and steps are to be taken immediately to organ ize these efforts at relief in the same systematic manner that they were or ganized in the case of Belgium. Misery to Be Relieved. "By the use of the idle tonnage of the central empires it ought presently to be possible to lift the fear of utter misery from their oppressed peoples and set their minds and energies free for the great and hazardous tasks of political reconstruction which now face them on every hand. Hunger does not breed reform; it breeds madness and all the ugly distempers that make an ordered life impossible. "For with the fall of the ancient governments which rested like an in cubus upon the peoples of the central empires has come political change not merely, but revolution; and revolution which seems as yet to assume no final and ordered form, but to run from one fluid change to another, until thought ful men are forced to ask themselves with what governments, and of what sort, are we about to deal in the wak ing of the covenants of peace? "With what authority will they meet us, and with what assurance that their authority will abide and sustain se curely the international arrangements into which we are about to enter? There is here matter for no small anxietv and misgiving. When peace is made, upon whose promises and en gagements besides our own is it to rest? Patience la Counseled. "Let us be perfectly frank with our selves and admit that these questions cannot be satisfactorily answered now or at once. But the moral is not that there is little hope of an early answer that will suffice. It is only that we must be patient and helpful and mind ful above all of the great hope and confidence that lie at the heart of what is taking place. Excesses accomplish nothing. "Unhappy Russia has furnished abundant recent proof ot that. If ex cesses should occur, if'disorder should for a time raise Its head, a sober second thought will follow and a day of con structive action, if we help and do not hinder. "The present and all that it holds belongs to the nations and the peoples who preserve their self-control and the orderly processes of their governments; the future to those who prove them selves true friends of mankind. To conquer with arms is to make only a temporary conquest; to conquer the world by earning its esteem is to make permanent conquest. I am confident that the nations that have learned the discipline of freedom and that have set tled with self-possession to its ordered practice are now about to make a con quest of the world by the sheer power of example and of friendly helpfulness. Liberated Peoples Face Tea. "The peoples who have but just come out from under the yoke of arbitrary government and who are now coming at last into their freedom will naver find the treasures of liberty they are in search of if they look for them by the light of the torch. They will find that every pathway that is stained with the blood of their own brothers leads to the wilderness, not to the seat of their hope. "They are now face to face with their Initial tests. We must hold the light steady until they find themselves. And in the meantime, if it be possible, we must establish a peace that will justly define their place among the nations, remove all fear of their neighbors and of their former masters and to enable them to live in security .and content ment when they have set their own af fairs in order. "I for one do not doubt their purpose or their capacity. There are some happy signs that they know and will choose the way of self-control and peaceful accommodations. If they do, we shall put our aid at their disposal in every way that we can. If they do pot, we must await with patience and sympathy the awakening and recovery that will assuredly come at last." Stripped of its malicious power, the military autocracy, its masters jdriven to exile, stands before the world's court of justice having subscribed to terms of surrender which probably will be recorded in history as the most drastic and complete ever measured out to a defeated foe. H Reading of the full text of the terms discloses measures tie United States and the allied governments have taken to guarantee that Germany's accept ance shall not be a scrap of paper and to insure the destruction of the mili tary caste which once could secretly and of its single choice disturb the peace of the world. When President Wilson concluded his exchange of notes with Prince Max. then Chancellor. Administration offi cials declared that if his course did not bring about what they hoped would be more than an unconditional surrender, it might bring about .. revolution in Germany. Pointing today to the Kohenzollern dynasty, dethroned and exiled, the peo ple's revolution sweeping Germany and the terms of the armistice, these offi cial felt their predictions amp',' ful filled. Hc-lng lifted the yoke of militarism from the peoples of the central em pires, the allies now turn to the tasks of humanity and mercy to bind up their wounds and feed the hungrv. mean while seeking to guide them to a place In the family of nations from which they can take part in assuring that another such 1300 days of blood and horror need never come again. Kvacuation, reparation and restitu tion are the keynotes of the armistice. Korre of Terms Outlined. Here are the principal things Ger many must do. or, powerless before- the victorious allied armies, will hare done for her: Immediate evacuation of Alsace-Lorraine, Belgium. Luxemburg, Russia and Roumania without further destruction or harm to inhabitants. Then occupation by American and al lied troops of all the countries on the west bank of the Rhine. Then, further creation of a neutral zone in a strip of territory on the east bank of the Rhine 30 kilometers (about 20 miles) wide, extending from Hol land half way down to the Swiss bor der and 20 kilometers wide for tho rc ma i nder. Meanwhile as a guaranty of good faith, the occupation by. American and allied troops of Mayencc. Coblentz, and Cologne, the principal crossings of the Rhine with a 30-kilometer radius with the bridge heads. On the eastern front all German troops are to be withdrawn from ter ritory which before the war belonged to Russia, Roumania or Turkey. Then, tho German war machine must disarm. The principal portions of its navy must be handed over; arms, mu nitions and engines of war numbered by the thousands are to be taken from the army. Prlaoacra To D Repatriated. American and allied prisoners are to at once be repatriated, without re ciprocal action by the associated gov ernments and the thousands of wretched civilians dragged off into slavery from the invaded territories are to be returned. The provision for compensating the occupied territories for the havoc wrought by the invaders is contained in a simple sentence reparation for damage done. As a step to restoring the map lines, the treaties of Brest-Litovsk. which laid Russia prone, and of Bucharest, which plundered Roumania, must be abandoned. Moneys, securities, precious metals and other valuables looted from the invaded countries must be returned In trust to the allies until the conclusion of peace. In the west the railways of Alsace Lorraine, the valuable stores of iron and coal, all the stores and supplies in Belgium with arms and armaments must be handed over. In the east the Black Sea ports must be evacuated, the warships taken by Germany from the Russians must be surrendered; in the Baltic forts and defenses barring the way at the Cat tegat must be delivered, and there must be free access to the sea for the allies. Blockade 4s Continue. The allied blockade is to remain un changed. Meanwhile German merchant ships are to be delivered for missions of mercy in carrying food to the starv ing; allied shipping held by the Ger mans is to be released without any obligation to restore to Germany her ships now In the hands f the associ ated governments. - Germany is to notify the neutrals they are free to trade with the asso ciated governments without molesta tion. In a word, the iron ring Is tightened and at her borders the civilized world waits while Germany reforms herself from within. One provision of the armistice which was supplementary to the text as first drawn by the supreme war council, and therefore does not appear in the text as President Wilson delivered It, was inserted after the German revolution ists took possession of the German fleet. It provides that if the fleet la not delivered as specified in the agree ment the associated governments may occupy the Heligoland fortress as an advanced base to secure possession of it. v"i".a "ri f Zm" rzw d : w v. y xia uu ' . jMjb m Ba aaasavae eaasai auasaaai m.awmw ana mm aaai.aaiM.aB.BnK v'-.Bk . aaaa . ana. m OV rv. rr ho HaAt ii MRS. JOHN HOFFMAN HURT MOTORCAR IX WHICH SHE WA's PASSEXGER niTS OIL TRUCK. Series of Minor Accidents Are Re ported to the Police During Celebration. Mrs. John G. Hoffman, of 65 East Twenty-second street, was seriously in jured in a collision between an auto mobile driven by Arthur W. Regner, president of Regner A Fields, and an oil truck at East I'orty-second and Belmont streets yesterday afternoon. Mrs. Hoffman was riding with Mr. and Mrs. Regner. Kmployes of the Ambulance Service Company say that the oil truck was standing by a filling station. The party in the automobile was starting for a ride. Mrs. Hoffman was taken to the Portland Sanitarium. Mr. Regner reported the accident to the police. Mr. Regner was thrown from the machine, but was not injured. Mrs. F. Reidil, 714 First street, was knocked down at Front and Porter streets by an automobile driven by John II. Smith. 120 East Buffalo street. Smith reported that the w Oman ran in front of his machine to rescue a child. The baby was not hurt. Alex WJitaall. 13, of East Thirteenth and Shaver streets, was run down in front of his home by an automobile driven by John Herbert. He was not injured severely. Miss Delavog, of the Portland Hotel, was struck and injured severely at Thirteenth and Montgomery streets by an automobile driven by Walter Vogus, 862 Corbett street. She was taken to her home. The accident happened while she was waiting for a streetcar. F. M. llouser, of the Venable Hotel, was knocked down at Fifth and Salmon streets by an automobile driven by H. Tobias, 573 Broadway. He was not seriously hurt. There were few accidents in the con gested district, because the area be tween Stark and Morrison streets and Fourth and West Park streets Inclu sive had been reserved for pedestrians. No automobiles were allowed there. Great Britain Suspends Recruiting. LONDON', Nov. 11. (By the Aaso-, elated Press.) The government has de cided to suspend recruiting. 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"Fritz" Klsher and "Wil helm" Borresson. The escape tunnel was discovered by war prison guards shortly after the fight. The digging had been carried on to a great extent and might not have been discovered ' had it not been for the fight until several of the Interned men would have made their escape. The men worked in single shifts, but one of them today refused to take his turn. An argument followed and two of the men attacked the third. Each was armed with a knife and before the guards could reach the barracks where the quarrel took place the three war prisoners bad inflicted wounds on one another. Election Set for November 30. SALEM. Or.. Nov. 11. (Special.) The Salem School District will hold an election November 20 to determine whether or not the taxpayers of the district will allow a levy of 15.:i75 in excers of the amount allowed under the ti per cent limitation amendment. The increase is asked for the following purposes: Increase in salaries, 15971; purchase of Holmin property adjoin ing the Central llich School. $aj5o; shrinkage in uncollected taxed, $H3.3; loss due to shrinkage in census. The total amount eatitnated to be raided by district tax in the budget is 1 7 7.-639.50. 2 SUSPECTS ARE EXAMINED IJoys Queried as to Knowledge of Utile Girl's Sliootins. Hlchard Nance. 14. of 106S East Washington street, and Harold Ncgels pach. 14, of 1805 East Seventy-first street, were taken to polico headquar ters yesterday by Inspectors Craves and Niles. and interviewed concerning tho shooting of Rose Boltano. 5-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Boi tano, of East Eighty-sixth street and Powell Valley road. The boys admit that they were firing a .22 caliber rifle In that neighborhood at the time the little girl was shot. Police say the boys also confess that they heard someone scream, but thought the person who cried out had been frightened. The boys have not been arrested. The little lirl was struck in the back, just over the kidney, lier condition is serious. She is at St. Vincent's hospital. Grand Send-Ofr Given Hoys. PENDLETON, Or., Nov. 11. (Special.) Twelve of L'matilla County boys in ducted yesterday into the service were given a grand send-off at the staton this morning. They left for Camp Lewis even though they may never reachtlie camp. Read The Oregonlan damnified nd. tiovernment." F000 PRICES MAY DROP IMMEDIATE ItEplCTIOX IS MOT LIKELY; SOME WILL INCREASE. I'nited Slate to Enter on New Eco nomic Era and Effect Diffi cult to Anticipate. WASHINGTON. Nov. 11. Immediate dropping of food prices as a result of the conclusion of an armistice cannot be expected. Food Administrator Hoover declared tonight in a statement, which added that while the prices of some foodstuffs will decrease, others will increase. "With the war effectually over." said Mr. Hoover, "we enter a new economic era and its immediate effect on prices is difficult to anticipate. The prices of some food commodities may increase, but others will decrease, because with liberated shipping accumulated stocks In the southern hemisphere and the far east will be available. The demands upon the United Stales will change in character but not In volume." All activities of the Food Adminis tration will be continued through the armistice period, said Mr. Hoover, add lng that "There will be no relaxation of efforts to keep down profiteering to tne last moment. 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