PORTLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1918.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
VOL. LVIII. NO. 18,101.
DEFEAT LOOMS US
HUNS SEEK PEACE
Armistice Signed in Face
of. Certain Disaster. N
BOCHE APPEAL HELD SINCERE
Carrying Out of Allied Terms
Hard Blow to Empire.
HUGE SUPPLIES ABANDONED
Centrist Leader Doubts Germany's
Ability to Withdraw Troops Ac
cording to Agreement.
BT ARNO DOSCH FLEUF.OT.
CCopyrtght 1918 by the Press Pub
lishing Company. New York World.
Published by Arrangement).
BERLIN, via Copenhagen, Not. IT.
(Special.) So many persons in the new
government had said to me that it
would be impossible for Germany to
meet all the conditions of the armis
tice without involving; the ruin of the
country that I decided to put their
plaint into definite form for what it
might be worth and to submit it to
Matthias Erxberger, the Centrist
leader, who was a member of the dele
cation sent to the front on the armis
tice mission. Be willingly granted me
an interview.
"I signed the armistice because there
was nothing else to do," he said. "It
had been sought by us at the very
crisis of the German political situa
tion. We could not go on without dis
aster. But even as 1 signed it I feared
it would be Impossible to live up to
the letter of the agreement. As I said,
there was nothing else to do.
Gtraaa Raae Saspected.
"Marshal Foch did not believe In
the sincerity of our. demand, nor did
he appreciate its urgency. I am pure
he thought it was a German ruse, de
signed to gain weeks for repose and
for preparation for a new attack. He
and the others did not seem to realize
tnat we were forced to sign any con
ditions, however hard, because Ger
many mnst have peace.
"Now comes the task of meeting. our
obligations under the armistice. I do
not see how we can do it, except by
weakening the country so seriously as
to bring on grave political results.
"Evacuation of Northern France and
Belgium by our troops in the limited
time allowed for that process is al
most impossible. We are trying our
fcest. If not forced too hard, we think
we can cross the Rhine in fair order.
In that movement, however, I count
on the extension to us of certain mili
tary courtesy, based on common sense.
In order to give our slower divilsons
time to get out ahead of the entente
troops, even if we may be a little late.
Kod Stares Afcaaaoned.
"We must leave our army provisions
behind, even though the army reserve
of provisions is larger than any reserve
in Germany, where provisions are sore
ly needed. I suppose that cannot be
helped. We are giving the soldiers
what they can carry to eat en route.
"Our fear is that our soldiers fur
thest from the Rhine may become
panicky, fearing they may never reach
the Rhine, and may be internetl. thus
disrupting the orderly evacuation by
the second and third lines. Should
that occur, the army may be. thrown
Into such disorder as to do much harm
to the tender young German democ
racy. "A more serlona difficulty will be
the delivery of railroad equipment
within the time provided In the terms
of the armistice. If arrangements may
be made to defer delivery of the equip
ment long enough to carry Germany
over the critical food situation, then
delivery may be easily and willingly
xnade.
Car Skortage la Acute.
"Germany has about 900,000 cars,
of which 250,000 are in Poland, Ukra
nia, Hungary. Bulgaria and Roumania.
and this portion Is at present valueless
to us. The remaining cars are now
giving maximum service. There is car
shortage in Germany always In the
Fall of the year. This season the
shortage Is unprecedentedly large.
"It haa been impossible to move coal
or to move sufficiently such stocks of
food as we have. Surrender of 150.000
cars within the armistice period will
make the car situation in the interior
of Germany most difficult.
"Our railroad equipment haa been
badly worn by the war and by our
consequent Inability to keep up re
pairs. We are required by the armis
tice terras to deliver only good ma
terial, leaving to us the old. The de
mand for 5000 locomotives is enormous
at this time, when one-third of our lo
comotives are out of commission.
Moving of Prisoners blow.
"If we were required to deliver now
only the 100 locomotives and the 70.
000 wagons we took from France and
Belgium our position would not be so
difficult. An orderly political govern
ment must depend upon adequate food
supply, and as food must be trans
ported, you may readily see the prob
lem we are facing."
Herr Erxberger said the evacuation
of prisoners of war would be facilitat
ed If all the allied countries would
follow the example of England and
hurry Red Cross commissions to Ber
lin. There will be difficulty in the de
livery of Russian prisoners, because
Poland. Bohemia and Hungary- will not
tCoocludcd on Fa;e 2, Coiumn 2.)
$12,000 RAISED FOR
WAVERLY BABY HOME
WHOLE CITY IS CANVASSED BY
WOMES WORKERS.
Committee Feels Confident That Fi
nal Returns Will Bring Total
Above $20,000 Quota.
More than 112,000 was realised from
the tag sale held yesterday in the in-
terests of the Waverly Baby Home,
under the direction of Mrs. William
Mai-M-mter- Members of the sales
committee feel confident that this sum
will be exceeded, as there are still
many outlying districts to be heard
from.
Under the direction of Mrs. Ferdi
nand E. Reed, a canvass of the ship
yards was made, netting the Home
11404. One woman in a canvass of
the residence district turned in 11005.
A flying squadron composed entirely
of women solicited larger sums In
cash and pledges. This swelled the
fund considerably. The tags sold on
the street for 25 cents and SI tags were
sold for automobiles and to business
houses. The residence sections were
canvassed by the Parent-Teacher Asso
ciation and the W. C. T. U.
The women In charge of the drive
are confident that the greater part of
the 120,000 quota will be raised.
WHIRLWIND HITS NEWPORT
Buildings- Wrecked and Scattered
Over Path 60 Feet Wide.
NEWPORT, Or., Nov. 27. (Special.)
A whirlwind came In from the sea
yesterday and twisted Its way across
one corner of Newport, tearing up ev
erythinx in Its 60-feet-wIde path. The
residence of Mrs. Marie Chatterton was
completely wrecked. A large section of
the Rod and Gun Club Hall was torn
off and scattered In all directions.
Crossing Taquina Bay, the whirlwind
became a waterspout until It struck
South Beach, where it whirled its way
across the sands ard disappeared In the
forest beyond.
The schooner Rustler, Captain H. A.
Knight, was crossing in over Yaquina
bar. The whirlwind passed close by
his vessel, and boiling water In its
wake caused him to think he was run
ning on a raef. Captain Knight says
the moment the whirlwind passed, the
wind changed from a strong south
easter to an equally strong north
wester. ,
SHIP HEADS HOLD BANQUET
Launching of Soissons Celebrated at
Social Gathering.
Executives of the Foundation Com
pany here and heads of all departments
at the yard, gathered at the Hotel Port
land last night at a banquet in cele
bration of the launching of the last
ship yesterday, the Soissons. Bayly
Hipklns, Pacific Coast manager, and W.
F. Drury, assistant manager, were in
the city from Seattle and met with the
yard representatives. It was generally
voted the affair overshadowed the first
annual banquet of .the company here in
the display of "get together" spirit.
Mr. Hipkins assured the guests that
their loyalty was known and appreci
ated and that they would be remem
bered in future construction expected
to be undertaken.
FOCH IS AT STRASSBOURG
Marshal Reviews Troops and Is Ac
corded Great Ovation.
PARIS. Nov. 27. Marshal Foch, ac
companied by General De Castelnau,
arrived at Strassbourg today and re
viewed the army of occupation, the
war office announced tonight. He then
passed through the town at the head
of the troops.
The marshal was accorded a great
ovation.
OFFICERS TO GET RELIEF
Army Open to Receive Resignations
Tnder New Orders.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 27. Army de
mobilization plans have been changed
so ss to open the way for immediate
return to civil life of officers who wish
to resign and who can be spared from
their commands.
Orders were sent by the War Depart
ment today directing the acceptance of
resignations in such cases.
HARRY THAW GOES HOME
Thanksgiving to Be Spent With
Family at Dttsburg.
PHILADELPHIA. Nov. 27. Harry K.
Thaw, who has been In the Pennsyl
vania Hospital for the Insane in this
city since March, 1917, has been taken
to Pittsburg by his mother over the
Thanksgiving holiday.
He will be returned to the institu
tion early next week.
HUNS PILLAGE IN POLAND
Troops Declared to Be Looting and
Burning Along Their Way.
BERNE, Switzerland, Nov. 27.
(Havas.) Reiterated reports of out
rages by German soldiers in Eastern
Poland have been received here.
The troops are looting and burning
all along their way and treating the In
habitants cruelly, it is declared.
MAIL CRAFT IS ASSURED
War department Turns Over Many
Planes for Air Service.
NEW YORK. Nov. 27. Captain Ben
jamin B. Lipsner, director of the United
States aerial mail service, announced
here tonight that the War Department
had turned over to the use of the mail
service "hundreds of airplanes."
E
TO GET NO TURKEY
Thanksgiving Dinner to
Be Frozen Beef.
LUXEMBURG FOWLS COSTLY
Inhabitants Charge $34.20 for
Single Goose.
CHICKENS COST $5.70 EACH
Doughboys Scour Country Vainly In
Hope of Finding Poultry and Gen
eral Even May Miss Feast.
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY OF
OCCUPATION, by courier to Nancy,
Nov. 27. (By the Associated Press.)
The indications are that the American
Army of occupation will spend Thanks
giving in their present positions on this
side of the German frontier.
The Americans already have started a
search for the luxuries of Luxemburg
for Thursday's dinner. In the absence
of turkeys they are casting their eyes
at Luxemburg's chickens, geese, ducks
and pigeons.
The German officers also were fond
of chickens and geese, and consequently
the farmers and villagers have few on
hand. There is plenty, of American fro
zen beef at the ports, but the Americans
feel they should have some kind of
poultry on the day that everybody at
home is eating turkey.
Chickens High Priced.
Officers of the Third division at
Remich have priced chickens and found
them at from 18 to 30 francs each ($3.42
to 15.60). There are plenty of ducks
on this side of the Moselle in the re
gion of Remich, but investigation re
vealed the fact that they belong to Ger
mans living jon the other side of the
river and that the ducks came to this
side of the stream to feed, because the
western side of the river is marshy.
Therefore, the ducks are safe, so far
as the Americans are. concerned. Some
of the officers figure it might be a
violation of the armistice to buy a Ger
man duck, even through a third party.
Goose Prices Out of Sight.
The region of Ehnen, where the 26th
Infantry headquarters is situated, is
noted for geese. The First Division's
officers, hearing this, asked -the 26th
Infantry for geese enough to feed the
division. The cheapest goose the offi
cers priced at Ehnen was 180 francs
(S34.20). The 26th Infantry sent word
to the First Division that it would be
lucky if it secured enough goose to
feed the General.
Hearing of the experiences of the
others, the 32d Division, which also is
hugging the frontier, awaiting word
for the advance, sought to buy pigeons.
Officers of the division started out,
hoping' to secure enough pigeons at
least for their own mess. But it seems
the retiring Germans, realizing the
scarcity of poultry in Germany, bought
every pigeon, goose and duck the Lux-
Concluded on Page 2. Column 3.)
YANK
NEAR
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Daily Casualty Report.
WSHINGTON, . Nov. 27. Casualties
reported today total 2402, of which
716 were killed in action, 176 died of
wounds, 347 of disease, one in airplane
accident, 116 are wounded severely, 272
degree undetermined, 240 slightly and
334" are reported missing in action. Fol
lowing is the tabulated summary:
Rep. Today. Total.
Killed In action...... '...17.0-i9 716 17.775
Lost at sea . . 39 396
Died of wounds. ....... G.K02 176 6.978
Died of disease ..' 8.435 847 8.7S2
Died of accident ...... 1.501
1,562
Total deaths 84.25S
Wounded 45..Y76
Missing- and prisoners.. 9.493
1,240 8r..493
628 46.204
634 10.029
Total casualties 89.824 2.402 91.726
Following is the complete list, except
those wounded slightly, or in an unde
termined degree, of which only those of
Oregon, Washington and Idaho are pub
lished: , .
OREGON.
Killed in action
Eastman, Guy, Hood River, Or.
Died of disease-
Carter. Robert E., Coquille, Or.
Melby. Harry, Mt. Angel. Or.
Nagel, Walter, Warren, Oregon.
Wounded severe!-
Ftillwell, Ellas, Bandon. Or.
Ivie. Lloyd W. , Falem, Or.
Miming in action
Johnson, Andrew, Portland, Or.
Hubler. Kred. Halfway, Or.
Kelly, Delbcrt, Dorena, Or. . ,
Gray, Alex, Sandy, Or. "
WASHINGTON.
Killed In action
Russell, Melvln M.. South Seattle, Wash. '
Wright. Sydney (Corp.), Sumas..Wash.
Fleckensteln, John O. (Corp.). Burke, Wash.
Leach, Alfred W., Olfmpia. - Wash-
Moses. Krman Weymore, Chehalis, Wash.
Old. Efton E., Clarkston, Wash.
Allen, Thomas, Diamond, Wash.
Sheriff, Russell H., Mount Vernon, Wash.
Semro, Arthur W., Wilson Creek. Wash.'
Curtis, Budd, Friday Harbor, Wash.
lose. Freeman E., Washtucna, Wash.
Smith. Stacy, Seattle, Wash.
Sangston, Joseph J.. -Everett, Wash.
Killed In action - fprevioasly reported
missing)-
Morris, R. C, Sedro-Woolley, Wash.
Died of disease
Itovey, Thomas E., White Salmon, Wash.
Missing in action
Imus, L. X.. Snohomish, Wash.
Matson, Henry, Paulsbo, Wash.
Tuben. Renar, Seattle, Wash.?
Haden, Louis J., Omak. Wash.
Gumm, Luclen M., Kelso, Wash.
Begley, James -G. Cle Elum, ash.
Wounded, undetermined (previously re
ported roisfcing-)
Ross, Rufus, Bush Hotel, Seattle, Wash.
Horton, Ben F., Kelso, Wash.
Bignold. Nigel, R., Montesano, Wash.
Wounded, degree undetermined
Markowitz. Sam., Spokane, Wash.
Wounded slightly
Manning. James H., Seattle, Wash.
Fuller. Miles H., Satsop, Wash.
Wonnded
Henderson, D., Walla Walla (In Canadian
list).
Returned to doty (previously reported
missing)
Shiveley, J. W., Spokane, wasn.
IDAHO.
Killed In action
Peterson, William I. Arco, Idaho.
Pugmire, Angus, Pocatello. Idaho.
Keene. F.arV Al." Nampa. Idaho.
Justice. Earl A., Nampa, Idaho.
Died of disease
Grayson, Charles C. Lewiston, Ida.
Mishing In action
De Luca, Leonardo, Rathdrnm, Ida.
Deluca, Dohienic. Harrison, Ida.
Howard, William C, Bonners Ferry, Idaho.
Klug, Walter H., Challis, Idaho.
Wounded slightly
Emtgh. Carl. Salmon, Idaho.
Bemis, Claude. Boulder. Idaho.
Connervoy, james nuperi, luanu.
Ket urnrd to duty (previously reported
missing)
Folsom. Iavid, Gooding. Idaho.
ALABAMA.
Killed In action
Parkman. Harry E., Thomaston, Ala.
Park, Charles T.. Addison,. Ala.
Mayes, Turner, Huntsvllle, Ala.
McLeod, Lamar Young (Capt-X. Mobile. Ala.
Spralt. W. P. (Lieut.). Livingston, Ala.
Branonn, Robert W. (Sgt.), Enfaula, Ala.
Hall. Eugene L. (Corp.), Atmurc, Ala.
Fowler, Dexter W., Bankston, Ala.
Loft in. John William, Birmingham, Ala.
(Concluded on Page B, Coiumn 1.)
THANKSGIVING OUTSIDE AND IN.
MILITARISM
DEAD
IS
New Terror- Developing in
Southeastern Europe.
RELEASED SOLDIERS RAMPANT
All Evils of Bolshevism Liter
ally Turned. Loose.
POLAND AGAIN IS OVERRUN
31 illlons Freed From Army Restraint
Turn to Pillage and AH Man
' ner of Excesses.
PARIS, Friday, Nov. 22. A detailed
account of conditions in Southeastern
Europe, where the presence of a million
Austrian army deserters who have es
tablished themselves in fortified camps
in various districts, as well as of
hordes of leleased prisoners, has cre
ated a dangerous situation, is given in
the. report recently prepared for
Colonel E. M. House by William J. Rose,
an agent of the Slovene government
now in Laibach, the new capital of
Slovakia. He suggests various meas
ures to avert Bolshevism, which he af
firms is the danger threatened by the
conditions he describes.
"When I say that the enemy is Bol
shevism I use the term loosely to de
scribe what is the perfection of an
archy and the negation of law and
order," says the report. "Militarism is
as dead as a gravestone. There is no
shadow of danger that it will rise
again, but a fearful menace has come
in its place that has become a matter
of life and death.
Ken Evil Has Arises.
"Three special factors have arisen
in the last six months, two of them
in the last month, which have brought
on a condition of things - comparable
only with the terror of the French
revolution:
"First The forming of deserters
from the Austrian armies into what
seems to be known as Green Guards.
This began in the Spring. and had
reached by September such dimensions
that their numbers were reckoned at
a round million. They wear Austrian
uniforms. They maintain a sort of
discipline among themselves and by
their attitude to the' existinggovern
ment find enough sympathy among the
peasantry to be able to get food.
Every kind of pillage of military sup
plies helps them to maintain their po
sition. '
Excess Follsws Freedom.
"The people as a whole suffered little
and even welcomed .them into their
cottages. These men were simply wait
ing for the general disruption, which
has already come.
"Second The disaster to the Aus
trian armies on the Italian front set
upward of a million and a half dis
gusted, demoralized and debauched as
well as hungry troops free from the
discipline of four and a half years.
(Concluded on Page 2, Column 1.)
ANARCHY
RISING
REPORTS OF LINE-UP
AGAINST U.S. DENIED
DISCLAIMER ISSUED BV ARGEX.
TIXE FOREIGN OFFICE.
i
Clash Between Chile and Pern Ap
pears Likely More Rioting
Reported at Iquique. '
BUENOS AIRES. Nov. 27 The Ar
gentina Foreign Office has authorized
the Argentine Legation at Lima to deny
that President Irigoyen promised Senor
Bulnes, the special Chilean Ambassa
dor to Argentina, that Argentina would
Join Chile and Mexico in opposing any
intervention by the United States or
European countries in South America.
A Buenos Aires dispatch last Friday
said that the Chilean government had
approached Argentina on the subject of
Argentina remaining neutral in the
event of an outbreak between Chile and
Peru. The report was declared to em
anate from a reliable source in Buenos
Aires.
LIMA. Pern, Nov. 27. Peruvian men
and women were pursued through the
streets of Iquique last Saturday and
Sunday by Chileans, according to refu
gees who arrived at Mollendo today
on the steamer Palena. The niobs in
Iquique, it Is declared, were led by
prominent Chileans and there was vir
tually no interference from the Chilean
authorities.
Peruvian homes in Iquique were
looted and burned.
BUENOS AIRES, Argentine, Nov. 26.
The Peruvian Foreign Office, accord
ing to reports received here, on Mon
day formally protested "against anti
Peruvian riots in Chile and attacks on
Peruvian Consuls. ,
In reply the Chilean Foreign Office
declared that the Peruvian complaint
was unjustifiable and based on false in
formation. SANTIAGO, Chile, Nov. 27. The
complaint of the Peruvian Minister of
Foreign Affairs that demonstrations
against Peruvians at Iquique were
countenanced by the authorities is
denied by theChilean Minister of For
eign Affairs, which has reassured com
mercial and social circles.
The newspapers are of the unanimous
belief that everything can be arranged
by the fulfillment of the treaty of
Ancon, signed in 1SS3. In official cir
cles, opinion prevails that arbitration
would be the best means to bring about
the fulfillment of this treaty.
MUSTER-0UTF0RCE NAMED
Men From Camp Lewis to Aid in
Work at Vancouver Barracks,
CAMP LEWIS, Wash., Nov. 27. Cap
tain. Edgar Perry, Lieutenants H. E.
Scantlebury and S. L. Anrud and ap
proximately 100 non-commissioned of
ficers and enlisted men were ordered
today to Vancouver Barracks, Wash
to handle the mustering out of the
spruce production division.
The hundreds of men who made up
the spruce division are being recalled
from the logging camps and sawmills
of Oregon and Washington.
SOLDIERS FOR GOVERNMENT
German Minority Efforts Declared
lo Endanger Empire.
COPENHAGEN, Nov. 27. The sol
diers' council of Wilhelmshoe, where
one of the German imperial castles is
situated, has sent a wireless dispatch
to Deputy Noske at Kiel, saving they
will support the present government in
sharp measures against the minority,
whose efforts "are fraught with great
danger to the revolution and the con
tinuance of the empire."
ALLIES TAKE OVER DIVERS
Twenty-seven Hun Submarines Are
Turned Over Cndrr Armistice.
HARWICH. England, Nov. 27.
Twenty-seven German submarines were
surrendered today to the allies.
This brings to 114 the total of Ger
man U-boats turned over.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
TESTERDAYS Maximum temperature, 43
degrees; minimum, 33 degrees.
TODAY'S Probably fair; southwesterly
winas.
War.
Official' casualty list. Page 1.
Tanks near Rhine to dine on beef. Page 1.
Foreign.
Groundwork laid for German reforms. Page 2.
New anarchistic terror rising in Southeastern
Europe. Page 1.
Defeat looms as Huns seek peace. Page 1.
Argentina denies report of line-up against
United States. Page 1.
Former Crown Princo has hopes of returning
to Germany. Page 2.
National.
President ready to sail next week for
Europe. Page 1.
FUth liberty loan forecast by Secretary
McAdoo. Page 4.
Simmons war revenue measure plans Jam
med through committee. Page 0.
Domestic.
California's Governor promises to consider
Mooney case carefully. Page 4.
ports.
Aggies and clubmen promiso hard battle.
Page 11.
Marines meet Camp Lewis eleven today.
Page 11.
Pacific Northwest.
Oregon, Army camp soon .to demobilize.
Page 0.
- Commercial and Marine.
English dealers '"active buyers of Pacific
Coast hops. Page 15.
Heavy corn sales on bulges turn prices down
ward. Page lo.
Marine stocks strong feature of Wall-street
market. Page li.
Soissons launched at Foundation shipyard.
Page 13.
Portland and Vicinity.
Victory and peace the theme of Thanksgiving
- day. Page 16.
Discharged teacher appeals case and files
new complaint. Pago 10.
Li aid is identified as parole violator.
Page 10.
Moser says Vinton has clear sailing. Page 10.
Red Cross calls citizens to sign Christmas
honor roll. Page 0.
Twelve thousand dollars raised for Waverly
baby home. Page 1.
her report, data and racecast. rage 10.
PRESIDENT READY
TO SAILNEXTWEEK
Correspondents to Leave
Sunday for Conference.
NEWS NOT TO BE GARBLED
Full Publicity Promised on Ca
ble Wire Transportation.
WILSON PLANS ADDRESS
Chief Executive to Go Before Con
gress to Tell Public About Trip.
Germany Wants Him.
COPENHAGEN, Nov. 27. The Ger
man government will invite President
Wilson to visit Germany while he is in
Europe, says the Berlin Lokal Aozelger.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 27. President
Wilson's plans for attending the peace
conference are all matured, with the
exception of the day and hour of sail
ing. His departure, however, is cer
tain early next week.
It is entirely probable that the first
announcement of the personnel of the
American delegation will be made in
the President's address to tne opening
of Congress, to be delivered Monday or
Tuesday. At the same time the Presi
dent may take occasion to make some
thing in the nature of a statement to
the country, as well as to Congress, on
his going to Europe, something no
other President ever has done.
The most important announcement
yet made in connection with the official
plans for the peace conference came to
day. It was that there would be abso
lutely no censorship on the news the
American newspaper correspondents
send back home.
Request Is. Gramted.
At the personal request of President
Wilson, both the British and French
governments will relax all censorship
on all Amerioan newspaper dispatches
telling of the deliberations. Further
more, to facilitate the transmission of
news to this country, the government,
through Its recently-acquired control of
cable lines, will give news preference
in transmission second only to Govern
ment official business.
George Creel, chairman of the com
mittee on public Information, an
nounced today that the committee's
mission in Paris would exercise noth
ing whatever approaching censorship
on dispatrhes telling of the progress
of the conference. All the committee's
facilities, Mr. Creel said, arc. to be
devoted to helping the American news
paper correspondents get the news back
home.
The committee's office in Taris will
be used as headquarters for newspaper
correspondents; stenographers, type
writers and Interpreters are to be pro
vided and the committee's machinery
also will be used to assist the corre
spondents to get thoir dispatches on the
cables.
Correspondents Get Passage.
Until two or three day3 ago there
were grave doubts as to whether any
Amcrl''nn newspaper correspondent
would be permitted to accompany Pres
ident Wilson n the trip. There was.
however, to be no restriction on the
passage of newspaper men to France by
any means they might find available.
But finally it was decided to include
a correspondent of the Associated Tress
'and correspondents of the other press
associations in the President's official
party aboard the liner George Wash
ington. It was decided at the tamo
time to give passage lo correspondents
of individual newspapers on the Army
transport Orizaba, which - :il sail from
Hoboken Sunday at noon. She will be
part of the convoy of the President's
ship, which will include the superdread
nought Pennsylvania and a number of
other naval ships.
Besides the President's official party
the George Washington will carry a
naval crew of more than 1000 officers
and men. The George Washington, be
lng a faster ship, will arrive in France
at about the same time as the Orizaba.
It seems to be settled, although no of
ficial announcement has been made,
that the President will go first directly
to France and later to England, and
possibly Italy. If he intends to visit
any of the other European countries
his plans have, not become known.
Mr. Creel's statement regarding the
President's trip follows:
o Dincrimlnotiou Khonn,
"In the matter of sailing list no dis-"
crimination will be made or special
privileges granted. All responsible
newspaper men, duly accredited by re-
ponsible newspapers, arc entitled to
passage.
It is requested and hoped that cor
rection will be made of the very untrue
report that attempt will be made to
interfere In any manner with the free,
full flow of news from America to
Europe or from Europe to America.
"There is no press censorship of any
kind in the United States today, and at
the personal request of the President
the French and English governments
have lifted all ctnsorshlp regulations
bearing upon American press matter."
Fund Ion. .Not Surrendered.
No weight is attached by President
Wilson to the argument that upon
crossing the sea to attend the peace
conference he loses the right to per
form executive duties and must allow
them to devolve upon the Vice-President.
It was rait! officially today that tha
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