Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937, November 30, 1918, Image 1

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VOL. LVIII. NO. 18,103.
l'OKTLAXD, OKISUON, SATURDAY, 2SOVEMBEK 30, 1918.
PKICE FIVE CEXTS.
AMERICAN PEACE
DELEGATES NAMED
Wilson, Lansing, .White
Bliss, House, Included.
PRESIDENT ACTS FOR U. S.
Executive Expected to Return
to United States Before
Conference Adjourns.
ANNOUNCEMENT IS HELD UP
Viscount Kato, ex-Minister of
Foreign Affairs, Heads
Japanese Delegation.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20. The rep
resentatives of the United States at
I the peace conferences will be:
President Wilson.
Kobert Lansing, Secretary of State.
Henry White, former Ambassador
to France and Italy.
E. M. House.
General Tasker H. Bliss, represent
ative of the American Army with
the supreme war council at Versailles.
Wilson Goes as President.
This announcement was made to
night at the White House. In the
absence of any official, explanation it
was assumed that the President goes
as President of the United States and
that Secretary Lansing, Mr. White
and Colonel House and possibly also
General Bliss will be delegates with
Ambassadorial rank.
It was recalled that the President's
announcement that be would go to
France "for the purpose of taking part
in the discussion and settlement of the
main features of the treaty of peace,'
said that it was not likely that be
could remain throughout the sessions
of the peace conference and that he
would be "accompanied by delegates
who will sit as the representatives of
the United States throughout the con
ference.
Announcement Is Delayed.
The White House announcement to-
tight follows:
1 "It was announced at the executive
offices tonight that the represent
tires of the United States at the peace
conference would be:
"The President himself, the Secre
tary of State, the Honorable Henry
White, recently Ambassador to France,
Mr. Edward M. House, and General
Tasker H- Bliss.
"It was explained that it had not
been possible to announce these ap
pointments before because the number
cf representatives each of the chief
belligerents was to send had until a
day or two ago leen tinder discus
sion."
Washington Is Silent.
White House officials would add
nothing to the formal statement, and
no one professing to be in, the confi
dence of the President would talk.
There was only one surprise in the
statement the appearance of the
name of General Bliss as one of the
representatives.
It Lad been taken for granted that
the general military representative of
(Concluded un l'K -4. Column 3.)
ASSOCI1TKD PBF.SS STAFF FOB
PEACH COFKRK.CK IS
ANOl C'KD.
NEW YORK. Nov. 29. The
staff of the Associated Press at
the peace conference will be
made up as follows:
Melville K. Stone, general man
ager. Elmer Roberts, chief of the
Paris bureau.
Robert M. Collins, chief of the
London bureau. ,
Salvatore Cortesl, chief of the
Rome bureau.
L. C- Probert, chief of the
Washington bureau.
S. R Conger, former chief of
the Berlin bureau.
Edwin M. Hood, Robert Berry,
I. B. Grundy, J. A- Bouman.
Burge ilcFalU James P. Howe.
Pbillp M- Powers. Stuart Maro
ney, S. F. Wader, T. T. Topping.
Charles T. Thompson and Cbarles
E. KJoeber.
The Oregonian will receive and
publish the full reports from the
peace conference, to be sent by
the Associated Press staff named
In the foregoing.
A-.
HIGHWAYMAN SHOOTS
C. E. LARSON IN BACK
SUOTCCX FIRED AS AtTOMO
BILE SPEEDS PAST.
Attempt Made to Hold Vp Autotsts
by Two Outlaws on Road East of
St. Johns Railway Station.
Curtis E. Larson, of 19 Portsmouth
avenue, was accosted by two highway
men at the foot of Fisk street, on the
road east of St. Johns railroad station.
late last night, and shot in the back
with a shotgun. Curtis Larson, in com
I pany with Joe Vanderwau, or iooi .mr
endon street, was riding; In Vanderwau
car. the latter driving at the time.
As they neared the foot of Flsk street
two men jumped from the undergrowth
near the road and commanded them to
throw up their hands and at the same
time leveled the shotgun at their heads.
The machine was going so fast that it
sped by the two highwaymen. Before
the car could be stopped one highway
man fired, the charge striking Larson in
the back.
After the gun had been fired the
driver put on more speed and got out of
range. The wounded man was taken
to St. Vincent's Hospital by Vanderwall
in his machine and five shots were
taken out of his back. It is reported
that he will recover. Inspectors Leon
ard and Hellyer were detailed on the
case, but in the meantime the highway
men had disappeared.
HIGH PRICES TO BE PROBED
Inquisition Is Coming for Big Pack
Ing Companies.
CHICAGO. Nov. 19. Heads of the big
packing companies, with other leaders
in the food industry in Chicago and
the Nation, will be invited to tell the
United States District Attorney, and
probably a Federal grand Jury later,
what they know about the cause of
present high prices.
Assistant District Attorney Frederick
Dickinson, who Is in charge of the in
qulry. declared today that his inves
tigation would be sweeping.
ITALY WILL HONOR WILSON
Piedmont Towns Make President
Honorary Citizen.
TURIN. Italy. Nov. 29. President
Wilson will be made an honorary citi
zen of all the townships In fhe Pied
mont provinces of Northern Italy.
Copies of the recent resolutions grant
ing him freedom of the towns will be
handed W the Pres'dent when ha passes
through Turin on his way to Rome.
The Itinerary of President Wilson's
trip to Europe, the primary object of
which is to attend the peace congress
at Paris, has not yet been officially
announced.
ARMY'S COST IS ENORMOUS
More Than Five Billion Dollars Ex
pended In Year.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 29. It cost 15.
S 45,000,000 to run the American Army
during the year ending June 30 last;
ll.36S.000.O00 for the Navy, and 11.516.
000.000 for the civil Government proper.
The Shipping Board spent 3862,000.000,
and 3181.000.000 was paid out In pen
sions. These figures are shown today by
the annual report of John Burke, Treas
urer of the United States, to Secretary
McAdoo. The report showed the pub
lic debt on June 30 was 312.396,000,000.
ELIMINATING HUN PROBLEM
France Faces Difficulty in Recov-
ered Provinces.
PARIS, Nov. 27. "In the reorganisa
tion of the recovered provinces there
will be difficulty In carrying out the
necessary elimination of the German
elements, which are said to prevail.''
says the new Mayor of Metz to a corre
spondent of the Journal.
"We hope the peace conference will
take this into consideration. It is neces
sary that there be the strictest in
quiry before naturalization is granted."
RAIL PASSES DECLINED
Nebraska Commission Does 5ot
Favor McAdoo Plan.
LINCOLN, Neb, Nov. 29. That Director-General
William G. McAdoo, of the
Federal Railroad Administration, is
considering the feasibility of Issuing
railroad passes for use by members
and officers of State Railroad Com
missions if they desire them, was
learned here today when the Nebraska
Railroad Commission sent a letter to
Washington declining an offer for free
transportation in I19.
SLEDS BUSY AT LA GRANDE
Paved Streets Afford Earliest Sleigh.
ing in-Many Years.
LA GRANDE. Or., Nov. 29. (Special.)
The earliest sleighing In many years
was afforded in Grand Ronde Valley
today. Country roads were not travers
Ible with sleighs, but the paved streets
were used. This Is the earliest sleigh
ing in many years.
Vigorous thawing this afternoon
threatened to stop the fun.
BRITISH REACH FRONTIER
Official Statement Says Troops Are
Along Whole Front.
LONDON. Nov. 29. '"Our' advanced
troops reached the German frontier
along the whole of the front from just
north of the Duchy of Luxembourg to
the neighborhood of Lupen, says the
British official communication issued
today.
WAR MAKE
RSMUST
PAY, SAYS PREMIER
Lloyd George Demands
ex-Kaiser's Punishment.
GRIME DEEMED INDICTABLE
Example for Future Would-Be
World Rulers Held Needful.
EQUAL JUSTICE IS URGED
Prime Minister Says Kings Sbonld
Be Made to Pay Penalty for Sins
as Well as Poor Criminals.
NEWCASTLE. England. Nov. 29. In
a speech delivered here tonlgnt, pre
mier Lloyd George, dealing with the
question of the responsibility for the
Invasion of Belgium, said the British
government had consulted some of the
greatest Jurists of the kingdom and
that they unanimously and definitely
had arrived at the conclusion that the
ex-German Emperor was guilty of an
indictable offense for which he ought
to be held responsible. '
Mr. Lloyd George said the victory of
the entente allies had been due to
ceaseless valor of their men and that
it would be a lesson to anybody who in
the future thought they, as the Prus
sian war lords hoped, "could overlook
this little island in their reckoning.
Preventloa f War Delredr
"We are now approaching the peace
conference," the Premier continued.
The price of victory is not vengeance
nor retribution. It Is prevention. First
of all. what about those people whom
we have received without question for
years to our shores, to whom we have
given equal rights with our own sons
and daughters, and who abused that
hospitality to betray the land, to plot
against security, to spy upon it and to
gain such Information as enabled the
Prussian war lords to inflict not pun
ishment but damage and injury on the
land that had received them as guests?
Never again!"
Mr. Lloyd George said the interests
of security and fair play demanded that
it should be made perfectly clear that
the people who acted in this way
merited punishment 'for the damage
they had inflicted.
Hans Mast Pay Price.
The second question was of indemni
ties, the Premier added. "In every
court of Justice throughout the world
the party which lost has had to bear
the cost of the litigation. When Ger
many defeated France she established
the principle and there was no doubt
that the principle was the right one.
Germany must pay the cost of the war
p to the limit of her capacity.
And there is a third and last point,"
continued Mr. Lloyd George. "Is no
one to be made responsible for the
war? . Somebody has been responsible
for a war that has taken the lives of
millions of the best young men of
(Continued on Pace 2. Column 3.)
Daily Casualty Report.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 29. Casualties
reported today total 1731. of which
651 were killed in action, 129 died of
wounds, five of accidents, 394 of dis
ease, 20 were wounded severely, 36
undetermined degree, 87 slightly and
409 are missing. Following is the tab
ulated summary:
Deaths Rep. Today. Total.
Killed In action 18.311
Lost at S-a 306
Died of wounds 7.1H8
Died or disease 9.10$
Died of accident 1.57$
Total deaths .3B.591
Wounded 46.712
Missing and prisoners . .iu.avi
Total casualties 93.S94 1731 93,825
OREGON.
Klllrif In action
McKimens. Donald B. Corp-). Mohler. Or.
Burwin. P. A.. Ashwood. Or.
Svmn. Clans E.. 388 Eugene St.. Fortiano.
Fleischbauer. Walter. Gaston. Or.
Peterson, Peter W.. Junction City, Or.
Died of disease
Nell, 8. T. (Set.). Portland. Or.
Richard. Bryan C, Lebanon, Or.
Mtsainir in action.
Englelldlnger. George H.. Hillsboro, Or.
WASHINGTON.
Killed ha action
MoCleverty, Adelbert D. (Lieut.), Seattle.
Soffonlason, Trig-vl, Blaine. Wash.
Williams. Thomas O. (Corp-). Tacoma.
Carlson, Carl M. '(Mech.). Tacoma.
Klapp. Charles, Everett. Wash.
Hell burs. Kustaf A.. Aberdeen. Wash.
Mely. Arthur C Spokane. Wash.
Parks, Jesse Granger, Wash.
May, Frank P., Tacoma, Wash.
Pearson. Anton, Lost Creek, Wash.
Miller. Thomas J., Everett, Wash.
Ronnlng. Sigurd. Everett. Wash.
Eller. Earl Walter. Seattle. Wash.
Died of wounds
Schapp, Ernest A.. Seattle.
Died of disease
Cutsforth. Edward F., Westfleid, wasn.
Dalbey, K. E.. Seattle. Wash.
Missing In action
Grable. Don R.. Ilwaco, Wash.
Davis. Ernest. Boyds, Wash.
Legs. Herschel D, Charleston. Wash.
Shields. Arthur N, Seattle. Wash.
Kyquist, Richard. Klrkland. Wash.
IDAHO-.
Killed in action-
Howard, Fred A. (SgL), American Falls, Ida.
Brown, Kenneth H. (Sgt.). Twin Falls. Ida,
Helm. Robert E. (Bugler), Rupert, Idaho.
Barnes, Jewett L.. Moscow, Idaho.
Harden. James, Shelley, Ida
Amos, Drew C. Idaho Falls. Idaho.
Moore. Lee E-, Hal ley, Idaho.
Cottle, Bennie A., Franklin, Idaho.
Died of disease
Nowacki, Jos. D.. Mac Kay. Idaho.
Miming in action-
Pierce, William, Hope, Ida.
ALABAMA.
Killed In action-
Lore, Julius (Lieut.), Opellka, Ala.
Hayes, Elmus J., Adamsvllle, Ala.'
Mitchell. Frank R., Birmingham, Ala.
Wright. Richard,. Empire. Ala.
Died of wounds-
Cook. McGhee, Peace, AlS.
Rhea, Wade W., Maneon, Ark.
Died of disease-
Espy, John, Mathew, Ala-
Rose, Jno. W., Decatur, Ala. .-,
Robinson? -Daniel, Prairie, Ala.
Doss. P. E.. Samattha. Ala.
Stiles, J. F., Newmarket, Ala.
Wounded severely.
Thornton, Brown M.. Birmingham, Ala.
Wounded slightly
Martin, Clarence. Reform. Ala.
Jackson, Andrew. Abbeyvtlle. Ala.
Missing in action
Copeland, J. L. (Corp.), Toney, Ala.
Philips. Grover C, Florence, Ala.
Segrest, Lucius L. Tuskegea. Ala.
ARIZONA.
Died of wounds
Pina. James B-. Phoenix. Arts.
Died of disease
Tyler, Robt M., Webb, Ariz.
Missing in action
Padilla, Tranqulllno. St. Johns, Ariz.
Baron, Albert G., Clifton, Ariz.
ARKANSAS.
Killed In action-
Burton, Clarence, Jonesboro, Ark.
ulnn, Jame, Vanvuren, Ark.
Died of disease-
Jones, John B. (Cpl.), Bessie, Ark.
Scrogglns, J as. H. (Mech.). Springdale, Ark.
Broyles. Herbert L., King, Ark.
(Continued on Page 6, Column 1.)
3l'S
129 7.327
3D4 9.502
5 l.Sol
1179 37.770
143 4tS,S.VS
409 11.000
THE SITUATION IS SLIGHTLY OUT OF
CONSUL, ROILED JIT
DUTGH.OUITSPDST
Denver Diplomat Scores
Shelter of ex-Kaiser.
PROPAGANDA PLOT EXPOSED
Holland Said to Plan Campaign
in Press Defending Action.
WAR ATTITUDE ASSAILED
John B. Geijsbeek Tells Netherlands
Government That Its Shelter of
ex-Emperor Angers World.
DENVER, Colo., Nov. 29. John B.
Geijsbeek, Consul for Holland for the
states of Colorado, Utah and New Mex
ico, announced that he had mailed his
resignation to the Dutch Legation at
Washington because of his govern
ment's action in harboring the former
German Emperor and because of other
acts of The Netherlands government
during the war.
Mr. Geijsbeek said that The Nether
lands government is preparing to con
duct through its Consuls a newspaper
campaign in the United States to
justify its action in givng shelter
and protection to William Hohenzol-
lern."
Consols) Get Insttructfona.
Mr. Geijsbeek said this campaign had
been started with a note sent to the
Consuls recently with instructions to
offer it to the newspapers for publi
cation, by W. De Beaufort, charge
d'affaires of The Netherlands In the
United Ctates, explaining that the ex-
German Emperor had entered Holland
as a private citizen and was given the
same refuge available to all foreign
refugees. '
In hiB letter of resignation, which
Mr. Geijsbeek said was mailed tonight
after he had telegraphed the legation
that it was on the way, the Consul said:
"This step is neeem-sry for the rea
son that it ic becoming increasingly
difficult to keep silent about the posi
tion The Netherlands government is
taking In the world's most momentous
questions. ... A condition is either
right or wrong, good or bad; th'ere is
no middle road; there is no compromise
with error.
Dutch Position Scored.
Holland now voluntarily displeases
the entire world by giving shelter and
protection to the bone of contention.
Such a position is incomprehensible to
me, and as I desire to retain the liberty
of speech which 25 years of American
citizenship has granted me, I can serve
the country of my birth no longer."
Commenting on his resignation, Mr.
Geijsbeek said: "I have mailed my
resignation as Consul to The Nether
lands for the states of Colorado, Utah
and New Alexico for the reason that I
cannot indorse the action of the gov
ernment in harboring the ex-German
Emperor, coupled -with other acts of
(Concluded on Page 2. Column 4.)
HAND.
-
KEYMEN ON VERGE OF
STRIKE, OFFICIAL SAYS
OPERATORS PROTEST AWARD
OF DIRECTOR-GEXERAL.
General Chairman of Railroad Or
ders and Associates to Analyze
Situation Here Today.
Dissatisfaction among members of
the Order of Railroad Telegraphers over
wage and working awards recently an
nounced by Director-General McAdoo,
of the United States Railroad Adminis
tration, is fast carrying the telegra
phers toward a strike which would in
volve at least 92,000 kcymen of the
country.
In some sections of the United States
December 5 has already been set as the
tentative date for a strike in protest
against the award. From nearly every
section leaders of the Order of Railroad
Telegraphers are hastening to Wash
ington for final conference before tak
ing definite action.
These facts were given last night by
J. V. Mitchell, general chairman of the
Order of Railway Telegraphers for the
O.-W. R. & N. and Union Pacific sys
tem. The absence of publicity relative
to developments is due, Mr. Mitchell
said, to the fact that events have been
taking shape very rapidly in the past
day or two.
At 1 o'clock today Mr. Mitchell and
associates of Western Oregon will meet
in Portland to analyze the award and
outline a course of action.
"The situation is critical," Mr. Mitch
ell declared last night. "One of our
chief concerns just now is to prevent
an illegal strike. The telegraphers do
not blame Mr. McAdoo for the nature
of the award, which seemingly falls far
short tf doing justice to the Order of
Railway Telegraphers members. We
blame the old corporate interests. We
are sure that they have brought pres
sure to bear on Mr. McAdoo, and under
stand that the award has been changed
three times since originally framed."
Other members of the Order of Rail
way Telegraphers declared tha.t the ;
award not only fails to increase rail
roaa teiegrapners salaries, but in any
number of cases works a decrease.
Among other things, it abolishes annual
vacations on pay.
BOLSHEVIKI ARE FORAGING
Commander Exhorts Men to Plun-
, dcr Rich Provinces.
HELSINGFORS, Finland, Thursday,
Nov. 28. The commander of the Bol
shevist army in Northern Russia has
exhorted his followers to invade the
rich Baltic provinces to obtain pro
visions.
It is reported that German troops
have partially abandoned the Narva
front. German forces which have been
at Dunaburg, 110 miles southeast of
Riga, are leaving.
NEW LETTERRULING MADE
Mail for Soldiers Overseas Must
Bear Return Address.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 29. Under in
structions Issued today by Postmaster-
General Burleson, no letter mail will be
accepted by postoffices in the United
States for delivery to members of the
American Expeditionary Forces with
out a return address on the envelope.
200 HUN DIVERS DESTROYED
Total Number of All Types Built Es
timated at 360.
LONDON, Nov. 29. It is announced
that approximately 200 German sub
marines were destroyed during the war.
The total number of all types built
by the Germans is estimated to have
been 360.
EX-KAISER ILL WITH "FLU"
Former German Emperor Stricken
at Holland Refnge.
LONDON, Nov. 29. The former Ger
man Emperor is ill with influenza, ac
cording to an Exchange Telegraph dis
patch from Amsterdam.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 46
degrees; minimum temperature, 3U.
TODAY'S Rain; southeasterly wind.
, War.
Official casualty list. Page 1.
Four ports chosen to receive returning troops.
Page 3.
Foreign.
Lloyd George demands punishment for
authors of war. i'age 1.
Abdication by William is demanded by Ber
lin government. Page 2.
Food, not money, ia problem in Vienna.
Page 14.
Hun cruelties told by Yank prisoners. Page 2.
New German rule may save nation. Page 1.
National.
Long fight on war revenua bill In Senate
counted certainty. Page ..
New technicality looms in Government can
cellation of contracts. Page 3. '
American peace delegates named. Page 1.
Domentlc.
Holland loses diplomat by harboring ex
Kaiser. Page 1.
New York unions demand new trial for
Mooney. Page 4.
Telegraphers on verge of strike, official says.
Page 1.
Sports.
Washington - Oregon and Marines - Idaho
games scheduled for today. Page 12.
Columbia defeats James John. Page 12.
Pacific Northwest.
Phone operators to receive wage rise.
Page 10.
Commercial and Marine.
Additional December flour orders are ex
pected by millers. Page it.
Chicago com closes strong and three cents
higher. Page if.
General advance in Wall-street stock mar
ket. Page 17.
Oregon wooden ship district to remain un
changed, i'age 17.
Portland and Vicinity.
Portland urged to find Jobs for fighting
men. Page 13.
Bond scalpers reported to be victimizing
small investors. Page 15.
Highwayman shoots autolst in back. Page X.
Weather report, data and forecast. Page 14.
NEW GERMAN RULE
E
Bolt by Independents Held
Most Serious Risk.
DEFINITE PEACE IS SOUGHT
Troops Now Returning Home
in Perfect Order.
FOOD SITUATION IS ACUTE
Liberal Socialists Declared In Posi
tion to Solidify or Destroy
Unity of Government.
BY ARNO DOSCH-FLEUROT.
Copyright by the Press Publishing Com
pany, the New York World. Tubllshed by
arrangement.
BERLIN, via Copenhagen, Nov. 26.
(Special.) By deciding to work to
gether the independent and majority
Socialists have put the government in
a much sounder position than It was be
fore. Thero still remains some risk of
a bolt by the independents, owing 10
their objections to Dr. Solf and Mathias
Erzberger, but the combination has
worked well so far.
Independent Socialists are in a po
sition to solidity or to destroy the unity
of the government. Their programme is
more radical than that of those who
have been in control, but for the sake
of unity they have desisted from mak
ing it operative. They have really been
forced into a conciliatory position, in
order that comparisons between Ger
many and Russia may not be made.
Party Bolt la Feared.
There are independents of various de
grees. Some of them, like the Spartacus
group, are practically Bolshevik in
their tendencies. Others know that
should the party bolt that act will sug
gest resemblances to conditions in Rus
sia and will thus compromise the entire
German revolution.
.Rupture of the Socllaists would give
the signal for a Bourgeois movement
which has been growing stronger daily.
The Bourgeoise- are willing to remain
behind the government if it convokes a
Constituent Assembly and if its course
shall extend the present programme,
which permits the continuance of ordi
nary business without attempts at na
tionalization at this critical Juncture.
Caovernment Is Democratic.
So, while there is nominally a Social
ist government, its programme is na
tionalist and democratic. Since tho ar
rival of representatives of tho South
German states, whose session with the
government officials is to determine
whether or not the south will estab
lish itself independently, the relative
strength of the government and the
executive committee of the soldiers'
and workers' councils has changed, and
the government has acquired new and
enlarged authority, although it is still
responsible in a large measure to the
councils.
The main council itsftlf, in actual
dealings, permits the normal bureau
cratic work to continue.
So it seems certain that the stability
of the present working status is likely
to be attacked only by the Extreme Left
led by Karl Liebknecht and Trau Rosa
Luxemburg. Their success depends
upon the condition of their finances.
which are reported to be considerable
an of "oriKln- , .
iciiiuuiiid liu ii Hi. a rcdincu a. ti ur-
d"ly procedure, which had been lost
ior several aays, ann troops returning
from France are getting across the
Rhine in much better shape than had
been anticipated. Thus the political
situation in the Interior has been
ameliorated in the last few days.
Germany's government now can
hardly be called soviet, for its responsi
bility to soviet control is avowedly
temporary, no other body being likely
to take the place of the Soviet until a
meeting of th i Constitutional Assembly.
All interests except tho Extreme Right
and the Extreme Left accept the pres
ent government as the best possible
compromise. It is hoped it will con
tinue to solidify Itself and to keep its
promises promptly.
Food Much In Drmond.
It seems likel to hold its constitu
ents if it shall succeed In making a
preliminary peace in raising tho block
ade so as to let in food.
With these accomplishments to its
(Concluded on PaRR 2, Column 1.)
MR, PIPER'S LETTERS TO BIS
RESUMED.
Edgar B. Piper's letters de
scriptive of the visit of tho party
of American editors to the Eu
ropean war zone will be resumed
In a few days.
Mr. Piper was Incapacitated for
about two weeks by an automo
bile accident that occurred on the
British front. That and uncer
tainty of the malls caused an
unavoidable break in his corre
spondence. The letters to come will tell
of trips to the British and Amer
ican fronts, incidents and ob
servations at a military hospital,
of the visit of the editors to Ire
land, of the receipt of peace news
in London and will discuss nu
merous matters of wide interest
to American readers.
MAY
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