VOL. L.VIII. NO. 18,139.
PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 11, 1919.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
STUNNING BLOW IS
DEALT SPARTACAWS
Republican Guards Turn
to Government.
ffROOPS POURING INTO BERLIN
LEGISLATURE NOT IN
CONTROL OF COUNCIL
SESSION WILL OPEN MONDAY
WITHOl'T INTERFERENCE.
tichhorn Reported to
Disappeared.
Have
EBERT PARTY NOW GAINING
'reclamation Issued Declares Bol
ehcvik.1 Uprising Will Be rut
Down Within Tew Days.
LONDON". Jan. 10. At m critical mo
ent In the fichtinc Thursday, ac
ordlng to Brlin advices by way
rankfort, the corps of Republican
uards. which had been supporting
Itchhom. the Spartacan ponce cniet.
eserted him. Fourteen companies
timbering JS00 men placed themselves
t the disposal or tne government.
vha irooM then were pouring into
he city to the number of between
04 and J0.0OO. each carrying SO rounds
f ball cartridges.
A battalion of students has been
aised and armed by the government
nd airplanes are hovering menacingly
ver the buildings occupied ny m
partacana.
Blow Dealt npartacaaa
The occupation of the offices of the
ed Flag by the government, dispatches
eclare. is a greater blow to tne spar
icans than appeared on tne suriace.
he offices served as a telephone cen
tral for Dr. Llebknech", Rosa Luxem
iurr mnd other SoarUcin leaders who
i ow have been cut off from telephonic
lommunlcallon. .
The elimination T Elcnnorn. tne
'Dartacan police chief, whose refusal
o resign led to the present trouble In
ierlln. may be an accomplished fact.
Zurich report receivea nere nays
hat he has fled from Berlin, while a
f port from Frankfort says that Herr
Itchier, a municipal councillor and a
lajority Socialist, has been appointed
emporary head of the Berlin police.
Sease Ralln.ll Operated.
Other reporta from Berlin say that
he Government had been able to ope
ata a few trains on the main railroad
wies.
It is said that 5000 employes of the
Tinting establishments of Scherl. Vil
lain and Mo.se have refused to declare
. general strike.
PARIS. Jan. 10. (Haras.) The latest
hm receivea irotn nerun inuiwn
hat the government forces have
vldAed the barred sones Inside the
itvand succeeded In effecting a Junc
ion between tfie troops coming from
he provinces and those already in the
ity.
BERLIN. Thursday. Jan 9. (By the
ssoclated Press.) "This whole Bol-
hevlk uprising will be put down
Ithln the nest three days We are
bsolutely sure of our position. The
ntlre bourgeoisie and three-fourths
f the Berlin workmen are with us.
This statement was made to the cor
espondent today on behalf of the Ebert
Lovernment. The speaker added:
Government Fally Prepared.
"The report that martial law will
e declared is incorrect, but we have
tade every military preparation de
landed to meet the situation."
Apparently the bourgeoisie are sup
orting the Ebert Cabinet more or less
ulidly. If their newspapers are any
riterion.
It may be significant that the gov
rnment's latest proclamation Is ad-
Iressed to "fellow citizens," whereas
ormer proclamations were headed,
comrades. the name by which the
ocialist. address each other. In ad-
ition to the students of the University
f Berlin, who are supporting the gov
rnment. the students of the technical
ollcge have responded to an appea.'
rora Herr Noske. military governor of
lerlin. to place themselves under his
ommand.
Amy Officer With aak.e.
German army officers In Berlin have
sken an oath to support Noske. Sail-
rs announce that they are neutral.
Third Hons" to B Suppressed In
to Ear as It Presents Danger
t -of Spreading Disease.
SALEM. Or.. Jan. 10. (Special.) The
riiv riin-M iiittins- as a board of
health, at a meeting tonight decided
not n make anv effort to inienere
with the session of the Legislature,
which onens here Monday, but. owing
to influenza conditions, a strict ban
will be placed on crowds In the lobby
at the State Capitol.
Legal advice given to the Council
was to the effect that the two houses
had complete control of what Is done
In the respective chambers, but that
the lobby and corridors of the Capitol
come under city regulations as public
places. The Council will do away with
the "third house" insofar as It presents
danger of spreadlngthe disease.
In a resolution the boarcThamed Paul
Johnson. Dr. F. Latter and Otto J. Wil
son, councilmen, as members or a com
mittee to give assistance to the Red
Cross in handling the disease, iney
also are Instructed to give any finan
cial aid that may be necessary. More
nurses will be Imported from Seattle
at once.
In addition. 100 more idle school
teachers will be asked to assist In can
vassing the city and determine wnai
houses are now imquarantlned and
which should be placed under aucn i
regulations.
It was decided, for the present, to
make no attempt at enlarging the al
ready rigid closing and quarantine
restrictions.
ARGENTINE OPENS
1
STRIKERS
Pitched Battles Waged i
Buenos Aires.
Official Casualty Report.
W"
ASHINGTON, Jan. 10. (Special.)
Casualty lists oday contain
SI names. 12S killed, 58 died of
wounds, 9 In accidents, 2 aviators,' 59
of disease, 176 wounded slightly, 2 de
gr a undetermined. 5 slightly and 24
r Following is a summary of
a .ties to date: .....
atha
' ed in action. ..
t at sea
fed of wounds...
Reported. Today. Total.
A.
GOVERNMENT RALLIES 7 .rfCES
Military Dictatorship Assumed
by Commander. .;
CASUALTIES EXCEED 100
Dnsiness Houses Closed and Streets
2re Littered With Wreckage.'
Bolshevik Agitation Blamed.
denYists fight measure
Washington Society Condemns Pro
posed Regulation.
TACOMA. Wash.. Jan. 10. (Special.)
The Washington Progressive Dental
Society, an organization composea
princlpafly of advertising dentists, held
n Incorporation banquet here today.
Dentists from eery part of the state
attended.
The following officers were elected:
Dr. Seth C Maker, Tacoma. president.
Dr. A- S. Mark. Tacoma, treasurer.
On the board of trustees are Drs. Wil
son. Matthews and Stein. Spokane:
Drs. Gilbert. Simpson. Johnson and
Dorfner. Aberdeen: Dr. Greeg. uiym-
; Dr. Longwood. Bellingham; Dru.
Norris. Johnson. Burns and Morton,
Tacoma. and Drs. Pipes. Menor anu
Clark. Seattle.
Tam DroDosed law regulating the
ractice of dentistry was condemned.
0IS0N SALAD KILLS FOUR
Colored Hosts and Guests at Boise
Dinner Succumb.
BOISE. Idaho. Jan. 10. (Special.)
The tragedy in the asparagus poison
case Is growing. The fourth to die
a result of the eating of asparagus
salad Tuesday night was Mrs. Eleanor
Ridge, following the death of Mrs.
Clara Schukard Hubbard, which oc
curred Thursday night- Mr. and Mrs.
Smith, at whosejtome the dinner party
was given, died Wednesday afternoon.
All are well-known colored people of
Boise. They were Invited to the Smith
home for dinner and ate home-canned
asparagus.
LUDENDORFF plans exit
Permission to Stay In Sweden for
Short Time Asked.
STOCKHOLM. Jan. 10. General Lud-
BlEvOS AIRES. Jan. 10. (By the
Associated Press.) At 11 o'clock to
night battles between strikers aad po
lice were marina; tm all parts of the city.
Vhrre was a particularly sharp eon-
flirt la front nf the postofflce. If the
fighting spreads la this, district It
probably mill be nrreaaarv to close the
cable offices.
Several attempts were made to cap
ture the flrat district police station, one
block from the American consulate. It
Is Impossible at this time to make any
calculation of the number of casual
ties. (Br the Associated Press )
BUENOS AIRES, Jan. 10. Several
persons were killed in clashes between
strikers and government forces today.
The government, In view of the in
creasing gravity of the situation, de
cided to adopt the most severe meas
ures to bring about normal conditions.
The soldiers and police were instructed
to put down violence regardless of the
cost In blood. The regional federation
has ordered that the general strike be
continued Indefinitely and instructed
Its members to oppose all acts of ag
gression by the government forces un
der the command of Generaf Delle-
plane, who has about 4000 men.
General Delleplane. commander of
the forces opposing the strikers, has
sssumed a military dictatorship and
has taken over all the forces of the
government. This action. It was ex
plained. In no wise constitutes a meas
ure unfriendly to President Irlgoyen.
General Supreme Commander.
General Delleplane's assumption of
dictatorial powers followed two serious
Died
Died
of disease.
of accident..
2S.SH7
3!f
ll.n:i
17,:.JZ
2.3UO
128
.18
5.14
1S3
24
2S.727
,3!6
12.021
17.0.N1
2.315
Total deaths 6.7S4' 5.14 Bl.O.tS
wounded 12s.us3 1S3 123,73(1
Missing and prisoners... 1.334 24 10.30s
Total casualties 208,071 4C1
OREGON. -.
Killed in action
Davi. Archie E.. Albany, Or.
lled of wounds-
Beery. James M., Jacksonville. Or.
Killed (previously reported missing)
Thrall. Dewey to., Cambridge. Idaho.
Wounded (previously reported missing)
uropaiuier, iarl. KoseDurg, Or.
WASHINGTON.
Killed In action
Hansen, Burnett F., Selab. Wash.
Died of wounds
Woods, James E., Walla Walla, Wash.
Killed (previously reported missing)
Begley, J. C Cle Elum, Wash.
Matcjack. Edmond. Sookane. Waah.
Shields. Arthur N., Seattle, Wash.
Wounded (oreviously renorted miMlns-l
late, ttooerl K., Seattle. Waah.
Krtornea to duty (Dreviouslr reoorted
Somes. Walter E. (Cpl.), Watervllle, Wash.
Mounded (previously remitted mlsslnrl
nanmora. Theo.. Seauie. Wash.
Schelbrier. Raymond O.Wileon, Waah.
Turpie, Charles. Washougal. Waah.
Bendeniste, Jol, Eeattls. Wash.
tiled (previously reported missinc)
Kinney. Clair A. (LU); Endlcott, Wash.
IDAHO.
severely (previously reported
REPUBLICANS
RED PROPAGANDA
METAL TRADES NOT .
FOR GENERAL STRIKE
PACIFIC COAST COUNCIL FA
VORS SEPARATE CONTRACTS.
Memorial Urged in Honor
of ex-President.
Wounded
missing;)
I. John W., Soda Springs. Idaho.
ned to dutr (oreviouslr reoorted
ma. Nino
Texterman, Ephriam H.. Xcaperce. Idaho.
Wounded (previously reported killed
Campbell, Claude Moscow, Idaho.
ALABAMA.
Killed In action
Christlanberry, Cum, Landersvllle, Ala,
Strange. Olmtnd, Alhena, Ala.
Died of wounds
Hanrock, J. P., Birmingham. Ala.
Killed (previously reported missing)
Hall, C. N.. Searlght. Ala.
Miner, N. Z.. Maplesville. Ala.
Gardner, Luther M., North Port, Ala.
' ' ARKANSAS.
Killed In action
Hendrix. James. Hatchett, Ark.
Died of wounds
Shoulders, Andrew (figt.). Dirks, Ark.
Itird of disease
EthrldKe, W., Darling. Ark.
Killed (previously reported missing)
AKano, Frank, Fort Smith, Ark.
Watkins, L. L.. Pulton. Ark.
CAI-ltOKMA.
Killed In action
Oil!igan, I'. (Mecb.). San Francisco, CaL
Foster, Morten E., Dunlap, Cal.
Rogers, Wm. C, San Francisco Cal.
Worden, Arthur. Modesto, Cal,
Died of wounds
Akesaen. B H., Rio Viata. Cal.
Ird of disease '
Grelfr. K. I- (Sgt.), los Angeles. Cal.
Killed (previously reported missing)
Brophy. A. G. (Cpl.), Los Angeles. Cal.
Morris, Fred L. (Cpl.). -Los Angeles, CaL
Keed. Gurney I, Venice, Cal.
Cllmo. T. N'. Keeler. Cal.
IHed from wounds
Sears, A. II., Oakland. Cal.
COLORADO.
Pled of disease
Bishop. C. M. (t,c. Denver, Colo.
Killed (previously reported missing)
Coates, D. E., ILC). Deuver, Colo. - -Chandler,
G. C. BurMngton, Colo.
CONNECTICUT.
Killed In action
Flen, Julius. Hartford, Conn.
RETURN OF PARTY IS ASKED
Democratic Administration Is
-Assailed for Its Socialism.
WOMEN -SIT IN COMMITTEE
MENACE OF PEACE
DELAY GROWS FAST
Diplomatic - Dilly-Dallying
Irritates Allied Peoples.
Sneakers Declare That Election of
Republican President Is Essen
tial to Nation's Future.
BortoaJio. Joseph, Shelton, Conn.- ,
attempt, by striker, to capture police 'i'i yrepoHed milsing,-
neaaquanera. ne nas assurnea tne . jurenous. John (Cpl.l. Bridgeport, Conn.
functions of the ministers of war, the
navy and the interior, making himself
supreme commander. His supporters
say he Is exerting all the forces at his
disposal for, and not against the government.
According to General Dellepiano's
(Concluded on Page 5. Column 1.)
Brown. Archie, Jr., New London, Conn.
Carablllo, Nicolas, artrord, Conn.
Comcowlch. Michael J.. . Ansonia, Conn.
Kogan. Edward J., Bridgeport. Conp.
Ktorolo, Am da. New Haven, Conn.
UKOKC1A.
Killed in action
Smith, it. D. U.I.). Atlanta, Ga.
Doaler. R. C.(Cpl.). Hillman, Ga.
(Continued on Page
.)
CHICAGO, Jan. 10. Denunciation of
Bolshevism and insidious Socialistic
doctrines - marked numerous addresses
today at the meeting of the Repub
lican National Committee here, several
speakers declaring that tha, election of
a Republican President is all that can
save the country from evil days In the
future.
With women sitting in the councils
of the party for the first time in us
history the day was a veritable love
feaet at which plans were laid and
campaign strategy discussed. Chair
man Will H. Hays established a prece
dent by delivering a short prayer be
fore he called the meeting to order.
Roosevelt Memorial Proposed.
Later in the dtfy Chairman Hays sug
gested that the committee consider
what it mitrht do to express . its ad
miration for the late Colonel Roosevelt.
Acting upon this suggestion the com
mittee decided to appeal to the Re
publicans of he country to erect a per
manent memorial to the former Presi
dent.. It is planned to raise the neces
sary funds by popular subscription
The character of the memorial is to be
decided upon by a special committee
of which W. B. Thompson, of Yonkers,
N. Y., is chairman. The other members
of the committee will be named by
Chairman Hays later.
Chairman Hayn Pays' Tribute.
"We have no idea at present Just
what the memorial , will be. or how
much it "will cost," said Chairman
Hays.' "It may be si library table for
the Roosevelt home, or it may be a
monument or some kind of a building
that will cost millions of dollars."
In suggesting the idea to the com
mittee Chairman Hays saidv
"I suggest for your consideration the
idea that this committee sponsor a
movement for the development of a
permanent memorial to the memory of
Theodore Roosevelt. Just what the
nature of this might be or the extent
:Macy Agreement to Be Disregarded
Save as Basis for Minimum
Wage Scale.
There will be no general strike of
organizations affiliated unde the Pa
cific Coast Metal Trades Council as a
protest against alleged unjust features
of the wage sched.ule, as rearranged
under the last decision of the Shipbuild
ing Wage Adjustment Board, but be
fore adjourning at noon vesterdav it is
understood the council determined th British AnTlifiS ReStlVe
tuiure poucy win be to disregard tne
Macy agreement and negotiate separate
and private contracts wherever possible.
In fact, so it has been reported, there i
is every reason trt evneet the Skinner!
& Eddy yard, at Seattle, will negotiate SPREAD TO FRANCE. FEARED
sucn an agreement at any time and it
Is expected other plants will follow.
The probabilities are that In such ne
gotiations the Macy scale will be .re
garded as a minimum, and separate
agreements with employers provide for
the payment of wages above that, or a
change in working conditions.
At any rate, the situation presents a
peaceful aspect, and, on the delegates
adjourning yesterday, it was generally
felt they had accomplished creditable
work.
QUICK ACTION IS DEMANDED
Over
Demobilization Slowness.
Lloyd George Forced to Stay In Kng
land to Quiet Situation
isliug Among Soldiers.
BOXCAR STRIKERS SETTLED
to
(Concluded on Page
Coiumn 1.)
IT WOULD BE COMFORTING 'TO KNOW THAT HE WAS EVEN GIVING IT A THOUGHT. -
endorf f. former Quartermaster-General I I
of the German armies, has applied to
the Swedish srovernment for formal r-r-l
mllnn fnr himself and iia wife to itav
a short time in Sweden. The appllca- J
tion has been granted for one month.
Soon after the collapse of the Hohen- 1
soliern dyn-sty In Germany It was re
ported tLat General Ludendorff had fled
to Sweden. A dispatch earlier in the
week said he was living on a farm In
Sweden.
F EH LIN". Thursday. Jan. . (By the
vssoclated Press.) The government
oday Issued a proclamation attacking
ie Kruheit for its aontinued dentin
iations of the Ebert-Scbeidemann Cab-
net, while at the same time attempt
ng to act as negotiating aeent for the
adlcal. who are plotting to overthrow
he government. The proclamation ac
used the newspaper not only of pub
tshlng a vicious and distorted account
f the street fighting and of charg
ng the government troops with need
ess brutality, but also of engaging
n double-dealing and treachery In
ending It. henchmen. Including Haase.
tttman. Rarth and Breitscheld. to act
ui emissaries for the Spartacana.
Haausr Coaarts Determine.
The role of Haase and "bis friends
r the present conflict Is still a matter
C conjecture. The fact that the for-
ner Cabinet member and leader of the
ndependents ha. been nnable to pre
rnt bis party's newspaper from pub
shlng the Spartacana' appeals and
otherwise giving tbe insurgents active
otirnallstic aid is now generally In-
rrpreted a. proving that the Haase
BRITONS DINE AMBASSADOR
John W. Davis Among Guests at Pil
grims Luncheon."
LONDON. Jan. 10. The British branch
of the Pilgrims, which, according to
tradition. Is the first public organl
tion in England to entertain new Amer
ican Ambassadors, today had John W.
Davis, the' new American Ambassador,
a. their guest at a luncheon.
A distinguished assemblage of Brit
ish and American public men was present.
MINE CONVENTION CALLED
Northwestern Operators to Meet
Spokane in March.
SPOKANE, Jan. 10. Tbe annual con
vention of the Northwest Mining Asso
elation, comprising mining operators
of Northwestern state, and the District
of Columbia, will be held here March
10 to 1. It was announced today by
Frank C. Bailey, the secretary.
Originally set for next month, the
convention was postponed on account
of the Influenaa epidemic. '
WILSON PLAYS. NINE HOLES
Golf
t'.unc.utictl on Page 3, Column .)
President Passes Afternoon on
Coure? at St. Cloud. .
PARIS. Jan. 10. Although It was
cold today and the sky was overcast.
President Wilson and Mrs. Wilson went
out unaccompanied to St. Cloud this
afternoon.
The President played nine holes of
on a soggy course.
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Workers at Renton Plant Agree
Return to Work.
SEATTLE, Wash.. Jan: 10. Five
hundred employes of the Pacific Car
& Foundry Company, of Renton, W?sh.,
near here, who . have been on strike
since November 20, will rettirn to work
at once as the result of an agreement
announced today by O. D. Colvin, gen
eral manager of the company, between
the company and the men. Common
laborers, he said, were granted a wage
scale or 52 cents an hour, double
for overtime, and a 48-hour week
established.
The company's plants at Renton and
Portland, Or., have a contract for pro
duction of 200 boxcars, valued at J6,-000,000.
pay
was
BUGGIES ARE GOOD ENOUGH
Secretary Glass and Postmaster-
General Want jVo Autos.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 10. Secretary
of the Treasury Glass and Postmaster-
General Burleson prefer the time-hon
ored horse-drawn vehicle to the auto
mobile ......
In deference to their wishes the
House appropriation committee amend)
ed the legislative bill today so as to
provide carriages for their personal
use instead of, automobiles which wiH
be furnished other members of the
Cabinet.
LUCK IS AGAINST AIRMAN
Cadet About to Get ConimLssoin and
Discharge Killed.
FORT WORTH, Tex., Jan. 10. Flyine
Cadet Henry Martin Schleiper, of Pearl,
111., was killed here today, when he
collided in mid-air with Cadet Charles
T. Carl. Carl was unhurt.
Schleiper had only two and one-half
m'les more to fly before he would have
received his commission and discharge.
De France Named Commissioner.
PARIS, Jan. 10: (Havas.) Jules A.
pe France, the- retiring French Minis
ter to Belgium, has been appointed
French High Commissioner to Turkey,
it is an neuncod today, i
INDEX OF TODjY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. 40
degrees; minmum Uti degrees.
TODAY'S Rain; fresh easterly winds.
War.
Official casualty list. Page 1. -
Foreign.
Stunning blow' dealt Spartacan element Tn
Berlin. Page 1.
New British Cabinet named. Page 8.'
World league regarded as preventative' of
war. Page 3.
Useless killing goes on unchecked In Ber
lin ftreets. Page S.
Wilson Impatient of delays in peace con
ference. Pago 3. -
Argentina opens war on strikers. Page 1.
Stunning blow dealt to . Spartacana in Ber
lin. Page 1.
Menace over "delay in peace conference grows
last. Page 1.
Republicans rap red propaganda. Page 1.
New York boat owners held responsible for
labor strike. Page 2.
National.
Captain Richenbacker, Ohio man, premier
American "ace. Page o. .
Carloads of soldier mail in France yet un
delivered. Page 'J.
Government control of meat packing in
dustry urged. Page 4. .
Sports. ' ?
Ten-round boxing bill to be presented to
Legislature. Page Id.
Pacific Northwest.
Receiver appointed for Spokane & Inland
Railway Company. Page t.
Legislature not under control of council.
Page 1. ;
Listcto rush dry amendment through.
Page lo.
Commercial and Marine.
Winter grain crops in Northwest have Inade
quate snow covering, page zi.
Argentine labor troubles cause rally in
Chicago corn marKet. page zi.
Storft market In professional hands and
changes Irregu.ar. Page -1.
Portland's last steel vessel for Navy nearly
ready. Page li. .
Portland and Vicinity.
to be held in
age 21.
rules.
fa-
League of Nations Congress
Portland. Page 12.
Weather report, data and forecast. P
Pedestrians willingly observe new
Page 22. . t
General strike of metal workers ' not
vored. Page 1.
Future expansion Oregon's remedy. Page 14.
Campaign against Influenza epidemic la
launched. Pago 3.
Nurse tells story of doputy's killing. Page 6.
Proposed councils defeated ' by radicals.
Page 12.
District irrigation plan recommended.
Page 11:
BY JAMES M. TUOHT.
(Copyright. 1011). by the New York World.
- Published by Arrangement.)
PARIS, 'Jan. 10. (Special Cable.)
Premie- Lloyd George's arrival In
Paris, which wis arianged for today, is
delayed because of the difficulties at
tending demobilization in England.
Now Loyd George cannot attend the
preliminaryimeeting hre until Sunday
or Monday.-
Al the permanent chiefs of the Brit
l8h Foreign . Office are at the Hotel
Majestic now, and Foreign Secretary
Balfour is expected today from Cannes,
where he has been resting.
Delay Causing Trouble.
t was stated in these dispatches a
week ago that the desire tor quick de
mobilization among the men of all tho
allied armies would prove the most
powerful lever in quickening the pace
of the peace negotiations.
The results of the undue delay in be
ginning the negotiations are becoming
increasingly apparent, and as they
grow more serious there is growing,
too, a fierce demand, both In England
and France, that the responsibility for
that delay should be fixed.
According to one report Lord Curzon,
now acting as Balfour's deputy in the
British Foreign Office, turned down
Premier Clemenceau's-request that the
peace conference be summoned soon
after the armistice was signed.
According to another report, the de
lay was due to the unreadiness of thi
French government to begin the work
of the conference. This indisposition,
it is suggested. Was inspired by the ex
pectations that, after the lapse of a few
weeks, the condition of Germany would
render it easier to exact the required
terms from her government.
Development Are Inexpected.
This idea apparently rested on the
assumption that fear of its dissolution
would spur on the German government
to a settlement.
But the existing condition, in which
that government has become a dissolv
ing view, steadily growing more intan-
gible and impossible to deal with, was
entirely unforeseen.
The fact that the Premier's personal '
intervention was invoked to straighten
out the demobilization situation in Eng
land is certain evidence that it has got
beyond the powers of the other authori
ties, for the Premier is called in only
when matters reach the danger point.
What the Daily Mall calls a policy
of "dilly dally" in relation to both de
mobilization and the meetings of the
peace conference, is responsible for tha
serious military discontent now exist
ing in England.
Real Progress Needed.
It is considered of vital importance
that the lack of military discipline In
England should be ended, as its infec
tion might easily spread to France, al
though Frenchmen are more accus
tomed to the subjection of military
service and are slower to indulge in
such manifestations. 1
Real progress with the work of per
manent peace-making, it is considered,
would be the surest cure for this un
rest, whereas the absence of any ap
parent progress in that direction is its
strongest incentive. The joint desire
of the British and American govern
ments is said to be for rapid negotia
tions toward an agreement on the pre- '
liminaries for peace, then the general
demobilization of conscript armies can
be started on a big scale.
" ' Brltlnhera Are Busy.
A huge staff of secretaries, translat
ed, stenographers and other minor at- "..
tcches of the British peace mission is
at work in the Majestic and in the ad
joining Hotel Astoria, which Is given
up entirely to officers, for the offi
cials are living at the Majestic.
That their residence here is expected'
to be of considerable duration is clear
ly indicated by the fact that the women
attached to the staff, before leaving
London, were provided by the thought
ful .government with a substantial
bonus with which to buy clothes, tli
sums ranging from -'j to luo pounds
(J125 to $500)each, according to the
standing -of the recipient in the offi
cial hierarchy.
The clothes were bought in London.
Women Carefully Guarded.
These women are under strict sur
veillance as to their goings and com-
Ings in Paris. They are directed to
leave the hotel only in parties of three
and to report again at a fixed hour.
Seemingly the English idea is that for
them, and many of them are exceed
ingly attractive, two is company, but
three is safety; V
They are not permitted to visit
friends here until the most exhaustive
information as to the standing, asso
ciations and politics of those friends
has been obtained by British secret
service agents, of whom the most ex-
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